. >> reporter: welcome to cumberland! here we are. three, four ♪ [music] ♪ we'll play it for you on maine street here in beautiful cumberland. main street of the magic kingdom except for the? >> the mouse. >> look at this. cover lady boss singing hello. >> describe allegheny county. >> 60,000 acres of public land and this beautiful town right in the middle of it. >> reporter: we're going to show you cumberland and music from the shop owners here. look at the mountains. the leaves start to change right up there on the hill. we're on the mountain side of maryland today on the go with jamie costello! back to you. >>> a gorgeous weekend to be there. we'll check in with you in a bit but first we want to talk about yesterday's shooting at johns hopkins hospital which ended with two people dead and a doctor seriously wounded. police say 50-year-old paul pardus of arlington, virginia shot the doctor who was interesting his mother then shot his mother and eventually himself. the fact pardus was able to bring a gun into the hospital has raised

that's why we're here in cumberland today.9:00 we'll meet all of the friendly people in cumberland and frostburg and everybody in between. we're on the go in cumberland. allegheny county. >> the video is just beautiful. we'll have to check in later when it's light out. >> all right, megan. we'll see you at 9:00. >>> primary day is over but we don't know who will be baltimore city's top prosecutor. we may have to wait longer to figure out that more ballots have to be counted and a possible legal battle that could be in the works. >>> plus, a woman brought to the hospital by so-called good samaritans may have been the ones who held her captive for nearly a year. >>> plus -- >> family members of the johns hopkins shooter talk about the tragedy. hear what they have to say coming up. >>> also ahead, who would leave puppies in a dumpster? wait until you see these guys. they sore cute. cuddly, sweet and need a home. we've got the latest just ahead. >>> time now is 6:43. aisle megan pringle for your abc 2 news to go. a shooting inside

i'll be in cumberland tomorrow this time. >> what's that all about? >> we are going to be on the c&o canal and show you railroads. when is the last time you were in cumberland? >> it's been a long time. years. >> it's changed. >> pretty. >> the mountain side of maryland. that's what we call t we'll show you all the pretty shots in cumberland tomorrow. >> we'll take a drive out there later on today. >> not now? >> no, because first we have a lot to talk about. a lot of guests. we want to tell you about how to get involved in a great event to benefit the libraries. i think too often we forget how important they were. how much time did you spend as a kid in the library? you might not be -- >> look what i'm doing for a living. not enough. >> they are really important so we are going to talk more about that coming up. >>> swim across america. we are so lucky to have this event in baltimore. michael phelps is going to be out there, raising a lot of money for cancer research. >> we'll hear more about that. and we want to talk about the animal rescue movement

cumberland 63. petersburg 72. where the sun has been out, look at the temperatures down south.pahannock isle 8 degrees. -- 88 degrees. 87 fredericksburg. 67 martinsburg. big temperature differences. and here in town we are at 80 degrees with mostly cloudy sky and a south wind at 13. dew points are creeping up as more moisture heads this way. there's the showers we are watching the with the storm system out of the great lakes. rains from western new york down to parts of tennessee. turnly for us this will break up a bit as it moves in our direction. so we won get, i don't think a lot of rain, but we will take whatever we can get. big picture, warm front to the south is lifting to the north. we will watch on the future cast, much of the shower activity for this afternoon, knot and west of washington, even tonight that sort of breaks up. we hope overnight we will have a few showers ahead of the front and tomorrow we are left with sunny skies. by the way, in the tropics we are watching igor, could be a category two storm near bermuda on sunday night, early monday morning. they are

it's 48 in cumberland. we've got 56 in spring field. 50 in rockville. looking at today at a glance national 64. 747 at noon and 79 for the drive home and gorgeous afternoon ahead. hello to angie. >> looking good. hope you're off to a terrific tuesday. we're going to begin with our live shot in virginia. everything out here looking a-okay. as we continue onto 395 we're going to find our lanes wide open. we also want to take you to south capital street. those of you trying to cross the douglas bridge you're going to be reduced down to one lane. that's only going to last until about 5:00. it's very nice and quiet this way. finally we'll wrap it up with the capital beltway. here is your outer loop live. no problems to report. drivers still moving at speeds making their way into virginia. back to you. >>> today the senate will hold a procedural vote on whether or not to repel the military's don't ask, don't tell policy. that policy prohibits service members from revealing if they are gay. it prohibits recruiters from asking people about their sexual orientat

. >> hey listen, i'll be in cumberland tomorrow, broadcasting live on our on the go. i have my winter jacket ready. >> me and julia, down by the studio. >> simon and garfunkel. >> i feel like i'm in a barber shop this morning. we're not going to look at extreme chill any time soon. mild morning, thanks to the increasing clouds. small chance of clouds. if anything, mr. costello, you'll knee the waterproof jacket tonight. do you think we'll get a lot of rain out of there in time for you to go out in western maryland. wet weather in the tropics. karl hit mexico, back over the water, strengthening, you've got hurricane igor at 34. currently 56 degrees, your start point on the thermometer and bel air. let's see what's happening on the roads right now. >> well from cumberland to cambridge and from cockeysville to columbia, everything's looking pretty good so far on the roads this morning. we don't have any delays or accidents. just fire activity in glen burnie at baltimore annapolis boulevard and mountain road. you could see fire equipment there blocking the intersection. a

