i absolutely have to agree with you on the importance of frederick douglass. i've always considered that douglass was one of the great -- one of the members of a triumvirate of people who helped to define american reconstruction, and i would be very anxious to learn, i always considered grant to be the person in the military sphere, lincoln in the political sphere, and douglass in the moral sphere. can you comment on how douglas may have interacted with these two people? we know that president grant who is probably underrated was a great proponent as the president to try to elevate the freed slaves. >> well, that's a very effective way of putting it. lincoln in the political sphere, grants is the military leader, and douglass as the moral voice. douglass' role in what you describe as this long trajectory of the transformation of the american republic and the transformation of american freedom comes because the only weapon he had was the word, was language. he was never allowed to run for elective office. actually, he could have run for elective office in the s

frederick douglass. frederick douglass spelled his name with two "ss." frederick douglass. he was born in the 1880s in maryland. his father died or deserted the family before he was born. he was owned by a family named anthony. the surname anthony. the anthonys were slave owners in maryland and the city of baltimore as well. frederick douglass' mother died when he was young and he was raised by his grandmother. he was fond and close to his cousins and siblings on the different anthony plantations. dougl douglass said slavery was quite harsh. he witnessed the master flogging of his aunt. he witnessed other relatives and friends being severely punished. he got a very interesting reprieve. he was sent to baltimore to work for a relative of the anthony family. when he was in baltimore, he learned how to read. the wife of the man he worked for taught him to read. a white woman taught him to read. she thought a slave should be able to read the bible. she was a devout christian. she thought a slave should be able to read the bible although this was illegal in many parts of the sou

frederick 37. more in jessup. see the winds with the big goose egg, nice and calm, that's able to mage it clear outside, make it cold outside. maryland's most powerful radar is dry. it will stay that way throughout the day. a check of the traffic with angela. how are the roads? >> good morning, the roads are in great shape. it's been a quiet commute out there, for those of you electing to take public transportation, mta, report nothing delays on the rails or bus lines. let's start off with the live look at traffic flow for those of you taking the drive around the beltway, north side, we are very light, moving nice and freely for you, as you pass bel air, overly, over to towson this morning. for those of you traveling southbound, on, i-95, in problems. a tap of the brakes through jessup at maryland 32s disabled vehicle on the left side. >>> we begin with a race for the white house and voters will be heading to polls here in maryland, wisconsin and drying of columbia. polling places will open in less than an hour an

my subject, of course, is frederick douglass. he was born frederick augustus washington bailey on the holme hill farm along the tuckahoe river in talbot county on maryland's eastern shore in february 1818. a little more on that background in just a moment. in this year 1862, frederick douglass resides in rochester, new york, where he moved in 1847 after his return from a more than two-year sojourn in great britain. where he moved in part for security and safety for himself and his family, even though at that point, his legal freedom was purchased that very year by his british friends. he would no longer have to live as a fugitive slave. but rochester was to a degree an enclave of anti-slavery neighbors. he is in at this point the 15th year of editing the longest lasting black anti-slavery newspaper ever, then known as "douglass' monthly." earlier known as "the north star." he travels constantly as the single most sought after anti-slavery orator in the land. he is at this point in 1862, the author of more than 1,000 editorials in

frederick, washington, s west of, and point until 9:00 a.m.hose same locations tonight are freeze warning. but that also includes montgomery, loudoun county, rappahannock, no. fauquier county is as well. 46 right now in the district, 37 gaithersburg. oakland, 32. those are some of the freezing temperatures on this friday morning. sunshine today, i rise in the upper 50's. a little breezy. out of the north at 10-20 miles hour. gusting even higher. you will need a jacket early this morning. breezy into tomorrow. thet of sunshine for holiday weekend with warm near 70 by easter sunday. that's a look in your forecast. >> the commute is pretty good so far. from arlington county into the the 14th street is fine.nd no problems or delays on 395. looks good on 95. near 121nd, 270 from frederick county county, a fairly volume of traffic all the to the lane divide and onto the beltway. here we are the american legion bridge, which looks pretty good. heading intome virginia, but nothing to slow you down. back to you. >> thank you. matt lauer has decided to

frederick 43. there's a chill out there. on the bay that's keeping you warmer annapolis 56. 55 at the pax river naval air station and we sit at 53. our forecast highs today oh it's going to be nice. later this afternoon. mid if not upper 70s but some showers, storms even plain old rain this weekend. details in just a few. right now here's monika with timesaver traffic. good problems there? >>> you know i was talking to authorities there to figure out why this tractor-trailer fire has been there so long on 270. or i-70 near 270 as you come off of i-40. and the reason is, it was a fedex truck and some of the contents are still smoldering. they want to wait it out for a bit and it's causing a lot of heavy traffic. it's been there for over an hour coming in from frederick on eastbound i-70 watch out for the activity there. once you're on 270 you're absolutely fine. there are no issues there. in fact a live look at 270 and here's what it looks like at father hurley boulevard. normally this is slowing down at 6:00 but right now ju

