takes metro home from his job in alexandria, but when he's running late, he'll sometimes spring for a cab. >> as soon as i get in the cab and they start to pull off, they be they ask me where you going? where am -- then they ask me where you going? where am i taking you today, sir? i say southeast washington and then the problems begin. >> reporter: otis says drivers have denied him a ride to southeast almost half a dozen times in the last two months. he contacted fox 5 after one called the cops on him. >> the officer came over and said he wasn't going to deal with this all night and he'd like for me to take a walk and to find another cab. >> reporter: fox 5 decided to put alexandria's cab drivers to the test using our photographer steve and our intern julien, the first to get into a cab. >> could you take me to southeast? >> reporter: the first driver is quick to put the address into the gps. >> brandywine street. >> reporter: and doesn't hesitate to give julien a ride, but others. >> brandywine. >> brandywine? >> reporter: tell julien they can't find the address. >> i can't find it.

in alexandria city, cameras will roll at three locations. th patrick and given street, patrick and franklin, and d south walker. >> i wish people would be more of the yellow. red is red. >> the next 30 days will be a grace period. you run a red light in xandria or fairfax city, you will not have to pay the $50. er that, that is what you will pay. >>> still to come, a local man's war against drunk driving. plus, a major weekend at the box office. >> steve rudin and the belfort center,e weather showers and thunderstorms in the forecast tomorrow. t can we expect fo >>> 7 on your side with a bold plan to expose and embarrass rested on drunk driving charges. rff introduces us to the man. >> i love the old original newspapers. we have more of the front page dwi murders man. he launched a website. it parlays his experience with his passion. a hatred for people who drink and drive. >> they don't care. they have no respect for human life. >> he posts the names and mug e arrested ofl driving impaired. >> 20,000 names. 1000 pictures. >> he exposes iden

doddwell who works at another city of alexandria pool was at this pool for a lifeguards meeting. >> the child was not breathing when he was pulled from the water. immediately our staff jumped into action and followed an emergency action plan to begin reviving him. >> reporter: once the child was out of the water, doddwell immediately began cpr with fellow lifeguard maureen ogondo calling the breaths. the world stood still as doddwell breathed life into the child's body and began turning again when a woosh of water came out of the boy's mouth. >> i was so, so relieved. i mean, i just -- seeing him come back and seeing him respond and seeing him react, i mean, that -- having a child, myself, just seeing somebody come back in, everything's okay and that's he's going to be all right and can go home to his mom tonight, best feeling in the world. >> reporter: this pool has been here for more than 40 years and the hundreds and hundreds of lifeguards who have been trained here have used that responsibility and discipline to go on to college and successful careers. in alexandria, jackie bensen,

city to alexandria. -- they will begin their move from crystal city to alexandria. metro @ they plan to help. the jam packed highways and public transportation, commuting to the complex is already difficult. >> it takes me an hour to get to work. >> ibm na 2.5 hour commute. >> -- i am in a 2.5 average commute. >> many are expecting a nightmare. >> it is going to be horrendous. >> metro is stepping in. at a board meeting it laid out its plans to create new bus lines that boat run express service for government employees. one line would run from the pentagon to the market center. -- mark center. >> whatever they can do would be great. >> metro admits that the new bus service will not be enough. the defense department and the city of alexandria only recently agreed to the finding. >> it is going to be difficult. >> horrendous. >> one virginia congressman estimates that every one of the 200,000 people who passed -- a travel past seminary road will take an extra hour to their commute. a lot of changes. >> tha

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. >>> we have a traffic alert for drivers in alexandria, virginia, telegraph road will be closed in bothdirections from duke street to huntington avenue. crews will place new girders for the bridge over telegraph road. it will shut down tonight and friday night at 11:00 and stay closed until 5:00 a.m. >>> you may have a tougher time hailing a taxicab in alexandria. the city suspended 68 taxis from service for failing to have annual vehicle inspections done. that's about 10% of the fleet serving the city. taxicab operators were notified back in january they had until june 30th to get the inspections. they were allowed to continue providing service during the holiday weekend but are now p prohibited from doing so. they are allowed back on the road as soon as the inspections are complete. >>> he's calling it something awesome, but facebook founder mark zuckerberg is keeping it quiet about the announcement about today's social networking site. we'll have the rumors about what that something awesome might be. >>> welcome back at 4:57. today jury selection will begin in the trial of former yan

