olney did was to give families the terrible diagnosis. job of telling his family fell to kathy. >> something i had done many many times before. but to actually tell his wife that i was worried he had a.l.s. was just a very heart breaking experience. very, very difficult. >> i just cried and cried and cried and cried and cried and cried and cried. i cried for weeks. >> reporter: paula knew what the diagnosis meant. >> knowing he was going to die really set my apple cart upsidedown. i'll tell you that for sure. i couldn't even think of life without him or growing old without him or not having grandchildren to share or, you know, just shutting down a life and a clear... career and really being scared of the future. >> reporter: this is clearly a very difficult disease for the family as well as the patient. >> (computerized voice) but they are taking great care of me and there will be an end for me sooner. >> reporter: an end sooner than for them. how long have you been married? >> 30 years. not long enough. >> reporter: they did have almost

a new park n ride opens monday along georgia avenue just north of norbeck road in olney. it's got about 200 parking spaces and two bus shelters where people can catch icc commuter buses. >>> according to aaa, work zone speed cameras in maryland brought in a whole lot of cash for the state last year generating nearly half a million citations all issued to drives going at least 12 miles an hour -- drivers going at least 12 miles an hour over the speed limit near the construction zones. the face value of those citations, $18.9 million. here's some sound advice from aaa mid-atlantic. >> unless you really want to contribute your hard earned dollars to maryland unnecessarily, take the lead out of your foot going through work zones. >> good advice. aaa estimates the work zone speed camera program has generated just shy of a million tickets statewide since it was launched three years ago. >>> winter making a return to d.c. topper lets us know when the snow will start falling and how much is likely to fall. you need to wait around for that full forecast coming right up. >>> but fi

weather bug, he only 26 in olney. readings 25 in leesburg. closer to the city, chevy chase 36.3. reagan national at 36. it will be cool this morning. u shed a few layers later on today. lower 60's

keep your eyes open. 4:42, 37 degrees in olney.irst of several meetings on a proposed fare increase for metro. what customers had to say. problems for major league what customers had to say. problems for major league aseball's wow, look at this bed! this nightstand! this wardrobe! what are you doing here? you're in ikea. my dream bedroom is in ikea? yes. what's that bedroom over there? that's your husband's dream bedroom. whatever your style, take home your dream bedroom together. ikea. the life improvement store. >> welcome back. .:45 the suspect in the murder of an alexandria community activist is appear in court for y hearing today. johnson is charged with killing the man. confessedportedly the crime. johnson and harris knew each other, but police and not how.ined the occupy dc protesters accused a police officer at square over this month today for aourt status conference. u.s. park police say that jeremiah desousa threw a bottle an officer, hitting him in the face. waved his right to a preliminary hearing earlier this month. re

it could be a fairly weak system moving through. 29 right now leesburg and olney 31 in manassas, 32 in along with arlington and la plata.

we'll take you to a live picture now in olney, route 108 at dr. bird road. everything is fine coming in from the north to the beltway. coming up in my next report, we'll take a peek into virginia. back to you, andrea. >> thank you, monika. >>> 9 wants you to know every year thousands of young people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking. after covering way too many alcohol-related tragedies, our andrea mccarren started investigating where some kids are getting the booze. >> last night at 11:00 using a hidden camera, andrea showed us kids buying alcohol illegally at a northwest washington store. obviously that isn't the only place selling to minors. this morning andrea is with an undercover volunteer working with police just to see how easy it is for them to get booze. >> reporter: this isn't going to stop underage drinking but it's going to make it harder for them to get. >> reporter: watch what happens when 19-yard jen -- 19-year-old jen attempts to buy alcohol at this gaithersburg beer and wine store. >> it would too easy. >> reporter: s

