, this disturbance now, positioned well off in in to the atlantic, the closest rain in to southern north carolina and couple hundred miles out from southern north carolina. we are okay with the system for our weekend here at the maryland beaches, del aware beaches. we will watch this with interest over the next couple of days. even if this strengthens some , the projection brings it in to south carolina, and georgia. overnight, down to 65, partly cloudy, mild and balmy. upper 80s tomorrow. 87, plenty of sunshine, getting steamy, it's going to feel hotter than 87. tomorrow 67 with a few clouds and let's check out the seven- day forecast here. lacking at the long weekend, about the way we have been expecting it to go all week. temperatures at or near 90. realize with the humidity, not going anywhere. it's going to feel like more than 90 about each and every afternoon through the weekend. great beach weather. >> i thought this was the unofficial start of summer. >> we may have to make this official. >> one tropical disturbance. you think we will have a lot of disturbances and hurricanes that summer?

beryl if you're traveling this weekend or for next week down to southern north carolina, south carolinae on the look out. beryl keeping weather unsettled there. for us, our next chance for showers is going to be this weather front laying up just across pennsylvania. that will be the focusing mechanism for any real shower or thunderstorm chances not just today but on through the remainder of the weekend. the front's hanging out just up to our north. that's the reason our rain chances are better in the northern and western spots. as the front hangs up against the line, i think will once again be the focus for rain chances this weekend. maybe a spritz or sprinkle there there on the mason-dixson line. the general trend is for most rain to be north or west of our area. that is welcomed news. here's your saturday forecast. partly sunny. warm and humid today. one or two showers. again, mountains of west virginia, southern pennsylvania highs today 84 to 89. tomorrow i think we'll be one or two driveways warmer than that. today and tomorrow both, a few spots might touch 90 degrees. the bowie sti

reporter: over the next "48 hours" beryl is expected to bring wind and rain to areas of southern georgia, north carolina and south carolina and, anthony, forecasters then expect that later in the week it will spin back out to sea. >> mason: anna we werer in florida. thanks, anna. in afghanistan, three nato service members were killed this memorial day, two in a helicopter crash in the east, the third died in an enemy attack in the south. the situation in syria took an ominous turn over the weekend when more than 100 people were massacred in a small town. many of the victims were the children. syrians rose up against the assad regime 14 months ago. the u.n. says more than 9,000 civilians have been killed in the fighting. so what happens next? we have two reports beginning with elizabeth palmer. >> reporter: a mass grave is the only way for the villages of houla to cope with 108 bodies as they arrived singlely or in groups for burial. 49 of them, said the united nations, were children. these shocking images prodded the u.n. back into action, and today kofi annan, the man whose peace plan is so vividly fai

. >> this could heard obama in southern states, including north carolina, who just passed a ban on same-sex marriage. >> obviously, with that in mind, you do not want to be on the wrong side of a high-profile issue like this. >> the white house says the shift will have no impact on current policies and that marriage is an issue best decided by the states. >> the president's new position on gay marriage comes as marylanders continue to sort out their own feelings on the issue. opponents of the recently passed same-sex marriage bill gathered signatures for a possible referendum. >> marylanders are person that think for themselves and react on their own, not because of somebody saying something, no matter how unpopular they might be. >> ultimately, the voters always have their prerogative and have to make their decision. in our state, whenever given an opportunity to move forward. >> the opposition has gathered 30,000 signatures, which is half the amount needed for a referendum. >> yesterday and today, night and day. yesterday, 2/3 an inch of rain. today, it is just sunshine outside. the rain

. >> this could help mitt romney with conservatives but hurt president obama in southern states, including north carolina, where voters just approved a ban on gay marriage. >> north carolina and virginia are the linchpins of president obama's strategy. obviously, with that in mind, you don't want to be on the wrong side of the issue, particularly high-profile issues like this. >> the shift will have no impact on current policies and that marriage is an issue best decided by the states. tara mergener, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the new position, says marylanders continue to sort out their own feelings on the issue. the governor hopes the support of the commander in chief will further the cause. >> marylanders, people who think for themselves react and not because of somebody saying something no matter how popular they might be. >> ultimately the voters always have the progress and the voters have to make the decision. when moving forward in our state. >> that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. how do you think the president's support of gay marriage will impact maryland's potential referendum on

