montgomery, arlington, fairfax counties, prince george's county mid-40s. mid-40s to near 50 in southern maryland and the chesapeake bay. as the day progresses, we'll have increasing sunshine, sunrise at 7:35. we'll be in mid-40s by 9:00 and hover in the 40s through much of the morning. but then climb into the mid and upper 50s by middle of the afternoon with lots of sunshine. terrific day coming up. sunset at 6:08. a look at your evening planner in ten minutes. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> very light at this time of day. i'll give you a good look. let's start with 270 in maryland. here's the look at west montgomery avenue. traveling north and south on 270, no problems as you make your way towards the beltway. all lanes are open. 95 north, here's the seen on fairfax county parkway. as you make your commute on i-95 and continue towards 395, it is nice and clear. i'm back in ten minutes with another update. back to you all. >>> police have reopened a prince george's county overnight after a deadly accident. two people died when t

the county council will vote today on whether to essentially ban gaming in the county. residents voted to allow slot machines at five locations, but prince george county was not one of them. it would take another statewide referendum to add prince george's county to list. then the county would also have to vote down this ban today. it will take five votes to pass the ban. it has four. the sponsor of the bill says he is confident that they can get enough votes. >>> it see and there are more troubles for herman cain after he stumbled over a question about libya. >> let's listen. >> ok libya... no that is a different one. i have all this stuff swirling around in my head. >> ouch. >> we have what effect this may have on the rest of the gop pack. afterwards herman cain said he was just causing to collect his thoughts. was that beyond what we would consider a reasonable pause. it seemed like he was confused. >> that was very long and was damaging for herman cain. libya is not a gothic question. the reporter simply asked whether he disagreed or agreed with president obama on l

county to our west and garrett county.arts of the highlands of west virginia getting a few sprinkles. farther to the east, just a high cloud cover. we have a balmy morning. it's in the 60s from the blue ridge to the bay and the eastern shore. farther to the west where there is rain falling, it's in the 50s. frederick and hagerstown and cumberland, upper 50s as well as around charles town and martinsburg, west virginia. sunrise at 6:50. we'll have a cloudy day today. maybe a few sprinkles north and west of us this morning. a 50% chance of a passing shower. otherwise, a cloudy day and balmy too, upper 60s to low 70s. danella, how's traffic? >> so far not doing any good in our area. connecting roads to the beltway. let's check out 50. no problems in d.c. no problems as you make your way from annapolis and head towards the beltway. here's a live look at lottsford vista road. you're clear east and west on i-50 in maryland. if you're taking i-95 at fairfax county parkway, you are hitting the brakes. nothing as far as accidents o

on what counties get and what counties don't. mr. grijalva you have sat here and you are the only one on your side. do you want any more questions? [inaudible] >> i'm not that nice but you can go now if you would like. >> thank you. appreciate it. professor, let me ask you a follow-up on a question. i believe that the wildfire was the result of a lightning strike. who would bear the cost for fighting that fire? >> i don't have any specific information about arizona's loss but it would have been born most likely by whatever level of government is assigned in arizona riemer responsibility for fighting those fires. >> and, you know on page five of your testimony you quote the definition of the grand staircase of the national monument has had little or no effect on the economic situation of the whole county. is that correct? >> we can find no significant impact of the designation of the monument in neither cain or garfield counties. >> so the designation of that monument has had little or no effect on the economies of cain and garfield?

in garrett county.we are are checking out temperatures right now and it is in ann arundel county. 34 in millersville at the old mill senior high school. arnold belvidere elementary, good morning at 36 and 36 annapolis at st. mary's elementary. we have a little spread just in ann arundel county alone. officially 45 at the inner harbor. and right by the water, 43. annapolis. we are looking for temperatures to climb out of the chill and a high of 60 with a mostly sunny afternoon. 5:09. here is a traffic update with tonya. >> minor delays on the camden trains. it may take extra time this morning and a live look at the traffic camera, starting out on the beltway, on the northwest side, 695, near 795, and everything is running smoothly in both directions. and near old court road as you make your way from pikesville to woodlawn. 95 north at kateen, the right lane on 95 itself, is back open. but on the ramp, as you can see, you can get on kateen avenue south but you still can't get on 50b which is catten avenue

