still raining in a couple of spots. the back edge of the precipitation is now working through the district. the heaviest rain, the axis here, is east of the bay. all of this pushing off it the east and northeast. i think as we get to the morning commute, the rain will start to taper off. we'll have some sunshine around here before mid-morning. you can see the back edge of the cold front. there you go. you see the precip here stretching from west the boston down to cape hatteras. all that pushing to the east. this is a cold front that will drag in the cooler and drier air. we'll be in for a great looking afternoon and a real nice weekend. 57 right now. 54 in baltimore. early clouds, afternoon sun, breezy and much cooler. high temperature, 61 degrees. >> thank you. right now, we do want to take a look at our top stories and we are starting out in west virginia where rescue crews are back underground hoping to find the if four survivors. her hoping the miners made it to airtight emergency rooms and are waiting to be saved. monday's blast killed at least 256789. a diplomat from qatar who caused an air scare is expected to leave the united states today. he slipped into the plane's bathroom and tried to light a cigarette and reportedly yoked about trying to light his shoes. he was detained but won't be detained because is a diplomat. tiger woods tees off in the second round of the masters at 10:35 this morning. received awe nice reception from the crowd yesterday. his play wasn't very shabby. he had two eagles on the day. he is two shots back from the lead. there is one specific briewp of people that might be really happy to see the rain and that is allergy sufferers. the last few weeks have been pretty rough. the d.c. area is one of the five worst places in the country for the allergy. beth parker shows us the science behind the ranking. >> reporter: what looks picture perfect can really be quite ugly. >> eyes running, itching, tear, people coughing and wheezing. >> reporter: that is because the pollen counts in the d.c. area are exceptionally high. it is not just that there is a lot of pollen this year but it is also showing up early. >> here we are in the first week of april or the second week of april hitting nafta no, ma'am kal numbers. look at your car. >> reporter: can you look at your car. -- you can look at your car. >> here it is on the job. this is where scientists calculate the pollen count. basically, they maze these little clear rods stick -- they make these little clear rods sticky. >> you can see the rotor rods fwreesed on the side so when they spin, when the sampler comes on, they collect whatever is out there in the atmosphere. >> reporter: she says wednesday was the second highest day they've seen since they started the pollen survey at walter reed 1 years ago. >> we do the best we can. it is sort of years ago from an art form into a science. but it enables us to get a very good estimate per cubic meter of air. >> reporter: advice from allergy dr. jerry shire, shower at night to get the pollen off your body. flush your nose with saline. stay inside when pollen is worse. they are also thinking of those out there suffering. in washington, beth parker, fox 5 news. good morning to you. it is friday more than, april 9, 2010. it is 4:30. we are glad you are with us early for fox 5 morning news. yeah, rub those itchy eyes, get that cough out of here. allergies are terrible here. >> it even got me. i don't usually have a problem. >> i can't remember the last time i had to wear glasses for a week in a row. >> oh, well, you look hot. >> well, thank you. >> you can see out towards cambridge and ocean city, you are still getting a pretty good rain. here in washington, we are reduced to the last couple of light showers. you get the idea here. it is all pushing to the east and northeast. it should be out of here by 6:00 or 7:00. it will be pleasant with highs only about 60 or so. this is weather i likeed a little better than the 90 plus temperature. 57 in washington, new york city, still 61. we will get back into the low 40s tonight. more details on that in a few minutes. 59 by 4:00 this afternoon. a few of us might want a jacket. >> certainly more seasonable. >> we have to build up to 09- degree heat. >> thank you. >> my pleasure. >> let's get straight to julie to see how the roads are looking. >> good morning. wet pavement. that is what we're waking up to this morning. you want to allow yourself extra time out on the roads. when i was leaving out of gaithersburg this more than, it was just simply dealing with wet pavement. by the time i hit the beltway, i noticed a light sprinkle. again, allow extra time out on the roads. no problems to report traveling to and from andrews. light traffic volume on the beltway headed for the wilson bridge. no incidents to report heading northbound. all of your lanes are open. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. we are continuing to follow the developing story out of west virginia four days after that deadly mine explosion. the search continues for possible survivors. crews wearing oxygen masks re- entered the upper big branch mine in montcoal. they are hoping the four missing miners made it to one of the rescue chambers. workers are flushing nitrogen down to plush out dangerous gases. we are keeping an eye on the situation in west virginia. you can go to myfoxdc.com for the late on rescue and recovery efforts and the history of the mine's safety records. the man at the center of an air scare is likely to leave this country sometime today and he is not going to face charges for sending homeland security scrambling. he was caught smoking in the bathroom on a flight from d.c. to denver. he then apparently made a joke about terrorism. bob barnard has more on why he will not face charges. >> reporter: his name is mohammed almodad. , a junior diplomat at the qatar embassy in washington accused of smoking a cigarette in a bathroom on board a united airlines flight from reagan national to denver and joking that he tried to light his shoes on fire when caught by the flight crew. >> this is a very serious issue. anyone who travels is reminded of that. >> but he is he is a diplomat from a friendly country. >> the fbi briefly took him into custody. >> he was brought to a hotel in denver where we were able to determine what had happened. >> reporter: the ambassador in washington said he sent almodadi to denver to meet with official business to smeet with someone serving eight years in a colorado prison. he was arrested after the september 11th tax and pled guilty last year to conspiring to support terrorism. diplomats often visitors foreigners held in the united states to make sure they are being internetted well. >> our consular officials do it to americans that are incarcerated in other countries. it is one of the things that diplomats do. >> reporter: qatar is a small county north of saudi arabia and home base to u.s. military officials in charge of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the diplomat was supposed by l.i.e. brought home on a united airlines flight from denver to dulles but was not among the passengers we greeted at dulles. some of the other stories making headlines ache 14-year- old boy has been charged with 41 counts in a deadly drive-by shooting in southeast washington that. boy faces four charges of first degree murder while armed, attempted murder while armed and assault with intent to kill. police say he was driving the vehicle so he is also charged with reckless driving and driving without a permit. gilbert arenas begins his 0- day sentence for gun charges today. the wizards star will share a bunk bed with a roommate in a ten by ten foot room with a mattress four inches shorter than he is. he was sentenced to bringing an unlicensed gun into the wizards locker room at the verizon center. investigators are still trying to fine the cause of a fire in greenbelt. an intense fire ripped through a group of townhomes on jacob drive yesterday morning. everybody did make it out okay. this more than, 20 people are staying in temporary housing. three townhomes were destroyed. new this morning, former house speaker newt gingrich has some strong words aimed at president obama. we'll hear what the potential presidential candidate in 2012 had to say. and tiger woods is back on the prowl at the masters. dave feldman will recap tiger's first day. stay with us. we're back right after the break. d.c. is going to have much more security than usual next week when it hosts the g-45 nuclear summit. we have learned that the israeli prime minister won't be here. he will send his deputy prime minister. there are strong words from former house speaker newt gingrich to describe president obama. gingrich says he is, quote, the most radical president in american history. gingrich is calling on his fellow republicans to work together to stop what he calls president obama's secular socialist machine. gingrich as i potential presidential candidate in 2012 -- gingrich is a potential presidential candidate in 016789. tiger woods tees off in the sex sound round of the maysters in about six hours. -- the masters in about six hours. dave feldman takes a look at how woods did with his game and the augusta crowd on day one. >> reporter: on a day when nothing was normal, tiger woods received his standard response when leaving the range. >> go tiger! >> reporter: the closer he got for the first tee, the louder the patrons responded building up to a crescendo upon his introduction. >> tiger woods. [applause] >> in term of just love for the game and excitement, i think this crowd probably went for most of that. the roar was compelling. there was something happening on the first tee that wasn't happening on the other holes on the golf course. >> reporter: the response was overwhelmingly positive. but high above, an airplane with the message being tiger did you mean bootyism, a play on words representing tiger's buddhist beliefs. >> oh, boo. no, that is not nice. >> i thought that was pretty stupid. if somebody was going to do something like that, they could have come up with a better slogan that that. that was pretty ridiculous. >> reporter: tiger eagled two holes enroute to a four under 68 being his best first round ever in 16 masters. he is only two shots of the lead. >> if tiger wins this tournament, he is a man of steel for sure because all the distractions are just unbelievable. >> it was incredible from the time i went to the putting green to putt, the range and back to the putting green and off to the first tee and pretty much all day, it was just incredible. >> that was fox 5 sports direct our dave feldman reporting. woods is two shots off the lead at the masters. the top spot being held by fred couples. still much more including a ban on new bars and restaurants in one popular d.c. neighborhood. we'll tell you where and why. he is not old enough to drink yet but he is old enough to run an endure town. he is the new mayor. we'll meet him coming up. >> pretty cool. rain showers are generally out of here. much cooler air out there. i'll have all the details. julie wright will take a