Raleigh 67, chicago 58. We are dealing with fog early in virginia. It is spreading further north. Dulles fog, cull pepper fog. Must of the activity will stay to the south. Well have risk of scattered showers in the our forecast. It will not rain all day like yesterday. Temperatures warmer than yesterday, 80 for daytime highs. Plenty of clouds. Back into the sunshine along with warmer temperatures. Details in just a few. All right. Thank you, tucker. Lets check in with julie wright. Prince george, faulkner, got to get back to the books. Southbound 270 good shape. No issues coming out of gaitersburg. All of our lanes are open. Accident involving single utility poll. Shut down portion of 227 at briarwood road. Roads in virginia, volume increasing eastbound on 66 coming in from business 234 minute nas cis coming in from centerville. I95 slowing continuing on through wood bridge. Thank you, julie. It is a school day for hundreds of thousands of students in maryland. Thats right. The school
And west of the city early this morning, manassas, front royal, winchester, you guys have been dealing with reduced visibsibi y visibiliti visibilities. It will be a mostly cloudy day, some of the shower activity into southern virginia, some of that will sneak in later today. Well have scattered showers in the forecast. Upper level low associated with storm system from yesterday. We were not quite done with the rain threat but bright sunshine by tomorrow. Plenty of clouds, few showers. Highs in the low 80s. You may see little sunshine as well. Lots more on the weather coming up, lets do traffic with julie wright. All right. Tucker, coming through the fog, northbound along route 5 slowing out of brandy wine headed to 22 miles per hour. No issues coming out of clinton headed for beltway. 28th street and southwest, fire activity. By the time you hit gaithersburg 57 miles an hour headed for the split. Topside of the beltway, outer loop looks great. No issues leaving 270 headed to college p
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President obamas remarks about Trayvon Martin and race relations. And newly disclosed emails obtained by the Associated Press showed former indiana governor Mitch Daniels, now head of Purdue University, moved to remove hard zinns work in classrooms weeks before the historians death. Editor,speak with his Anthony Arnove, and hear zinn in his own words. People that tell roosevelt, one of our great heroes, was a warmonger, loved military exploits, and congratulated a general who committed a massacre in the philippines . Should we tell young people that . I think we should be honest with young people. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Thousands of demonstrators rallied for a week ever the acquittal of George Zimmerman and the shooting of Trayvon Martin. In new york city, the mother of Trayvon Martin, sybrina fulton, addressed hundreds. In the courtroom, it seemed that they were talking about another man. It