natasha?thank you. >> coming up, the search for a man wanted for a bizarre attack in wheaton. >> and if you think gas prices are high right now, well, things could get worse for our part of the region. details on the part of the the gal to raise >> we are learning more about a crash saturday in anne arundel ounty that killed four people. a dozen people called 911 just right after the accident. >> he may have been doing the speed limit. a clue they ad were on the wrong side of the road. say 19-year-old brittany walker was driving the wrong way on the road in davidsonville. their car slammed into an oncoming car, and all four people were killed. police are trying to determine if alcohol or speed were contributing factors. >> a victim suffered minor injuries to his hands in a stabbing. 8:00 cene unfolded around last night. abc news was there when the to the hospital y ambulance. >> some tense moments in a southeast d.c. apartment building here. a stairway collapsed when an item was brought in tha

everything looks pretty smooth for us cynne and natasha. >> a d.c.t of business this morning. they were shut down because of a number of violations including fleeing inspectors and operating with expired licenses and inspection stickers. the company denied the charges and said the commissioner was unfairly targeting its drivers. commuters in montgomery county could have a new transportation option soon. a plan was endorsed for a rapid bus station. it would be linked to the clarksburg area. they originally planned to build a light rail system that cost almost $800 million. the bus system would cost almost $500 million and would happen 10 years sooner. governor martin o'malley has to approve that plan. >> 37 degrees. >> still ahead president obama's re-election campaign. giving a chance to hear his theme over and over again. -- sing over and over again. >> i'm so in love with you ♪ [applause] >> learn how to campaign hopes to capitalize off the popularity o ever the >> i intend to fight obstruction with action and i will oppose any effort to return to

more to come from natasha and cynne. >> u.s. navy seals rescued two hostages including an american woman. >> the american woman and danish man had been kidnapped by somali pirates in october. according to reports u.s. navy seals flew in over the cover of darktons free two aid workers who had been held hostage since october. they were working for a relief organization when they were kidnapped. according to reports, buchanan , who is said to be from bedford, virginia, started working for that danish aid group back in 2010. we are told during the raid there was a shootout that left several of the pirates dead. the two are now at a u.s. military base safe. last night at the state of the union, president obama seemed pleased with the success of the mission. as he entered the house chamber, he pointed to leon panetta and said this. >> good job tonight. good job tonight. >> again, a daring rescue mission by navy seals freeing those two hostages in somalia, including one american from right here in virginia. we'll continue to follow thi

i am natasha barrett. we will check in with lisa baden in a moment. first, meteorologist adam caskey. >> 16 degrees warmer outside than yesterday at this time. if we are tracking the temperatures. not as rigid as yesterday, but you still need a pick jacket. 29 in helen maryland, 32 in oxon hill, 28 in martinsburg. frostburg, 28. not as bad as yesterday. mid 40's this afternoon, partly cloudy. don't be surprised up until about 6:30 a.m. if you run into light snow showers. that could give you a little dusting. keep that in mind especially when traveling on the roads. otherwise, skies clearing. dropping back down to a little below freezing tonight. sunshine tomorrow, back in the mid 50's. the take a look and at the roads with lisa baden. >>> we had a dusting at my house this morning when i got up. it was not really affecting the highway. looks pretty good coming out of the neighborhoods for the most part. in good shape as far as dealt with travel, of interstate travel. dulles toll road has no issues to report

. >> dupont i am natasha barrett. -- i am natasha barrett. we begin with traffic and weather.dam caskey is here. >> cold temperatures. the coldest air so far of the season moving into town. it's not going to be so bad today, but you will really notice by tomorrow. frederick county winchester, a few sprinkles and maybe some light flurries this morning. as possible all the way through wednesday, but not a big deal. 40 degrees downtown, 36 in leesburg. highs will be in low to mid 40's. close to 40 northwest of town. scattered clouds, wind chills in the 30's all day long. dropping into the twenties tonight. windy conditions tomorrow and cold, highs near 30. wind chills in the teens locally in throughout the day tomorrow. in the single digits if west of the blue ridge. much colder air is on the way. 7-stage four test coming up. now to steve. >>> not much of a commute on this holiday. on 66 at the roosevelt bridge, headed into the district, light volume around the region. inside and outside the beltway on a toll road, and it's all light volume. light volume on the american legion br

