customs union with germany because of its economic strength in effect dominated. isn t the of the european community s today? it is hard to imagine the counters of the factual history as disastrous as what did result. not just the twenty million dead from the first world war but a much greater number of deaths from the second world war. it is almost impossible to imagine the second moral war happening without the first. yes, sure. [inaudible] elaborate on the impact of the united states entry into the war. to elaborate on the impact of the united states entry to the war. the united states was part of the war effort from the beginning because we were selling large amounts of armaments to britain and france, not to germany and much of those sales on credit. because they were on credit, one impact of the war was to make the united states enormously wealthy because everybody ended up owing us money at the end of the war. militarily the u.s. entered the war in april of 1917, a
for the next several hours, certainly for the morning commute and then it will taper off to showers later today. definitely need the umbrella and a little extra time on the roadway as things will be on the wet side. let s get started with hd radar and show you the rain falling. from baltimore down through columbia, and washington, inside the beltway, getting some pretty good rain and out to the west, reston, manassas. when you get if get if fur further east and south, not getting as much rain. we are on the cool side. 61degrees. the winds will be out of the east all day. our highs late are this afternoon will only be in the 60s hour eyes later this afternoon will only be in the 60s our highs later this afternoon will only be in the 60s. i ll more details coming up in a couple of minutes. an arrest in the murder of a 12-year-old in montgomery county. the girl s 42-year-old stepfather, david rich hang was taken into custody. police say jessica nguyen was found stabbed
happening outside. so far so good in florida for the launch and not too bad here now. not too bad. skies look decent with a fair amount of sunshine here in northwest washington is what we re seeing. later on today an increases chance of showers and thunderstorms. scattered showers and thunderstorms return today and frankly for every day this week. there is a coastal flood advisory this morning until 10:00. high tide could be about a foot or so above normal. this unsettled weather pattern does continue through the week, i m sorry to say. and then by the weekend things look better, particularly the last part of the weekend. here is a look at the radar. we ll show what you is happening now. not much in the way of any precipitation. a little bit of junk showing up there. a few showers off to the east but i don t know those are hitting the ground. we see a mix of clouds and sun this morning. things look good. although things are quiet now we ll see more fill in as an area of low
carolina coast there is actually doing the dirty work for us and that s good news because it s going to introduce a few more clouds into the forecast today and the possibility that we might actually see an isolated thunderstorm later today. so that could help cool things down as well. here is your forecast: partly sunny skies, slight chance of an afternoon storm. 94 for the afternoon high which is 8 degrees lower than yesterday. more details on the forecast in a couple of minutes. let s get to julie wright with the latest traffic. julie. problems on the top stretch of the beltway at 495 toward university boulevard. the accident now moved over to the shoulder so the lanes are open as you try to work around 495 and the accident scene. but again, traffic jammed up from i-95 college park headed west. if you are traveling 395 northbound, we have slow downs leaving the beltway past edsel and toward seminary. again lanes are open in the main line and h.o.v. no reports on 66. traff