lanes open in each direction traveling between laurel and the d. c. lionel. take it inside and update the ride elsewhere. southbound along 270. lanes are open now through south. no incidents to report right now as you continue southbound good gaithersburg into rocksville. that's a check of the fox 5 morning news. >>> all right julie, thank you very much. new this morning, a gunman is dead after police say he shot and killed seven people including his daughter and ex- girlfriend.

the city of laurel was brought up because we saw a problem. the ongoing dialogue with yellowstone county, i don't think it was even mentioned in the dialogue today so they can say local officials are still not openly included. i would say all parties seem to be working for this, for the clean-up this going to be, i hasn't had that date at all. and the one thing that we have not known in the county is what are the rules and what standards are we going after. we've also involved our extension agent who works with all thing a cultural land owners. and we asked him to get involved. i was with your louisiana county commissioners. i was with the florida county commissioners. and county commissioners along the gulf states. as they were talking about oil clean-up. the one thing that the national association of county's and also county commissioners on the gulf state and everyone that has had oil spills have talked about is we need policies under the pollution act. we believe the federal agencies that do oversee o.p.a. must be required to consult and c

southern city of laurel was right to call them say they had real concerns. their concerns were very legitimate. they were that and moved on because it was high water and you couldn't get anybody on the river. but i really do think that when the local government, deity municipality, to be at the county cause, we've really do need to get into and look at what could have happened in the future and i think one thing we are looking at now is we haven't had flooding like this since 1978, naturally in the health area back in 1998. so i think we all became a little uneasy with the drought do we need to beef it up and everyone needs to respond to high waters. >> thank you very much. i turned to senator vitter. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for this hearing. this is very important because the event is very significant. as the louisianians i take great interest because we have a sea of many, many pipelines with the same potential vulnerability. i have several questions for mr. pruessing. mr. pruessing, there's been a lot of conflicting timing on how long it too

lanes open in each direction traveling between laurel and the d. c. lionel. take it inside and update the ride elsewhere. southbound along 270. lanes are open now through south. no incidents to report right now as you continue southbound good gaithersburg into rocksville. that's a check of the fox 5 morning news. >>> all right julie, thank you very much. new this morning, a gunman is dead after police say he shot and killed seven people including his daughter and ex- girlfriend. police say rodrick dantzler opened fire in? two homes before leading police on a high speed chase, crashing his car and taking hostages. the standoff ended when dantzler shot himself to death. the three hostages were not hurt. >>> in texas, mexican national humberto leal was put to death for rape asking killing 16 -- raping and killing a 16-year- old girl. he was entitled to legal advice from the mexican consummate through a three -- consulate from a treaty. and potentially put u.s. citizens at risk of similar treatment. sarah in. >>> all right, this morning we know the florida mom cl

. >> thank you >> lehrer: now, newshour correspondent tom bearden reports from laurel, montana, on the big oil spill in the yellowstone river. >> reporter: for the last week, contractors have been working 12 hours a day laying down what look like oversized paper towels on the standing water next to the yellowstone river. they're trying to soak up some of the estimated 42,000 gallons of crude oil that flowed out of an exxonmobil pipeline last friday night where it crossed under the river near town of laurel, about 17 miles west of billings. the sheets absorb oil, but not water. they're replaced when they've soaked up their fill of crude. the crews also are laboriously hand cleaning t grass and shrubs along the bank. exxonmobil pipene company president gary preussing says thrupture of the pipeli known as the silvertip came as a surprise. preussing says the company had done a comprehensive inspection at the end of last year. >> we had been working with the city of laurel, who had actually asked us to look at this particular crossing, to stand engineering analysis, and work back and do add

