perhaps you can -- helping with our government, it still doesn't seem, given the reality in eastern washington, extremely toxic spots that give off high levels of radiation, people are using any kind of wisdom to use nuclear energy. >> there is not a lot i can say from what i just said a few minutes ago about the french experience. it is a problem that can be solved by regular engineering and sensible use. but it is incensed with all kinds of legislation put in place, largely from unreasoning fears and the effects of hollywood films that preceded, the three mile island, that no one was hurt. i don't regard it as a particularly dangerous form of energy. the swiss did an analysis of the number of deaths caused per kilowatt hour of electricity produced, and the nuclear came out by far the safest of energy sources. that is even including that. .. that for the earth to maintain an equilibrium we would have to shrink the amount of farmland we have and the amount of cities but especially farm land and the tree plantations, things like that. how do you think we can feed ourselves while vastly shrinkin

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

live coverage from the senate subcommittee on disaster recovery begins at 10:00 eastern. washington journal begins shortly at the top of the hour. topics include cash for clunkers program for the auto industry, also look at the u.s. economy and checking congress and the media. the full senate begins consideration of judge sonia sotomayor today. yesterday senator john mccain said he will not support president obama's choice for the supreme court. here are senator mccain's remarks. >> it's with great respect for judge sotomayor's qualifications that i come to the floor to discuss nomination to the united states supreme court. there's no doubt that judge sotomayor has the professional background and qualifications that one hopes for in a supreme court nominee. as we all know she is a former prosecutor, served as an attorney in private practice and spent 12 years as an appellate court judge. she is an immensely qualified candidate. and obviously judge sotomayor's life story is inspiring and compelling. as a child of puerto rican pawp whose did not speak -- parents who did in the speak e

eastern washington, back into portions of oregon, where temperatures to get up from 100 to 107 by the late afternoon. meanwhile, for denver, 80 degrees the high. 79 in kansas city. 78 degrees in chicago. 89 in washington. and back into tampa and miami, mainly into the 90s. new york with 85. that is a wrap on your forecast, fred. >> i like that little whizzy kick it out of there. >> just for you. >> we appreciate that. >>> still lots of unrest and unease in iran. the trials for some 100 iranian protesters are actually reportedly taking place in tehran. these are the men and women arrested in the streets following the re-election of president ahmed ahmadinejad. among the charges, key members of the government complained today's hearings began without their knowledge. iranian officials say nearly half the detainees arrested during the june street protests were already freed this week. >>> and three americans are under arrest in iran. they weren't taking part in any protests, instead they may have just mistakenly crossed the border from iraq. we just received this statement from the u.s.

here's a view of our sky over washington, a live picture, city camera showing cloud cover, a few breaks in the clouds there on the easterne is about eight minutes away. right now at 75 in washington from cleveland park to hyattsville, alexandria and sandy spring, we're in the low 70s and it's rather humid. we have showers just coming into the shenandoah valley out of west virginia. those may make their way around the metro area by late morning or early afternoon and maybe a passing thunder shower this afternoon and this evening. highs mid-80s. and remaining humid, too, for thursday, friday and saturday. highs mid-80s. maybe an afternoon passing thunder shower each day, a small chance of that. and sunday, monday, tuesday. still highs in the 80s, no big heat wave and slight chance of afternoon thunder showers. jerry, good morning. how's our wednesday traffic? >> hey, tom. we're doing fine out there this morning. picking up some volume as we check out interstate 66 close in to the capital beltway, the metro. eastbound traffic moving along nicely. westbound, very light volume out towards fair oaks or continuing outo centervi

many places right into parts of central and especially eastern washington, same steer for oregon, high temperatures going up from 100 to 107 degrees. other temperatures a bit farther to the south, 61 degrees, 107 in los angeles, 78 degrees in kabz cannes city, 91 in washington, d.c. and atlanta with 8 nieb. that is a look at your forecast across the nation. we're going to give you the latest details on your weather information through the weekend coming up in just a few moments. back to you. >> reynolds, thank you, sir. see you shortly. >>> we've got a situation going on in laguardia airport in new york where you certainly need to check your flight information. concourse c has been shut down according to the port authority. they're telling us that it has been shut down, closed, and is evacuated. they have evacuated concourse c. we do not know why at this point, but laguardia airport in new york, a busy hub, a lot of back and forth out of that airport. >> saturday morning. >> especially on a saturday morning. people trying to get in and out of there, this is again not something weather-

