from downtown annapolis and the naval academy. these are what appeared to be walkingm -- midshipmen ankle-deep in some water that was there at the naval academy. we have some still photos to show you. here are some of the midshipmen lying around in the main -- rain. we also got a picture from downtown annapolis was posted on instagram showing what appears to be some small flooding and some heavy rain hitting downtown annapolis in that photo. it seems to be the spot that hit -- got hit hardest this afternoon. jonathan: don't miss an update from doug hill and our entire m.ormwatch 17 -- 7 tea you can also download the to gettch weather app notifications right there on your smart phones and tablets. kimberly: developing out of loudoun county this afternoon. a sex assault at an in-home day care. rodriguezd juan charged last month. kevin lewis live in sterling with this late breaking story. this day care is situated along the suburban cold the sack. -- culdisac. juan rodriguez owns the home while a female relative takes care of the chi

and over three inches in annapolis. really the people that got the rain and the people that did not see any rain at all. patuxent river, .02 now. you are going to get some more rain. the rest of us not seeing much. right now across our region, one thing that has changed, our temperatures, up to 84 a little bit earlier. that has now come down 2076 after a hive 94 yesterday. a big change here. winds out of the north at 16 miles per hour that will bring through drier air, still very humid across the region right now, but drier air later on this evening. if you are heading out this evening, sunset at 7:25. we will have cloud cover, maybe a few showers through about 7:00. and then some rather nice weather coming in here by 11:00 tonight. many of us will be on the cool side when you wake up tomorrow morning. and tomorrow, a great day. high temperatures only in the mid-80s. 85, leesburg, 86, washington. 81, martinsburg, 87, culpeper. that is above average but we go below of a rant next couple of days, 82 saturday, rain likely

we are on 85th avenue off of annapolis road this morning. there are a few different apartment complexes down 85th avenue. you're looking at video right now from overnight of the active crime scene. you see a lot of crime scene tape. you see a lot of police lights and detectives as well trying to put all of these pieces together and figure out exactly how one person wound up dead near a bus stop this morning. back here live, we're being kept quite a distance back from where everything i

hit on annapolis no word on what led up to that accident. stay with abc 7 for updates as we learn more. severe injuries to an elderly man happened while he was in the care of hospital workers. leon: nine days later, his family is finally getting some answers and taking action. some viewers may find these next images a little upsetting. i-team first brought you this story last night. richard has some new developments. the 83-year-old man at the center of this case remains in intensive care. he was brought here after he suffered a brain hemorrhage. he also had several other injuries. for nine days, his family has looked answers. today, they got some, they are none too happy. his injuries are hard to even >> when i see the pictures, this guy was involved in a car crash or something. >> he is not doing good. he cannot breathe perfectly. he cannot talk. he cannot move richard: this is what the 83-year-old looked like hours before his stay at the hospital. he was admitted on september 1 after a brain hemorrhage. the next day, they got a call that

flood warning in effect until 6:00 for areas around the annapolis region. back to the west, this is where the front is. we have got much cooler air that's trying to make its way our way. tomorrow, we will see temperatures in the mid-80s, but this weekend, got another chance of rain and much cooler weather moving in sunday and into monday. we have got that four coming up in just a bit. >> all right, thanks, doug. >>> have you heard, the pope's going to be visiting d.c.? yes he is. if you haven't heard, now is the time to listen up, live team coverage on the impact on travel, security across our entire region. this will be as big as an inauguration or two or three. and that means major parts of our city will completely shut down. let's begin with news4's mark segraves, he is live. >> reporter: that's right. police say think of a fourth of july celebration and a presidential inauguration back to back. that's what secret service and police are planning for and preparing for and while there will be a lot of inconvenience to us and there will be a lot of security

he was born in maryland and lived in annapolis. totraveled around philadelphia in various places to do portraits. englandually went to and study for a couple of years with benjamin west. benjamin west was an amazing figure who welcomed almost every painter we will talk about today except for savage. west was always welcoming and he never held anything back. he told everything he knew, so he was willing to share everything he knew. this painting is a man who was a lawyer and a businessman in annapolis. he is one of the men who put money together in order to send charles to england to study with west. he and about 10 men put together funds in order to give charles a fellowship with benjamin west and then he came back to paint in annapolis and eventually moved to philadelphia. this painting shows him in a very -- the message of this painting is at the american colonies will not tolerate british control. wasfeeling was that britain going back on her word that american collison -- colonies were british citizens and should be treated as

the panel put together to come up with new rules for the use of body cameras in annapolis. now lawmakers have to make changes in the public information act. and the public will not make any recommendations on how the video will be stored. full recommendations expected later this fall. >>> new video into the live desk after police arrested the second suspect in a shrine bombing in bangkok. take a look at the arrest that happened near the cambodia border. police are not yet confirming this man's nationality, but he does say that he is a foreigner and speaks english and that he played a key role in the bombing that killed 20 people two weeks ago. investigators also say that this fingerprints were found on bombmaking materials. the first suspect was arrested over the weekend after police found some of that same material and fake passports in an apartment they raided. that information helped lead them to finding that second inspect in making that arrest. eun. >> angie, thank you. >>> it's now 4:35, more than $130 million of your tax money is going to pay for identity theft prote

