did hit 101 today both at national and dulles, a record high at dulles. we're down to 84 downtown, 79 gaithersburg, 77 frederick, 81 in leesburg. we'll come back and talk about the prospect of more storm overnight and we're not done with storms after today, nope. more storms on the way later in the week. we'll tell you how strong they'll be. >>> here's an example, a lightning strike setting a house on fire in kensington. it happened on devin place when storms moved through this afternoon. we talked with the homeowner who describes in vivid detail what happened. >> lightning struck this tree out here and the branch fell down. i came out to look at that and heard somebody scream. it was my daughter. i looked over here on the side and some paneling was down off the side of the house in back there and i thought i smelled smoke. i called 911. about 15 firemen came in looked through everything assuring me that we were fine. i'm still smelling smoke and was thinking about calling and i looked out the window and saw the fire engine come back down. so i go outside

baltimore and national breaking temperatures set back in 2010 and dulles tying the record set in 2010. 91 at national airport right now, 86 at dulles and 92 at bwi marshall. 84 in fredericksburg, 87 to the north at haggerstown. still pretty warm. we still have a heat in indexes to talk about. we'll let you know how long this will stick around because we do have a bit of a break. >>> we are not the only ones dealing with extreme heat. the midwest and parts of the east coast baking in more than 1200-degree temperatures. thousands of people in the mid- atlantic region are still without power one week after severe storms moved through the area. fox's molly hennin berg has that story >>> more than 20 deaths across

reagan national 100 did he, dulles 98, bwi -- degrees, dulles 98, bwi marshall up to 99 degrees, still toasty out there this evening, temperatures holding up to 92 degrees. that's the warm spot. of course, it generally is this time of year with the heat island effect of the city and the concrete holding the heat from today. look at the heat index even at 10:00 at night, still feels like 96 degrees, quantico 100, feels a little cooler in fredericksburg with a temperature of 88 degrees. now listen, in anticipation of saturday and we were talking about this, we've been talking about it the last couple days or so, a heat index of 110 to 115 degrees has already been issued for the area. i don't know why it's not popping up right there, but just keep that in mind. i think tomorrow's heat index is probably going to be 100 to 105. they haven't issued it yet, but i'm just about sure they'll issue a heat advisory around here for tomorrow. it does get cooler. we can see the light at the end

. >> nice in virginia along the dulles greenway, the dulles toll road. no complications on 66 between centreville and the beltway. looks good between richmond and baltimore on interstate 95. light volume of traffic on 270. this is at 109. in good shape all the way to the beltway. now to news. >> abc 7 news has learned of the local thai to friday's and will be peter shooting in colorado. one of the survivors plans to attend college in the d.c. region. >> this comes as the accused shooter james holmes made his first court appearance yesterday. jummy olabanji has the details on this >> . good morning. the young woman's name is i am pamela brown, in for cynne simpson. -- is petra anderson. she had plans to attend graduate school at the university maryland this fall. now she is recovering after being shot four time. >> i have been in shock for the past two days. >> this young woman and anderson attended the university of the pacific before she transferred to georgetown. there are in a small music program together. she says anderson had plans to starter master

back to dulles airport. thank you, peggy. >>> we don't know if maryland is going to hold that special session on gambling. the governor meeting with the house speaker, michael bush and the senate president, mike miller today, but they couldn't come up with a deal. as of now, we have two unresolved issues. should a sixth casino be added at the national harbor and should there be table games? like blackjack and other things? >> try to make an assessment. people were in the middle of the summer and came to no conclusions. that was about it. the breakfast was delicious. >> okay. good breakfast and all. lawmakers have until august 20 to come up with a deal to pass legislation to get the gambling proposal on to the ballot. >>> police down in tuscaloosa, alabama, say they arrested the gunman who opened a fire outside a bar hitting 17 people. >> police in alabama say they have captured the man in this surveillance video. he is suspected of injuring 17 people. four of them critically. in an early morning shooting ram

noontime temperatures already 93 degrees at reagan national, 94 dulles airport. the bigger story is how it feels. it feels like 100 at reagan national, 102 in quantico. 90s pretty much across the region. lots of sunshine on the satellite and radar. that will allow temperatures to warm up. dew points are falling. that should prevent temperatures from increasing above 100 degrees. absolutely no travel delays up and down the east coast and in the midsection of the country. the cold front is expected to arrive tomorrow. i will tell you what to expect for the end of the week, coming up. >> looking at the numbers is a lot different than standing in it. >> we sent john gonzalez to talk to people at dupont circle. >> it is hot very muggy. local governments are doing their best to make the day easier. in prince george's county, 6 cooling centers have opened. swimming pools in the district will stay open until 8:00 27:30 at night. 91 degrees at dupont circle. people doing their best to beat the heat. you don't need a sign to tell you it is hot. another heatwave has arrived

