parts of northeast maryland and carroll county and baltimore and cecil county got it and western maryland continues to get the brunt of it here the last couple of days. the day planner on friday. the mix of sun and clouds out there this morning with temperatures in town in the upper 70s to near 80. in the low 90s by noon with a mix of clouds and sun. high about 95 today and those afternoon showers and storms probably not much before oh 3:00 or so. that would be south of d.c.. this morning, boy, let me take you back to yesterday. 6:00 p.m. look at these bow echo. bow echo, we had a lot of wind -- wind damage storms here to the north. this stuff fell awart as-coming to us -- apart as it was coming to us and it was good news for us. unfortunately it did damage in the new york region and eastern pennsylvania. a couple of sprinkles in eastern and west virginia leftover now. temperatures in the low to mid- 70s although 60s in fair et county and pushing 80 right now going to about 95. over to monika samtani. 6:00 a.m. with your timesaver traffic. we have one incident right

now. it's southbound on 295 after benning road. and you want to watch out because there's some debris apparently in the right lane scoot over to the left to get around it. let's go over to the west side of town. no problems to report on 66, or the dulles toll road coming in from the airport. you are good to go both of those major corridors to the beltway and no issues at all across the american hee john bridge. -- legion bridge. live outside and if you're going over on the inbound side of i-66, this is at route 50 from our sky 9 and you can see it's actually still looking pretty good heading for 123 and the beltway. i'm happy so say all leans -- to say all lanes are open. this time to the other side of town. no issues to report as you travel in on the bw parkway or route 50. we're looking good all the way through cheverly. no problems on 295 northbound that incident i told you about with southbound after benning road. one more last live look on the inbound side of route 50 at sandy point coming off the bay bridge. good to go. and going to the beach a good idea today. we'll be back with more traffic

coming up at 6:11. jess and mike? we're getting to one of the stories that's happening today. a final decision is expected on a new special session in annapolis. that special session would focus on gambling and whether or not to allottability games in the state. awe -- allow table games in the state. they could decide whether to build a casino at the harbor. governor o'malley is going to hold a news conference at 10:00 this morning to announce whether or not he'll call lawmakers back. it needs to be held by august 20th for any action to be taken this year. women in prince george's county keep a close eye on the purses at the gas stations. >> that's because they hit several gas stations snatching purses from women as they fill their gas tanks. >> delia goncalves is live in capital heights with more on the search for this thief. delia? >> reporter: jessica, this on the 1400 block of hampton park drive here in capital heights one of four area gas stations in prince george's county that's been targeted. and just the past two days.

and you can see that this gas station right now is very busy. but don't be fooled. police say even at a very busy gas station this can still happen and it has happened. it's unclear if the same suspects are responsible but police do have one suspect's vehicle on surveillance tape. the black mercedes suv circles the pumps at the sheriff road gas station in landover. and then you can see the passenger of that suspect's vehicle jumps out and snatches a woman's purse from her open car window, this all happened wednesday at 6:00 in the evening. >> it was -- about 8:00. the morning before thanksgiving. very crowded. i thought it would be safe because there were so many people. i saw the -- the car actually before the guy jumped into any car. i saw him perusing the gas station but once really thinking he was going to rob someone. i thought he was looking for an available pump. >> i keep my remote in my hands

and i lock my door when i leave out and i keep it looked until -- locked until i get to the door and as soon as i get in i lock my door again! that's a good thing to do. >> reporter: what else can you do to make sure you're not the next victim? that's coming it at 6:30. a woman was sexually assaulted wednesday night while jogging on the capital crescent trail. u.s. park police say she was near fletcher's boat house when man approached her from behind and put her in a choke hold. she lost consciousness and awoke to find her pants down and the man touching her. the man ran off. police are hoping photowills help them find the man who abducted the mother of cal ripkennier recently. if you look at them -- ripken jr. recently. if you look at them they look like they're stills. they are offering a $2,000 reward for any tips that load to a conviction.

