the opening is the first step for the city to allow dc residents to purchase pot.he national organization for the reform of marijuana laws, alan st. pierre joins us to talk about what this means for our area thank you for being with us. >> good ning. >> let's tuck about weed grow off the bat they are not going to be selling pot or seeds. >> no, their business model is do something that hasn't been legal here for 25 or 30 years actually sell, products to make marijuana, and overtly advertise as such. >> now that is because federal law prohibits you from selling marijuana and growing it right. >> along with the dc law. dc 1981 passed some of the toughest antti paraphernalia laws and growing equipment is considered paraphernalia. >> what will they be allowed to sell. >> grow lights, fertilizers, bat guano all that good stuff to grow marijuana but that is the point the fact they are saying the products are out there to grow marijuana may put them in conflict with local and federal authorities. >>> the effort here to implement medical marijuana is taking a big leap forw

has resigned from the board of the health care company he owns, jeffrey thompson stepped down from dc charter health plan last friday his offices and home were raided by federal agents last month, several dc elected officials have been subpoenaed for information, about thompson's campaign contribution, thompson himself has not been charged. >> district of columbia could soon be closer to getting control of the city budget, senator lieberman is introducing a bill to the senate to let the city decide how to spend local tax dollars, something district leaders have been pushing for they rejected a similar bill last year because it banned any funding for abortion. no word yet on when senator lieberman will introduce his bill. >>> virginia now senate killed an $85 billion spending bill, the third time this year, state's budget has died in the senate, democrats voted against the bill, because of a dispute over funding, for a high priority, capitol belt way transit project, state government operations could shut down in 10 weeks or less if the budget isn't passed. >> meantime to maryland, som

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another huge overtime win to take the first round of the playoffs but they are just one of five great dc sports stories fox 5 morning news at 7 starts now. >>> and it is thursday, april 26th, 2012, your eyes do not deceive you this is a live shot from dulles international airport that is nasa's 747 and on top, is a space shuttle. this times the the enterprise which will be leaving our area and heading for new york tomorrow. >> deja vu once again. >> they've got it out early i guess for people to see but takes off tomorrow i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour i think we watched it 17 hours last week but it is still amazing. >> wow. >> good morning everybody the latest on our weather from tucker barnes, going to have rain today. >> showers in the forecast. yeah, that was very cool i want to see it again. let's get right to the radar showers developing south of the city not inside the belt way where they are getting close. in from the south, fredericksburg, 95, definitely rain showers, culpepper, manassas, shower activity, gainsville, you get some as well and this pushes into southern

i like to see baltimore and dc get it going again. >> lots of exciting games. gonzalez has yet to give up a home this season and the streak continues tonight. seven scoreless innings. the fans gave him a standing ovation as he left the mound. laroche send a fly ball. they lose it in the lights. werth scores and the nats win game two 1-0. the capitals got a much needed day off after dropping a game to boston. they're going to have to do it without bax trum. they have suspended baxtrum. he'll be out one game. the league called his actions excessive and reckless. and for the first time last night we saw the goalie get a little rattled. the bruins figuring out how to break the rookie. dale hunter is sticking to his man. >> both goalies were solid. there was a lot of traffic on both. so i thought he was real good and he stood tall and he had the 2 on 1. he made a great save coming down the wing where he made a bad pinch. and we needed that at that time and he came up big for us. >> and finally tonight, of course all eyes were on the space shuttle discovery today. he

washington dc, welcome rg3, your brand new franchise quarterback.er i asked robert lee griffin if after all of this he can live up to the hype? >> are you trying to make anything anti-climatic even know i knew where i was going. when i heard them say robert griffin iii has been selected by the washington redskins, it meant something to me. so i tried to live in the moment and i just cherish everything that happens. >> reporter: the fan expectations are so high and you know all about that. is there anything you want to say? hold up a little bit, guys. don't buy your super bowl tickets just yet. >> you never come out and say you're going to go to the super bowl. but every team's goal is to go to the super bowl. so that's our goal. i think. i haven't even met the team. i'm already talking on behalf of the team. i want to meet the guys. get to know them. let them get to know me. and see if we can gel. and i think we'll be able to. >> reporter: what do you think is the toughest part of the transition to the program. >> just going from top dog to the bott

