. >> witness ran when it touched down before 4 this afternoon in rockville. cut a path of damp 200 yards long near rockville roads with winds at 70 miles an hour. twister knocked over 2 fences, damaged 2 roofs and blue down large signs of tree limb. >> it was fast. i saw the fans blow. tree l branch. i was not paying attention. my customer running. my customer on the floor the wind was so hard. >>reporter: drivers on interstate 80 in fairfield found themselves caught in a wild hail storm. accumulated like snow on driver windshield making it do i navigate. here's the view from bay point. almost looks like a winter snow escape. this in napa you can hear the hail stones as they bounce off cars and pavement. in san francisco firefighters struggle to keep high winds from blowing down the sign on the old theater. richmond district theater being renovated. part of the sign blew off on wednesday. >> yesterday afternoon section of the panel came down almost struck somebody that was going that the store. and then another panel came down this afternoon and hit a car hoo

rockville station, the elevator is out of service. otherwise metro an vre are running on time.und i-95. heading south from dale city into triangle a half hour drive. 270 on the northbound side looking okay except here in clarksburg where it is still slow. by the way, maryland drivers, today is the six-month anniversary of putting your cell dense. >> thank you. >>> a local marine who gave a great deal for his country is now getting pay back he never expected. a brand-new house. and it is all paid for thanks to a group known as homes for our troops. the young soldier got to watch them build it today and we caught up with him at the construction site. here is derek mcginty. >> reporter: 25-year-old marine sergeant kenny lyon will move into this single family home in fredericksburg next week. >> it means so much the entire community steps up and come together to build this home. this is what america is and this is why we are great. >> reporter: kenny got the house after applying to homes for our troops. a nonprofit that builds houses for severely wounded vets. inside the 2600 squar

this is what it looked like at rockville road near fairfield today.area where the weak tornado touched down early today. how about this. this is hank. hank is scampering through the hail stone in march continue east. lots of hail on the ground. around the bay area today as we had turbulent weather no. hail tomorrow but giants play the home opener at at&t park after sunny skies. 1:35 in the afternoon. chilly take on the cardinals. here the 7 day forecast. chilly tomorrow. maybe isolated shower or 2. things warm-up over the weekend and mild through the remainder of the 7 day period. mainly dry i might add. >> terrific. main hi dry for the giants game tomorrow. rick is in for larry. giants had the day off but the a's in action today. we have the highlights. phil mickelson was faith going natural masters but after one round he's chasing a 21-year-old from northern irelandt7 hey! you want that? you want a warm, super-delicious strawberry toaster strudel yeah but now i have nothing to eat sure you do. hey! you can have the pop tart! p

. >>> and in sports, nationals' manager in rockville maryland native jim wriggleman is living out a dreamcoaching his team. now he is doing his best >>> a local man is in libya, leading forces against moammar gadhafi. he defected to fairfax county from libya 20 years ago and has returned to his homeland to help lead the rebel forces. >>> the newest section of d.c.'s river walk trail opened today in southeast washington. the 2,300 foot promenade is located along the anacostia river mind the navy yard, finished ten years ago, but off limits to the public due to security concerns after september 2010. they are calling it a big tourist attraction. >>> today is the last day to see the cherry blossom festival and with the blossoms at their peak. that means 70% of the trees around the basin will be in bloom. the national park service short earned this year's peak bloom from five days to three. >>> the royal wedding of prince william and kate middle tob is less than a month away now. but today, prince william took a little time from his wedding planning to give his grandmother, the queen, a tour

he'll be at rockville high school which has launched a drunk driving awareness program called every 15 minutes. >>> today in prince william county, a judge will sentence a former park ranger for killing his wife and two stepchildren. sentencing is set for this afternoon for correo dean. he pled guilty to the 2009 murders. police responded to domestic dispute calls at dean's triangle home in february of 2009 and found the family dead. a psychiatrist later said dean has severe emotional problem. and you plea deal the former park ranger will be spared the death penalty. a judge is expected to sentence him to life in prison without the chance of parole. >>> new today, some positive news about the nation's economy. tun employment rate fell to 8.8% in march. that's a two-year low. the labor department says the economy added 215,000 jobs last month. the outlook is just as good as today's report. many economists are predicting that employers add jobs at about the same pace for the rest of the year. that would generate about 2.5 million new positions. >>> also today, president obama will focus

