>> as i said in southern pennsylvania you have quaker families including women one of them i wrote about. she wrote in a memoir part of the quaker rule, family at home fugitives she and other women had a sewing circle ready-made clothing for fugitives because they were wearing rags basically when they escape for slave clothing and they looked look like slaves. we did not want her to look like slaves, so he made this calling for them. in new york and other cities women held these anti- slavery bazaars fares where they sold things and sometimes the money would go to help fugitive slaves like bake sales you might say. a committee of black women in new york city holding fares to raise money to help the fugitives. it was both interracial in male and female working to assist the fugitive slaves in northern states. >> i am always i am always struck by the fact that abolitionists are anti- slavery but many of them are also anti- black. how do you explain this? >> you know, racism, as know, racism, as you know, of course, was deeply embedded in northern as well as southern society. this is someth

>> guest: black and white women, as i said, in southern pennsylvania you had these quaker families including women, one of them i wrote about their colorful interesting person grace anna lewis, she wrote in a memoir how quaker part she wrote about how she and other women had a sewing support it just made clothing for fugitives because fugitives were wearing rags basically when they escaped or slave clothing come and they looked like slate. she submitted want them to look like they were slaves as we're sending them off so we made this clothing for them. in new york and other cities, women held these anti-slavery bazaars or fares where they sold things and sometimes the money would go to help fugitive slaves like bake sales you would almost say to help fugitive. in new york a committee of black women in new york city in 1850s was holding these fares to raise money to help the fugitives. so it was both an interracial and male and female working to assist fugitive slaves in the northern states. >> host: i'm always struck by the fact that abolitionists are anti-slavery, many of them are also anti

freeze watch issued by the national weather service across southern pennsylvania, northern maryland and straight down the i-81 corridor and the best chance of those temperatures between 5:30 and 6:30, 7:00 tomorrow morning. as far as the temperatures go across the entire area metro area inside the beltway probably about 41 degrees. there are going to be spots at or maybe briefly below freezing as indicated by the computer projections, 33 in frederick. 36 at andrews and 41 again in downtown washington. lot of cloudiness to the area. upper level low continues to spin and some snow showers and snow flurries across pennsylvania new york state. yep, second full month of spring in here. we're still dealing with this stuff and a few sprinkles and light showers. we're right on the southern edge of that area. go 50 60 miles south of washington and get more sunshine. i think more clouds than anything else for the balance of the day. as high pressure moves in tonight, that will slow the winds down and make it an opportunity for very chilly temperatures. lots of sunshine thursday as well. as we get

in southern pennsylvania to have these quaker families including women. one of them who i wrote about a colorful interesting person grace anna lewis wrote in a memoir how part of the quaker role of family that helps fugitives. she wrote about she and other women have a sewing circle where they made clothing for fugitives. fugitives were wearing rags basically when they escaped our slave clothing and they look like slaves. she said we didn't want them to look like you were slaves as we were setting them off so we made this clothing for them. in new york and other cities women held these anti-slavery bazaars or fares were they sold things and sometimes the money would help fugitive slaves like the bake sales to help fugitives. in dark ag committee a black woman in new york city in 18 50's was holding these fares to raise money to help the fugitives. it was inter-racial and male and female working to assist fugitive slaves in the northern states. >> host: i'm always drop the fact that abolitionists are anti-slavery but many of them are also anti-black. how d

out here in southern pennsylvania towards frostburg and allegheny counties a few light rain drops.ing along. the seven-day forecast is improving and becoming sunny and 62 and very windy. still breeze we highs in the mid 60s near 70 monday and tuesday. rain chances are back tuesday afternoon and stay with us all through the second half of next week. enjoy the dry weekend. storm team 4 weather special coming up this morning at 9:30. my colleague has the story about the impact that the long lasting ice had on the waterways. >> not the worst i have ever seen but the worst this late in the season. >> the department of natural resources for 12 years as the captain from maryland's ice breaking fleet. his main job is to break up ice formed on the water. this year he said the ice is delaying the normal progression of the season. >> by now, it's it'sthe buoys. >> the ice is 7 to eight inches thick and where it piled up it can be two to three feet thick. >> sometimes it can take a half hour to go like a few hadn't feet. >> there hadn'ts of boats that work on the bay in the winter time. >> res

there's a widespread area of severe weather possibilities from southern pennsylvania to south of the atlanta metro area. tornado watch to the south. our area in between the severe thunderstorm watch so indeed it will continue to be very active and busy afternoon. right now no warnings in effect for our area. but we'll continue to watch that