>> welcome to dc, boo, welcome to dc! [ cheers ] >> this is exactly what we wanted! >> rg3! >> i hope the redskins don't try to change him. i hope he can play his game to make all the difference. be it's the biggest pick since darrell green. >> all my picks are awful. i'm finally getting a chance temperatures to see -- chance to see a great quarterback in action. i'm going to every game. i don't care where it is. >> reporter: the fans hope they have a new face to the franchise for years to come. reporting live from fedex field, fox 5 news. >>> dc police are warning people to walk in pairs after a series of suspicious attacks. three people in the petworth neighborhood have been assaulted. one man in critical condition, and a woman was seriously hurt. a third person, visiting from denver, has died. >> all three incidents occurred within a 10-block radius it appears preliminarily that all three of the victims may have been walking alone at the time of the attack. all three victims suffered significant blunt force trauma to the head, and preliminarily it appears the victims may

. >> dc police investigating a shooting a 15-year-old was shot during an attempted robbery, police are looking for four men who approached the teen with a gun shooting him twice. the teen is in stable condition. >> congress kicked off a wave of hearings to investigate wasteful spending by general services administration they are accused of spending hundreds of thousands of tax payer dollars on lavish las vegas conferencea week long trip to hawaii, nicole collins has details. >>> jeff neily the man largely responsible for organizing an extravagant tax payer funded conference did not answer to fox 5 news or lawmakers. >> what was the original budget. >> i refuse to answer. >> the price tag was upwards of $120,000. neily was slammed and his wife saying they used tax payer money to bankroll their lavish lifestyle >> they disregarded one of the basic services, it is not your money it is taxpayer money. >>> an inspector general report detailed the agencies out landish habits but neily is till on the payroll. the administrator resigned she told lawmakers the conference evolved into an arrogan

dc united llega al coloso de anacostia con un empate durante la semana 1-1 con el impact de montreal,e red bulls tambien empato en casa 2-2 con san jose earthquakes, para este clasico, red bulls no contara con el defensa rafa marquez suspendido tres partidos por lesionar intensionalmente a shea salinas y dc united quiere la victoria para quedar en solitario en el segundo lugar de la tabla de posiciones.hasta aqui los deportes. las opciones culturales para este fin de semana vienen al ritmo de cumbia y muy a la moda... los tres sindicatos de american airlines y us airways anunciaron hoy su apoyo a una posible alianza entre ambas aerolineas... los sindicatos dicen que han alcanzado un acuerdo sobre un contrato colectivo de trabajo que regularia las condiciones de los empleados, de realizarse dicha alianza...cabe recordar que american airlines se declaro en bancarrota y anuncio hace un mes que realizaran mas despidos... tantos mas que suele hablar solo, esto tiene su beneficio, dicen expertos.. ya que una nueva investigacion dice que hablar solos nos ayuda a enforcarnos en una tarea, por

>>> commemorating emancipation day it is a big anniversary 150 years ago today slaves were freed in dc there are a lot of celebrations for you to take part in, we will have all that for you as well. >>> right now we want to go and take a check of the weather a lot of things going on today, a couple runs and also, this parade downtown and the weather could be a factor. >> it will be hot, gwen is down stairs in the weather center with the latest on that. >> satellite radar composite is up as you can see cloudy conditions over the area, ridge of high pressure building in that will bring us back to plenty of sunshine during the course of the day these clouds will be out of the day before you know it, 66 degrees officially national airport, humidity, continues to rise it is 81% this hour. pretty sticky day today be prepared, we have a light southerly wind flow, 7 miles an hour, that will increase as we move through into the later part of the day and we will see it get breezy, but that wind from the southwest is going to help boost our temperatures right now, temperature wise, 73 degrees ann

they have a big event in dc today.s been called one of the most influential religious figures in the world. what do you think about that? >> well, i think he is. if you look at the numbers, he's got the biggest church in america. he took over a former houston rockets basketball stadium in houston, over 50,000 people go to his church services every weekend. his tv show, which is on right after us on fox news sunday here on channel 5, 10 million households a week in this country watch it. his book is a best seller not only in this country, but also in the muslim, indonesia. so he's a pretty powerful figure. of course he was supposed to have this night of hope at nats park last night. it rained, so it's been delayed till this afternoon. but we are going to sit down with joel and victoria osteen and they are indeed two of the most influential and popular preachers in this country. >>> chris, thanks so much. looks like a good show today. thanks for your time. >> thanks, melanie. >>> catch fox news sunday at 9:00 a.m. right