the former rockville resident pleads to a criminal judge about her criminal record.emon drops to go into labor? hear about the cupcake helping mother nature. that and more at 4:00. i wish i would have known about that. >> stay with us. the 5-day forecast co,,,,,,,,,,, >>> welcome back. we've been talking about the weekend temperatures. look at that. monday 70 degrees, opening day. that first pitch is close to 70. we get enough sunshine we could pop it up to 72 or so. >> absolutely. >> 74 tuesday, cold front moving through the area. springtime roller coaster will continue but we're finally going to bust out of this trend. it's a good thing. >> i'm for that. >>> lookings ahead to the weekend, only four basketball teams are still fighting. both games are live on wjz 13. saturday night. >> thank you for watching eyewitness news. >> have a wonderful day. and a wonderful weekend. go os. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

elizabeth cook is in the city of rockville. >> rain, extreme cold, hail, wind. yes, we had our fair of extreme weather. i'm standing in the path of what experts believe probably was a tornado. it all right staked just a few -- started just a few yards away from here, leaving the people who live and work here more than a little shaken up. >> you tell -- it just started twirling, blowing and the fence fell down. >> reporter: she was working inside the tower market gas station when she saw a powerful force of nature barrel through the parking lot. >> it was like, okay, what should we do? >> reporter: the national weather service came to check it out. if it wasn't a tornado, there would be one site of damage. >> reporter: witnesses say the force lasted for about a minute. it all right staked behind the gas station and crossed the street into a strip mall. >> she saw her salon was going to lift off the ground. >> i thought it was going to suck out the windows back here. everything started shaking. i thought it was an earthquake. >> reporter: a tree behind her busines

police are looking for a 41- year-old woman who took her children last night from their home in a rockville fairfield area. 10-year-old hadden and 5-year- old kayleigh both with blond hair and blue eyes. police fear for their safety because stewart's husband says she has been acting strangely. stewart is believed to be driving a red 1982 toyota corolla with california license plate 4ybn892. the vehicle's front hood is painted a differentiated of red from the rest of the vehicle. anyone who sees this group is asked to contact police. >>> the coastguard right now is searching for one of two people missing after their boat capsized off san francisco's ocean beach. one man was pulled from the water about 3:00 p.m. and treated for hyopthermia. a coastguard helicopter is looking for the other person. it is not clear how the boat overturned but the waters were quite choppy today. >>> the community is calling for answers tonight after the murder of a popular restaurant owner shot and killed yesterday. he was shot on international boulevard just before dawn. police say it is a high profile case. don

. 15-year-old stevonya reid and 17-year-old destiny magana were last seen wednesday afternoon in rockville. reid's family believes she may be in need of medical attention. >>> two men are being held in connection with the murder of a university of maryland student. police say 22-year-old steven weaver and 23-year-old deandre ricardo williams broke into the home of justin overcash last january. he was targeted because he had been dealing drugs from the house. court documents say evidence at the scene is consistent with that story but family and friends say dealing drugs did not define his life. >> kid was a scholar. he was a physics major, an astronomy major, he has done so many things to help people and the fact he was targeted like this, it still upsets me to this day. >> officers say williams was the shooter and weaver drove the get away car. but both are charged with first- degree murder. >>> people living near the college park campus report a strange sighting. a hazardous materials team was called out to wells run creek an adelphi road to check out the fluorescent green stream. a nonto

robert lyles on how cold it will be tonight but first elizabeth cook who is in rockville which is just west of fairfield. elizabeth. >> reporter: dana, rain, sleet, hail, wind, extreme cold. solono county has had its fair share of extreme weather today. in fact, i'm standing in the path of what experts say was probably a tornado. it started just a few dozen yards away. came through this parking lot. toppled this fence. crossed the street upward in some trees and left more than a few of the residents and people who work here a little shaken. >> we were in a van and it just started swirling and everything started blowing and then the fence fell down. >> reporter: she was working inside the tower market gas station when she saw a powerful force of nature barrel through the parking lot. >> and it started hailing and stuff. it was like, okay, what should we do? >> reporter: steve goldstein from the national weather service came to check it out. >> if it wasn't a tornado there would be maybe one site of damage but there is definitely linear patterns to the damage we saw today. >> reporter: w