-- lead to a conviction. she was found safe and unharmed about 24 hours later. the time right now is 6:04 and i am watching your money on this friday morning. google is getting the high speed internet business. it launched google fear -- fiber rather yesterday. they promise ultra fast internet access 100 times faster than the broadband offered by cable companies. >> come on. >> these are pretty big claims. it will include a television service that lets you watch eight shows at once? >> what? >> i don't know can i could do that. google fiber will be launched in the kansas city area first. but could be expanding soon. half of all moves happen between memorial day and labor day. while packing you need to be just as careful with your personal information as your fine china. karin caifa has advice. >> reporter: with kids out of school -- summertime is a popular time to make a move.

many consumers take care when packing up a moving truck with household items. but scammers are looking for something else. >> what many people do is they spend more time thinking about how to protect their tangible things. like how many times do i need to wrap this picture frame with bubble wrap? than they do thinking about how to protect the intangible things like their identity. >> reporter: to protect penalty information, keep some -- personal information, keep some tips in mind. make a checklist of accounts that need to be updated with new information. devices like laptops and desktop computers should be secured with passwords. getting rid of papers? shred sensitive documents. and documents like birth certificates, social security cards and wills should stay with you. rather than the back of a truck. >> the identity theft doesn't just occur during a move. it can occur, before during and after a move and people need to be very vigilant and very selfish with the information that's theirs. >> reporter: review your moving checklist again to make sure old accounts are closed out.

and check banking and credit accounts to make sure nothing looks suspicious. >> that was karin caifa reporting. one more idea to create a secure zone in your new home? this is a place off limits to movers and anyone else. that's where you can keep your sensitive things like your checkbook and credit card statements and other personal information. be careful. 6:07. thank you. let the games begin. in five minutes -- a preview from london as the summer olympics get unway. >> and howard says -- underway. >> and howard says expect more muggy weather today but things could be better by the end of the weekend. your weather first straight ahead. >> but first it's time to get away. we are the most vacation hungry city in the nation. 58% of workers with paid vacation time would trade other workplace benefits for more paid time off. stuff like bonuses or a prief office? tail take the vacation instead. >> despite their thirst for vacations d.c. employees don't

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well we're going to have another partly sunny hot kind of humid day today.  not as hot as yesterday. high temperatures into the mid 90s and lunchtime temperatures already 92 but once again a threat for some thunderstorms, best chance of that is south and east of washington. the full weekend forecast in a few minutes. on the northbound side of i- 95 here at the fairfax county parkway a live look from our sky 9 and you can see that traffic still moving at a good pace leer leaving newington to springfield where it bunches up just a bit exiting to the beltway or 395. it's incident free. the time right now is 6:11 on friday morning and a check of the stories making news. the man known as victim two in the jerry sandusky case will sue penn state.

the attack on him was spotted by a former graduate student. that man told the school but no one told the police. the drought gripping most of the nation is now getting worse. the u.s. drought monitor reports 20% of the nation is now in the two worst stages of drought and it may be too late to save this year's corn crop. twitter now says a backup system failed yesterday for more than an hour the microblogging site was either sluggish or completely inaccessible. twitter is now back online and up to speed. and less than nine hours the 2012 summer olympics officially begin in london. >> the negotiable event has been in the works for seven years and now the world is watching. >> andrea spencer has a preview. >> reporter: it's the world's largest sporting event and london is its home until the middle of august. athletes have been arriving at heathrow airport ready for their moment in history. >> we are very happy because for me, the first olympic games and i am really -- that we are

very happy. >> when we step off and get behind the block, we're doing what we've practiced to do for our whole entire life. >> reporter: the olympic torch is also ready the shine after relay stops at number 10 downing street with the prime minister and buckingham palace with the pass off in front of the duke and duchess of cambridge. the torch will arrive at the olympic stadium during tonight's opening ceremony and light the olympic caldron. academy award-winning director danny boyle is in charge of the spectacular which we hear will have dancing and farm animals. ♪ boyle is probably best known for the megahit movie "slumdog millionaire." london isn't known for its sunny days. so british airways flew in apache rain dancers from arizona to perform a rainbow dance to ensure nice weather. a british artist wants everyone to get into the spirit of games

