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through the area. widespread rain showers. it's raining almost everywhere right now. the heaviest rain is lower southern maryland, crossing over the bay moderates hours south of hagerstown along interstate 81. entering its showers through the morning, -- intermittent rain showers. mid to upper 60's tomorrow with gusty wind. wires down in prince george's county on frank tippett. 95 on the wab-w parkway is a little slow, but open to the beltway. no problems on the greenway or the toll road, adjust growing volume. 270 coming out of frederick's towards 109 and down to the lane divide, everything is open. back to you. >> thank you. breaking news at 6:00 this morning. an explosion and fire destroyed a house in montgomery county. >> the blast happened overnight in rockville sending two people to the hospital. courtney robinson is live on the scene with late-breaking details, joining us on the phone. >> i can tell you right now there are two people, a man and a woman in a hospital in critical condition. they were the only two people inside at the time of this explosion. they were in bed during the explosion. according to montgomery county fire and in masems chief it caused damage to neighboring houses. this was on the 11,000 block of ashley drive in kensington. there's 3 35 feet up in the trees. this happened just after 3:00 in the morning shaking neighbors awake. the neighbors described what they saw. >> it was a massive explosion. the house shook. we thought it was a tree at first because we have trees falling on houses. that was expected. after we looked outside and saw houses and your people yelling and running and we saw fire. >> shocking images we are seeing in kensington at this hour. there's still no word on the cause. montgomery county fire and explosive investigators will wait until daylight to start a full investigation and under construction. washington gas and pepco crews are here this morning. i've seen pepco crewmembers going house-to-house to make sure homes are ok. they say the area is secure for the time being. back to you. >> thank you. 6:03 is the time. our other top story president obama's burden of proof. more debate over whether to release post-mortem pictures of osama bin laden. this would be in response to skeptics demanding to see the slain terror leader's body. >> while the white house is leaning towards leaking that photograph, there are fears that the gruesome images could inflame tensions in the muslim world. brianne carter is in the newsroom with the latest on that debate. >> good morning. while we are learning new details, people are watching and waiting to see what comes out of this date. officials are calling these photographs gruesome. navy seals shot him once in the test and once above his left eye, blowing off part of his skull. the debate is going on for whether these are inflammatory or convincing. while this continues we are learning new information about what went on during that raid. details are now being released. the cia says when the navy seals stormed the pakistani compound intelligence was only 60wasto 80% that it was the right place -- 60% to 80%. and that it osama bin laden's wife was shot in the leg but not killed. >> it is believed that osama bin laden lived at that compound several years which raises questions about whether the pakistani government knew where he was or was hiding him. >> i think they are trying to determine, themselves, whether or not there were individuals within the pakistani government, the military intelligence services who were knowledgeable about his affairs. >> any suggestion that the intelligence knew about him bear, this is absolutely wrong. >> the current pakistani president says his security forces did not shelter bin laden. he says pakistan actually helped to pinpoint the oxide a leader's exact location. former president george bush will not be attending tomorrow's ground zero ceremony to mark osama bin laden's debt. president obama invited him to be there in new york. he turned down the invitation. he said that he appreciates the offer, but he is chosen to stay out of the spotlight. stay with abc 7 news. we will have the latest developments surrounding the death of osama bin laden. for updates 24/7, log on to our web site, tbd.cowjla.com. there's a meeting set for today to discuss the dulles corridor metro project. it will meet at reagan national airport. the debate is under way on whether to put the station underground or above ground. officials say the underground option would cost $300 million more. despite protests from local officials, a controversial immigration enforcement program is coming to montgomery county. the washington post reports the county will begin participating in the secure communities program on september 27. under the program police will send and print data to a federal immigration officials. county officials believed it could undermine. 6:07, 48 degrees. >> still to come, it was a meltdown on the ice. the capitals now have one last chance to avoid elimination japan of the lightning. >> a packed schedule for prince charles. this is a look at heaahead at day two in the district. >> adam caskey good morning, i am heather at the house mcbre and we're celebrating the top champions at montgomery county public schools. >> good morning, washington. wet wednesday morning. areas of widespread rain across the region. a few breaks in the rain. this looks like an all-morning event. notice the areas of yellow crossing over the bay out of st. mary's county as well and out of calvert county, that's where we have the more moderate rain. otherwise, there are areas of light rain scattered and through almost the entire region in the light green areas. more showers down to our south in southern virginia and northern carolina pushing our way. this will taper off around lunchtime. 