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but a group called friends of the alexandria waterfront is against it. >> it is just too big, too high, too much bulk and it does not conform in terms of its shape with the waterfront plan that the alexandria city council adopted last summer. >> reporter: the developer is carr hospitality. the site is the old cummings warehouse at 220 south union street. while alexandria's waterfront plans allows for hotels, the zoning would have to be changed because current zoning does not allow for hotels. >> there's going to be a lot of traffic. i just think it's going to be too much for this community to bear. we have brac up the street but even though it's right here on the potomac and next to d.c., it's still kind of quaint and homey and it's going to rob it of that. >> reporter: opponents also say carr is not planning add squat parking facilities -- adequate parking facilities. not all neighbors are opposed to a hotel. some believe it would be a nice addition to replace what they call an eyesore. >> i think it would add greatly to the beautiful indication of the community, an open waterfront wh

in alexandria, beth parker, fox 5 news. >> the news keeps coming tonight. brian bolter now with the news edge at 11:00. >>> we'll begin the news edge with word of the death of the former alexandria sheriff, james dunning. that brings up the grim reminder the murder of dunning's former wife remains unsolved 8 1/2 years later. fox 5's bob barnard looks at where the case now stands. >> reporter: alexandria police officials say james dunning apparently died in his sleep at his home in south carolina. they say he was found dead this morning by his current wife. he was 62. james dunning was a public figure, the veterans sheriff of alexandria, when on december 5th, 2003, his 56-year-old wife nancy was found shot and killed inside the couple's home in the city's delray neighborhood. >> it's been a long 8 1/2 years and we continue to have an open and active investigation. >> reporter: alexandria's police chief is earl cook. >> we do not know who killed nancy dunning as yet. >> reporter: chief cook says sheriff dunning was interviewed by detectives shortly after his

former alexandria police sheriff james dunning has passed away. the 62-year-old was found dead in his south carolina home yesterday morning. alexandria police officials say they believe he died in his sleep from what appears to be natural causes. dunning was the veteran sheriff of alexandria when his wife was murdered more than eight years ago. officials are still trying to solve that particular case. tic >>> top brass at penn state concealed sex abuse allegations. that is the result of an investigation from penn state by former fbi director louis freeh. his report found that officials chez, quote, total disregard for the safety and welfare of the child victims of the assistant football coach, jerry sandusky. the 267-page report also says officials including coach joe pat were owe callously chose to avoid negative publicity. >>> when we come back, we'll talk about the worst day in syria's 16-month uprising. a massacre with hundreds of victims. >>> a sophisticated tunnel with a sinister purpose. it cost more than $1 million to build this thing. it

a tight knit alexandria community she helped bring to life. gayle is a friend who put together $100,000 reward fund in 2003 urging anyone with information about her death to come forward. >> i believe that somebody knows something. >> nancy was married to ann sal alexandria. he was questioned in the case, but never charged. >> before her death, dunning had been shopping at this target store in potomac. and not surprisingly, friends say, she was buying christmas gifts for a friend in need. and it is in this store that police found a lead. >> still don't know who this guy is. >> left at the same time as nancy dunning and police wanted to question him. in 2005, police said what they still say in 2012. >> this is by no means a cold case. >> in part because a career in law enforcement can lead to angry criminals investigators looked at sheriff dunning, his death, and further inquiries. the reward money is still there. >> hopefully reminding people that there's $100,000 waiting to be collected. somebody might come forward and with that one piece of

we will take you to alexandria, looks good through alexandria and oxon hill on the local lanes. other side of the beltway, travel times working for you across the american legion. pretty good on 270 as well as 95, 66 the greenway, and the toll road. back to you. >> thank you. fans are mourning the loss of actress celeste homes. >>-- holmes. >> she won an oscar award in "gentlemen's agreement." she was 95. >> the son of actor sylvester stallone was found dead in his los angeles home on friday. it was confirmed prescription bottles were found inside, but it was not confirmed if they contributed to his death. >> nba star jason kidd just signed with the new york knicks and is already facing trouble off the court. the 39-year-old was arrested yesterday on a drunken-driving charge after he crashed his suv into a telephone pole in the hamptons. he was treated for minor injuries and released without bail after being arraigned on a misdemeanor dwi charge. >> the queen of soul may have her eye on a new judge as a jeob as a judge on "american idol. the show lost two judges last week when s

