you can see frederick county, it bit of a stormy night. y rain.ry heav while our temperatures are into 60's, this is what has been on to the north. look at how much rain has fallen. still falling, over an inch of rain. showers are beginning to but we could see a as we get into tomorrow. by wednesday and thursday, it will be right back to feeling like summer. >> thank you. we're following some breaking m capitol heights. a man has been shot in the stomach near and middle school. shootingll us the of disputesome sort between the two brothers. >> the montgomery county woman was abducted, killed and into connecticut avenue her husband will be laid to rest tomorrow. friends and loved ones will hold a funeral tomorrow. she was killed in kensington getting a protective order. children, behind six the youngest of three. >> return to the race to t obama thisiden fall. tot romney is getting ready head back to our region. afternoon, mitt will campaign but bob carlitz -- erlich. wednesday night, he will host a rally in frederick. the state primary is

frederick around 33. downtown 44 degrees. we do have a chance for some showers arriving i think late tonight. before that we'll see some clouds filtering in. for today what can you expect. temperatures in the low to mid- 60s. then milder for the weekend into the 70s by sunday. here's beverly with your time saver traffic. good morning. >>> good morning. not too much going to cost you this morning if you head west on the outer loop of the beltway out of college park, west through silver spring and bethesda despite the fact state police out of rockville went to look for the crash on the outer loop before connecticut avenue seeing lighter volume building at university boulevard around toward connecticut avenue. so far i think what they'll find will be minor on the shoulder. virginia drivers 66 there's building volume east of man fan sas to head into -- manassas to head into centreville. if you're northbound on 95, heading up through dale city, woodbridge, we're below speed prince william parkway across occoquan. pace still good i

frederick in the lower 60s. river lower 60s and annapolis copping out near mid- 60s. -- topping out near mid-60s. milder for the weekend. saturday looking to be a bit unsettled. early morning shower possible. maybe an afternoon thunderstorm, isolated. highs in the upper 60s. but mostly cloudy for saturday. sunday looks really nice, partly cloudy in the low 70s. then on monday breezy but looking dry. temperatures in the upper 60s. here is beverly with your time saver traffic. good morning. >> good morning. friday ride. we're a little slow to start but a couple of things to give you a heads up. on the outer loop of the beltway west out of clernlg -- college poork through silver spring, state police going to check for a crash on the outer loop between georgia and connecticut. pace looks good. i suspect if there is anything there, it's on the shoulder. we'll keep you posted on that. montgomery county accident in gaithersburg not far from the mall. police have been on the scene there. i-270 just building volume in hy

a little thunder and lightning in frederick county. looks like most of the tundra lightning have come to an driftinghis is slowly slowlynd southeast and moving that way. is 58 degrees at dulles annapolis, 57 in martinsburg. we will start the day with clouds and a few a stray thunderstorm hours. have a few stray storms this afternoon. breaking out into sunshine this afternoon. high temperature in the mid-70s later on today. tomorrow, gray skies to start day, breaking into sunshine the midday and afternoon. temperatures will rise into the low 80's by friday. the weekend will have a cut of low pressure system moving into town to give us cooler temperatures in the '60s. lisa baden. >> it is very wet in some areas. fortunately, no major problems to report. pretty lightll right now. road spray is going to be an of your rightsome now. no accidents to a reporter around the beltway. you to the mixing bowl in rockville. this camera. no worries to report. on the other side of town near field on the beltway and moving ok on the beltway 214 andrews

and the counties of clark, jefferson, frederick. this is until 9:00 a.m. farther and west of town you have a freeze warning in effect. expecting testimonies to fall down -- temperatures to fall down around the freezing mark especially north and west of the d.c. area. right now in downtown we're still not too bad. mid-40s in downtown. 39 gaithersburg. hagerstown in the upper 30s. la plata lower 40s. manassas 37 degrees. here's a look at the satellite radar picture where we have got high pressure to move off shore today. we'll be dry for the day. lots of sunshine but variable cloudiness by the afternoon. an area of low pressure could bring us a couple of showers well after midnight tonight. so no worries about it raining on your friday to finish off your workweek. your highs for today temperatures right around seasonable. maybe a little bit above. around low 60s in downtown. 62 in bowie.

frederick douglass to my attention, as it is daughter, frederick dollars to the frederick douglass was my father's zero. what he was on the campaign trail in the black belt cities their poor trying to get a reason to register a vote and get to the polls. he would almost the vote douglas and said still sit around waiting for other people to do right by you. the demand power. a professor of law. i teach -- the legal history course call race in america alone which covers most of the major race decided by the supreme court. i also teach constitutional law. sometimes property. sometimes open government. >> when you approach public affairs are when you sent this manuscript to a publisher the answer back from public affairs. why were they interested? >> well, fortunately i already have a prior relationship. public affairs which was a book about -- the book is titled in racing, but is about why we stood to be an immigrant society. i had a relationship with them. i sent a proposal to them be my agent. the first book and promoting the first book. they knew that as hard as it is to get attention

fog advisory in frederick county. that is until 10:00 a.m. 82 this afternoon with bright sunshine, well above average. the record is 93. there's a big disturbance in the midsection of the country. and upper level low pressure system will drift our way giving us showers and storms off and on throughout the weekend, especially on saturday, averaging about an inch of rain on saturday. experts>> dcm to 95 northbound remains closed. three vehicles involved in accident. they have to wait for tow truck to pick up the third one. -- dc 295 northbound. south capitol street is an alternate. branch avenue merges with pennsylvania avenue. alternate routes will be unusually slow. in montgomery county, southbound connecticut avenue is closed between bradley lane and chevy chase circle. northbound conn is open, but southbound traffic, the rush hour direction. that means wisconsin avenue will taken ultranet. back to you. >> thank you. the maryland senate today votes on a bill that would require scooter and moped rider is to wear helme