by ringing bells today. all over the country. >> could be a brilliant sound you know. if wherever you are in britain you can hear that. that's my idea of it. as i kind of all over the place. piece of music. >> reporter: i'm andrew spencer for 9news now. >> the next three olympic sites have already been picked -- >> the site for the 202 summer games will be picked next spring in a three candidates are istanbul, tokyo and madrid. time right now is 6:14. and we're finding out how your weather today and this weekend is looking with howard bernstein. >> not that much different. a little bit cooler but still shot the thunderstorm chances -- hot and thunderstorm chances still going to be bus. that's it in a nut -- with us. that's it in nutshell. now the details on this friday morning where it's muggy and

humid out there. we're in 80s 234 a couple of spots. the cool areas in the 7 #s. to the start of the day planner backing it up as temperatures are going to climb rather quickly. by noon 91 degrees and a mix of clouds and sun this afternoon with a couple of storms especially shutoff washington. high temperature about 95 and still 91 at 6:00 p.m. probably the sooner the better to do the outdoor work the earlier before it really starts the get hot. showers and storms last night in west virginia actually the big ones yesterday afternoon were pennsylvania up through new york and new england. we had a couple of reports of damage no northern maryland. you can see this morning some showers still between romney and elkton. 70 in bladensville and 73 for leesburg and centreville this morning and also springfield. hey to the east upper marlboro 72. bowie, baden and laurel at 71 this morning. and college park at 73. outside on the michael & son weather camera, you see some of the cloudsness that high and mid level cloudiness there certainly broken on this fine

friday morning. but it's a sticky friday morning. dew points in the 70s humidity 83%. so that 79 already feels like it's in the 80s with the heat index and the calm winds not helping much at all. the big key remember up in kansas city and st. louis in that's now drifted down to oklahoma city and dallas. they'll be triple digits today. nice break from the upper midwest and new england seeing 70s today and the west coast enjoyed the coastal areas anyway a very fine summer. the interior section have been seeing the heat like vegas and phoenix and some more showers there. what we're looking at is this boundary that's pushed south and east. that's why they're not in the 100s anymore in st. louis and kansas city at least for the next few days. but showers and storms in the boundary will settle off a little bit south of us. but it looks like the best chance of that will be some in the ohio valley and south of east of town the areas in the slight risk from the storm prediction center. that means the damaging wind

gusts will be the biggest threat for places lake calvert and st. mary's and fred ricksburg and the northern neck. you have to watch out probably oh 3:00 to 6:00 this afternoon. the likely time frame. yellow alerts today and tomorrow for the thunderstorms and 95 today. 70s tonight and mid 70s in town. a few upper 60s north and west. tomorrow, 92. with the thunderstorms scattered ability. still isolated storms possible sunday but i think because it's isolated just a good day on sunday. relatively speaking. and as we head to the rest of the seven day, upper 80s next week with the chances for thunderstorms continuing. good morning monika samtani. good morning howard. you know i've been really happy to say that it's been nice and light this morning. there have been no major incidents to report. i think we had enough of that yesterday. and if you're planning to head southbound on i-270 a much different story you can see all the green here. yesterday you had all that red coming out of frederick. today nice and light into

clarks burg down to the point where the lanes divide. a live look outside and show you what it looks like heading over to the other side of town in oxon hill. you can see the traffic is moving really well. in fact all of your southern mod ardors look great. to the beltway and to the wilson bridge as well. this time to virginia on the maps or southern maryland. the routes everything is looking fine. and now we'll go to virginia on the sky 9 northbound i-95 this is at the fairfax county parkway. it sounds like we may have something in lorton sky 91 going to head that way next and illuvia that for you coming up -- i'll have that for you coming up in my next report, at 6:25. the time right now is 6:18. next in sports hear from the redskins on the first day of training camp. while the nationals do something that hasn't been done in nearly 80 years. >> uh-huh. and it's a good thing. well, you don't have to wait long to hear the question of the morning because we're doing that right now --

