we'll head toward the kensington area and talk about beach drive, closures at kensington and connecticutre heading by the beltway, i want to show you normal delays here. you know how it goes from i-95, you are slow to georgia avenue. no accidents, though, on outer loop or inner loop of the beltway, montgomery county. aaron? >> thank you. >>> this morning no reported on metro's green line after a chaotic evening commute. a firefighter cut power after an insulator started smoking. mistakenly cut power between afton costia and navy -- anacostia and navy yard. some people dean richardsed the trains and try -- ditched the trains and tried to walk. you see chaos as passengers tried to get on shuttle buses. this morning, metro it says may have to review procedures with d.c. fire for responding to its train stations. >>> a metro bus is out of service after a stabbing on board. police say a rider stabbed a man twice in the chest last night. the attacker jumped off when the bus got to 11th and h streets in northeast. the victim is now in the hospital. police are trying to determine if the attacker

is great for trim. >> these clark and kensington paints left a smooth finish.usand passes with the stiff scrub brush. plus they're superb at hiding. you can cover hold paint you're tired of looking at. >> it's also self priming. you can save time. >> the fact gail could get paint at ace store made the job easier, too. if you hope at home depot or lows consumer reports says paints available at these stores did really well in the tests as well, home depot, several paints by behr are recommended in all sheens including premium pus ultraenamel z gliden premium for about $25 a gallon. if you prefer lowe's, consumer reports recommends valspar signature faints for around $33 a gallon swre. information you need at abc 7 news.com check it out. i mean, we're talking $15 cheaper. >> yes. >> we hit spring people are thinking it. ç primer coat. >> yes. >> thank you. >> 49ers legend considered a man of few words is now sharing his daugts. >> joe montana launched a twitter account today writing good luck, 49ers looking forward to a great super bowl its very first post hit jus

what kensington palace is working on for the new baby. >>> a surprising new report about how parents touch, a parent's touch can help babies born premature. >> new round of talks to try to end the nhl lockout. coming up, an update on the negotiations. when hockey could return >>> wedding bells for hugh hefner. why his run >>> rapper psy has become an international sensation since the success of his signature song. he performed last night at times square new year's eve. he's ready to move on from gangnam style. >> can i not just, you know, stay here. i have to move forward. i'm working on a new thing. >> psy performed with m.c. hammer last night at the annual ball drop. >>> wedding bells important the founder of playboy, hau hefner married his one-time runabride last night. their wedding was held at the playboy mansion. hefner tweeted egg happy new year from mr. and mrs. heavy mother. purple silk pajamas with his new bride. the couple was first engaged in 2011 but she got cold feet. >>> we already know it is going to be a big year for the duke and duchess of cambridge. william and kat

on connecticut avenue, we will take to maryland, to kensington, and inside the beltway -- no construction remains there. we have the overnight construction between new hampshire avenue and university boulevard, and that is picked up. absolutely no delays. i-97, closed at liberte road and it will be closed throughout the morning rush-hour. >> 4:44 is the time right now. two d.c. council members are hoping to convince president obama to switch his license plate. the presidential limo has the see plate at this point but they do not have the taxation without representation slogan on a van. two council members hope to change that. the city created the plates to draw attention to its lack of full voting rights in congress. >> you can now get your hands on a couple items from president obama's second in operation. -- inauguration. here is a live look at the memorabilia store. it should be one heck of a kickoff and going out today. this is all happening on f street nw. clothing, buttons, posters all sorts of items there. >> for today's special event there'll be some giveaways for everybody that c

around the beltway bethesda, good out of kensington, connecticut avenue, an early troubles, 270 off to quiet start. it was earlier construction on the virginia beltway near gallows road. that has reopened. and it's quiet out of dale city. back to you. >> thank you. if you're morning commute takes you in chevy chase expects things to run smoother compared to thursday. a water main breaks disrupted traffic. crews will temporarily open the two southbound lanes near wisconsin circle during the morning rush hour. then the road may have to be shot down so workers can continue preparing a water main. give yourself a little extra time if you plan to use metro to get around this weekend. >> orange line trains will not run between vienna and east falls church from 10:00 tonight until closing on sunday. shuttle buses will be available. red line trains will single track between shady grove road and twin brooks. and between judiciary square and rhode island ave. there will be no work on the other lines. more on all aspects at wjla.com. >> looking at 33 degrees right now. >> an update on the 6-year-