the pentagon is moving 6400 workers from crystal city to alexandria. but nothing's been done to solve the expected traffic problem. 2200 workers are expected to move in by september. the other 4200 will be in by the end of this year. >>> general david petraeus is saying good-bye to his troops in afghanistan. he will soon be the new director of the cia. he spoke with mandy clark of cbs news about the president's plan to withdraw 1/3 of u.s. troops over the next year. >> it is no secret that you wanted a slower draw down. do you feel you have enough troops to do the job? >> first, it is probably time to stop second guessing the decision only the president can make. only he has the full range of issues and considerations he has to deal with. that decision has been made and it is now the job of military commanders and troopers to get on with it. >> well, in afghanistan, general petraeus led a re- enlistment ceremony for hundreds of our troops. >>> in just a few hours, the jury in the casey anthony murder trial gets back to work. it spent the 4th of july ho

that's about 10% of the fleet that serves alexandria.cab operators were notified back in january that they had until june 30th to get their inspections done. those who missed the deadline were allowed to continue providing service during the holiday weekend but are now prohibited from doing so. they are allowed back on the road just as soon as their inspections are complete. >> president barack obama is rejecting a short-term increase to the debt limit. he's inviting democrat and republican leaders to hammer out a long-term solution. today the president called on republicans to relent on tax increases to help curb the soaring deficit. he also wants democrats to be more flexible with spending cuts. the white house debt summit is set for thursday. the nation will go into default for the first time ever if lawmakers don't have a deal before august 2nd. >> new york governor andrew cuomo is putting rumors to rest. he says he has no plans to become president obama's running mate. speculation has been swirling that he might replace vice preside

haymarket 66 with slightly milder temperatures from andrews, college park and alexandria at 73.ere in washington, 75 on the potomac river at reagan national with a north- northwesterly wind. boundary has sagged just a little bit south of us. the dew points in the mid-60s as opposed to the upper 60s. slightly less humid air. we've got big storms going on across parts of the dakotas and into minnesota with severe thunderstorm watches have been canceled. they were up a little bit earlier. the other disturbance that pushed through here. look how quickly this thing is moving out into the atlantic. behind it, things should be relatively quiet. future cast through midday. isolated shower down toward charlottesville and cumberland. during the afternoon, we'll have hit and miss showers popping up here and there. not expecting a lot of activity. that boundary still to the south tomorrow, we'll try to inch back toward the north. in the afternoon, we'll see a scattering of showers and storms especially from baltimore, washington south and east. south of that line. north and west of town, to

. >>> new claims that a plan in alexandria may be making people in the district sick. >>> a local mayor's re-election speech gets a little watered down. >>> and we're going to tell you why one golfer celebration may ruin his dreams >>> colleges across virginia are reviewing a decision by attorney general ken cuccinelli that says it is okay for students at the university of virginia to carry concealed weapons on campus. students must have a permit from the state and the university can prohibit people from carrying guns in the open. it's believed that george mason's policy restricting weapons in campus buildings and at campus events is specific enough. no need too to change that one. virginia tech officials will meet with the board of visitors decide if language needs to be revised on its policy banning weapons. >>> voters in maryland likely will have the opportunity to decide whether to grant in-state college tuition benefits to the children of illegal immigrants. opponents petitioned for a refer endoum what is called the dream act. that act passed back in the spring. they now have enough

this was the first year organizers held a separate contest for women and alexandria virginia's sonyafinished off 40 hot dogs in 10 minutes. the runner-up, juliet lee from gaithersburg, maryland. >> she's no andrea roane. >> that's right! >> forget the bun. go right to it. >> i think the rules require you to eat the bun. >> that wasn't in our rules here. thank you for watching. forget what howard says. i'm not giving back the trophy. we're watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> mike and angie are off today. monika is keeping tabs on the timesaver traffic. >> howard has some weather for us to take a look at. >> looking pretty good this morning. put that mantle up on the -- put that trophy up on the mantle on the fireplace? >> no, i have it here. >> a decent start today. a pretty good day except for the air quality being code orange, unhealthy for

