a hospital after a boat explosion in calvert county. it is the beginning of the longest overseas trip during his papacy. arrival inpe francis' cuba. and when the weather will start feeling more like fall. and now, abc 7 news at 11:00, on your side. kellye: what was supposed to be a fun day on the water ended up with three children in the hospital at a boat on fire in calvert county. kevin lewis has more on the investigation. kevin: just after 11:00 this morning, a bunch of baoters in l usby were enjoying a nice saturday on the water. that was until they heard a loud explosion from this direction. they looked over, saw the boat in flames. >> water rescue at the marina for a boat fire, in the water. on a: a horrific sight beautiful rich of water, a tubing boat on fire, a mother and her three children on board. michael, who lives three doors from the water's edge. >> i just thought maybe they were having a cookout and the grill fell over and somebody got burned, but it is much bigger than that. somehow the children and mother managed to ge

a couple of sprinkles in calvert county. there are light to moderate showers southern and central shenandoah valley. but eventually this is going to begin to close into washington. a lot of clouds around. just a few breaks. might be seeing a little sunshine as we get into the afternoon. i've got the hour-by-hour timing in a few minutes. >>> another issue for metro but this one won't have lingering impacts. reports of an arcing insulator brought trucks to the metro station last night. no one was hurt. metro stopped the red line until the problem was fixed around 10g last night. >>> right now, firefighters in prince george's are saying farewell to their former deputy fire chief. carla blue was the first african-american woman to serve in that role. blue died in a car crash nearly two weeks ago. the cause of the crash is still being investigated. >>> in 60 seconds, was it a system failure or a doctor's mistake? a major problem at one hospital that has families taking another look at the kind >>> a tragic story has many people w

this is charles moving to call university county -- calvert county. but the rain is west of the appalachians and closer to the cold front. this is possiblegy getting to dale city tonight. that is why we keep a chance of scattered shower of the forecast through the evening. 94 today. that was another high temperature. 75 is the morning low. we run gamut on the temperatures in the 90's. the 52nd time this year. average summer we have 36 days of 90 or above. we are well above average for certain. it's 90 at andrews air force base. 91 at reagan national. heat index values are soaring at 96 degrees at reagan national. the largest batch will come tomorrow in the evening and the afternoon. we have 80% of showers and storms. as we get through nighttime hours we have scattered showers through midnight. most rain farther west. it will be concentrated by the mid-to-the late morning. in the an and the evening the best chance of rain moves through the metro in time for rush hour. it will clear out overnight. we will be in good shape for the day on friday. as far a

going down toward southern maryland, heavy rain, southern charles county, prince george's county, calvert county, all seeing heavy storms, talking much more about what these mean tonight, tomorrow and your weekend, >>> the mayor of baltimore says that a settlement with the family of freddie gray was a good decision for the community. the board, the city board approved a $6.4 million settlement today. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake says the settlement is less expensive than a trial would have been. she also said it will bring closure for the family and the community. tomorrow, a judge will decide whether to move the trial for six officers who are charged in connection with that case. freddie gray died in police custody back in april which led to several days of rioting in baltimore. >>> tonight, we are hearing the harrowing details in what it was like inside the charleston church when the gunman opened fire killing nine people. the two adult survivors sat down with nbc's lester holt. >> we were just about to say the prayer to be leased and he caught us with our eyes closed. i remember my s

from the men who rushed to help three children badly printed in a put explosion on middle creek in calvert county. benjamin said that he heard the explosion and ran to help. three girls were all burned, one of them critically. grabbed them by one hand and under the shoulder and we put them up and sat them down here. a garden hosesed to the water on the girl while coworkers called 911. all three children were flown to children's hospital. the b-year-old is in critical condition. the other two girls are doing much better. the cause of the explosion is under investigation. you may have noticed smoke in the skies over the district. we are told it was from a large trash fire at the fort totten trucking transfer. firefighters have not said what caused the fire and there are no reports of injuries. the race fornts in the white house, dr. ben carson under fire after comments he made this morning when he said a muslim should never be elected president. dr. carson: when you are talking about being very unfair to women , when you are talking about animals, advocating their extinction, how can anyone

