we are under a code orange air quality alert. good morning i'm autria godfrey. and i'm adrianna hopkins in for larry smith. let's get started with stormwatch-7 meteorologist eileen whelan. - code orange air quality alert - record highs possible today - heat wave breaks wednesday - t-storm chances wednesday through sunday today: mostly sunny. hot and humid. highs: 91-95 winds: nw to sw 5-10 mph tonight: partly cloudy. mild and muggy. lows: 66-74 winds: w 5 mph tuesday: sunny to partly cloudy. isolated pm t-storm. highs: 91-95 winds: sw 5-10 mph breaking overnight. gunfire erupts in two different fairfax county neighborhoods. john gonzalez is live in vienna with what we know. happening overnight -- the city marking the one year anniversary of the tragic shooting marking the one year anniversary of the tragic shooting at pulse nightclub. 49 people died and more than 50 others were hurt after omar mateen opened fire inside the gay nightclub. survivors, victim's families, and others gathered outside the club this morning as the names of the 49 people killed were read

sam sweeney is live with more. - code orange air quality alert today - hottest day of the week - codenge air quality alert today - hottest day of the week today (low 90s) - rain tomorrow; very humid & breezy - turning nice saturday afternoon & great sunday! today: hot and humid. isolated pm thunderstorm. highs: 89 warm and muggy. showers developing by dawn. lows: 68-75 winds: sw 5-10 mph friday: am showers. very humid & breezy. isolated pm thunderstorms. highs: 87-90 winds: sw 10-15 g 25+ new this morning - prince william county schools protections for l-g-b-t students. john gonzalez is live in woodbridge an update now on that ambush an update now on that ambush shooting in alexandria.. that ambush shooting in alexandria.. leading the probe has released new information about the gunman, james hodgkinson. tim slater says hodgkinson acted alone when he shot five people at a congressional baseball practice, including congressman steve scalise. and he says hodgkinson was living out of his car, and had more than 200 rounds of ammunition in a storage locker. hodgkinson had volunteered for b

we are under a code orange air quality alert. good morning i'm autria godfrey. d i'm adrianna hopkins in for larry smith. let's get started with stormwatch-7 meteorologist eileen whelan. - code orange air quality alert - record highs possible today - heat wave breaks wednesday - t-storm chances wednesday through sunday today: mostly sunny. hot and humid. highs: 91-95 winds: nw to sw 5-10 mph tonight: partly cloudy. mild and muggy. lows: 66-74 winds: w 5 mph tuesday: sunny to partly cloudy. isolated pm t-storm. highs: 91-95 winds: sw 5-10 mph

toss to eileen - code orange air quality alert today - heat wave rolls on - code orange air quality alert today - heat wave rolls on through much of next week (90+ each day) - storm chances highest tomorrow - slight drop in humidity late weekend/early next week today: mostly sunny. hot and humid. isolated pm t-storm; mainly in the mountains. highs: 89-93 winds: sw 5-15+ mph tonight: mostly warm and very muggy. lows: 71-75 winds: sw 5-10 mph saturday: mostly cloudy morning becoming partly sunny. pm thunderstorms likely. very humid. highs: 87-90 winds: sw 5-15+ mph this labrador wanders up to the plants himself down to enjoy it. the crowd-- laughing and applauding the pup who stole the show. ad lib chat still ahead during the 5-o'clock hour of good morning washington... we continue monitoring all your holiday weekend travel happenings. that story and much more straight ahead. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. now with our new fios gigabit connection, you get amazing download speeds up to 940 megs, 20 times faster than most people have. and the price is amaz

