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i am natasha barrett. i hear it's going to be a day.ous >> it is. all week long things have been nice.g very be one of the warm as week, today and tomorrow. then a slow slide once again. we have temperatures warmer than by a good 5 degrees or 10 degrees. 54 at reagan national, 51 at dulles, 54 in winchester, 49 at bwi. our express forecast, partly cloudy and 58 at 9:00. by noon, in the '70s. 77 by 5:00. our high temperature and just shy of 80 degrees. we will have filtered sunshine. complain about. now traffic with jamee whitten. maryland and virginia around the beltway, nothing to tell you about. not many delays from college park. an accident reported on 301 to central avenue left half.e that's before you get to the john hanson highway. 01 northbound. 270 has had problems because of g construction beds now gone. out of frederick. 80 urbana getting the all clear. no problems in virginia on 66. the greenway is checking out fine. 95 checks out fine, but we are cars. a number of back to you. >> thank you. our top story, two weeks to go until the electi

i am cynne simpson. >> i am natasha barrett.et to meteorologist jacqui jeras. >> good morning. fog been to start. that is a concern, especially in n maryland and northern virginia. will cause visibility to be or less atmile times. areas, this will be of concern. a mile inf and martinsburg in e same boat. even gaithersburg has patchy fog with visibility at about 1 mile. slowdown and give yourself extra work or whatever destination. 47 degrees at dulles, 46 in gaithersburg, 54 in the district, 43 it -- 48 in manassas. will increase today with f showers late. most of the day will be dry highs in the low 70's. now to traffic with. with >> good morning. patchy fog, reduced visibility our viewers this morning. see a fewrting to troublespots. in the district, piney branch blair road, blocked with downed trees and wires. use caution trying to get through that region. delays are starting to form for folks on 95 northbound between stanford and fredericksburg. we are on the brakes especially 3 and 17. once you get past the work zone, bad c

i am steve chenevey. >> i am natasha barrett. let's get to jacqui jeras. check out the headlines on this monday. it will be a beautiful start to the week. trendhave a warming ahead. 0 degrees in the middle of this week. any chance of rain? that in the seven-day forecast. let's look at temperatures this morning, 39 at dulles, 50 at national, 37 in gaithersburg, 36 in martinsburg. sunny and 51 at 9:00, 65 by noon, 72 with a partly cloudy skies if at 5:00. let's check on traffic with jamee whitten. it's a good morning in virginia. oaks and their beltway, all open. 95 is open out of stafford. a bunch of cars coming out of newington. a decent pace through to the beltway. southbound in is a little2 slow little 70 looks good out of frederick. good and 109 and through rockville and down to the beltway. no problems at the lane divide. route 5 at allentown e activity on the but you are able to get through. back to you. >> thank you. tonight, president and mitt r their thirdff fo and final debate. just two weeks before the election. a lot is riding on tonight's perfo

sent natasha barrett to find growing.trend is >> it used to be that young couples were the ones testing by living together before taking the plunge and getting married. >> when we were junger, a lot of people just live together. -- when we were younger. >> now the living arrangements are changing. new census data shows that more than 15 million americans are together and are not married, and about 40% of them divorced. >> testing the waters before they move forward. >> census data found 41% of the had kids living with them, 47% are 35 and older, 55 are 55 and older. one of the reasons? it is cheaper. many of the couples keep their finances separate while saving on rent and utilities. >> the circumstances sometimes force people. now economic necessity is forcing upon them. >> natasha barrett, abc 7 news. >> up next, important health information to sleep on. >> why wicking up in the middle the night could mean trouble you get older. -- why waking up in the middle of the night could mean trouble when you get older. ike leggett: gaming generated one hundred and eighty... million dollars for

back to you. -- it natasha barrett. >> you can always and as your pictures.la.com >> coming up next how gas >> when image giving an idea just how powerful this surge was. that is a 1000-ton tanker ship that just walked onto the roadway. when 170-foot tanker had been moored close to 1 mile away. amazing, no injuries associated with that. >> giving it a new meaning to the phrase "your ship has come in of." there's always a concern about gas prices. >> we will still month know for a week as we we to see how long it takes refineries to come back on line. rebecca cooper has the details. >> drivers rushed to fill up before sandy hit causing many to run dry. the demand for gas tripled in many areas causing spot shortages. as rhode island drivers waited. one said they were stopped. >> i'm very surprised. >> what are you going to do? >> i don't know. drive around and tried to find some more gas. >> there was a west coast and run out of gas as drivers were worrying about a possible tsunami following an earthquake in canada. the price has not gone up nationwide but it h

