by way of fredericksburg. or alternatively move southwest and cut that virginia central railroad line that was bringing so much sustenance that was the breadbasket of the confederacy from the shenandoah valley to richmond. however, mcclellan was adamant. and as he very carefully, the second time he went back with his whole staff, engineers and so forth, he laid out that concept. then they reluctantly agreed to it. but although they did approve to his concept of this turning movement through the chesapeake bay, they insisted that before he remove his forces from washington, he agreed to leave enough forces there to defend washington in 1862, and that insistence on a garrison force, a defense force around the nation's capital would prove to be a recurring irritant between mcclellan in the field, the secretary of war, stanton, and the president throughout 1862. and he would not be the only general to have that discussion with people in the washington area. before mack's plan go sailing down the chesapeake with al

and then, of course, he fought on december 13th at fredericksburg. the plain between fredericksburg and crossed a significant drainage ditch, then the attacking ranks had to cross more open ground to confront a sunken road which formed a perfect four-foot trench for confederate infantry. behind the sunken road, marie's height rose precipitously studded with artillery and more infantry. the assault disintegrated into murder. lee saw the enemy founder and saw his own men leap from their cover and chase their fleeing foes. it is well that war is so terrible he said we should grow too fond of it. again and again the federals charged and each time they died and recoiled. general, lee said to longstreet, who was by his side, they are massing very heavily and will break your line, i'm afraid. general, longstreet responded, if you put every man now on the other side of the potomac on that field to approach me over the same line and give me plenty of ammunition, i will kill them all before they reach me. and he did. this is what lee did in 1862. he wrote in w

peter in fredericksburg, welcome. go ahead with your comment. >> bob, as usual, we enjoy your talks. i was wondering if you would care to comment on jackson's actions in the second manassas campaign, the antietam campaign and also the fredericksburg campaign which concluded in 1862. and whether you feel that it enhanced his qualifications for man of the year or was he just a really superior super subordinate executing lee's work? >> well, all three of those campaigns jackson did very well in. fredericksburg, the battle was pretty much a set piece, the most rigidly set piece battle of the war in the east. federals attacking, confederates resisting without a lot of movement. sharpsburg involved a lot of movement but not as much as subsequently chancellorsville. second manassas, though, was a masterpiece. it's directly attributable to jackson's execution of the joint plan that he and lee had crafted. and it certainly contributes mightily to the success of the confederacy. there's a very interesting quote from lee that pe

look how mild overnight tonight, nearly 70 for annapolis, quantico 71, fredericksburg 68. here in town we're talking lower to mid-60s, a very, very mild overnight tonight with fair skies, warm and breezy again tomorrow, mid- to upper 80s. i'm going to go 85 here in town, but it looks like, you know, out in the suburbs western and northwestern suburbs temperatures upper 80s for highs easily i think, fredericksburg touching 90 perhaps, manassas 88 degrees. you can't here that, but dave feldman is off camera making comments about the weather. so there you go. doing something else, too but anyway. look at the five-day forecast, 85 today, dave just rolled in off the golf course, i'm sure. 77 on tuesday, lots of sunshine there, some clouds wednesday, perhaps a shower on wednesday, but we're dry. we need the rain and it's not going to be enough to make much of a difference. >> we were talking to the captain from anne arundel fire and he's saying these conditions really help fuel these brushfires. >> a little early to be dry, too and i don't see a great chance of rain coming our w

this is raising eyebrows across fredericksburg. >> the fredericksburg police department is without itsff the force, a convicted felon but not behind bars. >> he is a cop. or was a cop. >> neighbors called him a family man who prowled daddyhunt.com. he took a 17-year-old to a stafford county motel 6 after driving to fairfax county in an unmarked car to pick him up. they repeatedly had sex. witnesses say the 70-year-old looks much blunter. >> i say that is a predator. >> taylor was arrested when he returned to the motel. >> it doesn't look right. it just doesn't look right. >> everyone knows about taylor and everyone has an opinion. a judge sentenced to six years but suspended the entire term. the attorney stressed the teenager was a willing participant and refused to participate and the prosecution. >> you have to consider the circumstances. he wanted that clearly. >> prosecutors say it's unlikely taylor will have to register as a sex offender. >> he should be treated as a criminal and the registered as a sex offender. >> we reached out to the prosecutor but have not heard back. we unde

. >>> the city of fredericksburg has made its arrest, the first of the year. tyrone was arrested for first-degree murder. he shot henderson outside his house. the two were acquaintances and got sbi fight just before the shooting. >>> police have arrested two men in connection with a series of shootings in tulsa, oklahoma. 19-year-old jake ingram and that's 32-year-old alvin watts were arrested early this morning. they are accused of shooting five people on friday. three of the victims died. all of them were black. police are now looking at ingram's facebook page. they believe he expressed anger about his father being shot by a black man two years ago. they're still trying to authenticate the posts and they say it's too soon to tell whether the shootings were racially motivated. >> there is still a whole lot of unanswered questions that we have to have answered. my people have been working around the clock. we're going to have a short breatheer and we'll get right back at it. >> england and watts are expected to face murder charges. >>> north korea is set to la

