so we spent a lot of time in damascus and damascus has a lot of impact on me and so damascus the city of jasmine, it is a city of ritual, one of the oldest cultures, oldest inhabited city in the world. like turkish baths. if you want 56 robots, my grandmother and grandkids, every friday. on monday the head of the political party, all these people came for a meeting at my grandfather's house. women will be home and everybody knows if you come on monday, although women will gather and that is where you get married and get this and everything. i will learn a little bit about damascus for you. my grandfather -- to give you an idea, was built in 1737. my grandfather was born in the house, and before my first sibling was born there. this is in damascus in 1955. we emerged from my grandfather's house and gathered, still bright, but had substance allowing a gentle breeze to pull the plane. a sign that my two it's spends most of our summers, the house was large and grand, 28 rooms occupied two floors. the last courtyard, scented flowers, felt magical. and be mesmerized, what this home had to o

southbound, northbound, there's delays in damascus proper. this should only cost you a -- please plan ahead. morning. weatherwise, sheena sounds like a decent day shaping up. looks pretty in the chopper shot anyway. >> warmer today than yesterday. cooler into tomorrow. we'll see a lot of changes into your weekend. harvey recommend manremnants are late friday into saturday. temperaturewise, in the mid to low 60s. upper 60s in the district. if you're walking the dog, this is paige, one of the dogs available at the rescue alliance. we have to clear the shelters out. we're not talking about what we had. this is another big issue with all the animals coming from houston. we need to adopt them and make room for the other ones. for today, 8:00 a.m., feeling nice. low 70s. isolated shower chance this afternoon. mid-80s. here's future weather for today. the stray showers popping up mainly after 2:00 p.m. don't be surprised if you run into one of those. locally right now, we're dry. there is harvey spinning i its way here as we go into the end of the w

in damascus, a crash along ridge road at good road. they are helping direct the traffic, starting to see a little yellow on the map as the traffic is slowing. finally, westbound a long row -- a long row0 boulevard at 50, move over to the left. how coming up in 10 minutes. larry: a terrifying crime on board a metro bus. someone tried to snatch a child? john: that is right, on the way to school yesterday morning, and it is the chilling words the woman said to this boy before police say she tried to kidnap him, that has everyone alarmed. >> you are watching "good morning washington," on your side. 6:15,: back on the air at police are looking for someone they say tried to snatch a child on board a metro bus as he tried to go to school. john gonzalez is live with the active investigation. john: city buses is not uncommon, without their parents, what happened yesterday was uncommon and terrifying. this woman tried to physically grabbed a child off the bus. it was good samaritans who stepped in and prevented that from happening. it occurred h

in damascus. 1:00 a.m. start in manila. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. >>> in a couple hours president trump hits the road for a 17-day vacation. heading to his golf club in bedminster, new jersey,ing while back here in washington the special counsel robert mueller clearly turning up the heat on his investigation into possible collusion with russia and the election. following the money trail looking into trump team's finances. our senior white house correspondent jim acosta joins us from the white house. we heard the president push back on the grand jury news while in west virginia last night calling it sour grapes by democrats. what are you hearing from officials over there today? >> reporter: we were hoping to hear from the president today. he is not going to hold a news conference, at presidenti ins o before heading off or vacation. the president won't be doing that we're hearing from white house officials. i suppose he could surprise us and talk to cameras heading out on

may have a trouble spot in damascus. chopper 4 headed to the scene. sounds like it may be a vehicle on its side. not sure equipment was headed to the scene. live look on 270 southbound. crowded here at 109. that's it so far. rest of the way through gaithersburg and rockville fine. baltimore washington parkway, leaving baltimore, a crash reported to be before arundel mills boulevard. be careful, authorities should be on scene. beyond that, everything moving well. that's what you're involved in hopefully without delay. back to you. >>> monitoring metro. who is keeping you safe during your commute? new details on a change that could put your mind >>> plus beyonce and jay-z stealing the headlines again. the power couple moving into a new home. if you thought you had 99 problems, wait until you the moment you could put this iyourselfment. in the driver's seat of a new mercedes-benz. come to mgm national harbor and enter the choose your ride giveaway. the more you play, the more chances you earn to win your share of $350,000 in prizes including a new merced

