fredericksburg is 7 # degrees. fredericksburg is 76 degrees. high temperature, 90 degrees. the humidity will stay in check today. how about temperatures 30 degrees cooler than today by friday. >> thank you. >>> we begin this morning with breaking news, word that four people have been shot in laurel, maryland. this apparently happened about 1:00 this morning. police say two victims were found on hitching post lane. two others were found on alma avenue about one mile away. not clear whether the victims are men or women or how old theare. we do have a crew headed to the scene and we'll bring you updates as they come in. >>> four miners are still missing after monday's explosion following the explosion at the mine in west virginia. the safety record of the coal mine is being called into question. it has been repeatedly cited for improperly venting methane gas. >>> is it a done deal in almost d.c. schools and the teachers union reached a tentative contract agreement. it still has to be ratied and approved by the d.c. council. it ends nearly three years of negotiations. it calls

fredericksburg is 61. richmond, as i said, 69.ocally gaithersburg is 48 as is reston. 52 springfield. arlington is 49. what happened to the 90s the last week? we will see them in a couple of month months. east northeast winds at 14. light rain is reported and the bigger picture. this is what is coming through us. a little energy back through ohio and pennsylvania. that's why we can't rule out and say this will be out of here in a few hours. might get a stragglers of a shower but the afternoon will hold the heart of the rain here between now and let's say 3:00, 4:00, 5:00. here's the seven-day forecast, 50s today with the rain showers off and on. pretty numerous through 3:00, 4:00, 5:00. better tomorrow, 60. thursday and friday, 70s with showers by friday afternoon and evening. that will usher in more cool air for the weekend but should be a dry weekend with highs around 60. that's weather. stick around. j.c. is in the kitchen when 9 news now returns. hi! welcome to progressive.com. come on in, and i'll give you a free quote. quote

fredericksburg, 79 at this hour and 75 at manassas. a little cooler at annapolis near the water at 68 degrees. as far as the temperatures elsewhere are concerned across the country to the south, we've been benefitting from that southerly flow of air that moved in. but we've good cooler air on tap associated with a frontal system. that frontal system is sinking its way to the south. temperatures not quite as cold as last night, however, to the west where we had a frost advisory, none of that tonight. temperatures into the upper 40s and low 50s. let's look at truview because that front actually moving its way from the north is going to stall to the south of u.s. into the course of tonight. you see all these clouds to the west? that's what we're going to see. the clouds will push their way in towards us. it's a moisture starved front so the precipitation you see to the north we're not anticipating seeing any of that as we move into tonight. let's go back to the weather map. this frontal system will develop a wave of low pressure. it is go

manassas 48, fredericksburg and national 54. the warm spot is annapolis and pax river 56 and winds light at three miles an hour. the seven-day forecast, today 61 with showers off and on. mild tomorrow. an afternoon shower is possible, 70. near 70 on friday. low 70s on saturday. but in the afternoon and evening showers may be moving in. the morning will be okay if you have an outdoor event. sunday, shower and maybe a thunderstorm. i will be in my rain gear noon to 3:00 and cool weather and damp next week. >>> good morning, kris sneed. >> good morning. we are seeing no weather- related problems on the roads. we will start in virginia. 95 northbound a report of an accident on the hov lanes approaching newington. i'm hearing it is to the shoulder. slow prince william parkway to lorton and again a little break and then back down again to backlick road. moving to 395 northbound. tracking the taillights to seminary. five to ten minutes right now. we will watch it as it builds throughout the morning. going to the district, inbound new y

and fredericksburg, 57 degrees and 55 at dulles and baltimore on the other hand is at 55 degrees and keeping a close eye to the sky and look at true view. we have got plenty of rainfall that is moving in across our area and it was more widespread and look at the leading edge here of the storm system that is headed our way and created a lot of storms and is still in parts of the midsection of the country and that is for our area and this is where we have all the tornado watches stretching from georgia to the south and to illinois and tennessee, kentucky and indiana and all effected here and there have been reports of tornados on the ground in some of the areas, gusty winds and rainfall. as this moves toward us, this is what we're going to watch into the next 24 hours and to our weather map. we are under a slight rack of of severe weather, from d.c. and through south of the florida panhandle and this is going to ease to the north of us and stall out right near the mason-dixon line and back to the south again and to areas of central virginia and maryland, talking thunderstorms as way mo

somebody found the victim on william street in fredericksburg and called 911. so far, nobody has been arrested p. >>> d.c. police have arrested a fisk suspect in last month's tribe shooting that left four people dead. they picked up jeffrey best yesterday. police arrested two suspects the night of the shooting and another two last week. all are facing murder charges. >>> police are now looking for a local man who may be a witness to the murders of a college student from virginia. investigators want to talk with kerry mccollum. they believe he was driving a 2005 dodge magnum with maryland license plates 2 edh 33. police think he was at an off- campus party at texas southern university last week where 18- year-old joshua mcmacel of front royal was shot and killed. houston police believe he is back in the d.c. area. >>> communities crushed, the devastation unmeasurable and recovery will take years. that is the word from towns in the south as they try to return to some type of normalcy after tornadoes rip their lives apart. it is estimated that the storm destroyed