dry eastern in western washington. temperatures across the area are delightful out there. 70 degrees at andrews air force base. 74 in spring feel and dale city. 73 in mannassas, virginia. overnight the clouds out there are gradually work their way away from the area. clear skies will lead to a couple of scattered 40. 49 degrees in charles town, martinsburg. 52 in warrenton. near 60 and low 60s alongside the chesapeake bay and for tomorrow more sunshine than today. temperatures getting a touch warmer. 7-day forecast, oh pay no attention to that 7-day forecast. come back over to grapcs 22. that is the weekend forecast, obviously. verifi q.uitellwell ar tomorrow. ne 84 ed aneaysd84nd thursday. next chance of etl ait le bit of a light rain comes in on friday with a 30% chance of showers. another check of the "7-day" the correct 7-day. back to you in the studio. >>> well, i am sure your mother always told you to drink your milk but for a large number of people in this country it can be a difficult task. a new study shows th

and temperatures all around the region, low to mid-70s to upper 70s in washington. and eastern shore now on the low 80s out of the mountains in the upper 60s. over the last six hours, you can see the upper level flow tracking in out of the southwest heading northeast. some heavier downpours now showing up in southern virginia. now, here is tropical storm danny continuing to spin away, but it's still very disorgani d disorganized. danny is about 570 south of ocean city, with gusts near 50. and the track is keeping it along the atlantic seoard. should be 100 miles east of ocean city saturday afternoon. and there could be heavy surf at the beaches. for our region, we have the front over us right now. that was the trigger this morning for the predawn thunderstorms not rolling through the new york area city. the front is still in here with the moisture coming up over it. we have scenario for heavy downpours. we look at future cast, by 8:00 this evening, we could have heavy rain coming in. for the afternoon commute, as well as forgetting into the evening hours for the game tonight, i

washington now 70. temperatures on the eastern shore now the low 80s and 70s out of the mountains. a weak upper level disturbance passing just to our east giving us these clouds around. and those will be with us over washington and points east, but elsewhere a hot of sunshine over virginia. here's what's been happening over the last 12 hours. what's left of tropical depression ana tracking off to the west/nest and tropical depression claudette now moving up into georgia and alabama. but this is hurricane bill. bill has increased in strength, became a hurricane at 5:00 this morning. winds at 92, gusts to 115. heading up to bermuda by the end of the week. we'll see lots of sunshine today and tomorrow. hot, mid-90s, and a little cooler wednesday and thursday. remaining steamy into the weekend. yreater chance of showers friday an ow humidity and cooler on sunday. that's the way it looks right now. >>> tropical storm claudette is the first to make landfall in the u.s. this year. that storm formed quickly, but did pack a puchblg. it dumd rn and brought some strong winds when it came on sh

eastern shore in a couple hours or so elsewhere no precipitation around. temperatures are now in the upper 60s and low 70s. we are in the mid-70s around washington and on the eastern shore, mid and upper 60s. for most of the region it will stay dry. south and east we have a chance of a few showers. highs in the l and mid-70s. tonight clear. another chilly start tomorrow morning down in the low and mid-50s. feeling autumn like here in the next several days. >>> a final check on midday traffic now. >> before he leaves, let's say good morning once again to jerry edwards. >> good morning to you. good morning, everybody. a fender-bender does not appear to be a serious accident but it was in the road, ramp 95. there is a police offir there and i suspect there is a tow truck en route. and the traffic extends all the way from the occoquan river so the backup has grown a bit. and then 395 northbound to the 14th street bridge also looking good. barbara and joe, back to you. >> thank you, jerry. >> thanks, jerry. >>> michael jackson's father is speaking out for the first time since the pop star's death was ruled a homicide. in an exclusive interview, joe j

in eastern washington, there is construction from the stimulus money going on. my town and in seattle, everywhere you drive, there is construction going on. i do not believe we are out of the recession, get. i think it will take time, like the german said earlier. -- like the gentleman said earlier. it could be into 2011 before we see signs -- host: what do you think will spur this climb out of the recession? the the effort by the government or more effort by the private sector? will be both? caller: i think it will be both. it will need to be both. our government is trying to get the money out as quickly as they can. that is one of the issues that many states are dealing with individual is getting in and out, the government getting the money out to the states and the state getting the money out to the different projects around their individual states. host: cyber security officials brassards. -- cyber security officials resigned. the readiness team -- the head of the readinesssj÷ team said it was a hard step but one she must take. she is the fourth u.s. certifi

eastern shore. baltimore city, washington d.c. may get a bit of the activity moving in. kind of watching this bit of rain here as it continues to push to the north. following the path of i 95. so we will continue to monitor that through the overnight. looking at the future scan showing showers kind of dissipating by mid-morning on the model data. i think some of it in the neighborhood. and recurring a bit in spots. pop-up showers in the mid afternoon. and then we will start to see the shower activity pretty much leaving by the evening. and more sunshine friday. looking at a decent day to kick off the weekend. and what is going to happen is actually dryer air moves in behind this front. this continues to push east. high pressure will build in front the -- behind the front and dry things out as we get into friday. and part of saturday. and maybe late saturday night a chance for showers. so 79 the high tomorrow. 50 percent chance for morning, afternoon showers. 84 for friday. with plenty of sunshine. looking at 89 on saturday. and with a 30 percent chance for late afternoon