that's carol and also in to frederick county this morning. it's going to be cold as we step out the door rs kent is also under a frost advisory until 9:00. we look at maryland's most powerful radar, we have all fife sweeps on. we are scanning the skies trying to find something, not going to find anything for today except sunshine the forecast fo

we have a problem in frederick county.tbound 70 near route 50 just before 270, looks like they have opened one left lane now. there was a truck fire before 270. now the left lane and left shoulder are getting by, so little more room, with still very slow. in springfield, no significant delays volume building from newington to springfield fans out of that across the occoquan, but everything is open all the way to the 14th street bridge and into town. >> metro will conduct a system of review of its automatic external december later program. this was after a passenger died. >> a 51-year-old man riding a yellow line train on monday when he had a heart attack. the train operator stopped at the next station the pentagon, but the december later was not working properly. it turns out the device did not have a strong of battery charge. -- the fifth reguldefibrullator was not working. >> they will replace older devices with state of the art models. it's 5:43, 52 degrees. >> marking the second anniversary of the gulf oil spill. what

frederick douglass was born in the late 18-teens in maryland. he was a slave. his father died or deserted the family before he was born, and he was owned by a family named anthony, the surname anthony, and the anthonys were slave owners who had relatives in rural maryland and also in the city of baltimore. frederick douglass's mother died when he was young and he was largely raised by his grandmother. he was also very fond of and close to his many cousins, his siblings, and his relatives on the different anthony plantations. douglass said later that slavery there was quite harsh. he witnessed the master flogging one of his relatives once, one of his aunts was flogged by the master. he witnessed other relatives and friends being severely punished, and then he got a very interesting reprieve. he was sent to baltimore to work for a relative of the anthony family and when he was in baltimore he learned how to read. the wife of the man he worked for in baltimore taught him to read, a white woman taught him to read because she thought a slave should be able to read t

to divide decrease in the district. 46 in frederick. 66 in quantico. increasing cloud cover later on today. it is going to be windy. winds gusting up to 30 miles an hour. it is 23 the extent of this work week. a few chances of work. tuesday and wednesday, back down into the middle and upper-40's. sunny and pleasant with temperatures in the 50's throughout the day. now let's go to steve. >> we're starting up pretty well. it looks pretty good right now of around the inner loop. no reports of any accidents or incidents. we will take you over to the springfield interchange. no problems there. toll road not too far from dulles airport also moving very smoothly. back to you. >> a woman is accused of masterminding an attack on a woman and her doctor. >> they arranged for her to throw a couple of assets like liquid on her and her daughter in a parking lot in 2010. anderson is serving an eight year prison sentence after pleading guilty. she will testify against jackson. like a memorial service will be held for a university student. she was here. service will ta

zero in frederick and it's been that way in frederick for a while. and 2 mile visibility in york.o outside, take it easy on the roadways. put a lot of distance between you and the vehicle in front of you if you are dealing with patchy fog. right now, take a jacket this morning. temperatures are seasonably cool. glen burnie is at 47. more of the same in joppa. jessup is at 46. and good news is we are not dealing with any winds for the most part. we are pretty much calm. we have wet weather moving in. and i will detail that coming up. but let's check the traffic can and -- traffic with angela. >> reporter: on the roads friday morning as lynette mentioned, you are dealing with patchy fog in some areas. county police are on the scene of a collision windsor mill road at cameron woods circle and we may have lane closures but expect delays in that way. around the beltway things are looking good on 695. just starting to build on the outer loop lanes traveling the top side heading over to the harrisburg expressway. and for those of you making the trip through howard county this morning, a

we are at 32 right now in york. 34 in frederick and 33 in hagerstown. as you head out, bundle up because we have a cold start to the morning. let's check the traffic with angela. good morning. how are the roads looking. >> reporter: good morning. the roads are looking pretty good. once you maneuver around a couple work zones. what's in store for your wednesday morning drive? we are off to a he can lent start. a , lent start. north -- excellent start. further north of the tunnels we are blocking two left lanes at pulaski highway in the southbound direction. and if you travel further south. in the elk ridge area on i-95 northbound, two left lanes are blocked aproasmg i -- approaching i-195. >>> for many of you u. you, your whereby -- of now -- you, your wedding day is the best day of your lives. >> what a woman lied did to a extrave gapped wedding. >> a major league baseball player who has been suspended what he said about castro that has many saying they want him fired. you are waking up to what's new in maryland. we will be right back. >>> news time 4:4

