eyes. >>> another talker and this is nothing new. it's traffic. >> here is julie wright. >> no incidents to report as you travel eastbound along 66 coming in from manassas. lanes are open right now as you guys continue eastbound in towards centreville and working your way out towards the capital beltway. you will find on the top stretch of the beltway, lanes are open and you're at speed leaving college park trying to get past colesville road and around 270. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> making headlines ask scary night for students at george washington university. the secret service warned gw officials that a possible gunman was coming from the area near the white house. the school then sent out a text alert to students but officials never placed the campus on lockdown. the suspect was described as a white male, balding, wearing a gray fleece sweater, possibly wearing eyeglasses. police searched the area but found nothing. und nothing. >>> the polls are opening for this super tuesday in just a few hours. voters will begin casting votes in 10 states plus virg

. >>> 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 is currently serving three concurrent life sen

straight. >> 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. >>

make your commute just a little more dangerous. julie wright will talk about that in just a moment. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm will thomas. let's get right to it. another day, another foggy day. >> yep, fog is back moving in from the south and east. it will be with us for the morning commute. dense fog advisories. visibilities reduced to nothing. >> i'm trying to lift my fog right now. >> that is a different kind of fog. i can help with you that in a minute. >> really? >> yes, i've been on this shift for many, many years. >> he knows how to do it. >> you can see the fog moving in from the south and east. notice the dark oranges and reds, visibility in some spots about 1/10 of a mile. across the bay, i probably don't need to tell you the fog is terrible. this has been moving to the north and west. i think shortly we'll get more reduced visibilities here in washington as the fog will ebb and flow for the next couple ever hours. >> there it is. >> yes, look out for the fog horn. here is offforecast. start the day with clouds and fog. we'll end the day with some sunshine. it will be a d

to the cherry blossoms just to see what those are hooking like. >> and julie wright is here, my hop along boot buddy. >> there has to be something, the hop along boot buddy. lanes are open, no problems reported southbound along 270 as you work your way in from clarksburg headed out to the lane divide. looks pretty good top side of the beltway. overnight construction at 123 has cleared. live shot here of 66 headed eastbound from centreville headed in towards fair oaks. northbound i-95 quiet out of dale city to the beltway and 395 across the 14th street bridge. lanes are open, traffic flowing freely across the potomac. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> we are following a developing tragedy in europe. a bus packed with children from belgium crashed in a tunnel in switzerland last night. it was returning from a skiing vacation in the swiss alps. 52 people on board that bus. 28 people have died including 22 children. all of them were 12-year-old students. the belgian prime minister is flying to the area with families of the victims today. >>> a big night for

. >> we have. let's get the latest on the roads from julie wright. >> good morning. for a monday morning, we are to have a quiet start. no incidents to report if you are traveling northbound along i-95. nice and quiet coming in out of newington and springfield headed up towards the capital beltway. traffic throwing freely leaving the beltway out to the 14th street bridge. southbound 270 in good shape leaving clarks purchasing. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >> thank you. >>> new this morning, another earthquake in our area. according to the u.s. geological survey, it struck in virginia a little after 11:21 p.m. it was a 3.1 magnitude earthquake and the epicenter happened to be just outside of mineral, virginia, the same place the quake struck last august. >>> now to the big health care debate at the supreme court. it is and historic debate. not since the 1960s has the high court set aside three days to hear oral arguments. >> both supporters and sunspots have been waiting for this day for months. let's get to melanie alnwick live outside the supreme cour

. >>> let's check in with julie wright to get the latest on traffic. >> how are things looking out there so far? >> i don't know. i can't see. i'm cold. >> do you have a scarf over your face? there you are. >> lanes are open. we are in better shape traveling around the capital beltway. southbound 270, nice, easy trip coming in out of germantown working your way southbound headed out towards rockville. no problems to report as you continue across the american legion bridge. traffic is flowing freely in each direction along 66 as you continue to work your way in from manassas towards the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >> thank you. >>> checking headline this morning, a scary night for students at the george washington university. the secret service warned gw officials that a possible gunman was coming from the area of the white house. so the school sent out a text alert to the students but officials never maced the campus on lockdown. the suspect was described as a white male, balding, wearing a gray fleece weatherer, possibly wearing eyeglasses. police search

could be at the beach. 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 stor