this is passing south and east of washington, now moving across the eastern shore, but farther west and north there's no precipitation around the region. temperatures are certainly cool, right now in the low and mid-60s around washington, in the nearby suburbs. upper 60s in southern maryland. 50s in the shenandoah valley. only in the 40s in a few locations in the mountains. some other areas of rain out of the carolinas will pass south and east of the metro area later on today with increasing sunshine this afternoon. we should make night the mid-70s after a cloudy start. low humidity in place tuesday, wednesday, thursday with highs upper 70s each day with lots of sunshine. a look at your s btousportec fat and the tropics in ten minutes. jerry, how's the traffic? >> start out with the capital beltway north of up to where it's still pretty quiet. outer loop as you travel from new hampshire avenue to georgia avenue, no early concerns. the travel lanes are open. again, be very careful and very alert around school zones. got to watch out for the youngsters. montgomery county is back, along wi

generally from the blue ridge to eastern bay and shore, low 70s. 72 now in washington. rainfall over the last 24 hours, we've had anywhere from .1. .2. charlottesville, 1.77 inches. parts of calvert county this morning had heavy downpours. they had over an inch. eastern shores had over an inch in a few isolated locations. now in the mountains in the 60s. eastern shore the mid 70s. still steamy, eastern shore and southeastern virginia. but it is much drier off to our west. western maryland, panhandle of west virginia, up into pennsylvania, dew point in pittsburgh only 49 right now. that is really very comfortable, dry humidity. the area of low pressure that gave us that rain is continuing to drag off to the east. as it does move away, it is pulling in some lower humidity in its place. our skies should go partly sunny over the next couple of hours with light breezes, only a small chance of additional light shower. highs reaching the upper 70s. a look at the rest of the week and weekend is coming up in just a few minutes. back to you. >>> new admit day, the losses continue

here is washington and the eastern seaboard and florida. it's way out here in the far eastern atlantic. and it's continuing to move off to the west, but much of the storms with this are way off from the center, the center of circulation is right about in here. and this low is producing winds of about 35 miles per hour. still a depression, and it may become tropical storm anna. later today, the peak gusts are at 46. it's over 3,000 miles east-southeast of ocean city now. and it continues here on a westerly track here in the next couple days, and maybe become a minimal tropical storm. and then heading off to the north and west, it may become a little bit stronger of a tropical storm, but it does not happen it could become a hurricane. but further to the south and east of that, a stronger wave coming off the coast of africa that may be a little more potent than that one. let's take a look at other area temperatures. it's mild and cool for august, all throughout much of the midwest. temperatures are only in the 70s now. it's in the 60s in new e

situations going on writ now heat advisory across the central portion of the state including washington, d.c, baltimore, easternhore until 8:00 o'clock tonight and then we also have just to the north of us excessive heat warning to the north over in parts of 92 delaware and then into new jersey because they have all the larger areas with a lot of heat that is concentrated there looking at 96 degrees downtown baltimore. 95 washington, d.c. currently 91 in salsbury and then you mix that humidity in there it feels like 100 degrees downtown baltimore. 101 in dc. looking at fredericksburg. hot spot. 111. that is the heat index right now. hagerstown index of 99 and over in salsbury looking at 100. dover at 104. so very, very uncomfortable conditions if you didn't have to be out doors, just try to take it easy indoors. now we have some showers and thunderstorms erupting back to the westover towards cumberland. heat humidity firing up some showers and thunderstorms that will probably work their way into the baltimore area as we go through the next hour and a half or so. very strong line of storms newspaper northwestern

eastern shore, some thunder and lightning, too. that's dissipating. temperatures are in the low and mid-70s around the region. now 74 in washington and on the eastern shore, low 70s, but it's cooler out in the mountains where the sky is beginning to clear out a bit. it's in the mid-60s there. all this rain associated with a weak area of low pressure heading north and east of us and may cause some minor flight delays around new york, boston, portland, maine, later on today. for us, afternoon highs near 80. a little sun breaking out. a small chance of an afternoon thundershower, mainly south and east of washington. low humidity around for friday. saturday and sunday, heat and humidity increase and so do the temperatures with hazy sunshine. looks like the heat wave's going to continue into the first part of next week as well. now the traffic. how's it looking at this hour? >> a couple of beltway crashes. good morning. the outer loop between george avenue and connecticut avenue, accident number one. staying with the beltway, the outer loop of the beltway at river road, another accident. that one's to the shoulder. so obviously the ro

