surae chinn reports from manassas. >> reporter: farmlands and the manassas battlefield park would be impacted. homes destroyed because of the proposed parkway. but lawmakers in the commonwealth say residents have scored a huge victory because the highway won't be built. >> your homes, your neighborhoods, in this church, will continue to exist and thrive with certainty. >> reporter: that's the relief to homeowners lynn and kristin moore who live on sanders lane near the manassas battlefield. >> we worked our butts off all our life. why take it? >> reporter: residents and lawmakers have been fighting for years against a road they say is bad for the area. >> it was ruining the royal crescent and to give up federal land as well. and -- which will impact the battled field and our way of life here. that's why we moved here and we love it here. >> reporter: that may be a premature celebration virginia department of transportation says. a law passed last year puts the project on hold as they figure

it's cold here in manassas 43 degrees here in manassas. 40 in chantilly. silver spring and college park at 41 this morning. 49 downtown at old town alexandria. 44 degrees in wood bridge. so it is indeed a very chilly start this morning. temperatures hour by hour today. climbing out of the chilly 40s. up into the low and mid 60s as we head towards mid to early afternoon today. there will come with us daytime heating, a little chance for some rain today. best chance to be hit by a stray rain shower or two. and rain chances are at 30% or so. the best chance for that to happen is around 4:00 or 5:00 this afternoon. keep that in mind have the precaution sized umbrella ready to go. seven day forecast not a bad picture around here for the next couple of days. our april chill is showing signs of weakening just a touch. temperatures will be climbing back into the upper 60s and low 70s and turning noticeably warmer into the weekend. so there's something for everybody there. no more snowflakes after those saturday surprise snowflakes that caught everyone off guard. t

by 8:00 a few showers into prince george's county back into manassas. overnight we're tracking showers and thunderstorms, but temperatures are still in the upper 60s and low 70s. so day planner, 62 to start at 7:00, mid-60s by 9:00, almost 70 by 11:00 and 72 by 1:00 with a couple showers. next three days. after we get through tomorrow's yellow alert cooler but nice, beginning of passover, few early clouds. 63 on easter sunday, cooler and also breezy. keep that in mind. it will be breezy both saturday and sunday. kind of a rude awakening from our 70s today and tomorrow. after that monday home opener, the nats. you can watch it on channel 9. i refrained from putting a drop there. mid-70s tuesday and showers wednesday and thursday. >> like that trend. >> thanks for holding back on that drop. >> my pleasure. >>> speaking of opening day in sports, what's going on? >> we got the caps in final push for the playoffs, four games left, every point counts. the great 8 is doing his best to help his team make post season >>> now wusa9 game on sports with kristen ber

it happened in manassas. surae chinn joins us from manassas with those details. >> reporter: the teacher's aid turned themselves in, employed here at the school located on the old military installation. the 20-year-old from triangle has been charged with two counts of sexual battery, involving a 14 and a 15-year- old girl. the students will go to the independent school with these programs and the alternative school that will serve students with special needs. it is located off the road throughout 234 in the manassas area. the alleged inappropriate touching happened on school property between september 13 and 2014, that's when they launched the investigation in february. >> and that is horrendous to hear. and hopefully that justice will be heard. >> reporter: students are on vacation for spring break and nearby residents are reacting. >> that's pretty nice stuff. it should be someone that you can trust and that they will do something to you to make it hard to trust anyone in your life. >> i feel like it is dis

that's what we were faced with. 84 in culpeper, 72 in manassas, 68 downtown and only 56 in annapolis. tomorrow's high we're thinking 67, feel a little better about that. live look outside, 64 now, mild, winds northwest at 14. the front is through us, the little fog quickly wi whisked away. a great weekend. cherry blossoms peak bloom, parade tomorrow. you need a jacket early tomorrow, parade time temp 59, 60. it will be cold tomorrow night and a tad bit milder sunday. sunday will be a little warmer. 6:30 tomorrow if you're up that early, 53 downtown, upper 40s in the suburbs, clear. by 10:00 parade time, 58 downtown, mid-50s manassas, leesburg, up toward frederick. 2:00 low to mid-60s downtown, 60 in frederick, leesburg, 64 in la plata. temperature-wise it's average tomorrow. the winds will make it feel cooler, still a spectacular day. by 6 p.m. we're in the low to mid-60s, upper 50s in gaithersburg up toward hagerstown. temps fall quickly tomorrow night. by this time tomorrow night we'll be in the 40s north and west of town, right around 50 down toward manassas, 52 in la plata. north

we're here at the vre stop in manassas. i hope you have as much good news in traffic. >> unfortunately i don't have such good news. chopper 4 is over this crash. this is the one we're telling you about, northbound indian head highway at farmington highway. one on the left shoulder so you don't have to worry about this but then we have the right lane partially blocked and the other right lane is blocked as well because of the crash and clean-up. just a warning as you're headed out there. 66 eastbound at glebe road a lot of volume headed there because of the crash. 66 southeast bound at route 50 a crash there. this one is off to the left side of the roadway. you don't have to worry about that one too much. then at 395 at the third street tunnel, lots of things happening there. >>> in news for your health even a little bit of television can make your kids overweight. kids who watch one hour of tv a day were 70% more likely to be obese. researchers at the university of virginia conducted this study. they found most 5-year-olds

