what kind of reception have you gotten in washington to give we have gotten a great reception in washington. the people are great, with funds up the horns are blowing everybody has been real supportive. we have had if you read between the lines gestures, but that's expected. we've been trying to be real nice to people and we're just glad to be here. >> let me apologize on the behalf of those who gave you the in between the lines gestures. we're talking people this morning inspired by the ninth project. this is a convergence really of that and the tea party movement around the country. it's been overwhelmingly without exception and our screens today positive and intense. these people are fired up. they don't seem as angry as you read about. they seem and point out state three tucker will be there all morning.

j st in washington, it is u rain. not too far off to the south an ea, down towards charles county, st. mary's county, you are getting very heavy rain. tt rina is expected to continue for the next hour or two as this system very slowly lifts off to the north and e. if you are waking up to the west, you are saying what is the big deal. you'll ahave sunshine later today. this forecast will be very ifecn specific depending on your geographic location this morning. winds are oust rth at 14 miles per hour. the forecast and again, it depends on where you are awaking up but here in washington, it will rain for the first part of the day. we should be partly to mostly cloudy conditions and temperatures in the low to mid- 70s with winds out of the north about 10 to 15. brighter forecast for the weekend. i'll have details coming up in a minute. >> what about the memorial services? >> i washout in new york and here in washington, i think it will be raining for the next several hours. >>> we're joined by juli wright. she has the la

to "good morning washington." it is monday morning, september 14. thank you for joining us. i'm alison starling. >> and i'm doug mckelway. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. here is brian van de graaff. we were so happy to see the sun break out yesterday. >> got a little warm yesterday. today is a repeat. a beautiful jacket, alison. >> that is why i wore it. >> the sun will come up at 7:00. let's look outside. we're in the 60's. 63 in chantilly. 66 in college park. plenty of sunshine. 80's. enjoy. there are some changes as early as wednesday. >> we have a volume. 66 in manassas and pharaoh. 95 heading into woodbridge. lanes are open to the beltway on 270. we kind of lost that one. 270, headlights are southbound, still moving at speed from rockville to the beltway. now to top stories. >> thank you. >>> now an update on our top story. >> president obama will talk about the economy in a speech in new york. he will ta about plans to wind down the government's role in the financial sector. he will use

let's go to washington, d.c.eers, administrator, yvonne donnelly, hi. >> reporter: hi, glenn beck! >> how are you. >> reporter: gosh, a great day for america, i am -- i am one of the -- best things i heifer did in my life. >> you are somebody if i'm not mistaken, yvonne, have been a lifelong liberal in fact, you were a lefty for a while, until 9/11, if i'm not mistaken and your husband -- >> that's right, glenn. >> and what happened, you said to your husband, what? on 9/11. >> well, on 9/11 i said, how could this happen? and he jumped off the couch, and he said, because of you, and i'll leave out a couple of words and your liberal friends! and i said you're right. and i have been wrong and i woke up. >> okay. and so this is for you, this is about principles, this is not about republican or democrat, what are you hearing and seeing that you can share with anybody who is not there? >> well, what i'm hearing and sharing is just that people were just owe motivated, motivated to come out here today, glenn, i am meetin

not washington. washington is always about control and power. you do it. when we have a problem we're the most giving people in the world and why do we need people to teach us in -- from washington how to give and we need to teach people in washington how to stop taking and every day people coming up and standing up, for what they believe in. fear is the -- about to be a think of the past i believe. ft. worth, texas has a rally, there are attendees there now, winona and haskill have been braving the rain, hello, guides, how are you. >> fine, thank you. >> now there you are, in wet t-shirts and why are you -- really, honestly not the wet t-shirt... anyway... what is it that brought you out today? >> what brought me out was i want toal the the washington politicians that they need to govern for the people and not for the special interest groups and take back america and that is the reason i'm here today. >> what was the final straw for you guys? do you do that all the time? was there something that you said -- >> no! >> this is outside of my comfort zone but