- code orange air quality alert today - hottest day of the week today (low 90s) humid & breezy - turning nice saturday afternoon & great sunday! today: hot and humid. isolated pm thunderstorm. highs: 89-92 winds: sw 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. warm and muggy. showers developing by dawn. lows: 68-75 winds: sw 5-10 mph friday: am showers. very humid & breezy. isolated pm thunderstorms. highs: 87-90 winds: sw 10-15 g 25+ president trump is again raising eyebrows. again raising eyebrows. at a rally in iowa when he said he doesn't want "poor people" in positions economic issues in his administration. abc's janai norman has more from northwest. president trump still under siege in washington went back to his base wednesday - rallying a crowd in the heartland. trump - we have made amazing progress. at his fifth rally since taking office, trump talked about plans for new immigration rules, and his belief anyone seeking admission to the u-s should be able to support themselves financially. trump - and should not use welfare for a period of at least five years. plus a new plan for the wall al

it's xx and we're just getting started. - code orange air quality - code orange air quality alert todayeat wave rolls on through much of next week (90+ each day) - storm chances highest tomorrow - slight drop in humidity late weekend/early next week today: mostly sunny. hot and humid. isolated pm t-storm; mainly in the mountains. highs: 89-93 winds: sw 5-15+ mph tonight: mostly cloudy. warm and very muggy. lows: 71-75 winds: sw 5-10 mph saturday: mostly cloudy morning becoming partly sunny. pm thunderstorms likely. very humid. highs: 87-90 winds: sw 5-15+ mph right now

and i'm autria godfrey. - code orange air quality alert - record highs possible today - heat wave breaksday - t-storm chances wednesday through sunday today: mostly sunny. hot and humid. highs: 91-95 winds: nw to sw 5-10 mph tonight: partly cloudy. mild and muggy. lows: 66-74 winds: w 5 mph tuesday: sunny to partly cloudy. isolated pm t-storm. highs: 91-95 winds: sw 5-10 mph right now. nationwide - many are remembering the victims of the pulse

we do have a code orange air quality alert. so if you have a respiratory illness, the air quality will be a little bit poor, coming up, i will be timing out the storms on the way for tomorrow. we will look ahead to that 4th of july fireworks forecast and you can always get that on our free wusa9 app. >> thank you. >>> a business say situation in springfield plaza in fairfax county. a man was found lying on the ground dying from apparently a fight. then they found the killer mid burglary. >> repor i around one shopping center and on either side we have two different crimes we are now told are related. we will start with the one on the other side. we are talking about this, the 7200 block of commerce street. the back alley, now, it has become a crime scene. just before 2:10 in the morning police were called to the alley in response to the man lying on the ground with wounds to the upper body. he died at the hospital. then, 20 minutes later that second crime took place. police got a call about a burglary on the pet value on the ot

air quality. so higher air pollution. so we have a code orange air quality alert that continues today. wouldn't be surprised to see one of these tomorrow as well. point is if you see your kids coming off the bus, they want to play outside for a long period of time. bring 95 degrees the forecast high this afternoon. the record in d.c. is 95. we will likely tie that. and there are some other records we're going to be within reach of as well. but across the area. and we'll talk about those coming up. not only is it hot. it's been dry. in may we had 5.5 inches oaf rain. in the first 11 days of may we had 3-inches of rape. at the first -- rain. at the first 11 days of june, no rain. just a trace. i'm tracking rain and i'm tracking cooler temperatures. a look at when we see the 80s returning. we'll talk about that coming up. and you can always get that seven day forecast on our wusa9 app. andrea? >>> thank you melissa. new at noon, two people are dead after police responded to what they believed was a domestic related shooting in vienna. yesterday, police rushed to a home on oak street south

- code orange air quality alert today - hottest day of the week today (low 90s)

and code orange air quality alert tomorrow. guys want to limit outdoor activities it's a hazy afternoon. 76 in list and 73 baltimore. nice and school frederick, 70. 75 haikers town and this area north maryland through baltimore saw evening thunderstorms long since passed. 7 mannasas and 76 call pepper now and stormtracker radar quiet as we will have quiet skies again tonight and shoulding totally dry tomorrow. not come about rain coming in until friday. here's day planner warm 8 a a.m., 76. well into 0s phone and well into the 80s. 92 for that high temperature by 5 p.m. and humid as well. let's talk about tropical storm cindy winds sustained. about to make landfall. bringing heavy rain to the gulf coast states. as it makes land fall will weaken and moisture caught up moving north and east enhanced by the cold front coming through and we have showers and thunderstorms as we normally would along a cold front and ever hade rain threat is there because of the extra moisture the gulf. this is what it lacks like as we go to fox futur

