northern virginia, fine. joe. >> thanks very much. new information in that times square car bombing attempt. we're learning that the suspect is providing authorities with vital information. faisal shahzad is expected to appear in court. he was arrested monday night after he had already board add plane to dubai. it turns out shahzad had been added to the do not fly list earlier that day. that's raising questions why he was able to buy a ticket and board the plane before he was caught. some of the other passengers on the flight said that they did not realize what was happening when the plane returned to the gate. >> i didn't think it was anything to be concerned about with. obviously he was trying to get out of the country, so i didn't feel like there was any threat. there was no skirmish, no incident of that nature. >> security forces in pakistan have arrested nearly a dozen people in connection with this bombing attempt. shahzad told investigators he traveled there between july 2009 and february 2010 and visited a part of the country

quite a lot of rain out across the virginia piedmont. so a brand-new flash flood warning now just put out by the national weather service. this is in madison county, virginia. it goes until 2:45 this morning. show you on radar, resumed all the way in into madison county here, and the areas affected here out towards etlen and syria to the east of craiglersville and fields of griffinburg. but these rain showers are indeed coming in our general direction so we'll keep you posted. a complete check of the 7-day, in the a few more minutes. >> thanks, chuck. >>> to our. other top story now. police try to figure out what caused the man to veer so far off the road two, families -- two families tonight are coping with unimaginable loss. darcy spencer talked to them tonight. darcy? >> reporter: craig, police still don't know what caused the driver of that suv to lose control. it claimed the life of a man just a day before his 32nd birthday and a teen just a week away from high school graduation. >> reporter: 17-year-old abdul shadily just one week

boxing in northern virginia. >> stick him with your jab. there you go. >> since retiring, bowe has done plenty, most bizarre and inexplicable. joined the marines and quit a to days into basic training. then spent 18 months in prison after attempting to abduct his ex-wife and five kids from their home. bowe has a new family and desperately wants to save the home that he built. currently in foreclosure, bowe's estate the center of his universe. >> you don't realize. >> something bowe has been saying for almost a decade now, the pool hasn't been used in years. his once state of the art training center is still a shrine to his remarkable career, with photos and magazine covers from the good times. then, of course, there is the very ring where he first beat holyfield to win the title. >> knocked him down. and right here was the spot. >> bowe would like to fight again. he wants to get paid. but more importantly, he just wants to be around. maybe a fresh start, in a new house for his wife and daughter. >> i want to be a grandpa, one day. grandpa,

hey, jane in virginia, look what i've got in my hand. look at this. this is all the police work on all the tros back and forth that was filed in this case. you know, i don't understand why it's the way it is. pat brown, weigh in. >> i have a problem with this, too, nancy. i think that when you have a restraining order that's about violence, it should be very clear. you cannot contact in any way, shape or form or you go right to jail. we don't have that. >> pat, there are always typically men that a restraining order isn't worth the paper it's written on to them. they will break it. >> that is true. and if you've got that kind, what i say to women is you can't be alone even for one minute. we've seen this with venus. even to go out to the mailbox. don't be alone. >>> police using side scan sonar equipment, searching a local lake for evidence in the case of missing mom venus stewart. >> where were the girls when this happened? >> they were in the front room of my house. and i was sleeping in my bedroom. like 20 feet away. >> is there any way they could

in virginia, it is even higher. get this, 125 for a first offense. 250 for a second offense plus three points on the driving record. a third offense will cost you $500 plus three more points and the fine for a fourth offense is $1,000 plus, you guessed it, three more points on your driving record. so, these are some serious fines and if you rack up enough points you could less lose your license. both virginia and maryland law enforcement say they will be using both moving and stationary means of enforcing the hov lane laws this morning. so, what exactly does that mean? we will be asking a maryland state trooper coming up at fiction a.m. this morning. we will have a live interview coming up in an hour. back to you. >>> in other news, we are learning more about the murder of a university of virginia women's lacrosse player. they say george huguely told them he kicked in the door to yeardley love's bedroom before shaking her and hitting her head against a wall. investigators are trying to determine if george huguely th

hey, jane in virginia, look what i've got in my hand. look at this. this is all the police work on all the tros back and forth that was filed in this case. you know, i don't understand why it's the way it is. pat brown, weigh in. >> i have a problem with this, too, nancy. when you have a restraining order about violence, it should be very clear, you cannot contact in any way, shape or form or you go right to jail. >> pat, there are always typically men that a restraining order isn't worth the paper it's written on to them. they will break it. >> that is true. and if you've got that kind, what i say to women is you can't be alone even for one minute. even to go to the mailbox, don't be alone. [ male announcer ] when you buy a car, what are you really buying? a shiny coat of paint? a list of features? what about the strength of the steel? the integrity of its design... or how it responds... in extreme situations? the deeper you look, the more you see the real differences. and the more you understand what it means to own a mercedes-benz. the c-class. the

