northwest. >> did you have their permission?i was just riding and i took the photograph. >> did you know that you're going to show this? what was the purpose? >> people leaving. a lot of people were going away from washington at the time. i thought it would be good to have that in the mirror. >> next page -- you do a similar photograph over here showing, again, what in the mirror? >> a panhandler, someone begging for money. >> that made a big difference when you got there. >>i come from latin america and i am accustomed to seeing poverty. there are a lot of slums and a lot of problems. i was never expecting to find it in the capital of the united states. that was a big surprise. >> workers assisting in the streets of downtown washington while the capital went through a beautification campaign, deciding to change the face of the city. many poor residents were forced to move to maryland and virginia during those years. is that a human being, right here? >> no. >> who wrote your cutlines? >> someone editing and helping me wrote tha

the car was found in the 200 block of n street northwest. a few blocks from where it was stolen this morning. the mother told police she put her son in his child seat, but had to go back in to the house. she says that's when the thief sped off with her car and 1- year-old son. >> fifth district officers arrived on the scene within two minutes, and ten minutes later fifth district officers discovered the sleek with the child in the car, evidently unharmed. >> reporter: the child was taken to the hospital as a precaution. he is fine. police are searching for the suspect. >>> >>> lawmakers who back the president's health care reform bill are now the target of violent threats. nearly a dozen members of congress say they have received threatening messages after voting yes on the health care bill. joel brown has more from captiol hill as lawmakers prepare to vote on the so- called fix it bill. >> reporter: president obama left the white house this morning, heading to the midwest to sell his health care reform plan to a skeptical public. he speaks

the winds we are dealing with are from the northwest.e in to washington right about 50-mile an hour winds right now and we are seeing more of that as we head to the eastern shore, as well. make sure you bundle up as you head out for today. temperatures coming in around 47 degrees in to washington and we will be seeing more of that and the big story is there is a wind chill out there. so all the 40s you are seeing are feeling like the upper 30s today. bundle up. >> we can hear it gusting in your mic, lynnette. thank you very much. half way through the 6:00 hour. the same situation out here in dc. the police investigation is going on that has south capitol street shut down between chesapeake and mississippi avenue. the way to get around this, southern and take it to 4th to get on to atlantic. kristin fisher is there and she will have an update on the investigation coming up. 495, the inner loop and express lanes as you cross the wilson bridge, notice a good amount of congestion here. that's because approaching the telegraph road exit we ha

and it's gray across the northwest. later today, heavy rain and gusty winds will be returning to the mid-atlantic states. the southern plains and southwest will remain dry and more scattered showers are likely across the northwest. >>> in sports, would it wouldn't be march madness without the buzzer beerts. mitch state's cory lucas took a three spoipt shot to beat maryland 85-83. >> he he got it! spartans move to the sweet 16! >> so sweet. purdue's chris cramer made a lay-up in the closing seconds of overtime for a 63-61 win over texas a&m. cramer had 17 points for the boilermakers. >>> it was an upset for xavier over pittsburgh as jordan crawford scored 27 points. pitt missed a shot at the end and xavier got the victory 71-68. >>> lewis dale scored 26 points as cornell knocked off wisconsin 87-69. the big red is the first ivy league team to advance to the sweet 16 in more than 20 years. >>> number one seed duke dominated inside against california for a 68-53 blue devil win. duke faces purdue in a south regional semifin

the result of the worst snowstorm to hit northwest china in six decades.an 7,000 buildings have been destroyed, the worst may be yet to come. only a third of the snow has melted so far. >>> china also dealing with sandstorms. they are an annual phenomenon in the spring when strong winds whip up sand from the desert. the pollution can cause chest discomfort and respiratory problems. experts rate the air quality in beijing as "hazardous." >>> experts are watching a volcano in iceland. saturday night's eruption sent ash and lava into the air. it apparently evaporated a glacier. there are fears there could be nor e-- another eruption. >>> at home, coming off the best weekend i can remember. >> it would have been sweet for april and may, let alone march. nice way to usher in spring. we have spring thunderstorms actually today. not crazy unusual. the next three days we're going to keep a chance of a shower in tomorrow. there will be some breaks in the clouds, more clouds than sun certainly. upper 50s. then mid-60s on wednesday, pretty nice. mid-60s on thursday,

