d.c. voter his no idea who was influenceing them at the ballot box. >> reporter: the u.s. attorney put together this visual aid. there was $663,000 put in here and can you see it was used to pay for gray campaign items like consultants, signs, t- shirts, stickers, laptops, they'lls and some van rentals. we should tell you, brian, that we did our best to catch up with the mayor today. we went to the wilson building and we were outside of his sixth floor office trying to get an introduce and we were told by his spokesperson that he had no time to speak today. he was very busy and he would address the issues tomorrow at his biweekly press conference and, you know, we will be there. >> did anyone ask him if it was even possible for vin saint die vincent gray to not know if this was going? >> he would not talk about it or mention vincent gray's name today. he called him candidate a. boy, everyone else that has been involved in this case, everyone has been asking that question how could he not k

if d.c.ork now, they can do more in the future. >> when they hahad the super bowl i was really happy. i do not feel ththey took it and ran with it like inindianapolis. >>>> and that is probably a more far of comup in the sky -- bubut an interesting -- of more far off, pie in the sky, buit is interesting. there is an entire night of activities and to do covering the presidential campaigns what is your take on what is going on right now? we're talking about obama's tax plan. i think the presint is doing at he needs to do, and that is run out the clock. romney never seems to forge ahead, but he holds a wider lead where it counts in places like ohio. there is the gender gap in thesee things. womemen like the democrs. but mr. prident obama is doing much better. as has been witnessed in pennsylvania. each week the president comes up with a new issue. this week, it was taxes. thatat distractedttention from the lousy j jobs report. i have to say, the guy is a masterful campaign. he was doing a bus to

d.c., downed was trees and power lines is the problem. al-nour island avenue, we walked of homes andber businesses that have been flooded for a second time in eight days. rhode island ave. business owners and homeowners faced hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage again. roughly a thousand homes lost throughout the d.c. metro region. this time of the damage is unusual. >> numerous trees came down on was aa weeks ago and it morning.enario this >> it has been really hard, very crazy. down on the street. you just make the best of it. >> while pepco worked through night to restore power, flooding is once again a problem island ave. been hit for a second .ime in just over a week >> it shoots up like a geyser. >> the last time he spent the day cleaning and drying his , this time he's ripping out after more storm water .nd sewer water >> we had a meeting the monday the first blood and they really offered no good solutions. was injured during storm, but residents last one this summer. still has a sense of humor, that he has lost two cars duri

a woman connected to d.c. mayor vincent gray's 2010 campaign admits illicit campaign funds helped get him into office. melanie alnwick has the story. >> reporter: there have been whispers after shadow campaign to elect convince grant for a long time. yesterday in federal court, eugenia harris confirmed it. -- to elect vince gray for a long time. >> harris plead guilty to two counts of conspiracy for straw donations to gray's 2010 campaign and some federal campaigns in 2008. the u.s. attorney says the guilty plea shows the 2010 mayoral campaign was compromised by back room deals and secret payments. >> what made this shadow campaign sinister was how it was paid for. the shadow campaign was entirely off the books financed with secret corporate money so d.c. voter had no idea who was influencing them at the ballot box. >> reporter: no evidence has been presented so far that shows mayor gray himself was involved in the shadow campaign. he would not speak to reporters yesterday but his spokesperson did say the mayo

. >>> why the low cost sedan service feels that d.c. leaders are trying to drive the company out of town. >>> a young woman sexually assaulted near a community pool. >> it happened in gaithersburg. derrick ward has the developments. >> reporter: a sense of fear and worry descended upon this otherwise quiet community here after this attack that happened earlier this evening. police say the attack happened in the heavily wooded area near the pool while it was still light out. >> about 5:00 today we received a phone call saying that there was a woman with a victim who had said she was sexually assaulted in the area of the community pool. >> reporter: sources say that the victim identified as a 21-year-old female may have been walking her dog in the general area of the pool. news spread quickly among the concerned residents. >> disturbing. my heart goes out to the parents and the person. >> reporter: there is 30 acres of wooded areas, ponds and a wildlife preserve. >> i go back there with my husband. not by myself. it is secluded. >> report

if you recognize anyone here, call d.c. police. d.c. police. >>> we are learning new details about the beaver that was killed after attacking two girls if fredericksburg, virginia over the weekend. turns out the animal was rabid and the girls are getting treatment for the disease. the beaver bit the sisters while they were swimming in lake anna. this is just the fourth time in the past decade that i beaver in the state has been confirmed to have rabies. >>> some new developments this morning in a deadly bus attack in bulgaria. coming up next, possible ties to the u.s. >>> plus, a fox exclusive. george zimmerman's first television interview. >> i just think it is a tragic situation and i hope it is the most difficult thing i'll ever go through in my life. >> we'll hear more of what he is saying about the night he shot trayvon martin. we are checking more headlines coming up next.  >>> an attack on a bus load of israeli teens that killed eight including a child is being blamed on iran. and the united states is promising to