we have another round of showers down through brandywine getting back to north of fredericksburg. we go live to the weather computer and we'll see how the front is moving east, all of those showers and thunderstorms from vermont down through new york into atlantic city. we'll see the sunshine return here and not too long. 46 winchester. 30s in the mountains. highs only maybe in the low 60s. angie, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, howard. i am in a great mood because it is friday. hey, everybody, hope you are off to a great start. unfortunately on the traffic front, we have early morning tieups to tell you about. on the inner loop, to go eastbound 66, crash activity keeps the ramp closed. overall in virginia, not seeing any problems as far as the speed of drivers between 95 past braddick up towards this exit. as we move over to upper marlboro, this has been around since early this morning. eastbound 214 still closed at watkinsburg drive because of cash activity. you want to make a left onto watkins park and a right onto chestertown. then you go to kettering to make another rig

however, temperatures showing that we are okay upper 30s culpeper, gaithersburg, stanton 34 and 45 fredericksburg. tappahannock in the 30s. there's the winds gusting. the blue areas are talking 10 to 20 miles an hour and national 18 in winchester. a little breeze. enough to hold the temperatures up enough to avoid the frost and freeze. high around 65. average is 57 -- 67, 68. >>> welcome back from the weekend. we are letting you know the construction on 95 then the bw parkway has cleared northbound and southbound. great news there. on 270, that's our next stop, it appears to be smooth sailing from father hurley to the smith. next we have virginia 66 heading eastbound. you are clear through manassas to centreville. we are watching 395 northbound. drivers are moving at speed past duke street and the pentagon in to dc, crossing the 14th street bridge and we will wrap it up with a report of an accident going northbound on 95 at the fairfax county parkway exit. andrea, back to you. >>> students at dc's shawn middle school are returning to class for the first time since their principal was found murder

over half an inch of rain has fallen in fredericksburg. 1/3 of an inch of rain at the banner school in frederick. quarter of an inch of rain in dale city. temperatures will not move too much. we will have clouds and drizzle conditions. we do have some heavier bands of showers up near frederick. another pocket over parts of the northern neck. we do have a smattering of showers. much ross, heading over to st. oss.'s county, -- montre they will continue over towards carroll county. we will show you on the maps that we are socked into the gray. the rain looks like it wants to exit. we will be drizzly this afternoon. some fog could develop. a cold front will swing by tomorrow. we will clear out later. this system will swing by tomorrow afternoon per it will be partly sunny. we could see a stray shower possible. it will be near 70 tomorrow. warm as well on friday. another system muezzin and it could make for a wet -- another system moves in and it could make for a wet weekend. milder for friday. the weekend will become mostly cloudy. off and on showers on saturday and sunday and maybe into m

fredericksburg, 59 degrees at this hour. as you take a look at the big picture, the situation is setting up similar to how it set up yesterday. cooler air to the north. new york city not showing a temperature there but i can tell you it is in the mid-40s in new york. and then warmer air to our south, 60 degrees in raleigh. so we're right in between there. that is where we'll see some showers an thunderstorms pop up in the latter part of the day today. here is your satellite-radar. yesterday, man, look at all the areas of yellow, orange, red and even purple as some severe storms developed across portions of the mid-atlantic. here in washington, officially at reagan national, just about a tenth of an inch of rain, they had an inch of precipitation an hail to our north yesterday with some of those storms that came through. we are see eggcuple of scattered showers to our north, to our west and now to the southwest as well. here is your day planner for today. chance some of showers, some thunderstorms in the afternoon. cloudy tod

fredericksburg not so bad at 7. a quarter mile from annapolis and baltimore and frederick. even down to tappahannock. you have been bouncing between a half and three-quarters of a mile. patchy dense fog and some of this, you get to zero viability almost. it is really dense and will take extra time. angie will have more in a couple of minutes. the forecast first, it will be warmer and maybe an isolated shower, pleasant 70 and tomorrow saturday showers. temperatures in the mid-60s. the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast this morning a lot of fog. 38 many the cold spots to 52 in the warm spots. near the bay, downtown, sunrise is 6:22. going to take an hour or two after that before we really start to see the fog really shrink up. this may hold on until mid- morning as a dense fog advisory until 9:00. stray shower this afternoon. low 70s for high and northwest wind picking up ten to 25 gusting to 25 with a front. variably cloudy and cool tonight. northwest wind at five to ten. the sunset 7:52 and a nice day for friday. we're at 52. the low 40s with no wind and the fog in martinsbu

fredericksburg has dropped down to # 69. -- dropped down to 69. partly sunny skies today, hot, high about 86 degrees. that is way above normal. for tomorrow, 88 degrees for your high knocking on the door of 090. some hiewt there. clouds build in on thursday. as i mentioned on thursday, we get some showers and thunderstorms as well in the afternoon because a cold front and then in the wake of that cold front, our temperatures drop rather dramatically as we head towards and into the weekend. highs only in the low 60s on friday and saturday. all right. that is the weather. you know what it is time for. it is time to act weather guy, the segment where tucker barnes and i put our big heads together to we are your most pressing questions, weather- related or otherwise. today's question is a timely one from philip duncan would writes why are gas prices low in the winter and high in the summer? well, it's simple question. w.a somewhat complicated answer. >> can i just add, they're never low anymore. >> lower. lower he should say lower in the winter. they'

