to put the infrastructure in place. >> reporter: if loudoun opts out of rail, it could mean loudoun's future looks about like it is today, with empty fields either remaining as they are or turning into houses instead of major corporations and job centers. >> it makes this county a suburban county with a very high tax cost on residents because it has no commercial base. >> reporter: opponents of the project say the $3 billion cost for phase 2 is too high. the rail ridership is too low and tolls will be too high and they hate the pla, the project labor agreement that gives a bonus to contractors that use labor unions. >> we've got the pla preference that we need to deal with. we need to deal with ways to get the tolls down and we need to look at alternative funding sources. >> reporter: fairfax county supervisor pat herrity is opposing the project at least until the pla preference is removed. peggy fox, 9 news now. >> if it is completed, there's a new building waiting at the end of the silver line. it's the expansion of the international arrival facility at dulles airport. the floor spa

county -- reston with phase 1 if loudoun county's board opts out of phase 2. the reston chamber of commerce put on a show of force today promoting all the benefits of continuing the project. loudoun chair scott york is trying to muster the votes on his board. >> if we want to continue to grow in loudoun county in our eastern end of the community with businesses wanting to locate there, we have to put the infrastructure in place of. >> reporter: peggy fox, 9 news now. >>> on capitol hill virginia senator mark warner is calling the house to act on a senate transportation bill before a saturday deadline. the senate recently passed a bill that would funnel more than $1 billion into virginia transportation projects the next two years. warner says inaction on the part of the house would slow down road and bridge projects that are sorely needed. >>> on that note a group billing itself as an emergency bridge repair team stopped at some area bridges today urging congress to pass that highway bill. they came armed with duct tape to make symbolic repairs. the flatbed tru

loudoun county has an extension until july 4th to vote. look at naysayers, eugene delgado and ken reed have serious concerns about it. the whole nine-member board will vote july 4th. we tried to reach all of them today and for the rest of them we got mostly undecided. however, scott york, the chairman, wants to get a yes from this board. peggy fox, reporting live from dulles airport, back to you. >> thank you, peggy. >>> only on 9 one of our news crews captures good samaritans in action. they were traveling on i-66 near bull run before 2:00 this afternoon. a car on the other side of the median spun out of control and rolled over several times. andrea mccarren, you were there. >> i was and so often we have bad news to report, but luckily this is a story with a happy ending. a shattered windshield, an suv flipped onto hits side and a stunned driver in her purple shirt suspended from her seatbelt. >> all i heard was like three booms thinking it was an 18 wheeler. >> within seconds a dozen bystanders race to the wreckage to help led by a man w

a line of light rain from northern loudoun county towards manassas and a heymarket. we are in the fifties already this morning. there's a wider view. the rain will be falling apart early this morning. 72 this afternoon with an isolated thunder shower later on today. lisa baden. >> feel pretty good about what we are seeing in the cameras. 270 traffic, headlights are southbound. more of your neighbors on the road, but moving at a very good pace out of clarksburg to get through germantown gaithersburg rockville. not bad in virginia 95, 66, 395 moving nicely across the wilson bridge as well. back to you. >> thank you. the charge is expected to be filed within a week against an american soldier accused of killing 16 afghan villagers. staff sergeant robert bales will finally meet with his attorney today. john gonzalez is following the latest allowance from the newsroom. >> experts will tell you getting an acquittal by arguing posttraumatic stress is practically unheard of in a military court. it appears that is exactly what defense attorney john henry browne will argue. he

in loudoun, 62%. in prince william county, 61%.aul ended up clobbering romney only in warren county. >> my candidate is on the ballot but my husband is a perfect example of somebody who is not voting today because his candidate was not on the ballot. he's promised me he's coming in november for the general. but it's definitely been a topic of conversation in our home. >> reporter: experts say romney will have to find a way to win over counties populated with conservative voters like warren county. they say republicans will want to beat president obama in virginia. to do that, romney is going to need ron paul's supporters behind him. eun? >> all right. reporting from the newsroom. thank you. >>> rick santorum may have missed out on virginia, but he did snag some wins from romney in the south and midwest. santorum's biggest win came from north dakota when he beat out romney by 12 points. he also won by six points if oklahoma and nine in tennessee. despite failing to grab the brig prize in ohio, santorum says it it was an important ni

force promoting all the benefits of continuing the projects. >> if we want to continue to grow in loudoun county and our eastern end of the community with businesses wanting to locate there, we have to put the infrastructure in place. >> reporter: if loudoun opts out of rail it could mean the future looks about like it is today. with empty fields, either remaining as they are, or turning into houses. instead of major corporations and job centers. >> it makes this county a suburban county with a very high tax cost on residents because it has no commercial base. >> reporter: opponents of the project say that $3 billion cost for phase 2 is too high. the rail ridership is too low and tolls on the toll road will be too high and they hate the pla, the project labor agreement that gives a bonus to contractors that use labor unions. >> we've got the pla preference that we need to deal with. we need to deal with ways to get this down. we need to look at alternative funding sources. >> reporter: fairfax county supervisor is opposing the project at least until the pla preference is removed. peggy fo