we are on 85th avenue off of annapolis road this morning. there are a few different apartment complexes down 85th avenue. you're looking at video right now from overnight of the active crime scene. you see a lot of crime scene tape. you see a lot of police lights and detectives as well trying to put all of these pieces together and figure out exactly how one person wound up dead near a bus stop this morning. back here live, we're being kept quite a distance back from where everything is going on. it is hard to see exactly where this is all happening. but that bus stop right there, if you see, that is where police found the body right near that bus stop this morning. . right now, we're working to find out where that person was and how that might have happened. >>> 66 inbound at sudley road, a backup because of a crash there. 270 south at 109, crash there. chopper headed to that scene. blue, orange, silver line delays in both direction as well. >>> over to chuck belichicking that forecast. a cool start this morning. >> you bet. a little extra

way the the day will remain. 81 up at the district, 79 degrees in winchester, 77 degrees now in annapolis. are showing up finally, but these are southeast of our area. along the coast and especially the coast of the carolinas and down south, you will run into more rain and more rain in florida that they have gotten over the past several weeks. we are keeping and i on the cold front that may come through a late saturday night or sunday morning. a slight chance of a shower, especially in the mountains. but if you are expecting to do anything significant with these showers are sprinkles, out count on it at all. as we get through the afternoon hours, this will ease off to the east and that may boost temperatures to be a little bit warmer than what we have seen here. we have more for you coming up in just a few minutes. dog, thankl right, you so much. all right, let's take a look at the roads. kimi sullivan, what are we seeing? 66 and 395 are the slow spots. i want to give you an idea of what to watch out for in the area of long's burrell world -- lumbar award -- long burrow road. is thet opti

few of these showers northeast of annapolis, looks like they'll pass west of annapolis. around the bay now with the sun breaking out there, too, it's already around 70. but we're in the low 60s and rather cool to even chilly shenandoah valley. eats only in the 50s. 50s in the mountains as well. if you're planning on a morning run or exercise, it's going to be quite nice am little bit of a breeze though gusting around 20 miles an hour. that will settle down. the sky cast 4 showing some breaks in the clouds continuing in the afternoon and seeing more blue by late afternoon. welcome sunshine coming through. so good weather for the landmark music festival then. fingers crossed for tonight soo see the lunar eclipse, the blood moon may be showing through as the moon passes through the earth's shadow. it begins do that at 8:11, it peaks by 10:47 and ends by 1:00. we may get a break in the clouds to allow that to happen and the hour-by-hour forecast with the heise reaching the low 70s. very pleasant for outdoor yardwork and back to school tomorrow. a little warmer, upper 70s. a

a warm spot is annapolis at 69. at this time of year the water temperature is 74 in the waters near annapolis. it's usually cooler. because of the water temperature but today the air is cooler. i can do an hour on this phenomenon but i'll cut you a break and not do it tonight and i'll just talk about the rain moving through. take a few hours. it will move out in a small disturbance. clearing skies from the west. the system is going to rotate out and we will good to go. cloudy and cool. the sun improves throughout theen of a. pleasant. cool in the area under the clouds now but even late in the afternoon, columbus and indianapolis. 75. 80 in louisville now. everything will equalize tomorrow. the skies will brighten and this will fall apart. it is falling apart late tonight with the influence of drier air working in tomorrow morning and the northeast. on the afternoon hours, good to go. thursday is bright and sunny. all things considered we have a great looking plan ahead weather wise. cloudy and school to start. skies

and look at annapolis and baltimore. baltimore, over an inch. 3374 inches of rain in annapolis. we did see flash flooding issues there. flash flood warning was issued, since canceled. temperatures, 75 degrees, winds out of the north, 16 miles per hour. high yesterday for 49. did hit 84 a little bit earlier today, we have seen those numbers come down behind this system. 68 in gaithersburg, only 69, martinsburg, 68 in luray. some much cooler air, again, still on the muggy side, still have the dew points up, by tomorrow morning that will all sweep on out. looking at a very nice day very nice evening tonight late. i think we do have some showers between 7 and about 9:00. but then by 11:00, around 70 degrees, it will be nice by that time, as you make your way out and about tomorrow, fantastic friday. temperature 86 in d.c., a little bit above average, 81, martinsburg, 87, culpepper. see plenty of sunshine tomorrow. move on through the day on saturday, this is the issue that we have for saturday. the rain will move back in. high temperature around 82 degrees, 60% chance of that rain o

was the scene earlier today as the casket of former maryland governor marvin mandelwas brought to annapolis for the hall of the state house. the public viewing will go another 50 minutes until 8:00. he served as governor 1969-1975, credited with modernizing state government and passed away sunday, he was 95. the funeral takes place tomorrow in pikesville. >>> today marks 70 years since the official end of world war ii. september 2, 1945, president harry s. truman and japanese leaders signed the official documents and truman declared it vj day. >>> worst cars list, we share all the models with you a little later. >>> a mcclan virginia man tries to meet up with a 17-year-old for sex. wait until you hear how and where he got caught. i will have a report coming up. >>> a mcclan, virginia man is behind bar after caught soliciting a child for sex. what makes this even more disturbing is where they met up. >> reporter: i am andrea roane, he thought he picked a safe meeting place. that is ironically where police nabbed him. >> that is horrific. very bad. >> put him in jail. >> reporter: strong reac

