west. at the lower levels we have moisture pushed in off the atlantic. fog not really a problem. look at these warm temperatures, 64 cumberland, 61 in winchester. the mid to upper 40s there, 5 in annapolis and 57 at national. the high about 72 in town. 76 for manassas and 69 in annapolis. here comes monika with timesaver traffic. i'm happy to say it has been relatively quiet. no big accidents or incidents around town. that is a good thing. we'll travel first of all to the north side of town. it means it is slowing down out of frederick most of the way into clarksburg. a live look on german town whereas you can see at father hurley boulevard the pace is still good heading to rockville. 355 is also looking good down into the beltway.

let's take a look back over to the other side on the beltway here on the outer loop looking good at new hampshire avenue. slowing down a bit approaching georgia avenue. back over to the graphics, i want to give you a heads up. mark camden line 831 is running 30 minutes late this morning. coming up, we'll focus on virginia. back to you andrea and mike. thank you. a check on some of the stories today. prince harry will be in washington this evening to accept an award for his charity work on behalf of wounded servicemen. the prince will meet wounded warriors at the british ambassador's residence. the kennedy center street arts festival continues once again this morning. it kicked off this weekend with comedy and magic. it goes to 13th and pennsylvania in northwest. prince george's county police are getting exercise. officers will go for a run this

morning in the riverdale area. it begins at the shopping center on kennel worth avenue. a 70-year-old man from our region is now begging president obama to save his life. >> warren weinstein is being held hostage by al qaeda. a video shows him pleading for help. delia has the latest on this new video. this is pretty scary. >> reporter: it is pretty dramatic. wine supina steen, even -- weinstein, even though he looks good, it is scary to see a man being held captive and begging for his life. he is hoping folks here in the white house are paying close attention. he is speaking directly to president obama and he says quote my life is in your hands and that, in itself, says it all. the 70-year-old worker was abducted last august after his

home was broken into two days before he was set to return to the u.s. al qaeda leaders say they will release the rockville man if america stops air strikes in afghanistan, pakistan, somalia and yemen. they also want all prisoners released. we spoke to his neighbors back in september. >> anytime someone who goes with good intentions ends up in a compromising situation, it is unfortunate. >> it is gut-wrenching. i can't imagine if it was you know, my husband or son captured, the poor families that have to go through this. the unknown is so frightening. >> reporter: horrible situation. weinstein is speaking directly to president obama and appeals to the president as a father, saying quote if you follow these demands, then i will live and hopefully rejoin my family and also enjoy my children, my two

daughters, lick you enjoy your two daughters. coming up, details on how this abduction first went down back in august and how the men in charge of protecting weinstein in pakistan were tricked into having him abducted. an american air strike has taken out one of the top al qaeda leaders in yemen. he was hit by a missile as he stepped out of his car. he was on the fbi's 10 most wanted list for his role in the bombing of the uss cole. the cia carried out the strike using a drone aircraft and the government in yemen signed off on it. a registered sex offender is fatally shot and police say his father pulled the trigger. win price will go before a judge if a bond review hearing later

today. he admitted shooting his son saturday night. police found 23-year-old matthew price nude and with a gunshot wound to the chest outside. the younger price was convicted of forced sex in new jersey in 2009. starting today, people can openly carry guns in most state parks in virginia. people who are 18 can legally own a gun and can now have them in state parks in the open without a permit a year ago governor bob mcdonald told park police to stop enforcing gun laws restricting carrying firearms in the open. jessica doyle has a special your money report, focused on your comfort this summer. >> the cost of keeping your air conditioning run asking about to skyrocket. >> their. >> reporter: a common story. a heat wave strikes, you turn on the air conditioner, it can't keep up with the temperature outside. you call the repair company.

this year prepare for sticker shock. when the heat goes up this summer your blood pressure could, too. the slowing costs of the refrigerant known as freon means some ac repair bills could be off the charts. steve powell charges half as much as other companies to replace freon r 22 in a leaky ac unit. >> still. >> hard for some people to afford it. shock. you can't believe the price has gone up so much. >> reporter: the epa is phasing out the older generation chemical. >> r 22 freon is ozone depleting, it does damage. the new stuff is r 410 athat most of the manufacturers are going to. it doesn't do any damage to the ozone. >> reporter: it is a simple problem of supply and demand. not that much freon, on the market any more, the wholesale price is already up 300%. the final solution to come at a cost that could blow you away.