. >>> right now, road repair crews are still working on connecticut avenue in kensington and it won't be done before the evening rush is done. that's the word from the washington suburban sanitary commission. it's still trying to cheap up the mess after monday's water main break. as has been the case you can southbound traffic on connecticut avenue is down to just one lane between noles avenue and saul road. officials say they expect the repairs to be finished before midnight. >>> taking a live look outside right now, what a day lots of clouds and some rain, a bit of a roller coaster ride. >> sort of felt like two different seasons in the same day depending on where you were. storm team four meteorologist veronica johnson has details. veronica? >> all you have to do is look at temperatures across the area, big disparity you depending on where you are, 40s north, 60s south, damascus, kensington, montgomery county, coming in at 43 degrees. vienna and shan tilly, fairfax, 45. same thing in clinton and landover, 50s and 60s south, fredericksburg, 62, spot silvainian, too temperatures into

>> it's an average afternoon in the kensington area of brooklyn, new york.bustling neighborhood is home to thousands of families, but only one post office. jefferson pang grew up nearby, and in 2006, he captured footage here of the now-famous kensington post office tirade. >> that day in particular, the line was actually out the door. and the gentleman in the back of the line just saw how long the line was and just wasn't going to take it. >> yeah, same to you, honey. same to you. get the manager over here. >> so the postal clerk wasn't very nice, and she had spoken back to him, and he just lost it. >> who the hell do you think you are? >> who the hell do you think you are?! >> i'm the customer. that's who the hell i am! >> and? >> you know and. so? we'll see when your job comes up for review. >> the customer quiets down for about a minute while he waits for a manager. but then the clerk says something, and the dispute escalates. >> that's your job! that's your job, sweetie. that's your job. do your job! that's your job. >> go to hell. >> you go to hell firs

so, you must've bought it in kensington church street. i did. and i think that was her first shop.m sure it was. i'm so delighted to wear it because i think when you actually put it on you realize what biba was all about. you can see-- and i can feel just wearing it-- this amazing silhouette that it creates. you know, the tailoring is superb, isn't it? but it wasn't expensive. no. it was something that you as a working girl, could afford. yes. to me, she is the clarice cliff of design of women's clothes. to die for. so, when we say "biba" what we mean is barbara hulanicki. and when we're looking at vintage clothes like this, what's really nice is that it has an original label. vintage fashion is very desirable. yes. particularly wearable vintage fashion that actually can be modeled down the high streets today. absolutely. if you wanted to sell this what price tag would i put on it? i think i would say it was worth something along the lines of £400, £500, or £600. maybe £400 to £600. that's more than i thought and that's very nice. when i look at this, it reminds me of the brighton

now and in unexpected areas like kensington and chelsea where houses like these distribute store cupboard stay. calls and tinned food to families that are in need of emergency provisions in fact over two hundred thousand people had to turn to food banks last year in order to get bread that's double the amount on the year before so if the sad dynamic persists food banks like these are going to have to get a whole lot bigger in order to feed britain's struggling families charities say that some parents are so desperate to feed their children that they consider stealing has become such a reality that police have been known to take hungry shoplifters to food banks instead of arresting them a lot of people that come to the banks have stories which are really heartbreaking and we've had people coming to pick banks who've been forced to choose between eating and feeding their children and that's something we see very regularly just like gemma's over half of britain's impoverished children have parents that are in work and the issue of putting food on the table eats up their lives on come from mo

beach drooim drive closed between connecticut avenue and kensington parkway.losure at pageland lane at artemus road, highstanding water there, as well. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a new ad campaign aims to change the world's perception about the word "jihad." ads are up at three metro stations and show images of muslims expressing their jihad. the council for american islamic relations says the word has become santa ana mouse with terrorism -- synonymous with terrorism but they say it means struggling in the way of god. >>> this morning, six metro stations will close for track work. buses are replaces trains on the orange line and at federal center and benning road on the blue line. capital south, eastern market, potomac avenue, stadium armory, minnesota avenue, and deanwood stations will all be closed. there's also single tracking on the red and orange lines. and on sunday night, on only th green and yellow line. >>> the d.c. tax cab commission decided it needs more time before requiring all cabs to accept credit cards. d.c. cabs will likely take credit ca

at the department of human services on south kensington tonight. the effort out here actually has very little to do with the cold weather initially it has everything to do with housing the heads of the homeless in chicago this is key to this city of chicago for a number of reasons,, getting a goodback in 2011, 6600 homeless people were tallied in the city of chicago. the volunteers filled this west side warning center ready to count heads of the homeless in chicago especially when temperatures dipped like they have in recent days on a night like tonight you don't need a temperature gauge to tell you it's cold outside everywhere you look signs of just how frozen the city feels in almost two years people dressed for the deep freeze this couple from l.a. wisely prepared for the worst. this is a chicago we are fortunate we don't have earthquakes, we don't have floods we don't have tornadoes i will take this a few days of winter any time. this he says is far from the worst he has seen. the worst was probably january of '82 where two weekends in a row it

