for what rockville deemed would be a violation.orks. in 2002, the city of rockville began its red light program and citing as averaged about 8500 a year up until they made this change. now, the citations have more than doubled. it is all because the city of rockville changed the camera vendors and the cameras and they also changed what rockville considers to be a red light violation. the new cameras were installed last summer. they became operational in august. now, the cameras will flash for a driver just crosses that white stop line, not just in they blow through the red light. the cameras also videotaped drivers making right turns on red which is legal. but they will get a tick fete they don't come to a complete stop before making the right turn. here is a look at the three most ticketed intersections in the city of rockville. westbound goody drive at research boulevard, 5087 violations in 2012. 1043 in 2011. >>> westbound goody at gaither road, 4487 in 2012. 756 in 2011. and then northbound seven locks at fortune terrace, 3981

startling accusations against an elementary schoolteacher in rockville. brianne carter will have details. >> we are few hours away from a decisive vote in virginia on landmark highway spending reform. >> taking a look outside, it is a cold morning outside our studio in arlington. bundle up for work. by natasha barrett in for cynne. >> i am steve chenevey. -- i am scott thuman. we're keeping an eye on the mass of snowfall across the plains and in the midwest. >> hazardous driving in kansas city. a bus sliding on the ice and knocking down a pole. let's look at our forecast with jacqui jeras. >> those 9 inches of snow in kansas city are not headed our way, but we could have hazardous driving conditions along the blue ridge and areas to the west and. we don't think it will be very bad in the metro. precipitation is light. it's picking up a little along interstate 81 corridor, not reaching the ground in paige county or culpeper county. when you start to see the snowflakes, send me a tweet. there are winter weather advisory is off to the west with a potential o

. >>> a surge in red light tick nets rockville.e'll tell what you is to blame and where you are most likely to end up with a ticket. plus, an acc showdown and dave ross has the highlights coming up. first, a busy weekend from mother nature. we'll look at the aftermath up north and down south to see what she has in store for our region just ahead.  my father loves coffee, drinks coffee every day, but, but makes coffee so wrong. i think he puts like maybe two tablespoons in the whole pot, so it just tastes like water. and i keep trying to tell him, dad, you have to put more coffee in here, but it doesn't work. so with blonde, i think he gets the flavor that he likes, so he feels more comfortable putting the appropriate amount of coffee in the thing. he does, jerry likes it light. ♪ ♪ >>> back now to the breaking news out of the vat cap. pope benedict xvi will resign at the end of this month on february 28th. the shocking announcement came just about 30 minutes ago. holy father announced in a speech today that he just doe

here is rockville outside the square building, in district of rockville. 31 degrees at this time at the storm chaser. high, thin clouds building in already, because i cannot see any starlights. cloudy today. let's look at the temperatures. keep in mind that the clouds inhibit the sun from warming us up much. now in the district and 25 at dulles,l, hagerstown and cumberland. 25 in gaithersburg. let's look at the forecast. i temperatures around 40 degrees. the upper 30's and outlying areas. possible downtown and mostly cloudy. the coastal storm will mostly affect new england going into tomorrow and saturday. it should brush us enough to give us a little precipitation mixpossibly a late wintry late tonight and early tomorrow morning. part, just light rain. at muchot looking moisture in general. so i don't have much concern for this storm my. excitement factor is 0.5 at best. let's go to jamee for the .ommute >> thank you so much. getting going on this thursday morning. happy that the pavement is dry. no problems in virginia. so let's see if there are delays on 395 off the beltway pass land

west of i-2730 in the rock -- 270 in the rockville area. any lane information that comes in i'll keep you posted. let's take a live look at the beltway at river road. no issues as cow off 270 in -- as you come off 270. the west side of town, everything looks good. back to the maps inside the beltway where everything is running at or above the speed limit on 66. 295 is always a little bit slower as you head for the 11th street bridge but the lanes are open. we'll take a live look on the northbound side of i-95. this filled up quickly. i just looked at it a few minutes apg. no issues, though -- minutes ago. no issues, though, springfield to the beltway. >>> good night for area basketball teams. >> how about that. including another impressive win for georgetown as we draw closer to conference tournament time. highlights coming up in sports. >> how about the question of the morning. here we go. according to holiday inn, 600,000 of these are stolen from hotel rooms every year. is it a, towels, b, pillows, or c, batteries from the remote? >> our

high school game of the week, rockville, that's rockville's assistant coach talking to her players, butrd comes battling down and she scores, but the bank is open tonight, gang. she goes off glass. she has 15. lancers advance 61-26. wow. >> you liked that block. >> i did like that block. he rejected that. >> your manuscript -- >> i did, and you didn't leave me room. >> we didn't know you could hold a tune, either. >> really? you know all the time that he does do that. >> it's much better than some of the other voices i hear near my cubical. >> i don't know