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welcome back. 6:22. radar is quiet. a couple of sprinkles in eastern west virginia but the stuff is very light. now later today once again we're going to have to be concerned with a couple of strong thunderstorms that could be developing in the afternoon especially south and east of town. temperatures by 11:00 up to 90. this afternoon low 90s by 1:00. with high about 95 degrees. again a couple of strong storms possible south and southeast. jess?

thanks howard. it took one quick listen of redskins' training camp yesterday to find out who the fans were there to see. they were chanting rg3, rg3. >> and amazingly he seems still really humble which is kind of cool. camp started yesterday. redskins park ashburn, virginia. this was the first full day of practice. and it was a little different from years past. all the heavy lifting was done in the afternoon. in the heat. they used to do these big practices in the morning and walk in the afternoons. kristen berset found out how things went. >> i lick it thus far, obviously a little bit tough today with the heat but the nice thing about the bubble is we have the opportunity to go in there if it does get too hot or if we have you know inclement weather. so it's nice to have that facility as well. >> when the coach calmed the shots you have to go with them and i feel that you know a couple more days dealing with it not much to talk about. >> thousands showed up yesterday afternoon to watch the practice. the parking lot is open at noon if you're heading out today.

the gates open at 1:00 and practice starts just before 3:00. remember before you go you have go to redskins.com and printout the free invitation to get in. the last time a washington baseball team was 20 games above .500? it was 1933. franklin roosevelt was president, work had just begun on the golden gate bridge but welcome to 2012 and your first place nationals. the nats began a four game series be the brewers last night and got on board in the 2nd. steven lombardozzi hit a bases loaded triple and putting the up 4-# -- d.c. up 4-0. that was all starter jackson would need. he went seven innings and scattered eight hits. the nationals beat the browers 8-2 and they have won six in a row. and you can tell the nationals are having a good time this season. four relief pitchers appeared in this video reading excerpts from "50 shades of grey." >> are you smirking at me mr.

grey? >> i am miss steel. >> you know this contract is legally unenforceable. >> i am fully aware of that miss steel. >> this is so good. >> that's awesome. that's craig stammen, shawn burnett. ryan matthews and my personal favorite thymier clippard. -- tyler clippard. check out the entire video on the morning page at wusa9.com. >> 6:25. ahead who wants to lower the fine on speed cameras in the district? and find out what the catch is. >> a dog fight between a northern virginia restaurant and a west virginia coffee house. hear from both sides in this dispute over a name. >> and before you grab the keys let's check on the commute now, monika samtani over to you. >> northbound i-95 a minor incident on the shoulder near lorton. it's moved on and caused a tiny delay here but no big deals

helding for springfield and the beltway. i'll be back with more traffic coming up in my next report, at 6:30. you're watching 9news now.

welcome back. 6:29. your weather first on this thread morning. tgif is another humid sticky morning. not as bad as though as yesterday and it's not going to be as hotted a yesterday. still going to be hot and mid 90s. 95 or so and we have again a threat of storms, here's the day planner we have temperatures this morning starting in the 70s. pretty sky here in northwestern d.c. with some of the clouds mixing in.

91 by moon. mix of clouds and sun and then this afternoon, 95. 93 by 5:00. and by then, we'll have a couple of storms mainly south of town. yesterday evening had the big storms north of town. hit western maryland. parts of northern maryland and only a few sprinkles here and there this morning. not much leftover. the light sprinkles in eastern and west virginia. low 70s winchester and leesburg manassas 73. 78 on the bay and 79 down in reedville. 79 here in washington as well going to about 95 with a chance for a couple of strong storms south and southeast especially. inside to monika samtani. 6:30 with your timesaver traffic. howard i just got word of an accident on route 32 west of route 108. you want to watch out for that. other than that we've been looking great. no problems to report inside the beltway here. vb parkway and route 50 through cheverly. no problems on route 50 out of annapolis. a live look outside right now and oxon hill south of the beltway inner loop is looking

