locally, we've got rain, howard, montgomery, loudoun and fairfax moving into the district as well. south and west of town, we're seeing heavier rains return. loudoun and fairfax county starting to see moderate and heavy rain showers between dulles and ashburn on the green way. then as we head forward fairfax and burk and ma nanis as well, a little farther south. the rain intensity is picking up. this is charles county. it's fairly quiet, though. you head west into parts of prince william into stafford, it is really coming down. that's going to be a problem in some of these areas with the ponding of the water. other areas are the temperatures which have been stuck. on the left side, we've got lower 50s to barely 50 in lakensville. we go east into the middle 50s and slowly throughout the day as the winds pick up. temperatures will creep up. temperatures in the upper 50s by 3:00, purring 60 -- pushing 60 degrees this evening with the rain continuing. we've got light rain reported at reagan national. i'll see you in a few minutes talking the seven-day forecast taking us ahead for the n

and signed by all the students out here in loudoun county.is a fairly new school, only a couple years old. when they first opened they had 200 student. now they have almost 900 student in this school. that is a huge area of loudoun county that is really developing rapidly. as you can see, those happy faces love talking about weather. we had a wonderful me. the teacher in the back there in red is jennifer, the one who invited me. i had a terrific time there at the creighton corner elementary school, loudoun county. right now in loudoun couy, they've got sunshine, a few clouds racingthrough. a dry pattern here. there are a few snow flurries up in the mountains of northern new england, the green mountains and white mountains, vermont and new hampshire and a weak system that's going to be passing to our north on saturday. may give us just a few clouds duringhe day. this high pressure just to our south now will drif off the coast and fade out and then we'll get a southerly flow that will warm things up first part of next week. so, here's our look

couple of sprinkles in loudoun county.ontgomery county into howard county, and frederick and beltway county. this is moving quickly, won't be a problem. temperatures in the 50s. 50 in couple better land, 56 in town. 55 at andrews air force base. winds are starting to gust, especially out west. winds now gusting in oakland to 43. 28 in win chester. winds pick up as the storm system cranks away from us. behind it, high pressure builds in. that pressure difference drives the winds. generally clear skies going through the day, lots of sunshine, also a decent amount of wind. next three days, today becoming sunny and windy, 64. tomorrow, cool 55. could be a sprinkle in one or two spots. say cloudy, partly to mostly cloudy. heading towards the weekend, saturday looks real nice. it will be mild and 60. front cools us down to 50 sunday. back above 60 monday and tuesday. wind advisory in effect from 9:00 to 4:00. winds could gust to 50 in the mountains. >>> 5:47. time saver traffic. >> good morning. waking up to moderate conditions

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. >> virginia's loudoun county leads the way. the median income is more than $114,000. 17% of loudoun county's households make more than $200,000. and only 16% make less than the national average $50,000. >> second on the st, fairfax county with an average income of more than $102,000. fairfax was the first county in the u.s. to reach an average of six figus in 2006. and now more than half the households in fairfax county make more than six figures. >> maryland makes its entry on the list with howard county wit a median income of more than $101,000. half of howard county's working residents make $75,000 or more. and here's the rest of the top ten list. >> arlington county, number five. montgomery county,umber six, calvert county, number nine, an charlie county, number ten. the survey compiled by "newsweek" using u.s. census information. >>> presidenobama is in japan hoping the conclude his trip to asia on an upbeat note. the white use picked the trip as a way to create new jobs at home and increase international trade. so far the

parts of loudoun county and pushing out of winchester. 54 degrees in winchester and leesburg. a mild start to the day. the wind is beginning to pick up a little. there's a light southwesterly wind locally. beginning to switch out of the west. gusting up to 32 miles an hour in martinsburg. 21 in winchester. later today we could have with gusts of 50 miles an hour. we have a wind advisory from 9:00 a.m. through 4 rpm. gusty and windy today, as in the mid-60s, mostly sunny. there's cloudy weather tomorrow. sunday from friday through the weekend. mid 50's. >>> straight to the dulles road. yesterday there was a truck that ran into the beulah road overpass on the eastbound toll road. that is the overpass after the hunter mill road. . you can see the crews are checking damage to the overpass, checking the structural integrity to the bridge and making necessary repairs. this is live on the toll road eastbound. two right lanes are closed. the far right lane will be closed at least until midday, according to authorities. >>> 55 degrees, 5:22. >> with john wall intercut, gilbert arenas h