that is delightful. 56 dew point in washington, 60s on the eastern shore, 50s in the mountains. off to a mostly lear start. a f higtlh clouds over the mountains and the s nandoah valley temperatures should reach the mid-80s today with lots of sunshine. a look at the weekend, that will be coming up in five minutes. >> okay, tom. thank you. >> thanks, tom. jerry edwards is in the news 4 traffic network. jerry, it's friday, it's early. how's it looking so far? >> good morning. happy friday. a little bit later on we're all going to do our happy friday dance four. maybe. we'll see. top side of the capital beltway as we get going, smooth sailing, clear, dry road surfaces. nothing to worry about from i-95 to 355. inner loop moving okay. south of town, any overnight road work wrapping up at the wilson bridge, 95 northbound and southbound okay. going down to the ocean, looking good so far this morning. barbara and keith, back to you. >> all right, jerry, thank you. >>> here's a look at four big stories happening today. new details will be released a a news conference surrounding the inve

washington is at ten miles. down around springfield and ft. bell voer, quantico, the visibilities there diminished. upper 60s on the eastern shore where they've got more humidity. these are the dew points. dew points upper 60s to near 70 around washington points south and east. a very steamy due point in norfolk at 73 there now. we do have a few of these showers that have popped up in the last hour in the lower eastern shore, around the northern neck. those are slowly drifting off to the south and east. elsewhere we have a little bit of low cloudiness around. traveling today, maybe some flight delays around the rockies as well as the gulf coast and northern florida and perhaps up through the southern mid-atlantic states. and around the great lakes. elsewhere, though, the weather is settled. we have this stalled front just off the coast. that's going to be lingering here throughout the day today, maybe the focal point, a greater chance of some thundershowers there. but we have this high pressure area moving in from the mwest that will be slowly drifting over us over the weekend so that should diminish any chances of rain. i

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it is steamy from washington down through southern maryland, northern neck, around the bay and on the eastern shore. we have the thick humidity in place. dew point in washington is at 72. whenever it is over 70, that is humid. to our west though in martinsburg and shenandoah valley, dew points are in the mid 60s. it's moderate humidity there. it's high humidity in southern maryland and dew point at pax river 76. great falls, dew point 70 there with hardly any wind. temperatures on the eastern shore mid 70s. great day at the beaches. out in the mountains, low humidity there. in the last six hours, watching high clouds coming in from the west from a cluster of thunder showers drifting down to the south. that's moving into kentucky. you can see how it developed this morning. really developed into quite a cluster of thunderstorms. now this is heading to the south. these thunderstorms stretch all the way back onto illinois. could have flight delays around indianapolis as well as st. louis later on today. ahead of this front we've got a lot of humidity building. this front will be drifting through

and another batch of storms south of the washington area across maryland. eastern shores clear.some light stuff developing, out to the west, that's where we are watching the activity. probably after 8:00 tonight. on tap, tim has a look at the forecast. >>> as you talk about the ocean-city forecast. not a bad weekend temperature- wise. there will be a chance of thunderstorms each day. water temperature at 78 degrees, strong surf advisories for ocean city through the weekend. the coast is going to be rough because of bill moving by. temperatures get up to about 72 tonight. the temperatures are not going to be as high, the dew points are still muggy. that's all of the energy the storms work with tomorrow. strong thunderstorms improving tomorrow and into the evening. >> could be some lingering showers as cool air comes in, monday-wednesday looks great. lower humidity by next week. >>> thank you. a secret from cindy crawford. we report from hollywood. >> coming up on entertainment tonight, new drug revelations from the surprise michael jackson witness, she tells diane what she uncove

no precipitation around the region. 74 in washington. the eastern shore themi 7 d-0. ts he mountains.umid, but you ,id but you can he tud c the clouds on the incr with thelo blips of i southern sthern west virgini waou snerit west virgini er thundowowers. no thundheow e showers could be movin o tr bmeeaartoy metro area by early rnteafoon. then maybe some passing thundershowers by tintotehis e. evs g.ouin about a 60% chance. otheisose,60 m ay m cloudy day with highsea rching the upper 80s. the sunrise would be at 6:13 and the sunset at 8:15. we could have continuing pasng showers through the evening. then by this time tomorrow morning, perhaps lingering showers south and east of washington as we start off thursday. details on that coming up with the thursday forecast at 5:121, 5:11. >>> for details on the roadways, we go to jerry edwards. >> hey, good morning. so far so good. head on out and check things at the woodrow wilson bridge, both the inner and outer loops appear to be moving well. through the southeast, no issues. 66 is quiet. headed for downtown, 395 to the 1

mary's, on the eastern shore, not quite as much humidity farther to our west. dew point in washingtonow 68. that is quite humid. around the neighborhood network in prince george's county,k college park now's now at 72. low is 71. the dew point is a steamy 70 there. eastern shore now temperatures near 70. mountains, it's pleasant. temperatures there in the low 60s. we've got a mostly clear start to the day but we have quite a bit of haze in the air. the wider view showing a cool front now moving through the upper midwest triggering some showers and thundershowers there. that may cause some flight delays from detroit over to chicago down to st. louis later on today. that front will begin to arrive here by later on this afternoon. all this humidity in place now but as the front does move in it will push the humidity and heat away from us. so just a three-day heat wave, thankfully. so,or f today,9:y b00 we olt to be in ty he mid-80s by m noon t low 90 by midonft noerheno upper 90s. the recordigsh i i98 set on this dat back in 1943. add in the humidity it will feel like 100 to 105. tonight

