democrats in the washington suburbs do not like it either. representative edwards believes it dilutes democratic vote in power. this district hugs the coastline around annapolis. this congressman is being drawn to include aberdeen proving ground and another military base. his seat could become one of the strongest african-american districts in the country. some believe this district will leave even more republican. some consider the proposal gerrymandering. some have come up with their own maps. state house leaders pledged all redistricting proposals will get a fair hearing. some propose taking up only amendments to the governor's plan. the session is expected to last into the evening. >> governor o'malley also plans to hold a press conference to outline the details of his jobs bill. it will be introduced during the 2012 session of the 2012 assembly. -- of the general assembly. demonstrators for occupy wall street have been organizing in maryland. >> they are concerned about the budget deficit and taxes and opportunities for young people and

. >> the greatest amount of population growth happened in the washington suburbs. and therefore, that is where this disruption of lines has also been the greatest. >> it submits communities, it splits neighborhoods, it hurts the minority population or those of us who live and represent rural areas and it's a poor plan by the governor. >> they are hoping to have the redistricting done over the objections in the districts by the end of this week. >>> yesterday morning thousands of people showed up to watch history be made at the national mall. it was the dedicate of martin luther king. it was a first to a african- american and the first to a nonpresident. among those in attendance, president and entertainers and even some in washington back in 1963 for dr. king's "i have a dream" speech. that speech has rarely been shown in entirety since march 28th, 1963. but to celebrate the dedication of that memorial, the king family, which owns the rights, is allowing us to show it to you in its complete and original form. so here are dr. martin luther king, jr.,'s famous words

a beautiful house in washington suburbs. hope you like it because you may have paid for it.ing to an indictment filed against four defendants in a massive alleged fraud scheme. two of them work for the army corps of engineers, a government agency. prosecutors say the four men schemed to file inflated bills for federal contracting services. how brazen do you believe this was? >> i've been a prosecutor for a while. this is one of the most staggering violations we've seen. >> reporter: the lead prosecutor says they defrauded taxpayers of about $20 million. in their indictment, prosecutors say the two army corps of engineers officials kerry con and michael alexander agreed with a contractor to funnel business. in return, they overbilled the army corps of engineers by $20 million over a four-year period. that money was divided between alexander, lee kohn, his father harry kohn and an official with ei technologies. lee kohn set up shell companies to launder the money stolen by his father. all four have pleaded not guilty. jeffrey jakobovitz is a lawyer. >> we heard the government'

. >>> the greatest amount of population growth happened in the washington suburbs. therefore that is where this disruption of lines has also been the great e. >> reporter: it spritz communities, it splits neighborhoods. it hurts minority population t hurts those of us who represent rural areas. it is a very poor plan by the governor. >>> legislative leaders hope to have had redistricting done over objections in rural and minority districts. they want to have it done by the end of the week. >>> today governor o'malley announced a 60 day review period trying to reduce unnecessary rules in the state's regulatory process. all of this is part of his push to spark job growth in his state today. president obama hit the road for a three day bus tour pushing his jobs plan. danielle nottingham is live at the white house with more on that. danielle? >> derek, once again the president is out, taking his plan directly to voters and battling with republicans over how to get america back to work. president obama is shaking hands and talking up his jobs plan as his bus winds throug

democrats from the washington suburbs don't like it either.sentative donna edwards believes -- believes it dilutes minority voting power by splitting it into three districts. the third district looks like a z and also hugs the coastline around annapolis. because gus rupen -- sits on the committee, the map makes a detour to include his home. congresswoman's district would -- could become one of the strongest african-american districts in the country. overall, maryland republicans consider the approach jerry mannedering. several republican senators and delegates have come up with their own maps. all legislative proposals will get full hearings. the first hearing is slated to begin at 1:00 p.m. and is expected to last into the evening. david collins, wbal. >> and the governor also plans to hold a press conference tomorrow outlining the details of his jobs birblings aspects of which will be introduced during the 2012 session of the general belief. occupy protests gained momentum, joined by moveon.org. >> my hope is that we'll turn that frustration

. >> the greatest amount of population growth happened in the washington suburbs. and therefore, that is where this disruption of lines has also been the greatest. >> it splits communities. it splits neighborhoods and it hurts the minority population and hurts those of us wholly in and represent -- who live in and represent rural areas. >> leaders say they are hoping to approve and finalize a plan by the end of the week. >>> here's a look at the other things making news now this morning. a long awaited prisoner swap with israel and hamas is complete. hamas released gilad shilat this morning five years after he was captured. he was turned over to egyptian mediators in exchange for more than 1,000 palestinian prisoners. israeli president perez defended the deal saying saving one jewish soul is like all israelis. >>> investigators are combing through a home in philadelphia where police found four mentally disabled adults in the basement. three dogs were also confined in the space which was so small an adult could not stand up. there were also buckets of human waste. p

