also under arrest 22-year-old gary williams gibson, he lives on garnett court in manassas. police say they found gun, ammunition and drugs. both men are charged with shooting into an occupied dwelling and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. >> the detectives of the violent crimes took over the investigation and worked through the night and by this morning arrested two men. >> reporter: the apartment complex is filled with children. neighbors say this violence is part of a lon simmering problem. >> i mean, it's not good. i'll tell you that one. they need to take it somewhere else, i think. i know it has to be people not from around here. >> reporter: the officers came from this prince william county substation established in an effort to fight crime in this apartment complex. in manassas, jackie bensen, news 4. >>> the battle over health care reform is not done yet, not by a long shot. republicans are still trying to find ways to block the plan. the plan would cover millions of americans who currently are uninsured over the next several years. individuals who do

. >>> in internet stinkweeds manassas detectives to the arrest of the masters -- internet staying -- sting leads detectives to in airmen in manassas. >> that air force sergeant has been in jail, bonded out, and is in trouble for setting up an illicit encounter. >> i think it is terrible. >> the reaction is strong after the arrest of senior master sergeant arthur leon henderson. they say he was here from springfield with the intention of meeting of 14-year-old girl for sex. >> i think it is a nasty. >> the meeting was arranged on the internet. a person chatting in an instant message conversation was a detective. >> searching for sex on the internet? come on. you are serving your country. for a 14-year-old to have sex, that is downright love life. >> it was part of a tax force -- that is downright low life. >> henderson had been recently honored for his work as an information manager at boeing and andrews air force bases. many in manassas says the fact that he is military makes it more shocking. >> they are defending this country, right? if anything could have been. instead of doing so

cool there but 50 in manassas. cambridge, maryland coming in at 52 degrees. a look at the satellite-radar. we'll show you that we will have mostly clear skies today. we do have some clouds out there this morning but they are breaking up. most of that activity has pushed off to the north and east. that is where the precipitation is up in upper new england so no concerns about that for us in this region. lets me show you the surface map. today will be dry but we are not out of the woods as far as precipitation goes later in the week. today, sunny, high pressure in control. i do think today will be the nicest day of the week although a bit breezy. as things progress, thursday, some clouds build in during the course of the afternoon and by thursday night into friday morning, a frontal system helps to organize some showers that will move through the area. so i do think there will be rain thursday night into certainly the first part of friday and possibly into -- well into the daytime hours on friday as well. forecast for today though looks like this. sunny skies,

eastbound slowing manassas to the rest. and then at 50 fair oaks. 95 delays are consistent out of dale city. when i say slow, i'm in the left side of thecreen. that is all the way up to the pentagon. there is some road work on 270 northbound. the lights are shining in the lights of the southbound commuters. various " southbound. the work song is northbound at montgomery village avenue. it is adding to the normal pace. now to alison and doug. >> thank you. >>> the design of a moral to dwight eisenhower will be unveiled this afternoon. -- the design of a memorial will be unveiled this afternoon. it will be built on four acres at the base of the capital. >>> abc said katherine heigl is out of "grey's anatomy." she said she was asked to be let out of her contract sure she could take care of her newly >> you are watching c 7's "good morning washington," with doug mckelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, weather, and lisa baden, traffic. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> 6:45. sete rublican

the rest of us have clouds, but mild. 71 in culpeper. 68 in manassas and downtown, we are talking upperlirting with 70 down toward andrews and toward la plata. st. mary city will be very near 70 degrees. next seven days, upper 60s thursday, breezy, there's your rain and showers thursday night and primarily friday morning. we are back in the 50s though on friday with sunshine, we are back in the 50s on saturday. sunday, another system comes through here, kind of a weak system. rain and showers sunday afternoon, lingering showers monday and then we rebound very nicely, lesli, because we are in the mid 60s on tuesday and back to 70 next wednesday. >> we are getting into april, which means we are getting out of that transition. >> yes. we'll take it. >> hey, our sports director is down at the verison center for the showdown with their arch enemy, the penguins, brett. >> it's a good one. it's our first post olympic showdown between alex ovechkin and sidney crosby. will alex get payback on his home ice tonight? we'll get you ready for the game plus the latest on the steroid controversy. 9spor

but 50 culpeper, 48 manassas tomorrow with sunshine. downtown around 50, 51 for annapolis. 50 andrews. 50 waldorf and low 50s to southern maryland. next steven days. bright buries crisp tomorrow, 50 and low 50s on sunday , rain and showers develop. lingering showers on monday and 58 and then four beautiful days. low 60s on tuesday, nine across the board now as we finish out next week. near 70 on wednesday. mid-70s on thursday and almost 80 next friday. first 8 of the year. >> love that. we will be talking about that but what we are talking about right now is the arenas ' sentencing a lot of people want to know was it fair. >> right. i don't know. do we know the full details of what he did in terms of charity and the guidelines the government had to follow? i don't know but was justice served or did arenas benefit as from his status as a famous athlete? we will look in to that more. >>> and the big dance rolls on tonight nine sports talks to the coach coming up. >>> when you are standing in front of a judge it is not supposed to matter h

