check out the sailboats along the potomac. the weather just off the coast of old town, alexandria. quite a relaxing way to spend a spring evening. thank you for starting your morning with us. i'm andrea roane. meteorologist howard bernstein is on the weather terrace with the forecast not as calm today. >> no. the clouds are building. i see the lower ones to the south and west. not raining here yet in northwest. we have showers around, especially north, south and west of us. live doppler hd. you see the activity in southern maryland. this is light stuff from charles and. light to moderate showers west of 270 and frederick and hagerstown and culpeper is really coming down west of town. go to the weather computer and show you the bigger area of showers. south of culpeper, i-64 in richmond. that will head to fredericksburg in the next 60 to 90 minutes. at times moderate showers as the morning progresses a wet day ahead and highs near 60. we start in the 40s and 50s. a traffic update here at 6:30. >> good morning. we are checking o

the warm spot out along the chesapeake bay and potomac waters where temperatures in the low to mid 40s. sun up at 6:28 and a decent amount of sunshine by early this morning. this afternoon, could see a few clouds developing. a cold start to the morning means a cool afternoon. highs struggling to get to that 60 doig mark. good news is the winds a little

a teacher on bus duty noticed that the child was pointing the unloaded gun at his head outside of potomac middle school yesterday and quickly intervened. they say the boy did not have bullets. prosecutors have charged the boy with possessing a gun on school property. >>> still to come on 9 news now, we are told about the university of maryland student getting in trouble after a big basketball game last month and also learning a prince georges county police officer is in trouble. it was all caught on tape. but first, we have an update on the space walk, shuttle astronauts still have some work to do. we'll be right back. >>> israeli forces battled with gunman in gaza this morning. three are listed in serious condition. israeli officials say militants were seen planting explosives along a security fence. hamas has largely held it for a year but smaller factions still carry out attacks in israel. >>> three people were killed when a road side bomb went off near a liquor store in baghdad. it's believed the violence is a result of last month's election. neither of the top two coalitions won enou

the tornado dropping just around there the potomac. then we did not report that there after.ood news. still numerous thunderstorms going down that way. nothing severe. showers and a couple of embedded thunderstorms still off the west of washington. let's go back to the forecast. as we see it, we could have a couple of last storms, even through tonight. but after then, it's all just about the light rain that will be ending. we'll get some sunshine to come back to the forecast as soon as tomorrow midday afternoon. but the northwest winds, they are really picking up. and that's going to usher in the cooler air. once we get passed it the next couple of days with the leftover cool air. right back into the 70s. you think that you'd be wanting summer to come back in full force. it will feel like it is summer this weekend. not only will it be warm like that, but it will be humid, unfortunately too. you see the low temperatures, 60 to 62. you have the humidity around. not cooling off that much. >> it should be nice though. >> yeah, it'll be a good one. most of the storms holding off i

there have been a few cumulus clouds around potomac high lands. but for the most part we're doing okay. south of the area right now is going to be making its way back over us. that's going to provide clouds for us. a chance for shower starting about noontime tomorrow. across the rest of the nation, hooer's what's going on. big weather out west. big east over the nation's midsection. that's really where it's going to stay this week. nation's mid section. then that little dip we have now, the jet stream across the east, we're going to see that this week with a big ridge of high pressure. that will take us back into the 70s on thursday. tomorrow it's going to be only the second coolest day out of the month. there's your showers at noontime. they stick around for tuesday night and probably aren't going to leave the area until wednesday morning when the sun comes up. but by wednesday noontime, we should be back in the sunshine. clearing skies across most of the area. feeling like late march. for the evening, at least, still pleasantly mild. chilly star

days of flooding along the potomac river.will also need some drying out time. elsewhere, wind, tornadoes in north carolina. and fierce storms that splintered homes in oklahoma and kansas. out west, farmers and ranchers are pray forgive a cold snap to stop what could turn into the biggest bumper crop in decades of crass hoppers, which then eat all of the actual crops. and after one of the coldest, wettest winters ever here in florida, expecting record heat with forecast highs approaching 90s. what's one the extremes? can it be blamed on el nino, which seems to take the rap or everything lately? >> el nino is what's responsible for helping that storm track coming again and again and again bringing storms from the south into the mid-atlantic into the northeast. >> a few cities are getting a holiday weekend worthy of celebration, exhilarating sunshine in the 70s. in chicago -- >> there's a pep in my step, a smile on my face. it's just beautiful. >> yeah, yeah, oh, thank you! >> reporter: and the cherry blossoms in our nation's ca

also once you get right over the potomac river here into potomac vistas in far southern washington county. also pleasantville, southern most washington county. this whole area under here is under the bull's-eye right now. even if this storm is not producing a tornado, it is still capable of producing 60 to 70-mile-per-hour straightline winds. so southern washington county and eventually this is going to be moving into the burkittsville area, as well. and far western part of fredrick county. i'll go ahead and put a storm track on it for you. show you the estimated time of arrival. the storm is going eastbound at a little more than 30 miles per hour. harper's ferry 6:23, brunswick, 6:35. burkittsville now 6:35. middletown, 6:47 if it holds together that long. in and around fredrick, maryland, 6:50 to 6:55 if this storm holds track over the next little while here. so i'll put it into motion and you can get a sense here of the motion of this storm, moving off to the east now. again, the most dangerous part is just now moving into far southern washington county, and the far northern parts of j