the first took place along loudoun avenue just before 4:00 p.m. the unidentified victim was taken to the hospital but did not survive. moments later, more shots on west north avenue. no word on the victim's condition or if the shootings were connected to >> millions of americans will hit the roads and skies this week for thanksgiving. as kate amara reports, the tsa is trying to get the word out. >> the tsa says less than 3% of travelers get the standard pat- downs. >> we have instituted new screening procedures at checkpoints. >> the tsa has new advice for millions of air travelers this thankgsgiving holiday. another public service announcement addressing those controversial new security procedures. >> you have important options that we want you to be aware of. >> including full-body scanners and pat-downs. >> this is all being done for the protection of the traveling public. it is being done in as minimally invasive a way as we think appropriate. >> critics of the new measures call them an invasion of privacy. >> i think it's ridiculous, and i th

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loudoun county is that the top of the list. $114,000 a year is the median household income.rfax county is no. 2. howard county, maryland is number 4. arlington is no. 5. montgomery is no. 6. >>> a proposed license plate with let residents showed their support for the tea party in virginia. the state lawmakers has filed a bill to create if it would have the message "don't tread on me" along with a rattlesnake emblem. they need 350 people laid applications to submit that to the dmv records 350 prepaid applications. >>> the u.s. postal service is going broke. if congress does not do anything, the agency says it will likely go broke within one year. mail carriers delivered 6 billion fewer letters and packages last year. they've cut jobs and are planning to cut more post offices and cut delivery to five days a week likely. >>> expect delays on all five metro lines this weekend. the red line from shady grove to twinbrook. from new york avenue to rhode island ave. and on the orange line to west falls church from vienna. and the green line from prince george's plaza to college park.

loudoun valley at osborne. picked off by dominic mayo. he is like the osmond brothers.it back 30 yards for the score. moving to the northwest region final. 41-21. >>> alexandria we got washington lee at hayfield. pan going and so are the symbols. steven lynch pounding into the love shack. now up by two scores. not done. quarterback jason stewart. airing it out deep to sean towns end. they play stonebridge next week. >>> back up to the air. second quarter. in the end zone. and it is caught by patrick baker. wrestles it away from the d.b. braddock coming back for the win. they play chantilly next week. >>> talk about a much anticipated rematch. sherwood and gaithersburg met back on october 1st and what a game it was. g unit seemed to have it in hand until a fourth quarter rally by sherwood led to a 17- 14 win. that

according to news week magazine, loudoun county no. 1 with a median household income of $114,000 a year, fairfax county is no. 2, howard county in maryland is no. 3, arlington, montgomery county and calvert county also made the list. no. 4, take a book riding metro this weekend. maintenance work on the red, orange, yellow and blue lines will likely slow you down. give yourself an extra 30 minutes of travel time starting tonight. metro is upgrading platforms, rail bridges and installing new cross ties and tracks. no. 3, pack your patience if you're flying over the holidays. analysts say air travel will be the most crowded and expensive in years. the reason? the airlines are just packing more people into fewer planes. consumer advocates advise buying tickets early instead of trying to hold out for last minute deals. no. 2, the salvation army's red kettle and bell ringers are a sure sign the holidays are right around corner. the charity kicked off its annual christmas campaign today. last year they raised nearly 1 1/2 million dollars to help more than 29,000 people here in the d.c. region.

these are moving north to northeast and another line getting closer now as we zoom in on loudoun county, a little west of leesburg. all of this will eventually move north and northeast, but the whole line will swing east through the district as we go through the overnight hours. you can also begin to see some of the severe thunderstorm warnings down to our south and a wider view on vipir shows you the tornado watch that is in effect for central virginia until 4:00 in the morning am we've got much stronger lines down -- morning. we've got much stronger lines down there, a lot of reports of wind damage down in that dream region. look how strong it is up into pen -- extreme region. look how strong it is up into northern pennsylvania. the severe risk will continue especially south of d.c. so if you're going to get some thunderstorms, we're a little bit more primed for that from the district on south and that risk will go through the overnight hours. you can see it temperatures down to the carolinas where they've also really been seeing quite a pounding tonight with these storms, but the oth

look at the storms out in western loudoun county.t west of warrenton and down towards cull pepper. all of these are propagating off to the north and east. right now nothing is severe, but there are severe storms actually south of us. south of richmond. there is a tornado watch. we're going to watch these invest carefully the next hour if they were to become severe it would be in the next four or five hours. all right. let's go to the computer. and we'll talk about tonight. mostly cloudy, windy and mild. shower and a thunderstorm still possible. at least until about 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning. lows only in the 50s. it's kind of crazy. winds southwesterly at 15-25 and gusty. all right. wakeup weather. hang on to your hat. we'll be okay in the morning. 50s to start. 50s by 7:00. but windy across the board and 50s by 9:00 as well. so a bright day, light jacket, sunglasses, hang on to your hat. we'll come back and track the thunderstorms and we'll talk about the rest of the week. >> it sounds good, topper. thank you. >>> new at 11:00, ri