. >> this could help mitt romney with conservatives but hurt president obama in southern states, including north carolina where voters just approved a ban on gay marriage. >> north carolina and virginia are the linchpins of president obama's strategy. you don't want to be on the wrong side of the issue, particularly high-profile issues like this. >> the shift will have no impact on current policies and that marriage is an issue best decided by the state's. >> law was the reaction to the announcement on capitol hill? >> democrats applauded it saying it could help recapture some of the excitement of the campaign back in 2008. republicans say the president is playing politics and taking his eye off of the economy. >> tara mergener, thank you. the remarks add new life to the same sex debate in maryland. supporters and opponents say the announcement will push voters to their respective sides. >> maryland there's thing for themselves and react on their own volition and not because of somebody saying something no matter how popular they might be. >> another strong supporter. to have the president on our side al

storm will start to change again, it will bring it back up across the carolinas, exiting, somewhere around southern sections of northrn beaches there of south carolina, as it gets back over the open water it is forecast in 3 more days to become, a tropical storm again, here offshore, we will keep an eye on it. looks like we will be protected as a trough of low pressure, will come in and sweep it off to sea. very unusual. early season storm. 60s suburbs, lower 70s here in town and again tomorrow another muggy day temperatures middle 80s by lunchtime. scattered showers and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon, and tomorrow evening, high temperature, around 90, feels like tomorrow will be right in there, 94, 95 degrees, some of those thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon could be strong, maybe even severe, we cool things back down into the 80s. perfect timing with this hot stuff. >> i need a little cool down. >> thanks gary. >>> maryland was well prep resented at the ncaa lacrosse final the top seated loyola greyhounds taking on the terrapins. they were trying to end a drought. dave ross has the highlights. went all the way to

southern parts of virginia into north carolina there are some talkeder colors -- darker colors.some ben if i believe rain for us -- it is beneficial rain for us. we have over a 5 inch rain deficit. with -- we really do need this. some other good news, there's a lot going on this weekend and it looks like this storm is going to get out of here the second half of the week. 70s today, close to our average. tonight rain, drizzle, fog. tomorrow chance of rain -- well, there's going to be rain, drizzle, maybe a couple of thunderstorms up to 77 degrees. all this will slowly start to move away on wednesday and we will dry it out starting wednesday afternoon into thursday. whether he have that forecast -- we will have that forecast coming up. >>> still to come, the dangerous of sippy cups. how doctors say plastics are sending thousands of children to emergency rooms every year. >> hear are the top stories on wjz.com. for insisterstant in-- instant updates log onto wjz.com. roar! alright, what do lions eat? that's all the horses sir. ...and the men? all the king's men are here too sir. it

look at the area of red and orange down 0 in southern virginia, north carolina. that is some very heavy rain. a pretty large area of it, too. that's advancing to the north-northeast and taking a bead along the i-95 corridor that may be into the metro area. out ahead of that temperatures are beginning to warm up now. it's near 70 in richmond. 73 around havevirginia beach an norfolk. closer to washington. we've been holding steady in the low to mid-60s through much of the morning and we will until around noontime but we should be warming up during the afternoon hours into the upper 60s to low 70s with occasional showers and maybe a little bit of thunder and lightning, but i don't think we're going to have any severe weather but some much-needed rain off 0 and on that will probably continue into tonight. we'll look at big changes on the way here for the rest of the week and a new app pour your phone. all the latest on that in just a couple of minutes. barba barbara? >> okay, tom. come on in here. we'll see you in a few minutes. part of new hampshire avenue is closed

