. >>> developing tonight a georgetown student arrested in egypt is due to land in dulles in less than two hours derek sweeney and two others were in custody for days after a protest in cairo. they were arrested on the roof of a university building near tahrir square accused of fighting with university students and bombing police. >>> a man in cairo was killed early this morning after an army vehicle hit him right in front of the country's cabinet building. ate he been one week since egyptian -- it's been one week since egyptian security forces have been clashing with protesters. even the white house has started to increase pressure on egypt's military rulers to transfer power to civilian rulers. >>> three students from the iew night arab emirates are demanding an apology after they were removed from a plane traveling from reagan international. the two were traveling from charlotte to d.c their embassy released a statement saying that they are glad that the situation was resolved but would like an explanation from tsa. >>> and turns out that disney will not come to the d.c. area. a sen

manassas is 55 right now, 54 at dulles, 50 in frederick. the 59 in lexington park and annapolis. average high temperature is 59. upper 60's today breezy, southwesterly, gusting at 25. going into tomorrow, mostly cloudy with reduced rates showers can and especially into wednesday. that's when we will see most of the moisture. from tuesday through wednesday to exceed two inches of rain in spots. >>> the commute looks ok. we have been looking at the cameras looking at what is not happening. volume is still very light. the pace is good. overnight construction being moved away. park police reporting nothing going on but they are aware of on the george washington parkway or the clara barton parkway. we will show you traffic moving very smoothly, 66 inside the beltway. looks good near glebe road. 395 and the 14th street bridge are quiet. 270, the headlights are southbound at shady grove road. back to you. >> thank you. >>> it was a busy weekend for the washington national cathedral. >> yesterday was the first sunday service since the cathedral was damaged in august. suzanne kennedy spok

the dulles toll road looks good. 95 is normal.near bwi marshall airport and reagan national airport. the beltway at the american legion bridge between fairfax county and montgomery county, everything open. a few more cars, but they are moving smoothly. no accidents reported on the beltway. this is the beltway at university boulevard, silver spring moving nicely. hardly anyone on the road. that continues to be the case. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:53 40 degrees on this thanksgiving. >>> competitive eaters stuffed themselves this week. >> they were trying to win the wild turkey eating world championship. >> go. >> contestants had 10 minutes to lead 10-pound roast turkey. the winner was sonya thomas from alexandria weighing 100 pounds. she is also known as the black widow. she ate 5.3 pounds of turkey in 10 minutes beating men twice her size. she won $1,500 and a trophy pass and hopefully a couple days off. >> she was the smallest one of the group. she always wins. i think she is famous the wofor winning the contest. >> in cinci

we may set a record at dulles international airport.e broke the record yesterday but keep in mind, dulles has only been keeping records for about 40 years. so easier to break those records and we'll see the possibility later on this afternoon. 53 degrees this hour at reagan national airport. yesterday's high at reagan national was 72. hagerstown at 58. down to the south fredericksburg at 59 degrees. at 6:20 in the morning democrats are colder behind a cold front. 34 in chicago. 37 detroit. look at the 64 in norfolk. swimmington, north carolina, looking at -- wilmington, north carolina, 69 degrees. unbelievable. the radar shows the confident and area of low pressure that's going to bring us the heavier rain later tonight into tomorrow well to the rest of us the umbrellas, leave them home today but tomorrow, you will definitely need them. maybe looking upwards to an inch to an inch and a half of rain, even a few rumble offense thunder. under mostly cloudy skies. winds to the south at 5-10 miles an hour. overnight calls for nighttime close

google on both sides of the dulles greenway and dulles toll road.o the wilson bridge, nothing complicated. all the way to new york avenue is open from 50. >>> the second segment of the intercounty connector opened this morning. that links interstate 270 and 95. ben eisler is live in gaithersburg with more. >> that's right. it's been a long time coming. it took four years to complete the construction. the intercounty connector era is now open, 15 miles of it. it will cut a 47 minute trip from laurel to gaithersburg down to just 17 minutes. while the next two weeks are free with an e-z pass, it will cost anywhere from $4 to $6. it's the most expensive road maryland's has ever built. $2.5 billion. thise living nearby and we did those living nearby are happy that the construction is over. all of us left is the one-mile stretch to about one. there's no word on exactly when that portion will be open. live on the icc, ben eisler, abc 7 news. >>> a busy month for republican presidential candidates. tonight they will take part in their 11 debate and it's bei

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at dulles and 54 degrees at baltimore. the winds were gusty, still fairly brisk pushing their way in from the south. we've got 23 mile-per-hour wind gusts now at national airport, 22 at frederick, dulles 25 and baltimore 26 mile-per-hour wind gusts. those winds start to die down a bit, but they'll pick up late into the overnight hours into your tomorrow. be prepared. there is a small craft advisory in effect. mainly cloudy skies today, put we'll end up with partly cloudy skies tonight, more clouds rolling in tomorrow all ahead of a frontal system. that front will bring a chance of some showers as we move into the later part of tomorrow, probably around the inge hours or, so but we are looking at the main core of wet weather tuesday with the chance of some thunderstorms in the forecast. so keep your eyes want to skies for that with tomorrow being -- eyes to the skies for that with tomorrow being a mixture of sun and clouds. your high tomorrow, we're headed to the upper 60s about everywhere, temperatures about 68 degrees or

