mckinley of west virginia. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 619, the gentleman from west virginia, mr. mckinley, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from west virginia. mr. mckinley: mr. chairman, mr. speaker, thank you. and i want to thank chairman mica and the leadership for working with our office to allow this amendment to proceed. and to be offered. just a reminder, this issue passed the house on a 2-1 vote back last october. and previously on a continuing resolution. the legislation has had strong bipartisan support with numbers of democrats voting in favor. so we're not here to rehash those old fights. what we're here to do is discuss how fly ash pertains to maximizing funds for our roads and our bridges and our construction projects. and protecting hundreds of thousands of jobs all across america. there are those who don't see the correlation between coal ash and concrete. even though it's been an integral part of concrete in america for over 80

person left in charleston, west virginia, which is our largest city and capital. newspapers are getting smaller. the posts are getting easier and faster to read. as is the time. a little bit less quickly. and television increases. and news is now gotcha, and local news is a little bit less than cn and msnbc and fox, etc. but it's still that nature and then local broadcast has some of the same. so i worry about those things greatly. but what i worry most about is access to this, that we're talking here in exciting, marvelous, technologically proficient, slick but profoundly important and right development. i'm a true believer in net neutrality. i want everything to go out to everybody. i don't want anybody stopping anything. we haven't really dealt with caps here, because at some point you can't create spectrum. you can buy it back or give it back, and then the fcc can sell you some. but you know, the streaming, as bill nelson pointed out, it eats up a lot of megabits really, really fast. so my question to you, having neatly wrapped all my complaints into that, wha

some of the highlands in west virginia. even there along the blue ridge getting some wet snowflakes there above 2,000 feet. and locally, though, just rain and a chill in the air. right now we're only in the upper 30s to near 40 degrees. arlington, fairfax, prince george's, montgomery counties, low 40s in washington, southern maryland, near the bay, northern neck, eastern shore. but much of the rest of the region, only in the upper 30s. by 9:00, should be in the low to mid 40s with occasional light rain, yes, have the umbrella with you, too. and a blustery wind picking up. gusting to 30 miles per hour by late morning and during the afternoon with occasional showers. highs only reaching upper 40s to near 50. but improving news for the week ahead. we'll look at that, your seven-day outlook in ten minutes. matt, how's traffic? >> reporter: improving as well on the top side beltway. we have the accident continuing to clear on the outer loop just prior to 97. the good news is three lanes are open. activity still remains. but it l

in virginia, $3.75. in west virginia, the average is $3.86. some analysts believe we may have seen the peak for prices ahead of the summer. however, two refineries idled near philadelphia could threaton prices in the region. >>> don't be alarmed if you see small planes flying close to the ground the next few weeks. norad is conducting tests to make sure it is prepared to respond to suspicious aircraft. most of the flights will take place between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. there will be some overnight flights late next week. >>> tens of thousands of people filled nationals park this weekend for a chance to hear mega church minister joel osteen. osteen and his wife talked about the struggles america is facing and how god can help show them the way in these difficult times. >> today we let if of the past. we let if of the disappointments. we forgive the people that have hurt us. lord, we forgive ourselves, we put on a fresh, new attitude. >> osteen is the senior pastor of lakewood church in houston, texas. his ministry reaches more than seven millio

near morgantown, west virginia. farther south, snow near bluefield and that area of west virginia. later snow. this area in green, this is an area of rain. we're getting light rain now in montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties. one pocket of more moderate rain north of leesburg, northern loudoun county, that area in the orange. all around our region, there is a chill in the air. you need the winter coat. you need your umbrella. it's only near 40 degrees around the beltway. the nearby suburbs. farther west and north, above freezing but only in the upper 30s. that's the way it looks now. back to you. >>> breaking news. part of the outer loop is closed now. police shut down a stretch of the highway to investigate a deadly accident between georgia avenue and colesville road. >> news4's tracee wilkins is on colesville road now. traffic is being diverted. with more on the situation that drivers can expect, here's more. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, they diverting traffic and trying to get cars turned around. cars up on the accident. they're trying to get them to turn

order of the coif from west virginia college of law. while at west virginia university she was a recipient of the robert l. griffith memorial scholarship aepbd tor of tk-pbd -- aepbd tor of the law review. she has been named outstanding female attorney. ms. thacker's wide ranging expertise and civil and criminal matters, her impressive track record in the courtroom as both a prosecutor and defense attorney and her outstanding academic accomplishments will make her a first-rate addition to the fourth circuit. i am proud to call her a fellow west virginian, and i am pleased that she will finally be confirmed. and, mr. president, while i have the floor, i want to speak also on the buffett rule. i had the enormous privilege to spend the last two weeks traveling around my great state to hear from the people of west virginia and it is always refreshing to get a dose of common sense from people who are working hard toefrd -- every day to balance the family budget. people are losing confidence in the fairness of government especially when it co

