with drizzle. at national. by noon we could be towards 70 if we can start to get some of that sunshine. we'll see it this afternoon, mid and even upper 70s within reach. there's the dense fog advisory. just about everybody tell you get to the northern shenandoah valley in the west and the mountains with visibilities this morning way down. we're looking at visibilities down to a mile in leesburg. that's dropping. quarter mile westminster. an eighth of a mile dulles and national. 16 at baltimore. look at all the .25s, even zero at orange. low beams. a slow go this morning with the fog and also with the volume now building and a couple of incidents. with more on that we go to monika santami with time saver traffic. >>> definitely you want to be careful outside right now as the volumes increase. you've got the fog to deal w. keep your speed limits down and your fog lights on as well. i'll start off with the beltway. overall things aren't too bad on the beltway but there is an accident in virginia on the georgetown pike just before the beltway. lanes are blocked on the georgetown p

of the south, southwest at times gusting to 20, 25 miles an hour, maybe 30. high around 65. still talking 62 at 5:00 p.m. sunrise this morning happening at about 6:30 or so. it will be in the 7:00 a.m. hour next week. patchy high clouds are moving across areas of kentucky and west virginia now. in a few hours they'll be coming over us. when you step out this morning, yeah, maybe a heavier jacket. we're in the 30s. upper 20s in martinsburg and cumberland but where the winds are up, luray is 45. we're at 40. 40 in southern maryland as well. looking at highs in the low 60s near the bay. 365 here in d.c. -- about 65 here in d.c. how about traffic? >>> i'm sorry to say not that great. we have lots to tell you right now. i'll start off with southern maryland where around accident cleanup continues right here on the westbound side of route 228 at route 229. another accident on the northbound side of route 210 at swan creek road. let's go over to virginia on the graphics. on the northbound side of 95, 7100 watch out for a fuel spill. sky 9 is headed that way. over in gainesville route 29

at your storm 4 forecast. 55 for culpeper, virginia. showers and a little thunder by the time we get to about the lunch hour. i expect to see a little sunshine, 71 for a temperature. and then 75 to 76 for a high. a little warmer in the pocket of southwest virginia at 3:00 today. then 73, still the continuation of showers and maybe some thunder, too, around 6:30, 7:00. here's radar advancing toward the east. i'm seeing the thunder already inside of west virginia. it's just making its way now just west of charlottesville. mid 60s by noontime, the high today, 74 to 75 degrees. and the thing is that, you know, i'm not expecting much wind with these storms which is a good thing for anyone who loves those cherry blossoms we talked about earlier. a couple of minutes, we'll look at the seven-day forecast. right now, we're going to head over to danella and look at traffic. >> sounds good. thanks. >>> danella, what's happening out there? any major problems? >> let's start with the rails. checking the rails now, no delays. had a minor delay, this was on the marc train, brunswick east line.

west. pretty steady temps at 20 miles an hour. some gusts to 30. they'll finally turn northwesterly late this afternoon and this evening. that will drop temps tonight into the 30s to around 40. that's what we're looking at here. we've got some fog this morning. dense fog advisory till 8:00 up north. when you look at the visibilities, it's not just north where we have dense fog. we have it down at quantico and andrews air force base. leesburg to hagerstown, we've got pockets into loudoun and frederick county as well. we have patchy dense fog. even western howard wouldn't surprise me if they have some fog. monika, good morning. happy thursday. >>> good morning. happy thursday, howard. happy thursday to all of you as well. things are looking pretty good outside. we have the wet road conditions. you know the exit to the inner loop of the beltway, that ramp is a sharp turn. there's a single vehicle accident there. crews are on the scene. it is slowing things down trying to exit to the beltway. the beltway itself not too bad. a live look at the american legion bridge west side of town. i'

. that is moving in our direction and will be here after dark. look at these temperatures before i go. already in the 50s. 56 annapolis. we're looking at highs later this afternoon upper 60s to low 70s. tomorrow, though, we're going to cool down into the 50s. more on that in a few minutes. right now it's monika santami's turn with time saver traffic. >>> an accident on the southbound side of i-275 near 85 -- 270 near 85 in frederick. that's cleared up. you just have the volume right now down to the point where the lanes divide. off and on delays but no big deals to report on the south side of 270. over to the maps, overall the beltway is doing fine. we did have a disabled vehicle down here in alexandria on the inner loop aft wilson bridge. that -- after the wilson bridge. that was cleared to the shoulder but caused a bit of a backup. you see all the red down here. that was caused by that earlier accident moved to the shoulder. let's go over to the beltway on the north side of town or the west side of town. here's what it looks like at the american legion bridge. no problems between be

everybody. we'll look at that in a moment. by afternoon some sunshine is going to return like the last couple of days. we'll see highs 70 to 75. winds fairly light, northeast to southeast 5, 6, 8 miles an hour. many advice i can'ts in -- advice i can'ts in many -- visibilities in many years down to a quarter of a mile. pax river, the northern neck a mile and a half at reagan national. there's the dense fog advisory. it does not include howard and anne arundel counties but you guys definitely going to see pockets of dense fog as well. this goes till 10:00 a.m. a quick look at temperatures. mainly in the 50s to close to 60 degrees here in town. it is 6:00 a.m. monika santami is in now with the latest time saver traffic. >>> if you're planning to head outside, it's going to be the fog that's going to affect your drive this morning. otherwise things have been looking fairly calm around town. i'm going to start off with a look at 270 on the southbound side. it is slowing down leaving frederick down into damascus. you're going about 36 miles an hour at route 80. then beyond that you're okay

