wars get out of control. >> who was older, john foster dulles or allen dulles? >> john. >> dollars hated him? -- dulles hated him? >> eisenhower hated him? >> he said you needed a kind of genius. at first, dulles was that man for eisenhower. as time went on, and dulles became looser around the edges and distracted and older, and the cia, which had early successes, overthrowing the government in guatemala and iran, when they started to have blunders, eisenhower began to distrust dulles. one of his failings, and eisenhower is not perfect, he should have fired dulles. by the end, the cia was out of control. as i write in the book, it came at the very end in 1960, when the paris summit, very important, the cia did not warn eisenhower that the spy plane was at the risk of getting shot down flying over russia, spying and getting information. the president of united states was not warned. that was a big oversight. the plane got shot down. 1968. a big to do. the cold war ended a very dangerous phase. the cia basically betrayed. eisenhower was mad at himself that he did

some 70's on the map. 70 in d.c., 64 in dallas. -- dulles. we could get a little sunshine afternoon. temperatures will get into the afternoon.is we will have big changes for the weekend. how traffic is moving, with angela. >> slow going all around the capital area. fog will be the big issue this morning. plan for a slow drive. give you an example, this is view of springfield, the springfield interchange. see any traffic flowing. the dense fog will slow things down this morning. have a couple work from the springfield interchange, inner loop towards 644, two right lanes are still closed. use caution through the works .wns in maryland, there is heavy fog. reports of a crash on eastbound 32 at the b-w parkway, a car deer. back to you. >> thank you. presidential, the face off tonight for their first debate. is at the university of denver. both candidates trying to lower expectations. a lot riding on .his brandi has more. >> after weeks of attacks on the --paign trail >> we don't get very far when we have leaders it writing off half victims.n as >

starting out with 54 at reagan national, 50 at dulles, 52 in manassas. the rainfall yesterday amounted to about a 10th of an inch to a quarter inch. a third of an inch in gaithersburg and a quarter inch at dulles airport. no rain in the forecast today. nothing but sunshine. 52 and mostly sunny at 9:00, 62 and sunny skies at noon and 66 degrees and mostly sunny at 5:00. let's check on traffic with angela foster. >> we are very nicely for this tuesday morning drive. an excellent start. only dodging traffic cones. no accidents to report so far this morning. traveling around the beltway in maryland and virginia, in maryland, a live look at montgomery county at connecticut avenue, no work zones. the left lane is blocked in each direction crossing the northwest branch. in virginia, not much in terms of trouble spots. there's an active work zone on southbound 95 between falmouth and frederick. stay to the left. back to you. >> thank you. pipa good morning, angela. -- good morning. >> the pressure on president obama to have a better performance against mitt romn

temperatures are mild, 66 at national, 61 at dulles, 59 in gaithersburg. are expressed forecast, we will be warming up nicely, mid 70's this afternoon. showers on and off. we will tell you about some the seven-day forecast in a moment. first, traffic with angela. >> good morning. getting ready for the tuesday morning drive. for the mostpot part. the accident on westbound route the b-w parkway. the ramp is closed from westbound 100. if you are traveling in maryland on 95, the overnight work at 215 is blocking a lane. no overnight work zones on 95 in virginia as you drive from garrissonville and continuing to boulevard, a small strip 295.he way up to lanes are open northbound and southbound between the beltway and the 14th street bridge. back to you. >> thank you. our big story, another huge themplishment for washington nationals. next step in the process as its firsts clinched nl east division title. >> this is despite their loss to the phillies. john gonzalez is live from at the sporting goods store which is opening early to out the championship merchandis

the peak winds at the airport, 31, national; 33, dulles and at bwi-thurgood marshal, 29 miles an hourgusts and they finally diminish across the area and that is not windy tomorrow either and continuing into the course of tonight and seeing the clouds thicken up into the early hours of tomorrow and into the course of the day temperatures right now, cooler out there and in gaithersburg. 47at martinsburg to the rest and 53 at dulles, 53 at baltimore and fredericksburg to the south. as we look at the national picture, it's a good indication where that front sell asmoved through and look at the cooler air behind us. and into the 30s. we're not ready for that yet and this frontal ceo moved out and will push its way towards the east as we move through tonight. as we do what we did last week, there lob linebacker cooler air, significant temperature drop as that, light northerly winds and it's going to end up bringing us wet weather as we see a low pressure system develop across the carolinas and that will get widespread across the region into the course of certainly and there is -- tomorrow.

