we invited a representative from west potomac high school but they refused. mr., you are familiar with the fairfax county school district. what sort of message do you think these policies send to students? >> i think that's one of the most utter things is when you of talk to parents -- unfortunate things is when you talk to parents, of course, they're upset but there are statements from students where they say this is absurd. i think there's an unintended message here that says for students that work hard and study hard and play by the rules that, that effort doesn't matter as much because somebody else over here will be able to kind of sneak in and how often will they be caught cheating if they feel they can attempt this and not have the consequence of an f and that's a wrong message. >> it is very interesting to hear the response of the students and parents. outraged parents created this facebook page called real world real grade. the first response is from a student. dan evans writes i am a concerned student. it seems to me the principal is trying to make west

i saw the borrowers along the potomac. there is toll sunshine over the bed.ook at our temperatures and you will notice that it is not quite as call this morning as it was yesterday. 42 degrees in the district. the temperatures are pretty close to normal for this time of year. this is the big picture of what is going on. you'll notice the pen will rotation, counterclockwise, low pressure over the ocean. this is what caused a nasty wintry mix for parts of new england. they had power outages and wind gusts in parts of new england. that will slowly drift further out to sea and not affect us. however, we have high pressure over quebec. it will give us this kind of weather throughout the week. it will be 60 today and clear tonight with temperatures down near 40 and tomorrow afternoon, the same story as today and it will not be as dusty as what we had yesterday. -- as a gusty as we had yesterday. sonny and near 64 the rest of the weekend into the weekend >>> we have high pressure on the highway because of the volume on 270, 66 out of manassas, 95 from dale city to t

several parents at west potomac high school are staying.d at a policy separating academic behavior and. >> i think they're setting them up for failure. >> reporter: that's what many think about a new policy that allows students caught cheating to retake the test. >> there are a majority who don't cheat and dedicate themselves to good academics and honest and good character. i think it's unfair. >> reporter: the change came from the principal who said cheating should result in aiolis disciplinary consequence over an academic consequence. >> it's good for the students, but not overall a good message to send out that you can cheat and get away with it. >> i'm a senior and the past three years of my high school experience have always been if you were caught cheating you get a zero. i think allowing cheaters to retake a test is not real life. it's not going to prepare you in any way for life after college. >> on this facebook page, several parents blame the change on the school's desire to boost test scores. west potomac is not the only high sch

in this quiet potomac neighborhood, relief that accused serial burglar brad edmonds is under arrest. the police arrested adman's early wednesday after a burglary task force surveillance team -- the police arrested brad edmonds of early wednesday after a burglary task force surveillance team spotted him breaking into a vehicle. this potomac resident had her home burglarized recently. >> everything was there except my purse. >> court documents paint a broader story. fairfax county police are alerted to a suspicious vehicle in a neighborhood with numerous break-ins stop the driver on november 8. >> don't know what he is thinking or doing. >> he remained under surveillance in two counties after his arrest. after recovering stolen items in his oxon hill apartment, the police think he is linked with over 100 burglaries in northern virginia. >> you never know who is who. >> i think it is one of those awful things or you cannot feel like your kids are safe or your family is safe. >> a lot of concern in those neighborhoods. the police took a hard look at his criminal record, including a burgl

crossing over the potomac and in the panhandle of west virginia.ates hours moving from culpeper and madison. and in fauquier county. this is pushing north and east. 66 is getting steady rain at this time. parts of 95. the rain will continue throughout the day. let's look at the storm scan. a light area of rain is over him right now. there's more action down to our southwest. all of this minister is getting pushed northward by a storm system that developed and will move through our region. chunks of it will be pushing through our region. we will see about and trained overall by the time this is over this time tomorrow. let's go to the maps. 0.3 inches in annandale and the district. it's 49 degrees in annandale and in the district. temperatures will be steady with some areas of rain tonight. sunny weather tomorrow. it will be gustier tomorrow. gusts of 35 miles an hour wednesday. decent weather from thursday through the weekend. now to lisa baden. >>> 402 on the penn line is slow. and it is blowing across the 14th street bridge on 395. as a broken-do

southbound i-95, after potomac mill, traffic squeezing by to the left.his is causing just a brief tapping of the brake as you work past the scene. northbound, all lanes are open as you travel in towards woodbridge. top side of the beltway looks good leaving college park around towards 270. no trouble spots at the american legion bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> we have another traffic alert for you this morning. d-d.o.t. is installing a raised center median on connecticut avenue northwest between k and l streets. work will last through mid- december so you will want to watch out for temporary leap closures and parking restrictions. d-d.o.t. is promising two traffic lanes will be open at all times and the existing bus stops will remain in place. >>> this is your chance to help design a new metrorail car. metro will ask riders for input on everything from wall an floor coverings to design displays to hand held bar and grab straps. >>> an outside audit of the escalators at metro is raising red flags. what happened 10 d