looking down to the south, the potomac river winding away in the distance there. our city camera view has reagan national airport, a nice day to sit outside by the end of the point and watch the planes come and go right over your head. 62 degrees, that's the temperature at national airport. but you get away from the water and temperatures are warming up quickly now. culpepper at 68, manassas, 63, falls church 64 degrees. 65 in bethesda and rockville. 66 in frederick, maryland. even all the way out into the mountains of west virginia. martinsburg, charlestown all into the low 60s at this point in time. it will be a great day to the outside today. plenty of sunshine, delightfully mild. there is a bay breeze coming into effect so folks if you're going to go out towards annapolis and do a little sailing today, a little chillier alongside the bay. tomorrow, those winds are more southwesterly and everybody gets into the warming action. highs tomorrow running 15 to 20 degrees warmer than average for the second day of april. as we go on into the weekend, it's going to sta

"hardball" with chris matthews is next. >>> guns along the potomac.ardball." >> good evening. i'm chris matthews in new york. leading off tonight, packing heat. first it was the tea partyers, now the pro-gun crowd. they rallied on both sides of the potomac river today, for what, exactly? freedom? freedom to do what? while we're at it, why today? are they commemorating the first shots of the revolutionary war or maybe winking at the anti-government hatred that resulted in oklahoma city which as every militiaman knows was exactly 5 years ago today. their friends in the tea party seem to be, as the old song goes, torn between two lovers, sarah palin and ron paul. they are about evenly divided in the party between the social conservative palin and the libertarian ron paul. today the new politico poll that actually answers the question. who are the tea partyers? >>> plus, do the fraud charges against goldman sachs increase the democrats' chances of passing wall street reform? president obama put a name and a face to the republican opposition to that effort

the potomac is just down the street. there is a dense fog advisory in effect until 10:00 a.m. for most of the region. mainly morgan county, west virginia eastward, including winchester. all the way to the bay. visibility at a quarter mile or less. we will have sunshine later this morning. an isolated thunderstorm is possible this afternoon. constable, low 70's. this looks -- comfortable. >> other people for -- other things for people to enjoy. >> yes, benches. >> i wonder if it's going to be a non-smoking park. >>> once the fog dissipates, we will have sunshine. a frontal system swings by later this afternoon, we could see a stray isolated storm. otherwise, a fair amount of sunshine once the fog burns off. tomorrow, plenty of sunshine on friday. it's the end of the weekend that gets wet. saturday a few showers. by sunday, heavy showers and storms. lisa baden, what's going on? or back to doug and pamela. >> all right. you are welcome to sit with us because we are doing are talking segment. >> join us. >> have you been following the feud between the daily show and goldberg? dail

jesse jackson stopped by potomac high school product he talked with students about the importance ofcation and after the stop, he moved on to northwest washington where he attended a luncheon at the rainbow coalition public policy institute. >>> tuition could be going up at the university of virginia. the board of visitors will meet this week to discuss a proposal to raise in-state tuition by nearly 10%. four out of state students, tuition will raise six%. they say cuts in state funding make higher tuition necessary. >>> southeast washington residents are celebrating the opening of the new anacostia public library. mayor adrian fenty was on hand for the dedication. the $14 million facility can hold up to 80,000 books, cd's, other library materials. they're free computers and high- speed internet. >>> time for a check on the traffic situation. >> it looks as though things are actually not too bad on the wet road conditions. at 95 i springn field, looking better than usual even though you are seeing a lot of cars. use caution because you will get water on your windshield. take a look a

traffic moving nicely at the potomac river. if the next camera shows a light volume on the virginia side of town. nothing going on near the pentagon. >> thank you. the late-night to guessing game is over. conan o'brien has a new late- night home. he's moving to tbs in november. the show is going to air at 11:00. he will baalbek george lopez to midnight. -- he will blump george lopez to midnight. >> that's kind of funny that he's pushing somebody back now. >> it has to happen to someone. pamela anderson, we are learning, up zero is almost $500,000 in delinquent income taxes. that is a lot. then there's kate gosselin. now she's taking heat from one of proponents. maksim recently wrote on his blog that she does not get the point of the dancing competition. he called performances lifeless. she's been getting the lowest scores. evan lysacek has the highest scores. another dancer will get the boot tonight during the elimination round. >> there's a lot of drama. >> maybe kate deguzman's ex- husband is happy about this. -- kate gosseli

lower end or southern end of the beltway across the potomac river. there is some precip there.e precipitation across the chesapeake bay just off -- just near severna park but pushing off to the east. easton, maryland getting a little bit of precip. salisbury, probably looks like just to the east and west of salisbury, you are getting some precipitation as well, light or in some areas maybe some plod rat rainfall as this pushes out. there is the big system. that is the cold front. it is a vigorous cold front. it triggered some thunderstorms here last night as expected. some strong gusty wind. that is still happening. much colder air behind it. there is snow falling in portions of michigan this morning. speaking of those wind being take a look at the numbers. the wind have been blowing at about 15 to 20 miles per hour. but gusting up to 28 miles per hour now during the last few minutes in washington. that is a reading at reagan national airport. 22-mile per hour wind in quantico. 21 in gaithersburg. 4 at both dulles and in baltimore. so significant breeziness occurring out there.

