>> we'll head on out over to northeast washington. you can see flashing lights on the left side of your screen. auorities have closed off a stretch of the brentwood parkway between 9th street and mount olivet road in northeast washington. there was a pedestrian accident. this is as close as i can get you. brentwood parkway is closed betwn those two points. metropolitan police just arriving on the scene. let's head on over and see how things are progressing, 395 the beltway to landmark and shirlington, picking up volume. out on the rails this morning a quiet start. metro rail, vre and marc reporting no early delays. back to you. >>> let's take a look at what's happening today the d.c. council is expected to decide whether to censure marion barry for directing a city contract to a former girlfriend. that move could cripple the former mayor's political career and add to his political troubles. tracee wilkins has more. >> reporter: council chair vincent gray decided late yesterday evening that the council was ready to move forward with th

students in northeast washington were selected because of their academic achievement. congratulations to them. i can't believe the month is almost over. what is it april 5th will be the easter egg roll. >> coming around. >> a special place in my heart. my uncle got a invitation to be a storyteller for that and he was here with jane seymore who happened to be here a couple of weeks ago. >> i used to hand out the eggs to the kids. a lot of fun. >> a little happier system i get to give from the weather position when we don't have to say clouds, rain and cooler temperatures. look at that forecast, sunny skies and 66. have to deal with a little breeze. if there is any down fall to that it is gusty. west to northwest winds 20 miles an hour. the winds will die down this afternoon and this evening. it will be a great porch night. i'm thinking a barbecue, a grill anything like that outside on the deck. it will be perfect. clouds developing through thursday and rain as soon as overnight on thursday and in to friday as we see it. friday will be a cloudy, chilly day that we tend t

. >>> new today, police in the district are searching for the person who killed a man in northeast washington. they say the victim was shot multiple times around 1:00 this morning near the corner of 13th and "w" streets northeast. he was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead. police have not said whether they have suspects or motives in the killing. the time now is 6:08. >>> you ain't getting away. >> an arrest in a heartbreaking mur. a little girl kidnapped, her body found in a landfill. >>> a man buys a blackberry and gets more than he bargained for. how he ended up with the phone numbers of wayne gretzky this is whole soy. you might know that it has protein, but whole soy's also naturally packed... with fiber, antioxidants and other nutrients. and you can get whole soy, mixed together with real fruit, in soyjoy. and look for delicious new blueberry soyjoy. >>> 12 minutes after the hour. a new development in the case of 7-year-old somer thompson, the florida girl kidnapped after walking home from school. her body found in a landfill. a man whose house she passed every day has been char

so the alternate routes are limited through northeast washington.t is open is rhode island and evebening road to 8th street, but it is the brentwood parkway closed between mount olivette and v. street and the exits at the brentwood parkway. 270 out of rockville, heavy and steady in the main line and the locals toward the split. the lanes are open. here is another eye sore, in bound stretch of the dulles toll road jammed around the greenway and this slow traffic toward hunter mill road with the crash on the leave lane, a lot of bailout traffic to route 7 to the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> d.c. city council expected to take action against marion barry, possibly in the form of a censure, which would cut his authority. it could also lead to legal troubles for the former mayor. council is meeting today to discuss an invtigation into earmarks and city contracts. we'll have much more on this coming up a little bit later. >>> another big story. tomorrow same sex couples can apply for marriage licenses in d.c. the d.. superior