this one in montgomery county, rockville. we pulled up to the scene here. this is a former youth treatment facility which is now vacant. we're talking with firefighters here and will bring you an update as soon as we get it. tough morning, busy morning, as well. stay with us for updates on the breaking news stories. >>> firefighters battid -- battg mother nature, as well. cold and windy. tom? >> winds gusting 20, 25 miles per hour. now they're settling a little bit. temperatures are below freezing. in the 20s from the mountains to the atlantic beaches. that includes the immediate metro area. it's only near 20 in montgomery county. arlington, fairfax, prince george's, now the low to mid 20s. district of columbia now in the mid 20s. we will stay below freezing to 9:00, 10:00 this morning. mid 30s by noon. we'll have clouds coming and going. winds will be gusting again around 30 miles per hour at noontime. hyattsville, hometown location in prince george's county, back down this time tomorrow below freezing. i'll have details on the rest of the day coming up in

temperature wise, it's 31 in rockville. temperatures north and west are still a little below freezing. secondary roads and bridges and overpasses, that's what you have to be careful of. if you have young drivers in your house, tell him that several times before we let him go out. 32 in college park and 32 in bowie. so, tonight primarily wet roads in the metro. bridges and overpasses, a different story. light rain and showers on saturday. good news, they should be out of here by evening. in fact, may be out of here by mid to late afternoon. tonight, light rain and drizzle. pockets of rain and drizzle. nothing heavy tonight. lows 30 to 36. now tomorrow, light rain and shower in the morning. 30s and 40s. finally warmer air comes in and finally scours the cold air out. mostly cloudy in the afternoon. light rain or showers. high temperatures near 45 and should end in the early afternoon. so sunday we're in good shape after our yellow alert day on saturday. 49 with sunshine on saturday. yes breezy and pleasant on monday. clouds c

and he will be teaching here at the elementary school in rockville. they say that he inappropriately touched an 11- year-old girl, forcing them to touch them. and he is the third teacher from the hall here, arrested in the last couple of years. jeremy brown, arrested in 2011 on a hand full of charges involving the minors as they were arrested in 2011 as well as kicking and punching and assaulting nine kids. and those alleged attacks happened when they taught at the elementary school in silver springs. working prior to that. >> a former atf agent, robbed, shot, killed while walking his dog. it happened just before 10:00 last night on cardinal drive in woodbridge. the 65-year-old was just a block from his home when it happened. no one can understand why they would do this. >> reporter: greg was a tremendous man if he ever wants to find a modeled citizen as you look up here and you'll find it. >> reporter: the investigators say this is the man who killed the 25-year-old alexander smith, the off-duty lieutenant chased them down after the shooting. >>> a l

and to get a ticket. >> he is trying to get rockville to make changes. but it will be driver habits that will most likely have to change. >> i know that things happen but i know i did get one. >> the tickets cost about $75 so it is pretty hefty there. there are about a dozen occasions that have the new fancy technology with the cameras that will send to be -- san to be ticket that nobody wants. >> wow. that does not seem to be very fair. >> you can see why a lot of drivers seem to be upset. >> we will have to keep our eye on that one. >> we will . coming up come a teenager -- coming up, a teenager's life forever changed after an accident claims his arm. >> and why the man who killed osama bin laden is breaking his silence in an anonymous interview. >> >> you are watching abc7 news at 5:00, on your side. >> new information about an elderly woman killed in her home of the weekend. >> the police have not counter killer. geraldine mcintyre was found inside your home on saturday. rich has the latest for us. rich? >> geraldine mcintyre was known as a kind, gen

bruce leshan is in rockville to show us how for a lot of people in our area, there's really no choice. >> reporter: montgomery county councilwoman valerie erwin is leading the snap challenge. hundreds of people are voluntarily trying to shop for food for five days on $5 a day. >> we'll be eating a lot of beans this week. >> reporter: more than 65,000 people in the county have no choice. >> look at this, buy one get 1. >> reporter: men, women and children surviving on five bucks a day because that is all they get from the federal supplemental nutrition assistance program. >> i'll get tuna, some bread, the beefaroni and frozen vegetables. >> did you have eggs on your list? >> reporter: you could just eat ramen noodles all week at 11 cents a serving, but they are absolutely terrible for you. they have about 40% of your daily allowance of saturated fat in each serving. >> the biggest challenge is nutrition, what you get. what can you get that's healthy for $5 a day? >> reporter: the snap program has surged since the great recession. the number of americans getting high pressure has doubl

