autria: i'm autria godfrey. larry: i'm larry smith. we have to get out there and play one of these times area is it worth it, eileen? eileen: why not? but i feel like we have won the weather lottery. upper 70's in the upcoming weekend. sun,e way, here comes the have you noticed how much later the sun starts rising each day? it use got over the next several months. we have got a front coming to satellite radar right now, a bit of sunshine peeking through, mostly cloudy as you get out the door. upperatures into the 70's, not rising that much. you will start to see or feel that humidity falling after lunchtime today. 82 degrees by 2:00, 6:00, and to 72 byightful, down 9 p.m. with comfortable

im autria godfrey. and im larry smith. we'll check in with brian van de graaff in a minute. but first - a traffic alert in prince george's county let's get right to melissa dipane pah-nee live at the scene. it happend at palmer road on indian head hwy around 12:30 this

washington i'm autria godfrey. and i'm larry smith. good morning washington. - wet, windy, and cool today - awaiting 5am update from nhc to see if irma has formed - warmer tomorrow; dry through friday - rain from harvey arrives this weekend (saturday) - dry labor day monday today: wet and windy. unseasonably cool. highs: 67-70 winds: ne 10-15 g 25 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. lingering shower. lows: 61-67 winds: ne 10-15 mph wednesday: partly sunny. warmer. highs: 78-81 winds: nnw 5-10 mph saving texas residents from rising floodwaters. residents from rising floodwaters. the death toll climbing to at least six, as thousands evacuate. and this morning, president trump is heading to texas after promising billions of dollars in disaster relief. abc's maggie rulli has more, from houston. a gaithersburg native is among the thousands of people days. evelyn saravia sent us these images as she, her family, friends and several dogs were rescued. we spoke with saravia on facebook shortly saravia says they brought all their outdoor furniture indoo

and i'm autria godfrey. toss to eileen - seasonable today; much cooler tomorrow friday through saturday - drier sunday & labor day monday - irma could strengthen to a hurricane today today: partly sunny. seasonably warm and a touch humid. highs: 81-85 winds: nw 5-10 mph tonight: stray shower or storm early. mostly cloudy. becoming breezy. lows: 53-59 winds: n 5-15+ mph friday: mostly cloudy. unseasonably cool. showers arrive late. highs: 65-69 winds: ne 5-10 mph breaking right now at 5 xxx a popular and busy dc neighborhood. sam sweeney is live in northwest with more on what happened. this morning police - still on the lookout for the man caught fire down an escalator at the columbia heights metro station. and now many in the area are wondering why it took officials so long to inform the public. metro says it did not release information on the shooting because its up to dc police to reveal information from the investigation. the shooting occurred friday..and it was not acknowledged until monday. metro defend

adrianna hopkins in for autria godfrey. larry: i am larry smith. we're glad you're here. adrianna: i did not think the goats would be up that early. alone.leave me eileen whelan is here, taking a look at our forecast. whatever your friday night plans are, you want to state whether being aware. dry until 3:00. let's go to sunday, trending drier. that will be the nicest of the including friday, why not? temperatures are milder than they were this time yesterday. humidity is more comfortable them this time yesterday, but it will be dry heading into work this morning. going through the afternoon, ine clouds than sun, highs the low 80's. and temperatures for your friday night plans will be in the low to mid 70's. again, we could have some hefty thunderstorms. i will show you futurecast a timeout t-storms for your saturday coming up in a good. at least it is drive for the morning drive, julie. julie: guess something goodness for that. we have a crash 395. theleft lane blocked, too, hov lanes. the rest area heading into myersville, south mountain, eastbound lanes are closed over

