the heaviest rain is north of the mason-dixon line in pennsylvania. if we will get clipped in western maryland and west virginia within the next 45 minutes or so. locally, we don't have any rainfall. 75 degrees in the district, 17 gaithersburg, 67 in martinsburg. you will notice the humidity. near 100 expected today. hot and sticky. find a swimming pool this afternoon. it will feel like 105-109. it will start to cool down over the next few days. that's the good news. >> thanks so much. 5:12, 71 degrees outside. >> we remain optimistic. coming up, new details on the movie theater shooting in colorado. what we are learning about it is a disturbing package that the accused gunman allegedly >> this is "good morning washington" on your side. >> police are searching for the man who kidnapped the mother of oreos legend cal ripken jr. at gunpoint. 74-year-old violet ripken was abducted tuesday morning from her garage in aberdeen. a man bound and blindfolded her and forced her into the back seat of her car. for 24 hours he drove her around using your credit ca

let's look and heavy rain often are northwest, mainly in pittsburgh and riding north of the mason-dixon line, pushing east. western maryland will get heavy rain later this morning. later on today we have a chance of a few thundershowers here and there, especially north of the metro area, close to pennsylvania and the mason- dixon line. some storms could be severe. the main headline today, hot and humid. it will feel like 105-109 when you factor in the humidity today. the air temperatures around the century mark. triple digits possible later this afternoon. stray storms possible this aand night. mid to upper 90s tomorrow. now to lisa baden. >> fairfax is decent. 66, 95 395, and the beltway is good at the wilson bridge. 270 northbound after 109, you are looking live at an 18 wheeler upside-down. it rolled over. northbound is blocked between the exit and the on-ramp to 109. the headlights coming at us on the left is southbound out of frederick kempe towards montgomery county. i spoke with maryland state police and they said it's one minor injury and the tractor- trailer is loaded with beer

we could see a few more storms north of them mason-dixon line.eat advisory today meaning it will feel like 105-109 degrees. the actual temperature will be right near 100 and a 30% chance of storms but today. >> it has been a difficult march. in virginia, northbound 395, we will show you a live picture in the geico traffic center camera and the pace is very good right now a washington boulevard. in maryland, we change pictures to show you the beltway at university boulevard which is a collision. everybody is staying to the letter this a live picture of an accident on 270 northbound after 109. 18-wheeler loaded with suds looked over this morning. look at the delay to get northbound. >> cheers! >> 6:43 and 72 degrees. coming up, rg3 talks about playing in the nation's capital. >> we have the very latest on the jackson family drama. >> we take a look at what happened at moments after gunfire broke out at the colorado shooting. police had chaotic conversations between each other in the aftermath of the massacre. >> multiple buttons inside the auditori

so if you are near the mason/dixon line, you could see some pretty good storms here as well and the risk will be slight. that's a chance for the risk of severe weather. moderate, up to the north of us. but we're under a slight risk for the storms. we'll talk more about that and the danieling wind gusts that we could experience by tomorrow. a little bit later, back to you. >> all right, thank you. >>> we have breaking news now on the abduction of cal ripken jr.'s mom. police just released this surveillance video. that's the man that investigators believed that forced them into their own car. and then held her. for almost 24 hours. the woman was returned safe and sound. and she said that the abductor treated her well, evening bringing her cigarettes and food. there is no indication that they had any idea that she was the mother of the same shortstop. >>> police identified the 4- year-old boy who died after the accidental shooting death of the gun. apparently they went on into the pick up truck, they found that loaded gun and pulled the trigger. now, you talked to their family today. what a

that should fall apart when it reaches the mason-dixon line. highs around 97 degrees. heat advisory in effect today. pop-up thunderstorms from about 11:00 a.m. until sunset. some could be strong to severe. that is a possibility and something to keep in mind. warm and humid today. upper 80s for fireworks time. slight chance of a stray storm. now to steve. >> there's an accident in maryland on the b-w parkway northbound near the beltway at good luck road. the northbound parkway is blocked. the accident happened just after the beltway at greenbelt road at 193. you can take route 1 or 95. southbound, everything is open. northbound parkway is the only thing affected right there. look good on the american legion bridge. like a. volume heading over to virginia, in springfield, hov restrictions are lifted. northbound traffic heading toward us. southbound also looks good on this july 4. >> new this morning the investigation under way into an apartment fire that killed a person in southeast washington in the 1600 block of 70. n street john gonzalez is on the scene with more deta