have to do yoga to keep warm good morning, julie wright. >> i want to be in will's car. that is a nice ride, 80 degrees. >> okay. that is all we will say. >> and tucker is like you're sweating. it is 80 degrees. who sweats at 80-degree weather. i mean come on. >> i sweat at 55. >> that is usually because air in trouble or standing in front of a -- because you're in trouble or standing in front of a judge. >>> traffic is running freely as you travel up and across the 14th street bridge. nice, easy drive on the beltway inare loop between annandale and merrifield. southbound 270 leaving hyattstown, lanes are open. the pace is good for go south of 109 head into germantown. >>> our big story this morning, the familiar live florida teenager gunned down by a neighborhood watch captain makes their case on capitol hill. the parents of trayvon martin testified in front of a group of lawmakers yesterday. elected leaders talked about several issues including the stand your ground law, racial profiling, neighborhood watch programs and why the sanford police department has not arrested the shoo

return by next tuesday and wednesday. 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. jacqueline m

check in with julie wright to get the latest on traffic. >> no problems to report as you travel around the capital beltway. you will find your lanes are open as you travel southbound along 270 coming in out of clarkburg working your way south headed out towards the lane divide. the lanes are open doing the double nickel and a little bit more as you travel south leaving clarkburg. coming across the american legion bridge, light traffic volume here leaving 270 headed for tyson's. ener loop at speed. overnight construction cleared in the hot lane zones. 66 coming in out of manassas, lanes are open. still an easy drive headed east towards centreville. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. raffic. >> thank you. >>> new this morning, gunshots fired in silver spring and an officer is hurt. late last night, montgomery county police started getting reports of several shots fired here in the area of eastern avenue. when they got to the scene, they found an armed suspect and exchanged gunshots with him. let's take a live look at the scene. the suspect is in critical condition and one offic

are going to be able to get around that area, let's talk with julie wright and get the latest on traffic. >> good morning. sherry was mentioning they have diverted traffic off of southbound connecticut avenue at bradley lane. i got a feeling, as our rush hour continues o they may back up that closure point just a bit and divert people over to 410. it makes sense, bigger road, can carry more traffic and as our rush hour continues on, more people will be out on the roads. right now, all traffic is diverted off at bradley lane. as your morning continues on, you will want to think of your alternates. if you do commit to connecticut avenue, you want to commit no further south than 410 and wisconsin will be a great alternate for you. we have problems in the district. we had accident activity closing off a portion of 295. that was blocked off at the suitland parkway. the investigate has been completed. they are in the process of removing the barrels and cones and hope to have the roadway reopened shortly. if you are traveling into the district, the top stretch of the beltway, lanes are

. >>> lets atalk to julie wright. >> speaking of gorgeous, hey, gorgeous, how you doing? >> how you doing? >> we're looking pretty good out on the roads right now. if you are traveling along the top stretch of the beltway between college park and bethesda, no big tie-ups to report just yet. this is the incident that occurred just before the exit to go northbound on i-95. we had reports that the incident involved i afuel spill but whatever was there just cleared. we can see that we've got the lanes open now northbound on 7100 as you work your way over towards the exit for northbound i-95 leaving newington continuing up toward the springfield interchange. lanes are open once again but as you can see from this shot, it is heavy headed up towards i- 95. taking it back inside, we'll update the ride elsewhere coming out of charles county making your way out of waldorf. right side of the roadblocked off here with this accident activity and we have the crash northbound 210 at swan creek road. stay to the right to avoid that accident. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >> thank

about 2:00 p.m. much of the day will be dry. >> next time just nod. >> 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 foo

. we'll check in with julie wright coming up in a bit on that. it is friday, march 2nd. good morn, everyone. i'm sarah simmons i'm wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. time now to check in with tucker barnes to talk weather. >> good morning to you. >> good morning, wisdom. >> i was going to say good morning ring, everyone. >> just combine it all. >> -- i was going to say good morning, everyone. it will be one of those days where we'll quickly cloud up. no tining outdorse like yesterday. >> we'll still dine, just not outside. >> that's right. cloud cover is holding off to the south and west at the moment but will move in shortly. don't be concerned with the green. that is not really rainfall. it is just some moisture that the radar is picking up. off to the south and west, look at that line of rain showers and thunderstorms into eastern tennessee now and eastern kentucky. that is lifting towards the washington area. it's warm front. when it arrives mid- to late afternoon, we'll see some showers across the area. so be prepared here for some rain if you are going to be out a