annapolis at 62. planning out your day hour by hour. sun is up at 6:15. we get closer to the autumnal equinox. up to near 80 by lunchtime. mid 80s this afternoon. plenty of sunshine. start talking about your commuter impacts. >> good morning, chuck. right now still breaking news here in northwest washington. talking about the roadway right in front of sibley hospital here. loughboro road shut down because of the water main break tweel dealcarlia and macarthur. big look at the belt way, inner look and outer loop rolling along fine. 66 eastbound as 123 looks quite good. westbound, no problems. east-west highway and colesville road. >>> we have an update now for a developing story out of utah where flooding has killed at least 16 people so far. one person is still missing after two cars were swept away in a rush of muddy water two days ago. 12 people, mostly children in those cars, died. in nearby zion national park three hikers are unaccounted for now. rescuers are waiting for water levels to drop before they search for them. four other hikers died. >>> now

annapolis, after annapolis, these wagons, hundreds of wagons, and thousands of animals, the wagons -- make their way through to yorktown. which, of course, has important implications for the sea. the artillery and the men get there on september 28. collateral to pull them onto the siege line gets there in october. because you can make a horse run, but you cannot make an officer run. they go a mile and a half an hour uphill or downhill. here, in the neighborhood, as they moved from , alland into virginia forces -- french or american, are entering a brave new world. troops,the new jersey the rhode island troops, the new york troops had been down here, and they were in for a surprise, too. -- the biggest surprises biggest surprise is -- they had , especially this fusiliers whose journal i am currently translating for publication -- at all times the black people run about naked. you will read this in the journals of many french officers, unless they belong to the upper nobility, in which case they really could care less. if you are looking for moral indignation in the journals or the writ

and 82 in annapolis and 84 in fredericksburg. the heat and humidity return on labor day. mike, back to you. >>> the new panda cub is healthy and doing well thankfully. the zoo released new video of the cup getting a checkup this week. the cub is healthy and weighs roughly .6 pounds. as you can see the black markings are starting to come in around its eyes, ears, and back. you see mostly pink though. adorable. >>> crews are continue the efforts to free a blue whale caught in a fishing line off the southern california coastline. the whale is one of roughly 2000 blue whales off the coast of california. and they are an endangered species. >> there's only 10,000 left in the world. at one time there were 300,000. >> the whale is stuck on a rope and that could interfere with the whale's ability to feed on plankton. >>> the race for the president -- joe biden is trying to figure out if he has the emotional energy to run for the white house. he talked about the decision process at an atlanta synagogue. >> can my family undertake what is an arduous commitment that we'd be proud to

he saw the pictures of annapolis. timeless from the naval academy. -- time lapse from the naval academy. this area of rain moved in in a hurry. we saw the showers quickly form up and torrential downpours for about an hour. as a result of all the heavy rain there was flooding, flash flooding warnings issued and in saint mary's element to school they had three and half inches from the system. lesser amounts elsewhere. no real rain in the metro to speak of the more heavy rain south along interstate 81. most of that will slight self. -- slide south. that will eventually into some clearing overnight. 69 to 75 degrees tomorrow. it will be beautiful but the good revenues stops tomorrow. i will tell you why coming up in a few minutes. maureen: see it, send it. if you see weather problems are you are, get to a safe location and then e-mail pictures to pics@wjla.com. maureen, we have breaking news coming into the abc 7 news room. jonathan elias monitoring everything for us right now. reporter: there has been an amber alert issu

. >>> new at 11:00 tonight, police near annapolis are trying to figure out how a person ended up dead in this middle of the street. chopper 4 was over elliott drive and washington avenue near thomas point where the man was found shot. police say the scene is still very active at this hour and we will bring you updates overnight on the nbc washington app. >>> two montgomery county firefighters recovering after a ceiling collapsed on them tonight. they were battling an intense blaze at this apartment at the leisure world retirement community when the roof crumbled. you can see the hole from chop ur 4. all residents got out safely and at least eight damaged forcing at least 11 to find another place to live. >>> the locations of a salmonella scare will reopen tomorrow. they received the okay from the department of health and will star serving at 4:00 p.m. so far up to eight cases and possibly 70 cases linked to the restaurant. all of those at fig & olive that ate or drank there, the source of the salmonella still not known. >>> they've been partners for years but a montgomery county polic

prince williams county to annapolis. by lunchtime and thereafter a lot of clouds around with occasional passing light rain showers. nothing all that heavy. just grab your little umbrella for the travels around town for the remainder of the day. as far as joaquin and the path, the hurricane center does think it will make at least category 2 strength and there's concern as we get into the weekend from saturday night to sunday the storm may be recur offing towards the east coast. we'll be watching this very, very carefully. nonetheless, it will be close enough to interact. as a result, a lot of wind and rain in the forecast. showers today. light rain tomorrow. heavy rain and wind possible from friday into sunday depending on where and when joaquin decides to make a run at the eastern seaboard. we'll stay all over the very latest of joaquin. talk about getting all over things. breaking news first 4 traffic. >>> breaking news again in darnestown road. they keep changing. the latest is shut down between black rock road and whi

