that is for mostly just anne arundel county. it's moved out now to prince george's county across the putuxon river. we have heavy rain and it is moving northeast to 15 miles per hour. this is moving northeast at 20 miles per hour. the difference is these storms have momentum to them. down on the flooding potential. more and more popping up. another is southwest of gaithersburg. keep an eye on it. more in the warrenton active. it will be active here for the next few hours. this is closeup of one storm until 4:45. the storm is over prince george's county to the bowie area and even west. it will continue to move east as it continues to move toward the western and northern section of anne arundel county. close up on the developing system. southwest of gaithersburg that is coming across the potomac river. the other one in manassas. all of you in the areas watch. the storms still look like they are in the building stage. there is potential for them to get stronger. if a couple pop up severe you heard it here first. you will see what h

it's just for anne arundel now, calvert, charles and portions of prince george.t be long before the core does get into the bay. there's the potential for wind, there's the potential for damaging wind, i looked inside the storm right before we started. i didn't see any damaging wind in the storm but that doesn't mean and we can't see everything by looking inside and looking at all the details but it's still gusty, a lot of lightening and thunder as a result. very heavy rain. they automatically trimmed some of that the east they trim off the western side. what's left will go to 11:30, back here, we're drying out, there's another little area of showers trying to develop back out through prince william's county and fauquier county, there's no boundaries, merging i don't think that will be a big problem, it will die itself out as it moves off to the east about 20 miles per hour, the trend is better. 75 rain cool degrees now, lots of 60's back out to the north and west. with all those showers they've been having throughout the evening. 77 r or so at 1:00 a.m. the tempe

there is our severe thunderstorm warning for anne arundel until had 6:45.ith what is closer into town and look at this little green line, it's an out flow boundary from some of the colder air that has been pushed out of the thunderstorms up towards the baltimore area and now they're cooking up storms in our region as that area is getting lifted up. just north of bethesda here as you can see this big storm near kent mill running right along the beltway 270 maybe you get in on a little of that. looks like it is trying to come together for you here in the next little while. we've been getting hit hard, i know you're hearing the thunder but maybe not seeing it in central portions of montgomery county. this is another good size storm in montgomery county. and that one running rig river road looks like. that got to be a tough ride home with a lot of lightening and heavy rain. barely moving, so a lot of downpours for some of you folks. elsewhere around the region, we saw one big storm trying to develop towards hagerstown, we'll slide you close to baltimore and hag

now to a developing story in anne arundel county. a little girl and her grandfather are dead both drowned in a backyard pool after he jumped in to try to save her. this happened in servena park. pete, just a tragic story. >> yeah lesli. this whole neighborhood is hurting tonight. the house with that pool behind me here. this is suppose to be a gesture gone wrong. >> reporter: in 32 years of living in this neighborhood, joanne horn knew something was wrong. she drove by jamar drive this afternoon, a crowd of police outside. county firefighters pulled a 4- year-old girl and her grandfather from this backyard pool. they say both did not know how to swim. the girl jumped into the deep end. police say other kids tried to pull her out with a pole. that's when the grandfather jumped in too. >> nobody ever expects their family members not to come back home. >> reporter: the girl and her grandfather did not live here. they are from a few doors down. the homeowner here let them use the pool as long as adults were watching. police say the girl'

t also includes anne arundel howard and prince george's county.g toward north, northeast at just around 20 miles per hour. we're going to keep you updated >> right now, we're keeping a close eye and nose, i guess, at botanic garden, because three corpse flowers would bloom anytime now. first time in north america that three of the togent flowers are going bloom in unison. lucky us! anytimeom is expected between now and wednesday. and you know people are lining up for that. be rights, and i'll behind them. not really. grab your glasses. sure!wait for this, for three days until the eclipse. a reminder that our coverage begins at 12:30 on monday and also we're streaming on wjla.com. now, small towns and cities all across the country are preparing to deal with the millions of americans and even people coming in from abroad who will be traveling to see the eclipse. stretch from salem, oregon, all the way to charleston, south carolina. bracing for an influx of tourists. traffic will be a major issue. is, we really encourage folks to have in their cars a

that is drifting southeast to anne arundel county. so isolated shower. a little one popping up now not far from silver spring. so a couple. but by later this evening by 7:00 or 8:00, i don't think there will be concerns at all. we'll zoom in and show you detail of the showers and the thunderstorms. baltimore to anne arundel county. that is it. we will keep an eye on it. it's warm, muggy and summery for the night out. we'll take a look ahead for the evening hours. the city open at rock creek. weather should be fine. muggy temperatures in the 80's. overnight we drop to 66 and 73. clear skies. if you like today tomorrow is a cor bonn copy. we look ahead to the weekend and the next ten days in nine or ten minutes. nancy: we'll see you then. thank you very much. something a lot of us try to guard against. going to an a.t.m. and g demands your money. that is what happened in fairfax. it shows a man blocked a woman and took the money. today is an arrest. richard reeve has the developments breaking right now. rich? riches here is the suspect -- richard: here is

