we've had late day thunderstorms and showers, down towards charlottesville. if you're watching from hagerstown, had you a different afternoon and you'll have are different evening over the next our or two. expect showers and thunderstorms to continue. on and off downpours and a little bit of lightening. here's your evening planner, 87 in the metro, by 7:00 p.m. partly cloudy skies, 83 by 9:0080 by 11:00. it will be pretty humid again tomorrow, we'll see relief by sunday. with the humidity. low temperatures overnight. 76 in the district. 75 in quantico, four in fredericksberg. saturday, tomorrow, it's the one day we have to watch for thunderstorms, some of which might be prett outline the details for your thunderstorms and a look at the independence of any day forecast coming up in your seven-day. >>> still ahead. we're following a developing story. one person is dead. five others hurt after a shooting inside a new york hospital. then should members of congress be allowed to buy bullet-proof vests? the proposal being floated around. >> if you have a story idea

notice off to the south and west the developing rain showers down towards charlottesville.ogether and get some scattered showers later today. heaviest of the rain will be south of us this afternoon as this whole system kind of moves west to kentucky and parts of tennessee early this morning. otherwise not as warm as yesterday with the cloud cover. we'll be in the mid to upper 70's and we'll keep the clouds around and cool temperatures with an upper level low for a couple of days wednesday and thursday. i'll get out of your way here. sun will be back in a big way by the end of the week and into the weekend. we may do that 90 by next sunday. we'll definitely do 90's by early next week as a big ridge of high pressure builds overhead. >> and then we keep going. >> and then we keep going and going. >> to turning b back. >> caitlin is in. doing birthday traffic. >> thank you for coming in earl to do some weather with us. appreciate it. 66 eastbound at sudley road we have building volume. no accidents. heavy through manassas. on and off as you approach the beltway. let's go to our

you see it on your screen around charlottesville. will show you where the rain is heading ♪ [doorbell] ♪ ♪ when you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need to help you thrive. ♪ kaiser permanente. thrive. ♪ me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northam,aught and when survivors of the virginia tech shooting asked me to support an assault weapons ban and close the gun show loophole, i took on the fight. i saw what those weapons can do as an army doctor during the gulf war. now, i'm listening carefully to donald trump, and i think he's a narcissistic maniac. whatever you call him, we're not letting him bring his hate into virginia. >>> right now on "news 4 today," london bridge back open after deadly attacks on that famous landmark. new details about the 12 people in custody and their connection. >>> tragedy at a local lake. a little boy's body pulled from the water after he wandered away. why his family will not face charges and important safety reminders we all should hear before we spend any time outdoor

. >>> charlottesville, virginia, is on edge again. demonstrators took to the streets last month to protest a rally staged by white supremacists. and the ku klux klan has applied for a rally downtown. that will likely be approved, but he is urging the residents of charlottesville to ignore it. in addition, another right wing white supremacist group is also asking for a permit to stage a rally in august. >>> heavy hearts at school graduation. seniors from germantown's northwest high wrestle with the loss of two classmates. they were murdered just last night, hours before they were to don their caps and gowns. police found them shot to death in a car in montgomery village. the killer and the motive all still a mystery tonight. by all accounts, these were two really good young men. excellent students, and they were very much missed at today's graduation. >> we may seem happy, but it's all affecting us, because we all knew at least one of them, or both of them. so it all does have some kind of effect on us. because they're great people. >>

showers down towards charlottesville. lifting northbound.her chances for culpepper, fredericksburg, southern maryland. even northern maryland has a chance for a shower or two. welcome news, any individual thunderstorms today more likely up to our north and west. temperatures courtesy of the clouds will stay in the 70s. maybe a rumble or two of thunder. look at all of these cool days in a row. today, tomorrow, wednesday, thursday staying well cooler than average. that's all right. cool is cloudy. no problem. the weekend looks mild and dry before the 90 degree returns. >>> i like mild and dry. not so crazy about today and tomorrow. do have a crash right now. we thought it was the outer loop. looked at my maps and it did change. inner loop at braddock road, two lanes brocked blocking the light. the rest of the beltway looks fine. inner loop and outer loop and all of the road work are gone. 95 north and quantico to the beltway, no problem. eun? >> thank you, melissa. your outrage over the parking prices are changing today. it will be free after

heaviest activity staying down to charlottesville. a quiet night. a muggy night. saturday afternoon, notice the showers and storms potentially coming through. those could be the strong ones that we'll have to watch for saturday. i'm coming back. we'll talk about what the moon and jupiter are doing tonight. where you can see it in the sky and the rest of the holiday forecast in a few. >>> a not so quiet night if you're headed to the eastern shore you're stuck right now in that. that is a look at the toll plaza leading up to the chesapeake bay bridge. if you're headed east to the eastern shore, ocean city, the delaware beaches, expect that to get worse in the next half more than a million people are expected to travel outside of the dmv for this upcoming holiday weekend. aaa spokesperson john townsend says the number of people traveling in and around the dmv simply mind boggling. we have lower gas prices. more people ready and willing to hit the roads. but you'll have to contend with that. >> if you haven't left, wait for early tomorrow morning. >> or take a boat ac