we will get up to 81 or 82. 64 in easton. 59 from cumberland and 63 in culpeper.out everybody is in the 60s across the board. 68 in college park to 65 arlington. fairfax is 69. 64 in laurel. 66 in brandywine. over to andrews and crofton as well 66 degrees. 69 at national. a few clouds. north wind at 13. that is the key. that's bringing in drier air and cooler air the next couple of days. you watch the dew point number drop as the drier cooler air filters down from the north. that front is south and east of us now. we will continue to watch the front pull away and stay south and east of us a couple of days. heat coming by midweek. in the tropics, this is igor north of bermuda. julia, julia is barely a tropical storm. just coming off africa again, this cluster of storms has the potential to become lisa in the next couple of days. one more look at igor. igor is about 130 miles or so north of bermuda. minimal hurricane. they had gusts over 90 as igor passed to the west of bermuda. wave heights over 30 feet. seven-day forecast, we are nice today and tomorrow in the low

better chance of showers twain between hagerstown and cumberland.one forecast, maybe a shower in oakland. 76 tomorrow. 82 cumberland. mid-80s in hagerstown and winchester. almost 90 in culpeper. mid-80s for leesburg and warrenton, manassas and also middleburg. downtown mid to upper 80s. chance of a sprinkle, upper to mid-80s on the bay and small craft advisory for the bay and tidal potomac. 897 tomorrow. maybe a sprinkle and much cooler. low 70s with clouds and maybe drizzle or shower by late in the day. it will not be a washout, just kind of cool. on monday a better chance of rain, showers and storms in the upper 70s and may bleed in to tuesday and very nice on wednesday, thursday and friday. >> looks like the forecast is going to get on the right track. we want to know if the redskins can get on the winning track. >> number 92 would help, wouldn't it? >> if he got in the game and got in the head and heart. >> a big boo boom hanes wto didn't suit up last week but all signs point to a change this week. and also trent williams has been hobbled since

a touch of fog in cumberland this morning. visible three-quarterss of a mile.ryone else is in decent shape with clear to partly cloudy skies. lower 60s in a few spots and even in martinsburg, the mountains in west virginia but cumberland reporting fog. we have areas we don't have observations from but watch out for couple of patches of fog and more heat today. near the 80s near the bay. annapolis 84. ten degrees warmer in culpeper and winchester 92 here which is about 15 above average for this time of the year. angie? >> we are feeling it. okay. right now we are dealing with debris on the roadway in silver spring. 185 southbound at viers mill road we are losing the right lane. 270, southbound construction there at montgomery village avenue and northbound watch for it at 189. 86 is clear to the -- 66 is clear though beltway. >>> looked like a scene from a horror movie, sea of fink bugs marching across a frederick county, home. they are all over from the district to west virginia. here's james hash just back from hazardous duty. >> i have had it. we have all had

visibilities have been down in cumberland and saint indigos but mile and a quarter in york.d low 70s an highs today 90 to 95. lunchtime 84. slight chance of were one or two storms but liking nothing like yesterday. we begin in virginia and show you the live conditions hoar. the accident at 395 northbound is approaching seminary. taking away a couple of left lanes. drivers are back down around the duke street exit to the point. a report of an accident on the inner loop approaching route 5 in maryland. as you can see from our live shot here in the pennsylvania avenue exit a good amount of volume is building. debris in in the road. this is something we have been watching. 185 at viers mill road. we are losing the right lane. that's the latest. over to you. >> today president obama will deliver his second address before the u.n. general assembly in new york. the president is expected to highlight progress in iraq and afghanistan as well as defending u.s. efforts to restart middle east peace talks after a two-year lull. the president will almost certainly raise the issue of nucle

still 75 in cumberland. locally we look at temperatures. laurel is 59. hay market but as you go in towards the beltway 66 here in springfield. 66 arlington. 64, there three of them montgomery county and we're holding onto 67 in brandywine. national, a much warmer spot than it was yesterday morning. 68. winds are out of the south at 10 and dew points in the upper 50s. we're moistening up also a lot like summer the next few days. a storm system in the mose here. showers and storms from missouri ending up to new york state here. we're south of all of this. so the heat is here and when you throw in the daytime sunshine it is going to get some kind of hot. now showers and storms north and west through detroit. they move more east than south but still this afternoon we can't rule out one or two are going to pop up. same story for you thursday afternoon. your seven-day forecast. here's the heat through friday. temperatures 90 if not 92 by friday. saturday looks okay. slim chance of a shower, 84 and then a couple of shower possibilities sunday, monday and turkey

and high pressure is in control and we'll look at cumberland. 48 degrees this morning.her thing, you notice the dew point into the 40s. and we'll take you in closer and show you as far as the winds go, they've died down and they're out of the northwest and it's been a dry couple of weeks and that trend is going to continue in the five-day forecast here. >> there's a front to the northwest. this is the front here. and it's really going to fizzle out as it moves our way. we'll see the clouds from it. that's about it and it gets out of here. and the other thing that the front does, it's deflecting the hurricane away from the united states. it comes through and moves to the east. we'll cool down on monday and it keeps igor away from the united states. you notice this sharp turn, that's when it pix up. and it's great for us and still underneath the tract. you can see the bands making their way there and this storm is moving slowly. it's really going to batter bermuda either moving close by or moving near. >> winds are 58 miles per hour and northwest at 18 miles per hour. see