what is the situation like in anne arundel county?nately the situation is pretty grim here in anne arundel county like it is around the nation. what we have done we've started to try to think outside the box a little bit. we realized awheel long time ago we won't arrest our way out of the this problem started to work hard partnering with members of our community, the health department, private organizations working with carol and built up a trust in the community to let people know we're not just here to lock people up. we're here to get people help. we realized getting people help is the key to ending this cycle. so treatment are very important to us here in anne arundel county. very important to our administration and to the chief, so our safe stations program has been a huge success we're very proud of. some of the positive numbers we can look at since we started std we've had over 160 individual struggling with addiction come into our police and fire stations and ask for help and we've been able to provide them with the help they

in the annets casa arundel school board association. all that organizing, the youth and the community. the second person i want to ,ntroduce to you as my coworker fatiima -- fatima. she immigrated with her family when her siblings were young. she and her siblings are all what we call daca holders. she is studying political science at montgomery college and she is an extraordinary organizer in casa. i want to welcome both of you and say thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you for having me, today and allowing me the space and time to share my story. at the congressman said, we have seen that is our stories that educate the rest of the community and population about what it truly means to go through life as a undocumented immigrant. as gustavo mentioned, i was brought here directly to maryland at the age of two and i will have my 20 year anniversary of living in the state in september of this year. my parents were both young. they had me when they were 18, so this was the land of opportunity and the reason they came here was to be ab

in anne arundel county, montoya facing child abuse charges. police say arguetta wanted for abduction and assault and battery. in calvert county daniel evans is wanted for burglary. if you have any information about the fugitives contact the local law enforcement. i'm q mccray. see you next week for another edition of the "7 on your side" fighting back wall of justice. alison: caught on video now police are investigating an armed robbery it at an eye glass store. you can see they have really clear footage of the guy. this is the 11 block of connecticut avenue. this happened august 3. if robber showed a -- the robber s if you have information, call police right away. larry: still ahead, i think we should use racing as a tool to raise money. larry: a young racecar driver lend a helping hand in a fight against cancer. that's coming up later. >> coming up, the debate over confederate statues. historian tells us why they did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. com

southbound, washington parkway to arundel mills boulevard. a crash there.tree trimming truck tipped over on the shoulder at door see run road. authorities are on the way. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:31. breaking news now after president trump's rally is chaos. >> several arrested in phoenix. erica gonzales at the live what happened? >> we can tell you, there have been four arrests, three of them or two for assault, one for electrical dama criminal damage. the other was unrelated. this was the scene last night, this was after the rally had ended in phoenix. during the day, people on both sides were not fighting, but it turned into chaos. police in riot gear forcing protesters to move, firing tear gas. the smoke making it difficult to see. a lot of this again happening after midnight. the protesters said they're anti-trump, specifically his recent response to violence in charlottesville. and again, the response you see there, police say, was appropriate use of force. back to you guys. >> erica, thank you. >>> 6:32. here are some of the morning's top stor

i grew up in anne arundel county. in an area of anne arundel where there's not many at the time, there was not many undocumented immigrants. i felt plan. i did not know other students going through the same situation and the same issues that i was facing. i didn't know someone who had to live their day thinking and wondering, whether they're parents were coming home tonight. thinking and wondering whether they were actually going to be able to achieve all their dreams. our school teachers are wonderful school teachers. if you work hard enough and you try hard enough, you can reach anything. but the reality of the situation, being undocumented, especially back then when we did not have daca, it was a dream. if your parents did not sufficient money, there was no dream act. there was no maryland dream act. it was not a reality that was going to happen. i felt alone. i found casa and started volunteering with casa when i was in high school. i slowly started to realize that there were other people in this state, other peop

one clump of showers was very high for anne arundel county. we have a few showers north of 270. more showers to the west. no lightning strikes reported yet. just to the west of blu-ray, i think most of it will dissipate before it reaches the area. we look for a warm and muggy evening, and as we get through the overnight hours, we will see that. high heat, high humidity, and a higher risk of thunderstorms. allison: for the second time in two days, someone has vandalized a d.c. monument. this time it was a waxy red substance smeared onto a name at the vietnam veterans memorial. yesterday, someone spray-painted and obscene message on the lincoln memorial. larry: there are no signs of letting up in the fierce debate about monuments to the confederacy. president trump tweeted that efforts to remove such monuments are ripping apart the nation's history. context inng to add the argument over history versus hate. richard reeve is live at the civil war manassas with what he found. richard: that's right. we are coming to you from the manassas battlefield park. behind me, the statue of sto

tonight we are learning the identity of the man whose body was found in an anne arundel county marina. the maryland national resources police said they demarzo in the marina. the investigation into how he died continues. coming up next, in the midst of the chaos in charlottesville, a touching moment. how the crowds honor the fallen. a health care shakeup in virginia. which provider will not be an last 44 hours,e we have seen some terrible scenes, but here is one that broke our hearts. troopers walking down main street to thunderous applause and cheers. when breaking happens, count on abc 7. sign up for text alerts to get the latest news at your fingertips at wjla.com/text. tune in tomorrow for the latest from charlottesville. a 7 on your side consumer customers in virginia. shieldblue cross blue will stop selling plans under obamacare next year. they blame volatility in the market and uncertainty in washington. impactision will not people who get their insurance through their employer. two u.s. service members died in northern iraq. the pentagon said that five others were hurt during