. >>> you can give blood today in annapolis, maryland.rry hogan holding a blood drive at the state house. governor also declared september as national blood cancer awareness month within maryland. the drive begins at 10:00, will last until 3:30 this afternoon. hogan says though his own cancer treatment, he's seen how blood donations can make a difference. that's through his own cancer treatment. he sees it has a positive impact. >>> district leader close to a deal that would bring a new multimillion dollar arena to the city. the practice arena for the wizards. the d.c. government would pay for the $55 million venue. it would hold 5,000 seats and similar to the one where the washington capitals practice in boston. district officials hope it helps with development along ward 8. >> they have been planning a hotel out there for years and never had the demand for it. now you'll have that demand. >> the new facility should be easy for you to get to too. the plan is to build it in walking distance from the congress heights metro station. great f

prince george's county police tell us this happened at laurel-bowie road and annapolis bowie road. he was taken to the nearby hospital. >>> one u.s. marine is dead and 18 others are injured after a training accident in southern california. this happened yesterday at camp pendleton. all we know is that a single vehicle rolled over during routine training. the focus is is on the injured marines and notifying family. >>> the justice department and new york city district attorney's office are providing $79 million in grants to help rape victims. 1.4 million of that will go to virginia. the funds will be used to cut the backlog of untested rape kits. news4's meagan fitzgerald spoke to one victim who said she waited for results of over one year for her rape kit. >> when i was waiting for my results i felt like i couldn't make any other decisions. i couldn't decide about my future because everything rested in that rape kit. >> now, more victims may get closure. the state of virginia says they will start testing more than 2,000 backlogged kits in the next two years. they're expecting the p

reporting from annapolis, chris gordon, news4. >>> now to a developing story in i wi illinois as the manhunt intensifies for the three men accused of killing a cop. >>> the search for serial robbers in prince george's county. there's video of their latest heist. >>> a child tumbles out of this apartment building several stories up. >> 3-year-old female fell from the fifth floor balcony. >> ♪ hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! ♪ introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle. >>> a woman was taken into custody at the foggy bottom station about 9:30 this morning, accused of trying to kidnap a toddler on a train. witnesses say she tried to grab a 2-year-old girl from a stroller but other riders jumped in to stop the suspect until police arrived. the child was not injured. coming up in our next half hour, tom sherwood has more on the scary moments and he will tell us why police have not yet charged that woman. >>> now the latest on a developing story in illinois. the manhunt is expanding for three suspects wanted in the deadly shooting of a

he was on a grassy area on 85th street not far from annapolis road in new carrollton.police have not said if he was killed there or somewhere else but something recently shattered the glass at that bus shelter. this area is a neighborhood of apartment complexes, and violent crime is rare. some parents held their children's hands a little tighter as they waited for the school bus this morning. >> makes me feel real unsafe. yeah, because this kind of thing can happen around here, i don't -- >> police have not released the name of the man that was killed but say they do not believe his murder was random. >>> an incense stick may be to blame for tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage in a home in gatogatorsburg, i-370 t mo morning. >>> a major real estate deal that will force more than 100 senior citizens to move to make room for the sidwell friends school expansion. news 4's mark segraves broke the story on twitter. he joins us live with one woman who says this is devastating for her mother. mark? >> reporter: that's right. the families are very upset about this. th

so she did go to annapolis could eventually, -- annapolis. eventually, all of these soldiers were rehabilitated and sent home. so naturally, she just moved her office right here to d.c. to the living space she had. it was just a natural thing. she had up to 12 clerks at one point working for her. she actually left town quite a bit of the time to go on a speaking to her -- speaking tour to raise funds. she also lobbied congress to make an official agency and give her a budget. she never was able to do that. by 1868, when congress voted to reimburse her for the funding she had put out of her own personal money to get this thing done. she did receive over 63,000 pieces. she tried to answer each and every one. a lot of times, she set up a for her-- form letters clerks two years and she gave them permission to sign her name. so every soldier that she received an inquiry on went into a book, eventually went on a roll that was published on paper , five roles altogether, and she lls altogether, and she answered each family especially code. unfortunat

it will skim through annapolis. if you're headed out 50, you'll see slow going. this is a pretty good storm now. east of route 6 and moderate rain in waldorf and a good storm, too, towards mechanicsville. we'll zoom in and look at all the lightning in the last 30 minutes or so. rainfall rates 2 to 5 inches per hour with this storm system. flooding is possible. flash flood is possible asking it drifts off to the north east at about 14, headed toward la plata at 6:09 and hughesville at 6:52 on our storm tracker. muggy tonight with showers and storms, some locally heavy. bus stop temperatures in the 70s, a few showers possible in the morning. a yellow weather alert through tomorrow. there's a cold front that will go through tomorrow and that could affect the morning commute and evening commute as well. kind of an on and off deal tomorrow. it's going to keep temps way down. i stop this at 8:30. look at the magenta. that could really affect southern maryland, st. mary's county and the lower portion of charles county. look at the temps, still in the low to mid-80s acro