northwest winds at 10-15 miles per hour. make it feel chillier, so definitely a cool night then and 44 for tomorrow's high temperature. look for the clouds to increase late in the day and in comes that rain-snow mix to start with in the evening hours changing over to plain snow. again, the amount of snow will determine be determined by the track of low. we think it's going to stay offshore this time. the eastern shore most vulnerable, 44 degrees on wednesday. look at the weekend 44, dry on friday and mostly clear to partly cloudy skies but temperatures near 50 degrees for both saturday and sunday. looking a bit better for the weekend. let's see what is happening on the roadways with candace dold. she has the traffic edge, candace? >> reporter: thank you, steve. we're checking in on the speeds out there and you can definitely tell that we're in the snack in the middle of more than rush hour right now on the we have side of the beltway at 42 miles per hour at skewe security bould and 41 traveling through the kay tronsvillcaton

wind are out of the northwest with 7 miles per hour.should be climbing, and 20-mile-an-hour wind. the barometer is on the rise. temperature wise upper 40s to nearby throughout. 50 in d.c., and hagerstown is at 48. again, we're looking at nice conditions because of high pressure building but the low departs. still between it we get winds at 45-50 miles per hour. while we climb to 65 it will feel chilly with the lane. the next chance of rain comes friday night as the low pressure center advances in our direction. not getting into 9:00 p.m. in the western counties according to the future scan model. as far as the high temperature for today. if you're in the eastern shore, looking pretty good. it will be breezier, winnier with the wind gusts up -- windier with the winds gusts up to 30 miles per hour. 64 degrees for the high. 64 degrees with plenty of sunshine for the central part of the state with the 15-25-mile-an-hour wind by this afternoon. the winds do pick up then and as we look to the western part of the state, here only getting to 61

and things are gray and damp for much of the northwest.showers will be scattered across the northwest. the southwest stays dry. skies will be bright and sunny over the rockies and plains. it will turn rather cold across the upper midwest. and it will be gray and soggy from the central appalachians to the gulf coast. >>> in sports, big lebron led the way in the big easy. lebron james scored 38 for cleveland, including an alley-oop jam in the second quarter. james also had 11 assists including a pass to hickson for a score and james showed his quickness and agility driving for a left-handed floater against the glass. the cavs won it 105-92. >>> in charlotte, steven jackson scored a season high 37 points against minnesota. gerald wallace added 23, including a second quarter drive and flip for a score. the timberwolves took their 14th straight loss 108-95. >>> and speaking of serial losers, how about the new jersey nets. with 26 points from a determined brooke lopez, the nets beat visiting sacramento 93-79. devin harris added 24 points to push

. >>> college students in northwest are on high alert following several burglars. a student woke p and found four men in her bedroom. they made off with everything from ipods to flat screens, even social security cards. they've targeted mostly off- campus housing stealing more than $10,000 in prerty from georgetown triewnts. >> it was a shock. i heard one of the roommates went to bed at four and he woke up at seven and everything was gone, their tv, playstation, i- pods, laptops. >> i think a lot of students haven't been practicing the right kind of safety around their house. a lot of it we hear is unlocked doors, things left unattended.

driveway on capitol street near p street in northwest this morning when two suspects drove away with the little girl still in the car. if the suspect bailed out a few blocks away. paramedics took the child to the hospital as a precaution. a fairfax county sheriff's deputy accused of having sex with a female prisoner will be arraigned this morning. the 36 year-old was assigned to guard a 25 year-old female inmates when she was admitted at a local hospital. he was arrested on monday accused of inappropriate conduct. james heintz has been placed on administrative leave. president obama it's the road today looking to sell the health-care overhaul to a skeptical public. he is going to arrive soon in iowa. th is is first of many appearances across the country. he will make them before the fall election. some democrats are accusing republicans of fanning hostility in the wake of their health care defeat. now this report from abc. >> the climate inside the

on the bay tomorrow, northwest wind, around 5 knots. sunrise, 7:14. sets around 7:17. bay temp at 45. by the way, spring arrives saturday afternoon. it's 1:38 in the afternoon. tonight, then, clear skies. chilly, with light winds. 38 with the low to mid-40s downtown. tomorrow, sunshine, all day long. just a perfect thursday. sunny, warmer. tomorrow's high, close to 70. let's call it 68, 69, 70 degrees. beautiful day. and even warmer on friday. >> thank you, bob. >> pretty good to me. >>> still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news. nightmare flight. a cross country journey tracks passengers on board a plane for 16 hours. >>> i'm alex demetrick. coming up, the long journey home for the arabbers' horses. that story when eyewitness news continues. >>> and st. patrick's day celebrations are in full swing. we'll take you to the world's largest st. patrick's day party. >>> it is 66 degrees and a beautiful clear evening. good evening, everybody. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. boarding your flight and get caught up. kelly lawless reports for

