yesterday, care started snapping photos and fairfax city and alexandria. there may be more support for copper braziel enforcement ce than first thought. >> no blurry photos come these are recording video tape. this captures drivers making a turn on a red light. >> it slows traffic down and bably saves lives. >> i don't appreciate them, but if we are not obeying the law, get stung. >> 70% of drivers in d.c. support using the cameras at red lights -- 78% of drivers in d.c. it is >> closer to big brother care for. sometimes it is not your fault. >> i feel it is an invasion of privacy, but it does help me ning red lights. >> friday, two intersections in fairfax city will roll cameras, one in fairfax circle, the other university drive. in alexandria city, cameras will roll at three locations. th patrick and given street, patrick and franklin, and d south walker. >> i wish people would be more of the yellow. red is red. >> the next 30 days will be a grace period. you run a red light in xandria or fairfax city, you will not have to pay the $50. er that, that is w

the other is at fairfax circle. for the next 30 days, you will just receive a warning if you run a red light. after that, the fine is $50. and the cameras will also capture video in addition to still photos that violators can catch online. >>> transportation secretary ray lahood is supporting the decision to build the dulles metro station above ground. according to the newspaper, la hood says the move to build the station above ground will save $1 billion of the total cost. the transportation authority had been pushing for the metro to be built above ground, but with the higher price tag, it would make it difficult to secure federal help. >>> dominique strauss kahn will ask to be released from house arrest, this after questions arise on the credibility of his accusers. "the new york times" report that the victim had contact with a suspected drug dealer and spoke to him about the case. she also allegedly accepted more than $100,000 cash deposits in the past and has not been completely honest with police. strauss kahn

the other at fairfax circle.he next 30 days, you'll just get a warning if you run a red light. after that, the fine will be $50. and the cameras will also capture video in addition to still photos that violators can watch online if they would care to do so. >>> today a new law goes into effect to help crack down on underage drinking in virginia. under the new law, teens caught driving with a blood alcohol level of at least .02 will lose their licenses for a year. that's twice as long as before. i hope they will perceive it being as onerous as they think. >> the new rule says if a teen is caught drinking and driving, it becomes a misdemeanor on their record. this isn't the only new law that takes effect with a turn of the calend calendar. in virginia, bicycle and motorcycle riders are allowed to run the red light after waiting two minutes. this is for vehicles who are not heavy enough to trip the sensor. also starting today, virginia restaurants will allow you to bring in your own bottle of wine. in maryland, sale

the other at fairfax circle.or the next 30 days, you'll just get a warning if you run a red light. after that, the fine is $50. the cameras will also capture video, in addition to still photos, that violators can watch online if they're so inclined. xaalexandria is also restarting its red light camera. it's set up at three intersections. the 30-day warning period also applies to those cameras. >>> it is now 6:46. the new law goes into effect to help crack down on underage drinking in virginia. upped the new law, teens caught driving with a blood alcohol level of at least .02 will lose their licenses for a year. that's twice as long as before. they also face a $500 fine or 50 hours of community service. the new rule also says that, if a teen is caught drinking and driving, it becomes a misdemeanor on their record. >>> also taking effect in virginia today, emergency vehicles now have to stop or use their sirens before going through an intersection. this stems from an accident back in 2008 in which a police cruiser

. >>> we are falling some breaking news from fairfax county. crews are battling a serious house fire. we were over the scene. this is just minutes ago. it appears that the smoke and flames have caused significant damage. there is no word on any injuries right now or a cause. we will continue to fall this fire. >>> we have learnt new information about a deadly stabbing that witnesses say was over a pair of expensive shoes. we spoke with a witness and we are live with the dramatic account. >> the people live and work around here said the plaza is a hangout for young people. they were stunned by what they saw your last night and shocked to learn what it was all about. witnesses thought it was just a brawl. they quickly realized it stems from something much more serious. five people had been stabbed one of them, a 21-year-old fatally. >> he was not doing anything stupid. >> his friends gathered at the scene to grieve. >> we do not know any story at all. >> they were fighting. >> witness is telling us in the aftermath, they heard the violence broke

this is the sixth homicide in fairfax county this year.the third, police say, that is domestic related. >>> there are calls for prince george's county council member leslie johnson to immediately resign in the wake of federal corruption charges against her. she handed in a resignation letter to county council on july 1st, which delays a special election to fill her seat. she pled guilty to destroying evidence against her husband jack johnson. some say a resignation letter this month does a disservice to residents of prince george's county. >> i think we should have the special election as quickly as possible, which means the resignation should be as quickly as possible. >> leslie johnson's sentencing is set for october the 13th. >>> metro's escalator problems are getting worse, and that's no surprise to metro riders who use the system regularly. news 4's melissa mollet is live at the foggy bottom metro station in northwest washington with more on metro's problems. >> reporter: good morning to you. according to this six-page report they put

