look at me, look at doug hill. it's the kind of place where you had to find your place and just get good. leon: doug has helped a generation of meteorologi get od, on 9 and a 7. armyat is part of doug's over there. brian: there are many times we don't fully know. it's possible one of these other models could have it right. absolutely that could happen. and calm,e stays cool and that is the kind of credibility and confidence that helps build an audience. doug: santa claus is coming. leon: with doug, what you see is what you get. brian: whether you have known years or five days were five hours, he makes you feel like you have known him forever. on the weekend hanging out, everybody at the party will be like, hey, doug! he is always generous with his time, with his money, his intelligence, helping people. >> if anything, that award is long overdue. my goodness. congratulations, doug, we are so happy that we have the honor of working with them everyday fuzzed up is really a special guy. devon: could not happen to a bett

doug: i'm doug hill in the belfort furniture weather center. i have a forecast for trick-or-treaters tomorrow night. look ahead for the whole weekend. the next seven days. that's still to come right here at "abc7 news at 6:00". narrator: for state senate, who shares our values? jeremy mcpike - supports school funding. thinks women should make their own health care decisions. and favors background checks on all gun sales. hal parrish? as mayor, he slashed education. fought to block women's health clinics. parrish gets an "a" from the gun lobby - they oppose background checks to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. virginia extreme or mainstream? vote mcpike for virginia. feinblatt: everytown for gun safety action fund sponsored this ad. maureen: devastation in texasment storms rip across the state. this is san marcos where you can see the highway and buildings surrounded by water. in the same area southeast of san antonio, a tornado ripped across small towns. the winds were so high a truck trailer was found lodged in the roof of a hot

doug: doug hill in the belfort furniture weather center. a beautiful day today. another on tam. the announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. maureen: a new report by metro finds ridership plummeted in the last four years. last year, 40,000 fewer people rode metro than in 2010. the decline is forcing the embattled system to rely more and more on fares for revenue. ridership peaked in 2010 at 740,000 daily passengers. passengers we spoke with say they are not surprised. >> i understand the math behind it. but at that point they are caught in a death spiral. the worst of the services and the fewer people will ride it and the more they have to jack up the prices. maureen: this report blames the drop off on several factors including a shrinking federal workforce, more government employees working from home. and reduction to the federal transit budget. metro plans to comment on the report after it is presented at the wmata board meting this thursday. leon: abc7 traffic watch alert for you. at 9:00 tonight, vdot will shut down two left lanes of 66 from 123 to the b

larry: doug hill is here. i like today. doug: it looks like we will probably get through friday at least with the dry weather. sunshine and warmer temperatures to dry things up. our rain, as that is it was, does not compare to what is still happening in south carolina. i want to begin with a time lapse, this is from washington lee high school in arlington. a little bit of cloudiness builds in through the morning. just partly sunny skies, but as we get into the evening skies will clear out and i think mostly sunny skies await for the next few days. springs, 58 in herman -- herndon. morning inville this frederick county. we have some cool weather for a while with a bit of a warm-up headed in, in the upper 50's to near 60 at noon time. 61 in manassas and leesburg. we will climb up through the 60's throughout the course of the afternoon and still a breeze, but not quite as windy as it has been. area,in the metro somewhere in the 60's, 65, 66, and when the sun sets we will cool off just a bit. looking to the atlantic ocean, we st

he will have a report tonight at 11:00. >> doug hill was jealous. he wanted to be in the hurricane center. >> he got scared at times. great stuff. i talk about our weather. really nice. improvement here over the days and the days and the weeks and weeks. clouds of rain. a cloudy start. gorgeous in the hillside and they look beautiful. with the bright sunshine continuing at this hour. we get through the evening and we see the temperatures fall off a bit. it won't be terribly cold. chill in the air. 64 in baltimore and 66 in frederick. 64 in fredericksburg at this hour. a lot of areas in the mid-50's. mid-to-upper 50's closer to the bay. low lying areas could see spot in upper 40's. that is the way for tuesday. tomorrow is clear and mostly sunny throughout the day. this is the moisture left over. scattered showers working their way on shore. nothing with the volume or the intensity. the the upper level low causing the rain or has caused it is circulating drifting to northeast. high pressure builds in from the north and west. the future cast keeps it m

maureen: still ahead, doug hill is back with a look at the forecast. first frost a possibility for some of us. we will let you know where and when. robert: i'm robert burton. coming up in sports the latest from redskins park. but, alex ovechkin back in practice today. what happened yesterday and why you might be able to relate maureen: cyclers versus church-goers. the crusade is six and m street northwest. d.c. bureau chief sam ford has more with the united house of prayer doesn't want to share the road. sam? sam: where i'm standing they have been here for a long time. one of them is the united house of prayer and they are protesting the city's idea of taking what has always been the street parking here and making it a bike lane. they are getting more use. but where the united house of prayer a plan to take away the street parking line for the bike traffic. some call it unsupportable, unrealistic and not a good solution for bike lane tracks. >> to me it's not fair. >> i don't have nothing against the bicyclists but parking is crazy. >> hundreds of peop