great. 210 to the wilson bridge and into alexandria all lanes are open right now. back over to the maps and this time we'll head over to the west side of town, on the dulles toll road to the beltway. 66 inside the beltway a little slow here. trying to get through the falls church area and across the roosevelt bridge. and one more last live look at the american legion bridge coming in from bethesda across the bridge span into tysons corner you'll finds the pace is good. coming up in my next report, another look at the big picture in a few minutes. back to you guys. thanks monika. mitt romney's overseas visit got off to a rough start. the man who saved the 2002 winter games questioned whether london is ready to host th summer games. >> a few more saucy responses than he thought was going to happen. "cbs this morning" is digging into it. charlie rose is joining us live from new york with a preview of this. >> good morning mike and jessica. mitt romney is on the defensive after he comments he -- comments he made during the trip to london. eric cantor from virginia will

be here. we'll ask him if the republican party is concerned in any way about the presidential candidate. first lady michelle obama is in london. and will ferrell is in studio 57 right here. that and more when we see you at 7:00. >> so charlie i trust your putting game is a lot better after phil stopped by yesterday. >> wouldn't you like to be there when phil and i tee it up for the 18 hole? >> i'd like to be there. >> i'm looking for a caddy. >> wow. those be warring words right there. >> have a good show charlie. >> or i'll caddy for you. if you get the game i'll caddy for you. >> fair enough. thanks charlie talk to you soon. >> take care. >> pretty funny guy sometimes. 67:32 now. you know what? it was a week ago today that we started learning about the tragedy in aurora, colorado. 12 people were killed. dozens more hurt in a shooting in a movie theater. a makeshift memorial is now

growing and attracting visitors from across the nation. on capitol hill the house and senate passed resolutions thursday offering condolences to the families of the victims and praising those who saved lived. but lawmakers on both sides don't expect any debate on new gun control measures. it's a sentiment shared by the white house. >> the assault weapons ban san issue that the president has -- is an issue that the president has supported the reinstatement of since its expiration in 2004. but given the stalemate in congress our focus is on steps that we can take to make sure criminals and others who should not have those guns make sure they cannot obtain them. >> the suspected killer, james holmes will be formally charged in court coming up on monday. maryland governor o'malley has been repeatedly facing questions about his political ambitions and expect even more of those questions to surface now. the democrat has launched a federal political action committee. and it's called oh say can you

see. the pac. it would allow o'malley to raise money for any national race which is fueling speculation he may run for president in 2016. and o'malley spokesman says for now money will be used to president obama's re-election and same sex marriage referendum on maryland's ballot this november. it takes a few seconds for a thief to steal your purse if it's unattended. police in prince george's county say that's what one bad guy is doing. targeting women at gas stations. delia goncalves is live in capital heights with more on this rash of thefts. with some tips for us too. -- for us too. good morning. >> reporter: good morning jess. this is something we need to be reminded of. a woman's purse was stolen from this wawa on hampton park boulevard at 10:30 yesterday morning. and even though it's busy now as it was then, the criminals are still getting away. that's why police are hoping you can help catch them.

the suspects' black mercedes suv was caught on surveillance tape wednesday at this gas station on sheriff road in land of. the suspects you can see -- landover. the suspects you can see stake out the gas station circling the pumps and then the passenger suddenly jumps out of the car reaching into an open vehicle window to steal a woman's purse while she stands just inches away. >> they're leaving their windows down. they're leaving their vehicles unsecured. and that's -- you know they're thinking oh i'm just pumping gas. nothing's going to happen. but in fact, that little bit of time -- it's -- that small window is enough opportunity for our suspects to snatch those purses. >> reporter: and these robberies are happening at very busy times of day. we're talking about 9:30, 10:30. even noontime. so you are targeted at any time of day if these suspects do see

an opportunity. police say to avoid being a victim yourself, keep your doors looked at all times and roll up those windows. be aware of your surroundings and most importantly, don't leave your valuables like your purse in plain sight. jess back to you. >> important advice, thank you, delia goncalves, live in capital heights, maryland this morning. now i want you to take a look at your screen and he's why. d.c. police need your help in finding this missing boy this morning. this is 12-year-old martinez jesse rainier. he was last seen at 8:30 last night along rock creek church road near fifth street in northwest. jesse was wearing a gray -- a gray shirt and gray pants. he stands 4'0" and weighs around 70 pounds. if you know where he is please call d.c. police. so have you gotten one of those speed camera tickets in the district lately? if you have, you know they are not cheap. by any stretch. councilman tommy wells wants to lower the prices of the tickets. he says some fines have jumped

