the main lanes near lorton, blocking two left lanes.ingfield looks pretty good towards the springfield interchange with the usual building, but pretty much moving at speed. back to you. >> thank you. weather appears to look rare event in the skies. later this morning, space is flying overry several washington landmarks heading into its final home in northern virginia. brianne carter is live in chantilly with a look at what is planned. day.going to be a busy >> absolutely. the word from nasa is that space shuttle discovery is ago. at 7:00 this morning they will be able to get the departure of of cape canaveral past as they were hoping. the weather is absolutely gorgeous and will remain that way throughout the day. we expect deciding between 10:00 at 11:00 this morning. no specific time, because it depends on the weather conditions they experience getting a special oil discovery on top of the 747. quite a sight that will be to see all this. if you are going to come out, at 8:00 thisn morning. bring your own breakfast. people will bring th

it's just before lorton blocking two left lanes. we're trying to get word about what involvement, how long it will be there. in the meantime expect this delay northbound on 95. pore on this and other area roadways at 5:17. >>> making news now at 5:10, the secret service has revoked the top security clearances of 11 of its agents that were sent home from colombia last week. those agents are accused of hiring prostitutes and other misconduct. they were part of a planning team sent to cartagena ahead of president obama's arrival at the summit of the americas. >>> slow going in the retrial of former baseball pitcher roger clemens. lawyers only got to question 13 potential jurors monday. clemens is accused of lying to congress about whether he used steroids. >>> sometimes the little discoveries can make all the difference, especially in the middle of a disaster area. tornadoes leveled parts of wichita, kansas last week. although no one died while they were cleaning up their property, the davenport family found their cat and all of her ki

i was just getting the latest information in lorton. northbound on route 123 at palmer road where there was a high speed police chase overnight. what authorities are telling us now is that there is still only one lane getting through northbound route 123 at palmer road in lorton. so you want to keep that in mind for your travel plans. again it was a high speed chase that ended in an accident in that vicinity. let's take you over to the west side of town. no problems to report on the dulles toll road as you come in from the airport all the way to the beltway. 66 is looking good in from manassas to centreville and fairfax. lanes are open as you head for the beltway and inside to the roosevelt bridge. we'll take you live outside. if you're planning to head here in bethesda, no problems to report on arlington road and old georgetown road pretty much in the heart of the bethesda area. this time inside the beltway in virginia, no problems to report here on 395 as you can see. 66 inside the beltway and even 295 running at or above the speed li

an accident near lorton but take a look at the delay. you're going about 20 miles an hour trying to get past the occoquan and the pace improves into newington. if you're planning to go into the downtown area, there are no problems on 395 across the 14th street bridge. we'll take a live look inbound of the 14th street bridge trying to get into the district. coming up in my next report, another look around the area at 6:58. >>> 6:45. here's weart story happening today. there -- weather story happening today. there will be a tornado drill happening in schools across maryland. it will begin at 9:45 this morning and go no more than 15 minutes. students and staff will react as if there was a real tornado warning in the area. last year maryland hat 27 -- had 27 tornadoes which was a record high for the state. >> this month is the anniversary monday of the la plata tornado a couple of years ago which was very severe. >> they talked about the tornadoes in texas. it was a miracle that things went as well there because of that training. people need

let's take a live look now in lorton northbound 95. once you're past lorton road you'll be okay to springfield. in my next report another look at area roads at 6:11. >>> in less than an hour, the space shuttle discovery begins its final flight. it will head from kennedy space center to smith sonia's udvar- hazy center at dulles airport. >> before it lands it will make a dramatic flight over the nation's capital. delia goncalves is live at the udvar-hazy center with a preview of today's final flight. good morning. >> reporter: for many of us, we're very excited. but for many of us, this is going to be the first time we're ever going to get to see a space shuttle up close and personal in some respects but not valerie. you have not only seen discovery up close and personal, you've actually had the privilege of touring inside discovery. tell me. the smile says it all. how you feeling today? >> we are so excited here. this is something we've been looking forward to for years. >> reporter: i read in the paper earlier you have mixed emotions

>>> watching i-95 northbound at lorton. still have the accident blocking the left side of the roadway. the left center lane, jammed at lorton. even seeing delays at route 1. here's a live look, you can see jammed, even in the hov lanes, seeing quite a delay this morning. going to keep watching for you. for now traveling along i-95 in this area, expect significant delays. traveling route 50, heads up westbound crossing over the chesapeake bay bridge. a reported of debris. 50 at the beltway, no issues here. back to you both. >> thank you. >>> now 5:13. 70 degrees. wa warm out there. the offer mitt romney seriously consider, showing off his comedy skills. >>> and a special request from george zimmerman's lawye >>> 5:16. george zimmerman's defense attorney want the judge in the trayvon martin case to step down. zimmerman's lawyer says judge jessica recoslider has a possible conflict. her husband is a cnn correspondent. florida law states a person simply needs to show a reasonable belief that the judge might not be fair in order