, washington.ack. it is friday, september 11. i'm alison starling. >> and i'm doug mckelway. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. let's get to brian for the latest on the weather. it is rainy and windy. >> we have two different towns. the rain will hit around the d.c. metro and then move northward. some will see some thunderstorms and some will see some s.le we did not getuc muc warning. it sms the seasons change. the showers are worker in the way into the c. area proper. the west is very light. it will start to lift northward. i think we're talng about sprinkles this afternoon. morning showers. heavier at times and then dropping off through midday. upper mid 60's. tomorrow, limited sunshine. 77 degrees. sunday, partly sunny. the roads. >> they are pretty wet. we have some accidents. this is the beltway near the university boulevard. and looks like we have a car stopped off the road. there is an accident near river road. there's also a crash on the beltway. this will be on the out lo

you're watching "good morning washington." gton." >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington," with doug mckelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, weather, and lisa baden, traffic. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> in our top stories, local officials are gearing up for a fight with the swine flu. president obama will be briefed on the government's efforts to tackle the virus. several local officials are also holding meetings with their staff. the first doses are expected to be ready by mid october. a new effort to stop same-sex marriage in the district is under way. i request will be filed to put a gay marriage initiative on the ballot. those wildfires continue to burn out of control in southern california. more than 50 homes have been destroyed. the blaze is being blamed for the deaths of two firefighters. >>> residents of maryland will get a chance to speak out about health care reform. steny hoyer, will hold a town meeting tonight from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. in waldorf. a

this is 395 near washington boulevard.ve had multiple accidents on the beltway between river road and the legion bridge. it is very heavy getting passed all of those scenes. back to you. we will be ck with morere right teafth >>> coming up, the president bush. moderate senators brought in. eight years after 9/11. we go back to examine one of the most vulnerable targets. was the promise to secure it capped? we will put a new car one on hydrogen power to the test. we will speak with janet jackson. is your purse a bag ♪ ♪ the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy, came from an energy company. every day, chevron invests $62 million in people. in ideas. seeking, teaching, building. fueling growth around the world, to move us all ahead. this is the power of human energy. chevron. >>> good morning, washington. i am arch campbell with your weekend movie guide. >> these are old. >>"the september issue"winds up best new movie honors. a care to who "the doubl

here in washington this weekend. saturday waking up with clouds and ending with sunshine. 78 for an afternoon high. sunday and monday with temperatures in the low 80s. it will get better. >> tucker, thank you. >>> let's go to julie wright and find out about the roadways. it's been a messy commute so far. >> it has been. and still have our hands full in virginia. on the inner loop from tysons back up tward montgomery county, a lot of slow traffic there. as you work northbound coming across the american legion bridge. accident activity before the bridge has cleared. an accident upear river road that has cleared and the inner loop of the beltway looking bet ert -- looking better north of river road but traffic in montgomery county toward georgia and towards colesville road. this is the outer loop which is slowing off of the southbound 270 spur. 270 is gridlocked approhing and passing hyattstown and leaving germantown until the southbound spur and toward the american legion bridge where they are checking for a stalled ca

"good morning washington" begins right to now. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> good morning, washington. i'm doug mcelway. >> and i'm alison starling. we have much more on the fight for health care reform. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. >> i know we do have some rain just beginning to come down. >> it is very light in nature. i do think we will see some intensity with this rain into the afternoon and evening. 66 downtown. 70 in leesburg. 64 in bowie. temperatures around the low 70's or so with some rain showers developing later this afternoon and into the overnight. >> this is an uneventful ride right now. they did some construction on the beltway at the american legion bridge. things are running very smoothly across the american legion bridge. no problems at the wilson bridge. into the district, no issues to report. this is the shot of the american legion bridge. good through northeast and southeast. this is a map to show you travel times are in your favor. we will give y

. >> good morning, washington. >>> and we say good morning, but washington, as well. 6:11. the first day of september. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. >> brian stepped outside. >> some folks may call it chilly this morning. we have 40's in the western suburbs. it may be a shock to this system. take a look at theseumbe. is 49 in st. mary's county. 54 in ashburn. temperasre will climb back into the mid 70's. 76 deges, sunshine, and low humidity. we have low average temperatures for the next couple of days. we will give you an update on the holiday weekend in just a moment. >> the george washington parkway and the clara barton parkway are running smoothly. so is the baltimore-washington parkway. you can see through the trees in this camera. it is so beautiful rights now. we will leave the potomac river and tell you there's not much happening around the beltway. there was a stalled vehicle near the ikea but they moved it out of the way. i did not give you a chance to tell you. >> thank you. >>> 6:12, up 58 degrees. >> marvel comics and mickey mouse. we will