also there's one little cluster storms that will straddle the mason-dixon line.his may get down to frederick. it will stay a little more toward the mason-dixon line inching itself ever so far south. looks like we'll have a better chance for some afternoon storms tomorrow and again on saturday. so the forecast today 100 degrees. yellow alert with a heat advisory. only about 80 for the low tonight with we're talking mid- 70s in the burbs in the cool spots. 95 tomorrow. yellow alerts for the storms friday and saturday with 92 on saturday. sunday storm chances go down. i'm going to keep it off the board but it's about 10s are 20%, high -- 10%, 20%, high around 90. monday and tuesday highs generally in the 80s. >>> dozens of people in district heights, maryland are trying to rebuild their lives after a fire but it could have been a lot worse. >> the fire tore through the garden apartments on rochelle avenue tuesday night. as bruce leshan tells us, no one was hurt all because of some local heroes. >> reporter: i'm bruce less hahn in district heights from blocks away a

could be very strong, especially for folks up here the mason-dixon line. 101 degrees. 105-110.eel like coming back with a vengeance. a break again on sunday. [ male announcer ] we've made verizon fios even easier toto switch to -- and even harder to resist. because now you can move up to fios with no annual contract required. for just $99.99 a month for a year, you'll get a fios triple play and our whole home solution, including a high-speed wireless router, plus a new multi-room dvr and hd set top box free sir six months. upgrade to fios. nono annual contract means nw there's no reason to wait. call 1.888.get.fios. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities welcome to life on f fios. at 800-974-6006 tty/v.

and north of the mason-dixon line. these storms have triggered a severe thunderstorm warning for another maybe 15 minutes or so. up around red line, new york, and glen rock again, north of parkton and over the mason- dixon line. we'll continue to monitor those. those could impact parts of northern baltimore county, carroll county as well. even harford county could see some of those as they start to progress down to the south and southeast over the next maybe hour or two. so we'll continue to keep you posted. anyone who gets one of those will get a bit of a cooldown. that is the positive side of those storms moving through. right now, we're being look -- looking at temperatures at 97 degrees. 99 in d.c. 89 on the shore. and none of us are seeing any cooldown as a result of those showers and storms rolling through here just yet. but we are seeing a little improvement with the heat index. we were up around 107 degrees. that's what it felt like a little while ago. now we're down to 103. small favors, but it's headed in the

moving across the mason dixon line into harford and cecil county. there could be a pop-up shower about any time this day. it's impossible to tell where or when low pressure out of the tennessee valley pushes the boundary to the south. today 88 degrees. a thunderstorm in spots through the afternoon. nothing severe. partly cloudy. 68 overnight. tomorrow looking good. still humid but decreasing humidity. mixture of sun and clouds and a high of 88. pleasant five-day forecast. the add libs are flowing like water down the susquehanna. >> still to come -- >> i hate to see what the commercial break is like. >> want to live a little longer, tri-standing up, we will explain in health watch. [ barks ] [ cat meows ] [ woman ] ♪ i just want to be okay ♪ be okay, be okay ♪ i just want to be okay today - ♪ i just want to know today - [ whistles ] ♪ know today, know today - [ cat meows ] - ♪ know that maybe i will be okay ♪ [ chimes ] travelers can help you protect the things you care about... and save money with multi-policy discounts. are you getting the coverage

it wasn't until i cracked the mason dixon line, that i realized what i was doing was not real barbecue. believe me, they told me. >> take a little of that korean sauce. finish it with some toasted sesame, and that is some mighty fine chicken wings. >> the day i die is the day i stop learning about barbecue. >> we'll use some raman moe crust. little bit of olive oil. you make a rub of kosher salt, smoked paprika and season the corn with that. and right on the grill. what we have here is a st. louis cut of ribs. we rubbed it, smoked this for four and a half to five hours and it's finished. then we just give it a little bit of glaze of our sauce and we cut it. now, that's a beautiful rib. so this corn is done. you see how it's popped? perfect. little more seasoning. then you roll it around in the cheese. we have some barbecue ribs. we have some grilled corn with smoked paprika and romano, little bit of corn bred and coleslaw, it's one of my favorite dishes. >> one truly american kwi seen. it's big hunks of meet. it's comradery. it's a good time. what's not to love? >> makes me glad i'm no