500% in the last five years and he believes those cameras are being used to generate revenue instead of making roads safer. but here's the catch. in exchange for lowering the fine, wells wants more of the cameras put up around the city. there are two maul businesses fight -- small businesses fighting over the same name and about 90 minutes awart from each other. >> but that's too close for comfort for at least one of the businesses, this involves two places both called lost dog. one of the lost dog cafe in arlington, virginia and a couple of other locations. then there's the lost dog coffee shop in shepherdstown, west virginia. peggy fox shows us the situation. >> reporter: for years he has been brewing up java at the funky little coffee house lost dog cafe in west virginia. >> turbo, coffee sour. >> reporter: but now he's facing a possible lawsuit from the owners of the possible lost dog cafe of arlington who have a trademark on the name lost

dog. >> how many tony's pizzas are there in the world? >> reporter: last wednesday jansen received this cease and desist letter from the lost dog cafe's lawyer. >> i don't see how anybody could see this small business with four employees and one location in this small town west virginia two hours away if their locations to be a threat. >> reporter: jansen says he has no plans to get rid of the name lost dog. which he says came from a real life experience when he was a kid. a story of a lost and then found dog. which brought his family from colorado to west virginia. but lost dog cafe owner pam says they've had the name longer and must protect their trademark. not only for their flagship restaurant on washington boulevard but the free franchisee owners. >> if we let one thing do, if we let a brand go we open ourselves up to losing a battle in something else.

>> reporter: pam bristles at the david and goliath reference being a small business owner herself. she'd like to work out the agreement with jansen as long as he pledges not to expand or serve food. peggy fox, 9news now. >> the time right now is 6:39. we have a little friday entertainment for you. >> local dance troupe encore is joining us in studio in nine minutes and learn where and when you can see them this weekend and maybe learn a few of their moves too. >> you want to do this dancing indoors today though. it's going to be humid again. highs in the 90s. straight ahead howard tells us when the next cooldown is coming. you are watching 9news now. ♪ [ male announcer ] where did all the obama stimulus money go?

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happy friday morning, a humid 79 degrees. but at least we've got the

traffic going for us. i have not had any major incidents all morning long and here's the beltway north of town. you know not too bad. you're going about 27 miles an hour at university boulevard. on the outer loop. but honestly that's really good all things considered. during the rush hour. and once you're bond that you're good into bethesda and over to 270. outside live right now and here's what it looks like if you're planning to head southbound on i-270 at old georgetown road. coming in from jermantown down to this point all the lanes are open. back to the maps this time to virginia. inbound on the dulles toll road or 66. everything is good into tysons corner and the beltway stovetop. everything is fine. the northbound side of 95 or inbound 66 first where again you can see there's no real big delay route 50 to 123. now to 95 on the northbound side and 395 from the sky # taking a look at -- 9 taking a look at edsall road. some brake lightsup to duke street but again the pace is

really good up to the 14th street bridge. out to you guys on the weather terrace. thank you monika. it sticky. it's a little gross out here. >> not as gross as yesterday though. >> i was going to say probably the nicest all day long right? >> yeah, stickiness will not be as bad but when the temperatures rise but it is going to be hot again. >> you can actually feel the moisture on your hands when you walk outside. >> yes. yes so get inside. on the air-conditioning. >> i'll see you in a little bit. >> a sticky start to another hot day with the threat of more thunderstorms. this time though the threat is going to be more south of town than north of town. with temperatures rising quickly. in fact by lunchtime, we'll be pushing into the low 90s once again. then by mid-afternoon, we'll watch off to the west and southwest for those showers and storms starting to pop. temperatures are going to pop out in the mid 90 range. 95. maybe 96 here in d.c.. this evening at 8:00 still warm and mid 80s and start the cool it off but really better over the next couple of days.

