doug: yes.h, became -- once the polio -- once he was struck with polio in 1921, howe and eleanor roosevelt believed in fdr's political future, where sara said let's -- you have polio, retire, be a country gentleman, you have money, you love forestry, and you can run your property and all. so eleanor and howe kind of double-team fdr and say, let's go. and so it's a tripod, almost, in some ways on the political front. peter: allida black, two very important years and events in eleanor roosevelt's life, 1918, lucy mercer, and then 1921, what doug brinkley was just mentioning about polio. very quickly, walk us through those two incidents. allida: well, eleanor, when eleanor discovers that franklin has fallen in love with lucy mercer, in the interest of historical accuracy, we don't know if or not it was an affair. what we do know without a doubt is that they are in love with each other. peter: emotionally. allida: emotionally in love with each other. and eleanor reads the letters, which she finds wh

chief meteorologist doug hill has the timing of rain coming. doug: it won't be tonight. it's beautiful this evening. mostly clear and cool, too. lows by morning 56 to 66. then it goes downhill in a hurry. sun early but clouds will increase. showers and thunderstorms. possible by lunchtime through the afternoon and the evening. a cold front is moving through tomorrow. it will give us a chance of storms. we talk about sunday's weather and the next seven days in detail in a couple of minutes. maureen: thank you, doug. today nation remembers about of terror and those who rose above it. that was the sound and the scene as thousands gathered at ground zero in new york city to remember the 3,000 lives lost in september 11 attacks. 14 years ago today. the world trade center site is now home to freedom tower and sprawling memorial and museum. here at the pentagon, giant american flag was unfurled at sunrise this morning. it marked where 184 people died when the flight 77 hit the military headquarters. meanwhile in shanksville, pennsylvania, a new visitor center is open to commemo

chief meteorologist doug hill is tracking it all for us. doug? doug: we are looking at the showers and the storms as a continue possibility through the evening and the nighttime hours. tomorrow is a day with the best chance of storms. the big story is heat and the humidity. 91 at reagan national. dew point running. upper 60's to lower 70's. on midshore and easton it feels like 100. the showers and the thunderstorms will develop ahead of the cold front. rain out of tennessee and kentucky. tonight, the probability of the precipitation is 30%. but tomorrow when the front gets here it's up to 80% for the showers and the storms. we will look for that and weekend weather in a few minutes. back to you. leon: thank you. now a developing story on capitol hill. >> do you think we can get a crowd out here to protest the incompetent deal? leon: two opponents joining forces outside the capitol to oppose the iran nuclear deal. inside, lawmakers began debating the deal. tom roussey is live outside the capitol with a look at the results inside and out. tom: as w

doug hill is here with the look at the forecast. doug: we are looking at the capitol building. you can see a bright spot here --. that is an excellent story. outside our studios, look for signs of his guy to develop throughout the afternoon. it is 69 now at reagan national. it's 64 in frederick and winchester. it's 67 degrees in fredericksburg. most of the area will climb into the 70's with some sunshine. i'm not going to oversell it. sunnywill become partly in most of the area. it will be a very comfortable afternoon. tonight, we are looking at skies partly cloudy. -- coastoff the coat you can see. it's looking mighty fine. onwill be 80 degrees wednesday. more for you in a few minutes. you then.ill see thank you. it's time for a check of the roadways. let's head over to jamie sullivan. jamie: we are starting with a look at 66. -- seeingare seen those cones and barrels. traffic is slowing as you work your way to get closer to 66 and a sycamore street area --. this is heading out of the city. let's focus on how slow we are. you talked about the congestion it, this is about six m

doug is back in just a minute melanie: another day to keep those sunglasses handy. doug: oh, yeah. sunny, otherwise it is 86. the wins will be very, very light. tomorrow, much of the same, saturday also the same, a little more humid. on sunday, a little more comfortable. on monday and tuesday, definitely turning cooler. only the slightest risk of shower on tuesday and wednesday. melanie: so that is our best hope? tuesday and wednesday for a shower? doug: that's right. >> hi, i'm chris harrison, your host of the all-new "who wants to be a millionaire." this season we're changing things up. no more easy answers. no more shortcuts. just a single player answering the question, "who wants to be a millionaire?" [cheers and applause] thank you. welcome to the show. who's ready to play "who wants to be a millionaire"? [cheers and applause] today's returning contestant is a bachelor who spends his nights competing in trivia contests at his local bar. hmm. [laughter] from baltimore, maryland, please welcome back, justin williams. [cheers and applause] how you doing, man? >> great. >> i know

chief meet roll just doug hill -- chief meteorologist doug hill is here. doug: it is going to feel like summer tonight and tomorrow but there will be a break on thursday with the rain and the slightly schooler temperatures. at the moment 90 at reagan national airport. same at the belfort furniture weather center here in arlington. 88 in gaithersburg. this comes to three or four degrees above the air temperature. there is no threat of heavy rain. this this is what it feels like. weather at the park is just fine. the first pitch and temperature in the city is 87. it will be warm and muggy throughout the area. there is a cooler air for friday. that is the latest. back to you. leon: thank you. a year ago two children vanished. no sign of them since. but the mother is in custody. tonight we hear a heart-felt message from the father who is still keeping his hopes alive. >> they spent the final afternoon at the clark before the mother kathryn kidnapped then. in the 12 months since the family members printed a number of flyers, led dozens of searches and even hire

