you can see around calvert county and st. mary's. showers are drifting off to the west, hitting areas there like calvert beach and solomon's. once the sun sets about 8:30 or so, those showers are going to become less and less around the area. what we will have, though, is an easterly wind. still plenty of lingering moisture across the area. first thing tomorrow morning, we're likely to have some fog across the area that will be slowing us down. temperature right now at 75 degrees in baltimore. 78 degrees currently in d.c. 74 clinton. 76 degrees right now in fairfax and sterling. 72 in culpepper. and 75 degrees currently in winchester. that's the easterly wind, but still under this huge ridge of high pressure that's still keeping us plenty warm across the area. that ridge is just going to get stronger and as we go through the next coup of days. southern plains all the way to the north eastward. first thing early tomorrow morning with temperatures in foggy conditions. i'm going to give you the forecast panel probably during the next we

up to 72 degrees in downtown washington. 66 in woodbridge and 60 degrees in calvert county. let's keep with the theme of these low temperatures. well above average. we will stay above average for the next several days. as far as what to expect, sunshine and light winds. there is some thunderstorm activity in the forecast. we will lay out the time expectations in just a couple of minutes. >> this one hits a little close to home. >> are you doing all right? >> i will get through this one. there is a new pizza war. this is not one between your favorite national chain. >> this is about health care and billions of money spent on obesity. some politicians are behind a plan to add a hefty tax on pizza. this could lead people hotter than a pizza pie oven. >> this man is triplets' really love pizza and this family is hardly alone. the average american eats 23 pounds apiece at a year, making a $37 billion industry. but a new study suggests targeting a slice with an 18% tax. >> it would include people's health. it will cut their total caloric intake and reduce their weight and cut thei

take a live look at what is happening on the boardwalk in calvert county. nothing but blue skies looking across the eastern shore. if you ever wondered what is on the other side, you are looking at the island on merriment's eastern shore. that is what we called value- added content. 13 degrees -- 13 mile per hour winds in walkersville. 81 degrees on howard university. the pollen count is a daily routine, in the high range for trees. what is different is that grass was in the moderate range along with mold spores. this is a tough day for you to deal with allergies, despite the fact it was very pretty and outside. every now and then we get a weather graphics that i like and i decided to put it on tv. what we will show you is today it is halfway day. more after they -- moore about that after we get through our numbers. carolina, in north but no big storms anywhere. a stronger cold front is dropping the numbers in the upper midwest. you can see the first one dissipate across michigan even though there are a couple of severe thunderstorms across indiana. look ho

and three accidents in the city, north mlk, at pennsylvania avenue, east lombard at south calvert. and east carrie at south clinton. still looking at a jam on 70 eastbound, approaching the beltway. and jams on the beltway, now down in the 20s in two sections. 26 miles an hour on the northwest side. there is a live look at the west side. there is a look at 95. watch for a jam in the northbound lanes as you approach the beltway. this traffic report is brought to you by the cochran firm. call 1-800 the firm or visit cochran firm.com for a free consultation. >>> a big honor for governor martin o'malley. he is in chicago, being named biogovernor of the year. including $75 million in funding for the state's universities and colleges. >> reporter: maryland's biotech industry is being cultivated right before our eyes. inside labs like this at baltimore community colleges, life science institute. student catisha is positioning herself for the future. >> i'm currently interested in the forensics department as well as testing. >> the students are enrolled in the applied science program. >> we

these are going to be coming over the bap glenn bernie, annapolis, also down towards calvert beach. high pressure to our north, low pressure to our south is combining to keep a cool and relatively moist easterly wind around here. that will keep clouds and the risk of fog. breaks of sunshine from time to time. another chance for a little fog, first thing on wednesday morning, but eventually that big bubble of warmer air out to our west is going to send a shot of toasty air our way. some spots might be up near 90 degrees before cooler weather begins by next week. i remain optimistic for the holiday weekend. patchy dense fog, first thing tomorrow morning. once it burns away we'll be left with a nice afternoon. warmer tomorrow, highs in the upper 70s. the all important seven-day forecast here. 78 tomorrow, but 88 degrees on wednesday. a slight chance for a shower for thursday and friday. and then here you go, everybody. there's the three days of your memorial day weekend. we did not have the mention of rain for anyone over three days. but nungs, so far, so good. >> we're locking it in.