that is going to be right near furnace road in lorton. want to follow police direction to get around that let's take a live look outside. here's what it looks like at the american legion bridge on the west side of town. no problems to report between 270 and bethesda and all the way into tysons corner. if you're planning to use the marc brunswick line and penn line, both 403 and 870 are running 15 to 20 minutes late this morning. my next report at 6:00, another look at area roads. >> thanks, monika. >>> white house counterterrorism advisor john brennan is warning americans overseas to be vigilant as we mark the one-year anniversary of osama bin laden's death. >> a navy seal team killed the leader of al qaeda in a raid on his compound in pakistan. tara mergener reports it's becoming a campaign issue. >> reporter: the f.b.i. and homeland security department wanders americans -- warned americans need to be alert ahead of wednesday's one- year anniversary of osama bin laden's death. >> we don't see any active plot that's under way but we're ma

it's the accident on both sides of the jersey wall here in lorton. the main leans are open and everyone was stopping the take a look and it caused a pretty big packup here on 95. back to the maps this time to the knot side of town. 270 southbound slowing down pretty much the length as you leave frederick down into urbanna. a quick live look traveling southbound across the beltway north of town you've got the sunshine delays as welt. howard? >>> weather first guys. >> go for it. >> good day. nats are opening we're excited about that. >> yeah. >> the food -- >> the food. can't stop thinking about the food. >> how much of that you going to share? get a strasburger mike? >> you have to? in fourths? how about 16s. there it is. look. oh my. >> oh my goodness. >> maybe -- eights. >> maybe eighths. >> jalapenos. >> they coo it for somebody who -- do it for somebody who's so effective. >> weather-wise, springtime is here. we need rain and probably not going to see much until maybe next week. here's a look at the bus stop forecast, we are sunny this morning an

all lanes have been open but it's very heavy leaving lorton into newington. we'll take a live look on the northbound side of i-95 at route 1 and glebe road. if we could take a look at our camera on the northbound side of i-95, no issues to report except for that heavy traffic trying to exit to the inner loop and on 395 you're going to be fine heading up to the 14th street bridge. let's go back over to the maps and this time to the west side of town. if you're coming in from the dulles airport area, sterling no problems to report on 66 heading for fairfax. just the slow traffic out of centreville. then route 50 to 123. a last look at our mdot camera on the west side of town, this has been running smoothly all morning long across the river. in my next report, we'll take a look at the beltway north of town at 6:18. >> thank you, monika. >>> it is 6:19. next in sports the capitals joel ward responds to some racist messages about him on the web while the wizards close out their season on a high note. >> time for another check of the question of the morning. here i

i believe this is north of lorton. we are looking absolutely fine.o problems to report as you head -- actually, this is near fort belvoir, excuse me. if you're planning to head north of this point, it's just going to slow down a bit in lorton, newington and springfield but no big deals to report flankfully on the northbound side of -- thankfully on the northbound side of 95. this is going to be your heavy stretch leaving duke street toward seminary road. pretty normal for a friday morning. there have been no complaints in terms of incidents or accidents on 395 to the 14th street bridge. let's go back over to the maps this time on the inbound side of i-66. if you're planning to head out of centreville and manassas, you're going to be okay. slows down a bit route 50 to 123 closer to the beltway. a live look inside the beltway at the roosevelt bridge. nice and quiet here across the river. coming up in my next report, we'll focus on maryland at 6:45. >> thank you, monika. >>> our friends at cbs this morning are coming your way in about 30 minutes. >> eri

northbound i-95, we had the crash before lorton tying up two left lanes.heavy and slow out of woodbridge headed northbound. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. . >>> to the economy now, store owners say sales are soaring for the month of march. there is some good news. home builders are losing confidence in the housing market. >> the economic recovery remains in focus and the markets continue to get mixed signals on how well the economy is doing. fox's tracy burns has more. >> reporter: two different economic indicators out this morning but still there is no sure sign of an economic recovery. according to the commerce department, month over month retail sales rose by.#% in march. year over year, sales were up 6.5%. consumer spending has been up for 10 straight months. while february's numbers were revised lower, it indicates that the consumer is less worried about the economy and not afraid to step up spending. trouble continues in housing. according to the national association of home builders, there is no strong recovery in sight for t

there's an accident on the northbound side of 95 just past lorton. first of all your delays triangle into dumfries. then a live look trying to leave lorton. look at all the slow traffic. the accident actually sitting on the shoulder. all lanes are open but it's attracting all this attention. plus, we're heading into the height of the rush hour as well. keep that in mind for your travel plans. northbound i-95 lorton into springfield. we'll go further north on to 395. this is looking great still leaving duke street to the 14th street bridge. really no big delays to talk about yet. we'll go back over to the maps this time to the inbound side of 66 and the dulles toll road. both incident free. you just have the slow traffic out of manassas and center vial here. toll road, no complaints yet to the beltway. the beltway looks great on the west side of town. we'll go live to the american legion bridge. both loops of the beltway. all lanes are open between bethesda and tysons. an update on the situation on 95 at 6:00. >>> making news now coming up on 5:50, sp