opposed it. 71% in the baltimore suburbs. 69.2% on the eastern shore. 62% of those served in the washington suburbs are against increasing the gas taxd. . in our a sampling, some people liked the idea of using revenues from the tax increase to put people to work. >> baltimore has a lot of potholes. they need to fix the streets. >> but a gas tax increase may have a ripple effect. >> it goes beyond the pumps because consumers are forced to make a decision on spending bill limited revenue that they have available to them. >> "the new york times" reports that census data reports household income fell 6.7%. >> if they raise the maryland gas tax, would you have to budget harder? >> yes. i would not be able to spend money on the things that i need to spend on. >> by the way, the commission's final report is due to the governor and general assembly by november 1. you can check gas prices were you are using our free smart phone app and compare prices of our website wbaltv.com. netflix is backing down after customers balk. a change of plans. the new iphone is not that much different on this service, but true

where you see the light rain eastern shore and right around the nearby washington suburbs. s heavy pockets of moisture. closer to washington, just a few regions. we'll have occasional showers throughout the day. sunrise at 7:14, highs reaching near 70 early afternoon. passing showers likely throughout the day as well as tonight. we'll have our sunset at 6:34. tomorrow morning might have a little fog around, a respite from the rain. perhaps a little more tomorrow afternoon and evening. some thunder and lightning. lingering shower on friday morning. sun back friday afternoon. highs tomorrow mid-70s. cooler and dry weather for the weekend. looking terrific on saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday. chilly in the morning. afternoon highs around 70. danella, good morning. how's traffic snnch? >>> the roads are wet. on the beltway, seeing some delays there. heading towards route 123 slow for you. also, 66 east as you're heading from route 50 making your way inside the beltway, you're going to see delays. traveling up towards 270, we're even seeing red. very slow out of urbanna as you m

> the 30-year-old moved to northern virginia to become an imam at the islamist center in the washington suburb, one ever the largest on the east coast and thousands attend prayers and services each week. >> and he doesn't have high credentials, but it doesn't steam to matter, because, of his, his impressiveness and his charisma. >> this is where i first saw anwar in spring of 2001. and presided (inaudible). >> a saudi national and director for institute of affairs in washington d.c. >> to be both capable of speaking of perfect clerical arabic and accent-free american english. >> the more you know, the more you understand, the safer you are and you cannot miss the special, fox news reports, the american terrorists, and it will be right here on fox, that's later today at 3 p.m. eastern, and tomorrow if you missed it 9 p.m. eastern. >> kelly: on to washington now where president obama is demanding that congress move quickly, to pass the 447 million dollar jobs bill, but republicans say a better result could be achieved lie rolling back government regulation. our peter doocy live now in washington

. >>> a large cluster of storms in the western washington d.c. suburbs now and north virginia getting good storms. and the national weather service keeping an eye on this and they said we better expand this watch. they have expanded the tornado watch to all the orange shadow counties through 9:00 at some point. we have two warnings. and those in virginia. if they hold together, potentially montgomery county will be nice. this is the main rotating area here. and a rotating storm and a good chance that we have large hail with this thing. it is golf-ball sized hail from the center of the storm. it's a solid 45 minutes from rockville and then it will have to track even further north into baltimore and it's a bit of a right turn or two. the track has changed a little bit to the east. so we'll keep a close eye on that right now fog. that is the scenario across the baltimore region, 70 and 97% humidity and winds southeast at nine and annapolis showing that gray, moisture scenario through the day. a little bit of sun coming out here late in the day that is a bea

we're in the low to mitd mid 60s in washington and the nearby suburbs. we have patchy drizzle and fog around elsewhere, we'll have with us from time to time as temperatures climb into the low 70s this afternoon. we may have a break from the rain this afternoon. late afternoon and into this evening, could get some more. a look at some pleasant changes on the way for friday and the weekend, that will be in ten minutes. danel danella, how is traffic? >> seeing red, actually. also, 395, slow to the 14th street bridge. a lot of brakes lights on new hampshire avenue. travel time over there, your speed is about 19 miles per hour. and inner loop slow, as well, at robinson terminal pb back to you both. >>> time is now 6:42. coming up, a hunt for a man who police say sexually assaulted two young girls. >>> plus, a blackberry backlash this morning. when the company expects things to be back to normal. >>> and the mega move that will take place today at the national cathedral. >>> and we are breaking news in maryland this morning, an amber alert issued for a local 1

supporters say the proposed congressional map reflects the changing demographics of the washington, d.c., suburbs. if the house approved a bill, the session could end as soon as today. >> support is going for increased to maryland's gas tax. developers and many elected officials are plotting a proposed 5 cent increase in the tax. the o'malley administration is also behind the idea. >> we're putting construction workers back to work. we're putting hands on shovels and dollars in the pocket. >> lot needs to raise $800 million each year in order to take on the back lot of state road projects on the books. if the increase is passed, it will give maryland the highest gas tax in the nation. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. do you think maryland needs to raise its tax on gasoline in order to complete construction projts and spur job growth? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> 6:08. 62 degrees on tv hill. starbucks going blinond. lyons, tires, and bears -- lions, tigers, and bears in ohio. >> we are