temperatures -- radar this morning as you look at the doppler and the lightning, see the storms really diminishing especially into eastern west virginia panhandle. maybe we can get the camera here in a second. romney down to petersburg you've got the area of light showers this morning that's moving up to eastern west virginia and areas toward western maryland. may see a few sprinkles this morning. 73 in winchester. gaithersburg is 70. it's 74 hagerstown this morning with 75 at the patuxent river naval air station. a look at the michael & son weather camera this morning, and mix of clouds and sunshine. kind of a pretty morning out there. in spite of humidity. 79 degrees with calm winds and humidity way up there. 82%. here's the big picture. lots of showers and storms, pennsylvania, new york thankfully that stuff we cannened as wit got past -- weakened as it got past northern maryland. we are looking at a threat of strong to severe thunderstorms

in the ohio river valley and to the south and east a slight ricking of severe weather for the areas in southern maryland and fredericksburg and the lower eastern shore, damaging wind gusts are the primary threat and it appears in the 3:00 to 6:00, 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. time frame that will be the most likely. 95 today and 75 tonight with 92 tomorrow. fewer storms so we're going to be keeping it green on sunday with 90. next week is still looking a little bit unsettled. a couple of storms at the beach also this weekend. unsettled with temperatures in the upper 80s for highs. michael? thank you howard. well it's friday we decided we wanted to celebrate a little bit and put on the dancing shoes. we have some special guests in here this morning. a dance troupe called encore from prince george's county. and joining me now is is that meek what. tell me about encore and you guys are trying to raise some money in weekend. >> we have a fundraiser tomorrow. at laurel high school in laurel, maryland. and it's to raise money for encore to be able to go to

different venues and perform. it's a dance organization. we teach young people to become professional dancers. this is not only you know something that they do for recreation, that is what they breathe, live, eat, they love dance. >> trying to do this as a career and you said you already had national exposure right? >> absolutely, we've been on b. e. t. and going back to b. e. t. on august 8th for a competition. really excited and the proceeds from this will lets us get@places and hopefully come back as winners. >> go and get a sample right now. if you love them go and see them this weekend. here we go. let's step aside so we can watch. ♪ ♪ ♪

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it is 6:53. this friday morning. we're looking at 79 muggy degrees here in washington out now. 91 by noon and a couple of strong thunderstorms this afternoon. drive home temp 93. today is friday. july 27th. and here's a check of the news

before you go. a man upset at being cut in line stabbed another person yesterday at the post office in colesville, maryland. now police say the victim is in serious but not life- threatening condition. the man police say did the stabbing, is in custody but not yet charged. the project to rebuild 18th street in adams mar gone is finally -- morgan is finally done. mayor gray is going to cut the ribbon today to celebrate wider sidewalks and better lighting there. it took $7 million and took a year and a half. michael morse drove in two runs last night as part of the hit parade for the nationals. they beat the brewers 8-2. the nats have won six games in a row. and are tied for the best record in baseball. 6:54. time now to reveal the answer to the question of the morning, here it was once again --

>> the answer it turns out is b., forgetting change in the vending machine. i'm going to now check that little -- >> $5 million? >> area from now on. >> that's a lot of dough. all right one more check of traffic and weather when 9news now returns. keep it here.

welcome back. we're looking at another hot day today. not as hot as yesterday. 95 some afternoon storms best chance of that south of town. we'll be watching that and a couple of storms possible any afternoon for the next seven as temperatures drop into the upper 80s next week. one slow spot on the northbound side of 395 in landmark. and that's really it. in fact, let me prove it to you from our sky 9 shot in the beltway near 66. >> nice. >> looks great. jess? well, mike actually?

>> "cbs this morning" is up next. we're talking about the olympics and bruce springsteen and we have the encore group. >> tomorrow night 7:00 p.m. laurel high school encore's annual showcase. >> all right. that's a great thing for people to do this weekend. we're going to be back in 25 minutes right? >> with a live update on traffic and weather. >> and all weekend long get the weather on the go. download the free app. >> and we're going to see you monday morning right at 4:25. have a great day and great weekend. >> wave everybody. take care. >> have a good weekend. >> bye! [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ]