that's what it looks like out of dale city and woodbrige, with a crash on 95 northbound woodbrige now on the shoulder. now adam caskey. >> we need some rain. looks like we will get a little today. higher hopes for the weekend with soaking rain possible on sunday. today, minor amounts, off-and-on showers here and there. so far so good for the morning commute. later on this morning we will get a few raindrops in the metro area. it's 56 in manassas, 58 in chevy chase, 56 in bowie, 55 in winchester right now. widespread precipitation on the stormscan is moving toward washington. areas of rain will be moving into town. already light showers in the shenandoah valley and points westward. light rain on and off today. accumulations will be generally around a quarter inch. 50 -- 62 for the high temperature. >> new this morning a violent night in southeast. police are looking for suspects in two separate shootings about 30 minutes apart. if one of them turned out to be deadly. the first happened along the 600 block of 53rd street. one man was shopping in the arm. the other happened in the 3300 b

two glenn dale city councilman have already thrown their support behind kim kardashian with one of themering her position of honorary chief of staff in order to give her a crash course on city matters. >> that's all you need right? more to come in the next hour of "good morning washington.">> the secret service scandal continues to grow. we have the latest. >> and lisa baden will help us navigate your morning commute. there is one spot that looks good. but there are trouble spots. traffic and weather coming up >> secret service agents accused of soliciting prostitutes are facing serious heat. >> two metro buses burst into flames. now the transit agency is pulling dozens off the road. >> the process of on loading the space shuttle. we will talk about how that works. "good morning washington" continues right now at 6:00. >>>> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. we are pushing 6:00 a.m. on this wednesday, april 18.

if you're planning to head on the northbound side of i-95 in virginia things looking great out of dale city to woodbridge all the way into springfield. we'll take a live look on the northbound side of i-95 here in dumfries. you can see volumes are still very light. both main and hov lanes heading for the occoquan river as women. let's go back over -- as well. let's go back over to the maps this time to northbound 395. here's what it looks like at duke street. light to the 14th street bridge along 395 as well. now back to the maps this time southern maryland. route 5, 301 and route 10 heading for oxon hill looks great. we'll take a live look at the wilson bridge. both loops of the beltway are incident free between alexandria and oxon hill this morning across the bridge span. coming up in my next report, we'll go to the north side of town at 5:09. >> see you in a bit. >>> we are learning more now about exactly what happened before a team of secret service agents was sent home from colombia last week. >> just how many people were involved we're learning about that. one of the senators who's be

slow traffic on 95 leaving dale city to the occoquan. then pretty solid from newington to springfield and we'll go outside live right now on the inbound side of i-66. it's also fog that's going to be a factor as you head through fairfax to the beltway. coming up in my next report, another look around the area at 6:12. >> thank you, monika. >>> this is a big day for nasa and the smithsonian museum. the shuttle discovery will officially be handed over to the smithsonian's udvar-hazy center. >> the ceremony is set to get underway at 11:00 this morning. delia goncalves is live at the museum where some things are already getting under way. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning. it is pretty busy so far. crews are kind of getting ready and laying out their cable and the tow truck is on its way here. the discovery has been successfully demated from the 747 that brought it in into the washington area on tuesday. now crews are getting ready to tow the enterprise out of its hangar. that happens in just about an hour. the massive crowds ga

. >>> we've got a couple of long, slow stretches on the northbound side of i-95 leaving dale city off and on toward the occoquan river in woodbridge and here in springfield heading up toward 395. i'll have more on virginia roadways coming up once again at 6:18. >>> police in the houston area are now piecing together a tragic story this morning. a mother shot and killed and her infant child kidnapped. >> that baby is safe this morning and it's one of the stories making news now coming up on 6:12. the 28-year-old mother was shot and killed after some kind of argument outside a doctor's office tuesday afternoon. her 3 day old son vanished. the baby was found just a few hours later alive and well. the killer and kidnapper have not been found. >>> president obama wants to crack down on oil traders. he's proposing raising penalties for companies accused of manipulating the price of oil. even the president admits this will not have an immediate impact on gas prices. >>> today we'll get to meet the third winner of last month's megamillions jackpot. they bought the ticket at this convenience s

-- coming up from dale city boast the way to springfield. no problems from duke street to the 14th street bridge. coming up in my next report, another look around the area at 6:58. back to you guys. >>> now we have a commuter alert for you. potholes. say your prayers. today the district kicks off its annual pothole palooza campaign, a month long effort to patch up all of those holes across the city that have wrecked the front ends of your vehicles. since the beginning of 2009, ddot crews have filled more than 18,000 potholes. to let d.c. know about one you spot and want to fix call 311 or reach them by e-mail or twitter. >>> we're anxiously waiting for the takeoff from florida of the space shuttle discovery. >> it's been cleared for takeoff. we're just waiting for it to happen. >> we have the live pictures. the really good thing is it's going to be as delia said beautiful weather for this flight for all of us to see it as it makes its way over the washington, d.c. metro area. >> isn't that spectacular? 39 missions in outer space. she is goin

