eileen: yes. kimberly: thanks, eileen. new security measures in place at the nationals do. >> all bags this way. kimberly: visitors are now subject to back-checks. -- bag checks. the zoo will not disclose what other security measures they are taking. spring has been violent in recent years with people misbehaving. last year, two people were shot easter monday. the year before, someone was stabbed. the crack of the bat, the roar of the crowd, just two days away from the start of baseball season, and this year fans are in for some surprises at nats park. horace holmes a look behind the scenes. horace: the rush is on to get the final touches in place at nats park. in time for opening day monday. there will be findley things and familiar faces. but also -- >> the fans can always expect something new and fun in the ballpark. the tablets will allow you to order merchandise, food and beverage, call the attendant. horace: the first thing through the gates, metal detectors. >> we encourage all fans to come early. horace: once insid

eileen: maybe that's it.berly: a lot of people say that's a cap. >> exactly today especially off to a rough start gut good news. caps get home ice. we will preview their series with the islanders and max scherzer has another good day and bullpen could they help them out? zp the struggle continued for the nats last night against the phillies. led 2-0 to the bottom of the eighth. miscommunication at second base and phillies tie it 2-2. nats would lose 3-2. today nats needed a win bad. at least we know bryce harper wanted a curly w. smashes this one to left field for his first homer of the season. nats take a 1-0 lead after that. meanwhile, max scherzer had another solid game, six innings one run, eight k's. the question is could the bullpen back this man up? let's take a look. xavier zdeno comes into the game and darren ruff -- darin ruf takes the pitch out of the world. solo shot thankfully. now tied 2-2 and that's the bullpen for you, kimberly. but laettner extra innings, nats would catch aak. it's a wild pit

eileen: it was beautiful today. relatively low humidity tomorrow, cooler, 65 degrees. more clouds tomorrow breezy, and rain after 5:00. i think most of the day should be drive. if you have outdoor plans, do it. the monday morning commute starts off wet then sunshine in the afternoon and evening. kimberly: ♪ ♪ stop dreaming. it's time for the volkswagen stop dreaming start driving event. get a $1000 volkswagen credit bonus. hurry in, during the finadaysf the volkswagen stop dreaming start driving event and you can get 0% apr, plus a $1,000 volkswagen credit bonus on 2015 jetta and passat models. don't wait.offers end april 30th. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] kimberly: we are following a barricade situation in laurel. abc 7 was first on the scene. police say the suspect is still barricaded inside of and in part men in the 900 block of eight street. you are being asked to avoid the area and shelter in place if you are already in the area. the police say that suspect

eileen: the sunshine monday.w sometimes it's hard getting out of bed monday morning, but such a nice weather forecast, 73 degrees the high, sunny, warm, breezy. tuesday, the rain moves in. the rain is good for the allergy sufferers. kimberly: eileen and i are not going to bed yet, robert is. stay with [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] kimberly: an this story change in relations between the united states and cuba this week, the first face-to-face meeting between a u.s. president and cuba's leader in more than 50 years. people expect more changes coming, but not everybody is happy. reporter: tonight, an historic handshake sparking reaction. cuban foreign minister who was in the room with the presidents in an exclusive interview pressing barack obama to bypass congress and use executive action

eileen: i can see why, just based on all the colors. kimberly: we have a great sports weekend coming, the caps, the wizards. robert: i love my job. are you jealous? kimberly: a little bit. robert: the nationals-yankees in d.c. and a tall task for the terps women. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. robert: opening day for the nats monday night but first a little action with the yankees today. wilson ramos, right up the middle, r.b.i. single, scoring two. 3-0 nats. in the fifth, ryan zimmerman looking really comfortable at his new position, right at home at first base. the nice scoop, easy out. but here comes trouble. eighth-inning, drew storen gives up a two run shot. the yankees take the lead after that. the nats go down 4-3. opening day against the mets, first pitch 4 p.m. monday. a new season, but slightly higher expectations, as if they were not high enough. >> florida is fine, but d.c. is always fun to come back to. just happy to see the guys excited. robert: the nationals have returned t

eileen: i love that, that is what it was.peaking of severely awesome this is probably one of my favorites, from jim matthews, a local photographer. a great view early this morning. the reflection of the clouds in the sunrise and the monument on the potomac. one more from chad, the cherry blossoms downtown against the brilliant blue sky. the wind is really starting to subside. the weatherbug network, 66 degrees in stafford, 64 lexington park. for d-12 or -- fort belvoir 63, 62 rockville. it is cooler through the overnight, so if you are out tonight, you may one a light sweater or jacket. 53 degrees by 11:00, and early tomorrow morning, a little cool start with sunny skies and 45. west of d.c., there is a chance of patchy frost. if you live in any of these highlighted counties, including montgomery county and loudoun county, prince william, and pretty much along the blue ridge, the temperatures will be in the mid 30's. there may be frost so if you did gardening or planting, cover them or bring them in. tomorrow the temperatures