counties stated in a gray, including montgomery, loudoun county, prince george's and southward until 11:00 a.m. it takes a while, it takes several hours for that to burn off. in winchester, 0 miles visibility. around 1 mile in the winchester area. 0.8 miles in gaithersburg. we are in the the 40's right now and all the way to the mid- 60s and partly cloudy this afternoon. >>> normal travel times on 95 between richmond and baltimore, 66, running in your favor. 270, this is southbound at 109. no delays from frederick. other side of town is pretty good. robert 4, route 5, use the low beams to default. -- route 4 and route 5. yellow arrows indicate the direction of the rest of our on 66 and 95. metrorail is starting on normal service. >>> security versus privacy, but debate over enhanced screening methods at airports is boiling over. >> after an outdoor, the tsa might be backing down local. natasha barrett is at reagan national with more. >> good morning. it might be a sign that the tsa is backing down. yesterday the tsa administrator made a statement saying that the screening procedures

a man was shot and killed on loudoun avenue.ee shootings remain under investigation. 47 degrees on tv hill. the ravens look ahead to the home stretch. the coaching change for brett favre and the vikings. we have details in sports because the importance of exercise. >> sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. we have word on southbound 795 ♪ have a better day... [ male announcer ] with new breakfast melts. try the sunrise subway melt®, or the melt-tastic breakfast b.m.t. on flatbread. they're melted goodness made irresistibly delicious, get yours starting at 7am. subway. build your better breakfast. >> a very good morning. 54 degrees at the airport. it is going to be mild today before a cold front passes through later this afternoon. that cold front is generating severe weather through the ohio valley. light showers approaching us. we will have a slight chance of seeing some rain from this. other than that, more clouds and sunshine. that will change later this week. >> thank you. but a study finds a specialist exercise pr

in western loudoun county there is steady light rain.the beltway and in the district as well. on the lower left of your screen is a yellow and orange. in culpeper, a moderate downpour. let's go to the forecast. we are in the upper 40's right now. mid 50's this afternoon off with a light southeasterly wind. if tomorrow will be pretty sunny overall, with windy conditions, as in the low 60's. in the 50's on friday. >>>270 southbound, a crash near 85 reported. farther south before the lane divide, there's a stalled car blocking the lanes. out of waldorf into brandywine, there's a vehicle blocking the northbound side near ok' ccoceek rd. there is a tunnel where a truck was not able to sit through a and police are backing it up. and years traffic at colesville road. back to you. >> thank you. >>> back to the corruption scandal in prince george's county that have led to more arrests. nine more people, including three police officers, face charges. >> there could still be more arrests. brianne carter has the latest on the investigation. good mor

d.c., montgomery, prince george's, fairfax county, loudoun is where it is the thickest. there is a dense fog advisory this morning and afternoon sunshine. milds today. andre in the upper 30's higher this morning. tomorrow, 60's. >>> the george washington parkway, north on-ramp -- the northbound ramp that takes you to the american legion bridge, that on-ramp is closed due to an accident. someone went into a ditch on that ramp. watch for deer. slow from potomac mills to about one. -- to route 1. >>> it's 47 degrees. >> coming up, box office magic for the deadly hallows, the latest "harry potter" installment on its opening weekend. >> a former first lady's advice for sarah palin. >> in this season of giving, local nonprofits say that they >> in this season of giving, local nonprofits say that they are fifteen percent or more on car insurance? does a former drill sergeant make a terrible therapist? patient: and that's why yellow makes me sad. i think. sarge: that's interesting. you know what makes me sad? you do! maybe we should chug on over to mambie pambie land where maybe

back in 1993 and has been living in loudoun county for the past two years with his wife and young son has been held in jail pending trial of the arraignment today which starts at 10:45 for a federal judge is expected to set a trial date. back to you. >>> when did metro know about potential escalator safety issues? a new report shows the agency knew about issues one month before an accident that sent four people to the hospital. it shows potential issues in bethesda, dupont circle, would lead park, and foggy bottom. >> good morning, this is a perfect example at dupont circle of frustration. this escalator is out of service but you still have two more year in operation. metro representatives said they had a plan in place to install a new escalator here at dupont circle and began testing the stopping distance on escalators. to this day, no work has been done. we know what happened october 30 at l'enfant plaza. that is when four people were sent to the hospital after an overcrowded escalator sped up and the brakes failed. we are now hearing that metro new one month earlier from the audit

