Diane cho picks up the story after speaking with a lot of those people in those cars. As you can see behind me two lanes in this southbound direction are getting by here on 95. As you can see, traffic is slow getting around this area where the tanker overturned on 95 near 198. Earlier this morning, we were told the backup in this southbound direction is backed up for miles because of the accident. Of course, we are going into rush hour now so it may not get too much better out here. When the lanes were shut down earlier southbound traffic was being detoured on to contera drive and back on to 95. A few people were stuck in traffic today trying to head north which was reopened by the early afternoon. Were coming up from florida after a wonderful, wonderful vacation heading to home to new jersey. And all the backups, got on our iphones modern technology my husband said we go here, here and there. And hour later were back on 95. And once again, two lanes are now getting by in the southbound direction but you can see the backup there that its causing right now getting around this area. In the northbound lanes, they have been open now for at least 2 1 2 hours. And Prince Georges County diane cho, abc 7 news. Good progress there diane. Thank you. Meanwhile, we are learning more about the truck and the driver involved in that crash this morning. It all involves a maryland company. And the 7 on your side iteam has been digging through its federal records. Investigator joce sterman is here with more on its history. Joce . Well alison the truck and the driver both came from petro express. Thats a Company Based in baltimore. Theyve been around since the late 1980s. A representative from the Company Confirms the driver has been with them for more than a year and a professional trucker for more than a decade. Petro express tells the 7 on your side iteam the driver was heading south on 95 when a car in front of him crossed over two lanes. They say he was trying to avoid that crash and ended up rolling his truck which was carrying biodiesel. The driver is ok but the company has not identified him. We also dug through the federal safety records for the company. Petro express has a satisfactory record with the agency that oversees multistate carriers. The company has not had any accidents with deaths or injuries, according to its public file and we talked to Maryland State Police that carried out petros latest inspection. Their reps say the company had no outstanding issues. Now, petro says the driver involved in this accident did what he could to stop this situation from being worse. They say that if he hadnt tried to swerve out of the way in this wreck, he would have run into and potentially over those other two cars. In the newsroom joce sterman, abc 7 news. All right, joce. So here we are by the numbers. So the northbound lanes of interstate 95 were closed for about 2 1 2 hours. Just two of the southbound lanes are open right now. That truck was carrying 7500 gallons of biofuel. 6400 were pumped out. Another 400 were captured in drums. And about 700 gallons total were spilled. That crash happened before this afternoons rain started moving into the area. Our chief meteorologist doug hill in the stormwatch Weather Center with a look at how long its going to stick around. Hi there. Periods of rain through the evening and through the overnight and at times through midday tomorrow. But there will be some Little Windows of sunshine in our forecast. But for the here and now lets take a look at things for you. Rooftop camera here high above the belfort furniture Weather Center, you get the idea of whats happening here. Rain drops on the lens looking through the rain and the low clouds across the Memorial Bridge into the city at this hour. I dont expect much change through the evening. You can see on Doppler Radar, there are some breaks west of interstate 81 and that may bode well for us for a while tonight. But periods of rain a few breaks and more periods of rain. We know that because look on the left side of the screen through ohio, Northern KentuckyWest Virginia more areas of rain are headed right this way. As far as temperatures in the 40s, a couple of exceptions luray and andrews at 50 degrees. Tomorrow, nice surprise. After the rain ends we could head to the middle 60s. Oh, yeah. Well have more for you coming up in a couple of minutes. Leon . Ok doug. Funeral arrangements have been set for the Prince Georges CountyPolice Officer killed in a crash over the weekend. A viewing for officer Brennan Robain will be held tomorrow in beltsville. Funeral will take place thursday in temple hills, maryland. He died when his cruiser crashed off 193 in lanham early saturday morning. Police are still investigating the cause of that crash. We have new information this afternoon about the serial shootings investigation in maryland. Detectives say they have now linked hong young to two more incidents both in laurel. One of them at the grand e buffet on fort meade road where there were four bullet holes in that building and then at the buffet on baltimore avenue. Surveillance video shows a man exit the same vehicle being investigated in five other shootings and then throw rocks at the window. Yesterday, a judge ordered young held without bail. Hes facing attempted murder charges in the first five cases, he has not been charged with the other two and jurors in the Boston Marathon bombings trial were shown pictures