the vast majority of clear skies will be run along the mason- dixon line. chicago is back into the 80's today. jackson in and 90's and denver, 75. >> we are appreciating a break from those temperatures. these pictures are just coming into our newsroom. these are live pictures from news choppers seven flying above fredericksburg, virginia. you can see the damage caused by the powerful storm and is bird's-eye view. we will continue to survey the damage and recovery efforts. we will have the latest reports on abc7 news starting at 5:00 p.m. >> what has culminated into a police shootout has left someone dead. >> this was the scene on the road in mount vernon for several hours this morning. just before 11:30 p.m. last night, fairfax police said two of their officers on patrol saw two men acting suspiciously. they approach the men and one of them ran off forcing police to chase them down. >> at some point, the suspect produced a handgun and began firing toward the officers. >> one of the officers was able to grab his gun and shot back, hitting the suspect. that m

we have heat advisories north of the mason dixon line up the 95 corridor. it is 86 degrees. that's not our noon temperature. it will hit that in a minute or so. we'll be closer to 90 this lunch hour. it already feels like 92. we have a graphic showing you what i think is the biggest story, what's it going to feel like the next few days. by the way, this is round four of big hit. it's going to feel like 95 today with a forecast high of 93. the next two days looking 100 squarely in the face. 105 tuesday, 108 wednesday. why is t goimg -- while it's going to be hotter wednesday opposed to tuesday is simple, that much more humidity and discomfort. the air is going south in a big way too. we'll have air advisories to go along with this. round number four, you know it won't be the last, we will deal with it. some refreshing weather coming our way, but it's going to take until the weekend to get here. that's coming up shortly. >> we urge you to stay with wjz for first warning weather coverage of this heat waive and others. for the latest conditions go to wjz.com. >>> right now a man

it will stall out real close to the mason-dixon line. real risk of a scattered shower tonight. and again again on friday, a risk of more rain. some areas could pick up some pretty decent amounts of rain between now and friday. eventually, it will cool down and dry fowsht weekend. looks like a really nice weekend. northeast winds at 5 to ten knots. and the bay temp, 83 degrees. maybe a few widely scattered showers. upper 80s, maybe if we get more sun, as high as 93. but that humanity still with us. more showers possible friday. it will begin to dry out, a high of only 80. it looks like a great weekend, 92 here on monday. denise? >> thank you, bob. >>> the orioles buy tritoned their losing streak on the road. >> they get down and dirty, trying to [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: the new santa fe steak melts. get extra grande flavor with the santa fe steak & bacon melt or add egg for a santa fe steak, bacon & egg melt, perfect for breakfast or any time of day. subway. eat fresh. i'llwait... yeah...eryday valuwell, yeah, b

tomorrow and some more severe storms tomorrow, more so than tonight and the outlook area from the mason dixon line to the deep south. for the weekend, saturday, only about 82 degrees and you want to get rid of the heat, that is your day. lingering showers. it will be cooler and mostly in the morning. sunday looks like a real nice day and with some sunshine and a temperature of 85 degrees. we are busy later tonight and stay with us and check your fox 5 weather app. another round of showers and storms, especially in the afternoon and that scattering in the morning, a few lingering on saturday and in through the weekend into next week, laura, looks like temperatures climb into the low 90s. >> okay. >> and that is warm but not scorching. >> and we have the weekend to cool off. >> that is going to be nice. >> thank you very much. >>> >>> the third major underway. how did tiger woods fair in the first round of the british open? next on the sports edge. [ singing ] >> a owl -- we all know this song by now, call me maybe. marines in afghanistan choreographed their version of the song on the lunch bre

