let's do some traffic with julie wright. >> so far, so good. no problems reported if you are traveling northbound on 395 leaving duke street headed out to the 14th street bridge. lanes are open in both the express lane and main line headed across the potomac. you will find the gw traffic running smoothly as you continue to work your way in from the beltway. beltway is running smoothly approaching and passing colesville road. 59 and 295, inbound 50 is quiet headed in towards the beltway. coming across the american legion bridge, traffic flowing with ease, montgomery county into fairfax and also the inner loop from tyson's back around to 270. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> it's scene that has become all too common here in the district. medics rushing to help a pedestrian struck by a car. and now d-d.o.t. has made a list of more than 24 intersections they say are especially dangerous for pedestrians. maureen umeh has more. >> reporter: cars versus pedestrians. it's battle waged daily on d.c. roads. pedestrians and bicyclists com

banana boat, julie wright. >> all right. on the roads, you will find that southbound 270 is in good shape coming nowft clarkburg. no trouble spots south of 121 headed in to germantown. lanes are open on the beltway traveling between college park and bethesda. -- southbound 270 in is in good shape coming out of clarksburg. >> a bus ride home turned into a problem for a little girl. >> why would they mess with me. >> she said she was attacked for a reason completely out of her control and she wound up in the hospital. you will hear her story here on fox 5 morning news. drink this... on the porch! ♪ give me just a little more time ♪ [ female announcer ] mops can be a hassle, but swiffer wetjet's spray cleaner and absorbent pads can clean better in half the time so you don't miss a thing. swiffer. better clean in half the time. or your money back. and for dry messes big and small try swiffer sweeper vac. >>> an 11-year-old girl headed home from school on a metrobus but she wound up in the hospital attacked by a teenaged girl

. >>> speaking of beautiful, good morning to you, julie wright. starting off the hour right. >> there you go, that is how you start off the day. >> don't encourage it, wisdom. >> see, tucker. that is how you're supposed to do it. all right. 395 here at duke street. no problems to report headed northbound up and across the inbound 14th street bridge. tucker is talking about a little patchy fog here and there. allow a little extra time out on the roads. this is the commute out of rockville leaving montrose road headed out to the splat. lanes are open headed out to the beltway. no problems to report across the american legion bridge. -- this is the commute out of rockville leaving montrose road headed out to the split. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> governor martin o'malley is expected to sign the same-sex marriage bill and it would go into effect in january. >>> the man known as the aspen hill rapist is due in court today for sentencing. earlier this week, 54-year-old timothy busby some pled guilty to three more rape charges. he i

let's do some on-time traffic with julie wright. >> so far, so good. no problems reported through all this fog. you will find southbound 270 open for business as you work your way southbound leaving hyattstown and continuing out towards 121. no problems to report continuing through rockville. lanes are open on 66 coming in from the west leaving manassas headed in towards centreville. no problems to report here, light traffic volume continues on the beltway between anden dale and merrifield. you will find northbound on 395 as you work your way north of duke street, lanes are open continuing out to the 14th street bridge. allow extra time out there on the roads with the fog. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. . >> thank you. >>> we have new details this morning about a hair win bust at dulles international. customs agents say they caught a nigerian woman with nearly five pounds of heroin in her stomach trying to sneak into the country and this one is a record breaker, folks. it is the most pellets and the heaviest amount of injested d

. >> julie wright is standing by with your on-time traffic brought to you by ford. good morning to you. >> rainbows are made out of skittles. >> all right. >> it all sounds good. >> the crew in sky fox joining us eastbound along 66 where the lanes are open. no problems to report coming nowft vienna. volume increasing as you work your way east of nutley street. -- no problems to report coming in out of vienna. northbound i-95, a stalled car that looks like it is in the process of being moved out of the roadway. volume increasing in both the express lanes and main line as you travel from 7100 headed up towards the capital beltway. you will find lanes are open here at the american legion bridge. no trouble spots to report traveling between 270 and tyson's. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> it is super tuesday. and polls are open now in virginia through 7:00 tonight. today, 10 states are holding republican primaries or caucuses and it is a crucial moment in the race for the republican nomination. only two ever the candidates are on the ballot in virginia

and julie wright. >> i was checking out your foxx 5 weather app. i have one question, tucker barnes. >> go ahead. >> nutty buddy nation, where you at? >> we got to kick it into gear. >> it will be one of those days. we have to teach will thomas what nutty buddies are. he just learned banana boat earlier this week. 395 coming across the 14th street bridge, no problems to report as you cross over the potomac. this is still an easy ride and yes, the overnight construct on the inner loop approaching the springfield interchange has cleared. no sign of any roadwork up at 123 in the tyson's area. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >>> eight additional cameras are in the police department as 2013 budgeet for arlington. there are currently four red light cameras and they have general rate nearly $600,000 in revenue just last year. skyrocketing gas prices could bring a plan to raise the gas tax in maryland to a screeching halt. the state senate's president says he is not sure lawmakers have the stomach to pass the bill and may save the

