. >> i want to thank the red cross of central maryland that had me out for the hometown hero's banquetwhat great time. i was out there until 8 and what great time. good to spend the night with them. >>> no good to honor people in the community. >> absolutely. >>> as americans, we are

that is in north central maryland. temperatures across the region, cold start to the day. 39 in the district. 42 in fredericksburg. 37 in baltimore. winchester, 37. ocean city is at 44 degrees. here is your forecast for today. plenty of clouds. we'll see more morning showers and drizzle and mist, a cool start to the day. high today though about 50 degrees. that is more mild than we were yesterday. it will be rather breezy, winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 miles per hour and we are hoping we'll get some rays of sun in here the latter part of the afternoon. we'll have to see. >> let's check in with julie wright and find out what is happening out on the roads this morning. >> we've got some problems because we had that stalled car on the outer loop of the beltway over near georgia avenue. that has cleared. delays leaving 95 college park headed around in towards silver spring. southbound 95, 295 looking good out of laurel. no problems reported coming in from 29. southbound 270, you guys are busy on the top side approach

in the next few hours we'll see some of this down by washington heading into the central maryland areas. out to the west. where it is a little colder. maybe some wet snow flakes late tonight. we're still at 40, haven't dropped that much. and the dewpoints are a little higher than they were. 96%, northeast winds. the barometer holding steady. we saw snow last night. northern cal, northern fredrick, northern baltimore and northern harper. and lancaster may see a little bit of a lightning snow. 32 some freezing fog in oakland right now. freezing out there. they'll see a little bit more snow. down to the south and east with temperatures in the low 40s, they'll just stay light rain. right now upper 30s and 40s around the region. winds will continue to bring in this cool damp air. and it will shift to the north. eventually they will shift to the northwest. hopefully with the winds coming down, may give us a little bit of clearing and maybe a little sunshine in the afternoon. that big storm that you saw in florida, still a good way across the state but it's developing into a high pressure. tha

up to the north in north central maryland, you do see an area where it is mixing with or looks like it been changed over to snow. so some of you see something snow early this april 1st and it is no joke. take a look at the bus stop forecast as you get the kids ready for school. temperatures in the upper 30s. there will be showers passing through the region during these early-morning hours. your forecast for today, if we're lucky, we could see some rays of sun late in the day. it is a possibility but i think most of the day will be cloudy. but check out the temperatures into the mid-40s up to around 50 degrees. so it will feel better. it is rather breezy this morning and i think we'll have that through the morning and into the early afternoon but generally speaking, at least it will feel better later today. >> slowly but surely. >> slowly, slowly. >> let's check in with julie wright with a look at traffic at 5:30. >> good morning. wet pavement is what is driving us around town this morning. it is accompanying our drive. you will fine lanes are open if you are making your trip inbound on

right now we're seeing temperatures around 45 degrees in central maryland. 30 the cold spot in oaklandthe fluctuation is still happening, going out to marty bass. i guess this is almost like mother nature's way of saying april fool's? >> reporter: to be honest about it the sun just came out for a brief second. skies are trying to bust up. we know for a fact it's going to be a while before we get to a mixture of some clouds and clearing skies but the process has begun. as has what is going to be a big warm-up moving our way. look at the national temperature map. i always say weather is where the air is coming from. you'll see a decided flow from the south and west. dallas 73, new orleans 72. already in the low 50s memphis and atlanta. miami 82. that's where the air is going to be coming from. look at this graphic. by early next week we're going to be in an envelope of not only warm but warm and humid air. so much so the forecast for opening day at camden yards has changed. how so? meteorologist tim williams will have the details coming up shortly. back inside. >>> on that note spring tr

there was some in northern central maryland. it's in pennsylvania and places like that. more rain fall across the east. and then a lot of cloud cover, but eventually, i think we will get some of those breaks that you see down to the south working in here. but i think it will take quite some time to do that, probably late in the day today. the temperatures across the region. currently it's 37 degrees in the district. baltimore at 36 degrees. fredrick, maryland, 36. forecast for today, mostly cloudy skies, maybe some sun late in the day, early showers, cool but more mild than yesterday. 40, i'm sorry, 50 degrees for the high today. we'll take that. it's still ten, 11, 12 degrees below normal, but it's better than 42 for a high. >>> yes, it. is. >> yeah. >> sorry. thank you. >> yep. >>> let's check in with a look at traffic now at 8:00. >> all right. not quite sure what happened to the rush hour, it was nice and quiet. but not the case any longer. accident activity to report. if you are traveling inbound on route 50, the highway, a crash westbound on 50. all of the westboun

