we had a collision in pennsylvania avenue after minnesota avenue.here is a live picture of traffic in virginia. it is beautiful here. back inside. >> all right. thank you. doug hill, good morning. how are you? >> i am doing well. good morning. gusty start to thursday. a fair amount of sunshine. gusty winds and temperatures making a nice recovery into the 60's. let us get you started with a look at one of our weather but cameras. this one is an arlington across the city. sunrise in about 17 minutes. a bright and sunny day, but the wind will be picking up. check out the temperatures right now. they are running pretty mild. temperatures have meant dropping the past couple of hours, but still some warm readings this morning. 57 in washington right now. warmer to the south and the southwest. 64 degrees in arlington. high pressure building in, the winds are diminishing tonight and we will have some issues. high pressure off to the north and the west, low pressure moving off the lead to coast. that is combining for the gusty winds. the high pressure will m

there are several photographs about pennsylvania avenue in the henderson collection. and so they started a set of demonstrations. it was thurgood marshall's first climb was a man who organized this. well, the most well-known and enduring photograph of the pickets on pennsylvania avenue, all of the picketers are women. another photo that i just thought about you'll see upstairs is of a 1942 meeting getting together of voter registration campaign. i hadn't thought about it until i'm sitting here listening, but most of the people getting ready to go into the streets there to organize people and to register them are women. that 1935 membership drive, the most well-known photograph of that is a street corner rally where they had like a flat bed truck and they went around urging people to join the naacp. the person at the mike is a very young juanita jackson. i did an exhibit that i hope you will get out and see it. and aboin 1943, fortunately some was able to get into the city jail because the women's prison was absolutely packed. and i have photographs on that exhibit of

a crash in southeast reported on the inbound lanes of pennsylvania avenue between minnesota avenue andenilworth: 29 r5 also new incidents reported out of upper marlboro near wood yard road. next timesaver traffic at 6:24. back to you mike. >>> the cool schools bus is going to college this thursday morning. george mason university and fairfax, virginia in fact. where students all the way if elementary school up to graduate students in college are making cool music. they're taking part in the national trumpet competition and getting tips from some world famous jazz and big band people including one you are sure to recognize. ♪ >> it's like they're -- >> three times a day, seven days a week. forest johnson fills air with music. he practices like it's his job. ♪ 11 years old from vienna, virginia, he is the youngest competitor in the 20th annual national trumpet competition at george mason university and it's pretty special to him. >> this is one of the very few times that i get to perform and like competitions. ♪ and also also at the same time see all these great players performing. >> lo

the three most dangerous roadways, indian head highway, pennsylvania avenue, and university boulevard. it sounds simple and the county executive has made improving the infrastructure a top priority. he wants to build sidewalks where there are none. there is not enough money to make the necessary changes. >> i am pretty nervous because i was hit once before on the parkway walking on the road like this one. clucks there is no sidewalk here, and pedestrians have to walk on the shoulder of route 4. keylay smith was killed when a car turned onto the side of the road and hit both. the state of maryland was found liable for not providing sidewalks. today there are still no sidewalks or guardrails. >> the county executive baker says it will be tough but he will do what ever he can to find the money to improve the infrastructure in the county to make roads like this stretch of pennsylvania avenue safe for pedestrians. >> of next at 6:00, the district honors some of its most senior residents. >> a beautiful but breezy day today. some rain is heading our way. my dad was a union electrician. some

there are other businesses run by african-americans that are located along pennsylvania avenue. ralph king has a business, and that's accompanied by what is called the epicurean eating house run by beverly snow, in downtown washington on pennsylvania avenue and sixth, not too far from here. in fact, there's a riot that occurs around that place called the snow riot that's connected to that location. also you have smaller african-american operations, such things as fruit stands, hat businesses, vendors of baked goods, fish, or even hot cider. so you begin to have more and more businesses emerging. in addition, we have a number of african-american religious institutions that spring up around the city, especially as they feel that they're not getting proper treatment by white ministers in other kinds of churches. one of the pet peeves they had during this period is when there would be a baptism and you'd bring your child forward to have it baptized by the priest, the priest refused to handle the child. you'd sprinkle water on him and do all the right things but not hold the child. t

there are other businesses run by african-americans that are located along pennsylvania avenue. ralph king has a business, and that's accompanied by what is called the epicurean eating house run by beverly snow, in downtown washington on pennsylvania avenue and sixth, not too far from here. in fact, there's a riot that occurs around that place called the snow riot that's connected to that location. also you have smaller african-american operations, such things as fruit stands, hat businesses, vendors of baked goods, fish, or even hot cider.