extreme prince george's county, calvert county and up toward the north, around the clinton area, we have seen a lot of showers around the oxon hill region toward clinton and upper marlboro, another shower just to the north and east of marlboro. now, i want to show you what's causing this, a little boundary helped by the bay breeze here. look at these showers developing along this line so we could see more of these over the next couple of hours. and there's actually new little line developing just off to the west, maybe mount vernon, waldorf, see showers there i mentioned the temperatures. how about this? 95 degrees right now at the airport. that heat index, close 100. i will show you when we see some cooler weather and comes in time for the weekend. guys? >> thanks, doug. >>> human error, what they are calling it. we are learning a lot more about why a metro train derailed at the smithsonian station last month. metro held its first public hearing on the derailment today and learned a metro worker pressed a button on a device designed to evaluate track conditions. in doing so he deleted a

still looking at rain to the south, calvert county picked up 2 inches and you can see lightning associated with that. most continues to move out. any rain behind it? there is. but it's very scattered. for the most part the heavy rain is done and we have a flashflood watch in parts of the area from noon to tomorrow in case we see another heavy downpour or two. look at the moisture streaming from the gulf and off the laerk ocean. we have tons of moisture available. we will see a cold front come through during the afternoon tomorrow. first, we will get rather warm tomorrow. high 70s to 80 degrees. can't rule out a shower or two. a low impact day, warm and humid. a few showers, take the umbrella, take the small umbrella and then we see things change. a month's worth of rain. some will get it tonight. very humid conditions, cold front moves through and sets up an area of high pressure to our north and area of low pressure comes up and combine the two with a strong northerly flow, nor'easter developing friday and saturday without joakim moving in we still get coastal flo flooding, beach erosion,

mary's and calvert into charles counties. not much there. but you go west, you folks in the shenandoah valley, get ready. rains will be into harrisonburg and shenandoah within the next half-hour. and it is going to be coming down pretty heavily for the region into the afternoon. we're in the 70s now, even 80s on the eastern shore. but it does appear that as we get into the late afternoon, i'm thinking any time after 3:00, 4:00, here in washington and beyond till maybe 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, we could have very heavy rainfall, maybe a few strong storms as well. we'll be watching it all afternoon. i'll be back with more on joaquin and the seven-day in just a few minutes. >>> tomorrow is the deadline by close of business day wednesday. all prince george's county students must have the proper vaccinations are a they can't go to school. this year that number is high and the school system is trying to get the word out. nikki burdine spoke with some concerned parents this morning. >> reporter: 3 thown, that's the number -- 3,000, that's the number of

towards calvert's county, st. marys. the bulk has been to the west. but around the metro area we've seen some light rain. heavier showers around gaithersburg, right along 270 towards clarksburg and urbana. to the south seeing fairly heavy rain here too. right along 66 down towards warrenton. heads up around marshville, centreville and chantilly. it's raining now, but it will get a little heavier. maybe help you sleep i love sleeping when it's raining outside. 63 degrees. wind out of the north at 8 miles per hour. it was a very, very cool day. and we're already down into the 50s. matter of fact, we were in the 50s all day towards luray. right now 55. 59 in leesburg. 66 over there towards annapolis. tomorrow a better day. what we have here is the cloud cover temperatures 64 degrees at 7:00 a.m. if you're there early. 69 by around 10:00. 76 by 1:00. and a beautiful day as you head up towards northeast d.c. for that mass. looking good there the phillies looking good too. i know handley is going to be up there for that. >> new york. >> new york. sorry. 81

mary's into southern calvert and off to the mountains a few more sprinkles there.t's part of the disturbance in the upper level of the atmosphere that's drifting over the metro area later this afternoon. that might trigger a few sprinkles. a few clouds floating in a blue sky. that's the live view there from our tower camera. the temperatures are still cool and comfy. great weather for a bike ride on the path or a morning run. in the mid 60s most of the region. around 70 in the bay. out in the mountains in the 50s and later today climbing into the 70s. this is in northern montgomery county. i took this picture on friday morning and still looking that way even this morning. and look at this tree, just heavily laden with apples, oh, the autumn apples are coming out. this was taken near martinsburg, west virginia. posted on my facebook page. great morning for a run. afternoon temperatures quickly climbing from near 70 at noontime into the mid 70s mid afternoon. just a small chance of a sprinkle and the winds, they may be a little bit of a factor at the game, fedex fiel