of a handwritten note inside a boat today. Prosecutors say that pencil written note is a confession by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for his role in the attacks. In a standoff, he was holed up inside that boat. The photos jurors saw showed bullet holes and blood on the side of the same boat. At first, he denied all allegations but today confessed to slapping a middle schoolers behind while working as a contractor at a Montgomery County middle school. Montgomery county reporter kevin lewis uncovered the case first on 7. Hes live outside of the circuit courthouse in rockville with video of the sex assault as it happened. Kevin . Leon you might recall this case gained a lot of attention because Montgomery County officials kept his arrest a total secret until abc 7 broke the story. Now, they had hired the 45yearold last fall to fix cameras at Baker Middle School up in damascus. Ironically, this whole incident was caught on camera and today for the fist time prosecutors showed us that video of the passing period sex assault. Epps jr. Seen wearing a bright yellow tshirt extends his left hand and gives a swift pat to a 12yearold girl here she turns her head to scurry off in total shock. After watching this video, a judge sentenced epps jr. Who police have arrested twice before on similar allegations to five years of supervised probation. He must also register as a sex offender here in maryland which will keep him out of schools and away from children. Why did you plead guilty . When you send your 12yearold daughter off to school, you are not expecting that she is going to be pawed by some 45yearold guy as she makes her way through her school day. And parents know that. And so despite pleading guilty in court today, not once did epps jr. Issue an apology. I spoke with the victims mother on the telephone today. She tells us that shows his other lack of remorse. Live in rockville, kevin lewis, abc 7 news. And now to a developing story out of new york today where former secretary of state Hillary Clinton just finished talking about her email account. This was less than an hour ago. Senior political reporter scott thuman at the live desk with what she had to say about this controversy. Scott . Alison she seemed to try to explain this in the simplest ways saying she decided to use her personal email not to hide anything but instead to avoid having to carry two phones use two accounts etc. She insists that the way she made sure any relevant workrelated emails were archived and kept them to an employee with a dotgov account. Those emails are included redundancy there, included in the 55,000 pages she turned over to the state department. That doesnt include her personal emails which she described as private. Saying, look, nobody would want their private emails read and that people can respect that. Those wont be turned over at least at this point. She says yes, there was a large lesson to be learned in all of this. Looking back, it would have been probably smarter to use two devices. But i have absolute confidence that everything that could be in any way connected to work is now in the possession of the state department. And i have to add even if i had two devices, which is obviously permitted, i did it for convenience and i now looking back think that it might have been smarter to have those two devices from the very beginning. All right, so that her long awaited explanation despite not talking about this for several days. We talked with numerous lawmakers on the hill today about this matter as you might guess, quite a polarizing issue. Well hear from them tonight and question here does the president use his personal email account . Well get an answer from the white house coming up in the newscast as well. Alison . Thank you so much. Meanwhile, the u. S. Ambassador attack in south korea now out of the hospital. Ambassador mark lippert was released overnight. Doctors removed 80 stitches from his face and hands. After that knife attack that was five days ago in seoul. Lippert will need physical therapy on his arm. The suspect who is now charged with attempted murder was screaming about korean unification. The rain outside could spell a second postponement for a popular parade. Update on the water main break that closed part one of college park this morning. Were not in the 50s anymore. Reaction to the shirt label being branded as sexist. Three prominent u. S. Senators make a bold plan to dramatically change marijuana laws across the country and two moms from virginia and maryland are here to support them. Im Jeff Goldberg. What the plan is all a as a Small Business owner you wouldnt deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. So why are you settling for half fast internet . Only verizon fios comes with speedmatch upload s speeds as fast as your download speeds so large files go out in a snap and video conferences are seamless. 