>> reporter: actually in fredericksburg. it is only a crime in certain circumstances. as you will hear in this story. fredericksburg says it is the first time they charged someone for this particular offense. with the prevalence of cell phone cameras, expect to run into this crime more and more now. this manassas man faces up to five years in prison because of a picture he took on his cell phone camera. the charge, unlawfully photographing an unconsenting person. it took place in the parking lot of the parking lot of the wawa. she was waiting for her mother who was inside the store. she was resting on the passenger seat. her feet were on the dashboard, eyes closed. then she heard a sound that drew her attention. she noticed a man taking her photo with the cell phone. she got his license plate. fred recollectionburg police tracked down the man. he found he still has h the photos on his phone. and they weren't of the teenager's face. inadvertently her underwear was exposed to him while he was standing outside of the car. and he had saved those photographs and actually se

fredericksburg is at 59, 51 at mckinley. they have warmed up a few degrees.he clouds are not as intense and the warm front is still just to ourselves. we are still in the cool air and the easterly flow coming off the ocean. the front will still be in the vicinity during the day tomorrow. the storm center will be passing over this by late in the day tomorrow. once it gets passed us, the rain chances will start to back off. showers and storms continued tonight, but become less intense as we get into the evening and overnight hours. out to the west waof us, tomorrw mostly cloudy skies. variable winds at 5-10, and not as much rain as we had today. 63-74 the high. the heavy rain is lined up north of the front this evening. futurecast lets the reign of during the day tomorrow, but as the storm's center comes through, rain chances continue into early tuesday before things finally clear out. in the backwash of the storm, they expect some snow up in new york state. we will not be that cold or that wet. here is a look at the seven-day forecast. tomorrow 67, still some

marine from fredericksburg. the military says the 20-year- old was found unconscious tuesday in his barracks at marine corps base ttie. military police tried to resuscitate -- resuscitate him he joined in 2007. still to come, >> i find it insulting to all the other soldiers who have died. i find it insulting to the family's. >> a father is serving a protester who rallied at his son's funeral and now a surprise ruling from the court. we will tell you why he is being told to pay up. plus, homes and cars underwater in the northeast as the weekend finally starts to dry out. and it is almost here, get ready for the pipette. ipad. we will be back with a f if i had to sit on a bench during the middle of a game due to diabetes it would frustrate me. in a basketball game a couple minutes could mean a big momentum shift. my bayer meter is very important. (announcer) only bayer's contour meter has programmable personal high low settings. it allows me to be able to look at my highs and lows to make sure that my diabetes is

the further south, fredericksburg, could be around 83, 84, the wind out of the south at 4-8.the extended outlook, easter sunday, looking nice, 77 degrees. opening day for the washington nationals, a few clouds, no rain to speak of, high approaching 80 degrees. the next best chance of rain, late wednesday night, thursday, but a great stretch of days, and it works out perfectly for the cherry blossoms and the parade. >>> speaking of great stretches, a first encounter with something of an easter season tradition. [ beeping ] ♪ my country ♪ 'tis of thee ♪ sweet land ♪ of liberty ♪ of thee i sing [ laughs ] ♪ oh, land ♪ where my fathers died ♪ land of the pilgrims' pride ♪ from every mountainside ♪ let freedom ring ♪ >>> tonight on "nightline," the potentially life changing incidents with teenagers and sex. >>> first, a showdown in the newsroom. >> i thought i could do it. >> roll the video. about zero, boy. >> this was the inaugural peep eating contest he not only ate his words but ate seven and a half of the marshmallow treats. am i was not the winner. >> you are not. >> we had

the warm spot is fredericksburg, 68 degrees. and the winds are gusty. 26 national. 22 andrews. 24 gaithersburg. almost 30-mile an hour gusts from winchester and that's the case. a breezy afternoon. 63, mostly cloudy. sustained winds from the north northwest and the air has really dried out. dew point 39. it was at 50 so a northwesterly wind. big storm in the northwest. had a little storm in the middle here. that's the one passing to the south. look at the snow breaking out on the backside of this storm. it could drop a foot of snow across the adirondacks in to new england. and once the second one passes this one to our south. this passes later on tonight and we will clear out and our weather will be sunnier and chilly the next couple of days before we warm things up. 65 today. 63 tomorrow. a cold night tonight. low 40s here in town. when you wake up tomorrow morning. 70 and beautiful on thursday. nice and warm on friday. and then check out the weekend, low to mid-80s for highs. better chance of storms on sunday and monday aftern

as we go through the morning, we are looking at a good area of showers and light rain for fredericksburgp to dc and that will envollop. again, not a huge storm, kind of a pes ky storm quite frankly. rain fall amounts, half an inch. that's about it. satellite picture, radar combined. we are going to watch this big storm out west. it's a big sized storm. that's for our weekend. we are looking at light rain through eastern kentucky and tennessee, back down, cleared atlanta. that's what is headed our way. it's going to move up to the northeast. it's not a huge storm, but enough to make your take your umbrella tomorrow. high clouds right now. they will stay dry through tonight. next seven days, 61 tomorrow. light rain and showers. 68 on thursday. almost 70 on friday. those are the two nicest days of the next seven, i would say. rain and showers, showers and thunderstorms possible. upper 70s on sunday. for the earth day festival and low 70s. left over showers monday and tuesday. a little unsettled. >> here's something that may be unsettling. do we want t.o.? >> i don't know if we want t.o. he