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washington. dew points are in the low 60s. easternshore, though, is quite steamy and it's a steamy day at the beach. it's beautiful from the cape down to virginia beach and the outer banks. a beautiful beach day there in the mid-80s. it is certainly human there. out of the mountains it's in the 70s now with lower humidity there. we see a few sprinkles showing up here and the humidity held at bay over the last few hours will begin to sweep in and increase our chances for showers or thundershowers. a wider view showing that front from southern ontario all the way down along the ohio valley into kentucky is beginning to drift to the east. out ahead of that we have the humidity and there's a weak area of low pressure along this front that may ride along it and perhaps increase our chance for some showers later on tonight and into tomorrow morning. so going forward over the next 36 hours where you see the blue, that's a line of showers and potential thunder that may come in late this afternoon and in the early evening and sooner into the a

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washington in into the hands of the people who need it. thank you. jo coming up on c-span, a look at tensions between north iraq. 7:00 eastern is washington journal lookingthe latest news storeies and more on healthcare. c:y this is just over an hour. >> good morning. thank you for coming out. >> the growing tensions and conflict mounting between these two bodies. most of you got a copy. he is here to discuss it with us today. use is the deputy region for the independent organization dedicated to conflict prevention. researching throughout lebanon and syria. executive director and prior to that as the project and part of the palestinian group in are you malla. he is also the author of two books. behind the labor and women's movement in the occupied territories. a little bit of housekeeping, we've some upcoming events. talk about agriculture. next thursday, we have the current american ambassador to kuwait talking about kuwait and gulf affairs. p guest. thank you it's not the green line that skiflted between 1991 and 2003. if you look there, that is north iraq and you can see the line there to the north and east of that line is the kurdistan region as it

eastern. as washington and the nation continue to focus on health care, send it on c-span we will talk about dealing with the h1n1 swine flu virus with thomas -- dr. thomas friedman. onto neck, a look inside the hospital system with dr. john garrett. as the debate over health care continues, cspan's healthcare had is the key resource. watch the latest events, including town hall meetings and share your thoughts on the issue with your own citizen video, including video from any town halls you have gone too. there is more. >> year is one of the town hall meetings with virginia democrat, gerry connolly. this is just outside of washington, d.c. this runs about two hours. >> good afternoon, everyone. i cannot figure out how to get this many people to my meetings. [laughter] i do want to welcome everyone here today. certainly congressman, nearly -- certainly congressman connelly. we find ourselves as a community very often right in the middle of some of these discussions and debates and part of the political process. it is a very exciting place to be. i have no doubt that today will be a model for how to

eastern horizon now. live picture from the city camera, and temperatures are pleasant now, near 70 in washington and the nearbyuburbs. in the rural areas in the 60s as well as out in the mountains. eastern shore near 70. dew points have dropped a bit overnight so it's turning less humid. we have a mostly clear sky this morning. we'll have plenty of sunshine today with highs reaching near 90 degrees with low humidity. sunset at 8:17. should be a mostly clear night with a bright, full -- nearly full moon. by dawn, near 70 tomorrow. the forecast for tuesday, mostly sunny and hot, up into the low 90s. getting a little more humid but still not too bad. a look at the rest of the week and the weekend in ten minutes. how's the traffic? >> start south of town, headed to the wilson bridge, no worries either direction. lanes are open. do have word of an accident on the beltway, prince george's county, on the outer loop northbound on the beltway at pennsylvania avenue, reportedly involving a truck. two lanes are closed off on the outer loop. we'll keep you updated on that. back to you. >> thank you. >> thanks, jerry. >> 5

eastern shore near 80. low 70s in the mountains. where you see the do you wantew there only in the 50s. just near 60 dew points in washington. that's terrific. nice and comfortable. but look at the eastern shore. a steamy dew point of 71 in salisbury. norfolk at f. but some of the drier air may make its way across the bay as well later on today. but we're off to a very sunny start. we'll have lots of sunshine for the rest of the afternoon with lower humidity. a light breeze. highs near 90. a terrific summer day. for outdoor recreation and work. that's the way it looks. we'll look at the rest of the week in a few minutes, barbara and keith. >> i want the recreation part. thank you. >>> let's see how this first monday of august is shaping up on the roadways. how you dng in >> i have the work part. i have to mow the lawn today. hey, i'll trade you, barbara. you come mow my lawn, i'll recreate. let's head out on interstate 66. eastbound no worries. westbound 66, a little congestion. and a motorcade comes through, not a big deal, lanes open once again. looks like we're moving along pretty well. no big surprises at the woodrow wils

