so fairmont, morgantown are happy but other places, in the rural parts where i live, where our farm is, you can't get anything. >> well, i had thought phone coverage was pretty much everywhere. however, if it wasn't and it isn't, then its replacement to a large degree, which is wireless -- >> right. >> -- and broadband. it should be the policy i think of this country that every place must have the ability to receive both wireless and broadband connectivity. and that ought to be -- that ought to be our law. we cannot compete in the world with the 16th or 18th best communications infrastructure. >> now, you're talking more broadband than you are wireless. >> no, wireless as well. but by the way, you speak about if you go too low in parts of west virginia, i promise you if you drive around los angeles or new york city or seattle you're going to find lots of dropped calls. you're going to find lots of places where there's spotty coverage. but -- and i think that, again, we haven't had enough competition. we haven't had enough national policy that is -- >> how does national policy do this?

so fairmont, morgantown are happy but other places, in the rural parts where i live, where our farm is, you can't get anything. >> well, i had thought phone coverage was pretty much everywhere. however, if itas

what we are seeing on radar is a thin line of showers from toledo headed toward morgantown. the air around here very dry. some showers are trying to get in toward garrett county, but right now they are few and far between. temperatures are running in the 50s and 40s. i understand there is a fire in shenandoah county. we are smelling smoke here in the northwest. this is a situation with very dry air in place and windy conditions and lots of dry ground. the fuel moisture con ten. won't take much to spread. be careful 50 in gaithersburg. bw i 50 this morning. sot tout mid-50s. manassas is 54. 55 in upper marlboro. flags standing tall, 55 degrees. dew point only 20. very dry air with the relative humidity of 25%. a west wind currently at 8 miles per hour. not much to show you here. storm system on the pacific northwest. snow in northern maine. for us we are watching a disturbance come through chicago in northern indiana, north central ohio. that is going to head our way this afternoon. if it can overcome the dry air at the surface we could spit out a few showers this afternoon a

some showers in morgantown, back into the panhandle of west virginia and maryland. that's where they will stay tonight. it will get closer to us tomorrow. a drew commute going to work. some of you especially south of town will have a wet commute south of town. 74 right now in college park. 71 at bethesda. 73 in rockville. already 68 in gaithersburg. 71 in great falls. 70 in reston. 73 in manassas and 74 down towards fort belvoir. showers return tonight, but a few showers tomorrow, best chance south of 66 and south of 50. milder on thursday, fantastic on friday. warmer on friday. strong finish to the week. all right, here's our future cast. 7:00 tomorrow morning, maybe a couple showers up 270. coming in from gaithersburg and maybe a couple showers in upper fairfax county. nothing really heavy. by lunchtime, showers back to the southwest of us. by everyoning, it's going to be the best chance for showers across d.c. and out 50 toward annapolis. some of us will have a wet commute, but nothing heavy. which is unfortunate. we have a better chance of showers over the weeke

notice the warm front north of morgantown to petersburg, to the sought of that it's in the 80s and to the north of that in the 60s. we're in pretty good shape through the evening commute, no showers till after midnight tonight. 66 downtown, 71 fredericksburg, primarily 60s now. it's as warm it's been all day. 59 in frederick, 63 leesburg and 68 in oakland, 72 in cumberland. for tonight mostly cloudy, mild, shower possible after midnight, lows in the 50s, winds southeasterly 10 to 15. we'll come back and talk about when this front clears us when we get back into the warm sector, but it won't stay north all week. we'll explain coming up. >>> the tallest building in new york is once again in lower manhattan. manuel gallegos is in the big apple where today one world trade center surpassed the empire state building. >> reporter: we're down here in lower manhattan at the base of one world trade center and the building is coming along nicely. take a look. 37,000 tons of steel, 200,000 cubic yards of concrete and a million square feet of windows. one world trade center is an engineering marve

south of pittsburgh, maybe toward morgantown.ak in toward western maryland but tonight the front comes through with a few clouds but no rain. it looks like our rain chances unfortunately will be staying low until perhaps the weekend. here's a look at the forecast. today 87 degrees. maybe 90 in a couple of spots. average high 67. tonight we cool off 60 to 65 as winds turn to the northwest. tomorrow mid 70s. not a bad day, just cooler, much more comfortable. on wednesday a cool day, more clouds, maybe a shower if we're lucky and thursday and friday good. there's your rain chances increasing over the weekend. >>> 6:46. jessica doyle is off. she'll be back tomorrow so for today i have at least one eye on your money. you have until 11759 tuesday to -- 11:59 tuesday to get the taxes in the mail. april 15 was yesterday on a sunday. today is enantz participation day. a -- emancipation day in the district so uncle sam is going to give you a two-day extension. in virginia you have urge may 1 to file your state taxes. >>> a lot of businesse