, also in howard county.f you want to report a case, call the consumer protection office, the number there on your screen. abc2 news. >> great reporting for this, thank you. you're saving people money. >>> let's talk about money, howard county tonight, the state public works handed the check over from the sales tax on alcohol. here's how the money's going to be used, see sell is going to -- cecil is going to use it to replace a track at the high school. and the roof will be replaced. church creek elementary schools and others will get thousands of dollars to fix the air- conditioning. >>> well as we reported yesterday, special committee has suggested that eight different sports at the university of maryland cut. now there's backlash. as don harrison tells us, the reaction stirred emotions nationally. >> reporter: protecting their house is just what a sports programs at the university of maryland are doing. they're not alone. attention has been coming in from around the nation. on a youtube video entitled save

now into howard county out toward lisbon headed toward southern areas of carroll county.nd west of town, this is where we're seeing the other batch of showers which are now headed toward manassas. this is all moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour. then as you go down 29 through madison, culpepper and down toward unionville around orange, we're seeing the showers scattered about. the showers move southeast. the whole line moves southeast. behind the line, it is getting colder. down in the mid-40s at frederick. look at oakland, 36. garrett county is going to see snow later tonight and tomorrow. probably not too much. but that upslope in the cold air will produce the snow showers. meanwhile, south of the boundary, got 59 in tappahannock. 58 at annapolis. 54, cloudy. winds are kicking up out of the north-northwest. our temperatures are now on the way down and the dew point sits at 43. there is a lot of cold air up across the northern part of the country. look at the 30s from bismarck and minneapolis in chicago. we'll drive some of that toward us for tonight and tomorrow

they decided it was too large a county, said the card off another county.time, the largest population in the state was in san francisco. l.a. barely made a presidio. they had, like, 50 or 60 people. 90% of the population was in san francisco, and everyone down the peninsula is saying if they are in the county, san francisco has this huge population, we are going to have to go along with them, so they can't get off -- they carved it off. >> it looks like it is the richmond district, but a kind of shows what was on the west side town. a great deal of it was sam, and for that reason, people thought that the weather and the san -- it was really not a place that people wanted to live, and it was going to be very typical for san francisco -- very difficult for san francisco to expand west. >> if you look at the early maps, it was 3 miles wide by about 6 miles long, this huge sand dunes that just moved around. >> here is an 1875 map of the laguna. says along the side of the map, high sand hills between the pacific ocean and the like. by the way, this had actually

maybe moving into frederick county maryland, perhaps loudoun county over the next hour or so. right now it is mild, not just here, around the bay, eastern shore, off to our west, and the shenandoah valley into the mountains. sunrise at 6:50. here's the day planner for this tuesday. we'll be in the 60s throughout the day. maybe low 60s early afternoon. a few sprinkles this morning areas to our west and northwest. and then this afternoon there's the possibility of a passing sprinkle. overnight tonight, we'll be cloudy and a little better chance of light showers this evening. otherwise, cloud cover will be with us. we'll be in the upper 50s by midnight. by dawn tomorrow, the low 50s and cloudy and moderate rain likely beginning after midnight tonight and off and on through the day on wednesday. perhaps even lingering through thursday morning. much colder thursday. as we clear out in the afternoon, highs only near 50 and a cold start friday morning in the 20s. afternoon highs just in the 40s with sunshine on friday. over the weekend, should be dry but chilly and maybe some rain mo

and the closest rain to the metro area is in frederick county, maryland, and frederick county, virginia, panhandle of west virginia and points there as well as northeast and southwest into the mountains of west virginia. ahead that, just a lot of cloudiness. we'll have a cloud cover with us throughout the day. where it is raining, it's only in the upper 50s. just under the clouds now, it's in the low and mid-60s much of the region. we will stay this way for the next few hours. here's your day planner. sunrise will be at 6:50. and by 9:00, the mid-60s. might have a few sprinkles northwest and southwest of washington this morning. then during the afternoon, we could have a passing shower. otherwise, cloudy with highs in the low 70s in the early part of the afternoon. big changes on the way later tonight. a look at your evening planner at 6:11. danella, how's the commute? >> congestion is building in our area. if you're taking the beltway, it's not so bad. i'm seeing a couple yellow spots in montgomery county. inside the beltway, i-66 heading east. i've got to show you i-95 because that's

county line and the calvert county line and far east, you have a few sprinkles across the bay. that's continuing to rotate off to the east and clearing up from i-95 west where the temperatures are coldest now. in fact, it's near or below freezing in many locations of shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, much of western maryland and into west virginia. in montgomery county, upper 30s to near 40 degrees. mid-40s in washington and prince george's county. where the clouds are in southern maryland, northern neck, and eastern shore, it's a bit milder. near 50 there. sunrise at 7:35 on this 1st day of november. by next week, we'll have our sunrises one hour earlier. we fall back this coming weekend. sunset an hour earlier. there's the jefferson memorial under a clearing sky now. 40s through the morning and then low and mid-50s this afternoon with lots of sun. your evening planner coming up at 6:11. danella, good morning. how's the commute now? >> good morning. >>> chopper 4 is over i-66. outside the beltway, report of an accident as you make your way towards route 7. that's