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back across the bright blue waters of the potomac river.peratures will continue in the 60's. 66 in quantico. that was the high. still a bit of a breeze at 11 miles per hour. let's go to the ford board. 66 was the official high. we are right in the ballpark of where we should be. the pollen count and frost are things you think about. [no audio] many parts of the eastern u.s. will have some potential frost. [no audio] the overall trend for pollen is not quite as high in the high range which is a good sign. 65 in gaithersburg. mild temperatures all across a wide portion of the east. clouds and rain are keeping temperatures down in florida. clouds are cooling things down, as well. and we will get a bit of a warm- up throughout the week. a lot of cloudiness. that is why the space shuttle was waved off today. this system is moving in more quickly than we thought. as we head through today, the clouds will increase. but rain on wednesday. it will be pleasant for thursday and friday. a quick look at the map. it cool start for most of the northeast.

right now, though, as we look at the view from the city camera you can see wind-swept potomac river. winds have been blustery. camera jumping awn round and water reflecting the gray sky after sunshine earlier in the day. mao cloudy. right now at reagan national airport, temperatures cooled down 81 degrees. record high for this date, 93 set way back in 1929. here is the radar's history over the last hour showing a line of showers and thundershowers coming out of west virginia. moving into virginia. and maryland at this hour. now, the radar is picking up one area of moderate to very heavy rain now. just to the west and north of hagerstown. these are some thunderstorms that are producing lightning and strong gusty winds. may be gust 40 to 50 miles per hour. heading off up into pennsylvania. this one is probably going to miss hagerstown. there is another smaller thundershower here. just to the northeast of winchester. and that's going to be moving on into jefferson county, west virginia. that's crossing into maryland, perhaps scooting through southern washington county. then heading out

it happened at potomac middle school. police say a 12-year-old student got off a bus with a gun, pulled it out of his pocket and pointed it at his own head. a teacher jumped in and got the gun away from him. the gun was not loaded but police say the boy did not know that. one student who attends a fabing potomac high school says she was impressed with the teacher's fast actions. >> the teacher was there at that time and like amazing that they did that. like they had the ability to do that and the strength to pull the gun out of kid's hands, not be afraid. it was really surprising. >> the 12-year-old now tass a charges of bringing a weapon on to school property. >>> our time is 11:42. still ahead on news4 midday, will the dow stay above 11,000 today in the latest numbers. >>> and a lead free home now means finding a lead safe [ male announcer ] are you watching cable? here's what you should be watching: your cable bill, because you could be paying way too much. stop spending more for second best. upgrade to verizon fios an

the group is gathering at virginia's national park off the potomac river, the closest point to d.c.still legally carry a gun. but at the second amendment march at the washington monument no guns are allowed. in fact, that's why the group is marching and that's where we find nbc's brian mooar. what are the messages coming out of the rally today? >> reporter: the day-long rally is just wrapping up on the grounds of the washington monument. some of the people here are saying it really shouldn't be news that people, americans are exercising their constitutional rights but they say they are here today to send a very strong statement to their government that they will not give up their guns without a fight, that the second amendment means something, it's in the constitution for a reason, and they say that they are patriots here to defend themselves and defend those rights. now, it's interesting that across the potomac river in northern virginia these protesters were able to bring their unloaded rifles and loaded hand guns at their side, holstered, and this is because of a law that was sig

flooding potential back towards frederick county, may roll down the potomac as well.dy rains north of the border in through pennsylvania. we'll shift the pattern east through today. we're expecting thunderstorms to erupt along the warm front. as the warm boundary tries to lift towards dc. frederick, carroll county, could get boomers this afternoon in through this evening. overnight we'll continue at least with the threat. the good news, at least this computer model indicates we'll have at least some dry air working in tomorrow. tomorrow, best chance of rain in the morning, maybe an isolated shower in the afternoon but it should improve. 66 today, our 2-degree guarantee. periods of rain, maybe afternoon and evening thunder, takes us through about midnight. 51 degrees. a little improvement tomorrow but it will be cooler, high in the lower 60s. >>> let's check the roads with kim at 5:21. >> thank you. we have a lot of light volume. no delays at this time. just updates on earlier crashes. millersville, intersection at route 178 and millersville road remains closed despite

even further up to get away from the small negative and humidity all-around foggy bottom and the potomac in the summer would come here, the highland tacoma a little closer to heaven is what it literally means and i remember when my dad first came here i grew up in brooklyn new york and when my dad first came and visited he said to me you didn't tell me i moved to the suburbs. it ought to live in the city. i said i do live in the city this is washington, d.c.. but the idea that it was a single-family detached house, you know, that was a with a little backyard and postage stamp in front of the guard to him suggested it looks pretty suburban to me. but that is a guy living at that time on the 22nd floor of a big building in brooklyn. that is where i grew up. because i am a working journalist there is no typical day of working on a book for me. the books have to fit into my other responsibilities to fox news and national public radio and to the columns i am doing and speeches i am giving. so it has to fit into what is a very sort of scheduled, heavily scheduled life at the difficulty is i ne