loudoun and fauquier counties. mostly east of the blue ridge. over in charles town west virginia. 54 in manassas. on our way to the lower 70's today. a few likely thundershowers later on today. we will go even further. tomorrow we will call at partial sunshine or limited sun. the sunniest day will be coming towards the end of the work week and then cloud cover over the weekend. that is the cloud cover. what about the commute? >> it is a little bit dicey on the inner loop in virginia. a vehicle has rolled over before the arlington boulevard exit. this is a gallows road up to 66. this inner loop accident is brand-new and will hurt the commute, of springfield to get to tyson's. keith nothing to complicate matters from richmond. we will take you live to the dyke road traffic center. -- geico traffic center. we will get the latest in news. >> a u.s. army staff sergeant accused of killing 16 afghan villagers will have his first face-to-face meeting with his lead attorney. he is being held in an isolated cell in a military prison. a friend of his says

loudoun county, mid to upper 30s there. no freezing temperatures this morning. in washington and the rest of montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties in the low 40s. it is in the 30s a few locations out of the mountains of western maryland and west virginia. northern neck, eastern shore, southern maryland, clouds coming through. in the mid 40s there. and we have some rain showing up here on the radar where you see this area in green. that rain is advancing to the east. here's your day planner. sunrise at 7:23. the eastern daylight sunrise on this monday. by 9:00, the upper 50s. a little sunshine this morning. by noontime, cloudy. we'll be in the mid 60s. cloudy this afternoon but mild. we ought to make it up to 70 degrees. overnight tonight, rain moving in. does look like rain after sunset until dawn tuesday. then sun back tomorrow. another mild day, low to mid 70s. might get an isolated thundershower tomorrow afternoon. then wednesday and thursday, mild again with the sunshine back. morning lows near 50. afternoon highs low to mid 70s. then a ch

just now coming in to loudoun county. along the blue ridge, near 66, up toward leesburg to frederick and to hagerstown getting this batch of rain. it's drifting to the east. we may get some wet pavement on 270 as well as the rest of 66 here over the next hour. right now, what a dramatic change from yesterday. we are in the low 80s, yesterday afternoon at reagan national got to 82. that set a new record for march 15. now we're 30 degrees colder than that. and we're going to stay cool through much of the morning. mid morning, sunshine breaking out. maybe by late morning. then by noontime, we'll have it partly cloudy. and maybe temperatures up then to near 70 degrees for the rest of your day planner. the clouds close back in this afternoon. bringing more rain. perhaps we'll be in the low 70s, perhaps reaching the mid to upper 70s before that. could be accompanied by thunder and lightning. showers from late afternoon may continue into tonight. i will have your friday evening planner coming up in ten minutes. matt has our traf

the word from the loudoun of supervisors.said they need to decide whether they out for the second phase from ruston to the dulles airport and into loudoun county. >> another look at traffic and weather every ten minutes. temperatures are. are >> yes it is. t a bad start to our thursday morning. national airport. 59 in martinsburg, 55 in frederick. change,our temperature are 14 degrees warmer than yesterday at reagan national airport. on the wayoler air later this afternoon. e cold front that moved through late yesterday brought showers embedded thunderstorms. to a lot. amount if the wind will pick up by sunrise. gusts will exceed 25 miles an hour. garrett county and allegany county, west virginia looking at warning late-night into early tomorrow morning. nothing for the immediate metro area. temperatures are expected to remain well above freezing. futurecast looks like this. high pressure over nevada and showers late of night into saturday morning. 60-65 for the daytime high, wind out of the northwest. mainly clear for the ov

loudoun had the worst outbreak of lyme disease in any virginia year. last it could be worse this year. the weather produced more ticks year. >> even though the blossoms are early, today marks the of the cherry blossoms festival. were out vip's celebrating at the mayflower hotel. year, the festival lasts until april 27. weeks this year. i was there wearing my pink. the cherry blossoms lead to great picture taking. to see your photos. forck on hte link n how to submit your photos. >> excitement is beginning to be up around the festival. are you going to be able to the blossoms? bob ryan joins us with a first look at it. >> at this has been one of the for cherry blossoms, s coming mucht i earlier. e not had any big rains or winds were sometimes called. at what is going on region. there is a line of storms to the south. there is nothing around us. no rain showers. partly cloudy skies. the temperatures are way above average. this will be bringing in a little bit of low clouds and fog. once again, into the 70's. wait until i tell you some of the records. >>

. >>> a loudoun county couple is headed to court today for a truancy trial. they're accused of frequently sending their children to school late. amy and mark denecourt could face a $500 fine each for violating an attendance law. loudoun county schools say their three children have been late to school nearly 30 times since september. most of the tardies were three minutes or less. a purcellville mother was recently found guilty of violating a similar law. school officials say her daughters were late to school 85 times this year. >>> rick santorum will pick up only a few delegates more than his rivals because yesterday's races were so tight. still, he says, yesterday's wins give him momentum going forward. santorum was particularly critical of mitt romney in his victory speech last night. >> people have said, you know, you're being outspent, and, you know, everybody's talking about all of the -- all the math and all the things that this race is inevitable. well, for someone who thinks the race is inevitable, he spent a lot of money against me for being inevitab

in the rural areas of loudoun county, down into the 50s.arther to the west and north, many locations, 50s. and a few spots in the low 60s. martinsburg now at 64. look at the highs i'm expecting today. it is going to feel like summertime in march. let's go to the beach. we'll have temperatures climbing to the low to mid 80s. the warmest temperatures will be through north central virginia from fredericksburg to culpeper, warrenton, manassas, and over toward leesburg. that whole area is going to be seeing it in the mid 80s. closer to washington, the low 80s during the afternoon hours. so here's your day planner. sunrise at 7:20. we'll be having lots of sunshine today. and a warm, summer-like afternoon. sun sets at 7:15. overnight, clear, mild. then by dawn, cool, starting off thursday morning, another sunny and mild day on thursday. highs reaching probably not quite as hot as today. it may be a little above the record tomorrow afternoon. the record high on thursday's 81 at reagan national. today's record high is 86. i don't think it will get t