there's a widespread area of severe weather possibilities from southern pennsylvania to south of the atlanta metro area. tornado watch to the south. our area in between the severe thunderstorm watch so indeed it will continue to be very active and busy afternoon. right now no warnings in effect for our area. but we'll continue to watch that very intense thunderstorm now over western sections of charles county continuing to move towards the northeast towards the southern sections of our viewing area of the metro area over the next hour or so. join you with more details on that cell and others in the studio in a few minutes. leon: ok doug. we got it. we turn to a developing story. protesters have been taken to the streets after a man died over the weekend. freddie gray passed a week after he was arrested by baltimore police breaking his back in the process. maryland bureau chief brad bell in baltimore tonight where a news conference just wrapped up. what's the latest? what did you hear? brad: leon the baltimore police commissioner says this is a town on edge. the mayor says she's angry

the line between southern pennsylvania and hagerstown and snakes its way into down to virginia. that's the story. whole area is kind of rotating in response to low pressure and as that eventually consolidates off shore tomorrow and tomorrow night, it will pull most of the moisture out of here and get us in a pretty good position to see a clearing trend over the weekend and definitely a warming trend to go along. 64 degrees in rockville and 57 in centreville. 59 degrees in bethesda and when you get the heavy downpours, it fills up the rain gauge in a hurry. third of an inch reported in centreville. temperatures are mild. seasonal averages right now about 70 or so. areas that get the heavier rain temperatures start to fall off some like in martinsburg. 57 right now. we'll see the temperatures getting in cooler tonight as the winds turn more to the north to northeast. showers becoming more widely scattered throughout the area. northeasterly winds 10 to 15. pocket of very chilly air over parts of the midwest and great lakes. 49 in chicago right now and 56 degrees in detroit. this is

and it will be specially true for southeast most pennsylvania southern new jersey and in through delaware. now, we are primarily looking at this to be a gusty thunderstorm event with frequent lightning heavy downpours, almost definite with anything that fires up here. but, i have to tell you, there is at least a minor risk for us to even see a brief tornado spin up. it is a chance, not guarantee but something that we do want to mention. current winds speeds out of the southwest here, as high right now even at 20 miles per hour, sustained winds, no less aren't even your gusts so starting to pick up already, so the breeze is noticeable, make sure to secure those loose objects. if you are out and about maybe raking leaves or something yesterday, and you left that stuff out it, could fly away on you. so make sure it is secure. we look ahead to tomorrow. systems out of herement temperatures take a hit quickly rebounds, easter sunday especially monday, looking pretty good. vittoria? >> that's what we like to see katie. good morning everyone. well right now not looking great on 95. we already ha

the copter took off from southern pennsylvania.flew for several hours before landing on the capitol's west lawn yesterday afternoon. the pilot was arrested by capitol police. >> still awaiting remarks from house minority leader nancy pelosi. should be here in just a moment. we'll have live coverage here on c-span3. while we wait, we'll have more on the stealth capabilities of the aircraft thats landed on the capitol grounds yesterday.s >> following the story for "roll call." she's joining us live on the phone. thank you very much for being with us. are there any answers? it seems to be the one issue most people in washington are talking about. in is among the most secure -- this is among the most secure s airspace anywhere in the world ld and yet he was able to penetrate it. >> yeah, that's exactly right. it appears that he was working in concert with the "tampa bay times." they posted th e story about his flight before he touched down on the capitol lawn. the reporters reached out to ecret both the secret service andse the capitol

as we look at these severe thunder storm watches a across southern ohio and western pennsylvania and look at how this area of thunderstorms has bowed outward. when you see that bow echo that is an indication that storms are producing win gusts and severe thunderstorm warnings around pittsburgh and as we move to the west we have tornado watch ape also severe then are storm warnings in effect. tornado watch up here on interstate 80 and illinois. very active night and that weather is heading our direction for tomorrow. temperatures are still cool for us, lower 40's and feels colder. it feels like 35 at the airport. feels like 26 in mount pocono. feels like winter has return. big changes ahead, warm front hits north and then we will get a little sliver of warm moist air tomorrow afternoon but it will ramp those temperatures in the mid 70's before the the cold front comes through with gusty thunderstorms. it depend how much sun we get warmer we get more sun, more unstable the atmosphere will be. that destable says will provide fuel for severe storms. if we don't get sun, we don't warm up