. >> reporter: fox 5 decided to put alexandria's cab drivers to the test.ng our photographer steve and our intern julian, the first to get in a cab. >> can you take me to southeast. >> reporter: the first driver is quick to put it into the gps. >> brandywine street. >> reporter: and doesn't hesitate to give him a ride. >> brandywine. >> reporter: others tell julian they can't find the address. from the very beginning steve gets denied. >> southeast. >> washington southeast? i'm not going there. >> did you refuse that ride to that passenger. >> which one. >> the man that got out of the cab, the black man. >> because i have to pick up my daughter from school. i am not able to make it at 6:00 because he wants me to go to d.c. >> i got that often. there is something wrong with my car which i've heard that. i don't know where that is. ask somebody else to take you. >> excuses aren't all right. they are just that, excuses. >> reporter: the executive director of the nonprofit center that tests taxi cabs for discrimination. >> you no longer say someone says i won't

the suspect has used stolen credit cards at various gas stations in alexandria. >>> in massachusetts,icial there's say the public pool where a woman's body went unnoticed for two days was operating on an expired permit. inspectors and lifeguards failed to notice the body of 36-year-old marie joseph as it was resting at the bottom of the pool. sunday was the last time anyone saw her alive as she went into the pool on a slide. people were swimming in the water until tuesday when her remains were discovered. investigators still pouring over the surveillance tapes, trying to figure out exactly how that happened. >>> nike is taking back its decision to cut michael vick from its roster. cnbc has learned that nike has resigned an endorsement deal with the nfl quarterback nearly four years after the company terminated the contract over vick's involvement in a virginia dogfighting ring. he served 21 months in jail for that. nike says it still does not condone those actions, but the company supports, quote, the positive changes vick has made since then. no word on the financial terms of that ne

the alexandria plant powers d.c. and other local areas. >>> this morning d.c. council chairman kwame brown is facing more campaign finance trouble. the city's board of elections is asking federal authorities to investigate possible criminal violations by brown's 2008 re-election committee. they want to know what happened to $350,000 that was raised or spent. brown declined to speak to news 4 and said in a statement he welcomes the probe to clear his name. >>> right now crews are fueling space shuttle "atlantis" for liftoff. thunderstorms could delay the shuttle's final mission. this is a live look from the kennedy space center. the shuttle is set to launch at 11:26 this morning. "atlantis" and four astronauts will carry ae load of supplies to the international space station. today's mission will end nasa's 30-year-old space program. this is a live look from -- and you can see lightning was caught in these photos by nasa at the space center overnight. the still very heavy clouds over the launch site down there in florida, cape canaveral, and they're saying there

and alexandria. this is not a severe thunderstorm but a nice soaking rain. if you live in burke, chantilly, the clearing line coming up pretty soon. 72 degrees. humidity, 90% up. just ticked down to 71. winds southwest at 10. here's the first batch of rain that is coming through right now. we're going to get a lull in the action mid to late morning, and another round of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. we've been telling you this is the stormiest day of the holiday weekend. i'm staying with that forecast. we will get close to 90 today. good news is fourth of july is looking good. so i will straighten out those details and tell you about the fireworks forecast and the beach too in just a bit. >> we'll see you. thanks. >>> if you're looking to celebrate the fourth of july just a little bit early, there are plenty of events going on in and around washington today. six flags in prince george's county is having a fireworks show at 6:00 over hurricane harbor. also in prince george's county, outdoor festival and fireworks show at gaylord. tickets are requi

including montgomery and prince george's county, as well as alexandria and falls church.re allowed in d.c. and arlington. for more details, go to wjla.com. i remember sparklers as a kid. what is the latest? >> we will still get some of nature's fireworks. outside, here is how it looks. temperature outside right now is still posting, but reasonable. 79 degrees. july is the hottest month. 15 90-degree days. look at the mid part of the country. look at oklahoma city. 101 degrees again today. a terrible drought continues out there today. look at minneapolis, a much more humid that it is in washington. we still have that area of high pressure. that will be with us tomorrow, too. as we get into sunday, at an approaching weather front will come our way. as we get into sunday afternoon especially, there is the risk of some afternoon thundershowers. if you are heading to the beaches, there could be some thunderstorms out at the beach areas. 10 pitchers tomorrow morning when you get up will be around 70 -- temperatures tomorrow morning will -- when you get up will be around 70 degr

. >>> we are following breaking news from alexandria. there are major delays from the blue and yellow lines and metro project demand either jumped or stepped in front of an incoming train and was killed the metro trains in the area are running on a single track as the police investigate. >> lee of had a dramatic and -- evening so far -- we have had a dramatic evening so far. >> i think that may move to our south. there is the process line out near the eastern shore into southern maryland. there are some flash flood warnings out. the weekend a lot of sunshine. >> we will take it. >> ready for the weekend. >> join us at 11:00.