potomac, similar conditions near persimmon tree. can't access that part of the roadway. downed wires along with tree. coming up in the next report at 5:09, a look at 66. >> thank you. >>> this morning, there are damage assessments going on across the metro area. >> cracking trees, downed power lines may have woken you overnight. someplace is there are serious problems. 9 news kristin fisher is live in northeast washington checking out damage there. >> reporter: pretty bad scene here. a lot of damage. so much so when you drive around this parking lot, you feel like you are dodging a mine field. can't go 20 feet without encountering substantial debris. good news, look over my shoulder, rhode island avenue. there are police cars here. see the truck moving through now, that's i believe a street cleaner. right now, they are cleaning up, getting ready to reopen rhode island avenue to traffic, just in time for the morning commute. that's good news. let's talk about damage here. check out this home here. look at the roof. completely sheered off. fortunately, nobody was inside wh

a zero, that is the grade you used to get if caught cheating on a test at west potomac high school. >> i think if you got caught cheating, that is your fault. you shouldn't have done that. >> reporter: a policy instituted this year at the fairfax county schools told teachers to give students caught cheating a chance to, quote, recomplete that work. >> everyone deserves a chance. >> morally corrupt to promote cheating with no repercussions. i teach, you know, infants and toddlers and the big principle behind learning there and anywhere is natural consequences. >> reporter: principal cliff hardinson reverted back to a different policy allowing teachers to decide if they wanted students to redo the work. the parents say that is not good enough and created the facebook page called real world, real grades. >> they have two, three more days to study and they can talk to other students about what was on the test and they may have even, you know, had a chance to scan the test while before they got caught cheating. >> reporter: parents are frustrated by another new policy that allows a student

maryland neighborhood on lake potomac drive. both fairfax and montgomery county police observed him breaking into two cars, one of which belongs to bob cliffford's son. >> this guy was sneaky. it was a stormy night, this was thunder and lightning. >> reporter: after those break-ins, police arrested edmonds thursday morning. in the last several months, investigators say he's been responsible for more than 100 home break-ins in northern virginia. the serial burglar picked wealthy neighborhoods, had a pension for designer purses and in some cases bypassed guard dogs. >> he was very brazen, obviously, very quiet, very stealth oriented. >> reporter: chief rohrer says a fairfax county res dents helped solve the case when they noticed a suspicious vehicle. that led police to question edmonds on a traffic stop. during the questioning, police found handwritten addresses of places that were hit. that's when they identified him as their suspect. police let him go, but from that point on, edmonds was their prime suspect. charging documents

maryland neighborhood on lake potomac drive.in the last several months, investigators say he's been responsible for more than 100 home break-ins in northern virginia. >> it was very brazen, obviously, very quiet, very stealth. >> reporter: chief rohrer says a fairfax county resident helped solve the case when they noticed a suspicious vehicle. that tip led police to question edmonds on a traffic stop. >> to have this many burglaries and to have a suspect that we believe is responsible for some if not all of these, it is truly a great story for us. >> former redskins quarterback colt brennan has been seriously hurt in a car accident in hawaii. according to the media reports, brennan was a passenger in a vehicle that crossed the center line and ran into another car head on. those same media reports say brennan suffered possible head and back injuries in that crash. the driver of the other vehicle was also taken to the hospital after her car overturned in the accident. brennan was released by the redskins before the start of traini

"the washington post" reports that west potomac high school's principal is allowing teachers to offer cheaters retakes instead of just giving them zeros. he sayshatheating is a disciplinary problem, not an academic one. this is the same school that recently banned the letter grade "f." the policy has upset some west potomac parents and they've now formed a group to protest the move >>> nurses at the washington hospital cter will report to work next wednesday after all. they canceled a one-day strike after management agreed to postpone salary cuts. both sides say they will resume negotiations later this month. the nurses union and the hospital had been at odds over several issues, including wages, benefits and staffing. >>> a new jersey preach wants his cheech leaders to quit facebook in order to save their marriages. the reverend cedric miller is the senior pastor of the living word christian fellowship church in neptune, new jersey. he says that reconnecting with old romances could lead to marital problems. miller is on vacation and spoke about the issue by telephone. >> -- shows up

he was finally nabbed this week during a surveillance praying in potomac, maryland. >> those four hours that he was in theneighborod, he committed a residential burglary here. attempted another burglary and broke into several vehicles. detectives gathered enough evidence and made the arrest. >> reporter: they identified him as a suspect earlier this month after a residentreported his olds mobile car in her neighborhood. he was pulled over and given a traffic warning. during a search of his car, police found handwritten addrses in areas where burglaries had occurred. police started following his movements. >> i think it is a person that's very brazen. he was parking, we believe, in areas and walking on foot a long way. probably stopping and listening and watching what was going on around him. dress in the probably very dark clothing, obviously, and people were sound asleep 2:00. 3:00 in the morning. >> reporter: police say edmonds who has drug and gun convictions has stolen weapons but for the mostart he was after cash when he allegedly broke into homes and cars while the owners were asl

