that's really pretty nice and winds easterly at about 5 to 10.ays, we're going to keep it code green and why not, because it's a slight chance of a shower or storm tomorrow. 86. slight chance on thursday, 7. and a slight chance on friday, temperatures in the upper 80s to near 90. next seven days, well, going to heat up a little bit, but nothing crazy. 89 on saturday. yes, i have to drop. i think for the most part, the weekend will be nice. 91 monday. better chance for storms tuesday. highs around 90 as a frontal boundary approaches. that will give us a better chance tuesday and tuesday night. >> you are the man, top, thank you. >> the nats win the ball game 5-4 in 13. >> and there were plenty of people in their seats when that rain delay game finally ended up just before 12:30 last night. unfortunately for a lot of them, that was after metro closed its doors for the night and that left some people stranded. metro has a standing agreement with the caps to stay open late during the playoffs if necessary. there is no similar standing agreement with

winds easterly at 5 to 10. we will come back and talk about the tropics, they are heating up. we have a brand-new tropical storm, isaac. we'll tell you where we think he is headed. venal still to come, diana niad back on dry land. she tried to swim from cuba to florida again. but first, the president heads out on thcampaign trail and launches a new attack. his message to the young voters. that's up next. >>> young voters played a big part in president oh bomb many's win and he is appealing to them once again. the president used a rally at capital university in columbus, ohio, to shift his attack on republican mitt romney. there he told the crowd the gop would cut billions and he slammed romney for telling students to find loans to pay for school. >> the best thing i can do for you is to tell you to shop around. that's it. that's his plan. >> instead of education, the republican ticket tried to convince voters that their plan for medicare is the best option. vice presidential candidate, paul ryan, took the plan

you have competing pressure gradients and that's a strong easterly flow to baltimore and ocean city sog the coast. we have to watch for rip currents. in the next a couple of days, a cold front eventually making its way east could tap into moisture out of the tropics so maybe we get more rain into the middle half of the week. the future cast showing what's happening into the afternoon. the storm comes up the coast, draws in moisture off the atlantic so we could get a decent amount of rain towards baltimore and the eastern bay. we are expecting the rain at any time today but especially in the as the storm travels north on sunday, more rain possible but more scattered across maryland while the heaviest moves up into pennsylvania and upstate new york. keeping an eye on the tropics. isaac still a tropical storm but not far from a hurricane. now at 60 miles per hour as it travels west away from haiti. cuba has concerns for heavy rain and strong winds. it could track up towards key west. they could take a direct hit possibly from a category 1 hurricane as isaac strengthens over the open water

high temperatures around 85 and winds easterly at about 5-10. next three days we're going to keep it code green for tomorrow and also for thursday and friday. and why not. 86 tomorrow. isolated storm or shower. 87 on thursday. almost hot friday. highs near 90. just a slight chance, a slight chance of a shower. all right. next seven days, i know this is kind of counterintuitive, but i do have a drop on saturday and a drop on sunday. but i also have the word nice. so not going to be that much of a deal these scattered showers. nothing heavy. nothing long lived. so still a pretty nice weekend. near 90, though, saturday, sunday, monday and tuesday. a little better chance of storms tuesday as a cold front approaches. >> okay. we'll be ready. >>> you know, sometimes you start to get the sense that this is our year. >> i know, right. >> things start going your way and you cannot be stopped. [ laughing ] >> stop what's happening. >> strasburg is pitching his hand and you need two hands to get the strikeouts. trust me, nats didn't need it tonight. steven

high pressure gradually sliding in an easterly direction. in more robust marine layer overnight which will bring the temperature's down today. tonight overnight, '50s and '60s but tomorrow, '50s and '60s that the coast, east bay numbers under the triple digits. low eighties in benicia and we are talking about temperatures at 82 degrees in towards mill valley. gradual cooling each day and a slight chance of rain and thunderstorms over the weekend. we will continue with that forecast during the pinpoint outlook. >> many of us put on sunscreen but forget an important part of the face >> when it comes to sunscreen, how many of us remember to put some on our lips? >> back when i was younger, a thing came out called suzie q., chap stick. ever since then i try to keep me a pair of >> ... are very vulnerable to sun damage. some dermatologists say our lips are more susceptible to premature aging and cancer than the rest of our skin. clear lip gloss or even licking your lips are the worst. both can actually increase tv penetration. apply live bomb wit

then it will produce an easterly wind and that will bring in no mr. and may result in some early morning fog. -- bring in a moisture and may result in some early morning fog. a good day to be on the bay. weighs less than a foot. -- waves less than a foot. sunny skies into the weekend. the eastern shore locations, 84 tomorrow. 86 on friday. the beaches will enjoy a nice weather. 83 on friday. it is in the tropics or all of the problems are. two systems, this is a depression that may strengthen into tropical storm joyce. but as it is making his way west bound into the caribbean. -- but isaac is making his way west bound into the caribbean. all lot of clouds and showers and storms. the center is expected to move into puerto ric and then toward haiti as a category one hurricane. that is the potential. crossing land, it may help to week and the storm. you can see the potential on either side of this cone. right now with the more probable line on the west side of florida. that is five days down the road. we will just have to wait and see. the seven day fore