it happened near pennsylvania avenue and southern avenues. it left some people injured, including a police officer. darcy spencer is live at the scene with the latest. darcy? >> reporter: we're still trying to piece together what happened here, but multiple agencies are indicating there was some sort of pursuit involving prince george's county police at 4:15 this afternoon. you can see the intersection is southern and pennsylvania avenue. they are getting ready to haul away one of the vehicles. i personally counted three vehicles seriously damaged here in this intersection this afternoon and there was involvement by a metro bus. i counted one person being transported off the bus being treated as a mass casualty incident here. we're told by d.c. fire and ems that six people were transported in total, inclupd colluding a few children who were injured. one of their police cruisers was struck while responding to the scene by someone who was not involved in this incident. that police officer also was transported to the hospital apparently nonlife

this was yesterday afternoon at a sbre intersection of southern and pennsylvania avenue in southeast d.c. an officer tried pull a driver over but that driver just kept going and sped right through an intersection. six people were taken to the hospital. one person with life-threatening injuries. >> we're following a story in the nhl. league officials are expected to meet with a former redskins defensive coordinator who has admitted to running a bounty program. gregg williams paid new orleans saints players to knock players out of the game. he said he had a similar scheme when he was with this team. williams has now apologized. >> it's getting a lot of attention. we'll stay on top of it. it is 28 degrees in falls church. a cool start to the monday morning. >> getting gouged at the gas pumps. how high the prices could surprise and where they stand right now. >> who was it that the got first interview with whitney houston's family? and from snowflakes to temperatures in the 70's. quite a range this week. adam as the >> hello. welcome to the animal welfare. where there is a pet waiting fo

we ladd seen that same behavior on pennsylvania avenue. we're going to do it. and it's up to you to figure out what to do once we do it. we ladd seen it when we had the big battle about the voter registration and the binders. they let us ledge center the voters and count the votes, but they couldn't let us carry the binders down to city hall polls. an they said that they changed the numbers after they got them down there p. so they decided they were going to give up the binder, they would take them by taxi down themselves and stand there and get it them get locked away. so i had seen that kind of activity. so was i the leader? i was the first one in the door. but i don't think it was leadership. i said let's go in there any ways. nobody said no, they just came along and went. and three of us are still alive. really four. there was one interestingly, one african who was on that line. and he's now a big deal in the u.n. i keep in touch with him and try to get him to come, but he won't come. but he said every time we said we can get locked up, he said locked up, i

if you're planning to head over to pennsylvania avenue, no problems to report here on pennsylvania avenue near the willard hotel. wag up in my next report, i'll update you on area roadways at 6:25. >> all right, monika. >>> here's another look at our question of the day. one in five men say they can't go on vacation without packing this. is it a, hair dryer action b, foot powder or c, video games. >> a regular facebook contributor terry, i wonder if he's related to the company mohan. take my hair dryer. nothing worse than your hair looking bad while on vacation. ♪ it's the way you bring out the sun. ♪ sunny d! ♪ it's the way you make it all fun. ♪ know who makes the day sunny? my mom and sunny d! i love the taste. mom loves the vitamin c. and now it has 40% fewer calories than most regular soda brands! sunny d! ♪ make today a sunny day! find out more at sunnyd.com >>> welcome back. 6:21 here this monday morning. howard with your weather first. you may need a light jacket. we're down in the 50s. showers in far western maryland. it will have a tough time making it here early. not too much i

downtown pennsylvania avenue near the willard hotel. again very quiet and all the corridors in the district as well. back over to the maps and this time to 95 in maryland. coming down from baltimore lanes are open. no problems on the bwi parkway or route 50 in from annapolis. no problems on the beltway. i know a lot of you dealt with major delays on the beltway yesterday with an accident. we'll take a live look here in college park and again things are looking great. no problems to report into silver spring. coming up in my next report, we'll focus on the district at 5:09. back to you. >> thank you, monika. >>> campaign 2012 is a huge day in the republican presidential race. after months of hype, super tuesday is finally here. >> we've seen these guy -- [indiscernible] voteers in ten states are going to the polls today. one of the bigger primary prizes, virginia. delia goncalves is in falls churn at a polling place that opens in just about an hour from now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we've seen a couple of folks coming in

the madisons never lived at 1600 pennsylvania avenue again. president madison did begin its reconstruction before leaving office. in 1815 reconstruction of the white house began and surprisingly james hoeben was called upon to supervise and not latrobe. although latrobe's relationship with mrs. madison remained steady, his loose tongue and self-importance and endless amount of problematic insults had become a real issue for mr. madison. but as a gentleman he was, he did not lay any objection to the interview that was given to latrobe to become the architect of the capitol building, which he did receive. his less than favorable attitude began to take a turn again and in 1817 he resigned when james monroe was elected. hoeben had not yet finished the structure so president monroe lived elsewhere while waiting for completion but wasted to time in ordering furnishings. latrobe went on to act as an engineer, traditional architect and landscape architect for sights in maryland, virginia, pennsylvania, ohio can be kentucky and louisiana. he aided in t