washington area. and the far eastern part of the caribbean. and this is by 2:00 on monday. not too far away from puerto rico. and they are starting to make the turn. we have to make a close eye on this over the next couple days. it will not mess up this weekend coming up. there is no dou about that. for us, high pressure in charge. and that is keeping us in the mid-to upper 80s for highs today. and overnight tonight and into tomorrow, generally fair weather. and the extreme southern maryland down to the virginia tghee a betterweho sr t today. most of us wille dry, and tay s. ch iree ithchcheandboating fore. fo recast. get the boat out and enjoy it. drm this weekend. oubt about it. better weather out at the coastline. and the extended forecast inno washington, highs today, mid to upper 80s. and then sunday and monday, the chance of going back into the 90s return again.n. and we have had a dry july, and now a dry augus i n place. looks like we will stay on the drier than average here for the next four, five or six days. >> joe, hear that? get your boat out. >> i actually gave

washington. here's a view of the eastern sky. 45 minutes away from sunrise. we have an exquisite cress cent moon. steamy wednesday, thursday and friday. pass of afternoon thundershowers. mid-80s on friday. maybe some thundershowers as well still rather steamy. then cooling down, drying out sunday and monday. latest on hurricane bill in ten minutes. jerry, how's the traffic? >> tom, doing very well so far this morning. good morning, everyone. at least on the interstates no worries. 395 northbound headed north from duke street toward shirlington and to and across the 14th street bridge, smooth sailing. 395 southbound looking good. elsewhere, let you know how we're doing on the speeds. eastbound 50 headed down to ocean looks pretty good through bowie. a little slow. had a broken down truck reported on the seven river bridge. after that looking goo all the way to the ocean. back to you. >> thank you, jerry. >> our time now is 5:43, 75 degrees. a major highway project in our region has been put on hold. >> plus the investigation into the death of michael jackson c

eastern suburbs. prince george's county, southeast washington. we will keep an eye on it. then there's danny. there's danny. still a minimal -- minimal tropical storm. right now winds are only 40 miles an hour. there you can see the circulation and it is really not -- has a lot of characteristics, more like a nor'easter. 330 miles south of cape hatteras. tropical storm watch out from cape lookout to duck. here's the latest track. once again. well off the coast with some gale-force winds. by sunday morning to the outer areas of cape cod. up there. there will be quite a go of it. late tomorrow and tomorrow night. off the coast of spots like chatham, massachusetts. seize up to ten feet. but for us, you can watch danny as it moves to the north. area of circulation behind it. we may see a little cool front with more scattered showers tomorrow. but not anything like we may see still this evening. some localized very heavy rains and thundershowers, too. then after we get through about 11:00, 12:00, lot of that begins to move off. nonetheless, some morning showers, chances of showers, temperatures ne

you are 3 miles south of new york, washington, d.c., virginia is south of us. it is the eastern seaboard. it is well populated. >> location, location, location. where the course take us? >> it is to showcase for the downtown harbor area is. back across conway street in front of the stadium. >> you could get a lot of tourists, people familiar with the area. what would baltimore have to do to prepare for something like this? >> we have been working with the city, and getting very good support from staff and the city council leadership. we need to complete some of the studies we have under way. noise mitigation, traffic management. >> from a driver's perspective, what do you think of baltimore city? what about the streets that people wonder about? do we need to fix our streets? >> a little bit. but the track laid out is a very driver-challenging, and there are high speed. psycho into low speed areas -- high-speed areas that go into low-speed areas. >> where are we in the selection process and who is the competition? >> we are working for rick cooperatively -- working very cooperati

washington county. and around the eastern shore, one tiny little shower there. east of the region. it's very minor. we expect to see activity pop through the afternoon. and hopefully we'll see this moving in our direction. to give us more cooling showers. and at least give temporary relief to what we've seen the last couple of days. let's take a look around the region. it was significantly cooler today than it was yesterday. the dew point is a little higher at 72. makes it feel like 92 here. the hot spot, once again, ocean city, feels like 103 in washington. cool spot, oakland, about 81 is the way it feels. bernadette joins me now with the first look at the tropics. getting a little active. here it is, late in the season pretty much. >> it is very late in the season for this to be getting started. but we have a tropical depression. just off the coast here. small winds, 25 miles per hour sustained. but the thing is, it could become a tropical storm. if it does, it will be tropical storm ana. we haven't even started our list yet. we are already into the second third of august. so very late in the sea

