all that is out. >> but look at what barack obama did with reverends wright. in this day and age you can't wait for a story to gather steam, you have to deal with it. some said he wait add little long. but he ended up having to confront it directly, gave his speech on race, which lots of people think ended up becoming the high point of his campaign. so a good politician and a good fstaf has to understand, ok, this is something we cannot ignore. in the old days you could ignore -- >> let's take a look at the low point and the way things work. sarah palin blew it in those katie couric interviews, but hard ball magnified the damage to palin. let's watch. >> what other supreme court decisions do you disagree with? >> well, let's see. >> what newspapers and magazines did you regularly read before you were asked to do this? >> i read most of them, again, with great appreciation for the press and the media. >> which ones specifically? i'm curious. >> all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years. chris: she wasn't able to talk about any

julie wright will be along to tell us about the area roadways. 5 morning news will be right back. it's 12 minutes after 5:00. frce ttge >>> welcome back on this friday morning. it is 5:15. as we take a look over the capitol dome this morning, on a beautiful friday. chilly as you wake up and get out there on the roadways. >>> temperatures in the low 50s this morning. >> and in some places, it's in the 40s. a very cool start to the day. we'll have a mild day today as far as the temperature goes. it will be warmer than yesterday, but it will be breezy. so it's kind of a wash if you ask me. we had pretty good rainfall yesterday as expected with the nor'easter that came through. it's out of the area now. it is impacting the northeast. let's look at the rainfall amounts that we saw at the area airports. not bad at all at reagan national. one and a quarter inches of rain. nearly an inch at dulles international. and nearly nine-tents after an inch at bwi marshall. making up for the short fall that we had going into the fall months. satellite radar for th

they standed andre wright at the mall.hey tried to rob him earlier in the day and later when andre wright saw the suspects inside the mall he saw a fight breakout and andre wright was stabbed. >>> mario is charged with assaulting his mother early this morning. r&b singer mario barrett and his mother got into an argument and the sinker pushed his mother. now the mother told police she hit her head on the wall and feared for her life. march -- r&b singer mario barrett is charged with second degree a salt. >>> if you are pulled over you could be fined $45 and $100 for the secondary one. you have to be committing some other type of defense like speeding. >>> maryland is the 8th state to make talking illegal without using a hands free device. >>> the notification act will make it harder to make sex offender harder to register without delayering themselves homeless. declaring themselves homeless. >>> for president barack obama's chief of staff, a high profile sent off. an emotional bittersweet testament, then turned his eyes tow

and julie wright has a look at the on-time traffic coming up in a few minutes. inus south a live look outside today. there is the washington monument off to a pleasant start for us. a tornado ripped through parts of the state yesterday. that high school football field was torn apart. several homes and an elementary school were also severely damaged. vehicle were overturned along highways. it is still not clear exactly how many people were injured during that. rough weather for them. >> sure is. pretty smooth sailing over the weekend. >> temperatures in the mid-70s yesterday. lots of sunshine today. we'll have more clouds and the possibility of some showers and maybe even a late day thunderstorm later today. so plenty of instability in the air for this time of year. let's start with the bus stop forecast this morning. all-important as kids head out the door. a couple of points of interest. sunrise, 7:28 this morning. the days are getting shorter here. temperatures in the upper 50s, so nice and mild. i don't expect we'll see my shower activity for the mo

for that, we go to julie wright. >> 65 degrees?> yeah, baby, afraid your warm weather is gone. >> i don't like it. >> i'm just going to protest right now. i don't like it. here we are on the roads this morning. wet roads as it is coming inbound from the west off of 66 leaving nutley street to the beltway. all of your lanes here are open with no problems to report. a number of phone call from our friend down if st. mary's county. they are surrounded by water and there is a number of streets still flooded at this point. we heard from a postal worker who said she could hardly continue on her route because so many of the streets were closed off because of flooding. one more day you don't have to pay that bill, i guess. if you are traveling southbound 29 past lockwood drive, we have an incident blocking the right side of the road there. no problems to report if you are traveling south on 270 leaving germantown for the lane divide. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> the mayor of alexandria is calling for chan