it is quiet across the american legion bridge and no troubles to report through kensington and connecticut avenue. 95 and the baltimore-washington parkway has lanes open after an accident on the john hanson highway. it is out of the road. nothing currently blocked. volume on 95/virginia you can see live an hour of camera. >> investigators are searching for what caused an overnight two-alarm fire in oakton, virginia. it gutted a town house on bushman drive. >> investigators in bowie are trying to figure out what sparked a fire that heavily damaged a home. the fire started around 2:00. no injuries to report. vice president joe biden has another day of meetings as he leaves the administration's push to reduce gun violence. >> he will meet with the nra today and other groups. let's go to john gonzalez. >> the nra will meet not only with the vice president later today but they will also meet with the president paused new gun violence task force created days after the sandy hook shooting. the national rifle association has made its position clear -- no new gun laws saying we should force the gun

the servant must be able to work 37 hours a week when they move into their 20-room kensington palacethe wanted ad says cleaning silverware, as well as laundry, errands and walking the dogs. of course, that servant should keep in mind there's a royal baby on the well, as well. >>> to the video going viral tonight, a fearless teen in what's called a new form of roulette. hundreds of feet up, this young man in ukraine hanging from a massive crane like it's a jungle gym, no safety harness walking across it like it's a tightrope and then at one point hanging on it like it's the monkey bars and later smiling for the camera as he's holding on with one hand. the camera catching it all. now authorities want to catch him cracking down on what's become a new trend there. if something catches your eye, you can always tweet me @davidmuir on twitter or find me on facebook. >>> when we come back on the broadcast, at the dinner table you might want to stay away from this fork. what it knows about you and what it told me while i was eating right after the break. our pharmacist recommended it. and tha

getting down to the beltway out of kensington, connecticut avenue is good. that looks good for everybody. 270 out with a quiet start. >> is 5:03. we have some breaking news about the hostage situation as taking place right now in california. >> brianne carter is at the live desk. this is at a mall in the los angeles area. >> absolutely. a woman being held hostage by two armed men at a mall in los angeles. there is a video just into our newsroom. police activity is outside of the mall. according to the l.a. police department, two armed men walked into the nordstrom at about 11:00 p.m. pacific time, and they have taken the woman into the back of the store. it is not clear at this point what the armed man armed with. police remained on the scene. additional units have been called to the scene. we're just getting reports of a woman being held hostage by two armed men. it is unclear as to how they may have gone inside the store or the relationship between these two. this is something we will continue to follow and update you later on in the newscast. >> we will c

traveling are open out of kensington,, connecticut avenue, and then getting through town.ks pretty good. back to you. >> thank you. there's a new facebook feature for your phone and it's free. >> could misspelled words protect your computer? paula faris has more. >> facebook introduces 3 cell phone calling for the iphone. if you download the app you can make charges free of charge -- you can make calls for a start 21 also has the app. at&t is now making face time widely available on its alternatcellular network. temple run video game took 12 hours on thursday to give the no. 1 spot on the free apps list. could being a bad speller make you safer? computer users whose passwords contain misspelled words or poor grammar are less likely to have their accounts hacked. >> here is lauren braun. >> he and kobe bryant headlined the matchup for the night. -- here is lebron. >> unstoppable lebron james had 39 points for miami. dwyane wade had 37. miami is atop the east while the lakers have fallen five games below 500, not good for los angeles. >> looking at 37 degrees. a lot more new

if she's still suffering, she will get iv hydration at kensington palace. i don't think you'll see her out and about. the real speculation now is is she carrying twins? there's an increased risk of this with twins. >> we would be doubly happy for her in that case. >> especially if a girl comes out first. >> you impressed us last year because you got your telemeres. >> we mass screen everyone for the same stuff. we're going to increasingly have to figure out what's important in your genes versus my genes. in 2013, i'm going to have my complete human genome done, put out there in the public. i think doctors and people who can should get this done so we start to lerp more about what makes us tick, what makes me subject to cancer. the more we do this, the more we can research it. it will become more available to the public as the price drops. >> savannah, thanks. >>> let's talk more about that royal birth coming up in 2013. with the duke and duchess of cambridge expecting their first child, some big changes are ahead for the royal family. nbc's michelle kosinsk

