mary's county, southern calvert. that's heading northeast, and it's also sprinkling a bit in parts of the northern neck. temperatures in the mid-50s, shenandoah valley. out in the mountains closer to washington, upper 50s in montgomery county. 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

now these thunderstorms with quite a bit of lightning still, around calvert county.ou folks stay put, stay inside, stay safe. these are rolling south and eastbound over the bay bridge. cambridge down toward salisbury, getting in on this action in the next little bit. we have a break in the action around town. we're not done with rain chances just yet. more rain in ohio. this out here, this big counter clockwise swirl was isaac at one time. all that tropical moisture has nowhere to go but eastbound. and that means us, everybody. we'll have this moisture to deal with tomorrow, and that big moisture out in the midwest coming our way for labor day and tuesday. headed out to the national's game tomorrow, the cardinals and nationals, first pitch is at 1:35. rain delay possible to probable at the game tomorrow. pack your rain slicker if you're going down. just showers tomorrow, but rain on labor day, and kind of stormy weather at the coastline on tuesday. not really the way the hotel folks at the beaches would rather have ended the summer. late night rumbles around here, an

that's down in calvert and st. mary's till 1:45. we had a flood warning earlier in the fredricksburg area. there were doppler estimates of 2 to 4 inches rain. that fell in a 1 to 2-hour period. we had torrential rains. overall improving conditions which is a nice thing and the temperatures being held down in the 70s. petersburg, west virginia, that's the difference with the sun, 85. for those of you who watch me, i thought it was going to be 92 today with a couple showers early. this thing was a little bit of a surprise. weather is still a very humbling profession to be part of. today was one of those days that mother nature said i don't think so but we are looking much, much better. this front means business, jc. when it comes through, and i'll show you the forecast here, when the front comes through, we'll have temperatures which are going to be falling by saturday into the 80s and that's just the beginning of it because behind this front, if you've got plans saturday afternoon, saturday evening, they're a little iffy. gets much b

just a few sprinkles in southern maryland, calvert, st. mary's across the tidal potomac in the northern neck. those sprinkles heading off into the eastern shore. getting star light showing through there. elsewhere, it's all cloudy through the metro area and most

monument street and calvert street, watch for closures. 83 at one road, not too bad. this is 95 at perryville. the left lane is closed just past the perryville exit. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> showers continue to cross to the northern part of the state. there's a chance for showers as we go through the day and into the evening hours. high temperature and the upper 70's and low 80's. we do have the possibility for showers during the ravens game. we expect temperatures at the beginning in the low 70's. now we go to sports. >> good morning. the nfl referees lockout is over. the regular officials will work the ravens game tonight. 12-2, the birds hammer the blue jays. it was home run derby against carlos villanueva. jays led 1-0 in the first. it. mclouth ties jim thome, home run. manny machado. he has five home runs. chris davis, a big blast, number 27. 6-2 orioles. mark reynolds, home run number 23. 8-2. manny now has six home runs. 12-2 is the final. seven home runs ties a team record. what a night last night at camden yards. ravens and brown's tonight a

some heavier rain into saint mary's county, toward calvert county. no severe thunderstorm warnings. we no longer have the severe weather threat. we no longer have that tornado threat. that's why that threat has been allowed to expire and continued to be canceled as this storm continued to move to the east. we still have the rain out there right now. the cold front still well back to the west. we are going to wait for that cold front to pass through before our rain finally ends. speck to see more shower activity through at least probably around midnight tonight. by the time you wake up tomorrow morning, you won't be seeing the rain. you will see much cooler air. >> thank you. weather was not a factor in a deadly crash in mclean, virginia today. a van crashed and burst into flames killing the driver just after noon. a woman was driving a 2011 toyota see everybody a on lewinsville road when she lost control near a curve. the van rolled back and caught fire. police are still trying to figure out what may have caused this accident. the virginia u.s. senate race between former governors g

monument street and calvert, watch for closures. looking pretty good in terms of a drive times despite the rain. nine minutes to go south on 895 down to the inner horrible tolls. here's a quick, live look at traffic. southbound traffic, watching to see if any delays start. the topside at dulaney valley moving without delays. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> it is the final weekend before president obama and mitt romney meet for the first debate. >> the debate is to focus heavily on the economy. >> tara mergener joins us live with the report. good morning. >> just five days now until that first presidential debate. it is one of the last chances for them to sway the undecided voters. as the clock ticks down to election day, the presidential hopefuls are running at a furious pace. >> thank you, thank you. >> and getting ready for the first debate where the economy will be front and center as it was on thursday in springfield, virginia, where mitt romney pounced. >> china is growing much faster than we. our economy needs to be

