same for the cumberland. in the civil war we talked a great deal about the railroads. well, the railroads were important and they gained more importance as the war went on. 1860, 1862, the main arteries of commerce were the rivers, particularly the tennessee and cumberland in this region. when ft. henry fell, there was no other confederate fortification between ft. henry down to the head of navigation. the union navy at that moment controlled the tennessee river with the commerce. the whole section of the -- on either sides of the banks of the tennessee, commerce was now cut off. same for the cumberland. and even something more important on the other side of cumberland was the city of nashville. nashville was the capital of tennessee, still is, with the control of the cumberland gone, nashville fell. like that. not a shot was fired. so, the absolute significance militarily of the fall of ft. donelson was this, when ft. donelson, ft. henry fell, tennessee was gone for the confederates. iron works, crops, any c

in fact, cumberland, allegany county, maryland, that flash flood warning has now expired. that's the good news there. we're looking at a chance for some isolated thunderstorms west of 81 and parts north of town into northern maryland. i think most of those barbecue parties should go off without a hitch. if you do hear thunder or see lightning, plan on bringing your barbecue inside till that storm passes. the rest of the night partly cloudy and muggy. it's steamy out here, isolated storms possible north and west of town, lows 69 to 73 degrees. when i come back, we have a better chance of showers and storms tomorrow. we'll break that down for you. back to you. >>> many people tried to escape the heat this weekend with a trip to the beach and now the rush is on to get back to d.c. friday was a nightmare getting across the bay bridge to the eastern shore. scott broom is live there now with a look at the trip back. scott, how's it going? >> reporter: well, it's hard to call it a nightmare because there are no major incidents on the major highways coming back from the coast to h

right now, 81 in oakland. 90 cumberland and d.c. ocean city did jump up to 85.ut they have a west wind now off the land. and of course, that is a hot, dryer wind. 89 degrees now in pax river. locally, temperatures in the upper 80s to low 90s. much cooler by the bay. kent island, annapolis, only coming in at 82 degrees. once again, the advisory for the heat continues in baltimore, baltimore county, and a.a. county, into the d.c. area, including carroll county as well. light winds here. but they get a nice, southerly breeze. that's keeping the heat and humidity in here for one more day. then a big change late tomorrow night. this little spin right here, that is what we call leftover of beryl. it's basically a tropical rain storm. to the west of us, a strong cold front with showers and storms. the bulk of the activity is going to pass to our north. but tomorrow night, into wednesday or early in the morning, we'll have a chance of thunderstorms here. in the meantime, pretty quiet around here. the front, however, behind it, has much cooler and dryer air. and that wil

look at that. 81 degrees in oakland. 90 in cumberland. 83 if hagerstown.r moving in from the west and southwest. and it will be here tomorrow. we're at bwi. and around the immediate metro area, everyone in the mid- to upper 70s for the most part, close to 80 degrees in westminster. we are closer to mid-60s in kent island. and annapolis. comprehends in the water, 60 degrees on the bay. we have seen a consistent flow of winds from the west and southwest. tapping into temperatures. and neighbors to the south and southwest. that is what is impacting now our western counties. it's building up there. and this is the air that is coming our way, headed tomorrow. we got into the mid-70s today very close to 80 degrees in parts of the area. and as you can see-- you can see, some areas close to 90. tomorrow, the record is 90. we are going to be approaching 90. forecast high is in the mid- to upper 80s. but with this front issue there's a front that is dragging all of this moisture to our north. and it's just kind of draped across the state. with the proximity of that,

this morning in the low 50s to the north and west in cumberland.to winchester but still upper 60s lake the pax river naval air station and here in washington. locally you can see the cooler stuff coming into the northern suburbs in leesburg at 61 degrees. still 65 at fort belvoir to the south and 62 over in bade -- baden this morning and columbia. outside on the michael & son weather camera, 67 degrees. look at the winds out of the north northeast at 14. so the front's passed. that's going to set the stage for some very confidentable weather here over the next few days. we had some showers well south and east of us. there's a cold front now that's coming through us the drier air with that front continues to push south and east and that air mass is going to be with us as i said today through sunday. show you the futurecast. going now to the carolinas or maybe southwestern virginia for the weekend? you may run into some showers there. but this just nothing but niceness headed our way. here's a look at the forecast. today, 75 degrees. very, very nice.

it's 65 in baltimore. 70 cumberland. that east wind is keeping us cool. in the next few days, we send it out to marty. >> good afternoon, everyone. we're going to start to see unsettled weather become the norm rather than the rule p there's a wind shift coming our way and it's going to be bouncing into and eventually punching through what's going to be aun -- aun stable air. we're -- unstable air. we're going to see some good thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. wednesday is going to be a rain thi day. it's the mother's day weekend. how is the weather going to be? i'll give you a hint, not a bad way to celebrate mother's day. we will have the details coming up shortly. >>> the oriels are back home after exciting road trip. unbelievable, mark . >> it was uncredible, in doubt. the wierdz birds are back in baltimore. they're in 1st place riding an impressive five game winning streak in new york and boston. home hoping to build on the momentum of a wild win yesterday. >> not just playing well, but doing so with some unusual twists, like a hitter becoming a pitch