. >>> a deal in the second phase of the dulles rail project, the cost to extend metrorail to dulles expected to be $2.8 billion. virginia will pitch in $150 million while the federal government will provide loan assistance. the rest of the money will come from future increases on a dulles toll road. >>> huge layoffs at mf global, all 1,066 workers at the bankrupt trading company let go. the company will try to clear its headquarters in manhattan as soon as possible and then the facility will close. in the meantime investigators are trying to determine what happened to the $600 million in missing client money. >>> up next a news edge exclusive, a local shelter under investigation after a wheelchair bon homeless veteran died right -- bound homeless veteran died right across the street. some of the other stories on the rundown. the news edge at 11:00 will be right back. >> this is fox 5 news edge at 11:00.  >>> now to our news edge exclusive. tonight the district is trying find it out what happened to a wheelchair bon homeless veteran. a man died -- bound homeless veter

the same at dulles and 60 degrees at battlemore. right now, it's 54 degrees in the nation's capital. humidity at 51% with a light southerly wind. the winds were gusty earlier and they had definitely improved and are much, much calmer now. right now, it's 50 degrees at baltimore. >> 48 at dulles; 46, win chester and cooler there. fifty to the south at fredericksburg and 54 degrees at hagerstown. as a mentioned, the winds are calm and a far cry from the 20 miles per hour wind gusts we had earlier today. the things are improving and as we head into tonight, the skies remain very clear. by the 10:00 hour, cooling down to 47 degrees. the winds will be light huffing in from the southwest and actually, it's not going to bring the realm there. i did change that graphic and we have nice weather ahead. we have some changes coming, though. i'll have that later for you. maureen. >> thank you, gwenn. >>> we're six hours or four hours away, depending on where you go from the start of black friday and some shoppers have been lined up all day and s

dulles set a new record at 70. d.c. averages three 70 degree days in the month of november, but it's pretty rare to get them stacked up this close to what we know better as december. as you make your plans for your sunday evening, partly cloudy skies and remaining really mild. get outside and enjoy it. an easy night to take the dog for a long walk. 63 at 7:00 p.m. down to only 58 degrees by 11:00. here's the look at the radar. the mention of rain remains in the forecast. there's nothing going on close to us. yeah, there is. look at this conveyor belt of moisture now across all of central and eastern kentucky. all of ohio. right along the periphery here of far western west virginia. that train of moisture goes all the way down to the gulf coast. this whole surge of warm air and moisture will eventually be coming in our direction. skies will go mostly cloudy during the day tomorrow. we got a little break of some extra sunshine today, but all that massive cloudiness and moisture is coming in our direction. most of us are g

derrik seen knee landed at doulas -- sweeney landed at dulles airport and then on to home. >>> he said he was not treated very well at first, but it got better and then by the very last day they were in the holding cell, at the police station, people from american university cairo were able to bring them blanketpillows. >>> as for the other two students, gregory porter was greeted by his family and luke gate is home in minneapolis. >>> another massive protest is beginning to form in egypt, this comes 9 days -- after 9 days of deadly clashes, representatives are organizing the latest demonstrations vowing not to leave the square until the military transfer power to another organization. >>> a deadly air strike in pakistan leaders are blaming the incident on nato the u.s. is now ordered to leave an air base within 15 days, fox has the latest. >> reporter: pakistan's prime minister calls it an attack on pakistan sovereignty two pakistan army check points hit. two dozen soldiers killed. nato said helicopters and fighter jets were called in, by troops fighting insurgents. head of nato and u

feel like 31 at dulles airport. forecast for today is a rather simple one after a couple of days of tricky forecasts. partly sunny skies today. breezy, cooler, high about 53 degrees. yes, we got up to 60. we were in the upper 60s yesterday. ?irks the mid-60s like i said. win are out of the west today gusting up to 15 miles per hour. thank you, tucker barnes. clear skies tonight, cold temperatures. 36-degree for your overnight low. some of you will be right around the freezing mark. here is your five-day forecast. cool temperatures tomorrow too. our temperature more seasonable for the next five days. coal at night. lows in the 30s. lots of sunshine and dry. that is a look at what is happening with the weather. now, jury is standing by with more on our on-time traffic. >> you are talking about suffer a truck. up a going to be out there with you. >> you are? >> not for the whole show. somebody has to work. >> i'll be working. >> you know what? meese remind me again because i'll bring you your pumpkin pie on friday. >>