so loudoun county will likely get a few sprinkles here and a few light showers in theext hour or so. and farther southand west we have some of those others that are showing up in west virginia. now, as we look at the current temperatures, where it's raing, it's in the 50s. but south and east of there, it's into the 40s. it's near 70 in southern maryland. they may hit near 70 there. but these temperatures are probably going to be about the highs for the day as the clouds are beginning to move in. it's only the0s now. in elkin, west virginia, it's 55. look at columbus, ohio. it's only 48 degrees. all of it's due to this front that's bee spreading rain across pennsylvania and into western maryland. you can see the rain activity and this band of clor stretching down into eastern kentucky. behind it, the sky has cleared out but it is incredibly cold. chicago now 29 degrees. farther north and west. minneapolis, sta. paul, oy 50. in montana it was 20 below zero. incredibly cold for late november, even there. a wider view showing this other shower activity stretching down. it's associated wi

. >>> here at home, the loudoun county man accused in a metro bomb plot has plead the not guilty in federal court. his trial is set to begin in april of next year and faces up to 50 years in prison if convicted. >>> we have an update on the shooting death of a teenager yesterday morning in the district. the family of 17-year-old joseph sharp, jr. says he was joking around with a friend and the gunman opened fire because he was offended. both sharp and his friend were found shot in northeast. his friend was shot in the leg and survived. both were students at spingarn high school. >>> finally a decision in the race for the virginia 11th congressional district. republican keith fimian conceding the race to keith fimian. it looks like he lost by about 900 votes. he has until november 22nd to request a recount. >>> we are following a developing story involving that once-stranded cruise ship. the ship and the passengers are on the move again. >>> a fox 5 follow-up. a potentially dangerous drink popular on college campuses about to be banned in one state. we are checking more headlines coming up n

loudoun and fairfax, virginia took the top two spots. >> reporter: money magazine also ranked this ashe second best place to live. reporting live, weijia jiang, wjz eyewitness news. >> not only is it a rich county and a great place to live, howard county is also ranked the healthiest county in maryland. >>> time now for a quick look at some of the stories you'll find in this edition of the baltimore sun. what officials are doing to try to make the slots casino a reality. -- learn how to create easy but elegant table settings for the holidays. for these stories and more, read the baltimore sun. remember to look for the updated forecast. >>> still to come. dramatic rescue. more video, as rescuers try to save some sailors from a sinking ship. >>> i'm bob turk in the first warning weather center. we'll have a beautiful weekend. forecast coming right back at you. switching to progressive could mean hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. let's go with... i'm selling my toyota rav4. do you know anything at all

north of d.c., it does include loudoun county, montgomery county. farther to the north, we don't have that fog advisory. fog advisory in effect until 11:00. visibility will be a quart are mile or less in places -- will be a quarter mile or police in places. you have possibly some drizzle here and there. drizzle doesn't show up here but it is out there. we all encountered it on the way in to work this morning. fog is your main problem. there are some low clouds obviously. some high clouds as well. as the day progresses, we'll see increasing sunshine the latter part of the afternoon looking pretty good as a matter of fact. right now, current conditions being reported, 50 degrees at reagan national. the fog advisory into effect until 11:00. increasing sunshine as the day progresses. a mild day. high today into the mid-60s. we think about 64 degrees the middle of this afternoon. that is not bad. >> that sounds really nice. >> let's check in with julie and see if that fog is having an impact on the roads. >> yes, i think it is. it will be difficult for y

it includes loudoun county.f to the east, some counties in eastern maryland and in delaware also under a dense fog advisory. that one only in effect until 9:00 this morning but the rest of us until 11:00. all right. current temperatures around the region are cool to mild for the most part. here in the district, that is mild. it doesn't feel bad out there. it is just the fog and the mist that we're dealing with. 48-degree in annapolis. manassas is at 46 as is culpeper. we will get a break in the clouds and get a fairly good amount of sunshine for the latter part of the afternoon. there is some rainfall well out to the west. it is not going to move through here. that is a frontal boundary taking rain through detroit early this morning. those of you who are traveling for thanksgiving, here is a look at what the nation will look like on wednesday. we'll be in the warm sector although our temperatures really peak today and tomorrow. we'll still be mild on wednesday in the 50s with the jet stream to our north, cold co

