low humidity, too. have your lunch or dinner outside. 57 right now in washington, 48 in gaithersburg, 41 in frederick. cumberland and winchester, 43. 56 in annapolis along the water. 77 this afternoon for the high temperature with bright sunshine, low humidity, a perfect friday. a perfect saturday. extra clouds on sunday with a slight chance of a late-day sprinkle. >> thanks so much. 5:42. >> we will take a look back at the musical legacy of donna summer remember. and the queen of disco. >> and a high flying w >> 5:45 right now. coming up at 6:00 breaking news as police in mississippi have made an arrest apparently in a series of highway murders of. we will have the details coming up. >> and how you can join thousands of people ditching the car for their ride to work. we will talk with the organizers of bike to work day. >> and a look at the movie "battleship." the water main break could smell your morning rush in virginia. that's coming up the top of the hour if. >> looks like we are in for great weath

lots of sun, low humidity. it will be a sunblock afternoon and a mostly clear afternoon by midnight down to near 70. clouding up after midnight. changes on the way tomorrow. we'll look at that. the weekend into next week. 7:41. danella, how's traffic. >> i'm following breaking news on the roadway. if you're headed northbound at 12th street, that's where you're going to see the crash there right now. it's blocking three of your lanes, and i'm checking cameras along the 14th street bridge. not seeing delays there just yet but after the bridge you're going o slow down just a bit. please approach with caution. heading back over to roadwork, they're slowing down. can't get on i-66 and the inner loop seeing big delays. only the left lane gets by. that's where you're slow. stick to the left. back to you both. >> still to come. a new plantar getting deer population at a popular d.c. par. >> while paying more for education, the >>> total power in one person's hand. not the american way. come out here at the last second

we will have low humidity. it will be comfortable.will be another factor to make it more beautiful out there. steady wind at 14 miles an hour in the district, 13 in martinsburg. generally between five and 15 miles an hour with a refreshing wind out of the northwest. you will notice it periodically today. 57 downtown now -- 67. in martinsburg, 56. 54 in hagerstown,. a lot of sunshine today, less humid than the past few days, 75. for the same tomorrow with bright sunshine and low humidity temperatures will slowly creep up to 83 by sunday. sunday we add additional clouds to the forecast for. we may have to modify the seven- day forecast to introduce a chance of showers. that is something we will fine- tuned over the next couple days. >> ddot says all the construction is being moved out of the way for drivers coming out of fredericksburg of trying to get up to 610 garrissonville road. that is a relief. it was complicated. it will take awhile for things to settle down as far as the pace of traffic to get back to normal. but we are optimist

mostly sunny this afternoon, low humidity, a perfect friday. these are the days that we yearn for washington 70's, sunny lower humidity. get outside and enjoy it. 77 for the high temperature today, near 80 tomorrow with similar conditions. today i expect additional cloud cover to roll in off the ocean and a slight chance of a late- day sprinkle on sunday. predominately dry, but i cannot rule out an isolated sprinkle. better chance of rain on monday. that's the forecast. >> there was a fatal crash in bowie. 197 was blocked in both directions at 50. see if we can get a shot from newschopper 7. there we go. this is near the school off 50. southbound 197 is closed. northbound 197 is open. route 50 itself is open. i don't want you to be confused. you'll have to follow police direction in the area. by the way, they are reopening linlyn st. fort myers drive is also closed for the water main break. >> the beltway battle, last night the nationals could not put a winning streak together. they fell to the pittsburgh pirates last night. the final score 5-3.

a lot of sunshine today, low humidity if with a gentle north wind that will usher in the drier air . d again tomorrow. you will notice an uptick in the humidity tomorrow afternoon and a good chance of storms. a beautiful start today, bright sunshine in the nation's capital. this is from the rooftop camera. 36 stories above rosslyn overlooking the potomac. a beautiful start to the day. it will be a gorgeous afternoon. seven the one right now downtown. winchester, 61. 59 in cumberland, 63 in hagerstown 69 in annapolis. we are in the '60s in the suburbs for the most part, near 70 in the beltway. 83 this afternoon for the high temperature around 3:00 p.m.. berdi close to average. low humidity, so it will be uncomfortable because of the north wind at 5-10. not much in terms of cloud cover to start our day and even this afternoon i don't expect much in terms of clouds. east of the mississippi we are looking fairly sunny and clear for the majority of the day. notice the active weather in the midsection of the country, especially in the mid south. there's an area of low pressure with a warm f

low humidity. temperatures elsewhere across the area 83, fredericks at 86. 82 rather to a little cooler near york, york checking in at 76. for the rest of the evening we will hang in to the 70s. mostly clear, a comfortable evening but here is what's going on. a huge storm system out toward the west, multiple severe watches and warnings, this is a line of powerful storm that will slowly inch into baltimore. we will talk about the timing, what to expect from the storms, that's all coming up. >> all right. parents get ready to pay up. the board has approved a 3% tuition hike. so let's say you graduate from fallston and go to maryland, you will pay 8, 90$9. this is the third year in a row tuition has gone up. out of state goes up as much as 5% at college park and unbc and if you are going to sallssbury in-state will go up 6%. wow. the state housing department and the city officials are all coming together for a big announcement. about $30 million of mortgages available for new homers. baltimore is one

