steve simpson. living it up at our expense. >> this is steve simpson. this is his yacht. the same year he bought his yacht, simpson failed to pay his property taxes. his taxes were so late, they put a lien on his house. he said paying his taxes was "not in the budget." but buying a yacht was? and as public safety commissioner, he took a pay raise, while cutting the state highway patrol budget. steve simpson. living it up at our expense. >> obviously this has a lot of negativity in it, as you can see. you know, in 18 years of doing this, the reason i want to show this, for a couple of reasons. we have never had an opponent that had this many negatives on him. i have never seen this. it was like going into the campaign office every day and opening up a folder, saying, okay, what do we want to use today? and it just kept going. now, what happens is, these commercials were based on information that we had put together at the beginning of the campaign. so, they were sent to the pollster, which the proces

. >> this is steve simpson. this is his yacht. the same year he bought it, he failed to pay property taxes. they put a lien on his house. buying a yacht? as public safety commissioner, he took a pay raise to 100 to the $8,000 while cutting the state highway budgets. steve simpson, living it up at our expense. >> obviously, a lot of-the heat to desperate we never had an opponent with this many negatives to him. it just kept going. what happens is that these commercials are based on information that we had put together at beginning of the campaign. they were sent to the pollster. politics is a very defined process ideally. they tested and see what resonates with voters and it goes to the media guys. know't know if you guys bill or jay, but they did the ads. there is one that jibes with what we give them in the report. the scripps come back to see if those are accurate. we take the report and distilled into a 30- ward 60-second spot. every word in those spots is a story unto itself. you have to be so careful to those things to make s

steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. traffic and weather every ten minutes. first, meteorologist steve rudin. much cooler today. >> 20 degrees colder than yesterday at this time. make sure to grab a jacket heading out the door. definitely going to need it. will be below average for change. 1/7 at reagan national at this hour. freezing in winchester. cumberland. freeze warnings in effect for the entire d.c. metro area. the only exception would be calvert county and st. mary's county. national.reagan there's a cold front off to the changend west that will the dayher for tomorrow. sunny today, 52-57 degrees. wind will be out of the northwest at 5-15 miles an hour. first, lisa baden has a look at traffic. >> around the region, we are for theuiet right now most part. problems as far as interstate travel. 70, 95 between christmas and baltimore. travel times in our favor between fredericksburg and springfield on 95. headlights are northbound. red on the right headed southbound. near route 1 in college park on the beltway, they are removing outer loop between college park and new hampshire .venue --

simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. let's get started with adam caskey. >> some pretty straightforward weather the next couple days. sunshine through the rest of the work week. temperatures a little cold now. numbers.k at the 32 in the district. 23 in frederick. 22 in martinsburg. 25 in manassas, 33 in lexington park. later on this afternoon it will be mostly sunny, high temperatures near 60 degrees -- 50 degrees with mostly sunny skies. cold again tonight. a lot of sunshine tomorrow, near .0 degrees in the afternoon by thursday. looks good right now. clearing a lot of overnight construction out of the way. let's talk about the beltway. oop in the tysons area, 202, they will be out of the way soon. all clear at the wilson bridge. nothing to reports in tysons. in good stead on 95 between baltimore, normal travel times right now. if a live picture of 270. headlights are southbound, very quiet. now to news. >> we are following the biggest for the republican presidential candidates. virginia is one of in 10 states primary o

steve chenevey. i am cynne simpson. . we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. orning. a great start to our friday, clear skies. expecting a beautiful sunrise in less than an hour. temperatures are kind of chilly outside. 3238 degrees in fredericksburg. waiting for warm front to arrive during the morning hours. clouds will also increase and megabus appear showers and even a rumble of thunder later on today into the overnight. here's our forecast for this afternoon, 55-60 degrees. 10-15 degrees colder than yesterday. wind out of the southeast at 10- 15. been windy da expecty tomorrow. now lisa baden. >> usual volume out of manassas on 66. 95 coming out2 of woodbrigeout70 coming out of frederick into montgomery county. looks good in baltimore on 95. on the beltway, a smooth transition. normal travel times. everything looks pretty decent for a friday morning. back to you. >> thank you. in the midwest, just days after several tornadoes left 13 people dead their paws and cleanup efforts over fears that today's storms could be even more powerful. tahman bradley is live

i am cynne simpson. steve is off today. we begin with traffic and weather.eorologist steve rudin for the forecast in a moment. first, lisa baden. >> i don't have much to say and i am not complaining. if you want to keep me idle. we're moving very well around the beltway. no problems. travel times in our favor between richmond and baltimore on 95. also in good shape is the greenway, the toll road, route 7, 66, 270. and the beltway is moving well at new hampshire avenue in this picture. >> we are looking at a relatively cool start to our side a morning. temperatures will warm up nicely by later this afternoon. is expected around 60-65. wind out of the southeast at 5- 10. not as busy as yesterday. clouds will increase late in the day. then the clouds will bring showers overnight. temperatures not falling much. upper 40's, low 50's tonight. tomorrow first half of the day not so pretty. second-half looking a lot better, if high-temperature in the low to mid 60's. coming up in a few minutes, the full forecast, the extended outlook. >> following breaking news. we h