we'll see you soon, doug. thank you. meanwhile, tonight the national weather service surveying the storm damage. this was in laurel. the agency trying to figure out if a tornado did damage overnight. it tore a hole in roof of a building. more than three inches of rain fell in less than an hour. at the height of the storm. leon: last night's storm soaked much of our region. backburn, virginia, set a record in a single day. more than four inches. we have storm watch team coverage for you with brad bell looking at the damage in frederick. begin with mike carter-conneen in alexandria. we have a look for you to be ready for next round of rain. mike? mike: we are live in old town. this is a dark and a driry day all day long. as the word spread about the storm residents say they will spend a few days hunkering down. at old town harbor we got the homeowner press pairing for the heavy rain and flooding. at the least, the staff is recommending you take three steps. first, protect the low-lying or basement doors with the barriers l

back to doug. doug: thank you. in the next 20, 25 minutes we will get update and the adjustment to the pete and the track. jonathan: does it dissipate the further north it comes? doug: no. it will get stronger. this could be major category three hurricane in 42, 48 hours on the way north. alison: let us know. jonathan: we understand you don't have abc7 on 24/7. we get that. but you don't have to miss an update to the forecast that you have heard. you can download the app to the smartphone and tablet. this is one way to stay connected with the entire weather team away from the tv as something big happens you will get the alert right away. alison: something to take our mind off the rain. how about snow? doug: no. no. alison: people in alaska feeling the effects of winter. forget fall. anchorage got the first snow of the season yesterday in a powerful storm. the winter storm warnings in place throughout the morning. most places got two to four inches and some up to 18 inches of snow. the good news it really isn't wint

doug: i'm doug hill in the belfort furniture center. beautiful weekend. i have a hunch you'll like the forecast. that's still to come here on "abc7 news at 6:00". >> what is onerous to me is the republicans are willing to shut down the government or where a woman goes for healthcare. maureen: some republicans fletten to remove planned parenthood funding from a larger bill to fund the federal government. former illinois congressman jesse jackson jr. is a free man tonight and he has completed the two and a half year sentence for misusing campaign funds. the time in prison was split between prison, half waive house and house -- halfway house and house arrest. his wife now has to report to prison. she was convicted to text crimes related to the campaign fund. the judge allowed them to serve sentence separately so one parent could be there to care for the children. a federal appeals court ruled some of the gun restrictions are unconstitutional so d.c. can no longer ban people registering one handgun a month. the owners can be photographed, fingerprinted and fo

doug hill is here. that was a hard one to get out. doug: the deal is with the weather.he weather does not pay attention to the calendar. partly to mostly sunny skies. a look from national harbor right now. it is gorgeous all around the area. bit on the toasty side now. temperatures are up. we have an alert for sensitive groups, code orange. asthman, elderly people, , very sensitive to poor air quality like we have today. limit outdoor time. a quick check of the numbers, 91 at washington reagan. humidity levels are starting to increase. it feels like 95 degrees in washington. 92 at washington-dulles. the heat and humidity combo, it will feel like 97 or 98. evening, keephis in mind, code orange air-quality alert. jummy: we are getting a closer look at the new batch of hillary from when sheils was secretary of state. the state department released those e-mails overnight. sam sweeney has new information. sam: 7000 pages of hillary clinton's e-mails were released monday night. 125 pages contain sensitive information. appear any of the information jeopardizes national securit

doug -- doug: that is a fake account. that is not my account. needs to verify my actual account. thank you for that. phil: i want to get into a lot of legacy stuff with john boehner. you were in the room, the most intense meeting during your time on the hill. first, i want you to look at what is going to happen over the next 30 days. you know this conference very well. at the start of november, who is the speaker and who is the leader and who is the majority with as it stands right now? doug: that of a whole lot going on. it looks like kevin mccarthy has jumped out in front. what his team is doing is smart. talking about being a unifier. if there is one thing we have seen over the past 18 hours, if not 18 months, is that the congress need somebody, the house republican conference meets somebody that is going to unify them. that is something kevin mccarthy has shown an ability to do. as majority leader has done a good job. being the whip is the toughest job for house republicans right now. he worked his tail off in that job and really tried to br

doug: i'm doug hill in the belfort furniture weather center. bright sunshine out there. how many more days? that's in the seven-day leon: the man suspected of killing a trooper is dead. ponder was killed overnight and they closed in on johnson-thanks. they shot him when he refused to drop his weapon. ponder is the 26th police officer shot in line of duty this year. maureen: maryland grand jury indicted a woman found pushing her dead toddler on a swing. romechia simms charged with manslaughter and child abuse in the death of 3-year-old ji-aire lee. investigators say she pushed the boy on the swing for two theys and up to ten hours after he died. the boy died of dehydration and hypothermia. family members say simms suffers from mental illness. leon: charles severance apparently confessed to killing three people while in county jail. he talked about it to other inmates while locked up for the crimes. he is charged with the three deaths. the trial begins october 5. maureen: arlington police are looking for the man who robbed a bank in boston this afternoon. suspect threatene