>> reporter: even if your ac system isn't that old, you will have to replace it with an r 40á 410 compliant system i don't it could be six, seven, $8000. >> money a lot of people don't have right now. in the meantime it may pay to get your ac system serviced early in the spring. once the really hot weather moves in the wholesale price of r 22 could spike even more. >> okay worst case scenario. if your older ac system has a really bad leak it could require up to 8 pounds of r 22 and that could cost you as much as $800 just for the chemicals and could cost even more later this summer because the prices are so high. at that point you may be asking yourself, i have to move to the new system anyway, maybe i have to do that right now. >> so we are all going to have to make this move? >> we are all going to have this make this move.

r 22 units cannot be converted to the new freon system. you are going to have to buy a new one. and people who just because a system four, five years ago, are going to have to replace it all over again. >> yikes. >> thanks jess. >> you are warned. >> plan ahead. our time is 6:08. in five minutes we hit the campaign trail. let the guessing games begin over who will be mitt romney's running mate. no need to guess about today's forecast, howard has that up next. [ male announcer ] get to subway®

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west winds bringing plenty of clouds and a spot or two of drizzle this morning. some peeks of sunshine today as highs get into the lower 70s. howard if you are planning to head over into maryland, we have the delays. here's what it looks like in southern maryland, a bit slow toward the intersection. all lanes are open. coming up a look at area roads in a few minutes. thanks monika. markets in europe are down, it is believed it is a reaction to this weekend's election in france.

>> socialist france sway hollande -- francois hollande won the election in france. and not helping matters, weekend elections in greece, voters booted out centerrist leaders. most supported bailout measures. a political protest turned violent this weekend in moscow. putin was certain in as russia's president earlier this morning. six months to go before election day. a few more primaries before we get there. >> voters in three states head to the polls tomorrow. susan mcginniss has the latest from the campaign trail. mitt romney appeared unconcerned about tomorrow's primary election as he watched his hometown boston celtics in

the nba playoffs. the 107 delegates at stake still are not enough to help romney clinch the nomination, but he is the likely nominee and president obama is already taking aim at his eventual opponent. >> the president tried to portray romney as out of touch with average americans, holding his first campaign rally this weekend in ohio and virginia. >> why would he want to spend trillions more on tax cuts for the wealthiest americans? >> as the two candidates focus on each other, most are focused on who mitt romney will choose to be his running mate. senator marco rubio, one of the names most often mentioned as a vice president candidate is still trying to deflect the question. >> governor romney has a process in place. >> another potential choice, new hampshire senator was more

willing to address it where i have better experience than barack obama had when he was a senator and goon choices are celt or lots of useless signs are being made. >> there is no way out, vice president biden was less definitive when asked if he would run for the presidency in 2017. also on the sunday talk shows, vice president biden said he supports same sex marriage but that his views don't necessarily mirror president obama's views. the president has said in the past the views on the issues are evolving. it is 6:14 6:14 this monday morning. howard bernstein is here. we are asking what season are we in today? and we are going to get 70. 75 this afternoon. overall it could be a lot colder than it is now. we are looking a chill in the air. we have 40s on the eastern

shore. around here though we are in the 50s.