severe weather, to southern virginia and into north carolina there.tentially strong thunderstorms and there is some wind damage there and we have had a little bit of cloud cover coming in and this is another area that we'll continue to watch for later tonight and we want to see what this does and is that going to remain stronger and remain a couple of showers through the area and we'll watch that and update you on that at 10 and on the news edge at 11. he's what we know. the cool front passing us by now and tonight, that is going to return north again tomorrow as this, a warm front, and that is some cooler air to the north and east and there is a possibility that we're going to see showers and thunderstorms. probably a little better chance to be perfectly honest, tomorrow than today and in the afternoon and in the peak heating, a bit of a trigger is coming on by and that is even possible one or two of the thunderstorms could be severe with some strong wind gusts and we're going call for spotty thunderstorms in the afternoon. and then that boundary, th

the remains of the storm are expected to head out northeast across southern georgia and north carolinamaria, are we out of the woods yet? >> no, we are not. we are looking at more flooding rain across florida, georgia and north carolina. the storm system will pull in the tropical moisture from the atlantic ocean west ward into portions of georgia into south carolina. as we head into the next 24-48-hours we will continue to see a lot of heavy rain here. don't expect beryl to bring much more. right now sustained winds, maximum sustained winds at 30 miles per hour moving northward slowly at 2 miles an hour. that's why we are seeing so much rainfall here because it is such a slow mover. wednesday stronger with 35 miles per hour. then it could become a tropical storm once again. win moving 45 miles an hour off t-- winds 45 miles per hour. we are in a drought out here we need the moisture. when you get too much water too fast then you have the flooding concern. there are a number of flooding advisories from florida to eastern north carolina. >> now to some things you can bank on this morning

north carolina. wilmington looks okay. eastern north carolina, going to get clipped by strong thunderstorms. also a little bit of wet weather now going in through areas of southern virginia. just crossing the border with north carolina. you look just fine around raleigh and durham after overnight rain. further to the north, thunderstorms continue. they are arriving. going to head for duluth shortly. also sioux falls just to the north of you there in south dakota. showers and storms. i'd have that umbrella handy from st. cloud to minneapolis during the day today. here's how the forecast looks. northern plains, chance of some showers and thunderstorms. including minneapolis. and then in the eastern seaboard if you are in virginia up to d.c., definitely a period of rain this afternoon and thunderstorms. and that could even be near philadelphia and new york city during the day. and i mentioned the heat. look at this, lynn. 99 is the forecast high in dallas tomorrow. and 90 in chicago. so it looks like our heat, well, remember how hot last summer was? >> yes. >> looks like -- >> but it was july around that time. it's end of may. what is happening? bill, thanks. >>> m

southern virginia down through north carolina until 9:00 p.m. aa lot of light wng that as well.ould stay south of our area. we're going to be mild. some cloud cover for the evening hours. 72 by 9:00. look at how we start tomorrow. awfully mild, too. 60 to about 65 degrees. just like this morning we had some showers around. there's a chance for some more showers tomorrow morning. i don't think it's going to be as heavy as what we saw south of the area. the fact is, again, still another weather front kind of b bowing back and forth through our area. storms firing up for tomorrow. we'll watch this front make its way a little bit more to the north. we'll have some cloud cover around once again. partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. best chance of showers and storms will be during the afternoon. there's 5:00 tomorrow. right along that front. we do it all over again for thursday. but with the heat really rising by the end of the week. 70 to 76 degrees for your evening with the sun setting at 8:02. a warm start to the day tomorrow. again, humid. some showers around. 56 to 62. here's a look a

we do have this complex here down into portions of north carolina and southern virginia and a frontal system just kind of wavering across the area. that will be the focal point for additional showers and storms later today. going to be another day or so with this. tomorrow, we'll repeat it. just an isolated risk for a storm by friday. look out. here comes the heat for the weekend. hot temperatures around here by saturday and sunday. we'll get our first real test of heat by this weekend. 68 right now. plenty of humidity out there. that is making it feel warmer. 63 in gaithersburg. 07 in quantico. 69 in annapolis. 64 in leonardtown. here is your forecast. plenty of clouds out there. just like yesterday. might be a period of sunshine or some rays of sunshine. scattered showers. there are your winds out of the south at about five miles per hour. mostly cloudy, showers and storms tonight. certainly a possibility. we'll do it one more day tomorrow with temperatures about 82. by friday, just an isolated risk of a storm. highs in the mid- to upper 80s. look at saturday and sunday, just making