county, frederick, mineral, until 9:00 a.m.. even allegany county. -- blue advisory in the dark until 9:00 a.m. to 32 in frederick, 32 in manassas. 34 and culpeper county 36 in cumberland. , 46.hat in winchester 41 in hagerstown. reagan national, 45. sunshine today, 67 this afternoon. cool this morning, but pleasant on today. 30% chance of showers tomorrow, 73. at the forecast. >> thanks so much. toward its in oakland, figure out trying to why a man walked into a small n university and opened fire. >> seven people killed in yesterday's shooting rampage at university. real others wounded. one woman said the tin who had seenoman the shooter. 911,e said, please call hurry! >> the alleged gunman is in custody. after the shooting, he nearbyered and a shopping center. he is 43-year-old one l. goh, a former student at the university. >> 5 people were burned when a experimental plane crashed the rules of a quarter gross restore. the victims are said to have severe injuries. that sent shoppers running from the store. witnesses told police they saw the aircraf

still to come frederick teaches unite in the fight for a pay raise. some students say their education is being affected. >> hear how toward is now responding. >> fighting for his life after being struck with terminal cancer and now he has to fight against an airline. >> i checked in the computer. [laughter] >> he will meet the d.c. man walking away with $1 million after >> the big winner in the $172 million hairball drawing was in philadelphia, but a smaller winner was pulled in northeast washington. >> today that letter came forward to claim $1 million. sam ford introduces us to the winner. >> you could say william lindsay is nervous. he is the kind of the guy they love. he buys a ticket whenever he stops for gas. >> i checked the virginia and new york numbers. i decided to check them just in case. >> he had every number right except for the power ball, five out of six. he was handing him a check this morning for $1 million. >> we congratulate you. >> he recalled his feelings when he realized he won. >> i took my blood pressure medicine and sat down.

look at the frost advisory in effect for frederick, loudoun, fauquier county and to the west. freeze warning in west virginia. 34 degrees at dulles and manassas, 36 in gaithersburg, 37 in frederick, 46 downtown, 48 in annapolis along the water. a cool start to the day, you need a jacket. short sleeves by this afternoon. scattered clouds, near 70. tomorrow morning's commute will be damp. >> i am glad you said that part about the jacket. i ran back inside. you might need to pack extra patients. you never know what you'll find around the beltway. overnight construction put to bed. if accident on 95 between lorton and newington has been taken care of. pedestrian accidents along river road just happened in potomac. no accidents in virginia or maryland around the beltway. back inside. >> if you thought that darnah ipad giveaway was pretty cool, we are giving away a brand new car in may. a ford fiesta. >> all you to do is go to wjla.com/freecar and follow the directions. next monday we will pick the first of 15 finalists during abc 7 news at 5:00. if if your name is called, you will

side for morning rush and it's coming in from frederick. so expect very slow traffic all lanes are shut downright now. traffic getting by on the shoulder. now interstate travel through the city should be okay and trouble free for the most part on 895 as well as 95. 95 southbound through howard county a bit slow at 92 with an accident and for those traveling on the harrisburg expressway not too bad as you make the trip past shawan slow traffic and an accident approaching timonium on the ramp there. vehicle went into a tree. a lot of emergency personnel on the scene. charley back over to you. >>> all new video into the abc 2 newsroom of the two alarm fire at an apartment in reisterstown. look at this. this coming into us from a viewer. it happened around 2 in the morning at the preserve at owings crossing. the apartment is behind the future care cherry wood nursing home. no cause or word of a cause or any reports of injuries this morning. we will keep you updated. >>> the body of a woman whose husband said she went missing 21 years ago is fou

so essentially your traffic begins out of frederick.g to be off and on most of the way into germantown and then beyond that again into rockville. all lanes are open past that earlier incident at montrose road. let's go to a live picture on the southbound side of i-270. unusually heavy traffic passing father hurley boulevard. on the northbound side of i-95, normal slow stuff as you leave dale city. you see all that yellow and red there forming into woodbridge. then it's going to be heavy into springfield as well. once beyond that, expect the slow stuff. we'll go live to 395 where it's going to be slow through landmark at duke street heading for seminary road and then beyond that you're okay to the 14th street bridge. all lanes have been open. it's been incident free luckily on 395 this morning. now it's time for a commuter alert. something just about no driver in montgomery county wants to hear. that would be me. more speed and red light cameras are coming. the washington examiner reports ten newportable speed cameras will be out there i