slow making your way past lorton. now traveling on 395, you're seeing some delays as you head toward the 14th street bridge. eun and aaron, over to you. >> after a month of protests and call for arrest, george zimmerman will appear in court for the first time today. he's going to be charged second-degree murder in the death of they von martin. jeff joins us live from florida with more on what we can expect today. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. what we can expect is george zimmerman's first appearance. that will occur in the just cities center behind me. his attorney mark oh mere ya plans to ask for a bond hearing that will allow him to be leased from jail. but this is the news that people in the sanford area say they waited for for 44 days, since the shooting death of 17-year-old trayvon martin in late february. this is what they were waiting for. there's a strong sense of relief now in this community now that george zimmerman is under arrest and charged with second-degree murder. we attend add church service that

trawling as you make your way north of lorton head up to the fsp, the franconia springfield parkway.ll off to the shoulder but definitely crawling in both the express haynes and main lines leaving lorton up towards the beltway. you will find delays traveling eastbound along 66 coming in out of centreville. no problems to report. volume increasing out of manassas headed eastbound towards fair oaks. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >>> in case you missed it yesterday, a happy ending to the maryland megamillions mystery that is sure to make you feel good even if you weren't the winner. the three amigos presented the tickets at the lottery headquarters on monday. >> they are a woman in her 20s, a man in his 40s and a woman in her others. while they don't want to be identified, maryland lottery director steven martino says the tree or are coworkers at a maryland public scoo. one is an elementary teacher, one a special ed teacher and strator. -- at a maryland public school. >> the woman who had purchased the tickets laid all the tickets out on her floor, watched the n

roads in frederick county earlier. 51 in arlington, 48 in shepherdstown, 49 in frederick plata, 50 in lorton75 this afternoon, mostly cloudy. a few sticks of sunshine. slight chance of a sprinkle especially in virginia. mainly south and west of the metro. sunshine tomorrow, 62, average time of year. story on friday. fantastic over the holiday weekend from good friday through sunday. near 70 on easter sunday with a sunshine.of >> we had a sprinkle of onstruction, but that's gone road.ltway at braddock in good shape through montgomery and princemaryland george's county on the beltway. good in 95 between richmond and baltimore. greenway,ietly is the road, 66 between vienna, in good shape. nothing complicated between boulevard and the 270.ay on it's clear on the wilson bridge york ave. the geico picture takes us into things arek, where quiet, moving nicely right from fedex field. back to you. >> thank you. 4:54. it was a perfect ending for baylor's women's basketball team. >> they are the n.c.a.a. champions this year. lady bears are the champions, 2012. >> congratulations. 6 points, 13ttany, 2 r

delays are extending from wood brim trying to get past lorton.speed 95 around to georgia. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. on-timetraffic. >>> get your sweet tooth ready today. we are just a few days out from easter and today annie yu is out and about looking for chocolates in northwest d.c. to learn out to make homemade holiday treats. we'll check in with her coming up next after the break. >> first, let's take a look at today's my fox half off deal from thankster. $19 buys you $40 worth of personalized cards and more. to get in on this deal, go to myfoxdc.com and look for my fox half off on the right side of the page. stay with us. [ female announcer ] michelle's allergies are becoming an issue. [ dog yelps ] [ sneezes ] [ female announcer ] what can she do? she can get answers at walgreens. with guidance and information to help her make smart choices for her allergy needs. like allegra -- only allegra combines fast, non-drowsy 24-hour relief from allergies. right now, a 30 count is just $17.99. find answers at walgreens. ther

you also have your off and on delays out of triangle, dale city and woodbridge and up toward lorton as well but the lanes are open i'm happy to say. if you're planning to head around the beltway, here's a look at our maps. things are looking fine. you see all the slow stretches. that's pretty normal. we'll take a look on the north side of town. let's go live on the northbound side of the beltway if you're traveling into silver spring, outer loop delays begin at new hampshire avenue and they continue toward silver spring before the pace improves. we'll go back over to the maps this time on the southbound side of i-270. look at the long, slow stretch out of frederick toward urbana. you're going to go about 32 miles an hour till you hit route # 0 and 121 -- 80 and 121 and then the pace improves. we'll take a look at the southbound side of i-270. slow traffic here at shady grove road as you head down to the point where the lanes divide. 355 is incident free heading through rockville to the beltway. no major problems on any of the northern corridors as you head down to the beltway. now a co

this has been slow on our 50 camera leaving lorton into springfield.ch since the 5:00 hour. it's been pretty heavy this morning. heading on to 395 and a last live look at to the 14th street bridge. in my next report, another look at the big picture but first virginia commuters and ez pass commuters, vdot is posing a $1 fee. the highway agency needs the extra money to support the expansion of ez pass use on new electronically tolled roads, bridges and tunnels by the end of 2012. there will be a period of public comment before any fee goes forward and if approves a monthly fee would take effect on july 1st. howard you have some better news than i do? >>> i do. it's going to be a fine day today and then we get some much- needed rain this weekend. your bus stop forecast some patchy dense fog otherwise mostly sunny to partly cloudy. it's cool though. temperatures in the 40s in some cases low 40s to low 50s out there with fairly light wind this morning. sun came up 20 minutes ago and setting at 7:50. a good deal of sunshine and light winds this morning becom