low humidity. temperatures in the mid-'70s. 83 on sunday. we may have to throw in a shower at some point. this reminds me of fishing. i am always close to pelicans on the peers but i have never seen a bald eagle disclosed. usually they are way up in the sky. >> we also have a pang when coming out at 6:45. we will send it back to you in the studio. >> thank you. turning things over to lease a right nowiasa right now. >> what they want to see is news choppers 7, and that is what we deliver. from the ground to the air. there is northbound traffic on 95. no major traffic at all. we are open all the way up to the pentagon. but the news now. to goack to the news. >> learning a lesson he will never forget. >> bride scylzilla to mentiointervention. ♪ >> celebrating the life of chuck brown. petehe passed away yesterday at the age of 75. it does not seem like that long ago he and the great james brown did a show together. that is one of the few shows i regret not going to. when you look back on that now, gre

tomorrow, near 80 degrees, low humidity. added cloud cover on sunday. you may see an isolated sprinkle late in the day. >> a lot of competition today. today is national bike to work day. bicyclist throughout the area are taking part. organizers are promoting a safe way to commit. -- commute. if you bike to bethesda, you have more places to park. bike racks were unveiled today. they will increase as bike 50%.ng spots by >> a new playground located in anacostia is designed based on drawings greeted by children. the effort is to give hundreds children a safe place to play. >> coming up, but amazing medical mysteries but the fearss of people go have noise. >> coming up later -- in the black forest... [ thunder crashes ] [ engine revs, tires screech ] ...whwhere things aren't alwas what they seem... because thrills hide in the shadows... just waiting at every turn. verbolteten -- a new multi-launch coaster coming to busch gardens. brave the black forest. you're going down! it's all over! no! it's not over yet! sofas that can take anything life throws at them

low humidity. into this evening should be clear. clouding up this time tomorrow morninging. could have big storms tomorrow. we'll talk about that and look at the weekend and next week. your seven-day outlook coming up. danella, how's traffic? >> there are two accidents, the first one unfortunately is fatal. your closures are between loring drive here. this crash here still blocks your left lane, three of your left lanes. you've got to get by to your right this is as you approach main avenue. making your way southbound. no issues from urbana as you pass clarksburg and head over to the beltway. >> we're watching the markets now as bad financial news is pouring in from europe. >>> the driver's licenses that could save the lives of teenagers. >> plus the controversial plan to keep the sugary drinks out of the hands of >>> welcome back. it's 5:15. check this out. a pickup truck barrels into a bar hitting six people inside. surveillance video captured the whole incident. the truck pinned four people insi

mostly sunny conditions, low humidity, highs in the mid 70's.omorrow a few degrees warmer, very comfortable, sunshine, 77. looking good into the weekend there's a wild card, an area the coast line that may clouds and possibly a sprinkle on sunday. a little uncertain. of the drydvantage doing a lot of overnight construction. northbound 95 coming out of get tod to garrissonville road, there's a project remaining. it took our colleague 35 minutes through there. it is still on the road, coming of stafford. in springfield, construction is complete. were working on southbound beltway and 644 on screen.t side of the nothing remains. so it's much better. more to come in less than 10 minutes. now to news. >> fairfax county police are trying to figure out what led to a deadly shooting. officers got a call at 11:30 last night. car found a man shot in a vernon on san leandro. he was shot in the upper body dead at theounced hospital. police don't have any suspect descriptions. we will continue to follow the investigation and bring you a hour.eport in the 5:0

bright sunshine today still very low humidity. low humidity has dropped temperatures overnight,. dew points are in the 30's. there's a look at the bay just a few minutes before sunrise. 45 degrees at this time in damascus. that's a beautiful shot of the sunrise. in gaithersburg, 39 degrees. you made it down to the 30's, congratulations. tester a 37 -- in winchester 37 degrees. it is 53 at reagan national, 52 in quantico, 40 at dulles airport. the sun will rise in a couple minutes. and there on we will warm up today quickly. nothing but sunshine in store for the entire day and into the weekend. by sunday, a little added clouds because of the upper level low pressure that's causing active weather and clouds over texas. that will tell us a little energy on sunday a mother's day. nothing but sunshine today and tomorrow with high-pressure to left over energy from that low causing a few clouds on sunday. today by lunchtime, 59 degrees at -- 69 degrees. tomorrow warmer with low humidity, near 80 degrees bright sunshine on saturday. we co