julie wright, what does it look like on the roads out there. >> not good. major interstates aren't so bad up the west side but we are now receiving word of an incident that is going to impact your drive on the top stretch of the beltway. let's show you 66. as you travel close in leaving vienna towards the beltway, traffic volume not so busy right here leaving vienna. but we do have the lane linking between 7150 fair oaks. this is where v doit was having trouble earlier this morning between the red x light and the green arrow light. it was stuck on the red x. that was causing some confusion. i am hearing that situation has been resolved. if you are traveling on the outer loop, no problems to report leaving the american legion bridge down towards tyson's. 295 on the brake from malcolm x to the inbound 11th street bridge. crash tying up the right lane southbound toward the 11th street bridge. new hampshire avenue approaching putter mill, we have a tree down. we have additional delays on vre's fredericksburg line. they have speed restricts in place until 7:00 t

no idea, frank. >> julie wright is taking a look at traffic for us. are done. >> if you are traveling the beltway over to tysons, the crew in sky fox are with us checking out the drive near 123. we had reports of the activity tying up the left and right side of the road with a big backup north on 66. north of 123, hard to tell from this camera, i believe that is the exit there to 123 if we can get them to pan out wider we could tell. accident on the beltway tying up the right side of the road. delays back to 66. 66 on the brakes in manassas, centerville and leaving 123 to the beltway. 395 across the 14th street bridge lanes are open, no incidents to report. southbound 270 on the brakes 109 to the truck scales. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> washington wizards star gilbert arenas making also for the wrong reasons again. flip saunders fined the guard money after gilbert told reporters he faked an injury to give a teammate more playing time. after practice arenas was asked if he should have just played. >> in hindsight, now, yes. i wa

here is julie wright. can't guarantee you'll like what she is showing you. >> and i tried to color coordinate. >> and that's not what i meant. you look beautiful. >> thank you. tony, you're right, it is very busy on the roads. the crew in sky fox has had their hands full with beltway accidents and now over 270, trying to make the trip out of rockville approaching salisbury road, southbound in a big backup leaving germantown toward falls road. only one lane is able to get by. i hear them, but do we have them? let's pop up the shot. here we go. in the main line near falls road and on 270, and mainly -- the situation is ongoing and changing as we speak because some traffic is getting by to the right and left. so this is going to be the six lane stretch southbound at montrose toward the lane divide. in the backup there is another crash at falls road with only one lane getting through. so delays are stalled at 118 out of germantown southbound on 270 trying to work out toward the lane divide. so two separate acc

>> just like the jeremiah wright thing. i can hardly wait.going to be the jeremiah wright thing? >> i doubt it, you think that we'll hear conservatives all over the country saying exactly what heidi just said. she doesn't listen to anything he says. you know the point here is that it was a very strange campaign move, so close to the midterms. nevada has, i think,s third largest population of mormons of any state. you've got about 14 million mormons in the country including, well, glenn beck, mitt romney. maybe she needs to go back or give herppastor that nice speech that mitt romney gave her about how mormon is not a cult. >> well, he's not her pastor. that's the whole point. he used to be and he's not anymore so let's not pin that on sharron, that's the whole point. >> i look forward to checking of what you said about barack obama and jeremiah wright. >> well that's the point, if you're going to blame barack obama for what jeremiah wright, then fine. but if you're not then you can't. you can't pin that on sharron angle. she's never said that

let's get to on-time traffic and julie wright has latest. and capitals won again?> like you're surprised. it is not my cowboys. we are talking about the caps, man. right now, we are talking about the traffic and we are still investigating a crash which occurred overnight southbound # 70, 124 montgomery village avenue with only the left lane getting through. 355 is working for you as an alternate route. -- southbound 270, 124 montgomery village avenue. easy commute traveling in from 7100 towards fair oaks. overnight roadwork between tyson's and 66 has cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> can you expect a slow-going trip in parts of tysons corner because of two major road projects. crews are constructing massive pillars that will one day carry rail traffic to dulles airport. they are working on the hot lands between tyson's an springfield. starting tonight after rush hour, crews will be adding lights on 123. drivers will be rerouted to the route for 495 north. tomorrow night, crews will shift traffic to make room for for the disman

let's get to some on time traffic, do we have julie wright?>> all right, tucker not looking so bad traveling the top stretch of the beltway between college park and bethesda. also going to find southbound 270 open for business germantown to the split. northbound overnight road work at 28 has cleared. wilson bridge on the inner and outer loop traffic running smoothly in each direction. you'll find yourself at speed leaving 295 to the inbound 11th street bridge. new york avenue traffic running with east. all lanes are open on northbound i-95 up to 395. 395 looks good from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> heads up, d.c. drivers, three new red light cameras in operation. the cameras are post dollars on connecticut avenue at porter street, 14th and k streets and third and new york avenue. for now violators will receive warnings and the fines start november 12th. >>> forget a price reduction for smarttrip cards. metro will cut the $5 price tag in half, but reversed that decision. it turns out t

