i m savannah guthrie in tonight for brian. it s the eve of a much anticipated report. the experts hoping it confirms the signs we re starting to see throughout the economy, that we may finally be in an economy out to last. consumers are out spending and employers are hiring. the number of people in unemployment lines is the longest in three years but there s long way to go to truly come back from the great recession. we begin with sue herrera. call it the warm weather effect. retailers today reported stronger than expected sales. the reason, they say, the sun is out and people are buying. it s perfect. it s perfect for shopping. at target and macy s, sales were up more than 7%. nort strm and gap, 8%. this week, gm, ford, and toyota credited warm weather in part for strong sales. consumer spending jumps in february by the most in seven months. there s no question there s been two effects. the economy has gotten stronger at the same time unseizably warm weather gave us
good evening. i m savannah guthrie in tonight for brian. it s the eve of a much anticipated jobs report. the experts hoping it confirms the signs we re starting to see throughout the economy, that we may finally be in a recovery that is built to last. consumers are out spending and employers are hiring. the number of people in unemployment lines is the lowest it s been in four years, but there s long way to go to truly come back from this great recession. we begin with sue herrera. call it the warm weather effect. retailers today reported stronger than expected sales. the reason, they say, the sun is out and people are buying. it s perfect. it s perfect for shopping. at target and macy s, sales were up more than 7%. nordstrom and gap, 8%. this week, gm, ford, and toyota each credited wau eed warm weat part for strong sales. consumer spending jumps in february by the most in seven months. there s no question there s been two effects. the economy has gotten stronger at
arundel, and calvert. that should be sending shortly. it s cleared out to our west, and it s cold there. down in the 30s in many locations. 30 miles west of washington into the mountains. closer to washington, near 40 degrees. southern montgomery county into arlington, fairfax. prince george s is the mid-40s now. much of southern maryland under the clouds in the upper 40s to near 50. reagan national is at 47. here s your day planner. sunrise at 7:00. highs climbing into the mid and upper 50s. sunset at 6:08. we ll look at the evening planner. danella, good morning. how s the tuesday commute? let s start out in prince george s county f you re taking the inner loop, right now you re traveling at 62 miles an hour as you make your way towards branch avenue. if you re continuing on the inner loop and making your way across the wilson bridge, not seeing any issues for you there. still continuing on the inner loop on the beltway, we ll end up at robinson terminal. the beltway in v
virginia, students are back to school. we have good things in the weather department, fine conditions for today if you want to revisit summertime we will as we see sunny skies and temperatures well into the 80s. let s look at the bus stop forecast as you get the kids ready for school early, a couple clouds out there, skies mostly clear, a little bit of fog here and there not much mild temperatures primarily 60s. sunrise occurred 13 minutes ago. a look at temperatures across the region here in the district 67 degrees dulles dropped off 59 degrees now quite chilly out this sterling baltimore 62 fredericks burg, 63 degrees. your day planner lots of sunshine warmer than yesterday, and we don t have a chance of rain today it will be a dry one and our highs mid-and upper 80s downtown we think we will get to 87 degrees. there you go that is the latest on weather more in a little bit right now an update on this mornings rush hour traffic. all right tony good morning sir. still
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