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it's in the 20s in much of western marylandnd southeastern virginia, virginia tidewater, upp 30s to near 40 there. we've got this beautiful clear sky that's going to b with us again today throughout the day today. lots of sunshine. by 9:00 we should be back into the mid-40. our sunrise is 6:47. by noon time, should make it into the mid-50s and perhaps the low 60s briefly by midafternoon with lots of sun. sunset, 4:57. right back down to the 50s after that. for this friday night, about weather for rivalry and high school football games. under a clear sky. by dawn saturday, mid-30s. a look at saturday, sunday, monday in ten minutes. how is the traffic now, jerry? >> good morning and happy friday, everybody. between the beltway, landmark, toward dale city, all the travel lanes open for you. dry pavement. no worries with that. along i-270 southbound no concerns. elsewhere, into southeast washington, doing fine. 95 from fredericksburg on up, smooth sailing so far as friday morning gets under way. >> thanks a lot, jerry. welcomed news to tens of thousands of commuters. construction on ohio dri

west virginia did win. we got messed up there. west virginia did win today. but a big one on monday. >> how do you stop michael vick? >> i tell you what, you have to keep him in the pocket and don't let him get outside. >> you want to recap? >> temperatures in the mid- to upper-60s and tuesday and wednesday is cold rain coming our way. >> thank you for watching tonight, everybody. see you back here tomorrow. good night. bye. the most powerful half ton crew in america has a powertrain backed for 100,000 miles. that's forty thousand more than ford. chevy silverado. the most dependable, longest-lasting full- size pickup on the road. use your all-star edition discount for... a total value of six thousand dollars on a 2011 silverado. see your local chevrolet dealer. [ female announcer ] yoplait's real fruit and the goodness of dairy... gives you a little slice of happy. and happiness comes in 25 delicious flavors. explore them all. yoplait. it is so good. now the yoplait you love in a new four pack. try it today.

the wide screen here focus on 95 in virginia. things are slowing down a bit here as we move it outside between the prince william parkway and 123. and then using the brakes again around 70, 100 the fairfax county parkway fog to contend with. staying in virginia, pushing it over to 66 that trip making it eastbound right here looks like that construction inside the beltway is clear. what we're dealing with is volume between route 50 and 123. >>> back to the graphics, want to let you know 95 and 270 you're okay on the outer loop, only ten minutes. 95 southbound no problems on the way toward the beltway. d.c. 295, seven minutes toward the 11th street bridge. still ahead in your next traffic report at 6:12 a check on the dulles toll road eastbound. >>> thank you, angie. we get to stories happening today. d.c. mayor elect vincent gray will be talking money today. he is delivering a state of the budget and finances address doing that at the wilson building this morning. >>> winter on both sides of the potomac. maryland state highway adm

same situation on the inner loop in virginia.nine minutes on the inner loop in maryland from route four pennsylvania towards the wilson bridge. still ahead in your next traffic report a check on the bw parkway at 5:39. >>> this morning police are looking for the parents of an abandoned newborn springfield, virginia. the girl was found in a duffel bag at saint raymond's catholic church. the baby is in the hospital, but it expected to be okay. it is a baby girl. the police are concerned about the health of the mother, since it's obvious the baby was not delivered in a hospital. >>> this morning the defense is expected to start presenting its case. w navment diki is accused of chilling chandra rlevy. an assault charge was dropped. the defense is asking the judge to throw out the entire case against him. >>> prince george's county executive jack johnson is expected to return to work this morning, after the fbi arrested him friday. johnson and his wife are accused in an ongoing corruption system, in a pay for play system involving rea

hey, virginia, 66. you're our next stop, finding our lanes wide open out of manassas, past route 50 up towards the capitol beltway. 495 in virginia, drivers moving at speed from 95 toward 56 past the american legion bridge. 395 northbound no issues to report as we can switch it over to virginia, i can show you that. a little construction to contend with across the 14th street bridge, taking away the left lane. at 5:00 or 5:01, we'll have a focus on your maryland roads. back to you. >>> thank you, angie. a warning for motorists, buckle up. >> local police are cracking down on drivers who are not wearing seat belts, it's part of the click it or ticket campaign. not wearing a seat belt could mean a $25 ticket in maryland, $50 in the district and in virginia you actually have to be pulled over for something else first, if you get caught without your seat belt, it's $25 there. >>> first, speed cameras coming to college park. be aware it will be activated along paint branch parkway. if you're caught speeding

west virginia did win. we got messed up there. west virginia did win today. big one on monday. >> how do you stop michael vick? >> i tell you what, you have to keep him in the pocket and don't let him get outside. >> you want to recap? >> temperatures in the mid- to upper-60s and tuesday and wednesday is cold rain coming our way. >> thank you for watching tonight, everybody. see you back here tomorrow. good night. bye.

