it is much more pleasant as we have drier air pushing in from the west. we have a cool front pushing in from the mountains, and that front will be pushing through the rest of the region east of virginia. that will be as this day progresses, and that will usher in even lower humidity as we get into the late afternoon hours and into the evening hours. right now still quite a bit of cloudiness over washington. live picture from the city camera. by 9:00, upper 70s, partly cloudy. partly cloudy the rest of the day. temperatures mid-80s by late afternoon. as that secondary shot comes in, we could get an isolated shower popping up where the humidity is going to be remaining east of i-95 around the bay and eastern shore. there's only a 30% chance of those storms popping up. i'll look at your friday night planner at 6:11. danella, good morning. how's traffic? i want to start with the rails. we have a couple of delays here. a delay on the marc brunswick east line p-870 you're delayed 10 minutes. and on the vre fredericksburg line, train 304, your delay is about 15 minutes. and i want to show you 270 again. i am seeing delays on 270 south out of urbana as you head towards clarksburg. right now this is 270 at old hundred road, and you can see traffic is moving kind of slowly already. let's head over to the 14th street bridge. i do see volume increasing here as well. it's starting to be that time of morning when your fellow drivers are making their way around. so exercise patience. joe and eun, back to you. >> danella, thank you. new from overnight, police are investigating a shooting in prince george's county that ended with a victim in the district. the victim drove himself to the police station in southeast d.c. that's where rescue workers found him and took him to the hospital. police do not know what the motive may be or who might be behind the shooting. today the lululemon store will reopen for the first time since one employee was found dead and another charged with her murder. police found jayna murray dead inside the store in march. melissa mollet is live with how the store will honor her memory. >> reporter: good morning to you. this reopening is a rebirth of sorts for the lululemon store here in bethesda. the theme for this bethesda store is now love. you can see it in script up there next to the lululemon logo. the front of the store looking very, very different from the way it's looked over the past couple of months. once a shrine stacked with flowers and notes, balloons and candles. the paper has now been pulled from the windows as we get a glimpse inside this renovated store. the reopening comes more than three months after 30-year-old murray was killed inside. her coworker, 28-year-old brittany norwood, has been charged in the murder, and norwood originally told police she and murray were assaulted by two men who then tied her up and killed murray. police arrted her within one week of the murder. since jayna's death, windows here, of course, have been papered over, and vigils have been held in her name. we spoke with a bethesda resident just a little while ago. she says she's sure jayna would want the store to reopen. >> >> absolutely. i know her parents would want it to reopen too. i think it's a great shine and a great memorial. i think it's the best thing that ever happened. i really do. >> reporter: lots of people agreeing they believe the store should be reopened in jayna's honor. her family is expected to be here for today's reopening and ceremony inside the store. also on saturday, tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m., a large group of people expected to show up here in bethesda, actually just across the street from the lululemon store here to hold a yoga class at 9:00 a.m. in jayna's honor. live in the news room, melissa mollet, news 4. back to you. officials lifted a tsunami warning after a massive earthquake hit off the south western coast of alaska. the massive quake went off triggering a tsunami warning. there have been no reports of any injuries or damage. this morning we're learning more about the evidence against the man who triggered last week's security scare near the pentagon and is now charged with last year's shootings at military installations in northern virginia. prosecutors say they found bomb making materials in yonathan melaku's backpack and a list of potential bomb components in his home as well as a video that prosecutors say he recorded showing himself firing shots outside the marine corps museum. that was one of four targets struck last fall. prosecutors say they may file more charges against him. >> more problems for arlington national cemetery and now another investigation. army investigators want to know why 69 boxes of burial records were found in a commercial storage facility. the information came out during a congressional hearing yesterday. last year an army inspector general report found widespread problems with how arlington is managed. they found at least 200 discrepancies between burial maps and grave sites. today house republicans want to cut off all military action for drone attacks and air strikes. they say there was no congressional authorization to continue beyond 90 