montgomery, loudoun county, into fairfax in the 40s. prince george's county and the district now near 50 degrees. look at the wind gusts. the latest gusts have been around 20 to 25. not as strong as yesterday. here's the day plannerment partly sunny, blustery morning. by 9:00, in the low to mid 50s. then by noontime, we'll have it climbing to near 60, mostly sunny. then this evening, the date planner -- by 5:00, sunny and cool. near 50 by sunset. look at the friday evening planner in ten minutes. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >>> good morning. light volume -- >> eun, back to you. >> thank you, tom. >>> breaking news. a police shoot-out on the d.c./maryland line has two people injured including a montgomery county police officer. the shooting happened near eastern and georgia avenues. tracee wilkins joins us with more on what happened. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. eastern's right behind me. we're actually here at 13th and eastern. this is the montgomery county/d.c. line. d.c. actually owns some of the sidewalk portion

phase two would run from reston and dulles and two stops in loudoun county. those two stops would be scrapped from phase 2 if the county decides it has to pull out. the picture perfect weather, you knew it had to end some time. the sun never got out there today. are we looking at fog again tonight? >> i'm afraid we are. we have breaks in the clouds. some breaks in the clouds, fog is going to develop again tonight. we are looking at temperatures that are pretty nice and in some cases, as warm as they have been all day. 69 downtown. 69 in fredericksburg. 64 in gaithersburg and frederick and leesburg and 66 in manassas. so, still pretty mild despite all the clouds. here's a look at satellite picture. you can see the clouds diminishing. the showers in west virginia will stay to our south and west tonight. so, partly to mostly cloudy and mild. fog will return late. low temperatures in the 50s. winds southeast at 10. we'll come back and talk about possibly hitting 80 before the week is out. and also, with that warmth comes the potential for big storms. we'll explai

washington, frederick, loudoun counties, until 10:00 a.m. 63 in quantico.a low to mid 80s today. shorts and shorts leaves this afternoon. keep in mind, the late march sun can be a little stronger than what you might expect so you may need some spf if you are going to be outdoors today. here is the upper level low pressure. i have been talking about it a few days. it is moving our way. it will drastically change the weather for the weekend. cooling into the weekend and also often on rain all day tomorrow and even to sunday. it will not be continuous, but periods of rain. >> adam, thanks. >> you are watching "good [ man ] hmm. a lot can happen in two hundred thousand miles... are you guys okay? yeah. ♪ ♪ [ man ] i had a great time. thank you, it was really fun. ♪ ♪ [ crash ] i'm going to write down my number, but don't use it. [ laughing ] ♪ ♪ [ engine turns over ] [ male announcer ] the all-new subaru impreza®. experience love that lasts. ♪ ♪ >> i am arch campbell with your weekend movie guide. >> primrose everdeen. >> i volunteer as a tribute. >> "hunger ga

phase two would run from reston to dulles airport and then two stops in loudoun county. those two stops would be scrapped from face two if the -- phase two if the county decides to pull out. >>> the n.f.l. handed down its biggest punishment ever to the saints for a bounty system which paid players to take opposing players out of the game. >> the league announced heavy fines, lost draft picks and suspensions for three different coaches. >> reporter: new orleans saints head coach sean payton has been suspended without way for allowing his season to use a so- called bounty system to target opposing players. it's the first time the league has suspended a coach for any reason. gregg williams who now works for the st. louis rams has been banned indefinitely. >> we have a serious violation of existing rule that threatens the health and welfare of our players. >> reporter: the n.f.l. says the program paid thousands of dollars to more than 20 players for hits on specific opponents, including quarterbacks aaron rogers, cam newton, bret favre and kurt warner. some of the payments i

there's one storm that's been hefty -- loudoun county. there's one storm that's been hefty, moved through winchester. the red is hail moving off to the south and east. over the next hour it will move southeastward, pretty much through upperville essentially down 17 headed toward the plains and holds together pretty well. you folks will have some heavy rain in the next hour right on 17 between upperville and also the plains. we'll keep you posted on that, nothing severe, but hefty storm. temperatures, 72 downtown, 71 bethesda and rockville, 68 in gaithersburg, get out the sweaters, 72 in great falls and springfield, 73 in college park. mild to warm all week, showers still possible tonight. the rest of the evening commute mainly dry except for out near i-81, some morning fog again possible and some showers possible for the morning commute, nothing heavy. in fact, late tonight 10:00, maybe some showers around the metro area, maybe heavier shower near hagerstown. we'll put this into motion. you'll see showers come and go, waves of showers, no

yesterday i spoke to a group of parents and their children in loudoun county. they home school their children. for nearly a dozen years now their kids have excelled in community sports but they know there are limb teagues to their athletic careers. the bill if passed is not a mandate but would just give high schools the option of allowing home schooled athletes to try out for teams. the bill would take effect in the fall and each individual school would have to come up with its own policy and of course paperwork so all players are given equal opportunity. >> i was having a conversation with a friend and he was saying how he felt that home schooled children might take spots away. we were actually at a lacrosse game. i said to him, here's the youth 15 players. only two children that play in our youth 15 program, there's only two home schoolers on this program. so those two future ninth graders aren't going to be taking spots away from anyone. >> there's two teams in most schools, the juniors and varsity. >> we're not asking them to automatically give us a spot on