. >>> starting today, teachers and students in loudoun county are enjoying an extenned thanksgiving break. all county schools are closed both today and tomorrow. the days off were put on the calendar because they were supposed to be furlough days, but the district found funds to pay the teachers, so they are getting paid for these days off. >>> finally, some sunshine. >> didn't look too promising. we had rather thick fog around. that's all dispated ow. we've got the sunshine back. there's the live view from our sky watcher camera. we're looking at american university here in nthwest washington. in the distance, u can see a little light fog over arlington. we do have the sun breaking out now. right now, reagan national is at a chilly 52. the humidity is rather high, but we have a breeze out of the south that's going to warm us up. we're going to have a md afternoon, then a big change moving in on wednesday. right now though, it's nea 60 where they've had a will tlot o this morning. blue ridge east, we've had a lot of low cloudyness. it's near the low 50s in washington, arlington and montgo

according to new census figures loudoun counties, virginia, is the richest in the country with a median household income of $114,000. in fact, seven of the top 10 wealthiest counties are located in our area. fairfax county comes in second. howard county, maryland, third. arlington county sixth. montgomery seventh. >>> a trip to the nation's capital took an unexpected turn for some vietnam veterans. passengers say a vet noticed smoke as their tour bus approached the 14th street bridge. as people evacuated the bus the flames started shooting out the back. everybody got out and they were all okay. this was part of a veteran's day tour group from the 199th light infantry brigade. you'll hear from the vets on that bus and show you what they are riding around in today. coming up on 9 news now at 6:00 p.m. >>> a commuter alert for drivers in northern virginia. starting tonight at 9:00 p.m. the outer loop of the beltway goes down to one lane between eisenhower avenue and telegraph road due to road construction. drivers will not be able to exit route 1, national harbor or 295. the work will cont

showers and back toward loudoun county. and just in time for the hush -- the rush hour will be wet. that's a real problem. and into the afternoon, pockets of modern activity. the yellow is moderate. so leesberg and back to winchester and even toward the district. and then tomorrow evening, wow, moderate to occasionally heavy possibly. so again i would add some extra time to your morning and evening commute. so for tonight, look for mostly cloudy skies, cool showers by midnight, lows 44 to 50 and winds estherly at -- easterly at 10. and 46 in reston and 49 downtown and mid 40sin rockville, toward college park and andrews. tomorrow morning, rain and showers. grab your umbrella and coat. 40s to mid-50s. winds southeast at 10. by the afternoon winds pick up. mostly cloudy and cool. showers, highs around 55 and winds increasing at 10-15. so we'll break down tomorrow. rain and showers in the morning, 44-50. by noon 53 and only topping out at 55 by the afternoon. the next three days we're looking at, again, rain tomorrow, maybe a shower on wednesday, the headline is windy, 63. and then nic

and do you remember last month when we were doing the loudoun county farm tour and we had the heritageelivering 5,000 pounds of turkey. this is part of the drive they have here at d.c. central kitchen and how they gear up to help serve thanksgiving dinner for those in need. and some don't realize there is a catering business that runs out of d.c. central kitchen. and we'll talk about the healthy meals they'll come up with and we'll talk with a graduate of the culinary school and now works in the d.c. central kitchen catering business and we'll talk to him about the difference this has made in his life. so i think this will be a perfect morning for us to gear up and find out how we can help because d.c. central kitchen always needs help. we'll find out how to help those in our area and count our blessings early before thanksgiving arrives. gurvir. >> thank you, holly. >>> and now we want to say hello to our facebook fan of the day. happy birthday kelly. she is turning the big 3-0. to be the fan search us in facebook and comment under kelly's photo. >>> it's time to say good morning to a

. >>> a man from loudoun county is calling on air traveers to protest body scanners. he wants that ptest to be health on one of the busiest travel days of the year. his name is rian. he created opt out day.com. in order to encourage travelers to refuse to go through body scan orders thanksging eve. he is calling it an act of civil disobedience. if travelers opt out of the body scanners, they'll have to go through new ehanced pat-down. he wants both security checks to get more scrutiny. >> i think it is an unreasonable sech. i don't theovernment has the right to be able the see under anyone's clothe that's they want. i thinthat's a very unreasonable measure. >> he ultimately hopetravel letters write airline and congress to voice their frustration about the body scanners. >>> doors closed on a mother as she tried board a metro train with a stroller and her baby. the train took off with the baby inside and the mother outside on the platform. one passenger who helped reunite them was upset about how they handle the situation. >> reporter: barbara runion has been riding me