a live picture from shady grove and rockville park. can see plenty of big flakes coming down. >> getting messy out there. >>> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm mike hydeck. >>> i'm jessica doyle. andrea roane is on assignment in new orleans. howard bernstein is watching the messy stuff on the roads and the skies. he's on the weather terrace with the forecast. >> it's like a snow globe out here. big fat flakes. some areas north and west of town, we know the ground is white there. got a quick burst, a little squall coming through. this is a very quick hitter. it will start to pull out the next couple of hours. even by mid-morning i expect the sunshine to return. here's a look at your day planner. the snow reducing visibilities a little bit. we'll be in the low 30s this afternoon. 32, maybe 33, 34, somewhere in that range. we have our school delays, a bunch of them on the bottom of the screen. i want to reiterate frederick, maryland is not drawed. it's fred -- not delayed. it's frederick county, virginia delayed by two hours. look

if you cross the line in rockville, it's going to cost you. >>> the beltway express lanes in virginia to the washington examiner, documents from express lanes operator transshan show the lanes lost $11.3 million in the first six weeks and this is how the costs break down. they cost 2.3 million to operate, 11 million in financing and 2.1 million in depreciation. a spokesperson said it's too easy to judge the lane's success. >>> we're monitoring metro with go news on reliability. the agency's annual report card shows significant gains. the trains and buses are more reliable. injuries for employees and riders are down and there is more escalators working. the general manager said there were improvements in 10 of the 12 areas metro watches. >>> an army veteran received the nation's highest award for his bravery in afghanistan. >> and i called clint to tell him he would receive the medal, he would he was honored and that it was not just me out there. it was a huge team-of-fort. we honor this american team. including those who made the ultimate sacrifice. >> reporter: former staff sergeant

red light tickets are on the rise in rockville. brian stephenson says he has been nabbed twice in the last week. , nearly 18,000 tickets thanissued, twice as many the year before. the price tag for each ticket $75. >> they should enforce the rules and another way. >> police say new technology is increased.for the august, they were capture new violations. drivers can be taken before intersection on a .teady red light have to pay of forgoing ore than 13 miles per hour making a right-hand turn on red. .olice have had complaints they say they are just enforcing the law. police say all violations are -- reviewed before any tickets are sent out. reinventing -- the white house would get how to control gun olence as is president joe needs with officials, one president obama gives .is state of the union address he will push for stricter gun .roll measures developments on the manhunt in california. there is a one million-dollar reward for information that leads to the arrest of dorner, suspected of killing three people. police evacuated a st

department of health and human serviceses, rockville, m; dr. maxine harris, ceo and co-founder, community connections, washington, dc. dr. clark, what is trauma and how do we define trauma? the definition of trauma is a little ambiguous, but it's tied to specific adverse events that a person may experience or a community may experience, including disasters, physical or sexual abuse, or witnessing the above-mentioned. it's of that nature, it could be psychological as well as physical, and there are a wide range of issues associated with the definition. very good, and what are the various sources of trauma? well, the sources are similar to the precipitant. it could be from a relative or a partner. it could be in war, from the enemy. it could be from tornadoes or hurricanes or floods. it could be from predators who are in the community unbeknownst to the victim, a person who's victimized from either physical assault or rape or events like that. so the, it can be from a loved one or it can be from a total stranger. dr. gillece, basically how is tra

. >> here we are in montgomery county on 355 wisconsin ave as it becomes rockville pike. there's an accident blocking the ramp from northbound 355 onto the inner loop of the beltway. police are there. watch for that very early. not causing a delay, but you will be detour away from the ramp. the beltway near the american legion bridge looks pretty good right now. no problems around the beltway in maryland or virginia. back to you. >> thank you. now to the weather problems in the city of laurel. it is flooding. the good news is the waters are starting to receive from the patuxent river. >> the commuter lot by the marc trains station on lafayette avenue and riverfront park will reopen. jay korff has more. it is scary. >> hundreds of laurel, maryland, residents living near the river face a voluntary evacuation order. the water has already crept into backyards. >> it's probably 5 feet of water. >> the frustration is not limited to the storm system. residents and city officials believe the majority of the flooding was caused after wssc opened floodgates upstream, a decision tha

back over to another live picture, to rockville. 28. back to you guys. >>> it is 6:30 and we have more on our breaking news story from the vatican. pope benedict xvi is resigning at the end of this month. joining us with more on this breaking story is stacey cohen. what is behind this decision by pope benedict xvi? >> reporter: good morning andrea. we have just learned a bit more about this. it's are peers the pope called a meeting of the cardinals so that he himself could deliver this news personally. he addressed them in latin but his statement has been released in english. i can tell you exactly what the hope had to say himself. he mostly mentioned his failing strength. he said quote due to an advanced age he said he is no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the ministry. later on he says both strength and body of mind are necessary, strength which in the last few months has detier 80 in me to the extent i have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me. he said he would have renounced

