juan pas of manassas was killed when his vehicle crashed. two of the otherrs were taken to the hospital. they arete expecd to be okay. there was another crash ithe same area a short timelater. at one point traffic was backed up six miles. >>> we'veearned the name of a police officer who shot and killed a man in temple hills. joseph capline killed jose alvarez in a laundry room inn apartment building. they were searching for alvarez who was believed to be stealing license plates. when t y foundhim, police say there was a struggle. alvarez fired the gun as anbb officer g it and they returned fire killing him. >>> there is no idea what caused a prince gorges county apartment buildingnt to bursto flames. the apartment on 85th avenue had a fire that started monday afternoon just as children were getting home from school. t now moren 100 residents have to find a new place to live. among them, a new mother and h five-month old tby. >> i j had a baby in a i -- if anything, i want t his things. he has a lot of things that i want to get. if there's an

they have -- second manassas campaign. food.ave no regular their uniform and clothing are falling apart because they have supplies because they are beyond supply line. are those that are supplied throws that come up from richmond and reenforce lee. rough shape and lee knows that. dorsey pender writes following machine -- men in his brigade during the harper's ferry operation. such a group i have never seen honor or decency and right or respect for property i would strike many with my sabre. the officers are nearly as bad. my regiments when they thought they were going into a scoped x of 10 officers out and didn't come up until they thought all danger over. my brigade went off that day. is in roughrmy that shape. but right below that dr. laws was a u.s. sanitary commission doctor in frederick nd talked it a lot of confederates when they occupied frederick. in aid they all believe themselves as well as their generals and are terribly in earnest. he thought they were pretty toughment one thing the -- army is arl most of them

rther south, manassas, big storms in the afternoon. those are kind of falling apart at the current time. but the motion on these, from the west to the east. very slowly and putting down heavy rainfall. but all things considered, we'll getting off lucky inerms of flooding. can't guarantee the nats game will stay rain free. currently 83 after a high of 89 at reagan national and temperatures across the region, a cooldown from the storms. down to 73 in leesburg. 70 in winchester but still in the low to mid-80s where the e storms het to pass. and they will. future weather showing the line of storms accurately moving toward the district getting closer to us. by midnight should fall apart and move off to the north and easte we'll just hlouds and some fog overnight. tomorrow afternoon we repeat the process but i think storms will be much more isolatcompared to today. probab probably only opi or two p up in the day time heating and then a chance again monday afternoon on labor day. the flash flood watch continues until midnight. rappahanock cou

the battle of manassas took place about 20 miles in this direction. soldiers were brought into alexandria to be healed by these nurses. when we think about nurses during the civil war, people like dorothea dix might come to mind, and she was essential in helping the field takeoff during the war. she was able to appoint 15%, or 3000 of the medical staff during the war, including nurses here in alexandria. nurses here in alexandria were not only white women who were widowed or older, they were women that were from all backgrounds, all stages in life, including african-american women. however, african-american women who practices that practiced as nurses -- that practiced as nurses were content -- considered -- and they could get away with paying them less. make this able to practice more of a field for women, however they did get pushback from medical surgeons who were predominantly men, and these men would tell women they ceased to be women if they started practicing medicine. there was a lot of discrimination within the field, but women, including dor

outside of manassas. when you think about gettysburg, there are a lot of turning points. the reason i am on this panel, because what do you classify as a turning point? points,e social turning in terms of gender and medical history, women's studies. looking at gettysburg as to sheer amount of casualties and the factors are cemetery dedicated, is a turning point in itself. that is not really happened at any point the reason the war. dr. jew? -- dr. jew--drew? >> i have heard people argue whether antietam was more pivotal, i'm listening to the conversations and they turn -- 10 to be compartmentalized. on people were criticized hundred 50 years later. this, i say about turning point in memory has to be gettysburg. it is not close to the wherelantic state region our kids are parents or otherwise. what would have been a real turning point. arguing whether or not it is the i would imagine what there was a turning point for the guys on the field i cannot tell you. here, it is the battle closest to the population of the northeast. it is one of the memories we cannot stop arguing