some of the snow showers we see out there will also follow east of the mounds into central maryland it tomorrow morning. do not be surprised if you see wet snow tomorrow morning early on with chilly temperatures to start the day. only a few 100th of an inch officially at the rain gauges at the airport and the inner harbor. the last day of march, the normal high is 59. today we struggleto hit 50 -- 43 at the airport. back into the mountains where the -- where we are below freezing already, and some cold spots out for the -- out west could have some accumulation. some snow in the northwest suburbs. that could sneak into the western parts of howard county as well. north and west where it gets a little colder, the possibility of wet snow tomorrow morning. a rain/snow meeting tomorrow morning early on and sunrise at 6:51 a.m. with brisk winds at the northeast. winter storm warnings and snow possible as the storm is welling up the eastern seaboard. it is producing thunderstorms and parts of florida right now the carolinas will move north as chilly air comes in over the weekend. it is not of

. >> i want to thank the red cross of central maryland that had me out for the hometown hero's banquetwhat great time. i was out there until 8 and what great time. good to spend the night with them. >>> no good to honor people in the community. >> absolutely. >>> as americans, we are obsessed with germs and the obsession led to hands free. [audio not understandable] i am not. >> >>> you think that would make a big difference but the germs may be adapting and lurking. >>> lung cancer deaths affect millions. a new report that is offering optimism for women. >>> plus, storms and tornadoes across parts of tornado. and the damage left behind. first new york for the late nest business headlines. >> reporter: -- latest in business headlines. >> reporter: we bin with optimism about the job marketch the government is expect to -- market. the government is expected to report jobs were created last month and unemployment raid held steady at 8.9%. if the forecast is close to accurate, february and march would be the best two months for hiring since the recession began. and the dow closed out the f

partly cloudy. 49 degrees in central maryland. good evening. thanks for staying with wjz.are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. talks of a cease-fire in libya. rebels say they are willing to put their weapons down, as danielle nottingham reports for wjz, it doesn't look like moammar gadhafi wants to talk. >> reporter: moammar gadhafi's supporters show no signs of backing down. the libyan leader hasn't been seen in nearly two weeks. but he's passing out weapons to people in the capital of tripoli, who say they'll use them. >> yeah, we are ready. they are coming to attack my country, you know? >> where did you get this gun? >> he gives everybody guns. >> reporter: rebel forces are working to get more weapons as well. they've cut a deal with the tiny nation of gutter. aimed at sorting oil in areas they now control and use the mono to -- money to buy arms. the opposition also indicated it is open to a cease-fire, but only with a series of conditions that gadhafi is not likely to accept. >> reporter: a cease-fire deal could mean the libyan leader would stay i

thanks to the red cross of central maryland for allowing me to see emcee the hometown heros banquet. it was fun to be a part it. you probably would have killed last night. >> i think doodles will be popular. and a special shout out to tasha bartlett who told me she puts her niece down and she moved to baltimore and joins us at nine. we are glad to have you join us. thank you. >> thank you for that. coming, we are talking about baltimore magazine. if you are in the market for a new home and don't know where to look or maybe the spots you are looking in, not finding what you like, this is the neighborhood issue. going to have evan come in and tell us the ideas at the spots they found. you may want to check out. >>> it's friday which means we will be eating something. over in studio b, we are cooking up bread pud i go believe correct? >> yes -- pudding i believe correct? >> yes. >> mark can be a handful. he is over there and has the kitchen laid out with food. and we will have recipes you may want to check out. it's opening day. >> absolutely. >> baseball, opening day. we have the orang

we are getting a few sprinkles north-central maryland right near the pennsylvania border, but those should stay to our north. temperatures around the region climbing into the 40s. this is good news. it is now low to mid-40s around the bay, around the neck. the district, northern virginia. shenandoah valley is in the low 40s. peak gusts have been up to around 30 miles an hour. we'll have that all the way through the afternoon until early this evening. right now wesh maryland, west virginia. many location there are still cold. they still have snow on the ground there and temperatures are just near 30 degrees. over the last 12 hours, the storm system gave us the rain overnight, wet snow north and west of us, too. that's pulling farther to the north and east. northeastern pennsylvania getting snow. upstate new york, interior new england getting snow from this system. it is deepening rapidly turning into a powerful area of low pressure over maine now. that's giving us gusty winds this far south into virginia. as we go into the next 48 hours, that low pressure center will pull away. we have the