and doug hill tracking this tonight. doug: what happens this weekend is up in the air.for many tropical storm joaquin which could be a hurricane tomorrow are way over the place. it could be close to the u.s. east coast and staying hundreds and ups and ups miles off the east coast. we have rain tonight all across the area. inthere is a growing area, this is the newest flash flood warning. it has been raining all day to the west. some of the area in yellow and red is the heaviest rain. it is moving from bottom of the screen to the top. south to north. the area is starting to shift east. if you think in the next few hours there could be moderate or heavy rain in the metro, keep an eye on that. you will have more rain chances in the next couple of days. the heaviest is this evening. here is a big picture. the moisture pulled in from the atlantic ocean. on the right-hand side of the screen is tropical storm joaquin. now 65-mile-per-hour sustained wind. next time we will show you the possibilities of which way it is going and why it's difficult to pin down several days out. t

and doug brinkley, author and historian, as well. mary in west grove, pennsylvania, please go ahead with your question. mary: yes, thank you. i was wondering, why is eleanor roosevelt viewed as the most disliked and loved first lady of all time? and if she was here today, how would eleanor deal with the 24/7 media? ms. black: oh, i got that one. ok. well, eleanor took profoundly controversial stands on the issues of civil rights, on women working, on women traveling unescorted. she spoke out on -- by the second term -- on legal and constitutional questions that made people a little nervous, and especially the daughters of the american revolution, who looked at her and called her an unfit woman and really did not want her in the white house. but her poll numbers throughout, and the letters that she received, as well as the hate mail, and the largest fbi file that we've had in american history up until that time, shows the extent to which the american public really revered her. but the people that disliked her disliked her intensely. s

as doug has said, they form a team for fdr.hey say to him and this man is so disabled to talk about the intimacy in their marriage, polio is so debilitating to him that eleanor has to give enemas. she has to insert a glass catheter into his penis. this man who was so virile. in her mind, she is thinking i love this man. what is happening to him? we have to keep his spirits up. she is thinking, oh my god, i've finally gotten my life. and now my life is gone. and i could be here doing this for the rest of my life. they figure out how to navigate that. that is a remarkable testament to both of them. >> and i added to that -- can i add to that? he went to the state senate in 1910. a lot of different efforts -- issues, conservation. after being in albany, he is assistant secretary of the navy for the wilson administration. he gets to do an inspection in europe and canada in 1920, he teams up with james cox of ohio. he is a progressive. fdr is like a banshee. they go down. it ushers in the republican presidency of harding, coolidge,

doug: it's amazing. it looks terrific. >> the clouds rolled in and it turned to a cloudy and a cool day across the region. as i said, this will change quickly starting tomorrow. we are cooler in the weather. it's 54 at blue ray. and mid-60's for the metro area. a warm spot is annapolis at 69. at this time of year the water temperature is 74 in the waters near annapolis. it's usually cooler. because of the water temperature but today the air is cooler. i can do an hour on this phenomenon but i'll cut you a break and not do it tonight and i'll just talk about the rain moving through. take a few hours. it will move out in a small disturbance. clearing skies from the west. the system is going to rotate out and we will good to go. cloudy and cool. the sun improves throughout theen of a. pleasant. cool in the area under the clouds now but even late in the afternoon, columbus and indianapolis. 75. 80 in louisville now. everything will equalize tomorrow. the skies will brighten and this will fall apart. it is fa

chief meteorologist doug hill on storm watch tonight. doug: this is feeling like 91. the closest area across the fairfax. but there are heavy showers now south of fredericksburg. that is the jackpot area today. satellite shows the complex moving slowly to the east. that will open the door to the hot sunshine. the forecast, the showers end tonight. better weather for the weekend. back to you. leon: the trial of the six baltimore police officers accused in the death of freddie gray will move forward. today surrounded by the security, the attorneys for the officers argued to have the charges dropped and the prosecutor removed from the case. the judge refused to do so and said that the request was monday boggling. however he did order separate trials for each officer. stephen tschida now live outside the courthouse where the protesters gathered today. stephen, what are you seeing today? anything like what we saw this year? stephen: no. nothing like earlier this year. much smaller demonstration here. outside of the courthouse. the judge did rule not to dismiss the charges

doug hill, are you over there? doug: looking for fowl around here. we are okay. listen the cold front is making a move here. we see showers and the storms steadily and slowly pushing to the southwest. that is good news for the upcoming holiday weekend. warm and humid. the muggy conditions and the lower temperatures in the 70's. had rain. the rest of us that didn't have rain will slowly drop tonight. stay muggy. drier air is here. it will take most of the night for the heavy humidity to be pushed south. love this graphic. this shows what is happening in the backdoor cold front. this is going to take 252 to 36 hours for the cooler and the drier r to take over. but it will. it's mid-80's tomorrow. more humidity and 90 for labor day. it's cooler and breezy along the coast. warmer to 80. it's more shower and thunderstorms likely for the outer bank. the local beaches could see cloudiness and drizzle and sprinkles for sunday to monday morning. beaches look fine. nice holiday weekend. go out and enjoy it. the heat and the humidity will come back next week. starting monda