manassas park towards culpepper, mid to high 20s this morning. plenty of chill in the air. later on today with all that sunshine, temperatures will warm up a bit, into the high 40s to near 50 degrees. at least it will be 100% sunshine today. yesterday's clouds and rain showers have moved offshore. we will be under the influence of high pressure today. bright and relatively nice, whether you are going to be flying your kite with the smithsonian national kite festival or going outside to look at all of our beautiful cherry trees. a great stretch of cherry trees along haynes point there going south. for tomorrow, clouds come bac into the forecast fairly quickly. any time after 2:00 or 3:00 tomorrow afternoon, rain almost on our western door steps. it will rain most of sunday night and through the day monday and showery weather will linger tuesday. if you have your favorite kite, go on down to the national mall. sunny and chilly today. sun doesn't go down until 7:27. it is coming up just a few minutes from now. then, the clouds return tomorrow. rain becoming very likely by late

manassas is already down to 39 degrees. of course again we're still in the lower 50s here in town. 45 for gaithersburg. still at 39 degrees for frederick. and earlier hagerstown was 59 degrees. they've cooled back down to 53. so eventually everyone is going to cool. mild in in pitburgh. mild in binghamton and new york city and boston, temperatures in the upper 50s. how about that. tonight mostly clear. some 30s out in the suburbs. 43 in town. and for tomorrow another sunny day out there. we will have a few high clouds certainly a possibility and the temperature will be right up around 70 degrees or so winds out of the northwest right around 5 miles per hour. so sunny tomorrow. we're going to be in real, real good shape and it looks like the sunshine is going to carry on for the next several days. no pressure here. mostly sunny through saturday. then the system comes in on sunday. looks like we will have some showers around here and some cooler temperatures by the beginning of next week. so let's look at your forecast. a gor

frederick, 37 at this hour. 39 in manassas. cool temperatures out there. no doubt about it. fredericksburg is 45. in leonardtown, we are waking up to 46. afternoon highs, upper 60s to about 07. the clouds will be on the increase and with the clouds being we'll see rain showers move in. i think the timing on the rain after rush hour tonight and that will linger into the morning hours tomorrow. there is a look at your morning satellite-radar. the clouds are starting to move in. there will somebody periods of sunshine, particularly during the morning hours but the clouds are going to win out and then eventually, as i mentioned, the showers will move in. this is kind of a complicated weather pattern but what will be happening is a cold front will come moving through tonight and we'll watch an area of low pressure ride right along that. that is why we'll get the enhanced rain later tonight into the first half tomorrow. nice breezes out of the south today so it will be mild. here comes that front. can you see the computer similar playstation brings that rain in here later tonight

we have a heavier volume on 66 in manassas. let's check out 395. not that leaving the beltway past duke street up to the pentagon. and then across the 14th street bridge. we take you to maryland, southbound on the beltway at river road. the left lane is closed because of an accident. it will cost you a two-minute delay. >> not too bad. thank you. >>> 42 degrees. >> the redskins have signed rex grossman to a one-year deal. is it coming as a backup or to be the main man? do not jump offsides. sports is next. >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington," with doug mckelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, weather, and lisa baden, traffic. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> let's check our top stories. the fight over health care reform is entering its final days. house democrats are expected to release a final version of the bill later today. they're trying to round up yes votes from undecided lawmakers. a vote could be held within 72 hours. bernard madoff's former employees have been indicted. they have b

cooler here to the west, manassas is 41. and dulles is 46.ill jump a good 20 degrees or so so we'll go with 70 in washington. upper 60s for many of us off to the west and north and west. a lot of clouds in the forecast today. and the reason why is we have a cold front off to the north and west and this will be our weather maker later tonight and first part of tomorrow and tomorrow afternoon we'll start to clear up but we'll cool down behind the frontal system. for today a mix of sun and clouds to start the day but the clouds will have a tendency to win out during the afternoon so we'll be mostly cloudy by later this afternoon. the od news is the rain will hold off until later tonight and winds out of the south today so we'll allow the temperatures to jump up ahead of the frontal system. and behind it we'll cool down and tomorrow afternoon temperatures will fall back into the 40s and we'll have winds out of the north and west at 20 miles per hour. so it's going to feel more like winter, more like early march than late march by tomorrow afterno

