just to the west of dale city and lake ridge. as it continues to move to the northeast it will move right over very intense areas, highly populated areas along the rte. 1 corridor. that is an area we will monitor as we go through. a lot of hill possibility torrential rains as well. it is a severe thunderstorm. a lightning and ahil. -- hail. until 5:45 third central prince william county, if you are anywhere in or near lake ridge burke, springfield 395 495 interchange and the south to franconia, you are in the path of the storm. it is suggested you take cover immediately. do not wait any more to find out what happens. is a violent complex of storms moving in. that whole area to the west to have them and coming up the river from dumfries to dale city and up to the 395 interchange with the beltway just a tremendous outbreak of severe weather. we will have more for you coming up in a couple of minutes. >> thank you. we always know we get power outages. we want to bring you the latest number here in virginia. there are a little more t

this is just near dale city or just north of that point. sowf' got the slow traffic -- so you've got the slow traffic trying to squeeze by it and there was an earlier accident near the occoquan which has moved over to the shoulder. beyond that you're good up on to 395 and the 14th street bridge. may not be so good over the weekend. that's because there are big construction plans at the wilson bridge this weekend. if you need to get there i suggest take you change your plans. we have an extra mile report where project workers are saying that you need to stay away from the outer loop in alexandria. to tell us more about the construction plans for the weekend is john jacobson, the executive project engineer for the wilson bridge project. thank you so much, john, for being with us early this morning. >> glad to be here. >> it was a pleasure to meet you there yesterday on the beltway and even on a good day, midday the traffic is terrible. give us the plans for construction this weekend. >> this weekend we're going to be taking 95 north between v

-- in dale city on 495. and this picture is the beltway. traffic headed away from us is the inner loop. you still have four lanes, but it is 3 to the left and one to the right, around a long-term work zone. we are getting used to it. >> 7 is on your side with an investigation into the speed cameras program in d.c. police unveiled 17 new cameras. our investigation revealed the district has already issued nearly 50,000 more speed cameras tickets this fiscal year than in all of last year. that adds up to about $40 million this year. at least one d.c. council member admits making money is the biggest drive behind the speed cameras expansion. >> i would say it's probably more about the money, because it was put in the budget to balance the budgets. if it was for safety purposes, it would probably have been done a different way if. >> 10,000 morning tickets were handed out just over the last month. for the locations of the new speed cameras, log on to our website, wjla.com. 4:42 is the time, 57 degrees. >> taking

down by dale city and woodbridge. we do not have any rotation indicated around our viewing area at this time. that is good. the warning in frederick county has been allowed to expire. now the focus shifts back to the flash flooding. we have some thunderstorms that are severe indicated by the orange outlying counties. that will track to the northeast through the potomac into charles county. you have not seen the last of a yet. this is the next sellable watch moving into southern maryland. >> look at this rainfall. mount airy has 3.1 inches of rain so far. that is where we have flood warnings. sue land has picked up 1.5 inches. this is through 11:00 tonight. they are stretched out well into north carolina. >> it is not often that the storm prediction center issues a moderate risk in washington. today we have the set up that indicated the severity of the situation and what to expect for this. heavy showers starting to organize in the shenandoah valley. we still have an ongoing severe thunderstorm warning around cumberlan

i'm surae chinn with that story in dale city coming up. >>> back on 9 news now it's an update on theampaign for president in the critical swing state that also happens to be right next-door. a new poll shows the race between president obama and republican candidate mitt romney is tightening up in virginia. this poll from quinnipiac university shows the president with a five-point lead with virginia voter over romney, down from an eight-point lead from that poll in march. >>> today the first lady out trying to reverse the trend. michelle obama hit the campaign trail stumping for her husband and surae chinn was in dale city where the first lady was out trying to energize the volunteers. >> reporter: the first lady kicks off her solo campaign tour this week with a stop in virginia for her husband's reelection bid trying to energize supporters and volunteers at the veterans of foreign wars post in dale city. >> we have to keep moving forward. >> reporter: virginia is not only a battle ground state, but prince william county is a swing county in virginia. >> i think it's going to be very

giving you the green light on 95 between fredericksburg and dale city between dale city and springfield, and in and out of baltimore. in springfield in this camera the rain is coaching the highway. dry and quiet across the wilson bridge through alexandria and oxon hill. metro one's customers to trade in the paper farecards or plastic ones start. on july 1, riders using the paper cards will be charged an additional. dollar per additional smartrip card costs $5, but metro is offering a $3 rebate if customers register the car online. it'll also allow customers to transfer $20 from a paper farecards to a new. plastic new -- to a new plastic card. >> what is being done to honor seven maryland firefighters injured in a house fire. >> welcome back. checking our top stories, another of sandusky's alleged victims is expected to take the stand today in the child sex abuse trial. one alleged victim testified yesterday that sandusky molested him, tried to assure silence, and send him creepy love letters. virginians go to the polls today, deciding what they want to run local and congressional races.