it's good on route 11 and dulles greenway and the dulles toll road.cture is near dulles airport. looks good on 28 as well. newschopper 7 in a little while europe's back to you. >> thank you. >>> -- newschopper 7 in a little while. back to you. >> thank you. >>> we will have more from yesterday's service at the national cathedral. >> could the occupy wall street protests be reaching a turning point? the >>> tonight at 5:00 more and more reports of teachers coaches, and others taking sexual liberties with students. should there be better screening? should teachers take a lie- detector test before getting hired? that's tonight at 5:00 o'clock. >>> if former preschool teachers and charged with sexual assaults and two children is expected to be in court today. 24-year-old brad minor has a bond hearing. he defeated doh four year-old students at the tester academy in leesburg. -- he assaulted two four-year- old student. at chesterfield academy. >>> sulaiman brown is expected in court because he had a driver's license, one city but was living in another. >>>

field like 32 degrees out at dulles airport. expects to winds to blow around today up to 10, maybe gusting up to about 15 miles per hour or so. now, here is your satellite- radar picture for today. much more improvement -- or much improvement i should say. precipitation is has moved off to the north -- precipitation has moved off to the north. maybe a few snow showers maybe near the mountains but none of that will make its way in here. we'll see a clearing trend. partly sunny skies for us today. so the forecast looks like this. partly sunny, breezy, cooler. 53degrees for your high. there are the wind that i spoke of gusting up to about 15 mirpdz. for tonight, a cold night. we'll see clear skies. temperatures in the mid-30s in town. -- there are the winds that i spoke of gusting up to about 15 miles per hour. five-day forecast is not bad for this time of year. temperature about where they should be for the next couple of days. on friday, a good a sunshine. 57, even milder. saturday, we dip down under sunny skies and sunday, we go

el ultimo tramo se extendera hasta el aeropuerto dulles, en el condado de loundoun...orcion del proyecto cueste por lo menos 2. 8 mil millones de dolares.. con la seguridad de los pasajeros en mente, las autoridades federales anuncian una nuevas regulaciones para facilitar el transporte de pasajeros por aire que aumenta considerablmente durante fines de ano... fernando pizarro nos brinda la ampliacion... la administracion de seguridad de transporte anuncio sus recomendaciones para las fiestas de fin de ano. entre ellas, ninos menores de 12 anos no tendran que sacarse los zapatos en los puntos de chequeo, y se reduciran las revisiones a mano de estos ninos. poco a poco se eliminara la obligacion de sacarse los zapatos para los adultos. 1 encuesta de la asociacion de viajes de estados unidos demostro que el 66% de los pasajeros estan satisfechos con las medidas de seguridad. o sea que te revisen 1 poquitin, yo te digo, no he tenido ningun problema y me parece que mientras no corte 1 poco el dinamismo y la velocidad de las gestiones no ha habido ningun problema." pero 1 m

dulles 44. out in duthe suburbs, easily below freezing and the windchill values will be in the lower 20s and 5, 10-mile per hour winds. it won't take homuch to bring windchill values down early tomorrow morning. m speaking of windchill, feels like 1 in town. 40 degrees for dulles. ll and breezy at 7:00. 44 degrees. 42 in the city at 9:00. we'll have fair skies. ie 41 by 11:00. here in town, we're talking mid to upper 30s. but again, out in the suburbs, real cold. c looking nice. forecast on that comes up. me >> good reason to bundle up u with your, you know, significant other. >> ana snuggle alert. you're issuing the first fi snuggle alert of the season. >> issue it, gary. >> you already did. i didn't have to do it. t. >> thank you gary. >> you little devil you. >> dewe need a graphic. >>> all right, more than two months after a rare earthquake t shook our area, you remember that. a virginia nuclear plant is finally going back online. o the nuclear regulatory ry commission has cleared the e powe

the money raised from the toldz will help pay for the dulles metrorail project. the reduction in tolls is due in part to a plan to cut a billion dollars from the cost to build the rail line. >>> speed cameras in the district appear to be working. a aaa survey found on 70% of the roads it monitored, drivers have eased up on the gas. the survey also credits speed bumps and more police presence. among the slower spots, the anacostia freeway, canal bridge and 16th street. >>> later today, wal-mart will announce plans for six new stores not district. last year, the discount chain said it would be moving into cities and urban areas. one area is the skyland town center in southeast, a place district leaders have pushed for in the past. >>> a consumer alert now. heads up for you wear contacts. cooper vision is recalling five million lenses shipped to customers. the recall now includes the averi sphere and the aver ato ri. c lenses. they could be linked to eye injuries and severe pain and blurred vision. >>> it is one of those topics that makes some people a little uncomf

this will extend the silver mine from ruston to dallas in -- to dulles. one is opposed be completed by summer 2013. riders on the metro expect a big delays this veteran dave weekend. because of track work, no green line between l'enfant and southern. shady grove and rockville will close from 11 tomorrow night until 7:00 a.m. on sunday. coming up right here on abc7 news at noon, a tribute. how local university is honoring fallen soldiers today. a grim milestone in the search for a missing baby in missouri. the controversy that has a big hollywood star quitting twitter. all that and the cold and windy forecast with a look ahead at the weekend. >>> more than one month after baby lisa disappeared, today marks her first birthday. and none of doctor snatched the child, but she admitted she drink to the point issue may have blacked out. the investigation is shifting again. one woman said she received a call from a cell phone she says was stolen from the home the night she disappeared. lisa's parents as they have never met her. >> if there is no history of ever b