monday off to a quiet start across the area. 71 now in annapolis. 70 in washington. 63 down in springield, virginia. skycast 4, this is what your sky will look like for today. mostly sunny, but like yesterday there will be some high level cloudiness from time to time. but on the whole a very pleasant morning. mostly in the 60s through 7:00. into the mid 80s by lunch hour. flirting with 90 degrees for highs today. near 90, right around 4:00 or 5:00 this afternoon. then a pleasant evening coming up with anything you want to do. highs for tomorrow, back into the low 90s. still holding off on a rain free forecast. we'll talk about the rain chances in ten minutes. for now, back into the news. >> chuck, thank you. >>> now we turn to decision 2016. we have seen a summer of political shakeups from the rise of donald trump to the struggles of hillary clinton and jeb bush. now labor day kicks off the fall campaign season and nbc news has a new poll. nbc's tracie potts has the latest numbers. >> reporter: good morning. let's focus on new hampshire, because that's where donald trump has a new num

annapolis is no easy thing, right?ouldn't say it's an easy place to go. >> what was the hardest thing about being a female -- do they call them cadets? >> mid shipmen. for me i was a minority, which was very valuable for me. you have to learn to fit in and learn how to hang with the boys. >> what was it five to one, six to one? >> it was about 10% women. >> 10%. so ten to one. the physical training, was that hard? >> it wasn't too hard because i was a figure skater growing up. >> excellent. so then you get through annapolis and you are commissioned as a naval officer. >> i saw the blue angels and that's what inspired me. they flew f-18s. i remember being in awe and realizing, why am i in awe? i'm in a position to fly that airplane. >> you're an officer. you would applied to the aviator school. they ship you to iraq? >> i flew missions over afghanistan. a couple over iraq early, but most were over afghanistan. i was still in the persian gulf off the uss george washington. when i say before the war, before the war in ira

this is right off of annapolis road.re have been a lot of people coming by, trying to figure out what's happening. a lot of people getting ready and leaving for work. i was speaking to one man. he said it's very unusual for this little nook of this neighborhood right here in new carrollton. he said in fact last night they had a homeowners association meeting. their biggest problem that they were voicing their concerns, new carrollton police, was that of loiterers, kids hanging out where they weren't supposed to be. now obviously they have a much bigger problem, a death investigation. a man found shot to death on # 5th -- 05th avenue. -- on 85th avenue. i'm nikki burdine, wusa9. >>> a man accused of killing a d.c. police detective is scheduled to go on trial today in prince george's county. antawn james is charged in the murder of joseph newell. newell is james' stepfather. prosecutors say james shot newell after newell asked him to help with yard work. >>> a woman found pushing her dead child on a swing has been indicted

to annapolis. dean an reynolds loving his new confence. takes it in from two yards out. nauert quarter, more reynolds. this time 17 yard touchdown run. five tds on the game. they win it. jordan zimmermann, bases loaded jam and seven strikeouts. bryce harper hoping to find the national league mvp. monster two-run shot to right. nationals beat the marlins. with the mets loss, that's seven games back in the n.l. east. davis on second base. jones at the plate. jones rips the ball to right center. that proved to be the winner. a big congratulations to the orioles you a fill@for winning the eastern heeg championship. >> that's great. >> keep winning. and the weather is going to be nice? >> breezy, temperatures in the mid to upper 70ed. >> saturday night live is next. [ cheers and applause ] >> welcome back to "the kelly file." later in the program, undeniable proof that the historical figure blackula was in fact white. but first, it was a long week for new jersey governor chris christie. first he placed nurse kaci hickox into quarantine even

what did they do in annapolis? in 1786, there is a recognition, needs to be coordinated among the states. new york is charging tariffs to new jersey and rhode island. wants to pay of money to expand the potomac, wants to get maryland and pennsylvania to contribute so they have this convention in annapolis with the limited purpose of trying to get some kind of agreement for interstate commerce among the states. it fails. five states show up. everybody has gone away by the time they get there. hamilton and madison have met each other before. they worked in the confederation congress together, hamilton from new york, madison from virginia and they are part of this. this, hamiltonian version of leadership is really great, dangerous as the dickens that really great. they have just failed even to get a quorum. hamilton writes a draft to be sent back to the confederation. all of us agree that we need to call a convention this second tuesday in may to address the larger question of rights and responsibilities within this l

in annapolis the temperature is somewhat cooler. we know the winds are coming across the river and that means they probably have southeasterly winds and those this time of year will bring the numbers down . the southeasterly breeze at nine miles per hour. we have a good pattern with sunshine. it will only slowly moderate. 84 degrees right now at manassas and fredericksburg. 83 in baltimore. 79 degrees in annapolis right now. through the evening hours, after sunset will drop down through the 70's and into the 60's. early tomorrow morning the numbers will be right around 70 degrees inside the beltway. it will start to warm up to the afternoon, probably back to the mid to upper 80's in spots. those of the numbers further southwest right now. this giant area of high pressure across the area but in time, tomorrow and saturday, you will see bigger numbers than this. the center of the high is right overhead but the high-pressure extensor northern new england all the way south into texas. it is a sprawling area of high pressure. once the ce

