a very warm day. >> it does. we have the changes for the weekend as well. >> let's go to adam caskey. >> highs in the low 80's. tomorrow, near 60. above their bids today, below average tomorrow. -- above average today. in northern maryland you could get clipped by priests sprinkled today. 60 degrees in fairfax, 82 for today's high temperature. the weekend forecast is coming up, lisa baden. >> nothing major to expect on interstate travel. they're clearing overnight construction out of the way. let's first join the beltway traffic, which looks nice running through montgomery county to prince george's county. nothing at university blvd. and across the american legion bridge. up to the beltway looks good. the greenway looks good. >> thank you. we begin with breaking news. a man's body was found in montgomery county. police say the cause of death is suspicious. the body was found in a house along the 9300 block of columbia boulevard. kathy park is at the scene with details. >> good morning. this is what we know. police have confirmed they are treating this as a homicide investigation. it happened around 7:30 last night. the victim did not show up for work yesterday. a co-worker stopped by the home. entered the home and found the body of an adult male. the details about the victim have not been released. police are waiting to notify family members at this hour. the victims' vehicle is usually parked outside a home and is currently missing. described as a dark blue 2007 nissan exterra. the bizarre twist is old records show in 2002, there were two people shot in the same home. in the most recent incident, police have no suspects. this is an ongoing income -- investigation. your last call montgomery county police if you have information. >> several montgomery county middle school and high-school students are under investigation for their role in the sexting scandal. some students at payan middle school and walt whitman high school posed for inappropriate photographs and videos. it was sold and bought by classmates. police are investigating. fermilab a live report coming up. the d.c. public school system may not have a budget surplus after all. the chief financial officer says a $34 million budget surplus does not exist. the washington post reports that was offset by overspending in the system's central office. >> there are new details from europe this morning. there will be more flight disruptions because of volcanic ash from iceland. airplanes in britain, germany, and other countries have been grounded. the cancellations have stranded thousands of passengers around world. this could take several days for the skies to become safe again. >> president obama has signed a bill restoring unemployment to hundreds of thousands of americans. the house and senate approved $18 billion bill last night. it funds unemployment insurance through june 2. president obama is calling on lawmakers to extend benefits through the end of the year. republicans did not what it because they did not want it to be added to the deficit. president obama has signed an order making hospitals to allow gays and lesbians to grant their powers of medical -- medical powers of attorney. the order allows them to have non-family visitors at the hospital. it's expected to be made public this morning. >> if today marks the three-year anniversary of the virginia tech shootings, which left 32 people and the gunman dead. a day of remembrance on campus today to pay remembrancer to the victims. classes will be cancelled. two sitting benches will be dedicated to honor the victims. a candlelight vigil tonight. police officers caught on tape beating the university of maryland students say they are getting death threats. prince george's county police have suspended two more officers. two other officers were suspended on monday. the video shows police hiddink student john mckenna with batons during a celebration must must. -- hitting the student during a celebration last month. one lawmaker has promised to challenge the district's right to vote. >> we have big changes for the weekend. right now it is 5:06 captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> hadick friday morning. it's going to be a nice day, unseasonably warm. we are already near 60 degrees across much of the region. but there's a cold front that score to move through later this evening and tonight. that will pave the way for much lower temperatures on the weekend and lasting into much of next week, below average at that point. 70 degrees in part of our area. it's going to reach near 80 today. there could be a few thunderstorms along the mason- dixon line. a few sprinkles for the rest of us while we are sleeping tonight. breezy conditions when we wake up tomorrow. eisner 60 tomorrow. -- high temperatures near 60 degrees tomorrow. >> it's a smooth ride on the interstate this morning. the normal travel times on 66, green way, battocchi, 95 looks great between washington and baltimore. no construction to reports from springfield, 95, all less side of the screen is northbound traffic, no problems to report as far as traffic on 270 southbound out of frederik into montgomery, those are the delights in the camera. >> thank you. steny hoyer will bring a bill giving d.c. a full vote in congress to the house floor next week. the maryland democrat issued a statement yesterday saying now is the time for action. the senate passed a bill last year, but the senate added an amendment regarding guns and restrictions on automatic weapons. >> some parking changes will be in effect. parking meter payments will be required only in the area around national park. a game is scheduled around 7:00 p.m. the meters