most of the showers stay north of the mason dixon line. as far as the heat, middle of country, look at the 100-degree heat. minneapolis the hundreds, some of this will build east. 98 today, i think 100, 101 with nighttime lows in the 70s and to 80. the hot day, 102 saturday. should be the hottest day, some relief sunday. monika samtani, how about the traffic situation? >> reporter: actually it is a very busy morning this morning. i just got word there are technical problems on the metro green line between prince george's plaza and they are working to set up a shuttle service for you. route 193 you want to watch out for a situation with possibly a pedestrian struck. no hov restrictions to worry about on 270 as you head southbound from frederick down to where the lanes divide. this is nice and light as well. the entire stretch of the beltway between 270 and tyson's corner. back over to our map, this time all the way down to the south side of town. no hov restrictions on 95 or 395. the only place where they are always in effect is route 50 in

curious if there was anything that we could do other than asking our good friends from south of the mason dixon to kind of leave the session, which governor perry has indicated some desire to do, if there's any other success for relieving gridlock today? >> yes, that's an excellent question. hopefully we will not have such an extreme solution, but i think in the second of my points where i it talked about a compelling agenda this is where i tend to see a way forward. i would argue that part of the fact that we are at such a 50/50 in our country right now, election after election being decided by a handful of votes, and even the nearly unprecedented example in 2000 of the loser winning it in the popular vote, that one of the explanations for this is that neither of the parties really has a vision of the american future for the 21st century that a majority of americans find compelling. and so they work on wedge issues, they turn up the volume on this, turn down the heat on that, they're very personal campaigns, so on and so forth, because net of them will look at what's going on in the republican

for us, we are under a slight risk, including the district and points north toward the mason dixon linethe main threat being damaging winds tomorrow. any storms that do pop up tomorrow do have the potential to become strong or severe. very small potential. our future cast showing us lots of sunshine today. it was a gorgeous day today. a lot of people really liking it. here's a look at your future cast where temperatures are really going to rise tomorrow and we have a chance for some popup storms tomorrow. better chances will be on friday as we see some scattered showers and storms. won't be as hot, but still, it's pretty unstable, the atmosphere on friday. saturday, we're looking at more showers and storms potentially and temperatures will be a little cooler. temperatures will be around 100. we could set records tomorrow. code yellow alert because the extreme heat and storm potential. friday, mid 90s with a better chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms. check out your next seven days, saturday and sunday in the lower 90s. still some scattered showers and storms on saturday. sund

again, some of those are severe especially in the mason dixon line area. so the risk for severe weather is in yellow. that does include the entire d.c. metro area. our main threat for any of these storms which could become severe are damaging wind gusts and hail. the heat also is on. the heat advisory is until 8:00 this evening. it is muggy out there. when you factor in the high humidity, it feels like 101 in downtown, 102 manassas, even culpeper 101, annapolis 103, came bridge toward the eastern shore 103. so -- cambridge toward the eastern shore 103, so really uncomfortable. tonight we're expecting partly cloudy conditions, isolated thunderstorms. the lows will fall to the 70s. we are just in day one of our heatwave. i'll let you know how long the heat lasts and our next chance for big storms that could impact your weekend. derek, back to you. >>> we do have a little light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to the recovery from friday's epic storm. all of the power companies in our area say they've restored more than 95% of customers who have been in

and that is going to be south of the mason dixon line in the immediate areas.y for strong winds possibly and heavy rains with these storms, especially wednesday, tomorrow and also thursday. so muggy warm start. no doubt about that. triple digits are possible again. the record high 103. that seems out of reach at this point. strong storms are possible in the afternoon and then strong storms again on thursday, particularly wednesday night into thursday. we'll keep you posted, and we have gone code yellow for wednesday and thursday. overnight, partly cloudy and muggy. exercise in the morning. 72-80. that's as cool as it's going to get and then temps go flying up. by lunch time, temperature up to 94 by lunch time. partly cloudy. it gets hot almost right away. and then by afternoon, very hot. lower temps a hair. 95-100. scattered thunderstorms. some heavy and some severe. to break it down, we're looking at 72-80 to start. 90-94 by noon. 95 to about 100 for the rush hour. alert code yellow, yellow, yellow. why not, we have heat tomorrow with storms, 98. we have stron