that is the grade you used to get if you were caught cheating on a test at west potomac high school.if you got caught cheating, that is your fault. you shouldn't have done that. you shouldn't get a second chance. >> reporter: but a policy instituted this year at the fairfax county school told teachers to give students caught cheating a chance to recomplete that work. >> everyone deserve as a chance. >> that is morally corrupt to promote heating with no repercussions. i teach infants and toddlers and a big principle behind learning there and anywhere is natural consequences. >> reporter: principal cliff hardison reverted back to a different policy that teachers to decide if they wanted the student to redo the works. parents created a facebook page called real world, real grades. >> they've got two or three more days to study. they can talk to other students about what was on the test and they may have even had a chance to scan the test while -- before they got caught cheating. >> reporter: parents are also frustrated by another new policy that al11 news a student to carry a grade of i

west potomac high principal cliff hardigan said students caught cheating will not be given a second chance. the school will return to its old discipline policy which includes a lot of credits and more. the principal also says the school will reverse scores and start giving fs to failing students again instead of incompletes. >>> four loko is proving to be so dangerous it's being yanked from shelves nationwide and also in maryland which is causing one very unexpected side effect. you have to see what we found when we hit stores. as >>> down in the sat -- i'm down here in the satellite center now with laura evans. she's been working on the fda crackdown on caffeinated alcohol drinks. today let me guess what happened? >> a buying spree. college students are trying to stock up on all this before it's gone for good on the shelves and we found several students talking about just that in college park today. the fda ordered the maker of four loko to move the caffiene from the drink calling it an unsafe food additive. the drinkmaker has stopped production and shipment, but the original version whic

that's the question that several parents at west potomac high school are saying tonight. new at 5:30, peggy fox reports that they are outraged over a new policy, designed to separate academic learning from the behavior. >>> i think that they are just setting them up for failure down the road. >> reporter: that's what many people think at the new policy that allows students caught cheating to retake the tests. >> and there is a majority of the students who don't cheat, dedicating themselves to good academic, being honest with good character. it's kind of unfair. >> reporter: it comes from the principal who said that cheating should result in a disciplinary consequence separate from an academic consequence with the goal of getting all children to learn in the material. some students say that it made sense at first. >> it's good for the students, but it's not an overall good message to send out that you could cheat and get away with it. >> i'm a senior, so the past three years have always been a few if you were caught cheating you would get a zero. i think allowing them to r

he said west potomac will not tolerate cheating or plagiarism.ill receive a zero on the assignment. that will be factore into their grade point average. come after intense public scrutiny which the principal called a distract. >>> a second staffer atmsnbc has been suspended f making political contributions. joe scarborough, host of morning joe, said he made eight go go $500 contributions to local candidates in florida between 2004 and 2008. the former florida congressman said he contributed to the campaigns of his brother and three-time, or long time friends. the donations violate nbc news policy and scarborough will be suspended for two days. a similaruspension was given to countdown host keith olbermann right before the election. >> we are less tn a week from the busy travel days of the year and across the country, there is a major back lash against the screing policies, the new ones that are a little more invasive. a little more aggressive. >>> federal law allows to opt for private screener instead and now some in congress think it is time to

you see the potomac river in the distance. in the mid and upper 50s. climb another five degrees. we'll have the sunshine with us for saturday and again on sunday. a few clouds around on sunday. mild, sny afternoons and clear chilly evenings and mornings through the weekend. then on monday, partly cloudy, temperatur up around 60 to mostly cloudy later in the day. there's a small chance of a passing shower late monday afternoon and evening coming in from the west t. odds arehe skins and eagles gamewill be dry monday night. it does look wet for tuesday, occasional showers likely. drying out wednesday and thursday. highs 50s as we get into midweek next week with morning low ms. the 40s. we need some rain. this november has been running dry once again. hopefully we will get some rain. it looks likely for tuesday. that is the way it looks rht now. have a great weekend. we will see you on monday morning. >> hold back those clouds, tom. >> i am. >> get out there and enjoy the weekend. >> great for outdoor activities and recreations. >>> that's "news 4 midda" w

the policy has upset some west potomac parents. they have warmed a grou to protest the move.you won need a plastic access card to enter recreation centers in montgomery county. all you need is to scan your finger and it will save the county money in the long run. county leaders will buy three of these finger scanners, just like the one you're seeing there. in january they will be used to identify members ofthe potomac community recreation center, the only swim center, and the holiday park senior center in wheaton. the plan is to expand them to all 33 montgomery county rec centers. coun leaders expect to save about $50,000 a year by using them. > two months after a hostage situation shut down discovery's headquarters in silver spring the garden will reopen. the public garden was shut down after the incident on september 1st. gunman stormed into the building's lobby and held three people hostage before being shot and killed by police. now, according to maryland's gazette.com, the parkill reopen during daylight hours only on weekends. according to an agreement with montgomery co