>> a couple of sprinkles in the northwest on the weather terrace. talking about the chance of rain and even thunderstorms as we go through the day. the complete forecast when we come back. hi! welcome to progressive.com. come on in, and i'll give you a free quote. quote and compare in about 8 minutes. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> we are back at 6:29. the signs of spring are here. cherry blossom trees are starting to bloom around town. we saw these around the national mall. the cherry blossom festival starts saturday. howard bernstein is off today but devon lucy is here on the weather terrace without a jacket with our forecast. good morning. >> reporter: it's very mild out here, andrea. good morning to you, too. that's the one good news in our forecast. the bad news is we are going to have to deal with periods of rain, a little drizzle here in the northwest and light showers. live doppler 9,000, college park seeing a few showers, out towards annapolis, maybe watching for the possibility of a thunderstorm between annapolis and bal

next system coming into the pacific northwest with rain and mountain snows that. doesn't blast eastward. you'll notice by wednesday that trough in the east is being replaced by a ridge that's building farther eastward much warmer air into the middle mississippi valley even the ohio valley and the lower great lakes probably going to see some of that big warmup. these are just scattered afternoon variety thurmts thunderstorms, parts of florida -- thunderstorms parts of florida into the gulf coast states. you'll notice a trough digging in out west and that intensifies as we head into friday with a pretty good trough into this area. that's going to mean some rain for parts of the southwest, western texas on up into the northern plains states. a little bit of snow in the western fringe and higher elevation in the rockies and another system coming into pacific northwest. let's take a look at the temperatures next week. that will be for april 4- through the 10th. we'll go above normal for a large chunk as you can see. most of the areas from the continental divide to texa

northwest wind at 15 so still a little breezy.onight it looks like we will tip to see those temperatures dropping down to clear skies tonight, dropping down to 51 degrees. probably get the temperatures in the lower mid 40s as we get into the overnight with a northwest wind at 5 to 15. i'll have a closer look and show you when that rain will get here and how long it will stick around if it effects the weekend coming up in just a bit. >> and you can be in charge of our own personalized forecast. i-radar is available on-line. go to foxbaltimore.com slash iradar. >>> most students in maryland won't have to make up all of those days they missed of school after one of the worst winters on record. maryland law requires students to attend school for 180 days a year, but 12 counties including baltimore city and anne arundel county will get a waiver for five school days. six other counties asked for and were given the okay not to make up three or four days missed due to the record-setting snowstorms. >>> a major recall on a very popular bab

let's hope they don't. >>> it is 6:50. 48 degrees here in northwest washington. federal disaster declaration from last month's snowstorm. in three minutes, that what that means for the district. gÑÑÑññ [ crowd cheering ] male announcer ] competition... it pushes us to work harder. to be better. to win. but sometimes even rivals realize they share a common goal. america's beverage companies have removed full-calorie soft drinks from schools, reducing beverage calories by 88%. together with schools, we're helping kids make more balanced choices every day. ♪ >>> it's 6:54 this thursday morning. here's what is in the news now, changes to president obama's health care reform must now go back to the house. senate republicans altered language in it early this morning. the gop hopes to take more apart the this house. democrats call it a minor glitch. >>> no comment from former maryland governor ehrlich on a report he made up his mind about november. those reports say he will run against o'malley and will kick off his campaign next month. >>> president obama signed a dis

bars in northwest d.c. an arlington overflow -- and arlington overflow. >> i have a designated driver beheaded she is going to come in and pick me up. -- i have a designated driver. she is going to come in and pick me up. >> i get to come out and have fun with my friends and know that we are all going to get home safely. >> but police are conducting dui stops. this is at two undisclosed locations in northern virginia. >> we want to remove the drunk driver is from the street, but we actually would prefer people, if they are going to drink, not to drive. >> 75% of alcohol-related traffic accident happened between 4:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m., and they are clamping down in hopes of saving those who may not be thinking about their safety or the safety of others. and anyone coming through this or a second dui check point will have to stop an show id. if they think you been drinking, they may conduct a field sobriety test. >> we could not ask for better weather tonight. >>> clear skies across the region. could this po

a blustery northwest wind gusting to 25 miles per hour. then the storm pulls away and sunshine back for thursday this to friday and a warming trend for the weekend. how is the tuesday traffic? >> northeast washington authorities investigating an accident involving a pedestrian. pedestrian was hit and killed by a vehicle earlier this morning and authorities have closed down brentwood parkway between v street and mount olivet road in northeast washington to conduct that investigation. so right now that stretch of the brentwood parkway is closed to traffic both direction while the investigation is just getting under way. we'll have some more details as they come in to us. let's head out and take a live look see how the commute is going along 270. doing just fine from frederick all the way on down to the split so far travel lanes are open. eun and joe, back to you. >>> today marion barry could face new legal problems. the d.c. council is expected to vote on weather to censure the former mayor for directing a city contract to a former girlfrien

