i understand you opened a homeless shelter in charlottesville. yeah i did we shot evan almighty and i went to school at the university of virginia and university region is you know as a college does saying can you help us and i said well i think you're endowed and i looked around the community and i met a beautiful woman enjoy johnson who was in touch with the homeless of charlottesville and i asked her about what the community needed and the community was fighting for a living wage can you imagine that in a community as wealthy as charlottesville we're still not supporting people to the level where they can actually make it and when you do the math it just doesn't work you know for a janitor to to serve us at our schools they can't make it so i got involved with joy in the community of charlottesville and we ended up i purchased a church which i had given back to the community and it's now a home with a shelter and a community center they can use the church for free for weddings or per music and dance events and then that their community interac

one or two showers north and west of charlottesville. that is about it. good news, we'll be dry for the afternoon commute. 79degrees at reagan national. humidity, 77%. that is not a combination for comfort. winds are light. hot and humid. the forecast calling for the possibility of afternoon thunderstorms. highs in the low to mid-90s so a little warmer than yesterday. >> good thing i got my outdoor work done yesterday. >> me too. i called to a summer. >> time to check in with julie wright. how you doing? >> it is wisdom martin in the morning. i know the boys in the barbershop will be talking about this. >> they'll be talking about you, julie. >> the top stretch of the beltway, outer loop not so bad as you travel between college park and bethesda. 95 out of springfield lanes are open. it is a quiet trip in each direction at the wilson bridge and no incidents to report coming inbound from the west off of 66. lanes are open leaving fair oaks headed in towards 123 and out on the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> it was one of the most

farther to the south, other showers near charlottesville and south of there. temperatures all around the region low to mid-70s throughout much of the region. 77 at reagan national. we've got the steamy humidity with us. here's a live view of the sky from the skywatcher camera. on the right off in the distance, lots of the haze. southern loudoun county. on the left is northern fairfax county. you can barely make out tyson's corner there the lower left of your screen on this picture from our skywatcher camera. by 9:00, low 80s. we'll have it reaching near 90 and hovering around 90 through much of the afternoon. there is the possibility of some scattered thunderstorms developing late afternoon, perhaps early this evening. and there is just a small chance that an isolated storm would produce any wind damage or perhaps some hail. and that looks mainly to be to our south in virginia, perhaps parts of southern maryland late afternoon and early this evening. a look at the night planner in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> first let's start out with the rails. m

i'm tracking some showers and storms down toward roanoke and charlottesville.d rain in blacksburg and in lynchburg as well. so, that moisture definitely pushing in as our south and southwest winds go from light to close to 5 and 8 miles per hour by later on this afternoon. so, here it is in a nutshell. what you need to know as you step out the door this morning. clouds are taking over. that's going to increase our rain chances and our humidity and i can't rule out that late- day scattered shower or thunderstorm possibility. then as we head into the next two days, the rain chances do continue each afternoon. so, this is typical, unstable july weather. particularly with the daytime heating. the relative humidity, quite high. 100% for manassas and culpepper. moist toward fredericksburg as well. we'll continue again pumping in the moisture throughout the day. temperatures though, as they rise in the daytime heating kicks in, the instability will give us the opportunity to spark some showers and thunderstorms. here it is in your future cast, forecast model, clouds r

. >>> and this comes to us from wvir, nbc 29 in charlottesville, virginia, where some end penicillin day celebrations had nothing to do with fireworks or barbecues. dozens of immigrants made the trek to thomas jefferson's home to mark america's 235th birthday and become u.s. citizens. 77 people from 44 different countries were sworn in at the annual naturalization ceremony, making them america's newest citizens and a welcome addition. i'm lynn berry and this is early today, just your first stop of the day, today, on your nbc station. >>> do not adjust your television. one animal does kind of look like an optical illusion. take a look at this very rare donkra. a cross between a donkey and a zebra. a zoo in china has a lot of folks scratching their heads by showing off the crossbreed. with its size and head similar to a donkey and legs striped like a zeep zebra. mom is taking him in as one of her own. >>> next is a sing-along that was a true group effort. 20,000 performers belted out some serious notes at a song festival in astonia. the mass choir brought in over 100,000 people, 8% of

