The air is gorgeous, crisp and cool . Yes. It will feel almost like fall this morning but we will see sunshine later on with milder temperatures. Downtown washington right now the Lincoln Memorial right there in the center of your screen, there is quite a bit of cloud cover in place at the moment, but that will dissipate very quickly as we head into the later morning hours. By 10 00 a. M. , pretty much nothing but sun and 63 degrees. Notice we are already close to 70 degrees by 1 00. A nice, plate lunch hour. Notice the wind a nice, pleasant lunch hour. Notice the winds are only 5 to 10 Miles Per Hour out of the southeast. Much more pleasant, as well. 74 will be the temperature at 4 00. Right now it is 48 in leesburg, 41 in alligators burg, 55 in Downtown Washington and 50 in manassas. Nothing going on on radar. We will keep it that way tomorrow, too. I will tell you the chance of rain in the first alert forecast coming up. If you waited until today to leave for your Holiday Weekend, t
Family. He was standing on eastwest highway by the prince georges mall when he was struck by the errant motorcycle. Two of the adults hit with him as they tried to make a left hand turn, that car was struck. The motorcycle went airborne, slid across the road into Young Alejandro and others. Santos died at the hospital. He lived here on cherry wood terrace. No one seems to know the young man here or his family. The motorcycle driver was also seriously injured and police are now saying speed was a factor for the motorcycle when it hit that car. An adult injured in the crash and one other child are still in critical condition. No one has been charged in this accident yet, but police say when they finish their investigation, they will turn the case over to the state attorney for possible charges. We should mention that police are still looking for witnesses in this case. If you have any information or if you were there yesterday and saw this accident, give the Prince Georges County police
Unattended car after 5 00 this evening near madison and third street. That was about the time many people were making their way to the west lawn of the capitol for the memorial day concert tonight. We had gone into the museum to take advantage of the time. When we came out expecting 6 30 to get a good spot and here we are waiting. Reporter i was called in the bomb squad was called in to examine the package. It was detonated and the contents posed no threat to the public. The driver of the vehicle is an alexandria, virginia man. He was arrested for driving on a revoked license. We now know the name of the 7yearold boy killed in Prince Georges County in a horrific crash. The boy died at the hospital after a motorcycle crashed into a car, then left the road and plowed into people waiting on the sidewalk. Hank silverberg is at the scene of that crash near the prince georges mall where a memorial has now gone up for the child. Reporter were on east west highway which is a very busy traffic
Areas upper 80s for areas in the district. Suburbs mid80s. Not a bad day at all. Breezy, dry, sunshine. Enjoy your monday, enjoy your memorial day. As we head to tomorrow, well talk about rain. 6 01. Hope you had a good weekend and hope you have a great memorial day. The trains will be operating on a sunday schedule. Off peak fares so youll save money and free parking as we. Want to take you to the beltway where were issue free. See all the green . No issues around the beltway. 395, 295, bw parkway as well as 50 free and clear of any problems. A live look shows you how things are shaping up. This is the beltway at old georgetown road. Just a few cars on the road. Certainly not typical for a monday but well take it because of the holiday. Want to take you from our 495, you never see Something Like this. Just a few cars making their way into town but again no issues. For those of you traveling from areas like seminary road up toward into town and over the bridge. Well have another update
Remembering alone. Hundreds of people flocked to the Vietnam Memorial to pay their respects and remember the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice. I know its a cliche to say freedom isnt free. Everybody says it all the time and you say it without thinking because its a cliche. When you sit in front thereafter wall and see all those names front of that wall and see all those names, you realize what the cost of freedom is. That was ellison barber reporting. At the ceremony denise reed represented the group sons and daughters in touch. It brings together children who lost their parents during the vietnam war. This fathers day they will celebrate the 25th anniversary with a ceremony at the memorial. This memorial day weekend wrapped up with a crowd favorite, the National Memorial day parade. Andrea mccarren was there and joins us from 17th and constitution where the parade wrapped up. Reporter this parade is always the highlight of the memorial day weekend and for one family who s