days. a separate u.s. resolution would allow u.s. participation in libya for another year. president obama told lawmakers that missions in libya did not need authorization from congress because operations were just assisting nato. a soldier from illinois will receive one of the military's most prestigious awards, the purple heart. the ceremony will take place at walter reed where the soldier is recovering from surgery in afghanistan. it will be one of the last purple heart ceremonies ever held at the hospital. it's scheduled to close later this year. 6:06 is the time. some analysts say the wizards are the big winners from draft night last night. the new additions to the team. the controversial arrests at a public meeting in d.c. why some are now calling for investigation. you snooze, you within minutes. casual friday is canine friday. it is national bring your dog to workday. thousands of offices nationwide are allowing their employees to bring their pooches with them today. it is probably a good idea to make sure that your office is one allowing the dogs inside before grabbing that leash this morning. or you may be in the dog house. >> that's right. it is 73 degrees outside. just a lovely day shaping up into a beautiful weekend. finally some relief from the heat and humidity. we're approaching 6:11. time for weather and traffic on the ones. >> here's tom kierein in stormcenter 4. >> you'll be howling with delight at the weekend forecast. right now we do have lower humidity continuing to move in as we've had temperatures drop overnight. down into the 60s in the suburbs and rural areas just west and north of washington. closer to washington, it's in the low 70s in arlington, downtown washington. montgomery and fairfax counties are in the mid and upper 60s now. it's near 70 in prince george's county right near the bay. temperatures will in the mid-70s. there is a live picture on the sky watcher camera. we'll have sunshine this morning and during the afternoon. partly cloudy. mid to upper 80s by midafternoon. as a surge of dry air pushing in, high pressure moving in along a cool front might trigger an isolated thunderstorm. looks like that will mainly be east of i-95 from late afternoon into early evening. partly cloudy after that. by this time tomorrow morning, down into the mid-60s and a great weekend coming up. a look at that and into next week at 6:21. now let's check traffic. i want to tell you the weather's going to be great for the caribbean festival and parade this weekend, but we have road closures already in preparation. ninth street northwest is closed from florida avenue to euclid. i want to make you aware of that as you make your commute around d.c. i can tell you the outer loop of the beltway, the lanes are filling up. so far you're going along at a nice speed as we head down to virginia. look at this 66 and sudley road. 66 east heading towards the city, your lanes are full. and i can tell you too, so far no significant delays. i want to take a look again at the rails because we do still have delays on the rail. both the marc and vre are delayed. marc brunswick you're delayed 10 minutes. and on the vre train number 304 you're delayed 15 minutes. coming up, what president obama did not say during a speech at a gay rights jim riggleman does what many managers dream of doing. if you are trying to buy tickets to the 2012 olympics in london, you may have to keep trying. so many people on tickets when they went on sale this morning. they crashed the website. ticket window is open for ten days until july 3rd. we tried the website overnight. it allowed us to go to the registration page. many washington nationals fans are stunned this morning. jim riggleman essential told the team to this job and do you know what with it. the team was in the middle of one of its hottest win streaks in years. he was upset the team had not started talks about a contract extension. riggleman has been managing on a series of one-year contracts since taking the job in 2009, and he's one of the lowest paid managers in baseball. riggleman says he deserves better. >> i do feel like i know what i'm doing. it's not a situation where i felt like i should continue on with such a short leash. >> we will move on. we will -- we'll move on from this, as we have from the steven straussburg injury, from the ryan zimmerman injury, we will move on from this and go forward and not miss a beat. >> bench coach john mclaren will serve as acting manager. some espn analysts are saying the wizards are the big winners from the draft. they liked all three of the team's picks. here's how the night started for the wizards. >> with the sixth pick in the 2011 nba draft, the washington wizards select jan vessely from ostrava, czech republic. >> the wiz selected the 6'11" forward with their sixth overall pick in the draft. vessel why is described as a freak athlete who can run really well for his size. he should be a good running mate to go with john wall. and they also picked forward chris singleton from florida state with the 18th overall pick, widely considered the best defensive player in the draft. maryland terrapins fans should know him pretty well. he torched the terps during