. >>> in laurel, maryland, a bad accident has shut down part of the baltimore-washington parkway. two medevac helicopters were called to air, lift people out of there. we're told four people were injured. it appears at least one car went off the road and into the woods. it is not clear yet just how many cars were involved. again, this is along the parkway near route 170 in laurel. >>> stopped traffic for close to an hour to the flyover ramp to interstate 95. that's in beltsville this evening. a man was changing a tire when he was hit by a car. the accident caused a chain reaction including one car that caught fire. five people were taken to the hospital. two children included. the man who was changing the tire died from his injuries. >>> synthetic marijuana was outlawed in virginia back in march, but the police say that didn't stop from selling it for months afterwards. derrick ward is there more with this recent fwhauft happened apparently a few blocks from the school, derrick. >> reporter: indeed it did, jim. in false plaza in falls church, and they're cleosed now but the did op

. >> simone laurel anotaba el único gol del partido y el conjunto teuton avanza a la segunda fase. >>>> shacha jugador de la nba su prometido. >> eso es información deportiva le saludo enrrique gutiérrez y ahora con guillermo quiroz y el pronóstico del tiempo . >> gracias buenas noches y arlyn con una depresión tropical en el norte de veracruz y en nuestra región cálido y agradable. >> fin de semana extendido condiciones estupendas entre 68° mañana y aumenta la temperaturas el domingo y lunes estupendo en la línea costera . >> san josé 85°. >> hay más detalles mañana buenas noches regresamos. >> una breve pausa y ya volvemos sabia que los fumadores son dos veces más propensos a dejar el cigarrillo. >> txt stop ofrece un mensaje para nodarse por vencido el 50% de los que reciben estos mensajes deja el cigarrillo. >> pronto se traducira a otros idiomas. >> según el censo hay déficit de hombres. >> el número de caballeros entre 30 y 34 años de edad disminuyo disminuyó:y la cifra de mujeres también cayó pero mucho menos. >> hoy la resecion los ahuyento.

laurel, you're coming in at 71. here is a look at live doppler 9000 hd, around the beltway, we're look good. but some mist to the south of 66 around warrenton and in between around fredericksburg as well. highs for today, lower 90s in downtown. manassas, 94. and frederick, you're warming up to 90 degrees. annapolis in the lower 90s. here's anny with a look -- angie with a look at your timesaver traffic. >> happy thursday to you. starting off the 5:00 hour with the green light. not too much going on as we take a wide view of our maps here. want to show you the outer loop a little closer. everyone appears to be moving at speed as we take a closer look, you notice the green car is out there, tells drivers moving at a great pace past university. a good example across the capital beltway. keeping things going back to the map. we'll keep it in maryland to take you over to 270, show you the southbound trip out of the germantown area or even before that past 109. still seeing a lot of taillights, not stacking up just yet. l

the city of laurel is above where the break was.all of them were shut down early in the wee hours of the morning on that saturday morning back bang exxon was already on board. epa and the state were in route and the response was immediate. of the july 4 weekend became a real-life disaster in our county. the cleanup process was underway. at this time, it was very evident that a local government was informed but not involved in decisions and the next steps of what was going on. epa took charge with samples and results, slow to come taking four to seven days. there -- they are still waiting for sample results. the public, especially the land owners, were upset over the unknown. on day 3, i asked to be at the table. it was agreed that the county would sit on the board. sampling and cleanup was still left to the epa. exxon did take our suggestions. we provided mapping and the landowners names. contacted our residents. i asked every agency to have a person on the phone and face-to- face meetings with the public. exxon had briefings david,

a lot of phones loaned the streets and this is the start of the full day of holiday activities in laurel, including a classic car show and fireworks. fortunately, there were people who thought ahead and made sure to have plenty of water on hand to keep cool. >> and what -- lockouts? the sports world is buzzing and lindsay muffy is standing by with a look at what is ahead on nissan sports extra. >> reporter: the d.c. united and u.s. women played today. a historic and exciting day for the neighbors, 18 innings of baseball, to be exact and a new goal tender in up to coming up next. and we'll see you then. that is it for our portion. fox 5 news is always on www.myfoxdc.com. keep it here, nissan sports extra is a few minute away. see you at 6, 10, and 11. ce