it is all red coming in out of dale city.he crew in sky fox with us checking out that drive and as you approach route one in woodbridge, the accident activity has been moved over to the shoulder. our lanes are open once again. traveling northbound on i-95, it is heavy, slow and steady from before potomac mills back in dale see headed back to the accident scene. it break free continuing northbound headed out to the capital beltway. north delays to report right now if you are traveling on the other side of town. the outer loop starting to slow at university boulevard. southbound 270, not too slow here. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >> thank you. >>> for a check of this morning's top stories a virginia police officer accused of murder is now out of a job. the cull pep are police department has fired daniel harmon wright after an internal investigation into the shooting death of patricia cook. this happened during a traffic stop last february. harmon wright claimed he shot in self-defense after cook tri

lanes are open out of dale city headed back up towards the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >>> our big story, a major action taken while you slept last night in the ongoing saga over leadership at the university of virginia. >> an interim president has been named to take control after school that is reeling since the sudden and forced resignation of its very popular leader. willmar is live in the newsroom with all of the developments. >> reporter: good morning. uva's board of visitors adid work into the night an announced its decision around 2:30:00 a.m. this morning. carl zeithaml was named interim president of the university. he has served four teams as the deep of the school of commerce. he is on his way back to uva from london right now. he wrote i am cutting short a visit to london. i believe it is important to return as soon as possible to charlottesville so you s many m community as possible over the next few days. meantime, the campus remains in turmoil. a large crowd of students and faculty gathered around oust

you will still find delays out of dale city. getting to lorton will take a long time. at least the lanes open. to come from newschopper 7, but now, adam caskey. >> 99 was the high temperature yesterday at reagan national, bwi marshall made it to 100. we will bthe little cooler today. temperatures are on the downswing and we will continue to see that pattern through the weekend and into next week. pierre is a beautifully kept a sunrise over laurel, 79 degrees at the high school. bright sunshine shining through the holes in the clouds. -- that was a beautiful sunrise over laurel. thunderstorms likely later on today, some strong to severe with gusty damaging winds and flash floods. 93 degrees for the high temperature. >> a plaque will be unveiled today at the site of the deadliest incident in the history of metro. >> the deadly train crash killed nine people near fort totten in june of 2009. john gonzalez joins us near the memorial,. good morning. >> good morning. today's ma does mark the painful anniversary. it was on the charles ball langley bridge on new hampshire aven

you are probably getting some light showers as you got up towards manassas and dale city. this is all moving north and east so many of us are likely to see some light showers over the next couple of hours. this is associate wade warm - - this is is associated with a warm front which will be moving through. humidity, 66%. here is your forecast for today. let's concentrate on later this afternoon for just a minute. between about 4:00 and #:00 p.m., we'll have a series of thunderstorms move through along with a cold front and some of those storms could be on the strong side. look out for that possibility. i'll have more details in just a minute. >> it would be cool if we could trade out the thunderstorms. >> tomorrow will be beautiful. >> not bad. >> a traffic alert for your morning commute before we get to julie. you may want to avoid connecticut avenue at n street right near dupont circle this morning. crews are still trying to repair the road and get service restored there following yesterday morning's water main break. the pipe has been fixed but, as you can see, the stre

some shower activity now down towards fredericksburg working up 95, dale city getting some height showersthis is all pushing off to the north and east. i won be shocked if many of us saw some light showers this morning associated with this warm front. let's push on. let me show you the bigger picture here and the satellite- radar as we shift gears and go to our next map. there we go. i guess we're not going to take a look at that. as we do take a look at what is going object happening later today, i can tell you that we've got a cold front out to the west and this cold front will be the driver of any potential severe weather we could get later today. this will continue to kind of push towards the area. up ahead, it i mentioned the warm front will lift to about the pep pen border. temperatures jump into the 1r0 and with an area of low pressure passing to our west is a lot of cold air aloft and a little warm air here at the surface, we have the making for some pretty good severe thunderstorms. got to look out for that. i think the timing will come through in a series of waves. we could see

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the beltway itself at telegraph not a problem. 95 still looking good out of dale city. it's friday morning light coming toward woodbridge, the occoquan river and springfield. there had been some overnight construction in springfield on the inner loop toward braddock road so a little slow through that area. let's take you live outside. first of all the northbound side of i-395. this is nice and light at duke street. no problems as we head for the 14th street bridge. all the potomac and anacostia river crossings are fine. now to the other side of the town. no issues between college park and bethesda. a quick look at university boulevard. all lanes are open. a look at 270 at 5:09. >> thank you, monika. >>> former d.c. council chair kwame brown now has to court appearances today. >> brown resigned yesterday. wes' expected to enter guilty pleas both in federal and d.c. superior court. delia goncalves is live outside u.s. district court with details. good morning to you, delia. >> reporter: good morning, jessica. this is a pretty rare move. very rarely does one defendant actu