. >> the very second their work day and a, the teachers of this high school in frederick watch out. -- locked out. it is the start of a work to rule protest. >> i feel let down and this respected. >> the head of the union says the superintendent of schools recommended a race after several years of frozen pay, but the school board said know that the money is not there. he says that is wrong. >> we have the third low starting teacher salary in the state. frederick county is not the third poorest county in the state of maryland. >> most support the teacher's job action. >> i think it is important that teachers to get paid because they are excellent and the central to the health of society. >> i think teachers need to do their jobs. if that means staying after to help kids, that is staying after school. >> they say the county can afford a little extra. >> when they cut the budget, it is demoralizing. >> beyond symbolism and the attention they are getting it remains to be seen how much impact this will have. after today the schools are on spring break. in frederick, brad bell. >> the supre

on the west side we have a disabled vehicle near frederick. it is causing a slight delay towards the west side. speeds around 62 on southbound 95. down towards the fort mchenry, in little sluggish. harbor tunnel looks good. we have an accident at route 4 and 408. here is greenspring. to and from the j.f.x., where problem free. no problems southbound on the j.f.x. into town. 95 at route 24, we're looking at a nice start from havre de grace all the way down towards the fort mchenry and beyond. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. . >> thank you. they will be picking up the pieces in dexter, michigan, after a devastating tornado appeared more than one and it homes were affected near ann arbor. 13 homes were completely destroyed. there was heavy rain and high winds. four people are dead after a private plane crashes on the runway in north carolina. the plane was coming in for a landing when the pilot tried to correct his approach, causing a wing to dip and the plane to flip over. the mayor of philadelphia is shutting down the kitchens of food t

this is the beltway in frederick road. there is an accident.me flashing lights off of the right shoulder. we will monitor this shot. outer loop delays from 70 down towards frederick road. 50 at 97 running smoothly at this hour. a bit of a delay up away from 50. we will keep you posted. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. ava marie has the latest on the forecast. >> we do have some fog. this is basically the areas that were able to cool down into the 40's overnight. you may see some fog this morning. it is in the 50's out towards the mountains. we do have showers and possible in the mountains and in the time. 68 around baltimore with fog early on and a chance for a shower later on. ocean city, 63 with sunny skies. mostly cloudy tonight with isolated showers. we just keep on warming up. 72 tomorrow with an isolated a thunderstorm. close to 80 degrees by thursday. >> thank you. 49 degrees on tv hill. they have been stars on the big and small screen for four decades. now the muppets get their do. >> we are still taking your answers to our water

it happened around frederick road exit.police are still investigating the crash. >>> we are learning more about the american soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civiliansp linda so is standing by -- civilians. linda so is standing by with what's happening today and what we learned overnight. >> reporter: in just a few hours staff sergeant robert bales will finally get to meet his lawyer face-to-face. formal charges against him are expected any day. right now bales is held in sol tarry confinement in fort leavenworth kansas. the 38-year-old father of two is accused of leaving his outpost last week in afghanistan andburging into three homes and shooting 16 afghan civilians and burning some of their bodies. he lives in washington state with his wife and two young children. he's decorated veteran with a number of medals. he he was wounded twice in four deployments. his attorney john henry brown may argue he suffered from post- traumatic stress. >> everybody with 3 or 4deployments to the middle east will have some form of ptsdo

but frederick at zero. watch out north and we're going into the 80s this afternoon but unsettled for the week. >>> we continue to follow breaking news this morning that's affecting the morning commute. a deadly crash at chevy chase circle. >> delia goncalves has been on the scene owl morning long ash -- all morning long. >> reporter: rescue workers still here and just about 15 minutes ago we noticed that they were able to extract one of the two backseat passengers who unfortunately died in this fiery crash. here at chevy chase circle. let's take a look at some video that was shot a short time ago. it all started with a police chase a mile away at east-west highway and jones mill road. that's where we're told a police officer ran the tags of this car, discovered the vehicle was stolen about two weeks ago from this county. the officer attempted to pull the car over. at the 7400 block of connecticut avenue. that's when we're told the driver took off and eventually lost control here at the circle. striking the

dense fog advisory up north with frederick, out 70 over through howard county. north and east of town. up through westminster. northern baltimore county and even toward luray, culpeper warrenton. not under the advisory. here's the latest visibilities and you can see quarter mile frederick over to westminster. york, pennsylvania, zero. adams county pennsylvania also under a dense fog advisory. quarter mile culpeper. and yesterday we had the dense fog along the bay. even annapolis right now at a mile and three quarters. as we're looking at temperatures they're in the 50s. cool spots being frederick at 54 degrees. with 60s down south in fredericksburg. it's 63 at the tappahannock airport and some upper 50s there across southern maryland. a nice mild start and with sunshine today way above average. average high is 58. look at the forecast highs with the east wind maybe the west side of the bay you guys stay in the 70s today. 81 here in washington. beverly farmer's in this friday morning, we say hello. beverly's here with timesaver traffic. >>> trying to head into ch