another 8 new the pennsylvania courthouse, and that he had buried arms near charlottesville. this is part of the problem, the hiding of arms, the dispersal of small bands into the countryside, this is precisely what grant and perhaps to a greater extent sherman, had most feared as the war came, as this renders were taking place, they were afraid that even as the army's were formally grinding down, the dispersal of the men, the hiding of the weapons would mean there would be a continued guerrilla war going on. in the wake of the assassination of lincoln, many union officials were concerned about the guerrilla warfare and especially concerned for these men, that they would continue to come in. surrendering negotiations with the army, sherman warned grant of such an outcome. "there is a danger that they will fill the land with robbers and assassins, and the assassination of lincoln shows one of the elements in the rebel army which will become was that difficult to deal with as the main army." it istion of individuals, really driving a great deal of this. the prospect of continue

thomas joining us for charlottesville, virginia.host of the joe thomas show on debbie chv -- w chv. guest: have a great morning. host: maryland. you just heard from conservative joe thomas in charlottesville, virginia. do you agree with him on his great for the president -- grade for the president? the president and a and i give the congress a be, b because i think they could back him more. the woman a call before this men, ---- dental , and that is like most of the democrats that called they want to give him a chance. they have they want to give hima been so small that they think they own trump. there are not worried about the people. if they do anything in congress are don't, it is the money. host: diane and kalamazoo, michigan, a democrat. caller: first off, i want to say thank you for working for a reliable news network. i -- appreciate hearing both sides. i would rate president trump and the congress, i would definitely give him an f. it's also phony and failure. i want to feel like our government has failed us. the economy has

my question for you is, what advice would you give mike and the people of charlottesville a -- charlottesville, a blue island in a sea of red, trying to do this right, trying to have a dialogue but very determined to get to a result not dissimilar from your own? mayor landrieu: well i'm not on the ground there, so i don't want to -- like a doctor that hasn't seen the patient, i don't want to give you bad advice and have him get hurt. i would say a couple of things. this is really, really deep. we struck a deep bone here. i don't want to tell you i'm completely surprised by it, but i am -- i am surprised. by how hard it is for people to let go of something that was obviously not true. and it really speaks to not how wrong the other side might be , but how much work we have to do to talk to each other so they can now see us. i have to say that my political sense in new orleans is that most of the people -- i know this to be true. the overwhelming majority of people in my city, the people i actually work for and i'm really clear about who i work for, one -- wanted these monuments to come down. lo

here's the rain near charlottesville, culpepper, frederick and stafford.g starting to get showers. this is going to continueor future weather gives you a hint that most of the steadier rain chances will be to the south of route 50. everybody has a chance of getting hit by rain drops today. the next couple of days as well. for more on that, let's go to sheena parveen. >> good morning, chuck. rain in the forecast over the next few days. with that rain and cloudy skies, it's going to hold temperatures down so it will be cooler. a lot cooler than we had this week. here's tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon for your tuesday, some scattered showers. chances tomorrow will be lower than today. just keep in mind we're going to stay stuck in this pa ter for a few days. by wednesday morning we still have the chance for showers around, cloudy through the day wednesday and a slight chance of a few showers as we have here. temperature wise, the normal high this time of year is up to 81 degrees. today will be close. tomorrow 77. then we drop wednesday and thursday to ar

among those killed, xavier martin. .nd dakota rigsby not far from charlottesville.ere found in flooded sleeping compartments. in investigation is underway to how the ships collided. autria: a ceremony set in alexandria as simpsons park gets ready to reopen. last wednesday five people were shot there, including congressman steve scalise. tonight's reopening ceremony will begin around six: 10:00 with little league players taking a photo in front of the scoreboard. the house majority whip underwenan saturday. police'say this condition has been upgraded from critical to serious. larry: covering metro for you for the final safetrack surge. hey, sam. good morning. talking that safetrack surge 16, this is the last one. equipment is on the tracks in this station is closed down. here's how they are getting around the problem. take a look up there, you can see eight to 10 buses lined up. those are shuttle buses that will run around. normal metro hours. some of the people waiting here. then they get on the shuttle bus to the rockville station. soon as the next one is up, this

i returned to my home city of charlottesville to find k.k.k. rallies scheduled. the guy who has the office next to me, mike signer, the mayor, under deep assault and a very divided community. i've experienced this already from hosting town halls, one had 103 policemen guarding our local congressman at the town hall that i was moderating. my question for you is, what advice would you give mike and the people of charlottesville a blue island in a sea of red, trying to do this right, trying to have a dialogue but very determined to get to a result not dissimilar from your own? mr. landrieu: well i'm not on the ground there, so i don't want to -- like a doctor that hasn't seen the patient, i don't want to give you bad advice and have him get hurt. i would say a couple of things. this is really, really deep. we struck a deep bone here. i don't want to tell you i'm completely surprised by it, but i am -- i am surprised. by how hard it is for people to let go of something that was obviously not true. and it really speaks to not how wrong the other side might be but how

