two slow stretches through germantown and rockville.arly morning accidents have been cleared. a quick look from sky 9. an accident in spring field. no sky 9 but there is an accident route 7100 or fairfax county parkway at huntsman boulevard. >>> wall street is looking a teeny bit higher after that big sell-off yesterday. so fingers crossed. >>> cbs this morning is next with the latest on the trayvon martin case. tony award winner john lissko talks about his new broadway hit. >>> we'll be back with traffic and weather. >>> get all your news, traffic and weather on wusa9.com. >>> see you right back here tomorrow morning at

new issues out of germantown and gaithersburg. traffic has to stay to the right around a new crash after 118 but before montgomery village avenue. southbound 270, it's going to be a long ride out of germantown. i will give you the green light on the other side of town. 95 between richmond and baltimore. and a live picture of headlights northbound 95 through springfield, not bad. metro rail, marc rail, vre reporting normal service. back to you. >> thank you. let's check in with adam caskey to find out how the day shaping up. >> not bad today, oregon yesterday, but still cool for this time of year. -- warmer than yesterday. we should be close to 70 degrees. >> i am planning a beach trips and i am a little concerned for the weekend. >> it will warm up a little into the weekend. take a look if this beautiful picture of a sunrise over washington. sunrise said 6:19. that was just a minute ago. beautiful. look at the skyline of the federal city this morning. elsewhere, as the beach, i have to show this again. folks getting the boats read

we're live today at northwest high school in germantown. back to you in the studio. >> chris, thank you. >>> d.c. voters will find five council races on the primary ballot today including the at-large council seat. the last debate focused largely on ethics issues as the son of the city's top leaders are under federal investigation. the debate also focused on unemployment, schools, and red light cameras. >>> marion barry says he did not get a fair chance to campaign in the hours before his big election day. he served four terms as mayor and is going after his third consecutive term as councilman for ward 8. he spent last night at a meeting discussing the 2013 bridge for ward 8. he called the timing disrespectful and says nothing would have been left if mayor gray rescheduled the meeting. gray fired back. >> i think it is disrespectful

clear from frederick making your way down even on this germantown.e's a live look at germantown, father hurley clear connecting to the beltway. traveling the beltway from i-270, making your way this time to i-95, traveling at 58 miles per hour. a ten-minute drive. >>> still to come, not willing to give up his gadget. the crazy chase at a metro station after a man tried to swipe an ipad from a fellow passenger. >>> soldiers are rolling into town for an annual event. ♪ ♪ hit the road, jack ♪ and don't you come back no more ♪ ♪ no more, no more, no more ♪ hit the road, jack ♪ and don't you come back no more ♪ [ male announcer ] want your weeds to hit the road? hit 'em with roundup extended control. one application kills weeds and puts down a barrier to stop new ones for up to four months. roundup extended control spray once. stop weeds for months. >>> george zimmerman could be released from a florida jail. he has a bond hearing later this morning. zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the death of trayvon martin. he pled guilty -- not guilty

it is expected to air in september. >> 5:25 right now, 44 degrees in germantown. >> there's much more ahead in the next half-hour. the latest twist in the mega millions mystery. state lottery director holding a news conference today as we hear from volume of the woman claiming she has the winning ticket. >> somehow or university athletes have been temporarily sidelined because of the university investigation. i will have details and why some athletes say this is going on, coming up if. it's temperatures on ahhh, now that's a clean mouth. i just wish it wouldn't fade away so fast. let me show you something. hmdr. rahmany ] as soon as you leave here... plaque quickly starts to grow back. but now there's a way to keep the clean longer. introducing new crest pro-health clinical rinse. it's a clinical breakthrough that actually keeps your teeth 91% clean of plaque at 2 months after a dental visit. plus, it gives you these key benefits. new crest pro-health clinical rinse. so now when you leave the dental office, you can keep a cleaner mouth with you. crest. life opens

news4's chris gordon reports from germantown. >> reporter: voting here at northwest high school in germantownight but steady. there are both republican and democratic primaries for the seat of the u.s. congress that has belonged to republican roscoe bartlet for the last 20 years. seven members of his own party are challenging him in the primary. a small sampling of voters shows bartlett show he's holding his own. >> what i hear about him is what i agree with. >> reporter: his republican challengers include state senator david brinkley, kathy absoly, robert koeblands, peter james -- >> i'm for brandon because i've known him a long time. i think he's a great candidate. >> reporter: the state legislator change the the sixth district map dropping conservative areas and adding democratic voters here in western montgomery county. some feel the map was drawn so state senator rob garagiola would win the seat in the u.s. congress. he's endorsed by o'malley and known by the voters in germantown. >> rob is the current state majority leader in the state house. and he has experience as opposed to an inexp

