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people without power, a live report on this story. first things first, tracking potentially strong thunderstorms this afternoon, could bring heavy rain, hail, damaging winds. we are timing it out. have thunderstorms north and west of washington, d.c., most over the state line in pennsylvania. these are capable of producing gusty winds at 40 to 50 miles 40 to 50 miles per hour, tracking towards the southeast, they will move. getting rip tois do that. in time numbers. high temperatures and

showers andespread thunderstorms developing and pushing through the metro. the storm prediction center has expanded the area for severe weather. southst we were targeting of interstate 66 and highway 50, now including you in frederick, martinsburg, winchester in that level to category for severe weather. what type of severe weather, wind damage is the most likely form and also a few thunderstorms capable of large hail. tornadoes, i cannot rule them out but low threat. a low threat of flooding. we could get some heavy downpours. amperatures will cool down little bit as the thunderstorms rolled through, primarily looking between 2:00 and 7:00 for washington, d.c. proper. we have more severe weather possible on thursday. we will talk about that coming up in a few. jummy:

breaking news, firefighters investigating an underground transformer fire in arlington. this is of the market common shopping center in declaring the neighborhood. sam sweeney is there were hundreds are without power because of all of this. sam: certainly a mess, much the fire department activity has pulled back in the last half hour. the office of emergency management on scene. the video speaks for itself. huge, black flames coming out of this popular shopping center in clarendon. this is a transformer that was under the ground, a power transformer, the size of a delivery truck. this an electrical fire so arlington fire brought in a phone truck -- foam

truck to get the fire under control and it took an hour. nearby businesses and apartments evacuated as they lost power. we caught up with some people who were being evacuated. let's listen to how they discovered frames. >> and tents, the fire hot. -- intense, the fire hot, strong. you could feel it from a distance. i was 100 feet away from it and i could feel the heat. is that good news nobody has been reported injured. at this hour, clarendon boulevard remains closed. i am sam sweeney, back to you. .ummy: thank you the developments in friday's dramatic double car crash in colesville. in one wreck, an elderly woman was killed and the second crash, for men in an suv, three ran from the scene. kevin

site where police are pleading with witnesses to come forward. what are they saying? kevin: these crashes happen less than a mile apart and now police believe they are related come at 6:56 friday morning, a 71-year-old woman flipped her toyota camry along randolph road . at 6:57, a 20-year-old crashed into a light pole at the corner of randolph road and new hampshire avenue. three men bailed from the mercury mountaineer, officers later found drugs inside the suv . police revealed a number of new details today, very crashed into another car at the only mcdonald's days before this wreck. police say he may be connected to an armed rob

hours before the wreck, where i am standing now. based on accounts at a vehicle data recorder, thus you say the and the man were speeding before crashing in their individual incidents. >> we are looking at every possibility. every potential scenario. we are playing through and seeing if it makes sense. that is one possibility. that is why it is important to find witnesses. maybe they saw something that at the time did not seem important but after hearing about the collision, it will jog their memory. you can still see the pink markings that police put on the ground. this is the telephone pole where the man crashed his mountaineer on friday, he was

custody will that she has been released, charges are likely but they'd need to finalize their collision reconstruction report which could take weeks or months. live in colesville, kevin lewis. jummy: breaking news. regarding stormwatch. the latest. >> northwest of hagerstown, just got a warning, the national weather service entered -- issuing a severe thunderstorm warning washington county, northwest in frederick county, morgan, jefferson,, a storm track on this for you and this system is capable of producing winds in excess of 60 miles per hour which could cause significant damage. .et indoors to a sturdy shelter the warning in effect until 12:45. town, longmeadow at 12:31. towards bruins borough

p.m. storms intensifying quickly, we will update you on updates. policedo fairfax county, looking for a man who sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl over the weekend. police say this man approached a girl at a target on district avenue and touched her backside. the girl did not tell her father until they got home and he call police and surveillance video confirmed the assault, the man that target driving in a burgundy ford mustang. senator susan collins of maine expected to introduce legislation to block suspected terrorists from buying guns, her office saying this is a part of a bipartisan push in congress to find that control legislation that everyone can agree on in the wake of the orlando nightclub massacre. this is after lawmakers voted down four measures

the senate failed to advance the gun measures last night. boths of activists from sides of this issue are gathered outside the national rifle association, suzanne kennedy in fairfax with the protests and the arrest from this morning. this is the culmination of a 13 hour protest outside the nra headquarters. you can see that a group is protesting many of them with blood on their hands, some holding their fists in the air and others with side that indicate the 49 people killed in the nightclub shooting in orlando. all of these people willing to be arrested in the name of gun control. there are other people on the other side of the issue. here is what people on both sides have to say about gun control in the united states. forn important issue ev

this, we can live in peace. each of us have to step forward without a gun. members and law-abiding citizens who use guns are not an enemy to other americans. we are here to live our lives in a peaceful, law-abiding way. suzanne: more than a dozen people were arrested today outside nra headquarters. reporting in fairfax county, suzanne kennedy. jummy: the orlando nightclub massacre has reignited the gun debate, washington, d.c. police chief was on news talk on our sister station news channel 8 and talked about the similarities between active shooting incident in the district and other mass shootings. -- the typically all vast majority of the deaths take place in 10 minutes or less. a lot of lives lost quickly.