ocurrio en el area de rockville, un maestro fue detenido por abuso sexual a menoresy podrian existirmas victimas, por favor preste atencion a esta nota... la escuela, un lugar donde suponemos que nuestros niÑos estÁn seguros, pero para los padres de dos niÑas de 11 anos de la escuela elemental meadow hall de rockville este fue el lugar donde un maestro abuso de sus pequeÑas. blanca klein, vocera policÍa del condado de montgomeryel maÉ siendo acusado de otros actos inapropiados con menores que ocurrieron entre septiembre del ano pasado y febrero de este ano. sin embrago, informes indican que el profesor esta trabajando en las escuelas del condado de montgomery desde el 2099. se presume que podrÍan existir mÁs victimas blanca klein pero como identifica un padre de familia si sus hijos han sido objeto de abuso sexual? dra claudio campos la policÍa insta a los padres de comunicarse de inmediato con ellos si piensan que su hijo o hija ha sido abusado o tocado inapropiadam ente. blanca klein, vocera policÍa del condado de montgomerypor su encuentra detenido y maÑana tiene una audiencia par

southbound 270, lanes are open, no issues reported out of rockville.ht, easy traffic volume coming south leaving 109 out of hyattstown headed into germantown. so far, the pace is working in your favor as you head for the outer loop of the beltway. here we are live at connecticut avenue, inner loop rolling at speed. both 95 and 295 quiet right now. northbound on i-95 out of newington, no issues reported here. both the express lanes and main line are running at speed. you will find yourself at speed if you are traveling the beltway between annandale and merrifield. no issues for those traveling northbound on 395. overnight construction on the beltway near tyson's has cheered and no problems to report for those traveling between the springfield interchange and the wilson bridge. all lanes are open right now on 295. an easy drive leaving the beltway headed up to the southeast bridges. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. traffic. >> thank you. >>> arlington car thieves, they are taking the bait and we have video of the thieves being busted. >> arl

. >> another fire we are following is in rockville and we are getting our first pictures right now from that scene. you can see this is a two-alarm fire that has engulfed the karma academy. that is a residential treatment home for boys on watts branch parkway. we don't know how many boys were staying at the home and we have not heard of any injuries at the scene. >>> in our other top stories now, a 3-year-old boy is dead after being run over by his father's car. this happened last night on audrey lane in oxon hill. prince george's county police say the boy was inside the car with his grandmother when the car began rolling backwards. boy's father attempted to stop the car when the boy somehow fell out of the vehicle and was hit. a two-year-old girl was also injured but is expected to be okay. >>> a massive fire in germantown kept firefighters busy last night. it broke out on germantown road at a catering company warehouse. no reports of any injuries and still no word on what caused that fire. >>> residents in frederick county will have a chance to gill the sheriff about the death of a ma

. >> this is another fire happening in rockville. jummy olabanji has details. >> we just got some new information and a picture from the assistant fire chief scott graham. you see all the mass of flames coming from the area. the fire is at 176 watts branch parkway at karma academy, a residential home for boys. prior crews on the scene say that they don't believe there are any injuries, but they are not sure of the building was being occupied. they are working right now to knock down this two alarm fire happening just before 5:00 this morning. we have a crew headed to the scene in rockville pike. we are waiting for confirmation from the assistant chief. as soon as we get that, we will have an update for you. back to you. >> thank you. 5:27 25 degrees. the news continues at 5:30. still ahead, a live report from the scene of another house fire. this is a live picture from glenarden, maryland. you can see the firefighters started work looking for hot spots. they're >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> st

at facilities like the massive fda headquarters in rockville. now those workers could be looking at furloughs that would cost them as much as 20% of their pay. >> this is a meat act. >> stern does worry about the federal debt, but he says sequestration is the wrong way to deal with it. >> you can't just sort of slash across the board. no business does that. no one just says, all right, i'm going to cut everything 10%. you aren't going to cut your best salesman back by 10%. >> that's bad business. and bad government. in rockville, bruce leshan, wusa9. >>> you can imagine, a threat of government furloughs has federal workers in our area pretty upset. that's why wusa started a petition. should congress face penalties if they are furloughed due to sequestration. if you want to weigh in, here's what you can do. go to wusa9.com and you can find it on our home page. >>> defends his title at the armory. coming up at 7:00, the remarkable story of a boxer who was once homeless who overcome much more than that to fight his way back into the ring. >>> see y

topeka taught at the middle hall elementary school in rockville. just this month he inappropriately touched both of the girls and tried to force them to touch him. he's got a bond hearing set for tomorrow. just before learning about that arrest, one of d.c.'s well- known olympic swimming coach said he sexually abused a 13- year-old a decade ago. she came forward after she saw a picture of him still coaching more young girls. more on that from our bruce leshan. >> any comments? >> reporter: rick carl left the courthouse with a sentencing hanging over him. looking at the possibility of 15 years in prison for abusing one of his swimmers. at the pool, at her parent's home, everywhere he could get a hand on her. >> it has a lifelong impact on her. it has not gone away. >> reporter: she stood silently next to the prosecutor. curl gave them $150,000 back in the 1980s to keep quiet about the abuse. but curran said when she saw him coaching other young swimmers at olympic tryouts, she could no longer remain silent. whether when you are 13, 14, 15, you're n