i am natasha barrett. >> i am greta kreuz. traffic and weather. lisa baden in a moment. we start with meteorologist adam caskey. i like this mild weather. >> springlike weather more than winter weather today. this is the coldest period all year with an average high of 43. not a record breaking, but well above average. 30 in leesburg, 30 in martinsburg, 29 in frederick, 35 in la plata. nodded and started the day. above freezing in los locations. 60 degrees for the high temperature this afternoon around the beltway. south of town in culpeper, fredericksburg, stafford mary's county will be in the mid 60's later on today. a little cooler. a little cooler in hagerstown, mid to upper 50's. still warmed tomato into the fifties. close to average by sunday, mid to upper 40's. -- still warm tomorrow. >>> construction barrels on the beltway have been moved. all clear right now bruce tysons annandale. looks good in alexandria, quiet at the wilson bridge. oxon hill looks decent. beltway in montgomery county is moving at speed. in co

i am natasha barrett. >> i am cynne simpson. glad you are waking up with us. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. 6:00, let's check in with lisa baden. >> from newschopper 7, we will take you to montgomery county and an accident on the ramp from the outer loop to georgia avenue moved into a safety dzone. slowly moving behind that. >> not a bad start to the day. at least it is not faulty. a clear morning with temperatures rising a little bald average for this time of year. we will be on target this afternoon. 38 in chevy chase, 33 in leesburg, 29 in frostburg as well as washington, virginia. 28 in huntingtown. our way to the mid 40's later today. an increase in the clouds and calm wind. isolated showers developed tonight and maybe a little sleet west of the metro. rain off and on tomorrow all the way through the first half of the day on friday. mid 40's tomorrow, low 50's by friday. we are ready check in with lisa baden. back to you. >> thank you. thank yoan american hostage held in somalia since october was set free. u.s. forces rescued a woman

natasha is here now with the business. twenty two minutes past three pm in a mosque you're watching business r.t. as we have just been hearing lies in there putin has outlined the changes he thinks need to be made to the russian economy putin recognizes the need to diversify away from raw materials reduce that control over business and improve the investment climate earlier i spoke to ivanchuk car over at renaissance capital he told me that while the new ideas are not new they are still relevant. these are not. fundamentally new things that putin is proposing however at the same time i would argue the. very first time we're hearing of such lofty goals at a very high level we should remember that this is the second very important speech the region has delivered on the economy over the last two weeks he. started with a speech on twenty second of december when he said that the potential growth of the russian economy should be raised to sixty one percent and this is the second major speech i think it's a very important one of

before we get to natasha with the business let's check out some other international headlines for you with the ottawa doctor to have the latest news here is that insurgents have bombed a house in iraq killing ten people inside the home located about fifty kilometers south of baghdad was owned by a pair of policemen who were problems they died in acid to influence a police spokesman says the house was leveled by the explosion. a suicide car bomber has killed at least four people and wounded thirty one in southern afghanistan it was targeting a nato sponsored construction team estate passed through the rest of helmand province they were in the area to bring. support for the afghan government helmand has been one of the most volatile areas in the taliban's fight against nato troops . libya's a defense minister says the town of bani walid is now under government control after clashes on monday left seven dead and twelve injured following a visit to the area he said the problem was an internal one caused by a hostage situation between two rival groups it was initially believed that the fig