. >>> let's check the roads with julie wright. >> good morning. we are starting off on a sour note if you are in virginia. southbound i-95 as you work your way down towards lorton, that is where we've had the overnight construction and now authorities are checking for a vehicle fire along the right side of the highway. back in the #:00 hour, authorities were busy checking the span here at the wilson bridge. everything back in place. -- back in the 2:00 hour, authorities were busy checking the span here at the wilson bridge. no signs of any work at the hot lanes zones at tyson's and 66. inbound new york avenue nice and smooth as you travel in from northeast to northwest. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> president obama is delving into maryland politics again. today, the president stumps for governor o'malley at by state university in prince george's county. the rally is also an effort to get out the black vote for the mid-term elections. just more than a week ago, the prerecorded a radio ad for governor o'malley. >>> the deadline i

julie wright is in with a look at your on-time traffic coming up right after the break. ♪ ♪ yes!ook, they fit! oh my gosh, are those the jeans from last year? how'd you do it? eating right...whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who eat more whole grain tend to have healthier body weights. multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 110 lightly sweetened calories. more grains. less you! multigrain cheerios. but this is warm, fresh-baked strawberry toaster strudel. [ music ] see the difference? pillsbury toaster strudel, the one kids want to eat. eating our loot at the end of the night... especially if it's totino's! ♪ ♪ we're the kids in america ♪ oh, oh, oh >>> good morning. we get a live look outside. no rain out there but chilly temperatures are back for another day. feeling a whole lot like fall but rather nice. >> it does feel like fall. the leaves are starting to turn a little bit. the temperatures have taken a turn for the cool as we have temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s out there right now. couple of sprinkles out there. it won't be the most beautiful day. w

let's get to some on-time traffic with julie wright. >> not looking so bad right now.ve to talk about the potholes just south of howard road tying up most of the roadway. no incidents to report if you are traveling through northeast by way of new york and kenilworth avenues. # 95 in great shape continuing northbound passing duke street. no problems reported along this stretch continuing out to the 14th street bridge. a lot of clean-up this morning. some of the drains in the neighborhood, you will find there is a lot of leaves and tree limbs. if it was trash day yesterday, boy, what a mess. right now, we'll find lanes are open on the top scratch of the beltway leaving new hampshire avenue continuing through silver spring. overnight crash, outer loop of the beltway before connecticut avenue cleared to the shoulder. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> thousands of people will come to washington tomorrow for the one nation working together march. civil rights leaders, union leaders, peace activists and celebrities are organizing the event to dem

five play wrights will be invited to the staff.ent and first lady are honorary chairs. >>> allison is joining steve for the next few hours. >> good morning, gurvir. coming up, nine years after her disappearance ended a political career, a murder trial begins for the man accused of killing chandra levy. >>> and students accused of operating a drug lab in a determine -- dormitory and more on the drug they were making. >>> and thousands of people in haiti are connected with kel -- cholera. we'll talk live with

julie wright will an long with a look at traffic and more. stay with us. fox 5 morning news will be right back.  >>> welcome back. i always love this shot. wouldn't want to be sitting in traffic there but this is the woodrow wilson bridge. traffic not looking so bad and neither are the temperatures. >> it is cool in most of the area. temperatures again this morning as expected in the upper 40s and the low 50s but we'll get set for another very pleasant day and a great weekend as well. let's jump right in. we'll start with the current temperatures around the region here in the district. that is the warmest temperature. 58degrees right now. 57 now down at patuxent naval air station. check out the 40s. 48degrees in baltimore. 49 tull less airport. 49 in fredericksburg. so a cool start. we told you yesterday morning, well have cool temperatures again early this morning. our temperature trend for the next couple of days, take a look. above normal temperatures, yes, near 80 tomorrow. 80 on monday and probably on tuesday as well as we get a ni

julie wright is here. she will tell us what is happening on the roadways. fox 5 news will be right back. u fiber one chewy bar. how'd you do that? do what? it tastes too good to be fiber. you made it taste like chocolate. it has 35% of your daily value of fiber. do it again. turn it into something tasty. this guy's doing magic. there's chocolate chips in here now. how'd you do that? right! tasty fiber, that's a good one! ok, umm...read her mind. what's she thinking? that's right! i'm not thinking anything! [ male announcer ] fiber one chewy bars. cardboard no. delicious yes. >>> we'll take a look outside from our oxon hill camera as we take a look at traffic. >> at least the wind chill wipers are not going a whole lot. tony, you said we have a few sprinkles outside but nothing really to worry about this morning, right? >> absolutely right. we have a couple of sprinkles here and there. nothing like monday morning. i remember on monday i said that that was our best -- monday was our best chance for rain and that still holds true. a couple of showers here and