the suspect may have hit banks in fairfax and loudoun counties as well. >>> charles rangel has been found guilty of breaking house rules. >> as randall pinkston reports, his fate is now in the hands of his fellow lawmakers. >> count 11, conduct in violation of the code of ethics -- >> reporter: the house ethics panel announced the verdict against rangel. >> we found a conviction by clear and convincing evidence. >> reporter: he was found guilty on 11 counts of breaking house rules, including failing to disclose $600,000 in assets and income, failing to report rental income to the irs and improperly soliciting donations from foundations that could benefit from his vote in congress. >> we have tried to act with fairness, led only by the fakes -- the facts and the law. >> reporter: he did not attend tuesday's hearing but did make a brief appearance on monday. he told the panel he had run out of money to fight the case and needed more time to set up a defense fund and hire a lawyer. >> since i don't have counsel to advise me, i'm going to have to excuse myself. >> reporter: rangel had been on

loudoun county in virginia is number one with the median household income of $118,000 a year, 17% ofse holds there pull in more than $200,000. fairfax county is number two an then over to maryland, howard county number three. and other counties include arlington, montgomery, calvert, and charles county in maryland. >>> we are following breaking news out of prince georges county tonight. county executive jack johnson and his wife have been arrested. the pair has made their first court appearance. we have details in a live report on the other side of the break. >>> plus, why new charges are being filed against a man accused of going on a stabbing spree across three states, including  >>> continuing our coverage now of breaking news out of prince georges county. that's where county executive jack johnson made his first court appearance a few minutes ago. federal agents arrested him and his wife after raiding their home this morning. wisdom martin is live outside of the federal court in greenbelt with the latest details. >> i walked out of the courtroom and the fbi

but loudoun county school employees are getting the entire week off with pay. this was week was scheduled to be a furlough week. and the county found the money to pay teachers and staff after all and it was too late to add them into the school year and now they're getting the full week off with pay. >>> the irs trying to give away $164 million to taxpayers and that comes from more than 110,000 undelivered tax refund checks. make sure the irs has your correct address. update with the where is my refund tool and go to www.myfoxdc.com story details. the average refund check is $1,500. >>> in northwest d.c., crews are working on a house fire and this is the scene along 16th and oak streets and we told that one person died and 16th street is blocked in both directions and obviously, the flames are out and that is's traffic mess now. we'll bring you more details as soon as we get them. >> a fox 5 consumer alert that every parent needs to hear and that is a warning of dangerous levels of lead. the lab test commissioned by "the associated press" found some glasses of l

loudoun and fairfax, virginia, took the top two spots. >> reporter: also ranked howard county the second best place in america toive -- to live. weijia jiang, wjz eyewitness news. >> not only is a rich and great place to live. howard county is also ranked the healthiest county in maryland. >>> if you're waiting for someone to get home from work, let's check on the roads with sharon gibala at traffic control. >>> getting home this afternoon could take a while. we have so many accidents to talk about and delays. latest one, 50 eastbound. a deer struck there. an accident working on 40 eastbound. another at old joppa in bel air. another at bel air road. and too many accidents to mention in the city. some of them include west north avenue at pennsylvania avenue. north highland at east baltimore. and east biddle at north broadway. and a bunch of accidents in anne arundel county to riddell road at route 3. richie highway. and row boulevard at route 50. 95 southbound, slow. 195 to 32. 11 minutes there. 95 northbound still slow, eastern avenue to the beltway. six minutes there. significant delays

loudoun county virginia is at the top with a median househd income of $140,000.t number two and three. in the top ten, arlington, montgomery, calvert, and charles. the survey was compiled by "newsweek" using u.s. census information. all have those counties will feel some great weaer this weekend. >> each one of those county will be dipping down tonight. the temperature into the 30s for most areas. and then tomorrow, everybody back into the 60s will take a look outside. we'll see clear skies and that will allow temperatures to done down. down to 58. winds out of the east northeast at seven miles an hour. look toward frederick. the current temperature is 45. clinton, maryland, at 52 degrees. and leonard town down to about 53. overnight, down about 26 around warrenton. tomorrow, everybody warming up to the mid 60s. saturday will be a gorgeous day. and sunday should be a repiece. the high temperature around 66. a good chance of rain tuesday, monarch slight chance. a lot of rain tuesday night into wednesday morning. that storm will be a game changer. i'll tell you mor