skyfox is over this crash scene out in damascus.hut down in both directions at gue road but it looks like they're letting both sides of the road share the one lane so please use caution, watch for delays. but traffic is getting by as they get ready to though one of those vehicles out of the way. we have a crash that's causing some delays as you head out just north of the 301 split in brandy line and then also 28 norbeck road closed eastbound at georgia avenue. all metro rail lines are on time. and guys, as we approach this labor day holiday weekend it feels like volume is much lighter around the area in general. >> that's good some good news. >> time for the morning meme. let's do it. we're back. >> sing it. >> ♪ >> uh-huh. >> all right, let's kick it off with my personal hero. you'll have to read the small print very carefully allison. >> break out the glasses. >> okay, ready. >> oh. >> and where do you see yourself in five years? can you see what it says down. >> doughnut eating expert. [laughter] >> that is amazing. >> good stuff

investigator's will be arriving to damascus and the syrian government said today it will be helping this team for investigators to gain access into the town to thoroughly investigate. and perhaps we will get to the bottom of this and. fourth ok we await the labor again live from. around the world this is our team in around thirty five minutes time with more and water appears to be a cooling of the korean crisis and much more besides. but there still going to be. a little bit will a little. bit. in. the little. good. little bit of what. really is true that. i would need to make this manufacture consent to step into public wealth. when the ruling classes and project themselves. in the primary go round lifts only the one percent. who ignore middle of the room signal. to lose millions more real news is really the word. about your sudden passing i've only just learnt you worry yourself and taken your last wrong turn. caught up to you as we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry i could so i write these last words in hopes to put to rest these things that i never got off my chest. i remember w

in iraq today in iraq controlled largely by iran or iran proxies and that each and this road from damascus to baghdad what has been called the shiite crescent is now a reality and this is giving iran a high leverage. and the ultimate test today with regard to syria is to see and to check if iran will be to establishment to establish definitely bridge that will link the military in iraq. well joe we go back to iran i mean it kind of goes to my point in talking about saudi arabia let's go all the way back to the illegal invasion of iraq in two thousand and three and let's go all the way up to two thousand and seventeen i mean iran's in influence is growing in the region well i wonder why it's because one failure in a venture after another i mean all iran has to do more or less stand there and it can influence increase its influence i mean this is i find it just really amazing when there's no learning curve coming out of western countries if you don't like a rand why are you hoping them indirectly over and over and over again it's i mean it's this is foreign policy internationally leighton's

an overturned vehicle through damascus on the main street. with this one.can see over towards the delayshose are volume heading into germantown. on the capital beltway from camp springs into oxon hill, you will see the accident passing saint arnold is road and a quick peek on the traffic land cameras, i love this, 395 moving at a great rate this morning past street and the pentagon. overnight --larry: brady overnight, please using pepper spray during the president's speech in which he took aim at the media and ella republicans. presence, police pepper spray and protesters. were high in phoex a sea of red hats welcomed president trump in front of a sea of thousands, rehashing the charlottesville violence, attacking the media for its coverage. i said the racism is evil. did they report that i said that? you know why? because they are very dishonest people. the president saying that his words were perfect, omitting that he said both sides were to blame, the comments that drew so it is why the and phoenix mayor asked him to postpone the rally. lewis afterdent c

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time for they are backing so their own rebels this is clearly an attempt to cut off the baghdad damascus highway which the iranians used to supply hezbollah this is israel's main concern is that the iranians continue to supply what they've been doing it by air but this is a land route that the americans i think are trying to cut off that seems to be what their aim is although that's also a guess again right here that that junot let me just because i says not that i have to we have to go to a hard break and after that hard break we'll continue our discussion on the changing middle east a bit thirty. most people think just stand out in this is this you need to be the first one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest race in truth to stand down this is just the dance the right questions and the right answers. question. welcome back to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing the shifting sands in the middle east. ok let me go back to sami and beirut one of the most important changes it's been going on is the chan