. $125 for the first offense in virginia. repeat offenders of the old dominion can face fines as high as a thousand dollars and three points. megan mcgrath, news4. >> different jurisdictions have different hov rules. police say ignorance of the law is not an execution and that's up to the driver to educate him or herself. >>> metro's red line is the busiest and most congested line in the rail system. the agency says that relief is on the way. starting in july, metro will run more eight car trains during rush hour and means that you will have to wait a minimum or two longer for trains to arrive but metro says that they won't be as congested. several things are being blamed on overcrowding including growing ridership, opening of a new york avenue station, and the switch to running trains manually which slows things down a bit. metro also plans to bring in consultants to look at the ongoing problem of broken escalators and elevators. >>> still ahead on "news4 at 4:00" -- a former first lady speaks. >> once famously private first

wexner the university of virginia's president plans another -- >> the university of virginia's president plans of better system. most schools give information on arrests from the local police department. government leaders were in louisiana to deal with the growing anger over the oil spill. it of your top administration officials will help the region tomorrow. fifi says efforts to divert oil are not working as well as before. lawmakers are now demanding -- vbp says efforts to divert oil are not working as well as before. >> i am angry. >> they should immediately held make sure the appropriate steps are being taken by bp. >> the white house says the justice department is also investigating but will not say whether there is a criminal investigation. the u.s. house labor committee is holding a hearing investigating west virginia near the mine. the explosion killed 29 workers. among those scheduled to testify is the west virginia gov.. and they are now describing the moment before a plane burst into flames 3 of one man seconds before it touched ground there was a shudder. the plane began swi

el vive en virginia... "algo que, esta muy mal, mas taxes, creo que esta mal por la economia, entonces pienso que deberian aumentar otras cosas y no taxes" reportera: estos impuestos podrian generar cerca de 500-millones de dolares anualmente para la ciudad... "algunas de las ideas que estan consideradas es poner impuestos en los puentes cuando entra y sale la gente de maryland y virginia hacia washington, otra idea es cargar impuestos en el salario que gana la gente que trabaja en washington" reportera: ante la crisis economica, esta madre de familia no quiere gastar mas de la cuenta... "yo tengo niños, mi esposo ahorita no trabaja, osea yo soy el sosten de mi familia" reportera: la iniciativa es bienvenida por algunos residentes de washington... "porque aca en dc todo es mas caro que en maryland y si pagamos tambien seria justo que ellos pagaran" reportera: la aprobacion de esta medida requiere enmendar la regulacion del distrito q

guy was in northern virginia recently. tonight at 11:00, he talks about what makes that show so addictive, and you see this. he convinced craig to compete in one of the contests. i could just watch that all day. craig didn't do so well. we'll tell you that much. tune in for more. >> watching craig, looks like he's in high speed. twitching. >> i think i may stay up late. >>> kim martucci with a quick preview of the weather. >> i'll help you plan your sunday. in or outside? we'll have your backup weather forecast coming your way. 7:47. see you on the other side of this break. >>> today, space shuttle "atlantis" will stay good-bye to the international space station. scheduled to undock in a few hours and only two more shuttle launches on the official schedule. "discovery" in september and "endeavour" in november. nasa is pushing for one more flight in june 2011. the white house would have to approve that area. >>> the view from our area to space is probably not too clear right now. >> a thick cloud deck on top. not that cold,

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and virginia have a and maryland. it's a great place to grow up. >> reporter: tv star, 3450u6 have i star, it's all dimmed by the twinkle in dad's high. he's a proud father of lauren. just lauren. >> and if she was a first grade teacher somewhere and doing a good job, i think i'd be just as proud of her. >> reporter: in georgetown, aaron gilchrist, news 4. >> and the show parenthood was just picked up for a second season. >>> we'll take a look now at some of the stories we're following this afternoon. jim thanly jo thanly joins us w preview. >> base city news day shaping up. at 4:00, it's quick bites. so many of us are strapped for cash and strapped for time, too. we'll show you how to stir up a meal undid der 30 minutes for under $30. then at 5:00, expensive high-tech methods could help rid your home of dust mites. but is it money well spent for allergy sufferers? those stories and all the day's new when we join you at 4:00 and 5:00. >>> and another look at our forecast. tom? >> a wonderful day and way. really chilly

work. >>> and begin with virginia's weather and traffic. here's howard. >> biking today, it will be damp out there. maybe a few sprinkles. go to live doppler 9000 hd and show you the light showers, heavy mist if you will coming in from fairfax county. generally north of 66 from fairfax, to reston and great falls up to northern faulkier county and northern prince william, as well. this is moving west southwest even near front royal we have sprinkles. by 9:00 we are still in the 60s. plenty of clouds. light sprinkles or drizzle out there. temperatures slow to climb today with the cloud cover. low to mid-70s for highs. around 75. a few peeks of sun but keep the umbrellas handy just in case. >> northbound on the gw parkway at turkey run, watching an accident out this way. going southbound you are moving okay. in to dc we go. if you are taking the chain bridge, take note. we have one lane of traffic moving in both directions. that's because of ongoing construction. 95 northbound things are slow between lorton and backlick. plus 15 minutes for th