we want to show you the situation in alexandria. as you can to the right we have seen quite a bit of lightning strikes over in the district within the last half hour. you can see the lightning there right now. so far it has not started raining in this area. it sure has dropped to the temperature at least here in alexandria. >> thank you. we have other breaking news complicating traffic. an airport shuttle bus collided with a car at around 3:30 on the westbound side of the toll road. one of these vehicles was heading the wrong way on that side. up to five people were hurt in the crash. one person is flown off to the hospital. we have a reporter on the way to the scene and will bring you more as soon as we get them here. >> new developments in a freak accident. a man killed by a tree that fell on his car and great falls virginia. he was killed when the tree crashed his car on georgetown pike. some lopsided tree trimming might have caused the tree to fall over. gail pennybacker has the new details today. >> we are going to give you a c

it begins with a token or a number to get into the hilton alexandria marks center.hen they sit and wait, take their shoes off and prepare to receive their darshin or blessing. some followers choose to bring a gift, but amma will give all a sweet token. >> i am just overwhelmed with grace, and i hope i can share it with others. >> reporter: people like david have come with high expectations. others unsure. >> i didn't know what to expect, because it was my first experience. >> reporter: barbara gilham was spurred to meet amma in an effort to spur her own faith. she describes the tender moment. >> she felt warm, something that just kind of passed through her, just a nice, tight hug of love. >> reporter: amma tells me her religion is love. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: and that she doesn't believe in a god who sits on a throne, but rather that all living beings are her god, and she believes in serving them. erica gonzalez, news4. >>> over the past 40 years, amma claims to have embraced some 32 million people. >>> what's normally considered an adult's disea

science and technology in alexandria. erika gonzalez has more on the racial divide. >> reporter: martina holmes claims that the fairfax county public school system disnates. >> the poor latino kids are not been identifying. african-american kids are not being identified. >> reporter: and these students are underrepresented at the crown jewel of high schools in the country. thomas jefferson high school for science and technology or t.j. together they filed a complaint against the county school system. the report indicates this year's class has 476 students, 43% are white and 64% are asian. 8% are multi racial. only 2.1% are hispanic and a bleak .6% or just 3 students are black.

former alexandria police sheriff james dunning has passed away. the 62-year-old was found dead in his south carolina home yesterday morning. alexandria police officials say he apparently died in his sleep. dunning was a vet van sheriff of alexandria when his wife was murdered more than eight years ago. officials are still trying to solve that case. e that case. >>> penn state's conspiracy of silence let jerry sandusky prey on young boys. that is at seesment of the inpersonal report from louis freeh. it says the university engaged in a total disregard for the safety and welfare of the child victims of assistant football coach jerry sandusky. the report also said that former penn state president graham spanier, joe paterno and other top leaders hid critical information about sandusky to protect the university. >> our most saddening and sobering finding is the total disregard for the safety and welfare of sandusky's child victims by the most senior leaders at penn state. >> reporter: joe paterno's family strongly denied accusations that he protected

it feels like 108 degrees over in alexandria. temperatures outside slow to cool. culpeper as 97 degrees. the heat index makes it feel a lot hotter than that. 99 is what it feels like in hagerstown. the heat advisory until 9:00 tonight. look at the temperatures out to the west of us. detroit, minneapolis all at 100 degrees or better this evening. excessive heat warnings stretching from chicago all the way across indiana and illinois. it is really hot out there. for us, the heat advisory continues for the next three hours. pop-up thunderstorms now beginning to develop across the western pennsylvania. this is all we have on our super doppler radar. this small cell in frederick did not amount to a whole lot. no watches or warnings for us. i do anticipate a pop-up thunderstorms in the next few hours or so. tomorrow, and other very hot day with lively scattered showers and thunderstorms. almost a repeat performance as we move into friday and saturday. more men human for the fireworks, a few thunderstorms possible -- warm and humid for the fireworks, a few thunderstorms