we're already at 70 at cumberland, 72 oak land.hile it does feel warmer than yesterday, it's only one degree warmer at the airport than it was at this time yesterday. 11 degrees warmer in oakland. this does go well for a warm beginning to your -- marty, i always want to try to get this wrong. it is the end of -- what is it?. >> week end and the weekend. . >> i got it. . >> say it ten times fast. it go well goes well for what -- it goes well for what you can. >> reporter: good afternoon, everybody. not only one degree difference, but the fact that the sun is shining. that is making it warm and sticky feeling out here. this morning when don and i came to work we had a breeze. we still had that marine influence over the area that kept us in clouds and showers and only 65 yesterday. now we've seen that marine influence change. winds are from the southwest, that warm envelope of air is pushing up over the region. the stalled front around the mid atlantic is moving up 95. take a look at these temperatures around. this noon hour the low 8

a great thursday it is. 58 but now district, 52 in cumberland, 60 in quantico. on our way to the upper 60's to near 70 degrees for the high temperature. cooler and less humid today with bright sunshine. there will be gusty wind, northwesterly winds at 15-20. still breezy tomorrow. close to 80 the weekend. bright sunshine today into sunday. capital. >> brockington realight volume of traffic. could it be people sleeping late? all clear on 81, route 11, interstate 70, 95 between richmond and baltimore at,. slackens drying out through springfield. this is a live picture of georgia avenue. now to news. >> a man convicted of killing a maryland state trooper will be sentenced today. williams faces up to life in prison without parole for killing wesley brown. brown was shot and killed outside a foresthill restaurant in june of 2010. another man, at the milton, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years in jail for being an accessory to the murder. former federal aviation administration chief randy babbitt is scheduled to go on trial today on drunk driving charges of

currently 55 in cumberland, 69 in the district.egreesdrop a few more mourn.o through the here's a look at the forecast for today. nothing but sunshine. mostly sunny conditions, low humidity, highs in the mid 70's. tomorrow a few degrees warmer, very comfortable, sunshine, 77. looking good into the weekend there's a wild card, an area the coast line that may clouds and possibly a sprinkle on sunday. a little uncertain. of the drydvantage doing a lot of overnight construction. northbound 95 coming out of get tod to garrissonville road, there's a project remaining. it took our colleague 35 minutes through there. it is still on the road, coming of stafford. in springfield, construction is complete. were working on southbound beltway and 644 on screen.t side of the nothing remains. so it's much better. more to come in less than 10 minutes. now to news. >> fairfax county police are trying to figure out what led to a deadly shooting. officers got a call at 11:30 last night. car found a man shot in a vernon on san leandro. he was shot in t

cumberland zero. warrenton a half mile. much of this area can expand off to the east before we start to burn it off over the next couple of hours. again sunshine i think by mid- morning here. look at the temps. they're in the low 60s west. that's where we've had some of the fog. the area condenses better with the moisture. we're sitting at 72 here andle at the pax river naval air station 72. outside on our michael & son weather camera cloudy skies. i was on the weather terrace at 6:30. drizzling a little bit. southeast winds at 7 and humidity way up. a muggy, sticky morning. 88% on the humidity. we'll put our future cast in motion. partly sunny. a few showers and storms for the afternoon hours. things will settle down tonight with the loss of the daytime heating. we get into tomorrow and we think it's going to be in the mountains that we see the activity. maybe up into pennsylvania as well. from d.c. south and east, generally a dry day and a warmer day. temperatures are going in this direction. we've got a high today about

over an inch. 1.3 in cumberland. 1.1 in hagerstown. just about three-quarters of an inch in meyersville. 0.6 inches in martinsburg. temperatures in the '60s north and west of washington. coley, 70. 71 in the district, 71 at dulles airport, 73 of lexington park. winchester, 64 degrees. here's our forecast, hazy, hot and humid. a little warmer than the past couple days. it was 87 yesterday. near 90 today, but it will feel like the mid 90's when you factor in the humidity and slight chance of late-day thundershowers. now to steve. >> starting off cool very well. 395 at shirlington, just a few cars headed towards the 14th street bridge. no problems up to 95 and 395. we still have a closure in montgomery county in the somerset area of the river road both ways near springfield drive near dorsett avenue, there is a brief detour. you can take little falls parkway to get to massachusetts and rhode. that will only cost a few minutes. no delays and no problems to report. back to you. >> thank you. already 70 degrees out there. >> learn how the fa

cumberland is 54 degrees and 64 in southern maryland. we have some areas of fog.you had rain showers yesterday even around sunset south and west of washington, you will likely have fog early this morning. a slight chance of it thundershower later today but it will not be as widespread as the last couple of days but a 30% chance. it will be few and far between. it will feel like summer mid 80's and humidity and a cold front moves for tonight and behind that, sunny, and cooler in the 70's. >> outer loop at river road, 66, we go to newschopper7 and they are flying over fair oaks. the eastbound traffic shows the pavement is dry. eastbound delays from manassas to centreville before and after route 50 and open to the beltway. >> thanks so very much. the time is 6:12. bryce carper -- brides harper made the highlight reel in a loss yesterday. he said -- he hit his second big league home run and his second in as many days. it was not a good day for stephen strasburg and gave up four runs in four innings. manager davey johnson explains his troubles on misplaced ointment, wh