loudoun county sheriff's deputies say thieves are siphoning gas from parked cars. jay leeson tells news4 he filled up his tank in south riding this weekend. he parked his van at home in the driveway. a day later his tank was on emptied. >> it's going somewhere, completely gone. and i had just bought the gas. it was almost a full tank. >> police recommend that you go to an auto parts store, buy a locking gas cap, and install that in your car. >>> 4:34. if you live in fairfax county, you could be about to pay more in the taxes on your home. the county's board of supervisors agreed to consider raising the property tax rate by a penny. the new rate would be $1.08 of assessed valley. the average homeowner would pay about $34 a year more in property taxes. the increase would generate about $20 million for forecast. >>> a millionaire's tax may be coming back to maryland. lawmakers are considering a 6.25% tax on residents earning more than $1 million. an alternative to governor o'malley's proposed income tax hike. the plan would affect about 4,000 residents compared to the

so a near 50 now in fairfax county, loudoun county, montgomery county in the upper 40s. much of prince george's county just near 50 degrees now. arlington is generally around the low 50s. southern maryland only near 50 degrees. eastern shore, upper 40s, near 50. a damp chill in the air there. farther west and south, mid 50s from fredericksburg, culpeper, warrenton to manassas, shenandoah valley in the low to mid 50s as well as much of west virginia and western maryland. now over the last 12 hours, we've had a few sprinkles last night around midnight. now all that rain has ended. we have just clouds hanging in. right now the radar where we see patches of green showing a little light shower activity now coming into the panhandle of west virginia, northern shenandoah valley. that may be moving right in toward winchester perhaps in another half-hour or so. here's the day planner. sunrise 7:17. cloudy. by 9:00, might have a little sun. around 60 by then. noontime, partly sunny and into the 16, maybe around 7 -- the 60s, maybe around 70. by afternoon there might be a passing s

loudoun county not bad at the moment but headed your way, too. baltimore down to one eighth of a mile right now. southern maryland you're socked in. northern neck, fredericksburg, the fog is here and will be here for several more hours. our bus stop forecast, low clouds, fog this morning. slight, slight chance you'll see a shower in one or two spots. low 50s to low 60s with sunrise at 8 after 7:00. sunshine by the middle of the day. temperatures approaching 70 if we can poke into that sunshine. this afternoon mid- to upper 70s. might get to 80 in places like culpeper before the day is out. this morning in the mid-50s in leesburg 55. sterling 58. it's 60 in springfield. 60 in bethesda. bwi with the dense fog, 57. 57 also at andrews. looking outside on our michael & son weather camera, we're seeing the capitol get dimmer and dimmer. temperature 61 at reagan national with cloudy skies and fog. south, southeast winds at 5 miles an hour. only a 2 degree spread between the dew point and the temperature so our humidity now 94%. temperatures tell the sto

but about 6:14 it got expanded into montgomery, and loudoun and washington counties as well.nd this is where we're seeing some of the visibilities way down. this goes until 10:00 this morning with visibilities in you a spots up north are near zero right now. we've got visibility in frederick at 0 and andrews air force base at 0. warrenton at 0. over to manassas three quarters and even luray at 0. watch out in these spots. hagerstown about a quarter mile for the next couple of hours. but things are going to get better quicker than they have last couple of days. at the bus stop the morning areas of fog but not a bad morning out there. temps in the 50s and 60s. sun's im7:56. so not quite half an hour from now. and it's going to be a sunny day with temperatures by noon in the mid 70s. we'll be in the low 80s for highs this afternoon with 80 at 4:00 p.m. winds turning to the east at about 5, 10 miles an hour and still in the 70s at 8:00 p.m. tonight and got evening plans they should be okay. i think the rain moves in after midnight or at least the showers. temperatures runs to mid

the family moved to loudoun county from the eastern shore about ten years ago. captain quin was a 2002 graduate of loudoun valley high school. >>> the owner of a d.c. liquor store accused of selling booze to minors heads to court today. we told you about him last month in our 9 wants you to know series on teen drinking. the owner of the town square market in northwest was arrested in february, weeks after we showed you video of teens buying alcohol at the store. some teens told our andrea mccarren it was easy to buy there without being 21. >>> prosecutors are dropping charges against a part-time teacher in montgomery county. he's accused of having inappropriate relations with a former student. the charges are getting dropped on a technicality. 47-year-old scott spear was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old female at richard montgomery high school. she was a student there. prosecutors dropped the charges because spear is only a part- time employee at the school. >> has to be a pull time employee of the school or teacher or principal, administrator somethin

loudoun county public schools says parents were notified about the incident yesterday. today they say in this school with about a thousand students in it, 95% of them returned to class and they add that only one parent called to say they were nervous enough to not send their children to school. lieutenant dubay says the 13-year-old in question is now undergoing psychiatric treatment. were his statements disturbing? >> well, they were enough of a concern for the police department and his parents. >> reporter: wake buyer with loudoun county public schools says the positive side of the story is the teen who allegedly posed the threat is getting the hope he deserves. >> we're not going to turn our back on a student. we'll make sure they get help and continue their education and realize the gravity of their mistake and make up for it. >> reporter: at this time the teen is not facing criminal charges. however, police say they're not certain whether or not that could change. in leesburg, virginia, erika gonzalez, news 4. >> parents we talked with say the school's communication