monument street is set down at calvert because of the baltimore book festival. a bit of a delay on the west side outer loop around baltimore national pike. 95 checks out ok. here's a quick, live look at traffic. you can see the accident. watch for slick sopts. pots. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> the rain is causing some problems. most of the rain is now east of the bay. 66 in catonsville. planning out your day. starting out in the mid 60's. by lunchtime, we expected to clear out. by 4:00 p.m., a high of 77 with mostly cloudy skies. now we go to sports. >> thank you. good morning. the regular officials returned last night to a standing ovation. theravens went out to be at browns. it was anything but perfect. the ravens get their third win. joe flacco to torrey smith. third quarter, still a ball game. joe rolls right. 16-7 ravens. here's the big play of the game. cary williams takes off brandon weeden and returns it 63 yards. still the browns with some life thanks to paul kruger on this conduct penalty and number 73. it doesn't matter. it sets up bran

and calvert foundation but there are whole hot of these institutions. you give your money to one of these intermediary asks they apparently invest this in the -- in your best interests and in the best interests of the poor by channeling this money to these small banks in developing countries that are going to do effective microfinance. that's the idea. that's the theory. >> well, this book has been promoted and my understanding is that members of the church congregations, people making responsible investments are flocking to this opportunity. tell us about some of the people providing the money. >> it's now become what mott people would say is a huge bubble. it was extremely overhyped as a miracle cure and it managed to attract money from unbelievable sources and in vast sums. currently the private microfinance capital invest is $70 billion and is growing at probably at least a billion or two billion dollars a month. so it's a huge industry, and the problem that people don't really think about is, for all this good will, of all these individuals, philan

if you're traveling in northwest 24th street at calvert street, still seeing report of an accident in that area. now into virginia. northbound route 1 at arlington drive, crash blocks two of your right lanes. let's talk about delays on i-95, it's sluggish, usual delays. from dale city, sluggish to newington, not jammed. here you're hitting the brakes. 26 miles per hour from prince william parkway making your way to the beltway, that drive is going to take you 21 minutes. >>> 6:53. today the space shuttle "endeavour" will finally arrive in los angeles. the shuttle will take off this morning from edwards air force base in california. it's strapped to a boeing 747. it began its cross country trip on wednesday when it took off from the kennedy space center in florida. it flew over tucson, arizona, yesterday where former congress woman gabrielle giffords and astronaut husband mark kelly watched in awe. >>> it is finally here. the apple iphone 5 hits store shelves in a little over an hour. apple lovers are really showing some dedication by waiting in line all night long. news 4's tony tull

set to take on calvert hall here in annapolis. tony tull, news4. >>> four players suspended in the nfl's bounty investigation can return to the football field, two of them might be playing against bark this weekend. an appeals panel said nfl commissioner roger goodell overstepped his bounds in the program that paid cash bonuses for hits tt injured opponents. jonathan vilma and will smith are affected. the saints play the redskins on sunday in new orleans. dan hellie will have more on how the weekend game will shape up. >>> also tonight, illinois congressman jesse jackson jr. looks like he could be back at work soon. one of his aides announced jackson is back in washington, d.c. he collapsed at his home back in june, then took an unexplained medical leave of absence. doctors revealed he was undergoing treatment for bipolar disorder, and he's up for reelection this november. >>> new job number out today didn't deliver what the white house or people out of work hope to see. in august employer added far fewer jobs than economists were

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 wettest day of the year reagan national airport. outside right now we have quieted things down just a bit and we are going to look for quieter conditions as we move through the overnight hours. take a look at our temperature outside. 75 degrees at reagan national airport. dew point levels still in the 70s and that's why it feels just a little bit uncomfortable outside and no relief with the breeze out of the west-northwest at only three miles per hour. our high today made it up to 95 degrees. the 29th day this year at 95 or better at reagan national airport. and the 51st time that we've had 90 degrees plus days. it's been a hot long summer. things are finally going to start to cool down as we move through the next couple of days or so. take a look at our net work. 74 degrees in arlington look at 1.64 inches of rain so far today. 73 degrees right now. winchester now at 73 degrees. the cooler air off to the north of us.

we do still have some stronger storms into southern portions of calvert copy. southern saint mary's. they continue to move off toward the east. i'll have more of my forecast coming up. >>> thanks. homeowners who live next to an old landfill are answering some new questions about their safety. they're concerned that the landfill might be contaminating their neighborhood. chris dpornd is there live to look into this. >> reporter: good evening. this is the old landfill in derwood, maryland. it has been closed 30 years but you see montgomery county is collecting methane gas here. and a few years ago, neighbors discovered that the landfill can be contaminating their groundwater. homeowners are concerned that the possibility pollution from the landfill. from 1964 until 1982, when the landfill closed, almost 5 million tons of trash was dumped here. the 100-acre parcel is now used for a gas to energy facility. montgomery county considered locating a bus lot but abandoned that plan as harmful to the community. >> there's raw gas going in. if you look at the pipelines, t

lusby, southern maryland, calvert county may have a few lingering sprinkles but the main thing, looktemperatures to the northwest. frederick, hagerstown, low 60's, high 50's. there is the reason, the northwest breeze bringing and drier air. as we go through the weekend, a lot of sunshine, pleasant. 73 degrees in the belfort furniture weather center tomorrow, a little more of the same on sunday. the details coming up. >> take the weather team with you on your cell phone. just download the app. friday night is always a big night and the district but a warning for anyone planning to drink. after rate two-year hiatus, the d.c. police have their breathalyzers back to use. autria godfrey has more. >> these tests are administered to people already in police custody. at a press conference earlier today, the d.c. police talked about how and poor and the devices are when it comes to cracking down on drunk driving. tonight in the district, grabbing drinks and getting behind the wheel is something the police will monitor with a new system. the method blood alcohol levels has not been used in nea