they will become north, northwest at 10 once the system passes through. 30 for a low in rockville and fairfax. maybe 33 in college park. 31 in bowie. you get out to the west, 29 in sterling and 28 in leesburg and right around the freezing mark for our friends at waldorf. by morning, returning partly cloudy and cold. 20s and 30s. so a cold start, but no windchills to worry about. by afternoon, very respectable day. mostly sunny and chilly. you need your sunglasses. now the next three days, 9 weather alert, green, green, and yellow for friday. it could change your plans on friday, but bright, but brisk tomorrow, 45. 43 with more clouds on thursday. but dry on thursday and then at least showers, at the very least, showers on friday. high only 41. next seven days. we get through the showers on friday. we're left with a very nice saturday. brisk, but sunny. mid 40s. great sunday. we're back in the low 50s on sunday and rain and showers on monday. tuesday, sunshine returns and warm. mid 50s. so once we get through, temperatures in the 50s. >> thank you, sir. look who is back. >> i'm back fr

nice and quiet in the heart of rockville. over to virginia on the northbound side of i-95. to report right now from woodbridge into springfield. another live look outside, this time 395 heading into alexandria and king street. you can see everything is very quiet up to the 14th street bridge. back you to, mike and andre came. >>> super bowl xlvii is in the books. the baltimore ravens held on by the whiskers to win the championship. the ravens beat the 49ers 34- 31. >> in the end zone on an opening drive, they looked great, purple and black kept the momentum going into half time they had a 21-6 lead. looked like it was going to be easy. second half started out about the same. jacobi jones, 108 yards to the house, the longest play in super bowl history. midway through the

flash after flash after flash at some intersections here in the city of rockville. the city has a new type of camera watching over traffic, it takes video and can also calculate speed. >> it's about a 12-second video clip that you can watch the violation in progress. >> reporter: what makes them so unique is they can see if cars are coming to a complete stop. sensors called pucks can tell how fast ash and if a right turn is faster than 13 miles an hour and the whole car is over the while line, the camera flashes. >> how fast is a right turn, we came to show you, this is a right turn at about 13 miles an hour. you can see that's pretty fast to be going through an intersection. aaa in rockville says red light camera tickets are up over 100%. >> here's the great irony of it. if you go through the light on yellow, or the lights turns to red while you're going through the intersection, you don't get a ticket, but if you stop, but stop beyond the white line, you get a ticket. >> drivers do say they try to follow the rules. >> because if you're breaking the law, then you'r

our ken molestina is live in rockville where a town hall meeting on the issue just wrapped up. what did you find out? >> reporter: well, it was a packed house here at the town hall meeting. of course the lieutenant governor anthony brown on hand to talk about his proposal. and i'll tell you something, just based on my observation, it seems like more people came out to speak against this proposal than in favor of it. >> and by and large, while i appreciate the effort, i do not support the assault weapons ban. >> we applaud the courage for proposing common sense gun laws. >> reporter: both sides of the gun debate showed up to speak directly to one of the men spear heading a new legislation proposal. the lieutenant governor anthony brown. >> we have debate happening in indianapolis. but our goal is to improve the quality of life and to reduce crime. >> reporter: it calls for more safety at school. also a focus on mental health issues by use of a task force. but the point of most contention is the new set of retention on new legal gun owners who already abide by rules. a limit on m

briefly, tomorrow and tomorrow afternoon. 46 in bethesda, 47 arlington, 46 in springfield, 49 in rockville. temperatures are pretty mild really, 49 in college park, 47 andrews and 42 toward annapolis. there wasn't much wind today is the good news. we have another little system. it's going to take a track like this, okay? not going to have time to tap the gulf of mexico, but it is a pretty healthy disturbance in the upper levels of the atmosphere. as the cold front rolls through, this system will stay to our north. this will develop on the backside of the front and give us a chance of some snow tomorrow night and into saturday. then a storm system will try to develop off the coast, still appears that's going to be too far east to cause any big problems. now we have clear skies. we'll stay clear much of the night, a few high clouds come in late. so chilly tonight, mild friday. afternoon and evening showers possible. i could even see a thundershower along the southern bay tomorrow and then snow friday night, maybe snow possible on saturday, especially in the morning. for tonight clear to part

high school basketball game of the week taking us to rockville.hat's where rockville christian was hosting bellevue. gang getting it done. off to miss. baylor delivers the shot. mustangs dominating the board and the game and the outside shot doesn't fall. doesn't matter. williams there with a putback. they cruise to the win. the final 66-45 montrose christian always good and they were good again tonight. >> are you sure those are only high school kids? >> i was just thinking the same thing. >> they're s hey anon!! i'm b,e lk ath taste... i d urax. i thghyowe aaxxpt? majotastesdvti foprars toy,'m mteplbe withnoaxxpiee necear" aturta y oy taner frompa e otaatrns- l alaxxpts