feels pretty good out there with that low humidity. and that's going to continue on into tomorrow as well. there's that northwesterly wind which you do feel periodically out there. that northwesterly gust up to about 20 miles per hour. 12:14. and we do have a little bit of cloud cover and cloud action at texas at this time. widespread now in oklahoma. this is part of an upper-level low that's going to pausch little bit of energy our way over the weekend. high pressure in store for today. high pressure for tomorrow. but by sunday, i think a little pieces of upper level energy are beginning to break off of that low pressure and get shoved our way over washington and that's going to increase our cloud cover on sunday. on mother's day and maybe drop an isolated shower west of washington. probably over the mountains late in the day on sunday. don't let it scare you inside. it's one of those little situations that will come very late in the day. probably closer to sunset. and locally, sunday night while we're sleeping in the metro area, we c

perfect thursday, bright sunny, 80 degrees, low humidity. temperatures dropping a little more into the weekend. there could be another round of storms latestrong lingering into early saturday. we will have a look at doppler in a few minutes. now to lisa. >> a beautiful trip for the most part. in good shape around the beltway. travel working in our favor. 95, 66, 95. typical volume out of waldorf brandywine and route 4 force baserews air to the suitland parkway. newschopper 7 looking at a collision at the exit for holy hospital. this is georgia avenue no. of road.ltway at forest glen you can see the top from the scene. avenue isn of georgia affected. traffic will stay to the far right to get by. back to the news desk. >> 6:13, 64 degrees in hindsville. coming up, facebook freefall. highly anticipated stop slipping on the trading floor. slipping. on the trading floor. slipping. >> will introduce you sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering so, i'm walking down the street, x: sounds of marc

low humidity tonight. tomorrow there is a brief swing upward in the humidity. that will destabilize the air. there's a pretty good chance of late-day and thunderstorms. we're talking evening commute and through dinnertime, storms which have a good chance of being strong and severe. something to keep a close eye on tomorrow. highs in the low to mid '80s. for the weekend, clearing out, partly cloudy, looking and feeling good. temperatures running a little below average with cooler air on saturday, highs in the mid 70's. let's go to lisa for the commute. >> 66 eastbound, accident before the beltway moved on to the left shoulder but we are slammed from at least fair lakes to get through fair oaks and into vienna. a long line on eastbound 66. on the beltway, look at the outer loop near university boulevard. now we have sunshine issues forming near the mormon temple out of college are getting into greenbelt. no problems on 395, just the typical slowdown if out of springfield to get through landmark and past duke street. back inside. >> 6:00 hour 23 is the time. >> ra

a low humidity. a comfortable condition.ll feel very pleasant outside. 61 in manassas. 72 within the district. a little bit warmer as usual in the morning. bright sunshine this afternoon. 83 the high temperature. -- north winde will push in the air. the sunrise is at 5:45 a.m. to mark, i think it will get active. to be a partly cloudy day. that will destabilize our atmosphere. a pretty good chance of seeing strong and severe thunderstorms the second half of the day tomorrow. highs will be similar. to mid 80's. mid 70's hi by saturday. let's take a look at the traffic. ok. to talk about marlboro pike in forestville. we do have a live crew in the on a collision. i understand from prince george are documenting this iraq. you can see the closure now. -- documenting this wreck. we are traveling in our next out of virginia and into the district, across the 14th street bridge. there is a crash at the bed d.c. and of the bridge. says it is close to the exit for 12th street. one exit is getting by. not much of an impact from our came

the humidity is low. this is just about as good as it can get on this may morning, the final day of may. going back 12 hours ago, those were the remnants of tropical storm beryl that inleashed tonights of rain. but over the last 12 hours it quickly raced out to sea and behind that high pressure has swepts in, cleared out the sky. all these areas in light green in the 60s across maryland, delaware, and into virginia and the district and farther west, the darker green areas, that's where we're in the 50s. most of western parts of maryland and the shenandoah valley, many locations are down into the 50s this morning. so quite a few start. reagan national now is at 69 degrees. and for your day today we'll have by noontime temperatures climbing to around 80 degrees and it will be mostly sunny. during the afternoon, low humidity in place. highs reaching low 80s by mid afternoon. sunset by 8:27. i'll be back in 10 minutes with another update. eun? >> thank you. >> 6-1. breaking news. megan mcgrath with news. >> r

a perfect thursday, sunny, low humidity, near 80. now to lisa. >> a fender bender on 270 southbound minor problem on the inner loop of the beltway between the g.w. parkway and the american legion bridge. a smattering of traffic is what we are watching grow as far as 66 and 95. still giving you the green light on 66. more our neighbors hitting the roads out of manassas, 95 out of woodbrige pretty decent on the beltway near route 4 and route 5 and on 50 between annapolis and north avenue -- new york ave. 270 collision moved to the side, everything is open. we will have livelive copter three later. >> peyton manning took his job in denver and then took his spot for the best-selling jersey in the nfl. >> manning's bronco jersey and tim tebow's the jets jersey have sold more than any other. as for r.g. iii, he had the third best selling jersey followed by andrew up. griffin's jersey has been the top seller this month, however. the nfl's report is somewhat misleading because they report sales from april 1 through may 28. and his jersey did