the 29-year-old d.c. yoga instructor is recovering from surgery after a broken jaw and a fractured cheekbone. hull and his partner michael royke attended a restaurant opening saturday night and used car service to get home in the eckington section of northeast d.c. the driver a bit lost dropped them off 2 blocks from their apartment. police say moments later here on third street a group of young people jumped michael and michael. their friend picks up the story as they told him. >> four or five kids came out of nowhere and started attacking them. they started with mike. he's a bigger guy and michael hull went down. the other michael started screaming for help and a couple came out, scared away the attackers. >> reporter: police are investigating this as a possible hate crime. the victims wonder if their sexuality motivated the beating because the attackers didn't ask for anything and didn't take anything. it's been a rough time for the couple lately. june 7th their logan circle apartment burned down in an

d.c. metro for the morning. here is our future cast as we move through the afternoon. showers remain to the west. our next chance for widespread storms across the mid-atlantic welcome on sunday. temperatures will be well into the 90's by then. highs today 82 to 87. wins out of the south at 5 to 10. coming up, we will hear your travel forecast into the extended outlook. >> thank you. a class in downtown l.a. -- police and 200 occupants turned violent. >> this was during the artois. a spokeswoman says the protesters started throwing rocks and bottles at the officers who were out there wearing riot gear. they tried to break up the protest. "the l.a. times" reports two officers were injured. there were several arrests. >> also knew, montgomery county police are investigating a deadly motorcycle crash along the east village ave. it police are trying to figure out what caused the 46-year-old victim to hit the wleft curve. the man died at the scene. >> we are keeping track of the very latest invo

in the d.c. metro area, at least five people have died in storm-related incidents. >>> this morning's commute could be particularly frustrating for drivers in fairfax county. more than 80 intersections in the county are without traffic lights and many other streets are closed all together. news 4's erika gonzalez is live with one of the closed streets with the latest there. erika, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, eun, good morning. we are on west great falls. we were just at west great falls at lincoln. that intersection. let me show you why this area is closed off. take a look at this tree. way out in the distance. you can see that it is completely crossed over the roadway. it looks like it is split in two. i think a road crew was out here just a few minutes ago, starting to maybe try to disassemble this. but the weight of this tree has come down on these utility polls. check out the lines, the utility poles leaning, the lines in the middle of the roads. particularly could be a potentially

they sent a bus to southeast d.c. so people without power or air conditioning can cool off on that bus. those who cooled off yesterday tell news4 they really appreciated the ac. they say it's been so hot inside their homes. >>> this morning a few people are waking up in a diner that turned into a cooling center in the district. the american city diner on connecticut avenue northwest near the chevy chase cirque is open so people can cool off. managers let people spend the night there and charged their electronics. >>> coming up in 15 minutes, we'll talk to a montgomery county man who's had some bad luck with the storms just weeks after he finished repairing his home from hurricane irene, he has to clean up all over again after this weekend's storms. >>> loudoun county's board of supervisors will finally decide today whether to give the green light to metro's silver line. the board is expected to approve joining phase two of the project which would bring metro into loudoun county. opponents have said it's too expensive

a d.c. police officer who has worked with the white house is under investigation this morning accused of making threatening comments about her. live now with the latest. >> what have we learned? >> the police officer who allegedly made these comments is a motorcycle officer sometimes assigned to the first lady. someone who was designedassigned to a special unit like that should not be making comments like this. >> when you sign on a job to protect and serve, that is your job. >> and metropolitan police officer sometimes assigned to protect and serve the white house is now under investigation. he is accused of making a comment about shooting first lady michelle obama. according to "the washington post," the remark was made during a discussion of what house security. the officer used a phone to show the picture again. >> which to threaten the first lady? >> while offensive, the comments appeared to be an offhand comment, perhaps intended as a joke. the secret service is looking into it. in a s

good morning, washington. >> the d.c. region's largest food bank opens a new food distribution center today on puerto rico avenue in northeast featuring a teaching kitchen warehouse loading space, 13 loading docks, 100,000 square feet of space. the new center is needed to combat a growing hunger crisis in the d.c. area. the food bank is the main supplier for more than 700 pantries and nonprofits that all help the needy. pepco is giving itself high marks for howard responded to last month's deadly storm that left hundreds of thousands without power for days. in a self assessment, pepco says it responded aggressively to restore power and it moved more quickly than other utilities. company took the blame for glitches that affected service calls and its ability to tell customers when the lights would come back on. that's how they treated themselves. 6:00 hour right now. adam caskey has a look at our forecast. >> we have areas of rain over the eastern shore and lower part of the bay. nothing over southern maryland. it's of the

