In frederick. Winter weather advisory for north and western suburbs. Rain goes to snow before noon. Again 1 to 4 in the metro. A lot of people are trying to get a jump on the weather by hitting the roads and airports one day early for their holiday destinations. Mola lenghi joins us live. Folks are bracing for a huge influx of holiday travelers. Reporter this is one of the busiest travel weekends of the entire year. Messy weather conditions can make for messy traveling conditions. Here at Reagan National airport, it was a relatively busy day. Folks trying to get an early jump on the holiday weekend. Airport officials are only expecting it to get busier here as well as at Dulles Airport tonight, tomorrow, and thanksgiving morning. Right now theyre saying they dont expect widespread delays and cancellations because of the incoming weather. Still, they do advise you to try to get an early jump. Also some airlines are already offering rebooking and changing fee waivers for travelers. How o
Reporter john towson of aaa midatlantic says theres proof behind the theory. Right now is the busiest time to be driving. The second busiest . Tomorrow starting at 11 00. Then it gets worse at 3 00. Reporter what makes tomorrow extra tricky is rain and snow making roads slippery. I want to avoid the rain and snow tomorrow if it comes. Reporter john isnt the only one thinking that way on this line to pick up honey baked hams in Silver Spring. The line must have been a mile down the way. Reporter this giant is packed. Tell me what its like in there. Crazy. Reporter the best day to drive is the actual holiday. Leave on thursday anyway. Just wait it out. Let the storm pass over, pass through. And then its better to be safe than to be sorry. Reporter or just do what jen mercer of potomac does. Stay local. We dont leave town on thanksgiving ever. Reporter not a bad idea. Im not going to leave town either. I know it looks like this traffic is moving behind me. They actually are but when they
Worker aid worker. We start our coverage with mark albert. Reporter president obama apologized this morning for a u. S. Drone strike that killed two hostages, including an american. I profoundly regret what happened on behalf of the United States government i offer our deepest apologies. Reporter drone strikes were conducted in january along the pakistaniafghanistan border. The operation targeted an al qaeda compound. My name is warren weinstein. Reporter dr. Warren weinstein, an aid worker from maryland captured in 2011 by al qaeda in pakistan was killed. Also killed was giovanni loporto, an italian hostage held since 2012. I cannot begin the imagine the anguish that weinstein and loporto families are enduring. Reporter the Obama Administration is conducting a review of the strikes. The weinstein family released a statement saying, quote, we look forward to the results of that investigation. But those who took warren captive over three years ago bear ultimate responsibility. They also
to the outer loop, you re also going to hit those brakes 95 toward georgia avenue. on the southbound side of i-270 which is slow and heavy, look at this. from route 109 it will be continuous to 121 before the pace improves. we re still good at montrose road to the split. back over to our maps this time heading into virginia on the northbound side of i-95. it s going to be slow now in quantico off and on through woodbridge and through springfield. a live look there on the northbound side of i-95. at least the lanes are open. no accidents to report up to the 14th vote bridge. i ll be back 14th street bridge. i m be back with more. summer is over for students across northern virginia it is back to school. it is indeed. that means traffic is going to abmajor issue for every to be a major issue for everyone in the region. kristin fisher is live to talk more about that. good morning, kristin. reporter: good morning. before students here at south county middle school get to