. >> first, i would like to congratulate commissioner adams for declaring thursday as steve adams gave. -- day. congratulations, and the mayor did this as ppresident' in castro. the mayor is now conducting town hall meetings. two have already been higad. tonight was district 2 and district 3, and there are three more town halls coming up. i want to make sure you are aware of it. you are welcome to attend. i will be out of town on the 14th but will be attending the last two. and chris sent an invitation to the commissioners. the mayor is kicking office of corporate challenge summit on april 12, and this is in response to president obama's summer jobs plan an unchallenged into the this business community to hire youth, 13 to 24, so while the city does have some programs businesses may be able to access to be able to do this, i think the mayor will be asking businesses to look in and see what they can do in terms of summer jobs and paid internships, and the mayor has set out a goal of 2500 but he would like to achieve, and the apartments have been asked to contribute in addition to the bu

steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. first, adam caskey. this is one of those mornings where you need a coat. >> you will need long sleeves and a jacket all day long. breezy and cool today. let's get to it in the belfort furniture weather center. 42 in the district, 37 in winchester, off 28 in garrett county, 33 in hagerstown, 43 in lexington park. breezy and cul-de-sac to noon, highs in the 50's. -- breezy and cool this afternoon. 60 with sunshine tomorrow and a few clouds. >> northeast d.c., there's a structure fire and a portion of new york avenue remains closed between bladensburg road and west virginia/montana avenue. there's a minor detour. light volume will help you right now. there was a lot of overnight construction, but they are pulling the barrels aside. everything will be gone at braddock road. we are good in this live picture across the american legion bridge. back to you. >> thank you. 4:31. we are following a developing story in alexandria. two women were attacked by a man who was supposed to show them an apartment if. >> it

we will check in with steve in a moment. first, adam caskey. >> it was a beautiful day. we had some pesky fall. we will start our friday morning. we are tracking it here. let's start with our temperatures. 50 in chevy chase. this is a pretty average richer for this time a year. 49. some patchy morning fog . fair weather clouds in the sky. mid-74 high clouds today -- temopsps today. for caught p.m., there will be clouds in the metro area. some areas of rain could be east of 95 and cooler. how is the commute? >> we have worn one problem. this is just before we get to 70. it was a fire with only the left lane getting by. it was slow already. bit is the only line -- is on the left lane getting on. everything is moving very slowly. the road work is being picked up. here we are in spring build. we did have some road work overnight. it looks like they have not quite opened it up yet appeared probably in the next few minutes. back to you. >> we're continuing to follow our news. they are offering a sale with " free fare" there also leaving a more bang for your back sale. it the a

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. >> i am steve chenevey. adamis up first with a check on the forecast. >> its corn to be a little warmer today than yesterday. compared to normal for this time of year, it is a little cool. let's look at the numbers this morning and even some rainfall accumulations from yesterday. we could use the moisture. if we will take anything we can get. we got about a 10th of an inch in middletown, 0.04 inches in silver spring. thanks to all of my facebook friends. near 60 degrees this afternoon. cool this morning in the 30's. if you are headed to the ballpark, have a jacket with you. it's going to be in the 50's most of the day today with patchy clouds and gusty wind out of the north at 10-20. the warming trend begin. well into the 50's tomorrow. low 80's by the end of the weekend. >> it is what it is. when nina kibbe road, you want to have a full tank. that's a good idea. you never know what you will encounter. it may look quiet right now but that could change. -- when you hit the road you want to have a full tank of gas.

steve hershorn has a look at traffic. but first, adam caskey >> . we have. drier air in place, low relative humidity and gusty wind. that's why we have the red flag warning in effect today. should there be a fire somewhere, it would spread rapidly. it is 53 in alexandria, 50 in bethesda 53 in helen, maryland. this afternoon it will be a breezy. you will notice gusty winds out of the west at 35 miles an hour, highs in the upper 60's. have the umbrella after 3:00 p.m. today when we could see passing showers. could use the rain and it will knock down the pollen count. partly cloudy, windy, cooler tomorrow near 60. >> accident in northern virginia, flying over the ramp from 267 westbound to the inner loop of the beltway, where there was an overturned vehicle blocking that. the southbound lanes of 267 to go north, that is blocked. alternate routes, 123. headed directly from the toll road onto the inner loop, that's not going to work for the time being. montgomery county, 270 at 109 will be very slow heading 109 past the beltway. >> investigators are searching for

steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. traffic and weather every ten minutes. adamus with a check forecast. >> a cool start to our tuesday morning. it is that time of year. a little chilly in the morning a light coat and very profitable in short sleeves.sort there's a freeze warning until 9:00 a.m. in the green areas. advisory as close to d.c. howard, montgomery and prince until 9:00 a.m. 34 degrees in aldie. eritrean frostburg. 39 in arlington. -- 33 in frostburg. a beautiful tuesday with bright sunshine. of a few slight chance showers, 73 degrees. lisa baden. >> i was telling you about on 95 springfield. here we are. traffic heading from right to at thebound beltway. but they are gone. we are not complaining. everything is in great shape. you normal travel times around the region this morning. no problems to report not only on 95 but good on 66 and coming out of. . from thet a sign chopper. will haveost and we pictures from them shortly. stick around. back to a news. >> following several races today in the district and maryland biggest of the republican presidenti

steve chenevey. we start with traffic and weather every ten minutes. adamisa baden first. >> it will get better, southbound out of gaithersburg into rockville on 270. we had a medical distress near montrose road. everything has been resolved. here's the pattern of traffic that

steve chenevey. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. first, adam caskey. looks like the rain is coming. >> looks like for the second half of the day on saturday. around and after 4:00 p.m. locally is when you should expect if areas of showers and thunderstorms. will especially be even after 4:00 around metro area. 42 right now in leesburg, 50 run the beltway and the chevy chase and arlington. cooler in berkeley springs, 41. patchy fog this morning. sunshine through the afternoon highs in the mid 70's today. some weekend rain especially on sunday. more on that coming up. now to steve. >> the beltway near new hampshire avenue, college park to silver spring, still a good ride. no delays heading on to the honorable and westbound 495 leading college park around to georgia avenue. -- no delays heading onto the outer loop. eastbound 70 just before you get to 270, there was a truck fire. the left side of the road is squeezing by and toward 270. it's been there for awhile. in springfield, northbound 95, a pretty heavy from newington to springfield. you are good to

steve chenevey. we start with traffic and weather every ten minutes. first, meteorologist adam caskey with a little rain. >> the rain dance worked yesterday. it was not a lot, but maybe a quarter inch on average. today back to sunshine and comfortable conditions. 46 in leesburg, 49 in northwest, 50 in germantown, 53 of chesapeake beach 49 in washington, virginia. 70 this afternoon with bright sunshine. a beautiful afternoon, close to average. a little warmer tomorrow with a lot of sunshine. we will talk about the weekend coming up. steve. >> we will take a look at the beltway. there was a broken-down vehicles on the outer loop near 66. that was moved to the side of the shoulder. it's a little slow on the outer loop toward 66. inner loop is still pretty good from springfield ot to 66. some pockets of volume across the occoquan. and then up to springfield and 395 to the 14th street bridge. in maryland, traffic is moving pretty smoothly down 270 at west montgomery ave. the outer loop of the beltway is extremely slow from college park to silver spring. the accident was near georgia

steve chenevey. we will start with traffic and weather, adam caskey. >> it is a little cool, upper 30's, low 40's. nicely by this weekend. by aprile a hot standards let's look. at the numbers. in mclean, 39 in leesburg, 36 45 inchester, morningside, 39 in la plata. today, andr 60s average for the high with total, sunshine.

and ashton kutcher will play steve jobs in a movie. finally, a first. adam sandler's "jack and jill swts swept the razzies took every category including worst picture and worst actress and actor to for a man and his twin sisters. even this is bad with me. >> he's probably laughing at it. how did katie holmes sign up for that movie. >> i don't think there was any other options on the table. >> oh. >> did i say that? i didn't mean that. >>> this comes to us from wrc news 4 in washington, d.c., where protesters hope their view will win out by a hair. they call it the million mustache march. those with real and fake facial hair came together to call for a tax break on mustache grooming supplies. the so-called american moustache institute claims mustache americans earn more than those with a clean upper lip. but if you are wondering if they may be shaving the truth, keep in mind the rally was yesterday, which was april fools' day. there you go. there you go. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. >>>

we will check with steve hershorn in a moment, but first meteorologist adam caskey. >> we got a little rainfall yesterday, a quarter inch in spots. a little more in the shenandoah valley. today the rain is on the eastern shore this morning. it's moving out of town and we will have a good amount of sunshine especially for the midday and afternoon. 53 right now in the district, 48 in winchester, 46 in martinsburg, 53 in fredericksburg. on our way to 70 this afternoon morning clouds giving way to sunshine this afternoon. warmer than yesterday. highs in the mid 70's tomorrow partly cloudy, fair amount of sunshine. we still have a chance of rain on the weekend thunderstorms late saturday. possible areas of rain on sunday. i will tell you where the coastal low pressure system tracks. some of the rain may slide east. we will keep an eye on it. >> there's construction in the process of being picked up on the inner loop of the beltway in prince george's county, kenilworth ave. everybody is down to one lane for a moment at the bottom of your screen. they are picking it up right now. it should be