eileen frere...with our cnn's partnership reports. >> : eileen robin barton shares a bond like no other with this man retired santa ana police officer michael buelna. >> "i hoped that some day i would see him again." the two first met 25 years ago though barton was just four hours old. in what some would call a miracle encounter. it was november 21, 1989. buelna was on duty in santa ana. >> "it was like a sound of a very low meow, like a cat or something." >> reporter: eileen the sound from behind a garbage dumpster. buelna started moving trash around and then made the shocking discovery. >> "i noticed the umbilical cord, and he was covered. he still had all the mucus and stuff, and all the trash and gravel was sticking to him. i tried to give him a tiny little bit of breath, and he reacted a little bit." bill reilly >> dan: riley ballarat the baby weighed just four pounds, two ounces. buelna named him adam. a sketch of his 19- year-old biological mother -- later identified as serena diaz -- went out. she was later arrested for attempted murder. >> "i'm not angry or upset with her, and

eileen whelan joins us with the first look. eileen: 80's across the board already starting to see the high clouds move-in in, associated with the next weather system. 80 degrees at reagan national, 82 culpeper, and we will fall into the 60's by 11:00, waking up in the city in the mid-50's, 40's and the suburbs. most of the day tomorrow will be dry, cooler. highs only in the 60's. i think the rain will arrive after 5 p.m., most of the day dry, but i am anticipating a wet commute monday. kimberly: hundreds of people waited in line today for a chance at a job. the summer jobs program draws thousands of applicants every year. this year, mayor muriel bowser expanded the program's maximum age from 21 to 24. a man accused of vandalizing two metrorail cars has done it before. the man from new york city is charged with trespassing and damaging property. a say that he vandalized metro cars at the west falls church metro yard. he was arrested last year on similar charges and ordered to pay $6800 in restitution. time now for a check of the

eileen: oh, my gosh, glorious, 70 degrees, spectacular. it will be chilly in the morning, a frost advisory in effect in the suburbs. spectacular tomorrow. monday looks just as nice, partly cloudy, warmer, 72. tuesday come a slight chance of showers, the best chance of rain friday and into the weekend. kimberly: having it all? how about making it work. by getting the most out of what matters to you. it's called maxximizing. and we help you do it, everyday. at t.j.maxx! with brands you love at prices that work for you. maxx family. maxx home. keep your standards high and your spending low. maxx what matters most to you. maxx life! at t.j.maxx. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] kimberly: an emotional goodbye today for walter scott's family, one week after the deadly confrontation in south carolina. kendys: an overflow crowd in south carolina. his mother clutching onto loved ones as she made her way inside. scott's flag draped coffin followin

eileen whelan has what to expect. eileen: it will be absolutely beautiful tomorrow with temperatures in the middle 60's, light wind, lots of sunshine. tonight, just as nice, a perfect evening to celebrate the national cherry blossom festival. one of the events, the fireworks at the southwest waterfront. a great picture here. it is so hard to capture fireworks, and it looks like this instagram user found a way to do it. a great evening, the wind dying down significantly. the wind anywhere between calm in gaithersburg to about eight miles per hour and andrews. the temperature starting to fall. in the city, 52 degrees, manassas 36. clear skies, and 30's of the suburbs. in town, near 40 degrees. check out the bright full moon, magnificent. glorious easter weather, pitch perfect baseball weather for the nats home opener monday, then some unsettled days in the workweek forecast. i will break it down from the belfort furniture weather center in about 10 minutes. kimberly: protesters outside of the final four, shutting down t

eileen: it will be so nice.he runners, the temperatures in the 40's come a little cool, but lots of sunshine and light wind. i have to start sharing some of these pictures. this is from melanie. even just driving around, everything all of a sudden suddenly looks so green and it finally looks like the season has changed and it's now spurring. i love this picture a nice picture, some of the raindrops from last night early this morning still on some of the petals. and i love this one especially because this was taken in the evening hours, so there is this orange-ish hue. get out and enjoy, good luck to all the runners participating in the 10 miler and 5k tomorrow. right now, clear skies, 56 at reagan, 53 dulles, 47 bwi, 46 gaithersburg. we have clear skies up and down the east coast. great weather for so many who are visiting d.c., and if you are formed this area, thank you for watching abc seven news. great weather after a cool start , we finish manes and mild -- we finish nice and mild. the forecast tomorrow, out

eileen whelan joins us with the first look. eileen: the rain, fortunately kimberly, will not arrive until the early evening and overnight hours tomorrow, but noticeably cooler tomorrow, highs only in the mid-60's after highs today were in the 80's. currently 68 degrees at reagan national, dulles 58, 55 in petersburg. overnight, partly cloudy skies a low of 55 in the city, mid 40's in the suburbs. the same system that brought those devastating images from the midsection of the country and the deep south, grabbed the rain gear tomorrow. we will talk more about the monday morning forecast coming up in just a little bit. kimberly: nearly 250,000 gathered on the national mall today to see some of the country's biggest stars at this year's earth day concert with usher, fall out boy, mary j. blige, and others the draws, but organizers are hoping that the takeaway was increased appreciation of the planet. >> i think people get caught up in their lives and they don't think about the trash cans, how much that adds up. kimberly: a number