cumberland, it feels like 94 for you. you have dealt with the flash flooding earlier tonight and with the storm going on through. now for the rest of today, we'll get out and we did get up to 90 degrees downtown. not quiet enough to beat the record of 97. but both baltimore, you tied at 90 degrees. we'll talk more about the heat and how long it will last before you get any sort of break. back to you. >> all right, thank you. >>> four more farm animals have been attacked at the frying pan farm park. this comes just one month after three horses were stabbed on the very same property. the fairfax county police are still investigating if these two incidences are related. a lot of people in the area believe that this will be a serial animal thrasher on the loose. >> was that very nice? >> no. >> that's not very nice to hurt animals. >> reporter: parents are are having a tough time trying to explain to their kids why someone would want to hurt these baby animals. >> you've got to go save them? okay, buddy. go save them. >> repo

cumberland is down to zero. locally we're not too bad here in the metro but watch out for those areas with your early morning temperatures in the 50s in the shenandoah to 65 here in washington. 5:00 a.m. monika santami with time saver traffic. >>> for the most part everyone is behaving themselves. there are no big issues to report. i think if you're headed out the door right now you'll be okay. no problems to report coming in from the west on the dulles toll road or i-66. we're good along the west side of the beltway between 270 and tysons corner. gw parkway as well headed inbound inside the beltway. great time to head on to the gw parkway. we'll look live at the american legion bridge. you can see just a timey bit of volume but again no big problems to report. let's go back out to the maps and this time head to the south side of town northbound 95 coming up from dale city to woodbridge to springfield you'll be okay. we'll take a live look inside the beltway on 395 heading into shirlington and the 14th street br

a little cooler north west of washington. 63 in cumberland and winchester.sas. -- 64 in martinsburg. 86 degrees by noon. will be in the upper 80s through the early afternoon. by 5:00 p.m., 90 degrees for the high temperature. when you factor in the humidity it will feel like the mid 90's. that's why we have a heat advisory around the metro area and the 95 corridor today. 30% chance of a few thundershowers later on today. we did have a nice all line that moved through yesterday evening and there was over an inch of rainfall in western and northern maryland. now just a few lingering clouds and that's all. just a few clouds. tropical storm beryl is along the florida and georgia coast lines. it will move into the atlantic and will stay out of our region and not affect our weather. for tomorrow, increasing clouds on tuesday, showers and thunderstorms likely if. today just a slight chance. tomorrow, widespread. battling your into wednesday. less humid wednesday afternoon through friday and cooler near 80 by the end of the week. >> let's start with the the beltway

areas of light rain west of hagerstown already and into cumberland moving north and east. mainly staying west of interstate 81 early this morning. more organized showers in parts of ohio down into kentucky and west virginia. this will slowly push our way towards the metro area later on today. this is a slow-moving cold front, taking its time slowly pushing through our area if. it will take a couple days to fully move through washington if. today and tomorrow will be rather unsettled. behind it will be cooler and especially less humid air that will move into town. it's not overly humid outside right now, but it will be much drier behind the front. later today, we will reach about 75 with a good chance of showers and thunderstorms in the metro area into the afternoon and evening. early afternoon just west of the beltway. mid to late afternoon in the metro area and east of 95. a little breezy at times, a south wind at 8-18. mid 70's tomorrow, scattered storms. close to 70 degrees thursday and friday behind a cold front with less humid air in place. upcoming holiday weekend lo

cumberland is a little cooler at 65. oakland, 55 degrees. -- 59 in cumberland. we will have bright sunshine today with low humidity, a gentle north wind. take your lunch outside if you can. even breakfast outside. it's a pleasant morning. even open the windows this morning to let in the fresh air for while. not much in terms of cloud cover to start the day. east of the mississippi, it looks fairly sunny. there are the remnants of their role moving farther into the atlantic. this area of low pressure will move west tomorrow and that will put us in one sector. that's human and unstable air. there will be a slight uptick in the humidity on friday briefly. with that will be a good chance of showers and storms and a pretty good chance of a few severe thunderstorms later in the day on friday. similar temperatures, 83, then going back into the 70's this weekend. looks good and feels good saturday and sunday. >> thank you. 5:22 on this thursday. cracks coming up next -- question no. 1 pick in the 2012 nba draft goes to -- >> not the worst team in the nba. which team hit

dry conditions. 48 in cumberland. temperatures in the 50s across the state. 61 at the river. immediate metro area. 50 in bel aire. 52 in west mintier and 55 in columbia to rock hall. >> talking about the north, northeast wind. bit of a northwest flow in some areas, but the high is to our north. we are going to be watching this system moving into our direction. rain from the dakotas all the way back to nevada. starting to movie our direction and starting to fill in with some of the moisture down around the carolina coastline and extended toward the gulf. as it gets here, we'll start to see the clouds increasing. but in the meantime, all of these storms that are down off the eastern shore of carolina and down around florida will stay down there. just some high thin clouds ahead of it. what we are going to be paying attention to, a chance of thunderstormses heading into monday. pleasant conditions until then. as the systems start to fill in, the low gets pulled to the north. the front from the west starts to movie our direction, bringing a chance for thunderstorms monday, scatte