from problems from dale city into woodbridge. this is what it's liked like really -- looked like really this whole week around 6:00. just heavy and steady. let's take another look at the maps. and this time to the west side of town. no problems coming out from dulles airport, sterling herndon, reston tall way inbound -- all the way inbound on the dulles toll road. you're fine. a live look at the west side of town here at the american legion bridge. coming up in my next report, an update on the accident in prince william county. back to you guys. >>> guess you can say here we go again. d.c. councilman marion barry is back pedaling from some controversial comments. he issued a sort of an apology to asian owned businesses in ward 8. >> this is the latest instance of the former mayor trying to explain away something he said. delia goncalves live in southeast with the story. outside would be of those businesses, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, you know you guys said it. sort of an apology. he essentially said i'm sorry but i'

it breaks loose again as you travel toward dale city. we'll take a live look a little further north as you travel here northbound 395 at duke street still looking great to the 14th street bridge. no issues the length of 395. in my next report, we'll go into maryland at 5:24. back to you. >> thank you, monika. >>> the journey through breast cancer can have huge ups and downs. yesterday one phone call made our jc hayward reconsider her approach to treatment. >> benign, oh, great. oh, my gosh. >> price god. praise -- praise god. praise god. >> the second one was denine so it wasn't cancerous. -- benign so it wasn't cancerous. i needed this. >> after getting the news that a second nod jowl found -- noddual found in her breast was not cancerous, she decided to go with the less aggressive surgery. this afternoon she'll undergo a lumpectomy to remove the cancerous tissue. she expects to be in the hospital for a day. she could even be released tonight and she says she'll be back on the air on monday. we look forward to seeing her there. you can

nothing complicated out of dale city, across the wilson bridge. metro rail reporting for strains out on normal service. now to news. >> breaking news. in prince george's county, police are on the scene of an officer involved shooting. it happened in the 3100 block of good hope avenue in temple hills. this is video just in. police are not releasing information on injuries or what led to the shooting. we have a crew on the scene and will bring more informations as we get it throughout the morning. >> will start with developments in the trayvon martin investigation. yesterday the special prosecutor announced george zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder. >> late last night and turned himself into authorities in sanford, florida expected to be in court this afternoon. brianne carter has reaction to the rest. >> good morning with. this has been a case that has captured the attention of people across the world. each of them watching to see what would happen. now many will watch as this plays out in court. the process begins just hours from

look at the damage done out of dale city.was a good idea to get into the hov lens but then there is an accident near the occoquan also northbound in the main lines will slow near the occoquan. upstream has less pressure because of this. it is still good through springfield going past duke street and into landmark. no accidents on 66 and 270. let's go to weather. >> it is frustrating to be stuck in the hov lane and see the main lines fly past year. let's take a look at our hd camera ababa bay this morning at chesapeake beach. it is a little bit on the cool side but not bad for this time of year. 41 degrees in aldie and frederick now 42. a lot of sunshine today and some high clouds moving overhead but noticeably cooler than the last couple of days. say goodbye to the 70's for a while, los 60's today and tomorrow and there will be a bit of a breeze. >> thank you. d.c. sports fans are happy today. >> baseball is back and the home town hockey team is in another do or die situation. it is opening day for the washington nationals. t

if you come up from dale city but it is incident free, i'm happy to stay. more on the north side of town at 6:25. the outer loop one lane open. >> delia joins us live from silver spring with the latest developments in this case. >> good morning andrea. certainly good news after four hours. a very tough traffic situation here. four hours into the investigation now we have a partial opening from the beltway cars are beginning to drive in the area it is still very slow going here. certainly heed the advice monika just mention and try to take alternate routes. this is what we know so far. the crash happened between georgia avenue and colesville road just after 2:00 a.m. it was directly above the creek parkway. it appears a tandem tractor trailer about 65 feet in length, the tandem tractor trailer apparently collided with two cars. we know that one person is dead, one, unfortunately is also injured, but that person was sent to the hospital with non life threatening injuries, thankfully. we don't know, at this point, which vehicle was injured and the dead person

we are northbound on i-95 after dale city before the parkway. tractor-trailer was disabled and it is in the middle of the roadway. it is blocking northbound 95 just before the prince william parkway. he would not be the only one to think about taking route 1. if you qualify, you can use the hov's. we head over to the of beltway -- ihad ever to the bell with an accident on the shoulder. >> thank you. a team of nassau legends will help -- nasa legends will help the shuttle get hometoday. >> the transfer ceremony is a go. brianne carter has the latest in chantilly, virginia. >> good morning. the stage is set in preparations at -- and preparations are underway. the ceremony will start at 11:00 welcoming discovery to its permanent home. we spoke to the curator of the museum telling us that in just about half an hour, 7:00 a.m., they had to begin the process of pulling the enterprise out of its hangar and getting it ready. at 10:30 a.m. -- attended guide 30 a.m., they will be again. -- at 10:30 a.m., they will begin. go ahead and get here early, the d

there is a little patch of around dale city. right around most of us right here in washington, it does not look like we will be seeing much at all. most of that will be heading to our south. a 10th of an inch in herndon. the rainshowers spotty, but they are welcome. no sign of a general rain. i will tell you more when i join you. >> maryland lottery officials said the winner has come forward. we may never know who that person is because he or she has chosen to remain anonymous. the letter claimed the share of the $656 million jackpot earlier today. he or she will split the prize with a winner in illinois and kansas. officials say they will be dishing out more details tomorrow. >> or hybrid car is all they're cracked up to be? we have the answers from the owners themselves. >> a man beaten robbed and stripped naked and is caught on camera. we will tell you where this happened. >> the federal authorities said they have a arrested a man who allegedly preyed on children online. one of the vic >> you are watching abc 7 news at 11, on