let's take a trip to dc. i can see you being a pacman fan. >> i am. mrs. pacman.the temperatures this morning, this is the happy time right now. i'm going to have bad news to deliver. 50 degrees in baltimore. 55 dc. 54 easton. 42 in york. that's more seasonable, that's where we should be for this time of the year. we are not cold at all. we have the winds, the winds are out of the west at 9 miles an hour in baltimore. 7 easton, 8 dc. check out the 20 in hagerstown and 25 winchester. that's what our gusts will be, higher as we go in to the afternoon, up to 35 miles an hour, along the eastern shore, we could get up to 45 man and that's where they have a wind advisory in effect from 8:00 until 6:00 p.m. moisture content. these are the dew points, measure of the moisture in the air. in the 20s this morning, this is dry air, and with this, we have the winds picking up in the afternoon. we have the dry air in place, a red flag warning for this morning. 9:00 until 8:00 this evening. the satellite and radar, not picking up on anything, nice and clear right now. we started

big story we are following tonight baseball legend, former pitching great, roger clemens is back in dc for his federal purgery trial. clemens is accused of lying to congress in 2008 during testimony about steroid use his in a mistrial fox 5s. paul wagner a live at the federal courthouse. >> reporter: well, when roger clemens left this courthouse nine months ago he was unsure what the future would hold now he is back to defend himself against claims he lied to a congressional committee, one prosecutor played a portion of the video tape, the judge ruled inadmissible here we are nine months later a new jury pool is up here in this courthouse being questioned about steroid use and their knowledge of roger clemens and knowledge about baseball and they are going to try and seat this jury and it is promising to be a show down about whether or not roger clemens did use performance enhancing drugs. >> this is roger clemens as he arrived at the federal courthouse last summer for what would prove to be a brief stay. after the prosecution and defense thought they seated an open minded jury, questi

20 break away or dc 20 live.e are doing trivia question. >> every now and then we will have questions about us. >> tony will give us the answer later on the show. you have been following tony for years if you want to take a guess head to facebook pgh >>> >> what if i don't know the answer. >> then we've got issues >>> opening the buzz bin with our friends at tmz, one direction facing a lawsuit over the name plus why is kim kardashian calling herself harry. >> time to check the hollywood headlines with dax holt. >> good morning guys how are you? >> doing well. >> we will kick it off with the bands and the trademark infringement issue what is going on. >> so the big band one direction is kind of exploded on the pop charts lately, they are now getting sued, there is apparently a u.s. version of the band one direction and they are very upset they said they formed back in 2009 way before the uk version of the band got together they are saying we are going to sue you, you need to change your name and give us over a mil

kristen berset has a story on america's heros playing america's past time in dc. that's coming up in sports. >>> i'm anita brikman with a health report. bread product count for as much sodium. part of the reason is throw we eat larger quantities of bread every day. other sources, soup, pizza and processed meat. >> this health alert is sponsored by cancer center treatments of america. wow. this is new. yep, i'm sending the dancing chicken to every store in the franchise to get the word out. that could work. or you could use every door direct mail from the postal service. it'll help you and all your franchisees find the customers that matter most -- the ones in the neighborhood. you print it or we'll help you find a local partner. great. keep it moving, honey. honey? that's my wife. wow. there you go. there you go. [ male announcer ] go online to reach every home, every address, every time with every door direct mail. >>> now 9 sports with kristen berset, the best sports in town. [ cheers and applause ] >> baseball fans got a special treat at national's park tuesday

este miercoles dc united vuelve a la actividad porque recibe en el rfk a washington termino ganandoleboston. en el hockey sobre hielo los bruins no pudieron aumentar en el segundo partido de playoffs jugando de local, los caps de washington ganaron 2-1 partido que se definio en doble tiempo extra. el gol de los bruins fue obra de benoit poulit, mientras que por los caps anotaron troy brouwer y nicklas backstrom. la serie esta empatada 1 a 1, y esta noche sera el tercer partido pero aca el verizon center a las 7:30 de la noche vamos ahora con el resumen del beisbol de grandes ligas y con los dos equipos del area. inicamos en el parque de los nacionales donde joey votto bateÓ un doble de dos carreras en el undÉcimo inning y los rojos evitaron ser barridos en cuatro partidos al vencer 8-5 a los nacionales de washington. el dominicano josÉ arrendondo el cuarto pitcher de cincinnati, lanzÓ la de Écima entrada sin permitir carreras, mientras que su compatriota wilson valdez se fue de 1-0. por los nacionales los venezolanos jesÚs flores se fue de 1-0 y wilson ramos de 5-0. hoy los nacionales