still keeping abut a 30% chance of showers from fredericksburg to the south.t of us tomorrow will be on the dry side. the more sunshine we see, the warmer we are going to be during the day tomorrow. however, thursday. here comes that canadian air. definitely going to feel cooler thursday night. into the day friday. tomorrow morning. mostly cloudy. much warmer. 46, to 53 degrees. this is really partly to mostly cloudy. don't expect too many clouds. tomorrow afternoon. same deal. we'll see some sunshine. through mostly cloudy skies. a few showers. mainly to the south. 70, 76 degrees. i don't expect any rain to be on the heavy side. next couple days. most areas in the 50s. 63, friday. this weekend become to the warm stuff. 67, saturday. 70, sunday. easter weekend. looking very nice. it will cool off again. maybe significantly next week. >> okay. weekend sure sound good. thank you. >> we'll take it. thanks. doug. >> sports coming up next. he is athletic. he is smart. he is good looking. aened he can bust a move. >> stop talking about yourself. >> i ain't talking a

still, sprinkles west of fredericksburg to near stanton, virginia. all these areas in blue are in the 40s. that includes most of pennsylvania, northern maryland, into western maryland, northern west virginia. closer to washington, though, in the low and mid 50s. the area in green generally in the 50s. much of southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore, northern virginia in the low to mid 50s now. here's the day plannerment sunrise at 6:51. a sunny, breezy morning. temperatures will climb to the low to mid 50s mid morning, near 0 by noontime. then low to mid 60s middle of the afternoon. the winds will be blustery and gusting to around 30 miles per hour midday. winds will diminish under a clear sky. sunset at 7:33. down to the 40s by midnight. and then this time tomorrow, may have scattered frost around. we'll look at that, the rest of the week and weekend in ten minutes. how's traffic? >>> good morning. checking overnight roadwork, traveling eastbound, leesburg pike, the ramp to the dulles toll road heading eastbound on that ramp, that's shut dow

much warmer south of the metro near 70 degrees in culpeper stafford, fredericksburg. northwest of town, highs in the midfifties. 45 in frostburg for this afternoon. 50's tomorrow across the board. a little added cloud cover and the chance of a sprinkle and maybe wet snowflakes in the higher elevations. warming up on the weekend back into the upper 70's by sunday. that's the forecast. >> thanks very much. aftthe nationals dropped the series opener against the mets 4-3, second loss in a row. henry rodriguez 7 during the walk off hit. 6:12 right now, 49 degrees. >> coming up, there was dancing last night. a celebrity had to be rushed to the hospital after last night's competition. >> there's good news for president obama in the latest abc news washington post poll. i will have. the numbers coming have >> a new way to stop smartphone theft. are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. >> 7 is on your side wit

especially like fredericksburg through wednesday and the early evening hours, but it's not a big weathermaker. we definitely could use the rain. tonight clear, breezy and colder, grab a couple blankets if you want, lows 34 in the suburbs to lower 40s in downtown, 32 for leesburg, hagerstown freezing mark. for tomorrow morning expecting more sunshine and cold, grab a jacket and scarf, temperatures in the 30s and 40s. then for the afternoon lots of sun and warmer. sunglasses will be needed, highs mid-60s to lower 70s, 67 leesburg, same deal for  warrenton. downtown we're pushing close to 70 degrees. so several degrees above the average high of lower 60s, even at andrews air force base 69, annapolis the lower 70s. here's how your next three days are looking. a little warmer wednesday as well, lower 70s, chance for showers and on thursday we are looking at cooler conditions, but dry in the lower 60s.

fredericksburg up to 66, the pax river is at 63. the highs this afternoon may make it up to around 70 around fredericksburg, culpepper, warrenton and manassas, closer to washington, ought hit the mid 60s. chillier weather along the pennsylvania border, highs in the mid and upper 50s there. over the next 48 hours this area of color where you see the green coming in tomorrow, we might get a few passing showers, that might help to wash some of the pollen out coming in from the north heading south. we'll clear out after that into wednesday night andnd during the day on thursday and into friday we'll have high pressure back over us with more cool weather on the way. so for the rest of the afternoon, we will have temperatures climbing low to mid 60s around the metro area, a bit warmer to our south, winds gusting to around 30 miles per hour. lots of sunshine, just a few clouds coming through. we'll have the clouds in and out as well. and clearing after sunset and chilly, it will be dropping down to the 40s by midnight. the winds will be di

of a to fredericksburg, in the middle 50's. -- over to fredericksburg, in the middle 50's.see increased cloudss and a for showers. compared to yesterday, temperatures a lot warmer by 10 degrees. you can see the milder air overspreading the midwest. a good indication of what is on the way. satellite and radar with high pressure over head. it slowly moves off towards the east. changes direction. that is going to offer mild tomorrow and also moisture. we are going to look for increased humidity levels. is going to start to feel a likely to spring and early summer. a chilly night ahead. head towards the north, north of , that is where trees warnings. our next 48 hours. the temperatures, into the 60's. depending on how quickly the dependarrive, that will cold it gets. moving through the day, and not u hear a few if yo rumbles of thunder. that is going to push the warm front north and east. temperatures are really going to tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. the nighttime lows, up 30's. for tomorrow, you might wake up to early morning fog. is not going to cause any delays. 65 to 70