he has been charged with rape. >>> a virginia judge says the lawsuit filed against two virginia tech administrators can go forward. the university president charles steger and james hyatt had a lawsuit filed against them by the families of two students killed in the attacks. the attorneys asked for the matter to be dismissed because the administrators are under sovereign immunity. >>> the district's mayor-elect is sounding the alarm. vincent gray is asking to prepare for more budget cuts. >> you have to share in the sacrifice and take a hit. >> the projected deficit has climbed to nearly $188 million this year. it could soar to $345 million in the next fiscal year. the dc council will hold a public hearing on layoffs and furloughs next week. >>> 5:36. still ahead, washington's cardinal returns today from the ceremony at vatican city. >>> then the next recipe of the morning. jessica's killer mashed potatoes. it is 5:36. we'll be right back. >>> 5:38 here on this tuesday morning. comfortable out here. a few clouds and a light breeze. we will have a light shower this afternoon. 58 at 9:

the virginia department of historic resources says yes.s the silver line station will block the vistas of the historic dulles main terminal. the facility has been called within of the best pieces of ark check churr in the 20th century. plans for an underground station were scrapped in order to save money. >>> metro riders are new concerns over the safety of escalators on the transit system in that's because a report shows that met true knew of the safety issues before the october 30th incident. the fins dent at l'enfant plaza injured sick people. the leak report warned that many needed repairs. and they warned of old brake pads like the ones believed to have failed at l'enfant plaza. riders we spoke to last night weren't happy about this? i don't feel very safe. >> everyone who rides the metro should have the right to know this in advance. >> reporter: 9 news asked metro about the report. it calls this an excerpt from an outdated draft. they said when a final draft is ready it will plan to make it public. >>> today we expect an fend to the

maryland beat down virginia, knocking the cavs out of bowl contention. and then the coach drawing up a quick play against the terp and it works. and hodges, a former team manager flips the ball to danzer, and virginia in front. second quarter, and then o'brien, calls his own number and falls on the block, and fundamental. and then end of the third quarter, terps down two. o'brien throws over the middle and off the hands of carter, and look what i found. e it again. three plays later, give it to this guy. freshm, dj adams. they defeat virginia, and the cavaliers committed 16 penalties for a loss of 45 yards. maryland plays florida state at home next week. and north carolina, number 20 virginia tech. o has a better view. what do you think? this is good here. third quarter. and then marcus davis in the back of the end zone for the score. virginia tech takes the lead. and later tarhills with the ball. and then intercepted. six north carolina turnovers. taylor under pressure, tosses it up for the davis guy again, and same result. touchdown hokies. virginia te

touchdown, virginia. see it again, the holder jacob hodges, there, perfec flips it to danzer, and virginia takes a lead. you love trickeration. o'brien, the freshman qb calls his own number, 12 yards to pay dirt. ter apins lead. fourth and goal on the one for maryland. the handoff goes to dj adams and he just wks into the end zone untouched. made that look easy. 21-10. the cavs counter, the 1-yard touchdown and at e end of the half, no fake here. hinkabin from 52 yards, hooks it good. right now, maryland leads 28-23 in the fourth quarter. all right. let's go to annapolis. navy hosting central michigan. ricky date of birth's all-time leading scorer sitting out with a concussion. chris pctor pitches to aaron santiago, first career touchdown. navy leads 7-0. could do some push-ups. later in the quarter, game tied at 7. proctor, some big blocks. cuts to the chippewas. 16 yards to the end zone. navy leads 14-7. second quarter. 21-14, midshipmen, central michig. ryan ran cliff will the not be tackled, spins and

afternoon highs in the low 60s, southern virginia may get near 70 down into the north carolina, virginiaborder region. elsewhere, the right sunshine throughout the region. not as warm in the moups. and tonight, 40s by late evening. 4:59, hard to get used to. sunrise at 6:46. we should be in the upper 30s by then. starting off veterans day, bright and sunny. mid and upper 50s on thursday. on friday, more of the same. highs in the 50s with bright sunshine. morning lows, near 40, great weather for all outdoor activities, high school and college games, and all the activities going on on saturday should beterrific with bright sunshine. now, for sunday. we will have a weak front that may give us clouds. afternoon highos sunday, 60 or so, perhaps low 60s in a few spots. then it does appear we will have a system coming our way, with increasing clouds on monday into tuesday. much-needed rain on monday, on tuesday, near 40 degrees in the morning, afternoon highs in the 50s. that is the way it looks right no >>> heading to jerry now. you heard that story about the spam on e cruise ship. ever see it

the disapproval rate of the president in west virginia, 69%. how did manchin win in west virginia? he went on television and literally, shot with a gun, the cap and trade bill. this was running away from the president and his agenda and, of course, manchin is governor, we remember, as governor was popular with west virginiaians. an unsettled mood out there. >> might have been the most effective tv ad in a sea of really aggressively bad tv ads this season. andrea mitch chel, we asked you, among your many talents, to look at all the state houses in play tonight. politically, these are local races. people aren't voting nationally and that's where the rubber meets the road. >> a record-setting 37 state houses and as savannah said about ohio, a lot are big electoral states and a lot of this will reset the battleground for 2012 so the president has a big stake in this. if republicans pick up, let's say six, and they are very much ahead of this going into election day, if they pick up only six, they would have 30 state houses and that would be the biggest majority in state houses they've

