treatment that was being given to the baptists in virginia. these very last few years of the colonial period. besides the whippings that were complained of, in one case, the local leader of the gentry, that is the local elite cheap figure, -- waited until the baptists had gone into a meeting on sunday, he locked the doors and through api through the window. there was another episode of the gentry, this was an episcopalian church, likely a wizard family to pay for the capital. another time, another family in colonial virginia had waited for the baptist to go into their meeting house on a sunday morning. all of them in on horseback, riding down a center idle, whipping everyone in reach. apparently there this was some kind of sport. it was another case when the baptists had snakes thrown through the windows of their meeting house on sunday mornings. if you think of it as fiction, this could be humorous. we might chuckle or we might be somewhat embarrassed and nervously chuckle. for madison, this was appalling. he could not leave this kind of thing

on the other hand, it was run by the colonial church of virginia. the episcopal church and if he had gone there he would have had a different kind of nurturance of his intellect and he encountered it in the college of new jersey. the college of new jersey at the time was john -- run by john witherspoon who was at recently emigrated scottish presbyterian divine. at the college of new jersey, madison encountered a particular occurrence of enlightenment thought that led him to have a very skeptical attitude about human nature. one way you can distinguish the american revolution from later revolutions, most notably the french and russian, is the people at the head of the american revolution tended not to think as leaders of the french and russian revolution said, their political program were successful we would see a transformation of human nature in russia. we are going to create the new soviet man. if you check madison's political writings through his entire life he never thought any such thing was possible. he thought people were naturally british. he

treatment that was being given to the baptists in virginia. ese very last few years of the colonial period. besides the whippings that were complained of, in one case, the local leader of the gentry, that is the local elite cheap figure, -- waited until the baptists had gone into a meeting on sunday, he locked the doors and through api through the window. there was another episode of the gentry, this was an episcopalian church, likely a wizard family to pay for the capital. another time, another family in colonial virginia had waited for the baptist to go into their meeting house on a sunday morning. all of them in on horseback, riding down a center idle, whipping everyone in reach. apparently there this was some kind of sport. it was another case when the baptists had snakes thrown through the windows of their meeting house on sunday mornings. if you think of it as fiction, this could be humorous. we might chuckle or we might be somewhat embarrassed and nervously chuckle. for madison, this was appalling. he could not leave this kind of thing c

the new way the virginia company was settling virginia. and jamestown was the seat of the government. so, there would have been representatives from that area in the first representative assembly. so, you know, there was always some kind of connection. and then it went on to be a plantation all during the 17th century. >> how far is the original historic jamestown from the current seat of government, richmond? how far down the james river? >> 50 miles. i guess 50. >> sebring, florida, next up. george ann, hi, there. >> okay, go ahead. >> george ann, go ahead, sebring, florida. >> caller: i was fortunate enough to be able to bring my children from the ipswich area of england to virginia so they got to see where the settlers came from versus where they were coming to. and they knew that they lived in big mansions in england, and over here we were living in mud huts. and i would also like to know if you are checking around in gloucester around pallatan's chimney, where chief pallatan had his home, and if so, are you finding anything of interes

treatment that was being given to the baptists in virginia. se very last few years of the colonial period. besides the whippings that were complained of, in one case, the local leader of the gentry, that is the local elite cheap figure, -- waited until the baptists had gone into a meeting on sunday, he locked the doors and through api through the window. there was another episode of the gentry, this was an episcopalian church, likely a wizard family to pay for the capital. another time, another family in colonial virginia had waited for the baptist to go into their meeting house on a sunday morning. all of them in on horseback, riding down a center idle, whipping everyone in reach. apparently there this was some kind of sport. it was another case when the baptists had snakes thrown through the windows of their meeting house on sunday mornings. if you think of it as fiction, this could be humorous. we might chuckle or we might be somewhat embarrassed and nervously chuckle. for madison, this was appalling. he could not leave this kind of thing ca

