The district will be a madhouse today. Hundreds of thousands of people preparing for president obamas second inauguration. If you need help getting around, theres an app for that. The president ial inaugural committee has developed a new Smartphone App and we will show you how it works. Im along for the ride. Quite a way to end his career. Ray lewis is one game away from winning a second superbowl ring as the ravens take on the 49ers in the big game. Good morning washington at 5 00 a. M. Starts now. Live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. Good morning, washington. Its monday, january 21. I am scott thuman. Scott thuman will be joining us a little later. I am Cynne Simpson. Lets get to jacqui jeras porta pott for the weather. Partly sunny skies today. A little bit more sunshine this morning than what we will see this afternoon, but we do have a cold front of the late this afternoon into this evening. Besprinkled changing into snow flurries will be possible late. W
Shake good morning washington at 5 00 begins now. Live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. Good morning, washington. Its monday, february 18. I am Cynne Simpson. I am scott thuman. As weto have you along off this work week. It will be cold. Talking about the temperatures in the single with the wind chill. Thats all you need to know. It is bitterly cold this morning. Approaching Dangerous Levels chill factor, so dle up. 12 degrees is the temperature feels at dulles. It feels like 16 at reagan 8 in gaithersburg, feelinggaithersburg not like 18 degrees. The Weather Forecast has that it will be a cold start. But it will look great with the today, aroundne degrees. A tricky start on tuesday with a wintry mix tomorrow. More details on that in a few minutes. Traffic. Ts check on bade sullivan, you are not you . For us, are lets start with metro rail. On saturday schedule. Between 295 is closed nrl. Olm x and the and in gaithersburg is a crash on 355 at cedar avenue, bloc
no problems to report in baltimore on 95. looks good across the american legion bridge. travel times working for us in virginia. nothing complicated heading south of town towards the wilson bridge. metro rail on normal service. newschopper 7 and a little while. we will start on the hill. a bill that has been criticized by some of the top leaders in washington and heads to the house for a vote today. would ban abortion in the district after 20 weeks of pregnancy. jummy olabanji is joining us with the latest details. good morning. eleanor holmes norton says that this bill is a direct attack on d.c. and a direct attack on role versus wade. the congresswoman says the reason the bill has been written to apply to women in the district is because those who support the bill do not want to draw national attention and she says they want to get support from a republican majority in the house. she says house leadership has chosen a for procedure votes that would minimize public scrut
it will be hot out there, highs near 90 with high humidity making it feel like the mid 90 s this afternoon. currently 69 in leesburg, 65 in bowie, 70 in arlington and chevy chase. woodstock, 66. on our way to 90 degrees this afternoon by 4:00 p.m., but it will feel like 95 with the humidity. better chance of showers and storms tomorrow afternoon and evening. still warm, near 90. i cannot call it a commute this morning, so how was the traffic? moving smoothly. we will start with a look at springfield, the springfield interchange, looking very good, no problems northbound or southbound on 95. that is a smooth ride. at the 14th street bridge, no problems on 395 northbound up to the 14th street bridge, down to the split. no accidents reported. we will head over to maryland where we find things moving pretty smoothly. we are on the other side of the american legion bridge with no delays. the earlier incident in montgomery county on river road near goldsboro that is open. everyth
baltimore and the interstate. back to you. thank you. the big story this morning, of course since the nfl draft. already jerseys on sale last night. t-shirts on sale. the redskins selected the heisman winner as their new quarterback? . robert griffin will be coming to d.c. today and will be officially introduced during a press conference tomorrow. jummy olabanji has more. the washington redskins select robert griffin. it was a night of celebration across the d.c. area as robert griffin was officially drafted. fans are excited as the r.g. iii era now begins in washington. if you watched him in college, the excitement that the brought, if he brings that to the redskins it will be electric on the field. it s going to be a great season. he is excited as well. he told abc 7 s sports director that even though he knew which team he was going to, he was still overcome with emotion. you cannot help the feelings when you hear your name called. touchdown! robert griffi