expected toward frederick here at about 12:20, columbia an hour later and in d.c. between 1:30 and 2:00 i believe is when the rain will be starting. a big temperature change. there it is. 70s here. 40s in cumberland. much of 5pennsylvania, -- much of pennsylvania, even in the 30s. gusts north and west up to 50 miles an hour. back with your seven-day in a few minutes. andrea? >> thanks, howard. >>> the way they lived, not the way a mother and daughter died was celebrated at a memorial service today. yvonne selke and her adult daughter emily were on the germanwings plane that was brought down by the copilot in march. all 150 people on board were killed. family and friends of the selkes gathered for the mass. >>> a federal judge will consider whether the man who tried to kill president reagan and three others is fit to be released. the doctor treating john hinckley says his psychosis is a thing of the past and he's no longer a threat to the public. case boswell -- craig boswell has more from the the federal courthouse in boston. >> reporter: john hinckley, jr. spends

this is time lapse from frederick, maryland and this was early this morning.started with lots of sunshine. then a few clouds rolled through and we kind of got wack to the sunshine and then in the past hour, look what happened. moving in from the west and northwest, heavy clouds. ahead of that very heavy rain associated with this. maybe a rumble of thunder and a couple of lightning strikes and very strong winds. fast moving cold front approaching the region right now. as far as lightning, got a few lightning strikes in the past 15 minute south of the winchester area and another heavier cell. on this line, very heavy rain. what's happening overhead at the same time is the winds, 8,000 to 10,000 feet above the ground are blowing 44 to 55 miles per hour even higher than that so the heavier downpours are going to bring some of those winds down to the surface. very strong wind gusts for these rapidly moving heavy rain showers and because of that, a wind advisory has been posted. these are fast movers. charlestown, you're about to get it next. it's coming towards har

she had listened to a message by frederick douglass two months earlier.brothers fought in the car. she had listened to a message by frederick douglass two months earlier.fought in the car. she had listened to a message by frederick douglass two months earlier. here is one of my favorites. a rare self-conscience rumanation. henry and his fiance set their wedding day for 1865. that's the day frank wrote his letter. hear only joy bells because it is your wedding day. he pleaded it had been ghastly to be plunged from the heights of joy following union victory to the deaths of sorry. now frank confessed he was glad for the distraction. i'm hankful for time away from it. to that end frank asked henry to tell him about the wedding whether you behaved or not and how many mistakes you made in the service. frank wanted to know the most details asking about his domestic life including how your rooms look and what you can see from the windows. mournings e mersimmersed themselves. to face the future proved much more difficult for defeated confederates. when a white mi

that's a big thing. >> reporter: in frederick county, kristin wright news4. >>> after weeks of delays that sparked charges of racism and sexism, the senate approved loretta lynch as the country's first african-american female attorney general. democrats accused republicans of playing politics by holding up her nomination, but the gop questioned whether lynch would just be a rubber stamp for the white house. lynch won confirmation with a 56-43 vote. >>> health officials in maryland are testing a small group of people after someone tested positive for tuberculosis. the patient is connected to katonville high school in baltimore county, but school officials are not saying whether the individual is a student or staff member. health officials say the person does not pose a health risk saying that, while tb is airborne it requires close contact for extended periods of time. >>> dozens of middle schoolers destined for the district escaped a tour bus fire. a tow truck haumedled away the charred frame of their bus in western pennsylvania this morning on their way from kentucky on a school trip

you see a little yellow here, heavier rainfall just northwest of frederick.g is pushing north and east. this is headed across 70 into thurmont. down to the south of d.c. south oldtown into southern maryland, there's some rain but nothing heavy. it will slow you down as you go down toward la plata and mechanicsville. heavier strong storms are possible till about 10:00, but in the wake of everything windy and cool tomorrow but sunny and thankfully not as cold as last saturday. we're kind of on this pattern of every week pretty strong cold front goes through. behind this cold front it will be cool but not bone chilling like last saturday. sunny for east are sunday and monday -- easter sunday and monday a few late clouds. i think we get through the game dry. 8:00 tonight yellow and orange leave activity north of d.c. that could just as easily be here in fairfax county as montgomery county, but suffice it to say 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 is when we're concerned for the potential of big storms, the main threat damaging winds and heavy downpours. 9:30 lighter showers east o

manassas and warnton andrenton and frederick. we'll look at the rain timing on friday next weather and traffic on the 1s. >>> more construction van dorn street between braddock and ken more avenue, still have some road work hanging around there. just tweeted about that one. wide look at things, no major problems. 66 into town out of town here at compton road moving along nicely. 95 north as you're headed out of stafford, you can see nice and clear all the way clear southbound as well. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car. >>> we're following several new developments in the controversial religious freedom bills that have people across the country in an uproar. what could happen as early as today. p. >>> and new details just coming in this morning about the pope's visit t >>> the death of a nine month old in leesburg has been ruled is homicide. devinon devny ellis died last october. yesterday the medical examiner said the infant died of blunt force trauma to the head. her parents gave birth to a