. >>> we are from potomac maryland's. >> good morning, washington. >>> 6:11 on this monday morning. neurologists adam caskey in the belfort furniture weather center or. there is reduced visibility. -- meteorologist adam caskey. visibility is under 1 mile in many spots. we have reduced visibility down to a quarter mile or less in many locations, especially in counties stated in gray. d.c., montgomery, prince george's, fairfax county, loudoun is where it is the thickest. there is a dense fog advisory this morning and afternoon sunshine. milds today. andre in the upper 30's higher this morning. tomorrow, 60's. >>> the george washington parkway, north on-ramp -- the northbound ramp that takes you to the american legion bridge, that on-ramp is closed due to an accident. someone went into a ditch on that ramp. watch for deer. slow from potomac mills to about one. -- to route 1. >>> it's 47 degrees. >> coming up, box office magic for the deadly hallows, the latest "harry potter" installment on its opening weekend. >> a former first lady's advice for sarah palin. >> in this season of giving

on sunday morning for the lower potomac and the chesapeake portion of the maryland bay. will and maureen back to you. >> thank you, gwen. that does it for you. you know the drill, right? want news information 24/7 fox 5 news is always on. >> i want to know if you are going to get out to enjoy the weather. >> i am going to the game tomorrow. >> everybody come on in. >> keep it here. sports extra is coming your way in just two minutes. enjoy the rest of your weekend. >> iowa bye. [ man ] are you aware that verizon fios brings fiber optics to your home and cable doesn't? yes. -i read that. -i do know that. yes, but there's a contract. at verizon, they want you to have a two year contract. i've got commitment issues. no one likes to be tied down. [ man ] so if they didn't lock you into a term contract, you'd consider switching? -oh, absolutely. -definitely. it's a no-brainer. [ man ] because now, with verizon fios, you don't have to sign a term contract. -really? -that's terrific! -did not know that. -i'm in. [ male announcer ] america spoke, verizon listened. switch

it includes the coastal chesapeake bay and the potomac river as well. out to the west, some rainfall. we went goat any of that into here until i think at the earliest monday night and then into the day on tuesday. sunny skies, a mild afternoon. 64degrees for your high. not a bad day at all. tonight, another cold night. your overnight low in town, 40. what that translates to is a lot of you will be in the 30s overnight tonight. a cold one for tonight. five-day forecast looks great. tomorrow and sunday, wonderful days, lots of sunshine tomorrow. 68degrees. that will feel fantastic. sunday, about 66 degrees. the redskins don't play on sunday. they may monday night at fedex field hosting the eagles. we'll have partly cloudy skies. the daytime high 62. temperatures during the game dropping through the 50s and into the 40s. rain on tuesday. now, let's find out what is happening with the traffic. for that, we go to julie wright. >> no skin on sunday but the caps at 5:00 at the v sunday afternoon. just want to throw that out there. >> there you go. >> on the ro

here we are at the congressional country club in potomac. the fog did burn off this morning, it took awhile. the sun is at less of an angle, so it takes longer to burn off. 59 degrees, wins at 3 miles per hour coming out of the northwest. 63 in lexington park. take a look at this. up from below zero. i saw ratings of - 9 in montana. we could get hit by a cold front tomorrow. basically, we will go from 10 degrees above average right now, to a little below average to wind up the work week. satellite and radar composite showing the morning fog burning off around 11:00. the cold front associated with that rain is going to drop in. take a look at this narrow band of storms. tomorrow, increasing clouds. this narrow band drops in and could give us a few showers. it will not amount to much. patchy clouds possible tonight. average temperatures will be in the 40, 50 costa bent. tonight. by wednesday, we drop down into the lower 50's. looking like a pretty good travel day, especially around the mid-atlantic. breezy but seasonable temperatures. the chan

break in to two vehicles in a wealthy section of montgomery county and this is in potomac, maryland. huge million-dollar homes in the neighborhood and police alerted authorities and they worked together. police say edmonds broke into cars and homes in this potomac neighborhood and this is where he was arrested. authorities say they were able to recover items they believe he took from the home. >> we recovered evidence from inside the homes that directed us to one home. the police knocked on the doors, asked residents if this property belonged to them and that is how the connection was made. >> reporter: and this is a mug shot of brad edmonds. at this point, he's charged with burglaries in montgomery county but fairfax county investigators believe he's connected to a string of burglaries in their county and there could be more charges to follow. the fairfax county police first started to follow him after a citizens called in a suspicious vehicle. >> i have to credit a citizens that was alert and an early- morning hours of november 8th, one of our streets in fairfax county. my officers

potomac, similar conditions. northbound river road closed at persimmon tree. and maryland 197 at old laurel buoys road. in the next report at 6:12, a look at the drive on 270. back to you. >>> 6:01. let's look at some of the stories happening later today. we are going to get a look at the metro of the future. council of governments will release its report on recommendations on improving the transit agency. board of trade was also voched in that -- involved in that report. >>> plan to work on downtown maryland begins tonight. >>> alaska senator lisa murkowski headed back to her home state, going to address supporters as the light votes are counted in the election. she has 10,000 vote lead over tea party backed candidate, joe miller. >>> a lot of people talking about that line of storms that plowed through the area overnight. >> about 30,000 customers without power across the region. a story new this morning. kristin fisher live in brentwood area of northeast washington where damage is obvious. what's going on now, kristin? >> reporter: lots and lots of cleanup.

