i am adam caskey in arlington, near rosslyn outside our studio. gray skies still. cloud cover in place with the easterly onshore flow. a few sprinkles year and there. super doppler 7 radar shows a few isolated areas of rain around northern virginia. between the planes and warrington and notes of front royal and south of dulles airport, a few isolated sprinkles a few sprinkles this afternoon. high temperatures in a low 70's. we're in the low 30's right now. a few peaks of sunshine today. a more summerlike weather pattern will take place wednesday and thursday with high temperatures near 90 with a few isolated thunderstorms friday afternoon in the middle of the week. >>> on 95 there's heavy traffic getting out of woodbridge, on and off in springfield. headlights heading toward the bottom left. no accidents on 95. 66 is in pretty good shape. 270 will take you over there. road inside the beltway, outbound lanes blocked by a crash. on the rails, vre trans 303 hundred two, indefinite delays on the frederick line. you may want to alter your plans. >> thank you. >>> gas pr

we will be right back with a >> i am with rosslyn. every friday at dusk we show that i love the 90s outdoor film festival at the park at the foot of the bridge. good morning, washinton. >> good morning, washington. arbuckle 39 is the time, 58 degrees outside. time for traffic and weather every ten minutes. >> brian van de graaff has great news. >> the sun is rising. there is high cloud cover. the sunshine will get through. it will be a very nice day. temperatures this morning, 60's. 65 in king george. 51 in huntingtown. sunshine mixed with high clouds. high temperatures in the mid 80's. tonight in the 50's. now to lisa baden. >> their land the helicopter between graysons corner and sam's rode on 408. 104 is the best alternative. no reports of complications out of waldorf on route 5. in maryland, the beltway at river road is a release, moving nicely. there had been a stalled car earlier. 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 jers

. >> 58 degrees in rosslyn. >> still to come, the space shuttle atlantis is wrapping up its final mission. we will tell you what is left before its last descent. >>> if you work in d.c. but live elsewhere, it could cost you if >>> if you work in d.c. but live elsewhere, it could cost you if d.c. officials >> you are watching abc 7's good morning washington. with doug mcelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, and lisa baden with traffic. this is good morning washinton, on your side. >> investigators are trying to piece together a mysterious death in southeast d.c. a woman's body was found inside an apartment on its after her adult son was injured after jumping out of a second-floor window. authorities believe the woman's body had been inside for several days. >>> secretary of state clinton says north korea must face consequences for sinking a south korean war six. a north korean to rietorpedo sae ship. but it denies it and says it will respond to any punishment with all-out war. >>> astronauts from the space shuttle will have another job to complete before they leave the

that is falling on a camera right now in rosslyn looking east into the district. late showers and especially some drizzle. impressive rainfall totals from the weekend. chantilly at freedom high- school, 4.15 inches. 3 inches in frederick. pretty impressive out there on the weekend. we will have a chance to dry out slowly but surely over the next couple days. a few isolated showers possible this afternoon, but it's not going to be widespread. 63 degrees right now. huntingtown, 63. let's look at light rain falling right now mainly around 66. and south of dulles airports around the loudoun/fairfax line. and north of the american legion bridge in maryland. that is it for the rain basically. don't let the low clouds and drizzle scare you off, if you're planning to bike to work. the onshore flow is out there. when you get that off the atlantic, the east to west movement, that is when you get low clouds. that is what we have today. today will be a repeat of yesterday. morning drizzle and clouds, then some peace of afternoon sunshine. it will destabilize the atmosphere. -

>> as we head into the key bridge area inbound and outbound moving along pretty well between rosslyn and georgetown. no early concerns. this part of town dry pavement. let's head on over check the dulles toll road sunset hills. everything moving along well wean western and capital beltway. no hangups. >> 5:22 right now. 64 degrees here in the nation's capital. traffic alert buff head out this morning, a bridge that was supposed to be open is not. >> plus parents listen up. who wants to take a specific type of crib out of every home that has one. >> a report on sunscreen that you need hear. >>> a reminder to reapply sunscreen when you head to the beach or pool this summer. higher spf sunscreens will not protect you if you don't reapply often. users may believe the high protection longer lasts longer thant does. the best way to protect your skin is to wear hats and clogt and vitamin a in sunscreen may reduce your risk to cancer. the theory is still under review. >>> there's a push on capitol hill to ban drop side cribs because of what some call deadly daerngs. new york senator introduc

you do have a great person and represented in rosslyn gold -- russ feingold. one of the issues we are working on right now is the slilent hol. they do not have the guts to tell the public that they are holding up the process, holding up amendments. i can tell you, this is not the way that democracy was meant to function, where you do things without taking responsibility. the system has been so abused this past year, it has really a broader sense that it is time to get rid of that practice. there are a lot of other functions that i think we need to wrestle with in the senate. we did not have a supermajority requirement until 1917. then there was a contract that said that that power would be invoked rarely, but it has been invoked on virtually every single bill since i became a senator. that routine does two things. every time you request a supermajority, it ties up the senate for weeks under the rules because of the amount of time it takes to hold the vote. in addition to telling of the senate, it sets a standard that was never constitutionally- intended, which

rosslyn carter looks at how far the treatment of mental health issues has come in the u.s. and laura bush talks about her new memoir with cokie roberts. find the entire weekend's schedule at booktv.com. and follow us on twitter. >> senate majority whip dick durbin is our guest sunday on c-span's "newsmakers." we'll talk about democratic efforts to pass financial reform legislation and look at the political landscape into the midterm elections, sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. >> this weekend, entrepreneur ted leonsis on his book, "the business of happiness." his documentary about the nanking massacre and what it means to own a professional sports team. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us from the economist's view, economics editor. as far as the numbers of jobs created, that's one thing what types of jobs were created? guest: it was across the board. one of the most encouraging things about the report we got was that you saw increases in government, also increases in manufacturing, which has been hard hit for a number of years, construction where