i was not able to reconstruct all that many in eastern virginia, sorry. i've told a lot of our older country roads run along those trails. but in the general region, it's easier to see. but since we're talking about long distance, most of it on foot, we're also talking then about relatively lightweight luxury goods. so when people wanted ordinary, everyday technology, they had to get to work and make their own. locally. their own immediate environment had to supply them. you don't send off to china for something. the cultivateds crops they had were also limited in their usefulness. if you have a good year, it's wonderful. however, if you have got a dry year, worse yet, a drought, these nonnative crops, especially corn, are going to produce poorly or not at all. and through general throw chronology, we have been able to reconstruct, and that's my own calibration, by the way, which years were good years and which were bad years. and there were quite a few years, but there were also some perfectly rotten ones. and if the corn crop fails, you're going to have

southern areas of maryland down into eastern virginia that have the best chances of rain. we are warming up ahead of the storm as we go into tomorrow. 71 for the high temperature. slight chance for rain in baltimore. better chance down to our south. by thursday, down to 61, with sunshine. another chilly start to your friday morning. opening day for the orioles on friday. the storm is expected down to the south. it will be chilly. temperatures only in the 50's. easter sunday, very minimal chance for rain, high of 65. >> carrie engel from valley view farms is here to answer your plant and gardening questions. this is a really pretty plant. >> it is also called crown of thorns. it will be hard to see this plant. as it loses some of the flowers, you will see that. there are other points that are much thornier. >> chemical plant. how about some questions? >> just check with your house plants. most house plants will be fined like the. -- like that. chinese evergreens do very well. all sorts of ferns do all right. there are some that do beautifully indoors. you can plant right no

other than that, the stars and now pushing into eastern virginia.are seeing a clearing conditions behind the latest cold front. some stronger winds as the fund goes down to the south. we will continue to of winds from the north and northwest today. warmer conditions today as this entire storm system shifts to the northeast. some warm wind coming from the south. that will be moving to the eastern half of the haitian -- of the nation. with temperatures going out to south dakota. places like omaha and many parts of kansas -- pretty warm for the start of april. it looks like we will not tip that warms. we'll see a tiny company temperatures once that bubble heat and it's our way. -- hits our way. forecasts for ou today. high temperatures of struggle to get up near 60 degrees. that kind of combat see temperatures for the day -- the cold wind kind of combats the temperatures for the day. as we head into tonight, it gets even colder. we're talking temperatures a bit chilly up there -- mid 30's, even low-30's at some spots. keep in mind, you may want to cove

because a lot of the people would no longer bear tribal names and there are enclaves all over eastern virginia. but you can see where the reservations were allowed by maryland to survive. the people were surviving, and they were still mostly waterfront. quite a few of them were living well up those rivers. and they had access -- not so much to meandering rivers, but swamps, especially 1678 to post 1746, you've got to live in the swamp to survive there. there's not much tuckahoe, even now. i checked with the guy who has canoed all over it, and he knows his plants. phd bottom annie, he better. and some of their descendents are not far away. i've been in e-mail communication with one of them within the past week. so you get a lot of people surviving, more than we usually realize. and where the people get to choose the place for their reservation, as the virginians did, you can figure out why they did it for ecological reasons. osamkateck in the middle, the place of the reservation, it has never been owned by anybody but indians. they chose what land to keep. why did they choose it? maybe because

far as any rain, a few light showers but they are well south and east of the metro area toward eastern virginiapanhandle. 59 in lanham with the big gusts up to 48 miles per hour. 37-46 by tomorrow morning. this area of low pressure will hang along the east coast and keep tomorrow breezy and cool. by thursday, things will start to even out a bit as high pressure returns. mostly sunny skies and a warming trend that will last early next week. for the rest of the day, partly sunny, breezy, and cool. highs in the upper 50's. warmer temperatures likely over the weekend. keep up-to-date with all of these crazy changing weather things on wjla.com. today is a red flag warning. if you have no idea what that is, there is a chance the bar a warning to be back tomorrow and there is in port information you could learn. back to you. >> how emotional was the masters yesterday? that was awesome. >> i loved it. i loved every second of it. you do not have to be a golf fans to enjoy the masters. the beauty of the surroundings is enough for most. the pressure of the majors catch the die-hard fans. in the human emot

now monday night into tuesday we could see a bit of frost across parts of northern maryland, eastern west virginiand northern virginia. i know we don't want to hear the frost word anymore. warming up to 71 degrees wednesday. behind that bit of rainfall another ridge of high pressure builds in and set us up for dry conditions thursday and friday and we're back to sunshine once again. love that sun in april. >> yes, we do. thank you, gwen. >>> you can play all kinds of games on an i phone or ipad, but this one is really hands on. you can now get a hungry hungry hippo for your ipad. the hippos sit on top of the tablet for a virtual feeding frenzy. you remember this little game from back in the day, right? so this sounds really great, right? sorry, april spoof. it's no hungry hippo app. it's just a prank made up by the website think geek which you're probably thinking i'm a geek right now. we think it does sound like a lot of fun. i don't know about you. that does it for us. let's toss it over to feldy for our sports xtra tonight. what's on tap? >>> we've got a lot going on, the final four set in men.