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>> we really believe he's in damascus. we know that he's in syria. >> you've been to damascus.g to go back? >> we will go to damascus if we're allowed to go. >> do you allow yours to visualize him being freed? >> yes. >> to visualize himself being freed? >> yes. >> yes. >> absolutely. >> i didn't know if that would be torture. >> that's the we will never know austin as anything but a free man. that's the only way we'll ever know him. >> interesting the tices' home flooded a couple of years ago. they haven't fixed it because they've been so laser focused on trying to get their son back. it's extraordinarily didn't for them on a daily basis because they pay attention to every development in news hoping they'll get some piece of good news. >> and there are so many missing syrians in those jails and missing foreign nationals, and it is heartening to see such an effort made for this american. >> they raise the exact same point. that i say, with realize we're one of so many families with missing children around the world. >> their strength is really impressive. great work, jeff. than

a local church in damascus says it is packed with donations from across the area. as amy aubert shows us, it is a collection that spans well beyond th >> a lot of pampers and stuff through here. >> donations pouring in. in damascus a local effort to help those hundreds of miles away. >> i sat around and i tried to imagine what is it like to lose everything? >> piece by piece. members at difference makers church are collecting just about everything. >> basic needs that need to be met now. >> you love god, you love people. if you see people hurting you try to help. >> since monday a third of the building is full of donations. by the time they leave on tuesday, they are hoping the rest of the building is packed full. >> it's to the heart of people. they are really good, you know? people are good. >> people like jessica. >> this is baby pajamas and baby clothes. >> she is collecting clothes, food and diapers for a friend who lives in houston. tons of stuff on our porch. it's incredible. >> she plans to build extras to a church making a big difference. >> it is importan

gaithersburg area, heavier rains along with damascus. as we move off a little farther toward the west looking at some showers and thunderstorms around la ray moving toward washington but, once again, no active warnings. we're also looking at a heavier downpour, a cluster of thunderstorms moving off toward the north and east of stafford. we'll give you a complete update on what to expect for rest of the evening plus looking ahead to the weekend. and your eclipse outlook coming up in just a few minutes. larry? larry: as we track emission ness the coming hours we have storm tracker out on the road. this is germantown headed toward feeling the wind and also seeing some ponding out there. >> we've also sent mobile track 7 out into the streets and area around the beltway in maryland. this right here is a live picture from rockville and things are moving pretty well there. if they run into any serious problems, of course, we will show them to you immediately. >> stay connected with the storm watch weather team at any time at wjla.com. sign up t

gaithersburg area, heavier rains along with damascus. as we move off a little farther toward the west looking at some showers and thunderstorms around la ray moving toward washington but, once again, no active warnings. we're also looking at a heavier downpour, a cluster of thunderstorms moving off toward the north and east of stafford. we'll give you a complete update on what to expect for rest of the evening plus looking ahead to the weekend. and your eclipse outlook coming up in just a few minutes. larry? larry: as we track emission ness the coming hours we have storm tracker out on the road. this is germantown headed toward

of 57, 59, 57 in frederick and probably 56 or so in damascus. how comfortable is that? by 10:00 you will see lots of clouds and across the divide there would be showers. not the best we can. upper 70s to near 80s, 75, and 77 in fairfax. by 9:00 if you are out late tonight you may want to take a sweatshirt or a sweater because it will be kind of cool. practice 74. beautiful. showers come back, not a washout but we will monitor for a yellow weather alert. >>> tuesday showers, wednesday showers and storms, those could be yellow weather alert days. then we are in the low 80s thursday and friday. it looks like these showers are not going to be from the remnants of harvey but will stay to ourselves. >> now, wusa9 sports with frank brought to you by xfinity. >>> high school football is underway and the stags are starting the season in las vegas where they will play-- they will play a game against the defending champions tonight. >> you guys are one of the top teams. >> coast. >> it's going to be a big crowd and that's going to boost our adrenaline. >> for the first time in a l