. >>> well, this comes to us from wvir nbc 29 in charlottesville, virginia, where some end penicillin day celebrations had nothing to do with fireworks or barbecues. dozens of immigrants made the trek to thomas jefferson's home to mark america's 235th birthday and become u.s. citizens. 77 people from 44 different countries were sworn in at the annual naturalization ceremony, making them america's newest citizens and a welcome addition. always great to see that on the fourth of july. you think of traditional fireworks and everything like that, but that's always a good way to remember what it's all about. >> i always like to see regular americans take the test and see how many of those questions they -- >> that we're not going to do here this morning. we are not going to do that here this morning. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> right now back to work after a night full of oohs and aahs in the nation's capital. >> that was last night. this is this morning, very early this morning, skies are clear of fireworks this

. >>> and this comes to us from wbir nbc 29 in charlottesville, virginia, where in nearby charles city a large crowd witnessed the highly anticipated send-off of a few celebrities. a trio of young eagles soared to new heights after their release into the wild. thousands kept tabs of them after their birth on a web cam. after their mother was killed, they were adopted, and they were taught to fly by animal rescuers who marvelled at the sights of their star pupils spreading their wings. >> now it is very common they have is a lot of nests like that. >> when you see them from that small growing up and finally spreading their wings and leaving is an emotional moment. >>> i'm amara sohn, and this is "early today," your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> an english youth soccer team received a warm welcome in columbia yesterday. security staffers and a parrot mascot greeted the team with an impromptu dance party. the england squad had just arrived to compete in this year's under 20 world cup. the players were definitely a bit hesitant at first, but eventually loosened up an

to the north of roanoke and lynchburg, and that's beginning to drift up the blue ridge around charlottesville later this morning, this front is going to be stalled right over us, and right over our region is where we'll have scattered showers and thunderstorms. just to the south of washington is where we have the risk of severe storms later this afternoon and into early this evening. right now no storms around, no rain, don't have any travel problems weatherwise. there's just a hazy sky over the washington monument. sunrise at 5:49. a little hazy sunshine this morning and a mostly cloudy afternoon as we climb to the upper 80s and maybe even low 90s in a few areas. late afternoon into the evening is when we do have the possibility of scattered thunderstorms around. it's only a 30% or 40% chance. still nonetheless, a slight risk of severe storms. partly cloudy late this evening. still steamy. starting off tomorrow morning in the low to mid-70s with thick summer haze and humidity around. another hazy and hot day on thursday. partly sunny with highs reaching the low 90s by midafternoon. again dur

charlottesville and virginia, 84. they had rain across the area.rain cooled temperatures prevailed. lows this morning came in around 70 degrees into baltimore. 72 in dulles and more of the same into winchester. low 70s in hagerstown. york coming in right around 66. so speaking of 66, that moisture content is once again high. york dealing with patchy fog when you have all that humidity out there on the dew points the same as the temperatures, you are deeing with saturated air -- dealing with saturated air. if your travels take you that way, make sure to have the low beams on. 69 in baltimore for a dew point temperature and 70 in washington and culpepper around 7 3. so once again, we are dealing with that very sultry balmy air. the air quality, yes, we have a code orange in effect once again everywhere except for theeastern shore. that -- you should limit your outdoor activity if you have asthma or lung disease. we are dealing with mainly clear skies. the cloud will move in more as we go into the afternoon. and also the chance for showers and thunder

dew points are coming up. 69 degrees this morning into dulles and 70 in winchester. 72 in charlottesvillere are the dew points i want to show you because they are high. 71 degrees in dc. 70 in culpepper. upper 60s into baltimore and frederick and check out easton right around 7 3. so when you talk about the 70s, upper 60s oppressive outside. we have a code orange so we are definitely looking at some very stale air out there. we are not getting any type of momentum or movement out in the atmosphere and that's why we have the code orange. so if you do have asthma, lung disease, limit your outdoor activities today. satellite and radar not picking up on a lot as of now. but we will have a picks turf sun and clouds as we go throughout the day. and i believe as we go into the afternoon, we will see more showers and thunderstorms popping up. and this is what we are looking at. we have the stationary front that's going to be the focal point if the showers and thunderstorms do pop up. we have a slight risk for damaging winds and also hail. those will be the biggest threats if we get strong storms,