. >> low humidity and just a nice- looking friday here. let's kick it off with a look at our satellite-radar picture and not much radar to show you. we don't have much satellite either. we don't have any clouds. you get the idea. we have a nice looking forecast here although a little on the cool side if you are headed to the bus stop, walking to work. temperature are in the 30s and 40s for much of the area and here in town, we are currently 53 degrees actually little bit of a cool start. currently, 53 in washington. humidity, down, sarah, right? >> i can tell. >> a good hair day. the wind will be gusting to about 15. that is the only weather

low humidity. next chance of rain on monday. >> thank you. 6:00 hour 21 right now, 50 degrees. >> the time magazine cover causing so much controversy. you are watching "good morning washington." >> next "anderson," it wouldn't be a mother's day show without my mother gloria vanderbilt. every day that i have with you is a blessing. plus, jessica alba and chandra wilson join us with their mothers for a celebration full of surprises. and a mother's amazing story of survival. >> here's some stories you probably will be talking about. maybe you saw the "time" magazine cover that came out yesterday. quite a bit of controversy. it's not only about the cover photograph which speaks for itself, but some say it takes away from the real story, which is attachment parenting. >> attachment parenting is about keeping your kids really close to you and in many cases breast- feeding until your kids are little older. not necessarily until they are 8 years old like this child appears to be. >> they say that these thr

over the next few days, good news sunshine and low humidity with comfortable conditions. i deal may weather, mid-may weather here. into the weekend, near 80. >> thank you so much for joining us this midday. you will be back here

sunshine, low humidity, temperatures a little cool today about 70. >> day to play hookey. >> every dayyear too late for that unfortunately. here are your temperatures, 57 now in washington. less humidity out there. you will notice the cooler temperatures when you head out the door. 53 out at dulles. 54 this morning in baltimore. ocean city, you had some overnight showers. look out to cleveland and cincinnati. high pressure will build in here and demeanor nate our weather for the next several days. today, tomorrow and i mentioned right through most of the weekend here, we should be looking at bright sunshine and very comfortable afternoon temperatures and low humidity. so enjoy the next couple of days because you know the summertime weather is right around the corner. >> yes, it is. it will be 100 before we know it. >> you got t a little breezy at times. winds out of the north and west at about 30. >> hopefully, it holds out for mother's day. >> right now, looking a little better than yesterday. >> okay. sounds good. thank you. >>> let's head over to lauren demarco now. >> you guys are

lots of sun with low humidity and then tomorrow, clouds roll in. shower saturday morning. should be dry for the rest of the weekend. >>> and that's your latest weather. >> al, thank you. >>> in case you haven't heard, britain is celebrating a diamond jubilee marking 60 years of queen elizabeth's reign. the celebrations are in full swing. and in the middle of it all at buckingham palace, where else would we find nbc's ben fogle? ben, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. as you say, jubilee fever is sweeping london and the uk. and to celebrate, there are all kinds of souvenirs. both great and small. ♪ the bunting's up, the flags are flying, and flying off the shelves, memories of this royal occasion. ♪ from mugs to royal scrapbooks. tea pots and teacups. fine china from the royal collection. >> the first time we've ever done a china tea caddie like this. if you go on the back, it's actually got extract from the queen's acceptance speech. >> reporter: there's jewelry and all variations of british red, white and blue. but for this

low humidity. 70's. the weekend is looking good. saturday mostly sunny near 80. senate, we may have to fine tune. we may not. -- sunday, we may have to fine tune. >> thank you. sweeping changes in the nation's rachel make up. >> the report says that racial and minorities make up half the children in the u.s. this is the first time that happens. 50.4% of u.s. births compared to 37% in 1990. >> one of the most commonly prescribed antibiotics could be deadly. the new england journal of medicine reports the z pack increase the likelihood of sudden death with adults with heart disease. researchers studied the records of thousands of patience over a 14-year. period. the study suggests doctors should prescribe something else. one of the set -- >> a study shows coffee drinkers live longer. it does not matter if you drink regular or decaf. experts cannot tell what it is that is so beneficial but they said that coffee drinkers are less likely to die from heart disease. respiratory disease. stroke. diabetes. injuries. in fact inspirit >> i have not heard complaints about th

low humidity. you can keep the windows open.er-70's. 77 the high. bright sunshine. by sunday, we should have some added cloud cover. a slight chance of a late day sprinkle on our sunday. that would be the exception and not the norm. a better chance of rain into monday tuesday, and wednesday. that is a look at your forecast. let's go to the cell with a peek at the road. >> there looking pretty good -- to lisa with a peek at the road. >> things are looking pretty good. they booed the construction barely out of the way. -- the move did the construction barrels out of the way. we have a complicated accident on 197 over 50. a crash reported on the beltway near the pike. they're looking on the inner loop. that is if you're a leading the american legion bridge. a crash just reported. i will let you know if they find anything. >> it has been a tough week for music. >> donna summer lost her battle with cancer. ♪ >> she won five grammy awards. she had a number of chart topping hits including "last dance."she is survived by her husband and