. >> with that 83 in washington and 78 dulles; 75 at bwi marshal. celebrate our very quiet, might be an isolated storm later today and can't say no to that possibility and that is because the air mass is unstable. hot and hazycons continue. the high temperatures later and getting close to 100 degrees by 4 or 5:00 p.m. and that is obviously our highs in the upper 80s. >> we need to find someone else to do the outside work. >> we decide we're not going outside this weekend. >> yeah. >> and i don't do any work. >>> and let's check in with you. >> i have to check out beetles bail and makes it from the front door to the driveway and turned around -- i was like we don't have to do this, buddy. he's like yeah, and went back in. >> ah. >> and that is not fun. >> you have to think about that when walking your dogs. it's not a good time to do it unless it's now. the cement is hot on their paw pets and everything. >> next to the pavement, they feel the heat. >> and that is -- oh, pore puppies. on the road, the lanes are open and there is no problems on 66 and

they had over an inch of rain earlier today. 70 at dulles.us, this is where the warmer air is located. mid-60 in caribou. not much of a difference to what we have right now. although rain moving off of the coast. a little bit of fog will develop during the early morning hours. it should be out of here by 8:00 in the morning and that our skies should clear but do not expect a lot of sunshine. doppler radar is showing quiet conditions right now. r futurecast will take us through the overnight hours is temperatures fall. another couple of degrees but tomorrow highs in the mid-80's. a few breaks in the cost to the west of us so we will see more sunshine and then monday daytime highs will start to warm back to near 90 degrees. even hotter on tuesday. a patchy drizzle for tonight. 65-73. for tomorrow, we will see temperatures on the higher end. more clouds and a little bit cooler. the extended outlook will call for highs into the middle 90's on tuesday. around 100 degrees and then lower 90's's on wednesday. so far this year, 90 degrees or better 18

. >>> the first phase of metro's line to dulles isn't scheduled to open till late next year but a key piece is being put in place today. delia goncalves is live in tysons corner with the story. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, jessica. this indeed is a major milestone for the project. you can see the train's aerial guideway that's stretching along route 7 here. later this morning, crews will finally install the final segment of that aerial guideway. the 11 and a half-mile project will extend from reston west to dulles airport ending at route 7, 72 in eastern loudoun county. supporters say the silver line is vital to the economic development and longevity of this region, but it certainly has been a controversial project. the loudoun county board of supervisors argued whether the train should be built above or underground and held off its support until a 5-4 vote earlier this month that paved the way for the $6 billion project to move forward. supporters of the silver line are hoping this will ease the major traffic congestion in this area, especially for those folks who

the high was 101 at national and dulles. a new record high at dulles. dew point 71, that's not comfortable, winds out of the north at 10, pressure 29.87 inches of mercury steady. this is kind of cool, 70s, 80s, 90s, 82 downtown, 79 gaithersburg, back up to 91 manassas but only 81 in leesburg. we got at least a break in terms of temps, although it's quite humid. severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00, damaging winds and hail the a man threat, strong storms -- the main threat, strong wind and hail. tonight severe thunderstorms ending by midnight, partly cloudy, muggy, lows in the 70s, winds northwest at 10, in the morning showers and thunderstorms possible, 70s and 80s thursday morning and more showers and storms in the afternoon, much less sun tomorrow, not as hot, highs around 90, winds northwest at 10. the next three days, yellow, yellow, green, 87 friday, risk of strong storms, 89 saturday. we'll make it good because they'll be isolated and temps will be around average. next seven days pretty good shape sunday. we're around 90 under partly cloudy skies

to plague areas of the eastern and central portion of the country 86 degrees, regan national, 80 dulles, 85 at bwi marshall and but already in our neighbourhoods those temperatures continuing to climb slowly into the 90s as you can see and it feels warmer than that right now. humidity 67%, national, that is a good indication where we are headed we do have heat advisory in effect expecting the heat to reach up to 105 degrees today, brace yourselves and be prepared, chance of storms some could be severe. back to you. >> thanks gwen. >>> now 9 days since that nasty storm blasted through the dc region we started with more than a million power outages pepco now has about 500 in its service area but do hope to have everyone back online today. bge has 360, in ann awe reason dull, prince georges, howard county, dominion restored power to everyone who lost pow inner the storm but now about 500 outages because of heat related issues. >>> whether you have power or not, a lot of you are suffering some people have to work outside now with the possibility of more severe weather several local jurisdic

the dulles rail project reache s a major milestone. a final piece of the aerial structure will be put into place at tyson's corner. the 380 ton span will be lowered into place. the silver line will have four stops. the first segment will open late last year. >> the showdown over gambling in maryland. governor la malfa is scheduled to meet with house speaker marshall book -- governor o'malley is scheduled to meet with house speaker michael bush on this today. any plan considered in the senate is likely to include a new casino in prince george's county was likely located at national harbor. prince george's county schools launched a special web site dedicated to the search for a new superintendent. it will feature the latest news on the search as well as feedback from residents. the school board is choosing a consulting firm to help find a superintendent. the current one will become the new head of the philadelphia school district. >> the federal government has approved $180 million to widen rte. 1 in the l fort belvoir. u.s. one will be