julie wright. >> i know. i didn't win the lottery and the caps lost. i mean seriously. >> and women's basketball lost too. >> i say we just call it a day already and go home. >> i'm with you. don't forget to tweet. people are looking for you on twitter. >> i'm to. >> on the roads, lanes are open southbound 270 coming in out of germantown as you make your way from father hurley boulevard headed out towards rockville. the lanes are open. you'll find traffic moving at speed between college park and bethesda right now. 66 eastbound picking up the usual suspects now leaving centreville headed east towards fair oaks. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >> thank you. >>> a virginia man's life is transformed after the most extensive face transplant ever performed. his surgery is groundbreaking and it is life saving. it is also an extraordinary scientific advancement. a warning though, some of these images are graphic. beth parker has the story. >> this is the most remarkable thing i've ever seen. >> >> reporter: that is saying something comi

julie wright, what do you think about this? this is wonderful. >> it is wonderful. flip-flops and shorts, and a boot, right, will? >> our boot twins. >> physical therapy is not fun. so stick with the boot, kid. lanes are open traveling to and from the wilson bridge. overfight roadwork still in play on the inner loop of the beltway approaching the springfield interchange. the inner loop is coming from telegraph road and continuing over towards i-95. you can go no further than the springfield interchange. overnight construction should be cheered by 5:00 a.m. that is still in play as well. traffic coming northbound is forced to go inbound across the an anacostia. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >> thank you. >>> dropping this morning in the swiss alps, a tragic ski trip ends with 28 people dead, 22 of them are children. 52 people were on the bus. it was returning from a skiing trip in switzerland and crashed in a tunnel linking switzerland and italy. twenty-four students are in the hospital right now. we'll continue for follow the story all morni

julie wright. >> who turned off the heat? that happens this time of year, up and down. >> they say if march comes in like a lamb, it goes out like a lion. no problems to report right now leaving springfield headed up to the capital beltway. nice, easy ride on 395 leaving the beltway headed out to the 14th street bridge. beltway looks good as you approach and pass 295 down south at the wilson bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >> thank you. >>> dick cheney remains in icu this morning, two days after vague a heart transplant. >> the surgery was done at inova fairfax hospital on saturday. the former vice president spent more than 20 months on the donor waiting list which was a bit longer than the average wait time of six months to a year. cheney had severe congestive heart failure and suffered five heart attacks in 25 years. >> the thing we have to worry about now is the next 24 to 48 hours. infection, kidney failure, stroke and then finally rejection. but with today's modern medical care, hopefully

julie wright, good morning to you. >> good morning. i noticed my trip inbound as you work your way along 270, we are dealing with a little patchy fog. had some fog to deal with around the lane divide and around the play as well. no trouble spots as you travel around from college park headed over to 270. no problems reported out of columbia and jessup on 95 and 295 coming out of laurel. welcome backing up this morning, you will find that you are dealing with wet pavement and a little bit of fog so allow some extra time on the roads. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> today, maryland will become the eighth state to legalize guy marriage. governor martin o'malley is expected to sign same-sex marriage bill into law sometime this afternoon. it will foe into effect next january. opponents are still trying to prevent that from happening. -- it will go into effect next january. >>> a judge in virginia will decide if the man suspected as the east coast rapist can stand trial. aaron thomas was arrested in connecticut

only julie wright knows the answer to that. let's do some traffic. >> i was just checking out the fox 5 weather app and. a looking at tuesday, wednesday and thursday and temperatures in the 70s. that is banana boat weather. >> that is you're calling in sick weather. >> i haven't used a sick day yet this year. i love this. i love the fact that you can get the 10-day forecast on the fox 5 weather forecast and can you tweet with tucker barnes and tony perkins. >> i love your sparkly phone. >> there is a 12-year-old in me. what can i tell you. lanes are open continuing across the occoquan. no problems to report in the express lanes or main lines as you head up to 395. southbound 270 coming in out of rockville, a nice easy commute headed out towards the split. no problems to report coming across the american legion bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >>> two different metro trains experienced a maim our failure of brake parts in recent months. >> turns out metro knew the parts were failing back in 2006 b

lets acheck in now with julie wright and see how the -- let's check in now with julie wright and see how the roads are doing. >> all of a sudden, i hear this little tickle coming on, not sure for i can come to work in the mid. week. just a little cough. no problems to report as you you work around from college park headed around to bethesda. southbound 95, 295 clear coming in out of laurel. traffic is starting to move once again as you travel between braddock road and 396. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >> thank you. >>> the price of gasoline, it is on the rise once again. up 12 cents over the past two weeks. the average price for a gallon of regular in d.c. right now is about $3.96. it is $3.77 in maryland and $3.67 in virginia. all of the republican presidential candidates believe president obama is responsible for the high fuel costs. >> gas prices are a daily reminder that they are a problem in the economy when they have to spend $9, $90, $100 to fill up for work. >> gas prices fluctuate under every president. they were over $4 a gallon for president bush.