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firing line in washington and around the country. how much of the current political fireworks show is about race. tonight, a former president weighs in. >>> is it over? there's evidence of good news on the economy. what's the troous about jobs? >> remembering patrick swayze after his battle with cancer. >>> why washington may never be the same after the new dan brown novel. >>> a huge response to our report about debit cards and what you can do about the fees. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening, the message from the u.s. government and the news media has been that it's going to take at least two flu shots this season rk one for the regular or seasonal flu and the other for the swine flu that continues to spread. the question is, when will the swine flu shots be ready. tonight, the government gave us the answer. it is ready. we have details from our chief correspondent, robert bazell. >> reporter: the fda approved the swine flu vaccine. it should arrive in four weeks or sooner. >>

hazmat teams have been sent to the facility in northwest washington. we're told the immediate area was evacuated but not the entire building. there are no associated threats with the incident but crews are investigating. we're also told no injuries or illnesses have been reported. >>> two movie star monkeys had a stressful morning at a boston hotel. high readings of carbon monoxide disrupted their sleep and forced them to make a quick evacuation. stars of adam sandler's new movie "the zookeeper" were also among the 300 guests. good news for the guests and monkeys, the leaks were fixed and no one was hurt. >>> a coastal flood advisory has been issued. that means there could be high water in some areas, particularly from harford county, southern baltimore county, down into anne arundel county. as well as portions of the eastern shore including the maryland beaches, a good section of delaware as well as new jersey. our forecast for this evening -- not that rough here in the baltimore area. mostly cloudy, a few sprinkles, temperatures will hang around 70 d

"good morning washington" begins right now. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> good morning, washington. it i wednesday. i'm doug mcelway. >> and i'm alison starling. thank you for joining us. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. >> adam caskey is filling in for brian today. >> all day felt on the cool side yesterday. we have a significant amount of cloud cover. more clouds then sunshine. you will get those brief breaks. 56 in rockville. 58 in the district. 68 is the high temperature again this afternoon. a few isolated sprinkles are possible throughout the morning and even into the afternoon. tonight will be cooler than last night. there could be some frost out west. >> they are clearing overnight construction around the area. belvoir travel is ok. interstate travel will look good. -- beltway travel is ok. we do not have any accidents to report around the region. we have a couple of cameras to show you. the vol

"good morning washington" begins right now. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> good morning, washington. i'm doug mcelway. >> and i'm alison starling. thank you for joining us. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. >> alison and lisa baden are back on the job. it is chilly out there. >> there is a little bit of a christmas start. more -- more of a crisp star to. we have numbers there range from the 50's in bethesda, 53 in gaithersburg. we will continue to seek a gusty wind today. lots of sunshine this morning. wwill see partly to mostly cloudy skies this afternoon. it should remain dry. temperatures are much cooler. adam is back in the storm chaser in san. >> very nice right now around the beltway. -- adam is back in 10. >> good right now in and out of the district. so tickled you're with us this morning. it will take a look into the cameras. 270 traffic looks good at father hurley boulevard. nothing complicated

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washington." we're feeling a pretty nice breeze in downtown rosslyn. winds are about five or 10 miles an hour. we do have mid 50's in front royal. 56 in hagerstown. rockville, 56. 64 in the district. sunshine will warm us up nicely. it will be pleasant and warm. temperatures in the mid 80's. it will be down right lovely. a cooler, grayer pattern starting on wednesday. any oblems out there? >> metro rail is reporting some emergency track work on the green line. they are forced to still -- to single-tracking green line planes near largo. you'll find delays on the green line and on the red line from the earlier incident. this is 395 traffic heading northbound near duke street. looks like we of the normal volume building. >> thank you. >>> 6:12. 64 degrees. >> when we continue, some more details on the president's plan to get the government out of the private sector. quest a new tape from osama bin laden. we will check that and s that a >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington," with doug