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the second phase of the dulles metrorail project crosses an important hurdle. those stories and more just ahead after the break. w >>> we would like to have more redskins victories. for now on this veterans day we are taking donations for the 5000 active service members all around our area. we want to provide them with holiday food basket. call or go to wusa9.com. click on turkey for troops. and check the alternate phone numbers at the bottom of your screen. lesli? >> all right. encourage those phones to keep ringing. >>> a new funding agreement for metrorail to dulles airport is getting good reviews from local leaders. seeking to bring down the costs. a commitment from the transportation department for federal financing as well. >> this is good news. looks like we have a plan, a strategy that can help us move forward with phase 2 and in a way that is affordable for our taxpayers. >> it doesn't mean anything. all it is is fancy words to mean they have got to pay the debt service. they are going to finance this with bonds. so therefore whatever the debt service

. >> the flight took off about an hour ago from dulles airport.is mom says about 20 people will be waiting for him when he arrives. in the newsroom, paul raphael, fox 5 news. >>> three students from the united arab emirates are demanding an apology of a they were removed from a plane headed to reagan national. the three students were headed from charlotte to d.c. for a conference when they were questioned by tsa for three hours before being relead. the embassy issued a statement saying that they are glad that they are released but that they want an explanation from the tsa. >>> a suspect in a knife carjacking is probably the same. the carjacker got the cash after driving a 60-year-old man to an atm. he drove the victim to a station close to a metro station. >>> disney is come coming to the area after all. disney is withdrawing its plans to build an area. local developers say that they are disappointed to lose the deal which would have brought money into the region from tourism and tax revenue. >>> first came black friday. and in a few day, it is c

we hit 64 degrees at national airport officially. 62 in dulles and the same at bwi. temperature right now 54 in annapolis. 51 in d.c baltimore at 54 degrees. 50 at dulles and 51 degrees at haggerstown. we see some clouds roll in a little bit tonight but a ridge of high pressure is going to hold us into the course of the next few days or so, including tomorrow. partly cloudy skies tonight but by tomorrow, we'll be back to a fair amount of sunshine. we've got one frontal system coming through. we have chance of thunderstorms on tuesday. in the meantime for tomorrow, bright skies and plenty of sunshine for you. going to be an actually very beautiful day. by mid day, we'll be around 59 degrees with a few clouds. by 4:00, 60 degrees. here is a look at the five-day forecast for you. temperatures will be on the rise as well. tuesday, we are near 70 degrees. tuesday is the day that we'll have a little bit of a rainout. rain showers and some thunderstorms. back to sunshine again for your wednesday and thursday as another ridge of high pressure builds in. hope you get to enjoy

dulles this hour 60 degrees already. we hit in the 70s yesterday breaking a record at dulles.ouds and sun. a chance of wet weather in the forecast as we move through to the late overnight hours. not much sun but another unseasonally warm day. temperatures will rise above the seasonal average. today lights winds from the southeast 5 to 10 miles per hour. we are anticipating warming up to 69 degrees. i wouldn't be surpriseed if some of you did ac

degrees cooler than they should have been a little slight warm up, 41 in the nations capitol, 33 dulles, 36 degrees at bwi and we have a coastal flood advisory until 5:00 p.m. this afternoon we expect to see tides that have already exceeded above normal in some areas 1 to 2 feet above at high tide do be aware of that. today, no shortage of sunshine our high 58 degrees you will like the 5 day forecast back to you. >> thanks looking forward to that. >> u.s. capitol christmas tree is on the way to dc it was cut and loaded yesterday. it will arrive november 28th the lighting ceremony at the front of the u.s. capitol is december 6th. >>> maryland man missing in libya back home this morning his harrowing tale where he has been in the last 7 months. >> remembering an icon what colleagues are saying about the late andy rooney. >>> caps made the list again what did they show us last night plus, it is almost time for off the wall and i know you don't want to miss that. stick around back in a moment  >>> maryland writer who disappeared in libya is back home. he was captured and thrown in prison

dulles airport, 29 degrees. 42 in lexington park, 43 in annapolis.nging temperatures, as often happens in autumn. clear skies and cold wind helps temperatures drop quickly overnight. high-pressure overhead. looks beautiful east of the mississippi and even west of the mississippi is not bad. starting to see a system come together in the rockies. the cold front will move our way and will move through and some point on sunday and later in the evening and lingering into monday. that is when we will have unsettled weather. first task of next week looks unsettled. today will be perfect, total sunshine, warm and pleasant, beautiful. another great day. the average high temperature is 54 and we will be 10 degrees above that in the metro area. near 70 degrees south of town. culpeper fredericksburg, southern maryland, you could reach 70 degrees later on today briefly around 3:00 p.m. highs in the 60's again tomorrow, mostly sunny. if you high, thin clouds over a period of then mostly cloudy on sunday. we expect the cold front moves towards us. a few afternoon s