. >>> well, traffic is starting to return to normal again in northeast washington hours after a pedestrian was killed by a dump truck. this happened on brentwood parkway near the ninth street bridge. brentwood parkway was closed for several hours but it is now open again. the driver of the dump truck did stay on the scene and they're still trying to figure out the cause of the accident. >>> customers will have to pay a little more on their bills. the electric company has a proposed rate hike and many people are not happy about it. megan mcgrath has details. >> reporter: it is going to be less than the company asked for, but according to the public services commission, there will be an offsetting of that increase by a recently passed decrease in the electricity supply rate. according to the commission, about 97% of customers will see their bill go up by about 2%, their average monthly bill up by about 2%. any talk of rate increases sparks controversy, and a group called justice first staged a protest outside the commission headquarters. they don't want to see any kind of an increase. they s

new york of a is a good way to go traveling through northeast washington. southbound ken ill worth avenue, we do ray brief delay. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> we have breaking news overnight from capitol hill. senate republicans would have been trying to derail health care reform can claim a small success on a technicality. this development comes as president obama is set to travel to iowa today to drum up public support for the reform law. the senate gop found two provisions in the reconciliation bilk considered that violate budget rules. the provisions concern pell grants for college students. they must be removed from the bill. that means it has to go back it the house it be voted on again before it can go to the president. now, senate republicans ve been introducing numerous amendments in an attempt to taught fix-it bill which contains many changes put in to vince house democrats to support the overall reform law. >>> it is that controversial support that now has some members of congress threatened with violence. listen to this voic

northeast. these temperatures are cooler. richmond, 72. washington, 72. new york city, 62. it will be sunny.where in the nation, we still have some storms in and around the carolinas, georgia, florida. middle of the country, we have tapering off snow. the southwest is gorgeous. very warm. the pacific northwest, temperatures in the 50s and 60s. a little bit of rain. fast-forward to tomorrow, everything starts to moves east. but the middle of the country finally gets mild. and it starts to dry out in the southeast. thanks so much. this weather report has been brought to you by the american cancer society. bill? >>> well, marysol, it is one of the harbingers of spring. that first butterfly of the season. but as the monarch migration begins, as the butterflies head up from mexico, researchers are troubled by what appears to be a really steep decline in the population of those beautiful insects. here's abc's stephanie sy with details. >> reporter: normally, monarch butterflies find sanctuary in the mountains of mexico. but a harsh winter of torrential rain and mudslides was too much for the butte

. >> you start with washington, starting in the center, and you have the quadrants. you're saying the northeastuthwest, southeast, are different and the northwest was. what is the difference? >> the social conditions. >> d.c. police officers arresting a young man after he allegedly had broken into a apartment building at crestwood, nw. >> i managed to get permission from the police department to drive with them through the night shift. the condition was, again, you cannot show identities of the people. that was kind of a challenge, but for four or five nights i drove with them to get some participation to illustrate the crimes and some of the problems that the city has. >> a woman handcuffed for driving without a license on georgia avenue. this was in 2004. and then we go to a barber shop, central avenue and southeast washington. >> one of my favorite shots were the people there. i used a panoramic camera and took a picture of the barbershop in this very rundown place. >> how many times did you have to visit the barber shop to get a photo like this? >> in this case, i only went once. i talked t

washington parkway while in d.c. work has stopped on a $60 million replacement of the ninth street bridge in northeast. just one of 41 projects in 0 states and territories now at a stand still. republicans have defended buenning's position as being fiscalically irresponsible. >> just passed the paggal legislation what a is supposed to requireoff sets if we're going to save money. >> reporter: but vice president biden says thousands of construction workers are paying the price for washington turf wars. >> you've got a lot of brothers and sisters. got up this morning, sitting at the kitchen table, looking at their husband and wife across the table. neither one has a job. >> reporter: for now drivers may have to get used to scenes like this until the furlow ends and work resumes. tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >>> we're following breaking news for you out of the montgomery county air park up in gaithersburg. live pictures from sky fox. a single engine plane crash. it's hard to tell but that's the plane that is off into the woods there just off of the runway. a single engine small plane crash. only the pilot

northeast regional fares. it now decided to make them permanent. one-way travel between washington and new york will go for as little as $49 or washington to philadelphia for $35. the discounts require a 14-day advance ticket purchase. >>> there's a lot of excitement over new expectations for apple's iphones. this year it could be available for verizon wireless and sprint nextel customers. since the launch in 2007, the iphone has been available in the u.s. only to at&t subscribers, but the wall street -- but "wall street journal" reports they plan to release an iphone that will work on technology used by verizon wireless and sprint nextel in the u.s. >>> big doings at see on the hill university. students who arrive next year will be getting a free ipad. they are replacing text books with computers and allowing them to down load text books cheaper and they will get a mac book pro. it is a catholic liberal arts college. of course we say free. they are paying tuition but it is wrapped in. >> it could increase attendance there which will help as well. >> a nice bonus. >> some great min

