we were looking at 95, now we are looking at 270 at montrose road. back inside. >> good news for people who commute to or from adams morgan. metro says the 90, 92, 93, 96, and x3 lines will return to normal routes. these buses have been detoured since april 2011 because of the street project along 18th street that wrapped up. >> time is running out if you would like to enter for a chance to win tickets to the montgomery county fair. >> go to wjla.com/facebook to sign up. we will pick the winners this morning and tomorrow morning we will announce the next winner in the 6:00 hour of "good morning washington." >> 74 degrees on at this thursday. >> you might say that randy >> in response to sunday's shooting at a temple and wisconsin, the sikh foundation of virginia will hold a candlelight vigil tonight in fairfax station. hundreds of people went to another vigil outside of the white house. they said they organized the event to unite against hate. the fbi is still trying to determine a motive. investigators say the gunmen died of a self-inflicted gunshot

he has played at notable vilnius such as the -- notable venues such as montrose and carnegie hall. >> i would like to start by saying that in the last 15 or 20 years of my research, one thing i found most surprising as a musician myself in exploring music and the brain is how -- discovering where it is that music is. i always imagined as a player that the music was in my fingers. now i know is in the brain. it is a neuro-representation of the figures. music is in every part of the brain that we have mapped. there is no part of the brain that does not have something to do with music. i found that very surprising. i wondered if you find that surprising as a player and what your own intuitions were coming into it. >> i think my intuition is that music is something that gets received in some sense or another, like radio, like something you pick up. it is a vibration. when i have written my own music for the guitar, a lot of times it is the result of having experienced something and having to absorb it like you might absorb a vibration or light our experience something rhythmic like walkin

we are seeing more of the lightning and heavy rain around colonial beach and montrose. this is going to slide off toward the east. so, as we go through the remainder of the morning, it's going to be wet. take the rain gear and don't put it away keep it with you because we could see another round ofshowers and storms. temperatures in the 60s -- 70s. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic and we have the accident on the road. >> yes. we are following that crash in carroll county. it shut down route 26 that's going to be right between unionville road and pawnee drive. use route 31 instead. and a new accident in northwest baltimore that is going to be right on northern parkway at wabash avenue. using interstate 70 this morning, a lot of rain really coming down in the howard county area. expect reduced visibility, but be extra careful heading over to 695 as we check in and look live here at the northwest corner at old court road. traffic is starting to pick up on that outer loop. it will remain sluggish making the drive towards route 40. inner loop pretty clear so no concern

here at montrose although schools are beginning today.watch your step especially in neighborhoods this morning. i'll be back in a few minutes. back to you guys. >>> it is the first day of school for thousands of students across maryland. charles county and frederick county and montgomery county all head back today. drivers are advised to head back safely and watch out for buses and walking to and from school. >> drivers are being warned. if you follow the law stopping for school buses, they are going to video drivers who ignore the signs on the sides of the buses. montgomery, charles and washington counties are running similar programs. violators will face a maximum of $250. school zones in county include areas for damascus high school and cedar grove elementary in german town. >>> today is also the first day of school for dc public schools. this weekend thousands of volunteers prepared for the new school year by sprucing up 115 school buildings. it was all part of the eighth annual beautification day. >>> tropical storm isaac is headed t

open for business but definitely a slow roll leaving 85 to montrose. buckeys town slow.that's a check of your "fox 5 on-time traffi me say this to every american who is thinking about who should be our next president. no one will work harder. no one will care more. and no one will move heaven and earth like mitt romney to make this country a better place to live. [ applause and cheers ] >> and together, everybody, together we will stand up once again for american greatness for our children and grandchildren. god bless you and god bless america! >> there you have it. last night's two big speeches. first ann romney takes to the podium then new jersey governor chris christie joined the roll call in honoring mitt romney as the republican presidential nominee at the republican national convention. joining us live from the convention in tampa, there is our friend gop political strategist jim. >> good morning. it's an early-morning. >> i know you're there and sem operating what's going on with the party this morning. tell us about the big highlights for you last night. >> first

we'll take a live look outside of montrose road. this is an example of all your major thoroughfares coming in from the north including 95 and baltimore. back over to our maps and this time heading into the downtown area. there is a fire on south dakota avenue at bladensburg road. they're just dealing with the residual problems due to that. so watch out for some lane closures there. we'll end with a live look new york avenue at bladensburg road. in my next report a look into virginia at 4:55. >> thanks, monika. >>> we told you how the drought is hurting farmers on the eastern shore. >> there may absilver lining to the -- be a silver lining to the dry weather. it's helping out the chesapeake bay. the department of natural resources says just 12% of the bay is classified as a dead zone. that's half the average size for summer. dead zones are where oxygen levels are too low for most marine life. but this year's dry weather has reduced the algae blooms that suck up the oxygen. that's a good thing. >>> the appalachian trail estimates thou

