during an exclusive interview -- we are live downside centreville -- live outside centreville high school >> the president actually arrived here earlier about 4:15 this afternoon. there were crowds of obama supporters and mitt romney supporters. the place erupted when the president walked inside the high school. it was a pumped up crowd. this comes 24 hours a series of exchanges between the president and mitt romney about bain capital. mitt romney says he left the company in 1999. today's speech was all about the economy. >> we went from surpluses to deficits. we had the most sluggish job growth in decades. the average income of middle- class families went down. it culminated in this mess that we are still bringing ourselves out from under. normally if you do something over and over again and it does not work -- [laughter] at some point, you decide, let's try something new. if you believe that we rise or fall together as one people, i am confident we will win. >> in that exclusive interview he said he believed that bain was a legitimate campaign issue. the romney camp is calling it a dirt

it's beautiful between centreville and the beltway. are traveling over .ewington it's a wonderful trip from springfield and to the wilson bridge. looks good on 395 up to the pentagon. back inside. 6:13 in the belfort furniture weather center. temperatures in the '70s. in west virginia and the potomac we have a few sprinkles. even around frederick county, virginia, a few sprinkles, and winchester and romney. 79 right now when the district, martinsburg. 73 in manassas. look at this beautiful shot of the sun rise in fairfax. the clouds overhead were rainmakers last night off to the west. seeing the leftovers. in the '70s now. on our way to the mid to upper 90s today. about 96. you factor in the humidity, it like over 100 again. could have a few storms between 3:00 p.m. and 9:00 today. on the weekend forecast coming up. >> thank you. 6:14, 76 degrees. the cost of rebuilding iraq war and we're not about the price tag >> . war and we're not about the price tag >> . the wife of jerry sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering sfx: sounds

this storm here is impacting centreville right now. any storms that come through will be very slow moving and that's the concern. that's why we're concerned about flash flooding tonight. you can see chantilly, fairfax. this could impact alexandria and aldie showers and storms at well. farther west these storms are pretty slow moving. these could produce 1 to 2 inches of rain per hour. let's talk about the one flood warning out west into the mountain areas. grant county in west virginia and hardy county, this is until 10:00 again. so february we're watching these storms. we could see more storms -- again we're watching these storms. we could see more storms coming through this evening as well. some of the storms have lightning associated with them. we could see locally heavy downpours and damaging wind gusts. your forecast tonight, temperatures will be fairly mild out there, in the 70s and temperatures will be cool once again tomorrow. we'll talk more about your forecast when we come back. >>> coming up folks living in virginia working

tomorrow, he will stop in glen allen and centreville high school.obama supporters went to the fairfax campaign headquarters in order to get tickets for saturday's rally. >>mitt romney is fighting back against some of the obama campaign ads. >> they accuse romney of stripping jobs -- shipping jobs overseas when he ran bain capital. the romney campaign calls the allegations a lie and is demanding an apology. texas. rick perry will campaign -- texas governor rick perry campaign for romney. >> pepco will answer tough questions today. they will come from the d.c. council and it is about how the utility's responded to last month's storm. this comes amid a proposal that could prove costly. john gonzales is live at the wilson building with more on what we can expect. >> may be some irony here. this is the day when pepco was supposed to find out if its rate increase would be approved. instead, the utility company will face tough questions from the city council and could eventually face a hefty fines. >> majority of residents that the better part -- spent the

delays are expected out of centreville. look at this traffic out of centreville past 7100 getting up to the beltway. back to cynne and steevement >> lisa, 6:50 76 degrees. >> we're going to wrap up today's top stories after the break. [ male announcer ] where did all the obama stimulus money go? friends, donors campaign supporters special interest groups where did the obama stimulus money go solyndra: 500 million taxpayer dollars. bankrupt. so where did the obama stimulus money go? windmills from china. electric cars from finland 79% of the 2.1 billion in stimulus grants awarded through it went to overseas companies. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> good thursday morning to all of you. coming up here, robin's exclusive interview with ann romney, opening up about the latest attacks on her husband to her battle with multiple sclerosis. plus, is her husband any closer to picking a running mate? you find out next, won't you, right here auto "good morning america." >> josh, thanks. we'll see new couple o

this is causing a backup from about centreville now trying to get past route 50. this time over to the south side of town. no problems out of dale city into woodbridge. a little bit of slow traffic, though, as you travel into springfield. i'll be back with more coming up in a few minutes. back to you guys. >>> it is time now for the question of the morning. what's the number one thing kids tend to stick up their noses? is it a, a crayon, b, french fry or c, a bean? >> our facebook friend thinks the answer is c, a bean, because it fits so nicely in their nostrils. what do you think? what do kids stick up their noses the most? we'll have the correct answer in about a half-hour from now. >>> good morning. 6:22 on your thursday morning. the good news is it won't be as hot. the bad news is we could see showers and storms. some of the storms could be big. here's a look at your day planner. by noon temperatures upper 80s, close to 90. then late this afternoon a better chance for some scattered showers and thunderstorms. we'll top out in the lower 90s. right now it's clou