doug: i'm doug hill in the belfort furniture weather center. it's still in the 70's. beautiful wednesday. how many more days like this in the forecast? we'll let you kno maureen: breaking news from fairfax county. jury seated in the murder trial of charles severance. he is the man charged with the murders of alexandria residents nancy dunning, rob kirby and the opening statements are scheduled for tomorrow morning. prince george's county police hope this video will help fight back against crime. it shows a man brazenly robbing a business in central hill in the middle of the afternoon on september 24. he was seen fleeing in a green s.u.v. if you recognize him, call police. "7 on your side" fighting back against crime. justice department officials are meeting with the police leaders to find way to reduce violent crime. >> we are taking time and look at the root causes of criminality and take innovative step to promote positive outcome. maureen: this comes as the murders in several large cities on the rise after two decades of decline. miguel, a victim of violent crime h

chief meteorologist doug hill in the weather center now with who is about to get rain. doug: the heaviest rain continues to be east of the metro area. new areas of the showers and the storms to the west and the southwest. all ahead of a cold front. at the moment it's dry and cloudy outside the belfort furniture weather center. there you see the satellite and the radar. showers and the storms get heavier past the longitude. they get east of washington. more showers to the west. we will keep an eye on in the everything hours. we will do the zoom-in and show you where the heaviest showers are in the metro area and one to the west of burke is going to move west to east. so scattered showers will be the deal. later tonight, clearing and breezy and cooler. in the morning 49 to 57. pleasant weather tomorrow but a substantial change in the weather pattern by the weekend. we'll explain what you should look for in a few minutes. maureen: thank you, doug. last july montgomery county mandated paid sick leave for all employees of the county after the state did not. some in the neighb

but start with doug hill in latest forecast. doug: as of the moment it is a powerful, dangerous hurricane. a category four storm. we will getthough the update from the national hurricane center coming up within the next hour. this is a huge system and he continues to move to the west-southwest, just pummeling the central bahama islands. it is starting to make the turn which will eventually bring it to the north. 130sustained winds at miles per hour. it is drifting out to the west-southwest at about six miles per hour. a well-defined eye. it is expected to turn over the next 24 hours in computer models are continuing to track it. you notice the track is further to the east, further offshore than it was yesterday at this time. yesterday we had one major model by itself keeping it well offshore. now some other mainstay models are starting to join. it is inspected to slowly weekend. if it has any effect on the area, it will not be until monday. we still have a big spread in the computer models. andtretches from georgia going just to

doug hill is joining with us a look at the forecast. doug: it's a possibility. we have clear skies and the calm wind conditions. beautiful stuff here. conditions at the bell haven country club. we have deck of low clouds as well. we have a northwesterly wind. no rain to worry about. the skies are clear tonight. the warm spot, menino is 72 for manassas is 72. it's 69 in the capital. for tonight it's partly cloudy and mostly clear overall with a light wind. chilly, too. 52. the average temperatures. the areas are in the mid-to-upper 40's. through the day tomorrow, there is plenty of sunshine. highs close to 70 degrees. delightful. big changes come over the weekend after a cold front through the area friday an and evening with the coolest air of the season. with this time of the year and the cool air, we have changes in the leaves. josh knight will be updating you on where the best colors is. jonathan: that is always fun to sea the colors change. thank you. ruling against a gun store in wisconsin could have an impact across the country. a jury found the owner of ba

we have lived team coverage but let's start off with doug hill. doug: the storm is on the move as we told you just a moment ago per top winds at 130 miles hour. it is made a turn to the northwest and it will eventually turn a little bit more to the right. it will be on its way off the appendix e board. top wind at 130 lost for our with wind gusts up to 160 miles per hour. we've been showing these spaghetti plot data sets for dental -- for several days now. mostll of the operational models are pushing everything to the east. it seems to be a consensus. once it built we would be confident of its track and accuracy. this is what we will see happen. still a category 4. it will remain that way for another 24-36 hours. notice how far offshore it will stay. even though it will remain far offshore, that bodes well for the viewing area. we are likely to have little to no rain affect. it does mean that the coast line in the mid-atlantic and northward will get pummeled by high wind, waves, and beach erosion. look at the satellite image. this is the hurricane

doug hill is outside and not a bad assignment today. doug: it's nice. it is delightful in the lower 20's. the pollen count high for mold spores. looking forward with the pleasant weather. it's the early fall color. small percentage change over to the metro area. in the higher elevation of the mountain change over occurring. the metro area beginning the stations. the temperature is 79 at reagan. it's 79 in baltimore as we speak. in the next day or so we'll enjoy more sunshine. the high pressure will bubble in. it's partly cloudy with the temperatures in the mid-to-upper 50's tonight. steve rudin will be back to check out the weekend forecast. alison: the push to improve academic performance in the public schools. kellye lynn is in suitland where the literacy coaches change the way teachers teach to improve how teachers learn. kellye: in classrooms across prince germ's county the students aren't the only one paying attention to the teacher. this school year there is a new process. former literacy coaches. they observe teachers in variety of the subject ma

but first, check in with the chief meteorologist doug hill on storm watch. doug we have a close eye on the hurricane. give you a full screen look at that. it's down a little bit here. download at 5:00 for the national hurricane center is a category three. top winds of 125 miles per hour. the tracking coming into line it will stay offshore. that is good news for everyone so it leaves us with the concern tonight for the possibility of flash floods. the flash flood watch remains in effect across the region and the west and the southwest until 9:00 in the morning. based on the latest tendency we noticed on radar we wouldn't be surprised if they didn't cancel part of the area out of the flash flood earlier than 9:00 in the morning. the reason is the rain has not been heavy. it has been light to moderate. there is a break developing south. that is good news. if we look farther south we have more areas of rain from the another lan tick ocean. this area of -- from the atlantic ocean. this is emanating from the western side of the hurricane but it looks to past west.