an update in the futurecast, which by 5:00 tomorrow is bringing a winnerry mix to the washington suburbs just said i wouldn't be surprised at montgomery county, so there you go. stay tuned. here's a look at the five-day forecast. high today about 52 degrees. that's our first look at it. we just ran it and it ran on the air there. 52degrees today. tomorrow a messy day, at the very least a cold rain, heavy at times. could be some wintery mix and snow. sunday we dry out. chilly, 53. monday, halloween looks okay at this point. 57degrees for your high. it will be cool for the trick or treaters. >> what are the odds? >> october snow? doesn't happen often. >>> we are checking out a live look over the forestville area, where prince george's county is doing a snow drill today. thank you, skyfox, giving us a tour of what it feels like to be up in the chopper. >> they were just over the laurel free gas station, providing hefty backups. julie, looks like one of the biggest backups in the area this morning. >>> absolutely. let me tell you, prince george's county not the only one doing their snow prep

elsewhere, light rain and drizzle around washington and nearby suburbs of maryland. temperatures in the region are in the low to mid 60s. 65 at reagan national. sunrise, 7:15. expect some drizzle and fog around this morning. maybe a passing shower through mid morning. then during the afternoon, perhaps a bit of a break from the rain mid date, but then late afternoon and early this evening, showers and maybe thunder, as well. highs reaching low 70s. a look at the weekly planner in ten minutes. how is traffic? >> good morning. we're at duke street and south gordon street, we have issues there. elsewhere in our area, kef natalie seeing wet roadways. give yourself extra time this morning. if you're taking 270, here is the view. in both directions on the 270, you are clear. heading on to the beltway, not seeing any problems. tig 95, not seeing any problems on 395. if you travel from edsel and make your way across the 14th street bridge, you're clear at this time. i'm back in ten with another update. back to you both. >> danella, things should be back to normal on the oran

a beautiful upscale house in washington suburbs. hope you like it because you may have paid for it.iled against four def defendant tss in a massive alleged fraud scheme. two worked for the army corp. of engineers. prosecutors say the four men schemed to file inflated bills for federal contracts services. >> how brazen do you believe this was? >> this is one of the most staggering violations of public trust we've seen. >> lead government prosecutor says they defrauded taxpayers of object $20 million. in their indictment, prosecutors say the two officials agreed with an employee and contractor to funnel government business to eac. in run, eac tech overbilled the army corp. of engineers by $20 million over a four-year period. the government says that money was divided between the men. prosecutors say lee set up shell companies to launder the money. all four have pleaded not guilty. a lawyer for harold bath. >> we've heard the government's version of the facts and generally, there are two sides to the story. >> prosecutors say these alleged schemers weren't subtle with their money, purc

moderate rain passing west of washington with sprinkles in the northern neck and heavier downpours in northern virginia. temperatures around the region in the 60s right nat nearby suburbs and washington and southern maryland and near the bay. as the day progresses, expect passing showers through early afternoon and up into the low 70s by then. maybe some thunder and lightning too. breezy and turning cooler as we clear out this afternoon. from 3:00 or 4:00. ought to get the sun back. cooler this evening, in the 50s. 40s by dawn saturday. windy and cool on saturday. sunshine back, gusts to 35 miles an hour tomorrow. sunday and monday, great weather, lighter winds. highs near 70. could get more rain tuesday into wednesday next week. danella, how's traffic? >>> good news. if you're taking bw parkway in maryland, no problems there. if you're taking 295 in d.c., still have report of an accident as you travel southbound at howard road. i have a two-vehicle crash there. moving on to the sousa bridge, seeing an accident here blocking your left lane. i'm watching this camera for you. they're zoomed in. i'm going to let you know in ten minutes how this accident is shaping up. bac

right now at 5:41 we have a cloudy sky in washington, the nearby suburbs.er south and west, you see that moving color on the radar, yes, it's more rain. getting some sprinkles now in prince william, loudoun, fauquier, stafford, spotsylvania, and culpeper and points south. it should be moving towards the metro area in another couple of hours. right now we're in the low and mid-60s in washington and the nearby suburbs. sunrise at 7:16. by 7:00, 8:00 this morning, we should have some of the light rain moving in, then moderate to perhaps briefly heavy downpours late this morning into early afternoon, maybe thunder and lightning. a blustery northwest wind will be gusting to around 25 miles an hour as we head down into the 50s by mid to late evening. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >>> the rails look pretty good. metro and vre, no delays. and on the marc train, brunswick east 870 a minor delay of five minutes. taking the beltway at connecticut avenue, an earlier accident as you make your way towards 395. that accident is out of the roadway. still seeing cro