his wife eileen kept her spirits high. we spoke with one woman who recently saw her at a birthday party. >> she was being very positive and holding out hope and getting the house ready for him when he returns. >> always wondered how he could be in a place like pakistan. he wanted to help those people and it cost him his life. kevin: last year i interviewed eileen weinstein, following the release of sergeant bo bergdahl. i'll share excerpts of that conversation coming up on the news at 5:00 and explain and share part of the written statement that the family released earlier today. for now we are live in rockville, i'm kevin lewis, abc 7 news. leon: thanks kevin. stay with abc 7 and wjla.com for any new developments in this investigation. coming up in about 10 minutes from now we'll talk to the maryland private who has been keeping in touch with weinstein's family throughout this tough ordeal. breaking news coming from alexandria 25 minutes ago a judge declared a mistrial in the trial of the man who they say murdered d.c. co

eileen: no, and even tuesday when we have rain, it will not be anything like that. no deluge. we had such a beautiful day today, so perfect for the cherry blossoms and anybody in town visiting, and it will be just as nice if not nicer tomorrow. right now, clear skies, the weatherbug rooftop camera, 57 degrees with relatively light wind. 70 degrees the high today. hopefully you enjoyed it. we will probably be three to five degrees warmer tomorrow. the only caveat, along the bay cooler, 60 degrees in annapolis today. the bay water temperatures are in the upper 40's, lower 50's. dollars international, 55 degrees, bwi 51, 52 gaithersburg 54 manassas. overnight lows in the 40's in the suburbs, 52 degrees downtown. the cherry blossoms will still be looking fantastic tomorrow come if you have an opportunity to check them out. it will be a little cool and cloudy in the morning, but the sunshine prevails. 69 degrees by 1:00 p.m., 73 degrees the high. the wind out of the southwest between 10 and 15 miles per hour with higher wind gusts. the wind is out of the south assuring the warmer a

eileen: some rain for this good friday moving through. parts of montgomery county and fauquier county and points west. it is warm outside right now almost warm and muggy. 65 degrees downtown. the wind streaming in from the south between 10 and 20 miles per hour. dry for >> from flooding rains to damaging wind and hail we rarely get to mention this lightning. that is a stunning shot but it is happening this morning and can be one of the more deadly weather effects. just a reminder. good morning. >> except if you're a plane. >> yes then you're safe. >> okay thank you. >>> coming up on "gma," an abc news exclusive, a couple found dead at their home but their family is saying there could be a murderer on the loose. >>> also ahead, a sailor's amazing survival story. his emotional reunion with family after surviving for more than 60 days at sea. >>> plus pets on plane. are they gaming the system to get permission to bring their pooches on flight. wait till you see what our reporter was able to do when we come back. i'm always talking with my ha

let's get over to eileen whelan. happy april 1 to you, happy april 1 to everyone, do not give full today. you. shine rising from the weatherbug camera in laurel, maryland. definitely a chill in the air. 28 in gaithersburg. grab the jacket and the sunglasses headed outside this morning. sunshine is with us all day long, highs in the upper 50's. cooler than yesterday, but we are back near 70 degrees tomorrow, good friday with showers moving into late morning and showers tapering off early on saturday morning with highs in the upper 50's, sunshine on easter sunday in the lower 60's. how are things looking on the roads? jamie: a couple of big problems. first a couple of crashes on the baltimore-washington parkway north down at 197, you can see this big red line with a backup. the best option is to take 95 if you have got to get from the d.c. area closer to baltimore. moving to an accident that we have on route 50, arlington boulevard, 66 is jammed, everyone getting on the outer loop. let's take a live look at nutley stre

eileen whelan is in the weather center. eileen: it is really so nice outside.le cool. we are climbing to about 70 degrees this afternoon. it will be breezy. you will notice the wind out of the south. tomorrow, storms role in through the afternoon and evening. saturday, a bit cooler and breezy. easter sunday is looking really nice. it is going to be 63 by the afternoon. jamie: we have bumper-to-bumper traffic. i want to start off, this is a really great shot that shows you all of the traffic coming in on 395 north of duke street. you can see a little bit of police activity over to the right side. it is not blocking any lanes. when you see that activity, everyone looks to see what is going on. we are slow on 395. you are very heavy on 95 in maryland. no crash, just slowing. autria: thank you. here is a check on top stories. two men are being held without bond in connection with the biggest drug bust in loudoun county history. authorities seized marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, and heroine. a montgomery county school teacher accused of sexual abuse has a hearing today