virginia. i want to thank bill and bly for digging for the truth for our rich virginia history. a couple questions. one is artifacts, when you dig for them, what's the average depth in the ground? with the exception of the confederate earthworks. i understand that. is it by gravity? what's the average departmenth and why are they in the ground certain places deeper than others? the red brick structure in the background, is that a rebuilt church or is part of it original? and can you speak to the settlement that was in maine that was i don't know if it was abandoned by cold weather perhaps. thank you so much. >> okay. that's a lot of questions there. as far as depth. it depends where the object was dropped or thrown. if it goes down a well, it can be 15 feet deep. if it's in a layer that's just been laid on the ground and, say, when a confederate earthwork was built here, some ground's removed, it would be right on the surface, so it just all depends how the land was used where the artifact's found. let's see. go ahead. >> the church. >> oh, the church. the church you see behind u

the state fair virginia was the previous owner. it filed for bankruptcy in december and initially called off this year's fair as a result. the new owner says this year's state fair will run from -- from september 28 through october 7, and it already started contracting rides and vendors. >> think you'll go? >> that is great news. you know, oddly enough, i lived in richmond for 22 years and never went to the fair. i'm not a roller coaster guy, all that stuff. but a lot -- i mean, a lot of people go to the state fair in virginia. >> i'll let you take my kids. >> your kids are fun. i'll take them. >>> 4:54. 65 degrees. coming up at 5:15, why a person's skin may help the heart heal itself. >>> first, why you can expect big crowds when you hit the road this weekend. >>> today you can earn a buck just for buckling up. prince george's county police will hand out dollar bills to everyone who is wearing a seat belt. they will be stationed in the 13600 block of bawl avenue in laurel at noon. for those not wearing a seat belt, officials will

mitt romney has an edge against the northern virginia exurbs, one of the swing parts of northern virginia. the money in this presidential election will be spend in 17 swing markets where bush won in '04 and obama won in '08. three of them are in virginia. will the message that virginia's governor is trumpeting help romney run? >> when we took office, times were tough for virginia's families. together, we focused like a laser on jobs and our economy. the result, the lowest unemployment rate in over three years and thousands of new virginia jobs. >> mcdonnel welcomed romney to the state yesterday this way. >> welcome to the state with the lowest unemployment rate in the southeast. >> it is a tough. it is a weird, mixed message. what would virginia's unemployment rate be without the federal government in the specter of, oechlh, say, theon. sg. >>> >> in pittsburgh, romney and santorum have the long-awaited private meeting. santorum ma santorum. it looks to be a vehicle for him going forward. we are going to have much more on vary have and all this stuff and those swing battleground media mar

we use it on the battlefield. virginia governor bob became the latest virginia leader to support police using drones. >> i believe if you are keeping officers safe and making productive and saving using this in a special weapons operations like we did in the battlefield, absolutely worth it. >> the unmanned aircraft have by the military overseas. over the past few months there's using themalk about in the commonwealth. the police chiefs of fairfax also endorsede the idea. however, residents have mixed whether it's right to add this new technology. >> i would probably be with ok it. would want to know more details. intrusive.s thate of the other issues about is them talk issue of privacy. is something the governor said would have to be addressed. he believes in maintaining civil if these were put into place. nothis point he says there's has been put on his desk to talk about this. just knows that virginia law looking into all options. brianne carter reporting, abc 7 news. to use droneslan to enforce traffic in fairfax count

the rain. boy did we get some overnight across virginia. here the radar with the cloud cover the last 12 hours. thankfully the rain has diminished. it's still wet in montgomery county. closeup look at the radar, storm 4 radar showing still lingering, light rain in montgomery county. enough to make all the roads wet there. there could be slick going over the next hour or so. right now, here in northwest, getting just a few sprinkles as well as bethesda and up toward potomac and rockville, gaithersburg, and that's advancing to the north and pulling away. a few lingering sprinkles in fairfax county, parts of prince george's county. enough rain overnight, up to an inch of rain in prince william county, this area in green. that's under a flood warning until 10:00 this morning. many of the rural roads that cross streams are flooded. those streams have come out of their bank and are rolling across the roads. those are in prince william county. here's the day planner for your wednesday. maybe a little sun in and out this morning. a slight chance of