but it's around clarksburg, manassas, germantown, looking at 50s. prince georges county.ce morning if you are traveling on roadways, looking good. route 50 and up on 270, a good travel day today. we'll widen things out, talk about temperatures. not too far off to the north and west, we're dealing with cool mbers and a bit of a koltd front coming across the area. that front will not make its way eastward. we'll be on the warm side of this storm syste for one more day. eventually, the front will pass later on during the day, monday into tuesday, but, again, satellite and radar showing that generally pary cloudy skies over us right now. a lot of dry air in place of the extreme eastern mid-atlantic. clouds having a tough time working its way through. a developing storm system out of arkansas and pulling into the gulf of mexico moisture. this storm will slowly track up the mountains and remain to the west of us. it will keep us on the warm side through the day tomorrow. moisture getting in on the form oflouds later this afternoon and the rainshowers pull in here after midnight

reporting from manassas. >> metro is close to buying hundreds of new rail cars. the board is considering the $765 million contract right now. 7000 series railcars considered more crash worthy than the older cars already in service. the new cars will be used on the metrorail extension out to dulles airport. >oming up -- >> the needs to be accountable, because he did nothing. >> new attacks on the vatican in the midst of sex abuse scandals. some are calling for more action. was this robbery tipped off by facebook? be careful who your friends are. and more tears from a volcano in a world of frozen water. and when are the next rain clouds rolling into our area? and when are the next rain clouds rolling into our area? >> a volcano in iceland is still erupting under the ice. it is spewing lava between two glaciers, prompting more fears that it could turn to melted ice and then massive flooding. so far the glaciers are staying intact. the volcano has been erupting since sunday. victims who say they were molested by a priest in milwaukee say they have internal church doc

big changes coming in. 48 at national. 41 in baltimore. 47 annapolis. 45 andrews. 37 in manassas. 37 up in frederick. look at the satellite-radar together. a couple of clouds there. enough sunshine through the morning and midday to get our temperatures back up. the forecast, cloud cover, overcast. this is 3:00 this afternoon. watch the front move in from the north. interact with that storm system from the south. rain after 10:00 tonight. and isolated storm. the rain continues through tomorrow morning. it will not shut off until mid- morning. little clearing in toe the day late. cold temperatures for saturday, only 52 for a high even with a ton of sunshine on saturday. the cold rain through the mid- morning hours on friday. sunday we have more rain moving in afternoon and evening hours. really weekend plans right now most of it gets in on saturday all beit chilly. what you need to take away from the forecast, a good day today, a bit breezy. rain tonight through tomorrow. >>> watching the same traffic tieups for the last 18 minutes. hello, everybody. hope you are off to a great start.

we have slow traffic out of manassas.er t123 and now slowing just after that merge onto 495 and go northbound up towards montgomery county. so accident activity, inner loop of the beltway afr 66 but before route 7, only one lane to the left will squeeze you buy biand these are the delays from sky x leaving braddock road headed northbound on the intstate. we'll take it back inside, more trouble for you headed into downtown. if you are coming in off the south capital street and the douglass bridge, it is bumper- to-bumper traffic trying to merge on to the westbound freeway. the problem is westbound on the freeway at sixth and seventh streets, i got an accident snack dab in the middle of the roadway. so that five-lane stretch is what is tied up with the crash. 295 coming in off the 11. >>> streight bridge, we have delays there as well. and now kalers report a slow exit out of the southbound third street tunnel to merge on to the westbound freeway because of that crash. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> every d

martinsburg and haggerstown. 68 in manassas. clouds on the increase. if you are west of haggerstown, you could see some rain or showers before sunset. the rest of us will not. 68 in gaithersburg, 66 in annapolis. small craft advisory expires tonight and goes back into effect noon tomorrow. essentially, be careful if you are on the water. all right, let's talk about the next seven days. 68 tomorrow. clouds come in. rain and showers at night and early on friday. we are back in the 50s, but sunshine returns on saturday. then another system comes in on sunday. now we'll get in here in the second part of the day on sunday with rain and showers. lingering showers on monday. we are back in the 50s for a while and we spring back to 65. >> look at that. >> sweet. >> fast forward to wednesday. >> sounds good. we have breaking news coming into the information center after some bad weather. president obama has declared a major disaster existed in the district. and has ordered federal aid to supplement dc's recovery efforts from last month's severe snowstorms. fede

we are following a developing story out of manassas. a teacher, accused of sexually assaulting a student, is due in court today. kevin riggs faces charges, including aggravated sexual battery. investigators say that he sexually assaulted a 16-year-old male student in high school -- odd and high school. sunny skies are back the day. adam is standing by with a look at our first forecast. beautiful outside, but there's quite a breeze. >> gorgeous but windy, sustained a 15-20 miles per hour. we are tracking it, you can see the sun shine. however, you cannot see the wind blowing. we are getting gusts of up to 42 m.p.h. in germantown. many gusts across the region are in that 30-40 mile per hour range. temperatures in the 50's for most of us. sterling, 56. in the district we are at 57. on our way to the upper 60's for the afternoon highs. gusting in the northwest, 15-25. the wind will subside after sunset. tonight will be, but we have two new storm systems to keep an eye on. >> alright, thank you so much. back to the news, police say that a dn