as you're approaching manassas, 95, and slow through the wood bridge area. through prince george's county, looking okay. the delay is as you're headed inbound on indian head highway, s you 20 miles per hour approach livingston road. hearing about an issue southbound, more than that, coming up. >> we're following a developing story in fairfax county this mornin >> police a working to figure out what led to a woman and two children being dead wednesday evening. >> justin finch is live outside of the house in herndon where the bodies were tfound. what latest? >> this is a heart breaking story that began with a phone call to police yesterday evening. last night,ice began going inside to gather evidence here, as ouwell. three hours earlier, that phone call, a man telling policeom that he came to find his two sons in a pool of blood dead. that phone call coming from this house on the 00 block of safa street, off of fairfax county parkway and route 7 here. awoman woman was later found dead inside, as well. but fairfax county police are being tight-lipped about the

that necessarily cool, especially the middle and third part of september here.bu gaithe, 64. 64 in manassasn front royal and 64 on the map. there are plenty of places like washington, lorton, all above 70 degr es. a pleasanugh way to get the day started. forecast, a little patchy fog is ssible i some of the sheltered valleys first thing this morning, but you're going to notice an amazing amount of sunshine today and temperatures going to be well above average. our average high is 78. a plus weather today. today's forecast high 85 degrees. there is the tiniest little chance for a few rain d

a 21-year-old from manassas died at the scene. a minder of how important it is to bele art here. >>> safety is n ourber one priority. >> the details of the crash beinginvestigated, but this whole area is one huge work zone. >> we really want drivers to be aware andhe take tir time when traveling through the areas. >> reporter: l drie gregg touting around a 1970 car says for him 66 is a last resort. >> the whole thing is a killing fiel they took away our shoulder 20 years ago. hey made that for a travel lane. what happens when you break down in a car like this tt's more proned to break down in the first place, and then no shoulder? >> more lane shifts and closures are expected this week. along i-66, news 4. >>> summer coming to an end. >>> summer coming to an end. next on news 4, lauryn r oh! wow, you got all this stuff from ikea? what do you like not let your kids in here? oh, no, they moved in here. here. this is where i hide all the cords and the remotes, and those clack-clack-clack things. so, this is your new bed? let's just s

juan sepatas of manassa was kwhild his vehicle was hit with three other vehicles in vienna. reere was another crash in the same a short time later. at one point traffic was backed up for 15 miles. >>> we've learned the name of the police officer who shot andn killed a man temple hills. we're told prince gorges county police corporal joseph kepline killed jose alvarez during a struggle inside a laundry room in an apartmentdi bu. they were searching for alvarez who was believed to have beenst ling license plates. when they found him, there was a struggle. varez fired his gun as officers grabbed and that's when he was killed. >>> this morning investigators still have no idea what caused a prince gorges county apartment building to burst into flames. part of the roof collapsed atpa the ament on 85th ave.. that fire started just as the chirp were getting home from school. now they have to find a new place to live. among them ar new mot and a five-month-old baby. >> i had a baby in april so if anything i want to get his. thin he has a lot of things that i want to get. so even ifyo

manassas, eastbound 66 near sudley, right lane is blocked. 270 southbound looks good. 70 to the spur, you're on time. aaron? >> thank you. the second day of school will be shorter. all prince george's county schools will dismi students two hours early today. >> that's because of this w hea. itas similar in baltimore yesterday. several schools were let out early due to the weather. we checked several districts. prince george's county is the only county that decided to dismiss students early. keepn eye on the nbc washington app in case other districts decide to dismiss early today. we'll keep you posted on "news4 today." >>> a developing story we're tracking this morning. thousands of people are waking up without power along the gulf coast. tropical storm gordon madell landate last night west of the alabama/mississippi border. this is a look at the track of the storm. it remained below category 1 hurricane strength is beingbl ed for the death of a child in florida. angie goff at the liv desk wit the video showing the destruction from the storm. angie? >> we're continuing to track the de