this should fall later on tonight as the front approaches from the west. 72 in oakland and 82 in cumberland ocean city, by the water, cooler and a bit of a breeze. 73 and the hot spot, d.c. jumped up. that's warm this time of the year, but the humidity is so low, you don't notice it like in july. the winds will go south west for a while before shifting to the west, northwest. it could get gusty tomorrow night. a breezy day expected friday. and already, some good activity showers and thunderstorms and even possibilities of strong thunderstorms over the dakotas. and the bulk of that will cross the great lakes. it will trail a front tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. that's where we'll see the thunderstorms if they survive across the mountains. we could see an isolated thunderstorm and brief, and gusty by tomorrow. that's into the evening hours and a chance of a little bit of rain. most of it to the north and unfortunately, we need the rain. it will be dry. and for the year, we're not that below normal. but for the last month and with the sun, it's dried out. warm air comes in briefly duri

cumberland at 48. some areas up in pennsylvania this morning like bradford down to 35 in the northern part of the state. dew points are in the 40s. the winds north/northwest at 6. we don't have any clouds there. severe thunderstorm watch in northern wisconsin this morning. some strong storms there. that's ahead of a cold front. that front should put things in motion. that will be getting closer toward us as we go throughout the next couple of days. here we go. notice at 1:00 the showers and storms there. they will try to be with us across northern sections as we go through the afternoon. we should be in pretty good shape this afternoon with high temperatures right around 80 degrees. some spots in the upper 70s. this is lisa well out in the atlantic. 40 miles an hour winds and not going to be a problem for us. your seven-day forecast it's going to be hot. today looks great. tomorrow, thursday, friday up around 90. the chance for an afternoon storm tomorrow and thursday afternoon. next week could be a st

cumberland, 50 degrees, or fishing. cooler than yesterday. 52 degrees and warrenton. 55 in fredericksburg. in some locations we are 10 degrees cooler now than yesterday at this time. attorneys vowel, west virginia, 51. -- keyneysville. 82 degrees for the high temperature this afternoon. no big swings in the temperature expected anytime soon. 85 tomorrow with a slight chance of showers tomorrow evening and tomorrow night. >> traffic is slowing down in virginia along 66 eastbound into manassas. 28 centreville. 50 to 123. nville rd.the garrison vow the baltimore washington parkway is quiet. 270 southbound approaching 109. quiet crowd on route 4 and route 5 in maryland. looks good on route for ander route 5. 270 approaching 109 on the screen. back to you. >> thank you. >>> heisman trophy winner reggie bush is forfeiting his awards. he's giving back the trophy. the scandal over improper benefits when used with the university of southern california should not stand the dignity of the board, he says. he was awarded the trophy

cumberland, 59 degrees. it is in the '60s for the most part. clear skies overhead, influenced by the hyper system that moved offshore. the sinking motion in that atmosphere inhibits clouds. a few patchy clouds should develop this afternoon. there's action in the midwest. a frontal boundary, that front is not going to make it to our area. it will stay to the north. that will keep the cool air to the north. the high-pressure system moved offshore, with a clockwise rotation all the way through friday. that means heat and humidity for us. we will be on the warmer side of the jet stream until this weekend. your forecast today, near 90 with a slight chance of thunderstorms midday. that will build instability with added moisture and a little energy this afternoon. a few isolated storms possible. tomorrow, dry with sunshine. low 90's the next couple days. cooling on the weekend. >>> the beltway is open on the virginia side between the bulls and bridge and the american legion bridge. overnight work is complete. nothing complicated on the beltway. kenilw

cumberland, 50 degrees. mid-70s degrees locally this afternoon. an increase in clouds and morning sunshine. some late day showers are expected. heaviest rain tonight through midday tomorrow. what do you have on traffic? >>> not much. overnight construction and has been moved out of the way. southern maryland, things are good. green light on 95. a little more action out of frederick on the 270. 95 and 66, travel times are still with us. greenway and the toll road, we give you the green light. >>> thanks. >> up next, the debate over deer hunting. >>> who is heading home with? the singer or the situation? >>> who is heading home with? the singer or the situation? we wil more bold flavor!onds! more variety! more value! more of what you want... not what you don't. blue diamond almonds. (play-by-play announcer) it's up and it is... good! more than a snack. >> michael and chelsea. >> michael bolton was the next person to be booted from "dancing with the star's". we will hear more from him and his partner and a little bit later. we will have the latest on

cumberland 68. look at the morning low in the 40's. hancock 43.tional was closed to 57 for a low temperature. right now we are at 70 in frederick. manassas of 276. arlington bond up a little bit at 75. -- manassas at 76. today will be similar to yesterday. a record $igh is 96. that was set in 1885. here is a look at the satellite and radar composite. this is a cold front. this will show lelowly push eas. a back, when will kick in. the southerly wind will bump are temperaáures up. tonight mostly clear skies. 6 quite as cool as what we had last night. =v(>>> d.dc. car owners are beig asked to give up their vehicle for one month. some are being asked to carpool or fight. and >> i use my car for a 5 minute trip verses hopping on the metro. >> program leaders said lester 65% of the participants said3 participating in the challenge. a new case of bedbugs cropping up in frederick county. frederick county public library is temporary close. the urbana library was closed after spotting them in a ball. -- spotting them in a book. >>> coming up on abc7 news a

the recent ad says 76 is the high is because the computer switched at midnight. 62 cumberland. the cooler air is out there. the almanac, the temperatures yesterday on saturday, 93 degrees, not quite a record at reagan national. it broke the record at dulles airport. a number 67 of 90 degrees or better. has not happened since 1980. we shattered the old record, 1988, 59 days of 90 degrees or better. with october still on the way, i think we will. the record this year. 56 degrees at pittsburgh, 70 hagerstown, 83 raleigh. the frontal system to the south, cool air to the north and west, minneapolis 40 degrees, freeze warnings and wisconsin nothing like that for us, but we're watching the storm system taking shape to the south and west over the tennessee valley, eventually moving our way for the day tomorrow. monday and tuesday, beneficial rains, 1-2 inches of much-needed rain on the way. this is the storm track, looking for heaviest rain to the south and west. this would be across western virginia, looking at the rain totals? 1-2 inches across the immediate metro, the potomac high l

