louden county parkway v dot are on the scene at that location. >>> 395 slowing as you work your way north of duke street headed out towards seminary road no incidents just volume delays, traffic once again crossing the 14th street bridge, outer loop, below speed, 40 miles an hour find southbound 270, not looking bad in german town. lanes are open headed south to middle brook road. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> our big story, president obama will today mark a major turning point with a visit to the pentagon. >> he will join top defense officials in announcing billions in spending cuts along with troop reductions. >>> good morning this is happening later on this morning president obama will make a rare appearance in pentagon briefing room. here is what they will do, outline a new framework that focuses on shifting wars in the middle east and the wake of 9/11 to keeping the u.s. in a more dominant role in asia pacific region where china is rapidly building up capabilities. how to do that in the wake of spending cuts is the big question. the pentagon budget is set to be a

a good little batch here north and west of montgomery county, louden county reports of dense fog thenisory, in effect until 9:00 a.m., off to the north and west [ yelling from the background ] >> coming. >> she is on her way karen. >> until 11:00 a.m. this morning. [ laughter ] >> we will have to try this forecast all over gain your front this one coming through, later this morning, this will warm us up afternoon showers, high temperatures mid-40s. i mentioned severe weather down south, severe thunderstorms, reports of tornadoes in alabama as we speak. your 5 day forecast, 45 this afternoon we will not worry about a refreeze tonight, overnight low, 40. temperatures over the next couple days above normal, in the 50s. tuesday and friday. not bad at all that is a check of your weather forecast and more julie wright has more on the traffic. >> what was that streaking by? >> i don't know what just happened there. >> now that is an interesting forecast. all right. on the roads, you will find lanes are open, travelling to and from the wilson bridge keep an eye out for black ice. fire and res

advisory just issued a few moments ago for additional counties, including montgomery county maryland, louden county now under a dense fog advisory. i didn't get a chance to update this map until 10:00 a.m., again we are getting widespread reports your visibilities are a quarter mile or less. a few minutes needed as you commute down 270, fog will remain thick for the time being. >>> all right let's push on nice looking tuesday, and a warmer tuesday as well. 44 right now regan national, how about afternoon high temperatures mid-50s. yeah, hard to believe. winds out of the west 6 miles per hour. cold front coming through, sunshine here shortly, sunrise this morning 7:21 a.m. and then off and running with a nice afternoon, dry afternoon as well as we've got high pressure building from the west. early clouds, afternoon sun. 55 your daytime high. more details on the forecast in just a couple minutes, let's get to traffic and you know who has that julie. >> all right tucker again the fog definitely not helping our commute this morning, really socked in on us causing tie ups especially coming southb

now out of louden county into fairfax, prince william to culpepper. that's quickly heading off to the east. temperatures are in the upper 20s to around 30 degrees. if any of those flurries stick to the road, watch out, there could be a few slick spots this morning. later today, we'll get the sunshine back. it will be warmer. we'll be above freezing around 7:00, 8:00 this morning. low the mid 40s during the afternoon with lots of sunshine. here is your evening planner. sunset at 5:00. we'll be under a clear sky and a milder evening. a look at even warmer weather for tomorrow and the weekend in ten minutes. danella, how is traffic? >> good morning. so far, things are looking really good in our area. traveling on 50 making your way webb. from 30 to the beltway, you're at 63 miles per hour. if you're on i-95 in virginia from pennsylvania to the beltway, you're at 64 miles per hour. and you're traveling 66 to the beltway, 6 miles per hour. you're clear in both directions. nothing standing in the roadway for you and making excellent speed at this time. now

. >>> a neighborhood in leesburg is suing the louden county school board over a redistricting plan. that plan will transfer more than 50 children from a school they can see from their homes to a school that is miles away. the children now attend tabert elementary pt the redistricting would send them to douglas elementary school which is under construction. the lawsuit says the school board did not consider proximity or community and it ignored better options for student population and diversity. >> another board member said she voted for it because it made the most sense and no communities were split up. well, that was false. >> there were nonpublic hearings done here, we did some hearings in leesburg. we put our notices in english and spanish ahead of time, they were we'll attended. all plans were posted on the website. so this was a fair boundary process. >> the school system's public information officer says in order for the board to reconsider the decision, it would have to redo the entire procedure, including holding another four months of public hearings. >>> a massive broadwa

