temperatures in the low 70s now across downtown washington. mid-70s. 75 in annapolis. a muggy start. 66 in culpeper. winchester, virginia up at 69 first thing this morning. there's the thunderstorm over the eastern shore of maryland, heading away from the washington area. back in its wake, not much in the way of heavy rainfall. a couple sprinkles right along i-95. no major severe weather threat first thing this morning. we are under the gun for a chance of severe weather later this afternoon. we have a chance for thunderstorms later on today. there's bill right there off the east coast of the united states. turning away. it's going to miss the united states. it will come close enough to bring high waves and wind in eastern new england. here is the forecast track of it now. it's 640 miles off to the southeast of washington. here is cape cod here. the storm will get relatively close to it. tropical force storm winds will be possible. along the eastern sea board in the united states, from washington to the outer banks high surf is the problem for the rest of the weekend. i

thfab@fab@fa b@ >>> you are looking at a live shot of downtown washington. awaiting the motorcade and the casket bearing the late senator, teddy kennedy. some of his colleagues and onlookers will be able to pay their last respects there. lindsey is outside arlington cemetery. the final resting spot for the late senator. lindsey. >> reporter: bruce, in the past ten minutes, we have seen ambulances pull up and leave their lights on, also fire trucks move through this area. they are all signs that senator kennedy's body is getting closer to his final resting place. the crowd, if you can see behind me is lined up almost all the way to the lincoln memorial. there's hundreds and hundreds of people carrying signs. we have seen people bring cameras with them. we have seen people bring out binoculars. what's really interesting is there's a man out here with a book and what he is doing is collecting signatures so that people can have a little note and he is hoping to get that to the kennedy family. people are getting anxious, they are hoping that they c catch a glimps

temperatures back down into the 50s, even in the 50s in downtown washington by tuesday moinrn and 55 degrees on june 1st was the last time washington dropped below 60 degrees. three full months. the early lean on labor day weekend is it will start warm and dry. >> summer is almost over. we did not have much of a summer. >> our longest stretch of 90-degree days was three in a row. >> that's nothing. >> we love it. >>> the nationals cannot slow down the red birds, and it's pre-season. but the ravens are flying high. >>> good morning, everybody. your sports minute begins with the nationals. last night on the road in st. louis, the cardinals were back at it again. a three-run homer to right capping a four-run fifth inning. and then completing 23 of his 28 passes here for 247 yards and one touchdown, the ravens win 17-14 and are 3-0 in the pre-season. and then moreno has the lead at 9 under par going into today's final round. he is hoping to capture his first pga tour victory. >>> in soccer, d.c. united. the second goal of the season. they win it, 1-nil. they win their first victory in mor

they came through the heart of downtown washington. my wake-up call. and yours came at 3:30 this morning, no doubt about it. mother nature came banging on the window. didn't even get a half inch of rain out of the system. depends where you are. some people get a bunch. other people don't get too much at all in the amount of rainfall. that's oh so typical. we're going to be under the gun for more. one or two storms this afternoon could be severe. so keep a weather eye to the sky and remember the old 0-minute rule. the minute you hear lightning, 30 minutes after you hear your last rumble of thunder. there's a live picture from our city camera. the potomac, looking muddier than a few days uago, thanks to all the rainfall. dew point, very muggy 70 degrees. not much of a breeze. even with the little bit of rain we had yesterday, still more than an inch below average for the month. temperatures across the area are now on their way up. 76 degrees here at nbc 4. 74 at the air force base, manassas, prince william county, 73 there. low 70s across the higher terr

started off on at 64 degrees in morning in downtown washington. tomorrow i think that we'll hit below 60 in the morning for the first time since june the 1st. 75 here in frederick county maryland right how. 74 in baltimore. 73 degrees in annapolis. on the whole a pleasant day outside. lingering showers south of the washington area. fredericksburg into southern maryland over into the lower eastern shore, off and on spits of rain off and on throughout the day. but how cool it is much to our west. 71 in detroit. 66 degrees in chicago, illinois. there you can see most of the rain staying down to our south. that old weather front that brought the cooler, dry air into our area, sort of hanging out there along tide water region of virginia. ripples of low pressure riding along the front bringing the unsettled water down to the coastline and a close eye out here to the tropics a long way from the united states. purpto rico for reference. a long ways away. about 500 miles east of the w windward hours. next 48 hours will take on the name tropical storm eric