a little cooler in the mountains. 54 in oakland. 73 down i-75 towards fredericksburg. lows tonight, not too bad. mid-40s in the suburbs. low 50s downtown. 51 arlington. 47 college park. 46 in bowie. lots of mid-40s for reston and sterling and also leesburg. tomorrow morning, great to partly cloudy and cool. 40s and 50s. by the afternoon, a nice strong finish, partly cloudy and pleasant. highs around 70. winds are light, only out of the north at about 10 miles an hour. satellite picture radar combined. big thunderstorms now, throughout much of kansas and into missouri. and this is the same system that we'll get in here over the weekend and again, if we pop in that warm sector of the air, then we're going to see some big thunderstorms on sunday afternoon. in the meantime, most of our evening showers, they are kind of fizzled out or gone to the south and the east. next seven days? 71 tomorrow. mid-50s on saturday. back in the upper 70s or sunday. we've got the earth day festival for the march for the babies. registration at 8:00 on the washington monument ground. the race

fredericksburg, 51. these are nice temperatures. pleasant to start the day. take a look at the cloud cover. you kind of pick it out here moving through in the last couple of frames. there you go. you see the very light sprinkles and the clouds pushing off to the south and east. they will get out of here. not too concerned about any rain shower activity and what is going to happen is our front will fade out across the carolinas and we'll watch an area of low pressure develop during the day tomorrow. that will move a little closer to the washington area. if you want rain this week, if you want to time the rain, i think best chance will be late in the day tomorrow and tomorrow night and then we'll start to quiet down towards the middle and end of the week. we should be very pleasant this week. we are not expecting any extremes as far as heat, not going to be too cold. it will be just right. tonight, we'll go way cool one overnight, partly cloudy. 45degrees. we claude up tomorrow. there are your showers. best chance will be tomorrow night into the first part of w

in to the 40s and 50s. 54 national and hagerstown and 46 leesburg, frederick, 45 manassas. 49 fredericksburgok for increasing clouds. showers midday and more likely this afternoon. highs cooler than yesterday, 73 only 55 to 60. right now 54. >> right now beltway alert. on the outer loop the volume is light but we have an accident to start the morning off near the new hampshire exit. watch for that. a little volume here at university. moving to downtown. we have the nuclear security summit in place. roads around the convention center will be closed. we will have more on this throughout the show. 395 northbound, all clear. smooth sailing on to 395 making your way to the 14th street bridge. >> those traffic warnings regarding the nuclear security summit are apparently working. despite the road closures the downtown commute for a lot of dc workers was remarkably easy yesterday. bruce leshan has more on the resultatively smooth commute. it's tough to complain about the summit's main goal, keeping nukes away from terrorists. so the only real protesters were rallies against the arrival of the chine

i think the areas south of town culpeper and fredericksburg, you'll probably have rain and showers before you get the morning commute over with. the rest of us will have to wait until the afternoon. but look how we bounce back. maybe a late shower thursday. near 70 on friday with sunshine. tonight clouds on the increase we stay dry and cool. low temperatures, winds out of the south and southwest about ten. that is a warm wind. tomorrow mostly cloudy with light rain and showers. winds southwest at ten. everybody will see showers by lunch time and everybody in the district will have a dry morning commute. mostly cloudy and cool in the morning. showers everywhere. high temps around 60s. and winds turn easterly at ten. that will keep us cooler tomorrow than we would be otherwise. satellite picture radar combined, here is the system now. kentucky and tennessee, it's not a big storm. it's not that well organized. but it's going to push out to the north and east and bring us clouds lail later on tonight -- later on tonight. although, again, in terms of amounts, probably half an inch or less acro

marine from fredericksburg. lance cpl. marc plotts was found unconscious tuesday at marine corps base in hawaii. police tried to resuscitate him. plotts in listed in marines in 2007. -- plotts enlisted in the marines in 2007. >>> evans represent ward two. brown isn't out large council member. >>> the vatican was aware of sexual abuse by priests back in the 1960's. this letter from 1963 to the head of the roman catholic order recommended removing a pedophile priest from active ministry. the letter appears to have been requested by the pope will have more on this and it live report coming up later. >>> 5:07, 53 degrees. dramatic new details about the fbi raid on a christian militia. an agent got inside. >> you try to get in there without the hip boots, you sink. >> the flood waters keep on coming. >> it will be a beautiful day if you want to take a trip to the tidal basin. the cherry blossoms are in full tidal basin. the cherry blossoms are in full bloom. >>> and a very go morning. brian van de graaff here on thursday. yeste

between fredericksburg and baltimore along 95. 270, 66, the greenway, a toll road, and moving nicely along route 7. 95 traffic in virginia. more headlights out of newington headed toward the pentagon. everything moving smoothly. metrorail on normal service. >> now the story. i woke up to this. kate gosselin on dancing with the stars, she's gone. the television mother and her partner tony got the ax last night. she faced constant criticism from the judges of, giving her the lowest scores. she clashed with her dancing partner, both threatened to quit this season. the viewer is kept bringing them back. in the end she says she learned a lot. >> if you have fears, you can face them. >> she was not very good, but she took some pretty harsh criticism on the chin and got back in there. her attitude was very good. >> now she will concentrate on the custody fight with her former husband. seven couples are still in the running for the trophy. >> going back to a custody fight after taking it on the chin at dancing with the the stars. [laughter] >> she can go to our next reality show. >> it is st

