periodicld, there were shutdowns near braddock road. good to the american legion bridge. southbound on the headlights. pavement in areas, but no problems on the highway and. now to news. bettery we will get a extent of the damage by a series of tornadoes in texas >> . the pictures are incredible. dallas areae yesterday. twisters tossed tractor- trailer's around. no one was killed. " semitrailers were thrown congress.e matched by power lines snapped and flared like fireworks. the rules of this house was peeled away in. recorded this his home in lancaster where to 300 buildings damaged. >> i said, god, please don't hit my .ouse i don't want my neighbors to get hurt.n i was never scared like this in life. >> the mayor had advice. >> we would ask that people seek shelter outside the city if they have that luxury. our recreation center is open available as a temporary shelter. what is left of a arlington. woman and two sons took shelter bathroom. >> it was like a freight train. >> a passenger sure this video at the airplane dallas-fort worth international airport. the flight w

looks good on 95, 395 the beltway at braddock road. crossed the potomac river, looks gorgeous across the 14th street bridge. here we are on 270 at father hurley boulevard, also looking good. more to come from newschopper 7 in a little while. >> we are used to hearing about family members or perhaps friends playing matchmaker. how about a fast-food restaurant? >> one couple says chick-fil-a brought them together. they got lots of quality time overnight while camping outside a new store in bulletgaithersburg that opens this morning. >> they gather in parking lots and wait for the doors to open to a new chick-fil-a. the first 100 people get coupons for free meals. >> free food is attractive. >> some get attracted to each other. among those camping in the cold and the wind waiting for free chicken are two lovebirds. >> we have been to about 46 openings. >> the love of chicken brought them together. >> we kept staring at each other all day and finally got the nerve to talk to each other. >> they used to come along. after they met last year

at lake braddock high school, a simple gesture has made a world of difference for one teenager. finding ways to share the school spirit. here's lindsay murphy. >> reporter: his smile says it all. bennett bare is happy, happy to be part of the team. he's one of the managers for the varsity boys lacrosse team. unassuming freshman, humble about his role. >> fill water bottles. motivate the team and that's probably about it. >> reporter: but bennett's role is bigger than what he'll tell you. he's living with mild cerebral palsy. that won't keep him from the side lines. >> i'm proud of him that he took it upon himself to do that. >> reporter: part of the team, that's exactly what bennett is. complete with home and away jerseys, responsibilities, and a relationship with his coaches and teammates, whom he now considers family. >> brought him out of the shell, and the boys embraced him. i think it's great for other special needs kind of children to be involved like this, because it gives them an example, i can do that. he can do that, so can i. i thought it was a great thing. >> no matt

bennett has found a home at lake braddock and a family in the lacrosse team.o bennett has really taken to this managerial kind of thing. he's going to do it with the football team probably next season, but he also plays in a league for special needs kid basketball and soccer. so he's an athlete. he just can't play at the high school level. he's very shy, but as soon as the camera was off, he was chattering and excited. he's a bit camera shy. maybe the next time we come find him we'll get him. >> thanks, lindsay. >> beautiful day out there today. i only wish we could keep this all weekend. >> you guys were all smiles and you turn to me and you're like oh. it's going to be a bad weekend. >> just talking about it. >> i'll carry this one on my shoulders. listen, it's great today. well, i should say it was great today. it's great this evening. temperatures are dropping in some locations. as a matter of fact, the temperature down in culpeper is already 52 degrees. it's really dropping out there. the skies are fair and wind are light and in some places these numbers

the two left lanes shift sharply to the right as you approach braddock road. they do still have four lanes open at this point. keep that in mind as you head into the early morning travel hours. other than that, around the region, everything looking good. we'll proceed with a look at 270 around 109 in hyattstown which is traveling with low volume at this point. 395 at the 14th street bridge looking good heading into the district. no problems to report in d.c. metro, marc and vre all running on schedule. our your inbound bridges and roadways looking good. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. raffic. >> thank you. >>> making headlines, there may be big developments in the trayvon martin shooting case this week. a special prosecutor is expected to decide whether george zimmerman should face charges in the teen's death. now, she could direct file the charges or recommend that a grand jury indict him. if that happens, the grand jury also has the option to ask for more evidence or decline to indict him. meantime, if martin's family decides to sue over his dea

want to show you braddock road as you travel on the inner loop. you still see the cones up, but they look to be out of the roadway. same thing on the outer loop coming from braddock. earlier you were forced off. it looks like you're able to travel without issue. crossing the american legion bridge on the inner loop, overnight roadwork blocked all of your lanes. now you are flowing without issue. however, taking the outer loop this time near new hampshire avenue, you see this left lane is going to be taken away. closer on the outer loop as you get closer to colesville road, you'll see three left lanes taken away. volume still light. not too much of an issue. stick to the right side of the roadway. i'm back in ten minutes with a look at your traffic. back to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> this morning, atc college in northern virginia is closed. it abruptly shut down surprising students and faculty. the for-profit college operatesed campuses in arlington, alexandria, and manassas. had been in business for more than 25 years. apparently it closed it

