heavy traffic on 66 in manassas and fair oaks. 95 coming out of dale city to 7100 is low. into springfield in this picture. adam caskey. >> nothing to worry about weather-wise. a beautiful day. a cold front will move far away if tomorrow night and that could bring a slight wintry mix nothing to worry about. here's a look at the nation's capital. i love that, a beautiful picture. an orange glow on the horizon. sunrise a 7:07t 7:07. 31 degrees in huntingtown and la plata right now. sunny and 47 degrees for the high temperature today. in the twenties tonight for most of us. allied wintry mix possible late tomorrow night into early saturday. not a big deal. doug hill will be here in a moment. for the seven. >> an overnight manhunt in prince george's county police looking for two gunmen who shot and killed a man around 10:30 last night if outside his home along 61st place in riverdale. the victim is not been identified and no word on the suspect or motive. another big story this morning the chain of events that left an alexandria paramedic fighting for his life and led to a tra

northbound 95, a little further north of that leaving dale city.ted headed up towards the capital beltway. traffic rubbing smoothly on 359 leaving the beltway for the 14th street bridge. if you are traveling eastbound 66, no trouble spots to report as you travel inbound from fair oaks this morning headed in towards vienna. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> we continue for follow some developing news this morning concerning an overnight carjacking. it actually turned into two stories about two stolen white escalades. about 12:30 this morning, a group of armed men in a silver van carjacked an escalade on mlk, jr. avenue in southwest. they are still on the loose. then around 3:30 this morning, an officer spots a white escalade he thinks is the one from the early early carjacking. turns out it is a different stolen escalade. a suspect in that vehicle got out and with a gun in hand ran across 259 near the air force base. he was eventually caught. caugh >>> two prince george's county firefighters remain in critical but stabl

>>> northbound i-95 in the hov lanes, approaching dale city.e, not seeing delays just yet on i-66 eastbound. volume is increasing at waples mill road. still, not so bad. 50 miles per hour from fairfax county to the beltway. inside the beltway on 66, no issues in this area. back to you. >> thanks. >>> our time is 5:41. trying to keep cities from taking you for a ride. how one maryland lawmaker plans to keep communities from profiting from those unpopular speed cameras. >>> plus, trying to stand out, the unique approach one would-be college student is taking in hopes of getting into the school >>> a prince george's county delegate says that lawmakers may be abusing speed camera programs to bring in extra revenue. according to "the washington examiner, "that's what delegate carolyn howard testified before a house of delegates committee. she says she overheard a damaging conversation about speed cameras but did not specify where the meeting took place or who was involved. police say the programs are successful. since september, 2011, prince george'

we have a heavy volume but everything is typical. 95 in virginia will slow from dale city and normal travel times are expected to get into newington and it will let you go once you get into springfield and in and out of baltimore, we will give you the green light for its 66 has a heavier volume but no problems right now between centreville and the beltway. we are good on 270 between father hurley boulevard and 495 despite the problem we had with a stalled car at falls road on the shoulder. on connecticut avenue at randolph road, this is the pace going to the neighborhood 3 kensington. >> let's get right to doug hill with a look at our forecast. >> we are about 10 minutes from sunrise and it is kind of cloudy out there but we will get sunshine later today. there are some breaks in the overcast and high pressure will move in for one day and give us sunshine and mild temperatures, in the 50's. we're starting off in the low 40's. we will have no trouble making below or, possibly mid-50's. the satellite images show a general motion to the east and northeast. the system from hk moves out a

north through parts of northern virginia we're seeing a little bit of snow and mix from manassas and dale city, the i-95 corridor having a fair amount of snowfall along it as well. heaviest snowfall to the south and west of us. that's pretty much been the story through calvert, st. mary's, all the areas across southern maryland have also gotten a fair amount of snowfall. let's look at some of the numbers going to our weather map today so far. in virginia charlottesville 4 inches, 7 in waynesboro and staunton virginia, 5 inches of snowfall. these particular areas within the geography cal map where we have the winter weather advisory -- geographical map where we have the winter weather advisory in effect. these are on through tomorrow morning and expect to see accumulation in addition to what they've already got. temperature-wise now we're into the 30s and 40s, but temperatures will drop to freezing or just below in the course of the overnight hours that. could mean pretty slick road conditions heading through tonight into your morning commute. do be careful. we have a ridge of high pressure bui

travel times are typical for this time of morning. 95 between fredericksburg and dale city adding some between dale city and baltimore. 270 building in volume southbound outer frederick into montgomery county. here we are with the pace of traffic at shady grove road. headlights are southbound. back to you. >> thank you. we can see that the sun is getting ready to rise. let's check in with doug hill. >> it's going to be nice. we are 20 minutes from sunrise. this is i'm still in frederick county, the time lapse. moon will be full this afternoon. right now it is a snow moon. our story today is the sunshine. mild temperatures looking out from the rooftop camera. sunrise at 7:08. a couple of low 40's across the region due to some cloud cover over night. 41 in arlington now, 27 k in shepherdstown, in the 30's in leesburg, 40 degrees in chevy chase. some clouds will move in later this evening and a little colder air. that will creep in overnight. at the same time we will keep our eyes on a disturbance off to the west. this will move from west to east. as it does, not only will we have cloudy