prince george's county, most locations mid-40s. near 50 in calvert county, st.ary's county, under the clouds in the northern neck and eastern shore. our sunrise at 7:35. these dark mornings are hard to get used to. we'll be getting our earlier sunrises beginning this weekend. we will fall back. and our sunsets will be an hour earlier today. sunset today at 6:08. by 9:00 still in the 40s. we'll be in the low to mid-50s during the afternoon with lots of sunshine. here's your evening planner. we'll have our temperatures down into the 40s through the evening. by midnight, low 40s. by dawn tomorrow, the 30s again starting off wednesday morning. during the day on wednesday, lots of sun. tomorrow a beautiful day. afternoon highs near 60. on thursday, partly cloudy. morning lows near 40. highs near 60 again. and then on friday a bit cooler as we'll have more clouds around. a weak area of low pressure coming and passing through the region to our south. might give us an isolate d passing shower on friday. saturday near 60 and on sunday. good morning, danella. how's the co

county lawmakers tabled a vote to ban slots. in with a state referendum. right now maryland law only allows slot machines in five locations outside of prince george's county. kri critics say a proposal to put slots at kroes rosecroft race way would drive up crime in the area. >>> county leaders on board to pay for the latest phase of the rail project. the county board of supervisors voted to approve the deal, which was finally reached after months of negotiations between federal, state, and local representatives. the deal could ease loudoun county's financial burden in the project. phase 2 of the dulles rail project will extend metro's new silver line from reston to ashburn. >>> 6:36 is the time. we have a silver alert. police need your help in finding a missing maryland man. 75-year-old earl williams was seen yesterday morning near the 10000 block of cherryvale court in beltsville. he was driving a 1997 silver volvo with maryland license tags edf017. if you see him, call prince george's county police. >>> our time is 6:37. [ ma

our county approached a sister agency in santa clara county and they agreed that we should work with just the one and they would provide out reach. we have been doing this now for just over three years. as a consequence, they provide a really unique opportunity to work directly with contractors and agencies to implement the project. the first was to provide outreach up to the top of the watershed and to contact the private land owners and talk about easements. the goal is to not make all of this green. we just want to see it protected. we have been very busy for the past five and a half years and that has cleared all of our environmental permitting hurdles but we continue to protect the resources in this watershed. when it became clear to us that the mitigation requirements would extend both in time and increase the dollar amount come we knew we had to take this back to our commission. greenough that our permit conditions drove the date and the amendment. -- we know that our permit conditions drove the date. >> what would this go towards? >> sure. this is broken up in the budget anal

inner loop as well as the outer loop in montgomery county.s is the view at the boulevard. 54 miles an hour as you head from i-270 to i-95. this is traveling on the inner loop. it will take you ten minutes to make that commute. taking the beltway in virginia at robinson terminal, all your lanes are open, and you are in the clear in both directions. >> danella, thanks. >>> 5:23 now. later today, you can hear from do conrad murray on what really happened inside the house the day michael jackson died. msnbc chronicleded the trial from the points of view of murray and his defense team. msnbc had exclusive access to murray's life. in 2009, murray agreed to make jackson his only patient. he lived with jackson in beverly hills. he talks about the bedroom where he treated jackson for insomnia. >> the bedroom that he slept in, where i spoke to him during the night, that i had to persuade him eventually to have it cleaned because it did not smell good, it was mildew, and i had to get it clean. >> coming up on the "today" show, part two of the exclusive

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which would essentially ban slot machines in the county. right now, prince george's county is not one of the five jurisdictions allowed to have slots in maryland. but the new owners of rosecroft raceway have said they want to add slot machines to help business. voters in maryland first approved the gambling machines back in a 2008 referendum. >>> harrah's is showing off plans for a slots parlor in downtown baltimore. it would be just south of camden yards. the $310 million complex would also include restaurants. harrah's says that the facility would have 3700 slot machines and also include 1200 jobs. >>> two more people are behind bars in venezuela, accused of kidnapping wilson ramos. the nationals catcher was taken from his family home last week. he was rescued friday night. there are now eight suspects in custody. ramos is physically ok. he says he will make his debut with his venezuelan winter league team tomorrow. >>> well, you know the little bits of soap that we leave behind in a hotel room? soon, they could be doing some good because

