this one is the mid 20th century pattern which was different from godfrey's. it was awarded to colonel johnson, who was a fight in the 8th air force during world war ii. and he earned this medal of honor for hits actions during the raid on the oil fields in romania in august, 1943. the unit, the bombardment group, which had actually been temporary placed under the command of the 9th air force, were moved to north africa, and they were part of operation tidal wave, which was this bombing mission. and during the 2400-mile flight from north africa to the oil fields, a number of the bombers were forced to deal with serious cloud cover. so there was a little bit of a mixup in terms of their formations. and leon johnson's group broke away a little bit, he refound where he was supposed to be going and decided to continue his specific bombing mission. once he realized and got back on track, they found that leading elements of the bomb group had already bombed his particular target, and therefore he had lost the element of surprise basically. and he made the decision t

i'm jummy olabanji,. >> and i'm autria godfrey.st things first over to jacqui jeras, tracking what is set up to be a gorgeous friday. a lot of people are probably going to be a little under the weather today. >> i feel a sore throat coming on, how about you? it's going to be one of those nice days. i get to do weather outside at noon at national harbor today. if you want to come and give blood, please join me. a good day to do that. a good day to do anything outside. and this will be the last picture perfect one, but the weekend won't be terrible either. 59 in gaithersburg and 57 in manassas. our weather headlines for today will be our last picture perfect day. we're expecting more cloud cover to push in for the weekend but peeks of sunshine here and there, especially north of d.c. we have rain in the forecast for both saturday and sunday. but the large majority is going to be well to the southwest of d.c. we're tracking it very closely. i'll show you the futurecast coming up in a few minutes from the belfort furniture weather cent

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i am autria godfrey. it is 7:26 on this wednesday morning.et over to jack taylor in the wtop traffic center. >> it has not been too bad, but we have a couple of unsettled issues. if you are traveling on 66 westbound, it is very slow. the problem is beyond sycamore, we had a vehicle sped up on the guard rail. it is causing slowdowns. on the baltimore-washington parkway, the earlier crash back to 197. we have been dealing with everything on the shoulder. now from callers hearing at this point the tow truck is going to arrive on scene. they may have to re-block that lane. it has been slow, about a 13 minute ride coming up from greenbelt. , some unusual 210 delays as well. how about a good-looking weather forecast? >> i am working on it, jack. it is not terrible out there right now, but doppler radar picking up a couple of light showers in western maryland and then thunderstorms off to the west. most of this will steer clear of the metro area until late today, so not much to worry about now with some cloud cover. temperatures in the upper 60's to

i'm autria godfrey. prince george's county.at means the roadways are going to get more congested. >> it sort of seems like summer is done. on 395g-standing crash at the 14th street ridge is long gone. very heavy and very slow headed downtown. the striping is not a problem this morning. over a 35 minute ride. news chopper 7 is flying over those pretty, straight lines. top side of the beltway remains solid. we have added into the delay into college park from bethesda. the forecast seems nice. 67we have solid sunshine, degrees is our temperature. we are going to warm things up into the 80's this afternoon. a cold front will be approaching by tomorrow. we expect the temperatures to heat up. it is going to be warm, mid to upper 80's. a temperature near 90 with a slight chance of a shower tomorrow. there was a shooting and a carjacking. him.e are looking for they believe dewayne williams shot a man in the face in woodbridge. he allegedly carjacked a second victim who escaped. thank you for watching. >>> hey, hey ♪ . >> it's "modern f

. >> good friday morning, i'm autria godfrey.you started with a check of the commute. jack taylor is in the w.t.o.p. traffic center. how do things stand? >> it's been one of those mornings for maryland drivers. calbert county into dunkirk. have newschopper 7 over the scene northbound where there's a crash near 260. tow trucks on the scene. northbound there's a secondary crash near pindale and talbot. the left lane is blocked so heavy and slow all morning. hyattsville down at crittenden street along rhode island avenue you'll find north lanes closed and southbound has one lane open going by. no lanes open northbound scheduled for today. >> we have some showers. very spotty in nature and maybe a couple sprinkles moving from stafford until spotsylvania county. >> we're looking at numbers on the muggy and milder side. 72 in fairfax, 77 with the mugginess. the nats game, showers are possible. temperatures will fall to the 70's. >> a bombshell announcement from virginia congressman eric cantor. he says he won't be returning to congress

