i'm dan hellie. everybody have a great friday. >>> in news4 your health this morning, a new stomach surgery is helping gastric bypass patients lose the weight they may have gained without the complications. >> 2001 i weighed 310 pounds. >> al freed dough wilkerson lost 162 pounds after surgery. she maintained that weight for more than six years. last year she noticed her body starting to change. >> i start my weight start creeping up in increments, 10 pounds here and 10 pounds there. it was aft the death of my husband. after a lot of emotional stress, i started picking up some bad habits and i started watching my clothes fit tighter. i was thinking, oh, my gosh. >> she gained nearly 40 pounds despite having a surgery that made her stomach the size of a person's thumb. doctors say that's common for patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery. >> a certain percentage of patients that will over the next three or four years just continue to start gaining weight because they've lost the restriction. >> ho

i'm dan hellie. everybody have a great day. >> time to take a look at traffic and weather together. >> let's check in with meteorologist tom kierein in storm center 4 with our forecast. >> good morning. overnight it has turned more humid. still not sweltering humidity yet but you'll notice it's muggier this morning than it has been. on radar, a few showers on the eastern shore here just south of salisbury and through southern delaware, up from near louis down toward ocean city. clouds and a few showers rolling through there in another half hour or so. some heavy downpours near cape may in southern new jersey. but elsewhere, farther to the west we don't have any precipitation. we do have a few sprinkles, though, way out in the mountains just now coming into western maryland, way out in allegheny county. in garrett county. as well as around the region here, we've got this increased humidity. got the cloud cover moving in at this hour. the temperatures under the clouds are warmer this morning than they

i'm dan hellie.body have a great friday. >> it's been a good year fortin a fay and things are getting even better. her sitcom swept this year's nominations. "30 rock" got 32 nominations. the awards ceremony takes place this year on september 20th. >> be tough to choose between them. >> both very funny. >> 5:21 is the time. time for traffic and weather on the 1s. >> let's check in with meteorologist tom kierein. >> happy friday. as we get going this morning, we ha temperatures in the 70s, partly cloudy. by 9:00 in the upper 70s, near 80. by noontime, mid-80s. it's going to be a warm and humid day with sunshine in and out. from perhaps mid-afternoon all the way into this evening, thers a chance of a passing thunderstorm, some of which could produce damaging winds. it may interrupt the cubs game tonight, too. a chance of some storms at game time. first pitch 7:05. probably be in the low 80s. maybe some lingering thundershowers until around midnight. then by dawn, lower humidity moving in. as we clear ou

i think dan hellie beats me because he spends all his time at the beach. >> i wish. >> a great day out the redskins, they are actually not in full pads until saturday morning. you can say things are laid back today. but at least they were able to make it through the first day without two season ending injuries that they had last year. >> very first play of training camp last year. phillip daniels goes down with a torn acl. he said i sat out the first couple plays this year. just to play it safe. he was fine afterwards. >> you know what, the players talking about how comfortable it is this second year in this system. jason campbell, one of the guys that says he can't wait to get it going. let me take you back to the field. it was interesting when campbell walked on to the field this morning because he was excited to be here. some folks were voicing their opinions. d.c. wants vick. jason was a good sport. he said it is all rolling off his back like water. he is focused on being the leader on the field. more vocal out there. jason did say he is focusing on staying positive ask you know wh

dan hellie catches up with a former redskins defensive lineman. k stndaric.ou Ñq if we don't act, medical bills will wipe out their savings. if we don't act, she'll be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. and he won't get the chemotherapy he needs. if we don't act, health care costs will rise 70%. and he'll have to cut benefits for his employees. but we can act. the president and congress have a plan to lower your costs and stop denials for pre-existing conditions. it's time to act. >>> it has been a stormy afternoon around the washington region. let's get the latest>>fot o >> lot of warnings but no warnings in effect right now. nonetheless you can see pretty onlyne -- ominous outside. storm racing through stafford county and spotsylvania and stafford. southern prince william county. some rain, plain old rain coming into the washington area. from here, here's the future scan. you can see that will move through, rain moving through in the next hour. some of those stronger cells may be heading once again into southern maryland. we wi

dan hellie joining us now. big night for the nationals. >> yes. know if i want to call eight fresh start because they have the same product on the field. they are hoping to head into the new direction. manny tack was fired and has been replaced by rockville native jim riggleman who was the national bench coach. the players had been off for the all-star break and regrouped today. it was riggleman's first chance to meet the team and the media in his new position. lindsay czarniak is at the park where she got a chance to catch up with the new skipper. what's the feeling down there at nationals park? >> we just came from the clubhouse. the players don't want to talk about and it we were escorted out of the clubhouse. as we speak jim riggleman is addressing the for the first time as their new manager. this is a unique opportunity for riggleman because he is a hometown buy. went to high school in rockville and frostburg state. he said that this experience is bittersweet just because of how fond he is of manny acta. >> manny did a great job. he is an out

. >>> let's head out to nats park where dan hellie is standing by with a guest. >> what's up? >> i went to college and still don't know how to cook very well. i wish i could have learned a little more. the nationals hoping for home cooking against the cubbies. yesterday they introduced jim riggleman, the new interim manager, replaced manny acta who was fired. yesterday's first chance to talk to the players since being named manager. today his first chance to actually manage a ball game. it was also his first chance to talk to his star player, ryan zimmerman. zimmerman did report to the teamworkout yesterday and had the day off because he was taking a much deserved rest after the all-star game. asked him about a bunch of things and including, of course, the big managerial change. >> it has been -- throwing around. month or so. any time you hear something like that, you know, it is sad. baseball is one of those sports where you play so many games and together so long and fees like you are a family. it is tough. >> you said that -- maybe not a different voice but maybe a more act

dan hellie and lindsay czarniak will have live coverage.reak and come back and look at our weather forecast and check out the thursday traffic. >>> good morning. i'm chuck bell. it's a hazy and mild start, temperature right now 75 degrees, high today 92. better chance for showers and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. saturday looks dry and sunday a chance of a shower late in the day. >> chuck, top side of the capital beltway had an accident approaching university boulevard. quick work by authorities, the backup begins close to i-95 headed toward silver spring. earlier accident at lorton remains on the shoulder, drawing a little attention. delays starting to move up ream on 395 headed for downtown. >> tonight at 5:00 liz crenshaw finds out who gives you the best >>> 8:30 now on a thursday morning. 30th day of july, 2009. i have to say our crowd today with a lot of energy. there's ann saying hi to come people. i hope they come tomorrow and have the same kings kings our sr t oer nccoagstt e. here on the plaza. in our 8:30 ha

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