a little bit of volume building past the germantown road exit. tracking your travel times, good morning, virginia. 66 headed eastbound from the fairfax county parkway to, 10 minutes and getting longer. no problems. the toll road itself, it looks like you're doing just fine. from 674 approaching the capital beltway. we're tracking 267. in my next traffic report at 5:53. >>> we've all heard about the benefits of recycling when it comes to the environment. but have you ever heard of upcycling? the students at cedar grove elementary sure have. that's why they are this week's cool school. hop on board, the big yellow bus taking us to germantown, maryland. >> collect it. sort it. bag it. then ship it. the trash at cedar grove elementary in germantown is constantly on the move. students are doing something called upcycling. >> chip bags are always thrown away and they're never used for anything. but now they are. >> we try to sort everything in different ways like juice boxes, potato chips and like boxes from milk. >> it is called upcycling because the

and one more stop, two more. 270, volume only, road spray through germantown. and 395, capital beltway. >>> eye traffic alert for you, if you take the 14th street bridge to work, your commute could be tricky next week. crews will be moving the barriers to the north half of the bridge on 347d. it is part of the renovation project. the whole thing is to be finished by fall. >>> 4:53. 39 degrees out there. the sneaky snake that went into hiding, developing into a cult following. why it could slither to late night tv. >> love is in the air, dupont circle. [ older brother ] hey, that's the last crescent. [ younger brother oh, do you want it? yeah. ok, we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light... ...buttery and flaky... this is half. that is not half. guys i have more. [ female announcer ] do you have enough crescents? >>> 4:57. a man police say was groping women on metro was caught. how this woman's actions lead to an arrest. >> metro transit police arrested a man accused of groping women on subway cars. a victim posted his description down to his ra

when he settled that town, a germantown in 1843, he made sure that the first act of business on his part would be to issue an ordinance that no black person would be caught in that hamlet and if they were found there, they would be beaten every six months until they left town. when he came down to california in 1849 following the discovery of gold, he did not leave that madness in oregon territory. when he of all to become the first governor of this state, again his first act of business was to pick on black people because they were different. he led to the enactment of the strongest anti fugitive slave law. his legacy impacted the minds of the citizenry of this date and this nation that we move to enact a chinese exclusion act prohibiting chinese people from emigrating to this nation. and he would not stop. he kept on being mean. he issued public statements that the native americans should be exterminated from this state and from this nation. now, my friends, as a gospel preacher, i would have to embrace the notion that human nature can be changed. people do change. hugo black was once

when he settled that town, a germantown in 1843, he made sure that the first act of business on his part would be to issue an ordinance that no blac

westward and went on northward, to oregon, and when he got there and established the first hamlet, germantown, his first order of business was to get an order neans -- ordinance enacted saying that no black folks would be allowed in that hamlet. and if they were there, they would be beaten every six months until they left town. it didn't stop there. came down to california. got involved in politics and the gold rush and got his way to the high office of the first governor of this state. and i thank god that you all have removed another investigate tadge of our dark past. peter burnett was not only a bully to black folk but he was also mean toward asians, chinese specifically, and worked for the obliteration of native americans . and the sad commentary is, ladies and gentlemen, that no one in high office knew who this man was and what his legacy was until i called from my sick bed and said we got to get that name off of that building over there on newco mmp b street, the one community that had been underserve for too long when it comes to opportunity for african americans and other oppressed p

temperatures now down to mid- 30s, we've got temperatures 35 in west friendship, 36 in germantown.he bottom line is it's going to be cold enough for flakes to fly. but again expecting just very light accumulations on grassy surfaces and north and west of baltimore. you see temperatures in the chilly readings and check it out tomorrow. struggling through the 40s all day as clouds hold up, showers on and off. could see a couple of rain mixed with snow type of showers early in the morning and an early morning commuter. a big storm system off the coast right now. you see putting a ton of rain down off the outer banks of north carolina. this system will wrap up the new england storm, towards the new england area, be a big storm for new england is kind of what i meant to say there but a wrap around precipitation will still be a plaguing maryland, keeping us damp, dreary and ugly into the day tomorrow. cloudy, i think less showers, but still ugly an then saturday we've got a new disturbance, a weak one, comes in out of the north. that could actually keep us cloudy and kind of a little bit