looks good getting through olney. coming from colombia into silver spring. a nice ride through southern maryland. in springfield virginia, 95 is quiet. looks good on 66. no problems across the potomac river. newschopper 7 in a little while. now to news. >> police are gathering more details and what led to a terrible crash in prince george's county if. >> a speeding car crashed into a kentucky fried chicken yesterday killing a driver if near the intersection of martin luther king highway and sherif rd. >> and knocked down the air pumps and the bushes and went all way over to kfc. >> the damage was so extensive and the results so horrible -- someone trapped under the car. >> this witness could not believe what unfolded in front of him. >> it was terrible. i had never seen nothing like that. >> the driver of a bmw lost control of while speeding down martin luther king jr. in landover. >> he had to be doing 100 miles an hour. >> when he hit the curve, he went airborne. there were tires and axles. he crashed all the windows out. >> the vehicle plowed into a car p

it's coming to the olney theater center to march 18th and go to jchayward.com and enter and you can get four free tickets, have a wonderful night out for the whole family. >>> all right, next week, this is important because i'm one-on- one today with dr. l. c. scott but next week the congressional black caucus foundation will be hosting a very specialer vent as part of its black history month event. it's called a voice heritage celebration wednesday night at eatonville restaurant. one of my favorite places in northwest washington. my colleague andrea roane is going to be there hosting it but i have the foundation president with me. dr. l. c. scott to talk about a voice and how it's helping to preserve history. what is this program about? >> oak, a voice -- okay, a voice is an online digital library we created in 2005 to capture the history of african- americans serving in congress. and to date we've been able to place several exhibits including exhibits on the making of the martin luther king jr. deal. if antiapartheid movement, civil rights and environmental justice. each year we try t

ten years ago hundreds of birds were electrocuted in olney and about a thousand people lost their electricity when a power surge went through the electrical lines that the birds were perched on. today's incident also wasn't the first time that a large number of birds made recent news here in the d.c. area. >> it just gets dark, pitch black. >> reporter: just last month waldorf residents were complaining about large numbers of starlings and black birds hovering above their neighborhoods and leaving their marks below. >> bird dos what the birds do. >> reporter: today's flock of starlings on i-95 also left a mark and left some people saying the birds of a feather just don't flock together but sometimes perish together as well. the department of natural resources says autopsies or necropsies will be performed on some of the dead birds tomorrow and they should know pretty much right away if the birds died of blunt force trauma caused by flying into a truck. >> if not the truck, the department of natural resources says it's still possible the birds died of some type of disease. that's why they're p

. >> wednesday morning, 42 in olney. >> still ahead, english only. a maryland suburb makes it official, but not everyone is on board with it. >> the changes to one of the region's most congested intersections. vdot's plan to make the trip a little easier. >> spring we spend a lot of time on the feed because a chicken is what it eats. [ jim ] this seal verifies we feed my fresh all-natural chickens an all-vegetarian diet including corn, soybeans, and marigolds. no animal by-products. no meat and bone meal. when you put my chicken on the table you know where it came from. we set our goals higher than anyone. perdue is the first and the only chicken company c to to have usda process verified programs for fresh, all natural chicken. our chickens are not fed steroids or hormones. [ jim ] we raise our chickens cage-free. we're trying to make a better chicken. >> at the pulmonary hypertension association. it's one of the most misdiagnose diseases in the nation. learn more and visit us online. >> good morning, washington. >> good morning, washington. 6:00 th

. >> thank you. 42 degrees in olney. >> a big night in college basketball.undown of the winners and the losers. we will check out what happened with georgetown. >> are you ready pour doomsday? why these families think the end is near. next "anderson." >> the number one. >> a tough lesson learned for the georgetown hoyas. anyone can put up a fight. the pirates were pins into the corner last night. they upset georgetown, 73-55. >> they had the hand clapping going on. virginia tech last night escaped. >> and a rude homecoming courtesy of the maryland terrapins. miami up five points. sean mosley besides i am keeping it. he goes for three points. cut the kings lead to two. ashton there. his free throw gave maryland the lead for good. the terrapins went 75-70. tim brant called the game and spoke with the head coach afterwards. >> we played as a team. you have to learn how to win. maryland knows how to win, but this group does not know how to win. you have to be a good team to know how to win. it is a good win for us. >> the capitals play in ottowa while the wizard