especially around north central and southeastern maryland through 6:00 this morning. some snow could be sticking to the ground. we'll have more on your forecast coming up. first, here's angie with your traffic. >> good morning. thank you, anny. right now, we're tracking a slick commute along the gw parkway. no problems through arlington. 14th street bridge. still ahead, wa we'll check on more virginia roads. >> thanks, angie. >> making news at 5:11, libyan rebels are cheering the defection of leader moammar gadhafi's foreign minister but the top u.s. military leaders warned on thursday gadhafi is far from beaten at this point. admiral mike mullen told congress that while coalition strikes seriously hurt his fighting power, his forces are nowhere near collapsing. >> the naval academy has shipped out another mid shipmen, expelled for using spice, the synthetic marijuana. that makes 12 mid shipmen kicked out for using the banned substance. synthetic marijuana is banned by the defense department and the administration. >> parts of the northeast are in for a messy commute

the chairman of the republican party of orange county who received the e-mail from maryland davenport, a republican central committee member. >> i saw the e-mail. i looked at it and i immediately responded and told her it was dripping with racism and it was in poor taste and that she shouldn't send e-mails like that to me again. >> orange county republican party chairman, scott called the e-mail dispickable. >> and i'm asking for her to step down off the central committee, she should resign. >> tea partyers gathering at this home were quick to say no. >> i've never run into angry people, especially racist. hello, we are here at the home of a ncaa member and the president -- so it's nothing that we are used to here with a northern california tea party at all. >> gary hosted the tea party gathering on the party's second anniversary. >> whether it's in the democrat party, any kind of racist act towards our president or anybody else? it isn't evil? >> e-mail went to an unknown number. the cbs reporter who contacted marilyn said davenport told us she sent e-mail as a joke and blamed the news media for blowing i

the chairman of the republican party of orange county who received the e-mail from maryland davenport. a republican central committee member. >> i saw the e-mail. it came in yesterday afternoon. i looked at it and i immediately responded to marilyn and said it was dripping with racism and in poor taste and she shouldn't send e-mails like that to me again. >> orange county chairman called the e-mail dispickable. >> and i am asking for her to step down off the central committee. she should resign. >> if there's a suggestion, tea partyers gathering were quick to say no. >> i never run into angry people and especially racist. hello, we're here at the home of an naap member and a president. so it's nothing that we are used to here with the northern california tea party at all. we don't condone it. >> kevin hosted the party gathering in his home on the party's second anniversary. >> whether it's in the democrat party. any kind of racist act towards our president or anyone else is evil. >> the e-mail went to an unknown numb of elected officials. cbs reporter who contacted maryland davenport says davenport told he

and warnings, tornado watches and warnings that extend from central georgia all the way to new york state. we have tornado warnings into maryland. let's look at these storms. 600 reports of severe weather overnight. 160 tornado reports. the death count will continue to go up as they find more there. we're well over 170 and expected to stay in that zone and much above. from tallahassee, to savannah, to jacksonville, columbus, raleigh, washington, d.c., new york city, all of these areas will see strong to severe thunderstorms today. is there a possibility of tornados? we think in this zone, from georgia, south carolina to north carolina, the possibility for tornados in those areas, strong to severe thunderstorms still exist for a good part of the day. a lot of the watches and warnings that are out are out until the noon hour. and remember, we have a pretty big zone in the middle of the country. 20 states are under flood watches and warnings, from thunderstorms and thunder showers that have been going over those areas for weeks. we'll talk about all of that in the next half hour. gusts over the open bodies of water. calmer and war

maryland which is) traffic to get into the district. route 50 is not an option and a before is overturned kenilworth ave. u can use centralimore- washington parkway instead. virginia, 395 across the 14th normal.ridge looks be later on today, it will nicer and we have a few showers the district right now. it is clearing out of the region. the clouds will linger and there some thinning of the cloud cover. be the high temperature and war that yesterday but still average and breezy. few mornings propose tomorrow think the weekend will be dry overall. of sunshine by sunday, near 60 degrees, 73 by tuesday. >>> we have a heads up for drivers to use the 14th street bridge. new phase of the bitch -- the project will close one lane. drivers can use the far left lanes.d three right we will be back with another update at ♪ ♪ can't hurry love just have to wait ♪ >>> look up at the big screen. why are these famous couples, the obamas, heidi klum and seal and, of course, prince william and kate, why are they all a perfect match? we'll tell you why. it may all be in their face. there's this new hot dating service that says finding a part