up to 75 degrees trade may be up for 70's in downtown washington. a high tomorrow is expected to be 90. then we're back with the showers and thunder on saturday. sunday, monday, tuesda pleasant weather. a break on the humidity. it will be comfortably warm for those days. at your chevy dealer. with more eligible models qualifies to be recycled,lunkel you can get a $3500 or $4500 government rebate. and just announced! if you qualify for the clunker rebate, you may also qualify for 0% apr for 72 months. that means you can buy a '09 cobalt for $8 h a ntmoteafr a $3500 government rebate and no down payment. go to chevy.com for details. ("whish, whish") here's the solution. (applause) is it a bandage you ask? no! it's famous, drug free breathe right. (squeaky noise) ingenious flexible strips that fit your nose to gently open your nasal passages... (free air/deep breath) ...for up to 31% more airflow. (female) wow! (announcer) you'll breathe better so you'll sleep better! small strip. big relief. bright idea! breathe better. sleep better. breathe right. >>

so we set up in downtown washington, d.c., to taste four different iced teas.heavily marketed mcdonald's, a 32 ounce cup cost us $1. wendies also sells sweet tea, it cost us $2.09. this is arizona sweet tea, a 23-ounce can cost us $1. and we threw in a ringer, lip ton powdered tea, a 24 1/2 ounce key good for 40 eight-ounce servings cost us $2.99. we poured the sweet tea in cups marked a, b, c and d and proceeded to announce our famous taste te rules and regulations. >> we want you to taste one of each and tell us which one you like the best. >> reporter: sweet tea is loaded with sugar and history. legend dates ito3yz back to theh century when americans began to grow tea in south carolina. add sugar from louisiana and sweet tea was born. but it took the sweltering st. louis world's fair in 1904 for an enterprising merchant to pour ice in the mix. and now you have yourself a tradition. as for our taste tests, each tea got sweet reviews. tea a is wendy's. >> a had a very sweet flavor to it. and it seemed like it was more fresh. >> why do you like a? >> because i

patrick's church in downtown washington for the funeral. the conservative columnist was known for hosting political talk shows. he, white house spokesman, robert gibbs, said novak's work deserved respect regardless of his political views. novak died of brain cancer on tuesday. he was 7 years old. >>> imagine waking up one day with hardly any memories, can't even remember your name. a man in seattle says it's the nightmare he's living right now. he claims he woke up in a city park three weeks ago with no i.d. and with $600 stuffed in his socks. detectives believe his name is edward lightheart. a public relations consultant who recently lived overseas. doctors have diagnosed him with a rare form of amnesia. >> this is definitely not -- i can understand why they're coming from, but this is -- one of the most hellish experiences that anybody can go through. >> lightheart says he does have some memories like memories of places he used to live. >>> there's some new infortion out that suggests that drinking could increase your risk of cancer. drin

we had the elephant brought over on a semi to downtown washington, d.c. on pennsylvania avenue. so, it was very exciting. but, it was, literally the last six months of the wedding, all we were worried about was this elephant. >> reporter: back at the mani- sandhu wedding, sonal has made sure that the two weddings faithfully represent the two religions. at the sikh wedding, men and women sit separately on the floor-- shoes off, heads covered. the service centers around the sikh holy book, the guru granth sahib. >> the bride and the groom, they go around the guru, keeping in mind that the guru or god is the center. all their life, because of this way, they will be very easily able to mend their differences if that's what they keep in mind. >> reporter: at the hindu wedding, the bride groom also do a walk-around. >> so that completion of the seven rounds around the fire signifies that they are married and that concludes with the ceremony where the groom offers a necklace... ties a necklace to the bride and usually they put a little dot, like a kumkum a sindur of the forehead of the

reporting live in downtown washington, i kimberly suiters. barbara, joe, back to you. >> thanks, kimberly. joe? >> well, clinical trials of the swine flu vaccine are under way at the university of maryland right now. participants rolled up their sleeves yesterday. they'll be returning for blood samplingself times. researcher are trying to figure out how much vaccine patients will need this fall. >> every medicine we take, somebody before us took a leap of faith and participated in a trial, so that's my part. >> researchers will monitor the adult volunteers for two weeks before they begin doing studies on children. >> turning now to that deadly midairrash out at new york city. divers are searching for the last victim in saturday's accident involving a small plane and a tourist helicopter. divers will return to the hudson river today. they found one man from the plane's wreckage yesterday but they couldn't pull him out. nine people were killed in that ash. photos show the plane's wing was sheared off on impact. 911 calls reveal the panicked mom