first in virginia. firefighters are investigating a two-alarm fire at a strip mall in vienna that fire broke out at the vienna plaza shopping center in the 300 block of maple avenue westarly this morning. the cause of the fire still unknown at this point. no injuries were reported, though. and in maryland a man is in serious condition after a shootingt an apartment complex. this happened this morning in the 400 block of muddy branch road in gaithersburg. police suspect the man was attempting to break into oneof the apartments when a tenant shot him. he was take tone a nearby hospital and his injuries are not considered life threatening. stay with us as both stories become available. >>> community leaders are react to go georges against prince george's county executive johnson. agents arrested him and his wife leslie after a five-year political corruption investigation. news 4's derrick ward explains how the case could impact future business deals in the county. >> reporter: retailers no longer shun prin

west virginia, here come clouds into virginia as well.will overspread the region the next few hours. early sunshine, then temperatures down to 43 in town. 32 in men as is, 34 in culpepper. 36 in nool in. annapolis, warm spot at 47 degrees. upper 50s today. should be pretty good. >>> good morning, everybody. hope you're off to a great start to kickoff this thursday morning. we are giving you a clear traffic report. look at the map, can't plain. new york avenue as you zoom in, move outside, show you from times building, third street tunnel, nothing will stand in your way. back to the maps. focus on 395, and that northbound trip past the mixing bowl. looks like we have a little volume building around duke street exit, but overall, no real problems making it towards the 14th street bridge. also checking travel times. virginia, 66 eastbound, from fairfax county parkway to beltway, 11 minutes. d.c. 295 towards the beltway, looking at 7 minutes in the car. in the next report, traveling baltimore, washington parkway at 5:39. >>> 5:31. following b

still ahead at 5:39, a check of 95 in virginia. you. >> thank you. >>> this morning, cleanup under way after the overnight storms. >> a lot of places, there are reports of serious building damage in parts of beltway. first responders set up mobile command near fleetwood avenue. the scene looks like a tornado hit. but there are no reports of injuries. dozens of people in temporary housing. their homes were damaged. >> back in northwest washington, cleanup crews on massachusetts avenue near 34th street. tree fell sometime before 3:00 a.m., blocked all four lanes of traffic. reports of trees and wires down in several other locations in the district and surrounding counties. kristin fisher joins us. you have a lot of damage in the northeast. >> reporter: we have a ton of damage. no injuries to report, that's the good thing. a lot of cleanup needs to take place this morning. i want to give you an idea how strong the wind was this morning. check it out. it is a metal security fence. this is not light. i can lift it up, but it is still pr

we start in the first quarter virginia up 3-0. maryland with the first in goal to hand off to freshman dj adams. gets a six yard score and the terps are on the board. they lead 7-0. they lineup for the field goal on fourth and five but it's a fake. did it last week against duke. and it worked today. the 16-yard td. virginia takes the 10-7 lead. same score in the second quarter. terps in the red zone. brian in the tend runs it in and maryland is up 14-10. and then on the terps next possession they would go for it on the fourth and one. adams heads to the left side. he goes in untouched. the second td of the game. maryland were up 21-10. they were up 21-20 at the break. the fourth quarter adams clinches is in. they would win this game 42-23. >>> and ottawa losing their first two game of the year. taylor's virginia tech hope on a seven game winning streak trying to make it eight against unc. they are down 1 at third and ten. taylor hooks up with marcus davis. the 13 of 28 and 249 yards on the day. tech leads 16-10. still in the third

10-3, virginia. a 17-12, boston college and at the fourth. lining up for the field goal. he misses the chip shot. they would need those points. two seconds left in the game, va., last ditch try to win the game, under pressure, he escaped somehow and throws the hail mary. almost to the end zone, but it is incomplete. at boston college wins. >>> navy-arkansas state. the pitch, howell does the rest, 12 yards into the end zone. in the second, dobbs throwing. he finds greg jones, wide open. lookout open he is. and he runs all the way to the end zone. 21-13 it navy. dobbs keeps it, into the and sen. navy wins. >>> the capitals welcomed the philadelphia flyers tonight, in the phone booth. in the third, the flyers' top. backstrom trying to set the table, the scramble, bangs it hot room. -- banks at home. at 28 seconds later, the capitals strike again. less than a minute to go, the past, he likes the lamp. this goes to overtime. then to the shootout. here is the game winner. he gets beaten, and the flyers win

moving to the map we want to focus on virginia's 395.e we're tracking our biggest delays starting to grow. 395, outside seeing a lot of volume between duke over to seminary. the good news you're still okay approaching that 14th street bridge. quick check on travel times, doubling the time on the roadway on 66 eastbound. outer loop in maryland from 95 to 270 is 18 minutes. down toward d.c. 295 taking seven minutes. at 6:58 have a look at your top traffic stories of the morning. over to you. >>> thank you, angie. earlier this morning we showed you how important it is to check the expiration date on de at any de at any bribe later parts. we learned this morning, there are different kinds. here are two examples. >> the first type of machine that we have in the fire department is semi automated machine. thisman you turn on and off, and it tells you what to do. >> i have the two pads, one is on. you say put one on the side. and i'll turn it on. we've plugged it in. and it says. >> it calibrates itself for a few seconds. >> connect, push, analy

