there are new changes in fauquier county. middle school students sports are returning this year including girls soccer, boys baseball. in the winter, boys and girls basketball will be back. sam cox taking over as the principal in liberty high school. culpepper students, might want to give yourself extra time. expecting traffic delays because of road work. southbound traffic on james madison highway turns in to a single laneculpepper. students from six different schools in the area are affected by that road work. so heads up there. four counties headed back to school in west virginia, as well. have a great first day, he ha . everybody. >>> and it's a hot item and we'll show you what you need to know to make sure you're buying the right tablet for your child. >>> and watching the skies for you this morning. showers heading east. storm team tracking whether rain will be a bigger problem today or tomorrow. plus avoiding that caffeine jolt, why women may want to stick to the -- skip rather that >>> welcome back. in news 4 your hea

prince william, fauquier county, montgomery, fairfax counties under a severe thunderstorm warning.ey! did you know bees communicate through dance? me too... we're practically twins! >>> less than 48 hours, hundreds of thousands of students will be heading back to school in virginia, from supplies to safety, we show you how they're getting prepped for the first day back. >> reporter: 50%, 60%, 70% off. big sales drove moms, dads, and their children intoo potomac mills mall. >> camo pants that go with this camo dress. it's really good. >> hopefully we can stay in tuesday 600 range. >> reporter: money to spend, but michelle johnson has a long way to go before she's done buying for all of her kids. just 48 hours before tens of thousands of virginia schoolchildren start a brand new school year. it's not all about the rush to get good deals and hit the sales rack. parents we talked to say they do have a plan in place to make sure their little ones are safe just two days before they get back on the school bulls. >> we always have a backup plan. they do have cell phones. >> reporter: all

it will move in toward fauquier county. i want to take you to the east and south. everybody is socked in. temperatures being held down due to the rain. only 73 in fredricksburg. 70 in orange. we're 79. we might squeak to 80 but looks like the showers will be on and off for a good portion of the afternoon and potentially on and off for a good portion of the weekend. at times you may need plan b for the weekend. >>> breaking newsat water main break on route 1 in hyattsville. right now crews are closing the 4800 block of rhode island avenue in both directions where that 12-inch pipe burst yesterday. nikki burdine joins us live from the scene with the latest. there was one lane getting by but it's all closed now. >> reporter: it's about to be closed. right now one lane, the southbound lane is still getting by. i'm told any moment they will be closing the southbound lane of route 1. contractors just got here within the past five minutes. they'll be closing both lanes. no one will be able to get through route 1 all day long and through tomorrow. >> it's going to be tough

there are a few changes in fauquier county. middle school sports are returning including girls' soccer, boys' basketball. the new year means new jobs. sam cox is the new principal at liberty high school. there are also five new assistant principals in the school system there. >>> students at culpeper county public schools are back in class today, too. if you have to pick up your kids, though, there in culpeper, give yourself extra time because of roadwork. "the freelance star" reports the southbound traffic on james madison highway turn in to a sim single lane in culpeper. there's a temporary stoplight that's at that intersection right now, as well. >>> students from six different schools in the area are affected by that roadwork. four counties headed back to school today in west virginia, too. jefferson, berkeley, morgan, and hampshire school students are back in class today. >>> and right now, new fears about the spread of ebola. how people were able to break into a quarantine center. >>> military families waiting in line for

summer is already over for kids and fauquier county. classes start in st. mary's and washington counties tomorrow. back, theyts head will face a new code of conduct. they emphasize disciplinary measures that will let kids learn from their mistakes and suspensions will only be issued as a last resort. school is a few years away for kids born last year, but parents of those kids will spend an $245,340 to raise them. food, housing, child care, and education. inflation, itin could equal 3004 -- it could 480.l $304,00 we should see a bit more playing time for the starters, but not a ton. we could see johnny manziel take the field for cleveland. he is fighting for the browns starting quarterback spot. thethose of you heading to game, metro will stay open to help fans get home. other --tro's stations all of measures other stations will be closing at the normal times. -- the, nash aims nationals game. target taking aim at online retailers. >> a car caught fire on interstate 95. it happened in the southbound lane past 198. no word on injuries, but it did cause delays