it's in a small area is the only place you can use them. >> the president of fairfax lumber. >> more folks are opting for their change to be returned to them in fair buck autos not everyone heard of the new currency a lot of people are trying it. >> we give them a 10 and said can we have change in fair buck? so this is our change. >> other towns and districts have come up with their own currency. one of the things making the fair buck unique is it's collaboration between chamber of commerce, and local environmental nonprofit. the main risk to consumers is that businesses could stop accepting them. there is a save guard for the first year, anyone can cash in their coins at the fairfax branch of first fidelity. >> there are 13,000s ndz a reserve we're holding for the businesses. to make sure that this works. >> if it works the steering committee plans to spend profit between $1 itd costs to make the coins on projects in fairfax. >> probably will start with more beautification. >> but not everyone is making the leap just yet. mike martin is waiting it out and sticking with what he knows

here's a live look at i-95 near the fairfax county parkway. drivers trying to get a head start on the long weekend may be heading to some of the beaches down south. for those heading there later, watch your speeds. virginia state police will have extra troopers patrolling the highways to try to cut down on accidents during the holiday weekend. >>> it should be a little easier for drivers heading through delaware's newark toll plaza this holiday weekend, which is always jam-packed on busy travel days. that's because high-speed easy pass toll lanes will be open for testing. in those lanes, drivers with e-z pass can go through the toll at highway speed. more than 140,000 cars a day are expected to pass through that toll plaza this weekend. delaware state officials say 55% of drivers use easy pass and that should significantly reduce congestion. >>> coming up later, aaa joins us live in studio with what you need to know to make your trip easier. >>> now, the big question, what will the weather do as thousands head to the beach? here's a live look

probably 90 or 91 in fairfax, reston and sterling.here is the deal. 68 to 74 to start. 82 to 86 by lunchtime so it will be plenty warm by lunchtime. 87 to 92 by evening. humid. best chance of thunderstorms will be in the afternoon. now the next three days. cooler on friday. or at least not as hot but that's just because of more cloud cover and much better chance for showers and storms. we are back in the mid-80s. right back up to 90 on saturday. maybe a shower in the morning. next seven days. sunday we are going to still be hot. we will keep it dry for now. low 90s. 95 on monday. we will also keep that dry. but then by the time we get to tuesday pretty good chance of showers and thunderstorms and anything that develops next week could be on the hefty side. keep you posted on that. low 90s tuesday. right now we will keep wednesday dry. >> thank you very much. >>> and we have got a home grown capitol? >> yes. if this is montreal this probably isn't that big of a deal. apparently you can go home. local son potomac native talking about co

low to mid-80s in arlington, fairfax, and mrnontgomery counties.y water temperatures are in the upper 70s. the ocean water temperatures at the atlantic beaches, they're in the low and mid-70s now. the last 12 hours, we've had the last of those storms from last night that passed just south of the mall. they moved out to sea, and now being replaced by lots of sunshine throughout the region. and for the rest of the day, we'll climb to around 90 degrees and lots of sun and then getting more humid overnight tonight. we'll have our temperatures by dawn tomorrow, down into the low to mid-70s. and during the day on wednesday, we'll have sweltering humidity in place with temperatures climbing again to around 90 degrees, but more clouds around, and also an increased chance of mainly afternoon and evening storms. there's only a small chance of any morning rain. then on thursday and friday, a small chance of, well, mainly, afternoon thunderstorms. both days, still humid with highs near 90. still hot and humid over the weekend too, into the first part of next w

northern fairfax county in the distance.o the right, in the four ground, the urban forest of washington and friendship heights. around the region by 9:00, near 80. by noontime, mid-80s. during the afternoon, up around 90, moderate humidity. a lot of code orange for unhealthy air quality by midafternoon. we'll take a look at the night planner by 6:41. danella, how's the traffic looking? >>> we still have some congestion right here. this is 270 south, making your way out of urbana heading towards clarksburg. it's slow for you. as you head further south, this is west montgomery avenue on 270. your lanes are open, and it is a smooth commute. and i want to show you this. look at this. we're jammed 66 at sudley road. i do see we have some police vehicles here. but this is just unrelated to the traffic. this is your normal morning rush hour. so it's starting. this is a monster. 66 east. i want to show you the rails again. still have this delay on the marc, camden south train number 841. your delay is 22 minutes. and if you're using

they say that he also can that the molested a fairfax woman. james bolger will have a high- lawyer at his side. he cannot afford a lawyer and assign him a public defender. arrested after 16 years on the run, police found cash, but the police seized the money. here is accused of killing 19 people while a mob boss in boston. >>> some new laws are taking virginia.maryland and stricter penalties for drinking and driving. a teenager caught driving with a alcohol level of 0.02 or higher, lose their licence for a year. gov. bob mcdonald signed the law.into >> we are doing everything to people accordingly. >> in maryland, it is going to more to buy alcohol. but those of 3%. this is the first hike in a in nearly 40 tax years. a new study shows beckett is smoking a the if support of text messages. one group but was sent motivational messages to quit smoking. the other was caught. e who receive their texts in were twice as likely to say those who did not received encouraging messages. d.c. driver's overwhelmingly of red lightse cameras. the institute of h