moving into west virginia and it will be here within the next couple hours. 38 in washington, 36 in olney 36 in bristow, 39 in warrenton. for the most part, upper 30's, some spots at 40 degrees. the rain will come in a couple back to us today. the first this morning and midday and the second one this evening. highs near 50. three-quarters of an inch of rain expected. sunshine tomorrow, 60's. >> 395 northbound the there are two accidents. between seminary road and king street in the main lanes is the first one, on the left shoulder. it is really tight driving in the left lane. northbound 395 near washington boulevards there's an accident blocking the right lane. traffic in maryland on 270 looks fine. sac town from urbana to hyattstown as normal backups. -- southbound from urbana. >> mitt romney swept tuesday opposing presidential primaries in michigan and arizona. >> the stakes could not been higher for him but centcom still gave him a run for the money. romney won by about three points in michigan. that's 30,000 votes. in arizona he's holding on to a double-digit lead. what is next for th

second phase of the metro rail extension to dulles international airport. 5:11 might now. 37 degrees in olneycouple hit the town to celebrate valentine's day. where they shared a private dinner. the winner has been crowned at the westminster kennel club dog show. learn which one of these won today my journey continues across the golden state, where everyone has been unbelievably nice. mornin'. i guess i'm helping them save hundreds on car insurance. it probably also doesn't't hurt that i'm a world-famous advertising icon. cheers! i mean, who wouldn't want a piece of that? geico. ah... fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent oh dear... or more on car insurance. >> you are watching abc 7's ""good morning washington" with citizens and and steve cheverly. on your side. >> the alexandria fire department will begin saying goodbye to a fallen paramedic today. joshua weissman died last week after falling from an overpass on interstate 395. visitation will be held tonight and his funeral tomorrow. starting tonight the alexandria fire department will stand down 48 in his memory. prosecutors are

fairfax is 35 degrees currently 34 in aldie, 32 and olney.little above freezing for the most part. some locations are just below such as columbia maryland, 28. sunny and 50 today, a beautiful friday light northwesterly wind. the average high is 45 degrees. as for the weekend, increasing clouds tomorrow. cannot rule out the late-day showers if especially south of the metro tomorrow evening and tomorrow night and maybe even a couple wet snowflakes by sunday morning. >> the penn line 401 is running 20 minutes late. marc rail is running on normal service. no disruption on the vre. roadwork on 66 westbound at nutley street will remain until 6:00 this morning. about another 30 minutes. traffic is getting by to the right. we are quiet about the beltway right now. looks good north into baltimore south into richmond, and to the airport. traffic moving very well at father hurley boulevard. back to you. >> thank you. we begin with vote 2012. time running out for the republican presidential candidates to sway voters. >> the nevada caucuses take place tom

a mild start to the day, 41 in washington and oxon hill. 37 in olney. 40 degrees in warrenton. near 50 this afternoon. showers on and off especially in midday and afternoon. clearing tomorrow with sunshine, mid 50's, but a little uneasy at times tomorrow. >> we will take everybody to a live picture on 270 southbound under the geico traffic camera enter logo. a boat on the side of the highway. not much rain is expected. we are watching not only traffic on 270 which is good, but across the american legion bridge. normal travel times on 66 in virginia and good on 95 between richmond and baltimore. taking you to a picture of springfield, red is southbound. headlights are northbound at the beltway. back to you. >> thank you. thousands of family members, friends, and firefighters are expected to be in a synagogue in alexandria this afternoon for the funeral of paramedic joshua weissman, killed on the job last week's. jummy olabanji has more. >> strong antril is under pressure, but rooted in compassion and kindness. >> hundreds or wrapped around the everly-wheaton funeral home last ni

olney 31. in burke 36.'s to near 40 for the high temperatures today with delight snow into the afternoon. through the rush hour home later on today, it will beat wt wet. in terms of the to relations, a rounded end. some of the side streets should cool just enough to get some accumulations. one to 2.5 inches. southern maryland, sari, mostly rain down there. >> braddock road is closed inside the beltway because of wires down. i have live pictures. we will take you first of all to look at 395. that is moving nicely to and from the pentagon. in maryland, and no problems to report on 270 and 95. the beltway is running well. new york avenue has been closed between florida avenue and penn street. this is live, documented in overnight wreck. >> it is going to cost you a lot more money to illegally passed a school bus and frederick county. wtop reports that commissioners there approved a plan to increase the potential side to $250. there does not need to be a police officer. the law allows take it to the issues from