>> 95 in maryland, 95 out of fredericksburg, heating up. 29 at university blvd., a vehicle rolled overthey're making progress. traffic is getting by slowly on 29 at university. as far as the weather, is it going to eat up? -- heat up? >> we will. it's gorgeous across the city. clear skies. clear skies at night mean a cold start. we will warm up nicely. mid 60's. it will feel a lot better than yesterday with a light wind. 36 in fort meade. 44 degrees at seats and elementary. 44 degrees in newington. --44 at seton elementary. southern fauquier has different weather from northern fauquier. the big picture shows a high pressure. sunshine with an ice conditions. it's in texas. mid-60's's for us today. upper 60's tomorrow. by wednesday there will be showers. thursday and friday will dry off. there's another round of rain headed for the weekend. 62 degrees at lunchtime, 60's this afternoon. 40's tonight. wednesday a little rain. 60's or 70's into the weekend. we need some rain. thank you. >>> five major airlines will not start charging carry on fees. airlines are bracing for the summer travel

this morning its 45 in fredericksburg, 45 in maryland, 48 in herndon. let's look at the maps. clouds will be sinking in. there will be a little early morning sunshine. if we will go to mostly cloudy skies through the midmorning. around lunchtime if we will have light rain. showers through southwestern pennsylvania and there are showers in cleveland this morning. they will be light in nature. the front that worked through yesterday will cause some moisture today. after we get through this evening, the most durable move out. it will be called tomorrow. hornbeck up on thursday and friday with sunshine. then some rain again. repetitive pattern through the week. perley sunshine and cloudy with a light midday rain. highs between 55 and 60 today. tomorrow in the 60's of sunshine. 70's on thursday and friday. light rain friday into early saturday. 60's on saturday and sunday. >> thank you very much. microsoft's answer to the iphone. and a new place to look forele a nook. >> microsoft has its two new phones aimed at social networking young people. they have a touch screen and are desig

fredericksburg it's at 71 and all things considered it's nice up and down the east coast here from newty. the same temperature. richmond is 71. right down into the carolinas, temperatures are holding into the 70s and back to the northwest temperatures were in the 60s. we're not expecting big cooldown. we will be cooler tomorrow simply because we'll have clouds. less amount of sunshine and they'll help keep the temperatures in the low 60s. mostly cloudy at 11:00 and 69. showers tomorrow morning. i will say at 8:00 though, may be a better way to say it would be spotty showers and the way it's looking right now primarily to the south of the metro tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. so we're hoping that this rain will hold off a little bit. at least the morning hour commute will mainly stay dry but by noon just about everybody will be in for at shower activity. high pressure to the south of us. so that's kept us fairly nice today. notice the clouds coming through. the high-level clouds. most of this rain is still well on off to the south of us as the area of high pressure comes to the south and

from cal57 in fredericksburg rit now, 52 in leesburg. high-temperature near 70 with plenty of sunshine and a light northerly wind. it will become cloudy by tomorrow. if showers are possible. the seven-day forecast is coming up in a bit. >> in virginia, a minor wreck on 95 northbound on the ramp from 123 woodbridge heading onto the interstate. this will cost you a couple extra minutes if you are on 95. everyone's looking. a roundabout way, they have found a minor crash on the beltway on your way out of sprifield. it's not really blocking anything n. this is the beltway traffic leaving springfield's heading up to 66 and route 7. no complications reported on 395 inside the beltway. 270, plenty of traffic. this is i-495 at old georgetown road. the flashing light is a rental truck that experience to break our. everything is under control. we still have a very light volume of traffic getting into the district. if you have the option of telecommuting, we encourage you to do so. if 13 metro bus routes will be affected by the closures that are ha

as far as travel times, still in our favor. 95 between fredericksburg and baltimore, looks good. dulles toll road, 66, and 270 looking fine. 270 travel is normal out of frederik into montgomery county. i just heard from newschopper 7 and they are going to fly this morning. >> that is good. moving in the right direction. it's tuesday. we know what that means. time to talk about dancing. take a look. it was a big night for almost all of the remaining seven celebrities. almost every competitor really stepped it up. singer nicole scherzinger foresthill leads the pack. some of them got the highest scores of the season. espn reporter erin andrews is a close second. skater evan lysacek fell back to fifth place. the judges said it was his worst of the season. now that kate gosselin is gone, the lowest scores went to the bachelor jake. one more danceable be eliminated tonight. i'll be watching. >> pamela anderson did not look bad as a brunette. >> that was pamela anderson? >> she looks really different. >> i did not notice. >> who was looking at her hair? good boy, brian. >> i would alway