light easterly breeze, kind of a cool breeze in early august but quite a bit of humidity. we remain muggy but not as hot. if the sun was out in force we would have heated up. you have to head up to western pennsylvania, ohio and even the western half of west virginia to find any significant sunshine in the east. but, boy, widespread clear weather. it's all west of this stalled out frontal boundary. we still have the cloud cover. the rain stayed generally south of us at least the heavy rains. you know, the dry air knocking on the door, i don't think it makes it. the front will waffle around. the stationary front means they don't move much. has long last it stays in the -- as long as it stays in the air, pop-up showers right around that frontal boundary but mostly south of it. here's a look at the best projection we have. you can see a few showers potentially popping up but the better chance will be as the front shifts further north on thursday. thursday afternoon could feature widespread scattered showers with the best chance for storms coming in on friday. some of the ones

very strong winds associated with this, especially on the easterly side of the storm, the strong thisof a tropical system. this continues to track towards cuba as we head into the weekend. this could once again strengthen and get over the open water and possibly land somewhere along the gulf coast, possibly alabama, as a category one hurricane. oil from the west coast of florida, to louisiana, some sort of tropical impact. let's go back to our state. temperatures are in the 80's right now. downtown, 87. 77 in hagerstown. same case in ocean city. cooler, with all the clouds as well. satellite pictures showing the thickest of the constant to the south. this is the area of low pressure that is going to impact us in the weekend. this brings chances for rain. notice the storm system is to starting to reach the southern end of the state. in moves and it through saturday and continues to track north into sunday. we have to account for the chance of rain in the entire weekend. increasing clouds. as we get into tomorrow morning, we talk about the rain chances. some areas may get soaked for a g

that humidity, our dew point value up to 70 with an easterly wind. you can see a good thunderstorm moving through parts of delaware. >> we are seeing a spotty shower that's going to cross the pennsylvania line, clipping extreme northwestern carroll county. north and west of the city, well north and west, especially along the i-70 corridor you could be dealing with storms. hagerstown got a good downpour. a few rumbles of thunder in your far northwestern corner of west min stermt taneytown one of the spots. so in terms of where we're going with the temperatures, we'll think 80 will hold through the 9:00 hour. 77 around 9:00 and 70s, back up to the nos knots by tomorrow-- 90s by tomorrow. details on that coming up in a few minutes. >>> the fallout from chick-fil-a's ceo is causing fierce debate on both sides of the issue and as many flocking to the fast food restaurant. we have more reaction. >> reporter: today the fast food restaurants became battle grounds over moral issues and civil rights where there was no shortage of opinions. a never ending line

the easterly wind will start to back up this front and a weather rest -- a disturbance may develop bringing clouds and showers into our area. again, this threat looks fairly tame down to the south but it may become a problem for us over the weekend as far as outdoor activities go. some showers will sink back into the forecast. hope ou can get outside and enjoy the partly cloudy sky tomorrow. light southeast winds. the wind out of the east averaging five to 10 knots and weighs about 1 foot on the bay. in the mountains, you get farther away from that stalled out front. a 20% chance for isolated storms friday through sunday. some decent weather over the weekend. the rain chances go up to 30% on saturday on the eastern shore and if you're headed for ocean city, the rain chance is headed for 40%. depending on that system develops on the staed out front. there is a moderate risk of recurrence in ocean city. be careful if you are going into the water. the impact of this development is being felt on the east coast. the main concern is not joyce in the atlantic. that is heading up to the central atl

easterly component bringing moisture off the bay and ocean depending on how far you are.oved from the great lakes region and it's moving to the coast of the mid-atlantic. and it's the clockwise flow to come from the west and southwest as the high continues to move on off. with the heat of the day, we're getting the pop-up showers as adam termed it earlier. right noi we have none across the state. don't be surprised to see the rumble of thunder. we have the front moving through the evening. and will wipe up the front and humidity. the transition it means we will get strong storms in the afternoon and evening. again about this time tomorrow. keeping an eye on ernesto, still with the tropical storm. down around cozumel and cancun, could hit as a category 1 hurricane by the middle of the week. if you have any interest or any vacation concerns, definitely keep an eye. all the models keeping it away from the u.s. it will impact the area. especially if you're on the cruise line. and small craft advisory in effect until the evening. tonight, 73 degrees. showers and thunderstorms,