we do have 66 in cumberland. 70 in oakton. 71 in ocean city. today, more steamy air coming in from the south and southwest. that is going to meet up with the front that is moving to our north. that front is responsible for the real chance of any pop-up showers. today will be a pretty nice one. some of us will see the shores. partly sunny, hot and humid, overnight lows down around 68. turning clear. then tomorrow, partly sunny, hot and humid again. 92degrees. >> thank you, tim. >>> dozens of children die in an attack in syria and now the massacre is sparking new protests in that fragile nation. susan mcginnis has the latest for wjz from washington. >> amateur video report lid shows dozens of bodies lining a mass grave in this syrian town. activists say the people died when government forces shelled the town on friday. mourners surrounded united nations observers who arrived to investigation. the head of the u.n. team confirms more than 09 people including at least 32 children under the age of 10 are dead. -- more than 90 people. >> it is an unac

martinsburg, cumberland and petersburg, west virginia. fredericksburg not reporting but i know there's patchy fog up here as well and stafford has improved to two and a half miles. the temperatures are on the mild side. we're in the 60s. easton is 61 this morning along with baltimore. to the west low 60s 234 winchester. mid 60s in hagerstown and still fredericksburg at 66. locally, low to mid-60s still from great falls at 66. fairfax is 65 degrees. fort belvoir, crofton, columbia 62 as we look outside on the michael & son weather camera. looks pretty good out there. the temperature is 67. reagan national reporting mostly cloudy skies and a southwest wind at 10. that's an important wind direction. that's a warm direction for us. yesterday, as opposed to wednesday, those winds were in a strong out of the east and we were allowed to burn off the clouds early. the mid 80s out west and today is even warmer than that it looks to be. we're watching a front this thing stretched out with a lot of strong to severe thunderstorms from areas in kansas

we actually got to 90 in cumberland today. bob has details coming up in your complete first warning forecast coming up. now, back inside. >>> . >>> inside the mind of osama bin laden. the documents recovered when seals took him down and what they revealed about his plans. >>> i'm alex demetrick coming up. a man entrusted steals and sells it. that story on eyewitness news. >>> i'm jessica kartalija, in towson, baltimore county. how two little boys became heroes. coming up, on wjz. >>> and how is the weekend shaping up? don't miss the updated first warn weather forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it is mostly sunny. 75 degrees in most of maryland now. the complete first warning forecast is coming up. >>> the maryland man entrusted to protect and care for historical items in the national archives has been sentenced for stealing and selling them. alex demetrick reports, the theft involves thousands of sound recordings. >> reporter: the national archives was created for the recordings. >> the special cause for second lieutenant. sergean

scattered showers approaching the cumberland area. shower activity.nd it looks like the first few gusts will be farther western maryland. later this evening, we'll see stuff moving in our general direction. looks like the same pattern on tap for tomorrow. so we'll be dealing with this again. probably into thursday. but it's going to get a lot warmer by the end of the week and the weekend. i'll have those numbers coming up. vic? >>> let's check on the roads now with kristy breslin, wjz traffic control. >>> hi, vic. hi, everyone. well, things continue to get busier out there. traveling on the inner loop. that delay stretches around to security boulevard. north side inner loop, expect about 10 minutes there, from harford to 95 on that northeast side. the outer loop, still seeing some congestion in that direction as well. that's from dulaney valley road to the harrisburg expressway. but traffic does break free after that. as far as accidents go, wilkens avenue on desota. harrisburg, in the northbound direction, a crash there at shawan road, beginning to b

one or two in the upper 50s like cumberland. our day planner, the sunrise 5:45.hat's a half-hour away. plenty of sunshine. near 80 by noon. a beautiful lunch hour. if you want to eat outside, get under something to keep fru getting too burnt today. 83. we've got a high uv index for sure. 83 at 5:00 with a high 84. that should happen about 4:00 p.m. or so. 71 in town. we have the low 60s north and west. luray is 60. cumberland is 59. it's in the low 60s also in easton and the pax river naval air station 68. on the michael & son weather camera, good visibility. we're mainly clear. call it partly cloudy at national with a northwesterly wind at 10. temperature of 71. the barometer is down 29.75. it will come up today and drop again tomorrow as we've got storms in the middle of the country headed our way. our weather headlines beautiful today. storms return friday. we could get some heavy weather tomorrow. some heavy downpours. it may hold off till the afternoon and evening hours but there's also a threat some of these storms could be severe. that means the potential

and 84 in cumberland. 72 in ocean city. today's temps, running just one degree warmer than yesterday. oakland, 9 degrees warmer. ocean city, just 1 above what they were yesterday. we'll come back and take a look at that weekend forecast in just a few minutes. denise? >> let's check on the roads now with kristy breslin, at wjz traffic control. hello, kristy. >> hi, denise, hi, everyone. so much traffic there. northbound 95, you can expect those delays past the beltway. it will take you 25 minutes to get through. on the top side inner loop, we're up to 40 minutes there from park heights avenue to harford road. the west side inner loop, expect another 25 in that direction, from baltimore national pike to security boulevard. and the outer loop, really not doing too much better on the west side. heavy from reisterstown road, to security boulevard. as far as 70 westbound goes, just bumper to bumper there from 29 to marriottsville road. expect delayoss the harris burg -- delays on the harrisburg expressway. and shawan road to belf