fredericksburg is up to 74 now. farther to the west in charlottesville, 74 as well, but farther north, it's cooler. in fact, only in the low 60s along the pennsylvania border, where highs later this afternoon may only make it into the upper 60s. but locally, right around washington, we should make it into the mid-70s by next two or three hours or so. then we'll have the cooler air moving in tonight, but it may be near 80 in fredericksburg, warrenton, manassas, culpeper. that will happen over the next couple hours as well. looking forward over the next 48 hours, the areas in green is the potential rain and maybe thunder and lightning coming through over the next several hours. by late afternoon, all that should be gone. we'll clear out tonight. during the day on thursday, plenty of sunshine. then as we get into friday as well, another sunny day but much cooler weather moving in as we get into late tonight, and it will be in place tomorrow and into the weekend. so, for the afternoon, we'll have quite a bit of cloudine

sprinkles fredericksburg to south of warrenton. there have been a few sprinkles near mclean and across the potomac into southern montgomery county, near potomac there. getting a few sprinkles. and elsewhere, just a cloud cover east of the mountains. west of the mountains, shenandoah valley, they're getting sprinkles and light rain. only near 50 there. it's in the low to mid 50s, nearby suburbs, near 60 in washington and by the bay. here's the day planner. we'll have our sunrise at 6:27. we will have our temperatures in the upper 50s by 9:00, noontime, near 60. occasional sprinkles this morning, maybe passing showers during the afternoon. highs only reaching the low 60s. then off and on showers continuing this evening, ending predawn tomorrow. sun back on thursday and friday. a bit milder. over the weekend, here comes some more rain. this is all great news for allergy sufferers. should wash the pollen out of the air certainly by this weekend. danella, good morning. >>> good morning. watching chopper 4, live own i-95. in woodbridge

southern maryland, near fredericksburg, from charles county to prince william county, as well. sunrise at 6:51. here's the day planner. we'll be blustery, winds gusting to around 30 miles per hour by mid morning as temperatures will still be hovering in the low to mid 50s. then by noontime, should be climbing to the upper 50s, near 60. winds gusting to around 30 miles per hour. that will continue into the afternoon. by 5:00, we'll be dropping out of the 60s to the upper 50s. the winds will begin to diminish. sun sets at 7:33. a look at your monday evening planner in ten minutes. danella, good morning. >>> good morning, traveling along i-66, i'm checking things out on that road. not seeing any issues for you. westbound, travel lanes on open. heading eastbound, no issues there. your travel speed eastbound not bad at all. 61 miles per hour from fairfax county parkway to the beltway. an 11-minute trip. traveling inside the beltway on 66, again, no accidents to report as you make your way eastbound. travel speed in this area, as well. really good at this time. 62 miles per hour. not

it extends down toward fredericksburg up i-95. it does not include arlington or falls church or the district. it does not include southern maryland but everybody else you're in that freeze warning and we are going to see the temperatures drop to around that freezing mark in many locations overnight all baufs the clear skies and the air continuing to make its way down from canada. no rain out there right now. we're not going to see any rain on storm 4 radar. no rain really, no significant chance of rain for at least the next week. maybe two. and that is really going to keep us very, very dry. cool conditions across the area with that northerly wind. tomorrow we'll see that wind shift a little bit. still breezy but a little bit milder. temperatures tomorrow into the mid 60s and then by sunday ahead of a frontal boundary which will come through in the afternoon i think we'll warm up to the upper 60s to maybe around 70 degrees. right now i think easter is really looking good. on monday we'll see a slight chance of showers but again ju

here's fredericksburg. take a look.dge right along the blue ridge seeing some of those showers and storms right along i-81. we'll show you where this one is just to the west of charlottesville making its way just south of charlottesville. it does have a little bit in the way of some lightning and thunder associated with it but the rest of us are going to stay on the dry side tonight. it's going to be a very nice evening. we do need to see the rain. we're about 3.5 inches below average for the year. it doesn't look like we'll be seeing rain any time soon. what we will be seeing, though, much cooler numbers. when you wake up tomorrow morning, 46 in washington. down to about 40 in gaithersburg. 38 in frederick and over toward martinsburg, west virginia. so we are going to see some cool temperatures tomorrow morning. and tomorrow afternoon, even with some sunshine, we're not going to warm up all that much. high temperature around 57 in gaithersburg. 59 in manassas. 60 in washington. so we go from 75 to 60 degrees and even t

right now 63 in martinsburg. 63 winchester. 64 in fredericksburg.ice, mild 67 in charlottesville and 60 over there toward annapolis. the 80s we saw in the month of march i don't see those returning any time soon and this is what we're dealing with tonight. a frost advisory including areas around la ray over toward winchester and leesburg. gaithersburg and montgomery county as well as howard county all under a frost advisory tonight. temperatures in the low to mid 30s for you. freeze warnings in frederick over toward hagerstown and martinsburg back toward hampshire county and west virginia. cold temperatures down to about that 30 to 32-degree range shouldn't be a hard freeze and a hard freeze is temperatures in the upper 20s but should be a freeze so you may want to cover up the plants and bring that tender vegetation inside if you can. storm 4 radar, no rain to talk about. not talking about any rain. in our region a completely different scenario though. down to the south and west look at all of this rain. an abundance of rain here. arkansas, louisia

fredericksburg, you're in the mid 70s. cooler toward the bay. lower 60s for annapolis. 66 in gaithersburg and downtown we're looking at 70 degrees. okay. so we're looking at that ridge of high pressure to move off the coast and a couple showers tomorrow afternoon, generally south of town. so, we're going to expect warmer conditions tomorrow. a little bit compared to today and cool down. not as cold tonight. warmer for your wednesday afternoon. some showers possible south of town and it will be cooler for thursday and friday. what is taking place is a cold front coming through. behind that front, we'll see cooler air, but for tomorrow morning, we're going to expect sunny conditions, a couple showers possible. the further south you are, like around fredericksburg, orange, pax river, you may see showers in the evening hours. some of it may be heavy or moderate. also including a couple thunderstorms can be possible. but for tonight, should be quiet. partly to mostly cloudy, not as cold. a slight chance for a late shower. lows 50 to 55 degrees. in do