southbound 270 at montrose road looking great through rockville.ack with more traffic at 4:39. >>> we have some breaking news to report out of howard county, maryland. emergency crews are on the scene of a deadly train derailment in ellicott city. it happened right around midnight on the historic bridge in downtown. >> howard county executive ken ullman says the csx coal train was carrying 30 cars and 20 derailed. two people who were walking on the road were killed by these train cars. 50 officers from howard county and bat mord county -- baltimore county responded to the scene. the coal is all over the road and the bridge. >>> follow-up to a sad story from yesterday. we know the name of the 23-year- old prince george's county whrifer who was killed in -- whrifer who was -- police officer who was killed in a crash. adrian morris died yesterday afternoon when he was flown from his patrol car. they were pursuing a suspect at the time. the cruiser ran off the highway into a ditch. matt jablow has the story. >> reporter: one of their own was killed in

and the ground lightning and montrose beach ... scene repeated out at lollapalooza before the storm which caused an evacuation ... it ran over 1 in. at midway airport ... it rained heavily but not everyone saw that accumulation ... we have a great day today ... but we have a 125,000 plus a small account it's more than our experts have seen in a decade ... people with mold allergies or to stay indoors today ... for the coming week except for in the 90 degree temperature tomorrow we will have more moderate conditions ... there could be a good rain system coming ahead of this ... we see amplification developing within the jet stream later this week ... so the hot air dome will get pushed and we will see the flow of cooler canadian air reach our area there's a potential for heavy rain wednesday into thursday ... we are looking and wind gusts over 30 mi. per hour here in town it is currently 77 degrees at soldier field the rainfall this weekend was not universally distributed. today we remain in the '80s tomorrow we will be 90 degrees b

and through montgomery county toward 201 avenue. 270 delays heading toward a earlier crash towards montrose road. >> nothing starts the weekend quite like the picture that this makes you go aw. >> in this case it comes courtesy of the national zoo. look at what this little guy or gal. the baby flamenco hatched july 29. zookeeper's do not know yet the sex of the little bird. take a good look at the white fares because they will not be that way for long. it will not be the white puffball for that long. >> coming up, hope solo is back in the headlines. >> she is a doctor who makes house calls, literally. why that is only part of the reason she is our workingwoman. >> sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering so, i'm walking down the street, sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering just you know walking, sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering and i found myself in the middle of this parade honoring america's troops.ich is actually quite fitting because geico has be serving the military for over 75 years. aawh no, look, i know

some delays on 270 with a live look at montrose road. in maryland on the beltway, capitol heights before allentown road, blocking a couple lanes with another tractor-trailer accident. we are seeing delays southbound on the beltway as you make your way through capitol heights. back to you. >> thank you. 6:43. let's say good morning to doug hill and look at our forecast. >> high. looks pretty good on this thursday morning. clear skies around area. cool temperatures. but get ready for obama. in annapolis and unable academy, the son has been up about 7 minutes. temperatures will be a little warmer than yesterday. we will be in the upper 80s. drying heat today. in the 60's at the moment. 57 in frederick. 71 at reagan national. it's warmer at reagan national because of the influence of the warm waters nearby. the satellite and radar, you have to go south to find any clouds. high-pressure in control. isaac is still a tropical storm. the wind is down to about 45 miles an hour. it is weakening. it has been producing a credible rainfall and will c

lines are northbound with delays out of dale city heading on to i-495. 270 live, south bend near montrose road, the pace pretty even and steady. news chopper seven were on their way to clean -- greenbelt to look at a collision on the internet at kenilworth -- inner loop at kenilworth. >> concern mounts in louisiana over a massive sinkhole. >> an amazing sight as two race car drivers walked away from this. it's terrifying >> taking a look at news around the nation -- a judge and a lawyer expected to decide today whether to declare a mistrial in the case of true peterson. the former police officer accused of killing his third wife. the judge is concerned declaring a mistrial for the -- after the prosecution blundered. the decision could allow peterson to walk through. families living near a sinkhole in louisiana don't know when they will be able to return to their homes. the company that owns the cavern's blamed for the singles is now going to investigate. the plans to drill 140 feet by the end of the weekend. the sinkhole has also damaged a national -- natural gas pipeline. >> some day ano

270 as you work your way inbounded this morning to hyattstown more delays to germantown towards montroseight now from bucky's town over an hour ride with all lanes open 74 minutes traveling southbound leaving 85 towards montrose road. lanes open on the top stretch of the beltway between 95 and college park towards the exit for georgia avenue. authorities are checking for an accident near 355. virginia northbound i-95 v-dot moving the camera around at 286 the fairfax county parkway slow towards the beltway 395 on the brakes towards duke and delays on 110 to the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your "fox 5 on-time traffic." >>> nasa scientists are listening to a recording of a human voice beamed back from the rover on mars. it was a recorded message from nasa administrator charles bolden. listen. >> this is charlie bolden, nasa administrator speaking to you via the broadcast capabilities of the "curiosity" rover which is now on the surface of mars. since the beginning of time, mankind's curiosity let us to seek new life, new possibilities just behind the horizon. >> so that would be t