dale city is 58 degrees. 63 and 42 is the average high and low. i said a few minutes earlier that today will feel cold compared with what is coming. he will see what i been as the forecast extends into next week. still 61 in the city right now. 55 in gaithersburg. frost is a possibility north and west of the city. frost advisory's overnight. a freeze warning in affect overnight. temperatures mild for us. winds will generally and gradually turned south. some of these warmer temperatures will be pulled in. tomorrow metal 60's and then the days start piling up into the 70's and 80's. as we get into saturday, that warm air will push through northern ohio and pennsylvania along the warm front. i think we will have a few clouds. we will get into the lower 70's. a big push comes our way for sunday monday, and tuesday as we get into the 80's for a few days. in the morning sonny and chilly weather at 40 degrees. 60 degrees at noon. as we had to the next several days, here is the warm-up. 70 degrees on saturday and 82 on sunday. a bit more humid on tuesday

no problems to report as you work your way out of dale city. r crash gone and again, the delay he can tebdz from the dale see area headed through wood bring. more delays approaching lorton headed up towards the fsp. delays on 395 beginning at duke street. we'll update the ride here, 66 westbound. we've got delays approaching 234 out of manassas to the car rest area. beltway looks good as you travel between college park and bethesda. volume increasing as you work your way past colesville road and southbound 270. busy on the top side approaching and passing 109. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >>> now, to the campaign trail. mitt romney marked tax day way picnic table discussion in this pennsylvania park. he laid out some of his ideas to kick start the economy and slammed president obama on his economic policies. the top two elected republicans, john boehner and mitch mcconnell, came out and officially endorsed romney as the gop nominee. >>> president obama will be campaigning in ohio today and michigan. he is expected to

on the northbound side of i-95, normal slow stuff as you leave dale city.ll that yellow and red there forming into woodbridge. then it's going to be heavy into springfield as well. once beyond that, expect the slow stuff. we'll go live to 395 where it's going to be slow through landmark at duke street heading for seminary road and then beyond that you're okay to the 14th street bridge. all lanes have been open. it's been incident free luckily on 395 this morning. now it's time for a commuter alert. something just about no driver in montgomery county wants to hear. that would be me. more speed and red light cameras are coming. the washington examiner reports ten newportable speed cameras will be out there in the next 18 months. 20 more red light cameras will go up as well. last year the county raked in $8 million for speed camera tickets and police want to create a corridor of cameras. this is what's going to get me. that way you have to drive the speed limit for the entire road and not just where those cameras are which is what most of us do. >> howard did

you also have your off and on delays out of triangle, dale city and woodbridge and up toward lorton as well but the lanes are open i'm happy to say. if you're planning to head around the beltway, here's a look at our maps. things are looking fine. you see all the slow stretches. that's pretty normal. we'll take a look on the north side of town. let's go live on the northbound side of the beltway if you're traveling into silver spring, outer loop delays begin at new hampshire avenue and they continue toward silver spring before the pace improves. we'll go back over to the maps this time on the southbound side of i-270. look at the long, slow stretch out of frederick toward urbana. you're going to go about 32 miles an hour till you hit route # 0 and 121 -- 80 and 121 and then the pace improves. we'll take a look at the southbound side of i-270. slow traffic here at shady grove road as you head down to the point where the lanes divide. 355 is incident free heading through rockville to the beltway. no major problems on any of the northern corridors as you head down to the beltway. now a co

and you're jammed in dale city as you make your way past this accident. it is a tough commute on i-95. we just cleared one accident. now we have another. and you see dale boulevard even in the hov lanes, quite a delay this morning. back this ten minutes with another look at your traffic. back to you both. >> okay. thank you. >>> 6:02. space shuttle "discovery" is loaded up and ready for its journey to the washington area. the shuttle will make its final flight on the back of this 747. "discovery" is set to leave the kennedy space center in about an hour. it is expected to arrive in d.c. around 10:00 before landing at the udvar-hazy center at 10:40. megan mcgrath is live at the museum with more on this historic flight. megan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. certainly it is history in the making. it's an amazing thing to see the video with "discovery" on top of that 747. folks are going to be able to see it in american today. we're talking about a pretty low flyover. you're going to have great opportunities to check out "discovery" as it makes its w

coming up from dale city to woodbridge across the occoquan river. we'll take a live look in springfield where you're just going to see a tiny bit of volume. let's go a little further north to duke street northbound on 395. again main and hov lanes both running very smoothly up to the 14th street bridge and in the downtown area i haven't heard of any complaints. let's go back over to the maps. this time to the north side of town. the beltway is final. no issues this morning between college park and silver spring thankfully. 95 looks good in from baltimore, 270 in from frederick. we'll take a live look over at bradley boulevard at route 355 in bethesda and as you can see, it's nice and quiet through this corridor as well. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look at the route 50 side. back to you. >> thank you, monika. >>> metro took on a late night cleaning operation after one of its bus drivers was diagnosed with viral meningitis. >> this had to be a pretty big operation. there are a lot of buses involved they're worried about. the good news is

