. >> reporter: here we are on the boardwalk at rehoboth beach. if you're planning on coming here for the weekend, let me show you something here. a lot of people are already here. cars lined up as far as we can see. if you're coming here to the delaware beaches this weekend, you need to get your game plan ready. >> they should leave early and and stay late and spend lots of money in our little town. >> reporter: that's the advice from the locals here in rehoboth about making your way to the beach, but there's more. rachel webster who lives here year round is willing to give away one of her secret backroad tips. >> there is a super secret shortcut if you're going out to the highway. you can cut behind the outlets. there's a service road back there and you can cut about a mile and a half off of all the traffic on rehoboth avenue. >> reporter: others not so willing to let go of their traffic advice. >> if i told you, i'd have to kill you. i'm teasing. i don't want anyone to know my secret route. >> reporter: of course before you can even think about

because you're the one that went off to rehoboth and left your dog at home. >> he was sick, he couldn't ride for four hours. >> the vet said it wasn't a great idea. he's fine now. he's all better. our whole family, my brother, his wife, their two kids, my mom and i went to rehoboth, there we are enjoying a meal. it was a great, great time. those kids are incredible. congratulations to colleen who graduated as a nurse practitioner. look at the kids with their new bathing suits. we had so much fun. hannah spent some dime trying to show me how to hula hoop. because she parentally is really good at it and one of us is not. guess which one is which. >> okay, ready? >> oh no! hold on. >> bump it when it starts to fall down. >> how do you bump it, hanna? >> how do you bump it? >> ana, show her how to do it. >> keep doing it. >> watch, watch. >> it's so easy. how do you bump it? >> watch me. >> i'm going to start to move like this. >> now bump. hello! >> well, we had a great time. >> the reason you can't do it is because you have no hips. >> i don't know how to do it. >> you have no hips. >> i

things will look good as we take look at a live picture of rehoboth beach. you can get up early and walk on the beach when no one is out there. temperatures will be cool this weekend there in the 60's. 72 in d.c., 69 degrees at dulles and if you're traveling today, some dutch thunderstorms are expected today up and down the east coast -- we could get strong or severe thunderstorms later today so there will be problems at the airports. mostly cloudy today with showers and thunderstorms especially this afternoon 79-84 degrees and we will talk about the weekend forecast in a few minutes. >> we are starting to pick up on the roadways with the usual hot spots starting to build volume like 270. you can see things moving smoothly from rockville into the spur between frederick and gaithersburg we see that bright yellow line which are unusual delays but you want to give yourself extra time. route 7 eastbound in sterling picked up a vehicle fire at route 28 and the right side is closed so stay to the left. 14th street nw is still going through those repairs. it is clo

you're going off to rehoboth. >> my sister who is in from dubai, my brother, his wife and their kids are going to my mom's place in delaware. >> and blake? >> no blake, blake is not feeling great. he can't come. >> you're leaving your sick child already? >> no, he can't take the car ride. it would be gross, picture. >> no, picture you staying home to take care of your child. >> and everybody comes up to see you because you've got a sick baby. >> no, we're all going to the beach. >> fine. >> there's the difference, ladies and gentlemen, between the two of us, you've seen it up front. >> so we heard that americans travel every memorial day. you don't travel, do you? >> i used to, we used to go to nantucket when we had a place there. now you know you're an old fart when you don't want to go anywhere. you like to watch boats go by. you don't want to get on one. you like to see trains going by, you have no interest getting on one. you like to look at the sky and see the planes go and all you want to do is sit in your rocking chair and drink. that's all you want to do and you're happy. whi

. >> when i was a kid, because we lived in rehoboth every summer, it was the official start of the summer. to this day, anytime it's memorial day, i think i'm that teenager again, and you feel like the surfers from pensacola coming up. excited about the boardwalk. excited about maybe, you know, a summer adventure. love. all that good stuff. you know what, though? it was 19 years ago that we first saw the house that we live in now. you know how your life can change like this? and it just -- it's a long, long story. but sometimes you just remember, we have crystal clear how that day was and there were boats -- >> and you found the perfect house. >> yeah. it's been such a gift all these years. and you're coming to it this friday night because we're having a wedding there. >> bobbie thomas's. all right, kids, has this ever happened to you? have you gone to sleep and you have a dream and in your dream your spouse is cheating on you? in your dream. you wake up, and there he is, sleeping like a baby. and you get so mad at him just laying there sleeping. unaware of what he did. and then truly, yo

officials in rehoboth beach and dewey beach is a more people year are expected. is amanda meadows with look at traffic. good morning. >> good morning. still very busy in. 123truction on route northbound, that will last through the morning rush hour. you can expect lane closures in that area. new york avenue outbound as an accident, it was closed at fourth street, but it has reopened. inbounds pass normal traffic. now let's check on the weather with jacqui. >> cloudy this morning. we will get a couple breaks here and there. and a few showers coming in from the south later today. widely scattered, not a washout. 68 degrees desired temperature. we are getting a warm sector today. highs in the a 70's, low 80s. warm temperatures sticking around for the better part of the week. cooler this weekend. >> thanks for watching. we will be back at noon. "l announcer: it's "live! with kelly & michael." today, from the new animated film, "epic," colin farrell. and

. >> well, my mom and dad own the rehoboth inn so i remember every weekend of my life, every summer wee had to take all the stuff down, all the towels, sheets down to the local laundromat. you know, it's just -- i think that stuff builds character. >> what if your kid wouldn't eat her vegetables when she was younger? would you give her a buck? you eat your vegetables, you get a dollar. >> parenting is the hardest thing in the whole world. i'm not going to put another mother down. she's hardly abusing them. that's up to heidi. let's save our angst for people who are actually damaging their children, you know? >> right. >> child abuse, that sort of thing. so i don't know that i -- what's the difference really between saying make your bed and i'll give you $5 at the end of the week? >> right. it's an allowance for doing a chore. if you finish all your dinner you get this. >> in a perfect world our children would be perfect. >> yeah. >> and they aren't. you know why? because they don't have perfect parents. there you go. >> right. >> do you find this samsung adebayor offensive? >> this is