students in clarke, culpeper, fauquier and frederick county, virginia are all getting used to new classes classmates and teachers. schools in the district and maryland get under way again next monday. >>> there will be a new discipline policy in place when students return to classes in montgomery county. the new emphasis will be on helping students learn from their mistakes and ensure that out of school suspensions are a last resort. the policy is part of new regulations from the maryland state board of education. the new superintendent of the montgomery county school system joshua starr is expected to join us on the noon newscast tomorrow to discuss the changes. >>> ocean city's zoning commission plans to meet tomorrow and discuss the crackdown on rowdy behavior. new regulations would ban short- term rentals. city officials say the move is in response to complaint abouts rowdy parties and overcrowding. critics say the measure huge losses in rental income during peak season. we'll have more on this and we'll >>> wikileaks founder julian assange is vowing to leave the embassy where he has

right now you can see this with the heaviest activity in loudon and fauquier counties. this continuing to push east at about 20 miles an hour. at this rate it will be in rockville and aspen hill in between 4:10 and 4:21. so we will be dealing with rain this evening. the good news is once the line moves through it's going to be dry. about two hours about 6:p.m. in washington. have the umbrella handy. but nothing crazy. you will be dealing with rain for maybe 30, 45 minutes. going to the nationals game, ill have a look a at that forecast. for the most part they are going to be able to get the game in. 86 right no and by 10:00 this even most of the area will be mainly dry. >>> now to big breaking news out of virginia. the u.s. supreme court weighing in on gay marriage today. barbara harrison with the details. >> the supreme court had just put a hold on same-sex marriages in virginia just hours before they were set to begin. courthouse ceremonies would have started as early as 8:00 tomorrow morning without action by the o high court. the ban was struck down last month by ap

the severe thunderstorm warning that was over fauquier county has since been canceled. the severe thunderstorm warning over eastern montgomery, now into prince george's county still continues through 7:15. it does look like the lightning is beginning to seize a little bit, but we have more rain building on the backside to montgomery. strongest cell right now. a lot of very heavy rain moving just to the north of college park through beltsville. this storm cell still moving to the east at 30 miles an hour. this is originally where we had this severe thunderstorm warning. it has since expired. heavy rain still over warrants and up through haymarket, and eventually pushing through manassas. we have had a lot of heavy rain and we also had a lot of lightning. a great picture. it is so hard to get a picture of a lightning strike. this sent to us from our very rigel, who is an editor for us here. great picture. you can see the ominous looking clouds. we were in the 90's earlier. with the rain, temperatures have fallen into the 70's. look at this rain gauge at congressional count

around here. 1:00 this afternoon, there's the little bit of a rain chance, southern parts of fauquier county, spotsylvania, those areas will have the best chance of seeing the rain. even where you get the rain, luray, rappahannock county, cloudy skies will give way to clearing. the super moon is coming up. unfortunately we're not going to have the best viewing, we will not have a clear sky. the full moon, the super moon for tonight into tomorrow morning, just tripped over a studio cable, don't mind me -- you know, clumsiness is a big part of my act. >> good thing you work out. >> and i apologize for that little diversion. they're round, black cables on a black floor and i've missed them for ten years in a row until that one right there. >> you had the best recovery. >> we had that on camera. you would have gone viral. >> go check out your knee. >>> the government employee behind a slowing than we all know pretty well is getting up in years. >> only you can prevent wildfires. >> you've heard that, well several times, the smoky the bear turns 70 today. the department of agriculture threw him a