frost advisory remains in effect in frederick and washington counties. where the freeze warning is well-off to the west until 9:00. satellite and radar are quiet. it is dry and. there's our next whether maker that will bring increasing clouds later in the day and then showers and periods of rain for the overnight. we hope to have that gone by midday tomorrow with a few lingering showers. then skies will begin to clear. partly cloudy, 60-65 for the daytime high. nighttime lows in the upper 40's, low 50's, areas of rain. high temperature of about 60-65 tomorrow. milder temperatures through the south. let's get an update on the rush hour commute. >> it's a very good morning right now. in and out of baltimore on 95 nothing out of the norm on 70 or 270. from colesville road to 270. and here we are at university boulevard. that side of the beltway has cleared out. 66 there was a westbound crash at sycamore street, but we are moving at a good pace eastbound and westbound could between falls church and rosslyn. back to you. >> thank you. 43 degrees right now. yo

frederick douglass is a title, frederick douglass was my father's hero. he was always quoting him. but when he was on the campaign trail in the black belt speaking to these dirt-poor sharecroppers trying to give them a reason to register and go to the poll she would invoke douglas and say don't sit around waiting for other people to do right by u.s. frederick quote douglas said, go forth and demand your power at the ballot box. >> would you teacher at georgetown? >> i'm professor of law. i teach legal history courses called race in american law which covers most of the cases decided by the supreme court. leal so teach constitutional law and administrative and sometimes property, sometimes local government. >> when you approach public affairs or send this manuscript to a publisher who was the answer back from public affairs and why were the interest in the story? >> i already had a prior relationship in the book about, the book titled the failure of immigration but about why we still struggle so i had a relationship with them and i sent a proposal and they were familiar with me beca

that's going to be harford, northern baltimore and out towards frederick. if you watching over pennsylvania, there's a freeze warning there. we expect temperatures to drop. clear skies over the state right now. hardly a cloud in the sky. that allow temperatures to clear up more rapidly. winds gusting all day, they have now let up. you get a calm clear night and a very little humidity. here is the deal, we are at 50 in baltimore. look at york 38, we only have to fall anywhere from 6 to 10 degrees to see that frost begin to develop. here its through the day tomorrow after a very cold early morning. we will rapidly warmup with early sunshine. if you're in those northern counties, bring in the tender plants. we'll have more weather coming up. >>> we have a jolting medical headline about a spike in autism. are there more autistic kids now or are we doing a better job in diagnosing. according to center for disease control, the answer is both. >> people tell me, they're just preemies. i'm like something is just not right. i just followed by gut. >> the studies sho

earlier in the week, the campaign said would he stop in annapolis and frederick. but those were canceled. this is ehrlich's hometown. romney's visit comes two weeks ahead of maryland's april 3rd primary. maryland has 37 delegates up for grabs. if you plan to attend at 3:30 when it begins, you're advised to get here early because space is limited inside the american ledger. live, linda so, "abc 2 news." >>> maryland's primary is scheduled for april 3rd. early voting begins on saturday. if you one more information, visit abc2news.com. >>> baltimore city mayor, mayor rawlings-blake will release they are 2013 budget. >> reporter: in a couple hours, mayor rawlings-blake will introduce her preliminary budget plan at the board of estimates meeting in city hall. the mayor is trying to reduce a $48 million short fall. there will be less taxes for ús and pensions and how much of the cost be passed on to the city and health okay the city is reduction health care by $20 million. and it is important to note that the police department is fully funded. there is a plan to hire hu

over toward -- especially north of frederick over toward carroll county into hagerstown. we'll zoom in and these become a little stronger over the past hour. pretty good storm towards martinsburg and win chester producing very heavy rain on the west side of i-81. where are these going in the next hour? essentially they'll traverse southeastward right through winchester. you're looking at a pretty big storm the next hour. this is over an hour period. this storm weakens a bit as it heads towards charlestown and light activity as it gets to fairmont and frederick. you frac storms, worried about summer and spring activities go, to your app store and download our weather app. it's pretty cool. search wusa9 weather. 74 bethesda, 73 arlington, 75 great falls, 74 reston, 73 college park and beltsville. so here's the deal. a mild to warm week. it's going to stay that way pretty much the entire week. however, some showers are possible tonight. our evening commute mainly dry unless you're north and west of town, some fog tomorrow morning and some showers possible for the morning com

lightning reported with the storm in to carol county and frederick county. this will diminish, fizzle out, through the remainder of the morning. we are left with clouds and at the surface, like we saw yesterday. we have foggy conditions this morning, we have 6-mile visibility in baltimore, one in easton, i won't be surprised if we have delays across the eastern shore like yesterday. frederick 4-mile visibility and i don't go at 3. future trend picking up, not a whole lot. i'm not going to rule out the chance for an isolated shower or thunderstorm this afternoon like we saw yesterday. the last day of winter, first day of spring, similar, as we head in to thursday, few clouds, all in all, temperatures, quite warm once again. here is your hour by hour forecast, 59 with foggy conditions. temperature around 73 degrees by this afternoon. today is the first day of spring. in to wednesday, 74, we get warmer as we go in to thursday and friday. temperatures close to 80 degrees. it will be cooler, temperatures in the 60s. that is well above average. let's get a check o