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This is undeniably a landmark piece of legislation. You have two prominent Democratic Senators and one republican senator not only proposing to lift the federal ban on medical marijuana but to expand access for veterans allow Better Research and allow banking for dispensaries. This was the scene here at the u. S. Capitol. Senator cory brooker, a democrat from new jersey joining senator kirstie gilebrand of new york and rand paul of kentucky during the press conference today. They were joined by plenty of supporters including from fairfax, virginia and Shannon Moore from maryland both have children with epilepsy that suffer from seizures. They say Marijuana Oil has helped their children tremendous tremendously. Now they hope this trend continues across the country. We know its time for the federal government to acknowledge that there are medical benefits to medical marijuana and there are children like mine that could be helped. Its outrageous that any parent is worried about social services knocking on their door because theyre giving the child the medicine the doctor says their child needs. Senator rand paul says he does believe attitudes about this subject are changing rapidly across the country. The senator saying that they believe that could help lead to passage of this legislation. Also, an impassioned plea from a retired navy veteran who feels very strongly about this subject. Hear from him coming up tonight at 5 30. Until then, live at the capitol, Jeff Goldberg, abc 7 news. The Virginia Railway express is looking for volunteers to test out a new mobile ticketing app that will allow riders to buy their tickets from android and iphone phones. Its scheduled to be released this spring or summer. They have created an Online Survey to determine who will be best suited to test out the app. If you want to check it out you can fill out the test applications by going to our website at wjla. Com. Theyll be accepted through friday. Well all lanes are back open this afternoon after a water main break there. The six inch main broke this morning. About 25 customers lost their Water Service including an entire apartment building. The northbound lanes of route 1 reopened about two hours ago. Lets get a check on how traffic is looking now. We had quite a day in the Traffic Department bob. Whats the latest . Certainly true on southbound i95 cleanup from this mornings accident continues involving a tanker truck. They have two lanes getting by now. There has been a new problem and a new crash in the backup that happened just near the river. This is the scene of the accident. They have two lanes getting by to the left i should say the accident and the service roadway as well in the foreground is getting by and northbound, the lanes have been open for hours now. But southbound at the end of the backup, theres been a new crash and only a single lane is getting by with delays coming out of Howard County into prince georges. It will be a while before this is cleaned up. Beltway at river road is volume delays out of tysons on the inner loop. The delays start at 123 in the rain showers now and southbound traffic heavy and slow getting down to the beltway with the lanes open and southbound route 1 in Old Town Alexandria is a crash, that has traffic tied up in old town. Im bob emler with wtop traffic center. Several streets are scheduled to close tonight in arlington for the annual Clarendon CourthouseMardi Gras Parade. Theyll close down at 6 45. The rest of the streets that you see highlighted there on the map will be closing at 7 45. The parade was postponed because of snow. But tonights rain doesnt appear to be making much of a difference. Folks will be out there having a good time. A little easier in rain than snow, i guess. Yep. Everything getting into it will be fine. Lets talk about the rain. Started with clouds and rain move in. Expected around midday. Lets look at rooftop camera and up the road in arlington but its overlooking the clarendon area of arlington county. The clouds rolled in and then the rain moves in and thats the way its been and is now and got some questions of how much more rain well see during the evening hours. As far as rainfall so far not been a whole lot. 19 of an inch in frederick and around the region its cloudy with temperatures holding in the 40s tonight. Big question we have right now about the Mardi Gras Parade our steve rudin is there checking out the route and Everything Else that is expected. Umbrella is not a good sign. Not a good sign at all. At least the parade is going to go on as scheduled as mentioned earlier, the roads will start to close around 6 45. Its quiet out here right now. This stuff out of the way and you can see not a whole lot at this time. The rain continues to fall. But lets take a look at stormwatch 7 live Doppler Radar and you can see we may see, we may get lucky enough to have a little bit of a lull in the heavier rain as we move through the early evening hours during the parade time at 8 00 the parade is expected to last about an hour and 15 minutes. They have marching bands and fire trucks. All sorts of great things. To look at and to listen to and, of course, after that you know, everyone goes to the bars to have extra fun after the parade. The rain right now, its out here, its wet. Its chilly. Bundle up as you head out the door. Hopefully, fingers crossed well get the parade in no problem at all. If we had the parade 24 hours from now, i think wed be talking about something different. Lets head back to doug for more on that. Absolutely. Well get to that. Bottom line of that is tomorrow afternoon about this time it could be in the 60s with sunshine here. But were not there yet. In the 40s across the area. 43 in gaithersburg. 41 degrees at quantico. 