severe storms rumbling through southern virginia and across the north carolina border. looks like we will get by with essentially dry weather. there are some clouds and patchy fog that may form as we get through the overnight. more storms out in the ohio valley rumbling this way. a potential for some unsettled weather as we head into the middle of the week. more on that with the forecast and a couple of minutes. >> football fans in new england and new orleans are throwing a red flag tonight at reagan's head coach john harbaugh. >> it is all because of some comments he made on the radio this morning -- at raven's head coach john harbaugh. >> her parents were told she would never hear and never learned to speak. they refused to accept that diagnosis, in tonight "medical alert." alert." >> i am tim [ male announcer ] if you stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®. love the air. >> head coach john harbaugh is

they still exist in places around the country and in swing states like virginia, like north carolina, like southern ohio and so forth. i know those people, i went to the early tea party rallies in 2009 in my second home state of kentucky, and for some of those people, this still matters. that's who donald trump is speaking to. sir romney will take the money and keep his distance from trump. don't forget, the last time mitt romney said that barack obama was born in the united states, the last time mitt romney said that in public was april of 2011. he hasn't said it since. all romney has said is, you know, people are entitled to their opinion. so they're letting trump go out there and raise this as much as he, trump, wants. >> yeah, all he did was send out his spokesman today to do it, but he won't put his lips around it. john ral stston, here's the thi about why this is so important. so far in this campaign, mitt romney has shown a willingness to go down for just about anybody. the tax nuts like us. the christian rite going down to a literary university and getting a degree, for whatever that's wort

but we have heard from a lot of other pastors in north carolina and in the broader -- across the country as well, one in particular the southernntion, the biggest baptist group in american with 16 million members. this church in north carolina is not a member of that convention. they're an independent group. so these southern baptists came out and soundly condemned virtually everything he said, despite the fact that they are opposed to same-sex marriage themselves. this language, this rhetoric was too far for just about everybody. on the time i've spent on this story i haven't found a single person outside of that church building supported those comments by pastor worley. >> eric, thanks so much for bringing that to us. >>> for more on this story, check out our belief blog at cnn.com/belief. you can add your own comments if you'd like. >>> debris from that deadly earthquake and tsunami in japan is now washing up on the alaskan shore. and it's impacting the environment. every communications provider is different but centurylink is committed to being a different kind of communications company. ♪ we link people and fortune 500 co

these areas in yellow and orange, down the central southern shenandoah valley into western north carolinais is advancing north and east. maybe coming into the western suburbs around noontime. and then later this afternoon, maybe even thunder and lightning. how much rain will we get? looks like areas west of washington, lavender and red, this is the zone that could get up to as much as four inch of rain. -- four inches of rain. closer to washington, an inch and a half to two inches by the time this ends. looks like much of the day on tuesday will be the end of it. there is that gray sky over the jefferson memorial, occasional showers through the day. highs in the low 70s. a look at the week and improving news for the weekend in ten minutes at 6:51. danella? >>> still seeing accident activity in the shoulder lane. making your way i-95 at lorton. it's again affecting the right shoulder lane. travel lanes are open. you're slow on i-95 in virginia. traveling on route 50 inbound at 202, heavy on the brakes. delays are in between the beltway as you make your way to kenilworth avenue. checking se