. >> reporter: 23 years ago, the sleepy face of downtown washington got a new feature, iconic chinese arch. added beauty. will have a tremendous impact of the economic growth in development in washington. >> reporter: d.c. taxpayers under then mayor barry and communist chinese government each chipped in $500,000 to build the arch designed by local architect alfred live who is overseeing the $300,000 renovation of the structure to replace parts. >> anchor, focal point. >> reporter: the arch preceded the extraordinary boom in downtown real estate. now bustling area that overwhelmed much of the old chinatown. it is alive with activity seven days a week but the verizon center and broad mix of retail and restaurants many brought in by developer cowgirl lass jamal. levy of cultural tourism d.c. says the arch is an iconic part of washington. >> this defines the center of the chinese experience in washington, d.c. this is our second chinatown. the first chinatown pennsylvania avenue, 4 1/2 street. >> reporter: the $300,000 renovation project paid for by the district may be complete soon enoug

there is a live picture over downtown washington. the old post office fpavilion i the district. a beautiful y.da ire dnes washington. the dew points, and here is the reason why the heavy rainfall threat is not as good as today. yesterday at this time the dew points was in the 72 and 73-degree rang and that makes all the difference in the world when you are trying to figure out how much rain a thunderstorm can produce. 73 here in washington. 75 in baltimore. 79 in frederick, maryland right now. here is a check of doppler. no rain around the immediate washington metro area at this point in time. a few lonely showers out near dover, delaware. and in the mountains, those are drying up in the next couple hours. later on today, we will have enough moisture around. as a weather front sliding in and a low pressure center, it will play the squeeze pla on us, and as a result we will have showers ex thunderstorms later today. 30% to 40% chance you will get wet this afternoon. but they will not produce the inches of rain we got, just half an inch under most of them. hurricane bill making qui

. >> big trouble for people tryg g i i o andut of a downtown washington. a road is closed because of a building fire just before the intersection. new york avenue shut down and we'll find the best alternate route to the north. there has been a lot of construction and that is going to be pretty slow but it will get you through. maryland, wires down at middle brook road. that has been cleared. the beltway slow getting through college park. there was an accident before 109 off the road. >> we have a crew on the way to that fire on new york avenue. >> 6:44 is your time. >> at 6:46. what you need to know before you walk out the door. >>e w biteg winh a check of thiw morning's top news sesto.ri en ntcisenge thn mathe man convicted of kngli a mogo cryy ntwon during a string of home invasions will be sentenced today. he robbed the home of five elderly women killing one of them. >> a 12-year-old boy is fighting for his life after a serious crash in montgomery county. it happened late yesterday afternoon on bridge road and morning star drive. the boy became pinned a

an isolated storm over downtown washington is possible.ross the south of through the carolinas, thais the area that is going to bring up some rain tomorrow night and even into saturday. a couple of other systems will bring us some weekend showers and thunderstorms as well. we will show you what is happening with danny because danny has gotten a little stronger -- weaker wind speed wise, butanrgio oizatnally a little bit stronger. it looks as thougit is going ugto be close to a hurricane strength when it pass the outer banks. that is during the day saturday some gusty rain squalls, and click event and then it is gone. >> we are watching the redskins. >> the nfl season is just beginning when the redskins schedule their annual luncheon. the welcome home lunch was held this afternoon, a lot of good food and fun and optimism for the coming season. ♪ >> for anyone who believes in burgundy and gold, this is the place to be pureed the teams will collagen in tyson that shows today's hometown heroes. >> they lived in tampa and lived here for years.

as you can see, right now, annapolis, on into silver spring, even downtown washington, getting some of those rain showers. there's still that flood watch until later on tonight. 1:00, 2:00 in the morning. st. mary's county, once again. calvert county, you are getting it. and once again, right here in washington, really on the edge of things. on the other happened, down into culpeper and fauquier coun, i think that's about it. as a matteof fact, there may be a few breaks in the clouds so here's the future scan as we go through the evening, 9:00, pretty much everything really begins to move off. what a range of rainfall. look at annapolis. about an inch of rain. at the same time front royal, folks there had rains yesterday. overnight. but today only a tenth of an inch and ocean city, only a hundredth of an inch. that will change tomorrow. there is danny. circulation of danny. as i showed you earlier, the main circulation is away from where all of the clouds are. so as it does move up the coast, any winds will be stayi off the coast. there will be heavy surf around ocean city and rehoboth

the key is "coulditis is ollck , 80 degrees downtown washington, 92 woodbridge. we will put together the forecast, pleasantly warm through the evening. that is the latest. >>> coming up, we will hear from local families about ted kennedy. >> new information about what schools plan to do if the swine flu out. kids are area. if damage is your child addicted to video games? -- >> if your child addicted to video games? a new treatment. >>> a family's fears about budget cuts and maryland. >> 2 brothers fighting cerebral palsy say cutbacks could make life tough for them. brad bell has the story. >> the governor announced major budget cuts to date and a lot of people be hurting, state employees furloughed, layoffs. of the remarkable young man you are about to meet says one group in particular will be feeling the pain, and there among those least able to help themselves. aaron kaufman has watched the state budget cutting process more closely than most. he was born with cerebral palsy. so was his older brother. tonight, he says they and possibly every marylander with a de