. >>> and alexandria man is suing washington d.c. police and he's getting help from the aclu. he said that the police violated his civil rights last summer when they detained him from taking photos from a traffic stop. he said that they could not photograph police officers without they are permission. >>> the holiday weekend has officially started. and anny hong is in for topper. >>> clear skies and a light breeze coming through. and the humidity and dew points are down. that is why we don't feel the intensity of the heat. downtown 90 still. but athens 88. winchester 88, annapolis 84 degrees. and the dew points are in the mid-40s downtown. and in the 50s in gaugeberg so this is low. but that will start to change tomorrow. tonight get outside if you can and get that evening walk and run in. it will be clear and cool again. the overnight lows in the upper 50s and in the upper 60s around downtown and the winds will be light. and a look at your timesaver traffic, here's monica. >> if you're headed to the beach this afternoon, things are not looking too bad. we'll take you out east

i'm peter alexandria in montreal. now back to you. >>> all right. didn't get as much attention as will and kate's wedding but monaco had its own royal wedding. prince albert ii married his long-time girlfriend swimmer charlene whittstock. they had a civil ceremony on friday. what you're watching here is a lavish religious ceremony on saturday. it was also a star-studded affair. guests including nicolas sarkozy and chanel designer, carl laugerfeld. 90 yards of silk and 40,000 swarovski crystals. we did see one tear. we didn't see a smile. >> there's one. it was a little odd. at the altar there wasn't a whole lot of happy couple looking-ness. >> with all that attention it's hard to know. >> yeah. the best to them, though. >> the best to them. >> all right. it is 8:16. i can't see it. >> really? >> i can't see it. >> where are your glasses in. >> the light is reflecting. >> and 73 degrees outside. >> yes. >> kim is here. >> and we're dry.right? not so much this morning. but now we're dry and we're just waiting out the hours to our next round of thunder

two days later, alexandria's own sonja thomas joins us in the studio to talk about the >>> this is one foiled jail break you don't hear about often. a woman was arrested for trying to sneak her hubby out of a mexican prison by stuffing him into a suitcase. 19-year-old maria dell mar rivero was arrested after guards noticed her pushing an unusually large suitcase. when they checked it out, they found him cramped inside. he's in the fourth year of a twenty year sentence for possessing illegal weapons. >> that is overstuffed. >>> a horse shut down a local highway recently. it was all caught on tape. take a look here. police say java escaped from his owner's farm in lawrence township, ohio saturday. the 7-year-old arabian ran eight miles before stopping. that's when his owners gently wrangled him into a trailer. no one was hurt during the chase. police say it's the first time they have ever gotten a call about a horse running loose on the highway. >>> well, here we go. we all heard about it. we've had two days to digest it, should we say. our own alexandria winner here won the first-ever f

it is starting to feel a lot different. 79 degrees in alexandria, high of 93. 79 at wtop radio, upper northwest. not rainier, 81 degrees, the dew l in the low 60's. we had showers earlier this evening across western virginia and western maryland. 100 degrees at detroit, now 73 the cold front lide ourg to s direction. thunderstorms piling up, severe across northern ohio. doppler radar, all of the storms towards the south and , diminishing over night. we may have a short or too in morning, then a break in the action. it tomorrow afternoon, the cold t moves by, a better chance of showers and thunderstorms, stallshe front of system to the south and east. mostly cloudy skies, isolated showers, upper 60's, middle 70's. tomorrow, afternoon derstorms, upper 80's, low 90's, highly dependent on how much sunshine we get. fourth of july fireworks, partly cloudy, made it to upper 80's at 9:10 in the evening. dget middle to upper 80's at 9:10 and evening. 90 degrees a good part of the upcoming week. wjla.com has the latest weather forecast, 24 hours per day. >> where the like to watch fireworks? ho

it is '91 in alexandria after a high of 96. it is 92 downtown at george washington university. it is in the 90's across much of the area. it is cool off to the west. they had some showers in cumberland. the shower is beginning to pop up across the panhandle of west virginia. do not be surprised if you see these guys get darker. there's only about a 30% chance of showers tonight. it is 98 in detroit. these dew point levels are what is on the way tomorrow. that is why it will feel so uncomfortable tomorrow. the cold front of to the northwest is beginning to flare up showers. this is on the way for tomorrow. when it moves on, we will look for a nice fourth of july holiday. the afternoon storms tomorrow will clear out for the fourth of july. showers and storms are on the way tomorrow afternoon. we are not expecting a lot. there's only a 50% chance of storms. by the fourth of july, it will clear aliout nicely for the fireworks displays. tomorrow there is the chance a few showers and storms. it will be 88 to 93 degrees. it will be around 87 and partly cloudy skies for the fireworks.