morning, i am natasha barrett. >> i am steve chenevey. let's check in with jacqui jeras. flooding in bethesda. inbound lanes of connecticut avenue and franklin streets closed. >> those lanes of reopened. now to jacqui jeras for more. good morning. showers and thunderstorms over night did dump heavy rain. not everybody got in on the heavy amount. about a half-inch at dulles. over an inch in martinsburg and bethesda had about a half-inch. a cold front is off to our west. we could still see a little rainfall this morning. afternoon it will pass east. 64 and reagan national, 60 at dulles, 61 in gaithersburg. today's forecast, cloudy with showers at 9:00. 70 by noon, 73 by 5:00. your weekend forecast in a moment. first, let's head to traffic with angela. morning. friday morning, we have all closed on the beltway, in 355 wisconsin trailer two tractor- issues. clear them outo of the roadway. heavy delays on the inner loop 270.ing around on 95 and 395 in virginia, slow traffic approaching springfield , an accident on the shoulder. that's causing onlooker delays. the teddy rooseve

. >> i am natasha barrett. let's get straight to meteorologist jacqui jeras. warm temperatures yesterday, 73 degrees. today, we will top that. we have a few clouds this morning with mild temperatures, national, 53 at dulles, 46 in frederick, 54 in winchester. have a south wind today with mid-level and high level clouds. sunny today with a high temperature of 75-80 degrees. interesting things by the weekend. we will detailed added a few minutes. first, traffic would jamee whitten. >> it is quiet. not much to tell you about. this is when we watch construction wrapping up. have in tysons on the beltway. 66, no problems. 395, there's some road work. travel lanes are open in arlington. here we are near glebe road. the maryland beltway, they have busy overnight, over the branch, between new ,ampshire avenue and university been picked up you are good to go. no delays affecting many places maryland, virginia, or the district. , a gorgeous start. back to you. >> thank you. it is a sad ending to the search missing a 12-year-old girl in new jersey. a body was found late

natasha barrett has the latest. >> one of the latest car fires happened on this street in kettering.arks are still in front of this house. we just got hold of video from the neighbor across the street. he realized his security cameras captured the two suspects setting the car on fire. >> right there. >> this is home security video. he captures to people throwing something on to the car and running off. >> you never know. and happens all the time on tv, but when it is you, it is different. >> moments later, the car is engulfed in flames. the homeowner said he heard a noise in the morning. >> these are things people learned, worked hard for. to do that, they should not do it. >> in all, fire officials say eight cars have been set on fire in the upper marlboro and kettering area and 22 hours many only 50 minutes apart. one car was vandalized, the driver's side window shattered. the homeowner said the people took off when he turned on his lights. >> the next thing i knew, they hopped back in their vehicle and jetted off. >> we did not notice this at first when we came to this house, the

." >> i am natasha barrett. >> i am steve chenevey. happy monday. let's go to jacqui jeras for the forecast on this monday. >> the weekend was awesome. if you enjoyed that, there's more to come. even warmer. 50 degrees at reagan national currently. is a little deceiving. only 37 degrees in culpeper and manassas and gaithersburg. 36 in frederick. a little warmer in the metro. a little warmer towards the bay. 51 and sunny and 9:00, 65 by noon, partly cloudy and 72 at 5:00. wait until you see the warmup in the seven-day forecast, in a few minutes. first, traffic and jamee whitten. >> interstate 905, virginia and maryland, maryland between bwi and the beltway has no problems. there was a crash earlier near 198 southbound, but that's gone and no delays. volume forming on 95 across the occoquan and through dale city and towards the capital beltway. an accident just happens on eastbound 66 at route 50 with one lane blocked. we will have a live shot in a few moments. back to you. >> thank you. 15 days before the election. president obama and mitt romney in

. >> i am natasha barrett. let's get to meteorologist jacqui jeras. >> good morning. a little foggy to start in many areas. be careful as you are heading out the door. give yourself a little extra time. god advisories in western maryland and northern virginia, winchester, martinsburg, hagerstown. we expect to see a little patchy fog in other areas as well. but it's a cool start, 55 and district, 45 in dulles. partly cloudy today. we have a chance of a few showers late today. high temperature in the low 70's. let's check on traffic with angela. >> good morning. fog could be an issue as you door.ut the we are seeing quite a bit of it on some cameras. let's check the drive on 95 virginia, the big was the workht zone. southbound is gone, but northbound, still only and the left lane and getting by. delays. there were pretty significant delays overnight. traveling in maryland, you can fog at the beltway and the american legion bridge. nothing to slow you down on the 270.ay or back to you. >> thank you. we begin with a suicide bombing that killed more than a dozen people in