the crowd was so large, the traffic on pennsylvania avenue was closed most of the afternoon. >>> this is in chicago where hundreds filled the streets to honor him. their message is simple: to lock up george zimmerman, the man responsible for his death. one man brought his entire family to the rale, including the young children saying trayvon's death is forcing every family in the nation to talk about what happened. and zimmerman has not been arrested. >>> >>> a developing story. two teenagers died when a stolen car crashed into a tree and that happened near connecticut avenue and east- west highway yesterday morning. and today, friends and -- rather friday morning. the police say they hadn't tried to stop the car yet when it hit the tree and burst into flames and it's not clear who owned the car and whether there will be charges. the police rescued two teenagers from the front seat and they were rushed to the hospital. the police couldn't get to the teens in the back identified as cousins, kyree and emmanuel nelson, 14 and 16 years old respectively. >> and i can't believe this. i can'

there is asphalt on 395 south on your way toward the 14th street bridge coming off pennsylvania avenue. several people changing a flat tire is along the way. so be careful if you are headed out on to the freeway. this is 395 northbound headed toward washington boulevard in this camera, complicated. foggy on washington boulevard along 110 put on 395. let's see if we can change the picture. 270 traffic, this is the other side of town southbound at 109, fog is not really a factor in this is normal volume near 109. the lanes are open on 270 to the beltway. back to you. >> thank you. mother nature has other plans in the northwestern oregon. record-setting storm dumped more than 6 inches of snow, the biggest snowfall so late in the season for folks in oregon dramatic. video giving us a rare close-up view of a helicopter crash in afghanistan. it's a u.s. apache helicopter sweeping over a collision outpost in a remote mountainous region. that's where it goes down, spiraling out of control. if it skidded toward a group of people, came off the ground just before crashing again. fortunately, no o

that's pennsylvania avenue. we're told police tried to pull somebody over, but instead of going over, they fled and they fled towards this intersection. when they came to intersection, there was a metro bus coming from that direction on southern avenue. the suspect car hit that bus and a lot of folks are giving the bus driver credit because he apparently maneuvered that way over that concrete into sboo that grassy area in the distance. some people say if he hasn't maneuvered well, this could have been worse. this thing was utter chaos. in all, it was more than just the suspect's vehicle and the metro bus involved. there were about three other cars involved as well. as i mentioned, six people overall taken to the hospital. one possibly with life-threatening injuries. some of the folks taken to the hospital were on that metro bus. some folks onboard were banged up including a few kids were taken to the hospital as well. but their injuries are nonlife-threatening. we talked to one person who's a friend of one of th

we'll take a live look at the beltway at route 4 pennsylvania avenue. very light into oxon hill across the wilson bridge into alexandria. in my next report, we'll go into virginia at 4:556789 but first the maryland state supreme court has agreed to decide to hear a lawsuit involving speed camera fees in montgomery county. for every $40 fine, a private contractor of the cameras gets $16. the people bringing the lawsuit say the fee is a violation of state law and encourages a financial incentive to issue tickets. >> thank you, monika. >>> new research shows bariatric surgery cannot only improve quality of life. it may also reverse type two diabetes in the overweight and obese. the findings are so promising that doctors say it could become more of a standard treatment than a last resort. >> reporter: for years tim had a hard time keeping off the pounds and keeping his type two diabetes in check. >> i would go on a diet and lose some weight and then it would slowly sneak back on. >> reporter: doctors at the cleveland clinic enrolled him in a clinical trial

cars are pretty much packed as they make their way on pennsylvania avenue toward minnesota avenue.not, expect delays. now, taking the outer loop of the beltway at 450, the crash is out of the roadway, but you're still slow as you make your way forward this accident. you're at 26 miles per hour approaching 450 on the outer loop of the beltway. you are hitting the brakes from the beltway crossing over the 14th street bridge still under speed at about 30 miles an hour. taking 22 minutes to get from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. now joe and eun, back over to you. >> just in time for summer, we'll get an update on the so-called mega projects, transforming the roads in northern virginia. they'll hold a news conference in alexandria at 10:30 this morning. they'll talk about seven major projects. they'll tell drivers what to expect next. >>> bus drivers in montgomery county have filed a grievance to the sixth ride on bus fire in two years. they want the bus to be pulled from the service. they say their contract is being violated because the contract promise as safe working environ

