reagan national airport 73 in annapolis. clare air to the western mountains. 64 in cumberland. -- cooler air to the west in the mountains. a lull in action and then things will pick up later this afternoon. partly sunny skies for the forecast. sunshine will act as fuel for the showers and thunderstorms later this afternoon. 77-82 for the afternoon high. a beautiful morning around the beltway. there was overnight construction at university boulevard but that has been stopped. the beltway near 95, there were restrictions around the exit to northbound 395 but that will be gone soon. headlights in this camera a car northbound 95 out of newington getting up to the beltway. looks nice on the beltway at route 4. looks good on the beltway at 270. looks good out of tysons. new this morning, the principal at the center of an infamous suspension has resigned. dr. karen spillman stepped down days after suspending a student who ran onto the football field in a banana costume. the superintendent will take over as interim principal until the district finds a replacement. dozens of people recovering after being overcome by carbon monoxide at a drug and alcohol rehab clinic in northwest. because of the unit was called to harvard street in columbia heights mr. afternoon. 43 people were taken to the hospital. three of them seriously injured. d.c. fire officials believe april -- a leak in a basement water system a and the culprits. engineers today will attempt to repel down the 555 foot structure that was damaged. they stopped work yesterday due to light. engineers will begin sliding down ropes in a few hours from now at the washington monument and then will begin emergency weather is stationed at the monument. new jersey governor chris christie said that he's not running for president. extraordinarily flattering. on the same token backs a heartfelt messages you gave me is also, not a reason for me to do it. that reason has to reside inside me. >> he made the decision very clear in a speech of the ronald reagan presidential library last night. he did accused president obama of preparing to divide the company to win reelection next year. looking at the day ahead president obama goes back to school. the commander-in-chief will address american students at a d.c. high school, telling them the country needs their passion and their ideas. the white house released portions of the speech and of time. d.c. school officials are taking action after disturbing report about students and suicide. 11.5% of high-school students and nearly 9% of middle school students attempted to take their lives in the 12 months prior to the survey. that is drastically higher than the national average which is 6.3%. school officials in the district say that the data is being used to develop school aside -- used to develop suicide prevention programs. taxpayers could be spending millions of dollars. the city decided not to appeal a ruling ordering it to make additional payments to thousands of d.c. officers who had to work overtime. the back pay will: abou total about $4 million for each all hands on deck weekend. g.m. making an about-face. that and more as well as a preview of trading, linda bell is at bloomberg headquarters in new york. good morning. >> good morning. there was controversy over gm's onstar service as well as privacy concerns that the service would continue tracking the driving habits of people. gm now says it will not collect the data after all. the obama administration says it needs more time to issue a rule that would double fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks by 2025. they want to make sure the language in the proposal is just right. a rulin may takethe proposal may take some more time to be ready. the sec is holding a press conference today and they discussed hep forapparel for your rear. shocking new pictures of the king of pop and just moments after his death from an overdose. >> another dancer says goodbye. we will tell you who is headed home after week 2. oh, i see. a throne for the tv... room for movies... your workout gear... non-stop football... it's a man cave! the boys next door will never leave. who says we want them to? welcome back. wednesday morning. let's a check on traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> steve rudin is with us this morning. will we have some sunshine for a little while? >> yes, later this morning and into the afternoon. but it will make an atmosphere more unstable. that could add fuel to the potential for severe thunderstorms later on today. 70 right now i to reagan national airport. lower 70's in baltimore and annapolis. mid 60's in the mountains. area of low pressure that continues to expand across the great lakes has not moved at all for the past few days, now finally beginning to drift a little more towards the north and east. that will allow the unsettled weather to stay in our area. there's a nasty weather in central virginia, a heavy thunderstorm cells beginning to develop. 77-82 degrees today for the daytime high. coming up, the extended outlook. are you ready for temperatures in the low 60's? i will tell you when, in a few minutes. no traffic troubles on interstate 70. 270 is getting a little bit more action, and of 15. no accidents on 340. pretty quiet on the dulles greenway and dulles toll road. we will take you to a picture of that where they come together over 28. running nicely on the door to washington parkway. this is north of reagan national airport. back to you. >> thank you. 68 degrees. cracks coming up on this wednesday, no relief for people stranded by the heavy rain from lee. >> a taped confession. a jealous rage. a look at our top stories. dozens of people have been treated after being overcome by carbon monoxide. the incident happened yesterday at a drug and alcohol rehab clinic in northwest. the 43 people were taken to the hospital. three of them were seriously injured. a beacon of basement water heater may have caused the problem. engineers will attempt to pinpoint damage at the washington monument today. they will repel 555 feet down the obelisk. yesterday crews were forced to cancel their inspection due to lightning concerns. new jersey governor chris christie says that he's not running for president. he made the decision clear in a speech at the ronald reagan presidential library last night. he was flattered by the suggestions, but he says that is not running for president in 2012. on the thursday, shocking photographs were shown to the jury in the manslaughter trial of dr. conrad murray. photoshop pictures of his lifeless body just hours after he died. dr. murray is accused