manassas down to 74. 77 in baltimore. 77 also in fredericksburg.umidity,nough especially close to the waterways, that we have a significantly different feelsat like tempe, the heat index. 88 in washington at this late hour. that's just nuts. 72 still in leesburg, not quite as bad in some of the western suburbshere some fog will start to formulator on during the nighttime hours. we'll see that moisture causing some of those clouds and some of the fog in our future weather. but by tomorrow afternoon, just an isolated thunderstorm or two will pop up in the daytime heating. this time of atmosphere, you don'get a lot of thunderstor activity. same thing for tuesday afternoon. one or two thunderstorms could pop up in the heat adi hu. the whole pattern being dominated by a big area of high pressure on the eastern seaboard, which has now consolidated itself quite nicely. so it's generating the heat. it's keeping it here. it's also keeping the humidity in place. it's also keeping the next bront held a in the nation's midsection in the upper midwest. there is

manassas, two things. a vicle fire there. and dumfries road, a new crash. >> it's 6:32.ids all over therea are getting ready for school. that includes students in montgomeryunty. >> nicole jacobs is live at north wood high school for us. time.almost >> it's almost time. and there's a lot of excitement heren another perho is excited, superintendent jack smith, who is joing us this morning. this is your third year with montgomery county schools. and there's new programs on tap for the county. >>absolutely. new programs at every level. particularly excited about new technology programsn aviation science. and law enforcement. in fire science and agricuure, in teaching new duelt enrollmen programs. >> giving kids different avenues to take. one thing you are passionate about is the safety aspect ofol sc and you were speakin about the st arm violations that aret prevalere in montgomery county. >> we have a lot of people who choose to drive around buses.e andave cameras on those buses that will give you a tiet if you pass them. st importantly, you are putting a child's life at r

. >>> a manassas man died in a must vehicle crash on i-66. the sedan and three pickups in the 53 and area. one person died and two others were taken to the hospital but they're expected to survive. there was another accident in the same area a short time later. the crash back up traffic for 15 miles. >>> now the latest on theco roversy over the supreme court nomination, or confirmation process on judge brett kavanaugh. it is not clear w the searing set for monday will take place. te republicans have said they have not yet heard from the lawyer of the womg accus kavanaugh of sexual assault. an allegation he is strongly denying. where do we stand? >> on top of everything you just said. let's consider the time the supreme court is back in session in less than two weeks. the mid-terms less than 60 days away so it adds tremendous pressureo republicans to keep this nomination on track. president trumpefusing to back away from his supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh. f >> il so badly for him. this is not a man who deserves this. >> but the p

just yesterday a 21-year-old from manassas was killed when his car and three trucks collided. all of this is happening in. >> reporter: take a ilook. th the new reality along an already intense commuting corridor. construction rightext to heavy, heavy traffic. now more than ever, lanes switch and move as new express lanes are built. >> this is really becoming a nightmare. i'm from new york and i thought this is the worst. >> reporter: nowe're dealing withng drivers dri through on a daily basis, you need to pay attention. >> a crash, three pinpoints and a toyota involved. 21-year-old juan died at the scene. a reminder of how important it to be alert here. >> michelle sai it is all one big mess. d>> reporter: driving aro the 1970 imperial classic, he said t66 is a l resort. >> the whole things a killing field. they took away our shoulder 20 years ago. they made that for a travel lane. what happens with a car like this? >> reporter:dam tuss, ne4. >> more hay>>. a common practice could leave you deep in debtve if you have health assurance. >>> plus, you may be tempted to put awa t

manassas seeing some shower activity. back to the north of winchester. thing we'll be tracking for you. an area of storms. the severe thunderstoratch around chicago. it will come all the way across the country and give as you chance for some strong to severe storms tomorrow. this looks like it will be a scenario forro us tom evening. >> absolutely. and we are looking at this for about four to 9:00 p.m., of course if it is moving from the west to the east west could have some severe weather. i think most of it, you can see all these colors here. 1-5. we're that the second level. a slight chance ar here. and then i-95 south out of the mixing bowl marng natural chance as you go completely to virginia.ons of so let's talk about impact. well, we'll be humid tomorrow. so we have a chance of heavy rain and some damaging winds. thedo tor threat low. so the timing, your morning will be fine. the timing for this 4:00 to 9:00 p.m. still some lingering the evening. we have rain lingering toward the end of this week. thursday and friday. we have some showers in the f