degrees at dulles. we will warm up nicely. high temperatures today just shy of 80 degrees. we will see some clouds, but a t looking day overall. let's check on traffic. that's looking good. g. good mornin it's quiet around the area. the beltway in virginia and maryland looking good. they have picked up construction in tysons. 66, no problems. looks good through falls church and gainesville. maryland, the beltway at in bethesda,venue looking fine. does status report of an incident on the outer loop near .olesville road i'm not seeing anything. it might be a broken-down car. they are on the way to check it out. no delays out of college park. 95 andquiet as well as d.c.oks good in back to you. >> thank you. it's tuesday morning. >> new details on a popular energy drink that is being blamed for maryland of a teenager. the district's highest honor upon thebestowed guards at the family research council. >> leo johnson received the d.c. honor fromal of vincent gray. was wounded in august burst into the family research council in northwest. shot in the arm, was able to restrain the

it's 55 degrees at reagan national, a 52 at dulles. we will be warming up this afternoon between 68 and 73. storms developing possibly as early as the drive home. let's find out how the drive is this morning with steve hershorn. >> good morning. our drive is not good. this is the inner loop of the beltway in silver spring at university boulevard, heading towards college park from silver spring. you can see that half the roadway is empty. that's because of road work on the left side. quite a delay trying to get through the work zone. state highway in maryland, our friends tell us this could be here another 40 minutes. very heavy and slow. 270 at 118, the accident just out of camera range. usual volume southbound. in virginia there was an accident reported on the ramp from northbound 15 onto 66. 66 is open and 15, but not the ramp. back to you. >> thank you. 53 degrees. >> rg3 making headlines all the time. natanz may be forgetting other players on the team. santana moss's man on radio: release the pumpkins. releasing the pumpkins. catch

just shy of a half of an edge at dulles. -- half of an inch at dulles. lingering showers, after an sunshine.become a really nice day. -- eventually to become a really nice day. >> troubles on the beltway. two tractor-trailer accidents on the inner loop. right now, state police have stopped all traffic. closed all lanes. the inner the plants are stopped and blocked. you may want to get off at the 270 spur. and i looked at river road. not too bad so far. it is going to stack up want to get to wisconsin ave. another live look at 270. volume is building. plans are open. towards the beltway, looking good. prince george's county and through virginia. back to you. >> thank you. and looks like the pain at the gas pump is starting the east. >> aaa says the national average for regular is still $3.74 a gallon. here at home, your average price is $3.88 in the district. experts say gas prices could continue to drop up to 15 cents per week for the next three weeks. that would be nice. >> some good knees. 5:14. 52 degrees. >> still to come, new developments in the cas

some 30 is off to the west. 39 in winchester, 40 at dulles. staying cloudy and cool today. 50 degrees by noon, 54 degrees by 5:00. highs around 10 degrees below , but a sprig drive forecast. k on the trick-or- treat forecast in a little while. hope traffic is close to normal now. >> we are trying, but there's a serious crash on the maryland beltway. newschopper 7 is there. outer loop from college park and 270, between 95 , they hadshire ave but they wereped, intermittently letting the left shoulder get by. a serious crash. everyone coming out of greenbelt near the ikea1 95, accident activity. letting the left shoulder get by. southbound 95 out of moral and past 212, emerging itto the beltway -- southbound 95 out of beltsville. >> millions of people are still without power. reporting more than outages in dco, kermit, and george's. dominion reporting more than 20,000 outages in northern virginia. has about 86,000 customers without power in maryland. the power outages could impact back to theirget routines. >> all the major school systems to clas

atat reagan national, 68 dulles, 73 in fredericksburg.ay, the improving throughout the day. it's going to get better and better. we will be at 80 degrees by 5:00 skies turned partly cloudy. let's check on traffic. good morning, angela. morning. a pileup in montgomery county on 270.ntown road at we are completely stopped with an accident. it is impacting the drive on 270. inthe meantime, traveling seeing volume delays 66 as amost part on as 95 northbound. greg lights aren't as you makingh quantico and the way through falmouth -- lights are as you approach quantico. back to you. >> thank you. the first of three presidential debates. >> a number of topics. they will resume their campaigns the road. brianne carter is outside the latest.use with the many are saying it was mitt night.s campaign was hoping they t after the boos debate to gain more in the polls. say that maybe what happened, believing he was the clear winner. according a new cnn poll conducted last night after the , 67% believed mitt romney was the winner. back and forth on domes