you called the triple digits and we got it. >> we set a new record at dulles at 101. today, though, we're not talking record breaking heat. so i think we can use a break from that heat. we still have a chance for some showers and storms. again some storms could be strong or severe, especially later this afternoon. so please keep that in mind as you're getting ready for the day. you will want to bring your umbrellas once again. here's a look at your day plan other this prefriday. by noon temperatures in the upper 80s pushing close to 90. we have a chance for late morning and afternoon storms. temperatures will get into the lower 90s by late this afternoon. here's a look at your satellite and radar picture. we had some big storms go through last night, especially here around d.c. and also places up north into new york city. we're looking at this boundary front that's going to continue to sag south. so until that's south of us, we'll continue to have some unsettled weather through today and into tomorrow. temperatures in the 70s and lower 80s in downtown. 79 for college

we have 81 degrees at reagan national airport 76 at dulles, winchester reporting 70 degrees. doppler radar is quiet right now and will remain quiet for the next couple hours. showers and storms will begin to develop later this morning into the afternoon. g.a.-93 degrees for the daytime high. the full forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks so much. some homeowners will spend the day cleaning up from the latest round of storms. the severe weather downed trees and caused flooding. we are live this morning in northwest, where hundreds of residents are making a without power. john gonzalez. >> there's no pot or on arcadia -- no power on arcadia place. the roads are still closed. across town, residents are using some paulist -- using sump pumps to get storm water and sewer water out of their basements >> . very scary when yo look at the size of the trees coming down. >> the intersection of utah and tennyson is blocked after a tangled mess of power lines and tree branches came down. on mobile and, more flooded basements and a second sewage backup. >> needing to replace my so

i don't have anything complicated on the dulles greenway or the dulles toll road. the beltway looks good, on 66, and 395, travel times working for us. looks good to and from the american legion bridge. looks good on 270. there's a collision in rockville on shady grove road near 370. a lot of rescue squad on the scene with this accident. metro rail on normal service. back to you. thank you. vincent gray supporters plan to make their voices heard today. dozens of people expected to gather at the wilson building for a rally this morning. three people died to his campaign to pleaded guilty to campaign fraud charges. the mayor says that he will not resign. investigators looking for the person who brutally attacked a well-known democratic strategist. >> surveillance video shows david mercer walking into a northeast d.c. 7-eleven on thursday night. at one point a suspect appears to swipe his cellphone and then mercer confront the man. both men left the store. a witness describes what happens next. >> when the man came outside, he -- the man just knocked him out cold. he h

was the coolest since july 26th, 2002 and for baltimore, the coolest since july 29th, 2002 and at dulles since july 29th, 2001. these temperatures actually some 18 degrees below the seasonal average we really did take a big drop in temperatures, it was so hot. here is a look at satellite radar composite moisture well to the south leaving us with plenty of clouds across the area. we will get sunny breaks later on this afternoon in the meantime clouds are sticking around, with some morning patchy fog currently 72 degrees regan national airport, 69 dulles, 69 degrees at bwi marshall, and humidity up at 81% we are not going to get too much of a break-in that humidity be prepared for that as you head out. today's high, talking 82 degrees, with mostly cloudy skies. more details coming up later on the 5 day forecast. >>> thanks gwen. >>> we begin with the latest on the movie massacre in colorado. president obama is heading there today, to visit with victims and families. the coroner identified the 12 victims killed in the shooting. bomb squads have cleared out all explosive materials from shoot

near record highs, though, for today, especially at dulles with a chance i -- at dulles. we have a chance to break that record. afternoon storms, some could be strong. for most of today expecting plenty of sunshine, maybe some clouds. again, chance for an isolated storm today but better chances will be tomorrow as a cold front comes through, especially tomorrow and through thursday. so you'll want your umbrellas. tomorrow's storms, better chance for the storms could be strong to severe once again. damaging wind gusts, maybe locally heavy rainfall. thursday morning looks like we'll start out nice and calm. then again the afternoon we could see more showers and storms in the area. i think we'll see more cloud cover as well for thursday. let's see your forecast. we start in western maryland this morning. oakland's high around 83. cumberland heating up to 94 degrees. hagerstown 95. martinsburg mid-90s as well. culpeper a hundred. warrenton 99. manassas in the upper 90s. definitely today the day you want to try to stay inside in the air conditioning, go to the mall, catch a mo

we could challenge some records, especially at dulles. fog. warrenton down to zero advice ibilities. manassas -- visibility. manassas down to half a mile. here's monika. >>> thank you so much. if you're planning to head around town and use the beltway, i think overall really no big complaints right now. you don't see any yellow or red on the north side of town here on my map which is a good thing on the outer loop leaving college park although you do have a few brake lights at new hampshire avenue. i'm show you that live on our mdot camera. just a slow stretch leaving new hampshire avenue. it's going to be continuous to silver spring and it improves over to 270 and across the american legion bridge. no big complaints here. let's go to southern maryland coming up on route 4, 301, 210 to accokeek to oxon hill. everything running incident free. we'll show what you it looks like out of brandywine. route 301 at route 5. everyone seems to be behaving themselves. i'll show you a live look from sky 9. this is inbound 66 at route 50. the slow stretch t