. >> low humidity today. thecan kind of see that in air. idity like earlier week, now we have a baby blue skies over frederick. 58 in arlington. strasburg. 57 and it chevy chase. the lower 80s today with low humidity. comfortable '80s. tomorrow, late in the day in the afternoon and evening, chance of storms. >> thank you so much. thank you for watching. we have another >>> every time we see this moment caught on tape, the cameras were rolling when a college student was suddenly hit by a bus at the university of texas. you wouldn't guess it from these pictures. but he walked away. just a few minor injuries. and that young man is right here, live, in our studio to talk about his amazing story. >> boy. i really felt it that time. that was amazing. so glad he's here this morning. >>> also this morning, justin bieber's fans are going ballistic. and in all places, oslo, norway. there's pandemonium in the streets. police pushing back throngs of screaming fans. it's happening across europe. verging out of control. it almost was a state of emergency

with abundant sunshine, temperatures into the mid 70s and low humidity. not get better than this on a thursday. let's look at the numbers right now. currently sitting into the 70s across the region. 76 degrees right now at the airport. 27% relative humidity. so extremely comfortable. winds out of the northeast right now about 7 miles per hour. temperatures around the region sitting right now into the 70s. all around the area. 70 in leesburg. 73 just down to our south and east in manassas. 76 in fredericksburg and right now along the river or along the bay rather 72 in annapolis and over toward the eastern shore at 72 degrees in easton. as far as the satellite and radar go together, we're looking at clear skies here but notice the cloud cover down to our south and east over the atlantic over the delmarva. we're going to be talking about a potential system coming in late in the weekend into early next week. i'll let you know how that may impact your weekend. that coming up in a couple minutes. we'll talk a little more about why we're out here today. >> also

70's with low humidity the next few days. lisa looking good into the weekend. >> looks good on. 66 route 7 looks good. looks good on 50 around gilbert's corner. on your way to 66 is not back out of manassas park on 28. behaving through falls church with a little volume. 395 is still good to the 14th street bridge. nothing out of the norm according to park police along the george washington parkway to the work zone. and this picture, 95, look at all the headlights out of newington marching up to the beltway. the beltway looks good through montgomery county. metro rail, marc rail vre rolling on normal service. back to you. >> thank you. two more days to enter for your chance to win a new ford fiesta as well as $3,000. >> you have until may 18 to go to hell wjla.com/freecar, and follow the directions to enter. we will announce the next finalists tonight at 5:00. if your name is called, if you have 30 minutes to call and claim a spot in the drawing later this month. good luck. it is 62 degrees outside. >> play ball. but are we fo

low humidity. temperature around 80 plus degrees and we got a good- looking shot on harbor camera. 82 outside. that northerly wind at suspicious that's keeping the dry air in place but that will change as we head in to the overnight. most temperatures in to the 80s, dover at 83 for the afternoon high. as we go over to -- the radar we will show you the clear sky overhead. 70 for the offer overnight low. that's going to start to change into tomorrow morning. take a look out to the west. a line of dangerous storms over the ohio valley and midwest. some it is moving our direction into tomorrow afternoon. we will break down the storm detail coming up. >> thank you it. now to a miracle caught on tape. a texas electrical engineer student was hit by a bus and lived to tell. jamie joins us with more on this. >> reporter: i think everybody has seen it by now this is nick, watch what happens, there he is. he is hit by the bus, knocked to the ground. looks like it's a horrible -- it is a horrible accident here

sunshine, low humidity and very comfortable temperatures setting up later this afternoon. there you go. you can see on our larger radar picture all the rain pushing off to the north and east taking with it the frontal system from yesterday. winds will pick up behind the front a little bit today. we'll have winds gusting to about 30 miles per hour. otherwise, good looking day with temperatures about 70 degrees later this afternoon. more details on the forecast in just a minute. back to you at the desk. >> thank you. >>> president obama making history by announcing he now supports the right for same-sex couples to get married. he is the first sitting president to publicly embrace gay marriage rights. mitt romney reaffirmed he still believes marriage is between a man and a woman. >>> the search is on for three suspects accused of abducting a man at gunpoint. it happened early yesterday morning at an apartment complex in springfield. police say he drove the victim to two different banks and forced him to withdraw money. the suspects left him in the trunk of a car. >> reporter:

the humidity levels are very low out there. so enjoy it while it lasts. you know that summer is right around the corner. the hot, the humid weather. this will probably be one of those last stretches of really low humidity in almost all areas. the exception, florida not going to be dry all weekend long, especially down by miami. but this front tried to push all the way down to the gulf. so it's very rare this time of year that even southern portions of georgia have low humidity. you'll enjoy that at least today and tomorrow. warm air already returning in the middle of the country. that's where we'll have a few showers and storms. also, right along the coastline of north carolina and south carolina, we still have some showers by wilmington, and a little thunderstorm just off the coast near charleston. some of these could brush the coastal areas. not the best of beach days in the carolinas today or tomorrow. may improve a little bit by sunday. so your friday forecast, ideal, beautiful afternoon once again in new england, just like yesterday. southeast not bad