maureen: let's get to doug hill. doug: two stories. more rain moving in friday and saturday and the impact on the mid-atlantic from the hurricane joaquin. start with the update of the number. this is yesterday and today so far how much rain fallen from behind the cold front. at the top of the leaderboard here, 4.5 inches in leesburg. 3.5 in mount aerial. s this is light rain today and tomorrow but friday and saturday is a different story. this is the location of the cold front. rain along the front. the front is going to sit still and steady in this position. but over the next couple of days it could deep and it may expand westward to bring the possibility of more rain into the area. there is a push of moisture and it is going to intensify with the rainfall. tomorrow the rain will expand northward. friday the heavier rain will arrive. this is through 6:00 p.m. friday. forward of that we will put together a compilation of the rainfall total. by the time we get through now and 6:00 p.m. sunday, we have 4 inches. this is the separate even

doug: i'm doug hill in the weather center. a beautiful perfect weather day for wednesday. how many more ahead? we will let you know the forecast still to come at 6:00. >> a man has pleaded guilty to setting a fire that dell stroyed a cvs store. raymond carter faces up to four years in prison when he is sentenced in november. cvs has demolished the store and has plans to rebuild it. leon: two years ago today gunman killed 12 people at the neighry yard. today marks the deadline for the family members of those killed to file wrongful death lawsuit. six families filed suit against the companies they say should have seen red flags about the gunman. they had several outbursts prior to getting the job as a government contractor working there. special prosecutor will investigate allegations against the loudoun county sheriff mike chapman stemming from his election campaign. chapman says the allegations are politically motivated. maureen: next at 6:00, a championship soccer team has another obstacle. how to get home from a foreign country. leon: the beautiful weather continues. dou

doug: they get a lot of -- they get a little nauseous they are. -- there. pretty fun for a young guy. melanie: you are right about that. doug: the weather looks like it will be cooperating. cooler on sunday than tomorrow. i will tell you my weather story on this friday as he took a live look into laurel, maryland. it is 81 degrees. for the first time this week we have a little bit of cloud cover here. these are all fair weather clouds that will not produce rang. -- rain. 80 at reagan national airport. also in fredericksburg, 80 in baltimore. 75 degrees as the wind comes across the cool waters of the river. as far as the hourly temperatures go, we are around 85. downtown washington, make it close to 87. 85 is a good target for temperatures across the area today. we will see high-pressure be the dominant force in the atmosphere. it's so large it extends from northern new england, nova scotia, newfoundland, all the way southwest to texas. that's why we had of full week of sunny, dry weather. there is a shower chance coming our way from the south in from the ea

we turn to chief meteorologist doug hill. doug: the bottom line is it terrific. gorgeous outside the belfort furniture center now. county, in loudoun too. sunshine today. fair weather clouds. no chance of rain. temperatures start in the 60's. by the parade time, it will be degrees. mid-to-the late afternoon hours 4:15 the scheduled time basilica,ss at the 80 degrees. leon: there is a lot of road closures. massachusetts avenue northwest in front of the nunciature of the holy sea. that area remains closed until thursday. around the white house and the ellipse are going to be closed until noon tomorrow. maureen: this afternoon we seen impact of the road closures for president obama and pope francis' motorcade. gathered on the overpasses to watch the black pontiff down the suitland parkway. how is it affecting the rush hour? tom roussey is live in mobile track 7 with the latest. tom? this is where the pope is saying on massachusetts. the folks are lined up. they are letting you drive by inbounds on massachusetts avenue. letting you drive by if you are going outbound.

check in with chief meteorologist doug hill. doug? doug: in the late night hour it will clear the upper disturbance level moves through. let's check the storms. a couple southeast of washington over the prince george's county. not that far from the upper marlboro. but most of the action is west. over the fairfax county closer to the foothills on the eastern side of interstate 81. we will take you north where the storm is stationary. heavier storm from hagerstown, camp david to southern pennsylvania. outside the area the rain is muggy, hot and humid. 92 at reagan national. with all the moisture still staying staying in the air it feels warmer than the thermometer indicates. feels like 95 in washington and an drews. 96 in fredericksburg. 98 in frederick. the showers will dissipate but it will be warm and muggy overnight. temperatures are 69 to 75 degrees. another hot day tomorrow. it looks better for the weekend. especially for beaches. steve rudin will be along in 20 minutes with a look at the beaches, too. kimberly: looking forward to

doug hill is on storm watch right now. doug: they are popping up all over the place. partly sunny right now. hot and humid. a couple of thunderstorms developing quickly south of rockville and drifting south into bethesda. another one settling to the south. pcbs lines developing. we think another area of showers could be in the process of developing as we speak over downtown washington. according to the big picture, it is very limited action. most of the area is rain-free. .verybody and on the heat 93 at reagan national right now. 93 at quantico. the heat index is 98. feels like 96 at washington dulles. we will watch and wait. the storm still forming up but when they formed a drift south. the weather still looks good at fedex right now. isolated showers and storms but otherwise a very warm and muggy thursday evening. we will look at the weekend coming up. kimberly: thank you plenty of people hitting the road this weekend for the unofficial end of summer. we are looking in pretty good shape to fill up at the pumps. the average cost for a gallon of regular unleaded is $2