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and that does include downtown washington, prince george's county and montgomery county and up towards baltimore as well. that's an excessive heat warning for the philadelphia area and the suburbs of philadelphia because we are not the only ones getting in on the extreme heat today. in fact, very warm temperatures right up into central new jersey and heat stretches down into the carolinas. let's talk records for today. we haven't hit them yet but we might. 98 is the official record for today. 96 at dulles. 100 at bwi. the bwi number is probably safe but dulles will beat their number and our high temperatures will cop out in the -- top out in the upper 90s so the hottest day of the summer expected. so 90 here in washington. it's 11:00 a.m. and we're already at 90. 91 in frederick. a very hot start to the day. ocean city maryland is already 94 degrees. this is -- extremely hot air. this is doing a nice job of showing you what is going on. put the satellite radar in motion and notice the shower and thunderstorm activity stays to the north. that's because it's riding around this big ridge

. >>> this is video just in from downtown washington. workers at the health and human services workers on independence avenue were evacuated. an explosion occurred inside an electrical room. workers were sent outside after that cut the a.c. to the building. there were no reports of fire in the building. >>> scary moments for two window washers. their scaffolding collapsed while working outside the 12th floor of a building on connecticut avenue in northeast this morning. co-workers were able to rescue one of them but couldn't get to the other man and that's a firefighter lowering himself down to rescue that worker hanging between the 9th and 11th floor. look at that picture. firefighters were able to get him down. both workers were not injured. neither was injured, i should say. >>> montgomery county police need your help finding a young girl missing a month now. genesis terseyo was last seen at her silver spring home on july 25th. now genesis stands 5'7", she's 150 pounds. investigators say her guardian has been out of the country which

here at 17th and 18th in downtown washington, this will serve as the bank's regional headquarters andt's platinum certified. in atplum being the council's highest rating and the highest personal rating for some of the dulles employees who manage your greenbacks in their green branch. there are more than 100 jobs open at pnc bank, from part-time tellers up to full-time branch managers. some of those jobs are in the green branches. to apply, go to nbcwashington.com and search the jobs 4 you section. barbara, back to you. >> kimberly, thank you. >> the nats are doing something that many would have thought impossible just a couple of weeks ago, and the nfl preseason is under way. hakem dermish has the highlights in this morning's sports minute. good morning, everyone. your sports minute begins with a great eight for the nationals. with 50 games left in the regular season, the nationals are riding an eight-game winning streak. adam dunn hit his 30th home run of the season as the nationals beat the diamondbacks 9-2. the nats are off today before beginning a road trip in atlanta tomorrow. >>

hurricane in the neighborhood you have to keep a close eye on the moshings. 83 degrees right now in downtown washington80 out in baltimore. 85 now in fredericksberg so we're starting the process warming up very quickly in the morning sunshine. the humidity is up a little bit as well. you'll probably notice that it feels just a little bit more humid for you as you head out the door this afternoon from yesterday. here is our cold front. and you can see, it's not very impressive. just a couple of light rain showers associated back towards pittsburgh. some of the energy and some of the cloud cover will drop down into the washington area later today. so we'll go with a partly cloudy afternoon, with a chance for a scattered shower or a thunderstorm into the late afternoon and during the evening hours and then the front will hang up around here tomorrow. so we'll have more chances for rain showers during the day on friday. here is your forecast, partly cloudy skies, scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms. probably isolated thunderstorms, maybe a 10-20% chance and so again most of us will remain dry and

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inbound new york avenue a clear ride from the times building to downtown washington. check the beach traffic before you go this afternoon. it is wusa9.com on-line. here's jessica. >>> forget about potato chips as your child heads back to school. why not think of a treat that is cool, delicious and healthy. isabelle maples a registered dietitian and she is spokesman for the mid-atlantic dairy association and we are talking about smoothies today. >> you know, the taste of summer, so the grocery store and farmers market and enjoy the smoothie before the flavors end. >> you have three tips to make the perfect smoothie. we will go through it all for folks. where do we begin. >> one is to use ripe fruit. that's where local comes in. local fruit in season is usually a peak flavor and the best quality and it is also cheaper. >> that's a good thing. >> so, one of the things happens is you can save money and make it healthier when you make it al at home and one way you save money is when fruit is too ripe. >> what do you do. >> instead of tossing it make a smoothie. >> if you a