. >>> we are learning more in that terrible drowning in anne arundel county.e say it was a grandfather who died along with his 4-year-old granddaughter. the 51-year-old man could not swim but he jumped in the water to save the little girl struggling in the deep end. this happened at a backyard pool. the victim's names have not been released. >>> you're heading to the maryland or delaware beaches this weekend, expect it to take a little longer. in addition to beach bound traffic, closing an eastbound lane of u.s. 50 on the salisbury bypass. officials urge drivers to drive through salisbury to avoid the construction backups. the pavement repairs are not expected to wrap up until the fall. >>> all right. check out this video. rubber duck is, thousands of them, being dumped into the chicago river. look at them. they're not being trashed. it is the annual rubber special olympics. each of the 60,000 ducks cost $5. which ever ended up down river finish line first then wins the owner a new car. how about that? no word on how long it took to fish out the ducks from the

anne arundel county fire investigators tell the found dead in the burned out home set the fire intentionally and then took his own life. one else was hurt coming up at 6:00, the deluge that swamped part of the district and the damage left behind. alison: a woman's pride flag burned in the district. how she is fighting back next at "abc7 news at 6:00". and the "7 on your side" call for action team taking your calls right now. just call this number. 301-652-help. 301-652-help. they can help you get action to resolve consumer or the business disputes. we'll be back after this. alison: we have just learned more business leaders resigned from president trump's manufacturing conference. they all cited president trump's comments on charlottesville and they join other leaders including the under armour president as well. michelle: a d.c. woman to be intimidated after someone set fire to the pride flag outside her northeast washington home. the police are investigating the arson as a suspected hate crime. shanna tells abc7 getting rid of the damaged flag was never an option. it hangs from the second

intensify in the southeastern part of prince george's county, calvert county, as well as southern anne arundel county and charles. most of the lightning from the capital shot, just about to move towards dunkirk. abouthe size of diameter, and damaging wind gusts not out of the question. especially as the storm moved to the east, dunkirk, anywhere in yellow, take cover. the good news is these are moving quickly and just about all of us trying out soon. 11:30, this pushes out and most of the overnight will be drive. that sets up for a really nice sunday. just another 30, 45 minutes for the storm. 73 tomorrow morning. humid and, but less even sunnier than today. the eclipse, there could be a few hiccups in the forecast. police are.c. searching for a gun man after a child was shot at a community center in southeast. melissa the pain -- melissa dipane he has more on what happened. was first on the scene of the shooting that appear to take p humanities center on 41st street southeast, where the police confirmed an eight-year-old child was grazed by a bullet. the call came in about 8 p.m., bystanders

we have several severe warning.orm northern anne arundel and northern prince george's county until 6:45. update on the an flash flood watch that remains in effect for the metro area. warnings are indicated in red. we have a newly issued severe thunderstorm warning at this hour, and as for charles county, this is moving in -- we're going zoom to this one first. to the north, we have that severe thunderstorm warning. the wet weather at this time, gusty winds. now we head over to southern maryland, where we have an expanded severe thunderstorm warning. if you're watching us here, mexville, this is where you're going to see the strongest of areatorm move over your over the next 45 minutes. we'll give you a fresh update on the latest warnings, coming up in just a few minutes. plus, we're looking ahead to the .pcoming weekend sme and i promise you, it's a whole lot brighter and not isright now, this stormwatch 7, the live view, and you can see it's raining right montgomery county. in our area, sometimes it pops of a finger.nap it's coming down hard and then it's gone. abc 7 -- to stain with

now moving east of laurel to northern sections of anne arundel county.that is one area to keep an eye on. we monitor outside the area we are showing you. in chillum and cherry hill and prince george's county and continuing across to the southeast toward lanham. that is subject to the showers and the storms. this seems to be expanding a bit. but not seeming to get stronger. that is the key. we will as far as how high up the storm goes, they blossomed up to top around 40,000 feet. so the potential is there for hail to form up. there is electrical activity from 10,000 feet up the ground. several more cloud to ground lightning strikes here. we are monitoring the outflow boundaries here. it's possible if it continues it could eventually rain itself out. but we are not there yet. 86 in the city at 7:00 in the metro area. dropping in the 70's in the evening. future cast later tonight will keep it mostly clear. muggy and the 70's overnight. same in the morning. then we start to warm up again. tomorrow afternoon, guess what? guidance suggesting more of these slow

