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day. maybe lessening later in the afternoon. you can see how the moisture continues to stream north. look at those deep oranges. the deep tropical rich moisture moving north. with that and a storm tracking to this west. a tornado watch until 7 a.m. this is a short lived one. i imagine this will be replaced after 7 a.m. and basically everyone east of 95 including washington, much of howard county, eastern montgomery, down to the northern neck, southern maryland, eastern shore. tornado watch until 7 a.m. and as far as the flood watch, we have the flood watch until 9:00. the counties in...

feeling the impact in thebes bethesda area. what i mean by that is we have some traffic lights out. you want to treat the dark intersections or the intersections that are on flash as a four-way stop. finally we want to show you 66 eastbound, no incidents or accidents. no construction to report right now. smooth sailing out of manassas all the way to inside the beltway. that's a look at traffic. back to you. this morning it turns out b.p.'s new contain cap may not be working as well after all. scientists have detected a possible leak on the sea floor, close to the ruptured well. 9 n...

out there. just 4:30 but we have some accidents to tell you about if you are heading out early to work or to get out of town this early friday morning. on 495 in virginia, we have an accident here at van doren inner loop. two lanes are taken away for drivers. it will be slow between eisenhower and the mixing bowl. on 95, look at this, a lot of traffic. drivers have been telling us it has been slow most of last night and in to this morning and two accidents to add to this, 6444 -- 644 and backlick. with want to tell you about road closures in dc. we will tell you more about that in th...

the maps. not picking up anything out of the ordinary. as we move to virginia, though and checking out how things are on 395, nice and quiet from duke all the way to the 14th street bridge. marc managers have scheduled a second straight meeting with commuters at union station. they are trying to reassure train riders that steps are being taken after several missteps in the last ten days. kristin fisher is live at union station with more. good morning. >> there were actually two big marc meetings here in washington yesterday. one was a meet the marc managers event held here at union...

shoulder. moving northbound you are okay. let's take it to the beltway in virginia 6 you are okay between 95 and 66. clean and green and moving at speed. 66, speaking of that roadway, nice and smooth out of manassas past 50 to 495 and call it a wrap in maryland. 270 southbound. looks like you are clear from 121 all the way to the split. andrea, over to you. president obama has called on a familiar face to replace general mcchrystal as the top u.s. commander in afghanistan. >> he has my full confidence and i'm urging the senate to confirm him for this new assignment as quickly as po...