north carolina charlotte, north carolina. for the new viewers at 8:45 the family of vern glenn having a home in southern california. aving a difficult round. after an even par. low scores. he has not broken 70. he will not be a around this weekend and north carolina. and the u.s. open is coming to san francisco. >> vern: berkeley has spent half of his 54 years on the golf course as a caddy. the last three at the olympic club. it is no wonder the san francisco native would like to play as a player in the u.s. open. who would know this golf course better than him? >> a couple of and just like that. kind of like that. >> his journey will begin may 7th with a qualifier in montana. just one of several across the country he knows that several players will be competing for several spots in the field. by the way his dogs are going with him as well. in san francisco, kron4. >>gary: when we return it is email time. people talk about the death of sea and the accusations of jaywalking. coming up you're going down! it's all over! no! it's not over yet! sofas that can take anything life throws at them. the words are going this wa

having said that, in swing states like iowa, north carolina, particularly southern ohio, blue-collar catholics in pennsylvania. >> virginia. >> virginia, this is an issue that won't play well for the president. so when it came down to it, he really didn't have any great choices because he was going make somebody angry no matter what he did. what he didn't want to do is look weak or indecisive. he wanted to look like a decisive president. he was kind of pressured into it because of joe biden said and what arne duncan said and so he came out and said what most people believed he believed anyway. >> and i sense that he and his people would want us to see this as almost a profile and courage moment. >> it's very risky. i don't know how risky it is, simply for the reasons that gloria states and because this is a huge community as jessica pointed out. this is a huge community for the president. remember when he did fund raisers and i think it was in 2010 and he went before a group of gays and lesbians who pretty much shouted him down on a lot of issues that were important, don't ask, don't

north carolina is the only southern state not to have such an amendment in its constitution.tics say amendment one would invalidate civil unions and domestic partnerships even for straight couples. >> with this definition of marriage, then any other relationship that straight or gay couples have could be annulled. >> it's basically a statement that in north carolina marriage will remain defined as between a man and woman. >> the famous reverend billy graham spoke out in support of the amendment. he said watching the moral decline of our country causes me great concern, i believe the home and marriage is the foundation of our society and must be protected. but high profile supporters of same sex marriage are speaking out. chelsea clinton urged everyone to vote against it saying it's our duty to join the fight on both the gay and lesbian north carolinans who are with the target of the amendment and tens of thousands of straight male and female north carolinans who will be collateral damage if the amendment passes tuesday. >> there is this story of the pastor sean harris who was

southern states. >> even if he gets north carolina. >> and florida. if he does not win one of those in the industrial midwest. >> pennsylvania is like losing the football. >> wisconsin is fascinating. talk about a time-out. we talk about gridlock here, this is a gridlock on steroids if you will when it comes to wisconsin. no one has decided to call time out there either. the last undecided voter, they say they're basically people who can't stand the governor and who can't stand the fact that labor is trying to roll back some of these things. >> you and i could talk about politics all day. thank goodness we've got the app. >> by the way, quickly. >> the afternoon tip sheet is the also a cool thing where at 3:30, there's always something new to let you know the, everything you need to know in five seconds. >> whatever news made on andrea mitchell reports. >> driven by this hour as we all know. >> thank you. >> we were the number one news app yesterday. let's keep it up, folks snees keep it up. thank you, chuck. >> bye. >> and it's free. have we mentione

southern georgia. and eventually impacting folks in north carolina with some very heavy rain right along the coast.eek is a cold front moving east that will bring in maybe some strong storms to the northeast for tuesday. the travel headaches are expecting in this area. the heat wave just about done for some of us across the upper midwest. as that keld front comes through, notice the temperatures in chicago. 84 degrees on tuesday. 95. that was a record. two days in a row we had records. the cold air making its way toward you. but ahead of the cold front temperatures in the 80s. washington and new york city. here it is on wednesday along the coast, still some tropical moisture left over as well. and then our next front begins to move in from the west. that'll bring some more showers and thunderstorms to the northern plains. now, temperatures there looking in the 50s and 60s. so really not conducive to severe storms. chicago now 63 degrees. that's a huge change for you guys. all right. 95 in dallas. houston at 94. there's the heat across the south. we're not going to feel the effects of that front com