that's a very tough road for the president to hoe. virginias a toss up as mike viqueira said, it's the number one battleground state. we welcome the president coming to virginia as often as he is. he needs to work really, really hard to win back the trust of virginia voters here. hundreds of voters voted for a democrat for the first time since lbj won the presidency did virginia go for a democrat. they bought into the message of hope and change candidate obama was selling. he looked at your colleague, matt lauer. he said the economy is going to be right. the results aren't there. virginia voters are left holding the bag. i think it's going to be a tough road. >> i want to talk about stats from former mccain, okay. chief economist and republican. mark zandy. job losses are the most serious weight on the job market thachlt is mccain's former economist. what do you think about that? >> all due respect to senator mccain, i don't think his economic program won the day in 2008. you can pick a random economist out there and, you know, say anything th

the commonwealth of virginia is seen as crucial to republican chances in the fall. >> i sense virginia is -- is still at its core, a right-of-- center state. with fiscal issues will revert to the national tendencies and voting right of center, mitt romney. >> reporter: but it's purple? >> yeah. it is. last 10 governor, five republican, five democrats. >> reporter: cracking the electoral code in virginia, traditionally coming down to locking voter enthusiasm in washington, d.c., an area that puts the swing in the commonwealth and where analysts say mcdonnell could help. >> the plus is that he did well in the virginia suburb, the key to the state. he is telegenic. he's a very good governor. and virginia could be the other key swing state. whoever puts ohio, florida and virginia together will win the election. >> with the republican party, help bring it together, strong on policy and a very well respected governor within -- other governors respect him. i think he dolled well. i don't know that he brings a lot to the table, demographically or geographically. >> if you are not winning virgi

it served as the capital of virginia until 1699. thought to be lost to history forever under the james river, the original faust was unearthed in 1994 by the jamestown rediscovery archaeological project. we visited jamestown to learn how the story of the 1607 settlers is being revealed every day through the study of artifacts. >> my name is bly straub. i'm the senior curator for the jamestown rediscovery project and that's a project that started in 1994. it's a project of preservation virginia. the first statewide historic statewide preservation association in the united states. it's so confusing that there are so many jamestown and many people visit jamestown and it turns out that they never went to the real place, you know, the place where all the history happened. so, there's a jamestown that's a living history museum, jamestown settlement, and they interpret jamestown and they have three wonderful ships and they've reconstructed a fort and an indian village and they have a huge museum over there. that is a state-run organization,

but that's what's happening in the virginia case. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight, a debriefing of jesse watters who joins us now. all right, the two reporters who got beat up, what's their situation now? >> well, physically they have healed from their injuries but they are still incredibly shaken up. the male victim was from south dakota. he wasn't a street smart kid. he was very naive at this point he knows he should have never exited the vehicle. right now he feels a little emasculated because he was beaten up in front of his girlfriend and wasn't able to protect her. >> bill: the girl came out to try to save him, right? came out of the vehicle. >> right. and she got beaten up. from what i hear also, she has been hysterical and livid at the local press coverage. she called in to a local news reporter and complaining at the top of her lungs about the biased portrayal that they're getting in the news down there. >> >> bill: what do you mean by that? what shoe s. she upset about that exactly. >> what the local press is doing is taking

sentencing is scheduled for june 27th. >>> the university of virginia in the state of virginia may haverder of yeardley love. love's mother is suing the school and the state in a wrongful death lawsuit. she's seeking $29 million. sharon love claims the coaches, school athletic director, and the state ignored george hugh huguely's alcohol abuse and aggressive blafr. in august. the attorney general denies the state or university did anything wrong. >>> tonight police have identified the bicyclist who was hit and killed by a car in olney this morning. she is said to be 48-year-old diane wittman. she lived in montgomery village. the car hit wittman near the intersection of route 108 and zion road. the driver stayed on the scene and was taken to a hospital suffering minor injuries. >>> a firefighter is recovering from heart surgery. he says he got a major stress test today when somebody tried to break into his montgomery county home. phil herbert says somebody he didn't know kept ringing his doorbell. when he didn't answer, he heard someone trying to come through his locked patio door, then