the petals and the cars. >> let's get a check of the traffic with julie wright. >> a quiet start if you are traveling around the capital beltway. you will find your lanes are open as you work your way from bethesda head into silver spring. you are at speed on 359 coming across the 14th street bridge. -- on 395 coming across the freej. your lanes are open on 66 as you travel inside the beltway to and from falls church -- on 359 coming across the 14th street bridge. bridge. >> thank you. >>> we mentioned this a moment ago. another earthquake in our region. it struck in virginia a little after 11:21 p.m. it was a 3.1 and the epicenter was just eight miles outside of mineral, virginia. that is the same area that 5.8 earthquake struck last august. >>> in the historic supreme court debate over health care, people have been lining up outside the high court for days just for a chance to witness history. >> not only will the justices hear arguments for three days, they could also rule on whether the health care law is constitutional. we get more now from melanie alnwick live at the supreme c

summertime here. >> turn that number around when we get into the five-day forecast. >> julie wright, did you hear that, 60s, maybe 70s. i love the tease. >> the banana boat singers are warming up. >> oh, my gosh. >> on the roads, you will find northbound 395 good for go, no problems reported coming across the 14th street bridge. this is an easy ride leaving the potomac as you work your way over to the southeast- southwest freeway. in the process of doing the construction, they had to temporarily block the traffic to reopen the zones. lanes are open right now, no problems to report along new york avenue as you head out to the third street tunnel. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> our big story this morning, a u.s. army staff sergeant now being questioned by authorities after going on a shooting spree in southern afghanistan. at least 16 people were killed, some of them children. putty ann brown has the latest reaction to the shooting. >> reporter: -- patty ann brown has the latest reaction to the shooting. >> we deplore any attack by a member of the u.s. arme

because you are off in time to enjoy it. >> julie wright, we expect to see you here tomorrow. >> he is calling you out now. >> he is a rookie to the morning show. he doesn't know how this game is played. he hasn't earned his rg iii stripes just yet. >> i'm working on it. >> we know how it is. lunch is on me tomorrow and the income day for you. if you are traveling around town, you will find lanes are open on the top stretch of the beltway between college park and 270. no problems to report as you continue around towards bethesda leaving college park. that is an easy ride for you so far early this morning. we do have problems to report westbound along woodyard road as you work over towards route 5. follow police direction in order to get by. that is inbound on woodyard road before you reach route 5. overnight cop struck was on the outer loop of the beltway tying up at least three lanes. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. >> thank you. >>> a 19-year-old university ever maryland student is under arrest. >> police say he posted threats of a campus shooting rampag

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 years since president obama signed this

on get out and enjoy it. >> let's say good morning to julie wright this morning with the latest on traffic. >> good morning, you guys. so far, so good. off to a quiet start in virginia as you work your way northbound along 359 leave being duke street continuing out towards seminary road. no problems to report leaving landmark. headed around the beltway inare loop as you continue from braddock road towards 66. eastbound 66, traffic starting to slow as you work your way in from business 234 and again at fair oaks. no incidents to report. beltway runs smoothly between annandale and merrifield. southbound 270, still in good shape headed out to the lane divide. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >>> violent attacks developing in afghanistan this morning. taliban fights are open fire on an afghan delegation visiting the same village where an american soldier killed 16 civilians. >> the taliban has threatened retaliation for the shootings. the u.s. soldier suffered a head injury. president obama says the u.s. will not accelerate plans for withdrawal. >> obviously wha

check of your on- time traffic with julie wright. >> good morning. so far, so good. no problems reported around the capital beltway. you will find that your lanes are open as you work your way inbound along 66. light traffic volume coming in out of manassas headed in towards centerville. traffic flowing freely on the beltway traveling between arlington boulevard and the american legion bridge and so far, no problems to report south on 270. you will find the lanes are open as you continue south of 121 headed out towards mva. i know sarah mentioned just a few moments ago, a funeral procession scheduled to leave around 5:00 a.m. this morning and connect to the capital beltway. you will find it working its way around the outer loop of the beltway headed over to the gw parkway. so plan accordingly. >>> that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. timetraffic. >>> we are following a developing story, the afghan shooter. later this morning, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan is testifying on capitol hill. >> general john allen is expected to tell the house armed services committee t