have been moving through areas in prince george's county, southern prince george's now into northern calvert. dunkirk. looks like it will head toward north beach, chesapeake beach. a couple of sprinkles in fairfax trying to get back toward northwestern charles county, maybe accokeek and indian head. look at these showers crashing south from pennsylvania right through frederick county into upper montgomery. so damascus over to clarksburg, just about to germantown and boyds and western howard as well. they'll continue to ve. so we can still see a few more showers. there's the rain from last night. this energy back here will help another low get going. that will return moisture here as soon as tomorrow afternoon and evening. short term not much going on tonight. we see the showers tomorrow morning more to our south and east. during the day some of them get over to us. but a lot of it doesn't really start to move in till overnight thursday night into friday and friday with this cool breeze out of the northeast or wind out of the northeast. temperatures may knock it out of the 50s -- may not get

by 5:30 5:30 maybe a couple showers by calvert county. and 10:00 tomorrow night temperatures kind of mild, almost like summer tomorrow night, low 7s downtown and upper -- 70s downtown and upper 60s in the suburbs, a few showers mainly west. overnight mostly cloudy, breezy, cool, isolated shower, temps in the 60s for lows, winds easterly 10 to 15. day planner cloudy, yes, but dry, 75 at 11:00, 78 by 1 p.m. we'll monitor wednesday and tuesday both for yellow alerts. 80 tomorrow, some showers and storms but not that widespread, 79 tuesday, more showers and storms, a bit more widespread and wednesday cold front goes through us, ends up east of us. we may be a cool rainy kind of day with temperatures around 70. that also may require a yellow weather alert. when the computer models or our guidance gets more on board, we'll pull the trigger on that. right now we'll keep them green. next seven days, 71 thursday, 69 friday, showers still in the forecast., more showers possible saturday for the terps and for the burgundy and gold on sunday. >> i ho

the heavy activity is exiting our friend in anne arundel county, calvert county, across the bay and exiting most of howard county. still some flood warnings in effect. so flooding is still possible even though the rain is over. if you come across a flooded street, don't try to cross it by foot or by car. in fact, we're still looking at a flood warning until 2:00 for much of prince george's county. the rain is oh, yes, but flooding is still -- over, yes, but flooding is still going on. please be advised. down to the south notice the red, a little lightning just north of prince frederick and south of dunkirk moving across the bay. headlines, mainly dry commute, couple showers possible but nothing widespread and much less activity, fewer showers and storms wednesday. so we left field off on the yellow weather alert for wednesday. bus stop temperatures, mild, 66 to 74, probably make it without the umbrella and cooper, almost chilly. it's going to be -- cooler, almost chilly. it's going to be kind of a shock thursday rain, lucky to hit the low 60s. tropical storm joaquin, might become a hurrican

market, maryland. 64 out in the panhandle of west virginia. 65 in bristow this morning. 69 over in calvertnty. runner's forecast, get ready to sweat outside this morning. temperatures upper 60s and low 70s. get your run in before 9:00 a.m. because after 9:00 a.m., temperatures will already be 80 or better. highs this afternoon about 88 in gaithersburg. but 93 in washington. 91 in waldorf or la plata. the western shore communities along the bay may be below 90. as far as rain chances today, the only rain drops aren't anywhere near us, and aren't coming our way. they're off the outer banks of north carolina. if you're doing traveling off and on traveling across florida and south texas and showers and storms across the midwest. by and large, the high pressure is large and in charge of our weather. here's the future weather through the course of the day today, rain chances are very, very low. the fog will be gone by about 9:00, 10:00 this morning. the only places that might have a quick shower today, down across parts of southern maryland but rain chances are below 10%. not zero, but below 10%

