that field tests showed to be harmless. no reported injuries. no reported illnesses. inside the school s move to protect the children. the letters were quarantined. they were never exposed to students and even the staff members who had come in contact were placed in a separate situation. reporter: after the discovery of the first three letters the fire department activated a special operations center with various members from the feds and local law enforcement there to track each situation. they were able to quickly stand that center up, bring everybody in and we were able to very effectively manage the rest of the day, somef which we had five or six simultaneously and that being said we were able to get people on the scene within minutes on every one of those cases. reporter: so what s behind all these letters? i talked to a form d.c. detective today. he warns that this could be a trial run. i ll have more on that coming up at 6:00. jim, back to you. pat collins li
and st. mary s county. those are now to the north and east, but because they have the potential to see severe weather over the next couple of hours and perhaps even an isolated tornado, we re under this watch for the viewing area until 8:00 p.m. and there again down to the south that s where the severe thunderstorm warning is. a tornado watch we have as we take a look at our temperatures throughout the area. weir in the 07s and 08s, the temperatures, quite warm and a lot of moisture in the air. that s why we could see some severe thunderstorms coming out of this, but do i think that tomorrow morning it will be much higher with more widespread severe weather across the area. now we have not been the only ones. let me take you to gold, arkansas where they had severe weather there, too, during the overnight period. some very large chunks of hail here coming down and baseball-sized just pelted the vehicles and certainly the ground as you can listen there for a second. no serious
maryland, temperatures there are in the mid-6 0s. and the visibilities aren t too bad there. elsewhere, a few locations like manassas, zero visibility in prince william county and stafford, charles county, fredericksburg, visibility under half a mile. quarter in loudon, frederick northern montgomery county. patchy ground fog. out of the mountains in the 50s. 60s in virginia. rain all passing west and north of us now. washington monument under a partly cloudy sky. as the day progresses, near 80. slight chance of a thunderstorm. mild evening coming up. night planner in 10 minutes. how is traffic now, jerry? tom, it all depends where you are whether you have smooth sailing or not so smooth. top side of the beltway, no accidents to report. but as tom mentioned, there are spots where fog could be an issue. inner loop looks okay. we ll head over and look at northern virginia on the capital beltway near arlington. any road work has been picked up. travel lanes reopen there. one mo
connecticut and woodly. fire and ems officials are evaluating that teen and trying to figure out if this assault was in connection with the incident at the zoo. again, a stabbing of a teenager in the chest this afternoon. we also should mention, in the year 2000 there was a shooting involving multiple victims at the zoo during this very same tradition here at zoo that s held after easter and, obviously, people are very concerned. i talked to a number of people who were leaving the property. they were told they had to leave and they said it was a very sad day. this was a family event and they hated to see it end this way. we ll send it back to you. that s a major artery on connecticut avenue. is traffic baungd as we head into rush hour. you can see here next to me on connecticut avenue, we are north of the zoo. it is moving in this area. it looks like they ve been able to get the people out of the way and open up traffic here, but there s some traffic disturbance in this a
air support here, accurate air cover that can t come from fighter jets flying thousands of feet in the air, but some help is coming. the u.s. announced it is deploying two unmanned predator drones. the predators used extensively in iraq and afghanistan are specifically designed to track individual targets and destroy them with small, hellfire missiles, ideal for urban war. many rebels believe without even more u.s. and nato support, this conflict could drag on into a lengthy stalemate. i believe that gadhafi should go, and i believe that a stalemate would lead to serious consequences including the point of the rise of the influence of radical extremists. senator john mccain who today visited the rebel capital benghazi appears to share that concern, trafrling with a tiny entourage and little security, mccain was greeted by people carrying american flags. a girl gave him a bracelet. it was a warm welcome. mccain also met with young people. they all told him they want more