the not nearly as humid as it is out west of us in the mississippi valley up toward michigan and south of chicago this morning. we are seeing skies pour down with showers and storms. this moisture is marching off to the east the next couple of days. looks like pennsylvania is going to be more of a target than around here in the short-term. showers and maybe thunder there today in the afternoon hours. tonight mostly cloudy again, a stray sprinkle possible as we get into tuesday. with winds out of the south,

temperatures will kick up into the 75 to 80-degree range. showers and storms could head this way. 72 today,ton we'll be back down in the 50s and 60s. a slight chance of a shower. better chance tomorrow afternoon into wednesday for showers and storms, upper 70s tuesday. low 70s on wednesday. thursday and friday look really very pleasant around here, highs crisp mornings up to saturday morning. by saturday and sunday, right now the weekend looks like a good one. how is the commute going monika? >> reporter: it was a good one up until a couple of minutes ago. there is an accident on 66. i'm going to get to that in just a minute. northbound 95 first your initial slow down out of dale city, we take a live look in springfield. it is always like this around

6:00 in the morning heading toward the beltway. 395 northbound, you do have a little bit of volume in landmark. let's go back over to the maps. this time it is the accident inbound side of i 66 after route 234. it is blocking a lane. we'll take a live look beyond that accident in centerville, inbound 66 the accident blocking a lane right after route 234. i'll keep you posted on that situation. andrea and mike? >> reporter: thank you monika. the redskins head coach mike shanahan names rg iii quarterback for the fall. >> ham mill -- in a recent survey, 70% of people over the age of 40 say one of these ages was their favorite.

was it 21, 33 or 40? >> facebook friend jacquelyn says she is 56 and thinks the answer is a. this would be 21. if i had the knowledge right now i would have a real nice retirement nest egg. and for certain the men i selected would never have been selected if i knew then what i know now. >> keep the guesses coming. we love your answers. we'll have the answer to the question at 6:48 at grocery storesreedom this quarter. cash back thank you. activate your 5 percent cash back. chase.com/freedom.

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in sports nationals fans did a great job of defending the park from the dreaded invaders. brice harper, everybody talking about it. cole hamill flunks him in the back. he gets all the way to third and check him out what happens next. >> he is coming home. >> he even fooled the cameras. harper's first stolen base in the major league was stealing home plate. brice harper is only 19. that put the nationals up 1-0. unfortunately, it was all downhill from there. dc remains in first place, philadelphia is in fourth. some other bad news from last night. jayson werth is going to have his where i have checked out today and it is not looking

good. trying to make the cut in the sixth inning no word on how long he will be on the dl this time. the orioles and the red sox played 17 innings sunday night at february way park. both teams had their designated hitters pitching at that point. chris was over eight at the plate but pitched two scoreless innings. baltimore has won eight of his last ten. they are hot. the caps and rangers reassume their play. game five is at madison square garden. the puck drops at 7:30 a. redskins head coach says rg iii will be his starting quarterback in the fall. the coach says that was enough for him to make up his mind. >> he is great. you know, you can see what an

incredible athlete he is. i was impressed. i don't think i have ever had that, in any mini camp i have been involved with. >> it was a lot of fun. i look forward to doing it with the rest of the guys in a week. >> griffin says he has been brain only focused on football since the draft. his first purchase since signing with the skins, an iphone. >> he said i'm not going to be texting or twittering, i am focused on the playbook. 6:25. looking for a new job? in ten minutes, jessica doyle is going to help you get fired. right now, monika has a quick check on traffic, howard how are they feeling out there? >> reporter: inbound 234 the right lane is blocked because of an accident. all that red i'll have that coming up on my next report.

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coming up in my next report, another look at area roads. 6:31 now. this weekend's political shake up in france is going to have an effect right here. not just on politics but especially the economy. >> that is one of the stories our partners at cbs this morning are following and charlie rose joins us live with more. >> reporter: good morning, markets are down across europe after france elects a socialist

president for the first time since the 1908s. >> charlie, we'll be watching, thank you. new this morning new video shows an american being held hostage by al qaeda, pleading for his life. and that man is from our region >> he appeals directly to president obama. delia has more on the story. >> reporter: andrea, it has been a difficult nine months for the weinstein family as you can imagine last night. when they saw that videotape, maybe they were relieved just a bit to see that weinstein looked fairly well, he was clean, well dressed. he had a table in front of him and even some food.

still a gut-wrenching situation for the family. the 70-year-old asked his wife know he is fine and he is getting all his heart medication. he learned the language of the country before his abduction. two days before he was set to return home. three hostage takers offered food to weinstein's guards in pakistan and when they opened the front game four men immediately barged in. al qaeda wants the u.s. to stop the drone air strikes in the region. they also want those prisoners to be released in return for weinstein's safe return home. the u.s. state department spoke on the issue back in september. u.s. officials, including the fbi, are assisting with the pakistani led investigation.