let's take a look at temperatures. 56 at reagan national, 52 at dulles, 41 in frederick. your express forecast, mostly sunny and 56 at 9:00. partly cloudy and 66 by noon. 5:00, partly sunny with a few thunderstorms developing by the drive home. let's check on traffic with steve. >> good morning. an accident overnight was in alexandria at the bottom of the screen and huntington avenue, south of the beltway. the road is open, but there's still some activity heading down from old town alexandria. you will see the activity, but it looks like you can get by in both directions. the beltway near university boulevard in silver spring, looks pretty good. some overnight roadwork, but if you stay to the right, no delays whatsoever. no problems on 95 northbound or southbound. there is overnight work in the clearing stages on both sides especially on the virginia side. no significant delays or other problems around the beltway. back to you. >> thank you. pedestrians struck by a vehicle in fairfax county. >> this happened before 2:00 this morning at richmond highway and huntington aven

at dulles, 39 degrees. 39 in gaithersburg and manassas. 37 in winchester. pretty dry. that's good. the express forecast, mostly sunny, 51 degrees by 9:00, 62 degrees by noon. partly cloudy and pleasant highs near 70. we will talk more about the changes with rainfall expected tomorrow coming up. first, traffic with angela. >> good morning. looking at overnight construction. on the beltway in virginia. in springfield, moving quite well despite the work zone on the inner loop which may slow you down briefly. at braddock, stay to the left. and at leesburg pike, two left lanes closed. in montgomery county on the beltway, 190, looking good. all through montgomery county looking good. clearing an overnight work zone at university boulevard. >> a suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle near the gate of a u.s.-afghan combat outpost in eastern afghanistan. and afgh troops were injured mostly by falling debris. the taliban claimed responsibility. nato says the outpost was secured shortly after the blast. political experts and the public weighing in on last night's second debate between obama a

it's foggy. 63 at reagan national, 62 at dulles at this hour. sandy is a category one hurricane with winds at 80 miles an hour, moving through the northwestern bomb was -- northwestern bahamas. 62 degrees at 9:00. mostly cloudy by noon, 68. 70 by 5:00 with a little sunshine by this afternoon. two days to go. more details on sandy, nacoming up. back to you. >> thank you. residents on the east coast pulling out the sandbags. >> utility companies in our area are preparing for expected power outages. live team coverage continues with john gonzalez in alexandria. >> perhaps a small taste of what's to come. it's raining in alexandria, virginia. pepco has already been in contact with a number of utility companies across the middle atlantic, securing 400 contractors. we know what happens with these storms. in low-lying areas like old town alexandria, the concern is how aggressive the potomac will get. the powerful storm already pounded the caribbean, leaving 21 dead. sandy appears to be losing steam as it heads our way. there's a winter storm brewing in

a big cooldown before the weekend is done. 64 degrees right now reagan national, 54 at dulles. we will be warming up into the '70s by noon. by 5:00, mostly sunny and warm 80 degrees. get outside and enjoy the beautiful day. now to angela with traffic. >> good morning. happy friday. we are hoping for a very nice commute to start the weekend. so far so good in springfield. getting through the interchange you should not have any trouble. northbound and southbound 395 getting through alexandria looking fine. glebe road is closed between route 1 and arlington ridge. there's an accident with a utility pole down right there. moving quite well in maryland. 270 has no troubles. back to you. >> thank you. our top story battleground virginia becoming the focus of the presidential race. later this morning president obama will speak at george mason university. and an event at cleveland state university in ohio >> . mitt romney told fox news that his controversial remarks about 47% of americans wanting government support were completely wrong. ta more. >> with his campaign reenergize mitt ro