. >>> back to class at west potomac high school in fairfax county. it is reversing its recent change to grade examining cheating policies. today, the principal said the school would reinstate fs on report cards. last week the school announced plans to give students incompletesinstead. he said west potomac will never tolerate cheating or plagiarism and anyone caught will get a zero on the assignment. the principal said the rever of policies comes after intense public scrutiny. which he called a distraction. >>> well, if the weekend looks anything like today, we should be app okay. >> we should. here's hoping. how cool a morning will we have? >> that morning will be comparable to how we started the day today. it was definitely cold in some of the outlying areas. we even had a little wind early this morning. now the winds have died down. lots of sunshine across the area and we saw high temperatures today generally in the low and even mid 50s. you get right into d.c. light winds out of the northwest at five to ten miles an hour. currently 52 degrees. rig

tides are running 2 feet above normal along the bay and into the potomac. the tides for the next few cycles will be 1 foot to two feet above normal. there will be sunshine tomorrow and into sunday. there will be a couple of clouds and sprinkles on sunday afternoon. on monday, there is a slight chance for some isolated showers. tomorrow will be a sunny day. the bay water temperatures are starting to back down a bit. it is 63 degrees around bakeries. -- around bay creek. it is 62 degrees along the lower eastern shore. there will be a nice mild saturday and it will warm up rapidly. it will be 64 degrees on sunday. there is a 20% chance of an isolated shower on monday. rains will come in tuesday afternoon and into wednesday. it could be heavy before tapers off on thursday. >> these are not your father's ravens. it is one thing to allow the yards to struggle on the third down, but this fourth quarter is hard to believe. the drive that followed, 5 yards for a touchdown. they got the ball for flacco to go to work. hirsch handled the plate. there was a touch down t

seuss "how the grinch stole christmas" is p arart of christmas on the potomac. it is part of indoor snowfalls and ice skating. >> and you don't have to shovel. that may be coming, but nothing like last year. >>> last night, we talked about some thunderstorms. they blew up more than i thought. the weather sweeping through at 1:00. our temperatures outside right now -- national harbor, 49 degrees. our high tab of your occurred 24 hours ago. let me show you that line -- here is live super doppler. this is 24 hours ago. we have these two lines of thunderstorms. they release heat as the condescension and freezing takes place. it was exceptional that it was in november because of the war m air over us. the damage reported in baltimore. folks at the weather service are trying to figure out if that was a tornado. there were 29 reports of strong winds. termperatures are into the 40's. we will see a chilly morning tomorrow morning. wind gusts earlier today up to 60 miles per hour. at damascus high school, temperatures into the 40's. back through the mid part of the countr

just to the south and west, showers moving into the shenandoah valley, the potomac thailand's.se will move off towards the north and east over the next couple hours. the high pressure moves out. we look for the cold front moved through overnight. that will bring showers to the north and west. have your action across western pennsylvania. clouds increase throughout the day tomorrow. the front of system on the way, the low pressure and the appalachian mountains, and we are looking at the potential of showers late during the game tomorrow night. then tuesday, washout. it definitely need the umbrellas, could have upwards of an inch of rain. partly cloudy and cool overnight, 42-48. the clouds increase tomorrow, mostly cloudy in the afternoon, upper 50's, low 60's. rain on tuesday. as quickly as the rain it arrives, it will move out. breezy on wednesday, mid-60s. then downhill with the temperatures. temperatures in the 50's by friday and saturday. that is where we should be this time of year, but mild overnight for the start of the week. by the end of the week, around 32 degrees in t

. >>> there's a deep freeze going on across the potomac as the gaylord national brings back its annualospital attract named ice. this year'sheme is how the grinch stole criminal. jane watrel takes us inside a spectacular frozen whoville. >> reporter: chinese artisans put the finishing touches on the frozen world of the grinch. cla christmas tale. >> it's a story that many people already know and love from thei. we're bringing it to lifehis year. you can literally walk through the ge of the story book and we are so exced. when people come, they are going to be amazed. >> reporter: there's whoville and the grinch. as he fit steals christmas and later has a change of heart. 5,000 blocks of ice weighing over 2 million pounds have been transformed by dozens of trained sculptors like this one who came from china to create whoville. he spent 12 years training for an event li this. >> they have a lot of ice there and it gives him a chance to learice cutting. >> reporter: fortune initiated, while this ice exhibit is really cool, it is also very cold. they keep the indoor temperature here at a b

customers in gaithersburg, rockville, and potomac qwest of 270 should experience fewer outages-- west of 270. the system reroute power automatically. it's a five-year plan that was announced in august after the summer of outages that left hundreds of thousands of people without electricity. >>> the fate of the man accused of murdering the d.c. intern chandra levy is in the hands of a jury. the defense and prosecution finished their closing arguments in the case of ingmar guandique yesterday. both sides are waiting for the verdict anxiously. courtney robinson is live outside d.c. superior court with the latest. >> good afternoon. many are waiting on this verdict. the jury began deliberating at 9:30. they are still deliberating. according to the prosecution, once the verdict comes down, that is the moment that the chandra levy family have been waiting for, nearly 10 years. innocent or guilty? 12 people will decide whether in my guandique murdered federal intern chandra levy in may of 2001, three weeks of testimony and evidence comes down to two days of arguments. for the prosecution is