wtop radio ads 93. 97 in alexandria. they had the heat index that feels like 100. speaking of the heat advisory, until 9:00 tonight, it does include the entire metro area and southern maryland. temperatures and 95 winchester heat index around 100 to 110. it feels like 110 at around quantico. temperatures are sizzling, 101 degrees over in detroit. dew point levels are in need lower 70's. that is why the atmosphere is becoming a bit more unstable. a few pop up storms now beginning to develop across the washington metro area. this is exactly where we originally thought. extreme western maryland until 10:00 tonight but no severe thunderstorm watch for the immediate natural. i want to focus on this. this is the latest warning. we do have a few active cells progressing towards the south and east at around 40 miles per hour. we will resume in just a little bit closer -- zoom in just a little bit closer. haymarket's, a chance for a few thunderstorms across your area. it grazes the western part of your area. let's take a look at what is going on with our futurecast. firewor

especially in the district all the way down to alexandria. you can see, i just some clouds drifting over head. the steady rain is in tennessee. that is where the stationary boundary is situated. that is the focal point and it will inch and northward by friday into the weekend. we will have a chance of showers and storms friday and into saturday and sunday. there is another look at it. some slow-moving showers along that especially in north carolina. right now we are in the low 70's. edie's later on today. the same story with the rest of the week. those of you watching along the blue ridge, you have a chance of rain later on today. locally we will stay dry until friday and the weekend. lisa baden the rain scared some of the workers last night? >> yes, it did. that means things are in our favor at of tyson and bethesda. also quiet at 66 between centerville and 495. no worries the through woodbridge. things have changed for us on 95 northbound at 7100 with a collision, the two right lanes closed. plan extra time to get into springfield for now.

we have the breaking details from alexandria. >> lemaÎtre says it has a team of technicians -- metrosays it has a team of technicians trying to figure out what was behind the trouble. it began just after 2:00 on a busy saturday afternoon. metro was forced to match wrote -- forced to temporarily shut down all five lines. >> they did not tell us anything about -- until about 15 minutes ago. >> the agency said it was a computer glitch. a metro spokesman said the signal system was not affected. train operators were instructed by radio to stop at the next station. the computer was eventually reverted and trains back up and running 40 minutes later. the light comes on top of more scheduled maintenance work this -- the delay comes on top of more scheduled maintenance work this weekend. >> i could have walked faster. we were going to go see the smithsonian. maybe tomorrow. >> passengers are told to expect additional delays because of the temporary shutdown. metro says no more signs of any technical problems with the computers but they're still trying to find out why it all happened. >> today

a couple spots alexandria, 90 degrees right now. 94 was the high. given the temperatures pretty comfortable as far as it can be at other times like it will be later this week. look at the rainfall total. king george reported 1.31 inches of rain. here are the numbers, they are hot, but only a couple of degrees above average. 91 at washington dulles. 93 in frederick right now. england is getting a break only 70's across boston. you notice the double digit heat, and not the triple-digit heat. nashville 83 degrees. this heat is going to expand eastward and the heat will rebuild. we're talking lower 90's tomorrow and wednesday. thursday and friday, upper 90's across are viewing area. a little trace of cloudiness. the storms have been pushed to the south and southwest. a few showers moving across the eastern sections of missouri. high-pressure keeping us very stable. high pressure will be in control over the next couple of days but would be admitted to we could see a few thunderstorms pop tomorrow afternoon. the cold front is not going to have an effect o

alexandria city pools will be open today. lowe's is hosting a charging station for people without power in the laurel, maryland area. people will be able to charge of electronic devices like cell phones and computers. the station will be open from 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. this be at the store in baltimore avenue in laurel. >> the cleanup will not stop many towns from holding celebrations to mark america's 236th birthday. >> hundreds of thousands of people will break the heat and line constitution avenue for the national independence day parade. parades' will be held in northwest, arlington fredericksburg, great falls and takoma park. >> thunderstorms interrupted last night's dress rehearsal for the capitol concert. those who went to the practice session were told to leave. it kicks off at 8:00 tonight and ends at 9:30 with fireworks of the national mall. a reminder, due to storm damage, fireworks have been damaged -- canceled in kensington, germantown rocco, and gilbert. >> -- germantown, rockville, and gaithersburg. >> metr

he is the former sheriff of alexandria, virginia. his wife nancy dunning was killed more than eight years ago. her death remains an open homicide investigation. authorities in south carolina james dunning -- say james dunning appears to have died in his sleep and his death is not suspicious. >>> workers at a capitol heights nail salon are accused in dealing in more than polish and acrylics. the place star nails on marlboro pike. they wrapped et up by arresting five nail technicians all charged with theft. police say the women were buying stolen merchandise and then selling it overseas things like shampoo and tide detergent. >>> well, somewhat of a little surprise in campaign 2012. vice president joe biden got booed when he was speaking at the naacp convention in houston. >> let me close -- my friends. [ booing ] by saying -- >> actually the booing was because he was going to close. >> going to close. >> his speech. they didn't want him to leave and they actually liked it apparently. he was well received. you may remember wednesday mi