drifting to the east, may move into loudoun county and then across the border into maryland, to washington, frederick county, perhaps northern fauquier the next half-hour or so. the next few minutes, it will be moving into warren and clark county, as well. elsewhere, just low clouds, damp, temperatures right near 50 degrees. a cool start compared to yesterday. that is for sure. here's the day planner. sunrise at 7:17. by 9:00, might have a few breaks in the clouds. sun breaking out. temperatures around 60. by noontime, we will be warming into the 60s. maybe near 70 in a partly sunny sky. we cloud up during the afternoon. we will have a possibility of some showers, maybe a little thunder, too, by mid to late afternoon. we'll be in the low to mid 70s by then. and we'll look at the friday evening planner. that will be in ten minutes. here's a look at our friday morning commute. matt? >>> at this point, tom, we're still looking good. we're going to take a look, coming in from the howard county area heading south on anniversary, very good pace on your 95 commute. up around 32, our speed sensors

loudoun county schools say their three children have been late to school almost 30 times since september. a mother was recently found guilty of a similar law. police say her had daughters were late 85 times so far this school year. today's trial is scheduled to begin at 3:00 this afternoon. >>> meanwhile, federal prosecutors have expanded their campaign corruption probe in the district. it's a story we brought you first on 4. federal prosecutors ordered several d.c. council members to turn over their campaign records connected to a prominent businessman jeff rey thompson. subpoenas were served to get documents dating back as far as 2003. thompson is an accountant who owns the city's largest medicaid contractor and also a political contributor. the fbi raided his home and offices, mayor vincent gray's mayorial campaign is already the focus of a federal corruption investigation. >>> nine minutes after 11:00 is the time now. coming up, why the prime minister of great britain is talking about installing a basketball court on downing street. >>> we were all deeply shocked and saddened by the

loudoun county, leesburg, here's how your day will progress.of the region, ought to be around 70 by early afternoon and partly cloudy. then by mid-afternoon, ought to peak in the mid to upper 70s. by late afternoon into the evening, a small chance of a passing thundershower. by late evening, we'll be down to near 60. by dawn this time tomorrow, near 50 under a clear sky. then we'll be warming up as we got toward the first part of next week as we get going then. we'll be getting a little bit cooler. going to be a mild pattern the rest of the week. more coming up in ten minutes. danella? >>> traveling along i-270, have a situation happening around montrose. checking for you, i noticed we had police activity in the right shoulder lane. i am seeing you hit the brakes. not only in the local lanes but also as you make your way in the main lanes here, as well. i'm going to keep watching and let you know what i find out. for now, traveling southbound on i-270 around montrose, you are seeing delays. let's go to 395. making your way past king, an acciden

loudoun county sheriff's deputies say thieves are siphoning gas from parked cars.he filled up his tank in south riding this past weekend. he drove home and parked in the driveway. a day later his tank was on empty. >> going somewhere, and it was completely gone. his just bought the gas, so it was almost a full tank. >> police recommend to go to an auto parts store, buy a locking gas cap and install that will on your car. >>> a maryland mom and dad received quite a shock when they watched the 11:00 news on sunday. employees found a 3-year-old girl by herself at a chuck e. cheese in bel air, maryland. apparently family members brought her there for a birthday party. as everybody was leaving, the girl slipped back into the restaurant. her parents are separated, they each thought the girl was with the other parent until they saw her picture on the news. police say they will not file charges. >>> there is a renewed push in the global search for a former fbi agent missing for five years. this time the agency is offering a lot of money. robert levenson disappeared during

the loudoun county sheriff's office takes every threat seriously. as we mentioned earlier, this family has been targeted at least twice before in the 2005 incident the sikh american legal defense and education fund saying the fbi apprehended a suspect. >>> a warning going out in one local community. a knock at the door by someone saying they're a police officer could be a criminal about to attack. >>> she's a prostitute. she wants to be paid to have sex. >> those words causing a firestorm across the country. tonight a new twist in the birth control backlash. >>> tonight at 11:00 two firefighters seriously hurt in an arson, now a peer who survives similar injuries is giving us some insight into their recovery, that story on the news edge at 11:00.  >>> tonight real police officers are looking for men pretending to be cops to rob up every unsuspecting victims. it's -- rob unsuspecting victims. it's happened twice in arlington, virginia, in a span of 12 hours. detectives do not believe the cases are connected. fox 5's john henrehan has the stor

, western loudoun also around frederick county and clark county some big storms right there. some lightning associated with those just to the east of winchester making their way off toward the east. another one right to the south and east of martinsburg into west virginia. watch out around shepherdstown around charles town. we'll see shower activity there. most of this will be light but once again a heavier shower with some thunder and lightning just down to the south and east of winchester will make its way toward the east through clark county and eventually trying to get toward loudoun county. 75 degrees for your day on wednesday. 79 on thursday. a chance of some shower or thunderstorm activity once again. friday i'll have 80 degrees and then watching a system that could affect our weekend we have to wait and see how much rain we'll get from this system but it looks like the weekend is under the gun as far as the rain is concerned. >> okay. thanks, doug. >>> we'll tell you about a different kind of viral video now. more than 500,000 people have tuned in to watch what they c

last week i traveled to loudoun county and visited the hillsboro elementary school. talked to these students there about all the different types of weather and i want to thank teacher laura robick for the invitation to one of the smallest schools in loudoun county. 80 students for the entire school. i talked to all of them there. that was last week and had great time. hillsboro elementary school, virginia, loudoun county. that's the way it looks now. barbara. >> all right. thank you very much, tom. >>> prince george's county councilwoman karen tolls says she ready to get back to business. would weeks ago police clocked her going 105 miles per hour on the beltway. she originally get off with just a warning, you will remember. but earlier this week, they fined her $500 and put six points on her license. during a brief news conference yesterday tolls apoll siogized the incident. >> i offer my utmost sincere apologies to the residents. i trust we can now move forward with a very important business of the county and i thank you for your cooperation and support. >> in addi