accident activity along 295 at pennsylvania avenue. that was tying up a lane.nt activity at route 1. that accident has cleared. new problem in virginia southbound west ax road where we have the accident just before 7100. at least two right lanes tied up. and then of course 66 on the brakes from fair oaks eastward 123. heavy in to the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 ontime traffic. >> thank you. >>> the american accused of the mass murder of 16 afghan civilians is behind bars in kansas. >> and now we are learning more about his family and the strain of deployments seems to have put on his family. we are following the latest. >> reporter: the staff sergeant robert bales joined the army shortly after the september 11th terrorist attacks. his record at home is troubled. bales and his wife were struggling to make payments on their home. they decided to put it on the market and sell it for a loss just days before the shootings two. years prior, they had a seattle area home condemned. and a 2002 arrest for allegedly assaulting a girl friend. a hit-and-run accide

the ducklings are outside 1600 pennsylvania avenue when mom decided to get a little closer to the executive branch. her babies didn't know what to do until the secret service came to the rescue trying a ramp and just lifting the ducklings on to the north lawn. they didn't get to see the president who was out for the day. darn. >> they tazed a partially of ducklings. >> what is it with the show today? roosters, ducks, 26 pigs. >> the pigs will be in arby. >> i'm veronica dela cruz. this is our first stop today on your nbc station. . >>> >>> 4:28 is our time right now. we have 46 degrees. take a look at they'rery picture of the dome. >>> new overnight developments between the police and the stand off. overnight police set off explosions around the apartment building in toulouse where mohammed mara refuses to come out. he prompted to surrender but did not. in talks with negotiators, he admitted to killing a rabbi, three children and three military soldiers. police cut the electricity and natural gas to the area in hopes of pressuring the man to surrender. police want him out alive. we're monit

she and her ducklings were outside 1600 pennsylvania avenue when mom decided to get a little closer to the executive branch, her babies, yeah, her babies didn't know what to do until the secret service came to the rescue trying to -- they tried a ramp lifting the ducklings on to the north lawn. unfortunately, they didn't get to see the president because he was out for the day. >> and veronica de la cruz. this is the first stop today on your nbc station. >> good morning, everyone. just like the last couple of days, we're starting out with low clouds and fog around the area this morning, so that may reduce the visibility just a little bit, but not much in the way of any rain. 59 in annapolis. 55 in taneytown. 62 degrees at the maryland science center. the forecast for today, we're going to start with fog early this morning and the clouds, and then we'll get sunshine to break through this afternoon. it's going to be a warm day with a high temperature near 76 degrees. when we come back, we'll look at the forecast through the weekend. >> tony, see you in a bit. 4:57, at degrees on tv hit. u

about 300 people marched down pennsylvania avenue calling on the president to deliver justice in thiscutor, the justice department, and a florida grand jury are investigating. >>> in alabama civil rights activists held a special ceremony to honor trayvon martin today. of the local chapter of the naacp went in front of a statue of a soldier in a park. those here believe george zimmerman should be arrested and prosecuted for trayvon's death. trayvon's mother wants to put a trademark on her son's name. she has filed petitions looking to protect the slogans i am trayvon and just for trayvon. if the trademarks are granted, they would cover digital materials, such as dvds, cds, and audio recordings featuring her son. the controversy surrounding trayvon's killing has triggered massive attention in the media and around the world, and merchandise such as t-shirts and bumper stickers calling for justice for trayvon have been popping up for sale online. >>> let's take a look at some snowy video in the sierra. you can see the winds just drifting that snow off this rooftop. people taking advantage

. >> reporter: at a mobile health clinic on pennsylvania avenue people come to get a free hiv screening, knowing the aids virus continues to playing their neighborhood. many know of victims first hand. >> they're not doing good and really think people should get tested. >> reporter: a new study out of johns hopkins shows that african-american women in baltimore are contracting hiv at five times the rate. the study showed new cases emerging at a rate that rivals that of women in african countries, but the assistant health commissioner said compared to the infection rate among all women you can expect to find a higher one in poor, inner city subjects where drugs, binge drinking and unprotected sex with multiple partners make them higher risk. >> you don't want to generalize and say therefore all african-american women in baltimore fit that profile. >> reporter: she is a patient advocate at johns hopkins. she contracted the virus in the mid-'90s. >> they said they had bad news for me. they told me i had full blown aids and had three to four months to live. >> reporter: henry said one of th