. >> i am natasha barrett. there was no showers in some suburbs yesterday. >> we have some school closures. garrett county public schools' opening two hours late. that's maryland. in virginia, winchester county schools are closed. clark county public schools in virginia will open two hours late. is there any more snowfall all the way to? -- on the way? >>> >>the big story this morning is the cold. 17 at reagan national, in gaithersburg 20 in quantico. nine in winchester. i have been asking my facebook friends for their readings. in warrenton, 16. 13 in damascus. thank you to all my facebook friends for posting this. highs today in the low to mid 30's. much like yesterday with increasing clouds and becoming mostly cloudy. brief snow showers and around sunset and thereafter, even through the night. enough to give you a light coating early tomorrow morning. in the twenties tonight. in the 40's by tomorrow afternoon. lisa baden has been busy this morning. >>> there was an accident on the beltway between 270 and the

. >> i am natasha barrett. adam caskey is here. >> it is cold outside. let's start with temperatures. luckily, there's not much of a breeze. however, when the wind picks up periodically it feels like we are in the single digits for the wind chill. the air temperature is 17 at reagan national. 9 above in winchester. 10 at frederick. 20 in lexington park. a little warmer along the waterway. colds even for this time of year. 16 in culpeper. prize in the low to mid 30's today. a little above freezing this afternoon. becoming mostly cloudy. there could be a few snow flurries later this evening and even through the night time. it will not be as cold tonight mid to upper 20's with clouds and warmer air moving into place. in the 40's tomorrow, will or should be. low to mid 40's. we-- 40's to moscow, which is where we should be. >>> a crash on the beltway in montgomery county, making progress. headlights are notes of virginia, tysons. across the american legion bridge, the crash is before river road. traffic is moving in all lanes. all lanes open on the outer loo

natasha barrett. adam caskey has a check on your forecast. feel like ing to spring time today.ave a lot of sunsh temperatures well into the 60's this afternoon. ot a bad start to the day, considering our average 44. is currently we're 41 in arlington, 42 in chevy chase. when you start at 40 in the morning, you know it is going to be a warm day. that is going to be the case today. pushing 70. upper 70's. stafford to fredericksburg and closer to 60 northwest of the metro area. 60's today, near 40 tonight. 60's again tomorrow. however tomorrow we will have some added cloud cover and the an isolated sprinkle. i think the odds are slim on that, but there is a slight chance. we'll have your seven-day forecast coming up. >> on 66 no issues to report coming out of marshall into ma nassyass -- no issues on 395 between the beltway and 14th street bridge. run on the a good george washington parkway and clara barton parkway is quiet. the beltway running well between 270 and the american legion ridge. news chopper 7 will join us in just a while. stick around for that. >> thank you, lisa. 5:

. >> i am natasha barrett. say goodbye to the mild temperatures. parts of our area could have snowfall today. the rest will see some of the coldest air of the season. adam, give us the bad news. >> winter weather pattern we are in. we have not seen the coldest air of the season. that's moving into town. we could have this bill fuller it today through wednesday. the western facing slopes. -- we could have a few snow flurries today. where you see the pink on your screen. they could see up to a foot of snow over the next couple days the western facing slopes. 34 degrees in washington, 36 in alexandria. leesburg and germantown at the freezing mark. 36 la plata. 44 and this afternoon, breezy scattered clouds. it will feel like the 30's this afternoon. tonight breezy, colder, in the '20s by this time tomorrow morning, wind chills in the single digits west of the blue ridge, teens locally. tomorrow afternoon we will struggle to make it to freezing for the high temperature. the coldest we have been so far is 29. we will break that by tomorrow morning. >>>

. >> i am natasha barrett. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. lisa baden in a moment. first, adam caskey. >>> winter is moving into town. temperatures in the '20s. the wind is increasing as well. wind chills rn in the teens right now expand will remain so into the afternoon. we have a few snow flurries along the potomac, panhandle of west virginia and maryland. we have like snowflakes here and there today and into tomorrow. 25 in olney, 26 in warrenton, 27 in oxon hill. our way into the low '30's today. it will feel like the scenes with gusty wind. tonight in the teens or the air temperature by this time tomorrow. >>> seeing a little more action on the highway, but we are giving everyone the green light. no accidents or construction on 95 between richmond and baltimore. in good stead is greenway, the tollway, 66, and 270 near a father hurley boulevard day the beltway. looks good to and from the american legion bridge and it's quiet through bowie and all the way through northeast. back to you. >> thank you. >>> you better be sure to put on some p