we are going to take you to the out of frederick. to 70 is moving good all the way to rockville. >> 47 degrees. >> we're hearing some of the 91 fighterom some of the jet crashes. >> it is heading to explode. >> a scary situation. did learn what was recovered that could shed some light into caused the crash. gregg's bi >> police investigating an sent a pedestrian sued the hospital. this is in ashton. no word on her condition. deadly had on crashed under investigation. two vehicles collided near rte. 50. killed inne person this crash. >> we're going to turn to the trayvon martin shooting. supporters speaking out against the prosecutor's decision to not to a grand jury. george zimmerman will not be charged with first-degree murder. could be charged with manslaughter. his family says his client is a trial which suggests this system does work for everyone. >> we are praying that the of no grand jury by anlso be followed of than the rest. >> everybody wants to know what happened. beenorge zimmerman has hiding for 44 days now. confirmed he

tomorrow night into monday, there might be a little snow west of frederick. some of that might stick. >> thanks for joining us. "nightly news" is next. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] io >> we should be your number one choice for news, weather, and entertainment on television. we strive to be your number one choice on the web. wbaltv.com won the edward r. murrow award for best website. however, we have listened to your feedback and heard you loud and clear appeared this week, we present to you in new website that we hope you will visit every day. we have designed the new site to be cleaner and clearer with a focus on delivering the top news, weather, and information you rely on from wbaltv.com. the navigation menus move to the top to every page. there's more content relative to your day. photo galleries are leading to technologies you can use across all of your devices, from your smartphone to your tablet. the new site is live in every corner. live wire updates bring you each breaking development. you see it as it happens. interact wi

freeze warnings, winchester, martinsburg, frederick. frost advisories from the baltimore area back down towards luray. how cold are we going to get? when is the rain going to move in? the latest computer model just in. i'll show you what i think coming up. >> thank you, doug. in decision 2012, pointed comments from president obama. on how he believes the gop views women. the president spoke at a fund raiser hosted by the women's leadership forum. heave called the gop view on contraception appalling. >> now we have got governors and legislature as cross the river in virginia, up the road in pennsylvania, all across the country saying, that women can't be trusted to make your own decisions. they're pushing and passing bills, forcing women to get ultrasounds even if they don't want one. >> the president said the debate over contraception access was like being in a time machine. >> the key witness in the john edwards' trial said at one point he feared for his life. andrew young said he thought the former president that candidate was going t

we are at the freezing mark at frederick municipal airport. gaithersburg, 45 in martinsburg, 46 in winchester. , 67 y sunny, comfortable r the high temperature. tomorrow, slight chance of an showers. >> overnight construction being including the east springfield near road.ck already gone is the construction in landover on the beltway near 202. getting rid to move the barrels of the beltway between route 1 270.the exit for an even where there was construction, traffic seems to relatively smoothly. here is the beltway where they signs and moving barrels. again, even with construction no delayst volume, and through that area. we will have more on traffic in a little while. now to a news. votersthis morning, maryland, and wisconsin are headed to the polls. they will cast ballots in the republican presidential primary. maryland and d.c. open at 7:00 and close at 8:00 tonight. maryland and the district are holding closed primaries. partyeans only registered members. rick santorum criticized the of pulling out. romney is not a very effective communic

but in frederick, there has been a car fire on the i-70 right near route 40. that clean-up continues and you need to stay to the left to get around it and you can sew very heavy traffic trying to get through that area but once you're on 270 it's all green down to the point where the lanes divide except in the local lanes, we'll go there live right now. some more fire activity and watch out for that. it's not really affecting traffic as you can see heading past 28 to falls road. back to the maps and this time to route 50. which is look great out of annapolis. we'll take a live look close by at route 4. pennsylvania avenue and andrews air force base traffic is moving well. coming up in my next report, we'll look into virginia at 5:39. >>> thank you monika. more fallout from the secret service scandal is expected as soon as today. >> lawmakers briefed on the investigation believe more resignations and/or firings are coming and coming quickly. three ats have been forced out thus far. eight others remain on leave and they're accused as you may know of bringing pros

but you can go out further north and west and frederick, mid-40s. right around that freezing mark for you here. even manassas will be getting down to around 38 degrees. now for tomorrow morning, bring out the sunglasses, the jackets, and the scarf. it will be a mostly sunny and chilly start. temperatures in the 30s to the 40s with a cooler wind coming in from the north. especially for the afternoon. it will be breezy under the sunny conditions, but it will be cool with the highs in the upper 50s to the lower 50s. when you factor in the breeze, it will feel more like the 50s. we will do your zone forecast and start in western maryland. cumberland at 54. lots of sun. winchester in the upper 50s. warrenton and manassas, you'll be talking up around 58 degrees. downtown lower 50s. annapolis in the upper 60s. they will be right around 58 degrees. under the breezy conditions. here is how friday will break down. a cool start, breezy and sunny for the afternoon highs. in the upper 50s to the lower 60s here is how your next seven- day forecast will be looking