take a look at current wind speeds. 20 mi. per hour in a number of places. we have a with advisers still in effect for much of the bay area. the blue on the screen and means that the entire bay area was affected by the wind advisory which is in effect until midnight. winds will be 20-30 mi. per hour with gusts up to 55 mi. an hour. we saw a gas at noon at 50 mounts for our at as a vote earlier today. the with advisor remains in effect until midnight. >>pam: charles clifford is live at the bay bridge. >> right now i am west of the bay bridge toll plaza. . och roof of attacks had >> won the best places to get idea of how when he was in the south bay is didn't willow glenn. the homes are smaller high hopes of palm trees. if south these trees can withstand hurricane force winds. gusts were of for the 35-40 mi. per hour. the trees can make a mess when it is windy. thiokol >>pam: our coverage of the weather continues throughout this evening. we also have the latest forecasts details on our web site, www.kron4.com. >> mitt romney is off to a good start. he is the projected winner in a ver

more effective at removing limescale than the leading bathroom cleaner. lime-a-way is specially formulated to conquer hard water stains. for lime, calcium and rust... lime-a-way is a must. >>> a university of maryland student threatening a shooting ram passenger. >> this morning, he is under arrest. we have reaction from campus. >>> a developing story out of afghanistan. sixteen civilians, most of the victims children, killed by a u.s. soldier. fox 5 morning news continues right now. right now. >>> straight up 6:00 on this monday, march 12th, 2012. we are taking a live look over washington. you see the cathedral there in silhouette this morning. temperatures around the 40- degree mark if not higher in some areas. i'm sarah simmons i'm will thomas. welcome to fox 5 morning news. -- i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm will thomas. welcome to fox amorning news. some really warm temperatures for your monday morning. >> we will be warming up today and the five-day forecast is giving us even more of a warm- up. the week ahead won't be too bad. we have a few clouds rolling in. other than that, i

going to be transported to a local area hospital. we are told the other occupant died at the scene. this is a three-car crash. as mark pulls out, you can see that there is a sport utility vehicle that this vehicle collided the front end with. and apparently knocked that vehicle off balance, causing it to overturn and slide into the path of this second vehicle, which was also northbound on bel air road. all in all, there may be more persons in this vehicle extricated. as you can see, north and southbound bel air road, are closed, just above sinclaire lane. expect delays in the area. we'll stay on top of the situation and keep you updated. , back to you. >> all right, captain mike. thank you. reporting live in sky eye chopper 13. and wjz will keep you updated on this big story. >>> the other big news. no relief for tornado victims in indiana. firstthe storms, now snow is complicating the cleanup efforts and making it treacherous. susan mcginnis is in hard-hit henryville, indiana. >> reporter: utility crews are working to restore power. downed power lines and gas leaks are the biggest

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. take a live look outside right now. we're looking directly at the washington monument. we're not seeing the washington monument. it is completely hidden by fog out there. >> we're not seeing much of anything now. >> yes. cars moving across the bridge. hope they can see the roadway. here's veronica. >>> we've had the fog for a while. it's dropped in a few locations. national weather service, they just issued a dense fog advisory for much of the area, everywhere east of i-81. we'll slowly see conditions improve around 9:00 a.m. or so. as far as today goes, still warming up. once we get rid of the clouds, the low clouds, 76 in lorton, fairfax, too. as well as clifton area, then greenbelt, you see getting up to a high today of 74 degrees. 76 fredericksburg and around stafford. so really is going to be another pretty good day across the area. come on, we're supposed to be in the 50s now. we're in the mid 70s. you'll want to enjoy it. by the weekend, temperatures really will be heading back down once again. let me step out of the way. again, showers and storms off to the south and west

up. >> so far, an easy monday morning commute. a complete look at traffic just minutes away. >> good morning. it is monday, march 12. i'm grace lee. >> hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. it's 5:00 on this monday. the taliban vowing revenge against the united states after the weekend deaths of 16 civilians in afghanistan. >> the u.s. says that an american soldier walk off his base and for some reason went on a shooting rampage. president obama is offering condolences to the families of the victims which included women and children. afghan officials say the gunman opened fire on two villages and returned to the base and turned himself in. nato is working with local villagers to try to understand what happened. >> investigators were on the scene shortly after once we figured out what happened. and they still are. they are interviewing the suspect. >> reporter: the man in custody is an army staff sergeant from fort lewis, washington. he was on his first tour of during the in afghanistan but he had been deployed at least in iraq. >> duarte geraldino has the latest. we know what happened