i will have more. 54 and very foggy in frederick. all of frederick county, howard county baltimore, you are in a dense fog advisory until 10:00 a.m. low to mid 80's today. a lot of sunshine. but damp as we going to the weekend. >> thank you very much. let's check sports. it was a rough night for the home team. the capitals lost in an overtime shootout in philadelphia and in chinatown, what a game for the wizards? they blew a 20-point lead the verizon center debut the new center, and the final score they lost by two. a tim tebow reportedly still in limbo. the associated press and now says the quarterback needs to sign a written version of the quarterback before his trade to the jets can be made official, and that is not expected to happen tomorrow -- until tomorrow. and the play of the morning -- from the tee, on a par 3 -- you know where this is coming, right? not the way i play the game. bonds is twice and rolls and to the couple for a hole in one. -- bounces twice and rolls into the cup for a hole in one. the temperature outside 56

. >>> new tonight, a woman robbed at knife point in frederick, maryland.hat's unusual here is that it happened inside a burlington coat factory store. karen. >> brian, police have a good idea what the couple looks like because they are seen inside the store on surveillance video. the stickup happened in broad daylight right before noon yesterday while the store was busy with customers. police have stepped up patrols of the store on west patrick store since the woman customer was robbed at knife point. police want you to take a good look at this video to see if you recognize the young man and woman entering the burlingtom coat factory. he is described as a white male in his 20s and 30s. average height and build with blond hair wearing a baseball cap backwards and a gray shirt with a number 7 on the back. his female partner was wearing a white t-shirt and white tennis shoes. she is shorter than the male. possibly in her teens and has long below her waist dark hair in a ponytail. >> he brandished a knife. ordered the woman to turn over her purse and then he l

it's 40 in columbia. 32 in frederick.nd it's 33 degrees in taneytown, especially, again, frederick, carroll county, you guys might see frost out there to start the day today. so, increasing clouds as we head into the afternoon, a chance for some rain showers this evening. but dry during the day. the high temperature right around 59. and that's right at average for this time of the year. haven't said that for a while. the average high is 59. record for today, 89. that was set back in 1998. overnight tonight, mostly cloudy skies, a pretty good chance for some rain showers, temperatures will drop back into the 40's. seven-day forecast looks like this -- i think most of the rain tomorrow is going to be in the morning. it will taper off in the afternoon. if you have outdoor plans on saturday, the best time to do it would be in the afternoon or evening. the high temperature, 58. sunday looks decent, a little breezy, cool, high near 62. then back into the 70's by tuesday of next week with scattered thunderstorms in the evening.

howard county, carroll and frederick county. and if you are going to pennsylvania, you have counties there that are under this dense fog advisory. once again, it expires at 10 this morning. and i believe that the fog and the clouds will scour out a little quicker than what they did yesterday. but reduced visibility three in baltimore, 4 in easton along the eastern shore and zero in frederick and also in york. and that's going to be the scenario through the remainder of the morning. keep it here and i will keep you updated but let's get a update on the roads with angela because are we talking about accidents as of now. >> reporter: the good news is no accidents so far. we are dealing with foggy conditions and we have a gas leak up in joppa town so expect delays on philadelphia road. police are alternating traffic in one lane. that's going to be between joppa farm road and joppa road. in the meantime, if you are on this stretch of 695 on the south side, moving pretty well getting off to great start for the friday morning drive. if

this is live video from sky fox along sixes road in prince frederick. someone was clean being out the car of a family member earlier today when they made the terrible discovery no, word yet who the child belongs to. so far no arrests. >>> another tragic story involving a child in virginia. an illegal daycare shut down tonight after a 3-month-old died inside the home. a viewer sent this picture to police in the house in bristow toda . >> reporter: we did see a person put into the back of a police car and driven away from here, but no one has been arrested and police have not identified that person. meanwhile neighbors say at least 20 children were inside this home in what they thought was a home daycare center. the problem is, investigators say the owners of the home didn't have a license to run a daycare center. we spoke with a neighbor who wanted to remain anonymous. she said her friend's children are usually what the she thought was a home daycare center. >> they go there, but today they're being taken care of by somebody else. >> reporter: at 12:42 p

easton 5 5 degrees. 50 in york and 54 in frederick.the temperatures are well above average once again. we should be in the 30s now for this time of the year for our lows and our highs should be in the 50s. and we will be soaring past that. i will show you that in a second. but the satellite and radar not picking up on a whole lot. we have that fog. but remember this time yesterday, we saw lots of cloud cover around the area. so this is indicative of more sunshine quicker to move into the area as we go sunrise and beyond. weather pattern warm conditions once again for today. but our eye draws us back towards the middle of the nation where we have an upper- level low caught off on the jet stream and that's why it's sitting and spinning across the area. but it will begin to slide off toward the east and that's when we are going tot rain from the weekened when it is said and done an inch to an inch and a half of rain. our hour by hour forecast by 4 p.m., 80 degrees is going to be a nice day outside. and check out our great pictures for tod