more 80s in charlottesville and winchester and snuck out 73into oakland.ows this morning, 69 into baltimore the dulles around 68. oakland 61. more of the same into york pennsylvania and 64 in hagerstown. the moisture is going to be a big story. you can see over the 65 degree mark into baltimore right now. you know we are feeling very soupy out there. but hopfully going throughout the day, they will go down a little bit. but still going to be a little on the muggy side. right now culpepper is at 72 for a dew point. so as we look at the air quality alert, we do have this in effect for today. but everybody is not so great especially as we head into most parts of maryland. but as we head over to the eastern shore, that's where you are out of the air quality alert. if you have lung disease, limit your exposure to outdoors for today. especially the outdoor activities. satellite and radar not picking up on a lot. a few showers and storms, but mainly to the south of baltimore around the dc area. that's basically out of here. as we go through time, there's a slight

notice a couple of showers forming along the mountains down here to the south and west, west of charlottesville shower activity down in north carolina. this front will move north during the day tomorrow, so it's going to wobble a little bit, and i think will come close enough to our area that we'll see a much better chance of rain that we saw today. tomorrow i do think we'll see a good chance, especially from the d.c. area southward. if you're in southern maryland, a pretty good chance for you. northern virginia, i think you have a good chance. north of d.c. less of a chaps. you can still see a shower or storm but the best chance will be to the south. very warm and very humid once again during the afternoon and then here comes another front on thursday. thursday i think everybody has about an equal chance of seeing storms. it's only about 40% so once again don't think it's going to be a washout. just be prepared for a quick moving thunderstorms and heavy downpours at times. warm and humid. 74 degrees. tomorrow afternoon, partly sunny, hot and humid with scattered afternoon thunderstorms. temper

basically, 90s across the board except for oakland around 81. 95 degrees in charlottesville.s morning temperatures are on the warm side and above average. baltimore coming in around 71. and 68 in dulles and we have 68 in winchester and also in hagerstown. york coming in at 67. and 70 in easton. dover right around 72. so we are looking at more temperatures. these are the dew points. we see the green on the map. you know what that means. that means it's pretty humid and it will stay that way throughout the day. the dew points are above 65 so we are feeling the oppressiveness and that's going to continue going into easton coming in around 70. more of the same in culpepper. 66 in frederick. and the satellite and radar not picking up on a whole lot in terms of the rainfall and showers and thorls and that's what we like to see at this time. going into the afternoon, yes, we have a chance for more isolated to scattered showers to pop up as this cold front advances into a stationary front. it's going to stall out and we will have the chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon

you are well off to the south and west, and by south and west, i mean out towards front royal, charlottesvilleyou are not quite done with it. the frontal system developing late in the day yesterday rolling on through. you can see off to the south and to the south and east, we've still got the rain showers across the region. the trend will be quieter weather here for this morning. kind of dry out if a while and than this afternoon, with a front in the vicinity being we'll see if we don't see a few more showers and thunderstorms pop up. there you go. you can see the bigger picture. most of the weather well off to the south and east at this hour. as you open it up a little bit, it's typical yusuf weather pat were here as we got a lot of haze up there, a lot of humidity, a frontal system, a weak one at that that is just wafering across the area. we have -- wavering across the area. we have 60s out there today. forecast for today, code orange air quality. we've had that for the last couple of days. that is moderate air quality. partly sunny skies. again, isolated. they were more numerous yesterday