maybe down toward fredericksburg or richmond during the day on wednesday. this evening, clear skies. breezy and cool. 50 to about 55 degrees. tomorrow morning, you know it's going to be on the cold side. temperatures down to about 32 in the suburbs to about 40 in the city with possible frost out there. so a cold start to your tuesday. wednesday, though, high of 73 degrees. and then we see that trough build back in so we're talking cooler numbers again. 60 on thursday. 63 on friday. temperatures around average. when i say cooler, that's compared to what we saw in march which was so warm. so average is not bad when you get to the month of april. >> okay. thank you, doug. >>> still ahead, up in smoke. details behind the new effort to crack down on illegal cigarette smuggling across our region. >>> an nfl cheerleader at the center of a sex scandal. tonight she is facing some serious jail time for her alleged relationship with a high school student. >>> it's time for another installment of batter up as dan hellie takes on the my dad was a union electrician. some

in spots around morgan and anacostia to 70 in fredericksburg. today the warmest day out of the week. we have a cool week to talk about coming up and of course our lack of rainfall and when we could get maybe the next significant rain around here. i'll have all the details in a couple minutes. back to you. >> thanks, veronica. >>> there was a whole lot of fun in the sun for families who gathered at the white house this morning for the 134th annual easter egg roll. >> ready? >> the president and mrs. obama and daughters malia and sasha kicked off the big event. the first family cheered the youngsters on as they scampered toward the finish line. this year's theme was let's go. let's play. let's move. in keeping with the first lady's ongoing effort to fight childhood obesity. there were also obstacle courses for the children, musical performances, book readings and easter egg hunts and more. >> i've tried for seven years to get the lottery tickets and this is our first time getting the tickets. so we were pretty excited. >> i would like to do this a

but fredericksburg, 71. martinsburg 66. cumberland, you're holding on to 73 degrees. all right, so we've got some warmer air coming this way for tomorrow. then we'll cool things down. for tonight, not as cold. wednesday a little warmer. showers possible south of town and cooler for your thursday and friday. the future cast shows us a few clouds moving in overnight tonight. we'll call it partly to mostly cloudy. a couple showers are possible. tomorrow morning, as you are heading into work, that commute should be just fine. under partly sunny conditions. tomorrow afternoon, we'll see some showers. south of orange, even around fredericksburg, you may get showers into the early evening hours and maybe moderate, but won't see showers widespread. we definitely can use the rain around here. tonight, what can you expect? partly to mostly cloudy. chance for a late shower. lows 50 to 55 degrees in downtown. 54, 50 at andrew's air force base and north of us, lower 50s. martinsburg, lower 50s. a flees warning in effect. and for tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy and cool. grab a lig

mid 60s down south into the fredericksburg area. so, the next couple of days will still be cool and breezy. ioslated showers possible tonight. high fire danger through tomorrow because of windy and dry conditions for tuesday. it will be cool for your wednesday and thursday. the future cast showing us an increasing clouds tonight and a chance for some isolated showers, not going to amount to a whole lot if we see it. i know our gardens and lawns really need it. tuesday, we're going to be dry, still breezy, and a chance for some showers mainly north of town. but overall, it's going to be a sprung sprinkle at best. better chance will be wednesday. tonight, partly to mostly cloudy, breezy and chilly. isolated showers possible. lows in the mid 40s and downtown. the lower 40s in the suburbs. tomorrow morning, we're going to see partly sunny conditions. grab a jacket. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. for the afternoon, still on the cool side. partly sunny, windy, and cooler. highs will be near 60. here's a look at your next seven days. all

even a warmup to 53 out to frederick and 56 for fredericksburg down to the south.ll work in more moisture but predominantly clear and dry for the short-term. dew points low as well. that's due to those northerly winds but we're cranking it up close to 15 miles per hour and we could see pretty hefty gusts later on this afternoon. in the meantime though enjoy the sunshine with those sunglasses on. futurecast is keeping us in the clear. we're pushing all the moisture out to the west and evening looks fine but into tomorrow morning with the clearing skies and the calm winds. temperatures are definitely going to drop a very chilly start 30s even maybe a few of upper 20s for early tomorrow morning and then in tomorrow midday and afternoon, i think we're looking fantastic. by the 6:00 hour, nothing but sunshine. flush things are going to change however as we move from sunday into monday. by sunday afternoon a little bit of moreover and a cold front is working its way into that extended forecast bringing back the rain in time for the workweek. so highs today around 58 for

no problems on 95, coming out of fredericksburg, and up to the marine base. marching through springfield virginia. pretty good run between the 14th street bridge and 495 on 395. good on the beltway. nothing between washington and baltimore right now on 95. we are hearing from metro rail, vre, and marc rail, normal service. looks good on 70 270, and no problems across the american legion bridge. back to you. >> thank you. it's 38 degrees in la plata. >> a good day for sports fans in the d.c. area, home opener for the nationals, playoffs for the capitals. >> fake babies and their parents, creeping? [ male announcer ] a car is either luxury or it isn't. if you want a luxury car with a standard power moonroof, your options are going to be limited. ♪ ♪ if you want standard leather-trd med seats you're going to have even fewer. ♪ ♪ and if you want standard keyless access, then your choice is obvious. the lexus es. it's complete luxury in a class full of compromises. see your lexus dealer. man:e need a good night's sleep. woman: which means a little heat to keep us