police arrested the two men who led the money chase after speeding away from a restaurant in manassas was aimed to hit a police cruiser but instead crashed. new tonight, police are searching for a man who is believed to be responsible for five bay robberies in the district. the most recent robbery took place yesterday in the 1200 block. suspect is believed to be in his late 40's. if you recognize this man, please call washington, d.c. police. those so-called washington party crashers are back in the spotlight. they will be part of an upcoming reality television show, "the reality -- the real housewives of washington, d.c." >> that is great. >> they've pleaded the fifth to breaking into a state dinner last month. they have remained under investigation and are also writing a book, surprise. a movie that many mothers and grandmothers would not want to see, this weekend. >> john cusec and friends returned in 1986 in "hot tub time machine." plenty of times, if you check your brain at the door, two stars. another new movie, "how to train your dragon." a three-dimensional animated film for k

. >>> a crime caught on tape near manassas. surveillance video shows a robbery in progress at the quality inn on bald ford road back in january. an armed man pointed a gun at a hotel worker and forced her to empty a cash drawer into a bag, then forced her to get on the floor. prince william county police are releasing this video in hopes someone will come forward with some information. >>> a warning for women in arlington. police is say a man has been going around exposing himself along the washington and old dominion bike trail. there have been at least 11 incidents since mid january. police are urging women not to go on the trail alone and be aware of their surroundings . >>> gilbert arenas is set to be sentenced on friday. prosecutors say his lack of remorse and guilty plea is enough to put him behind bars for three months, but the judge could sentence him for up to five years. especially admits bringing four guns to the locker room in december after a heated argument with teammate javar rise crittendon. both were suspended

eight reopened today including this one on i-66 in manassas.or tim kaine closed 19 stops last year to cut expenses. 11 more stops should be open by mid-april. vdot will use an emergency fund to operate the stops until the end of the fiscal year. >>> maryland governor martin o'malley today defended his state's attorney general over gay marriage. last month doug ganzler ordered state agencies to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. today on wtop radio opally said it was -- o'malley said it was the right thing to do. >> ... unions being entered into the district of columbia, there will no doubt be gay parents who will be raising their children and in order to make sure that those children have all of the protections and law, i think that maryland has to recognize unions entered into in other states. >> the governor says maryland agencies are already following that order. >>> just how far will people go? a shocking new game show in france is putting that concept to the test. >>> plus, sandra bullock headed for heartache. is the o

martinsburg, 71 tomorrow. 68 in warrenton, and also 68 in manassas.owntown, we are talking upper 60s. even up to frederick in the upper 60s despite the clouds. near 70 in andrews. and also down in toward the river and st. mary city. 66 for annapolis. winds come back, so does the small craft advisory. next seven days, 68 tomorrow. there's your rain tomorrow night and friday morning. we are in the 50s for a time. saturday with sunshine, 57. another system comes at us on sunday. showers probably before the day is out on sunday. lingering showers on monday, but we spring back rapidly. 65 on tuesday and 70 on wednesday. >> spring not looking all that flam flamery. >>> let's get to our weird news file with stuff you wish they had when you were a kid. it's not exactly what you think. it's a representation of how can i say this? pee and poo. believe it or not, that's more realistic. been around for almost two years. the dolls are now becoming collectors items. they have been sold out on amazon, all jokes aside, the toys are intended to help kids be more comfo

on 66, we are clear through manassas through centreville. no problems to report on 395 northbound. finding lanes wide open from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. let's take you to route 4, route 5, 301, all the roads are okay and call it a wrap with the outer loop in maryland. north north of the district nicely from 95 too 270. that's a quick look at traffic. back to you. >>> president obama has scored the largest victory of his presidency. in an historic vote, the health care reform bill passed with more votes than expected. changes are being sent to the senate so the houses can reach a compromise before sending it to the president. >> reporter: with a razor thin margin of victory, democrats delivered on their historic overhaul of health care and gave president obama what could be the landmark achievement of his presidency. >> the bill is passed. >> reporter: president obama's dream of overhauling the health care system will soon be a reality. >> we proved we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges. >> reporter: house democrats secur