it's in the low 70s across most of virginia and into the shenandoah valley, western maryland, and westirginia. all around the entire region we've got a lot of humidity in the air. under a clear sky this morning. we've got the summer triangle. and that is overhead. the starry sky. and as we look at the view from space the last 12 hours, we've had a generally clear sky. no storms around. we did have a few in the mountains yesterday afternoon and early evening. those have since dissipated. throughout the morning hours with the weak high pressure over us, we're going to have plenty of sunshine. humidity still in place and rapidly heating up. near 80 by 9:00. by noontime, the mid 80s. ought to get to 90 around mid-afternoon. we have a much greater chance of storms developing today versus yesterday. in fact, by late afternoon, around 4:00, 5:00, into the evening, we could have likely passing thunderstorms, some could produce heavy downpours with frequent lightning, maybe strong, gusty winds. we'll keep you posted on that. i'm back with another update in ten minutes. danella's here now with o

takes them from washington to the virginia peninsula where the fortress is. mcclellan is not friendly to runaways. he won't talk those being used by the confederate war effort. he will return them. the league, african-americans do not like mcclellan. they do not provide him good information. mcclellan would march his army within ten miles, rebel capital, 1862, down in south carolina. susie king taylor, a teenager learned to read and write in secret schools of savannah, had run away and was at hilton head. she said in the camp it was a gloomy time. when mcclellan was close to richmond it was a gloomy time. they did not want mcclellan to succeed. it was a gloomy time. in richmond, pinkerton would name john scobell, one of the operative of the league, and pinkerton would have his own operatives, hatty lawton, and timothy webster. john scobell does not get arrested. pinkerton now is heavily dependent on the league operatives to give him information on what lee's forces are like. and we also know that at that time, there was an intelligence organization, if you wi

formed the virginia company. joint stock venture, one of the earliest, if not the earliest modern corporation was put together. and in the late 1606, they decide to bring three ships, 105 colonists, all men, and -- well, men -- three boys. and left in late december of 1606. well, if you may know, may 13th is where they land on jamestown island. so that's a long time, and that was a problem. and they came in here with a food deficit right away, because it took too long to get here. they were instructed to go 100 miles from the coast, so that they would be protected from any raids from spanish. and that was the real fear, although they had a treaty in 1604 where they were not supposed to be worried about them. but you can't go -- as i was saying, the falls of the river at richmond, can't go 100 miles. so the fallback was to settle on some island that was strong by nature, is what -- it's a quote. strong by nature means it's surrounded by water, so it could be protected. they also decided, and this is possibili impor

virginia tech. his brother asked me to read something at the memorial service for derrek. he said derrek lived and gave his life to serve others who were in need. i would say to you, we need more derrek crouse's in virginia. keith calhoun is another remarkable american. he served in iraq with the 101st airborne division. while on patrol, he was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade and lost both of his legs below the knee. i greeted him at the governor's mansion a couple of years ago and he told me about his months of recovery and what he thought would be the prospect of life in a wheelchair. but he chose a different path. he taught himself how to mono- ski. through sheer willpower, he got out of that wheelchair every day and competed in multiple sports events, using prosthetic legs, and eventually won numerous medals in track events. that is perseverance. at the governor's mansion he told me this. he said was proud to go to iraq and i gave my best for my country. that is what is expected out of americans. amazing. [applause] class of 2012, my point here is that derrek and keit

it's from somewhere on the preservation virginia property. it was kept in the national park service collections because we didn't have a collections area before our archaeological project got started. and it looks like it's been through a fire, it's burned. i believe it's early 19th century. it's still the cock still has a minute in the jaws. kind of interesting. but i wish i knew exactly where on the island, where on preservation property it was