for all of us along the shore, a little bit of an easterly breeze. we may see some afternoon showers pop up tomorrow. the temperatures will be in the mid 80's. no threats for the outer banks or spot like that. there could be a stray afternoon shower thundershower. it tore the weekend, more sunshine and temperatures still below 90 degrees. >> the toyota sports desk brought to you by your local toyota dealers. moving you forward. >> it looks like this is the time when the braves make their mark. >> this is fun, isn't it? >> in the first pennant race since moving from montreal to washington. the playoffs start october 4 and the national's lead by about five games. the players understand the magnitude of what they're doing. the best record in all of baseball for a good portion of the season. now they are one of the favorites to be in the world series. you would think they have butterflies the size of the goals, but not so much. -- the size of the goals -- eagles but not so much. >> we are in our own ballpark and we are excited. >> we are still a month an

more clearing tomorrow so warm easterly day. and then get ready for warm to hot temperatures as we head into next week. that's tropical moisture from southern california all the way up towards the bay area, thanks to low pressure off the coast. this low, bill the way, is going push off towards the east tomorrow and as it does so, it will take the moisture with and it we'll start to see more sunshine. here we go throughout the evening hours. most of the light sprinkles, the mist and drizzle, remains near the coast. this is 11:00 tomorrow. a lot of clearing and that's going to translate to some warmer temperatures tomorrow. in the east bay, get ready for highs in the mid-80s. so antioch, sunshine, mild, 84. 80, santa rows sample 6 5 san francisco. 78, san jose. more began hill, 83. 73, watsonville, 79 for hollister. enjoy sunday morning -- sunday and monday because tuesday, wednesday, thursday, it is going to get hot, and 100 degrees inland. the latter part of the work week. >> the a's have had some long games recently. >> rick: w

could be some moderate ones here, here we are midday saturday across virginia and this easterly flow continuing to keep us in the clods and the showers -- clouds and the showers looks like for most of the day. isaac by the way maybe key west toward mobile, pensacola the way it looks right now but of course that track is adjusted as the storm evolves but under the gun maybe haiti tonight. green day today. just an isolated storm. near 90. tonight down to about 70 in d.c.. 60s north and west. 80 tomorrow. only 80 because of the showers we're going to have around and a yellow alert day. i think this is going to be mappabling outdoor plans and then a milder sunday. 83. could still be an afternoon shower or storm. we heat up monday to 89 and then tuesday and wednesday in the upper 80s. andrea and michael back to you. >>> thanks howard. the redskins get one of their offensive weapons back for tomorrow's third preseason game. >> plus, the ravens look ready for the regular season right now. after the convincing win last night. >> 5:17. we want to take another look at our question of the morni

right now, the easterly breeze gonna blow the smoke near clearlake and lake berryessa. in the afternoon, it will be going to the north and northeast closer to areas like i-5 and williams. tori? >>> starting today, newly- imposed state fire fees are being mailed out to rural residents. the new fee will help cover the cost of preventing and covering fires. the bills run about $150. they are being sent out alpha getically by -- alpha betically by county -- alphabetically. it is expected to be challenged by two groups. >>> two people escaped a house fire at midnight on 98th avenue. the people say the smell of smoke woke them up. nobody is hurt. an investigation is underway. >>> and breaking news. a gunman has been taken into custody at college station near the campus of texas a&m university. at first reports of the fire -- the first reports of the fire were about 90 minutes ago. the college issued and alert on its website, telling people to stay away. college station is about 90 miles northwest of houston. >>> workers had begun a four- month project to replace utility lines

it sets up a storm boundary that easterly breeze brings in the marine air influence from the west. and weather through the day t was a mix of clouds and sun. at times thinks looking om mouse. the last 30 minutes and as we're looking the storms are coming over the mountains out to the west today a wild view and take a look at the powder near mid80s now. a warm set up and a humid, too. winds are from the southeast but the dew point numbers. that means a environment and it is warm out there. it feels like the 80s and humidity. scattered showers and storms further west. that's what we'll monitor and track. this is a slow moving boundary it will take time to get through here. i think that at one point we thought we would dry up but it is looking like the evening. things could stay unsettled and beyond there. how about the droppics now. we want to keep a sharp eye. a chance of development into a tropical storm but the issue out here right now over the waters is a lot of dry air at the surface. we're over the ocean t is in the midlevels the development of the next storm may be limited but

cloudy, comfortable, some showers, maybe a late thunderstorm, low temperatures in the 60s, winds easterly at 10. next three days code yellow saturday and sunday because of the thunderstorm chances, 79 saturday, 83 sun, nice monday, even a thunderstorm possible, but still pretty nice, temperatures around 90. we'll make it code green. next seven days near 90 tuesday, isolated storm and wednesday we have a little cloud. that is what's left of isaac trying to duck south of us and go out to sea which is kind of a shame. we could use some of that rain. it's nice thursday, hot by next friday, maybe 90s. >> look at the change, wow. >> big time change. >> haven't had 90s for a while, okay. >>> look, the redskins had a good event tonight. >> yup. >> information nice and dry. the game, topper -- it was nice and dry. the game, topper is saying i don't know. >> redskins big game, but they trade in tackles tomorrow for threats today. i'm talking about the annual welcome home luncheon in a special twist to today's ceremony. 10 new members to the all time team. it's an old rival. hey, do the phillies hav