. >> i am natasha barrett. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. what's going on out there? >> an accident on route 7 near culvin run. a guy fell asleep southbound on the b-w parkway. everything is okay after 410. this is a shift change the time of morning, so be careful. there's dry pavement right now and no accidents report. i will show you the beltway. looks great. adam caskey. not much on the radar screen right now. but the rain will fill in later this evening and tonight. by this time tomorrow widespread showers to kickstart the day tomorrow. . or miss sprinkles right now especially on the eastern shore. 40 ntc, 39 in oxon hill, 38 in poolesville and olney. -- 40 in d.c. we will climb into the low 50's this afternoon. temperatures will be rising all night. by this time tomorrow morning if we could have a few readings of 60 degrees with areas of rain. more on that coming up. back to you. >> thank you. i want to take a look a day ahead. the former marine accused of shooting at the pentagon and other military buildings will plead guilty, but ther

natasha barrett joins us with more on these concerns. >> even veteran travelers they admit that watching what happened to that crude shipped in italy -- that a cruise ship in italy it really worries them. >> he has traveled to places like the middle east and greece. in just two weeks he will take a cruise down under to australia. >> any second thoughts? >> at first i thought, you know, i am a little on sure. >> viewers wrote again on our facebook page and said, i was excited about looking for my first cruise with a couple of friends, but i have to admit, i decided to put it on hold. what ultimately changed his mind was his experience after 9/11. >> there was a never a safer time to be on a cruise ship. nobody is not going to be following the procedures. >> god forbid a plane crashed. this was human error obviously. it is an isolated incident. >> deirdre bolton 7 not slowing down following the grounding of the cruise ship. -- reservations are not slowing down following the grounding of the cruise ship. >> a d.c. police sergeant faces domestic violence charges after a confrontation at a cl

. >> i am natasha barrett. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. we will check in with adam in a little bit. first, lisa baden. >> rise and shine. newschopper 7 is live, looking at traffic on 66. no worries right now between gainesville and the dunn loring metro. headlights are eastbound. growing volume out of fair oaks into vienna, but everyone is behaving. adam caskey. >> glad everybody is behaving on this monday morning. that goes for teddy. my son. 28 degrees in leesburg, 31 in bowie, 28 in clarksburg and frederick. winchester at 30 degrees. chevy chase and arlington at the freezing mark. at or below freezing for the most part. reagan national is an exception 35. scattered clouds today, a lot of sunshine, highs in the mid 40's. upper 40's south of the metro. 20's to low 30's tonight. springlike tomorrow, is back in the 60's on tuesday and wednesday. >> thank you. 6:01. our top story, tensions running high at mcpherson square. just hours before a camping ban begins. park police have issued an ultimatum to occupy protesters. pack up the sleeping

. >> i am natasha barrett. traffic and weather in a moment. first, metro may him overnight and no worldwide. john gonzalez joins us with what happened and what to expect for the morning rush-hour. >> good morning, ladies. we may have answers. seem to be getting details as to what happened with metro late last night and into the morning. according to our news partners at wtop, a power outage at metro's main control center stranded passengers for over an hour. passengers telling us this morning there was no communication on the platform. >> i am very embarrassed because i had an interview today. >> after a long day of delays and crowded cars due to cracked real -- >> it was about a foot, last time i heard. crackly last night and into the morning, problems lingered on the red, blue, and orange. >> frustrating to people. there were no trains for an hour in either direction. neither the employees nor passengers knew what was going on. >> passengers this morning tell us the esteban platforms for our pity for train with no one nation in any communica

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. >> i am natasha barrett. first, adam caskey. >> it is a very good monday morning. freezing in some locations. we will be close to where we should be for this time of year overall. barry springlike. shepherdstown 31, berkeley springs has 29. frostburg maryland 21, clear skies. chevy chase at the freezing mark. bowie and la plata, a 31. 28 in stafford. on the way to the mid 40's this afternoon with sunshine and a few scattered clouds.