posting his personal notes online and when he was called to testify in front of a grand jury in alexandria virginia this week also marked one month since chilling to songe appeared at the ecuadorian embassy in london seeking political asylum and the riff hearings this week from bradley manning where we saw not only a big blow to the defense over whether or not the effects of the leaks mattered but also the government claiming that they have proof that manning knowingly aided the enemy they're all pieces of the puzzle the battle for greater transparency and as the government attempts to crack down we have to pay attention to the dangerous precedent that might be set so joining me to discuss is r t where producer andrew blake andrew thanks for joining us again leisure of course as well i mean so there have been a lot of developments and you know this week we haven't gone through the bradley manning hearings every single day and so tell us a little bit more about what's going on i want to break it down so specifically i'm really interested in this argument that now the government is saying th

in alexandria, just a touch of rain and 79 degrees. 70 degrees in oakland.sts anywhere between 20 and 30 miles an hour. this is part of the theft -- part of the stronger thunderstorms but nothing has become severe across the immediate metro area. we're going to look for showers and thunderstorms to gradually diminished as we move through the evening hours and by late tonight, everything should be done with. here is the future cast. temperatures in the mid-90s. if that's not hot enough, wait until tuesday afternoon. this is where our future cast is forecasting 100 degrees. we could be looking at tying records across the washington metro area. 75 for an overnight low. we may see about a 20% chance for an isolated thunderstorm. humidity about 95 degrees and the heat index of 103 degrees. here is the extended outlook -- hotter on tuesday but not quite as humid. a cool down courtesy of a cold front that will bring us thunderstorms. depending on the time that funnel system arrives we could be looking at severe weather across the mid-atlantic but cool and dry. >> t

minor crash on the outer loop in alexandria. we are in good shape right now.traffic is on the close side of the screen. we are heading to doug hill in the weather center. >> it is looking awfully nice out there. go to the west, a different story. let us start you off with a look at one of our web cameras. it will be in the mid 80's. partly cloudy skies. 60's right now. temperature at reagan national comes in at 76 degrees. 70 at washington dulles. the live super doppler -- scattered showers around the area. most of it will stay to the west of the metro. we will have additional chances throughout the day. a couple of sprinkles into the nighttime hours, as well. temperature wise, we will hold temperatures in the 70's for the next few hours. 87 this afternoon. mainly cloudy. little blips of sun. seven days, a warm front is headed our way. we will jump to 90 tomorrow. back to you. >> all right. thank you. 73 degrees. coming up, it is one way to try to stay cool this weekend. >> there is a word between obama and romney over the advertisements. let us get straight t

. >>> darcy spencer live this alexandria.e have our cell phones and computers, but the power outages ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] virtual wallet can help you be that person who's good with money. see what's free to spend. move money with a slide. save with a shake. feel good about your decisions. >>> o. extreme heat. temperatures at 99 degrees. we have hit 100 today, and today marx the eighth day in a row. we could get to 11 by sunday. other eight-day streaks, 1987, 20202. of those, they streak has hotter, believe it or not. we're watching some storms just to washington. they will move through our area in about the next three to four hours, and we will watch them for you right here. >>> more than a million people lost power while crews have restored power to most, there are still some who feel disconnected. darcy spencer is live in alexandria with how they're getting by now. >> reporter: we have other cell phones, we have television, and it's beyond just a convenience nowadays. a lot of people use their computers to pay their bil

on the women's side alexandria virginia native sonya thomas downed 45 dogs to win and earns the pink champion belt and 10 ground and juliette lee of maryland took place with 33 and won $5,000. don't know how they do it. that's pretty gross. that's all for sports. we'll be right back. >> the verizon 4g lte sports desk brought to you by verizon 4g lte. this is the plan that revolves around you. introducing share everything. unlimited talk. unlimited text. and a single pool of shareable data that powers up to 10 devices. the first plan of its kind. share everything. only from verizon. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] what's the point of an epa estimated 42 miles per gallon if the miles aren't interesting? the lexus ct hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. it's the perfect match for the perfect moment -- oreo the dunkin' way. introducing the new oreo coffee coolatta and new oreo vanilla bean coolatta. taste the fun today. america runs on dunkin'. hurry in to dunkin' and try the new oreo coolatta and donuts today. >>> scientists all over the world say a recent major announcement means they'r