no incidents to report on this virginia roadway. starting to slow down, building that congestion around route 8 and making your way past route 50 towards 123. a check on your travel times reveals the outer loop in maryland is 11 minutes and growing. southbound on 95 from 216 to the beltway, only 10 minutes. all the way down to the beltway, only about 7. am your next traffic report, coming up at 6:25. we'll have a look at the parkway. back to you. >>> 6:19. we've all heard the excuse "my dog ate my homework." but a man is saying "my dog ate my donations" after his pup devoured more than $1200. he wakes up to find $50 on his deck. he realized his dog cosmo got into the fund-raising cash. cosmo ate all the checks and saved the cash for a rainy day. >> i started digging here. i barely got below the surface and got a lot of bills and dirt. >> apparently he's planning a vacation. >> leftover bills were found when nature took its course a couple days later. cosmo's owner will replace the cash out of his own pocket. >>> still to come: a ren

already see clouds increasing across west virginia, western virginia, western pennsylvania. we have to watch clouds move in. temperatures down to 30 in men as is. jan in readville, 44 on the bay. 6:00 a.m., angie goff has time saver traffic. >> kicking off another hour. still in the green. no major accidents at this time. you see the red and yellow. we are starting to slow down. taking it back to the maps, focus on the beltway in virginia. no major problems to report, 66 towards american legion bridge. find all your lanes open. checking travel times on the outer loop in maryland. ten minutes from 95 to 270. 95 headed southbound no problems there. d.c. 295 towards 11th street bridge, lanes open, 7 minutes commute now. >>> 6:01. washington designate donald wuerl in roam, will celebrate mass with local catholics at the about a sill ka saint paul. he will be elevated to cardinal this weekend. >>> don't let the bed bugs bite, the message at a summit. lawmakers, pest control experts all on hand. >>> this morning, we get a chance to see the new hope diamond. it has been out of its

he has been living in northern virginia for the past few years with his wife and young son. he has been held in jail pending trial during the arraignment today at the federal court in alexander begins at 10:45 this morning. >>> meanwhile, the wife of a homegrown terrorists pleaded guilty to trying to cover her husband's plans. the 20-year-old pleaded guilty that he tried to join a somali up version of a terror network. his wife who is 26-year-old pleaded guilty to making a false statement. she is a native of uganda and will be sentenced to probation and will be deported. >>> it's a clock to is your time and four -- four more police of the serbs are now suspended pretty depart this tried to determine if they sought and failed to report that conduct by another officer. the officer was moonlighting at a party in beltsville when he had a college student and was suspended after words. >>> investigators are searching for the gunman responsible for a deadly double shooting in northwest d.c. an adult and child were shot around 9:00 last night in the 1300 block of holbrook street. on

partof virginia and west virginia down into the 30s. later today we should make it to around 60 degrees with sunshine. a few high clouds this afternoon. upper 30s tomorrow morning. sunny on veterans day and friday. how is the trafficnow, jerry? >> we'll start downtown with a water main break up on canal road. stopped the key idge. we understand hopefully within an hour or so they may get travel lanes open. traffic very, very light. canal off m street. heads-up for it. we'll keep a watch for it too. i-95 to 66 looking good. one more sto this go round. 270 the beltway toilver spring >> thanks very much. 47 degrees. where are some of this coury's ugliest 350e78? coming up, why you may not have to look for. >> thank you very much. >> geez! >> major renovations for the national mall. who will foot the big ugly bill? this flu season, what would you pick for your flu vaccine? a shot in the arm? or a spray in the nose? i pick my nose. i pick my nose. i pick my nose gracefully. flumist. it's the only flu vaccine that starts fighting the flu in t

george's county and into virginia. several of the arrests revolve around am ron sing mele and his wife, reconvenience data mele. they say they paid at least two police officers and others to smuggle cigarettes and liquor from virginia into maryland to avoid paying taxes. the other case involves two virginia men including a pg county officer accused of conspiring to spread cocaine. this is part of an ongoing investigation into corruption in the county but they said it would not have much to do with executive pg thompson. >> our mission is to identify any leads, any credible allegations of corruption, and follow that evidence wherever it may take us. that's our job and that's what we intend to do. where we wind up, that's going to be a function of the evidence that we uncover and it's not my function or comment on what may be the end result of the investigation or what the significance of that might be. >> it's our job just to stick -- >> three police officers indicted in two cases are police sergeant richard delaberer a

staying in virginia, moving to 66, headed eastbound, no problems to report. you'll want to watch for more road work inside the beltway degree road exit. we hear they'll be out there until 6:00 a.m. as opposed to the normal 5:00 a.m. closing time. >>> we're okay between i-95 and 270, but go have fog to deal with, please take it easy. 270 southbound free flowing out of frederick down towards the split. coming up in your next traffic report at 4:40 we'll have a look at virginia roads including 395 northbound. >>> thank you, angie. time to check stories we've been following while you slept. >> national transportation safety board investigators are trying to determine what caused engine failure aboard a moscow bound flight which was forced to make an emergency landing moments after taking off from jfk airport in new york city. no one was injured and the passengers were eventually transferred to another flight. >>> the philadelphia eagles take sole possession of first place in nfc east, 27-17 win over the new york giants. michael vick ran 4 yards for one touchdown,