i think the d.c.ernment needs to take a more preventive approach. >> reporter: a number of homes got walloped by the floodwaters. rich gazino's basement got go flooded once again. yes, that's raw sewage that came up out of s his toilet during the night's worst wo weather. >> it's really, really frustrating. >> it's been pretty devastating for the residents i've spoken sp to. i've been inside a couple basements and we've got folks with problems. >> reporter: ward 5 council member mcduffie came out to see for himself the effects of flash flooding here along rhode island avenue. >> we've got some long standing sewer and drainage issues we need to deal with in the bloomingdale neighborhood and the infrastructure improvements to this stormwater and system le couldn't happen soon enough. >> reporter: in other parts of the city there was also flash flooding. i spoke to someone heading home tonight around 8:00 and said d her people in her line of traffic pulled over to let the floodwater subside near rock cre

the d.c. city council is targeting the utility now. >> they are considering legislation that would force pepco to start putting power lines underground. delia goncalves is live at the wilson building with a preview of what they're working on there today. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, mike, andrea. today is the last full session before the council breaks for the summer and mary cheh is hoping to push the pepco legislation through using the frustration of many power customers in the district of columbia. she says it's time to consider underground lines for portions of pepco service areas in dg. pepco as we know routinely blames outages on the weather knocking down trees and the overhead wires. mary cheh says burying the wires at least in some neighborhoods here in the district is at least one solution. >> we know that process will cost an awful lot of money and will be disruptive but unless we begin to do it, we'll never do it. >> the only thing that corporations of pepco's siz

. >> reporter: d.c. police are stepping up enforcement. >> the police department will be paying close attention in our movie theaters in washington, d.c. >> reporter: amc theaters banned masks and fake weapons. michelle bought her tickets. >> i don't think it's something it will happen in every theater. >> reporter: she is going to weight this out. >> next week until the crowd dies down. >> reporter: live in downtown silver spring i'm shomari stone, news4. >> warner brothers cancelled the premier in paris. the director of the movie called the shooting devastating and appalling. coming up in a few minutes we'll report on the similarities between the attack today and the film. >>> residents in northwest d.c. are cleaning up after the latest storm the homes and streets flooded for the third time in two weeks. darcy spencer is live with more. >> reporter: d.c. water is handing out these sandbags. residents are piling them up by the basements to prevent flooding. they say they need more than sandbags. they ne

. >>> getting to work in d.c. will be a the bit easier for thousands of commuters who take the 11th street bridge. this is a new ram that opened on monday. >> commute times could be cut by as much as 10 minutes. matt ackland has the story. >> reporter: these days, it is not oaive mayor gray gets behind the wheel of a car. >> do you remember how to drive? >> i don't drive that much anymore. >> reporter: he wanted to be first to personally drive across the new ramp that links 295 to the 11th street bridge. thousands of commuters should see instant relief. before the improvements, many would crowd neighborhood streets to access the bridge. >> i suspect there are lots of people who are very happy that we have reached this stage. as one who happens in live in one of those neighborhoods -- >> just one ramp opening opportunity today but it is just a few months before this project is complete. >> we're working to create a world class waterfront in the district. >> reporter: byron johnson says one day the riverfront will s

the d.c. metro area now averages $3.40 a gallon. the amount though is still down seven cents from one month ago and was 29 cents -- down 29 cents from one year ago. i thought crude oil had gone back down. >> yeah. sure. yeah. >>> 6:08. in four minutes we have more on the fallout from the penn state scandal. and we're also going to hear from the son of joe paterno. >> how's the friday shaping up weather wise? anny hong in for howard has the answer straight ahead and tell  us when we might hit 100 once again. >> but first a look at the top books in america this morning -- the first in the series has held the top spot since the end of april. >> it's called "gone girl" by flynn. following in fifth and sixth place are "mocking jay" and "catching fire" from the "hunger games" series by suzanne collins. ♪ + >>> mostly cloudy skies for this friday. only a slight chance for maybe a shower, a stray thunderstorm west of town out in the mountains. otherwise temperatures will get up into the mid 80s for t

. >>> this morning d.c. mayor vincent gray addressed the latest campaign staffer to plead guilty in his 2010 run for mayor. yesterday eugena harris pleaded guilty to helping run what prosecutors call a shadow campaign. she admitted that she arranged to have contributors to the gray campaign illegally reimbursed by a d.c. businessman. well, today the mayor says that the investigation he called for is ongoing and voters should not confuse what happened with his campaign with how he runs his administration. >> this is not the campaign that we intended to run, tom. i have said to many, many people that i got into this for the right reasons. that's why i wanted to make the distinction between the campaign which we know there are issues with and governing. >> two other staffers from mayor gray's campaign have also pleaded guilty to felonies about how they got money for gray's campaign. >>> returning our attention now to the 2012 campaign, presidential candidates usually talk at rallies about supporters and trying

d.c. firefighters are looking for answers after an abandoned elementary school caught fire. this happened at old webb elementary school last night. john gonzalez is live on the scene. >> as a guest lecture, you can see the extent of the damage. the building is still smoldering hours after the fire was put out. firefighters are on the scene and they are on fire watch. there will be a throughout the day trying to prevent any hot spots from reigniting. d.c. police are here and have closed off holbrook street because there are concerns that the former school is on stable and could collapse. the fire broke out at around 11:00 last night and the big mystery this morning is how it started since the building has been closed down for about four years now. this was once webb elementary in the trinidad section of northeast surrounded by homes. the city closed down back in 2008. city officials have been trying to figure out what to do with the property. it appears the fire started on the first floor a

