packed. no doubt a lot of people hoping to get a head start on the memorial day holiday were a little disappointed. i heard a man at the rest stop turn to his wife and say, judging from the traffic, we ought to just sleep here. it wasn t even noon yet and i-95 south in virginia was a wall of traffic. the lanes filled with a mix of local commuters and thousands of memorial day travelers headed for the beaches. this florida man was going home from new jersey when he hit the slow down and pulled off at the dale city rest stop looking for a way out. i did not expect this. this is one of the worst bottle necks i ve seen and i travel all over the place. reporter: with gas prices at least a dollar a gallon higher than memorial day 2010, many travelers were scouting for the lowest price before fueling up. at the potomac mills costco, $3.75 a gallon and a waiting line. but most headed out on trips say they weren t going to let gas prices foil their plans. this family is bound for
fox 5 morning news continues right now. good morning. straight up 6:00, friday, may 27th. we are taking a live look outside on a somewhat hazy but still a beautiful day out there as well. i m sarah simmons. i m allison seymour. steve is off today. you might be up early this morning packing those beach bags. we re so jealous, right. this is a live look at route 50 approaching the bay bridge. now, it looks luke a very good time to get over to the eastern shore. later today, maybe not so much. but definitely a good day to get over there. temperature-wise, i mean it is so hot here and we always know it is traditionally cooler going to be cooler at the beach. you know what they say about the beach. let s get start started with a look at our current conditions. lots of thunderstorm activity off to the north and west. the mountains picking up some in spots a couple of inches of rain. before a flash flood watch that goes into effect later this afternoon well off to the
plenty of humidity in the forecast and we are starting off in the 70s. pretty impressive for may that we re only cooling off to 76. good-hooking start in ocean city, 74 for you. 60s in the mountains. they ve had more cloud cover and some rain that has been right on their doorstep moving through during the overnight hours. there is your cloud cover and the light rain showers out to the west. notice the rain, the green there is moving from south to north and is not pressing east. we do have a better chance of a thunderstorm here in the washington area but it will take until the afternoon. today, a high of 88. scattered showers and thunderstorms developing later today. sit lets let s look at our top story. friends and family are making a desperate plea for help finding a missing man. matt hill has been missing since tuesday. he was last seen in chinatown. it appears he stopped by his apartment in foggy bottom. his car is also missing. a big victory on capitol hill in the fi
men had a gun. he pursued this young man. the young man had the gun in his hand and at that point there were shots fired. i don t know exactly if who was shooting at who, but there was an exchange of gunfire apparently and in the process of doing an investigation now. that suspect is in custody we re told during all of this. the gunfire exchange no one was injured in all that. as for the mosque here, they just wrapped up the 5:00 prayers. there are two more services for the evening, shawn. thank you. dc police now are searching for a cab driver accused of sexually abusing two passengers. this is a sketch of the man they are looking for. police believe he picked up the first victim in dupont circle back on may 11 and assaulted her in northeast. the second victim was picked up in georgetown. the vehicle is described as a dark colored taxi. if you have any information or recognize this man, give police a call. shots fired, but police say guns were pulled during a robbe
graduation nightmare at a local university. and say good-bye to the sunshine. get ready for some big changes in the weather pattern. good evening, everyone. thanks for staying up with us tonight. i m brian bolter. and i m shawn yancy. a big inconvenience for riders of the two biggest metro stations. the foggy bottom and dupont circle station repairs will take a year. this news comes on the growing concern of escalator safety after an accident that hurt a 4- year-old boy. audrey barnes has our top story. reporter: the metro riders i spoke with tonight said they want two things when it comes to escalator at metro. they want reliability and safety and many say right now they don t have either. a 4-year-old boy is rushed to the hospital after the fire department s technical rescue team frees his foot that was trapped in an escalator at the u street station. it appears as though there s some loose clothing in this case, some shoe, like a tennis shoe type of material got