it's kristy breslin in the traffic and marty's in the weather. >> excuse me, temperatures are where they should be. we're in the 40s and that's the normal overnight low and right now, the hour before dawn. this is the oldest period of the overnight. it is a very, very normal overnight in march. taking a look at the overnight, we'll see the temperatures goosed up. 61 at lunch and on its way to 68 and the normal is 57. 65, beautiful at dinner and don, take it away. >> here's kristy breslin. >> well, as far as the traffic goes, not much activity on the beltway and no slow downs on the lupes and 95 is trouble free northbound and southbound and everything's moving at the posted speed. for the harrisburg expressway, easy drive and southbound, building volume and here's the travel times. 95 southbound on the northside to the toll, 54 miles per hour and about five minutes to get through. here's sandy point and we have a vehicle fire on the sandy overpass. do keep an eye on that. for the most accurate information, go to wjz.com. back to you. >>> thank you, and here's what the residents are antici

he killed stacie and raped kristie. gurvir joins us now with more. good morning. >> reporter: it's been a long time and certainly emotional for the family. powell is said to be executed tonight at 9:00. the virginia governor is not offering clemency and the u.s. supreme court is refusing to hear last nute appeals. lorraine reed said she will not have to suffer after receiving taunting letters as well. >> you're never the same person after something like this. and as tragic as it is, a part of you dies -- a part of me died with stacie. >> reporter: lorraine's 16-year- old daughter was stabbed and stomped to death in inside her home in janua 1999. a girl that wanted to be a navy seal. >> i'm sure she would fulfill dreams and now that's been taken away. >> and the suspect is powell. long time attorney paul ebert explains. >> she tried to fight him off and he stabbed her. >> reporter: powell then attacked stacie's sist, kristie. >> she came home several hours later and he took her and showed her her sister's body and took her in the basement and raped he

she's here to witness the execution with daughter kristie and prosecutor ebert. >>> six men in maryland have been arrested accused of brutally attacking a wo. police tell us -- a woman. police tell us more suspects are on the loose. one of the men offered her a ride home from a club in alexandria but instead took her to a home in waldorf where she was raped by several men. roz plater has the story. >> reporter: investigators say early tuesday morning the victim pulled off a daring escape from this rooming house behind me finally finding safe harbor with a neighbor. charles county investigators say the 30-year-old woman wound up on nicholas road in waldorf but she had started out at fast eddie's nightclub. she got a ride home with a man she danced with but instead he brought her here with six men repeatedly raped her for hours until she saw her chance to escape. >> she asked to go to the restroom. she saw the opportunity for her to get away or leave the residence and she took that opportunity. >> reporter: the victim ran from the home in the dark banging on doors, even hiding under a car

you heard in the piece, kristie took 2 1/2 hours to prepare.ding labels to a large degree. we all look at labels. but if you see someone really focusing on everything that they eat and looking at the label before they eat. fourth is social isolation. that's really important. if you're no longer going out with your friends. not even doing holidays together. and then, last, is the weight loss and the nutritional deficiencies. that's a heads-up, too. >> have to look out for that. marie, thanks for your insight. you can find out more about orthorexia, it is called, on our website, abcnews.com. >>> coming up next, secret savings and grills, games, gadgets that you can get right now. in the spring, heading into summer. nice! follow me, the missouri river is this way! lewis and clark expedition of 1804. oh, he'll never get this. magellan, 1520. awww, my 8 layers must've given it away. help keep your kid full and focused with 8 filling layers... of whole grain fiber found in kellogg's frosted mini-wheats cereal. this is one giant leap for mini-kind. ke

. >>> we'll check in on the roads now with kristy breslin. she is at wjz traffic control. >> hi, mary. hi, everyone. looks like we do have activity on the roadway. we have an accident on the north side of the inner loop, approaching the harrisburg expressway. that's on the right-hand shoulder. as far as delays go, we're looking at 10 minutes on the inner loop, from new york to harforded radio. on the west, delays continue from 95 to liberty road. it will take you about 15 minutes to get through. on the jones falls expressway, another accident. that has the delays back to gilford avenue. and as for baltimore city, several to update you on there. falls road at 25th. west mount royal, at west nort avenue. and roland avenue at northern parkway. here's a live look. as you can see, plenty of congestion there. this traffic report is brought to you by the all new ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus. playing first mariner arena, playing april 8th through the 17th. you can get yours today. mary, back to you. >> thank you. and still ahead on