the 71 degrees at reagan national, 64 at dulles, 69 in quantico. sprinkles will be of here. breaks and a few working in from the west late this afternoon. hopefully, we will get a peak of sunshine. a weather system today will be lifting towards the north and eventually bringing in the drier air as high pressure builds. but in the the system will bring in the and cold weather. mostly cloudy today. through the morning. 82-86 degrees. fog developing late tonight, 62- 67. look at the extended forecast. a strong cold front bringing conditions on the weekend and dropping temperatures. low 60's by columbus day. send me those pictures on twitter or facebook. m you.d love to hear fro funny. my name a little now let's check on traffic with angela. >> good morning. fog is a big issue for the morning commute this wednesday. be alert for spud and stretches visibility -- sudden stretches. some cameras you cannot see at all. not bad on 66 as you cross the roosevelt bridge. it is still a quiet trip from parkwayce william remain. quiet through centreville and into

a fewit's 56 at reagan national, 48 at dulles. in culpeper this morning it's 45 degrees. our experts forecast, we will warm up into the '70s by noon today. once outside perhaps. 77 by 5:00 with partly sunny skies. highs today will make it just shy of 80 degrees. firstlet's head over to traffic with jamee whitten. >> good morning. it's quiet on the beltway and in maryland and 95 between baltimore and the beltway. 301 northbound at 214 central avenue, there's an incident involving a potato chip truck. northbound, the right lane getting you buy it. then you will be able to extend north of that sort 50 the john hanson highway. 270, incident reported south of 180 near montgomery village avenue, but still moving at a decent space. back to you. >> thank you. this story out of new jersey, officials say an autopsy today will determine if a body found last night is the body of 12- year-old autumn pasquale. a girl's body was found in a recycling container. a preliminary identification says that it is the 12-year-old, who was reported missing on saturday, kicking off a massive search

currently 46 d.c. 43 at dulles and 42 at bwi thurgood marshall. freeze warning and a frost advisory for areas to the west. this until 9:00 this morning. affecting sensitive vegetation. midday today, 53 degrees. increasing clouds. can't rule out a sprinkle or two by then. by 5:00, about 55 degrees. looking at showers. kind of a dull, damp day with the wet weather moving in, pretty much like it was yesterday a bit. be prepared if you're planning anything outside for these columbus day holidays. let's check in now with julie. >> on the roads you'll find your lanes are open south along 270. hov rules listed, continuing southbound towards clarksburg. outer loop of the beltway, northbound approaching route 4, accident activity on the left side. hov restrictions lifted here as well. metro, track maintenance. red line single tracking between judiciary square and fort totten. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> our top story, a big win and a big loss for d.c. sports fan. >> we begin in st. louis where the postseason rookies played like veter

dulles, 46. baltimore, 47 degrees and today, we do have once again frost and freeze warnings to talk about. a freeze watch for the portion of the potomac high lands to the far west and a freeze warning as well. this ends at 9:00 a.m. today, your high, 58 degrees. the drizzle and the light rain won't stick around for too long. we'll be left with mostly cloudy skies by this afternoon. just can't give you a whole lot of sunshine as we head to a milder 58 degrees compared to 55 yesterday. not all bad. your full forecast a little bit later. later. >>> a judge will sentence jerry nods today in a pennsylvania court. he was convicted back in june with 45 counts of sexual abuse involving 10 boys over 15 years. -- a judge will sentence jerry sandusky today in a pennsylvania court. six of his victims will also address the court. >>> now to the race for the white house. the latest polls show mitt romney with an edge over president obama and it may be thanks to the debate performance. >> on monday, mitt romne

national, at reagan t dulles and 64 in martinsburg.s should reach the 70's this afternoon. 65 at 9:00. the showers here already by then. 68 at noon. 66 by 5:00 this evening with thunderstorms. now to traffic. >> good news for most of the commute. maryland, 95, much occoquan from lorton to newington. good at the 14th street bridge. clear across the anacostia. that looks good for everybody. maryland, construction still near university and new hampshire, no trouble. looks good in bethesda at connecticut. 270 looks fine passing 109. back to you. >> thank you. 5:32. following breaking news from overseas. >> let's get to jummy olabanji. saysurkey a and 3 plane was forced to land there. they are searching the cargo. we're not sure what prompted the to have to be forced to land. there has been tension between .yria snaand turkey a.is plane from armeni the united nations peace envoy s calling on iran to participate in a cease-fire. back to you. >> thank you. two areas since veterinarians were supposed to mountainme from a montana.ip in instead