loudoun county, frederick county near the freezing mark as well as print william and around the blueidge and shenandoah valley. soh and east of washington. it's generally just in the low 40s there to upper 40s right near the bay. onhe eastern shore, and in utheastern virginia around tide water region it's generally around 40. farther to our west a few locaons have dipped into the 30s. much of west virginia. the clear skies, thanks to a large ridge of high pressure that stretch from eastern canada all the way down the atlantic sea brd and we're in the clear here. anothe sunny morning. chilly, though, at the bus stop. sun rise is coming up in just a little less than an hour. later today we'll be climbing into the low 60s by early to mid afternoon. sunset will be at 4:58. and overnight tonight another clear night. great for star gazing and by dawn tomorrow down into the mid 30s, starting off fray morning. during the day tomorrow should be bright and sunny. highs again, climbing into the low 60s. may hit mid 60s saturday afternoon after a chilly start. ce and sunny and sunny again on sun

loudoun county, prince william, fauquier near freezing temperatures. later today the mid 5s with increasing clouds. small chance of an afternoon sprinkle sunny and chilly on friday. sunny and cool over the weekend. a look into next week at 6:21. how's the commute now? >> looks like we could have a developing issue on interstate 66 inbound as you travel from haymarket through manassas. we're getting the initial reports of an accident somewhere between 234 business and route 29 centreville. i'm loing for it now. clearly there's something gng on as traffic is clogging up very quickly along interstate 66. making the trip in to town through southeast, no worries. everything's looking good. montgomery county, checking reports of an accident. route 29 and fair lane road. fire department just now pulling up. soutound 29 at fair land road. out to the rails we , metro mail and vre with no delays. marc brunz ek. 0 andbrunswick 390 both delayed by a few minutes. >> travelers and flight crews on edge. how a tattoo nearly got a man kicked off a flight. plus the big

when i woke up everyone in my usher in virginia thinkng about how do in prince william and loudoun county and fairfax county? had you in you win those areas? what issues do you communicate on quite exciting for both parties, you know, we have to caution against thinking yeah, we've got x, y or z in the bag because we have seen things change rapidly. >> any other questions from the audience? >> given the swing towards the republican side, not just in the gubernatorial races, can you speculate about what you think the implications migt be for health care, both national policy and actual execution on the ground in the states? >> and were very republican republican governor strike to put sand in the levers of the health care law. it's going to be good at what are theimplications? the >> yeah, i don't think so. i think would be more interesting to see what happens in congress now that they've taken over the house. i don't think there's going to be any germanic changes in large part because i think as time goes on, particularly to the benefits of health care become relays, people will come not

a loudoun county man accused in a metro bomb plot has pled not guilty.arged with providing help and plan an attack on four metro stations. his trial is set to begin in april. he faces up to 50 years in prison. >>> and navy helicopter shuttling supplies to the 4500 people stranded on a cruise ship. the carnival splendor was near los angeles when the engine room had a fire. passengers will be brought back to california by bus. >>> and yesterday arlington county police officers patrolling the intersection of wilson boulevard and north lynn street. anyone not obeying traffic laws was issued a ticket or a warning. >>> and it's 8:13 and we're looking at the weather. >> and around now they offer us something great. >> even on the worst of days. >> and now i've not seen the picture. i have preved the description of the picture. and it sounds like a cute picture and anyone of us with kids could understand. and this is reilly making a mess eating her spaghetti. they love it but they eat it with their hands and it's all over the face. >> all in her lap. she's so ad

about 5,000 pounds of turkey showing up thanks to ayrshire farms in loudoun county. serve so many meals come the holidays and how many meals they will serve and how you can help and how they do all of this while doing other services as well. it's all live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. [ man ] are you aware that verizon fios brings fiber optics to your home and cable doesn't? yes. -i read that. -i do know that. yes, but there's a contract. at verizon, they want you to have a two year contract. i've got commitment issues. no one likes to be tied down. [ man ] so if they didn't lock you into a term contract, you'd consider switching? -oh, absolutely. -definitely. it's a no-brainer. [ man ] because now, with verizon fios, you don't have to sign a term contract. -really? -that's terrific! -did not know that. -i'm in. [ male announcer ] america spoke, verizon listened. switch to fios today, now with no term contract required. it's time for fios. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. >>> a health alert about vitami

and the close-in counties of fairfax, montgomery, prince george's county, prince william county, loudouny, many areas. and then off to the east, in eastern maryland, we have dense fog advisory in effect there as well as eastern and southern maryland. parts of that area have had a fog advisory until 9:00 a.m. satellite composite, you see the clouds that we have across us this morning. we'll see some sunshine later on today. it will take a while for that to develop and we'll eventually see partly sunny skies in the region. right now current conditions being reported at reagan national, 49 degrees. relative humidity 97%. winds out of the south at 8 miles per hour. that is significant because that means we're going to get more mild air blowing in here later on today. yesterday our highs in the upper 50s, today how about the mid-60s after we get through the morning fog. it will take some time for that to happen. and then it becomes partly sunny and mild. again 64 for the high downtown. more details on the forecast coming up in just a little bit. >> tony, thank you. >>> and let's check in with