mid-50s in cumberland to mid- 60s here in washington. easton and cambridge 59. it is 57 in frederick, gaithersburg and leesburg and 55 manassas. looking at high temperatures in the low 80s. as you head south to fredericksburg and tappahannock, culpeper, more like the mid-80s an up to hagerstown around 80 degrees. sunny skies and watch out. we could have some breezes over 20. >> hope you are ready to enjoy a fantastic day. right now inside the beltway looking good. it is outside that we have learned out in howard county area that they have reclosed route 94. this is between florence road and old annapolis road. that's because we have a pole down on the ground and some wires. crews are out trying to fix that. move to the outer loop. we are moving slowly between 95 and georgia. plus five to ten minutes for that stretch of the commute. no incidents along the way and we will wrap with route 4, route 5 and crane highway. we will take you there. i want you to know we are building a little volume on the roads heading in to dc. no tieups at this time. oh to you. >> thank

little fog in saint indigo and also in cumberland is down to a half mile.erwise smooth sailing out there with 80s, low 60s north and west to low 70s in town. southern maryland by the bay a hot day expected. 95 in the hottest spots. 5:00 p.m. 90 and a slight chance of a thunderstorm. it is 8:30. how are the roads? >> we have been tracking them all morning long. keeping an eye on a couple of spots out there. we will focus in on silver spring, maryland where we have a truck fire on east randolph road and octagon lane. avoid the area or if you have to go this way use caution. on the outer loop we are slow from new hampshire over to georgia avenue. right now not so bad. probably an extra five minutes or so and virginia, of course we can't forget about you. 86 eastbound is stacking up no incidents between 50 and 123. an extra five to ten minutes there and that's growing. back to you. >>> this morning, there are people trying to get ready for work and school without electricity. those scattered storms which rolled through yesterday knocked out power. pepco is deal

in the valley. 91 in cumberland. talking cumberland into the valley, there's only about 500 feet sea level. this is quite a difference in elevation f. you've ever -- elevation. >>> if you've ever driven out that way, it's a whole different climate. southerly winds. that's going to keep the heat and humidity in for one more day. then we'll see a big change coming in as a front. looks pretty impressive. by the time it gets to us, it will be pretty dry. most of the activity will pass to the north. we will have a frontal passage sometime on noon saturday. behind it, it will turn dryer and cooler. as we said, most of the showers, passing well to the north. for the time being, friday, once again, a very warm and increasingly humid day. temperatures tomorrow will be close to the records. now, saturday afternoon, the front will go through. it will turn cooler, very pleasant saturday afternoon, saturday night. nice little breeze as well. now, let's take you down to the tropics. yesterday was just a batch of clouds. now it's g

ocean city, a lot more comfortable. 81. 91, still in cumberland. and the cooler spots out in the montgomery county area. 79 in oakland. how warm did it get today? 95. we tied the record, set back in 1970. officially coming in at 95 degrees. looks like tomorrow, we'll struggle to get the low. perhaps maybe a few places in the mid-80s. and a lot cooler on sunday. maybe only near 70s, denise. >> thank you, bob. >>> an unprecedented conviction involving a howard county educator, who sexually abused a young child in a unique way. kai has more on this unique trial. kai? >> carl walker, jr., was found guilty of abusing a third grader because he sent her dozens of explicit love letters. the 28-year-old worked here at bryant woods elementary school in colombia. he sent dozens of notes to the 8-year-old. in those messages, he wrote of his desire to kiss her and other more disturbing fantasies. the conviction is the first in maryland, based on the letters. denise? >> walker could face a maximum of 14 years in prison. he will likely appeal. >>> in virginia and

fredericksburg 86. 82 martinsburg and cumberland 83.some showers are heading this way by thursday night. more on that coming up. 77 is the lunchtime temperature. 81 for the drive home. >>> let's talk about the drive in. a couple of things on the maps we are keeping an eye on. take you outside and show you what is going on

near 80 for cumberland. in the tropics, igor hit bermuda last night and pulling away.may form behind me in the next couple of days. busy time in the tropics. seven-day forecast, temperatures today around 80. low 80s tomorrow. there goes the 90. near 90-degree heat wednesday, thursday and friday. a chance for afternoon and evening storms here. saturday a front with a few showers. hello, angie. >> hello, howard and everybody. thank you for joining us so early on this monday morning. most of the main roads are taking up volume. no real problems. the big thing we are watching is construction. it's on the chain bridge. it will keep the chain bridge closed in both directions as you head out live in both directions until 8:00 a.m. because of bridge repairs. you will want to use the 14th street bridge, key bridge or the roosevelt to get in to the district. 395 heading northbound, no incidents or construction out here. slowing down past duke street exit. we are tracking inbound new york avenue. we have more volume between the times building past bladensburg road. a check on rou