if you're taking the toll road all the way out to the dulles green way, not seeing any issues.ew at duke street and as you continue to the 14th street bridge, you are in the clear. making your way from the beltway to the 14th street bridge, 57 miles per hour will take you 12 minutes to headache that trip. >> thanks very much, danella. >>. >> theskins cut their running back after just one game with the team. choice netted just seven yards on six carries. evan royster will be promoted from the practice jaouad to fill choice's spot on the roster. he could play sunday in seattle again the seahawks. >> redskin laron lan dray teamed up with whole food to hand out several hundred turkeys and dinners in southwest d.c. lan di's mother, father and daughter helped him out. >> thanksgiving is about family, food and football. i'm just thankful i could have my family around me. like i said, i'm happy i could give back and am able to have a crowd show up. since i'm able to give back, why not, you know? i always was told if you got it, give back. that's the way my parents raised me and i'm gla

presumably dulles airport. from there he'll go straight to st. louis where he'll meet his family tomorrow. >>> a dark cloud hanging over this black friday, will the holiday season provide a boost for the struggling economy? and later a terrifying robbery caught on camera. find out who came to this woman's rescue coming up when fox 5 news continues. [ male announcer ] sometimes, a hint is all the wrapping a gift needs. is that what i think it is? ♪ [ male announcer ] the lexus december to remember sales event is here, but only for a limited time. see your lexus dealer for exclusive lease offers on the 2012 is 250 and, as a gift from lexus, we'll make your first month's payment. >>> as the u.s. economy heads into the final weeks of the year, there are big hopes for the 2011 holiday shopping season, but after a rough week on wall street and congress' super committee failing to reach a debt deal concerns about the economy could cast a black cloud over black friday. fox 5's tom fitzgerald has more. reporter: from an economic standpoint the images of b

. >>> still ahead on 9news now, the dulles metro rail project clears a major hurdle. also what facebook is saying about spam, pictures showing graphic sex and violence. >>> also occupy wall street protesters say they don't need tents and blankets to keep their movement going. i'll have that story. >>> a communitier alert for drivers in the district. the eastbound lanes of the southeast, southwest freeway between pennsylvania avenue southeast and 11th street southeast are going to be closed from 10:00 p.m. tonight until ac in the morning tomorrow. and that same closure will be in effect beginning monday night and on tuesday, november 22. the closures are necessary to install bridge gutters over the freeway for that new freeway bridge. >>> and a head's up if you drive in northern virginia. be prepared for more than the usual holiday shopping traffic jams in tyson's corner area over the next eight days. that is because the exit ramp from eastbound route 7 on to the beltway is being narrowed from two lanes to one. and this is part of v-dot's hot lanes construction project

we are at 38 degrees in baltimore. 36degrees at dulles. we'll check this graphic because myening is it is 42 degrees. not sure why it says 45 there. you go. 39 according to this in ocean city. let's take a look at the sentinel satellite. i do want to mention fog. i encountered fog on my way in so there is some fog out there in some of the low-highing areas and around some of the rivers and streams and creeks. i do want to mention that. not much in the way of cloud cover. we have mostly clear skies. lots of sunshine today. sunny, nice, seasonable temperatures right where they should be, into the low 60s. look for a high of about 62 degrees later in the afternoon there you go. enjoy it. >> thank you. >>> let's get a check of our roads with julie wright and on- time traffic. >> right now, no incidents to report as you continue to work your way around the capital beltway. you will find that the lanes are open as you continue to make your way between college park and bethesda. overnight roadwork that was in place as you approach colesville road

[laughter] -- in dulles? just wondering. >> i am not going there. i should have asked for a private screening. coming up at 6, and more on the sexual allegations against presidential nominee herman cain. the police chief says the occupied movement is going more violence. we will talk about all of that much more at 6. >> we are still laughing at you, gordon. >>> let's go over to doug hill with the latest on the weather. >> beautiful weather for us. we're talking about the tornadoes on the ground, and here is a live look from kotv from tulsa-oklahoma city. there are tornadoes on the ground and we have been tracking them. this is a part of a cold front that will give us a much more minor effect by thursday. a very impressive wall cloud come and this is not a very highly populated area, but there are communities "in the path. a number of tornadoes could come out of that under the next few minutes. just south west of oklahoma city, at that red box, that is where the tornado warnings are in effect. this cold front will change our beautiful weather into co

butaccidents to report virginia commuters on 95, 66 and road and thell dulles greenway are working favorably. on a van full in and out of baltimore on abortions -- baltimore-washington parkway .ar it is not too bad on 270 across the beltway and down to the american legion bridge. beautiful day today with a