that's the storm that produced all the light among and at one time the severe thunderstorm warnings in calvertnce george's county and into charles county. now we turn our attention to the west and we still have some pretty good showers. you see some yellows, a little bit of orange south of romney which indicates heavier rainfall and heavier storms approaching cumberland. i think these will get going over the nighttime hours and head over toward paw paw on our storm tracker at 12:35 and maybe up into hancock by 1:53. i think these sets of storms will kind of feel off and ride right around the border tomorrow morning, so a good chance for a wet commute frederick north up 270. keep that in mind if you're coming down south bound. bus stop temperatures 7 knows, a few showers possible north -- 70s, a few showers possible north of town, yellow alerts on thursdays. morning and evening commutes will be affected. if you don't get it in the morning, you might have some showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. we're looking at friday, still nice, pleasant, maybe a few morning clouds but a pretty nice d

south, also into calvert county, st. mary's county all light activity in shades of green. this will be out of here in the next hour and partial clearing skies overnight, a fabulous friday. by 6 a.m., in fact, 61 in hagerstown, 59 well north and west of romney and cumberland. by 9:00 in the morning we're still in the 60s in the suburbs and low 70s downtown and by noon perfect day to take lunch out, 80 downtown, upper 70s in the burbs. we'll come back. we had to issue a yellow weather alert for one of the weekend days. we'll tell you which one and have the 3-degree guarantee. >>> a developing story tonight, a popular new d.c. restaurant forced to close its doors by the health department amid complaints of diners coming down with a salmonellalike illness. our partners at the washington post first reported diners at city center fig and olive were getting sick. garrett haake is live down at is he center. do we know yet the -- at city center. do we know yet the source of the sickness yet? >> reporter: we don't know. tonight every table is empty as management tries to figure out

>>> three young children in the hospital this morning with severe burns after a boat explosion in calvert county yesterday. this is all that is left of that 20-foot recreational boat. it barely looks like a boat after it exploded and caught fire saturday on mill creek in maryland. the kids, three, eight and 9 years old were rushed to the hospital with severe burns. two adults were on the boat. they were unharmed. police say they are still trying to determine what caused the explosion. >>> a man wanted on assault charges smashed a stolen tow truck into a vacant building in hyattsville. police found the tow truck embedded in the side of a former greenhouse on rhode island avenue. the driver fled but was eventually caught by police. >>> d.c. police continue to look this morning for the person responsible for the city's 114th homicide of the year. just after 4:00 a.m. saturday a man was shot to death in the 2400 block of elvins road. his name has not been released. >>> and earlier saturday police say 39-year-old mariselis green was shot to death in the 3200 block of 28th street. ma rico knigh

cornerstone was laid for a very important monument which still stands about a half a mile up the road, up calvert street. and if you get some time i would ask you to visit it. called the battle monument. it's also sometimes called the baltimore monument. and if you look at the monument, you can see on top of the monument lady baltimore stands with a laurel wreath t looks like the letter o for the orioles, but really it's the laurel wreath. that was put up there to honor heroes, the defenders of baltimore from 1814. last year we had our huge bicentennial commemoration of the successful defense of baltimore from the british and the writing of the "star spangled banner." so if you forget everything that you experience here this weekend, if you get totally fried out on all the meetings and that stuff, remember that this week you visited the home, the birthplace, of the national anthem. it was the battle here, 201 years ago, of which francis scott key was an eyewitness, that led to the words that became our country's song. and the war of 1812 was an born conflict. so that's what i want to talk about t

number of months, maybe half a year, i worked on sunday afternoons in book market in the corner of calvert and connecticut. this was a really crummy paperback book exchange. he would take anything and exchange, telephone books, high school annuals, anything. my job was to work there for three hours in return for credit and i would get the equivalent of $5 per hour and i would have to take that in paperbacks. it got me out of the house, high like to be around books. plus, one day a couple came in with five or six boxes of new hardback first editions. turned out to be alan and pat hearn, they had these books for a wild and hadn't been able to sell them. they were they were essentially going to give them to peter. i doubt they ever found a paperback they wanted. so i was shelving them and looking at them as one does. it was an author from my hometown so i bought it. it was a mint, first it titian, now inscribed from me from toni morrison. says something like for michael, homeboy. so that is quite an expensive book these days. i did make out ultimately at the book market there and connecticut.

