and like to give you a few facts about the arlington.request is for $9,354,007 for the local operating subsidy which is the operating contract that will carry the project through for 16 years. mercy housing is the sponsor and will own and manage it. construction completed -- will be completed in september of this year. after construction, there will be 153 units. each unit will have a bath and a micro refreshments center. starting with 80 units in 2012 and working up to 129 units over time, the additional unit24 will be subsidized by another dph funding source. tenants will be homeless individuals referred by the program who are high users of the public health system who may be mentally ill, a chronic substance abusers, and/or living with hiv or other disabling medical illnesses. this is just to tell you that this project was able to leverage $10 million in state funding, $12 million in federal funds, and another $840,000 in ahp funds. and without the local operating subsidy to show that the project is feasible, we probably will not have

meyer memorial chapel in arlington followed by a burial at arlington national cemetery.licopter crash in afghanistan last month. >>> the coast guard is search for a missing boater. two people fell from a sailboat into the chesapeake bay, 12 miles north of annapolis. the crews rescued the woman but lost sight of the man. >>> the "today" show is next at 7:00. let's check if with matt lauer. matt, good morning to you. >> good morning to you. it's noo i to see you. coming up on a tuesday here on the program, savannah will be live in charlotte, north carolina, as the democratic national convention gets under way today. plus, republican vice presidential nominee paul ryan will join us for an interview. >>> also ahead, the tributes are pouring in for michael clarke duncan who died on monday at the age of 54. >>> then a brazen crime wave caught on tape. families using kids and babies as diversions to pull off robberies. one of them to the tune of half a million dollars. we'll show you how they do it. >>> prince harry makes his first public appearance since his trip to las vegas.

sky conditions over arlington or rather d.c., shot from arlington, overlooking the potomac into the district. few peaks of sunshine early showers.ing and then the clouds, a dinner at the hour. seeing more clearing much of the abc 7 viewing area. here is live super doppler 7. beaches, we have a few especially west of rehoboth beach and the delaware city.uthwest of ocean it's striking towards ocean city. we have a few showers popping up mountains. romney and north of harrisonburg and rockingham county we have another downpour shenandoah valley. this is where i expect most of the action to be throughout the day. could be localized flash tomorrow withnd downpours. there's a better chance of as opposed tomorrow to it today. west it would be along and of the blue ridge. shower action will be along and west of 95 this afternoon. notice the satellite. clearing throughout fairfax county and montgomery county. of sunshine in howard county. the same story in southern maryland. 72 now is the dew point temperatures in the district. uggy.is why it is m when the dew point temperatures '70s, that's the feel

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arlington is not alone. we've seen plenty of school m ises here in this area to do the same thing to put more money into the classrooms instead of transportation and enforcing the transportation policies. arlington county is going to have more officers on the road but also have more folks in the crossing guards on hand to help assist these students who are walking today. we are also expecting to see some parents protest this. some parents are going to be driving their kids to school with signs in their vehicles complaining about the new policies. in arlington, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >>> today marks the first day on the job for prince george's new interim super in2e7bd dent. he is a 32 year veteran in the education field. he comes to prince george's county from d.c. public schools. the formerintendent left to obama the philadelphia's school chief. >>> five minutes after the hour, the democratic national convention officially begins today in charlotte. delegates will vote on the party's platform that calls

today is the first day of school in arlington and fairfax counties. >> it is also the first year arlington schools are enforcing their controversial walking policy. melanie alnwick is live at campbell springs elementary with details on what the policy means for your child. >> reporter: good morning. students who want to ride the bus in arlington county today will only be able to do so if they have a paper voucher sent to them by the school system in august. now, this year, that means a lot fewer students will able to ride the bus to school and some parents say that means they will actually be getting in the cars this morning to take their kids to school rather than having the children navigate some of arlington's busy roads. the first notice came in a letter to parents in july for the 2012 school year. arlington will enforce walk zones, one mile for elementary schools and a mile and a half for middle and high schools. the superintendent says two years of parent complaints about bus overcrowding, delays and long travel times had the system re-evaluate the system. >> it is also linked to saf