on the dulles greenway, the dulles toll road. one final picture is traffic to and from the 14th street bridge on to the freeway and it looks good into the district. back to you. >> thank you. a frustrating time for d.c. residents led to clean up more damage from the latest storm. one area that has been hit hard is rhode island avenue. tom roussey has more. >> it is a pain. >> with more rain coming and flooding for two days, this man decided to stand and bag. but he wishes he did not have to do this. >> you have to leave work early to make your own sandbags. it's not a sustainable way to live. >> residents who live in neighborhoods 50 years shared images of yesterday's flood. they say the 100 block of road alamos avenu -- rhode island avenue has a long history of flooding. >> it gets bad. >> a long-term solution is a 13-mile water and sewer tunnel that 13 years from being finished. residents say that is too long. sewage is literally backing up to their homes -- into their homes. >> it is a public health concern. there has to be so

. >> not to refreshing on the dulles toll road westbound on your way from the belt way to the dulles airport, a vehicle fire. we take you to news chopper 7. only one lane getting by. a lot of emergency equipment on the scene. it was this truck that caught on fire. this is coming off -- on the exit to head on the toll road was down and westbound traffic stays to the far left in order to get through if you are heading out to the airport. new can use the airport lanes and you will be just fine. eastbound dulles toll road is just fine getting past the scene. metrorail is in good shape. 66, 95, and 270, normal travel time. >> the very latest on the colorado movie theater shooting. >> two survivors have been released from hospital and a third improving. the seven hospitals discharged shooting survivors yesterday but 16 people are still hospitalized -- two hospitals discharge shooting survivor system. children's hospital upgraded one victim from fair to good condition. abc7 learned one of the survivors plans to attend college in the area this fall. jummy olabanji of the details. >> the youn

today, the expansion toward dulles airport took a big step towards being all done. peggy fox is live with more on the landmark today. peggy. >> i tell you, driving through tyson's while it's been frustrating, negotiating this metro rail construction. it has also been interesting watching this aerial guideway go up. about a half mile that way where the project reaches the dulles toll road, the last piece, the 40-ton piece was put into place. >> see that higher concrete segment on the right? it is slowly, very slowly being lowered into place. the process takes about 40 minutes. >> everything has to fit together. at the end of the day, we have to run a train across there and there can't be anything. >> it is the final piece of the concrete and steel track bed, or guideway for phase one of the dulles rail project. >> guideway is connected from end to end. from the existing orange line to the station. >> the 12 miles of phase one has been under construction for more than two years now. it includes three miles of aerial guideway, constructed with reenforced concrete segme

v we've got a 07 at dulles -- we've got a 70 at dulles and a 70 in hagerstown. lots of sunshine and blue sky out there today. with lower humidity, even though temperatures will be in the upper 80s, it won't feel that bad. particularly when we've goten used to 90s all month. this is your forecast for today. 87 in waldorf. 84 in winchester. >> looking beautiful. >> let's check in with julie. >> an easy ride coming from from 109 out towards clashings best of your recollectionful no problems to report leaving i- 70. you are still at speed and no problems to report on 355 coming from i-70 out towards damascus. -- towards clarksburg no problems to report leaving i- 70. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >>> making headlines, prince george's county police are investigating a drowning in laurel, maryland. this happened last night at a pond next to willow lake apartments. witnesses say they saw the teenaged boy go into the water but never saw him come out. after about an hour and a half search, a rescue team found the teen at the bottom of the pond.

get ready to pay more if you take the dulles tollway.ry approval was given a 50-cent rate hike for one-way tolls starting next year. that means you pay $2.75 each way. the increase helps to pay for metro's silver line do. you think $2.75 is a lot? tolls could reach $4.50 each way in 2015 under the airport authority's plan. >>> highway robbery. that is how one loudoun county lawmaker describes tolls on the dulles greenway. now he wants virginia's attorney general to do something about it. representative frank wolf is asking the attorney general to look into the toll structure on that privately-owned road. right now commuters pay up to $4.80 each way during rush hour and that does not include the cost of taking the dulles toll road which connects to the greenway. that means a lot of drivers are paying $2500 a year or more in tolls. >>> the threat of salmonella from contaminated dog food is now over. health officials say 47 people in 20 u.s. states, including one in virginia and two people in canada, got stick during the outbreak. ten of th