national, still 81 degrees before midnight. 79 at children's hospital in the district, 78 leesburg, laureligh of 93. koehler off to the west, with showers. doppler radar, showers beginning to bubble up across washington, allegany counties, the panhandle across west virginia. showers the ground overnight, part of the cold front of to the north and west. will bring thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. 76 pittsburgh, 74 charleston, dew point increasing. tomorrow morning will feel a lot different than right now, lots more sticky outside because the level continues to increase. the frontal system dropping severe weather across ohio, lower michigan during the early evening. the frontal system stalls to the south and east tomorrow into the fourth of july. fairly confident it will remain y for the fireworks monday night. forecast, not so bad, chance of thunderstorms. clearing for the day monday. future-cast, the next 48 hours, showers move through, another line of storms to more. once this balz to the south, the skies clear, should be relatively quiet for the fourth of july. mostly cloudy tonight, is

and it's 70 in columbia laurel and andrew's air force base. 71 in alexandria, and regan airport, cloudy skies. the dew points are way up there in the upper 60s. muggy is in. the boundary slipping through with the front overnight. that's why the winds are northerly tonight. the threat of thunderstorms will be with us, especially on south side of town as we get into the afternoon and evening hours. you can see at 5:00, most of the stuff south of us, by 9:00, most of the stuff well southeast of us. that's why i think we are in good shape for the fireworks tonight. today, 92, but scattered storms. isolated storms tomorrow. 90 wednesday, 91 again. a stray thunderstorm cannot be ruled out. 93 degrees both say says with the scattered afternoon storms. the weekend, not much of a change. highs in the lower 90s. kris sneed over to you. >> howard, like your forecast says, the skies are clear, and so are my roads. 395 northbound into the district right now, up to the 14th street bridge, nice and clear. moving over to the beltway in virginia, inner and outer loop looking good. no problems there. ici

. >>> there is a well-known young woman from laurel who has been missing since saturday. the dismembered body was found outside the apartment where she had been living after graduating from law school. a neighbor, steven mcdaniel is now a person of interesting. he said that he new here and that he was in her apartment the day she disappeared. >>> washington d.c. police officer accused of killing a woman while leaving her infant daughter in a hot car has been formally indicted on murder charges. a grand jury has filed charges against 41-year-old richmond phillips for the deaths of 20- year-old ryana wright and the 20-month-old. they were found dead in stream valley park. >>> and alexandria man is suing washington d.c. police and he's getting help from the aclu. he said that the police violated his civil rights last summer when they detained him from taking photos from a traffic stop. he said that they could not photograph police officers without they are permission. >>> the holiday weekend has officially started. and anny hong is in for topper. >>> clear skies and a light

in laurel, including a classic car show and fireworks. part of the job out here, fortunately, because of all the heat, was trying to keep cool and lots of water, as you can see in order today. >> and montgomery county fire chief is reminding people who live there that all fireworks are illegal. having them or setting them off can result in the fine of up to $1,000 jail time. you can still see some great displays in montgomery county. on the 4th, there is that fireworks display in the county fair ground. montgomery college in rockdale and albert einstein high school as well. >> police are keeping a close eye out for drug drivers this weekend. seven agencies throughout the region will conduct the patrols starting tonight and you can see the list of agencies that will be out and they're calling it extra eyes for dwis. >>> it was the kind of weather today that made you want to do something outside. with barbeques, parties and fireworks displays on the line, the weather team has the work cut out thissing with. no pressure, my friend. >> report

saturday night near o'hara and laurel.year-old boy was also shot and airlifted to the hospital. >>> 47-year-old santiago is expected to enter a plea that he killed someone. a woman's body was found stuffed in a garbage bag in in sunnyvale neighborhood. investigators want to know a motive but it appears the accused killer knew the victim. he worked as a jan ter at san jose's -- jan tour at the east bay -- janitor at the hp pavilion. >>> today police will hold a news conference and announce three suspects believed to be connected to three murders and as well as other crime in san francisco. >>> the man who confessed to the attacks that killed 93 people in norway will appear in court today. the judge ordered breivik to appear. breivik said he carried out the attackings to save -- attacks to save norway. if he's accused of a bomb attack at a government building and also a shooting massacrant the youth -- massacre youth camp. >> his father said she's ashamed and disgusted by his son's attacks. he believes his son should have ta