this is a mere threat extends all the way into southern virginia, eastern north carolina, from norfolk to the outer banks. more of an isolated winthrop. it is all the way off the tip of delmarva so we are not in the main threat. we are not expecting any widespread severe but the outbreaks. temperatures around 72 both downtown and at bwi marshall. we are expecting temperatures to warm. don't be surprised if your car thermometer reads in the mid to upper 70's this afternoon. clearing skies tonight. the tent -- thunderstorms down to the south. commuting home from d.c., they may encounter a couple of downpours later on. all of those storms staying down to our south and really that is a trend with another storm friday. a good news for opening day for the orioles. for now, not expecting a major rain thread. it will just be much colder. damages only in the 60's and 50's the next couple of days -- temperature's only in the 50's and the deposit the next couple of days and warming up for easter. >> competition is heating up on "voice." joining us are two of last night's winners lastjessie and ch

virginia. closer to washington, though, in the low and mid 50s. the area in green generally in the 50s. much of southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore, northern virginia in the low to mid 50s now. here's the day plannerment sunrise at 6:51. a sunny, breezy morning. temperatures will climb to the low to mid 50s mid morning, near 0 by noontime. then low to mid 60s middle of the afternoon. the winds will be blustery and gusting to around 30 miles per hour midday. winds will diminish under a clear sky. sunset at 7:33. down to the 40s by midnight. and then this time tomorrow, may have scattered frost around. we'll look at that, the rest of the week and weekend in ten minutes. how's traffic? >>> good morning. checking overnight roadwork, traveling eastbound, leesburg pike, the ramp to the dulles toll road heading eastbound on that ramp, that's shut down. going to be shut down until 5:00 a.m. taking the beltway, you cannot get on 395 northbound. from the inner loop or outer loop. that's going on until 5:00 a.m. you'll have to go south. then you can make a u-turn and go north again. traveling i-270, a live look at montrose road. check

elsewhere, 40s, eastern shore, most of maryland, virginia, most of west virginia. at elkins, west virginia. hometown forecast for charles county, la plata now in the 40s there. but a rapid warmup. by 9:00 or so, near 60 degrees. near 70 by noontime. during the middle of the afternoon, ought to peak in the mid 70s to mid to late afternoon. a beautiful day coming up. more pollen in the air, though. overnight for your friday, if you're heading out tonight, it will be a clear evening. temperatures by late evening down to near 60. then by dawn on saturday, should be in the 50s with increasing clouds tomorrow, into the upper 70s. a good chance it looks like for thunderstorms. some of which could be severe with damaging winds and hail late afternoon into early evening saturday. then rain and maybe gusty winds and much chillier weather for sunday and monday with highs only in the 50s. morning lows 40s. so looks like a wet day sunday and monday. then drying out. still on the cool side for tuesday, wednesday, thursday next week. danella, how's traffic? >>> right now checking

it includes just about all of virginia, maryland, and the eastern shore. and this is in effect for today. there's a live view from our city camera, capitol, the washington monument under a clear sky. 47 now at reagan national. thankfully the winds are gentle now, five to ten miles per hour. and it is chilly. all these areas in blue in the 30s and 40s. 47 at reagan national. in the upper 30s west and north of washington and down i-95 to the south, into virginia. and we'll have plenty of sunshine this morning. by 9:00, we'll be climbing into the 50s. winds will begin to pick up then, as well. then by noontime, a few clouds coming in. sunny, breezy. temperatures around 60 by then. and now danella, good morning. how's traffic doing at this hour? >>> good morning. right now, traffic is looking still really good. no major problems to discuss. here's a live look now on i-66 heading out of haymarket. looks pretty clear as you make your way eastbound. here's the travel speed for you from fairfax county parkway to the beltway. looking at 64 miles per hour. just 11 m

much of maryland west of the chesapeake, eastern west virginia panhandle and that is meaning a fire alert. tonight in the city, a chilly 38 degrees. i will have details in your five-day forecast coming up. >> all right, we'll see you then. >>> a news alert from d.c. they say it happened on q street around 3:00 this afternoon. police say they were shot. during a press conference, d.c. police say they looking for more than one suspect. >> and right now, it's preliminary and there may be four suspects. again, this is the early part of the investigation and we have not had a chance to introduce everyone, so. >> reporter: the shooting happened in the middle of the day. investigators are trying to encourage anyone who may have seen what happened to come forward. >>> and a manhunt is underway in tulsa, oklahoma, for a suspect in a string of murders that has left one man and two women dead. police believe a lone man person has been targeting people as they walk out of their homes and businesses. here's more. >> reporter: police in tulsa, oklahoma, exploring a murder spree. the shootings within a

tonight, beginning at 8:00 eastern, orange county, virginia james madison's montpelier. at 8:30, old sturbridge village, visit a living history museum depicting early life from 1790-1840. at 9:00, inaugural gowns and white house china. learn more about the influential role of first ladies in presidential administrations. >>> this weekend marks the anniversary of the bloodiest battle to be fought during the civil war, up to that point, the battle of shiloh with almost 24,000 casualties. we'll tour the battlefield with chief park ranger stacy allen, sunday night at 7:00 the angel of the battlefield founder of the red cross, clara barton, operated the missing soldiers office in a washington, d.c. boarding house until 1868. join us as we rediscover the third floor office as it's prepared for renovations. this weekend on american history tv on c-span 3. the house sub come mep might tee heard -- chairman jon leibowitz talked about the new con fumer financial protection bureau, staffing and office space considerations, internet privacy and enforcement actions against debt colle