we got to the mid and late afternoon with temperature's very warm. 75 degrees in fredericksburg.he west. all across the map, even hagerstown a very mild night but temperatures will fall as the air builds in behind the cold front. a beautiful day tomorrow and cooler than today. 62 is just about average. a cool day of sunshine. sunny and mild on easter sunday. cooler on monday for the easter egg roll. the next chance of rain is on tuesday. that tab on the top -- follow-up in the dallas area with more videos we have not posted before. we'll have more generation of -- more on the incredible outbreak. >> i am being told that it is compliance and extra benefits. howard university has suspended all but the athletic teams for what appears to be a violation of rules. i've been talking to people over the campus in their shock and disbelief. some did not know sports and games had been suspended until i told them. in a statement they said it is with great regret we have temporarily suspended intercollegiate competition. this is a self-imposed action while the university conducts a review. we

they are the stores at landmark mall in alexandria and costner's corner in fredericksburg.ermanently on may 12th. it's part of best buy's plans to close 50 stores nationwide over the next year. best buy says it will help the employees find other jobs within the company, or provide severance packages. best buy has 39 other stores in the d.c. area. >> is everybody ready? >> yeah! >> wolf, are you ready? [ bell clanging ] >> our very own dan hellie took to the sidelines today to cheer on hundreds of runners in fairfax county. he emceed the annual run for the arts 5k and the fun run. proceeds from the races benefit the foundation's arts and education programs. >>> beautiful day for everything. here's chuck bell. >> all right. thanks, chris. yes, indeed, a beautiful day outside today. plenty of sunshine for much of the day, but now some clouds have snuck in. temperature now ticking down to 69 degrees with a light breeze out of the south at 7 miles per hour. still mild everywhere. mid 70s down towards fredericksburg. low 70s in maryland and the shenandoah valley, as well. and the

warmer to our south, culpepper, fredericksburg, charlottesville, stanton. farther north and west it's in the mid 50s, this what's been happening over the last six hours, we've had the batch of rain passing south of washington. and right now, the little specks of green, those are some sprinkles of light rain northern montgomery county, loudoun county, parts of frederick county in maryland, frederick, virginia, panhandle of west virginia getting a few sprinkles. so we might get an additional passing shower, small chance ofological a little thunder and lightning, later this afternoon and perhaps into the evening hours. after that, we'll dry out after midnight. tomorrow, sun back, a bit of a blustery wind, gusting to 30 miles per hour, 40s in the morning, afternoon highs, mid 60s. it looks like more rain moving in for the weekend. saturday now and late morning, during the afternoon, passing showers, it looks like we'll dry out for sunday. sunshine, sunday, highs around 60. monday, into the mid 60s, and milder tuesday and wednesday, highs near 70. that's the way

fredericksburg. places like that. 65, friday. plenty of sunshine. it will be breezy friday. then the weekend comes. still a tricky forecast. right now looks like less of a chance for significant rain. that's good news here. still showers, nonetheless. both saturday and sunday. depending on what fume ytime yo some plans out there. could be wet. could be cool. saturday, cloudy. high of 58. showers during the day. not a washout. 58 this time of year. pretty code. a -- pretty cold. >> d.c. music legend chuck brown canceled his concerts indefinitely because of his health concerns. the godfather of go-go is having joint pain and inflammation. he is 75 years owed, now, chuck brown is. he spent part of the weekend in the hospital. he was supposed to perform at the newly reopened, howard theater last saturday. chuck brown was forced to postpone the show and other concerts, that were schedule ford may, come on, chuck, get well, man. we need you around here, dude. >> john mayer in the district. honored at grammys on the hill on capitol hill for his role in advocating for music educatio

frederick 74, down to fredericksburg, 76. manassas and dulles, low to mid 60s. noontime tomorrow, look at that temperature approaching 70degrees. a few showers could fill in, but they'll be light and it's looking like they will be few and far between. this is future cast. this is tomorrow at 1:00. we have sunny skies. notice the clouds back out into western maryland. the rain, too, that will slide in our direction. tomorrow evening, 7:00, 8:00, can 9:00, we may see a few showers. looks like it will be later. and the way it really looks, too, is that most of this will stay to the north of us. here in the metro, it's completely possible. no rain at all. this will get out of here and things will be real, real nice with loads of sunshine on sunday. the real warm day. somebody call it a hot day for the weekend. 74 tomorrow. 84 on sunday. monday 87. tuesday 80. we'll need some showers by tuesday and into wednesday. we have some in the forecast. cooler, 72. you may not need it, brian, but it's good to have the weather app handy. >> last night i went 90 on monday. >> br