. >> it is pleasant and temperatures are pretty good. 67 in centreville. in the 60's in virginia it ever will. strasbourg down to 60. sunny and warm with high temperatures around 89 degrees with a few thunderstorms expected mainly west of the blue ridge. i think we will be tried to date with a slightly better chance of seeing some storms into tuesday and wednesday. >> waking up is traffic volume. 66 out of manassas. 270 between -- it is all the story of volume. we're rolling out to the traffic center picture. it looks good right now and 270 in rockville and now to news. >> 6:03. firefighters and hazmat crews trying to determine if there is any danger at a ups store and laurel, maryland. >> it appears that things are getting back to normal. employees have been able to go home for the day or return to work. this started around 3:00 a.m. this morning. the first report came out and it was a fire inside the building. that turned into a hazmat situation. we believe there was a nitric acid spill. one person was directly exposed to the chemical. prince george's fi

here we are, eastbound 66 working past 28 in centreville.tivity tying up the right side of the roadway there. can see the cones blocking that far right lane. heavy volume inbound this morning past the exit from manassas headed to centreville. outer loop, not too busy past university boulevard. all lanes are open. busy traveling inbound on route 50. accident activity reported at the bw parkway. some traffic getting by under police direction. but gridlocked from the beltway. northbound on the george washington parkway. pace slowing down to 3 miles per hour headed north. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> on fox news sunday, the exclusive guest is supreme court justice scela. chris joins us with a preview of the program. good morning. >> good morning. very excited about this, supreme court justices don't come on television to talk. we're going to speak to leader of the conservative wing, and if you've ever heard him, a tart tongued, tough italian kid from new york city. this is going to be fascinating. as you say, it's been a con

this time he is making a stop in centreville.rlier today when he was in another city, it was a heavy downpour of rain. now at least he is dry. dry shirt and everything but he is trying to appeal to the voting public there in virginia. not taking for granted the fact that he won the red state of virginia back in 2008. he is hoping that it will be blue again for him on his re-election campaign. >>> you might think this next guy is a little crazy. an australian fisherman came face to face with a great white shark who says he is not afraid to get back in the water. in fact, he did get back in the water today. he went snorkeling. nathan podmore and his friend dave richards were off the course of western australia south of perth when they were circled by a 12-foot long shark. nathaniel captured the whole thing with a mini video camera. so you and your friend dave were spear fishing in an area where there had already been some reported incidents of great white attacks. why did you decide to go spear fishing there? >> there had not been

once you get past centreville, the pace does improve but watch for those areas where you may encounter a little bit of fog on your way in toward the beltway. . no problems crossing the 14th street bridge. 27 270, volume starting to build here. in arlington, south courthouse road does remain closed because of work on a water main break. keep that in mind. back to you. >> thank you. >>> montgomery county's ride-on bus system is still experiencing some service problems as a result of last week's fire. now, today and tomorrow, buses will run on a modified holiday schedule. the company hopes to resume its normal weekday schedule on wednesday but passengers could still encounter some minor delays. now, in the past three years, seven buss in that particular fleet have caught fire. >>> thousands rally to march from the washington monument to remind the nation of the global aids crisis. sunday marked the beginning of a six-day international conference on hiv and aids. organizers laid out the memorial aids quilt in honor of those who have died of the disorder but this was also a place where thos

the president was in virginia beach and roanoke yesterday and in richmond and centreville today. rival republican candidate mitt romney made stops in the state two weeks ago. george mason university professor jeremy mayor. >> virginia is so crucial this year, because it is going to be in the opinion of most, a very close election. also, very few paths to the white house for mitt romney that don't involve taking virginia. if obama can stop romney in virginia, it's tough to see how he gets to the white house. >> so how do you win virginia? the magic number to win is 270 electoral votes, 13 up for grabs in the commonwealth, a state with two sides, northern virginia and the rest of the state. we have tide water, south side, and roanoke with a strong republican base. mr. obama would have to win convincingly in northern virginia. >> he doesn't need to win northern virginia. he needs to crush romney in northern virginia. a simple win would be a victory for romney. romney wants to keep it close. obama has to destroy romney in the vote turnout in northern virginia. >> reporter: mayor says

no problems to report as you head inbound on i-66 right now from centreville and a live look outside in extra v.a. coming up on our vdot camera. no problems to report to the 14th street bridge. more at 6:25. >>> 6:19 right now. coming up next in sports, the bryce harper show hits the big apple in a big way. and learn which national was honored as player of the week. >> right now it's time for a check on a very tasty question of the morning. it might not be the healthiest choice but it is delicious, though, americans will eat about 70 million pounds of which food this year? is it a, bacon, b, hamburgers, or c, tater tots. >> got to be bacon. our facebook friend sharon says bacon. it makes everything taste better. hamburgers and tater tots. she says a, bacon. >> bacon, bacon, bacon. keep posting your guesses on our facebook page. we'll show the correct answer right here with you at 6:54. over the next four months, you have a choice to make. not just between two political parties, or even two people. it's a choice between two very different plans for our country. governor romney's plan