. >>> an overnight house fire in potomac injured one firefighter and left three people homeless. it broke out shortly after midnight and the 10,000 block of light stone place. fire officials say the blaze caused heavy damage to the large house. the injured firefighter suffered non life-threatening injuries. the red cross has stepped in to help the family. >>> there could soon be a new way to keep tabs on sex offenders in maryland. state senators passed legislation that would add special coating to the driver's license that would alert the police to ask more questions if they stop a registered sex offender with a child. opponents say it only makes it tougher for them to rejoin society. the bill now goes to a house panel for approval. >>> maryland senators voted state to legalize medical marijuana. the measure would allow pharmacies to distribute marijuana to patients whose doctors approve and read categorize the drug as highly regulated. the bill now moves to the house for consideration. a delegate sponsoring a similar measure says it is not likely to pass. >>> bands, balloons, an

going all the way to the potomac middle school. >> and had he got off the bus and pointed the gun at his head. >> the teacher on the bus duty. they saw what was going on and quickly responded. and they were able to, you know, di fuse the situation. >> the boy was estranged and held for police to determine that the gun was not loaded and the boy didn't have ammunition. >> what if somebody were to get on the bus and intervene? then what? >> he was a good guy. i think that, you know, something happened. >> and the sixth grader is undergoing a medical evaluation. and they are facing charges of possessing a gun on the school property, an automatic 365-day expeelings. >> at the nuclear center in downtown dc, ton of security here. you can see the pedestrian fences. they are the barricades to keep cars and trucks out there. but what we're not seeing ends up there. and that is traffic. president obama could only dream that the world leaders are listening as closely as they could to their warnings. and as commuters, nay had been listening to the warnings about the gridlock traffic. and for a f

but i'm going to go with the official temperature, a little bit of a south breeze in the potomac. weak front saturday into sunday. this is a few clouds. i'll show you exactly what is going to happen with that later. clear and cool in the overnight hours. only into the 40s. upper 40s for most of us. lower to mid 50s as you go into the heart of washington. tomorrow morning, we are through the 50s, maybe close to 60 as soon as mid-morning rolls around. sunrise at 6:50 on saturday morning. here's a few of the clouds by midday to afternoon. upper 70s, lower 80s once again. if you are over into the atlantic, winds coming off the cold waters, still at 50-degree water temperatures in many cases. this gives us a good look at the eastern panhandle of west virginia. cumberland hit 86 today. that was the warmest i saw. as we go toward washington and east, we get that effect of the winds blowing off the cold water. a natural air conditioner. here's the 9 future cast. lots of sunshine here. the front could bring a few sprinkles upper elevations, garrett county, even martinsburg. as we go to was

dc across the potomac, west and south of baltimore going through the afternoon ride. that ride through the beltway. we'll have more showers and storms extending through midnight. the good news, we try to push dry air off the coast as we head through mid-week. for today, 66 our 2-degree guarantee. look for periods of rain, possible flooding and some afternoon thunder mixed in. >>> here's kim brown with the commute. >> good morning. depending on where you are this monday morning commute could be a bit of a bear. we do have lots of heavy rain. as we peek at the jfx, what we're dealing with, significant backups on 83 here at northern parkway, with the problem, the far right lane at cold spring lane is blocked due to standing high water. if you travel the jskts everyday you know where i'm talking about, that lane always floods up when it rains really hard. delays stretch all the way past the ruxton road overpass but southbound they clear up past cold spring lane. seriously, the delays could be tacking an extra 10, possibly 20 minutes to your commute if you travel the jfx.

the potomac highlands, portions of western maryland, the counties shaded in. your temperatures could be below freezing and in some instances well below freezing tonight and into tomorrow morning, so that's when the freeze watch is in effect. five-day forecast, high today about 64 degrees unless allison has her way it will be 48. then for tomorrow, 65 and sunshine. here are the warmer temperatures, thursday 70. friday 77. saturday 85 degrees. are you ready for that? it will feel like summertime over the weekend. that's a look at the weather. more is coming up in just a little bit. >> i'm ready for you. >> you know julie wright is. >> we're keyed up and ready to go. >> we missed the first part. >> it was a reference to a nutty buddy. that's okay. >> close enough. i said the banana boat singers are ready to go and they are warming up. >>> i believe we have toto from the crew in sky fox. they are checking out the ride from 95 and traveling southbound from laurel toward the capital beltway, this is where we have the stalled car tieing up the second lane from the ri

