looked back. it s evident that he knew he hit someone and the preliminary information we have is that he struck both of them almost splitting the two who were walking together. reporter: it was a violent hit but not an ordinary hit and run. d.c. police say a bicyclist hit an elderly couple with great force. it happened in an alley near the npr building on massachusetts avenue. it was a hit that was significant enough to knock both people over based on what we know and cause a critical injury to a member of the couple who is an elderly gentleman in his 70s and we think he fell pack and hit his head and he s got back and hit his head and he s got a very serious injury right now. reporter: the all out search for the bicyclist is on. the alley has a camera and so does several surrounding beings. he was last seen head buildings. he was last seen heading towards china town on i street and these cameras may help, too. it s a wake-up call for bicyclists who may not know t
where we bought this packet of k2 for 14.99, by the way, there were other versions, same size, same shiny packet with names like jamaican or bow hall a breeze, texas gold bohama, texas gold, purple flake and there s pineapple, pink and blonde flavors. police are warning parents to be on the lookout for this stuff certainly not being used as incense. so you ve spoken with a man that says he smokes k2 all the time. he s 18 years old, says he s a community college student who smokes his brand of k2 all day long for about the past three months. police say he should be worried about potential side effects which are unknown at this time, but the teen you ll hear from in a bit says he s not worried at all. troubling stuff. i m sure parents want to know all about. this thanks for the information, bob. we ll look forward to hearing from this teenager and learning even more about k2 later on in the news edge at 6:00. a drug dealer takedown in st. mary s county. authorities arre
. right now the d.c. region under a bitter last. swirlg winds making matters worse. when we can expect a reprieve. the washington wizards hit the hardwood for the first time since a gun probe made headlines. we hear from one of the stars accused of packing heat in the locker room. the burgundy and gold wind down what has been a tumultuous season in san diego. the soap opera far from over. we hear from some of the impending free agent. good morning. i m melanie alnwick. 8:00 straight up on your sunday morning. wind advisory has been extended for the d.c. region. gwen tolbart is tracking the bitter blast. i thought we were gng to get past this wind. no, and it is arctic cold that s settling in with it. definitely bundle up. we have to talk about also the dangerous cold weather, because it is definitely a danger out there. you have to be so careful with hypothermia and that sort. we re going to show you the wind advisory in effect until 6:00 p.m. tonight. winds gusting a
it s actually probably some of the coolest temperatures we ve had so far this year. good morning, everybody. i m guvirdhindsa. feeling nippy out there today. we ve got cool weather this morning which we re fairly used to, and really for today and the next several days, very cool conditions across the area. i think some people, your julie wrights and maybe steve would say cold, as a matter of fact. let s look at the current temperatures across the region. we are in the 40s at reagan national airport. currently 49 degrees. dulles international is at 48 and bwi marshall is at 45 degrees this morning. definitely jacket weather. you ll need that as you head out the door. here s the satellite-radar. a fair amount of cloud cover over us. we had clouds move in yesterday a couple of breaks in the sun is expected but now it s pretty cloudy. i think today will be a mostly cloudy day. you see some precipitation down to the south, most of that remains south. more precipitation out to th
tragedy on the hudson. a helicopter and small plane collide in mid air as thousands people watch below. the latest on the scene in new york. quarantine in china. the last of the local students are back in the states after the swine flu fears. and it s the right of passage to the new season, fan appreciation day and we ll tell you how it turned into a record breaking. good morning. i m melanie alnwick. sarah is off today. and plus the health care debate and the first day for sonia sotomayor. the mercury stepped up yesterday. get ready for a summer scorcher. tuckerarnes is tracking things from down in the weather center. tucker, how bad will it get? it will be pretty bad by tomorrow. our hottest temperatures of the season set to arrive later today as we ll be well into the 90s and by tomorrow maybe 100 degrees here at reagan national. let s start with a look at current conditions. and right now as you head out the door, not terrible. muggy with humidity way up. dew po