50 at andrews. Temperatures arent going to change much because the persistent cloud cover and movement of rain. Theres that break that steve was mentioning that could move in briefly early this evening but a lot more rain coming from the west. Well deal with that later tonight overnight and our futurecast computer model shows most of the rain tonight will be d. C. Metro area to the north. That will be through early tomorrow morning as well. And well continue to monitor the movement of these areas of showers. But heres the good news if we follow the futurecast along, well see clearing skies develop by tomorrow afternoon. The sun will pop out and i think well be in good shape getting into the 60s and thats good stuff. Rain back friday night and all day saturday with mild temperatures, clearing skies. And sunday and monday. Long time since weve seen that. Yep. Looking good. Very good. All right, thank you. See you in a little bit. All right. A popular actor is making a push for changes in bathrooms across the country. Well tell you about that. And then a little bit later, caught on camera. What police say the man in this video was doing that has them hot on his trail plus after a set of stairs collapses outside of this arlington home what neighbors just down the street are now doing today. Im Brianne Carter. Live report coming up. 7 on your side with a consumer alert now. Today, target announced just how many people will be laid off over the next two years. 1700 people will lose their jobs. Another 1400 vacant positions will not be filled. Most of those layoffs will be at the companys headquarters in minneapolis. And back here at home now, two women and a toddler are recovering this afternoon after the ground literally gave way beneat their feet. They were standing on top of staircase when this happened and thats where Brianne Carter is live tonight with the latest on this story. Brianne . Well leon some residents in this neighborhood didnt even know what happened. Others woke up this morning ready to check their own steps. This after this happened. You can see the yellow tape still sits there after you said the ground just gave way monday night. Two women and a little girl were walking up their steps. That is when the top level there just gave way. With nothing below that concrete, thats when the two women and the young child plunged 15 feet below there. Firefighters were able to rescue them. We understand that its two the young girl and one woman were out of the hospital last night. Another released today. Now, at this point, the county is saying that what happened here still under investigation. Also under investigation, we understand, that is exactly what some people here are looking at. Investigating their own steps to find out exactly what happened. We talked with one neighbor who say he got out early this morning, checked his own steps. After he came out last night, saw this all and this is what he said first came to mind. Wondered about the rest of the steps in the neighborhood, but i checked it out this morning and ours seems to be reasonably sound anyway. That doesnt mean that he doesnt have plans for those steps. He says yes, they have some wear and tear and he believes they are safe and sound but still plans on repairing them sometime later on this spring. Again, reaching out to arlington county, they say that the investigation is into exactly what happened here and what caused this is still ongoing. Reporting live in arlington, Brianne Carter abc 7 news. Thanks brianne. Thats scary really scary. Yeah. Major company is making a change to its menu. And still ahead, what you wont be able to find on part of burger kings menu anymore. Plus a Carbon Monoxide leak has a family that should have been waking up to start their day. What police think made the difference. An emotional issue ruling the country is the subject of debate maryland ace General Assembly is debating a bill that will give people the option to die with dignity. Today, a former ravens player went to annapolis to speak out in opposition to that measure. Stephen tschida live at the statehouse to explain why. Stephen . Alison, this issue got a lot of attention last year when a 29yearold woman from oregon Brittany Maynard ended her life when she said she could no longer endure the pain from a brain tumor. This issue is the subject of debate all across the country. Today, a judiciary committee, Senate Committee held a hearing with death with dignity. We heard from a number of opponents and supporters. The opponents included o. J. Brigance former Baltimore RavensFootball Player that has a. L. S. And we heard from religious leaders who urged the General Assembly not to pass this legislation. There would be a legal avenue for an individual to take his or own life in a moment of despair robbing Family Friends and society of their presence and contribution to society saddens me and is a tragedy. Someone is in that pain at the end that it lets them go out in a gentler way if thee choose rather than to go through the suffering. Supporters of death with dignity say 60 of maryland is told support this legislation. It would not be assisted suicide nor euthanasia nor any kind of physician assisted suicide. That those who believe they cannot bear the suffering and have fewer than six months to live would be provided with medication they would administer themselves to end their lives. Reporting live from annapolis, stephen tschida, abc 7 news. So our question of the day is asking what you think about death with dignity bills. Log on to the wjla Facebook Page and join in the conversation there. Well