it turns out the d.c. drinking water kris frs a few years was actually much worse than thought. the centers for disease control mislead the public about the amount of lead in the water. now that s being discussed on capitol hill. news 4 s megan mcgrath joins us from clo from capitol hill with details of this. reporter: when high levels of lead was found in the district s water supply, the centers for disease control were brought in to assess the situation. they looked at blood tests and other data collected from people who were exposed to high levels of lead in the drinking water. they then released a study and that study concluded that there was no major health risk, even children who were exposed to high levels that that exposure did not translate into high levels of lead in the bloodstream. that put many minds at ease. now it s being investigated by a subcommittee on capitol hill, they have concluded that that study by the cdc was false, that children were indeed being h
new hampshire speaking no english are fluent by the time they leave thanks to the dedication and staff. parents love this school. hector felt bad for the girl when he heard her comment. it broke my heart. you don t expect a child to worry about immigration, getting separated if their parents. reporter: montgomery county does not check the immigration status of the students or their parents. mexican president felipe kaeld calderon called arizona s law krim that torre. we re hoping we see a return of the sunshine. we shall. it s off to a nice start. we have patchy fog in virginia. visibility is under a quarter mile around the blue ridge and sh shenandoah valley. in the low 50s and over the past few hours had the overnight sprinkles and we re off to a partly cloudy start. we ll have lots of sunshine today. should have afternoon highs chiming quickly. by mid afternoon into the upper 70s and then tomorrow sunny in the morning after a clear night. down into the 50s tomorr
route 7 and the dulles toll road you will lose a left lane. be careful. a reminder, today is drive for charity. if you drive the dulles toll road, all tolls are going to five local charities so use that as an option. drivers are at speed from 95 to 66. as we take you over to 395, everything is okay duke to the 14th street bridge. we will take it back to the maps and show you route 4, route 5 and 301 in maryland no complaints this way and the beltway is okay 95 to georgia. a little construction set up at old georgetown road. you are going to lose the left lane. back to you. today the montgomery county council is scheduled to vote on the 2011 budget. it is expected town cloud tax increases, cuts to transportation and layoff of employees. recreation programs and health and human services department could also be forced to deal with cutbacks. the budget is expected to be formalized by may 27th. in montgomery county a controversial energy hike is expected to take affect. it wi
reprinted without the confessions and asks that the old ones be returned. in a statement the spotsylvania school superintendent said, it is most unfortunate that inappropriate comments found their way into the 2010 yearbook for massaponax high school. student dos stupid things much there is a teacher that is in charge of it that should have checked over it more, i guess. school system said it should have the new cleaned up version of the yearbook before school get out. one parent said truth be told, some kids might keep the old one. back to you. spotsylvania county schools and the school principal issued a statement but refused to be interviewed. the news edge on d.c. now, a fifth person has been arrested in the murder of a popular principal. brian betts was found dead in his subpoena accept home last month. 19-year-old joel johnson is now charged with murder. three other teens are already in custody. police believe those four were at brian betts home the night he wa
you can see if you were up earlier today, there were a few peaks of sunshine. this upper level low pushes on through. so can t rule out the possibility you might see an isolated shower but for the most part most of us should remain dry for the wednesday. pushing off to the north and to the east. let s talk temperatures. and we re still in the 50s. 57 in washington. 56 to start the day in fredericksberg and 55 in ocean city. you can see mid-50s at this hour. we ll add about 10 degrees to the numbers and see highs in the mid to upper 60s. still lots of clouds out there. but we re going to keep our fingers crossed. we ll see a few more peeks of sunshine throughout the course of the day and i mentioned the chance of a shower. and more details coming up in a couple of minutes. allison and tony, back to you at the desk. in the news this morning, dramatic pictures out of thailand. downtown bangkok has turned into a flaming battleground and a sur few is in place from 8:00 p.m. to