arlington county boasts the most impressive number, because single income households make up 40% of arlington county's numbers. >> i am not surprised, based on rent prices and housing costs. if you are going to live here, you have to be a pretty high earner. >> loudon county in fairfax county held -- held on to the no. 1 and no. 2 spot for the past couple of years. when it came to this date with the highest income, that top honor went to maryland. -- when it came to the state with the highest income. >> next up, see ye may soon be getting a lot more junk mail, where the like it or not. >> a slight warm up coming for the end of the work week. the forecast, after the break. >> the nationals are trying to wrap up the play of spot. president obama: i'm barack obama and i approve... this message. anncr: he keeps saying it... mitt romney: this president cannot tell us that you're... better off todayhan when he took office. anncr: wl... herere's where we were in 2008. tv anncr: the worst financncial collapse... since the great depression... tv anncr: american workers were laid off in numbers not see

they say they were notified last month that arlington public schools are getting rid of 12 bus stops. some parents are concerned that their children will have to walk nearly a mile to gliebe elementary school and across some busy roadways. the move affects about 1,000 students. arlington's superintendent says that the change was necessary because growing enrollment was causing the bus system to become overloaded. >>> a labor day tradition kicked off this morning in kensington. the 45th annual labor day parade and festival started on flyers mill road -- plyers mill road and headed down connecticut avenue and winding its way through the streets of kensington. thousands lined the parade route to watch floats, bands and other marchers anticipate in today's parade. >>> coming up next, the coast guard comes to the rescue of actor russell crow. >> and remembering the founder of the unification church and "the washington times." we'll be right back. heavy load in america. but mitt romney plan, a middle class to $2,000 more a year in taxes. multi-millionaires like himself hits the middle class

most of us will see some activity today. 73 in arlington right now. are more clouds the farther west you go from the chesapeake bay. if a warm start across the region on this tuesday morning. 72 in germantown and bethesda and la plata. chesapeake beach, 76 degrees already. here's what we will have today. breaks of sunsine. climbing into the mid to upper 80s. showers and downpours likely later on. the next seven days it may take until thursday for the remnants of isaac to get through. then a little clearing to start friday. more showers possible through the weekend. now to steve hershorn. >> we had an accident on the inner loop of the beltway southbound 95 at pennsylvania avenue moved to the shoulder. moving slowly past about for getting past the accident scene. over to springfield, still heavy and slow. no accidents to complicate things all the way to the 14th street bridge. >> we are giving away and other ipad. you have until friday afternoon to sign up at wjla.com/facebook. we will announce the winner on monday on "good morning washington." good luc

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festio de arlington es gratuito y será este domingo desde la una de la tarde hasta las cinco en la escuelabien en leesburg, tambien en leesburg, virginia se celebra por primera vez un festival latino totalmente gratis univision washington le invita al primer festival latino de leesburg, la cita es este domingo 30 de septiembre desde las doce del mediodía hasta las seis de la tarde... una excelente oportunidad de degustar comida típica latinoamericana, música en vivo, y además recibir asesoría en asuntos de inmigración y exámenes de la vista, la presión y el colesterol... el primer festival latino de leesburg es totalmente gratuito y abierto al público, recuerde que será este domingo a partir del mediodía en el douglass community center 405 e market street, leesburg, virginia... y recuerde que esta noche un grande de la musica ranchera amigos disfruten el fin de semana, y para despedir el segmento les presento a un talento local que tiene tan solo cinco aÑos... tiene cinco años, se llama paula maría, su mamá es mexicana y papá es el ocurrente payaso peruano chupetín... a su corta edad paula

his district includes parts of fairfax and arlington counties and the city of alexandria. polls are open tomorrow from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. >>> tonight we're getting a closer look at an incident that led to a lawsuit against prince george's county and criminal charges against one of its officers. attorney jimmy belle gave us this surveillance video. he represents 19-year-old ryan dorm. bell says this video is from february and shows corporal donald taylor approaching dorm striking him with a gun causing that gun to go off. nobody was hurt by the gunshot, but officer taylor was charged with lying about his version of how his gun discharged that night. he faces trial in november. >> when a police officer knows when you assault someone, when you violate their civil rights and when you lie about it that they can go to jail, not just lose their processions and job but go to jail, you change the culture and that's what my client wants to do. >> ryan dorm spent four months behind bars before prosecutors dropped all charges. his lawsuit seeks $10 million in damages. >>> still to come

also seeing problems this time in arlington, columbia pike. water main break blocking all of your lanes between south wakefield street to south taylor street. still dealing with police activity. southeast washington, d.c., southern avenue closed right now between chesapeake street to ninth street. big delays in the area. also along the rails. penn north train number 400, 30 minute delay. penn south 505, 17 minute delay. and penn south 409, an 11-minute delay. >> severe storms blew through our area yesterday. >> meteorologist tom kierein with a look at how the weather conditions is outside. >>> what a difference a day makes. yesterday the air was thick with humidity. sky was angry. clouds scowling at us. now they have cleared out now right here in northwest washington. venus off in the distance. 63 at reagan national. you can see breaks in the clouds over the potomac. dewpoint down to 51. a blustery wind coming up out of the north. gusting to 15, 20 miles an hour. increasing sunshine today. temperatures are chilly. we are down into the 50s much