now at reagan national, at reagan national and 61 at dulles. deal with clouds through in the metro area eastward. then we will start to see some sunshine. theay ineratures 70s, 10 degrees cooler than aboveday, but still time of year.is l have more on sandy coming up. whitten for the commute. inaround the beltway, maryland, no problems. looking at some cameras, 5, somea, northbound 9 volume building out of towards the beltway. accident between quantico and triangle, left lane blocked. connecticutay at good., looks slow.aving frederick is look at this iran and hyattstown. -- a look at urbana and hyattstown. back to you. >> thank you. is a comfortable 60 degrees morning.hursday not a bad start. trouble for the rev. je ♪ ♪ we were skipping stones ♪ and letting go ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we bring together natural ingredients, like dark chocolate with toasted oats, or sweet golden honey. perfect combinations of nature's delicious ingredients,

we hit. 51 at dulles.nto the 40s. we are looking at about 58 degrees for the high today. we have an interesting question for ask tony and tucker. it is about colds. >> i've been sniffling all morning. tony has it too. >> we want you to feel better. >> thank you. >>> let's check in with traffic now. >> it is busy out there. yesterday was the holiday. today, we are back in the swing of things. this is where we type the crew in sky fox in virginia with a slow go northbound along i-95 headed north from lorton this morning, you we'll find the pace is heavy and slow in the main line continuing out towards newington. overall, delays from 6:30 courthouse road trying to get past quantico. the pace improves on 395. they are checking for a stalled car reported near the pentagon. so far, we've come up empty handed there. traveling northbound along 210 as you approach the capital beltway, accident activity reported along the right side of the highway. 295 not too bad as you continue up towards the inbound 11th street b

system bringing some rain towards our area. 76 degrees was the daytime high at national airport, 74 at dulles, the same at bwi thurgood marshall and spectacular day in terms of the temperatures. 32 mile-per-hour wind gust at national, 30 at dulles and 33 at bwi thurgood marshall. tonight skies mostly cloudy, chance of a shower, 59 degrees. we are talking once again a southerly wind flow. as we head into the week, it starts warm but a little unsettled. we'll have some changes coming up in that full seven-day forecast. i'll have all the details a little bit later. back to you. >>> coming up they have spent 90 days on the road, traveled more than 4,000 miles. today these fierce veterans crossed the finish line, but their work is not done yet, the next step to one veteran putting a stop to military sex abuse. >> then metro can thank riders for being their eyes and ears and being their new crime fighting website, those stories up next. [ mitt romney ] look at the e evidence of the last four years. we've got 23 million people out of work or stopped looking for work. they're sufferi

warmer than the past several days. 58 in the district. 52 at dulles. some morning clouds.nny. especially by lunch time and through the afternoon. a good day at the ballpark. the need to degrees. you will notice the wind a litle bit. game time, a little after 1:00 . bring a hat or have your sunglasses. >> on the roads. very nice for the most part. we have got rid of the traffic cones on the beltway. overnight construction has been lifted. pretty good it under virginia. the dulles greenway and toll road moving fine. looking good year at king strict -- street. a look around the beltway. looking pretty good for the most part. no early issues. here's a look at the american legion bridge. living quite well -- moving quite well. let's back -- get back to the news biggert thank you. 5:13. >> coming up, an update on robert griffin iii following his concussion from a ha our ocean spray cran-cherry juice drinks are made with sweet cherries and the crisp, clean taste of our cranberries. i cannot tell a lie -- 'tis tasty. okay george washington, did you take my truck out last night? 't

dulles, 39 in manassas, 36 in frederick. we're not seeing much frost because we don't have enough moisture for that to develop. our satellite picture shows a it in bit trying to make with clouds from the south. not be a big impact our weather. this is the system we will be the upperhrough midwest. bring us changes tomorrow. been a real wind maker. wind gusts today in the dakotas could reach 60 miles an hour. expect the been to be that strong as the system but we will see gusts of 25ng hour.an going through the ohio river valley tomorrow will arrive in our later tomorrow. we will be in the 60's this afternoon, pretty comfortable overall with mostly sunny skies clouds.w you can see, 60's again tomorrow. front rushing in. today's forecast, partly cloudy, 65-71. 40-51., the seven-day forecast, in the '70s with a chance of rain the next two days. let's check on traffic with angela. >> good morning. not finding any major problems interstatedrive on 66. between front royal and vienna. no trouble spots on 95. active work zone southb