now, dale city heading out, not so bad.loser to route 1, that's where you're going to see delays this morning. and if you're taking the rails, i'm checking them. so far, the good news, no wrptd delays on the metro, marc, and vre. aaron, over to you. >> thank you. >>> fairfax county submitted the names. it wants the eight new silver line metro stations to be called mclean, tyson's corner, greensboro park, spring hill, wheeling, reston east, reston town centre, herndon, and innovation. metro's board will have the final say on the names later this year. we want what you think. share your thoughts on the "news4 today" facebook page. >>> expect to shell out big bucks when you hit the road this summer. the department of energy predicts gas prices will peak at a average in of $4.01 a gallon in may. it should sit around $3.95 for the rest of the summer. up 24 cents compared to last year's season. drivers in our area routinely pay more than the average in. so expect to see gas prices around $4 for the foreseeable future. >>> if you'

from dale city into woodbridge, no problems into springfield and over to 395. a live look there right now on the northbound side. quiet it seminary and king heading to the potomac river. let's go back to the maps this time to southern maryland. all of your major thoroughfares are great. no problems on route 4, 5, 301 and route 210 out of accokeek to oxon hill. a live look in alexandria on the beltway, no problems here at telegraph road on 95 between the wilson bridge and springfield. by the way, in wheaton eastbound veers mere road at university boulevard, the two left turn lanes are blocked because of utility work. coming up in my next report, a look into maryland at 5:24. >>> the wizards end their season on a huge winning streak. >> but instead of talking about the next playoff series, the caps will be talking about the racist tweets from fans following their game seven win in boston. >>> we want to take another look at our question of the morning. it is according to a readers digest survey, most couples argue about this while traveling by car. is it arks the

things are looking good on 95 coming frup dale city from -- up from dale city to woodbridge.et's take a live look in springfield. it's just beginning to see some volume here. we'll go a little further north on to 395 here at duke street. again this looks fine up to the 14th street bridge and your main and hov lanes i'm happy to say. let's go back over to the maps and this time to the other side of town looking at 66 on the inbound side. that's also incident free from manassas. we'll go live outside at the american legion bridge. west side of the beltway is also incident free. in my next report, we'll go to 270 at 5:39. >>> today police in baltimore plan to release more information about an arrest in a year old murder case. >> workers at the dam found felicia barnes' body in the susquehanna river last april. her death was ruled a homicide. the 16-year-old vanished in december of 2010. she was in maryland visiting her half sister at the time. the half sister's boyfriend michael johnson is now under arrest. >>> this is the day the defense will present its case at the trial of mi

you have some wet road conditions, i think you're going to be just fine heading north on 95 out of dale city into woodbridge, up to springfield and 395. let's go outside live on the northbound side of i-95. here's what it looks like in springfield. you know, i don't think there's ever a time when i don't see cars on this stretch of roadway but at least there are no delays yet heading to 395. the 14th street bridge, northbound side this is also very light across the potomac river. this time we'll head all the way to the west side of the beltway. no problems crossing the american legion bridge past the gw parkway. toll road 66 everything is final. we'll go out live again. if you're planning to head here on the inbound side of i-66, no issues to report leaving the fairfax county parkway to the beltway, coming up in my next report, we'll go north at 5:09. >> thanks, monika. >>> it won't be quite as dramatic as tuesday's biggie back flight but today the space shuttle discovery is making its final trip. the shuttle is being towed to the air and space museum's udvar-hazy center. >> grand ceremonies

looking great as you come up from dale city to woodbridge across the occoquan river. let's take a live look in springfield northbound 95. a few people out. a lot of people are back to work today after a long holiday. you might expect to find a little heavier than normal traffic early this morning so keep that in mind. we'll go a little further north on to 395. that's looking great as well here in shirlington. back in my next report, we will look in maryland at 5:09. >>> it's been 20 years since this happened, but last night the maryland general assembly adjourned without reaching an agreement on the state budget. >> now lawmakers have to iron out their differences in a special session or do the so- called doomsday budget. is will take effect on the new fiscal year when it starts july 1 if they don't get things ironed out. delia goncalves is live at national harbor, one of the points of contention in this budget. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you can also say it was one sign of progress that was made last night. it involved the national harbor and a potentia

a couple set of delays really slow making your way in dale city. you're at 16 miles per hour. have dot reporting about a four-mile backup from the occoquan. you'll get a break as you make your way closer to route 1. then again, you're slow at 46 miles per hour. no problems at backlike road. back to you -- become like road. back to you. >> thank you. >>> ahead, the college holding classes outside because of dozens of threats. >>> plus, an rg3 sighting. who the potential future redskin was spotted dining with in town. >>> next, a troubling warning about the ri you're the best mom ever. thank you, sweetie. oh... ♪ ♪ >>> there's a new study raising cancer concerns about dental x-ray exams. yale researchers studied nearly 1,500 patients with menengioma, the most commonly diagnosed type of brain tumor in the u.s. they were compared to patients without the disease. those who had the exam every yeerp were twice as likely to have this type of tumor. >> dentists have been trained and reminded by the american dental association to use as little in the way of x-radiation and take as few f