inner loop in this area, nice commute for you as you make your way toward braddock.k to you both. >> thank you. >>> 6:53. it is going to cost you more to take the cab in d.c. beginning tomorrow. fares are going from $1.50 per mile to $2.16, a 44% increase. the fare hike is intended to bring taxicab revenues and average price for riders to levels similar to those before may of 2008. and that's when the district moved from a zone-based fare system to a meter-based system. >>> 6:54 now. metro expects to finish inspecting all of its defibrillators today. one of the devices failed when a rider had a heart attack. the 51-year-old man was on a train approaching the pentagon station monday. metro says the battery on the defibrillator wasn't fully charged and didn't work properly. the man died at the hospital later. metro n putting new defibrillators at every kiosk and requiring managers to inspect devices several times a day. >>> weekend track work is back. three stations on metro's busiest line will be closed -- the tacoma, ft. totten, and brookland stations on the red line

beltway stacking up braddock road to 66.ong canal road from arizona avenue, lanes are open, but slow going headed into georgetown. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> a check of our top stories now, the u.n. security council meets in emergency session this morning to talk about north korea. the nation is reeling after its rocket launch was an embarrassing failure last night. it broke up, the rocket that is, only a minute and a half after liftoff earlier today. actually, that was last night. crashing into the yellow sea. u.s. and south korean ships are looking for pieces of the rocket. >>> a police chief who was set to retire in less than two weeks is shot to death in a drug bust. happened last night in new hampshire. four other officers were injured when a man opened fire on them at the house they were raiding. the suspect was found dead in the home this morning along with a woman. >>> men from two different virginia gangs involved in two separate sex trafficking cases are pleading guilty. federal prosecutors

not so bad on the inner loop through the hot lanes order in normal volume between braddock road and 66caskey next. >> still windy today. get used to the wind for the majority of this week. finally subsiding by friday. low 60's for the high temperature today with a fair amount of sunshine. a few sprinkles tomorrow, and not enough to alleviate the deficit, but we will take what we can get. maybe some wet snowflakes in the higher elevations tomorrow highs in the 50's. nationals home opener on thursday near 60 degrees. sunday, warmer. >> have a good

update the ride on the inner loop, robinson terminal headed out towards 66, heavy volume, towards braddock road lanes are open, 395, glieb is gone. notice the inner loop getting slow as you work your way into the sunshine leaving 29 towards new hampshire avenue. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> all right thank you. big day for republicans tomorrow maryland and district are holding primaries along with wisconsin. >> for the republican presidential candidates here are where things stand, mitt romney leads, 568, santorum 273, gingrich 135 and ron paul has 50. fox 5s sherry lee is following the latest on the candidates live in the newsroom. >>> good morning wisdom even if mitt romney were to win big tomorrow he won't have enough delegates to clench the nomination but many see this as rick santorum's last chance to make his case. >> the next president of the united states [ applause ] >> reporter: the april fools day joke was on mitt romney introduced to a mostly empty room what he thought would be a pancake brunch in wisconsin. but tomorrow is no joke, three primary contests

he's found a home at lake braddock and a family in the lacrosse team.lay basketball and soccer in a league for special needs children. he loves sports and said he will likely manage the football team next year. laura? >> what a great story. thank you very much. >> sure thing. >>> and a great, great day to be outside. >> so nice. >> absolutely beautiful. >> and tomorrow will be too bad until one or 2. >> okay. >> and get ready for it. we'll have showers and thunderstorms. the big changes are coming on sunday and this is what that is looking like out there and look at this. through the beauty of television, you can see how nice it is and you want to run out and get outside. showers and thunderstorms roll in and in advance of that, we're going to get up to 80 degrees. the big coastal storm is coming on sunday and there -- where that is going to track. where is the heaviest of the rain going to be. that is the big question with the forecast, if you ask me. where is this heavy rain going to be on sunday? what is not in doubt is that it's going to turn much c

there's an accident on the inner loop just after braddock road. it's sitting on the left shoulder but it is attracting attention and causing slow traffic. northbound on i-95 you can see how slow it is. again coming up from lorton trying to exit to the inner loop or heading north to 395. let's go back over to the maps and this time over to 66 on the inbound side. you just got the slow spots out of manassas and centreville but no big deal as you travel into fairfax. we'll take a last live look at mental legion bridge on the west -- american legion bridge on the west side of town. looking good. we'll go north to 270 at 6:11. >> thank you, monika. >>> let's get a check on some of the stories happening today. in just a few hours, the house will take up a plan to hold down interest rates on student loans. the republican plan would pay for the move by reducing a fund created by president obama's health care law. a student loan bill passed in the senate earlier this week. >>> there will be a tree planting ceremony at arlington national cemetery to mark ar

after braddock road there is an accident on the left shoulder. all lanes are open but it's attracting attention. we'll also take a look on the northbound side of i-395. no problems to report to the 14th street bridge. all lanes are open. you have a tiny bit of slow traffic in landmark. coming up in my next report, i'll keep you posted on that accident on the beltway near braddock road. before that despite the dangers, many of us are still texting while driving. in today's extra mile report, northern virginia exercises the importance of putting our attention back on the roads, especially in construction zones. >> reporter: law enforcement officers were given well deserved awards this week. in virginia the express lanes construction corridor for the 2012 work zone week event. given nearly 15 people die each day in the u.s. due to distracted driving, keeping work zones safe is no easy task. >> they become distracted. they increase their risk for having an accident and unfortunately we've seen the statistics show that people are having fatal accident