his three years at fsu. second round, the wizards grabbed sheldon mack, hoping his success in college translates to the nchlba. they selected the butler guard with the 34th overall pick. as for former maryland terrapin jordan williams, he is now a new jersey net. he was picked in the second round 36th overall. a new ap poll is giving support to gop front runners in decision 2012. sarah palin, who has not said yet whether she will, in fact, run for president, has a 63% favorability rating. former massachusetts governor mitt romney has a 61% rating. the highest among announced candidates. three-term minnesota congresswoman michelle bachmann jumped from 41% to 54% favor ability rating. she is set to formally kick off her campaign on monday. meanwhile, support for former house speaker newt gingrich is heading in the wrong direction. his ratings dropped to 43% after his campaign staff quit, and reports came out of his lavish jewelry account with tiffany's. as new york's legislature takes up same-sex marriage today, president obama stopped just short of offering his full support at a fund-raiser for gay donors last month. >> i believe that discrimination because of somebody's sexual orientation or gender identity ran counter to who we are as a people. and it's a violation of the basic tenets on which this nation was founded. >> right now same-sex marriage is legal in five states plus d.c. if new york's legislature approves it, it would become the largest state to do so. the critical discussions about raising the u.s. debt ceiling are at a standstill. republican leaders got up and walked out on the debt talks. now vice president joe biden says it is up to the president and top congressional leaders to decide how to proceed. democrats want to reduce long-term deficits by cutting spending and increasing tax revenue. republicans say tax hikes will not be part of negotiations. the treasury department warns, if the ceiling is not raised by august, the u.s. risks falling into default. you can't arrest me for reporting. >> take a look at this video. journalists pete tucker and jim epstein were arrested on thursday when they tried to record a meeting of the taxicab commission of the the crowd in the room noticed the commotion and reacted loudly. the two were later released and not charged. tucker says he will continue to cover the commission. >> definitely. i mean, this is my -- this is what i've been covering, and this is what i look forward to continue to go cover. maybe other journalists will join me. i think july 13th is the next meeting, and maybe there will be a bunch of us to prove the point that, in fact, this is what public meetings are all about. >> mayor vincent gray released a statement saying, "i remain fully supportive of the district's open meetings act, both in letter and in spirit. my office is inquiring into the incident to ensure that taxi cap commission officials did adhere to these standards." it is just about 6:21. that means we're going to check weather and traffic on the ones. looks like a beautiful day and a beautiful weekend, especially compared to what we had the last few days. >> what do you say, tom? >> gorgeous sunrise behind you. sun's coming up on a partly cloudy sky this friday morning. it has turned less humid overnight. western suburbs in montgomery, arlington, fairfax counties have dipped into the upper 60s to near 70 in many locations. farther west, mid and upper 60s parts of the shenandoah valley. closer to washington, 70s. right near the bay, mid-70s eastern shore as well. there's the sky over montgomery county. you can see a beautiful blue sky there. live picture from the sky watcher camera looking off to the north. and by 9:00 we'll be in the upper 70s and partly cloudy. mid-80s by noontime, partly cloudy. during the afternoon, highs upper 80s. may trigger an isolated thunderstorm late afternoon or early evening. that would be mainly east of interstate 95. there's only a slight risk of any severe weather associated with that. after that, much drier air moving in overnight and mid-60s by dawn tomorrow. partly cloudy saturday. a blustery northwest wind. great weather for the caribbean festival. highs reaching mid-80s, low humidity. more of the same on sunday. we may have more sun and a little less wind. turning more humid monday, tuesday next week, chance of storms. low humidity back again wednesday, thursday. danella, how's traffic now? >> right now chopper 4 is live over the beltway in maryland. this is 495. you can see this outer loop has a lot of volume. you're making your way. he's hovering over georgia avenue right now. you can see traffic is picking up, but i'm happy to say so far no significant delays for you as you make your commute this morning. let's head over to the beltway at the american legion bridge. i can see that it's getting full of volume but nothing significant again. i think a lot of people are on vacation today. this is a great thing if you're commuting right now. it's an excellent time. look at this. 95 south of prince william parkway, i can tell you 95 north and south of virginia is looking good as well. all your lanes are open, and no accidents to report. joe and eun, back to you. >> maybe they're taking off early knowing it's going to be a nice weekend. ♪ [ male announcer ] how could a luminous protein in jellyfish, impact life expectancy in the u.s., real estate in hong kong, and the optics industry in germany? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global 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undue a settlement deal. they claim it was based on a wrongful estimate of how much facebook is worth. it was thought the suit ended because the winklevosses are not appealing to the supreme court. they are harvard classmates of zuckerberg and claim he stole their idea. what couriers is revealing this morning. right now 6:30. gasoline prices are falling and could soon take a drastic nose dive. why some say prices will fall as much as 50 cents. good morning. welcome back to "news 4 today." i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm eun yang. it is friday, june 24th, 2011. we're going to take a live look outside at 5:30. 73 degrees out there. what a pretty day. you can visibly see there's less humidity in the air, can't you? shaping up to be a nice day, nice weekend. meteorologist tom kierein, our hero for the day. tom? >> just put a day, and we'll have this conversation next week. right now it has turned more comfortable of the you'll notice this as you walk out the door this morning. right now around the region from columbia heights to mt. rainier, suitland, mclean, residents are going, ahh, as they step out the door. it has turned noticeably less humid. or north and western suburbs of rural areas of virginia just near 70. low to mid-70s in washington right by the bay and on the eastern shore. west and north in fairfax and montgomery counties, temperatures there just in the upper 60s. there's the blue sky over arlington. live picture from the sky watcher camera. by 9:00 we'll be in the upper 70s. partly cloudy during the afternoon as we hit the upper 80s and still not too human. even the lower humidity moving in later this afternoon. that may trigger a few isolated thunderstorms. looks like that will be mainly to the east of interstate 95, perhaps around the bay and on the eastern shore. a few scattered isolated storms, small chance of that late afternoon and early this evening. a look at your friday night planner at 6:41. danella, how's traffic? >> we have a couple delays on our rail i want to show you. marc penn south line train 915 you're delayed 10 minutes. and vre fredericksburg line delayed, train number 304, delayed 15 minutes because of equipment problems. want to show you the roadways. look at this 14th street bridge. you're picking up steam, but no accidents to report. and so far you're making good leeway as you make your commute this morning. and right now, 495 at river road. 495 inner loop and outer loop of the beltway looking good. i am seeing a little bit of volume on that outer loop of the beltway right around silver spring. nothing too significant right now. eun and joe, back to you. >> danella, thanks very much. 6:32. we should all see prices at the pump drop sateadily over the net few days. several countries, including the u.s., releasing petroleum from the oil reserves. tracee, good morning to you. >> reporter: this could mean that gas will be a lot cheaper at the pumps the next month or so. that's the sad part. you're going to have to wait at least a month for it to happen. the international atomic energy agency is going to relief 500,000 barrels of oil. normally we reserve this oil for emergencies, but they're hoping but putting all this oil into the market, it will settle some of the gas prices charged by the libyan crisis. it still could be at least a month before we see these prices change here at the pump. customers we talked to say better late than never. >> any way we can save some money, i'm willing. i've been paying gas prices -- i remember when this was $1.50. now gas costs more than milk. >> reporter: do you mind that it's being taken from our emergency reserve? >> probably not a good idea, to be honest. gas prices are really high. it's hurting a lot of people. so i don't know. >> reporter: do you think you'll drive more this summer if gas is cheaper? >> probably. >> i just want prices to go down. i'm spending $700 a month in gas to get to work. whatever makes prices go down, i'm happy. >> reporter: in may, it was $3.95 for a gallon of regular. right now $3.65 is the average. so 50 cents cheaper sounds good. a year ago it was a dollar cheaper than it is now. tracy wee wilkins live in capit heights. back to you in the studio. >> we just got numbers from aaa. gas prices dropped a penny overnight to $3.92 in the district. at $3.49, virginia drivers are paying two cents less today. in west virginia, the average went down a penny to $3.64. anyone hopping on an amtrak train is doing so with fingers crossed. the company is trying to figure out what's behind the power problems that are causing disruptions along the heavily traveled northeast corridor. during last night's rush, amtrak had to hold up some trains for 90 minutes. it's been a recurring problem all week. the power issues are between philadelphia and new york. this morning the husband of a falls