we have very very strong easterly winds. probably gusting to hurricane force. probably at least strong tropical storm force winds. flooding here. beach boulevard is totally under water. probably a couple feet of water at least. we have had the parking lot here at the casino in waveland basically become a part of the gulf of mexico. it's really bad in terms of storm surge here and the hurricane is still well offshore. >> shepard: reed tim member -- timmer. also go to rick leventhal in alabama. we will go to our correspondent steve harrigan who is live in south mississippi as well. we'll have further coverage from the new orleans area. there is a big deal going on at the republic national convention in tampa. greg jarrett going to take you through that greg, good evening. >> good evening, shep it is a big night. let's take a live look inside the tampa bay times forum right now. the republic convention is underway storm delay. john boehner also chairman of the convention will be gaveling in tonight's evening session. he will be out in just a moment now. less than

>> the fire started near highway 20 and highway 53, burning in an easterly direction. so the initial area is the spring valley community and then anything that would be to the east of that is of concern, especially as quickly as this fire has grown in size. >> and i understand that we have two fires, perhaps even three burning right now? >> correct. there is one small fire up in the hopland area that was about 10 acres. fire crews have been able to stop the spread of that fire and are working on mopping it up. we do have another fire, the walker fire, which is about 10 to 12 miles from the wildfire we are dealing with, about 400 acres. >> julie, we're looking at images right now of what looks to be a burned down building. do we have count of any buildings destroyed, how many so far? >> you know, on the wildfire, i have a report of one structure being destroyed by the fire. i don't know if that's an out building or home yet. we're waiting to get that assessment. and i know the crews are working hard to keep the fire out of other structures up there in the spring valley

how much shower activity will be found is kind of still up for debate, but it will be cooler as easterly winds begin to pick up out of the east at 10. so you're going to a little league game. it will probably be played. partly cloudy overnight. comfortable. a little patchy fog. low temperatures in the 60s. by morning, very nice. grab your shades. partly cloudy, pleasant. temperatures in the 60s and 70s. winds not a factor. winds are light pretty much throughout the day. by afternoon, partly cloudy and warm. just a slight chance. a slight chance of a shower. high temperatures in the 80s. not enough of a chance to change your plans or anything like that. all right. let's go ahead and break it down for you. to start, very nice. 62-72 at 6:00. by noon, mild. upper 70s to mid 80s. very nice. and then by evening, i have to drop there, just a slight chance of a shower 85-89. the next three days we're going to keep it code green on friday. upper 80s. slight chance of a shower. a slight chance of shower on saturday. we're going to keep it green. 80 on saturday. 83 on sunday. next seven days, warm

now, this will begin to continue to push northwest and then take an easterly job and you can see thedels indicating that and it will be heading towards us as we head through the beginning of nec week. we'll get in a good labor day weekend and then some wet weather coming towards us and that's good timing and good news because we still need the rain. high pressure building in for today as this stationary front sags to the south of us. and this will continue to move in as we go through tomorrow. 88 degrees for today. mostly sunny. it will be warmer than what it was yesterday. by tonight, mostly clear and cool with that temperature coming in at 65. 92 degrees and hot as we head into tomorrow. still plenty of sunshine in the forecast. and here's that seven day forecast for you. as we will see on saturday and sunday, we will be dry for the most part and then isaac comes into the story as we go into monday and tuesday. a check now of the traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>> good morning lynette. well it looks like it's going to be pretty good weather for the weekend's grand prix but

discuss whether the past week's developments are pushing israel to a pre-emptive strike against easterly>> patti ann: forces in syria are fighting in aleppo, rebels inching closer to the historic city center in fierce battles with regime forces and the leader of syria's main political opposition group says he's ready to negotiate with government officials but first is insisting that president bashar al-assad be ousted. he says he will not work with anyone who has syrian blood on their hands. ♪ >> patti ann: less than encouraging news for president obama's campaign, gallup releasing the president's job approval numbers for the first half of the year and according to the polls, his approval rating is below 50%. in 37 states. so what sort of impact could it have come november? joining us now, jamie weinstein, the senior editor of "the daily caller." thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> patti ann: ratings below 57% in 37 states and looking back historically what might it mean for the election. >> well, it is not good. the 50% is usually the benchmark, if you are 50% or above as