. 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. prosecutors say he is responsible for 17 atta

minute. 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 east. th

the roadways. we have julie wright standing by. >>> now we're looking at what's happening on the roads and accident activity closing a portion of northbound 5 up towards the beltway. northbound 5 is blocked off' scene of this crash until further notice. we have problems to report traveling out of downtown, outbound new york avenue blocked off at the brentwood parkway, coming from northwest to northeast. inbound this morning, lanes are open. no problems to report if you were traveling eastbound along 66, the remains of the crash off the road to the shoulder. delays coming inbound from 234 south. connecticut avenue reopened in each direction between montgomery county and the d.c. line. sherri ly has been reporting live from the scene all morning long. again, lanes open southbound and northbound connecticut avenue. outer loop of the beltway, below speed, southbound 270 traffic slowing in germantown. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. will, back to you. >>> thank you. we want to get more on that police chase that led to a horrific crash overnight in chevy chase circle. sh

. >> for now, it is dry which hopefully means it will be an easy commute. let's check in with julie wright standing by with your on- time traffic brought by ford. >> i don't know that it is easy. i think this is day two of where are you? here is the camera shot of 66 coming inbound. looking through the fog trying to find you guys out there on the roads. lanes are open continuing inbound toward the capital beltway. it was a better commute for me termly but fog is moving through the area so be careful. 395 at duke street, not as foggy as what we just saw. all lanes lanes are open south on 270. here is the live shot of father hurley boulevard. this time yesterday, we cooperate see the traffic. it is better than yesterday but something to watch out for this morning. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. . >> thank you. >>> making headlines this morning, police have arrested a woman involved in a triple stabbing in northeast. this happened on the 400 block of rhode island avenue last night. police say the victims were all juveniles and all females. they were taken to the hospital. >>> a

chase. back to you. >> thank you. >> that is going to be a mess. 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 i

- time traffic with julie wright. >> difficult, you can't see your hand in front of your face. it won't be an easy drive into work this morning. i came out of the driveway at my house and i was i was like where did everybody go? that is just coming out of gaithersburg. allow extra time out there on the roads. the fog is impacting our traffic cameras here. leaving from 123 coming in towards nutley and trying to get past the vienna metro. that is not the case this morning. allow extra time out on the roads. i do know that v-d.o.t. is in the process of picking up the roadwork. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> a developing standoff with special forces in france. they tried to raid a home in the southern city of toulouse early this morning. the two officers were hurt. anti-terror investigators suspect one of the men behind monday's horrific massacre at a school is in the home. they say he is linked to an islamic group. police have arrestrd the man's brother and brought in his mother to speak with him. eak w >>> mitt romney wins illinois. he handily beat rick santorum t

of the south to about 20 miles per hour. >> okay. thank you. let's check in with julie wright to get the latest on traffic. >> good morning. how is it looking out there? >> so far, so good. outer loop looks good as you travel from 95 headed over towards 270. no problems to report on the inner loop. nice, easy ride for those traveling along 395 here at the pentagon in both the express and the main lines. all systems go across the potomac. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> making headlines this morning, a deadly shooting in aspen hill, maryland. police found a young man shot dead inside this home on superior street just after 3:00 yesterday afternoon. officers launched a manhunt and caught someone who may have known the victim. he is being questioned but at this point hasn't been charged. investigators recovered the gun and believe there were three people inside the house at the time of shooting. >>> a hunt is on to find two cars responsible for this incident. this happened on ran doll road in colesville. scherr-- on randolph road in colesville. sherry

out the dead stuff. >>> 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 fo

affecting the morning commute. julie wright has your on-time traffic this morning. good morning. >> good morning. much like yesterday, you need to allow extra time out on the roads. southbound 270 with lanes open coming in out of hyattstown, no problems to report. traveling between sixth and seventh street southwest and main avenue. if you are traveling north on 395, leaped are starting to slow north of landmark continuing out to seminary road. -- lanes are starting to slow north of landmark continuing out to seminary road. this is the commute coming inbound leaving centreville with lanes open. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. raffic. >> thank you. >>> a big story this morning, a march in new york city? support of a florida teenager killed by a neighborhood watch captain. hundreds hit the streets chanting we want arrests. the march was done, the million hoodie march. 17-year-old trayvon martin was warring a hoodie when george zimmerman shot him. now we are learning that mr. zimmerman was born and raised in northern virginia. >> he is accused of killing the florida by