surrounding a desegregation case in yonkers, new york, and the drug culture in baltimore, using pennsylvania avenue as a vehicle to tell the story. i would say we're in for a wonderful evening. now it's my pleasure to turn the microphone over to my colleague, john. john? [ applause ] >> all right. good evening. for all intents and purposes, i'm your captain. exits are in the back. if we lose pressure, masks will fall from the ceiling. but my name is john and i'm the archivist and i've been asked this evening to be the moderator for this ill loose industry yous panel and hopefully not only will i learn more about the topic of study that will be discussed this evening but you will as well and we hope that, if nothing else, you can take one thing away from this discussion tonight. what that is is entirely up to you. but we don't want the words to fall on deaf ears and to not have an impact on some one this evening. and so, to start, i was asked to discuss the role on the collin murphy, the long-time publisher of the aphro. as an archivist, there were researchers looking through some things and they ca

this comes one day after the hazmat team was called to 13th street and pennsylvania avenue north west when someone received an envelope with powder as well. that turned out to be harmless. a similar situation happened on monday. the fbi is investigating to find out whether all the incidents might be linked to other incidents that have happened around the country. >> we will keep an eye on that. also coming up we will lighten things up. feel the music. that is prince harry making more friends in the caribbean. >> and later -- >> the only known twins in the world like this. the unbelievable story of unique sisters. >> ♪ >> a lot of people impressed by prince harry of britain and showing off his shoes in jamaica. he was with a group of young people at a youth center. and yesterday he took on olympic sprinter usain bolt. he is spreading good will as he represents his grandmother in jamaica on her diamond jubilee. >> chick-fil-a is handing out a free breakfast entrees every morning this week with no cat. drive up to any participating your your restaurant and place your order. it wants to e

a police chase ended in a crash along pennsylvania avenue and southern avenue. there are reports of multiple injuries and a metro bus that may have been involved in this accident. matt jablo is live on the scene. >> it was quite the scene here just a few minutes ago when several cars as you said and a metro bus were involved in a pretty serious accident. it's all parentally started a little more than two hours ago when d.c. police say that prince george's county police were pursuing a car for some reason. this is where i am right now in southeast washington. prince george's county police, apparently called off the pursuit. and that did not stop the multi- vehicle accident from the car industry. >> there was a collision that involved the metro bus and at least four other people. >> reporter: how many people were hurt? >> at this time there are no life-threatening injuries. >> reporter: on the bus? >> i am not sure exactly where accommodation of the vehicles. but that is what i'm positive. >> reporter: we learned a total of eight people were taken to the hospital.

this happened yesterday at southern and pennsylvania avenues in southeast washington. police said the man in the car wouldn't pull over a police trying to stop him in prince george's county. investigators say he later crashed into several cars and a metro bus. prince george's county police officer -- a police officer responding to the call was also involved in a separate crash when a car made a u-turn in front of him. in all, six people taken to the hospital including three children. police arrested rodney miller. he's charged with running from police, leaving the scene, and driving on a suspended license. >>> a campaign volunteer for a d.c. council candidate facing murder charges this morning. police arrested 56-year-old elsworth culbert yesterday in the stabbing death of his neighbor, robert wright. that stabbing happened in the 3600 block of highwood drive in southeast. culbert worked for ward 7 candidate kevin b. chavis. in a statement he said, "if the allegations are found to be true, he needs to face whatever justice is handed down by the court." culbert did not

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over to the right on the pennsylvania avenue, that is maryland out that way, there was a car coming towards us that police say fled from them when trying to pull him over about a mile from the road. you can see the broken glass right there. its started a big chain reaction. a crew from petcopco was on the scene. police say it was caused by the man driving this car who they say decided to take off like a nascar driver rather than let them pull him over. she lived right near by and said police quickly called the guy when he tried to run away. she said he caused a mess. >> i heard four consecutive crashes. the first one was the biggest one. >> the first one is when the suspect allegedly tore through a red light and hit a metrobus. d.c. fire says, in all, nine people were hurt and six were taken to the hospital. fortunately, their injuries are described as minor. several bus riders were taken to the hospital. a writer on the bus says the driver did a heck of a job getting the bus under control and of the road. he deserves some credit. there was also a prince george's police officer who suffered

as you travel southbound from pennsylvania avenue making your way toward the wilson bridge, 61 mileser hour. crossing over the wilson bridge, volume is picking up, but no major delays yet. travel lanes are open here. and you're clear making your way from the wilson bridge, heading into virginia to van dorn street. 58 miles per hour. only taking six minutes now to make that trip. on the rails, still no reported delays. looking excellent. eun? >> thank you. >>> 5:22. a traffic alert for northern virginia drivers. this will affect those of you who have to go through the springfield mixing bowl. starting tonight the inner loop of the beltway will be closed overnight through friday. drivers will be detoured on to i-395 north, then to edsall road and back to i-395 south. from there you can access the inner loop and on toward tyson's corner. crews will be demolishing an old ramp over the highway, part of the 495 express lane project. the detour could set you back 15 to 20 minutes, maybe more. >>> in news 12, men may want to cut -- in "news for your health," men may want to cut down on sugar