>> three d.c.ining the list of those calling for mayor vincent gray to step down after charges relating to his campaign. >> and we are just a few hours away of what could be an explosive report as to what penn state officials knew about the child sex scandal. >> oh! jesus christ! >> and some fishermen went home empty-handed after a shark decided to snatch their catch. good morning, washington at 5:00 begins right now.

the majority of d.c. residents no longer support mayor vincent gray according to a new poll out by the "washington post." it is the latest fallout from the mayor's ongoing campaign corruption scandal. fox 5's melanie alnwick is live in northwest with the details. >> reporter: wisdom, the "washington post" surveyed 1002 adult d.c. residents and if the first time since 2006, slightly more of them said they believe the city is moving in the wrong direction. when asked about mayor gray and whether he should resign, 54% said yes, gray ought to resign. 37% said he should not. 45% of the people polled say city matters are on the wrong track versus 40% would believe the opposite but that is still nowhere near the depths of from the early 1990s when 70% of resident felt that d.c. was in bad shape. when asked about gray's handling of his job, only 29% approved. on creating jobs, the majority said he is not doing a good job. more than 60% said he is not hoppest or trustworthy or running an ethical administration. --

d.c. regions and residents had to deal with torrential rains, hail, high winds, thunder and lightning. as of this morning, more than 19,000 people in our area are without power again. >> check this out. the storms resulted in heavy flooding in the bloomingdale neighborhood. a viewer posted this picture on twister last night of the standing water at first street and d street in northwest. the third time in nine days the bloomingdale neighborhood has experienced some kind of flooding. >> something going on over there we'll have to look into. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news t rolled in just like it did in previous days. came in quick, left a mess and here we are. good morning to you, tucker barnes. >> story of my life, wisdom. let's get to your radar. good morning, everybody. we have quieter conditions out there at the moment. we have the potential for more heavy rainers so we're not done yet. much of the day will be cloudy with rain-filled skies here. m

from d.c. to new york in an hour. rd coing to the "washington post," d.c.-i bad northeast is working with the japanese company behind their bullet train. it would connect washington to new york with stops in baltimore, wilmington, and philadelphia. it uses levitation technology to go at least 139 miles per hour. that's faster than amtrak's express which runs at 84 miles per hour. >> if they put wi-fi on it. >> amazing, right? >> 15 minutes? i would be at the harbor every day. all right. >>> the time is five minutes away from the 5:00 hour. quick thinking hero. coming up at 5:20, how one man's quick thinking saved a child after this dramatic fall from an apartment window. >>> but first, big step toward clearing the air for students at an area university. >>> new offer for this mystery couple caught on camera moments afte >>> d.c. could one day get taller buildings and maybe even a skyscraper. on thursday, congressional committee will hold a hearing into the district's decades old height limit on tall buildings. the hearing could determine if regulators will

d.c. and other local jurisdictions tell us they'll be stepping up police patrols at the movie theaters. here's assistant chief of police lamar green. >> we've communicated with our federal partners to ensure there are no specific threats aimed at the national capital region. our federal and npd staff will monitor information to be sure we are prepared if any specific threat is directed to the national capital region. >> you can also expect to see a greater police presence at least through the whole weekend. >>> more police outside theaters and some changes inside theaters when it comes to the trailer for an upcoming film. >> reporter: i'm scott broom in silver spring, among the places where montgomery county police put a precautionary presence outside theaters after the tragedy in colorado. >> kind of glad that they're making sure people feel calm. >> reporter: there was no sign today events in colorado slowed the steady traffic of fans come to see the dark knight rises in silver spring an

d.c. council member marion barry is remembering the woman he calls his first wife as i great friend. mary treadwell died last weekend at her home. she was there during his rise to power. first on the school board and then on the city council. but she was not a stranger to scandal and served prison time on fraud and theft convictions. barry tweeted saying they stayed in touch speaking to one another just three weeks ago. >>> a california judge is taking michael jackson's kids away from the grandmother and this morning, katherine jackson, says says she was devastated by. this the judge temporarily appointed one of michael jackson's nephews as legal guardian of 15-year-old prince michael, 14-year-old paris and 10-year-old blanket after conflicting reports over contact rein jacksonance health and whereabouts. >>> a been pen woman is -- a pennsylvania woman is safe after being trapped in her basement for three days. she went downstairs to check on a circuit breaker with the stairs collapsed. in

