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. >>> well a heads up for drivers if bowie. the 30 day warning period is now over. that means those speed cameras set up last month near north view elementary school are now issuing tickets. drivers caught going 12 miles over the posted limit between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. face $40 fines. bowie police say drivers can expect more cameras in school zones in the coming months as well. >>> in virginia the goal is to teach teens about safety during prom season. seven law enforcement agencies are teaming up to saturate the streets and make sure teens don't drive drink. it's a first of its kind effort. police officers say kids recent the attention but they have seen the messages on the internet. >> i notice there were comments about how the officers are trying to ruin prom season and things of that nature and that is the exact opposite. we're trying to ensure that these kids have a successful prom, they have a great time, but consuming alcohol and operating a motor vehicle is not the way we want them to do it. >> now police will be enforcing other traffic laws and on the

. >> we are traveling 50 westbound past 97 toward bowie and beyond. finding no problems, no incidents to report. we will have more on the traffic and the weather with devon lucie when we return. stay with us. >>> the university of maryland sends thousands of job seekers in to the market last night. 7100 graduates received their degrees. victoria reggie kennedy was the commence speaker. >>> welcome back to 9 news now. devon lucie is here with weather and angie goff will have the traffic in a moment. >> if you start off cloudy and dreary and hate to go back but if you end it with sunny skies would you take that? >> there is always another but. >> i know. and then may be chances of rain. we will take the forecast as it is today which is a beautiful way to end a cloudy cool beak. 59 officially. dew point is a good measure of how much moisture you have. when that gets to 60 degrees it starts to feel humid. many 50s are showing up. go from dc and just outside. a couple of 60s. hagerstown 61. most of us begin at 50-degree mark. the coolest we will be all day

bowie at 80 degrees. not much different throughout the atlantic. raleigh at 83 right now.idity levels are starting to pick up. houston at 93. winds coming out the gulf with cool weather. there is cooler weather trying to sneak across the canadian border. that will cause temperatures to start falling over the next few days. it will take a saturday night before the cool front to work in our direction. we have a little area we are watching across northern ohio. it is across the lake here. most of the region has a lot of sunshine and warm temperatures. that front tomorrow will rauch out of our area -- it will wash out of our area. but tomorrow will be very pleasant with a dry air coming through friday. saturday bringing some showers and cooler air by the weekend. sunshine, pleasant tomorrow. we will check at the next seven days. isolated showers in the forecast friday night and saturday morning. then cooler saturday afternoon and here is your mother's day forecast. sunshine with a high of 65 degrees. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers, movin

the police are issuing tickets near schools in bowie maryland. speed cameras were installed near the schools. a driver is going more than 12 miles over the posted speeds initially received warnings but now they will get tickets and that the fine. the ticket is $40. the police said more cameras will be posted at other schools. >>> coming up, but d.c. it -- coming up, bp's new plan to stop the oil leak in the gulf has been delayed. and more suspects are in custody accused of having ties with the times square car bomb suspect. >>> at least six people have been detained in pakistan for their alleged ties to the times square bomber. one of the suspects ran a catering company. investigators say they were all members of the country's urban elite and some were educated in the u.s. at least two suspects have admitted helping the bomber and one man has accused the interrogators of siding with the infidels. >>> insurgents have launched an attack against a nato base in southern afghanistan. rockets, mortars, and automatic weapons were used on the attack. thi

. >>> the police are issuing tickets to people who speed near schools in bowie, maryland. speed cameras were installed in april. at first drivers were given warnings for going 12 miles over the posted speed limit, but now they will be fined $40. the police say more cameras will be posted in the coming months near schools. >>> virginia railway express is threatening to sue amtrak, saying that amtrak is interfering with vre transition to a new operator. amtrak has operated the train since 1992, but lost its contract with rail services last fall. vre says amtrak has interfered with hiring process. amtrak says they have been cooperative. >>> coming up, the mothers of three americans kept in iran returned home and delivered an emotional plea. survival at sea, how three people survived it days after their boat capsized. >> it was an act of mother nature. >> efforts to clean up the oil from the massive spill in the gulf of mexico. -thanks for coming back out. -sure. i think you might have hooked it up wrong, though. yea, we're getting way too many channels. no, no. that's -- that

bowie 83 and you are looking at 76 in to andrews. satellite and radar. is the big picture here. we are watchinger this system, the weak front that will try to move in here as we go to tomorrow. i will show you what is going on. right now looking good. high pressure is in control of our weather. we are sandwiched in between systems. the one that moved through is to the south here and then we have one back here that's going to move through as we go in to tomorrow afternoon and evening. there it is around two, around 4:00. not a lot with this, but a scattered shower or two to make sure you have the rain gear as you head out and about at that time. as we move to friday it looks better as high pressure will build bag back in the area. for a while, so we will have a dry day on tap. for today highs coming in at 81- degrees in to dc. philly 83. atlantic city 81. pittsburgh 78. cleveland right around 81. we can see the warm air really in place across the area. 83 richmond an norfolk around 78 degrees and our lows this evening, 54 in to dc. charlottesville 53. ric

