of dunkirk rescuing those british troops from the beaches there.ignificance of having them here today? >> just the rain brings out the dunkirk experience for this anyway. but i think just having that link to history and back to such an iconic event is hugely important today's because, of course, it links backs to her majesty's own wartime experience and her own wartime service. i think being able to put that thread, if you like, through history and links to the ireland nation and the royal navy and the maritime piece that is -- >> the first thing you said point queen and the war because one of the reasons she's so beloved, rather like her mother, was that in the war she could have disappeared and been squirreled away and hidden until it was all over, but she stayed here. she put the uniform on. she worked. stayed in london. as the bombs rained down, and i think that is part of the magic of the queen is that when it really mattered to her country, she stayed the course. we're also joined by peter vander mervin you are a general and cure ator of the

it down into spots like dunkirk. it is moving so fast, already closing in on the upper marlboro brandywine. essentially, the entire metropolitan area is now under this severe thunderstorm warning. an idea of the lightning and the speed with which the storms are coming. they are yet to go into eastern parts of prince george's county. really closing in on bowie. also spots like it for washington. closing over the river. we have tapped into the weatherbug network. but that the wind gusts 71, dulles airport. after being 100 degrees the temperature has dropped 30 degrees. in rockville, 70 degrees now. the rainfall is not that significant, it is the wind. 70 miles per hour downtown washington. again, the wide area view of this ferocious storm that is coming through. here is the live doppler. calvert county, spots like dunkirk, there are some many people who have lost power that i would say if you are in front of this storm, seen the lightning and the wind coming through with it widespread damage, expect to lose power. i kn

there, too, the little ships of dunkirk. perhaps the proudest members of this great floatlely. and none on board prouder than 95-year-old vick viner a dunkirk veteran. >> nothing wrong with this. it's great. >> reporter: the queen was on board the spirit of chartwell. a river cruiser magnificently converted for the occasion. this is the ultimate symbol of the sentiments this jubilee has stirred in britain. in one opinion poll today, 55% said they thought the monarchy would last forever. if that sounds excessive, it's not hard to understand in an atmosphere like this. they opened tower bridge to allow the monarch to pass. it was, by now, terrible weather. but the rain could not spoil the queen's extraordinary parade. ♪ the london philharmonic orchestra played the horn pipe, and there was the faintest suggestion of bobbing up and down from the diamond jubilee queen. tim ewart, itv news on the river thames. >>> well now for a look at the national weather, look who decided to join us once again. it was a difficult week being this far away from all of this. >> yeah. i didn't exactly

>> just the rain brings out the dunkirk experience, but i i think just having that link to history anduch an iconic event is hugely important today's because, of course, it links backs to her majesty's own wartime experience and her own wartime service. i think being able to put that thread, if you like, through history and links to the ireland nation and the royal navy and the maritime piece that is -- >> it's interesting you say that about the queen and the war, because one of the reasons she's so beloved, rather like her mother, was that in the war she could have disappeared and been squirrelled away and hidden until it was all over, but she stayed here. she put the uniform on. she worked. stayed in london. the bombs rained down, and i think that is part of the magic of the queen is that when it really mattered to her country, she stayed the course. we're also joined by peter. you are a general and cure ator of the national maritime museum. this for you has to be one of the great days, doesn't it? >> yes, that's right. splendid stuff. >> hey, let me -- if i may just intervekt. we're

spirit boats, dunkirk boats, historic boats, pleasure boats. you name it.hose boats will all be on the river. as you look at that map, if we go back to that map just one second, we will see the whole procession will end just here at tower bridge, with i is behind me. when the queen gets to tower bridge, then all of a sudden she will stay on the chartwell and watch the procession of boats going past her. that gives you an idea of the sort of sights and sounds that we are going to see. what else will we expect over this jubilee? tomorrow a major concert that takes place on monday at buckingham palace, and then on tuesday the sort of pageant that, frankly, the brits do best. service of thanksgiving at st. paul's cathedral, and then after that she goes to lunch. following lunch she has a magnificent carriage procession through london. in all of this the only true disappointment has been the weather, but we are british, and we do not let the weather get the better of us. so my question to you as we start our coverage, where in the united states, where in the wor

