the uplifting moment came amid the morning of the victims lost in saturday s shooting rampage. the president called on the nation to honor them by becoming better people. fox 5 s laura evans begins our coverage from the news room. laura. tonight s memorial service was all about healing the nation and uplifting spirits. 17,000 people were there to remember the dead and pray for the wounded. president obama and the first lady were there along with the bipartisan delegation of lawmakers, a show of solidarity against the violence seen in saturday s shooting. not once tonight was the name of the suspected killer, jared loughner even mentioned. instead, he was referred to as a mad man and a violent man. police believe loughner tried to assassinate congresswoman gabrielle giffords that day, and in his attempt he did kill six people and wounded 19. mr. obama talked about all six of those who died but he emphasized the memory of 9-year-old christina green and used her memory to insp
in charlotte so we will give you the charlotte forecast . some might be driving do you know there and others may wonder what the effect will be. 1:00 in charlotte. sunny and mild. we won t be that warm here but in charlotte temperatures will be in the mid to upper 60 s and light winds from the south to southwest direction. so, it looks like ideal football werplt. ideal for a ravens win. perfect. we will have nice weather here too but not that warm. we will talk about the details of our force in a minute. now we will check the traffic. request r southbound 295 owe. it was shut down because of a crash. it is cleaned up and gone. you could see sluggish traffic toward 198 but those delays should be clearing up. we are dealing with a situation southbound j.f.x. ruxton road a crash moved to the stockholders so hopefully not affecting traffic too much. we have a crash that disappear ed forest park just north of windsor mill and hilton road at sequoia avenue. havre de grace d
edge on this one. here s another one, texting and driving isn t just a teen thing anymore. everybody is doing it. it s the largest highway construction zone area in the country now. reporter: aaa s john townsend is talking about the massive construction projectunder way along the beltway near tysons corner making driving hazardous at best, but here s the stunner. in september his agency surveyed 1,000 drivers who travel the northern virginia beltway regularly and 55% admit to being on their cell phones not just talking, but texting, too. you re playing with fire. you really are putting yourself in harm s way and because the lanes are so narrow and much of that construction in much of that construction area, you are jeopardizing the lives of other drivers and there are 2,000 construction workers in that area. reporter: what s more, half of them said they were responding to their jobs. all of us because the state of the economy and also because the pressures on the
the cruise that turned into a nightmare is almost over. the carnival cruise ship splendor expected to dock in san diego as early as this morning. two tugboats are towing the giant ship knocked out of commission by an engine fire four days ago. we re learning more about the difficult conditions on board as kendis gibson reports this is a voyage everyone aboard will remember for all the wrong reasons. reporter: new video shows the disabled carnival splendor slowly making its way toward san diego. the ship is expected to make it to port by thursday and not a moment too soon for the thousands of passengers and crew members. everybody is trying to get along, you know, but you can tell some people are just angry and frustrated. reporter: the frustration has been building since monday s engine fire disabled the mega cruiseliner. the nearly 4500 people on board have been without hot food, hot weather and toilets are working with a backup generator. they signed up for a
splendor expected to dock in san diego as early as this morning. two tugboats are towing the giant ship knocked out of commission by an engine fire four days ago. we re learning more about the difficult conditions on board as kendis gibson reports this is a voyage everyone aboard will remember for all the wrong reasons. reporter: new video shows the disabled carnival splendor slowly making its way toward san diego. the ship is expected to make it to port by thursday and not a moment too soon for the thousands of passengers and crew members. everybody is trying to get along, you know, but you can tell some people are just angry and frustrated. reporter: the frustration has been building since monday s engine fire disabled the megacruise liner. the nearly 4500 people on board have been without hot food, hot weather and toilets are working with a backup generator. they signed up for a great cruise vacation and obviously that is not what they received. reporter: the