this just popped up, heavier activity towards brunswick and charleston west of frederick moving south and west, heavy activity in leesburg, also. a wet ride home. south and east of town, there's that little respite around upper marlboro, but prince frederick and down toward mechanicsville you have some yellows showing up which is moderate rain on the legend. nothing severe but enough to slow you down. rain and showers through the commute. bus stop temperatures mid-40s to mid-50s, dry. wednesday will be nice. i would grab a light jacket in the morning. thursday clouds return. we could see showers return with those clouds late in the day. futurecast 10:00 tonight most of the showers are gone. clouds are hanging tough. temps only in the mid-50s, not too far off where they are right now. by 6:00 we see clearing skies. clouds sink south. temperatures fall into the upper 40s in frederick, hagerstown and martinsburg, not like a blast of cold air rushing in, mid-50s downtown. by 9:00 partly cloudy, a little sun, temps mid- to upper 50s. by lunchtime we're seeing some clouds roll in, i think m

temperatures, we're talking 30s. 37 for frederick, 36 for culpeper. once you head east of 95, we see temperatures moderate just a bit into the 40s. 42 as you head to andrews and 43 for annapolis. your planner for today by lunch time 55 degrees. the clouds increase. if you're headed to the nats game, grab the sweat shirt. even the jacket if you will. it's going to be breezy and cool. 58 degrees by 5:00. a couple of sprinkles possible through the maryland panhandle but we stay dry today. 61 for tomorrow. saturday 63. a couple of showers possible late saturday night after the sun sets. and only into the mid-60s by next week. larry, over to you. >> thank you. >>> i want to give people along 66 an update in your area letting you know we're just seeing volume delays which are typical for this time of hour as you head from manassas toward the beltway. again no accidents to report there. for those of you traveling along the beltway, everything free and clear. 395, 295, anacostia freeway. no problems in your area. so you should have no problems getting to your

so we're okay tonight, but by morning especially coming in from frederick or hagerstown heading south toward d.c., you will find a wet commute. futurecast now at 6:00, showers in frederick, platterburg and layingtown and -- martinsburg and hagerstown and the yellow is heavier activity and fairfax towards manassas and culpeper. temperatures don't recover tomorrow, upper 50s across the board. by 10:00 we have heavier activity toward winchester. see the yellow? temps again in the 50s. 57, that's it in leesburg and gaithersburg. so 20 degrees colder than today. it's a complete sea change tomorrow as winds go northeasterly. you know what that did to us last week, kept us cool and wet. 10:00 still showers and rain and by noon moderate rain across the entire metro area, heavier rain east of town into prince george's county and across the bay. we'll come back, tell you when this clears out and what shape the cherry blossoms will be in after this event. >>> police in philadelphia were back at the house of a mom accused of dumping her severely disabled son in the woods while she took off to see

heaviest activity is up north between frederick and into upper frederick county, but silver spring, rockville, jermantown showers. they'll be -- germantown showers. they'll be out of here by morning. heavier testimony between thurmont and frederick and the yellow just southeast of hagerstown. looks like this. breezy but mild tomorrow, pretty good day. bus stop temperatures 52 to 62. windy on wednesday with showers returning, nothing severe and then much cooler finish to the week. 58 by morning, few residual clouds east of 95, but sunshine pretty much everywhere north and west and a mild start. by 9:00 we're 60 downtown, mid- to upper 50s in the burbs. by 1:00 63 in leesburg, 66 in culpeper, full sun across the board. 5:30 upper 60s to near 70, clouds start to move into the mountains, a couple showers possible tomorrow night north and west of us. day planner 58 to start, 60 at 9:00. shades tomorrow good idea, some showers wednesday, 69, not yellow alert worthy yet and much cooler thursday, 62. so between today and thursday we'll lose 20 degrees. now the next seven days looks like. this it stay

you can hear frederick atlas -- frederick douglass talking in his autobiography about the fear of being sold down to georgia. it was exacerbated as slavery began to split -- spread from georgia to mississippi alabama louisiana, and so forth. in these records, you see evidence of that. these two individuals, born in richmond virginia, ask about family members. it gives the names of family members, sometimes they say as far as they know, their parents are dead. other times, they say they don't know where, they don't know the status of their parents and siblings. just a few more examples. this person here to your left says, he was born in maryland he was brought up and raised in the city of washington dc but his residence now is natchez mississippi. he gets his occupation as a one worker. his wife and children, julia ann, and so forth. when asked about his father, he says he doesn't know the status of his father, and ditto on his mother. he was essentially sold away. another person, to your right another person from washington dc, raised in washington dc but is now in natchez, mississippi.