to frederick, laoudoun and fauquier counties.jumping ahead to 3:00 to show you this afternoon, notice some heavy rain around winchester, hagerstown and frederick. 5:00 continuing to track showers and thunderstorms as they advance east. 6:00, tracking rain inside of washington, alexandria and arlington. midnight and overnight hours, still scattered showers potentially a few isolated thunderstorms. your planner for tomorrow, on labor day, early morning showers, 7:00 a.m., after that threat goes away. 76 degrees. another mild and humid morning for tomorrow. as we get into the afternoon and evening hours a thunderstorm is possible but again that threat noticeably lower. look at the high still at 91 degrees. so we'll be talking about our fourth heat wave of the year that begins today. potentially lasts through friday. beach forecast today and tomorrow beezy at the beach today and tomorrow. best chance of an isolated thunderstorm will be tomorrow afternoon with highs at the beach in the low to mid 80s. now tuesday, a high of 95. it's g

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by 2:30 they'll be approaching leesburg and fauquier county. tomorrow critical times 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. need your shades in the morning, umbrella in the afternoon, okay to walk the dog tomorrow night. we'll let you know when the showers and storms move out and look ahead to the week and weekend. >>> he is the first general to die in a war zone since vietnam, major general harold green who lived in nearby falls church shot dead today when an afghan soldier opened fire at a military academy outside kabul. >> it was one of the bloodiest insider attacks since the start of the war in afghanistan. here's kristin fisher with the life and legacy of the 34-year- old veteran. >> major general green has been overseeing training of afghan troops. that job is critical to the u.s. strategy in afghanistan, but today it appears as though he was killed by someone inside the very security force that he was so committed to training. major general green was making a routine visit to this afghan military academy when a man believed to be an afghan army soldier opened fire with a machine gun from t

so 9 futurecast times out the arrival of the first wave, by noon making its way into fauquier county toward winchester. it will be humid. then it looks like a lot of the thunderstorms fizzle out before they make it to the beltway, still looking at that potential for an isolated storm during the day on monday. as we head into tuesday morning, more showers arriving. tuesday morning's commute could be unsettled. the afternoon looks very unsettled. yellows here indicate the potential for heavy rain and thunderstorms, especially once you get across i-81 during the day tuesday. wednesday also starts out with some rain, especially south and west of the beltway and more storms erupt in the afternoon wednesday. so it does look like the weather will continue to get more uncomfortable in the next couple days. overnight just that slight chance for a shower or deal monday morning with temperatures in the 70s heading out the door. by afternoon your high temperature 81 to 87 under mostly cloudy skies with a chance for an isolated storm south and west, but tuesday and wednesday do turn more unsettle

it had included prince william and fauquier counties, down through culpeper and fredericksburg. now it's west of the blue ridge to harrisonburg where some of the advice bibties are a quarter mile -- visibilities are a quarter mile. the victs as we take a -- visibilities as we take a look at them, a quarter mile from frederick to hagerstown n. is coming down toward martinsburg as well. luray and harrisonburg and warrenton a quarter mile. give yourself some extra time. low beams. high beams will scatter back at you. 61 for martinsburg and in toward winchester and gaithersburg with some of the fog around. it's 70 in washington. the warm spot being the pax river naval air station at 71. this afternoon with sunny skies and a stray shower at worse, highs in the mid- to upper 80s. here comes monika now with timesaver traffic. things got started early. >> they really did this morning. early this morning. first of all, this situation here on wisconsin avenue in chevy chase. this is the southbound side between western and willard where there was a car fully engulfed in flames. you can see

fauquier county. parts of clark county. and some of these are fairly heavy down pours coming through. this one coming through clark also parts of loudon. leesbu leesburg, heads up there. and more in culpeper and elsewhere. a boundary to the north that will shift down to the south. until it does gad good chance of showers this evening. and a could be a rainy weekend for the beaches this weekend. >>> more testimony at the mcdonnell trial in richmond. the testimony comes from the first lady's chief of staff. mary sutherland testified she never saw a hint of romance between mariureen and john williams. she also says working for them was a hellish experience. more on why sutherland called maureen a nut bag coming up. >>> a local father heading to prison after a violent road rage incident. he was found guilty today of stabbing a couple at the montgomery mall. live with the reaction of the verdict. >> it took 14 hours of deliberations. tonight we begin with evidence that i received today from prosecutors, part of their case, that