. welcome to fox 5 morning news. let's get a quick look at weather with gwen talbert this morning. >> good morning. a very mild start to the day. as we move into the afternoon, think you may enjoy t here is a look at the satellite-radar composite. not a lot to show you on here right now. we do have some fog, however. there a dense fog advisory for areas that includes the baltimore-frederick region. just a few high clouds today. plenty of sunshine into the course of the day. temperatures now into the mid- to upper 50s. for today, we are talking mostly sunny skies. dealing with the morning patchy fog once again but look at our daytime high, folks. some 82 degrees with some light easterly winds. back to you. >> thank you. >>> taking a look at or top stories, police are searching for the suspect accused of stabbing a woman who they say was eight months pregnant. she survived but her baby did not. the stabbing happened inside the woman's apartment early yesterday morning on ninth street in southeast. the woman was taken to the hospital where she delivered the baby but the baby did not

dragging and centering over the bay. look at oakland. could see rain jumping. as you can see the coloring puts it into the red there with the rain activity. this is where we expect the storms to pop up a good chance of seeing that this evening. and all of the east bay and the south bay seeing that. this will push through as you head to bed and overnight. by 2 a.m. we should see better conditions. you will wake up and it will be calmer. it will be wet but the heavy rain will not be coming down. saturday will be a mixed bag for you. we'll hold on to the chance of pop up showers on the back edge. sunday, the picture is better, it improves as we head into the start of the week a scattered sprinkle for at least as our entrance into spring by the way which comes next tuesday. let's head over to traffic. any problems? >> there is a hot spot in the bay north of american canyon at jamieson canyon road from the right therement this where a -- this is where a box truck overturned t spilled debris and an alert and southbound lanes are shut down. and so a big snag for the north bay commute. the questi

16 this sunday versus texas a & m at noon. lindsay murphy, fox 5 sports. >>> right off the top right now, we are following some breaking news this morning. a police chase in maryland ends with two people dead. officers say the driver of the car that they were in v the driver they were following lost control. >> it happened this morning at chevy chase circle on connecticut avenue. the car apparently crashed into a tree before bursting into flames. police are still on the scene. there are traffic alerts you need to know about. we do have a live report from the scene coming to you in just moments. good morning. i'm will thomas. >> i'm sarah simmons. let's talk to gwen talbert in for tucker barnes. it will be a muggy day but a warm day if you are heading out. >> a nice day to go down and enjoy the cherry blossoms at the tidal basin i want to say. it is a mild start to the morning. you will feel that when you step outside. let's take a look at our satellite-radar composite. other than that, not bad at all. we are keeping a close eye on a system out to the west. that will eventually

. >> we begin today with that breaking news from pennsylvania, where there's been a shooting at the university of pittsburgh. denise is in the newsroom with more on the still-unfolding story. denise? >> the shooting occurred at the western psychiatric institute and clinic. and at least two people are dead and five are injured. police, responding to a call for a hostage situation, first came upon the shooting. shots were apparently exchanged between the gunman and police, and a police officer was one of the five injured. a s.w.a.t. team is on the scene now. buildings are on lockdown. the school is on spring break. there are reports there may be a second gunman on the loose. now, the clinic describes itself on its website as a top, academy-based -- academic based center. this is part of that care. >> we continue to monitor developments in pittsburgh. we'll bring you any updates as soon as we get them. >>> deaths and destruction. president obama and leaders around the world call on syria's president to stop deadly attacks. one of bashar assad's top men says he's loyal no more. >> repor

and out of the moderate rain at times. hour by hour, nothing too heavy showing up, though the santa cruz mountains could see two to three inches of rain between there and tomorrow morning. notice the trend going into sunday changing to more scattered showers. planning your day today, keep the jacket on all day long with highs clearly having a tough time getting out of the mid-50s, 40s to low 50s. we'll talk about how much rain is in the forecast as we take a look at your sunday and the week ahead. there are more chances of rain showing up in the seven-day. we'll look at that in a couple minutes. >>> thank you, rob. rain or shine, the search for sierra lamar will continue as questions mount about the few clues investigators have to work with so far. teenagers, friends and family say they will do what they can today having gather for the sport at a candlelight vigil in fremont last night. that's the school that she sierra attended as a freshman last year before move ing . here's more on the search for the 15 yield girl. >> reporter: an outpouring of emotion held here since sierra lama

live look on pennsylvania avenue here at the willard hotel and the normal rush hour flow. back to you guys. >>> police at the university of maryland say they are not sure if the student was serious or was just looking for attention when he threatened to shoot up the campus and but they didn't take any chances. they arrested that student. delia is live in college park. >> reporter: good morning andrea and mike. police had to act quickly because of the nature of the threats. they took them very seriously. they learned about the threats on saturday morning and by sunday morning an arrest was made. police officers caught up with 19-year-old alexander song of howard county. he had no weapons on him and we are told a check of his dorm room also came out clean. this is what a former student read online. i will be on a shooting rampage tomorrow. hopefully i will kill enough people to make it to national news stay away from the mall tomorrow at 1:30. of course those were the words posted online by alexander song, referencing a shooting rampage that was to take place here on campus on sunda