be sharing some of your comments a little bit later in the newscast. A search is under way in Washington State for a man who was caught on camera attempting to abduct a child. Look at this video. Well see this man running down the street with a small bowl in his boy in his arms. His other brother was following behind with an empty stroller. Police identified the child as 22yearold owen wright. Owens father says his three children were with a babysitter on sunday who let them play at a park unsupervised. I cant explain the feeling of anxiety and everything that goes into finding out that your child is missing. The girls screams alerted witnesses including two teenage boys who joined their pursuit. The suspect eventually abandoned the toddler in an empty lot before running away. All three children were returned safely to their parents. Wow. Great siblings right there. Brave. Well 7 on your side consumer alert for you now about burger king. It is eliminating fountain drinks from its kids menu. According to usa today, the b. K. Menu for kids will now offer fatfree milk 100 apple juice or lowfat chocolate milk. Soft drinks will only be Available Upon request. Childs Health Advocacy groups have been pressuring fast food chains to make that switch. There is a lot of attention tonight for what an indonesian Clothing Company printed on a shirt tag. Now, the washing instructions label reads give this jersey to your woman. Its her job. The company apologized for the sports jersey sort of because the apology included this. Not all men understand how to take care of their own clothes. Women know better and are experts in such matters. The Football Club represented by the jerseys also apologize for this. Those apologies came on sunday which coincidentally was International Womens day. Smarter than to step up and admit they were stupid. Sort of. Sort of. Oh, goodness well, on the other side of the coin actor Ashton Kutcher is calling for equality in the mens room. Kutcher says theres a double standard in Public Restrooms around the country because they dont all have changing tables in the mens room. He and actress mila kuenis welcomed a baby girl last october. You may know about that. Jerry brown vetoed a bill that required public changing stations in all men and womens bathrooms bathrooms. Should changing tables be mandatory . Look at the responses on our Facebook Page. See if theres a difference between the mens responses and the womens. Want to bet there is . Ill guarantee you there will be. All right. At least outside now its raining and not snow falling in parts of the area. Welcomed change around here. Doug hill in the stormwatch Weather Center with a check of the forecast. Hi, doug. Hi there. Best news is most of the rain right now is very light rain. We can deal with that affecting the rush hour and slowing things down a bit. Theres a chance for a little bit of a break a little later this evening. A little rain overnight. Lets get right to it and you see the areas of rain. Heavier rain is shown in darker green. Thats well east of washington. A little break west of the city now. More of a break over West Virginia. Larger area of rain approaching through ohio Eastern KentuckyWest Virginia, that will be here tonight and tomorrow morning. So well keep it rainy in the forecast. Temperatures holding in the 40s. Patchy fog thrown in at no extra charge. Tomorrow, after the rain ends skies will clear in the afternoon. Check this out. Highs of 65 degrees but its not going to stay that warm for long. More changes by the end of the week and especially for the weekend. All right doug. Two people are being treated for Carbon Monoxide poisoning in Montgomery County. Crews were called out to a home in the 700 block of thorston street in tacoma park this morning. John gonzalez reports on what they discovered inside that home and how the couple got out just in time. The spokesperson for Montgomery County fire and e. M. S. Is convinced the owner of this home called 911 just in the nick of time, literally minutes before it was too late. Carbon monoxide leak something going on with the furnace. Gas company said it might have been clogges. His mother is the person that called for help at 6 00 this morning. His father her husband, was already unconscious on the bedroom floor. She had a headache and my dad kind of saying that he wasnt feeling too well. So next thing you know he passed out. Went into a mild seizure. Built into the first aid bags of First Responders are c. O. Detectors. When firefighters arrived here at the scene as soon as they walked in the front door those detectors went crazy. High levels of Carbon Monoxide throughout the house. The number that was given to me was 600 parts per million. The levels 20 times higher than 30 parts per million which is considered unsafe. Doors and windows were quickly opened and the home ventilated for hours. The couple in their 60s were both rushed to the hospital in serious condition. They are still being treated this afternoon. We have a lot of faith in god. So just a blessing that god was there to at least keep my mom up. The Fire Department says there was not a working c. O. Detector inside. This afternoon, firefighters will be back in the neighborhood making sure every home does have one. Im just glad that, you know it wasnt tragic today. In tacoma park John Gonzalez abc 7 news. Close call. Coming up here at 4 00 fraternity fallout. What happened at the