this man rode his bike from bowie, maryland to downtown dc. >> normally do not bike to work because the roads in prince georges county are too treacherous. i don't climb on ladders every day either. you just have to do this once in a while. >> i bike to work every morning so i decided to bike to work like usual this morning. >> fun way to start your day. get to be outside for a while before sitting in an office all day long. >> we have to go to work later but we are here now and there's free food and everyone is happy to be on their bikes on a pretty day. >> energy jettic, a lot of sick cyclists and camaraderie. feels good. i'm impressed. >> reporter: kristin fisher, 9 news now. >> you can learn more about bike to work day on our website at wusa9.com. click on our living green page. >>> a group of local scientists says they have created the first ever synthetic life form. find out why some think the breakthrough could spell disaster. >>> and the doctor is in. coming up later, dr. drew from the doctors medical show is in our studio live. we will talk to him next. >>> plus, researchers --

down south at fort bell voifer. 80 bowie as is college park.randywine in the upper 60s as well is columbia. crofton 69. national right now still cloudy. a lot of clouds all day. 70. we were 67 this morning so we barely moved. dew point 1 and a northeast wind at seven miles an hour. big dip in the jet stream. you can follow the clouds as they come down here 678 big storm with that big dip. we are worried about tornadoes in to colorado. off shore now one storm. i will step out of the way trying to develop here. not tropical yet and back here all of the shower and storms off the carolina coast, the moisture, the heavy moisture that we had over the weekend that is south of us. you see how the clouds are socked in from pennsylvania through the carolinas. so don't expect to see like bright blue skies but a little sun is possible hoar later on. high pressure happen near albany. on-shore flow here. winds becoming southerly. that is really warming things up. i will see the warm air in the middle of the country head this way. so it will feel more like su

probably 59 or so in bowie and plenty of 50s out to the west and out route 7, sterling, reston, everybody should be in the upper 50s. now tomorrow morning, partly cloudy, breezy and mild. 60s and 70s. winds more west, southwest at 10 to 15 and the front goes through, winds will turn northwesterly. a slight chance of a thunderstorm. otherwise partly cloudy, breezy and warm. here's a look at the zone forecast. we are looking at 73 tomorrow in oakland. mid 70s in cumberland. upper 70s for winchester and haggerstown and a much better chance for showers along the maryland, pa border. you get toward culpeper, 86 tomorrow. 83 in warrenton. downtown, probably low to mid 80s as well. a slight chance of a shower, better chance in frederick. better chance in baltimore. 83 in annapolis. all right, next seven days. 84 tomorrow. isolated storm. a bit cooler on friday, but still nice. upper 70s. a bit cooler on saturday, but nice, low 70s. cool for mom, but bright sunshine, mid 60s next monday. we go back into the 70s on tuesday with a few showers and maybe a few lingering showers on wednesday morning.

. >> paul from bowie, maryland, flew to japan to give birthday presents to his seven-year-old daughter as she walked home from school. their meeting lasted less than a minute and he's one of the lucky ones. >> i am left today with my daughter held captive in japan, in a country that never returned a child to any foreign country. once they go into japan, no child ever returns. >> what would you say? >> your dad loves you very much and i miss you so much and i can't wait until the day that we are together. >> i contacted the japanese embassy and they say they are considering entering an international convention addressing spousal abduction. embassy officials say if government is making sincere efforts to deal with this issue, but that remains to be seen if that results in bringing home these children. lesli. >>> all right, thank you for that. now that the dc council approved a medical marijuana bill, what is next? ahead, we'll clear up some questions about the bill. >>> and what some local lawmakers say need to happen to help rehabilitate convicted felons that may involve them being inca

. >>> the grace period for getting caught on a speed camera is over in bowie, maryland. they were installed last month near north view elementary school and until now drivers were issued warnings but drivers caught speeding now will get a $40 ticket. police say drivers can expect more speed cameras in school zones in the near future. >>> taking a look at the living well headlines, sudden cardiac arrest is a silent killer, which can take the younger of children and adults in the prime of life. but as sandra hughs tells us, one family is fighting back and making medical history books. >> reporter: for 46-year-old des'ree it's been a lifetime of doctors, drugs and devices to keep her weakened heart pumping. >> any chest pain. >> no. >> reporter: she's one of the oldest living survivors of sudden cardiac arrest, almost dying at age 12. she has a deadly heart disease. she lost two brothers at 12 and 14 and her dad's 3-year-old sister also died. an implanted pump is keeping her alive. >> how does a family get through something like this. >> i think just a lot of faith. >> repo