frederick, down to 118 germantown. switching on over to virginia, 66.astbound lanes inside the beltway wide open. both loops in virginia from the wilson bridge past 236 all the way up to the american legion, no incidents. still ahead, a look at 95 in virginia. mike, andrea, back to you. >> here are stories we're following for you this friday morning. libyan rebels are cheering the defection of moammar gadhafi's foreign minister. >> top u.s. military leaders warn gadhafi is far from beaten at this point. admiral mike mullen told congress while coalition strikes have seriously hurt its fighting power, gadhafi's forces are nowhere near close to collapsing. >> seven coworkers in upstate new york are suddenly in the megamillions spotlight after coming forward to claim their record jackpot. >> as manuel gallegus reports, they may just owe their super win to a craving for a candy bar. >> smile, yeah! >> reporter: the seven shy state workers are america's newest megamillionaires and they're overwhelmed. >> it has been a blur. >> just hasn't sunk in. >> still in

the trash at cedar grove elementary in germantown is constantly on the move. students are doing something called up cycling. >> chip bags are always thrown away and they are never used for anything but now they are. >> we try to sort everything in different ways. potato chip packages and boxes for milk. >> reporter: the wrappers are not melted down to make a new product, they are cleaned and reused as is. the new jersey called terra cycle processes everything and pays the schools for their efforts. >> we have up cycled juice pouches. >> reporter: the money goes back into green education. this is not the last time they get to see the fruits of their labor. >> so their hard work actually ends up in the store. this is a paper folder. you can buy at a local target or wal-mart. it used to be a potato chip bag. this pencil holder used to be a sun chips case. >> reporter: pretty cool, huh? seeing the new product helps drive the point home. >> here they are buying a backpack or pencil case that looks just like that. >> reporter: another benefit of up cycling? kindness

then from germantown road down toward the split, it looks like we're down toward montrose right now, that's where the main jamup is. metro doing ok. vre, fredericksburg line, train 302, you're running 30 minutes behind. marc also problems on the brunswick line. train 874 also half an hour late. coming up in my next traffic report, 95 in maryland, we're tracking it at 6:24. back to you. >>> next in sports, the capitals and blue jackets head to overtime. see how this one ended. >> plus the pomp and circumstance of opening day at nationals park. learn at least one good stat out of yesterday's loss. ♪ ♪ oh, won't you be good to yourself? ♪ ♪ and don't you feel like coming home? ♪ ♪ ♪ it'll be like coming home [ male announcer ] some rooms feel like a fish bowl. but in our roomy suites, you can spread out and live a little. with breakfast, dinner, and drinks included, you'll feel right at home. ♪ la la-la-la-la la la la ♪ ♪ la la-la-la-la la la la my second diagnosis-- i was told to go home, retire, and enjoy the time i had left. to say it was a shock is just a complete understatement. i

my first glove was a three finger hutchinson, hutch and i remember the sporting good store, in germantown avenue we went by it so many times and finally my dad stopped there and my first hutch was three bucks. and i was just the most excited kid in the world going home. i was pounding it and beating it, and talking to my dad about oil and all of the stuff that i had learned because i wanted to sound, you know,. >> put your phone number on it too. >> i always had my phone number on the glove. >> well, there is always the past and always tomorrow's game, let's get some predictions. who is going to win the two pennants and then can you make a world champion, we will close with the practitioner. willie, the yankees are 1 an 1 . >> i don't think they are going to go 162 and zero. i will start there. but my fares part of the season right now is the narrative that is built of the boston red sox as favorites. they are goliath this year, the new york daily news on the back page today had a picture of derek jeter that said the little team that could, the poor little yankees, trying to catch the big