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quite a bit of cloudiness this morng. no precipitation, looking with radar with temperatures in the 50s. no precipitation around the region. will stay cool throughout the day. details at 5:01. stay tuned. >>> let's check in with ashley linder and the news4 traffic network. any early problems, ashley? >> fortunately, no early problems right now as we can see here out of springfield, headlights continuing towards 395. no big issues, 95, 395, wb parkway. capitol beltway, it was messy yesterday, but right now wide open, no big isss leaving springfield up through tyson's through bethesda. barbara and joe, back to you. >> thanks very much. >>> 82 people are now confirmed dead. dozens of others missing after a powerful earthquake generated tsunami waves in some mow wa. the white house is now declared american some mow wa to be a major disaster area, of course, a u.s. territory. >>> in the fight against the swine flu, president obama will tour a laboratory at the national institutes of health today. he'll talk about stimulus mone

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tuesday morng,inedhele ft her office and walked four blocks to her lab near the school of nursing. around 10:00, a surveillance camera captured her entering the building. just after noon, there was a fire drill, but le wasn't seen. when she did not come home tuesday night, her roommate became concerned and notified authorities. an intensive search followed with police using bloodhundreds of thousands in an effort to find her. but investigators are keeping whatever they've learned close to the vest. >> reporter: why the reticence to give us any information at all? why the secrecy? >> there's not an intent to be credit secret. we're focused on conducting the investigation. >> reporter: thomas kaplan editz the "yale daily news." the paper first reported the story as a disappearance, not a crime. >> i think any incident like this brings up concerns about going to school at a university in a city. if it turns out this was foul play, or something like that, i think that's really going to shake a lot of people up. >> reporter: le was engaged to an undergraduate at the university of roches

i understand you have a discussion this morng about what it means. it's not just a word. so i just want to mention a couple of comments that the president made in a speech at the national academy in april. where he set a goal for stem education in the united states. this is what he said. american students will moverom the middle to the top of the pack in science and math over the next decade. he didn't mention engineering here but he also, in the speech, he urged people at the national academy to think aboutew and creative ways to engage young people in science and engineering and an urge of people to create, build and invent, to the makers of things. that is, to be involted in the design process in addition to the scientific discovery process. so it's kind of in that light that i took a look at the materials th greg sent me and just pulled out some kind of idiosyncratic things that kind of stuck out in terms of how we might thini about stem education. this is a big discussion now because there is a lot of -- people are going to have a lot of skin and again about stem edu

. >>> right now at 11:30, the back doors of an armored vehicle swung open this morng spilling money all over the road. chopper 4 was above the scene. police have their hands full using brooms and trying to clean up money off the roadway. >>> thousands of local students back in the classroom today. and students in fairfax and arlington and alexandria are among those that opened the doors this morning. the school system eliminated nearly 100 bus stops, saving some $4.5 million. >>> congress is also getting back to work today. the summer break is over. lawmakers are getting ready to tackle a long to-do list. the house and senate still have not agreed on the annual spending bills that are supposed to be passed by the end of the month. >>> we are now about a half hour away from president obama's speech to students. he will deliver a message of encouragement that will be televised to schools across the country. conservative critics spoke out against the speech, some saying the president was using it to indoctrinate children. in an effort to quiet the criticism,he eeleased the enteir released

stepping out this morng doyou will need the rain gear and ella. spotty showers.s is fairly light and mong la rtrth to south and some areaan nod ansouth, scattered aboud the eastern and west virginia panhandle from paw paw south of hancock d north of martinsburg, dotting i-40 sth of 70 along the frederick of sh waof mount airy. der and sout mrn anyld and northern ann neck a few ligh showers la plata across the bridge and 301 to the northern neck. temperatures today will be in the lower to middle 70s with spotty showers. more rain tonight and tomorrow. almost 5:30. angie goff, what do you got? >> half way through the hour and the week. happy wednesday, everybody. we follow a tieup in upper marlboro. this is an accident investigation. crews are still out there. we are hearing from officials at prince georges county telling us at whitehorse and brown station thank you they are going to be there another half hour and taking away lanes as needed. be prepared for that. a great drive past father hurley but the outer loop moving north of the district. a live shot at unive

a wet washington this morng. when will the rain end?e your forecast after the news. >>> here is a look at what is making news this morning appear small community in mourning today after a mother and two children were killed. investigators say charlesam1q=9 sr killed his two children and his wife before killing himself, and they have not said why. >>> and then a young person from the baltimore area is the latest victim of swine flu, and it's the first swine death involving a child for the state. >>> and then metro has touted its effort to move older 1,000 series cars to the front of trains, but the washington post uncovered documents in which it was called a means to help public perception. >>> the road to richmond heads right through northern virginia today. candidates creigh deeds and mcdonnell will be campaigning in the area tonight. mcdonnell will be in manassas is afternoon for the >>> let's cheng check the weather now. >> everything outside is soaking wet right now, even though most of the rain is already behind us. take a check o