and a lawyer from charlottesville and a one term congressman. voter turnout in burke was light this morning. they expect the turnout to be in the single-digit's. residents have a differing opinion over whether this is a referendum on the trump presidency. >> a lot want to show that the general election was not a reflection of the prevailing sentiment of the country. i do feel it was a referendum on the tee. >> i don't believe it is a referendum on trump. choice.our we went for hillary clinton. so i think this is a virginia choice. >> polls will be open until 7:00 this evening. in burke, i am suzanne kennedy. as the governor's race heats up, so does the weather in our area. temperatures in the 90's today. a live look at the tidal basin. doug hill is here with a look at the forecast. hazy, hot and humid. 92 degrees in washington. nothing on the doppler radar yet i expect this afternoon, thunderstorms. a live look at national harbor. warm and humid and the wind will be light and with a combination of high temperatures in the 90's and high dew p unc

one is from baltimore county - and another from near charlottesville, virginia..'s janai norman has more on the questions still unanswered. at-end one of the seven sailors killed is personnel specialist 1st the 24-year-old is from halethorpe maryland. today our sister station in baltimore will be speaking with martin's aunt. don't miss that interview coming up tonight on abc seven news at five. army black hawks - taking to the skies today. a military training excercise will be held around the d-c area. both black hawk and huey aircrafts will be flying between as low as 200 feet above the ground. the drill is to test mlitary response to natural and manmade disasters. a chance for some spotty showers this morning but the real rain - coming this afternoon. strong storms moving in as you head home from work. storm next. highs: 82-88 winds: south 10-15 mph, gusts to 25 tonight: thunderstorms end, skies begin clearing by 11pm lows: 65-71 winds: west 10 mph tuesday: partly cloudy to mostly sun highs: 83-88 winds: west to southwest 5-10 mph sam live tease ryan live tease

a little lightning north of charlottesville is trying to lift northwest of orange. temps are still in the 80s to even around 90. we'll see temps in the 70s over night. tomorrow afternoon, yellow weather alert for showers and storms. i'll detail the timing on that and the rest of your lihoday weekend forecast in a few. >>> all right, thanks so much, howard, coming up next, a small plane crashes and burns on one of the busiest freeways ,, did you know slow rninteet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's up to 16 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to faster downloads wintth iernet speedsto up 250 megabits per second. get fast internet and add phone and tv now for only $24.90 more per month. our lowest price ever on this offer. but only for a limited time. call today. comcast business. built for business. a small plane crashes on to one of the busiest highways. the 405 freeway in orange county california. the pilot

. >> reporter: inspired by the monument battle in new orleans and charlottesville, they're seeking an updated legal opinion about whether the statue could see it removed. thompson would like to see it located at the cemetery. >> that statue should be at the cemetery where the soldiers are buried, not at the seat of justice in our county, because that statue has nothing to do with justice. >> reporter: there's a legal inquiry on the naacp's behalf. she too thinks the statue will be better off at falls bluff. but said the legal opinion she's reviewed bars the removal of memorials. >> so at this point, the best read we have at the county level is, the statue stays. >> reporter: she said she'll be watching the case in charlottesville closely are if for those who w statue of robert e. lee from a park. they're taking it to court. >> if the courts decide that statue can be moved, then this statue on the courthouse grounds can legitimately come into question. >> reporter: for becky fleming, the renewed debate just dredges up hard feelings. >> there's just such a level of intolerance now for e

toward charlottesville we've seen activity build up we'll have to see if anything pops. but locally, sunny, nice here at reagan national. that's how it's going to be this evening. temps in the 80s through midnight. we'll only get into the 70s. skies will be partly if not mostly cloudy over night. and tomorrow, we've got a yellow weather alert. we're expecting scattered, potentially strong storms in local spots in the afternoon and early evening. isolated activity sunday and tuesday. around 90 on the 4th. right now looks okay. a little warm. but generally dry on monday evening. 89 currently in gathysburg. we'll tell you at 11:00 how we do with the three degree guarantee. we have a little relief from the breeze. but still gusting to 28 miles per hour. future cast, generally quiet tonight other than a stray shower here and er as we lose the daytime heating. saturday starts out okay. more clouds than anything else. by the afternoon, notice the showers popping here west of 81. they will make their way toward us mid to late afternoon. this is why we have the yellow weather ale

a couple of showers toward charlottesville. this has weakened a bit. it's moved off to the east.ng along i-64. some of these could work their way into culpepper and parts of the metro area tonight. just be advised. we're going to keep a shower isolated, and thunderstorm tonight. tomorrow's bus stop muggy. 70 to 82. a slight chance of a shower, but i really think tomorrow morning will be dry. weather alert tomorrow for thunderstorms. i think our critical time is noon to 7:00 p.m., so the evening commute will have storms. if you're heading south d.c. toward fredericksburg tomorrow, or maybe even out west, 66. you'll have a much better chance of running into storms on your way home. risk, heavy rain, pretty high. some of the storms are going to have heavy rains in them. storms moderate risk. i don't see anything in terms of damaging winds with this particular set up. because of the heavy rain, impact, street flooding moderate. no doubt about that. cookouts, a moderate effect there. golf, moderate. and then yard work, moderate as well. the bottom line is get stuff down wednesday morn