in my neck of the woods, on top of washington's largest. suburb to the largest state and the retirement mecca on the olympic peninsula. to pronounce the names like sequent brand themselves the clueless tourist or california transplant. i could tell you the real pronunciation but under washington state law i would have to kill you. the pronunciation and gave away by doing it out loud. you have to imagine that. one thing that struck me is the headlines you hear about geography are scary ones about how a percentage of college students can't find canada on a map or can't find their but with both hands. the fact those guidelines exist is a sign that some part of our culture believes geographic knowledge is important. it is an important part of cultural literacy. this vast untapped good will towards the geography. i like to think they are slides we are living may be in a new golden age for maps. maybe in the age of google earth and real time mapping of traffic and weather and smart phones showing you where your friends are and all the amazing mapping in

washington area. and northern virginia suburbs and washington. and a little piece of dorchester county. that's until 9:00 tonight. we're already seeing these thunderstorms develop down to the south. 301 corridor. and also a report of a few very small tornadoes reported as you mentioned in a minute. down in louisa county. we'll continue to monitor the radar for you. any watches and warnings that are issued for you. >> and bob, as you just said, we learned the suspected tornado touched down in louisa county, virginia. that's the location of the epicenter in the august earthquake. there are no reports of injuries in these small tornadoes. >>> our other top story tonight. a nationwide amber alert is issued for an 11-year-old boy. his mother was found murdered inside their montgomery county home. and now he is missing. wjz is live in rockville. weijia jiang has breaking inform information about the suspect in custody. >> reporter: we have just learned that police have arrested 45-year-old curtis, who is the husband. here's the troubling part. police say they have not found that little boy. >

even in the metropolitan washington suburbs, i mean, you do see that the income gaps are really huge. i think that is true all across the country. even though we may be fairing slightly better in terms of employment. host: donna is a republican in hampton -- in hampton, michigan. caller: i would like to ask you two questions and don't -- please, don't cut me off a bank. do you think the liberal democrats have destroyed the black african families -- i don't like to use the african- american because we are all americans. the second one is, abraham lincoln was a republican who released the slaves, that the southern democrats created. host: got her two points. guest: these are interesting points but i think -- i guess i think most americans get up in the morning and they don't think of themselves as a democrat or republican but they pick themselves as an american. they want to take care of themselves and their families. if they see a road or real -- bridge that needs repair and a do not say it is a republican democrat bridge. i think we need more people in congress and bali -- body politi

generally low and mid-50s in washington and the nearby suburbs. parts of virginia have dipped down into the 40s, and it's near 40 in western maryland and much of west virginia, and it's in the upper 50s right near the chesapeake bay. over the last 12 hours, we've had the cloud cover increasing last night. it is mostly cloudy right now. just some thin clouds coming over. you can see a little bit of star shine coming through. as the morning progresses, we'll have a little sun this morning. sunrise at 7:28. we ought to be around 60 by 9:00. then by noontime, cloudy. mid-60s. we'll hold steady briefly. late afternoon, there is a possibility of a few sprinkles. a small chance, about a 30% chance of a few sprinkles by late afternoon. that may continue into this evening. a look at your evening planner coming up at 4:41. danella, good morning. how's traffic. >> good morning. it is a good start so far. not seeing any problems in our area. let's take a live look at some of our area's bridges, starting with the woodrow wilson bridge. in both directions acros

no freezing reported yet over to the western suburbs of washington.nts south and east, low to mid-40s in most locationed. here's your day planner. sunrise, 7:31. near 50 by noontime. clouding up late afternoon and back down into the 40s in the evening. during the day on saturday, we could have cold rain, and, yes, some wet snow developing west of i-95. especially around the blue ridge, shenandoah valley, points west. highs only low 40s. sunday, sun returns finally. looking good for the marine corps marathon. cold sunday morning, just near 30. afternoon highs mid-40s. into the afternoon and next week, temperatures moderating a bit and mostly dry all the way in toward the end of the week. here's the possible snowfall. heaviest amounts in the shenandoah valley and points west. unfortunately, with all the trees and the leaves on them, could have power outages. a little farther to the east, one to three inches. closer to washington, an inch at the most. just a few flakes elsewhere. otherwise, a cold rain saturday. >>> some children in southeast washington

state of maryland but especially for western suburbs in the state of maryland because we know the power has shifted out of baltimore city into the washingtonburbs but are getting no credit for the fact our population has grown significantly. >> we are talking minorities but republicans are not happy about this plan either. who wins here. >> this is important point you are bringing up we agree with the governor's that we would like to carve out a democratic district and western portion of montgomery county however in order to do that you do not want to violate the voting rights act and make it problematic for communities of color, asians, latinos, african americans and others who will be disenfranchised. >>> the measure and correct me if i am wrong removes part of frederick, baltimore and caroll county out of the 6th congressional district and adds to a part of montgomery county or takes away >> i think our position here is not so much the republican map but congressional districts remove themselves from baltimore city into northeastern montgomery county we believe that district is not compact does not represent montgomery county's needs an