how this case is fueling new controversial issues to keep illegal immigrants out of frederick county. >>> the man accused of killing his coworker at a frederick burger king will not be going back there to face charges until the end of this month. right now he is in federal custody up in baltimore. there he is waiting to be sentenced for federal immigration charges. but that hear has been postponed until november 28th. he illegally reentered this country after being deported to el salvador two years ago. a hot button issue in frederick county, maryland, for years now for illegal immigration and this murder case made the issue that much hotter. scott broom reports how the surprising turn in that case has some county leaders looking for new, perhaps controversial ways to keep illegal immigrants out of. >> reporter: this is the 21- year-old that was deported once from frederick county back to el salvador in 2009 after a conviction for armed robbery here. but he managed to sneak back into the country and is now the prime suspect in the murder of a coworker at this frederick burger king las

closer to washington, in montgomery county, mid-30s. mid and upper 30s in prince george's county. near 40 in arlington. it's in the low to mid-30s in fairfax county. quite a cold start. southern maryland near the bay and northern neck where they do have the fog, it's right around 40. later today, that fog will be burning off there. we'll have lots of sun this morning. clouding up this afternoon. another mild day. temperatures climbing low to mid-60s early afternoon and mid and upper 60s midafternoon. a delightful day. sunrise at 6:34. sunset 6:00. a look at the evening planner in ten minutes. danella, how's the commute? >>> we'll start with the rails. so far not seeing any delays on the metro, marc, or vre. all running on or close to schedule. first bridge up is the american legion bridge. not seeing any problems on the inner loop or outer loop as you're crossing the bridge this morning. if you're taking the key bridge -- i love the key bridge, how the lights light up, and there's no traffic just yet. clear as you make your way across. if you're traveling in southeast, here's a vi

a few sprinkles in calvert county and northern neck. the heavier rain associated with that storm is now moving into the central and southern shenandoah valley. light rain in the northern shenandoah valley and northern west virginia. that's eventually heading toward the metro area. it's a mild morning. right now it's near 60 from the mountains to the beaches and near 60 in the district of columbia and the nearby suburbs. we'll stay on the mild side through the morning hours to midday. with some lighter rain moving in this morning. by noontime through the middle of the afternoon, some of that moderate rain is coming through from time to time, getting chillier at sunset. sunset at 4:47. then the 40s by midnight. a lot of rain should have ended by then. chillier by dawn tomorrow. we'll look at that and the rest of the week and the weekend in ten minutes. >>> if you're taking the outer loop of the beltway at connecticut avenue h an accident taking away the right lane. looks clear now. traveling i-95 in virginia, you are start to go slow down

prince george's county, howard, anne arundel, up toward baltimore county, too. carroll county is not in it. westminster, visibility there has been reported down a quarter mile. we could argument carroll county would be in it. baltimore. andrews down to 3/4 now. look at the areas from zero to quarter mile. the southern neck and the eastern shore, be careful out there. monika? >> be careful out there. keep your speed limits down because when volume is so light, it is easy to speed up. with the visibility, it will be tough out there. overall, the beltway looks good. we'll zoom in first to 270 and show. >> live look at route 121 in clarksburg. no problems coming down from frederick to this point as you can see, volumes are still pretty light. although building in clarksburg, you will be ok down to rockville and the point where the lanes divide. back over to the maps, this time, let's check out the northside of town. all of that early morning construction pretty much cleared up through silver spring. lanes should be open between college park and bethesda. no problems

." >>> we begin today with poverty and hunger in alameda county. susan batesman is with the food bank and ken adam, a client and also a volunteer with tri-city volunteers and we'll talk about the different aspects of his life and how he got help and how he's helping out now. welcome to the show. good morning. >> good morning. >> tell us about it. >> this is a critical time for the alameda food bank. demand is very high and we're very concerned about serving all the families. >> we have video that was freshly shot. it's video of the sacred heart community services in san jose, but these images can be seen throughout the bay area, throughout the country, i would imagine. talk about your feelings, susan, when you see images like this, those who are in need, who have no choice but to ask for a helping hand. >> it's very striking right now. one in six alameda residents is using the alameda community food bank and we're serving 21,000 children each week. 21,000 children. >> that's heartbreaking on so many levels. >> it is. and so many people find themsel