forecast for washington for today then looks like this. another nice one, enjoy it today because we do have changes beginning tomorrow. mostly sup you skies, a warm afternoon, high about degrees. for tonight, once again, temperature in the 60s. and we'll get clouds moving in overnight. i think the rain will hold off until veryings, very late tonight or tomorrow during the day now. 66degrees for your low in town. then again, here your five-day forecast. big changes after today. i told you monday and tuesday, best days of the workweek. tomorrow, clouds, high 75. some periods of rain. best chance of rain is on thursday the way it looks right now. 72 for your high. quite cool, friday, more rain showers, we get stuck in a little pattern. saturday, before a chance of rain as well. that is the latest on the weather. now, let's get an update on traffic. >> we're talking about an accident which occurred as a result of a police chase around #:00 this morning along new york avenue. sarah similar monday has been reporting live from the scene and we'll

good morning washington saturday starts right now. >> hi, and good morning, washington. thanks for joining us on this saturday, september 26. we're going to get to this morning's top stories in a moment. but first, a quick check of the saturday forecast. adam caskey live in the weather center. it feels pretty good out there. are they going to stick around? >> it feels great. though it's not going to necessarily look too great. if you have the outdoors activity planned for this afternoon and tonight, you may want to head indoors because we are looking at some of the heaviest rain that we've seen in several weeks probably coming our way later on today. but first, let's talk temperature. martins burgh, 607. dew points are low. low humidity. comfortable start to our day. reagan national is at 61. we have a few showers to talk about. let's go to our storm scan. area of low pressure moving to the we have not and its cold front. already some shower action pushing through west virginia on towards the shenandoah valley. some of those morning actions in west virginia, it looks lik

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this is just in washington, d.c.n the mall that spans between the washington building and the monument all the way to the steps where martin luther king once said he had a dream. we'll be right back. >>> one of the best days i had in my life. >> glenn: yvonne, you have been a lifelong liberal. in fact you were a lefty there for awhile until 9/11 if i'm not mistaken and your husband, what happened, you said your husband what on 9/11? >> on 9/11 i said how could this happen? and he jumped off the watch and he said because of you and i will leave out a couple of words and your liberal friends. and i said you're right and i have been wrong. and i woke up. >> glenn: okay. and so this is for you this is about principles, this is not about republican or democrat. what are you hearing and seeing that you can share with anybody who isn't there? >> well, what i'm hearing and sharing is just that people were so motivated to come out here today. i'm meeting people that came all by themselves and i talked to them and said what we

from washington, wbal tv 11 news. >> child overweight? the report says the nation is struggling with a childhood obesity epidemic. they are trying to keep fast food away from schools and to help reduce obesity. cities should make it easier for residents to walk and exercise. they want families to make healthier decisions. that brings us to our watercooler question of the day. do you think local governments need to get involved to help trim down the number of obese children? email us your response to watercooler@wbaltv. com. coming up, wipe your bank may be asking you for money. >> firefighters make some progress overnight on those raging wildfires in california. we will have the latest on their efforts. >> here is a live look at traffic at liberty. more on >> 63 degrees downtown. 54 at the airport. the sunshine will be up shortly after 6:00. we have another beautiful day. get out and enjoy it. plenty of sunshine and very pleasant. it will be cooler than normal as the high-pressure moves in and is affecting the eastern shore. the winds are

"good morning washington" continues right now. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> good morning, washington. it is 6:00. i'm doug mcelway. >> and i'm alison starling. great to have you join us on a tuesday. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. >> we start with brian van de graaff. >> outside this morning, it is not quite as cool as yesterday morning. we have a lot of 60's this morning. we will look for some added clouds. it will be a nice day. mid 60's. your afternoon high, mid 80's. partly cloudy skies. there is going to be some big changes come tomorrow. here is lisa baden. >> some changes for drivers out of frederick. 270 southbound, minor crash has been moved onto the shoulder. look at these cameras. 270 south about approaching 109 as a normal volume. nothing on route 7 heading through sterling. the greenway and toll road look good. this is 95 traffic, all those headlights out of dale city up to the beltway. the