"washington journal" white at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. . >> from capitol hill, this is 3.5 hours. >> i apologize that i was detained, because this is a hearing of some considerable importance to the subcommittee. it is not about any disaster that we have seen, except 9/11 and katrina. it looks to the future in a way that perhaps we should have done before katrina, except that katrina was such an unimaginable event that it did not occur to anyone, i believe, to think of such a gargantuan matter. today's hearing will address very important new and unresolved questions that hurricane katrina raised for our country for the first time. what is a catastrophic disaster? note that word, catastrophic disaster. think of it as a new invention. we have not used that word before. what is the role of the federal government before, during, and after these events? is additional authority needed to address response and recovery from these events? we cannot sit by and merely hope that out size to disasters such as hurricane katrina and 9/11 will

washington. especially for you folks out towards the eastern shore, southern maryland, uv index tomorrow is code green and then those showers, i think, may be continuing tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening, too. don't think any real severe weather can't rule out one or two rumbles of thunder but primarily to the south, evening rain showers and 75 to 80 degrees. after that, though, things are looking up as we head towards the weekend. >> all right. thanks, bob. >>> still to come on "news4 at 4:00" this rnafteoon, passengers stranded for hours on the runway. the government's transportation chief wants to know why. >>> a biker thought he was stung by a bee. turns out he was stung by a blow dart. >>> the spotlight may stay on the jackson family. there could be a place for them onaf >>> welcome back, everyone. at 4:30, jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. here are some of the top stories at this hour. anger over health care reform continues to disrupt town halls across the country. maryland senator ben cardin drew both cheers and jeers at a forum in hagerstown today as he talked about what he want

"washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern c-span. >> sunday in a book of british politics from the bbc, including the expense scandal. sunday night, nine eastern and pacific on c-span. up next, and of the latest unemployment figures. -- a look at the latest unemployment figures. carolyn maloney shares this hour and 20 minute hearing. >> welcome. evidence that the stimulus bill is taking hold a starting to emerge. the economy improved in the second quarter of this year. the pace of jobless has moderated significantly in recent months. the trend is toward recovery. i am optimistic that more americans will be heading back to work as more stimulus projects get under way. well we welcome the signs of improvement, it reminded of the high toll that the recession has head on millions of working americans. this recession which began december 2007 is now the longest and deepest of the post- world war ii time. the duration of this recession has led to long spells of unemployment for some workers. with six unemployed workers for each job

steve: i remember when i used to live in washington i would occasionally travel up on to the so-called eastern i would every once in a while see a member of the cabinet flying up commercial. why don't these -- you know, these congress people have got great, it's for congress people. it's for military, it's for administrations, part of the air pool out at andrew's air force base. why don't they fly commercially. peter: you may have touched on it in terms of air pelosi. remember there was a real controversy during the bush administration that somehow she was not being provided the opportunity to fly in the airplanes. steve: peter, maybe they don't want to end up on airplane with people yelling at them at town hall meetings. peter: do the federal judges get their own planes too? gretchen: we will continue to debate that in the commercial break as you can at home. the cash for clunkers program is one step closer to revving back to life. scheduled to vote on $2 billion extension. expects it's expected the cash for clunkers extension will pass the senate. she was a devoted follower of charles manson

eastern shore. starting off there in the mid-60s at this hour. lookt the dew points. they have dropped down into the 50s. dew point in washington down to 56. fortably dry. now as we look at the other temperatures, eastern shore on the cool side, low 60s there. out in the mountains in the 50s this morning with a mostly cle sky. and as we look at the view from space, just a few high clouds crossing the shenandoah valley into virginia. those may be in here by later on this morning. and the wider view showing this area of high pressure is very cool. in fact, northern michigan only in the mid-40s right now. got high pressure there as well as bigger one right over the ohio valley with the low humidity just beginning to move in. it will be in place here today. but there's a warm front with increasedn humidity now beginnig to move into the midwest. that will be arriving here owto rrmo. so, enjoy it whilerr you can. a high ultviolra index. a quick burnithout protection today fromoon to 3 or 4:. bynoon, low 80s. mid-80s bylo dimihu.ty w lohumidity. 8:12.12 dbontks a diamondbacks at .sh should be great weather for baseball. first pitch time at 7:05. s

up next, live, in your calls and comments on today's "washington journal." at 10:00 eastern, the secretary- general of the afl-cio on the future of the labor movement. >> as the debate over health care continues, c-span's health care hub is a key resource. go online, follow the latest tweets and advertisements and links. share your thoughts on the issue with citizen video, including video from town halls to of gone to. there is more at c-span.org /healthcare. >> this morning, democrat congressman gerald connolly of the virginia talks about a town hall meetings and how the issue is playing out at those meetings. we will talk to james cole and doctor john garrett about the health care system, and provide a context to the health-care debate that is currently before congress. in a couple of hours, paul rainwater, executive director of