here is eileen whalum on the weather.g and 70's this afternoon. something to get you going early on. 68 degrees by 1:00 with lots of sunshine and more clouds a late in the day. we will have a weather system that will bring us some rain tomorrow. keep the rain gear handy because we got rain chances wednesday and thursday and ride a and the coolest day of the week is thursday with highs in the 50's but next weekend looks nice, partly cloudy and highs in the upper 60's. not so nice on the roads. jamie: i wish i could say it was. we are dealing with a fatal accident in beltsville. edmonston road is closed off in both directions. it is blocked off between old baltimore pike and powder mill road. the top side of the beltway is only averaging 15 miles per hour. even the gw and 66 is slowing and we have traffic on 66 just before 123. autria: it's opening day at nationals park. their new picture -- picture makes their debut against the mets at 4:05 p.m. today is a washington family tradition at the washington zoo. visitors should

no kidding hearing really good comment coming in to us from eileen, 48 degrees with the rain fallinggilbertsville said the umbrella isn't enough. because of the wind it doesn't help very much. so raincoat an umbrella probably the best idea. great advice. so thanks for that one eileen, one more, take you farther south in toward northern portions of cape may county. some rain for him as well, the running theming here, but 56 degrees. so tad milder there. and we are seeing nice southerly component to the wind flow with this, too as the win comes out of the south and west, it will help shove basically mild air into our region, and we will catch a break along the way here, for little bit of midday sun. but for now as well as second round of rain that comes through later today we ends one decent rainfall amounts, future rain and the up until 4:00 a.m. tomorrow by the time this is all starting to clear out could easily be left with nearing 2 inches of rain up toward say mount pocono for example where 1.94 is at least the projected model output when it comes to how much rain. look ahead to t

eileen whelan is in bright and early with "good morning washington."berly: it will be a great monday. ask . >>> this weekend on "extra" -- a megacelebration of paul walker as the statarsrs of furious 7 take over hollywood. dieseljohnson, statham. >> here comes the bad guy in the movie. mario inside the furious 7 mania and vin's emotional tribute to paul. >> last year it was hard to come baback to work. >> the moment that brought vin decent toll tears. >> the stories you'v've heard about walker. >> was it true you ally hooking up with the same girl? >> dancing judge bruno under fire did this jab at model charlotte mckinney go too far? >> you're never going to win the nobel prize for quantum physics. >> it came out of nowhere. >> plus bruce and demi's

don't forget to tune into "good morning washington" tomorrow and eileen whelan will track the rain. kellye: she will be on the job. and we thank you very much for joining us. hope to see you back here at 11:00. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] bergeron: here's a sneak peek at tonight's "afv." we dare you not to laugh. [ woman gasps ] [ glass shatters ] man: oh! oh! ow! welcome to... and now, here he is, the host of "afv"... tom bergeron! much. and thank you for that introduction, brooks. really appreciate that, buddy. welcome to all of you.

. >> thank you, eileen, deputy director. we are retaining financial advisor primarily we've used heavily for bond sales. while we don't anticipate selling revenue bonds in the near term we want to always have them in our hands in case we change our mind. the port does have bonding capacity at the moment and has since i have arrived but it has at capital policy at this time. we would need to find lucrative near term cash return projects to issue revenue bonds in the near term. pfm will be helping us with cfd i sd structure for the city and the giant lot c 37 projects as they will come and also we are leaning on our financial advisor moore in the realm of financial modeling and pfm's last contract put in future perfect to the budget cash look at the world and balance sheet look at the world to look at near term changes in how that changes bond capacity and what that means to capital policy and what means at various scenarios and you saw in our 5-year financial model, 3 years based on high and low able to utilize to quickly mov

doug hill, jacqui jeras eileen whelan will all keep you updated only strong storms tomorrow and that wjla.com. leon: you look when it. alison: -- you look winded. alison: don't respond. now tim has to pick up from there. tim: i have to follow that? good news for the maryland terrapins. and the national stumble out of the gate. >> and now the toyota sports desk brought to you by your local toyota dealers. tim: any time we talk about augustine, augusta i get excited because it means the start of spring. the hottest player on the planet, gets into trouble. hits it stiff to the pin 8 under par. everybody was talking about the championship record. he bogeyed 15, got back with the birdie, finishing with a remarkable 64 today. >> this place is the most special place in golf. it's early right now, and i try not to think about anything other than getting back on number one tomorrow and finishing. tim: tiger woods was very pleased with his performance. he thought he played well enough to be at three under par. he short game was tremendous. he had three birdies, but he also had four bogeys, get