if you're planning to head in lorton, you want to watch out for that otherwise here we go on the westide of town. first of all there's an accident in manassas at route 234 near manassas mall. on the inbound side of 66 the normal slow stuff on monday morning manassas into centreville and past route 50, an accident. it's sitting on the left shoulder. you can see the tow trucks have arrived on the scene but because it's attracting so much attention, you want to watch out for the slow traffic coming in from route 50 past the accident toward route 123. let's go back over to our maps and this time to maryland. no problems to report on 270. it's just the slow traffic. about 29 miles an hour as you head past route 80 toward clarksburg. then it's still okay down into rockville and the point where the lanes divide. here's what it looks like on the outer loop at georgia avenue running smoothly on the north side of town. coming up in my next report, i'll update you on the situation in virginia at 6:25. back to you. >>> animals of all kinds got a little help from a group of dog lovers this weekend

earlier we had a crash traveling i-95 northbound at lorton. it's out of the roadway. here's a live look at pohick. you still see quite a bit of a delay, even in the hov lanes. i'll show you prince william parkway because that's where you're slow from, as well. as you continue northbound, your travel speed now from prince william parkway to the beltway, 37 miles per hour. a 20-minute drive. chopper's en route. i'll have another look coming up and a closer look at delays on i-270 southbound. back to you. >> thank you. 6:03. >>> new this morning, a fire investigation at an unoccupied building in northeast d.c. the blaze broke out at bladensburg road. they had to close down the area for a couple of hours as firefighters battled flames. all the lanes are back open now. the cause of that fire still under investigation. there are no report of injuries. >>> right now, a search is on in northern virginia for a man who attacked two women two thought they were apartment hunting. it happened at an abandoned building near the corner of eisenhower and mill road in alexandria. polic

the accident activity we had at lorton has been cleared to the shoulder. there is yet another crash tying up the left side of the road eastbound along route 7 at strickland road, accident activity reported there as well. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. . >>> our big story this morning, nasa is calling it the world's greatest piggyback ride. the space shuttle covery will lift off for its last mission just a short time from now. >> it will fly on the back of a 747 from kennedy space center to the udvar hazy center in virginia. folks will be able to see this cool moment in history. it has hasn't a long time to get to this point. it take about a year to get that shuttle decommissioned and ready to go to the museum. >> it takes a while and it takes a lot of money. sherry ly is live at gravelly point this morning, which will be a great location to seat plane. what what did you report last hour, i think it is like $25 million? >> reporter: that's right. $25million to get the shuttle decommissioned and get it here. they had to specially modi

. >> a neighbor is being hailed a hero after he helped a family out of their burning home in lorton. wassif returned from shopping and saw the flames and evacuated her house but her daughter went back inside to retrieve their dog. she went back in as well. >> five minutes late and the fire would have already entered i don't know what would have happened. >> fortunately everyone including the family pet made it out and the house was gutted. investigators say a candle left on the front porch was blown over by the wind and that triggered the fire and caused $1 million in damage. >> the easter holidays wrapping up but president obama and the first family attended services close to the white house. they prayed at st. john's church. over the years the president and family has worshipped at several d.c. churches and attended a few services at st. john's. hundreds of people took part in local easter celebrations. >> and one of those was on the national mall. >> on the national mall, thousands gathered before dawn in anticipation of easter morning. >> it's so beautiful. it is already beautifu

no problems to report just heavy traffic forming now out of lorton.fact a live look in springfield. those brake lights begin in lorton through springfield all lanes are open and a quick look 95 at duck street also looking great. as you head for the 14th street bridge. coming up in my next report, we'll go to the beltway north of town at 6:00. back to you guys. >>> thanks monika. the man accused in the shooting death of the unarnolded florida teenager could be walking out of jail today. this morning george zimmerman's lawyer is going to and a judge to set bond. the neighborhood watch volunteer is charged with second degree murder in trayvon martin's death. zimmerman says the shooting was self-defense. >>> the air and space museum center is opening early this morning at 8:30 for visitors wanting to see the space shuttle discovery. it sat nose to nose yesterday with enterprise. the visitors must make advance reservations through the museum's website. >>> seafood lovers rejoice. a huge bounceback from the chesapeake bay four years after the crabbing indus

in lorton, jane watrel, news4. >>> the city of fredericksburg has made its arrest, the first of the year. tyrone was arrested for first-degree murder. he shot henderson outside his house. the two were acquaintances and got sbi fight just before the shooting. >>> police have arrested two men in connection with a series of shootings in tulsa, oklahoma. 19-year-old jake ingram and that's 32-year-old alvin watts were arrested early this morning. they are accused of shooting five people on friday. three of the victims died. all of them were black. police are now looking at ingram's facebook page. they believe he expressed anger about his father being shot by a black man two years ago. they're still trying to authenticate the posts and they say it's too soon to tell whether the shootings were racially motivated. >> there is still a whole lot of unanswered questions that we have to have answered. my people have been working around the clock. we're going to have a short breatheer and we'll get right back at it. >> england and watts are expected to face murder charges. >>> north korea is set to l