now, this time the inner loop approaching braddock. these cones were actually blocking the left lane as well. they're moved out of the way and your travel lanes are open. you're clear as you make your way to the dulles toll road. 14 minutes from the interchange to the dulles road. i'm danella. >> students at howard university still reeling on word that the student suspended school athletes. they suspended the athletes as part of an internal accident. one fleet told the washington city paper that the suspensions were the result of students keeping money that they got for their textbooks. they spoke to students around campus who were shocked about the suspensions. >> our athletic department needs all the strength they can get. the su suspension is going to be kind of hard on us. >> as a student, i'm confused. i don't know why they're suspending athletics. >> we haven't been told what type offing athletes have been suspended. they won't say how long the investigation will take or how many athletes have been suspended. the ncaa says it doe

everything will be gone at braddock road. we are good in this live picture across the american legion bridge. back to you. >> thank you. 4:31. we are following a developing story in alexandria. two women were attacked by a man who was supposed to show them an apartment if. >> it happened yesterday in the 2200 block of mill road autria godfrey. has more on the search for the attacker >> . it is scary. >> kimberly is shocked to hear of the attack of two women who she says could've just as easily been her and her friend. >> it is literally in your backyard. it is disturbing. >> after 6:00 tonight two women met a man on long mill road just outside old town, responding to an online ad for an apartment for rent. they were lured to this abandoned building. if once inside, the man physically assaulted both women. >> . it >. i felt as though the girls might have been younker and maybe a little. greg bold women escaped with only one of them needing medical attention for minor injuries. officers combed the building for the suspect. alex

the traffic pattern on the inner loop of the beltway between springfield and braddock road, lanes shift to the right. do you have four lanes maintained. but just be aware of that early this morning. if you're planning to head outside, let's take you live over to springfield on the northbound side of i-95. no problems heading on to 395 and to the 14th street bridge. we'll go back to the map, this time in maryland. we're looking great on the beltway. just the wet road conditions. keep the speed limits down. no problems on 270. a live look in clarksburg, this is pretty much what it looks like coming in from frederick. in my next report, we'll go to the east side of town. >>> g.o.p. presidential hopeful mitt romney predicts he'll win the wisconsin primary padding his lead in the race for the republican nomination. voters in wisconsin, maryland and the district of columbia go to the poles tomorrow. >>> rick santorum says even if he loses wisconsin, he's going to stay in the race despite calls from the republican establishment to get out. >> reporter: mitt romney predicts he'll win tomorrow's

second lane from the right, big delays, 7100 headed eastbound 66 inner loop slow as you work from braddockwe still are dealing with accident activity out bound 4 one lane able to get by at the scene big delays coming westbound chesapeake beach a lot of folks hitting me up on twitter telling me they are taking route 2, and using that as their work around. >>> thank you julie. new this morning a terror warning from the government, comes a few days before the one year anniversary of the killing of osama bin laden. u.s. officials say there is no specific or credible threat to the united states but, they are concerned a lone wolf terrorist could use the anniversary to avenge the al qaeda leaders death several terror groups have called for revenge against the united states because of that killing. >> police if baltimore arrested a man in connection to the death of 15-year-old alicia barnes. her sisters exboyfriend was taken into custody late last night. barnes who is from north carolina was visiting her sister in baltimore in 2010 when she vanished outside the apartment complex her body 'cause d

well, right now i'm watching road work on the inner loop of the beltway as you approach braddock roadis road work's taking up the left lane, so you'll see the arrows up, urging you to get over. travel speed on the inner loop is pretty slow, 27 miles per hour, and your delays really start at braddock and continue to the dulles toll road and then the road opens up and you look pretty good. now, taking you into montgomery county, no issues here. here's a live look at colesville road. inner loop clear, outer loop as well. no problems. you're at about 58 miles per hour. ten minutes from i-75 to i-270. barbara, back to you. >>> more charges have been filed against a university of maryland student who claimed he was going to go on a shooting rampage. 19-year-old alexander song posted warnings online last month. song was arrested and then taken to a hospital for a mental evaluation. he was released yesterday and arrested again. the charges against him include misuse of e-mail, making a false statement and disturbing the peace. >>> the man accused of killing seven people at a small christian u

first of all on the beltway in springfield also on the outer loop at braddock road. out for construction and on the inner loop between 66 and route 7 up here, three  lanes are blocked with construction overnight. let's take a look at the northbound side of i-95 in newington. that's fine no problems to report as you head up to springfield and on to 395 to the 14th street bridge. that's doing fine. back over to the maps this time here on the dulles toll road you want to watch out for the construction on the westbound side. it was blocked with the beltway and you are being diverted over to the georgetown pike and back to the beltway. keep that in mind this morning, and we'll take a last live look at 270. a little tease here for you at montrose road, no problems here. back to you guys. >>> thank you. mitt romney is looking to pull off a sweep in today's primaries in wisconsin, maryland and here in washington, d.c.. the gop front rupper is ahead in the polls in both maryland and the district and he's looking to extend his delegate lead. >> rick santorum says it's possib