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eileen tell me how you communicate with dogs? with spirit guides who give me messages about the animal and also about the person, usually. i do believe in past lives and you and she have been connected many times before. >> seth: now, in the previous life, was i a person, was she a dog? >> no. >> seth: okay. what were we? >> i have to ask the spirit guides if i can have that information. [ laughter ] i get that you were two people. >> seth: oh wow. >> this is what i'm getting. she was -- i keep hearing child and lover, so there might be two past lives. [ laughter ] >> seth: now, as for that past life you have to realize it was a different time -- >> and we had different -- yes. >> seth: a lot of things like different values. you could get away with a lot of different stuff. >> that's exactly right. >> seth: i'm seth meyers. you don't have to be a dog psychic to know that frisbee thought this was [ bleep ] stupid. [ cheers and applause ] give it up for all our dog psychics. give it up for frisbee. we'll be right back with more "la

eileen whelan will be tracking the forecast in the morning. kellye: starting very early. the wizards making history. your production came true? robert: it did. the wizards cruised tonight with the top down. the wizards cannot miss from beyond the arc. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. robert: i think fans were accepting -- expecting a sweep but not the way the wizards did it. it was not even close. trying to get the wiz to maybe lose their cool, playoff basketball, they will try anything. if anything, the wizards got fired up. the wizards with the 25-14 lead. he had 15 at the half. second quarter, otto porter cannot get the lay-up to go, but martin gortat gets it to fall. fourth quarter, the wiz extend their lead. paul pierce hits his fourth three of the night. the fans even bring out the brooms. kellye: looking good. robert: 125-94. coach: i challenged them the last two days, yesterday and this morning that i needed to see that we were the desperate team tonight and that we were going to come out and act like our backs were a

the mayor eileen whelan is on blossom watch at the tidal basin. >> it's the most wonderful time of the year in d.c. the cherry blossoms are just about at peak bloom. when i step out of the way to show you the incredible vantage that we have at the tidal basin. all 3800 cherry trees are at peak bloom lining the tidal basin. the festival has been going on for the past three weeks. it culminates this weekend with the cherry blossom festival parade happening along constitution avenue this coming saturday. and my goodness the weather just looks phenomenal! if you look closely at some of the trees they're what's called the puffy whi stage. so they are just about at peak bloom. the one thing we have to watch out for is later this afternoon, with the threat with some thunderstorms any strong wind gusts that move through could bring down some of the petals but nonetheless, an absolutely gorgeous looking weekend to get out to enjoy the cherry blossoms. we were talking with folks from the national park service today. they will be doing some guided tours. they have pups and petals so you can bring

parisioners like eileen bailey says it's a sign of the times. >> they think the church has money. yeah they take in money for the poor. they don't keep any money in the church per se. >> it's sad someone has to rob the poor boxes. >> reporter: it's not a first for this church according to walter green. >> i just shake my head. the other ladies we say the rosary every day and they just shook their head too. we ended up praying for that person. >> reporter: the police say the suspect is an older white man with white hair and possibly a goatee. if you know anything about this case, we want to hear from you. >> we hope he's caught for two reasons. one, so he doesn't do it again. and two, if there is some problem that he has that he might get the help he needs. >> reporter: why warminister, bucks county. >>> five days to go until the blue cross run steps off. >> this morning mayor michael nut nutter kicked things off at the courtyard. the city parks and recreation department showed off some of its upcoming projects. >> we started in 1980 with a vision from a gentleman at the philadelph

reading dave milder away from that water we're still at 61 degrees this hour, gilbertsville eileen has lower 50's in jamison this hour and down towards the shore that's the cool spot ocean city with that wind right off the water, coming in at 50 degrees at james' house. got a picture to show you sent in by i'll mean murray from gilbertsville, classic sign of an approaching storm system t filtered sun with those high thin cirrus clouds. they'll continue to lower and thicken. that's a sign a storm is on the way. let's take you to the shore where yesterday the boardwalk in ocean city was jam packed. today different stormy looks like a ghost town. cool temperatures keeping people away. give it another few weeks and we'll warm things up. sure that place will be hopping. storm scan3 the storm itself still to our south and west over the center of the can country but you can see plenty of rain ahead of it. we're still in the clouds. we're dry so several hours of dry conditions over the next few hours many it's really after midnight where that rain starts to some of in. a warm front will push t

but on the bright side look at what eileen sent in, yes blooming, good day anytime you see spring flowers it has got to be a good day. it gets better. tomorrow sun returns. take a look outside where we are seeing we have i rain down the shore, ocean city, cape may county some downpours don't worry, they will be ending this evening. it is a much different story inland. live neighborhood network takes to us lower merion high school where it is cloudy but we can have practice tonight, going on right now temperature 61s wind is calm, so no issues as we getaway from south jersey and delaware where heavier rain is falling. a few spring unless philadelphia 60 degrees. wilmington 57. dover we have some showers and 52 millville the same. in atlantic city, it is 56 degrees and rain showers falling. the elsewhere we are looking at temperatures in the 60's which is normal for this time of the year. look at these doppler radar estimates. you can see lehigh valley, reading, philadelphia not much rain. the tenth here or there. some more consistent showers heading toward south jersey but really heavier r

it depend when you need that umbrella which we will talk b gilbertsville eileen has a handful of cloud. thirty-nine chilly degrees and brings being with that temperature when you wake up and walk out the door this morning. here's where it is coming from. we have our same storm system producing, yes some snow showers up across the great lakes, some cold core with this and here's the latest boundary. secondary front. bulk of moisture over indiana and ohio and that crosses through later today. we will dodge not just gusty thunderstorm that pack wind with gusts as high as 50 miles an hour out of those generally 12 to 5:00 p.m. from west to east but small sized hail. the good news for our phillies, it is all out of here by this evening. perhaps a lingering shower, wind will be out there but bulk end brunt of the frontal boundary will have crossed on through south philadelphia and every where else. that is good news, right? it is earth day. if you get outside and partake in the events, ears perked f you hear thunder head inside. you never want to miss around with storms. it is a quiet start

