heavy at times. flash flood watch in effect for the entire region through this evening. there s a look at moderate rain moving through frederick and is moving from the caps southwest to the northeast. in rockville there is isolated rain. most of the rain is along the potomac in the panhandle of west virginia and maryland. flash floods our concern today as we will have imbedded downpours, highs in the at low 70 s s 70 s. both loops of the beltway near 236 and the little river turnpike. the road is closed there. leading 66 headed toward interstate 95 they are letting traffic through occasionally. the inner loop is not much better. here is the normal pace of traffic southbound on 270. the camera tells the tale. metro rail is on normal service systemwide. diddy road north of braddock rd. is closed due to deep water. burke road has reopened. and in clifton the tree that fell down has been removed. we begin with a guilty plea in the prince george s county corruption scandal
out on a money bond, pending further court action in the case. now, it s against craigslist policy to sell guns on its website. pat, back to you. pat collins. thanks, pat. some developing news tonight. the principal of mckinley technological high school in the district has been reinstated. the principal was placed on paid administrative leave last week after allegations that he doctored student transcripts. d.c. public schools say its lead investigator on that case admitted to giving false information to witnesses, which may have compromised that investigation. principal penneder will be back on the job monday. it is judgment day for a former park ranger who admitted to murdering his wife and two stepchildren. carillo dean pled guilty to the crime and was sentenced today to three life terms. he called police to his home in triangle, virginia, february of 2009 to report a domestic dispute. and when officers arrived, they found the family dead. a psychiatrist later said t
climbed into the 50s now. as a result you start noticing the real increase in humidity. and a spring rain is on the way today. so be ready for it. have your umbrellas ready to go just in case. it s not raining at channel 4 yet. my car remains rain drop free. that will not be the case too much longer. a little bit of light from the streetlights bouncing off the bottom of the clouds. that s the reason fort orange color you see. temperatures are mild, though. 54 downtown. already above an average high. 60, fredericksburg. 56 in loudon county. flood watches west of the blue ridge. frederick county, maryland, frederick county, virginia there s a look at live doppler. that s where most of the rain is west of town. the rain is encroaching quickly. a large swath of rain showers coming our way for today. so umbrellas required. the of yeft from mid to late morning to mid to late afternoon. should begin to taper off after that. and you re thinking a two-inch soaker. more than an inc
we look toward the monument and panning around, definitely overcast and low overcast at that. in terms of what s going on, well, the national weather service has issued a winter storm warning. here s where it is likely to be some wintry type of precipitation. in fact, several inches of snow and sleet, too, to deal with, at the onset. we ll go from rain to sleet and eventually the rain and sleet mixing in and then over to all snow. from 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. tuesday, the counties in pink, montgomery county, howard county, loudoun county and prince george s county and into d.c., a winter weather advisory. it s here where we re not expecting as much snow. but you can see that this is a system that s affect s a large portion of the areas north and west ohio, indiana and even illinois, with several inches of snowfall. and the latest on radar does show spots like ft. wayne and cleveland getting the snow. around here, just rain showers for us. the way it is looking right now, as te
and so far, the government is giving no indication that that s going to happen. so something of a stalemate continues here with the government digging its heels in, the protesters still maintaining their vij i i will. but the bottom line is, the government is making recessions, the opposition saying you have to give more, including the resignation of president mubarak and right now that doesn t seem to be anywhere near close to happening. back to you. one 79-year-old american woman figured to fight off some of them last week with hot water, a knife and rolling pin. she is now back on u.s. soil. mary thornberry arrived yesterday where she was reunited with her son. she said she was trapped in her apartment on tahrir square in cairo for days while the demonstrators clashed outside her building. she talked about her ordeal with nbc s brian williams. that first night, about every three to five minutes someone would be at my door. and sometimes it would be four or five faces.