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for more on that, let's get for julie wright. >> all right. absolutely, southbound connecticut avenue remaining closed off until further notice for the investigation. a lot of folk typically use this as their way into d.c. this morning. you will be forced over to use wisconsin avenue. as sherry was talking, they have did i haveed traffic off at bradley. as our morning continues o more people got out and about, you think they will back up the closure point to 410. that makes more sense, bigger road, more volume and easier for you to maneuver around there. if this is typically your way into work, you want to bail out at 410. that gives you more mobility to get where you need to be. wisconsin avenue will save you some time as you travel south of the beltway and continue down towards the d.c. line. on the other side of town, this is where we have problems as well. 295, ongoing investigation of this crash involving three vehicles. this occurred along 295 at the suit lapped parkway. no one can go any further north than suitland parkway. southbound,

dint even use it last night. >> julie wright was mentioning lunch bay half hour ago. i would say we go to culpeper, follow the sun, it will be 69 and let's have lunch. >> i think you are right. that is the perfect thing to do on a day like today. we turned off the heat tonight. actually had the window open. it was a bathroom window but i did. an it was nice and refreshing. this is just my kind of weather. so we sprung forward and landed smack dab in the middle of spring fever and i'm not complaining. no problems reported leaving 270 and continuing around. we do have dent activity if you are traveling along westbound woodyard road. accident activity cleared over to the shoulder according to police. northbound on the baltimore- washington parkway, accident activity there blocking the left lane of two. coming southbound, all of your lanes are open. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >>> our big story this morning, the taliban has vowed revenge against the u.s. in a statement posted on their web site today. this after an american soldier goes on a shoo

. >> let's say hello to julie wright and get the latest on traffic. >> hey, you guys. it is kind of an easy going morning so far with no major tie-ups to report at the wilson bridge. traffic flowing freely on 295 to the inbound 11th street bridge. this is 29 coming south from lock wood drive working your way past the trader joe's and working out towards the beltway. top side of 270 is busy with tea lays now forming at 109. eastbound 66 starting to slow out of cent areville headed -- centreville headed towards fair oaks. >>> police in prince george's county are investigating an abduction. a man says two armed suspects abducted himout side his home on 59th avenue hyattsville late last night. he says he was forced to drive to an atm on kenilworth avenue where he withdrew money. victim and suspected then returned to the man's neighborhood where police saw the car with the suspects and the victim inside. when the suspect spotted police, they took off, crashed the car and the victim was able to escape. the suspects took off on foot firing shots at police officers. one suspec

time to get a check of your jonbenet with julie wright. i think i'm positively giddy about this weather. >> but the fact that we're both wearing a boot, we can't run, we can't hopscotch. what are we going to do during commercial, i have to keep it up on the desk because it is swelling up. >> you'll just run by your window and just wave from outside y if sarah is running, that is a picture worth taking. >> i do! >> haven't ever gone shopping with her. she can run through the aisles at nordstrom looking for the sales. >> i'm good at that. >> the top side of beltway, the outer loop, no problems reported leaving college park headed around towards university boulevard. sky fox still with us and above 66 as you work your way eastbound headed in towards 123. this shot is kind of far out but you can see from the left to the right side of your screen, we have the delays as you work your way eastbound. no problems to report fair oaks coming inbound leaving the mall medicined back out towards 66. lanes are open, traffic throwing freely on the beltway

let's get a check of your on- time traffic with julie wright. we love these warm temperatures but guess back to reality for a little while. >> i liked it better when it was last week and it was warmer. i'm not going to lie. your lanes are open southbound along 270 coming southbound leaving 109 this morning headed out of hyattstown and head out to the scales. no problems to report as we are continuing around the beltway across the american legion bridge headed out towards tyson's. 66 eastbound picking up the flow now as you work your way east of fair oaks headed in towards 123. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. raffic. >> all right. thank you. >>> today marks one month since 17-year-old trayvon martin died and the outrage across the nation continues to build over there. many are still calling for the arrest of george zimmerman, the neighborhood watch man who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager last month. zimmerman says his actions were in self-defense. we are starting to hear from people backing up zimmerman's claims igot upstai

julie wright has your latest. >> i've got the perfect headband for you. when i ran my half, it says run, walk, crawl, finish. it is bright pink. >> you bring it, i'll wear it. >> proud of you, talk are, you're doing great. >> can't move. >> ibuprofen and ice, your best friends right now. the traffic is gridlocked at this point if you are continuing northbound trying to work your way from lorton into newing tonight and back up to the springfield interchange. sky fox was over the scene of an accident which already cleared northbound 7100 before you commit to northbound i-95. heavy and slow there. for those continuing outs of charles county, the accident was westbound 228 and still there tying up the right side of the road. northbound 210 at swan creek road, accident activity blocking the far left lane. >>> some members of the computer hacking organization known as anonymous are no longerrer anonymous. yesterday, the fbi arrested five suspected leaders of the international cyberactivist group. a sixth leader who was arrested and charged last year provided th