george jones in west virginia in clay county. he writes, few people in this area have access to the internet. they still rely on the post offices to keep them connected to the world. our people still use the post office. it just makes no sense to cut services to the people who still not only use them but need them. communities where the post office is already closed, i have heard about what is meant to the town, what it means to the town and its residents. this note comes from delores wilson in norton, west virginia, which is in randolph county. our post office was closed last november. we now have cluster boxes which are out there in the weather and our residents are scared to have their prescription drugs mailed to their home or these boxes. our community has been severely affected. we used to see each other getting our mail, our postmaster kept us connected, and would let us know when children were boun and neighbors passed away and we collected funds on the post office to help our neighbors when they fell on hard times or in

person left in charleston, west virginia. which is our largest city and capital. and newspapers are getting smaller. the post is getting easier and faster to read, as is the "times." that is slightly less. the "times" a little bit less quickly. and television increases. and news is now got you. and local news is a little bit less than cnn and msnbc and fox, et cetera, but it's still -- it's still that nature. and then local broadcasts has some of the same. so i worry about those things greatly, but what i worry most about is access to this. that we're talking here an exciting, marvelous, technologically proficient, slick but profoundly important and right development. i'm a true believer in net neutrality. i want everything to go out to everybody. i don't want anybody stopping anything. we haven't really dealt with caps here because at some point you can't create spectrum and you can buy it back or give it back and then the fcc can sell you some and make you -- but you know, the streaming as bill nelson pointed out eats up a lot of megabits really, really fast. so

kohler, west virginia's -- so many investigations here. west virginia's ubb report made a recommendation to niosh to further study barriers. can you explain what those are, describe the previous work in this area and what you need to complete this study? >> yes, active and passive barriers serve as secondary means of quenching an explosion once it has started. active and passive barriers would offer the opportunity to be placed in certain strategic locations. for example, in certain belt entries. so that if the other mechanisms failed and there were a dust explosion, the barriers would most likely quench those -- that explosion. in order to implement these barriers, there are a few remaining questions, some experiments that need to be done, and as the state of west virginia recommended, there is some additional research that we need to build on the work that we did several years ago. at our lake lynn experimental mine, for example, that facility has the ability to do the kind of work that needs to be done to verify and to provide the best

in virginia, $3.75. in west virginia, $3.85. some analysts believe we may have seen the peak for gas prices ahead of the summer. >>> and your commute could be about to change if you take marc to work. the maryland transit administration is thinking of making changes to the brunswick line. the move could impact commuters in montgomery county and west virginia. three westbound trains would continue to run from washington to martinsburg, west virginia, but the west virginia stops would be cut from the super express train that leaves union station at 4:55 p.m. west virginia commuters would be able to get an earlier train which would leave at 4:15. the change would allow for additional service in montgomery county. >>> in "your money," this morning, standard & poor's ratings service lowered the credit rating of 16 spanish banks. the down grade came ahead of the announcement of spain's first-quarter gdp figures which showed the country had fallen into a recession. the news is not having a positive effect on stock markets around the wo

person left in charleston, west virginia. which is our largest city and capital. and newspapers are getting smaller. "the post" is getting easier and faster to read, as is the "times." that is slightly less. the "times" a little bit less quickly. and television increases. and news is now got you. and local news is a little bit less than cnn and msnbc and fox, et cetera, but it's still -- it's still that nature. and then local broadcasts has some of the same. so i worry about those things greatly, but what i worry most about is access to this. that we're talking here an exciting, marvelous, technologically proficient, slick but profoundly important and right development. i'm a true believer in net neutrality. i want everything to go out to everybody. i don't want anybody stopping anything. we haven't really dealt with caps here because at some point you can't create spectrum and you can buy it back or give it back and then the fcc can sell you some and make you -- but you know, the streaming as bill nelson pointed out eats up a lot of megabits really, really fast.

and in the highlands of west virginia. closer to washington, upper 30s in montgomery, arlington, fairfax, and prince george's county. the next couple of hours, we could have frosted forming west of i-95. a look at your friday forecast in ten minutes. danella? >>> good morning. if you're getting ready to head out, very light volume. and no accidents to report now. traveling along i-270, travel lanes open in both directions. travel speeds southbound in clarksburg, looking at 65 miles per hour. i'll give you a live look now traveling at shady grove. making your way through rockville and connecting to the beltway, you are incident free. travel speed on the inner loop from i-270 to i-95, aaron, you're driving at 60 miles per hour. back to you. >> thank you. >>> today metro wants to know about your commute. more than 4 huthd survey cards will be handed out to riders between today and friday, may 25. metro says it wants to know about each rider's trip for what they call planning and operational purposes. questionnaires will be ha