doug hill has a check of the forecast. doug: cold front is coming through later this afternoon and evening. it won't bet cooler in the next couple of days. stronger front comes in friday and then it will get chilly. we are looking live at the weather bug camera, 71 in frederick maryland. look at the dark clouds, a clouds ahead of the cold front. ahead it so far we have showers and heavy downpours over the edge water and the areas to the north and the shady side. but light showers here and there. the front west where you see the cooler air is 68 in cumberland. it's warmer east of the mountains. the mild air mass. 77 all over the place. 77 right now at reagan national airport. the forecast tonight is a few showers or sprinkles. but late tonight clear and breezy. 56 for an average low. it's gorgeous, upper 602's to near 70. breezy and feel of fall in the air. then the cold stuff. we will talk about that. the special weekend preview in 20 minutes. alison: we love that. thank you. so right now we are just about four hours away f

doug hill is here with a look at your forecast. doug: a little sunshine. let's give you a look at our camera in rockville on the campus of montgomery county -- all of montgomery county -- my camera college. a few showers. still watching the cold front to the west. sprinkle orroduce a more. 60 degrees at reagan national, 73 and manassas. across the area we will watch for breaks in the overcast to continue. a batch of showers that moved through this morning is out of here that if you are further west, you can pick out a leading edge of the next cold front stretching along southeastern ohio into western pennsylvania. i don't think the metro area will see any rain from this front when it comes through. maybe an additional period of cloudiness. milder temperatures with westerly wind. virginia beach at 79 degrees. 50's to around 60 degrees to the north and west. for this afternoon, partly cloudy at times. temperatures hit about 74 degrees. the last pleasantly warm day with a feel a fall in the air starting tonight and lasting for the balance of the week. larry:

chief meteorologist doug hill standing by in the storm watch weather center with a check of the forecast. how much are we talking about? a lot? doug: maybe an inch. but that is late tomorrow, overnight through wednesday. so it shouldn't be a big deal. 58 right now at reagan national airport. the winds are out of the east. it will increase as the weather system converge on the area. 57 in frederick. 56 in annapolis and fredericksburg. 59 in manassas. through the everything hours we will be partly cloudy to clear. temperatures are 37 to 47. we will notice increase in cloudiness this morning and through the day we will deal with this. the circulation left over from hurricane patricia. pulling tropical moisture from the gulf of mexico and the atlantic. it will arrive in the afternoon and become steady on wednesday morning. look ahead to weekend and turning back the clock for daylight savoring time coming to -- saving time coming to an ends. alison: students came to school as usual. but many were still on edge. suzanne kennedy reports it was the first day back to class after two teenagers wer

this is a well-earn honor for our immediate roll gist doug hill -- chief meteorologist doug hill. he received the award from the academy television art and scientist and it's one of the prestigious award for the broadcasts two left the mark on the industry in the area. he has done that. check out his career by going to wjla.com. long read. prepare yourself. pack a lunch. alison: awesome. doug: it was cool. jonathan: congratulations. fantastic. alison: was it fun to have everybody together last night? doug: it was. it was an honor and very fun. i was a public information officer to the aging process. alison: we are proud to have you here. alison: we have rain to talk about. doug: by tomorrow evening and wednesday. maybe an inch. time lapse from the weather bug cameras here. this is from mclean. if you look at the school, the clouds will start to clear. 503 in frostburg. 59 in rockville. upper marlboro is 58. overnight lows to upper 30's. this took the clearing all day long. there is plenty of sunshine in north and west but the eyes are drawn to the southwest. this is moving across

a well-deserved honor for our own chief meteorologist doug hill, receiving the silver circle award. it is one of the chapter most prestigious awards for broadcasters, and doug has reached that mark. we will show you his interesting ath to his career as meteorologist. he was sharing that story with me recently. wow, you would never expect he had a background in law enforcement. guy, fromng a local the area, love to see the success. we both know this, but longevity like that in television is very rare. kellye: he is a good guy. devon: a fantastic man, and a pleasure working with him. a look at the snapshot from the nation's capital, the marine corps memorial, iwo jima memorial. skies and the distance. the temperatures falling, into the 50's already. not too bad this time of year. started this week with record cold. the bigger picture the next couple days, the front passed through earlier today. did you feel the breeze? maybe not because you are watching the redskins come back, a great game, maybe you were at the game or finishing the marine corps memorial. the wind was about 10 to 20.