natasha barrett has why the police chose not to arrest richard curl. >> in the investigations like this, it is all about timing, getting the victims' stories together, and taking time to talk to people who were there at that time, back in the 1980's. behind me, georgetown prep school, where the swim team had its practices, and we're talking about richard curl, very well known across the nation, running one of the largest swim clubs and the washington, d.c. area, and even coached a gold medalist in the olympics. following weeks of speculation of alleged sexual abuse 63- year-old richard curl left his home in vienna and went morning. >> everybody trusted him and that trust was broken. >> kelly spoke with abc 7 news in july, accusing curl of sexually abusing her when she was 13, on the swim team in the 1980's. she claimed the inappropriate relationship included sex several times. sometimes at georgetown prep school where the swim practice was held. curl's attorney released this statement today -- currin says she finally spoke out because curl tried to pay off her family to keep quiet and s

. >> i'm natasha barrett. glad to get to meteorologist jacqui jeras. ] >> i hope you had a great weekend. the weather was a picture- perfect. there is more of that to come. we will have a beautiful start. temperatures will be in the 70's today. a warming trend is a headhead. there's a chance of rain perhaps. he will have to wait for that. 50's toward the bay and 51 at reagan national. our express forecast, temperatures making it into the 70's this afternoon with nothing but sunshine. >> on the g.w. parkway, there was overnight roadwork northbound, still closed at a southbound run parkway in place until 5:00. u.s. park police plan to be done by 5:00. so that's another dirty minutes. there was road work on the northwest branch in maryland between new hampshire avenue and university boulevard. you cannot see the construction in this camera. no early delays. looks fine between frederick and the capital beltway. >> new this morning, four people injured when a stolen vehicle crashed into a tree in northwest d.c. >>

. >> i am natasha barrett. jacqui jeras has a look at the weather. >> starting a little chilly. foggy, depending on where you live. reagan national is 55 degrees in the district. the dew point at 48. we're not seeing a lot of fog but that's not the case in western maryland and extreme northern virginia. visibility's below a half mile. clouds are on the increase with the chance of showers late today, highs in the low 70's. we will head over to traffic now. angela? >> dealing with patchy fog. volume delays on 66 now through centreville and northbound 95 from fredericksburg. on the brakes approaching woodbrige heading up through newington. in maryland on 270, an accident reported northbound at 109. we are still blocking one lane northbound on the right side. southbound, a lot of the rubbernecking delays as well as a shoulder closure. that is impacting the drive with the accident activity in the median, southbound 270 at 109. back to you. >> thank you. new this morning the taliban in afghanistan is claiming responsibility after a suicide bomber driving a motorcycle packed with explo

. >> and i'm natasha barrett. >> happy friday. waking up to damp weather out there. most showers and thunderstorms have exited the region. a little bit of rain in baltimore. we do have a chance of another shower popping up for the next several hours before the cold front passes. 64 degrees at reagan national. 61 in gaithersburg. 55 in friday. temperatures today, into the 70's by this afternoon. sunshine on the increase throughout the day. a beautiful weekend. more on that in a weekend. let's head over to traffic with angela. >> thank you. good morning everyone. traveling on the beltway in montgomery county. two tractor-trailer accidents. traffic is standing still. shutdown at wisconsin avenue on the envelope. a live look at old georgetown road, the second tractor- trailer. all inner loop plants close. at rifai wisconsin ave. also dilemmas of london reported in montgomery county. be alert-- also reports of standing water reported in montgomery county. be alert. northbound water standing in the roadway. extra caution as you head out the door this morning. back over to

. >> andi am natasha barrett. >> i am steve chenevey. >> we have some great weather. let's show you the good stuff. a fewit's 56 at reagan national, 48 at dulles. in culpeper this morning it's 45 degrees. our experts forecast, we will warm up into the '70s by noon today. once outside perhaps. 77 by 5:00 with partly sunny skies. highs today will make it just shy of 80 degrees. firstlet's head over to traffic with jamee whitten. >> good morning. it's quiet on the beltway and in maryland and 95 between baltimore and the beltway. 301 northbound at 214 central avenue, there's an incident involving a potato chip truck. northbound, the right lane getting you buy it. then you will be able to extend north of that sort 50 the john hanson highway. 270, incident reported south of 180 near montgomery village avenue, but still moving at a decent space. back to you. >> thank you. this story out of new jersey, officials say an autopsy today will determine if a body found last night is the body of 12- year-old autumn pasquale. a girl's body was found in a recycling container. a prelim