right now we have temperatures into the 50s, near 60 in washington and the nearby suburbs. is in the mid 50s farther west and north of washington. south and east, southern maryland, northern neck and eastern shore. many locations there hit the low 60s to mid 60s now. over the last 12 hours watching the clouds cruising on through. and they will be with us from time to time into the afternoon. they are ahead of a front sweeping in by later this afternoon and early this evening as it comes in, we might get a passing light showers. that would be perhaps around 5:00, 6:00 into around 8:00 this evening. after that, we will clear out and get chilly again tomorrow morning. down into the 40s. afternoon high was more sun tomorrow than today. into the mid 60s on tuesday. then wednesday increasing clouds and back into the mid 60s and after a chilly start. looks like a possibility of passing showers as another front comes in from late wednesday night through the day thursday. then friday into the weekend. chilly. high just in the 50s friday, saturday sunday. saturday and sunday morning

temperatures are cool, down into the low 60s in washington and the nearby suburbs farther to the westnto the mid to upper 50s in many locations. shennendoah valley and into the mountains, there's the fog bound and national airport scene from our city camera. we'll have perhaps some passing showers and a little thunder or lightning or so through mid morning. mid day, we may have the rain stopped for a bit. more showers and thunder showers perhaps later this afternoon and into the evening. how is traffic. >>> the earlier accident, arlington boulevard at 50 west. i still have to give you your checklist. you leave the house, grab your umbrella and grab your patience. it's going to be a tough commute this morning. a lot of people are getting out on the roadways trying to avoid a lot of traffic. you know the roads are wet. it's going to be tricky for you. here is a view at the beltway. iper loop and outer loop in this area is clear, but your volume is increasing. checking over i-66 within i am seeing as you head east around fairoaks to make your way inside of the beltway, your volume is sta

getting reports of some fog around the region, right now not in washington or the nearby suburbs. however, in parts of northern virginia, we're getting some fog reports where the visibilities have been reduced down to as much as -- just down to a quarter mile in some locations. but generally from petworth to oxon hill, landover, center hill, not much fog. low to mid-40s in most locations. it's near 50 in washington and right by the bay. overnight, we had passing showers that exited a few hours ago. now we've got a clear sky over the region and over the fog, where it exists. and later today we'll have lots of sunshine. any of the fog around should be gone by midmorning. sunrise 7:27. by noontime into the mid-60s. near 70 by early to midafternoon. a delightful autumn day coming up. this evening, here's your evening planner for this tuesday evening. sunset at 6:16. by 7:00 into the low 60s. should be mostly clear to partly cloudy by later in the evening. by midnight, down into the mid-50s. a chilly start to wednesday and big changes on the way beginning tomorrow. we'll look at that,

the virginia suburbs west of washington, and howard county about 1.5 inches of rain. a little less of that and carroll county perry the heaviest rains were out run the airport where they got 3 inches of rain. everybody else had 1 inch or less of a the past couple of days without rain fall. temperatures starting to treat as pretty well this afternoon. we got a soft shot of sun. the heating is done for the day. annapolis is 70, along with cambridge. 65 and saul's barry. 66 in westminster. out in far western maryland, the cold air started sinking in. 45 degrees in oakland. 54 -- the cooling is coming. you can see this on the whiter map. it is in the 70's read along the coast. here is the cooler air filtering in. it is barely 60 degrees in chicago right now. these darker green shades -- those cooler temperatures. the satellite pictures are showing the heavy storms out over the atlantic ocean. some of the showers we have had this afternoon are all offshore. here the front is offshore. are getting into the northwest winds. everything is spending around. we rotc some precond

washington. thiamines 30s in the suburbs and -- that means 30s in the suburbs and some frost over the weekend inhe northeast. >>> live from sky 9. ongoing police activity here at 395 at edsall road. the result of a police chase that ended in a crash that was planned there. we're going to take a look at the delays on the northbound side of i-95 which begin before newington and it looks like this all the way up to springfield and to edsall road and this means that you definitely need to plan early. otherwise you will deal with this on the northbound side of 95 and 395. let's go to a map. just got word of a new accident on the eastbound side of the dulles toll road right here at the beltway be aware of this. just going to see the traffic slow down. 66 normal slow traffic out of manassas as you head for the beltway. and we'll end with a live look on the beltway north side of town. here's the outer loop leaving 95. normal slow stuff to silver spring. 270 slows off and on father hurley boulevard to where the lanes divide. back to you. >>> the same engineers who carpet saided tourists by -- captivated

washington, d.c. now, the wealthiest suburb in america right now. dana: surrounding area. >> eric: the average federal employee $126,000 all in. the average across america, all in, $50,000. >> bob: what does it have to do with what we're talking about? go ahead, dana. >> dana: what is interesting is today on the floor of the senate, u.s. majority leader of the senate harry reid said the public sector is suffering more than the private sector. this is obvious they're sledding all the jobs. now we get this today. not only that the federal government has 170,000 employees, the average salary is $126,000. this is where the anger starts to come in. occupy wall street should take their show on the road. >> bob: talk about leaders, minority leader, mitch mcconnell is so full of stuff i can't believe it. he attacks obama for being on the road with his bus, on his jobs tour in the meantime, he says that he is politicizing the whole jobs issue. he says my only job is defeat barack obama for a second term. >> dana: he didn't say that -- >> bob: shut his mouth.

