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morning. >> i dont have much hair to cut -- >> that was my vicious hack job from yesterday. >> was it? >> perhaps a drive-by hair dressing. >> yes. >> i intend to read the whole "washington post" story. all week i feel like we have been bullying jacki schechner. and she deserves more dignity than that. and more dignity that the squirrel dancing to walking on sunshine. hi, jacki. >> good morning, stephanie. im a better woman for it. president obamas campaign is $15 million richer. 150 g...

allegedly shoot his own son? neighbors give us insights. >> french voters give sarkozy the boot. a socialist is the next president of france. well tell you what that could mean for the european economy. good evening, im maureen umeh. we start with a search for the drivers who ran over a young woman and never looked back. police believe road rage was the motive in the death. the woman was hit after an apparent argument with another drive. police are asking for the publics help to find a...

does look like, for the rest of the afternoon. well be cloudy and boy late afternoon well fall from the low 70s, mid-afternoon back to the 60s. and it is going to be fairly mild through the afternoon. this is typical for early to mid-may. highs reaching low 70s this afternoon. sun sets at 8:07. ill have another update coming up in ten minutes. danella, coming up right now with traffic. good morning. taking the rails, open with no reported delays. not seeing anything on the metro, mar...

from yesterday with lots of clouds around and relatively cool temperatures. but we are not expecting much in the way of rain. look at all that flashing out there is a cold front and warm front out there. that will start to move in late are tonight and during the day tomorrow. weve got high pressure off to the north and east protecting us for the day today. just like yesterday, i think well start the day with clouds and then well see a few breaks in the clouds touring the course of the ...

they witnessed a man stabbing his wife to death outside their home. news 4s erica gonzalez has the story from montgomery county. >> reporter: a silverspring man is behind bars after allegedly stabbing his wife to death in broad daylight. neighbors say they saw it all play out saturday morning in this parking lot on garland avenue in silver springs shortly after 8:00 a.m. this neighbor who asked he not be identified says his apartment is directly in front of where 47-year-old anna was...

john has been working the story he has the latest. >> neighbors say the father worked as a security guard and had a temper occasionally he displayed, last night during an argument he shot his 23-year- old son in the chest and the son as it turns out was a registered sex offender. >> the park lane apartment complex east of gaithersburg now days is a pretty quiet place. >> years ago, it was really bad, a lot of drugthis and that, major turn around, and the community, everyone gets along....

deteriorating, remnants of lee are moving our way, we have a front diving through the region between the two. looking at the watch, warning advisory graph. we have a flash flood watch in effect now through tuesday night. in the low, mid-70s now. 79 at lunch. high of 82. 68 bedtime. dinner time temperature maybe 76 or 77 with rains. if you are one of the few with an early drive here the sharon gibala. >> not too much to get in your way. we have the grand prix closures downtown. we hav...

part of the story. >> anyone driving around the downtown area may have some road closures to deal with, but officials say it will be minimal. roads to be up and running by tuesday morning rush hour. hearing these engines up close was enough to keep robert holman awake and excited for the final day of the grand prix race. >> i could not sleep at all last night. we were so excited and everything. we got here around 9:00. it was fun. >> he was joined by the honorary grand marshal, former ...

>> president obama spends labor day with workers in detroit. unions used to be a shoo-in vote for democrats. now they are distancing themselves, urging the president to boldly challenge businesses to hire more workers. >> i think the president should challenge the patriotism of these american corporations that are sitting on the sidelines. >> on saturday, the president urged congress to pass a transportation bill that he says could save a million american jobs. >> in virginia, 19,000 j...