. >> let's check in with julie wright gentleman i'm digging this weather. there was some time spent on the deck. all i needed was a nutty buddy. lane are open traveling along 270 coming out of germantown. we had a wreck at montgomery village avenue and that was an ongoing investigation from overnight. no incidents to report on the northbound side. 95 northbound out of lorton, no problems to report as you continue up towards the beltway. both the main line and expressway at speed. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> we start this morning in college park where four people are rushed to the hospital before an apparent fight at a thirsty turtle bar on baltimore avenue. stacy cohan is in college park and we get more from her. >> reporter: good morning. you're right. fight did start out here at the thirsty turtle on route one which is not too far from the main campus and fraternity row. this all happened around 1:30 in the morning. and after a fight broke out here at the thirsty turtle, they actually ran down the street and around the corner to yale

julie wright will have a look at traffic. stay with us. fox 5 morning news will be right back.iber one chewy bar. how'd you do that? do what? it tastes too good to be fiber. you made it taste like chocolate. it has 35% of your daily value of fiber. do it again. turn it into something tasty. this guy's doing magic. there's chocolate chips in here now. how'd you do that? right! tasty fiber, that's a good one! ok, umm...read her mind. what's she thinking? that's right! i'm not thinking anything! [ male announcer ] fiber one chewy bars. cardboard no. delicious yes. >>> we'll take a look outside as we look downtown. can you see how wet it is out there on the streets still as the rain is still falling in some areas. first, it is a heart-ouncing rescue in wisconsin where firefighters had to rush in when the center pin came out of a ferris wheel. that stranded all the riders. rescue crews worried about the unstable ride. >> they were afraid that it would fall over from the 50- mile per hour winds. it took hours but firefighters got all 17 people out of their seats and on to the ground.

let's get to julie wright an get the latest on the drive in to work. >> well, so far, so good if you out of maryland and 95 and 295. northbound i-95, congested now out of woodbridge headed up towards 13. we had the crash tying up the right side of the highway. 66 eastbound, it was a large piece of concrete that fell off the back side of the truck. we definitely have delays out in mann -- in manassas. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> if you plan on using the intercounty connector when it opens, you better get an e- zpass. m-d.o.t. says it will be first all electronic toll road in the state of maryland. the tolls for cars for the first of my and a half miles to open bill be $1.45 during peak hours. the steep will cost you $45. $25 of that is prepaid toll money. >>> heads up to eye tunes users as scieber security experts are warning about a new scam that march target you. if you receive an e-mail claiming you made a pricy i tunes purchase, don't click on that link. it will download a virus. >>> heads up to itunes users as cybersecurity experts are warning about a new sc

he eventually did disown the reverend wright. but the point about his grandmother i found interesting because he was saying he has a somewhat different emotional relationship to white america than i do, than with two african-american parents, having grownup the south at a time when there was very much a kind of sense -- you know, at it not that i go around thinking us versus them anymore, but that was -- that's how i was raised, and his -- the way he was raised and the way he has to think of himself -- because it is him -- is somewhat different. so those are the four groups, main stream, abandoned, transsend transcend dent and emergent. >> you talked about gates, but the situation in cambridge brought together the intersection of race and perhaps power and him being in that transsend dent group. it brought it together for him and brought it together for president barack obama, and how the situation was perceived and handled. you did a wonderful job of taking us through that scenario, through henry louis gate's eyes and president

people like julie wright will love it.ather headlines for today and the next several days as we go through the week. yes, today, a hot columbus day. temperatures well above normal. about 15 degrees above normal as a matter of fact. clouds will return tonight. i think some of those clouds will work their way in here during the afternoon hours. showers will come back in all possible. don't want to say likelihood because some of you won't get it. let's take a look at the temperatures around the region. right now, 63 degrees here in the nation's capital. cooler up to the north. 54 in gaithersburg. 52347 frederick, maryland. 64 town in qunt i co. it is cool in manassas. 55 and out to the east, cambridge is at 61 degrees. satellite-radar composite for the region, we do have a couple of clouds out there. wave seen a couple of little blips of precipitation down across southern portions of the the chesapeake bay but our main weather factor today is going to be this area of low pressure which is going to bring warm air into our regi