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i'm autria godfrey. it has not been a nice start to your tuesday.as been watching the roads. >> the problem has been in prince george's county. this is the crash after central before ritchie marlboro. everything is off to the shoulder. you'll find delay is costing your time. about 13 minutes. about 20 minutes trying to get down to the scene. down in the district near maine avenue, and 12th street is the only alternate. e avenue closed off at the freeway. >> it will be warm, near 90 degrees. 73 degrees is our current temperature with a high dew point of 66 degrees. we have some patchy fog at this hour. the air quality is becoming -- code all range along the 95 corridor. thunderstormnoon would be possible in the mountains today. >> steamy, that is for sure. day two of the summit in the nation's capital. nearly 50 african heads of state will talk about democracy and business. be sure to check out our website for more information on how to avoid all those road closures, wjla.com. >>> watched the news because i'm a kid and apparently every time -- appare

here in our area, a peace vigil held at 30th and godfrey in north philadelphia yesterday. organizers told nbc 10 they hope what happened in ferguson never happens here. they want to have a working relationship with police. the police department in ferguson township, pennsylvania is taking heat on social media after last weekend's shooting in missouri. the department in center county is responding to posts on facebook and twitter saying, you've got the wrong guys. they're 750 miles away from where the shooting happened in ferguson, missouri. nbc 10 is watching developments in ferguson. go to nbc10.com for updates any time, as well as pictures, videos and stories. >>> jay nixon appears on "meet the press" at 10:30 a.m. to talk about the issue. >>> happening now, crews are making preparations to bring down the letters on the philadelphia national bank building. here's a live look at the pnb building in center city. those letters have been a part of the skyline since the 1950s. this morning they'll come down by helicopter. nbc 10 matt delucia is live in center city. you've bee

bring back a poco das paul godfrey stack. what has happened.t eat jerk food, when can you? >> they burn it off. is not a problem. gerri: i assure you ate a bunch. i'm just guessing. >> i'm still eating junk food. i'm not adhering to the obama launch plan. gerri: you're in trouble. they're coming for you. >> thank you. gerri: thanks so much. we'll be right back with my "2 cents more" and our answer to the question of the day. do you plan to downsize our home? stay with us. ♪ gerri: a business alert for you, there is a new top dog in credit card world, american express has competition from discover. this year's number one spot on annual report of credit card satisfaction, survey based on responses from 20,000 credit card customers. coming in second and third, chase, then barclay card, tonight we talked about trend of tiny, smaller homes, a fo a pert way to down size. you are planning on -- are you planing on downsizing your home? 27% said yes, 53% said no. >> and we have animal videos, you can capture the world from your dog's points of view, tha

a peace rally held at 20th and godfrey in ogontz last night. now this rally was organized by members of the philadelphia edge community development group. and happening today, philadelphia's skyline is changing, the iconic pnb bank letters, are coming off of the one south broad building near city hall later this morning. a helicopter will be used to remove the 16-foot high letters from the skyscraper, pnb bank if you didn't know stands for the former philadelphia national bank, which brought recalled building in, around 1950 and put its name in lights on top for all to see. and this year is a live look at the building, take a very good look, later today, those letters will be gone. roads, surrounding the building, are closed right now and will be around noon. so if you are traveling in this area, be sure give yourself some extra time. >>> and also happening today, philadelphia is cheering on the taney dragons, and the little league world series, the team is resting up for its big game today after beating nashville, four to nothing, in williams

gemma godfrey from london. the ripple effect. many said these sanctions would hurt russian households more than the eu or u.s. it's going to cause internal food inflation in the country, less money to spend. saw the sell-off in russian retailers specifically in today's session. jim, where is your concern at this point? >> there's a couple of concerns. one is russia in particular. you were just touching on this. the russian economy stinks now and it's going to get worst because of this. we have an international equity group, underweight russia significantly for that reason. second concern is ow this chills economic activity in europe and it is going to. you've got poland really almost keeping an eye with binoculars on the troops amassing on the ukraine yarn border not far from them, kre-of-they have to think we were once part of the warsaw pact. are we going to sgren chilling. this passes and good entry opportunity. >> for a lot of european companies and also u.s. companies think, is going to be the third quarter excuse du jour, w