fairfax police say that a candle caused a massive fire destroyed a lorton home. the fire started on saturday afternoon on forced glen drive. a neighbor credited with rescuing three people inside the home as well as the family dog. it took 60 firefighters a half hour to put out the flames. high winds also started several brush fires nearby. today, the last day in the maryland general assembly session. >> one last major item on the agenda today, agreeing on a balanced budget, which is required by the state constitution. both chambers have been trying to negotiate the terms of the income tax issue. and they're wanting the gambling bill. if they fail to come to a deal at midnight, they might have to extend the session. >> eleanor holmes norton says the scandal surrounding the general services administration is not excusable. she spoke out today on news channel 8. >> this is the agency that looks at the rest of the agencies, so they are held to a higher standard on what we can spend. >> the gs-8 spent $835,000 on a conference outside las vegas in 2010. some of the exp

their bodies were found within a mile of each mother lorton. first discovery was made in july of 2010, the other about a year later. no arrests have been made. >>> a metro rider broke his arm after chasing a teenager who tried to steal his ipad. this morning, we're getting a look at the security video showing the virginia man running after the would-be robber. it happened friday on the blue line. 50-year-old daniel wenger says an 18-year-old devon stoddard reached from behind, grabbed his ipad and jumped off the train at reagan national airport. >> the doors closed on the metro train. the guy never left. he stayed right there in front of me but on the outside of the door. >> wenger took off after the robber other breaking his left wharm it was caught in a metro door. tough to see, but from the video you do see the two men running on and off the train. stoddard eventually jumped to the opposite platform. that's when another passenger grabbed the ipad from him. stoddard jumped on to the yellow line train. police did catch up with him. he is charg

. >> hopefuls in lorton got advice.off, hosted the smash viewing party at south county secondary school. special guest, joshua adams, d.c. studio theater. he treated young people to a little monologue performance and encouraged students to fully immerse themselves in scripts and characters. adams says he had a lot of fun changing his appearance for roles even when he has to dye his hair. >> wonder if he ever had to cut it all off. that's dedication. that

showers down to the south of town, it's light, but headed south on 95, through springfield, back toward lortonsome light activity can be found. it is moving off to the south and east so you folks in southern charles county will see light activity in the next hour or so. right now, 43 in bethesda. just ridiculous. 43 in arlington and 42 in rockville and 43 in great falls. now, we are going to be drying out gradually. breezy and cold tonight. showers, maybe a wet snow flake tonight. already seen reports not too far from town. mountain snows continue and more sun on tuesday. much brighter day on tuesday. mostly cloudy tonight, breezy and cold. showers, maybe a wet flake. 36 to 42. winds south, southwest 10 to 20. tomorrow morning, get a jacket on the kid. breezy and cold. shower or flurry possible. temperatures in the 30s and 40s. all right, next seven days. temperatures start going up and as we go through the warming trend, we'll see the chance for showers go down a little bit. especially on wednesday. thursday, a shower or thunderstorm possible. and we're looking at friday, nice, seasonal. 68.

difficult that was yesterday but today right now it locks like heading to -- looks fine heading up to lortongfield. no problems to report as you head over -- look at the maps and no problems to report as you head over to the outer loop of the beltway. college park, there was some construction past new hampshire avenue but otherwise you're looking okay as you head into silver spring. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look at 270. back to you guys. >>> howard university's athletic department has imposed is penalty on themselves as they investigate. >> but as ken molestina found out. university officials at this point aren't saying much else. >> reporter: confusion struck on howard university's campus in d.c.. the trouble targeting the school's athletic department. a spokeswoman for the university saying they are investigating possible rules violations set forth by the ncaa. >> that's a pretty big deal. >> reporter: a statement confirmed the university quote temporarily withheld a number of steunt athleteth leads from corn education. -- athletes from competition. also not being said is

found here along furnace road in lorton, virginia, july, 2010. yes, that's interstate 95 just over the hill. eight months later in march, 2011 another set of skeletal remains were found less than a mile away also off furnace road near the csx track and route 1. until now police had no idea who the victims were or that the crimes might be connected. >> through the forensic process a dna match was confirmed just yesterday. we were notified of that confirmation linking the two individuals as brothers. >> reporter: alberto and manuel mireles-garcia had been reported missing in may, 2010, last seen by family members at their apartment complex on fuller heights road in triangle just outside the gates to quantico. >> it's really, really bad and really sad because they're really good guys. i don't understand what happened, but it's really, really sad. >> reporter: the brothers were from mexico, had lived in virginia for 10 years. >> very nice guy, good guy, no speak english, quiet, go to job and come back home, no outside, nothing talking. >> reporter: t