doug: it's early to ask me tough questions like that. probably afternoon and evening is when we see rain around the area. in the morning we might see sunshine. it won't stay like this, looking outside from alexandria, the bell haven country club. safe view outside the window at the belfort furniture in arlington. as we get through the morning the clouds will increase quickly aide head -- ahead of a frontal system. rain is a probability rather than possibility tomorrow. look how comfortable it is. 80's. 87 at reagan national. the moisture levels is so low, the dew point is so low it is comfortable and there is a breeze. gorgeous! we'll give you the timing of the rain in a few minutes. alison: thank you very much. well, three attacks in three weeks. not that far from each other. in hyattsville. two near the west hyattsville metro station. the most recent near the anacostia tributary. brad bell live and police are looking into the possibility one man is behind each attack? that is right. mcgruder park, i'm in mcgruder park and you can see t

doug: looking good. alison: very good. still to come on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- escaping zion national park moments before it took out hikers. distance they had to climb to barely get out alive coming up. >> it is tough to watch violence on a football field. it fact. every time you take advil you're taking the medicine doctors recommend most for joint pain. more than the medicine in aleve or tylenol. the medicine in advil is the number one doctor recommendation for joint pain. relief doesn't get any better than this. advil he pulled me and another player and told us to hit the re. >> for what? >> for everything going on in the game. the racial slurs that were told to players. leon: these are the two infamous high school football players that blind-sided a referee in the game, hitting him and knocking him out. they say they were insulted in the game. the ref denies it. the coach told them to take him out is what the players are saying. alison: this is not the only controversy. video came out about a player ripping off an opp

doug: face time. leon: exactly! doug: welcome back. alison: thank you. missed you. doug: the summer weather. it's hot here today. new york city at central part at 97 degrees. it's crazy. we did see cooler days ahead. we have to be patient another day or so. we will give you a glimpse here. city of washington and the sky and how it looked from the walker jones and terrell elementary school in the district. clear skies. beautiful morning. beautiful day. few fair weather clouds popping up. the heating of the day, the clouds will go away and another clear night. it's warm and humid. 91 at reagan national and andrews air force base. joyce base andrews. old school. sorry. 90 in gaithersburg and 90 in washington dulles. but if you factor in the moisture it feels warmer. talk about the thermometer. we hit 90 today or higher for the 51st time this season. on an average summer we do it 367 times. we're well above that. last summer we only had 24 days 90 or higher. tomorrow is day 52 of 90-plus heat for the summer season. in the evening it will cool off. it will be warm and mu

doug: indeed. alison: thank you, doug. jonathan: coming up for us at 4:00, an autistic teenager making advenes in world. what he is doing -- making a difference in the world. what he is going to land him a trip to the white house and an audience with pope francis. >> another string of armed robberies at an area 7-eleven. this one involved a sawed-off shotgun. i'm jeff goldberg. coming up, where t across america, people like basketball hall of famer dominique wilkins... ...are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes... ...with non-insulin victoza®. for a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar. but it didn't get me to my goal. so i asked my doctor about victoza®. he said victoza® works differently than pills. and comes in a pen. victoza® is proven to lower blood sugar and a1c. it's taken once a day, any time. victoza® is not for weight loss, but it may help you lose some weight. victoza® is an injectable prescription medicine that may improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. i

jummy: thank you, doug. coming up on abc7 news at noon, the hidden health danger in greek yogurt and the fat shaming backlash. the comedian who says it's not a real thing. jummy: we have a 7 on your side health report. greek yogurt is supposed to be good for us but experts say that might not be the case. nutritionists say the amount of sugar varies wildly, up to seven grams in some cases. some as much sugar as a twinkie. experts say it should be a wake-up call to look at the sugar content before you buy. always a good idea. well, a youtube star is coming under fire for her comedy routine called "dear fat people." nicole arbor posted a six-minute diatribe about obesity online in which she says, quote, fat shaming is not a thing. the video has been viewed more than 20 million times and counting and getting a lot of criticism. >> obesity is a disease. yeah, so is being a shop a holic. fat shaming is not a thing. fat people made that up. that's a race card with no race. there are a lot of reasons why people are

do we get more, doug? >> we really did need to get rain. unfortunately it's barely a drop in the pockbucket. you can't even see it falling here, but it is falling, 69 degree right now. we talked about today being a very cool, rather dreary day. this is exactly what we're seeing across our area. take a look at the numbers. these numbers are really quite amazing. 72 over towards easton. that's closer to the water temperature of the atlantic ocean. but you come inland, 54 degrees right now in luray, 59 towards win chester. culpeper at 59 degrees. this is where we're seeing steady rain, only 2/100ths of an inch so far, a very cool, dreary afternoon, especially west of the blue ridge. take a look at hours through win chester, up towards martinsburg. towards dc, waldorf, ammnnapoan everyone around the beltway seeing that rain. beginning to make its way into fairfax county, around the mousetrap here, around the springfield/newington area, right along the burke center parkway, seeing some shower activity. again, light showers, but fairly steady in