we find 56 refounders in washington. we find those 56 committed patriots who understand that there is a sickness, there is a disease and there is a cancer in our nation's capitol and want to do something about it. i have to tell you. i believe there are people there that are worried that are thinking, i'm part of it. i didn't mean to, i compromised here and compromised here and i made one mistake and now i'm trapped. and i'll be exposed or these people will crash me. let's be the calvary for these people. find the whistleblowers, all we need are 56 that want to refound the nation. help us, help us get the disease out of there. 56. you can do it. i know they are there. 56, who will not say, that party is bad, but will say, my party is bad. we must demand daily, our representatives that they pass nothing until the corruption is -- stops because it is a plague. second, we must let them know that we all make mistakes, that person who is sitting there going, i, i, i... look, we offer them a chance of redemption and if they we

john hendren joi us from washington with these new signs. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, vinita. with retail sales making their biggest jump in three years, we're hearing the kind of optimism out of washington we haven't heard in a long time. when fed chairman, ben bernanke, said this -- >> even though, from a technical perspective, the recession is very likely over at this point, it's still going to feel like a very weak economy for some time. >> reporter: many economists heard this. >> the recession is very likely over at this point. >> reporter: and for good reason. that guarded optimism matches the latest economic indicators. suggesting the great recession will officially end this quarter. august retail sales were up a surprising 2.7%. >> people are feeling that maybe now they can loosen up a bit. they're not in panic mode anymore. they're in recovery mode. >> reporter: americans bought more electronics and appliances and clothing. >> i'm feeling that i want to buy something. >> reporter: car sales surged, thanks to the c

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now you look towards washington.on a resolution about making somebody apologize who's already apologized. that leads to kind of, again, this collective cynicism by the public. is this really what we're sending our representatives to washington to do? congressman wilson has apologized. he's willing to move on. >> speaking of making up and moving on, bill, we learned that the president is having lunch with bill clinton today in greenwich village at an italian restaurant after his speech on wall street. maybe at this point eating lunch. what do you think they're talking about? they had a pretty rocky relationship in the past. >> well, they did have a choppy relationship during the campaign. one thing is very clear. bill clinton is one of the smartest policy minds in the country. i think the president is taking advantage of picking his brain. bill clinton understands the intersection of public policy and politics better than anyone i've known in my 30 years of political activity. >> just judging from some of president bi

and was arrested. >> had washington not allocated that money and had washington engaged iran, this would not have happened to me and today we wouldn't have seen other iranian-american and americans sitting in jail. i really think there was this misunderstanding and lack of exchange between the two countries. >> rose: one program note. our conversation with valley nasser will be seen at another date. tonight we look at afghanistan and iran next. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: we begin tonight with the "washington post" and the story about general stanley mcchrystal's assessment of the u.s. mission in afghanistan. in an unclassified version of the report that the "washington post" got, the top u.s. commando warns that the mission will likely result in failure unless troops are increased within the year. in stark language, he called coalition forces "poorly configured and inexperienced in local languages and culture." he proposed a robust counterinsurgency strategy that emphasizes protecting afghan civilians and

," on your side. >>> good morning, washington. i'm doug mcelway. >> and i'm alison starling. happy friday, everybody. we are all celebrating the end of the workweek today. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. >> we do have some rain coming down. here is brian van de graaff. >> things are not working out the way we thought yesterday. we thought the rain would push away. it did not come together overnight like we thought. there are some showers west of town. temperatures are near 70. some light showers early on. partial clearing. temperatures hovering steady throughout the day. >> there is wet pavement on the highway. no accides to report. they are clearing overnight roadwork out of the way. you should find things relatively smooth. i will show you some cameras to demonstrate the pace of traffic. 270 heading south from frederick. take you to leesburg traffic on the dulles greenway and the dulles toll road. back to top stories. >> thank you. >>> two men are under arrest for their role in an alleged terror plot. correct

and writer for "washington journal" joins us. oops.e democrats do -- a writer for "the washington examiner" joins us. >> if the president wants to give a speech to the students and tell them to work hard, brush their teeth -- greta: either party. >> no problem with that, but george bush did in in 1991, and there was not a lot of controversy before it, so he goes to a school in washington, d.c., and he gave that speech, and the next day, "the washington post" had a story saying that it was a big event. greta: and let me read from your article. dip a day after, "the washington post" said that it was carefully staged for the political benefit of george bush. -- the day after. they turned the students into props." front page. >> they could have said the same thing about obama. what happened was democrats were in control of congress, and democrats were upset. they actually started an investigation by the general accounting office, and they held hearings on it, as well. greta: on president bush's speech? >> we do not know what the obama spee