on the southbound side of 395 between edsall and the beltway and more on the outer loop here at braddockd. northbound 95 you will be fine from fredericksburg really to dale city and springfield and 395 northbound side you're fine. let's go back to the maps, this time to the east side of town or actually here's 66 no problems coming out of centreville. as you head for the beltway. now let's go to the east side of town on the maps, things looking great on route 50 as you head in from annapolis to cheverly. same thing on the bw parkway inside the beltway. a bit of construction on the inner loop between university boulevard and new hampshire avenue and 270 southbound looking great out of frederick. coming up in my next report, a look at 66 at 4:39. >>> george zimmerman spent the first night in a florida jail and he's expected to enter a not guilty plea during a court appearance today. yesterday, the neighborhood watch volunteer was charged with second degree murder in the shooting death of trayvon martin. >> zimmerman admits he shot the unarmed 17-year-old. he says it was in self-defense dur

on the outer loop passing route 236 to braddock road and westbound on the dulles connector road. think they really are in the clearing stages early this morning. you should be good to go if you're just heading out the door. northbound 95 here's what it looks like in springfield. in issues to report as you head on to 395 and the 14th street bridge. this time to the north side of town of the here's the beltway. no problems with college park and bethesda. we're looking great heading south from 270 out of frederick and we'll take a live look at the beltway at georgia avenue. nice and quiet this morning in silver spring. in my next report, we'll take a look at 66 at 439. >> thank you, monika. >>> a case of boater -- voter fraud or mistaken identity. the attorney general of the united states is a 62-year-old black man named eric holder but last week a bearded 23-year-old white man went to holder's voting precinct in northwest washington and was offering holder's d.c. primary to vote in that election. >> this is a story that raises the debate of voter identification requirements across

is going to be treated differently this is a different case at such a high profile case i mean braddock's testimony was broadcast of course but you can read it anywhere you can read about his boast that he did it all again what are the dangers of this inflaming europe's far right extremists now and him using with as a pedestal which is the worry and absolutely that danger is there and if think it was a wise decision not to broadcast life is testimony whatever he says probably will appear afterwards but that makes for a totally different context you know i mean he will miss his moment of glory by not having this directly on all media that already has makes a difference not whether this will inflame were or inspire if i can use that verb other people well the risk is always there let's not forget breivik himself is somebody who was inspired by extremist or idea and ideologies elsewhere in this case it's still a very accept. will think and we should be glad it will and it's exceptionally well whether this will lead to further extremists broadens the world extremisms have always been there an

braddock i think to say that that an open debate on these issues leads to that kind of insanity is is to answer not give enough credit to insanity ok you know you look like you're disagreeing there i mean the only fanatics so far is this man i'm trial in norway go ahead well you know muslims we want an open orenstein great about multiculturalism i believe multiculturalism has been a great success here in the united kingdom and across europe and but you know we muslims are not frightened of debate we are not frightened of scrutiny but what we what we do not accept rachael if you look at the newspaper headlines that happen every single day you would think that the only story there are dozens of anti muslim stories that are planted in newspapers on a daily basis i don't know which newspaper she's reading the newspapers i read and have access to when you are saying what we're going to tell you how to design and. not and i need. rachel danny please define for me an anti muslim story can you please define for me an anti muslim story a recent example just one because i'd like to i'd like to

actions are these are about to talk to a far right british movement that some believe inspired braddock's campaign of terror. this is luton was considered the breeding ground of far right extremism in the u.k. so to a large muslim community and also home to the english defense league who are now considered one of the most dangerous groups of the global counter jihad movement it started as a gang of football hooligans and in just three years its ranks have swelled to more than seventy thousand all united against what they call the threat of islam the same ideology inspired norwegian mass murderer anders behring breivik and now it's on the rise according to a report by a u.k. anti fascism group a worldwide counter jihad network has surged since predicts attacks with over one hundred far right groups in europe alone it names e.t.l. leader tommy robinson a key figure in that they just some far left organization again hate say things that when we express how we feel we're called far right extremist so you say you're not far right one the far right now i'm not for any right none of my views. fo

slow on the inner loop of the beltway between braddock road and 66. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> our big story this morning has everyone in the area buzzing about the future of the redskins. >> robert griffin iii, rg iii coming to town. and sherri ly is live at redskins park with the excitement. it's a good day. good morning. >> reporter: it is, allison and tony, i know you are dying back there. is it too early to talk about the super bowl? i think a lot of people have that on their mind. robert griffin iii is coming here to washington, and a lot of people have pinned their hopes for the redskins on the future for him. he is the quarterback that everyone has been waiting for. the redskins made it official last night, taking griffin number two in the draft. they put the team's future in his hands. he is the first quarterback selected at number two since philadelphia took donovan mcnabb in '99. no doubt the redskins nation is feeling the excitement. [ chanting ] >> all: rg iii. >> rg iii, baby, all the way! >> reporter: skins fans