. >>> cameras in bowie were installed last month near northview elementary school and until now drivers caught speeding with issued warnings but now drivers will get a $40 ticket if caught speeding. drivers can expect more speed cameras in school zones in the near future officials say. >>> heading south on interstate 95 on telegraph road. workers finished put new concrete on a span on cameron run. transportation officials had expected the project to last through the weekend but we are now told the work is done and there are no traffic backups. another area closed for construction work. metro says passengers on the red, orange and green lines should expect delays up to 30 minutes while workers complete track work. >>> a west virginia man sets off a pipe bomb in a nightclub parking lot killing himself in the process. it happened at the cactus joe's nightclub near huntington. witnesses say the man had recently been banned from the club for harassing his estranged wife who works as a waitress there. >> we believe he came back. got to the point we had to bar him. he would sit across the park

that's a cold spot at fort meade. 52 reston, 56 fairfax. 57 rockville and 54 brandywine and bowie 56 and arlington 57. officially national, 61, partly cloudy skies out there. yesterday morning in the 50s and it has dropped all day. yesterday 45 all afternoon. this number below 50s is a good spot for us. nice, dry, comfortable air mass. snow up north but showers are weakening now. still a frontal boundary across florida. you can see it there. it will activate more and the next front approaching chicago this morning will bring us a chance of showers or even thunderstorms for tomorrow afternoon. in between, though, high pressure is in control here near roanoke, virginia this morning. see the showers and storms ahead of the front as it cuts through madison, wisconsin. and the front won't affect us much. a couple of showers along the carolina coast. as we go through thursday morning in to thursday afternoon, there's the front activating a few showers. moving southeast by evening. northern sections will have the toughest time and next guy is what we are looking at on saturday or friday nig

warning for you now, if you tend to have a lead foot, extra reasons to slow down in a school zone in bowiepolice have started issuing tickets in the school zone. drivers traveling 1 2 miles or over the speed limit will be hit with a fine. >>> metro riders, big delays again today because of track work. 30 minutes to your trip on the red, orange, and green linesing during what is a busy weekend on metro. several events around the city. they continue with another nationals home game. >>> new today, a growing death toll in china. more than 50 people are dead in two separate accidents in eastern china, a train derailed after hitting debris on the tracks. 19 people died. and 70 others injured. 2,000 rescuers pulled from the debris. a fiery crash in northeastern china. a truck and bus hit each other head on. 32 people killed. another 24 were injured. >>> this morning, vast gat inve recover the black box in india. 150 people killed yesterday when the air india flight overshot the runway and went off a cliff. only eight people survived. today, grieving family members began bringing home the bodies

. >>> in the last 30 minutes, two new speed cameras went on-line in bowie, maryland.hey monitor traffic along north view drive in front of north view elementary school. there will be a 30-day grace period before tickets go out. the cameras will be on from 6:00 a.m. to 8 p.m. on monday through friday. >>> the obama administration is expressing frustration over bp's failure to stop the leaking oil well in the gulf of mexico. administration officials will fly over the region later today. for the past 34 days, millions of gallons of oil has been leaking in to the gulf. waves of oil washed ashore over the weekend. interior secretary ken salazar blasted bp officials on sunday. he threatened to push them out of the way if they can't clean up the mess soon. >> i'm angry and frustrated that bp has been unable to stop this well from leaking and stop the pollution from spreading. >> reporter: the most recent attempt to plug the well has been postponed until wednesday. >>> three servers at a popular dc restaurant are charged with stealing customers credit card information and wra

. >>> the grace period for getting caught on a speed camera in bowie, maryland is now over.led near north view elementary school. and until now drivers were issued warnings but drivers caught speeding now will get a $40 ticket. drivers can expect more speed cameras in school zones soon. >>> police are searching for answers in a deadly crash which claimed the life of an 18-year- old high school senior and 31- year-old father. 18 order man was riding his bike when he was struck and killed by an suv driven by thorn. thorn crossed six lanes of traffic before striking him and a tree. the families of both men spoke about their loss. >> a big loss. a big hit. god, it always comes from him. he gives and takes. >> we don't know anything other than what the police told us. >> reporter: chadli was buried on sunday. we hope to have more details after an autopsy is done on thorn's body. >>> the trial of a girl gets underway. thomas leggs junior is accused of killing sara fox well. leggs a convicted sex offender used to date sara's aunt. >>> prosecutors in the robert wone death trial expe

