two tornados may have touched down in chantilly and prince georges county.here's how the numbers stack up. about 17,000 people are still without power in our area. at one point, more than 150,000 customers didn't have electricity because of all those storms. >>> good morning. everyone. welcome to news4 today. i'm angie goff. >> i'm richard jordan. it's sunday, september 9, 2012. the storms have moved out of the way and brought some cooler temperatures. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell has moved outside. looks like you've lost your jacket. >> i have. it's 67 degrees and from my view here, i cannot see a single cloud in the entire sky. i think that's the case here through at least the rest of this morning and then friendly cumulus skies this afternoon. even if you get a rain drop or two even if you see a rain drop, no severe weather threat. no thunder and lightning tundz. and 62 in martinsburg. 62 in hagerstown. as you make your plans to get outside and enjoy your day today, here's storm 4 doppler. nothing showing up on doppler now. a couple of sprinkl

you can see chantilly getting moderate to heavy rain. alexandria getting hit soon. the oranges and reds is rainfall two inches an hour in some spots. you can see it's crossing the beltway at 395 landmark avenue, fair lands, fra cone that. it's a very active night out there. we are expecting more showers and storms. again, heavy rain possible, lows in the 70s. winds southeast at around 10 miles per hour. tomorrow morning as you're waking up, i'm not concerned about a lot of showers in the morning. maybe a couple of spots of showers. temperatures will bottom out in the 70s. by 11:00, we could see more showers and storms and as the day progresses into the afternoon and evening hours, more scattered showers and storms. don't cancel the barbecue just yet. bruce, back to you. >>> shift gears. charlotte started to welcome some 35,000 people to town for the democratic national convention. the official program kicks off on tuesday. delegates are eager to talk up their candidates, president barack obama. danielle nottingham has the latest from charlotte. >> reporter: with cho

he was a running back at chantilly high school in 1996 when they were state champions.2002 we had was 21, he -- when he was 21, he was convicted of murder for hire and sentenced to death. the conviction and sentence devastated the entire family. twice his mother was given dates for justin's execution. >> it was just a very sick feeling that, you know, wow, this is the day they say they're going to take my son's life and you feel so helpless. you know, how can i stop this? what can i do? >> reporter: wolfe was a marijuana dealer. the jury found him guilty of hiring owen barber to kill daniel petrolli who was wolfe's drug supplier. barber was the prosecution's star witness. >> he is a person who is able to manipulate. >> reporter: but in 2005 barber recanted his testimony and said wolfe had nothing to do with the murder. in 2010 barber testified in federal court that he implicated wolfe to avoid the death penalty. the judge overturned wolfe's convictions finding that prosecutors allowed barber to give false testimony. >> my son should not be dying for selling marijuana. >

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back to school in chantilly. 71 in fairfax. an isolated downpour or two. it is going to be sticky.ew spotty showers. a slightly better chance of seeing a few widespread downpours. >> here we are at the 14th street bridge. moving pretty well. in different parts of the area some wet pavement. if it looks dry where you are, it could change. this is the first day after the summer basically. looking good. i-395 up from springfield to the 14th street bridge. down near exit with some flashing light on the shoulder. we'll take a look and see what that is in the minute. right now, just a brief delay at the exit on 109. we have a problem in northwest washington. a tree came down in the road way on beach drive closing it both ways. nobody is getting by now because of the tree downed. it happened within the last hour. watch out for police direction. avoid it completely, use 16th street, military road or connecticut avenue. that's an early look at traffic. back to you in the studio. >> thanks. it is 4:44 now. >> coming up, a driver who is fed up with the tolles on the delulls way. dulles way. g

ourselfly chilly around chantilly and centerville., maryland, 47 degrees your current reading. georgetown and potomac at 45 degrees, just up to our north. at the bus stop, around 7:00, 8:00 a.m., a mostly clear sky. it's actually quite lovely. jacket cool, yes, indeed. 47 to 50 degrees. by the afternoon, we'll max out at 76 degrees. starting out cooler than yesterday. a little warmer by the afternoon. let's get a look at traffic now. first 4 traffic with danella sealock. >>> veronica, i'm still keeping my eye on the delays along route 50. here's a live look from chopper 4. your slow as you make your way past really the beltway. here it is here. steady delays to new york avenue. let's head over to an accident. this time outer loop just at new hampshire avenue. this crash here is blocking the right lane and causing delays. you can see heavy on the brakes as you make your way on the outer loop of the beltway. stick to the left, and you get by that accident. also seeing delays on 395. the good news is right now as you make your way northb