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t bue morng weafr t,te left a u.s. ht ve lhie a roadside bomb in that same area. photographs from the scene show the vehicle was obliterated,hi evll neinyoiderg ns ie, anns afghan interpreter and four of kilbride's soldiers. for the captain, seen here putting out the flames moments after the blast, it was the bloodiest day so far. >> kilbride: nothing's easy. it's going to be a long fight. i'm not telling you that it's going to be... it's going to happen tomorrow. i'm not going to tell you it's going to happen next year. but, you know, it might be 12, 15 years from now and we're still in afghanistan. >> logan: how do you see the purpose of your mission here, your presence here? >> barnes: i tell you like i told my daughter when i left. she asked my why was i leaving again. and i told her, i said, "i got to go over there and i'm going to help the good people, i'm going to help their army, and i'm going to try to get... you know, put their bad people away." and she was, like, "okay." and that's my goal-- to help as many good people as i can help, to get rid of as ma

no incidents to report south on 355 leaving i-70 this morng. for those traveling in on 66, it is an easy commute between the two 234 interchanges. this is a live shot close in. for those leaving 234 and continuing inbound towards nutley street, all lanes are open all the way in towards the capital beltway. the beltway runs with ease in virginia headed out towards merrifield and light traffic volume continuing your trip northbound on i-95. so far, no incidents to report leaving dumfries as you continue northbound headed up towards woodbridge. light traffic volume continuing up towards landmark and making your way out towards the 14th street bridge off of both 95 and 395. an easy those continuing across the southeast- southwest freeway. you will find that the anacostia bridges all run without incident. new york avenue in great shape as you continue from northeast to northwest. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> most people e their cell phones every day, some people for hours at a time. in washington, this week, doctor

british commans in afghanistan frd a "new york times" reporter in an early morng raid.ut stephen farrels afghan tranator and a briti soldier were killed the action. we have a report narrated paul davieof independent television news. >> repter: the special forces have dappeared with the briton they came to rese. here, local afans deal with thaftermath of an operation that succeeded butnly at a cost the body they artransporting is that of an afghan journalt who was also a ctive but was not so fornate. this is e man who was freed alive:tephen farrell, a british porter employed by "the new york time" a specialistn frontline journalism. it was four daysgo, he and his colleague mohamm munadi were taken gunpoint from their car near t town of kundus, a kidnappinghat was kept secret at the time. only n can the story be told. was early on saturday the t reports were abducted by taliban fighters. their driver manag to escape and raised the alarm a srt timeater. the abduction was kept sret while specl forces prepared for their operation. befo dawn today, they moved in, but a brith

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and will do it in a very similar way as we did in the morng. so we will ask the speakers to take a seat right here up front, and then we will facilitate the questions and answers. so we are going to our next speaker, steve myers. steve is a high school and middle school technology and engineering instructor in wisconsin. state has been very involved in education initiatives at the local, state and national levels, including as a representative on the wisconsin technology education association, curriculum for project at the national academy of engineeri, and member of the board of directors for the international technology education association. along with teaching, steve owns an educational consulting company, technological leaders curriculum solutions that he is about and luther college and a masters degree in technology education from the university of wisconsin. steve, thank you. [applause] good afternoon, everyone. can you hear me? okay. wheldon, that's the response i was going to get after lunch. [laughter] i'm going to try that again. goo

here's the forecast for the rest of the morng. slight chance of a shower and we'll stay in the 60s.sthon jent past noon it may reh near 70. a likelihood of passing showers this afternoon and overnight tonight. looks like a wet pattern as that coastal low gets closer to coast, we'll have an increased chance of rain through tonight, into tomorrow morning. and then as well will have some blustery winds, too,pt p j p gusting to 25 milesn ilhour. thankfully friday afternoon, into the weekend, a drying pattern moves in. we'll be wming up as well. low 80s on sunday with sunshine finally coming back. a look at next week in ten minutes. >> we'll see you then. thanks so much, tom. >> now let's go to jerry edwards and the news 4 traffic network. >> a lot of volume. no big accidents yet, at least out on the interstates. this is 270 at montrose road. still quiet and dry pavement at this point. good news there. northbound and southbound travel lanes are open. elsewhere, at the wilson bridge we're doing okay. accident early this morning outer loop at central avenue is gone. last check, police stil