look an hour after sunset to the west-northwest. mercury will be below and to the right of venus.great chance to show your kids what mercury looks like. clear and cold, low 40s tonight. beautiful day tomorrow. closer to 80. cooler near the bay. reagan 77 degrees. five-day forecast. i'm excited they are stend sending me to the tidal basin tomorrow. saturday 82. easter sunday, 78. increase in clouds. we keep it going into next week. >> nice. >> good stuff. >> thank you, sue. >>> did you see this? a bad throw by a chinese military recruited almost cost him hilife. he threw a grenade, hit a wall and bounced back at him and the trainer. the trainer through both of them behind a wall before it exploded. >>> preseason schedule is out. who the burgundy and gold are going up against. >>> hi, everybody. hot off the presses. redskins preseason schedule. they kick off with consecutive games at fed ex field. week one they host the bills in the preseason for the second time in three years. that will be followed by a visit to the ravens in week 2. 5th time in six years that a geographic rival wi

northwest right now at 10. earlier gust to go 15 to 25 miles per hour but we see the humidity now dropping on down. looks like we stay dry for at least the next couple days before late sunday another system rolls in. temperatures right now as you can see in the upper 40's to low 50's. that wind chill dying down even though down in dc 17 but didn't have anything like 25, 35 miles per hour gust like today. there's the rain still hugging the eastern shore. through with the rape. we have got sunshine on tap tomorrow but check out this. 27 for the overnight low. 40 by lunch time before we top out at 48 degrees. >> thanks tony. >> well it is really starting to look like spring down in the nation capitol. the cherry blossom started to bloom down near the tidal basin. the blossoms will officially kick off tomorrow and runs through mid april. the trees are expected to peak some time during the first week of april. organizers expect more than 1 medical people to visit dc during the two week festival. >> and if you make a

. >>> we're following breaking news in northwest 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, h

in northwest arkansas icy conditions were tough on the roads for drivers. several churches reported cancelling services and some schools are close this morning. kansas city was also hit hard but people made the best of the situation. warmer weather is expected over the next few days. you see what happens when kansas loses? >> i guess so. nature does not like that. mother nature doesn't like it. i guess they thought they were out of the clear. any chance of something like that happening for us? >> no. same storm system coming our way but bringing rain. too mild for any more snow. this morning as we look at the radar over the last hour we're seeing showers moving from the south to the north through the region. at this hour getting a spew sprinkles in montgomery county and prince george's and calvert as well as fairfax, loudoun, prince william and fauquier. and the shenandoah valley and out into the mountains of west virginia. temperatures around the region in the 50s to near 60. 60 degrees in washington. in the 50s on the eastern shore and out in the mountain

west/northwest wind. it will be calming down tonight. already down to 8. six out in oakland.we're at 14. ocean city at 10. we had a nice breeze, but bright sunshine all day long. high pressure over the region. however, to the west, already disturbed weather. areas of showers. rain, thundershowers down here across oklahoma and texas. for the west, it's cold enough where they saw snow in the mountains. rockies. denver, snowing right now. eastern colorado, the plains, it's snowing right now. it will be ending. but they did get several inches. west of denver, in the mountains there. they had like 20 inches of snow. so the ski resorts are having a nice little boost there. they have been having their best season ever. but they're getting snow now. this system is heading out to the east. it will bring with it some clouds. moisture moving from the gulf of mexico. overnight tonight, a few clouds. in fact, we have a few in the area now. during the day tomorrow, we'll see sun. and clouds definitely coming back in the afternoon. by tomorrow night, rain in the region. it will probably end

gary mcgrady is live outside in northwest. 's beautiful out there. >> i can't remember the last time i was out here on tv anyway. some 30 inches of snow or more and it was a down right blizzard. i will take this any time over what we had earlier in the season. spring begins tomorrow if you have been keeping track. clear skies on true view. all around the area, you can't find a cloud in our sky. it will stay that way overnight tonight and through tomorrow. we will have changes coming sunday but we will keep the rain out of the forecast from sunday night into monday and will stick as well. around for a while. temperatures out there very, very good. we have lots of lower 70s. temperature here in the city about 72 degrees right now. high may have got up to 73. again, if you haven't had a chance to really thoroughly enjoy the weather the last few days, it will stick around for the weekend. we will have the everything forecast in a little bit. >> see you then. >>> if you are out and about taking metro, a word of warning. you may see