, all of those areas you are seeing showers and storms. 70s still in southern maryland to 54 in cumberlandster is 62. culpeper an gaithersburg 61. easton is 63. locally we are looking at 59 in reston to 57 fairfax and laytonsville. andrews 63 degrees and ft. belvoir down to mount vernon around 6 -- 61. the winds are calm with partly to mostly cloudy skies out there. as we show you the bigger picture you will see the shower and storm activity in michigan through ohio. this is moving in this direction and that will help, at least, up our rain chances. if the front moves north and east the nine future cast will show the moisture moving in to the region. later during the afternoon, especially by north and west and by five, 10:00, we are struggling and move out overnight. the seven-day forecast, we are looking at a chance of showers late today and tonight, especially north. we cool down tomorrow from 87 to 83. saturday and sunday looking good for the weekend. monday 83 and the last couple of days of summer warm in the upper 80s. it is 5:48. happy thursday. >> hey, back at ya, howard and everybo

hague herstown, cumberland, clouds are building an you have a chance of showers this afternoon. you will be near 80 in hagerstown. 85 afternoon spring and 87 in pax river. angie, over to you. >> keeping an eye on a couple of things you ought to know about. let's start with the main break at new hampshire avenue between shaw and thomas. drivers this way are losing one lane. moving outside. showing you connecticut and bradley boulevard. no complaints out here obviously. lanes are wide open. 355 and shady grove road, the same situation looks like drivers, the few we are seeing out there, they are moving at speed. it is ten minutes after the 6:00 hour. hope you are off to a great thursday. we'll be right >>> flames broke out at a complex in northwest houstonful several you know units were destroyed. forcing families to find enter somewhere else to live. it is unclear what started the fire. >>> several communities in los angeles were evacuated after a wife threatened homes. the canyon fire has burned more than 6,000 abeers since sunday. more than 8,000 firefighters are on the fire li

cumberland, 7075 at reagan national. -- and 75 reagan national. >> thank you. >>> it was a nail biter for redskins fans at fedex field last night. donovan mcnabb led the team strong against the houston texans, taking a 27-10 lead. and the bottom fell out. if the houston texans died in the game at the end of the fourth quarter of a field goal in overtime have been winning. it left the redskins fans crushed. >> i thought we were good, i thought we had it made. >> we got this again. i thought. >> the burgundy and gold will face endless next week. >>> longest recession in decades is over. a panel of economists say the recession ended for good in june of 2009. it began in december of 2007, making it the longest recession since the second world war. president obama is taking questions about jobs at a cnbc town hall meeting at the newseum. >>> vice-president joe biden is speaking out about u.s. relations with japan. >> emwe have to get the relationship right between the u.s. and china. i don't know how that relationship can be made right other than going through tokyo. >> he emphasized the i

delmarva got hit a little harder over there but out to our north and west around cumberland and kaiser here comes another round. there are some severe thunderstorm warnings issued for that region and over to true view, show you the bigger picture as not only the strong storms were exiting the new york city area, brooklyn got hit pretty hard and in queens there's a lot of damage to the high school and you mentioned the two fatalities, but this next line coming ahead of the frontal system some thunderstorms for cumberland and elkins. i want to show you where we've had those tornado warnings as well there in the red and where i this v that tornado symbol is where a lot -- where i have that tornado symbol is where a lot of the touchdowns have been. we'll have to watch that. a frontal system is coming and we do believe as those thunderstorms get closer to d.c. they will diminish, but front will come through overnight and we are probably going to have more showers around here in the next several hours. if you get a rumble of thunder, i think the best chance of that is interstate 81 and west.

this is what it looked like yesterday in cumberland county, north carolina.ownpours there led to flash floods. just like us the carolinas have been under drought conditions for the past few weeks. >>> a -year-old child is in critical condition this morning after a car crash. prince georges county police say a car, carrying two adults and three children, crashed in to a tree along floral park road last night. the adults and two children suffered only minor injuries. investigators are trying to figure out what caused the crash. >>> bug problems may mean -- budget problems may mean more shortages in montgomery county. they are telling all departments to prepare for 10 to 15% cuts in the mondays ahead. but how to do it remains up in the air. >> we have to make certain we treat them fairly. we have to make certain they are part of the solution as we go forward and we want to protect as many jobs as possible. >> reporter: last winter's round of storms didn't help matters. the county spent $70 million on winter storms. >>> jessica is back with another "living $mart"

. >> reporter: the waters of the cumberland are calm right now.ust below the surface painful memories still lger. >> we had ten people die in nashville. over $2 billion in damage in private propty. about 10,000 properties damaged. >> reporter: one of those be longed to claire beach. >> you walk away and you don't know how much you're going to lose or how much it's going to be under water. that was a very difficult moment. >> reporter: she's still sorting through some of the damage. after almost four months she'll be backome tonight for the first te since the flood. and on the same day ironically that another nhville family is finally coming home. it's opening night tonight at the grand ol' opry. >> you know, the grand ol' opry in many ways is the sound track to the lives of many american families. >> reporter: a song that perhaps hit its saddest note ever as water hit this sacred hall home, home to the legends and hallowed ground, to country's current stars. >> the lights have a film of mud on them. and you've got this entire stage, which had wate

cumberland and gaithersburg 73. frederick 79. oakland is 63.you have a difference in the mountains and the bay a little cooler along the bay. pax i river naval air station 84. national airport 83. winds northwest. that front is pushing through. they have been south southwesterly most of the morning and the dew.s have dropped in the upper 50s to low 880s in to the low 50s. we are watching the clouds move in from the west. the rain, alaska, missouri, up in to new england, hundreds of miles away from us. and turnly in in spite of the front coming through, the big effect are the winds behind it and the drier air that's been moving in. the dry say with us and looking good on wednesday. wednesday night. we look good on thursday morning, but thursday we are also watching this area of low pressure starting to pull out of michigan, detroit could be seeing rain and thunder. then a line of showers and storms ahead of the cold front but the cold front is going to get here maybe thursday night. the main rain will be north. so we are talking showers opposed