ter ba nias dc ya rsamos!l... losini nos tiene mas detall desde el area de chillum...maria rosa, cuentenos, ¿que sucedio? "gracias, asi es me encuentro en el lugar donde la policia encontro una de las victimas de cuatro asesinatos que sucedieron durante el fin de semana en el condado de prince george... hechos de sangre alarman a residentes de varios vecindarios..." fueron 72- horas de violencia... "es un poco preocupante pero el departamento siempre esta arriba del crimen y estamos haciendo todo lo posible para que las cosas vuelvan otra vez a la normalidad" alum... lon muchacho porque cuando nosotros colgamos, nos avisaron que lo habian matado" yesenia fue su enamorada... " era una persona tranquila, se miraba bien, yo le preguntaba si andaba en malos pasos, y me decia no, que no, y yo le decia que a mi no me gustaba eso" la ola de violencia continuo el sabado en la noche en otro arrestospechdela estajovedreal apartaos... y horas mas de tarde, el domingo en la maÑana, la policia encontro el cuerpo de una mujer d

. >>> there it is the space shuttle discovery, on its way to the washington dc area, having just taken off from cape kennedy in florida, it will reside near dulles airport at the smithsonian center and do a fly by across the washington area later this morning good morning i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour. it is a historic day. we are getting a front row seat of all the action we will bring it to you this morning but in the meantime we got to know how the weather is tucker this plays a big role. pretty perfect. >> yeah, definitely going to co- operate we will have lots of sunshine today and even a little cooler than yesterday daytime highs mid- to upper 70s perfect viewing weather as the space shuttle arrives 10:00 a.m. this morning temperatures 70 degrees washington humidity 46%, winds out of the north at 10 miles per hour if, pressure on its way up, 30.09 inches the cold front that came through, and during -- there you go, overnight hours, out of the north and west, front comes through dry we really need the rain showers this will come through dry but deliver cooler air toda

and the stadium is not in dc. so we'll see what happens. you have to be able to adjust to different atmospheres and the military taught me that having to live in a lot of different places so i'll be open to it. >> official press is tomorrow at 2:00. redskins addressing their offensive line. josh lebreus was honorable mention. this was not the plan. mike rizzo wanted to take his time with bryce harper before exposing him to the bright lights. injuries and the need to generate offense have forced to call up, and that call up starts tomorrow. the 2010 number one draft pick will join the nats in la. he replaces ryan zimmerman who was placed on the dl with an injured shoulder. not sure if harper will start, but they said we didn't bring him up here to sit him on the bench. >> this is a kid that has played above his peer group. we feel he has the confidence level and he's self assured us to not be affected by any kind of struggles he has. this guy was a special skills set. >> can the caps take down the number one seeded rangers? well, records hav

voting was taking place a young man showed up at the building with a gunshot wound to the shoulder, dc place say that victim was part of a try owe of masked -- trio of masked robbers. >>> a warning for taxi riders here in dc taxi cab commission says seven drivers have been charged with assaulting passengers in the last month, most of them were women some punched or dragged out of the car, meanwhile dc taxis will soon have a new smart meter system including a panic button to call for immediate emergency help the panic buttons were already in the works and have nothing to do with recent arrests. >>> it warms my heart to know there are a lot of people out there, that are in support of us, and that will continue to support us until we have justice for trayvon this isn't a race issue, this is an issue about what is right and what's wrong. >> parents of trayvon martin react to the many rallies, calling on police to arrest neighbourhood watchman george zimmerman. there were several more rallies over the weekened, 13 people were arrested in indianapolis after blocking traffic, folks in alexand

brian all good right now in sports world on the dc front. >> dave, how did rg 3 pick number 10?id the team pick for him. >> he was assigned it when he started playing in junior high he was a back up they gave it to him and it became his number then he became good and he kept number 10 originally it was given to him. >> makes sense. >> thanks and now you have the news edge news is always on myfoxdc.com keep it right here for the fox 5 sports extra draft day 2012 coming up next 