good morning washington i'm autria godfrey,. and i'm larry smith.ur team of stormwatch-7 meteorologists are tracking harvey. let's get right to veronica johnson and eileen whelan. washington. - dry & cool for back to school today - potential for a tropical storm (irma) to develop off se coast later today (could impact us locally tomorrow with cool showers) - harvey continues to bring life-threatening flooding to east tx - dry start to labor day weekend; rain from harvey by sunday today: sunny start; increasing clouds. unseasonably cool and breezy. highs: 76-78 winds: e 5-10+ mph tonight: mostly cloudy. stray shower. lows: 58-67 winds: ene 5-10 mph tuesday: mostly cloudy. cool with showers. highs: 70-74 winds: ne 5-10+ mph right now -- turn into rivers. tropical storm harvey has now claimed the lives of three people. the storm has already dumped more than two feet of rain on the city -- and more is expected. emergency management officials are asking the public for help because first responders are stretched so thin. frantic residents now begging for

good morning i'm autria godfrey. and i'm larry smith.tormwatch-7 meteorologist eileen whelan is tracking the storm - she joins us with the latest track. - more clouds than sun today; feeling great! - unseasonably cool, dry last weekend of august - rain chances return next week - tracking hurricane harvey - major hurricane makes landfall late tonight today: mostly cloudy to partly sunny. pleasant. highs: 77-80 winds: n 5-10 mph tonight: partly cloudy to mainly clear. comfortable. lows: 54-64 winds: n 5 mph saturday: mix of sun and clouds. low humidity. highs: 76-79 winds: ne 5-10 mph toss to ryan at reagan national 5 xxx and developing now. a bizarre story out county. a couple arrested - fo 10-year-old son john gonzalez is live from outide the home where it all happened. john? trt 11 out ... already too late. runners and bikers are on high-alert this morning after are on high-alert this morning after daylight attacks on a popular trail in arlington! a man with a laundry list of prior crimes allegedly exposed himself to two women on the cu

good morning washington i'm autria godfrey. and i'm larry smith. we are also following breaking news on the roads. all main northbound lanes of i-95 shut down. let's get to julie wright. - drier & milder today - rain from harvey arrives saturday (harvey makes landfall, again, later this morning) - nice for labor day - dry & seasonable for back to school tuesday today: mostly becoming partl tonight: partly to mostly cloudy. lows: 56-64 winds: sw 5 mph thursday: partly to mostly cloudy. seasonably warm and humid. stray shower. lows: 81-85 winds: wnw 5-10 mph this morning.. families in texas -- left looking for their loved ones.. as relief efforts continue ahead of another dose of rain from harvey as it prepares to make landfall again. rescues are still going on around the clock as floodwaters continue to rise.. and right now the big fear..is that the death toll from this storm will grow. so far according to the washington post..at least 22 people have died across texas from storm related causes and that number is expected to rise in the coming days a

good morning washington i'm autria godfrey. and i'm larry smith. good morning washington.oss to eileen - cloudy & muggy morning; stray sprinkle - decreasing clouds & falling humidity this afternoon - a taste of september weather coming - unseasonably cool through the end of august today: cloudy and humid start. late day clearing with falling humidity. stray am sprinkle. highs: 83-85 winds: n 5 mph tonight: clear to lows: 57-65 winds: n 5 mph thursday: sunny to partly cloudy. pleasant. highs: 79-82 winds: n 5 mph breaking right an overnight fire tearing through an apartment building in hagerstown. the culprit -- lightning. our john gonzalez is live from where it all happened.. johnny..there are a whole lot of people looking for places to stay this morning. police are hoping newly released will lead them to the person who broke into several homes on woodcrest drive in southeast. take a look -- this is the burglar -- back in july -- appearing to throw something at a home to gain access. once inside, he looks around a little bit -- then takes off with a t-v. anyone with inform

and i'm adrianna hopkins in this morning for autria godfrey. good morning washington. toss to eileen - have the umbrella today; best chance of storms tonight - humid with a few storms saturday - drier sunday today: mostly cloudy. spotty shower through midday. pm thunderstorms. highs: 81-83 winds: s 5-10 mph tonight: cloudy, mild, and muggy. isolated shower. lows: 61-72 winds: ssw 5 mph saturday: mostly cloudy and very humid. a few afternoon thunderstorms. highs: 83-85 winds: sw 5 mph breaking overnight. police chief - injured after crashing his motorcycle into a car. suzanne kennedy is live from outside pg hospital where chief devan martin is recovering right now. right now - dc police working to high profile shootings. one of them - happening in broad daylight thursday on saratoga avenue in northeast. there - a 17-year-old girl was shot in the head while sitting in her car. police saying she was just an innocent bystander. at last check she was listed in critical condition. a man was also shot..he's expected to survive. police are looking for two men last seen traveli