she lived in calvert. you know where calvert is. >> i sure do. i am from that part of the state. you have a lot of support down there. ms. fiorina: lovely to meet you. thanks for being here. senator, how are you? thank you so much for doing this. my gosh. that i amwant to say aghast at the way you have been treated by a certain jackass this week. ms. fiorina: well, you do not need to apologize for him. >> i feel terrible about it. ms. fiorina: honestly, i have met men like him all the time. >> stay tough. ms. fiorina: i will. don't you worry. anyway, thank you so much. >> we are looking forward to your remarks. ms. fiorina: thank you. means old. icon means ano, large, important, influential figure, which you certainly have been. >> he served two terms. servedrina: well, you for a time and then you went home. >> he understood what washington was about the -- was about. people tell me all the time, i want to run for congress. i say, my advice is, do something else. do anything else. you are a good example. thank you. is probablyrina most well-known for her time as the ceo of two at

mary's county and southern calvert county. it's another hour or so.xpect very heavy rain with thunder and lightning. they are not severe storms. the main threat is ponding of water. temperatures are cool. it is raining, 60s noo shenandoah valley. low to mid-70s around the bay. at dawn, we had a beautiful rainbow. a lot of people sending me these photos. this is from philip doer. it lasted a few minutes, then the clouds moved in and the rainbow went away. hour-by-hour, heavier downpours north and west of washington around noontime as well as south and east. much of the metro area not going to have a lot of rain until late in the afternoon. the new timing on that, thunderstorms coming in into washington and nearby suburbs. this line is going to be around 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. latest timing on that, town pours, strong gusts of wind. there's a slight risk of that. that other line, st. mary's county and the evening hours. as the line moves east of washington, by 8:00 or 9:00 p.m., into the evening hours, it weakens and diminishes. by midnight, everything is do

mary's county, extreme southern calvert and north of there to fredericksburg, south fauquier and culpepppeppeculpepolding in place. temperatures right now are in the 50s to near 60, shenandoah valley, out in the mountains, it's cooler, just in the low to mid-50s there, around the metro area. near 60 in montgomery, low to mid-60s fairfax, prince george's and mid to upper 60s around the chesapeake bay. a loot at our chances for the rain, getting into the metro area for the weekend. that's coming up in just a few minutes. >> thanks so much, tom. >>> pfr -- pope francis will start his final two days in america. >> he's been welcomed by thousands for the last few days. jay gray is in philadelphia this morning. >> reporter: as philadelphia prepares, new york tells pope francis good-bye. as they have throughout his visit, thousands gathered for the pope's final mass in manhattan. his homily urging the faithful to urge the less fortunate. >> translator: go out again and again, go out with a fear, without hesitation. >> reporter: the people more than a million, are expected to fill the streets in philadelph

the only exception, calvert county, st. mary's county, northern neck. that's about it. fredericksburg, some heavier rain could move in across our region. once again, maybe not a good night to go to the game. over towards portions of the cho cheverly area, you could see some rain. tomorrow, clouds, isolated showers, not too bad. high temperatures back into the 70s, 71 to 76 degrees. wednesday, the pope will be down towards the white house and the ellipse early in the day. i think it's going to be really nice. a lot of people getting there early to get your spot on that route. 64 degrees around 7:00 a.m. 69 by 10:00. 76 by the time he's leaving this area. on thursday, another nice one. high temperature of 80. friday, we'll watch for a chance for showers coming up friday, saturday, and sunday. it depends on the storm system to the south. right now we've got a 30% chance of showers. some of those could linger into the weekend. once again, we'll watch that weekend forecast closely. >> thanks, doug. >>> coming up, a win about no time to celebrate. jamie wanted a taste of the