most popular players in caps history and a person who happens to be the permanent goaltending cold olney kolzig has worsed. >> he's not scoring at the clip he's accustome to. for alex, it's a work ethic. he has to get back to being the way he was with his younger day s maybe not get wrapped up too much in the rock star status that comes with being alex ovechkin. >>> ouch. he says he needs to get back to the hard-hitting no-nonsense hockey he's known for. he's on pace with the lowest point total of his career. >>>ing the winning streak is done at two. former wizard caron butler added another 21 points. the l.a. clippers dominated. the wizards are looking for their third straight win on the road, but could not get the job done. john wall led the team with 18 points. the wizards stay out west to take on the utah jazz tomorrow night. >>> and lin lore is growing with another win. point guard jeremy lin was showing his ability to be a play maker. new york's seventh straight. the former harvard standout is taking the city and country by storm with his rise to fame coming so fast stores can't ev

rise but after 10:00, 11:00 this morning, the rise in temperatures will be more pronounced. 31 in olneyht now. 36 degrees in oxon hill. satellite is in motion. high pressure in control, giving us clear skies. a lot of cloudiness with no storm center well to the west. we talked about the snow in denver. last report, denver interpret, 27 degrees with heavy and blowing snow. east of the center across the central plains enough warm air produces mostly rain. the track of this storm will move saturday night along the kentucky-tennessee border, and it will continue eastward along the virginia border. most computer models keep most of the precipitation south of the area. one in particular, what we call a microcast, suggests possibly part of our western suburbs a little precipitation in the form of rain or wintry mix. temperatures will be right on borderline. we're expecting a nice day outside tomorrow, but overnight to sunday morning is when the precipitation pattern will get close to the area. as we get through the afternoon to sunday, skies should brighten up. temperatures remaining above ave

olney, ashton, germantown and the neighborhoods around damascus, meanwhile 45 degrees around manassas and 49 currently in warranton. all right. here is a look at your good night forecast. the showers again ending around 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 or so. 46 the temperature. by the time we get to 11:00 p.m., 44. we'll be clearing some but with a very calm wind i think we'll see quite a bit of fog until the wind picks up, which is likely to be early tomorrow morning. so some foggy areas, keep that in mind if you have got travels for the evening and early part of the night. at 5:46, your fast forecast. showers end this evening. two days of what looks like rather quiet weather but in a couple minutes the storm system, coastal storm system. i'll tell you what it looks like right now. there's a lot of uncertainty with the storm system that is still getting its act together. a lot of uncertainty but coming up in a couple minutes i'll tell you which areas we think may be impacted more on sunday. maybe your neighborhood. back to you. >> all right. thank you. >>> we know it's invitation only but new detai

you folks to the north can't forget about you in montgomery county, you're now 46 degrees in olney and gaithersburg. we have the clouds and a little bit of clearing taking place throughout the area. can you see where the hole is. we'll drop to 45 by 7:00, 44 by 9:00. not too bad at all. and it's not going to be that cold tomorrow morning, boy oh, boy, you're going to want to see what's blowing in later this week. stick around for that full forecast. >>> dominique strauss-kahn may face new legal troubles today. the former head of the international monetary fund spent this day being questioned by police. they're looking into a suspected prostitution ring in france and belgium. some of the prostitutes had sex with strauss-kahn during 2010 and 2011 in locations in paris as well as locations here in washington. dominique strauss-kahn was a front-runner for the french presidency until he was arrested in new york and charged with sexually assaulting a hotel housekeeper. >>> one week to go until the michigan primary, it is considered a must-win for mitt romney. and he has closed within three p