story tomorrow and the because the folks at code orange air quality council of governments have assessed that risk, they have put a code orange air quality alert if you are sensitive to deteriorating air, you want to be taking it easy tomorrow during the peak heating and limit your outdoor activities. i'm sure we'll have several of those as we go through the year. tonight we have been keeping an eye on some weakening showers that have been moving mainly through western communities here. this one really weakening quickly a frederick so it will be just down to showers. another near the marshall area losing steam quickly, those aren't going to make it into d.c. tomorrow we'll find a few more in the mountains and trying to get a little bit closer but for the most part they'll have tough time doing that. for pool planner tomorrow and it should say friday, no the thursday but the numbers are right, 83 degrees at 11:00 in in the morning. by 2 o'clock we should be about 90 and then coming down at 5 o'clock but a couple of thunderstorms may be possible and again those western communities so you'll want to watch that. so, with those storms mainly west w

also it is a code orange air quality alert day. so. if you have health ailments, asthma, just be aware of that as you want to limit your outdoor activities. it's going to feel hot with the humidity. we have to talk about how the storms are moving back into the forecast during the middle of the week. it you move out towards the blue rilk and areas like lorton, 90 degrees. this is before lunchtime. we're already in the 90s. we're going to keep rising throughout the day. let's talk about this temperature trend. how much longer is it going to it last? 90s through tuesday. wednesday and thursday we'll see that really drop off. temperatures back to the 80s. you factor in the humidity level ask it's going to feel muggy not only today but tomorrow and wednesday as well as that humidity continues to rise. relief is on we should see things mellowing out. if you have outdoor plans. highs in the 90s. >> don't forget the sunscreen. >>> major developments in the trial of bill cosby. the twist today that could have the case in the hands of a jury muc

we have an air quality issue, a code orange action alert has been declared across the region for the second straight day. this means those of you at risk categories, kids and seniors and those who suffer from heart and lung conditions including asthma, you want to limit your outdoor exertion and exposure up until dinnertime when the ozone is at its worse and most of us don't fill the car during those hours. one more day of hot and humid and relief comes in the seven-day forecast. >> trenton school district has decided to close today and tomorrow. always the extreme heat continues use our mobile apps to stay cool for tips to stay cool and the 6abc app is a free download for your mobile device. >>> a dozen members of a banned fraternity at penn state university appeared before the judge. they face charges in the death of tim piazza following a night of heavy drinking. it was 12 hours before someone called for help. chad perdelli is live in bellefonte, centre county with the latest on the case, chad. >> reporter: yeah, piazza's final hours were captured on video they are being played in

we also have a another air quality alert, another code orange ozone action day so those of you in riskegories want to limit your outdoor exposure. i know that said tomorrow, it should say today. satellite shows you a lack of cloud cover aga ts going to buid really quickly and right side. 75 degrees is your curre millvi. and low 70's to mid 70'se shore. dewpoints are higher today, too, in most neighborhoods. getting up closer to 70 in some spots down south and we'l really kick in today. 77 degrees by 7 o'clock. as soon as noon, we are hotter than yesterday. 93 degrees. we're going to go for a-96, that will be a new record high for this date and even as late as 5 o'clock and 7 o'clock you are still well into the 90's and it still feels very uncomfortable. karen rogers a big change comes tonight and tomorrow should feel a lot nicer. more on that in the seven day but for now obviously all of those heat trips in effect. >> all right, dave, good advice. let's hit the roads right now because the vine street expressway has been closed overnight for construction and it's still closed at this po

we have an ozone action alert, an air quality code orange day that means those of you in high risk categories like young kids and seniors and those suffering from lung and heart conditions avoid prolonged exertiony -- exertion outdoors. we do not have any heath advisories in effect today because the humidity is not high enough in most neighborhoods. tomorrow we could see an advisory issued because the humidity will be higher and the temperature will be every bit as high. we'll have more on that and some relief in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. for now it's cool drinks and all those precautions if you spend time outside this afternoon. >>> another reminders, public schools in trenton, noon are closing early today and tomorrow because of the heat. high schools just shut down at 12:30 p.m. middle schools, 12:45 p.m. elementary schools closing by 1:00 p.m. all after school activities are canceled today and tomorrow. >> new this morning, the attorneys general of maryland and the district of columbia filed a lawsuit against president trump because he took payments from foreign govern