temperatures right now, 39 degrees at gaithersburg. 37 dulles. 34 at frederick. 45 martinsburg. 47 d.c. 40 at baltimore this hour. high pressure will slide out about mid-week and we'll keep an eye on the approaching frontal system. it has some showers with it. reaching us by thursday. another ridge of high pressure builds in behind it, just in time for friday and veteran's day. our temperatures will rise into the 60s. midday tomorrow, the sun will be bright. 59degrees. could see early morning fog tomorrow morning. other than that, things will be nice. here's a look at the five-day forecast. heading up to 57 by tuesday. clouds tuesday and showers a possibility thursday. friday back to the sun again. will? >>> good news there. the capital christmas tree is on its way to d.c. crews chopped down the 65-foot white fir yesterday from the sierra nevada mountains from california. best of the best for color, fullness and shape. >> it's a great honor, a once in a lifetime opportunity. something that hasn't been done, only fourth time california has had the tree. it's huge. we're over the top exc

it's still mild tonight, 63 dulles, 59 d.c., 59 degrees at baltimore, 63 at fredericksburg and 59 to the west at winchester. a lot of clouds rolling in and that's all ahead of a frontal system. we could see some fog in the overnight hours. we're going to see these clouds continue to fill in in the overnight and tomorrow. let's take a quick look at max hd radar and show you what's going on. this front will head our way and by tuesday we're going to see all this rainfall really take over our entire area and we're going to keep a close eye on that. back to our weather maps. we will see that frontal system head in. for tomorrow mainly cloudy skies. we'll see some of the wet weather over areas of our far west and northwest tomorrow, but late night rain expected into monday, could see a few light showers. tuesday looks like a soaker day. behind that system we'll see some cooler air and a real dip in our temperatures. in the meantime your tomorrow cloudy skies, 67 degrees by midday. we're headed once again to the upper 60s, unbelievable. we will see rain, looks like light rain monday night,

temperatures in the 40s and low 50s if you are off to the west temperatures there are in the 30s. 39 dulles, 32 frederick, 34 winchester, 45 dc ocean city 49 degrees. let's go to viper. i want to show you what is going on out there as we show you precipitation we have seen. dissipating and pulling out rain showers across the eastern shore and southeastern maryland and along the beaches again that precipitation is pulling out cloud cover will go with it. off to the west skies mostly clear that is the trend that will continue today the forecast today looks like this lots of sunshine around looking for a high of 59 degrees, not a bad day at all we will have more details coming up in a little bit right now our first check on traffic for this hour from julie wright. >>> all right tony, still very busy for those travelling i-95 a crew in sky fox accident activity, pretty severe the helicopter has been requested to the scene westbound 234, west of i-95, westbound lanes are currently blocked that is what you can see, westbound lanes are closed, eastbound traffic, i-95, backed up for a half mile you

a high record at dulles international airport. high at reagan international.ight temperatures will fall 50's.he 58 degrees-60 degrees tomorrow. we may see upwards of wampum 5 moves -- the time it the time ithes by moves through. you can go to wjla.com and check forecast would get four hours a day. >>> if you are watching you can get the volume developing. so far so good. i will show you what i found. not much. we are not complaining about this. , that is in good shape. from thefor 95 to and american legion bridge. one more camera before we go pamela. there we are. all right. inside we go. >>> thank you. coming up, we could see some major developments. why he could be a free man this week. >> the pressure mounts for l.a. protesters. >> the pressure mounts for l.a. protesters. they have until midnight ♪ [ female announcer ] everybody loves that cushiony feeling. uh oh. i gotta go. [ female announcer ] and with charmin ultra soft, you can get that same cushiony feeling you love while still using less. charmin ultra soft has extra cushions that are soft and more a

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here's the view at the dulles toll road and sunset hills. traffic is very light in both directions. not seeing any problems if you're getting ready to make that commute. traveling in d.c., here's new york avenue and new jersey avenue. if you're traveling inbound as well as outbound, you're in the clear. not seeing any accidents to report if you're traveling in d.c. that is a good sign. if you're taking the rails, the rails are open. so far, no reported delays on the metro, the marc, or the vre. angie and joe, back to you. >> thanks very much, danella. >>> today the man suspected of the disappearance of a maryland woman in aruba will be released from jail. gary giordano has been held there for more than three months since his traveling companion robyn gardner vanished. the gaithersburg man told police gardner never came back from a snorkeling trip. last week the judge ruled there was not enough evidence to hold giordano. he's scheduled to be released around 5:00 p.m. tonight. he isn't in the clear just yet. prosecutors say they will appeal the judge's decision later this week and can

dulles is 31. in gaithersburg, we are 36.e have a pool of some pretty cold air here off to the north and west with the clear skies and light winds and it will be very chilly. i think temperatures will get a chance to fall here for a few more hours. we'll likely bottom out here in washington in the upper 30s. i don't have much to talk about. things look great. if you are traveling today, headed home or headed back into the washington area, things should be just fine. we've got sunshine expected throughout the day. high pressure that i mentioned yesterday will be moving on through and it will be taking its time and that means a nice looking forecast for today and tomorrow. things will start to break down a little bit by early on sunday. we'll have a cold front that will be approaching. that will increase the clouds here. i think by sunday afternoon, and sunday night, we'll likely have the showers here for the forecast. sunshine, mild temperatures, 66 degrees. winds out of the south and west at about five miles per hour. just a