kind of chilly in the northwest suburbs. 32 in frederick. if you're watching us up that way, you guys might have a little frost on the windshield to start the day. 37 at the airport. it's 42 degrees in rock hall. the forecast for today, crousing clouds, a chance for rain showers this evening, but dry during the day. high temperatures in the upper 50's to around 60 degrees. and for a change, that's right around average for this time of the year. we haven't said that for a while. average high is 59. record for today, 89, set back in 1998. overnight tonight, mostly cloudy skies. i think some of that rain will catch up to us during the overnight period. temperatures will drop back into the 40's. seven-day forecast stacks up like this -- as we go into saturday, we'll see a chance for rain showers, but i think it will be mostly in the morning. if you have outdoor plans on saturday, try to do it as late in the day as you can. 58 for a high temperature. even if you get into the rain on saturday morning, it's not going to be heavy. sunday looks like

from frederick county, virginia, there's a crash on 81 near winchester.ions of 81 affected. right now north and southbound traffic stay to the right. back to you. >> thank you. people are waking up and dropping into cold vehicles this morning. >> it is a cold start. you need a attack this morning and gloves if you have a cold steering wheel. you will have that this morning. i will look at some great cameras. this first one overlooking the potomac. there's the potomac river. now here's the bay chesapeake beach. sunrise at 6:32. that gives us 11 hours and 34 minutes of daylight. there's the atlantic ocean. rehoboth beach along the boardwalk. a gorgeous picture. here are some of the cold as numbers i could find. 18 in frostburg, 19 ed lee is burt, 21 in middletown. -- 19 in leesburg. 20 in martinsburg, 21 in manassas 23 and gaithersburg. reagan national, two degrees below freezing at 30. if clear skies, calm wind, dry wind allows temperatures could plummet overnight. sunshine today and the next couple days. we are on the cool side of the high-pressure system

a lot of rain up around frederick county right now.st of frederick county under rain, most of washington county under some rain and there is a little bit of thunder mixed in here, too. i have been watching this. it seems to be decreasing in intensity which is what we're thinking will happen over the in, couple hours or so. most of the in stability now is really waning. don't expect this to get stronger. we zoom in more, you can see the lightning in the last couple hours or so much it's lost most of the lightning characteristics. right now just some heavy rain moving through frederick, eventually right along 70 and down 270 and again it is looking like this is beginning to fall apart there. on the live sweep we can see just some red and oranges and yellows there on frederick up highway 15. this continues to move east and southeast, holds together. you get some heavy rain into the northern sections of montgomery county and over into carroll county because again this is fairly heavy rain now coming in, but we begin to see that weaken. it

quantico, 64. 59, frederick.that little bit of rain, that we also have a dense fog advisory for southern maryland until 10:00 this morning. the jet stream reaches all the way to the hudson bay in canada. very unusual this time of year to get such a big rich in the flow, pulling all that warm air northward. off to the west, it is the winter with the cooler air dipping down and parts of new mexico and texas. over the weekend, parts of new mexico picked up over a foot of snow. 74, partly cloudy today. tomorrow lower 70's. by friday, lower 80s with added sunshine. the chance of rain and cooler this weekend. >> a very large funeral procession is getting closer to our area traveling south on i-95 in maryland, currently south of route 100 on the way into columbia, laurel eventually on to the outer loop from 95 across the american bridge and on to the george washington parkway southbound. we ask everyone be respectful and patient as this funeral procession travels through. steve will have more details on that coming up i

watch out toward martinsburg and winchester and in toward frederick.going to see the potential for some frost. you may need to kfr those plants and bring in some sensitive vej vaigs. temperatures will get into the mid 30s. who's going to see the coldest temperatures? a storm for the weekend. i'll show you what part of the weekend it may affect. >>> we have a developing story in southwest virginia. a huge fire destroyed a furniture building in basset tonight. it began shortly before 6:00, engulfed the basset superior line's furniture building. flames jumped the smith river and put homes on the other side of the water in danger for several hours. firefighters now have this fire contained, but they plan to let it burn itself out. they're going to keep a close eye on things overnight. it turns out the building that caught fire was set to be demolished anyway. no word on the cause of this inferno. >>> tonight a group of teachers in prince william county were rallying to keep them xrfrom cutting education funds. the union members were urging support from pas

frederick down to 44. manassas 45. we're sitting at 58. the records to beat are 81 in washington. 82 dulles. 82 baltimore. all of these were set on that very warm day back in 1990. let's go to monika santami. it's 5:30. time saver traffic. >>> we've got good news all around. the beltway is running smoothly all over town. no problems to report. all the construction from overnight was picked up a while ago. if you're just heading out the door, i think you're going to be fine out of frederick on 270 and i-70 down into clarksburg. we'll take a live look at route 21 so you may have a few brake lights around 80. it's nice and light on the southbound side heading down to the point where the lanes divide. it's incident free. no problems on route 55 or the great seneca highway. back to the maps. jb parkway leaving the beltway -- gw parkway leaving the beltway looking great. no problems on the dulles toll road or 66 inside the beltway. and a live look at the roosevelt bridge inbound on i- 66. all the potomac and anacostia crossings are incident free

frederick, bam, right there. it's very cool. that's so cool. that's what we started off the day with, just a lot of fog. why we'll -- wyatt will have a detailed look at the forecast in about three minutes. >>> tonight they're going to be dancing for a good cause in harford county at john carroll high school. they're mourning the loss of one of the classmates and honoring her memory with a special fund-raiser. >> so i really wanted to do something that benefits everyone. >> reporter: what started out as a senior project at john carroll touched a lot of people. >> when i found out that my fellow classmate was diagnosed, it hit home. i wanted to do something that benefited everyone. a sophomore had cancer. it really, really hit me, so i wanted to do something for this. >> reporter: by this she mean has dance to benefit the johns hopkins, comprehensive center. >> i assembled 10 studios from across maryland to come together. they've been really, really supportive and volved it's ironic. some of us see it has god's timing. her dance show was schedule