dale city into wood bridge.gfieldment just the volume but no big delays, coming up in my next report, another look at area roads at 6:00. back to you. >>> making news now, at 5:50, a record-setting wildfire in southwest new mexico is spreading in all directions. the blaze in the gila forest is now nearly 300 square miles and more than 1200 firefighters are battling the flames. >>> the school board has voted unanimously to remove a copy of the ten commandments from the high school. last june the board voted 3-2 in favor of the display and then the american civil liberties union sued on a student's behalf. federal judge sent the case to mediation last month. >>> and the california elementary school was put on lockdown when a bear crashed the end of the year party. surveillance video shows the bear wandering across campus. the middle school graduation next door also came to a halt. eventually, animal control officers tranquilized the young bear and returned it to the wilderness. >> that will get your attention won'

to the west of dale city, prince william parkway road and dale boulevard and under that area. the central rotation. what we doll here is we're going to track this and that is for the next few minutes and show you and put the radar back on and the tail back here that may indicate a notch of some sort and you have to watch that for a while, too and when you're not get anything indications of rotation popping up on the radar. >> and we're not seeing that red wing, which indicates to us the storm is rotating at the lowest levels and there is plenty to watch with those and those tornado warnings are until 5:45 and we'll watch it and let you know if we get anything new. check in with us in a few minutes, shawn. >> all right, sue, thank you very much. >>> meantime, the severe thunderstorms are causing problems at area airports and we told you should expect delays at bwi, dulles and marshal. and if you're going to the airport, call ahead and see if your plane is delayed. >> they boarding more than 17,000 customers and dominion, virginia has 2500 outages right now and bg&e is hit hard

she will be at a vfw post in dale city at 2:45 today. tickets are required. the president pulls the west coast tour continues. he will be in nevada today talking about college affordability. >> he received a warm welcome during a fund-raiser in california last night. he received a standing ovation at a fund-raiser with gay and lesbian supporters in los angeles. he told them he would not tolerate any attempts to roll back gay-rights that americans have gained during his administration. a maryland congressman's daughter says she is a lesbian. standing order's daughter. revealed her sexuality because she wants maryland residents to bid both america person they love. -- steny hoyer's daughter. >> jeb bush said that he would not take the job of vice president under any circumstances. he said that he would not do it and it's not going to happen. that does not mean he would not enthusiastically support mitt romney's candidacy. it is 56 degrees outside. >> much more still to come. it was a long night for hundreds of gamblers in maryland. they've braved long lines to

we're still good in virginia, 66, 95 and a normal slowdown out of dale city and manassas.s is traffic on the dulles greenway where it meets the toll road that leads decent. >> 65 degrees at 6:51. >> you are watching "good morning, washington." we will have a check of >> coming up, the latest in a race against time to contain wildfires out less. we will be live on the front lines plus a heartwarming abc news exclusive. her emotional meeting with the man who started a fund to center on vacation, that is next on gma. >> it is 6:54. republican presidential candidate mitt romney will make a campaign stop in sterling virginia today. the presumptive republican nominee will visit an electronics manufacturer and this comes one day after he won the utah primary. >> wildfires are burning throughout the west and have claimed the life of you tell women, burned hundreds of homes and forced hundreds of evacuations that includes hundreds of cadets of the air force academy in colorado. >> of gas prices are at a five- month low. national averages just under $3.40 per gallon. despite the low

things will start to clear out more. 67 degrees in dale city. only going to last another day. see a warm-up beginning tomorrow. .5 degrees in laurel as well national.eagan average is 81. back in 1925 in record of 100 degrees. the weekend we could get 90 degrees. the progression to the across the area. every now and then, a sprinkle to the west. comingbits of energy through. to the it will stay south. move out to sea. is going to allow high to start easing into the areas. by the weekend we will be back summery patter. high pressure building in the deep south. as that system moves out, we flip the direction to the southeast. see a few short opportunities. but that the west. 80's and 90's. will transition back into the pattern. partly cloudy and cool. 56 tomorrow morning. check out the next six days. it 30% chance of passing showers. 75.s of rain in the friday forecast. sunshine and the appeal of summer in the air. what is the deal with cloud cover? view ofssing with the transit of venus. are you having any luck? >> we need to have you doing dancing. getting brighter. the transit

e 95, your stop and go traffic looks like this, dale city all the way to springfield with lanes open.are watching "good morning washington of." more to, early on this tuesday morning. >> coming up here, a miracle recovery, a spear pierces the skull of a 16-year old boy. look at these pictures. his doctors will tell us how he survived this remarkable injury. also, the ugly truth about some of your favorite beauty products. we are going undercover to find out how clean those make up samples are. all next right here on "good morning america." >> we will see what you have to say about that coming up in a few minutes but before we get to jobs and the rest of the gang at good morning america, let us run down our top stories. we start off with university of virginia as the board of visitors shows a new leader on an interim basis, mcintire school of commerce been as answer on president, after a meeting that went well into the night, replacing current president teresa sullivan will abruptly design. her last day will be august 15. >> delaware state police searching for a person of interest in w