this was a huge loss to the community here in manassas. we are told that the selkes were long-time members here at sacred heart catholic church and this is where that memorial service is going to be held a little later this morning. now, the mother and daughter were on the doomed flight last month, a flight that the co-pilot took down intentionally. investigators still trying to figure out why that happened. the pastor here at the church has told news4 that the selkes have been members here of this church since 1993. he says that members of the church literally watched emily grow up into a beautiful young woman. she was very involved in the church sang in the choir. her mom also very involved in the church and active in the children's ministries over the years. the services will get underway here at 11:00 this morning. eun, back to you. >> darcy spencer thank you. >>> for families of all of the victims compensation talks with lufthansa are expected to talk soon. a lawyer is considering seeking 1 million euros or a little more than $1 milli

it is located at joplin road near route 224 in the manassas area. police say that the alleged inappropriate touching happened on school property between september 2013 and 2014. one of the victims told school officials and that is when police launched an investigation in february. phillips arrested and booked this morning. >> that's horrendous to hear. hopefully justice will be served. >> reporter: students are on vacation, but parents and nearby residents are reacting. >> that's pretty messed up. it's suppose to be someone that you trust and to do something like that would make it hard for you to trust anyone in your life. >> it is pretty disgusting and hard. >> in manassas, surae chinn, wusa9. >>> the fiance of the federal escapee leading swat teams on the nine-hour man hunt on tuesday. she suffered a panic attack because they were cut off from their family. landing him in the fairfax hospital. used him as a shield to get away. >> i know it does not sound credible, but he would never assault anybody. you know? >> but police say that he overpowered

by 8:00 tomorrow night, a little over 24 hours from now 69 downtown. 67 in manassas and 67 in leesburg. tonight increasing cloudiness. breezy and mild. showers by dawn. low temperatures in the 50s. winds out of the southwest at about 10 to 15. by morning mostly cloudy, breezy and mild with showers. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. winds still southwest at about 10 to 15. by afternoon a shower, perhaps a thunderstorm. but partly sunny skies. high in the low 70s so little better afternoon than morning. on the day planner showers to start. low 60s early then 70 by 11:00 and 72 by 1:00 with leftover showers. behind this front on wednesday and thursday we get back in to a northeast flow. only 58 on wednesday. only 59 on thursday. showers and drizzle. nothing crazy heavy but kind of chilly and the nats are still in town actually. we go back in the warm sector friday. back in the upper 70s. for the parade on saturday, nice. near 70. parade time will be low 60s but that's still pretty nice. sunshine on sunday, near 70. back in the mid 70s next monday. you can touch the treats. >> this is a bik

in manassas, jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. maureen: coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00 police are calling it a crisis on the roadways. new steps officers are taking to stop destructive driving. >> oh, no! oh, my god! maureen: a violent confrontation between a man and a security guard caught on camera. the investigation launched by our report. and new information on the search for a man accused of killing his wife inside a hanover dunkin' donuts maureen: the f.b.i. is offering a $20,000 reward in the search for chetanbai patel. he's accused of killing his life palek inside a hanover dunkin' donuts shop last week. the f.b.i. says patel was last seen near newark new jersey. they believe he missed a flight that would have taken him to india where he was born. billboards are planned in spots throughout the northeastern seaboard in an effort to find him. maureen: a judge sentenced a man to 15 years in prison for raping a woman and assaulting a man during an armed robbery. ryan romitar pleaded guilty to the attack in northwest washingto

right now manassas down to just 38 in prince william county. temperatures there by mid to late afternoon should be hovering in the upper 50s with lots of sunshine. right now in wheaton, they're just at 37 degrees. later today, there should climb to the upper 50s with bright sunshine. meanwhile in sterling they're now at 37 with a clear sky. later today, lots of sunshine there, as well, reaching the upper 50s during the afternoon. so quite a bit cooler than we were yesterday. next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 4:41 a look at the hour by hour temperature changes through the day ahead. and now melissa, construction but otherwise no problems? >> you can see india head highway, branch avenue everything looking quite good. this is the construction outer loop between university and colesville we still have the two left lanes blocked here at the top of the beltway. that will be around until about 5:00 this morning. beltway at indian head highway, inner loop and outer loop everything rolling along quite nicely p. and then in rockville, 355

wet commute, 60 in gaithersburg, 58 manassas, 60 in leesburg. by 8:30 just scattered showers drying out gaithersburg to leesburg, but still mostly cloudy with showers possible south of i-66 and over into much of northern prince george's county around bowie and mitchellville and out route 50 to annapolis. tonight thickening cloudiness, mild, light rain and showers possible by dawn, primarily north and west of town, 50s. by morning mostly cloudy and cool, rain and showers developing everywhere, 54 to 60, winds turning northeasterly at 10 and by afternoon temps don't go up much, 56 to 61, that's it, mostly cloudy, cooler, rain and showers, winds northeasterly at 10. on the day planner 62 at 7:00, 61 at 9:00 and temps go down, 59 with rain and showers at 1:00. after we get through tomorrow's yellow alert we're fine, pleasant wednesday, upper 60s, near 70, cool but nice on thursday, better chance for showers and storms saturday, leftover shower possible sunday. nats in town thursday through sunday, on 9 saturday. >>> we're trying not to panic. trying