"good morning washington" begins right now. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. good morning >>>, washington. i'm doug mcelway. >> and i'm alison starling. thank you for joining us. but it is started with your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. >> brian van de graaff, it is warm and sticky. >> de two of fault -- day two of fall. 70 in chantilly. seven process across the board this morning. periods of warm and sunshine. some showers cannot be ruled out. mid 80's, like yesterday. we will see some improvements as early as tomorrow. >> it is humid outside. very cool on the highway. no problems to report and all as far as traffic around the beltway. south into richmond, north into baltimore, and good into the district. dulles greenway, dulles toll road, 28, it looks excellent. nice ride here in virginia. headlights north out of newington. this is 270 traffic, nothing complicated in either direction at fath hurley boulevard.

we, as you know, if you've ever flown into washington national or washington reagan airport you fly over the pentagon and many times we've commented how vulnerable the building is for that reason. that vulnerability was taken advantage of today. as for commercial airliners flying around new york they fly near the trade towers. to say our airport security works a hundred percent anybody who flies in america knows that is not true. you answer a few questions before you get on the plane and show a photo i.d. and that doesn't mean you can't do mayhem on the plane as we see from time to time and tragically, some kind of an organization somewhere has orchestrated this in an effective fashion. we have great intelligence capabilities out there who keep us constantly on alert about these types of reports. i can tell you i know of no specific reporting anything of this particular specifity on this day with these targets but i can tell you that we are scrambling all the time to assess information that would do harm to the united states and its people and as we know, we've seen our military installa

blunt performed his lamentation of the washington monkey at this weekend's values voter summit in washington, which in addition to hosting most of the republican congressional leadership and most of the probable republican candidates for president in 2012, it also had some kind of strange stuff going on. you might recall on friday's show we warned you there would be a breakout session at the summit to define what they called a new masculinism like feminism but for guys. here's how that went. >> it's been a few years but not that many since i was closely associated with pre-adolescent boys, 10 to 12 years of age, but it is my observation that boys at that age have less tolerance for homosexuality than just about any other class of people. they speak badly about homosexuals. they don't want to be that way. they don't want to fall into it. that's a good instinct. homosexuality we know, studies have been done by the national institutes of health to try to prove it's genetic and those studies proved it's not. it's inflicted on people. >> inflicted on people. speaker there is chief of staff to uni

there is a live look at the washington monument. a little shaky camera out there but really, i don't know about any winds. thank you for joining us. i'm gurvir dhindsa. a little hazy out there too and some fog because we had some showers move in. >> i encountered some fog across the region. >> as did i. >> a couple spots of showers. today will be one of those days where some folks will see rain every now and then and some folks will see no rain. let's take a look at the weather conditions around the region. we start with the radar. we'll he show you just what the pop-up nature of these showers is. you see a little bit of shower activity centered around the chesapeake bay this morning so some portions of eastern maryland and portions along the coastline of the bay, places like that, with shower activity. northeastern maryland, not so much happening in washington. but there is fog here and there. you willent counter some of that on your drive -- you will encounter some of that on your drive in. the forecast for today, as tucker barnes

. >>> good morning, washington. crack and i'm julie parker. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. we will check in with a joke in just a moment. here is brian van de graaff. >> good morning. we had a bit of a wet part of the weekend. we have temperatures in the mid 50's to the east side of town. we are mainly in the 50's to start off. we will have lots of sunshine this morning. clouds will increase. the wind will pick up. upper 70's. after today, much more refreshened fall-like error will be here. let's check in with joe filling in for lisa baden. >> we have a serious problem on." . a car flipped over about a mile before you get to father hurley boulevard. the right shoulder is getting by. the tow truck is there. south on." , your best bet is to go over to 355 and get on." south of the scene. >> thank you. >>> big developments in what has become an act of defiance. >> this move is testing the patience of the u.s. and its allies. john hendren has more. good morning. >> good morning. iran is facing intense scrutiny today amid they