look at the rainfall, 3-4-5, possibly 6 inches of rain near cumberland. 74 tomorrow, 78 thursday, disastrous evening commute. back to the mid-70s. cooler over the weekend. temps in the 60s, only low 60s sunday and monday, back in the low 70s monday and tuesday. >>> most gruesome story you could have that involved a loaf of bread. officials were shocked to see a man was not lying when he claimed to find a mouse baked inside his daily bread. he was making sandwiches for his kids when he saw what he thought was a dark spot, then noticed the fur. that is just nasty. anyway, he says he felt sick and was sicker when health officials say look, there's no tail, suggesting that it had already been grubulated. the company pled guilty and paid a $26,000 fine. >>> send your e-mails. the address. right here in this neighborhood, i grew up learning strong families and hard work means opportunity. and that starts with good schools. it's a tradition here in maryland-- and why in these tough times i've put education first. we've made record investments in our classrooms... doubled the number of charter schoo

the clouds are hanging tough and that's doing a number on the temperatures. 52 in oakland, cumberlands 66. it's chilly there. winchester is 70. and go south, we have 80 from fredericksburg and 82. we sit at 81. just up the road in montgomery county and leesburg, low to mid 70s. so a lot cooler up north than down south. right now, 81. partly to mostly cloudy. dew point is in the upper 50s. and a wind out of the west, northwest. did you see that humidity? only 47% as this storms have left, the front is coming through. you can see the clearing. have to go back to the midwest for the clearing because the elevation helps lift a little bit and produce those clouds. high pressure in michigan, northwest low behind the front. we are drying out and we are going to stay that way throughout much of the weekend. tonight we clear out. tomorrow we are looking good. we go through the day with mostly sunny skies. by sunday, a front coming through, may touch off a shower mostly in the mountains. as we go through the weekend, this afternoon, your high temperatures, again about 84 here in town. we could

winchester 95. 92 cumberland and lower 80s in annapolis. our seven-day forecast it's hot through friday. again, watch out for storms this afternoon. topper will have the latest through the afternoon fall tonight 11:09. saturday cooling down to around 84. should be a good day. sunday a chance for a shower or two in the afternoon. and even monday as well. cool down back to more normal levels in the upper 70s. that's your weather. we'll go to the kitchen with 9 news now returns. (announcer) new icy hot power gel. relief that's icy to dull pain, hot to relax it away. and no mess. new icy hot power gel. don't mess around with pain. >>> fall formally begins tonight. so it's time for us to turn our attention to the fall season. guess what? we have some fabulous local apples in the area. and my chef today is rsvp catering executive chef gregg greenburg. he's going to do an apple dish. actually, an apple truffle vessel. a mouthful with sort of a twist on the classic trifle. >> that's right. >> okay. >> what we have here we're going to start with a h

the archdiocese of baltimore removed him as passenger of the -- pastor of the church in cumberland. a forensics expert took the stand in the trial of three men accused of killing ken harris. the expert testified that blood was not found on the mask at the center of the investigation. it had been said that the mask was worn by one of harris''s killers and blood found on and help police find three men. the testimony will resume on monday. the search is on for four men in and around a county who shot a woman during a home invasion last night. happen in glen burnie. detectives a man was robbed as he was entering a home. the men struggled with a woman inside who was shot in the chest. she was listed in stable condition. police believe the victims may have been targeted. >> late last night, the so- called preppie burglar was arrested by montgomery county police. you might remember 30-year-old jeremy hall from this video. he was caught on camera breaking into a home earlier this month. this video led police to him yesterday. today, police in montgomery county say they have tied hall to a s

you'll be in the 0s tonight, oakland. 74 in couple we are land with -- cumberland with sunshine. and culpeper will make 81 or so but warrenton, manassas and leesberg, great falls probably holding in the upper 70s. downtown, 80 tomorrow with sunshine. 79 by the water, no wind to speak of so it's below small craft advisory criteria. 80 tomorrow, 87 on wednesday. and kind of hot, near 90 on thursday and friday. some storms are possible wednesday afternoon and thursday afternoon and maybe a shower late friday. should not interfere with high school football though. and then nice weekend. cooler and low 80s on saturday and back into the upper 70s on sunday and monday. >>> skin fans are a little baffled today. >> the start of the game was great, the defense not so much and the end of the game was a -- one name stands out. 500. that's how many passing yards they gave up. and one guy is taking it back in his own hands. >>> and the mri is back on haynesworth's knee. we'll be back with that in a moment. chevy chase bank is becoming capital one bank. with the most locations in the dc area, w

zone forecast, you're in the 70s in oakland, but in the 80s in cumberland. 89 in culpeper. little better chance of a storm towards martinsburg. etch there, it will be few and far between. 88 downtown. 86 in annapolis and small craft advisory in effect. next seven days, upper 80s tomorrow, 90 on thursday and friday. 81 on saturday. nice, maybe a sprinkle on sunday. not a huge deal. then we are back up to 80 on monday and bruce, tuesday, you know, some showers and thunderstorms possible. probably the best chance of storms will be tuesday of the next seven days. >> we need the water. we need the water. >> we need the rain for the vegetation and the soil is some kind of dry. >> thanks a lot. here's one straight out of derek's weird news file. police bust up a drug ring in columbia and make this odd arrest seriously. the parrot told people to run once police started their raid. now he is facing charges of aiding and abetting drug traffickers and he's not alone. columbian police have been given more than a thousand birds that were trained to be lookouts from one city known to be