everything is open to braddock road and toward the springfield interchange. you. >> thank you. it's 52 degrees. >> we will discuss why the presidential race is going to the dogs. >> the guys try to think like a woman. sense when there women think like a man. that's coming up. >> malfunction and medical equipment on metro. >> the space shuttle discovery will spend its first full day in its new home at the smithsonian 's udvar-hazy center today. it will also be the public's first day to get a firsthand look at the new exhibit. nasa is mreplacing enterprise. enter flie>> metro will conduct a system of review of its automatic external defibrillator program after the death of a passenger. >> a 51-year-old man was riding a train, on monday when he had a heart attack approaching the pentagon station. the train operator stopped at the station, but the defibrillator was not working properly. it did not have a strong enough battery charge. >> you want to make sure that you are prepared and can handle any emergency that comes up. >> metro officials say between now and t

slowing on the inner loop after braddock,to 66. now back inside. >> check this out. weather wreaking havoc in the midwest. that is hail. three-inch hail pummeled part of westport missouri. it blue down trees and that injured dozens of people. rough in the midwest over the weekend. we enjoyed sunshine here. >> we will have active weather the next couple of days. not expecting anything severe. we will just have beneficial rain periodically. we need it. monday will be easy to get into the workweek weather. nothing going on just a nice casual day with comfortable temperatures. there is the sunrise over washington. hard to see the kennedy center but it is on the left. sun pops up behind the kennedy these days. bright sunshine for the first part of the morning then increasing clouds. 50 downtown and manassas. 45 winchester. cumberland at 39 and 36 in frederick. well warm up nicely. i think it will be 68 later on. 63 noon. some sunshine. take lunch outdoors if you can. average high is 71. there are more showers and storms near st. louis from illinois down into oklahoma and

loop virginia, farther away from the viewer at this point, route 50 virginia you see delays between braddockd i-66 maryland, also jammed up delays on schedule, outer loop 95 interchange college park inner loop slow, to the green belt metro also watch for delays 50 inbound, 202 and the bw parkway, 270 southbound, pretty well just a delay on the spur watch for break lights as you head down to 495 that is a check on your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> another busy week in the world of politics, sit ever a slow week. president obama is wasting no time ripping the republican budget written by paul ryan painting it as a series of cruel spending cuts on the campaign trail, mitt romney, is looking ahead to november. joining us now with more insight on all of this former democratic congressman of illinois, marty russo now head of russo capitol good morning to you marty. robert walker former republican congressman from pennsylvania now executive chairman of wesler and walker. let's start with presidential politics it seems mitt romney has now with this surge he just has three more primaries under his belt

pace improves hov lanes heavy and steady no incidents to report, lanes open on the belt way slow braddock to 66, inbound suit land parkway lanes are open 295 trouble here before the 11th street bridge, stalled car in the right lane accident activity on the bridge navy yard accident blocking the left lane. south 270, heavy and steady out of rockville that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you well, nationals are hours away from welcoming their home crowd for the first time this season. >> exciting. >> yes. >> this year fans might notice a few new additions to the ballpark dave ross joins us live with details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning allison and wisdom yes, a very exciting year for your washington nationals. 4 and 2 to start off, home opener, against the cincinnati reds a lot of changes to the ballpark, still beautiful in its fifth year of nats park who better to talk about it than the coo great to see you. another year let's talk about some of the changes to the ballpark this year i know there is changes with the food and concessions. >> well, every year we

braddock road all the lanes shift sharply to the right and all four lanes are available, you just want to be careful there heading northbound on the beltway. here's what it looks like traveling on the northbound side of i-95, you can see all that green and i think it is going to pretty much stay that way this morning. let's take a live look outside on 35 on the northbound side eds sell road looking great no problems to report. main and hov lanes both directions of 35 between the beltway and the 14th street bridge. back over to the map, this time into the downtown area. all the river crossings are incident free. we'll take a live look heading into the district using new york avenue. here's what it looks like on ninth street no issues to report on the bw parkway as well inside the beltway. andrea? mike? >>> easter the most celebrated day on the christian calendar, worshipers packed the national cathedral. christians believe easter is the day jesus rose from the dead. those in attendance were asked to give what they could for repairs to the cathedral which was damaged in the earthquake la

we had overnight construction blocking it is ramps from the beltway to braddock road.all of that is cleared. we are looking at northbound i- 95, which is behaving nicely in both the express lanes and main line. no trouble spots to report. you will find your lanes are open if you are traveling south on 270 coming in out of germantown. how busy can it be? not too busy right now. beltway looks free as you make your way between college park and bethesda. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. raffic. >> thank you. >>> new this morning, i a police-involved shooting in maryland. a prince george's county officer fired his weapon just after 3:00 in the morning in the 3100 block of good hope avenue in temple hills. >> that suspect was not hit. so far, no word on why police were called to the scene and the officer was not hurt. >>> our big story this morning, major developments in the trayvon martin case. >> george zimmerman, the neighborhood watch man who claim self-defense in the fatal shooting of trayvon martin is in custody. he is being charged with second- degree murd