the remains were discovered on wright hanford road in frederick in 1989. investigators believe he was 25 to 40 years old at the time with a small to medium build. call the frederick county sheriff's office if you recognize this picture. >>> a celebration of life today on the university of mary washington campus in fredericksburg. the service remembered grace mann, the student who was found dead a week ago. her housemate is charged with her murder. the focus today was on the many contributions mann made on campus as a leader in several student groups. more than 200 turned out dressed in bright colors to symbolize the joy mann brought to those she knew. coming up on news4 at 5, northern virginia bureau chief julie carey brings us some of the touching remembrances. >>> the show won't go on at the university of maryland. a student-led group that deals with entertainment on campus has canceled "american sniper," the blockbuster. some muslim students claim it's racist, promotes islam aphobia and will create a dangerous environment. supporters say it's about an a

frederick, maryland, baltimore ireland, washington, d.c. with that represents is the internal or domestic slave trade that occurred after 1808. after 1808 the transatlantic slave trade was ended so in this particular region which was formally based on the cultivation of tobacco, tobacco cultivation was no longer as lucrative as it once was. this was the oldest area of what was considered the self so they considered themselves to have a surplus slave population. as is were the largest amount of slaves were. virginia have the largest black population. but what occurred during that period is that many of the slaveowners that no longer needed that surplus labor, they began to sell that surplus enslaved labor to the new states of the expanding cotton belt. initially they would still them -- so them down to georgia so you would have frederick douglass talking about being sold to georgia. but it was exacerbated as slavery began to spread from georgia into alabama mississippi, and so forth. in these records you see evidence of that. these individua

so we are jammed coming out of frederick this morning.e are quite slow about a two mile backup at this point as you come down from 70. 70 east at 270, a crash there. just a warning if you come in on 70 east. wide look at things overall, we don't have any major problems on the beltway. we're starting to get slow at the outer loop. this is where megan mcgrath is this morning, reminder this starts at 7:00 tonight after the major traffic gets through. 15th street north wes from jefferson that will be closed for the next week or so because of construction. back in a few minutes with more on the crash and travel times. >>> 6:32. today a judge will sentence a man convicted of raping a jogger at knife point in silver spring. hakem torres attacked a woman last may. he was in the country illegally at the time of that attack. he had been deported to el salvador following a conviction for a previous assault on a woman. >>> we're waiting to learn the findings of an investigation into a university of virginia student's arrest. virginia state police tur

doppler radar, damascus frederick, southern frederick counties light showers, rumbles of thunder. nothing that will be severe as we move through the overnight. the temperatures will remain cooler. as we look at what is going on -- that's not what i wanted to happen this time of night. locked up clicker. leon: what? steve: a locked up clicker. leon: i did not know that your clicker had to get locked up. ow that it's a repeat offender. steve: exactly, and the computer -- there we go. the futurecast, moving through the day tomorrow, the heavier stronger storms on the way. as we move through the afternoon, the stronger storms are likely to bring heavier wind and downpours. highs tomorrow, 80 degrees. the extended outlook, upper 60's, near 70 degrees. i'm running back to the desk. 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 stumbl

showers possible north, make leesburg and maybe out toward frederick. the bug of the rain will be out -- bulk of the rain will be out toward cumberland and west of i- 81. we'll have showers in fairfax and manassas. you certainly we have showers coming from hagerstown or frederick, temps in the 50s. by 10:00 most of the metro area is showing showers, heavier activity toward winchester. the yellow is heavier rain with temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s and then by noon we still have rather almost pure coverage here of rain from leesburg to d.c. down to andrews with some heavier activity across the bay. look at the temps in the upper 50s. we'll come back, tell you if we clear out tomorrow night and how cold it will be later in the week. >>> police say the man who allegedly shot and wounded an anne arundel the company police officer last friday outside a 7- eleven had planned to rob that store. they say the plan was botched when somebody at the store alerted the officer about a man outside who seemed suspicious. corporal larry adams questioned the ma

i want to take you right now to i-27 0 for those of you in frederick traveling south toward the beltway, no major issues. we have slowdowns as you get closer to clarksburg, so you want to account for that as well. flooding water taking place on the 1500 block of east he were avenue at addison road. where we had three cars stuck as a result of the flood waters out there we have been seeing this issue of rising water throughout the metro causing problems for drivers and various accidents throughout the metro, we are asking people to stay away from areas that are dangerous and make sure you slow down and get plenty of time to get to your destination because the roads are slippery this morning. >>> too bad the new spiked anticlimb fence was not in place because there was another jumper at the white house. >> the latest in what has been a string of security breaches. nikki burdine is -- has more. >> reporter: this person is in custody. we are still learning exactly what happened. this happened at about 10:30 last night. secret service officials were able to stop a person who was able to get

frederick was also asked to send seven fire engines but worried that might leave frederick residentsrotected so they committed to two with the promise to send more if necessary. >> i think everybody will remain in alert status probably for the next several days hoping for the best but being prepared in case there's a replication this evening. >> members of frederick's national guard unit were deployed from the frederick armory, but the number is being withheld for security reasons. >>> the death of a mentally ill woman in the fairfax county jail has been ruled accidental. natasha mckenna died while in custody this past february. today the state medical examiner's office said her death was caused by excited delirium associated with physical restraint and the use of a stun gun. schizophrenia and bipolar disorder were listed as contributing factors. a report of that incident reveals deputies shocked mckenna four times with 50,000 volts while sh restrained. she stopped breathing and then died five days later. >>> it is the confrontation amid clashes in baltimore that's getting a lot of a