university of oklahoma today after a racist fraternity video surfaced. Plus, a local lawmaker decides to try to switch sides on capitol hill. But first, overseeing the overseers. A look at the plan for d. C. Police coming up next. Police officers in Montgomery County may soon wear body cameras. The department applied for a grant to test the cameras. Police chief tom major says the county averages two to three policeinvolved shootings every year. He says after the unrest in ferguson missouri any Police Involved shooting in Montgomery County would, of course get increased scrutiny. Metropolitan police chief kathy lanier meanwhile, faced tough questions today at a d. C. City council hearing. County members and city leaders asked her to discuss Controversial Police tactics such as stop and frisk and jump out. Thats when a police sweep or arrest is made by officers in unmarked cars. We spoke to supporters and opponents of these tactics. If im driving down the street in an unmarked car and i see an event as a Police Officer, it requires me to take action. Of course im going to stop and take action. It creates a wedge in our community and thats a public safety. What it does is just stoke the anger and the ire of these communities that are so disenfranchised in so many ways it almost seems like an added slap in the face. Now, chief lanier has said in the past that jumpouts are rarely used. But opponents say the practice is used more than city leaders will acknowledge and evidence of racial bias. The secret Service Plans to launch drones in the next few weeks. The agency is going to be testing out drones between 1 00 a. M. And 4 00 a. M. Over normally restricted areas of take a look at this. This is a truly historic find. They stumbled across a treasured collection from the fourth century b. C. Around the time of alexander the great. Featured a stash of Silver Jewelry including rings, bracelets and earrings as well as two silver coins believed to be well over 2,000 years old. Isnt that incredible . Back here, locally tonight, maryland representative Donna Edwards is jumping into the race to replace retiring u. S. Senator barbara mikulski. If youll join me in this fight, theres no way we can you can join the conversation on our wjla Facebook Page. President obama signed an executive order making college more affordable today and he calls it a student aid bill of rights. Auto action were able to take to streamline and improve the manner in which the federal government interacts with students when it comes to Student Loans and will be part of a broader overview. Companies servicing federal Student Loans will have to better inform borrowers about their repayment options and delinquent payments. Extra payments have to also be applied first to the loans with the highest interest rates. More than 40 million americans are in debt because of their education. The president s new policy does not require new legislation from congress. Well, weve learned that the National Book festival will be held at the Washington Convention center over labor day weekend. This years festival celebrates the 200th anniversary of the library acquiring jeffersons personal library back in 1815. It will also include a special nod to jeffersons role in building the library of congress. The festival will feature more than 100 authors. And tonight, parents in Montgomery County will get the opportunity to tell the board of education what they want in a new superintendent. A public forum on the search is slated to begin at 7 00 open to parents, and all members of the community. Veritable whos who of washington was at the National Cathedral today to pay their respects to the nations first africanamerican senator. As sam ford reports, senator edward brook was first elected by a popular vote in 1966. They gathered monday to celebrate the life of senator Edward Brooks. He was 95 many he died two months ago and they scheduled his funeral for today. A ceremony at the National Cathedral remembered him as the first popularly elected africanamerican senator to serve massachusetts from 1966 to 1978. His electoral triumphs were astonishing in a state that was only 2 black. The chapel of the u. S. Senate who delivered the homily remembered suffering racism in alabama and his joy at learning that brooks had been elected. It was as if an unbearable load suddenly became bearable. He kept dreams from exploding. He championed civil rights and womens rights from people from many walks of life came to pay their respects including a local activist who was serving life in prison when he came to brooks attention. Instrumental in getting president ford to commute my life sentence. You hear that statement that somebody you owe somebody your life i owe this man my life. Man. And he left quite a legacy. All of these young people came down here from boston. They attend Edward Brooks charter school. Sam ford, abc 7 news. Life well lived. Take a look now at whats coming up here on abc 7 news at 5 00 we have an update on a maryland man that received a parking ticket from the district. He hasnt been in d. C. In over 20 years. How 7 on your side is getting some results for him. And theres some talk today that mcdonalds may be adding a new item to the menu. What it is and why its raising some eyebrows. Thats tonight at 5 00. Snow is off our weather menu. Yes. Thank goodness. For a while. Im so close tonight, i cant pull the trigger yet about it. Looking good. You think we will turn a bit colder by next week and the end of next week. Weather going to get really colder bitterly cold now. Say that much. For the here and now, lets talk about the rain and temperatures in the 40s. Were going to make a nice recovery from the 40s tomorrow into the 60s by the afternoon. Periods of rain patches of rain continuing on Doppler Radar and well see more. Every now and then some areas will get a break from the rain. More will fill in later. Temperatures chilly. Below average temperatures. Average high is 54 degrees. Were well below that 48 at washington. 