-- hagerstown and frederick area. 63 in ocean city. winds from the south at five miles an hour, so really limited wind. that, plus, extremely high humidity. you can get the patchy fog. eight miles of visibility in salisbury. and isolated spots could see slightly further reduced visibility. so just a word to the wise if you're traveling tonight you could get into the hazy scenario and that could make it tougher to see. keep that in mind. all right. here's the next boundary on the way. the main rain passed to the south moving offshore, just the trailing front that could spark a couple showers in the next four to five hours. after that we'll dry out and get into cooler, sunnier weather that's over indiana and illinois. that clearer dryer -- drier weather mr. make for a great friday. tonight a hit or miss showers. after 10:00 looks like that goes away. crystal clear on your friday. looking nice. i wish i could tell you this will hold all weekend. we look for a new disturbance, maybe a thunderstorm or two but really the best collapse for ra

and frederick just got visibilities half the three quarters. these are the patchy areas of fog with upper 40s down in southern maryland. low 40s at culpeper right now. they are the cold spot with 46 in winchester. lovettsville is also 41. we've got 47 in great falls and 49 in alexandria. columbia. 46. 47 at university of maryland and next maryland day is 28th. and outside on the michael and son weather camera, just a touch of haze there. not really foggy but clear. we have the humidity 90%. we're fine now and watching this front towards chicago and st. louis. that guy is going to be coming east and arriving here tomorrow afternoon. ahead of it some showers and storms will move in tomorrow. today it's fine mid- to upper 70s. we're okay mitt romney morning and by midday -- tomorrow morning and by midday, some showers to the west to northern shenandoah valley and maybe hagerstown. this stuff approaches in the late afternoon and evening hours and low pressure is going to come up the front and form off the carolina coast and this is what we're looki

some cases lower 40s near frederick and parts of northern frederick and caroll counties this morning.re holding on to 50, 51. lots of high clouds. a stray sprinkle. i suppose it can't be ruled out but really it's going to abdry day with more clouds than sunshine. lunch time temps around 60. we'll head into the afternoon. partly sunny to mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 60s, maybe near 70. >>> capitals do their best. they're going to do their best to try to even up the second round series tonight against the rangers. >> while injuries forced bryce harper to make his debut on the road. >> good morning, everybody. it happened a lot sooner than many expected. even nationals general manager mike rizzo said they had to throw their original plan out the window. bryce harper made his debut this weekend against los angeles. he was impressive in day one and impressive in day two, yesterday. series finale against los angeles. in the bottom of the 4th, stellar defense. big catch by the young guy but gee crow gonzalez on -- gio gonzalez gets in trouble on the mound. the dodgers blank the nats

we're live in frederick. >> thank you.r-old girl is fighting for her life after a deadly fire. smoke and raging flames shot out of a home on summit avenue in hagerstown. a family of four was trapped in side. a woman died. people living in the basement apartment made it out say. quite a chaste as police say a man punched an officer and stole his car. when did you confronted the man, police say he punched the arlington officer and took off in his car. after they stopped him, they say the man ran off and fought the officers before they took him into custody. the man is facing charges. >> a look now at our top stories. bob garrett of alabama which is in jail, accused of murdering his -- elkridge is in jail accused of murdering his wife. police saw human remains and arrested him. >> an arrest in the day care assault the total about yesterday. he is charged with attempted first-degree child sex abuse. the arrest comes nine days after an employee at zion baptist day care saw him partially closed on top of a 3-year-old boy. >> the

frederick and frederick county now 34. a little above freezing in hagerstown. shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, 30s this morning. above freedom. northern neck, eastern shore, generally low 40s. these are the conditions around our region -- we had sprinkles passing north overnight. there is a weak disturb an that's spreading no flurries into western pennsylvania. the disturbance later today will bring us a few clouds. zeal a possibility maybe of a few sprinkles as that comes on through. we'll take a look at the rest of the day coming up in ten minutes. danella has traffic. good morning. >>> good morning, a crash was blocking the left lane on crane highway, southbound lane. this was at leland road. that's out of the roadway now. you're facing some overnight roadwork, at last check still happening. let's start with westbound at the dulles toll road, you had construction blocking access to the inner loop of the beltway. also on the outer loop of the beltway at the dulles toll road, at last check you had just the left lane getting by the work zone there