this is main street right outside of the damascus library. montgomery county police did not say what caused the crash, but they did tell us whoever was inside should be okay. >>> an off-duty sheriff's deputy saved a man and his wife by shooting at them. the florida couple's car was going up in flames just as the deputy was driving by. he jumped off his motorcycle, realized the couple was trapped and then made a split-second decision to fire his gun to get the door open. >> we had to use other means to get into the vehicle. i had to use my off-duty weapon to fire one shot and put a hole in the window. >> deputy went into the backseat and helped the couple out. they are both okay. >>> we now know that nearly 700 drivers say that their vehicles that were splattered with all that liquid asphalt used in a road project, out on miniville road in wood bridge, it was ugly. >> it was and it was about two told you about that tar trouble earlier this month. northern virginia bureau chief jul julie carrey talked to several drivers. >> reporter: before and

in damascus, amy aubert, abc7 news. jonathan: we have moved in the weather center now. stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill. we are hearing amazing stories. one stories i was telling a second ago, one of the levees had a problem. somebody took a picture and put it on facebook. a pile of sand. dozens of homeowners showed up with shovels and worked together with the first responders, they filled the hole. the levee hold. no problem there. the airports may reopen for business at some point here. doug: the word is they are opening now. george bush intercontinental is north of town. hobby is southeast of the city. they said wednesday before the airports could open and now they are open. it's heartening to see with the distress and the sadness and the tragedy there in these situations folks pull together. it's amazing. jonathan: the volunteer country. they have the cajun group, the coast guard, they are doing phenomenal work. heart warming. at the same tame it's heartbreaking to see the damage. doug: tell you the weather story here, john, as far as what is happening in

well to syria now where the annual damascus international fair has gotten underway after five years of suspension during the country's devastating civil war. companies from countries like egypt venezuela indonesia and north korea taking part in the exposition. with the largest contingent of thirty firms coming from assad regime's foremost ally iran. the country's economy has been crippled by six years of war with the world bank estimating that syria has lost around two hundred twenty six billion dollars. that's four times its yearly total economic output since fighting began. syria remains under wide ranging sanctions enacted by the european union and the u. s. something the assad regime made sure to point out is the fair kicked off. i have the you know monica this is one of the battles which is an economic battle. it's a battle against the sanctions in the european economic siege. alert me cool western countries that have imposed a scene just to note that the siege is not legal or moral. because it harms people up on that we have an activity we're seeing now with the participation of

and low frederick and damascus. temperatures in the 70s. clouds are going to be in here for a while. by the time we get into tomorrow morning, it's going to stay cloudy through friday and most of saturday. day planner goes like this, barreling into the 60s. 72 at 9:00. 77 at 11:00. a fair amount of clouds and a nice end to august. then on friday, afternoon rain or showers, by evening, 67. more showers and a few storms on saturday. 73. those are two yellow weather alert days. i mean, sunday's great in the afternoon. 82. labor day is fantastic, mid 80s. near 90 next week. maybe a thunderstorm on tuesday. more storms and still warm next wednesday. >>> tomorrow will mark the 20th anniversary of the death of princess diana. prince william and harry paid tribute to their mother by visiting the garden created in her memory. they were at london's kensington palace. they were met by representatives of the many charities that princess diana supported. >>> president trump traveled to missouri looking for his first major legislative victory. he spoke o

lateensville, a pretty good storm, from damascus, and 27. this rainfall rate is almost an inch per hour. 1:08. it's drifting off to the north, headed toward annapolis rock road. back to the west, we have two storms, one around storyville, and one to the west of warrenton. this is going to drift almost to the east now. over by washington, this is drifting to the east now, very slowly. we'll come back and talk about a yellow weather alert for tomorrow, and give you a timetable of when the big storms roll through. looking ahead to the weekend and eclipse weather. >>> to barcelona, where the death toll is rising from today's terror attack. a van plowed into crowds at a busy tourist district. at least two suspects are under arrest, but police say neither of them is the driver, and those attackers are said to be inspired by isis. president trump tweeted the u.s. condemns the attack and will do whatever is necessary to help. >> reporter: bodies lined the sidewalks of barcelona's most popular tourist attraction. spanish police are treating it as an