cumberland, 81. last hour, they were up to 84. side of the state, with the winds off the ocean. elkton is only at 56. right down the road. d.c., 73. we're at 64. we've kept in this marine air all day long. looks like tomorrow, we finally get into warmer air. and maybe we'll see a scattered shower or thundershower tomorrow. denise? >> all right. thank you, bob. let's check on the roads now william kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. hello, kristy. >> hello, denise. hello, everyone. delays continue to stretch out. on the west side inner loop, slow there from security to -- 70 to security boulevard. >>> also slow around york road to harford road. average speed at this point, about 30 miles an hour. northbound 95, stop and go there, from 32 to 100. and accidents include baltimore national pike at tollgate road. also eastern avenue at south haven. and finally, south mlk at washington boulevard. let's now take a live look. as you can see, there's a a look let the jones falls expressway. things moving a bit slower heading out of downt

zero at warrenton and cumberland and petersburg, west virginia. we've seen patchy fog elsewhere but the worst is southwest and west of town of the your temperatures a little bit on the cool side. 55 in martinsburg. we're 65 in d.c. with 61 in gaithersburg going into the 80s. it is 6:00 a.m. monika santami, time saver traffic. here she is. >>> hopefully i will save you some time because there's an accident. luckily it was not a huge accident. it was blocking two right lanes on the outer loop of the beltway off the 270 spur but before river road for some time. i'm going to step out and show you what it looks like from sky 9. looks like all the lanes have been reopened. just the slow traffic leftover getting by so authorities were able to move it quickly out of the road. that's good news for you if you're just heading out. coming off the 270 spur, i think that was affected as well southbound side of 270 hoo. wears what -- here's what it looks like on 95 in virginia. no issues to report. just the slow traffic. in my next report we'll update you once a

look at these temperatures. 81 now in cumberland. an hour ago. 77 still in hagerstown. this is the warm, rather humid know cans. east of the mountains, much cooler air coming in off the ocean. 60, 63. only 54 at ocean city. right now, d.c., just dropped from the low 70s to 69. so pretty much along the potomac river is the dividing line between this warm air. whether it's scattered showers and storms. and this much cooler, dense, overcast, with the marine air around our region. but it's very stable. 65, rock hall. 57, a little warmer, 68. and a little sunshine. hope temperatures boost a little. now, tomorrow, we should get into a warmer air mass. probably upper 70s, maybe even 80 degrees. and because of that, we will have more instability atmosphere. chance of a shower and thundershower. right now, it's the east wind here, that is bringing that cooler ocean air. mainly north of the city, we're about a quarter inch of rain. airport reported just very light dressle. that's moved -- drizzle. that's moved way off. south and west of us, ba

cumberland visibilities a half mile or less. watch toward the tappahannock airport with temps in the 60s and low 70s. let's go to monika santami. it's 5:30. time saver traffic. >> i bet a lot of you are packing up early to leave out of town. that's at least 7 on% of us in washington -- 70% of us in washington that are going to travel by car. if you are traveling by car or heading out to the airport, i think you're going to be okay. no problems on 395 or any of the routes trying to get here to national airport. you're going to be absolutely fine. traffic volumes are very light. let's take a live look at the 14th street bridge. no issues to report across the bridge span heading north on 95 or 395 through springfield. we'll go back over to the maps and this time over to the dulles airport. no problems on the toll road heading outbound or in from loudoun county toward the airport. we're going to be fine right now. no problems on 66. we'll take a look at legion bridge if that's where you're headed to get to the dulles toll road. no p

cumberland now 55. 59 in hagerstown. light green showing the areas of light rain throughout northern virginia -- not much around the beltway. just a few spritzes and sprinkles. and southern calvert and st. mary's county, northward. not everybody's getting the rain right now but it's more organized and heavier down to our southwest. and that's where the rain is coming from. it's going to continue to the push our way until later on today. i'm expecting the moderate rain this afternoon and evening. we'll call it intermitt -- intermittent showers. >> it into her -- intermittent slowdowns. american legion bridge for now. plenty of traffic on 95. look at all those headlights, you guys. we'll go back to news now. >> it's 5:39. a new segment called "ask abc 7" is your chance to ask anything you like. >> this week cynne is going to be the one responding. you can send it to us via our facebook page, tweet us at abc 7 news and e-mail us to question @ wjla.com. check out the daily i wonder on our website. we've received thousands of

. >> the nightmare began wednesday morning along cumberland avenue in springfield. it ended on piedmont place. >> good morning. at this is a very scary ordeal for the 22-year-old victim. he tells police that early yesterday morning he was walking out of this house on cumberland avenue in springfield walking to his car to go to work when he was approached by three men, one of them showing him a handgun. they forced him into his car and told him to drive them to two different atms wary took out an undisclosed amount of money. after they robbed him, they forced him into the trunk of his own car. people living in the neighborhood say they are shocked. >> you never know who it can happen to. it could have happened to anyone. >> it is pretty shocking. >> police are looking for three men between the ages of 18 and 25, all of them wearing a hooded jackets and masks. >> let's move to the ice. the capitals quest for the cup has come down to another game 7. here is how it happened. >> all about being in the right place at the right time. that is where jason was. that put the c

look at these warm temperatures, 64 cumberland, 61 in winchester. the mid to upper 40s there, 5 in annapolis and 57 at national. the high about 72 in town. 76 for manassas and 69 in annapolis. here comes monika with timesaver traffic. >>> i'm happy to say it has been relatively quiet. no big accidents or incidents around town. that is a good thing. we'll travel first of all to the north side of town. it means it is slowing down out of frederick most of the way into clarksburg. a live look on german town whereas you can see at father hurley boulevard the pace is still good heading to rockville. 355 is also looking good down into the beltway. let's take a look back over to the other side on the beltway here on the outer loop looking good at new hampshire avenue. slowing down a bit approaching georgia avenue. back over to the graphics, i want to give you a heads up. mark camden line 831 is running 30 minutes late this morning. coming up, we'll focus on virginia. back to you andrea and mike. >>> thank you. a check on some of the stories today. prince ha