nice in dale city where we will give you the green light as well.e camera pirie it down to it shady grove road. it is down there. more to come on the traffic seen. back to natasha and steve. >> give yourself some extra time to get around if you're using a metro. >> they will not run between east and west falls church. shuttle buses will be available for you. red line trained well single track. blue line trains will single track between stadium and armory and addison road. no work on the yellow or green lines. >> drivers can expect some delays on the wilson bridge. it to be closed from 9:00 tonight through the entire weekend. traffic lanes will be on one lame after telegraph road. the ramp from 195 to the out to label also be closed on saturday and sunday. just avoid the beltway. >> stay at home apparently. >> we're looking at about 80 degrees. >> the search of a man wanted for attacking a woman on a popular trail. what officers say he may be responsible for another crime. but more videos on the trayvon martin investigation. let the police officer ch

good across the wilson bridge and through dale city. northbound are the headlines in this picture. back to news. >> thank you. a ribbon cutting ceremony will be held to rename a metro red line station. it has been called the new york avenue, florida avenue station. officials thought it was too cumbersome. they had renamed it noma- gallaudet u. >> you can learn more about proposed changes to the second phase of the dallasulles rail project. it is between ruston and ashford. it begins at 6:30 p.m. tonight. >> very looking at 66 degrees. >> a bold that caught on tape. the store and owners who went after the peace use the champagne bottles and their jacket. >> we have a recap of day [ male announcer ] one taste of the new mccafé cherry berry chiller at mcdonald's, and you won't be able to pull yourself away. made with 100% fruit juice with natural flavors blended with ice. the simple joy of keepin' it cool. >> to the trayvon martin shooting investigation. the white of the committed to your basis are only goal trouble -- the wife of the george zimmerman is facing only goal trouble. shou

already delays are starting to form as you travel north from dale city and potomac mills.ent number two along the left side of the roadway here as well as you work your way before route one. two separate accidents here basically in the same area tying up your commute out of dale city headed northbound up towards newington. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> a consume arrest letter for you this morning. we are already seeing stocks in europe take a hit. yesterday, stocks in the u.s. were down and they could continue to plunge when the market opens today. >> that is because moody's has downgraded 156 the world's largest banks. yesterday, the agency lowered credit rating by one to three notches. mary ann rafferty explains the ropes behind moody's decision. >> reporter: moody's has lower the credit ratings of morning a dozen of the world's largest banks. >> these banks have been downgraded by another agencies. it has been expected. >> reporter: the move means it will now become more costly for banks to raise money by selling debt. >> goldman sachs,

looks good out of dale city to get to springfield, virginia where we take you in this camera. back to you. >> thank you. the montgomery county council has approved new fares. starting july 1 the ride on will cost $1.80 if you pay with cash or a token. $1.60 with a smartrip card. a monthly pass is $45. learn more by calling 311. >> the aids memorial quilt is back in d.c. for the first time in 16 years. they began unraveling it recently. it weighs 54 tons and is more than a million square feet. there were some by hand by family and friends of those who have died of aids. it will be on display at today at the quilt festival. it is 64 degrees in june. i cannot believe it. we will take it. 4:42 is the time. >> an alert for parents, details on the search for a man whioo flashed an arlington high school student. and a deal that has be clucks in the trayvon martin investigation, documents reveal new clues into the night he was shot and killed. a report says george zimmerman did not identify himself as a neighborhood watch leader when he confronted trayvon martin. another investigator

traveling 66, jammed out of manassas. 95 northbound slowing through dale city. no problems to report on 270. nice, easy trip. 95 and bwi parkway looking good between beltways in maryland. far right you can see the delays on the outer loop of the beltway through prince george's county. and traffic from the bottom of pennsylvania avenue, rhode island avenue as you head inbound. i want to mention that we've got some metro delays expected this weekend. plan an extra up to 20 minutes because of traffic work that we'll be experiencing on the blue, orange, yellow and red lines from 10:00 p.m. tonight till close on sunday. >>> marion berry says the d.c. council has turned itself into a laughing stock and one of his colleagues was driven to tears wednesday, when they picked an interim chairman who replaces kwame brown. joining us with a look at what the heck is going on with the council, tim craig who reports on d.c. politics for the "washington post." tim, good to have you here. >> good morning, how are you? >> i'm good, thank you. let's talk about the council. seems li

coming in from the south 95 is just very slow leaving dale city into woodbridge and then look at that red stuff right there. that means it's heavy. basically that entire stretch from lorton into springfield. we'll take a live look in springfield where this is pretty normal trying to exit to the beltway. we'll go live on the northbound side. here at glebe road it's absolutely fine heading toward shirlington and the 14th street bridge. all lanes are open. back over to the maps and this time over to the west. no problems on 66 to the dulles toll road. all of this looks good. of course you've got slow stuff on 66 out of manassas and then route 50 to 123. and a live look at the american legion bridge on the west side of town, beltway is fine. by the way, wires down blocking brink road at goshen road up in montgomery county. coming up in my next report, we'll take another look at area roads at 6:25. >>> it is 6:19. next in sports, hear from the forgotten side of the redskins and see the home run by bryce harper that hasn't landed yet. >> before we get to that, let's check the question of th