overnight roadwork down at braddock road and again at 66 has cleared. no trouble spots to report right now eastbound on 66. nice, easy commute coming in from manassas headed in towards the capital beltway. overnight construction cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >>> mitt romney is celebrating this morning. republican presidential hopeful won all three primaries last night. >> he is now hoping to move from primary front runner to presidential contender in november but here is the problem. rick santorum is promising to fight on. we get the latest now from sherry ly. >> reporter: it was a convincing sweep for mitt romney taking at least 08 more delegates on the road to becoming the republican presidential nominee. in maryland, romney won with 49% of the vote followed by rick santorum at 29%. in dose, a landslide for romney with 70% of the vote. santorum wasn't on the ballot but ron paul finished second with 12%. in wisconsin where 9 #% are reporting, romney won with 43% of the vote to santorum's 38% in a race that had been too

the first one is on the outer loop of the beltway as you leave braddock road for springfield. the right to get by. let's take a live look first at the beltway. near the robinson terminal and you can see how heavy the traffic is actually both loops of the beltway taking a look at that accident. well also take a look in springfield on the northbound side of i-95. these people exiting to the inner loop that's the block as you head on the northbound side of the beltway as well. the accident is southbound 495 before the springfield interchange. back over to the maps, and an accident also in fairfax city. right now on route 123 between route 50 and route 236. i'm going to step out and show you a live look from sky 9. we're only one lane is getting by right now in fairfax city on route 123. it looks like we lost that shot but just be aware of that south of i-66. back to you guys. >>> thank you. delta airliner was forced to make an emergency landing after striking a bird moments after takeoff in new york. >> and america's oldest ballpark celebrating an historic birthday today. just fe

now, jeff and jeremy are above the beltway here leaving braddock road. as you continue up towards 66 with the lanes open. taking it back inside, if you are traveling inbound from the west right now on 66, not a bad commute coming in out of manassas. average speed down to 21 miles per hour. beltway looks good if you are traveling between college park and bethesda. bethes that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. . >>> time if a look now at today's my fox half off deal, it is from national golfers network. you can get a worldwide golf pass for $25 which is a $160 value. the price included discounted greens fees and lessons and more than that. to get in on this, go to myfoxdc.com and look for my fox half off on the right side of the opinion. opinion. >>> nicholas backstrom was suspended for one game for his cross-check in the face of rich pevelry after the final buzzer. a penalty calls for a mandatory suspension owe the caps will have to play game four without backstrom. it is tomorrow night at the verizon center. >>> the nfl released the schedule for th

on the inner loop, a slightly new lane configuration as you head towards braddock road. the lanes will shift sharply to the right. all four lanes are still open. in maryland, inner and outer loops of the beltway looking fine. no problems to report. that goes for most of your major roadways heading into the district. all your major inbound bridges and tunnels are running at speed. metro, marc and vre all running on schedule. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >>> making headlines now. there may be a big development in the have atron martin shooting this weeken a special prosecutor is expected to decide whether george zimmerman should face charges in the teenager's death. she could direct file the charges or recommend that a grand jury indict him. in the meantime, if martin's family decides to sue over his death, they could target the homeowners association of the neighborhood where the shooting happened and not george zimmerman. s that because if zimmerman's claim of self-defense is upheld, florida's stand your ground law will protect him from the la

taking a look at the beltway in virginia, inner loop hitting the brakes making your way toward braddockouter loop, not so bad. inner loop, your travel speed right now looking at about 54 miles per hour. that is going to start slowing down. looking at a 14-minute drive from the interchange to the dulles toll road. and still keeping an eye on the rails. so far they're running on or close to schedule at this time. aaron and eun? >> thank you. >>> 6:33. d.c. already has a lively night life. now neighborhood leaders are pushing back against mayor vincent gray's plan to allow partying to go into the wee hours of the morning. the mayor wants to extend bar hours to raise revenue in his 2013 budget. and the proposal would allow bars and clubs it stay open an extra hour until 3:00 a.m. on weekdays and 4:00 a.m. on weekends. depgd whom you talk to, the hours could make for a better bar scene or more dangerous city. >> according to police chief kathy lanier, won't be any problem, "we'll be fine. there will be plenty of officers to handle any issue." >> they park in our neighborhood, they slam their

roads, the crew in sky fox is with us checking out the ride along the inner loop of the beltway at braddockre open as you work your way northbound up the west side. no problems to report right now as you guys continue northbound headed up towards the american legion bridge. outer loop looks good headed out towards the springfield interchange. taking it back inside, we'll update the ride here southbound along 270. lanes are open coming in from hyattstown. we do have problems to report if you're traveling northbound 5 here at surat road. accident reported in the northbound direction coming in out of waldorf. 66 inside the beltway down to 22 miles per hour here at westmoreland. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >> thank you. >>> time for a look at today's my fox half off deal. it is from figaros salon. you can get a shampoo, cut and style for $24. that is a $65 value. go to myfoxdc.com and look for my fox half off on the right side of the page. >>> a health alert this morning about autism and the weight of moms to be. researchers from the university of california davis s

northbound on route 28 at new braddock road and this is the delay on the northbound side of route 28. trying to get past the accident scene. we'll go over to woodbridge, the accident i told you about earlier this morning past the occoquan river caused this delay. all lanes are open thankfully heading through woodbridge. a quick look at 270 no complaints here heading through rockville down to the point where the lanes divide. jess. >>> the worst day for wall street in a month was yesterday and right now we've got some new data we're waiting on this morning. >> "cbs this morning" is next with more on the jet blue pilot who had a midair meltdown and why drone aircraft may soon fly over u.s. neighborhoods. >> we will be back in 25 minutes with live update on traffic and weather. >> get updates on traffic and weather by visiting wusa9.com. >> thank you so much for visiting thus morning, we -- us this morning, we will be right back tomorrow morning at 4:25 a.m. have a great day everybody. >> bye. [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ]