the average low is 62. 83 degrees right now at dulles. 82 in manassas now, most of the areas still dry. we're stillt looking it to the south. the best chance of rain would bn toward our southern zones. saint mary'sth copy, nn neck, we continue to see the shower activity there. is whole system making its way to the south. we put away the umbrellas for a him dawhile. yest we were getting poured on by rain. i normally keep two umbrellas in my car and the kids took both of them out. i was walking in the station as theeather guy without an umbrella. >> you have to have three n at this point. i want to go backo that spacex thing. >> we can do the weather on the moon. >> ah. i'll make a painting, do some research if you do it. >> yeah. i'll do a painting too. >> such a cool story. we look to the forecast like doug was saying. >> inside, it's probably not super comfortable b inside definitely tomorrow, people will be in the 60s. and then in the rural locations in the 50s out there. now is also a great time get car washed. sole people asking about plans on saturday it will be dry. even sunday,

from her when she was just he was killed in 1984 when he went to answer the door bel the family's manassasnhouse very early. anbb attacker s him more than 40 times and fled. chased briefly by's bowm visiting brother. a wig, hard hat and glasses were left behind. >> you can stab somebody a couple times on get the jobne when you're going on 40, 45 times, there is aittle too ch anger going on. which makes me think it is something personal. >> she wonders why her dad didn't take his weapon to the front door. she thinks tha he opened it may have suggested he knew the person on the other side. the hard hat she thinks were meant to throw off ig inveors. she's telling her story now to news4 and in an fbi video with the hop her voice might make a difference. might compel somomne to forward with new information. >> i would hope they could final it in their heart andhe do right thing. 34 years is a long tim of waiting. my life is a constant struggle. every d it is hard. >> she said even as a teen she was dorwn to law ement but didn't get her badge as ana as city officer until the age of 31. an age wi

-up in manassas. a little cool we are the east flow coming in at 79 degrees.expect on it saturday for the most part. sunday, we'll be watching. 71 degrees, cloudy, maybe some sun bnween n and 4:00. about 82 degrees. a little more by sunset. this weekend, fall begins on saturday. single, definitely feeling fallngike and we're tal about heading into fall. this is when we start to get some b changes. >> absolutely. we start to see it going down. it has been really hard lately. like doug was saying, 87. i put together some reasons to jif getting into the fall mode. it is not feeli like it just yet. the first one, fall officially starts on saturday. our first full fall day on sunday. the average highs in the 70s. 78 isra our a high for today and tomorrow and our average lows are now ithe low 60s. we're getting into that time of year wn we should be able to open the windows and turn off e a/c. we're not worried about any rain. se sad part we're quickly losing daylight. but as we head into the cooler nths, that's something we have to deal with. .he sunset time, 7: so

around 66, 50, the more showers around the manassas area. we'll see the showers come through. south and east, 80 to the north an west temperature in the 60s. it is reallyle remark here's floyd. the latest on floyd, it was a little more ragged. e eye looks really good now. it was down to 130 miles per hour. now back to 140-mile-an-hour storms and you can see, we're not far off now, from making landfall. most likely in the carolinas. the pressure down to 946 millibars. onshore. most likely thursday night into iday. coming on shore. it makes its way, coming down to a category 4 hurricane. wd then moving back to the south andt our area. yesterday at this time, the cone ofde uncertainty inc d.c. today it is well south of the metro area. it is very good news for us. >> i said it is looking ground hogs day. each and every day through at least tuesday. plenty ofclouds, showers here and there. kind of feeling muggy out there. take a look through tuesday. myrtle beach, a foot or more. wilmington, 20 inches or more some of the areas around north carolina. just thr inches of rainfall. tha