>>darya: here is a live look at the golden gate. traffic is quite late. james. some locations are starting to warm up now that the sun is up. that is where the temperatures are right now. the wind is out there but much less than we had yesterday. >>george: when the advisories on a number of bay area bridges. here's a quick look at the east bay and the south bay freeways. >>mark: jackie sissel is live at the richmond san rafael bridge. i'm not sure that the chp has had the opportunity to go over the bridge to determine whether or not this wind advisories still needs to be in place that i can tell you it is an absolutely pristina morning. the wind chill is definitely down from what it was. >>darya: high winds and blowing sand have forced winds to close along the great highway. craig skalar has team coverage continuing of the weather and its affect. >>craig: it is a chronic problem. winds have kicked up. you can see the sand forming along the road. the wind is still kicking up a bit. it is unclear how long the roads will be closed for they have been shut down since early in the morni

planner. it's going to be a nice, sunny day but you'll definitely need a jacket. sunrise at 7:00 a.m. by noon 46 degrees. it will be a chilly one with a north wind, north, northwest wind 5, 10 miles an hour. by 5:00 55.  we're going to go to about 57 or so it's going to take a while to get there. below freezing north and west of town so, yeah, this is not a good situation considering that the growing season has begun because of the warmth we had already this year. and windchills are down in the 20s to about 30 or so in manassas. looking at sunny skies today. lighter winds this afternoon. that freeze warning until 9:00 covers just about everybody. and your highs later will make it into the 50s, mid to even upper 50s, about 57 here in washington. a little cooler along the bay but we could even be near 60 in culpeper. nice warm-up tomorrow but with a price to pay. i'll tell you about that in a few minutes. here's monika with time saver traffic. >>> good morning, everybody. at 5:00 things are beginning to pick up just a little bit around town. i'm going to first start off with the

all back very soon. later tonight, i'll be back at my regular -- you can't all say thank you. we'll be here all night. seriously, there's about 3,000 of you. we'll be back tonight, oddly, because it's so late now. at 9:00 eastern. >>> i'm monita rajpal at cnn london. our breaking news this morning, a police raid following sunday's killings at a jewish school in toulouse, france. we'll bring you "world business today" right after this bulletin. let's bring you the latest that we know. police have a house surrounded in the southwestern city of toulouse. they are trying to arrest a suspect in the shooting deaths of seven people in three separate attacks in just over a week. the latest shooting was on monday when three children and a teenager were kill at a nearby jewish school. police say negotiations are still under way with the suspect in this hour's long standoff. diana magnay joins us from toulouse with the latest. this standoff has been going on for three hours now at the very least. is there a sense they're making any headway? >> reporter: well, we've just heard from the mayor, a

channel 2 action news at 6:00. >>> good evening, i'm hit heather holmes. >>> and i'm ken wayne. five people found dead in a san francisco house, and still many questions unanswered. the house was near city college, just steps away from ocean avenue on house street. the investigators spent the day carrying out evidence and investigating. ktvu's' john sasaki as more. >> reporter: as you can see, police guard this home here at 1600 house street. but the investigators wrapped up a second day of looking through the crime scene. for most of day two, crime scene investigators looked through the area where five people were killed. >> i worked with two of them at a company. >> reporter: this man worked with one of the family members who lived there and is presumed dead. >> a real sweet person. one of the nicest people you would ever want to meet. >> reporter: investigators brought out bag after bag of evidence, even some from the home next door which we learned was also owned by the family. >> we really can't discuss anything at this point. >> reporter: police have not released the victim's i

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high $40,000. >> clear skies at ground level. we do have high above working as a blanket, keeping our temperatures on the warm tight. thomas and cambridge, visibility is a really nice. whether wyse, cloudy and myself. this afternoon, mostly cloudy with decent sen. heights in the upper 60s. this evening, he can't of rain in the no. 8 and spreading the area wide throw out the day tomorrow. a complete forecast coming. to monitor fairly light conditions. we are not tracking any hot spots. i have been marginally at the back. if you are traveling in the east bay, south a or no. a, you'll find good condition. is >>darya: let's take a closer look at the area where the items were discovered. it is west of santa teresa boulevard. they found a box with the word handcuffs' written across it. this was about 1 mi. away from the home of sierra lamar. this is where she was last seen as she was heading off to go to school early friday morning. volunteers have gathered for the last two days at barnett elementary, that is where they are gathered again today at the staging area. will tran has been th

into flames. >> i do not believe this. >> montgomery county police say the car was spotted at jones mill road around 1:00 a.m. >> when they left the neighborhood and turn south on connecticut avenue, they did not waste much time until they increase the speed significantly. they force the officer to flip on his lights and follow. >> the driver of the stolen toyota loss control. they were able to get the driver and front seat passenger out. emanuel and his cousin were not saved. the driver has been identified as 16-year-oldraynard johnson. the front seat passenger was able to walk away from the accident. >> the shooting of the teenager trayvon martin continued to spark average around the nation. a prayer vigil is set to begin later this evening. >> several groups including the d.c. branch of the naacp will begin the prayer vigil around 630 tonight. most of the reaction on this case was in response to what he thinks believed trayvon martin and that is his hoodie. >> and an arm the 70-year-old was wearing a hoodie when he was shot and killed by george zimmerman. >> i think the hoodie is