it now. 53 degrees where we are now, northwest wind, 8 miles per hour, 48, cool spot in gatorsburg, olney, the warm spot in southern counties. overnight, tomorrow morning, drop down to the 30s, midand youer 30s. do think that we are going to be dry tomorrow morning, showers coming into the area 10 a.m. or so. 31 to 35 by early tomorrow morning. here is a look at those clouds moving in and by tomorrow afternoon this time, showers around the area, probably only getting a tenth of an inch out of it in and out of here rather quickly, by tomorrow morning, we are dry. high tomorrow, 50, not too bad, right? 53 high with sunshine friday, looking to be a brighter day, saturday, 52 degrees, a 50% chance of that coastal system for sunday and then the early part of next week, we are once again parked close to 50 degrees. so, right now, 50/50 odds, seeing a bit of snow sunday. >> thanks, veronica. >>> designer betsey johnson's signature party dresses were a big hit during fashion week. >> as nbc's joel garjulo reports, johnson was showing off her fall/winter 2012 collection. >> reporter: betsey johnso

mount airy. 52 olney and gaithersburg. 52 degrees currently from leesburg to manassas down toward staffordricksburg, virginia. not bad at all. check out the satellite and radar. you can see some clouds i talked about earlier skirting over southern maryland. areas of the northern neck. those are the locations that i think tomorrow morning we could be looking at a little bit of fog. some patchy fog around the area as far as our area goes, most of the area under a clear sky and not as cold for tomorrow morning at all. 42 degrees by 11:00 p.m. then into the 30s mid and upper 30s for tomorrow morning. that'll put us several degrees above where we started the day today. on storm 4 radar right now we'll open it up. you can see there are spotty showers down south. florida getting plenty of showers and even a few embedded thunderstorms but other than that not much going on. it's through the week though tomorrow especially we'll see a storm system develop. sunshine tomorrow. your tuesday at 2:00 p.m. then watch this little area of low pressure and cold front approaching the area for wednesday. right

right now the number 46 in olney. 52 degrees around warrenton. 52 degrees falls church. 51 in la plata a little cooler again over in annapolis, maryland. all right. here is a look at the satellite and radar. not much going on. we got clouds increasing down around charlottesville, virginia, but for the most part overnight we are looking at a mostly clear sky. then by tomorrow morning we're going to start to see clouds increase. here is a look at your temperatures. 44 at 9:00. 41 at 11:00. then 37 and 36 degrees so a little chilly to start but still dry to start the day tomorrow. our radar is quiet around here. you can see the leading edge of not just rain but thunderstorms down through the south. just east of wichita down around oklahoma city these are being warned of, severe weather and to the north again where the air is cold enough a lot of snow. we talked about the # 48-inch total in i believe blackhawk, colorado. the snow advancing into areas of nebraska right now and that will be expanding north and eastward. for us, saturday morning is dry. then here is a look at 2:00 p.m. tomorr

the 22-year-old convicted drunk driving crash which killed three people in olney and the person who was convicted wants to appeal his sentence. kevin coffay says spending the next 20 years in prison is exesive. in his letter -- excessive, in his letter he writes quote -- >>> at 6:0 a check on the presidential campaign and an event in washington is here in the spot light. the conservative political action conference begins today at the marriott wardman park. also speaking virginia attorney attorney ken cuccinelli. >>> the presidential hopefuls are crisscrossing the nation in the wake of tuesday's contests. santorum won the votes in minnesota, missouri and colorado. ling and he's trying to -- and he's trying to point himself as the conservative alternative to mitt romney. while romney is trying to paint the former senator as a d.c. insider. >> we need of the somebody that's going to go out and paint the vision of what america is going to look like versus barack obama. >> newt gingrich and rick santorum they spent -- they spent a lot of time in washington and during their years we spent mo

espn's buster olney is reporting that the deal is six years with a club option for the seventh. zimmerman hit 12 home runs and 49 rbis after missing 60 games because of abdominal surgery last year. >>> right now, two states are focusing their efforts on "decision 2012." both arizona and michigan both hold primaries this tuesday. mitt romney spent saturday campaigning in troy, michigan, not far from where he grew up. the republican presidential candidate spoke at the americans for prosperity forum, reminding the crowds of his hometown roots. romney also criticized his rival, rick santorum's record, saying that it was time for a washington outsider to become president. >> when the senator mentioned that sometimes you have to take one for the team, what he was describing was the circumstances where he disagreed with something on principle but he had to vote for it because that was taking one for the team. we can't do that anymore. we can't continue to take one for the team. my team is the people of the united states of america, and i'm going to fight for that team, not for the part