. >> i guess the big story today is what happened after this event here in dale city. mrs. obama decided to make a surprise visit. she stopped at mom's apple pie bakery. they had a heads up that somebody would be there is about and an hour's time the first lady walks into a lot of surprised faces. she shakes some hands and gives some hogs. the d.c. this is 6-year-old who offered to play the violin for him. she pulled it out and played"ode to joy." the first lady said, i would be killed if i do not get out of here with a pie. meaning she better bring something back to the white house. the big story is what happened at the vfw. the first time the first lady has gone out on the road by herself in this campaign. >> virginia, let me ask you one last question. are you in? >> for the first time in this race michelle obama in virginia and solo encouraging supporters to do more than just a vote. >> you know those people not registered. find them, shake them, and get them ready. >> old dominion is one of the new top prices. blacks if somebody does a job well, do you not want them to

it is kind of " comparatively at the beach compared to the 96 we have in dale city.s is more important because this is the way it feels. this gives you a feel like temperature, he index for whenever you went to college. israel and high. one of our long-term the uris center in this photograph you are looking at the front of his gross setting in the deck. direct sunlight on the metal and that is the actual temperature. do not touch the grow like that. it will be again tomorrow. air temperatures hit 98 degrees today. one degree shy of the record set in 1931. the record high tomorrow is 98 and i think we will easily break that. it will be a hot one again. the heat advisory in effect east of the blue ridge all the way to the bay and parts of the shore up north of i-95, philadelphia and the fact until 10:00 tomorrow night. the urban areas or even the metro area will stay under the heat abies 3. temperatures will knuckle of a much. 97 still at reagan national. we will drop down into the 70's near 80's. the moisture level makes it feel warmer. downtown it feels like it is 10

you've got a couple of long, slow stretches leaving dale city into woodbridge. then newington into springfield. we'll take a live look from our sky 9. here's what it looks like just north of the beltway on 395 where traffic is okay toward duke street and seminary road. a little slow across the 14th street bridge. all lanes are open. coming up in my next report, we'll go over into maryland at 6:58. back to you. >>> when it rains, that's when you found out if your winds shield wipers aren't working and when it's hot, you find out when your air conditioner doesn't work. mine broke in my car. >> timing is everything. >> have to get to work on that one. tomorrow you'll need it and today for sure. over the weekend, things will dry out some and get less humid. not going to get cold but it won't be as nearly as oppressive. not just a heat advisory but we've got air quality issues today. code orange which is unhealthy for sensitive groups. anything you can do to eliminate pollution like carpooling, using mass transit, that would help. if you have to get gas, try to do it

north of that point dale city into woodbridge you'll be okay. no problems in springfield. we'll take a live look at 395 here at the 14th street bridge. you can see sunrise on the horizon. things are looking good. no problems across the 14th street bridge as you head into downtown. back over to the maps this time to the west side of town. no problems across the american legion bridge. we're fine on the dulles toll road and 66. we'll take a live look on the inbound side of i-66 where the lanes are open. in in man sas as you -- manassas as you head for centreville and the beltway. i'll update you on the potential accident in dumfries at 5:24. >> thanks, monika. we'll see you in just a little bit. >>> if you notice andrea and i are feeling a little bit sluggish. there's a really good reason. we attended the fourth annual news babes bash for breast cancer last night. >> exactly. not only did the female colleagues from channel 9 and other stations join us but mike was one of the men new men in pink. there's kristin and anita. proceeds of this year's bash at the beautiful howard

we do see some of the delays as you head northbound and our cameras beginning in dale city and heading up toward route one. than again, here, leaving lorton heading through newington, main lanes pretty stacked up approaching springfield. 66 slowing now leaving manassas heading in towards centreville. 207 also heavy leaving frederick in toward clarkburg at 121. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. >> thank you. >>> fox 5 is monitoring metro. officials have listened to feedback on how they can improve safety and service. >> metro is now responding to those concerns with its new customer service action plan. fox 5's sherry ly is live in northwest with the details. >> reporter: this is a 50-point plan that was developed from a survey of metro riders and employees and they had a long list of complaints. on top of the list for riders on metrorail, bus and metro access service for the did i abled was safety and security. customers complained they didn't see enough uniformed officers. another big concern was alerting passengers about problems or delays and some of the thi

she'll speak thursday at the vfw post 1503 in dale city. this will be the first time the first lady campaigns by herself this election year. >>> mitt romney will spend the next few days criss-crossing texas with events planned in dallas, san antonio, and houston. romney is not expected to be seen with former president george w. bush or governor rick perry who dropped out of the race for president in january. romney was in the seattle area for a fundraiser yesterday. >>> heated moments in the debate over whether to bring metro to loudoun county. more than 100 people told the board of supervisors why they support or oppose the plan. it would cost more than $2 million a year in construction and $11 million a year in maintenance. the costs will be offset by the economic boom the silver line could bring to the county. opponents fear the expansion will mean new and higher taxes. >> the power to tax is the power to destroy. that's what chief justice john marshall said in murdoch vs. maryland years ago. >> we are a suburb of washington, d.c. howeve