a bit of a breeze coming out of the northwest today. it's 49 at ray dwan national airport. 48 degrees, philadelphia. 52 at richmond. so there really isn't any exceptionally cold air out there. and that really is the story for this week that we're not going to get hit with any prolonged cold throughout the week. or any hh winds either. light breeze out of the northwest. not too bad. just below freezing, elkins, west virginia, 30. and pittsburgh, feeling like 29 degrees right now. this one brought half a foot of snow sunday night. that storm system moving away, and right now here, that's our next storm system. there it is, spinning. as far as amounts, fort stock n stockton, texas, over 1 3/4 inch of rain, that's going to be heading up the coast. 467 degreesthe temperature there. 57 right now in houston with over an inch and a half of rain. meanwhile, fredericksburg, enjoying the sunshine and temperatures today in the low 50s. the average for today, the average high is right at 50 degrees. futurecast, what you can expect over the next 48 h

so it cools down as you move to the northwest, like west minister at 39.ld you to wear something warm. 33 at mchenry right now. and only 32 at chicago, 28 green bay. bismarck's warm to 41, but only 25 up in international falls. there's some cold air coming in behind this weather system. the heaviest rains are off over the atlantic ocean. so do some lingering showers behind the system. low pressure center down in southeast virginia moving out to sea. and this colder air off high pressure coming in now. so we'll get a little spike of cold air. again march can do anything to us. we have a generally fair weather situation with high pressure out to the west. that's going to be our saturday weather. then sunday, this next storm out in the rockies comes in. so the rain chances come up again. today's forecast brings it colder, rain, maybe snowflakes tapering off. temperatures in the 40's. low 40's, they should tick there for a few hours and drop off into the 30's as we get deeper into the afternoon. future cast shows the rain stepping out of the area here and even

the latest incident happened on friday when he held up the chevy chase bank in northwest. he held up three other banks along pennsylvania avenue. the man has gray whiskers, wears a black skull cap and carries a black shoulder bag. each time he walks io the bank he hands the tell ear note and demands cash. >>> it will soon become a lot easier for people to walk or ride to the rhode island metro station. the board approved plans to build a bicycle and pedestrian bring that leads to the station in northeast d.c. the bridge is meant to provide a safe and direct route to the station and neighborhoods to the west. it will also give access from the metropolitan branch trail. the bridge is expected to open in the fall of 2011. >>> "forbes" magazine has come out with the top fuel-efficient nonhybrid cars. the magazine looked at gas mileage per gallon and total fuel costs. it was a tie for first place. volkswaggen and jetta topped the list. toyota's sub compact yaris was second. the popular honda crv which runs on napt gas and fit made the top ten. >>> what seemed like a sudden turn

the other shooting in the middle of the day in northwest baltimore. around 4:30 this afternoon police say an unidentified man was shot several times in the 3400 block of park heights avenue. no word on his condition. a motive or suspect. so if you have any information on any of these shootings, you are asked to call baltimore police. >>> tonight frederick county officials have confirmed the 4-year-old who was pinned underwater on an overturned a.t.v. has died from his injuries. the accident happened last night on his family's property in burkettsville road in frederick. police say the boy died from his injuries this morning. detectives are investigating. >>> in prince george's county officials say a fire killed 8-year-old kennedy pearson. firefighters were called to a home on parkview lane and clinton last night. the girl's mother tried to get help but by the time paramedics arrived, it was too late. here's reaction from neighbors. >> we all will truly miss him. >> 8-year-old beautiful girl, full of energy. full of life. had her whole life in front of

that is the very latest here in northwest. maureen umeh, fox 5 news. will? >> thank you for the update. >>> our team coverage continues now with dave feldman. he has more reaction to today's sentencing. feldy? >> will, thank you very much and there is a lot of questions about gilbert arena and as where the wizards go from here. there is a new ownership coming in and they agreed on the price of the new arena and the team and that sale is coming up soon. received the best news possible, for him at least, that he's not going jail time. he would not talk to reporters but he did smile and he did obviously, obviously was happy with the good news and gilbert arena sass a three-time all- star and the first time he went to the post season since '97 and the last two years, two knee surgeries, played 15 games and this year, 32 games before being suspended by the commissioner david stern. the wizards released the statements and this is what they said. we believe today's sentencing can help bring closure to the unfortunate situation. he has admitted his mistakes and will

blustery northwest wind with highs in the upper 50s.un back on wednesday and thursday back in the 60s. a look at friday and the weekend in ten minutes. how is the traffic? >> 95 northbound as you head north towards the route 1 interchange, notice the flashing lights. several vehicles with flat tires the shoulder, the hov lanes drawing a lot of attention. there had been some kind of debris or possibly a problem with the road surface itself. lanes appear to be getting by but it will be slow early as you head north from dale city on up towards route 1 woodbridge bridge. had that broken down vehicle moved to the shoulder outer loop the right side of the american legion bridge. it is now clear, lanes re-opened. inner loop a little bit of volume. travel lanes look pretty good. lanes are open for you. >> morning flat tires want to make you stay in bed. >> that and rainy days. >> a series of them. >>> start today how you can southern off about possible fare hikes and service cuts on metro. >> no script, no staged news conference. golfer tiger w