. >>> the dulles rail project hit a major milestone today.inal piece of the concrete track bed was fit into place. peggy fox was there and shows us how you move a 40-ton piece of concrete. >> see that higher concrete segment on the right? it is slowly, very slowly being lowered into place. the process takes about 40 minutes. >> everything has to fit together. at the end of the day, we have to run a train across there and there can't be anything in the track. >> it is the final piece of the concrete and steel track bed or guideway of phase one of the dulles project. >> all the way from the existing orange line to the station. >> the 12 miles of phase one has been under construction for more than two years now. it includes three miles of aerial guideway constructed of more than 2700 of these reenforced, precast concrete segments. each weighs up to 40-tons and was custom made on the grounds of dulles airport. >> it has been over active roadways and they have had to work many night shifts and that type of stuff. a lot of this work people didn't s

dull is dirt.dads that way, larry. >> that's true. >> a lot of kids call their dad that. >> yes. it's not unusual. but, you know, dull can be good. look, i don't care how dull you are, you're going to get vetted. when you step into that arena, you can be sure that other party and the media will find controversial things to talk about even if they have to go back to kindergarten to do it. i think it's better to give a little time before the convention. let some of the vetting occur. let whatever negative stories are going to be published and aired occur before the convention. so i would say -- i wouldn't be surprised if this was easterly august. i also wouldn't be surprised if it were seven to ten days as we normally expect a nominee to be announced. >> you say kindergarten for the vet. i say back to the mother's womb in the political climate that we're in now. larry, thanks. and our own andrea mitch sl going to ha mitchell is going to have tim pal e paul lenty. >> the church of latter day saints is

your daily commute may soon cost you a dollar more each day if you take the dulles toll road to work. the airport authority just gave preliminary approval to a 50-cent rate hike for one-way tolls starting next year. that means you now pay $2.75 each way. the increase helps pay more metro's silver line. think $2.75 is a lot? tolls could reach $4.50 each way in 2015 under the airport authority's plan. >>> one loudoun county lawmakers wants virginia to look into keeping tollson the dulles greenway in check. representative frank wolf is asking to look into the toll structure of the privately-owned road. right now commuters pay up to $4.80 each way during rush hour and that does not include the cost of taking the dulles toll road, which connects to the greenway. many drivers pay $2500 a year or more in tolls. >>> good news, sports fans. this morning the nationals are in first place by 4 1/2 games. >> he threw him a change-up to strike him out! game over. the nats win it and they have won another series. >> it's over. love that. the nats edge the mets 4-3 last night to win their second stra

we hit 100 and we missed it by 1 degree at dulles. records tomorrow 100 at dulles. record high at national is 103. i think that is safe. and up in baltimore they missed it by a degree. still we hit 100, and that's the sixth time this summer we've been in the triple digits. 86 in college park right now. 84 in bethesda. 85 in rockville. these are pleasant afternoon temps. not so pleasant late after at night. there is a -- late at night. there is a heat advisory tomorrow from 11:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. that means heat indices can be from 105-109. just keep that in mind if you have to be outside. wakeup weather 72-82 by 9:00 and # 4-822 by 7:00 -- 74-82 by 7:00. we'll tell you how many days are rated code yellow. >>> some members of the space xhubt will be outside -- community will be outside in the weather. unlike members of the city council, they're insisting gray doesn't resign. more on what they want. gary. >> reporter: this apparently began as church leaders to have a press conference. but when word hit social media sites, it grew to a rally on gray's behalf. it se

looks good on the dulles greenway, dulles toll road. if looks good to and from the wilson bridge.ood on 50 out of annapolis, through in bowie. travel times in our favor between richmond and baltimore. metro rail is on normal service. back to you. >> thank you. delaware who turns to a rival for a new leader -- yahoo! turns to our arrivala rival. >> marissa mayer is from google. we are getting a preview of the next version of microsoft office to take advantage touchscreens, social networking, cloud computing. microsoft is not setting up the price will be on its next devtechnology. skype should have a bug fixed within the next few days. there's a new animated service that will feature tom hanks coming from yahoo! the company hopes it will raise their profile. >> making a spectacular catch! >> quite a catch. adam jones there. 19-7, the orioles lose to the minnesota twins. >> the ravens and ray rice agreed to a five-year, $35 million contract. >> the capitals did some business is today as well. the assigned mike green it to a deal worth $13 million. now, tim brant. >> the nationals mis

this is dulles rail that starts in tyson's corner. the vote today means it goes past preston, through dulles airport and on to brampton. there was so much riding on the decision to fund the future of the multibillion-dollar system. >> everybody is watching. >> this long time resinous ennis said -- is celebrating the vote. >> my big dream is that we would return people to loud and as a workplace. >> despite an all republican board, the approval did not come easily. >> are we going to some are knows that our constituents? >> 5-4 to support the rail. the debate is over who will pay their share and how. the prospect of an unknown costs made her sick to her stomach and she voted no. >> let's say hypothetically the amount -- it could be a problem. >> the board looked into setting up special tax districts where businesses that build around metro would pay for it. the chairman says this commitment will not pull money from schools roads, or other county needs. >> this will impact us, i think for the better for many, many years. >> money contin