very light traffic fredericksburg all the way up 295 to 395. prince george's county had an accident outer loop at st. barnabas road over to the shoirl once you get up to pennsylvania avenue both directions moving along without delay. that's how we're doing now. back to you. >>> as details emerge about the days leading up to that mass shooting in southeast on tuesday we know multiple city agencies tried to get two brothers off the streets before the two deadly crimes in which they are charged. tracee wilkins joins us with more on this story. >> reporter: good morning. one of the most frustrating aspects of this violent and deadly shooting. it appears the two brothers were both in custody and could have been taken off the streets before they had a chance to kill but weren't. orlando carter is charged in the murder and drive by shooting that left four people dead and several more injured tuesday night. carter would not have been on e street if the u.s. torn's off signed off on ooh ran for his arrest the week before. howe was killed last week on ma

fredericksburg 77.ut again today by the water, temperatures have generally been at their highest point in the 60s. and bare skies foeverybody at 11:00. 63 degrees here in town. 56 tomorrow morning. sunshine. now we will have some high clouds skirting through the area tomorrow. much like today. but i think actually tomorrow we may have a little bit more in the way of high cloudiness, but there's still going to be plenty of sunshine. temperature at noontime tomorrow a lot like today right up there around 70 degrees or so. notice the high clouds this afternoon that have been coming across. we also have this marine layer that is sneaking from east to west being pushed in our direction. so again along this shore this weekend we're expecting a little bit of cloudiness and temperatures will stay on the cool side. they are getting the onshore flow and the cooler wars of the atlantic keeping nice and cool with temperatures only in the 60s. a longer score this weekend. back to the west of us now, there is a line

high temperature right where it should be, right about 6 # degrees for your high downtown. 70 in fredericksburg. 67 in baltimore. -- right about 68 degrees for your high downtown. we'll have more coming up in just a little bit. >> thank you. >>> let's check on the roads with julie wright. >> not looking so bad right now . southbound 270 behind me in the clear. light traffic volume headed in toward the third street tunnel. metro appear red line between fort totten and tacoma, they are busy single tracking right now because of the emergency track maintenance. additional time added to metro's red line. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> just a chaotic scene in the aftermath of a car wreck in the district that left this mangled mess on the road. it also killed one person and left several others badly hurt. this was in the 3600 block of alabama avenue in southeast d.c. >> witnesses say a van crossed over the double yellow line and crashed into a toyota with several children ages two to 11 inside. the driver of the toyota was killed. witnesses say the van was going dangerously fast. >>

in each direction over the at the bay bridge an 95 is in great shape as you travel to and from fredericksburg66 coming inbound across the tr bridge. height volume out of roslyn. if you are planning your trip out of town for this weekend, now is the time to go. light traffic volume on just about all the interstates. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> anybody who drives the play around tysons corner knows it is a construction zone from new hot lanes on 495 to the metrorail expansion out to dulles. it will get a whole lot worse. fox 5's john henrehan has our traffic alert this morning. >> this is tysons corner, the beltway and route 123 is here. route 7 is over there a little bit. for construction delays and traffic difficulties, tysons corner will be ground zero for about the next two years. construct on the beltway's extra hot lanes is already well under way andouille tilt relocation for the future expansion of metrorail has been tearing up northern virginia streets if a year. traffic has already been impacted gentleman it has taken away the lane that were right on

southbound 95 in the clear as you travel out towards fredericksburg and beyond. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> the a southeast tease neighborhood still on edge in the wake of tuesday's deadly drive-by shooting. >> police are still looking for the person they've identified as the fourth suspect in the shooting that killed four people and injured five on south capital street. authorities are following up on several leads from witnesses. two men and a 14-year-old have been charged in the shooting which authorities think was payback for the murder of jordan howe. on the look outfor more signs of retaal retaliation in the neighborhood now. >> we can't say with certainty whether the situation is over or not. we can't say it is resolved because right now, a lot of the funerals, we haven't even bun begun to start burying some of these people. >> investigators want to know if an ak-47 found on the scene is also linked to the murder of jordan howe. many of the victims who were shot tuesday were returning from jordan howe's funeral. >> the s

remember, it's early april, already fredericksburg you're 77 degrees. so a very warm start of the day. it's going to be hot around here. no doubt about it as we continue to be influenced by this area of high pressure. you see the clouds kind of moving in from the south and west. our flow will be out of the south and west up ahead of this cold front which will get in here tomorrow afternoon and spark off some needed showers at this point. and then the cooler air behind it. up ahead of it, one more day record breaking heat certainly a possibility for much of the area, particularly west of the district. places like dulles, you're going to be in the 90s, frederick. behind it here comes the cooler air for the weekend as temperatures will fall back to where they should be. there you go, you don't see that too often in april. sunny skies, near record heat. winds out of the south and west bat 10 to 15 miles per hour. there's your forecast. here's another bright spot. it could be sunny and dry both saturday and sunday. get out and enjoy it. >> not a bad weekend.