one shower to the east of leesburg crossing the potomac into northern montgomery county.that will cause maybe delays on interstate 270 between frederick and rockville this morning. right now temperatures are in the 50s all around the region. it's 54 now in washington. low to mid 50s in the suburbs and rural areas. highs today should climb to near 70. a little sun later this morning, then showers moving in by noontime an strong storms from 3:00 p.m. to as late as 7:00 orr 8:00 p.m. some of the storms could produce more hail and maybe damaging winds. after that the weather should settle down. maybe lingering showers overnight into tomorrow morning. during the day on tuesday, maybe sunshine back tomorrow afternoon with highs in the mid 60s. partly cloudy. delightful on wednesday. should be sunny thursday with a high near 70. jerry, how is the monday commute? >> the monday commute not bad as we head out the door. there's one incident, 395 northbound, word of an accident right on the d.c. end of the 14th street bridge. we're told it's tieing up the right side of the roadway. w

sprinkles here on the east side of clarksburg and germantown in to gaithersburg and rockville and at the potomacpproaching the split here and montgomery mall seeing light showers this morning. get to the forecast first. we are looking at temperatures on the cool side today and tomorrow. it will be breezy with sunny breaks for sure today. much manufacture sun tomorrow. kind of windy and 63 and then a nice but sunny thursday. high temperatures recovering to 70 degrees. the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast this morning, we'll see a mix of sun and clouds, breezy and cool, upper 40s to 50s. a stray sprinkle. sun is up at 6:15. for this afternoon, clouds and sun. breezy and come. northwest winds 10 to 20 miles an hour. i suppose there's an isolated stray sprinkle that cannot be ruled out but rain chances 10 to 20% at best. chilly tonight. in the 30s and 40s. northwest winds at ten and sunset 7:57. we have been dealing with an upper level storm back over ohio. it has been pulling out this morning but we still have the clouds. see back here the clouds are hanging around and that's a reason why we don't

to the american legion bridge. 14th street bridge traffic running at speed as you cross over the potomac headed into downtown. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> our big story is the story that julie just mentioned, world leaders con virging on the nation's capitol for a two- day nuclear summit. leaders from nearly 50 countries are in d.c. which means security will be especially tight. matt ackland has more. >> reporter: just before dark, d.c. police got their final orders. officers along with federal authorities sealed the area at 10:00 p.m. these large trucks filled with dirt were brought in to block any holes in the perimeter. residents would live in the area or travel through really should plan ahead for the next few days. roads around the convention center will be closed. so will the mount vernon square metro. >> we are really trying to get the word out to people about the street closures and parking restriction so they can plan ahead and make alternate plans if they need to. >> reporter: d-d.o.t. workers spent much of the weekend trying to prevent what is likely goin

no advisories on the bay or tidal potomac. next seven days, 71 on friday. nice.late on saturday. the first half of the day will be dry. cut the grass, do your gardening. sunday we have the earth day festival. we should pop back in the 70s. if we do, that means thunderstorms in the afternoon. we've got the march for babies in the morning on sunday, 8:00 registration. 9:00 event. and we're looking at temperatures in the 60s monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday. showers linger monday, tuesday and wednesday. >> and i'll see you all at the march for babies rain or shine. >> that's right. >>> all right. let's get out to redskins park where sports director brett haber is live. hard for anybody to be mad about this first round choice. >> this is what everybody wanted, derek. they didn't do the splashy thing but they did the wise thing. after trading for their star quarterback a couple of weeks ago, tonight they got a star to protect that quarterback. meet trent williams. and hear why coach shanahan thought he was worth that fourth pick. sara walsh joins me live right aft

. >>> and a teen swept down the potomac river in anne arundel county has died. you saw the story first at 5:00 today. the 15-year-old victim drowned. units from prince george's and calvert county worked to help find the teenager. >>> tonight a university held a vigil for a student killed. tryal hall shot two men. brandon died from his injuries. hall told police he fired in self-defense when the men lunged at him. police say other students believe hall had assaulted a woman at a party hours earlier. >>> in life, brian betts was a popular dc principal who was success plea transforming an understood performing school and building -- nund performunder performing school and building. andrea mccarren explains. >> he was my big brother. he was my hero. it's nice to know that other people knew how nice he was. >> reporter: jennifer at more heard of her brother's fate when she answered a knock at her door. they said she needed to contact montgomery county police right away. her brother, brian betts, had been found dead in his silver spring home. >> it's one of those thin

it is warmer along the waters, chesapeake and potomac in the 50s.nland locations have dipped down into the 30s. frost advisory remains in effect for the shenandoah valley till 8:00 this morning. for today, plenty of sunshine. high clouds start to move in late during the afternoon. very warm. nice. 70 to 76 for the high temperature. we're going to talk about temperatures knocked back down into the 60s tonight for the upcoming workweek. still that is average for this time of year. great looking forecast. >> thank you, justin. >> in the news today, a week of mourning has been declared in poland. president lech kaczynski, his wife and numerous other officials were killed in a plane crash in western russia yesterday. the pilot had rejected advice to divert and making his fourth attempt to land in heavy fog. >>> maryland senators passed a bill to legalize medical marijuana but that measure is not expected to pass the house of delegates. senators voted 35-12 on saturday to allow pharmacies to distribute marijuana to patients with a doctor's prescription. s