morng n lo ows60. saturday should be up near 80 degrees and partly cloudy. looks like we'll be in the upper 70s to 80, drying out in time for the weekend. back at 5:11 with another update. >>> let's go to jerry edwards and the news4 traffic network. jerry? >> good morning. fairly quiet commute so far as we get going here. checking out interstate 66 as you begin the commute in to fair oaks and vienna. looks like drive pavement for the moment. the drive through northeast, new york avenue, kenilworth avenue, nothing too much to worry about. all the major road work southeast of anacostia bridges, very light as well. back to you. >> thanks, jerry. >>> breaking news out of afghanistan this morning. a "new york times" reporter held captive there has been freed by britis stephen farrell's kidnapping had nobe enep rdteor to protect histe safety. swas abductedayse by taliban militants on saturday while reporting on a u.s. air strike in northern afghanistan. he was freed this morning in an early morning raid. a british commando and farrell's afghan translator were kill

. >>> prince george's county police are investigating a violent home invasion this morng. this happened around 10:30 last night in the forest heights area. an armed suspect approached two women in a car and forced them into their apartment in the 700 block of audrey lane. he then told them to get into a closet while he stole items from inside the apartment. >>> california crews are battling a fast-moving wildfire that has already spread to 8,500 acres. hot, dry winds are fueling those flames. some residents in the city of moore park have been evacuated. right now the fire is about 10% contained. crews are using jets and helicopters to fight the flames from the air. governor arnold schwarzenegger has also declared a state of emergency. >>> 6:37, 71 degrees. the federal reserve meets today. we'll talk with cnbc to see whether it will make any policy changes now that it appears we are moving out of a recession. >>> the new safety recommendation it is ntsb wants metro to make now following june's deadly metro crash. >>> find out whether any relief >>> time for weather and traf

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. >> can't wait for the big reveal later this morng. >> what a great opportunity. >>> i'm not going toavorites but angie coraly is from pittsburgh. she used to work with our tv station back there. >> is that right? okay. we'll see. that's excitin can't wait. >> younice forecast this morning. >>> yeah. we'll get right to it. the temperatures in the area, in the low 60s. 60 at reagan national. humidity 60%. winds out of the north and east at 13 miles per hour. if you like sunshine and low humidity and you like temperatures in the upper 70s to about 80, well this is the perft forecast for you. is your satellite radar. cloud cover off the south and east, that won't impact you here. no rain or thunderstorm activity any time soon as high pressure is across the area and the forecast only gets better from here. more sunshine from yesterday. highs in the upper 70 toss about 80 in fredericksberg and then we'll be cool again tonight with overnight lows back in the 50s. so i'll have more details in the forecast. >> it's not 80, but it's good later for today, julie wright. >> it's okay. you don't w

grammy winner will be performing live, later on this morng.this friday morning. >> we really do. she sings the heart out of every song. >>> good morning, once again. diane sawyer, robin roberts, chris cuomo and sam champion. >>> also coming up in this half hour, we know relationships can make you a little crazy. a very funny couple, and perceptive, as well, is going to take on the question why women seem crazy and why men seem stupid in love. their version, not mine. >> we'll find that out. >>> but first, no one is stronger than the amazing mary j. blige. is the name of her new single, " from the soundtrack of "more than a game." later on, she's going to sing it for us. for our fall concert series. but first, come on up here, mary j. come up with us. [ cheers and applause ] don't be scared, chris. don't back away. >> thank you very much. >> you're one of our favorites. your music is uplifting and inspi inspiring. and your song, "stronger," is on the lebron james soundtrack for "more than a game." how did you get involved in this? >> he asked m

feeling kind of summery humid this morng. as a result, we've got a lot of dew that has formed. many of the streets, roads and sidewalks are mp. even though we haven't had any overnight rain, we do have that moisture that's forming on many of those cooler surfaces. as we look outside at this hour, there's venus. the eastern sky, a few breaks in the clouds. elsewhere it is mostly cloudy. right now a rather balmy 67 at reagan national. we've had a southeasterly flow over the last number of hours that has increased our humidity overnight. as we look at radar, there is no precipitation on radar around the region but there is a little patchy fog showing up in parts of prince george's county, perhaps southern maryland near the bay. may be some light fog there, but elsewhere we don't have any fog around. we just have, for the most part, a cloud cover that has moved in. right now the low 60s with some fog around andrews air force base. look at annapolis. they're near 70. the bay water taremperatures ar around 70. a southeast flow across the bay is keeping it milder. farther inland, in c