no problems reported in you guys are traveling northbound on i-95 out of dale city. the car fire, the remains of that off the shoulder at 123. no big deal. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. >> thank you. >>> it appears speed maid a factor in a deadly accident in fairfax, virginia. this happened around 11:00 last fight. police say a woman driving a honda civic sideswiped a vehicle and hit a honda odyssey. the woman and her young child died. her other child suffered life- threatening injuries. driver of the honda odyssey is listed in serious condition. s >>> we are also following a developing story involving another alleged scandal in the d.c. government. >> we are talking about the ongoing federal investigation into council's chair kwame brown's 2008 campaign. melanie alnwick has the latest on this. >> reporter: federal prosecutors have taken up three big investigates of d.c. political leaders in the past year. so far, two of those have ended up with the subjects of those investigations, harry thomas, jr. and howard gore, who was a member of v

your delays start in dale city and particularly if you head towards the beltway.orthbound. but your average travel speeds, 22 minutes from prince william parkway to the beltway. going about 35 miles per hour in that area. let's connect the 395. good news 395 southbound at edsall had sign work allowing just the left lanes to get by, two of your left lanes. that is now gone. northbound not bad at all. 45 miles per hour. 14 minutes to get from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. if you're traveling along i-270, live look at falls road. no issues southbound and northbound is clear at this time. erica, over to you. >> thanks, danella. >>> metro riders can expect delays on the blue, orange, and red lines this weekend. orange line, buses will replace trains for track maintenance. as a result, new carrollton, landover, cheverly, minnesota avenue stations will all be closed. on the blue line, buses will replace trains between stadium armory and benning road. work will begin at 10:00 tonight. we are hoping that it will be cleared up by monday morning's rush hour traffic.

city. they also responded to reports of a shooting on rose dale street in northeast washington.olice dealt with a serious car accident that shut down southern avenue in southeast as well. there's no word at this point on whether they made any arrests. >>> five children are in critical condition this morning after being run over in a driveway. that accident happened just before 9:00 last night along hannon street in the lewisdale neighborhood of hyattsville. megan mcgrath has the latest. >> reporter: well, aaron, just a horrible accident. the woman who was behind the wheel did not see the children. we have some videos, new video to show you now at that sun has come up. you see the damage that was done to the garage which is at the end of the driveway. now five children ranging in age from 1 1/2 to 11-years-old were playing in the driveway last night in the 2200 block of hannon street. in lewisdale. that's when a woman who lives at the home and is the mother of at least one of the children was backing up her suv in the driveway. she did not see the children behind the car, and she

the first lady is expected to speak thursday at the vfw post 1503 in dale city. that's in prince william county where president obama held his final rally before the 2008 election. >>> new this morning, police are looking into what led to a deadly fiery crash in montgomery county. the single-car crash happened about 1:00 this morning near dickerson road in dickerson. it appears the car hit the bottom of a railroad bridge and burst into flames. montgomery county police say one person died at the scene. another person was taken to the hospital. no word on that person's condition. the names of the victims have not yet been released. >>> 5:04. 61 degrees. there may be a big breakthrough in the fight against skin cancer. >>> also ahead, you're going to want to pack lighter before trying to carry a bag on your next flight. >>> why all those reality shows you see on tv may be messing with your mental health. >> brace youz. that's an understatement. >> seriously. >>> brace yourself as you head out. at progressive, you can bundle your home and auto policies and save. don'

that's dale city. they say the man was drugged more than 200 feet before falling out of the car. the victim was taken to the hospital. doctors expect him to make a full recovery. police are still trying to figure out if the man was thrown or jumped from the moving vehicle. the incident is under investigation. >>> today a teen will learn his fatal after shooting a child in the face. an 18-year-old prince george's county teen faces a lengthy jail sentence after accidently shooting a 2-year-old ten months ago. devin mattos was convicted two months ago. he opened fire on someone during an argument. one of the bullets hit 2-year-old deandre johnson in the face. she recovering and faces several more surgeries. it is unclear how long the sentence could be. >>> two men are recovering after a bar fight in laurel spilled into the street. two men were stabbed at the starting gate bar and lounge on route 198 last night. the men who got stabbed chased suspect across the street into a shopping plaza with a pool stick. that's where they held him until police arrived. both victims are expected t

she's trying to energize supporters and volunteers at veterans of foreign wars post in dale city. >> we have to keep moving forward. >> reporter: virginia is not only a battle ground state, but prince william county is a swing county in virginia. >> i think it's going to be very difficult because most of northern virginia is a melting pot and that's what we have going on here. we're going to center to work hard to bring it all -- have to work hard to bring it all together. >> reporter: volunteers know they have an uphill battle in one of the toughest counties in the country. many obama won virginia in 2008, the -- mr. obama won virginia in 2008, the first in more than three decades, but with its high unemployment rate and economic struggles virginia could turn back to a red state and so could prince william county. >> i remember back in 2008 watching the electoral vote come in and when prince william turned blue, it was a moment filled with fear. this time it's going to be much harder to make that change happen. >> reporter: according to the latest rasmussen poll taken this week, the