really west like touching west virginia you could see snow. can you fix this weather? let's get to our great spring. >> and great winter, because temperature is well above normal. we're due for a little cold weather and a little rain. 65 at 295, you can see that right now, there is a little bit of car action going out there on the roadways. visibility is down to about 5 miles so please be careful. it is slick out there, 48 degrees, also chilly out there. visibility at 5 miles. winds a little breezy. >> heavy rain from the south to the north. you can see a little bit heavier as you head to dover into the delaware. see this pink over here? there is a winter storm warning, not touching pk@ but in west virginia where they can see 6 to inches of snow. a little breezy. we'll talk about the snow and rain coming at you. >> rain will never scare or chase or take the will away from people who are fighting breast cancer. an unbelievable turnout today. under rainy skies over 3600 came out to run or walk. they set a goal of raising $240,000. how about $255,000, they beat their goal

and mcneil, west virginia, an inch 1/2 and most of those to the west at higher elevations and a few more hours of advisory and in that pink here, winter warnings and that is for garrett county until 2 in the morning and that is for the lower elevations and with two to five inches and that is going to be closer to two and as temperatures drop, the easier chance for those snow showers to accumulate and that does appear to wind down. today, 50 degrees here and that is with an average of 69 and to columbus, 55; chicago, 57 and in that influence of the nor'easter, things are warming up. locally, down to 39 degrees in the district and maybe near 40 for some spots and most places are in the 30s and with that gusty win, showers winding down and staying breezy. tomorrow, sunshine and could there be a spotty shower here and there in the best chance north and east, yes, a temperature of sick degrees and that is below average. at 8 in the morning, sunshine, 44; by noon, 56 and by 5:00, 58 degrees with spotty showers. would you like it to be warmer than that? and can you get there by wednesday at 66

gray clouds ahead of a warm front, but not warm now. 40s most of maryland, virginia, and west virginia. right near washington, near 50, as well as near the bay. here's your day planner for this final day of april. by 9:00, mid 50s. maybe a little sun in and out. a lot of clouds and a cloudy afternoon, highs reaching near 70 by 3:00. sun sets at 8:00 this evening. we'll take a look at a chance for rain coming in as well as your seven-day outlook, your national travel outlook, as well. danella? >>> good morning. tom, i'm watching an accident. this is westbound suitland parkway just past pennsylvania avenue. please be aware of that. i am seeing a little delay in the area. now traveling along 66, i-66 eastbound at fairfax county parkway, hitting the brakes. earlier we had a crash at 123, it's out of the roadway. the damage is done. you're slow. in fact, you're driving at 30 miles per hour. about 20 minutes to get from fairfax county parkway to the capital beltway. and taking the beltway in montgomery county, outer loop hitting the brakes at new hampshire avenue. past new hampshire avenue,

into west virginia. the lighter blue, it's generally around 40, northern neck, eastern shore, nearby suburbs around the beltway. later today, here's your day planner. by 9:00, we'll have sunshine. winds picking up, gusting to around 30 miles per hour. by noontime, upper 50s. ought to be hovering near 60 in the afternoon with winds gusting to around 30 miles per hour. clouds returning this afternoon and this evening. then we'll get sun back tomorrow and a bit warmer. highs in the mid 60s. clouds return thursday. might get morning and midday showers with highsnary 70. turning cooler -- highs near 70. turning cooler friday and saturday, 60s. rain on sunday, high near 60. a dry start to next week the way it looks now. matt, good morning. how's traffic? >> reporter: and a good morning to you. we have picked up our first problem of the morning. southbound on 270. reported right at montrose. a medical emergency has been reported on a bus. and it is on the right shoulder. all travel lanes are getting by. you mig

and some of the high terrain in west virginia. frostburg is under winter storm warning until 8:00 a.m. tomorrow. up to 12 inches expected out there in frostburg and parts of garrett county. winter weather revisory in a purple color. parts of west virginia and western maryland, 4 inches. light rain around the beltway with maybe a wet snowflakes. upper 30's and on our way to the accounnear 50. following breaking news from florida. just after midnight, george zimmerman walked out of jail after posting his $150,000 bond. zimmerman will spend about a year in an undisclosed location while he awaits trial for second-degree murder for the shooting death of trayvon martin almost two months ago. brianne carter joins us afrom the satellite center. store zimmerman is out of jail after one week. a few hours ago the 28-year-old accused of killing trayvon martin if left a florida jail wearing a brown jacket and jeans carrying a brown paper bag. he said nothing to reporters as he walked out and climbed into the back of a white suv. zimmerman was

