right now at 10:00, a tense police standoff that has been underway for hours. we are hive at the situation that caused commuter problems today. resign or else. dozens of governors got the threatening letters from an extremist group and the fbi is on alert. and destination d.c. it is not going to be easy getting around town for a few days, the cherry blossoms are in full bloom and it is a holiday weekend. we have everything you need to know about the festival. i m shawn yancy. and i m brian bolter. yesterday s numbers were the second highest ever. tomorrow could be worse. we have team coverage of the destination d.c. weekend from the cherry blossom festival to the weather. let s start with the travel troubles. reporter: d.c. is alive this weekend. to give you an idea of how many people are here downtown tonight we are at 9th and h. behind me is chinatown there. packed for blocks. the wizards game just got out. tour buses are letting home out. and here the convention cent
a holiday weekend in the district with gorgeous weather and blossoms in bloom. will easter morning be as beautiful? i m maureen umeh. the weekend is here and the cherry blossoms in full bloom. the biggest questions, how will the weather be tomorrow. let s go to gwen tolbart. i m happy when i can forecast this type of weather. we had a great string of nice days before it. everybody is enjoying this so much, especially with the cherry blossoms out. the temperatures today, we will show you the almanac, 73 at national airport. we should be around 62. 76 at dulles and baltimore 68 degrees. temperatures are a big issue. we know that they are climbing their way through into the 70s and low 80s everywhere. just spectacular. we want to hope that the temperatures stick around and that we continue to get the sunshine. i have great news for your easter forecast. we expect a few morning clouds, warm and pleasant. temperature range from 73 to 78 degrees. we have sunrise on there because
best news on the jobs front in years. today is an encouraging day. we learned the economy actually produced a substantial mum of jobs instead of losing a substantial number of jobs. we are beginning to turn the corner. reporter: 162 thousand how new u.s. jobs in march, highest jobs creation rate in three years. after the loss of more than 8 million jobs since 07. i think that this will mark the end of the job losses. reporter: the president took credit visiting a high-tech battery parks plan that hired more workers using funds from the stimulus plan. tough measures we took, measures that were necessary even though sometimes they were unpopular, have broken the slide. reporter: more americans went out looking for jobs so that the rate of unemployment remains 9. 7%. this was a jobs fair in savannah. millions of americans are still looking and republicans charge democrats set back the recovery with their win on health care. and pushed for financial reform. first a
the government on trial for financial injustices. we look at worldwide economic terrorism. we know where it begins and where it s at. for his part, the governor issued a statement saying quote the office of the governor if if the governor and his family are cure at all times. from necessary sour, head of the university at maryland s center for homeland security said while the letters do not threaten violence, they could inspire it in others. they are unstable people out there and this kind kind of environment corrobores their feelings about people. this is when you end up with tragic events. the governor of maryland said they have s far not received a letter. but the timing is concerning to law enforcement officials as well. just last week, the fbi made a major arrest with some groups in the midwest that were plotting to kill law enforcement officers. and five others were injured. community activists say these kinds of crimes are preventable as the community ma
washington. the president will be talking jobs. we ll have more on that just ahead. i m gurvir dhindsa filling in for allison this morning. i m steve chenevey. thank you for being with us. it is friday morning, april 2nd, 2010. look at that beautiful shot of the cherry blossoms down there by the jefferson memorial. a great weekend. temperatures pushing 80 degrees. we ll get the latest forecast from tucker plus we ll check in with julie wright an get traffic coming up in just a minute. i don t get tired of that at all. it is awe beautiful shot. this is something else people think is pretty beautiful. the release of the much- anticipated apple ipad. the tablet computer supposed to be the next big thing. we ll take it for a test run live coming up in our 9:00 hour this morning. fst, let s get to tucker barnes with the good news for the weekend ahead. much like yesterday, our temperatures will quickly soar back into the upper 70s, even low 80s in the forecast with a lot