. >> i'm happily married and my life and -- wife and i live around laurel village. we have two children, five around they. we are proud parents and now just excited to be here on the board. i think i'm in the middle. i'm a moderate person. fiscal fiscally conservative and that is the way i intend to practice what i preach here. in terms of getting into politics, i think for me it was really that reasons. first being from here, i think that was part of my own motivation, feeling a sense of roots in san francisco. also raising our children here. i think we went through as a young family the discussion and dialogue that many young families go through. should we move to the suburbs? away decided to stick around and we are very happy we did. once you stick around i think it was a turning point to say we are here for good. what can we do to make this place better? there were a lot of lessons to be learned in running a race in san francisco. a few that stick out, money does matter. raising money. that is a simple, somewhat unfortunate fact if you want to be candidate. most

the laurel, maryland native was reported missing, a local person was a person of interest in the case, he said he searched for her. >> we went in, there was no sign of a struggle or that anybody had broken in. just nothing, just she was gone. all of her stuff was there, her id was there, her wallet was there, but she -- she was just gone. >> reporter: police released no information about the cause of death but have included a search of a nearby landfall in their investigation. the neighbor says he saw something on her computer. >> she said she was afraid in her apartment that she thought somebody had tried to break in on thursday night. and that -- she was afraid to stay in there. >> reporter: steven mcdaniel was later arrested as a suspect in an unrelated burglary. and police have not identified the second person they consider of interest, back to you andrea. >>> thank you pat. >>> the family of lauren giddings laid flowers outside her apartment today. >>> and a man shot to death, a police officer punched in the face during a club fight in rosedale around 1:30 this morning, one of th

so the giants not resting on their laurels are making deals, not big ones, but just to show they're right. >>> the as on the road already in a play for next year, carlos guillen, whistling one past conor jackson, they gave him an error, it's 1-0. yeah. he just got in there. and then cabrera sparked a six- run 5th inning for the tigers. 8-3, detroit knocking off bob melvin and the oakland athletics. >>> following the recent tragedy of a man falling from the upper deck to his death in arlington texas, the rangers have taken steps so that that does not happen again or at least they hope not. they've raised railings from 34 inches to 42 inches and have put signs and stickers all over the ballpark, letting fans know not to lean over the railings. the rangers say they have the highest railings now in major league baseball. >>> michael vick's comeback continues off the field. he was on capitol hill today, shaking some hands and working alongside the humane society to introduce a new anti- dogfighting bill. he is pushing some tougher laws against dogfighting, including a bill that would make it i

people were hurt when the car they were in flew off the road and into the woods near route 197 in laurel. all four were flown to the hospital in serious condition. investigators are still piecing together what led to that crash. >>> one man is dead after he was hit by a car while changing a tire on the beltway. the accident stopped traffic on the 495 for nearly four hours yesterday. he was struck on the flyover ramp on 495. all together, five people were taken to the hospital, two of them children, after a chain reaction crash. >>> police why michigan are investigating a shooting spree that left eight people dead, including the gunman. it happened in grand rapids, michigan, which is in the western part of the state. police say roderick dansler shot four people in one home, then three others on the other side of town. he then took three people hostage inside an apartment, holding them for hours. police were trying to negotiate with him, and dansler released one hostage before turning the gun on himself. he was recently released from prison, but police do not know his motives for the shoot

laurel, you got hot humid weather, a mix of clouds and sunshine and what looks like slightly unstableir as the clouds billow up a little bit. we see no showers on the radar. towson just a generally blue sky with a few puffy cumulus clouds. annapolis seering sunshine but good day for sailors to be out and about. maryland's most popular radar showing very little. what little we have down here on the lower eastern shore but most of us said all clear. you can see across baltimore, hagerstown, washington, there's a few stray showers. that's probably a sea breeze. that ocean breeze hitting that hot humid air. 91 in baltimore, easton, dulles. that's hot around the baltimore national area and the humidity high, but highest as you go further south. 73, something like you see out of new orleans. heat indexes, plus the humidity. mid-80s, low 80s but feeling like mid-90s. very little activity, just a little bit of sea breeze shower activity on the coast of delaware. more widely scattered showers. this is a class sec summer pattern. it is drier in the upper midwest, area of high pressure over ohio