north carolina, and he said, mr. lincoln's going to win, but that's no republican for the south to so seed. you have no right. we are one nation. the southerners say you can say that in virginia and north carolina, we dare you to go south. he did. he went to georgia, alabama, mississippi, new orleans, and he was pelted with fruit and rocks and he traveled through 23 states. imagine what it would have been like in 1860 to travel to 22 states to campaign in two short months. he drove himself relentlessly. of course, he lost. tried one more time to compromise. he said, no, we're leaving, can't live under republican rule. there was a legend, and i think it's true that during lincoln's address, douglas was there, holding the big hat, and every time lincoln said something, he would say, that's right, he's telling the truth. lincoln had a harder line wanting to call up 75,000 men of rereceivers. no, call up 200,000 reserves. you need to convert them or hang them in 48 hours. they took the aggressive stand. at that point in time, the northern democratic party did not know how to reagent to succession. they didn't know if this was a republican problem.

tomorrow and bring a lot of rains in southeastern georgia and southern south carolina where they need the drops. basically, the further northo, the better your rain chances will be for today. if you saw rain yesterday you are probably under the gun again this afternoon. plenty of heat and humidity. things quiet down overnight tonight and maybe into tomorrow morning, and then once the heating of the day comes on monday, scattered showers and thunderstorms likely. today, partly sunny, and a chance of afternoon thunderstorms mainly north of town. we will be dry in the city, but a close call. here is the all-important seven-day forecast. 92 tomorrow. i think with the extra couple degrees will mean the difference between rain and no rain in the city. that goes into tuesday and wednesday as well before we cool down just a touch. i will be updating my twitter status. it will tell you where the showers are and where you will be. >> thanks. >>> today marks 75 years for one of the country's first bridges. >> the golden gate bridge opened on this day in 1937. they built the bridge during the great depression. the celebration includes

new report which shows the percentage of minority voters in north carolina and florida has increased. according to the institute for southernw at 29%, which is up five points from the last presidential election. in florida, the percentage is now 30%, up 2% from '08. what's the takeaway? >> north carolina, obama won by .4%. florida by 2%. those are very close states. what we found is that black, latino and asian american voters all pretty heavily favor president obama over republicans in general. that might end up being the difference or helping put obama over the top in north carolina and florida, two states like ohio that romney's basically got to win to win the election. >> felicia, what about the mention of the birther controversy in arizona? you may have detect add bit of a tone of almost disgust in my voice because you write about this in your latest article. bring us up to speed. what's the latest you're hearing about this. is it really possible the president's game would not appear on the ballot in arizona? >> well, that's sort of at the root of this is the fact that the arizona statehouse and state senate last year

our southern areas, a few potential stray showers for southern maryland, most of the rain no doubt will stay along the eastern sections of north carolina and then south carolina as well. so we're looking very confident now that we'll have a completely dry weekend, which is good. the better chance for showers for us will be going into sunday night and then on monday. notice this whole thing kind of comes crashing ashore and that brings a better chance for us to get a little rain. so great tomorrow, 80 degrees, pretty good sunday, a few more clouds, 79, cooler with scattered showers monday. once we get through the weekend, we get into a little unsettled pattern with temperatures in the 70s and mid- to upper 70s depending how much rain. there's your weather forecast for the weekend. i hope you enjoy it. there's a lot going on, congratulations to all the graduates. now it's time to get over to lindsay murphy who no doubt has the battle of the beltway, orioles and the nats, right, lindsay? >>> this is the verizon 4g lte sports desk with lindsay murphy. >> giving away my story, gary. hello, everybody. this year's battle of the beltway actual

but also the native-born as well on the southern fighting gettysburg. i track the 26th north carolina. i was trying to make a symbolic point, they were just the regimen is that i wanted to track the told the stories. the 26th north carolina, attacking on the first day of gettysburg, they were the guys that broke through the iron brigade. in doing so they suffered horrendous casualties. they're not engaged on july 2 but they are part of what really should be called the pettigrew charge on july 3. and it appears that at least two of their men made it farther than anybody else in the pettigrew charge. two young guys, one carrying the flag of the regiment and the union soldiers, some of these young guys charging along and they would not shoot them. they just surrounded them and pull them over the wall and capture them. the valor and courage, they just wouldn't shoot them down. this was in the midst of a bloody malay. at gettysburg, the 26th north carolina suffered 85% casualties imagine that, for every 10 soldiers engage, eight and a half art killed, wounded or captured. today, if an amer