julie wright, good morning. >> good morning. not a lot happening right now. we had mentioned earlier accident activity westbound 7 at the eastern intersection. the accident activity is off to the shoulder and there is no delay. no trouble spots headed south out towards the split. lanes are open continuing along the top stretch of the beltway leaving college park headed over to 270. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> new this morning, police are on the hunt for a suspect involved in a fatal late night shooting. this happened around 10:15 on the 5000 block of benning road in southeast d.c. police say one adult male was shot and killed. >>> a hit and run accident all caught on camera. a metrobus dash cam recorded the whole incident. >> now, police in laurel hope this video will lead them to the driver. fox 5's lauren demarco is live in laurel with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, you two. yes, they are also trying to identify the victim in this case. it happened wednesday afternoon right here at this intersection in laurel. you see over my s

let's check in with julie wright. >> tender vegetation? what about tender julie wright. oh, my gosh. >> air tender veg degree. >> those brittle bones of yours, right? -- you're tender vegetation. >> northbound on i-95 is slowing as you approach quantico. we have delays at the prince william parkway working your way north ward towards the occoquan with the lanes open. 395 stacking up duke street to seminary road. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >> thank you. >>> this morningance big story, the historic supreme court debate over health care. people have been camping out in front of the high court since friday for this. >> the legal arguments come just days after the two-year anniversary of president obama's health care reform law. general officer davis reports from capitol hill. >> reporter: the scream court hears oregon arguments today about the constitutionality of several parts of the president's health care plan. specifically, the victim mandate which requires every citizen to carry a minimum form of insurance or pay a penalty. it has been two ye

let's do some traffic and see what julie wright can deliver. >> good morning to you. we are busy along southbound 270. the crew in sky fox happened upon this accident as you work your way southbound near shady grove road. the accident activity now blocking two left lanes with police on the scene. there is some activity on the left shoulder as well. coming southbound from 370 making your way south of the rio headed out towards falls rod. you you -- towards falls road. you line up to the right. we have big delays coming southbound out of gaithersburg leaving 370 headed down towards this accident scene. look like the local lanes to the far left side of the screen are rub ebb nexting past the screen as well because they too are very slow at this point coming southbound headed down in towards rockville. >>> taking it back inside, we'll update the ride on the top side of 270. we have delays from 85 to 109. average speed at germantown, # germantown 32 miles per hour at father hurley boulevard. approaching route 7 inside the beltway, you are down to 17 miles per hour headed e

that is the forecast julie wright can love. let he see if julie wright can give us a traffic report we can love. >> didn't they say it was a top down kind of day. >> oh, yeah. >> i love it. oh, yeah. >> my windows don't go down in my car anymore but oh, yeah. >> not at all? i think it is time for a new ride. >> ready for a new one. >> outer loop of the beltway as you travel from college park headed over towards georgia avenue. no accidents to report right now. inbound 50 in good shape leaving annapolis headed for the play. 50 traffic, that is slow headed in towards new york avenue. the new york avenue traffic slows at bladensburg road. in virginia, if you are traveling northbound along 395, you have delays leaving duke street continuing up towards seminary road. below speed but there is a crash reported on the inner loop of the beltway tying up the left side of the highway. >> thank you. >>> foreign is out with its latest list of the world's billionaires. 14 names with ties to our area made that list. here is just a few of them

let's do some traffic and julie wright. good morning. >> i'm not going to do traffic unless you bring me an italian ice. >> you need to come down here and visit me this morning. >> where are you again? >> i'm on rhode island avenue. come down whether you get off your shift. >> okay. rhode island avenue. i'm sending everybody your way. >>> no problems to report coming inbound new york avenue leaving northeast to northwest. lanes are open. heading out towards rhode island avenue, now is the time to go. light traffic volume to accompany your commute. your lanes are open if you are continuing eastbound 66 leaving centreville headed in towards fair oaks. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >> thank you. >>> we need to go down and get us some rita's. >> i know. cool us off a little bit. winter is officially over which that was just a bust, i think, anyway. >> what winter? >> today marks the first day of spring and the start of the national cherry blossoms fete value. >> it has been #00 years since japan gave th

mid-70s early next week that is julie wright's favorite time. here are the current temperatures, 45 in washington, 37 in gaithersburg, frederick down to 32. there's a frost advisory to the north and the west till about 9:00. and the temperatures will likely fall for the next hour or two. 47 in annapolis. and at your satellite here we look fine. and we have a few cloud cover and a few showers out to the west. that will move in later today. most of the hour activity will not make it across the mountains. so we'll partly to mostly cloudy by late this afternoon. and if possible, there could be a few sprinkles. i think most of the rain will hold off till later tonight as we get a warm front moving through the area. we gradually improve conditions out there. a nice day. early sunshine and winds at about five to ten. and the winds will be lighter than yesterday. your best chance for showers will be after midnight. 50 the overnight low. here is your five-day forecast. it could be an early shower tomorrow morning and then a little afternoon sunshine with