this is right along 66 here to the south of chantilly. a lot of lightning associated with this. this boundary right here, you see it making its way to the south and east does have fairly strong winds with it. watching this making its way toward the district in the next 15 minutes to half an hour. that's not the only thing we are watching. go out to the west. a big storm system to the west with very strong storms. that moving our way too. i will show you what i think that may get us coming up. >>> back to that arrest in a violent robbery. police say their crime spree didn't end there. shamari stone joins us. >> reporter: tonight shall the three suspects are in jail. we were here when police transported them to the first district station. exclusive video shows one of three armed robbery suspects arrested for beating thomas mass lynn, a young husband and father for his iphone. it left him unconscious with serious brain injuries and remains hospitalized. >> this has been a very difficult time for the family. they still are struggling. she is extremely grateful. >> reporter: the chie

the national weather service reports that two tornadoes may have touched down in chantilly and prince georges county. right now, about 26,000 people are still without power in our area. at one point, more than 150,000 customers did not have electricity because of the storms. good morning. thanks for being with us. each richard jordan. >> i'm angie goff. the storms rolled through yesterday as we saw and then this morning such a different story. things are cool and calm outside. >> that's right. now let's check to see if storms may affect us again today. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell has your first forecast. >> good morning, richard and angie. good morning, everybody. a noticeably cooler start to the day today. dew point temperatures which were in the 70s at this time yesterday have fallen back into the 50s this morning. as a result, it is crisp and cool outside. current temperatures are mostly in the 50s and low 60s now. remember, this time yesterday a lot of spots were well into the 70s. not a completely clear sky yet, but clearing is the trend of the day. 62 at national airpo

he was a running back at chantilly high school in 1996 when they were state champions. in 2002 when he was 21, he was convicted of murder for hire and sentenced to death. the conviction and sentence devastated the entire family. twice his mother was given dates for justin's execution. >> it was just a very sick feeling that, wow, this is the day they say they're going to take my son 's life. and you feel so helpless. how can they stop this. what can i do? >> reporter: wolfe was a marijuana dealer. the jury found him guilty of hiring owen barber to kill daniel petrole. >> he is a person who is able to manipulate. >> reporter: but in 2005, barber recanted his testimony and said wolfe had nothing to do with the murder. in 2010, barber testified in federal court that he implicated wolfe to avoid the death penalty. the judge overturned wolfe's conviction finding that prosecutors allowed barber to give false testimony. >> my son should not be dying for selling marijuana. >> reporter: last month the state lost again when a federal appeals court refused to reinstate the murder

chantilly, damascus, 72 degrees. here's a look at your hour by hour forecast at noontime. again, a little bit of sunshine poking through. a better chance of showers and even storms for the afternoon. high today, 83 droos. know that when we get any of those storms we are talking about more of the same. the drenching downpours from the remnants, what's left of isaac. so on this labor day, 83 for a high temperature with bev yot 60% chance of rain for today. up to 70% chance for your tuesday. still, very humid air. temperatures won't change very much. wednesday, too, but even a greater threat of showers and storms coming our way on wednesday before end of the week drying. so keep a watchful high in the sky today. we head to the roads again with mike. >> not too bad right now on the interstates. things are good on 395 as you make the trip north. live look at the cameras. edsall road. hov restrictions have been lift we'd the xips of route 50 in maryland because of the federal holiday. 14th street bridge. it's a 12-minute ride from the beltway to the bridge at 67 miles an hour. r

i know they saw him a couple in i think prince george's county and also chantilly. they checked out reston and lorton areas and there were no reports of confirmed tornadoes touching down, but you definitely saw some funnels and i definitely saw rotation. here's what we got in the wake of those violent storms, high temperature today of 77 degrees, boston 69, buffalo 70s. they'll see the leaves changing up there real soon. we still have some heat in the middle part of the country but nothing like the triple digits last week. this is a welcome relief, especially for the middle part of the country that has suffered so terribly with high heat and drought conditions. check out the next two days, 78 degrees tomorrow, beautiful, award winning, 82 degrees wednesday, so a little bit warmer but again hard pressed to find any clouds around during the day tomorrow or wednesday. our satellite and radar picture will show you that we didn't see much in the way of clouds today either, but high pressure which is centered not too far from chicago valley ruling all the weather. you can