also inside the beltway from the dulles connector to sycamore. as you travel 95 northbound, delays past aquia harbor and then quantico. off and on the brake from lorton into springfield. southbound in stafford, mile marker 137, before a car fire reportedly blocking two lanes. watch for that. 395 northbound starting to slow from duke up towards seminary. as you travel in maryland, beltway seeing the delays. we've got the volume beginning now as you head past new hampshire over on the outer loop. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. over to you. >> all right. thank you. >>> for many workers, raises are not what they used to. most people can expect about a 3% raise in the next year. that is down from 4.4%. have you got ain't raise lately? do you think it was enough? tell us on or facebook page. we'll share some comments later. >> a lot of people in the same boat. >> coming up income being we'll go live to fox business network in new york. yahoo is hoping nod leadership with ties to a competitor will help turn the company around. >> as we go

nothing on the dulles toll road.t inner loop of the toll road is close to traffic getting by. >> a nice start to our thursday morning. temperatures in the mid 60's to lower 70's across much of the area. it's 73 at regan national airport. to the south of us we have a stationary front that will convert to a warm front. as we -- as it drifts to the north it will bring warmer temperatures. by next week, back into the 90's across much of the area. can't rule out the chance for a few pop-up showers. limited to a 20% chance. 85-0 degrees for a daytime high. a full look at the extended outlook coming up. >> the founder of a fairfax county horse therapy program is willing to help the people accused of attacking horses. >> those who are abusing horses may be looking for help but is offering to let them join the program after they completed their punishment. >> and george zimmerman the man accused of killing trayvon martin. lit show whether race played a part in the death but the government conclusions will not be made public.

heading to virginia, also on the outer loop of the dulles toll road. only the right lane gets by the work zone there. as you continue towards i-66, only the right lane gets you by the work zone there as well. both of those should be any moment now. let's head over to the inner loop at beltway. gallows also has a work lane. if you're traveling on i-270, let's talk about your route in ten minutes. >>> in toronto, a barbecue ended in gunfire. two people are dead. 19 others injured, including a baby. the child's injuries are not serious. police say there was an exchange of gunfire at a block party just before 11:00 last night. more than 200 people were there at the time. police say one man described as person of interest is among those injured. they have him in custody and police say some sort of dispute led to the gunfire. >>> today maryland governor martin o'malley will hold another meeting to discuss whether to expand gambling in his state. he set to meet with senate president mike miller and michael bush. miller supports plans to add a casino in prince

dare i say "dull," and i caution, governor, i have if problem with dull, i built a career on it, but, that is the saving virtue for you. the rap against that kind talk are those would might see you as a good pick get in the way of it, that gets in the way, what do you think of that? >>guest: if you goad me i will shows my "tat." >>neil: well, i will leave that. how would you defend yourself, that criticism that maybe romney need as flashy running mate? >>guest: well, i would say this: we have a lot of people who are entertaining who can light their hair on fire or do whatever, but the bottom line is, these are serious times and we need sonned experience people who get the job done and my record in minnesota, in terms of cutting taxes and reducing spending --. >>neil: who lights thai hair on fire, who are you talking about? >>guest: we don't need we entertainers. president obama. president obama gives us this soaring rhetoric, soaring rhetoric. >>neil: you thing people are tired of that and they might go the other way in they did great, they want non-fleshy. >>guest: relative to who, i

so right around reston, it is just now across the dulles toll road.o now it is headed toward reston with hail and certainly heavy rains. again, that red, that's rain fall rates 1 to 2 inches per hour. where will this storm go. it will drift off to the north and east. and then head across the river, but it will weaken a little bit as it moves off to the north and east. still, severe thunderstorm warning in fairfax until 6:30. right now, live look outside. it is our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. dew point 67. pressure down just a little bit. 29.89 inches of mercury and winds out of the south. temperatures, it's rain cooled in gaithersburg and rockville. they are in the mid 70s. mid 80s downtown. no storms down to the south right now, but look back to the west, cooler in great falls, 80, and cooler in reston. 78 because of that storm. so we are looking at afternoon storms. kind of a pattern we will continue all week. isolated storms tonight, almost hot tomorrow. i think the commute will be dry tomorrow morning. more storms possible

manassas, 72 degrees. 72 out at dulles. 75 in frederick. these temperature on the mild side for this time of year. cold front will be moving in from the north and west. can't really see it here terribly well but you can see the shower activity breaking out towards chicago. that is associated with the cooler air. the cooler and drier air will start to move in later this affect. up ahead of it, should be a little breezy for the morning hours. look out for the potential for some scattered showers and thunderstorms mid- to late afternoon and just like yesterday, anything that gets going in this very summery atmosphere could be on the strong side so you got to look out for that possibility. behind the front tomorrow, lots of sunshine, lower humidity and highs only in the 80s. we've got a nice one as we get into our wednesday. sunny and hot today. scattered afternoon storm are back. 93 the daytime high. there are your winds out of the west, 15 to 20. it will be a breezy day today particularly behind the front. partly cloudy skies. a few evening s