maybe a shower getting towards pittsburgh and morgantown. we'll get into the overnight period with just a couple of clouds. we'll call it partly cloudy into tomorrow morning. rain showers, they really fall apart. even though the front is coming through, the winds turn northwest and we cool down. the chance of rain with this front pretty slim. 87 today. could be near 90 in a few spots. tonight we're dropping into the low to mid-60s. tomorrow cool, mid-70s for highs. by wednesday cooler yet, 65. isolated shower can't be ruled out. i think the best chance of that will be south and east of d.c. drier and fairly pleasant thursday and friday, temps in the low to mid-70s. by the weekend increasing chances for rain showers later saturday into sunday and if sunday turns out, sunday may end up being a cool, damp day with temps staying in the 50s. we'll take the rain at this time. 5:17. here's monika with time saver traffic. >>> as you're planning to head around town this morning, i think overall things aren't looking too bad especially around 495. we'

near morgantown, west virginia. farther south, snow near bluefield and that area of west virginia. later snow. this area in green, this is an area of rain. we're getting light rain now in montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties. one pocket of more moderate rain north of leesburg, northern loudoun county, that area in the orange. all around our region, there is a chill in the air. you need the winter coat. you need your umbrella. it's only near 40 degrees around the beltway. the nearby suburbs. farther west and north, above freezing but only in the upper 30s. that's the way it looks now. back to you. >>> breaking news. part of the outer loop is closed now. police shut down a stretch of the highway to investigate a deadly accident between georgia avenue and colesville road. >> news4's tracee wilkins is on colesville road now. traffic is being diverted. with more on the situation that drivers can expect, here's more. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, they diverting traffic and trying to get cars turned around. cars up on the accident. they're trying to get them to turn

morgantown, west virginia, 84 degrees. the 80s very, very close. when will they get here? i'll show you coming up. ♪ >>> it's a new plan to combat crime. police cadets hit the streets of prince george's county to run the beat this morning. this event is part of the county's transforming neighborhoods initiative designed to help connect with local communities. there will be a run the beat in each of the initiative's six target neighborhoods in coming weeks. they're langley park, blade ens burk, suitland, kentland, hill crest heights and glass manor. >>> a whole foods fight over plans to bring whole foods and other retail shops to prince george's county located on 36 acres on route 1 near the east/west highway in riverdale. this would be the county's first whole foods. county officials began a hearing today on this development. executive baker supports the project but critics fear the development could add too much congestion to route 1. if approved the store could open in two years. >>> growing back lash tonight over a plan to extend bar hours and also liquor sales on sunda

he had an arrest a couple of weeks ago in morgantown. but they vet all of that out. every rock. and ultimately you take a chance, because talent overcomes things like that. >> we have to go. alex is yelling in my ear. but would you have taken andrew luck before rg3? >> i hate to say this because luck is a west virginia guy too, but there is something about rg3 that seems extra special. >> i think it was a colossal mistake by indianapolis. i may eat those words next year. but rg3, that's who you build a franchise around. >> i can't wait to watch him play. >> but now dan snyder has touched it, so it may go bad. >> brandon wheaton, the 28-year-old to the browns. do you leak him? >> i like him because he's not colt mccoy. and he is a nice kid, but he is not where they need to be from the quarterback standpoint. >> mike florio, thanks so much. a lot more picking going on today at radio city music hall. just ahead, the week in review. we'll be right back. according to the signs, ford is having some sort of big tire event. i just want to confirm a few things with fiona. how

. >> and morgantown and all those places are happy, but out where people mine coal, with everything that, and in rural parts where i live, you cannot get anything. >> i had thought phone coverage was pretty much everywhere, but if it was not then is not, then its replacement, to a large degree, which is wireless, and broadband -- it should be the policy, i think, of this country that every place must have the ability to receive both wireless and broadband connectivity. that ought to be our lot. we cannot compete in the world with the 16th or 18th best communications infrastructure. >> you are talking more broadband then you are wireless. >> wireless as well. but by the way, you speak about if you go too low in parts of west virginia, i promise if you drive around los angeles or new york city or seattle, you will find lots of drop calls, lots of places where there is spotty coverage. to begin, we've not had enough competition or enough national policy. >> how does national policy do this? in then to be in love with national policy, and i've seen these national policies, but it is always t