isolated shower down toward charlottesville and cumberland.uring the afternoon, we'll have hit and miss showers popping up here and there. not expecting a lot of activity. that boundary still to the south tomorrow, we'll try to inch back toward the north. in the afternoon, we'll see a scattering of showers and storms especially from baltimore, washington south and east. south of that line. north and west of town, tomorrow, not much expected. even on thursday, we'll bubble up to more showers and storms. could be more widespread as the boundary gets back in the neighborhood. for the next three days, today headed back to work or whatever your plans are, it is going to be hot and humid. isolated storm or two. 91. tomorrow, upper 80s. any thunderstorms south of town, north and west, lesser chances. thursday, more widespread thunderstorms again in the upper 80s. friday, more storms. 88. over the weekend, we'll dry out some. saturday, 91. slim shower chance. sunday and monday, hotter. highs in the lower to middle 90s. it is time for a look at traffic

there is some lighting, but it is down more toward charlottesville. again, not a serious threat for the fireworks. around 9:00 p.m. about 84 degrees, warm and humid. i will tell you about what is coming our way for tomorrow. but right now, for the fireworks, i think it looks fine. >> for our by our strong chances you can go to our website at wjla.com. >>> the grand finale for the big for the july weekend is fun for everyone. here's the night that everybody has been waiting for. about four hours from now the skies over the national mall will be bright. a brilliant fireworks display. and before that, in concert for everyone to -- and before that, in concert for everyone to enjoy. >> it sounds like the best is yet to come with the concert and fireworks, but for a lot of the people the party may go late. but it also started early. >> the bands played and the balloons flew over an audience of thousands lined up along constitution avenue. but it is the promise of something even more spectacular that brought out the real crowds. >> fireworks. >> the firework

still one or two showers here south and west of fredericksburg down towards charlottesville. that is the worst of t here is the deal. before a cold front trying to make its way through. apts weak one and it is going to kind of hang up just south of washington later today. any time we get a frontal system this time. year, that can serve as a place to get some lift in the atmosphere. the possibility is out there we could see more showers and more thunderstorms redevelop along that line later today. temperature at dulles, 75. partly sunny skies. a little less humidity than yesterday. temperatures still in the low 90s. isolated and/or evening thunderstorm a possibility. got to be ready for it just in case. that being said, much of the day should be dry. >> most of the barbecuing activity will be all right. >> that is good because i got good plans today. >> are you the grill master? >> top secret. >> happy fourth of july, lauren. >> good morning. things are hooking pretty good. we do have a lot of closures for folks around the national mall for folks heading down there for the hol

but this may be overplaying to a little bit particularly down here south of charlottesville. still, there is some moisture out there, me precipitation off to the south and west of the district. we'll keep our eyes on it through the course of the morning hours. let's go to the graphics. take a look at the satellite- radar for the entire area. main feature you will see here is cloudy skies that we've got in over us this morning. a fair amount of cloud cover. i do think we'll get some breaks in the clouds during the course of the day so we'll call for a partly sunny day today as the day progresses. very similar to the last couple of days with sun mixed with clouds through the course of the day. our temperatures this morning, we are agetting five warm start again, i think we're used to that. 77degrees here in the district. annapolis is at 76 degrees. our friends at leonardtown, 7 #. dulles, 71 and hagerstown is at 70 at this hour. the forecast for today, more of the same. -- our friend at leonardtown, 72. scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms. look for a high today of 93

the exception down towards charlottesville.you are going down 95, you might encounter one or two showers. the rest of the us, just a soupy atmosphere out there. a lot of humidity this morning with all the rain we had overnight. close to an inch of rain at reagan national. this is a lot rain. we'll dry things out. our wind will shift out of the north and west. it will be less humid than yesterday. with that that being said, with temperatures pushing the 90- degree mark, the possibility of more showers and thunderstorms later today. check out that humidity, 79%. perhaps an afternoon thunderstorm. less hugeious than yesterday. we'll go about 92 for the afternoon high. >> thank you. appreciate if. >>> time to check in with lauren demarco and see what is happening on the roads. >> good morning to all of you. our major arteries dealing with pretty light volumes. that is some good news. we do have a little bit of aftereffects. route 9 at 704 in loudoun county, some power cables reportedly down there. got an accident reported in spring