i'll give you a live look if you're traveling in germantown. southbound lanes are open on father hurley, as well as northbound lanes. if you continue connecting to the beltway, no problems for you. a life look at the beltway. looks nice and clear. heading to the inner loop of the beltway, 10 minutes from i-270 to i-95. barba barbara, back to you. >>> a study shows a new kind of cancer dramatically affecting young women. melanoma is sharply on the rise and experts say one thing may have caused the spike in cases. nancy sneiderman has a closer look at this study. >> reporter: today's study looked at new cases of melanoma diagnosed in patients over a 40-year period, and the results are alarming. the rate of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, was eight times higher in women sin in 1999 than it was in 1970. while the mayo study clinic didn't look at the cause for the increase, researchers pointed to one big culprit, indoor tanning, which was introduced to the market in the late '70s. using tanning beds have a risk of increased melanoma by

the delay backs in toward the germantown stretch. lot of extra time needed heading southbound on 270 from the earlier crash right at 117. delays on the top side beltway as you come in around 95. 26 miles per hour is the best you'll get approaching new hampshire. that continues, heavy all the way toward the colesville road stretch. there's a look. no accidents reported on that top side outer loop. however, you are seeing delays. again, speeds down toward the mid 20s. still looking good on all the rails. metro, marc, and vre, no complaints. eun, aaron? >> thank you. >>> montgomery county police searching for the dwliefr crashed into a -- the driver who crashed into a house. leak at the scene at new hampshire avenue in the white oak area last night. you see the crash did pretty exte extensive damage to the front porch. investigators say the driver ran away before officers got there. nobody was hurt. >>> this morning, police are looking into whether two men suspected in three murders were involved in any other crimes. the wife of one of

college park headed past colesville road headed around towards 270. 270 looks good coming out of germantown. 66, your lanes are open there and no problems to report on the beltway leaving van dorn street headed over towards the wilson bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. >> thank you. >>> our big story is creating a lot of buzz. maryland lottery officials say no one has come forward to claim the megamillions prize. but rumor has it there is a winner. according to an exclusive from the "new york post" owned by the parent company of fox 5, the winners a mother of seven and work at a baltimore county mcdonald's. merland wilson says she bought the ticket on her own but the coworkers say it was part of the pool. her friend says, if the rumors are tree, she has some big plans. >> she told me if she ever win a lot of money, she's going back home. she's haitian. she's going to be haitian royalty. i got to work. around this time, she had that agreement. >> the megamillions jackpot climbed to $656 million. the three winning tickets sold in kansas, i go ill and -- illinoi

polls here at northwest high school in germantown open at 7:00.ll have more as the morning progresses. back to you now in the studio. >> chris gordon in germantown, thank you. >>> this is also a big day for the republican presidential race. mitt romney is expected to win all three primaries today in district, maryland, and wisconsin. wisconsin has 42 delegates up for grabs. maryland has 37. and the candidates are battling for 16 delegates in the district. >>> president obama is going after mitt romney and targeting voters in virginia. >> i'm barack obama, and i approved this message. >> his campaign just bought television advertising time in five states including the commonwealth. and that's where this ad called "remember" will air. it emphasizes the president's energy policy and criticizes romney's approach. the ad is also running in florida, iowa, nevada, and ohio. >>> we are following a developing story out of california this morning. there are several reports that the gunman accused in a deadly school shooting in oakland once lived in virginia

let's look at the numbers. 41 in alexandria, 39 in germantown, 36 in leesburg. in la plata. olson saturday breezy, lies in the upper 50's, winds gusting out of the north. freeze morning tomorrow morning for all the county's dictated in wi -- in blue. that is from 2:00 a.m. tonight until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning >> . we will start with a look at the outer loop of the beltway at route 7 near leesburg pike. the accident was in the right lane but now move to the shoulder. it was not there long enough to cause a back up. there was light volume. you will see flashing lights but everything is open. in montgomery county, the beltway near connecticut avenue there was an accident. it is not really causing much of a problem on the outer loop from silver spring. 121 at 270 moving nicely everything is open to the beltway >> . it's friday morning. economists of hoping for good news when it comes to the economy. and they hope the fourth straight month of steady job growth will be announced today. tahman bradley has a preview. >> we are expecting good news. looks like for the

a quick look at 270, very heavy as to pass the exit for 1093 germantown.elays as you head through gaithersburg to words the beltway after that. >> back to sunshine today . comfortable. 70 today. mid- 70's tomorrow. areas of rain in the weekend. saturday just fine. by afternoon, showers and thunderstorms through the evening. on sunday, a coastal storm system. uncertainty as to how much rain fall and where. >> thank you. that does it for "good morning washington." "good morning america companies good coming up next. -- "good morning america" coming up next.

more of our neighbors on the road out of germantown gaithersburg, rockville. how about the weather?ere's a look at the forecast for today. gray skies, light rain on and off. a small dent in the precipitation deficit. sunshine tomorrow, 70. 77 on friday. but get ready for what could be some soaking rain especially on sunday on the weekend. looks like a shift in the weather pattern. if we could get a much-needed moisture. >> thank you to the good folks at the leadership greater washington. i had a great time. and there were some great performances. >> there are the girls. >> those are the girl scouts.

