Our Melanie Alnwick is livee al from the Cuban Embassy nowassy n with more and mel, not too n long ago we werent even saying Cuban Embassy here in washington. Good morning. Go reporter good morning. Yeah, we were out here thatout t morning. Id never seen anything likeen y it. It there was so much jubilationbila when the cuban flag was finally raised here over whatveh was the former cuban intra section. There are tours, there was ather private dinner, a state dinner. Theyre also meeting with theh Business Community and of c course a little baseball. L theit obamas certainly were w greeted with a lot of cheersf ce in cuba but also tightt security. President obama and his family touching down at the main theain airport there bringing some s sunshine diplomacy to cuba on on a rainy sunday afternoon. On. The obamas toured the olde city of havana surrounded bydedb Embassy Staff and their families the president said s reopening the door cuba is beneficial to both nations. Critics say cuba isn
Right now and you can seeee theyre wiping some debrisng from that stretch of road. Seve sral miles of backed upd u traffic literally parked asarke they wait to exit at 123. 23 my best advice to you this morning exit at georgetownow pike. If you exit anywhere past thatta point, you are going to be at b a standstill if you try get to g the dulles access road or 123. Those folks have been sitting there for over an hour this morning. In inner loop normal volume. Nor like i said georgetown pikeetow will help you get to the to airport if youre headed toead the Dulles Airport leave lea early. Those secondaries are eagoing to start to back up as folks lookkk to get around this huge messuges this morning at 6 01. 0 well have more traffic inraff just a few minutes. Maureen. Ma thank you erin. Developing this morningng out of gaithersburg, maryland,al police are investigating aga murder they say an 18yearoldyo man was assaulted last night at center way park. The man later died. Later no word yet
Are all here, mike thomas is in the Weather Center with a cet great start to your work weekouk i understand. Yeah, holly its going to i be a fantastic day today. Ic were talking about summertime preview. Temperatures later on thisur afternoon getting into the midio 80s i want to mention itst still chilly this morning song still going the need theing th jacket as you head out the t door but later on this o afternoon shorts and tshirts. I oh, yeah. Eah. Not much happening lasta half hour. Half hou anything on the roads yet. On right now roads are stillre l quiet. Typical volume picking up butp t metro is on time. Got you covered when thatco changes. Thanks erin. Goodness gracious. Yeah, just very scary momentser ony metro this weekend. Wke an incident in northwest d. C. Caught on cell phone video. Veo. Thats what you just saw. S happened on saturday night. Otu passengers will to beenge evacuated from the tenleytown tt motor together after smoke was reported inside the red linee tunnel an
Will let us know and erin will have an early check on thisn mornings commute. President obama waking up o in cuba this morning. The commander in choo hec have is on an historic yet Controversial Mission to thesi o united nation. Melanie alnwick joins us live le outside the embassy in d. C. I d reporter good morning. R go. I was just thinking back toing o last summer when there was soaso much jubilation here when the cuban flag was raised oversed or what was the cuban tub intersection. Rs now the Cuban Embassy insy washington, d. C. For the firsthr time in 60 years, this morningii in cuba president obama is being greeted with cheers and tight security. Ti some people are calling it a new kind of global warmingf glor taking place in half van hf florida in what may be one ofma the final melting points ofs the cold president obama thet ah leader of the free worldree w landed in havana sundayy afternoon. Rn the islands nation just aboutt 90 miles off the coast of cst florida has been a flas
Have very changeable forecast. Fo rain now, winds later, veryer cold temperatures tonight. Tonit lots to talk about for theor t first weekend of april. April it is saturday morning, april 2nd. Ri2n radar right now showing thosengt showers moving through. Throu if you are not seeing rain ingai d. C. Over the past hour or so, s you probably are now. N there are heavier pockets of o rain up in baltimore,timore, fredericksburg, and wellrgd wel probably see rain through theeeh morning hours. Its not until afternoon thatfto we start to clear out. Out might even see a little bit ofei sunshine. But for now its the rain. Rai later today its the wind. High wind warning in effectrnin for the mountains where wee mo could see gusts over 50 milesr l an hour. An h even though thats way towardsow west virginia, extrememe sections of western maryland wen you could have potentiallyential Power Outages from this wind. W along with the wind we have aav freeze warning in effect for northwestern counties. T