a peace rally was held at 20th and godfrey in ogontz last night.lly was organized by members of the philadelphia he had edge community development group. >>> well, in other news, four young children killed in a fire on gesner street in southwest philadelphia, last month, are laid to rest. small casket lined the front of devine mercy parish on chester avenue yesterday. family and friends remembered four year old twins, marie and maria boa, and four year old patrick, and one month old taj. >> rest in perfect peace and may the light ... >> officials released a report in the meantime, on the fire friday. it says that the flames gannon a porch, and 13 homes as result were destroyed. >>> well, happening today, philadelphia skyline is getting a facelift. this is a live look at a crew prepares to remove the iconic pnb bank letters, off of the one south broad building near city hall. a helicopter will be used to remove the 16-foot high letters from the skyscrapers. pnb bank stands for the former philadelphia national bank, which brought the building in the

. >> i am autria godfrey.tion continues in prince george's county following the death of a man and a three-year-old girl yesterday. the man is believed to have shot a before leading police on chase. the girl was found in the man's car and is believed to be his daughter. break out the umbrella's? are in the upper 60's and low 70's. there is a bit of shower activities. there is a wet week coming up. >> thank you and thank you for watching. >>> oh, can we get a collective aw. so cute. we have some special guests this morning in the makeup room getting primped for their "pop news" appearance. it's a very special day for these furry kitties. >> i don't know how they feel about the makeup brush. that we're attack them with. >> we used your makeup, dan. good morning, america. >> there's supposed to be three. where is the third one, dan? >> i have hidden it right here. this is a perilous moment. because these cats are so cute, i really do want to take one home. but, we also have a lot of other stuff to talk about this

miriam godfrey has latest why you can't order certain of disney's movies on disk on amazon. >>> newsting buzzier if you measure by dollars. jojo ling kent with more on andreessen horowitz's $50 million investment. commercial use of drones still years away. "wall street journal" has the reasons why u.s. and canadian regulators say so. as of right now you can't order or preorder rather disks of captain america, or angelina jolie's "maleficient" on amazon. miriam got freed, is with me, covers media on "wall street journal." tuna, hi, we're coming back to you in a minute. i want to get to meriam first. is this fight,

when he says that there is consensus, there is an enormous theing relationship between ambassador, godfrey and myself, we have known each other since we were babies. always done hiv-aids work and are passionate about turning the tide of this pandemic. i think there is consensus about how we utilize every dollar we collectively have to have the biggest impact. i am reassured by that. i just saw this incredible work on different internet communications strategies that resonate not only with different age groups and sexual practices so that everyone can click on a site and find the noise -- voice that resonates with them. it was incredible. or 50 different individuals talking, based on some profile that was done anonymously, i powerful. so if we could figure out how to get broadband throughout that would africa, be terrific. >> interestingly i was on a conference call with our tanzania and colleagues today and they dropped off, with their connectivity problems. so much reality that we have to deal with. there is a lot going on in terms of innovation and technology. not only is it an internet

i'm autria godfrey. it has not been nice out on the roadways.s get over to jack taylor. >> it is trying to get better. in virginia, atrial of crashes on the northbound lanes of i-95. of crashes on the northbound lanes of i-95. the 12 miles is taking you over half an hour. that should begin to ease. in thep truck broke down right-hand lane on route 4. 270 southbound took it on the chin this morning as well. forecast is not as gloomy as our traffic, i hope. >> it is going to be a little bit gloomy here and there, but overall, it is not a bad day. quite a bit of cloud cover, but there are breaks across the region. 73 degrees. a dew point of 61. it is a monday morning across the region. -- muggy morning across the region. occasional showers will be most likely late today and into this evening and south of the i-66, i 50 corridor. >> thank you. a lot happening in richmond. the defense begins presenting its case today in the corruption virginiaformer governor bob mcdonnell and his wife. 45 witnesses testified for the prosecution. thanks so much for wa