and julie wright has a we believe keeping kids healthy can start with healthy hands. with the lysol no-touch hand soap system healthy hands can be automatic. for healthy tips and more, visit lysol.com/missionforhealth. >>> welcome back. looking outside, beautiful skies. a little warmer morning. we'll hear from tucker in just a moment. >>> a rhode island woman kept her lottery ticket tucked in her bible before she turned it in. maybe that was her secret there to claim the third largest powerball jackpot in history. >> 81-year-old louise white won $336.4 million. she'd only gone to get some sherbet but she came home with a bigger treat. >> i'm very happy and i'm very proud. and this will make my family very happy. we are truly blessed. thank you. >> miss white says she is not sure yet what she will do with all the money. but she does know she will always have sherbet in the freezer. >> just going to get some sherbet. >> it seems pretty clear what she will do is to help her family. such an amazing legacy. >> i love she kept it safely in the bible. i would have tucked mine in the visor

pop the cap of our suntan lotions. i think julie wright, you're kind of a banana boat girl, right? >> yes, indeed. i just tweeted that. i see the banana boat singers. they are in the studio warming up for a great week. on the roads, let's say good morning to the crew in sky fox. they are headed northbound on the baltimore-washington parkway. accident involving at lost four vehicles, a hit and run crash and right now, it is the right lane that is able to get by on the northbound stretch of 450 as you guys leave prim hospital and head up to the capital beltway. southbound, the lanes are open. -- as you guys leave bridge hospital and head up to the capital beltway. lanes are open westbound along woodyard road. all of that activity has cleared. you will find 395 an easy commute continuing across the potomac river. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >>> a developing story we are following. families targeted as they slept. a u.s. soldier going house to house said to be acting alone killing civilians. >> sixteen people were killed and nine of the victims were chin.

check of the roads with your on-time traffic. 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

out there. 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 wa

springing forward an hour. >> 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 airlif

happened to winter. 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, there is no threat across th

wednesday. let's check in now with julie wright and see how our commute are are doing. >> the road, you will find lanes are open. traffic is rolling smoothly in each direction at the wilson bridge. 395 is in good shape as you travel leaving duke street and seminary road. still an easy drive as you travel northbound crossing over the 14th street bridge. you will find your lanes are open leaving annandale to merrifield. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. >> thank you. >>> a new study shows d.c. ranks among the top five cities with speed cameras. getting a the hot under the collar? d.c. has 349 enforcement cameras right now. they again rate billions of dollars in fines across the country. the debate remains are she designed to improve safety or generate money? yesterday on fox anews at 5:00, john townsend told us the city does have a need for speed cameras. here is more. >> i think it has a persistent speeding problem. we know that speeding is one of the seven deadly traffic sins in the district of columbia and it should be. they are trying to crack down on it. >> r

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. sunshine, a little cool. 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 yourself an

traffic impact and another situation at 295 and suitland parkway, let's go to julie 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 parkway now clea

head to break a live lookout side, got some traffic problems out there, julie wright will tell us all about that tucker will give you your forecast for the day which i do believe you will enjoy stay with us, we will have more fox 5 morning news in just a moment, 7:12 a.m. labored breathing ] [ coughing continues ] [ gasping ] [ elevator bell dings, coughing continues ] [ female announcer ] washington can't ignore the facts. more air pollution means more childhood asthma attacks. [ coughing continues ] log on to fightingforair.org and tell washington: don't weaken clean air protections. >>> making headlines head of pakistan's military is meeting top u.s. commanders for the first time in months they are going to discuss american air strikes that mistakenly killed 24 pakistani soldiers along the the afghan border last year that severely strained relations and pakistan cut off supply lines crucial to the war effort in afghanistan. >>> pope benedict wraps up his three davie sit to cuba today he will hold a huge outdoor mass in havana's revolution plaza hoping to revive the catholic faith i

out like a lamb. >> we'll take a lamb. you know who is happy, julie wright. friday, clear day. >> reporter: and it's payday. friday night, you say who sleeping on friday night who sleep on friday night. i'll call at 10:00 tonight to see what club you're at. coming out of manassas, the traffic is light on the belt way. all of construction has cleared. southbound 270 looks good all the way out to the lane divide. >>> new this morning, howard county firefighters on the scene of a train derail am. it happened a few hours ago in jesup. firefighters got there just after 2:00 this morning and found two freight train has conducted. nobody else was involved and the train cars were empty. and the accident did bring down some telephone lines but no power outages are reported. >>> the big story this morning, mega millions main yeah, people across the -- mania. people get in the lottery spirit. >> could win $540 million in tonight's drawing. it's the biggest in history. people will be buying tickets ahead of the drawing. is that store open yet? >> reporter: it is not open yet. it will open