this is the camera in laurel maryland. a great look at the sunrise. clouds, a clearing.ack to the clouds. the overhead we have kind of the filteredt sun shine th. thin cloud cover. we had morning storms yesterday that dumped significant rainfall. in montgomery county the highest accumulation is 1.81 inches in chevy chase. 1.61 1.37 and just over 1 inch in falls church. mid 80s. there is the filtered sun shine. nothing really happening locally in terms of showers or thunderstorms. some action in kentucky. even a little bit in ohio, moving east. this is all being triggered by some upper level energy pushing our way. as that gets over our area by the early and mid afternoon we're expecting some thunderstorms develop -- to develop a one two storms could become strong to severe. but we're not expecting any widespread severe outbreaks like what we had yesterday. just some isolated downpours with lightning included. that is the biggest threat. the prediction center has the slight risk of severe storms mainly south of the metro area. by fireworks time, most of these storms shoul

in laurel, 82 degrees and the dew point temperature is 47. dry air is in place which gives as a relative humidity of only 29%. it feels good outside despite being a little on the one side this afternoon with highs near 90. the humidity is down and this is what i like to call the jealous cam. we are all jealous watching everybody walk the boardwalk. this is at the boardwalk plaza hotel in rehoboth . temperatures and humidity will be fought over the weekend including the shoreline. we can see some water temperatures. 78 degrees in the bay and 79 degrees off the pax river. comfortable water temperatures and it is refreshing in the atlantic. a lot of sunshine for the beach tomorrow with highs in the mid 80's and increasing humidity and heat. there's a slight chance of storm sunday into monday. does not just the heat but the humidity but the humidity is down now. if you can be and the 40's 4 the dew point in july, it feels good outside. it is kind of a dry heat we have today. that will be changing as the wind shifts up to the south. the nearest cl

look what's going on in laurel today. it was your independence day parade. all of you were outside enjoying it. they're so much fun. remember to wear your spf. tomorrow will be the stormiest day of the holiday weekend. yeah, you want to know, when is rain going to happen? let's talk about it. will it rain this holiday weekend? yes, it is going to. it is likely going to happen tomorrow. that is the best chances for showers and thunderstorms. about a 50% chance. then we'll push that rain threat south on july 4th, with an isolated chance here. but i don't think it will happen. thunderstorms again south of d.c. you folks down there in fredericksburg, maryland, not as lucky. let's look at where the thunderstorms are. not very many at all. right across the pennsylvania line, drifting southeast at 15 miles an hour, affecting allegheny county, maryland, for the most part. other than that, we're in good shape. i don't think we're going to have too much activity tonight in the thunderstorm department. as for the numbers, sterling is 91. we're 92. 86 down quantico way.

. >> it's over in laurel heights wood chuck antiques.here is victor's antique light nothing the bay view area. both of those are if you look under lighting in the yellow pages you will find wood chuck and victors. our last display is the old heater, which we see many of you have these in your homes. and once again it's a piece of moving equipment requires maintenance has to be taken ark part now and then. has a single screw you losen it, take it ark part, lubricate it, clean it, put it back together. buildings require general maintenance. it's not a big deal. you put the screw back in and it's another 5