steve chenevey. glad to be with you. will start with adam caskey >> . it's good friday. chilly temperatures across the region this morning. we could see freezing of the blueest to the mason-e line. local , no concern this morning about freezing. 37 ind the district, 4 frederick. today, a north brees -- a northerly breeze. near 60 degrees this afternoon. north and west of washington we the upper 20s briefly. 64 degrees on saturday. is this sunday, mostly sunny, degrees, looking good. now to steve >> . the springfield interchange, good.pretty there was construction overnight. however, there is a broken-down s theles in the hov lane newington.5 near out for that. .ot much room to maneuver not bad right now with light volume. beledweyne in colesville road, a broken-down vehicle. one l. goh between college park. and silver park 0 nearwas will work on 27 road, but everything is smoothly and. back to you. >> thank you. 4:32. police are searching for a a man ino shot in the 3500 block of georgia avenue. the victim was shot in the arm the leg and is expected be ok. don't know wha

president adams: any other commissioner comments? >> steve, would that address your issue? as long as people can move -- i think by -- i mean to your point, by ratifying this use scenario that happened, however it happened, then you would provide for the free, the ability for someone to move out and someone else to move in without a bunch of undue permitting and what not or maybe even being blocked out somehow. it seems like it would make it more expedient for the case that you have indicated, if someone is out, we don't want it vacant. if it gets tied up in unintentionally ill legality, that would prolong the process. >> correct, that's exactly what i was thinking. >> yeah, i kind of agree with that line of thinking as well. ok. president adams: any other comments? do we have a motion? >> i would move that we approve the modification -- the legislation so that this center can operate legally as it's presently laid out with the modification to prevent a roll-up of space as we have described earlier and i don't know how that would be drawn out particularly in the legislation

is an incredibly tough series of calls and ones that the aclu has really -- >> to steve and then we'll come back to adam on this. >> ted is obviously right. these are extraordinarily difficult questions. nobody pretends otherwise. but it is also true on this specific issue that surrounds terrorism, united states is not the only country that has suffered terrorism. it is the only country that claims the right to fly around drones and on an active battlefield kill people, including their own citizens. why do we feel the need to do that when other countries do not? second secondly, in answer to this question of have the lawsuits been counterproductive? what do you gain by bringing a lawsuit, especially when going in you anticipate that you may lose. you always hope you win but you anticipate you may lose. that's what we ask ourselves every day in the office. when we're deciding to take a case -- and people in management have heard me say it over and over and over again. if we think the chances are slim, we ought not to be bringing the lawsuit because we're not in the business of losing lawsuits unless we c

we will check in with steve hershorn in a minute. first, adam caskey. >> not as warm as yesterday. yesterday we opened our swimming pool for the season in my backyard, the $10 plastic one. nice and comfortable in about an hour. so that's officially open. is going to be cooler today in the mid-70s. we are in the 60's right now for the most part. 69 in arlington, 60 in berkeley springs, 64 in manchester. 64 in bowie. on our way to the mid-70s, partly cloudy, breezy at times. a refreshing breeze out of the north west, dropping the humidity. we will talk about rain chances coming up. >> we will take a live look at an accident. newschopper 7 over the scene of accident on 95 or actually this is 66 near the exit for route 28 centreville. all traffic is stopped at the scene of the accident. a very busy morning in virginia. nobody is moving on 66 eastbound near route 28 in centreville. we had two accidents on 99 northbound. one of them near 123, still in the right lane. there's a news to lay on 95 north of that on the hov and main lanes. one accident is left on northbound 99, still extremel

steve chenevey. we start with traffic and weather every ten minutes. lisa baden in a moment but first meteorologist adamuesday morning, in the 30's and low 40's. will drop another few degrees before sunrise. 39 in leesburg, 40 in warrenton, 39 in woodbrige and centreville, 43 and chesapeake beach, 40 in bethesda along with northwest washington. it could be a little breezy today, west wind at 10-20. warmer than yesterday, right at 60 degrees with a splash of sunshine. a mixture of sun and clouds throughout the day if. even warmer tomorrow. we will talk about that coming up. >> we are happy campers, along the maryland side of town, including 70 between hagerstown and baltimore, 270 day starting to wake up out of frederick into montgomery county. looks good on the beltway in montgomery and prince george's county if.