>> reporter: that was the state testimony back in december. no word as to what has been happening in the last several months since they release that had statement in december. on the tape as we mentioned before, weinstein is speaking correctly -- directly to president obama. he says quote my life is in your hands, if you accept the demands, i live. if you don't accept the demands, i die. we'll except you updated on the very latest. the trial of the mastermind of 9/11 could take years. the trial of khalid sheik mohammed began with arraignment saturday. the arraignment at gaunt dragged on for 13 hours because of stalling tactics used by the accused terrorist. a defense called the moves

peaceful resistance. >> this week is getting off to a rough start for a person living in this ground floor apartment in glendale, maryland. check this out, these apartments, half a car is inside the pardon me. so far prince george's county police have not each charged the driver. parishioners at st. peter church spent this weekend healing from a major tragedy there. the reverend mary margarite kahn died after being taken off a respirator. she was one of two people killed when a homeless gunman shot people in the church. reverend eugene sutton presided over this very emotional service. >> we blessed the places where they had been senselessly killed.

>> reporter: 66 douglas jones, the gunman, became angry after the church asked him to limit his visits to the food pantry. just about half the people in virginia think the state is headed in the wrong direction. a new poll out from the washington post found 56% of those in virginia approve of the job being done by the governor. 35% disapprove. when asked if they thought the commonwealth was going in the right direction, 4% said yes, it is, but that is down from 52% a year ago. how are you feeling about gas prices this morning? they are going down. according to the numbers just out from aaa, regular gas averages $3.83 a gallon, down 8 cents from a week ago. and it is down 22 cents from a month ago.

nationwide the average is down 15 cents in the last month. >> we are all applauding that, andrea. i am helping you get hired this morning. the unemployment report is not so great. the job mark is continuing to lose steam. there are good well paying jobs out there. stephanie goldberg is a recruitment specialistful thanks for coming in this morning. >> at any given time prison has over 100 open positions in the dc metro area. currently, we are looking for software developers and web engineers that have experience in java, php, we have those opportunities and are looking for people that have front end and back end web development experience. >> this isn't just for people with these skills and years and

years of experience, you are also helping with career counseling for people who maybe are coming out of school, maybe are looking for that next opportunity. >> we have a free service, career counseling, resume writing. sitting down with candidates, finding out about their background, what they have done and what they are looking to do in their next opportunity. >> reporter: what is the method for these jobs? >> the best way is to get to our web page at prison. how do you feel the job market is doing locally? >> it is kind of exciting. i feel like we are constantly hiring people. we are actively getting them

work. the best way if you need help with a job is to contact us directly. today. >> is a good thing, i guess we have that enviable position of being federal government and local government or corporate positions. thank you so much stephanie for coming in. i'm going it send it over to mike and andrea. time now is 63:00. in nine minutes, plans to build a big arena in montgomery county will come back to life. highs in the 70s. straight ahead, learn which day this week might be best for playing a little hooky from work. ♪

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side of the road. it was there right at the height of rush hour. i'm going to go to a map so you can see exactly where he is everything was pushed off to the right shoulder. 2780 southbound. you are here on route 109. then into german town. lanes are open on 270. a quick look at another graphic. if you are planning to use mark cammed depend lines this morning, 843, 30 to 45 minutes late. metro will honor your camden line tickets. coming up in my next report another look at area roads. thanks monika. did you get a chance to see the

moon this weekend? it is called a super moon. it is one of the closest passes the moon makes to the earth. >> about 30,000 miles closer than normal. >> details amazing. >> beautiful. unfortunately some were included up, like andrea, saturday evening. >> we saw it friday. a special little person in our life knew he saw wall-e on that moon. >> hey, let's talk about our day today. we have a cool start in spots a foggy start on the eastern shore. your bus stop forecast, temperatures in the 60s. today i think you need a sweatshirt or jacket to start.