and southbound annapolis road, also an accident, starting to see backups on bw parkway.typical 66 inbound. typical northbound, prince george's countyoverall, no major problems. indian head getting a little red before the beltway. and approaching the beltway and inside the beltway, 270 at montrose, normal volume headed southbound. >>> today, you can go to a public meeting in arlington about how long you have to pay at county parking meters. that meeting will be in clarendon at 7:00 tonight. it will make it active monday through saturday. the meters are in force between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. now. it will make the rules in line with montgomery county, al alexandra and d.c. >>> former governor mandel's body will be in state this afternoon. mandel died on sunday, he was 95 years old. >>> it's 6:56, here are 4 things to know this wednesday morning. if you work for the federal government, you'll be able to telework during the pope's visit this month. opm announced a change to deal with huge crowds expected here. >>> right now, students are gathering on the quad to remember al

in annapolis, brad bell. leon: you got it. new information on the investigation in a fire that tore through the historic section of harper's ferry in july. office of the west virginia state fire marshal is telling abc7 news that it started on a rear deck. nay say money was mis -- they also say money was missing from the pub. no one was injured and so far no one is facing charges. talk about the weather. it doesn't feel like autumn outside. have you been out much today? kimberly: a little bit. feels like south florida. >> leaion: exactly. somebody flipped the switch. we have a have humidity and pollen. kimberly: chief meteorologist doug hill has a check of the forecast. will the heat stay with us? doug: yes. we have noticeable relief for the holiday weekend. right now outside the belfort furniture weather center in rockville, sunny and hot. no rain. just heat and humidity. the current number, 91 in frederick. 790 ingategate. -- 90 in gaithersburg. if you factor in the dew point it is feeling several degrees warmer. we will hold

september 15, his administration will host a blood drive at the statehouse in annapolis.ogan is battling non-hodgkin's lymphoma. some weather news now. folks are cleaning up after severe thunderstorms ripped through phoenix. the storms left behind flooded streets and a trail of downed trees and power lines. the storm halted all flights in and out of phoenix for more than an hour. fire officials received more than 400 emergency calls. tough situation they are dealing with. have monsoon season in the summer, but that severe storm is not that common there. jummy: is that a little heat wave? doug: yeah. we have had a lot of hot weather here in washington. lapse line ups -- a time in frederick county, maryland. fog on the ground. that burned off quickly. has evolved into a very nice day. hot and humid with a few fairweather clouds. temperatures rise. pollen count, moderate category. concerns about air quality, as we told you a few minutes ago. code origin effect today. 80 degrees in charlottesville. 88, hagerstown. 91 in the nation's capital. generally, mid-atlantic to south e

temperatures have made a nice recovery around the morning lows. 72 in angers. 70 degrees in annapolis through the afternoon we will climb through the upper 70's. a bit of a gusty breeze at times. with clear skies and diminishing winds we are going the other way. down to 50 in frederick. as low as 49 in manassas. even downtown washington will start at 61 degrees tomorrow afternoon. big area of high pressure that can chose not only the minute the eastern two thirds of the nation. very few clouds to be found. pattern weypical have seen late september and early october. some of the best stretches of dry and sunny positions. later in the week a cold front will try to come through. a stronger one by sunday may bring some showers. about 86 on wednesday. in the mid 80's. a few degrees above average. humidity at -- humidity levels should be under control. looks like sunday may be our day. the best we can give it is a 30% probability. melanie: it is really rare. looking forward to it. and alert for parents whose children own tricycles. tricycles sent thousands of children to emergency rooms eve

there is one small swath from annapolis right to d.c. and right along to fairfax.k at how it develops here over the next one to two hours and if you are going to be heading out and about tonight. there's more rain down to the south. fortunately, we will see the rain should stay to the south. overnight tonight, if you are going to be dining out, grab the umbrellas and temperatures will be in the 60s and maybe not a lot of al fresco dining tonight. everybody's got at least an umbrella coming in across the area. so that's a good thing. i brought three myself. >> that's the truth. >> you're covered, doug. thanks. >>> long lines started forming last night around our area, and of course, they had nothing to do with the pope. no, the new apple iphone 6s and 6s plus went on sale this morning and some folks were willing to wait all night long to be among the first in line at the georgetown apple store. staffers gave them a very warm welcome when those doors opened at 8:00. >> we got here at 4:10 p.m. yesterday and it was awesome staying the night because we got to bond with

this one as you mentioned, aaron, annapolis road and cooper. if you look behind me, you see police cars there. and there are quite a bit of a scene here. a lot of details still not clear. at this point, we have a couple pictures we can show you from just a few minutes ago that show you a bit vantage of the scene here. we talked to several neighbors who said they heard the gunshot this morning. this is just after 5:00 this morning. we talked with one of the neighbors here, there's an apartment complex, very close by where this happened. and we talked with one of the neighbors here who says she heard about five shots this morning. another neighbor who said she heard three. so definitely, it was startling to them. they said they knew right away what it was. they stayed indoors. they didn't come outside for fear of what might have been happening. and they were exactly right. so, police tell us one man is dead. they were called out here initially for report an assault. and then they found one man who was dead. so we'll be here for a little bit and t