they were outside the high school in rockville. reed's family believes she may be in need of medical attention. if you've seen either teen, please call police. >> one week from today, we could be face another potential federal government shutdown if congress can't agree on a spending bill for the rest of the year. >>> party representatives in congress are speaking out about the deadline. many peel the current proposal being negotiated between the republicans and democrats does not cut enough money from the budget. so, the group held a continuing revolution rally outside the u.s. capitol to express their anger about this. that as republican speaker of the house, john boehner signaled a compromise is coming. >> as i said from the beginning, our goal is to cut spending, not shut down the government. >> we're continuing to work very hard to avoid the terrible consequences that would come with the government shutdown. >>> speaker boehner has agreed to discuss the cut of around $33 billion. that's down from the $60 billion in cuts that h

10-20, it's not going to feel like it's in the low 50s at all. 51 in gaithersburg tomorrow. 51 in rockville. maybe 51 in arlington. old town and springfield. 52 downtown. and 51 out in bowie. all right. let's talk about tomorrow's day planner. some showers in the morning. 30s. cold by noon. but some breaks in the clouds. 40s. and then partly cloudy by evening. 49 to 53. but becoming breezy late in the day. next three days, saturday, again, showers or snow showers. highs only around 50 and breezy. better to the two weekend days will be sunday. we're getting there. sunshine in the mid 50s. got the nats playing saturday and sunday at home. all right. next seven days, we really turn the tables next week. mid 60s on monday. we have thunderstorms in the forecast. this may be crazy and optimistic but i'm going to go 78 with tuesday with thunderstorms possible but a lot of sunshine in the first two thirds of the day and then more showers and storms on wednesday. and cooler on thursday. i think 60s is acceptable. >> bring it on. >> yes. >> bring it on. >> thanks, top. >>> oh, man, they would only wi

if you recently had to shell out a little more at the krispy kreme in rockville, you're not alone. they announced they boosted prices in march, and like hershey's, they are saying it's for the rise in costs of raw materials. they are revamping their coffee line. and higher prices on cotton and wool is said to have -- to be responsible for rising prices. now yesterday we had a mixed close with only the nasdaq popping higher. wall street closed the books on the biggest first-quarter rally. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king for wbal-tv 11 news. >> the time now 6:20, 36 degrees on tv hill. another look at traffic straight ahead. >> and is this really good weather for opening day? >> and take a look at last night's maryland winning lottery numbers. >> good morning. we've cleared that accident at president and lumbar street. now a vehicle fire at han gleeverpbed kona streefment firefighters are on the scene there. eight minutes 95 north to the fort mchenry. 70 at 29 looking great in both directions here. 50 at shady point, traffic moving just fine. fog warnings on the bay bri

we will come in tighter and show you some of the roadways that were impacted closer to rockville road and cordilia road. this activity is shifting to the south. up to the north and north and west. there's a next cell right around napa. no warnings associated with this just yet. we will have to keep an eye on this and let you know if the weather is changing. moving from napa county on track to reach solano county. here's a look at the over all story for tonight. we're going to have a chance of thunderstorms and also gusty winds. winds have been increasing right around 25 to 35 miles per hour. tomorrow a chilly morning, partly cloudy skies. there is still a chance of a shower for your friday. the main brunt of the system will be friday. overnight lows definitely chilly first thing tomorrow morning. coolest locations in the middle 30s for napa, santa rosa. san jose right around 30. livermore at 37 degrees. coming up we'll take a look at your forecast model which did a great job with our thunderstorms. we'll also let you know if any more warnings or watches develop across the region. >>>