this includes the city of manassas. we're trackina flood warni and it will be there until 6:00 this evening. creeks, rivers and the bay will continue into the weekend. so heads up for that. if you live by any river, you want to steer clear of the roads along them. a lot of them are closed. for most of us, it is a beautiful evening and we're n worried about flooding. 76 degrees is the temperature after rain t came an end very early this morning. the clouds broke up and here's what yourian expecty night. hopefully you have plans outdoors. the temperatures about 70 degrees by 9:00. it is a windows open kind of weather. temperatures in the mid 60s. this weekend is looking fantastic. we begin october on monday which i can't believe. i'll let you know what we can expect october, coming up. >> we have earned this good stuff. >> you can say that again. >> a u.s. postal carrier accused of stealing packages allegedly in sea oh one specific item. >> as northern virginia reporter david culverexplains, the suspect is facingfe severa

n2, manassas. 80s i annapolis. and it's muggy out there.ut we're nice and dry as we kick off the labor day bimonday. area of high pressure down to our thsouth. is pulling in. the heat and humidity is going to stay put through thursday. ay're going to stay in the 90s through thur your grilling forecast today. dry for most of the by 2:00 p.m., 92 again. 100.ing around we could be feeling 103 later on. 94 for a high this is ten degrees above normal for thisr. time of y and can't rule out a pop-up thunderstorm. most of the area dry today. we go to lunchtime, we're dry. theafternoon, if you blinked, u might haveissed it. it's a 20% to 30% coverage today. it's going to be muggy on the bu stop, lunchtime. we're heating up to 90 degrees. any recesss going to be hot and humid through the afternoon. it will bend 94 feeling close to 103 again. wednesday, much of the same. thursday, 92 with a late shower chance into friday. and theweekend, the rain chances go up and the temperatures will be in the low 80s. >>> the morning commute is going to be aot bus

it's 80 degrees in annapolis. 72 in manassas, 78 in washington. a lot of kids, heading to the pool will feel great when you jump in the water. you're going to get hot very quickly. you want the 0spf or higher. stay hydrated. stay in the shade. the sunill be brutal today. sunburn in 15 minutes for many of you. and temperatures will be aroun thmid-90s. 103 degreeg around can't rule out an isolated thunderstorm. about 20% to 30% coverageacross the area. >> we'll look at the school day for a lot of kids tomorrow. >> thank you, sheena >> breaking news in falls church. a pedestrian is ftrecovering she was struck by a vehicle in the westbound lane of arlington boulevard and graham road. >> molett green is at the scene. molette, has there been an update? >> everything is opened bk up. police opened up the intersection about 20 minutes ago. we watched them tow away the striking vehicle, a toyota ca y camry. a woman was struck in the retchf the intersection at the 3:00 a.m. hour. and she was knocked to the other side of the road. a lot of impact for that. s

this is right after first manassas. we want a man of greater flexibility of character, a man of rock and ready energy knows to adapt himself to the circumstances and men in all conditions of life. to adapt himself to circumstances that is at the very core of a spontaneous co-pragmatism. i it was pragmatism that enabled these men to work with the withoutctory elements following a flexible course of orion determined by identity some other class interest were ready or ideology. to illustrate pragmatism and action i will give you three soldiers who ined a crisis of loyalty each instance these men had to make a determination whether to stay in the ranks or to desert. what you will see is that their sense of duty, loyalty was open ended. it was fluid and fluctuating. first-person, charles bolin. he is from utica theyork. in 1861 he joined 12th u.s. regulars. he saw battle that the tested his union cause was the battle of fredericksburg. he survived the initial attack, he referred to it as the slaughterhouse, but after the cam

actual temperatures, 95 9 frederichunting town, 93 manassas, lease buresburg at 9 . but look back to the west, look at garrett county, maryland. 66. only 73 in cumberland. yeah, you think cooler air is trying to come in? definitely is. nothing around our area you now, but notice some storms back towardthhe west. e are the storms helping to cool things off around frostburg, pretty big strm riere in western portions of maryland. this is all because of a front that is muring its wayway. behind it, we are dealing with cooler air behind the system. w as it moves to our way tonight, it won't bring a lot, but we'll have a lot of moistur include moisture from the remnants of gordon which is still spinning around the little rock area but eventually this ill move our way during the weekend. so let's time it out for you. around 6:00 this evening, maybee an iso shower or two. especially in our northern zones. but the front stalls around our area overnight and into the day tomorrow. so more clouds tomorrow and that tuwill keep tempes down. at 9:00 a.m., most of the area dry urks