it includes most of virginia, maryland, the eastern shore, even in west virginia, dipped into the 30s a few locations. 38 chilly degrees now out in elkins, west virginia. and we'll have temperatures climbing today to the mid 70s by mid-afternoon. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >>> good morning. traveling 66 eastbound, making your way past fairfax county parkway, you're going to see an accident in your right shoulder lane. travel lanes are open. and checking travel speeds for you on i-66, you're at 57 miles per hour. an 11-minute drive to get from fairfax county parkway to the beltway. traveling 395 northbound at king, have report of a crash in this area. also in the shoulder lane. your travel lanes are open as you continue to make your way northbound. good sign. crossing over the 14th street bridge, traveling now 58 miles per hour. 12 minutes from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. and if you're taking the rails, i'm checking them. so far, they're running on or close to schedule. back to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> breaking news now out of afghanistan. the military work

denny has done many wells in west virginia and he reports the regulations come from the west virginia environmental protection agency. period. that's true in every state in the union. >> eric: the west virginia e.p.a. >> dana: this is bigger than this. >> greg: i think americans can have this debate for another 20 minutes. keep going. >> dana: to me it speaks to something bigger, what american businesses have been looking at. whether under a republican or a democratic administration. if you are a republican you can slow some things down but congress allowed the e.p.a. to get out of control. you can levy fines. this individual single handedly trying to stop a lot of the -- i can't remember the name of the company out of texas. then he was embarrassed by trying to pull it back. >> andrea: grange resources. >> dana: that's right. so there is state regulations but there is also, bob, i don't see how you say that. the e.p.a. is this to make sure that the companies are doing the right thing. if they don't just work with the state. >> eric: a lot of states tail the regulations after the e.p.

since that failful day the people of west virginia have been searching for answers. how could such a catastrophic event take place? could it have been prevented? what steps need to be taken to make sure this kind of tragedy never happens again. as part of a federal response to the explosion, three teams were stoent examine upper big branch. a team to determine the cause of the explosion, and an internal review team to examine actions and a team from the national institute of occupational safety and health to conduct an independent assessment of mshas internal review. afternoon examining more than 1,000 pieces of oefd, msha released its report last december. documents events that facilitated the worst mining disaster in 40 years. first, worn drill bitsened faulty water control create add spark or ignition. then a buildup of methane gas combined with ignition triggered an explosion. finally a massive accumulation of coal dust fueled the fire that quickly spread throughout the mine. while this explains the fiscal cause of the disaster, its real genesis lies ins corporat

. >> the state of west virginia has done that, i guess. but this needs to be done at a federal level. i believe. is that -- >> i think there's -- yeah, there's more tools we need to effectively do our job, yes. >> okay. well, i want to thank you for your work. some might ask why would a representative from new jersey be involved in this. and as i think you know, i grew up around miners. i really respect the work they do. and it is really criminal the way they have been treated. so i want the to make sure that those who engage in criminal behavior are treated like criminals. and we have to make sure that the sanctions are real. and felt. so i thank you very much for your work. >> would the gentleman yield? >> i would be happy to yield. >> thank you. joe, you're about ready to leave here. could you succinctly tell us what legislation we have to pass to make a difference to the miners? because we can't just clear up bureaucracy because we're going to be right back where we started, because the bad actors are not going to change. what's missin

that includes just about all of maryland, virginia, the district, and most of west virginia. a few locations in the high spots in the 40s there. and later today, we will climb just to near 60 degrees by noontime. occasional showers moving into the metro area by about 8:00 or 9:00. occasional showers during the afternoon, highs only reaching the low to mid 60s by mid-afternoon. a big change from the last few days. i'll have your look at the rest of the week and the weekend. that will be coming up in ten minutes. danella? >>> right now, i'm watching a crash. this is along i-95 at prince william parkway. the good news is this crash has moved to your right shoulder lane. but you are seeing a bit of a delay as you make your way from dale boulevard, passing northbound in prince william parkway, even in the hov lanes, slow at this time. once you pass prince william parkway, the road opens up. travel speed at 55 miles per hour, a 14-minute drive from prince william parkway to the capital beltway. over to i-66, here's a live look eastbound at the rest area. lane are getting a little b

of western maryland and west virginia. locally, we have areas of rain. a cool, damp, dusty day today. raw. 39 at dulles airport, 43 a district, 39 in frederick. within the next couple hours i we getot be surprised if snowflakes in the suburbs with some light rain. 50 this afternoon. the average high is 69. be near 50 degrees with at 15-20.d blustery. will warm up tomorrow, mostly cloudy, a few pigs of sun, upper 50's. then on wednesday, sunshine, well into the '60s. the gardens will be booming all this rainfall. is the latest on the commute and beltway? >> maryland state highway reporting a fatal crash that the 2:00 hour on e outer loop of the beltway between colesville road and georgia avenue. travis forbes is forced to go no farther than colesville road on the outer loop. georgia avenue getting back on beltway. plan ahead. if 29 or university are your route, they have no choice but to take those. the inner loop is open between 270 and 95. open for business is 66, 95, 395. there's high water collecting on west to nutley6