ocean city 66, deep creek lake 59, 6 is cumberland, 7 the dc, packs -- 72 dc, packs river 71.it's memorial day weekend. i think it's proper to say go navy, beat army. 78 rock hall, 66 bel air. with all due respect, got to cover the barm ter on that one. we've got high pressure over the northern tennessee valley. that is effecttively blocking out a back door front that wants to sneak in here. also on this graphic i want to point out there's another air of disturbed weather off of jacksonville, almost the exact same place that tropical storm alberto formed. it's going to play into your weekend but it could play into next week. something we'll watch. the officialh hurricane season begins a week from today. 66, patchy clouds over night. beautiful tonight. 90 is going to be your high tomorrow, partly sunny hot and humid. monday 90. >>> let's go straight to sharon gibala with traffic control. >> good morning. fortunate lyly ly -- fortunately not too much to or worry about. with fantastic. lots of 60s out there on the speeds sensors. if you're headed out to the bay bridge or to the e

cumberland, 45. 58 in lexington park. along the waterways is a little warmer than inland. dew point temperatures in the 40's to near 50. that means very low humidity for this time of year. you want to see dew points in the 40's and 50's. once that gets to the '60s and '70s is when it feels sticky. mostly clear conditions to start the day. a few clouds down to the southwest of washington? . high-pressure is overhead. that will keep us sunny today and tomorrow. there is the low pressure system off shore that will be there through the weekend. it has disconnected itself from the main flow. difficult to pinpoint where it will move exactly. i think by sunday it will throw a few extra clout our way and maybe cause an isolated sprinkle. that the uncertainty in the forecast for sunday. 77 today. 80 degrees tomorrow. additional clouds on sunday with the slight chance of a late-day sprinkle. better chance of rain by monday. >> keep in mind that 197 over 50 is closed because of an accident that they are documenting. i have been communicating with newschopper 7. they are just taking o

cumberland, hagerstown, baltimore, easton, packs river. washington 68. annapolis and kent island 68. 64 westminster, bel air and rock hall. mid-60s around greater columbia. we are stuck in the middle, two systems. wind shift will clear the coast, what is going to get your attention is a push of warm and humid air moving our air defining your weekend. going, going and gone. heading out to sea and downgraded, spaghetti models are going to agree, the reason we keep not poisoning out alberto, wave action, along the shores as we move towards the beginning of the holiday weekend needs to be noted. 78 degrees the high. showers and thunderstorms mainly later or early this evening. calm 62. sun and clouds tomorrow. cloudy with a high of 88. showers and thunderstorms around. here is the push, maybe a thunderstorm thursday, 84. friday, sat and sunday. 87, 92 and 90 degrees. don, take it away. >>> rush now from sharon gibala, wjz traffic control. >> good morning, we have two delays working now and three accidenting there is a look at one of the delays, no accident,

a little warm out to the west with a little more sunshine. 72 in cumberland. showers and some thundershowers just to the southwest. might get to you in the next hour. 67 pax river. the upper temperatures in the upper 60s right now. if you're headed down to ocean city by memorial day maybe it'll be in the low 60s that's about it at this time of year. it just takes a long time to heat up. 66 rock hall, bell air and westminster, up to 67 and 68 in columbia. southeast winds there you see it right off the bay in the ocean. as long as you have the winds in that direction. it tends to keep temperatures down and humidity kind of up. but tomorrow the winds go back to the south. it should warm us up a bit. but showers to the west of us. the showers to our north today but tomorrow we will see a lot of clouds. scattered showers, maybe a thundershower popping up in the afternoon. i think this front is going to slow down. so what will happen on wednesday once a front gets close to our region it's going to slow down. and another low pressure expected to develop at the coast.

still mid 40s oakland, 50 cumberland, packs river 53, 53 westminster and columbia, 55 bel air and rock hall. cold front wipes the coast clear. pleasant weather iffer the week eend -- for the week's end and weekend. of course we kick off preknes week. 73 the high today. tomorrow is going to be another beautiful day with a high of 73. the normal 72 and 50. 78 on saturday, 80 mother's day, monday partly sunny, 79, maybe a chance of showers tuesday, 7 of. -- 76. >>> here is sharon. >> brett -- pretty busy out there already. we have an accident on the west side of the beltway. also an accident on the jfx at saint paul street. another one in laurel on 198 at 295. a water main break in rose call blocking king avenue. take rossville boulevard instead. speeds still at full speed, close to it at least. this traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. back over to you. >>> all right. ron matz joins us from sill burn arboretum. how are you? >> reporter: we're doing great. it's a beautiful morning to be outside. green spring avenue, the sill burn arboretum, big doings here saturday, the