a live picture over downtown washington. the temperature is 85 degrees. our dew point is65 degrees. a light east wind at only about 5 to 6 miles per hour. and since june 21, look at that, only 2.25 inches of rain. almost 50 days. so it has been a very dry stretch around here indeed. temperatures around the rest of the east are mostly in the 80s. 86 in buffalo. 78 in boston, one of the cool spots. 83 degrees in raleigh. ra showers in and around much of eastern north carolina. satellite review, old weather front just sort of hanging out across the carolinas. focusing mechanism for a lot of showers and thunderstorms down there. high pressure to our northeast. that's the reason we have the east to northeasterly wind and will keep us out of the 90s today and oucht 90s tomorrow as well. gradually that air of high pressure will move away and allow warming trend in here as we get towards sunday and monday. all right. out we go into the tropics. things starting to get a little bit more active. labor day weekend is statistically the most active time of the tropics. this tropical wave out here

but we'll see if it doesn't become a player in our weekend forecast here in washington. 71 in downtown washingtonce startto the day. 69 in winchester. very comfortable start. yesterday, it was great. again today, i think it will be very comfortable for you at least with the humidity. our temperatures will be bumped up a little bit. we'll see the highs in the low 90s. lots of sunshine in the forecast and the reason why, it is high pressure. look at that. just delivering great-looking weather around here. not much in the way of cloudiness. this cold front will start to make its presence felt tomorrow and that is why we have thunderstorms back in the forecast late in the day tomorrow. up ahead of that, plenty of heat. we'll start to feel the humidity increasing around here later tonight up ahead of the cold front. this is still a tropical disturbance. we are north of puerto rico here and you can see the area of cloudiness. they sent a plane into it yesterday. still not a tropical depression. but wind gusts about 50 to 60 miles per hour and it looks like the wind shear holding this system back is lik

onto washington weather and gurvir it, we're warm, 75 degrees in downtown washington. humidity is 82%. in w wnod. watch the shower activity off to the north and west start to push into central pennsylvania. that is associated witha evry weak cold makeits esvprwill en kema its presence felt around here later today in the form of scattered showers and thunderstorms. not going to be raining all day. we can't rule out the possibility. you get the drill. in the summertime, keafn ooerrn teafn ooerows and thunderstorms and along that enont, i think wthave a dt enec chance. 89 will be the high today. 90 in la plata. a scattered afternoon shower or thunderstorm possibility. >> let's say good morning to julie and see how traffic is moving. >> not too bad right now. lanes open if you are traveling on the bottom side of the beltway to and from the wilson brid. you will find the lane are open southbound along 270 working your way in from germantown headed out towards the split. that is still an easy ride for you. lanes are open southbound 29 out to university boulevard. northbound

and here at 17th and h in downtown washington, this will serve as the bank's regional headquarters. the platinum bng the t council's highest rating and the highest personal priority for some of the dulles employees who manage your greenbacks in their green branch. kimberly suiters, news4. >> there are over 100 jobs open at c banks from tellers to managers. to apply, log on to nbcwashington.com and search "jobs for you." >>> still ahead on "news4 at 4" this afternoon, we'll tell you why the government may be keeping a close eye on what you're tweeting about. >>> plus, kate gosselin speaks out for the first time about her cent separation. she tells why she still is wearing the weriinddngg . k9yóqç7w&nmoz (employee 1) subject: urgent!! bob!! i need the baker file stat!! reply!! still making changes. circle back later!! what's with the yelling? oh, our internet slows down during peak hours so sending e-mails and large files just takes forever. so, we just yell. ben!!! thanks for the flowers!!! i thought you hated me!!! lol!!! semi-colon! right parenthesis! winky emoticon! (announcer) sw

prosperity, which is located at, on the 1700 block of m street, right smack in the middle of downtown washington, d.c. you n you know, where the grass roots grow. the man who runs this, the president, tim phillips, and he'll join us live in a minute. mr. fill ins made a career out of, to my mind, creating the impression there is grass roots support for the agenda of his corporate clients. america for prosperity projects include not only those on buses we just showed you, and understand not just one, a bunch of them. also they're the company that hired joe the plumber to travel around the country opposing the employee-free choice act, called the save my ballot tour. they set up no stimulus.com to, obviously, put as a stimulant. flew a hot air balloon around. get? with the balloons? called the hot air tour. americans for prosperity is the m 3 washington, d.c. hive of campaigns that are supposed to look like they're not at all coming from m street in washington, d.c. joining us now is tim phillips who is the president of americans tore prosperity, which launched both patients united now and pishts

it is 78 degrees in downtown washington. 80 in fredericksburg. our dew point temperatures running in the 1r0 already. that is hurricane bill. you probably need no introduction at this point. maximum winds, 15 miles per hour with gusts over 150 -- 135 miles per hour with gusts over 150. it look like it misses land areas t will squeeze between bermuda to its east and the seaboard on the west. this is a dangerous major hurricane at this hour. plenty of clouds. scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms return. high temperature a little cooler than yesterday about 90 degrees. wind will be out of the south at five miles per hour. here is your five-day forecast. more showers and thunderstorms the next couple of days. stronger cold front during the day on saturday. it will dry us out. by sunday afternoon, our high temperatures will be in the middle 80s. best part, the huge will be a lot lower by the end of the the weekend. let's get to good news in the way of traffic. that means julie wright. i hope it is good news. >> the pressure of good news. all

