newland a couple of sprinkles but we're also seeing south of that.ainly in the 70s with some 60s, mid- to upper 60s north and west. 5:29. time for monika and time saver traffic. >>> everything looks great. no problems to report all along the beltway. we're looking fine. if you're planning to come in from the north out of frederick to clarksburg and down to the point where the lanes divide. let's take a live look at 270 at route 121. still a good time to head out. you know this gets heavier pretty soon as you head in from frederick toward 121. otherwise right now you're fine. let's take a look at the maps again. this time we'll head all the way down south to southern maryland. looking good on route 4, route 5, 301. no issues to report as you head out of brandywine over to the beltway and through oxon hill. in fact, let's take a live look at the beltway south of town. no problems at branch avenue. really prince george's county beltway looks pretty much like n. in my next report we'll go out west at 5:38. >>> there could be a last ditch fight at today's

paul newland, matt bowman, thank you so much, sir. >> thank you, megyn. megyn: coming up a dramatic free speech fight in russia now getting international attention. in three minutes see why a female punk band in russia is facing three years in prison for daring to criticize vladmir putin. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. megyn: female band in russia is now on trial after taking a hard-line on prime minister vladmir putin's policies in a very public way. the group wearing masks, used lyrics to protest his views while in a famous cathedral. now they're facing some serious prison time. trace gallagher live in the west coast newsroom with more. >> reporter: it is a female punk rock band named after female body part which we won't say the name and the group performs at a lot of different venues wearing ski masks you talked about. they sing about russia's impressive authoritarianism

they are the warm ones with 75 at the pacs naval air station. 73 in newland this morning.eather watchers all saying nice, quiet, but a little bit on the muggy side. good visibility. 75 degrees but the humidity 82%. so it's certainly muggy out there. we're still ahead of that front with a southwest wind at 7 miles an hour. the weather headlines today, a sunny start. could be a couple of storms this afternoon and even a few strong ones, emily south of d.c. -- especially south of d.c. gorgeous tomorrow. lower humidity levels. temperatures holding in the upper 80s. by thursday we could be talking temperatures near 100 degrees for the high as we've got the 100s in the middle of the country. we'll have to watch this area because these hot temperatures are going to try to come back toward us for thursday, especially. even friday still going to be on the warm side. big picture, got this northwesterly flow so we'll watch upstream. we'll see what develops. this looks like it has more of a target toward southern virginia than it does the d.c. area. still we'll have to watch it as we

lightning is now east of richmond, south of newland. that's that little shower south of leonardtown. scattered showers now in st. mary's county. so we'll watch that. i don't think it's going to creep much farther north. might sneak into southern calvert at this point but the rest of us are going to stay dry till maybe this afternoon with a spotty shower. temperatures are in the 70s and some upper 60s like baltimore is 69. it's 68 in winchester. low 60s in cumberland this morning. very comfortable at 63 while here in d.c. good visibility, a little dark at the white house. it's back there on our michael & son weather camera. 77 degrees under partly cloudy skies, northeast wind at 6 miles an hour and our humidity 78%. so it's muggy. not much of a front, maybe a wind direction but a lot of low level humidity around and a lot of showers and storms from texas all the way back through the deep south, the tennessee valley extending into the carolinas. with this front here, better chance down closer to i-40, better chance we'll see showers and s

severe storms struck weather system responsible starting a fire possibly house 3800 block of north newland ave. marengo and carpenterville large trees also knocked down 175,000 customer com ed is initially lost power 525 crew still working for problems. fire investigators say lightning might have caused this blaze gas leaking lyons illinois during last night's storm rushed 43rd street this morning people living had to leave their homes closed 1st avenue between 47th and plainfield road crews worked to put out the fire addition to much-needed rainfall yesterday's storms brought cooler temperatures tom skilling with how long that will last hello tom skilling. amazing story of survival woman is alive and well after house exploded with her inside carted buddhist priest tracked down charged chicago accused of fathering a 15 year old girl's child and live in cooperstown ron santo soon be inducted into the hall of fame. [♪...] >> i've been training all year for the big race in chicago, but i can only afford one trip. and i just found out my best friend is getting married in l.a. there's no way i'

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newland >> good evening. >> exhilarating victories, heartbreaking losses, and controversial tweets. >> the london 2012 olympics have had people glued to their tvs, computers, and tablets. many of the competition coming down to a fraction of a second or points. the beach volleyball match just wrapped up. >> that is only the beginning. we're live in london with a look at the highlights. >> good evening. it was a picture-perfect day in london and plenty of action on the court. on the field and in the press. as kayakers navigated the whitewater slalom, organizers were dealing with rough waters of their own. controversy over empty seats in olympic venues. most were tickets allocated to the show's sponsors and olympic officials and athletes. while hundreds are being returned to public use, complaints continue. >> it is infuriating that so many people have not been able to get anything at all. >> on the positive side, but it is getting high marks for moving the millions of people who headed to work on this, the first day a week day competition. london transport officials predicted 3 million

storms diminish and really drift south, even by noon, maybe southern maryland, fredricksburg toward newlanddville could see showers and storms. our weather watchers didn't see that much but they also had their triple digits over the weekend. we have showers tonight and tomorrow morning mainly south of d.c. then tomorrow we're going to be partly sunny with isolated storms well north and well south of town the way it looks, at least through lunch time. so today got the yellow alert. definitely going to slow you down this morning with the showers and storms but the sun mixes in later this afternoon. 87 for the high. 60s and 70s tonight with the isolated showers and storms. wednesday and thursday both look relatively dry, mid- to upper 80s for highs. by the weekend rain chances return. that frontal boundary still in the neighborhood with highs in the mid- to upper 80s. mike? >> thanks, howard. we're waiting now for authorities to release the identities of three boys who drowned over the weekend on the eastern shore. authorities pulled the bodies of two 12-year-old cousins and their 8-year-old f

. >> state department spokeswoman victoria newland talking about the state department and the administration's apologize to pakistan for the death of 24 pakistan army soldiers. in that firefight that happened back in november. that was all in order to open up a supply route that had been closed for seven months. bring in the panel to talk about it. steve hayes for "weekly standard." a.b. stoddard associate editor of the hill. indicated columnist krout krout krout i --syndicated colus krauthammer is here. a.b., white house insisted they wouldn't apologize and have done an aboutface and come out and said sorry, in clear language. what will happen as a result of this in domestic politics? >> i'm sure that the administration will come under harsh criticism for apologizing to yet another country. but i think the administration has decided after months of expressing condolences and regrets and regret again and more condolences that the word of an apology was necessary. pakistanis were trying to charge 20 times the fee, per truck load for that route they had been charging us before. it was not going

particle liesed by sectarian divisions, but in washington state department spokesperson victoria newland argued iraqis are more than capable of securing their country >> we have seen terrorist exploit the holy mounts, exploit the peaceful efforts by iraqis to worship, to commit acts of terror. but we continue to believe that iraqi security forces are up to the task, that the security situation over the last couple of years has improved in iraq as has the capability of iraqi forces. >> warner: al qaeda and iraq played a major role in fomenting brutal sectarian warfare in 2006 and 2007. for more on all of this i spoke to a reporter in baghdad. welcome, jane. what do today's attacks, the targets the locations tell us about the reemergence of this sunni insurnlent group >> basically, margaret, it tells us they have a pretty good reach. if you lookate at those targets and the sheer scope of them, the number of them, the fact that they do appear to have some organizational ability to coordinate, it tells us that they are indeed still there. now the targets are pretty much the same as they have

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