you know the virginia pilot is going to cover it. are they not? i i can't speak for the paper. >> you don't think they would cover that story? >> here is my point. trayvon martin's case took week it took weeks to get covered by the mainstream media inside black america it was being discussed every day. >> and then it took 46 days to get a charge leveled against mr. zimmerman. so the mainstream media, including fox news and my friend bill o'reilly didn't jump on that story. >> bill: have to get on the time line i don't have it on the top of of my head when we first heard about trayvon martin we got on it i don't know what the time line was here we have the bias crime no it's not. they have a 911 tape they could have given us today. you have got to give it up guys, come on. not accusing the police department of anything here. i'm not. i don't know what happened,

they arrive in union lines in fortress monroe, southernmost point of the virginia peninsula. and they would meet with the general seeking refuge. he would give them refuge. when a confederate officer wanted property back. butler would argue these persons you claim as property are being used to wage war against the united states. i'm going to confiscate such property as contraband of war. and in august of 1861, congress would pass the first confiscation act that would apply to those being used in the confederate war effort. just anybody couldn't enter the camp. fort monroe, one cartoonist would call it the fort monroe doctrine, receiving the contraband. butler would allow women and children in. the children and the wives. of the soldiers, not soldiers, contraband, confiscated. he would allow them in. so you have really the first contraband camp of the war forming at fort monroe. butler would also be in association with abraham galloway as he returned to work with uncle sam. the confederates use african-american lay lor -- labor extensively. and allan pinkerton said that those w

but that's what's happening in the virginia case. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight, a debriefing of jesse watters who joins us now. all right, the two reporters who got beat up, what's their situation now? >> well, physically they have healed from their injuries but they are still incredibly shaken up. the male victim was from south dakota. he wasn't a street smart kid. he was very naive at this point he knows he should have never exited the vehicle. right now he feels a little emasculated because he was beaten up in front of his girlfriend and wasn't able to protect her. >> bill: the girl came out to try to save him, right? came out of the vehicle. >> right. and she got beaten up. from what i hear also, she has been hysterical and livid at the local press coverage. she called in to a local news reporter and complaining at the top of her lungs about the biased portrayal that they're getting in the news down there. >> >> bill: what do you mean by that? what shoe s. she upset about that exactly. >> what the local press is doing is taking

the 80s. near 90 near central virginia. tonight as the front moves in, we'll deal with the potential for another round of scattered showers and thunderstorms and again, some could be strong. temperatures are warm. 67 now in washington. 16bwi marshall -- 61 at bwi marshall. 88in fredericksburg. turn up the heat. more details on the weekend in a minute, allison, and tony, back to you at the desk. >>> tucker, thank you. six months now until election day and the campaign will kick off officially tomorrow for president obama. even though the candidates have been campaigning for months. >> virginia is looking more and more like a key battleground contest. president obama and visiting the commonwealth today. yesterday romney got the endorsement of congresswoman michele bachmann while in virginia. we get more from fox 5's sherri ly in arlington where the president will be. >> reporter: good morning. president barack obama will be speaking to students at washington lee high school later this morning. although this isn't an official c

and so we're the jamestown rediscovery project of preservation virginia. we do not get federal support and we do not get state support for our work. so, we're high lie highly reliant on donations and visitors coming because we get half of the gate receipts of visitors coming through and grants, and that's how we survive and it's hard in these times. the site is incredibly rich. it's just amazing. and we've been walking over the material all these years, you know, it's been under our feet when everyone was saying the fort was out in the riv. it's just astounding there's so much material. i've thought about why. for one thing there was so much death in the early years. in sickness. and i think a lot of things just got thrown away because they didn't belong to people anymore, they sort of were objects, possessions without a possessor. and people just didn't have the strength or willpower to do much of anything. we found a lot of, like, lead thrown away that could have been remelted and reused, recycled and it wasn't. just tossed out. i think that's one reason.