low 70s. upper 70s by noontime. cloudy but clearing from west to east. and during the afternoon, we'll go partly sunny. and it will be turning less humid. hing the low 80s. i'm back this ten minutes with a closeup look at that radar. danella's here with a look at our traffic. good morning. >>> good morning. and over to georgia avenue, still have the crash there. it's northbound jerry avenue at forest glen road. your left center lane is blocked. now police remain on the scene. we had fire department there. it's gone. let's head over to the outer loop of the beltway, montgomery county. chopper 4 is there now. and that's where we are seeing delays. in fact, on the outer loop, you're going to hit the brakes from i-95 and delays continue to georgia avenue. no accidents, just general volume. now over to i-66. you know how it goes. eastbound at 50, pretty slow here. delays continue as you make your way to the beltway. you're looking at about 40 miles per hour from fairfax county parkway to the beltway. the drive taking 14 minutes. aaron, over to you. >> thank you. >>> the weather almost ruined a chance for fans to pay their last respects to mus

forecast for today, sunshine, low humidity, 76 your daytime high in washington and 78 in fredericksburg. warmer tomorrow. details on that in a couple of minutes. >>> let's see traffic with julie wright. >> on the roads, that's where we find the crew in halifax along 66. if you are traveling inbound, slow moving from business 234 toward centreville. as you work your way east of 123 headed in towards the capital beltway the accident activity cleared. road open once again but wall- to-wall traffic eastbound 66 in towards the capital beltway. on the other side of town, this is where we have some problems earlier in roslyn, dave ross was at the scene. we do have some traffic that's able to get by. seems like a lot of people standing around and examining the situation at this point but again, fort myer drive, two lanes able to get by at this time. not a big tieup at this moment. although metro says their buses slightly delayed because they have had to work around the closure point. 29 between lee highway and fort myer drive for the water main break. southbound along 270, you guys working your

low humidity. and just about perfect conditions here as we get into the weekend.k at your weather. let's do some traffic and see what julie wright has to off you this morning. >> all right, tucker. on the roads, we've got some problems. if you are traveling the outer loop of the beltway south of bradley boulevard south of 270 head out towards river road, the accident is in the process of being moved on the shoulder. already a slow roll headed around the big curve headed out towards river road. inner loop, lanes are open, no problems to report there. 66 eastbound, look at that fog settling in here. no problems to report. traffic will slow closer to the rest area and again through centerville. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> it seems that eating too much sugar can make you dumb apparently. that is according to researchers at u cal berkeley. they found that lab rats given a steady diet of high fructose corn syrup lost their memories and some rats got omega 3 fatty acids to boost the bran functions. the ones that got the fatty acids wer

. >> low humidity and just a nice- looking friday here. let's kick it off with a look at our satellite-radar picture and not much radar to show you. we don't have much satellite either. we don't have any clouds. you get the idea. we have a nice looking forecast here although a little on the cool side if you are headed to the bus stop, walking to work. temperature are in the 30s and 40s for much of the area and here in town, we are currently 53 degrees actually little bit of a cool start. currently, 53 in washington. humidity, down, sarah, right? >> i can tell. >> a good hair day. the wind will be gusting to about 15. that is the only weather element to deal with today. highed about 75 degrees. >> you don't see radar like that much where it is so clear. >> very rarely around here do you not see much of anything. let's check in with lauren demarco. how are the roads looking? >> the roads are actually looking pretty good. i'm just going to comment on the humidity. love that as well. in the make-up room, we were saying yes, it is not humid tod

lots of sunshine, low humidity. a bit of a breeze. and very comfortable conditions here as we get into the weekend. no rain here over the next couple of days. 56 in washington. we did have the raindropping about a quarter inch of rain at reagan national. and actually, all day yesterday, we had almost a half inch of rain. 52 at dulles. 50 in frederick and gaithersburg. you can see the cooler temperatures have worked in overnight and our winds have picked up as well out of the north and west. today will be a beautiful day. it will be bright sunshine through outthe day. let's do the breezes and take a look. now, our winds are now out of the north and west gusting to about 17. earlier, they were at 25. you can see out to the north and west, winds gusting to about 22 in hagerstown and martinsburg. winds will pick up in the wake of our cold front. a gorgeous company of days around here with very comfortable conditions and low humidity. there goes -- there exits your rain showers and the back edge of your front to the north and east. still r