this is that arlington boulevard. crash there is in the left lane as well as the left shoulder lane. let's head over to i-66 heading eastbound. inbound toward the beltway there you're going to see a disabled vehicle just near the rest area. it is blocking your right lane past this on i-66. things look good. inside the beltway on i-66, no accidents to report in either direction. aaron, back over to you. >>> democrats gearing up for day two of the democratic national convention in charlotte. former president bill clinton will be the featured speaker tonight. clinton has been one of president obama's most vocal supporters this election year. maryland senator and maryland congressman steny hoyer and chris van holland expected to address the crowd, as is this woman, sandra fluke, the georgetown university law student who made national headlines when rush limbaugh insulted her for supporting a plan to require insurance companies to cover birth control. tomorrow's addresses come after an emotional speech by first lady michel

montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties. chilly and calm. sun the rest of the day with highs reaching the mid 70s by afternoon. i'll be back in ten minutes. now a look at our traffic. >> still seeing traffic. let's head to arlington boulevard. at one point just one lane was getting by. i did see some delays, but it looks like that work zone is just about wrapped up. let's head to the beltway at van dohrn. you can see the taillights to the right of the screen. that is the inner loop at van dorn. the cones are still blocking the left lanes. it's not bad, though. the right lanes are open and you're getting by just fine. also good news on the inner loop and outer loop of the beltway as you approach kennel worth avenue. just had one lane getting by and it was pretty slow, but right now all your travel lanes are open. i'm back in ten with another look at traffic. >>> a major shift in the race for virginia's senate seat. tim kaine now leads george allen in the latest "washington post" pole. he has an eight-point advantage over allen. he's also ahea

ras lyders live in arlington. -- roz plater is live. >> they are appealing this decision.he appeal has been denied. they're trying to find out what to do and they're weighing their options. bright and early tuesday morning, arlington school buses will be carrying fewer students than last year. these parents are scrambling. figuring out how to get their kids to school in what they fear may be a congested nightmare. >> do we have them get to school or do we have them walk? we feel it's unsafe. >> they will not increase the number of walkers. they will increase the number of drivers. >> they said to ease overcrowding that they would have a policy that if you live less than a mile, you want. only students with a voucher would be allowed on buses. they signed an on-line petition protesting but the school is sticking to their guns. >> there is a reason why we had buses. >> it will take us weeks to appeal. school starts tomorrow. >> they say they're trying to help by expanding the drop-off. to accommodate what could be dozens more parents in their cars dropping off and picking up

melanie alnwick is live in arlington with details on how this could affect your child. good morning, melanie. >> reporter: more students walking longer distances, that will be the new norm here in arlington county for the coming school year and the years beyond. the school transportation department will be stricter in enforcing the rules in terms of who can walk and who can ride the bus. and many say that the tougher rules mean more parents and cars driving their students to school because they don't want to have their kids trying to navigate arlington's busy roads. now, the notice to parents about the changes came out in july for the 2012 school year, arlington strictly enforcing its walk zone, a mile for elementary school a mile and a half for middle and high school. 12 bus stops within those walk zones have been removed. the superintendent said that two years of parent complaints about bus overcrowding, delays and long traffic times had the system reevaluate its policy. an outside consultant did that and said there were growing pains, as well. >> facing an enrollment

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the city of arlington, texas, has a license to operate a drone. but since they're near dfw international airport, the license is so restrictive that it's literally being flown in a field near lake arlington. they don't have the ability yet to even do traffic surveillance up and down interstate 30 or interstate 20. so i see both sides of it. i see, i see a real law enforcement capability, young, going after traffic violaters and drug dealers and that, you know, and things like that. but on the other hand, too, i can see real privacy issues that need to be addressed. what's so ironic about the drones is that the city of arlington, the police department have a license, but it's so restrictive they basically can't use it. but i could go to a hobby store in arlington and buy a drone with almost no restrictions on what i use it for. you know? ii could fly it up and fly it over into my neighbor's backyard and fly around, you know, as long as i don't violate some public access at dfw airport, something like that. so drones have so much capability that we