in anne arundel county. the kids who saw it all happen say the 4-year-old jumped into the deep end of the pool, but she didn't know how to swim. they try today help her. they extended a pole her. when that didn't work, her uncle jumped in to help, but he couldn't swim either. the kids ran in to get more help, but it was just too late. we're told that pool belonged to a neighbor who said the dski could swim as long as they had supervision. we'll have updates for you as soon as we get them. >>> we've also got breaking news in the russia investigation. tonight, the wall street journal is reporting special council robert mueller has impaneled a grand jury for the case. it's a sign the investigation is probably intensifying. reports this evening say the russian probe has widened to focus on possible financial crimes. this is in addition to possible illegal coordination with russian spy agencies, and possible attempts to obstruct the fbi investigation. president trump has said his financial dealings were a red lin

pounded george's county, and ann anne arundel county across the bay. still pretty good rains up 28. also, it's kind of fallen in terms of height, which is one way we look at how strong the storm is. really it's about 15,000 feet. that one is weakening, kind of collapsing, which they often do. to the north, we go. this is a little heavier storm past the 216. this one might hold together, and go to ashton. this is the stronger of the two storms, as it goes up 108, and eventually heads parallel to 95, and across i-70. for tonight, yellow weather alert. yellow weather alert through friday. morning cam temps, tropical. a slight chance of a shower in the morning. slight chance, nothing crazy heavy. but strong to severe storms now friday, 2:00 p.m., to 7:00 p.m. that's our window in the immediate metro area. the weekend looks hot, but less humid, yellow weather alert tonight. strong storms, high risk, tropical downpours. gusts low to moderate. how does that impact your life? street flooding almost high. you get under one of those storms, you're going to see street flooding. could be a mode

so a little bit of activity in anne arundel county, but we're friends into southern maryland.ere thunderstorm warning goes until 6:15 for st. mary's county. going down 5 toward valley lee, not advisable. another severe thunderstorm warning on the other side of the river. this goes until 6:15 as well. culpepper, falkear and staff order. don't see a lot of rain, wouldn't be surprised to see a flash flood warning. this is headed toward dogrun at about 7:28. they're moving very slowly. still very heavy rain across the river back into charles county. there's no warnings on those. rainfall, look at this. right around mechanicsville. 3.7inches. you're under a flash flood warning until 8:30. we'll come back, and talk about when the storms leave to the south, and talk about a pattern flip later in the week.

and most developing north of north beach towards ann arundell county. more pull out of sea pleasant so it's all over the place but the key is for now most of the heavy rain continues just south of washington and that will continue to move east and northeast. within these cells every now and then we have a couple big bangs of thunder and wind gust. over on the eastern shore there is a flood watch across the mid short and upper shore of maryland. they get heavy rain repeating and repeating in that area. take a look at the big picture right now. you notice farther to the west the rain is showery. all this zone just south of the metro area. there will be more showers, more downpours developing in the afternoon, and those areas that get hit repeatedly by these heavy downpours, those are the areas that are likely to have flood warnings posted. nothing yet in the metro area or even in the viewing area. heavy rain, the biggest threat today. there will be locally gusty winds in areas that get thunderstorms mixed in. small chance, small hail and tornado. if that

in anne arundel county. the kids who saw it all happen say the 4-year-old jumped into the deep end of the pool, but she didn't know how to swim. they try today help her. they extended a pole

will be starting at noon tomorrow, any area in green if you live in these counties and down to anne arundeln into northern virginia, we are under a flash flood watch and we are expecting a good amount of rain to move through. let's go ahead and walk through this as far as the time goes. starting around 2:00 a.m., i would say honestly, probably after 11:00 p.m., we start to see the showers impacting the counties and these showers will be on the light side. and then we move through the a.m. time period and we're talking about light to moderate on and off showers as they move through. it will be a damp day overall. notice how the rain begins to pick up. i think our biggest threat for any storms that may turn severe will be farther south toward southern maryland and toward the northern neck, but nonetheless, everyone will be seeing heavy storms and by 2:00 a.m. tuesday we're still under cloudy skies, and we should begin to dry out for your tuesday and this should be a one-day event and let's recap the morning commute. it will be a little bit of a nasty one. we are going to be seeing temperature

earlier this was a montgomery county that was warned but now basically he we're just talking about anne arundel county, howard and northern sections of prince george's county. still a very, very large storm extends east of baltimore right down to east of i95, coming down towards 97. interstate 97 as it continues to move off to the east. i put in cities, the first one, chester town, that will be at 6:27. about 25 miles per hour this is moving. give it another hour or so and should completely push across the bay. and look at the area ahead on the eastern shore that's already been warned for this storm. very, very windy, wind gusts 60 miles per hour or more. little bit of hail in this too. very, very heavy rain and of lightening. the other storm you've been watching quite a while. i don't think the intensity has weakened but i'm not seeing quite as much rotation with this as what i was seeing earlier, hopefully the wind speed come down a little bit but i still think the wind gusts are over 50 to 60 miles per hour here, the core of the storm is sitting right on charlotte hall right now, expect heav