southbound 270, still good for go coming in out of germantown towards the lane divide.t'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 inform d.c., you won't see santorum up there. he was not on the ballot giving romney an easy win. and in wisconsin, romney won with a slim margin after that race too close to call earlier yesterday. as sherry ly reports now, mitt romney didn't actually secure the nomination but with the trifecta of wins, he is getting close. >> thank you to wisconsin, maryland and washington, d.c. we won them all. >> reporter: mitt rome know has now racked up more than half the delegates he needs to secure the gop nomination -- mitt romney. he is clearly shifting his focus to his general a leaks challenger. >> years of flying around in

mid-70s. 57 in washington. 72 in germantown. 76 in la plata. a good-looking day. weekend doesn't look great. i'll have details on that. it won't be a complete rainout. we'll have some periods of rain. we'll have details on the weekend forecast in just a minute. >> a good start to the weekend. >> great looking start. >> let's say hello to julie wright to get the latest on our traffic. >> tucker barnes, i'm back! >> uh-oh. >> we've got her back. >> now, what are you talking about? >> just starting to have a little fun. >> for folks just watching, we couldn't see julie for a while because of the technical problems but she is back better than ever. >> it was tucker barnes' fault. all right. back to business. southbound 270 out of rockville. earlier, we had some problems with a blown transformer at 28. whatever was going on has been resolved because our lanes are open. eastbound i-70, the ramp to 270 with the tractor-trailer fire, the fire is out. looking good 7100 headed up and across the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >>

with clear skies diminishing it would be a chilly evening. 53 degrees in germantown. 55 in sterling. dale city is 58 degrees. 63 and 42 is the average high and low. i said a few minutes earlier that today will feel cold compared with what is coming. he will see what i been as the forecast extends into next week. still 61 in the city right now. 55 in gaithersburg. frost is a possibility north and west of the city. frost advisory's overnight. a freeze warning in affect overnight. temperatures mild for us. winds will generally and gradually turned south. some of these warmer temperatures will be pulled in. tomorrow metal 60's and then the days start piling up into the 70's and 80's. as we get into saturday, that warm air will push through northern ohio and pennsylvania along the warm front. i think we will have a few clouds. we will get into the lower 70's. a big push comes our way for sunday monday, and tuesday as we get into the 80's for a few days. in the morning sonny and chilly weather at 40 degrees. 60 degrees at noon. as we had to the next several days, here is the warm-up. 70 de

expect delays out of germantown headed south towards 370. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >> thank you. >>> in this morning's buzz bin, susan sarandon claim the government tapped her phone and says she was dapped a visit to the white house but doesn't know why. she made the comments during an interview with film maker michael moore. >>> remember this guy? noah wyle, you can't really see him there. he was handcuffed and arrested along with more than 100 members of the group adapt. they were protesting in the rotunda of the con nonhouse office building on capitol hill. he and member of the group are urging congress not to cut medicaid. >>> a new legal battle for accused white house dinner crasher tareq salahi. the virginia attorney general filed a lawsuit against him and two companies involved in virginia wine tour.com. there it is. the ag claims they violated a state consumer protection act. they are accused of not delivering tours as promised and not providing refunds after canceling tours. >>> the washington nats toni

clear from germantown to the beltway. checking the inner loop speed from i-270 to i-95, 58 miles per hour. a ten-minutes drive at this time. i'm back in ten. back to you. >>> a deadly shooting in d.c., shots rang out in the 3300 block of 14th place. officers found a man shot in the head and the back. that man died. police have not made an arrest. >>> mystery this morning. police are trying to figure out how a body ended up in the potomac river. the body washed up near the national harbor south of the wilson bridge around 2:00 yesterday afternoon. there's no word yet on the victim's age, gender, or cause of death. investigators in prince george's county do say there were no obvious signs of trauma to the victim. >>> a developing story now. a budget stalemate in virginia bringing the state a step closer to a government shutdown. money for the dulles rail project being blamed for the gridlock there of the last night, senate democrats recessed without coming to an agreement on a two-year budget. they've requested an additiona

temperatures generally 50s and low 60s. 68 in fredericksburg. 65 wald or of laplata and 64 for germantown gaithersburg. get up into northern maryland here. temperatures a touch cooler because there are some raindrops out there as well. your planner for tomorrow, plenty of clouds in the morning. i think any raindrops will be done before the sun comes up tomorrow morning. then tomorrow during the day, increasing amounts of sunshine with with an increasing southwesterly breeze and mild indeed, temperatures tomorrow up into the 80s. >> here it is on storm 4 radar. that's just sprinkles across parts of far northern area. very few raindrops are making to the ground in the immediate metropolitan area. don't be surprised if a raindrop or two makes it into the area. meanwhile, big severe weather continues to explode across parts northern oklahoma, kansas, nebraska and roaring across parts of eastern iowa and western parts of illinois. we won't need to worry about severe weather around here. just passing sprinkles during the overnight hours tonight. that will be gone before you get up in the mornin