one of the biggest development projects in the areas coming to arlington. the arlington county board approved the building of the new 24 story office building. 1900 crystal drive will feature more than 700,000 square feet and will be second only to the pentagon in floor space. >> i hope you weren't checking out the sights this afternoon. >> the buildings might be swaying a tiny bit. >> the biggest when the dust be sought was that reagan national. we stood at the window and watched the waves roll in. let's get you started with a look at the super doppler radar. the heavy rain in red. yellow is moderate to heavy rain. everyone else has light rain and that will be the pattern as we move out. a pretty long line, but everyone is well east of the metro area. this area, looks like that will track over the eastern shore tonight. most of the viewing area, a couple more hours of rain and we are waiting for this cold front to come through later tonight. a couple more hours of a shower chances. 54 mile an hour when the guests there. gaithersburg, 46. rainfall totals ar

now he is in a new fight with his arlington landlord over art. bruce leshan has the story. >> it is interesting. i'm an artist myself. >> i think it's pretty. >> i wouldn't want them near my business. >> on south 23rd street. >> i think it's nice to have artwork public for people to look at. >> a battle rages over a mural painted on the side of the smoke shop. >> i think it doesn't fit in this neighborhood. >> it's beautiful and it has culture. >> it is in bad shape. the whole building was bad shape. >> he spent months fixing up the building which had been vacant for years. inside, he hired young people to sell hooka's and afghan jewelry. >> providing more job and opportunity and wonderful american dream. >> landlord was happy when he cleaned up the outside and installed planters, but furious when he hired a couple of artists. >> they are out here for a good week and a half, two weeks almost. day and night painting. >> to put something catchy on the front. >> the landlord says that the lease is pretty clear here. it says that there will be no sig

right now, mid 40s in montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties. much of southern maryland, including charles, calvert, st. mary's away from the waters onto the upper 40s. elsewhere, across much of nohern virginia, including loudon, madison, green, stafford, spotsylvania, much into the lower 40s. now, here's the view from space. we do have a few clouds drifting up from the south. they're drifting over the region, they'll be with us from time to time this morning, a little sunshine in and out by 7:00 a.m. we'll still be in the 40s. but by noontime, it will jump all the way to around 70 and hit mid 70s by mid afternoon with low humidity. a delightful day coming up. the sunset at 7:07. by the time you're coming back from work, the low 70s. i'm back in ten minutes with another hometown forecast. aaron? >> all right, thank you, tom. hundreds of vre riders hoping this morning that the commute runs more smoothly than the one did last night. trains were stopped after somebody found remains in a bag near the manassas park station. megan mcgrath there live w

. >>> a two-year court battle over a mural came to an end in arlington today. darcy spencer explains why. even though it was bright and colorful, the courts ruled that it broke the law and it had to go. >> reporter: the tarp that has been covering a cute but controversial mural on an arlington dog grooming business was taken down. >> it's kind of emotional after a two-year struggle to see it come down and see all the images that had been hidden for two years. >> reporter: the mural which is on a cinder block wall facing a dog park was painted over, marking the end of a two-year court battle over government regulations and free speech. >> the problem with the law is it lets government officials play art critic. it gives them absolute discretion to treat entrepreneurs like kim with absolute disdain. >> reporter: kim, owner of wag more dogs helped to whitewash the mural which she paid an artist $4,000 to paint on the side of her building. >> i think the park users have looked at a blue tarp long enough. and i think they deserve something nice to look at. >> report

he will be laid to rest in arlington national cemetery. we have a live report from arlington with more on how the community will honor feeks. >> good morning to you, chris. petty officer first class patrick feeks was scheduled to come home later this year. he was in afghanistan almost a year and was killed in action last month. he will be buried here at arlington national cemetery with full honors this week. >> on this labor day along this south river in edgewater, maryland the community will gather to pay respects to one of the brave. >> it is good to remember the guys that sacrifice and gave their lives for our country. >> special warfare operator patrick feeks was killed august 16 in afghanistan. he was in a helicopter that crashed during a fire fight with insurgents. >> he just felt that what he was doing in afghanistan with his platoon was what he had been trained to do. >> feeks' family said he loved being a navy seal. he had already completed two tours of duty in iraq and had been in afghanistan since last december. he was just prou