gonzalez is live in chantilly where one of the student ats a school.d high >> students will be wearing today where the son attended school. he and his dinner brother and dead parents were found herndon home yesterday afternoon. police detectives for hours combed through the home and the was parked in the driveway. the parents were often seen in on the front porch. they were well known in the community as the neighborhood greeters. the deaths due look suspicious. police say the public is not in danger. the family was last seen this past sunday during a neighborhood picnic. many of the folks who knew them said there were a peaceful m like and did not see was wrong at this home. we understand the family church methodists, will be holding a candlelight vigil at 7:30 tonight. police are not saying how the family was killed. forest united methodist. >> we have an update on the twin in the syrian capital. >> jummy olabanji has information. >> iranian press tv says one of its correspondence has been while covering the twin blasts this morning. old maya nassat. nassar. this video was filmed mom

we will end up mostly sunny. 51 degrees in arlington, 50 in chantilly, 47 and sterling, 52 woodbrige. mostly sunny today, 67-72. our first chance of rain with temperatures is on wednesday. that's all for the forecast. let's check on traffic with angela foster. >> traffic is moving well for the most part. leaving the district of 395, running into a jam briefly. accident approaching duke , blocking two left lanes. stay to the right to get by. once you get past that, not bad the most part at the street and continuing to the capital beltway. northbound 95 between 3 and 7, all lanes are open. 66 has no early delays or incidents. looks pretty, dulles greenway and the toll road. snowboarder troubles on leesburg pike spirit back to you. >> thank you. in prince george's county, it appears the speed cameras program is making a difference. the number of vehicle and pedestrian accidents has dropped since august of last year. they issued 435,000 tickets and 7rought in more than $ million. critics say the cameras are just tool.y-making >> gas prices dropping for now. aaa reports the national averag

. >> in chantilly, rebecca cooper abc 7 news. >> you can see more during washington weekly sunday night. straight ahead on abc 7 news at 5, changes coming to a neighborhood in the district. how i knew market opening will be a big improvement for residents. >> import information about the metro for this weekend if you need to go anywhere by train. you're going to want here which stations will be closed. >> [ romney ] this president can ask us to be patient. this president can tell us it was someone else's fault. but this president cannot tell us that you're better off today than when he took office. [ female announcer ] here in virginia, e're not better off under president obama. his defense cuts threaten over one hundred thirty thousand jobs lowering home values, putting families at risk. the romney plan? tax cuts for middle class families. north american energy independence. create over three hundred forty thousand new jobs for virginia. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approved this message. >> you're watching abc7 news at 5. on our side. >> we continue with some serious prison time f

look at that sandwich of aren't in the picture today. 51 degrees in arlington and 48 in chantilly. we will get rid of the clouds and see mostly sunny skies this afternoon with their high temperature between 67-72 degrees and we will gradually warmed up with a chance of a rain shower. a beautiful forecast all around. >> good weather and good traffic for the most part. there is a report of one accident at dale boulevard and route 1 for a crash. there are minor delays there. no surprises getting through virginia on 95 this morning from del city to the beltway. this is a live look at 95. making your wife and the springfield interchange pass seminary road is quite heavy. -- making your way past the springfield interchange past seminary road is quite heavy. >> 6:44 and still to come -- the moment arnold schwarzenegger came clean about his affair. >> plus, "homeland" >> arnold schwarzenegger is coming clean about the affair the end of his marriage to maria shriver. his new memoir comes out next week. he writes about the moment is what confronted him about fathering a child with their hous

with a cloud cover, 81 in chantilly. great falls, 81 degrees. damascus and ashton coming in at 79 degrees. that front is really falling apart as it makes its way eastward. so we are really not expecting much in the way of any rain at all, not even a sprinkle. here's a look at your hometown forecast for quantico virginia. by 11:00 p.m., already the clouds will start clearing out. 72 your temperature. by 1:30 in the morning, 71. just a few clouds left around. by tomorrow morning we're back to sunshine. so we'll talk more about how bright this weekend is going to be and that next system which right now is looking like a big weather system for us. more coming right up. >>> the unsolved murder of a 17-year-old honor student in prince george's county has police reaching out to the community. amber stanley was shot to death in her own home. tony tul tells us how the search for clues is going and advice for other parents. >> somebody knows something. somebody knows something. >> it's like beyond barbaric. >> reporter: as the days go by police are still