>> we have seen alexandria police crews going throughout the parking lot. we spoke to the officer and he said they are not doing too much extra. this movie theater and the one at the hawthorne center already contract off-duty police officers to work inside. even with that information, a lot of people showing up to the movie theater here today say they still have the shooting on their mind. >> absolutely crazy. i do not know what else to say about that. that is insane. >> moviegoers were speechless as they left local theaters and got word that dozens of people had been shot or killed in colorado, innocent victims there to see the new batman movie. >> anyone being killed or anyone out here killing people is crazy. >> while this mass shooting happened hundreds of miles away, local residents tell us they still feel uneasy, especially since going to the movies is supposed to be a way to escape reality. >> this is a movie to escape what is going on in your daily life. it is absolutely shocking. >> the violence is supposed to be in the movie not in real life. it i

. >> in virginia alexandria public schools are closed. every northern virginia college campus is closed. the university of northern virginia is also closed. alexandria city workers can take leave but essential employees must report to work. the city of falls church is on liberal leave. >>> in maryland montgomery and prince george's county schools closed. this is summer school and some of the courses going on. montgomery county circuit court is closed. montgomery county district court it is open. montgomery college is closed. prince george's county government employees can take liberal leave. maryland state employees can also take liberal leave. it would be nice to get a little bit of temperature relief. olga, good morning. >> reporter: we are seeing cloud cover overhead. temperatures have dropped just a little bit. around 80 degrees, into the 70s outside the beltway. we'll clear out clouds as the rain moves on later on this morning. looking at 90 degrees by noon, middle 90s 3:00 to 4:00. later on this evening we'll build in cloud cover wh

. >> reporter: woodlawn stables sits on route 1 in alexandria, the main road to and from fort belvoir. the county has been trying to expand it for years. it took a major influx of commuters for federal funds to finally be freed up, 180 million for the department of defense. it could be a godsend for commuters, but laura says -- >> it could destroy the stainless. >> reporter: right now the federal highway administration is considering two options, build a bypass which would cut through this entire property or they could widen and place, simply expand on the lanes already there, but that would create a whole new set of concerns. just next-door to this stables is the woodlawn baptist church and right next to route 1 are tombstones that date back to the 1800's. more than 100 would have to be exhumed if the plan to widen the roadway is approved. so what should the federal highway administration do? destroy what's living or disturb the dead? laura says neither. >> we'd like to see them go back to the drawing board on this and come up with a better solution. we know that there is one and bel

this hugging saint will be in alexandria tomorrow as well. news4 paid a visit. that story is coming up at 5:00. >>> coming up next on "news4 at 4," if your family or pets have plans to be outside in the days to come and weeks to come, there's something you need to know about a growing number of snakes. >>> and how a church member punched his former priest and got away with it in court. >>> let's talk about records. >> let's talk about records. we're going to be setting records today, tomorrow, and on sunday. it's all the same record, record heat wave. eight days yet. nine consecutive days with 95 degrees or higher, and we'll continue to get warmer out there over the next couple days. tomorrow i think we could set a daily record. you don't like to here we could be at 100, but 103? yeah, not many people exactly happy about that. here's the one piece of good news. it's fairly dry outside right now, especially around the washington, d.c. area. right now 98 degrees is the currenttemperature, but only 28% humidity. we're not talking about any kind of heat index, but s

alexandria workers can take unscheduled leave. the city of falls church is on liberal leave. louden county government employees are on leave. >>> prince george's county schools closed. montgomery county circuit court closed. the county district court is open in montgomery county. montgomery county college closed. prince george's county employees can take liberal leave. maryland state employees can take liberal leave. >>> thousands are still without power as you can see. at last check a total of 245500 outages. 48,000 are in the district. the most are in montgomery county. prince george's county 52700. dominion power has a total of 158882 in northern virginia. 54712 in the shenandoah valley. bgand e. total outages in our viewing area. calvert county 985. carol county 2352. howard county 26783. montgomery county 2973. prince george's county 20754. that breaks down to 263 in calvert county. 1024 in prince george's county. potomac edison has a total of 14318. allegheny county 3685. garrett county 2429. howard county 824, front good morningry county 1964 and washington county 58.

