higher than it was a month ago. $45 and still going and it s probably not even it s still not even full. reporter: americans are frustrated. what s the point? i m working for gas. they ll have to start taking out a loan for gas now. reporter: they re desperate. i m hoping it goes down because i ll have to get rid of one of our cars. reporter: but is it all about the market or is there some price manipulation going on? the justice department s pulling together a task force to investigate. we re going to make sure that nobody s take advantage of american consumers for their own short-term gain. reporter: the financial fraud enforcement working group will look at traders and speculators although so far, there s no evidence of wrongdoing. the bottom line is many of these speculative activities might be perfectly legal. looking ahead to summer, analysts say expect things to get worse. we re looking at about $4.45. somewhere close to $4.40, $4.50 at the to
fog, as well as southern maryland, around the bay where there s warmer temperatures. rye now low 50s in washington, nearby suburbs. parts of frederick and washington county near zero as well as panhandle of west virginia. strong storms in the midwest that produced 32 tornados reports yesterday and last night, those storms are beginning to diminish thankfully. we still have counties under a tornado watch. those counties in yellow from west virginia down into eastern tennessee. and there s the scene over the potomac river which is as calm as a mill pond reflecting the sky and the cloud cover there. we ll have sunrise in about 25 minutes. by 9:00, mid-60s. by noon time, 70s. would have some isolated storms developing off to our west by then. closer to washington, looks like around your neighborhood and closer to the metro area could have storms by 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, some of which could produce damaging winds and hail. big changes tonight. much colder. how cold? i ll show you that
pronounced dead at the scene. two other females and two other males were inside. those four were medevaced to an area hospital for life-threatening injuries. speed was definitely a factor in this collision and none of the occupants were wearing seat belts. reporter: police say because no one was wearing their seat belts they can only tell where the driver was sitting when the crash happened. all of the other kids were thrown from their seats. police say all of the students attended battlefield high school just down the road from the accident. this isn t the first time logmill road has claimed the life of students and other drivers as well. this is the seventh tragedy in as many years. brad wombach is a retired law enforcement officer who has been trying to get changes made to the road for years, but so far no is success. there are numerous hills that you cannot see what s happening on the other side of the hill until you re right on top of the hill and the only way yo
and what to expect. fortunately those storms are weakening. but they did produce some damaging winds in parts of the midwest overnight. temperatures near 50 in washington, arlington, fairfax. mid and upper 50s in prince george s and southern maryland. near the bay, lower eastern shore it s in the 60s. 40s west to north where visibilities have dropped. we have some patchy dense fog in frederick county, maryland, as well as frederick county, washington county, parts of loudon county. elsewhere, don t have any visibility problems. over the last 12 hours, quite a strong line of storms. it is weakening now thankfully as it s heading east. all the counties in yellow under a tornado watch, including much of west virginia, eastern kentucky and tennessee the next few hours. washington monument under a clear sky. sunrise, 6:25. by noon time, into the 70s. storms rolling out of the mountains, shenandoah valley, parts of western maryland by noon time. metro area just after that. up nea
waterfront businesses have been evacuated and restaurant owners are contending with several feet of water pouring into their businesses. but could this have been prevented? melissa malay is live on the waterfront where folks are wondering why those floodgates were not closed as the river rose, melissa. absolutely, good evening. that s right. the big question is why. why weren t those floodgates up on a day when the potomac river was three feet above flood stage. we are told by d.c. fire officials that the gates were put up or down the decision lies with the management company. the spokesman for that company said they were not sure that was indeed true. crews have been out here all day bringing in the crane and pumping water out of the courtyard out of businesses and out of restaurants. hundreds of people were evacuated today as power and gas in the buildings went out. the entire first level of that garage was completely flooded. 60 cars had to be pulled to higher, dryer