. >> a night club in northeast with a 1000-person capacity, regarded as the best nightclub in the city by the "washingtonis? >> a young couple having fun. i just wanted to show the diversity of the city and how different social classes have fun and enjoy and also talk about teenage pregnancy. >> a teen mother with her baby at clay terraces, that teen pregnancy rate one of the highest in the united states. >> yes. >> where is this? >> click terraces -- clay terraces, that was a place i went many times to photograph. >> what are you getting at here? a playground at an affluent neighborhood. child care is a privilege in washington were problems with youth are rampant. >> going back to that, showing the dynamics of washington. >> where did you get your interest in all of this? >> i was always interested in this. it is something that grow on me when i've learned to take photographs. i was climbing and i went to different places around the world to climb and i had a passion for social issues and to understand people, interested and a lot of the problems. so i started to develop my career as a photojournalist.

northeast and southeast. cities as far north as everett, washington, helena, montana, st., minnesota, greenville, new hampshire. the number of the drug cartels are growing. why? why do they ever grow? about supply and demand. as demand for illegal drugs grows in the united states, more money can be made. more competition between cartels and more people get killed. now the goal is to break this deadly chain by combatting drug trafficking and killings in mexico. that's the idea behind a major meeting in mexico city today. cnn's kate baldwin joins us in washington with more on that. kate, there are surprisingly big players at this meeting in mexico. what are they trying to get done? >> they're big even when they travel by themselves and they're traveling as a group down there, ali. this is a high-profile team traveling to mexico today to meet with their counterparts as well as the mexican president felipe calderon all trying to tackle the escalating drug violence problem you mentioned near the u.s.-mexico border. this is the group we're talking about here. this is being led b

there's free wi-fi on all 20 acela express trains between washington and boston and also in gate areas of six major stations along the northeastr including baltimore's penn station. the service is free for now but the railroad says it's going to review the policy so we'll wait and see. >>> speaking of the price of things, is the price of your water heating bill bringing your blood to a boil? cool off because there are ways to bring that cost down. we have some tips to lower your heating bill. if your monthly bill always seems high -- you're not alone. according to the department of energy water heating can account for up to a quarter of the total energy consumed in your home. but there are many ways to bring that number down. >> one of the easiest ways to reduce water usage, check for leaks. a lot of times we leave these unattended and you not only have the cost of the water but also potential damage that might be caused if the leak goes undetected. >> reporter: according to the epa 11,000 gallons of water wasted every year because of running toilets, dripping faucets and shower heads. another good way to lower energy consumin

temperatures, as the cold front behind the coast in the northeast that will drop the temperatures down. 60 in new york. 65 in philly. 64 in washington, d.c. and there's one big rainmaker in the northwest today. some of this will be near two inches of rain opinion and seattle snow. more than an inch of rain. there will be local flooding there. >> very good morning. 50 degrees downtown, for depositing the suburbs. clouds will be moving in but it will still remain mild. let me show you, as the storm system moves i will bring it in nice push of air. pockets of cloud cover had but sunshine will break out from time to time. a few sprinkles north and west. we are thinking of you but we will not see most of the rent until tonight. 67 m and a look at the big board. more of america's weather in the next half hour. bill? >> thank you, sam. >>> let's turn to "picturemorni" . wild streets of new york city. we thought the cabs and the screaming people were enough. but now, there is a coyote loose in manhattan. police chased it down following posting signs on twitter. >> actually good use of twitter for once. i was just saying. >> send complaints