. >>> and i am michael flynn, and a tournament in downtown washington.ort coming up. >>> good morning. welcome to the 9:00 edition of "news4 today." we begin with severe weather. this morning, steve villanueva is up at srm center 4

was bracing for 10% unemployment and it dipped down a tiny bit to 9.4% and as i walk around downtown washington, it is striking to me how man more homeless people i seem to notice, how many more people i see lining up for food, or i see a sight lately of people with tables set up where they are selling everything from socks to soap, right there on a folding table which reminds me more of when i lived in mexico the underground economy, and i think out there in the real world it is still a very difficult time. >> chris: where do you think we are in the recession, and if things are beginning to turn around, why? >> the natural healing tendencies, the economy, when you go down, it is often -- as far as we have and as long as we have you'll bounce back up. and -- >> don't you think, forget the stimulus, don't you think the trillions of dollars the fed injected . >> no question the fed has been the major stimulus and i don't think the fiscal stimulus -- don't give the fiscal stimulus a lot of credit, the money has not been spent yet and larry summers economic advisor will concede most of that will be

as i walk around downtown washington, it's striking me how many more homes people i seem to notice.re people i see lining up for food or i see a sight lately of people with tables set up where they're selling everything from socks to soap right there on a folding table which reminds me more of when i lived in mexico, sort of the underground economy. so i think out there in the real world, it's still a very difficult time. >> so, where do you think we are in this recession? and if things are beginning to turn around, why? >> the natural healing tendencies of the economy. when you go down as often, as far as we have and as long as we have, you're gonna bounce back up. >> don't you think -- forget the stimulus. don't you think the trillions of dollars the fed has injected? >> no question the fed has been the major stimulus. given the fiscal stimulus a lot of credit because the money hasn't been spent yet. even the white house, larry summers economic adviser will concede, most of that will be in 2010. the fed has provided enormous stimulus. you've got inventories stripped down to the nu

the larger areas with a lot of heat that is concentrated there looking at 96 degrees downtown baltimore. 95 washingtond.c. currently 91 in salsbury and then you mix that humidity in there it feels like 100 degrees downtown baltimore. 101 in dc. looking at fredericksburg. hot spot. 111. that is the heat index right now. hagerstown index of 99 and over in salsbury looking at 100. dover at 104. so very, very uncomfortable conditions if you didn't have to be out doors, just try to take it easy indoors. now we have some showers and thunderstorms erupting back to the westover towards cumberland. heat humidity firing up some showers and thunderstorms that will probably work their way into the baltimore area as we go through the next hour and a half or so. very strong line of storms newspaper northwestern portions of pennsylvania actually tornadoes warnings in this line of storms right now active and we'll continue to see the line here that is moving to western maryland making its washington i into the metro area in the next hour and a half. so looks like tonight expect to see mostly cloudy skies. temperature

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this is the view from oxon hill toward downtown washington, d.c.w clouds out there, tony. it looks good. >> not bad. it's not a bad start to the day, frankly, with the temperatures in the 70s. a fair amount of sunshine. we had haze earlier, but that appears from this shot to have burned off. so that's nice. and it is setting the stage for a more mild day than we had yesterday. but still, in the hot range. this will be day three of the heat -- of the -- of the heat wave. temperature right now 76 degrees. relative humidity 9. winds are calm. barometic pressure is on the rise. here is a look at temperatures across the region. again, we're at 76 but elsewhere temperatures range from the upper 60s into the upper 70s. it looks like our computer is stuck so we'll get that for you in just a little bit. the forecast for today, essentially partly cloudy skies, a chance of a shower or thunderstorm later on today. and a high toy of about 92 degrees. that's 5 degrees cooler than yesterday's high. but still in the 90s. more details on the forecast cominup in jus