north carolina? >> well, that's a trouble sign. >> it is a trouble sign. >> what was interesting is, in the press conference this morning, you see that north carolina's behind catching up to the other southerntes, that every southeastern state now has got a ban on same-sex in their constitution. >> same-sex marriage. >> which really shows how serious this challenge is for the president. if he says something in this interview this afternoon that goes too far. he has to be very careful, i think. >> and what's interesting -- >> despite what the governor says. see, the governor's not running this year, nor is hillary clinton running. by the way, hillary clinton hasn't stated a clear position on this either. so it's not like everybody's out there jumping up and down saying same-sex. >> the same-sex marriage amendment sort of outlawing any kind of civil unions between same-sex partners passed. if you unpack the numbers and look at what happened in largely black communities, in hartford county, 60% black, 70% of the black population supported the amendment. halifax, 53% black, 68%. we've talked a lot about the president on gay marriage, and there's been a lot of talk about the political calculatio

the areas in yellow already hit the 70s throughout central, southern virginia, into the carolinas. farther west and north areas, temperatures are in the 50s out in western maryland. some of the highlands in west virginia, it's only around 60 degrees there. as the day progresses, we'll have plenty of sunshine. maybe a few wispy high clouds coming in. later this afternoon as temperatures do reach the low and mid 70s. generally mid 70s around washington, maybe only near 70 areas west and north of the metro area. then overnight under a clear sky, getting chilly by dawn. friday near 50 and during the day tomorrow, upper 70s with lots of sun. sunny saturday, up near 80. some indication of a shower sunday, but a greater chance monday, tuesday, wednesday next week. highs in the 70s each day. barbara? >> thank you, tom. >>> and let's check again on the midday traffic with danella. >> still seeing big delays because we have construction outer loop of the beltway past van dorn street. the left lane is blocked. and if you're traveling on the outer loop, you're jammed at van dorn street. take a look at this, the cars

north carolina. >> yeah, i think north carolina, virginia, southern ohio, a bunch of states, i mean, kentucky virtuallyuthern ohio. they're right across the river from each other. i think that it bodes very ill for him. and it's one of the piece of a series of things that are showing his weakness. another will be that i think scott walker will probably survive recall in wisconsin. a heavily democratic state. i think if you just look at a series of these things, you're seeing tremendous weakness on obama's part. but particularly because his whole campaign is aimed at turnout. that's what he's trying to do. he's trying to replicate the 2008 model. in 2008, he probably had a larger margin against hillary in some of these states than he has against uncommitted now. >> very interested. all right, dick, stick around, if you will, because he's going to do some fact checking for us. he says new ads that the president is rolling out are just plain wrong. and this kid's brother is a marine. and he wanted to wear this t-shirt to support him. he wore that t-shirt to school. but he was told to turn it inside out be

romney campaign and the republican national committee is going to send in north carolina and indiana and ohio, trumpeting the southern gay marriage issue, if you will. he says that. but they're definitely going to try to use this to turn out some of their voters. and i'm sure as will the president's campaign use it to get to our voters, all jazzed up about this. >> do you think this is a short-term discussion, or do you think this thing has legs all the way to the election? >> oh, i think it's got a lot of legs for the next ten years. >> james carville, thanks so much, joining us from new orleans. always good to see you. >> you bet. >> economic changes sweeping across africa. i spoke to singer and activist sir bob geldof toward prosperity. >>> "fortune" magazine is out for the top companies. one of the few african-americans on the list runs the companies behind some of the most recognizable restaurants. clearance otis jr. has a lot on his plate. he is a ceo of darden restaurants which owns brands like red lobster, olive garden, longhorn steakhouse and seasons 52. since the first red lobster opened in 1968, darden has