covers everybody. 46 oakland. 50 cumberland. winchester is 52. culpeper 55. southern maryland, eastern shore low to mid-60s right now. gaithersburg is 54 an here in washington we have a coolish 53. partly to mostly cloudy skies out there. northernly winds. big difference in what we had yesterday. we had gusty winds from the southwest. what we are watching a quiet western part of the country. yesterday's storm is up there. we go down to the tropics to cuba. there is a tropical depression about here. tough to tell on the radars, but look at the moisture. you see the steady stream of moisture from the tropics through the carolinas where it is raining this morning? that moisture is lifting to the north and we think some of it will be here late today and a lot of it tonight in to tomorrow. what we are looking at here on the 9 future cast is the moisture coming up, trying to make it. not doing a great job penetrating the drier air. but at 6:00 you are going to the carolinas it will be wet. southern virginia rains developing. overnight, this stuff surges northward.

upper 50s in cumberland.chool wearing short sleeves why not but have the rain gear handy. will be some breaks here and there and a threat of a few thunderstorms lair on, as well. highs in the mid-70s. patranya bhoolsuwan. >> good morning. thank you, howard. for those up early joining us, you are probably faring better because of the wet weather outside. the overall picture, not much going on. minor construction but should clear up in the next half hour or so. 66 eastbound, manassas to the beltway, no problems. not too much traffic. watch for the wet roads and same from 109 to the split. >>> frederick city police are searching for the people responsible for slashing the tire of a dozen vehicles. several residents woke up on sunday morning to find they were the victims of vandals. >> that vehicle makes me money. that's what i need to go out and support my family. have two senior citizens and four kids. >> reporter: that's why two slashed tires on his truck were no laughing matter for don fletcher. >> these pooh

there's the gusts near 20 miles an hour in cumberland and hagerstown 22 with a temperature of 75. frederick, leesburg and manassas and fredericksburg is 79 right now. andrews is 78. mid-70s at pax river and here in washington we are in the upper 70s and our winds are out of the south and southwest gusting over 20. there's the storm system that brought us the rain yesterday and last night and the scattered heavy showers. some folks got a quarter to a half inch. and you can see the storm is spinning here in ohio. it is moving up to ontario. this is leaving us. this will not be a problem. it will get out of here except for the winds that we will have this afternoon. our next weather maker, that one is coming from the south. our 9 future cast through midnight, it is all quiet. tomorrow notice showers along coastal areas of virginia, southern virginia early afternoon. tomorrow night we start to see the moisture creep up through the carolinas. here we are at midnight, southern part, shenandoah valley, roanoke, charlottesville and look at thursday midday. boom. the moisture explodes up i

cumberland 57. williamsport 51. 69 in richmond. locally 60 in gaithersburg. 58 reston, our cool spot there. andrews and ft. belvoir are 60. columbia, good morning 59. howard, with traffic issues. angie will elaborate. and 88 college park. 70ishened 9:00. and breezy and 81er. highs in the lower 80s. thanks for joining us. right now we begin with 95 southbound. we have construction at 218 area. going northbound you are fine. this should be clear inspection the next half hour or so. moving to the outer loop, everything is clear from t 5 to -- 95 to 270. smooth sailing. virginia, 86 eastbound, making your way manassas and beyond, looks like a nice quiet commute. take you to 395, tracking the northbound trip here. you want to watch for that traffic pattern at the 14th street bridge. that's where you are forced to lose a left listen. wrap it up before this. 95 northbound no complaints making your way from fredericksburg to the springfield interchange. back to andrea. >>> at 7:00 this morning, polling stations will open across the distric

these storms, there are a couple more back here toward west virginia and western maryld around cumberland and frostberg, but i don't think they'll be holding together. they're dying out as we speak, so i think by tomorrow morning, we'll be looking at a pretty nice morning and another very hot day. 76 by 10:00 a.m. and how about temperatures in the middle 90s as we move through the first day of fall. my cplete forecast coming up in just a little bit. >> thank you, doug. >>> a navy seal who grew up in this area was amo the servicemen killed when a helicopter crashed in afghanistan yesterday. brendon looney went to the naval academy. >> jim, cliche but true. by all accounts, 29-year-old brendan looney was an all-american kind of guy. he was an honor student and star athlete here at ma gnatnatha. and tonight he is one of the country's fallen heroes. >> he was at manatha since 1956. he saw all three of the looney boys. >> he was principal. when he retired, became one of the football coaches of number 10. >> you didn't want to get hit by him on a football field. he uld demolish people coming th

notice them in martinsburg, cumberland, petersburg, luray and stanton in the upper 50s and tappahannock cooled off to 61. at reagan national 69. got mostly cloudy skies. these are higher clouds. i don't expect a thick overcast. dew point crept up a bit. west coast pretty quiet except for the northwest. the middle of the country we are all the shower and storms. several clusters of these. and the energy is rolling east. the bulk to the north but we will have enough energy that we will see the threat thankfully for much-needed showers coming in tonight. the cold front to our south but the warm front is starting to return. it is rather humid on the other side of the front and temperatures in the ohio valley in the mid-70s. our 9 future cast in motion through this morning, maybe going to pittsburgh, some showers by midday. here we go through the afternoon and evening. notice the scattered showers, some rumbles of thunder. 3:00 tomorrow morning looking at a chance of a few showers early but then that will clear out and left with showers in the mountains by 10:00 or so. and we are looking pre

