some of which i'm sure will come to cornwell. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. can i tell my right honorable friend on monday while some conservatives were celebrating the 20th anniversary of the end of the labour scheme with the guest speaker of that architect, 11 my dock workers have been told their jobs will be ended, take up on the casualization of them. when lord fowler gave an assurance that there would be not casualization and would you encourage to the employers to go back to the negotiation table so that we can ensure continued employment for the future. >> well, that i know my honorable friend fights hard for the dock workers and for those industries that are dependent on the docks in his constituency, and i will raise the question that he's asked me with my right honorable friends, the ministers in the relevant department and ask that they should meet him to discuss taking that forward. >> the seven soldiers killed in afghanistan who's names she gave us at the beginning of this question session bring to about 170, in fact, exactly 170 the tragic total

back to realtime graphics, westbound on little river, we know it is closed at cornwell drive because of a sinkhole out here. we know the crews will be working out here. the best bet is to use columbia bike or braddock road as an accident. eastbound through manassas you are fine to the district. that's the latest look at traffic. now over to you. >>> commuters along the beltway near alexandria will find a change in the traffic pattern this morning. a new traffic pattern, the right lane of the outer loop in virginia. let's move on. the right lane will be diverted on to the eisenhower avenue connector. because beltway traffic will be using the connector it will not be open to other vehicles. this pattern will be in affect until september and we will have a live report from the scene of the changes coming up in the next half hour. >>> today metro's tacoma station will be closed for five hours for more tests on the tracks where last month's deadly red line crash happened. the tests will run from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and again on saturday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. the fort ttotten stations

it has closed part of the road at cornwell tried in an end up. -- corn will drive up in annandale. >> the good news is that fairfax water says that by the afternoon commute, everything will be back to normal on 286 west. about 2:00 last night, a water main broke, sending water rushing underneath the roadway, and some drivers did have to go to that, but no one was injured. >> when you see water rushing, users say the knowledge. don't go through rushing water if you do not have to use those kinds of things. the good news is that we can shut that down pretty efficiently, pretty quickly. what he sees standing around now is puddles. >> pavement crews are working on getting the asphalt lane. then they will be open both lanes of 236 west for drivers. >> construction crews shifted the lanes ofbc the outer the of e thltway near eisenhower avenue this morning. the right lane of traffic was diverted using the eisenhower avenue connector rail as the third connector lane. this link configuration will be in place through september. drivers should access eisenhower avenue through than durham street

some bres as as we get to bealetown but warrenton back to cornwell and goldvein now so you are north and east seeing the showers. you can see it is moving up 95 to the north northeast. big picture on the weather computer shows we have a batch of showers moving through northern virginia. other showers in virginia and more to our west and southwest. so the energy is coming together to give us these showers and storms this morning. we are in the 70s. south winds five to 15. we will have more showers and storms this afternoon. mid to upper 80s and a slight risk of severe weather from the storm prediction center. that means damaging winds, hail, torrential downpour. we will watch it carefully this afternoon and in to this evening when we could have a few thunderstorms, 60s and 70s. most areas in the 70s. look at the readings this morning. mid to upper 70s. 77 now the coolest of the morning so far here in washington. cambridge is 79. 70 martinsburg. winchester 73. in the mid-80s for highs with a chance of thunderstorms off and on throughout the day and just a lot of energy. you can see it

in atlanta, sports attorney david cornwell also with us. steven, let me start with you in atlanta. what's your reaction to the commissioner's decision? >> well, i think it's a disgrace as far as i'm concerned. it's very, very nice of him to reinstate michael vick. i understand that, but the fact this man spent 23 months in the federal prison and comes out and still has to suffer with a suspension that will last anywhere from a month to six weeks i think is utterly ridiculous. i co-signed with terrell owemat. if the man never served prison time and suffered in the court of public opinion, that would be one thing. this man was if federal prison for almost two years. i don't think any suspension should have come down at all. >> he didn't seem to care. >> excuse me in. >> listening to his lawyer, they didn't seem to care that much. >> what is he supposed to say? oh, my goodness, i have a problem with the commissioner? now that i'm out of prison and looking for the job in the nfl? of course he's going to say that. he can't say anything else. >> david, i know you disagree. you think the