this is bbc world news america, reported from washington. dominick strauss, has his bail relaxed as the case against the former imf chief starts to crack. breaking his silence, hugo chavez reveals he is fighting cancer into but but vows to return to this post. party is outnist to prove they are still the power to be reckoned with welcome to our viewers on pbs and america and around the globe. the case against strauss-kahn produced another stunning twist. he is free from house arrest. a judge significantly relaxed the terms of the bail after prosecutors brought doubts about the credibility of the woman accusing him of trying to rape her. another turbulent day in the life of dominique strauss-kahn. he was back in court for a hastily scheduled appearance. his loyal wife was there and support. the man accused of raping a hotel made says that the prosecution is mixed. they have doubts about the story. the strength of the case has been affected by the substantial credibilit
and now, bbc world news america. this is bbc world news america, reported from washington. dominick strauss, has his bail relaxed as the case against the former imf chief starts to crack. breaking his silence, hugo chavez reveals he is fighting cancer into but but vows to return to this post. party is outnist to prove they are still the power to be reckoned with welcome to our viewers on pbs and america and around the globe. the case against strauss-kahn produced another stunning twist. he is free from house arrest. a judge significantly relaxed the terms of the bail after prosecutors brought doubts about the credibility of the woman accusing him of trying to rape her. another turbulent day in the life of dominique strauss-kahn. he was back in court for a hastily scheduled appearance. his loyal wife was there and support. the man accused of raping a hotel made says that the prosecution is mixed. they have doubts about the story. the strength of the case has been a
overnight into the 40s and low 50s. currently we are 52 degrees at reagan national. but notice it is cooler there to the north and to the west. dulles is 43 at this hour and 46 in frederick. so cool start. bring along a jacket here. but we should have a nice warm- up with plenty of sunshine this afternoon and temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s. so a few degrees warmer than yesterday. 71 in the city, 73 in fredericksberg. how about a 69 in winchester this afternoon. more details on the forecast coming up in just a couple of minutes. we have some rain on the five- day and maybe some thunderstorms. i ll have the details for you coming up. let s get to julie wright with her on-time traffic. traffic flowing out of oxon hill toward alexandria. the commute behind me, live shot of 270 out of rockville. doing the double nickel toward the lane divide. for those on spring break, it s helping those still in town having to drive into work because traffic volume lighter than usu
you should do the weather. nowhere to go but up after that particular round. want to start with hd radar and show you we have nothing going on. before a cold front off to the north. that should stick to the north today. it won t be quite as sunny as it was yesterday. when all is said and done, i think it will be a nice afternoon for us. mild too. our temperatures later this afternoon will be about 70 or so. there is your hd radar. some shower activity. maybe a sprinkle up towards the pennsylvania border. here in washington, just little clouds as you start your morning. temperature are cool. bring along the jacket. let s go to max 2 and i ll show you the temperatures. we are 53 degrees. 54 in hagerstown and 63 in ocean city. forecast for today, mix of sun and clouds should be dry this afternoon and mild, 71 your daytime high with winds out of the south 10 to 15. not quite as sunny as yesterday but still a nice afternoon. not bad. thank you. let s check in with julie wr
tonight at reagan national airport with tonight s update. reporter: you ll remember it was last month here at reagan national airport when two passenger jets were trying to land. the pilots tried to radio the tower but for the no response. apparently the controller was asleep. well, that s happened four times across the country since then, the most recent in south florida this weekend. what will it take to keep air traffic controllers awake? i m outraged about this and i want the flying public to know we re doing everything we can 24/7 to correct this problem. reporter: on fox news sunday secretary of transportation ray lahood announced new rules going into place immediately. from now on controllers won t be allowed to change shifts in a way that will give them a long weekend while at the same time shortening the rest period between shifts. also managers will now be required to work early morning and late night shifts to make sure controllers are staying awake. contro