virginia up 8-7, stonybrook in red on the offensive. check out kevin crowly, middle of your screen, shoots and scores, tied at 8. stonybrook fans enjoying every minute of this one. cavs lead by a goal. briggs in front, sweet play. virginia wins it, 10-9, advancing to the final four. the cavs will play duke in the national semis in baltimore next saturday. >>> nascar now founder bill france senior and seven-time champion richard petty prin ducked into the hall of fame in charlotte, north carolina. last knit on the track, kurt busch won the all-star race, earning $1 million. taylor gibbs, the 5-year-old grandson of joe gibbs, celebrated his third year of being cancer free by delivering the invocation. >> god, thank you for this day, thank you foreverything you gave us, thank you for a car and please help everybody and their family be good. and i pray for the race car drivers, kyle, danny and joey the most to win with the most. and i pray for the other drivers to win sometimes. and i pray for people in the hospital. i don't want them to ge

>> virginia, virginia, looking good out there. a live look at 50 and 29. nice and sunny. volume is fine out in the fairfax area. if we move over to chain bridge and glebe road. the same situation. no incidents or accidents to report out to this area. finally, we will fly the dulles toll road past the airport toward herndon, reston to 66 or whether you are hopping on this capital beltway you will find good volume. it is 6:37. we'll be right back. stay with us. mcdonald's bacon and cheese angus third pounder. as if it wasn't enough to make it with a full third pound... of 100% angus beef, they had the audacity to use a bakery-style bun... and crinkle cut the pickles. there's no denying it, that's a third strip of bacon. have they no shame! angus axiom #39: it's an embarrassment of riches. the astonishing angus third pounders. all angus. all mcdonald's. ♪ ba da ba ba ba >>> people want dabsing more than singing these days. last week dancing with the stars was the number one tv show in american topping "american idol" which came in second and third. in case you missed it, p

thorn members are in the process of making funeral arrangements. >> university of ra virginia virginia's graduate all pause totsds remember yeardley love and three others whose lives were lost this year. >> join me if a moment of silence to honor students and families. >> yeardley love was supposed to graduate with a degree in government. so was her ex-boyfriend, george huguely. love was found dead three weeks ago. huguely in a jail cell, charged with killing her. thousands worth white ribbons symbolizing domestic violence awareness. >>> tonight, officials in iran insist three jailed american are spies. officials are also offering some hope for their return. shane bower, shara and josh all arrested in july. intelligence ministry quoted as saying it is clear and obvious that the three are spies. the official, however, said that iran would consider swapping the americans in exchange for iranians detained in the u.s. the americans insist they did not mean to cross the border. >>> we're following a developing store in jamaica. the government declared a state of emergency. gunmen opened fire

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look how quiet that is across the mid-atlantic stretching from boston to virginia beach. very quiet conditions. should be a sunny day. just a few fair weather clouds moving in during the course of the afternoon. no rain expected today. low humidity and high temperatures about 80 degrees. great-looking day for our wednesday. mostly sunny skies. nice day. 81degrees. get out and enjoy it. winds out of the west. they will be shifting out of the south. some changes to talk about for the weekend and we have of mother's day forecast to look forward to. we'll have that in just a couple of minutes. >>> we are learning more about the murder of a university of virginia senior. yeardley love was found dead monday morning. officers say her former boyfriend admitted he forced her bedroom door open and shook love repeatedly hitting her head against the wall. he is formally charged with first degree murder. police are not talking about a possible motive. >>> a funeral home in riverdale has until friday to cremate 40 bodies and then it will have to close. a state inspector found dozens of

and in tough thick times in west virginia -- tough economic times in west virginia, that is good money n. charlestown, john henrehan, fox 5 news. >> and when july 1st comes, charlestown races and slots will change its name to the hollywood casino at charlestown races. >>> still ahead on fox 5, doctors are notoriously late. that doesn't mean you have to sit in a crowded waiting room. high-tech way for an upper hand. >>> and break out the cleaning solution. the dirtiest things in your home right now. what our tests found. >>> and prom night with a twist. we'll explain. that is up next. first, a live look outside. a late edition of fox 5 news rolls on after this short break. t .ie h pll ckce >> trying to keep kids safe during prom season is the motivation behind a first-of- its-kind effort in southera virginia. law enforcement agencies are teaming up to make sure teens don't drink and drive. the proms and graduations underway, the officers say they know the kids will -- with the tag. they have seen the messages on the internet. >> i noticed there were comments how the officers were trying

let's begin with a look at construction on the capital beltway in virginia. on the inner and out are outer loop watch for it near the beltway. also, also near braddock road and 236 little river. take it out. no problems to report from centreville to 50 to inside the beltway. 270 your drive you are dealing with construction between germantown road and clopper. 95 southbound back to the maps. looks like lingering construction between 19 and powder mill. losing one left lane. it should be clearing in the next ten minutes and inbound new york avenue is clear. drivers are at speed. back to you. >>> a commuter alert for the drive to work. state and local police in maryland and virginia are partnering up to catch hov lane violaters. law enforcement will use moving and stationary methods to catch violaters on interstate 66, 95, 395 an the dulles toll road in virginia and interstate 270 and route 50 in maryland. >>> there's a long-term project in northern virginia you should be aware of. virginia dominion power plans to start building a high voltage line between hamil