showers further south as well down the way of calvert county. so there have been showers in the last few minutes moving toward chesapeake beach. the sun breaking through. that's a warm afternoon in the 90s. most of the rain stayed west. we think a much better chance for hit and miss showers and downpours tomorrow. we think the best chance will arrive on wednesday. more on that and into your weekend coming up no all right. let's go to miss mess where people who live here spent their weekend trying to sweep out the water and mud left from hurricane isaac. in the small town of helena, volunteers arrived to help clean up the mess that isaac left behind. >> i've seen it on tv and heard about it but to witness it myself, it makes your eyes worried. >> the people said they are used to flooding, living in such a low lying area but have never seen it this bad. the red cross arrived with supplies. >>> while people in miss misare cleaning up their homes, in florida, they're dealing with dead and rotting fish. residents say the stench is overpowering. the g

continues inch calvert and st. mary's counties. in the a lot of heat nation's heartland. and inorms around here the deep south. are a refreshing headed our way. >> a developing story in philadelphia. authorities have given the all after a phone in a threat flight.irways flight from philadelphia to just taken off when a claimed somebody on board had a bomb. the plane was ordered back custodyn taken into while the plane was searched. police now believe it was a hoax. the man has been released and onsengers are being put other flights to dallas. escalatorth is in the metro system is again at the rosslyn station in arlington. stopped working around 8:30 this morning. two were originally brought back before being shut down again. they were all back in service as of 20 minutes ago. >> the democratic national charlotte, tonight president obama will take to the party'so accept the nomination for president. this comes on the heels of a speech by former president bill clinton. the details from brandi hitt. bill clinton.for thank him fora endorsement and for standing behind his econ

calvert county, st. mary's county, and the northern neck. quite frankly, the danger of tornadoes is over here. you may have big storms and flooding, but the danger of tornadoes is pretty much over. live doppler 9,000. you can see the heavy activity extending back to leanardtown. all the reds, that's the severe line. that produced a 61-mile per hour wind gusts south of the airport. pretty impressive stuff. reports of trees down across the entire metro area. now this line is moving across into the delmarva. there's still somely side yule light activity showers, back toward frederick and warrenton, but those will clear out in the next few hours. the heavy activity will be out of here by 8:00. i widen the radar out, more showers toward richmond. some of the moderate activity could still clip southern maryland for the next two, maybe three hours. the severe weather is over for you folks. now we'll send it up to scott broom. he has been in frederick all day. technically, you're under a river flood warning until 11:45 tonight. what's going on? >> w

. >> the football team played calvert hall and they won 23- 14. >> we have the ravens and orioles and we have one of the most decorated olympian. on monday before the ravens kick off, charm city will recognize michael phelps for his olympics medals. the event is open and free to the public. >>> democratic democracy 2012. money is pouring in at extraordinary rates two month before the election. we have an insight as to who is behind all of the cash. >> when it comes to the money and campaign for the white house, both sides have different strengths. >> the speeches. >> appreciate the work they are doing to make new mexico strong. >> the handshakes and photos. democracy2012 battles for votes. >> it is because private money is exclusive funding both candidates. it is piling up fast, especially for president obama. he has raised $347 million from individual contributions. a hefty margin over governor romney 192 million senate is stagger that president obama has raced half of his money for people giving $200 or less. >> michael beckal for the center for public integrity, a nonprofit organiz

we'll go into prince george's county, calvert county, st.ary's county and the southern 1/2 of anne arundel county. a damp friday night for you folks to the south. wear a poncho. saturday improving. we've changed to a better forecast saturday. sunday a bit unsettled and you'll probably need your before he monday. maybe it holds off -- umbrella monday. maybe it holds off till monday or tuesday. we'll put this into motion. 7:00 tonight you see a little batch of showers roll primarily south of town. it's shades of green which is light activity. by 11:00 everything is moving across the bay or through southern maryland and the northern neck. after midnight we begin to clear out. we're in good shape after that looking at a mix of sun and clouds after saturday with temperatures about average for this time of year. for tonight cloudy, cooler with showers and a few thunderstorms, primarily south of town. lows 54 to about 62. everything should get out of here by midnight. tomorrow morning becoming partly sunny, cool. those areas in see showers tonight