"good morning washington" -- i am steve chenevey. >> i am cynnÉ simpson. begin with traffic and weather. we are going to check in with adam caskey in just a moment but first lisa baden. >> more good news this morning. what is happening is traffic around the beltway good inside the beltway and coming out of virginia to the 14th street bridge. we take you across the wilson bridge in our camera. this is moving very nicely on to d.c. 295 and 395 past duke. >> sunrise is my favorite time of day. we are witnessing the summarize as we speak from our hd rooftop camera. -- the sunrise as we speak from our hd rooftop camera. you the washington monument. it is 6:31. sunrise is exactly right now. beautiful picture. the bright sunshine today. highs in the mid 60's. at 10 degrees above average for this time of year. breezy at times especially into tomorrow. near 70 tomorrow. temperatures dropped friday into saturday. i will talk next coming up. -- i will talk more coming up next. >> a man had near george mason university asharq -- after a home and invasion. john gonzale

i am cynne simpson. steve is off today. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. we will check in with steve rudin in a moment, but first lisa baden. >> i am smiling from ear to ear. there's not much happening on the highway this morning and i am thrilled about that. our final morning commute for the month of march looks very quiet. i hope it stays that. we are moving very well across the american legion bridge. looks good on the beltway through tysons. pretty nice transition. 95 66, and 395 as well. >> we are looking at a nice start to our friday morning not only on the roads but are weather is a little cool compared with yesterday. our forecast for today shows temperatures warming to about 60 to 65. keep the sunglasses handy for the morning. grab the umbrella for late this afternoon into the evening. \ that is when showers are expected with nighttime lows falling into the mid to upper 40's to low to mid 50's. first half of the day tomorrow not so pretty. daytime highs will rebound to about 60-65 degrees for. a look at the rest of the weekend forecast and beyond

i am steve cheveney. >> i am cynne simpson.rom the border of no request and silver spring. and overnights police shootout left a suspect hospitalized. john gonzalez is on the scene joining us with the latest. >> there are shell casings strewn across eastern avenue this morning. police in montgomery county and the district started receiving multiple calls around 12:30 this morning, reports of a man shooting onto the street. when police arrived they heard the gunshots. when they encountered the armed man, police tell us that he turned the gun toward the officers and continued firing. it's still not clear what he was targeting before police arrived. two montgomery county police officers returned fire striking him at least three times. the man is in critical condition in hospital. >> we had several officers actually responding to the case. one of the officers had a routine training with him, so it was a two-officer car. of the officers were involved in the gunbattle -- both of the officers. >> one of them, and a-year veteran, was w

i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve cheveney. glad to be with you. we start with traffic and weather every ten minutes. we will go to adam caskey to look at the weather. >> no problem. looking at live super doppler 7 radar. there's a little rainshowers action off to the west of the metro early this morning a special day in west virginia and moving into frostburg and western maryland -- especially in west virginia. an overnight thunderstorm complex in west virginia. a line of light rain from northern loudoun county towards manassas and a heymarket. we are in the fifties already this morning. there's a wider view. the rain will be falling apart early this morning. 72 this afternoon with an isolated thunder shower later on today. lisa baden. >> feel pretty good about what we are seeing in the cameras. 270 traffic, headlights are southbound. more of your neighbors on the road, but moving at a very good pace out of clarksburg to get through germantown gaithersburg rockville. not bad in virginia 95, 66, 395 moving nicely across the wilson bridge as well. b

steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. glad to have you along. we begin with traffic and weather. lisa baden in a moment. first, meteorologist adam caskey. fog again debate collects? yes. it will take its time leaving town. kind of like yesterday. we will break into sunshine of few hours earlier than yesterday. it was not until 5:00 p.m. when we got blue skies to yesterday. let's look at a dense fog advisory in effect until 10:00 a.m.. this includes everyone east of the blue ridge. visibility could be down 2 1/4 mile or less at times. 59 right now in alexandria, 56 in leesburg, 58 in college park. on our way into the upper 70's today, partly cloudy. slight chance of thundershower to the west of the metro area, along the shenandoah valley. >> i have the perfect camera to show you fog on the beltway. headlights going in the greenbelt area. springfield, you cannot see a thing right now in this camera. 95 and 66, things are quiet. back to you. >> thank you. >> justice for trayvon martin! >> rallies continue for the 17- year-old boy shot to death a while walking in the borden nearly a

steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. we want to start with rudin.logist steve >> good morning. looking at a friday morning that quiet. be it coming out a little before 7:00 this morning. 33 degrees at dulles airport, 43 at reagan national. a fast warmup during the early morning. sunshine. that will not last long clout. will increase midmorning into afternoon and maybe even a shower, or thunderstorm overnight. the next 48 hours shows clouds .ontinuing to increase midday a few showers during the early afternoon rush hour. better chance of showers and a few rumbles of thunder and early tomorrow morning. daytime highs today around 60 .egrees now to lisa baden. >> nice to have you with us this morning. green lights for everyone on 95 richmond and baltimore. in good shape on 81, 270, 70. no worries out of southern maryland. coming from frederick county on 270, looking at clarksburg, running nicely past germantown. bethesda andto american legion bridge. are clearing construction of the beltway at the george washington parkway. news. a >> we want to get started with focusingical battle

steve cheveney. i am cynne simpson. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes.dam caskey has the forecast. it is a little wet. >> a little. much in terms of overall rainfall. generally under a 10th of an inch. some areasve lingering. otherwise a lot of sunshine today. the back edge moving to la plata and waldorf. . mary's county still in on action as well as the of calvert county. huntingtown and southport into the northern neck and middle peninsula. 46 right now in washington, 47 in gainesville. downswinges on the today and tomorrow. we had the 70's today. in the 50s today. front putting us in our of theith some wind out northwest. even cooler on saturday. seven-day is coming up. an accident in thurmont, maryland. south of el middleburg. a portion of north on 15 will be closed if coming all of thurmont for an undetermined amount of time. in fort washington, a portion of brinkley rd. is closed just east rosecroft. interstate travel, beltway normal. complicated in and out baltimore and. news. breaking let's get to the breaking news we have been following from nor

steve cheveney. >> i am pamela brown. cynne simpson has the morning off. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. a wonderful springlike forecast. but we start with lisa baden. >> once the rain started moving in, it scared away the construction crews that were working overnight. you get a reprieve. hov is pointed in the northbound direction on 95. penlights northbound in springfield marching just fine to get to the pentagon and beyond out of newington. now to maryland, headlights out of tysons, red leaving bethesda. now to adam caskey. >> sounds like the commuters get a break from construction. construction workers get a break and maybe get to sleep late. the overnight rain has moved out of the metro area. we still have a lingering showers moving towards manassas and woodbrige and stafford countyand and spotsylvania. otherwise, into the northern neck and middle peninsula. poppa thunderstorms this afternoon, nothing heavy. 58 in the district, 61 in gaithersburg, 64 in quantico. it's going to be a warm day, mid to upper 70's for the high temperat

i am steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. glad you are starting your day with us. in with traffic and weather every ten minutes. steve rudin as the forecast. we have not talked about temperatures this low in quite some time to. >> about 20 degrees colder than yesterday at this time. if you head out the door, it will be a shock to the system. there's a wind chill factor. 36 degrees at reagan national, 33 at dulles. freezing in winchester and petersburg. 38 in fredericksburg. freeze warning continues until 9:00. that includes the district and surrounding counties, everything shaded in blue. the exceptions are calvert and st. mary's counties, not under the warning. cooler temperatures today 52-57 degrees expected with sunshine. today will be the fourth day this month with below average daytime highs. not going to last long. back in the '70s tomorrow. full forecast in a minute. first, lisa baden has traffic. >> there's an accident on layhill road in montgomery county. no problems on the beltway. an increase in volume on 95 in virginia. coming from the rappahannock river

steve chenevey. . >> i am cynne simpson. we begin with traffic and weather. adam caskey in a moment, but first lisa baden. >> newschopper 7 has left mclean where there's a crash of the entrance to the cia off 123. now on 66 eastbound, these are the headlights at the falls church area. in pretty good shape all the way to the roosevelt bridge. a little volume, otherwise ok. >> i have cold temperatures. a chilly start to our tuesday morning. we had a brush with winter yesterday. even some snow flurries locally. today we are dealing with the cold behind a system. we will warm up over the next few days. if 25 in fairfax, 24 in montgomery village. 25 in bowie. we are in the '20s moseley. a few exceptions such as oxon hill at 30 degrees. annapolis, 29 along the water. 23 and clarksburg. in arlington, 29. highs today will be near 50 degrees with sunshine. average high is 52. tomorrow we will be above average in the low 60's with sunshine. >> thanks so much. the polls are open in virginia. it's one of in 10 states voting today in primary elections. millions of voters