we can see some light showers south of alexandria, la plata. basically have crossed over interstate 95. let's head up north where we also have some light stuff going on. around frederick, crossing 270 and toward mt. arie. charlestown looking at showers. south of it, a little storm there. nothing severe as of now. so here's a look at the forecast. right now, we are expecting some thunderstorms to maybe impact some of those fireworks events for tonight. if you see lightning, hear some thunder, get inside. secure loose objects and stay away from windows. right now, very warm out there. 87 downtown. winchester cooling down to 68 degrees. so still unsettled for tonight. the severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 10:00 p.m. mainly to the south once again. damaging wind, now that's the biggest concern, just like yesterday. lightning also the possibility. tuesday as you are heading back to work, it will be hot again. here's your future cast. this is what one model things could be happening. at 9:00 when the fireworks are going off and the good news

. >>> more red light cameras are up and running in northern virginia in alexandria and fairfax. violators will receive warnings through the end of july. drivers will not pay fines until august 1. go to our website wjla.com for the location of the cameras. >>> another county will charge for ambulance service. prince william county will be billing insurance companies for everything from basic life- support to loading fees. the fees are expected to generate more than $3 million by the end of next year. the county will still front the bill for patients who don't have insurance. >> coming up, europe's latest royal newlyweds -- the whole country of monaco is celebrating the end of bachelorhood for their presence and an $11 million wedding. later today on oprah, love marriage, and >>> it is monaco's biggest lead since actress grace kelly walked down the aisle 50 years ago for less than an hour ago, prince albert married a south african in a civil ceremony. other european royalty are in monaco for the nuptials. she wore a gown by chanel. the entire adult population of monaco about a tho

bethea is facing up to 15 years in prison on each count. >>> the police in alexandria are looking foromething they're calling the king street wallet thief. a guy goes into several shops along king street, asks the employees to find something. he then takes wallets or money from the back room and then leaves. the guy uses some of the stolen credit cards at local gas stations, but so far police have not been able to find him. >>> well, the fourth of july rush is well underway. let's take a look at i-95 south. this is a live look. look at that! it's moving. i don't think i've seen it like that in years and years. it looks wonderful. julie carey has more on the busy travel day and whether gas prices are changing anyone's holiday plans. >> reporter: by noon, the independence day getaway was in full swing. but it took some patience. continued construction slowed the beltway. and on i-95 south, two accidents in prince william county left traffic crawling the rest of the afternoon. and a little travel might be easier between the fairfax county parkway because v dot has now wrapped up a projec

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. >>> we have a traffic alert for drivers in alexandria, virginia.legraph road will be closed in both directions from duke street to huntington avenue. crews will place girders for the new beltway bridge over telegraph road. the road will shut down tonight and friday night at 11:00 and stay closed until 5:00 a.m. >>> and you may have a tougher time hailing a cab in alexandria. the city suspended 68 cabs from service for failing to get an annual vehicle inspection. that's about 10% of the complfl serving the city. they were notified they had jl the 30th of june to get the inspections. those who missed the deadline were allowed to continue providing service during the fourth of july holiday weekend but are now prohibited from doing so. they're allowed to be back on the road as soon as they pass their vehicle inspections. >>> a new report shows more people lost their lives on the roads in virginia this past holiday weekend compared to last year. according to wtop, state police reported 13 people died in 11 different crashes. that's from friday morning t

this was at the creation of the talent -- the town of tha alexandria, virginia. like to turn it over and show you something unique about this matter. this is completely in washington's hand. during my research into his material, i came across something interesting. it appears that washington first started drawing on this side of the map, but he messed up. he could not fit the entire coastline on this little piece of paper. he had to turn the map over. and start again. in 1748, he would have been 16 years old. >> it was a later president's administration, but one of the most famous trips in america took place. a trip that forever changed a young country, and the lives of two men, meriwether lewis and clark. >> one of the great land mass purchases occurred in 17 03, and of course the most famous event was the the was and clark expedition. -- lewis and clark expedition. in our collection is one of the only surviving maps that went with them. this map represented the triptych. it actually provided the information needed for the whole first year. p, there are, -- matt