let's see. 58 in centreville and 86 in gaithersburg. -- 85 in centreville. >> thank you. >>> let's check in with julie wright to get the latest on traffic. >> good morning. making your trip around town, you will find that your lanes are open as you con to make your trip southbound along 270 working your way south of 109 to the scale. right here in germantown, no problems to report south of 118. no problems reported in rockville headed out towards the split. lanes are open out to the west along 66 coming in in centreville headed in towards the beltway. slow traffic between 50 and 123. here at took street, both the main lines and the express lanes at speed as you travel north of landmark headed out to the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >>> new this morning, a new multibillion dollar proposal for union station this morning. >> this is coming from amtrak which is looking to transform the overcrowded station in downtown d.c. and lauren demarco is live at union station with more on this proposal. >> reporter: good morning. it is being called the wa

we'll go outside the beltway on 66 and show you what it looks like here in centreville.ou're going to hit the brakes a time or two leaving manassas into centreville but it's incident free this morning. just a little incident here on the shoulder but really not affecting traffic too much. we'll take you back over to the maps and this time all the way to the north side of town. coming in on 95 from baltimore no problems. route 29 looks great. the bw parkway same thing in the fort meed area and out of columbia on route 32 as well. we'll take a live look on the beltway university boulevard. outer loop still moving well leaving the 95 interchange heading west toward silver spring. no issues to report. i'll be back with more traffic this time on 270 at 6:25. >> thank you, monika. >>> the time right now is 6:18. next in sports, some good news and some bad news for the nationals. plus, history is made at the british open. >> right now time to get another look at the question of the morning. according to a study out of berlin, people look younger when they do one of these things.

as cow in from centreville on 66 all the way to the beltway you're going to be fine.ow let's take another live look outside on the other side of town if you're planning to head in on 95, the bw parkway, route 50 as i said. things are great. this is in landover inside the beltway. i'll be back with more traffic coming up once again at 5:38. >> thank you, monika. >>> the red cross has taken in nearly 70 residents left without a place to live after a fire ripped through their prince george's county apartment building. >> the flames broke out just before 8:00 last night in a three-story apartment building on rochelle avenue near silver hill road. delia goncalves has more on the rescue efforts. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, mike, jessica. it is going to be some time but it is slowly progressing here in this area. people are trying to get a handle as to what happened exactly last night. though it could have been a whole lot worse because we're told this fire went unnoticed for a long time before anyone escaped the house or firefighters even arrived on the

on the inbound side of i-66 nice and light through centreville. in fairfax station there's a paving operation it's northbound on route 7100 at the burke center parkway and they're alternating traffic through there until about 6:00 this morning. back to the maps no problems onth 5 from dale city to springfield. otherwise the lanes are open. i'll be back in a few minutes with more traffic at 5:25. back to you. >>> the usa olympic men's basketball team destroys the practice opponent. >> and the washington alsos set a recordpy -- castles set a record by holding down the fort. >> but best we want to take another look at our question of the morning -- >> bun of our facebook friends -- one of our facebook friends mo santana wrote -- >> log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page and leave your response. we'll reveal the answer during the 6:00 hour. we'll be back. ( telephone rings ) hi, honey. how's the camping trip? well, kids had fun, but i think i slept on a rock. what are you doing? having coffee. ah, sounds good! i thought you'd say that. ah. ♪ the best p

it is good on 66 between centreville and 495. in the these cameras that things are very quiet and serene that does not mean we are woods.the is that true? >> o no. is july in washington. yesterday we hit 100. feel like over 100. this morning a few showers off to the west. especially to the west. we are in the 70s to start the day. 72 in of frederick. storms could be severe in southern maryland. thank you for watching. you will be back ♪ >>> look at that crowd lined up in central park. they were there all night long. going to be our biggest crowd of the summer, no doubt -- for no doubt. they're taking center stage for the "gma" party in the park. that is huge. a little rain doesn't keep them away. it's going to be a beautiful morning out here. no doubt out with the first new album in 11 years. that crowd is waiting to see it this morning. there's the party bus right there. lara is ready to go. >> not only me, a huge crowd here on the party bus. we're getting ready to pull away. and look who joined me. >> can i ride the party bus.