. >>> the edge on dc this evening police investigating a fatal accident in northwest, that killed a man. earlier this afternoon a trash truck struck a pedestrian it started near 14th, and columbia road no word on the condition of driver. >> monitoring metro in a new campaign to keep riders safe, sexual harassment is not okay. sounds like common sense but now part of a new public awareness campaign metro is kicking off after riders complained. karen. >> reporter: brian the message is very direct, no nonsense, zero tolerance, and this is the flyer for the campaign, it shows a really crowded metro train and says, rub against me and i will expose you. well, metro transit police were handing out these flyers earlier today, along with members of the group collective action for safe spaces. there is an advocacy group testified before city council to help bring the issue of sexual harassment towards the attention of the transit metro wants to know if anyone rubs touches or speaks to you inappropriately, speak up contact the station manager report it to transit police. >> i have heard so many st

. >>> edge on dc tonight, dc police looking for the man who robbed a five guys restaurant at gun point happened late last night in georgetown 1300 block wisconsin avenue, gunman approach add female employee as she was locking up the store he forced her back inside where he stole an unknown amount of cash, and anyone with information is asked to call police. >>> georgetown university students are asking what time is it because someone stole the hands off the school's healy clock tower gain. however, university police are not laughing the vandalism is a serious violation of georgetown student code of conduct how did the thief pull this thing off. >> mm, i don't know, a lot of smart kids here i guess they would figure something out. >> the prank is a tradition at georgetown but hasn't been done in year it is school says it is going to have to make sure the clock wasn't damaged before they replace the hands. >> big brother can soon be watching you with drones. virginia police chief talks about adding eyes to the skies, to monitor the belt way, pepsi teaming up with twitter how they will us

dc united ha tenido poco tiempo para preparse tras su viaje a boston, sin embargo el tecnico ben olsen se tiene que ganar, y de lograr esa victoria, dc united estaria amaneciando en el segundo lugar de la tabla de sicion residente de texas, porque cumplio su sueno de ser batman por un dia... el menor sufre de leucemia, por lo que la organizacion heujer pcta >> no puedo creer que hayas llamado a santiago, para preguntarle donde quedaba la llave de paso.

. >> and thank you to wisconsin, maryland and washington dc. [ cheers and applause ] >> we won them allcheers and applause ] >> tonight i'm asking the good people of pennsylvania, new york, rhode island, delaware and connecticut to join me, join me in the next step towards the destination of december 6th. >> we've now reached the point where it's half time. half the delegates in the process have been selected. and who is ready to charge out of the locker room in pennsylvania for a strong second half? . [ cheers and applause ] >> the next big round of primaries, three weeks away from today. >>> well, tonight's victory certainly has to solidify romney's quest to president obama santorum says half time. >> at some point. it's not up to mitt romney to tell him what to do. but at some point senator santorum has to ask himself is it all worth it? i think sooner or later he'll come to the answer which is, quite frankly, no. >> all right. thank you, governor. we'll chat further on later in the newscast. >>> turning now to the race in maryland's sixth district which by far has been the most comp

today in dc the u.s.ust memorial museum will hold the annual day of remembrance ceremony in the u.s. capitol rotunda. it's going to be honoring the victims. >>> a press conference is set for today in knoxville, tennessee where legendary head coach pat summitt will officially step down from the lady vols. now eight months ago summitt disclosed her diagnosis of early on set alzheimer's was part of the reason service named -- she has been named head coach. >>> and president obama is going to be welcoming the bcs national champion alabama crimson tide to the white house. roll tide. the president a also honor the team though for its community service efforts in tuscaloosa after the deadly tornadoes rocked is that area in 2011. >>> some advertising on the nba jerseys? the "new york times" now reporting several owners and executives recently met to talk about selling ads on game uniforms. the top nba executive says the proposal is far if a done deal. and will not move forward without the approval of all team own

. >>> all right well, planes from nasa will be flying really low over the dc area this morning don'tmed nasa planes, two t-38 training jets will be taking pictures of the metropolitan area this is all part of the program with the faa to capture photographic images of the dc region jets will fly between 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. this morning. >>> lawyers meeting today to see if they can reach a deal on a lawsuit involving an elderly anti abortion advocate, government lawyers claim 80- year-old dick physically blocked a woman from entering a downtown dc clinic last year and shouted at her to quote not kill her baby they also say he routinely followed patient into the building he is being sued under a 1994 law that makes it a crime to intimidate or interfere with someone obtaining reproductive health services. >> maryland's senior senator is getting a super nova named after her senator is known as a supporter of space exploration this morning the space telescope science institute in baltimore is holding a dedication for her, the super nova was discovered by the huble telescope earlier th