look at your on-time traffic and we'll take a look at her weekend as well coming up after the break. welcome back. a 19-year-old has been elected mayor of a wisconsin town. romain quinn won tuesday's election in rice lake. he has a long to-do list including work to redefine a lot of city policies. quinn says he is ready to do it. >> age doesn't necessarily mean you have the qualities that are necessary to lead and that what is this position is about is leadership. >> he is a young kid and fresh new ideas and i think it would be good to have a new approach y i think our country should take a look at getting some new ideas instead of the same old business as usual and dirty politics. let's get some young ideas in there and make our country great again j he is 19. he hasn't been corrupted just yet. quinn is a freshman in college. he will have to balance his studies with his mayoral duties. >> amazing. i got elected to take out the trash when i was 19. >> i don't think you were student body president several times or anything look that. >> well, i ran several times. >> yesterday, i loved it, could listen to the rain overnight. >> very nice. feels like spring now. we had very gusty wind around here. we had a few thunderstorms during the evening hours yesterday. it is all quieting down now and today we will be rewarded with a nice day, sunny and bright but a lot cooler. be ready for temperatures about 20 or 30 degrees cooler than they were the last couple of days. >> that will be a shock to the system. >> shower activity continues and you can see that the heaviest of the showers are now east of the bay out towards salisbury and oxford-cambridge, that part of the world. out here to the south and east. the heftiest rain will be east of the city here during the morning hours. you can see here in washington we are doing just fine off to the north and west out towards reston and leesburg. not much happening at the moment. just a few showers to the south and east. i'll show you the satellite- radar and it is a cold front. the air behind it can a lot cooler. had some gusty wind along the front as it moved through during the overnight hours. falls church reporting a wind gust to about 50 miles per hour. all of of the energy and the cloud cover is going to get pulled offshore here during the morning hours. we will be left with a partly to mostly sunny afternoon. it will be nice and bright out there. a lot cooler as mentioned with high abouts 60 or so and a nice breeze out of the north and west at about 10 to 15. it will feel more hike it should, early april raeer than late july or early august. highs the next couple of days at or slightly below where they should be. temperatures much cooler -- it will feel more like it should. winchester 47. martinsburg, 48. you get the idea. much cooler much trier refreshing air moves in. we have a great looking weekend forecast. early clouds, afternoon sun, breezy. much cooler than yesterday. 61 for your afternoon high. wind will be out of the north and west at about the 10 to 15 miles per hour so get ready for a acool tonight. after overnight lows in the 70s, that will feel mighty cool. 4 # in town. quite cool overnight. wind will be nice analyte out of west at five to 10. weekend forecast, get out and enjoy it. 65, lots of sunshine. still will be a breeze out of the north and west. next week looks great. let's get to the traffic with julie wright. >> we do have wet pavement we are waking up to. allow yourself extra time out the front door. if you are traveling the inner loop of the beltway, you will find yourself at speed traveling to and from the wilson bridge. no problems leaving andrews up towards landover. on the inner loop side, 210 at 228, checking for an accident there. coming across the 14th street bridge, all of your land are open. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. -- all of your lanes are open. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> we do have this early traffic alert for you too. don't even think about going anywhere near the convention center on monday. united states is hosting the g- 45 nuclear summit and roads will be shut down and parking pushed back for blocks. the tight security begins sunday night. everything from k to q and seventh to tenth will be closed. the mount vernon metro station will be closed and several bus routes will be alerted as well. metro riders have had their say on how the transit agency should close a huge budget gap. if riders get their way, you will be paying more to ride the rails. john henrehan explains. >> if you wish for participate in an opinion poll on possible options to resolve the funding shortfall -- >> in addition to six well- attended hearing on possible fare hikes for metrorail and metrobus, managers of the regional transit system asked riders to fill out lengthy on- line questionnaires on how metro should solve its projected $189 million budget deficit. more than 3600 riders responded choosing among dozens of options. 80% favored raising off-peak rail fares. 