virginia edges stoney brook 10-9. cavaliers advance to the semis for the sixth time in the last seven years. >>> in nhl playoffs game #, blackhawks hosting the sharks, third period tied 2-2. hawks on a power play. dustin byfuglien scores what proved to be the game winner. the blackhawks defeat the sharks 4-2. chicago punches its ticket to the stanley cup finals for the first time in 18 years. >>> first round of the french open, second seed venus williams in search of an eighth grand slam title in the far court against patty snyder of switzerland. venus needed a fourth match point but wins 6-3, 6-3 to improve her record to 27-4. serena won the australian open earlier this year and is the number one seed. >>> coming up on geico sports xtra a peculiar apology by donovan mcnabb. you might think what does he have to apologize for. and the answer is watch at 11:15 on geico sports xtra and i'll tell you. >> you're good at this teasing stuff. >> don't go home. i want you watching the show tonight. >> i will tease them at the

she says virginia, maryland and d.c. do well when it comes to inspecting large child care centers with multiple employees inform your child goes to a smaller in-home facility run out of a private home, it is another story. >> i think in this area, virginia is the concern. >> reporter: they ranked virginia at the very bottom of its annual survey this year because it doesn't license or inspect day cares with five children are less. smith says that means the people inside do not need to get a background check, a sex offender check, a child abuse check or any training whatsoever. >> and when i say training, i don't mean, you know college courses in advanced child development. i'm talking about has somebody talked to them and trained them in first aid, cpr, basic child development. >> we work very hard to make sure that children in facilities are safe and by and large, they are. >> reporter: brent kennedy is with virginia's department of social services which oversees day care inspects. he says virginia has one of best online

virginia's role, as i tell my students, virginia played a crucial role in the revolution. a lot of folks that are knowledgeable of the revolution understand the role, people like washington and jefferson and such, but militarily speaking, virginians role was gigantic. it was huge. even though when you look for battlefields and for key events, military events you don't find many except for what happened at the end at yorktown. virginia and served everywhere from canada all the way down to georgia on battlefields throughout, and they played a huge part of the american army. including outlast. they played a crucial role of the war, and, of course, in the revolution, and this is something in my research or other books i've been kind of learning more about the revolution wasn't just the war from 1775-81 arsenal. it was also a lot of events that led up to 1760s. virginia played an important role in opposition to british policies that led to ultimately combat in 1775. so we played a leading role and, of course, militarily speaking. >> how do you come up with a title for the book?

moments away, investigators learn new details about the death of a lacrosse star at the university of virginia. good morning washington begins right now. >> live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. >> good morning, washington. i am doug mcelway. >> i am alison starling. we are glad you are joining us on this wednesday morning. it is a little less humid today. >> a lot more refreshen. the humidity is a way down. you can open the windows and get fresh air. let's look at temperatures. 54 degrees in frederick, 55 in gaithersburg, 50 in a plata. it will feel like spring today. the humidity is gone for the foreseeable future. it is cinco de michaeayo. >> overnight construction is being taken care of. we are giving you the green light on 95 between fredericksburg and baltimore. a nice run on the greenway and 270. headlights are southbound on the way to i-495 . now to allison and doug. >> was still shocked student body will gather tonight at the university of virginia to remember the life of yeardley love, murdered monday in an act of domestic violence. tonight's service comes as

few passing showers in northern virginia and maryland. but they are just very light, nothing like those downpours we had over the weekend. it's mild. we're in the 60s around region. weather watchers reporting this morning. 66 in washington. out in the mountains a bit cooler, in the 50s there. near 60 away from the waters on the eastern shore. all this cloudiness and passing showers coming from area of low pressure that's spinning away over cape hatteras and that's going to give us a perspective easterly flow and few clouds in and out and passing shower from time to time. cooler, highs in the low 70s. warming up tomorrow. make to it near 80 and partly sunny. feeling like july and wednesday thursday in the 80s. morning lows in the 60s. >> rain showers just enough to make the road slick in a couple of spots. this is the outer loop of the capital beltway just after connecticut avenue but before rockville pike. this is accident number two of the morning in this stretch. can you see fire and rescue crews pulling up to the scene. as a result the

i would rather have that go to dc than to virginia, for a large portion of the northern virginia taxes, that are sent to other parts of the state. and it is an interesting point, steve. have you heard about the fact that they would decrease through the revenue going to your home state by the amount of that mentioning the detox? your neighbor, mark, from the church says that the city does not deserve that windfall. and let's see. i can ride the metro. i drive to work, pay for parking, grab a bite to eat. tax dollars. washington, d.c., they received the highest per capita federal dollar in the country. what are they down with this revenue? not awarend for them as well. so let me get this strait. if they spend their money better, you'll be all for the commuter. well, it does not matter because over the years, we have seen this art be many times. it always ends the same way. lawmakers put that on here. they don't want to take a state to the local revenue. i don't see what has changed except for the fact that they are far more desperate from the money. so are maryland and virginia. we're al