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. >> thank you. >>> a big sto

going on down here on earth. 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 sweat

workweek. >> not so bad for the commute. >> yeah. >> thank you. >>> let's check in with julie wright to get a look at that commute. >> when it is 70, will, and then it's 40, that is pneumonia weather. i walked in here to this studio and it is like icicles hanging from the lights. it's cold. nice, easy drive making your way past colesville road. overnight construction in prince george's county has cleared. your lanes have cleared as you work your way northbound 95 and 395 continuing out to the 14th street bridge. no trouble spots to report there at van dorn. traffic flowing freely as you continue to work your way from springfield headed over toward the bridge. e bridge. >>> our top story this morning, a neighborly dispute turns deadly. this after the suspect allegedly stabbed a man who was walking his friend's dog. melanie alnwick has the story. >> reporter: d.c. police quickly identified the suspect and made the arrest charging 53- year-old ellsworth culbert with second degree murder. it was about 10:00 in the morning yesterday when the victim, 27-year-old robert wright, was walking a f

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tucker he knows i hate it. >> you are not julie wright about it. >> no, i've gotten quite used to it, quite spoiled by the warm weather. >> i have. >> a little bit of a kick back to reality. all right let's do the bus stop forecast kids going to school, allison was just asking me about this, you know what it will not be cold today but windy this afternoon as the winds pick up out of the north and west, 35 miles per hour, so sunshine, cool temperatures, start your day s what are you laughing at? >> the buses are extreme the cartoon one from like 1978 and then that big one that zooms by real fast. >> with no body in it. >> and no driver. >> like a fran tom school bus. >> last week chicago was in the 80s. this mornling 30s. air moving in from the north and west temperatures tomorrow morning, low 30s. a freeze watch and warning, coming up in a couple minutes, rest of the country starting to feel like spring, dallas, 60 degrees. all right there goes our rain from yesterday off the coast and a little cold front coming through as we speak, we will see a lot of sunshine nice dry day but wind

until sometime tomorrow afternoon. >> >>> 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 hav

julie wright and see how she's doing. >> all right. on the roads right now, you will find that the lanes are open as you con to work your way around the capital beltway. no incidents to report right now traveling to and from the wilson bridge. in from 66, no problems to report as you continue from centreville headed over towards fair oaks. southbound 270 quiet out of clarkburg headed southbound making your way in towards rockville. your lanes are open traveling across the freej leaving 270 headed towards tyson's. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. -- your lanes are open traveling across the american legion bridge leaving 270 headed toward tyson's. >>> aaa says we could see gas prices hit $4 a gallon in d.c. today and some of these stations, you've probably seen it that high. right now the average price is $3.99 in d.c. .99 in d.c. >>> a bill that would ban smoking in cars with passengers under the age of eight now has preliminary approval from senators in maryland. opponents of the bill say that, while secondhand smoke affects children of all ages, limiting the ban

look great. lots of sunshine, highs in the mid-50s. let's do traffic. julie wright has gotten busy. >>> accident activity with us, skyfox above the scene, eastbound on 267 working to 66, it's where we have the accident. couple of cars involved. flat bed trucks on the scene trying to tow them away. traffic gridlocked from the beltway eastbound on 267 to the exit to 66. stay to the right, that's how you get by. traffic is gridlocked leaving 495. outer loop of the beltway slows leaving university boulevard. 50 still an easy ride coming in out of annapolis. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> gunshots and an officer is hurt. last night d.c. and montgomery county police started getting reports of several shots fired in the area of eastern avenue. they found an armed suspect and exchanged gunshots with him. he is listed in critical condition. one officer was also hurt, but is already out of the hospital. >>> disturbing story, a dead baby was found in the trunk of a car. it was made on the 4200 block of -- investigators say someone was cleaning out the car of a family membe