and that would include downtown washington and baltimore. so be ready here. the potential is to e 2 1-1- inches of rain in a single thunderstorm over the course of 15 minutes to half an hour if the storms get going later. 74 degrees. humidity at 85%. it feels tropical and feels like rain. and nature will deliver later this afternoon. so be ready. showers and thunderstorms will be likely later today. high temperature cooler than yesterday. yesterday we were in the 90s, today low 80s. i'll have more look at the weekend to see if we can salvage sunday. but right now let's get to julie wright. >>> if you're at the anacostia, stalled car on the right side and before the exit for bladensberg road, accident activity tieing up the center. northbound 4 at wood yard, disabled vehicle. southbound 270 from montgomery village into rockville. smooth sailing here. top side busy approaching and passing the exit for 109. in virginia, lanes open on 65, traffic slow between 50 and 123. north of duke street lanes are open no. accidents to report. earlier crash that contributed t

a little touch of haze and a little touch of humidity out there for you. . 71 here in downtown washington. 72 in annapolis. 70 degrees on the nose in arlington, virginia, this morning. 65 in springfield. 72 in hagerstown. going to be a nice day, a little bit of humidity out there. dew point temperatures low to mid-60s right now. a little bit of fog as well. manassas, culpepper, visibility under two miles. martinsburg, west virginia, 1 1/3. frederick, maryland, less than a 1/2 mile in visibility. a little bit of fog first thing but that won't last long with the august sunshine streaming through. highs near 92 degrees. keith, only two days left this year with a sunset 8:00 or later and today is one of them. >> we'll try to enjoy it. thanks a lot. >>> a calculated attack trying to frighten people into staying home on election day. a deadly blast killed seven people in afghanistan. the attack happened yesterday morning in a high security area in kabul. 100 people were injured. the taliban claims responsibility and is threatening more violence. afghanistan's presidential election is less than

temperature wise looking at 90 degrees downtown baltimore. 89 in washington, d.c.does it feel like out there. about 92 what it feels like with the heat index. 92 in dc. continue to see the heat just kind of sticking around with the south easterly winds bringing up the heat and humidity then we see a little bit of relief as cold front pushes through by tomorrow. looking at clearing up tonight. temperatures at 75 degrees. we will see the threat of thunderstorms tomorrow. detailed look at that in my 7 day coming up. >>> "american idol" finalist would bias making new music. what he has in store from his fans coming up next. >> as the show progresses it is really wonderful to see the self-esteem building. >>reporter: and love can come of course in all shapes and sizes. up next how the maryland native on fox new gentleman 15 full figure women women, one bachelor and whole lot of romance. find it on dating competition more to love. one lady hoping to impress luke is baltimore native danielle. last week you may recall she in the premier made a bold move wearing a cocktail

downtown right now. it is 80 in washington, d.c. we were 92 at the airport yesterday. the warmest start to the day we've seen so far in a while. 98 our forecast high. sunny and hot. slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm this afternoon. as we look at the heat index -- that's a combination of the heat and humidity -- it is going to feel like 100 to 105. more details on this one-day heat wave coming up. back to you. >> wow! >> i'm not looking forward to it. >> here's a look ahead at the news today. >> a plane goes down in carroll county. a family member talks to 11 news. details next. >> i'm brook harte. the battle over health care in washington. >> and t

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our temperature here in northwest washington and downtown, 89 degrees. a lot of 80s. there were some spots that were 90, but with the humidity, it certainly feels like it's 92. there are a couple of showers popping up, there will be a lot more tomorrow. i'll tell you about that and i'll show what you was going on today in louisville. look at the rain. four inches of rain in louisville. there's been some major flooding. and i'll tell you about that and some of that may be coming our way. back to you. >>> a man with ties to fairfax was one of three sdi he ts over theee wndke in afghanistand sergeant first class groanadas o killed on sunday before he wasd. w roashe f mol he was from i time living in fairfax wle working at the pn.engota geur-sbtss gebtss improvised good mp i ttack akactt the vehicle he was in. two other army soldiers were also killed. >>> prince george's county police are still searching for a quadruple druple pn er .de ad as it dead. it was 1:00 the 64 w e 006400 block of livingston road. police say an argument broke out in the stairwell of an apartment

i mean it is muggy. 78 downtown, 79 in elkton and washington d.c. and packs river and easton, 78 hagerstown, 83 ocean city, 73 cumberland, 68 in oakland, 76 in westminster and bel air. 80 rock hall and 78 in kent island, 79 in washington d.c. and here's the front moving our way and the shower activity breaking out ahead of the front. tomorrow in the low 80s because of the showers and clouds. you'll notice that it was cooler yesterday. this is hurricane bill. tess a category 3 right now. 125-mile-an-hour winds. you look at that front. that will be here today and tomorrow weather. it will move offshore and steers bill away from the continental united states. today 93 will be the high and we could have a passing shower and possibility of a heavy thunderstorm. 72 overnight. sunday the best of the weekend days and beautiful as we move into next week. >>> any problems on the pavement? here's joy. >>> i'm not finding any. it's still fine and dandy. enjoy. spread your wings there. a moderate roll. about 15 minutes down the entire west side 745. not a bad ri