eileen murray sent in a handful of cloud right new but he has that brisk light jacket kind of morning commenting. i like that. have the the extra layers ready when you walk outside the door. the later on today you will be a able to shed. that meanwhile storm scan three is still active. if you recall throughout the week we have been saying a bulk of activity will stay south and sure enough, it is. high pressure is taking over for us at this point. we will get some nice weather. both today and tomorrow. and i do want to highlight is what happening here in the inter mountain west. we have some snow in the high terrain of the rockies. not uncommon this time of the year eventually this storm will pull into the plains and brings in some snow to denver but it will get hung up for a day or two and then move east. so we will see some quiet weather over all the next couple of days a weak cold front comes along on friday bringing in a couple of showers, scattered in nature and then we will keep the the weather pretty quiet for the the weekend. monday, right now, it looks like the the day, so far

. >> right, at least eileen malley is here to make sure i stay on the straight and narrow, but in terms of the sunshine ordinance, the model at which the port staff at an administrative level is able to convene these groups, enables us to have q and a among the different stake holders. whether you are on the advisory group if you are a member of the public, there can be a back and forth of exchange of information in a policy body under the city's sunshine ordinance that is a body where it's like a commission or is formally created by the board of supervisors, electeds or commission and it triggers with it formal reeting rules that dictate certain details around angendizing items and in public comment. so as in this meeting if you are a member of the public you have 3 minutes to be able to make your comments but there cannot be a real xhaifrpk between the commission members and that purpose. and what we've found in past citizens advisory committees that were functioning as policy bodies, the warrior project at pier 30-32 being the most recent example, the struck tuefr of that meeting for

he's in downingtown, we take to you one more, 47, sent in from eileen. >> she has clear skies in gilbert ville, for now pretty calm at this point. >> nice calm morning looking forward to the nice warm up we will see. what's interesting is in warm up actually just gets us back to seasonable, will feel pretty good to you here. tracking re tort of storm system, you can feel very well defined cloud structure here. looks like inverted comma shape, but that's your area of low pressure, see how the clouds are thinning away, as they continue to do so we end one more sunshine already some pretty colors showing up over the morning sky for us. looking forward tomorrow just a gem of a day enjoy it, because coastal storm decides it will develop here, on thursday, and friday, sending our temperatures on nosedive. bringing back the clouds. bringing back the mist and the breeze and the showers and just some dreary weather to wrap up the work week. but, i come bearing some better news for the weekend too. justin, over to you. >> this time of year all about the sunshine, you get the clouds, it is cool in

one of the cooler sports eileen murray's house. middletown delaware, mid fours. 4141 in clementon.e 37 degrees. 40 in newark, delaware. let's take you outside here center city. again little bit cool. we're in the 50s in center city. but 40s and some of those outlying suburbs. nothing but clear skies over us right now. the winds are starting to go calm. yes, it was warmer this afternoon but it's actually colder right now than it was 24 hours ago. because of the clear skies. last night we had the clouds around acted a as blanket keeping the temperatures warmer now we're from about six to even 17 degrees colder than 24 hours ago. winds pretty light now out of the west to northwest under 10 miles per hour. that's kind of the deal tomorrow. so very pleasant to be outdoors for your sunday afternoon. notice the arrows. they start switching direction from monday that indicates a southerly wind we start to bring some more warmth as we kick off the new work week. very quiet across the eastern united states into the new england region. high pressure building in out of the ohio valley that blo

back to our studio audience and a question from eileen brady. eileen? >> hi. welcome, senator. how can the clients that i work with at a homeless shelter and soup kitchen be part of the political process when they're totally convinced that ed thatd that money buys campaigns? they're discouraged and, unfortunately, i think it contribute to the huge percentage that don't vote. >> eileen, that is an enormously important question. i think it's not only homeless people -- thank you congratulations for your work taking care of the homeless and most vulnerable in our society. it is not just homeless people who think that the deck is stacked against them. it is tens of millions of people who understand that while they may have the right to vote billionaires can spend hundreds of millions of dollars and liberally buy and sell politicians. changing that is not going to be easy. if i run for president, that would be my major mission. i would hope regardless of our political point of view, no matter what it may be no american is happy when 63% of the people did not participate in the last