and a frederick county state delegate is organizing his own showing. some students are upset they will not be up to see the oscar-nominated film on campus. >> i love the movie, i love the concept, i love the country, and the fact they will not show it is upsetting. this is one of the great american heroes of our time. it should be shown to everybody. tom: the groups student entertainment events made the decision not to show the film as scheduled. they have not contacted us back. we also call the university. i was told six hours ago i would get a call back, but i'm still waiting. tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: 7 on your side with a health alert. this is from pepsi, making a big change to its recipe for diet soda stop it will remove aspartame and replace it with another sweetener. there are allegations aspartame has harmful side effects, but the fda has said that it's ok to drink. pepsi hopes that it will help their plunging sales. leon: a computer glitch meant that a lot of people got some free starbucks coffee. several stores across the country gave

look at this. 81 in winchester and frederick. very warm april evening. so because of that still several more hours a possibility of heavy to severe thunderstorms and an isolated tornado, clearing skies and cooler temperatures late tonight. we'll have the full forecast in a couple of minutes. maureen: thank you doug. remember, you can take the stormwatch weather team with you wherever you go. just download the stormwatch weather app for your android or iphone. you can also follow us on twitter or like us on facebook. >> jail! maureen: a community on the edge. that's how baltimore's police commissioner is describing the atmosphere after a man's death in police custody. abc 7 has learned that man's spine was nearly severed during his arrest. maryland bureau chief brad bell is following this developing story tonight and live in baltimore where police officials are already ordering changes. brad? brad: yeah one of the first changes they want to make is training on how they transport prisoners. maureen, you talked about the spinal cord damage. that was one of

a few washington frederick, montgomery northern part there and into howard county. bus stop this morning, have an umbrella ready. a few scattered showers around in the low 60s, blustery winds. pay try to open up that umbrella. temperatures will be in the mid-60s between 8:00 and 9:00 at the bus stop and metro stop this morning. so have an umbrella handy. it will be a wet day today. in addition might have a rain coat. make sure you have some boots, 00. you might have to jump over puddles heading back home by later this afternoon. new updated storm timing for the day ahead just coming in. we'll look at that hour by hour that's coming up at 5:21. now melissa is looking at -- what is going on with the street there, is that a water main break? >> it is. brand new water main break we want to mention. zachary kiesch is on his way to this. but this is in northea at 22nd. randolph not a huge street but the intersection is kind of blocked. prince george's county no major issues. 66 into town 95 in and out of town everything looking quite good there. 270 at old hundred flowing

another heavy band stretching from frederick down through martinsburg n. is going to push off to the northeast headed off to westminster and it will continue to do so areas just to the south of that might get hit with the heavier downpours. the district the light rain continues. it's not going to let up in the fear future. however, by the time we start to head open later on tonight between 7:00 and 8:00, areas off to the north and west, that's where you get a little bit of a break in the action. everyone will be drier tomorrow but it takes a while to get out of southern maryland and through the northern neck. notice how the temperatures are going to drop a little bit into the mid-50s so it's not a big jump down but it is going to be cooler tonight. i'll have all the details in your seven-day coming up in just a bit. >> all right, allyson, thank you. >>> all aboard metro. this morning the brand new 7000 series metro trains made their debut on the blue line. the trains are shiny and more spacioius but more important they're also safer for more on the improve

you'll see a little heavier activity toward prince frederick and mechanicsville.llow, a little orange here and there, pockets of heavy rain, nothing severe. it's slow going down 301 in southern maryland and out route 50 toward annapolis. we'll zoom in toward the beltway and it's lighter activity, light to moderate rain anywhere around the beltway with temperatures in the 50s and the rain lingering through the commute. our yellow alert continues, but the rain and showers are through the commute. bus stop temperatures nothing crazy cold behind the front, 44 to about 56 and dry in the morning. wednesday nice, grab a little light jacket. thursday clouds return. in fact, we may see rain and showers return thursday afternoon but not quite as dismal or steady as this rain. 10:00 tonight temps in the 50s, probably walk the dog. a couple showers here and there, but most of the activity is now across into the delmarva. then by morning clear skies with temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s. clouds will try to linger to the south in fredericksburg dovetailing back into or

temperatures are cool up through leesburg, frederick. manassas in the 30s but 40s as you head to southern maryland and the northern neck. highs today we're headed to the mid-70s. that's about 10 degrees above average and 5 koreas warmer than -- 5 degrees warmer than yesterday. southwesterly winds keeping us into the mid-70s by the time the game starts and through the evening hours, we'll drop back down to the 60s. clouds increase after midnight and tuesday morning back to work. we're looking at some showers out there for the morning commute. we dry ow during the -- dry out during the middle of the day. thunderstorms for tuesday's even commute and evening showers so temperatures fall off after that. 74 for today. 73 for tomorrow. 60 for wednesday. a couple of showers hanging around, ice lated for wednesday and thursday -- isolated for wednesday and thursday for both of thome hose games. -- those home games. larry, over to you. >>> looks like the situation in beltsville getting worse right now. we have several people airlifted to the hospi