48 in the district, 44 in hagerstown, 54 in lexington park 48 in culpeper. the cold front has moved through. near 60 this afternoon with some sunshine later on today especially into the mid afternoon. 40's tonight. upper 60's tomorrow with sunshine. wind gust up to 30 miles an hour today and tomorrow. let's go to lisa baden. we have had a lot of phone calls of people complaining in fredericksburg and stafford to get up to the harrissonville road -- garrissonville but that's gone. although everybody is up downstream. i want to show you what it looks like in virginia. in shirlington on 395. 66, and all of volume, slowing in the rain in manassas, 50, and before and after the beltway. and 1 maryland camera is focused on the wilson bridge. no issues, but a little heavier volume right now spotted between van dorn street and telegraph road on the way to the wilson bridge. back to you. >> thank you. it is a rainy 48 degrees. 6:12 on this wednesday morning. cracks coming up, president obama in prime time. the white house says a new viewership record. >> it's going to be another busy day for prince charles in his visit to the district. we will host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? host: is the pen mightier than the sword? ninja 2: ow vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. breaking news. investigators are looking for the cause of an explosion that destroyed a rockville home overnight. it happened around 3:00 this morning on ashley lane. the blast damaged nearby houses and two people are hospitalized with serious but non-life threatening injuries. the white house releasing new details and saying that osama bin laden was not armed when navy seals shot and killed him in a compound in pakistan. officials, also, that his wife was shot in the leg, but not killed, as earlier reported. this comes as administration officials decide whether to release a picture of of his corpse. towns and cities in nine states are breaking for record or near-record flooding as the mississippi and ohio rivers continue rising. smaller rivers are, also, rising now. they are reaching levees to try to prevent massive flooding. -- breaching levees. an anonymous tipster from prince george's county will receive a $1,000 reward for helping in the east coast rapist case. a person's information call led them to 39-year-old aaron thomas. dna link him to 17 rakes and attacks from virginia to conn. -- 17 rapes. a triple murder in green county in virginia. the bodies of brian daniels and dust and night of charlottesville and an unknown woman was found on a road. they had been shot. authorities are getting a nearby home invasion that they say is linked to these murders. police believe the victims knew their killer or killers. looking at the day ahead it's another packed schedule for prince charles. >> after an emotional meeting with wounded warriors last night, the prince of wales will head to hoya territory and then on to the white house. jummy olabanji has a preview. >> good morning. later this morning the prince of wales will be the keynote speaker at an event at georgetown university called "the future of food." he's been a longtime proponent of locally grown organic food. he grows organic food at his estate in the u.k. yesterday started with a stop at the common good city farm in northwest. there he met with vincent gray, the mayor of d.c., as well as d.c. students he guided tour of the grounds, and he helped to plant a tree. that's a garden in northwest that helps grow food for low- income d.c. residents. that's something the prince is passionate about. another one of his passions is education. he went to the supreme court where he met with alumni of the marshall scholarship program which sends american students to the u.k. for graduates study work. last night at the top of his day in d.c. at the british ambassador's house where he met with wounded warriors from walter reed. this morning he will be the keynote speaker at the event at georgetown university, then he goes to the white house where he will meet with president obama. reporting live at georgetown, jummy olabanji abc 7. making news in america's money, pain at the pump means bigger sales for smaller cars. plus, president obama's prime- time numbers. peggy bunker has those stories and more. >> topping america's money president obama's tv ratings spikes. this sunday night speech announcing the killing of bin laden was watched by 56 million viewers on at least nine networks. it was the biggest tv audience since election night 2008. carbine go smaller. although sales were up 18% last month, a small car sales were up 33%. the new chevy cruz was the second-best selling small car last month by behind the honda civic. gas prices are hitting u.s. rental car counters as well. if you don't fill the tank, you could now pay $9 or more per gallon. that's according to usa today. the big apple has chosen the nissan minivans for the new taxicabs in new york, 13,000 of them. they have all outlets to recharge the yourself on and panoramic sun roof. i am peggy bunker. time to check in on this rainy wednesday morning on how the rest of the day looks. >> it is a chilly outside compared with yesterday. >> the cold front moved through earlier this morning and we're feeling the difference in temperatures. widespread rain across the region right now. it's one of those mornings where i keep the radar screen on the