alexandria police officials say he apparently died in his sleep. dunning was the veteran sheriff of alexandria when his wife was murdered more than eight years ago. officials are still trying to solve that case. >>> we're mop are toking metro this morning and the transit agency says it will come up with new standards for when to put heat restricts in place. that action comes in the wake of the green line derailment one week ago. metro says a heat kink in the tracks near west hyattsville caused the train to derail. >>> a man survives being stranded in the desert for three weeks and is sharing the story of how he kept himself alive. >> first, penn state recloses the results its internal investigation into the jerry sandusky child sex abuse scandal. some long-time supporters of legendary coach joe paterno are outraged.  >>> making headlines, more than 200 people are reported dead in a massacre in syria. syrian government says forces are behind the attacks in the northern province. >>> penn state has released the findings of its i

. >>> police are looking for a man who cashed a fake check in alexandria.urveillance video shows the man going into a united bank on washington street last saturday and cashing the counterfeit check. the teller gave the man more than $1,500. police say he tried to cash another check at another united bank in arlington about an hour later, but that teller there became suspicious and then the man ran away. if you recognize this man, call alexandria police. >>> a multibillion dollar project to upgrade the district's drainage system can't come soon enough. some d.c. residents are blaming the city for not doing enough to prevent flooding. people who live in the bloomingdale neighborhood say tuesday night's downpours caused water from the city's drainage system to back up on to the streets and into some homes. it also caused sewage to come up from the toilet. d.c. water officials say the neighborhood's drainage system is part of a project to reduce backup and ultimately flooding. [ inaudible ] >>> in the wake of last month's power foul storm. in a special session

let's show you what it looked like in alexandria tonight. this is the alexandria theater where extra police cars were stationed outside and inside police officers could be seen walking around. now fans still came out to watch the movie, some wearing costumes to show their support for the film. the shooting in colorado was on their minds, but they say the message the movie carries of triumph over evil and strength over adversity is what it s exactly needed now. >> -- what is exactly needed now. >> i went to virginia tech, so it really hits home to me. it's unfortunate. no one ever ever deserves anything like that. thoughts and prayers go out to the ones that lost people and things like that. >> on the way here i said to my son, i said, you know, it's unfortunate that somebody tries to put a bad head on a day like this that could be one of the biggest openings in huff. so i think it's very sad -- history. so i think it's very sad, but i think also people need to come to the theater because that's what it's about. dark knight rises. he rises fr

if you have any information on these suspects, you're asked to call alexandria police. >>> a korean war veteran is asking members of congress to expand the korean war veterans memorial in the district. retired colonel william webber says he has some unfinished business. the 87-year-old says he wants a glass wall added to the end of the current korean war veterans memorial. it would have the names of nearly 34,000 u.s. soldiers killed in action. it would also include the members of those missing in action and prisoners of war. >> it's simply ridiculous that people would visit this memorial, be totally impressed with its artistry and magnificent but have to get a brochure when they leave to explain to them what the memorial message really is. >> and the plan is not new. it has been around. webber wants the expansion to be completed next year in time for the 60th anniversary of the end of the korean war. >>> fastball away, and if that's how he ends his day, with 11 strikeouts, what a day it has been. >> indeed! the nats probably wish they could play the mets every day! they swept new york

live across the river here, nice and light no issues here company alexandria and oxon hill.fic coming up. jess and mike? >>> today is the last day of the international aids conference. the organization is trying to enlighten and raise awareness but some people still have preconceived ideas about who's likely to be hiv positive. >> chances are you probably wouldn't put a soccer mom in that category. anita brikman has more on a woman who's been fighting stereotypes for more than two decades. >> people are living longer and healthier and better lives with 30 approves drugs to treat and manage hiv yet we still have a disease that most americans don't think is really our problem. >> reporter: dawn knows it is. she believes she contracted the virus that caused aids during a rape when she was 19. she got the diagnosis in 1988. >> stigma of course was enormous. when i was diagnosed my doctor said don't read anything. it's too confusing and don't tell anyone because this is going to ruin your family's life. >> she's here for the international conference as founder of the well project