i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve cheveney. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. lisa in a moment, but adam caskey first period >> areas of rain far west of the metro area early this morning. will remain dry in the metro for the majority of the day. slight chance a belated thundershower. here's a look at the radar. in west virginia and western maryland areas of light rain, especially garrett county, and clipping frostburg and cumberland. that falls apart as it moves south and east. the heavy stuff is staying in west virginia and southern west virginia. 57 right now and the district with partly to mostly cloudy skies, a 55 in manassas. a mild start in hagerstown, 55. low 70's today with brussels sunshine. 40% chance of late-day under showers. -- 70's today with partial sunshine. chance of late-day and thunderstorms tomorrow with limited sun temperatures in the '70s. warm weather will continue through this week. now to lisa baden. >> in the district 295 northbound at 11th street bridge, an accident is gone. backlick road at route 1, an accident is gone. volume only

simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. we started with traffic and weather every ten minutes. we will ticket with lisa in a minute. first, adam caskey. >> 5:00 on the nose in the belfort furniture weather center. if we have moderate rain even on the great on-screen. there's a lot of showers from ijamsville and mount area through damascus and olney and sandy spring, clipping gaithersburg and rockville stretching into college park, landover, and largo. it is slowly drifting se. it is 63 in the district, 59 in laurel. our way to 74 and becoming partly cloudy today. >> we wanted to show you an area of wet pavement. that is 270. headlights are southbound. everyone is flowing freely on the wet pavement. now back to news. >> of a clock right now. new this morning, police trying to figure out with little violence seen in southeast washington. two people were stabbed and a third person was beaten with a baseball bat. it happened in the 4200 block of seven st.. the stabbing victim's injuries are not life-threatening. we don't know the condition of the beating victim at this hour. firefi

. >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington" with cynne simpson and steve chenevey. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> taking our top stories investigators want to know how a body ended up inside a burning vehicle in fort washington. firefighters found the body after putting out the fire in the 1100 block of homer road. the victim had been shot. authorities have not released the victim's age or identity. french police blocked in a standoff this morning with a gunman suspected in three attacks including monday supposedly a jewish. school jewish police officers were injured in the shootout with the man. he told them that he belonged to al qaeda and wanted to avenge palestinian children killed in the middle east. mitt romney celebrating a big victory in yesterday's illinois primary. he defeated santorum by nearly 12 points and got most of the delegates. he willthey will face off in louisiana on saturday. >> the lawyer for the army staff sergeant accused of killing 16 afghan civilians said that he plans to travel to afghanistan to gather his own evidence

steve cheveney. >> i am pamela brown. cynne simpson as the week off. first, lisa baden with breaking details on the b-w parkway. >> a hit-and-run accident. there were four victims from this. northbound. park police were quick to respond as well as newschopper 7. live pictures. traffic getting by to the right leaving prince george is hospital all the way to the beltway southbound. traffic , no delays. they're not even stopping to watch as a flashing lights. adam caskey next. >> mercury rising this week. springlike weather pattern taking shape. get used to the warm weather this week. well above average. we will look and members now. we are in the 40's around metro area. 46 in bethesda d.c., and alexandria. 43 in warrenton. 35 in leesburg. it is going to be a warm afternoon. plan for the upper 60's later on this afternoon with increasing clouds and a chance of light rain if around and after bedtime tonight. we will have a few showers while we are sleeping, near 50. in the '70s tomorrow. it will be that way all week. >> we will get used to it. thanks so mu

i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey.forecast the. >> very cold start on this tuesday morning. we had heavy snowfall yesterday in central virginia, but not much in our viewing area. 23 degrees right now in frederick. 25 in the plate and huntingtown. remington, 22. chevy chase, annapolis, king george, 30 degrees. -- 25 in la plata and huntingtown. 50 degrees this afternoon. sixty tomorrow. let's go to lisa baden >> . volume increasing. newschopper 7 is getting ready to take off and fly around to see what they can find. heavier volume on 95 in virginia. normal travel times between richmond and baltimore. in good shape across the american legion bridge. no worries if on the dulles greenway, the dulles toll road. we will take you there, focusing on 28, quiet through sterling and into centreville. looks good out of manassas park on 28. everything is good all the way through centreville and into camp washington. back to you. >> thank you. in about 30 minutes the polls will open in virginia for super tuesday. this is one of 10 s