steve chenevey. happy to be with you. adam caskey is doing his rain dance. >> i don't think you would want to see my rain dance, but we are doing it in the weather center because we need the moisture. if we will be getting some, but we have high hopes for the upcoming weekend, especially on sunday with what looks to be soaking rain. here's a live picture from chesapeake beach. there is the moon in the distance. the moon rose surely before 5:00 a.m. this morning. we have some clear skies skills to the east of the metro area. interstate 81 and westward light rain gathering this morning. in central virginia some showers are pushing to the northeast into washington. some of that grain will be here later on this morning. we will have light rain off and on through the day. don't get excited about accumulations. today we will see under half- inch and on average about a quarter inch. 62 for the high temperature. currently near 60 degrees. skoda lisa baden. >> crash of the inner loop in the local lanes and telegraph road. if you are he

steve chenevey. happy to be with you. we start with traffic and weather every ten minutes. adamhave a few temperatures in the 30's. tomorrow morning will be the coldest start for the foreseeable future. let's look at the numbers. 41 in alexandria, 39 in germantown, 36 in leesburg. strasbourg and winchester, 37. 41 in la plata. olson saturday breezy, lies in the upper 50's, winds gusting out of the north. freeze morning tomorrow morning for all the county's dictated in wi -- in blue. that is from 2:00 a.m. tonight until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning >> . we will start with a look at the outer loop of the beltway at route 7 near leesburg pike. the accident was in the right lane but now move to the shoulder. it was not there long enough to cause a back up. there was light volume. you will see flashing lights but everything is open. in montgomery county, the beltway near connecticut avenue there was an accident. it is not really causing much of a problem on the outer loop from silver spring. 121 at 270 moving nicely everything is open to the beltway >> . it's friday morning. economists

steve chenevey. we begin with traffic and weather. adam caskey has a check on provide a forecast. it is gusty today. bright sunshine, a pretty nice friday overall despite the wind. let's look at the numbers right now. 44 in berkeley springs, 45 in winchester fox 59 the beltway in arlington and chevy chase, 48 in bowie. near 50 to kickstart our final day of the workweek. mid 60's for the high temperature. we will talk about the weekend rain coming up in a few minutes. right now, who looks like it will be late on saturday into saturday night. not a washout this weekend. >> in pretty good shape on the highway. beltway travel, interstate travel, just a little volume. 95 is good in and out of washington and baltimore. between fredericksburg and springfield as well. veirs mill road by the university boulevard, flashing lights. montgomery police say the wires are hanging on the highway right there. they have closed eastbound university boulevard, it looks like. traffic was getting through earlier. they have called out a utility crew. we will keep an eye on that. >> 5:30 right now. a move

steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. we will begin with traffic and weather. first, meteorologist adam caskey. yesterday felt a lot like summer >> . it sure did. air conditioners humming all across the neighborhood. today you will be able to open the windows to let the air circulate, if the pollen does .ot bother you much here's a look at the s.mperature 68 at dulles airport and in manchester, 70 in gaithersburg. morning sunshine, afternoon clouds today, breezy at times, highs in the mid 70's this afternoon. northwesterly wind at 10-15. even cooler tomorrow, in the low , mostly cloudy, gray skies on wednesday. a few light showers possible, 40% chance of rain. 77 and partly cloudy on friday. high hopes for weekend rain saturday intoe sunday. steve. >> the beltway near new avenue, some road work inner loop has been picked up. maryland running nicely. the hov lanes, are open. had been closed for construction overnight. good up to the 14th street bridge. looks good across the springfield interchange and to bridge. street there's a lot of construction on virginia.y in the ramp from the toll road to

steve chenevey. >> im cynne simpson. we check in with adam caskey in just a moment. first, i lisa baden.> there's a collision on 6 feet in manassas. it is on the shoulder. the delays are after the crash. the inner loop but the beltway is open from 236 to get up to 66. 95 is where we are focusing right now. newschopper 7 is there because there is a collision. a bus when off the highway on 95 before 234. the right lane is closed. northbound delays began before quantico. we go to the weather center and adam caskey . >> i will take it here in the belfort furniture weather center. sunrise is 17 minutes away. let us take a look at the federal city this morning. there is color peeking through the clouds we have overhead. gorgeous picture from our weatherbug camera. 57 in northwest. in college park, 52. we are in the upper 40's. or 50's. warm today. 75 is the high. that is with mostly cloudy skies. a little bit of sun. slight chance of a star -- a shower mainly in virginia today. sunny and cooler tomorrow. lower-60's. >> thank you. we stand on the weather page right now. the spread of dangerous

steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. we check in with adam caskey in a moment, but first lisa baden.good morning. >> it is a good morning. i will give everyone the green light. as far as travel on 95 between richmond and baltimore, we are seeing a little bit more action. we go live to the "good morning washington -- geico traffic camera even with a little heavier volume on 270, great. >> beautiful outside. bright sunshine. gusty. that is the biggest player. you notice wind out of the northwest at 10 or 20 miles per hour. the fairfax, was a gorgeous picture this is. we are live with our weatherbug roof camera. sunup at 6:15 a.m. centreville, 47. 47 fairfax. 46 come bethesda. -- 46, bethesda. this afternoon, below average. a lot of sunshine. gusty winds. for the weekend, rain developing by saturday evening. late on saturday. in through saturday night. cooler on saturday. >> thank you. as of last time, the redskins made it official. >> the washington redskins select robert griffin iii. >> he will be in town today. the new face of the franchise one day after becoming the number two overa

steve chenevey. good morning, washington. >> i am cynne simpson. traffic and weather every ten minutes. moment, but adamn yesterday, temperatures well into the '70s -- warmer than yesterday and. it is 55 in northwest d.c., 50 winchester limited sun. china today, mostly cloudy. an isolated sprinkle is possible. grab the umbrella if it makes you feel comfortable. think you will need it much. we have a sprinkle it will st

steve chenevey. . we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. adam caskey. rain today and mainly will be in parts of the shenandoah valley, winchester towards warrenton, culpeper, stamford, and prince william county. that's their best chance of 30%. 51 degrees in helen. the mid 70's today with more sunshine tomorrow, low 60's. >> a collision on 95 virginia, dumphries.in a tough time leaving the marine get to woodbrige. .tay to the left beltway nearn the base, on theorce outer loop. reporting they are moving in onto the shoulder. .ow to news >> thanks. president in north texas waking up to major destruction this morning several tornadoes touched down yesterday. twisters picked up tractor- trailer's and tossed them about. amazing video. >> the threat of dangerous weather is still far from over. alvear jones us with a look at the damage the. good morning. good morning. i am standing in front of powerfulexample of how e.e tornados wer at what is left of this home behind me. these pieces of litter on , bricks andwn wood.en's toys and this is an overturned pickup

steve chenevey. . we start with traffic and weather every ten minutes. adam caskey in a moment, but first lisa baden. >> been an accident on 95 in virginia northbound at springfield before the beltway that has been resolved. but the loop delays are intense from the prince william parkway to get through newington. if you can see the pace in this camera. that's northbound on 95. the dulles greenway, the dulles toll road, in good shape. 28 looks good southbound out of sterling past the toll road headed to centreville, and it's quiet in the district coming off 395 northbound. going headlights are headed pass the reagan building and up to pennsylvania avenue. i have a new pair of sunglasses this morning. will i need them? >> you will need them especially the next few days. is that an insect? >> yes caterpillars. >> i love that. my son teddy would especially love those. anyway, let's take a look at the temperatures on this cool morning to kickstart the day. widespread 30's. 37 in bowie 31 in remington, 38 in la plata, 39 in arlington. you will need a jacket. if bre

steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. traffic and weather every ten minutes. we will check in with lisa baden, but adam caskey first. talking temperatures in the belfort furniture weather center . temperatures will drop a few degrees. degrees in the district, 59 quantico. 44 in hagerstown, 47 in martinsburg,. 45, here's the forecast. mostly sunny. we will have some high, thin y locally andall and ar south of the metro showers near the virginia border. we will be dry locally. highs near 60. in the thirties tonight. sunshine tomorrow. breezy. los 60's in the metro area. on the weekend, highs in the '60s, and 70 on sunday. on 95 betweend richmond and baltimore. here comes the green flag. northbound and southbound looking good. beltway between the wilson bridge and 95. looks good on the springfield 495.and tysons on travel times in our favor on the greenway, the toll road, 66 near centreville. 270 near father hurley looks good. at the wilsonood bridge. in annapolis and in t d.c.as good at university in this picture. everything out of the way. now to news. police are looking for the robbed a seven eleven north west washi

steve chenevey. i am cynne simpson. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. baden in a moment, but first meteorologist adam caskey. e back. >> it is a cold start to this tuesday morning. look at the advisory. freeze warnings along the mason- line, from carroll county westward all the way to to berkeley. frost advisory in montgomery, n county, until 9:00 a.m. we are at the freezing mark at frederick municipal airport. gaithersburg, 45 in martinsburg, 46 in winchester. , 67 y sunny, comfortable r the high temperature. tomorrow, slight chance of an showers. >> overnight construction being including the east springfield near road.ck already gone is the construction in landover on the beltway near 202. getting rid to move the barrels of the beltway between route 1 270.the exit for an even where there was construction, traffic seems to relatively smoothly. here is the beltway where they signs and moving barrels. again, even with construction no delayst volume, and through that area. we will have more on traffic in a little while. now to a news. votersthis morning, maryland, and wisconsin are headed to the polls.