degrees at reagan national, dulles, 46 in gaithersburg, 52 in cumberland, n manassas.re cold front has made its way coast. lingering clouds in western maryland and northern virginia. l clear out and we will sunshinety of day.ghout the dominating our weather. high and dry. little disturbance in the , we will bet tracking that for later this week. expectedeather delays if you are traveling. if you are planning to arrive in boston, new york, and denver, thereor e delays.m mostly sunny and pleasant today, 62-68. i like to add some extra nuggets, so follow me on .witter or find me on facebook adam caskey will be in the hummer l little while. first, traffic with angela. a crash on 95 northbound in thelicatinge drive. we are seeing delays. o dale city andt approaching the prince william parkway, the accident is blocking the left lane. from the way to prince william parkway. southbound 95 in maryland is pretty good. 23 minutes between the s.ltway back to you. >> thank you. it's 51 degrees. who is taking responsibility for deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in libya? >> a popu

taking the inner loop at the dulles toll road. the ramp shut down. shut down from the inner loop, the ramp to little river turnpike. on 66, as you make your way eastbound at nutley, we had road work blocking the right lane. it's now gone. aaron and eun, over to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> news 4's melissa mollet is at the live desk with breaking news. >> breaking news out of israel. an american tourist there has opened fire at a hotel, killing at least one person. the suspect is still inside the hotel. police now have it surrounded. israel radio says the gunman grabbed a gun from a security guard, shot an employee, and barricaded himself inside his room. we'll be following developments for you all morning. at the live desk, melissa mollet, news 4. >>> there is anticipation today ahead of today's jobs report. analysts are predicting the economy added 115,000 to $120,000 jobs last month. better than the disappointing 96,000 jobs last month. >>> the 2012 presidential candidates will be in our area today trying to grab critical swing votes in virgini

. >> as his secretary of state, alan dulles is held of the cia. >> well, john foster dulles was a good cop, bad cop thing, bull he is was very anti-communist and fierce and life is a machiavellian struggle, that was useful. >> rose: neoconservative today. >> oh, sure but that is useful for ike who could be the nice guy and kind of bland but i might the famous -- at the time, the press thought dulles was running foreign policy and only later did the scholars find out the famous dulles massive retaliation speech, the key lines were actually written by eisenhower but -- >> rose: he wanted dulles to make the speech. >> it was useful to -- alan dulles head of cia he should have fired. >> rose: because? the guy that heads up the predecessor to cia? world war ii. >> yes, no, he was the star agent in the. >> rose: he was in geneva. >> yes. the best in person which i guess is near geneva but he was the best. >> rose: right. >> he becomes head of the cia and in the early years they have these successes and eisenhower liked to use the cia because he didn't want to use regular armies he liked to d

north and west of town we have an eighth at dulles. areas northwest of town and east of town we'll have to deal with the fog a few more hours. partly sunny. still foggy in northwest d.c. 08 by noon with -- 80 by noon and highs in the mid-80s and slight chance after shower. >>> the nationals and phillies wrap up the regular season with a matinee at nationals park. d.c. can wrap up the best record in baseball with a win. >> davey johnson says most of his starters will play. last night there were a lot of backup guys, guys who can call themselves the goon squad. >> as good as the goons were, it was a regular who drove in the go ahead run. adam la roche hit his 33rd home run of the season. the blast give him 100 rbis of the year. nats top the phillies 4-2. with a win today the nationals will clinch the top seed in the playoffs. that means they'll face the winner of the wild card playing game. either the braves or cardinals. they can also wrap up a top spot if they lose and the reds noose. if the nats lose and reds win, the nats would be th