. >>> this includes eastern pennsylvania, delaware and virginia. widespread burns because of low humidity and still quite a bit of wind out of the west would fuel any spark or wildfire. there are showers to the north but they don't do us much good in baltimore. the winds steady from the northwest around 15 to 25, gusting higher. look at some of the peak wind gusts, 25 in hagerstown, 30 in winchester. 20 in easton. windy and dry with the red flag warning continuing. we'll talk about if there's a chance for wet weather. >>> with the exception of reports of minor fires, firefighters got a break from wildfires that have resulted from our dry conditions. abc2's jeff hager has a caution from fire officials. >> reporter: the largest fire in harford county is contained but it's still burning. fire officials said people should still refrain from burning. they are returning daily to put out hot spots. they liken the red flag warning to tornado or hurricane warnings and encouraging people to hold off on their backyard barbecues at least for now. >> the bigges

eastern virginia as well. all of those are also ending. temperatures will be high. not extremely hot, not extremely cold. we have big changes coming up in the seven-day. temperatures up to the 80's as we head into the week. more details in your upcoming forecast. >> thank you, ava. baltimore city schools are going green with single stream recycling with all city schools. rob roblin has more on the initiative and what it means for students. >> it is official. all baltimore city schools are going green. >> so you go like this up top, ok? >> this middle school has been doing single-stream recycling for the last year. according to the school principal, denise ashley, it has been a big success. >> they learn math and science. the children are excited about being the stewards of what goes on, on the air. they understand if they don't cake care of it, there will be problems later. >> today at a press conference, the mayor and c.e.o. announced that the entire school system will be recycling. the program has already shown results. >> city schools set out a recycling bin to r

there is a warm front coming out from west virginia and eastern ohio. most of this activity is falling apart. the air is really dry run baltimore. the dewpoint is in the upper teens to around 20. you can see some of the high, thin clouds from those dying storms drifting in our direction. the clouds will be thickening up in the next couple of hours and mostly cloudy later tonight. maybe after midnight we will see a couple of sprinkles. up to that time it will stay dry. 69 degrees at the airport. 17% humidity. we got up to 70 at the airport, but it managed to stay in the low 60's in the northern suburbs. 63 in rising sun. it will not be nearly as chile tonight with the high, thin cloud cover coming in. the temperatures should only dropping to the 40's as opposed to the 30's, like last night. a slight chance for a range are tonight. during the day tomorrow, that system will slip off to our south. we've got to keep it close enough -- there is a possibility that when you wake up tomorrow morning you could see a couple of showers. it does not look like a big

there have been showers in southeast virginia and eastern north carolina. even that is disappearing right now. let's look at the situation as we see it. in a little short on rain. we've not even at 1/10 of an inch so far. we are over four inches short on the year so far. average temperature of this month so far, 52.8. at edgewood, 57. parkton, westminster, a 54. here is the satellite image. we are high and dry. you can see that there is a big area of high-pressure over the eastern seaboard now. it is holding this storm to the west, away from us. this line, center point, we are east of that. temperatures will be close to normal for this time of year. more southerly winds there that will take temperatures up. this storm out to the west -- initial parts of it will pass to our north. this will bring in warmer air, but it will increase rain chance, especially next week. all this warm air down to the south of us will eventually start coming our way. this shot of blue here is rain shower activity associated with the war front. our forecast is sunny today, seasonab

as we are in the 60s much of virginia, much of maryland, delaware, eastern shore, up into pennsylvaniaa few locations out in western maryland and west virginia in the 40s and low to mid 50s. but closer to washington, low to mid 60s. it's near 70 in southern maryland, northern neck, and near the chesapeake bay. and incredibly, a mild start to the day. these are the average highs this time of year. hometown forecast for frederick, maryland, right now near 60. by 9:00, upper 60s to near 70. then by noontime, into the low 80s. ought to hit the mid 80s to upper 1998 by mid-afternoon with -- upper 80s by mid-afternoon with lots of sunshine. late evening, 60s and partly cloudy. by this time tomorrow morning, not quite as warm. it will be in the 50s there, as well as much of the region starting off tomorrow morning. and then during the day on tuesday, cooler weather with a northwesterly breeze. but ought to have a great day for the arrival of "discovery." highs reaching mid 70s during the afternoon. does look like rain moving in on wednesday and much cooler. 40s in the morning. afternoon highs

they were convicted in the eastern district of virginia by the u.s. attorney's office there. we also investigated, which led to the conviction of 11 individuals involved, property managers managing properties in the d.c. area, including a manager of, i guess, white house facilities and they were taking bribes. for example, they would have an arrangement with a contractor to replace an exhaust fan and they would use their purchase card to charge $2,000 or $1,000 for replacement of a fan. in reality, the fan cost $80. so, the contractor then would kickback part of that money to the contracting -- the property manager. so, 11 property managers and contractors were convicted earlier this year, august 2011. >> mr. miller, in terms of perspective, is the waste, fraud and abuse at gsa improving or getting worse overall? you've had a real perspective here, looking at this big picture issue. >> well, we continue to look at the larger systems, too. because we do audits of programs of gsa. and gsa -- we do audit programs regularly at gsa. having conferences is not a program of gsa. so i

they were convicted in the eastern district of virginia by the u.s. attorney's office there. we also investigated, which led to the conviction of 11 individuals involved, property managers managing properties in the d.c. area, including a manager of, i guess, white house facilities and they were taking bribes.