of giving the singer a lethal doses of a powerful anesthetic. he was under the influence of powerful drugs given to him by dr. murray, said the prosecutors. >> i want to say to them, i've never seen nothing like this in my --" >> dr. murray said jackson used the drug propofol as a sleep aid and his lawyer said he may have taken other drugs while dr. murray was out of the room. he faces up to four years behind bars if convicted. for the third day in a row a jury will hear graphic testimony about a murder and the final minutes alive. >> we learned more about the accused killer's motivation from the a brief interrogation. now the latest from the high- profile trial. >> the court room froze when the mall surveillance video of the two-year-old algelyn's death was played in court. her grandmother carmela dela rosa, on trial for killing a girl said nothing and showed no physical or emotional reaction. this was last november. the grandmother had algelyn in her arms and the rest of the family was walking ahead of them. if the court room watched as she raised the granddaughter over the railing and dropped the girl. the video shows the rest of the family screeching towards the garage stairs to get to the girl six stories below. police escorted the grandmother away 20 minutes later. an officer testified that the grandmother said i did it, i threw the baby oscff. earlier in the day the little girl's father said that he wantstched his daughter died at the hospital. detectives asked carmela dela rosa if she wanted to kill algelyn and she said if she had been gone --. prosecutors will ask a judge jared loughner's mental competency restored. he killed six people and wounded more than a dozen others including arizona congresswoman's gabrielle giffords. the obama administration is gearing up for fight over the pictures and video of osama bin laden taken after he was killed. judicial watch has filed a freedom of information packed against the justice department to have the images released but the government says the release of the photographs would incite violence against americans overseas. violence erupted at a book signing for detainee. 200 protesters clashed with police tuesday night in vancouver. some demonstrators held signs accusing him of being a war criminal for his support of interrogation techniques, like water boarding. now we know the latest nominees for the rock-and-roll hall of fame. guns and roses, until the peppers, donna summer, and others. 500 industry people will vote for their favorites. the event will be in april in cleveland. there's one class couple. >> elisabetta canalis. >> the italian actress and her dancing partners were dismissed. this is despite their a third- place finish on monday's episode. she is george clooney's ex- girlfriend. that leaves 10 couple still battling for the trophy. she has had a tough year. dumped by george clooney and then dumped by the "dancing." >> i was a little surprised because i thought she was pretty good. i guess she did not have the fan base. >> people don't know her. i had no idea. >> i thought ron artest would go very far because he does have a fan base. >> it was weird that night. world peace being his new name. not a bad start to this wednesday morning. 70 degrees. temperatures are fairly mild for this time of morning. dew point levels are in the upper 60's. you are definitely going to notice the humidity. 66 degrees in winchester. charlottesville, they have a thunderstorm 70 degrees. annapolis, 73 degrees at the bay. mid 50's in chicago detroit indianapolis. this is an indication of what's on the way for the weekend in terms of daytime highs. a big cooldown is on the way but three have to wait another couple days. here is the area of low pressure. it has not moved since friday of last week. now started to slowly meander towards the north and east. showers and storms are pushing in from the south. these storms will take a break during the mid morning. as we move through the afternoon and evening, some of the storms will have the potential to become severe. here are the stronger storms across charlottesville. culpeper may see a shower over the next 45 minutes to an hour. futurecast will show the chance for heavy storms as we move into the overnight hours around 11:00 tonight. a line of heavy storms from a darke county and fairfax and the district, clearing by tomorrow afternoon, only to reignite a few more showers. by friday, looks great. the weekend will be cooler and breezy. 80 degrees today for the daytime high, wind out of the southeast at 5-10. let's get an update on the last hour commute. looks great as far as traffic on the interstate. to the airport is clear. around the beltway is pretty decent. overnight construction being moved to the side. we will show you the approach across the river this morning. first, traffic coming out of virginia to the district on the 14th street bridge. next out of rosslyn across the river, constitutions avenue, independence avenue, and onto the e st. expressway, looks good. and the american legion bridge looks good. 68 degrees. >> coming up next on this wednesday morning, the long clean up after lee is not the dog is holding its second public hearing tonight about proposed hov and hot lanes on 95. if that would be between edsall road in fairfax county and garrissonville road in stafford county. they are expected to ease congestion in the springfield area as well as farther south. tonight's hearing is from 5:00 to 8:00 at the waterford at springfield reception hall in springfield. a major traffic know for anyone traveling on interstate 66 starting friday. the left exit for the capital beltway interstate 66 will be permanently closed. drivers would need to use the right exit ramp 49a to access the interstate. the detour will have two lanes to accommodate the additional traffic. it's been three weeks since remnants of tropical storm lead toward through our area. >> major roads in northern virginia remain closed because of flood damage. a small creek in west springfield cut hillside road and ask. look at this. the road caved in and an underground pipe was washed away. >> lots of votes took a hit but -- lot suffix -- a lot of r oads got hit but this one was terrible. >> and a trailer park was destroyed by that storm. >> so many people affected by that, including woodbrige. people still are homeless. >> still a lot of cleanup and getting back to normal. 68 degrees. >> still ahead, the latest on a nationwide listeria outbreak. two big trials under way. a grandmother confesses to killing a toddler. and the doctor accused in michael jackson's? -- michael jackson's death is in