southbound, not bad. 66 miles per hour as you make your way to germantown. now in germantown, heading through rockville, no issues. i'll give you a live look at montrose. you see southbound travel lanes open, as well as northbound. no real issues. making your way to the split, connecting to the beltway, here's a live look now at i-270. on the beltway, as you make your way on the inner loop, we'll check the travel speed now. you're at 63 miles per hour. taking just ten minutes to get from i-270 to i-95. outer loop on the beltway in montgomery county, i'm giving you travel speeds in ten minutes, as well as a look at your rails. now back to you all. >> thank you. >>> a clean sweep. mitt romney is celebrating three huge wins this morning that could start to draw the primary process to a close. romney's piggest margin of victory came here in the district where he received 70% of the vote. rick santorum wasn't even on the ballot and had a total of 20-point win over snowstorm maryland, where he received nearly 50% of the vote there. add a five-point victory in wisc

it's not like germantown. >> that was a decent-sized bear. it could do a lot of damage. >>> cool temperatures if you're in the woods today playing, bring a jacket. >> very nice. >> more bears coming out of the woods looking for warmth, not food. >> they are done hibernating by now. >> they do hibernate in the wintertime here? >> i don't know. >> what do we look like jack hanna? he's on the show today. >> i think he is. >>> to the south and east, 50s, 40s filtering in to the north and west. the cold front moving out and east of the region. with it, a few showers. we will see things clear out, and a beautiful friday. nice and breezy on the cool side. 44 for you in haggerstown. 46 in frederick, and here are your winds that are picking up. sustained winds, winds gusting at 20. current wind speed in washington, 16. we can expect winds to gust 20 to 25 miles an hour. temperatures at 60. feeling cool with sunshine. nice looking friday, look how quiet it is now. the front again south and east of us. looking at quiet conditions here. blue skies for yo

earlier, a little rain south of dickerson toward poolesville and will move off towards boyd and germantown and make a sprinkle in darnestown. we'll widen the radar out and put this in motion. where is this one going in the next hour? it's going to work its way to the south and east. it will weaken, but it will make it between thurmont and frederick and cockeysville. so a couple showers around but few and far between. essentially we're looking at drier air later tonight and clearing skies. 63 in gaithersburg, 63 bethesda. in some regard these temps are good to be in the 60s because that's keeping down the development of these storms. 66 college park, 64 in reston and leesburg. staying cool to chilly the next three days, clearing to chilly tonight. knead a jacket tomorrow, breezy and -- need jacobs tomorrow, breezy and cool all -- a jacket tomorrow, breezy and cool all day tomorrow. early shower possible, clearing, breezy and chilly, 42 to 50 for lows. tomorrow morning we're looking at mostly sunny skies, breezy, a jacket, temps in the 40s and 50s and by afternoon partly cloudy, breezy, kind

saratoga, the accomplishments of general gates, general washington retreated from brandy wine, germantown, and lost philadelphia. washington's reputation was sinking fast. and there were those in the congress, some of them among samuel adams who thought gates might make a better commander than general washington. there were rumors, maybe not a plot, that's a little much, but certainly plans being made to replace gates, take him into washington's position and washington knew this, of course. later, general gates was given command of the army in the south, and there in the south general gates fought the battle of camden, one of the worst defeats the american army ever suffered. what made it even worse was when the smoke cleared from the battlefield at camden, general gates was not there. he had retreated about 50 miles to reorganize. he was replaced. general green took general gates' place in the south. gates was a disgrace. washington disliked him intensely. but gates was a powerful politician and he managed to get reinstated as the commander of the army at newburgh, without washington's c

we'll take a live look at germantown at father hurley boulevard. no problems to report here. we'll take a look at the beltway north of town. >>> mitt romney, it was a good night for him. he swept last night's republican primaries winning wisconsin, maryland and washington, d.c. governor romney now has more than half the number of delegates needed to clinch the republican presidential nomination. >> despite being close to 400 delegates behind, rick santorum said he's not dropping out. >> reporter: it's a sweep for mitt romney. he has won the primaries in wisconsin, maryland and washington, d.c. >> we won them all. >> reporter: he now has more than half the delegates needed to secure the republican presidential nomination. romney told supporters president obama is out of touch saying the president isn't taking responsibility for job losses, government debt, and rapidly rising gas prices. >> when you drive home tonight and you stop by the gas station, just take a look at the prices and then ask yourself four more years of that? >> reporter: rick santorum wasn't even on the ballo