wisconsin and dc are also up for grabs tomorrow.the latest poll puts mitt romney ahead of the back in the badger state. the win could put mitt romney closer to winning the nomination. >>> a widening gender gap for president obama over gop front runner mitt romney. a poll looked at a dozen states including key states in ohio like florida. the survey was taken since last fall and obama leaves the front runner 51% to 42% among registered voters after the president had trailed him by 2 percentage points. >>> 19 kids and counting, campaigning for rick santorum, in wisconsin ahead of the primary tomorrow. >> rick santorum ran the bill, to ban partial biter abortion in america -- birth abortion in america. >> we saw there is a stark contrast between rick and the other guys out there. that's why we were all able to agree on who we are supporting for president. >> voters hit the polls tomorrow. >>> april is autism awareness month. linda so is here with a medical expert telling us more about how to get involved and a what we need to know. >>

ask santorum if he is -- washington dc.rum if he is damaging the parties hopes he points to four years ago when hillary clinton and barack obama relentlessly attacked one another. it didn't hurt them at all kept the democratic party engaged, i think the primary the longer it goes the better for the primary >> mitt romney got good news due to late delegate allocations he is half way to the nomination and aiming squarely at the president >> so this president's economic policies have not been the result of an american cab turn around but prolonged the recession and made it harder for us to come out of it. his strategy was a bust. >> mitt romney stood with big oil. >> obama campaign is assuming, mitt romney will win calling him out in a swing state ad blitz the president plays party crasher scheduling an economic address in an apparent effort to steal any republican thunder.>> in our area, congressional redistricting has given democrats their best shot if decades to take a seat from the gop, long time republican strong hold pus

-- the past is meet being the present in northwest dc.nce got a preview of the make over of the howard theatre. ♪ [ music ] >> i began going out in early 50s. the line would be lined up all the way down the street, that was one of the things that kids had to look forward to, going to howard theatre. i remember all of them. i liked ray charles he put on a good show. ♪ [ music ] >> howard theatre was one of the main things, for entertainment, people. if you walked down and james brown performing, you had to kind of start stepping to the music you know ♪ [ music ] >> back then i am a young kid i didn't have the money i used to sneak in the back we had a code you could knock on the door a guy on the inside would top door we would sneak in right quick it was a thing just to go to the howard theatre. >> over the years i heard musicians talk about the howard, artists like bill cosby all have stories about the howard theater when we learned of its restoration we were excited about becoming involved everyone is excited about the artists performing

right now, taking a live look over washington, dc. the streets are quiet right now, and the weather is quiet for the time being. we will see if it will stay that way. we will talk to tucker in a bit. >>> a lot of people connect with others through skype. it's an easy way to share laughs with people. >> but imagine linking up with a world famous rocker who is next to j.lo and an american idol judge. one young boy skype -- skyped, with steven tyler. >> reporter: most 7-year-olds probably only know steven as the host of american idol, but cole is much more mature than your average 7-year-old. >> my mother loves steven tyler, so she practically got me into it. >> reporter: and as we saw today, loving aerosmith is a family affair, but the real rock star is not just steven tyler but cole, who has stayed brave and positive through the worst of experiences. this past january his mother took him to the doctor and got terrible news. >> i thought it was a flu type of thing, and unfortunately neither one of us expected we would not be leaving the

. >>> mitt romney won the primaries in maryland, dc and wisconsin. >> doug luzader joins us live with reaction good morning. >> reporter: good morning listen this is after all a numbers game mitt romney did widen his lead in the hunt for delegates. >> we won them all. >> reporter: yes, mitt romney with a clean sweep picking up wins in dc and maryland and in wisconsin the most closely watched of the three races the margin was narrower but he still edged out rick santorum he is looking ahead to another group of contests in three weeks. >> tonight i am asking the good people of pennsylvania, new york, rhode island, delaware, and connecticut to join me. >> reporter: santorum was already a step ahead, spending election night in pennsylvania, in what could be a last stand. >> the clock starts tonight, we've got three weeks to go out here in pennsylvania. and win this state, and after winning this state, the field looks a little different in may. >> reporter: but harsh reality for santorum is romney just picked up more than 80 delegates putting him well over half way to the nomination that i