currently 56 degrees at annapolis. 50 at baltimore. 54 in the nation's capital. 45 at dulles. and 43 at culpeper. skies not too bad. clear sky tonight out there. cool as well as temperatures dip down to the upper 40s. winds pushing in from the west 5 to 10 miles per hour. overall, not bad at all. we are looking forward to a pleasant week ahead. i'll be more than happy to show you our accu weather fox 5 seven-day forecast later on. back to you. >>> thanks. coming up, he was considered a leader of the democrat's liberal party. the life and death of george mcgovern. >> and our fox 5 political analysts join us to break down the big issues. >> metro cuts the ribbon on dupont circle's new escalators. those stories are up next when the news continues. as governor, i cut fifive billion dollars in spending and balanced the budget every year. and tim kaine and i both cut our own pay as governors to lead by example. mark warner and i reached across party lines to get things done. we were a great team in richmond and we'll be a great team in washington. i'm tim kaine and i approve this me

down to a eighth at dulles. quarter here in washington. quarter also in baltimore. a lot of areas are half mile to a quarter. a little bit of extra time, low beams. the roads are wet too. with some leaves down that will make for some slick conditions as well. it's going to get better this afternoon. some sunshine, 85 and just an isolated shower. >>> football players are often referred to as warriors. >> but the redskins got to host some real fighters tuesday. the team held its fifth annual all-star survivor celebration for women battling breast cancer. the women got a behind-the- scenes tour of the training facility in ashburn and were also treated to some new clothes, wigs, makeup and got a chance to meet rg3, alford morris and some other redskins. >>> cancer prevention is easier than you think. that was the message at empowering women on prevention last night at the national museum of women in the arts. experts in the field of cancer, health wellness and advocacy shared their thoughts on steps women can take to reduce their risk of getting cancer. the forum was or

visibility is at 1 mile in the district about a 10th of a mile at dulles. a third of a mile in martinsburg and about a half mile in winchester. give yourself extra time to get where you need to be and you should use the low beams. 72 degrees at reagan national, 64 at dulles, 66 in culpeper. a lot of clouds today in addition fog. all the moisture is drifting up to our north for the most part. the drier air will build in by this afternoon and give us a little sunshine, which would be nice. high pressure will build in behind that system slowly today. we will see lots of sunshine tomorrow. changes are ahead for the weekend. a cold front in the midwest that front will be heading our way late in the weekend. it will be blustery and much colder. morning fog today giving way to mostly cloudy skies. 62-67 tonight. a little foggy tomorrow morning but not as bad as today. beautiful on thursday and friday. in the 60's at the end of the weekend. let's check on traffic with angela. >> is getting a little busy. a few more incidents. an accident on northbound route 1 just

it's a beautiful start overall. 64 is not shabby. 54 at dulles. the average high is 72. lowest 55. we are near the norm. we reached 81 yesterday. it felt great with sunshine in the afternoon. the morning low yesterday was 66 with clouds. the clouds did not want to budge yesterday and finally made their way offshore. the high-pressure took over and will give us a nice day. waiting in the wings is another strong cold front. this is the same things that brought the terrible winter weather to minnesota and the dakotas. more than a foot in minnesota. that line will be approaching us for the weekend. we don't expect snowfall, but we could get rainfall. clouds increasing saturday with a chance of showers. a better chance of rain on sunday. then we will watch the high pressure building behind that. mostly sunny today, less humid 77-82. mainly clear tonight 52-62. temperatures dropping by 25 degrees by sunday at 67 degrees. i would like to connect with you. i did send out a few weeks -- tweets this morning. call me on twitter or go to facebook. let's check and traffic with angela

cool start to your day. 52 at d.c. 47 baltimore. 46 at dulles. here's a look at your daytime planner. no shortage of sunshine today, as the ridge of high pressure kicks in. midday, about 63 degrees. not all bad. and for the pattern, i'm calling it a typical fall weather pattern in place, melanie. >> gwen, thank you very much. appreciate it. >>> coming up we're going to have more on our breaking news this morning on the death of senator george mcgovern.   >>> breaking news, former senator and one-time democratic presidential candidate george mcgovern has died. his family issued a statement saying he passed away at 5:15 this morning at a hospice in south dakota. bret baier takes a look back. >> i love the united states, but i love it enough so i want to see changes made. the american people want to believe in their government. want to believe in their country. and i'd like to be one of those that provides the kind of leadership that would help restore that kind of faith. >> reporter: george mcgovern will be remembered as an orator for peace an