by 6:00 in the evening we could have showers on the northwest side of baltimore. we expect to have showers build overnight and too into friday morning, even snow as nearby as northern sections of pennsylvania, but not for us. for today mostly sunny, 66 degrees, breeze 20 miles per hour or higher gusts, enjoy the afternoon because tonight we slip back to 38 degrees. the clouds tomorrow still get up into the low 60s, but there could be evening showers. again, that rain will bring in colder temperatures friday. we'll talk more about that in a couple minutes. 6:16 on the block let's go to the roads with troy. >>> things have not been too bad this morning. but once 6:00 comes around, thing begin to pick up. let's look at the cameras first. looks like not too bad, 95 at kay den avenue, traffic is picking up some, not so bad. 695 and wilkins avenue, heavier traffic on the outbound side of the beltway. and also at 97 and 695 traffic moving pretty smoothly. let's go to drive times. drive times are looking like this this morning, 95 southbound, whitemarsh boulevard to 695 a

. >> next, a senate hearing on the attempted christmas day bombing of a northwest airlines flight. we'll hear comments from government officials at homeland security and other aviation security. this is one of a number of hearings. it's about two hours. the hearing will come to order. let me welcome senator scott brown. this is a committee that senator collins and i have been on for some years now. we're proud of what we've been able to do. it is, as you know, a very bipartisan committee and i think it's probably why we've been able to accomplish a lot over the years. i would say with particular regard to this committee, it's very hospitable to independent minded senators. >> from new england. >> from new england particularly. welcome. this is the committee's fourth hearing in a series that senator collins and i have begun to examine the extensive reforms made to our intelligence systems both after september 11, 2001, but particularly at the five-year anniversary point from the enactment of the 9/11 commission reforms. our goals here are to review where we've been, how we're doing,

abernethy: polls indicate that is on of the least religious regions of the country is the pacific northwest but there are a lot of people there who say they are spiritual, and who are seeking out the insights of spiritual directors. they draw on the meditation traditions of many faiths to help searchers identify the signs of the holy in their lives. we have a lucky severson story today we call "spiritual in seattle". >> reporter: sunday mass at st. james cathedral in seattle where attendance has actually been growing, defying a national trend of fewer people attending church. sister joyce cox, a catholic scholar and spiritual director for the seattle archdiocese says a survey in a book called "the none zone" found that people in the pacific northwest are less religious than the national average. >> the first question was: do you have any faith or church that you follow or you participate in? and the answer was none. so, 67% of those who answered, answered none, but they still claimed in other questions that they believed in god and that they were spiritual. >> rerter: that's the good news,

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wet weather in the pacific northwest. we've also got sunshine down through the south. in the northeast, snow in northern new england, snow in the rockies, plenty of sunshine, mild conditions in the southwest on intonto a live picture showing that view and clouds producing rain in loud on and heading south to north around the reej yob. they will be with us throughout the day and highs in the 60s and thunder later this afternoon. maybe more passing showers tonight and off and on morning sprinkles through midday tomorrow and sun back >>> that's your latest weather. i should point out, where are you guys from? where are you from? where in california? >> woodland. >> woodland, california, one of our producer, alicia yarborough's hometown. go to the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. not that i have to. i like to say that. >> every time you say it, there's thunder. have you noticed that? >> it's great. >> bizarre. >>> what you need to do to increase your tax refund, exclusive interview with vice president joe biden. first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> back at 8:3

time, the season begins here very soon. 42 degrees at the airport and 76% humidity and the west, northwest wind at 3 miles per hour and we have 30 in oakland and 44 in cumberland and 51 on the shore and chilly on the water's edge and the bay around 45 degrees and it stakes it longer for cities along the water's edge to heat up with the chill in the water. and the winds are calm and it's a delightful day. we've hit the low 70s for the last few days and we're going back into that again. we're dumping snow in the rockies and the leading edge, we're seeing rain filtering into wisconsin and minneapolis and it's going to move into the warmer temperatures. we expect to see the potential for thunderstorms with some of the mixing of the air late sunday and monday. it lingers into tuesday. while this is going to take a while to get here, it will take a little while to leave. we'll see the rain and we'll dry out in a gradual warm up for next weekend. the south wind on the bay at five to ten knots and no advisories in affect. 74 and sunny, warm, nice. 46 tonight and clear, calm and mild. seasonably mi