. >> and snow i >> you're watching abc 7 news at noon with steve chenevey and cynne simpson. on your side. >> we are counting down the hours to the super tuesday showdown. >> mitt romney picking up momentum and high-profile support one day before the pivotal day. voters in 10 states including virginia if about to make their picks and the results could decide how much longer this primary campaign season will last. let's find out more from jummy olabanji. >> ♪ >> mitt romney this morning continued to ride this wave of confidence, taking jabs at the man he wants to replace in the white house. >> he is out of ideas. he is out of excuses. in 2012 we have to make sure he's out of office. reanalysis a after tomorrow mitt romney could have an insurmountable lead in delegates. he's expected to win several states including vermont and massachusetts. recent polls show him losing to rick santorum in the all important battleground state of ohio. >> we could have a good day tomorrow in ohio. what do you think? rick santorum also spent his morning stomping around the buckeyes state. he told

good morning, washington. , i am steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson.m caskey has a check of the forecast. it is a little muggy. >> low-level moisture from the rainfall yesterday that you feel in the air. and fog especially along the mason-dixon line with the dense fog advisory through the morning. talk about a few downpours clarksburg received over two inches. the same for barnesville and mount airy and annapolis yesterday. it is 56 in chevy chase this morning, shepherdstown, 39. berkeley springs, 44. 48 in frederick. temperatures ranging widely. this afternoon a 50's northwest of town, close to 70 south of the metro. extensive brain is friday night into the first part of saturday. >> at the end of the ramp from university boulevard to go onto the outer loop of the beltway there's been accident. you cannot exit there. traffic on the beltway is open in maryland. outer loop between georgia avenue and connecticut avenue there's another accident. stick around. back to you. >> thank you. 5:29. some drivers will have to let their cars dryout after getting st

i am steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. glad you are waking up with us. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. adam caskey has a check on the forecast in a moment, but i want to start with lisa baden. >> there's a water main break on dalgren road at 301 and you need to take an alternate. inner loop at braddock road, possibly on the service road, there's a collision. they're sending a special piece of equipment to remove a large piece of asphalt on the westbound freeway between pennsylvania avenue and main ave. if we will take a peak of the geico camera, the beltway at new hampshire avenue is normal. the latest from new hampshire to georgia. back to you. >> thank you. it is foggy again. you know the drill. same story as the past couple mornings. thick fog to start the day. dense fog advisory in effect for the majority of our region. everybody east of the blue ridge until 10:00 a.m. that means visibility down 2 1/4 mile or less at times especially in the low-lying areas. 58 in northwest d.c., 59 in bethesda, 54 in winchester, 57 in woodbrige.

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. >> you're watching abc 7 news at noon with steve chenevey and cynne simpson. >> president obama was caught with a hot microphone talking to russian president dmitry medvedev. >> this is my last election. after my election i have more flexibility. >> president obama was referencing that he will have more flexibility to deal with issues like missile defense. is in south korea for a summit focused on reducing the threat of nuclear terrorism. he visited the demilitarized zone between north and south korea while there. north korea is preparing for a long-range missile launch next month. president obama urged north korea to abandon those plans or risk enterprise in the country's future. the next 48 hours will be critical for dick cheney. he is recovering after receiving a heart transplant at inova fairfax hospital on a weekend. the 71-year-old has been battling heart disease for decades. he has had five heart attacks in 25 years. he was on the transplant list more than 20 months. but he's older than the typical recipient, which has some questioning if the mayor received preferential treat

wait too long for more than pleasant weath >> you are watching abc 7 news at home with steve chenevy and cynne simpson. >> police are planning to ask the public health to identify the gunmen who opened fire at a psychiatric clinic near the university of pittsburgh campus. the gunmen walked into the hospital before 2:00 yesterday with two semiautomatic guns and began shooting in the lobby. if a hospital worker was killed and six others were injured before the gun man was fatally shot by campus police officer. witnesses described the scene as terrifying them we saw all the action police cars, people being pulled out on gurneys, and there was a swat team. then we put the news on and heard there was a shooting. then we were told to get away from the windows. >> the gun man did not have any identification on him and police are trying to get a photograph of the dead and gunmen for the medical examiner and want to release that to the public in the hopes that someone can identify him. >> the head of virginia tech takes the stand today in a lawsuit over the deadly rampage nearly five years ago. there were two