it happened around 5:00 this evening in the 9200 block of forest greens drive in lorton, virginia. firefighters arrived on the scene to find heavy smoke coming from the first and second floors of that resident. a neighbor alerted the occupants of the home to the fire. they managed to escape unharmed. >>> dozens of teens looking for summer jobs turned out a today's one stop lifeguard hiring event. the employment line formed at the tacoma poole in northwest, washington. staff were on hand to accept applications and assess teen applicant skills. they're looking to fill 250 positions at the city's 24 outdoor pools and ten indoor pools. >> young people come in. we actually assess their skills. we direct them to a lifeguard training academy or lifeguard class. we do interviews. we schedule them for their background check. everything that's part of our lifeguard hiring push, we take care of it right here. >> the jobs start at $11.50. if you didn't make it to today's hiring event, you can contact the city's department of recreation aquatic division for more information on how to apply. >>>

beyond that here in lorton things are great up to springfield. coming up in my next report, more on that. >>> maryland senator barbara mikulski has been honored with a supernova. she was named after one of the stellar experiences after the senator. the maryland democrat supported the hubble space telescope mission when nasa was ready to let it to go dark. she saved 500 maryland jobs in the process. >> when i was growing up in east baltimore of course i wanted to be a star but i didn't know i'd grow up to be a supernova. i am deeply. deeply touched today and thrilled and honored. >> supernova mikulski, one star that exploded years away from earth. >>> the recently released movie "bully" received a narrating. the company says the -- a new rating. the company says the rating for the film has been lowered to pg- 13. it was originally given an r rating for language. the documentary examines school bullying by following five youngsters over the course of a school year. the newly edited version will be released next friday. >>> it was once a washington

if you're planning to head on the northbound side of i-95, here's what it looks like at lorton road noroblems to report into springfield and 395. i'll have details on this and 66 coming up at 5:01. >>> it helped launch the careers of some of the most famous performers in the world, and after decades in the dark, the stage at a d.c. landmark is filled with lights and performance once again. district mayor vincent gray and d.c. dell got eleanor holmes norton cut the ribbon on the newly renovated howard theater. it originally opened as a showcase for black artists back in 1910. >> somebody mo grew up in this city -- as somebody who grow up in this city, it didn't matter what high school you went to. if you went to cardoza, armstrong, you went to dunbar, everybody came to the howard theater in order to be able to see the shows. >> boy, does he sound proud. the restoration project cost $29 million. >>> the cherry blossoms around the tidal basin might be gone but you still have a chance to get a close-up look at some cherry trees. the cultural center on 18th street is holding a special exhib

american legion bridge, things looking good in virginia as well. 95, making the trip northbound from lorton, we do have a wreck reported. the pohick road overpass. you want to stay to the far right there. no problems on the beltway up toward the 14th street bridge to head into the district. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. back to you. before i head back to you, want to talk about metro real quickly. just the last half hour, we received word that they will have normal service on both the blue and orange lines. around 7:00, an outbound blue line train derailed at the roslyn station. there were about 1,000 passengers on the six-car train at the time. no one was hurt. both the blue and orange lines were temporarily shut down for a half hour and they were able to single track. it caused major delays for the end of the rush hour last night. metro is investigating to figure out what caused the derailment. but they will have normal service on the blue and orange line there. now, over to you. >> thank you. >>> a clean sweep for mitt romney. he won the primaries in all five states last

continuing northbound, here's a live look as you make your way to lorton. northbound lanes, no issues to report. southbound, nice and clear. travel speed northbound, on average you're at about 63 miles per hour out of quantico. taking 23 minutes to get to the beltway. continuing on to 395, travel lanes are open north and southbound. northbound travel speeds as you cross over the 14th street bridge, you're at 59 miles per hour. i'm back in ten minutes with a look at the rails. over to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> 4:54 the time now. new concerns about your annual trip to the dentist. coming up at 5:20, why a routine part of your checkup could be putting you at greater risk of brain tumor. >>> the proposed change you may see in the heart of d.c. >>> honoring a lifesaver. how this little girl acted well beyond her age to >>> potential renovations to the national mall on display for all to see. people can check out 12 different design plans for the areas around the washington monument, constitution gardens, and union square. the trust for the national mall wi

their bodies were found in lorton. the first discovery was made in july of 2010.ter. no arrests have been made. >>> a hyattsville man is facing attempted child sex abuse charges this morning. police say he tried to molest a little boy at a d.c. daycare. they arrested randolph king yesterday. they say he worked at the zion baptist church of eastland gardens in northeast d.c. police say a woman caught him trying to abuse a 3-year-old boy at the daycare as the young boy slept. that child does appear to be okay, but other parents from that daycare are furious. >> what do you think about this guy coming in here and doing what he did allegedly? >> it's horrible. he needs to stay locked up. he needs to stay locked up. it's awful. >> that daycare is shut down. but police say it closed for unspecified code violations. >>> a northern virginia man faces a long list of charges after a wild chase. it started on i-66. virginia state police say a trooper and an arlington county police officer approached a pedestrian on the interstate. police say 37-year-old dexter gibson started

if accident on 95 between lorton and newington has been taken care of. pedestrian accidents along river road just happened in potomac. no accidents in virginia or maryland around the beltway. back inside. >> if you thought that darnah ipad giveaway was pretty cool, we are giving away a brand new car in may. a ford fiesta. >> all you to do is go to wjla.com/freecar and follow the directions. next monday we will pick the first of 15 finalists during abc 7 news at 5:00. if if your name is called, you will have 30 minutes to call in for a final entry. in the month of may we will choose one lucky winner from the final 15. log on and enter >> . that's exciting. what is not exciting as the cold temperatures out there. 39 degrees in rockville. >> coming up, a special honor that brought former congresswoman gabrielle giffords back to d.c. >> the supreme court is set to take 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-... shhh! we find that we