mary's and calvert county. you may see an isolated sprinkle the next hour or two.ps in the 50s west of town. leesburg 59 along with martinsburg. 54 cumberland and 45 in oakland. on the flip side mid to even upper 60s to our east and southeast this morning. looking at your highs this afternoon, it is going to be a nice day. a little bit breezy. temperatures should top out about 72. very, very comfortable. here's monika samtani at 4:27 with your timesaver traffic. >>> if you're planning to head around town for the most part everything is looking good. you just want to be aware that there is some police activity from overnight blocking southern avenue between wheeler and chesapeake streets so you'll want to follow police direction to get around that on southern avenue. also the signal lights are out right here at 17th and c. street that as a four-way stop. let's take a live look at the beltway in montgomery county. no issues to report here as you travel both loops of the beltway in prince george's county heading into silver spring and beyond toward bethesda. now over

and there he'll be talking to supporters at the values voters summit at the omni shore hotel on calverteet in northwest at 10:30 a.m. shaquille o'neal will be speaking to members of congress about efforts to curb binge drinking at historically black colleges and universities and bruce springsteen and the e street band will perform at nats park show time 11:30. >>> a man who spent the last 11 years on death row in a murder for hire case could soon be released. it was thrown out by a federal judge who found prosecutors withheld key information and allowed false testimony. as peggy fox tells us, wolfe has a bond hearing tomorrow and his mom is hopeful that will be his last day in prison. >> i think there will be a lot of people there for you. >> reporter: terry steinberg is talking to her 31-year-old son justin wolfe who has been in solitary confinement on death row for 11 years. >> that's been 11 years of ups and downs and disappointments and frustration and shock and disbelief. >> reporter: wolfe is now in the prince william county jail awaiting a bond hearing tomorrow. >> the drawers ar

maryland, charles county, calvert, low 80s. annapolis will be 80s. no wind to speak of.ou go up 270, rockville, clarksburg, gaithersburg, fed frederick all in the low 80s. the next 3 days we will keep it code green. spectacular tomorrow. that is a no-brainer. 81. even on friday it will be nice. a couple of showers possible friday night. not enough to change your plans and then saturday, sunshine. nice. temperatures in the upper 70s. yes, that frontal boundary helps us out on the weekends. gorgeous sunshine on sunday. upper 70s. showers and maybe a thunderstorm returns on monday. maybe a shower tuesday. not a big deal and cool. fall like. high to low 70s wednesday. >> look at that weekend. leave that alone. >> this is good. if we could do average this time of year, sometimes it is good to be average. >> the cool thing is with all this good weather, we know the nates won't get rained out. >> they are in new york right now. they are having good weather too. orioles didn't get rained out either. the nationals close to clinching a playoff spot and the orioles try to stay on t

coach corey mccrae is one of hundreds of loyal fans who turned out to cheer on the team--taking on calvertame.it will boil over."the school principal says the archdioces of maryland, nooth carolina, and washington have all been notified and will take disciplinarr action.for now, they're standing by coach brooks and the 18 chaperones on the trip."the school community is saddened and hurt by the actions of these few who do not reflect the character of the community." reaction among relatives and parents of dematha students is mixed.i was a bit surprised. i was really taken a little bit aback. this being a catholic school."" they're boys, they're football players, they've got testosterone going. i'm not sayinn it's right, but to hrow them out of school, that ain't cool man."the rest of tte team is carrying on under the spotlight.. his time....for all the wrong reasons. the players'... names... are... not expected to be released/////// a... bbautiful day today... / . could be found... thru--out... the washington d-c area.../. winds... ere so stronn .../ they... blew... rooves... off... ttiss b

that will be staying towards calvert beach area. showers around this morning to go with the temperatures in the 60s, mid to upper 60s currently for your morning commute. patchy fog. 62 to 69 degrees. by lunchtime today, mixture of clouds and sun. getting up to 66 degrees. yes, there is a chance for today of rain after 3:00, 4:00, as we head up to 81 degrees. >>> if you're headed out of the house, give yourself extra time. still seeing wet pavement and making the roads slick. inner loop at 355, crash here at one point was blocking the left lane. very light volume, and it looks like possibly that accident may be on the shoulder now. let's head over to i-95 southbound at 17. earlier crash had been moved to the shoulder lane. what you're going to look out for is, as you travel south and get closer to 3, there's another accident there, and that accident is blocking your left lane if there's time. give yourself extra time as you head out of the house. aaron and eun, back over to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> new this morning, police on

enough to change the culture at calvert hall. >> we have a school that is -- has a culture of serviceure of retreat. >> the ravens have awarded the pure ministry and honor row. a first for manny. >> i will try to hold it in, make sure i breathe and watch good football. >> breathing is good. that is a look at the news at 5:00 p.m. near li >> birk football weather and lots of food. >> honoring rolen's -- maryland's mullah bacon paralympic athletes. >> you will love the seven-day forecast. that is next. >> live, local, late breaking. this is 11 news at 6:00 p.m. >> the road to the super bowl begins tonight. the 16-game season, six division games and four prime-time matchups. good evening, everyone. the last time the had the trophy was when they beat the super -- they'd be the giants. >> we are proud to be part of the raven'