in centreville we expect a slowdown and at route 50. of manassas park and 28 through the battlefield. i-395 had agreed to let through duke street and seminary road and no problems on the george washington parkway. here is the outer loop of montgomery county with a normal backup and new hampshire ave. if you decide to take a metro rail, they are on normal service. >> the time is 6:40 ended a 73 degrees. we are talking bush does your tax cuts with our partners at politico. >> getting your hands [ wife ] your dad's really giving him the business... the designated hitter's the best thing to happen to baseball! but it's not t same game! [ wife ] wow, he's really gonna get us a good deal. it's better! no it's not! the pitcher comes up and he's out! [ dealer ] he can bunt! whatever. but we're good with 0% apr for 60 months? oh yeah, t totally. thank you so much. that must've been brutal. [ male announcer ] the volkswagen autobahn for all event. at 0% apr for 60 months no one needs to know how easy it was to get your new volkswagen. that's the

looks good on the greenway, the toll road, 66 between centreville and the beltway. hurley and 495 on 270. this is the beltway at new hampshire ave. no delays. uncomplicated. no sign of moisture, steve rudin. >> that is good news. it was a hot weekend. three more days of really hot weather. after that, i think we will breathe a sigh of relief. cooler, drier air next weekend. in the meantime, we have to get through the next few days. heat index readings around 102 degrees. right now the sun is up. look at rehoboth beach, delaware looking really pretty at the boardwalk. one person quickly running somewhere. 77 degrees at reagan national airport this hour. dew point level around 70. 76 degrees in st. leonard maryland. low 70's at wtop radio in washington. 74 degrees in alexandria. temperatures will be warming over the next couple hours. 72 degrees in winchester and manassas looking at a daytime high of 74. partly cloudy outside at this hour. we will look for a few pop up showers and thunderstorms later this afternoon, but limited to about 25%. more than likely, you will

green light across the american legion bridge. 66 between centreville and the beltway looks good. 95 virginia looks good through springfield. metro rail is on normal service systemwide. back to you. >> thank you. commuters and montgomery county will have to adjust their schedules today and tomorrow. a bus fire has led to changes for the ride on bus system schedule. brianne carter is in silver spring to explain. >> buses will operate on a holiday schedule today and tomorrow. that means all routes will be in service, but we could expect allays. officials decided to put 26 buses off the road after another bus fire. this was the scene in silver spring after another ride on was caught fire yesterday morning. the same model that has gone up in flames several times since 2009. going against policy and speaking out publicly, this driver demanded something be done. >> i think it's terrible. it's not safe. not only are they putting our lives in danger, but also the passengers. >> concerns over safety of drivers and passengers, madera county officials have now taken that model was off the road.

he spoke at centreville high school after visits to roanoke and hampton roads yesterday. the president won virginia in 2008 and with the state in d th romney, try to convince voters of who is better on the economy. >> we tried almost exactly what they are proposing and here are the results. we went from surpluses to deficit. we have the sluggish job growth in decades. the average income of middle class families went down. >> mitt romney's communications director for virginia support out a statement after the president's appearance that says in part that president obama admitted today that our country isn't on the right track, yet he is offering more of the same as he seeks a second term. americans want a leader who keeps his word and is more focused on fixing the economy than telling stories. >>> more to come on the news edge, tucker banes has the last check on the forecast. tucker? >> our showers and thunderstorms are winding down as we speak and they will rejoin us tomorrow. i will have the details on the forecast. get ready for heat&as well after the break. this is the

brief delays in manassas and centreville. 95 is good. nothing out of the normal on to wonder 95. the baltimore washington parkway. now, adam caskey in the belfort furniture weather center. >> we have doug hill joining us from calpers. >> good morning. no rain this morning. that was a crazy slow moving downpour last evening. today, any storm chance will be well west of the metro. west of the mountains. it is a beautiful morning. a few high clouds. lots of sunshine. temperatures will warm up your humidity levels will creep up. satellite and radar shows heavy rain well to the south and southeast of the mid-atlantic coast line. we will have sunshine and periods of cloudiness. a few 70's closer to the metro area. they temperatures are pretty warm. 80 degrees or warmer for water temperatures. 66 in manassas right now. 69 in hagerstown. 74 in the capitol. we will go to the 80's today. we will check the seven-day coming up. back to you. >> thank you. coming up, some boys cooling off thought they saw a doll. >> turns out it was a toddler swept away by the current. ♪ our machines help iden

manasseh's and centreville at 50, pretty good shape. maryland, traffic moving at speed. southbound 270 at shady grove road. >> airport security lines could soon speed up. the transportation security administration announced that flight attendants will soon get the same expedited screening test pilots. right now flight attendants have to go through the same physical screening regular passengers do and pilots just have to show id. flight attendants will soon just be able to show credentials but they will be subject to random searches. faster security lines as the good news for air travel. >> the bad news, air fares are going up. rob nelson explains why. >> topping america's money -- a new sign the housing market has finally turned the corner. zillow says home values have posted their first and will increase since 2007 and appeared to bottom out last february. if you have not book your airline ticket yet, but ready to pay more. domestic airlines hiking fares around $10 per trip. a new round of layoffs at tech giants cisco -- cutting 1300 jobs about 2% of the work force. it