want to focus in on southern prince georges county as well as parts of calvert county, southern an arundelu're under a severe thunderstorm warning until 11:30 people. getting ready to expire, but the storm packing a punch still. heavy rain as you can see with the deep red color. lots of lightning, strong winds gusting 60 miles an hour. it will push east ward and within the next 20 to 30 minutes you should be in the clear. it is the last of the severe weather. we are dry in the district heading further south towards wood bridge. a light shower there. just south of warenton a little more heavy and that will continue to pull to the east. last of the rain moving through, model showing by 2:00 a.m. you can see we're pretty dry, also clearing out overnight. moving into your sunday, really spectacular weather for sunday, staying drys, mostly i-80 corridor. for us we will stay quiet from your sunday into parts of monday. monday starts to get a little iffy as we head into the afternoon. still most of us dry. this is around the time we will see the eclipse peaking. you can see here most is still pre

anne arundel, 71. 62, waldorf. not a cold start. with all the muggyness, it is going to be very probably dry through lunchtime for most. rain becoming more and more likely as we get closer to the afternoon and evening. not much on radar. first signs of raindrops, those will be the first that come into the schenn valley. the hit and miss activity between noon and 5:00 or 6:00, just because it doesn't show rain, doesn't mean it can't be raining. by 11:00, rain could be briefly heavy at times. could pick up a quick .5 to 1 inch in localized spots. saturday morning, look at the high chance for rain early. hit and miss showers continuing well into the afternoon. may have a spotty shower or two in your saturday evening plans as well. that should pull out of here leaving sunday on the whole a mostly dry tomorrow. no more than an isolated rain chance on sunday. that means rain chances are below 30%. higher rain chances return for monday and tuesday. jack taylor, no one cares if it rains on monday and tuesday. >> except for that monday morni

massive backup on the tracks cust after 7:00 this morning on the tracks just south of cwi in anne arundel county. right now, the service is slowly resuming but service to the oden station. trains in both dir rebs will bypass that station until further notice an alert in d.c. the student department of health told a city hospital to stop delivering baby and offering prenatal care for 90 days. there is no explanation as to what prompted the order. one high ranking city official tells abc, the hospital has locally inadequate facilities. that order has won long time >> i was actually shocked. the first question that dime my min is where are the women going to go when you shut down something like ob street trex that is going to care for mothers and children. that is a big issue. the council member has been pushing for new hospital on d.c.'s east end. well, just minutes a, a fundraiser for injured d.c. firefighter wrapped up. susan kennedy was there as it started with packed crowds of supporters. >> all among long, people have been coming hooner to the rest rent on capitol hill to raise money fo

we're learning more details about the tragic drowning in anne arundel county. it was a grandfather who died with his 4-year-old granddaughter yesterday. the man could not swim but he jumped in the water anyway to save the little girl struggling in the deep end. this happened at a backyard pool on jammar drive. the victims' names have not been released. >>> a construction worker is dead. the university of maryland police and occupational safety experts are investigating this accident. the worker fell down an elevator shaft yesterday at a building under construction at campus drive and route 1. the man has been identified and police ask that >>> i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. the massive power outage in the north carolina outer banks finally over. really good news here. two islands in the dark were back in today. they lost power last week. 50,000 people had to leave. there's an untold number who had to cancel their plans because of all this. this happened when workers who were building a bridge damaged an underground transmission line. back to you guys. >>

you'll see behind me, an ambulance here, anne arundel county maryland, launched safe station programe crisis teams can come out 24 hours a day, when somebody needs to access treatment, they just come to a station. that's the best practice that we will be looking at rolling out through maryland. so we are working with the federal government. this is about trying to tweak and make sure that we're in address probably the biggest crisis that we've seen in this country in a long time. >> so, i think through the years, when we talk about drugs, we talk about drug problems. you know, there is a stigma, you know, there is an image that people have when they think of somebody who is addicted to drugs. when we talk about opioids, i mean there is transends race, it transends economic backgrounds, i mean, how do you work around getting past, telling people, you know it, affect everyone out there. >> you know, jim, every talk that i make, across maryland, i ask the audience how many people in this room has it affected either personally or know somebody. always more than 09% of the audience. there

you get into prince george's county we're clearing out and southern anne arundel a little bit but it'sown really in toward calvert and st. mary's. some light to moderate rains there. then back to fredericksburg some heavier showers even a little bit of lightning and thunder. over toward the spotsylvania here, this is tracking east toward colonial beach perhaps. you have a little way to go before we're done and tomorrow is going to be a whole lot better. sunshine a few clouds and's humid, those are the key words -- less humid. those are the key words. but northerly winds about 5, 10 miles an hour should be a real nice day. and that's easy to say after the last couple of days around here and we're seeing the drier air moving in. dew points down in the 50s now no western maryland. that -- in western maryland. that drier air is going to replace dew points in the lower 70s. still sticky outside and with temperatures in the low 70s it's feeling even worse than that and we have to get rid of the moisture and we'll be in better shape. but right now 72. dew point is 781. so -- 71. so very humid