northwest washington, bethesda, the heaviest snow in through montgomery county, rockville and up toward olney, ton see that there. temperature-wise, look at the numbers the north and west. 32, leastburg, frederick, gaithersburg. watch out, any areas that go below freezing, maybe around 10, 11, 12:00 tonight, we could see some problems on those roads. also see some icy spots in the roads tomorrow morning. not anticipating a lot of problem bus watch out for those icy spots. my full forecast again in 15 minutes. >> see you then, doug, thank you. >>> tired of hassles at the airport, a new program to get travelers through airport security without a halls is on its way to our area airports, called the tsa precheck program. it is already in use at seven airports across the country. and this year, it's expanding to 28 others, including reagan national. erika gonzalez reports. >> reporter: wait in line and then prepare to be patted down, scanned and screened. with the tsa precheck program, you may not have to go through this anymore when you fly. after 9/11, the department of homeland security admits

up north, cooler, folks in montgomery county, 59 degrees, olney, bethesda, 62, landover and blamesburg, not bad on this wednesday. then 65 down in stafford, virginia. there you can see a little bit of clouds over the area, montgomery county to prince william county, but stale lot of sun left around the area right now. we are, however, going to see an increase in cloud cover and we are talking about a few showers for the 8, 9, 10, 11 p.m. hour and then especially after midnight. so we are going to be looking the some showers moving into the area, but look at those temperatures, only, only down to 52 degrees at 11 p.m., folks. that is mild for right now. we are talking about getting a little bit of rain, too, between you a tenth and quarter inch of rain i tell you where i think there could be a little bit more of that rain coming up in a few minutes with the full forecast. pat? >> thanks, veronica. >>> the alexandria, virginia, man charged with plotting a suicide bombing inside the u.s. capitol was in court this afternoon for a bond hearing. he waved his right to preliminary around deten

for leesburg 61. 59 in gaithersburg and olney. what's next for us? well, a mild night. there will be clouds moving in and some showers, too. you'll want to at least for the evening keep your umbrellas handy. we'll talk more about the temperatures for the rest of the week and especially the weekend, guys, coming up in a couple minutes. your best chance of rain 10:00 to 11:00 p.m. there you go. >> wash a little of the pollen away. thanks. >>> all right. well, this early spring has a lot of folks and plants fooled. megan mcgrath has the story. >> reporter: flowering trees and small snow drops on one street. purple crocuses and daffodils on another. even the squirrels are frolicking. all signs point to spring. but it's only february 23rd. >> really crazy. i feel like mother nature is on drugs. >> it's so nice. i'm ready for spring, ready for it to be warm again. >> you think it's going to last? >> i hope so. >> pucks taney phil may have predicted another six weeks of winter but mother nature has other plans. with temperatures near 70 today, cafes are opening their patios an

right now around the region, temperatures from vienna to burke and olney and new carrollton, foggy bottomgenerally in the mid 30s. although it is near freezing farther west and north, south and east, near 40 boy the chesapeake bay. here's your day planner, sunrise at 7:01. cloudy, into the 40s this afternoon. maybe a few splinls and flurries this morning. a greater channels of sprinkles this afternoon and perhaps this evening. down to near 40 by midnight. a look at the week and weekend in ten minutes. how's traffic? >>> good morning. volume is still low. and travel speeds look good. if you're traveling between the baltimore beltway and the capital beltway, you're looking really good. in fact, let's start with bw parkway, 68 miles per hour as you make your way southbound at powder mill road. traveling on i-95 making your way in laurel at 198, you're at 69 miles per hour. and if you're taking the beltway, i'm not seeing any issues for you. a live look now at pennsylvania avenue. taking the outer loop, speeds are good. look at this -- 61 miles per hour to get from bw parkway to pennsylvania