and low 40s. 43 degrees in bowie, m. 39 degrees a you head out to portions of fairfax county and loudounn end of the shenandoah valley. beautiful afternoon. plenty much sunshine. temperatures in the upper 50s for a brief time before the sun starts to go down. indiana and penn state playing at fedex field. noon kickoff. good weather there. the terrapins playing host to the seminoles in college park 49 degrees for the kick off temperature. our forecast nice and sunny today. mild weather returns early next week. >>> it's time to start thinking about that thanksgiving day menu but don't forget to put safety first. coming up on "news4 today" we'll talk to experts about avoiding a dinner disaster. that's ahead at 9:00 right after the today. we'll see you then. >>> and we're back on this saturday morning, november 20th, 2010. we actually have two great crowds joining us this morning. we have our fantastic crowd here at studio 1a on rockefeller plaza. and then take a look at bagram airfield in afghanistan. where lester is joined by the members of the 33rd rescue squadron. and we're going to head

out near the freezing mark across western fairfax, southern loudoun county down into fauquier and prince william county. some mid-30s across much of montgomery county. on the whole it's going to be a very pleasant day today. a few more clouds and as a result not quite as warms yesterday. but still temperatures quite tolerable by november standards. we should be at least a dree or two above average again today. that will make 13 out of the last 14 days warmer than average. a real easy stretch on the heating bills here in nomber. >> thank you, chuck. >>> in our headlines now, one man is dead and five others including a baby girl wer hurt when two cars collided during a police pursuit. police were called to an ihop for reports after domestic dispute. when they arrived, they found a man had taken the girl, who is his daughter, from her mother and fled. they found the man driving a green van on cherry hill road but he refused to stop. that van crossed into oncoming traffic and hit a gray suv then a utility pole. one of the passengers in the suv died three people remain in serious condition th

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when i woke up everyone in my usher in virginia thinking about how do in prince william and loudoun county and fairfax county? had you in you win those areas? what issues do you communicate on quite exciting for both parties, you know, we have to caution against thinking yeah, we've got x, y or z in the bag because we have seen things change rapidly. >> any other questions from the audience? >> given the swing towards the republican side, not just in the gubernatorial races, can you speculate about what you think the implications might be for health care, both national policy and actual execution on the ground in the states? >> and were very republican republican governor strike to put sand in the levers of the health carlaw. it's going to be goo at what are the implications? the >> yeah, i don't think so. i think would be more interesting to see what happens in congress now that they've taken over the house. i don't think there's gointo be any germanic changes in large part because i think as time goes on, particularly to the benefits of health care become relays, people will come not mor

when i woke up everyone in my usher in virginia thinking about how do in prince william and loudoun countynd fairfax county? had you in you win those areas? what issues do you communicate on quite exciting for both parties, you know, we have to caution against thinking yeah, we've got x, y or z in the bag because we have seen things change rapidly. >> any other questions from the audience? >> given the swing towards the republican side, not just in the gubernatorial races, can you speculate about what you think the implications might be for health care, both national policy and actual execution on the ground in the states? >> and were very republican republican governor strike to put sand in the levers of the health care law. it's going to be good at what are the implications? the >> yeah, i don't think so. i think would be more interesting to see what happens in congress now that they've taken over the house. i don't think there's going to be any germanic changes in large part because i think as time goes on, particularly to the benefits of health care become relays, people will come not

when i woke up everyone in my usher in virginia thinking about how do in prince william and loudoun countyounty? had you in you win those areas? what issues do you communicate on quite exciting for both parties, you know, we have to caution against thinking yeah, we've got x, y or z in the bag because we have seen things change rapidly. >> any other questions from the audience? >> given the swing towards the republican side, not just in the gubernatorial races, can you speculate about what you think the implications might be for health care, both national policy and actual execution on the ground in the states? >> and were very republican republican governor strike to put sand in the levers of the health care law. it's going to be good at what are the implications? the >> yeah, i don't think so. i think would be more interesting to see what happens in congress now that they've taken over the house. i don't think there's going to be any germanic changes in large part because i think as time goes on, particularly to the benefits of health care become relays, people will come not more accusto