lingering in to west virginia and virginia. let me show you across the areas. there are watches and warnings in effect there. you are looking at the blues, that's a winter weather advisory for western maryland and looking at a winter storm warning in effect in the pinks. in the pinks, 6-12 inches of snowfall across the area in the blues looking up to 4 inches of snowfall across the area. no snow for us, we have a chance for showers to work their way in throughout the day. the wet weather still off back towards the west in to western maryland again. they are getting all the action. a dreary, chilly day on tap for us. see the temperatures in the 40s. they will be that way throughout the day. now a check of the traffic with angela. good morning, patchy fog and breezy conditions. >>> we are seeing a lot of that, breezy conditions, reports of high bends at the bay bridge. starting with a serious accident in bel air, blocking all northbound lanes of route 1, at maryland 24, police are on the scene directing you around this. take 95 northbound, to get through the regi

the martinsburg, west virginia home of $79 million jackpot winner, randy smith. >> it's actually built on the pattern of a roy rogers ranch house my father gave me. >> after striking it rich in august of 2010, smith added this three story wing to his home and filled it with a few classic cars. >> this is an '82 deloian. it's automatic which is hard to find. >> his man cave, one of the few luxuries smith has afforded himself. >> this is my living room with cars in it. >> a former two term berkeley county sheriff and later a magistrate judge in martinsburg. randy smith is 64. a lifelong west virginiaen. >> it changed my life in the way i wish it could change everyone else's. you don't have to worry about paying your bills like i always did. i guess the best feeling i had was when i could pay off my house. >> he mounted the winning check

it is out of the mountains of western maryland, much of west virginia, much of the shenandoah valley. in fact, temperatures are going to be their coldest right around dawn this morning, which is around 6:35. and we'll take a look at the next 12 hours as this day progresses. that will be coming up in ten minutes. danella has a look at our traffic on this thursday morning. good morning. >> right now roadwork is happening in our area. first let's talk about the inner loop of the beltway in montgomery county as you get closer to new hampshire avenue. as you get closer, i'll give you a live look. you can see they still have the signs up right now. so stick to the right. now, heading on i-66 this time eastbound at gallows, had construction taking up the center lanes here. it looks as though you could pass now on the left -- on the left lane. so just your right and your right center lane is blocked at this time. your travel speed heading eastbound, 49 miles an hour. so you're under speed as you make your way to the beltway. >> thank you. >>> new, this morning, a stabbing suspect sitting in a

all this moving color is main moving into virginia and west virginia. closer to washington, we're just beginning to see light to moderate showers. st. mary's county, just now coming into charles county. it's -- it's raining northern neck of virginia to richmond. near fredericksburg and charlottesville. warrenton getting sprinkles. moving toward manassas and prince william. closer to washington, scattered, light sprinkles here in central montgomery county and farther north and west, frederick into washington county, sprinkles there, as well. it's a cool pattern, a dramatic change here has occurred overnight. i northerly breeze going to keep it cool. only in the 50s, this area in green, virginia, maryland, most of west virginia, near 60 in washington by the bay. and at the atlantic beaches. as we go forward over the next 48 hours, that you will area in green, occasional showers and sprinkles coming through. through the day today. after midnight tonight, it will be ending. by dawn, clearing out. sunshine tomorrow as well as on friday. for the rest of the d

the metro area and throughout the metro area, virginia, west virginia, reagan national at 54. drop that spatula and come and look at your tv. we have a gorgeous pink and gold and purple sunrise underway. temperatures will be climbing to near 70 by noontime. during the afternoon, hitting the mid 70s. and it may be a little stormy this afternoon. a small chance of an isolated thundersto or shower late mid-afternoon to late afternoon. and then this evening we'll clear out and get chilly. in fact, by midnight, down to the mid 50s. by dawn, the low to mid 40s starting off thursday morning. tomorrow, sunny but cool, highs only in the low 60s. that's typical for early april. and it's going to be average april-type temperatures, too, on friday and saturday. chilly in the mornings, in the mid 30s. afternoon highs in the low to mid 60s. and as we get into the first part of next week, cool, as well. we'll take a look at regional high temperatures for the area. we're going to have a wide variety. that will be in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> big delays on i-95 northbound. the p