we have heavy rains across north caroline county through cecilton kent county and cecil county. there is clearing to the west. carroll county clearing out. howard county clearing out. more rain surging out of the south from the western shore going eastward. our visibilities are low, a little midwest mixing in with the rain. drive with care once you cross the route 50 bridge. temperatures around 50. we're headed into the 40s. cloudy wet conditions. we'll talk about how fast the sunshine comes back and where the temperature's headed coming up. >>> dr. conrad murray was sentenced to the maximum sentence of four years behind bars in the death of michael jackson. jamie costello has more. >> reporter: the judge's words may be tougher than the sentence. the judge said it was medicine madness that led to the death of the king of pop and that the 58-year-old murray show nod sense of remorse, no sense of false and that he is dangerous that murray should have walked away when the superstar promised to pay him $150,000 a month for daily doses of propofol. >> i think the everything went well

you see a nice clearing from the west and county line of harford county. still, the roads are wet. they still have the heavy downpours. it will be a cloudy, damp and chilly night. we're talking about how cold things will get rand when we will -- and when we will see that autumn sunshine. >>> bge crew, fire and police responded to a block in east baltimore. what crews discovered was another smell from a different kind of problem. brian kuebler explains. >> reporter: crews were investigating a gas odor in this neighborhood last night, a danger you could smell, but what they ended up finding was danger residents here see all too often. >> some activity around the place. you can never really tell. it's everywhere. >> reporter: neighbors weren't jumping to be on camera after police discovered the strong odor reported was a marijuana growing operation on the second floor of a row home. after entering the home, fire crews and officers noticed the smell coming from upstairs. the stairway was blocked. once officers climbed through they found what police are calling a substantial growing ope

it's in northern montgomery county, howard, frederick, carroll counties in maryland. we have a broader area of steady rain entering the southern shenandoah valley and into virginia. elsewhere, we have low clouds and a few breaks in the clouds elsewhere to our south. temperatures are mild this morning. we're hovering around 60 degrees throughout most of the region. we will stay on the mild side through the morning hours. it will turn chilly by late afternoon with the rain increasing in intensity by mid to late afternoon. we could have moderate downpours and maybe briefly some heavy downpours later this morning and midday. overnight tonight turning continuing chilly with a blustery wind down into the upper 40s by midnight. even chillier by this time tomorrow morning. we'll look at the rest of the week and the weekend in ten minutes. here's the traffic. danella? >> good morning. >>> if you're driving i-270, looking pretty good as you head towards germantown on the spur in both directions. not seeing any issues for you. here's a live look at father hurley. congestion is b

fairfax county police are looking into it. they say it was a petite blonde who robbed the bb& t on keen mill road tuesday afternoon. >> we saw the police cars there and when we saw the cars, you know, you get a little worried. >> reporter: travel agent ann thompson works next to the bank. she said no one heard a thing as the heist went down. police william county police have already identified 26-year-old stephanie lynn schwab as a suspect in a friday morning robbery of a virginia commerce bank. on saturday, fairfax county police believe it was schwab who was involved in a carjacking posing as a college student in tysons, too. police say she allegedly told the customer she had run out of gas and needed a lift. when the customer drove schwab to a gas station, schwab pulled out a knife and stole her 2003 acu acura. back at the scene of the latest incident, preferred travel agents have mixed reactions to the idea that a woman, as young looking at schwab, could be linked to the bb&t robbery. >> you can't tell by the way somebody l

executives are worried about a scam that might be going on in their county. i'm don harrison. i'll tell you what it is and what they want to you do about it. >>> these days, renewal notices for magazine subscriptions start arriving in the mail as soon as you get your first copy. what you need to know so you don't waste your money. >>> one of the gop presidential contenders is getting protection from the u.s. secret service and why agents have been assigned to herman cain. >>> first, what looks like a new scam is sparking concern in anne arundel county. it's a letter that looks like it's from the fire department and alerts you a fire official is coming to inspect your home. don harrison explains what you should do if you get one of these letters in your mailbox. >> public information, chief cox. >> reporter: a letter mailed to county residents about fire inspections has raised concerns for county fire officials. >> our residents received a letter in the mail, and it was an old letter that is actually issued or was used at one time by our fire inspectors. howev

detectives in harper county have captured three of the county's most wanted criminals. two of the three have violent pasts, and are facing charges involving handguns. all three of the men have been fugitives for years. >>> and sheriffs in queen ann's county have arrested a man they believe has been breaking into cars. they captured hip after posting a video of several of those break-ins on facebook. he was caught this morning and taken into police custody. >>> and maryland's public research group is out with their list of the most dangerous toys. , such oas choking hazards, unhealthy levels of lead, or simple i toys that tour loud. -- simply toys that are too loud. >>> we are looking at a tough commute right now. a mess, absolutely. where is the heaviest rain right now? well, primarily it is north and east of the baltimore area. we have real heavy bands up through westminster through the northern part of the county here from, say, oh, about toward t inoium northward. and then a big surge of rain coming up towards spare rows point, and this is impacting kent county. so