let's go to julie wright with traffic. i was going to say let's get it on with julie wright but that is not what i wanted to say. >> wow this is family hour. >> julie that is why i didn't say it >> you just did. >> well, only because allison made me say it. >> allison made you say it. what are you 4 years old? she made me do it? allison he gets put in time out now. >>> 66 eastbound and you guys thing i pick on tucker, delays out of manassas, past centerville more stop and slow traffic, at the belt way eastbound 66 washington boulevard accident activity pulled over to the shoulder outer loop remains slow, 95 georgia, inbound 50, slow traffic, 410 headed in towards new york avenue, inner loop, 95 to the green belt, metro, accident activity, clear to the shoulder that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> i am going to say it, like i see it, trayvon was hunted down like rabid dog he was shot in the street he was racially profiled. >> some u.s. lawmakers now rallying around the family of trayvon martin the florida teen

sorry that is still above normal. >> yeah. >> getting spoiled. >> thanks tuck. >>> here is julie wright she has the latest. >> all right you guys very much a busy commute westbound 50, from 704 to the capital belt way, accident activity cleared toward the shoulder, again, 704 headed west you will find southbound 270 open for business, dealing with a lot of fog not only are we slow delays out of german town headed out towards the lane divide, braddock road headed to 66 the funeral procession took place leaving 6:30 a.m. route 7 to the green way, be prepared for temporary closures along the way, northbound 95 backed up north of dale city across the occoquan. more stop and go traffic. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> julie thank you 7:18 a.m. metro needs your help naming new stations residents have until 5:00 p.m. today to vote on proposed names for the 8 silver line stations in fairfax county the finalists must be approved by metro's board of directors you want to vote go to myfoxdc.com click on web links the first phase of the silver line is expected to open next year.

. >>> let's get a check of on- time traffic with julie wright. >> good morning. we are off to a quiet start. we had the overnight construction on the beltway between annandale and merrifield, crews in the process of picking up that work. lanes are open traveling eastbound along 66 making your way in from manassas towards the capital beltway. this happens to be the outer loop at speed leaving college park headed past colesville road. your lanes are open as you continue southbound along 270 coming in out of germantown. this is that live stretch coming in from centreville. you will find that your lanes are open northbound on 95 and 395 leaving the occoquan head up towards the pentagon. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. . >> thank you. >>> newly released police video has come it light in the trayvon martin case. some people believe it shows that shooter george zimmerman was not beaten by the florida teenager. melanie alnwick has a look at the video. >> reporter: the orlando sentinel reports that the city of sanford provided the surveillance video

traffic julie wright with your latest. >> who is going to win the mascot game today? >> i think screech. >> no, if you follow me on twitter you can follow slap shot too. >> oh, i will get right on and follow you. >> delays across the 14th street bridge lanes are open, inner loop of the belt way, bogged down with delay, braddock to 66 average speed 18 miles an hour outer loop of the belt way below speed 95 to georgia, average speed down to 16 miles an hour that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> if you live in montgomery county your property taxes may get more expensive a transit tax force is pushing for the tax hike as a way to push for expanded bus transportation for the past year they have been researching ways to implement a network of express bus lanes across the county in an attempt to alleviate traffic. >>> thank you very much funding concerns and haze they can are big issues facing historically black collegeuniversities among topics to be discussed as national association for equal opportunity and higher education meets here in dc joining us now the

julie wright standing by this morning. >> good morning to you guys. we've got problems out on the roads early this morning. 355 at the intersection of old georgetown road and 355 at 410, the signal lights are not working properly. treat these as four-way stops. eastbound 66, v-d.o.t. was out with an incident just past 50 fair oaks. should be out of the roadway but slow going as you travel eastbound headed in towards vienna. no problems to report inbound suitland parkway headed for south capital street and the douglass bridge. no problems to report on 295 approaching and passing howard road. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >>> new this morning, police in fairfax county are investigating an apparent murder-suicide. two bodies were found inside an suv parked outside a home to forest grove drive in annandale. police say this appears to be a domestic situation. >>> also new this morning, police need your help finding 17-year-old jonathan segovia. his picture is right there on your screen. he has been missing since about 8:00 last nig