right now, it's slow going and heading you the before the dulles toll road. they were checking for an incident between university and new hampshire avenue. so far, nothing's popped up and you doing a double nickle head around the beltway and toward the college park. that is a check of the fox 5 on- time traffic. >> oh, my gosh. >> everyone watch out and -- >>> new this morning, exclusive video you will see on fox 5. a suspect shot by police officers jumps into a police cruiser and takes off. >> the university of maryland was temporary placed on lockdown and is reopen now. sherri ly has more information for us. quieter this morning, i'm sure. >> reporter: calmer right now, sarah. the police just wrapped up their investigation here, towing away the final vehicle apparently involved in the shootout and it ended here at the mcdonald's where that suspect crashed in that stolen police cruiser. in an exclusive video, can you see prince georges county police with their guns drawn. they confronted the suspect after getting reports of a gunman in the area of lakeland r

we'll take a closer look at the dulles toll road. right here and check travel speeds. here we go right now, if you're traveling on the dulles toll road making your way eastbound to the beltway, driving at 51 miles per hour. not bad at all. that trip will take you seven minutes. now, connecting to the beltway, no issues from the dulles toll road as you head to the interchange and live look at the interchange flowing nicely in both directions but outer loop speeds, not too bad. 47 miles per hour and that drive will take you 16 minutes. barbara, back over to you. >> thanks, danella a. >>> 11:20 is the time. still ahead, great fashion for a great cause. we're going to tell you about the event taking place tonight. >>> plus, a success story from steve hayes. he introduces us to a woman who has changed her life through diet and exercise. you want to see this. >>> first, here's a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com. [ male announcer ] where did all the obama stimulus money go? friends, donors, campaign supporters, special interest groups where did the obama stimulus money

shattered records out at dulles. baltimore was 104 degrees. tion yesterday, the storms have been on steroids lately because we've had such hot temperatures. we do have a cold front just to the north. that will likely serve as the trigger for more storms later this afternoon. so just be ready for it. headed to the nationals game, be ready for the possibility of some thunderstorms later today. we have a day game. but it won't rain all day. 92 in washington. 90 in culpeper. >> maybe mother nature can lay off the steroids. >> i hope so. >> let's say good morning to lauren demarco. how are things looking with the traffic? >> actually looking very good right now. nice early start to the morning. we are very wide open if you are traveling the major arteries. if you are traveling the beltway, overnight construction appears to have wrapped up. your lanes are open through montgomery county and through virginia as well. we do have construction in place between new hampshire avenue and university boulevard and that has been picked up. your lanes are open.

. >>> the dulles airport extension voted to support phase two of the silver line. phase two extends the silver line to dulles and a pair of stops in loudoun county. with today's vote, the county commits about 270 million bucks towards the construction. >>> andy griffith had big ears, a big smile and a big career to go with him, and fans have been remembering the actor all day long ever since they heard about his passing at his home in north carolina. griffith was 86 years old. here are a few things you may not have known about the man. he never won an emmy for his tv work, but he did win a grammy for a gospel album. his first appearance on national television, the ed sullivan show in 1954. and he always referred to his former co-star ron howard as ronnie until the day he died. and, yep, he remained lifelong buddies with another former co star don knots. >> just make sure it clears your underwear. >> very funny stuff that show. that scene, of course, from the series that made the actor a household name. the andy griffith show. >>> the power companies has let us down

rockville 78. 72, out to our northwest, dulles, and dulles is still 81 degrees. mostly cloudy skies and humidity still up there. 86. high pressure still in the middle of the country. storms go up and over and around the ridge of high pressure. well into the 100s, 107 st. louis. the heat expanding toward us tomorrow we could push 103 .10 5 maybe. tomorrow record highs .10 4. a code red tomorrow because of the severe heat. don't be surprised if it is severe weather alert day sunday for the storms. >> reporter: suddenly we have a couple of situations, i'm getting word of a possible accident on the inner loop of the beltway. we'll take you to a live picture on the beltway, it looks like it is not affecting traffic yet. by the way on the outer loop, unusual delays heading down to the dulles toll road because of late clearing construction. again an unusual delay. 872, eight to ten minutes late. northbound i-95 no issues here thankfully as you come up from dale city to the beltway. right now i have a commuter alert, track work is going to affect all five metro lines thi

seventy in dulles. 69 at bwi marshal. and going to be another descent day today, the temperatures in the mid-80s and there will be some clouds around and if you're watching, particularly south of the city, you have a chance of a few showers and a thunderstorm this afternoon. looking at the radar, we're quiet. the farther south you get, the more clouds and better chance of a shower down in richmond and they're getting good showers and the storms. here in washington. just partial sunshine to start your morning with the high temperatures expected to be in the mid- to upper 80s, 87 at 4:00 p.m. and we'll take it. the average daytime high is 89. a few degrees below normal again. >> okay, thank you, tucker. >> spent time to check in with julie wright. >> reporter: a quiet start with no incidents to report as you go around the capital beltway. the lanes are no one -- open, still an easy drive for folks along 66 eastbound from monasses and you will find traffic volume is moving at speed working in to centreville. no problems to r