this will begin to push its way to the north and make an easterly turn and you can see that the projectionshow that as we will begin to see remnants of isaac as we go into the latter part of the weekend. i think maybe sunday. but for today we will stay dry. mostly sunny and warmer and 8 # degrees and by tonight we will be dealing with mostly clear skies and 65. it will be cool out there. tomorrow, # 2 degrees -- 92- degrees and hot once again and there's the seven day forecast. we have isaac in the forecast. a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>> good morning lynette. well the grand prix race is already shut down 395 at martin luther king jr. boulevard and more roads will close at 7:00 tonight for a complete list, just go to abc2news.com. everything you need to know right there. and here's here's a live -- here's a live look at the topside of the beltway. 11 pink ride on the outer loop from 91 all the way up to 83. the inner loop also nice and clear to 95. other drive times and traffic just starting to pick up on the west side. you're looking at 12 min

will continue to move inland and push up to the knot and then make the -- north and then make an easterly job. so speaking of uses this ore weather for the morning. we're dealing with main think clear skies and plenty of sunshine in the forecast. get out there and enjoy it because we will be seeing only change. we take you outside and bel air this morning and we see some light and sunshine moving across the area and also do see the thin high clouds. we have the cirrus clouds this morning. and that will continue even into the afternoon. so this is what we're looking like with the future trend and this goes into motion for you. basically all the wet weather is to the south. we do see isaac pushing in to the north. and then it will begin to make its way off towards the east as we head into the weekend. goes back into motion there, still on saturday, we can see it just off towards the west. but again, we will begin to see some wet weather pushing in through time. but this is what we can expect as we head through the rest of today. that temperature right around 10:00 this morning, will be righ

clouds showing up on the satellite, the area of low pressure just down to the south still an easterlyw coming in north of the storm as it continues to track up the coast, drawing in more moisture. you can see clouds coming in right off the atlantic, moist coming into the region. showers possible for everyone today, maybe thunderstorms, the further east you go. highs around baltimore, 82. ocean city, 81, southern pennsylvania in the upper 70's. tonight dropping into the 70's downtown, 60's in the suburbs and showers still possible. they start to taper off into tomorrow but lingering chance into tuesday. beautiful weather into the end of the week. >> the maryland state fair is underway and with six cases of swine flu reported in queen anne's county, state officials are not taking chances. >> animal health inspectors are checking the pigs. at the maryland state fair, carroll county sophomore brittney lippy unloads her blue buck pig, mecca. i love -- >> i love it. >> this year, each of the pens are sprayed with bleach solution and warning signs are posted with safety tips. across the nati

expect it to make an easterly move toward the north. by sunday, we could be looking the system just off the coast florida, a long ways to go. a lot of the day coming up over next week or so. a good deal of cloudiness and a little bit of patchy fog early tomorrow morning. temperatures will make it into mid 80's. another warm day with ties back or 87 degrees. temperatures fallen to the 50s, chancew looking for a a pot of showers or thunderstorms. a quick look at the extended of luck. notice what is missing after tomorrow. chances for rain. hardly anything at all for the days.even more than likely won't see anything. after the rain deficit, we really need it. still to come, n.y. that is all new in prime time. doctor of laws performs heart surgery while a trauma surgeon with becoming too attached to his patients. see how it plays out and the hospital drama. abc is jumping into the late- kimmel head tomy head with jay leno and letterman. kimmel live will air weeknights at 11:35 after abc seven news at eleven o'clock. -- at 11:00. twitter, he

whether it easterly kidty and currencies.a tough one to navigate but that's why he thinks of it in terms of multiyear strategies. markets remain flat in jackson hole, yi yi. but would more qe help or hurt equities and inflation? first off, do you expect ben bernanke to more strongly signal quantitative easing tree? >> we do expect more strong signals. last week's fed minutes were very powerful. it's unclear if he will lean further forward right now. whether or not he exceeds market expectations, we will have to wait and see. if there is no qe 3 coming you will see equity markets and risk markets pull back. >> what would be key? obviously now we have the lean indicator. what kind of language might he change that would pick up your chougts? >> i think if he comes forward with more specificity. he talked about the possibility of an open commitment rather than saying here is 500 billion or here is a trillion dollar balance sheet expansion. continue to expand our balance sheet until we achieve some economic outcome meaning nominal

fire told me the leading edge of the fire particularly is on the eastern edge and is moving in an easterly direction parsesly away from the area. >> reporter: we are live this morning in clear lake oaks, alex savage t- ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> the evacuation order has been lifted. more than 400 people returned last night. they spent the day at an evacuation center. one man was coming home from the other. >> i could see the fire coming up the hill and five hours later fire chief told me we save your house, everything else burned. >> he said he bulldozed and cleared his house firefighters said that probably saved it. almost 500 more are still thenned. area folks say the air can be hard on children and those suffering from asthma or other respiratory conditions and the air quality is expected to remain poor throughout lake county until the fires are out. now california operating system is calling for -- is calling for them to reduce their evening hours. they want people to turn off the air conditioning when they are not home and we will have the complete pay area forecast. >>> another