no problems reported headed in towards centreville and fair oaks.hat's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. >> thank you. >>> new this morning, d.c. police are asking for your help in the search for a missing 12- year-old boy. martinez rainer was last seen around 8:30 last night in the 500 block of rock creek church road northwest f you have any information that can help in this case, please call d.c. police. >>> the big story we are following this morning, it is time for place your bets on whether governor martin o'malley will hold a special session on expanding gambling in maryland. >> he is expected to announce his decision later on this morning. sherry ly is live at national harbor. >> reporter: god morning. prince george's county does have the plans. they do have the site here at national harbor overlooking the waterfront for a propose ad casino. what they don't have is the go- ahead from lawmakers that. could all change today with the governor's expected decision on a special session that could bring a casino here one step close

in virginia on the greenway, told road, 66 between centreville and the beltway. 270 between father hurley and belthe beltway, light volume, moving at a good pace. back to you. >> thank you. 73 degrees outside. >> more than two weeks since the big storm. zero local women still cannot get into her home. what she >> howard county police are searching for a man who shot and critically injured two people. yesterday evening a person went to a nail salon and beat and shot a man who was waiting to pick up his girlfriend. he took off in the gold honda accord. police found the car in colombia. he is still on the lows this morning. tuan pham. there was an attempted robbery in capitol heights. early sunday morning, three masked men stopped a car and gunpoint. ] they ordered the people inside the car to get out and apply on the ground. after that, the driver was startled and ran over and killed a man who was on the ground. >> a former high-school football coach accused of selling steroids is expected in court today in fairfax county. jeffery reagan was arrested last month as he met with his alleged su

people risked their lives and money into a smoke- rescue ame in order to mother and daughter in centreville. suppose saved was confined to a wheelchair. will be rewarded at afternoon. >> and well-deserved. >> storms on the way this afternoon. some may become strong. for highs in the low 90's. mid 80's tomorrow. could turn into a soaker. mid 80's on saturday, then sunshine on

travel times in our favor on 66 in both directions between centreville and 495. pretty good on the beltway at the wilson bridge, coming through dale city to the beltway, 13 minutes. everything is open to the pentagon in this camera. back to you. >> thank you. we expect new details today in a deadly plane crash in laytonsville that happened around 7:30. >> it was landing when it crashed, killing one person and injuring a second. the investigation now begins into what exactly went wrong. now more. >> this was the scene of the wreckage. the single-engine plane crashed into a wooded area on the edge of the davis airport. witnesses could hear it from a mile away. >> i heard a rumble. i felt like the earth shook. >> this helicopter pilot was flying behind the plane just minutes before. >> i watched it take off. it appeared he did not get much higher than about 45 feet by the end of the runway and it was very slow. it looks like he was not going to clear the trees. he started right turn on the right side to try to clear the trees. it looked like he turned too far. >> it

in pretty good shape is traffic on 66 between centreville and the beltway. normal stuff on the greenway, the dulles toll road, and 270 between father hurley boulevard and the beltway is good, but we are taking you to a picture of 270 northbound f after northbound fpror 109, traffic using only the right shoulder. and 18-wheeler rolled over on southbound, which is the rush hour direction. plenty to watch out for frederick into montgomery county. southbound is completely open. >> katherine jackson is talking about the family's latest feud. >> the judge made her grandson t.j. jackson the temporary guardian of michael jackson's three children. >> there were rumors that i have been kidnapped and held against my will. i am here today to let everybody know that i am fine. >> a los angeles judge temporarily suspended her as "the guardian because she was in arizona and did not spoken with them in several days. jackson told abc news she was hurt by the court ruling and it was based on a bunch of lies. she says she is returning to los angeles to deal with it. she denies

it's 68 in centreville and manassas. haymarket not reporting this morning. hopefully we'll get them back shortly. 68 from baden in southern prince george's county with a 71 in college park. as we look outside on our michael & son weather camera, we're in tysons corner. just starting to see light in the eastern horizon. sunrise about 35 or 0 minutes away. traffic -- or 40 minutes away. traffic flowing on the beltway and also i believe this is the toll road here. 69 degrees with a dew point giving us humidity of 87% with 73 being reported right now at reagan national. temperatures today across the country, the real hot stuff is going to be out west of the rockies. much of the country seasonably warm. look at these temps in the south. only 84 in jackson, mississippi in july. lots of showers and storms for them. out west there is your 100. even in idaho we're over 100 degrees today. showers and storms, numerous across the south from the gulf coast and texas going back to the deep south. we had a lot of activity yesterday afternoon and evening. diminished somewha

a town house caught fire on june 22 in centreville. the firefighters entered the building, the woman to safety and none of the victim's -- and one of the victims is confined to a wheelchair. the rescuers will be presented with certificates. >> fans could not get enough of david hasselhoff. >> welcome back. >> let's check in with steve rudin. >> we are looking at a warm start to our thursday morning with temperatures 80 degrees at reagan national, 77 at dulles airport, 73 in gaithersburg. the doppler radar is quiet, but later this afternoon we will have showers and thunderstorms developing. i want to show you our futurecast. highs today around 92 degrees. but by tomorrow morning at this time this is what the computer is showing, heavy rain for the district and montgomery county, prince george's county, baltimore and aberdeen. this will clear out for a little while, then another round of showers tomorrow afternoon into saturday. highs today of 88-93 degrees. nighttime lows in the '70s. daytime highs tomorrow in the mid '80s. periods of h