henry grass is reporting from charlottesville. >> i didn't realize i had to go through the trial in somevindication. >> reporter: leaving the charlottesville federal courthouse last november, nicole eramo was eager to restart her life, a life put on hold by a "rolling stone" magazine article that a jury found defamed her to the tune of $3 million. the associate dean was portrayed as insensitive in her response to jackie, the alleged victim of a brutal gang rape on grounds. a story that was just that. the magazine would retract it and it wa >> i came back to work and my office was full of carballoons card welcoming me back. >> reporter: post trial, she'll be in a student affairs role. >> i miss my old work in being a dean. >> reporter: now she's paying it forward through her old work. eramo has donated $50,000 toward a fund to help survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, hoping to raise half a million dollars in the end. >> i promised at that time that any funds that were donated would be donated back to the university if i were successful in the lawsuit. >> reporter: the sylvia er

i returned to my home city of charlottesville to find kkk rallies scheduled. the guy has the office next to me, wonderful guy from this territory, the mayor. under deep assault and very divided community. i've experienced this already from townhalls. which out 103 policemen guarding our local congressmen at the townhall. my question for you is, what advice would you give people of charlottesville? blue island and sea of red trying to have a have a dialogue but determined to get to results results. >> i'm not on the ground there. i i would say couple things. i'm not completely surprised by it. i am surprised by how hard it is for people to let go something that was obviously not true. and it really speaks to not how long the other side might be, but how much work we have to do. the overwhelming majority in my city want these monuments to come down. lots of people outside of our city for some reason feel an ownership of this. i am the very parochial here. to me in its essence, this is a property dispute. [laughter] it was really simple. i was born at night, but

showers and storms and a little of that activity takes us into saturday to the north, hagerstown, charlottesvilleto the south. most of this activity stays away from this area. that looks like it's going to be falling apart. the heat and humidity is going to be on saturday and it's even who the eras we look alt a temperature of 72-degrees. a spotty thunderstorm in the afternoon. fewer storms sunday, hotter day, 92 greece. your seven day forecast, we've got only a couple of days in the 90 itself, but the humidity will make it feel so much warmer. monday, we have a pretty good chance of scattered storms. a few more storms in the forecast on thursday with 90. at least it's more 830s than 90s if we can find a good way to spin it. that is your seven day forecast. i'll send it back to you. >> some people like the heat. >> yes, they do. >> popular on twitter tonight, a text that a man got from his mother. she accidentally texted her son her road rage, but i was rather polite actually. it happened as she was using her voice to text feature on her phone. she was telling her son about fried fish. at that at

we have an area monitoring south and west from charlottesville. headed north east to the southern blue ridge. if they hold together, they should diminish. it could make it to the portions of culpeper county. they will dissipate later tonight. the hole area tomorrow has better chance of the storms in the afternoon. late in afternoon a line of storms will come through. the winds are out of the south before the front arrives but we could get rain and heavy downpours. after it blows through the skies will clear out and that will set the stage for sunny and hot weather sunday and monday and less humidity. as far as the storms go. there is a chance that some could be severe. marginal risk in the area. north and west, better chance that it could happen as well. talk about the fourth of july weekend across the area with the temperatures around 90 each day. high humidity tomorrow. 60% chance of storms. no real storm expectations sunday and monday. but tuesday the humidity is back up. it should clear out for fire works. the beaches look fine. late day storm

a vigil was held at the charlottesville campus and he would have graduated this year. >> being with auto made life beautiful and i truly believe that he helped me become a better human being. >> more than 2000 people packed the school auditorium joining his family to celebrate his life and to say goodbye. hundreds were turned away. the official cause of death is unknown and his parents declined an autopsy to be conducted on their son. >>> crystal griner throughout the first pitch at the congressional women's softball game yesterday. she was one of the capitol police officers who stopped the shooter at the gop baseball practice last week. she threw the pitch from a wheelchair and is still recovering from being shot in the ankle. the squad of bipartisan women loss maker -- lawmakers lost but they $300,000 for the young survivors breast cancer coalition. >>> president donald trump used the alexandria shooting to call for community. he made the remarks during a campaign style rally in cedar rapids, iowa. >> hopefully, our nation emerges from this ordeal -- it was an ordeal -- terrible -- mor

nothing but sunshine. 80 already in charlottesville. 82 now in the nation's capital. plenty of sun. a nice breeze, but low humidity. it will be comfortable all day long. tonight, clear and cool. 53 to 59 when you wake up tomorrow morning. if you have plans to be in the pool, it looks good to me. 80 degrees on saturday. sunday it's a question mark on the model. good part ofa sunday will be partly sunny and warm and good for outdoor activities. d.c. united hosting galaxy on saturday night. you can see the game on news channel 8. we will wind up with our extended outlook with warm numbers. very warm temperatures. shower and storm chances will end later tuesday as another cooler air mass comes in, bringing dry weather, sunshine, and temperatures back in the 70's for the middle and end of next week. adrianna: so long as we get through sund batch of sunshine. i like it. thank you so much. still much more to come on abc seven news at noon. -- abc 7 news at noon. here's a preview of what you can expect tonight at 5:00. >> our own kimberly suiters will to her a self storage company where peo