what happened to a damascus woman may have you looking twice at the fine print. >> it doesn't hurt. >> mary donaldson has been suffering from crones disease for 25 years, so when she started to feel a little bit better, she decided to book a trip. >> i have never been to denver, it was on our bucket list of things to do. >> she and her husband booked a fight, but wasn't long after mary's health began to deteriorate. >> i got very sick. i was hospitalized. >> so the couple had to cancel their trip and asked united airlines for a refund. >> i told them i'm in the hospital, i cannot fly. i don't know how long i'm going to be in the hospital. i need a major surgery. >> that's when mary realized she had purchased nonrefundable clear. >> if you're somebody like me, what does that mean? why doesn't it say nonrefundable on the tickets that you print out? >> right. >> so i had no idea. >> and united stuck to its policy, nonrefundable means just that, even with a hospital note. so why do airlines offer nonrefundable tickets in the first place? the industry's advocacy group, airlines for america

it's showing up from damascus in montgomery county, all the way to prince george's. when is that going to end? it's up to mother nature, and she hurry. it's asking for patience with this safe, but not pretty situation. scott broom, wusa9. >> wondering about this for some time. it may be safe to drink, but the tinted water can stain your clothes. so the wssc says common rust removing laundry additives will help to prevent staining. >>> still ahead, a d.c. vietnam veteran fighting with the city over his home. he chained himself to his front door. but up next, president trump nears a decision on the >>> we've got breaking news right now in the country's fight over immigration. president trump is expected to end the daca program. that's the obama era program, which shielded immigrants from deportation as they were brought to the country here as children. >> the final decision on that front has not been made, and when it is, we will certainly inform everybody in this room. >> the program protects nearly 600,000 so-called dreamers. leaders have signed a letter, pleading wi

it's already much drier into damascus than it was earlier this morning.ere's what we're expecting. for the next couple of hours. still rain. locally heavy at times. this is future cast. we'll go hour by hour. 2:00, if you're east of 95, southern maryland, towards prince george's county, you're still in the rain at that point, but very light rain showers further north and west of that. towards culpepper, leesburg at that point. 4:00, we're starting to see things clearing out. by 6:00, it's mainly dry. i think we're going to clear out for the nats game this evening. the good news is, we're clearing out by then. delays there. here's that weather system, pulling in this really deep tropical moisture off the atlantic. by the way, there is hurricane gert. what do we expect the rest of the week? tomorrow, pretty nice. we'll see rain chances going back up again thursday or friday. the bigger story later this week is the heat that's building back in. the last couple of weeks have been rainy. now we're going to flip that rain, and change it into more of a wet forec

damascus, 58. 60 in frederick. 9:00, 60s in most spots. still 69 in fredericksburg. 72 downtown.and by 12:30, a couple of showers popping up near romney and oakland, but in the immediate metro area, a beautiful day with highs in the low 80s tomorrow. now, we'll break it down. clear to start, 69. 72 by 9:00. 76 by 11:00. a few clouds, by 1:00 and temperatures hovering around 80. beautiful long friday. 81. beautiful on saturday. only 79. nasa town friday through next wednesday, nasa on 9:00 sunday. we host the bangles on sunday, 4:30 looks great and great at notice not crazy warm yet. 80s by next wednesday. >>> this coming weekend is players weekend for major league baseball. it wasn't so easy to come up with a nickname to wear on the back of his jersey. frank explains in today's inside pitch. >>reporter: it is player's weekend of course. and that includes players having their nicknames on back of their jerseys. one nats couldn't come up with one and he had to go back to find one. we're talking about adam lynn of the nats. he kept running into copy write issues. he tried for len sa