area alone. >> i believe it's a good thing for the state of virginia and the whole economy around virginia because it really propels this area into the human spaceflight area. >> reporter: in dulles kristin fisher, 9 news now. >> the first test launch of orbital -- antares rocket is expected to take place in september and its first real launch is slated for the end of this year. >>> virginia residents can prepare for the upcoming hurricane season and save money at the same time. the state is holding a sales tax holiday on emergency items like batteries and flashlights, tarps and first aid kits. it runs friday through next thursday. those items that cost $60 or less will be exempt from the 5% state and local tax. generators that cost $1,000 or less are also exempt. >> today, top, we learned a little more about the hurricane forecast. >> we did. dr. grayish used one a couple months ago. -- gray issued one a couple months ago. noaa issued one today. it doesn't take an active season to cause problems. let's start with how many hurricanes they are predicting as opposed to how many are normal. w

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of campus violence including the 2007 massacre that left 33 people dead. virginia senator mark warner will also speak. >>> the first lady and dr. jill biden hosted lucky military mothers and children at the white house for mother's day. children got to create mother's day cards and gifts in the dining room, then moved to the east room to present the gifts to their moms during the afternoon tea. the first lady thanked the mothers for their strength and service while their loved ones are overseas. >> your sons and daughters, their choice to serve this country is a reflection of your love. >> the first lady and dr. biden also hosted a separate joining forces service event -- joint forces service event at the naval observatory, assembling hundreds of care package for mothers and wives with husbands deployed overseas. such a nice event in honor of mother's day to give back. always important. >> and mother's day will be a beautiful day to help mom enjoy that special day. right now, we look outside, we can tell you about -- just a few clouds still out there. and tom, pret

some of it now across the virginia border. and some moderate showers to the east of assateague, along the atlantic seaboard. it will keep it socked in with clouds and rain on the eastern shore. west of the bay, it's drying out. all of these areas here where you see washington points west. all of this area in color to the east around the bay and the eastern shore, still getting some rain. now, for us over the last several hours, we've had the morning sprinkle activity taper off and the cloud cover breaking up to our west. got lots of sunshine in west virginia, panhandle of west virginia to western maryland, shenandoah valley. few breaks in the clouds here, too. to the south of washington. as the day progresses, we'll get more sun. look at the rain we had from last evening's heavy downpours, over two and a half inches here parts of the panhandle of west virginia. nearly two inches in montgomery county, about an inch around the blue ridge and parts of southern maryland. reagan national had about half an inch as the lines of heavy

thanks to a new law that passed in the last legislative session. it states no virginia money can go to projects with project labor agreement. loudoun county is also threatening to opt out of the project. >> but if loudoun says no, then we have a delay and the delay costs more? >> the preference? >> may or may not. i am encouraging, i think loudoun, fairfax. i'm encouraging all of them to stick with this. let's get this done. >> peggy fox, 9news now. >> the loudoun board has to make that decision by july 4. the governor says virginia has more time to put up its share. >> still to come, the navy and marines welcome a batch of offices of the class of 2012 graduates from the naval academy. but first, president obama hands down the nation's top honor for civilians. some of the biggest names in music, sports, and politics. >>> former supreme court justice, john paul stevens, folk singer, bob dillon, and tony morrison, some of the luminaries who received the presidential medal of freedom. president obama led the ceremony at the white house today. the medal of freedom is the hi

the obama campaign considers both ohio and virginia absolutely crucial to the president's re-electionent obama announced his first virginia campaign rally would come saturday, the romney campaign one upped him with an appearance earlier this week in chantilly and portsmouth. obama's appearance in arlington this morning was focused on student loans but he talked first about the economy, the central issue in the upcoming presidential contest, and the number one issue for virginia voters. >> we'll recover all the jobs lost during the recession and if we're going to build a secure economy that strengthens the middle class then we have to do more. >>> outside washington lee high school one virginia gop party leader says republicans hope to reverse obama's historic 2008 victory in virginia by proving mitt romney is better able to tackle the economic challenges ahead. >> barack obama as a candidate showed a lot of promise. he gives an unbelievable speech. all that said, the results haven't been there. that is why we believe virginia will come home to republicans. >> the political analyst say