another potential knock on the day and the next couple of days, air quality alert. we have code orangety. that means the young, elderly and those with heart and respiratory illness need to limit your time outside. not a there are showers across the far southern parts of virginia. and today's rain chances will be highest up across the shenandoah valley. very low chance for rain in and around washington. future weather, a bubbling up of thunderstorm along the i-81 corridor and into parts of northern maryland. here's your extended forecast. ten days in a row and eight of the next ten look to be 90 degrees or higher. get ready for some big-time summer heat. let's go over to dave dildine at wtop. >> okay, chuck. we're watching another significant crash. it's going to put a crimp in the rush hour on i-95 northbound. this involves an overturned vehicle in the express lane northbound in virginia. we have it in camera for you. nobody is getting by this. northbound between potomac mills and prince william parkway and 123. the main line on the left side of the screen is moving. but they'll be rub

air-quality alert is ok today. we have not seen advisories like yesterday when they issued a code orange. we will take that. a little bit more mixing and movement in the levels of the atmosphere. that is good news. 93 at washington dulles. international, 90 three degrees in baltimore with a breeze off the bay keeping annapolis at 82 degrees. , how theythe numbers feel outside, because of the moisture numbers and the dew point readings, it feels a few degrees warmer. it feels like 96 degrees in culpeper feels like 92 degrees. theave been checking doppler radar and nothing locally but west there are systems of thunderstorms rolling out of west virginia and ohio. we will keep an eye on those for the afternoon but most models suggest that anything heavy stays west and southwest of the metro area. we cannot rule out an isolated storm in the region. especially through this evening. this will knocked down temperatures and give us a preview of a better weather pattern tomorrow in terms of temperatures. as a cold front comes through in the morning, showers will become more widespread. this paints the action on the a

we have an air quality alert for high levels of ozone. code orangeand small children and anybody with respiratory problems. we don't want to see you outside at all. maybe just take it easy tomorrow. 94 in philadelphia. 83 in mt. pocono, 91 in wilmington, 92 in vineland and 93 at atlantic city. now this is where the feels like is going to come into play tomorrow. the feels like is generally close to the real air temperature but by tomorrow that feels like goes into the upper 90s. some places may touch 100 and that's what's going to make it so uncomfortable. the dew point trend is on the rise. we'll get dew points all evening that are going to be in those mid-and upper 60s and tomorrow it looks like perhaps the upper 60s. stay hydrated for tomorrow. never, ever leave kids or pets in a car not even for a couple of minutes. it just takes about ten, 20 minutes and it becomes deadly. try to spend time in shaded areas, where your sunscreen and how about some lightweight clothes. we are looking at the doppler radar. everything is quiet. off to the west you s

toss to eileen - code orange air quality alert today - heat wave rolls on through much of next week (90+ each day) - storm chances highest tomorrow - slight drop in humidity late weekend/early next week today: mostly sunny. hot and humid. isolated pm t-storm; mainly in the mountains. highs: 89-93 winds: sw 5-15+ mph tonight: mostly cloudy. warm and very muggy. lows: 71-75 winds: sw 5-10 mph saturday: mostly cloudy morning becoming partly sunny. pm thunderstorms likely. very humid. highs: 87-90 winds: sw 5-15+ mph julie toss to john julie toss to john breaking right now -a stabbing in fairfax county. happening right now - thousands are predicting a record number of drivers, on the roads. in the washington metro area alone --- one-point-one-millio n people will be leaving their homes --- that's about 16-percent of washingtonians. the most ever! the vast majority --- 87-percent to be precise --- will be traveling by car. the rest will be flying --- riding the rails or using other modes of transit. triple a credits this surge of july 4th vacationers to the strong economy --- cheap gas and