the regional round continues tonight in virginia and maryland. d.c.as its championship on thanksgiving day, of course. here's the games we're covering for you tonight. nearly 19,000 of you voted for our game of the week. liberty at briar woods, also huntingtown at friendly. washington lee at hayfield, all of those games. these are also good, kwins orchard at damascus. louden valley at osborn and robinson at lake braddock. you'll see highlights of those games at 11:18. no greg monroe, no problem. as expected with the departure of their big man to the nba, georgetown is now relying on small ball to win. let's check out some of those small guys. charleston classic, georgetown, this is chris wright, grand theft orange right there. and then the glasswork finish. he had a game high 18 tonight. another one of those small guys, relatively speaking, of course, austin freeman scores right in the defender's mug. he had 14. georgetown stays unbeaten 74- 59. west virginia, vandy, bob huggins giving these guys an earful here. six seconds to go, casey mitchell alrea

virginia is exploring a similar money-making plan.er this week leggett annound beginning in two weeks montgomery county liquor stores can sell alcohol on sundays. that could bring in an extra $2 million a year. >>> beginning next year paying go to college in maryland could cost more money. governor martin o'malley says after a four-year freeze the tuition rate cannot stay flat much longer. he is pushing for a 3% increase next year. o'malley says he hopes to keep the increase at 3% for the next four years. >>> right now president obama is his way to japan, the final stop of his 10-day asia tour. he held a press conference in sel, south korea. following the g-20 summit there, the president is walking away empty handed after failing to secure a trade agreement with south korea. president obama said he is confident that still could happen again if given more time. >>> i've always said that i'm not interested in signing a trade agreement just for the sake of an announcement. i'm interested in trade agreements that increase jobs and exports

we'll have a look at more roads around the region in virginia coming up at 5:47. back to you. >>> two of virginia's top-elected officials put the focus on job creation yesterday. a $5 million grant will provide green job training to residents in the shenandoah valley. the construction was highlighted of a fiber-optic network in allegheny county. both projects are funded with federal stimulus dollars and have implications for economic development. >> that will help improve the quality of life of citizens who can get access to this service, but it will also help improve the economic competitiveness of the region in recruiting new business, industry and jobs. >> in order to receive the $8 million grant, the fiber-optic company was required to match that amount. >>> we're inviting you to help the less fortunate, your neighbors, this year in our food drive 9. local boy scouts passed out bags this past weekend. they'll be back to pick them up this saturday. if you live in the district this year, the boy scouts will take donations, also at the city's 15 safeway stores. t

one is the virginia 5th district. this is a race between tom perriello and right now the republican robert hurt is projected to win this by a small margin. and this is significant primarily because he was... this is a very tough district. tom perriello was a freshman congressman. he took by barack obama and president obama trieded to support him just recently. finally we just have the associated press has announced that andrew cuomo democrat in new york will be the next governor there over carl paladino. not that big of a surprise. that's the results. we'll probably have a few more later in the hour. jim? >> lehrer: here with now are syndicated columnist mark shields and new york time columnist david brooks the big one thus far on the to do list the blow-out list for the republicans was to win in west virginia. the senate race. but joe manchin the democrat won. is that... can that be considered an indicator in. >> the senate for sure. i mean if you take the connecticut result, the delaware result and the west virginia

western maryland and west virginia seeing light showers.hose should break apart as they move towards washington. this next storm system coming our way. it's still ok tomorrow but the rain will move in here on tuesday. at least it will be done by the time we get in towards wednesday. right into the future cast, the cloud cover coming in, but at least that's the dying showers. tomorrow more sunshine. i'm still saying mild for this time of the year for november, for washington. temperatures we'll see right around 60. the overcast skies as we go overnight tuesday. passing the midnight hour monday into tuesday there might be a sprinkle. through the tuesday morning hours a passing shower sprinkle. best shot of rain starting here by my forecast lines up perfectly by the afternoon. 1:00, steady rain throughout the afternoon into the evening hours. and then the rain will be done by the time we get material on wednesday. by the wednesday morning drive that rain is done. gusty winds coming back out with sunshine wednesday make for a beautiful afternoo

st everybody in virginia mid-to-upper 30s. good looking day. hardly anything in the way of worrisome clouds. sunny and mild this afternoon. temperatures up close to or maybe even touching 60 degrees in a few spots. the arkansastate red wofls are in tnaking on the midshipmen at annapolis 3:30 this afternoon. 57 degrees with a northwesterly breeze if you need your college football forecast just send me a note chu chuck.bell@nbcwashington.com. >> it's tougto stay inside and watch football. >> nouts notif your team is playing. >>> millions of americans are preparing to fly out of town for thanksgiving and all of you will likely faceome new tsa security procedures. but there may be an alternative to those pat downs and full body scans. >> that alternative no tsa at all. some opponents of the new screenings are urging airports to use private security firms instead. elaine reyes has more from ronald reagan washington national airport. >> reporter: this resident is flying home to florida this weekend. it's also the first time he's gone through an airpo