rapper and d.c.'e mingled with players and fans saying afterwards rg3 is making humble cool again. our own dave owens caught up with wally this afternoon and you can see his entire interview on our website, wusa9.com. >>> it was another big day for team usa in london. missy franklin captured the gold in the 100 meter backstroke. it was a big win considering she competed in the 200 free 15 minutes earlier. unfortunately fellow swimmer ryan locke did not have the same success. he fault erred finishing fourth and off the medal stand. right now great britain

area -- activists and more in the d.c. area. >>> for the first time ever d.c. is hosting the international aids conference. tens of thousands of people, everybody from aids activists to scientists to patients are meeting right here this week to talk about the disease and how to stop it from spreading. this year's focus, treatment as prevention and many say new research gives them hope of a day when hiv is no longer passed person to person. >>> that week long conference is bringing a lot of attention to d.c.'s aid epidemic. rates of infection for some groups in the district are among the highest in the world, the rest of that story from anita brikman. >> in d.c. we have two or three people infected every day. so it's a very serious epidemic. >> reporter: senior deputy director gregory poppis says 3% of the district's population is infected with the virus that causes aids and half of all people in the united states who are hiv positive live in 12 major cities, so d.c.'s woes are not unique. our numbers aren't the worst but they aren't the best either. >> urban am

. >> d.c.'s mayor vincent gray refusing to step down but the result of a new poll show the city is not necessarily standing behind him. we'll take a look at the numbers in a moment. >>> another round of summer storms leaves behind severe damage and powter outages in some neighborhoods and we could be in for more later on today. fox 5 morning news continues right now. right now. >>> straight up 6:00 right now on this thursday, july 19th. taking a live look at the sky right now. looks really pretty out there as we start the day. temperatures are going to be warm as you can see they are already warm as we start this thursday. good morning. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. let's talk about -- that looked calm. yesterday, not so much in some areas. it happened again. our area takes another hard hit from summer storms. the bloomingdale neighborhood in northwest d.c. was hit by flash floods once again especially near t street and rhode island avenue. the same area

at d.c. police headquarters, karen gray houston, fox 5 news. >>> the news edge on maryland now, the governor remains optimistic. he believes that he can get legislators to return for a special session this summer to expand gamble negligent state. and o'malley met this morning with the state's top legislative leaders. they had some different views on the meeting. >> we tried to make an assessment where we thought people were in the middle of the summer. the governor expressed the sheer willingness to move forward and do what is possible. >> senator president mike miller supports expanding gambling to include table games and a casino in prince georges county and it's unclear if the proposal will pass the house. >>> the edge on virginia now. the state attorney general is refusing to certify new abortion clinic regulations. his office continues the state board of health does not have the authority to adopt the regulation -- regulations. in june, the board voted to adopt the regulations, includinu

d.c. metro area we're just looking at cloudy conditions. right now temperatures are in the 80s and it is humid out there. we are looking at some showers and storms right now out to the west of town, mostly in the mountains and if you look at live doppler 9000, you can see in the immediate d.c. metro area we're not looking at any showers. most of the showers and storms are northeast of baltimore, also some showers crossing winchester, front royal and interstate 81. here's a look at the doppler radar with some lightning. you can see a lot of lightning. it's way out to the west and southwest of us into charlottesville and also crossing over the mountains, but right now we're looking at some scattered showers and storms that come through -- that could come through in our area. so the entire dmv is under a slight risk for severe weather tonight. the a man threat is damaging wind gust -- the main threat is damage wind gusts and heavy downpours. i don't think everybody will see these storms surfa

>>> d.c. mayor vincent gray is expected to address the latest issues in his campaign. >> another round of veer storms tore through our area last night. we'll take a look at who was hardest hit this time around. fox 5 morning news continues right now. right now. >>> good morning. it is wednesday, july 11th. there is the sun just trying to peek out there through the clouds this morning. and don't take that shot away from me. that is the prettiest shot we've had all morning. >> you were about to get into your poetry mode. >> i'm sarah simmons i'm wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. that is what it looks like now but this is what it looked like last night, some pretty dramatic scenes in northwest d.c. last night as a line of storms moved through the area. parts of rhode island avenue were under about two feet of water at one point. the water actually picked up some cars that were parked on the streets. the storm left behind power outages and right now around 760 pepco customers are in th

it includes the entire d.c. metro area. right now things are fairly quiet, not a lot of storms or widespread rain. up toward the northwest of us into winchester we're seeing some thunderstorms, but they aren't severe. we haven't had a whole lot of heating today, so that does limit our chances to see some severe storms. here's a look at doppler where you can see it's out northwest of us getting into western virginia. that line of storms is what we're watching and this could bring us more showers and storms later tonight. so as you're heading out bringing the umbrellas for this evening, it's not a bad night to stay home and relax. back to you. >>> coming up at 7:00 on 9 news now our coverage on the theater shooting in colorado continues. a marymount university psychology professor will be here to weigh in on the suspect and how the victims and town have found a way to come to grips with today's tragic event. >>> still to come all our recent storms are putting one local neighbor through fits of flooding. >> but first weekend w