wider view because it's raining pretty much everywhere across the area. that's true about lunchtime and then you will notice the rain tapering off. showers are moving from the southwest to northeast slowly. a few gaps in the showers. that's intermittent especially in parts of the metro area. anticipate showers off and on throughout the morning. a sense of an inch already in some areas. a little lower in calverhigher accumulations in calvert county. we will get about a half-inch in most spots and about to an inch in some other spots. the cold front is pushing north. the back edge along the west virginia and virginia border will slowly creep eastward today. by 2:00 p.m. it will be over the eastern shore and completely out of our area. high pressure off to our west will move east and give us sunshine tomorrow. we will get sunshine throughout the day tomorrow. a good soaking for the lawn and garden today. then sometime tomorrow. breezy outside today and tomorrow. you'll notice the gusty wind. morning rain today. we are in the 40's in some spots. near 50 in others. temperatures will rise to about 60 degrees with a little sunshine later this afternoon behind rain. sunny skies tomorrow, upper 60's. enter the weekend and we will break 70 degrees. mid-70s's on mother's day. all of the pollen will be washed away and the roads will be stacking up. route 4, route 5 as volume, but no accidents on 210. plenty of traffic out of bowie and cheverly. heavy volume out of laurel. looks good going north into baltimore. 270 it's wet. looks ok a father hurley boulevard. through springfield and manassas and into centreville on 66 is slow traffic. here's an example of the pace on the way to the pentagon. metro will is a good idea with normal service systemwide. a lot>> a lot of people are celebrating the rain taking away the pollen. do you have allergies? >> i do. >> thank you. 47 degrees. >> coming up, how people are getting fit with the first lady and with the help of eight flash worked out. >> today on "oprah," they challenged segregation by risking their lives. now 50 years later the freedom riders have reunited, 4:00 on abc 7. that was amazing. beyond say it came out of nowhere and started dancing with us. -- beyonce. they took part in a dance routine and the pop star choreographed the dance. then she surprised them. this was in manhattan. she burst in right in the middle of the routine and started dancing along side them. that is so cool. >> very neat. >> so much fun for those kids. they were calling this the first ever flash worked out. >> hundreds of kids at schools took part at other schools all at the same time in that work out. in northwest d.c. a middle school got a big surprise when the first lady made an unexpected appearance. >> this is way more fun than sitting in front of the tv, and might? >> a thousand other schools she could have gone too, so it was very nice. >> she is so busy, and to take time with us. >> students spent several days learning the dance steps. the students in some schools in canada and japan also, join them. >> i love it. the first lady says that she is still learning some of the most. if she keeps going to school, -- i think she told the others -- still another half-hour r coming up. >> lightning does strike twice unfortunately. two tampa bay goals at the capitals on the verge of elimination. >> widespread showers across the region. we will time out when the reign will end and it's 48 degrees in ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] with amazing innovation, driven by rentless competition, wireless puts the world at your command. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] 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temperatures behind a cold front that moved through. and now bring showers all across the region. rain off and on through the morning and tapering off around lunchtime. there's federal city. cloudy. a bit of a break over parts of b.c., but that's not the case elsewhere. areas of light green indicate light rain. yellow indicates moderate rain. moderate iranians botvinnik county as well. the rain tapers off around lunchtime. this afternoon we will have a little sunshine. temperatures will reach about 60 degrees for the high temperature. it will be breezy with a northwesterly at 10-15 and gusting at 25. big improvement tomorrow high temperatures in the mid to upper 60's, but still gusty. in the seven depots on the weekend with a slight chance of late-day showers on friday and sunday. there's a lot of traffic on 270. that's southbound. germantown all the way to the beltway. out of leesburg, no accidents on the greenway or the toll road. 28 is the underpass. volume is still with us. through springfield, look at all the headlights. those people have been stuck most of the morning, just to get out of stanford into prince william county. now they are heading into fairfax. the crash is gone but everybody's still backed up. back to you. >> thank you. breaking news from montgomery county. an overnight explosion and fire destroyed a house in rockville. two people were hurt in the blast. courtney robinson is like the scene with the latest details and she's joining us on the phone. what have you learned about this news? >> i am looking at this and the damage is absolutely breathtaking. there are the two people, a man and woman in a hospital in critical condition. they were taken to a local burn units. beirut were the only people inside atomic explosion. -- they were the only people inside at the time of the explosion. fire crews found them in bed. i am watching investigators right now sorting through this degree. this caused