south of annapolis and through dunkirk and chesapeake beach north beach, moving towards huntingtown,prince frederick and all the way down to lusby and solomon's island, sprinkles. even through montross and to the bay is where we have areas of light rain early this morning. temperatures in the '50s right now. unseasonably cool outside. this afternoon will be 10 degrees below average for this time of year. the average high is 81. we will be close to 71. outlying areas north west of town will be in the upper 60's today. meteorologists to cool summer is off to a slow start. partly cloudy with isolated showers possible again. we are in the unsettled pattern so we have a daily chance of rain all the way through thursday although it will not amount to much. hot and humid by the weekend mid to upper 80's by then. >> we are in pretty good shape. overnight construction is being cleared away if. no major problems to report. i will take you to interstate travel around the region, 81, 70, 95 between richmond and baltimore, giving you the all clear. we are good as far as 270 traffic. we will have

there, too, the little ships of dunkirk, perhaps the proudest members of this great flotilla.nd none on board prouder than this dunkirk veteran. >> i never expected in my lifetime to be here, not in history. it's great. >> reporter: the queen was on board the spirit of chartwell, a river cruiser magnificently converted for the occasion. this is the ultimate symbol of the sentiments this jubilee has stirred in britain. in one opinion poll today, 55% said they thought the monarchy would last forever. if that sounds excessive, it's not hard to understand in an atmosphere like this. they opened tower bridge to allow the monarch to pass. it was by now terrible weather. but the rain could not spoil the queen's extraordinary parade. ♪ the london philharmonic orchestra played the horn pipe. and there was the faintest suggestion of bobbing up and down from the diamond jubilee queen. >> brown: today, there was a different kind of cloud over the festivities, as queen elizabeth's husband, prince phillip, fell ill. andy davies of "independent television news" has the story. >> reporter: as

have that light rain right now basically from dunkirk in calvert county south word for all the way down to lusby and solomon's island and point lookout. from cedricfredericksburg southeast as well. we could see and other rogue shower today later. there's a chill in the air this morning with low humidity, pleasant. 55 in waldorf, 58 in culpeper. in arlington, 58. lees summit today, the highs around 70. 10 degrees below average. warming up by the weekend swimming pool weather, and 80's with a return to humidity. now to lisa. >> pretty good shape as far as 270. the beltway in montgomery county is moving nicely, even where they change the traffic pattern if on the inner loop at montgomery boulevard. 28 is closed, dickerson maryland. an accident happens in the 1:00 hour. the detour is near monocracy road 20. aid is not a viable option. what is working is not only 270 but 495 across the american legion bridge. 95 in and out of baltimore in good shape. no worries from park police on the b-w parkway. our friends in the district are welcoming you on york avenue, kenilworth avenue, route 1 rhode

dunkirk, southern anne arundel county, and even prince george's county, some areas of light rain. 72hine this midday in the early afternoon. storms expected this afternoon and evening, especially between 4:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. son could be strong to severe. the primary threat will be first and foremost, straight line wind damage. the biggest risk should the severe storms materialize. also flash flooding. heavy downpours and possibly more storms over one area back to back. and there is a slight chance of some isolated tornadoes this afternoon and evening. more on this coming up. now back to lease so with the commute. >> some issues this morning, 301 it is open, in case you what out for exercise and got back, 301 between the bully in upper marlboro had an accident but it is not complete. cameras to show you the pace of traffic -- first of all, plan on going through southeast d.c. or staying only with the local lanes. scheduled roadwork on the inner loop once you get to alexandria is in the through lanes, and look at the impact, packing a wallop. the next picture will take us to 395 c

dunkirk got clipped and upper marl broken as well. we will watch that -- marlboro as well.r you. there are a couple other showers around the region coming south out of pennsylvania, not a big deal, but it's one little disturbance rotating around an area of cooler air aloft especially up over the new england area. we're getting these little disturb ans coming through. it will -- disturbances coming through. it will create a few little showers tonight, a few more coming south of pennsylvania definitely bringing clouds as well through the area and it's also going to keep us on the cool side the next few days. the feel of fall as we have a bit of an unsettled start to this workweek. we'll be in the low to mid-70s for high temperatures especially team probably only the low 70s. we'll fall into the 50s at night, so good sleeping weather, no doubt about it. there will be a shower possible tomorrow, especially in the afternoon, but i wouldn't rule it out even in the early morning south of d.c. and probably a storm in the mix here and there, but the best chance of that will be thurs