near fredericksburg, 28 miles an hour.ax river, same deal, 30 mile an hour wind gusts at this hour. we are starting to calm down to the west. that will be the general trend overnight tonight. once the winds calm down, the temperatures are going to go way down. 43 degrees. in cumberland, maryland. 45, winchester. 50 in leesburg. there is the 56 degree number. 57, fredericksburg. colder air on the doorstep. there is freeze warnings to the west, in through parts of west virginia and western portions of virginia. here is what is going on with the clouds and few showers coming through. even a couple heavier showers. show you this. again we do need to see the rain out there. we have been so dry, normally up to this point in the year. we need about 10 inches of rain. the average. close to 10 inches. so far this year, about 4 inches below that. 4.69 inches in 2012. like i said, just not a lot of ran out there. a few showers right now. trying to make their way in through portions of fprince george's county. where the rain is right

in our neighbourhood, 63 degrees washington national airport, 63 at bwi marshall, 67 south at fredericksburgratures quite a variance, 67 win chester, 60 cumberland to the west we are talking about sunshine today, take a look at what is happening elsewhere to our west, still, the area hit with all the storms to our west great lakes all the way straight through down to the gulf coast dealing with strong storms through there that pattern will continue that system will move its way through east, very slowly all ahead of a frontal system that front will pass our area as we head through into the next 24 hours or so and with it cooler condition ifs, influx of cooler air behind it in the meantime sunny skies today, big temperature rise, humidity kicking in as well expected to be mid-80s into the course of the afternoon your five day forecast telling you by the time we hit tuesday we get a cool down, 10 degrees or so because that cold front will shuffle in cooler air a chance of showers from an upper level system and back the dry conditions thursday i don't think that system wednesday will bring us a

best buy closing 50 stores this year including the one at landmark mall alexandria and one in fredericksburg. stores in richmond, baltimore, hunt valley maryland will also shut down they are trying to avoid going out of business. >>> north korea's new leader, gave his first public speech today since taking pow era big surprise for the thousands gathered to celebrate the 100th birthday of the country's found tore military unvail add new missile for the celebration which went on despite north korea's failed rocket launch. >>> the regime is still dealing with a fall out from that failed rocket launch it is now said the missile, which took off friday morning north korea time was only in the air 2 minutes, before it blew up scattering debris in the sea, south korean ships are scouring the waters for in clues what happened the cost of the whole project is now estimated at nearly a billion dollars. seemingly undeterred the show goes on take a look at an event we saw not too far from here. no better example the military first policy of the north korean government and tens of thousands of soldiers, p

temperature now 60 degrees, baltimore 53 and fredericksburg coming in at 58 degrees. overnight we only think we'll drop to about 53 degrees or so and south of d.c. could stay in the mid-and upper 50s. increasing clouds and a mild one, no frost or freeze to worry about tonight. tomorrow a warm day. we'll have more clouds than we had today, but some breaks of sun. temperatures should climb to 74 degrees. watch for the afternoon showers and storms to pop up again, central virginia down to our south and then cooler air will come in thursday. tomorrow morning 58 degrees. we'll have a few clouds around, maybe a sprinkle or shower in the western areas. by noon mostly cloudy and 59 and by 5:00 i think skies begin to brighten in the metro area, temperature 73, but potential for those showers and storms again mainly from let's say the northern neck of virginia on south and possibility of a couple strong to severe storms for southeastern virginia tomorrow afternoon. we all clear out, though, for thursday with a cooler temperature of 61 degrees. we have a nice bright day friday a

much of it is going to pass south of fredericksburg. over there, the district, montgomery, getting a few sprinkles right now. where you see the darker greens, there's more motd rat rain in st. charles county. stafford, fauquier, and in toward arappahannock county. north of there, low clouds, patchy drizzle. so the morning commute's going to be getting wetter. we're going to get wet pavement in and around the beltway. right now temperatures in the low to mid-50s. upper 50s in washington. southern maryland near the bay and the northern neck. farther west, only 50. here's the day planner. will be up to the mid-60s by noon. neighbor some thunder and lightning as we reach near 70. overnight torchlt we'll clear out after midnight. might have a few lingers showering for the watch party. have an umbrella. tomorrow, mid 60s. more rain saturday. especially late morning, heise on sunday. sun back sunday and near 60 degrees. and then sunday, monday, tuesday, we warm back up again. >>> megan mcgrath is live on the scene of a serious accident. megan,

so a nice start. 76 in fredericksburg. 07 in frederick. >> gorgeous.'s talk with julie wright and get the latest on traffic. a day to put the top down on the convertible if you got one. put the window down, sun roof open. >> the sun roof open and the dog just sits there with his head hanging out the window. that is how he does it. on the roads, lanes are open northbound 95 in woodbridge leaving the prince william parkway and continuing across the occoquan. the right lane is now blocked so heads up traveling north of stafford heading out to 234. the lanes are open between annandale and merrifield. southbound 270, still good for go coming in out of germantown towards the lane divide. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> to politics now, mitt romney sweeps in last night's three primaries. the former massachusetts governor easily beat rick santorum in maryland, wisconsin and d.c. romney is increasingly criticizing president obama and ignoring his republican rivals. but santorum says only half the states have voted. >> in maryland, romney won i

we heard from robert krick who for 30 years was chief historian at fredericksburg and spots spotsylvania national military park. and his nomination was thomas stonewall jackson, general thomas stonewall jackson. we're going to talk to robert krick momentarily and also take your phone calls, as well. here are the phone lines if you live in the eastern and central time zone, the number is 202-585-3885, mountain and pacific, 202-585-3886. make sure you do mute your television when you call in so you don't feedback. you can participate online even if you don't want to call in at twitter.com/c-span. we will focus specifically on the #poty 1862, if you put that in your tweet, we'll try to read some of those. we already have some posts on facebook, facebook.com/c-span. you can join in with your nomination for the person of the year 1862, and just a couple of them want. want the take a look at that now. writing in for lincoln. justin says it should be lincoln in september of '62. with the emancipation proclamation. also paul martin says the abolitionist william lloyd garrison. we'll look at a co