normal travel times between fredericksburg and dale city between dale city and the beltway. also good on the maryland side. the beltway at new hampshire avenue in this picture, moving at speed. newschopper 7 in a little while. now to news. >> a busy night for an investigation in prince george's county. try to piece together the events leading to a deadly crash at kfc restaurant. >> it happens in landover on martin luther king highway. witnesses had to say about this terrific crash. >> it knocked down air pumpsi and everythingairt took up the bushes and went all way over to the restaurant and turned into a ball of metal. >> it started 6:30 monday night? . >> when he did occur, he went immediately airborne, flip over and slid and tires and axles and everything. the crashed all the windows out of the restaurant. >> the damage, unimaginable. >> i had never seen anything like that before. >> unfortunate results. >> someone trapped under the car. >> the driver of a bmw lost control while speeding down if martin luther king jr. highway in landover. authorities say the vehicle plowe

. >> looks ok on 95 in virginia between fredericksburg and dale city. add extra travel time between dale city and the beltway because of a broken-down car in springfield gone. 95 between washington and baltimore still moving pretty well. looked at this picture of springfield. trying to recover from earlier issues that have been resolved. nothing additional to your time on the greenway, the toll road. normal on 66 between centreville and the beltway. 270 sac town from father hurley boulevard to the beltway, the normal pace of traffic. here's a live picture of the outer loop at new hampshire avenue to get around to georgia avenue. metro wirail, everything on normal service on this special valentine's day. >> love is in the air today. >> you might meet that special someone. >> let's check in with doug hill. >> happy valentine's day. pleasant, cloudy. in good shape starting out on this tuesday. about 12 minutes from sunrise. you can see there is quite a bit of clout. we were not dealing with this yesterday. this will be around for most of the day. very litt

nice trip on 95 virginia out of dale city. picture of springfield. northbound at the beltway. northbound and southbound looking good in clarksburg. back to you. >> thank you. a traffic alert in northern virginia. 495 northbound 47 overnight because construction. starting at 9:30 tonight one lane will be closed. by 11:00 p.m. all lanes will be up to a half-hour. all lanes will reopen by 7:00 tomorrow morning. metro struggling to deal of cracked rails on the real system. the agency says the number of fromked rails has increased in 2009 to 49 last year. it blames the problem on temperature fluctuations and aging infrastructure. the transit agency will soon get equipment that can identify become bigre they enough to disrupt service. there will be some track work this weekend that will lead to some delays. the orange line, will not run between courthouse and foggy bottom. on the blue line, between pentagon and foggy bottom. there will be free shuttle buses available. line trains will single ness andween van friendship heights. tonight until closing time on sunday. >> loudoun county

same story near dale city. all this marching off to the north and east. on into southern maryland, the north beach area that is where i.t. is pushing off. this rain is widespread through the afternoon and tapering off later on this evening, probably after the rush hour. this pressure system and the front stretching all away to the south. we will clear on out and all focus shifts to this potential nor'easter for the coming weekend. this is not even organized yet and we're trying to predict its outcome. a little bit of difficulty here. still path of uncertainty in this red shaded area. the storm could go anywhere in that read as hundred -- that red zone. these other computer models we look at, shown in blue and showing various tracks. it should be one of these more northerly track, then we could bef in for moderates now. it takes a little more southerly track, then we could just a glancing blow and a slight chance of not seeing anything at all. it is one of those situations where we increase the chance of precipitation, we just cannot tell you what, when, w

the good news is 95 has been incident free coming up from dale city this morning.ake a look at the maps. overall the beltway is doing final. you have your normal slow spots on the outer loop north of town through silver spring. in bladensburg, i've been telling you about an incident since overnight. it's a urge sinkhole on the westbound -- huge sinkhole on the westbound side of 450. crews are helping you get around the scene but if you want to avaid that all together and -- avoid that all together and the bottleneck, use the bw parkway. it's still green which means things are looking good through cheverly and northeast. if you're planning to head over interest virginia on the inbound -- into virginia on the inbound side of 66, slow traffic in centreville as you head through this area and again route 50 to 123 closer to the beltway. let's go back over to the northbound side of 3935 where you have -- 395 where you have the slow traffic trying to get to washington boulevard and that's because of an earlier accident. back you to. >>> 6:45. hopefully looking at the glas

dale city. that's like 14 miles of slow traffic. i am so sorry about that. all the lanes are open.n the southbound side of i- 270, we'll go there live at father hurley boulevard. it slows all the way to 370 with that accident cleared as well. >> telecommute if you can today. >>> the cbs this morning is coming up next. more on the campaign trail, the debate last night in arizona. they're talking about some people who rent out their bathrooms? >> just the bathroom. >> that's kind of weird. >>> monika and i will be back in 25 minutes with a live update on traffic and weather. >>> while at work, get updates on news, weather and traffic by visiting wusa9.com. >>> see you tomorrow.