76 favored raising rush hour fares. the next possible option is to ask local governments to kick if local subsidies that. tied with establishing a surcharge for the busiest part of rush hours. raising bus fares was the next most popular choice. far less popular were the options of trimming rail service in the middle of the day and evening hours. only 14% favored that. only 11% wanted metro to stop running eight-car trains touring rush hour and only 7% favored shutting down metrorail at midnight on fridays and saturdays. a 2007 survey of metro customers found bus riders are generally less affluent than rail riders. among the customers we chatted with, rail riders and to strongly favor fare hikes over service cuts. >> raise fares. >> you are willing to pay more? >> absolutely. you need it. >> reporter: asked to choose between service cuts and fare hikes, the bus riders we spoke with like neither option. >> yeah, i start walking. >> you won't pay any more in fares? >> no. it is already too high. >> reporter: manages at metro worried about reprogramming the fare card system and changing the signage are pressuring the board to make a decision on possible fare hikes by may 1st. john henrehan, fox 5 news. there is a controversy brewing over zoning in a pop hare d.c. neighborhood. the city will for longer grant new building permits for restaurants and bars along the 14th and u street corridor. the department of consumer and regulatory affairs has determined that such establishments have reached the 25% maximum allowed by zoning. business leaders say that discan you remembers entrepreneurs and make the area appear not business friendly. others say it may be time to slow things down. >> i hate to put down anybody would want to open up a business right now because the economy needs people in business but in this neighborhood, we have just about reached our limit. >> if people want to come in and put restaurants or businesses in while this is the empty store front, there is no reason why she shouldn't be able to put places in. it is a great area. it is up and coming and there is no reason to slow that down. >> for now, anybody looking to open up awe new place in the area would need to get a special exception from the zoning board. it will take a vote on the city council to permanently change the law. before a consumer alert. u.s. airways andouille night airlines are reportedly talking about a possible merger. industry analysts think it would reduce seats by #% and raise prices for travelers. -- by 3% and raise prices for travelers. apple has said beginning in fall, users could run multiple appear indications indications -- applications at the same time. coming up next, we'll have highlights for the nats in our sports breakfast. a good friday morning to you. i would say he is back. what a return for the world's number one golfer tiger woods. if today is anything like yesterday at augusta national, i'd say we are in for one heck of a weekend finish. how about this crowd for tiger woods and the very first tee? i mean look at all the fans. he got quite the reception when he was announced. if he was nervous, you would never know it by his first tee shot. i mean absolutely perfect, striped it right down the middle. he would go on to par that first hole. the four-time masters champ looking like a four-time master champ. on the eight, tyingle with this eagle put, dropped in at two under par. kind of muted, very low key like he said it would be. tom watson is 60. this was on 18 for birdie. watson with the birdie. his lowest round ever at the masters. shades of last year's british open. how about another old guy? 50-year-old freddie couples, another successful run at the senior tour translating well this week at augusta. he birdied four of the last seven holes enroute if a 66, his lowest round ever at the masters. he is your leader. back to tiger on 15 for his second eying of the i day. he had never, ever done it in the history of his time at the masters. a four under 68. tiger, what are your thoughts? >> the reception was incredible all day from the time i went to the putting green to putt, the range and back to the put putting green being off to the first tee and pretty much all day it was just incredible. >> we know the phillies are good but if the nat are going to surprise another guys in the nl east, her going to have to beat the big boys in the dwoition and that is what they tried to do yesterday. even the president of the united states had golf on the brain. look at be a lincoln practicing his putting there while the rest of the presidents were goofing off with their golf spring, big george take off unimpeded for the fun issue line and then he practices his golf swing. will yes harris' baseball swing looks pretty good. two-run shot. first home run of the young season that. puts the nats up 5-2. then tied at five in the seventh, ryan zimmerman fights this pitch off. down right field line. is it fair? is it foul? it's fair. alberto gonzales scores and the nats get their first win of the season, 6-5 over the phillies y getting the first win is real big against that ball club. they are tough. you got to come ready to play. you can't make too many mistake against them. they are really good and i think it is encouraging for us to realize that, you know, they're real good but when we play good, we're right there. >> that is all for this edition of the breakfast but i'll see you all once again next week. until then be enjoy your weekend and i'll see you on the other side. >> sounds good. one pore sports note. the baltimore orioles picked up their first win of the season last night. they held to to beat the rays 5- 4. the os very v. their home opener this afternoon against toronto. and stay with us. fox 5 morning news continues at 5:00 right now. good morning to you. it is 5:00 on this friday morning. live look at the washington monument today. temperatures much cooler than we've seen this time. day this week. we are glad you're here. i'm gurvir dhindsa. i'm steve chenevey. welcome to fox 5 morning news. we'll say good morning once again to attorneys. temperatures in the 50s righ