city, getting in on some rain showers. there are one or two leftover sprinkles left overnoor annapolis but for the rest of us, a lot of sun building in today. highs expected near 60. currently, 48 at reagan national. humidity, 83%. here is your forecast for today. again, it gets better and better. highs a little warmer than yesterday. near 60 by 5:00 p.m. more in just a minute. back to you. thank you. a deadly crash in prince george s county. this one happened along woodidea road late last along woodyard load late last night. police are investigating the accident. some scary statistics from halloween night. at least six people were shot in d.c. including one in georgetown in the midst of all the traditional celebrations. police say a 17-year-old was shot in the head near the four seasons hotel. the teenager was taken to the hospital and remains in critical condition in morning. it is election day in the city of laurel, maryland. folks there are choosing a mayor. the
tuesday morning, first day of november. good morning. i m steve chenevey. i m maureen umeh. welcome to fox 5 morning news. let us get a check of our weather with mr. tony perkins. it was really nice to wake up this morning and not have the chilling temperatures like it was yesterday. not as bad this morning as it was yesterday morning and that is going to be the gradual trend through the week, warmer temperatures really by tomorrow through friday. it will be really nice around here. not bad at all. let s start with vipir. we are seeing a gradual clearing trend with our skies but we do still have some precipitation off to the south and east. remember yesterday, we told you some rain showers overnight, perhaps into the morning, particularly south appear east of the district. well, there you have it. so this is one of those mornings where some of you will hear me talking about rain and you ll look out and say this guy is crazy, there as no rain. it is offer to the south and
eastbound on i-70. just after route 17 so watch out for that. authorities are on the scene. there s also another accident all the way down here near downtown. kennel withavenue at normal frolic lane. be aware of that. let s go to the north side of town, outer loop is slowing down now as you leave university boulevard to georgia avenue. no big deals in the roadway and we ll end with a live look at the beltway south side of town here at route 4 pennsylvania avenue heading southbound through oxon hill to the wilson bridgings all lanes are bridge, all lanes are open. back to you. we are just over one yore away from the year away from the 2012 election and it s our top story at 6:01. republican presidential candidate herman cain is fighting back for what he calls a witch hunt. allegations of sexual harassment made against him in the 1990s. they were made while cain was the head of the national restaurant association and surae chinn is live outside in northwest washington
the head there. the virginia democratic party spokesman calms it insulting and violent. rep calls it insulting and violent. republican governor bob mcdonnell calls it shameful and offensive. tonight the chairman of the loudoun county group responded saying apparently some individuals have interpreted the image as intending to portray the president as a victim of the violent crime. nothing could be further from the truth and we are deeply and sincerely apologizing to the president and anyone who viewed the image if that was the impression that was left. so we want to know what you think, just a joke or bad taste? you can see the picture again and we invite you to post your comment on www.myfoxdc.com. developing tonight gop frontrunner herman cain spent the day on damage control. a report from politico claimed sexual harassment lawsuits against cain were settled out of court from his days as head of the national restaurant association. cain wound up having to explain the st
fox 5 morning news continues right now. good tuesday morning to you today. stu for waking up with fox 5 morning news thank you for waking up with fox 5 morning news. inamaureen umeh. yesterday was one. those days, all bundled up into i m maureen umeh. i m steve chenevey. yesterday was one of those days, all the morning. today will be even better, i think actually. we are getting off to a more mild start in parts of the area. some of you are in the 30s but many in the 40s this morning. let s take a look at vipir because we do have some rain showers out there. most of you are not seeing rain. off to the east across eastern portions of maryland and southern maryland, it is raining there. rain also off the coast. you can see how it is pulling away from the region and frankly, as the morning progresses, this will move more and more out of the region so some rain showers across the chesapeake bay and off to the east. but from washington to points west, we are done wit