good morning washington i'm autria godfrey. and i'm larry smith. washington. toss to eileen - dry & comfy today - nice, but cooler than average last weekend of august - rain chances minimal through early next week - tracking harvey today: sunny start; some afternoon clouds. very comfortable. highs: 79-83 winds: n 5 mph tonight: partly to mostly cloudy. another comfy night. lows: 55-63 winds: n 5 mph friday: partly cloudy. pleasant. highs: 78-81 winds: n 5 mph thank you sam, and happening story we are following this morning --- back to school! thousands students in loudoun county head back to class today and in the middle of the rush of it all is our own john gonzalez. john how's it going? we want to see your child's back mary kay levine of silver spring sent us this photo of her grand daughter on her first day of kindergarten. and when you snap a photo of your students- be sure to share it with us! just go to burst dot com slash wjla- and you might see your photos on the air! and still developing this morning out of prince george's county. today boards cover t

good morning washington i'm autria godfrey. and i'm larry smith let's start this half hour with stormwatch7 meteorologist eileen whelan. good morning washington. toss to eileen weather alert day flash flood watch for d.c. & southern md from noon to 10p possible, especially over southern md - less humid tomorrow - below average temperatures through next week - unsettled weekend today: cloudy with rain, heavy at times. some strong storms, especially over southern md. highs: 72-78 winds: se to w 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. showers ending. patchy fog. lows: 56-65 winds: nw 5 mph tuesday: mostly cloudy becoming mostly sunny. less humid. highs: 80-83 winds: n 5 mph right now.. a massive clean up oklahoma after an ef-2 tornado tore through parts of tulsa. just take a look at the damage left behind. the twister struck just after 1 a-m sunday with winds topping 110 miles per hour. the roofs of buildings in one strip mall were torn apart.. some people were even trapped because the roof collapsed at several restaurants. in all 30 peo

and i'm adrianna hopkins in for autria godfrey. good morning washington. toss to eileen tomorrow - rain chances friday through monday - no sign of high heat and humidity today: mostly sunny. low humidity. very nice for early august. highs: 82-85 winds: n to se 5 mph tonight: mainly clear. another comfortable night. lows: 65-70 winds: se 5 mph thursday: sunny start with increasing clouds late. still pleasant. highs: 81-84 winds: se 5-10 mph new overnight - the japane marking the 72nd anniversary of the world's first nuclear attack. the u-s dropped an atomici bomg on august 6, 1945 that killed 140 thousand people in hiroshima. the bombing on nagasaki three days later killed 70-thousand more. japanese prime minister shinzo abe spoke at the ceremony and reiterated his determination to free the world of nuclear weapons. this comes amid growing tensions in the region with north korea. this morning - the rogue nation says it is carefully examining plans to attack guam with medium to long range ballistic missiles. this - as president trump issues an unprecedented

honor and celebrate the prince george's county natives n-b-a success good morning washington i'm autria godfrey. and i'm larry smith. good morning washington. toss to eileen - hot and humid to round out the work week - storms today and tomorrow - nice, august weekend ahead - still dry for the solar eclipse monday today: partly sunny. scattered afternoon and evening storms. highs: 87-89 winds: s 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. mild and very muggy. patchy fog. lows: 68-75 winds: s 5-10 mph friday: partly sunny. hot and very humid. pm storms likely. highs: 88-92 winds: ssw 5 mph a show of solidarity in at least a thousand people holding a vigil overnight on u-v-a's campus. the large crowd gathering in the same place where white supremacists rallied just days ago. the show of peace comes after more fallout for president trump in response to his comments on shared blame in charlottesville. abc's emily rau has more. the city of boston and a warning for a planned rally this weekend. the event which organizers say is designed to promote free speech has drawn lots of criticism because some of the orgin