evening, again, slight chance for some stray storms, better chances will be north of town toward the mason dixonine and into pennsylvania. see those storms that go through, that's what we are concerned about. now friday morning, looking at partly cloudy conditions and a better chance for showers and storms in our area will be friday afternoon and early friday evening. it is still going to be hot, maybe those storms on friday could become strong or severe. for tonight, no storms, partly cloudy and pleasant. great for a walk, lows 65 to 74 degrees. all right, check out your next three days. tomorrow's high 100. i think a couple records will be challenged. stray storm friday, still hot, 96. better chance for showers and storms. we do have code yellow alert days because the unsettled weather. the weekend, temperatures in the lower 90s. still unsettled potentially for saturday. sunday looks a little better. only a stray storm possible. temperatures in the lower 90s. so, tomorrow, keep tuned into the forecast as we'll see heavy models update. right now, derek, again strongest storms will really be wel

north, ohio, pennsylvania, maybe western and northern maryland if they can slip down south of the mason-dixon line. you notice the orange area to the north. that's the moderate risk area for severe weather. could be big time problems with damaging wind gusts, hail, maybe isolated tornadoes from southern ohio, parts of connecticut and the new york region. they have a better chance north into pennsylvania than we do here. but just want to tell you folks up north, keep an eye on the sky late this afternoon and this evening. as far as our forecast, 93 if not 95 by 3:00. mid, maybe upper 90s for those highs. i pulled them back just a little bit. i think it will be tougher to get to that 100-degree mark which is fine by me. by 9:00 we're still in the low 90s. i'll come back in a few minutes and talk about the thunderstorm chances for tomorrow and the weekend. right now, jc, back to you. >> thank you, howard. >>> well, it is sure to be hot in ashburn, virginia, because the redskins are kicking off training camp today. training camp is open to the public through august 14. there is no, camp, however,

and most of the storms really did stay north of town as we were anticipating, basically near the mason dixone. most of these severe thunderstorm watches have been drawn. the only places still up include anne arundel county and prince george's county until 1:00 this morning. so here's a look at those areas where you can see most of it has been dropped. anne arundel county and prince george's until 1:00 this morning. up north into carroll county  and baltimore we do have a flash flood warning until 2:00 this morning, and those warnings are in effect because of the storm that did go through. around town, now we see la plata, you've got some storms coming through as well, out toward waldorf and north beach but none of these storms are severe right now, and i don't expect them to become severe. here's a look at the radar and lightning. boy did we see some pretty good storms come through, but a lot of it is staying to the north of us because the cold front has stalled north. if you see, we're looking at some areas of showers and storms, again just south of the district. la plata, you're looking

, isolated tornadoes of the gern the worst of it will -- the worst of it will stay north of the mason-dixon line. watch what happens in the afternoon and evening hours. you see showers and storms erupt here, come across the region. we may see an isolated shower or storm overnight. then on friday we're going to see more showers and storms pop in the middle of the day and the afternoon. we'll likely do the same on saturday. so the forecast today 100 degrees. heat advisory, yellow alert for the heat. isolated storm but any storms that pop could be strong to severe. that would be north of town. 75 to 80 tonight. much mugger than it has been with the stray storm. 95 tomorrow, scattered storms in the afternoon. again a yellow alert. saturday again a yellow alert because there will be a few more thunderstorms. highs in the low 90s. on sunday about 90 degrees. monday chance of a storm, 89. then mid- to upper 80s with a few more storm chances tuesday into wednesday. it is 4:51. monika samtani, what do you have for us? >> i'm lamenting because it's going to be hot as you're saying and look at this ac