the laser at woodbridge to get it to route 1 but before lorton road. >> on a van full with the weather. it will be on the cool side and most of the day will be spent in the 50's with a chilly wind. on the weekend made 80's in spots and that warming trend will carry on into the early part of next week. the pollen is still a problem. >> ♪ ♪ beth! hi! looking good. you've lost some weight. thanks. you noticed. these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right -- whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multi-grain cheerios -- 5 whole grains, 110 calories. [ female announcer ] now get this: creamy, dreamy peanut butter taste in a tempting new cereal. mmm! [ female announcer ] new multi-grain cheerios peanut butter.

an unattended candle sparked the fire in lorton.l who lived up the hill told her father that she saw smoke and he jumped in the van and drove down the street. the father banged on the door and then rushed inside and told everybody to get out. his quick thinking saved three people and a dog. fire department had to call extra help to put out the flames but nobody was hurt. >>> we have a traffic alert. crews will begin work tomorrow night -- excuse me, on the rockville pike. it's near the walter reed medical center. construction will take place at night to make the situation easier for commuters. two lanes of rockville paoeubg will shut down while work is completed at cedar lane. >>> metro riders can expect to pay more to ride but not as much as they initially thought. next year's operating budget will need $16 million less than they originally anticipated. that means the metro board will look at smaller fare increases, and right now the 2013 operating budget is around $1.5 billion. the board will consider fare changes in the 2013 budg

n leesburg, 45 in frederick, 50 degrees in remington, 51 in lorton, 51 in arlington, 50 in chevy chase. highs in the low to mid 60's. 65 around the beltway with a gusty northwest wind. we expect some rain this weekend, but it will not be all weekend. i think it will be saturday evening into early sunday morning book ended by. some by house the traffic >> ? looks ok around the beltway. interstate travel is moving in our favor. activity on the 301 knights bridge that's gone. park police removed a broken- down vehicles. looking at lingering road work on fifth355 near cedar lane inside the beltway. here's a picture of interstate travel, 95 in springfield in good shape. green light between richmond and baltimore and the interstate. back to you. >> thank you. the big story this morning, of course since the nfl draft. already jerseys on sale last night. t-shirts on sale. the redskins selected the heisman winner as their new quarterback? . >> robert griffin will be coming to d.c. today and will be officially introduced during a press conference tomorrow. jummy olabanji has more. >> the washing

headed up into wood bridge slow go northbound route 1, forget about it accident activity towards lortonbond towards 66 stacked up out -- inbound towards 66 stacked up out of manassas. top stretch of the belt way below speed route 1 headed around georgia avenue, that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic >> chef >> thanks julie in less than an hour the gates will open at the smithsonian udvar hazy center for the official welcome of the space shuttle discovery to its permanent and new home. >> two days after that spectacular fly over arrival the public will get a closer look and our own holly morris is live with more on this big day. >> hey, good morning. it is really exciting here, you can sense something exciting is about to happen here. there is the space shuttle enterprise behind me that was the first ever shuttle, it was constructed to do test flights in the atmosphere, of course it was built with no engines or functioning heat shield so it never went into space, there in lie it is difference between enterprise and discovery but they are getting ready they will be moving enterpris

newschopper 7 looking at traffic northbound on 95 with the latest from potomac mills to get into lorton and again in springfield and in landmark. there was an accident in woodbrige on 95 notes around but don't worry about that anymore. that has been taken care of. back to you. >> thank you. this was a year ago today when parts of the region were under water. this is georgetown's waterfront. the heavy rain caused millions of dollars in damage to restaurants and bars along the harbor. >> hard to believe it's been a year. i was not even aware prior to that of the flood wall. a great example of it that. >> it's quite an undertaking to put the flood wall into place and to remove it. it is spring around here in washington and it's usually a fairly damp time. we have not seen that this year. not yet. i think this weekend we will see a shift and get some soaking rain. looks promising. although the timing may not be perfect. here's a great look at arlington this morning from the rooftop of washington-lee high school, home of the generals. overlooking the clarendon and courthouse neighborhoods in

i-95, no problems to report but you are below speed as you travel across the occoquan and leaving lorton headed out to the tanks in newington. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >>> new this morning, last night's cold temperatures may have been played a role in a house fire in silver spring. residents told fire crews on the screen, they had a fire in the fireplace last night. the top floor of the home on twin valley drive is gone. everyone got out safely. >>> a look at this morning's other top stories. a man charged with the murder of alexandria community activist lenny harris is now being charged in two other murders. police believe tyrone lewis is responsible for killing a 17- year-old boy last october and a cab driver seven years ago. investigators say they've been working additional information they got in the harris investigation since january. yesterday morning, they were able to get the murder warrants for lewis who is already in jail. investigators say robbery was the motive in both cases. police are investigating a hit and run out of montgomery county, mary