that is the story from howard county officials. if you get caught speeding on speed camera, you will have to pay a fine. >> the fine is $40 with no points on your license. the money will go straight back into the speed camera program. any extra will go to public safety projects. the real goal is to slow drivers down. >> drivers in howard county listen up. a decrease. is open for speed camera. now anywhere -- now anyone speeding could get a $40 ticket in the mail. >> we would much rather have people slow down and get a citation. there are speed camera is and we hope they will slow down. >> the county has a two dance with a speed camera is that will move it around to different schools zones on weekdays during a trial. >> during the time we spread ourselves out throughout the county to assess each location and make sure the equipment worked properly. we do not think that is reflective of what we start to see now in the coming months because we intended to focus on areas where we see the biggest speeding problems. >> one of them is a l

mary's county. this is light stuff we're looking in charles county.one and 95 also from alexandria to lorton out toward woodbridge and dale city. seeing the light showers moving off toward the northeast. the whole area slides slowly east. farther off to the south and west, we're seeing the showers in gold vane. maybe even up to fairfax county within the next 30 to 60 minutes. temps are dropping. still 50 in college park. 48 at andrews air force base. 44 in vienna. lovettsville is 45. manassas this morning, 46. that doesn't even include the winds. here in town, our wind chills down to 40. light rain showers at the airport and a north- northwesterly wind sustained at 14 miles per hour. storm system coming out of the gulf coast. one round hit us yesterday with over an inch of rain south and east of town. this morning, other area of moisture coming through eastern kentucky and tennessee, this will be riding toward us. this morning into early this afternoon. but until it passes and with colder air moving in, now, we're starting to see some of the snow mix

, extending to northern calvert county around north beach and shady side in anne arundel county. this is that line where south of it is still warm. behind it, the winds are starting to kick up. temperatures are dropping. we sit at 59. look south, it is 71 in richmond right now. 63 at the pax river naval air station. 49 in hagerstown. 32 in garrett county. we have a nearly 40 degree spread from richmond to garrett county. and behind this front, winds. they're howling. gusting to 39 nearly 40 miles per hour in washington, about the same in leesburg. we have seen gusts over 40 miles per hour there. martinsburg to 37. we'll continue with these strong winds for the rest of the afternoon. in fact, for the evening as well. until 10:00 tonight, all of the counties in orange from frederick and loudoun and northern if you cannier -- fauquier, gusts between 50 and 55 miles per hour. we'll be talk about the rest of the holiday weekend. j.c.? >> thank you, howard. you know, nearly a million people will take a train or a bus to their thanksgiving destination. today is one of amtrak's busiest d

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was fairfax county in trole when that happened? " we were in trouble in the sesense that we were entirely susceptible to chchanges of federal procucurement. we noo longer are. recent yrs the countnty ha beeniversified. >>>> let's get to that. hundreds of jobs in rockville that thehey have now moved to reston. go o'malleyut up several millllion dollars to keep some of the jobs from leaving and staying in maryland, but va gave seveveral million dollalars' worth of incentives. there has been strong criticism in the press. those incentives were not necessary accordrding to some. the "washington business journal" saying it was a waste of taxpayers' money. our f friend doug fruehling saying there was not enough transparency. >> i think itt was i it couldmonewell spent. >> you have this multibiion dollar company, anand th taxpayers of irfax x county a helping them buy new furniture for their headquarters. >> the taxpayers of fairfaxax county did not p up a dimime. the taxpxpayers are virgiginia help them out. >> this was a governor mcdona

if you recognize anyone on this tape call montgomery county police. >>> police in fairfax county wanto take a close look at people in these pictures, suspects in a series of robberies at eyewear stores around the county. police say in the latest hit they stole half a dozen pair of expensive glasses on the for eyes store in al dra. they believe these cases may be linked to a series of similar thefts in montgomery county. >>> a retired four star general now heading an independent review of the mortuary at dover air force base. john abizaid will investigate the facility that came under scrutiny this month when reports surfaced remains of fallen service members were lost or mishandled and that some cremated body parts were dumped in a virginia landfill. abizaid is the former head of the u.s. central command. his panel will review changes being made at the mortuary and make former recommend takes. >>> a former fbi director will help penn state as the university investigates its handling of the child sex abuse allegations brought against jerry sandusky. louie freeh brought on to investigate