. >> no problems coming in from germantown as you work your way out to the split.ou are at speed headed through rockville. all lanes are open connecting with 270. lanes are open coming across the american legion bridge in virginia. you will find lanes are open here leaving landmark continuing northbound up to the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. raffic. >>> turning now to monitoring metro, get ready to shell out more cash to use mass transit. a metro committee has voted to raise bus and rail trips. if the fare increases are approved, they would go into effect july 1st. >>> we are getting our first look at what d.c. street cars will look like. d-d.o.t. released in video similar playstation for the line expected to start run nation year. the video includes a look at the plans for the overhead wires to power the street cars. five cars are planned for the h street northeast corridor line. >>> some sports, a tough loss for the caps if the first game of their playoff showdown with do is ton. they fell to the bruins 1-0 in overtime. chris k

that's where gary joins us live from germantown. >> reporter: it is a different scene. more quiet. supporters couldn't believe they offered him a loss. he is, after all, the senate majority leader. but the crowd began to trickle out. >> i love you. >> reporter: at 10:25, he worked the small crowd of supporters offering thanks and conceded the election. >> a few minutes ago i tried calling john delaney. i left him a voicemail. maybe i'll talk to him later this evening to congratulate him. >> reporter: outspent by a millionaire 4-1, he counted on labor support, party support and organization to get him through. a list of teams and assignments for election day. an inexpensive social media with advice to use facebook and twitter to get out the word. >> it wasn't enough. >> unfortunately john delaney had a lot of people on the ground. he had a lot of money that he was able to put into the campaign. he ran a great campaign. >> reporter: not an end to his political career. >> the journey is not done. there is still a lot to be done. >> reporter: as we said, he still is the sen

germantown, maryland, montgomery county, 50. one of our cool spots in fredricksburg, virginia. 57. just a little higher, the temperature. but by tomorrow morning look at that. seasonally cool through the area. sunrise at 6:24. we'll be in the 40s to about 50 degrees. and while the radar right now is not showing anything, look at this. we've got two storms gathering here. one over the midwest, big storm just west of chicago. another one over oklahoma and northern sections of texas. both of these moving eastward. but one of them is going to stay far enough off the coast where i think that's what's going to give us a little bit of clearing skies for sunday and the promise of at least salvaging a good part of our weekend. sunshine for tomorrow. there's the weather front coming in. a southerly flow. we've got some thunderstorms to deal with on saturday. mainly after about 2:00 and 3:00. storms continue until about 7:00 p.m. so here it is, early in the morning. we get the showers. 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 or so. some thunderstorms coming through. and that's what's going to give us the heav

looking great out of agreed rick through -- frederick through damascus all the way down to germantown and the point where the lanes divide. at the american legion bridge, this is what you should expect if that's where you're headed. a few people out and about but no big deal the entire stretch of the beltway. let's go back over to the maps this time to southern maryland. those of who you come out of accokeek, you're going to be fine on route 210. broondzywine, no -- brandywine, no problems on route a. a live look at route 50 coming in from annapolis past i-97 to the beltway you're going to be fine. coming up in my next report at 4:55, we'll take a look at 270. >>> drinking reds wine could help you keep weight -- red wine could help keep weight off. the study found there's a compound in red wine and grapes that controls body fat. the substance delays the cellar -- cellular process that allows the fat cells to form and prevents them from growing. researchers hope findings from this will eventually lead to a method to control obesity. >>> nearly one out of three athletic injuries in coll

no problems to report south on 207 coming in out of germantown. traffic flowing freely northbound from the beltway to the inbound 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> while mitt romney has not quite sewn up the republican nomination, he is already thinking about his number two. pennsylvania is one of the states holding a primary. romney campaigned there with marco rubio. newt gingrich is hinting he may drop out. >>> police say a driver hit another car forcing it off the road into the porch of a house. it is unclear if anyone was in the house at the time. >>> a bus out of service because the driver has viral meningitis which is highly contagious. the driver worked friday and previously had been on vacation. the bus is out of circulation until it can be thoroughly cleaned. metro is also disinfecting 164 other buses in northern virginia as a precaution. >>> metro is facing another problem. one of their metrobus drivers has been arrested after allegedly assaulting a passenger. the incident happened last friday in arlin

more 60s in germantown and hanover coming in around 67 degrees. more of the same in annapolis. good morning centerville. you are at 63. more of the same in somerville. 63 in galena and 61 in elkton. so, with the clouds out there, though, temperatures are pretty much being held up. we are dealing with the high thin clouds. this will allow plenty of sunshine to get in here as we go throughout the day. but, we are hoping for some rain in the forecast. unfortunately, this cold front is going to weaken as it gets closer to us. so some of the rain will fizzle out. but our next chances for rain coming during the weekend. i will detail more of that coming up. let's check the traffic with angela right now. >> reporter: good morning. starting off the monday morning drive with no early incidents to report as you maneuver around. a couple work zones out there. of course the ongoing work zone on the jfx. let's go ahead and give you a live look of i-95. this is north of 695. you are looking at traffic between the beltway on the southwest side and caton avenue. we are moving well north and so