chief meteorologist doug hill has the forecast. doug: hello. we are in fine shape out there with nothing but sunshine across the area now. looking live from frederick. i am telling you what, we will see the conditions stay just like they are a couple more hours. later this evening, temperatures in the mid-80's. not getting terribly chilly. 61 is the average tonight. the winds will be light. they may be calm. we have had that condition for several days now. here is what we think will happen tomorrow. today temperature hit the low to mid-80's. tomorrow, mid-80's. we get to friday, mid-80's. the weekend, upper 80's. it starts on saturday. we are on a roll. a quick and an easy way to stay on top of the forecast and the updates all the time. just go to wjla.com/text. you find easy way to subscribe and log in to the text messaging system. important updates we issue if there are warnings, advisories and at viseries. jonathan: you can help -- catch a bank robber. here is how. look at the picture. really clear. arlington police say this is the guy that

. >> doug hill has a check on the evening forecast. doug? doug: hi. rain we need and rain we'll get. bits and pieces. little areas of rain across the region. doppler radar shows scattered showers over the eastern section of montgomery county west of laurel. heavier downpours out of the northern stafford county across the potomac into western charles county. more still across the foothills and along interstate 81. this is just the leading edge of the weather pattern here that will move in tomorrow with a better chance of more widespread showers and storms. check out the numbers. 92 at reagan national airport. 90 in many spots. with the humidity levels rising because of the increased dew point temperatures around 70 degrees. here is what it feels like in the capitol. 97. it feels like 99 in fredericksburg. 94 in frederick. satellite and radar shows the storms. budging up. they should diminish later tonight. we'll have a better chance, 80% of the possibility of rain as it forms along a cold front, especially the areas south and west. low pressure moving

let's get to doug hill for the latest. doug: we are tracking showers. it no thunderstorms locally, but at the moment, just cloudy and damp out there. the area is now under a flash flood watch until early tomorrow morning. find rain on1, we doppler radar. of few showers southeast of washington and heavy rain in the charlottesville area. likely to see thunderstorm activity, but it is not moving toward the metro area right now. it is moving north and northwest, but there is a lot of rain to watch. a lot in the atmosphere. if you look at the coast of the carolinas, this system is pulling moisture in from the atlantic area there is the potential for a lot of rain. be west most of it will of the metro area. if that's not enough to keep an eye on, we have a tropical storm as well. it is north of the bahamas. the latest projections from the hurricane center have the center off the outer banks by sunday. even with the system far away, it could still produce a lot of rain. a lot on our play to cover, and we will do that for you. we will have the seven-day forecas

doug: still a few showers and storms out there. the left-hand side of the screen is west, the foothills and beyond. luckily a few little left over showers in the metro area. a few more to the north. a few around fedex is not out of the question. look at the holiday weekend. cooler, less humid. a bit warmer on monday. steve will have more with this at 11:00. maureen: "world news tonight" is next. maureen: "world news tonight" is next. have a good wow. this thank you .ectacular. we worked with a designer from havertys for a complete refresh. you must be happy to get out of that tiny house? yeah you know when we realized how great the furniture could be, we knew we wanted more s space. how much more space? we went from a hundred square feet to... three thousand! (whispers) three thousand! we still have the original structuture. she uses it as a yoga studio. it's more like a tool shed. refresh your space with an extra one-hundred dollars off every thousand at havertys. plus enjoy thirty-six month, no-interest financing. havertys. disco

doug: probably last october. alison: routine now. thank you. leon: thanks, doug. still ahead here on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- alison: a miracle. how two people survived a plane crash. meet a man who ran toward a purning plane to help out. leon: look at the primetime line-up tonight. leon: the murder trial for antoine james has been pushed back. it turns out there weren't enough potential jurors to pick from today. he is accused of killing his stepfather in d.c. prosecutors say it stemmed from an argument over yard work and say he was shot several times after asking james to help him in the yard. the shooting was caught on a home surveillance camera system. alison: checking news around the nation now. a wild and a scary scene in central fresno, california. part of a plane come crashing down. damaging vehicles. a twin engine jet took off, reported engine failure and returned to the parrot. airport. >> i came to check everything out. i looked back and i had a hole in the back. windshield busted out. >> we are fortunate no one was injured today. alison: absolutely! neig

chief meteorologist doug hill on storm watch tonight. doug: weather is improving slowly. the showers continue. down 64 out to the richmond area. toward stonton and harrisonburg. a few showers now but weather will improve throughout the evening. this is due to the cold front from northeast to bring us cooler temperatures and the lower humidity levels. it's not magic. it will take a while. it is muggy overnight. the rain will end. for the holiday weekend cooler and less humid. we talk about the weekend weather in a few minutes. maureen: thank you. students at seven loudoun county schools spent days behind locked doors while the police looked for those responsible for a teenager's murder. 17-year-old was shot waiting for the school bus this morning. this was near the corner of cornell and duke drive. richard reeve is live where the manhunt stands. i understand they just identified identified the victim? richard: we just got word from the loudoun county sheriff department the victim is 17-year-old danny miranda. we have his picture. he was waiting at a bus stop when there wer

