after the game we started to hear rumblings that bruce s job was in jeopardy. it was confirmed an hour ago. bruce boudreaux is out replaced by dale hunter. bruce had a great run. he was hired four years ago on thanksgiving and here we are just after thanksgiving four years later and he is out. he struggled in the play-offs only going 17 and 20 in the four years. this year he started off red hot. the caps were 7-0. that was a franchise best but they lost six of the last eight. the problem is he lost the locker room meaning he lost alexander simon and alex ovechkin. they stopped responding to bruce and when that happens you have to make a change. that s what the caps have done. replacing boudreaux is dale hunter. caps know him well. he was captain 1994 to 1999. caps fans remember him. there will be an 11:00 press conference. we will carry it for you live on myfoxdc.com. just go to our web site at 11:00 and we will have it for you. we are following this. it s continuing as we sp
brandywine too at 53. potomac, partly at 52 degrees. bus stop, chilly, between 49 and 53. high clouds with us today. a great afternoon. it s going to be nice and warm. in fact, here we are halfway through april and i think it could be the fifth warmest day out of the month. we ll get up to the temperature of 68 or should i say down to 68 degrees by 5:00 today. so, some high clouds moving through. a nice northerly wind. but very dry and very nice. let s get a look at traffic now with jerry edwards. right. the good news is on the dry pavement, everything is moving on nicely. the better news is it s relatively quiet on the topside of the beltway. the inner loop and the outer loop between the interchanges in green belt to silver spring. both ways moving along without delay. an increase in volume. that s it. that s okay. 95 northbound to triangle. headed to dumfries and points beyond, everything is okay. the accident at the prince william parkway quickly cleared and no lingering
stars were out. nice half moon. i think i saw one like weekend, one of the stars. i would wink at you, yeah. hey, girl. nice weather today, indeed. we re going to see high temperatures. chilly start for us. three to five degrees down from where we were yesterday at this time. sun is up today at 6:34. we going to stay with the northerly wind, the dry air around today. adams morgan, two. colesville, maryland at 52 now. springfield, virginia at 50. colder air, sitting under a clear sky as well because of the low pressure pesky weather system that s stuck around us for a while. that s gone and high pressure has moved in. at the bus stop, sunshine, on the chilly side. so you ll need a jacket, 49-53. make sure your kids have their jacket. by the afternoon, a great afternoon we re going to have, nice, warm, 67 to 70 degrees with seasonal conditions around the area. by 5:00, you re down to 68 degrees. another chilly overnight with high pressure sticking around. coming up for
told the d.c. attorney general s office that the results were questionable all the way back to the year 2000 and in ab effort to take dangerous drivers off the street, officers were told to take samples from a new breathalyzer and urine. on february 4th, this internal memo was sent to all officers on the force telling them the breath testing instruments shall not be used until official cert action takes place and instead, they were told to take urine samples. the defense attorney said the results are not being used in court and has taken as many as sick to trial in the last year. in every one of the cases, at one point or another, the prosecutor and saint attorney general is coming to court and said we re not relying on the scores to prove our case. and that is in the last year? yes. and that is including urine and intoxalizers? yes. reporter: instead, they relying on the testimony of the arresting officer. he said there is never an explanation. chris balman with
weeks away, the head of the transportation security administration faced turbulence on capitol hill. have you had that type of pat down that many americans are now protest something. you have to be hearing the outcry about the invasive uses of pat downs. reporter: john, the head of the tsa, said he understands the discomforts some passengers are feeling over the close contact and pat downs in the private area and using the scanners that can see through colleagues. reasonable people can disagree as to the balance between privacy and security. reporter: the pat downs argued are given only to a few passengers. the tsa officers were trained, he said, to perform the tasks sensitive to the travelers concerns. i expect them to act professionally at all times and treat all passengers with dignity and respect. reporter: the new measures are needed, the ts achieve said, especially tsa chief said, especially in the wake of the terror plot aimed at aircraft, like last yea