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i am cynnÉ simpson. >> i am steve chenevey.eck-in with adam caskey in just a minute but first we had the rows with lisa baden. >> i am hearing about a new incident near 410. this is on the beltway. this is the interlude near 123. this is an accident. on the left shoulder interloper from 66 to the dulles toll road. everything moved to the shoulder. this will begin close to braddock road. let us go back inside. >> very springlike day. at temperatures right now already where we would be in the afternoon this time of year that it -- and that is a sign of things to come. let us look at the sunrise. you are witnessing the sunrise this morning. beautiful, beautiful sky conditions out there. the temperature was, it is warm. the sun rise over the district as we speak. fairfax, beautiful sunrise. 55 in fairfax. centreville, 53. morningside, 54. our average afternoon high is 53 degrees. this afternoon, we will be in the lower 70's. gusty out there. areas of rain tonight. back in a 50's tomorrow. >> thank you, adam. the lights are back on

. >> i am steve chenevey. cynne simpson has the week off. >> i will feel the pressure and look at 66, 95, 395, but the complicated across the wilson bridge to the american legion bridge either. baltimore-washington parkway there's a collision northbound 450, a victim of a hit-and-run accident in the left lane. they need tow trucks for this. this is northbound on the parkway. nothing complicated across the american legion bridge. moving nicely on 270 between father hurley boulevard and the beltway. >> temperatures are mild this week. get ready for 60s today, but 70's for the majority of the week and into next week. in frederick, 36. culpeper, 39. 46 in lexington park par. a cloudy today. increasing clouds. areas of rain this evening but especially tonight around and after bedtime. tomorrow we could have isolated thunderstorms. a springlike weather pattern. 68 today. 76 tomorrow. get used to it. >> not a problem. university of maryland student under evaluation after threatening to carry out a mass shooting on campus. >> 19-ye

steve chenevey. i am cynne simpson. thanks for waking up with us. with traffic and weather. with meteorologist adam caskey. >> we have action on the radar early on this tuesday morning. live triple doppler 7 radar. just north of washington and 270 drifting slowly southeast. 70, east of frederick, you're getting in on some of the rain. a little thunder and lightning in frederick county. looks like most of the tundra lightning have come to an driftinghis is slowly slowlynd southeast and moving that way. is 58 degrees at dulles annapolis, 57 in martinsburg. we will start the day with clouds and a few a stray thunderstorm hours. have a few stray storms this afternoon. breaking out into sunshine this afternoon. high temperature in the mid-70s later on today. tomorrow, gray skies to start day, breaking into sunshine the midday and afternoon. temperatures will rise into the low 80's by friday. the weekend will have a cut of low pressure system moving into town to give us cooler temperatures in the '60s. lisa baden. >> it is very wet in some areas. fortunately, no major problems to

simpson. >> i am scott thuman. -- steve chenevey. first, adam caskey in the weather center.y, finally. we are celebrating. there's a cold front moving through town causing areas of south of the metro area and cooler

steve chenevey and i am cynne simpson. >> a major announcement from safeway. the second-largest food chain in the country will no longer sell pink slime. if safeway is responding to consumer concerns about the beef killer even though the food industry agrees it is safe to eat. a 70% of all store-bought ground beef contains pink slime. it's made from low-quality scraps of at mea andt is less nutritious. the federal government wants to put bus safety in the palm of your hand. there's a new application that lets passengers check their bus company posted record before booking a trip. this comes after a series of deadly accidents involving tour buses. it lets you know of the transportation problem is monitoring the company and reports of any history of fatigued drivers and which companies are not allowed to legally operate. >>close call at a gas station in south florida. and suv's slammed into a gas pump and it burst into flames. the suv cutoff a hammer before hitting upon. the driver said she lost control. the station attendant hit the button to stop the pump and

simpson. >> i'm steve chenevey. we start with traffic and weather. adam caskey, a first lisa baden. >> 70 eastbound 427 mount airy. crash on university at the outer loop. an accident on furnace road 4 lorton commuters. everything getting through in lorton heading up to a newington, it's just volume and 95. normal on 66. g.w. parkway north onramp to the inner loop is closed for crash on the ramp. >> attracting a few conditions. one particular is the dense fog advisory note of the metro area. breezy later on today. along the mason-dixon line there's the dense fog advisory until 8:00 a.m. and that means visibility down to order a mile or less. also includes the panhandle of west virginia. if it is 55 in bowie, 52 in aldie and manassas. berkeley springs, 37 degrees. mid 60's today the high temperature in the metro area, the upper 50's in west virginia and parts of northern and western maryland. culpeper, stamford, spotsylvania couldn't brush 70 degrees later on today. sunshine tomorrow morning with increasing clouds and if you evening sprinkles. still mi

