>> big change from yesterday morning. the winds are out of the north now and that will allow the cooler air to work in later today. not going to be a terrible day but we have cooler temperatures. we have the rain south and east of 95 across portions of prince george's county. still light showers across the bay as well. this will all continue to push off to the south and east over the next couple of hours and i think generally be out of here for much of the morning commute unless you are heaving here in the next hour or so. 51degrees is your temperature. our early summer preview of yesterday is a thing of the past. high temperatures in the mid- 50and we'll fall off later this afternoon. it will be very breezy with winds gusting to about 30 miles per hour. bring along a jacket. it will feel cooler than jed. back to you. topping our stories this morning, multiple gunshots and an officer is hurt. late last night, montgomery county police started getting reports of several shots fired here in the area of eastern avenue. when they got to the saskatoon, they found an armed suspect and exchanged gunshots with him that. suspect hit by miss and listed in critical condition this morning. one officer is also hurt but is already out of the hospital. police are telling us a baby was found dead in the trunk of a car. the terrible discovery was made on the 4200 block of sixes road in maryland. someone was cleaning out the car of a family member when they found the newborn. no word yet on who the child belongs to. a sigh of relief from stock traders around the world and in greece. a few hours ago, the country got enough banks and private investors to agree to a bond swap. the deal means greece's national debt will be slashed by $140 billion and it opens the way for greece to get a second bailout from the international monetary fund. it has been nearly one year since the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit japan. >> the anniversary is sunday and some survivors are rebuilding but as adam housley explains, others are still living in fear. >> this was the scene in japan. a 9.0 earthquake that threaten the coastline almost one year ago killing almost 25,000 people. it may take years before people can start building again in many of the areas. >> all i could think of was how to restore the hotel without relocating. >> reporter: among the priorities, creating cities resilient to natural disasters. >> the government has decided to various support measures. now, the local communities will need to figure out how to put them together and decide how to deal with t they are now finally at the starting point. >> reporter: uncertainty and fears in fukushima continue. people living justout side of the evacuated area are still trying to learn how to live with the radiation nearby. residents are aware that they're living with an invisible danger. >> a baby is vulnerable. we don't know how it will affect them. i have no idea of when and how it will become safe for our children. >> reporter: radiation is still leaking from the plant. it is not strong enough to cause immediate fatalities but no one knows the effect it may have on people, animals and crops and the sea in the long term. as thousands of americans continue to live in japan and help them, memorials are planned to mark the one-year anniversary of the catastrophe. we still have plenty ahead. >> fox 5 morning news at 4:30 begins now. gins now. a live look outside at the wash monument. it is friday, march 9th, 2012. happy friday to you. as you see the camera bouncing around a little bit, an indication that win is part of the forecast at least for the morning. >> i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm will thomas. let's get right to it with tucker barnes. winds, a little rain part of our morning today. >> cold front coming through. we talked about it yesterday. it should be out of here in the next hour or so. most the commute won't be terribly wet. it will be a little breezy. cooler air will work its way in here for later today and for the start to the weekend. >> never died down since last night, right? >> they have shifted direction. remember yesterday, nice warm wind. today, a little cooler. >> you're right. >> let's get right to it, take a look at your radar. the shower activity is continuing here south and east generally from washington south and east, we have avenue still got very light rain, not amounting to a whole lot but southern maryland down towards quantico. you might be seeing a light shower. colonial beach in virginia. it will push off the coast and these winds will start to pick up. it is a little breezy right now. it will be downright windy here this afternoon. you get the idea, the cooler air working in from the north and west will be with us for the day today. our temperatures still in the pleasant range, in the mid-50s. mid- to upper 50s. with the bross and the cooler you're working in -- with the brzezinskis and the cooler air working -- with the breezes and the cooler air working in, we'll see a difference. >> turn is getting paid the big bucks. why am i the one that always gets stuck paying for lunch. >> that is a good question. he like to play that off. >> that's why i got the big bucks, julie. >> exactly. good morning. not too bad out there on the roads right now. great seneca highway here coming to and from gaithersburg not too busy out here at this hour. you will find 270 still in great shape as you travel between germantown and the lane divide. it is nice and smooth as you travel between college park and bethesda. lanes are open 395 at the pentagon as you travel in the express and main lines across the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. new this morning, a montgomery county police officer is hurt in an early morning shootout with a suspect in silver spring. miss exchange shots with