so, why washington, d.c. has been doing it for all these years is just one of those things that we haven't come into the 21st century. >> taxis and commercial vehicles have to get seaflt inspections. everyone will be required to get emission tests. >>> cover your mouth, carry tissues, hand sanitizer is some of the precautions metro wants riders to take to keep swine flu from spreading. transit agency says simple good hygiene can cut the risk of catching the virus. >>> 22 to $30 million is the cash needed to start a commuter ferry service on the potomac river. tonight prince william officials will meet to decide whether to endorse the plan. video of test runs last spring. it's predicted it would make 340,000 trips a year. they would take about an hour, cost 11 bucks round-ip. >>> next here at 6:00, why terror raids in new york city are leading to a warning across the entire nation. from mount vernon to downtown d.c., we will explore the mysterious settings for the lost symbol. more and more, the quality of our

"good morning washington saturday starts now appear coheren." >> good morning washington and thank you for being with us. i am pamela brown. we will look at the top stars in a moment but let's see how the weather is shaping up. >> things will start to improve out there. it will feel more like september and not novemliber ke yesterdayh the wil wes. rees. l oot cou e e.re cool out 61 at reagan national airport. you can see the system that brought us t rhenai yesterday. there are a few scattered showers this afternoon. mostly scout -- mostly cloudy skies today with temperatures improving. the temperature will be up to 77 degrees and warmer to the south. it will be a burial cloudy. tomorrow, some salvation, high tomorrow in the low 80's. comfortable conditions and that will continue for a couple more days. it is still late summer out there. >>> tens of thousands of people are expected to come to the capitol today for the coast to coast tea party protest in high taxes and government spending. cathy parker is alive with a preview. >> that will kick off at 9:00. the protesters will move along

that's the word from "the washington post." the patient says carla procter stepped off her bus in 2003 when it rolled down a hill causing a chain reaction crash that damaged seven other vehicles. the next year she reportedly crashed a bus into the back of a park car. she got remedial training on both cases. she's on paid administrative lead. the woman she hit this month is still in intensive care. >>> school bus drivers in spotsylvania county are speaking out against a new policy requiring them to get their physicals from the same school nurse practitioner. many argue this robs them of their freedom to choose their own doctor. some said they were subject to inappropriate behavior during their exam. >> there were specific stories that came out as far as some of the things, extensive questions that were asked about your personal life that have nothing to do with a department of transportation physical. >> a school board member said the new policy was enacted in an effort to bring consistency to the exam process. the school distri

and experience the thing they saw or read in the book about washington. >> reporter: news 4 washington. >> the lost symbol is on the store shelves now. d.c. tourism official are hoping peop will snatch up every copy. >>> it has been required for years and there is a penalty for those who don't do it. and now the city says those safety inspections for your car, not necessary. it is a cost saving measure but it comes as a surprise to some drivers. tracy wilkins has more on what some say is safety versus savings. >> reporter: a trip to the safety inspection station can be a long and drawn out wait. many drivers say they don't mind in it mean making the road safer. >> many people are kill by cars each year. the safety part, i have no problems with. >> reporter: but come october, safety inspections for passenger vehicles in d.c. will end. only commercial vehicleses will face the safety inspections. but emiions tests for all vehicles will continue. >> we're starting to question, why are we doing some of the thing we're doing? >> reporter: d.c. government official say cutting the inspections

here the forecast for washington for today.tly cloudy skies, an afternoon shower or thunderstorm is possible. most of you wouldn't get it but some of you may. 77degrees for your high today. that is a little bit above normal tonight, clearing skies and quite cool. lows downtown in the lower 50s. then your five-day forecast, you will notice the night-time lows are quite cool. these are your downtown lows so wednesday night into thursday, 50. certainly the 40s in the suburbs. high on wednesday, 68 degrees. tomorrow, only 71 degrees and then cooler temperatures for the end of the week as well. now, let's get more on the morning rush hour traffic from julie wright. >> i like this color thing you have going on today. >> thank you very much. >> is that new? >> it is relatively new. >> i like it. >> thank you. >>> out on the roads, not so bad from college park through silver spring. we are maintaining speed right now. southbound 270, we had a crash south of 121. that activity leader to the shoulder. now, 270 slowing on the top side app