will operate three always before game time until diyala is after the game. >> still ahead, don't let facebook full you. young people have what they would like to keep private. don't let facebook fool you. >> in our top stories, breaking news. investigators looking into the suspicious death of a silver spring man. montgomery county police say a qur'an -- went to the men's columbia boulevard home last night when he did not show up for work. the co-worker discover the man's body. the name has not been released. his car is missing. there are no reports of injury or significant damage after an earthquake hit a large part of the western u.s. the magnitude 4.9 quaker was felt in utah, wyoming, and idaho. senator riegle largest quake to hit you talked since 1992. -- it is said to be the largest. the cia had destroyed interrogation videos in 2005. the videos showed accused terrorist abu oseguezubayda beig auctwaterboarded. >> a disturbing story out of bethesda. local students accused of taking, sending, and selling naked pictures. the scandal was reportedly taking place inside and outside thomas pyle middle school as well as walt whitman high school. now the details. >> there's a lot of talk and always about a eighth grader is sending nude photographs of girls. >> police are investigating a sexting scandal in bethesda. >> for that to happen in high- school is a big deal. so for that to happen as young as middle school is pretty scary. >> according to administrators, some female students at a high school and the middle school willingly posed for pictures and videos. to date were shared on cell phone and e-mail and sold by other students. >> it is sometimes hard for young people to understand the ramifications of what seems harmless. >> administrators say over the past three years they have worked to educate students about the dangers of social networking and email. they're asking parents to discuss cyber safeties with children. >> i feel sad for the students who must not have known the seriousness of what was going on. >> in maryland, anyone arrested in a sexting-related case could face a number of serious charges including felony sexual exploitation of a minor as well as possession and distribution of child pornography. >> traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> let's begin with lisa baden and the latest on the traffic situation. is it a happy friday? >> it is so far. normal travel times between richmond and baltimore on 95. good on the green light, 66, was road, 270. that's 270 traffick. moving nicely at shady grove. switch to the beltway at the american legion bridge, looks good. the right side is out of bethesda into tyson. it's moving nicely around the bend. let's go to adam caskey. >> not a bad friday. it looks pretty good. i guess we can correlacall it e- springlike. 63 degrees at herndon elementary school. bethesda, 60. landover is 64 degrees. suitland is 67, fairfax is checking in at 60 degrees. where should weekly? -- we be? the average tide temperature is 67. it was 63 yesterday. 92 was the record set in 2002. this weekend we will have the changes because of a cold front that's moving through late this evening and through the night. notice that lightning bolt at the end of our karlie forecast. farther north in frederick and hagerstown and baltimore and even parts of northern and western virginia and the panel could be could buy a few thunderstorms later on and just after sunset. 7:46 p.m.. for the rest of us, maybe a few sprinkles what we are asleep. otherwise, a great day. during the daylight, short sleeve weather. there's light rain, a few sprinkles through the night. the bins will pick up tonight as well with the cold front moving into town. the twins will shift to the northwest and it will celebrate by sunrise tomorrow morning -- the wind will shift. high temperatures tomorrow near 60 degrees. partly sunny conditions. partly cloudy on sunday, near 60. we go from well above average back down to well below average. that is typical of springtime. not much happens next week. a lot of sunshine, weather, remaining cool, below average, but we could use a few showers. >> thank you. a surprising study about young people with privacy. new details about the smartest smart phone. >> the new droid goes on sale april 29. verizon posted details on its website and created a buzz. it runs on the google andro loyd operating system and features microsoft exchange,-- android. costs $200. the iphone has an application called opera. it's a proxy browser and is extremely fast. many may choose this over safari browser. the flip camera is one of the most popular on the market. now we take a look at it. >> you can slide that and see the screen like that, put it on a table and watch a video on it or share the video with friends. there are down sides. $279 is a lot for cama that does not have a lot of advanced features. when you are in direct sunlight, it is difficult to see the screen. that's bad for shooting video and for watching it back. >> you can read that folder view on "usa today.com. the younger you are, the more likely you are to share details of your life on various social media. a survey shows young people care about privacy as much as older people. people of all ages refused to give personal information about themselves to businesses. young people were more expecting laws to protect them. for information on all these stories, log on to the technology page on abcnews.com. i'm vinita nair. >> 5:21 on this friday, 57 degrees. but alex ovechkin on the ice or on the beach. he went missing last night and the coach had a comment. >> today on "oprah," live from chicago with elton john. that's on