we had a few around fredericksburg. those are now gone. they made their way east and out of here. the big system that i talked about, look at this. producing snow showers, now some thunderstorms where some of that moisture is finally running north out of the gulf of mexico with drier air to the north and it will be producing more severe weather across the plains. let me take you to colorado right now. this is near the denver area. bennett, colorado, where you may think colorado got more snow. in fact, several inches of marble-sized hail around the area yesterday afternoon and these storms did cause flooding across state and you know what, more severe weather is expected there tomorrow. again, this is a big system. large system that's going to affect -- many, many states. eventually east with lots of wet weather. low pressure. there it is. it will slowly be tracking east through the plains states. hitting the ohio valley and temperatures running in the 70s there from wichita down to brownsville, texas, 77 degrees. 772 in st. louis. tomorrow with the one dry day that's left. we shou

will be too opinion people complaining with the winds starting to dissipate. 65 intown. 67 at fredericksburg. no rain until the middle of the week. more details on this in just a couple of minutes. >> let's check in with julie and get a look at traffic out there. >> we'll start off first of all in montgomery county and that is where we've got some major tie-ups to report for those continuing northbound 29 here at university boulevard. we had the road completely blocked here. police are still on the scene of this accident which is right on the northbound side of the highway. traffic coming northbound on colesville road is forced to exit there at university boulevard. coming southbound in the direction of the beltway, you are able to get through under police direction but again, delays are starting to formerly this morning trying to make your way through four corners southbound along 29 colesville road. if you are traveling in virginia, 395 northbound leaving duke street continuing up towards seminary road. all lane are open. earlier disabled vehicle that we had in the roadway has cleared. ken

around fredericksburg. those are moving east away from us. big storm system. that's what's headed this way. because it is going to be such a slow moving system we are going to be trapped with clouds and rain for a while. storms, same one, brought snow to the intermountain west. big storms over northern areas of missouri. right now it is coming through the plains. there will be more storms tomorrow. yesterday there was severe weather down across texas. but now finally the gulf stream opening up, more moisture coming north and more coming north. hitting the dry air. some heat and a powerful slow-moving storm. this is probably the first big severe weather outbreak we have seen across the nation this spring. 69 degrees, the temperature in wichita. 70 in dallas. 73 in st. louis. we will keep the warmth around for another day. at least up to around 70 degrees. here is the whole area i think there will be severe weather tomorrow. from the plains states, texas, up north to areas of iowa, east to kentucky. down towards florida. for tomorrow, possible bill of thundersto

. >>> police in fredericksburg, virginia, arrested man for taking compromising pictures of an unsuspecting 14-year-old girl. it happened outside of a wawa store. the teen was lying in front seat of her mother's car when her feet were propped up and heard the click of a camera phone and then she saw the suspect with the phone and she was able to get the man's tag number. her alertness led police to 28-year-old avilez of manassas and is charged with unlawfully photographing an unconsenting person which is a felony. >>> it is expected to cause a big traffic nightmare. president obama's nuclear sum sit next week. it is going to affect a lot of folks who live and work downtown the most. some of those restrictions began as early as today. here's news4's megan mcgrath. >> reporter: motorcades are a common sight in the nation's cap tap. come monday they will be all over the place. dignitaries make their way to the convention center. with those motorcades will come rolling road closures. the area around the convention center will also become a security zone. streets will be blocked and parking proh

fredericksburg into the 80s. lots of clear skies.ere and the forecast, the future cast shows this big bubble of warm air to continue. it is this front that i just talked about that is going to be moving in. it dies out overnight as we go saturday into sunday. here's our low temperature forecast for tonight. this gets warmer and warmer as we go through the next several days. temperatures are bottoming out in the mid 50s here in washington through most of this week, as we go through the next seven days. happy easter on sunday. peter cotton tail should make plenty of appearances. beautiful day for it. >> may be having some walkers and canes and things out of redskin park. >> you are the funniest guy i have ever met. i think it's good that there's another guy to push clinton portis, because he is a guy that didn't love to practice, didn't really love the preseason, and now, you don't want to practice, i have somebody that will take your job. of all the things the redskins needed. he didn't seem to be high on the list, especially since yo

fredericksburg, too, 72 degrees. winds will be out of the northwest and about 10 to 20 miles per hour. little breezy perhaps tomorrow. then quiet but with return of clouds on friday. we will still get up to 70 degrees or so. then the cool 60s with all of the wet weather coming in for saturday. mostly cloudy and 60% chance of showers saturday. 70% chance for sunday. and still monday is wet, too, with the slow-moving system coming out of the west and with thunderstorms across the nation's midsection. so not the best of weekends coming up. this will be the first real cool and really wet weekend for us. back to you guy glass thanks,ver only kanchlgts family, friends, and political leaders from across the country got together in memphis today to bid a final farewell to civil rights leader dr. benjamin hooks. dr. hooks died last thursday at his home in memphis after a long illness. he was 85. his funeral was held today. hooks was a lawyer. ordained minister. and the leader of the naacp for 15 years. he was remembered as a

. >>> police in fredericksburg need your help finding a person who set a homeless man on fire.victim say he was asleep on the chatham bridge when he was atta attacked. david mold was spotted early saturday morning wondering through town. one person driving by stopped and mold told him that someone had roped him and set him on fire. there's no word on whether police have any suspects or know why mold was targeted. >>> a controversial immigration policy in arizona has led to protests in maryland after a mother arrested forxd a nonviolt crime was referred to federal authorities for potential deportation. prince georges county police arrested 26-year-old florinda lorenzo last week and charged her with illegally selling $2Ñi phone cards. she was turned over to immigration and customs enforcement after what officials describe as a routine fingerprint check showed she was subject of a federal detention order for being in the united states illegally. >> it was very difficult for me to be separated from my babies. we're not criminals. they confused us. i'm here with a lot of pain to let