. >> feeks will be buried in arlington after a funeral at ft. myer chapel wednesday. >>> this just in, word that michael clark duncan has died. the actor had been hospitalized since july when he had a heart attack. his credits include the green mile, armageddon and the whole 9 yards. michael clark duncan was 54 years old. >>> still ahead tonight metro is making some changes that could impact your morning commute. >> but first putting the brakes on plans to upgrade every taxicab meter in the pita how does it feel to try smooth, delicious hershey's chocolate with 30% less fat? new hershey's simple pleasures chocolate. 30% less fat, 100% delicious. >>> if you ride a cab in the city, the district's plan to install new meters in all the city's taxicabs is on hoed tonight, that upgrade stopped -- on hold tonight that, upgrade stopped over the weekend after a ruling by the city's contract appeals board which has to rule on whether the contract to install 6,500 smart meters by november was awarded properly. >>> it's not every day a military helicopter l

kristin fisher is live outside the apple store in arlington, virginia where people are camping out. good morning kristin. >> reporter: good morning, i tell you what a lot of activity going down here this morning. you know these folks have been camped out here for over 24 hours, they need a place to park their car. the tow truck just came through and tried to tow a carment everybody was so upset they were going to tow one of their own's cars. everybody rallied around them and i think they were able to squeak out of the whole situation with just a minor fine. just getting towed $150 almost? iphone 16 gigabyte new iphone 5? that costs $199 with contract. so she could have been waiting out here for all that for just a -- you know, maybe to get towed. so joining me now, you are number three in line. >> i am number three. yes. i was -- number three in line. i came in line at about 4:00 on thursday. thursday afternoon. >> reporter: thursday afternoon. okay, not quite as long as the first person who's been in line. you have one of the older models the 3 g right? >> 3 gs from 2009. so it's a

he will be buried with full military honors at arlington national cemetery. in the newsroom, richard reeve abc 7 news. >> all right richard, thank you. switching gears the rain is having an effect on some plants but the national symphony was supposed to return to the west lawn at the capital for its traditional concert. instead, they are the kennedy center. they will perform but in a much drier climate. currently, all of this rain is not letting up. let's get more from neurologists steve rudin here is standing by. steve? >> rain is coming and more is an expected into the day tomorrow. taking a look at our storms, the heaviest activitysouthern virginia has dried out just a little bit around here. looking at the live super doppler radar, areas shaded in red, st. mary's county, you have a flash flood warning until 5:45. earlier downpours from our earlier this afternoon causing some probl most of the rain has ended at least for the time being. we do have more rain on the way but so far today about seven tenths of 1 inch in alexandria. about one-quarter of an inch

>> feeks will be buried in arlington after a funeral at ft. myer chapel wednesday. >>> this just in, word that michael clark duncan has died. the actor had been hospitalized since july when he had a heart attack. his credits include the green mile, armageddon and the whole 9 yards. michael clark duncan was 54 years old. >>> still ahead tonight metro is making some changes that could impact your morning commute. >> but first putting the brakes on plans to upgrade every taxicab meter in the pita how does it feel to try smooth,

meanwhile that same morning in nearby arlington heights, 27-year-old postal employee adam janus isn't feeling well and decides to take the day off from work. >> sat down in his kitchen for a minute, took a couple of painkillers, said to his wife, i'm not feeling so good, i'm going to lie down. and a few minutes later she checked on him, and he was convulsing and passing out. >> paramedics rush adam janus to northwest community hospital where he dies in the emergency room. later that afternoon, members of his family, including brother stanley and stanley's wife theresa, gather at adam's home, shocked and devastated by the day's events. >> they're weeping and mourning. they get to the point where we've cried so much, we have a headache. what have you got? >> theresa opens up the cupboard, and here comes the bomb. tylenol starts getting passed around. >> unaware that anything is wrong with the tylenol, the janus family is horrified when stanley and theresa janus suddenly collapse on the living room floor. the family calls for an ambulance, but paramedics are unable to save stanley. there

president obama and first lady michelle paid visits to arlington national cemetery and the pentagon. >>> in the south bay, a multi multi-phase picnic took place in front of the government center.

pictures from the rooftop camera in arlington. the low and scary looking clouds what skies brightening, a leading us to the current image. a beautiful evening for the nationals game. a wonderful thing get six home runs for the third night in a row? 72 right now -- fifth -- 0.15