in fact, traveling from pennsylvania avenue and heading to 295, 63 miles per hour. only taking ten minutes at this time to make the trip. continuing on the inner loop this time crossing over the wilson bridge, you can see the wilson bridge getting busy in both directions. no major delays, no accidents to report at this time. and your travel speed from the wilson bridge to van dorn street, you're at 63 miles per hour. only taking six minutes for that trip. i'm back this ten with a look at your -- back in ten with a look at your rails. >> thank you very much. >>> day two of the u.s. supreme court arguments on whether the new health care law is constitutional. today the justices will discuss whether the government can require americans to buy health insurance. tracie potts is live at the supreme court with more. good morning. >> reporter: hi, joe, good morning, everyone. it is the individual mandate, and it's the central part of this case. the part of the health law that says if you don't buy insurance and this kicks in in 2014, you have to pay a penalty. yesterday the

especially as you make where to pennsylvania avenue. and on eastbound i-66, the ramp to nutley, northbound nutley street, had an accident involving an overturned vehicle on the right shoulder lane as well as on the left so that you can make it but you have to use caution. barbara, over to you. >> all right. thank you very much, danella. >>> turning to our weather. look at that day out there. that's a live picture. spring is here. at least right outer loop. hope we are not going to be sucker punched with more snow or bad weather coming our way, tom. >> what? what did you say? pa perish the thought. let us savor what we have. it is feeling like a day in early may rather than early march. 67 at reagan national. we are well into the 60s across west virginia and virginia and maryland and eastern shore. and it is already near 70 in fredericksburg. 69 there. hagerstown, 64. so not much of a variety in temperatures. latest wind gusts, though. winds blustery. we had gusts last hour that have been up to 30 to occasionally 35 miles an hour. and th

the race starts and ends on pennsylvania avenue between 12th and 13th streets in northwest. rolling road closures began at 5:00 this morning and will continue through 1:00 this afternoon. best of luck to all the runners out there. and there's also a parade happening today. this year's parade theme is feed the soul and nourish the palate. police are closing constitution avenue from 7th street to 17th street for the parade that begins at noon. the road closures began at 9:00 this morning and will run until 3:00 this afternoon. >> in addition to the road closures this morning, because of the st. patrick's day race, there are also closures and delays all around the metro. on the red line, both the woodley park and cleveland park metro stations are closed. free shuttle buses are running between the dupont circle and van ness stations to get you around those closures, and there's also single tracking on parts of the blue, orange and yellow lines. all work should be finished before tomorrow morning's commute. >>> all right, well, in case you are just waking up, the time right now i

ia pact freedom plaza, spilling onto pennsylvania avenue by the hundreds. many wore the hoodies that has become the symbol for the movement, rallying for trayvon martin, the teenager gunned down a month ago. there have been no charges in the case and some are saying they are losing faith. >> i do not have the utmost faith that the public will fully know the full extent of the truth of what happened to this young man. >> neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman said he shot the unarmed teenager after a scuffle. a new witness has surfaced to seem to support that claim. >> the guy who had on a red sweater was yelling help, help. i told him to stop and i was calling 911. when i looked down, the person who was on top beating up the other guy was the one in the grass. i believe that he was dead. >> some legal experts say that zimmerman's actions may be covered under the florida "stand your ground" law. on the 911 tapes the operator is heard telling zimmerman not to follow the teenager. >> "stand your ground" does not mean chase after somebody who has turned th

in pennsylvania avenue in southeast, the neighborhood that this happened in is different than the others around here. there is a suburban feel a lot of single-family homes and tonight, they are shot, he and many of them knew both of these guys. >> everyone knows everyone. >> jimmy williams lives next door to where the stabbing happened. he says he has lived here for one decade and that makes him a newcomer in the neighborhood. not a place used to murder investigations, especially when the alleged killer and victim were both well known. >> it is a tragic. both of the people involved we have known them since they were young. >> this is a neighborhood with a lot of blogged neighbors and robert is known as a big one. there was a pit bull living on the property where he was stabbed. suspects -- witnesses say that he was angrily accusing another of letting the dog go to the bathroom in his yard. >> it woke you up? >> yes. >> this man, who asked us not to identify him, said he heard loud swearing and he said he saw colbert , a walking away after the other had been stabbed. -- saw him walking aw