here's a look at the clouds still lingering overhead through the eastern half of west virginia and all virginia and maryland. showers are on the eastern shore and in the atlantic and moving out of our area. we will shift our focus to an area of low pressure developing east of the rockies parts. of colorado, nebraska, parts this will be part of our rainmaker this weekend. as that lautrec's to the north and west of washington on saturday it will drop a cold front on to our area. if that will trigger showers and thunderstorms for saturday afternoon and saturday evening. then by sunday we could see a coastal low pressure. system develop kind of like the winter storms we talk about, a similar situation, just warmer outside. we will be looking at rain. it's hard to tell exactly where and how much we will get. we still have a pretty good chance of seeing some rain on sunday. temperatures dropping into a 60's by the end of the weekend and early next week. below average. steve, any issues? grex big issue on the beltway, outer loop the beltway. backup begins at interstate 95 at college park try

much of southern maryland, lower eastern shore, virginia.to washington, northern virginia, suburbs west and north, dark blue areas, frosty cold, in the low low 30s. scattered frost this lower valleys. over the last 12 hours, we have had a disturbance with cloudiness coming over. no precipitation. that is quickly exiting, clearing from the west and north. that will bring us plenty of sunshine for the day ahead. the forecast coming up at 6:41, along with improving news for allergy sufferers at 6:41. danella? >>> an eye on chopper 4. live now flying over i-95. here's what you're facing. if you're traveling along i-95, not so bad out of the occoquan. but once you get closer to lorton, are you going to slow down just a bit. as you see, these lanes are getting quite full at this time. your travel speed, not terrible. looking at a 15-minute drive from the occoquan to the beltway. and not seeing any accidents in the roadways on i-95. now over to i-66, here's a live look at fairfax county parkway. travel lanes open as you head toward the beltway. her

we've got a batch of clouds coming out of eastern west virginia, northern virginia. it's going to be with us for a few more hours before it breaks up a little bit. our temperatures, they're definitely on the chilly side. look at that. 38 right now in leesburg and hagerstown. 37 in frederick and some windchills are down into the low 30s in these spots. we're at 42 but even down to the south it's 41 la plata and the pax river naval air station 43. looking for a high down there today maybe 65. they could be one of the warm spots with more sun. 62 for d.c. 55, though, north of us in hagerstown. it's 5:00 a.m. monika santami is here with your time saver traffic. >>> been a relatively easy early morning rush hour. let's hope it stays that wai. the beltway is looking fine. no issues to report heading northbound on 95 in virginia. coming up from dale city to woodbridge across the occoquan river. we'll take a live look in springfield where you're just going to see a tiny bit of volume. let's go a little further north to duke street northbound on 395. again main and hov lanes

blue are at or a little below freezing, especially out in the mountains, shenandoah valley, eastern west virginia, look at this, across much of virginia and maryland, areas in dark blue down to the mid 30s. and that includes prince george's, arlington, fairfax, montgomery county, the mid 30s this morning. reagan national and warmer waters of the potomac, 46. a chilly start to the day. a warmup's on the way. details your wednesday in ten minutes. matt? >> reporter: good morning, we've picked up the first crash of the morning. it's an accident as you make your way on 66. you see the chopper on the scene. at this point three left lanes remain blocked. only the right is backing up, significant growing in the stretch. looking at the sudley road camera, the accident reported at 234. another problem reported, a car fire. that's going to tie things up on the east side. eun, aaron? >> thank you. >>> back to normal. the massive delays and major headaches of last night's commute shouldn't be an issue this morning for metro riders. full service has been restored to the orange and blue lines after a train der

reagan national is at 526789 low to mid 50s, maryland, virginia, eastern shore. a few place hs the eastern 40s along the blue ridge and skyline drive and some of the high spots in west virginia, up in pennsylvania in the mid and upper 40s. there's the view from space over the last 12 hours. high pressure pushing in and a gorgeous sapphire blue sky over the region now with those cool breezes that are around 15 to 20 miles an how. they will be with us throughout the afternoon with lots of sunshine. afternoon high temperatures climbing into the low 60s, by mid to late afternoon. another cold night tonight. we'll talk about that, look in detail at the weekend and into next week. that will all be coming up in a couple minutes, eun. >>> high levels of carbon monoxide are to blame for a man's death. the man was found in the 6800 block of putnam road last night. he was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. investigators found a running lawn mower inside the garage and believe that is the source of gas. >>> new from overnight, police are looking for the person responsible