he is worked in manassas, vicksburg, and gettysburg. he will tackle the elephant in the room about gettysburg versus vicksburg, which battle he considers being a native mississippian, which he considers to be the biggest turning point. i will let matt get up here and explain. matt atkinson. [applause] matt: that is what it is. roleerstand you all had a last night about something. , a topt important battle 10 battle in the american civil war, gettysburg was it left off. can you believe that? i want to tell you a quick story. i was invited down to a roundtable in richmond. we were at the willow oaks country club. we had virginia ham. i was having a great time, i was who didond and the man the top 10 last night lives there and she did not show. is what you call poetic justice. [laughter] a slight i have not forgotten right there. [laughter] the top 10 battles in the american civil war. sure he knows more about the civil war than i do, i'm sure he did not leave gettysburg off unintentionally. what is the most important battle to matt, i thi

. >> megan mcgrath is live in manassas with mor details.an, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. this is a one-year pilot program that is designed to increase and improve security on the elementary school level. armed retired police officers under this program, will serve as community safet officers in elementary schools across prince william county. the formall approas given by the school board last night. the program calls for a total o five community safety officers or csos, and one supervisor. they will wear uniforms that are different from county police officers. they will look different than county police officers. and the csos will rotate through the elementary schools of the county. >> we hired three total. two community safety officers and one supervisor. we're in the process of hiring the remaining three. >> reporter: so, still some hiring toe done. but the pilot program has begun with those two csos already in rotation here in the county. back to you. >> megan, thank you. >>> stafford county public schools are tapping i

moderate rain through manassas, even up to frederick. this is monday, tuesday.as of moderate possible. we couldave a few thunderstorms in the mix. for the d.c. metro, we're looking at showers and coastal flooding and that's theame dealor our friends in southern maryland. anybody ong the potomac river. that where we see coastal flooding from now until tuesday. by the time we get toes wey, thursday, friday, it's so nice. temperatures are going to be in the midos0s for the part. next chance of rain saturday. that's the first day of fall.e we have m news right after this. . i put criminals in prison during the day i'm jennifer wexton, and as a prosecutor, and changed diapers at night. later, when i had a law practice, i volunteered to help moms collect child support. then, as state senator, i worked across party lines to target sexual offenders and take guns away from domestic abusers. in congress, i'll stand up to president trump. i approve this message because, like every working mom, what's ahead is as important as what's in the rearview mirror. >>> our coverage

ongoing flood warnings.ui fa county and prince william county south of the city of manassas.flood war goes until 8:ha a 45 -- 8:45.t' the area t impacted by this flood warning goes until 7:45. don't drive across anylooded roadways out there. bbq forecast for the next couple of, da have a plan b for today. it's similar to yesterday. i'll show you the future cast in a second. you can see where your . neighborhood have a plan b. always a good idea to do that. sunday and monday d we have some isolated storms. might want to download that nbc washington app. current temperatures out there right now, 60s and 70s. boy, is it muggy out ere. it's going to be muggy for the game as well as the ns take on the brewers. storms around. i think mainly west. game starts at 6:. watch for isolated showers trying to make a run in our area. 6:30 right here, there's the storms south of the beltway moving into harlescounty. those dissipate as they move toward calve. coun we still have a few isolated showers. plenty of cloud cover through 10:00. through the noon hour we get breaks in the cloud and su

manassas, half mile. warri warrington less than a mile. temperatures are mild in the low 70s. n so 4 things yd to know before you walk outside. storms mainly after 2:00.m. here in dc by 5:00 p.m. some kevere. hat umbrella and raincoat before you leave. let's hd over to melissa and see how the commute is shaping up. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, sheena. silver spring outer loop befored colesville a little bit of a delay here. that's expected. hopelly they get it out of the way soon. columbia southbound is where the crash is. red as you're headed into that area. it is quite slow there this morning. u might want to think about a different route. gainesville northbound 29, crash out of the way. orn't have to about that. on the blue line, delays at franconia, wehle and rest ston hit. >>> take a look at some of the video here. this was the scene at the intersection of new york avenue. we're working to confirm how this happened and the condition of the officer and the other driver here. what we can tell you from looking at the video, it seems though this was a head-on colli