of yanza media group and commissioner, natasha cowersaw, california commission on asian and pacific islanderaffairs, and law partner with the law offices of g.c.r. l.l.p. unfortunately, all three judges were not able to join us tonight to present the awards. but we have three very capable individuals who are proud to make the presentations on their behalf. and now for the presentation of the emerging leadership award, please join me in welcoming supervisor eric marr. [applause] >> thank you. i'm actually not speier mar. -- supervisor mar. but we went to the same high school in sacramento so i'll stand in for him. i'm pleased to announce the finalists and recipients for the emerging leadership award. in the interests of time, we have all of the criteria listed in the award booklet. but it's important for us to recognize and celebrate the next generation of leadership, passion, and commitment to serving the asian pacific community. and it's critical also that we ensure that our voices, our needs and concerns continue to be heard and addressed. i would like to ask the finalists for the emerging

. >> i am natasha barrett. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. baden in a moment.key. >> we will have a vocational there ain here and .hroughout the day live super doppler 7 radar shows moving through county, approaching alexandria, and crossing the near. indian head maryland getting clipped in parts the metro area. a little damp outside from rain overnight. west virginia as well. as we go through the day rise into theill new low 50's this afternoon. the interesting thing is temperatures will continue rising through the night. time tomorrow morning we be well into the 50's, near degrees in spots. the rain will become

natasha barrett, abc 7 news. >> today on our facebook page we asked what you thought should be done about the arctic by protestors. 9% say they should be moved to freedom plaza. 12% say to let them stay. >> president obama wants to be given the power to streamline the government. he wants to consolidate six major trade and commerce agencies into a one-stop department including making the small-business administration a cabinet-level agency. congress will have the final say, but he will get to pass much of the lobbying. >> john edwards trial will be delayed because the former presidential candidate reportedly has a life- threatening heart condition. the judge revealed two letters from his cardiologists and the trial is now delayed until late march so he can receive treatment. >> we have just learned a controversial quote on the martin luther king, jr.'s statue will be change. there will be 30 days to consult with the foundation and the family to change the "drum major" quote. >> still to come, chaotic times for apple overseas after the decision to stop selling by funds. -- selling iphones.

natasha is the death penalty policy director for the american civil liberties union of northern california. she previously worked as a deputy public defender in alameda county, and was a staff attorney with the california task force on criminal instructions. she is also working on the effort to abolish the death penalty in california and pursuing the goal of reforming capital sentencing procedure. before we start with the first question, we have a short video. i have been told that this is a video from the former warden of the mississippi prison. >> it is clear that the execution will take place and something happens. they may not come out and say that they did this, but they will tell the victim -- i am sorry. and then they say, i did this. and i leaned down to whisper in his ear, and i thought i could reach them because i wanted to make certain that he is at peace with themselves. i said it is not important for you to confess to this crime and is not important for anyone in this room. the only thing that is important is that you let your god know the truth. and he looked at me and he sai

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i am natasha barrett. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. we will check with lisa baden but first adam caskey. good morning. >> very good thursday morning. not as cold as yesterday. 16 degrees warmer outside now than this time yesterday. take a look said the morning numbers. 33 in the district, 28 in culpeper, 27 in martinsburg 31 in hagerstown, at the freezing mark in quantico. 44 degrees for the high temperature. a few snow flurries this morning, then some sunshine. clear skies today, and temperatures dropping deny it. mid 50's tomorrow into saturday. >>> the commute will be interesting for anybody coming out of reston, aspirin leesburg -- ashburn leesburg to get into the beltway. you cannot continue past the beltway. you have to exit onto the beltway. eastbound paul cannot continue towards mcclean. everything seems to be working on our favor on the beltway. where is everyone? there's no construction right now between the wilson bridge and the american legion bridge on the maryland side. in good shape through springfield, virginia. back to