let's get to julie wright and find out what is happening on the roads. julie?may not have julie. are you there? we don't have her so we'll come back to her in just a little bit. >>> google's reach is extending further every day and now the internet giant is investing in a huge clean energy project. the plan to supply power to the mid-atlantic from huge offshore wind farms. could you some day be paying your bills to google power and light. melanie alnwick asks that question. >> reporter: since it began, google has been an agent of change. now, the internet giant is wielding its power to change the energy industry. >> we believe that being good environmental stewards makes good business sense. >> reporter: google is making an initial investment. $2 had you been million in the atlantic wind connection, a plan to build a 350-mile underground transmission line off the mid than atlantic coast. it would act like a power cord that new offshore wind farms could plug into and provide lean energy to 1.9 million homes from virginia to new jersey. maryland-based trans-elect

tucker is refining it as we speak right behind me and julie wright is here. she will tell us what is happening on the roadways. stay with us. fox 5 morning news will be right back. it is coming up on 5:12. man: empty nest? new kitchen, new us? woman: who are we? chic, modern, daring dinner-party hosts. that sounds dangerous, maybe we're more the traditional sunday brunch set? i'll expect slippers and a cocktail to be ready when i get home from work. point taken. how about... peaceful, quiet cottage in the country folk? now that's us. spend over 2500 dollars on a new kitchen and save 40 percent on custom countertops until november 28th at ikea. the life improvement store. >>> we check out the wilson bridge. it is already 65 degrees so it feels nice out there as we get a little -- i don't won't say summer returns but it will feel like if t. for a couple of days. >> for a day. we'll have a nice day of temperatures again in the 80s. yesterday, we got up to 78 degrees. we were in the 80s on saturday. and then we'll start to see some changes as with the week progre

reverend wright is an anti-american guy he's a pinhead.on't think reverend wright ever gets out of the pinhead status. he's a permanent pinhead. so, when barack obama has such a close association with such a pinhead, then i think it is incumbent upon him to explain the association. which he really never did. i understand politically that was probably a smart move, because he wanted to get away from that. but, you know, if i'm sitting there in my church and if pastor is saying stuff that your country is terrible. it is racist, it is this, it murders people. i'm not in that church very long. there's really no excuse for that. i'll find another church. >> greta: christine o'donnell running for senate in delaware. is she a pinheads and patriots? >> i don't know her. you can answer that question better than it. >> greta: i've only met her once. >> i've really never spoken to the woman. it is not fair to describe somebody unless i really have researched them. i have not really researched her. >> greta: governor sarah palin pinheads and patriots?

wright was treated and release ds. three men were students at the northern american trade school at the mall. >> baltimore born r&b singer mario is out of jail after posting bond on charges that he assaulted his mother. baltimore police say they responded to a call just before 1:00 where his mother said her son pushed her. he says this is the second time in one week that her son has assaulted her. on monday she said he pushed her into the wall. both have publicly acknowledged her heroin addiction in the past. >> the fate of the three men accused in the 2008 slaying of baltimore city council men ken harris is in the hands of the jury. they began deliberation yesterday that lasted about two hours. prosecuterd allege they robbed the lounge in 2008 and fired the shot that killed ken harris but the defense hopes additional dna will rule in their favor. >> because dna there's this stigma attached that it's the be all and end all. but as i went through my closing you see that on the mixtures it's not definitely one person. it

let's get to julie wright with your on-time traffic. >>> good morning, tucker. not a lot going on to and from the wilson bridge. outer loop below speed working west of 95 college park headed past university boulevard. we mentioned earlier an accident on the outer loop of the beltway near the exit for 270. whatever was there has cleared, according to callers. all lanes are open once again. southbound 270 on the brakes out of hyattstown and germantown. v-dot is moving the camera but this is a live shot of 66. 66 close in at the beltway where we had the stalled tractor-trailer tieing up the right side of the road causing a backup from 123. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> let's take a look at our top stories this morning. nine years after a disappearance and scandal that gripped the nation's capital, the road to justice leads to a d.c. courtroom. the chandra levy murder trial starts today. opening statements set to begin this morning. ingmar guandique is accused of murder of the d.c. intern after going for a jog in rock creek park. her remains fou