temperatures mostly climbing through the mid-60s at lunch time. low 70s with a high with winds increasing out of the southeast at 10 to 15 miles per hour. we have high clouds coming in from the northwest. for us, winds are bringing in some of the low level moisture helping to give us some of the low and mid level clouds in spots. in the mid-40s along the coast from atlantic city. we are in the 50s and we have 60s out to the west in places like cumberland, 63. kin chester, harrisonburg, low 60s. little fog toward salisbury with 48. in town right now, just a little haze on you there. mostly cloudy at 58 degrees. right now we have a four degree spread, high humidity at 87%.

middle of the country seeing lots of showers and thunderstorms. our deficit since january 1 is about five inches. it is going to be some chances here for the showers and storms starting later tomorrow night into wednesday. the jury is still out on that, certainly a mix of clouds and sun today. tonight spotty shower at work. tomorrow we'll see the the line firm up. the system is going to approach us later in the day. we are going to be closer to 80 by tomorrow. by tomorrow nigh and wednesday, scattered showers and storms today. upper 70s to maybe 80 tomorrow, depending on how quickly the showers and storms move in. thursday and friday looks very

nice. upper 60s saturday and sunday a decent day with highs between 70 and 75. monday good morningry county executive is reviving plans to build an arena in the county. he wants to host graduations, sporting events and concerts. leggett wants to build the arena near the shady grove metro. he said it would seat 8000. local supporters of the arena say they first need to make sure metro is on board with that idea. there will be an official ribbon cutting for health center. workers have spent the past few weeks moving from the old building, that one you saw right there on w street.

time to reveal the answer to our question of the morning. in a recent survey, 70% of people over the age of 40 said which one of these ages was their favorite age? 21, 33 or 40 in. answer is b, 33. >> never made an impact on me. you and. >> just keep going. we keep going to jessica for today's daily deal. >> reporter: i'll tell you when i go there. every day i comb through the e-mails and websites to save you some money. here's a deal for mother's day. daily deals.com reached out to me with this offer, name julyly spue -- julie spot.com.

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out of the southeast as temperatures slowly climb into the low 70s. andrea? thank you, hour. today is monday, may 7ing. here's a check on the news before you go. a young girl should survive after she was -- shot in the leg this morning. the girl was in a car and may have been hit by a stray bullet. we are getting can't flicking reports from police -- conflicting reports from police about her age. she is either 10 or 14 years old. a woman was hit by a car moments before the star of the game at nationals park. >> the nationals couldn't pull off a sweep of the phillies last night. hunter pence hit a homerun, jayson werth broke his wrist and could be out for two months. >> cbs this morning will focus

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welcome back. one more thing before we go. he is probably the most celebrated rookie i have seen. 19-year-old, brice harper. gets up at the plate, veteran pitcher hits him in the back and admits it was on purpose. the kid pays him back in spades. makes it from first to third on a routine signal and then steals home. how do you like me now? says brice harper. >> i love it. so much fun. howard? >> reporter: weather is for real today. partly sunny, mostly cloudy. tonight into stopple as the front gets closer hour more clouds. showers and storms move in on

tuesday thursday and friday love those days, a little bit on the cool side. highs in the upper 60s. monika? >> reporter: first of all the accident from sky 9 northbound you can see it there. then 66 is slow trying to get to 2. we'll take a look at a graphic, really quick. go ahead and use metro they'll honor your tickets. northbound 95 slow here in springfield. wall street could have trouble this morning. world markets have been trading lower, and we'll see what happens. >> at cbs this morning we'll talk more about the outlook of the world after the election. man da and i will be back -- monika and i will be