about 1:00 a.m., we have this coastal flood advisory for the western shore of the bay and the tidal potomac region because of abnormal high tides around that area. partly cloudy tomorrow, so we do pick up more clout. over 50, low 60's. for voters on the bay, southeast winds at 5 knots. the forecast for the next seven days, only 58 on monday. rain chances can get most likely late, after dark. the most significant rain will be on tuesday with the highest chance. only near 60 on wednesday, kind of breezy. another shot of showers on thursday and in temperatures start to fall off after that second event. it will be quite chilly by next weekend. >> i guess our efforts to bribe him did not go over so well precluded >> when we left the navy the midshipmen are frolicking along. things got very interesting tricks that is next in sports. >> live from universal orlando resort, it's powerball, america's favorite jackpot game. i am tracy. tonight you are jackpot is a guaranteed $25 million. for just $1 more you can add our power play option. tonight the multiplier is the no. 5. let's play powerball. 30-5

working up to the potomac and parts of western maryland.ossibility will be there for an overnight thunderstorm as the strong storm system is centered over ohio and heads for new england. the almanac is -- these are not an outrageous amounts of rain. 0.5 of an inch in spots. 61 degrees at the airport. 62 at the inner harbor. this is the current number outside. 62 at the inner harbor. 60 at the nail -- naval academy. even the western part of the state warming up into the 50's. this warm and humid air mass has the potential for severe storms. these counties are where severe storms are going. the red box in the area is a tornado watch. that is how unstable this powerful storm is. 55-60 adhahn. the temperatures will not cool much overnight. the skies will begin to clear out as showers move out. the winds kick in. the wind advisory covers western maryland as close as washington county. it is a deepening area of low pressure across ohio that will curve toward northern new england, dragging that milder off the coast. the winds kick in and they will

the "washington post" reports west potomac high is no longer issuing f's, at least for the first marking period. students who are not grasp being the material or fail to hand in work are given a second chance. but if students don't make up the work they will get a failing grade. >> d.c. was cooking up a storm this weekend. hundreds gathered at the d.c. convention center to hear well known chefs share some special recipes. including were rachel ray who said through cooking she feels a great connection with people. >> it is a way to work with people that always gives back. food is a great communicator and you get back from sharing as much as you put into it times 10. >> she put on a cooking demo during that expo. you can cap her show her every day at 10:00 a.m. the best part about her stuff, meals in 30 minutes. >> yes. >> or less. >> she was supposed to swing by our place tonight. >> do another dell mow. >> that would be great. 4:49, 47 degrees outside. >> still ahead, they are captured by pirates more than a year ago. a british couple shaker the story of a -- sharing the story of a lifet

west potomac high asked teachers to eliminate f from the scale.tudents that cheat can retake the test. that will make our students smarter and officials dumber, all on our dime. >> i don't know how much longer i have to live. but you know, alwayy tried to help people. >> new york congressman charley rangel weeps before the house ethics committee saying he lacked ccmmon sense. boo hue rangel foun guilty on 11 counts will be censored. most serious punishment short of expulsion. which means he is not leaving anywhere. >> had it beenn you or me not paying taxes for inssance, like@ rangel we will boo-hoo from behind bbrs. >> yeah, looks like we do have changes coming our way. in the form of more sunshine. and it looks like the temperatures will go up and down days. going to hd skycam down. relatively quiet conditions. 42 degrees. see clouus breaking. more as we go through the overnight. with clearing. winds out of the west at seven. humidity levels at 73%. our state temperatures, looking at 48 degrees in baltimore. 48 in d.c. head over on the eastern s

finally this, on the decision at potomac high and fair fax to get ride of the great f -- rid of the great f and use i says it's a bad idea. she says some students cheat and have a sense of entitlement. it would be a disgrace to substitute an i for an f. you can earn a spot in the mailbag by writing mailbag@wusa9.com. that is our report. i'll be back tonight. we're working on a piece to introduce you to one of the heros from last year's shootings at fort hood, one from right here in maryland. his story tonight. log on any time to wusa9.com. that's our report. i'll see you a bit later. bye-bye. >>> now, "entertainment tonight," the most watched entertainment newsmagazine in the world. william gives kate his mother's ring. >> obviously, we want to have a family, so we'll start thinking about it. >> prince william, the queen to be. their new sitdown interview. "e.t." is in london with the latest news on the royal engagement. >> i turned bright red and very shy. >> the proposal. diana's 18 carat sapphire ring. >> it's my way of making sure my mother didn't miss out. >>> plus, will they marry a

these are students from the potomac job corps center. and they actually helped me.ked on this yesterday. we took the same type of turkey, we deboned it or boned it, we took off the breast like you do a chicken, took the leg off, and then what we did was we butterflied everything, we opened it up, we put stuffing, we have some of our cranberry stuffing here. we layered it, more stuffing. what you end up with after you tie it, a good butcher should be able to do it for you, so we end up with this here, a turkey that takes a little bit of time, took only 45 minutes to actually cook this. you end up with two of these, light meat, stuffing, dark meat. we take our bones, chop them up, roast them in the oven, a wonderful roast turkey gravy and there you go. >> what kind of dressing? >> oh, yeah. this is actually a dried cranberry dressing. believe it or not, my students have been trying to get into my dried cranberries all day. we're finally done, you guys get to eat these. wonderful stuff, dried bread, little bit of egg, bread crumb seasoning. >> if you could give cooks o