we'll take a live look outside here on 270 at montrose road. things are looking good there. and here at oxon hill as well on the beltway. south side of town if you're heading for the wilson bridge, you're going to be okay. no issues to report as you head into alexandria. back over to the map and this time over into virginia on the northbound side of i-395. looking good inside the beltway to the 14th street bridge and into the downtown area. all of your potomac and anacostia river crossings are incident free. a quick look live into springfield on the northbound side of i-95. no problems. just a bit of volume now heading to the beltway. i'll be back with more coming up in a few minutes at 5:24. back to you. >> 5:18. the nationals offense dries up after exploding for two touchdowns earlier this week. >> plus, it appears there is a redskin willing to be up to the challenge, filling the jokester road when clinton portis stopped wearing his costumes. >> first, we want to take another look at our question of the day. the question is average single man does this about once a month.

they are individuals and some of the montrose he subscribes to be true a lot of people can relate to that and the ideal of serving something greater than yourself, so he doesn't want to it would be great but i don't think it is going to have been. the job for four years from eight years as long as the administration must keep him. it's funny because he's recognizing the quality of people there after dealing with -- now he's got this intellectualism and at heart is a professor. one thing he thought about doing after he retires is becoming the president of princeton. thanks everyone for coming. this is very exciting. it's an honor. thank you. [applause] to be the bookstore in washington. i hope he will support braudy and keep the bookstore thriving. and also, again, a shot out to those that have served and do serve for the wounded were years. thanks again for coming to the [applause] >> ulysses was originally published in march from 1819 and december, 1920 and american periodical called the little review coming and we have copies of all of those as well. ..

i live in a town called montrose which is about 40 miles south. and when i heard about this story, i was very struck by the fact that the local newspapers were just reporting that this was going to be a fantastic economic benefit for the area. but nobody seemed to be investigating the very real environmental impact this development was going to have. and that struck me as really worrying because the real questions were primarily about the environmental impact, but also about the local people, you know, ordinary people whose homes were threatened where, as you call it here, eminent domain. they were threatened with compulsory purchase as we call it in britain. >> in other words, they could be forced to leave their homes if the council agrees to the developer's plans. >> exactly. he wanted to buy their property so that you didn't see their houses. he wanted to build over them. and he made a great thing about saying, "i'm going to build the greatest golf course in the world." but, of course, you know, if you have houses in the footprint of the golf c

accident activity near montrose road. and 66 no change here. still well below speed from fair oaks headed in toward 123. that's a check of the fox 5 on time traffic. back to you. >>> thanks, julie. some stories making headlines this morning. an online travel company is fined by the department of transportation. other bit has been ordered to pay $50,000. the warning that or bit displayed was too far down on its website. on the first day new passenger protection rules went into effect. >>> mars rover is extending its arm for the first time and it used its navigation camera. all right. now, it used the camera to view this. curiosity has not stretched its arm since before its launch in november. now, it's loaded with tools including a drill, scoop and a camera. now, the arm will be used to inspect samples of rocks and dirt. >> the picture was out of this world though. >> diana pushing toward the florida keys, swimming at a pace of about a mile an hour. she made it through a third night in the water while her lips and tongue continue to swell due to

the next call on the fiscal cliff comes from lloyd and montrose, virginia. caller: i think they should let all of this fiscal gloom and doom -- it is ridiculous. i think they should let all the taxes expired. they should remove a lot of the loopholes the rich are enjoying. they are enjoying all the benefits of america, but they do not want to chip and on helping the country. it is ridiculous. why does congress not do the responsible thing that? all the taxes respired -- expired. everybody will pay more. get rid of the loopholes the rich enjoy. host: do you think you pay enough caller: in:i am disabled and i still put on my taxes. every paycheck they take federal, state, social security and i am a disabled person. i still pay into the system. they need to uncap where you pay social security. why should the rich only have to pay up to a certain amount? let them continue to pay until they die? why is there a cap? host: from the national journal this morning. again, this is from "the national journal." and from "the hill." we will discuss this issue a little bit

surgeon of world war i out of missouri and then the cronkite's move to houston to what is known as the montrose neighborhood. in 1927, texas -- the dust bowl that had and then houston in the port going no banks were closed in houston during the great depression. so what was it a good move by the cronkite's, howling and walter cronkite seniors father to move to houston, but it would be jim crow. they encounter a flood of racism. his father's dental just did not work out. he was at a dental college, has some personal problems with other people and he started drinking heavily, his father. eventually they get a divorce and walter is the only child raised by his mother in houston and his father moved back to missouri. cronkite got a very early interest in journalism in gold. both that lanier, middle-school. they started having journalism classes. for journalism classes and 30, 31 in high school was unusual. cronkite started competing and he was all about the five w.'s of journalism and walter cronkite believed in us until he died. who, what, when, where, why, basic reporting. he did a great job writ