this evening nothing to worry about, a couple storms in charlottesville southwest of harrisonburg, still warm with upper 80s in many areas. we're sitting at 89 at national, 88 at andrews and rockville, fairfax 87, so you get the idea, certainly very warm and that's the case this evening it. is breezy, so that's helping, but we'll stay in the 80s through midnight with lows in the 70s, a warm muggy night ahead. look at futurecast on monday. the morning commute is okay and through lunchtime most of us are okay, can't rule out showers west of i-81. by 2 block or 2:30 -- 2:00 or frederick and leesburg and in the middle to late afternoon the big storms in the heart of rush hour, a slow commute and some storms severe with potentially damaging wind gusts, isolated large hail and heavy downpours. we can use the rain, but the severe weather, don't need that. we'll talk more about this, look at the tropics and your seven-day forecast coming up in a few. >>> the body of a boy was found at maple lake in gaithersburg. a groundskeeper found his belongings nearby and notified montgomery go the police sa

moving toward charlottesville and fredericksburg. and then one batch of pretty heavy downpours, that will begin to move and track east toward fredericksburg, that will be around noontime. and that's when we'll have the light rain in northern and metro area. so for your lunch hour tomorrow likely getting wet. but then we begin to dry out and for the most part chances of rain greatly diminish monday evening and for the commute tomorrow we'll be in the 70s throughout the day after that dry start and then a dry finish and then tuesday and through mid week, stays dry with highs in the 70s. a bit cooler mid week. and then gets hot next weekend. a week from y may be near 90.da did you know 90% of couples disagree on mattress firmness? and then gets hot next weekend. a week from y may be near 90.da fortunately there's a bed where you both get what you want every night. enter sleep number and the semi-annual sale going on now. sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. she likes the bed soft. he's more

family and friends gathering in charlottesville to remember former u-v-a student otto warmbier.ier died monday - just days after being released from north korea in a coma. he had been held captive there for more than 17-months, for allegedly trying to steal a propoganda sign. doctors have not reached a conclusion about warmbier's cause of death - but say he suffered some sort of severe injury while in north korea, that impacted all regions of his brain. warmiber's family has declined an autopsy. this morning the senate judiciary comittee willho ms-13 gang. a number of attorney's and immigration officials are expected to testify. ms-13 is a trans-national gang known for its' violence. authorities have recently announced increased activity from the gang in our area, specifically northern virginia. happening now-- as the gop celebrates one victory-- its preparing for another battle on healthcare. majority leader mitch mcconnell says he plans to release a "discussion draft" of senate republicans' health care bill on thrusday. so far-- only a handful of republican senators are workin

xavier martin is from baltimore county and dakota rigsby from palmyra, virginia outside charlottesville. rigsby's death is hitting one community particularly hard. he graduated high school in fluvanna county. he's a firefighter. as the type of guy who would give the shirt off his back. >> can't believe somebody that young. i mean, he had a great life ahead of him. but he served our country and he did what he loved. so i'm proud of him. >> flags are flying at half-staff in that community to remember the 19-year-old sailor. >>> it's 4:32. foreign policy and american technology will top president trump's agenda. he will meet with the president of panama this evening. they'll talk about the fight against organized crime. the president will host a roundtable and reception to technology industry leaders. >>> regarding russia investigation, that still looms over the president's agenda. coming up, we'll go live to capitol hill where tracie potts will have a look at the lawyer contradicting the president over whether he is under investigation. >>> molette is back at the live desk with more break

most of the rain is still south of charlottesville. it will sneak its way in our direction. pretty stormy second half of the high today 85 degrees. we'll take a look at the weekend coming up in a few more minutes. >> you're looking at a rare show of unity. democrats and republicans huddled there together to pray for the country and victims of the shooting that happened wednesday morning. then it was time to line up for the annual congressional baseball game. it's where house member steve scalise would have been playing. >> he remains in critical condition but he's improved. he represents louisiana. regularly decked out in lsu team gear. last night members sported purple and gold in support of steve scalise. it is a sense of unity people hope will last. >> it's wonderful. any time the democrats and it's just a great day. >> for me even though it's democrats and republicans coming to play together, it's more about bringing the community together. >> there was so much of last night that was so moving. officer david bailey threw out the first pitch. the game raised $1 million fo