julie wright, i think people can drive to work with the window down. >> how you doing? >> not yet. >> oh, i forgot who i'm talking to. >> i till had the seat warmers on -- i still had the seat warms on. northbound i-95 traffic slows prince william parkway up to route one. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. -- i still had the seat warmers on. >>> new developments in the trayvon martin canada is. for the first time, we are hearing from the father of george zimmerman. the neighborhood watch man who shot the florida teen to death last month. >> our sister station in orlando sat down with robert zimmerman. here is what he says george told him about the shooting that led to the death of trayvon martin. >> he went to the street, realized where he was and he was walking back to his vehicle. it is my understanding that, at that point, trayvon martin walked up to him, asking, do you have a [bleep] problem. george said, no, you don't have a problem and started to reach for his cell phone. at that point, he was punched in the nose. his nose was broken and he was

let's do some traffic with julie wright. >>> good morning to you, tucker. right now, again, looking through the fog and there is a lot of it out here on the roads, this happens to be the commute southbound along 270 coming in out of clarksburg and again, i can't emphasize that you want to allow extra time on the roads. visibility is at a minimum. some in some places, the fog is so thick you can see maybe a car length ahead of you and that is it. keep your eyes peeled for the little ones waiting around at the bus stop. allow extra time out on the roads. this is 270 and typically, we could see southbound headed out towards 109. that is not the case this morning. a better picture for you coming in out of manassas as you work your way eastbound. a lot of thick fog hovering around in the vienna area. this is 395 coming across the 14th street bridge. lanes are open, no problems headed for the southeast- southwest freeway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> fox 5 is monitoring metro. metro employees accused of buying meals, expensive g

julie wright, because she loves coming to work. >> i would be coming to say see, you susan -- see you, sucker. lanes are open on the beltway between annandale and merrifield. you will find your lanes are open southbound on 270 working your way in from clarksburg headed into germantown. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> the montgomery county council has cleared the way to install cameras on school buses. in a unanimous vote, officials approved the cameras. the move is an attempt to stop drivers from illegally passing stopped buses as they were picking up or dropping off students. violators face fines of up to $250. the estimated cost of phase two of the dulles metrorail project is much less than originally thought. phase two will cost about $2.7 billion. that is more than a billion dollars less than estimated just a year ago. phase two includes building more than 11 miles of rails through the dulles corridor out through the airport. fairfax and loudoun county have now 95 days to approve the project before construction can begin. >>> president obama is pushing back again

speaking of, let's find out about the traffic and get you the latest with julie wright. >> yeah, from 80s one day to 60s the next. i just don't know how to dress. we are dealing with a lot of fog so allow extra time out the front door. this is southbound 270 coming in from father hurley boulevard actually foggy start as you work your way out of germantown and continue out towards montgomery village avenue. lanes are open between college park and bethesda. v-d.o.t. turned the camera around for us. fog is definitely an issue in this morning's commute. allow extra time out there on the road. this is northbound i-95 coming in from lorton headed in towards newington. lanes are open but as tucker was mentioning, that fog working its way in this morning. we'll be anxious to see how much longer we can actually see some of the camera shots. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you, julie. >>> mitt romney's campaign makes a major gaffe. the former governor of massachusetts was in maryland but his win in the illinois primary this week is being overshadowed by a remark from his

i'm sure julie wright you are very familiar with this circle. i imagine people are going to have to use wisconsin as a go- around for the most part. >> absolutely. that is what i was thinking. that will take a beating because you know they continue to do the ongoing roadwork out near walter reed. keep in in mind this morning. southbound connecticut avenue will be blocked off at bradley. as she was talking, i saw the traffic coming southbound. all traffic is being diverted off at bradley at this point. do not commit to connecticut avenue. plan on bailing out, using wisconsin as the alternative route to get you from montgomery county and headed out towards d.c. and beyond. connecticut avenue will be shut down until further notice for this ongoing investigation. northbound, we do have traffic that is able to get by. our commute will take us inbound, southbound on connecticut avenue. that will be the heavy flow. plan on bailing out and using with is -- using wisconsin as the alternative. 66 eastbound nice and easy headed in towards the beltway. that

let's talk to julie wright. somebody else who loves a bubble bath. julie? [ laughter ] all right. >> she tells me, anyway. [ laughter ] >> hi, julie. >> towards florida, remains of an accident off the roads of the shoulder. lanes are open. no problems reported now headed towards the tunnel. lanes are open on kennel worth avenue traveling southbound leaving eastern to pennsylvania avenue. road work south dakota avenue. southbound lanes are closed at this time. outer loop of the beltway, delays leaving university boulevard towards georgia avenue. 395, 14th street bridge, traffic heavy and steady across the potomac. >> julie got embarrassed. thank you, julie. >>> aides to gingrich say he needs to win alabama and mississippi tuesday to justify staying in the race. the former speaker of the house will appear on fox news sunday this weekend. host chris wallace joins us live from capitol hill with a preview. jam packed show. mr.wallace, good to see you this morning. >> hey, tony. >> seems to me, his aides are saying it, seems it's kind of do or die time for his ca