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future cast, bright blue skies, low humidity, temperatures low 80s.hings will change as we get into friday, showers back in the forecast and eventually, this is friday night eventually a line of thunderstorms will develop along with a cold front. overnight friday, early saturday. we will get it out just in time for the weekend things may get wit for a time late tomorrow night, early saturday. most of the weekend dry cooler temperatures 70s. >>> all right. >> we will take that. i'll have another one of those. >> let's go to julie wright and find out what is happening on the roads. >> and why did you knock him he said he saw me and felt like he needs to get outside. i can't help it. >> what that you have a beautiful tan. >> he is trying to keep up with you. >> he paid you a high complement. >> i thought tony was like no. >> i was going to say i got it from my mama. >> all right guys, new feature we have been talking about is waze. the waze craze is what tucker likes to call it. a new member joined our group, jason h smith south of the glen echo turn aro

low humidity. you could not ask for better humidity than this. it is nice for the guys to be out in shorts. who wouldn't want an excuse to wear a hat on a day like today? having fun, reporting live from the infield. >> it is the one day we can wear hats like this. ava, can you hear us? >> yes, i am. >> this is your first preakness. i want to know, what has been your impration the last few days. you have been at the stakes barn. what do you think? >> it has been exciting. i haven't grown up around horses or horse racing, so i am learning a lot through these past couple days. it has been fun. i think it is fun for baltimore to get this classy event and coming to it every year. we are having fun. i ep -- especially am enjoying the wardrobe. >> more than 100,000 people are expected to converge on old hilltop. >> 11 news reporter rob roblin tells us about getting this off without a hitch as he continues our team coverage. good morning, rob. >> good morning, ladies. how are you all doing this morning? i tell you, when people come out to pimlico today f

low humidity. tomorrow just about perfect. let's go one better on friday.nice, we'll call it beautiful. we'll see a fantastic friday and then on saturday i think another great day with more sunshine and once again temperatures in the upper 70s to about 80 degrees. your forecast this evening partly cloudy, nice and warm. possible late showers. temperatures into the 70s throughout the evening hours. then as you make your way down here toward the game tonight, game time temperature, sitting at 79 degrees. that's what we're thinking with the game starting at 7:05. you still have time to get down here to nats park. nice and warm. i think a perfect night for a ball game. as you make your way in to tomorrow morning we'll see our numbers into the 50s in most locations. 50 to 59 degrees. a great start tomorrow. then tomorrow afternoon nice. i mean, really just beautiful weather. we'll call it gorgeous. 72 to 77 degrees. as we move on through the next couple days, that great weather sticks around for friday. it sticks around for saturday. then on sunday, monday, and

low humidity. don't think you could ask for better weather on pimlico day before preakness, because it is going to be beautiful out here. a little chilly out here. currently 51 degrees. that's what we're expecting now. we will be sheding those later into the afternoon. we'll head back. i feel like the queen of the in field right now. >> and you are. you are the only one there. you look beautiful, ava, have fun out there. you have the greatest view from where you are sitting. it is pretty awesome. >> a maryland high court issued a ruling regarding same-sex marriages and what it means for people who marry in other states. >> prosecutors say a fight that spiraled out of control. >> and facebook flat lines on its big day. the news isn't all bad. we'll tell you about it when we >> in the news this morning, the police are trying to sort out aeeries -- series of deadly attacks. the case started when dareon press was stabbed to death by three men in northeast baltimore. the next day, three people were shot

forecast, good looking friday afternoon, get out and enjoy, low humidity, 76 in washington, 74 in german town. more details on that weekend forecast coming up in just a couple of minutes. allison and tony, back to you guys. >> thanks, tuck. >>> our big story now, the g8 summit. protesters are descending on the small maryland town of thurmont in frederick county outside the presidential retreat of camp davis. >> the protesters are hoping to get their voices heard by the world leaders coming for the summit. sherri ly has more on today's preparations. >> reporter: good morning. you know, when you have a big meeting like this of world leaders, the protesters are bound to follow. they are expected not only in thurmont but also in parks like this one here in frederick and given that plus all the traffic and people around here are going to face a major disruption this weekend, already businesses in thurmont closest to camp david are taking precautions concerned about safety. the two day summit will involve president obama and leaders of the world's top economic powers, they are expected to arri

the low humidity in place throughout the afternoon.his beautiful spring flower arrangement. this was sent in by one of our viewers, joyceann gray of sterling, virginia post your photos, weather and nature to our facebook page or send them to weather@nbcwashington.com and we will share. as we look at the view from space, over the last 12 hours, high pressure moved in and we have a beautiful clear sky around the region. temperatures are warming into the upper 70s to around 80 around the metro area. near the bay as well it's near 80 degrees as well as on the eastern shore. farther west, low to mid 70s, shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, into western maryland. delightfully dry all around the region now and a big change on the way for today, plenty of sunshine. then as we get into tomorrow, that's when we'll have an approaching front that will be likely moving in. it looks like the greatest chance for any showers and storms probably not moving in until friday evening. here's the timeframe. it does look like the line will be swee

low to mid80s. definitely looking at a comfortable day. humidityill be moderate to low and this will be comfortable down toward shady side. all right to the west its clear. there is the storm off shore. the next weather maker not on the map just yet. not really active yet i go though we see the beginnings of it in the upper midwest. the cool front will continue to push with the remnants of beryl out to sea. slightly dryer but not cooler air will come in behind this frontal boundary and watch what happens as we go forward in time and we look at thursday, looking absolutely wonderful here with temperatures again comfortable and humidity low. the next system approaching in to friday afternoon and evening and this could be potent. we could see a good round of afternoon and evening storm was this boundary pushing through and clearing the area until early saturday. friday night mark that down in your calendar, it looks like a decent round of storms. overnight 62 and a few clouds, in to the day tomorrow 84, mostly sunny and less humid and by tomorrow nigh