sorry to tell you this, folks, but tomorrow we are outlooked from the mason dixon line to southern georgia of more strong to severe storms. that's the noaa site putting that out. at 11:00 to not you see our storms moving away, probably cloud -- tonight you see our storms moving away, probably cloudy in the morning. it's more in the southern areas tomorrow. a few lingering showers saturday and that should be it. look at saturday, 82 degrees. a front coming through tomorrow will give us a cooler day with winds out of the northeast, a couple showers the first half of the day. sunday looks nice, a little warmer monday and tuesday. i think you've all had enough weather tonight. let's move over to lindsay murphy with your sport report. >>> this is the verizon 4g lte sports desk with lindsay murphy. >> thank you. nationals pitcher drew storen missed the teen -- first 89 games following surgery -- team's first 89 games following surgery to remove bone spurs from his elbow. it was a three up, three down performance. rick ankiel was designated for assignment. the nationals trying to sweep the mets,

couple showers perhaps north of the mason dixon line. it is possible you could see a little of that in northeastern maryland. otherwise for the most part you can see those storms today were up to our north and east, boy, new york city got clobbered or they were to our south and west. so the tidewater area and down through the carolinas, a lot of severe storms there moving off the outer bank. we were in the d.c. split. tomorrow we'll watch this cluster of showers and thunderstorms. it looks like it will be once again holding together cutting through the tennessee valley and might be moving especially south of d.c. tomorrow. we are outlooked as is a wide section of the country for the possibility of strong to severe storms. that's because this frontal boundary will make a big difference in our weather as it comes through wednesday, but it will plow into humid air tomorrow. we should have a good amount of sunshine before the front gets here. so without that cloud deck we had today to protect us the atmosphere might be rather available for s

near the mason dixon line.ere 6:00 you'll notice the showers and storms again this is a computer depiction of the future and it may be here, it may be there. but the idea is that south and southeast of town the better chance of showers and storms. a few more storms again on saturday afternoon and again on sunday a slight chance of storms, a yellow alert today and tomorrow. right now sunday green for isolated storms and you'll notice temperatures today 95. 70s tonight and a few upper 60s. 90 on sunday. as we head to next week, actually -- quick look at the beach forecast by the way. got to throw this in. 95 today and even a couple of storms here possible over the weekend too as temperatures by sunday. sunday that should be will be in the mid 80s. all right, let's take a look at the rest of the seven day forecast. i wish there were two saturdays in the week. wouldn't that be awesome? 90 on sunday and next week upper 80s and still a threat for thunderstorms monday through thursday. 78, monika take it away. >>> our

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as we go back over the past couple hours, notice how the rain falls apart as a drop across the mason-dixonto northern maryland. western maryland single little rain. garrett county towards cumberland and frostburg, light rain to start the day. it's moving into frederick momentarily. that will continue dropping south. it should also fall apart as it continues to move down 270 into urbana. you can see mostly cloudy conditions this morning over the bay and even over the metro area. temperatures are in the '70s. 74 arlington, 77 at reagan national. we will climb up to about 97 degrees for the high temperature today. when you factor in the humidity it will feel like at least 100. there's a heat advisory starting at noon. 97 for the high temperature. the dip in the temperature accounts for the chance of cooling from the rain. then temperatures will climb back up after the storms. as early as noon, we could see the first storms, some of which may be strong to severe. our biggest threat outside today is the heat and lightning. at fireworks time, slight chance of a lingering storm. most of that acti

it's stopping north to south and has already pushed past the mason-dixon line. total sunshine once the cloud cover is moves through. nearyly total sunshine today expected. the advisory in effect again today for the 95 corridor. the 11:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.. it will feel like 105. it will feel like 112th for a brief time tomorrow. heat index values tomorrow from 105 to 112. excessive heat watch tomorrow. century mark today. the average high is 88. we will be below that on monday. record high of 100 to one saturday. we could break that record. mid 80's on monday, slight chance of storms late in the day through the weekend. >> starting with the beltway at university, report of an accident on the inner loop of the beltway towards college park, towards new hampshire ave. just a brief delay right now getting by that. it may come up suddenly on the inner loop towards college park around to the exit for new hampshire avenue on 95. outer loop looks good. still very heavy from gerber road down to the legion bridge. construction near the toll road was clear up, but there

up around the mason/dixon line.e watching that line of thunderstorms to see if they're going to be able to hold together as they move in here. . it is on the hot side. >>> you know, it's been a july to remember so far, weather and infrastructure issues. save for the power companies, no one has felt the pressure like metro. today the general manager spoke out. derrick ward has more on this story. derrick? >> pat, it has indeed been the quite the month for metro. what's july been like for riders? well, ask them, you hear some of the enduring complaints. >> my biggest concern is my fare card went dead, so i've been having to use the paper ones. they put an additional dollar on to pay for maintenance. >> remember the derecho? downed trees and power lines blocking bus routes and the computer glitch that took down the system that tracks trains, brings the traffic to a halt. >> let's take a pause here, brings the trains into the station so the customers are good, our employ aye are safe and we'll take stock of this. >> rep