. >>> this morning police are searching for the man who tried to snatch a 14-year-old girl in loudoun county. the attempted abduction happened near meadowland elementary school in the sugar run area of sterling. deputies say the girl ran away when the man approached her. they searched the area but did not find anyone suspicious. >>> fairfax police released this sketch of a man they stay attacked a student -- they say attacked a student last week as she was walking home from wt woodson high school. she got away. a camera caught the man running down the street. police say he may have been driving a white, four-door honda accord. >>> today, trayvon martin's parents will be on capitol hill for a hearing on hate crimes and racial profiling. tracy martin and sabrina fulton are not scheduled to testify. the hearing is meant to examine the role of the federal government in hate crime cases, and the committee will discuss stand your ground laws. >>> meanwhile, friends of the shooter, george zimmerman, are coming to his defense. they say that zimmerman was walking away from martin when the teen

nor loudoun county, panhandle of frederick and southern washington county. are heading offer due east. missing the metro area right now. and later today, just some clouds around, a small chance of a sprinkle passing through. temperatures are still chilly. we strarted off this morning near the freezing mark. right now, it has recovered in the 40s to near 50. montgomery county, the low to mid 40s. but much of fairfax and near arlington, near 50 and near 50 in prince george's county. southern maryland climbing into the low 50s and mid 50s through parts of north-central virginia. still a chill in the air where they've had a few showers coming through in frederick, washington county into west virginia and western maryland. where it's only around 40 degrees right now. now as we go forward over the next 48 hours, these patches of green, this is the zone where we could get a few passing showers, and that would be perhaps later this afternoon, there's a small chance. and then later this evening, if you're going to be out for this friday evening, perhaps around midnig

loudoun county and prince william county, sprinkles falling apart this morning. if there's rain off to the west on the radar screen. don't let that scare you. it is falling apart as it moves east. locally, drive for the most part until this afternoon when we could see an-hour. 57 in the district right now, 50 degrees in frederick, 56 in fredericksburg. another warm start. 72 this afternoon with partial sunshine. limited sun tomorrow with a few breaks in the clouds by tomorrow afternoon, 72 degrees. the warm weather continues through the week. flirting wisps 80th by thursday and friday. no record-breaking temperatures in the forecast. >> nothing record-breaking on the highway. status quo. put yourself on autopilot and hit the highway. live pictures of the pace of traffic. no accidents to report on 95, 66 395 here. northbound traffic on the headlights. moving at a good pace to the pentagon near duke street. coming out of columbia is our next picture. 29 southbound is very good at lockwood. metro rail and other mass transit on normal service. >> 52 degrees in waldor

their talks about, loudoun county pulling out of the silver line or dulles metro rail extension. blow metro says they don't need. jummy olabanji, abc 7 news >> . we will get an update today on several transportation projects in northern virginia. they include express lanes on 95 and 495 the metro rail extension to dulles airport, brac improvements, and the telegraph road interchange near the wilson bridge. >> checking news around the nation, this video shows the danger created by a deadly wildfires. this is near denver. the fire is now 15% contained but it has destroyed 27 homes and burned thousands of acres. an elderly couple died and a woman is still missing. hundreds of homes have been evacuated. >> music fans mourning the loss of bluegrass legend earl scruggs. the died yesterday of natural causes at a national hospital. he was an innovator who pioneered the modern banjo sound. is picking style was most prominently displayed in the team from "to the beverly hillbillies." he was 88 years old. >> when it comes to filing taxes, d.c. residents are big procrastinators. but not the

loudoun county had the worst outbreak of lined as eyes last year than any county in virginia. >> safewaylonger sell ground beef made with low-quality scraps and treated with ammonia commonly referred to as pink slime. it is still found and 70% of the ground beef we buy across restore. >> it is economic fraud. it is not fresh ground beef. is a substitute. >> this information is not on meat labels. two former usda scientists say it is at the direction of an undersecretary of agriculture and that official has not commented on the report. >> at time for a look at traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> it has been a battle to get out of landover and new carrollton and into greenbelt with an accident at route 1/college park. we will show you a live picture in the geico traffic center pictures of the damage done. traffic creeps along on the right side is the outer loop of the beltway. we had a couple of car wrecks on route 4 one at the suitland parkway, one at ritchie marlboro road, one at brandywine. we will take you to a live picture of traffic across the 14th street bridge. a funeral proce