a low 38-44 and winds out of the northwest at 10-20.o we're not going to be able to shake the winds. tomorrow morning mostly sunny. a breezy start and a chilly start. temperatures in the 30s and 40s and winds persist at 10-20. so it will feel a little cooler than it actually is because of the winds tomorrow. by afternoon, partly cloudy, breezy, still milder though, high temperatures low to mid 60s. so we're going to gain about ten te grez and the winds nor -- degrees and the winds northwesterly at 10-20 and occasionally gusty. 63 in gaithersburg and 63 in bowie. off to the west and north, 63 in fairfax and reston. and you head out towards sterling and leesburg and loudoun county, more than likely in the low 60s. but still better than today. we have a storm out in the four corners area. that is coming in here on friday. we have this storm finally, and i mean finally pulling away. look at all of the rain and showers and storms been through portions of connecticut and rhode island. we have our batch of showers today. they have moved well o

we are slowly improving but the winds are on us from the northwest at 15 to 20 miles an hour. the satellite and radar combination. the heaviest to the south. that's where they have tornadoes and thunderstorms last night. that's going to stay away from us. maybe a rumble of thunder as we go in to time. future cast shows what is going on here. more rain lingering overnight and also tomorrow. you will have the rain gear for today. you will need it tonight. the counterclockwise spin, the area of low pressure trying to get out of here but will redevelop. temperatures 61 in to arlington and dc. and brandy wine and they will continue to be on the up and up. you can see this as we go in to wednesday around 64. 73 on thursday and then better from there. close to 80 by saturday and sunday. >> all right. thank you so much, lynnette. hello, everybody. 5:17. right now we begin with a beltway alert for you. kicking things off here we are on 495 in maryland. we have a report of an accident on the inner loop at the georgia avenue exit. so far so good. we have talking about the outer loop nort

front stalled off to our northwest. we are dry through the day today. after dark, rain chances increase. south winds 5 to 10. 69 to 73 the high temperature during the day today. insta-weather futurecast shows these clouds drifting in this afternoon. then this evening after 9:00 or so rain chances begin to increase. by tomorrow morning, we have shower activity. the heaviest rains are expected during the day, and by tomorrow evening the heaviest rains pulling up. we are not done with those rain chances yet. we can still see scattered showers. by thursday the stuff starts to pull out of here and we dry out and we set up for a dry mid week. late tonight, shower activity. until then, high temperature bumping snoo -- into the low 70 's again. wednesday and thursday look dry. most of friday we'll be all right, but by friday into saturday, rain chances return. >> all right, john, coming up, a new way to better treat breast cancer patients. how doctors are treating patients. >> a pikes vill -- pikesville woman opened up her magazine and a tractor worthy enough t

that's where the funeral was, and she's from northwest indiana. i went to her high school in northwest indiana, a catholic high school where they basically rolled out the red carpet. even though she's 40 years old and graduated about 22 years ago, surprisingly dozens of people knew her at the high school. we talked to a lot of teachers who remembered here. this is a woman who they say shined. she sparkled. she had quite hea personality a i looked through a lot of the yearbooks and saw all of the pictures. she was homecoming queen, president of the student council. she did everything. >> larry: thanks, jason knowles reporter from wsl-tv. there is world there will be a memorial service for dawn in orlando at a later date. joins us now is j.d. ordonez, friend and protege of dawn brancheau. he got to know her a decade after when he started as a photographer. he has worked as a dolphin and whale trainer at seaworld and one of my old familiar haunts, the miami sea aquarium. how do you best remember dawn, j.d.? >> inspirational, to say the least. i start

rain in the pacific northwest.m texas, >> good morning, but clouds will be thickening up as we head toward the day but there will be a chance for renters this evening but it will be dry during the day. we will make it into >> and that's your latest weather. ann? >> okay, al, thank you so much. >>> next, how to gape confidence in life and love. kids grow these days? and since 90% of bone strength is developed before adulthood... it's so important that they get enough calcium every day. that's why there's new danonino. danonino! unlike leading kids yogurts, danonino has twice the calcium of milk, ounce per ounce, with vitamin d. so it's power packed for healthy growth. and its rich creamy taste is... yummy! so they can start building strong bones today... for stronger bodies tomorrow. new danonino from dannon. power packed to help kids grow. would we eat better? at hellmann's, we make our mayonnaise with eggs, vinegar and oil rich in omega 3. for the quality that could only be hellmann's. hellmann's. it's time for re