frederick douglass was talking about his experience as a slave. the grimke sisters are talking about what it is like to be from inside the slave-owning class, and they talked about the terrible punishments they witnessed being inflicted on slaves and how horrifying it was to even witness this. they talked about the corrupting influence that being a slave owner had on white people. and they ground their criticisms in their christian beliefs, their devout protestants. they know the bible very well. that is the foundation of their arguments. they're such good speakers that believe it or not some of their critics said they're not really women. they're men disguised as women because a woman could not be that eloquent or articulate, and sara grimke, the older of the two, starts to think about gender in addition to abolition and slavery and race and starts to think about and speak about gender and published an essay in 1838 summarizing they are thoughts called "letters on the equality of the sexes" and she, too, uses very blunt, straight forward language

in the 30's to low 40's. 42 degrees in prince frederick currently.go a long way today. we will make 60 with a breeze and a few sprinkles or west of washington? . i will have extended forecast. >> 270 southbound, a person in cardiac arrest on a bus to. the driver pulled on to the right shoulder after montrose road but before old georgetown road. back to news. >> drivers in parts of western maryland will be extra careful while on the road today. this is calling yesterday's snowfall. it started falling sunday night and then got heavier throughout the day. several states in the northeast received snow, leaving thousands of people without power. we have a photo gallery we love to share with you on wjla.com. >> new this morning the investigation continues into a double shooting in hillcrest heights, maryland. two men were shot in the 3700 block of branch avenue, not far from iverson mall. police are not releasing any information on the victims' conditions or what led to the shooting. we don't know if officers have any suspects. 7 is on your side with morni

we do feel colder, 36 degrees in york, be 4 frederick. we -- 34 frederick. we have the winds now.hat's a big factor for today. out of the north, we have it 8 miles per hour in baltimore, 12 easton. 14 dc. once you coup couple in the winds with the temperature, we are feeling colder this morning, we feel below average, feeling hike 36 in baltimore. 30 easton. it feels like 27 degrees now in frederick and 31 31 york. you need the big coat this morning. i broke out my big coat. in to the afternoon, you can put it away but you are going to need a jacket. the satellite and radars not picking up on anything. you don't have the clouds out there, temperatures are able to fall off because you have no insulation. now in the winds weren't out there, the temperatures would be colder be u the winds stir up the atmosphere, the temperatures can't drop all the way. high pruis going to be building -- pressure is going to be building in. sunshine yesterday. u getting the northerly flow around the high pressure and the wind will be prevailing and keep the rain away from us for today, like it did yes

they will set up in either frederick or thurmont near camp david. the g8 summit begins may 18. >>> a northwest d.c. shop owner accused of selling alcohol to high school students has a court date set for may 21. we first told you about him in january as part of our 9 wants you to know series on underage drinking. richard kim is the man in question and he's there on the right. he's the owner of the town square market. prosecutors offered him a plea deal yesterday allowing him to avoid jail time for allegedly selling alcohol to minors but kim said no, he's opting for a jury trial. >>> new research suggests teens pick up their drinking habits from their parents. that's according to a new study released by mothers against drunk driving. data shows many kids are getting alcohol at home. >> new data shows that 26% of all high school drinkers get their alcohol from a parent or family member. this is stunning. >> experts say teen alcohol use kills 6,000 people a year. as part of its power talk 21 campaign, madd is encowrning parents to make -- encouraging pa

frederick, there is a freeze warning tonight, okay? this is one area you want to protect the plants, carroll county, we are looking for a hard freeze in those spots. chilly with the north wind bringing in cooler a. maryland's most powerful radar, we expect it to get active as we get towards this time tomorrow and sunday morning. in the immediate future, we are concerned about clear and cold weather, a frost producer tonight, for the northern eastern shore, care line and queen ann's county north and cecil, across through the western counties of the state, the hard freeze expected for carroll county, frederick and hagerstown west, the lighter blue shaded counties, that's your frost advisory, not a killing frost but enough to damage some tender plants, bring those in or cover them up. temperatures low 60s. ocean city 61. feeling cooler than that, with the wind, one of those days where the wind makes the difference, as we look at the gusts, gusting to over pomiles per hour at times today. still gusting to 25 at the top of this hour in spot