this is as you approach braddock. also on the inner loop of the beltway. heading to i-66, route 29, still have the right lane blocked by the crash there. i'm back in ten minutes with another look at your traffic. aaron and eun? >> thank you. >>> new this morning, monomery county police investigating a shooting in potomac, maryland. this happened in the 8500 block of victory lane at the intersection of banal drive. police were called for a home invasion. they discovered one person shot. that person was taken to a nearby hospital. police not releasing much more information now. we will continue working the story for you and bring you updates as more details become available. >>> police in prince george's county are looking for the gunman who caught a thief in the act, then shots and killed him. detectives say 26-year-old matthew bovell was trying to break into a car in ft. washington saturday morning. someone shot him, and he died at the scene. the gunman never came forward. anyone with information on this case is asked to contact prince george's county poli

a flake or two earlier in the high spots of frederick county, maryland around south mountain and braddockso that's about it around here. the conversation a little flakes coming on down and dying on their journey but our own chuck bell went in search of the real stuff, the real snow. he is up high in western maryland in kaiser's ridge. how many inches have you gotten there? is it causing any travel problems? >> well, the good news, veronica, first of all it's winter. winter has lasted up here in western maryland thanks to the 80-degree weather on saturday. the road beds are toasty warm so very little is sticking especially to the bigger roads. interstate 68. some of the big u.s. highways. absolutely no problems at all. they put a little salt down just to be sure but the roads are very, very clear. boy, get on to the grassy surfaces? 6 inches of snow right here in kaiser's ridge. get out to deep creek lake, about the same thing. 6 inches. most of garrett county 4 to 6 inches of snow. you can probably see in the picture it's actually still coming down right now. luckily as i mentioned haven'

>>> an accident on the inner loop just past braddock road. is, it's off to the left shoulder lane. not in the roadway for you. travel lehtinen are open as you --trayal lanes are open as you travel on the beltway. i-95 past the occoquan, northbound travel lanes are open. not bad at all. you will start to slow down around route 123. then again, you'll hit the brakes making your way past fairfax county parkway. no accidents in the roadway. it is a little stop and go as you continue to the beltway. i'm back in ten minutes with another look at traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:53. today a judge could decide whether to dismiss a deafamation lawsuit against -- defamation lawsuit against syracuse coach jim boeheim. boeheim is being sued by two former ball boys who claimed boeheim slandered them saying they were out for money when they accused the former assistant coach berniefein of abusing them. he called the ball bies liars, looking to cash -- boys lighters, looking to cash in on the penn state sex abuse skanl. boeheim later apologized. >>>

the inner loop toward braddock, i am seeing a little volume increase in this area. nothing too major now. travel speeds, looking at 61 miles per hour, 14 minutes to get from the interchange to the dulles toll road. taking the beltway in prince george's county, a live look now at central avenue. travel lanes are open on both the inner loop and outer loop. outer loop speed, looking at 60 miles per hour to get from route 50 to i-95. checking the outer loop in montgomery county, travel speeds in this area, fine, as well. aaron, you're looking at 57 miles per hour. back to you. >> all right. thank you. >>> a developing story in maryland this morning calls for a special session after lawmakers failed to pass two high-profile bills including one to expand gambling. the house and senate had reached a tentative agreement to bring table games and a sixth casino to the state. but they failed to vote on that bill before the midnight deadline. governor o'malley says he would probably sign the bill, but it would also have to be approved by voters in a november referendum. >>> for

this time on the inner loops you approach braddock road, you'll see your right lane taken away as you continue. so far it's not affecting traffic right now because your volume is light in this area. now shooting over to the american legion bridge, taking the outer loop heading into virginia, you're in the clear. your travel speed making your way from the dulles toll road to the interchange, you're at 55 miles per hour, a 14-minute drive it make the trip. checking the beltway in college park, on the inner and outer loop, clear in both of these areas right now. back to you. >>> well, all morning we've been watching the shuttle discovery as it came into washington for its final flight. we're looking at a live picture of the tarmac out at dulles airport where the shuttle is right now. we will continue our shuttle coverage coming up at 11:30, right now back to more news. >>> metro's safety investigators are trying to figure out what caused this metro bus fire this morning. metro tells us that a mechanic was driving the bus at the time. it happened just after 6:00 this morning on route 50 b

continuing on the inner loop, heading to virginia, here's a live look passing robinson terminal toward braddockur travel speed in this area, not bad at all. looking at 60 miles per hour. 14 minutes to drive from the interchange to the dulles toll road. now back to you both. >> thank you. >>> it's now 5:42. 66 degrees. a recall that will have you double checking your refrigerator this morning. why a popular line of bagged salads is being pulled from area store shelves. >>> plus, not everybody happy about the heat today. the deal organizers of the boston marathon are offering in hopes >>> welcome back. 5:46. communities across the midwest are crediteding days of early warnings for saving lives as they begin to pick up the pieces after a weekend of tornadoes. more than 120 tornado warnings were issued saturday and sunday in oklahoma, kansas, iowa, and nebraska. the hardest hit was the smaun town of woodward -- small town of woodward, oklahoma. a tornado is blamed for killing five people, three of them children. it is the one place warnings failed as sirens were damaged by storms early saturday. >>