we have the heaviest rains from southern sections calvert county across the bay. warnings locally in maryland at all expired. area and we the that over the next couple hours. more heavy rain and intense of ther's southeast richmond area. i think the heavy-duty threat is over but there will be areas of rain for several more hours front just passing pittsburgh moves through e area later tonight. clear skies out and we will be in good shape. that about it for our morning. oakdale high school, over 2 rain. of a lot of rain fall, but after down, i think you forecast for the next few days. because of all the storms, damageports of throughout the district. on unoccupiedll is blocking 900 shepherd st. nw. the tree not down utility lines. i was in the house and i just outside and it had lines attached to it and it progressively to started burning more and more. >> firefighters arrived on the stop the were able to fire from spreading. clear theorking to debris. no one was hurt. remind you to send in your store much picture spirit wjla.com and check if of a gallery. the abc

eastern shore maryland, and the warnings for the strong storms right now in queen anne's carolina, and calvertstrong winds at the front gusting up to 40 m.p.h. at time. northwestern carroll county. be very careful. do not try to drive through flooded roadways. you can see areas to the northwest of baltimore. this is why they are dealing with flooding in those locations. just over half an inch of rain. really heavy stuff north and west of town. half an inch below normal. the high temperature today even with clouds and showers above normal. 79 degrees is the average. 68 for the low so far but we will likely go below that as we go towards the late-night hours. already 68 at the airport. that is the low for the day unlikely it cooler before midnight because of the chilly air moving south and east. it is the collision of the air masses with the cooler fall air coming out of the lakes where the two collide. an area of low pressure on the gulf coast is really adding tropical-like moisture which is why we are getting the heavy downpours. skies will gradually clear. 70-75 tomorrow. a beautiful-sunny da

then areas near lusby in calvert county. watch out for a few light showers out there early. temperatures as you step out the door low to mid-60s south and east. out to the west in the shenandoah valley, we have temps in the middle 50s. let's go to monika samtani. this whacky wednesday morning. she's got your timesaver traffic. >>> thank so you much. if you're planning to head around town, i'm going to say nothing's weeky about it luck -- whacky about it lucky. from woodbridge to the owk quan river -- occoquan river, all your lanes are open. let's take a live look into the downtown area across pennsylvania avenue. no issues here. near the willard hotel. nonavenue near wheeler, you want to watch out for police activity. that will be shut down in both directions throughout the morning rush hour. so plan accordingly there. let's go back over to our maps. this time all the way to northern montgomery county coming in from rockville on 270. burtonsville route 29. the beltway as you travel through silver spring into bah these today, all lanes are open -- into bethesda, all lanes are

news4's tony tull will have reaction, where the dematha football team is playing calvert halls college high school. >>> a maryland state trooper nearly lost his life in washington county. that's triper david avila getting sideswiped. in the dash cam video, we see him walk over to the siderail before he collapses and calls for help on his radio. avila is not back to work. he still has a long road of rehab ahead of him. >> sometimes i look at it, and it doesn't seem like the light is at the end of the tunnel, but i'm able to walk. i'm doing a lot of physical therapy to try to get back. >> reporter: avila has what doctors call post-concussive syndrome. he has trouble with his balance and also in rehab for shoulder and back injuries. doctors don't know when he'll be able to go back to work. the truck driver got a ticket for not following the state's move-over law. that law requires emergency workers extra space. >>> you'll want to avoid the red line this weekend. a large portion will be closed through sunday. no trains will be running between dupont circle and noma/gallaudet station. crews

we go back to the west in through the fredericksburg area, calvert beach, that's where we're seeing some of the heavier rain there. back to the west around loray, culpepper, there is more rain to come throughout the evening if you're south, as i mentioned, of 66. be on the lookout for that rain. because back behind it, take a look, even more rain here. we're going to see this whole area just kind of float through throughout the rest of the evening hours. so it is going to be a little rainy south of d.c. by tomorrow, the front sweeps out. i think we'll see sunshine. i think it will be a little bit cooler, a little bit better fall-like conditions. and then sunday, area of low pressure moves in and we're cloudy and fairly cool. this evening, plenty of clouds, showers and storms mostly to the south. 69 to 74 degrees. tomorrow morning, waking up on a pretty good note. i think we'll be okay tomorrow. 49 to 59. tomorrow afternoon, we'll see the temperatures bp up into the 60s and 70s. cooler, sun and clouds, and more fall-like. tomorrow a great day. speaking of fall, a great day to rappel off a

still a few sprinkles in calv t calvert, st. mary's, and the northern neck. right now it's down to the low 50s in the shenandoah valley and out in the mountains of western maryland and west virginia. chilly there. montgomery, arlington, fairfax. by 7:00 a.m., cloudy. winds still blustery. upper 60s and partly cloudy. and then a for justigorgeous af with low humidity, sunshine. low 70s by 3:00. sunset at 7:09. hometown forecast at 7:11. danella with the look at first 4 traffic. " >>> a live view at chopper 4. as you make your way east, the headlights, you can see volume. good news on 66, not seeing any accidents. you are a bit sluggish. your first set of delays on i-66 as you make your way eastbound. as you make your way past the rest area. travel lanes are open. it's that time of morning, you are starting to hit the brakes. taking the dulles toll road, your travel speed as you hit the beltway, 60 miles per hour. very low volume. that drive is going to take you six minutes. also looking good is 29. if you're along 29 between columbia and the beltway in both di