we've got at least minimal risk for severe weather ourselves namely through southeast most pennsylvania, southern new jersey, and delaware, today but generally rainy day. we flirt with 70 later today. now, headed into early tomorrow morning still going to have some lingering very early morning showers but generally speaking, we're breaking out of this pattern here seeing cool air return briefly, for the upcoming holiday weekend. 60 degrees currently at the airport, not bad right? but that wind will get you. you notice it for sure out of the south-southwest 14 miles per hour. interestingly, very calm at this hour in atlantic sit bye that too will change. going forward we expect the daytime high mentioned to flirt with 70, but today you do need to have umbrella at the ready if you plan to be out specially all day too. vittoria? >> we know that's in the near future though. can almost touch it. >> reach out and touch it. >> ♪ ♪. boom. come on, guys, this is great. >> good morning everyone, right now you know we kind of had to bring the mood up little bit. maybe put the melody in your head. you will n

pennsylvania side for a small federal town. this was very, very upsetting to the southerners. they very much wanted the seat of government to have a southern atmosphere. of course, it wasn't mentioned exactly why, but, of course, everybody knew the issue was slavery. if you have a southern town as the seat of government it's going to have a southern atmosphere. southern office holders southern biassed newspapers et cetera. arthur lee from virginia saw the great musical 1776 best thing ever written on the revolution or coming of the declaration at least. here a lee there a lee, everywhere a leelee. arthur was in congress and had been part of what we call the lee-adams. the lees of virginia and adams of massachusetts suffolk county, boston. the radical seat of the revolution. these people had led the revolution thousands of americans had died in the revolutionary war. as i said many many had fled the country. but here we have for the first time the south saying we are not going to remain in a union which locates its seat of government so far to the north as trenton, new jersey w

all of delaware is included and a good bit of southeastern pennsylvania and southern new jersey.t is for later today. so what happens? we have low to mid-70s with the evening storms developing. generally after 5:00 hitting the western suburbs and then moving out of here by about 9:00 tonight. we have the potential for brief downpours, damaging winds, and hail and we'll take a look at potential for tornadoes in the area. there could be a thunderstorm or tornado watch issued later today. the sky is clear on tuesday. and wednesday morning we may have a brief shower but look what happens after that. it's chilly. wednesday, thursday and friday, some places in the 30s by the end of the week. >>> wow. thanks glenn. tough pill to swallow. it's a common problem, especially for our children but now researchers say they found the best way to help kids overcome difficulties swallowing their medications. >>> and later, the scary crash that turned into a mad dash for cash, and it's all caught on camera. see what happened just moments before that sent money flying everywhere. >>> a recently app

pennsylvania. caller: i once heard a southern historians say that the north may have won the war, but the south won reconstruction. it pains me so often to hear african-americans are deliberately ignored particularly in that civil war period. the emancipation proclamation, in my opinion, was passed -- thousands of blacks were constricted or brought into the union army as soldiers. they died by the thousands in the front lines. not once do you see throughout history one black soldier lying dead on that battlefield. what is your opinion on that? david: i didn't quite catch the last part of your question. not once do you see a black soldier lying dead on the battlefield. i'm not sure that's true. if by that you mean photographers and photographs maybe that's the case. i don't know. i'm not sure i heard all of your question. i would say that there is no question now that african-americans in the army, in the union army, fighting for the federal government have not only been given their due. we have a number of great books on this. we have huge documents. one of the greatest documentary projects ever do

switching out of the northeast and the southeasterly direction for delaware and southern new jersey and the western suburbs of pennsylvania in the mid to upper 60s, we look at satellite and radar the weak low pressure across interstate 80 that continues to make is it the journey across the delaware valley later this evening, we are firing up scattered showers in southern new jersey and delaware overnight the big story is the drop in temperature and the winds kicking up out of the northeast, 10 to 20 miles per hour. with the scattered showers and patchy drizzle around lows 40 to 43 degrees, in fact for the next two days, very little will change high pressure is over northern new england and low pressure to the south and the stalled boundary draped over the virginias, we'll have the winds coming out of the northeast it's known as a back door cold front and doesn't come in from the north and west and that floods in high in the 40s for wednesday and thursday on top of the chill look at 2:00, scattered shower. thursday afternoon a little drier than wednesday a lot of clouds and patchy drizzle. highs staying in the 40s which is