this morning, louden county fairfax county virginia, you too. visibility a quarter mile or less in many spots, once you get rid of the fog, nice day beautiful day high temperatures back into the 50s. well into the 50s. 55 for a daytime high. 43 washington, 48 naval air station, 52 ocean city temperatures are going to be warm era lot more sunshine. sentinel satellite, half clearing taking place, just got to lose the fog and a beautiful afternoon before you get out and enjoy. 5 day forecast, 55 today and maybe some rain here by thursday. all right more details on the forecast in just a minute want to remind you, sign up for free for the fox 5 weather ap you can get that at the apple store or if you got a droid at the marketplace we got a lot of features with it getting good reviews it is free sign up for that and get your latest weather forecast tony back to you. >>> all right tucker thank you last night's republican debate candidates attacked each other ahead of 2 florida primary, -- of the florida primary. mitt romney came out swinging against t

of rain showers, redeveloping out towards rusken, dulles airport, pushing into montgomery county, loudennty, rain showers in the forecast next few hours and then start to get some breaks and we might even see a peek of sunshine before sunset, let me show you future cast there you go, you can see what future cast is doing with theatmosphere showing shower activity, then you see what happens this afternoon through our 4:00 p.m., mix of clouds maybe a few breaks in the clouds and just one or two showers around later today hey it will be warm today winds out of the south and west up ahead of our frontal system in here tonight our cold front temperatures upper 50s low 60s we have a nice looking forecast as far as temperatures later today 58 today showers in the forecast particularly first half of your day then cooler, in fact, cold tomorrow highs 40 degrees, breezy conditions, seasonably cool, early mix saturday morning before it changes to rain or rain showers saturday afternoon. >> thank you very much tucker. >> all right. let's find out what is happening on area roads hey, julie. >> all ri

the rain on storm four doppler radar, can you see that in the western counties, now into southern louden county, and right along i-81, the rain will try to move to the east. most of this on the lighter side. there are heavier storms, moving well down to the south, we will see showers this evening. this is what you can expect spotty showers around 9:00, maybe 11:00, as the front moves through. here comes the chilly air, tomorrow, waking up to a temperature of 38 with windchills in the 20s for just about everybody. another big swing in those temperatures, i'll talk about what's next in the forecast. and a chance for a snowflake or two. you. >> got our attention again, doug. thank you. >>> congress is back in session today, and a new poll out suggests lawmakers have work to go in the court of public opinion. the cnn international poll finds the congressional approval ratings are now at a record low. the telephone survive of more than 1,000 americans find that only 11% approve of the way congress is handling its job. a whopping 86% find that they disapprove of the way congress is working. th

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once it snows, at least two inches, residents in fairfax, louden and prince william counties can go tohis site, enter their address and track whether crews are plowing the neighborhood. you can take a test drive of the site to see how it works. go to our website, nbcwashington.com, and search plowing. >>> coming up tonight, a new warning from officials at the university of maryland. they don't want to see what happened the last time maryland met >>> take a look at this, haltom city in texas, saw between four and six inches of rain, creating big-time flooding problems. see a couple of cars in the roadways there. once again, a good idea, turn around, don't drown. they have seen a tremendous amount of rain. believe it or not, this is good news for the dallas area. they have seen very, very dry conditions since this la nina started well over a year ago. now that same area of rain is making its way toward the east in through portions of louisiana and also into mississippi. they have tornado watches in effect and we have seen unconfirmed reports of a couple tornado, in through texas, louisia

once it snows at least two inches, residents in fairfax, louden and prince william counties can go to this site, enter their address and track whether crews are plowing the neighborhood. the state has traffic cameras integrated so people can check out major road conditions, street by street progress is not shown. you can take a test drive of the site to see how it works. go to our website, nbcwashington.com, and search plowing. >>> well, there is no snow but there is rain in our forecast. >> let's check on our weather right now with veronica johnson. >> hey there, guys. before the rain, let's enjoy more of this, that nice sky we have had out there today, nice mild air too, yesterday's high, 46 degrees, no mid-50s, low 60s around the area today. hey, right around 50. that really suspect bad this time of year. 15 of the last 25 days now have been above average. we have got a light southerly wind at 7 miles per hour right now. bethesda, montgomery county, 48 degrees, arlington, 46, a little bit cooler. culpepper, 54 degrees, also 54 degrees right now in stafford and fredericksburg, virgi