significant damage to neighboring houses. the explosion was fired by a large fireball, according to neighbors. they were concerned it would spread to their houses as well. there is debris 50 yards away from where this house once stood upon the 11000 block of ashley drive in rockville. parts of date home are 50 feet away -- parts of the home are 50 feet away. it shook neighbors a way around 3:00 a.m. >> there was a massive explosion. the house shook. we thought it was a tree at first. we have problems with trees falling on the houses. so that was expected. after we looked outside, we saw the houses and some people yelling and running. we saw fire. >> ask for the cause of this explosion, there is still no word. montgomery county fire and explosives investigative unit is on the scene and they will wait until there's a little more light outside to start a full investigation and reconstruction. washington gas and pepco crews are here. i've seen them going house to house and making sure the house is are secure. according to a montgomery county fire and ems chief he says being. is secure. many people are concerned about this. -- the chief says everything is secure. new details about the raid that ended in the death of osama bin laden. and the white house is still deciding whether to release graphic photographs. there are concerns it could unleash more anti-american sentiment. >> others say they need proof that he's dead. brianne carter has more. >> we are learning new details about what was found inside the world's most wanted man's home. there was a period of about 20 minutes once they enter the compound when the people in the situation did not know what was going on and it was tense. details are being released. the cia says when the navy seals stormed the pakistani compound, intelligence was only 60% to 80% that it was the right place. >> we could have gone there and not found bin laden. >> but the navy seals did come face-to-face with the al qaeda leader. he did not have a weapon, but his wife rushed a u.s. navy team member. she was shot in the leg but was not killed. president obama never saw the moment of bin laden was shot dead as he did not have a direct video feed. >> we did not have direct flow of information as to the actual conduct of the operation itself as they were going through the compound. >> the white house continues considering whether or not to release gruesome photographs of bin laden's body. >> he was shot once in the head, once in the face, and once in the chest. >> the debate is whether the pictures being released would be inflammatory or convincing. people are watching and waiting for that decision. we are learning that the navy seals took computer drives and the bi = =-- and dvd's. >> the debate over these pictures comes as fake photographs are making the rounds. cnn has a graphic images of what it says has been reported as bin laden. hundreds of pakistani step to the streets to protest the killing. the pakistani government criticized monday's raid as an unauthorized unilateral action. the operation puts more strain on this already rocky relationship between the two countries. former president george bush will not join president obama for tomorrow's ground zero ceremony to mark osama bin laden's death. he was invited to the event but declined to attend. is spokesperson says he appreciates the offer but has chosen to stay out of the spotlight. that is george w. bush. we will continue to bring you updates on the death of osama bin laden. for updates anytime, log on to our web site wjla.com. >> we have rain all around the region on this wednesday morning, 47 degrees. >> a member of the royal family spends a day in the district and reaches out to wounded borders. we will have a live report. >> the girl next door, no more. we will look back at last night's dancing elimination. >> first another check on traffic and weather every ten minute welcome back. 6:41 on this wednesday morning. we have a special guest. >> let's go to doug hill and our friend mr. duke's. we wanted to see him again. >> he is happy to pay a visit. we spend money on technology to keep everybody one step ahead of the storm. we took mr. duke's out for a while and when he comes in west, we know it's raining--- when he comes in wet we know it's raining. let's look at live super doppler radar. there is a paramount to rain this morning. the heaviest elements are crossed the bay and if you have the areas coming across the shenandoah valley and there's rain moving up from the fredericksburg area. around midday is when this will be clearing. the back edge of the storm is making slow progress from west to east. we have quite a bit of rain to get through this morning. it is chilly outside this morning. 40's in most spots. 48 in the district, 46 in gaithersburg and frederick 49 in quantico. we will hang on to the clouds and rainy weather to the morning until about midday. it will be breezy outside with a little sunshine this afternoon around 60 degrees. extended forecast coming up in a few minutes. back to you. >> thank you. we can hear lisa baden screaming over mr. dukes. >> i have a picture. that is so cute what's doug said. delays on 270 are normal, a group in maryland from 95 to georgia avenue. looks good across the american legion bridge and the wilson bridge. traffic slowing on 95 out of woodbrige off and on to the beltway. delays out of reston to get to tysons on the dulles toll road. there's nothing on the dulles greenway. metro rail is on normal service. normal delays on 66 between manassas and the beltway. back to you. >> thank you. they changed america and now 50 years later we speak with the