. >>> for fans of ben's chili bowl, can you feast on some of your favorites at the potomac nationals game. they will be serving up half smoked burgers and chili. >>> too much extra weight around the waistline has landed a maryland town back in the news. fox 5's beth parker visited the people of hagerstown to get their take. >> reporter: welcome to hagerstown where the gym is right near the super buffet. is that tempting in. >> no. >> report: that is because 6 #-year-old march union watches what she seats an exercises. her husband got her started and just the other day. >> he said honey you're look good. he said you'll be out here look for another man. i said i don't think so. >> reporter: if shdid look, what would she find? this is the list of the most obese places in the country and they say hagerstown is on the list. >> i can understand that. >> reporter: you're not surprised? >> i'm in the surprised. >> reporter: in a new gallup poll, hagerstown is sand wined between winston-salem and memphis, tennessee. how did the folk at gallup get this information. they called people up and as

across the potomac in virginia several dozen people armed with weapons will hold a protest march at bradley point. if the group says it intends to be the first to hold a gun demonstration at a national park. >>> americans are losing faith in the government. 80% of people say they don't trust washington to solve the nation's problems. 22% say they can trust the government. nearly half say the government has a negative effect on their daily lives. most participants say washington is too big and powerful and interferes excessively and state and local matters. >> 15 years ago today one of the deadliest terror attacks on u.s. soil took place. 168 people were killed when timothy mcveigh exploded truck bomb outside the federal building in oklahoma city. survivors, family members, and hundreds of others will commemorate the anniversary. the ceremony will begin shortly before the time the bomb went off on april 19, 1995. >> hard to believe its 15 years. coming up, some good news for frequent fliers. carry on charges will not be the new norm for most major carriers. >> also, cutting congestion on one

a freeze watch that is well out to the west near the potomac highlands.est virginia, western maryland. we could see temperatures the at the freezing mark later on tonight. we want to watch that tonight into wednesday morning. meanwhile, our temperatures this morning, nowhere near there in the 50s. 56degrees right now in the nation's capital. 54 in baltimore. dulles at 55. fredericksburg, it is 57 degrees and in frederick, maryland, it is 54 degrees. you can see we still have the cold air up to the north. new york city, 44. in detroit, michigan, 38 degrees this hour. and then again milder air, although we are in the miler air but milder air from our region down into the southern portions of the united states. let's take a look at hd radar. we'll show you where the moisture is that we've been talking about. one little blip just to the north of the district and off to our east, a few rain showers in eastern maryland pushing into delaware. that is it for this morning. that will continue to push out. you might see another little blip pop up here or there durin

. >> just across the potomac river in virginia, gun owners made a statement and did not have to say ayway. >> i am here today in support of my constitution. >> i think that guns in the hands of trained law-abiding citizens are excellent things. >> they believe washington is chipping away at their constitutional rights. >> we are coming to fire you this fall. we do not want you foworking he. >> for the first time, fireworks were all -- firearms rollout on park grounds. -- firearms were allowed on park grounds. washington's gun ban has been whittled down by the supreme court and the gun-control fight has all but fallen off the radar screen. gratz gun advocates do not have anything to fear right now. they should be celebrating rather than being concerned. >> but these protesters say they are not letting down their guard and not giving up their guns without a fight. once the nation's murder capital has long been ground zero and the fight rages on. >> here is what is coming your way at 5:30 p.m. >> a four-alarm fire over the weekend in downtown historic annapolis. the bride was not worse,

out of maryland to virginia across the potomac ridge an, t'a broken-down vehicles.dlights are out of tysons moving nicely into bethesda. let's take you to virginia and a live camera to show you the traffic moving nicely. looks good towards the pentagon. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:41 is the time. 53 degrees and drizzly. >> coming up, the leaders on "dancing with the stars." >> and analyzed for an old hollywood staple. that's coming up in about 10 minutes. >> trash is accumulating in our oceans in a big mass. it's floating. >> some d.c. residents could be paying more for another type mary! hey! w, you look great! thanks! it's this new wish yourself thin program. i just wish it and it happens. it's probably those fiber one bars you're eating. i know they help me stick to my diet. the bars are 90 calories and the fiber helps you feel full. 90 calories and high fiber. so that's why this diet thing is working. but it's weird because my wish for lorenzo came true. [ male announcer ] new fiber one 90 calorie bars. hungry no. results yes. that's why there's lysol dual

. >>> and the hunt is on for a missing potomac man. 86-year-old william henrehan junior walked away from the national medical center in bethesda 4:00 p.m. yesterday and then spotted at georgia avenue entrance to the walter read medical center. he was last seen wearing an army hat and gray and bound suede jacket. >>> we have more details this morning on a man who caused a scare in the skies. how his next flight now will be out of the country but he won't face any charges here for smoking in the plane's bathroom and then making a joke about terrorism. this all happened on a flight from d.c. to denver. al mad audi was on his way to check on a terrorist. >> reporter: he is a junior diplomat at the qatary embassy in washington and accused of smoking a cigarette on a flight from reagan national to denver on wednesday night and joking that he tried to light his shoes on fire when caught by the flight crew. >> this is a very serious issue. any of us who travel are airlines are reminded of that every time we take off. >> but he is a diplomat and has diplomatic immunity and will not face charges f