i want you to picture washington, d.c., in your minds put yourselves on the mall at the foot of the washington monument. few hundred yards away on pennsylvania avenue is j. edgar hoover building, home to the fbi. just a few doors up is the u.s. partment of justice, maybe 12 miles to the northeast the cia headquarters at langley, virginia. all points covered you would have thought. but just a few miles south from the cia is leafy falls church over the state line in virginia but still a part of greater washington. that's where a man who lived in the late 1980s and the early 1990s. on south 6th street. apart from observing him mowing his lawns occasionally, the neighbors knew nothing. the authorities even less. he was a renter, no driver's license, no property tax. his business card named a firm but stated no line of business. his company was not registered locally. in the phone book it was unlisted. yet, in america, this was mr. hamas. living in the shadow of the washington monument. turning millions of dollars in his bank account, he was a big wheel in the hamas fundraising machine. but heas mo

no precipitation in washington. right now along the beltway in prince georges county and across the potomac and down i-95, getting a few sprinkles. but further west and north we don't have rain. there is another batch of more moderate rain coming out of the east and move into southern st. mary's county. and our temperatures around the region, clouds holding steady in the 60s all morning. it's in the mid-60s. eastern shore, low 70s now. upper 60s out in the mountains at this hour. over the last six hours, low pressure that has been lurking off the outer banks for the last couple days is not showing any signs of movement. way out here in the atlantic, we have tropical storm fred.yver o atlantic and not affect the eastern seaboard. let's look at the closer view. our region showing this is the main weather feature in the eastern half of the country, and it's beginning to show signs that it's trying to lift a bit to the north. it will be doing this ever so slowly. as a result, we will have the continued east mosterly flo

of the "washington post."ood morning. let's get a synopsis of the book. >> sure. the hero, robert langdon is back with a side kick named kathryn. they are paired together to rescue kathryn's brother who is a 33rd degree mason. because it's dan brown, they have to solve a numerous number of codes before they can reach him. >> that was a good way to say it. >> it's definitely a page turning as "the divinci code" was. you feel you are getting smarter as you read it. you diskocover the symbolic cod you didn't know existed in your city. i was a little disappointed because the foreignness of paris didn't come through because it's set in washington. >> what is it about the series of these books that captured the readers? >> it has everything we are looking for. it's like brain candy. it has who done it chapters. it ends on the right note. it has exclamation points and has villains. the villain in this novel is a giant tatooed bald wearing a blond wig that's a 33rd degree mason. it has everything you could want. >> do

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it is at fort washington.mb downstairs to invite people to come in and meet us at the base. you tell me about the significance of this lighthouse in particular. >> okay, will do. this lighthouse was built in 1882. didn't serve originally as a lighthouse, it was meant as a fog bell tower. and the original lighthouse was actually a cast iron tower that was built in 1857. when that proved to be inadequate, they put the second lighthouse in 1870. along with the building of the second lighthouse they built a boat house and other structures that interfered with the navigational purpose of the second lighthouse. so in the meantime in 1882, fog bell tower was built and they moved the light from the 1870 tower into this structure temporarily in 1901. they tore down the 1870 tower with the hopes of building a permanent lighthouse. well, that never happened. this light has remained in this lighthouse since 1901 and we're still waiting, 108 years later, for a permanent lighthouse. in the meantime this lighthouse is still

now, 72 in washington. on radar, we see the patch of blue, a persistent area of rain is in charles county and across the potomac and parts of staffford and prince william county along i-95. and this is going to persist probably for another hour or so. right now in washington, 72. dew point at a school 61. and cloudiness around the region. mostly a cloudy afternoon, and temperatures reaching to the low 70s. a small chance of a passing light shower. and tonight, cloudy in the 60s. sunsets at 7:14, and by dawn on thursday, a likelihood of passing light showers and drizzle and fog tomorrow morning. and maybe light activity until early afternoon. and thdrying out late on thursd. highs mid-70s. sunday, maybe sun in the morning and then clouding up and could have an afternoon or evening shower, and perhaps passing showers monday and tuesday as we get into next week. >> thank you, tom. >>> a final check on the midday traffic now. >> jerry edwards, have you get you out of here and get that nap. >> that's a secret. l