as you go toward the metro, prince george's county, calvert county especially and eastern st. mary's then across the bay. this stuff, light to occasionally moderate, heavier stuff will be coming in tonight. 48 in gaithersburg. 47 in lovettsville. leesburg is 46. 49 in centreville. south and east of town, we've got low 50s. warm spot at 52. up at columbia, 49 degrees. reagan national is 50 with a northeast wind at 3. if you're traveling today, across the east, good chance you'll run into some rain although boston and points north, not bad. look at the rain in pittsburgh, cincinnati, 66. chicago wet, 45. atlanta, some storms, 78. even down in charlotte going through there, temperatures in the 70s with some rain. for us, the rain shower and thunderstorm threat will be picking up later today, tonight and into the first part of wednesday. mid-50s today. temperatures climb tonight. windy tomorrow. front pushing through midday. behind that, winds could gust 25 to maybe 30. on thanksgiving a pleasant day. temperatures will be in the upper 50s. for friday, saturday, sunday, temperature

in montgomery county. county council is considering a curfew. and they're discussing that bill tonight. wisdom. >>> tonight is a private hearing on that particular matter. we have some information that may come out of the hearing tonight and councilman, you are talks about the legislation tonight that will kind of go look for the curfew and instead. explain that? >> the curfew is unidentified. the youth crime is down in montgomery county and that is a blunt way to get the misbehavior by a few people. what we really need is some targeted tool to use. and that is what the loitering prowling bill would do and that is to get piece say chance, the commune that is -- when they see a threat to intervine. before the actual damage happens. >> and this is. >> the problem, is it targets a age group and is lemed to certain hours of the day. that is a tool that is limited to only people under 18 and five hours a day and effects a lot of innocent people. they're law abiding and what we need is a tool that targets something that is a threat to other people. >>

and that's just the orange county cases. there's cases in other states, other counties.elf in a world of courts for a long time. >> jeremy bowles poses a huge threat because he is completely unpredictable. one minute you can be talking to him, and he can be laughing and just having a normal day. and the next moment, he can literally be attacking you or me. he is from this particular gang in l.a., sarzana. >> it means a city in hell, meaning cause as much mayhem, as much damage as you can. >> through prison and through other incarcerations, he's really made connections with people from the mexican mafia. >> them people to me are the same people as me, meaning mexican mafia. a lot of people live in fear of them. me, personally, i never did. it is something i kind of grew up with. >> jeremy bowles to me is the ultimate chameleon. he can basically fit in anywhere. and with the relationship he has made with the mexican mafia, he truly is capable of doing just about anything, including killing people. >> while bowles has never been charged with murder, he freely admits that ga

governor mcdonnell is congratulating fellow republicans. >>> in prince william county, board of county supervisors chairman corey stewart won his race. earlier this year, there was some speculation he would run for the u.s. senate seat currently held by jim webb. >> for all the election results and all your decision 2011 coverage, log on to our website, nbcwashington.com. >>> elsewhere around the country, union members in ohio are celebrating this morning after voters there struck down a new state law that would have limited collective bargaining abilities of about 350,000 unionized public workers. current union laws will now stand. republican governor john kasich had touted the new law, which would have banned strikes a among other provisions. >>> and mississippi voters have shut down an anti-abortion initiative. the so-called personalhood proposal would have established the definition of life as the molt of conception. it was intended to prompt a legal challenge, overturning roe versus wade. pro life advocates say they will pursue similar initiatives in six other states. >>> the eigh

howard county says they're not trying to surprise anyone with this. they have signs on the road talking about the speed cameras. howard county authorities say years of traffic surveys found that people were speeding in many school zones and despite critics' complaints that this is an attempt by the county to make money, thorpts say the money -- authorities say the money raised does not go to the county. officers say it's about changing driver behavior in zones where children walk. >> we don't expect driver behavior to change overnight but it's certainly something we hope over time people will start to think to themselves there are cameras in those school zones in howard county, we better slow down. >> reporter: we got more information on the speed camera -- for more information on the speed cameras you can head to our website abc2news.com. we have a link to the story and on this link you can see where some of the cameras are posted. so for the week of november 14, that's this week during this week they have the cameras posted at centennial lane, melon

a good clunk is defense spending, a deep cut that may hit but may heal harford county. >> harford county may benefit. >> it could. we hope. that's the direction it will go. >> the harford county director said if the defense budget is slashed, they will look to streamline. aberdeen is already in a good position after base realignment. pooling its resources, combining more technology, research and engineering into apg's existing blue printed. >> what we have now is we have the communication center for the army. it could end up it will be the communication center for the military. >> this is one example. >> one example. >> reporter: so in the name of forced efficiency, aberdeen proving ground could and up to be more of a super base, doubling down the economic imprint. >> i think we will really see some people in d.c. and the pentagon looking at where do we get our best bang for the buck. >> reporter: jim richardson thinks it will be right here. apg's role already increased with brac. now this might be poised for yet another boost as the military looks towards efficiency. >> the economic imp