we are jammed from the beltway in springfield to fredericksburg.he trip out to the bay bridge, an accident eastbound span of the bay bridge with only one travel lane getting by. eastbound route 50 delays begin before sandy point. going to be a rough day for traffic but the payoff worth it. >> thanks a lop lot. you have a great weekend. >> you too. >> filled in for rod pampling. it's a little down the left hand side. just a little. that's all. boom. three-pointer. >> oh. take a look at that three-pointer from way down. except it's on a golf course at the shell houston open. andrew mccalendardy's tee shot goes into a garbage canon the fly. after he fished the golf ball out, he got a free drop and recovered to part hole. >>> that's "news4midday." we thank you for being with us. tune in for the daily connection" at 2:00. news at 4:00 is, 5:00, 6:00 and tonight at 11:00 and through the weekend, as well. i'll be back on monday morning at 11:00 a.m. till then, have a terrific day. a great weekend and happy easter to all those who will be celebrating. we'l

some of our four winds neighborhoods this afternoon, fredericksburg up to 69 degrees.nd, 62. leesburg, virginia, 66 degrees this morning technically. st. margaret's at nap police, maryland, 67 there. haymarket, virginia, at 66 and springfield, virginia, 64 degrees. around the rest of the region, generally peeking in the mid 60s now. it's going to be a lovely day for outsideÑi activities. pretty much anything you would like to do. it would be a good day for it. if you're going to spend a lot of time outside, don't forget your sun bloc. a little bit of filtered sun effect with mid level clouds drifting by. but those are not rainmakers. our next chance for rain shows up tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. today plenty of sunshine. a little bit cooler than yesterday. highs in the 50s tomorrow with extra clouds and a chance of light rain around in the afternoon. sunshine should be coming back wednesday afternoon and thursday looks like a winner to me. back up into the 70s. >> oh, wow. sounds great.xd okay. thank you. a good day to get out in this day too, right? >> i t

rain showers have heavy near fredericksburg.ain there and we are going to see the showers during the course of the morning as well. forecast for today looks like this, 62 degrees, cloudy and cool and showers likely. that's a look at the weather. more in a bit. >> i listened to everything that you said today. you have 16 more hits, don't you? whatever. anyway. julie? >>> don't listen one time and you are in hot water with this guy. >> isn't it just repetitive? >> all right. i'm out of here. >> no, don't go. >> it is your award-winning personality that we love so much. >>> we have breaking news newark 11 people are missing and seven hurt, after an explosion at a oil drilling platform off of the coast of louisiana. there are 126 workers onboard at the time of the explosion. >>> and also continuing to follow a developing story. the airspace has reopened in sev countries around the world. flights in europe were grounded for almost a week, because of the ash from iceland. sarah simmons is out at dulles airport this morning and travele

northbound couldn't find anything in the travel portion of the roadway all of the way up out of fredericksburgooks like volume and that's it. on the rails, metrorail, looking okay. back to you. >> thank very much. >>> are you tired of sitting in gridlock on i-66 for hour after hour each morning? tonight is your chance to find out what vdot is doing to make that commute easier. head to fairfax county government center for a town hall meeting on solutions for easing traffic on 66. it's being held from 7:00 to 9:00. you can hear more about a number of options including hov use and bus ramps. >>> space shuttle "discovery" is scheduled to land this morning at kennedy space center. >> discovery seven member crew here bidding farewell to six members of the expedition 23 crew. >> "discovery" astronaut gave their final good-byes at the international space station. their departure broke up the largest group of women on one spacecraft with four on board. the "discovery" crew delivered more than 7 tons of supplies and equipment during its two-week mission. the shuttle will take a rare pass across the unit

northern virginia, a quiet start so far, a you make the trip north of out of fredericksburg to dale city, all travel lanes reported open. >>> a new video shows the brutal beating of a university of maryland student at the hands of police officers. it happened as crowds celebrated a big win for the basketball team last month. now police have suspended one officer and are trying to identify a second to punish. news4's jacky benson has the story. >> we know he's singing a fight song. we know from the other video, he didn't say a word to the officers, they don't give him any orders. and you can see what they do. >> reporter: attorney christopher griffith said these images show what happened to his client, 22-year-old jonathan mckenna. said the injuries required head staples. and prince george's county police the night of march 3rd, when students filled into the downtown college park. both students were charged with assaulting mounted police officers. documents charge that the men struck the officers and the horses, the and that both men were kicked by the horses. the chashlgs have now been d

heading north from fredericksburg to dale city and beyond pretty quiet morning all in all.too much to worry about. 395 across the 14th street bridge also looks good. out on the rails a reminder that the mound vernon square convention center station closed because of the summit. other than that metro rail, vre, marc reporting no delays. back to you. >>> thank you. >>> we've been talking about it downtown d.c. is on lockdown this morning. more than 40 world leaders are in washington for president obama's nuclear security summit. a large area surrounding the convention center has been sealed off and that will cause major issues for anybody who lives, works, drivers, walks doing anything near that area. megan mcgrath has more with the details. >> reporter: good morning. it certainly is going to have a huge impact on people who live and work in this area. take a look behind me here. we're at new york and 6th street. this is one of several checkpoints in the area. we're starting to see some activity pick up this morning. as we get closer to the actual start time of the summit we'