Low 70s outside the beltway. Quiet on doppler this morning although i want to point out in the chicago area, for anybody who may have travel plannings today, this is a big hub. I know its not our neck of the woods but a lot of folks go through chi. Our temperatures in the 50s in the mountains. Most areas in the 60s. We have 70 in fredericksburg, 71 washington. This afternoon partly to mostly sunny and comfortably warm with your highs in the low 80s. Andrea and mike, take it away. Heres whats in the news right now. Tonight president obama lays out his plan for taking on isis militants in iraq and syria. Yesterday congressional leaders got a preview of the plan from the president but he told lawmakers he already has the authority he needs to launch a broader military campaign against isis. Secretary of state john kerry is in iraq trying to form an International Coalition to tackle the terrorist group. The World Health Organization says the ebola virus has now killed 2,288 people, nearly
Sunshine and the low humidity still hanging out all day high of 83. Its a lot cooler than yesterday morning. Yesterday was warm and muggy. Right now temperatures down from 10 to 20 degrees colder than at this time on thursday with some readings near 50 now. In fact, weve got upper 40s in york and also davis with 52 in winchester. 52 in frederick and were 65 and just a really nice day going to 83. Heres whats in the news right now. President obama says the u. S. Has no strategy yet to defeat militants in syria. The president told report erstwhile the u. S. Military could route the group known as isis on the ground, the problem would return as soon as u. S. Forces left. Hes sending secretary of state john kerry to the middle east to drum up support from surrounding nations to confront isis. The holiday inn in Prince Georges County is back open after a barricade situation. An armed man entered the hotel and threatened to hurt himself. Staff and guest were evacuated. A standoff with police
Frost on your windshield but later today some people are going to be thinking about snow. Thats because one county is running its annual snow and ice practice run before we actually get some of the wintry weather. Delia goncalves joins us live in forestville, maryland with more on this story. Good morning, delia. Good morning. Reporter im fortunate enough to be inside. It seems almost cold enough for snow, honestly folks. This is a burst of cold weather that we are having. Its just perfect for this annual dry run here at prince georges dpw and transportation. Were inside the hub. This is really the Information Center for the department. You can see all the monitors. You can imagine during a snow event, everyone is here organizing the 400 vehicles and dispatching them throughout the 1800 miles of county roads that the trucks clear every snow event and snow emergency, weather event that they have in the area. So this is the annual dry run where they test out their equipment. They check o
Centreville, all the way to fairfax. Tysons corner, the beltway looks good. No issues to report as you travel take from annandale. On the northbound side of i95 coming from dumfries youre going to be okay. This is where the accident was overnight southbound at route 234. The big accident. Everything has been cleared in case you heard about it. Lets go back to the maps this time over to the bw parkway, route 50 through cheverly into the northeast corridor. A live look at the beltway north of town near New Hampshire avenue. All clear at this time. Andrea and mike . Thank you, monika. Wow, a scary, scary day for a couple of Jewelry Stores. For Area Police Departments and some other detectives are trying to figure out why these places were robbed in broad daylight. Exactly. Both these heists happened while the stores were open for business. Wusa9 reporter Delia Goncalves is live in arlington with more on the story. Good morning, delia. Reporter good morning, andrea, mike. A very busy today
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