it happened near georgetown boulevard. they say that a chrysler made a left turn and crashed with an oncoming nissan. the passenger died. more fallout from the killing spree in afghanistan. we're hearing that the u.s. government has given a lot of money to the family of those killed. also, robert bale's wife speaking out for the first time. >> in an exclusive interview, staff sergeant robert bale's wife says she cannot believe that her husband would kill nine children. >> you said that he was involved with his children. >> he loves children. >> he is accused of killing nine children, innocent children. >> this is unbelievable to me. i have no idea what happened but he would not -- he loves children and he would not do this. >> in afghanistan, u.s. military officials tell nbc that they have paid about $50,000 each to the families of the dead and 11,000 to the wounded. substantial sums in a country where the average household makes about $300 a year. >> i think more than anything it is to assuage our. this has happened. >> f

myrtle coghill was killed on liberty road near georgetown boulevard. no word on the conditions of the other victims. >> 54 degrees on tv hill. the triple down a fact that postal service cuts would have on the economy. >> what doctors say it is unlikely that dick cheney was bumped up the transplant list. >> if you planted your garden's early, you want to listen to the forecast. damaging cold is on the way. >> tracking several accidents including one in >> welcome back to 11 news today. 6:13. 56 degrees downtown. you can see if you hints of the sunshine trying to make it over the horizon. hardly a cloud in the sky. the storm system is moving offshore. some leftover clouds in ocean city and in the delmarva. we have clear skies in baltimore and down towards d.c. a cold front is on the way. that will change up the temperatures. it is causing the win to increase. high pressure is trying to build and over the great lakes. the pressure changes drastically over a short period of time. that is what causes those winds to strengthen. that makes the temperature fee

on the beltway in virginia, inner loop near arlington boulevard, after gallows road, but before 50. two right lanes closed. order -- old georgetown road and executive boulevard is the scene of a crash. this is the beltway moving nicely at new hampshire avenue in montgomery county. there's more to come. now to news. >> we are learning more about the case of the american soldier accused in and killing 16 afghan civilians. the lead attorney for staff sergeant robert bales will hold its firsthis first face-to-face meeting with him today. tech's getting an acquittal by arguing posttraumatic stress is practically unheard of in a military court, but it appears that is what the defense attorneys will argue. he described ahead injuries from four separate tours abroad -- head injuries. >> are real caring individual. >> robert says that his last conversation with the soldier now accused of the rampage that killed 16 afghan civilians was just three months ago and bales called him from afghanistan after being deployed to the region for a fourth time. >> it has social and legal ramifications. >> a high-school football captain, husband, and fat

a live look here in bethesda, old georgetown road and arlington boulevard. there had been an accident old georgetown road at executive boulevard and i believe that's been cleared up for the morning. things are looking great here as well as you can see. nice and light. back over to the maps. this time over to the south side of town. no problems on 95 coming up from the occoquan river right into springfield. you can see it's all green and that means you're still good to go. light volumes up to the beltway. we'll take a live look at 395 here at shirlington. traffic moving well up to the 14th vote bridge. in my next report, we'll take a look the at beltway at 5:23. >>> howard is here with our weather first. tomorrow the first day of spring. today early summer. >> we've got temperatures this week 70s. we might hit 80 again this week. five straight days in chicago by the way 80 degrees or better. that's the first time they've done that in march in recorded history so they're having incredible warmth there. a lot of the country east of the rockies unbelievable. i kn

but old georgetown road, accident activity at executive boulevard. they turned the cameras. i got a feeling it's closer to executive boulevard. be careful in that direction. fire rescue is headed in that direction as well. and northbound 395, no problems at duke street. we do have errors of a stalled car northbound approaching 410. back toward the capitol beltway, accident activity is cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 ontime traffic. >>> the average price of gas is about $3.84. and in some places, it's high enough to push some people across the border to buy gas in mexico. but with the violent drug cartels ruling the street, the state department warns the cost could be higher than they think. >> reporter: the national average for a gallon of gas is hovering around $3.80 right now. $4.35 in california according to aaa. and some analysts think it will keep climb summer. so it's no wonder along the border, people are driving into mexico to fill up their tanks where the price for a gallon of gas is around $1.50 less. >> i do work with a lot of people who go across the border

georgetown 2 georgia ave. the outer loop is a bit slow to telegraph. from 270 all the way to arlington boulevard.are dealing with some very significant delays. also slow right now on northbound 270 as ago from beltway to falls. back to you in the studio. >> thank you very much. still ahead -- fast-food restaurants promise to stop using it, so why is the pink line still in the grocery store prime beef? the story that inspired star wars at the movie this weekend. we want to protect the house. right. but... home security systems can be really expensive. to save money, we actually just adopted a rescue panther. i think i'm goin-... shhh! we find that we don't need to meep that much. there's an easier way to save. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. a new science-fiction adventure is out this weekend but it has a familiar plot. >> this inspired one of the most popular movie series of all time. arch campbell joins us with his review of "john carter." >> he wrote this 100 years ago. i and sitting here thinking, they ripped off "star wars." i was wrong. a man finds himself on a

boulevard at amherst avenue. crash there is now out of the roadway. however, still seeing the intersection, this is old georgetown road at rockville pike. all of your lanes are blocked, and the fire department is on the scene. heading up i-270, definitely seeing delays and some fog. first we'll check travel speeds. very slow out of urbana. delays continue to clarksburg. you're at about 24 miles per hour passing route 80. now a live look at father hurley. you can see low visibility and your volume is increasing once again. good news, travel lanes are open as you head into rockville. are you going to see delays. i would urge if you're taking i-270, leave early. give yourself extra time. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:02. breaking news in prince george's county. we're working to learn what led to a deadly shooting and car fire in ft. washington. police say they responded to reports of shots fired on palmer road just before 1:00 this morning. that's when an officer found a car on fire and a man shot inside that car. police say the officer tried to save the victim, then extinguished the flames. the man was later pro

georgetown road, this is at rockville pike. all of your lanes are blocked by the crash there. fire department is on the scene. heading over this time, westbound university boulevardt amherst avenue, fire department also on the scene of that crash, as well. let's head over to virginia. there we have a disabled vehicle, just in the right shoulder lane. this is on the inner loop of the beltway at gallows road. travel lanes are open in this area. now if you're traveling on i-270, i am seeing your volume increase along with fog. we'll have your commute up next in just about ten minutes. eun? >> danella, thank you. >>> 5:53. a woman jailed for jaywalking in downtown d.c. says she did nothing wrong. leila nematala says she was trying to walk to a metro station last week when a police officer stopped her on connecticut avenue outside a crosswalk. she says he asked her for identification, but she refused and continued across the street. she says that's when she ended up in handcuffs. >> he radioed for help. six police officers came. they took my earrings, they took my belt. they put me in handcuffs. and then they put me in a police car and drove me up to jail. >> she was