heregion to ueinnt to temperatures down downtown in the 70s. 73degrees if washington. is in the 60s. baltimore, 6 # degrees. dulles airport, 68 degrees. fredericksburg, 69-degree. up in hagerstown, 68 degrees at this hour. where are we head today as far as our temperatures go. let's take a look at the at light radar composite if today. you've got a cold front well out to the west. that will make its way in here tomorrow, maybe late tomorrow and that will trigger some thunderstorms for us but for today, there is no real triggering mechanism so we don't expect to see anything. closest event would be well out to the west, maybe near the mountains if at all. now, as far as our temperatures go for today, going to be a warm one. let's take a look at our fewer thank you cast and show you how things are going to be warming up quite nicely by middle of the afternoon. we'll be around 90 degrees or so. temperatures will drop off tonight. our overnight lows will be in the 70s downtown but i think we'll drop down into the 60s in parts of the suburbs. forecast for washington for tod

you might want to hop off at caton avenue or washington boulevard to avoid that. also downtownayette at east lexington, word of a manhole cover explosion. no road closures yet but you will see utility crews on the scene. could cause delays on the mta as well. timonium road construction will be wrapping up shortly. jfx at north avenue, traffic moving smoothly in both directions. back to you. >>> still ahead -- hear from a local doctor that says the h1n1 won't be nearly as bad as we think it will be. if you take the right precautions. ? and we'll show you some cutting-edge technology in the fight against lung cancer. we'll be right back. (announcer) back to school means back to busy mornings. that's why i got them pillsbury toaster strudel. warm, flaky, pastry with delicious sweet filling my kids will love. plus i get two bonus box tops for their school. toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat. so i always have totino's pizza rolls. big pizza taste in a bite size roll that my kids can't resist. plus i get two bonus box tops for their school. totino's pizza rolls. the pizza way

downtown probably upper 90's. could be the warmest day of the year. we are in the mid 70 across the board. 80 in washington, d.c. yesterday. they did hit 96 yesterday. mostly sunny here. slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm late and a heat aadvisory in effect until noon. more on your extended forecast in a bit. stan? >> covering the nation this morning, a man opens fire on a jeep full of teenagers in what appears to be a case of road rage in florida. the teens say the shooting started when they didn't pull out into traffic fast enough. one man was shot in the leg. the shooter than drove a short distance down a dead-end road where he killed himself. deputies recovered the handgun at the scene. >> mark san ford under more scrutiny soon. sanford took office in 2003 and since then he has used sfate aircraft to fly to his sporting events for his kids. a spokesperson for sanford said he's only used the aircraft sna in accordian with state law. the governor's wife said she plans to spend the school year at the family beachhouse. >> coming up, why you may soon be paying more to fuel up. >> plus, some dealers are st

washington. >>, morning commute could be long for today if you travel downtown. several streets are blocked off after four manholes covers were released when they were blown off. our reporter has more details. >> the morning. i am here on the utah street. i want to step out of the way so you can see the crew is in this area. they have been working for more than 10 hours straight on this situation. some men are down in the area and are digging some debris out of the way. the situation unfolded just before 6:00 last night. these are conduit covers over lines like electric and gas lines, not sewer lines. crews have been testing this to see if there is any buildup of methane gas from sewer lines has occurred. as of last night, they did not find any buildup. they have been testing the lines to see if there was some sort of a natural gas explosion. officials say this is not normal for an everyday occurrence. >> people should not start fearing walking down the street that a man who is going to pop up. it is not one of those lightning strike type of things. it is very un

washington, you folks may be visiting from downtown, boy, you picked the best day of probably the month of august to be here. our temperature is near our high, which is only into the mid-80s. 84 degrees. last summer we had up to 98. so far this summer the highest temperature we've had, 96, july 16th. i'm afraid we're going to be higher than 96 as this heat builds. look at the morning low temperatures this morning. 64 here. 59 in buffalo. sault ste. marie, upper peninsula of michigan, 48 degrees. it's still in the 70s because of the air being so dry. the real measure of humidity is 48. 14 degrees below where it was yesterday. and yesterday wasn't all that humid either. but look at the mid part of the country. that's where the humidity is coming back. high pressure in with wonderful dry air. you can already see a few high clouds showing up. while there's nothing around us on radar, out to the west and there's nothing either for folks who may be going out to the beaches ashgs i great weekend to e beaches. out to the west, showers and thunder showers moving through the area. milwaukee, 66 d