in fairfax, around mclean and great falls and chantilly, 78 your temperature. 79 degrees in fort bellford. 57 degrees expected in d.c. tonight. close to 62 some areas as well. upper 40s generally to the north and west of our area. with a high temperature tomorrow going up to 82 degrees. we expect to see sunshine here, a few clouds moving in from the west. a few more clouds coming our way for friday. so tomorrow morning, 47 to 60 degrees. with a light wind. a cool start. so it's jacket weather. it's cool. then we get into the warm. nice and warm for the afternoon. 79 to 83 degrees. here's a look at your four-day forecast. the weekend could not be better now. that front that we've been talking about will come through a little earlier friday night, or late. 79 to around 80 degrees saturday and sunday with a lot of sunshine. we talked about the blue mont festival yesterday, let's talk about the potomac. the 40th anniversary, family and friends can paddle on the potomac river. they've got speakers and fun activities. again, it's saturday 11:00 to 3:00 at georgetown waterfront park in d.c. here

great falls and chantilly starting out at 46. you can see that temperature to the north. columbia, maryland, at 46. germantown and ashton also starting out in the 40s this morning. so indeed pretty chilly. we have warmed up, though. a lot of folks shedding their jackets, getting rid of the sweatshirts, too. t right now at 75 to 79 degrees throughout the area. still running a few degrees below average. hardly a cloud to be found in the sky. we've got a few clouds up in pennsylvania and a few clouds down to the south but no trouble whatsoever. so the question is how long can we hang onto this nice weather? look at your evening, down to 68 degrees by 9:00 p.m. another starry night for us. we'll have the answer to that question as to when our weather is going to take a turn coming up in just a couple minutes. >>> breaking news now. a d.c. superior court where just moments tagg the judge sentenced all five men convicted in the d.c. mass shooting case. three of them, orlando carter, robert boast, and jeffrey best, will serve life without parole. san kwan carter received 54 year

chantilly, virginia, low to mid-60s. up into the 70s in the afternoon and partly cloudy.he entire region will be up in the mid-70s by midafternoon. light breezes. by 6:00 p.m., back down to the mid-70s. rain moving into the metro area by midnight. could get strong storms tomorrow. i'll talk about that. we'll look at the seven day outlook into the weekend in ten minutes. danella has a look at traffic. good morning. >> good morning. >>> if you're traveling in virginia, first in stafford, still seeing route 1, your southbound lanes blocked from washington drive to colt landing road because of the crash there. i-66 eastbound at 28, left lane, as two of your left lanes really are blocked at this time. tow truck is on the scene. crash here is a multivehicle accident. we'll talk about delays because heavy delays right now as you make your way past sudley. then you're slamming on the brakes. stick to the right to get past that accident. rails look great. no reported delays on metro, marc, or vre. aaron and eun, back over to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> breaking news in iraq. a

temperatures currently, 71 in chantilly. we've got to come apart coming in at 76.orge's county, hill cyst crest heights. sandy spring coming in at 7 2. kensington right now, 72 degrees. your forecast, hometown forecast, 82 by the noon hour today. showers and storms, 3:00, 84, 85 degrees. you guessed it, more of the same like yesterday. rain and heavy downpours at times this afternoon and evening. >>> right now getting a live look from chopper 4 at the dulles toll road. if you're traveling inbound here. outbound as well. nice and clear in both directions no. not a lot of volume just yet. i-66 heading eastbound past 234. you're heavy on the brakes. delays here continue right around centerville. once you pass centerville it's not bad. live look at fairfax county parkway with nice and clear eastbound in the beltway. your travel speed, 53 miles per hour. that drive taking 11 minutes. some good news on metro. single tracking on the orange line, it's gone. single tracking on the blue line, disabled train. addison road to stadium armory. back in ten minutes with another lo