the detroit to d.c.t declared an emergency of what is being called a pressurization issue on a protest. 158 people were on board the flight, which landed without incident. >>> and a look at the morning's other top stories. police are investigating an alleged sex assault and that happened around 5:00 yesterday in gaithersburg. anyone with information is asked to call police and meanwhile, fairfax county police are on the hunt for the person accused of stabbing a 13- year-old pony in the back. this happened over the weekend in herndon. luckily the wounds were superofficial and she's expected to be okay and this is the second time in two months. the same pony was stabbed. the suspect in the first incident is in a juvenile detention is . >>> the national park service is accepting bids for the $15 million project to repair the washington monument and that has been closed to the public since last august. the repair work will take 12 to 18 months to complete and at 9:00, we'll talk live with the superintendent

mostly from d.c. on north into maryland, best chance here through southern and central pennsylvania. but a few of those storms could be drifting around. we'll be watching radar closely tomorrow afternoon and we hope you will be, too, because we know any of these storms could have some damaging wind and some hail if they get really cooking. here is your future cast. you can get an idea of how the models are seeing. at 5:00, you can see most of the storms are really up to our north and one or two here locally. we run this out to 11:00, everything is winding down. but it looks like we could cook up a few more on thursday as the front is sinking right through our area. this is badly needed rain. we are a got 7 to 8 inches behind. even on friday morn, the first part of friday morning, that should be still departing the area. as we get into the weekend, that bubble of hot and humid air is going to retrough grade a little bit. some cooler air comes in for the weekend and it will be absolutely noticeable as w

ed for year >>> making headlines this morning, d.c. police are looking for the suspects accused of a possible hate crime. this comes after a couple was attacked over the weekend. michael hall and his partner were walking down third street in northeast less than two blocks from their apartment when they were jumped. hall needs surgery to repair a broken jaw and fractured cheekbone. the couple says the attackers asked for nothing and stole nothing from them. >>> police in maryland made an arrest in a vicious killing. andrew kugler is facing manslaughter charges in the death of amber schinault. she was found dead in her berwyn heights home on sunday. this comes one month after taking out a restraining order against her ex-boyfriend. they apparently had a very volatile relationship. >>> more problems for d.c. mayor vincent gray as new questions surface surrounding his 2010 campaign. the latest issue, a "washington post" article that claims gray's campaign had access to a confidential database. when asked about the article, mayor gray denie

the popular d.c.go band e.u., experience unlimited celebrating their 25th anniversary of their hit song "the butt," back in 1988. they join us this morning, and sugar bear, of course. let me start off by saying, owww! how are you doing? you want to introduce the band? >> jewly, juju, scooter and tony. >> can you believe it's been 25 years? >> it feels like it. >> feels like it? >> long time. >> did you know it was going to be this huge? did you know in the spring of 87? or on school days? >> i knew on school days. then it took off. it's still playing today. >> it's still playing today. >> it went to number one. >> let me correct myself. >> it went to number one. >> yes. >> eu doesn't stop, you're making new music. tell us about it. dedicated to the godfather, rest in peace. >> chuck brown, my man. we dedicating it to him and don cornelius. >> two pioneers. i know you have another life. but we're going to keep it sugar bear today. what does it mean, going back to go go, our attention was on it when chu

rapper and d.c.'walle mingled with players and fans saying afterwards rg3 is making humble cool again. our own dave owens caught up with wally this afternoon and you can see his entire interview on our website, wusa9.com. >>> it was another big day for team usa in london. missy franklin captured the gold in the 100 meter backstroke. it was a big win considering she competed in the 200 free 15 minutes earlier. unfortunately fellow swimmer ryan locke did not have the same success. he fault erred finishing fourth and off the medal stand. right now great britain is second in the medal count. >>> we'll be right back. at sleep number, individualizing your sleep is at the heart of every innovation. wow. that feels really good! and now, sleep number introduces our new memory foam series the only memory foam beds with exclusive dual-air technology that adjusts on each side. memory foam just found its better half. sleep number. enjoy introductory savings of $500. plus, two free coolfit pillows. only at one of o

but d.c. place say dna evidence enterd into the district's dna data banks sog the jests he was a predator in his neighborhood, raping a teenager on january 27th, 2003, after abducting her at knifepoint from the 4300 block of iowa avenue northwest. a court affidavit said dna evidence connects him to a 2006 abduction and rape in on the 6400 block of georgia avenue and northwest. in fact, he's currently on probation for an attempted abduction in 2010. on june 15th, 2010, before midnight, a woman waiting for a bus here was approached by a man later identified as anthony burns who yabed on grabbed her by the arm and said you're coming with me. when she resisted, he pulled out a pistol and cooked the handle and hit her in the head. she headed north on 49th street where she called 911. a few minutes later and two blocks away, police stopped him in his truck. they found his handgun. he plead guilty and sentenced to 18 months in prison. once in prison, he was ordered to surrender a sample of his dna, w