and northern suburbs a noticeably cooler trend. 46 now in frederick, maryland. 46 gaithersburg, germantown, 46 into manassas. most of western fairfax county also into the upper 40s right now. waldorf 49 degrees. a little bit cooler out to the west. storm 4 radar there's just ground clutter around here. no rain on the radar too close to us. nearest raindrops to us now moving into parts of lower michigan. that area of low pressure is going up into the western great lakes. but this trailing cold front back here, you'll be seeing this on the next graphic. our future weather forecast, that cold front will impact our weather as we get toward late tomorrow and then mostly into the day tuesday. high pressure heading offshore for now. so a chilly start first thing tomorrow morning. the warmer air lying in wait just down to our south and west. tomorrow will be comparatively cool compared to the rest of the week with highs once again mid 60s up toer 60s. just a touch cooler than today. but as that area of low pressure glides up to our north and there's that trailing cold front coming on through, mond

travel speeds southbound in germantown, you're at 65 miles per hour. making your way in gaithersburg, 69 miles per hour. getting closer to the spur at montrose, southbound lanes. earlier you had roadwork in the local lanes. right now, not seeing any. looks to be up. all roadwork should be up along i-270 around 5:00 a.m. i can't find any on camera. it looks like your commute is nice and smooth. now, if you're traveling on either i-95 or bw parkway, making your way from the baltimore beltway to the capital beltway, i'll have your commute in ten minutes. back to you. >> thanks. >>> kids and adults for that matter -- >> seriously. >> in a lot of ways, are more plugged in than issue. >> experts say technology is hurting teens' ability to connect emotionally. stanford researchers studied teens and technology and say that while teens might feel they can check facebook, listen to music, and study at the same time, they're learning to be distracted. >> the brain gets so used to distraction, so used to looking where it shouldn't, that they can't ever look where

on the roads, you will find lanes are open southbound along 270 coming in out of germantown.o trouble spots to report as you travel south of father hurley boulevard. lanes are open on the top stretch of the beltway between college park and bethesda. pace is good right now 395 coming across the 14th street bridge headed over towards the southeast-southwest freeway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >> thank you very much. >>> well, they were heroes on the battlefield but many female veterans are coming home to scarce resources on the home front. government reports show the number of homeless female veterans has more than doubled in past decade and now lawmakers are stepping in to combat the growing problem. allison seymour has the story. >> because i went to the military straight from high school, i had no education so i'm uneducated and don't have a job and i'm out of the military. >> reporter: having served in america's army in 2003, fhoenicia carney came home to america's problems. a decade of u.s. wars called millions ever american women into military

people only focused on the battle of germantown, and they didn't look so much at the fact that there was a prime example of urban slavery there. and through our executive director, david young, who just over the weekend, i believe, was with mr. bunch in philadelphia talking act how museums focus on interpreting african-american history and slavery at their sites. another fabulous example that we have to talk about is also at montpelier, and later today you're going to be hearing more from elizabeth taylor, as she was the leader as director of interpretation in sharing more of the stories of the african-american communities and enslaved peoples who were there. three years ago, i met the person whom i'm introducing, katherine malone-france, right at the slave quarters on the second floor of decatur house. and at the time it wasn't open to the public, never has been. it was a gallery space. previous owners had used it as a residence for their staff. it had also been office space. and the white house historical society is rising to the cause to conserve these slave quarters. his malone-f

on the roads, coming in out of germantown, lanes are open.he beltway is running smoothly between college park and bethesda. no problems to report along i- 95. still an easy go on 395 between the beltway and the 14th street bridge. overnight construction cleared as you travel eastbound 66 leaving manassas for the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> next time you have a question when you are on the national mall, look for a person wearing a yellow cap. a new group of national mall roving dosents is ready to answer your questions. >> i know how i feel about our nation's capital and i know the experience i went through when i first came up out of the smithsonian metro stop. so i wanted to take the time to give back some of my time to help persons who are visiting the nation's capital with knowing where different memorials are, understanding little things like where is the nearest rest room? >> that is a good question. the trust for the national mall is taking applications for more than 100 volunteers. >>> yesterday, people

moving smartly on 270 head away from us out of germantown. next, we will go into virginia.across the 14th street bridge. now inside. >> so many of us enjoyded the amazing weather this weekend but fire crews battled brushfires. these are pictures from a brush fire that was near edge water marina. one building and a sailboat or damaged in that fire. this was behind the holiday point marina. no one was hurt. adam caskey is joining us. we are not out of the woods yet in terms of the fire danger. >> it is still very dry. chance of rain is pretty slim for the next several days. the highest hopes for saturday. the timing is not ideal, but we will take whatever we can get because we really need the moisture. we hope that it comes to fruition on saturday. there's a decent chance. >> can we make it not on the weekend? >> there's a possibility prior to saturday, right? >> things could change. slight chance on wednesday. it looks like mainly it would be saturday night. that's a preliminary analysis. we will see what happens. temperatures right now, seven in quantico 57 in manassas, 65