. >>> an emotional moment at the university of virginia commencement. graduates on the memory of a murdered classmate. -- graduates honor the memory. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> tonight, six years in the making. millions of "lost" fans finally learned the answer. kris van cleave watched the final episode with some die-hard fans tonight. kris, was in everything that everyone had hoped for? >> we are going to find out from some "lost" fans -- was it everything that everyone had hoped for? the room was silent. they were focused. they were on the third floor, watching every last second of the finality of "lost." >> the television event of the decade. how will it all ends? >> it has been six years in the making, six years of twists, turns, suspense, and, of course, questions, but now, "lost" has answered all of those questions. >> there was a little disappointment in the excitement because i know is going to be over, and i will not be able to see if anymore. >> in northwest, nearly 100 people gathered at a "lost" par

. >>> university of virginia students are coming to grips with the death of a fellow classmate. we are going to show you the scene of a vigil last night for 22-year-old yeardley love of cockeysville, maryland. two found her. the defendant's attorney says yeardley love's death was intentional. >> we are confident that miss love's death was not intended, but an accident with a tragic outcome. in the meantime, george is withdrawalling from the university of virginia and remains in the custody of the authorities. >> this is not george huguely's first brush with the law. in november of 2008, police in lexington, virginia used a stun gun on george huguely after he resisted arrest for public intoxication. he was given six months probation and also a 60-day sentence, which was suspended. >>> we have a commuter alert for drivers because today is not the day to try to get away with riding solo in hov lanes. it is the first ever capital region hov awareness day. virginia and maryland law enforcement are teaming up to catch hov lane violaters during both the morning and evening rush hours.

and members of congress plan to take a trip to west virginia to investigate the coal mining accident. 29 miners died after an explosion at the upper big branch mine. they will take testimony from family members of the victims of that blast. federal and state regulators are investigating the explosion, which was the first -- worst accident in 40 years at a mine. we talked to a reporter from the politico about the political fallout from this oil spill. thanks for joining us. >> great to be with you, caroline. >> let's start with the gulf. top officials are heading down tomorrow. is this a pr move? are they actually gathering information they can use? >> at this point, the obama administration spent more than one month. they want to appear on top of this oil spill. this is coming up all along the coastline of the louisiana area, and late last week, two prominent democrats strongly criticized the obama administration for their handling of the b.p. oil spill, so this is really an effort to show the people down there and the american people that they are trying to deal with the issues. >> a

and as far as virginia is concerned same story. asheville, they got 3 and a half inches of rainfall overall. in west virginia those numbers were up also. 2 inches of rainfall for shepherdstown. here's a look at the current temperatures. it's mild out site. 64 at gaithersburg, 69 at d.c. 70 at fredericksburg to the south and tomorrow we're going to see fog, fog tonight through tomorrow so it will affect your morning commute. be prepared for that. a few showers to the south are possible by tomorrow afternoon. and then by the time we get into the rest of the week we've got sunshine for you. miss ridge of high pressure builds in after tuesday. bright skies and drier conditions and the temperatures will be rising as we head into the low 80s. watch that closely. a back door front will head our way thursday and friday, it could cool us a little bit but so far it looks like it's in the 80 answer, dry and sunny. >>> you've got to see this one, a pint sized michael jackson i am % signator in china proves he's bad. meet 4-year-old wang ming.

they are meeting in bekkali, west virginia. good morning, kimberly. >> reporter: six family members and friends testified, all but one are miners, all confess ever since this disaster, they are under a doctor's care. even though coal mining has been their only way of life, they can't bring themselves to go underground ever again. >> i lost my brother, rex. in the mine explosion. >> reporter: everyone knew there would be emotion as six family members and friend gave voice to those who died in the upper big mine explosion and those who are too distraught to speak out. >> she cries the entire time. she's having an extremely difficult time with the loss of her husband. >> reporter: this father talked about conversations with his son, weeks before he was killed. >> i said, do you think it's unsafe and you want to be put in a safer area and see what they tell you. the boss pulled him to the side and said if you're going to be that scared of your job, you need to rethink your career. >> reporter: each of the miners testified to unsafe

and virginia and maryland. it's a great place to grow up. >> reporter: tv star, movie star, broadway star, it's all dimmed by the twinge will in dad's eye. he's a proud father of lauren. just lauren. >> she was a first grade teacher somewhere and doing a good job i think i would be just as proud of her. >> reporter: in george down, aaron gilchrist, news 4. >> a good show. >>> so it's getting cooler out there. >> yeah. it is very cool. so folks who have the ac on the other day, you know, when it was so muggy and stick you outside, turn it off. you don't need it this evening. outside with less humidity in the air. hey, even the ducks were happy. momma and the kids out. take a look. tempera and today. they got up to 84 degrees after starting out at 69 degrees. right now we're at 72. and temperatures are going to be even lower during the overnight period. the poll len count if you're keeping track today, higher at 354 grains per cubic meter. we did a switch here. it was oak pollen ating. now it's pine. district hei