no vehicle description, but that striking car possibly headed west towards fauquier county. and should have extensive front end damage on the passenger side of the car. that road is closed and will be for another hour or so. that is the latest from the live desk. back to you. >>> it is now 6:04. new this morning, a man is fighting life threatening injuries after being hit by a car in fire and rescue, the crash was just before midnight last night. this happened on 1st street and maple avenue. >>> this morning closing arguments will begin in the trial of a deadly road rage incident in montgomery county. in 2013, a man and woman were stabbed outside of the westfield montgomery mall. prosecutors say david goldberg attacked the couple after a fight about the right of way at a stop sign. he's facing would count two cou attempted murder. >>> marion barry is doing better this morning after he crashed his car. >> my blood sugar went low and you become disoriented. in fact you could die really if it got so low. but god is good to me and i got disoriented and went to the the wrong side

an isolated shower possible in frederick, loudoun and fauquier counties but really not until 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 where we're tracking scattered thunderstorm potential in the d.c. metro area. more on the timing of the thunderstorms later today coming up in a bit, angie. >> thank you. right now, gaithersburg is shut down from brink road to goshen school road. montgomery county police say three people were in a serious car crash. two people were taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. only one car was involved. wssc working to fix a 10 inch water main break this morning on brunette avenue in silver springs. 37 people are going without water until the pipe can be patched up. you're looking at a picture that a viewer sent us. the main broke last night sent a river of water rushing down that street. we're going to let you know as soon at they say they're going to turn the water back on. >>> crews will search for a pilot who passed out in the cockpit and crashed in the atlantic ocean. that pilot was the only person in the plane headed to manassas but drifted over the no-fly zone

this area ined is from fauquier county into prince william and around the metro area half inch to an inch of rain. could get a couple inches of rain. neighborhoods south of the metro area by the time it tapers off this evening. temperatures right now in prince george's county near 70 as is montgomery. upper 60s now in fairfax and much of northern virginia. the district and by the bay, low to mid 70s. later this afternoon reaching just near 80 grees. we'll take that in august. and the rain will be ending by late tonight and tomorrow morning cloudy and sun back in the afternoon. breezy tomorrow. highs reaching the low 80s. northwest winds bringing in lower humidity that will be in place on thursday and friday. gorgeous both days. still not very humid saturd into mid 80s getting hot and humid sunday, monday upper 80s to around 90. just a small chance of scattered afternoon storms. both of those days. look at the neighborhoods where the rain will end first. that's on weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:31. how is traffic now? >> a live look at chopper 4. the brake lights you see are traff

chance for a few light rain showers. 8:00 tonight, a couple of raindrop chances prince william and fauquier county a full moon late tonight into early tomorrow, the super moon, the biggest full moon of the year. unfortunately, a lot of clouds to deal with in our skies. so not t best viewing for the super moon. all right. headed on down to the chesapeake bay today. a fine day for sailing out on the waters, fairly light breeze, a little chance for a few showers down south. the lower parts of the bay. more sunshine along the bay tomorrow and a little late-day shower chance coming up on monday. here's everyone's seven-day forecast now. looking good for the weekend. a little chance for a few showers today. but that's only about a 30% chance. i think everyone is dry tomorrow. our best chance for rain out of the next seven days is all stacked up on tuesday. it may last into wednesday, but the end of the week looks great. >>> thanks, chuck. >>> the government employee behind a slogan we all know is officially a year older today. >> only you can prevent wildfires. >> there he is, smokey bear, now 70 years