. >>> and fairfax county do not expect to see any f's in west potomac high school. they are doing away with the failing grade and they will get an "i" for incomplete. now the principal said students are encouraged to keep on working. do you think that dropping the f grade coddles students who aren't doing right or do you think this will end up being motivating for people struggling. share your thoughts in mcginty's mail bag at mag bag at -- mail bag. >>> so it's going to be a wet night. >> temperatures in the 50s, but add rain to the mix and it's cooler than that. let's start with current teams with temperatures in the low to mid-50s. depending on where you are. a couple of areas in the 40s. but primarily 50s. 55 in fairfax, 50 in reston. 51 in sterling. still 54 out in leesberg. but 52 in rockville, bethesda, college park and 51 in beltsville. and there is the one 49 up in laurel and columbia. cooler off to the north and east. so the redskin forecast then, temperatures in the 50s. 7:00 drive but by 9:00 we'll see showers. and by 11:00 we'll see rain and showers. te

advisory in he effect for the maryland portion of the chesapeake and the lower tidal pat tom make -- potomac. your day planner shows you by midday 62 degrees. 5:00 around the 60 degree mark. tonight clear skies. a little colder in the burbs. light and variable winds. tomorrow bright and sunny. temperatures above seasonal, 66 degrees. get the umbrella handy into the workweek. five-day forecast, expect a few showers from the system by monday night. tuesday looks like a full rain day. we are cooling down to seasonal at 58. 60 wednesday as we dry out. then thursday, 53. another system by the time we hit thursday. we will see how that pans out. in the meantime, nice for tomorrow. a great end to the weekend. >> tomorrow is the day for brunch outside. >> every sunday. >>> you may be able to e-mail your friends without leaving facebook. the site is unveiling its own e- mail service next week. they will make the announcement at an event monday. users will be given e-mail addresses ending in at facebook.com. >>> how many of your facebook friends aren't human. >> my list is growing because pet owners a

and the national mall from potomac river flooding is scheduled to begin early next year.xperts say much of the mall and downtown areas it within a 100- year flood plain. they will build a levee across 17th street near constitution ave and nw. the 8-foot-tall barrier will replace a very that was built -- will replace a levee that was built in the 1930's. >>> police in baltimore said they found a man who broke into the suv that belonged to the city's first family. they believe that he broke into a vehicle owned by the husband and mayor stephanie rawlings but last week. the vehicle was parked out of the site of security officers who were on a break. >>> this -- his fate is impacted upon everything we do. we should never diminished religious freedom. >> he spoke with our greta today while attending the bishops' conference in baltimore. he is one of 24 new cardinals. >>> there is a major development where anyone who takes blood thinner medications to prevent strokes, a new study shows that in new experimental drug prevented strokes in people with a common heart rhythm problem.

traffic slowing from boundary channel across the potomac.ind on the inner loop your slowing braddock road to 66. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> well holly is at the wr rudy druggist building and country and drugstore museum in mt. airy this morning. >> it is a long title and long on history. good morning, holly. >> reporter: you are right. it's a mouthful. but let me tell you, this collection is grand. if you think you collect something, wait until i show you where we are this morning and i introduce you to the man behind this history. it's a place you might just want to come and visit yourself. we'll tell you how to do that and plus tell you the story live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. >>> our fan of the day is tracy norman fletcher. she said her day doesn't go right unless she has her daily dose of fox 5 morning news. if you want to be tomorrow's fan of the day, find us on facebook by searching fox 5 morning news, no space between the fox and number 5 and post a comment under tracy's photo. >>> and we are al

springfield across the potomac toward the d.c. line.eck of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >> that's great, julie. thank you. >>> our other big story, a stunning new twist in the scandal involving prince george's county executive jack johnson and his wife leslie. nine more people have now been arrested in the massive corruption investigation and that includes three county police officers. the defendants are expected in court later this week. sarah simmons joins us live from prince george's county executive building in upper marlboro. actually we'll check back in with sarah in just a moment. >>> right now county executive jack johnson is technically on home detention. he is still allowed to go to work. johnson spoke to reporters before entering the county administration building yesterday morning. now while he didn't answer questions about his case or the police officers' arrest, he did mention the support he's gotten from members of the community. >> there are a series of related investigations, this case and the case announced on friday.