now back over to you. >> thank you, christy. -- chris -- kristi. >>> she came close to losing her battle. jessica kartalija reports today, this breast cancer survivor got the surprise of her life. >> tamara jones arrives at towson, thinking she has work to do. >> she thinks she is coming to do media interviews about breast cancer awareness. >> reporter: a three of-time breast canc-- three-time breast cancer survivor, tamara thought she was here to tell others about the disease. little does she know -- >> we are here to surprise you. >> the sisters nominated her. >> she is a woman of strength. for some reason, she just keeps getting beat up with family issues, health issues. but she continues to stand strong. >> i'm on it. i've been through so much. this is just like -- i never thought someone would do something like this for me. >> reporter: while she was fighting for her own life, tamara's 10-year-old sonja lin, contracted the h1n1 virus, and never recovered. >> recently, i just lost my son. so that's been really hard. >> reporter: choking back tears, tamara hobson drew a brand-new bmw

and why there's tremendous candidates, why there's a kristi, scott brown, why there's these folks getting elected that normally wouldn't. >> sean: i agree. the people that i've talked to in the tee party movement that write me and call my radio program. they are concerned this is going to be the first time ever in the history of this country that we handle off the country to them in worse shape than we received it. people find that unconscionable. >> it really is. that's one of the things that this film, i think does so beautifully is crystalize that that we the living, there's this bridge between the folks who have gone before us, the dead and the unborn. and it is a bridge we have always -- the generations are always supposed to give this country, because we are the greatest nation. >> it is funny, the tea party they are mocked as being stupid, they really get it. >> sean: anybody that is not a liberal. >> you know what they get? this is a real crisis. not a manufactured crisis like global warming or the health care crisis. this is an existential crisis. >> sean: for all the anger. ange

and sending it over to kristy breslin. >>> good morning, marty, well, the traffic isn't as good as thehave an accident that's there at harford road slowing things down. 25 minutes from bel air to charles street and the inner loop stop and go from 70 to the expressway. and no improvement to talk about on the westside. slow, 795 to edmondson and we have good news for 95 southbound, the earlier accident is cleared and we have sluggish activity on the north eastside. here's a live look outside. you can see, the congestion continues there. back to you. >> thank you, in less than an hour, we'll find out how mayor stephanie rawlings-blake is planning on cutting dollars from the budget. andrea fujii has more. >> reporter: don, with the $120 million budget short fall, critical services may take a hit. three fire companies could close permanently. they could disband the marine unit and lay off 200 officers. this could be the difference in life and death, they're saying. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake will also look for tax hikings and the mayor accepted she won't accept her pay raise. >> the hou

joining us first on cnbc, usaa's chief financial officer, kristy. what strategies did you employ that helped you weather what was one of the worst financial storms in history? >> financial success at usaa really starts with the unique relationship we have with our members. we're actually owned by our members, those militaries and those families. that's important. because when the markets get choppy, we don't have to trade off the interest of shareholders with the interests of our customers. they're the same. what that allows us to to is focus and manage for the long haul and do what we do best, which is facilitate the financial security of our military men and women and their families. >> you take accounts from people other than the military? >> some of our products are open to the general public. our investment products are -- >> mutual funds have been very good performers. >> yes. in fact, our precious metals and minerals fund is the fund of the decade, recognized by libert tonight. if you look at the equity funds across the board, 75% -- or all o

we have ron kristy here, the founder and ceo of christie strategies and a former assistant to george w. bush and vice president cheney. david, from a grassroots view, what do you think of the plan. >> i think it's ooh helpful step forward. in the coming year, over five million americans as a result of no fault of their own, were set up for failure with option a.r.m. loans that are adjusting or struggling because of high unemployment rates. the obama administration is trying to use the fha loan program which was set up during the great depression to motivate investors and others to give consumers an opportunity to refinance or to stay in their homes in the hope that the market would change. it's not enough though. more needs to be done. this program certainly is not going to reach all of the americans who are in trouble. >> ron christie? >> i'm sympathetic to the intent of the administration, but i think it's terrible public policy. first of all, you're talking $14 billion they seek to use from the t.a.r.p. program. the last time i checked, the t.a.r.p. program was not to be a slush f