we are seeing some fog in some locations especially on the eastern shore. 53 oakland 60 cumberland, 63 ocean city, elkin ball evator -- baltimore and elkin 64. the mid 60s columbia, westminster bel air and rock hall. we have an area of low pressure down to the south. it's continuing to give us a moist flow. there's also a bunch of warm and humid air starting to enter the region. we have some disturbed weather not foul weather, just disturbed now through friday. by the way this is alberto going going gone. i think by tomorrow we can end the story on him. none the less, here is the spaghetti model for the first named tropical storm. 80 is going to be the high today a couple showers around. mainly cloudy, 62 over night. tomorrow much the same deal with a high of 84. warm and human friday. saturday sunday and monday not looking bad. don, take it away. >>> got a commute coming up? here is sharon with traffic control. >> good morning. we do have a little fog out there. we have cleared up the accident on the topside of the beltway. we have three others. liberty road at bend brook white marsh

i think steady shower activity will be earlier than later. 55 oakland, 62 cumberland, 63 elkin, 66 dc, 65 packs river, bel air 63, westminster 61, annapolis 66. it has nothing to do with tropical storm al -- alberto. we're going to have a frontal boundary move through tomorrow night into wednesday. that's going to help clear the coast of clouds an showers and put up a block on alberto that is going to go out to sea. models confirm what we talked about. that's not a big storm, but it's the first of the season. 74 going to be your high today, the normal 75. tomorrow we'll call for a high of 78. now we start looking towards memorial day weekend. wednesday still slightly unsettled, 80. 84 on thursday with sunshine. friday and saturday sunshine, both days to kick off memorial day, 3 shy of 90. that's rocking. >>> your rush from sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. >> one of those problems that is still there is 95 southbound at 175. the left lane of the off rafrn -- ramp is still blocked. south central , that one is going to be at east lumber. another accident on erdman avenue. we still h

cumberland, only 0.3 miles visibility. some low clouds to start our day. that will burn off quickly once the sun rises at 5:48. 72 right now in washington, 63 in manchester, 68 in gaithersburg. 73 in annapolis. we did have a few thundershowers yesterday evening, mainly in parts of virginia and stretching into north-central maryland for. it was not as intense as the past couple days. i want to show you on the wider view of what is happening out there. we have an area of low pressure. it is a weak low pressure system, but it is going to cause a few problems for the north carolina and south carolina and florida beaches as we go into the weekend. it will drift north and then get pushed west and south. it will move in a random direction. i think it will cause a few thundershowers for the outer banks beaches by saturday and sunday. there's the beach forecast. saturday and sunday, 40% chance of a few thundershowers. otherwise partly cloudy. on the eastern shore in new jersey, bright sunshine, high temperatures in the '70s. looking at water temperatures, mid 60's

we have a frost advisory in effect for western maryland. 39 oakland, 37 cumberland.he basically 33 to 35 degree range. 45 hagers down and elkins -- hagerstown and elkins. 43 bel air, 51 kent island, rock hall at 53. 67% humidity. we've had high pressure settled in over the air combra. we lost yesterday -- area. we lost yesterday's breeze/wind. it's going to be a beautiful day. forecast calls for a high of 73. plenty of sun, a perfect spring afternoon. tomorrow we're going for a high of 80. monday 76. maybe a couple showers tuesday 76. 78 on wednesday. sgld >>> here -- sgld here is sharon -- >>> here is sharon traffic control. >> speeds still looking good. we have three accidents, one of them still in towson on lock raven at providence. west cold spring also. if if you're headed out on the beltway, speed still at full speed on the topside. 51 miles per hour on the outer loop. there's a look at the east side of the bellway. you will need -- beltway. you will need your shades this morning. there's a look at route 50 at 97, no problems there. this traffic report is broug

much cooler north west of town. 59 in cumberland, 62 in martinsburg. the cooler air is slowly filling in. you'll notice the humidity dropping gradually through the day, but especially tomorrow if. it will be a perfect thursday. here's today's forecast a. lingering sprinkles early this morning. and show another rise around lunchtime. in the afternoon you need the umbrella handy although you probably will not needed. 30% chance of stray showers later today with a high temperature of 82 degrees. noticeably cooler than the weather we have been having. bright sunshine tomorrow, a perfect thursday mostly sunny, low humidity, near 80 degrees. similar temperatures friday if. by the weekend dropping to the mid to upper 70's with still low humidity, looks like another round of thunderstorms late friday and maybe into early saturday. that's the forecast. >> nothing very strong in the commute. just growing volume. 66 into manassas. again at 50 fair oaks. a little in fair oaks. 95 out of woodbrige, a pretty decent between lorton, newington, and springfield. a littl

last time we checked, 60 cumberland, 6 # -- 60 elkins, 67 dc, 65 columbia, 63 westminster. that low driving this rain pulls off, cold front comes through the area, skies clear out. we get on a five day run of really fine weather. this day we will still look for a couple more showers, even maybe a thunderstorm. cloudy, showers this evening. 54 tonight. a high of 73 tomorrow. 73 on friday, 75 saturday, mother's day 76, partly sunny monday 73. >>> wet pavement can cause some problems. here is sharon gibala. >> we have picked up our first accident of the morning. it's an accidents in bel air at hartford road. we have a downed tree at falls road. that is with possible closures. meantime if you are headed out on light rail between hunt valley station and tumonium that is going to be shuttle buses until july 1st. starting to see some minor delays on the west side. starting the see some brake lights on 83 at york road. there's another live look outside at the tunnel, looking good. this traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. back over to you guys. >>> we can see the