baltimore, calvert county, southern portions of ann aroundel county, prince georges county, route four, dunkirk area. so watch out there. light to moderate rain in those areas. the rest of us just about done. could be a few more showers and maybe few thunderstorms rumbling through the area but most of us should stay dry for the rest of the even willing. this is a cold front going to sweep through, let you know what comes in behind it in a couple of minutes. >>> after months of messy crowds, tent cities and confrontations with police, calm has now returned to two parks in downtown d.c. tom sherwood joins us now from the newsroom as occupy demonstrators pack up and leave. >> reporter: those occupy protests lasted for months. now, the parks are parks again. for months, lining around the country, occupy d.c. and its supporters filled mcferson square off k street in downtown washington, demanding economic justice for the now famous 99%. the demonstrators frequently took to city streets in the mild of rush thundershowers make their point bunch now, quiet has returned. the demonstrators gone. birds ea

your commentator just pointed out about the dunkirk boat, it was dunkirk where the british army was saved from total destruction in 1940 at the hands of hitler by these tiny little boats that went out and crossed the english channel at tremendous danger and threat to themselves. >> it's extraordinary. how do you think the queen perceives this? she seems to be a woman as you've described, who has never put a foot out of place totally in step. she gets the significance, doesn't she? >> she's a woman who is completely compounded of duty. the sense of duty, she said at her 21st birthday, she was going to give her whole life in service to her country. and that's what she's done and that's why the british people want to take this opportunity to thank her, really. >> because she's so loved. >> she is. and it's, she's really proved that she deserves it. you know. after 60 years of incredibly hard work, she undertook 392 official engagements last year. a woman who really works hard. at the age of 85, most people have retired long ago. yet, she is still working for us. >> she's a healthy count inno

it's turning fear, turning the difficulties such as dunkirk into resolution. >> rose: when was the moment which some people within the government were arguing some kind of understanding can be made when w hitler an he made that famous speech to them about our last thought should be choking on our own blood having died on the battlefield? >> that really was when churchill appealed over the head of his own war cabinet churchill only getting support from the two labor members, not the two conservatives. neville chamberlain, lord halifax the foreign secretary who after all had that sort of authority. churchill mounting an argument within the war cabinet. but then in a bold moved a dressing the whole body of ministers and i peeling to them as though it were alreadyn&Ñ a foregone conclusion that they would follow his own instincts. and this, of course, cut the ground from under the feet of the other members of the war cabinet? >> because what they shared was a realization that the british hadn't yet really been tested and the british... their instinct would have been that they wanted to be test

on the day of the jubilee, it was fantastic, you may have seen the kind of reverse dunkirk flotilla weajor, major glory. did you see this? >> i missed some of t. >> a lot of rain. and more than 1,000 boats going down the tales and the whole royal family, everybody getting very wet. it was just wonderful, but we allowed protests. there was a bunch of people saying monarchy, monarchy, monarch kirk out, out, out. there was only about 100 of them and 1.3 million supporters. >> uk uncut, you had hundreds of house to a suddens of protests or tens of thousands? >> not as many as hundreds of thousands but certainly there were quite a few. we have 5,000 protests every year on the streets on london and the public pays a lot of money to make sure they take place as safely as possible. >> the cultural history of exactly that if you look at speakers corner, you look at your books look at hyde park, look at the cultural history, forget rules and resources, the cultural history of both debate and speaking out -- >> it's all -- >> in england. >> correct. and if you think about it a guy like john wilke

. >> 1940s, sunk in 1942 at dunkirk. >> reporter: and happily refloated. it's now owned by paul woodhead who goes back a long way with the queen as well. he was there for the coronation. >> i sang in that westminster abbey. >> reporter: you were the choir boy. >> i was a choir boy. fortunate again. but then born under a lucky star, as always. ♪ yes, i was there at the beginning. i was very small. sort of very focused and apprehensive. i was there looking down. my goodness. what an occasion. and then here and now, she'll be up front on a boat somewhere and i'll be behind with all my flags flying. >> reporter: really couldn't have do it without you, could she? >> well, probably not. ♪ >> reporter: a lot of people feel that way. that the queen has been part of their lives, that she's not just a ceremonial head of state, not just a living link with britain's past glory, but that she is the embodiment of the british carry-on-regardless spirit. >> i mean now at this jubilee celebration, i really feel that the country is actually recognizing the amazing job she's