. >>> virginia state police asking for help to identify a driver who dragged a man along i-95 in dale city before 7:00 tonight. a late model sedan was heading north on i-95 when a passenger side door opened and a man fell out. the man was dragged for than 200 feet. he was flown to a fairfax hospital for treatment. police are asking anyone who spotted the car to call them. >>> tonight it appears prosecutors will not look to retry john edwards. after nine days of deliberations a north carolina jury found him not guilty of one campaign corruption charge and deadlocked on five others. edwards spoke after the verdict. he said while never thought he broke the law, he admits he has done a lot wrong in his personal life. >> if i want to find the person who should be held accountable for my sins, i don't have to go further than the mirror 'it's me. it is me and me alone. >> prosecutors tried to prove that edwards violated campaign finance laws when he accepted nearly $1 million from two wealthy suspecters to hide his pregnant mistress during the 2008 presidential campaign. >>> new details about the

line down 95 toward quantico and dale city. farther south just some clouds but it's still not clouding up yet, southern maryland, eastern shore. cooler there. many of those locations. temperatures are only in the 50s under that clooi clear sky. look at cambridge. only 50 degrees there. very dry air. and farther west over the clouds have closed in. getting a little bit of light rain. just in the low 60s right now. much of the region is from northern virginia all of the way into the shenandoah valley. and through the day today, by 9:00, we may still need an umbrella. we'll have temperatures in the 60s, holding steady with a chance of a passing shower through mid morning and again for your lunch hour, too, when you're darting out you may need an umbrella with highs reaching, this afternoon by mid afternoon, out to get into the mid 70s. then low 70s by late afternoon. smaller chance of an isolated shower or thunder shower late this afternoon. then tomorrow morning, down into the 60s again and partly sunny. but you will notice the h

northbound i-95, looking good from dale city all the way into springfield, no problems to report withon of construction between route 7100 and route 644. a quick look live at the beltway and no problems to report. back to you. >>> thank you. beginning today metro riders will have to get used to a new way of doing things. >> it will affect 110,000 riders on the green yellow blue and orange lines. mat jablow has the information you need to know. >> reporter: christian bolding has spent a lot of his life standing in crowded metro trains. >> you are standing up almost an hour. >> reporter: so has bridget barnes. do you find yourself standing during train rides often? >> yes, most definitely. >> reporter: and so has marie davenport. >> it is usually very crowded. >> reporter: which is why, like a lot of metro commuters, they are looking forward to rush plus. metro's new plan to make commuting faster and more comfortable for about 100,000 commuters. >> reporter: this new plan sounds good to you? >> absolutely. >> reporter: according to metro the plan will improve service on the green, yello

coming up from dale city to woodbridge, some issues as you head up toward the beltway or 395. we'll take a live look on 395 at duke street and it's nice and quiet both the main and hov lanes to the 14th street bridge. in my next report, another look around the area at 4:55. >>> washington pays its last respects to bishop stewart, the revered social advocate died last week after a two-year battle with breast cancer. >> kristin fisher caught up with her children and they said goodbye to a woman in action. >> reporter: when martin luther king, jr. marched on washington in 1963, she was there. she followed him from georgia and never went back. nearly ten years later she became the first african- american woman to find a homeless shelter in washington. >> there's women and their babies who come here, knock on my door all night long, imagene, i need help. that's what i'm here for. >> reporter: for the next 45 years she ran the house of imagene and a shelter for women and children. two years ago the shelter burned down around the time she got the diagnosis that it would ultimately en

down to i-95, no issues from dale city toward the beltway. northbound at fairfax county parkway good news there. we had road work but looks to be gone. we'll check travel speeds for you. you are looking at 65 miles per hour from quantico and 23 minutes to get to the beltway. i'll be back in ten to look at your rails. over to you. >>> analysts expect the steady trend of falling gas prices to keep going. aaa is reporting a average of 3.61 for a gallon in the district. am maryland, 3.44 at the pump down seven cents. virginia drivers are also paying seven cents less this morning and west virginia average is down a nickel. >>> one win was not enough for broadway hit at the tony awards. >> the tony award goes to "once." >> the bittersweet romantic musical picked up eight trophies including best lead actor in musical. best lead actress in musical was named and nina won best leading actress in a play beating out stiff competition. shocker of the night. right here. went to james cordon nabbing lead acting in a play award for one man two governors beat

earlier in the day the first lady had spoken at a campaign rally at vfw post 1503 in dale city. >>> well, don't you know six flags america unveiled its newest thrill ride today. the apocalypse: the last stand. it's maryland's first and only stand-up roller coaster. that ride features hair-raising turns, sudden drops, plenty of shooting fire and explosions. reaching speeds of 55 miles an hour. so we decided we'd put richard jordan -- he's new. he's young. we figured he could take it. he got a front row seat. >> oh! i'm taking a beating. >> i'm ready to go home now. >> richard rode that coaster, by the way, with elizabeth ringus and her 9-year-old daughter calista. six flags hopes this new coaster will be part of a new start following the company's recent emergence from chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. >> let's go. >> let's go. >> i'm down with that. forget this. let's go. >> yeah, i guess they frown on doing this now, don't they? >> we do it anyhow. >> you're all strapped in there. i don't think your hands are holding you in. >> school's out for so many counties starting tomorrow. that c