good morng, mike. >> reporter: good morning, norah. raucous summer for that health care reform debate. infighting icongress, sinng poll numbers for president. but aerhat wednesday speech, demoats have taken heart. theyind it to be very encouragg. notwithstanding divisions that still remain within the party on that govnmen option, a public opon, a government-run eity thatould give csumers a plan tohoose from that's run by the government, of course. republicans almost unified in opposition to that. now e question is will the president be able to talk those on the left of his party into going along to get things pasd through congress. meanwhile, the prede keeping the public relationson. s internet address this morninspoke t health care once agai and this afterno he travels to minneapolis, minnesota, where h will address a rally o some 20,000 strong athe target cent center. and then later next week going to nearby college park, maryland, d having a similar ray in favor of health care reform at the university of maryland. meanwhile, in cong

. >>> welcome back to fox 45 morng news. 6:28 is the time. you're taking a live look at downtown baltimore. it's wednesday, and around here that's a very special thing, especially for meteorologist steve pfeffe fertig. good morning, i'm patrice harris, but steve has very good company this morning. >> good morning, i have recruited a man. how old are you. >> i'm 8. >> you got a lot of friends and a lot of classmates watching, too. are you ready to do this one, here. >> we will show you them the showers moving through this morning. i got hit with a few showers this morning. did you see any showers. >> there were showers coming down here. >> that's true. we will go over that in a litte bit. you will go later. this one is mine. you're ready to go. >> 66 out in westminister. temperatures getting to 66 by noon. 70 at 6:00 p.m., and we should hit a high temperature of 74 with a northeast wind at 5-10 miles per hour. you're ready to go a little lit later. right now what do you want to do? toss to who? >> here is lauren with traffic. >> reporter: brad

contact td ameritrade for a prospectus containing >>> welcome back to morng j"mor joe."t to mika and joe in san francisco. there is the white house. got a lot to think about as the president prepares to go on 17 talk shows on sunday. is that your shot of nashville? anything? >> a slap in the face. >> harold, that's a great town. the best. how about las vegas. now you have a beautiful shot of las vegas. los angeles, california. there is the airport. we really know how to find beauty in the american cities. and then san francisco, let's take it up north. we don't have it. okay. well, let's check in with joe and mika there, at least, in san francisco. good morning, guys. >> good morning, willie. it's the top of the hour. it's great to have dylan back in. >> harold and willie, always talking about how beautiful nashville is. and it's the sang raw law. look at that city. >> talk about dirty politics. >> yeah, now i know why they call it the magical city. listen to the music of those mufflers. >> it looks like a smooth commute this morning in nashville. >> yeah, we have a lot

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reid: following leader remarks the, the senate will be in a period of morng business until 12:30 today, with the time divided between the twoeaders or designees. this will give senators an opportunity to pay tribute to senator ted kennedy. following that, cras -- yesterdy cloture vote was invoked in the nomination of cass sunstein. all senators will be notified when the vote on confirmation nomination is scheduled. as a reminder to senators at 2:45 p.m. today, senator designate george lemieux will be sworn in as senator for florida replacing mel mearsz. following disposition -- martinez. following disposition of the sunstein nomination, i had conversation with the floor staff, both democrat and republican, to see if we can move forward to an agreement to proceed to an appropriation bill. senator mcconnell and i have talked for some time to get as many of these done as we can. we have four done. we have eight to go. mr. president, a freshman senator should be seen not heard should learn and not teach. that's quote from ted kennedy. these are the very first words he spoke on the floor of

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. >>> a foggy morning here in the nation's capital. 65 degrees. 7:56 this friday morng. welcome.ra harrison. in the news, police in fairfax county need your help finding a group of men who broke into an annandale home and beat a man up inside. four or five men dressed in black utility uniforms and wearing masks, burst in a home in the 3400 block of charleston street yesterday afternoon claiming they were the fbi. inside the home where a woman, her son and his baby. the woman says the intruders tied the three of them up and demanded money. she says they also beat up her son and they took off in a tan or gold cadillac escalade. >>> metro riders can expect more delays. track maintenance will take place on the red and orange lines. on the red line, single tracking between medical center and strathmore stations. on the orange lines, they will single track between the east falls shuch station an the boston station. riders should add 20 minut >>> good morning. it's cloudy, cool and damp. temperatures in the low and mid 60s. highs in the mid 70s. mostly sunny tomorrow. mid and upper 70s.

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