earlier malfunction at braddock, you're slow to huntington.s, chopper 4 checking things over the crash on i-95 northbound. approaching dumfries road. in the right shoulder lanes where the activity is as well as blocking the right lane, still seeing delays about a three-mile backup. heading to 66 eastbound at business 234, accident activity still blocking the left shoulder lane in this area. a live look at the beltway. it's flowing, not a lot of problems on the outer loop. look at this -- you're at 51 miles per hour, about 11 minutes from i-95 to i-270. now over to aaron. what's this about spicy tuna? >> be careful what you eat, danella. that's what it is. the story of the day. >>> you may want to hold off on ordering a spicy tuna roll for lunch. tainted sushi is the focus of a salmonella outbreak. the food and drug administration says 90 people in 19 states and the district have gotten sick. federal health officials investigating if spicy tuna rolls may have been contaminated. health officials are examining clusters of restaurants in maryland,

also there have been some wet snowflakes along braddock mountain and south mountain in maryland as well as catoctin mountain north of frederick and all these areas in color are under a winter storm warning or winter weather advisory, the pink zone, where they could get up to a foot of snow there by later tonight. that would certainly cause a lot of power outages. it is chilly. holding steady in the low to mid 40s all morning. reagan national, 45 degrees. that's more like february than april, barbara. we have a warmup on the way. we will talk about the rest of the week and weekend in ten minutes. back to you. >> thank you, tom. >>> rain-slicked roads compounded the effects of a deadly accident that made a mess of the morning commute today. the wreck happened around 2:00 this morning between the colesville road and georgia avenue exits. on the outer loop. backing up traffic for hours. news4's tracee wilkins has the latest the investigation from silver spring. >> reporter: this was the scene on the outer loop of the beltway all morning long. traffic backed up for miles as police investigat

the inner loop as delays after braddock road to get to 66. 95 traffic in and outside the good inlooksdsall road, no worries and beltway and rte. 1 in nicely inrk is moving both directions. bright sunshine outside and time lapsedeat setting overoon ijamsville. it shows the blue skies with cirrus clouds overhead. case all daythe long. 49 degrees and the district and is 52 degrees. low 60's today and tomorrow it sunshine. >> thanks for watching and we will be back at noon. "live! with kelly" is next.

as you work your way eastbound to route 50 you will find a 31 minute commute all lanes are open, braddockouthbound george washington parkway, commute approaching 123, now down to 29 miles an hour that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> julie thank you the search for a 6-year-old arizona girl who vanished from her bedroom does continue isabel, was last seen friday night 11:00 p.m., police say a window in the families tucson home was open with the screen pushed aside now even with that evidence so far an amber aall right has not been issued -- alert has not been issued joining us with more is bob larry executive director of missing children division at national center for missing and exploited children. i said it off camera, thank you for the work you do. i cannot imagine being a parent with a child who is missing when you don't know where that child is thank you for the work the organization 'cause. >> thank -- does. >> thank you allison. they are very heart wrenching for a family and difficult for law enforcement when you have a child missing like this >> i can only imagine. le

west side approaching 66 you will find lanes are open but the belt way is considerably slow leaving braddock and 236 headed up towards 66, thanks jeremy great shot as you work your way up the west side no problems in the back up just heavy, slow and steady, approaching 66 from i-95, all right back inside show you that trip on 395 as you leave the belt way, duke street remains heavy and slow before you break through, traffic slows inbound 14th street bridge receiving word of a crash in anne arundel county, shutting down telegraph road, this accident involving a bus and another vehicle, with fire and rescue units headed in that direction you will find on the outer loop of the belt way, leaving 95, headed past colesville road. >>> thank you julie, new this morning dc police investigating two late night shootings, including one that claimed a man's life. that happened on 14th place southeast just before midnight the victim was shot in the head. about 10 minutes earlier another man was shot on 53rd street, southeast, he was conscious and breathing, when police got there. allison. >>> we are monit

inner loop, slow, braddock to 66, virginia, 270, heavy out of frederick, german town leaving rockville for the split, 66 earlier accident heading towards manassas, that is gone watch for delays, approaching 234, this is just past 123, delays from 50 fair oaks, 95, fairfax county parkway, 395, heavy from the belt way towards seminary road, quick note metro riders this morning, there will be normal service on both blue and orange lines. around 7:00 p.m. last night an out bound blue line train derailed at the rossland station about a thousand pass eninjuries on the train no one -- passengers on the train at the time no one was hurt beth blue and orange lines were shut down then they were anal to single track it -- able to single track it caused major delays metro is investigating to figure out what caused derailment this morning there will be normal service on the blue and orange lines allison tony over to you. >>> our big story is out or prince georges county, five people were found dead inside a house in oxen hill they believe carbon monoxide poisoning is to believe. >> this morning the