pennsylvania. this little patch of green, southern fauquier and prince william, they'll make their way into the metro area over the next hour or two. and this batch of rain in north carolina this is moving into the met metro area but not until later this afternoon. we'll have the hour by hour timing coming up. that's at 6:31. temperatures in the 40s to low 50s. low to mid 50s around the bay. kind of a cool morning. have your jacket as you head out. there's the low cloud cover, a haze. a few breaks in the clouds to the north. maybe a little sunshine trying to peek through. otherwise, cloudy through the morning. temperatures will be near 60 by mid-morning. mid 60s by noon. near 70 by late afternoon. that's when we'll get some scattered showers coming through. might hear a rumble of thunder late afternoon into the evening hours. cloudy, a few more showers. maybe lightning and thunder. 50s by dawn, cooler tomorrow. maybe a springklesprinkle. not wet all day. occasional light rain or sprinkles. temperatures low to mid 60s. partly sunny, around 70, a small chance of a sprinkle. then beginning a summer like

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southern maryland near 60 there. inland, mid and upper 60s. up near the pennsylvania border near the 60s. shenandoah valley and most locations there, mid 60s this afternoon with a lot of clouds from the suite andouth and the west. a little bit of rain thursday night into friday morning. then friday afternoon, sun back. highs low 70s. great weekend coming up. good weather for pulling weeds on saturday. we'll be in the upper 70s. partly sunny. highs near 70. traffic is slowing down on this wednesday. what's happening now, melissa? >> chopper 4 over 395 over edsall road, looks typical. starting to slow as we typically do as we hit the 7:00 hour. gum show road is still closed. 16th street between d and e still closed because of a fire downtown. wide look at things everything looking typical right now. 66 headed in, a little slow about 45 miles per hour. same thing on 95 there this morning. belt way of pennsylvania avenue rolling along nicely. 95 into and out of town, a bit slow. bwe belt way, a little slow as well. nothing too abnormal there. 270 at montrose road is going pretty good. guys? >

southern delaware and cape may getting light rainfall. you can see it becomes more scattered to the west. the showers are in upper northwestern pennsylvania but then it's dry farther north and west. that's what we'll experience this weekend. for today, a showery start for the day. then clouds will stay with us at 9:00. at noontime today. another round of showers later this afternoon. by the weekend, they're out of here. look at that saturday sunshine. 80 degrees saturday afternoon. the wind will be blowing on saturday and riding in on those winds will be cooler weather for saturday. still nice partly sunny skies, 63 degrees. full seven day forecast with a look into next week when i'm back in the next half hour. >>> bill sounds good. 20 minutes after 4:00. time to get another check on the roads. "nbc 10's" first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington will tell us about the obstacles out there. >> just some ongoing construction projects. we are going to start things off first in new jersey on 295 right around the black horse pike. you can see roadways very wet around here. these are the northbound lanes here. you can see ongoing construct

southern maryland breeze off the water. keep it cooler there. only around 60 inland. the low to mid 60s to our north. the counties along the pennsylvania border should make it into the mid to upper 60s. and in the mountains as well mid to low 60s for highs this afternoon. all that cloud cover really blocking a lot of the warming from the sun. then tomorrow still cloudy. next chance of rain looks to be on thursday evening into friday morning. little sun back friday afternoon and warmer low to mid 70s. upper 70s on saturday. sunday might get a shower late into monday. melissa is here now looking at the wednesday commute. what's happening now? >> taking a look right now, we are going along pretty well in general. no major problems right now. we did hear about this. we're seeing a little bit of activity. inner loop of the woodrow wilson bridge. we see a bit of a response here. beltway at colesville road no problems there. 270 south, buckys town pike we have that road work on the shoulder. we'll let you know when it clears. we don't have any major problems right now. 66 and 95 looking food. >> thank you. >>> you might want to check your nat