your severe weather threat in the yellow areas from southern prince george's county, southern anne arundel neck and lower eastern shore. damaging wind gusts, even an isolated tornado possible on monday south and east of town. tonight 65 to 70 with showers and storms developing, really picking up tomorrow, may need some extra time, 69 to 74 in the morning. then in the afternoon we're staying in the 70s, locally heavy rain, 1 to 3 inches, maybe more. flood watch in effect from noon to 10 p.m. tuesday looks a lot better. again that early shower/storm south of town, becoming partly sunny, 83. looks a lot nicer on wednesday, real pleasant, 84, but an isolated storm thursday could interfere with some sports things like the football game and nats on 9 friday evening we got the game maybe, depends on the weather. >> fingers crossed. >>> i did something really cool today. dozens of people including myself worked out in northwest d.c. this morning to raise a woman we don't even know. this was a fundraiser to help the asian pacific islander project to help women of rape and domestic violence in the d

east to anne arundel, it really covers the gamut of the area. here's the look at the concert -- computer simulation showing you the fog pushing east out of here. there could still be some less hanging east out of interstate 95. temperatures today from the mid-to-upp morning to the upper 80's, a little bit of heat, there'd is today, looks like we are over 90 degrees, but i like it, we will talk more about this, the big storms we could get through thursday and even friday. rainfall totals could be in excess of two inches by late friday. julie: plenty of braking distances needed out there on the roads. allow for some extra time out there and avoid those distractions. put the phone down until you get to your destination. again, in some places it's less than a order of a mile of his ability. there are a ton of dear out there this morning. just allow for some extra time of the roads. wires are down in gaithersburg between muddy branch and edison park drive until further notice. a crash reported in boulevard near the dallas town center. i will be back

sky fox is here earlier in app arundel 4 inbound crash lower pinnedle road we got updated location. as you make your way bristol area give yourself extra time if you get to upper marboro making your way to the beltway. as we look at metro hey let's end on high note guys. every single rail line on t time. >> pretty colors out there. >> colors are amazing. >> doesn't that look great when there's nothing to tell you about. >> thanks guys. >> let's keep the fun going tuck. >> let's see what we can do time for morning meme for off to work and off to school. >> i love that photo. >> i do too. >> manry because 'we have it. >> let go. number one. >> number one kid says where do babies come from me. everything comes from me. >> they have amazon people. >> i didn't know you could make boxes look adorable. >> amazon. >> amazon from amazon. >> pregnant chicken. that's a funny day. sxwrv look ago head ato go day d.c. >> the documentary what the health debunking some claims that he says goes too far. >> school teachers by day and rockin' chicks by night. group no small children will perform live

it's caused flood warning across eastern prince george's county and western anne arundel county and howard county. heavy rain there. it's widely scattered around the area. let's press in here. the virginia, the washington, d.c. side. until 11:00 this is south/southwest of the baltimore metro area. the rest of the region is sunny and hot. overnight, everybody will go clear to partly tomorrow, we have to mention thunderstorm or two in the afternoon. it's generally partly to mostly sunny. muggy. 90 for a high. 92 on thursday. slight chance of thunderstorm. unless it forms over your house. then you have 100% chance of a storm. that is the way itworks. the weekend is looking good. at the beaches, it will be fine. the next few days are fine as well. the air temperatures are the lower 80's. the mid-to-upper 70's on the weekend. the same and cooler over the weekend. for a continuation through the weekend. this is the forecast. highs in the mid-80's. that is looking good. that is the outlook for this weekend. there are a few days with cooler and less humid air for that bodes well for saturday eveni

even further to the north and west, they curve northwesterly back in western anne arundel county near davidsonville road. uggyill stay very m through the evening. we will have haze and fog and temperature in most areas overnight in the 70's. 16 to 75 -- 68 to 75, definitely muggy. temperatures range to the 70's through the entire region tomorrow. there's the possibility of more showers and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon, some with torrential downpours. the best time will be from 4:00 to 5:00 through a banana clock tomorrow night. as far as the heat index, 100 degrees are just a bit higher. we will quickly finish up with this, the next 10 days. temperature trends will be warm for a bit, but they will trail off t next week. that is the latest weather for you. alison: all right, doug, thank you. a new school is set to open in the district. abc7 gets an inside look at the project that was $100 million over budget. >> and burning down the house -- all to combat fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our faste

coming out of eastern howard county and northwestern anne arundel county. there is the boundary. another one to the south of bowie. you see a lot of motion in the atmosphere. that setting it up. everything to the north and east of baltimore and a heavy downpour. a new one developing south and west of b.w.i. they have enough problems of their own in baltimore at the airport with the last word having too many aircraft trying to get in the area. problems consist up the i-95 corridor that resulted in a significant delay. so here are national. b.w.i. thurgood marshall, 95. three hour and 15-minute delays at laguardia. the news doesn't get better far north as boston logan with 161 minutes. that is two and a half hours of the delay time there. so hopefully it will improve later tonight. around the area overnight we will see muggy outside. clear to partly cloudy. 72 is the overnight low. tomorrow is 92. feeling warmer. it could be isolated storm. another chance of the storms on friday. 91 degrees. over the weekend, everything changes. we have the area of the high pressure build in. it wi