checking northbound, making your way from dale city south, you're clear. northbound lanes open as well. no major issues as you travel to the beltway. in fact, nice travel speed, 65 miles an hour. just a 23-minute ride to get from quantico to the beltway. no issues to the 14th street bridge at duke. no accidents to report. a really good travel speed of 60 miles an hour. aaron and eun, back over to you. >> still to come, caught red-handed, a woman who thought she hit the jackpot when she found a wad of money is now paying the price for taking it. >>> how burger king plans >>> this morning the marine sergeant who criticized president obama says he wishes he could give it back. he was given an honorable discharge. last month hi called the president on facebook the enemy and said he wouldn't follow enemies. he created a page named armed forces tea party in 2010. the military has restricted freedom of speech for its members since 2004. >>> they've requested more drone strikes and more military trainers and advisers to help their country, however, they rejected d

haven't talked about rain in more than a month seems like, off to the south and west, manassas, dale cityn to move into reston dulles and lees burg. here in the city inside the belt way it won't be long and then this will move north and east, so annapolis, columbia, you will get rain in the next few hours. temperature now regan national, 60 degrees, humidity 42%, your winds out of the north and east, 7 miles per hour those winds will lock in the cool for the day high temperatures only going to be low 60s it will feel cool particularly after the recent warm weather, there is your five day forecast partial sunshine tomorrow and friday, 74 degrees, now as we get into the weekend, we will cloud up on saturday, i think we will have a period of showers and thunderstorms by saturday afternoon as tony mentioned earth day we have showers, temperatures in the low 60s, by sunday afternoon so 64 degrees your daytime high sunday that is weather, allison, i am tossing to you >> i am all set just chatting up with our guest so excited she is here but a lot of people remember president nixon for his diplo

no problems to report out of dale city on 95 up to woodbridge and springfield. a live look further north here at 395 at shirlington circle and you can see how quiet it is heading for the 14th street bridge and into the downtown area. we'll go back to the maps this time to the west side of town. 66 is incident-free out of centreville. no problems as you head in toward fairfax and the beltway. that construction on the toll road westbound should be cleared up pretty much. we'll take a live look at the dulles toll road and here's what it looks like at route 28. coming out of dulles. no problems on the toll road as you head all the way over toward the beltway. now there's good news and bad news this week about the dulles rail construction. the good news first, tuesday, fairfax county confirmed their commitment of close to $500 million for the second phase of the expansion past dulles airport into loudoun county. bad news is it could be delayed if loudoun and the commonwealth pull out of the station due to cost concerns. i spoke with secretary of transportation ray la

northbound on i-95 in springfield no problems to report from dale city to this point and on to 395.o the map, another construction spot i want to tell you about. this time it's the inner loop of the beltway. three lanes closed as you approach kenilworth avenue. keep that in mind that should be cleared up within the next 20 to 30 minutes. a live look at 270 southbound at falls road, no issues to report coming down from frederick to the point where the lanes divide. another look around the area in my next report in a few minutes. back to you. >> thank you, monika. >>> the next round of republican presidential primaries is today. five states are up for grabs, including pennsylvania, new york, and connecticut. >> presumptive nominee mitt romney is expected to win every one of those contests helping him to inch closer to that number of 1144 delegates which he needs to officially clinch the republican nomination. susan mcginnis has more. >>> mitt romney campaigned throughout pennsylvania focusing on his matchup with president obama in november. >> i'd like you to go out and vote in your p

dale city, woodbridge, a live look at the 14th street bridge and everything is looking great there.s some issues with the road 22nd street between hi and i. take -- h and i. take h instead. >>> taking a look at news happening today, baltimore police will hold a news conference later this morning regarding the arrest of michael johnson. he's expected to be charged with the murder of 16-year-old felicia barnes, the honor student from north carolina who vanished during the 2010 christmas holiday while visiting family in baltimore. her body was recovered from the susquehanna river the following april. >>> virginia tech police officer derek crouse's name will be added to the police memorial. he was shot to death by a radford university student while he was conducting a traffic stop back in december. the gunman killed himself a short time later. >>> first there was the secret service. now members of the military are under the microscope in that colombian prostitution scandal. the pentagon started briefing lawmakers wednesday. >> at least one senator says investigators aren't being forthco

northbound 95 you will be fine from fredericksburg really to dale city and springfield and 395 northbounde you're fine. let's go back to the maps, this time to the east side of town or actually here's 66 no problems coming out of centreville. as you head for the beltway. now let's go to the east side of town on the maps, things looking great on route 50 as you head in from annapolis to cheverly. same thing on the bw parkway inside the beltway. a bit of construction on the inner loop between university boulevard and new hampshire avenue and 270 southbound looking great out of frederick. coming up in my next report, a look at 66 at 4:39. >>> george zimmerman spent the first night in a florida jail and he's expected to enter a not guilty plea during a court appearance today. yesterday, the neighborhood watch volunteer was charged with second degree murder in the shooting death of trayvon martin. >> zimmerman admits he shot the unarmed 17-year-old. he says it was in self-defense during a confrontation in february. his arrest comes more than six weeks after the shooting amid a national outcry