43 in frederick. Well see the temperatures drop just a degree or two in spots. Essentially Holding Steady most areas. Maybe a bit of fog tonight along with the periods of rain. Heres a little wider view of the satellite and radar through the morning. Rain as it sits with a larger area much southern central ohio. Midday and the wind direction changes. And this is our futurecast and were getting rid of the rain by midday or so. Up into the 60s here and you can see the clear skies and partly clou and coming up on abc 7 news at 4 00, fraternity firestorm. Well tell you what the university of oklahomas president did today in the wake of that racist chant that was caught i know grandmas house isnt the most exciting, but its only for a few hours. Look what ive got. When you get verizon fios, you get beautiful hd picture quality, super fast internet, and americas most reliable network. So you wont miss a second of that movie, that game they love, or those moments with family. Can we sleep over . 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Its a controversy thats not dying down. Today, the president of the university of oklahoma expelled two students who were identified as playing a leadership role in this video. Which shows freshmen at Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity singing a song with racial slurs. Today, the members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon continued to pack up their things. Letters on their house removed. Their charter revoked. Fraternity evicted. Are you embarrassed . Extremely. The incident is dominating campus life in o. U. Some students told abc the chant is part of s. A. E. s racist legacy. The enthusiasm that they had behind it. The National Chapter which boasts 15,000 members denies any connection to the offensive lyrics. This song is not sanctioned endorsed or otherwise a national song. The chapter president of oklahomas historically black fraternities and sororities gathered last night to talk about how the s. A. E. Video could be a learning experience. I think this is an opportunity to turn the tide and to really move forward and set a precedent for the entire nation. Oklahomas president said today there will be zero tolerance for threatening racist behavior. And the investigation into what happened on that bus will continue. He suggested there could be others disciplined or even expelled depending on what School Officials learn. Reporting from northwest, karen traverse, abc 7 news. We are seeing another mild day of weather outside today. But folks, youre going to need the umbrellas this evening. Doug hill is here now to explain how long the rain will stick around out there. Hi doug. Hi there. We are going to have periods of rain and it will be with us through the evening hours and through the overnight hours tomorrow but the good news is they will come to an end by midday and conditions will improve. Lets get started with a look at the rain on radar. Patches of rain moving steadily from west to east. A little bigger break across West Virginia. We think that will move back in by this evening. So pretty decent sized storm system will move across. Maybe the rain will get heavier at times. Again, it should end by mid to late morning tomorrow. Chilly all throughout our area. Look at whats happening just to the south. Its 75 in raleigh. 78 in fayetteville. 70 in greens burrough. Thats the air mass thats headed here when we get some sunshine in the afternoon and were talking about temperatures possibly climbing into the 60s. Well head steady tonight in the 40s. But the promise of some sun and much milder afternoon tomorrow. Leon . All right doug. A huge mess on the roads along i95 south near the i. C. C. In laurel today. A tanker truck overturned there sending hundreds of gallons of fuel on to that freeway blocking all lanes for nearly six hours. Maryland bureau chief brad bell has been there at the scene of the crash all afternoon. Brad checks it now live. Things look like theyre moving outside finally, brad . Theyre moving a little bit, leon. It is still a mess out there. Whats moving is all lanes northbound slowly and two lanes southbound creeping by what remains of the scene. Right now, you can see that there is still some cleanup going on of that fuel oil but it is an improvement over what it was like earlier today. We can show you some video of this crash out here. Tractortrailer was southbound carrying biodiesel fuel. Were told that it has to swerve to avoid a collision that was happening in front of it. That made the truck go on its side. A little oil on the pavement. A golf ball sized hole appeared in one of the tanks on the truck. It was carrying 7500 gallons of as we said biodiesel. It is a compartmentalized tanker and one was ruptured. It spilled 700 gallons. Those who had deal with it say better than gasoline. Its a biodiesel, ver