dark cloud you see there was spotted yesterday afternoon in charlottesville just north of redding. national weather service is investigating. today also be out in green wood sussex county delaware. checking reports of a possible tornado there. >> all out of here right now. find out what is to come with most accurate first alert forecast and meteorologist bill henley. >> strong storms are long gone. have a few scattered light showers i'm tracking this morning. heading across new jersey. really atlantic county seeing very light rain and ship bottom just a few sprinkles really to the west. already starting to clear out inland. saw a few showers when we went on the air at 4:30. see how they've fizzled over the last hour. improving conditions. humidity that's been so high lately that has started to come down this morning, but really drops during the day. temperatures that have dropped this morning. 72 degrees right now. new jersey the suburbs at 68. 73 is definitely cooler than yesterday at this time. clouds breaking in the lehigh valley and that's some sunshine breaking through the clo

effect at midnight and here's where the first slug of moisture is located just on the doorstep of charlottesville and approaching richmond, probably still a few hours away from us. unfortunately just in time for the morning commute. here's futurecast. 6:00 in the morning, boom. rain just about everywhere. doesn't really matter where you're coming in from. route 7, 66, either side of the 95. temperatures will be almost like tropical. in the mid 70s at 6:00 in the morning. and then by 8:00 we still have more moisture, batches of heavier rain in yellow. temps, 75 downtown. 73 in frederick. 74 in leesburg. we'll come back and let you know if your cookouts are safe tomorrow evening and let you know when an even heavier round of rain rolls in. >>> in prince george's county toni allegations of corruption. >> she's gotten cs, es. but yet she's getting all as and bs on her report card. >> are administrators changing grades to boost the county's graduation rate? >> that was not on the agenda at tonight's school board meeting but that didn't matter to parents. they showed up by the hundreds at the board's o

they saw the if two great seats of iniquity, but you're right -- the goal was lynchburg, not charlottesville. that was just a rhetorical term. i some had he taken lynchburg, his goal would have been to join grant in front of petersburg. >> but if sheridan does not replace him, then he is coming right through him -- right through here, right down west main street in march. questions? i will ask one while people are thinking. i'm curious about a theme that was mentioned. we have at the table a great deal of collective knowledge about civil war memoirs as a genre. you mentioned nostalgia as a feature. i'm curious about where taylor's nostalgials on the spectrum. >> a think katie plus point is going to keep in mind, which is this wave of memoir writing goes from one ward to the next. world war i has begun, so this is a phenomenon in military .istory i would say that taylor definitely falls more toward the nostalgia and then early does, experiences postwar -- it's very interesting. -- there thing he does is some and read dramatics, then johnson surrender in north carolina, then finally taylor. th

thomas joining us for charlottesville, virginia.st of the joe thomas show on debbie chv -- w chv. guest: have a great morning. host: maryland. you just heard from conservative joe thomas in charlottesville, virginia. do you agree with him on his great for the president -- grade for the president? the president and a and i give the congress a be, b because i think they could back him more. the woman a call before this men, ---- dental , and that is like most of the democrats that called they want to give him a chance. they have they want to give hima been so small that they think they own trump. there are not worried about the people. if they do anything in congress are don't, it is the money. host: diane and kalamazoo, michigan, a democrat. caller: first off, i want to say thank you for working for a reliable news network. i -- appreciate hearing both sides. i would rate president trump and the congress, i would definitely give him an f. it's also phony and failure. i want to feel like our government has failed us. the economy has n

>> both of those were investigated today, the first one again in charlottesville pennsylvania burkesnty the e f-scale goes from 0-5, 0 the weakest of the tornado 5 the strongest that was an ef-0 at 2:36 yesterday afternoon winds at 80 miles per hour, the width of the damage path was half of a football field and on the ground more than two miles, in fact, last night we got home video of that funnel cloud. this was in strauss town which is about four miles southwest of where the tornado touched down but you can see the spinning clouds and notice the trees how they are bent towards the clouds that is that wind being siphoned in the beginning of the tornado by roman and one in sussex delaware ef-0 on the rating scale at 6:15 yesterday evening winds at 85 miles per hour, the width was 200 yards and that was wider but it was on the ground very quickly only about a half-a-mile or so there in sussex county and we have surveillance video of this behind delaware electric cooperative in green wood and you can see how intense the wind and the rain was kind of throwing debris all around, again do

if they saw the two great seats of iniquity, but you're right -- the goal was lynchburg, not charlottesville. that was just a rhetorical term. i some had he taken lynchburg, his goal would have been to join grant in front of petersburg. john: but if sheridan does not replace him, then he is coming right through here, right down west main street in march. who knows? you may have. elizabeth: other questions? people areone many thinking. i'm curious about a theme that was mentioned. we have at the table a great deal of collective knowledge about civil war memoirs as a genre. you mentioned nostalgia as a feature. i'm curious about where taylor's memoir falls on the nostalgia spectrum. or whereven to it evidence and post factor accounts of war in the valley? a great question and i think katie's point is one to keep in mind, which is this wave of memoir writing goes from one what to the next. 1886 to lawrence chamberlain's passing of the army in 1915. world war i has begun, so this is a phenomenon in military history. i would say that taylor definitely falls more toward the nostalgia and then earl

