Area was highlighted as being under tornado risk. For more on the powerful system heading our way and what we will be seen here later this afternoon, lets head straight to chronic a johnson. Veronica johnson. Veronica 3 00, 4 00 this it isoon, that is when supposed to hit our area. Not so much the fog this morning, know its there, but the afternoon hours, after 1 00 this afternoon, severe storms with high winds and an isolated tornado is possible. The severest thunderstorm 1 warning in Garrett County is discontinued. Cloud cover with temperatures in the upper 50s, even some high humidity this morning. Temperature later today going up the afternoon and evening rush. Storms not moving through, getting out of here, until 6 p. M. Today. Temperatures will be very warm. For 70 possible be the fuel for some of these storms. Even once the system moves through, were left with a lot of wind. It could get up to 45 miles per hour. Areall have a look at rainfall, expecting right now anywhere from one quarter to one half and we will show you where the higher amounts will be setting up in a few. Checking out northeast, lanes are now open, lets take a peek at the traffic lane cameras and Eastern Avenue towards the 11th street ridge bridge. The map,u back over to updating your right elsewhere, like Traffic Volume on 15 coming south, but northbound we have a crash before you re , shutia, wires are down down east of all the lame until further notice. Slow traffic on 95 as you travel out of dale city, a 23 minute commute northbound i95. Back in the next 10 minutes to update your ride on 66. Autria . Trump believe in yourselves, believe in your future, and america. Nce more in thank you. Got bless you. God bless the United States. God bless you. God bless the United States. Trump, a dressing his first joint session of Congress Last night. Larry the issues he hammered the hardest . Immigration and the building of the wall. For a he also called repeal and replacement of obamacare and a push for national unity. Larry want to know, how would you rate the president s speech . Log on and tell us, wjla. Com wrote wjla. Com votenow. Autria christine is live from the capital here Capitol Hill Bureau on the change in tone and the president. Thister a big speech like we like to look and see how the major newspapers and websites have summed it up. The New York Times says that trump softens tones in presenting his goals. In the Washington Post this morning, gives hartline campaign, but vows milder tone in speech to congress. I do solemnly swear from an outline of doom and gloom a month ago, tuesday was filled with hope bringing back jobs, fixing inner cities, rebuilding the american infrastructure. Trump i will be asking congress to produce legislation that brings a one dollar trillion infrastructure 1 trillion infrastructure to create millions of new jobs. The president highlighted Campaign Promises and vowed to take action on repealing and replace placing obamacare, destroying isis, and destroying the rule of law that caused illegal immigration. Servenew office to victims of immigration crime. Is called the office voice, victims of immigration crime engagement. Providing a voice to those who have been ignored by the media and silenced by special interests. An ambitious agenda that critics say was short on specifics. Namely, where the money will come from items. The problem with President Trump is that his speeches and the realities are very far apart. Now, the American People dont want a speech. They have heard a lot of those. Want action. I should say that the official democratic response to President Trumps speech last night came from the former kentucky governor, steven beshear, who zeroed in on something that is sure to be in the spotlight for a while looking ahead. That is health care in america. With congress back in full swing here on capitol hill, this has got to be on the mind of so many lawmakers on really both sides of the aisle. Live from capitol hill this morning, im christine frizzell. Good morning washington. Larry new details this morning on the revised immigration orders that could come out as early as today. It will remove a rack from the list of countries facing a travel ban. Yemen, willm iran, still be affected. Autria the shooting we are following right now, the details coming in will you were asleep. First, spring early . All eyes are on the title what prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. Farm, crate, and store. Were focusing on fresh. My giant. Takes 12 hours to steep. And almost no time to sip. Keep on with ultra smooth taste, now available with a sweet and salted kick. America runs on dunkin. Autria 6 10 now, happening today, a sign of spring this morning. We are going to get the first prediction on when the tidal basin will look like this, when the peak bloom of the Cherry Blossoms will be. The National Park service will reveal the date in just a few hours from now. Keep it here for that prediction. Cant wait for it to finally look like that again, vj. Veronica i know. It is going to be gorgeous it is goingnk, but to be another phenomenally warm day today, going to spend some time talking about that, folks getting outsideit but the skies are going to be changing rapidly with the Severe Weather moving in. Already had some this morning and i do think that six hours, seven hours down the line from now there could be some more thunderstorm warnings popping into areas of pennsylvania. Happening now, there is already a little cluster coming in behind that. Western portions of gareth county, they make it clipped again with areas coming