last year loudoun county had the worst outbreak of any county in virginia.dation annual list of spring allergy hotspots is out. we are not on list. knoxville, tennessee is the nation's worst city for allergies. a city in texas is next, followed by louisville, kentucky, and jackson mississippi. >> of allergy sufferers have been feeling it lately. >> it only celebrates going into the spring and summer. tree pollen has been higher lately and the grass and weed and mold on the lower end. that changes in the weeks and months ahead. >> yippie. >> let's talk about the weather. we have the marine layer. that means another morning of fog. clouds will hang around a little longer today similar to yesterday. i think it will hold a little longer today. we don't have the rain showers and thunderstorms today. visibility under a mile in some spots especially ups and downs 270. 0.8 miles in quantico. the lexington park, under a half mile visibility to start our wednesday morning. already above the afternoon average high temperature. 61 degrees in the district. 58 is the aver

loudoun county couple made their children later to elementary school too often and are on trial.een late almost 30 times just since september. most of the time they were three minutes late or less. they could be fined $3,000. their lawyers are trying to get the case dismissed. >> yesterday the defense rested their case in the at virginia tech case. the parents of two slain students are suing the state authorities. police are looking for a man who stole a family car with their baby in the back seat yesterday at home on suitland road in southeast d.c. the car was found a short time later in capitol heights. the engine was still running and the thief had fled. the 5-month-old was in the car and was not harmed. he was reunited with his family. >> its wednesday. learning new details about a scare aboard an american airlines flight last week. flight attendants went on a rampage and told everyone the flight was going to crash. listen. >> airport 911, what is the location of your emergency? >> there is someone talking about crashing our plane. >> the flight attendants over the p.a. syste

they've been home schooling their children for nearly a dozen years in loudoun county. all the kids play community sports and have excelled in their age group but they all want to take it to the next level. according to the virginia home school association, there are roughly 6,000 home schooled children in the state and only a small percentage of those kids would actually qualify to play or even try out for high school sports. >> ii was having a conversation with a friend and he was saying how he felt that home schoolchildren might take spots away. we were actually at a lacrosse game and i said to him, only two of these 15 players -- only two children that play in the youth 15 play, there are only two home schooled children. those two future nine pt graders aren't going to be taking spots away from anyone. >> there's two teams in most schools. >> we're not asking them to automatically give us a spot on the team. we're only asking them for a chance to just try out. the biggest thing for me is to play with my friends and represent the community i've lived in for most of m

the worst fog up in frederick county, montgomery county, loudoun county, and toward st. mary's and calvert, as well as culpep culpeper. a circle almost around d.c. that fog is going to slowly burn off after sunrise. sunrise at 7:09. by 8:00, 9:00, doing much better. the temperature at 59 degrees. a light east wind. once the wind picks up, well, that will be later today, too. that will help with the foggy conditions around the area. 59 to 60 right in d.c. culpeper, too. 62 in fredericksburg, our highest temperatures down to the south now. that's where they'll be later today. 76 in fredericksburg. 77 in culpeper. 73 in frederick. mixture of clouds and sunshine today. like the last couple of days, could see an isolated shower. maybe even a thunderstorm pop up during the afternoon. around 4:00. around 5:00. overall, partly sunny to mostly sunny, high of 75. it's short sleeves for today. danella? >>> following breaking news right now. on the beltway in college park, if you're taking the outer loop of the beltway, are you jammed now because of an accident taking up the left si

this morning there's your 40s in manassas with 60s in loudoun county from leesburg up to lovettsville up route 15 and over toward montgomery county. mid-50s in gait usberg. look at -- gaithersburg. look at rock ville still 53. arlington still holding on to 64 this morning with 60s and 50s scattered about. what a difference. andrews 163. not that far away. upper marlboro 11 degrees cooler at 52 degrees. outside we've got great advice ibilities, clear skies, -- visibility, clear skies, 56 degrees with a south wind at 6. not much of a chill this morning and the dew point at 50. the air has gotten to feel much more like may than march with temperatures in the 60s all the way up to kansas city. minneapolis is in the 50s. the jet stream is well to the north, farther north than it normally is this time of year. that's why we're so warm here. out west it's coming on shore. california, oregon, washington state with lots of rain, lots of snow in the mountains. saw some totals in the last 24 hours. two feet, 24 inches at some of the ski areas in washington state. meanwhile in the eastern u.s. hi

what was approved was that there would be no increase in the number of general advertising signs on loudoun street furniture, kiosks, benches, newspaper racks, under negotiation in approved by city contracts. and that there would be no new general advertising signs visible to the public if they were in existence after march 5, 2002. so, the issue here is not the issue of contracts. the billboard was visible on march 5, 2002, which had been permitted significantly before that period of time. i believe that the memo provided by the committee by the planning director does go into some of that history and does indicate that with respect to guidance on how the city should deal with legal or illegal -- conforming signs, proposition's work -- illegal or non-conforming signs, it was consistent. just to recap, legally we believe we are following the correct content of the proposition. the size has been significantly reduced by 60% from the thought -- from the size of the former billboard. i've provided you pictures today to give you a context on the other signs in the area. i also wanted to know if

montgomery county, loudoun county, fairfax, into frederick county. it's down into the low to mid 40s there. prince william, charles, calvert, st. mary's, prince george's county, generally in the upper 40s. near 50 now in anne arundel county. and farther to the west, only near 40, near 30s in western maryland and much of west virginia. here's your day planner. by 9:00, it will be partly sunny, temperatures should be in the low to mid 50s by then throughout much of the region. although west and north it may still be in the 40s. then by noontime, much of the region should be climbing into the 50s to near 60 with lots of sun. the winds still blustery. then, here's your day planner for 5:00. we'll be down to the low 50s by then. it will still be sunny, but getting chillier. the winds will diminish, sun set's at 6:10. are you going out this friday? you're going to want to see the evening planner. that's coming up in ten minutes. danella has our friday morning traffic. good morning. >>> good morning and happy friday. have a little good news for you. traveli