but there's that watch, does extend towards richmond, charlottesville, into virginia, too.we are going to see a chance for rain, but most will be to the south. out there now, partly cloudy, 90 degrees. dew point of 64. that's dropped a little bit. that's good news, too. the heat index right now is 93. it is very warm, on the humid side. 91 in frederick, 88 right now in manassas. fredricksburg coming in at 88. there's a frontal boundary to the south. that's why most showers and storms should stay south, and anything developing towards pittsburgh normally has a chance to move through our region. but i think most of this will die out before it gets here. let's hope. that's the forecast. and that's the way we're going to continue to playthings here. cold front down to our south will stay to our south. i think tomorrow another warm and humid day with temperatures above that 90 degree mark once again. the best chance of storms tomorrow will be well south. they will, return, though, during the day wednesday. at least a 40% chance of storms wednesday. so not everybody is going to s

right now just a few sprinkles coming through charlottesville, temperatures near 70 throughout most ofhe region. 74 at reagan national. there's the cloudy sky over capitol hill and the potomac river this morning, and temperatures by 9:00 with sun breaking out, ought to be in the upper 70s, near 80. by noontime, mid-80s and partly sunny. for the afternoon, up around 90 degrees, not as humid as yesterday. we have the possibility of storms popping up and into the afternoon and evening. a look at your "nice planner" at 6:41. >>> a report of an accident in d.c. at florida avenue and third street northwest. accident blocking all lanes. and rhode island avenue is blocked in that area as well. be cautious as you're making your way. the beltway right now in maryland at university boulevard, inner loop and outer loop of maryland looking good. in virginia at robinson terminal, your lanes are clear. 395 at shirlington circle, 395 you're clear at the beltway as you make your way over the 14th street bridge. back to you, aaron. >> thanks, danella. >>> the strong wind and heavy rain being blamed for

but this is where the energy is around charlottesville.s here, severe thunderstorms in this region. but to the north, they just don't have the power. don't really have the kick. and that's good. mother nature keeping her own fireworks south of us. so i think most of the area is going to be a-okay with temperatures falling down over the next couple hours. it's still going to be warm. 89 degrees now, winds on the calm side, dew point 63. that puts the heat index around 92 to 93 degrees. it's credible 90 in frederick, 84 in hagerstown, 85 in martinburg, and frederick at 88. here's the showers with the computer model around 7:00. you see some shower activity, no real thunderstorms here, but watch what happens by 9:00. they're all down to the south, a few light lingering showers possible. but 9:00, i think just about everybody in our area is going to be on the dry side. best chance we'll stay down to the south through the evening hours, maybe towards southern maryland around st. mary's county, and you are under that severe thunderstorm watch to

charlottesville, where they have seen heavy rain, right now down to 74 degrees.rain to our south. so dale city, down through fredricksburg, into stafford county, expect shower activity here, and you're under a severe thunderstorm watch, it includes southern maryland, charles county over towards calvert county and st. mary's county, all under that severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00. i'm really not too worried about severe wal weather, though, for you. i think you willy showers. these are where the storms are, frederick county, virginia also into the pan handle of west virginia. we are going to see some showers over the next couple hours, and they will continue to move through, move to the south. but there's a few up here towards pennsylvania that could also come into western portions of maryland, hagerstown, frederick, could even clip northern virginia or the district later on this evening. but i still think we're going to be a-okay. most of those storms as they make their way east are dying out, and i think they will continue to do that throughout the evening

i went university of princeton and graduate school at harvard and ended up 15 years ago in charlottesville teaching european history of of first sense. >> what is life like? >> it is wonderful to teach about the 18th century the students are excellent. says you have probably seen and it is an interesting place and it is the big public marseille university with a liberal arts school with the ivy league school at an interesting about them in state comment on a state and enhanced with a law school filled with interesting people i am very happy being here. >> host: as a tenured professor and are you encouraged to write and publish it? >> absolutely. there is not a sense if you do not write a book you will lose your job tomorrow we have enormous privilege of job security but there is a strong sense it is a research university that they go together the way to provide students with interesting courses is buy simultaneously and gazed with a research and writing project. almost all of my colleagues are always somewhere in the process of writing books and articles. pressure may not be the right word

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