d.c. 88 sterling and 86 in rockville. it is 6:00 a.m. time for monika and time saver traffic. >>> a couple of closures you'll want to know about with the storms that we had last night. beach drive remains closed between broad branch and joyce. and if you're planning to use 23rd street at virginia avenue northwest or 12th street at varn numb northeast -- varnum northeast, i know the signals are out. there's a tree leaning from one building to another at massachusetts avenue and they'll head out and take care of that. you have the slow traffic crossing the occoquan river and newington into springfield. let's take a live look there. the lanes are open. it's just bunching up trying to get over to 395 or the beltway. let's take a look at 66. if you're planning to head here, it looks great at the beltway but you have the slow stuff out of manassas. we'll go back over to our maps this time to the other side of town. 270 looking pretty good out of frederick. just a bit slow as you approach 121. we

three d.c.ncil members: him to leave office after a campaign staffer pled guilty to charges related to a shadow campaign during the 2010 election. >> i will stick to my scheduler day and i intend to do that progress had you not let this to be a distraction? >> because i came here to do my job and i intend to do it. >> he has not been charged with a crime. we will likely hear more on this issue in the mirror appears on "news," @ tenee and -- on "news talk," at 10:00 a.m. >> the top man at penn state failed to do anything for 10 years. the report released by a former fbi director says that officials including joe paterno callously chose to avoid bad publicity. >> they choose to -- no remorse was ever expressed by them over your sandusky. >> last month a jury found sandusky guilty of 45 counts of abusing children. >> new evidence in the case against the man accused of killing trayvon martin. postings from his myspace page and interviews of more than 30 people. zimmermann had a little hero complex,

reporting live at d.c. police headquarters, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> it has been nearly a week since friday's deadly storms in the east. thousands of local residents remain without power this morning. here are the latest numbers. pepco has restored power to 90% of its affected customers. more than 24,000 of its customers are still in the dark. more than 96 under the main customers without power. bge reporting more than 11,000 outages. -- more than 9600 dominion customers still in the dark. wjla.com has more information. schools in montgomery county are opening as many residents in door day 6 without power. jummy olabanji joins us from rockville with the latest. >> good morning. you just broke down the latest power outages numbers. this is a neighborhood in rockville without power but it was restored last night. many people say they were becoming overly frustrated with pepco. thousands of people are still in the dark this morning who will be waking up across montgomery county. they have been waiting to

the mayor says that he will not resign despite d.c.council members calling for him to leave office. three people tied to his 2010 campaign have pleaded guilty. >> a democratic strategist was the target of a violent attack. >> david mercer, who often appears on cable news, was attacked near a 711. this happened near maryland avenue in northeast. more on the clues detectives are using to find his attacker. >> rick perry, in the highly- anticipated entry of his race -- >> you may know david mercer from regular appearances on fox news. he is a well-known democratic strategist. sadly, he is now also the victim of the brutal crime. >> we are concerned about him. >> surveillance videos show mercer walking into the 711 while on the phone on thursday night. he laid things down on the counter. a police report says the guy richard is a suspect. at one point, you see him take a cellphone that belonged to mercer. mercer's soon confronts him. at one point he touches the guy's pants to see if the phone is their. >> the guy said, i will not two @. >>

that means d.c. will not have to meet the requirement that all students are proficient in math and science by 2014. it's said those requirements need to be changed to make way for true education reform. >>> a controversial bill banning certain abortions in d.c. is heading to a vote in congress. the house judiciary committee proved it yesterday and sent it to the house floor. that legislation would ban abortions performed after 20 weeks of pregnancy. d.c. leaders have emphatically opposed the bill as an intrusion on d.c.'s self-rule. >>> a new police cruiser is camping everybody's attention in southwest virginia -- catch everybody's attention in southwest virginia but not because it's super fast or a sports car, but instead it's the pink paint. the idea was cooked up by the rock bridge county sheriff's office relay for lifetime and it didn't take long for somebody to ask to drive it. four deputies jumped at the chance. >> i thought it was a good looking car and something that stands out and i enjoy in

d.c.'s neighborhoods. this is after someone started shooting. we'll have all the details on that for you. good morning. th it is thursday, july 5th, 2012. we want to start talking about power number this morning. >> absolutely. >> almost 50,000 in the d.c. area still don't have electricity. >> right now pepco reports 21,000 customers are without power and 14,000 are without air conditioning this morning. bge reporting 11,000 people in our area that do not have electricity. novec reporting 32 outages and smeco down to about 600. >> the heat is not over yet. >> no, no, we have couple of days to go. and heat-related illnesses is what we're going to focus on today, doing anything to stay cool, stay hydrated. we have a heat advisory. it starts at noon and goes until 8:00 p.m. the heat index will be from 100 to 105 degrees. sweltering heat yet again. we're not ramping done, we're gearing up. the wind out of the southwest pretty light right now. about 5 miles per hour. some areas by 9 a.m. could b