now for an update on traffic we go to julie wright. >>> we're checking out your commute around town and so far so good. light traffic volume which is what we expected on this federal holiday. 66 to 95 and 395 and the beltway empty and looking like a saturday between college park and bethesda. 270 looking great out of hyattstown. no incidents on 95 and through lorton up through the springfield interchange. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> police are looking into a deadly accident in rockville over the weekend. two men were hit and killed while trying to cross rockville pike near the white flint metro station. the driver accused of hitting them arrested at the scene believed to be drunk at the wheel. sarah simmons joins us live with our top story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is the intersection. rockville pike and martinely road where the men were crossing the road. one man died instantly and the other died from his injuries at the hospital. look at the damage to the front of the car. even hard tore look at a flip flop and a shoe left behind. >> it look

now an update on traffic with julie wright. >> not looking bad now.have lanes open in each direction traveling south at the wilson bridge, gurvir mentioned this, we are finding closures on maryland avenue, constitution, pennsylvania and again this is from filming transformers three downtown. 66 coming from nutley to the beltway all the lanes are open. overnight construction cleared. the beltway open for business between tysons and braddock. no incidents on 270. southbound traffic, germantown to the split. that's a check of folks 5 on- time traffic. >>> we have a fox five follow- up. police arrested a man in the stabbing of four people in college park. 21-year-old is charged with attempted second degree murder and assault. fight over bar stool spilled out on to the street. maryland campus police sat biggest bar, thirty turtle is a problem for them. they want the place shut down. john henrehan has part of that story. >> reporter: the street stabbings were the culmination of a bar fight that police say began inside the thirsty turtle. campus police chief

up into the air, scoots away from david wright. bernadina score tied at 2. >> looks like that? yeah. isn't that nice? right off the bag. lucky there. bottom of the inning, same score, tyler clipper pitching to david wright. no doubt. look at that thing. goodness gracious. upper deck. the mets beat the nationals, 7-2. final game tomorrow at da for hn washington. a sellout crowd of 7,000 packed the convention center to hang out with their favorite caps. the highlight of the day, the unveiling of the capitals' uniform for the 2011 winter classic. check it out. alex ovechkin doing some modeling, a tribute to the old-school look. i love t. the jersey resembles the original first worn by caps in 1974. however, unlike the original, whic featured blue caps, the capitals will wear red pants and helmets. number 5 also supporting the jersey. 2011 winter classic features the capsagainst those penguins on new year's day. face-off is set for 1:00. that's going to be some fun. >>> also some redskins news. they signed brendan banks, the kick retur

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david wright. >> it's often said cats have nine lives but dogs generally only one. we will tell you about a dog with a second chance at life. >>> plus thinking pink all month long one local hair sal on helping raise money and awareness for breast cancer in style. >> and right now in baltimore temperature coming in around 67 degrees and cry dry. the winds on the light side but we are seeing showers in other places. stick around for the seven day forecast. bob ehrlich says he wants to fix maryland. but he increased state spending by record amounts. ehrlich raised $3 billion in taxes and fees... including property taxes... and a 40% increase in college tuition. and now he's made over $1 billion in new promises... with no plans to pay for them... except for cutting education. cuts that will lay off teachers and increase class sizes. that's not a budget. and bob ehrlich's not the kind of leader... we can trust. ks to se jobs over seas. i think we need tax breaks to send kids to college. so i worked for a $2,500 tax credit to help pay for college. fought to get pell grant

here is julie wright with a look at what is happening.the coffee this morning. >> i don't know what's wrong. >> that is why i just stick with the apple juice. all right. on the roads right now, you will find lanes are open if you are traveling in each intersection. lanes are open as you draft from university boulevard around towards bethesda. we are off to a slow start early this morning because of that early morning incident. again, we are investigating an incident which he on kurd overnight connecticut avenue south of dupont circle. we have a pedestrian struck. there is an ongoing investigation now. if you are traveling northbound on connecticut avenue trying to work your way from d.c. back up to the beltway, can you continue northbound. but can you not exit into the circle there at dupont. coming southbound, you should find lanes open. inbound new york avenue at west virginia, montana, the problem is that there is flashing red an that is causing early delays through northeast. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you.