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arlington will now strictly enforce the walk zones that have been on the books for quite some time. one mile for elementary school, a mile and a half for middle and high schools. 12 bus stops at five different schools that were within the walk zones have also been removed and the superintendent said two years of parents complaint his the system re- evaluating the bus policy. and some parents are protesting the changes. others accept it as part of the realities of a growing school system. >> and maybe i am overprotective but the quarter mile from our place is -- for a kindergartener. >> reporter: the parents drive her most of the way and then walk the last few blocks together. something we saw many families doing this morning to avoid the jams at the car dropoff and one thing they told us, students who have to cross major highways may get an exception to the bus policy. the school system is working with 200 families who filed appeals in arlington, melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. >>> a new report out shows autistic teens are more likely to be bullied at school. the archives of pediatrics

it's for virginia's 45th district which includes fairfax county and arlington county. three men are running to replace david and glenn who stepped down from his house seat after disclosing that he had an extra marital affair. polls will stay open until 7:00 tonight. >>> 11:09. 89 degrees out there. coming up, a first for the democratic national convention which begins today. >>> plus, how the republicans are spending this week. >>> what this child wanted to ask prince harry. stay with us >>> right now, president obama is on his way to norfolk. the president will speak at norfolk state university this morning. his final stop on his road to charlotte tour. the president will speak at the dnc thursday night. the convention begins today, though. martin o'malley and first lady michelle obama will be two of the featured speakers tonight. tracie potts has a preview of the opening day of the dnc. >> reporter: last night president obama told hurricane victims -- >> nobody is a democrat or a republican and we're all just americans. >> reporter: but not in charlotte this week he'

either build or sell cars and trucks and workers showing up for the midday shift at gm's plant in arlington, texas, were smiling. >> that's wonderful. i hope they keep going up. everybody here needs to keep working. >> sales growth in august exceeded predictions and led usually cautious company executives like kurt mcneill of gm to crow about their progress. >> when you think about all the jobs that we provide to the u.s. and the supply base, it's incredibly important and it will continue to become more and more important to this great country. >> a small bump in the construction industry fueled pickup sales and it helped move suvs and sedans. with easier financing. cars.com says car makers have recovered from the recession. >> there's no doubt the u.s. industry is in better shape. the entire auto industry is in better shape than four years ago. it's really returning more to the way things were before 2008. >> the u.s. industry is now on pace to sell 14.5 million vehicles this year, 4 million more than their 30-year sales low in 2009. but to get to this point, chrysler and gm had to go thro

that covers parts of alexandria, arlington and fairfax county. three candidates are vying to fill the seat left open after delegate david england abruptly resigned over the summer. polls open at 6:00 this morning. >>> nearly a week after isaac ravaged parts of the gulf coast, thousands of people remain without power and low- highing areas remain without water. a mess is left behind there where the water has receded. fox's ainsley earhart has the story. >> reporter: a number of lieu hue residents displaced by isaac are being allowed to return though their houses and for some, this is a huge unsrnlty of what they'll find. >> i really don't know what to expect. i understand we had three feet of water downstairs. i understand this is a lot of damage. >> reporter: some area roadways still remain under water. crews are hard at work pumping water out. drivers had no choice but to drive up on to the mississippi river levee. the only other way through some areas is by military vehicle or by air boat. >> it is so difficult to get back in after a storm. the

. >> reporter: a one-bedroom furnished apartment in this arlington building, utilities included.ill the sailor filled out this application. all he had to do, send in $2,500 to cover the first month's rent and security deposit to the owner, sal gordon. >> when you google sal gordon, i'm it. >> reporter: but here's the problem. >> i have no idea where that is. >> reporter: the real sal gordon doesn't own that property in arlington. he's actually an insurance salesman in montgomery village, maryland. >> they're using my wonderful mug without now, of course -- i had a beard then. >> reporter: the scammer used gordon's name and picture plucked off the web. >> it's upping the game, making it look for sophisticated and tying it to reality when in fact it's fraud. >> reporter: assistant special agent in charge trent says the fbi has people working on these types of complaints every day. >> in fact, today i received three just before our meeting. >> reporter: he says scammers are getting more sophisticated, using elaborate teams around the world. >> for the local police, they don't have t

you will feel the humidity. 78 in arlington, 75 la plata, 76 in olney 89 this afternoon partly cloudy conditions. a few thundershowers especially in the afternoon and evening. it's going to be hot the next few days. low 90's and partly cloudy. weekend could feature a few showers here and there, especially late on saturday and early on sunday. at your forecast. now to steve. >> we will start with the beltway at new hampshire avenue, just clearing the road work a couple minutes ago. everything is open. now with three lanes to the right to get by and one lane to the left but now they're open. springfield is moving well. no problems on 95 or 395 in hov lanes or the main lanes. back to you. >> thank you. 7 is on your side with details on a free physical offered by dr. oz. >> he is offering free 15-minute physicals to the first went thousand eligible people caught. information gathered will be used to give him a health report card on the district for. the physical takes place today from 8:00 a.m. and still up 4:00 p.m. at the adams building and our university. he has an upcoming show featur