doug hill is tracking it all for us. doug? doug: right now we have cloudy skies outside the belfort furniture weather center in arlington. most areas seeing rain west of town. heavy rain. take a look at the live doppler radar. the area in orange and red. the heaviest cells of rain with the thunder and the lightning to go with it. all of that is drifting north. the area moving across the potomac river to frederick county, maryland. that is the area with the heaviest rain. we will monitor that. south and west, we have an area out of warrington. that will weaken a bit. even though we have widespread showers in the area. the area with the heaviest rain is pretty much located up over frederick county. over the next few hours we will have more showers. there have been 14 lightning strikes with the cells in the past 15 minutes. they will move northward. a little after midnight, one more thunderstorm or two and clearing skies overnight. we have a look ahead for the next several days in a few minutes. leon: you got it. stay connected w

leon: doug hill has the hour-by-hour forecast. robert: is not official yet the nest could be introducing a new manager. i will explain when abc 7 news parker: my daughter alison and her cameraman were gunned down on live television. i know we can't stop all gun violence, but we can save lives if our leaders take action. narrator: but we can't count on hal parrish to act. he gets an "a" from the gun lobby, they fund his candidacy... whiout of the handsnst backgof dangerous people.uns parrish will make us less safe. parker: politicians' condolences aren't enough. it's time for them to act. feinblatt: everytown for gun safety action fund sponsored this ad. maureen: about 20 people had to be rescued at three. collapsed in charleston, s.c.. the restaurant was hope -- hosting a private party when the doc gave away. everyone has been accounted for. no one was seriously injured in the cost of collapses under investigation. leon: the worried about your kids when they play sports. concussions and broken bones are not the only concern now. t

chief meteorologist doug hill is here with a look at your forecast. doug: kind of cloudy outside. you saw some folks working up top roof in rosslyn. some breaks in the overcast. a break is the most we will see. sky cover at the montgomery college rockville campus. temperatures lower 60's. much.-- do not expect expect cooler temperatures. 66 degrees at reagan national airport. 66 degrees at leesburg in frederick. as we get through the afternoon we will see this batch of the clouds. if you look up, patches of blue. if you time it right, you could see a little sunshine. most of the day, this cloudy feel and temperatures on the cool side. her tomorrow as pressure built in more strongly from the south and west, more in the way of sunshine. that is the story cloud lies. this is the visible satellite image looking down on the cloud cover. you see the striations of clouds . the wind comes across the appellations. you get far enough south you get the sunshine nothing was the baltimore you get sunshine. most of the area will stay mostly cloudy with a few patches of blue sky. numbers wise, t

and a well deserved honor for doug hill. received a silver circle award from the national academy of television arts and sciences. it's one of the chapter's most prestigious awards for broadcasters who left their mark and of course doug has done just that. and we are so proud of you, doug. doug: thank you. it was an honor. it was fun. jummy: it's good to see you get recognition. doug: thank you. we will see if you like this forecast. today is going to be pretty nice. clouds back tomorrow and then rain by midweek. for the moment, check out the numbers across the area. very comfortable. just what you would expect for the end of october. mid 50's in most locations at midday. across the area, temperatures very similar. clouds are clearing north and west of town. really no change in temperature. no major changes except increasing sunshine and temperatures eventually getting somewhere around the 60 degree mark. a little storminess across the upper lakes. that will move away. this is the area that is going to be moving north and nor

let's check in with doug hill who has the latest on the path of the storm. doug: at the moment it is cloudy in damp outside of the weather center but all eyes continue south to the bahamas. mileswith winds over 130 sustained which make it a week category four hurricane. it will make a sharp right turn and then head northbound. gusting tohe winds 160 miles per hour right now. the official track as it moving offshore in each time we get a new round every 12 hours, every six hours rather, it seems that each successive computer model run tens they keep it a little more offshore. that is good news for us if that continues. that is happening and we are dealing locally with a trough of low pressure. it's enough so that we can get 1-3 inches of rain tomorrow on top of the rain we've already had. that is why a flash flood watch is in effect for our entire area. that same push of moisture is going to dump more than one foot of rain across portions of south carolina over the next day and a half. mostly around two inches in our area. some gusty winds but not damaging and

doug hill will keep you updated tomorrow as these storms progress. 74 degrees and breezy thursday. the cooler air friday. halloween right now will be drive. the trick or treat her's will be happy with temperatures in the mid to upper 50's, then we fall back one hour, daylight savings earlyoming to an end sunday morning. that is the full forecast from the belfort furniture weather center. leon: good deal, thanks, steve. that time of year when pretty soon all sports will be going at the same time. it's my favorite time of the year and these two teams have not played in 22 years. coming up, find out what they think about the terps and hoyas. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. erin: the wizards open their season on the road tomorrow when orlando. a handful of teams started their season tonight. cavs and bulls, president obama on hand. by 8, rose had 18. lebron james, drives for the tie, but it's blocked. the bowls hang on to win, 97-95. college hoops, today was georgetown media day. the hoyas are picked to finish second this year in the big

but beginning with chief meteorologist doug hill and the latest news of the track of the hurricane. to see very heavy rain and the strong winds. technically it's a little weaker than it was last time. 125-mile-per-hour winds. get started to give you the latest information over the hurricane. it is moving slowsly to the north at 7-mile-per-hour. it will accelerate in the next few days and that is good. not only will it accelerate but the 125-mile-per-hour winds slowly and steadily will begin to diminish. it will move over colder water surfaces so it will diminish and be far enough offshore to have no direct effect on the weather. but what will happen i think as we head through the next couple of days we will continue to see periphery effect from the hurricane and high pressure north pound the east coast with the winds to result in beach erosion. high tide and localized flooding. we still have the concern of flash flood issues. flash flood watch until 9:00 in the morning. the rain is moving from the south all day long. but not much in the way of heavy rain. steady light rain. the best