is increasing in healthcare in the us is where the free market exists you can go to a place in charlottesville virginia today and get a surgery that cost twenty percent of what you're going to pay at the nonprofit hospital down the street the fact that you probably didn't go to a clinic like that means that the surgery you got a few years ago more than likely cost the whole system more than it should but the free market in health care is currently driving down the cost and it's not just in virginia there's places in florida and oklahoma and california fornia there's places all over the country and it's starting to grow the way to ruin that increase the size of government so you're bragging that there's a place that reduces the cost by twenty percent. when are you waiting for an example are going to get out of your life every you does it by eighty percent you're only going to pay twenty percent of what you're paying your nonprofit hospital ok great i'm sure our single payer system would love to be able to pay those bills that again has nothing to do with how the bills are paid you know ever not

grant really wants him to come to charlottesville, and he just does not do it. he just doesn't do it. there are no repercussions for him. none. pe.no >> yes. the other side of the room. this is a breakthrough. >> isn't it hard to know how many troops your opponents have? i know sometimes they estimate them fairy -- fairly accurately, but you talk about overestimating or underestimating, considering what they knew at the time, shouldn't that be par for the course? leere we talking about estimating union troops? >> lee, mcclellan. >> you should be closer than that. good sense ofry one another by this point in the war. has excellenttes intelligence about the size of confederate forces in virginia. there are spies all over the place. i think it is very unusual. we can disagree about a lot of things. >> remember, in 1862, mcclellan the confederate army of monumental proportions, and lincoln kept in order of battle waste on richmond newspapers. he knew how many regiments they had, and he assumed that their regiments would be no stronger than the union regiments. they

there are areas of fog this flintstoneareas of and western maryland and down to charlottesville and west of stafford. where it will be early tomorrow morning? building here to the west but into d.c. and southern maryland. this is a snapshot of 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning when we are likely to see fog areawide through the region. rockville maryland, 60 -- six degrees. there is a weather front parked around the area. 86 degrees for the high temperature today with cloud cover, again. mostly cloudy today. 85 degrees in the reston-herndon area area there will be the possibility of storms west of d.c. and thunderstorms this weekend and early next week. look at the heat index values. 100 degrees on sunday as we track more showers and storms. monday.reat for monday's high temperature is 88 and rain will be likely. the first day of summer is wednesday. julie: we are looking at the water main break, what is left of it. for those traveling in virginia. this is east of the fairfax county parkway on fountain drive and aaron cameron. and baron cameron. you will see areas that do have the roadway shut d

tom perry ellis from the charlottesville area and is a lawyer. here is what both candidates had to say about the election. >> i am part of the virginia establishment, he's part of the national establishment. a lot of input and influence coming from out of state. crisis will be the first statewide opportunity to reject the agenda that we have seen of hate and bigotry coming from donald trump. suza registered voters at the precinct we're at now. they say that if it's a good day, we might see a 10% turnout but being that it is a primary and so warm all day, they are not expecting that high of a number. virginians will also be casting ballots for lieutenant governor and seats in the house of delegates. over the weekend, a lot of campaigning on the democratic side. governor terry mcauliffe, along with tim kaine and mark warner, out campaigning for lieutenant governor. tom perry ellis to an interesting approach, deciding that starting on friday he would campaign across the state for 24 hours. the polls opened at 6:00 this morning and will remain open u

martin is from baltimore county and rigsby is from outside of charlottesville. rigsby graduated high school in fluvanna county and he served as a volunteer firefighter. this is hitting his community and colleagues very hard. one of the things they will miss about him the most is the time that they spent together 6789. >> i'm going to miss our snapchat sessions together. he was always sending me pictures of things he found in japan or -- i'm going to miss watching him play basketball. i mean, he's a good kid. he'd give you the shirt off his back for you. >> flags are flying at half-staff in the community to remember rigsby. >>> also developing this morning, the u.s. responded to an attack on americans in a. shooting down a syrian air force jet. the pentagon confirms it's the first time the u.s. has taken down an aircraft since the start of that civil war of the country. you're looking at file video of the conflict. the incident with the latest escalation between coalition and pro assad forces. >> picked a way to -- it will top president trump's agenda. he will me

xavier martin, and dakota rigsby just outside of charlottesville. rigsby's death is hitting one community hard. he graduated from high school, and served as a vte firefighters. hess fillo firefighters describe him as a guy who would give you his shirt off his back. >> to lose somebody that young, he had a great life ahead of him, but you know what? he served our country, and he did what he loved, so i'm proud of him. >>> flags are flying at half staff in the community to remember the 19-year-old sailor. >>> later this hour, president trump will welcome the president of pan a ma to the white house. the russia investigation is still dominating capitol hill. new testimony is expected later this week and it comes as the president's personal lawyer is insist that is mr. trump is not under investigation. nbc4's tracie potts has the laters. >> reporter: president trump's personal attorney insists the president is not a target of the fbi's russia investigation. >> there is not an investigation of the president of the united states, period. >> the president