through northern and central west virginia. Here is what we are talking about it noon, lunchtime today, look at all the breaks in the cloud cover. Mid 70s around fredericksburg and stafford. Here comes fastmoving line of storms that is very pronounced. The d. C. Right into metro area along areas of interstate 95 by 2 00 in the afternoon. By eastbound towards areas like annapolis, joint base andrews, and by 3 30 to 4 00 this afternoon, cooling down behind it. We are expecting moderate rain with this system in the possibility that along with severe thunderstorm warnings we could have some flash flood warnings. We will talk more about that later in the hour. To work your try way into downtown d. C. , kenilworth avenue lanes are open, but in northeast there is a crash. Police tell me that this accident involves a bicyclist and a bus. This is 1st street at massachusetts avenue east of north capitol street in the area of columbus circle. Street for the crash, the left side of the roadway, block. Virginia, eastin of ali lane. 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They are not sure what led to the stabbings but they hope to have more details after talking we are told of the suspect involved may have left a scene the scene in a car that is yet to be described. We will keep you updated with more as we learn more information from Loudoun County police. Back to you. A shooting investigation volume or asleep. John gonzalez is on the scene right now with the latest that is coming in from police. John, good morning. Very, good morning. These shots fired literally feet from a school. That is Simon Elementary School here in southeast. D. C. Have spent a lot of time this morning, take a look at this vehicle right here. A black chevy apollo with virginia tags and a donut. Impala with virginia tags and a doughnut. We can tell you that the shots were fired from inside of a gated community. Was when he heard the shots and immediately call police. The victim is an adult female. We are told she was shot in the head, rushed to the hospital, where she is now in grave condition. The suspect is still on the loose. We are watching as Police Interview the Security Guard and residents from the apartment complex again, i gated community here on wayne place as police tried to figure out exactly what happened. Shots ringing out at 12 30 this morning. John gonzales, good morning washington. Larry the principle of west potomac park school has resigned. Last month, along with the assistant principal. Officials say that his resignation has nothing to do with students, that it is a personal matter. Autria many no Popstar Rihanna her song, work, but she was named the humanitarian of the year for opening a stateoftheart cancer diagnosis treatment center. At 18 she started her believe foundation to help terminally children. Im incredibly humbled by this, to be acknowledged at this magnitude for something that in truth i have never wanted credit for. Autria she says the mission of her organization is to impact as many lives around the world as possible. Larry the last call for one of the most Famous Hotels in america. New yorks waldorfastoria closing its doors for the next three years. It has hosted teams in queens, president s, movie stars, since it opened in 1931. A Chinese Company has purchased the hotel and they will be converting hundreds of the hotel rooms into condos. Check autria sicily, tracking a huge ash cloud as mount aetna continued to a rapt during the night. The good news is that no one is in any danger but airports are having to change plans. The cloud of ash could Ground International flights. Larry look at this, lightning tearing through the sky last night in missouri. Getting pounded with a Severe Weather outbreak, a dozen vehicles and a semi truck were blown off interstate 55 after a tornado was spotted in the area. Scary moments. Veronica it really is. Autria you have been saying that that is the same system that will bring us the storm . Not that severe. It will be taking the edge off the system later today in our area, but 1 00, 2 00, we will start to see that line really coming together. Is so warm sunshine. Never too early to talk about this storm. If you are in your home, you have got your stormwatch 7 at , if you see it, stay inside. If its a tornado warning, you dont want to leave. Get to the safest place, your basement. In your car folks think you can stay under an underpass, but thats not a good area. The best thing to do is to drive to a sturdy building and seek shelter inside of that building. All things to keep in mind. Stormwatch 7 will be keeping you updated throughout the day. Here is the Severe Weather threat or today. Ohio, west virginia, even up into pennsylvania. Western maryland, hagerstown, winchester, this includes areas around leesburg, gaithersburg areas into frederick, maryland county. Advancing east, northeast, and for us the biggest threat is that of scenes of damaging winds. It is low, but there is still a threat of isolated tornadoes, could have some hail, and maybe even a little bit of flash flooding. D. C. ,ll totals north of hagerstown, frederick, leesburg area, baltimore, about one third, maybe 4 10 of an inch of area. High temperature today, 78 drop to by three 00 we the 60s. In the forecast coming up in about 10 minutes i will tell you when we could have a few wet snowflakes coming to the area. Wow, bigs we change from one season to the next again. Julie you dont have to tell me about that. I dont want to know. [laughter] 270, fromthbound clarksburg to the main divide, a 21 minute commute. We had an incident southbound on the spur that was pulled to the shoulder, all lanes are open. That is what you divide. First street, an accident involving a bus and a bicyclist. You will find the activity here, first street and massachusetts avenue, follow Police Activity to get by. Updating a ride on 395 in 10 minutes. Larry . Newy a growing scandal, information after a jewelry chain is accused of sexually harassing its female employees for years. Hang time. Out what sparked a police chase the valiant taste times of death, but once uh, excuse me, waiter. I ordered the soup. Of course, maam. My apologies. Cmon, caesar. Lets go. Caesar on a caesar salad . Surprising. Excuse me, pardon me. Whats not surprising . How much money matt saved by switching to geico. Could i get my parking validated . Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. You are watching good morning washington, on your side. Larry louisiana, this is not from the set of a movie. A highspeed police chase ending with a truck going airborne and landing on top of another car. It all started when the deputy stopped the driver of the truck for speeding as the driver taunted the officer outside. The passenger hopped in the drivers seat and took off. Hey, buddy, thanks a lot. The suspect was an escaped work release participant. Miraculously, no one was hurt if you dont count the loss of the vehicle. Crazy. Allegations developing against sterling, they run kay jewelers and jerod, under fire for Sexual Harassment and discrimination claims. Look. S your gma first this morning, allegations that sterling jewelers, the multibillion Dollar Company and theay jewelers jerod galleria of jewelry did in a series of bombshell statements over claims of discrimination, hundreds of former and current female employees claim Sexual Harassment was widespread at the company. In sworn statements, female workers were told that they were they needed to perform sexual favors to get promoted or keep their job. Sterling saying that they had for thoroughly investigated and concluded that they were not substantiated by the facts and did not reflect their culture. We will have the latest details, coming up at 7 00 with your 7 00. With your gma first look, kendis gibson. Autria 6 30 now, our team of stormwatch meteorologists are working hard, preparing you for severe storms. The same system that spawned deadly tornadoes in the midwest is just a few hours from hitting the dmz. Good wednesday morning, washington. V. J. , warning us that this is on the way. Veronica yes, nearly two dozen tornado reports yesterday from this system, most of which were throughout illinois. Ongoing tornado watches are now ahead of that system. For us we have only had a storm warning in Garrett County, not seeing anything now. Its during the afternoon hours, going from green at lunchtime from your commuter forecast in 00, 4 00 oro 5 00, first part of that afternoon rush where the conditions will be such that you really need to use caution and be aware of whats going on. Severe thunderstorm wonderings warnings are not out of the question either. The wind, coming up in a hurry. Guesting thunderstorms until the last of them had through southern maryland. Out the door this morning, short sleeves, expecting a high of 80 degrees. Midday sunshine, with a tracking the storms hourbyhour, coming up. This afternoons commute to be quite messy trying to get home. Keep that in mind. Lanes are open each way at the wilson bridge, trouble areas downtown. Her street at massachusetts avenue, we have a crash involving a bus and a icicle list. Police are still on the scene near columbus circle. Southbound baltimorewashington parkway, delays are forming below greenbelt road. The accident there, tying up the left side of the highway. Stick with 50 as you travel in from new carrollton. Train number 302, that is where you have got delays. Coupling with 302 because of mechanical issues, which is, according to them, a 45 minute process, so allow extra time for that. Update your rides on the roads and rails. Larry, back to you. Mr. Trump my job is not to represent the world. It is to represent the United States of america. Larry President Trump delivering his first speech to a joint session of congress. Larry the president autria a marked change in tone, making a case for unity. Larry newspapers noticing the shift this morning. The New York Times headline reads trump softens tone in outlining goals. Autria tell us what you think by going to wjla. Com votenow. Arry one democrat, giving failing grade, steve bashir giving the rebuttal, zeroing in on health care. Beshear you in congress seem determined to rip a formal Health Insurance from millions of americans who most need it. This isnt a game. Its lifeanddeath for people. Larry we are getting your reaction to President Trumps speech tonight. Jummy olabanji, following the reaction on twitter. The speech breaking records on social media. Jummy a lot of people tweeting about it last night. Here are some of the ones from across the region. He said that trump sent the bar set the bar so low for himself. Heres another tweet coming in what he showed last night was true to term president ial potential. Heres another tweet one good speech does not a good president make. One more to show you here, his first speech to congress, purchase american, higher american. Another one from jordan, proud to be an american. Joy anderson, powerful speech, anyone upset with it is evil, grow up and unite for the good of americans. A lot of people continue to tweak their feelings. Feel free to send us yours as well. 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