calvert hall and dematha said to battle this evening around 7:30. >>> coming up at 6:00, we'll hear from paints who sea they don't plan to take their kits out of the school or the program. >>> a 16-year-old learned his sentence today for killing his 92-year-old neighbor in prince george's county. he received the maximum sentence, 60 years in prison after pleating guilty to second-degree murder. he admitted stabbing her several times after they got into an argument. he also total police he render to her district heights home later that day and he stole her purse. >>> a new jobs report released today shows u.s. employer added fewer than expected jobs action fewer jobs than expect indeed august. there were just 96,000 new jobs while it was expected to see at least 125,000 working. >>> the report immediately became a campaign issue in the race for the president. >> the president said at this time we would be at 5.4%. instead we're at about 8%. you know the difference that makes? 9 million people. >> business once again added jobs for the 30th month in a row. that's not good enough, we know i

lookout for high water north of town and a couple of sprinkles right now well south of us across calvert and st. mary's. they're barely perceptible near solomons. don't worry about that grab a jacket, especially north and west. temperatures down in the mid- 50s. it's 6:00 a.m. here comes monika with timesaver traffic. >>> good morning. for the most parpts our major thorough -- part our major thoroughfares are looking fine. on 95 northbound north of dale city, a disabled vehicle in the left center lane. southbound 270 has been incident free this morning. no big deals to report as you head from frederick down to clarksburg and the point where the lanes divide. you've got your usual slowdowns. let's take a live look jut side if you're planning to -- outside if you're planning to head to the beltway near georgia avenue. brake lights from 95 as you head into silver spring. if you're planning to head to the northbound side of 95 and 395 again just your normal slow stuff up to the 14th street bridge. back over to our graphics. again marc penn line delays 30 to 60 minutes, restricted speeds due

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 with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. it appear

we had some storms in charles county, southern prince georges county and calvert and southern anne arundel county. now we have lighter activity. if you are going up 270, some lighter showers, nothing crazy heavy. there's no reds or yellows and more showers trying to develop toward culpeper. we'll watch those for you. most of us will have a dry commute home. temperature wise, you'll look at it, it looks comfortable. 85 downtown. 84 in gaithersburg. and 88 in fredericksburg. it's so humid, it feels a lot hotter. so for tonight, partly to mostly cloudy, a few storms possible. those that develop could be hefty. lows between 70 and 75. we'll come back and talk about the effect of those storms on the nats game and look ahead through the week and the weekend. >> all right, thank you, top. one of the key figures in that d.c. corruption probe was back in court today. thomas is the former deputy treasurer for the vince gray campaign has pled guilty to felony charges for steering money to fringe sulaimon brown, and then trying to cover up those payments. bruce johnson has been looking into where the

. >> in maryland washington county and calvert county. the list honors communities dedicated to helping local teenagers graduate from high school. more than 320 communities were nominated from across the country. congratulations. >>> howard bernstein with your weather first. it's a gorgeous morning once again. crisp air outside. going to be another stellar day. lunch time temps in the mid- 70s. maybe a tad warmer than yesterday with a high in the lower 80s with a drive home temp at 5:00 of 79. >>> thank you so much. if you're planning to head into virginia, you'll want to know about this fire activity that had occurred northbound on i-95 near the prince william parkway. there was a brush fire along the ride side. looks like -- right side. looks like everything is on the right shoulder. traffic is getting by. more on traffic at 6:18. >> thank you, monika. >>> 6:12 this wednesday morning. here are some of the other stories making news. the twin beams of light in lower manhattan have been turned off this morning. they're the annual tribute o

. >> dematha defeated calvert hall but did so without five of their players. five students withdrew from the school after accusation they hired prostitutes following a road game in north carolina last weekend. the students reportedly hired the prostitutes from a website and snuck them in after team chaperones completed final room checks. >> the school stands behind our coach, elijah brooks, his staff, the school staff who monitored the trip and our students. the school community is saddened and hurt by the actions of these few who do not reflect the character of the community. >> the students were set to be expelled from the school yesterday, by decided to voluntarily withdraw instead. >>> a d.c. police captain is facing assault charges accused of attacking his own wife. court records show captain lavar west and his wife were arguing in the backseat of a moving car monday in upper marlboro. the documents say he started to choke her and the driver and another passenger had to hold him down until police arrived. west is charged with second degree assault. police

areas around calvert, 63. franconia, your hometown forecast. 7:00 a.m., still cloud cover around the area. 68 degrees around 7:00. low 70s, some sunshine around noon. after 3:00 today, when you really want to keep an eye on the sky, especially areas south of d.c. around southern maryland over toward rappahannock again, the same areas that had the heavy rain yesterday. 81 with a 40% chance of rain for today. your seven day forecast coming up in a couple of minutes. right now first 4 traffic. >> thanks, veronica. >>> right now tracking breaking news on the roadway. if you're traveling the dulles access road eastbound, still seeing all the eastbound lanes of the access road blocked because of a car fire. you're going to have to jump on the toll road. and on the toll road -- and this is also at wiehle avenue. on the toll road at wiehle avenue, hit by a worker. a truck has hit a cyclist southbound wisconsin avenue at seventh avenue. tony tull is on the scene and reports that southbound wisconsin avenue, your lanes