, and parts of the panhandle of west virginia. the counties in darker blue under a frost advisory, meaning we might have scattered frost in prince william county, fauquier, loudoun, montgomery, howard county, into the shenandoah valley. and farther to the south and east, probably will not have a freeze this morning. the temperatures now, 48 at reagan national. look how much colder it is. gaithersburg down to 36. it is at freezing now in frederick. they're at 32 degrees. it's near freezing in manassas and culpeper. a few spot there may already have frost forming. but all of southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore above freezing. there's the view from space. we've got a clear sky. high pressure over the region going to give us plenty of sunshine today. we'll have our sunrise at 6:49. by mid morning ought to rapidly climb to near 50. by noontime with sunshine, we ought to quickly be hitting the low to mid 60s. by later in the afternoon, we ought to hit upper 60s, near 70. by 5:00, 6:00, back into the low 60s. then clouds clos

southern colorado, oklahoma, west virginia and ohio. and so it seems like sort of a new phenomenon certainly in the news lately, but it's actually not. this sly slide is to give you a feel for what's been a phenomenon known for more than 50 years now. here's a list of either the largest or the most significant earthquakes in several different areas. and due to several different human activities around the world. starting with back in the '60s and a colin injection experiment, rocky mountain, i want you to remember this one. this is the largest well documented injection induced earthquake, 9.253. in are want -- in the former soviet union, three earthquakes, not necessarily due to injection. we don't know what happened there. but certainly due to the human gas extraction activities. water reservoirs, large water reservoirs also trigger earthquakes, as in lake mead in nevada and orville in california. and many other places around the world. and also geothermal, the geothermal field, where the injection has resulted in an earthquake, and a

the gentleman from west virginia. mr. rahall: madam speaker, i yield myself one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rahall: in order to respond to the distinguished chairman, that's funny and i appreciate the history lesson he's given us on legislation in this body, but it's funny while you were speaking to students from your district i was just speaking with students from my district outside on the capitol steps as well. they happened to have been from webster high school. i explained to them the process that we are in right now going to conference on the transportation bill. how the other body had passed in a bipartisan fashion, the other body who can rarely agree on anything, including a resolution saying i love mother, but here they came together and passed a bill with 72 votes in a bipartisan fashion. i explained to them briefly what the other body's bill did and what our bill did. that's funny, they were all in agreement we ought to accept the senate bill. go for the senate bill. so i g

panhandle of west virginia, and central west virginia. we are going to be climbing a good 20 to 25 degrees for a high by later this afternoon. we'll have details on that, we'll look at the next 12 hours in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> right now, have an update for you. if you are traveling at mid county highway in woodfield road, had an accident involving a pedestrian being struck. well, reportedly the pedestrian is fine. now the accident is cleared out of the roadway. traveling on 395, checking things out there. here's a live look at duke street. making your way in northbound, are you seeing delays as you head toward seminary road. then crossing over the 14th street bridge, not so bad just yet. you're just under speed at 47 miles per hour. your drive time, looking at a 14-minute drive from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. and if you're taking the rails, so far not seeing any delays on the metro, marc, and vre. aaron and eun, over to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:33. this morning a metro rider telling news4 he doesn't feel sa

no freezing temperatures yet. 30s across most of virginia and maryland and west virginia. in washington and near the bay, southern maryland, most locations in the 40s to near 50. la plata in charles county at 38. and manassas, prince william county, now 37. and all these counties in blue may have a frost or a freeze. the light counties likely will have freeze. light blue, shenandoah valley, western maryland, highlands of west virginia. closer to washington and howard, montgomery, and loudoun county, fauquier, rappahannock, culpeper, you might have a little scattered frost the next couple of hours. then by 9:near 50 degrees. a chilly morning. dress accordingly. this afternoon, mild. we should make it to the mid, briefly upper 60s by mid-afternoon. sunrise 6:34. the sunset at 7:44. you going out friday? it's going to be clear and near 50 by midnight. upper 30s by dawn saturday. saturday afternoon, beautiful, sunny, mid 70s. then summer-like. time to go to the beach. i know danella's going to be bare foot waterskiing on sunday. and then on tuesday, we might have some showers

west of virginia and southwest of virginia. that's way way from the metro area. right now these areas, these patches of green, a few scattered sprinkles across the northern district. southern maryland getting a few sprinkles. charles county into prince williams county. fairfax, montgomery, up toward damascus gets a few sprinkles. across the line into baltimore. the temperatures are generally in the low 50s. prince george's county, mid-50s, low 50s, montgomery county. mid-50s in arlington and fairfax. a bit cooler in the shenandoah valley. there it's around 50 degrees. here's your day planner for this thursday, umbrella day. we'll have light sprinkles. not a lot of rain but enough to make the pavement a little wet. things are going to get slick the next couple of hours. the 50s. near 70 by mid afternoon. could have thunder and lightning by then. sun back tomorrow. a beautiful day. a bit blustery. then some more rain maybe on saturday and cooler. highs in the mid-50s. occasional showers into late saturday morning. drying out it looks like sunday. highs 60s to near