temperatures across the area are plenty warm. 79 at reagan airport. 75 in annapolis. 79 in woodbridge. it will be comfortable all around the area through the evening hours. dew point is a critical measurement we used to determine relative humidity. in the summertime, when the dew point is in the 70's, it is really humid. but this time of year, we still get warm temperatures, like today, but we get very dry air th low dew points, and that's a comfortable combination. up in time.o warm we will see humidity by the end of the week. the sun goes down tonight at 7:17 p.m. by that point, temperature should be in the middle to upper 70's. across the atlantic, everyone enjoying comfortable conditions. fairly uniform numbers, all in the low 70's. the high pressured center is shifting, keeping the drier air on the backside. to thefront will ride rescue, bringing clouds and showers, may be a thunderstorm. it looks like we may get a cold front saturday or sunday, but it will not bring rain, just slightly cooler temperatures. the plan is to warm up over the next few days and then get cooler for the

annapolis at 79. temperatures will start to fall off a little bit in the evening in the 70's. in fact, by tomorrow morning. our metro own forecast shows the low temperatures from the upper 50's to the lower 60's. a beautiful start to the day tomorrow. as far as what will happen getting through the upcoming weekend, tomorrow looks terrific. i will be warm. upper 80's. a touch more humid, too. on sunday we turn cooler. why do we turn cooler on sunday? i will let you know in the forecast and check out the next seven days in a couple of minutes. leon: all right, doug. as you know, there is so much anticipation building for pope francis' visit next week. a speech to congress is one of the hottest tickets in town. one lawmaker who is a roman catholic by the way who says he is boycotting the speech by the pope. arizona congressman says he decided not to attend after reading the book that pope francis will devote much of his speech to policies about fighting climate change. he thinks the pope should talk about climate change in his personal time not as pope. the pope's trip begins tom

a lot of places above 80 degrees from winchester to leesburg to annapolis. the warmup is well under way. future weather through the day, remaining completely rain-free around here for today and tonight. into tomorrow. maybe picking up a few more clouds as the heat and humidity start to build up. looks like our next real chance for rain shows up wednesday afternoon. we'll talk about that in the seven-day forecast when i see you next. >>> chuck, thank you. what a way to get things started. ellen degeneres will kick off her new season tomorrow with this exclusive interview with caitlyn jenner. >> it will be her first talk show interview. she talked about her political stance and hopes for a new significant other and how she feels about same-sex marriage. >> now that you're a woman, you're caitlyn, do you miss bruce and do you get confused? how quickly is that transition like i'm kate? >> it went pretty quick. >> you know what i mean? >> i know exactly what i mean. do i miss him? >> absolutely no. as a woman, i can do all the fun stuff anyway. i can still play g

closer to the bay it's cooler. 83 degrees for annapolis. if you widen the view out, there is heat and the humidity to go around. a good indcation on what is moving through. the forecast shows 78 degrees late tonight. 7:00 in the morning. a lot of kids are up earlily for school. 70 degrees. dress in something comfortable. high of tomorrow 93. 92 wednesday. there is the cooler air. a little cooler air for the day on thursday. chance for thunderstorms wednesday and thursday. take you out with a look at the next seven days. the hour-by-hour forecast is popping up instead. 78 tonight. 73 by 4:00 in the morning. next week on monday i am talking the daytime highs in the 70's. more on that in a few minutes. >> see you then. thank you. around the world, coco, countrin western europe are offering humanitarian amid the growing refugee crisis. they need help. the thousands of the refugees are coming by bus and drain and by foot. they are hoping for a new life where they don't worry about getting killed. >> i want to do something. i want my chance. ever

leesburg.airport in --degrees now in annapolis 78 in annapolis.well the -- fairweather clouds that there will dissipate. as we get to the day tomorrow the bus stop forecast is such an early, midday, and late morning. highs at about 87 degrees. it will be a little warmer. the average high now is 79 and it will be eight degrees above average in many places. we look ahead to what is coming in the weekend and that will be a cool down on sunday. if you would to get a text message, we send them out periodically during the day, all you do is go to our website, wjla.com/text. enter your mobile phone number. you will be able to keep up-to-date when you are not in front of the tv set. jonathan: thanks very much. about 20 students have been suspended for with a working-class. this is what it was. they were displaying the confederate flag in that relates the school district's dress code. many teens to not follow the in school suspension rules. so now they've been told to just stay home. a couple of days after maryland teen was killed by an amtrak train, they

prince george's county police tell us this happened at the intersection of laurel-bowie road and annapolisroad. the man was taken to the nearby hospital. >>> i'm kristin wright at the live desk, starting off this hour with a dramatic hostage situation at a restaurant coming to an end. the gunman shot and killed by the s.w.a.t. team you see here. the man stormed a barbecue restaurant near los angeles and he held four people hostage in a crowded restaurant of many families and children. he was running from police. here is the chase after a carjacking and taking officers here on this long chase. he bailed from the car and ran straight into the restaurant telling women and children at one point they could leave. he didn't end up hurting anyone but everybody was certainly shaken. eun? >> thank you, kristin. >>> joe morrissey is dropping his state senate bid. he went to jail last year over his relationship with an underaged employee. morrissey reportedly said health problems will keep him from running for state senate. he fathered a child with the staffer who is now of age. he lost his seat when

