15. i would bring along an umbrella just in case. let s check in with julie wright and get a look at traffic. starting off pretty quiet on a monday morning. no accidents to report as you travel to and from the wilson bridge. close in, we are looking good. southbound 270 leaving mva, no problems reported as you travel out of rockville and travel down to the split. 395 still at speed leaving the beltway continuing out to the 14th street bridge. light traffic volume headed out towards merrifield from annandale. that s a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. opening statements are set to begin today in the murder trial of chandra levy. ingmar guandique is charged with the attempted sexual assault and murder of levy in 2001. several media outlets are also reporting that gary condit, with whom levy was romantically linked, will be called to testify. the trial gets under way at 10:00 this morning. georgetown community students expected in court today. authorities say three me
one of the most anticipated trials in this area is now under way. opening statements started this morning inhe trl of the man accused of killing chandra levy. news4 s tracee wilkins has more now from d.c. superior court. reporter: opening statements are under way in the chandra levy case. and what s expected to be an uphill battle for the prosecution. susan leavy, her mother, walked in wearing sunglasses and a scarf, covering part of her face. after years of waiting, she is expected to testify her daughter s murder trial. it s the beginning of one of the most controversial murder cases in d.c. history and is expected to be one of the hardest to prosecute. the nine-year-old murder case of chandra levy is brought with errors, according to legal experts and even the prosecutor admitted during the pretrial hearing that mistakesarly in the trial left virtually no physical evidence, also no eye-witnesses, no dna and no weapon. ihink the government lacks direct evidence, anyth
to be here. dry weather for tha and if you do have outdoor recreation plans for this sunday, a great day coming up. should be milder, too, than yesterday. there is a live view of the washington monument and we ve got dry pavement around the region this morning. just a few clouds coming through and temperature now 56 at naonal airport. it s in the mid-50s in prince george s, arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties. elsewhere, generally in the 50s throughout the entire region this morning here is a look out in the mountains. s a bit chilly and a few isolated locations just near 40. most locations in the low 50s to upper 40s. and on the eastern shore the low to mid0s now. over the last 12 hours we ve had some clouds coming in. high pressure has now begun to move off the atlantic seaboard so we have aouthwesterly flow that is bringing in a few clouds and we ll have those clouds this and out for this sunday. but afternoon highs climbingto the mid-70s. so a very nice day. and then
also today, federal fire investigators are expected in alexandria to look at what sparked a devastating fire at a historic chapel. flames engulfed the 129-year-old emanuel chapel on the campus of the virginia theological seminary friday afrnoon. crews spent saturday working to stabilize the charred frame. no one was hurt in the fire, but the loss of the landmark is felt deeply by the people who worked, studied and worshipped there over the decades. it breaks my heart. it broke my heart. just the parish itself and all the students that have been through these doors and have worshipped here and the maiages, the baptisms, the entire community has just suffered a loss that, you know, will, i guess, bring us all closer together. in the meantime the atf is taking part in the investigation. that is normal procedure for a fire in a place of worship. the fire is not considered suspicious. more than one dozen cats had to be removed from a virginia home because of mplaints from ne
it s a remarkable child with a grown-up less son for everyone today, octer 24, 2010. captionsaid for by nbc-universal televion good morning and welcome to today on a sunday morning. i m lester holt. and i m jenna wolfe. we re just a week away - from halloween. what are we going to ? i have waited for four years at today for halloween to be on a sunday. now that m here i can be the annoying person not telling anyone. i have to say, it was with remarkable speed. normally it s weeks a weeks. this was easy. it s a good one. that s all we ll give you. we could go as politicians and we d have company out there. how s this for a transition? busy day on the campaign trail. midterm elections a week away. the president feeling the heat, trying to prevent what could be a seismic shift in power on capitol hill. we re talking strategy, momentum and the race to watch with david gregory. tonight is football night in america. it is the vikings versus the packers. all