temperatures in many places in virginia running cooler. some spots around the 50-degree mark to the upper 40s. the official reading. go to the northern virginia temperatures here as we are in the 70s before too long. give it a couple of hours. we will be in the 80s and top out mid to upper 80s. fredericksburg and toward rich monday you could be getting close to the upper 80s and close to a 90-degree mark. humidity to talk about. the rain chances are staying well west of us here today. it is dry and light winds to deal with. southeast winds five to ten miles an hour. nice temperature of 86 i think for most of us for an official high. we talk about the rain chances and i will have that in five minutes from now. get you caught up on virginia's traffic. >> happy to do it. thank you, devon. route 50 and 29 is where we are live first from. everything is clear out here. next take it to the dulles toll road approaching hunter mill. i want you to know that route 7 and the tysons corner area is looking good right now. let's fly the gw parkway. we ha

in tough economic times in west virginia, that is good money. john henrehan, fox 5 news. >>> good morning to you. it is monday morning. it is may 24th, 2010. we had a wet weekend. we are off to a wet start for the beginning of this workweek too. hopefully, things will improve. we'll find out in just a second. i'm gurvir dhindsa along with my pal tucker barnes to tell us what we can expect in terms of the weather. it is muggy out there. >> it is. we're locked into the pat were with the very moist air across the area. a couple of scattered showers in the forecast. when i show it to you here on the radar, you will say i'm not all that impressed and you probably shouldn't be. there is your morning radar. you can see a couple of light showers out on the beltway. there is another spotty shower out towards annapolis and vienna there. not a lot in the way of rain across the area. i don't think we'll get a whole lot in the way of measurable rain today although we will stay thick in the cloud cover and we'll have just a couple of scattered showers in the

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western virginia and the eastern secs of west virginia and that is not touching the group. we don't have to worry about that. you see it and it's not there. that is the rain farther to the west that we're going to have to contend with and that is around here tomorrow. one thing we have had, the clouds are thicken -- thickening up, kept temperatures in the mid- to upper 80s and they're warm out there. it's 84 in the city, leesburg, 85 and frederick to 84. earlier, it was sitting at 90 degrees and they were down to 88 and it's been warmer in places. annapolis, you're fabulous and with temperatures around 80 degrees and thanks to the cool bay water. 7:00, warm, 83 degrees and going to have fair skies and mostly cloudy, the temperatures will be falling into the 70s and let me put it to you this way. we have had better weekends and will have the weekend forecast coming up. guys? >> maybe he was right about it and being just a tad bit hot. >>> -- [ indiscernible ] you know, big and brauny. one area youngster is showing even a lightweight can -- lindsay murphy has more on that. >>

upper 40s in central virginia and shenandoah valley. and for the rest of the day another summer like day. we'll have afternoon highs in the low to mid-80s by mid-afternoon with increase clouds. we'll have a mostly cloudy late afternoon and overnight tonight should be cloudy. tomorrow cloudy, showers in the afternoon and cooler in the low 70s. could get showers saturday night and off and on on sunday as well. monday ought to dry out. we'll look at next week in ten minutes. how is the traffic >> relatively quiet friday morning. headed on up from the beltway to edsall road to downtown lanes open. southbound side moving along quite nicely. inbound new york avenue coming off the anacostia and bladensburg road to the intersection of north capital street doing just fine. >>> ahead on "news4 today", a virginia state senator's name is dragged into a drug investigation. a daring dog gets protective when a black bear wonders on the its turf. >>> the presidential first that would change the cars we drive forever. >>> after the break for many people

to areas of the west, fog advisories, areas of central virginia. a quarter mile visibility in effect until 10:00 this morning. and even in the overnight hours tonight we could see some patchy fog. so it will be ub settled -- unsettled into the early part of the week until we get back to improved weather and that means sunshine for you. temperatures will rise as well. by the end of the week we'll be heading into the low 80s. so it will be warming up across the region. but right now temperatures are into the 60s pretty much everywhere. but here is a look at yesterday's highs. temperatures yesterday were right at the seasonal mark to about a degree or two off. not bad at all. so right now 68 in d.c. we have 64 in manassas. 68 in frederick. 59 up the mid-atlantic for new york city and 55 in boston. but look at richmond, they are 70 degrees already this hour. warmer air well to the south. they were into the 90s down here yesterday. this is what we're going to get moving our way as we head into the later part of the week. we're going to get this southerl