the child was attending a city run camp in alexandria. he was found unresponsive in a 4-foot deep area of the pool. life guards pulled him out and gave mouth to mouth reseesation until rescue crews arrived. today the swimming pool staff said they are glad their safety training paid off. >> it was a mixture of emotions. i mean, on one hand i was afraid, but on the other hand i know i was trained properly. >> in my five years of experience, i never thought i would have to do this. we are preventative life guarding. >> thank goodness the boy was breathing by the time rescue workers arrived. he was taken to children's hospital as a precaution. >>> just in time for the long holiday weekend, hot weather has returned. annie, we are hoping for more of the same for the fourth. >> fourth looks good. we could see some wet weather coming this way. i'll talk about that in a moment. first right now it is warm out there. 92 in downtown. 90 in gaithersburg. we made it up to 95 degrees today at reagan national. so well above the average high. now the reas

. >>> gridlock is being predicted in alexandria this fall but tomorrow metro will start to discuss plansto create bus lines between them. talking about service between the springfield station and fort bellvoir. once that base realignment is complete more than 20,000 people will work at fort bellvoir and another 6000 at mark center. >>> bethesda is going to have to say goodbye to a parking lot this fall. the capital crescent on woodmont avenue right across the street from barnes & noble will be gone. it comes after montgomery county award a developer the right to build to mixed use buildings in its place. 1400 parking spaces will be built underground and the underground garage is expected to be completed in the summer of 2013. >> we got a full rollover. now, if you look -- >>> an important demonstration today on the consequences of speeding and aggressive driving. officers with the smooth operator campaign made it clear that not many people walk away from rollover crashes like this. >> as rollovers and roadway departures were primary factors in 67% of all fatal crashes in maryland in 2009

including fairfax county, montgomery county, prince georges county, city of alexandria, this thunderstorm warning until 7:00. the storm moving southeast at 25 miles an hour. now, you folks up in howard county, eastern montgomery county, this storm and the one that also includes rundal county, until 7:15. that storm moving east at 35 miles an hour. we don't want to leave out the viewers to the west. no warnings on the storm. upper ville, north foxville county right in between barriville. all right. led back to the maps. busy weekend. we had a high of 92 today before the storms came in. we had the early morning storms as well. we did have that nice low today i was talking about this morning, where we could sneak in the highs up into the 90s with the sunshine. here we are right now. this is going to drop quickly when the storm gets here with the hour in d.c. we're going to drop down to 72 tonight and the storms get suppressed to the south. tomorrow afternoon, i think we'll have pretty much a rain-free day. isolated storms towards fredericksburg and southern maryland. how the computer model h

severe thunderstorm warnings right now for fauquier, warren, clark, loudoun, the district, city of alexandria, howard, and pg county. very bad storms and the national mall has been evacuated. >> more tonight at 10:00. we'll see you then. 

. >> that's what alexandria residents sonia thomas did today at the hotdog eating contest.ame the first ever winner in the women's category. on the men's side, joey jaws chestnut downed 62 franks to win the men's title. >> it's disgusting. i don't know why they would do that. >> a face only a mother could love with 62 hot dogs in it. >> yes. >> disgusting but somehow riveting. >>> and we talk to annie for a look at the weather. >> it looks like we did see showers and thunderstorms go through the area tonight. i think silver springs actually cancelled their fireworks show. but over all the big one going off. maybe saw light sprinkles this evening. no severe thunderstorm warnings issued tonight. that's the good news. we still see a little bit of action on the doppler radar. look at the green you see out to the west basically out towards 66 and 81. we have some showers. light stuff here. not amounting to a whole lot. but around warrenton, chantilly getting some light showers and bethesda getting light sprinkles as well. 73 in leesburg. all the way down to 69 in martinsburg. no

we clear out a little bit in alexandria, around national and clinton and around 301, things will improvevery quickly. so, here is the deal. flooding safety. we talk about it all the time. never cross a flooded street by car or by foot. check your sump pump, if you had any rain today and check your flashlights and batteries in case you lose power. severe weather is possible east of 95 now. the watch goes until 9:00. flash flood watch goes until midnight. storms ending long before midnight. again, don't cross flooded streets. for tonight then, we're looking at showers and storms, some heavy, some severe early but tapering off well before midnight. low of 66 to 72. now, the next seven days, we'll salvage a nice weekend in the wake of this front. upper 80s tomorrow. maybe residual clouds in the morning. primarily south of town. pretty nice back half of the day. nice on sunday. 90, yes. not that humid. pretty hot and toasty on monday. we're back in the mid-90s. cold front approaches. showers and storms possible. but in the week of that front, it should hold in the mid-80s which will seem refr