abc 7 at 4:00. >> welcome back. 5:24 on this friday. we are taking a live look at pictures outside our studio in rosslyn. traffic and weather every 10 minutes. now, the capitals. >> oh, boy. >> they will have to do better than they did in game 1 of the playoffs last night. >> what a disappointment for the fans. it was a sloppy effort from the regular-season champions against montreal. the capitals took the game into overtime, but they don't get points for that. no one was bigger than this canadian. he taunted the capitals all began back it up with the game- winner. alex ovechkin was a virtual nashotah. -- no-show. >> when ovechkin does not to get any shots... i did not think he was very good tonight. >> not good coming from your courage. >-- coach. >> he looks nervous. >> the verizon centers where they will play tomorrow. >> the orioles are off to their worst start since 1988 when they began the season with 21 straight losses. the loss six-two in oakland last night bringing their record to 1 and 1. -- they lost in oakland. it is 57 degrees. the news continues at 5:30. >> still ahead in the next half- hour, if the darkest day at virginia tech. we'll tell you how the school is marking the campus massacre three years later. >> its friday morning. you're tracking a cold front that will slowly enter and cause big changes for our weather. that will slowly enter and cause big changes for our weather. mmmmmm. mmmmmm. wow! you have got to be kidding me. 80 calories? light & fit has 80 calories versus 100 in the other leading brand. i love light & fit. now save money with our new super saver four packs. >> live, and in high definition, this is good morning washington, on your side. >> we have breaking news. a homicide investigation in silver spring. the case has a strange twist. we are glad your joining us on this friday morning, april 16. i am alison starling. >> i am doug mcelway. first check on the traffic and weather every 10 minutes. let's go to adam caskey. >> declared to be like summer today. not bad at all. increasing clouds by the afternoon. 55 in buckroe hill, west virginia. 58 in quantico. -- 55 in bunker hill. we have a lot of sunshine to start today. increasing clouds this afternoon, gold run de pinki and by the evening and night. there could be -- a cold front s evening or tonight. a lot of sunshine and low 80's today. it will be a little breezy tomorrow. near 60 for the high temperature on the weekend. that is it for the forecast. now to lisa baden, traffic looking good so far? >> it is. i hope it stays that way. it's been a difficult week, but not right now. you'll be assured that 66 is off to a good start. getting into manassas, a brief slowdown performing in centreville, but nothing on the green light or the toll road. 66 in the beltway is good. through roslyn and across the rows of bridge,. all lanes are open out of fredericksburg getting into springfield. >> thank you. we have been falling breaking news out of montgomery county this morning. a suspicious death in silver spring is a homicide investigation. >> authorities found a man's body in the 9300 block of columbia boulevard 7:30 last night. kathy park is live on the scene with the latest. we understand police have released an id. >> this is just coming in. brian keith betts, 42 years old. he lives in the home behind me. police say the call came in around 7:30 last night. it is now a homicide investigation. the victim did not show a full work yesterday. that is when a co-worker stopped by to check up on him and discovered the body of betts. details about the victim are just being released. we only have the name right now. the victims' vehicle normally found outside the home is currently missing, described as a dark blue 2007 nissan exterra. the bizarre twist in all this, old records show that in 2002 there was also another incident, another crime scene, that was a shooting where two people were killed. that case is closed. in this recent incident, no suspect. it's an ongoing investigation. the victim is brian keith betts. contact police if you have information. >> this murder took place in the same area where a father and daughter were shot to death in 2002. 9-year-old erica smith and 47- year-old gregory russell were found shot to death in august of 2002. in 2008 anthony kellie was convicted of murder of a two. >> several montgomery county middle and high school students are under investigation for their role in a sexting scandal. school officials say students at pannell middle school and walt whitman high school posed for inappropriate photographs and videos. the material was then sold and bought by classmates. much more on this coming up in a live report. now let's turn to a developing story from the district. the d.c. public school system may not have had a budget surplus after all. the district's chief financial officer says 34 did dollar budget surplus that was cited by chancellor michelle rhee does not exist. the washington post says the amount is offset by overspending in the system's central office. -- $34 million budget surplus. >> virtually every remindairlinr across northern europe closed because of volcanic ash. we are following the story from london. >> this is because of the chaos. a volcano in iceland erupting beneath a glacier, bringing european air travel to a halt. >> completely cancelled. it's devastating. >> as it moves east across europe and into russia it is showing no sign of letting up. air travel has been thrown into turmoil. some airports are expected to remain closed on weekends. it is a dangerous situation. the particles in the volcanic ash can cause immense damage to the aircraft engine. if interested, it can cause the airplane to stall mid flight. any hint of danger lingering in the air makes authorities proceed cautiously with how quickly they allow flights to resume. 