this is owe eaffecting areas in frederick n. is -- this is affecting areas in frederick.o keeping a close eye on the situation on d.c. 295 where we're have slowdowns right now n. is at eastern -- now. this is at eastern avenue. we have a disabled vehicle just north of that or i should say just south of this location here that is causing some delays as you make your way into town. so if you can add additional time to your drive time, we subject that you do so. i want to -- suggest that you do so. i want to let you know we're keeping a close eye on the fire in d.c. we'll get an update on that very shortly. now over to mike who has more information on take. >> thank you, larry. here's what we're following at 6:23. that fire he was just talking about, news out of southeast where a fire sent two people to the hospital at 410 16th street. the fire was reported a little after 5:00 this morning. the streets have been shut down as larry has been telling you in this area. metro buses are being rerouted. firefighters are on the scene trying to put out this fire. we're going to conti

sky 9 showing us how things are shaping up in frederick.hose of you traveling from frederick toward the beltway, the early issues starting to ease up a bit so you should be able to get to your destination on time as traffic is moving past that earlier accident. no problems around the beltway. also 395 free and clear of any issues as well as you make your way to the 14th street bridge this morning. >>> cbs this morning is next with the story of a mystery military operation going on concerning people in three states. new details on the backlash surrounding the planned training exercise. >> talking shop. a new trend in on demand delivery service. how apps like post mates are helping consumers and businesses. >> i'll be back in 25 minutes with larry miller giving you traffic and weather updates. >> don't information news, weather and traffic 24 hours a day on the wusa9 app. the app is where it's at. join me i love the taste. always smooth, never bitter. my cup of coffee is always awesome when i go to dunkin'. man: i see the steam rising off the

72 already in reagan national and manassas. 70 degrees at andrews and frederick and 73 in fredricksburg. somewhere, it's 74 and 75 i think, for most areas, slow increase in high cloudiness through the afternoon but the sun will still manage to shine through. more clouds later tonight and then overnight tomorrow morning, then a chance of showers with the approaching cold front. with high pressure off the ocean now, looks good for this afternoon but that front will bring the showers and clear right back out later tomorrow afternoon. check out the next seven days in detail for you in a few minutes. jummy? jummy: all right, doug. the list of 2016 presidential hopefuls is getting bigger. hillary clinton hit the ground running this morning after announcing her candidacy yesterday. abc's karen traverse reports as clinton begins her campaign trail in iowa. karen: hillary clinton's once again aiming for the white house. >> so i'm hitting the road to earn your vote. because it's your time and i hope you'll join me on this journey. karen: clinton left her new york home yesterday afternoon en route

still looking slow at 270 out of frederick at old hundred road. we'll keep you updated. angie and eun, back to you? >> right now your commute is changing in a big way on the red line. metro is switching back to automatic train operation this morning. nearly six years after that deadly crash near the fort totten station. megan mcgrath has a look at what the passengers can expect this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: well, good morning. it was back in 2009 that that

and gaithersburg and frederick moving southwest to northeast. by 6:00 raining inside the beltway from leesburg and rockville south. it's shade of green, not crazy heavy but cold rain for april. bi' nightfall temperatures in the 40s with -- by nightfall temperatures in the 40s with rain across the entire metro area. we'll come back and take you through sunday and see if we can salvage part of the last half of sunday and have your 3- degree guarantee. >>> a ride on the metro turns violent and the worst of it was caught on camera. the man you're about to see knocked out another at the top of a metro escalator is still on the run tonight. mola lenghi is at the eastern market station where the attack happened. >> reporter: it started as an argument here in this metro tunnel and quickly escalated leaving a 69-year-old man knocked out right here and a much younger man on the run. >> are you kidding me? >> reporter: pretty rough. >> holy cow. >> reporter: that's one man's first reaction to seeing what you might consider graphic surveillance video. accor

to 31 in frederick. temperatures still 5 to 15 degrees colder than they were yesterday morning. but that's not going to last for much longer. we made 68 for a high yesterday. right around 70 for a high later this afternoon. a perfect day to be outside. almost no impact on your day. nice as can be outside today. even going out for dinnend a movie tonight, have your light jacket ready to go. temperatures in the 60s by 7:00. upper 50s by 10:00 or 11:00. clear skies across the region for now. keep clear skies for the remainder of the day. mid level clouds from the west but not rainmakers. nearest raindrops to us still a long ways away across missouri along the gulf coast. that's the moisture coming our way. we'll impact your day tuesday this week. tuesday's our next good chance for some cleansing raindrops here. so what to expect for the week? with rain chance tuesday, more dry than wet. really tuesday and friday only chances for rain. temperatures are going to be average. again, best rain chance on tuesday.