down towards fredericksburg with a temperature of 63 degrees. as we look at the rain, there are some showers trying to get into parts of the region. right now, most of that rain to the north and west. i'll break it down for you and let owe know what's next. you may not like this unsettled pattern moving our way. >>> the school day's going to get longer if you are a middle school student in prince georges county. starting in august, class will be extended by 40 minutes. that'll be seven hours and 20 minutes a day in school. and longer than any other student in our region. school officials say this longer day is going to help with student achievement and it should also save $5 million a year in transportation costs. because now the middle and the high school bus routes can be merged. >>> maryland is facing a doomsday scenario. and it's all over money. today another attempt at reaching a budget agreement failed. governor martin o'malley met with lawmakers with no results. the clock is ticking louder than ever. without a special session before july,

fredericksburg 65 and quantico, 64.'t get the sunshine early tomorrow, perhaps the rain comes in just a little bit earlier, these temperatures could be just a little bit cooler out there. but again right now, we're anticipating the showers will be in the afternoon tomorrow. after lunch, 1:00, 2:00 will start to see them come on through and there could be a shower or thunderstorm mixed in as well. that will be through tomorrow night. early shower on sunday, but it looks like 95% of sunday is going to be dry. temperatures get up to 65 degrees. and then we're climbing back into the 70s for next week. finally. >> shaping up to look nice. >> can i eat the rest of my cookie now? you want half of this? >> all right, you can have it. it was really good. all right. thanks. >>> forget octomom, a mexican woman is reportedly pregnant with nine kids. so, what's up with this woman? >> reporter: so, there is a woman down in mexico claiming that she has nine embryos inside of her, that she was going to be nuevo mom. come to find out, i

look at fredericksburg, 67 degrees. 62 at boston.thon is happening today. it will be about 07 degrees by the time the runners get ready to take off. 62347 new york city and we have got 64 degrees to the south. -- 62 in new york city. before this line of active weather that pushes its way through to the east. this is a frontal system just behind this line of wet weather. that is going to move its way through and as it does, we are going to see cooler weather starting to push its way in. so for today, we are talking sunny skies, a big temperature rise as we get ready to head on the 80s. we are talking mid-80s t will be a hot, sticky and humid day today. be prepared. it will be a little breezy as well. not all bad. >> not at all. gorgeous, summer-like weather. >>> let's say good morning to tony perkins. >> good morning. you are looking very dapper. >> thank you. i knew will was on the show and i had to step it up. >> you know what it is, don't you? >> i understand we've got to do the drum roll. >> they've got music. we're going big-time

maybe fredericksburg down around culpepper, southern maryland and the richmond area.ot a lot in the way of rain, though. we really do need to see some rain. we've been very, very dry. not to mention you pollen sufferers, i know you would love to see some rain to get that pollen out of the atmosphere. tomorrow, however, it looks like it could be a very high pollen day. as this front continues to move on down to the south, we'll see that cooler air move in. during the day on -- or late wednesday into the day on thursday. most of us will struggle to get out of the 50s on thursday. but with sunshine, that's still a pretty good day for this time of year. even though it is a little bit below average. this evening, mostly clear. a great evening. 58 to about 63 degrees. that's about 8:00, 9:00 tonight. tomorrow we start off on the mild side. 46 to 53 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. we'll see a chance of a shower tomorrow. once again, they will be mainly to the south. we will see some sunshine, and the more sunshine we see, the warmer we get. how about 70 to 76 tomorrow. th

it is currently 67 degrees at reagan national airport. 69 at fredericksburg. 65 for martinsburg.have the double sixes kicking in at hagerstown. let's take a look at radar. here is the cold front that still has to move its way to the east but ahead of it, still a line of some pretty intense storms stretching from the great lakes down to the southern gulf coast of the texas and this will gradually head its way through but today, they are still dealing with some strong winds and pretty heavy rainfall. for us are things will be pretty quiet. we'll have some winds. it will be a the bit breezy by this afternoon but we stay dry and stay hot. temperatures moving into the mid-80s and i wouldn't be surprised to the south of us if we see temperatures even warmer than that. a hot, sunny day. a bit of humidity out there and a 85 degrees. is this your kind of weather, julie wright? >> absolutely. no complaining here from this beach girl. i love it when it is hot like this. your lanes are open, no problems to report traveling along southbound 270 this morning working your way inbound. a nice, e

into fredericksburg is not much better. virginia state police shut down several lanes on the rappahannock river bridge because there's a suicidal person on that bridge. so if you're waiting for somebody who uses that interstate, you better know they will probably be late. >>> after a sunny but cool week in our area mother nature is about to turn up the temps. topper is on the terrace with some big changes in our forecast. top, this what is we're talking about. >> yes, it. is i just tweeted it's going to be more like june over the weekend. we showed you this earlier in the week. this is a carefree rose. these normally are not out until may. the earliest i've seen them out is early may, normally mid-may. this has been out now almost a week and it was so cold this morning, my peonies were up and i think the frost damaged them. you're going to love the weekend, more like may tomorrow, temperatures in the low to mid-70s and low 80s sunday and don't look now. we're talking mid-80s when you go back to work, more like may and june