wolfe was a star running back at chantilly high school -- justin wolfe was involved in drugs dealing marijuana. but the witnesses who helped get wolfe convicted of a drug- related murder later recanted their testimony and that led to a court overturning his murder conviction. >>> virginia's board of health is set to vote today on a new regulation for abortion clinics. in june the board went against state attorney general ken cuccinelli and removed a provision which would have required clinics to meet the same standards as new hospitals. but then kush nellie -- cuccinelli refused to certify the regulations saying the board overstepped its authority. >>> more than three years later met free has fixed the faulty train detection system at the root of the dedzly 2009 -- dedzly 2009 -- deadly 2009 crash. it should prevent trains on the same line from getting too close to each other. trains could soon return to automatic control. metro has been running trains in manual mode since the accident. >>> a vacant apartment complex is about to become a pile of rubble. prince george's county executi

he was a running back at chantilly high school in 1996 when they were national champions.2002 we had was 19, he was convict -- when he was 19, he was convicted of murder for hire and sentenced to death. the conviction and sentence devastated the entire family. twice his mother was given dates for justin's execution. >> it was just a very sick feeling that, you know, wow, this is the day they say they're going to take my son's life and you feel so helpless, you know. how can i stop this? what can i do? >> reporter: wolfe was a marijuana dealer. the jury found him guilty of hiring owen barber to kill daniel petrolli who was wolfe's drug supplier. barber was the prosecution's star witness. >> he is a person who is able to manipulate. >> reporter: but in 2005 barber recanted his testimony and said wolfe had nothing to do with the murder. in 2010 barber testified in federal court that he implicated wolfe to avoid the death penalty. the judge overturned wolfe's conviction finding that prosecutors allowed barber to give false testimony. >> my son should not be dying for selling m

it's 70 in chantilly, virginia. good morning to you folks at st. michaels, maryland, 68 is your temperature. just a little cooler. so sat slight and radar, you've got to look wait over there in petersburg. a little bit of isolated shower. there might be a little isolated shower today. mainly up around the maryland/pennsylvania border an right there where they are currently over in west virginia. i'm looking for sunshine today. mostly sunny sky. and temperatures that are going to rise quickly to the upper 80s to low 90s. the sun angle is low but we're not going to get in the way. should be able to easily rise to that mark. tomorrow morning, dry. we've got a lot of sunshine around our area. and then there comes that weather front. some showers, some storms for saturday. i'm thinking late afternoon and for the evening hours as well. as that front comes through, it's going to bring the change to our area. but for those storms that come in during the late afternoon and especially the early evening hours, it could come with some hail and it may come with

they're on display at the national air and space museum's rudvar hasi center in chantilly.rong died last month. a public memorial service takes place a week from today at the washington national cathedral. >>> one last check at the door before we head out. >> a little wet this morning, so pack the umbrella. showers right now are generally light with heavier stuff south of culpeper. showers, a chance for the afternoon, maybe even an isolated thunderstorm i think prior to 4:00 in areas south of d.c. but "todatoda hot today, 92 fee 95 with humidity. still hot tomorrow, a big cooldown sunday. danella? >>> still checking i-66, sluggish making your way eastbound past fairfax county parkway, and your travel speed there, 37 miles per hour. eun and aaron? >> thank you, danella. and that is "news4 today." thank you for starting your day with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes with weather, traffic and any breaking news and we're back here tomorrow morning at 4:28. hope you'll join us then. until then, have a great day. >> make it a great thursday, everybody.

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frederick, maryland and approaching shower around leesburg and that's headed towards restin and chantillyeeks and pokes of sunshine. we're at 79 degrees right now. we'll see a high today like yesterday upper 80s, but some storms possible downpours later >>> i'm thinking of convening a panel right now. a little construction off the plaza. >> look out below. >> yikes. >> mr. roker, thank you. when we come back we'll talk to the author of the new "vanity fair" article about tom cruise and the church of scientology's effort to audition a wife for him. that's the article. back after this. og#wvs#q'ppu;v? ♪ nope. [ female announcer ] charmin ultra soft is so soft you'll have to remind your family they can use less. charmin ultra soft is made with extra cushions that are soft and more absorbent. plus you can use four times less versus the leading value brand. don't worry, there's plenty left for you dad. we all go. why not enjoy the go with charmin ultra soft? they're whole grain good... and yummy good. real fruit pieces. 12 grams of whole grains and a creamy yogurt flavored coating. quaker yogu