northbound 95 looks great from dale city to woodbridge and springfield and on to 395. we'll take a live look on the northbound side. here's what it looks like at the 14th street bridge. remember what that looked like yesterday at this time? not the case today. all lanes are copy head -- are open heading into the downtown area. let's go back over to the maps and this time to the north side of town. everything is fine. lanes are open into clarks burke and the point where the lanes divide. we'll take a live look at the beltway in college park. all lanes are open. both loops on the east side of town. coming up in my next report, another look at area roads at 4:55. >>> she once lived a life of privilege only to find herself beaten and homeless with her three children. this was back in 2001. >> now a montgomery county woman is sharing her experience to help other victims of domestic violence. delia goncalves has her story. >> reporter: it has taken decades for lillian to believe in herself and believe that love isn't supposed to hurt. >> all the years i was married starting

obama galvanized this crowd at the veteran's of foreign wars post in dale city this afternoon. not only is virginia a key battle ground state in the election, prince william is a spinning county in the commonwealth. -- swing county in the commonwealth. >>> moderate growth with threats to our gradual recovery. that is the economic forecast from ben burnakye. the biggest risk, the debt crisis in europe, growing debt here in this country and what's being called the fiscal cliff. that is the scheduled expiration of the bush tax cuts combined with major cuts in federal spending. >> are you telling us if we allow nothing to happen and we see all of these taxes increase, the bush tax cuts, the obama tax cuts, go away, there is going to be a direct impact on economic growth and job creation? >> i'm looking not just to the taxes, but also the seques fer and the end of the pay -- sequester and the end of the payroll tax, yes. >> the fed is ready to boost the economy, but he gave no hints if they have any immediate plans to intervene. >>> 9 wants you to know about a major development in a

now to the -- dale city to springfield. now to 66.ou have traffic on the inbound side of i-66 at nuttily street and if you're -- nutley street. and if you're planning to head on the other side, construction i-66 east at 123. one more look at the beltway in landover. traffic is moving well. coming up in my next report, we'll take a peek at 270 at 4:39. >>> pit bulls, are they instinctively a vicious breed or man's best friend? maryland lawmakers will begin considering that question today in annapolis. >> today's rules has to do with the maryland court of appeals which labels pit bulls inherently dangerous. we spoke with one man with one rather unique perspective on the issue. >> reporter: andre hawthorne knows a little bit about dangerous dogs. >> i was scared but mostly i was angry. >> reporter: he fought off do of them back in april after they started attacking several children in the northeast neighborhood. the dogs were eventually found and euthanized while andre is still recovering from his injuries. >> i can't move these two fing

. >>> if you're planning to head on the northbound side of i-95, here's what it looks like in dale city north of the rest area. as you can see volumes are light to the occoquan river. there is construction up ahead approaching the beltway in the two left lanes. i'll have more in my next report at 4:47. >>> 4:42. time for the first your money segment this morning. jessica doyle is off. we still have the headlines, though. the federal reserve is ready to take action if the economy doesn't continue to improve but they're not going to do a heck of a lot. ben bernanke said the central bank is going to continue its bond buying program called operation twist designed to encourage spending and growth. he also says the fed will take more steps if the job market doesn't get any better soon. >>> investors on wall street, however, were hoping the fed would do more right now. the dow lost 13 points yesterday. the nasdaq finished basically flat. s&p 500 lost a little over two points. looking ahead today, home sales and unemployment numbers are due out later this morning. we'll see how that affects wa

michelle obama in dale city, virginia, and ann romney in. tonight c-span will have live coverage of the radio and division keercorrespondents din. live coverage begins at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >>> two days of live coverage from the "chicago tribune's" printer's row lit fest. gary krist and joe al when on the making of present day chicago. rich cohen on the banana man in latin america. that's at 1:00. and at 5:00, r. dwayne betts was convicted as an adult at age 16. his memoir. and sunday at noon, gail collins' on texas' role on american politics. and at 2:00, thomas mallon has a story to tell in water gate, a novel. also this weekend on afterwards, madeline albright on growing up in nazi occupikaccupiedoccupied. >>> michelle obama gave commencement speeches at three college in may. one was at north carolina agricultural and technical state university in greensboro. her comments are 25 minutes. >>> good morning, everyone. y'all rest yourselves. first of all, let me thank chancellor martin for that very kind introduction. i also want to thank dav

she'll speak on thursday at the vfw post 1503 in dale city. this will be the first time the first lady campaigns by herself this election year. >>> right now the queen and the royal family are taking part in the final day of the diamond jubilee celebrations. taking a live look here at st. paul cathedral where people are arriving for the big celebrations. the queen will leave buckingham palace for a special ceremony at st. paul's, and some several private receptions at westminster hall. then will take part in a royal procession. ♪ i remember when rock was young ♪ >>> last night some of music's best paid tribute to queen elizabeth. 10,000 people got to see the star-studded concert on a specially made stage outside buckingham palace. there were performers from each of the queen's six decades on the throne. wow. >>> some people here in d.c. will celebrate the diamond jubilee. the british embassy and the british school of washington are hosting a big picnic lunch at the school today. events will include a street party, cake cutting, games, and priz