but rest assured, there's plenty of record keeping going on now at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. nearly a week now i have been studying the board's report. i want the american people to know that this wrenching ordeal of recent months has not been in vain. i endorse every one of the tower board's recommendations. in fact, i'm going beyond its recommendations so as to put the house in even better order. i'm taking action in three basic areas. personnel, national security policy, and the process for making sure that the system works. first, personnel. i brought in and accomplished a highly respected new team here at the white house. they bringew blood, new energy, new credibility and experience. former senator howard baker, my new chief of staff, possesses a breadth of legislative and foreign affairs skills that's impossible to match. i am hopeful that his experience as minority and majority leader of the senate can help us forge a new partnership with the congress, especially on foreign and national security policies. i am genuinely honored that he has given up his own presidentia

markets stakeholders of all times and won broad support from elected of officials on both ends of pennsylvania avenue. since returning she has brought a significant number of actions involving highly sophisticated products and transactions including many many, many arising out of the financial crisis. she launched a program ma combined more programs that ranks risk, thus allowing us to target examinations and protect investors. embraced market stability by dodd-frank, and working around the clock to implement an unpress didnu unprecedented rule making agenda. pulled in aging infrastructure and allowed the sec to devote budget and staff to its core functions and inspired a new energy for a historic and important institution. she treats public service as a calling and accepts her responsibilities to markets and to investors not as a burden but as an opportunity. and that out look guides an ongoing search for opportunities to better protect investors and more effectively stabilize markets in ways that will make the financial system the pillar of a growing economy, her job is not about numbers, it's abou

it ended when the suspect crashed into a suv and metro bus on pennsylvania avenue around sunday afternoon. a police cruiser responded to the crash, was struck by the fleeing vehicle trying to get away. police arrested the suspects there. a total of eight people were hurt and taken to the hospital. >>> a wrongful death suit filed by the families of two students killed in the virginia tech massacre heads to court today. school officials will be defending their actions nearly five years ago when the student gunman killed 32 people before taking his own life. it was the deadliest shooting spree in modern u.s. history. the suit claims officials waited too long before alerting students to the first shootings on the blacksburg campus. >>> invite investigators will meet today with former washington redskins assistant coach gregg williams. williams who was also the defensive coordinator of the new orleans saints admitted running a bounty program where he paid players to inflict pain on opponents. redskins players also admit the payouts happened here in washington, too. observers say the league is

she and her ducklings were on a stroll outside 1600 pennsylvania avenue when mom decided to get a little closer to the executive branch. her babies didn't know what to do until the secret service came to the rescue trying a ramp and then just lifting the ducklings onto the north lawn one by one. he caught it. unfortunately, they didn't get to see the president though because he was out for the day. >> this is "early today" just your first stop on your nbc station. >>> one city in brazil is spotlighting recycling with a giant maze made up of 30 tons of garbage. the designer hopes people will learn not only about recycling, but also waste sorting and classification as they try to find their way out of the maze. he also hopes the combination of art and activity will teach children early on to reduce their so-called carbon footprint. >>> change is ongoing in today's china. you've got to wonder what chairman mao would have said about this one. a cheerleading competition is underway which will select three top dancers to join the nba's miami heat dance team. the aim of the competition is to br

thompson helped retire the mortgage on the pennsylvania avenue headquarters to the national council of negro women. the company also helped underwrite the annual ncaap honors broadcast. >> she taught me what those simple words see what you can do, to never leave any stone unturned when we had a project or mission to achieve. >> reporter: but it's the campaign dollars prosecutors are interested in. councilman vincent orange has $26,000 in money orders from thompson that even the councilman is now questioning. >> some of them do look questionable. some of them do look suspicious. >> reporter: bruce johnson, 9 news now. >> d.c. council member muriel bowser tells 9 news now her office is cooperating with that federal probe and the subpoena. her campaign has received contributions from geoff thompson. she's checked and found no questionable contributions or money orders. >>> jurors in blacksburg ruled in favor of two families who lost their children in the massacre back in 2007 at virginia tech. matt jablow is working this story. we imagine it was a pretty emotional day when they found out

if you're traveling this time on the inner loop making your way on pennsylvania avenue, you're at 62iles an hour. 62 at connecticut. crossing over the american legion bridge, no issues to report. volume very light. and no accidents at this time. joe and eun, back over to you. >> danella, thank you. ♪ hey hey we're the monkees >> this morning fans are rememberi ining davy jones, the front man for the monkees. they were created for a tv show that capitalized on the beatles. they released six top ten hits including "daydream believers," sold more than 65 million records worldwide. davy jones was 66 years old. >>> coming up this morning on the "today" show, matt lauer's exclusive interview with lindsay lohan. he asked the troubled actress about making a comeback starting with this weekend's "saturday night live." >> i'm really lucky because loren michaels has been really supportive with me. i was harassing him and asked to do the show. he believes in me. i'm proving that i can be accountable. >> and you can watch the full interview on the "today" show starting at 7:00 right here on nbc 4