much of west virginia.he clear skies, thanks to a large ridge of high pressure that stretch from eastern canada all the way down the atlantic sea brd and we're in the clear here. anothe sunny morning. chilly, though, at the bus stop. sun rise is coming up in just a little less than an hour. later today we'll be climbing into the low 60s by early to mid afternoon. sunset will be at 4:58. and overnight tonight another clear night. great for star gazing and by dawn tomorrow down into the mid 30s, starting off fray morning. during the day tomorrow should be bright and sunny. highs again, climbing into the low 60s. may hit mid 60s saturday afternoon after a chilly start. ce and sunny and sunny again on sunday. clouds in the afternoon, high low 60s. first part of next week, increasing clouds monday. could get rain on tuesday. the way it looks right now. but for now ought to be dry for the skins game. >> traffic doing pret well this morning. a little bit of volume. not everybody has the day off. along i-270 southb

." >>> in virginia crews cleaning up after last night's powerful storms. several large trees came crashing down on power lines, and in one case, on top of someone's car in arlington. there were no reports of injuries, but it did cause traffic issues around george mason drive and 16th street, where crews had been repairing the lines. some are just thankful the tree didn't fall on to their house. >> i'm very lucky. >> your house could have been demolished. >> yes, it could have, we would have had a lot of damage >>> in northeast dc, two postal workers were hurt during the storm. lindsey mathis brings us the details. lindsey? >> reporter: this entire area hit hard just off of rode island avenue. the homes behind me, some of them had their roofs ripped off, their windows shattered. around the block is the post office, the damage there is just unbelievable. two postal workers were inside the truck when the window was blasted out. they had been released from the hospital with minor cuts. 130 of the post office's trucks were damaged. >> looks like somebody had ta

virginia tech takes a 16-10 lead. later tar heels with the ball. t.j. yates play-action, goes deep for his receiver in double coverage. not a good choice. intercepted by hosely. the hokies fce six north carolina turnovers. so that leads to this. taylor under pressure tosses it up for that marcus davis guy again. the same resul touchdown, hokies. virginia tech wins it 26-10. its eighth win in a row. to annapolis. navy hosting central michigan. chris procter in at quarterback. procter and navy ground game still in business. midshipmen trailing by three third quarr. procter fakes the pitch. scramblein. navy takes a 28-24 lead. four seconds left. central michigan just scored. instead of the extra point they go for two and the win. ryan radcliff looking for his receiverut it's incomplete and that's it. the coach can't contain his joy, celebrating like a kid. navy, oh, yeah, they hang on to win it 38-37. that's your morning sports. i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. >>> thanks, hakem. 9:26 right now. up next -- >> a new session of congress has president oba

does this means there is a resurgence in northern virginia? >> reporter: well, police say they are seeing a little of a resurgence. they believe that these two stabbings are likely related to two rival hispanic gangs in the northern virginia area. now, over the past few months they've seen gang activity increase, but it really started to spill into the manassas area over the summer where we saw a few stabbings, actually a few machete attacks over the summer, but what happened on friday, that stabbing was turned into a homicide. it was a fatal stabbing. that was the very first hop side in quite some time -- homicide in quite some time that the gang violent was connected to a murder. >>> thank you, kristin. it's four after the hour. while you slept another successful mine rescue. >> this one in china. 22 coal miners and seven rescuers were hoisted to safety this morning. they became trapped more than a day earlier when that mine shaft they were in suddenly flooded. the first team of rescuers who reach them also became trapped. they are all alive

a virginia congressman decanter as majority leader. if democrats are expected to choose current speaker nancy pelosi to be minority leader. >>> 54 degrees, 6:08. >> dfg it takes aim at four loko and the maker of that alcoholic energy drink is responding. >> changing the course of the british crown, we would have the latest of will engagement. >> we will have a when my husband got sick and couldn't work anymore, it was up to me to support our family. karri danner went back to school, to become a nurse. my education made all the difference but now some in washington want regulations restricting access to career colleges and universities, denying opportunity to millions of people like karri, letting government decide who can go to college. it's my education, and my job,. don't let washington get in the way. >>> weir with the pulmonary hypertension association. it's one of the most misdiagnosed diseases. visit us online at our website. >> good morning, washington. >>> wednesday morning, 6:11. it's 55 degrees in leesburg. look at the rainfa