>>> firefighters are at the scene of a two-alarm fire in hayward. coming up we'll have a live incompetent view with the latest information. >> convicted serial killer wesley shermantine writes another letter, the new information he is now revealing about his victims and who else he says took part in the killings. >> and the leader of islam set to speak at uc berkeley. why he was invited and the controversy his appearance is causing. >>> good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday, march 10th. a little bit of rain is on the way this weekend. rosemary joining you news for with a quick look at what is happening. good morning, rosemary. >> good morning to you! and the major changes today, the cooldown. from five to 10 degrees expected for the afternoon, we've got clouds outside our door this morning, and we are off to a chilly start. we'll look at your current conditions and talk about the rain coming up in just a few moments. and we begin with break news. crews on the scene right now of a big fire in hayward. allie rasmus just got to the scene. and we understand several

aren't seeing anything at all because of the fog and because you're not getting the wet weather yet. but that is going to change. a chance of showers into the course of the morning hours. take a look at that time highs yesterday. breaking records at reagan national airport. 84 at dulles. temperatures pretty much some 20 degrees above the seasonal average. right now, fog outside. and we have clouds. and a few showers here and there. especially across the west. we expect to see more rain fall and storms into the course of this afternoon. be aware and keep your umbrella handy. 52degrees at national. northeasterly wind at 9 miles per hour. humidity at 86%. neighborhood temperatures include 52 degrees. so for today, a high of about 76 degrees. not as warm as yesterday. and once again, a chance of thunderstorms by this afternoon. early morning showers. by midday, the chance of isolated storms here and there, but by the time we hit the 4:00 or 5:00 hour, those storms should be more widespread. keep your eyes to the despise you're headed anywhere. >> all right, we will keep the umbrella han

mentioned. on the north side, at 62. not too bad heading over towards the towson region. 57 on the west side. moving well down towards 70. no problems on 70 in towards the beltway. no problems on 100 east or west bound. five minutes to go south on 95 from the 895 split to the fort mchenry. 10 minutes on southbound 95 from the beltway down towards 32. on 795, here is what it looks like at franklin boulevard. building in the volume southbound. this is 50 at sandy point. fog could be an issue for your morning commute. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> here is a look at some of the stories that have developed overnight. susan aldrich is resigning as president of the university of maryland university college. she will remain on administrative leave through august. she will be able to work on the launch of the new on-line education platform and consult on the rebidding on some of the over see contracts. last summer's earthquake could cause the baltimore archdiocese millions of dollars. the tremor did some $5 million in damage to the basilica of the assumption downtown. cracks in

at her mother's funeral. a priest's choice made a difficult day worse. good morning. i am charley crowson of the megan is on asilent and we begin -- assignment and we begin with your forecast and say good morning to lynn yit charles. >> it's the first day of march coming in like-- lynette charles. >> it's the first day of march and it's coming in like a be wa are on the temperature roller coaster and more rain is the forecast for the weekend. but looking at dense fog advisory as of now and we can see it for the areas shaded in gray. we are looking at harford, baltimore county and even into carroll and frederick county and washington county extends off towards the west. so as you go through the 8:00, that's when the dense fog advisory is up. so after that, things will start to look a little better he. we are going to get plenty of sunshine going throughout the afternoon as well. but temperatures this morning are going up. chestertown around 53 degrees. we are well above average. you don't need the heavy coat this morning. darlington coming in around 47 degrees and 49 degrees at jop

highy 17. >>> and hundreds of people lined up since midnight for a chance at free health care in oakland. i'm christie smith with that story in a live report. >>> and a live look outside, golden gate bridge this morning. what's in store for the forecast? we'll find out just minutes away on this thursday, march 22nd, today in the bay. >> good morning, everyone, the time now is just before 4:31. i'm john kelly. >> lots to get to this morning. as promised, let's check that forecast with christina. >> good morning to you. it's one of those mornings where we don't have that much rain on the radar, but you're going to encounter drizzle and mist out your front door. thick, low clouds out there. give yourself plenty of time to reach your destination safely. the good news is, we're going to see another gorgeous spring-like afternoon. i'll take you through that forecast and we'll talk about a strong storm on the way for the weekend. mike has an area that could slow you down in the east bay. >> we're looking at highway 4. this is too early to show most of the congestion for the commute, but we're l

battle for him. meantime, mitt romney, even though he is the front-runner at this point, is not taking the land of lincoln for granted. >> these pan takes are something else, i'll tell you. >> reporter: mitt romney in his third day campaigning in illinois the land of reagan and obama. >> i'm looking for the nod here in illinois. >> reporter: romney is up nine pointes, santorum is the underdog, ineligible because he filed paperwork too late. on monday, santorum tried to redwrien the key interest in this race. >> don't care about the unemployment rate is. >> i do care about the unemployment rate. it does bother me. i want to get people back to work. >> reporter: then santorum clarified. >> of course i care about the unemployment rate. i want it do go down. but i'm saying my candidacy doesn't hinge on whether it goes up or down. >> reporter: it's today's numbers, the illinois vote, which mitt romney hope solidifies a win. >> a loss in illinois or even a narrow win by romney will certainly seed a lot of doubts about the strength of his candidacy. >> for now, no question, romney has pulled

was a dramatic difference. >> de look at these charts relative to other cities? san francisco is obviously a -- and expensive place to live. the other areas have similar trends we can look at? it will never be apples to apples. >> the only comparison we have done so far is look at cities and overall number of children. we have not done a family analysis. but you look at the number of children as a proxy. in san francisco, 13.4% of our overall residents are children. we are at 13.4%. seattle is at 15.4%. boston is at 16.8%. portland is at 19.1%. chicago is at 23%. san jose is at 25%. other cities that are geographically close to us or have high cost of living all have a higher percentage of children and san francisco does. chairperson farrell: but we do not have friends in terms of income households? >> we can try to look for that. chairperson farrell: that would be helpful. we want to learn best practices and see how we are doing good and bad. i agree that tells a pretty good story of what is happening. but i think we need to dig a little deeper before we jump to conclusions abou