our highs today, 50 degrees at reagan national airport. 58 at dulles and 59 at bwi. the temperatures didn't rise all that much. it is currently 52 at d.c. a cool 47 degrees at baltimore. we have 51 at fredericksburg. 49 degrees at dulles. 43 at martinsburg and 50 at hagerstown this hour. for tomorrow, we will be seeing some improvement in the temperatures and in the sky conditions as well. a temperature change headed our way, ridge of high pressure will move its way off the coast and we are going to warm up and see a mild day. we are headed into the low 70s for our daytime high tomorrow. we'll keep a close eye on this cold front. that's going to be our weather maker as we move through into monday. looks like it could set us up for an isolated storm or two. and tomorrow, as we see that ridge of high pressure moving in and this system starting to approach, we'll end up with a southerly wind flow and the winds will be fairly strong. gusty winds as we head into tomorrow. keeping our eye on the tropics, rafael is moving its way rmuda. it is expected to strengthen and as w

look at dulles, 39 degrees at dulles. 49 at reagan national.ots of sunshine today but off to the north and west, see the chock out towards detroit, that is our next cold front that. will wash through here later today. it will pick up the winds. later this afternoon, we'll have pretty good breezes. as we get into the nighttime hours, our temperatures will fall off. so game time tonight i think we'll be in the 50s but there will be a pretty good breeze out of the north and west, probably 15, 20 miles per hour. we'll see if that is a player in the game. the game time, no problem, we're in the expecting any rain showers. 64degrees our daytime high and breezy. a little warmer than yesterday. >> all right, cool. good time as we get ready to take this next game, right? >> can't wait. >> thank you very much. >>> it is the talker throughout the region. jayson werth's walkoff home run in the bottom of the ninth. worth's at bat was legendary. he faced 12 pitches and blasted the 13th. a lot of people had written off the nats after they got blown out after

54 at reagan national. 51 at dulles and 49 at bwi marshall. we'll go with highs near 80 later this afternoon with partly sunny conditions. >> can i talk now? >> yeah. >>' cranky today. >> did it ever stop you. >> oh, you two. didn't we go through this yesterday as well. >> people think we hate each other. we really don't. >> no, we just dislike each other slightly. not true. here is julie wright with a look at the traffic. >> what is one him today? >> i don't know. did somebody push his buzzer and they forgot to turn it off. >> have you had your morning banana? >> i don't know. what is going on here? >> oh, boy. >> it's true. >> he has a banana. >> it didn't sound right, tony. i have to admit it. >> all right.

middle 50s tonight for culpeper manassas, upper 50s for dulles. tomorrow it looks like we start off with a few clouds, winds out of the southwest overnight tonight 5 to 7 miles per hour. winds tomorrow will gust with the front coming through 10 to 20 miles per hour. of course, chance for some late day showers. here in the district high temperature tomorrow will be up to 76 degrees, but if you're north and west, fronts coming through earlier, more clouds earlier in the day. so your temperatures along the i-81 corridor will only be in the mid- to upper 60s and here's your fox 5 accuweather seven-day forecast, a few showers late day tomorrow, chilly showers sunday, high of 54. monday looks gorgeous but cool for columbus day with a temperature of 61 degrees, tuesday sunshine and temperature of 66 degrees. so up and down weekend, but you need to enjoy it. remember sports may be one of the most important games for d.c. ever coming up this weekend. lindsay will tell you more. >>> this is the verizon 4g lte sports desk with lindsay murphy. >> if you ask b

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just over 4 inches at reagan national. 5.5 at dulles. about 3 inches in gaithersburg. just over 2 inches in fredericksburg. flood watches and warnings remain in effect across pretty much the entire viewing area. the wind is something we will have to deal with mostly this morning. we have seen cuts in the range of 25 or 30 miles an hour. a gust of 26 miles an hour just reported recently at reagan national. the high wind warning has been dropped and replaced by wind advisory until 2:00 today. occasional gusts of 40 m.p.h. can be expected. sustained winds of 15 to 25. your expense forecast, cloudy skies, wind with showers, 44 degrees at 9:00, at noon, much the same with very little change in temperatures. drying up by 5:00, still breezy, 49 degrees. -- your express forecast. we will show you the peak wind gusts in a few minutes. first let's a check on traffic and weather jamee whitten. >> a lot going on in the weather. a number of closures on the secondary roads with high standing water, ponding, flooding. route 1 at the fairfax county parkway is closed. some of the areas