. >>> two people have been arrested tonight for an armed robbery at a louden county hotel. police tell us they were working as part of a gang. officers say 21-year-old caesar piscante and a 15-year-old suspect walked into the lobby of the fairfield inn in dulles on new year's each one pulled out a gun and demanded money from a hotel worker. he is also charged with assaulting a mcdonald answer ploy yeah week later. the teen's name was not leased. >>> snowstorms continue to pound the pacific northwest today, eight states slammed by several inches of snow with the areas and the mountains seeing several feet. seattle is seeing its largest snowfall in decades. this storm is causing flight delays, shutdown roads and schools are canceled. >>> back here at home, we don't have snow, a stiff wind out there today, veronica johnson is up there in storm center four. veronica? >> stiff wind. didn't help cold today it has turned progressively colder, we were at 58 degrees, upper 50s at midnight and all through the day, our temperatures have been thawing. look at the wind we were talking a

town and alongside the bay. 33 in annapolis. 25 in gathersburg in northern virginia and mid-20s in loudenwilliam county. we'll call it partly sunny. more sunshine away from the mountains. cloud cover north and west of town. windchills in the 20s with highs only in the mid-30s tomorrow. colder but without so much of a breeze around, it won't feel quite so bad. next chance for precipitation, mostly rain on tuesday. >>> join us for a full hour today at >>> we are back on this saturday morning, january 14th, 2012. boy, it feels a lot more like january around here finally. we've got a great crowd, bundled up, rightfully so. we thank them for coming out and joining us. great to have you here at home as well. outside of the plaza, i'm lester holt along with amy robach. >>> coming up in the next half hour, john edwards back in the news. his trial is coming up but it's now being postponed. he and his doctors reveal he has a pretty serious heart condition. we're going to find out more about his condition and what that does for his legal case against him. >>> did you hear? "today" is turning 60. we'

know not in washington dc itself but does include places like montgomery county, fairfax county, louden maryland a lot of places out there under that dense fog advisory. current temperature 32 degrees regan national, humidity 96%, winds out of the southwest, at 7, they h pick up winds gusting 20 to 25 miles an hour. forecast today, more sunshine as the day progresses, milder air, we will see temperatures ranging from the upper 40s. 48 winchester, 49 frederick low 50s. 52 washington mid-50s to our south frederiksburg, 54 degrees, not a bad day on tap. >>> all right. >> thank you. >> let's check with julie wright. sunshine that is a good thing. >> hopefully we are waiting for it to burn off some of that fog i know northbound baltimore washington parkway accident occurred, 198, you guys travelling northbound out of laurel, crawling along 5 miles an hour. northbound, southbound on the brakes, here is the commute eastbound 66, lanes are open, still below speed as you work your way eastbound towards 495, inner loop bradock road, to 66 fog settled in out of rockville. leaving shade yes grove r

and in louden and prince william and frederick, home prices are down more than 1%, now the average timeses are on the market these days, 80 days. >> remember the old days when they were on the market for about 3 days then gone. those days are over for now. >> yep. 7:26 a.m. coming up 7:27 a.m. on thursday morning if you are just waking up stay tuned we have an update on today's top stories when we come back. >> in his state of the union address president barack obama pushed the buffett rule it is his plan to make millionaires, pay 30% taxes, we will take a closer look at this idea, and if it will work  >>> 7:30 a.m. on thursday morning time for an update. the same elite navy commanders that killed osama bin laden parachuted into somalia to rescue two hostages yesterday. they originally planned to capture the kidnappers but ended up killing nine of them. president obama gave the go ahead for the mission monday night and knew it was a success before he delivered the state of the union address. >> we are learning about a dust up in the desert he was met at the airport by go

at the national airport. 28 degrees in montgomery, 30 degrees in fairfax county and 30 degrees in louden freezing drizzle around the metro area and slippery with snow70s also. not a huge event. not going to cause too many problems out here in the northeast. as we said, a saturday morning, no school delays, no business delays. more fun than anything else. back to you, lester. >> thank you. >>> it's been 65 days since a young mother went missing in orlando on the zam she was seen on the "people's court." authorities in florida have release add new surveillance video of michelle parker while her family keeps her memory alive. here's nbc's lilia luciano. >> reporter: this newly released camera video from a fast food restaurant captured the last images of michelle parker on the day she disappeared. >> i've been doing pretty good, you know, but when i saw that, it made me cry. >> reporter: police released the image os on friday, her 34th birthday. her family hopes this video will help find her. >> it may. you never know what tips will come in when people see that. you always have to have hope