11 international airports are closed. most air space over poland is closed, which could delay the sunday funeral of president lech kaczynski. >> president obama has signed a bill restoring jobless benefits to americans. the house and senate approved $18 billion bill. it extends an insurance -- unemployment insurance through june 2. the president wants them through the end of the year. republicans were against them because they did not what the cause to be added to the deficit. >> this is the third anniversary of a shooting rampage at virginia tech, 32 people killed along with a gunman. a day of remember this will be held on the campus today to pay tribute to the students. classes will be cancelled. three virginia congressman want to avoid a repeat of virginia tech shootings. they're asking their colleagues to support closing the gun show loophole. bobby scott and others are banding together in support of the bill that would require more requirements to purchase a firearm at a gun show. president obama has a message for tea party protesters. >> we have a warning for anybody writing metro this weekend. get ready for major delays-- riding. >> >> on the assistant principal at st. peter's catholic school in maryland. you like to set -- good morning, washington. >> welcome back, everybody. it's friday. 5:39 is the time. >> liv checked with adam caskey. it's going to be a nice way to end the week. >> perfect way to in the week. a great friday in store, but if we have the changes on the weekend, because of a cold front that will move through after sunset this evening and night. it's a mild start to the debt. the long sleeves or light jacket will suffice early this morning. it's 55 in bunker hill. in the district, 59. near 60 degrees or lower for the most part. 80 degrees this afternoon. increasing clouds by the evening ahead of the cold front. there could be a few thunderstorms near the mason- dixon line around sunset and a few sprinkles august of us tonight. highs around 60 this weekend. >> a fabulous trip. run back inside. going outside, hitting the roads, very nice. 95, 66, 395, looks fine. everyone is behaving. let's describe a similar scenario on route 4, route 5, 228, all good to annapolis, and apply it to fedex field and on the beltway near rosslyn. >> thank you. if you ride metro, the trains will be sharing one track on the red, blue, orange, and green lines. they will be doing track work and replacing orioles which if, the law is up to 40 minutes at some points are expected. it's 5:40 on this friday morning. 57 degrees. >> what goes around comes around. one of the women whio helped bring down tiger woods goes to jail. >> he is stealing 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plus 2 weed control. >> we begin our top stories with breaking news. investigators have identified a man found dead in a silver spring home last night. a co-worker found 42-year-old brian betts body inside his columbia boulevard home when he did not show up for work. his car is missing. the cause of death under investigation. if president obama has ordered a review of coal mines with poor safety records and he's called on federal officials to strengthen laws that he says are riddled with loopholes. they allowed unsafe conditions to continue. mr. obama criticized the operator of west virginia mine where 29 workers were killed last week. a lawyer says haiti has dropped kidnapping charges against nine of the 10 baptist missionaries arrested while trying to take more than 30 children out of that country. the missionaries from idaho were released from jail in february and early march and allowed to return to the united states but one of them merman's behind bars, the leader. >> fewer taxes and less government, that was the message from demonstrators by tea party members across the country on thursday. >> he is stealing our freedom and liberty. >> they gathered on tax day to make a point. they fear they will experience less freedom. >> more taxes going on. >> they hope to unseat politicians they don't like. >> we need to stand up. >> but counter protesters -- >> walker leg. but they were intent on joining the discussion. >> we are here to give a voice to the vast majority of americans who don't agree with strange politics and are tired of the rhetoric and none of the truth. >> i don't agree with everything obama does, but he is a lot better. >> you wonder what the founding fathers would think of this debate. >> anger and frustration is what we're talking about. >> abc 7 news. >> i have been amused over the last couple days of people having the rallies about taxes. [laughter] you would think they would be saying thank-you. [applause] >> debose president obama and responding to the tea party rallies during a fund-raiser in miami last night. he that he has cut taxes during his time in office. every april 15 around midnight procrastinators are out in force. last night was no exception. the deadline to file tax returns was midnight. we found a lot of people at the post office on massachusetts avenue in northeast d.c. >> 5:47. police are looking for a moment who went on a luxury car spending spree using a stolen identity. the suspect is a 36-year-old named mccullah of triangle, virginia. on december 30, she stole three luxury-car is at two dealerships in rockdale. she used an identity that she stole from a woman in oklahoma. and detained 100% financing for that. a suspect in last month's mass shooting in southeast d.c. has been ordered to remain in jail. a