it's now near 50 degrees in washington and the nearby s suburbs. later this afternoon, we'll have a cloudy sky, holding steady in the 50s throughout the rest of the afternoon. then for trick-or-treaters tonight, it does look like there's a small chance of some sprinkles, and it's going to be chilly with temperatures in the 40s. have a safe evening. we'll see you tomorrow morning. >> okay, tom. thanks. >>> and that's "news 4 midday" for today. we thank you for being with us on this halloween. be sure to tune in for news 4 at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, and then tonight at 11:00. i'll be back tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. for "news 4 midday." good trick-or-treating to all of you. happy halloween.

washington, d.c. and many of its suburbs are known for rich history. three streets? d.c. virginia being singled out pause they were planned well. beth parker visited all three. >> reporter: in our little corn are of the world, you can stroll three streets that make the list of america's great streets, u street, king street and davis street. each one selected by the american planning association as one of this year's 10 great streets. we begin here on u street northwest where a lot looks shiny and new but there is still a great deal of history. duke ellington, just one of the musical greats who played this great street. >> i like the diversity of the clubs, the eateries and just the diversity of the people walking up and down the street. >> reporter: king street in old town alexandria was singled out because it is bustling with activity but the apa says alexandria has also managed, despite the passage of time, to hold onto its past. >> it is a great street. >> reporter: coworkers spent their lunch break looking out over king street. >> reporter: what is cool about king str

washington d.c. and many of its suburbs are known for a rich history in politic, but the region is also getting noticedegion. three streets in d.c. and virginia are being singled out because they were well planned. fox 5's beth parker visited all three today. >> reporter: in our little corner of the world you can stroll three streets that make the list of america's great streets, u street, king street and davis street, each one selected by the american planning association as one of this year's 10 great streets. we begin here on u street in northwest where a lot looks shiny and? you, but there's still a great -- and new, but there's still a great deal of history. duke ellington just one of the musical greats who played this great street. >> i like the diversity of the club, eateries and the diversity of the people walking up and down the street. >> reporter: king street in old town, alexandria was singled out because its bustling with activity, but the apa says alexandria has also managed despite the passage of time to hole onto its past. >> -- hold onto its past. co-workers gwen miller and steve lofto

washington. boy, the western suburbs have cooled off. 53 at the airport.st-southwest at 7 miles per hour. 49 in gaithersburg and rockville. 51 in reston. 41 in manassas. 54 in annapolis. a wide range of temperatures this morning. mid-50s in northern maryland. mid-40s in north central virginia. here's your day planner. sunny, sunny, mostly sunny as we get through the course of the day. temperatures in the upper 50s to near 60 by 10:00 this morning. low to mid-70s for much of the afternoon if you're headed down to the dedication of the martin luther king memorial. 8:00 temperature, 53. 11:00 temperature, 62 degrees. not much in the way of real organized weather to worry about. high pressure is in charge. mid and high level cloudiness. our skies won't be as crystal blue as they were yesterday. cool start. cool to chilly will lead to a pleasant afternoon. tons of sunshine coming our way. more cloud cover the further north and west you go. gradually it will linger into the area and causality more in the way of clouds to form. we'll be on the mild side of things

upper 30s in the nearby suburbs to near 40 in washington, prince george's county, and southern maryland. for the rest of the day today, we'll have a partly sunny morning, cloudy afternoon. highs reaching the low 50s. sunrise at 7:31. cloudy tonight, and late tonight after midnight and during the day on saturday, some cold rain and wet snow. highs reaching the low 40s. sunday sun returns. highs mid-40s for halloween. we'll be warming up as we get into midweek next week and generally dry weather. possible snow, yes, up to six inches, maybe even more in some of the higher spots of western maryland, west virginia, much of the shenandoah valley. closer to washington, much lighter amounts. most of that will be on grassy areas only because the ground temperatures are so warm. danella, how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> let's check out the beltway starting in virginia. if you're taking the beltway near telegraph road on the inner loop there, you're traveling at 59 miles per hour making the trip to the beltway in prince george's county, heading on the inner loop towards branch avenue, you're tr

in washington, right around the suburbs, near 30 degrees. a little bit farther west and north it is below freezing. watch out for patchy ice in montgomery, western fairfax, loudon, frederick, maryland and virginia. western maryland, there is patchy ice there. in fact, there could be some in prince george's county. and in charles county, fredericksburg. they, too, are near or a little bit below freezing in many locations. they had the rain yesterday. so things have cooled down there too. even though we have the rain, the roadway still a bit wet. we're wasps drying out as we cleared out overnight. temperatures will be warming up on w that stronger october sun as the day progresses. look at the snow totals we had. american university in northwest washington had a quarter inch of snow. then 15 miles farther north four inches around damascus and northern montgomery county. that was a line that stretched into northern loudon county. in northern frederick county, maryland, they got eight and a half inches and almost a foot up on the pennsylvania bo

suburbs and along interstate corridor northwest of washington. >>> 6:36, 48 degrees. >> still ahead awhether the link between self phones and cancer exists. >> first, a another check on traffic and weather. >> an unlikely rise to the top. and the weekend captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> 6:39 on this friday morning. we have been talking about pictures of fall foliage. thank you to dixie for sending this to us. a beautiful picture from the courtyard from her office. 41 in manassas, 47 at reagan national, 45 in culpeper, 47 in hagerstown. fairly uniform temperatures. you need long sleeves or light jacket this morning. 62 this afternoon, 5 degrees below average. northwest of town, hagerstown, romney, mid to upper 50's later on today. . fall-like later on through the weekend. saturday and sunday, mornings in the 40's, afternoons in the '50s with a fair amount of sunshine. that's good for outdoor activities. near 70 degrees by the middle of next week with the next chance of rain on wednesday. >>> metro rail has unscheduled track maintenance, blue and yel

suburbs. well to the west of washington, d.c. this is a storm system we will continue to watch.tures 58 degrees. sunday, the storm system is going to be a quick mover and get out of the region. >> halloween looks okay. >> cool, but fun for the kids. >> thanks, doug. >>> you know the old saying you want to make god laugh, tell him you have a plan. check this out. gus and jennifer live in arizona. they have plans. they got married. it was an outdoor ceremony. they planned it down to the last detail. there was nothing they could do about the weather. a dust storm kicked up. in a matter of moments, the bride and groom and pastor were covered in sand. >> whoa! >> when it was time to exchange vows, they could hardly see each other. they talked about it this morning on the "today" show. >> it was eventful. it happened but we got married. i guess all that matters is we are married. it is what it is. >> like it is what it is. there's no way -- you have to like them for this. there is no way any of their kids is going to be named sandy. they are not going to stand for that. we celebrate t

washington. that means lots of 30s in the suburbs. monika samtani's got the timesaver traffic good morning monika. >>> just enjoy today. what do you think howard? yep. and if you are planning to head out today using metro. i want to tell you that at wheaton the escalators are broken. they have a shuttle bus service available for you but the station is open. here's what it looks like 395 at edsall road. if you look right here at the police activity i've been telling you about this for the last half hour or so, police activity blocking the ramp to edsall road. if you need to get to edsall. take duke up ahead of this point and work your way around back to edsall road. let's take a live look at the other side of town. here's what it looks like in downtown. no problems across the 14th street bridge on to 14th street the mall looks good on constitution avenue southeast southwest freeway is incident free. a live look leaving the airport, you're fine, no problems on route 7 out of leesburg or 123 in tyson's corner. in mimmicks report another

washington. in the suburbs, you can see the income gap is really huge. i think that is true all across the country. we may be faring slightly better in terms of employment. host: you are on the line with congresswoman donna edwards. caller: i would like to rescue to questions. please do not cut me off. the first one is -- do you think that the liberal democrats have destroyed the black african families? i do not like to use african- americans because we are all americans. the second one is -- abraham lincoln was a republican who released the slaves. -- released the slaves that the southern democrats created. guest: that is an interesting point. but most americans get up in the morning and they do not think of themselves as a democrat or republican. they think of themselves as an american. they get up in the morning and they want to help themselves and their families. i think we need more people in the congress and in the body politic who is thinking like most americans do. i am proud to be an african- american. i am also proud to be an american. i and un

right now just near 30 degrees in the suburbs and rural areas. mid-30s in washington and right by the bay. high clouds drifting in. they'll be with us this morning. sunshine should be shining through the high clouds. sunrise 7:34. sunset 6:09. by midafternoon, we'll be in the mid-50s. should be cloudy through much of the afternoon. here's your trick or treat forecast for this halloween, this monday evening. we'll have a cloudy sky. it will be chilly. dress warmly, could be in the 40s. sprinkles far south and east of washington, early evening. a look at that, the rest of the week, and the weekend at 6:21. good morning, danella. how's traffic? >>> as you approach branch avenue, reports of an accident here. i'm start to go see delays as you make your way towards branch avenue. i'll be back in ten minutes with an update on this accident. taking the outer loop of the beltway starting to slow down around colesville road. your delays start around new hampshire avenue, so far no accidents to report. taking i-95 at fairfax county parkway, very slow as you make your way towards