it's a new partnership between the alexandria sheriff's office and northern virginia community collegeand is dean of liberal arts -- mcclelland is dean of liberal arts. >> we believe everybody has the ability to reach their full potential no matter where they are. >> reporter: mcclelland says these are good students. >> they are literally a captive audience and do their homework. i wish my campus students were as well prepared as these students here. >> reporter: the dean has seen what educating inmates can do. >> they leave here with a better attitude and more optimism about their chances to succeed. >> these students say that in the class are perfectly capable -- students that i have in the class are perfectly capable of living productive lives outside. >> reporter: ultimately the idea is to run parallel classes here at the jail and at nova. the hope is if an inmate is released from here, that person could walk right onto campus as a student. johan aceda was a student at nova when a parole violation sent him back to jail. >> when they came out with the assignment sheet and they said

traffic smooth between alexandria and oxon hill. there are no issues to report on the northbound side of i-95 in virginia. let's go to our 50 camera. northbound i-95, no issues to report. it's just that slow traffic as you head for 395 and the 14th street bridge where it will be slow just through the landmark area. i'll be back with more traffic at 6:58. >> thanks a lot, monika. >>> as we peek outside today, we're not going to set any records like we did yesterday. we got to a record of 101 yesterday. >> you know what is amazing where there were storms yesterday? some people had really bad ones. in fairfax county not a drop fell. it was amazing how they just kept popping up with such veracity. >> and trees and power lines down. we look outside 81 degrees but we're heading nowhere near as high as yesterday. >> that's the good news. the bad news is a chance for some more showers and storms which could be strong later today. so we get a break from the heat. here's a look at your day plan forethis thursday as we head into the end of the

to the south alexandria 75 degrees and as we look outside on the michael & son weather camera, pretty for you. we got the capitol dome still quite dark at sunrise not until about six after 6:00 this morning. 78 and humidity high at 79%. kind of sticky stuff and a south wind at 5 miles an hour. so what we're looking at temperature-wise across the country. the heat okay ok right now. but -- oklahoma right now. but we've seen a nice break across the upper midwest here and across areas in the northeast. they've been doing fine along the west coast as well. the heat is going to be in the middle of the country but a little further south over the next few days, looks like oklahoma city and dallas will be the core. not kansas city and st. louis. what we're seeing though the reason that's breaking this boundary is actually passed st. louis. so a nice line or not so nice line of showers and storms which has been across the country producing all sorts of issues especial hi to the north yesterday -- especially to the north yesterday. got hit very hard with a storm that just stayed to our north an

so are schools in alexandria city and falls church city. we'll have a complete list of the closings scrolling at the bottom of your tv screen throughout the morning. >>> 5:37. ahead, keep it or toss it. how to tell what's still good in your refrigerator. >>> and bad news for the powerless and the power crews working throughout the night to get the lights back on. storms in the area right now. >>> and we are closely watching the morning commute. it has the potential to be one of the most difficult we've ever seen. your weather at progressive, you can bundle your home and auto policies and save. don't worry, tiny people. flo is a gentle giant. bundle home and auto at progressive.com. >>> welcome back now at 5:40. it is 77 degrees already. muggy and sticky and humid, all right. it's going to be this way for the rest of the day. >> a misable couple of days behind us. a miserable several days ahead of us. veronica johnson is in storm center four keening aen eye on temperatures and storms moving through. >> that's right. the storms moved through

. >> reporter: i'm kristin fisher in alexandria.his property was once owned by george washington, but now it could be torn apart to make way for more traffic on route 1. i'll have both sides of the debate coming up. >> before we head to break, let's see who's celebrating a birthday today. michael richards is 63. lynda carter is 61. >> missouri senator clara mchaskell is turning 59. barry bonds is turning 48. kristen chenoweth is 44. >> j. lo is 43 today. and anna paquin turns 30. if it's your birthday, happy birthday. [ male announcer ] it would be easy for u.s. olympian meb keflezighi to deposit checks at the nearest citibank branch. ♪ like this one. ♪ or this one. ♪ or, maybe this one. ♪ but when it's this easy to use citibank mobile check deposit at home...why would he? ♪ woooo! [ male announcer ] citibank mobile check deposit. easier banking. every step of the way. >>> do you like it muggy? because we have a good day for you. >> it will get less muggy as the day wears ocht humidity levels start to dry up later thank. tonight and