the national weather service confirmed a weak tornado toucheddown in rockville just outside of fairfield. knocked down a fence like that one there. caused minor damage. in fairfield the storm dumped an inch or two of hail coating cars. there was even enough out there to build a snowman and have a snowball fight. some of the people we talked to say they were expecting rain but nothing like they actual saw. >> that is incredible. >>> 6:07 is the time right now. we have been talking about developing news. a shooting after a burglary attempt or robbery attempt. >> those are the reports we have. our crew is on the scene of a police accident at 39th and intercasual. it happened in front of 38 and 72 international boulevard. we have a crew on the scene. here we are. these are the live pictures. the police are on the scene again. this was reported as a shooting and a robbery. we have not received official confirmation from police. there is definitely a crime scene and investigation. this is developing news. they are looking for two men who allegedly shot someone in the course of a robbery. the p

year-old saboina reed were last seen wednesday afternoon outside richard montgomery high school in rockvilleey are believed to still be together. >>> a top charles county school administrator under arrest accused of stealling federal granted money and spending it on herself. 40-year-old rhayda barnes- thomas facing federal charges for using money that was intended for school children. federal investigators confiscated tvs, apple mac book computers, i-pods and ipads as well as video game console. >> i think shocking who be our reaction to any blow ithat would misappropriate any funds that are supposed to be for children, especially your most economically disadvantaged children. >> the u.s. attorney's office for maryland uncovered the alleged wrongdoing last october when four laptop computers went missing. barnes-thomas faces up to 10 years in prison. >>> a virginia man who murdered his wife and two stepchildren will officially learn his punishment today. carrillo dean will be sentenced for the shooting death of elizabeth dean and her two children back in 2009 in triangle. elizabeth's family w

the former rockville resident, pleas to the judge. >>> it's friday.ill our temperatures stay below normal for the weekend? >>> and orioles will soon be back on the field at camden yards. we want to see your favorite memories. here's some of it. to see the slide ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it sort of looks improving out there, if you look at a certain direction or angle. like under the clouds over there. >> so, mr. williams, mary is saying the glass is half full. >> on a friday. >> she is very optimistic. >> what is it filled with? >> that's a good question. i don't know. >> not yet. >> on friday, those glasses are filled with many various things. so we'll talk about what the glass is half full, as far as the weather is concerned. how about that? and we are definitely talking about maybe three quarters of the way full monday. and we'll talk about that here in a moment. you're looking at temperatures around 47 degrees. 31, your dew point. relative humidity, at 51%. with the winds from the west at 18 miles per hour. 29.49 is your barometer reading. first, it's h

they will calm down a little bit. 37 downtown. 34 in fairfax. 34 in rockville. tomorrow morning, variable clouds, cold or rain shower. 30s and 40s. and by afternoon again variable clouds which means there will be some sun and patches of showers. highs only around 50. winds northwest 10 to 20 and gusty. upper 50s sunday. nats in town on the weekend both days. it will feel like april. mid-70s on monday with morning showers. maybe a thunderstorm then partly cloudy. showers and storms on tuesday. we are still near 60. and even the wake of the storm we are in the low 60s wednesday and low 70s thursday. still 70 next friday. >> very nice. >> yes. >> thank you. >> took awhile. >> brett has come in from the cold and the rain. that was a long day. good day. looks good. >> my feet were still cold at 11:00 p.m. last night and i blame you as always. >> oh, boy. >> the caps are showing some class. >> they usually show class. i said this a million times. hockey players for as rough and tumble as they are on the ice are generally the most easy going and nicest guys in professi

police say destiny magana and savoina reed were last seen outside richard montgomery high school in rockvillethey are believed to still be together. >>> police think robbery was the motive in the january murder of justin overcash. she was the to death in his home -- he was not to death in his home. two men have been arrested in this case. >>> in the developing conflict in libya, the u.s. says nato bombing has destroyed 25% of moammar ghadafi's armed forces. the white house and nato allies are considering sending arms to the rebels. however, on capitol hill yesterday, defense secretary robber gates told lawmakers that other countries should be providing arms and training for the rebels. >>> in japan, groundwater under the damaged nuclear reactor plant has unsafe levels of radiation now 10,000 times higher than normal. managers say drinking water is not affected. this latest leak found last night could present a long-time problem. radiation has also turned up in a cow that was slot ford beef but that meat was never sold -- that was slot ford beef but that meat was never -- that was slaughtered