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the winner is linganore at rockville. >> i think a shout out to the caps fans. they had a strike, a knock-out in the beginning, lock-out, not winning any games, and the people still come out. >> they love their caps. >> we'll >>> the votes have been counted. tonight our facebook friends got to choose which story they wanted to see. the nine-year-old who wants to run a marathon on every continent, a marriage proposal, or a world war ii veteran working towards his ged. >> he's 86 years old, his name is james grammar. no pun intended. he dropped out in 9th grade because he had to support his family, then he was drafted. he said, i'm going get my ged. he even fell in love with his math tutor. he's hoping to have his degree by the end of the year. >> love and a degree. never too late. >> hey, man. >> a lot of people would go back for the ged if they knew you could find a girlfriend. >> the

rockville 27. 27 in fairfax. 25 in sterling. 29 in college park. now tomorrow morning, 20s and 30s, mostly cloudy. a little breezy late in the morning. by afternoon, a lot of clouds, but it stays dry. highs around 40. winds pick up easterly at 10 to 15. so the next three days, 9 weather alert is green tomorrow, but still yellow on friday. raw and wet. 44 degrees and then breezy and chilly on saturday in the wake of the storm in the low 40s. and really very nice on sunday. temperatures go back to around 50 with sunshine. more rain and showers on monday, but we're now really warm. low 50s. a break on tuesday and some more showers possible on wednesday with highs in the upper 40s. we were just talking, a lot of chitchat going on about this storm in new england. if you know anybody that has plans to travel in new york city or albany or boston or hartford, tell them to get there by friday morning or they aren't going to get there or out any time soon. >> that could impact fashion week. >> what's that? >> that could impact fashion week. >> oh no. heart b

lows looking at 30 in rockville and fairfax. but 29 in latensville. 33 toward college park. 29 in sterling and 29 in manassas. some folks north and west will get below freezing. to start on wednesday, 20s and 30s. light winds, it's not a bad day. by afternoon, very nice. mostly sunny and chilly. need your sunglasses. high temperatures in the mid 40s. okay. the next three dais, our 9 weather alert is green tomorrow, bright, but brisk. some come in, and 41, rain and a little raw on friday. we'll make that a yellow alert for now. next seven days, well we're looking at temperatures about average on saturday. sunshine. in fact, a very nice day. look at sunday. low 50s. clouds come in late, but a great day. rain on monday and we're looking at temperatures in the 50s with sunshine on tuesday. so a great start to the week after a wet start. we're still talking 50s. that's a good deal. >>> now, here's kristen berset at the wusa9 cadillac sports desk. >> the city of baltimore and ravens fans everywhere have been waiting 12 years for this

the city of rockville changed camera vendors. changed the cameras and what they consider to be a red light violation. let's show you video we shot. here's what it looks like. the cameras will flash if the driver crosses the white stop line. also videotaped drivers making right turns on red but they'll get a ticket if they don't come to a complete stop before making the turn. westbound at research. 5087 tickets in 2012. only 1043 in in 2011. 4087 in 2012. only 756 last year . this is a brand new camera. it only began operating in august. 3981 in five months. here's what aaa had to say about that. >> in one year we saw the numbers of red light runners go from 8600 to 18,000 just shy of 18,000. now, what changed? the vendor and the methodology. doesn't mean that suddenly we have a whole rash of drivers in rockville that think it's all right to run red lights. there was no change in drivers. >> reporter: now aaa says using those stop lines as a trigger for red light violations may be contrary to guidelines that the federal highway ad

. >> yesterday in annapolis and rockville, gun control supporters and advocates spoke out about the bill and restrictions it will place on legal gun owners. ken molestina has more. >> i do not support the assault weapons ban. >> reporter: there were nays and yays. >> we applaud the courage of the o'malley-brown administration. >> reporter: both sides showed up on wednesday to speak directly to one of the men spearheading a new gun legislation proposal, the lieutenant governor anthony brown. >> we are debates happening on the governor's propose, my proposal. our goal is to improve the quality of life and reduce crime. >> reporter: the proposal calls for more funding for school safety to the tune of $25 million. also a focus on mental health issues by use of a task force and an improvement in current services. but the point of most contention is the new set of restrictions on legal gun owners who already abide by current rules. it calls for a ban on all so- called assault style rifles, a limit on magazine capacity to ten rounds and tougher background checks. >> they're not the only answer