the length from dale city to the 14th street bridge, no issues from manassas to fairfax. i'll have more on some construction in virginia in my next report. back to you. >>> 4:40. time for the first your money segment of the morning. >> jessica is back. good morning, jess. >> good among. the feds, that's the big focus on wall street today. the federal reserve begins its two-day meeting today. it will finish up tomorrow with a press conference and no change in interest rates is expected. traders will be listening closely to bernanke for any hints about if and when policymakers might possibly enjict more -- inject more still louse into the economy. it's also the first time he'll discuss last week's jobs reports. it comes after stocks finish really lower, a lot lower on concerns of europe's mounting debt. checking the numbers, the dow stands at 12,927 after dropping 102 points. that was actually a recovery from as much as 184 point slide earlier in the session. >>> the government says the bad economy and higher energy prices have made the bad finances of social security even

and will just have some showers, want to show you from manassas, prince william county, west of dale city, i-95 that is the heaviest of what we are seeing now over temperatures here in washington temperature is sitting at 49 degrees, right now, very chilly in frederick at 45, even down in fredericksburg temperature sitting at 49 degrees and generally speaking temperatures middle 40s to 50 degrees. do you remember yesterday? it was 82 degrees for a high out there, speaking of little bit of snow out to the west of us, you got to love april snow don't you, this is west of i- 81, and most of this will be at the higher elevations, probably above 1200 feet, this will go from tonight, into -- or through tuesday morning, where you can see, they could pick up as much as 8 inches of snow in some places and just to the east, the winter weather advisory they could pick up as much as 5 inches of snow. just cold rain for us, i am not expecting snow, we will talk more about this forecast and more importantly, maureen, when it will get out of here. >> that is what i am waiting to hear. >> it is good rain

it looks great right now as you travel north of dale city in the express lanes and main line headed in towards woodbridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> some more questions over the money generated by the speed cameras. in 2010, virginia collected 101 millions that are from the tickets they issued. the district collected nearly $43 million. rest den are divided about whether d.c. should have the cameras. >> it is impossible to be on the road with a bike because the cars are too aggressive so it is important to have the speed cameras for our safety for the pedestrians. >> i think that safety is probably second for the city of d.c. i think first and foremost, it is about bringing in as much revenue as possible. >> a virginia state senator is introducing legislation that would stop blatant speed traps on interstates like the one in hopewell, virginia that made $2 million on tickets in a town with only 22,000 people. wow! >>> an elderly woman evicted from her church-owned apartment is now looking for a police to call home. she fell well behind on her rent.

incident free from dale city into woodbridge, up into springfield on to 395. a live look right there right now at duke street on the northbound side of 395. it is very light on our vdot cameras. no problems as you head for the 14th street bridge and into the downtown area. coming up in my next report, we will go to the north side of town at 4:55. andrea and mike? >> thanks a lot, monika. >>> caught on tape. a 9 wants you to know investigation. you're about to see some gross violations and they're at places that you know where they are and you likely could possibly have eaten there. investigative reporter ross has tracked 16 months of restaurant inspections. >> restaurants are only inspected once or twice a year so we went back all the way to january 2011. then we took our cameras to popular d.c. spots looking for food risks that could make you sick. but we weren't always welcome. >> reporter: we'd already recorded this inside the air and space museum's main mcdonald's and this at that kiosk. chris is the food policy director at the consumer federation of ameri

out of dale city, heading to the beltway, actually in both directions, travel lanes are open.me very light. here's a live look now southbound at the rest area. northbound as well. travel speeds northbound, you're driving by at 65 miles per hour. 23 minutes to get from quantico to the beltway. continuing past the beltway, heading inside on 395, northbound lanes are open as well as southbound. a live look at duke street. clear across the 14th street bridge. we're talking an excellent travel speed. 57 miles per hour, just 12 minutes to get from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. over to you. >> thank you. >>> talk about ending the season with a bang. the wizards won their sixth straight game last night. they dismantled the second-best team in the east. the miami heat, 104-70. the heat did sit their pig three players, dwyane wade, chris bosh, and lebron james. but the wizards dominated earning the biggest win since 2005. the wiz finished with a record of 20-46. >> at least going out on a high note. >>> today we'll meet the newest millionaire in d.c. the $1 million powerball ti

northbound 95 is our from dale city to springfield. there is a broken down vehicle on the on ramp. >> we are dealing with wet roads in the area. >> we have some rain and we can still use the showers. that will put a dent in our drought deficit. we may get up to about 1/2 of an inch in the metro area. saturday we could get more. it is a little unsettled as they go into the first part of the weekend. here is our roof top camera, the sun is up just hiding behind the clouds. these are the areas of rain on the radar. south of the beltway in mount vernon and along the potomac is getting clipped by that area of rain. it is moving into waldorf and la plata along 301. in virginia from front royal toward rappahannock right on the leading edge of that batch of rain which stretches into stretch -- stafford county. this is part of a larger system that is currently centered over ohio. that is giving us an unsettled day. you will not need your umbrella all day long. all of them on, you will have to have your umbrella within reach -- off and on, you'l