west of town, loudoun county, fairfax, montgomery county in toward fauquier county here by 5:00, 5:30nd approaching us early this evening before fizzling out after sunset. 88 today. a late storm possible. we may have to upgrade any of these days to yellow alert days depending on how things develop. it's marginal at the moment. tonight 65 to 70 with 88 again tomorrow. not as warm friday. still warm 85 more showers. weekend cooler around 80 both days with a threat of a shower saturday. rather pleasant on sunday. 6:48. another look at timesaver traffic. here's olga. >>> there are some troubles around the ride this morning, especially in portions of prince george's county and out toward -- west of the beltway. mainly we're actually seeing a few incidents that are going to slow you down especially if you're traveling 210 north indian head highway. still working that accident almost out of the way but not quite removed just past farmington road. also the other incident working 301 north and maryland route 5. another incident just popped up, this one involves some fire activity. in fact the

now it's 74 there in fauquier county. in prince william and fairfax, stafford and spotsylvania, it's in the low 70s as is much of prince george's. gorgeous day on the bay, near 70 degrees. since july 15th, we have had only two 90-degree days. this same period last year between july 15th and august 15th, we had nine 90-degree days. this is quite unusual to go this long with just that few of 90-degree days. for the afternoon, another day below 90. low humidity. temperatures reaching the low 80s by mid-afternoon. a light southwesterly breeze. great weather for the montgomery county fair, a big agricultural fair there. afternoon highs there should be in the low 80s. tonight the fair runs through midnight, in the mid-70s through the evening. then on saturday a lot of events going on there. mid-80s tomorrow afternoon, but still not very humid. the nats are back. first place nationals back from a road trip. they're at nats park tonight, take on the pirates. first pitch 7:05. bright, sunny, near 80 during the game, dropping back

folks in clarke, culpeper and fauquier and counties and frederick county. >>> the ninja turtles dominatedain at the box office bringing in an estimated $28.4 million. that brings the film's total earnings to more than $117 million since it opened last weekend. guardians of the galaxy in second place with $24.7 million. let's be cops rounds out the top three with an estimated $17.7 million. >> really? >> really. >>> weather wise could see a shower or storm this afternoon and this evening. best chances will be south of washington, although even here in the metro we can't rule it out. a high of 85. tomorrow an afternoon storm 86. by wednesday a yellow alert day with more storms and 87. the weekend looks drier, though. by then highs in the low 80s. olga? >> we've been dealing with the disabled vehicle northbound 395 at duke street. they finally got it moved off to the shoulder. still a pr

. >>> and right now a severe thunderstorm warning that was just issued for southern fauquier and stafford counties until 6:15. quarter sized hail is possible. also tracking gusts up to 60 miles an hour. there could be isolated wind damage, a lot of lightning with the cell as well. of course it will be impacting stafford and fredericksburg. some other times for you. stafford around 5:46. looking at -- around 5:54. only moving around 10 miles per hour. continuing to tack heavy rain over fairfax. the district continuing to see more of a steady lighter rain, a soaking rain. +coming to an end 7:30 8:00 p.m. >>> d.c.'s police chief is drawing similarities between ferguson and here in washington twenty years ago. >> in 1991 mount pleasant erupted in violence. a and. >> kathy lanier was a rookie cop back in 1991 when another rookie cop shot a man in mount pleasanting resulting in several days of the rioting in the capital. there are similarities between the two incidents. >> there is never any one thing that can cause a explosion of emotion like this. so it is a combination of a lot of things. >> as the c

county looking at lighter rain at this time. but the further south you go towards fredericksburg, that's where we have some stronger storms. this is our warned storm until 6:15 it includes, fauquierulpeper and orange counties as the cell moves towards the east at 10-15 miles per hour. the bigger story with this besides the wind is the heavy rainfall that we've seen over the past three hours or so. over an inch and a half in centerville. the further west and south you go, that's where we have the heaviest rain. we will see these showers and thunderstorms continue throughout the evening hours. if you have plans to head over to nationals park, definitely be forewarned it will be wet for at least for the next hour or so, and we will see these showers and thunderstorms continue throughout the overnight, although they will diminish in intensity. tomorrow another round of showers and thunderstorms, mainly during the afternoon and into the evening hours. 83-88 degrees. and finally a break from it haheat and humidity -- from the heat and humidity. we're talking highs only in the upper 70's come saturday and sunday. we'll keep an eye on the storms and give you an update coming up at 6:00.