to the north and west 50s, oakland, cumberland, take hagerstown. 61 frederick and gaithersburg. 63 manassas luray 61 degrees. in town, 64. we have the rain. dew.s only a degree shy. so very moist there. 94% and a northeast wind at 7 miles an hour. we are watching high pressure across new england. nosing back down to the middle east. low pressure down near atlanta. and that is forcing all of the moisture to come in and northward. now, this boundary, given a little more lift -- but what will happen is we will get in to the warm sector later on tonight and that will help to fire off showers and storms. by 5:00 or so we have less coverage than this morning. we could have times where we get breaks in the rainfall. and then tonight, notice the showers and storms that are coming in through us. tomorrow morning, 5:00 a.m. and we start the day wet. this cold front looks like it will sweep through us. by noon, midday tomorrow we are starting to see breaks here and that should be able to keep us in decent shape as we head in to tuesday night and wednesday. but more moisture could be here on thursday.

it's a little cooler down. 70 in culpeper. 59 in cumberland. that's our cool spot across the region. locally, 58 in laurel. they take the cake but just down the road college park checking in at 70. 67 in brandywine. and 66 in springfield. out west, let me step out for a second. 65 in centreville and manassas. hay market you're one of our cool spots at 69 degrees. dew point's in the upper 50s. you'll recall yesterday these numbers were in the 40s so the humidity is keeping up as well. not only are we going to be hot we're going to be a little humid as well and winds this morning south at 10 miles an hour. until it's pretty quiet out west. showers and storms in south texas. this is what we've got to watch though. it's possible whatever happens in ohio, pennsylvania and connecticut with a little luck will head towards us. unfortunately the upper level wind fiend is stronger in pennsylvania, new york and new jersey. if you're going north today this has a better chance of seeing thunderstorms, abe mae few strong ones then say south of the mason-dixo

the cool spots, cumberland, pete persburg 63. frederick 64.cross the bay, upper 60s and low 70s in cambridge and annapolis. mass transit down to -- manassas down to 64. 68 gaithersburg and 70 from mason neck. ft. belvoir 66. andrews where the fog is 66. to the west a couple of mid- 60s, manassas to haymarket. sterling 70 degrees. a warm morning. dew point 70 for late september. are you kidding me? this is nothing we should be seeing but it is here and the winds are not helping at all. they are dead calm. a sticky, steamy morning. we have some haziness with the higher clouds to the north. you see the line of showers. you can see it in hd especially. that is a cold front and that cold front will be here tomorrow morning ahead of it, though, it is very warm. the air is pouring northward across the ohio valley to the mid-atlantic and the northeast. as we put our future cast in motion you will see how things stay warm here through 10:00. we will go through the day. it's warm. we get to tonight, midnight, there's the front, pittsburgh, not passing c

not as cool as yesterday morning. 63 right now. 61 manassas. 59 cumberland and here in town we are 69annapolis right now. with today's highs making it well to the 80s could touch 90 if fredericksburg and tappahannock. the day at a glance, look for more clouds as the day progresses. even a shower threat this afternoon especially knot and west. temperatures by noon 80. highs in the mid to upper 80s. good morning. >> happy thursday, everybody. right now we are waking up to problems out there early on don't know what is going on with this, folks. all week has been like this. still losing all lanes. looks like the accident will keep it this way until 5:00 a.m., maybe 5:30. on the outer loop, construction to watch for near route 1. an then 66 eastbound all clear. westbound approaching 29 centreville, watch for an accident off to the shoulder. >>> if you wanted to know who dc's mayor was going to be on tuesday night you likely had to be willing to sacrifice a lot of sleep. the election results were surprisingly slow coming in and left a lot of us scratching our heads as to why. though city t

zone forecast tomorrow, 70 in oakland if you're luckily, more likely 69, 78 if cumberland, 83 in culpepper, very nice. downtown low 80s, only 80 around the water but there's no small craft advisory for tomorrow. next seven days, 82 on thursday. nice on friday. actually, warming up over the weekend. hardly football weather. 84 on saturday, 83 on sunday, but we will take it. it will be dry. 4:00 game watch it right here on channel 9 and it warms up next week. we are talking upper 80s, maybe a shower by next tuesday. >>> seems clinton portis has come down with a case of foot in mouth. >> he said some rather outlandish things over the years. this isn't outlandish, this is dumb and i like clinton. his legs were fine on sunday. it is his mouth that is getting him in trouble tonight. the football world and the world in general reacts be to his ridiculous comments. >>> plus when a touchdown is not really a touchdown, see the one the refs missed. 9 sports next. >>> it's time for 9 sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> it was just last friday that we talked about how under the radar c

upper 50s in martinsburg and cumberland and top off in the 75 to 80-degree range and winds gusting over 20 at pax river. expect that to pick up, as well. it is 4:82. angie -- 4:32. i hope people are staying off the roads. >> everything, a reminder, do not attempt to drive through standing water, especially a lot of high water covers dips in the roads. that can create dangerous situations. already seeing early morning problems. this is not this in the immediate viewing area but will impact drivers. 70 eastbound in howard county between columbia pike and the river bridge. that's where we have all eastbound lanes closed because of an overturned tractor- trailer. probably like this until 6:30 this morning. as a result of this, you want to use route 40 or 99 as the alternate. take it over to 270. slick road conditions from frederick to the split but no major problems to get there. a water main break in chevy chase. this is willard road between river road and north park avenue. and that's where we have crews on the scene trying to get this under control. avoid the area. in to dc we go. inboun