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frederick and manassas at 37 degrees. satellite and radar together, starting with one or two clouds right now. look to the west an more cloud cover is coming in. we so see a few light sprinkles moving in to the ohio valley. a way to go before the rain moves in here. cloudy skies build in by this afternoon. it is 3:45. maybe a sprinkle before the main event comes in later tonight. this cold front interacting with the low out of the southern plains. rain tonight starting at 1:00, overnight, early tomorrow morning in to friday. thunderstorm is possible. and we are getting such cold air that people off to the north, maybe fredericksburg, maybe starts to see a little flurry mixing in. we won't see any accumulation at all. after that rain and clearing things out by friday afternoon, a very cold forecast in to saturday. here's the temperatures for the rest of the day. lower 70s to lower 60s around washington. a couple of us, if we don't break the 70-degree mark, you are awfully close. we will be in the 40s and then spreading to

eastbound 66 traffic now slow as you work your way in from manassas head over towards centreville. 7100 to 123 and before you reach nutley street trying to merge onto 495. the accident activity was tying up all but the left side of the road headed up towards tyson's. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> our big story this morning, something commuters should know about today and keep in the back of their minds when gridlock gets to them. >> a frightening case of rush hour road rage on i-95. we are talking about a car and dump truck going at it with one driver allegedly pull august gun while his daughter was in the back seat. sarah simmons is live in woodbridge with this story. scary stuff out there. >> a very disturbing story. >> reporter: this happened, started at about the mile marker 159 which is another direction from here, not too far from here and they traveled several miles south on interstate 95. police are telling us this all started about 4:00 yesterday afternoon. they tell us that a dump truck was merging onto southbound 95 from route 123 when it encountered a jag

everybody else dry with clouds increasing. 65 in winchester. 71 in culpeper. 68 in manassas. that's a pretty good deal. and into the east, upper 60s downtown. near 70 at andrews. near 70 at wall dorph and saint -- waldorf and st. mary city. as winds pick up tomorrow afternoon, small craft advisory goes into effect at noon. next seven days, upper 60s tomorrow. then there is the quick hitter thursday night. only 52 on friday. even with sun on saturday, 55. mid 50s on sunday. another system comes in here. some showers, some light rain. maybe some lingering showers on monday but then we spring back into the mid 60s and by golly we're back to 70s by tuesday. >> thanks, top. >>> do you know what's better than the cowboys and redskins? >> what's that. >> caps because sometimes they win. >> the caps played the penguins three times this year. do you know how many times they have won? >> how many. >> three. >> ov and the boys sending the pens home unhappy. you'll see it. plus did flip and andre kiss and make up? the war of the wizards. 9 sports coming up. if i were a customer, i'd like

fredericksburg in the mid-50s. 48 in manassas. let's see what else is going on. out to the east, annapolis is 46. we're going to watch the low temperatures bottom out back into the 30s. maybe even temperatures at or below freezing. not to far to the north an west. washington area, just a little bit of high cloudiness moving in and you know partly cloudy tonight. not expecting any rain showers tonight. when we get up tomorrow this area right here will be across the washington area. these clear skies. i think we'll start the day with partial sunshine during the start of our sunday and then this mess moves in late in the afternoon. by tomorrow night we'll see lightly scattered shower across the washington area a. and that will linger into the day on monday. on not the best looking sunday. although much of the day should remain dry. we want to get them to the cherry blossoms. not a terrible day for it although it's not going nobody terribly warm with highs in the mid-50s. high pressure gave us a decent one today and a cool start to the day. that will slowly fade off-

in the 50s for martinsburg but 66 in culpeper. 63 in warrenton and 63 in manassas.owntown 64, 65. 63 in gaithersburg and 63 in frederick. it's going to be cool in the bay. temps in the 60s. with the winds we're looking at a small craft advisory for the bay and tidal potomac. 65 on thursday. the day part is dry but showers possible thursday night and then there is the cold rain on friday. temperatures in the mid 50s. we come back on saturday with sunshine, upper 50s. and another weak system comes in here on sunday and monday. maybe some showers, maybe some light rain. temps hovering around 60. >> okay, topper. thank you. >>> all right. two things, brett, first of all you don't hear the word steroid and chiropractor linked together. >> i know. >> secondly is it the caps office or not caps office. >> he has the sign on the door saying washington capitol team chiropractor or is someone else lying. the nats say they haven't heard of the guy. but they're distancing themselves from steroid chiro. plus gilbert looking at jail time. 9 sports coming up. it's definitely expens

the same at manassas. 71 at baltimore.lantic they're enjoying nice conditions as well. 71 degrees in boston. 68 in new york city. look at the south. 77 degrees in richmond. so some pretty nce conditions. let's take a look at trueview. as i said we don't really have much going on. we will see a few clouds however gradually getting a little closer as we head into tonight. ridge of high pressure is going to fly its way off the coast. otherwise things are looking really great. a look at radar. a totally different picture. you just saw all the snow that hit parts of the west. here's a look at our next weather maker. this system is going to gradually start to move its way toward us. on the back side the colder air so they're dealing with some snow. to the south they had some really strong storms associated with this weather system. as we move through into the sunday night, monday period, we're going to start to feel the effects of it. let's go back to our weather maps. we talked about how nice the temperatures are. take a look a