eileen. >> welcome, senator. how can the clients that i work with at a homeless shelter and soup kitchen be part of the political process when they're totally convinced that money buys campaigns and they're very discouraged and unfortunately i think it contributes to the huge percentage that don't vote. >> eye lean, that is a -- eileen that is an enormously important question. i think it is not only homeless people -- and congratulations for your work. taking care of the homeless and the most vulnerable people in our society. it is not just homeless people who think that the deck is sfacked against them. it is tens of millions of people who understand that while they may have the right to vote, billionaires can spend hundreds of millions of dollars and really buy politicians. and changing that is not going to become easy. and if i do run for president that certainly would be my major mission. i would hope that regardless of our political point of view whatever it may be, no american is happy when 63% of the peopl

eileen macpool is in north carolina and sent us this report. >> the footage is chilling.here appears to be no warning before the officer fires. [ gunfire ] the dead man has now been identified as 50-year-old walter scott, who was then handcuffed as he lay on the ground. all this after he'd been stopped for a broken rear light on his car. his family has been devastated by the loss and being able to see how walter was killed. >> i could feel the shots. you know that was my brother and just see how his body just fell over. and i was like dang this is not real. this can't be real. that's my brother. that's the guy that i took baths with in the same house. that's the guy that i walked to school with every day. elementary school, middle school, rode buses, back and forth to school together. and he's gone, forever. >> reporter: the man who killed walter scott was officer michael slager. he said he feared for his life because michael scott had taken his stun gun. the video suggests that the officer dropped the taser gun by mr. scott's body after his death. he's now been charged w

. >> i her name's eileen. >> haha. >> alley, there she is. she's in the paper. paper. i am. >> you seem shocked? >> remember the interview now yes, i am. >> can you elaborate why you're in the paper? >> in the paper about how this place started where it is going and a little bit more about my backgrounds and myself, and why i'm here. >> that's pretty cool. you showed us how to work out earlier, right? because everyone's getting ready for running like what happens right now 70 degrees, on a monday, people will be on kelly drive they'll run up broad street, do the broad street run you showed us workouts to get faster, right about the core, didn't know that. >> yes. >> showed us the proper sneakers. >> snookers important. >> now, we have technology. >> right. >> technology is equally as important and comes in all different ranges. so we have the garment ken watch. which is the forerunner ten. gps watch will tell you how fast you're going your pace how long you've been running for that averages about $100, you can go up from there. so if you need something little bi

eileen from electric department. so a lot of great companies here as well. >> of course. got merck in our backyard. we've got the -- what used to be the tile plant. a bunch of businesses out there. so -- look at mike. mike, are you staying out of trouble? >> are you staying out of trouble? >> sorry mr. mayor. >> you're running for mayor too too. >> thanks for having us in lansdale. >> thank you very much. >> it's been fun. >> i want to you meet somebody at the end of the bar. come down here. >> i've already forgotten her name. hi everybody. >> what's going on? can i buzz by you? what was your name? >> tina murphy. >> tina murphy. >> yes. >> she says things don't work out with her fiance' it's you and i. >> absolutely. any moment. >> really? >> any moment mike. i'm telling you. >> i live in hatfield which is the neighboring town. >> that's fine she's the tax collector. >> you collect taxes. >> i do. unfortunately. >> oh, jeez. no, no don't hold that against me. >> i can't marry attack collector. >> i have to do a little bit of weather before we send things back. >> go. >>

but first, the bbc's eileen mcpool on the new video. >> reporter: it's the footage that so shocked americansand put a police officer behind bars. [ gunfire ] 50-year-old walter scott was shot dead after being stopped, apparently, because his car's rear light was faulty. police have just released dash cam footage of the officer, michael slager talking to mr. scott. >> all right. be right back with you. >> later he gets out of the car and is told to sit back down. >> stay in the car! >> reporter: before he opens the door and runs off. his family says he was worried about being caught for outstanding child support payments, but later the officer said he was being threatened. the passerby whose mobile phone seems to disprove that is described by the scott family as a hero. >> after mr. scott went to the ground i approached to what happened the victim and the police officer over there, and then the backup came and they really you know. >> he said he thought his life was in danger because of what the footage showed. >> i say, you know i saw what happened with family members, is that what happened

you sill need to have april extra layer mid 40's or lower 50's ape couple 30's gilbertsville from eileenhecking in with 37 degrees right now and further down we will go we will find these temperatures in the 40's. nice wide zoom shows that we have got a lot of activity elsewhere here in the you had. also a little pocket of rain and then are storms, yet again kentucky tennessee prime spot for worse of that. but we have low pressure, large area have low pressure and complex storm system currently develop leading to severe weather through oklahoma and texas today but this will be the storm that eventually slowly rolls east and it hits us come monday, and we are going to be dealing with soggy conditions as a result. in between pretty whimpy frontal bun try comes tomorrow but cloud and scattered showers throughout the the day. weekend looks phenomenal overall and monday have are rain gear. the trust me on that one. >>> katie, thanks very much. >>> right new if you are watching us you may want to pack a snack because you are sitting inning about time traffic. let start first traveling on i-95,