. >> belle-air, maryland is a few miles from pennsylvania, and the family was pro-union to my knowledge. why did booth become pro southern in your opinion? >> it's interesting. the family is not traditional plantation, right? they do not own slaves, essentially, and i mean they never made a living on slave labor labor, they were urban acting people. i don't know that booth's father ever became an american citizen, for example. that's a good question. he just identified with the institutions of maryland rs of the white middle class and white upper class. and he just felt really that the best country in the world was the united states before the civil war. that, you know,1% it was a country with problems, but any day of the week i mean he could look at the ports of new york and see a hundred thousand people trying to get in this place and so that was the best country there was, and lincoln was destroying it, right, essentially, and he just didn't -- he was not a tra traditional slave opening family, but enmbodied their principles. >> was it because of the strong measures against maryland? >> yes,inted out in the book in th

pennsylvania i'm doug schimmel news4. >>> now at 6:00, the power is back on now for thousands from southern maryland to the white house and beyond. but one metro station is still closed because of a widespread power outage. and now the pentagon is responding to questions about security. >> more answers tonight about the deaths of seven children and the father trying to support them. killed by carbon monoxide from a generator in the house. >>> and hate messages covering a local synagogue. tonight police say they have a good idea who they're looking for. >>> we ge be ginn with questions about the ripple effect caused by equipment failure at a substation for the southern maryland power company. >> it led to power outages in three maryland counties and some of the most sensitive buildings in the district. that substation it's in mechanicsville maryland. smeco sent us this picture of a burned transmission line near the station. you can see the grass is charred around it. pepco crews are also investigating tonight. here's what we heard from pepco just 30 minutes ago. >> there are crews at the scene now, look tagt equipment, try

pennsylvania south towards baltimore. ryan and reena, back to you. >> stef, thanks so much. firefighters in southernfornia say an unattended cooking fire sparked a dangerous wildfire that forced evacuations over the weekend. the flames still burning in an area where the bone dry brush hasn't been thinned out in years. abc's kendis gibson reports. >> firefighters still battling a wildfire in southern california that spread rapidly. >> flames were coming up on the other side of the river bed. they were coming up. it was pretty impressive. >> coming very close to hundreds of homes forcing evacuations. >> 127. pronto 2. >> the initial call saturday evening for a small brush fire but within hours, the size and scope expanded growing to nearly 1,000 acres. fire crews ordered mandatory evacuations of 300 homes. residents and livestock seen rushing to escape the flames. >> i've been here for 21 years. this is the second fire we've been through. but this is the worst. >> reporter: calm winds and low humidity helped fight the flames allowing the evacuation to be lifted. residents able to return home after the

southern maryland, right near the bay any breeze will be a bit cooler there in the 60s. a little bit farther to the west it will be around 70 frees there. and the counties near the pennsylvania border afternoon highs with blustery winds in the upper 60s. shenandoah valley into the months it will be in the upper 60s to near 70 there. a little bit of a blustery wind we could have gusts throughout the afternoon much of the region to around 15 to 25 miles an hour. next weather and traffic on the 1s a look at the bus stop what to wear forecast for this thursday. >>> still have more road work this time prince george's county silver hill road at pennsylvania avenue still have that ongoing road work happening again here this morning. going to be in the way until probably about 5:00 a.m.. 95 at dale boulevard, everything moving along nicely. 66 into and out of town also looking quite good this morning. and 95 in maryland bw parkway northbound, southbound rolling along pretty nicely. big look at the beltway coming up at 4:41. >>> i'm molette green at the live desk. just got new pictures in the newsroom of a hostage situation in eastern kenya. this is happens at gaing at garissa univer

the fire crept right up to the pennsylvania turnpike before crews were able to get it under control. a brush fire threatens dozens of homes in southern california. what's being done to fight the flames and protect residents there. >>> and later, an elvis presley record from his earliest recording days resurfaces. we'll tell you who he made the original recording for. >>> sunshine, high clouds and cooler than yesterday. we were in the 80s yesterday afternoon. pocono mountains are in the 40s. doesn't that look nice. that's a view from lake wallenpaupack. some high cloudiness. enough sunshine to warm temperatures into the upper 50s in the mountains and 60s by lunchtime in philadelphia. new time 62 degrees for philadelphia international, 61 in pottstown and wilmington. still some 50s in south jersey. then high clouds will start moving toward our area at 2:00 in the afternoon. by later in the afternoon, the clouds stake over. no rain during the day today. but showers will be building to our west by late this evening, and first thing tomorrow morning, here comes the rain for the morning commute. could be some heavy downpours. we'll get a r