brianne carter has the latest from manassas. >> changes are coming. the school board just approved a new budget that includes more than 200 job cuts, salary freezes, and even bigger class sizes. it could have been worse. they originally called for 700 job cuts. it was a move because concern for some. >> i do not like it. there is already overcrowding. to cut would already have is not good. >> a new state funding formula approved by the general assembly has helped ease the burden and the impact on the county. >>> 5:16. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. >> we start with lisa baden. >> accident on the inner loop near pennsylvania avenue has been moved onto the left shoulder. there is no delay in getting passed there. we take you to a live picture of the beltway in montgomery county. this is university boulevard leaving the ikea towards 270. next we go to falls church and rosslyn. not bad on 66. both directions moving nicely over glebe road. >> look outside and see the temperatures are the 40's this morning. i did notice a few sprinkles

what is happening on 95 is the normal pliant to have across the occoquan. 66 looks decent out of manassasin maryland, south on the baltimore-washington parkway, an accident at the decision point for new york-kenilworth avenue. there is a bumper in the roadway on the left side. traffic is moving around the vehicles and debris. they are sending a fire truck and an ambulance. they could be there a while. this is baltimore-washington parkway southbound at new york avenue. >> thank you. >>> 5:41, 37 degrees. >> a debate over what should and should not be public. >> a debate over what should and should not be public. it centers around a woman's ♪ [ female announcer ] discover black silk from folgers... ♪ with bold rich flavor that's exceptionally smooth. wake up to black silk. >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington," with doug mckelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, weather, and lisa baden, traffic. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> checking our top stories. aid is pouring in from around the globe to assist those affected by the massive ear

. >>> i am gail pennybacker in manassas, virginia.air force sergeant is in trouble for making an internet connection. >>> live and in hd, this is abc 7 news at 6:00. on your side. >>> tonight, the president's health care reform plan is one vote closer to becoming a reality. >> scott, how is it that so many members of congress are still undecided? >> good question. it seems after the debate, you would not have people undecided. this is why. many are waiting for the congressional budget report on how much this will cost. every time they change the bill, they recalculate the cost. it also means recalculating the yes votes on the hill. [phone rings] phones ringing off the hook, e- mail in boxes filling to capacity. the target, undecided house members. >> the decision i am faced with is voting on an imperfect bill or doing nothing. >> the pressure is paying off for some. representative dennis kucinich the initially voted no because he thought it did not go far enough, today announced a switch. >> even though i do not like the bill, i have

. >>> lives in manassas are hunting for a man who robbed a bb &t well talking on a cell phone. -- whileing on a cell phone. he grabbed another customer's cash and ran off. he was not carrying a weapon. a father and son were arrested during a traffic stop in frederick. henry king, jr. was pulled over for not stopping at a stop sign. they sought another passenger tried to hide a bag of marijuana. >>> city officials want trash inspectors to hand out more tickets. and they're writing an average of two tickets per day. inspectors need to be writing 10 to 12 tickets per day or the mix -- or they risk losing their jobs. inspectors write tickets for infractions like trash cans being in the wrong pce to dog walkers who did not pick up after their pets. >>> a bill could likely increase car insurance payments for maryland drivers pulled it would raise the minimum amount required from $20,000 to $30,000. the minimum would rise to $60,000 for multi-injury accidents. >>> officials are showing us equipment to get to a first scene an emergency. metro officials demonstrated the cars and alexandria. they

time is slip ago way for a man who attacked two sisters in manassas. paul warner powell will be executed tonight. >> the family of stacie and kristie reed say it's a long time coming. he killed stacie and raped kristie. gurvir joins us now with more. good morning. >> reporter: it's been a long time and certainly emotional for the family. powell is said to be executed tonight at 9:00. the virginia governor is not offering clemency and the u.s. supreme court is refusing to hear last nute appeals. lorraine reed said she will not have to suffer after receiving taunting letters as well. >> you're never the same person after something like this. and as tragic as it is, a part of you dies -- a part of me died with stacie. >> reporter: lorraine's 16-year- old daughter was stabbed and stomped to death in inside her home in janua 1999. a girl that wanted to be a navy seal. >> i'm sure she would fulfill dreams and now that's been taken away. >> and the suspect is powell. long time attorney paul ebert explains. >> she tried to fight him off and he stabbed her. >>