county shaded in -- alsoalso fair fix, fairfax, alexandria, 109 degrees later this afternoon. out to the west of us, some showers, thunderstorms continuing to develop. travel delays for the detroit area. front ishere the cold swinging through. at the wider view, how it is quiet but us, thisto the west of is where the thunderstorms began develop. see it on our radar. move off towards the east. have the potential to severe.trong and that will leave most of the area severehe tight grip of weather. we will keep you updated here. partly cloudy with a few thunderstorms later today. 96-100 degrees. the wind is changing at the west. the deal tomorrow. another hot day, mostly cloudy. upper 80's to the low 90's. the extended outlook will show a down. 80's by saturday, sunday. looking good. in atime low's will be 60's. a chill in the air. >> it started off hot today. "ith made it to the top four host.with kelley" co- she gave an emotional goodbye decision was made. >> thank you for your support, friends, family, my colleagues. love you. getting me this far. [applause] >> so gracious. as

constitution i think every american citizen who hears about this we can be stranger in alexandria should be concerned because i for one don't want to wake up every morning and read only how glorious the u.s. government is i want to media in this country that is a free press is healthy for the state and this nixonian grand jury behind me is chilling the prospect every day it's going to be. well out of hackers conference in new york on friday house published a self recorded transcript of his grand jury interrogation now the record of feels very little about himself because throughout the entire thing he invoked his fifth amendment rights. also shows government prosecutors interest in a number of wiki leaks associates specifically the tour projects and boston based free software advocate general clark house reportedly told the grand jury that it was assembled to infringe upon freedom of speech and association and that it's using information obtained without a search warrant so we're actually have david house on the show on thursday to discuss why it is that he felt the need to release this

. >> according to one law enforcement source, some of the extra officers in alexandria assigned to theater duty are not in uniform. they are wearing street clothes to blend in with theater patrons. some movie goers noticed the extra uniformed movie goers. >> it is unnerving seeing a lot of cops and extra security, felt like it was safe. >> wouldn't you rather they be here? >> oh yeah, absolutely. i feel safer with them there. >> yeah. i still feel all right about coming out. i can't let it change my life. >> at the movies in northern virginia, john hanrahan, fox 5 news. >>> amc theaters announced it will no longer allow patrons to wear over the top costumes or masks that cover their faces. regal cinema will implement a similar rule, but has not released the details yet. they have released a statement saying we are profoundly saddened by the tragedy. the safety of our staff is always our number one priority. >>> in light of the midnight mass shooting, president obama and governor mitt romney, will not air any attack ads in colorado. fox's peter dousy has more on that. >> air waves in colora

in the alexandria lock so you know nobody wanted those folks there because it would be tried in civilian court and they were found not guilty they get to go on to the local population here nobody would stand so it's really his own fault there's other methods of. not with that so there needs to be some resolution of this and frankly the due process of getting something done i mean we cannot hold these people as far as i'm concerned definitely there has to be some outcome in both administrations that all of the al i'm actually pushing this and. it should be abundantly clear that they are guilty of the idea of a week or so for example never done anything against their elder and i think they put him up in some caribbean island. but it's not an addict would use of just what i think is too though is that it was one of the things that we've heard so much too is that because of all these legal headaches now that have resulted because we have a detention facility at guantanamo bay and people that have been tortured right that they don't want to try is that maybe that played a role in this preside

bowie, 74 in alexandria. we're starting the day in a low to mid 70's, and rising about to 95 and become increasingly. storms are expected around and after 2:00 p.m. and some could be strong to severe. tomorrow, or humidity, right sunshine, more comfortable. wednesday is the pick of the letter this week. now to be sent. >> nice in virginia along the dulles greenway, the dulles toll road. no complications on 66 between centreville and the beltway. looks good between richmond and baltimore on interstate 95. light volume of traffic on 270. this is at 109. in good shape all the way to the beltway. now to news. >> abc 7 news has learned of the local thai to friday's and will be peter shooting in colorado. one of the survivors plans to attend college in the d.c. region. >> this comes as the accused shooter james holmes made his first court appearance yesterday. jummy olabanji has the details on this >> . good morning. the young woman's name is i am pamela brown, in for cynne simpson. -- is petra anderson. she had pl