rain around manassas and across 66. we're seeing lht to moderate rainfall.ight rain down around quantico but everybody this morning is looking at wet roads. we're in a veryunsettled weather pattern. second half of today still a chance of some showers. milder this morning, though, temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. by recess still highs in the upper 70s. let's head over to melissa. >> in your first four tffic now, northbound 95. before 123. still have that right side ke bl two left lanes are getting by. take a look you can see that delay northbound. that's looking good if you want to consider that if you're leaving sometime soon it might be a really good idea. as we zoom back up here to the beltway, overall looking very typical here right now. l of thatreen showing you where it's raining across the area. 270 right now. slow all the way down to gaithersburg. going to te you down south there. 71 minutes. just 25 miles per hour. >> all right, melissa, thank you. it's now 6:32. we're tracking breaking newst righ now where the rash of violence continues. police

current heat index 106 quantico nd so it manassas and 100 in d. saw so 4 earlier. do think we get there during the day tomorrow, but as far as the radar is concerned, not much. we had a couple of showers and storms in here, and let's see if here's any inside the metro region seen a couple of pop up right here. one here around the reston area. you can seehere that is here. you can see what's happening right there in reston. that's going to contihre coming ongh and some of them are heavier downpours making their way out there, too. taking a look at the satellite and radar picture, do have nd thunderstorms well to the north, but, hey, for us, no big deal. not a bigl deaat all. the high pressure dominating the region. we are, wever, tracking what's tropical storm gordon and making its way back into thef g mexico and could affect areas like new orleans the next couple of days. the latest on gordon and florence the next couple of hours. temperatures midday in the mid-90s. relief on f you wanted to save on prescriptions... so you went online... and got so lost in a mumbo-

impact monday mainly later in the currently our temperatures are in the 70s. 73 in gaithersbur 77 in manassasngton. 76 right now in annapolis. tomorrow morning, temperatures in the 60s. maybe an isolated shower out ere. but i think for most of us a dry morning ahe get out for the morning run or bicycle ride it is pretty comfortable. just a little bit humid. by lunchtime, we'll see peeks of sunshine with the temperature around 73. 76 for a high tomorrow. very similar to today. and it's dry durinthe evening hours but showers move in overnight saturday onnt sunday morning. 71 degrees on your saturday evening at 7:00 p.m. so yard work tomorrow's the day to do it. tomorrow i think the outdoor parties are fine and then backup plan. plan for it to be indoors right now. save yourself thee. heada hold off on the car wash. somebody on facebook saying do we have to get the cars washedum thisr with the rain we have had? if you're one of the people getting thed car was regularly, no sense doing it this weekend. looking to tomorw night, we have high school football, dematha versus friendshi college. 76 deg

as well as manassas. 81 degrees in fredericksburg. for tomorrow, a high of 76. very similar feel as to what we're having right now.n, ag mostly cloudy skies tomorrow and then a bit of a breeze outdoors ear but as the day wears on, the winds die down and mainly dry. take a look. this is 5:00 a.m. on saturday. plenty of clouds out there. maybe an isolated shower around as a cold front pushes south through the area. by lunchtime, though, dry. notice the sunshine breaking out. where elsewhere, plenty of cloud cover out there. w as head on into the afternoon and evening hours, mainly dry and outdoor parties, barbecues, just fine on the saturday in the overnight hours, i do see rain movingnto the area and then on sunday is, notice rain out there. 6:00 a.m. until noon. heading on into the afternoon and evening hours, the potential for dryingheut but t's still a chancho for srs and sunday really a chance for rain at any point and that includes heading down toedx field for the red skins game with the packers at 1:00u'.m. want to bring the poncho. i don't think it's wet t