doug hill is here timing out for us. doug: just cloudy out now near the weather center. giving you a close-up look at -- close-up look at the weatherbug camera, 53 degrees, overcast skies, the wind is picking up a bit and it will be a breezy day, cloudy day, and unseasonably .ool day -- seasonably cool day forecast for this afternoon, pretty simple, going to be cloudy. the bigger question is, when will the rain arrive? 4:00, 5:00, progressively through the evening the rain will spread over the region and satellite radar shows it getting closer but it is not moving that fast. there is a lot of rain coming our way. maybe an inch or two, the larger picture shows darker green and yellow areas. that was from the leftover remnants of patricia. we are on the eastern side of things and we are going to get our fair share of rain starting this evening and especially later tonight, overnight, tomorrow mornings rush hour, the rain will be heavy at times for the afternoon and evening and a cold front will push through the area tomorrow night, clearing things out and setting us up nic

doug hill is tracking off from the storm watch weather center. doug: kind of cloudy and gray across the area. gusty winds outside the weather center. let's show you the story in rockville. this is the rockville campus at montgomery college. rain continues. we will have breaks in the rain pattern from time to time. that is the story through the morning and it will continue that way into the afternoon. we see the possibility that later this afternoon we may have a little longer break or a move -- more profound break. temperatures can reach near 70 degrees. there is no shortage of moisture from the south and the sun from the atlantic ocean. they key weather maker is the cold front to the west. that moves in late this afternoon and through this evening. then we see some heavier downpours and possibly a thunderstorm or two in spots. futurecast centered at midday. heavy rain stills the west but as we get through the afternoon more showers with more breaks in between. don't be surprised to the sun tries this -- did he grew. this line ofning heavy rain an

leon: and doug hill has what you need to know about the storm. hurricane joaquin as well. we'll see what we used to know about as the sun. stay with us. okay. so everyone is saying, "hey! you gotta get fios!" but why? why fios? well fios is a 100 percent fiber optic network, so you can get 100% out of all your devices. whatever speed you need, fios has it. so if you need more streaming for more devices, fios gives you options with the fastest internet and wi-fi available from 50 to 500 mpbs. and we're not just talking downloads. we're talking equal upload speeds, too. you can upload your favorite videos up to 5x faster than cable. plus with the fios mobile app, you can view your entertainment at home, or on the go. but the main reason to get fios? we're rated number 1 in customer satisfaction. why fios? ultimately, that's why. right now, get 50 meg fios internet, tv & phone starting at $79.99 a month, guaranteed for two years. plus get $300 back with a two year agreement. get out of the past. get fios. leon: looking back on our big story. flooding underway in part of ocean

let's head over to doug hill. we have clear blue skies. this view is showing the same, 69 degrees at lunch time and we will warm into the 70's areawide. area, we hitin the 70 in washington and dulles. it has been a while since we have had 70 degrees or mostly sunny skies. we will enjoy a few days of this. a minor system will come our way as we head through the day friday. maybe showers, temperatures, upper 60's. still 69 degrees at reagan international airport. temperatures ranging about 70 to 274 degrees with mostly sunny skies. a bit of a breeze. the satellite radar show clear. low-pressure storms have been causing all the rain down south finally moving out to sea. the futurecast shows a promising outlook for the next couple of days with a lot of sunshine. this cold front could pass through the area friday coupled by a few showers and thunderstorms. back to you. to get a also want check of the roadways. jamie sullivan joins us with a look at the traffic. travel on 95 working your way northbound, getting a little closer toward prince will

chief meteorologist doug hill is here. at thes we look conditions surrounding hurricane joaquin, it is drifting to the southwest into the bahamas. it will turn and head north. the rain we have had and the heavy rain we are going to get tomorrow has nothing to do with hurricane joaquin. rain and wind from hurricane joaquin comes sunday night into tuesday morning. we know the computer model has said it would intensify into a major category three storm sometime tonight or tomorrow. it actually happened last night. a lot of things about the computer modeling are not given us a lot of confidence. seere going to wait to until later. if this does not turn to the left and turn to the north -- you know what i am saying. per hour winds gusting to 155 miles per hour. the expectation is it will turn later tonight or tomorrow morning and had north. yesterday and the past couple days, we have the euro model, one of the most reliable models that was keeping it offshore. everyone else was bringing it to the coast. othercommuter monocle --

. >> i'm doug hill in the belfort furnite weather center. partly cloudy. pleasant right now. but changes on the way including clouds and rain. i have the timing when "abc7 news at 6:00" continues. narrator: for state senate, who shares our values? jeremy mcpike - supports school funding. thinks women should make their own health care decisions. and favors background checks on all gun sales. hal parrish? as mayor, he slasheeducation. fought to block women's health clinics. parrish gets an "a" from the gun lobby - they oppose background checks to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. virginia extreme or mainstream? vote mcpike for virginia. feinblatt: everytown for gun safety action fund sponsored this ad. leon: a woman dead following accident at the u.s. memorial. she had a medical emergency and fell and hit her head and rushed to the office where she was pronounced dead. annapolis police charged 20-year-old max smith after a woman found sleeping on her chair in a living room. he told police he had been drinking and entered the apartment with a woman he met in a bar.