you're going to see a bit of slow traffic forming manassas into centreville. we'll take a live look outside once again. you'll see traffic is moving well. here at falls received and river road no problems to report as you come in from montgomery county. i'll be back with more traffic coming up in a few minutes. back to you guys. >> thank you, monika. >>> just about 5:31. later this morning accused theater gunman 24-year-old james holmes will make his first court appearance today. he will be formally charged with shooting and killing 12 people in friday night's gunfire incident at the latest batman movie. delia goncalves joins us live from the satellite center. she's been track be the story and joins us now with a look at sunday's emotional vigil. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you can imagine very emotional, lots of tears shed by even mere strangers in a community who are feeling the pain of this tragedy many of them still vowing this event will not change them or break them. family friends and community members gathered outside of city hall to remem

typical delay there continuing into centreville and here we are 395. you can see things are starting to slow at seam mary road in the main lanes. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. -- at seminary road in the main lanes. >> thank you. >>> an update now from the campaign trail. president obama is refusing to apologize for remarks by his campaign calling mitt romney's business dealings into question. >> one of the central issues here, whether or not romney was still in charge of the private equity firm bain capital when some of the companies it invested in outsourced jobs. keeping jobs in the u.s. has been a main focus this year. president obama talked up his plans to boosting the middle class. this latest started with remarks by one of the cam ain't aides. >> either you the ceo, president, chairman of the board as you attest to the sec or he is telling the american people he bears no responsibility for that. those two things both can't be true. either you are in charge or you are not. >> he took a leave of absence from bain to go an

. >>> president obama was in centreville today with supporters. he spoke at centreville high school after visits to roanoke and hampton roads yesterday. the president won virginia in 2008. now, though, the state in play has the president and mitt romney try to convince voters who is better on the economy. >> we tried almost exactly when they're proposing and here are the results: we went from surpluses to deficit. we had the most sluggish job growth in decades. the average income of middle- class families actually went down. >> reporter: mitt romney's communications director for virginia support out a statement after the president's appearance and that said in part president obama admitted today that our country is not on the right track, yet he's offering more of the same as he seeks a sec term. americans want a leader who keeps his word and is more focused on fixing the economy. >>> iowa has a high percentage of christian conservatives. that might still be a challenge for mitt romney. >> reporter: in the battleground state of iowa, are christian

quiet ride on 66 between centreville and 495. looks good out of dale city to get to springfield.mera. headlights are northbound all the way to the beltway. back to news. >> a special honor for reagan national airport. >> it was named one of the top tribally over destinations by forbes travel guide. it's easy to get to and from the airport and to check out and look at the main attractions before heading back to airport security. logan airport in boston also made the list and the airport in las vegas, o'hare airport in chicago, and miami international. this week's facebook giveaway features something everybody loves -- money. but we're giving you the chance to win $200. go to wjla.com/facebook. we will announce the winner on july 30 on "good morning washington." >> moviegoers came out in full force to show their support for the newest batman movie. >> warner bros. and other movie theaterstudios held off giving the numbers. the numbers were released yesterday. "the dark knight rises" earned more than $160 million, that makes it the biggest two-day opening ever and the third highest

he spoke at centreville high school.e talked about the need to renew the middle class, and reiterated his call for tax cuts for people making less than $250,000 a year. he continued his attack of mitt romney's record at bain capital even after romney asked the president to apologize. >> he invested in companies that have been called pioneers of outsourcing. i don't want a pioneer in outsourcing. >> the president's campaign has been outrageous in making the kind of charges they have. i think the kinds of attacks are beneath the dignity of the presidency. >> romney took a break from campaigning today to spend time with his family at his lakeside home in new hampshire. he will not release any more financial information beyond this year's tax returns. >>> florida can now check a federal list of noncitizens, officials believe someone's trying to vote illegally. the list is maintained by the department of homeland security. the state's been trying to get permission to use it for months. the obama administration finally gave th

it is inbound 66 so watch for delays from centreville now to head past root 50. once you get up to 123-rbg the pace does improve. this is 270 heading down towards 370. you have delays in stretches but it is just volume. -- once you get up to 123, the pace does improve. >>> it is weather that we are getting all too familiar with in in area. last night, another round of severe storms ripped through the d.c. region. >> residents had to deal with torrential rains, hail, high winds, thunder and lightning, the whole shebang. a viewer posted this picture on twitter last night of standing water at first street and v street in northwest. this is the third time in nine days the bloomingdale neighborhood has experienced this kind of flooding. >>> all right. now, last night's storms left behind more power outages. more than 300 dominion customers are in the dark at this hour and more than 7,000 bge customers and as well as more than 4,000 pepco customers. pepco recently asked the maryland public service commission to approve a rate hike and the decision could come today. pow