eastern shore. delaware, northern virginia, and a watch out for fire weather conditions in pennsylvania tomorrow. very dry conditions expected to continue tomorrow. mid to upper 50's in downtown baltimore, but look how chilly it gets to the west of us. freeze warnings are in effect in allegheny county overnight. 30's in the western and northern suburbs by dawn, closer to 47 degrees in downtown baltimore. the northwest breeze continues at 10-50 miles an hour. the leading edge of some cooler air, triggering of showers and picking up a few isolated storms tonight. low pressure and eastern canada. 25 degrees at international falls, minnesota. that is where the cool air is coming from. a little weather disturbances embedded in that nw low. the computer model indicate some higher elevations to the west of us could have some snow mixed in with the rain. tarrant county could have a rain-no mix for the next couple of days. -- garrett county could have a rain-snow mixed for the next couple of days. tomorrow, partly cloudy with a 20% chance of an isolated shower and highs and only 53-60. a small craft advis

a second area of severe weather we will be watching and this is mainly eastern north carolina into virginia. mostly a damaging wind thread. it is is staying south of the lmarva region -- mostly a damaging wind threat. 72 in baltimore. the start activity is down to the south. clearing skies into the overnight hours. 61 tomorrow with sunshine. cool on friday for opening day at camden yards. 58 for the afternoon temperatures. showers likely to stay to the south. minimal chances for rain on easter sunday. that should not be a big issue. >> time now for a last look at one of our big stories. maryland poor voter turnout in yesterday's primary election. jennifer franciotti joins us with a close look at the numbers. >> good morning. you cannot blame the weather. it was a beautiful day. only about 10% of registered voters in maryland came out to the polls for tuesday's primary. light turnout again was expected with a democratic president up for re-election in a state where democrats outnumber republicans more than two to one. those who did come out to vote thought it was important to exercise their

all of the areas in green are in the 60s, including west virginia, virginia, maryland, eastern shore. a beautiful spring morning under way. all around the region. there's the view from space. now we did have some stubborn fog that's been hanging in through virginia this morning. but a lot of that is breaking up now and we will have lots of sunshine there as well. but the fog is generally from nearby fredericksburg west towards the blue ridge, and it will be breaking up. farther west i'm watching a developing frontal system. this one will be moving in on saturday. it could intensify as it gets closer to the atlantic seaboard. we could get some strong storms from this front on saturday afternoon. it looks like late afternoon, perhaps into early saturday evening is the timeframe for that. right now, and let's go forward over the next 48 hours. it will show you, we'll have lots of sunshine this afternoon. but then a few clouds developing overnight tonight. these little patches of green you see moving in from the west. that's along the front that's going to be moving in on saturday. and th

virginia. along the eastern shore, this is where our wind advisory. this goes in effect at 8:00 this morning until 6:00 p.m. we could be seeing gusts along the eastern shore up to 45 miles an hour, for today. make sure your keep both hands on the steering wheel. now, temperature coming in at 53 degrees, goldsboro, mid-50s frederick, joppa 50. the winds pick up throughout the day. see why we have the warning and it's dry with the humidity around 35%. let's get a check of the traffic with angela. i was talking about keeping both hands on the steering wheel, it's pretty windy as we go through the day. >>> extra caution on on and off ramps and bridges and overpasses with the windy conditions. great easter weekend and had to come back to a situation on 695. be alert for the hazmat, inner loop, i-70, one left lane getting by. overturned tanker leaking asphalt. be prepared for a brief delay, northbound 695. here is a live look at the beltway at wilkins, not bad on the stretch approaching the accident scene and east side and the topside of 695ch. >>> today is

possibly into memphis and western portions of tennessee, also hail and storms possible in virginia beach into eastern carolina. >>> if you're watching us on kxan news in austin, texas, see photos that capture the knew ne -- uniqueness of paralympic sports at your access gallery. >>> here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. she is now the material mom, madonna shows no signs of slowing down. that's for sure. the debut of her latest album, "md & a" notched her number one on the charts and biggest album debut of the year. >>> 15 years later, the 3-d version of "the titanic" opens today. >>> one direction is saying no to the white house. first lady michelle obama invited them to appear at monday's easter egg roll but the band declined due to prior commitments. who says no to the white house? >>> and finally, he may have lost out on "people's" sexiest man alive but ryan gosling is a real-life super hero. last week the actor saved a woman from stepping in front of a speeding new york city taxi. it's starting to be embarrassing. our entire staff is like it's a ryan gosling story, w

weather advisory in western maryland and west virginia including eastern allegany county. where we have areas of snow in the higher elevations throughout the day. live super doppler 7 indicates westernh white in allegheny and garrett county. areas of rain otherwise in our region if. off and on.beltway the rain will be cycling through the region throughout the day. be cool and gusty. 43 right now the district, 37 in leesburg and winchester, 37 in hagerstown. over the next couple hours i not be surprised if parts montgomery, loudoun county, frederick, that we could have a snowflakes mixed in with the rainfall. here's the nor'easter. we will feel the wind from this day.ghout the steady at 15-20 miles an hour. snow in western pennsylvania and york and new england. 6 inches to 12 inches possible .n western pennsylvania with the leaves on the trees, cause a dangerous situation and cause widespread outages due to falling branches especially in western pennsylvania. have scattered light rain throughout the day. highgrees for the temperature. you will need a jacket. especially tomo