on wednesday only in the upper 40's puritan if anyone is going to set our record, it could be dulles international. the record stands at 71 degrees set back in 1973. >> all right. enjoy it while we can. >>> cyber monday is a big day for shoppers and criminal investigators. for the second year the justice department is rolling out a counterfeit crack down today. it is designed to target websites that distribute counter the items online. they look everything from stolen music to products that run public safety. a warning for drivers in the district today the national park service is shutting down anacostia drive se for construction work. this will be from 10:00 tonight until 6:00 a.m. >>> coming up on abc7 news at noon strangers to the rescue. an incredible team effort caught on tape. and then, why one familiar holiday based landed in handcuffs. later, -- >> they left me on this side of road to die. >> nobody expected her to survive. >> nobody expected this. >> plus, the new queen of comedy. >>> take a look at this incredible rescue caught on tape. as traders rushed to help repeople tr

look of the temperatures inyellow. -- in yelelow. 61 aty dulles airport.s will be dropping in the afternoon as a cold front moves into town. you can see that front here. look at the rain profile stretching all the way from the midwest down into the carolinas further south into the ocean. this band of rain, which is moderate to heavy, will continue to push north. our time frame for rainfall will be late morning through midday and wrapping up by mid to late afternoon. so highs today will be in the lower 60's. the temperature is dropping in the 50's later on as the rain moves into town. in terms of accumulation between a half an inch and an inch. partly cloudy tomorrow. to buttress tomorrow morning at this time will likely be in the upper -- temperatures tomorrow morning at this time will likely be in the upper 30's. as we look ahead wednesday through the weekend, low to mid 50's and a fair amount of sunshine. how are we looking on the road ste? >>> travel times in our favor between baltimore and richmond. interstate 95 looks decent. we are good on the greenw

dulles we did set a new record. 07degrees was the high at dulles.r the high yesterday. not bad at all. right now, we are at 52 degrees here in the nation's capital. there are some of you who are in the 40s right now. off to the south and east there are temperatures around 60, 61 degrees. our humidity is 89%. the big difference between this morning and yesterday morning, cloud cover. there will be more clouds through the day today. i think it will be mostly cloudy through date today. the rainfall that you see on the left side of your screen, that holds off for us until late tonight, most likely during the overnight hours into tomorrow. so for today, here what is we're looking at. lots of clouds but another mild day. high in the upper 60s 69 in arlington. a look ahead at the week ahead coming up. >> something tells me we just want to stay in the current -- if the week ahead -- >> it will get cooler. >> let's check in request w. -- with julie wright in the meantime. >> if this is as cool as it gets i would be happy. that would make me happy o the roads

here are your 20s. 28degrees at dulles airport now.t dropped off there. 28 there. 29 in martinsburg. 2 in lovetown usa, culpeper. so that is what we're looking at this morning and indeed it will be a cool day through the day today. let's look at the sentinel satellite-radar here. you will see a little theme as high pressure is settling in. not much to show you on the sentinel satellite-radar. we had the clouds. we had the rain. that is out of here. things will be quiet today. i do think it will inlittle bit breezy. we'll settle into a quiet pattern for a couple of days. some changes late in the day on sunday. here is a look at futurecast. in case you are wondering, what is it going to be like this weekend. do i have to worry about rain. today, chilly. nothing going on. we got nothing. saturday, tomorrow, saturday morning, things look good through the day on saturday. things will continue to look good. come on futurecast. let's go, let's go! oh, that was it. here is a look at the forecast for today. sunny skies, a bit breezy and brisk.

right now 46 at national, 34 dulles and 34 bwi. a little on the chilly side, skies not bad just a few high clouds rolling in. we have a ridge of high pressure going to come nate our weather pat -- dominate our weather pattern overall. we will see however some sunshine and a pretty bright day mostly sunny winds the factor for the day, a beautiful afternoon at 63 degrees, winds expected to gust from the south up to 25 miles per hour, and stick around for tonight as well and just a note there is a small craft advisory in effect. if you plan on spending the nice sunshine out on the waters, do be careful. >>> thank you. well, for the first time since the august earthquake, washington national cathode a allowed visitors. -- cathedral, allowed visitors. >>> the august earthquake which rattled restaurantrocked inside of the washington monument did significant damage at the national cathedral, some pinnacles, broke or shifted it has been closed since that day. strong plastic mesh installed to prevent more ceiling parts from falling it is on