then continuous lorton into spring field. we'll go there live right now. once you get here, this is what it looks like for the people trying to exit to the inner loop or continue north on to 395. let's go over to the maps again. here's 395. northbound you just got that slow traffic through landmark and then once you get to seminary road the pace does improve to the 14th street bridge. this is incident free through the stretch. let's go back over to the maps, this time to the inbound side of the gw parkway, the dulles toll road, 66. all of those corridors are looking fine. a last live look at the american legion bridge. no problems to report crossing the river on the west side of town. i'll have more on that situation on 270 at 6:25. >>> coming up on 6:20, coming up next in sports, wizards do something they haven't done in four years and unfortunately andrea, more bad news about the new orleans saints. every time i hear about it, i laugh. >> baloney. before we get to that let's get another check of our question of the morning. this one is definitely making

you are going maybe 16 miles an hour leaving lorton into springfield. we'll go ath further north on to 3 -- go a little further north on 395. things look good. i'll keep you posted on that situation in upper marlboro at 6:43. back to you guys. >>> the philippines ambassador to the united states says d.c. councilman marian barry owes filipino nurses an apology. earlier this week he told leaders he wanted more locally educated nurses and criticized nurses in particular from the philippines. the ambassador released a statement on the the embassy's website. council member barry's penchant for blaming asians who only want to work for their american dream fuels racism, discrimination and violence. it does nothing but harm relations among community members when times call for developing relationships and finding solutions to common challenges. no response from this from the councilman's office. >>> more and more it seems like metro is going to hike the cost of your commute. the question is by how much. >> metro officials will vote on fare hikes today. delia go

office charged justin strom, this man, with running a teenage prostitution ring from his home in lorton virginia for the underground gangster crips. two men arrested with strom pled guilty to sex trafficking charges earlier today. >> just a few months ago judge o' grady here in the court next- door sentenced an mostly sunny- 16 gang member to life in prison for prostituting a middle school girl he recruited at a halloween party and the next night she was out turning tricks for this guy. >> reporter: neil macbride said gangs are turning to teenage prostitution for the money. they see it as a low risk high reward way to make a good deal of cash. >> how are they doing this? are the gangs using threatening violence or what are they doing to get these girls to work for them? >> we're told both. they apparently recruit these girls by flattering them on the street, online and at metro stations. once they're in prosecutors say the intimidation starts. one 17-year-old working for the underground crips was allegedly forced to do cocaine, was cut with a knife, then forced to have sex with 14 diffe

more delays approaching lorton headed up towards the fsp. delays on 395 beginning at duke street.the ride here, 66 westbound. we've got delays approaching 234 out of manassas to the car rest area. beltway looks good as you travel between college park and bethesda. volume increasing as you work your way past colesville road and southbound 270. busy on the top side approaching and passing 109. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >>> now, to the campaign trail. mitt romney marked tax day way picnic table discussion in this pennsylvania park. he laid out some of his ideas to kick start the economy and slammed president obama on his economic policies. the top two elected republicans, john boehner and mitch mcconnell, came out and officially endorsed romney as the gop nominee. >>> president obama will be campaigning in ohio today and michigan. he is expected to focus on job creation. the president is also urging congress to give regulators more power to crack down on price man i'm ligs and energy markets by speculators. this is the white house's latest response to c

if you're taking i-95 northbound, we had an earlier crash in lorton.now moved to the left shoulder lane. you're still seeing delays. here's a live look at pohick. not fun at all. making your way northbound, you're slow even in the hov lanes. seeing delays here, as well. and i'm checking along i-95. and you're also slow at route 1 in the hov lanes. now, dale city heading out, not so bad. but closer to route 1, that's where you're going to see delays this morning. and if you're taking the rails, i'm checking them. so far, the good news, no wrptd delays on the metro, marc, and vre. aaron, over to you. >> thank you. >>> fairfax county submitted the names. it wants the eight new silver line metro stations to be called mclean, tyson's corner, greensboro park, spring hill, wheeling, reston east, reston town centre, herndon, and innovation. metro's board will have the final say on the names later this year. we want what you think. share your thoughts on the "news4 today" facebook page. >>> expect to shell out big bucks when you hit the road this summer. the de

. >> here is a live look at lorton.r delays start as you make your way from 395 -- i'm still seeing delays as you continue south, a live look at dumfries. your travel speed around 22 miles per hour from the beltway to quantico, about an hour trip so far. a live look at shady grove north and south on 270. no issues to report. eun, back over to you. >> danella, thank you. next week your tap water may taste and smell differently. virginia waut her be flushing water mains. hydrants will be flushed in alexandria from this sunday through may 25th. crew also be flushing hydrants in prince william county through the end of june. >>> tonight you may notice crews treating trees around the district. they're doing their annual spring spraying awful ginn co-trees. their fruit gives off a strong odor if untreated. last night crews started spraying trees in wards one, two and six. they'll treat every night until all the trees have been sprayed. there are about 900 ginko trees across the district. >>> now fans can breathe a sigh of rel