now in germantown. cooler than yesterday. 42 la plata, 41 in gainesville.ngton, virginia, upper 30's. by 3:00 p.m. we will hit the withtemperature 63 degrees sunshine and gusty winds out of the northwest. 35 miles an hour. cumberland, hagerstown, romney, in the mid 50's this afternoon, low 60's locally. now to lisa baden. >> traffic is moving along in now, south into richmond, north into baltimore pentagon. we will show you that. very well on 395 and washington boulevard and 110. complicated in maryland, even on the beltway and. road oregon. here comes the volume. loopights are the outer leading college park all the way 270. metrobus, marc rail, and vre on normal service. back to you. >> thank you. 5:29, 47 degrees. luck was not on the side of wanted toawmakers who expand gambling. >> general assembly failed to d bring a bill that woul casino to prince george's county. s by thecarter i national harbor with details. would have added o theional revenue t but lawmakers fail to pass that bill. table games at the national currently are off the table. the bill ca

out of germantown and gaithersburg. it looks like this. a crash after she grove road before 28.oking into virginia not to that across the 14th street bridge. there was a stalled car earlier but it has moved. we go back to the news desk. >> thank you. we check in with doug hill. good morning. >> good morning. we start you off with a time lapse of the sunrise. 43 degrees at the moment in damascus. a beautiful morning. some low clouds moving off to the east and southeast at a good clip. here is where we stand with temperatures. mostly in the 40's. bake temperatures warm up and you get a little bit of a push. 40's are on the area. our satellite reveals what will be happening. sunshine is the story today with gusty winds. off to the west, the satellite reveals the system taking shape. this is low pressure moving along the boundary across virginia and north carolina tomorrow. that will give us a window for a possibility of light rain or showers tomorrow evening and into sunday morning. here is the timeline. as we get through the afternoon the rain starts coming in and we will feel tha

. >> coming up at 6:00 you will need a 19-year-old germantown teen who was here among the protesters. two months ago he was about to be deported. high emotions and a highly divisive court battle. >> thank you. prince george's county officials want to make sure no more families fall victim to car back -- carbon monoxide poisoning. horace holmes is live with the latest. >> the incident has really shaken this neighborhood. all of these homes were built right after world war ii. today residents woke up wondering how sick they are in their own homes. >> family and friends arrived at the house of the victims who died of carbon monoxide poisoning yesterday. firefighters also rolled in to warn residents. five victims were killed when the odorless colorless carbon monoxide seeped out of a furnace pipe yesterday morning. >> i am upset and worried about the other homes here. >> many of these homes are old. he has been in this house since 1971. he is across the street from where the tragedy occurred. he became close to the victims. >> i see her come down and she walked lead dog every day. it brea

it's 40 degrees in bethesda by now, 46 in college park, 43 in germantown, 41 in gainesville. 38 in leesburg, stafford, 39 degrees. bright sunshine today temperatures where they should be this time of year, mid 60's. for the high. low 70's tomorrow, comfortable. the low to mid '80s on sunday. >> new this morning, five police officers shot and a police chief dead after a drug bust gone bad in new hampshire. it happened last night in the town of greenland. just about 30 minutes ago investigators found the bodies of the suspects and a woman inside the house where they were holed up overnight. the officer killed was one week away from retirement. >> and ohio policeman shot and killed a gunman who opened fire insider restaurant last night killing two people during this. no word on the shooters identity. d.c. police looking for more shot a man overnight in southeast. sapfa and after midnight along the 2700 block of stanton road. no word on the suspect, motive or the victim's condition. >> another big story we are following. in the's rocket launch, the test shot failed one minute after blasting off

along 270 at father hurley boulevard headlights are southbound out of germantown gaithersburg, rockvilleoks good. back to you. >> thank you. the space shuttle enterprise will spend a couple extra days in the d.c. area. it was scheduled to be flown from dulles airport to new york 's kennedy airport today, but nasa delayed the flight until friday because of concerns about the weather. enterprise will go on display at the uss intrepid this summer. it's been on display at the smithsonian udvar-hazy center for the past few years. >> it's 5:00 for the outside, 41 degrees in adelphi maryland. >> grab a jacket. we are seeing the first new case of mad cow disease in the u.s. since 2006. health authorities say the animal is not a threat to the nation's food supply. >> growing concern in california where teenagers are using hand sanitizer >> coming up at 6:00, take your old cell phone to work with. you this with or an old ipod or laptop. you can give hope to women and children worldwide just by writing metro. we will give you details at 6:00. >> saving the post office. group of senators want to slo