church, virginia council member is charged with sexual battery. michael gardner is accused of abusing three young girls all under the age of 13. the girls say he had inappropriate physical contact with him at his home last week. his wife is robin gardner, a council member and former city mayor. michael gardner appeared in court yesterday and was granted a $50,000 bond. a convicted killer's attorney says he will appeal a fairfax county judge's decision to sentence his client to death. mark lawlor was sentenced yesterday. a judge convicted him in february of killing genevieve orange with a hammer in her apartment and sexually assaulting her three years ago. his lawyer says he should not have been convicted of capital murder because he was under the influence of drugs and alcohol at the time and was not aware of what he was doing. lawlor is the second man in fairfax county to be sentenced to death in the last ten years. this morning authorities say they've done all they can to protect sewer and water surface from the flooding souris river in south dakota. water is expected to rise to its highest point this weekend. the city's mayor says dikes have been raised as much as possible, and he's confident the water plan is protected. meanwhile officials expanded the evacuation zone, which now includes more than 10,000 people. >> last time it was let's pray the levees hold. this time it's doesn't matter whether they hold. it's going to go over it. >> floodwaters are expected to reach levels not seen since 1881. death of osama bin laden is generating new leads and more questions for pakistan's intelligence agency. "the new york times" reports that the cell phone of osama bin laden's trusted courier contained contacts to a militant group that's described as a longtime asset of pakistan's intelligence agency. "the times" reports that bin laden used the group as part of his support network inside pakistan. it raises questions about whether the group and others helped hide bin laden on behalf of pakistan's spy agency. 6:37 is your time now. the "today" show is next at 7:00. let's check in with ann curry to see what we're working on this morning. ann, good morning to you. >> hey, eun, good morning. tgif. coming up on a friday morning here on "today," even more evacuations being ordered in minot, north dakota, where a giant surge of water is expected to bring record flooding. we're live with the latest. also ahead, a new bombshell in the casey anthony murder trial. anthony's mother told the murders she was the one who researched chloroform on the internet. also this morning, rare and priorless items once owned by michael jackson will be in our studio, including, get this, the jacket he wore in the "thriller" video. we'll tell you how you can actually own that thing. and also, our crowd is gearing up for a summer concert from grammy winning hit maker bruno mars, who is already, as you can see, warming up. he's so terrific. the question this morning is who's going to wear the fedora better, bruno or matt? as we get started here on a friday morning here on "today." back to you. seeing a fare summe7t a beautiful summer morning. good morning. weather and traffic on the ones at 6:41. we've got a partly cloudy sky over washington. there's the live view from the sky watcher camera. and temperatures by 9:00 upper 70s. partly cloudy through the day. highs reaching upper 80s and not too humid. even drier air moving in late this afternoon, early this evening, might trigger an isolated thunderstorm, small chance of that. that chance is mainly east of i-95 around the bay and the eastern shore. and then later in the evening, even drier air moving in this time saturday morning. we'll be down in the mid-60s as we start off the weekend. a look at the weekend forecast. that will be in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic. so far, no accidents to report. i do want to show you the outer loop of the beltway. we'll start out on 66 in virginia. nothing too significant at this time. i'm used to the lanes being so packed with traffic. i can tell you you are moving nicely. now let's look at 495. you can see the outer loop of the beltway in maryland. a little slow but not too bad. right now i also want to show you the rails because we still have a couple of delays. right now marc penn south train 595 delayed 12 minutes. and the fredericksburg line of the vre, train number 304, you're delayed 15 minutes. i'll be back in ten minutes with another update. [ male announcer ] the inspiration for its shape was an archer drawing his bow. ♪ could that have also inspired its 556 horsepower supercharged engine? ♪ the all-new cadillac cts-v coupe. we don't just make luxury cars, we make cadillacs. 