. ♪ >>> a woman from alexandria won this year's hot dog eating contest. sonya thomas is her name.y weighs 100 pounds but she ate 40 hot dogs in ten minutes on sunday. today, she explained her strategy. >> i don't know. i cannot reach 60 hot dogs in ten minutes, i don't think so. >> you practiced for speed? >> speed. >> not for capacity because you can hold a lot of food. >> yes about 18 or 19 pounds of food, i can hold it. >> good lord. that's our broadcast for now. >> don't try that at home. >> please. >> good night.

. >> this was made at the creation of alexandria, virginia.s is a rough outline of the proposed town. i would like to turn it over, this is completely in washington's hands. i'd like to show you something unique about this map. >> he started drawing on this side of the map, but he messed up, couldn't fit the coastline on this piece of paper. so he had to turn it over and start again. he was 16 years old. >> it was in a later president's administration that one of the most famous trips in america and the lives of two young men, meriweather lewis and william clark. >> one of the big advances in the united states' land mass occurred with the louisiana purchase. at that point in time, thomas jefferson had put together the idea of finding out as much as he could about the newly acquired land. the most famous was the lewis and clark expedition. this is the only surviving map that went with them. it provides the information to go through the first year of the lewis and clark expedition. in the maps in our collection, there are a number of annotations

must call the of promptly showed they had no equal in the tournament the first choice scored by alexandria if it was converted into seven points but me to put off going a couple more tries in conversions the cup holders took a stunning twenty two to nothing lead. it seemed over but in pure refused to give up proving rugby is always about fighting to the end. and sometimes the exploits of injuring your opponent although but most korea was keen to stick it out and won with a final score twenty eight twenty one to stay the only big tour the european champions cup has ever seen so four and undisputedly the best club russia has to offer my god that doesn't like i need to give a lot of credit to our opponents they look great throughout the entire tournament and gave it all in the finals but it's no secret that dva put most of your results baseline for the national team and we've got more international experience. it would be great for the tournament to have teams from england in other countries where rugby is one of the most popular sports that most of those who took part in the event of a very

alexandria's own sonya thomas took the title after eating 30 hot dogs."jaws" chestnut won his fifth straight mustard belt after scarfing down 62 hot dogs. that's not even his record. he wolfed down 68 back in 2009. they both get a $20,000 prize for this. let's see. the belt she won was the pepto bismol belt in the women's division. >> i don't know why they're jumping up and down with that. >> don't say it, joe. >>> if you happen to be in frederick on sunday, you might have seen something that looked like it was straight out of a movie. a huge dog dragging a table through the city streets there. this was not staged, though. take a look. this is cliff, the big gray dog. the 3-year-old great dane got spooked while his family was eating at 5 guys. in the surveillance video you can see him take off with the table he was tied to and a big red umbrella. a police officer managed to take the table. the leg cliff was tied to broke off and he just kept going. the family searched for hours for cliff and finally got some good news yesterday. >> we have your dog. so w

alexandria's own sonya thomas, better known as the black widow, will chow down today, competing in a brand new women's division. thomas was on the "today" show yesterday and talked about training for this unique contest. >> i don't have any special training. i've been doing for years. so, you know, just focus. >> so the training isn't walking into a restaurant and ordering 41 hot dogs and sitting down at a table and turning heads as you start eating these? >> no. >> today's 96th annual nathan's hot dog eating contest begins at noon, and she's 105 pounds. and the last time i think she ate, i think it was 70 some odd hot dogs in ten minutes. >> if they weighed her immediately after, i wonder what she would have weighed. >> big difference then, right? >> i don't want to know what it would be 15 minutes afterwards. >> good point. >>> meanwhile, in the united kingdom pub cooked its way into the guinness book of records. the wensleydale cooked up a record fish and chips. the pub served the snack to locals who showed up to celebrate their record set