just going to skirt northern calvert here. annapolis area seeing it now. you get outside the beltway, coming in on 50 or coming down from baltimore on 29, route 1, you're going to see it. 97 also. by now most of it east of 301. even in prince george's county. so that's good news. even that shower we showed you in loudoun seems to be falling apart. let's go to beverly farmer in for monika. >>> if you're traveling on 95 headed out of fredricksburg and making your way north, right now besides the wet pavement and volume building, lanes are open. pace still decent for folks heading into quantico. here in dale city near the rest area, volume is still light heading into woodbridge and on into springfield. northbound 395 still a good pace leaving edsall road, landmark up toward shirlington, the pentagon and the inbound 14th street bridge. downtown traffic no incidents to report. just the volume there. signal lights on the fritz on 14th street at c street. they've been flash mode since yesterday afternoon. 66 has been a good ride. no incidents or accidents belt wa

mary's county, calvert county, and the northern neck in a tornado watch until 7:00.hat's going to go away here shortly. but for the time being, we'll leave it up for now. the rest of us, we have showers to contend with. we're in much better shape. here's live doppler 9,000. here's a severe line that crossed the metro line between 3:00 and 6:00. this is the same line that produced winds up to 60 miles per hour and knocked down a will the of trees. lots of reports of trees down. it is moving into the dell marva. there's light activity toward warrenton and up 270. not much, but a little bit. so the heavy activity is pretty much gone. let's go ahead and zoom in. we have some good rain around 301, south of st. mary's city and everything headed up to the north and east. we'll widen back out a little bit and put this into motion and show you where the computer takes the rain fall the next hour or so. everything moves to the east. the individual cells move northeast. actually weakening a little bit, which is good news. so we're in pretty good shape. i wouldn't be surprised t

the only area really seeing any rain down around the huntingtown area into portions of calvert county and annapolis. still a few light showers around. no real heavy rain anywhere. i think we're going to be okay for this evening. i think the heavier rain will wait for tomorrow as a frontal boundary will move across the area. this is what's happening out there right knenow. light showers through fairfax county along i-95 and to the west of i-95. down around staffford county, fredericksburg also seeing some of that rain. still a lot of moisture. really a ton of moisture in the atmosphere. we just need that trigger. here's the trigger back to the west. we have a frontal boundary that will move our way. that will allow all this moisture to continue to move up. that'll provide the focal point for shower and thunderstorm activity. any storms that do develop tomorrow will be on the heavy side. tonight not all that bad. 74 in washington. 70 leesburg. scattered showers throughout the night tonight. by tomorrow morning we'll start off on the dry side. by tomorrow afternoon we'll start to heat up

. >> reporter: artist carla carlita was decided to show us her mereal on calvert street. two years she spent in the sweltering heat and freezing cold as she carefully painted d.c. monuments and 11 presidents. >> it helps you forget about the bad things that are happening and the problems. when you see something beautiful you just smile. >> reporter: and it kaz c down on the graffiti problem. once one of the murals go up, vandals don't touch it. the mural program is so popular, there are bicycle tours to see all of them. and the latest stop now will be at ben's chili bowl. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: in the district, matt acland, fox 5 news. >> what a great way to honor living legends and legends who have passed on. >> i agree. and done simpson, he sure did like his. i say we get one for sue palka. or gary mcgrady, because with weather like this you deserve it. >> what happens when we get our first snowfall. >> we spray right -- we spray right over it. >> it scared me when i saw myself in the car. so that is neither here nor there. we'll talk about the gorgeous

for charles county, southern parts of prince georges county and to calvert county and to ann arundel county, there is a chance of showers, even a few thunderstorms this evening. the bigger picture will show you we have that activity back there and not like last evening. we're still in this unsettled pattern and we're still in this hot and muggy pattern. more specifics coming up in a minute, laura. >> we'll see you soon and thanks. remember, check e weather any time with the fox 5 weather app. find it on our website, too, on www.myfoxdc.com. >>> a man is being held on's half million bond accused of stabbing a man he thought was a woman. christian romero approached the victim early sunday morning outside of a barn in hyattsville. the victim was dressed as a woman and romero offered money for a sex act. after, romero discovered he was a man and attacked him. hours later, romero went back to the victim's home to apologize and that is when he was arrested and charged with attempted murder, assault, and other charges. >>> a guilty plea from a virginia woman charged with killing a mother an