they were outside the high school in rockville. reed's family believes she may be in need of medical attention. >>> two men are in custody accused in the murder of a university of maryland student that happened back in january. police say 22-year-old stephon weaver and deandre williams broke into the home of justin deshea overcash. they're accused of robbing and killing him. officers say the victim was picked because he had been dealing drugs out of the house. court documents say evidence at the scene is consistent with that story. friends and family say dealing drugs did not define the person's life. >> a scholar. he was a physics major, an astronomy major, he was a t. a. he's done so many things to help people and the fact that he was targeted like this, it just still upsets me to this day. >> officers say williams was the shooter. weaver drove the get away car. both have been charged with first-degree murder. >>> at 6 after the hour, we turn to the military mission in libya. moammar gadhafi is defiant this morning saying he will

the national weather service confirm as tornado briefly touched down in rockville, outside of fairfield, blowing down fences and causing roof damage to business's. in fairfield the storm dumped an inch or two of hail. look at this car dealership, just coated along interstate 0 -- 80. >>> meantime, a chp officer is in the hospital after being hit by a drunk driver. coming up at 8:00 the strange weather conditions that also played a role in that situation out there. >>> tens of thousands of california school kids may be unsafe in their classroom. the sacramento b reports state regulators have failed toen force the earthquake safety law. the report cites dangerous lightings hanging from ceilings, poor welding and fire alarms that don't work. some schools are also accused of evading the law with sloppy recordkeeping. >>> the dumb barton bridge is back open. it was shut down while caltran crews installed four steel plates. the plates give workers access beneath road. they will eventually install 32 plates. cruise are replacing major joint work. >>> it's a story we've been telling you about a

we have a national institutes of health, way up rockville pike which has played a critical role in making american pharmaceutical industry the world standard so there's no question that washington can take very constructive steps to strengthen manufacturing. i think without further study what we can -- we can really only say that we should try to focus, not exclusively, on the high value industries. and i mean by that capital intensive industries and technology intensive industries. and the reason is a, the jobs that they pay are the highest earnings by far. and second, they generate the greatest amount of technological spinoff. they involve more learning, they incorporate more technology so they help to generate, they play an outsized role in generating the kind of technological progress that we all agree that this country needs to keep promoting to keep getting ahead. so again, this is a subject that really needs much greater study than washington has actually given it. but what we do know about manufacturing and about manufacturing trade flows and about manufacturing wages, everything

democrat, rockville, md., what are your thoughts? caller: good morning.ood morning to you and good morning to your listeners. and the united states of america and the western hemisphere. my report, i respect science. however, no scientific findings can absolute measure in any way the residual effects of this catastrophic at the system destruction. it is beyond our reach. no politician, and the president, no governor, they give as propaganda upon propaganda. the chemical disaster that it has harbored will take many years to clean up. and i tell you, we will keep on tearing this environment down to where you will not be able to get a drink of water at the tap. you have to realize, you spilled oil, not milk. that is not chocolate milk. that is oil, something beyond the measure of the fecosystem. host: these images were from one years ago where the oil rig exploded in the gulf of mexico and the oil spill for more than 80 days. we're talking about that. the ceo of bp price in today's "wall street journal," the lessons of deepwater horizon. where do we stand wi

today's contributor giada de laurentiis is in rockville, south carolina, using an interesting way tos growling, it growls like a little bit loud and i can't understand what the teacher is saying. >> reporter: this is the face of hunger. have you gone to school hungry? >> yeah. >> reporter: what's that like? your tummy is like going to blow up because it's growling so much. >> reporter: they are just two of the nearly 600 students in the rock hill, south carolina, district who received subsidized school meals during the week but go with little to no food on the weeken weekends. >> you're lying there sleeping and your baby is lying next to you and their belly will growl and it makes you think about why didn't i get more to eat or how is it i can feed them. >> reporter: their mother struggles to make ends meet. >> if you have to have money for gas or for your electric or your rent or whatever -- >> reporter: you'd rather go for that. >> you have to do that. you have to do that. you have to pay for those other things before you can buy food. >> reporter: feed your kids. >> yeah. >> repor