visionary has offices in d.c., rockville, and damascus. >>> even though many of us may have waited until the last minute to try and find some of those special glasses, businesses have been getting ready for years. a california man and his company have been making eclipse glasses since 1989. but he has never seen demand like this. >> business is really, how they say, off the chain. it's as busy as we've ever been. >> off the chain, and off the shelves. in addition to the glasses, there are websites that have every now. selling mugs, and pins, and jewelry, hotels and rental cars have been sold out for months in many towns along the path of totality. that's where travelers can see a rare total eclipse. there's even a wedding venue celebrating the eclipse with a group marriage. hopefully, they all share the prices. >> hopefully, they'll all be able to see the wedding. >> it will not be a total eclipse in our area, but we're going to have a show. still pretty good college park, aviation campus and museum. the first 600 people can get in. we're going to have those special viewing glasses for y

temperatures upper 50s in some spots. 57 in gaithersburg, and 56 for our friends up in damascus. by 9:00, 60s. breaks start to show up east of town. it will be a slow process tomorrow. yes, some showers will linger along i-81. we'll keep just an isolated shower for us tomorrow. so day planner, 60s to start. a lot of clouds to start, and clouds thin out a bit by 1:00, for 75. thursday, a little better. warmer, 87. just an afternoon storm. afternoon storms on friday. that's harvey. 78. that could be our next yellow weather alert day, as folks are trying to get out of dodge. a lot of showers and storms on saturday courtesy of harvey. 74. back to 82 on sunday. we salvage a great >>> well, with the city in the midst of historic flooding, the houston astros will open a home serious against the texas rangers tonight in st. petersburg, florida. the games will take place at tropicana field, home of the tampa rays. astros series against the mets could also be played there. the decision will be made later this week. >> a lot of moving parts here. >> yeah. more than we can keep track of. >>

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aid of syria until there is a credible political horizon that can lead to a credible transition in damascus. that is the reality. so we are working through the two-phase structure and we are committed to the roadmap outline in the un security council resolution let me jump 2254. over to iraq. i will start with the yellow gumball number five. number five is to the west of as you know, the battle of mosul has now completed. since the battle completed, there is a glamorous face of stabilization and support is underway. it is important, because the reason we brought those 70 countries here in march was to make sure we have the resources necessary for the post isis phase in mosul. in total, we saw 940,000. scale of mosul, compared to raqqa, it is not even comparable. mosul is a city of about 1.5 million people. so, displaced from mosul, total, about 940,000 word of -- were displaced. most important, all of them received aid. this is almost unprecedented in terms of humanitarian response. you did not see thousands of people stranded all of them , received aid and assistance and it is because of t

what happened to a damascus woman may have you looking twice at the fine print. mary has been suffering from crohn's disease for 25 years, so when she started to feel a little better, she decided to book a trip. >> i've never been to denver. it was on our bucket list of things to do. >> reporter: so she and her husband booked a flight. but not long after, her health began to deteriorate. >> i was hospitalized. >> reporter: so they had to cancel the trip and asked for a refund. >> i told them i'm in the hospital. i cannot fly. i don't know how long i'm going to be in the hospital. i need a major surgery. >> reporter: that's when mary realized she purchased nonrefundable tickets. but she says it's not clear. >> what does nonref mean? why doesn't it say that? i had no idea. >> reporter: and united stuck to its policy, nonrefundable means just that. even with a hospital note. so why do airlines offer nonrefundable tickets in the first place? the industry's advocacy group, airlines for america, tells us nonrefundable fares offer more affordable travel options, help re

look at this white oak 59 and damascus 56 feeling refreshing and 63 in andrews can prince george's county-- and prince george's county and we've got 61 flight in fairfax. -- right now in fairfax. a few areas with patchy fog. watch out for that this morning. otherwise we break out into sunshine today and should be a pretty nice day ahead. we will hit the low and mid- 80s. coming up to the weekend forecast and tell you which days you may have to be dodging the storms. ellen? >>> it's strange but some construction is actually causing the biggest backups this morning. all down in virginia 95 to start with. northbound by prince william parkway between there and route 123. u