, glen burnie, frederick and silver spring. a somber day of remembrance in japan..mmrring one year since the country was struck by a massive arthquakee anddtsunami. tsunami.grief, prayer and reelection filled japan's disaster demollshed the -....- of powerful aftershocks....ffll- owee by a deeastating ttunami. seems a long waa from recovery. much of the debris along the tsunami-ravageddcoast gathered into mmssive piles... tonight, more than 330,000 people are housing. reeemberinn the tragic events one year ago. a japanese cherry blossom grrve was planted around the druiddhill ressrvior.it will bb dedicated in honor of hose who lost their lives and a way for many to reflect on what happennd one year ago. "this is a way to reaffirm our relationship....we can also celebrate the reliance of tteer country" marking thh location willlread in memory of the citizens of japan who lost their lives in the great tragedy. 3 the race for the republican nomination for presidenn hass moved to the south. south.the candidates are primaaies tuesda

take a look at frederick. were it not for that morning fog, we can have hit 90 in frederick. that would have have been unbelievable. 84 at inner harbor. that's unbelievable. annapolis 77 with a cooling breeze. all right. her we go. to the west is with we can look ford to is the day and sunday. you see the scattered showers. not anticipating severe weather. we expect more unsettled weather. you can see the main storm system pinwheeling, making eastward prog dress centered over missouri, but we have the loading edge of the storm, the front that's generating showers as close as west virginia. that will overspread from west to east, but high pressure will continue to keep the warm humid flow going. even as the clouds uncrease, it will stay warm. humidity high up and down the east coast. that will help fiewlt showers. here's the teaming. generally dry. the chance for a shower hit and miss rain on saturday. it looks like the heaviest may stay south of the baltimore area down through virginiad that will also begin to push offshore sunday but enough moisture that we could see showers

one in easton, four in york, four in frederick. before it gets better, we will go downhill.e looking at temperatures that are quite mild this morning, in baltimore, 61 degrees, stepping out the door, it's soupy outside. the humidity is high. easton, 55 degrees right now. 63 in the nation's capitol. 58 degrees in york. satellite and radar picking up on the clouds across the area. also still one renegade shower in carroll county and frederick county, it's trying to dive down alone i-70, take it easy, you are dealing with two things , the fog and the showers. future trend picking up on the fact that well, it's not going to be so bad, meaning so rainy today. there is that chance, even as we go in to the afternoon we could get an isolated shower. today is just like yesterday, the first day of spring, just like the last day of winter. thursday, a few clouds moving in to the forecast. the reason why we are getting the flow is we have an easterly flow, on shore flow, keeping clouds around here and there. the temperature coming in around 73 degrees, that's why we have been seeing the

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in frederick, 50 along with hagerstown. gaithersburg, 48.that is still well above average for this time of year. 77 this afternoon with scattered showers and thunderstorms. not expecting anything strong or severe, but there could be imbedded downpours if within the rain. polite southwesterly breeze at 5 miles an hour. thank patrick's day tomorrow, partly sunny. variable clouds throughout the day. looks like the weather will cooperate, mid 70's. in the 60's on sunday, mid to upper 60's. then warming up nicely next week. >> as far as the volume, warming up. 66 eastbound in manassas and still good at 50 fair oaks. no accidents on 95 virginia good in baltimore. nothing on the b-w parkway if. there was a crash on the beltway at branch avenue. it's gone. don't worry. how about the beltway? 270 southbound rather, pretty decent coming out of frederick to get into gaithersburg as well. metro rail is on normal service. back to you. >> thank you. 49 degrees on this friday. >> 12 hours of basketball. and why it this should not come as a surprise. >> the

frederick's near the freezing mark. much of montgomery county, arlington, fairfax, in the mid to upper 30s now. quite a chilly start. upper 30s, near 40 in prince george's county. and southern maryland, away from the waters, in the upper 30s as well as the northern neck, eastern shore. weather watchers are reporting this morning. for the rest of the day today, we'll have increasing clouds, highs reaching low to mid 60s. warmer temperatures in virginia. then we do have a small chance of a sprinkle during the afternoon. but a greater chance late this evening. and foun on saturday, mainly -- and off and on on saturday, mainly midday. highs near 70 midday. saturday night into sunday, the cloud cover should break up. we'll get sunshine back. on sunday afternoon, climbing into the upper 16. monday, bright and sunny. temperatures up near 70 degrees. and as we get into tuesday, we'll have increasing clouds again. there is a possibility of rain next week, maybe on wednesday. let's check the friday commute. danella? >>> good morn