our temperatures, because the men in easterly breeze, have only been in the 80's. right now, 88 degrees and the average low temperature tomorrow morning is 69 degrees. it is beginning to cool off. and for the next 312 days, the average in the morning is 70 or lower. right now, there are some spots where it is raining, like right up around hagerstown. there is that line that is coming our way. right now id kynse frederick up to cape town. those areas are getting moderate rains, actually. and then just west of leesburg and germantown, these are wikiup -- breaking up, but it will still be coming through our way in the next caballo hours. even in town there were some showers yesterday. i think we will see some more. just today, half an inch of rain at miers elementary school. 60 is 61 degrees as these rainshowers have been coming out toward the shenandoah valley. 68 degrees at the same time. the folks in california would love to see some of this rain as you have been hearing about the terrible drought out there and terrible fires. this is 400 miles above the pacific no

it is still in the active seen in an easterly direction of that smoke. so far, there is a light smoke coming out at this point. we did speak to chevron employees. they said they did not know what was happening but there were told to evacuate there is also a press conference right now. we have a reporter getting that information. and there is also a shelter in place. that north richmond resident came out to see what was going on and they heard three loud explosions. they were all very concerned. however nothing of this magnitude. there are concerns of the air quality. some were coughing, sneezing. they were sitting in their cars that is the latest from richmond. >> catherine: what are people doing right now. please remind us where you are and our people still stopping. they are not recommended to do that but what are they doing were you are? >> reggie some people are walking by to see what took place but there is not a lot of people out and about. perhaps they are heeding the shelter in place and staying indoors. you can see that white smoke. it is not as

direction, that's good news for the homes -- burning in an easterly direction, that's good news foromes. they were able to go back. not so much of a concern that the homes will burn. the fire did do some damage. two homes burned, another home suffered damage as well. it began on sunday afternoon fire the intersection, the junction of highway 20 and 53. and that's where investigators focused their investigation yesterday. they pinpointed the origin of the fire. but they are still trying to fig out what caused the fire -- figure out what caused fire. at this point, 1,000 firefighters are here. they've come from all over the state. they've come from the bay area to battle these two large wildfires and expect it will be another week before these two fires are fully contained. we're live this morning, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. one minute after 8:00. on sunday evening, when the fire first started, more than 400 people were told to leave the area. they spent the time at a temporary evacuation center, waiting for word on their homes. one man was coming back from san r

the good news, i am told by a spokesperson, the walker fire is moving in an easterly direction meaning it is moving away from most of the homes. that is the good news and the wildfire is taking the same path, moving east away from homes in the spring valley area and that's why evacuation orders were lifted and hundred people or so were able to go back to their homes last night. but this is still a very active fire, crews are getting a handle on it and they have now categorized the fires as one large fire even though the two have not merged. but the acreage, 6,000 acres between these two fires and no homes are really coralled. we are near the intersection of highway 20 and highway 16 so the fire moving east, we will continue to track it at this point, it is 2 5% contained on these two large wildfires and they are hoping for more containment throughout the day. alex savage ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> well strike teams in contra coster county were also on the scene of those fires as well as in plumes county and two firefighters were sent from alameda, one was sent from contra coster

high pressure to the north, low pressure from the south causing an easterly flow across the mid atlantic. this storm system is responsible for our rain. tell track up the coast and bring some rain chances but we expect the major of the rain today to be scattered. we watch for the next cold front coming in, bringing scattered rain chances monday and tuesday. chance for showers for the state at any time. highs, around 82. ocean city at 81 and the mountains in the mid 70's this afternoon. the best chance for rain today is before 12 p.m. there's still a chance for rain in the afternoon but you may escape showers altogether. they are going to be scattered. if you have outdoor plans, i'd have a backup plan but it's one of the last weekends of summer break, might as well take advantage of being outside. tonight, showers possible, dropping into the 70's downtown, 60's in the suburbs. in florida, live look at radar, ov the past several hours, notice the bands of thunderstorms, the first bands of isaac pushing into the southern part of the sunshine state so they're feeling impacts. we are going to

there will be an easterly wind at the beaches. on sunday temperature's only in the 70's. there may be a few rumbles of thunder as we go through the ninth time. later on temperatures will dip into the 60's. a chance of some leftover showers for you folks in southern maryland over toward the eastern shore. the big story tomorrow, noticeably cooler air. hi temperatures around 80 degrees with a bit of a northerly breeze. temperature's only about 80 degrees -- i cannot rule out there will not be passing instability showers. what you will notice is the refreshing air rather than some of the unhealthy air around us today. >> maybe we will take the week off. thank you very much. more than 100 people turned out today to give part of themselves to help other people. >> part of the abc 7 annual blood drive it. all afternoon long we help collect blood donations and north bethesda. bryant looks a little pale there. the red cross is dealing with a nationwide shortage so every little bit helps. >> great. tonight on abc 7 prime-time join us for "20/20" featuring the brave animal trainers