. >>> right now, the family of a laurel, maryland, woman is coming to grips with her murder. investigators in macon, georgia, says a dismembered body found near an apartment is 27-year-old laura griding. right now, a person of interest is in custody. however, police have not yet charged steven mcdaniels with murder. giddings just graduated from law school and was studying to take her bar exam. >>> many across the country are in disbelief over the not guilty verdict in the casey anthony trial. the jury determined she did not kill her 2-year-old daughter. tomorrow, they'll sentence her for lying to police. karen brown has the latest from orlando, florida. >> reporter: casey anthony could walk free within 24 hours. >> we the jury find the defendant not guilty. >> a jury of seven women and five men cleared her of murder. while the panel decided not to explain their decision, an alternate juror believed it was some sort of horrific accident. >> they didn't prove there was a murder. >> heckler was juror number 14. he said after more than a month of testimony, the prosecution did no

on laurel road in o'hara avenue. another shooting victim was found nearby and airlifted to john muir medical center. his condition is unknown. police detained a suspect and he is being questioned but no arrests have been made. they are still searching for more suspects. >> two men are under arrest in san francisco tonight in connection with the shooting of a 11-year-old girl. a stray bullet went through the wall of a home where the girl was spending the night. lisa amin gulezian reports from the western addition. >> we don't know why it happened. why more bullet entered our house. >> last night the whole family was caught in the crossfire of what police are calling a gang fight. a group of young men were standing at the corner of laguna and eddie around midnight when an argument started. one pulled out a gun and started fire. two straight bullets came through the house. >> up here and the window and hit her. >> his niece is in stable but critical condition at the hospital. she was visiting for a few days. she was get

but laurel is back to 57. than you see the influence ofboth the bay and urban heat island effect. now by the chesapeake bay, and by the severn river annapolis holding at 65. and in the confines of the dc -- d.c. beltway they are holding at 71. big contrast in temperatures and i will tell you, i would rather be out in the country with fresh cool air a nice morning and we will warm up once we get the sun up in a half-hour's time frame. clear skies this morning and we will look for a few high clouds mixed in this afternoon. but overall, we will heat it up a little bit. yesterday it was 86 and pushing 89 and we will talk about the 90s this weekend coming up. hereton yo with a -- -- here's tonya with traffic. >> reporter: no major incidents on the highway. we are going to look at 50 at sandy point. we have our commuters moving westbound towards annapolis. that's where most of the traffic is now. we have a few smart people going eastbound getting an early start at the toll plaza to go to the eastern shore. we have some construction that has been wrapped up. 359 northbound at mlk is flow

. >>> a laurel family received news today that they had been dreading. investigators have determined that a body found last week in macon, georgia, is that of lauren giddings. she just graduated from law school. her neighbor is a person of interest in her case. >>> video cameras becoming an increasing important law tool capturing people committing crimes. what about when police are on the other side of the lens and images of them making arrests are posted online. as our matt jablow shows us, it can lead to quite the controversy. >> reporter: there seems to be a new one every day. a video posted online of somebody being arrested often with force. just in the past few months here in washington we had the five people arrested by u.s. park police at the jefferson memorial protesting a ban on dancing. the man in the wheelchair arrested by metro transit police and now a man being arrested by dc police in the petworth neighborhood after appearing to challenge one officer to a fight. the videos often get a significant number of views online but the question is a

this is a live shot of the bw parkway at laurel route 198, a serious accident shutting down both the north and southbound lanes of the bw parkway. a vehicle carrying four people somehow crashed and ended up in the woods there. all four people are in critical condition at the hospital at this moment no, word what caused this accident. we'll continue to stay on top of this and will pass along more information as we get it. >>> meanwhile a tense hostage situation happening in michigan as we speak. rodrick dantzler suspected in a shooting spree is trying to hold off police at this hour. he is holding one hostage now. he released another hostage under an hour ago. dantzler is suspected of killing seven people today, five adults and two children, and then leading miss on a high speed chase through grand -- police on a high speed chase through grand rapids. police have the suspect surrounded and are warning people in the area to stay inside no, word on any motive or relationship dantzler may have had with any of the victims. >>> a manassas homeowner has minor injuries after a home invasion