and no real issues. 57 miles per hour out of frederick, maryland. clear as you make your way southbound. 56 miles per hour, and continuing southbound, nice speeds in rockville. no issues connecting to the spur. interloop speeds, 57 miles per hour. back to you both. >> thank you very much. >>> time is 4:43. still co-to-come, trying to get things back to normal. when you will be able to top to of the national >>> breaking news in montgomery county. a few minutes ago, crews put out a fi a fire. >> let me show you the bus now. right on the road, on georgia avenue near the glenmont station. they are cleaning up the bus and preparing to tow it let me give you a closer look. this fire was absolutely amazing. it appears the fire started somewhere near the engine compartment and quickly spread through the rest of the ride-on. there was a driver on board who made it out safely. luckily, no passengers on board. there have been a number of issues with montgomery's 29- and 30-foot buses this started in 2009 with a fleet of buses manufactured by champion. the que

the frederick county bomb squad was called to downtown frederick wednesday because of a coconut. yes, it was found yesterday morning near the courthouse on west patrick street. police evacuated the area for about 20 minutes before realizing it was a coconut, not a bomb. the fruit was deemed not to be a threat. >>> it is 6:07. coming up in eight minutes, it is cool schools time. if you thought math was tough when you were in school, try learning it and chinese at the same time. ahead you'll see some kindergartners who think it's no problem. >>> howard says no problem in weather. it's going to be breezy and warm today. highs around the 70-degree mark. find out how long this spring like weather will last when 9news now returns. >>> good morning. we're back at 6:10 on this thursday morning. here's what's making news now. nearly one year after the disaster in japan, a panel of experts says the u.s. must rethink its emergency plans for nuclear reactors. it says customized plans need to be in place at all 65 reactors, including calvert clifton, maryland. >>> another report out, this one

. >>> also an accident in frederick county, this 1 involving an overturned tractor- trailer blocking all eastbound lanes of liberty road at green valley. headed on the beltway no issues there. everything looking good as far as speeds go with averages at 61 and 59. there is a live look again at 95 just north of 279. looking pretty good the moment. remember wjz 13 is always on, so for traffic information anytime you can always log onto wjz.com, back over to you, don. >> there is breaking news happening right now in japan. the country has just been hit by a 6.8 magnitude earthquake, a warning about a small tsunami has been made for a part of the japanese pacific coast of course, a year ago an earthquake killed tens of thousands of people. we don't have reports of injuries or damage at this point. >>> here is what people will be talking about, rick santorum closing the gap on mitt romney. he won in those states with romney placing third. here is duarte geraldino for wjz. >> reporter: rick santorum pulled off a sweep tuesday. >> we did it again. >> reporter: he told supporters with they w

we did get into the 80s towards frederick which we hit 86 officially in frederick but did not get out of the 70s, hit 73 at bwi marshal. it stays unsettled, even though we have warm air from the front we have a front that is responsible for this line of showers from the northeast all the way back toward kentucky and back toward tennessee, could have severe weather back toward the midwest for today but it is going to be responsible for unsettled when for us. temperatures stay well above our normal highs then that front moves out of here by tonight into storm we will start to see clearing. more sunshine tomorrow. today temperatures will be comfortable but we could see rumbles of thunder -- here rumbles of thunder. sunset 7:14 shes southwest wind at 5 to 10 knotts with nod advisors, 76 degrees with clearing, couple of showers, 52 degrees tonight, then for the next 5 days, 74 tonight, 69, 72, 76, 76 and 69 right on through the middle of the week, again, tuesday is the first day, official day of spring, don. >> thank you. the rush right now from sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. >> hi,

the students are from frederick douglas high.horities say all of the injuries appear to be minor. right now school officials are in the process of contacting all the parents. >>> starting today older travelers have fewer hassles to deal with getting through airport security. flyers 75 and older don't have to take off their shoes or their light jackets. in most cases they can also skip patdowns and just walk through metal detectors or imaging machines. the transportation security administration is testing the pilot program at four airports including chicago's o'hare, denver, orlando, and portland, oregon. if everything works well the tsa could expand the program. >>> on a future flight you may not have to turn off your favorite electronic device like ipad or dvd player. the faa plans to review current rules governing electronic devices and retesting them. it is going to retest them to see how they might affect an aircraft during different points of the flight. >>> new 911 tapes from the shooting death of a florida teenager announc

right now on the east side of frederick county in toward mt. airy coming down damascus, route 27.'ve seen some leftier showers as well. otherwise it is quiet in most other areas. some fog out there. we're missing some of the reporting stations in virginia at the moment, but we know we have dense, patchy fog. in warrenton had dense fog. and southern maryland to the eastern show. we'll be watching for the pockets of dense fog the next few hours of your temperatures the mid-50s to the low 60s which is above average. our average high is 57. unbelievable. yesterday we got to 76. >>> good morning. everybody. in case you heard about it, there was a serious and fatal accident in frederick early this morning on the westbound side of i-70 before main street. we just got word it's been cleared up and you should be okay through that area newspaper frederick. in virginia, first of all on the inner loop of the beltway right here in springfield, you can go no further than 95. you'll have to go northbound on 395 to edsall road. turn around and turn back to the inner loop of the beltway or if you'