culpeper, fredericksburg, you'll get a few showers. temperatures, 54 at reagan national. humidity, 86%. should be a decent day today. a lot of sunshine expected but we'll get very breezy. windy at times with winds gusting to about 25 miles per hour. maybe 62 degrees for your daytime high. more details in just a minute. back to you. >> thank you. >>> some of our top stories this morning, police are expected to release new information this morning in response to the violent weekend we saw here in the area. four people dead and six hurt after multiple shootings. oting so far, police have made only one arrest in the d.c. shooting. >>> republican white house hopefuls gearing for tomorrow's primaries in maryland, the district and wisconsin. mitt romney is leading the polls in all three of tomorrow's contests. rick santorum says he will continue campaigning even if he loses. newt gingrich speaks at hood college this afternoon. >>> the country is still waiting to find out who the lucky megamillions winners are but so far, no one has come forward to claim their prize. lottery winn

he was a champion diver from fredericksburg, virginia. no male diver on the u.s. team has won a gold medal since his performance in the 1992 olympics in barcelona. lindsay also won a bronze med at at the '96 games in atlanta. that's where he was a first timer to score more than 100 points on a single dive. lindsay also was a standout wrestler before he started diving. graduated from stafford high school. his mother told the freelance star that her son had suffered from blood pressure problems recently. it's not clear exactly what caused his death. mark lindsay was only 43 years old. >>> a woman from new york is facing four years in prison for faking a terminal cancer diagnosis. doctors say she did it to collect thousands of dollars for a dream wedding and honeymoon. her name is jessica vega. she's 25 years old. she was indicted on six felony charges today by a grand jury. four months after her wedding, ve fwrks a's husband came clean to a new york newspaper. the couple divorced. but they've since gotten back together. vega has pleaded not guilty. >>> a police chas

looking at 64 down toward fredericksburg. they are the warm spot with charlottesville coming in right now at 66 degrees. what are we seeing? storm 4 radar, nothing to show you right now anywhere across the area. as we widen out one thing you'll notice, that front moving down to the south and then everybody just clearing out from new york to pittsburgh to d.c. everybody high and dry on the clear skied and it is a nice, nice afternoon. but things will be cooling off very quickly overnight tonight down to about 49 degrees. 46 by 11:00. you'll wake up in the district to temperatures around 40 and 41 degrees at 5:00 and 7:00 a.m. but most of you will be in the 30s. some of you in the low 30s. that will prompt or has prompted a freeze advisory, freeze warning rather, and a frost advisory. i'll break down who has what coming up in my full forecast in a couple minutes. >>> the police chief in prince george's county says the department has not slept in 72 hours because of a rash of violence over the weekend. there were a total of seve

around fredericksburg, pax river, areas of cambridge is where there could be an inch of rain. then manassas around areas just to the west, could be a half inch of rain. for the evening fantastic. 55 or 58 to 65 degrees tomorrow morning on the cool side so that is jacket weather in the 40s to mid 50s. then just a great one coming up for friday. nice conditions. we will be running well above average yet again for the area tomorrow afternoon. here is a look at your four-day forecast. saturday early. if you want to do something outdoors get it in before noon time. then sunday after about lunch time. and sunday is going to be the cool day out of the weekend. dramatic change in the 60s. we'll talk about the other big story for next week when we take a look at the extended forecast in a couple minutes. >> thanks, b.j. a man swinging a shovel takes aim at police and the wild chase on i-66 is next. >>> a priest in fairfax responsible for protecting children from abuse is now accused of abusing a teenage boy years ago. tonight a woman who knew the priest personally is speaking out about

you folks in fredericksburg, virginia.ain up to a high of 70 degrees, really a delightful day tomorrow. and friday is looking really nice. it will be feeling even better. 70 to 75 degrees the next two days. here we are on saturday with stormy conditions. this is going to be one big system affecting areas from maine all the way down probably to georgia and even florida with showers, heavy storms at times, coming through. i think we could see high winds at times. saturday, late afternoon, saturday night, sunday, wet with a high of only 68 degrees. could get an inch of rain by monday when this thing finally pulls out of here. a cooler week too. storms coming up for the weekend. back to you. >> thanks, veronica. >>> officials in the district have unveiled a new plan aimed at improving student performance in schools. the program called capital commitment lays out five goals over the next five years. the goals include increasing the districtwide math and reading proficiency rates as well as increasing the high school graduation

most of this not reaching the ground down around the fredericksburg region. overnight tonight temperatures dropping to about 55 degrees at 11:00 and waking up tomorrow morning to a rather chilly 47 degrees at 7:00 a.m. it will be windy once again during the day tomorrow and then a big shift in the weather. i'll talk about it coming up in a minute. >>> right now an accident involving a dump truck is impacting the evening rush here in southeast d.c. the truck hit an overhead sign on i-295 near pennsylvania avenue earlier causing part of the sign to dangle over the roadway. no one was hurt. one lane of traffic on 295 is still closed as crews remove the sign. >>> the special prosecutor investigating the death of an unarmed florida teenager will not be sending this case to a grand jury. prosecutor angela cory says she'll -- she will be the one to decide if george zimmerman will be facing charges for shooting and killing trayvon martin. this happened in february in sanford, florida. zimmerman claims he acted in self-defense and today's decision means zimmerman will