the winds will be light, favoring an easterly direction most of the day. a water temperatures hovering around 80 degrees it right now. high tide is at 10:27. in the mountains, tomorrow's high only in the low 70's. beautiful sunshine was just a few puffy fairweather clouds. eastern shore locations after the risk of sharma is out, we will see partly cloudy skies wednesday and temperatures averaging a degree or two below normal for this time of year. the delaware beaches have a risk of a storm tomorrow, but lots of sunshine thursday. in the tropics, hurricane center's are keeping an eye on this cluster of thunderstorms. we do have a new tropical storm that has formed out in the the atlantic. we have to watch these storms. when we get this storm in the of i category, we have to watch out for them. tomorrow, partly cloudy. patchy fog over the weekend and early cloudy in the afternoon highs around 85. >> he's one of the nation's top basketball stars singled out as a player to watch. >> but we have learned he will be playing at one of the biggest events of the ye

between that, the pressure gradient helping to increase winds, that's why we will have a strong easterly flow today. big concern for the beaches as it increases the chances of rip current so high risk in ocean city, including delaware beaches, also all the way down to virginia, as well. ocean city in the low 80's the next a couple of days. 60% chance for rain today, 30% tomorrow. today likely the wettest day at the beach. keeping an eye on tropical storm isaac, winds sustained at 60 hour, a rough night in haiti with all the rain and strong winds. cuba is next in isaac's path, then the storm heads for the keys and this is the problem area, warm waters right here so isaac likely to strengthen into a hurricane when it could move into the gulf of mexico as it makes landfall somewhere between the florida panhandle and alabama. cloudy into the afternoon in highs upper 70's, low 80's. winds east five to 10 miles per hour. northeast winds 1010 -- tonight, 10 to 15 miles per hour. showers become more spotty tomorrow, so tomorrow may be a drier day but still expecting a little bit of rain. scatter

an easterly flow and in the neighborhoods. we are 62 at baltimore. satellite-radar composite is showing not much happening. plenty of sunshine in the forecast today. a weak ridge of high pressure in control for us. we still have a system that is off to the east. but i can't rule out a pop up shower or maybe even an isolated thunder later. the chances will diminish into the evening once we have sunset, the same as yesterday, we saw a little bit popping up before it was said and done. our high today, 85 degrees. now, traffic and lauren is in. >>> well, good morning. i just realized tony and julia must be at a party somewhere. all right. we'll have to check on that. all right. now, we're going to watch the drivers and passengers are able to give us information. from the right side of the car, you can tell it is the person. that is helpful. it gives us an idea what is going on. download this app, it is free for your smart phone. let's take a live look from traffic land and in montgomery county, if you are traveling 270. heavy and slow. further along, it

we'll get a pretty nice easterly flow that will be kicking in. a slight chance of seeing a spotty shower. as we move flu into tomorrow and the end. week, this ridge of high pressure is going to do its work. we are talking a fair amount of sunshine right through to the weekend. watching the tropics, here, it is tropical storm isaac churning its way through here and really leaving us with a lot of under certainty in terms of where it will be headed and whether or not it will will impact the united states. that is the big question. it currently has sustained winds at 45 miles per hour. moving west at 1 miles per hour. it will strengthen and become a category one hurricane. the question is how well will it hold up once it gets over land a little bit and runs into some of the mountains here before it moves off the coast of cuba and enters into the waters between cuba and florida. so this is the big question, whether it will impact florida or not or make a direct hit for florida as we head through into the end of the weekend and the beginning of the we

and arkansas ranch easterly took even more drastic measures moving the whole herd hundreds of cows 75e greener pasture. >> next revealing look at life after dark in bay area forest. just ahead. what some discretely placed infrared camera are teaching us about camera are teaching us about local critters >> scientist developed spray on skin. it cuts in half the healing time for leg you will sur. scientist sprayed the ulcer with donated skin cell and blood clotting protein. healing accelerated by 70% compared with 46 percent with other remedy. they develop when high bloop in the vein of the leg damages the skin. >> stanford researchers using a secluded piece of land and high tech gang tote peek in the secret lives of wild animal. this is happening at preserve called jasper ridge 3 miles west of the stanford campus. eric is tonight's assignment 7 reporter. >>reporter: jasper ridge is a peaceful place. 1200 acres owned by stanford university and protect from development for more than 100 years. when you central around during the day you mit not realize this place is packed with night lif l

winds becoming easterly at about 5 to 10 miles an hour.peratures mostly in the 60s and 63 winchester and 68 in southern maryland. and across the bay easton 66. outside on the michael & son weather camera, from our tower here in northwest d.c.. neat sky this morning with the broken clouds. 73. wind are calm. humidity at 79%. today no problems other than the clouds that are coming in and the isolated storm this afternoon but tomorrow wait until the moisture overnight works its way to the southern sur you cans and be with us for most of the day in the form of showers that will be more on than off. isaac is getting stronger out in the caribbean. joyce downgraded to a tropical depression. but this is south of hispaniola. see the taller thunderstorms? winds at 45 probably going to be 50 at the 8:00 advisory. it's weakened now a tropical storm and then it gets into the eastern gulf make taking aim at pensacola, mobile area sometimes late tuesday. should be far enough west of tampa at least at this point if nothing changes. 89 today mix of sun can