it would increase bus service to key locations, new routes will be added to the mark center in alexandria and fort belvoir in fairfax county. an estimated 20,000 workers are coming to fort belvoir where there are no public transportation options. metro is hoping to have its buses in place as soon as august 8th. >>> a new report on metro transit suggests that system's escalator problems are not getting better. right now, there are about 80 escalators out of service compared to 103 out in may. metro says many of the escalators are not broken. they're being rebuilt right now. the transit agency says it is spending $150 millionel to get the job done. metro put up new signs providing updates about the project. >>> the escalators aren't the only problem metro is facing. rail car reliability is worsening. their problems are including the doors if you've ever been around some of the trains. the elevator service is improving and the buses in the system are proven to be more reliable. >> lower their expectations on that. >> our time is 4:37. at 4:41, the money making traffic cameras may not be as e

director, national community anti-drug coalition institute, community anti-drug coalitions of america, alexandria, va; jordan burnham, mental health advocate, active minds inc., washington, dc; dr. wendy greene, assistant director of trauma and critical care and program developer, screening, brief interventions and referral to treatment program, howard university hospital, washington, dc. fran, what is the definition of behavioral health, and how do we distinguish between prevention, early intervention, and treatment within that definition? the definition for behavioral health for samhsa is we are taking the substance abuse and mental health prevention, intervention, and treatment programs, and we are encasing it within the disorder realm. so substance abuse, prevention, intervention, and treatment are exactly the same, same levels, and so is mental health. we are finding that mental health properties for prevention, especially, are very similar to the properties of substance abuse, and treatment is different in one respect, but the intervention to get people into treatment is very similar. it is

also alexandria is also activating some cameras. they are at south patrick and franklin street, south patrick and gibsons, and st. patrick and walker street. they will also send out warnings for a month. >>> your drive could be faster. delaware's toll plaza has opened a highway speed easy pass toll lane. they are just testing it out, but they are hoping it will reduce congestion. 55% of drivers use easy pass so they can all use the new lane. >>> and if it you're planning on driving over the bay bridge, you might want to hit the road soon. here's a live look as you approach the bay bridge. the maryland transportation authority says the best times to travel are before 10 a.m. and after 10 p.m. saturday before 7 a.m. and after 5 p.m. and sunday before 11 a.m. and after 10 p.m. essentially early in the morning or late at night. if yao headed south to the beaches, be careful in the water. up next we'll tell you what landed one little girl in the hospital.  >>> prince william and kate middle ton are taking their firs

of alcohol addiction and rural isolation need street discipline and total control good or bad in alexandria case it seems to have proved efficient at santa boycott art see the village of. oregon region. and coming your way after the headlines of how the arab influx into europe is further straining its multicultural credentials and whether russia faces a similar situation stay with us. the. first creamy removal cold of a clear cutting. second explosives are used to blast to go deeper than the fears. heard the remains are removed by machinery. finally the fundamental choice is because the judge in valley feel. hungry for the full story we've got it first the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers. wealthy british scientists i'm told some of us not on the right. mark. it's why not scandal and. find out what's really happening to the global economy in the kinds of reports on our. coast. has been in the year in iraq as a military journalist i saw some of the ways to go in the old u.s. contractors there's kind of wasting their time trying to get killed for you. are a

the family now lives in alexandria. he passed his test in six and english. >> we want them to know not to stories, but the meaning of them. >> under oath they renounce allegiance to their old country and swore loyalty to their new. >> congratulations, your america's newest citizens. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america -- >> a. hart feldt pledge followed by a certificate of u.s. citizen -- a heartfelt pledge followed by some to become a u.s. citizenship. and his big dream? >> have a degree and going to criminal justice. that is my dream. >> i am very happy. this is our home. >> happy the country he fought for is now true the his own. -- cerulli his own. >> a great day for that family. of course, july 4 is one of the biggest moment in american history, but apparently, a lot of americans do not know the significance of the holiday period to 88% of the united states declared its independence in 17 -- of the holiday. 86% of the next states declared -- 58% of the united states declared its indep

she may be eighty nine but alexandria vonna doesn't have too many happy memories to dwell on a lost childhood a workaholic youth a hard working adult life when a five she married an older man and devoted her time to caring for him they do have children so she always knew eventually she'd be alone most people used to ask me why i worked so much they would so you don't have kids why do you need money and i would respond if i had kids they'd help me when i'm old and since i don't have children i needed to work hard at these they would accept me in a retirement home yet her faith you could train she could never have expected when alexander could no longer care for herself and was about to move into a nursing home a local family offering to adopt her overnight she received two grown up kids and a granddaughter who seemed to need her just as much as she needed them my mother passed away who just couldn't come to terms with it we were really longing to how grandma going house was a company and old process around this family's part of the senior adoption program pioneered in the gun region six years