border, maybe a little farther south along frederick county, maryland. washington county too, we've got a weak ripple advanced to the east. those showers right now around areas of northern west virginia. temperatures, look at that we are much cooler than yesterday by 10 to 15 degrees, 66 manassas, reston, falls church 69 right inside the beltway and 64 degrees in silver spring. greenbelt at 66. so yeah, today some seasonable sunshine back in but later on this evening because of the fact it's breezy and the winds will settle down around 7:00, aytes:00, if you're going to the game, we take on the st. louis cardinals, temperature around 60 degrees by the seventh inning dry conditions, but again you may need a jacket in the 50s by the end of the game. maybe a sprinkle right up here, hagerstown, frederick, mart martinsburg martinsburg. i'll keep my eye on this area around 8:00, 9:00. then that little system fades. we've got clouds that will be running into the area tomorrow so again the predawn hours tomorrow if you warrant to catch the meet or showers do it

frederick over to mt. airy couple of passing snow flakes out there.you have a picture of flakes send it to me on twitter. so for today, cloudy skies. you'll get rained on at some point between the time the sun goes down today. and i'm getting more optimistic we could get the done by lunchtime tomorrow and get some sunshine tomorrow afternoon. temperatures back into the low 60s. another chance for a passing shower on monday. tuesday and wednesday look nice. highs up close to 70 degrees switch our average high for this time of the year. >> thanks. we'll take it. >>> coming up protesters are demanding answers in the death of a man while in police custody. what they're threatening to do today if they don't get justice. >>> and a boater survived 12 days at sea and now they are >>> today protesters say they will shut down baltimore. demonstrators demanding answers over the unexplained death of freddie gray. gray suffered a spinal injury and died in police custody after his arrest earlier this month. nbc's debra weiner is alive in baltimore at city hall with

the little patches of green in howard county frederick county. they're tracking off to the east there. a few there, northern shenandoah valley. but these are going to be disappearing over the next half hour or so. prince georges county, down into the low to mid 40s there. most locations in the 40s. now dulles is at 50 degrees. reagan national is at 53. first light of day beginning to show up. live view from the tower camera. a cool morning but a beautiful mild afternoon coming up. even warmer than yesterday. but then showers likely moving in. during much of the day tomorrow. next week and traffic on the ones. your bus stop forecast for the morning at 6:11. alexis davies good morning. what's happening with the commute? >> good morning. traveling the beltway in maryland and virginia we are still looking good at this hour. no reports of incidents or delays on the inner or the outer loops. 95 southbound at route 644, just under the beltway, we have a disabled vehicle. it has been moved to the shoulder so not causing any signif

that includes manassas, warrenton, frederick and up told baltimore. nearby suburbs up near 40 around the bay. shenandoah valley in to the mountains, most locations above freez freezing. luray at 3 #. radar cans our scanning our sky, no rain. but by this time tomorrow morning, we could have light rain moving through. so be prepared for blustery winds this afternoon and showers and hunger tomorrow. next weather and traffic on the 1s, your drive time forecast for this thursday. speaking of driving, how does it look now? >> nice and dry. taking a live look in maryland, 95 at 198 here in haurl, everything moving along. beltway at river everything also looking good. same thing taking a look beltway at st. barnabas. no problems. wide look at things it's nice and green. a lot of the earlier road work has kind of cleared out of the way thank goodness. 270 northbound, southbound, had earlier road work that is completely cleared and no problems on 270. back here at 5:11 with a live picture of 66 for you. >>> it's 5:01 now. back to breaking news in prince william

in this area in loudoun county, washington frederick, northern montgomery howard county getting just a few light sprinkles right now. those may be spreading closer to the metro area over the next hour. right now low to mid-60s. breezes gusting 15 to 20 miles per hour. washington monument under a dry sky, but have an umbrella ready. we'll have bluster we rindswinds through the day. showers and thundershowers looking likely this afternoon and this evening. got your bus stop forecast for this friday morning next weather and traffic on the 1s. any volume building yet? >>> we do have control i'm building. 95 southbound approaching route 32, take a look here, just a little bit of volume. the deer has been cleared out of the way. again, just seeing volume green single tracking. 95 north at prince william parkway, there a crash reported. just a twlarng. one warning there. inner loop and outer loop moving along. randolph street at 22nd we have a water main break. zach, tell us how we're looking. >> reporter: d.c. water got the call about 11:00 last night, they say they will be out about 7:00

a few showers north of frederick. they are further to the west.ially across kentucky and tennessee. that is the hot spot heavy to severe thunderstorms. while there is a slight chance we could see some severe weather in our area, it will be south of the regions, close to richmond. they have much warmer temperatures. temperatures cooler. the fronta the area. that is the area where there is some risk for severe storms later this evening. i think the better chance will be south of the metro area. the rain will end with gusts up to 35 miles brouwer in the northwest. mom lots of sunshine. it will be windy but it will be dried with a high of 60 degrees. 40 degrees early easter morning with some through the day at 64 degrees. sunshine, a few clouds. chances of rain, tuesday wednesday, thursday, and friday. alison: thank you very much. leon: i like it a lot. >> it is a trade with the tampa bay buccaneers. golston is 6-2 catches 6'2". -- golston is 6'2". the buccaneers save money. the redskins get safety help when ryan clark retired. i like it a lot. sean g