doug: i'm doug hill in the belfort furniture weather center. the picture perfect weather. that is still to come on the leon: look live at pope francis saying canonization mass and the mass will wrap up and the pope will be driven back to the nunciature where he is staying. stay with abc7 as we continue to bring you coverage of "pope in america." maureen: today outside the white house there were even more memorable moments. brad bell has been keeping track of them all and is live with a look at the highlights of the spiritual history made today. brad? brad: we have seen him preside over the mass, seen religious religious -- seen religion and heard talk of how the scripture combines and interacts with people and becomes politics. we saw a little of all of that today. the pope appeared at the front door of the vatican embasssy before 79:00 to greet -- embassy before 79:00 to greet school children. there were smiles, screams of joy and selfies. after a short drive in the middle car surrounded by mighty secret service s.u.v.'s the pope's appearance at the white house was greate

doug: doppler radar, we have plenty of rain. this is in the blue ridge. plenty of rain and shower for the next few days and then the attention will turn to tropical storm joaquin. this squiggly lines are the individual computer model solutions as to what will happen track wise in the next few days. we will get rain. as i enjoy my dinner tonight steve rudin has the job of tracking joaquin and monitoring the heavy rainfall and the cooler temperatures tonight at 11:00. leon: you will be walking out of here. doug: in the rain! [laughter] maureen: "world news tonight" with david muir up next. leon: all right. folks, see you a >>> tonight, we're tracking two storms. one set to become a hurricane. the major system hitting. flash flood alerts stretching 1,000 miles. d.c., philly, new york and new england in the path. and then, the tropical storm strengthening at this hour, swirling off the coast. >>> the breaking news tonight. the mother, minutes away from execution here in the u.s. the plea from pope francis to spare her life. the parole board's decision. >>> th

doug: maybe. that is the story.n: we can say with some certitude that pope francis is in new york. happening to us a couple blocks away from st. patrick's cathedral. that is where the pope will be delivering a message tonight to an assembled crowd. we will keep you posted throughout the night >>> tonight, the breaking news. pope francis arrives here in new york city. we're at the famous st. patrick's cathedral, where he is tonight. ground zero, central park also on his list. making history in washington, the first pope to speak before congress. on some issues, the applause divided. and behind the scenes, the moment, what vice president joe biden said to him, and what the pope repeopled back. >>> meantime, the other breaking news tonight. the scene from the west. the deadly collision between a charter bus and a duck boat for tourists. the death toll growing at this hour. >>> the deadly stampede overseas tonight. the numbers simply staggering. more than 700 kills during the annual pilgrimage near mecca. >>> the new po

chief meteorologist doug hill joining us now. doug? doug: the temperatures are warm all night long. 90's now. drop to 80's and most areas in the 70's. muggy. pop back to 90's for a few more days before we see relief. high school in laurel, maryland. 91. 93 in frederick. 92 in hagerstown and fredericksburg. a hot and humid september 1 for sure. we have had 46 days where it was 90 or higher. on an average year, 36. two more days at 90 or above. last year we had 24 days all of last year. this evening, we will hang on the partly cloudy skies. stay in the upper 80's. sunset we drop to mid-70's in most areas. 92 tomorrow with 30% chance of the scattered showers and the thunderstorms in the afternoon. the average temperatures are 84, 85. we will stay well above thursday. may i introduce the weekend holiday outlook. it lookses good to me. partly cloud dif and cooler, less humid. but the heat and the humidity could return by next week. back to you. jonathan: good looking weekend. thank you. this is a real eye-opener. you may need to talk to you

doug: it all started in 1908. william kent donated this grove of ancient redwoods in marin county and named it in honor of his friend john muir. in the decades following, while the bay area's population exploded, prime real estate remained off-limits to developers. controlled by the military. and the marin headlands were but when our security no longer depended on them, the military moved out. the most valuable real estate in the bay area was suddenly up for grabs and developers pounced. a well-funded corporate plan to build a city in the marin headlands for 30,000 people was on the drawing boards. but citizen opposition began to build. with sheer determination and a little luck, the headlands development plan was defeated. amy: that's where the park began. i mean, the people got very excited about the idea of preserving the golden gate. doug: the idea of creating a national park in and around san francisco began to take hold. dr. edgar wayburn, a physician and president of the sierra club, had a vision of creatin

doug is here with more on that and the roads are starting -- starting to see some wet roads, doug. what gives? >> yeah, seen them a lot in certain area along the beltway here, down toward 495, the woodrow wilson bridge, the oxon hill area, a lot of thunderstorm activity right around that region over the last one to two hours, take a look and show you storm team4 radar now showing you where the storms are. there's a line of storms back in through clark county, page county, back toward the west, in toward warn county, rather, and down toward the shenandoah valley, the d.c. metro area, we have seen a boundary develop here, and that has really started off numerous showers and thunderstorms around that region the past couple of hours, one up here toward the olney area, another one just east of maryland city the laurel region, down to the south though, this is the area that i'm watching, this one area around oxon hill and alexandria, national harbor has seen thunderstorm after thunderstorm. take a look at what we are dealing with right here, right around the oxon hill region, extremely h