no issues reported through germantown and headed towards rockville. overnight construction at 95 and 198, all of that has cleared. 66 eastbound leaving manassas, no issues reported, continuing inbound towards centreville and you'll find you're at speeds, so far so good. new york avenue at blaitensburg road, continuing south into the city and out towards pennsylvania avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> our big story this morning, five days of nightmarish conditions finally come to an end for thousands of cruise ship passengers. >> i just feel sick about what they've had to go through. a carnival cruise ship arrive inside mobile, alabama late last night. passengers have access to showers and fresh food for the first time in days. sherry has more on this. >>reporter: hi, sarah, hi, wisdom. carnival cruise passengers headed into mobile today, they were happy to finally have some hot showers and some food after this horrific ordeal at sea. it took four hours to get everyone off the 14-story ship. some people were so overjoyed that the

eight 36 in rockville. -- it's 36 in rockville. 35 in lovettsville. in dumfries this morning, they're at 28 degrees. alexandria at the freezing mark as well. looking at our michael & son weather camera, you see some of the light reflecting off the clouds overhead. with the slight wind, it feels like 32. miewmedty at 70 -- humidity at 70%. the weather headlines, a bright but brisk wednesday expected. more clouds. tolder tomorrow. we'll struggle to get above 40. a cold wet friday and wintry mix northwest of d.c. friday morning. best chances for that will be along north and i-70, along and west of i-81. even areas in upper montgomery, loudoun, fauquier could be seeing some of that wintry mix in the early morning hours of friday. we're watching just a few snow showers from western new york over toward eastern massachusetts. otherwise a fairly quiet looking satellite and radar composite. on our futurecast, we'll show you expecting the sunshine at midday. sunshine to clear skies this afternoon. should be a good looking sunset. tonight generally quiet but to

no problems to report here in rockville. we're looking good as you head down to the point where the lanes divide. and one more live look, this time in springfield, northbound on 95. no issues on to 395. andrea and mike? >> thank you, monika. >>> it will be easier for many nationals fans to watch the big games on tv this season. >> we're excited about t. we'll explain that. plus, georgetown battles marquette for sole possession of second place in the big east on the line. highlights coming up next in sports. >>> at 5:19, we want to take another look at the question on facebook. according to yahoo,.com, doing this will cost the afternoon person $2,000 by the end of the year. is it a, pumping gas, b, throwing away food, or c, eating out? >> our facebook friend matt wrote wow, it's got to be b, throwing away food because c and a way higher good good thinking, matt. log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page, leave your >>> 5:22. clear skies, breezy overnight that's why temperatures are still in the 40s. as we go through the morning,

. >>> a warning is out to drivers in rockville tonight. triple and mid atlantic says the red light cameras are siting drivers who stop for light, but cross the white line. violators face a $75 fine. the change in the camera equipment and vendor has caused red light cameras to jump 105% in rockville last year. taking in about $1.3 million. 8600 red light citations were issued in 2011 compared to 1780 in 2012. >>> a nightmare at sea for 4200 carnival cruise ship passengers should soon be coming to an end. the carnival is being towed to port after an engine fire left it dead in the water off the yucatan peninsula yesterday morning. the fire left the ship without propulsion. the cruise ship is expected to arrive on wednesday. >>> three people are dead after a shooting inside a wilmington, delaware, courthouse. a man walked into the courthouse lobby early this morning and opened fire. involving the gunman and his wife. five people were shot. the gunman and his wife are among the dead. two court security guards were wounded, but they are expecte

no issues continuing out of rockville headed to the leap divide.ling to and from the wilson bridge, overnight crash we had on the outer loop coming from virginia headed into oxon hill has cleared. inner loop, at speed headed back over towards route one. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. e traffic. >>> a touch be honor for grieving parents at the state of the union address. several parents of victims of gun violence were invited to attend the event. one mother lost her daughter in one of the words shootings in d.c. history. nardeen jeffries' daughter was killed with four others in eye drive-by shooting on north capital street back in 2010. since then being jeffries has dedicated her life to preventing if you arer gun violence. delegate eleanor holmes norton invited her to watch the address last night. >> it is very needed, very important and i just feel like it is a part of i guess the legacy of my daughter. >> first lady michelle obama also invited the parents of 15- year-old hadiya pendleton to sit next to her. she was killed in chicag

moving along as you guys continue out in the main line headed towards rockville.ter loop, you are slowing between university boulevard and colesville road. i'm finding delays on northbound 95 in stafford leaving aquia harbor headed out towards dale city. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. traffic. >>> a disturbing new report this morning on teen drivers. it seems that the number of teenagers who are dying behind the wheel is rising reversing a decades-long trend. in the first six months of last year, deaths of 16 and 17-year- old drivers were up 19% compared to the year before. there were 107 drivers aged 16 who died betweenian and june. that compares with 86 killed in the first half of 2011. for 17-year-olds, 133 died in the first half of last year. 116 were killed in the first six months of 2011. >>> duking you out to the over a domestic diva. next we'll go live to fox business network in new york approximate for details.  [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thankyou card to pick up some accessories. a new bel