still plenty wet with moderate to heavy rain all headed off to the east through anne arundel county, calvert, st. mary's county coming down the next hour to hour and a half. 7:00 a.m., here's your hometown forecast for manassas. temperatures rising to about 71 by monday morning. as the rain ends, clouds back and a chance for more showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. your high temperature 81 degrees today. another warm one. danella. >> veronica, some good news on the roads. early morning accidents. first let's start at i-66 at jefferson davis highway. crash there, that's clear. also, inner loop of the beltway approaching 355. a jackknifed tractor-trailer was blocking the right side of the roadway. that accident is clear. now i have a new accident, i-95 southbound just past 198 in maryland. right now seeing an accident activity in that area. if you're taking the beltway in, prince george's county, want to check it for you because it's nice and clear as you make your way past pennsylvania avenue. seeing wet roadway, not seeing any accidents, and that's good news. aaron and eun, back over t

so, for areas that are getting more of the heavy rain around calvert beach and leonard town, this will be moving in. still right there, a little bit of lightning taking place that's east of chesapeake ranch estates and heading out over the open waters. for us, later today, clearing sky and most areas are going to be dry. check out the satellite in the radar review of the last couple of hours. look right here, the back edge, a clearing sky in western maryland. i think most of the rain is going to be over by about 2:00 today. areas south, though, may hang on to rain longer around here. pax river and maybe around fredericks burg can see showers and thunderstorms coming back. temperatures in the 70s. mid-70s generally throughout the area and show you how the humidity hasn't come down at all. still in the low 70s and dew point temperatures and air still very saturated. there's the front and head down to the south and could see an isolated shower tomorrow and then we have a better chance of rain coming our way on saturday and 2:00 there on saturday and some showers and maybe a thunderstorm b

so is charles, calvert, and anne arundel near the 60s. farther west, stafford, spotsylvania, loudoun and culpeper, only around 50 degrees. farther north and west, montgomery, howard, frederick counties and washington county, only the 40s to near 50 as well. here's your storm team 4 four-day forecast. for today, a sunny morning clouding up this afternoon. highs reaching upper 70s. cloudy tonight. could get rain developing late this evening into the metro area. around midnight, rain beginning to move in and tomorrow morning showers in the 60s. highs reaching upper 70s tomorrow afternoon with a blustery wind developing. maybe some strong storms producing heavy downpours. unfortunately, could get some power outages from damaging winds late tomorrow afternoon into early tomorrow evening. some of those heavy downpours may cause isolated flooding as well tomorrow evening. then all that ending by dawn wednesday. sun back wednesday, thursday, friday, all three of those days into the 70s. and morning lows, 50 to near 60. over the weekend, clouds ar

mary's in calvert county. big rains to the west.t's going to be rotating through today with a cold fronts that's going to be stalled out around our area. we will have the showers and even some storms for the afternoon. stop it at 3:00. i'll stop it at tomorrow morning, too, because tuesday morning, back to work, back to school. a little wet again around our area. again, high humidity. once more. and some showers and storm for even your tuesday and wednesday afternoon. stop it right there at 3:00. so wet for the next three days. temperaturewise, about 83 to 86. area roads, hey, mike, what's going on? >> well, veronica, still looking great right now. not a lot of interstate delays. federal holiday today. hov restrictions lifted with exception in route 50 in maryland. problem on southbound 395, edsall road shutting down two right lanes. let's look at the camera zoomed in there. 12-minute ride to the beltway on southbound 395 at 53 miles an hour. still have the didn't westbound 66. not causing any serious backups. looks like most of the

mary's county, calvert county and across the bay.n of that we clear out pretty quick -- after that we clear out pretty quickly. overnight we'll have a mix of sun and clouds tomorrow and a very nice saturday overall. tonight cloudy, cooler, rain, showers and thunderstorms south, lows 54 to 62. winds turn northerly at 5 to 10. tomorrow skies return partly sunny, cool. we may have early morning fog again, 50s and 60s. you'll need your sunglasses. by afternoon partly sunny, mild, highs near 75 which is about average this time of year, winds out of the northeast at 10. next three days keep it code green. why not? mild tomorrow, dry, 73. a few showers sunday primarily late in the day. so the bulk of sunday is fine, 74. then there's your rain late monday, temperature also 74. next seven days, tuesday we're looking at temperatures back into the low 80s with a shower, maybe a thunderstorm wednesday. we're back to the mid-80s. today is our third day of 80s in a row. then 80 thursday, back to fall weather friday, feel kind of nice, partly cloud

mary's in calvert county.ust to the north side of the beltway there, a little shower that's moving to the north and east, so it will be heading over 495 north of gaithersburg. you've got some rain that's moving away, but i think we'll see the showers hang on until 7:00 or 8:00 a.m. this morning. i think we're going to dry out for a little spell, then have a chance for a passing shower or maybe even a thunderstorm this afternoon. here we are at noontime today. overall, again, partly sunny, and overall, mainly dry today. big story is the heat. we're going to be heating up with some sunshine and humidity. it's going to feel more like 95 degrees. isolated shower comes our way for tomorrow. and then a weather front, a strong one comes through saturday afternoon. that's what will take the temperatures way, way down. it's going to feel like fall. today, 89 to 93 degrees. it will feel sticky, like 95 and 96. your evening will clear out, 75 to 82 degrees. your four-day forecast here and your seven-day forecast, from th