down near elkins, west virginia. closer to washington, that little pink and white area along the blue ridge getting wet snow up there in the higher elevations above 2,000 feet. there have been a few snowflakes from lyndon, virginia, front royal, up towards just west of leesburg. also there have been some wet snowflakes along braddock mountain and south mountain in maryland as well as catoctin mountain north of frederick and all these areas in color are under a winter storm warning or winter weather advisory, the pink zone, where they could get up to a foot of snow there by later tonight. that would certainly cause a lot of power outages. it is chilly. holding steady in the low to mid 40s all morning. reagan national, 45 degrees. that's more like february than april, barbara. we have a warmup on the way. we will talk about the rest of the week and weekend in ten minutes. back to you. >> thank you, tom. >>> rain-slicked roads compounded the effects of a deadly accident that made a mess of the morning commute today. the

but if you talk about mine disasters, if you talk about driving down any interstate in west virginia you have to memorize the places where the interstate rises high enough so you have cell service which is hue himuating and embarrassing in a modern world. that's our world. that's our world. so i am on fire in the business if we are going to have an explosion of technologies which i welcome i totally

a chilly 40 degrees at elkins, west virginia. hometown forecast for charles county, la plata now in the 40s there. but a rapid warmup. by 9:00 or so, near 60 degrees. near 70 by noontime. during the middle of the afternoon, ought to peak in the mid 70s to mid to late afternoon. a beautiful day coming up. more pollen in the air, though. overnight for your friday, if you're heading out tonight, it will be a clear evening. temperatures by late evening down to near 60. then by dawn on saturday, should be in the 50s with increasing clouds tomorrow, into the upper 70s. a good chance it looks like for thunderstorms. some of which could be severe with damaging winds and hail late afternoon into early evening saturday. then rain and maybe gusty winds and much chillier weather for sunday and monday with highs only in the 50s. morning lows 40s. so looks like a wet day sunday and monday. then drying out. still on the cool side for tuesday, wednesday, thursday next week. danella, how's traffic? >>> right now checking things traveling along ro

thee seeing some showers in mountains of west virginia. we will go back to tony for more on the forecast. this whole thing can be composted. that is huge. >> what is high tea? i know it is a european thing. >> there are -- sabean afternoon -- this will be an afternoon tea. >> sounds like a lot of fun. good fun. high tea. i'm sure it is a blast. 44 in randallstown. it is a little chilly in the northern suburbs. there is a breeze, west wind at 7. that will pick up. we had a clipper go through last night. an impulse that is coming across ohio and west virginia. there's a slight chance that some of that rain will come across the mountains this afternoon. we have a slight chance for it rain shower, 30%. a breezy and mild day with temperatures in the mid to upper 60's. lings will change in the seven- day forecast -- things will change. there could be some showers on tuesday and wednesday. the big story will be the change in the temperatures. then it will turn around. expect temperatures to get back to around 70 this weekend. >> time now for a la

. >>> now, if you go west like you brush up to west virginia west, you will be seeing snow. meteorologist lauren rickets. we want the spring. >> yes. even though we needed the rain a lot of people want that hose turned off and quickly. this is light at the end of the tunnel. just not tonight. we are starting to see some of rain, the heavy rain move out. but, still rain in baltimore. hopefully it is doing well with the firefighterring firefighting down there. now, right now it is a chilly 46 degrees out there. chilly rainfall. 45, 42 in hagerstown. look at this north and west. that is much colder air. some of the chill here air will moveer air will move in. the rain continues and we have the winds to talk about. we will talk about snow, actually. can we see flakes? we will have more. >>> rain will never scare or chase or take the will away from people who are fighting breast cancer. you know, we walked in cold snowy mornings before in hunt valley, now, they are starting to take a lap. don harrisson was there and says it it was still a great day at the beach. >> 3, 2, 1. [chee

we've seen some lightning and thunder in parts of west virginia. that seems to be diminishing just a bit. ohio upstream, we're still seeing some showers and trying to get a little thunder here in central, even northern ohio. this stuff has the best shot of making its way across west virginia, southwestern pennsylvania, and toward us. right now south and west of town is where we're seeing the more concentrated rain, emily around charlottesville. some of this getting up toward culpeper, new market, luray, not far from stafford and fredricksburg we're seeing some of the showers move in now. there's been an area of showers up north of town that's been weakening a little bit in the baltimore region where their temperature is 52 this morning. so that's about 20 degrees warmer than yesterday's lows. we had some lower 30s. it's 49 in hagerstown. south of us we're still 60 in fredricksburg. patuxent naval air station is 60. winchester is 50 this morning and luray 54 degrees. outside on our michael & son weather camera, good visibility out there. we've got c