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a virginia teenager is killed walking home from school. the late breaking details in the case. >> this is a glorious day. >> the pope elevates washington's archbishop to the college of cardinals. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> tonight, one person is dead after a terrible collision in silver spring. it all began with a couples fight and and with a car crash into a stranger. john gonzalez explains. this is a tragic story. >> is very unfortunate. the horrible accident occurred about a mile away, but it started at this high hot -- at this ihop behind us. the man was arguing with his girlfriend and took off with their baby girl. she called the police and they found him on powder mill road. he refused to pull over, instead, losing control and colliding head-on with an issue is a rigid colliding head-on with a vehicle. am i have never seen a car that bad. >> relatives rushed to the scene to find out that a loved one was killed, others injured in this horrific crash. many on the scene were shocked any survive

jay korff reporting. >>> the national transportation safety board wants virginia to make not wearing a seat belt a primary offense. drivers could be pulled over. maryland and d.c. have special laws. the ntsb says the law improved seat belt use by 12%. hundreds of people died in traffic accidents in virginia last year. 333 deaths. >> everybody should use it. >> its not morakhard. >> i don't see an issue with it. >> a bill was just defeated in virginia. it's a safety belt use should be an >> . a regional task force will release a report recommending major changes to how metro operates. the transit agency's advisory council recommended that metro hire a ceo instead of a general manager and to make changes to its board of directors. >>> the first living soldier since the vietnam mahler received the medal of honor and will be honored again today. staff sergeant salvatore giunta go be inducted into the hall of heroes at the pentagon. president obama awarded him the top military award for charging onto the battlefield in afghanistan and to bring a fellow soldier to safety. princereat britai

let's go over to virginia. take a look as the rush hour picks up, a little bit of volume on interstate 66. both directions to fair oaks. no hangups eastbound hay market all the way to the beltway. out on the rails for a monday morning, starting off quietly. metro, vre and mark wi no early issues >> this morning prince george's county executive jack johnson is expected to return to work just days after he and his wife leslie were arrested by federal authorities. tracee wilkins is live with more. tracy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, joe. there have been some changes herement the federal agents are gone. but that window that federal agents used to getinto the home is still broken. itas not been reired. they were secretly listening to his conversations for more than a year. he's under electronic home monitoring. he'sllowed to go to work. that's what he will do today. jack johnson and his wifeeslie returned to their home. they returned to their mitchellville home friday night after the two were charged wi

in virginia, 267, eastbound, moving on over to virginia.t to show you between buhl a road and wolf trap, we lose a couple of right lanes through the morning rush. you want to stay to the left to get by. seeing a jam on 267. notice red backed up to fairfax county parkway and imroag growing. downtown wires taking out arlington north cola avenue closed near hoyt. chevy chase, word of flooding conditions, standing water on arlington road. roadway closed between kenwood forest and bethesda avenue. downed trees on massachusetts avenue. you can't accused set 34th street. this is video we took earlier between 34th street and 34th place. big tree, going to be there some time. in the northeast, inbound rhode island avenue open between 4th and 12th. next traffic report at 6:25. more on the beltway accident. back to you. >>> 6:20. coming up this morning, a new look at the crackdown on illegal immigration in prince georges county. >>> and john wall on the bench for the wizards with a foot sprain. up next, who came up big in his place. [ man ] are you aw

coming up in in the next traffic report, more virginia roads. now, back to you. >>> making news now, daylight reveals the tex -- exten of a car bombing in pakistan. it exploded at a security compound where militants are held. at least 15 were killed and more than 100 hurt. many houses in the area collapsed or sustained heavy damage because of this. the windows were shattered in some homes more than a mile away. >>> more than 3,000 carnival cruiseship passengers are enjoying their first full day back on dry land. the disabled ship was towed in to san diego yesterday afternoon the sloan door lost power on monday when there was a fire in the engine room. carnival is offering a full refund and another freeze cruise. >>> amazon.com is bowing to public pressure. it is no longer selling a self published book called a pedophile's guide to love and pleasure. " the author says the title was intentionally provocative and adds the word pedophile itself means someone who loves children. but again they are not selling it. >> good move. your generosity will he

one loud thunderstorm right now in faulk county, some into virginia. some of these have the potential for even 50-mi-an-hour wind gusts. down toward montville, this is where one of the bigger storms is down in here. this does have lightning associated with it and the big problem could be lightning and very strong winds. this one just to the west of warr warren. i would not be surprised to see 30 to 40-mile-an-hour winds out of this. rain during the day today. here's that area of low pressure well off to the west, so we are definitely in the warm sector. tomorrow the cold front will swing on through and then it's just wind. that wind will be howling out of the west and northwest, 15 to 25, maybe upward of 30 miles an hour during the day. still breezy on yourhursday but not a bad day on your thursday and a wind advisory in effect back to the west including hagerstown in the higher peaks, maybe 50-mile-an-hour winds, and that's aft the thunderstorms move out. thunder and clouds moving out tomorrow. 49 degrees depend ing on where you are. winds out of the

the gentleman from west virginia. mr. rahall: i'm very honored to yield one minute to our distinguished majority leader, the gentleman from maryland, mr. steny hoyer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. and i rise in strong support of this legislation. this legislation is years late in passing. the injustices that it addresses are long term in being. today the house has an opportunity to bring an end to two historic injustices. they can do so by improving the set manyment in the pigford and cobell class action lawsuits, helping to make amends to african-americans, farmers, and more than 300,000 native americans. few people in this nation have been treated as poorly by their nations have african-americans and native americans. this was a continuing injustice that should have been addressed decades ago. and indeed of course should not have happened. the pigford settlement concerns a decades old pattern of racial discriminationn the department of