and right through that prince george's county corridor of the beltway on the east side toward pennsylvania avenue you can see, you can barely see the road but a bit of traffic outside. keep your speed limits down and keep a distance in front of you as well. in my next report we'll take a look at virginia roads at 4:49. >>> it wasn't even close. mitt romney handedly defeated rick santorum by double digits in the illinois primary. romney will pick up most of the state's 54 delegates padding his lead. >> after the loss santorum says he's now looking ahead to the louisiana primary next weekend to hopefully put another win in his column. newt gingrich says he'll be back on the campaign trail as well. susan mcginnis has more. >> reporter: mitt romney thanked supporters in illinois for his double-digit win over santorum. and immediately turned his focus to defeating president obama in november. >> it's time to say these words, this word, enough. we've had enough. >> reporter: exit polls showed the economy was the most important issue among voters in illinois mitt romney says it's his number one priority

come to appreciate how important it is in the last few weeks when i undertook this book about pennsylvania avenue and back in the day, but beginning in 1950, and the trouble with beginning at any point is that you need context for what came before that point in time, which is already 60 some years ago. so things like these oral histories are invaluable as well as things like the afro archive especially considering that the white press did not cover the black community at all. which is disgraceful, but a sign of those times. but in trying to develop -- to put those times in context in the new century, there are only so many chances you have to talk to people. people get old. they suffer from dementia. they die. there are people you can't talk to anymore about what it was like in the '40s or what it was like running, you know, running a candidate against the pollak machine in the '50s. i was lucky must have to hold on to my own notes from years ago talking to people. talking to people like harry cole, mr. adams. but it is astonishing to me how -- well, i'll just say -- i'm not sure i'm making my po

take a look at the beltway at route 4 pennsylvania avenue. again fog is definitely going to be a factor for you this morning. so keep that in mind for your travel plans. in my next report, we'll take a look into virginia at 4:55. but first, an audit by metro's inspector general has found the transit agency overpaid a contractor potentially by hundreds of thousands of dollars to help reduce safety problems. according to the washington examiner, the audit also found metro continued making mistake riddled payments to dupont safety resources without enough internal oversight. metro paid dupont $13.7 million through june 2011. the contract is slated to end next month. andrea, back to you. >> thank you, monika. >>> new research suggests cancer cells in the blood can help doctors predict whether a woman's breast cancer comes back. researchers in germany looked at more than 2,000 patients who had surgery to remove their tumors but hasn't started chemotherapy yet. they found women who had at least five cancer cells or circulating tumor cells in their

. >> i'm a carpenter and in 1996, they sent us out to the building that was acquired from pennsylvania avenue development corporation to clean them up, make sure mob was living in them. it was the day before thanks giving in '96. i got up here, nothing in here, no lights, no nothing. only a little light come in through the windows. i came over here and looked around and nothing was here. so i happened to witness -- you don't usually witness one, but i wilted an accident out here. somebody ran a red light and bumped again ders and i'm st standing here watching. from out of nowhere, i don't know what it was, but it felt like somebody tapping me on the shoulder. i turned around and nobody there. when i turned around to look automatic the window, i turned around like this and the corner of my eye seen an envelope hanging between the ceiling and the wall. these boards here were laid out like a floor up there, all leveled off and everything. i pulled myself up through the little hole and on my hands and knee, i put myself on a piece of metal. i picked it up and moved it out of the way and when i tu

2:26:35 >>> the luck of the irish can be seen all across constituent today, including 1600 pennsylvania avenue. the fountain on the south lawn of the white house is looking very green today. it was dyed that way in honor of st. patrick's day. >>> president obama also got into the spirit of st. patrick's day. he grabbed a pint of guinness at the dubliner, famous irish bar near union station. the commander in chief also dressed the part wearing a green jacket and bunt that said vip guest. now, one of the president's great, great, great, great grandfathers was irish. >>> a reminder not to drink and drive this st. patrick's day, but if you do overindulge, you can get a safe ride home. the sober ride program is offering free cab rides in our area through 6:00 tomorrow morning. just call 1-800-200-taxi for a free ride worth up to $30. you must be 21 or older. >>> up next, chuck's back to tell us if the weather will hold out for your st. patrick's day revelry. >>> and tonight on news4 at 11:00, they are not the blues brothers or the men in black. we will introduce you to a cookie delivery >>> in ann