halloween events happening to market doug hill is here with a look at that first forecast. doug: bright sunshine and blue skies. beautiful clear skies all across the region. let's start you off with a live look at our hd weatherbug camera at chesapeake beach come a maryland. absolutely gorgeous. very light winds right now and crystal-clear skies all the way to tillman island and beyond. temperatures right now holding in the middle 50's. we will see in additional rise of four or five degrees in the afternoon. that very cool and dry air will continue to have a bit of a west-northwesterly breeze. 60 for a high and the city today. 58 degrees in the northern suburbs. a little bit cooler as we head off to the north and the west. i think everyone will enjoy similar weather conditions. the satellite and radar shows things clearing out nicely. high pressure building in and we will be in good shape. the weekend for you -- tomorrow will see a lot of sunshine inths in the 60's. onto sunday, it looks like we will be mainly cloudy and a bit milder in this mid 60's. chance in the evening.

doug hill is now basically looking at the beautiful fall day. doug: sunshine coming out across the area. start with the time lapse. germantown. a sunrise. not much in the way of cloudiness throughout the day. 76 in reagannable. 73 in manassas. all right. so the story for there evening will be the same thing. clear to partly skies. it will drop close to 50 degree mark. it's locally above 50. lower 50's to the suburb. the mid-to-upper 50's in the city and the southeast. a very comfortable night. pleasant start to the day tomorrow. which will feature sunshine. 77 degrees in the afternoon. there is rain forecasted. we will tell you when that is coming your way. that's coming up shortly. leon: right now the sun is out in south carolina. alison: the governor is warning residents to not be fooled. that the threat from the flooding is far from over. brad bell is live in south carolina tonight and surveying the situation in kingstree, halfway between columbia and the coast. brad: this is the black river. this is not supposed to be here. this is a roadway

and doug hill has a first look. doug: it looks good. we have clouds in arlington outside the belfort furniture weather center. but clouds now as we look, cool and a typical fall afternoon. we get through the everything hours we will see the temperatures take a bit of a plummet here in some spots. 55 degrees is the temperature in leesburg. it's 57 in the capitol. but early tomorrow clear skies and light winds. cold as 32. it's 30's about everywhere except for downtown washington. through the day tomorrow, clouds will increase and stay dry for trick-or-treaters. highs near 60 degrees. tomorrow evening between the trick-or-treat hours we expect a few clouds, light winds, temperatures in the 50's. we look ahead to sunday and a warming trend returning next week in a few minutes. jonathan: we'll see you then. developing news from reagan national airport. the metropolitan washington airport authority confirmed as much as 7,500 to 9,000 gallons of kerosene. jet fuel component. may have spilled. the local and the state authorities on the scene t

alison: first check in with doug hill. the trick-or-treaters want to know how the weather will be. doug: dry and comfortable in the 50's. mostly cloudy skies outside the weather center. the time lapse from arlington. 55 at reagan national airport. 56 in andrews. fredericksburg, 55. 40 in upper marlboro and 42 in downtown washington. southern maryland does better. 41 in leonard town and 41 in fredericksburg. 35 in manassas. there is a lot of sunshine until the afternoon when the clouds will gather. tomorrow clouds but no rain. sunday is cloudy. then look at the temperatures. 70's. reminder tomorrow night before you go to bed turn your clocks back one hour. leon: 32. alison: more than that. leon: tonight's weather should be great for the high school football. knock brings out the emotions like a rivalry game. tonight there is just that. alison: that is right. hawking will join -- erin hawksworth has more on this. leon: hey, erin. erin: hey, guys. this is perfect football weather. as you can see, seneca valley high school student section are blacked out for the big showdown. you can ex

chief meteorologist doug hill with a first look. doug: it is warmer than average in the mid-to-upper 70's around the area. 75 in laurel. the same outside the belfort furniture weather center in arlington. it's beautiful skies as we look live in laurel, maland. this is a little westerly wind. a cold front is coming through. but there is not a lot of cold air with the front in particular. there are showers and heavy downpours in davidsonville to annapolis and the south end of the baltimore metro area moving across the bay. the isolated showers with the front. the front coming across the mountains now. east of the front, look at the warm air. 70's around the area. 76 inform the capital. and 77 at midshore easton. 79 in manassas. for the evening hours, still a few showers. once the front comes through it will be partly cloudy, breezy and cooler. 56 overnight. for the day tomorrow, partly cloudy, breezy, upper 60's. much cooler weather for the weekend. we will highlight that in the full forecast in a couple of minutes. leon: all right. yo

chief meteorologist doug hill in the storm watch weather center with a check of the forecast. doug: blue skies and sunshine outside the belfort furniture weather center. i want to give you the latest information for the rainfall. 27 in mount pleasant. 23 inches at the airport in charleston. the beach is 21. look at the list. this is incredible rainfall. the best of the rain has taper offed to a few showers. the upper level storm moved out to sea. so the whore improving. looking live at the belle haven country club. 65 now. heading through the evening the temperatures will drop to the 50's. we have more on what is ahead and a sneak peek coming up in a few minutes. alison: see you then. coming up at 5:24. meteorologist josh knight takes us inside the u.s. air force hurricane hunter. josh knight. i got it turned around. he takes us inside the hurricane hunter. in hurricane joaquin. don't miss the report. jonathan: awesome. legion: -- leon: police are looking for a man they believe salted a woman. police say a man followed a woman home and pushed her into bushes. they don't think i