but where you see the yellows, coming across charles county across the potomac into stafford county.hese areas, these pockets of more moderate rain will be moving into southern prince george's county, northern anne arundel, and as well northern calvert county over the next hour. right now temperatures throughout the entire region for the mountains all the way to the atlantic beaches are in the 50s. we're in the mid-50s in montgomery, prince george's, arlington, fairfax, and the district. right near the bay and southern maryland, it's near 60. sunrise today at 6:51. won't see it. although the sky will grow brighter, we'll have rain off and on throughout the entire day. temperatures just climbing into the low, maybe briefly mid-60s early afternoon. expect rain throughout just about the entire day and into this evening too. keep the umbrella handy and a blustery wind will begin to develop tonight too. sunset at 54. we'll have it down in the low to mid-70s through the evening with showers likely. maybe thunder and lightning late afternoon and early evening. thursday perhaps rain lingerin

county morgue. because of jail overcrowding she may only spend a few hours behind bars. >>> this morning more than a dozen students at longwood university in virginia face hazing charges. court documents show police seized a branding aoeurp, a torch and wooden paddle. authorities arrested 15 members and two alumni. it's related to assault on other members. >>> snowplows will be hitting the treats in montgomery county this morning. don't worry, we're not expecting any flakes to fall any time real soon. the county is just preparing crews for a major snowfall that could come later this winter. there will be similar to exercises performed last week in prince george's county and in the district. the county storm operation system will simulate a response to a 20-inch snowstorm that causes power outages to roughly 300,000 homes. emergency snowplows and the county's fleet of plows will all be tested. >>> this morning there is a new snow policy in the works for federal workers. it's an effort to avoid scenes

with areas in prince george's county and northwestern calvert county as well. this stuff may flip into charles county. through baden, headed your way. also in calvert county we're talking about plum point and there's oxford east of us on the other side of the bay and this is moving down to southern st. mary's. temperatures where the clouds are thicker, they're in the mid and even upper 40s. baden's 47. andrews 46. but look west and northwest where we've cleared. it's in the 30s in haymarket and lovettsville at 34. sterling is 38. 37 in gaithersburg and here in washington, with mostly cloudy skies, we sit at 47 degrees. feels like 43 though with the north northwesterly wind at 9 miles per hour. two things on the weather map. the system in the northern plains this may bring us some showers on friday. and then the other system we're watching is this guy, coming just off the delmarva pulling away from us. once we get rid of this this morning, we'll be in fine shape today, tomorrow and probably into thursday as well until some clouds may get here late. today 59. ton

right now in montgomery county, though, most areas it's near 50 as is fairfax county. closer to washington, arlington county low to mid-50s. district of columbia, low to mid-50s. prince george's county also low to mid-50s. a bit milder far southern maryland right on the bay, it's in the low 60s this morning. out in the mountains of western maryland, west virginia, most locations 40s to near 50. look at that rain advancing far south to west. out in the mountains of western west virginia and western pennsylvania. it is creeping towards the east. a lot of clouds will be here today. maybe a little sun. sunrise at 7:04. by noontime, we ought to be in the 60s. mid and upper 60s during the afternoon with a lot of clouds around. sunset at 4:48. a look at your evening planner at 6:11. stephanie stallworth is in for danella with the traffic. good morning, stephanie. >> good morning, tom >>> an accident on route 66 approaching route 123. two left lanes blocked. significant delays for folks coming our way. take a look at 66 approaching route 50, the damage is already done. folks t

county, calvert -- ann arundel county and in through charles county and calvert county. if you're heading that way and crossing over the bridge, you may have a few showers youthe m look good and windy. you will need to keep a firm hand on the wheel as you drive this evening. the temperatures are dropping. as a matter of fact, we just looked at this. the high temperature today, 64 degrees and that is at 9:43 this morning and the front came through and where it's coal enough for the windchill value to kick in, feels like it's in the lower 40s and upper 30s. seven:00, 48 and blustery and feel colder than that with the wind in through the evening hours and we'll clear leave night and looking at the five- day forecast, and have not made major changes at all and looks like everything is real, real nice the next few days and we'll have details coming up. >> and we're looking forward to that, gary. see you soon. >>> the country band sugarland is facing dozens of lawsuits in the wake of the deadly statement collapse. the state rigging, the stage rigging fell in the storm in augus