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 the final day of the legislative session and lawmakers have a lot of issues to work out. the biggest being the budget. linda so is standing by with how close they are with coming up with a compromise,. >> lawmakers have to reach an agreement on the host of bills if they can't

some spell out in frederick county this morning. we will stay in the 40's and it will be kind of windy, so it will feel like it is in the 30's today. off and on light rain or snow shares. going to school today -- no showers.w >> all lanes are closed on route one air route 24 in the bel air region. 58 on southbound 95. 53 on the west side. so far so good on 70 towards the beltway. in woodbine, we have reports of fire department activity. this is traffic. we have some building volume in the outer loop. a nice start on the inner loop towards the j.f.x. a smooth start through the construction zone at north avenue. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> two brothers accused of beating a black teenager are set to stand trial today. >> kim dacey is live with a preview. good morning. >> eliyahu and avi werdesheim are facing charges of second- degree assault and carrying a deadly weapon. this trial has been delayed several times. the incident happened november, 2010. the 15-year-old alleged victim was walking down the street when he noti

most of the day will be dry and warm. 65 at the airport. 52 degrees in frederick. mostly sunny today. a chance for some thunderstorms this evening. high temperature around 86 degrees. the average high is 65. the record is 90. we will be in that never appeared a southwest wind of 10 to 20 knots on the bay. it will cool off tomorrow. a front will come through tonight. we will be at 74 tomorrow. back into the 60's by the middle of the week. a good chance for rain starting on thursday and into the weekend. >> some bad news for best buy shoppers. the hon valid and inner harbor locations will close for good. -- the hunt valley and in a harbor locations will close for good. if you're looking to make extra money these days, when a business is combining -- the business is called sign on car, advertising a certain business. users get paid while the sign is on and after driving a minimal distance each day. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. would you drive around with an advertisement on top of your car to make extra money? you can share your response on

. >>> we have a freeze warning in effect for carroll county, also frederick county, that's through 9:s morning as well. we are under clear skies this morning, we will be seeing plenty of sunshine as we go throughout the day. let's get a check of the traffic with angela. >>> good morning, that one accident we were talking about, already gone, according to police, we are clear in owings mills. we are dealing with a few delays out there. especially for those of you traveling southbound on the bw parkway, slowing as you pass arundel mills heading to 175, slow traffic eastbound i-70 on your approach to 695. not the case for those of you traveling on the harbor ton tell freeway, looking good here. west side delay, we back down to the delay, starts prior to liberty and past baltimore national pike. >>> we begin with democracy 2012 coverage, a big day in presidential race, voters heading to the polls today here in maryland, wisconsin and the district of columbia. 98 delegates at stake in the primaries and polls in maryland open in just about 15 minutes. >>> sherrie johnson is outlive at one o

. >> david blight, your manfred bailey otherwise known as frederick douglas came in right in the middle with 20 votes. bob cribbings, hero, and he had 25 votes and i am here to pronounce that robert e. lee with 71 votes was promoted from the king of spades to the ace of spades. robert e. lee is the man of year for 1862, and i'd like to thank all of you for coming and please get home safely. >> so the winner at the library in virginia in richmond for person of the year is the selection of robert e. lee as person of the year 1862. aga again, the nominees today were from robert krick, who is the chief historian of fredericksburg for 30 years, david blight of yale nominated frederick douglas who came in third, nominated by james macpherson came in first and he was dead last in the voting in virginia and we congratulate professor thomas and we'll open up the phone line again for our viewers. professor thomas, you earn a big trophy or a big prize? no, i got a handshake for the director of the museum of the confederacy. you talked a little bit about this in your nomination for robert e. lee. w

frederick is 36. gaithersburg, martin burrs, hagerstown 43. heard from shirley out in oldtown, maryland. she's down to 35 this morning. we've got 53 down in reedville and 49 in la plata. looking at our highs today with that mix of clouds and sunshine, mid-60s on the bay in annapolis. we'll be in the mid- to upper 60s in the metro with 71 possibly in ma man sas. -- manassas. monika santami, looking good for drivers in most areas. >> it is, howard. thank you for being so opt hiss mystic, too. owe on optimistic, too. if you're planning to head around town, things aren't looking too bad but a couple of accidents have popped up in virginia. if you're planning to head over to the west side of town, a couple of things i want to tell you about. route 234 near manassas mall, there's an accident. police are on the scene. that's south of i-66 inbound on i-66 you have the slow traffic in manassas. between route 50 and 123, an accident here on the shoulder. in fact, i'll show it to you live on our traffic land camera. it's on the shoulder right here but it

again things look great out of frederick. no problems . /-70. through damascus you're going to be fine. 270 into clarks burke and urbana and to the point where the lanes divide you're doing well. nice and quiet here at shady grove. no problems to report on the great seneca highway as well. in my next report we'll go over to 66 at 5:24. >>> 5:18 now. remember when maryland came out with their new uniforms and everybody was like oh. well, the redskins have some new uniforms coming now, too. we'll give you a sneak peak in a bit. >> the baylor women make ncaa history. highlights coming up in sports. >> question of the morning. let's check it out. according to a survey, what is the number one compliment a woman would love to hear? is it you have a nice smile or b, you're beautiful or c, i like your outfit. >> yeah, right. here's one response posted on the wusa9 facebook page. i would say c, i like your outfit but i think post of the women who took this survey impulsively responded to b. >> log on to our facebook fan faij. leave your -- fan page. leav