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the nasty storms that you can see on my doppler getting a little bit closer to the mason- dixon line.e, i think those are the areas later on this evening could be seeing some of the leftovers. some could be settling down near us. they will have diminished a bit later on tonight. tomorrow we have a risk of our own. heading out to the beaches, keep your weather here appealed for afternoon thunderstorms on saturday. but at those temperatures near 80 degrees. that would cool you off with the exceptional heat we have had. around the bay wins would be fairly light. once a began a risk of afternoon thunderstorms on saturday. i think there is a risk that we will be seeing some severe weather in washington tomorrow. the highest risk would be from damaging winds. still a chance of son showers or thundershowers. by late saturday, dry air begins coming in. early next week, i will give you a ryan guarantee. much more comfortable days are ahead. >> we will take it. we will also go to tim brant out at redskins park. look how cool and collected he is. >> i forgot how much i missed these training camp

there is a chance that areas to north near the mason dixon line in maryland could see a storm or twong up a little bit later but the bulk of this is going to move to as we head into tomorrow. we are talk being a severe threat, especially with winds that are going to be the main threat. by 9:00, we are dealing with wet weather moving out. lot of unfact through the week. chances of showers every day. partly cloudy they as we move into tonight at 81 degrees. storms tomorrow at 98 degrees. chance of them being severe, once again. here is a look at the five-day. each day, we get a chance of some popping up. >> i want to share with the viewers that i'm a member of the national speakers association. i won the local opportunity to speak at the national convention but i also won the national spot. only five given, to compete for all the people in the u.s. in the association and i will be on the stage next weekend in indianapolis. >> our fishings crossed for you. i know you're going to do well. >>> serena williams looks for her fifth win in wimbledon. check this out. good news and bad news for

now republicans in the south when bush was running, the strategy was went south of the mason dixon lineer states like florida. this time around, i think obama will have to go on defense and spend money on states he does not think he was going to have to. i think romney is going to be able to play off of -- >> dana: greg hasn't had a chance to comment. before we get to greg, can i mention one thing? four states where the obama campaign is not spending resources. nebraska, north dakota, missouri and montana. all of those four become pickup state for possible republicans in -- >> bob: they were republican last time. >> dana: in the senate. it makes a big difference. greg, you haven't had a chance to talk. >> greg: can we get to the big picture here? >> dana: i like the big picture. >> greg: i have my own electoral map. bring it up. green, people in green during this segment they got up and made a sandwich and had something to drink. now the folks in the yellow, they use this segment to go to the bathroom. right now, you can hear a national nationwide flush going on. >> dana: bring it to el

metro area and those are the storms that are actually in through pennsylvania, moving over the mason-dixon line, just to the east of hagerstown. now they have started to intensify the last couple of hours, this is actually the frontal boundary that will be making the way down from the north. as it does it is going to encount they are very warm and humid atmosphere. as it does so, i think we will see more scattered showers and thunderstorms develop, some of which could be strong to severe. of course, we will continue to keep you updated right here. but that's not all we have to talk about. we have a great day tomorrow but then, possible record-breaking heat once again as it will begin to move in during the day on thursday. i will let you know about the storms today, just how nice things are going to be tomorrow and then all about that heat i think moved back in for the day thursday. talk more about that in my full forecast. >> thanks, doug. >>> families who lost loved ones in the colorado theater shooting last friday that left 12 dead are now face the somber task of planning funerals. the f