a man on eastern avenue about 1:00 a.m. right now, both direction of eastern avenue at 14th street are shut down. suspect and one of the officers were both injured. we're told the suspect is in critical condition. the officer has been treated and released. police say they found a baby dead in the trunk of a car. the terrible discovery was made on the 4200 block of sixes road in prince frederick, maryland. investigators say someone was cleaning out the car of a family member when they found the newborn. so far, police have made no arrests. a tragic story involve a child in virginia. an illegal day care shut down after a 3-month-old died inside that home. a viewer sent this photo of police at the house in bristow yesterday afternoon. sources say at least to children were being kept at this home day care but as fox 5's wisdom mart up explains, police say there is no license for the home owner to run a day care here. >> we spoke with a neighbor who wanted to remain anonymous. she says scherr friend's children are usually at what she thought was a home day care center. >> they go there. they weren't today. >> reporter: police say they got a call about an unresponsive infant at this house on surf advisory tire ridge place. caller told police a 3-month- old infant girl was unconscious. investigators found then faint in the scrub and took her to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. >> i was devastated because i have two young children. you trust that somebody will look after them and to find out something happened is very sad. >> reporter: police say there are no signs of foul play. there were several children inside during the incident but none of them were hurt. they also say the person who was running what and to be a home day care did not have a license. >> i don't know much about the family. i just know there are a lot of churn that go in and out of the house, being dropped off and picked up. at one point, there were cribs and high chairs seen in the garage. not sure for they were using them, the garage as part of the day care center. the next time i saw the garage open, they weren't there. >> the other children were released to their parent. police say they expect to have more information for us about what happened later today. our other big story this morning, a white powder scare in d.c. four envelopes with the suspicious white powder have been mailed to schools and businesses in the district in the last two days now. the fbi says one was delivered to the epa headquarters downtown. hazmat trucks and homeland security police were on the scene and amadon elementary school in southwest was locked down after getting a letter there. a security expert tells us they did the right thing. >> effect that is being done by the local authorities is completely appropriate. it really is an abundance of caution rather than a likely threat. these white powder incidents are really a fear factor, the psychological weapon. >> similar packages have popped up in new york city, dallas and enfield, connecticut this week. we are monitoring metro's brake failures. turns out metro knew the parts were failing back in 2006 but didn't begin replacing them until now. board that oversees metro has been told that two similar incident happened back in 2006. transit managers then concluded that the metal in the brake hubs was failing sooner than expected. new this morning, there is a breakthrough on greece's debt crisis. greece just announced it managed to convince enough creditors to agree to take big losses on greek ponds and avoid default. finance officials say 58% of private investors signed on to the deal and stock markets around the world are rising on that good news. two people are dead after a shooting here at the university of pittsburgh yesterday and seven others were hurt including a police officer. turns out a man walked into a psychiatric clinic here and opened fire. he had two semiautomatic handguns. was it an innocent game or discipline gone too far at one local school. coming up next. >> he started going around with the tape and then doing my legs. i'm like this is so embarrassing. he was laughing. everybody in the class was laughing at me. >> why did a teacher allegedly tape a student to a chair? that is coming up next. stay with us. fox 5 morning news continues. i can't stand these spots. those spots are actually leftover food and detergent residue that can redeposit on your dishware during the rinse cycle. gross. jet-dry rinse agent helps wash them away so the only thing left behind is the shine. jet-dry rinses away residues for a sparkling shine. former prince george's county council member leslie johnson is supposed to report to federal prison today. she is set to serve a year-long term for her role in a bribery scheme that already has her husband, former county executive jack johnson we hind bars. he is serving a seven-year prison sentence. it is believed leslie johnson will do her time in a women's prison in west virginia. a d.c. teacher is on administrative leave accused of taping a nine-year-old visually impaired student to a chair. >> it apparently happened earlier this year at friendship blow pierce charter school in northeast. maureen umeh has our story. >> reporter: lots of extra hugs for 9-year-old christian washington. the fourth grader still reeling from an incident involving his teacher at school wednesday afternoon. >> he taped me to a chair. >> reporter: christian says it happened during the after school tutoring program at friendship blow pierce charter public school. he says he asked his teacher if he could get up. when he did for a second time, the teacher first threatened to tape him to his chair and then did just that. >> he started going around with the tape and doing my legs. i'm like this is so embarrassing. he was laughing. everybody in the class was laughing