in the first 4 traffic office, good news in rockville. travel nelson at west montgomery avenue, that earlier accident is clear. travel lanes are open. shooting over to columbia, maryland. still seeing the ramp from westbound 32. as you take the ramp to head northbound 29, that ramp is still blocked by the overturned box truck. now, we'll head down and check travel speeds. northbound at edsall, usual delays here. traveling towards seminary road. you're underspeed. it's not terrible. you're averaging about 40 miles per hour. take you 16 minutes to get to the 14th street bridge. over to you. >>> 6:52 now. a close call for metro riders. a huge tree fell and landed on a full bus. the crash happened on 16th street and spring road in northwest last night. no one was injured. >>> new this morning, a surprise announcement from the international olympic committee. one of the oldest sports in out. beginning in 2020 wrestling will not be a core olympic sport. wrestling date back to the first modern olympics. that does not mean we won't see wrestling

dumfries 21. 24 for rockville and laurel. 27 in leesburg. 25 waldorf, baden and over at andrews. one more look at that gorgeous sky under our michael & son weather camera this morning. very pretty. a temperature of 26 at reagan national. feels like 19 thanks to a north, northwesterly wind at 6 miles an hour and the humidity is only 51%, rather dry. so the jet stream, the two branches of the jet stream, one to the north, one to the south, both going west to southeast. the zonal flow will keep most of the arctic air north of the border. we see this disturbance coming through chicago. this is going to dump a swath of snow across ohio, southwestern pennsylvania, west virginia and western maryland, garrett county, 6 to 10 expected. you have winter storm warnings. for us this will get here late this afternoon, tonight with a trace, maybe an inch of snow. better chance of that will be toward frederick and hagerstown. so the late flurries and snow showers. 36. if we get enough sun, even 38, 39 is not out of the question.  tonight 25 to 30 with the

temperatures 35 in rockville, 33 bethesda, 34 reston and fairfax not bad, 35 in springfield, college34 toward waldorf. here's our clipper and it looks pretty impressive now. what happens, though, all this will fall on the west side of the divide on the mountains, so great news for the ski resorts from snowshoe up to timberline up to wisp. after that not a lot of snow shower activity makes it over into the immediate metro area. again i think the best chance will be north of town frederick and north gaithersburg north and certainly you'll see a little accumulation west of hagerstown. other than that a couple showers passing to our south through st. mary's city and st. mary's county but not causing too many problems. so another clipper tonight, snow showers possible mainly north, a dusting maybe north and west of town. evening commute looks fine, no worries at all. tonight 28 to 32, cold, flurries or snow shower mainly north, low temperatures upper 20s to low 30s, winds southwest at 10. by morning we still run the risk of a couple snow showers, 20s and 30s, light wind, don't think it wi

use caution. 270 getting covered in snow, towards rockville and gaithersburg, and because the startingttle. and here is the whole -- hole. the district getting not much more than salaries. it's going to be coming down. here's the extent of the snowfall, stretching from delmarva into the carolinas. it is a quick moving system. this will be out of here by 9:00 or so. the winter weather advisory is fruntil 10:00 for up to an inch of snow. 34 degrees is your temperature right now, dew point at 27, wind out of the west at 8 miles an hour. the wind will pick up this afternoon. it's 28 degrees in dulles and gaithersburg. there's a picture at dulles airport of parking lots getting covered in snow, someone sent me that. your body feels a wind chill in the teens and 20s. you need a hat and gloves this morning. cold air extends down to the south and will stay in place through a good part of the weekend. saturday night into sunday there will be snow again and not trained. we have a better chance of getting accumulations them. -- saturday night and sunday morning, snow and not rain. tomorrow, it's

. >> people in northeast cleaning blizzard.he >> a remarkable job in red light camera tickets in rockville. jummy olabanji will break down the numbers. we've got a warm up on the way. outside live look rosslyn this morning. wet roads as well. good morning, washington. i am cynne simpson. >> i am scott thuman. glad to have you along as we begin the work week. every newith forecast. jeras.o to jacqui damp, but it will not last long. coming to an end a few hours from now. live super doppler showing most maryland, eastn the metro area. but we still have spotty showers in loudoun and in to fairfax county and towards dale city along interstate 95. 0.-6 it is ofro point inches of rain. we could see a few hints of sunshine late today. overall pretty cloudy, but very mild. '50s.atures well in the we have that look forward to at least. let's check on traffic as things are wet this morning. ,ow is everybody handling it jamee? >> plans for extra time for sure and with the wet road. here we are on pennsylvania avenue, doing ok, but with wet pavement. leave plenty of braking distance. seat pleasant , st