to 70 northbound, delays on and off heading toward germantown and 80-urbana.cking the ramp here. the crash on the north down baltimore washington. >> coming up on abc 7 news, a walk to remember for this veteran honoring his fallen comrades and raising money for a worthy cause. >> how much bigger can "the hunter games" get? i'm arch campbell with entertainment news coming up. >> which airlines will get you and your luggage on time the most? the latest airline quality reports. 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-...hn shhh! we find that we don't need to sleep that much. there's an easier way to save. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >> it was another big weekend for "the hunger games." >> arch campbell is here with how much they have made and how the other it movies are doing their shadow. >> a rising tide lifts all movies. the quake on -- they keep on breaking records. >> one good show. that is all they

alexandria 65. 65 in germantown now. here is our story for the satellite.ust off to the west and southwest our futurecast shows the possibility of showers tomorrow. 30% chance. another chance of rain over the weekend. 74 today our high. well above average. maybe a sprinkle over night. otherwise, mostly cloudy. adam will have more on the chance of rain into the weekend on the seven-day. >> thank you so much, doug. now we turn to look at traffic. >> cynne, we will start with a look at route 29-stewart lane. in the back of, you can see a little scream of the activity in the left lane. all the way from dumfries to springfield, some very low traffic. -- very slow traffic. three accidents completely out of the roadway, but the damage is certainly done. steve and ed cynne, back to you. >> thank you so much. >> you are watching "good morning washington." there is the discovery ♪ ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that's yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol.

we will have sunshine today. 47 degrees downtown, and 40 in leesburg, germantown at 45 degrees right. here's the forecast, 63 around the beltway, sunny and windy. we will deal with the wind all the way through thursday. mid 50's northwest of town. close to 70 in culpeper, stafford. a few sprinkles possible by tomorrow afternoon. then- day coming up. >>-- the seven-day forecast is coming up. >> two major measures are missing from the pile. that could mean a special session in maryland. brianne carter is live a national harbour with details this morning. >> good morning. still no word on whether there will be a special session following the very latest end to the general assembly last night,. one of the major issues we talked about was the budget and a revenue bill that was expected to be in this, but the bill did not pass. it would have added revenue that would have also brought table games to five locations including an additional location and national harbor. the bill that was talked about so much a leading up to this general assembly and the route 9 days they were there did not pas

unsettled weather on the weekend especially if the second half of saturday and to send. 52 right now in germantown, 49 in morningside. 41 degrees in strasbourg virginia. patchy fog will burn off later this morning a few hours after sunrise. then bright sunshine with scattered clouds. mid 70's today for the high temperature. mid 70's again tomorrow. they thunderstorms tomorrow especially after 4:00 p.m. in the metro area, but earlier to the west. rain off and on could be soaking on sunday especially east of 95. >> 395 near duke street, hov lanes are open, but not open yet in dumphries. they are gradually reopening them as you go north to south. but they are open in dale city. 270 near 109 from frederick county into montgomery county, moving pretty smoothly, light volume. vehicle fire was on eastbound 70 and just before 270 with the left side of getting by. in springfield at the springfield exchange, moving pretty smoothly from the occoquan and on through 395 up to the 14th street bridge. >> following major developments in the secret service sex scandal. >> we have learned the names of two agents le

southbound 270, no problems germantown to the lane divide.hat's the fox 5 on time traffic. >> we are laughing, too, julie. try to get your mind off her tubetop, and focus on what you don't expect to see. this blackbear made itself at home in a house in leesburg. the homeowners say the bear came up to the back deck and pressed its nose up to the door and tried to see inside of the house. >> they were worried the animal would push open the door, but it got sidetracked by the bird feeder in the backyard. >> who can blame him? >> cute! i don't know if i would want him on my deck. >>> be aware of counterfeit coupons. they could cost you big bucks. >> the next round of the nhl playoffs starting tomorrow for the caps. who they will be playing. >> rgiii mania, everywhere. even out west with the nets. could washington help bring home the win? we will find out. >>> first a look at my fox half off deal. coming from glam pearl. a $149 value necklace. go to our website and look for the deal on the right side of the page.  never in my

it is 6:12. 44 degrees in germantown >> . an aging work force, why older employees are snapping up more open jobs now. >> it sounds a lot like we have a transported to the general election with president obama and mitt romney exchanging harsh words. what they are saying, coming up. >> new clues into what killed whitney houston. that story and more as we captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> we continue to learn more about the circumstances surrounding the death of whitney houston. investigators found a white powdery substance in the hotel room where she drowned in the bathtub in beverly hills in february. she also had cocaine in her system according to the report. the death was ruled accidental and heart disease and cocaine use were listed as contributing factors. the nursing program director at a small california college where seven people died in a shooting rampage said that she is haunted by the slayings. says she was the target but she was not on campus when the shots rang out. oakland polic