fairly low humidity. 4:30 now.ck 30 now -- not a bad start. 63 in cumberland. a little bit warmer within the city. manassas checking in at 61 degrees. be in thet it will lower at 80's. a lot of sunshine. the lower humidity with that wind. the average hidebound will be about 83. -- high will be about 83. late-day thunderstorms tomorrow. into the weekend, upper 70's, humidity. if it is a smooth transition around the beltway. we should have the all-clear for everyone within the next 30 minutes or so. along to 70, heading out of frederick into montgomery county. out of gaithersburg, that is an area for virginia traffic, too. it all looks good. at 395 northbound, we had a collision on the 14th street bridge. we will look at that our next report. thank you so much. the news this morning, people .re looking into a woman it happened just before midnight. taken to thes hospital. condition atw her this hour. few hours, tens people ares of to pack a washington to say goodbye to chuck brown. >> he is the man known as the go-go.er of chuck brown, as you know, died ago after

about zero visibility in cumberland. maybe slightly more. 2 miles visibility in hagerstown with fog developing. 65 degrees in washington, 65 in martinsburg, 61 in frederick. where there was rainfall yesterday evening, that is where fog is most likely to form because of that extra water that you had yesterday before the sun went down. here's a look at the satellite and radar composite. showers from yesterday and the severe storms the remnants have moved off to the northeast parts of the atlantic seaboard and to new england if is where we are seeing rain at the moment. we're focusing on the cold front to the west. that will push through later this evening and tonight. it may have just enough to kick in it to trigger an isolated thundershowers. we will have cooler more comfortable, less humid air over the next few days. partly cloudy, 85 this afternoon. the morning fog will end. mostly sunny tomorrow, comfortable, low 70's with low humidity the next few days. lisa looking good into the weekend. >> looks good on. 66 route 7

in cumberland it is 37, winchester his 37. 41 at dulles airport 53 downtown in d.c. 52 along the water in lexington park. a little warmer along the waterways. nei and mid 70's this afternoon and with westerly breeze at 10- 15. a little breezy from time to time. to 80 degrees this weekend with sunshine until sunday when we see a few added clout by mother's day. that's a forecast. >> thanks so much. our top story, two tennessee girls missing for more than two weeks have been found alive. the man who took them is dead. splayed out yesterday in mississippi. it was one day after the fbi added adam mayes to its list of the top 10 most wanted. >> jummy olabanji is in the newsroom with how this ended last night and the update on the girls. >> they are doing fine. authorities say 35-year-old adam mayes shot himself in the head after police if acting on a tip found him and the two girls near new albany, mississippi. sisters were taken to a children's hospital in memphis tennessee, for observation. officials say they were dehydrated and hungry, but they are okay overall. the two were taken from t

eastern shore may see fog west of us. 64 in cumberland, in the 50s here. highs in the low 70s this afternoon. monika samtani, it is now 5:00 a.m. >> it is 5:30. >> oh my goodness. >> it is monday, we are all can't confused. no issues to report. no construction all that was cleared up. i would say about a half hour ago. this is a good time to head out. really i think you are going to get to work on time on 95. dale city all the way to springfield, we'll take a live look there. there are people out on the northbound side of i-95. not enough to cause delays. let's go back over to the maps and this time heading to the north side of town. be. >>> voters in three states have primary elections tomorrow. even the predicted sweep will leave mitt romney short of the delegates he needs. with the candidates all but decided pun ditz are focusing on who romney will pick as his vice president candidate. >> i have, some would say better experience than barack obama had when he was a senator and ran. >> today mitt romney is headed to cleveland. >> this morning al qaeda has

in that past 17 minutes it's gotten this active. 69 oakland, 76 cumberland and downtown. look at this sea breeze on the border of ocean city, 65. 73 packs river, naval air and bel air. annapolis at 73. it's an easy forecast. it's not prety, but it's pretty easy. we're is -- stuck in this eastern flow. that's spinning our way from the sea. there's a frontal boundary stalling out and warm humid air moving our way. that's unsettled weather. this is going to be the last time we talk about alberto. it's going out to sea. now really just a tropical depression. again, the model shows it's not any threat to the united states. let's take a look at the forecast for today. mostly cloudy, humid, a couple of thunderstorms around and showers popping up through the afternoon. 62 over night. tomorrow we will look for a high of 84, starting to get summer like as we move through the five day those details coming up shortly. >> thank you. >>> still to come, could an experimental vaccine save the lives of cancer patients. >> here are the top stories on wjz.com at this hour. for instant updat

we've had 38 of one inch in cumberland.enerally, we'll run into a 10th to a quarter of an inch. live super doppler 7 shows periods of rain. patch offense rain, occasional showers in the morning as it drifts from south-southwest to northeast. and possibly heavier as well. live super doppler close-up. the darker green shows some steadier rain off west towards washington duluth and the west. satellite and radar shows us a good idea of what's happening. it stretches well through virginia parts of north carolina, eastern kentucky and tennessee because of an area of low pressure that's pushing to the northeast. so periods of rain through the day through tomorrow, tomorrow night and futurecast computer model predicts rainfall through late tomorrow night and some of it is west over two inches and the lesser amounts as you go to the east. it's all beneficial rainfall. occasional showers and steadier rain later on. 72. rumbles of thunder late this evening. and tomorrow morning, showers and thunderstorms and mid 70's. warmer by wednes