all clear all along the beltway at the wilson bridge. 95 out of dale city.t to springfield, in this picture, northbound traffic is "live."e word steady pace, but heavier volume. >> 48 degrees. >> the last time george clooney the district, he got arrested during a protest. for more peaceful visit next time, which will be soon? . what is bringing him back to town later this month. >> ♪ >> lots of drama and rock-and- roll on dancing. ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesteroll and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that's yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste? honey nut cheerios. want whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. it's a win win. good? [ crunching, sipping ] be happy. be healthy. can i try yours? 11 years playing the outfield, and i got no plans to retire. [ female announcer ] aging may slow a dog down, but iams helps keep dogs playing year after year with our age-specific nutrition. and now, even f

everything is open now on 95 from dale city and into springfield.ound near route 28 in only the right side. squeezing by side. building heavily out of manassas the6 eastbound for difficult ride over to the beltway. back to you. >> thank you. 5:52 right now. tax day is not all bad. it can be >> u.s. bank under fire for discriminatory practices. let's say good morning again to braitman at bloomberg headquarters in new york. >> good morning. wells fargo is facing racial discrimination probes. this time u.s. bancorp is under pressure,. target of a ascrimination complaint from non-profit group called the national fair housing alliance. been doing undercover on banks try to maintainhow well they latinoies in black and neighborhoods. s after the lenders take ownership of homes in foreclosure. interesting is the investigation is funded by the f housing and urban development. holding ace conference call around noon get more we should details than. and how about some sweet treats? restaurants are looking to bring would deals and promotions. a cinnamon roll. s

passed dale city heading toward quantico. westbound on 66 heading out toward 50 fairfax.o maryland, slow traffic on the inner and outer loop of the bel way as to pass georgia ave. over toward 95 hourly delays and into prince george's county a very slow go as you work your way across 201. the outer loop delays began around branch ave. 121 as you head into frederick county. >> thank you. one of "time magazine's" most influential people. why she is getting recognition. >> at 6:00 a bit of a setback for all the efforts to clean up the chesapeake bay. ♪ ♪ ♪ hit the road, jack ♪ ♪ and don't you come back no more ♪ ♪ no more, no more, no more ♪ ♪ hit the road, jack ♪ ♪ and don't you coac back no more ♪ [ male announcer ] want your weeds to hit the road? hit 'em with roundup extended control. one application kills weeds and puts down a barrier to stop new ones for up to four months. roundup extended contntrol spray once. stop weeds for months. >> you can see the discovery is still on top of the plan because the rain has delayed the move. >> nasa and the smithsonian's it plans to

. >> an intruder broke into a dale city home but he squeezed through a doggie door.e called police to the 5600 block of northton court. police found no evidence of forced entry so that included the intruder got in through a doggie door. >> i never hear that. but the dog the door in question is 16 by 11. police say break-in's like this to happen. >> it is large enough for somebody to fit through if they needed to fit through. once inside you can lock from the inside and carry items out that way. >> police said they found their belongings move around inside the house. a handgun, a gaming consul, and games went missing. neighbors called the crime unusual for their community. >> it is pretty safe. sometimes we can see people -- >> police recommended blocking all but the doors. >> in the past we have had entries made that way. is not something homeowners thinking about. >> with no suspects in the case they ask if you have any valuable information to please be in touch. >> that is it for abc 7 is it 5:00. coming up -- >> the space shuttle discovery puts on a show in washin

the pace is not pretty, but out of dale city to springfield, a crash is gone. no longer any flashing lights. 395 is pretty decent. nothing out of the ordinary on 66. similar scenario on 270 with delays from urbana to hyattstown. back to you. >> thank you. 37 degrees this morning in potomac. 6:13. >> coming up, an emotional goodbye for a fan favorite. a surprise in who was cast off dancing last night. >> why more and more stores are getting rid of the cashier-free lanes of. and the hunt for one of the district's most wanted continues. he put osama bin wheeeeeeeeeeeee! whee! whee! wheeeeeeeee! ah heads up. wheeeeeeeeeeeeee! everything you love about geico, now mobile. download the new geico app today. man: we need a good night's sleep. woman: which means a little heat to keep us warm. and a good dose of support for my back. some over-the-top com&ort couldn't hurt. and our perfect dream factory's been built. you're feeling sleepy already? nighty-night. [giggling] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> we continue to follow breaking ne

on i-95 southbound from fairfax county parkway and from dale city toward trying will seeing traffic. inner lips getting into maryland, the dulles toll road and passed lesion bridge, and earlier crash has been cleared. through montgomery county has to go toward new hampshire avenue we are seeing slow traffic. on 270 northbound at 121 highet's town. back to you. >> the howard theater is back open and welcoming some big stars at a gala tonight in honor of somebody very special. >> a new movie pays tribute to the three stooges. it is better than a poke in the eye. we love gardening... yeah, but the feeling wasn't always mutual. i want you to grow big! if you grow for me you'll get cookies for free. nothing worked. ♪ ♪ but we started using miracle-gro garden soil. you just mix it with your backyard soil... and it feeds your plants for up to 3 months. my plants grew bigger... more beautiful... with more flowers and vegetables. guarananteeded. everything changed with miracle-gro. for you are these flowers, like soap is for showers. everyone grows with miracle-gro. >> stupidity and silly stu