low humidity and high 70's. saturday, 80 degrees. ttle more humidity in the air and warm temperatures on monday and tuesday. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. moving you forward. >> blame the weather. >> i am with the 100%. >> never blame stephen strasburg. he is the future. they came out flat dissected it against the padres. his teammates were lethargic. in a rain delay, it was not a good day for the nationals. the first batter set the tone for the entire ball game. this is bad news bears stuff right here. they let it drop in for a double. that is sloppy baseball. the padres scored three runs in the first. one of the highlights was bryce harper in the fifth. he dials long distance. two home runs in two days for harper. the national's lose 6-1. >> start a game like that, it changes momentum and gives them extra life. >> sometimes it will not be your day and things will not go your way. hard shots did not fall for us. >> they lose six-one. art monk was inducted into the pro football hall of fame an

low humidity. very comfortable. maybe a few showers before sunrise. we will be in a warm sector tomorrow. as far as the overnight low through the afternoon tomorrow we are under a slight risk of severe weather. damaging winds isolated tornadoes, and large scale. >> thank you. it has been an emotional day for fans and family and friends of chuck brown. thousands pack to the washington convention center for today oppose the memorial. it was anything but a funeral. sam ford is live at the convention center to tell us how he got them wound up one more time. >> a day of great music funny stories, hilarious jokes, and general good feeling about a man named jack brown. he died may 16. -- named chuck brown. you can see it the way the fans turned out today. they came to party for chuck. they wound down the street and around the convention center waiting to get in and they were ready. same story inside. >> why me up, chuck. >> with the casket up front somewhere between 10,000 people and 12,000 people packed the convention center. >> it is one big party. >> music

. >> gorgeous weather outside of the weather center here in arlington. 81 with low humidity. 24 hours from now a whole different weather pattern. a warm front will move through overnight and they give us a brief shower before sunrise. as the developing area of low pressure moves east were dragging the strong cold front the set up will be in place for heavy and possibly severe thunderstorms. i think much of the mid-atlantic coast will be under a watched by this time tomorrow. threats from these storms are going to be mostly hail and wind it. damaging winds even and isolated tornadoes expected tomorrow ahead of the front with the greatest threats be in the wind, flash flooding, hail. isolated tornadoes are a possibility. whatever is going to happen will occur between 5:00 and 10:00 tomorrow afternoon and evening. a whole lot more coming up in a couple of minutes. >> thank you. a water main break early this morning in the business district has left thousands of people without water. it closed -- it made a real miss of traffic on connecticut avenue. stephen tschida with the latest there.

low humidity expected. temperatures about 08 degrees or so.ce looking day. >> maybe we can turn the ac off and save a few bucks. >> it is like extremely hot in here. >> always hot in here. >> let's get to your temperatures. much of the area falling back into the 60s. i think we'll lose a few more degrees as we get towards sunrise here at about 5:45. 61 in manassas. not bad to start it off. 64 at dulles. 67 this morning in martinsburg. you get the idea. more comfortable air. not only our temperatures are down but our dew point temperatures are falling as well. less humidity in the air. you saw in the live shot, things were clearly more visible than they have been the last couple of mornings. high pressure building in from the ohio valley. that will give us nice quiet conditions with sunshine today. high temperatures in the low 80s so it will still be a warm afternoon. i don't think julie wright will be upset. but conditions around here should be pretty much ideal today and tonight. let's take a look at our surface map. the cold front came throu

check this out -- and low humidity, bright sunshine. mostly sunny straight through the weekend and highs near 80 degrees. we will take another look coming up in about 10 minutes. >> thanks very much. outside, 64 degrees in most of the area. >> the washington capitals now looking for a new coach. why dale hunter stepping down. >> is based the just a fad? more and more people seem to be saying yes -- is facebook just a fad? ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. >> the latest trend in plastic surgery, an area of the body that shows signs of aging early. you heard about face lifts -- tonight we will tell you about hand lists

low humidity. comfortable. mostly cloudy on sunday. let's go to lisa. nothing problematic to report around town. construction barrels have been moved out of the way. interstate travels look good. a pretty good run on the beltway if you're going to have neared the air force base where we take you live. -- if you are going to head near the air force base where we take you live. headlights are northbound toward the beltway. we will have newschopper 7 in a little while. >> thank you. it is a special time for the redskins. >> the owner keeps up the team's 80th anniversary with a party in the brand new indoor facility in virginia. the redskins also showed off their 80th anniversary uniforms. a are cool. they will be worn in two home games. they were designed by nike. the exact dates will be announced later when they will wear them. >> they are looking good. >> we have a spoiler alert for "grey's anatomy" fans. if you have all watched it, put it on mute. >> some of your favorites are returning for the ninth season. according to the deadline,headlines. these me