i love this quote by frederick douglass. "if war among white rot peace -- brought peace and liberty to blacks, what will peace among the whites bring?” and he is asking this in 1865. reconstruction is fading out. how would you answer this in 1865? what would you tell frederick douglass that the piece brought? >> very little. jennifer murray: very little for the african-americans. he talks a lot about -- how does this fit into the narrative? douglass, booker t. washington is another example, how does -- what are their complicated memories? where do they come down? >> the primary issue is how to deal with the memory of slavery among individual former slaves. and while booker t. washington kind of advocates for moving on and forgiveness and ignoring it so we can reconcile and move on, frederick douglass says you need to remember, be aware of what we went through and where we need to go. jennifer murray: right. so even among the african-american community, it -- is there a consensus about what they should push for. booker t. was

gaithersburg at 32 frederick hagerstown and martinsburg 31, 32 degrees early tomorrow morning.t how quickly will the temperatures rise? we'll hit the 40s by 9:00 a.m. 50s by 11:00. but that's about it. the clouds move in the rain will stay under the 60 degree mark for tomorrow afternoon. high temperatures across the area, 60 la plata, 57 around olney, 58 in greenbelt and college park. as far as the roads go we've got dry roads tomorrow morning. by midday it's looking dry with most of our rain after 2:00 p.m. but it's wet roads for the late afternoon/evening hours. what i like, though is that it's nothing too heavy until we get to early sunday morning. if you're going out saturday night, the roads will be wet and you will need a jacket. it's going to be chilly. we'll go from the 50s to the upper 40s tomorrow evening, and rain intensity by sunday morning, we will see moderate rain coming down. i don't know you'll need the big umbrella, just aif small one to stay try until noon, 1:00, 2:00 sunday. rainfall amounts from a quarter to a half inch rain. the storm team four-day forecas

just slowdowns toward frederick and the beltway.again, you're looking at a smooth commute overall for those of you traveling from frederick toward the beltway, no issues in your part of town. andrea, over to you. >>> maureen mcdonnell is making her case to get her conviction on corruption charges overturned. lawyers for virginia's former first lady filed a 100-page brief monday. it argues her convictions are based on an overly broad definition of bribery. it also claims she did not receive a fair trial. both maureen and former governor bob mcdonnell remain free while they appeal their convictions. >>> your deadline to request an absentee ballot for two special elections in the district is today. ward 8 voters will fill the seat long held by the late marion barry. voters in ward 4 will fill the seat left open by muriel bowser's election as mayor. early voting runs through saturday. election day is actually next tuesday the 28th. >>> a local woman is on her way home with a gold medal in the wheelchair division of the boston marathon.

frederick douglass high school. coppen state, as well. we have heard university of maryland baltimore campus was closed down on the advice of police warned about activities in the area may turn violent d. the school have any warning out there? are people coming to pick up kids or were they let out early, do we know? >> i don't know. i will go get the answer to that question. i can tell you that the university of maryland system and the university of baltimore system are further down the road further south. the biggest university impacted is coppen state. it is right there. in terms of the other high schools, i need to get more information for you. i can tell you that we have seen a police presence in front of some larger landmarks that people may be familiar with including downtown in the inner har ror area the cross street market. federal hill area. that's where a lot of bars are that a lot of folk gos to after ravens games and orioles game. that area has a smaller police presence. this is where most of the activity is right now. >> we a

that's according to the presented frederick news post.il now, it was 30 days. >>> and there a new policy at the university of virginia. it spells out the expectations for all employees and students when it comes to reporting sex assault and harassment. the school started to craft the new policy before the "rolling stone" article about the alleged rape at a frat house was published. the magazine has since backtracked on some of those claims citing discrepancyies in a student's story. >>> i'm molette green at the live desk. new this morning, we have heard from nigeria's new elected leader who is vowing his country must now heal wounds as it embraces democracy. former military dictator won a hard-fought contest against goodluck jonathan. jonathan conceded late tuesday night and that helped tody fuse tensions and fears of post-election violence. that is the latest from the live desk. p. >>> joe morrissey says he will challenge his party's decision to block his senate bid, that's according to the richmond times dispatch pap a dispatch. a democ

frederick to hagerstown then winchester into charlottesville west.ter green area this is where the chances are a little bit less but still a pretty good chance. rain showers likely northern virginia. western northern suburbs of the metro area. to our east a few scattered showers and around the bay. it is rather cool. we are in the 40s. shenandoah valley low to mid 50s. eastern and southern suburbs and around the chesapeake bay and commuting today, green lights for the morning and midday. weather wise. but then the afternoon, wet pavement. that may cause some delays for the afternoon commute. dry for the morning commute and temperatures in the 50s. a little sunshine. then a few of those scattered showers. temperatures around 70 degrees by late this afternoon. post your pictures i love all the flowers coming out today. with the clouds around maybe a scattered sprinkle or drizzle. temperatures in the mid 60s. off and on sprinkles and drizzle drizzle. then a high near 70 partly cloudy milder sunday and then here comes summer. on monday, tuesday, wednesda