annapolis at 71. it is feeling close to tropical in those areas close to the bay. the heat index when you fact that in is 90 four andrews, 83 at dulles. if you do have parades going on or anything else later on today, stay hydrated and use plenty of sunscreen. a cold front will move through on thursday. our big weather feature, high pressure. that is bringing us all the great weather for today and it will be the same story tomorrow as well. no issues at the bus stop getting back to school on tuesday. as as we head into even early as wednesday, that front is just close enough that we are looking for a few showers or thunderstorms to pop up late wednesday. thursday, a better chance across the area. sunny skies, 87, 89 by 3:00. high, perfect for a dip in the pool today. tonight, 60-72, mainly clear skies. still feeling mild, relatively clear by tomorrow morning, and 93 by tuesday. it is going to be hot and muggy tomorrow. if you thunderstorms on wednesday late in the day. 92 degrees. expecthursday and we more showers and thunderstorms to show up. a few hang on early f

temperatures in the mid to upper 70's. 78 still in hagerstown. 74 degrees in annapolis.will be partly cloudy. overnight temperatures, some of these by morning. the average weight of temperature will be about 60 degrees. the wind out of the northeast at 5-10. it's one of the few things we are certain of over the next couple of days. the wind direction the lockout of the east-northeast and making its way. the weather teachers were watching off the east coast of the southeastern u.s., that will push westward inland. that is not normally the way the systems work. high pressure to the north will be developing. it will be the interplay between the two systems that will affect the weekend weather. playing some educated guessing games looking at the computer models. increasing cloudiness tomorrow and some rain moving in by tomorrow afternoon south of the day. -- bay. we think by sunday or early monday the rain might try to be back to the northeast again. cloudy, breezy, cool weather saturday three -- through monday. it will be mild. especially on saturday and sunday and every ge

flooding in annapolis and it is pushed way of east the delaware. we have one additional area of rain just out of the cold front moving in from portions of southwest virginia. it's moved across 81. i think it will hit fredericksburg and stafford over the next couple of hours and stay south. scattered showers for the rest of the area. overnight things will start to clear out a bit. the extent of the rain at this area stretches well into pennsylvania and southern new england. the second little bats coming through charlottesville and then on the other side of the mountains skies are clearing. you see the influence of the heavy clouds. temperatures in the 70's but down south temperatures have not reached yet. across the mountains we are in the much cooler air in the 70's. warming into the 80's. that will be our weather tomorrow. lower 80's here. that is where the good news and's tomorrow he goes this whole complex of low pressure along the front will move out and give us this wedge of clearing skies tomorrow and the women of a cold front to do with on s

alison: the police are the soon of a fatal shooting in annapolis, the victim found on washington avenue near elliott drive. new shopper 7 flew over the scene a short time ago. no arrests have been made, but stay with abc 7 for updates. leon: shall moments lost, a d.c. teenager throwing up blood, struggling to breathe. for nebulasinutes to get to the scene. now the d.c. fire department and it 911 system are admitting was not handled the way it should have been. tom roussey has the latest. street,n, here on 49th that is the fire station. the parents family of north east live less than a mile this way, but despite the fact there is a fire station so close, they say it took way too long for any crew to get to them sunday. >> i threw up blood. >> she could not catch her breath. tom: it was a terrifying sunday night. their 16-year-old daughter went into anaphylactic shock. >> which is life-threatening. >> i stabbed myself with the beep in and my mom called 911 -- with my epi-pen and my mom called 911. >> i'm like, how long does it take? roughly toys it took arrive. by then, they decided to ta

that's the nice, cool temperatures and 51 mart insburg and 52 in manassas and 54 downtown in annapolis and another great start to the day tomorrow and tomorrow's high temperatures and right back into the 80s and 85 frederick and temperatures maybe a degree or two warmer than they are today and all in all another fantastic afternoon and the impact forecast and you know where this is going and a cool start to a warm afternoon as we make our way in and those warm afternoons are only going to continue here. the warm stretch thursday, friday and saturday, 86 on both thursday and friday and 88 on saturday and temperatures above average and notice the average high. it drops below 80 degrees over the next couple of days and that's something else to look at and we do get to 80 on sunday and then -- and then we have a pretty significant change coming in and unfortunately it may coincide with the arrival of the pope coming up, a closer look at what to expect weather wise when the pope gets here next tuesday into wednesday. >> thanks, doug. >> many eyes on donald trump for the debate tonight and t

annapolis at 70. look at the overcast conditions. one more camera in alexandria, where it is 70 degrees. we are looking at some pretty cloudy and cool weather. that will be the trend into the weekend. satellite and radar shows like rain showers to our southwest moving along the eye 80 one quarter from harrisonburg down to charlottesville. i will zoom out. this is the them that did bring the possible tornado to charles , south carolina. you can see the spin around this area of low pressure. as the system slowly lifts north, we will have scattered shower. in area of high pressure to our north is locking the system from approaching. andeep cloudy conditions cool weather. i am sure you fault of a breeze. that will stick with us as weekend as well. and breezy., temperature is lower than average in the 60's. taking you through friday. the notice more rain showers to the saw that you 11 . maybe a sprinkle and extreme southern maryland. as you get into sunday, you guard -- you start to get moisture with north. 76 degrees today and a little b