kensington and it's dated 1891-- he would've commissioned him to paint this picture, and what they diden had these hanging in their cabins, and so he would've taken it around the world with him, d when he came off the boat, he kept it and luckily it's been passed down to family to you. but i think it's such a nice story that it's still in the family, and your grandfather had the boat and was captain of it, and you've got his rather heavy weapon there to stop me from running off with the picture. it's so nice and original, and i think that picture would probably make at auction somewhere in the region of 2 to 3,000 pounds. thank you. good. super. well, here we are in a garden surrounded by flowers with flowers on the table. i'm guessing that you like flowers. i'm hopeless with flowers. i can kill a pot plant at 20 paces, but i can't kill these. right, okay, so that's where the interest comes from-- that they're preserved. that's right, yes. well, tell me a little bit about them because there's not just one, two, or three. we've got quite a few we're looking at. right. these are called l

i could be in new york city or kensington market down in toronto.oking for some little detail that's going to make my garment special. >> steven: you don't start with a fabric in mind? >> fabric is first and paramount because that really tells me what to do. i can look at a fabric and it will say make me this great little riding jacket. >> chris: it speaks to you. that's awesome. >> strange, right? >> chris: no! every artist has voices in their head. i know one right here. [laughter] [talking simultaneously] >> a loud voice and obnoxious in his head. let's get started with your fashions. let's bring out our first model and it is janelle. >> janelle. [applause] >> beautiful. >> thank you. >> very powerful. so this is our little military sort of riding jacket. you know, we pick up on those military details, those great little brass buttons. we'll bring in that sort of menswear check. the ultra suede padded elbows, just to sort of give it that detail. but again, like we've teamed it up with the double-knit pant and that great little blouson great melan

. >>> refires connecticut avenue and kensington, maryland will not be completed before the evening rush is over, the word tonight from the washington subis burr been a sanitary commission still trying to clean up from that mess onson monday's water main break. southbound traffic on connecticut avenue still just one lane between noles avenue and saul road here. officials expect the repairs to be completed before midnight. >>> a mixed bag in the weather all around our region tonight. >> the latest from storm team four meteorologist kammerer. a big difference in temperatures out. >> there >> a huge difference in temperatures, depending on where you were. to the north, we were cold. to the south, quite warm. all those do with our frontal boundary. our front came through fairly quickly today that brought that lot of cloud cover, even a few rain showers, see those moving through our region earlier, but take a look at the numbers, down to the south, richmond, 67 degrees around the richmond area, ocean city you 57. d.c., only 49. only 44 toward hagerstown. air dwroous the north and west cooler

also making the trip along beach drive, closed at connecticut and kensington because of high standinger. that's normal along beach drive. a live look at i-270 in germantown at middlebrook road, no issues to report if you're traveling along i-270 between frederick and the beltway. n both directions, you're clear. i'm back in ten minutes. over to you. >> thank you. >>> a san francisco 49er is apologizing for some anti-gay remarks he made during super bowl media day. cornerback chris culliver said he would not welcome a gay player in the locker room and that gay players should wait ten years after they leave the league to come out. he released a statement that reads in part, "those discriminating feelings are truly not in my heart. i apologize to those who i offended and hurt." the 49ers have not said if he will face discipline or a fine. >>> getting to the super bowl would make any parent proud. this year no matter the outcome, it is going to be bittersweet for jack and jackie harbaugh. they are the parents of john and jim harbaugh, the head coaches of the ravens and 49ers respectively.

in just a fewmonths, she and wiiaare expected to move into a 20-roo apartment here at kensington paces expected toome from the queen, another dreamhome. this bedroom country eate giving will andelus one, one more escape fromn ever brighter spotlight. it has been intense. top fashioeditor lisa armstrongritefor "vogue" which tracks all the duchess' fashion. she see to for blue. and thege diameter of her curls, 2.5 centeters. does it matte to aone and why does anye care so mu? exactly. because e reprents us. because unlike practically every other woman or any other person in the world, we have accs a ter account or website, she has no public voice. she ismute. so often her clothes arehe ly way she has to communicate. >> reporr: just the planet tched her style convey the image of britain -- >> i will be reay interesting toee howhe conveys thaha bump. and then, of course, what the chiswearing. will she do the princess dieiana thg of putting them in the baseball caps? >> reporter:onvied that even now kate is makin her o decisions. >> if th stylists were picking out the clothes, they would n