person left in charleston, west virginia, our largest city and capital. and newspapers are getting smaller. the post is getting easier and faster to read as is "the times." and television increases. and news is now i've got you and local news is that a little bit less than cnn and msnbc and fox, et cetera. it's still -- it's still that nature. and then local broadcast has some of the same. what i worry most about is access. we're talking about marvelous, technologically proficient, slick, but profoundly important and right development i'm a true believer in net neutrality. i want everything to go out to everybody. i don't want anybody stopping anything. we have really dealt with capture because at some point you can't create spectrum and you can buy it back or give it back and then the fcc can sell you some and -- the streaming is bill nelson pointed out eats up a little of anything bits really, really fast. so my question to you is having neatly wrapped all my complaints into that, how -- what's going to happen in this new revolution, which is going to f

and west virginia at this time. we could be seeing maybe a possible rumble of thunder into the afternoon as well. temperatures right now coming in on the mild side. 54 degrees in glen burnie and 52 in clarksville. 47 degrees right now in chunkville and the winds are on the light side as of now. they will pick up more into the afternoon. i'll talk about our drying out period and then our next chance of rain in the forecast. let's get a check now of the traffic with bill fonti. >>> no real problems or surprises coming in from hartford county by white marsh mall. everything looks good down to the tunnels. on the northeast side you can see around the bel air road area everything is light right now all the way to 83. and jfx no delays or anything because of that construction. on the west side everything's traveling at speed. catonsville a little bit of building but no problems or delays and northbound 95 as you can see just north of 100 seeing some building traffic but nothing is special or unusual for in time of the yea

even thunder down in west virginia. farther west, a nice line of thunderstorms that have passed through chicago on the way to detroit and annapolis. -- and indianapolis. the low pressure system is at the moment near kansas city and moving east. what amounts 0 a warm front, we have high pressure ahead. temperatures stay down in the 50's today for highs. clouds, yes. showers developing. it is more of an average and evening and overnight thing tonight. light and variable winds in the forecast. boaters in the bay, north winds becoming south-southeast at 5 to 10 miles per hour. and one-foot chop on the open water of the bay. athletics and o's play baseball tonight. temperatures to start the day, rain showers in the area will be scattered. no guarantee it will be there. temperatures dropping into the 40's. still rain showers possible in the area. insta-weather futurecast shows that the initiative rain coming in is scattered showers and out of the pick tire by sunday morning. the forecast is an improving one for the second hal

as that lives north, look out to the west. west virginia and also parts of the garrett county. there could be sizable snowfall. there could be as much as 6 inches of snow. that is the nor'easter part. that is in the mountains, not here. >>> a maryland man received a hero's welcome today at the annapolis harbor after completing a nonstop record- setting solo voyage around the americas. he traveled roughly the distance around the earth's equator and seemed hardly the worse for wear. by the time he arrived at the annapolis harbor, at rutherford's boat was without an engine, bilge pump, and gps. that is what happens after 25,000 miles circumnavigating the americas, a remarkable solo journey. >> i am happy to be out here to welcome him home. [cheers] >> this was the very first time the 31-year-old arnold resident stepped ashore in 3 stoddert 14 days. before this, he never entered port or drop anchor from his 27-foot second-hand sailboat. >> the hardest part was the northwest passage. the ice was incredibly dangerous. there were times i was very close to icebergs. i have no radar on

of the mountains of west virginia. many locations are just in the upper 30s and low 40s now. and later today, only near 50 degrees. that's more typical of late february than late april. occasional showers and ending late tonight. sun back tomorrow. richard? >> all right, >>> latest problem we have is northbound on 16th street. two left lanes remain blocked right at eastern avenue and at this point we are still looking at a lot of congestion on that top side beltway outer loop. right now you are running at 23 miles per hour on average from 95 all the way out to 270. richard, back to you. richard, back to you. >> matt, let's go never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. (woman) the fund-raising was the easiest part. people were very giving. complete strangers wanting to help. i knew someday i was gonna do this walk. if i can do this, you definitely can do this. we can do this. we can all do this together. (man) register today for the.

those are clouds in virginia and just to the west. the areas where you see it's in the green, a few sprinkles t trying to reach the ground from charlottesville and further west and north towards the shenandoah valley. temperatures now only in the low to mid-50s throughout much of the region. it's 54 at reagan international. so quite a chill still in the air on this thursday. and for the rest of the afternoon, we'll have quite a bit of cloudiness. temperatures into the low 60s. overnight the clouds should break up. we'll be down to the low 30s tomorrow morning. sunny tomorrow. breezy and cool with highs near 60. over the weekend, both saturday and sunday, cold start into the 30s. afternoon highs mid-60s. and a cool pattern continues. maybe rain midweek next week. that's the way it looks now. aaron? >> tom, thank you. the long and difficult recovery is under way across northern texas. more than a dozen tornadoes pummeled the dallas-ft. worth area. governor rick tour the area today. at least 800 homes were severely damaged by tuesday's s