good morning i'm adrianna hopkins in for autria godfrey. and i'm larry smith. good morning washington. toss to eileen dense fog advisory for the entire area through 9am - foggy early, then sunny, hot & humid and friday - seasonable august warmth through early next week - still expecting fair skies for the eclipse - 5 days away today: fog early. becoming mostly sunny. hot and humid. highs: 87-90 winds: nw to s 5 mph tonight: mainly clear to partly cloudy. patchy fog. lows: 72-75 winds: sse 5 mph thursday: partly sunny. scattered pm thunderstorms. highs: 85-88 winds: s 5 mph breaking overnight - confederate breaking overnight - confederate statues taken down in baltimore. suzanne kennedy is live there right now with more. calls to remove other statues in our area also heating up this morning. maryland governor larry hogan has asked the state house trust to remove this statue in annapols of roger tah-nee taney wrote the infamous 1857 dred scott decision... upholding slavery and denying citizenship to black people. in the district there is just one statue of confed

adrianna: and i'm adrianna hopkins, in for autria godfrey this morning.e are all wearing dark colors. veronica: even before i looked at a great detail of the forecast. larry: same thing, i lay out suits for the week and say this will work. veronica:

im autria godfrey. and im larry smith. we'll check in with brian van de graaff in a minute. but first - a traffic alert in prince george's county let's get right to melissa dipane pah-nee live at the scene. it happend at palmer road on indian head hwy around 12:30 this - scattered t-storms again today (mainly pm wednesday) - scattered t-storms again today (mainly pm wednesday) - little more heat & humidity -wonderful weather this weekend today: pm showers & thunderstorms (30%) highs: 89-92 winds: ssw 5 mph tonight: partly cloudy, areas of fog lows: 69-75 winds: ssw 5 mph thursday: partly sunny , isolated thunderstorm in mountains highs: 88-91 winds: south 5 mph happening now.. so many of us are dealing with storm damage tjis morning.. one of the hardest hit areas: frederick, maryland. the national weather service doesn't think this was a tornado, but instead calling it a powerful microburst. 60 mile per hour winds twisted metal, snapped trees, and smashed light poles. one frederick business owner says the sky went from blue to black in minutes. after the storm, crews cl topp

godfrey. am autria let's get a check of the forecast with veronica johnson. let's show you where the leading edge of the rain is from harvey. it is a disorganized storm, a tropical depression. the rain has stopped in houston but it -- the flooding continues. the leading edge in eastern kentucky and northern north carolina so you will encounter some of those showers. it will be a drenching day in parts of the ohio valley and we will get some of that rain starting late tomorrow. i expect to see sunshine once we get on the other side of sunrise once the fog burns off. outside, the visibility is doing just fine in leesburg and d.c. with temperatures a bit on the mild side. manassas., 62 in we will have a very chilly start on friday. today, rain with increasing clouds. totals,talk about the probably an inch in some locations. more on how hard it will rain, coming up. julie: form a long row boulevard toward 50. barrels andwe have cones where we had the crash involving an overturned vehicle. heads up from rall boulevard onto 50. 50 is clear between the bay bridge an

good morning washingotn i'm autria godfrey. good morning washington. breaking

good morning i'm autria godfrey. and i'm larry smith. good morning washington.ood morning washington. - scattered t-storms again today (mainly pm wednesday) - little more heat & humidity -wonderful weather this weekend today: partly cloudy and hot, pm showers & thunderstorms (30%) highs: 89-92 winds: ssw 5 mph tonight: partly cloudy, areas of fog lows: 69-75 winds: ssw 5 mph thusd mountains highs: 88-91 winds: south 5 mph happening now--

good morning washington i'm adrianna hopkins in for autria godfrey.y smith. - delightful today and tomorrow - rain chances friday through monday - no sign of high heat and humidity today: mostly sunny. low humidity. very nice for early august. highs: 82-85 winds: n to se 5 mph tonight: mainly clear. another comfortable night. lows: 65-70 winds: se 5 mph thursday: sunny start with increasing clouds late. still pleasant. highs: 81-84 winds: se 5-10 mph breaking overnight.