little bit and speaking of the south we've had some big storms taking forever to move out of the charlottesville area, nelson county has a flash flood warning until 11:45 putting it all in motion. most of the storms weren't able to get much closer than the south 81 correspond domp that's the way it is going to stay tonight. there's all the rain down to the south, a quick look at your planner foor tomorrow, dry in the morning, but more clouds around. by noon we're mostly cloudy, 82, by 5:00 a i think radar will start to pick up on the thunderstorms if you have friday afternoon and evening plans keep the umbrella handy, we'll take you hour by hour for friday and have the weekend forecast. thank you, sue. coming up next, a fox5 exclusive, a d.c. detective says his daily commute is boughting the public at risk and it's been decade. marina maracco has that story. >>reporter: that detective speaking out, the jep cyst between the department's response and the recommendations made by professionals. and this big boy is looking for a home. 35 pounds of cat love. he would be all yours, too. we'll tell you

born and raised in charlottesville, perriello served one term in congress from 2008 to 2010. claiming he lost his seat because he voted for obamacare. >> republican leaders are trying to do this to affordable healthcare. >> i have been a fighter for 20 years on progressive causes. jeff: perriello whose ad opposing the obamacare repeal received national attention used the democratic primary as a referendum on the president. >> june 13 will be the fist statewide opportunity in -- firs about rejecting the agenda of hate and bigotry we have heard from trump. >> this is an election about virginia not the country. >> the polls are tight and the candidates agree on many issues important to democrats. lgbt rights, medicaid expansion and tighter gun laws. so as tom perriello and ralph northam make the final pitch -- >> we promoted economic opportunity for all virginians. >> more and more people realize i give democrats the best chance to win. >> style could trump substance. jeff goldberg, abc7 news. alison: tomorrow at 5:00, we will look at the republican candidates in the virginia go

reports that you're seeing on your screen right now extend out into parts of virginia, down by charlottesville, culpeper and a long the eastern shore. just about the whole area saw the severe thunderstorms earlier this afternoon and along with the wind a lot of rain, plenty of lightening and that has all greatly diminished by this hour storm tractor radar showing a few storms that have hung up. they're still seeing rain zoom in on charles and st. mary's. it's pretty much coming to an end. that should end within the next couple of hours. it is still very cloudy and very muggy out there. this front will eventually bring some cooler air for tomorrow. but it's still quite mild, p five in washington and the dewpoints are high making it preet high humid. p two in leonardto dryer air will move in overnight prompting a much better tuesday forecast. we'll start off mild and partly sunny. 72-degrees. even though it will be 87 and sunny, very warm it won't be nearly as uncomfortable as the past few days. also much quieter. we don't have any storms in the forecast forth next forecast. >> sarah. this is th

and then another area of rain and thunderstorms south of us around the charlottesville area moving, this is actually now taking on more northerly, more impacting madison, potentially, just clipping and not necessarily moving northeast here. soth an eye on for most of us dry this evening, take a look at the headline. scattered thunderstorms around tomorrow afternoon and evening, you're dealing with rain tomorrow at about 60%. if you have outdoor plans, definitely have plans to be able to head inside quickly as storms do move into the area. we stay hot for the holiday weekend and an isolated storm chance for the fourth of july, very small. i want to show you the rain and storm chances tomorrow. 7:00 a.m. we're dry. at noon still dry, more of mix of clouds and sun at this point. 2:00 we start to track an area of rain and thunderstorms back around the i-81, 4:00 p.m. this is moving into parts of carol, frederick county, louden county. notice the bright colors here with this line, that's potential for heavy rain fall and strong to severe thunderstorms. you want to keep that in mind, 5:00 movi

. >>> new video this morning of a vigil held in charlottesville for otto warmbier. he died after visiting north korea and spending months detained there. officials from the white house meeting with chinese leaders today, talk about adding pressure on north korea where three americans are still being held. >>> the baseball field that was the site of last week's shooting in alexandria is back open. several including steve scalise were injured in that shooting. coming up, we'll let you know when we could find out more information about progress of the investigation. >>> uber ceo stepp travis kala nick resigned after they demand he go away. comes after a serious report, accusing him of fostering culture of harassment. >>> jim graham's body will lie in repose at wilson building friday from noon to 5:00 p.m. the next day, there will be viewing and funeral service at all souls unitarian church in northwest washington. >>> 6:05. back to angie goff with a storm charting the south now. what's this about? >> right. tropical storm cindy causing major issues in louisiana. we hav

. >> also, among the seven victims, from the charlottesville area and xavier martin from baltimore countyd. >>> if you go to the national mall this week, you'll notice the lincoln memorial reflecting again has water in it. it was refilled today were crews from the national park to drain and scrubbed the pool after 80 ducklings were discovered dead. they died because of a para- site found growing in snails. they continue to monitor the reflecting pool water quality. >>> got to tell you, i love to spend time with you every night. this is where i would rather be this evening is the call before the concert at fedex field, u 2 is on the ground. chopper 4 up above the field this afternoon as they set up, they're preparing to take the stage this evening. you can see fans already gathering. this is the group's second joshua dream tour marking the 30th anniversary of the original they'll be performing the entire album album tonight. this is the first time -- >>> parts of the southwest start melting under some of the worst heat people have seen in years. emergency crews are getting a lot of calls f