police searched house to house until they located him in the basement of a home on waive easterly street. >> my nanny had seen somebody was in the back and called my wife and toy come over and check it out.so we checked out surveillance and able to figure out exactly where it was. >>reporter: this man was apprehended with the help of a police dog. he's receiving medical attention for puncture wounds to his arms. police say they found stolen items in the car that he was driving. >> you are going to hear tonight from the ceo of pg&e not the man in charge when explosion and fire killed 8 people and destroyed homes in san bruno two years ago. but it is his job now to rebuild trust. heather has the story. >>reporter: pg&e was in san bruno today filling the pipeline with a concrete mixture. two years since explosion still much work to be done rebuilding here and within the company the work of rebuilding customer trust is just beginning. ceo early has been at the helm for just under a yeevrment he has 7 of the wrongful death suits have been settled. eighth is klochlts he would lick to have the

winds northeast to easterly at about 5 to 10 miles an hour with 85 at 4:00. forecasting a high of 86 at reagan national today and an 8:00 p.m. temperature still comfortable at 88 degrees. tonight we'll dip back into the 60s for most of us. this morning we're 64 in haymarket and leesburg. gaithersburg 63. fort belvoir 62 along with crofton. bowie 63 with 65 in alexandria and 63 in laurel. outside all is quiet this morning. you're looking at wisconsin avenue here in fort west washington. 68 degrees. partly cloudy at reagan national with a light north wind at 5 miles an hour and our humidity 81%. so this is a good feeling morning. in fact, much of the country in the central part of the country, the great lakes all quiet and feeling good there but the humidity, the moisture, the storms across the southern u.s. florida seeing plenty of showers and storms and even along the carolina coast. for us the frontal boundary which came through a couple days ago still not that far away. we end up with these isolated showers and storms kind of like what we had overnight alth

this was in the easterly years of trying to do gene sequencing and gene cloning, so this was a very daring effort. in 1983, they were able to localize the gene for huntington's disease to chromosome 4, to the very tip of the chromosome. an international consortium of gene hunters formed, and in 1993, they iced and sequenced the gene. that was an enormous advance because with the gene, they could pop it into mice and flies, and into worms, and study mechanisms of pathogen sis, how the gene does its harm. they learned an enormous amount about this. moreover, as they ben to look at these disorders, they realized that in addition to the clinical similarity, they both affect motor systems and they both share certain anatomical features in common. there also is an interesting similarity in the way the proteins that are involved in the disease become abnormal. they realized this is a protein-folding disorder, and it belonged to a larger family of protein-folding disorders which were pioneered by stan pewsener. he described a disease many years before that as a disease involving protein misfolding

, but the biggest threat, the rain and slow-moving storm system and, again, that water with that easterly fetch that will be making its way, giving a huge storm surge of about 6 to 12 feet for the diration of this storm system. again, you heard doug say more landfall right around louisiana to new iberia. doug? >> yeah, again, the bigger threat here, the other big threat is going to be tornadoes. tornado watch in effect until 7:00 local time here. we have already seen a couple tornado warnings still in effect towards the western portion of the florida panhandle and parts of alabama, too. mike sidel along orange beach right now where we are still seeing some of the winds and the waves starting to come on. mike sidel right now in orange beach, alabama. >> we've been buffeted of wind gusts up over 50 miles per hour. the strongest winds coming with the squalls and rotating in around isaac. we're well northeast of the storm and squalls coming off the southeast of the gulf of mexico. just off shore of the buoy here in orange beach, we have wave heights 16 to 18 feet. out here they're running abo

right now santa rosa has a wind straight offshore so when you talk about an easterly wind that's a windt warms and drys as it pumps the land to sea. we're talking about a dangerous scenario later on this evening as temperatures approach 106 degrees. up in the clear lake area. however, tomorrow we'll be back down to 102 degrees and as we continue through the work week temperatures will continue to drop off as well. 54 degrees we start you out, good morning to you in san francisco. the place to be is the beach. that's when conditions will be the nicest. you're not going to get that many great beach days. wednesday and thursday, more of that coastal fog, temperatures dropping off at 80 degrees in santa cruz. fantastic. traffic was thick over 17 all weekend long, in addition the malls, i could not find a parking spot at valley fair. where is the traffic? >> heading to valley fair. 280, 880, 101 is where the volume is kicking in. i told you about debris. got more details. it's around story road at the beginning of the backup north of 680. approaching off tully and story. there are garbage ca