dip the poor in frederick. in fredericksburg.ind is still very gusty. 33 mile per hour gust in washington. the wind will diminish. look at the computer model futurecast. temperatures overnight will drop blow 30's. we will recover with sunshine the low 50's tomorrow. a cold front may bring a few on wednesday.orms will level off into the weekend. wjla.com for anytime. bob ryan just posted a new blog. read all about it. that's the latest. "i was in new york this weekend and everyone was talking about tebow. >> there were talking about me? would they say about me? i thought it was april fool's day. country, a paid manning is a bronco, tiger woods wins a tournament? peyton is a bronco. the former heisman trophy winner is of 8 in denver g the big apple. >> i'm excited to be a jet. what ever my role is, however i will dond that role, i that. tebowmania at 6. a shotd the caps taking with a local family. >> there were they were come of red. sea next to all those big guys. ove.ds got to sit next to >> today they got to pose along the capit

here's the hometown forecast for frederick. by 9:00, sunshine breaking out.going to be chilly, only in the low 40s there. and it's going to be true for much of our northern/western suburbs. by mid-afternoon in frederick, it should be into the low 50s. look how cold it gets tonight. by 11:00 this evening, down to the mid 30s. then the upper 20s by dawn on saturday. the day planner, blustery morning. low to mid 50s throughout the region. by noontime, it will be mostly sunny and breezy. near 60 throughout the metro area and points south. by 5:00, we'll be down to near 50. colder tonight. the evening planner coming up in ten minutes. here's a look at our morning traffic on this friday. good morning, danella. >>> good morning. taking route 50, we'll look at it together. i'm not seeing any accidents. volume light at this time. travel speeds traveling 50 westbound at davidsonville road, 71 miles per hour. as you connect to the beltway, not seeing any issues for you. travel lanes are open. i'll give you a live look at 50 at the beltway. making your way westbound, vol

so frederick is in that but points southward, you're dealing with fog this morning. you know the drill. have the low beams on. this is stubborn to move out of here. and we'll see the clouds around even above us as we go into the afternoon, even lunchtime. later on in the afternoon we'll see the sunshine breaking through. so we have reduced visibility at about four miles in baltimore, easton three works in washington d.c., one in frederick. and we need the tubs to get to ten. and -- the numbers to get to ten and it will take a while. there's probably problems on the roadways. but to get that check, let's send it over to angela. >>> good morning. you are correct. the fog is causing some major problems this morning. delays westbound 50 trying to cross the bay bridge. and the harrisburg compress way, we had an earlier car fire. this is a live view of the harrisburg compress way. we're still blocking all northbound lanes of 83. and as you can see, the delays in the southbound direction. some is due to volume and a little rubbernecking with car fire situation. and we're de

dc coming in at 1, 3 york and frederick around 3 as well. then we have the chance for isolated showers or thunderstorms a little later in the day. right now though maryland's most powerful doppler radar is dry and the big story is the fog. so let's get over to angela so she can talk about that and see if it's affecting the roads. good morning. >>> it is, good morning. certainly impacting the drive, foggy conditions and things are slowing down, a lot sooner than usual as you get ready to head out. we're going to a couple of live cameras, this is 695 at the bw parkway, as you can see the foggy conditions, volume is picking up in both directions on the stretch of the beltway. and getting heavy on the west side of 695 and the top side. another live look at 295, the bw parkway at maryland 32 southbound with mild congestion on 295 from 198 to powder mill road. and mta, marc trains 872 and 890 with a 10-minute delay. >>> animal control officers in harford county seized a dog and 15 cats from a home in street. >> in a case of animal hoarding. abc2 n

a chilly night, frederick in at 32 degrees and that wind isn't helping at all.he wind's have died down but even just a little bit of breeze can make it chilly out there. we are still seeing a east wind. eight miles an hour. they will start to die down through out the over night. they will pick back up through the day and on the day through tuesday. with that wind we have a wind chill. still about five to ten degrees below the air temperature. really depending where you are feels like 34 annapolis, 32 washington, 26 in frederick. bundle up if you head out. you may want to grab the chapstick and lotion, the dew point, so dry out there that you will reach for the hand cream and chapstick tomorrow. satellite and radar showing clouds trying to push into baltimore city and surrounding areas, we will see the increase of clouds through the night tonight and through the day tomorrow. we are watching a clipper system. that will continue to sink down to the south. earlyer at 6:30 i was thinking that may move to the north. we could see snow showers early tomorrow morning. n

maybe a few of you in frederick might stop if the clouds come earlier enough in the upper 60s. let's go to monika santami with your time saver traffic. >>> thank you so much. we're starting off this morning's rush hour really well. no problems to report if you're planning to head around the beltway or on to the gw parkway leaving the american legion bridge. you'll be fine into downtown. the dulles toll road out of leesburg and # 6 out of -- and 66 out of manassas are both incident free. nice and light on the entire western stretch of the beltway between 270 and 66 and even down into springfield. back over to the maps, this time to maryland on the bw parkway and route 50. inside the beltway through cheverly. all lanes are open. no problems in the northeast corridor on new york avenue. we'll take a live look in new carrollton at the beltway near route 50. all lanes are open. in my next report we'll go into the district at 5:10. >>> despite a local and in some cases a national outcry, yesterday virginia governor bob mcdonnell signed a controversial bill requiring an ultrasound bef