mary's and calvert county and light to moderate rain in baltimore county at the present time.r house at the present time, it most likely will be at one point or another during the day today. i think it will improve as we head through the day once this piece of energy rotates east of us. we might even get sunshine to breakthrough. the center of circulation with this system is back across portions of west virginia and western pennsylvania. this will slowly drift through. it will take all the way through tomorrow morning to get completely off shore. that first batch of heavy rain will dissipate as we get sunshine to breakthrough the clouds. the temperatures are in the mid 60's. if we get sunshine to breakthrough, i think we will jump into the mid 70's again. 69 in columbia. 65 in rock hall. fairly uniform with the temperatures out there this morning. once this system gets out of the coast late in the day on monday, we should have high pressure coming in behind it and wind up with quiet weather for the middle portion of the week as this high comes out of the great lakes. one thing

calvert, and he james, a conservative party, 17,264. [applause] daniel dave, the united independence party, 1906. and james, liberal democrats, 8186. [applause] and i hereby declare that ed bowles is elected. >> de tories have been denied, ed balls way down. let's hear what he has to say. >> let me start by thanking the officer, the police, and everyone for doing a great job tonight. in the glare of tv cameras. i am sorry that the cameras did not quite get the moment they were looking for, although i have to say it was quite close. i like to pay particular tribute to the conservative candidate antony calvert, he fought it very straight, decent, and honest campaign. he focused on local issues. [applause] and he said that he wanted to put this fantastic new constituency on the map for the national media, and he certainly succeeded in doing that. i would also like to thank my agent, and all the brilliant teams that volunteered that we have looking -- working for us. i like to thank the thousands of people will and members that all worked,

calvert of california. for what purpose does the gentlelady from ohio rise? >> i request permission to address the house for five minutes and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. schmidt: today i rise to recognize not only those who competed in the flying pig marathon but the winner from our area. let me tell you the conditions 18,000 participants faced on sunday. 6:30 a.m. in the morning, torrential downpour with the forecast of a 90% chance it wouldn't let up. unfortunately, they were right. as 18,000 of us decided to go, at least part of the distance, 6,000 of us decided to go the full 26.2 mile distance. you know, the flying pig marathon was the brain child of bob coughlin, 12 years ago. 25,000 people participated in the weekend event. it took an enormous amount of folks, including 3,000 volunteers to help make that event happen. for all of us who participated, we want to say thank you. i think this year's winner, brian list, really wants to say thanks to those who helped because his dream came true. this young ma

to the south in southern maryland in charles calvert, anne arundel county in the upper 50s, the eastern shore the mid-50s. out of the mountains it's chilly. western maryland, west virginia near 40 degrees under a clear sky. we have a half moon hanging in the southern sky this morning. and it is clear, no travel problems throughout the northeast corridor or in and out of the midwest or even heading down south a large area of high pressure in place for today giving us lots of sun and highs climbing into the low 80s with low humidity. a perfect spring day on the way. tomorrow, partly cloudy, we'll have a weak front coming through, highs reaching the low 80s and a slight chance of an isolated shower. then on friday partly cloudy, near 80, might get showers maybe thundershowers friday night, then they may linger saturday morning. how's traffic? >> tom, as we head out, looking pretty good all in all, a bunch of road work of course on the beltway around van dorn street. no worries the inner and outer loop appear to be moving. we'll stay with virginia and i'm sorry, up to maryland, college park

calvert. mr. franks. mr. paul. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from california, mr. garamendi, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. garamendi: thank you, madam speaker. i request unanimous consent to engage in a colloquy with my colleagues on the democratic side of the aisle. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. garamendi: tonight, it's really important that america come to understand how the great collapse of 2008 occurred and what its impact has been. i think they have a pretty good idea what the impact is. we see it back home and see it from our constituents and families as they face layoffs, face losing their homes and the mortgages they are no longer able to afford. how did all this happen. we want to discuss that tonight and discuss the effect that's having on our constituents and at the same time, we want to talk about what are we going to do about it, how are we going to set straight the financial institutions of america.