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looking at radar this morning, it's lit up here, especially from the mason-dixon line to right across. metro region. you see the showers and the lightning and the thunder. we put the lightning on. you don't see the thunder but hear the thunder. you see some of this coming through romney. if this holding together winchester another 30 minutes. a itself lightning and -- a little lightning and thunder along 70. we see the heavier stuff moving into howard county. moderate rain across areas of eastern frederick. picking up as you get west of leesburg, purcelville, south of charles town on 340 between charles town to virginia and berryville and even toward the win chester area where we're seeing the heavier showers. in southern maryland look at this. in southern charles county coming through king george, slow spots this morning. a muggy morning. 75 from easton and washington. tad cooler out toward cumberland and winchester with 70. a north, northeast wind at 9 and humidity way up at 82%. we'll watch the showers and storms diminish and really drift south, even by noon, maybe southern marylan

that weather front just down to the mason dixon line.g and in all likelihood severe thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. rain chances are not completely zero for today, but best chances will be up into the mountains and the high spots in central pennsylvania. the cooler air sinks ever south. today plenty of sunshine. heat index 105 or better today. you'd be stupid to just go out and lay in it. hot and humid again, strong to severe thunderstorms likely by sunset for tomorrow. if you're headed on toout to th beach, no break on the sand today. 96 in ocean city. there's our extended forecast, 103. 99 tomorrow, not a record, but it won't matter. thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon on into monday, tuesday, then actually cooler than average. >> did you say cooler? >> i said cooler. hard to believe. >> good. >> thank, chuck. >>> for most athletes, making it to the olympics could be a dream. >> meet a kayaker from maryland who is getting a second chance. >>> 20 days, 9 hours and 5 minutes, yes, we are down to the tee with this. that's how long before t

. >> is the north pole below the mason-dixon line now? here's what we've learned. think carefully about where you go, because there's always someone somewhere making a riduculist and checking it twice. that's it for us. early start begins now. >>> how many hours away are we? the final countdown. just hours away from the opening ceremonies for the london olympic games. >>> the attacks that come by people that are trying to knock down my business career or my olympic experience, those attacks will not be successful. >> mitt romney trying to hang tough amid a rocky trip overseas. >> dangerous at any speed. a driver caught on camera getting trigger happy with a tailgater. it's actually very scary video. we'll share that with you. in the meantime, good morning, welcome to early start. >> happy friday. we had some crazy weather here in new york overnight. maybe some tornadoes upstate. we'll have the latest in just a few minutes. >>> plus dr. conrad murray is reaching out to the late king of pop's mother now. you'll find out why coming up. >>> but first, we'll talk about

the mason/dixon poll has it a dead heat. a similar story across the country in swing states that explains the candidates' travel this week. paul steinhauser takes a look. >> reporter: good morning. a busy political week ahead on the campaign trail. no surprise, both president barack obama and republican challenger mitt romney reach out to voters in some crucial political battlegrounds. after fundraising money in mississippi and louisiana, mitt romney heads tuesday to pennsylvania, heading wednesday to ohio. both considered important swing states in the race for the white house. >> we will restore america's greatness. america's greatest days are ahead. we're the shining city on the hill. ohio's going to make the difference. ohio, i need you to help me become the next president of the united states. >> reporter: the presumptive republican nominee's stop in the buckeye state comes two days after president barack obama's visit there. the president campaigns in cincinnati monday. the visit will be mr. obama's eighth swing through

there are a few more storms to our north, frederick county and the mason-dixon line, up toward pennsylvania. but that's really about it. once this boundary moves through, that will be it for it but if you're heading out tonight, make sure you have your umbrella and keep a watchful eye to the sky keep you updated here at nbc 4. coming up in a few minutes, talking about more record heat. talk about that in a minute. >>> a nine-month investigation ends with a murder arrest for the death of baby in fairfax county a woman who was taking care of the baby at the time has been charged. pat collins, live in vienna, virginia, with more on how this tragedy unfolded. >> she was supposed to take care of that little boy, make sure he was safe, but now, now she is charged in his murder. 20-year-old carol lutski, charged in the murder of knee maya williams, an 11-month-old baby boy left in his care. cause of death? blunt force trauma. this case goes way back to last october and this house on lakewood drive in vienna. it was here that lutski cared for that little boy. now, this was suspicious from the start

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