nice night to sit outside and have dinner at a cafe, just perfect. 83 downtown. 86 beltsville. 90 in bowie. that maybe skewed. some are skewed. up if frederick they have a high temperature because the barometer is on top of gravel and you shouldn't be put on top of gravel but should be on grass. >> 82 sterling and 86 leesburg, that's a little suspect, too. part partly sunny and mild. moderate air quality. if you have a respiratory problem you should limit your time outdoors. temperatures in the 60s and 70s and winds out of the south at even the. clouds come in, mostly cloudy and warm. a shower or thunderstorm is possible. highs because of the clouds 75 to 79. the winds turn southeasterly at five to ten. all right. satellite picture, radar combined. we'll zoom in here. a lot of shower and storms from the midwest and chicago all the way to the southeast. this is the same frontal boundary. it will be influencing our weather over the weekend. a couple of showers actually already showing up in western maryland and parts of west virginia. those are light showers. we have clouds coming in tonight

maybe a 59 in bowie. you go a little further north on 270, 59 in gaithersburg.upper 50s in reston, manassas, and leesburg. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy, breezy and mild. 60s and 70s. winds southwest 10 to 15 and by afternoon, a beautiful day. yes, a thunderstorm is possible, but most of us are not going to see a storm. highs around 85 and winds will turn northwesterly at 10 to 15. very weak cold front going through the entire eastern sea board. satellite picture, radar combined, we will start out in the rockies. up to a foot possible. there are winter storm warnings out in may. i tell you what, this cold front is the one that is going to cool us off later on in the weekend. we are going to move further east. big thunderstorms now approaching detroit. in fact, just about pushing through detroit right now. let's go back in time when these thunderstorms were in wisconsin last night, here's what we had in winchester, wisconsin. about 30 miles to the southwest of green bay. no reports of injuries. see some siding off, see some roof damage, so the winds were at lea

. >>> next time you travel through a school zone in bowie, pump your brakes a bit.ve started issuing tickets. drivers traveling 12 miles over the spieed limit will be hit wih a $40 fine. expect more cameras in school zones in coming months. >>> grieving family members mourning victims of a deadly mean crash in india. 150 people died when the air india flight overshot the runway and went off a cliff. just eight people survived. investigators don't know why the plane crashed, but they are looking for the so-called black boxes and are hoping they will provide crucial clues to what went wrong. >>> new today, a deadly morning for public transportation in china. at least 40 people dead in 2 separate accidents. in eastern china, a train derailed. eight died and 50 injured. 250 rescuers are pulling people from the debris there and a fiery crash in northeastern china. a truck and bus hit each other head on. 32 people killed. another 24 injured. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton headed to beijing for economic talks. clinton will stress the importance of free trade and tr

>> chopper 4 on the job for us, route 50 in bowie, 50 making the trip in from davidsonville. no hangups. let's see how things are. making the trip 16th street, silver spring, down to walter reid. 28 all the major roads to the west very quiet. >>> 6:12 is your time. commuter alert. police are on the highways waiting to pull you over. the first of its kind operation going on right now. >> plus, big changes coming to the red line. the new plan to ease congestion on your morning commute. >> a disturbing discover ary in the garage of a funeral home. what prompted authorities to shut it down. [ male announcer ] let's take the garden into our own hands. soak our yards in color. get our hands a little busier. our dollars a little stronger. and our thinking a little greener. let's grab all the bags and all the plants and all the latest tools out there. so we can turn all these savings into more colorful shades of doing. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. right now get colorful 11" premium hanging baskets for just $14.98 each. >>> 6:15 is your time. a check of

out of bowie no early concerns along route 50. bay bridge okay. overnight police activity bw parkway by the 198 and laurel. authorities may still be up there. >>> our time right now is 4:42. a new report on gasoline prices. >>> a situation involving north korea is getting worse. new this morning president obama has a message to send. >>> next a conflict in the caribbean. violent battles in the streets leads to a w . >>> time now is 4:44. a check of this morning's top stories now. more frustration in efforts to stop that oil leak below the gulf of mexico. a mile long tube is sucking up oil at a slower rate and the oil has pushed 12 miles into louisiana's marshes. six million gallons of crude has spilled into the gulf. >>> students at fairfax high school will return to class today for the first time since one of their own was killed in a crash. abdel ouahid chadli was killed on friday when an suv careened across lee highway and struck him while he rode his bicycle. the suv's driver was also killed. abdel ouahid chadli was set to graduate next month.

route 50 from bowie on in doing fine. >>> our time 5:22. coming up a new report about airline security that you should know about buff get on another airplane. >> plus the data point of homeland security responds to a little girl's immigration slip up. >> and next another run in between the >>> they called it quote an unbelievable coincidence and you might well agree. the salahis, the party crashers were down at the white house this week on night of the most recent state dinner and yes they were stopped by the secret service. on wednesday night sthoerpd after going through a red light in their limo. the salahis say they were not head to the white house, instead they say they were meeting friends for dinner at a k street restaurant and they called traffic stop a quote, unbelievable coincidence. >>> the department of homeland security will not go after the family of a little girl who asked first lady michelle obama a tough question about immigration. the second grader asked the question on wednesday when the first lady visited her school in s

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