come and that fatalities could soar once those devastating and historic flood washington i'm autria godfreyy smith. good morning washington. - wet, windy, and cool today - awaiting 5am update from nhc to see if irma has formed - warmer tomorrow; dry through friday - rain from harvey arrives this weekend (saturday) - dry labor day monday today: wet and windy. unseasonably cool. highs: 67-70 winds: ne 10-15 g 25 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. lingering shower. lows: 61-67 winds: ne 10-15 mph wednesday: partly sunny. warmer. highs: 78-81 winds: nnw 5-10 mph

and i'm autria godfrey.nt to get right to that breaking news-- a serious accident shuts down interstate 95.

i'm autria godfrey. larry: i am larry smith. welcome back. veronica johnson has the forecast. the heat is here. veronica: the heat is here and a little fog this morning. we had extensive fog yesterday, so a little lighter fog today. 65 to 70 degrees this morning. annapolis, maryland, 75 degrees right now with a bit of clouds around the area. 77 in d.c. frederick, maryland, 66, your cooler spot. winchester, 64. some of you getting a little wet weather. it is confined to this area east of 301 coming through st. mary's county. heading east . whileill be it for a until the afternoon. a chance of isolated showers, 87 degrees, maybe a pop-up thunderstorm with the humidity. , rendering a 4:00 in the afternoon. more clouds than sun. an isolated shower or storm down south and maybe up north around i-95. here comes friday. during the afternoon, 2:00, very thin line of showers and storms. it will not last all that long. get the storms tomorrow, probably inside an hour to an hour and a half of wet weather. the weekend, looking at euros in city forecast in just a few minutes. find lanes ar

good morning, washington feared i am autria godfrey. larry: i am larry smith.o to veronica johnson for a check of your forecast that includes some storms out there. veronica: that is right. hopefully folks will be tuning in to us later. the stormwatch 7 out. uggy.he door, it is m advisory starts at 11:00 a.m. and continues through the afternoon hours with the risk of storms. looking at the data, maybe a tornado warning or to not out of the question. 90.mercury over it will feel like we are over 100 for a couple of hours today. issued with the possibility of some storms we get, not only flash flooding wasn't damaging winds. fact, the guidance is showing areas of orange and yellow come of it there could be some power outages. i do think for hours, by 6:00, on through 9:00, we will cancel power outages, especially southeast d.c. the weekend will be much better. today, we get up to 90 degrees. it is the 80's for the weekend, julie, and we will take a look at the weather for the upcoming festival. fore: we have problems those heading northbound i-95 and tried to mak

adrianna: and i'm adrianna hopkins, in for autria godfrey this morning. we are all wearing dark colors. veronica: even before i looked at a great detail of the forecast. larry: same thing, i lay out suits for the week and say this will work. veronica: larry: but you think it is because of the clips? eclipse?ips -- the [laughter] veronica: that's right, that's right. showers this morning, this will be the only morning for the remainder of the work week where we are were looking at wet roads with fog for tomorrow morning. you can see frederick, maryland, leesburg, va, towards culpeper, getting some fog this morning. , look atat this time the extensive fog across the area, all the way west this time. in terms of what it's going to burn off tomorrow, probably not until 8 a.m. or 9 a.m.. with this rain moving out of your today and the skies nearing, it's going to allow a lot of fog clear. showers right now, shower intensity aching up at 9 a.m., 10 until 1:00, 2:00 in the afternoon by the afternoon hours. temperatures today going up to 84 degrees for those wet

i am autria godfrey. larry: i am larry smith. here is eileen whelan. eileen: hurricane harvey will have a category three storm later this afternoon. it is moving slowly can only nine miles an hour, but a very clear center of circulation. look at eyewall. right now, we are 180 miles away from corpus christi, texas. the outer band of rain already moving through the coast. only 35, picking up, 40 miles an hour -- i say "only," but they will get hurricane force wind gusts later, 74 plus miles an hour. national hurricane center at 5:00 am another one coming at 8:00 this morning. the pressure down to 958 millibars. i want to show you the latest track -- later this afternoon, by about 1:00, the hurricane center predicting a cat 3 intensity, 120 miles an hour. landfall expected lakes mica marley tomorrow morning, maybe around 1:00 a.m., with winds anticipated at 125 miles an hour. it sits and hangs, wednesday, 1:00 in the morning, only just moving over texas. i want to bring it back home because angela foster, we had rain overnight. that is out of here and we