temperatures falling all the way back to 48 nguyen chester, front royal, 52 in frederick, maryland, 49 in calvert county. 76 at dinner time. just a beautiful day to be outside start to finish. no complaints. traffic -- well, it's monday. >> still over this problem in beltville. i said hyattsville. we're still blocked there at this point at th morning. police kind of pushing you off to 95 instead. 270 southbound here as you're coming out of frederick going slow. this is just volume. don't have an issue. slow as you're headed down through frederick and hyattstown. once you get to germantown it clears out of the way for you. b.w. parkway, everything there is nice and green. no major problems. eun? >> thanks, melissa. >>> 6:3 the 2. an explanation after an attack kills a dozens tourists. please called it terrorist elements when they opened fire on four cars. instead of terrorists, tourists from mexico were inside. 12 people died and nearly a dozen others hurt this morning. mexico's president say this explanation is not enough. he's demanding a thorough investigation. >>> later today you have a chance

prince william county and over toward charles and calvert county and it is drifting to the south, though, so head's up around fredericksburg. we'll continue to see the rain in the next couple of days and we'll have more backyard weather in just a minute. >>> a good samaritan attacked while trying to break up a fight. now the victim is talking to news 4 as d.c. police search for the suspects. >>> six months or more, that's how long metro officials say it will take to repair damage done to transformers after the fire broke out near the armory metro station. coming up at 6:00, how metro plans to address the issue and how it could turn into an inconvenience for riders. >> the i-team reveals why thousands may have had thei >>> this is video you will only see on news 4. a fight breaks out with a group of kids and when a good samaritan tries to help out the crowd turns on him brutally. now that good samaritan has a message for those teenagers responsible. news 4's shomari stone with our report. >> it's devastating. >> john is the manager at the bp gas station near eastern market on pennsylvania

storm team 4 showing a little light rain now portions of prince gorges, charles, calvert.est of fredericksburg coming onto the i-95 corridor. mild one. don't send the kids out this morning without their umbrella and raincoat. there are more rain chances coming today. wet bus stop with puddle jumping going on and splashing and dashing later on this afternoon. seven day forecast with big weather impacts in a few minutes. >>> thanks, chuck. maryland state police asking for your help after a deadly hit and run. what we're learning about the victims. who investigators say was just trying to help somebody in need. >>> blues, we are tracking breaking news montgomery county where a fiery accident overnight has left a driver dead and part of darnestown road. plus, melissa mollet is helping you get around that accident and several other problems on the roads. >>> we have breaking news right now. an suv crashed and caught fire earlier this morning. we're learning the driver did not make it out alive. >>> this happened on darnestown road. drivers have been dealing with closures in tha

. >> we have the calvert county rescue squad that was helping and searching with the helicopter, theogs, the horses, the park police. everyone has been out here, but we're out here every day. >> there are billboards in the area with his description and flyers posted on nearly every store in the area where he went missing. >> even people that we don't know are coming out to volunteer. he's describe described as 5'6", gray hair and he speaks with a caribbean accent and may talk about being in the virgin islands and he's living with dementia. >> he's not familiar with the environment because since he's been here he's pretty much been at the assisted living home. he doesn't know where he is and he might be trying to find a place in st. thomas. >> reporter: this is a heartbreaking story, but we are all praying for a happy ending here. the family will be out again tomorrow night from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. and they're asking anyone who is interested in helping with the search to come on out. you can go to nbc washington and search missing 80-year-old. we have a lot of information there includin

very heavy rain crossing the chesapeake from the calvert beach area over toward the eastern shore that rain all moving off to the east. behind this, we are watching this area of rain still to come, but i do expect most of this to kind of die out tonight. still a good idea to take the umbrella with you this evening but i'm not expecting much in the way of rain. if you didn't get it, we may have missed out on it. boy, do we need it only a tenth of an inch in washington. look at quantico, half an inch there. nearly an inch in culpepper. nothing in winchester. and over three inches in annapolis. really the people that got the rain and the people that did not see any rain at all. patuxent river, .02 now. you are going to get some more rain. the rest of us not seeing much. right now across our region, one thing that has changed, our temperatures, up to 84 a little bit earlier. that has now come down 2076 after a hive 94 yesterday. a big change here. winds out of the north at 16 miles per hour that will bring through drier air, still very humid across the region right now, but drier air later