those areas along the chesapeake, tidal potomac, tides running a couple of feet above normal through midnight tonight. this morning, very cold. manassas down to 23. it was 24 frederick, gaithersburg 28. we stopped at 36. for many a frosty and the coldest morning of the season so far. as i said, the air is dry and it doesn't take as much to heat it. we are already up to 60 here. 61 frederick and gaithersburg and culpeper already 63. but martinsburg is 53. sunny and 60. dew point only 21. boy, that air is bone dry right now and a northeast wind at seven. you can see the warmth coming up here and the air. there is a storm system in the middle of the country. a lot of rain. some thunder snow earlier in amarillo, texas, and it is moving to the northeast but not toward us. it will take several more days before we get a chance to turn the weather around and that's okay. we will hold on to this great weather through the weekend. today 62, sunny. we're almost there now. maybe 63, 64. upper 60s on saturday. at least mid-60s on sunday. as we head to monday, some of the western storm gets closer

taking it over to potomac, northbound river road at persimmon tree, more downed trees. 197 at old laurelbuoys road. more on the aftermath of the storm and how it is affecting the morning commute at 4:48. back to you. >> thank you. >>> plenty to talk about on the roads. it is a busy thanksgiving travel season, just a week away. >> aaa says more than 42 million people are traveling over the long holiday weekend. that's an 11 and a half percent increase from last year. and most of those people will be on the nation's roads. of those traveling, 94% will go by car. 4% go by air. and the remaining 2% go by rail, bus, or both. >> even boat. if among those of us who will be flying this thanksgiving holiday, flyer beware. you will be subjected to new more detailed screening procedures. >> people aren't happy about it. screenings are sparking growing controversy at the nation's airports. several passengers say full body scanners amount to virtual strip search. >> what do travelers think. they caught up with people at dulles international airport to find out. >> reporter: no matter where you fly, p

the final stop, potomac, 39 degrees. temperatures and eventually fall to around 34, 35 degrees overnight. the almanac page today, 56 degrees the high at reagan national -- 66 degrees a high at reagan national. the temperatures outside at this hour, it is cold out there, 34 pittsburgh, 34 buffalo. if your looking for the really cold there, head out to the west. at 21 degrees, fargo. this will eventually make its way our way, but we have to wait for the end of the upcoming work week. friday, high temperatures in the middle 40's. this will impact us the upcoming week. wednesday and thursday. all the showers, snow showers, eventually moving towards the east. we're not looking for snow across the immediate metro area, but thursday or friday we could be looking at lake effect snow across ohio and western pennsylvania and western maryland. the good news for us, it will just be showers as the temperatures remain well below average. thursday, thanksgiving day and friday of the upcoming weekend. the next 48 hours, clouds increase

west potomac high school principal said students caught cheating will no longer be given second chances and instead, the school will return with a loss of credit and more and they will start giving fs to failing students again instead of incompletes. >>> the caffeinated alcohol four loko is not going to be on shelves longer. hoarders like college students in florida are buying it in bulk. the fda ordered the manufacturer to remove the caffeine from four loko and the drink maker stopped production and shipment. the original version is flying off store shelves. >> i bought multiples for party. >> i know it's a bad thing. do you it anyways. it's a novelty item to say i'm getting loko. >> and concerns about four loko started to surface recently after 9 washington state college students were hospitalized after drinking it. >>> a former business owner forced to swallow his pride. >> every day, the shelves empty and fill back up again. people in need are hungry. i'm beth parker, coming up, we'll introduce you to a man who never thought he would find himself here asking for help. >>> plus, metr

and crossing over the potomac byway of the 14th street bridge, all lanes here are open. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> the southbound lanes of the baltimore washington parkway are open this morning. police stopped all southbound traffic after a deadly accident overnight. investigators say a man's car broke down and he got out to have a look at it and was hit by mother vehicle. traffic was diverted all mother. >>> police have identified a man whose body was left in a box last tuesday. they say 36 jack ono vasquez was shot by marvin valencia on constitution avenue. valencia was -- valencia was angry vasquez was having an affair with his wife. he was seen driving a honda minivan odyssey with maryland tags saying paln cia. >>> day three of deliberation in the chandra levy murder trial. yesterday jurors worked without sending a note or asking a question. they also had a bit of a late start because of tighter securities at the courthouse. guandique facing murder charges for the death of chandra levy. paul wagner continues to blog from the courtroom and you

that is what many students are saying at fairfax county west potomac high. they're upset with a new policy. it allows those caught cheating to retake the test. >> there is a majority of us with good honest character and i think it's unfair. >> it's good for the students but it's not overall good sending a message you can cheat and get away with it. >> the new policy was announced by the principal. he says cheating should result in a disciplinary consequence secondary from an academic one with the goal of getting all students to learn the material. >>> let's turn to the scene of a building fire where crews are working the scene. gary, you have some of the latest story for us. what do you know? >> reporter: the christ universal church, a two story building. this call came in 50 minutes ago when dc fire and ems got here. they effected some rescues immediately. one person saved from a roof. another from a window. dc fire and ems went in and found a victim unconscious on the floor. brought three people to safety outside. all three are suffering from smoke inhalat