dulles and winchester, 72 degrees. middle of july, we are typically hot but we'll be getting close to records later today. 99 in washington. 99 in columbia. cool spot, leonardtown, 97 degrees. >> so lucky jie. record today. >> 102 is the record. -- so lucky. >> a record today? >> and now lauren demarco is in with the traffic. >> all around town, you should be seeing the construction crews clear out and head home. let's take a live look at trafficland. if you are traveling northbound 95 heading up past the prince william parkway, nothing in your way. lanes wide open and continuing to the mixing bowl. 395 also looking good as you leave the beltway heading up past edsall all the way to the 14th street bridge. no accidents or incidents reported there. as we said, the beltway looking good. 66, no worries for you heading out of manassas through centerville. in maryland, montgomery county, outer loop to the left of your screen. your lanes are open and 270, you have the groan light from frederick in toward the beltway. that's

dulles, 101. baltimore, 103. both records of 1011 degrees tying a record at dulles.again, 2010 was the year we have now left in the dust. highs elsewhere today. take a look at these numbers. areas to the north, across the northern planes, a little lower. but triple digits all up and down the mid-atlantic. you can see that that heat really is sticking around. st. louis, 106 degrees. little rock, 101. nashville, 102. still hot outside, current temperature, 100 in phoenix. i don't want to go to wilmington but 101 at patuxent naval air base. factor in the heat, humidity, this is what you come up with. 110 degrees at frederick. we are looking at a little bit of a cool counsel but on the other side, there is the possibility of some storms. so we end up paying the price. we have a pretty strong frontal system here through parts of pennsylvania. there is a line of storms ahead of it. these storms have been pretty insentence throughout the course of the day. this is going to slide its way down. there is a chance that areas to north near the mason dixon line in maryland could

national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> 75 degrees right now and the district, 68 at dulles airport 69 in college park. let's look and heavy rain often are northwest, mainly in pittsburgh and riding north of the mason-dixon line, pushing east. western maryland will get heavy rain later this morning. later on today we have a chance of a few thundershowers here and there, especially north of the metro area, close to pennsylvania and the mason- dixon line. some storms could be severe. the main headline today, hot and humid. it will feel like 105-109 when you factor in the humidity today. the air temperatures around the century mark. triple digits possible later this afternoon. stray storms possible this aand night. mid to upper 90s tomorrow. now to lisa baden. >> fairfax is decent. 66, 95 395, and the beltway is good at the wilson bridge. 270 northbound after 109, you are looking live at an 18 wheeler upside-down. it rolled over. northbound is blocked between the exit and the on-ramp to 109. the headlights coming at us on the left is southbound out of frederick kempe towards mo

but reagan and dulles 82 degrees. currently 82 at reagan national. the same at dulles. bwi cooking in at 81 degrees. sunny breaks out there. not as cloudy as earlier this morning. we had plenty of fog in the early morning hours. things are improving. tonight cloudy skies stick around. we will be into the 80s. mild night ahead. more details coming up. >> sounds good. thank you. >>> major change on the campus at penn state univethe wake of sandusky child sex abuse scandal, a beloved statue has been taken down. a closer look as we continue.  >>> the famous statue of joe paterno has been removed. workers lifted the statue off its base into beaver stadium as dozens of students watched, some chanting we are penn state. the statue was built in 2011 in honor of his record setting coaching victory. the removal comes after the ncaa announced it would issue sanctions against the university after top officials were accused in a scathing report of burying child sex abuse allegations against jerry sandusky. >>> a texas air force training instructor sentenced to 20 years in prison f

dulles 100. 105 current temperature for reagan national airport. look at the heat index. it feels like upward of 110 and winchester. we do have the excess of heed warnings that remain in effect for the district and surrounding counties. our focus moves toward the chance for some thunderstorms as we move toward the late over nine hours. we will see a few that may pop up across the northern part of our area. a much different story for tomorrow afternoon. the overnight hours of tomorrow night into early monday morning, could be looking at gusty winds, severe thunderstorms. a full forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> it has been a tough week for many who have had to work outside. that includes workers trying to get the water back on for customers in northwest. >> it has been a brutally hot day both here in arlington and across the d.c. region. i feel like i am reading and warm air right now. today we found an especially difficult time in one d.c. neighborhood. under a scorching sun, the boggling and cracked 24th block is a waterless hot zone. >> to o'clock this morning we

roared through in the evening hours let's see where our highs were. 97 degrees regan national, 92 dulles, 91 bwi marshall. some 9 degrees above the seasonal average elsewhere, 4 degrees warmer. right now 73 degrees as we start off the morning, humidity the same light northwesterly wind, 7 miles an hour temperatures in our neighbourhoods include, well, 77 degrees, annapolis, 72 fredericksburg, 70 degrees to the north at hagerstown. for today, what are we talking? skies clearing up behind all those storms that roared through, ridge of high pressure in control that will set us up for sunshine expect clouds this afternoon high very hot 90 degrees, could we see an isolated shower or a storm pop up? that is a possibility however looks like if we see any think mainly to the east we are generally talking a very dry and enjoyable day your full forecast a little later on and a look at that all important 5 day. >> sounds good thank you gwen. >>> meanwhile we are monitoring metro's track work that means the red line is shut down. buses running on the blue line. orange line single tracking between ea