6:46 is your time. today the lululemon store where employee jayna murray was murdered. it has been closed since march. another coworker is charged with her death. news 4's melissa mollet is live with how the store will honor her memory. >> reporter: good morning. i just spoke with lululemon corporate officials. they're telling us they're not going to have an official ceremony inside the store, but the store has been dedicated in jayna's memory with love emblazoned across the store, and things are very, very different inside the store. we just spoke with a contractor who completed these renovations over the past couple months. he says the only thing that's the same inside the lululemon store is the placement of the bathrooms and the placement of the fitting rooms. they're still waiting at this hour on a 7:00 a.m. inspection by the fire marshal so they can reopen by 10:00. this reopening comes nearly three months after 30-year-old jayna murray was murdered by her coworker brittany norwood. norwood ornlly told police she and murray were assaulted by two men and tied her up and then killed murray. norwood was arrested within one week of this murder. one resident says she knows in her heart that jayna would want the store to reopen. >> i think she would want it to be reopened. i really do. just for her memory. >> reporter: now, jayna's family is expected to be out here for today's reopening. also saturday a large crowd expected out here. lululemon hosting a community yoga class just across the street from where we're standing right now at bethesda row. everyone is welcome to attend this event at 9:00 a.m. it will be in jayna's honor. melissa mollet, news 4, back to you. mobster james "whitey" bulger will soon be heading back to boston. bulger and his longtime girlfriend catherine greig appeared in a los angeles courtroom yesterday a day after they were arrested in santa monica. the pair had been on the run for 16 years. bulger was remanded to massachusetts to face federal charges. meanwhile, there is speculation this morning that bulger may be behind another notorious crime spree. several websites are wondering whether he might also be the geezer bandit, the nickname given to an elderly man linked to more than a dozen robberies in california over the past six years. that is just speculation at this point. metro fares will not be going up in the immediate future. the metro board of directors just approved a $2.5 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year. it does not include fare hikes or cuts to service. it does clut a 50 cent increase of bus to rail and rail to bus transfers on specific routes. the bus also includes a new metro bus route between buzz art point and gallery place and additional service on the route between boston and bancroft. montgomery county may have its first charter school. outgoing school superintendent jerry weast recommends the county board of education approve one of two charter school applications it's received for the 2012/2013 school year. that application is for the community montessori public charter school. the board of education will begin considering the applications next monday. this morning congress is looking at different ways to try to save the postal service. cnbc's brian schachman joins us live. >> good morning. republican congressman darrell issa has introduced a sweeping bill to overhaul the u.s. postal service. he says the action is needed to prevent another taxpayer bailout of the financially strapped agency. the bill would eliminate saturday delivery and give the postal service the ability to close some locations. the postal service has been hurt by the downturn in mail volume during the recession. e-mail and billions of dollars in pension obligations. here's a fascinating one. how about the vatican going green? the reports are that the next jen raise popemobile will be a hybrid modeled on the mercedes m-class suv. pope benedict originally wanted an all electric solar powered vehicle but that might have taken a modern day vehicle given all the bulletproof glass the pope needs. the new hybrid popemobile is expected to run up to 16 miles on electric power. here's the key. onlydon't know, if he goes abov that 10 to 15 miles per hour, how fuel efficient that's going to be. >> if anyone can work a miracle -- >> that would be the pope. >> we'll see what happens. okay, brian. have a great weekend. >> you too, guys. right now the national zoo is keeping a 24-hour watch on the giant panda to see if she will give birth. she's busy constructing a nest of bamboo and mulberry branches. zoo officials noticed a hormone spike last month, but it's difficult to tell if a panda is pregnant until she gives birth. she's only been pregnant once when she gave birth in 2005. the beloved panda was sent to a breeding program in china last year. keep your fingers crossed, your paws crossed, and everything else. >> is always nice to have a little addition to the national zoo. all right, tom. 6:51. weather and traffic on the ones. nice day. >> yes, indeed. a big change has come overnight. we've had a drop in humidity. this morning we've got blue skies as well. a few clouds floating through. temperatures are much more comfortable around the region now from le droit park to hyattsville, morning side, reston. residents are stepping out and going "tom," just like eun does. >> tom. >> tom, it's much better. it really is. look at this. it's down in the 60s in many locations, west and north of washington. right near the beltway only near 70. downtown washington, mid-70s as well as right by the bay n that yellow zone is the lower humidity. shenandoah valley, mountains of west virginia and western