initial delays begin in dale city. i'm going to call it off and on into springfield as you head for the beltway. then the pace improves on to 395. that's slow from landmark in towards seminary road. back to the maps this time to maryland. bw parkway and route 50. insides the beltway looking fine through sheverly. just a bit of slow traffic as you approach northeast. over to the beltway on the north side of town, utter loop delays from -- outer loop delays from 95 to georgia avenue. weatherweather now with howard bernstein -- weather now with howard bernstein. >>> cold this morning. we've got some mild air coming in for the next several days. i'm going to show you that in just a moment. this morning bundle up. if you're going to be outside, take your gloves because we have temps well in the 20s. here's a look at the bus stop forecast with 20s and some 30s out there. 35 at reagan national with mainly clear skies although we're going to see high and mid- level clouds roll in the next few hours that will dim the sunshine s

northbound i-95 at dale city down to 45 miles per hour.check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> we continue to follow a developing story. a deadly school shooting in ohio. the suspected gunman attends a nearby school for at-risk students. >> the family identified him as t. j. lane. their lawyer described him as fairly quiet and good kid with pretty impressive grades. witnesses say the shooter and to target some students sitting together in the school cafeteria. a 16-year-old boy was killed why trying to duck under the table. four others were wounded. or two in critical condition. police arrested lane outside the school a short time later. today's classes have been canceledded and grief counselors will object hand. >> welcome to stay home and spend some time renexting on family. i hope every parent, if you haven't hugged our kissed your kid in the last couple days, take that time. >> now, some of the students say lane was an outcast and had been bullied but there are other students who dispute that claim. >>> two families whose daughters we

it is good out of dale city to get to 495. the first picture we take you around the wilson bridge. it is smooth. headlights are in the northbound direction. for 50 westbound there is a sizable sinkhole that has developed. 50 was bound will not be an option for you. we will go back to discuss options and more traffic and less than 10 minutes. >> we appreciate it. they're looking at 40 degrees. >> coming up, disturbing information as some the victims of the 9/11 attacks. how some of their remains ended up in a land fill. >> peer learning more about the teenager behind the deadly school shooting. we will hear 7911 cal >> welcome back. a second suspect in the murder of a community acted this is scheduled to be in court for a preliminary hearing. i then newman is charged with killing her last year. the body was found in a while behind it for washington home. police believe robbery was the motive. another suspect was ordered to be held without bond. a general from fairfax county died in afghanistan will be buried this morning at arlington national cemetery. he died february 3 and natural

off the road to the shoulder but the main line is congested from dale city headed up that point.en. southbound 270 on the brake leaving gaithersburg this morning as you work your way past 124. more stop and go slow traffic montrose road to the split. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. juror speaking of traffic, expect some traffic delays in parts of alexandria today. paramedic joshua weissman will be laid to rest. >> they will be roll -- there will be rolling closures late in the afternoon today. stacy cohan has the story. >> reporter: you are talking about 5,000 people that are planning on attending this funeral. they are coming from all over country and therefore there are going to be some road closures that affect you if you are traveling in the alexandria area. we have them listed for you. here are the road closures. they include several major arteries that are closed between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. they include quaker lane, seminary road, van dorn, braddock road and king street. for a detailed list, please go to myfoxdc.com and take a good look at that i

no complications out of dale city are still 495. looks good on 95 and b-w parkway in and out of baltimore. >> vdot moving to make sure no more highway signs, crashing down after a 30-" above 66 crashed onto a pickup truck earlier this month. they are inspecting 26 sign0 spirit so far they have inspected 30 of them. three of the signs were found to have cracked anger bolts. -- anchor bolts. to when we could expect a vote on a bill that legalizes same- sex marriage in maryland. >> and what prompted man: we need a good night's sleep. woman: which means a a little heat to keep us warm. and a good dose of support for my back. some over-the-top comfort couldn't hurt. and our perfect dream factory's been built. you're feeling sleepy already? nighty-night. [giggling] buying this juicer online was unbelievable. what a bargain! [ female announcer ] sometimes a good deal turns out to be not such a good deal. but new bounty gives y g value you can see. in this lab demo one sheet of new bounty leaves this surface cleaner than two sheets of the l

and traveling along i-95, stop and go for you out of dale city.ou're going to have some pockets are it's really slow. then you'll pick up speed elsewhere. travel speed about 34 miles per hour as you make your way from the occoquan to the beltway. it's going to take you 18 minutes at this time. joe, over to you. >> danella, thank you very much. >>> new from overnight, one person is in the hospital after being stabbed in northwest washington. this happened just before 3:30 this morning near the intersection of fairmont avenue and 14th street. a few blocks from the columbia heights metro station. police are not releasing any more information at this time. >>> a maryland family blames the controversial alcoholic beverage four loco for their son's death. a car hit and killed 13-year-old michael turlock after he fell out of another car while trying to throw up. the accident happened in parkville, maryland, north of baltimore. family members claim turlock got sick after drinking the energy drink four loco. several states banned a caffeinated version of t

your delays start out of dale city. and so far, you are under speed at 35 miles per hour, taking 17 minutes at this time from the occoquan to the beltway. crossing over the 14th street bridge, very slow at this time. back to you. >> thanks. >>> our time now is 6:22. after the break, there's a company that will pay your mortgage. there's a big catch, though, that your neighbors might not appreciate. >>> next, the first couple's >>> next, the first couple's valentine's day. >>> next, the first couple's vthe middle class is shrinking. in this day and age you can only accomplish so much without a degree, and traditional institutions are simply not set up to accommodate people who have jobs and families. university of phoenix works for those people who have real lives and real demands. the degrees that we offer are things where people can fulfill their goals with even brighter hopes for the future. my name is katy white, i'm committed to making a difference in people's lives and i am a phoenix. >>> welcome back. the presiden

