attention, pay close attention, look up, see these flashing yellow lites, that means work zone, construction zone, red and blue lites mean move over or slow down. that s the law, but it s not what a driver did last night when maryland state police say the woman from the plains, virginia area, you couldn t miss the emergency lights and personnel responding to the crash on 495 near river road. this thing was very well lit, and it was very clear that people should slow down and use caution. reporter: the trooper was hit in the leg and smashed his hand, breaking the side mirror. he says that the trooper came close to losing his life. very close, inches. this could have turned out definitely a lot worse. reporter: earlier this month, a virginia state trooper was seriously injured when a tractor trailer hit a car that rammed into the officer, stopped at an emergency incident. first responders, tow truck operators, and construction workers, are oftentimes defenseless. focusi
we are glad you are with us. traffic and weather every ten minutes. first, meteorologist adam caskey. some rain for the first time in two days. the heaviest rain was overnight and threw 4:30 through. winchester and martinsburg and fredericksburg are still seeing a few stray showers and in western maryland and west virginia, stray showers. this will be coming to an end later this morning. 53 degrees at reagan national, 49 and winchester, 48 in hagerstown, becoming partly cloudy later today. high temperatures in the mid- 60s. now to lisa baden. let s jump to a couple of maps. middlevale is still reporting track maintenance on the blue line. in virginia there was a crash northbound 95 of the prince william parkway. that should be on the shoulder by the time you get there. if 95 looks good, good on the baltimore washington parkway. 270 has wet pavement. southbound alice frederick into montgomery county. the beltway is dry at university boulevard in this geico camera. back t
eun yang today. it is tuesday, october 19th, 2010. you may have heard a little bit of rain st night. let s check in with tom kierein for the latest. that s not a predawn glow. a few showers just a couple hours ago. those moved off to northeastern maryland. panhandle of west virginia, northern shenandoah valley with a few light sprinkles this morning. most of the rest of the region dry for now. cool morning. uppe 40s to near 50 throughout much of the region. low 50sin washington near the chesapeake bay. 40s in western maryland. rain activityrom a frontal zone draped over the region. may give us a passing shower through midday. drying out thursday into friday. cooler friday and saturday with sunshine. more showers sunday even into monday. tom, thanks. an accident o the outer loop. a vehicle overturned. traffic gets by to the right. expect to find some delay. it s not terribly bad yet. beltway in maryland now. camera on the outer loop. minor incident on the right shoulder. t
later this morning. i m sarah simmons in for gurvir. i m steve chenevey. let s say good morning to tony perkins. possibility of some rain showers this morning. we are seeing a couple of them this morning. here is a lack at the hd radar and you can see here is a look at the hd radar and you can see the showers in green and off to the east, some areas of yellow where we are seeing the heavy rain. rain showers off in anne arundel county, eastern maryland, eastern shore, areas out to the west near charlestown, west virginia. we have plenty of clouds in over us this morning. this is showing lightning with some of those areas of heavy rain but that is now moving through southeastern pennsylvania and the southern half of new jersey. that is not impacting us. we have the clouds and a few areas of light precipitation. current temperatures, 53 degrees here in d.c. 50 in baltimore, 50 at dulles. forecast for today, morning clouds, some showers here and there. this will give way to
newsroom. this nato official was access to high level security information and says osama bin laden is living in relative comfort in pakistan. he says that osama bin laden is moving here along the border. that s afghanistan and pakistan. to many he is the mastermind of 9/11. to jesse and carol ruben he s the man who took away their son. personally it would be justice for me personally if finally we get this guy that actually killed our son. reporter: 40-year-old todd ruben grew up in potomac. he s been gone for nine long years now. todd s twin sons were 11 years old when their dad s plane hit the pentagon. he didn t get a chance to see his children grow up. reporter: those children are young men now, college students, and their family is still waiting for the capture of osama bin laden. i m hopeful as a person usually, but with every passing year and every 9/11 ceremony it gets harder and harder to be hopeful frankly. reporter: a nato official with access to sen