rest of northern virginia, now loudoun county, prince william, fauquier, spotsylvania, cull kenneken culpepper, mid and upper 50s. labor day weekend, very humid. saturday afternoon, it will be in the upper 80s. about a 30% chance of an isolated storm. then a greater chance of an isolated afternoon storm and then some evening thunderstorms on sunday. sunday, hottest day of the labor day weekend, highs low 90s. and back up near 90 on labor day monday. and might get a morning shower, but a greater chance of an afternoon storm on monday much of the region. going to the beaches? the water temperatures are in the low 70s right now. at the atlantic beaches on saturday, highs will be near 80. and the surf is getting lower. hurricane cristobal pulling away. so lower surf in place for the weekend. highs sunday and again monday up around 80. chance of storms perhaps monday afternoon. going to the mountains? great way to get away from the heat on saturday. it will be in the low 80s. chance of an afternoon storm. then storms likely on sunday and again labor day in the mountains with highs in the

fauquier. reagan national at 63. near 60 much of prince george's county and near the bay. much of fairfax county mid and upper 50s. your weather headlines for this friday, yes, a long sleeve morning. might even need a jacket for the next couple of hours. then you'll be comfortable sleeve last this afternoon as we warm up. cooler than average weather again today. we've also been a bit drier than average, as well. 5% 45% about of the summer, we have been below average for fallrain and temperatures. walking or driving, your commute should be dry with sunshine. upper 50s. between 8:00 and 10:00, jumping into the 60s with bright sunshine. coming up next, a look at the hour by hour temperature changes through the afternoon. >>> it is now 6:02. and right now we're learning new information about a water main break in prince george's county. crews are on the scene at larchmont avenue off marlboro pike. derrick ward is live there with more. >> reporter: good morning. we have a little bit more information. you take a look, you can see creep. this was an 8 inch water main break break. they got it shut down. but the cops quens

temperatures right now mid-50s much of fairfax, montgomery county, loudoun, prince william, fauquier. prince ge'nt near 60. in the district e it in the mid-60s. for the commute this morning, whether walking or drive, beautiful weathe bright sunshine. low 60s between now and 8:00 ach a 10:00, brighd sunny with a light wind. a look at the hour by hour temperature changes for the next 12 hours, that is coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s. >>> we have some road closures in alexandria to that water main break. russell road between west oak street and we sstreet, all lanes are blocked while they fix the break. elsewhere, southbound 295 looking slow you're approaching t pennsylvania avenue. 24 miles anthere. and here is a live look at 95 authority bound at lorton, seeing more volume, but no ai g accide report. >>> new this morning, one person is dead after a crash on the beltway. this hapnedut 11:30 last night. two cars collided on the outer loop near the van dorn exit. we're working to find out the complain of the other passengers. no word on what caused that accident. >>> right n

the rain is coming down heavier in fauquier county pushing east toward loudoun county and prince william county. marshall, the rain is coming down at 1/4 inch per hour. temperatures in the 70s, going into early tomorrow morning. again, wet weather on tap for us and yes, the possibility of stormy conditions. >>> a one-time relative of bob mcdonnell on the stand as the corruption case begins the third week. they question his former brother-in-law about financial trouble with the governor's real estate investments. julie carey is live with more. good to see you. >> reporter: hi, there. well, another mcdonnell family member on the stand. he is not technically in the family anymore, he looked just as uncomfortable as the others testifying about jonnie williams and the checks he wrote. his former brother-in-law used to be married to bob mcdonnell's sister. they own two beach houses and had a real estate company. he kept crack of finances for the beach property, but they were losing up to $60,000 a year. >> do you think anybody did anything wrong here? >> reporter: enter jonnie williams. twice