potomac reached almost two inches. 3-1/2 for asheville, virginia and in west virginia they got their fair share of rainfall, 2 inches in shepherdstown. we've had a fair amount of rain, good for the grass and flowers and it's typical spring weather. isolated storms popping up in many neighborhoods. uncemented in monday. starting out with -- unsettled into monday. storing out with patchy fog and a few showers to the south. the sunshine is going to be ahead and we'll be heading up to the 80s for daytime highs as we move into the week. we've got improvement coming our way. not all bad. as far as our temperatures are concerned for today we reached 78 at national, 77 at dulles and 79 at baltimore. it's pretty mild outside right now. our temperatures are into the low 70s pretty much everywhere across the board. up the mid-atlantic we've got 68 at new york. cooler in boston at 56 but the warm-up into the later part of the week is coming from all the warm air in the mid and southern section of the country. look at the 90's. this is going to push its way through and we'll see that warm-up late

virginia says fare well to murdered lacrosse player yeardley love. >> this is 9news now. >>> hope on a boat. right now a boat hauling a four-story room-sized funnel is on the way to the giant oil leak in the gulf of mexico. >> the structure may be the best for limiting the damage for more than 20 years. gary nurenberg with how it's supposed to work and the progress made earlier in the day. >> reporter: the progress came 5,000 feet beneath the surface of the floor to cap the oil. the biggest test may come tomorrow with the four-story tower engineers hope to drop on the biggest leak trapping the oil and sucking it into waiting tankers. it's not proven. >> this containment system is the first of its kind deployed in 5,000 feet of water. >> reporter: a louisiana native and industry veteran is at the university of maryland environmental science. >> one of the tricks is going to be how to lower it down so it lands right over the leak in the oil pipe. >> reporter: how big a target are we talking about here? >> you're talking about a pipe that is about 22 inches in diameter. so it's a small

keep you moving and take you outside in virginia. heading northbound we are dropping in speed between the prince william parkway and 123. no incidents. continuing on to i-395 northbound. you are all clear moving at speed here from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. same situation we will find for drivers in maryland on the outer loop between 95 and interstate 270. that exit there. andrea, over to you. >>> we have another commuter alert for many drivers this morning. if you are looking forward to a faster trip across the newly renovated chain bridge you will have to wait a little longer. thanks to the heavy rain, kristin fisher is live with more and she explains. good morning. >> that's right, good morning, andrea. this is supposed to be the first morning in almost a year that drivers were able to use all three lanes on the chain bridge as they drive in to work. but you see this sign right back there? that sign. it was supposed to be gone this morning but thanks to the weekend bad weather it will be a few more days before traffic

and this could turn in to the next berkeley springs of west virginia and virginia. very, very particular. and all the right is about eagle creek were about the streams, the fishing and the greeks and the waters and the hills. and the last report showed there had been so me just -- discharges from the mind of every stream, every creek isn't now sterile and has no aquatic life. all the streams have dried up and if you want to hike along the wilderness back from eagle mountain over to the garden of the gods, we borrowed the name and we created the garden of god in illinois. if you part of the national forest. you have to pack in your own water now. because the coal company has killed all the water. and there are no more moonshiners. and there are no more people. the abuse of the land has gone hand-in-hand and we have lost thousands upon thousands of acres of land, but also not only fertile farmland and diverse forest, productive land that is there been put back into any economic productivity. but in appalachia, less than 3% of all land destroyed by is ever return to an

host: marcy from virginia. caller: good morning. i had a question. you say you care abouthe future of this country, deficit, the economy. i see children go to sleep with no food all the time. could you be a model in congress? there are a lot of children who need more attention. we do not need to be sending millions of dollars to israel. i hope that you can think about the children of this country more. >> you can watch owl of that segment online at c-span.org. the house is dwaveling in. -- is gaveling in. >> our priority is making sure the country -- the children of our country have food. connecticut, united entertain to 10 one minutes per side. for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut rise? mr. courtney: wish to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. courtney: this will make a huge difference for adult children of their work force. too often at commencement ceremonies which are taking place across the country, kids are given a diploma and a notice that they ar

virginia dodged a major bowl. stoneybrook with that goal. virginia comes back to win 10-9 and will play duke. in's and women's final four town this week. the virginia women lost on saturday so their season is over. >> a tough season for them. >> a top last month. thank you, keith. do not forget the water cooler question. do you think the term "retarded" should be banned from all federal legislation? e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. again, that is watercooler@wbaltv.com. here is a look ahead to our next hour. >> a statement concerning a deadly torpedo attack that happened back in march. >> gas prices make another move. >> keith mills will return with another sports report. >> we have some fog and drizzle on this monday morning. much better news in the seven- day forecast. >> that drizzle is impacting the morning commute. i'm going in. troubleshooting runs on dunkin'. america runs on dunkin'. with our new iced dark roast coffee. grab a delicious cup today. america runs on dunkin'. >> a graduation ceremony was absent a woman who