local freedom riders who protected against segregation. their courage shaped the lives of so many that followed them. that's tonight at 5:00. will team comes to georgetown. prince charles will be the keynote speaker at a conference at the university today. >> jummy olabanji is live in the west washington with details. good morning. what can you tell us? >> the prince will be at that event early this morning and he has another full day like yesterday. people called him inspiring. his royal highness is day one in the district started at the common good city farm, a place where volunteers grow fresh food for low-income d.c. residents. the prince of wales was greeted by d.c. mayor vincent gray. he toured the grounds and greeted students and help to plant a tree. >> it's good to see him in person. >> here also stopped by the supreme court where he met with marshall scholarship alumni. by the evening he appended -- attended an event at the british ambassador's home and met with wounded warriors. this man lost both legs in iraq. >> american forces meeting with british royalty in their home and they are paying homage to our sacrifice. i was very proud as an american. >> the event that prince charles will be the keynote speaker for at georgetown is called "the future of food." from there he goes to the white house to meet with president obama. reporting live at georgetown, jummy olabanji, abc 7 news. 6:47. pakistan in congress's cross hairs. >> now a closer look. david, thanks for being with us this morning. let's talk about what the white house called yesterday a very complex relationship between the u.s. and pakistan and how this could play out with funding and especially at a time when budgets are tough locally and people don't want to spend as much on foreign needs. >> the fact that pakistan was not informed at the time about the raid that got bin laden, that speaks for itself in showing that the relationship we did not need their permission. at the same time, cutting off aid is not so simple. that could potentially create an enemy states that the borders of iran. india could have troubles and i think we will have to live with it. >> there have been changes in the story from what we first heard during the raid. >> that's the strange part of the aftermath. it is a great enough story that we got bin laden, which killed him, now they seem to have embellished on some of the facts perhaps. there was a female that was one of his wives that he used as a human shield. there are questions on whether he was armed or not. it does not matter what the specifics were, but why they were not more forthcoming about it in the first place is more of the question. >> thanks, david. the story is still evolving. >> my pleasure. >> now to our chief meteorologist doug hill looking at the rainy forecast. >> good morning. chile and rainy. the rain will continue through most of the area until midday and then improvements. the pgray clouds now. let's look of the rainfall totals we have had. a little less than an inch in the valley at big meadows. 45and 0.6 inches almost in waldorf. there is moderate rain, patches over the eastern shore and southern maryland and in culpeper. there's more to follow. the back edge of the storm is getting into old dominion and clearing the west virginia border. several more hours and then we see a break in the overcast as high pressure builds in. the westerly winds will develop and dry air will approach the front. a little sunshine this afternoon should boost temperatures up to near 60 degrees with the clearing and northwesterly breeze at 10-15. we will become around 60 degrees today. 40's tonight. gusty wind tomorrow upper 60's. in the 70's on friday. what about mother's day? adam caskey will have that forecast later. back to you. >> thank you. lisa baden, is the rain a problem for the commute? 66 and 95, the rain is a problem. extra time is needed on 270 between hagerstown and baltimore there was a crash at braddock road on the outer loop. at 395 and king street is this camera. delays close to the pentagon and beyond to the 14th street bridge. raindrops. that's a long drive. outer loop delays are typical out of college park. 95 past university boulevard. how about from 270 to the american legion captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- the data people injured in an explosion that destroyed a rockville house overnight. other houses in the area were damaged. a man and woman are hospitalized with serious but non-life threatening intervalinjuries. -- two people injured. the white house is trying to decide whether to release photographs of the body of osama bin laden. he was not armed when the navy seals shot him. his wife was shot in the leg and a it was not killed. the tampa bay lightning play in the capitals. the capitals lost game 3 last night, 4-3. tampa bay leads the series, 3-0. a dancing contestant got a dose of reality last night. >> kendra tucker and louis at. >> it-- kendra tand louis. >> the remaining contestants will each play two -- perform two dances next week. >> lisa baden has a check on traffic. a crash on the outer loop at braddock road blocking two lanes. anne arundel county, there's an accident on mountain view avenue and there is a pull down with power outages in the area as a result. there's a delay in the rain allen lew pas 295 past colesville road. in virginia it looks like that on 95 and 395. the rain finally tapers off around lunchtime today. a little sunshine this afternoon, near 60. cooler than yesterday. we will warm up to the 70's the next couple days. >> that does it for us.

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