dulles airport, 63. fredericksburg, it is 66 degrees at this hour. forecast for today, lots of clouds around. scattered showers. a couple of showers this morning to the north and to the west. more rain showers during the afternoon. still a warm day, high about 70 degrees. breezy too. wind blowing up to about 15 miles per hour. for tonight, a little bit more field with overfight hoes back into the 50s. cloudy skies. more showers through the regionened athen tomorrow, think it will be a fairly wet day. you will need the umbrella tomorrow as we'll see some rain. some of that rain could be heavy. your high only 62. i shouldn't say only. that is compared to today. below normal temperatures thursday, friday, and set with a mix of clouds and sun. highs in the 50s. now, here is julie wright with an update on traffic. >> still busy out to the west with this late-clearing construction on the outbound side of 66. that is where we fine the screw in sky fox. as you work your way west of nutley street headed out towards fair oaks, we do have a couple of lanes gett

let's take a look at our temperatures, 72 degrees at national airport today, 70 degrees at dulles breaking a record set back in 1976 and 71 degrees at baltimore. is it really almost december or is it spring? i'm telling you. you just can't even believe how mild it is. 59 degrees right now. humidity at 69%. we have a light southerly wind flow at 12 miles an hour. that is what helped boost our temperatures today. that wind that pushed in from the south and just brought all that warmer air, increasing clouds into the course of tonight. it will be pretty cloudy in the evening into the overnight as with. right now temperatures into the upper 50s and low -- as well. right now temperatures into the upper 50s and low 60s pretty much everywhere. tonight we are talking mostly cloudy, could see fog in the overnight hours, light winds and very mild at 52 and the five-day forecast has a few changes in it as usual and i'll have those details a little later on. back to you. >>> time is run being out for occupy camps across -- running out for occupy camps across the country as city officials say they're b

dulles is at 39 degrees.s is at 39 degrees as well. -- we are at 42 degrees here in washington. i keep doing stuff before the map comes up. there you go. as i said a moment ago, 20-mile per hour wind gusts here in d.c. 23-mile per hour gusts at dulles airport. 21 in baltimore. 18 in gaithersburg. these winds could gust higher later on today up to around 30 miles per hour. it will be a blustery kind of day, a chilly day too. here' look at the surface map. here is what is going on. that frontal boundary. that has come through. it is out of here. that is what brought the rain. that is what has brought in the cooler temperatures, the windy conditions behind that front and check it out. some lake effect snow is going to fall today across portions of new york and pennsylvania, even into western maryland it is certainly a possibility. forecast for us looks like this. mostly sunny skies. blustery and cool. 52degrees for your high today. there are your wind gusts. for tonight, another cold night under clear skies. you

dulles is at 39. bwi marshall is at 19.r today, breezy, cool, wind will blow up to around 20 miles per hour. maybe gust up to 30. that is what is happening with the weather. come up in about 15 minutes, today's edition of ask the weather guys. it is a fun question about pigeons. >> with really? >> yes. >> and you'll make it fun. >> we'll make it fun. >> i bet i ask the question, you will both say i kind of wondered that myself. >> i bet so. >> we'll look forward to that coming up in a few minutes. >> let's check in with julie wright and get a look at traffic. >> i love both of your expresses. you are avery intently looking into tony as like okay. and sarah is going i don't think so. >> we'll make it work. >> they always do. it's always very interesting and i guess i neve thought about that. >> all right. pigeons it is. you will find it is nice and easy coming in on 66 leaving fair oaks headed towards the beltway. hov rules lifted in virginia today because of it being a federal holiday. the same for those on 270. all lanes o

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headed to dulles airport, save yoursel = -- headed to dulles airport, no problems. >>> tonight it's alland relaxing before the man holiday rush. >> great prices for rival tablets may hurt the apple ipad. linda bell has business news from bloomberg headquarters. >> good morning. let's begin with the apple ipad 2. $499. much more expensive than amazon's $199 kindle fire. they are battling among consumers. amazon is poised to take 50% of the tablet market from apple next year. blackberry maker research in motion is struggling. the playbook is now selling for $200 at walmart and best buy. some rewards own members experienced website problems during an early access sale for best buy this week. a busy night for domino's pizza. thanksgiving eve is one of its business night of the year. they expect to deliver more than 1 million pizzas tonight. linda bell reporting for abc 7 news. have a great holiday. back to you. >> thank you. >>> you do the same. you can just make reservations like i do. >>> 59 degrees. >>> ♪ >> after 10 weeks of dancing only one celebrity could walk away with the mirrorball

i60 no problems on the greenway, the dulles toll road.ks good on 95 between richmond and baltimore. 270 common problems. hov lanes will accept for a john hanson highway. -- hov lane restrictions are relaxed today except for the john hanson highway. >>> for the first time, the mother of one of the boys allegedly victimized by jerry sandusky is breaking a silence. this is the first football game this saturday and without joe paterno in 46 years. >> the assistant who reportedly saw jerry sandusky abusing a child is the subject of multiple products. his name is mike mcqueary. jummy olabanji has the latest. >> the mother speaks about the horror that her son suffered several years. and just one of eight children that the jerry sandusky is charged with molesting over 15 years. the victim in this case was repeatedly sexually assaulted inside and jerry sandusky's hoem after he gave the little boy gives including golf clubs, a computer, philadelphia eagles tickets, and money. the woman's voice has been altered to protect her privacy. >> i said, may