we captured this video in arlington. coming up in a few minutes we will check in with steve for an update on the way the weather stands right now. police in d.c. are on the lookout for the people responsible for some home invasions. tonight we spoke with one of the victims who says she would -- she was held at gunpoint. police say they are actively search forg suspects. people living in the neighborhoods want increased patrols. and president obama and republican presidential candidate mitt romney aren't relaxing on this weekend. both were on the campaign trail. romney in tampa and president obama looking ahead to the democratic convention in charlotte, north carolina. be sure to tune in for our complete coverage of the convention on tv and on line. you saw the rainy video a little earlier tonight. it really came down. >> and the rain an awesome display of thunder and lightning. for those of you in calvert county stnch mary's county, you saw a display. the rain came down really fast in just a matter of three hours the wet

also the first ear that arlington schools are enforcing their new walking policy. in fox 5's melanie alnwick has details on how this could affect your child. >> reporter: good morning. yes, we have seen some of those arlington county buses here already this morning. but these new rules mean that fewer students will be able to ride those school buses. now, in the letter that was sent out to parents over the summer, notifying them of the changes, parents were encouraged to help find safe walking or bike routes for their children. but many say these changes are just going to be more cars on the road as they decide to put their kids in the car and drive them to school instead. the first letter to parents came out in july for the 2012 school year arlington will strictly enforce the walk zones. one mile for miles an hour a mile and a half for middle and high school students, 12 bus stops at 5 different schools that were within those walk zones have been removed. the superintendent said two years of parent complaints about bus overcrowding delays and long travel times had

the funeral service is wednesday at'meyer memorial chapter in arlington followed by the burial at arlingtoneaves behind a wife and his parents. >>> the father of a maryland high school student shot on the first day of school says his son is recovering. according to the baltimore sun, milton borrowy spoke out about the shooting during a church seice yesterday. his 17-year-old son, daniel, has undergone three surgeries, he suffered a bruised lung, a broken rib and a hole in his torso. the teen was shot last monday at harry hall high school near baltimore. the accused shooter 15-year-old robert gladden, he is being charged as an adult with attempted murder and assault. >>> getting around downtown bethesda is about to get a lot tougher. woodmont avenue between bethesda avenue and miller safe about to close and as news4's chris gorden reports now, it will stay closed for the next 20 months. >> reporter: construction crews and equipment are working in what had been bethesda's biggest outdoor parking lot. starting tomorrow, woodmont avenue will be closed to traffic as crews dig underneath this sec

a legal dispute came to an end in arlington this afternoon. arlington county forced the owner of a grinning facility to pay for a mural outsider for business. officials say she violated an ordinance. she claimed the ordinance violated her first amendment rights. >> a woman has been busted, you could say, for allegedly stealing a rare bust of benjamin franklin were $3 million. here is a picture of the piece of art. it was stolen from a home near philadelphia. it is now in the hands of the fbi. she was carrying the blast in a duffel bag. she worked for a cleaning service. the owner hopes it can be repaired. >> it is like the liberty bell. >> exactly. >> she had it in a duffel bag on the bus. >> gordon peterson is live in our newsroom with a look ahead. >> we have more on the investigation into this case in herndon or four family members were found inside a home this morning. the president and mitt romney both talking foreign-policy in new york city today. opinions of these hot topics differ greatly. we look at what each had to say. >> the americ

. >> reporter: here in arlington county, this year, a lot fewer students will be eligible to ride the bus to school. the school system says no one is going to get left behind but they will be issuing bus passes that will be required in order for kids to get on the bus. some parents say now they will be getting on the roads and drying their kids to school rather than having them trying to walk or bike and navigate arlington's very busy roads. now, the letter notifying parents came in july for the 2012 school year. arlington will now strictlien force its walk zones, one mile for elementary schools, a mile and a half for middle and high schools. twelve bus stops within the walk zones have also been removed. the superintendent said two years of complaints had the system re-evaluate its bus policy and there are growing pains as well. >> we are facing an enrollment increase. we are increasing approximately 800 to 850 students a year and so we've got to begin to make adjustments not only with our transportation system but also with our capital improvement plan, looking at enrollment and maki