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i'll have the details on that and julie wright has a look at your on-time traffic. that coming up? just a couple of short minutes. . that sounds dangerous, . maybe we're more the traditional sunday brunch set? i'll expect slippers and a cocktail to be ready when i get home from work. point taken. how about... peaceful, quiet cottage in the country folk? now that's us. spend over 2500 dollars on a new kitchen and save 40 percent on custom countertops until november 28th at ikea. the life improvement store. >>> welcome back on this monday morning. there is a live look outside. when you step outside, i'll say wow! i bet you a lot of you had the heat on last week. >> for a couple of days. >> a nice start to the week. >> gorgeous start. we have the possibility of a few showers and thunderstorms later today. we'll be unsettled for the next couple of days. we have temperatures back in the 70s today so no complaints. let's get to yesterday. 73degrees was the high temperature at reagan yesterday. mid-70s at dulles and bwi marshall. lots of sunshine across the region. we won't be dealing wit

david wright, abc news, bald win park, california. >> no more drive-thru?well, on the food front, they're calling it snack lash. frito-lay trumpeted its green instincts, a new bag for sun chips. just one problem. one deafening problem. that's right. there are now 45,000 people online shrieking, sorry, i can't hear you over my sun chips back so, the offending bag is being compared to an action flick, an air force pilot said it's louder than a jet. frito-lay has announced it is going back to the original quiet packaging. >>> and, coming up -- ♪ it's not that easy being green ♪ ♪ having to spend each day ♪ the color of the leaves >> what we learned today about child development and the genius behind the grouch. [ male announcer ] for frequent heartburn relief, nothing beats prevacid®24hr. just one pill helps keep you heartburn free for a full 24 hours. prevent the acid that causes frequent heartburn with prevacid®24hr, all day, all night. nothing works better. all day, all night. she starts at dawn and so does her back pain.om. that's two pills for a four hour

and julie wright will be in with an explanation of what happened to her beloved football team. that coming up after the break. >>> welcome back. thousands of people chose to make yesterday their wedding day. it was all because of the day, the tenth day of the tenth month of the tenth year. mass wedding were held in some areas. australia reported a record number of marriage licenses issued for yesterday t would be kind of tough to forget your wedding date if it was 10-10- 10. >> next year, it will be 11-11- 11. >> that's true. >> and then 12-12-12. is it really that personal? >> i don't think so. but somebody apparently does. -- is it really that special? >> i don't think so but somebody apparently does. >> i think it will be hot for today for the middle of october. >> i guess mid-80s would be pretty warm. let's get to it. let's talk about yesterday's daytime high temperatures and we'll talk about the heat today. here is the good news. if you don't like the heat. we'll start a cooldown tonight. 78 was the high temperature yesterday at reagan national. dulles, 79. bw incident mar

david wright, abc news, los angeles. >> time to get you back to work. each wednesday here on good morning, maryland, we put three video resumes on the air. grouf want yours on send an e-mail to best resume at wmar.com. we will call you to come in and tape a 20-second video pitch and we will put it on the air and website. get go at best resume at wmar.com. now new york has latest in business news from abc. >> reporter: good morning. we begin your money scope report with pay on wall street. reportedly on record for a second straight year. wall street journal reports that the top publically held financial firms are on pace to pay out $144 billion this year. that is up 4% from last. the general reports revenue on wall street is also rising. california is selling off 24 government buildings for 2.3 billion dollars. the money will go to the general fund and pay off bonds. google is making an investment in wind powerch "the new york times" reports google and financial firm agreed to invest $200 million in an offshore wind project which would funnel electricity

here's david wright. >> reporter: a cording to the study, the group that lives the longest here in u.sis hispanic. and even they are at a loss to explan it. >> i don't think it's the diet. >> reporter: why? >> have you eaten some of the food in there? >> reporter: this may be the best proof yet of what researchers call the hispanic paradox. a hispanic born in 2006 can expect to live more than 80 years, compared to 7 for caucasians and 73 for blacks. the paradox is that affluence and education appear to have little to do with longevity. the his pack incommunity is living longer despite lower levels of both. one theory is that immigrants who make it to the u.s. may be among the healthiest people from their home countries. also, immigrants tend to bring with them a healthier diet and lifestyle. >> they do smoke less. they do walk more. they do eat healthier foods, as best they can and they eat at home and as a family. >> reporter: researchers say the diet of first generation immigrants, rice and beans, is healthier than processed american food. walking more, well, many of them don't have

