coming up. good morning. i m sarah simmons. i m will thomas. we have a few coworkers stuck in that traffic mess. something to stick around for all morning long. julie had said earlier to will take a while to clear that mess. let s get a check on the weather first before we get to traffic with tucker barnes. good morning. you like yesterday s weather? no. i know we needed it. i thought it was beautiful. we haven t had a good winter storm in i know it is the end of april but we had rain. nobody can complain about the rain. needed the rain. it is so dry. about 1 1/4 inches at reagan national. we need every bit of t rain still falling across parts of the area particularly west of the city. there you go. you can see that we re picking up some showers inside the beltway particularly north and west as you get up 270 towards frederick and out to the west. we are still getting showers. 66 towards front royal, shower activity continues. and one or two sprinkles
pregnant mistress during his presidential run in 2008. that mistress could be called in the witness stand. can you imagine that moment, rielle hunter takes the stand. his daughter could take the stand. a hot little case there. also this morning, the crash on the racetrack that got just a little too close for comfort. it s hard to believe, but the young woman behind the wheel actually walked away from that crash. unbelievable footage. unbelievable pictures. later this half hour, the government-funded research to develop a better light bulb. it will cost you 50 bucks to buy the bulb. you are already paying for it without even buying this bulb at the store. this could last you $20. it could be money well invested. i hate changing light bulbs. 20 years, i m good. all right. we begin with the breaking news out of central florida. george zimmerman walked out of the seminole county jail just after midnight eastern time dressed in a brown leather jacket. he was carrying a
wake up one morning and you re in that scenario. everything goes through your mind. you re angry, upset, frustrated, confused. reporter: her family believe she s was kidnapped. police call the disappearance suspicious but haven t ruled out the possibility the first grader may have wandered off. child safety experts say that scenario is far fetched. she s 6 years old. she didn t likely run away. so we have to assume that as time passes, there s greater likelihood that somebody took her. reporter: 58,000 children are abducted by nonfamily each year, but only 5% of those are taken from the home or yard. but when it happens it makes headlines. 14-month-old lisa irwin has been missing from her missouri home since october. her parents insist she was snatched out of her crib. what we found is that it is most often someone who has had at least some minimal contact with the child or the family in the past rather than pure random stranger. reporter: just like the case of smar
to win tickets to see l-m-f-a-o live in ccncert on uu. is coming up sometime 3his hour..- april 23rd 3 3 3 3 the mmn who admits to shooting pnd klllng a florida teenager.. is out offjail this . morning. weering a brown jacket ann blue jeans george zimmerman leff a correctional bags containing his l pappr belongings. just after midnight.you can see him walk to a wwite s-u-v. and get ii the back. zimmermmn ad to put up ten percent f one hundded and fifty thousand dollar bond. that equals fifteen thousand dollars. seven p-m to -six a-m curfew. he has also surrendered his passport. is kept secret for his safety and - it could be outside florida. o mara says, we haveeseveral be. attleast one of thooe are out of state. i just want to make surr wherever we place ttlked about many times there s a lot of welled up emotions in this case we don t want them flooing over on to &pgeorge until all of the facts are known. electronic onitoring device. - zimmerman admitted o shooting martin
and it is wet here at the top of the hour. and on your way to work and school today. but we re talking snow out in western maryland. unbelievable. sharon has traffic right after marty s first warning weather. let s talk real quick, first doppler weather radar, steady rain the past half hour move into the region. as a matter of fact, here is some heavy rain advancing toward what would be east columbia. if you will, we still have this low, and it is almost circulating right over us. right now. and when you start expanding this out, wow, now you can really see what is basically coming down, out in western maryland. and in about five minutes, i will show you a picture of maxim maryland that will blow you mind on the 23rd of april. 45 degrees. 12 degrees chillier than this time yesterday morning. 50 at lunch. a high of 51. the normal, 68. don, take it away. watch. sharon has been using the number 24 a lot this morning, as in route 24. here she is at wjz traffic control.