rain but a few drops earlier and even, chilly a as we continue to head up north and west, 54 at eileen'sse in gilbertsville. she says off and on drizzle don't put your winter cota way temps are falling. they are. i did pack snow boots and snow pants up the at my house hopefully, that doesn't look like you should put that cota way, gloves hat you will want them tomorrow. look outside at our live neighborhood network cameras in will palmyra new jersey. the beautiful shot from the palmyra cove nature park at 52 in palmyra right now. that is key here. east/north east wind at 7 miles an hour wind north and east this time of the year when ocean water in the north atlantic is very chilly. that will lock news to a dreary cold pattern anytime we get that northeast wind and coming up we will get two days of the northeast wind ahead. storm scan three shows showers all across the region, steady showers heading from montgomery county down towards the the city, main line schuylkill expressway, that will not help traffic for today, it will be damp out there, lets talk about what a back door cold front

kevin: last june eileen weinstein described the agony of wondering whether her husband was dead or alive. president obama: grief and condolences. kevin: today, president obama confirmed mrs. weinstein's worst fear. a c.i.a. drone strike at an al-qaida compound killed her husband. the 73-year-old was being held captive inside. >> hopeful. kevin: she saw mrs. weinstein at a recent birthday party. >> she is being very positive and holding out hope and keeping the house ready for him. kevin: today that house kept quiet as friends placed flowers below a maple tree in the front yard. each sunday at church neighbor ed wagner prayed for weinstein's safe return. >> always wondered how he could be in a place like pakistan but he wanted to help those people. and it cost him his life. kevin: mrs. weinstein's remarks, once again, from our story last june. >> i just want people to know he was over there doing good work. and he doesn't deserve this. kevin: the weinstein family issued a written statement today in which it acknowledged the u.s. has some explaining to do but concluded with the thought tha

choosing a real beauty but eileen posted i think the title should be changed to world's most beautiful celebrity. there are so many more beautiful people in the world inside and out. and jennifer wrote, she's beautiful both inside and out. would have to agree. however, there are others equally as beautiful. talking about alison starling there. you can join the conversation by going to our abc 7 facebook page. well, the royal -- do you like that? alison: i did. that was really nice. thank you. scott: well earned. the royal baby watch continues as the duchess of cambridge expected to give birth any day now. alison: and companies are cashing in on the excitement by making bets lots of them. some gamblers stake nearly $3,000 that prince william and duchess kate will have a daughter named alice. >> the name game is where it's at. alice has been the big mover over the last several weeks, heavily backed into 6-4. on the boys side nothing too, you know stand outish. james, arthur henry, phillip are looking good value to me. scott: people are betting on the baby's date of birth, hair color, wei

for eileen walking is an essential part of each day. >> when i walk i feel i'm in control.ted. it is about starting my day with a clear head. >> what started out as a commitment for better health became a passion. ilene in 2011 completed her first half marathon. sunday's will be her seventh. for the first time ilene's big sister will be there. >> it will be a first. she is my best friend. >> having that memory with her for both of us that is cool. >> reporter: a celebration of sisterhood and strengths and of life. jill and ilene lost their mother to cancer at the age of 51. this year they turn 55 and 52. >> i felt we didn't get past there. it doesn't make a lot of sense. somehow, you just don't think you will get beyond where your mom goes. >> reporter: not only have they passed that mark they have done it as cancer survivors. >> i think it was the scariest thing i heard. >> reporter: ilene was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2013. a month later, a call from jill. >> i could not believe i had the same diagnosis as her. we could not believe it happened to her and then it ha

eileen towards the jesuits goals. i heard they were more friendly to undocumented students. i also heard they had more capability to help with finances rate i reserved a room in the library and i asked questions like what is your process for undocumented students. then i asked what is your process for international students. i kind of shows five questions that would gauge how friendly they were to the topic. i did this by myself in a room. i did not have my career counselor, admissions, it was a process by myself. it was very hard. when i heard i had to provide a visa, i knew that wasn't the school for me. i am undocumented and i don't have bank accounts i can share. what led me to loyola was the just went -- jesuit mission. the fact they didn't know how they would work with the funding with me that meant a lot to me, the fact they would make that choice. i want to loyola. it was exciting. western did something similar. they were not able to pay me for working in admissions, but they gave me scholarships instead. there are different ways you can go around having to pay a stu

eileen: -- jacqui jeras: a brisk wind over the north at 12 miles per hour, take a look at the suburb,st right now, but blustery at times. late in the day we could see a few showers, showers more likely in the morning on sunday then they are in the afternoon. jamie: a big crash for us on 50, headed out of the city we have a live look at the accident on 66 westbound at westmoreland street. two lanes blocked, everyone using one lane, trying to merge and causing a headache. as we take a look at how slow the stretch is approaching this crash, let's go to the map. the best alternate is the head outbound on the gw parkway. sycamore street i want to show you these delays to give you an idea. 66, this is what you are going to be getting into. jummy: one top story we're following this friday, a memorial service is that today for a university of mary washington student who was strangled. 20-year-old grace man died last week at her home in fredericksburg. one of her roommates is charge in her murder. today's service begins at noon. right now we continue on "news channel 8." see you back here in 2