degrees ere and 93 in annapolis and look at the heat index, still 1 over. 10 is frederick and 103 manassas and 103 down towards the edericksburg are a little cooler and still on the hot side and expect s to go right back up. we had seen some pretty good storms right around the d.c. metro area and right around 301. waldor down towards the white plains area. a couple of trees and a roof blowing off a building down around that region. now most of the activity is gone. haven't been watching a couple of showers back into parts of northern virginia. look at it. very tiny shower right there. prince william on thend border just west of warrenton and these are very few a far between. >> the wider picture showing where the storms were. look at this.ty plf sunshine northern d.c. here's the storms, look, the cloud cover. that's given us thiselief today so so much much-needed relief from the heat and back to the west the heat is still building from little rock to chicago. almost clear skies and high pressure aredi senng storms way up and over so we're going to stay right here in the heat and humidity r

right now in manassas and that's why we did have the heat advisory.alking, we fully expect to see another heat advisory tomorrow andbably thursday, too. >> because the temperatures will go right on up. let's talk tboutm for your wednesday. the temperatures in yellow. 94 degrees i where we top out. in the mid-90s and once again sweltering heat as we coninnue the avenue with with the factor around 105. around soel. things start to break down on friday as the frontal system pushes through the area. still going to feel a little on the steamy side out there so we'll have af little bit heat index. again, it's not going to be all that bad. we've got the rain on friday. again, as youid get the ready for the bus stop. make sure they are hydrated, nespecially out there for extended period of time and have the umbrella for friday with those chances of showers, but just take a look.rr to morning once again, i the, by the time we g aet into dangerous heat comes our way as we get into the afternoon, so once the ds possibly get off the bus it's still going to feel a

they weren't really focusing on it at that point because they were so overwhelmed, especially after manassas when you didn't expect many casualties and you had over carbties. ,500 that's where doctor hammon comes in. he feels a very opportunistic surgeon. he was not very well liked in some cases. he got into fights with secretary stanton all the time but he's the one that passed that circular number two, which created the necessity to record, study, and collect and send it to what would later become the walter reeled army medical museum, now the museum of health and medicine and all those records that were created throughout the civil war were actually published -- in a series of, even more than this about 2 volumes of what is now the medical and surgical history of the war of the rebellion. chris: you've been waiting all night to do that. hold the microphone for her again. paige: i found the book, not the microphone. chris: go ahead and do it again. ooh. paige: if anyone wants to come up hereafter wards and leaf through these, these are intense. these are really what creates the ability for

it is extremely poorly supplied, particular the troops in the second manassas campaign. regular food, their uniforms and clothing are falling apart because they had no resupply. they are beyond their supply line. the only troops that are well supplied are the ones that come up to richmond -- from richmond. the army is in rough shape. lee knows that. theigade commander fights -- rights the following about his men. " such a filthy and unprintable set of villains i have never seen. they have lost on honor or decency, all sense of right or respect for property. i had to strike many a one with my savior. they are new -- the offices are nearly as bad as the men. when they thought they were going into a fight, six out of 10 did not come up until they thought all things were over. more than half my brigade went off that day. he is describing an army that is in rough shape. right below that, dr. lewis a u.s. sanitary commission dr. in frederick, maryland. he talked to a lot of confederates when they occupied frederick. he said they all believe in themselves as well as in the gene

it's raining acros a big chunk of northern virginia, manassas, ling in fairfax, fall's church.ng all of the district. flash flood watch issued for the remainder of today and this evening as well. possibility of a quick 1 to 2 inches of rain whih all tropical air. temperatur are in the low to mid-70s now. will be in the upper 7 to near 80 today. bright sunshine and very warm for the seeond half of the . >> thank you so much. > coming up, dr. oz on the results of a really surprising new study. do the risks of tale a daily aspirin ou benefits? >>> plus an inside look at meghan markle's solo project as a member of the royal family. >>> tonight's emmy awards. we'll break down the contenders and talk to the hosts. >>> first, the latest overnight on t first deadly shark attack in massachusetts in 82 yea.re what we'ow learning about .he victim. i can't believe it. that everything sticks to stefon diggs's hands? no, i can't believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on my car insurance with geico. cool, huh? yeah. he plays football, huh? yeah. believe it. geico could save you f

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