julie wright has your latest. >> we'll do weather if it gets getting warmer. on the roads, an early start and no problems to report right now southbound along 270. quiet is the commute leaving clarksburg headed southbound working your way out to the lane divide. your lanes are open if you are continuing on the beltway leaving college park headed around towards 270. you will find eastbound 66 nice and easy right now. overnight construction has cleared as you work your way in from fair oaks headed towards the capital beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >>> the d.c. fire chief's record is under the microscope. at accomplish, a sexual harassment complaint when kenneth ellerbe was chief in sarasota, florida. there are also questions about the city's vetting process when they hired him to lead the department. but mayor vincent gray is standing by his man. karen gray houston has a closer this morning. >> reporter: kenneth ellerbe knows his way around d.c. fire and ems. he is a 27-year veteran of the department who left in august of 2009 fo

julie wright standing by with your on-time traffic. i know you love this warm weather just like i do. >> absolutely. no complaint over here at all. if you are traveling around town this morning, i don't think you'll be complaining about your forecast out on 66. it looks pretty good right now. >> the volume increasing headed toward centreville. northbound i-95 starting to slow in the main line near the prince william parkway as you continue northbound across the occoquan. southbound 270 coming in out of germantown looks good leaving father hurley boulevard headed out toward the lane divide. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >> thank you. >>> we begin this hour with some breaking news right now. a strong earthquake has hit off the coast of northern japan. the 6.8 magnitude quake has prompted some tsunami advisories to be issued including for the area that has already been heavily damaged by a quake and tsunami a year ago. forecasters said a wave of about a foot and a half could be expected to come ashore. however, th

i will not set up julie wright way hair comment. we need to talk traffic. it makes the commute very difficult sometimes. >> you see, tucker. will already knows how to do this. >> i know. juror steered you away from it. >> he just likes to keep poking, tucker. then he winds up in the penalty box like the caps. >> this time of day he wakes up and that is what happens. >> on the roads this morning, you will find that we do have our happened full. we are deal with the fog. i pulled up the camera here again at 270 just to show you. wall-to-wall traffic headed around towards 121 before you actually break free. it remains heavy and slow. lanes are open continuously through rockville. typically, we could see up towards the springfield interchange. obviously not the case right now because of all the fog. delays extend from dale city across the occoquan leaving newington trying to get north of the fsp. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >>> the developing stand offin southern france is now in its second day. and we are learning that french parat

. >> julie wright got to bask in the sun yesterday because today is kind of a colder day. >> today, i'll be under the blanket on the chair. it was beautiful yesterday. nice day outside. it looks like we'll have a couple more of those days coming our way soon. on the roads, if you are traveling northbound i-9 5, the volume increasing here at the prince william parkway across the occoquan. lanes are open as you travel northbound leaving duke street headed out to the 14th street bridge. we do have an accident investigation that continues right now. that is blocking a portion of brinkley road. that will be blocked off until further notice. a position of eastern avenue all blocked off near 13th street for police activity. >>> a look at this morning's top stories. d.c. police and montgomery county officers are investigating an overnight shooting that involved a police officer about 1:00 this morning. several shots were fired on eastern avenue. when police arrived, they exchained more shots with an armed suspect. he was shot and is in critical condition. he was airlifted out of there. the offic

let's talk to julie wright with the latest on your morning traffic. >> good morning. we'll take it inside. we'll update the ride around town. we mentioned this earlier. funeral procession taking place for a fallen soldier coming out of baltimore. this is a funeral procession working south on i-59 working your way south of 216 headed down into laurel. the funeral procession will connect to outer loop of the beltway and continue westbound 495 headed over towards the george washington parkway and continue out towards arlington. you can expect temporary closures so they can alou the funeral procession to stay intact and continue with their journey. southbound 95 is where the funeral procession is at this point. traffic is temporarily stopped. they will continue around towards the george washington parkway. on the other side of town, your lanes are open if you are working your way northbound along i-95. no trouble spots to report right now. volume increasing out of woodbridge. traffic on 395 slowing at duke street. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic.

wright. >> sherry ly is reporting live from the scene. she is there at the accident where it occurred and she is giving out the live updates. while she was talking, i heard from police. they have changed the closure point now along southbound connecticut avenue. traffic is being diverted off at 4 10rbg the east-west highway. we suspected they would do that earlier this morning. -- traffic is being diverted off at 410, the east-west highway. it gives you an easier option to get over to wisconsin avenue or stay to the bw parkway. southbound connecticut avenue, the change is they have closed it southbound at 410. now, northbound traffic according to police can get by single file to the right. let me move you into virginia. this is eastbound 66 coming in out of manassas at the car rest area. accident activity here along the left side of the roadway so heads up as you travel from 234 south headed in from the car rest area. 295, sarah had mentioned this. the accident activity at the suitland parkwa