it includes most of virginia, maryland, the eastern shore, even in west virginia, dipped into the 30s a few locations. 38 chilly degrees now out in elkins, west virginia. and we'll have temperatures climbing today to the mid 70s by mid-afternoon. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >>> good morning. traveling 66 eastbound, making your way past fairfax county parkway, you're going to see an accident in your right shoulder lane. travel lanes are open. and checking travel speeds for you on i-66, you're at 57 miles per hour. an 11-minute drive to get from fairfax county parkway to the beltway. traveling 395 northbound at king, have report of a crash in this area. also in the shoulder lane. your travel lanes are open as you continue to make your way northbound. good sign. crossing over the 14th street bridge, traveling now 58 miles per hour. 12 minutes from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. and if you're taking the rails, i'm checking them. so far, they're running on or close to schedule. back to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> breaking news now out of afghanistan. the military work

you can't rule out a couple of showers from west virginia, maybe the panhandle. eastern k kentucky and western virginia. they'll continue down to the south and down towards the east. we're not going to see that impact for us. we will, however, see a chance for some showers tomorrow. where the rain is really coming down and where the real severe stuff is, we've been talking about it throughout the afternoon, down towards texas. this is part of a much larger storm system. this storm really encompassing the southwestern portion of the nation. denver, six to ten inches of snow just to the south and west of denver in through the foothills here. they're dealing with 30-degree temperatures right now in the denver area, after 70s last week. the warm sector, that's where you find the severe weather. normally this time of the year we talk about the severe weather in and through the plains. texas still under the gun right now with numerous tornado warnings and still a couple of possible tornadoes on the ground. we're going to continue to watch this. this is through 3:30. we had two

includes southern maryland, but all of virginia, eastern shore, areas west and north. darker blue zones, montgomery, fairfax county, into frederick county, northern shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, all of those areas are in the mid to upper 30s this morning. a look in detail at the day ahead coming up in ten minutes. >> thanks. >>> breaking news. the man accused of shooting trayvon martin is out of jail this morning. george zimmerman was released just after midnight after posting a $150,000 bond. we have more live from the newsroom on the latest. melissa? >> reporter: good morning, richard. that's right, zimmerman had to post 10% or $15,000 cash to get out of jail until his trial star starts. this video of zimmerman leaving jail after midnight wearing a brown jacket and jeans. he walked outside with an unknown man and got into that white suv. zimmerman is charged with the second-degree murder of 17-year-old trayvon martin. martin was unarmed when there was a confrontration, and he was shot and killed in a florida neighborhood in february. martin's parents

there are some storms, though, eastern kentucky and eastern portions of virginia.u're traveling down i-81 tonight, you will run into some storms. the biggest storms, though, still out to the west. you've got the typical spring storm with severe weather to the east. and snow back towards denver. denver today, six to ten inches of snow just to the south. they are dealing with winter here. but spring-like storms firing up around dallas. we've talked about those tornadoes. now we're looking at tornado warnings. numerous tornado warnings in the northeastern portions of texas as we make our way out and about later today. the storms that came through, this is right around 2:00 to 3:30 in the afternoon. one storm to the west around arlington and one to the east causing those tornadoes that we've seen all of that damage from. fortunately for us, our weather remains gorgeous. plenty of sunshine. that storm is going to try to make its way to the north. that storm will be forced down to the south. so that storm is not going to come anywhere close to us. we're going to see a ch

also eastern north carolina up to virginia beach, maybe richmond, could see a strong storm or too.ortheast mid-atlantic, you look beautiful. no problems in the great lakes. dallas, your recovery gay and the cleanup day for everyone there looks fine. houston also looks pretty good. if you're watching us out west, not a bad day phoenix to l.a. but it's april. these happen. it was pretty isolated. but just proved it only takes one. luckily no fatalities. thanks so much. >>> oots number one for ma dwchlt ge and who turned down a personal white house invitation? your first look at entertainment is straight ahead. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. sorry. sore knee. blast

that includes southern maryland, much of virginia. eastern shore. areas just north and west of washington, we're in the mid to low 40s there. as well as much of the shenandoah valley, into the mountains right now. the mid 40s. and we have a few clouds closing in from the west. associated with a weak front that did trigger just a few showers in northern west virginia, into ohio. this area in green. a lot of that is dissipating as it heads south and east. we may get a few clouds at 9:00 or so this morning. between now and then, lots of sunshine. the winds picking up, too. by 9:00, we'll have gusts of wind around 30 miles per hour. by then, we'll be near 60 degrees. by noontime, into the mid 60s. and we'll have quite a bit of cloudiness around. winds still gusting around 30 miles per hour. by mid-afternoon out to hit near 70 degrees. then there's also a greater chance of maybe a passing shower. that would be late afternoon into early evening. there's about a 30% chance of a passing shower. 60s by sunset which today is at 7:40. a look at the monday even