obama is hosting a rally at centreville high school. virginia remains a key battleground state. >> coming up, the made in china controversy. the olympic uniforms were all made overseas. find out who wants them all to be burned. >> a puppy is killed when somebody dropped a cement block on his head. now, a big break in the case. >> local lawmakers want to slap hefty fines on pepco. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [ female announcer ] every won who believes decisions about our bodies and our health care should be our own is troubled mitt romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a law that outlalaws all abortion -- even in cases of rape and incest. and that's not all. i'll cut o off funding to planned parenthood. [ female announcer ] for women planned parenthood means life-saving cancer screenings and family-planning services. but, for mitt romney... planned parenthood. we're going to get rid of that. >> you are watching abc 7 news at 11:00 with leon harris, alison starling, bob ryan weather, and tim

his speech tomorrow will be at centreville high school . before he gets there, he will stop in virginia beach, hinton, and roanoke. republicans took a preemptive strike ahead of his visit. rudy guiliani told visit -- told residents that president obama is to blame for defense cuts. condoleezza rice has reportedly jumped to the top of mitt romney's vice president search. that is according to the drudge report. that follows comments that the campaign should consider a woman. neither rice nor the campaign will comment. coming up, taking a vacation? it is supposed to be relaxing. between dishonest hotels and pickpockets, your getaway can become a nightmare. and we are hearing from the dream team about kobe bryant's claims. jpmorgan chase says they have underestimated the damage of the trading mistake. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] when a president doesn't tell the truth, how can we trust him to lead? the obama outsourcing attacks: "misleading, unfair and untrue." there was "no evidence" that mitt rom

this attack happened at a horse facility on centreville road which is near frying pan park. the horse was moved from frying pan park because it was attacked last april. police have arrested and charged a 17-year-old from herndon, virginia in the first attack. experts say that the horse's injuries are not life- threatening and police are looking for a suspect. >>> russian officials say that they are halting arm exports to syria till the situation there calls down. the announcement comes after the united nations special enjoy kofi annan made a surprise trip to syria. annan is trying to revive the peace land he brokered which has mostly been ignored since it was agreed to three months ago. today he will meet with the syrian president who blames the united states for the violence. >> they give an umbrella and political support to those gang -- [indiscernible] >> the future to me should be abundantly clear to those who support the assad regime, the days are numbered. >> syrian opposition groups say the death toll from the uprising has topped 17,000. meanwhile secretary of state h

delays continue as you head to centrevil centreville. you'll get a break.hen you're hitting the brakes as you approach route 50 along i-66 eastbound. these delays continue as you make your way toward route 123. i'm back in ten minutes with another look at your traffic. now back to you both. >> danella, thanks. >>> we are watching your commute, too, this morning as metro tries to get back on track after a train derailment. >> also ahead, why things may not be so messy after all in the divorce >>> more to keep up with >>> there's a new kardashian to keep up with now. "e!" news is reporting kourtney kardashian and scott disick have welcomed their second child and first daughter. the name, penelope scotland disick. she was born early saturday morning in los angeles, weighing in around 7 pounds and 14 ounces. grandmother kris jenner says she had an easy delivery and looks just like her brother, mason. no word yet if the family will show the footage of the birth on their hit reality show "keeping up with the kardashians." >>> this morning, we're learning that tom

but heavy and slow from centreville the entire way past route 50 fair oaks. beltway, the outer loop jammed from springfield past van dorn to eisenhower. nice trip across the wilson bridge. outer loop in montgomery county slows from 95 past new hampshire avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. allison? >>> new this morning, an attack on a bus full of israeli tourists carried out by a suspect with a fake driver's license from michigan. israel is putting the blame on iran. seven teenagers were killed and another 20 tourists injured in the suicide bombing. this morning the u.s. is promising to help israel find out who carried out the attack. president obama called israel's prime minister last night following this attack. tony? >>> in syria this morning, rebels continue advancing into the capital of damascus and clashes reported near government headquarters. some parts of the capital are calm this morning. president assad hasn't been seen and is reportedly in a coastal city. yesterday's bomb blast is being described as a turning point in this possibl

60s in annapolis this morning as we head over towards the eastern shore, we're looking at 68 in centreville 64 chestertown and northeast coming in at 65 degrees. so here's that stationary front once again. still a little bit further to the south than what it was yesterday but we still have that chance for it to maybe wobble back to the north. i am going to keep a chance for showers in here just an isolated one and nothing huge is going to be just like it was yesterday for the most part. and future trend basically picking up on that mainly dry as high pressure will really do its thing for today. but, we will start to see a change in the forecast. the future temps 90-degrees this afternoon. we'll see more of that as we go into the afternoon tomorrow. and then your future -- i don't have seven day forecast rather looks like this. as we go into time look out as he heat things up. 92 on monday 93 on tuesday and wednesday looks like 94 degrees but the humidity moves back in and we will feel much hotter than that. now a check of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >>> we are giving away $