damascus decides to now we are told. this is sort of it is extremely important. to six the first one is that means the syrian army will capture the old fields that counts that syrian economy is this game to be on it's the second it is actually it will be a springboard to. russia will do all it can to bring peace and stability to libya which has been engulfed by civil war for years you know it's been came as the chief of the libyan national army which is opposed to libya's internationally recognized government visited russia's foreign minister in moscow. it's a role this these brokers does not a month finding a recipe but enabling the creation of the best conditions for dialogue between key libyan figures to allow them to negotiate the future of their own country. the results of our negotiations is very good russia is now thinking about what part it could play in bringing peace to libya we will be happy if russia continues to play a part of this process. libya is currently mainly governed by two competing or forat least the un backed government of national accord

damascus countryside no now there are moving toward. i believe and feel this time they will score a huge victory in against isis and after that it will be that of the capital of this state in syria just concentrating on terrorism where for a moment do you think that would be taking that area could help to prevent terrorists from actually escaping syria and regrouping. no i think. it is extremely important for tool to do things the first one is it means the syrian army will capture only feeds that gas feed which that syrian economy is this game to be on it's the second it is actually will be a springboard to attack america and now the syrian army is very close to south of the. source so if they manage to capture of their lives or i think it will be the second step will be the capital of the islamic see if they manage to capture erica this is could be the end of. it or i sill and syria the way the iraqi did and. managed recaps up more select in so i believe it is significant progress by the syrian army and i believe syrian army now is con

zooming in, damascus, and working towards columbia, the warning continues to the southeast. the storm could pack damaging wind gusts, a lot of big oak trees. these are the things that will come down in the storms. in that box, take cover. leesburg also in the crosshairs. moving just at 20 miles per hour, so not too quickly, but theburg about 6:33 for storm to continue dropping to the southeast. anywhere in but fade out quickly. we have to watch these closely. videoo want to bring new from fauquier county, where the national weather service has tornadod an ef-0 touched down in broad run. this is the third confirmed tornado in our area and a little less than three weeks. ryan hughes is on the scene now, surveying the damage. moore is headed that way, ryan. ryan: reign as the last thing that anybody wants out here, josh. this tornado was only only ground for about three minutes, but it for a path of destruction more than a mile long. this is some of the damage we came across. look how close this tree came to almost landing on that home. families had to take cover knowing the to

maybe headed for damascus. maybe long off to the west, we're watching this. this has developed a little bigger, a little stronger. north of us going to cross over5:22 here. yellow weather alert, true tomorrow for storms. even tonight, we'll see leftover showers and storms. morning cam temps, tropical. strong to severe storms on friday. we see the time period for the immediate metro area, 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. weekend, hot, but less humid. some good news for the weekend. it will be back in the 90s, but won't feel that bad. near 80 by 7:00. perhaps an early shower, then 85 by 11:00. showers will beginning to pop. saturday, hot, not as humid, 91. not as humid on sunday, 92. it will be dry for the game saturday night. low 90s for the eclipse. a shower south of town if you're in st. mary's city, st. mary's county, you might want to drive north. storms on wednesday, then a change. a pattern change. 85 on thursday. next friday could be only in the upper 70s. how does that sound? >>> this eclipse thing going to be cool? >> yeah, it's going to be straight man. i want

thank you very much for the update there was a bit him syrian journalist based in damascus thank you. now r.t. is campaigning to help often stranded in war torn iraq to find their relatives and return home they were taken there by radicalized parents who joined islamic state we are appealing to family members who might recognize the youngsters to get in touch with us and we're pleased to say some relatives may have been found although many are still waiting. or. the. little. steps are just. dead here a little. clip you. can't please. because. this is. where there is some good news because the little girl in tears at the end there does have a grandmother we were able to find her this is her she recognized her miriam after we reported on her plight yesterday and got in touch following are a pale with more his need for frank. imagine being a grandmother who strolled in and grandchildren once vanished and never came back home at least you hope they're ok thanks to a couple videos sent from unknown phone numbers. yes. they did they aborted it don't live or yes yes it was you then someone s