natural -- national science foundation to look in the southern tier of new york you pretty much to replace we have looked certain the pennsylvania is the same way. >> will be respectful of my colleagues time and the yield back. >> the gentleman from virginia. >> thank you to those witnesses to be here. dr. siegel you expressed concern about the duke study is of the 146 of those that failed but with the 12,000 you were working on they were gathered by the employees of chesapeake. why is the inherent bias not that much greater than working for a university? to make you miss characterized chesapeake. chesapeake gas is a hired a national consultant who had a national recognized certified the lab to do the analysis. but they hired independent contractors who are hired with environmental work to do sampling. i don't see that those samples could have been compromised or would have been bad chesapeake hired independent consultants to do the sampling like i hire a laboratory to do an analysis for me. >> you expressed some concern about those that our critical to the failure to your connection in the original peer review but the authors d

southern line that parallel the schuylkill river. the commissioners will discuss the plan at an environmental firm in royersford later this morning. >>> the pennsylvaniaa will reopen its adoption facility in honey park this weekend. it closed last month after an outbreak of a respiratory illness in several dogs. the dogs are healthy and ready to be adopted with no risk to families. every canine adoption will be reduced to only $20 on saturday and sunday. again, this is at the philadelphia hunting park location. the event runs from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. both days. >>> now your "nbc 10" first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> excellent dog walking weather this weekend. today your dog will want to carry an umbrella. you might want one, too. tracking light rain showers this morning. not going to be an all day rainfall. you can still get that walk in. showers this morning. another round of showers and possibly some heavy downpours, maybe even a thunderstorm. that will be for the evening commute but then the storms, they keep on going. the weekend will see sunshine and a big warmup, at least to start the weekend off. right now 50s for readi

pennsylvania aiming into western maryland. the rate they are going, they will be in the met are at about 5 hours from now. a couple light showers across southern maryland. this is a much steadier batch of showers arriving between 4:00 and 5:00 this afternoon. right around town, though, we're all dry. al bee it cloudy outside. a a couple sprinkles in st. mary's. temperatures are relatively mild. we're in the mid-60s between now and the arrival of the rain drops, we get a little sunshine and temperatures will trend upwards through the rest of the afternoon. >>> angie goff here at the live desk. we confirmed a a teen being treated in the hospital after being shot has died. we just found out that the boy was 16 years old. he was shot late last night near 37th street. still, though no word on who shot him and why. more information to come. >>> today students are taking a stand against sexual assault on campus. hundreds of students are expected to attend a march on campus. megan mcgrath is live at the university. what are you expecting there today? >> reporter: there are a number of events that will be happening all afternoon. april is actually sexu

now it's almost cold enough for snow, but from pennsylvania to west virginia and eastern kentucky, those storms move through, the southern part of them the most severe, but right here in new york city up to boston will eventually clear out by tomorrow. >>> i am meteorologist mike nicco with the forecast with upper 50s along the coast and a lost sun line and inland valleys warming into the upper 60s to lower doesn't. tonight, mainly clear skies and 46 in richmond and the same in oakland and 43 in the bay. the seven-day forecast shows mild today and warmer tomorrow with the weekend is looking spectacular after a drop in temperatures coming on >> not far from where those tornadoes were in northern illinois, now waking up to snow in wisconsin. so that's how cold it is behind this system. up to almost a half foot in wausau. >> you are a busy girl. >> yeah, there's plenty to talk about. >> when does spring start? >> may. >> if we're lucky. thank you, ginger. >>> coming up here on "gma," sandra bullock's frightening 911 call. the oscar winner pleading for help when an intruder enters her home. what she told police on those call

almost cold enough for snow but from pennsylvania to west virginia and eastern kentucky those storms move through the southern part of them the most severe but right here in new york city up to boston will eventually clear out by tomorrow. jacqui: good morning washington. cloudy and dreary right now, warmer temperatures working their way in ahead of a strong storm system with severe weather moving through the appellations right now through the lunch hour along the interstate 81 corridor and into the metro by the middle of the afternoon with isolated severe storms possible north of interstate 66 and highway 50 with slightly >> not far from where those tornadoes were in northern illinois now waking up to snow in wisconsin. so that's how cold it is behind this system. up to almost a half foot in wausau. >> you are a busy girl. >> there's plenty to talk about. >> when does spring start? >> may. >> if we're lucky. thank you, ginger. >>> coming up on "gma," sandra bullock's frightening 911 call. the oscar winner pleading for help when an intruder enters her home. what she told police on those calls. >>> another ast