eight candidates are scheduled to speak at thage values voters summit at the omni hotel on calvert streetwest. donald trump takes the stage late this morning. dr. ben carson also set to speak. he was in town for the papal events. he is also scheduled to speak at parkview high school this weekend. >>> the former florida governor jeb bush stumping nearby thursday. he campaigns in bristow and despite the low numbers he says he's in the race for the long haul. to make sure you're up on the latest for the white house, what are you going to do, nick? >> be sure to download the app. we have all the latest news and campaign polls. plus, he has his own special take on the pope. we are about to hear from stephen colbert. >> always the highlight. >> and gym clothes showing up all overs plate and one group making fun of this group. >> ♪ ♪ (vo) you can pass down a subaru forester. (dad) she's all yours. (vo) but you get to keep the memories. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >>> we have been getting ready for this for months. in fact, we made a special pope show opening. jim? the popening. >>

calvert and southern anne arundel. a little damp this morning. a couple of showers here and there.id- to upper 70s for highs. not too much rain today but we have a lot more rain coming over the next couple of days. more coming up. >>> big backups right now on the inner and outer loop of the beltway at van dorn street where we have an accident causing delays in this region. going to affect commuters from oxon hill making your way into alexandria and vice versa. you will be able to see the delays this morning so if lieu here on the side of your screen -- if you look here on the side of your screen, those are the delays. again big backups in the area. we're keeping a close eye on the southbound side of the bw parkway between 410 and 450 where we have an accident now with a three-mile backup. we'll have an update on that and an update on that fatal traffic accident on darnestown road in about ten minutes. we'll send it over to you. >>> happening right now in georgetown, a nice light drizzle. i say nice because it's actually kind of refreshing considering how humid it is out here. but y

upper 60s to low 70s in calvert and st. mary's county. back to good running weather.ood-bye to the humidity. a quick rise in temperatures up into the upper 70s by noontime. highs today, upper 70s to low and mid 80s. 86 the high in washington today. future weather carries out the clear skies for today. friday night out on the town, early evening plans, dinner on your favorite sidewalk cafe. near 82. 72 by 10:00 or 11:00 this evening. this area of low pressure this promises to interfere with your outdoor plans saturday afternoon and saturday night look to be rainy affairs. the clouds are going out of here during the course of the day today. then if you're going do unto the beach -- down to the beaches, not terribly good at the coastline. chances for rain for saturday and sunday at the coastline with highs in the upper 70s and low 80s. out in the shenandoah valley, rain showers likely saturday. hit and miss occasional showers on sunday. sunday's highs in the upper 60s. so here's the way saturday breaks down. cloudy skies move in the morning. could have rain as early as l

. >>> three children recovering at a hospital after a horrific boat accident in calvert county. were under t10 yeas old and flown to the hospital. a 9-year-old was seriously burned. the other girl and adult were not badly hurt. no word on why that boat exploded. >>> what a welcome for pope francis as he gets ready for his biggest event in cuba. up to a million people are filling revolution square in havana for a mass that will happen at k th9:00 this morning. then the pope will meet with cuban president raul castro and fidel. >> i will be there because you will be there. see you in phil philadelphia. . >> that's the welcome pope francis sent to philadelphia in english to help them get excited for his visit next weekend. crews in philly are still trying to put together the stage when he comes for the world meeting of families. next weekend he'll speak at independence hall and hold a mass on benjamin franklin parkway. don't worry. we've got you covered which happens in just three days. we'll send you breaking news alerts when he gets here and keep you updated on big issues like tr

andreas stays with us and mark calvert. -- and mark gilbert.he european cable operator is buying cablevision for nearly $1 8 billion. for more, let's bring in matt campbell. what does this mean for altice? matt: this transaction, was completed, it will make them into the first rank of the u.s. cable industry. he was a bit player cablevision operates in the new york metropolitan area, not in new york city but in the suburbs. it is one of the top five or six u.s. cable operators. with this, and, nation with sutton link and other deals, in combination, this makes altice heavyweighta in the u.s. francine: it means that what u.s. pay tv, that industry is growing and it makes sense to own? i am not sure if this is driven so much by growth as by the opposite. the u.s. business is consolidating among cable, telecom media in general. everyone is buying each other if they can. we have seen at&t making major acquisitions. charter getting bigger. this is about the netflix effect and the amazon affect in the apple effect. these are company that once upon a