temperatures, as the cold front behind the coast in the northeast that will drop the temperatures down. 60 in new york. 65 in philly. 64 in washington, d.c. and there's one big rainmaker in the northwest today. some of this will be near two inches of rain opinion and seattle snow. more than an inch of rain. there will be local flooding there. and a look at the big board. more of america's weather in the next half hour. bill? >> thank you, sam. >>> let's turn to "picturemorni" . wild streets of new york city. we thought the cabs and the screaming people were enough. but now, there is a coyote loose in manhattan. police chased it down following posting signs on twitter. >> actually good use of twitter for once. i was just saying. >> send complaints at bill weir abc. but this isn't the first time. a lot of students up near columbia saw a coyote wandering around there. we want to tell people, please come to new york. it really is a hospitable place. the cabbies are cool. >> don't let our "picture of the morning" scare you awe way. >>> caught on tape, burglars who may have used facebook to say they're not home. >>> new warnings about tee

northeast. thunderstorms into tennessee and mississippi valleys. a few inches of snow in oklahoma and north texas. coastal rain in northern california, oregon, and washingtonn the cascades. >> 54 in seattle. a windy 57 in salt lake city. 81 in phoenix. 34 in fargo. 44 in chicago. 56 in kansas city. 60s from new york down to atlanta. a rainy 75 in new orleans. and 62 in dallas. >> they have a tcby too, very good. >>> here's more evidence of michael jackson's golden touch nine months after his death. >> the lavish furniture he ordered for his stay in britain during his planned comeback tour is now on display in ireland before going up for bid. there are 22 items and they are worth $700,000. jackson died before he paid for the furniture but each piece bears a nameplate marked "made exclusively for michael jackson." >> one of the priciest is a red velvet nine-seat sofa expected to fetch at least $200,000 at auction. again, he never even sat in these things. >> we'll be right back with more "world news now." a free 7-night trial on-line and ask your doctor about switching to lunesta. discover a restful lunesta night. rtant news for diabetics on medicare! i'm a

washington. that's where police are searching for suspects after a mother's car was stolen with her baby still inside. it happened this morning at noh capital and pshg streets northeast. someone dumped the car with the baby safe inside in the 200 block of m street behind dunbar high school. that's where news 4's elaine reyes joins us. >> reporter: barbara, police are looking at cameras stationed around this area and behind dunbar high school. they're trying to figure out who the suspect . right now they are about three blocks away from here where this all started, trying to talk to people, gather some information and canvass the area, as well. now, this all ended again behind dunbar high school. police found a 1-year-old boy strapped into the back seat of an suv, a white suv. investigators say someone jumped into that running vehicle parked behind a home behind north capital and p streets north west. the boy's mother had run inside to grab something, but moments later she heard tires squealing, her car and baby were gone, but they were reunited a short time later. >> the baby appears to be doing fine. when the officers found the baby, the baby just kind of looking ou

. >>> it is noon in washington where democrats look set to begin their push on a health care reform bill without republican support. >>> and all across the northeasthour to get electricity back to tens of thousands of homes and businesses. let's get going. >>> first up, health care reform appears to be headed for a showdown. democrats are considering this end run around republican opposition pulling out a controversial tactic called reconciliation, pulling it out of their playbook, ready to roll on that allows a measure to pass on a simple majority, that is 51 votes. we have the story covered from two different angs. ed henry and senior congressional correspondent dana bash. ed, i want to begin with you. we just mentioned the simple majority, 51 votes. is the white house confident they can get that? >> that's still an open question. when you talk to top white house aides about this notion of going ahead with only democratic votes, no republican votes, they say look, we've been trying for a year to get some republican votes. there are limited numbers in the early stages of this debate but by and large, this has been essentially a democratic only.ef