temperature now in jessup, 70 degrees. 70s this morning, this afternoon, close to 70 frederick. winds northwest, light, they will get breezy in to the afternoon. we talk about maryland's most powerful radar, we have five sweeps on, nice and dry as of now. we need the rain, i have good news in the forecast. let's get a check of the traffic with angela. how are the roads? >> good morning. starting off a pretty busy ride this morning, had an accident on 95 southbound, this is in harford county. we re-opened all lanes before 5:43. police were directing traffic through the maryland house, while they cleared this accident. we did get it off the roadways and lanes re-opened on 95 southbound in harford county. traveling through the city, live look downtown, o'donnell, looking good, even with the 2- way traffic panels at the tunnels. open and moving freely past wilkins. >>> it's tax day. you have almost run out of time. what do you need to know to get the forms in on time? megan pringle joins us live downtown at a post office getting ready for the deadline. you are outside, but that's a

at frederick, a frost advisory in effect. northern baltimore county and as well as howard and montgomery county. it is a freeze warning up in pennsylvania in carroll county and frederick county on west of western maryland and west virginia. that will be until 9:00 this morning. here's what the radar looks like right now with sprinkle activity. more significant rain. a real storm itself is out to the west. a front to the south of us. moisture running up over the chilly air. that's where rain chances come in. travel-wise, highest chances in chicago and down in tampa. showers developing. chances going up in the afternoon and night time hours. 55 to 60 for the high. the seven-day forecast, tomorrow might be a chance for a shower first thing in the morning. 62 the high. rain chances around 70. >> the john edwards trial. why a former sex tape caused an argument in court. >> also is breast feeding causing first-time moms to lose money? details in consumer alert. >> a former harlem globetrotter brings motivation to students at a carr

and martinsburg and west freeze warnings until 9:00 a.m. 33 frederick right now but where the winds are up in spots lows right here. manassas is at freezing and bwi is at freezing. 35 in la plata. likely some frost pockets soft frost even to the south but a beautiful afternoon. sunshine, upper 60s to here's the 71 for manassas and fredericksburg. let's go to monika samtani here at 5:00 a.m. straight up with a look at timesaver traffic. >>> thank you so much howard. good morning everybody, it's 5:00 and that means most of your overnight construction has been cleared up. planning to head around the beltway you should be fine on the northbound side of 95 also looking good out of dale city into woodbridge and springfield. a live look in the springfield area and again franconia springfield parkway looking great and traffic moving at speeds heading up to 395 and the 14th street bridge. back over to the maps this time out west on to 66. which is also fine all lane are open from manassas into centreville. all the bay into fairfax. we'll take a live look at nutley street on the inbound side of i

lighter blue are under the frost until 9:00 this morning and the further back in to carol county and frederick this morning, westward, dealing with freezing warning in effect for this morning until 9:00. as you step out and about, dealing with colder temperatures out there, we can see 37 degrees now in aberdeen, more in shady side with the temperature at 42 right now in arnold. i will talk about the next weather maker coming up. now a check of the traffic with angela. good morning. >>> good morning, on the roads this morning, a lot of construction crews, we've seen several on the traffic cameras, southbound 795, taking up the right lane. if you are traveling to the tunnels, 2-way traffic pattern, northbound at the harbor, southbound is closed for overnight maintenance and 695, here is a live look at baltimore national pike. we are getting by to the right side. >>> another primary day as the gop race continues, washington dc will place votes with wisconsin and here in mailed. a cnn poll shows most republicans think newt gingrich and ron paul should throw their towel in but rick santorum should

it is 36 at frederick. freezing in oakland and frost bird right now. freeze warnings in effect what of the city. that includes carroll and frederick counties, points west, and upper pennsylvania. the blue shaded area, a frost advisory. these advisories and warnings are in effect until 9:00 this morning keep your tomato plants inside for a while. here's a look at the radar. the slightest shade of green, a few little sprinkles in the panhandle of western virginia and western maryland. maybe at the ridge cap, one or two snowflakes. the significant activity is in west virginia, ohio, and indiana, and back into the upper midwest. here is the entire picture. the root of the storm is in the west. it will move eastward and bring water to our direction. we say -- weast de stuck in the cool air. the war front to the south of us where we saw overrunning precipitation running up over on top of the chilly air locked in over us right now. shower activity continues into the nighttime hours on saturday. the range and to increase during the day. 55-60 the high. general