at 8:30 a.m., tucker, did you just say you were going out for potomac phil? i am headed down to meet potomac phil. i am not sure what we are going to get but we will find out. i hope it is a groundhog. yesterday they were looking for a groundhog so looking forward to it. let me kick off your forecast, rain showers moving through the area, they will be with us for another hour or two gradually we should see it return to sunshine, pleasant temperatures, hd radar, shower activity generally city and south and out to the west, we are getting more showers that are redeveloping out here, front royal, manassas and win chester we have to get rid of that last band of showers the cooler air will start to filter in from the north and west and we should be in for afternoon sunshine. temperatures cooler than yesterday, that said, not bad, 49 washington 50 baltimore, good morning ocean city you are 49 degrees, hagerstown 44 where you are just waking up with cloud cover. showers an
the 60s this afternoon. nowhere near the record high, though, set on this date in 2002. it got to 77. it s not going to do that today. but we will get into the upper 60s during the afternoon with sunshine coming back. a look at the evening planner in ten minutes. here s a look at traffic. good morning, danella. good morning. let s look at the trip along i-270. we ll look together. so far as you re making your way out of clarksburg, seeing a lot of green as you head south toward the spur. now, traveling northbound on i-270, you re clear, as well. in fact, making your trip into rockville, we ll take a live look now at falls road. you can see volume still light. there are drivers on the roadway, but nothing you can t handle. again, good travel speeds. no accidents in the roadway southbound or northbound. if you re taking the rails, so far they re all opening with no reported delays on the metro, marc, or vre. joe, over to you. like to see that. thank you very much. this mo
newt gingrich in south carolina. nbc s tracie potts is live in tampa to break down yesterday s results sdpop talk about where the race for the gop nomination goes from here and whether it really is becoming a two-man race. reporter: good morning, everyone, from tampa where newt gingrich was unable to come back here in florida but insists he ll be back in the summer for the republican convention, making this a two-man race to the very end. romney now has three times as many delegates as newt gingrich. starting tomorrow, secret service protection, too, after a decisive win in florida. he won women, seniors, and hispanics. hi, there. reporter: 46% of the vote after bombarding florida with ads targeting gingrich. a competitive primary does not divide us, it prepares us. ours will be a united party with a winning ticket for america. reporter: gingrich is the only candidate who did not call to congratulate romney. he came in a distant second but insists he ll compete in u
were ranked top in the nation. the economy is strong. last year, in fact, maryland business created more jobs than any and at twice the rate of our good neighbors in the commonwealth of virginia. reporter: there was little or no applause when the governor called on state legislators to better fund roadways big on significantly boosting the tax of gasoline, effectively up to 21 cents a gallon more phased in over a period of years. republicans vow to fight hard on this issue. that issue. maryland cures have paid the taxes. for the governor to propose another 21-cents on top of that is walking into their nightmare. reporter: a recently conducted pole published shows that most maryland voters have little appetite for the hockey in the tax. he asked the legislature to shift some of the costs of teacher s pengs on to county governments. the opposition to that will be fierce. right now, we take prince georges county, for instance, and we have a $126 million deficit and t
that s bringing chilly air off of the president obama. actually 50s, one off of the potomac. actually, 50s one of the cooler spots. the area in yellow getting moderate rain now in southeast washington, northern charles county, into across much of prince george s county into northern anne arundel. elsewhere, just a few light sprinkles and temperatures are mild. we re in the 50s from the mountains all the way to the atlantic beaches. it s going to be a mild day. here s your day planner. sunrise at 7:17. there s a small chance of a lingering sprinkle by mid morning. cloudy much of the morning, 50s. then sun break out again. we climb into the 60s this afternoon. enjoy because big changes are on the way. we ll have the latest on that and look at the evening planner at 6:11. danella, how s traffic? good morning. chopper 4 is flying high over the beltway at bw parkway. outer loop not so bad. inner loop, as well, looking pretty good. volume s increasing, but still light. the tr