doug hill is standing by in stormwatch seven weather center. something more seasonable in the forecast ahead? doug: you will like our forecast for the next week. we will be back into the 70's. in the short term it is going to get chilly. cloudy skies outside of the weather center. some things we are keeping an eye on on this thursday afternoon. definitely a cooler night ahead. saturday evening for the trick-or-treating looks dry and we will fall back to daylight savings time, back to eastern standard time. current temperature with cloudy skies is 68 at reagan national. 66 at culpeper. through the evening hours we will see clearing skies. chilly by morning. 39-49 degrees the overnight temperatures. skies will clear quickly this evening and we will be good to go. just a bit on the poolside tomorrow. 62 degrees. and updated weekend forecast in just a few minutes. alison: a change in leadership on the hill today. paul ryan was sworn in sb grow the house. he called the housebroken and said lawmakers must do what they can to help americans. >> we are

alison: chief meteorologist doug hill in the storm watch weather center with a look at what we can expect in the next 24 hours or so. doug: patches of rain this evening. we get through the night the rain will become steadier and heavier. at the moment outside the beltway weather center in arlington it's cloudy. it's in patches. a lot is evaporating before it hits the ground. the storm center that used to be patricia is moving through louisiana, headed for the chicago area. we are in a perfect position to pick up long duration of rain that will be developing tonight with the steady temperatures in the upper 50's with increasing wind through the day tomorrow. rain, heavy at times. isolated thunderstorms in the an. 70 degrees. we will check out the weekend in detail in a couple of minutes. leon: we got it. back to you in a bit. stay a step ahead of the weather with the storm watch 7 team. check out wjla.com. abc7 facebook page or the twitter feed. download the storm watch app on your tablet or smart phone. alison: well, just a quarter of the district tenth graders are reading at a level that

doug hill is back in with a look at the change in the weather. is at least we get to see the leaves change. doug: a gorgeous pattern underway. speaking of days getting shorter, only three more weeks until we go back to standard time. bright sunshine outside. 68 in the nation's capital. 68 at most locations with mostly clear skies. on the top you see the green. those are showers ahead of the cold front heading this way. it appears that most of the showers will miss our area. if we have anything, he will be mostly sprinkles. the big change is the temperature. are temperature regime will change. nighttime lows will drop into the 30's saturday night and sunday night. 20's the cost -- across new england. it may set the stage for the first frost of the season. tonight, pleasant enough. 50 and sunshine developing after clouds in the morning tomorrow. breezy and much cooler and 60 at best on saturday. even mid 50's for the highs on sunday. more about the weekend in a few minutes. alison: thank you so much. 11 county sheriff's department is holding a seri

doug hill is tracking the possibility of thunderstorms. doug: we haven't had them yet but there could be isolated one in the evening. around here is gray, gloomy, drizzle and light rain. give you a look at the live conditions in hagerstown, maryland. 67 degrees. cloudy skies. widespread. it's been widespread overcast throughout the day. that will continue through the evening. more showers at times. south of radar shows the area of the metro area. steadier area developing south and west of the metro region. we will keep an eye on that through the evening. it's lifting from south/southwest to north/northeast. no thunderstorms yet. cold front still lies to the west. we will keep an eye on that. we have opportunity for isolated thunderstorm early this evening at 7:00 and 8:00. then again around midnight is the possibility when the cold front comes through. after it comes through we are in good shape. the ties tend to clear as we head late overnight, the temperatures in the lower 60's. tomorrow looks fine. partly cloudy, breezy and warm. seconda

doug hill has a look at the weekend. spooky or nice? doug: tomorrow will be cooler but whole lot sunnier than today. cloudy outside the weather center. let's look from alexandria where skies are mostly cloudy. is a very comfortable afternoon with temperatures running into the upper 60's at the moment. 69 at reagan national. 69 at annapolis. very comfortable temperatures but cool air is on the way. we expect overnight lows to drop to the lower 40's in many areas. 42 in gaithersburg. 45 and upper marlboro. see is fromss you the cold front moving through right now. no rain with it, just clear skies and a chillier temperature. but nicea bit cooler and bright and sunny with highs about 62. more about the holiday weekend weather coming up. it's not a holiday, it is halloween. alison: thank you so much. first full day of deliberations and the alexandria murders trial. the jury decide the fate of charles severance, accused of killing three people. jeff goldberg standing by for a verdict. today there was a request of the jury. tell us what they w

chief meteorologist doug hill in the weather center with encouraging look at the forecast. so nice to say these words. doug: it was windy and damp and now we're in good shape. partly cloudy skies outside the belfort furniture in arlington. also at annapolis. look at the st. mary's elementary school. a few clouds but none are rain producers. the light northeast i will wind will back off. 63 in annapolis. it's 67 in reagan national. 68 in manassas. 66 in hagerstown and fredericksburg. 65 in baltimore. through the evening the skies will clear. chilly. average is 42. mu areas are mid-to-upper 40's but the morning. the rain with that was pounding south carolina moved north to the outer banks. the system itself pulls out the rain and everything left over rain wise to the carolinas and the next 2 hours and the clearing trend will begin. it's expected for balance of the week and the upcoming weekend a chance to dry out as well. forecast tomorrow, spectacular. partly cloudy. warmer. night northerly breeze. temperatures about 74 degrees. several more days like that to follow. we will