and the winds are blowing out of the west and northwest at 25- 30 miles per hour.o it will feel cooler than the actual air temperature. we have jumped. 44 now areagan national. and we're cheering 40s. you know it's been a cold winter. 39 in gaithersburg. 31 in salisbury. if you have the widescreen, you can see that 41 in fredericksberg. you might hit the low 50s down to the south of washington today. 44 in quantico. i mentioned the winds. they've been increasing during each hour out of the west and northwest and ok at that, 30 miles per hour now. 24 at last look wind gusts in washington. 29 in quantico. look at fredericksberg. 39 miles per hour. so a blustery afternoon and you can be out of the wind and the sunshine and the temperatures of about 50 or so should feel good but still a windy day today. continue to deal with the area of storminess. look at the cloud cover and the light rain showers from yesterday. the outer bands of that area of storminess that impacted us this weekend toward boston. it will finally push out of here and the winds will calm down tonight

delta air lines which bought northwest says it is reviewing the roles.y a local family is now seeking help after woman was paradise. paramedics may have played a role in this. >> she was a have become a vibrant 22 year old. her family cannot understand why she may never walk again. >> she said she did not want to live no more. she is crying all the time. >> to iran without a seat belt in the backseat of a car when a driver who had been driving hit them. it the police report says she was unconscious and unresponsive. when it firefighter paramedics arrived on the scene, and they do not immobilize the body produce did not predict collar around her neck. -- a body. they did not put a collar around her neck. sources confirm the department did conduct a quality review. at least one paramedics is under suspension as a result. >> her family says she does not remember anything. they are desperate to know when this injury occurred and if they could of been prevented. >> a high school student remains in critical condition after collapsing during a basketball game o

street here in northwest with the 1-year- old boy inside. fine and inside a car seat and was safe when they arrived here. again taken to the hospital as just a precaution. at this point, police are telling me they are still looking for a suspect. they don't have any description on him. they don't know at this point if he was even -- even armed but we'll continue to follow this story. back to you, allison. >> thank goodness the baby is okay. >> and you hear it time and again, obviously the guy breaking the law but you can not leave your kids in the car each for -- for even a minute. don't do it. >>> and it might not look like much but a new way to rescue passengers in case of an emergency. >>> and also ahead, voters in california will soon get to decide whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use. >>> and holly is live at the greatest show on earth. a look at something new at the circus.  and as a progressive customer, you get to use any of our concierge claim centers. so i can just drop off my car and you'll ta

i grew up reading the northwest passage and roberts. what kind of research, do you know what kind of research he based his book on? >> you know, he had actually -- it's fiction because, of course, he is, he's re-- he has conversations and all that, things i can't do. i have evidence of that. but actually, truth be told, he went back, and he found some really good primary source material, some journals and things like that and some documents that were published particularly in a court-martial of robert rogers, and it had to do with that french spying charge, and he published it as an appendix. actually, the original -- there are two volumes of that novel. the second volume is an appendix of some primary sources material which was, you know, very useful. he's still kind of caught up in the whole parkman kind of lure of the buckskin, rough and tumble, so rogers comes off as this, you know,al lended -- talented but kind of drunk and all this. and when you start putting things together, i'm sure that did happen yesterday, but on these trips

and the winds are still blustery out of the northwest, gusting to 30 miles per hour. over the last six hours, we have seen weak, high pressure bringing us a sunny sky, and throughout the rest of the afternoon, highs reaching low to mid-60s. and overnight tonight, we will have clouds developing. should be down ithe mid-40s by dawn tomorrow. during the day on thursday, thinking clouds and rain developing thursday evening that may continue off and on until friday and saturday. near a 50 for highs and then maybe more rain on sunday and monday. >>> and then here is jerry. >> we will head out and give folks a sampling, and we are moving nicely in both directions. the reconfiguration of the ramp was taken care of, and now things are going much smoother. westbound wide open out to fair oaks. and then the inner loop and outer loop moving along very nicely. barbara, back to you. >> thank you, jerry. >>> two drivers had a heated argument that ended in gunshot from i-95 in virginia. it occurred yesterday afternoon when both were trying to merge. a truck rammed a car twice before

higher elevation snows in the northwest along with rain in the coast.e'll be back in the next half hour with the longer range out outlook. >> friends and i were talking after choir practice this week about the weather. this week has been the longest stretch of sunny weather since november. and like those millions of asian beatles crawling over our windows and doors, the biggest activity is watching for the early birds, not robins of course but those eager beaver neighbors who have traditional ly led the parade to the fields. we all know who to keep an eye on in our community and more importantly most of us have established a standard delay factor as well. for example, when dale goes to the field that's my five-day warning. when martin starts working it means i have about two days at most. so we prowl the back roads crawling by those fields we know dry out first. in addition, since many of us sort of outsource our readiness testing to our fertilizing deal dealer, we'll drop stuff on the tanks like mice on the piper just to see what happens. it'sa muddy j