rush limbaugh's comments. he issues a new statement moments ago. abc 7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> live and in h.d. this is abc 7 news at 6:00 on your side. >> the devastating storms across the south and midwest resulting in a death toll that continues to climb tonight. >> that's right. right now, officials say the series of tornados claimed 38 lives across five states. kentucky may have the most victims with 19 people dead there. kentucky, as well as ohio and indiana have declared states of emergency. they are still searching for survivors. scott is in henryville, indiana with the latest on this story. >> good evening. tonight people are walking around looking at all of the damage and just shaking their heads. they knew the storm was coming. there were many warnings but henryville was hurt with what the local sheriff called the worst case scenario. throughout clark county in southern indiana, the devastation is overwhelming. >> once again, mother nature has dealt a blow to indiana. >> officials said entire communities, homes, schools and businesses are gone. >> we love you and we're wi

>> live, and in h.d. this is abc 7 news at 6:00 on your side. >> a developing story at this hour. yet another suspicious letter has been found. police and fire were called to the blt steak restaurant on i street around 4:00 this afternoon and reportedly discovered white powder. preliminary tests show it is not toxic. by the way, this is the 8th suspicious letter reported in d.c. just this past week. in the meantime tonight, police in arlington are still looking for the man who opened fire in a quiet street near boston last night. >> this happened on second road at around 8:00. one man was wounded and he is fighting for his life this evening. richard is live with new information on the investigation. what can you tell us? >> police tell us the shooting happened here on this sidewalk. we're told the victim fell into this area between 2:00 cars in this parking lot. now, authorities are trying to get more information out of the victim. he is undergoing surgery right now, and residents here extra cautious in the wake of this rare shooting in arlington. >> other than a piece of crime s

ain't so. at least it ain't snow. it is so, right? >> freezing this morning. >> wow. yeah, what a dramatic drop. >> yeah. >> okay, last friday was 83. and now this morning we're talking subfreezing temperatures. that's a live view from our city camera. and the washington monument showing up there. the jefferson memorial and the daffodils on the mall are closed for business. right now 35 at reagan national. we have to talk windchill with a northerly wind, ten miles per hour. the windchills are in the 20s right now. and we have temperatures down to the 20s in a few locations out in west virginia. closer to washington, most areas west and north of i-95 are right around 30 degrees. gaithersburg has dropped down to 28 degree. near 30 in leesburg, manassas, frederick, and parts of howard county and farther south and west along the blue ridge, shenandoah valley. weather watchers there reporting it near 30 degrees now, as well as panhandle of west virginia and much of maryland. we look here for the rest of the day, sunrise at 7:00. by 9:00, we should be making it to the low 40s. prepare f

. >> reporter: it is on the bottom of your screen headed towards downtown an "f" s o looking good -- at fso looking good. 5:01 let's head back to the desk. >>> an update we first told you about, some meadow residents are waking up to no water pressure, that is because a water-main broke. 3,000 gallons a minute out of that crews are saying, paul? >> reporter: yes, that is how it was at the very beginning and they have maintained the situation and it is not flowing as heavily as it was earlier. since 3:00 this morning, crews have been working to get it under control. they have shut off several areas and it leads to some kind of crack which leads underneath the roadway. by the time we arrived, it was still flowing heavily. firefighters told me at one time it was 3,000 pounds of pressure. they used half that much when battling a fire. living this time, they will have little to no water pressure but things could have been much worse. >> just our streets we have mainly shut off traffic coming through and it is coming to many of the residents here in the area. >> now the water is pooling up in the

sierra. >>> how is our day looking? >> not too bad. take a look at storm tracker, we have a warm front which is where the light rain is falling, here at home we are cloudy calm and cool and we will look at what you can expect coming up in just a few minutes, good mourn, tara moriarty. >>> traffic on the west hand side as you make your way towards the tunnel, no delays to speak of and looking at 101, bottom portion of your screen as you make your way towards downtown and the bay bridge, we have no delays as well. let's head back to the desk. >>> family and friends of teen sierra lemar will be gathering tonight for a candlelight vigil. in fremont, investigators questioned her former classmates. >> reporter: this is the school she used to go to and sierra lemar went here before transferring to another school. yesterday, investigators were interviewing her former classmates and the sexual assault task force were determining where they were during sierra lemar's disappearance. her father was charged with lewd & lascivious conduct with a child underage but currently he is not a suspect

. >> reporter: matt jablow, 9news now. >> she was given the second ticket at her attorney's office. toles has a history of traffic tickets, including speeding. >>> the mysterious deaths of three family members in lusby spurred an investigation. the u.s. centers for disease control and the health department is looking into the cases. 81-year-old ruth blake, her 58- year-old son lowell and 51-year- old daughter vanessa have all been hit with some sort of respiratory illness. another daughter in her 50s was also ill and is recovering. >>> opening statements yesterday in the wrongful death lawsuit against virginia tech. it was filed on behalf of the parents of two students killed april 16 in the 2007 massacre on campus. the families of erin peterson and julia pride are asking for a judgment of $100,000 each. both families say their main goal is to get a full account of the events of the day and get an apology from school administrators. >>> new allegations are being made about sexual assaults at the u.s. marine barracks on capitol hill. in a federal lawsuit, eight current and former fe