we'll take a live look 95 northbound near dale city. looking good up to springfield.rt, another look around the area. >> thank you, monika. >>> well, the new york giants are waking up super bowl champs this morning if they ever went to sleep last night. >> cheers to the giants and eli manning. he helped lead the giants to a 27-21 victory over the patriots. >> reporter: new york fans are celebrating. >> everybody should come to a super bowl once in their life. >> reporter: super bowl xlvi was a nail biter. the patriots took the lead in the first half when tom brady connected with danny woodhead for a touchdown. one last gasp by new england came up just a little short giving the giants the win. >> the new york giants are the super bowl champs. >> reporter: even though madonna did her best to keep her half time show family friendry, one person cursed. >> 75,000 fans are lucky enough to be inside the stadium for the game. outside tens of thousands of others are watching it on the street. >> reporter: people huddled around big screens, they set themselves up right outside

green in both directions heading, you know, making your way from dale city connecting to the beltway, not seeing issues. travel speed in woodbridge past route 123. you're at 62 miles per hour. and a live look now at fairfax county parkway northbound. not really bad at all. southbound, completely in the clear. travel speed northbound, 60 miles per hour. back to you. >> thank you. >>> it is now 4:54. with division lead on the line, the caps put together one of their best performances this year to shut out the florida panthers. alex ovechkin had two goals in the 4-0 win including the team's first power-play goal in eight games. ovechkin has 22 goals on the season. there was also a short-handed tally. it was a fourth shutout on the year and second against his former team. it would give the caps the first late spot in the southeast division. go, caps! >>> a good night for terps fans, too. maryland beat clemson 64-62. the terps' first road win of the season. they led by double digits for much of the second half but held off a furious rally by clemson to secure the victory. the terps take on

>>> good morning, traveling i-95 outside of dale city, no issues in either direction. the live camera passing the rest area. northbound lanes are open. same as you head southbound on i-95. no issues and a really good travel speed traveling northbound. 60 miles per hour, connecting to 395. no issues there. a live look at edsall traveling north. again and south, lanes are open. no accidents to report. a really good travel speed northbound, 57 miles per hour. from the capital beltway to the 14th street bridge, that trip only taking 12 minutes. >> thank you. >>> 4:43 is the time now. still to come, a dangerous shortage. a look at who is at risk now that a key cancer drug is in short supply. >>> plus, love is not in the air for everyone. >>> a news anchor in denver is recovering from a dog bite. she needed 70 stitches in her lips and nose. on her facebook page she says she cannot talk because her mouth is stitched shut so blood can circulate in her lips again. she says she expects another procedure in the next few weeks. that 85-pound dog bit her during a live interview on

that's in the 13900 block of hedgewood drive in the dale city area. they responded to a fire alarm and found a big water leak. water and power to the building had to be turned off. the red cross is reportedly helping some 75 to 100 residents find shelter. >>> for the first time this year, people in prince george's county will have a chance to ask questions about a proposed casino. prince george's county executives will host the me on high-end gaming. the plan to put a casino in the national harbor could generate 5,000 new jobs and millions in tax revenue. tonight's meeting is open to the public. it will be held from 7:00 to 9:30 at the steven decatur middle school in clinton. >>> this morning police need your help in tracking down a serial bank robber who threatened to blow up a nuclear bomb. police released surveillance pictures of the man. his latest robbery occurred yesterday at the m&t bank in the 6300 block of kirby road in clinton. police say he gave the teller a note demanding money and threatening to detonate a nuclear bomb. police believe he'

light volume and no accidents to report as you make your way out of dale city and connect to the beltway. a live look at the occoquan. northbound travel lanes are open. southbound nice and clear at this time. northbound travel speed, you're at 62 miles per hour. only taking 11 minutes to get from the occoquan to the beltway. and if you continue on to 395, nice and clear at duke street. northbound, no issues. same thing southbound. no problems at all. your travel speed northbound, 61 miles per hour. only taking 12 minutes to get from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. i'm back in ten. back to you all. >> danella, thank you very much. >>> 4:42. 55 degrees. still to come, the snowfall has been all but nonexistent around the d.c. area. it doesn't mean states are saving money. why maryland says it has nearly used up its entire snow-removal budget. >> huh? >>> plus, new legal problems for a bad boy singer. it's such a tough... yeah. the spectrum is from lg. and the r2 unit is from... from naboo. naboo. yeah. the spectrum's got a 4.5" screen, fits nicely in your hand. r2-d2 needs a starfigh