up alongside the potomac or chesapeake bay, a little bit cool are today thanks to a bit of a breeze off tomorrow more sunshine. a little touch of summer time out there. highs in the low 80s, pretty much area wide for tomorrow and great weather for easter sunday and for the first pitch of the home opener at national's ballpark on monday. er to you for a check of the roads. >>> i wish i had great news on 270. it is jammed because of the accident southbound 270 right at interstate 370, left halff the roadway was tied up. delays are growing very rapidly now as you head south from at least montgomery viage, reaching to middle brook road and 118. been out there for a while. progress is being made. but a little wle yet before everything is completely cleared. oh, man that backup continues to grow. that's wt it looks like from the ground. to the west, pop on over and use great seneca highway as an alternate. 355 is another alternate. 66 approaching the beltway no worries. moving along pretty well all in all. very quiet out on the rails. metro, vre and marc all reporting no delays. pat and eun,

it happened at potomac middle school in dumb tariq aziz yesterday.e say the sixth grader flashed the gun to friends at his bus stop and when he arrived at school be he pulled the gun out of his pocket, put it to his head and threatened to hurt himself i'm teacher on bus duty grabbed that gun. turns out it was unloaded. >> parents should be more involved. that child should have been able to go to their parents and talk to their parents, get into some counseling or something. i think they are crying out for help from the school. >> police a the gun belonged to one of of the boy's parents an was legally registered. the student has been charge with possession of a gun on school property. >>> this dramatic home video sparking finger pointing and outrage. a university of maryland student claims police taxed him and his lawyer says the video proves it. it all happened march 3rd in college park after the terps beat duke. the prince george's police chief says they are in the process of suspending one officer and other suspensions will follow. beth parks are t

of restore the constitution group plan to carry their guns to a rally at the national park off the potomac river. also going on now a rally organized by the second amendment march at the washington monument. no guns allowed at the event because of d.c.'s ban on handguns. liz foley, media drr for the second amendment march. thank you for joining me today. >> thank you for having me. >> tell me in your words, what is the goal, what message does your organization want to send not only to the country but the world since this is getting so much attention. >> i think we just want to remind folks of the freedoms our founders fought for and won. we want to make sure those freedoms don't go away. we're here to protect the bill of rights, first amendment that gives me the right to talk about it and second amendment which gives the right to protect all other amendments provided for in the constitution. >> your organization says the timing is the result of lexington and concord. you've got people in oklahoma city mourning the loss of 168 americans, 600 others who were injured. they believe this is jus

washington monument, potomac, and -- drops on our camera lens. we have had wet weather. bulk of it really after about lunch time today. temperatures have been cool today. pollen count hanging on at 990 grains per cubic meter. we have showers today. the return of sunshine tomorrow. i think we ring to see the pollen count once again climb high. showers right now inside of the beltway. even around prince george's county we have a pocket of some moderate showers coming down. ing see the dark green and the yellow. and currently from laurel to bowie and mitchellville. this is all pushing off towards the east. and southeast. with the line still up to the north, back edge of it, we will have showers ruined until 8:00 or 9:00 p.m. this evening. 50 degree, the temperature now the district. camp spring at 48. quantico, 50 degrees. manassas at 48 degrees. boy, it is going to be a bit of a cool start to the day tomorrow. we will be starting out between -- 39 and about 45 degrees or so. skies will be partly sunny early on. sun is up at 6:33. your high tomorrow at 62 degrees with sunsh

you can see the chop on the potomac river. live picture from the city camera. right now at reagan national airport, a cool 58 degrees. record low for tomorrow morning, 28. back in 1997, yes, still can get below freeze thing time of the year. it won't be tonight but it may be in the shenandoah valley. by tomorrow morning where the temperatures there are now are just 50 degrees. east of the blue ridge, in the upper 50s. mid to upper 50s in prince george's, arlington, fairfax counties. this is beneficial rain. .7 to .8 inches of rain. gusts 30 miles per hour. frost advisory in effect overnight. counties in blue in the shenandoah valley including rockingham, augusta, shenandoah, page county. cities of waynesboro and harrisburg because of perhaps near freezing temperatures there. the pollen count has been reduced. still very high. still around 2,000. mostly oak tree pollen. eastern shore, temperatures in the low 50s. central virginia, now into the mid 60s. it is only near 40 now out of the mountains of western maryland and west virginia. out there, too, they can hav

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live view from our city cameraing a beautiful blue sky over washington and over the potomac river athis hour. there is capitol hill backing in the strong april sun that is warming us up after a very chilly start. it was down right cold this morning through parts of the shenandoah valley where they had scattered frost. right now at reagan national airport, the temperature is at 54 degrees. the april rainfall at reagan national about .8 so far this month. that's about .9 inch below average to date for the month of april. now a look at the lows we had this morning. dulles 37. manassas down to just 30 degrees. into the mid 30s northern montgomery county and parts of frederick and loudoun county. madison and green and rap pa han nick did dip into the 30s, as well. harrisonburg got down to the frosty low 30s there. bottomed out in the low 40s around the bay. right now it's warmed up there. pax river up to 58. it has hit it the 50s all around the region now. quite a quick warmup from the very chilly temperatures from earlier this morning. right now prince georges county in the mid 50s. arli