that includes the metro area and much of virginia and southern maryland. afternoon, into the evening hours, a slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm popping up. but most areas including montgomery county and areas north and west of i-95 should stay dry. back to the mid 60s by late evening. then by this time tomorrow morning, down to the mid 50s starting off thursday morning. and after that cool start, though, we'll be warming back into the 70s tomorrow. a beautiful day. sunny, sunny friday. 40s in the morning. afternoon highs up near 80. and a great weekend to follow saturday and sunday, looking mostly sunny. afternoon highs near 80. and continued mild into next week. danella? >>> well, the roads are dry. i'm not really seeing any accidents. not worried about that. let's talk about some volume. chopper 4 is live over i-66. making your way past 50. we are seeing delays in this area. they continue as you head eastbound past 123. and again, it's not so bad for you as you make your way past nutley. travel lanes are open as you continue toward the beltway. n

that is not the case this morning in northern virginia. these are ground targets that the radars detecting. that happens quite often when we have a certain temperature profile in the atmosphere. so that is not rain. what we have in southern maryland, this is rain. thacross the knights bridge there are showers. in st. mary's county, slowly lifting across the pax river enter calvert county. there's one sprinkle crossing 270 from potomac rockville. shenandoah valley, one sprinkle as well. all very light action just east of interstate 81, pushing east. the red and yellow is not heavy rainfall, again. that is ridgetops entry lines being detected by radar. there's a cold front that moved through a few hours ago. the cold front will keep the remnants of beryl out of the washington area. tropical depression beryl is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm beryl as it skims across the north carolina coastline later today and gets swept out to sea by the cold front. temperatures right now near 70 degrees downtown. much cooler north west of town.

the warmer temperatures will be in virginia and maryland. stly in the 70s throughout the rest of the afternoon. around the metro area, maybe near 80. and any thundershower activity . your friday evening festivities could be wet, too. and cooler weather moving in. next chance of rain is tuesday of next week. we'll look at the radar again in a few minutes, barbara. >> thank you, tom.ekú6a check o >>wfkdc again. >> a couple of problems out there. have a crash there definitely slowing you down and taking away the right lane. traveling the outer loop as you approach vw parkway. right lane there's a crash. just in the shoulder lane. no volume in the area. if you're planning to cross the bay bridge, heads up, springfest is!9g38 big delays.vbt anyway t nicely in both directions. this should last until sunday. if you're crossing over the bay bridge, expect delays. barbara, back toou. >> all right.mn.k you. f. sort of earth's mightiest heros. >> it's the biggest super hero movie to date. the avengers. iron man, captain america, and the rest of thebq@+

, i'm going to join the northern virginia jeepersociation, because they put this show on. this is the mvja show and slide car crash where they take their jeeps and crash other little cars. >> so it is like a monster truck rally, except the monster trucks are like raised-up jeeps. >> yes. this this takes place aat a manassas car jeep dealership area and this is what they do. >> you could join them. if you could do this with your jeep. >> i could not do this with my jeep, because my jeep has very standard tires and it wouldn't really do so well. >> this is the northern virginia jeepers association. >> i don't know what the southern virginia jeepers association does but the northern virginia jeepers association, this is the fun they have. >> probably a lot of jeep waves going on. do you know about the international jeep waves. you have the jeep wrangler and you pass another jeep wrangler, you have to give them this. don't lift your hand up from the steering wheel, you just -- >> everyone does it. >> i love the jeep wave. it is my favori