it's 43 in frederick and 44 in hagerstown. only 39 in manassas but it's 45 in frederick. as we head into the afternoon, those temperatures are going to soar. it's going to be the mildest day of the workweek. 72 degrees at 1:00. but 75 degrees for our afternoon high. we'll reach that at about 4:00 and you can see lots of sunshine today and lighter winds than what we had yesterday. we'll talk about that chance for rain for this end of the workweek coming up in the first alert seven-day forecast. right now time again for timesaver traffic and larry miller. >>> thank you. want to give you a quick update right now that we have an accident that's blocking the left lane of the outer loop between georgetown pike and the dulles toll road. we're working on getting more information as exactly what cars may be involved in this situation. but we can tell you you want to use caution if you're going to be heading out in that area. a live look at the beltway at georgetown pike shows you we're not seeing much in the way of delays as a result of this accident. if anything we're starting to

you can see the line from frederick, maryland toward rappahannock. moderate even heavy rains moving in areas of 17 and faulkier county and northern prince william county and eastbound to arias like washington cliff fills and early in the next couple minutes. not seeing any lightning right now but there is that possibility. i don't think we'll have much wind with that. still showers around pshgs 65 degrees. pockets of fog too. rain overspreading the area into d.c. baltimore, annapolis. we have a weather front up to the north of us sinking south. as the front comes in crosses our area early tomorrow morning right along it and with it there will be periods of showers and a few embedded thunderstorms. i-95 baltimore early tomorrow morning. wet road early in the day. for your afternoon, the possibility of some isolated to scattered thunderstorms and even less rain on thursday but friday chance for strong storms. high temperature tomorrow 52 to 53. upper 40s to the north around frederick, maryland and, again, it will be cool and dreary tomorrow. temperatur

he was probably frederick douglass's closest the black male friend. most of these other men who were mentioned here did not edit their own newspapers for 16 years, did not develop the same kind of international reputation as a voice in the ways that douglass did, and did not end up in a kind of role of almost official spokesman of african-americans. that has to do with a lot of rivalries between them. it has a lot to do with douglass's shear skill and talent, which is not to diminish the talent of any of these other people who were mentioned. some of them were ministers like garnet who was basically a pastor. he was church-based. douglas was ubiquitous. he was everywhere. he would travel everywhere and did so throughout his life. that is principally why. douglass left more for us to investigate, to read, and to understand than the rest of those black letters -- leaders. host: do we know what fragrant douglas'-- frederick douglass's immediate reaction to appomattox was? david: we do. from the fall of 1864 right on the through the spring of 1865, as the

frederick 45. frederick dropped to 32 this morning, some frost in spots, so a light jacket tomorrow morning as well. skycast 4:00 at 7:00 a.m. showing in cloudy around and we're looking at a day filled with sunshine. notice at noon mainly sunny skies across the area just shall high thin clouds. 3:00 skycast. if you like to go for a run after work tomorrow will be spectacular. the humid will not be an issue and there would be a nice breeze. here's your planner, 7:00 a.m. 66 by 11 a.m. 7:00 a temperature of 71. now, rain is in the forecast so tuesday. it's a rainy start, likely rainy around the midday hours, so that could impact the morning commute, potential dry tuesday evening. after that chris, temperatures for the remainder of the week in the upper 60s right 'noles next weekend sunday looking like the better of the two weekend days. >>> the fisttively wrapping up an incredible run. organizers are closing it on the a little differently this year. first time they brought the activities east of the

that's in frederick county maryland and 54 degrees right now in chevy chase. temperatures have cooled. we'll get past that. temperatures tomorrow a good 10 to 13 14 degrees warmer than they are right now so we'll take that as well. 60 at reagan national. 54 in annapolis. 53 degrees right now in lexington park. plenty of warm air off to the west of this building. really impressive temperatures. kansas city 79. 80 degrees in minneapolis. all the warm air pushing in our direction. we're working with a warm front that is responsible along with an upper level system to create all heavy rain and the flooding in oklahoma city as steve showed you a little bit ago. this is the leading edge of the warm front. that will play a role late tomorrow night and friday and a following cold front coming from the upper midwest will combine to give you the cold front and warm front. high likelihood of rain here thunderstorms and should move out and here's the futurecast. few clouds midday tomorrow. mostly sunny. sotherly winds pushing us to 70 degrees. clouds will roll in overnigh

highs today 65 in frederick, 59 into far southern maryland. the clouds will hang on longer. 51 your high in manassas today. seven-day forecast really a lot of good news coming our way. rain out of here in the next hour or two. nothing more than a little passing shower chance tomorrow but most will be dry. breezy weather monday and tuesday but dry weather for most of the week. a little chance for shower on thursday. back up for what everybody wants to hear 84 for next weekend. >> fantastic, chuck. thanks buddy. coming up looking for love don't look too far. check the frig. >> sounds delicious. how one >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >> ank yes, sir, listen up. there's a company that will set you up on a blind date based on what's in your refrigerator. >> this is for real. news 4 melissa mollet shows us how your frig could be the key to finding love. >> we pack it with milk and eggs fruits an veges, how well does this big cold box know us. there's a refrigerator dating expert yes there's such a thing, that says finding true love is all about