in now to the north of the potomac river around washington, to our south, much of virginia, southern maryland, eastern shore. lots of sunshine. but it's partly cloudy to the north as well as off to our west out of the islands of west virginia, where it's still chilly, only the low to mid 50s there. shenandoah valley, in the 50s to near 60. but the blue ridge east, from south mountain east, it's generally upper 50s to around 60. fredericksburg up to 66, the pax river is at 63. the highs this afternoon may make it up to around 70 around fredericksburg, culpepper, warrenton and manassas, closer to washington, ought hit the mid 60s. chillier weather along the pennsylvania border, highs in the mid and upper 50s there. over the next 48 hours this area of color where you see the green coming in tomorrow, we might get a few passing showers, that might help to wash some of the pollen out coming in from the north heading south. we'll clear out after that into wednesday night andnd during the day on thursday and into friday we'll have high pressure back over us with more cool weather on the way. so for the rest

primarily to the south and east, but sprinkles in western maryland, virginia, and eastern ohio. at least we have some hope that some of the showers will brush past us tomorrow. further south of munich is there is a lot of sharks activity and we are seeing some more stormy weather beginning to develop so even though there is a slight chance passing by tomorrow, and even better chance for heavier rain coming our way over the weekend. will that be in time to alleviate some of the dry conditions? sheldon dutes is live at in anne arundel county with how to cut down on the risk of forest and brush fires that pop up in the dry weather. sheldon. county, in anne arundel and the conditions out here have been pretty dry. we are set up in miller's bill and you can see where the vegetation is just brown, crackling, and dry. officials have issued an open burn than for the foreseeable future. clucks brush fires are normally not caused naturally year in many cases it. it is human error or humid fact that causes the brush fires. >> there's still trying to determine what sparked the outdoor fire

roads, the first combat between ironclad warships from the mariners museum in newport, west virginia, 8:00 eastern here on c-span3. >>> republican presidential candidates mitt romney and newt gingrich will speak at the national rifle association's annual meeting tomorrow. also addressing the nra, former presidential candidate rick santorum, house majority leader eric cantor, texas governor rick perry and wisconsin governor scott walker. that's live on c-span tomorrow starting at 2:00 p.m. eastern. >>> the institute of medicine last week issued a report saying that food and drug imports have tripled over the past decade, and inspections at food and drug facilities abroad are often inadequate according to the study. the institute of medicine released the report last week at the national press club here in washington. >>> are we about ready? okay. so good afternoon, everyone, and thank you very much for coming. my name is jillian buckley and i'm the institute of medicine study director for this report ensuring safe food and medical products through stronger regulatory systems abroad. and i'm very hap

virginia. some toward the lower eastern shore south of ocean city. cloud cover plenty of. that that was the story, though some clearing to the west before a new round of showers pushes in which is toward western maryland. take a look at the visibilities, reduced somewhat. we're only at 70% of normal in easton, maybe patchy fog northern harford county. look for the cloud deck lowering. 60s. but as we go into the delay tomorrow a big shift toward the sunny and another weather maker. we have all the details coming up. >>> he's only six. police need your help findinged person who ran him down. the child was hit by a dirt bike. >> reporter: the 6-year-old's condition has been upgraded from critical to stable but he's had severe injuries as a result of this incident. it happened in the 4200 block of 10th street across from the brooklyn homes apartment. around 6:30 last night the boy was hit. neighbors say there are a lot of dirt bike riders in the area and it's not uncommon to see them in the field. this was an incident that didn't need to happen. >> this was a 6-year-old child

they were convicted in the eastern district of virginia by the u.s. attorney's office there. we also investigated, which led to the conviction of 11 individuals involved, property managers managing properties in the d.c. area, including a manager of, i guess, white house facilities and they were taking bribes. for example, they would have an arrangement with a contractor to replace an exhaust fan and they would use their purchase card to charge $2,000 or $1,000 for replacement of a fan. in reality, the fan cost $80. so, the contractor then would kickback part of that money to the contracting -- the property manager. so, 11 property managers and contractors were convicted earlier this year, august 2011. >> mr. miller, in terms of perspective, is the waste, fraud and abuse at gsa improving or getting worse overall? you've had a real perspective here, looking at this big picture issue. >> well, we continue to look at the larger systems, too. because we do audits of programs of gsa. and gsa -- we do audit programs regularly at gsa. having conferences is not a program of gsa. so i

and as you can see in this latest view from space, a lot of clouds covering virginia, maryland, eastern shore has a lot of sunshine, though. farther west and north, there are some sprinkles up in pennsylvania. in fact this morning they had snow just south of pittsburgh into western maryland. and in fact enough snow to cover the ground out near the wisp ski resort out in western maryland. where temperatures right now, all of these areas in blue, the dark blue, are still in the 30s. while in the areas in green, it's near 50 degrees. but still in the 40s just north and west of i-95. and throughout the rest of the afternoon, we will have these clouds in and out. a little bit of sunshine in and out as well. and just a small chance of a sprinkle as temperatures only make it into the low to mid 50s by mid afternoon. that accompanied by a northwest wind, gusting to around 25 miles per hour. i'll show you which areas are going to be affected by the hard freeze we may get tonight. in ten minutes. and in just a few minutes, we'll show you the rest of the week. barbara? >> good, okay. thank you, to