tom is live in arlington. >> aaa says tomorrow starts a time where commuters will get worse, and they will stay that way until next summer. traffic expected to jump 26% next fall. starting tomorrow for every four cars on the road there will now be 5. when the incoming washington lee high juniors as they waited until now to finish their spanish assignment. they are not quite ready to go back. >> i am looking forward to going back and see my friends going to football games, but i am not looking forward to school work. >> through will be driving to school. add to that, parents dropping off kids, and tomorrow has been dubbed terrible traffic tuesday. tonight some of the heaviest traffic is on route 50, but by tomorrow is expected to be bad just about everywhere, although many local schools have already started, tomorrow everyone should be back. the average time per day commuters than battling traffic will jump from 20.5 minutes 20.6 minutes. as he watched his kids the parent says he will be leaving early tomorrow. some parents say they are still glad it is back-to-school time. >> my commu

low 60s in arlington. near 60 in fairfax. near 60 in prince george's county and much of southern maryland. right near the bay low 60s. only near 50 out in the mountains. hour by hour, it's going to be a cool and breezy morning, so dress accordingly. we'll hover near 60 here for the next couple of hours. sunrise 6:54. by midmorning, going to get sun breaking out. by noon, upper 60s. mild and breezy for your lunch hour. and then during the afternoon, getting back home from work and school should be beautiful. sunshine, just a few clouds floating through. low humidity. highs reaching low to mid-70s by midafternoon. sunset getting earlier and earlier. 7:09. by then back to the 60s. i'll be back with another hometown forecast in a few minutes. your first 4 traffic with danella. >> i'm following breaking news on the roadways. if you're trying to take the inner loop of the beltway, the ramp is shut down due to the crash in that area. also, keeping an eye on i-270 in maryland northbound at father hurley boulevard. looks like a disabl

it is election day in parts of northern virginia, sections of alexandria arlington, and fairfax county. voters will select a -- a delegate to fill the seat after a man at new is no longer in office after an affair. several are vying for the seat. >> still to come tonight at 6:00 the showdown over soft drinks. taking a stand on the size of sodas. >> and this morning this afternoon, doug is back with what we can expect tonight. >> the redskins gearing up for the saints with a major focus on the running game and the national closing in on the pennant. anncr: it'll start out as concrete and steel... but it'll become so much more. a new world-class resort casino in prince george's county. two thousand construction jobs to build it. four thousand permanent, good-paying jobs when it's done. hundreds of millions for maryland schools... real oversight to make sure the money goes... where it's supposed to. but none of it will happen unless we vote for... question seven this november. vote for question seven. and help build a better future for maryland. when we switched to fios, we got better tv,

in arlington county, i'm tracy wilkins, news 4. >>> right now at 6:00, flooding solution. the steps bloomingdale residents are taking to stay dry the next time we get heavy rain, which could be quite soon. >>> also, police make a quick arrest after an unusual stabbing in montgomery county. >>> as thousands of kids head back to school, one of the largest school systems in the country is keeping up with the growing population. >>> this i

an inch and a half of rain in parts of arlington into alexandria and we head over and take a look.eather bug network showing the rain totals from earlier. this is in the matter of a couple of hours. look at national airport, one of the wettest days we've had all year long. look at abc 7 live super doppler radar. the cluster of showers have any warnings now slowly drifting to the south and east. prince frederick your heaviest rain has now come to an end but looking at heavy rain for the next 15 to 20 minutes and we may see lexington park just clipped by the system as it moves across the bay over toward the delmarva peninsula. more thunderstorms are on the way. and just in time for labor day. the end of the holiday weekend. full details on when thingless finally clear up in just a few minutes. >> we'll check back in. a gutsy gas station clerk managed to escape with his life just hours ago after a gunman demanded money at an exxon station in laurel. according to prince george's county police the suspect came in demanded cash. the clerk refused and threw a chair at the suspect. the sus

he lived in culpeper, worked for the federal government in arlington and he was just devastated. he didn't seem to be very healthy, but we don't know what the cause of death was. we'll have to wait and see. very, very sad news. >> another strange part of this whole story. peggy fox, thank you. guys. >>> well it is a popular route a lot of kids take to get to school. this morning an 18-year-old central high school student was shot and killed right along old central avenue in capital heights. we find scott broom on the scene as the investigation goes on and a very sad day in county school. scott. >> reporter: it is indeed. this young man was named marckel ross. he was an honor student. not the kind of person you would expect to be the target of something like this while walking to school. his family and police have not made sense of it. 18-year-old marckel ross, honor roll and r.o.t.c. student, track athlete, and member of a popular fashion modeling club called show time catoure. >> he was a kind person. i want to know why they did it. >> marckel was a good son. he was a good child