folks coming out of manassas towards fair oaks and vienna. no incidents. wilson bridge, outer loop and inner loop between oxon hill and alexandria doing fine. chain bridge construction has been completed and is re-opened. back to you. >>> democrats are declaring victory after the house of representatives pass ad historic reform bill. >> lawmakers voted on the bill late last night and it passed by the slimmest of margins. here's a live look now on capitol hill. the house passed the bill on a 219-212 vote. i guess could it have been a little slimmer, still narrow with not a single republican reporting it. tracie potts has more from kral. >> on this vote the ayes are 219, the nays 212. >> reporter: the house and president obama got a sweeping healthcare overhaul that guarantees coverage for 32 million americans. >> enabling people to have the freedom to have a healthier life, thliberty to pursue their own happiness. >> reporter: president obama immediately claimed victory. >> this is what change looks like. this isn't radical reform. but it is major reform. >

it appears everything is moving well manassas to 495. you want to watch for patchy spots of fog, though. heading to springfield, we want to let you know, industrial park we have police activity in the area. as a result, industrial drive is closed between edsall and back lick. it has been like in the last hour. not sure how long you will be out there but count on us to keep you posted. live from pennsylvania and branch avenue. nice and quiet out here. a good example of the accident free drive we are finding on route 4, route 5 and 301. a little volume here at germantown road. back to you. >>> american troops in afghanistan will get back to work today after getting a surprise pep talk from president obama. the commander in chief made his first trip to the region as president this weekend. tara mergener has the latest. president obama will return to washington this morning after making a surprise six-hour visit to afghanistan. >> how's it going bagram? >> reporter: he delivered a rousing speech on sunday, thanking u.s. troops for all they h

adams morgan, 48, manassas at 48. quantico at 40 degrees. and a degree or two higher generally across the area. upper 60s to low 70s throughout the area today. tomorrow promises to be a little higher with the temperatures. right there, there's a look at the sky with a few high clouds. we're going to see more of those clouds moving in. but with the mild temperatures, that's going to take the pollen count up. today, it's 195 per cubic meter. mostly maple and elm making some of us sneeze. clouds on the increase because we do have another weather system moving in. most of the tomorrow dry, 49 and 48. to start date, after again, a nice evening here. starry, clear night coming your way in the forecast. not as chilly, the morning, meanwhile we do have rain to talk about. i'll tell you when it's going to move in. en it's going to move out, and how much you can expect coming up in just a few minutes. >> thanks, veronica. just getting started. new video showing you what it's like to be on a train, bearing down on a fire truck stuck on the tracks. >>>

andrews and easton at 36. 41 culpeper for the warm spot and 37 manassas. dulles 38.up to hagerstown and winchester in the upper 30s with wind chills in the upper 20s to low 30s. a little wind chill out there because we have a little bit of wind. nationally, we have a big storm here in texas and a big storm in new england, still or just off the new england coast. this thing, wow, this is another impressive storm here. a little snow on the north side, kansas, northern oklahoma. look at the rain and in north and east texas. that will is eventually move northeast. this will block it some. if this storm wasn't there, this would have a better chance of coming toward us. we might be on the warm side or see appreciable snows. the way it is looking now with computer modeling it shows it well. follow the storm as we come in on monday evening across the south n. to tuesday we will see a wind up the coast here and start to crank to our east here by wednesday morning with low pressure looks like east of norfolk. south and east of town by wednesday morning, a better chance of ligh

cooler in gaithersburg at manassas, you're down to 46 degrees and culpeper 48.erribly cool tonight. we have a few high clouds that are beginning to come in now. some high thin clouds in the morning b some sunshine getting through. here's the next weather maker. this is the storm system. you can check out the snow leaving colorado now into the texas panhandle but it was a mess. that really wet, heavy snow. out ahead of it we have a big squall line. 'm not getting severe reports out of it. it's moved east of dallas but that is the storm system that will be heading in our direction minus the strong squall line we've seen popping up here across texas tonight. that rain looks like it will be getting in here and pushed along ahead of a frontal system so we still get one more mild day out of it tomorrow but our max hd futurecast on top of our forecast page here, you can see the showers that will be out to our west. we'll be watching this and by this time tomorrow night we'll see them showing up on radar. it makes good time moving through the area with the bulk of it co

zone forecast, 50 culpeper, 48 manassas. this is with full sun. a chilly day. downtown around 50. 51 annapolis and 49 gaithersburg. the next seven days, 50 tomorrow. 53 on sunday. rain and showers develop. morning rain and showers on monday, 58 and then, good news, low 60s on tuesday. upper 60s on wednesday. mid-70s on thursday and we might be flirting with 80 by next friday. >> you have redeemed yourself. >> that's all i can ask for. >> sweet. >>> new relief maybe on the way for homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages. >>> but first research to find women that survived breast cancer may not have to worry about whether they can have kids in the future. a health alert that offers hope next. for decades, the insurance lobby has called the shots... putting profits before people. but with gerry connolly's help... that's changing. with a law prohibiting insurance company denials... if you get sick or have a pre-existing condition. providing quality, affordable health care options... to individuals and small business owners. and closing the medicare prescription

fairly mild outside right now. 61 at manassas. 66 degrees at frederick. 61 degrees at baltimore. and temperatures to the west of us a lot cooler. take a look at this. that's because we have a frontal system moving our way. behind the front a pool of cooler air is really settling in. so they're into the 30s and 40s. we're actually on the warmer side of that frontal sell. let's take a look at trueview. we're going to begin with showing you the clouds as they roll into our area. they're thick and heavy and will continue to be so through tonight. as we head into the morning hours, that's when we'll have to start dealing with the wet weather. let's look at the system on radar and show what you we are talking about. it will push its way through the tennessee river valley and head its way up the spine of the appalachians in the south and move across the mid- atlantic. as it pushes through, we'll see it eventually start to head out monday night. so it's going to be a pretty quick move but with it there's also a few thunderstorms. so that means we could see an iso

head on over along interstate 66 the inbound side, left side of your screen, very loaded up east of manassas towards fare oaks. checking reports of an accident. authorities are headed over to check on that as well. and one more stop over towards the american legion bridge. some brake lights on the outer loop. an indicate orthat broken down vehicle that was reported to us is indeed there. so we'll follow up on that. busy morning. we'll keep you updated. >>> coming up, he spent $600,000 on it. what's so special about redskins owner dan snyder's new desk at fedex? some amazing video you'll want to see more than once. police officer's quick reaction to a violent crash. >> and he's back. how jay leno made his return to the "tonight show." >> thank you very much. >>> good to be home. good to be home. i'm jay leno your host at least for a while. >> just nine months after giving it up jay leno is back at the helm of the tonight show. his guests last night included jamie foxx and gold medallist lindsey vonn. he'll have several other medal winning u.s. athletes on the show throughout this week. >>> th

a bid to slow traffic on 66 in manassas. 95 looks better out of fredricksburg to get to springfield.the potomac river. the delay on 395 extends to the 14th street bridge. we go across the roosevelt bridge. that looks like this typically. nothing too complicated. unfortunately, on the beltway, the american legion bridge, there was a broken-down vehicles. right now, things are rolling nicely on both sides of the beltway. brian -- brian van de graaff brings us the whether after this. -- brings us the weather after this. >> a very good morning. temperatures this morning near 40. 40 downtown. 40 and where bridge. we are seeing a fair amount of sunshine. -- 40 in woodbridge. a high today near 50. there will be a breeze out of the northwest. we will show you the satellite picture. we see a fair amount of sunshine it should be pretty nice day. the breezes will kick from time to time, up to 20 miles per hour. near the freezing mark tonight. tomorrow, clouds on the increase. a little bit cloudy. less windy. a chance of precipitation tomorrow night. >>> we will be right back. >>> 2000 federal w

. >> it has been frustting to get through manassas this morning.lder over at 29 incentive. look what from newschopper 7. they are following route 5 traffic. northbound is in a huge back up to get into clinton this morning. an accident has been moved onto the shoulder there is the yellow truck. been moved it into a safety and so and opened it be lanes. that is bere you get to the beltway. a long ride this morning out of waldorf. we have one more camber, from springfield, virginia. no delays from northbound into 395. not to the weather center with brian van de graaff. -- now to the weather center with brian van de graaff. >> and a very good morning. here is a chshot from frederick this morning. 42 is the current temperature. the wind will shift from the south. we will see milder air. we will see sunshine and becoming mostly cloudy. the clouds continue to move in. we will see the rain to the first half of tomorrow. it should move out by tomorrow afternoon. behind that rain, much colder air coming in. 67 today. barely 50 tomorrow. both 50's for the sta

. >>> it has been a long morning for the eastbound on 66 right now believe -- delays begin from manassasfrom 7100 to get to a crash near nutley street. inside the beltway, it is pretty good, eastbound 66. 95 is settling down at a fredericksburg but slow traffic begins at 123 just before the occoquan. this is the paste from woodbridge to the 14th street bridge. this morning, we had a crush on the westbound freeway near main avenue. it slowed traffic on 395 at virginia but also on the westbound freeway through southeast d.c. to head to the third street tunnel and the main avenue. >>> very bright day ahead of us with a lot of sunshine. 49 degrees currently at reagan national airport. the winds are gusty, in excess at 30 miles per hour across the region. 67 will be the high temperature today at about 4:00 p.m. with a lot of sunshine. you will feel the breeze. diminishing winds tonight and increasing clouds tomorrow and a few late day showers tomorrow night into friday. cooler through the weekend. >> we will be right back. men don't merge. the woman will sit there and wait. this is what men d