is trying to stir the pot even more. the wall street journal reporting that pakistan spy agency, isi, is urge be the taliban to strike u.s. and coalition forces. in the past week alone the taliban has claimed responsibility for attacks near quetta. ivan watson discovering both of these attacks. he s live in kabul. ivan, the president saying it s tile to sit down to talk to the taliban? reporter: that s right, after trying and failing for years to ask taliban leaders to stop coming against the government, he s holding what he s calling a high-peace council. about 68 afghan elders, some former warlords. religious clerics. eight women gathering to try to find ways to talk to the taliban. take a listen to what karzai had to say at this inaugural meeting. translator: the opposition are our taliban brothers. every son of this land and every youth, whether he s inside or outside of this country, wishes to serve this country. i call on them once again to use this opportunity
degrees. not nearly as chilly it s been the last couple of morning at the bus stop. 52 to 61 degrees for the kidos and then we will have, again, lots of sunshine today. no weather trouble atsoever. 74 degrees. a check now again on traffic with jerry edwards. all right, veronica on the beltway north of town authorities have just been dispatched to check out rept of an accident reported to be on the our loopf the beltway near georgia avenue. car possibly in to the jersey wall along the left side of the roadway. that s all i know rit now. this is the beltway at colesville road, route 29. the accident right around the curve, and there is no camera there. we re looking the best we can and we ll keep you updated on that and certaly let you know if anything holds up. let s head over and see how we re doing in virginia at this hour. 95 northbound looks pretty good. a couple of problems on the uthbound side. an accident and a reported car fire, so if you re headed out, be very car
ships, i want to take a look wanted to take a look at that green energy alternative that will bring some cashier into the city. the skyline was graced with white ships today expected to meet poor calls this year s and the diesel engines run nonstop. the whole time it is spewing pretty dirty fuel emissions trade they keep all of the lights on. reporter: today at pier 27 where the massive shipped out they greeted it with new technology they introduced the first shoreline power supply allowing cruise ships to turn off their diesel engines and plug into the electric grid. all of that power is coming from renewable energy and as that comes, it goes to our hydroelectric tms that create the power so there are no emissions. reporter: the shoreline power hookup will cost each cruise line $60,000 per ten- hour. and it will be a breath of fresh air. each chip that shuts off its engine eliminates the emissions of 54 diesel trucks running nonstop and will make a healthier enviro
scene and bring it more when it becomes available. we are following a developing story out of northwest washington. a woman is dead after she was hinear dupont circle by an suv. a vehicle that took off after the accident. police say the victim of struck in the 1300 block ofonnecticut avenue at around 1:30 this morning. officers tracked down the suv that they believe s involved in the accident in chevy chase, maryland. megan mcgrath is live in northwest washington. reporter: police were able to track down that suv thanks to information provided to them by a very determined eyewitness. that witness had a bicycle and afr the accident happened he jumped on that bike a began to tail the suv as it fled the scene. he stuck with it long enough to get a tag number. he gav that tag number to police. police tell a lexus suv from a i had rise building in chevy chas they believe it s involved in a deadly accident. police are questioning the woman they believe was behind the wheel. pol
i think everybody was put on notice. right there just falling unexpectedly. certainly cannot brace yourself for that. jim: that was right on the bat. the hand on top of the bat. he certainly looks like something is wrong. we will see. gary: the orioles need to see. millwood, again pitching, having a tremendous start here. lopez flying out to center field his first time up. johnson, one hit. in the 3rd inning, no walks and two strikeouts so far for kevin. jim: the unfortunate thing about the 1-0 lead, whether it s 1-0, 3-1, 3-2, if you re a veteran, you know how tenuous it is. things can change. a lot of times you can control it we mentioned 20 strikeouts, and one walk. adam is still flexing the hand. but you just have to keep doing what you are doing. the pitching coach was talking about managing the lineup and who could do it better on the club than millwood because of his experience and knowing who you have to get out. gary: he comes in with an amazing 20-1 ratio wi