the horse was cut over the weekend in a paddock on centreville road. it's the same place the horse was attacked in april. the paddock is near the frying pan park where three other horses were slashed in may. a herndon teenager was arrested last month for that attack and he is still in custody. >> could be a copycat. we just don't know, but we do need the public's help. >> detectives believe the attack took place sometime between saturday night and early sunday morning. the good news is the horse will be okay. >>> coming up vdot alters its plan about what to charge now yore using ez pass and the change could be good -- charge you for using ez pass and the change could be good news. >>> lance armstrong's latest attempt to fight doping accusations denied within the last two hours a federal judge dismissing a lawsuit filed by the seven time tour de france champion. armstrong asked the judge to drop charges filed by the u.s. anti-doping agency that he had used performance enhancing drugs. he can refile his lawsuit within 20 days, but the cyclist's lawyer th

betweenshape on 66 centreville and the beltway. crash at the planes but that is gone. is construction on the .eltway at new hampshire avenue a pretty good start to the day. in the 60's. not too bad. temperatures the this morning. 70 in germantown. the play, at 66. chesapeake beach, 76. -- la plata, 66. winchester, 63 degrees. lunchtime, 85 and sunny. for the high temperature, 89 degrees. is close to average for time of year. a few scattered thunderstorms, mostly west of washington. a little better chance to see showers tomorrow. friday and90's by into the weekend. >> thank you. 5:11. we have a new facebook giveaway winner getting tickets the montgomery county fair. >> the winner gets four fair tickets and $25 to spend on .ood go to wjla.com/facebook. >> a nice family outing. >> 72 degrees. >> assistance [ crows cawing ] [ male announcer ] strange things happen in the black forest. [ metallic bell toll ] [ car speeding down the road, lightning strikes ] where things aren't always what they seem. [ wolves howling ] because thrills hide in the shadows just waiting aevery

if you are planning to head inbound on i-66, it's nice and light early this thursday morning in centreville heading for fairfax and inside the beltway to the roosevelt bridge. i'll have more on traffic coming up at 4:47. back to you. >> thanks, monika. >>> the time 4:40. i am watching your money. we are seeing a small sign of recovery in the housing market. not so bad for homeowners. last month builders broke ground on the most new homes and apartments in nearly four years. overall home construction surged about 7% to the highest range since october 2008. that combined with a string of strong profits sparked a big rally on wall street. checking the numbers for you, the dow rose 103 points. it opens at 12,908. the nasdaq was up by 32 points. the s&p 500 was up by 9. >>> capital one bank is handing out millions of dollars in refunds for tricking credit card companies in buying costly addon services. we're talking payment protection and credit monitoring services. in a settlement with the golf, capital one will pay $140 million to two million customers. they were led to believe the services we

nice trip into centreville and continuing past 250.ice trip across the 14th street bridge into d.c. >> a commuter alert to tell you about this morning. more track work will mean delays on every line except the yellow one. on the red line, the medical center and bethesda stations will be closed. shuttle buses will run between grosvenor and friendship heights so give yourself about 30 minutes of travel time. you should add about 10 to 15 minutes to your trip. you can find the details on myfoxdc.com. >>> take a look at this dangerous situation. it was on at metro center wednesday night. a woman tried to get from one side of the red line platform by crossing the tracks. he she made it halfway before other rider yelled at her to stop. she stood on the light great while power to the third rail was shut down and metro workers rescued her. metro said she had only been in the u.s. for a few weeks and did not speak much english. she will not be charged. >>> house republican darryl issa is pushing an idea to tax those who live outside of the dose

but if you're out in chantilly and centreville, you got more than two inches of rain tonight in somend you did see some flash flooding. here is a look at our doppler right now where you can see we have just some spotty showers throughout the area. and we're looking at some decent cells still going throughout in the west of town towards warrenton and new market. but in the beltway, we're looking at just only a couple areas of light rain. but for a lot of the activity has died down, and we're starting to actually dry out here a little bit. so the last couple of hours, you can see when showers come through and it's a lot quieter now. around the district we're dry, but you can see out towards warrenton and just north of culpeper we had some pretty good rains go through. so here is a look at our michael and son weather camera. temperature now 71-degree. the dew points are around 67. with the rain that came through, i can feel out in the weather terrace it does feel a little less humid. the winds are east, northeast at about 8 miles an hour. so right now temperatures in the lower 70s in to

eastbound 66 working your way from from centreville over to fair oaks. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> metro testing a pay by phone system for parking in its lots. starting today, customers at rockville and fort totten can use what is called park mobile. it will work for rockville's parking stations and both station's kiss and ride spots. it is also the same system used at about 17,000 meters parking spots in the district. >>> another local utility company is asking for a rate increase. this time, baltimore electric and gas customers could feel the pinch. bg & e asked the state regulatory board to approve rate increases. the company says it is needed to comply with reliability and public safety requirements that were enacted. typical electric bill would go up about $7 a month. the typical gas bill would increase about $5 a month. >>> two tech giants about to bat it would out in court. coming up next, a fight over smart phones and tablets. we'll explain that. >>> have you ever heard of the black had the convention? >> no. >> neither have