. >>>> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington" with cynne simpson and steve chenevey. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> and checking our top stories at 5:13, investigators looking for a suspect involved in an abduction in riverdale. two suspects kidnapped a man on 59th ave. one of them arrested after a shooting at police and the other on the run. nobody was injured. authorities are trying to determine the cause of a small overnight fire at the fbi building in north west washington. firefighters quickly put out the flames that broke out in a 64 trash closet. no one was hurt. parents of slain florida teenager trayvon martin brought their cause for justice to the nation's capital. they attended a hearing yesterday on racial profiling and hate crimes. tonight he will be honored in d.c. for effecting change in the community. terrifying moments on the jetblue flight data from new york las vegas. the plane had to make an emergency landing after the private became erratic. it happened three hours into the trip. the co-pilot trips to the pilot into going into

steve chenevey. >> i am pamela brown. cynne simpson is off this morning.

i am cynne simpson. i am steve chenevey. . adam caskey has the forecast.emperatures will be dropping. not a bad day today, but you notice the wind and temperatures will be comfortable. placeir will be in morning briefly. 57 degrees in washington, virginia. shepherdstown, 55. and other a mild start to the front will bed through later this morning. impact conditions tonight and tomorrow. 63 this afternoon, a pleasant t will be gusty. the wind will be at 35 miles an hour at times. freeze warning in effect along the mason-dixon line and in the shenandoah valley, the counties shaded in blue are included. we expect a few and temperatures laterfreezing briefly tonight and early tomorrow morning. mid 60's with sunshine tomorrow afternoon. >> around the beltway, everything is open. care was a stall all of 495 isow open. of laurel, noout accidents. have0 only volume out of frederick towards montgomery county. makingof the beltway, 395 way just fine. looks quiet for now on the main line and hov, but here comes traffic. >> thank you. new this morning, frayed nerves vi

simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. we start with traffic and weather. first, lisa baden. >> we're loving life on 95 between richmond baltimore. giving your normal service this morning on 66 and 395. looks great on 270 with typical volume between 109. no major surprises out of waldorf. in good shape on the beltway near andrews air force base. metro rail reporting normal service systemwide. very light volume on 270 at democracy boulevard. steve rudin is next. >> a mild start to our wednesday morning, milder than yesterday at this time. temperatures across the area in the 40's and a few 50's beginning to pop up. 46 degrees in gaithersburg, 48 at reagan national, 51 in quantico. a cold front arrives later this afternoon into the evening. that will have the potential to allow the development for strong to severe and thunderstorms. not looking for an entire area to be covered with storms, but a 40% chance you will see some in your neighborhood. 73-78 degrees for the daytime high. the extended outlook in a few minutes. >> we start this hour with breaking news

simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. >> we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. steve rudin has more on the big chill. first, lisa baden is keeping an eye on the morning commute. how are things looking? >> fair oaks commuters eastbound 66 after 50 there's an accident. the left lane is closed. delays are starting to form before and after 50 because of this new accident that just happened. in maryland, peaceful commute. that is southbound 270 in nicely from germantown to the beltway. now to steve rudin in the weather center. >> it is a cold start to our tuesday morning. 20 degrees colder than yesterday at this time. but at the temperatures outside. bundle up heading out the door. 35 at reagan national. 33 at dulles. at the freezing mark in petersburg and winchester. if you are looking for the really cold air, western maryland. 21 degrees in oakland. freeze warning continues until 9:00 for about another three hours. here's the forecast. we will look for mostly sunny skies. 52-57 degrees, and out of the northwest at 5-15 miles an hour and. temperatures in the '70s to

simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. adam caskey has more on the freeze watch but we start with central virginia. an earthquake last night's show county. the three. magnitude tremor -- a three- point 1 magnitude tremor hit last night. the same region was hit by an earthquake in august. >> they cannot get a break. we have heard from dozens of people from all over the region who felt it. this on our facebook page, the aftershock woke my a-year-old and the cat was acting strange as well. let's check in with adam caskey. it was mild and spring like four little while, but it is changing. >> we had clouds and rain on the weekend. we could use a few more showers. temperatures will take a nosedive tomorrow. it will be brief, but you will notice cooler conditions. 20 degrees cooler. 56 in arlington now, 55 in shepherdstown, 54 in winchester if. 52 in huntingtown 55 in chevy chase. 63 this afternoon with sunshine but you'll notice the north wind if steady at 15-20 miles an hour. gusting up to 35. tonight we have frost and freeze -

simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. beautiful weather yesterday. let's start with lisa baden. >> newschopper 7 is flying over a minor crash. somebody ran off the highway, no major injuries reported. seven westbound near colvin run mill. everything has been moved to the shoulder. still have flashing lights on the scene. eastbound traffic on seven out of tysons through sterling is moving nicely. >> looking at a cold start to our friday morning. temperatures will warm up nicely and as we move through the late morning and afternoon. it's 42 degrees at reagan national, 10 degrees colder at dulles. the same in winchester. 29 in martinsburg. quiet and dry right now on the satellite and radar. look for to a beautiful sunrise in about 40 minutes. the forecast calls for high temperatures around 55-60 degrees. a few showers possible later this afternoon but the better chance of a few rumbles of thunder is during the overnight and early morning hours tomorrow. a full look at my forecast in much more detail and the extended outlook in just a few minutes. >> tha

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simpson. >> i'm natasha barrett. traffic and weather first period steve rudin. >> not a bad start to our thursday. at skies gradually clearing and mild temperatures for the morning. 62 degrees at reagan national airport. dulles airport. 59 at winchester. the cold front moved through afternoon and brought some showers and embedded thunderstorms. it did not amount to much. cooler, drier air funnels across now. 60-65 this afternoon under partly to mostly sunny skies. it will be a cold night ahead. freeze warnings and frost us.ings to the west of first, lisa baden has traffic. 270 out of frederick into county, a very nice. looks nice in clarksburg. travel times in our favor between father hurley boulevard and the beltway. across the american legion bridge. normal on 66 between centreville y.d the beltwa this is 95 traffic in springfield. they are moving overnight construction. back to you. >> thank you. police are looking for a who led officers on a chase from prince george's county into d.c. the chase began at eastern road. and ridge the suspect hit a police cruiser. the officer is ok. e suspect's ve

steve cheveney. >> i am pamela brown. cynne simpson has the day off. first, lisa baden. >> nice around the beltway. overnight construction put to bed. in pretty good shape as far as interstate travel. look and at the wilson bridge american legion bridge, uncomplicated getting in or out of the district,. giving you the green light on the greenway, the toll road, and 270. traffic moving nicely in college park. this is live on the beltway. now to adam caskey. >> be prepared for more warm weather today, high temperatures near 80 degrees this afternoon. we will be a little heshy of the record high temperature. look at the numbers right now. already above are average afternoon high temperature. 56 in arlington and chevy chase -- 66. i anticipate these temperatures to drop a little more before sunrise which is at 7:20. 79 for the high temperature light northwesterly breeze. tonight dropping into the 50's. low 80's tomorrow with a slight chance of the thunder shower tomorrow afternoon and evening. it's warm out there. >> a deadly end to the manhunt for a murde

simpson. we will check in with steve rudin coming up in a few minutes.first, lisa baden keeping an eye on the roads. >> a big slowdown is on by 270. branch avenue se, watch out for delays merging with pennsylvania avenue. a coalition on pennsylvania avenue between minnesota avenue and the exit that will take you to d.c. to wonder 95. a live picture of virginia. this is 395. quiet on the beltway to the 14th street bridge . >> a beautiful morning on the way. the sun will be up in less than one hour. get the sunglasses ready. you are going to need them this morning. here is our forecast for this afternoon. 60 to 65 degrees. we will increase out of the northwest at 15 to 25 miles per hour. mainly clear tonight. freezing morning for western maryland. 33 to 39 degrees for the low and tomorrow, not so bad. parleys under -- partly sunny skies. mildest temperature south and west of d.c. a look at the extended outlook in a few minutes. we have some rain on the way. details and a few minutes. >> thank you. new this morning, police are looking for two people led off

simpson. . we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. we will have meteorologist steve rudin in a moment, but let's start with lisa baden. >> starting on a quiet note. overnight construction put to bed. in good shape on 95 between richmond and baltimore. pretty quiet on 270. traffic heading away from us -- looks good in germantown and in rockville. more from newschopper 7 and a little while. now to steve rudin >> . looking at temperatures outside not so bad as we start this thursday morning. still in the low 60's at reagan national airport 61 at dulles, 48 in manassas. 41 in oakland, maryland. cold front that moved through yesterday afternoon that brought spotty showers and isolated thunderstorm did not amount to much. high pressure over now brings sunshine for the day with highs around 60-65 degrees. the wind starting to pick up right now. that will stick around until mid afternoon. we could see gusts exceeding 25 miles an hour. talk about a freeze wiped in effect for parts of the area for the overnight hours spent the early tomorrow. the seven-day outlook in a few min