joining me is the chief strategist from potomac group, and the former white house press secretary. so what do you think, will justice stevens' retirement change the makeup of the court and dominate the conversation in congress and the administration, tony? >> well, it will dom flat the conversation for the coming months and into the summer. the supreme court nominations are like the super bowl for special interest groups in washington to express their views, and to send a message to the president and the senate for the kind of nominee they would like to see him name. >> what about you, greg? >> well, my favorite book of the year is "game change." we have a game change in two respects, going away from the health care bill is socialism sound bite we have heard in the last two months, and now it is going to be all media all of the time on the supreme court nominee, and number two, it is a great piece in today's "new york times" about how it is a sustainable recovery, but people don't realize it, and lit also change the game. >> but does it deflect attention away from the economic reco

it was held in national parkland along the potomac in virginia so that those attending could bring their firearms. it was an honest crowd and many were quick to label those as the fringe element. whatever you call them, their disaffection was very real. >> a pump shotgun. the primary i guess you call it home defense weapon. because with a shotgun, you can neutralize a threat, although i hope i never have to do that. what people miss is that obama has outpushed bush in, you know, kind of the disdain for the constitution. i think he's carried on the negative policies of bush. we are still overseas, and the president said that he was going to bring our troops home. and that has not happened. >> hillary clinton announced at the beginning of the year that she was going to work with the u.n. on the small arms treaty. so assuming that passes, they're going to find some way to -- to logistically get around the constitution to take away the right to bear arms. >> have you always felt that way in terms of frustration with government? >> well, no, it's definitely escalated in the last about 20 year

. >>> a teacher helped stop a suicide attempt at potomac middle school in dumfries. a 12-year-old middle school got off the school bus with a gun, and pointed it at his head. the gun was not loaded, but police say the boy did not know that. that student now faces weapons charges. >>> two people are recovering after they were stabbed outside a metro station. it happened at the bus stop outside the georgia avenue pet wort station in northwest washington just after 10:00 last night. police say one victim has life-threatening injuries and one victim was stabbed in the chest, the 0er was stabbed in the back. no word on motive or suspects. >>> another man is dead and another injured after a double-shooting in prince george's county. 6800 block in central avenue of capital heights, maryland around :00 last night. two adult men were taken to the hospital, and one died. the names of those victims have not been released. >>> the grief continues over last week's explosion. the department of labor lowered the u.s. flags in front of its francis perkins building in northwest washi

and like a lot of places where you get the influence of that little bit of a breeze off the tidal potomac or the chesapeake bay, temperatures are lower. downtown at 63 whereas fairfax and loudoun counties in the mid 60s. frederick up to 70 degrees. annapolis only 54 degrees because that is the water temperature in the chesapeake bay just off the beaches from annapolis and down into st. mary's county as well, temperatures holding in the mid 50s. with the exception of places right up alongside the water, most everybody should be near 80 degrees this afternoon. the clor to the water, the lower your afternoon high will be. current temperatures up the east coast from us, 59 in new york, 54 boston. raleigh, north carolina, 72. atlanta ga coming in at 70 degrees. beautiful weather up and down the eastern seaboard. big area of high pressure controlling our weather for the next several days. as it does so, expect a very warm weekend ahead. that general southwesterly wind flow will pump warm air all the way into the mid-atlantic. there are showers entering the western parts of the state of missouri

efforts of d dot, m dot, all the folks didn't put up any major construction projects over any of the potomacia bridges. 14th street bridge moving along nice lip. gw parkway looks good between old town. one were along 270 northbound. the right side of your screen between the point where the lanes come together, a vehicle fire. authorities are on the scene. you can see traffic is backing up quickly behind it. that's the northbound side. southbound the left side of your screen looking pretty good at this hour. barbara, back to you. >> does look good. thanks, jerry. we'll be back with you shortly. >>> it's now 22 minutes after 11:00. still ahead, a new tell-all book on the queen of talk. what the author of the unauthorized biography about oprah has to say. plus, if plaurning on flying out of town on your next vacation, your odds of getting to yourÑi destination on time may have gotten a whole lotxd better. >>> and long wait times on the phone could be a thing of the past. we'll tell you about the website that could help. first, here's a look what's hot on nbcwashington.com. [ male announcer ] ar

to come even further up to get away from the smog and the humidity all around foggy bottom and the potomacsummer would come out here to clear the high lead, tacoma, a little closer to heaven is what it means. and i remember when my dad first came here, i grew up in brooklyn, new york. and when my dad first came to visit this have, he said to me, you didn't tell me you move to the suburbs. i said i do live in the city. it's washington d.c. but the idea that it was a single-family detached house, you know, with a little backyard and a little post is damp out front of the yard, to him suggested what looks pretty suburban to me. that's a guy who was living at the time on the 22nd floor of a big old and in brooklyn, new york and that's where i grew up. you know, because i'm a working journalist, there is no typical day of working on a book for me. the book has to fit into my other responsibilities to fox news, to national public radio, two columns that i'm doing. two speeches that i'm giving. it has to fit into what is a very sort of schedule, heavily scheduled life. and the difficulty is that