doug: i'm doug hill in the belfort furniture weather center. what a beautiful afternoon. looking live at fairfax. we will tell you how many more days the weather is headed this way. an jonathan: check this out. the f.a.a. is prosing a $2 million penalty against sky pan international based out of chicago. the f.a.a. says between march of 2012 and december of last year, that company had 65, just 65 up authorized flights in busy air space all for the reason of photography. across the country the pilots radioed in a record number of drones citing this year while at the controls. alison: it's just about flu season. many of you have gotten the flu despite getting a shot last year. doctors are stressing you can't use it as a reason not to get one this year. joining us today is dr. kumar, chief of infectious diseases at medstar georgetown university hospital. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. alison: what are we hearing about this year's shot and how confident can we be that it will work this time? doctor: all early data shows that the current flu vaccine is matching well w

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meteorologist doug hill in the weather center looking at that. and also the chance for the storms moving in tonight. >> it could be isolated thunderstorm. at the moment just outside the belfort furniture weather center. first, there were no strong wind gusts anywhere around. certainly from what i heard earlier and read also is that this would have been in a tethered position could withstand hurricane forced winds. i doubt seriously the winds had anything to do with the situation. as far as what is happening, we got downpours. no lightning detected yet. but we are keeping a close eye on it. downpours across western fairfax county. pretty good downpours. so this will continue to move across and affect the rush hour the rest of the afternoon. downstream, more showers building. from one of these, maybe isolated thunderstorm or later tonight around 11:00 when the cold front moves through. isolated thunderstorm. rainfall couple of places like culpeper over an inch. .83 in germantown. cool. only in the 60's with the heavy cloud cover. what we find tonig

hill meteorologist doug e-mailed me, roy fetters on the western shore said strong winds the last severals, tall trees down near the shoreline. if you like to hit the bay and a some fun boating, give it couple weeks because there are large submerged trees. appreciate those notes. just a safe, especially along the coast. still have coastal flood warnings. they will let up early tomorrow morning. the satellite and radar together, the northeast wind has been sure the last several days. that goes away. the clouds clear, the precipitation clears, the cold front pushes through. is not actually a cold front coming it is a tropical influence. monday and tuesday, we get some sunshine, and we are well due for it. view, aloser pinpoint picture of the cloud cover, sunshine in the morning as well. find the sunglasses, you will need those in the morning. the same going home. mid 40's and the coldest spots, 53 downtown, have your jacket. lots of sunshine monday. the high temperatures, pretty uniform, 66 sandy springs, 67 hagerstown, washington metro may close in on 70 in spots. the southern zones, south

>> live on capitol hill, doug, what can we expect today. >> it looks like this hearing is going to goetter part of the day. republicans are promising some tough questions for clinton. >> what was going on all during that time as the deteriorating security situation was apparent to americans on the ground in libya? why wasn't it apparent at the state department? why didn't it break through to those officials who are responsible for their safety? and there's a lot of e-mails, obviously, to discuss. >> now, the clinton theme meantime has questioned the political motivations of this committee and whether it's been really set up to simply derail clinton's political ambitions. republicans, though, say they have important questions to ask about what happened before, during and after those benghazi attacks. it's been a good day for hillary clinton. of course, yesterday vice president joe biden announced that he is not going to seek the democratic nomination, which kind of clears the decks for clinton. heather. >> doug live for us, thank you, doug. it's going to be a long day. >>> now to anoth

doug -- joins us from capitol hill with a preview of today's hearing. doug?>> hey pam, good morning. and this is going to be a very long day for hillary clinton. this hearing starts in less than two hours, and it probably won't end until well past dark. >> a lot is on the line for hillary clinton as she'll ask questions about one of the most controversial episodes of her career. the ben gazi attack that claimed the lives of chris stevens and three other americans. >> what difference, at this point, does it make? >> clinton was combative during a previous appearance on ben gazi. this time her tactics may change questioning the legitimacy of the committee itself as she did during last week's debate. >> it is a partisan vehicle as admitted by mr. mccarthy to drive down my poll numbers. big surprise. >>reporter: hillary clinton is on a winning streak especially after joe biden's announcement he would not challenge her for the democratic nomination. today could prevent new hurdles as republicans will press clinton on why she didn't do more to beef up security in l

hill. live in washington with more on why this is not a cup deal. doug? >> good morning.yeah, not a done deal yet because there are still some skeptical republicans on the sidelines here. we'll see how this all comes down. but, in some ways, in is what congress seems to do best which is to come up with a bipartisan agreement to borrow more and spend more. >>reporter: house republicans crowded into a late-night meeting in the capitol to hear the specifics. for outgoing house speaker john boehner, this is one has hah are, what he calls cleaning the bar. -- the nation's borrow egg limit piling on more debt and spending more by blasting through budget limits that had been agreed to by both parties. that clears the way for wisconsin congressman paul ryan to take over the speaker's gavel late they are week. there may be enough buy-in from republicans to make it happen. >> the outline that was presented seemed like a path forward. >>reporter: now, broadly, the details include more money for the pentagon, something many republicans support, and many money for domestic programs, s