radar, not a lot to show you satellite radar, cloud cover well out west, portions of west virginia and eastern kentucky cloud cover gets in here late the day until then high pressure will keep us nice and dry clouds get in here tonight, as we get a warm front. forecast today, just about perfect upper 60s to 70, low humidity dry looking tuesday get out and enjoy. more details on the forecast a few showers maybe a thunderstorm in the forecast tomorrow, allison back to you. >> thank you. today is primary day in the district and maryland polls opened 7:00 a.m. this morning voters are choosing presidential delegates in dc three current council members are facing tough challenges mitt romney is half way getting enough delegates to win the republican nomination he picked up a few more last night after tennessee finalized its primary results. >> white house hopeful is hoping to pick up more delegates in today's pray mares not only is mare -- primaries not only is maryland and the district voting but wisconsin is also voting today. >> after nibbling on cheese curds, rick santorum gave those wanting him

west virginia, western maryland, and much of maryland, north of washington, up into pennsylvania, it's in the 40s. areas in green, though, in the 50s. that includes southern maryland, lower easternre, most of virginia. and it's near 60 in richmond. closer to washington, fairfax county in the low 50s as is arlington county. near 50 in washington and prince george's county. it is in the 40s montgomery county, points north and west. here's the day planner. we'll have our temperatures climbing into the mid 60s by mid-afternoon with a blustery wind that will still be a bit gusty through the afternoon. but settling tonight. we'll look at your evening planner in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> still seeing mechanical problems slowing you on the marc train. if you're taking penn south train 505, you're looking at a 45-minute delay. the train may be stopped. if you're taking metro and vre, they're not reporting delays at this time. to the roadway. traveling this time outer loop of the beltway, taking the ramp to northbound connecticut avenue, have a crash there. it's blocking the right lane. now, traveling along route 50, a live look now, no issues as far as accidents, major del

right now the showers in through the eastern panhandle of western virginia through portions of virginia, too, right here, right along route 340, cabletown, charlestown, through loudon county you're next, northern loudon county, leesburg, you will see showers come through. maybe rumble of thunder, tomorrow, the clouds get out of here, we see plenty of sunshine, highs still rather cool in the low to mid 60s, weekend forecast, a tough one, i have it for you one more time coming up. >>> thank you, doug. >>> all right, got to say to you, man, that it is such a shame that hundreds of thousands if not millions of bruins fans have to be besmirched by the few who put that crap out there on whatever the social network stuff about that winning goal last night. needed to say that, man. you can't knock the whole city of boston and that whole environment for those jerks who were coming down hard on that boy. >> that is one of the problems with twitter, vance, it catches fire so quick and it was ridiculous. i read it last night and chose to move on. because you want to celebrate the good things and no

down to the tidewater of virginia into eastern north carolina potentially some hail and gusty winds,re severe storms possible there. for the rest of us it's going to be kind of a close call. tomorrow morning we've just got a mix of clouds and some sunshine, but watch the timer. around 6:00 notice that that thunderstorm activity begins to develop along the front just to our south while we might have full sunshine here in d.c. and also thursday it will be a cooler day. we might have a bit of cloud cover around, but looks like we'll trend dry even on thursday and into friday. temperatures will begin to rebound after that. so tomorrow's a warm one at 74, but clouds and maybe a shower or storm to our south. we cool off a bit thursday and i'd say it's a mix of clouds and sun, brighter skies on friday and saturday right now looking trig at 65 with full sunshine and so -- terrific at 65 with full sunshine and so is easter sunday, right around 68 degrees and it looks like if there's any rain, it holds off till next week. >>> it was a beautiful day at the university of kentucky after an epic w

that includes all of southern maryland, but all of virginia, the eastern shore. areas in darker blue, upper 30s. that's northern montgomery county into loudoun county, washington, frederick, haunts in maryland and into -- howard counties into maryland and into the shenandoah valley. upper 30s. it's only the low to mid 30s with some wet snow now falling out in the highlands of west virginia and in western maryland. these areas in white, that extends up into pennsylvania. western new york state. east of there, the areas in green, that is rain. raining generally lightly around washington with patchy drizzle elsewhere. much of virginia, maryland, wet this morning. wet roads, streets, and sidewalk. this area in the pink is a winter storm warning for april 23. certainly is a rare late april event to get this much snow, maybe as much as a foot of snow with all the trees with leaves. that could easily bring down tree limbs and power outages. that whole area in the pink. that is the zone where they're going to be getting the heaviest snows. areas in blue, farther east, ma

closer to washington, generally low to mid 40s around most of virginia and maryland and the eastern shore and around the bay. here's your day planner. we'll have temperatures by 9:00. still in the 40s. only near 50 around noontime into the afternoon with occasional showers and blustery winds. the chilliest day in over six weeks. sunrise at 6:20. sunset at 7:53. we'll look at a drying pattern for the week and look at the weekend in ten minutes. back to you. >> all right. thank you. looking forward to that. >>> and the time is 4:44. still to come, thrown into the trunk as part of a kidnapping. now, suspects ran into trouble. why they had such a hard time getting away. >>> plus, ready for some relief at the pump? how far you could see gas prices ♪ ♪ hit the road, jack ♪ and don't you come back no more ♪ ♪ no more, no more, no more ♪ hit the road, jack ♪ and don't you come back no more ♪ [ male announcer ] want your weeds to hit the road? hit 'em with roundup extended control. one application kills weeds and puts down a barrier to stop new ones for up to four months. roundup extended control