arlington, virginia resident he was diagnosed with epilepsy at 18. >research indicates marijuana can control epileptic seizure. she is hoping to replace drugs she takes each day. >> when i am able to relax it raises my seize your threshold. >> it will be grown in registered centers at a maximum of five distribution facilities would prescribe marijuana to seriously ill patients. >> i have no problem with criminalizing it. we are spending billions of dollars on this why we have so many other crime issues. >> many years ago this man was working to reform marijuana laws. >> people can use it the same way they use alcohol and pharmaceutical drugs. this law is the most restrictive. >> patients will be limited to two ounces per month. >> they might start using it more frequently. >> an amendment to allow maryland and virginia patience to fill prescriptions in the district was shot down. if this clears the mayor's office, we could see the sale of medical marijuana by october. >> federal officials are concerned about witness information into the coal mine exp

the vibrant young woman and lacrosse player was about to graduate from the university of virg virginia until her life was cut shot. george huguely, a uva lacrosse player and love's exboyfriend is charged with murder. police recovered a red stained uva shirt from huguely and a note left for her. her violent death has hit the campus hard. teammates and friends have called love an angel. >> there was not a mean cell in her body. she was goodness epitomized. >> we are mourning. it's important for us to unify and come together to recognize yardley and get through this tragedy together. >> now, both huguely and love played lacrosse here at uva. a school official says that both teams planned to play on. they are preparing for the national tournament later this month, although the women's lacrosse team we understand has not had any organized practices at this point. right now they are scheduled to have a press conference where the president of the university are speak about tonight's vigil. we will have an update for you hopefully later in the newscast. >>> meantime, police in lexington ton, v

. >> members of congress went to west virginia today to hear from relatives of the 29 miners killed in the upper big branch mine explosion. family members testified. one father allegedly set that massey energy put out alerts when inspectors arrived at minds. he called on congress to protect minors. >> they should pass laws to ensure that miners do not have to work in an unsafe place. >> the governor of west virginia made his own recommendations to the committee. the u.s. justice department is investigating the explosion. >>> the u.s. and south korea are planning joint military exercises off the korean peninsula and at deterring aggression by northern career. -- by north korea. south korea responded by cutting off trade with p'yongyang and banning merchant ships from south korean waters. >>> for the first time since the iraq war began, there are more troops in afghanistan than iraq. there are now 94,000 troops in afghanistan and 92,000 in iraq. at the height of the work, there were 160,000 troops anin iraq. >>> gay rights activists headed to the white house to talk about the don't ask d

la policia confisco un camiseta del equipo de lacrosse de la universidad de virginia con una mancha roja, una carta dirigida a la victima, y dos computadoras portatiles apple color blanco en el apartamento de huguely... mexico esta investigando los vinculos de dos o mas sudamericanos con una multimillonaria operacion para el lavado de divisas..esas investigaciones se producen tras el decomiso de 3 -coma- 3 millones de dolares en efectivo dentro de camas de masaje y muebles para television con destino a venezuela los sospechosos son un colombiano y una venezolana detenidos la semana pasada bajo senalamientos de lavar dinero para el narcotrafico.. un ex entrenador de futbol que por decadas ha trabajado con ninos y adolescentes en arlingto es acusado de abusar sexualmente a un menor hace 10 años... luis hoil de 47 años, fue arrestado ayer por abusar del menor en repetidas ocasiones entre 1999 y el 2001.. las autoridades creen que hay mas victimas de este hombre.. hoil trabajó para el cristal city soccer club entre el 98 y el 2003 donde interactuo con estudiantes de las zonas de la primar

boxing in northern virginia. he's having some fun and the students obviously love him but teaching is a new thing for bowe and he's improving by the day. bowe says he would like to fight again if the price and the opponent were right. he's 42, by the way. he also would like to find a way to keep his ft. washington estate that is currently in foreclosure. includes his own workout facility and a 26-car garage that used to be packed but now sits empty. bowe lost almost everything. what happens to former boxing champions? tyson, you, holyfield have all fallen on hard times. what happens? >> people swindle you and things of that nature. and they know you're trying to reach out for help. you need help. >> riddick bowe's life story has been a roller-coaster ride and it is absolutely riveting. we'll have part 2 of that series coming up tonight at 11:00. >> a sad tale. >>> when we come back, protesters are pushing a boycott of bp products after that massive oil spill but there's >>> some environmental groups are boycottin

if nothing in virginia on 95. twinkling lights are slowing out of newington getting into springfield. if you are on your way out of town, the new jersey turnpike is closed is closed4 -- closed at exit 4, which is camden. >>> new bicycle lanes along pennsylvania avenue are not ready for a bike to work day, which is today. some cyclists are already using it. there will be a bicycle rally at the d.c. freedom plaza from 8:00 till 9:00 this morning. 8500 people in the d.c. metro area are expected to take part. >> it should be a nice day for that. 57 degrees, 5:42. >> and other health scare for crocker bret michaels, he's back in the hospital. >>> this morning it's going to be a tough weekend to get around you want to get a great looking lawn like this, but trying to grow grass from seed in tough areas like deep shade, along the driveway, and where the kids play can be a little intimidating... until now, with scotts ez seed. it's so revolutionary it's guaranteed to grow grass...anywhere. that's because ez seed is a high