warning, too, they've just put out a warning across an entire line here, so the counties affected anne arundel smidgen of montgomery county. prince george, too, here's is the line coming down out of baltimore, right along i95 in the bwi parkway too, just on the inside of that, so this is all coming across. the big threat here is going to be wind, some potentially damaging wind, up over 60 miles per hour. there could be a little bit of hail in this too, that's not the big problem with this storm, and very heavy rain, there's a lot of lightening imbedded in this as well. i want to put a little tracker on here so you get the idea of oh few communities that will be i want you toed in the path, again, it's such a long storm. such a big storm, it's hard to give this justice but south gate pasadena, lake shore, chester county, all of this is moving to the east at about 25 miles per hour. this is charles county. i just showed you this warning earlier. it goes until 6:15 p.m. a lot of wind in this storm, kind of just moving now to the east of port tobacco. another storm behind it got a little notch on

. >>> chuck, we had an accident in anne arundel county. a vehicle is overturned. causing by big delay yet. be aware it's there. >>> plus, we're sure you know it is no fun to find parking in d.c. but you'll never believe how much time we waste trying to find a spot. >>> we're celebrating throwback thursday with back to school photos. this is actress taraji henson during her days in high school. share your photos, too, with us using the #ready for school. if you have glasses like that, god bless you. but the living room's pretty blank. it's really nice when clients come in and have done some of their own research. working with a bassett designer was really easy. just kind of ties in very well. we love it! >>> right now on "news4 today," robbed during dropoff. parents targeted by thieves at a hectic part of their day. what to do to protect yourself. >>> back to school shopping. we're checking in with melissa mollet on few tips on the best deals. >>> breaking overnight. a show of force as north korea refs up its nuclear program. a live desk report at 6:00. >>> lawmake

it would unsettle me to see armored vehicles patrolling the streets of anne arundel county. i to get the importance of the program. -- i do get the importance of the program. does the agency take into account the actual or potential threat that a community faces prior to delivering these military style equipment? >> congressman, we actively support that working group. our vice director is over lead -- these our lead on that group. that group looked very closely at the categorization of items in which things would be prohibited. they completed another look at that going into this fiscal year and we take that very seriously. when we get the applications, we applied the decisions made from that working group on what is allowed for us to execute. we execute the program. that group when they made those caprminations in those always, they brought in a number of different folks to have those discussions that included experts on the use of those types of weapons and civil liberties leaders and law enforcement leaders -- congressman brown: if i can jump in. can this small city of sea

alison: an investigation is underway after a man was hit by an amtrak train in anne arundel county this morning. officials have not said what the man was doing it caused hours of delays from baltimore to d.c. but the ride home should be on time. larry: look in the future today for the millions of drivers who rely on i-395. transportation reporter brianne carter was there when governor mcauliffe helped break ground on new lanes. >> three, two, one. brianne: with the official groundbreaking wednesday they worked to transform 395 to h.o.v. to h.o.t. lanes is underway. the project will extend the existing 95 toll lanes eight miles from alexandria up to the d.c. line. designed to ease congestion, a third lane will be added to the express lanes along 395 and the interchange at 39 3 -- 395 and edes road. but some will go to local jurisdictions to pay for the other transportation buses, motorcycles and cars with the three or more people will continue to ride for free. >> we do now believe combined improvement can save carpoolers now on average more than ten minutes each way a day. >> the govern

. >>> we are learning more details about that tragic anne arundel county. we now know the names of the grandfather and granddaughter who died in a backyard pool yesterday. lemuel cain couldn't swim but he jumped into the water to try to save the 4-year-old. the little girl was struggling in the deep end of the pool. rescue crews were not able to save them. >>> a former volkswagen executive is going to be spending seven years behind bars. this morning, oliver schmidt pleaded guilty to conspiracy and lying to u.s. regulators about emissions in cars. vw admitted to cheating on emissions tests with rigged software in more than 11 million vehicles. schmidt will also have to pay a fine of up to $400,000 as part of his plea. >>> one of music's biggest stars, taylor swift, is preparing for court. swift is set to testify on monday in a denver courtroom against former dj david mueller. the allegationste incident in 2013. swift claims mueller groped her before a concert while taking a photo. he says the allegation isn't true. he also says it cost him his job. the tria