it looks like we're back to our normal pace with mainline traffic and hov delays are out of dale city pass the prince william parkway to get across the occoquan. no worries on 66 would typical volume and good in maryland slowing southbound between rte. 8109 and father hurley boulevard. >> the sun is up and it rose about 50 minutes ago. -- 15 minutes ago. a few patchy fair weather clouds that will pop up in this guide but mostly sunny. there was some rain in spots yesterday. there was also snow reported as far south as spotsylvania. it did not amount to much because it was only 1/10 of 1 inch of moisture. it was a drop in the bucket but we will take whatever we can. 41 degrees in manassas and still rather cool out there this morning with temperatures a little below average today. yesterday was our low point. it is all looking up from here as we go into the weekend. clear skies overhead to start today with scattered clouds developing into the afternoon and a big dip in the jet stream is situated over the east coast and that is why it is so cool. this bomb and the debt -- in the jet stre

springfield still moving well everything open from dale city to the springfield interchange. you. >> thank you. 6:51 might now on this friday morning. >> you are wat >> good morning. there's a new twist in the trayvon martin case. abc news has obtained an exclusive photograph of zimmerman from the night of the shooting. if there appears to be blood on the back of his head. a vital clue as he faces a critical bail hearing later today. that's all ahead on gma. >> that's in a couple minutes. it is 6:54. george zimmerman is due in court for the bond hearing. the man who shot trayvon martin could actually be set free later today. but there are still concerns about his safety. more resignations could be on the way in the fallout of the secret service sex scandal. this comes as we learn two supervisors will step down and they are from our region. >> the washington capitals are headed to boston for game 5. that's tomorrow. playoff series is now tied at two games apiece. >> good morning, washington. i am arch campbell with your "weekend movie guide.". i just found it. >> zack plays an

a slowdown leaving dale city. will take you past the occoquan.e you get past route 1 redeveloping in newington. it is off and on to the pentagon. abounds has only volume on 95. >> we have the red flag warning in effect again today, starting at noon. the very dry conditions outside and the drier air and gusty wind, sugar beets a fighter the weather could spread that. discarded cigarettes could cause emulsifier, something to keep an eye on. this is overlooking the federal city, eight minutes before sunrise. we will have sunshine today. 47 degrees downtown, and 40 in leesburg, germantown at 45 degrees right now. here's the forecast, 63 around the beltway, sunny and windy. we will deal with the wind all the way through thursday. mid 50's northwest of town. close to 70 in culpeper, stafford. a few sprinkles possible by tomorrow afternoon. then- day coming up. >>-- the seven-day forecast is coming up. >> two major measures are missing from the pile. that could mean a special session in maryland. brianne carter is live a national harbour with details th

but they are open in dale city. 270 near 109 from frederick county into montgomery county, moving pretty smoothly, light volume. vehicle fire was on eastbound 70 and just before 270 with the left side of getting by. in springfield at the springfield exchange, moving pretty smoothly from the occoquan and on through 395 up to the 14th street bridge. >> following major developments in the secret service sex scandal. >> we have learned the names of two agents leaving the agency amid the scandal. david cheney decided to retire. the lives in asheville virginia. the second agents i is greg stokes. he also lives in the washington area. he will be fired. jummy olabanji has reaction from david cheney's neighbors. >> they told abc 7 that he has lived in ashburn several years with his wife and his son. they call him a great person and neighbor and say they don't believe that he's been allegedly accused in the scandal. >> they are fantastic neighbors high-quality people. i would never expect anything like that. >> he had nothing but nice things to say about his neighbor david seen in the picture prot

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virginia is slowing and 95 from dale city to newington. the the beltway past duke street up to kings street. back to you. >> thank you. 6:00 hour 40 right now. we will check in with doug hill at a look at what is -- with a look at what is happening outside. quite a change we have had in 48 hours. >> most people waking up to wet weather with a little cold. far west in allegany county, a winter wonderland. snow continues to fall. under strong warnings in effect from frostburg westward in maryland and adjacent sections of west virginia. winter weather advisory in the pink area and you might even see snowflakes close to washington along the blue ridge in the patuxent mountain range. areas of rain drifting to the north and northwest. steady rain from south to north across the area. gusty wind and cold air and still a few showers and may be imbedded the snowflakes. there. 49 degrees for the high temperature in washington, -- in the 40's for the current temperature in washington. we will warm up to the upper 40's to nearly 50 degrees today with g

loop, route 1, dulles park, 395 still a tough go you got to get there first delays with you out of dale cityood bridge again as you work your way north leaving the belt way headed out towards king street gain with a delay across the inbound 14th street bridge real quick peek what is going on tucker barnes you jinxed me now i am having a computer problems, ramp of 66 stalled bus still there loaded with marines you will find the ramp is partially blocked you can make that exit, out bound, manassas inbound toward it is belt way that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> julie looking to help a few good men. >> you can share in excitement as space shuttle discovery is officially put on display. >> holly morris is live at the udvar hazy center to fill us in. >> hey, guys change is officially under way here at udvar hazy center where we are live you can see enterprise has been moved out so discovery can come on in, it is a huge day here at the center they have a big welcome celebration planned we will talk about it plus talk with the curator, about the significance of today, all live next o