i'm autria godfrey. larry: i'm larry smith. glad you're with us on this friday eve. let's get a check on the forecast with veronica. 90 is the number? veronica: 90 is the number for this afternoon. it is going to be hot. we are starting out muggy. comfortableng more this weekend. emojis with the sunglasses. you will want to have an umbrella handy. only a small percentage of the area will see the storms. a slight chance for today, a 30% chance. the only day out of the next few where we have a higher chance of rain is going to be on monday. just a shower or two around the area today. this is 4:00 this afternoon. , these but we -- bowie are your afternoon storms. gaithersburg, baltimore, this is 5:00 this afternoon. more storms start in on eldersburg, howard county, montgomery county tracking right through mainly areas of maryland and north of d.c. i can't rule up the possibility of a little storm around the beltway that could impact some of your outdoor plans. rainfall totals, just over 0.5 inches in we will talk about the showers in the cooler pattern for next week in

i am autria godfrey. larry: i am larry smith. for more on the deadly accident.julie: all lanes open northbound 210 at home or road, it had been shut down for 5.5 hours because of a deadly crash involving a motorcycle who ran into the back end of another vehicle. all lanes open and delay stacking up from port washington road northbound towards the capital beltway. a lot of bailout traffic on oxon hill road towards livingston road which will take a while to improve. lanes open but delays continue to palmer road back in the direction of the beltway. blocked off near arctic bridge road and workhouse road. -- occoquan river road at workhouse road. 123 shut down because of a crash with knocked down a utility pole and took down wires. metro silverlight with delays because of a d outside of mclean. -- silver line with the lace because of a disabled train outside of mclean. a little more sunshine coming our way late morning with some clouds right now. our most uncomfortable morning of the work week. a little bit of humidity. 92 is the forecast high today and 92 on thursd

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i'm autria godfrey. larry: and i'm larry smith. we go right to veronica johnson with the very latest on what's ahead on this monday. veronica: you said just rain out there right now, and that really is all that we have. but by 1:00, 2:00, i think we're going to start to see more thunderstorms in the mix with that rain. so by 1:00, 2:00 today, that's when i think we're going to start seeing some of the severe thunderstorm warnings maybe issued, as well as some of the flash flood warnings are continued rain through the morning hours. starting at 9:00 a.m., our flash flood watch continues all the way until 10:00 this evening. our highest threat, again, around 2:00, up till about 5:00, and really through the morning hours here. we've got showers currently on the radar. we're going to go back eastern montgomery county, howard county getting wet weather, and then you've got more back toward northern prince william county. as mentioned, it's all going to fill in. 70 degrees this morning. the pavement, wet, so slow it down from the early m

and i'm autria godfrey. we want to get right to that breaking news-- a serious accident shuts down interstate 95. - drier & milder today - rain from harvey arrives saturday (harvey makes landfall, again, later this morning) - nice for labor day - dry & seasonable for back to school tuesday today: mostly becoming partly cloudy. highs: 77-80 winds: nw 5 mph tonight: partly to mostly cloudy. lows: 56-64 winds: sw 5 mph thursday: partly to mostly cloudy. seasonably warm and humid. stray shower. lows: 81-85 winds: back now the momunmental humanitarian disaster in houston continues to unfold with harvey. official rescue teams are overwhelmed and now more civilian groups are pitching in. abc's maggie rulli is on the ground in houston texas with the latest... we are seeing countless stunning images from texas, as around the clock. take a look at this. these national guard troops - are sleeping on mattresses, in a furniture store showroom. you see them resting... between shifts of rescuing people, trapped in floodwat