. >>> thank you for joining us for the news at noon. jc hayward has the day off. i'm mike hydeck. we begin with news on the metro. the red line was closed for part of the morning after a man was struck and killed by a teenage. investigators believe this unidentified man intentionally put himself in front of the train. once again, however, the white flint station on the red line is open now. >>> french president nicholas sarkozy calls this a national tragedy. a father and three children were gunned down. all schools and religious buildings in france are now being secured. >> reporter: grieving relatives aarrived at the ozar hatorah school as new spread of the shooting. all the children from this school are like my children, in woman said. police say a gunman on a motor bike opened fire just before classes started at the school in the southwest city of tolouse. a rabbi, his two young sons and another child were killed. the prosecutor says he shot at everybody who was near him. children and adults. the children were chased inside the school. investigators are looking into whether th

meat. what a study reveals about how it can hurt your health. >>> march 13th let's look live at the camera downtown at inner harbor on this tuesday morning a gorgeous morning but a little wet. i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson. straight at 6 and don't adjust your thermometers it's 60 degrees. >> hard to believe. >> it is. lynette charles is standing by with a check of the forecast. some areas could be wet. >> exactly. manual along the eastern shore this morning. and we could do it all over again as we go into the afternoon. it's an active tuesday on tap for us. we have un'ssonnably mild temperatures and it -- unseasonably mild temperatures but first maryland's most powerful radar along the eastern shore is where the wettest weather is sliding out of here. but let's slide down further to the south because we can see around federalsburg and into caroline county where theheaviest rain is. you can see the yellows and oranges. we don't have forcing in the atmosphere right now and that's why we are not dealing with thunderstorms. but as we go into the afternoon we get that warm

morning here foreat 30 degrees. look at 20sin rockville and also manchester. 27 degrees in manchester to be exact. and then we head over towards the eastern shore where northeast is at 30 degrees and good morning chestertown. you are at 32. rock hall at 33 degrees. and right around 33 degrees as well. and we have breezes streaming in from the north and west and 12-mile-an-hour winds so making it feel colder out there. but even with the light breeze in the hereford and bel air making it feel like we are in the 20s everywhere. that's the name of the game this morning and then still cool temperatures coming in this afternoon. i am going detail those coming up but let's check the traffic with and l.a. good morning. the wind the concern for you right? >> reporter: that's right. good morning to you. and good morning. wind warnings in effect on all of the area bridges and trouble spot on 895. we have got stop and go traffic in the southbound direction on the harbor tunnel throughway. this is due to an accident between the harbor tunnel and the steel bridge taking up the left lane southbound and

and afghanistan. last month the accidental burnings of the korans at passibagram air base sparked demonstrations leaving six americans dead. >>> the military base that the soldier comes from is one of the largest military installations in the u.s. it's seen violence over the past years. a police officer shot and injured in 2010. three deliberate thrill killings of three afghan civilians in 2010. january 21 of this year, an iraq war veteran shot and killed a mt. rainier national park ranger. >>> today a man suspected of sending suspicious letters to members of congress will be in court. police arrested christopher lee carlson. a grand jury indicted him on threatening a member of congress and threatening to use a biological weapon. over the past month, several lawmakers and members of the media received letters that contained a nontoxic white powder. maryland senator barbara mcski was one of the recipients. these letters are not connected with those that arrived at d.c. schools and restaurants last week. >>> 50 degrees now. i believe we have at least partly cloudy skies, right? >> t

weather center. >> it is a cold start to our tuesday morning. 20 degrees colder than yesterday at this time. but at the temperatures outside. bundle up heading out the door. 35 at reagan national. 33 at dulles. at the freezing mark in petersburg and winchester. if you are looking for the really cold air, western maryland. 21 degrees in oakland. freeze warning continues until 9:00 for about another three hours. here's the forecast. we will look for mostly sunny skies. 52-57 degrees, and out of the northwest at 5-15 miles an hour and. temperatures in the '70s tomorrow. we will look at the extended outlook in a few minutes. >> thanks. still following breaking news from a fairfax county this morning. police from the scene of a possible murder-suicide. the investigation under way in the 3800 block of forest grove drive in annandale. john gonzalez is there live with more details. good morning. >> good morning. we can tell you the entire neighborhood is pretty much shut down. a very intense police investigation going on behind us. around 1:00 this morning police tell us a woman inside and hom

waving that checkered flag just yet in the gop race for president. >>> and a live look at the golden gate bridge toll plaza on this wednesday, march 7th. this is "today in the bay." >>> good wednesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. halfway through your workweek. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm laura mattea. christina loren is here to break down the weather for us. >> showers, lots of clouds at this time yesterday and relentless whipping winds. those winds have calmed down substantially. they're about half as strong as they were this time yesterday morning. but something you'll notice, a clear start and a glorious full moon out there that you get to enjoy if you're heading out that front door right now. something you might not enjoy, an area that could slow you down. mike is here to report that. >> pretty much the air might slow you down because of the winds. we have those official weather service advisories. those are lifted. but chp gives you the advisory crossing the bridge. you see the sign. gusty conditions that might catch you from time to time. the sustained winds are d