and to the south, southern maryland around the bay, a breeze off the bay will be cooler but inland away from the water, upper 60s to near 70 degrees. kopts counties near the pennsylvania border blustery winds. upper 60s there. shenandoah valley in to the mountains there should be in the upper 60s to around 70 as well. so a delightful spring day coming up. a look at your bus stop forecast next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:41. >>> update on this crash here icc again westbound just past georgia avenue just spoke with police they're saying they are still looking for that crash. they got a call a little bit ago saying it's with injury. they cannot find it. so hopefully it was a bad call and everybody can move on. 270 south at old hundred road you can see a little slow around the curve there, but again that's pretty typical especially for this time of the morning. beltway the kenilworth rolling nicely. in prince george's county overall, you can see everything flowing in and out of town fine. nice and green. not much road work to speak of. taking a look at 95 in virginia, authority bound no problems until you hit dale city. 25 miles per hour. and then after dale city,

foundation to look at natural gas in the southern tier of new york and pretty much everyplace we have looked for it or looked there has been natural gas certainly in pennsylvania anyway. >> i'm going to be respectful of my colleague's time and my witness' time and geeled back. chairman smith: the gentleman from virginia, mr. beyers. representedive beyers: you said something -- some of them near two of the wells that had failed. yet when you gathered your 12,000 or whatever -- they were gathered by employees of chesapeake. a natural gas explorer. why is that inherent bias not much greater than independent researchers working for universities. mr. siegel: chesapeake gas to my knowledge and what i was told is they hired natural consultants who sampled for them and recognized certified labs, the e.p.a. and so forth to do the analysis. they hired independent contractors who were hired all over the country, environmental work to, do the sampling. i don't see that those samples cowl have been compromised or would have been compromised. other than the fact that chesapeake hired independent consultants to do the sampling. >> you expressed some concern or blobs that wer

foundation to look at natural gas in the southern tier of new york and pretty much everyplace we have looked for it or looked there has been natural gas, certainly in pennsylvania. >> i'm going to be respectful of my colleague's time and my witness' time and geeled back. chairman smith: the gentleman from virginia, mr. beyers. representative beyers: you said something -- some of them near two of the wells that had failed. yet when you gathered your 12,000 or whatever -- they were gathered by employees of chesapeake. a natural gas explorer. why is that inherent bias not much greater than independent researchers working for universities. mr. siegel: chesapeake gas to my knowledge and what i was told is they hired natural consultants who sampled for them and recognized certified labs, the e.p.a. and so forth to do the analysis. they hired independent contractors who were hired all over the country, environmental work to do the sampling. i don't see that those samples cowl have been compromised or would have been compromised. other than the fact that chesapeake hired independent consultants to do the sampling. >> you expressed some concern or blobs that were critic

southern maryland here sort of la plata, california maryland leonard town st. marys city and fredericksburg. up to the north drier air settled in. we're done with the drops washington northbound to pennsylvania border and our improving weather will continue this afternoon. highs today, return of sunshine back into the 60s. some mid-60s northern maryland couple of low- to mid-60s around town. upper 50s and low 60s will take a little bit longer to get clouds out for southern sections manassas culpeper to fredericksburg. future weather, there goes the rain and here comes the sun. seven-day forecast for you. partly to mostly sunny finish for the day today. quick chance of passing shower tomorrow but mofs us will be dry. near 70 tuesday and wednesday, living with chronic migraine feels like each day is a game of chance. i wanted to put the odds in my favor. so my doctor told me about botox® an fda-approved treatment that significantly reduces headache days for adults with chronic migraine. 15 or more headache days a month each lasting 4 hours or more. it's proven to actually prevent headache days. and it's injected by my doctor once every 3 months. the effects of botox® may spread hours to weeks

foundation to look at natural gas and southern tier of new york and pretty much every place we have looked for it, or looked there has been natural gas. certainly pennsylvania the same way. >> thank you, dr. siegel. mr. chairman, i'm going to be respectful of my colleague's time and our witnesses' time and yield back within my prescribed time. >> thank you, mr. johnson. and the gentleman from virginia mr. buyer, is recognized for his questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to thank all the witnesses too for being here with us today. dr. siegel, you expressed some concern about the duke professor studies and the bias and the sample collection, the 146, two of them -- or some of them near two of the wells that had failed. and yet when you gather your 12,000 or whatever you're working on, they were gathered by employees of chesapeake. a natural gas exploring. why is that inherent bias much greater than researchers working for a university? >> i think you mischaracterized what happened with the chesapeake. chesapeake gas, to my knowledge what i was told, is they hired national consultants who sampled for them and national recognized certified labs b