. >>> in oakland, one man was shot and killed, in the area of laurel and o'hara streets. police officers found one man shot inside a vehicle. he was pronounced dead at the scene. another man was also found shot nearby. he was taken to walnut creek. police say a possible suspect is being questioned right now, but they are still looking for more suspects. >>> two men have been arrested after an 11-year-old girl was shot last night in the western section of san francisco. the girl identified only as linda by her uncle is in critical but stable condition at san francisco general hospital. police say a group of men were arguing when one of them pulled out a gun and started firing. one of the bullets went into an apartment striking the girl in the chest. the victim's uncle said he heard six to seven shots. two of the bullets hitting his apartment. his niece came out of the room to tell him she had been shot. >> it's about waist high from these doors. so if she's a child, at least the shoulder, near the lung. and went through her, exited her and went through the wall. >> as for

in the town of laurel, montana. and near the end of a 55-mile pipeline. the water flowing away from yellowstone park has carried the oil past the city of billings. the extent of the environmental damage remains unclear. local wildlife officials restored water to the town overnight friday. and exxon officials assessing the spill from the air, insist ground crews are safe. >> we have not had any safety issues with any of the people or the responders. we also know that air quality is a concern to many people. we began air quality monitoring right after the incident. and i want to confirm that we have not found any readings that would be of any danger to the public. >> officials speculate that debris carried by high water from spring runoff may have caused the rupture. and already, images of wildlife slicked in oil are prompting advocacy groups to question federal safety regulations. >> there's very little to indicate that the conditions that caused the failure were ones that should not have been anticipated by the pipeline operators. >> reporter: the spill c

oil coats the riverbanks around the city of billings and the town of laurel, and that's where we find george lewis tonight. good evening, george. >> reporter: good evening, kate. behind me you see some of the workers involved in the cleanup. montanans love their great outdoors and they're not too happy tonight that part of it is fouled with oil. exxon says it has more than 200 people working on cleaning up the oil spill, but about 1,000 barrels of crude, 42,000 gallons worth, were released into the yellowstone river. enough oil to fill five tanker trucks. >> i want to personally apologize to all the people affected by this. >> reporter: workers are putting up 40,000 feet of protective boom to try to keep the oil from fouling more of the riverbank. >> right now we're not worried about how many dollars we're spending. right now we're worried about getting in and responding to the damage and making sure that we can clean up. >> reporter: officials speculate that strong floodwaters on the yellowstone river may have slammed debris into the pipeline rupturing it and causing the spill. >> i

but certain that the dismembered remains they found on thursday are those of lauren giddings from laurel, maryland. authorities no longer consider giddings a missing person. giddings neighbor is behind bars as a person of interest in the case after telling reporters he was inside her apartment shortly after she disappeared. >>> showers are moving through the dc area tonight so the question is, will they stick around for the rest of the holiday weekend? annie is here with the forecast. how is it looking? >> a possibility of scattered showers and thunderstorms for tomorrow. we saw a few go through this evening. very light as you can see right here through loudoun county and frederick earlier tonight. we are seeing mostly cloudy conditions. you see the clouds have moved in. so tomorrow as you are heading out the door, you have to bring the umbrella just in case. the temperatures are warm and very mild outside. lower 80s in downtown. 80 annapolis. 75 in fredericksburg and 79 in winchester. not a whole lot of cooling overnight. partly to mostly cloudy and mild. a few showers possible. lows wi

. >>> police in georgia believe the dismembered remains they found on thursday are those of laurel giddings from maryland. steven mcdaniel is in custody as a person of interest in the case. he was detained after saying he was in her apartment shortly after she disappeared. >>> a fight is underway for the final resting place for many americans. >> ever the alleged mismanagement at arlington cemetery in the wake of revelations last fall that the burial map didn't match grave sites. one site had remains of eight people instead of one. >> our time is 4:37. at 4:41, the possibility of tax revenue has some states reconsidering their bans on fireworks. >>> a local police union filing a suit against lawmakers. >> we are back with weather in 2 minutes. you're watching 9 news now. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can he