manassas and warnton andrenton and frederick. we'll look at the rain timing on friday next weather and traffic on the 1s. >>> more construction van dorn street between braddock and ken more avenue, still have some road work hanging around there. just tweeted about that one. wide look at things, no major problems. 66 into town out of town here at compton road moving along nicely. 95 north as you're headed out of stafford, you can see nice and clear all the way clear southbound as well. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car. >>> we're following several new developments in the controversial religious freedom bills that have people across the country in an uproar. what could happen as early as today. p. >>> and new details just coming in this morning about the pope's visit t >>> the death of a nine month old in leesburg has been ruled is homicide. devinon devny ellis died last october. yesterday the medical examiner said the infant died of blunt force trauma to the head. her parents gave birth to a

manassas hovering in the low to mid-30s there. communities in thorn virginia neighborhoods there, most will be reach position the upper 50s to near 60 degrees. south of washington. and in wheaton, now 35 in southern montgomery county. should be reaching mid to upper 50s during the afternoon. and then neighborhoods in sterling as well allow tonloudoun county should be reaching the upper 50s there. just a few clouds coming in by later this afternoon. coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s a look at the hour by hour cooler temperatures through the morning. and now let's check the traffic again with that breaking news. >>> breaking news once again, we're talking about great falls virginia. take a look chopper 4 over the scene. georgetown pike shut down at river bend road. a serious crash in the middle of the road. you'll want to take an alternate because the road is shut down there. 395 north at king street, left lane blocked. p we do have a brand new crash that just showed up here. not seeing it on camera but we know that it is

in manassas, surae chinn, wusa 9. >>> the university of virginia has a new policy on how students and the school ought to handle sexual assault cases and it is not in response to that controversial rolling stone article. instead it was sparked by complaints from a student who said the college lost critical evidence in her 2011 assault. complaints will now be examined by the university's full-time investigator and students will be allowed to have an adviser of their choice at disciplinary hearings. uva turns out is one of 106 schools all across the nation that are in violation of the federal antidiscrimination law known as title 9. >> there's a changing of the guard at a key job in d.c. vincent cohen, jr., took over as acting district attorney for the district of columbia. he succeeds mason after serving more than five years in office. >>> he came face-to-face with a navy yard shooter so to say he's brave is the understatement. >> but today lawmakers did what they could to say thank you to a d.c. officer who shot and killed that gunman and even took a bullet himself. michael & son mike

and 61 in gaithersburg, 67 in manassas. we'll come back, talk about the threat of strong winds this weekend and what that might mean for the cherry blossoms. >>> we now know the loudoun county high school student who died this week died from a type of bacterial meningitis. the virginia medical examiner's office ruled madison small's death was from natural causes. surae chinn is live in ashburn to show us how fellow students remembered her today. >> reporter: it was very touching, jan. meanwhile loudoun county health says there is no over case of meningitis in the county. they say there is a low risk of it spreading. they've identified the people who came in close contact with madison small, mainly her family and some friends. meanwhile here at her school students are trying to get back to a sense of normalcy. in a big show of support broad run high school students and faculty wore pink today to remember high school senior madison small who died tuesday from neisseria sepsis that can cause a type of bacterial meningitis. her

72 already in reagan national and manassas. 70 degrees at andrews and frederick and 73 in fredricksburg. somewhere, it's 74 and 75 i think, for most areas, slow increase in high cloudiness through the afternoon but the sun will still manage to shine through. more clouds later tonight and then overnight tomorrow morning, then a chance of showers with the approaching cold front. with high pressure off the ocean now, looks good for this afternoon but that front will bring the showers and clear right back out later tomorrow afternoon. check out the next seven days in detail for you in a few minutes. jummy? jummy: all right, doug. the list of 2016 presidential hopefuls is getting bigger. hillary clinton hit the ground running this morning after announcing her candidacy yesterday. abc's karen traverse reports as clinton begins her campaign trail in iowa. karen: hillary clinton's once again aiming for the white house. >> so i'm hitting the road to earn your vote. because it's your time and i hope you'll join me on this journey. karen: clinton left her new york home yesterday afternoon en route

manassas earlier had a 54-mile-an-hour wind gust. so we did see some very strong winds earlier. a lot of branches down across the region. storm team 4 radar, clear. so tomorrow morning we'll be on the dry side between 6:00 and 8:00 for the driving impact. the roads will be fine as far as weather is concerned. as you make your way in 4:00 to 6:00. still on the cool side. temperature of 58. so that's good enough to keep some of the windows down as you're driving around. first today we saw abundant sunshine and it was spectacular. then the clouds the wall of clouds moved in and so did the showers and we even saw a couple of thundershowers out there a little bit in the way of thunder and lightning, some of the first we've seen so far this season. behind it we've got that cooler air that's settling on in. not quite as cool as in pennsylvania. some areas over six inches of snow. high temperatures tomorrow cooler but not bad, 54 hagerstown 59 in manassas 60 down towards fredericksburg and culpepper. cambridge coming in at 57 degrees or rather tomorrow's high 57. cooler but nice. we'll

warrenton at 11:53, quantico after midnight and manassas about 12:11 and there's a lot more. one thing we'll see while it's raw now with temps in the low to mid-50s, temperatures will rise as we led toward morning. the day plan -- head toward morning. the day planner for monday, mid- 60s when you wake up. rain should taper off some. middle of the day we get some shine and go into the low 80s for a high tomorrow and with sunshine and an approaching front, instability increasing and we're talking about the threat for severe thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon and evening. that's why tomorrow is a yellow alert day. i'll be back in a few minutes talking more about tomorrow and the rest of the seven-day forecast. see you then. >>> a baltimore man dies after suffering serious injuries while in police custody. freddie gray was arrested last week. police haven't said why they apprehended the 27-year-old baltimore man. jill wagner reports that the baltimore police commissioner is promising a full investigation. >> reporter: the family of

the forecast highs for today, 64 in manassas. 67 in culpepper. 60 in cumberland and gaithersburg. and 67 in downtown washington. overnight tonight, 40 in manassas and leesburg. 45 in downtown washington so a nice one on the way. over the next three days, keeping the green weather alerts, sunshine on sunday and a high of 69. monday, 74 and rain returns on monday night and stays with us on tuesday. but the temperatures remain on the pleasant side for the next seven days. mike? >> see you in a bit, erica. >>> a silver spring ballet school is making it available for students who typically would just be spectators. the music in motion class are proving every week, they are not held back by any physical handicap. >> it's an environment they are not usually able to be in and feel accepted and feel they are part of a dance class. >> reporter: it's at the maryland youth ballet that the young dancers are accepted and expected to learn classical dance. students deal with a range of disabilities like cerebral palsy and conditions that require wheelchairs and constant care. >> they're in a rea

at 6:00 37 in leesburg, manassas, 36 in gaithersburg we'll take you through the day and let you know how cool it will be tomorrow morning and we'll look ahead to the weekend. >>> we're in the 30s now and you might be thinking what in the world is going on? what happened to spring. we get a cold blast of the past reminding us of late winter. >> our mola lenghi is bundled up down at dupont circle where he talked to some bitter people tonight. >> reporter: the hat, gloves, this might be a little much, not a whole lot much, but it might be a little over the top, but don't fooled. it might officially be spring, but it doesn't feel like it. >> it's supposed to be springtime, not relapse to wintertime. >> reporter: where are we? >> it's horrible. >> reporter: aren't the cold temperatures supposed to be behind us. >> like this weather is so discombobulated. it's supposed to be warm. >> reporter: we've been betrayed. >> it was 80 a week ago. >> reporter: step outside and it doesn't just feel cold. it looks cold, people in winter coats, gloves, hands in pockets, heads in hoodies, bundled up in

37 degrees called, 36 manassas, 41 right now gaithersburg and winchester. the temperatures, not too bad seasonal for this time of year. it's a lot different than it was at this time last night. the cold front slid through, but the cool air did not really get here until early this morning. as of right now 20 degrees colder right now than this time yesterday, and that trend is up and down the east coast. tomorrow the wind is lighter, also out of the southwest as opposed to the northwest. we will get that shift in wind helping change temperatures. today we had the northwesterly gusty wind, but with the high moving further east, you get the southerly wind and that will really help warm temperatures tomorrow, even more so monday. 40 degrees overnight in the city, the suburbs a little colder. keep that in mind for early church services. otherwise, lots of sunshine. 62 degrees by 2 p.m., 5 p.m. 64. whatever you are doing for the holiday, it will be really nice. then, looking ahead to monday for the nats home opener, about 69 degrees. if you are heading out to the

by 8:00 it's 49 in gaithersburg and 52 in manassas. not a very pleasant day tomorrow. by 10:00 we're still in the upper 40s and low 50s temperatures will have a hard time moving so a throwback to early march as opposed to april. we'll let you know if we break this pattern or a yellow alert for thursday and friday. >>> right now, in montgomery county police searching for a hit and run driver who hurt an off duty cop. police tell us the cop was walking in the area of wisconsin avenue near south park avenue and chevy chase this afternoon when he was hit. the officer was not seriously hurt but police don't have a vehicle or a driver description. at least they didn't when we talked to them earlier. >>> authorities in maryland have confirmed the carbon monoxide poisoning is what killed a father and seven children and died from fumes from a generator brought inside the home after the power was cutoff. we've also learned del marva power cut the electricity march 25 after it discovered an illegal hook up and a stolen meter. after that, police believe rodney todd used a generate

highs up near 69 in manassas. do plan on a chance for showers off and on mid to late this afternoon. we'll start talking baseball and bus stops in ten minutes. for now, a check on traffic with melissa. >>> good morning. a live picture, outer loop of the beltway, you can see no major problems right now as owe're head -- you're headed down to tyson's corner area. up in the frederick area, i-70 eastbound at 27 we have two right lanes blocked. because of an earlier car fire. annandale, ravensworth road, this has been shut down since yesterday. power lines are down. they're working on that one. taking a look at chantilly, airline parkway, that was a tractor-trailer crash. you should be able to get around that. a wide look at things, nice and green. lots of movement, no major issues. back at 5:11 with a live look at 66. >> thank you, melissa. >>> prince george's county police are offering a reward for information about a shooting in temple hills. take a look at this new video. you can see detectives investigating around

manassas down through i-95 through quantico, you are looking at some light rain.will be pretty consistent through the morning hours. then during the middle of the day, we dry out just a little bit with misty spot. he we are at 8:30 pushing through southern maryland, the northern neck and i-95 by 9:00, 10:00 we see drier weather but forg, mist and drizzle -- fog, mist and drizzle. cloudy skies will continue. what about the nats game? here we are at 6:30. we do see showers off to the south and west but a lot of it fizzles out. grab the rain gear but we will see spotty light showers and a little bit of drizzle by the time the game starts. 54 for today. 58 for thursday. 77 for friday ahead of some storms for friday evening. there you go for the parade. 68 and sunny. larry, over to you. >> thank you. want to let you know that rigz road remains -- riggs road remains closed between ruatan street and quebec street as a result of an earlier accident. a car struck a pole and now about 390 people are without power. we're told things should wrap up by 8:00. we'll let you know

i think these temps may be a wee bit high, 36 in gaithersburg, 38 in manassas and leesburg. i think maybe more like 34, 35. by 9:00 we're generally clear, 40s. notice the wind direction, northwest wind, so chilly tomorrow. 1:00 back upper 50ors downtown, low -- 50s downtown, low to mid- 50s in the burbs and we go back in the upper 50s downtown and mid-50s in the suburbs by 6:00 tomorrow night. temps will fall very quickly tomorrow night. by 9:30 in the 40s in leesburg and gaithersburg. if you're headed out tomorrow night, you need a pretty heavy coat. it clears out, stays breezy and cold are, wind become northwest at 10:00. by morning mostly sunny but cold, breezy late in the morning as winds become northwest at 10 to 15, temperatures 32 to 56. friday afternoon partly cloudy, breezy and cool. you'll need a jacket, but more sunshine tomorrow than we had today, but winds still a factor northwest 10 to 15 with gusts up to 20, maybe 25 miles an hour. on the day planner 43 to start at 7:00, downtown temps, upper 40s at 9:00, low 50s at 11:00 and partly cloudy to mostly sunny, 56

super fan felicia sha is from manassas. this is your third or fourth opening day? >> yes. >> reporter: and you were looked the first time game? >> absolute -- the first game? >> absolutely. i came out to a game kind of casually the first time. you just get hooked. the thing about baseball is you are coming, having a great time watching the game and everything but there is also the community of fans, the players are so accessible. >> reporter: your day started at 8:00 a.m. >> yes. >> reporter: that started with what? >> getting ready. you have to lay out your jersey, hat. you have to pick out which hat and which jersey you are going to wear. your cards ready. my sister and i went back to where the players went in. these guys are really accessible, great with the fans. just got lucky enough to get tanner to sign the card. >> reporter: have a lot of fun with your sister. felicia, thanks so much. fans should come early because not only will you get a free give away today, there is security, but take a look. there are a number of free giveaways on tuesday for about the

manassas and culpeper you're heading to the 40s. we are going to see a chilly day. temperatures stay into the 50s for the suburbs but near 60 right in the district. clouds increase. it is breezy. we stay dry except for a couple of sprinkles through the mountains. we'll be tracking some frost possible late tonight working into friday night. that's on your seven-day coming up in just a bit. let's go to larry first, though. >>> allyson, thank you. first let's talk to my friends out in frederick letting you know that everything is free and clear in your area. we are starting to see volume buildup mainly as you head south from frederick down toward the beltway going to clarksburg but no accidents. certainly good news there. around the beltway fee and clear. 395, 295 also free and clear as well. no issues to report. for those of you in prince george's county traveling into town, you'll have no problems getting to your destination on time when you get ready to leave the house. 50 free and clear. bw parkway looks great. 95 on the maryland side picture perfect. it is certain

66 in manassas.r. here's the radar right now. you notice the scattered showers just around the area, no real big areas of heavy rain. we are looking at some of that toward shannon dough wa county, page county, we'll zoom into leesburg, where we're looking at a little bit more in the way of that rain coming down, through parts of loudoun county, around sterling centerville and oakton, fairfax starting to see some of those showers right now. we'll move down to the south, bring you down through fairfax county, newington, springfield seeing some showers. these will move right on through the district over the next hour back to the north and west, let's take you up toward west virginia back towards western part fz loudoun county, middleway toward hagerstown up there bluemont about to see shower activity. right now winchester once again, toward martinsburg and hagerstown, where some of the steadiest rain is along 81. this is all part of a system that's making its way through the area and it will continue to

gave the keynote address at manassas on that day.very, very long time ago ago. just outstanding events in richmond, last weekend commemorating the fall of richmond. dr. ed aires is one of america's preeminent civil war historians and i don't say that lightly. he's one committed not just to impeccable scholarship, but to reaching people beyond academia. he roots out stories, untold stories, he amplifies voices unheard. and he constantly challenges us to see events in new ways. always with a sense of historical justice for those who are there. perhaps more than any historian working in the field he helps us accord meaning to events that were almost always far more complex and far reaching than we imagined them to be. he's retiring from his position at the university of richmond this summer. while it's a great loss for the university to be sure a prospect of dr. aires devoting his immense energies once again, to history is good news for the rest of us. it's my pleasure to introduce to you dr. ed aires. >> thank you. >> there are, indeed

that is what is going to keep us drive for the overnight hours. 52 reagan national. 37 in manassas. waking up tomorrow 9:00, we will be in the middle to upper 40's. lots of sunshine throughout the day. at least we will hit at 70-degree mark. we have a cooldown for the weekend, but easter sunday, rain or shine, details on that coming up in just a few minutes. alison: steve, thank you very much. the story of a special needs team from kansas is making national headlines, and now a potomac native is getting involved. michael kelly plays for the special needs basketball team at his school. his mother bought him a varsity letter jacket, but parents complained he didn't earn it. he was asked not to wear it. roz plater is live with how he will have a new one by the end of the week. roz: that story struck a chord with dennis kane of came construction. he said he wanted to do something to show his support. >> schoolroom on the back. roz: this jacket wilson be on its way to wichita kansas and michael kelly, courtesy of montgomery county businessman dennis came. >> he can display that probably

, he gave the keynote address at manassas on that day.a very, very, very long time ago. he was more recently a driving force behind the outstanding events in richmond last weekend, commemorating the fall of richmond. co dr. ed ayers is one of america's preeminent civil war historians. i don't say that lightly.. he is committed not just to the impeccable scholarship, but to ut to reaching people beyond academia. he roots out stories untold s, he stories, he amplifies voices unheard, and he constantly ays. challenges us to see events in new ways, always with a sense ofalways historical justice to those who were there.eare perhaps more than any historian y working in the field he helps us afford meaning to events that were almost always far more s far complex and far-reaching than we imagined it would be. he's retiring from his position he's at the university of richmond this summer. a while it's a great loss to the university for sure, dr. ayers hi devoting his time once again to on history is good news tceo the rest news of us. it is my pl

cold spots in manassas and fredricksburg culpeper, martinsburg towards gaithersburg.e is in store for a huge warmup. hourly temperatures, most everyone should be in the 50s by 10:00 a.m. and the 60s by noontime. 65 in town. there will be neighborhoods touching 66, 67 degrees later today. that will be very nice. nice and sunny with a light breeze today. not much of an impact for your weather on the day. if you're going out tonight for dinner and a movie perhaps dinnertime, 6:00 7:00, temperatures still in the 60s. a few more clouds after the sun goes down will help prevent the rapid drop in temperatures after sunset. >> easy for you to say. >> temperatures milder tomorrow ahead of our next rain chance which is starting o to show up across oklahoma and texas. that's the wave of moisture coming our way. we start picking up the clouds during the day tomorrow. then we don't have to worry about raindrops until tuesday. sunshine and 65 today 45 when you start off tomorrow morning and near 70 monday afternoon in manassas but under increasing clouds. have your storm team 4 wea

in manassas, leesburg, upper 60s, but the showers are possible around 1:00. and then you can see the reds and the yellows pop up there with the line of thunderstorms between 3:00 to 5:00. we'll keep an eye on that. temperature wise 75. and downtown at 5:30 tomorrow evening. a little bit of a break tomorrow night. around 10:00 to 11:00 with the showers building out to the west and no showers will move in overnight on friday. tonight mostly cloudy, windy, mild. showers are possible well north and west and temperatures in the 50s. southwest 10 to 20 and gusty. so here is the day planner. the mid-60s at 9:00 and almost 79 by 11:00 and the lower 70s just a few showers by 1:00. after our yellow alert tomorrow, we're in good shape, a few clouds early. then partly cloudy and cool. easter sunday we're in good shape with the seasonable temperatures. nats home opener on monday looks okay with the highs near 70s. you can watch it right here on channel 9. mid-70s on tuesday and then wednesday and thursday showers and storms are back in the forecast. showers and storms low

again it gets to culpeper first, then manassas, d.c., gaithersburg up into howard county. by 8:00 we're looking at rain and showers across the board with temperatures barely 50 in most locations. then we go the into sunday morning and still have rein and showers, temps upper -- rain and showers, temps upper 40s, low 50s and 3:00 we still have 1 batch of showers rolling through. maybe by 4:00 we'll end up with no more showers. it will take a while to clear out. you folks in the west will have a return to sunshine, probably even see the sunset sunday evening. 43 at 7:00. cloudy, yes, but dry. 48 at 9:00, 53 at 11:00, 57 at 1:00 but still dry. we've got a yellow alert tomorrow, sunday for light rain and showers, 59, 60 monday, a little more sunshine, a few showers. next seven days milder tuesday, upper 60s, near 70 wednesday. right now most of the showers occur wednesday night. then we're okay thursday afternoon and back in the mid- 60s next friday. >>> let's hope the wizards can keep the momentum going into this next game. >> good thing they're not counting on warm weather.

friends and family gathered for a mass at the sacred heart catholic church in manassas. investigators believe the co- pilot was suicidal and deliberately locked the pilot out of the cockpit and threw the plane into a mountain. >>> tomorrow hearings are expected to resume on whether john hinckley, jr., the man who shot president reagan and three others, will building granted more freedom. his attorneys are arguing for full-time release. he's already allowed to visit his mom up to 17 days at a time, but opinions are divided whether hinckley ought to be granted more time away from that hospital. >> i don't think they should fear him because i don't think he's a danger to anyone. >> any time you know you have someone in the community that's done the types of crime ms. hinckley has committed it's a concern. >>we're seeing the actual photo of the boston marathon bomber giving the middle finger to the jail house camera. dzhokhar tsarnaev's lawyers fought to em could the jury from seeing this picture -- to keep the jury from seeing this picture. day two of the sentencing phase f

by 10:00 looking at this heavy showers back off through 66 and manassas and culpeper. we will see a few rumbles of thunder. very wet at times. you're going to have blinding rainfall, some pockets of that but that will be pushing on through right through 4:00. showers continue. this is an all day event so you'll need the umbrella and the rain boots probably and the rain jacket of course. by 8:30 the rain continues. in southern maryland and delmarva seeing a good chunk of this rain. it pushes out not until about 9:00 or 10:00. midnight a few light showers and the clouds continue. wednesday, though, temperatures stay into the 60s by lunch time and we'll see them into the upper 60s. even above average with a northerly wind but we see a lot more sunshine by wednesday. here's the next three days. 76 for today. 66, yellow alert tomorrow. morning, afternoon and evening commute all going to be wet. wednesday 69 degrees. and thursday and friday, the nats are home and we're not too bad temperatur >>> some of d.c.'s biggest culinary stars will be showcasing their talents and fight

, he gave the keynote address at manassas on that day.a very, very, very long time ago. he was more recently a driving force behind the outstanding events in richmond last weekend, commemorating the fall of richmond. co dr. ed ayers is one of america's preeminent civil war historians. i don't say that lightly.. he is committed not just to the impeccable scholarship, but to ut to reaching people beyond academia. he roots out stories untold s, he stories, he amplifies voices unheard, and he constantly ays. challenges us to see events in new ways, always with a sense ofalways historical justice to those who were there.eare perhaps more than any historian y working in the field he helps us afford meaning to events that were almost always far more s far complex and far-reaching than we imagined it would be. he's retiring from his position he's at the university of richmond this summer. a while it's a great loss to the university for sure, dr. ayers hi devoting his time once again to on history is good news tceo the rest news of us. it is my pl

after the second battle of manassas, he decided to move south. he could not conduct business in northern virginia. he got into sugar speculation. he was not a farmer, as many people would point out. this area was convenient because he could access the south side railroad and make trips to the south to deal in sugar. he owned the house at the time of the surrender and in they are 1867 not able to keep up with the payments on the house in the house is sold and the family moves back to northern virginia. after the house is sold, the raglan family owns it for a time, but in the 1890's, a group of union veterans have a plan. they are going to start a retirement community for union soldiers here at appomattox soldiers here at appomattox courthouse and buy up land west of the village. they are unsuccessful selling off these lots to union veterans and decide they are going to dismantle the house in 1893 and move it to washington dc and create a civil war museum out of it. the house is dismantled. parts of the house are stacked up in the yard and there is

forecast for today look at the warm temperatures. 80 degrees from fredericksburg and 77 in manassas. 75 in hagerstown. 77 in downtown washington as well. and overnight tonight, temperatures really aren't going to flip that far. we're on going to get down to 55 at andrews and 56 in fredericksburg. 56 in pax river as well. so your three day outlook keeping those green alerts with us for the time being. it looks like it's going to be just fine. we do have that chance for a shower or thunderstorm from the mid-afternoon through the early evening today. and then the beautiful sunshine comes back on saturday. a high of 80 degrees. late shower possible sunday. but most of that activity will hold off until after sunset. the first alert seven day forecast the rainiest day is definitely going to be monday. could have some thunderstorms and then cooler weather for most of the workweek. >>> welcome back. if your house is dreary and outdated, this is your chance to get some ideas from the area's top designers. the place to go? the d.c. design house on mccall farms lane in mclean. that's where it i

it's 48 degrees in leesburg. 39 in manassas. 44 at joint base andrews, 47 in bowie right now. so what to wear on your fine easter sunday. you'll have to have your easter bonnet on. one little layer and sunglasses for later this afternoon. temperatures climbing well into the mid 60s around much of the area. exception around the western shore. a hint of the bay breeze. as we get threw the remainder of the week, your eggscellent start. but rain in the seven-day. show you that coming up. >>> thank you so much. today is easter sunday. about an hour ago pope francis delivered his easter message. the pope prayed for the middle east peace process to be resumed and for the iran nuclear framework to be successful. he called for peace in syria, iraq, libya yemen, ukraine, nigeria and south sudan. he specifically mentioned those who lost their lives in kenya. >>> a little closer to home, several churches across the region are celebrating easter. some woke up early for sunrise service. >> that's right. others are just getting started. news 4's derrick ward is live outside saint matthew's c

so it will be spreading up west of i-95, manassas 12:05, wood bridge 12:14. the rain extends into central virginia, so it's coming up 301 as well. we'll watch that whole area move toward dahlgren and la plata at about 12:39 and dunkirk at 1:17 and there's more going back down into southern and southwestern virginia. so a wet night, a flood watch in effect until tomorrow morning across the region. don't drive through any high water. weather headlines, heavy rain tonight into monday morning. some flooding is possible. that's why the flood watch, some streams, creeks. any low roads in the morning, take your time. as we head into tomorrow afternoon with sunshine and warmth, we'll be in the upper 70s and low 80s. showers and storms will return. some of those will be strong to severe. when we talk about severe storms, we're talking about winds that could gust greater than 50 miles an hour or hail an inch or larger. here's our futurecast. 2:30 moderate to heavy rain across the region. 1 thing you're noticing, temperatures will rise slowly toward tomorrow morning. we

manassas mid-30s near 40 farther north and west. need a light jacket this morning and your sunglasses later today as we will have the brirt sunshine with us. we'll jmp into the 60s by noon, by 5:00 low 70s. terrific day coming up. >>> just so happens that baseball weather is happening on opening day at nats park. >> how about that timing. thank you, tom. we're counting down to first pitch at 4:05 when the nats take on the mets. megan mcgrath is live with a look at the new field and a special gift being handed out today. >> reporter: good morning. you yeah first 25,000 people get one of these commemorative continues, it's the tenth anniversary of the nationals. take a look at what is going on behind me. we have service members who just a few moments ago were practicing the unfurling of a huge flag. they will be doing that for real later on this afternoon during the singing of the national anthem but they're getting a little practice in this morning. now, the nationals have a powerhouse starting rotation this season. there is a lot of

route 234, cutting through the heart of the manassas battlefield park. a popular north/south route for area commuters. there are questions whether a proposed $400 million parkway that would connect prince william and loudy counties and take traffic off route 234 will ever get built. >> adding more houses and people and the road improvements are following too far behind in my opinion. >> local lawmakers say with the state backing off planned studies and permits necessary for the new road it's dead on the vine and even among those who 235i6shfavor it there is still concern. >> battlefield up good idea because of the traffic are the it would lie to the west of the heart of the battlefield and has support enrichment from the governor's office. you check out the folks here. this crowd here is pretty much against this. some of them will lose their houses if this thing is built and others say they will probably lose their way of life in the sylvan surroundings here in this part of manassas. an update later on news 4. back to you. >> derrick, thank you. the deba

and 48 in manassas and much cooler back towards manassas and 49 down towards huntington and 48 in gaithersburgo cooler in the suburbs. a cool start tomorrow. high temperatures today, 72 d.c. and 72 fredericksburg and i think we'll be back there so another great day. radar, don't look at this, ground clutter. nothing on the radar. no rain no clouds and what we did see was a few clouds during the day today and as we widen out, we've got one storm system moving off the coast and another one coming down from canada and yet another one down towards the south. these are the two that i'm watching. these two here will actually be coming together and as they do they will be moving right into the region. here's the storms one towards the great lakes and one towards the gulf of mexico and the first storm, this one back towards the west is an upper area of low pressure. that's the one that will give us the most rain. most of that may be to the west before transferring the energy off to the coast. this coastal low, maybe a nor'easter but not going to be that strong. we're not going to see that much from th

gaithersburg, leesburg and manassas. if you're coming in 66 east bound, route 7 or i270, you will probably have a wet commute early on. then by 8:00 most of us will see rain and showers. look at the yellow, pretty heavy rain between winchester and culpeper, 8:00 hour. by 10:00 it's raining everywhere, rumble of thunder not out of the question across southern maryland into la plata and st. mary's county, only 57 in leesburg, only 57 in gaithersburg and 62 downtown. dress for the cool change as much as rain and showers. we'll come back, tell you when the rain and showers clear and have the 3-degree guarantee. >>> new details in the case of the so-called free range parents in montgomery county picked up again last night by child protective services. >> wusa9's garrett haake obtained the audio from the 911 calls that alerted the police those kids were out on the streets unsupervised again and he spoke to thmily attorney. garrett haake is live from the location where those kids were picked up. so what's next? >> reporter: the