go to fiosgigabit.com >> tiniest baby ever born and anne arundel medical center has finallyy when born back in march, wade just& 12 ounces at the time. >> she spent the past five months in the nibbling ooh. how she is now tipping the scales at five points 15 ounces. she was released from the hospital on thursday. do we have a picture of her? there it is. >> here she is. >> look at those eyes. >> good news. love. that will ending on, that that's all for us tonight at five. >> tony and sean standing by for your news that begins at 6:00. and it begins right now. >>> this is fox5 local news at 6:00. >> right now at 6:00 a family a motorcyclist shot and killed by dc police. but merely 11 month later we will be the officer be indict in the and a story you saw first on fox5. the obstetric unit at united medical center forced to shut its doors. now, a mother is speaking out about her terrible treatment, and medication, that got her hi, when she was nine months pregnant. >>> and controversial ads on the metro. why the aclu is firing back with a lawsuit. the news at 6:00 starts right

swung through the metro even severe weather thunderstorms anne arundel and calvert county. yesterday was hot. 81 by 11:00 a.m., 85 by 2:00 p.m. 88 will be the high temperature later on this afternoon. plenty of sunshine. look at those high temperatures mid to upper 80's, 86 at dulles, 84 at leonardtown, i will have a look at that seven-day forecast still ahead including the all important monday afternoon forecast, will the cloud cover or thunderstorm chances hinder your view of the solar eclipse? big questions we'll be on alert for that tomorrow. and your seven-day forecast is still coming up. annie and tom >>. >>> in other demonstrations heated up with tens of thousands marching against bigotry and violence. >> it overshadowed a free speech rally. police in riot clear cleared the streets, in memphis a protest became heated over the removal of a confederate statue and a similar scene in houston, destroy the confederacy demonstration. fox molly line has more. >> reporter: protesters taking to the streets in a number of cities across the nation saturday, 10s of thousands of m

prince george's county anne arundel county down into southern maryland, lower easte of the rain willgot its act together owe so it's still a tropical depression. >> bay irma is a kind name. >> and this is not kind weather forecast. these rains are pretty good for us. potentially two plus inches if you're across the lower eastern shore. lesser amounts of washington. light test amounts will be up and west near hagerstown. this will be out of here late this afternoon ton night. i hope we can get the baseball game in tonight. houston getting rain again this morning. they're not done yet unfortunately the heavy rains spread into new orleans four to 8-inches of rain during it daytime hours. flash flood watches for new orleans now as well. so in addition to houston we've thrown in new orleans into the flooding mix. look at those rain totals, allison. 42-inches now reported in the nation in houston. >> unbelievable. >> yeah. rain for us this afternoon 70 degrees. >> all right. i just realized that remember that obnoxious loud breathing noise we were hearing earlier. >> that was me. >> oh. wh

hearing about the personal stories from people in montgomery county but also in howard county and arundel about the levels of noise and the concerns about pollution caused by these new concentrated flight paths. >> miss wright is with the montgomery county quite skies coalition. there are similar community groups in d.c., and in virginia. all lodging complaints about these new flight paths. let's show folks what we're talking about. this is called the next jenn air traffic system it's sat based it's saves time and fuel by placing aircraft on a narrow ban but that means it's concentrated over narrow band of homes. so on the left, you'll see all those red lines those are flights. 800 flights a day in and out of reagan airport. you can see how dispersed they used to be over the neighborhoods. the image on the right hand side, you see that narrow band of red lines coming over your home. we've been here 15, 20 minutes, and it's been one aircraft after another. what's that like for you? >> well, we're standing here in my driveway, and like you just indicated there's never a moment. i step in to

. >>> heads up if you live in anne arundel county.s happening there today. the maryland department of agriculture and will spray tonight after 7:30 and they say you should avoid outdoor activities. officials also say residents should take precautions to minimize their exposure to mosquito bites. >>> still ahead this morning a warning for online shoppers. one big mistake that you could be making when it comes to customer reviews. time right now 8:39. back after this. ♪ >>> welc rainy start oh our tuesday morning. rain will stick around today. tucker will be along shortly with an update for you on the 5's. weather and traffic on the 5's. >>> fitness tracker fit bit is nounsing new smart watch. take a look at the ion nick. the $300 watch does more than just track your sleep and fitness. it's displays popular apps and can be used to pay for thing similar to apple watch works. the new fit bit ionic comes out in october. >>> all right. when it comes to online shopping of anything, quantity matters when it comes to product rev reviews. new r

we have trouble in anne arundel county on 97. southbound rubber necking delay was gigantic. typical buildup delays on the beltway. inner loop of the beltway headed down towards the wilson bridge but nothing out of the ordinary. >> we will get a check of your forecast coming up next. >>> good morning. very comfortable to start this thursday. by 9:00 a.m. mid 70s, mix of sun and clouds throughout the afternoon. 82 by lunchtime. by 4:00 p.m. we could see an isolated shower. temperatures in the mid 80s. rain arrives late tomorrow, but look at those high temperatures, near 70 degrees, only it's going to be much cooler tomorrow. rainy day saturday. those are the remnants of harvey. sunday and monday they do look good for your labor day weekend into don't forget you can watch tonight redskins pre-season game at 7:30 right here on nbc 4. >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, breaking news. a flooded chemical plant near houston rocked by two explosions overnight. police evacuating the area amid fears there are more to come. we're live at t