get to go to my own house because after the speech flew back to washington >> still had an outbreak of a whopping cough northwest suburbs what measures officials are taking to keep it from spreading and a city crack down on pet owners who do not have dogs licensed, chicken pay in fines and a big chill setting in tom skilling back bringing in cold weather with them how long the thermometer will be low coming up will come back tom skilling [ male announcer ] this is coach parker... whose non-stop day starts with back pain... and a choice. take advil now and maybe up to four in a day. or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. way to go, coach. ♪ ♪ [ dentist ] people refer to jill as "that woman with the great smile." i refer to her as "that woman with the great gums." as jill's dentist, i know that her gums are a foundation of a healthy smile. jill knows that, too -- so she uses crest pro-health clinical gum protection toothpaste. it helps eliminate plaque at the gum line, helping prevent gingivitis. it's even clinically proven to help reverse it in just 4 weeks. and it protects these other areas dentists check

some locations well to the west of washington could see snow especially in the mountains. maybe closer to the suburbs. this is a storm that we are going to have to watch very, very closely. on saturday, it's not looking like a very nice day at all. something else going on? this is for tomorrow night. the first freeze watch of the season for frederick county. a freeze in effect for tomorrow night. areas of rain this evening. mostly light and mild. most of those are moving out of the area. tomorrow morning, i think the rain moves back in. light to moderate rain. take the umbrella. 51 to 55 degrees tomorrow afternoon we are going to see plenty of clouds. rain early and showers during the day. the last mild day with temperatures in the low to mid-60s. here are the next four days. 54 on friday. 46 and cold on saturday. sunday, breaking out a little bit. a high of only 56 degrees. again, there is that chance for some snow to our west. we continue to modify that forecast. >> sure it's not too early to talk about that? >> that's the thing, it is too early. it's why you have to stay tuned. >> don't want to he

washington. >> in bethesda, maryland, a suburb. i remember the news at that time. brian, good work.nks very much. >>> let's get some perspective now on what's going on with a middle east scholar, a senior fellow at the hoover institution. i don't know what you can say about this, but it did come as a pretty huge surprise to me. i don't know about you. >> well, it's amazing. i mean you and i know and so many people in washington know al jubeir. we don't even know the ambassador. he has been in washington so long, he knows the ways of washington, he's a friend of so many of us. he has been in washington since his days as a student at georgetown university. and then he worked for the former ambassador. he is loyal to king and country. he is not a decision-maker in saudi arabia. this is the odd thing about it. he is not a member of the royal family. so this tells you something about the incoheerns of iranian policy. >> if these allegations are true allegations by the justice department here in washington, why would the iranians want to kill al jubeir. >> it's amazing. i think when you h

washington. 50 degrees. that's the in-town temperature. most of the suburbs are down into the 40s, even a few spots into the upper 30s this morning. manassas into the upper 30s. 41 at dulles airport. 48 degrees in leesburg. maryland, huntingtown to camp springs and brandy wine rosaryville all in the low 40s this morning. 47 in annapolis. back out to the west, that's where the real chill is this morning. upper 40s from haigers town to martinsburg. near 50 in winchester. overnight tonight, clearing skies after midnight. again, these clearing skies lead to a very pleasant day tomorrow. no rain anywhere within about 500 miles of washington. so clouds we will have by later on this afternoon. temperatures into the upper 50s and low 60s for most of your saturday. sun's up at 7:24 this morning, goes down just before 6:30 this evening. you can see on the satellite picture, generally cloudy skies up into pennsylvania. these clouds stick around off and on through much of the day. on whole, i think you'll enjoy outdoor activities today. just passing clouds and intermitte

washington. light breeze south-southwest at 8 miles per hour. still cooler in the suburbs.aithersburg, rockville, hovering around 50 degrees. mid-50s in prince george's from college park to camp springs, brandywine. 56 in huntingtown, maryland. 52 in manassas and also in warrenton, virginia. temperatures mostly in the 50s pretty much area wide now. 52, hagerstown. 55 degrees in winchester. fredericksburg into the the low 60s. here's a look at your radar. no rain out there on the radar just yet. no rain in the forecast for today. these rain showers way up here across northwestern parts of pennsylvania part of a weather front which is trying to slip our way. it will be running out of moisture the further south they come. as a result we'll be dry today and 95% of us will be dry tomorrow as well. sunshine is expected all through the course of your sunday afternoon with temperatures in the low to mid-70s for highs this afternoon. there goes most of the clouds staying up to our north. there's this ribbon of cloud cover over northern maryland right now and right over parts of nort

nation and that's thanks to those very wealthy suburbs that surround the city center say according to other figures provided by the census bureau washington d.c. is now the wealthiest u.s. metropolitan area to go house or earning more than eighty four thousand dollars a year and federal employees average more than one hundred twenty six thousand a year so now you can see a little better how big. the problem is how deep inequality runs in the fact of the biggest disparity of wealth here in the nation's capital. this is why it isn't often by movement it's rising up around the country because it's no longer a fair society because the government plays pave roads and surprise surprise those favorites are often the ones with the most rational throw their way along the street is definitely one of the biggest problems when you think of all the lobbyists for various corporations various industry defense contractors they're all based right here in washington and why would anybody care about poverty rising unemployment all across the us when it contracts flowing right here in washington d.c. and if you need any more proof of just how unconcerned you