ellicott city at 706789 upper 60s to laurel and westminster. sykesville around 71. hour by hour forecast brings us to 87 very humid going into lunchtime. and that continues going throughout the day. 92 for a high. t's se it over to tonya. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the sun is up and people are getting up and out the door. we are starting to get some volume on the outer loop, but no incidents to report. that's always good news. let's look on the northwest side. 695 at liberty road. outer loop to the left. as being see there's volume there. but it's moving. that's good news inner loop is doing fine. right now the only accident harford county joppa road south of pulaski highway, that's in the cleanup stages. the beltway is moving well. we have some construction downtown on charles street just south of pratt left lane closed. back to you. >>> if you plan a trip to a area water way soon, you want to stick around. >> this is for you. you may be surprised to hear what we have learned about maryland state parks and lifeguarding policy following the 4th of july

i graduated from laurel high school, which is the school where the majority of students are students of color. apart from my caucasian friend, i don't think a single one of my friends came from a non-immigrant family. the other thing growing up in this climate is how polarizing the issue is. it seems like there has been a battle between people who are pro immigration and people who are anti-immigration. but i think, especially seeing all the faces here, just putting faces on this issue makes it so there aren't two sides to this people, that there are two grooms of people opposed to each other. somewhere down the line, all of us came here at some point, except the native americans. but yeah, i think like my mom said, just getting our voice out there, really are part of the same society, and i think our society has faced a real moral crisis where we have family values that are opposed to what our policies and laws say, and we are splitting up families. i have friends who were born here and don't speak a word of spanish and could be deported and couldn't communicate with anyone. i think

that started late yesterday afternoon on euclid avenue in the city's laurel heights neighborhood. dozens of firefighters were on the scene for several hours. no one was hurt but the fire caused major damage. one person tells us that a plumber accidentally started the fire while using a torch to fix a leak in his bathroom. >>> commuters in the south bay that used the valley transportation authorities light rail system can stay connected on the go. free 4g wi-fi is available on its system. >>> this morning the clock is ticking down on the borders bookstore chain unless there is a dramatic rescue of the company by 5:00 p.m. on sunday. there are five bay area stores still open. the ones in sunnyvale, palo alto, vacaville, and the stone galleria are the ones that survived the bankruptcy in february if. those stores could be shut down ifly question day tour takes -- lick question --ly question day tour takes over. >> it will leave shopping centers with empty stores and thousands of people without jobs. >>> city workers in oakland are set to lose their jobs in the next couple of week as

security boulevard accident is over on right. 95 southbound at 216 accident on the left shoulder in laurel. charley. >> thanks a lot. >>> in health news, since 1977, the obesity rate in the u.s. has doubled. a study points to us why this might be happening. we are eating 600 rail ris more pee -- calories more perper day than 19-- per day than in 1977. we are snacking more. doctors say that 570 calories a day is nearly 4,000 per week and that's equivalent to an extra pound each week. >>> as the temperature rises youspend more time in the sun which could lead to sunburn. there isn't too much to do to releave the pain, but doctors may have found a answer why it hurts. they have isolated a molecule that triggers pain and found a molecule and they activated the sensory pain fiveers to increase blocking the molecule and stop the pain. discovering that could help doctors find a new way to relieve sunburn pain. >>> ona new study says -- a new stud study says having medicaid can improve a person's overall health and security. it counters a perception that having medicaid is like no health insurance

more of the same in laurel. 75 in d.c. and a a list at 69 -- annapolis at 69.ere's the forecast for the rest of today. by lunchtime, the temperatures around 88 degrees. 92 is what i forecast for four and here's the forecast for this evening. around 81 at 9, fireworks show, chance for showers and scattered in nature. let's send it back to you. >> all right. no holiday for the jurors in the casey anthony trial. >> that's right. jurors expected to begin deliberations after prosecutors make the final rebuttal argument and that's expected later today. >>> we know tonight fireworks will light up the night sky in baltimore. but, in some states, there's no show. why fireworks were canceled in certain communities. >>> that certainly won't be the case here at the inner harbor. a huge fireworks show was planned for tonight as always. i am linda so, what else to do with your family throughout the day in downtown. ♪ [ female announcer ] everybody loves that cushiony feeling. uh oh. i gotta go. [ female announcer ] and with charmin ultra soft, you can get that same cushiony