let's take you over to the northbound side of i-# 5 if you're planning to head into dale city, we'lle a live look there from our traffic lam camera, no problems and all lanes are open. nice and quiet as you head into springfield and on to 395 up to the 14th street bridge. no problems to report if you're coming up -- down from frederick. down into gaithersburg and rockville you will do fine. a live look at the beltway in college park. all lanes are open on the north side of down. coming up in my next report, more on the construction on 66. at 4:39. >>> thank you monika. same sex marriage is another step closer to being legalized in marriage less than a week after barely passing the house of delegates. >> last night the senate voted 25-22 in favor of legalizing it. gary nuremberg reports not everyone is happy about this though. >> reporter: there was passionate opposition. >> i believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. >> reporter: but the tally board slashed a 25-22 vote -- [ applause ] that has opponents cheering inside the chamber. [ cheering and applause ] and outside the

ing in but green making your way from dale city and head toward the beltway. a live look now at prince william parkway, no issues here as you travel northbound. i'll give you a travel speed. making your way, actually -- this is 395, making your way from the beltway to the 14th street bridge, you're at 59 miles per hour. you know what i'll do now? i'll show you what 395 looks like so you'll see why the travel speed makes sense. hardly anyone on the road as you travel north at seminary road as well as southbound. no issues in the area right now. happy president's day to you. back to you both. >> happy president's day to you, as well. thank you very much. >>> it is 4:43. >>> still to come, an amazing story of survival. the elements one man braved after finding himself trapped in snow for months. >>> plus, the anniversary of an american milestone. laces? really? slip-on's the way to go. more people do that, security would be like -- there's no charge for the bag. thanks. i know a quiet little place where we can get some work done. there's a three-prong plug. i hav

no issues heading down from dale city and making your way to the beltway. a live look at the occoquan. you see northbound very light volume at this time. same thing with southbound on i-95. northbound speed making your way to the beltway from the occoquan, you're at 65 miles per hour. now continuing on to 395, no issues there. a live look at duke, you're clear as you cross over the 14th street bridge with a great travel speed. 62 miles per hour. 12 minutes from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. i'm back in ten with a look at your rails. back to you. >> thanks. >>> 4:54 now. a two-goal win turned into a shoot-out loss in a matter of 12 seconds for the caps. the caps took the 2-0 lead early in the third period including alex ovechkin's 23rd goal of the season. but it quickly evaporated as the winnipeg jets scored a power play goal and another from center ice in a matter of 12 seconds. the tie lasted until the shoot-out win. winnipeg sealed the 3-2 comeback, and the caps will try to get back on track sunday against the rangers. bummer. >> too bad. >> hock

otherwise a live look out of 95 in dale city as you can see nice and quiet here as you head for springfieldaps and this time maryland. on the southbound side of 270 coming out of frederick, there are no problems to report on i- 70 or 270 toward germantown. a live look in rockville on 270 at montrose road. all lanes are open to the point where the lanes divide. more on area roadways at 4:39. >>> jurors in the yeardley murder trial have recommended that george huguely receive 26 years in prison. the sentencing recommendation came hours after the jury convicted the former university of virginia lacrosse player of second-degree murder and grand larceny. >> if the judge follows the jury's recommendations, huguely would get 25 years for love's murder and one year for the grand larceny charge for stealing love's computer. the judge does not have to follow the jury's recommendation. huguely face as maximum sentence of 40 years for the murder charge and 20 years for the grant larceny. huguely was bound and openly wept. he killed yeardley love in a drunken, jealous rage. >>> most of the country follo

no delay on the southbound stretch as you exit from dale city towards stafford.hat's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> filling up at the pump will be a real drab on your wallet. the national average for a gallon of gas regular is $3.69 a gallon. that is 12 cents higher than last week and 27 cents higher than last month. around our area, d.c. is way above the national average with a gallon of regular going for $3.82. in maryland, the average the $3.67 and in virginia, $3.61. >>> some positive news for d.c.'s children. a new report shows that fewer kids are living in impoverished neighborhoods butt kids count a higher poverty rate than any state in the country and ranks 10th worst among large u.s. cities. >>> it didn't look like a good idea and it turns out to wasn't. >> up next, why did hundreds of people decide to park their cars on a frozen lake. and you can probably guess what happened. not good. stay with us. we believe keeping kids healthy can start with healthy hands. with the lysol no-touch hand soap system healthy hands can be automatic. for healt

slow from dale city to quantico. all major intersects -- interstate's duke dealing with -- interstate's dealing with heavier delays. on the toll road on the outer lanes heavy delays. just before 66 on the interlude of the beltway seeing delays from leesburg pike all the way to past route 50 in maryland. any camera you look at on for 95 you will see have the delays. keep that in mind as he tried to get on tonight. -- and the camera you see on 495 you will see delays. >> good news if you like to park in the big outdoor lot. it is only temporary. >> cutting back face time on facebook. more users are opting for privacy. >> it looks like parking problems and bethesda will not get worse yet. >> a downtown development project will be taking away a parking lot has been delayed. >> this lot across the bethesda road on barnes and noble was supposed to close in january and february now it is april 1. paper delays and nothing serious. the city is already making changes. >> apart in the slot every time i come to bethesda. i have

over on the 95 on the northbound side, initial delays from dale city to the river. the way into springfield here with lanes open. no problems to report on 95 this morning. the beltway itself looks fine on the inner loop. your typical slow down route 50 to 123. we'll take a live look at 395 on the northbound side. that is your typical slow down and once you are on the 14th street bridge, you'll find into downtown all the downtown corridors looking fine it morning. coming up in my next report at 6:58. another look all around the area. >>> thank you monika. looking at our forecast all around the area, cold this morning and warming up this afternoon. >>> 40s today, we will be pushing 50 tomorrow wednesday thursday and friday. much like it has been a little shot of winter this weekend. >>> small long and thunder in spots on saturday afternoon. we are in good shape today. >>> bundle up. the bus stop forecast is clear and cold. temperatures ranging from the upper teens to the upper 20s. most wind chills are down in the teens. a couple of minutes after 7:00. by noon 3. suns

. >> reporter: very little to worry about coming up from dale city on 95 up to the beltway in springfield and 395 to the 14th street bridges no hov restrictions today. mike? >>> making news now, three expert skiers died in an avalanche what the a washington state ski resort. the slide swept a man down the hillside in the cascade mountains. >>> the storm system that just brushed our area caused loss of problems to our south and west, where it dumped snow and ice. in tennessee it took police to clear -- hours to clear more than 20 vehicles from an accident site on interstate 75. several people were injured. >>> two pilots are recovering from just minor injuries after a mid-air collision near san francisco. a helicopter and six seater plane clipped each other. we are told both pilots walked away from their damaged aircraft. >>> presidential hopeful rick santorum is making strong statements about the current occupant of the white house. more on that at 5:32. >>> and at 5:48 we head out to mount vernon for a preview of george washington's 280th birth day. >>> and howard has a return to the 60s

you are seeing a bit of a delay as you make the trip from dale city and then off and on to quantico.vel lanes are open. westbound 66, very heavy delays. an accident has been moved to the left shoulder. >> thank you very much. still ahead, an investigation uncovers unfinished housing development leaving their families in danger. >> it is probably one of the most caring places i have ever been. >> a local school is changing lives. it is this week's harris' heroes. today my journey continues across the golden state, where everyone has been unbelievably nice. mornin'. i guess i'm helping them save hundreds on car insurance. it probably also doesn't hurt that i'm a world-famous advertising icon. cheers! i mean, who wouldn't want a piece of that? geico. ah... fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent oh dear... or more on car insurance. >> the provide education therapy, and a safe place for kids to be kids. many say it changes kids forever. that is why the people at youth for tomorrow, is today's harris' heroes. >> these people came and saved me. >> i was like, this really is not for

it is tough out of stanford into dale city. broken down tractor-trailer at the marine base is gone.rybody is heading upstream towards the pentagon. a serious accident in anne arundel county leaves route 4 closed in both directions. a live picture. northbound under the word "live." headlights on the service road of lower pindell. it's complicated out of chesapeake beach air and upper marlborough. >> adam caskey is back. things are warming up in a hurry. >> already degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. get ready for 60's for the next few afternoons. >> i think we can handle that. >> i am a snow leopard. 70 degrees tomorrow is not so bad. -- i am a snow lover. it's 39 at dulles airport 45 in cumberland, 44 in the district. mainly in the 30's and 40's paris yesterday and it was widespread 20's. a big improvement. 44 degrees at reagan national, 45 in lexington park. i am expecting more cloud cover and developing in kentucky and tennessee. already a little energy causing some light rain in western tennessee. i expect more developments to slide into washington. upstream down to our s

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not so bad, clear right now heading out of dale city. southbound, travel lanes are open for you.es mill. you are petty slow continuing to nutley. on average 54 miles per hour. joe, back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> a developing and important story, strong warnings coming from iranian leadership in response to reports that israel could soon launch an attack on iran to prevent that country from developing a nuclear weapon. u.s. and israeli officials are saying that the odds of an attack are better than 50/50. iran's i toll ayatollah says any attacks against iran will harm america. >>> charles county public schools are warning parents about a dangerous game students are playing. the superintendent is warning parts of "a possible health risk some children are taking when playing a knockout or passout challenge." three students were taken to the hospital after holding their breath until they passed out. kids are also taking a "cinnamon challenge" that's eating large amounts of cinnamon. that is making the students sick. principals will talk to parents about the hazards of these

montgomery county and down into fairfax county, down toward dale city and woodbridge. we have one little storm down to the south. pretty power packed little storm, actually, in portions of st. mary's county, and this has some hail in it. inbetween mechanicsville, just to the south. that's hail. not surprised we don't have a warning on this as it begins to push off to the north crossing 235. we will keep you posted on that. right now, no warning on that storm, but be advised. strong winds and small hail possible. 52 right now. 53 in arlington. 51 in rockville. 48 in gaithersburg. one of the colder readings and in reston. a little milder down to the south. 55 in springfield and 55 also in fort belvoir. high wind worning frederick and leesburg. but all the areas under a wind advisory until midnight. gusts up to 50 miles per hour. winds haven't picked up yet. it's 43-mile per hour wind gusts in cumberland and looking at a 32-mile per hour wind gust. you will see wind gusts up to 60. the winds will increase as we go through the night. hopefully you secured your loose object

northbound i-95 looking good out of dale city and woodbridge.hat's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >>> new this morning, a 2-year- old girl fighting for her life after being caught in a house fire. this happened on the 6100 block of hillmar drive in district heights early this morning. the fire broke out in the kitchen of the family town house and quickly spread. three adults and a 9-year-old boy made it out okay but were unable to get to the little girl. firefighters rescued her fray second floor window. she was taken to the hospital in critical condition. >>> a change of heart for prince george's county executive rushern baker. >> he is now supporting a billion dollar casino to be build at national harbor. sherry ly live at national harbor with more on this talked- about casino. >> good morning. if casino style gaming were to come to prince george's county, the county executive rushern baker wants it here at national harbor, a $1 billion high-end las vegas style casino. what baker envisions are slot machines, table games like b

here's culpeper, warrenton, dale city.'s all going to be focusing down to the south. so, where we are, not even under the advisory. winter storm warnings are in place across far southwestern virginia, where it's already snowing from roanoke down to blacksburg, virginia tech, hokies fans getting snow today, and more moisture across deeper parts of tennessee and western north carolina. the main area of low pressure we've been tracking since back when it was in the desert southwest is now aiming for the southeastern coast of north carolina. and on that track, it's just not going to come far enough north to throw the moisture in far enough to get us much in the way of accumulations. so, i do think we'll have light rain drops to start changing with, mixing over to some snowflakes by later on this evening, but nonetheless, i think all that heavier snow will stay well down to our south, eastern north carolina, or western north carolina, eastern tennessee, southwestern virginia. then by early-morning hours tomorrow, that storm rac

. >>> initial delays dale city up toward the occoquan and into newington. anyone know what that is? it's the springfield mixing bowl which is looking great. it looks like spaghetti. a quick look at the inbound side of route 50 from the m dot camera, that was tough as well with the accident moved to the shoulder. i always get lost in the mixing bowl. turned around. can you tell why? >> wall street is looking lower this morning watching of course the situation in greece. >> again. >> of course. and the "cbs this morning" is next with more on the debate over requiring religious groups to pay for contraception and what to do when it's time -- to tell your aging mother or father the stop driving. >> howard and i will be back in just 25 minutes with a live update on traffic and weather. have a great day. [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-

from the city, the metro to the south and east, it's all rain and that is monasses-dale city. commute down i-95 is wet, not white and heading to the northwest along 270 along that 70 corridor, you got a lot of snow flying there and you will start picking up by rockville and then you had to gaithersburg and germantown and in parts of frederick, it's starting to stick now. we have a report of northern frederick county, they have had an inch 1/2 or so and we switched to the snow machine that shows where it's snowing and click to the heavy snow area. from frederick it to the east and to the westminster, that is the heaviest snowfall. listen, earlier, i took a picture outside and i downloaded it just like that on the fox 5 weather app. it's a lame picture. since then,. >> gotten like 30 brand-new pictures that have been coming on in and our web guy put this on, a fab picture and this is what it looks like in d.c., no snow and all of the new pictures are coming in and this is cool. it's easy on the fox 5 weather app if you have the camera. can you use that and send them in. it will

your max hd radar showing you the rain showers roughly stretching here from dale city right through theight -- there is the beltway. you see we're getting showers. i just stepped outside here in washington and then north up 95 and up the bw parkway up towards baltimore. all of this is moving very briskly off to the east. so it will be out of here in a short period of time. but it will be enough to leave the roadways wet as it moves on through. let's push on. want to show you the satellite- radar here and the bigger picture. we've got a cold front out to the west. warm front to our north that brought us the mild temperatures yesterday during the afternoon and we've still got the temperature around right now. there is your cold front out to the west. that will slide through here later tonight. it will take all day to kind of get through here. we are not going to have rain all day. in fact, i think most of the day should be dry. can't call it cloud-free but later this afternoon, we should get at least partial sunshine and that will help boost the temperatures again into the upper 60s and i

the northbound side of i-95 close to dale city. on the northbound side of 95 all lanes are open leaving the rest area as you head up to springfield. we'll go there live right now on the northbound side of i-95 close to the beltway. again it's just a bit of volume forming. it's normal for this time of the morning. the last live look at 395 on the northbound side near shirlington to the 14th street bridge and into downtown, everything is incident free. in my next report, let's go into maryland at 5:10. >> thank you, monika. >>> last week a cracked rail on the red line led to massive delays for metro passengers. earlier this week a second cracked rail at the rosslyn station had similar results. >> now according to numbers from metro, the cracked rail problem actually seems to be getting worse, not better. delia goncalves is live in northwest with more on the story. this is a little scary. >> reporter: it is not good news for passengers who are getting ready this early morning heading out to work, jumping on the metro. you might have t

it's 25 in leesburg and herndon right now, 25 in manassas, 28 degrees in fredericksburg, dale city 27a, charlotte hall 24 degrees this morning. you factor in, see how strong the winds are blowing. look at the wind gusts now, 25 to 35 miles per hour pretty much areawide. that's lowering the windchills down into the single digits and teens. so, it's really going to feel like winter outside today. high temperatures will inch above the freezing mark but only for a couple of hours between about 3:00 and 5:00 today. then we'll be back down well below freezing overnight tonight. the wind advisories have been allowed to be dropped across the area, but we'll still see the gusts between 30 and 40 miles per hour for much of the day, so be on the lookout for that. doppler radar shows not much going on around us. there are a few flakes around central pennsylvania. you folks right along the mason-dixon line might see a snowflake or two, but once you get east of the blue ridge, that's not going to be much of a problem. our next chance for any precipitation, which looks like it's going to be mostly r

traveling northbound at dale city, 32 miles per hour. continuing northbound, making your way past route 1, 30 miles per hour. this pattern's going to continue stop and go as you connect to thetuate. on 395, volume light. on edsall, all lanes are open. the travel speed really good at this time. hey, looking at 51 miles per hour. it will take you 13 minutes to get from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> 6:22. it's 41 degrees. ahead, the local colleges and universities listed among the best values in the country. >>> also, parents be warned. the local couple facing criminal charges because their kids were late to school. >>> the american student wrongly convicted for a murder in italy is appealing her slander conviction. last year an italian appeals court overturned amanda knox's murder conviction but upheld the slander conviction for falsely accusing a bar owner in the slaying. knox and her ex-boyfriend were cleared in the killing of her roommate. she spent four years in prison before her releas

no problems coming out of dale city. -- i-95 in virginia, the lanes are open.olume increasing north of 7100 headed out to the fsp. but till in good shape. no problems to report leaving colesville road headed over to 270. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> one of d.c.'s newest speed cameras is raking in the dough apparently. the d.c. police chief says the camera clocking drivers on foxhall road northwest generated 11,000 tickets in its first 30 days. that speed camera has gotten a lot of attention recently after well known she have jeff tracy hired guys to hold a sign warning drivers of that camera after tracy got three tick nets three days. chief land year says the more warning the better. >> i've seen the little warning signs that people in the neighbor have put up and posted. no, i don't. goal is to have them slow down up there. there is a merge where the leaps merge down into a single lane. the residents have repeatedly complained. so if he is going help me slow them down out there, i'm all for it. >> we know that a ticket for go

we'll go back to the map, this time on the northbound side of i-95 as you come up from dale city towardoquan river and beyond. you're going to be fine. this is what it looks like in springfield headed northbound from route 644. you're going to see that the volumes are building but no problems to report as you head for the beltway and a last live look at 395 in shirlington. again moving well to the 14th street bridge and into downtown. coming up in my next report, we'll go to maryland in a couple minutes. back to you. >>> we continue to follow breaks news out of fort washington, maryland. a family of five was found unconshens -- unconscious. delia goncalves is outside the home with a story that is just very scary. >> reporter: it is absolutely scary. we can all be in this situation. we are hoping that this family can survive, but it was very touch and go for a short time this morning when firefighters arrived here. we now can tell you it was a faulty furnace that caused this situation here inside the home spilling dangerous levels of carbon monoxide into the home. get this. more than 90

delays will begin in quantico to dale city and woodbridge and newington into springfield. we'll take a live look in spring field. it's been incident free but heavy trying to get up toward the beltway. could be that wet road conditions are affecting your drive. 395 northbound this has been heavy for a while as well at duke street heading through landmark. it clears up though in alexandria. coming up in area roadways at back to you, mike. >> thank you, monika. >>> 6:31 now. mitt romney is celebrating a big win in the florida primary last night. he's focusing on the economy and the general elections in november now. >> three years ago this week a newly elected president obama faced the american people and said look, if i can't turn this economy around in three years, i'll looking at a one-term proposition and we're here to collect. >> because of his standing and his fund raising, the associated press is reporting mitt romney will begin getting secret service protection starting today. so what happens now as we move forward? does mitt romney have the whole thing sewn up or is

looking good out of dale city.ly it's that normal volume forming both in the main and hov lanes to the beltway. we'll go over to a map. on 395 you're going just fine inside the beltway. a live look at the 14th street bridge. lanes are open. coming up in my next report we'll go into maryland at 5:39. >>> cleaning detail, park police spent part of the weekend clearing mcpherson square of most tents and sleeping materials. >> park police are once again expected to be at the occupy d.c. camp, this time the one at freedom plaza. delia goncalves is live at the plaza where park police are expected to resume their camping checks. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning. it's a long and tedious process. i was here at freedom plaza yesterday and it took pretty much the whole day to go through the few tents that they did. it is very tedious, very time consuming but you know, i talked to some crews yesterday, some cleaning crews yesterday off camera who said they expected things to be much easier here at mcpherson becau

in fact, northbound slow making your way through dale city.hen again you'll get a little bit of a relief. but one you get to route 1, slow again. that continues as you make your way toward the beltway. passing fairfax county parkway, volume here. again, it's stop and go at this time. you are going to have some movement. now crossing over the american legion bridge, volume increasing. no delays. inner loop speed really nice how from i-270 to i-95. you're at 59 miles per hour. only taking ten minutes to make the trip. if you're taking the rails, they're still not reporting delays. that may be a great option this morning. eun, back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:13. a cruise ship drifting powerless at sea is now being towed to safety. a french fishing boat is towing the "costa allegra" to a nearby island. it should take about a day to get there. more than 1,000 passengers and crew members are on board that cruise ship. a generator fire set the crui cruiseliner adrift at sea in a region where somali pirates prey on ships. the incident comes six weeks