look at damascus, 58, 58. by 9:00 still holding in 60s, low 70s downtown, by lunchtime near 80 and showers west of i- 81, cumberland, romney and across the divide tomorrow. we get into the evening hours, get a little closer to us, a couple sprinkles martinsburg and winchester. late tomorrow night it move through. by that time we'll be sleeping and it will move through again on friday. 56 by 11:00, 79 by 1:00 and some clouds in the afternoon. low 80s on friday, beautiful and beautiful on saturday, near 80. nats back in town next wednesday. nats next week still gorgeous to pleasant, more showers next wednesday, temps creeping to the lower 80s. >>> right now a little deter through some of the headlines you might have missed while you were at work today. >> a thing of beauty here, the world's largest yacht spotted in the french rivera today. 20 rooms, face for you and 40 of your closest friends with a crew of 80 ready to serve. how too much. $708million. no yacht, just a car, in a pool, an accident in arlington, t

cooler air moved in. 66 downtown but look at the 50s. 57 for a low in gaithersburg, probably 56 in damascus, fredericksburg 60 tonight. we will come back, we will talk about just a few sprinkles over the next few days and take you all the way through the weekend, have the latest on harvey. >>> cell phone video of a car repossession has gotten your attention. >> it went wrong. a tow truck went to get a car in compton, california. the truck tried to drive away, but the owner of the car climbed aboard. >> hello, everyone. >> it appears the guy is trying to get his car loose and there's a lot of levers and all kinds of stuff on a tow truck that if you don't know what you're doing, that's what's going to end up happening. eventually sheriff's deputies get on the scene, the truck stops. no one got hurt. both parties were released. the car owner could face charges. so it's not a done deal. >> it's kind of crazy. i can understand you but to jump on top of it, you could get hurt. >> yeah, unless you're a stunt man and then you know what you're doing. >>> a teacher in malaysia with a creative way to

waldorf 81 and you know damascus, tim was like last 11 them. 80 in middleburg and springfield 8 #. so feeling a lot more like summer. the only thing we're looking at on the satellite here some high clouds are coming through. a little hard to see but some dim sunshine. which next monday of course we've got the eclipse which will give us the dim sunshine. 81% totality and notice it getting a little dimmer but not like it's going to be dark around here. 87 this afternoon at 3:00 and make a run towards 90. you heard me at the top of the above cast haven't been there since august 4th and i'm okay with that. in the low 80s this evening. futurecast shows isolated showers popping up here and there. they don't know how much activity we're going to see. really isolated stuff i think. tonight quiet night. temperatures will be only in the low to mid-70s in town with mostly cloudy skies. the mid- to upper 60s in the outer suburbs. we get into thursday. with the few more clouds around, we're also popping a few more showers and storms in the afternoon. not a yellow weather alert now but something

got sunshine returning, 67 downtown but a lot of upper 50s. 58 in gaithersburg, probably 57, 56 in damascus. by 6:00 there could be a couple of sprinkles, not a huge deal, best chance will be in the mountains and northwest in the patomic highlands, but by 6:00 temperatures only in the upper 70s and then by 10:00 tomorrow night, look at this, 63 in gaithersburg. if you have plans, date light plans tomorrow night, if you're out late, you might want a sweater because temps are going to fall in the 50s. if you're out late enough for that sort of thing. for tonight, p cloudy, cool, a few late showers, low temperatures 56 to 66, and the winds out of the north-northeast at about five to 10. okay. day planner, 60s to start. a few clouds, yeah, 70 by 9:00, 74 by 11:00, only 77 by 1:00 and could see a sprinkle here and there by 1:00. don't plan around that. saturday, beautiful, 80. so remember the nats are in town tomorrow through next wednesday. looks like a nice stretch. sunday beautiful, 79 at the game at fedex. that looks about picture perfect for august with temperatures in the 70s if you're tai

comfortable and it's going to be even cooler by tomorrow. 63-degrees right now for white oak. 59 for damascus 62 degrees and low 70s for the metro area. today really no problems.