think will find here, the initial burst of gunfire and a gunman, especially with that type of weapon, that this gun man had, could take a lot of victims. jummy: the chief mentioned how the nightclub attack seem to influence -- the endless fight terror groups. new information on a story you saw only here, involving a friday, a, on grandmother was demanding answers after she says her special-needs grandson was physically abused by a school bus attendant. another student at that school was left on the bus yesterday. his mother's said the seven-year-old fell asleep and woke up to an empty bus and was stuck for an hour until he finally pry the bus door open. a passerby noticed and help the boy to school, officials say the department of transportation is investigating this incident.

metro, today, the second weekday of the say track search, and parts of the track shutdown in both the district and virginia, the track is close on the orange, blue, and silver lines to eastern market and shuttle buses are replacing trains but expect them to be full. officials say to expect a half hour delay for that alone. no service between rosslyn and arlington national cemetery. for sure you stay with us everything you need to know about say track, get metro updates sent straight to your 817.e, just take metro to 43 we have a special say correct page at wjla.com. -- safe track page at wjla.com. changes in the donald trump campaign and a new poll show how he is faring against hillary clinton. a barn burns down in fairfax county, incredible images coming in and what authorities are saying about because. two wildfires out

jummy: a huge firefight and large barn in flames, spark overnight in fairfax station. that is near seagraves lane. we explain what happened. >> for several hours this morning, fairfax county firefighters kept a close eye on the scene at caravan lane and then thompson wrote in fairfax station. it started at around 3:30 this morning and several hours later still some hotspots and small fires with a lot of smoldering but a

overnight. huge flames shooting up from the structure. the bar had no animals inside. there was no loss of life. it was being used as a storage unit, young couple had a lot of belongings, mementos that were a complete loss. exactly one week ago, another fire happened at this very same structure around 2:00 a.m. on june 14, a fire on the upper level determined to be accidental in nature. ,his fire under investigation investigators say it is too early to know the cause. out west, two wildfires have now burned a combined seven square miles, sparking evacuations. they are raking in the foothill suburbs of los angeles, the reservoir fire, difficult to fight over steep terrain and the fish fire burning dangerously close to homes,

now surging close together. >> this is my home, i will fight for it. >> temperatures are high in wins kicking up, the perfect storm. jummy: 17 large wildfires are burning and eight western states, high winds remain a concern while four states, california, utah, nevada, arizona have excessive heat warnings. you see the pictures, so tough to look at. temperature things on our own causing storms hour -- headed our way. i have never experienced he like this. -- heat like this. our thunderstorms are starting to heat up also. a live picture from hagerstown. you can see the dark skies. a severe thunderstorm warning that includes you in washington county. here is the song we are tracking on doppler radar.

doppler radar, pennsylvania toward the south and east, likely strong winds with this that could top 60 miles per hour that could cause damage, the untils -- be indoors 12:45. you can see that hagerstown is in the line, about 15 minutes away. expand to the broader view, you see the line spotty now by trying to develop off toward our west along the cold front. we will continue to track this. i will put a tracker on it. it in along the i-95 corridor might 2:00 -- by 2:00, frederick pushing your way at 12:45, were engine, around 1:00 and before 2:00 for the washington, d.c. metro. thunderstorms pushing into

pushing towards the south and eased and we could see this wall line develop, indicative of damaging wind. that is our primary threat with thunderstorms this afternoon. we will get heavy downpours that will likely impact your afternoon rush but things will start to taper off a little bit after 5:00. activity. little the sunshine will set and we will clear things out and the threat will be over. over the next couple of hours as the cauldron drops down through our region. he hide it, no dust behind it, the severe weather risk in yellow across the upper midwest, that will be our next storm system that will be coming down from the great lakes and heading us by thursday, two days we had to be weather alert, in addition to storms today, a break tomorrow, upper-80's, thursday, a weather alert date with strong to severe thunderstorms, 86. friday, smoo

to. hot and storming out but look at your friday forecast, 83 and sunshine. saturday and sunday, great days to hit the polls -- pool. near 90 by early next week. dealing with one issue this afternoon in arlington in clarendon, clarendon boulevard, it is blocked off, only a one way, where you see the fire trucks, that is clarendon boulevard, beyond this point is the whole foods. that is your reference point, this area blocked off still. wilson boulevard is open. no one can get through. this is the best time to avoid this area. wilson boulevard is open. in this area, no big issues. we are still on the green on was in boulevard. heads up, overnight

work into place with temporary lane closures on the roosevelt bridge , this is schedule until july 8. one lane open at all times but an overnight project. no delays in washington, d.c. and good on 66, a little bit of volume in kenilworth avenue but that is it. jummy: jamie, thank you. house,race for the white donald trump facing more criticism following a major shakeup in his campaign. he markets himself as a businessman has fallen behind in fundraising to hillary clinton, his campaign started the month with more than $1 million in the month and clinton have $42 million. donald trump says it is lack of support from his own party. he fired his old campaign manager. did a great job, but we will go a different route. cmmy:

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jummy: storms headed for most of us in the viewing area. >> a severe thunderstorm warning that includes washington county and the city of hagerstown. we just have a lightning strike. that

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