preliminary hearing was today for orlando carter, accused of killing four people and in the shooting death of jordan howe eight days earlier. >> the prince william county man is staking his fight to get his daughter back on national television. his girlfriend gave birth to elma in february of 2009. she took the infant to utah and gave the child up for adoption. he will talk about his situation and what lies ahead on "good morning america" starting at 7:00 today. >> 5:48 is the time. it's friday morning. biba talk about traffic and weather every 10 minutes. adam caskey described today as early summer. >> it's like an early summer day. a mild starts. to low 80's this afternoon. cold front will move into town to cause big changes for the weekend. >> brain? >> i wish i could say that. we could use some rain. renato to get much rain. just cooler temperatures. we have a few sprinkles on the mason-dixon line right now, from pennsylvania into the panhandle of maryland, quickly dying out. east of hagerstown there are like sprinkles. even sprinkle north of gettysburg early this morning. close to sunset in the same area we could get a few thunderstorms. will the rest of us, like sprinkles are possible while we are sleeping. 59 in hagerstown, 52 in gaithersburg. martinsburg, 56 degrees right now. 73 degrees was the temperature yesterday, above average. average is 67. we will be well above that today. 82 degrees with a lot of sunshine. a few patchy clouds off throughout today. brown sunshine -- around sunset, a few thunderstorms are possible. a few sprinkles for most of the area. we are going to see that dissipate while we are sleeping around that cold front per. we will not get much accumulation. near 60 this weekend, sonny. breezy on saturday. it's going to be cool and then drive for the work week ahead. temperatures in the mid 60's. a dry weather pattern ahead of us. now to lisa baden. >> thank you. you'll be grateful to hear that 95 between richmond and baltimore is good. if 66 has the crash eastbound after to 34 business. it's blocking the road. getting into manassas, a little sticky. 95 in springfield, i will take you to that picture. plenty of headlights, but behaving getting into town. if nothing to report out of southern maryland. about four, five, 270 are good as well as the american legion bridge. >> thank-you. one of the alleged mistresses of tiger woods, jaimee grubbs, she was thrown in jail on wednesday after being arrested on suspicion of driving with a suspended license. the random license plate checks showed she had three outstanding warrants. she was released thursday morning after $30,000 bail. she was the one who released the voice mail from tiger woods that revealed a sex scandal. >> i can imagine tiger woods did not post bail. [laughter] log on kicker named brett sheldon was trying to earn a spot on the indiana team. this is a special young man. he has a good kicking leg and was a star on his high school team, but his arms never fully developed at birth. despite that, he's been overcoming obstacles for years by giving 110%. something a lot of players could learn from. >> good for him. >> people use their arms for ballads drinking generally. >> this is great. >> i will be is a great success on the team. >> heroes everywhere. thanks for sharing that. >> great story. it's 58 degrees. >> more ri >> an emotional reunion for holocaust survivors and to the soldiers who freed them. >> they were brought together for a ceremony in the rotunda at the u.s. capitol building. more than 100 veterans were there along with people in the concentration camps they helped liberate. henriette greenbaum weighed 75 pounds the day the american tanks rolled in. he lives in bethesda. >> god sent us two angels. there were americans. blonde hair with a crewcuts. stephen johns jr helped with the candlelight ceremony. his father was killed in last year's shooting at a holocaust museum. six candlelit, one for each 1 million jews who perished during the holocaust. >> that must have been an incredible ceremony. >> so emotional. there's a lot more in the second dollar of good morning washinton. >> coming up, heartbreak for montreaour team against montrea. >> we will have the latest from a crime scene. >> lisa baden is going to help you navigate a friday morning commute when good morning washington continues in 90 seconds. a waffle iron? nooo. i could have saved this one. ♪ call 1-800-steemer mmmmmm. mmmmmm. wow! you have got to be kidding me. 80 calories? light & fit has 80 calories versus 100 in the other leading brand. i love light & fit. now save money with our new super saver four packs. >> coming up, about found in silver spring and the is already a strange twist in the investigation. >> a sexting scandal inside a local school. some cellphone pictures could mean child pornography charges for some students. >> there's a big mess on the ground for airports because of the volcanic ash. good morning washinton continues right now. >> live, and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. >> good morning, washington. 6:00 on this friday, april 16. i am doug mcelway. >> i am alison starling. happy friday. thanks for joining us. time for traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> let's start with meteorologist adam caskey with good news. >> a great day. a great way to finish the work we can't lead us into the weekend. but we will have changes this weekend. you should enjoy a warm weather today. we have a few isolated sprinkles crossing over the mason-dixon, east of cumberland, east of hagerstown, into northern frederik county. they are quickly dying out. northern frederik county. they are quickly dying out.