steve chenevey. we will start with traffic and weather every ten minutes. adamey up first with a check of the forecast. >> widespread 30's to start our day. similar temperatures tomorrow morning, but a warming trend in store over the next few days and especially. on the especially right now it's rather cold. 35 in leesburg, 38 in warrenton, 38 in alexandria. 37 in northwest d.c. 40 degrees in morningside. a few isolated sprinkles possible later on today. they will be few and far between. maybe some wet snowflakes northwest of washington. highs in the 50's today. mid 50's locally. close to 50 in the potomac highlands. >> in need to be patient because there's a collision on 95 virginia southbound at dumphries on the shoulder, if and northbound near 64. moving nicely on the way to the pentagon. in maryland, looking good, 270 on the exit that will take you to old georgetown rd. and around the beltway to the mormon temple is good and south to the american legion bridge is quiet. vre and marc rail are on normal service. >> we could know if george zimmerman will be cha

steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. glad you are waking up with us. we will check in with lisa baden in a moment. but first, adamy. how was the weather? >> pretty good.

. >> adam caskey has the summer >> you are watching abc 7 "news at noon," on your side. with steve chenevey and cynne simpson. this is abc 7 news at noon -- on your side. >> looks like pippa middleton could soon be facing a few questions from french police. she was photographed sitting next to a man waving a gun. the photograph was taken on the weekend in paris. driver of the convertible look like what looked like a semi- automatic pistol and pointed it straight at peroxphotographers. even though pippa middleton was not holding the gun, she could still be in hot water. >> police will want to talk to her about what she knows and what she saw and the possibility -- can't rule out that she was somehow involved in the scheme to do this. police killed on of the gun in the photograph was real parity been using a fake weapons to intimidate someone carries a sentence of two years in prison under french law. it's unlikely that she will face any charges. >> the space shuttle discovery is making its way to washington. crews at cape canaveral preparing the shuttle, fitting it with straps that

somebody wanted something now where we really need to uncover all the facts. >> steve: let's see if anything actually happens. adam meanwhile, 12 minutes before the top of the hour. last week president obama talked about not being born with a silver spoon in his mouth. that was interpreted as a big dig at mitt romney. when i was interviewing governor romney on this show, i asked him about it. however, i did some paraphrasing and seemed to misquote the president. so to be clear, the president's exact quote was, i wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. and i hope that clears up any confusion. meanwhile, what happens when a dog, volleyball champ and brian kilmeade get together? who the heck knows, but we're about to find out. he's misty may trainer outside. first let's check if with martha mccallum for a preview of what happens in 11 minutes. >> the white house says they looked into the secret service mess and found no wrongdoing in colombia. charles grassley says not so fast on that one. he's here in "america's newsroom." and marco rubio's chances for vice president, tim pawlenty weighs in on that one. john bo

steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. glad you are joining us. we start with traffic and weather every ten minutes. lisa baden in a moment. first, adam >> it's going to be a breezy day. you will notice the wind. it is over 20 miles an hour out of the northwest by now. temperatures will be little below average.

steve chenevey. bride-to-be with you. we start with traffic and weather every ten minutes. lisa baden in a moment. first, adam caskey. >> a little chilly outside to start the day, but a warming trend will commence this afternoon. later today will be warmer than yesterday and especially on the weekend, if low to mid '80s. 41 in manassas right now, 39 in clarksburg, and temperatures will drop a few more degrees. if by 1:00 p.m. for the nationals, 57 degrees and breezy with a northwest early wind at 10-20. 5060 degrees once the game is over. total sunshine tomorrow, mid 60's. seven days on saturday. there is a warming trend especially into the weekend sunday. and early next week, highs in the low 80s. even warmer to the south of the metro area. could use the moisture. we are just looking at sunshine. >> construction projects calling it a night on the beltway at braddock road. looks good in landover. on the beltway near university boulevard. 270 traffic is still light. we are southbound approaching 121, headlights are all the way to the beltway. getting up to the beltway is good. these headlights are northbound 9

steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. we want to get started with traffic and weather. first, meteorologist adam caskey. >> yesterday we put a little dent in the rainfall deficit of about 5 inches so far in 2012. we got about a quarter inch around the beltway and more than that in parts of the shenandoah valley. back to sunshine today. let's look at live super doppler 7 radar. the rain is on the eastern shore and moving out of the washington area. dry today, 49 right now and the district, 47 in leesburg, 50 in newington, 53 in chesapeake beach. we will start today with clouds. by 11:00 a.m. we will break out into a lot of sunshine and it will be a bright afternoon with a high near 70. i will have the extended forecast coming up. now to steve. >> restart with a look at 66 near the roosevelt bridge, moving nicely. looks good from arlington county into the district and to constitution avenue and independence avenue. looks good. 270 at 109 past hyattstown, still looks pretty good just past the exit, you see a little volume building, but not a major delay. so far this morning it's normal. in springfi

steve chenevey. >> i'm cynne' simpson. we begin with traffic and weather and we will check with adam caskey in a moment but first lisa badenlook at the roads. >> i will talk about a multi-vehicle accident 66 east between 50 and 123. on the left side delays in manassas and centerville. live we are going to a picture normal stop and go 95 northbound from about 71 hpb to get up to the beltway slowing after dawk street. but buffalo across the american ledge bridge. >> noticing a few clouds increasing over the american hrpblg bridge. we have a lot of sunshine but overall increase in clouds. partly sunny and comfortable. there is arlington. you see the mid level cloud cover. 48 now in arlington. that is measured in the ballston neighborhood. 47 herndon. oxon hill 49. 51 fredericksburg, a little warmer south of washington. 68 this afternoon, close enough to call it seasonable. you will need your umbrella this week and air condition are. we will check in with doug hill coming up. >> our top story new york city investigators trying to piece together a crash at the bronx zoo. authorities say the victims represented three generations

steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. adamorecast. >> temperatures will be noticeably cooler today compared with yesterday. we made it 76 in the district yesterday. it's about 15 degrees cooler today. it is not necessarily cold this morning, but you will notice a change this afternoon. 45 in winchester, 57 in quantico 43 in gaithersburg, 52 in annapolis, party42 in hagerstown. in clouds overhead. 62 this afternoon. cool tonight in the 30's. let's go to lisa baden for the commute. >> it's ok. no accidents to report. volume starting to wake up. 95 in virginia, for example northbound, coming out of fredericksburg, it's open to the airport. good to the marine base. volume growing between marshall and vienna on 66. let's take a couple pictures and look at 66 traffic in rosslyn, ballston, falls church, nothing complicated right here. if looks good on 110 and washington boulevards and headed towards the pentagon exit. headlights are southbound out of the district into virginia. traffic away from us is leaving the pentagon. we will go

steve chenevey. glad to be with you. a great shot outside. let's check in with adam caskey in a moment. first, lisa baden. >> 66 traffic with newschopper 7 to give you the flavor and the essence of what to expect. and that's a lot of slow traffic. coming out of manassas, in centreville, before and after 50, which is where you are looking right now, 66 eastbound live at 50 fair oaks, plenty of your neighbors emerging on the highway, but open all the way to the beltway. that's what it looks like out of dale city and woodbrige, with a crash on 95 northbound woodbrige now on the shoulder. now adam caskey. >> we need some rain. looks like we will get a little today. higher hopes for the weekend with soaking rain possible on sunday. today, minor amounts, off-and-on showers here and there. so far so good for the morning commute. later on this morning we will get a few raindrops in the metro area. it's 56 in manassas, 58 in chevy chase, 56 in bowie, 55 in winchester right now. widespread precipitation on the stormscan is moving toward washington. areas of rain will be moving into town. already

steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. we want to start with traffic and weather every ten minutes. adam caskey has what we can expect moving into the weekend. >> beautiful to start the weekend. today through the first half of saturday, then the rain moves into town. let's get started with now. we have patchy fog. limited visibility. 0.8 miles in frederick and manassas. a half mile in culpeper. patchy fog this morning, keep that in mind. 54 in the district, 46 at dulles airport, 41 in winchester. if there are some cool spots to start our friday morning. the fog will burn off a few hours after sunrise. sunshine with scattered afternoon clouds. highs in the mid 70's today. the first tap a saturday will be just fine, partly cloudy and pleasant in the '70s. by the afternoon and evening showers and storms in the metro area. sunday, a coastal low pressure system damp, near 60. we could have a pretty good soaper on sunday. >> the roads are still dry. sort of looks like friday light. looking pretty smoothly on 395 at duke street. no problems all the way to the 14th street bridge. 95 northbound i

steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. glad to have you along. we want to start with traffic and weather. adam. >> good morning. a few things they need to be prepared for. gusty wind and a few passing showers after 3:00 p.m. today. in afternoon and early this evening we could run into some light rain, which we could use because we are dry and pollen i shigh./ -- is high. 52 degrees in winchester. 52 in glen burnie. 69 degrees this afternoon with a few afternoon and evening showers possible, 30% chance. winds gusting up to 35 miles an hour out of the west. back down into the upper 50's tomorrow, gusty. now to a steve hershorn. >> a problem in northern virginia on the left side of your screen. the ramp from outbound 267 to the beltway and the towboat. the ramp day the inner loop a the beltway to go north on 495 is partially blocked with an overturned vehicle. it happened a few minutes ago. if you are headed outbound 66 that's where you will eventually run into the incidence on 495. elsewhere in springfield, we are ok. no accidents on 95 and the 14th street bridge. no problems near dulles airport

steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. traffic and weather every ten minutes. lisa baden in a moment, but first adam caskey. i am getting concerned about the weekend weather. >> if we wili am concerned about the apf tonight. 38 degrees in shepherdstown right now 42 in chevy chase, 37 in winchester, 35 in la plata. cold out there to start the day. normally we would be near 50. scattered clouds, sunshine, near 70 this afternoon, warming up nicely. >> starting nicely around the beltway. interstate travel is good. green light in and out of the district. now to news. some metro rail passengers hope they're not in for any trouble today after a train derailed last night at the rosslyn station. thousands of passengers were forced to find another way. >> john gonzalez is live in arlington with the developing story. how is it looking for the morning commute? >> metro has issued an update this morning. we understand the blue line in rosslyn has been restored to normal service along with the orange line, which was temporarily shut down overnight while metro proust made the repairs and tested the track. but this morning

steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. good morning. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. meteorologist adamkey in a moment, but first lisa baden. >> i'm on the phone with orlando. he is a driver for the state department. wants to know what's happening on the george washington parkway. nothing, you are fully and clear -- you are free and clear. inner loop of the beltway in virginia near 236, they've been doing a lot of hot lanes work. in pretty good shape on 66. eastbound 66, coming out of manassas, there was a crash at 28 centreville moved to the shoulder right away. nothing to report on 270. looks good on 70. and 95 in baltimore. adam caskey is next. >> i'm glad orlando will have a good commute today. if prize will be well into the 80's, near 90 in spots out of the metro later on today. my facebook buddy jose send me this great picture this morning. he is from d.c. and takes the fort totten metro station and always snaps great pictures. beautiful colors on the horizon and reflecting off the clouds this morning. thanks for that picture. 59 my now in gaithersburg and martinsburg, 63 in winch

steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. glad to have you along. we begin with traffic and weather. we will check in with adam caskey in a moment, but first lisa baden. >> no problems to report. no major delays. in virginia, on 95 out of stafford to get past the marine base, all clear. heading onto 395 and across the 14th street bridge all clear upstream. travel times in our favor on the maryland side of town on 95. and the mixing bowl in rockville, off to a good run. >> tris going to be a warm day. it will be a few degrees warmer than yesterday. 65 now in bethesda. college park, 67. 57 in newington winchester, 64. fifthbright sunshine today, highs in the mid to upper 80s. 87 this afternoon with a little humidity. partly cloudy tonight, near 60. mid 70's tomorrow, partly cloudy. could use some rain. i will talk about rain chances in a few minutes. >> the high temperatures up and down the east coast are concerned for organizers of the boston marathon. they are asking thousands of runners to take precautions because of the risk of overheating and dehydration. today marks five years since a gunman killed 42 peop

steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. we will check in with meteorologist adam caskey in a moment. but first, lisa baden. already dealing with some crashes. >> in virginia, springfield, that's gone. now we have residual place here this is live in montgomery county. shady grove road at monconnah -- at muncaster mill road. they are doing the cleanup and waiting for a tow truck. adam caskey. >> i landed a couple of big fish down there in florida. anyway, let's talk temperatures. a little chilly this morning but it will be a comfortable afternoon. if you will want a light coat to start the day. 33 in bowie, 39 in arlington, 38 in leesburg, aldie at the freezing mark. 36 in berkeley springs. mostly in the 30's. rising into the mid to upper 60's later on today. mostly sunny, 67 this afternoon. warmer tonight and into tomorrow. tomorrow will be the warmest day all week. if i will talk about that and the easter weekend, coming up. >> investigators making progress in solving a rash of weekend shootings in prince george's county. five people died, several others wounded b