dc schools offices and libraries are closed in honor of the emancipation act which freed 3100 slays in the district, 151 years ago. watch out for street closures. >>> good day for parades, well, it will be warm. >> maybe a little hot if you are putting on parade gear >> i would agree yeah. gwen is here she has a look at today's forecast. >> good morning you are absolutely right it will be a little warm for all that gear but if you are going out to see the parade you want sunglasses, sun hat, sun screen take your water you will need it a few clouds across the area will give way to sunshine, compliments of a nice ridge of high pressure, 53 degrees officially regan national airport, 84% humidity, that is an indication where we are headed unbelievable expect to see it become a very sticky day as well right now, 63 dulles, same bwi marshall, and today we are talking no shortage of sunshine as i said those clouds will give way to bright skies the winds will pick up from the southwest, breezy side, but overall not too bad warm winds will boost our temperature headed for a daytime high of 85 t

gonzalez making his dc debut for the nats.t a debut it was. 7 strikeouts, two hits over 7 scoreless innings. he also got his first major league hit. you see the crowd giving him a standing ovation. and things got moving in the bottom of the 5th. nats had bases loaded. la ruch had a base hit bringing in espinoza. bringing in another run. they got two. they couldn't hold on to the lead. they head to extra innings but this wild pitch to roger berndino and that's how they win the game. first guy out of the dugout to congratulate them. they win their home opener. >> craig came in and did phenomenal. we would have like to have gotten some more runs, but we'll take the wins. >> there was so much credit to give to the game. just victory to all players today. this is one of the things that we can take home and not continue and stay hot. >> and nats closer drew soren was at the park today after having surgery in his elbow to remove bone fragments. he's expected to return by the all star break. >> when i woke up and they said it was quic

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as washington, dc has a primary, maryland, and wisconsin. and more on this from doug who joins us live from washington, dc. >> good morning, gives, yes those three contests, 100 delegates at stake could go a long way toward determining the republican nominee. san senator is hoping to stop romney's march but it has been full cultural immersion for him, visiting a cheeseship in wisconsin, and had a bowling photo op, and asked to he is damaging party hopes by prolonging the fight and he pointed to the bitter democratic primary four years ago when hillary clinton and president obama relentlessly attacked one another. >> no, it did not hurt them. it kept the democratic party engaged and this primary the longer it goes the better it is for the party. and people said, well, go to convention it would be dangerous. no. >> romney got good news and late delegate allocation, and now is exactly halfway to the nomination and he is aiming squarely at the president. >> so this president's economic policies have not been the relate of an american turn around

the heisman trophy winner headed to dc. the official announcement made in new york last night. he will be formally introduced tomorrow afternoon at a press conference at fedex field. we are live at redskins' park with the excitement in a few minutes. first we will talk to tucker with the latest on the weather. >>> did we ever see his socks yesterday? >> i don't think we did during the draft. the camera was up on them. some real estate brokers going like this to get their hands on them. he will not be shopping in my neighborhood, i guarantee that. the temp your whichs -- the temperatures, 53 degrees, cooling off with the cold front moving through. north and west, 15, gusting to 20. it will be a breezy day, otherwise, a lot of sunshine, highs expected to be in the low to mid-60s. looking at the radar. we are very quiet. cold front coming through to bring a few loads of showers during the evening hours last night. pushing off to the east. we are looking at good conditions. the school bus forecast, and here's your school bus -- i don't know! what is this? >> it's the bus stop forec

the final flight of space shuttle discovery now in the air atop a 747 on its way right here to the dc region of course we are just about an hour away from seeing discoveries fly over in the skies of washington team coverage of this super cool event, fox 5s sarah lee is at gravelly point ready to catch ugliness but we begin with barb live at the smithsonian udvar hazy center. >> this is will be the final home for the shuttle. first the folks lining up here already they opened the gates 8:00 a.m. this morning, people were waiting an equal number of people inside, getting loaded up with mcdonalds using the restroom and coming out here as far as the eye can see this is just on the grass the parking lot is loaded as well as you look further out the runway where discovery will land 11:00 a.m. this morning is over the horizon there, we are expecting to perhaps see a fly by around 10:00 a.m. and then it will make its way around the district and come back here for an 11:00 a.m. landing let's show video of the take off this morning this was just a couple minutes before 7:00 a.m. this morning fr