at me. >> reporter: christian says he was taped for about 10 minutes. he told his march about the alleged incident later that night. she says she was stunned and confronted the teacher at school thursday morning. >> she taped my son to the chair. she said yes but i don't want you to think that this was malicious, that this was done out of spite or anything like that. he was in on it and it was a game. said that is not a game. >> reporter: she says crist yap is visually impaired and she placed him at friendship because he had been taunted by other students at his other school. >> emotionally, i'm drained. i'm tired. i'm tired of my son being hurt. teacher did this in front of students f it is okay for the teacher to do it, is it okay for the students to get behind her and do the same thing? no, it's not. >> reporter: friendship officials say they are looking into the matter and have placed the teacher on administrative leave. his mother says it's start but it doesn't erase what happened. >> even when i go to sleep, i have nightmares and that will pop up. >> i want to make sure this is not done to any other child. heads up, metro riders. more track work is expected this weekend. up next, we'll tell you which stations will be closed possibly affecting your ride. that is starting tonight. it is a problem we have all faced. our arms are full of groceries appears we have to pop the trunk. up next, we'll show you the solution one carmaker came up with. we've got a lock at your weather and traffic. stay with us. with us. save them. presenting woolite complete. it cleans your jeans, and won't torture your tanks. so your clothes stay looking and fitting like new. woolite. long live your wardrobe. is. we are taking a look at the lincoln memorial and definitely not -- i wouldn't call it cold or anything outside. it just seems windy. >> don't get caught without your umbrella in you are leaving any time soon. >> we are transitioning from our very warm day yesterday into a cooler pattern. most of the rain is out of here unless you are watching south and east of the city. then you have a few more showers in the forecast. later today, sunshine but it will be cooler and windy. >> a lot cooler? >> a little cooler. >> he's being coy. like wait for my forecast, sarah. >> got some work to do. >> all right. i'm watching and waiting. >> let's get to it. you can pay attention to. >> i'm watching. >> the big reveal. there it is. south and east of the city, into southern maryland, parts of prince george's county still getting some rain shower activity. calvert county, charles county, still getting some rain as well. rain is not heavy and it is moving quickly off to the south and east. and generally, it will be out of here in the next hour or two. ocean city, you have a few more showers but even you should see some clearing by late morning. let's do temperatures. it is definitely cooler. it feels cooler. 51 in washington. here come some 40s, 46 in gaithersburg. 45 this morning in martinsburg. leonardtown, 52 for you. 53 for annapolis. the cooler air will have a tend exy to settle in and reach parts of the area south and east of the city during the early morning hours. let me mention the winds. yesterday, they were gusty out of the south and southwest to about 30 miles per hour. today, they've shifted directs out of the north and northwest but it will be a very blustery afternoon as that front continues to push away from us. we will see some winds gusting to maybe 35 miles per hour a little later today. here is your forecast. still plenty of sunshine by this afternoon. breezy and cooler. 57 your daytime high. your temperature not terribly cool but certainly cooler than yesterday's 74. winds are north and west gusting to about 35 miles per hour. 32 your overnight low. winds out of the north at about five to 10 miles per hour. here is the big drum roll. the weekend forecast, 50 tomorrow. so it will be on the chilly side. 62 on sunday. if you like 70, it will be back by tuesday and i think we could be well into the 70s by next wednesday. so spring weather, generally here to stay. that is good news for julie wright. let's do some traffic and see how she is doing this morning. >> good morning to you. did you get your run in yesterday? >> yeah, i got four miles in. >> how you feel something. >> four miles has gotten easy. >> okay. so air good. you're feeling good? >> i wouldn't say that. >> you are still in the upright position which is a good thing. >> barely. >> southbound 2707 coming in out of clarkburg, no problems to report as you come in this morning. top stretch of the beltway good to go as you travel past colesville road. southbound 95 and 295 quiet out of laurel. you will find yourself at speed each way at the wilson bridge. 395 here at the pentagon, good to get as well headed across the inbound 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. a commuter alert for metro riders this morning. two popular red line metro stations will be closed this weekend for track work. the woodley park and cleveland partner stations will be closed from 10:00 tonight until closing on sunday. free shuttle buses will be available between dupont circle and van ness. check this out. if you are in the mashet for a new car, ford has unveiled a new cougat allows you to open the back. he have waved his foot under the rear bumper. the second wave of the foot will close the hatch once your bags are loaded or your baby carriage. comes in handy when your hands are full. >> i love that. that is genius. i love you, you've got dry cleaning, your briefcase, purse, you got a baby in one hand. ford is smart. >> great idea. help is on the way for small businesses. >> a new change for a apopular soft drink. it concerns the color of the soda and your health. we'll explain as we continue. 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