chief meteorologist doug hill has a check of the forecast. hi, doug. doug: hi there. it started out with incredibly cool weather this morning. in fact, this morning the temperatures around the area were the coolest they have been in a good three and a half and four months in many spots. a lot in 50-degree range. some in 40's. 48 in winchester. there is a chill in the area. we are going to enjoy day after day because the high pressure center of we shall like -- weather like this. 79 in reagan national airport. the air is dry as well. the temperatures will drop and the light winds, sunset this evening at 7:18. it will be a beautiful night in the next few days. variations of the same theme. temperatures are now across the board in 70's. 79 in the nation's capital. the forecast is sweet. temperatures tonight in the 50's. jonathan: the search is on for two stolen tour buses. they were last seen at 11:00 p.m. at chillham place in northeast washington. one of the buses has a d.c. license plate b49077. and the number 44 on the front of the bus. the other is b45103 and the num

doug: [inaudible] lots of sunshine. not much change outside of the belford furniture weather center -- belfort furniture weather center. 81 degrees with low humidity right now. as we cruised through the afternoon, temperatures will climb into the mid-80's -- as we cruise through the afternoon, temperatures will climb into the mid-80's. this afternoon, the metro area, about the same, close to 80 degrees. a few spots east and south could hit the lower 80's. it's going to be absolutely delightful. tonight, 61, clear skies. we will see if there is any rain to be found coming up in a few minutes. melanie: we will see you then. we are one week away from pope francis' visit. it -- security is being stepped up throughout the district. even if you are not planning to go anywhere near the pope, you could still be impacted. we have more on the preparations. this is no easy task. reporter: right. this afternoon, you cannot miss this. take a look at what it looks like in and around the grounds of catholic university and the basilica

alison: doug, we will sea you then. thank you. leon: erin was pulling us in on what is coming up here. we followed alfred morris. i have to hear it. leon: now redskins quarterback cousins preparing for rams. erin: cousins isn't flashy. he is now driving his grandma's van to work. that's right. look at this. the 2000 limited edition conversion van. this is what he has been driving to practice. the q.b. brought it from his grandmother. maybe he should start the carpool service to take the offensive line to practice in exchange for good protection. here he is on the new mode of transportation. >> the car i was driving day today, to and from the facility. i have been lazy and i haven't gotten another car to go from a to b to work. the van has had to fill the role. i could use another car to get from a to b. leon: there you go. erin: wizards and the playoff-bound missics will have a state-of-the-art facility in washington. there plan for a new practice facility and a 5,000-seat arena for the mystics who play the home game at verizon ce

chief meteorologist doug hill is here with a look at our first forecast. doug: delightful outside right now, live in rockville at montgomery college. temperatures elsewhere starting to climb. 88 degrees at reagan national. 90 in fredericksburg and in frederick, maryland. same as yesterday, temperatures into the 90 to 92 degree range. the difference between yesterday and today is that the moisture content is higher. we know that because dew point temperatures are higher. index to getat around 100 degrees around portions of the metro area. 96 at reagan national, 94 at dulles. a hot day. as you mentioned before, such chance for showers and thunderstorms in the evening hours. some of that could spread eastward to the metropolitan area later this afternoon. this area of low pressure moving out and allowing the front to spread eastward, increasing the chances for scattered showers and storms. we will talk about that in more detail in a few minutes. then, thanks. developing right now, a community on alert after two overnight homicides. a triple shooting and capit

hey, doug. >> hello, good morning to you. storm team4 radar showing you that rain across our region, a high today of 94, now seeing the storms develop and most of the area dry and going to stay that way as we move on through the next couple of hours. down to the south, fredericksburg, waldorf, la plata, very heavy rain falling through northern charles county, st. mary's county, along 301 waldo waldorf, already seeing light rain, heavier rain making its way in. another area of storminess, culpeper, fredericksburg, 95, we have a lot more where that's coming from. tonight, most areas dry. back to the west a frontal boundary moving in, give us not just a chance for more rain but much cooler weather as we head into the next couple of days and that weekend. the forecast in a few minutes. >>> man died after he fell off a metro bus. his name is reginald burrell. we are told he lost his balance as he was stepping off the bus on bliadensburg road last week. he fell to the ground, the driver didn't see him and ran over his leg. burrell

doug?doug: all kind of hot weather out there with the humidity levels high enough to make it up comfortably warm. 88 at the country club in alexandria. no rain threat in the area. a lot of humidity. muggy night ahead. 94 at reagan national after a high of 95. 93 in fredericksburg. 91 in baltimore. the heat index is up high numbers. feels like 97 in the capital. 96 in frederick. 94234 -- 94 in winchester. outlying areas are upper 60's. but inside the beltway everybody is in the 70's. downtown washington is a warm spot with a wake-up temperature of 76 degrees. now tomorrow we are back into it. the heat and the humidity. highs are 92. the 47th time we have been at 90 or higher. slight chance of thunderstorms west of the metro area. then as we look ahead to the next seven days we will take the rain out of the forecast thursday. still at 93 with the high humidity levels. cooler on friday with a cold front approaching to give us an afternoon shower and storm. look at this. sunshine, less humid ai