. >> and today, there are parts mainly into the central and eastern half of the state, washington, oregon, where high temperatures could climb from 100 to 107. some video yesterday from the oldest city in north america. at least one, where you had a couple of incredible lightening strikes here. this is the few miles from the old fort and wax museum. you're going to see a chance of those thunder boomers maybe into ft. walton beach, hopefully not of the magnitude from yesterday. severe is one of the big stories today in your forecast. severe weather and the warm-up. we've got a slow-moving frontal boundary driving from the west to the east so places like kansas city have had heavy rainfall this morning. we've got a chance of seeing more of that rough weather in st. louis, memphis, even little rock before the day the over. certainly dallas, you might want to be ready for a wait in the airport. and the chance that rough weather, we may be dealing with into the early evening and could see that tomorrow as well. back to the west, hot conditions. high temperatures, going to be cooler in places l

washington area. may have a few showers in the eastern shore as we get into tomorrow afternoon. by and large, most of our rain chances occur today, not so much tomorrow. today, cloudy and humid, showers likely. one or two rumbles of thunder possible today. tomorrow a little bit more infu chance of rain tomorrow is south and east of the washington area. if you're planning on heading out to do boating today, i recommend staying on the chesapeake bay as opposed to the great waves of the atlantic ocean. humidity today, less humid tomorrow and much cooler wednesday monday tuesday and wednesday and highs, by tuesday and wednesday morning, a lot of our western suburbs will be way down into the 50s. >> that's always helps the kids feel like it's okay to go back to school now. >> that and a kick in the pants. >> you're not very nice. >> you can find a lot of gems in garage sales, especially true when an entire state puts one on. >>> the redskins starters showing some e eh >>> well, it has the feel of a regular season game. the redskins starters getting significant playing time this seaso

that begins at 8:00 p.m., eastern, on c-span. >> all this week, "washington journal" is live from thepital center. we will show this morning's conversation with the hospital ceo plus the chairman of the board who is also the chief of cardiac surgery tonight at 8:45, just after the 8:00 p.m. doctors,. tomorrow morning, the chief financial officer and chief information officer talk about hospital finances at 9:00 a.m. and wednesday the chief of emergency medicine, the icn director, and the cheap nursing officer will be live at 9:00 in a.m., eastern on c-span. >> this week, we kick off a week of discussion about health care, talking with doctors and staff at the virginia hospital center located outside washington, d.c. 8 we begin with dr. john garrett who is chairman of the board of directors and chief of cardiac surgery. host: dr. john garrett, chairman of the board of directors at the virginia hospital center, can you remember the first moment you might want to read -- you might have wanted to be a doctor? guest: i think so. my stepfather was a surgeon. i want to copy him and it got m

washington. mid and upper0s in montgomery, fairfax and prince george's counties. around the shenandoah valley and the blue ridge, low and mid-70s as well as around the bay and eastern shore. look at the dew points. they're down at just the low to mid-50s. washington now at 50 52. our dew points usually this time of year are near 70, but we don't have it today. eastern shore mid 70s. and lots of sunshine. just a few high clouds coming through. it will be a mostly sunny afternoon with low humidity. also a quick bpywiurtthn ou protection. highs reaching the mid-80s. a look at the heat wave. looks like on tap for the weekend. details in a few minutes. >>> and for this weekend, a lot of people heading out on the roadways. hopefully heading to some beaches to get away from this heat. jar re has a look at traffic. >>> good morning. indeed rear already picking up a lot of volume. here's 95 southbound in virginia coming off the capital beltway as theriday get away is already under way. lanes are all open, no midday construction that we could find. if you are headed toward the eastern shore, we do have a couple problem, route 50 on the bay bridge, brn down vehicle, and anoth

troops were killed when their vehicle, according to our representatives in washington, hit a bomb in eastern part of the country. 26 u.s. troops have been killed in afghanistan in the month of august alone. the taliban have claimed responsibility for all of today's attacks. as the taliban vowed to step up violence and disrupt the election. our greg palkot is on assignment in afghanistan. he's streaming live now. greg, as you know it, what's up? >> shep, we're out on that eastern kabul area a short time before the huge bomb blast today, and i can tell you it is rich in taliban target. the u.s. military acted there, the u.n. active there, the afghan election commission also has its headquarters out there. and in fact, international soldiers and u.n. workers were just some of the casualties of a blast, and as is the case in many of these taliban attacks, civilians took the biggest hit of all. now, protecting civilians and ensuring the election less than two days ahead, the job of the afghan police and the afghan army. we were out with kabul's finest today as they patrolled around this city. the