there the relative humidity is only at 34% in baltimore. 25 dc. 43 frederick.this is dry air we are working with. bone dry, you do not want to do any type of open burning for today. the winds now, they are sustained now at 9 miles an hour, from the west, in baltimore,8 dc, eastern shore, easton, looking at 12 miles an hour sustained wind. the winds pick up through the day and gusts up to 35 miles an hour, along the eastern shore, though, a wind advisory, those gusts could get up to 45 miles an hour as we go in to the afternoon. right now, temperature wise, heading out the door , we are feeling cool , the temperature at 50 degrees right now in baltimore, dc coming in at 55, easton 54. 42 new york, 48 frederick. the satellite and radar, not picking up on a lot. we see showers now starting to fizzle out, like i said, really not reaching the ground because the air is so dry this morning and won't reach us whatsoever. we are under clear skies, that will persist as we go more in to the afternoon. there is a slight chance for maybe a scattered somehow tore pop up. we

it's going be retired but throughout the day, it's going to do flyover that's monuments in dc before going to its final resting place. it will not be on the roadways where angela is with the morning drive. >>> 5:16 right now on the roads, we are looking pretty good for the most part. a couple of things here and there, you may have needed to watch for. debris on u.s. 50 at maryland 8. disabled on the beltway at holland's ferry, crews were able to clear that out of the roadways quickly. it is calm and moving without delay. making the drive through glen burnie, you should be able to maneuver without troubles on i- 97. looking good at maryland 100, as you make your way up to the beltway. if anything happens, follow us on twitter at maryland traffic. for a check of the forecast, over to lynette. >>> good morning, now we are warm, 70 degrees in baltimore, more of the same in dc for example if your travels are taking you northward, mild, 63 york. frederick 64. eastern shore, easton, temperature 63 degrees as of now. the temperatures are on the warm side, they will stay that way, we won't be

. >> thousands what the shuttle in the sky over maryland at washington dc. >> hello again. i'm jessica kartalija. >> i'm don scott. >> here's what people are talking about. an amazing sight over the skies of maryland and washington dc as the stay shuttle discovery makes one final voyage area daniel nottingham reports from washington. >> reporter: space shuttle discovery glided piggy back past the washington monument and u.s. capital. spectators cheered as the shuttle flew overhead before touching down one final time in virginia. >> it was awesome. it was great. >> it was really neat to see. it was really great to be able to see it today. >> after a record 39 missions and nearly 143 million miles in space, the most traveled shuttle is now permanently grounded. it will go on display at the smithsonian's air and space museum at the dallas international airport. >> it's so nice to be able to see them and that they are still around for everyone to see. >> discovery is replacing the shuttle enterprise here at the smithsonian. enterprise never made it into orbit and will have a ne

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culpepper to dc to baltimore -- hagerstown, culpepper to dc to baltimore. 40 degrees the wind chill currently in washington. look outside, just a gray, low clouds hanging out over the capital with light sprinkles out there. 46 a west northwest wind at 15. the barometer way low, 29.40. the cold air you can see it from buffalo, right now the mountains and at elevations 2,000 or 3000 feet, there are big time snows from western new york all the way down to west virginia. the bigger picture, we are going to see some of these showers back across 95. moderate to heavy snow across parts of western new york state, southwestern pennsylvania. travel in a few spots is difficult but in most cases roads are just wet. a lot of this is accumulating on the grassy surfaces. look at the scattering of showers here. even this evening showers, 10:00 still know in the mountains. but this stuff is going to dry up overnight. tomorrow some sun, a few clouds and maybe just maybe a late shower. today we will be lucky to get to 4-9d in town. windy, chilly, oh cation al showers. 30s and 40s tonight not expecting a freeze

his first career hat trick yesterday, in the rain as dc beat out new york 4-1 they have ascended all the way to second place in the eastern conference keep it going boys that is impressive really is what a turn around. >> we have been talking about it all morning will talk now, meta world peace yesterday lakers against the thunderer he got elbowed here early and we thing that is was the reason he had retaliation, rather james harden who happened to be in his way, right there. >> i don't like seeing that >> i know harden suffered a concussion we know in this town how difficult concussions can be he apologized after the game went on twitter i didn't see him it was an over reaction looks worse than it is it is hard to buy that he has a bad history with this sort of thing from his days in indiana i don't know what the commissioner will do, but it will be severe. i will be very stunned if we see meta world peace, play in the playoffs, as they get ready to start here in a week. i just don't know how you can put him out there. >> right now seems like the number floating around we don't know