A little bit of sunshine this friday and the weekend looks fantastic. Ill detail that weekend forecast for you coming up in a little bit. But for now lets send it over to amanda meadows who is also bright and cheery in her orange, good morning, amanda. Good morning, eileen. You have good news in the forecast, ive got good news on the roadways. As far as youre concerned in your morning commute pretty much delayfree conditions. Starting off on 95 where were seeing a paving operation only affecting the ramp to route 234 coming in from 95 northbound, traveling through dumfries you may see a minor delay and detours. No big problems through centreville and fairfax, 270 looking good for this morning. Moving right along on those major interstates. Weve got a few lotts for you just to show you Current Conditions 395 northbound into the 14th street bridge, light traffic as you head toward the 14th street bridge in from 395. Things are looking good on the American Legion bridge as well and that i
A critical piece of legislation is getting traction in the senate. Congress has until next tuesday to pass a spending measure that would avert a government shutdown. Texas senator ted cruz tried to hold up the legislation but the bill passed after cruz staged a 21hour protest of sorts. Mike viqueira has more. Well, it wasnt technically a filibuster, but whatever you call it was one very long speech. In the end many are asking just what did texas senator ted cruz accomplish . Skipping rest and natures call, ted cruzs time was up. I would ask for my friends in the democratic aisle to listen to this. They have arrived pursuant to the order. The senate will be cruz held court for more than 21 hours. The fifth longest speech in senate history. He railed against the healthcare law. Are we going to say lets break the pattern of empty show gloats i do not like them, sam i am. At times it looked like an audition change for 2016. The reason she worked there is for the healthcare that it offered.
If you think building with dna is only for mother nature, think again. Scientists have big ideas. Good sunday and a happy mothers day to you. So much to get to. We start with the search for nearly 300 schoolgirls kidnapped in nigeria this week. Two Army Divisions were deployed to the northern border region in the hunt for the girls and the men who took them. International resources are on the ground to provide assistance. Stephanie gox is live for us today in cameroons capital city. First of all, what more do we know about the International Effort there . Reporter the Nigerian Government has said little about the operation. The United States is involved. The uk, france, china. Now we are hearing israel may get involved in assisting. Those efforts are really based on assisting the intelligence effort. The boots on the ground are coming from the nigerian military. The fact they announced they were moving two battalions is the first we have heard details specifically. They have flown some