few sprinkles in loudoun county. montgomery, frederick county, maryland.he rest of the day, expect a lot of clouds. and temperatures might make it into the 60s in the metro area to near 07. a pew passing showers in afternoon or early evening. we will dry out late tonight and then sun back on saturday and great for outdoor recreation and exercise. we will be climbing into the low to mid 70s tomorrow. partly cloudy and then lot of clouds around for under and monday. cooler and highs in the 60s to near 70. could get rain on tuesday and wednesday as we get into next week. earlier this week i traveled to falls church and visited this school, glen forest elementary school. fairfax county. talked to all of these second graders. a couple of hundred second graders. this is a really big school. they filled the cafeteria there. we talked about all different types of weather. they love hearing about tornadoes and thunderstorms and blizzards. we had a lot of fun at the glen forest elementary school. i want to thank teacher jennifer there in the red top for the invitati

officials in loudoun county are thanking a political student and his mother for speaking up.student told his mom that he saw another student post comments about planning a violent act at simpson middle school. that mom then called school officials on tuesday night. the student who posted the comments is getting psychiatric help. at this time, he's not facing any criminal charge. >>> today students in chardon, ohio, will return to class for the first time since a deadly school shooting. yesterday students, parents, and teachers gathered at the high school to remember the three victims from monday's shooting. students told the cleveland "plain dealer" one of the victims was dating the accused gunman, 17-year-old t.j. lane's ex-girlfriend. the coach credited for chasing down lane spoke to the community. frank hall says he comforted students as they were dying. >> i don't know why this happened. i only wish i could have done more. i'm not a hero. just a football coach and study hall teacher. >> t.j. lane was charged with three juvenile counts of aggravated murder. he could still

frightening moments tonight in loudoun county neighborhood where a fire in one house quickly spread toond residence. this happened on nicholas lane. three firefighters were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. no word tonight on the cause of that fire. >>> ahead on 9news now tonight. >> their dog gets to play. they get treats and they have a good time. >> and the st. patrick's day celebration for our four legged friends. we'll explain. >> we are matching students with quality institutions where d.c. students graduate and have a chance at running a degree. >> we'll take you to a college workshop for local students and parents. back in a minute. : and bruce, as we wake up for sunday morning, expecting lots of sunshine. a cold start once again. temperatures cooling down to 20s and 30s. but by 9:00, still chilly, plenty of sun. milder, 50 to 55 by 11:00. i have your full seven-day forecast, including a significant wa >>> 2012, virginia legislative session ended tonight. lawmakers passed more than 1500 bills. they failed to agree on a budget. they'll tackle that issue in a special ses

office of emergency management officials at montgomery, loudoun, fairfax and arlington counties all have systems set up to send out text alerts to cell phones and e-mails, but that's only if you sign up through their website. >> we also rely on social media. all of our text messages are hooked into twitter and facebook. >> then, of course, there is our seasoned professional here topper shutt who along with your entire team are very serious about making sure people get these alerts. >> we'll wake you up. we put it on our facebook and twitter and our weather app is pretty good. i'm not just saying that. it's pretty good stuff. we had snow south of town. does that sound weird, south of town and it's march? let's have a live look outside. we're looking at really clearing skies across most of the metro. most of the snow showers are south of us and temps are on the brisk side. if you're headed out, bundle up, 40 officially downtown, winds still out of the northwest at 9. it will calm town even more. dew point is 24. so -- calm down even more. dew point is 24 and has dropped and pressure contin

southern prince george's, western fairfax, loudoun county, frederick county, near freezing as well as down toward prince william and fauquier. rappahannock, blue ridge. clouds closing in. sprinkles moving into western maryland, ohio valley. those might make their way here during the afternoon hours. a very small chance of that. we might have a little sun by 9:00. in the 40s to near 50. a chilly morning and chilly middle of the day, too. still only in the 50s generally around noontime. clouds around. again, a small chance of a sprinkle midday or during the afternoon. temperatures might peak in the low to mid 60s briefly mid-afternoon. a look at the evening planner in ten minutes. danella? >>> good morning. right now i'm following two accidents in our area. the first one is in gaithersburg. this is at lost knife road and odenhall avenue. involving two vehicles. use caution. the other i've been following for some time now. 66 westbound at lee highway. have a crash there involving a car off of the roadway. and i am seeing a bit of a delay as you make your way toward the accident. you're s

. >>> police are searching for the man who tried to abduct a 14-year-old girl in loudoun county. this happened near meadowlands elementary school in the sug sugarrun area of sterling. the girl ran when the man approached her. they separate searched but did not find anyone suspicious. >>> right now president obama is wrapping up a nuclear summit in south korea and attempting to stop a rocket launch by their neighbors to the north. satellite images show the launch site north korea plan to use next month. they say they are launching a satellite in honor of leader kim il-sung but the u.s. see its as a cover it test long-range missiles. the president is meeting with pakistan's prime minister today in an tampa to smooth over tensions over -- an attempt to smooth over tensions over u.s. drone strikes. >>> dozens of people remain camped outside the u.s. supreme court hoping to watch the second day of oral argument over the obama administration's health care law. yesterday the debate focused on whether the penalty for not buying health insurance amount to a tax cut. taxes cannot be challe