a mild morning around the region including maryland, virginia, the district, west virginia. mostly low to mid 60s. here's your day planner. sunrise at 6:06. partly cloudy, near 80 at noontime for your lunch hour. by mid-afternoon, the mid 80s. holding steady during the latter part of the afternoon. and we could have then some thunderstorms moving in, moving in from west to east. they may linger through this evening for your friday evening frolic. we will have it down into the low 70s by midnight with some scattered storms around. a look at your weekend, the seven-day outlook in ten minutes. danella? >>> watching roadwork in its final stage. westbound 66. this is as you make your way toward 50. have the right lane blocked. you can see they're picking up the cones now. and travel lanes, all travel lanes should be open shortly. over to the dulles toll road, earlier, roadwork at 7 and at the beltway. that's clear, as well. traveling from the wolftrap area to the beltway, 53 miles per hour. just a seven-minute drive now. and if you're taking the rails, they're open and not seeing

the governor's popularity as a result and virginia's key role as a swing state have put mcdonnell manyundits' vice presidential short list. for now the governor is not taking the bait. >> anybody who gets a call from the party's nominee and said, you can help our country, you can help our party, of course you'd listen. look, i've got the best job in america. the job held by thomas jefferson and patrick henry. i'm not looking for anything else. >> mcdonnell told wto p yesterday that he is not being vetted by the romney campaign and is planning to finish his term which ends in 2015. the. >>> transportation the safety of canada is leading the investigation of a deadly midair collision in northern virginia. u.s. investigators revealed the planes involve read owned by employees of the faa and ntsb. therefore, those agencies are not investigating. the crash happened monday in fauquier county. two people from one of the planes died after it crash-landed in a wooded area and caught fire. the pilot in the other plane survived. he remains in the hospital. his name and condition have not been rel

down into the 60s throughout most of virginia and maryland and the eastern shore, these areas in light green. much of western pennsylvania into western pennsylvania and virginia and parts of the shenandoah valley valley. right near the waters it's near 70 degrees. and for today by noontime, we'll be in the upper 70s. low humidity, warm, reached low to mid-80s. back down to the upper 70s. today at 8:27. by dawn tomorrow, big changes moving in ahead of a cold front arriving on friday evening. we'll have increasing clouds on friday, increasing humidity. afternoon's highs in the low 80s. late afternoon, damaging winds, perhaps some hail and heavy downpours and maybe a lingering shower saturday morning but we ought to dry out with the sun back in the mid-70s. afternoon highs near 80 and pick and each day, monday, tuesday, wednesday looking similar with a partly sunny sky with morning lows near 60 and afternoon highs near 80. i'm back with another update in ten minutes. at 5:31. danella's here now with an update of traffic. >> so far following breaking newses on the roadway. tough commute if

now on to the inner loop, earlier we had a work zone set up in virginia. one issue toward the dulles toll road. another at little river turnpike, those are gone. your travel speed on the inner loop, not bad from the interchange to the dulles toll road. you're driving at 60 miles per hour. now if you're taking the rails, i'm checking those. they're opening with no reported delays on the metro, marc, and vre. eun? >> thank you. >>> 5:01 now. hijinx and dumb things, that's how mitt romney describes pranks he pulled back in high school. some of his former classmates say some of those antics went too far. the "washington post" is reporting the presumptive republican presidential nominee once led other classmates at his michigan prep school in pinning down another student against his will and cutting his hair. that student later came out as gay. romney said he didn't know anything about his sexual orientation at the time. >> you know, i don't remember that incident. i'll tell you, i certainly don't believe that i or -- i can't speak for others, but thought the fe

the federal reserve and the virginia tech also looking to the matter. meanwhile, jpmorgan chase's ceo, james dimon, will keep his job. the bank's shareholders rejected a proposal to split the jobs of ceo and chairman at its annual shareholders meeting yesterday. >>> now to a developing story and questions about how the panel overseeing construction of the dulles rail project is spending your tax dollars. the department of transportation released a scathing report on the metropolitan washington airplane's authority spending yesterday. the government audited members of the committee. and look at some of the expenses it uncovered -- $238,000 for wine at one dinner. a $9,200 plane ticket to prague, and three dinner bills that totaled $4,800 in hawaii. the report says one board member is related to an employee at a law firm, and that firm received a $100,000 contract with the airport's authority. the board's director says the group is committed to addressing the issues raised by the audit and will do whatever necessary to ensure transparency and accountabili