maryland, low 60s there. and the view from space over the last 12 hours, showing some drier air pushing in the mountains. a few breaks in the clouds around the region, partly cloudy morning. as this secondary shot of dry air does push in this afternoon, areas just to the east of 95 and around the eastern shore could get some thunderstorms. right now there's that blue sky with a few clouds floating over washington. a beautiful summer morning under way, not too humid. by 9:00 we'll be in the upper 70s. by noontime mid-80s. upper 80s by midafternoon, partly cloudy. and another shot of drier air pushing in by later this afternoon could trigger isolated storms. that will be east of 95 around the bay and eastern shore. late afternoon, early evening, if any of the storms get going, they'll definitely dissipate by midevening. drier air pushing in. cooler temperatures by dawn tomorrow. the mid-60s throughout much of the region. low humidity in place over the weekend. saturday great weather for the caribbean festival. a bit of a blustery wind but good for sailing on the bay. highs reaching the mid-80s. winds out of the northwest around 20 miles an hour from time to time tomorrow. winds will diminish on monday. more sun around sunday. a great weekend coming up. enjoy. then on monday and tuesday the humidity returns, highs reaching mid and upper 80s both days, and a possibility of afternoon storms. another shot of dry air pushing in, lower humidity, looks like by midweek next week with highs in the 80s. now let's check traffic on this friday morning. danella, how are we doing? we still have some congestion outer loop of the beltway in maryland, just as you pass i-95 and make your way towards georgia avenue, you're going to see heavy volume of the here's a live look right now. you're making your way, but there's some congestion. i want to take you over to chopper 4 right now. chopper 4 is live. this is route 66 east. chopper 4 is hovering over vienna metro, and you're going to see significant delays 66 east pretty much from the 7100 just as you make your way towards the beltway. i mean, traffic is moving, but pretty slow. joe and eun, back to you. drivers may not get relief from traffic this morning, but the release of millions of barrels of oil may help gas prices. news 4's tracee wilkins is live in prince george's county with more. tracee, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. we have good news and bad news. the good news is gas could be 50 cents cheaper. the bad news is it may be a few weeks before you actually see the effects of that at the pump. the international energy agency is releasing 60 million barrels of oil. 30 million of those barrels, half, will be coming from the u.s. the department of energy is tapping into our emergency oil reserve, and the hope is that maybe they can help settle these higher gas prices caused by the libyan crisis and get more people out onto the roads this summer. oil prices have already started to drop since the news hit, but it could still be weeks before prices at the pump actually get a little lower. in fact, it could actually be a month. so in may we saw gas prices at $3.98. right now the average is $3.61. they're praying $3.69 in capital heights. just remember last year we were paying $1 less than we're paying now. those are the kinds of prices we like to see again. this is tracee wilkins live in capital heights. at 6:55, the morning's top stories. "the new york times" reports the cell phone of osama bin laden's trusted courier contained contacts to a militant group described as a longtime asset of the intelligence agency. the times reports that bin laden used the group as part of his support network inside pakistan. record flooding is expected this weekend in minot, north dakota. authorities there say they've done all they can to protect sewer and water service from the rising souris river. more than 10,000 people evacuated the area already. the washington nationals are looking for a new manager after jim riggleman resigned suddenly. he's upset the team has not started talks on a new contract. bench coach john mclaren will serve as acting manager until a permanent replacement is found. a big night for the wizards. the team drafted jan vessely from the czech republic with the sixth overall pick. they selected chris single l ton out of florida state 18th overall and sheldon mack from butler in the second round. many say they're impressed with all three selections. let's get a quick out the door forecast from tom. >> somewhat lower humidity today, even less for the weekend. upper 80s and partly cloudy. might get an isolated storm early in the evening. over the weekend, great, low humidity, cloudy on saturday, bit of a northwest wind. highs mid-80s. sunday, highs mid-80s still low humidity. monday and tuesday next week, might get passing storms around. it will turn more humid. that's the way it looks right now. danella, how's traffic? another look at the rails. we still have delays on the marc and the vre. penn south line train number 511 your delay is 19 minutes. on the vre fredericksburg line, train number 304 you still have a 15 minute delay. and that is "news 4 today." thank you for starting