i bet you julie wright had her seat warmer on today. >> probably. >> i was just getting ready to tell tony i had the seat warmers on this morning. >> see there, i know you. >> yeah, you do. >> on the roads, it is dry pavement and we'll take it. no incidents reported if you are traveling in each intersection down south at the wilson bridge. overnight construction cleared if you are traveling along 95 between the beltway and continuing out towards the 14th street bridge. no trouble spots there. northbound 95 here at the prince william parkway, picking up the usual suspects as we head northbound towards lorton. no problems to report out on 66. lane are open. out are loop looks great as you travel between college park and your exits over at georgia avenue. southbound 95 roadwork south of the icc also cleared and 270 is off to a quiet start leaving i- 70 headed south of 109. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> new this morning, a mystery ate metro station if virginia. a man was found shot in the parking lot of the huntington metro stop. this happened late last night. investig

for that, we go to julie wright. >> busy in virginia this morning. northbound i-95 at the occoquan, now receiving word of a stalled car tying up a lane. accident activity here tying up all but left side of the road. big delays forming out of man an as headed eastbound. at the beltway on 66, stalled car reported in the left lane. southbound 270 on the brakes out of hyattstown. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> firework in downtown d.c. this time, all movie magic. fox 5 was down on the transformers 3 film set once again for more big action see scwenss. here is how one of the big ones played out -- for more big action sequences. here is how one of the big ones played out. lots of fireworks there. couple of cars overturning. this is all behind the scene footage from transformers 3. this was last night on pennsylvania avenue between constitution and third. last night, unlike the day before, everything went according to the script. >>> chaos the highway in baltimore. a school bus catches on fire inside the fort mchenry tunnel. what happened

first, let's get to julie wright. >> we've got more trouble to report out there. with the crew in sky fox above an incident. not sure if they are in bethesda or over in the college park area at this time. the beltway crash. this wit be close are, i believe, to 355. if you are traveling out outer loop of the beltway headed around to 270, it is at the deciding point to go 355 or continued over to the exits for 270. the traffic getting by to the right appears to be going northbound along 355. expect delays leaving 95 around to georgia avenue. a slow exit to go northbound on 355. we'll update the ride here on the uner loop. of here on the inner loop of the beltway. the typical outer loop delay now leaving new hampshire avenue. downtown connecticut avenue northbound still tied up with accident investigation from an earlier hit and run accident. you will find connecticut avenue leaving d.c. to the beltway, the lane are open but you cannot access the circle there at dupont. northbound i-95 congested out of dale city. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> also

. >>> let's check the traffic with julie wright in this morning. good morning to you all, so far so good. a quiet trip around the beltway as you travel between college park in bethesda. no incidents reported right now. shaping up to be a nice commute in silver springs. 29 good to go out of white oak. in virginia 395 north of duke streets lanes are open toward the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> weather the policy will end, this policy will end and it will end on my watch, but i have an obligation to make sure that i'm following some of the rules. i can't simply ignore laws that are out there. i've got to work to make sure that they are changed. >> president obama vowing to end the don't ask don't tell policy involving gays serving in the military. he told young voters at a town hall meeting yesterday it can't happen abruptly. justice department lawyers are asking the judge who ruled against the policy this week to let it remain in affect while they appeal. the spent gone says it will obey the law. activists are

david wright, abc news, los angeles. >>> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> good morning at 5:18. we look outside where we have cloudy skies. some of you may have seen a few flashes of lights looking northbound as we watched the storms pass just the last couple hours on the north side of baltimore county and southern pennsylvania. it's die downtown and will stay dry for the commute. yesterday's high 85. and not quite the record of 89, but we were close. and running about 16 degrees above normal. we should be in the upper 60s this time of the year. and we will shift our way back closer to normal. here's our forecast at least almanac for this tuesday the 12th of october. 45 typical morning. 68 that's where we normally belong in the afternoon. we will look at numbers below normal as we head through the rest of the week. sun at 7:13 and down 569:32 and we start -- at 6:31 and we start day normal. we will have the temperatures pull back a little bit. but one more mild day and the -- as the frontal bondry and transition m

. >> let's check in with julie wright. first day back to work for the government. >> we are starting to see the volume increase coming in on 270 as you i don't recollect with -- as you i don't recollect with our way in. no problems reported if you are traveling in along 95 and 295 coming in out of laurel. downtown, been pen avenue looks good rolling down the hill from branch avenue in minnesota headed for the sousa bridge. you will find new york avenue up to speed leaving northeast to northwest. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> new this morning, another deadly stent involving a pedestrian this time on interstate 207 just south of route 124 around midnight. maryland state police tell us the victim ways woman. she was hit by both a vehicle and a metrobus. police are still investigating. this is the 1th pedestrian killed in montgomery county this career with several happening just in the last few days. >>> it could be several weeks before any charges are filed in a deadly accident on rockville pike. >> a driv