for dads and grads. and you ve seen him in everything from the perfect storm to chicago to stepbrothers, john c reilly will join us to talk about his new film called sirous in the next hour. i love him. he s funny and just the best. gwen tolbert is here with a look at today s forecast which looks to be glamorous. what a great choice of words. gwen, glamorous and weather. let s talk about today s forecast. it s going to be a gorgeous day. another g-word for you. ridge of high pressure building in. no shortage of sunshine. and if you liked yesterday, you are going to love today. i ll take all of the credit i can take for this forecast. nice day today, plenty of sunshine. here is a look at yesterday s high. 78 at national airport, 75 at dulles and 78 at baltimore. we re going to be slightly warmer today as the ridge of high pressure builds in and we re starting out this morning with 62 degrees in the district, 54 at gaithersburg. it s 59 at baltimore. dulles at 56 degr
we begin this morning with breaking news from peru. there s word that dutchman joran van der sloot, the main suspect in the disappearance of american natalee holloway, has confessed to murdering a peruvian woman. van der sloot has been in peruvian custody since late friday. police released this security video of van der sloot at his hotel showing him entering his room on the night of may 30th with 21-year-old stephany flores, five years to the day since the disappearance of natalee holloway. four hours later, van der sloot left alone. flores body was found two days later, her neck broken. police questioned van der sloot for days before he confessed. the lima newspaper reports that van der sloot admitted killing flores in the presence of a prosecutor and lawyer. he said, i did not want to do it. the girl intruded into my private life. a peruvian wire service reports van der sloot said flores saw something about holloway on his computer. quote, she tried to escape and i took h
58 degrees at the airport. 50 at frederick. we will make it up to 78 today. get out and enjoy it if you can. we will check the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. that includes some summer heat. but first we say good morning to sarah. good morning. we have a nice ride for you this morning. we have a couple of closures. 136 all lanes are closed right now temporarily as an oversized load passes through harford county. westbound rte. 40 past rolling road, two right lanes are closed because of a water main break that is being fixed. looking good on the north side. jfx in good shape. nine minutes on 895 down to the harbor tunnel. 11 minutes on the west side outer loop. eight minutes from 795. we give you a live view of traffic. this is that the harrisburg expressway, problem-free. the j.f.x. in great shape. we switch over to 97 and everything is going very well in that area. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. over to you. it was a busy night for the city
2010. actually kind of cool outside. thank you for being here. i m gurvir dhindsa. i am allison seymour in for tony who is in for steve chenevey. all right. a big day for the washington nationals. stephen strasburg makes his major league debut. a whole lot of hype has surrounded the # 1-year-old since i signed a $15 million contract with the team. fans will get to watch his nearly 100-mile an hour fast ball in action when the team takes on the pirates at 7:05 tonight. a lot of hype has surrounded the 21-year-old. you can still get standing room only seats at 1:00. there is a two-ticket per person limit on those. at 4:30, $5 grandstand seats go on sale. though kidding. those are bargains considering some of those tickets were going for around $1,000. if you wanted to stand all day. that is okay. i know. we ll check in with sarah simmons a little bit later on down at nats park. i m gwen tolbert in for two men, tucker and tony. one woman has to replace two
good call. described quite clearly to the undercover agent. reporter: according to court papers almonte said, i want the troops to come home safely and dozely in caskets. authorities say they had no known connections to terrorist groups and their preparations consisted of lifting weights, buying military-style pants, and trying paint ball. sophistication is not necessarily a measure of danger, as we ve learned in lots of other cases. reporter: both men have been under surveillance since 2006. body suspects were on a no-fly list but federal agents removed their names so they d be able to make their plane reservations. it was all part of an elaborate sting to take them into custody. linsey davis, abc news, new york. the u.n. security council has voted to extend another year of sanctions against north korea because of its nuclear program. the council s 15 members took action last night. they extended the sanctions because of north korea s nuclear tests more than a year a