investigators say the man behind it all was once in charge of security at dulles airport. news 4's pat collins is live in silver spring. pat? >> reporter: wendy, this guy lives in manassas, does security for tsa, at dulles, but it appears he did his dirty work at this hotel in silver spring. 39-year-old bryant livingston, a tsa airport security manager charged with running a prostitution operation out of the crown plaza hotel in silver spring. according to court documents when police entered room 506 at the hotel, they observed 11 people to include three naked females and four males attempting to get dresse eddres. according to the papers multiple people were laying on the two beds in the room, others sitting in chairs, one man told police he paid a hundred bucks to go up in that room and have sex. it was the hotel that tipped off police after a manager there noticed livingston escorting women and men into the same room. when police got to that room, what did they discover? >> the door was opened and they observed males and females in various stages of undress. >> reporter: accordi

? and if so, what are the government's boundaries of power? arguments began at ten cloak this morning. the hearing will last for three days. the high court not expected to make a decision until june. >>> anticipation of this landmark case people started lining up outside the court on friday night for tickets to get inside. news4's tracee wilkins is live in front of the high court now. >> reporter: people needed to line up outside because they wanted to make sure they would be able to get inside and this is all done on a first-come basis. that's how you get a ticket to get in to hear the cases. some folks have the opportunity to listen to the entire argument today. lowers just be there for a few minutes and then they are going to have to move and allow the next folks in line to take a seat. now, the line is a lot shorter here outside the supreme court because people who are now waiting for tuesday's argument, they are holding their places here. they also have place holders here as whole are waiting for folks who would like to see tuesday's argument or prapt wednesday's argument as well

first incident happened on wednesday at tise boulevard. the next day, the same girl saw the same man waving to her as she left walnut creek intermediate school. the man is white in his 60s, medium build, high cheekbones and a possible ac-- possible accent. >>> the water has been turned off to a main in menlo park. a lot of residents out there have no water. we've been on this story since the main first broke. this was before 3:00 this morning. paul chambers is still out there right now. >> what's the latest? >> reporter: there's some police cars out here, still out there because they want to make sure no one goes down the roadway. the pipe runs underneath the ground. crews say it could have been stress or ground movement or age that caused this. at one point it was was flow i about 125 -- flowing about 125 125 gallons. people have very little to no water pressure. it was just too hard to get there. so crews had to shut off between 12 and 15 valves to shut off the water and now they are waiting for daylight, which is happening now, and they will clean up. >> i need to shut these valve

many put it right now. the humidity, 100% at the airport. 57% -- 57 degrees at b.w.i. once we get rid of the fog and low clouds, we'll get sunshine this afternoon, and that means it's going to be warmer. we'll shoot all the way up to 76 degrees later on today. that's 20 degrees above average for this time of the year. things are going to change over the weekend. i'll show you the seven-day forecast. first let's see what's happening on the roads. here's sarah. >> good morning, everyone. of course, tony mentioned the fog, and that is going to set you back a few minutes this morning. right now, the only problem of note is in forest park right at forest park at windsor mill. we have water main break repairs that continue there, and closures are in effect. eastbound i-70 looks good. still at 64 miles an hour aside from the fog out there. not having a major impact either on 95 heading down toward howard county. 57 degrees mile per hour down toward 100. 11 minutes, the drive time on northeast. 12 points from top to bottom on the west side. about five minutes on 95 to get from you the 895

the fire. now, the truck we are told, was driverless at the time. just rolled down the street and into the house. apparently nobody in the home or in the truck or near the truck was injured. but you could see it also caused extensive damage to the truck. fire officials estimate they're going to be here for sometime until they can get the gas main secured. and then continue to extinguish the remainder of this fire. but the bulk of the fire in the house is knocked. they're just concerned now of the gas main. there is no fear of explosion of gas in the neighborhood. back to you on tv hill. >> all right. captain mike, thank you. >>> and we're working to get more details on how this happened. >>> animal adr advocates are closely -- animal advocates are closely watching. they're accused of setting a pit bull on fire, in the streets of baltimore. wjz is live downtown. weijia jiang is following developments at the mitchell courthouse. >> reporter: jury deliberations have been under way since about 2:00. this case has infuriated so many people. and the high publicity could make the process

some profits. we think -- our people think you'll be below 1400 at year end. >> there you go. closing bell, s&p 500, up better than 2% for the week. citi at new highs. "closing bell" is next. you know who's there, maria bartiromo. >>> and it is 4:00 on wall street. do you know where your money is? hi, everybody, welcome back to the "closing bell." i'm maria bartiromo on the floor of the new york stock exchange. we're following at the close this friday night, the dow snapping a seven-day winning streak today. the best gain in better than a year. but the blue chip index and s&p 500 set to close out their best weekly gain in 12 weeks. the volatility index tonight briefly falling below 14. hitting the lowest level since 2007. the big story today, once again, apple. the company releasing the new ipad to thousands of adoring fans. look at that line outside the store. we'll show you why not everybody is riding on apple's bandwagon. west texas crude ending a two-day losing streak to close just above $107 a barrel on oil. look at how we finished this day on friday on wall street. the