julie wright is not going to love it but everybody else will. speaking of julie wright, she has latest with your traffic. >> how is the running going? today is a good day for the run? >> i ran 11 miles yesterday. yeah, i cant walk today. >> you are ain the upright position? >> barely. i'm he in pain. >> it will do you good. what doesn't kill you, make you stronger. >> that's what they tell me. >> i love it. >> outer loop of the beltway here at colesville road, no problems as you work your way around towards 270. 50 is quiet coming from from bowie and annapolis. no trouble spots reported there at the beltway. eastbound 66 coming in from manassas, an easy drive headed in towards centerville. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> heads up for you ride metro on the weekend. on the red line, you will need a shuttle between dupont and van ness, woodley park and cleveland park will also be closed. the orange, blue and yellow lines will be running a single track at some point. if you are taking any of the lines, metro says give

julie wright with your on-time traffic. good morning. >> beep. >> there you go. >> this traffic report sponsored by acme bumpers. southbound along 270 coming in out of germantown, heavy slow and steady, that is how she rolls as you leave father hurley beloved conning out towards mva. >> the lane here are open. coming inbound on 66 macing your way in from the east, no problems to report as you travel in from manassas but it is slow going leaving business 234 headed in towards centreville. more slow traffic approaching 50 headed out towards 123. average speed coming inbound on route 123 this morning. now counsel to 39 miles per hour headed in towards northeast. lanes are open towards new york avenue leaving bladensburg road. >> time fay look at today's my fox half -- time for a look at today's my fox half off deal. >>> the half off deal is on myfoxdc.com. look for my fox half off on the right side of the page. >>> there is some new life for the howard theater in northwest. a grand opening gala is expected to take place at the

julie wright, how is it going out there? >> so far, so good. no problems as you guys travel in virginia. here is the northbound 359 corridor headed out to the 14th street bridge in both the main line and the express lane. southbound # 70, still quiet coming in out of rockville leaving shady grove road headed out towards the split. the top stretch of the beltway behaving nicely as well. -- southbound 270, still quiet coming in out of rockville. >>> taliban fighters are tax afghan officials who were visiting the village where a u.s. soldier killed 16 civilians. >> they opened fire if three sides. two of president karzai's brothers are in the delegation. hundreds are also protesting in eastern afghanistan this morning. melanie a.m. wickliffe in the newsroom following the latest for us. >> reporter: good morning. students protesting shouted death to america and called for a public trial of the u.s. army sergeant. others burned and effigy of president obama. nato is on high alert. the suspect is being held in military detention despite calls for him

. >> >>> time to check in on the roads with julie wright. >> good morning, you guys. right now, we are starting off pretty well with no incidents to report as you work your way around the capital beltway. nice, easy commute as you continue inbound along 66 working your way in to the capital beltway. southbound 270 good to go leave ring germantown from mart hurley boulevard out to the len -- leaving germantown from father hurley boulevard out to the lane divide. >>> police say one adult male was shot and killed last night. >>> the big story, history in maryland. governor martin o'malley signed a bill legalizing same-sex meteorologist sam argier but the law will not take effect until next january at the earliest. there is already a push to have it overturned though. bob barnard has the details. >> the billing signed! >> reporter: and with that, maryland becomes the eighth state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage. the bill-signing ceremony in the rotunda of the state house with hundreds on hand to witness it. >> i could not be happier. you have no idea. i cried

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we're going to check in with julie wright here to see how the roadways are moving. people have to keep an eye out if they see those clouds in the sky, don't be larged. >> it is pretty fascinating though. you just sit there, jaw dropped down and all like wow. it is cool. on the roads, gout to keep both hands on the wheel and eyes forward please if you are traveling south along 270. no problems reported here coming out of hyattstown. volume increasing here south of 109 out towards the scales. no incidents to report all the way out towards the split. the beltway looks good college park to bethesda. northbound i-95 in newington in both the express lanes and main line. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. . >>> thank you, julie. topping the headlines this morning, fairfax county police need your help finding a missing teenager who has trouble communicating. they are looking for 17-year- old jonathan segovia. he has been missing since about 8:00 last night from the alexandria section of fairfax county. he was last seen wearing a black sweater with the

julie wright is here. >> kids say the darndest things. >> you have a balcony, right? you don't have to worry about a lawn. >> that's a good thing. >> i sit out there and flip over every 30 minutes like a rotisserie chicken. inner loop of the beltway, we had a fender-bender, it's moved over. delays coming off the inner loop to saint b., about 11 minutes. inner loop is slow from braddock road, or up to braddock road, lane shift, and everybody shifted to the right. outer loop below speed. all lanes are open and 395 slow traveling north of the beltway trying to get past duke street. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> thank you. a travel alert to pass along for beltway drivers, lane closures near tyson's corner. three right lanes at southbound i-495 will be closed along with the old exit ramp from i-66 onto the beltway. the new ramp will open saturday at 7:00 in the morning. it's part of a billion dollar project to add 14 miles of express toll lanes to 495 between springfield and the dulles toll road. >>> there is good news for week metro riders. the agency

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