. >> i am natasha barrett. we will get to lisa baden in a moment. first, adam caskey. >>> cold air moving into town. the coldest air so far this winter. this will continue spilling into the washington area today and into tomorrow morning. then a warming trend for the remainder of the workweek especially thursday into the weekend. it's 29 right now in washington, caught 31 in lexington park, 26 in hagerstown. when you factor in the wind, it feels like we are in the teens. feels like 17 in gaithersburg, 14 in hagerstown. kohl today, northwesterly wind of the 15-25 making it feel like the teens this afternoon. -- cold today. dropping into in the teens by this time tomorrow morning, mid 30's tomorrow afternoon. >>> this is the way to start a commute. everybody will get back to the routine. no problems. no construction. we are in pretty good stead. nonexistent traffic onto 70 at 121 all the way down falls road, headlights are moving southbound. looks good in virginia. 95 66, no worries to and from the beltway. this is a live picture of greenbelt, marylan

i also want to echo what the process said -- please join, please help -- i also want to echo what natasha said. talk to 10 of your friends, send e-mails, send letters. thank you. [applause] >> 1985, when i was sentenced to death for a crime i did not commit, i thought right away that this would be rectified. i was convicted of two different crimes. it took 18 years. it took me seven execution dates. i watched 12 then be executed while i was there -- i watched 12 and then be executed while i was there. i'm not in a position to say whether either of them -- whether any of them were guilty or innocent. mr. d.a., i am asking you, truly consider leaving the death penalty along. let that be in god's hands, what that person goes through or deals with. there are too many flaws in our system that we cannot control and we cannot trust a man. i am asking you to consider that, to take the consideration of that. the question we did not answer was it one of these guys were in this and that was executed by a prosecutor that had evidence that was clearly convincing that that person was innocent, what wou

both in that later in the program before that though what's the what's happening in business with natasha. twenty two minutes past the hour you're watching business on r.t.e. and merging market currencies a seeing the best start of the year since the chart of the century that's according to the financial times as little blob a type for risk increases the russian ruble along with the mexican peso and the brazilian ryall have outperformed the currencies of the industrialized nations most of them gained more than five percent against the u.s. dollar reversing sharp losses of the recent months and can't trust the euro the yen and the pound gain less than one and a half percent against the greenback but analysts warn emerging market currencies remain pretty risky local regulators are likely to intervene and halt currency appreciation to help exports. european leaders on monday have managed to marry growth and austerity at their first summit this year twenty five out of twenty seven even nations agreed to a strict budget discipline but britain and the czech republic refused to sign the document

about twenty five minutes before that there was a clue what's happening the world of business with natasha. twenty one minutes past the hour you're watching business on r.t.e. the world's largest alum minium producer bruce sol is cutting production for the first time since the two thousand and eight crisis the company's c.e.o. i do a pasco told bloomberg the output may be lowered by six percent within a year and a half truths all drivable such as alcoa and rio tinto are also decreasing production after the price slump roussel may close some of its inefficient production lines speaking exclusively to business r.t. its head allegro posco said he expects prices to remain weak for the first half of the year. we don't expect. significant improvement in next six months you know we're. not you know very bullish but optimistic for the second for the year but it's a moment some of this market is quite stable in jan course we come over. in the positive transformation in the improvement to see the slowdown in the euro but in general still. russia's innovation hubs skolkovo is welcoming its first resi

russian representatives at the forum that have also have something else to offer let's cross over to natasha now at auntie's business starts for. that's right in the business bulletin last year merging markets suffered from the biggest capital outflow since two thousand and eight and russia of course was no exception but speaking in davos the head of the direct investment fund told business r.t. that negative trend could reverse starting in april why find out in ten minutes. also ahead of you in the program why america's corn production is fueling the fire of debate whether it ends up on people's plates or at the pumps to help power the nation's cars. more people are expected to protest in the egyptian capital with to rear square already full once again it's a year after the ousting of hosni mubarak thousands of protesters are desperate for the interim military government to immediately relinquish power dozens have been killed in recent months as troops come down several demonstrations. mubarak is currently on trial but activists are angry that some of his key allies are still pulling the st