mountains of western maryland, west virginia, mid-40s now. and they he had rain there too overnight. and more on the way. this stretches all the way back to the gulf coast and an area of lopressure coming through will bring in perhaps more moderate downpours by this afternoon into this evening. between now and then, periods of rain. highs mid-50s. how is the traffic? >> good news, very quiet start to the drive out there, albeit wet and potentially slick. no major hangups. this is the beltway. here's the outer loop. inner loop. new hampshire avenue somewhere down here. over to virginia, making the trip on the beltway, near route 1, alexandria, smooth sailing. if you're traveling into town, looks good. south capitol, douglas, pennsylvania avenue to the sousa, 295 moving along nicely. metro and vre, no delays. mark trouble on the penn line. 503 nine minutes behind schedule. >>> some of the redskins's shoes might still be stuck in the mud after last night's loss. the eagles's offense embarrassed the skins on their very home field. it began in the

we have more moisture there in southwestern virginia.ll be with us for another 18 hours or so on and off. here we go. the rain is along that i-95 corridor. it does pick up south and west of town. southern maryland, out in western maryland, not that much going on. some breaks -- breaks here along i-66. here you go, st. mary's, it is fairly quiet. but as you head out towards warrenton or really culpeper, charlottesville, down 29, this is where the rain will be more moderate. it is coming to prince william county and it will be heading up to the west side through fairfax county over the next hour. so our momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, scattered showers. we have mid 40s in the northern shenandoah valley. in some areas in the low 50s. the sun is coming up at 6:52 and sets at about 4:54 this afternoon. our day planner, we have the threat for showers. we start in the low 50s, mid to upper 50s by noon. we'll be pushing 60 degrees as the winds start kick okay the southeast later on. the better chance of rain, as i said, north and west of i-95.

that just dropped into eastern and western virginia. most of the rain is falling apart as it moves over the mountains. we cannot rule out a few sprinkles. even in the metro area later this afternoon. we will clear up rapidly behind the front with mostly clear skies tonight and tomorrow morning. there is a high-pressure selling in tomorrow. the big travel day especially by air is tomorrow. there are few problems in the midsection of the country. colder temperatures in the upper midwest. for us it looks fantastic. alatas and sign tomorrow. then the clouds will increase from the west to the southwest on thanksgiving morning. there's a warm front thursday mining --morning. that could trigger a light areas of precipitation on thanksgiving morning early. that is something to watch for especially if you plan to travel by car. early on thanksgiving morning. that will clear out on the afternoon on thanksgiving with low chances of rain late thanksgiving night and especially friday. there's a complicated forecast for the holidays. for the rest of

that rain is also just about to come into lou don county, virginia. a few sprinkles around winchester. and other areas stretch farther to thesouth and west near west virginia. we're in the low to mid-60s. but these are probably going to be the high temps for the day. you see where the rain is falling. it's just in the 50s now. just 54 in frederick. and farther to the west, it's only in the 20s in chicago. the teens up in minnesota and wisconsin right now. and, yes, it's below zero in the dakotas over to the northern rockies. it's quite a cold air mass. we're being brushed by it. i will be arriving later on tonight after a few showers. 30s tomorrow morning with highs in the 50s. clouding up late in the afternoon and tomorrow through thanksgiving day. cloudy, highs mid-50s. might get a shower thursday evening and through midday friday. the weekend looks dry but chilly that's the way it looks right now. pat? >> thank you, tom. >>> sarah palin's n book "ameri "america" hitting store shelves tomorrow. she talked about possibly running for president herself

let's look at the road is with lisa baden. >>> looks good in virginia. no problems out of frederick. the greenway and the dulles toll road are quiet. there was a fatal crash last night on the bw parkway. pamela brown said it was a pedestrian that was followed of the disabled vehicle struck by another car. live pictures of the documentation process. southbound between 198 and 197 will be closed until further notice. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:11. >> coming up, the myspace- facebook masekela, how they are americans together -- matt to cchup. >> we could be one step closer to knowing the fate of the man accused of killing chandra levy, three o when my husband got sick and couldn't work anymore, it was up to me to support our family. karri danner went back to school, to become a nurse. my education made all the difference but now some in washington want regulations restricting access to career colleges and universities, denying opportunity to millions of people like karri, letting government decide who can go to college. it's my education, and my job,.

the parents of a newborn who was found abandoned in the parking lot of a church in springfield, virginia this morning. surae chinn reports the parishioner found the baby girl just before sunday's mass. >> reporter: just before sunday's 7:00 a.m. mass, a parishioner found a duffel bag at the entrance of the church's parking lot. >> something i would say divine intervention, told that parishioner to stop and look in that bag and the parishioner found a crying baby, took the baby inside the church, called 911. >> reporter: the church says that the baby, only hours old, was wrapped in towels with the umbilical cord still attached. her face was blue. the newborn baby girl was found alive and well when she was taken to the hospital. they are glad that they found her when they did. they also want to remind people that the church is here for women in crisis. >> you want people to come to us to see the organization that's going to help them before they ever reach this moment of despair. >> there were a few oh mys. a few deep breaths. and the priest, obviously, he was a little emotional in deliver