d.c.'s u.s.ttorney ron manchen says this corruption goes way back, as far back as 2001. >> the 2010 mayoral election was corrupted by massive infusion of cash and was illegally concealed from the voters of the district. >> it speaks to corruption in elections that's far beyond what anybody realized. i think it's safe to say the candidates who received these donations did not realize it could be coming from straw donors. and it's just going to take time to rebuild that trust. >> reporter: absolutely. it will take a long time to rebuild trust in the wilson building here. but the big question is how did mayor gray not know this was happening? we're talking more than $650,000. how did he not know? however, there's no indication in open court or in a document that we poured through that gray is implicated or that he had any knowledge of this plot being carried out. and he still says no comment in regard to that. mike, back to you. >> thank you, delia. delia is live outside the wilson building this mor

the district, d.c.ice are looking for those behind three separate shootings that left one man dead and three others injured. the man killed was shot in the back in northeast. the other two happened in southeast. a man and a 16-year-old male were shot in the leg in alabama avenue -- on alabama avenue. on naylor road, a juvenile male was shot in the back. we don't know their conditions. the suspected gunman in the movie theater shooting in colorado james holmes has been charged with 24 counts of murder and 116 counts of attempted murder. that is two counts for each of the 12 people killed and 58 others injured. a judge will decide next month whether a notebook an e-mail to his former school is privileged information between james holmes and his psychiatrist. the movie theater shooting is leading to a new push for registration that would limit ammunition sales. only licensed dealers should be allowed to sell ammunition, say some lawmakers, and they should have to report any sale of more than 1000 rounds to

here around d.c.still have a couple thunderstorms, right around woodbridge, just basically south and east of manassas we see a couple of these storms moving basically off to the east. and so we could still see a couple of showers and storms headed out toward clinton. here's a look at the radar and lightning. we saw a lot of lightning with these storms. what we saw is a cold front coming through, clashing with the unstable atmosphere. so we did see some pretty good storms. had quite a few warnings earlier tonight in frederick, prince william as well. here's a look closer in, maybe even around rockville, laurel, fairfax and manassas. this is just round one of severe weather. tomorrow the cold front will actually come farther south, and that could also trigger more severe storms tomorrow afternoon and evening. we'll talk more about that a little bit later. firsti anita and derek, back to you. >>> they're fast, sneaky, and on the run from cops. some purse snatching thieves targeting women at gas stations.

it would help reduce d.c.' >> the controversial ruling on maryland's pit bulls is not in effect yet. the law is on hold pending a decision by the state's highest court on a request to reconsider the decision. the controversial ruling holds pit bull owners and their landlords liable for bites even if the dog shows no history of being dangerous. >> 5:44 right now. checking news around the nation. the soldier charged with massacring afghan civilians will soon return to court. the hearing for staff sergeant robert bail will take place september 17 at joint base mccourt near seattle. he is accused of slaughtering 16 civilians in a predawn rampage. >> and word this morning congressman jesse jackson junior is receiving intense medical treatment for what's called a mood disorder. that's what the office is saying. questions have been raised ever since he went on a medical leave of absence more than a month ago. he's facing a house ethics probe connected to imprisoned exgovernor rod blagojevich. and after the school's pr

d.c. logo but look off to the west that's where we have a severe thunderstorm warning. this is until midnight tonight. these storms are moving off toward the east at around 20 miles per hour. but the storm cell that's over the district really did not take long to form. we're going to see cells like this develop during the overnight hours. we'll keep you updated here. >> so health care and jobs report those seem to be the two hot topics on the campaign trail. and earlier i had a chance to talk about these and more with rachel. >> and we do want to start with the latest polls that came out today showing a very tight race between the 12 swing states. no surprise there. right? >> no surprise. this has been a very height race for months and surprisingly stable race with all the developments we've seen, with the economic news with the supreme court's health care decisions we have not seen the numbers changing a lot and that's been one of the interesting dynamics is how stable the numbers have be

happening right now, a d.c. family and police searching for child who-year-old night.ared last a live update straight ahead. a local airport ranks the top 10 airports to spread a disease. >> we will take you inside sharp weekend at the national -- shark weekend. i am natasha barrett. >> i am steve chenevey. inere storm damage york andut and new pennsylvania. let's check in with adam caskey what we will see throughout the day today. >> more scattered storms between 3:00 p.m. and 9:00 today. some could become strong to especially in southern maryland. inhave a few sprinkles virginia thiswest is quicklyt that coming to an end. it is 71 degrees in leesburg, 73 berkeley springs, 73 in strasbourg, virginia. highs in the mid 90's today. sticky when you factor in the humidity and it will feel like over 100. feels like it is starting to slow down. we will take you to newschopper over 66 traffic. ebb and flow out of manassas, centreville to get to 50. volume. the eastbound side is under the screen,ve" on your we have the'