they are north street at university drive and fairfax boulevard at fairfax circle. they are going to it issue warnings this month, but starting august 1st, $50 tickets will be sent out to runners. also alexandria is also activating some cameras. they are at south patrick and franklin street, south patrick and gibsons, and st. patrick and walker street. they will also send out warnings for a month. >>> your drive could be faster. delaware's toll plaza has opened a highway speed easy pass toll lane. they are just testing it out, but they are hoping it will reduce congestion. 55% of drivers use easy pass so they can all use the new lane. >>> and if it you're planning on driving over the bay bridge, you might want to hit the road soon. here's a live look as you approach the bay bridge. the maryland transportation authority says the best times to travel are before 10 a.m. and after 10 p.m. saturday before 7 a.m. and after 5 p.m. and sunday before 11 a.m. and after 10 p.m. essentially early in the morning or late at night. if yao headed south to the beaches, be careful in

news4's john schriffen reports now from fairfax county on how to fight the pests this summer.them all. oh, yeah, there's a bunch. >> reporter: all summer, technicians at the fairfax county health department trap mosquitoes to track the different species and potential diseases flying through our area. so far this season, no sign of the west nile virus. but they have noticed the asian tiger mosquito is getting comfortable and is on the rise in our area. >> they're pretty aggressive. they'll bite any surface of the skin that's available. that one is feeding on me right now. >> reporter: we've all been told to get rid of standing pools of water around the house, because that's where mosquitoes like to breed. what about water we can't get rid of? >> you can actually buy environmentally safe bacteria, mosquito dunks, and you put them in that water and there's a bacteria that gets released and the mosquitoes feed on it. the larvae feed on it and can't turn into mosquitoes. >> sarah bennett says the belief about mosquitoes being attracted to some people more than others is actually tr

fairfax station to be particular. hampton road is closed between henderson and off road.no incidents to report out on 66. tracking the eastbound trip, still looking really good from 50 over to the beltway. we're seeing a good amount of volume as drivers make their way toward 495. stacking up here past seminary. the outer loop, north of the district, no incidents to report. definitely using those brakes from 95 or actually new hampshire over to georgia that, delay is growing. still ahead, your top traffic stories of the morning. coming up around 6:58. over to you. >>> we have a commuter alert. news for metro riders this weekend. track work time again. it will affect riders on the red, blue and yellow lines. let's start with the red line. starting at 9:30 tonight, trains will single track between the grosvenor and twinsburg stations as well as between takoma and forest glen. add 20 minutes to your travel time. >>> then at 10:00 tonight, work begins on the blue line. trains will single track between stadium armory and addison. then on the blue and yellow lines, add 20 minute

in loudoun county, portions of fairfax county and southern portions of montgomery county, darnestown, ashburn, sterling, just south of leesburg heavy rain. and herndon and reston, heavy rain in your area, as well. as i mentioned, the entire area under the severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00 tonight. that does include almost al of northern virginia, as well as most of the state of maryland. we are going to continue to watch as these storms move through. and it's not just these storms, but storms to our west and well to our west. that's why we have that flash flood watch that's in effect for just about everybody. some areas have already seen 2, 3 and i have a report out of frederick of 4 inches of rain. so we'll continue to watch it for you right here. guys? all right. wow, that is something. but we needed it. >> yep. >>> well, the weather is already impacting our local airports. all traffic has been halted at all three local airports. reagan, dulles and bwy. so far delays are at least an hour long. there are also delays at airports in the new york area. >>> while the weather was just

the school, lanier middle on germantown road in fairfax. it won the green flag award for the national wildlife federation. students are encouraged to conserve energy and use less water. 30 schools in fairfax take part in similar ecoschools projects. >>> well, there is a new way to find green jobs across the mid- atlantic. it is called green works job portal. it is at marc green works.com. that's marc with a c. the seice search and recruitment tools. there are jobs across maryland, d.c. and virginia. to get a link, go to wusa9.com and look under our green news section. >>> it is 6:09. here's a look at what's still ahead in this how were of 9news now. >> reaction to the casey anthony murder trial verdic what next after she's found not guilty. >> paying for extras. learn the one perk to which frequent fliers say i will shell out the cash. >> your weather first when 9news now returns. >>> good morning. it is 6:12 on this hazy, humid morning. we definitely have a warm forecast for you today. rain chance later on this afternoon. most of us top ou

i want to go down to fairfax county. i have a road closure.ampton road closed between henderson road and ox road. this is due to an accident. emergency response is on the scene. and 66 east you're slow from the bypass as you make your way to the rest area. a live look. we have significant volume here in this area. as you pass the rest area, it should clear up just a bit. i want to show you the beltway at the american legion bridge. good for you inner loop and outer loop in maryland. and also in virginia the beltway is clear. joe and eun, back to you. >> danella, thanks very much. >>> 6:23. now 75 degrees. the 168-year-old these sweet honey clustery things have fiber? fiber one. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. uh, forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? uh, try the number one! i've never heard of that. [ wife ] it's great. it's a sweet honey cereal, you'll love it. yeah, this is pretty good. are you guys alright? yeah. [ male announcer ] half a days worth of fiber. not that anyone has to know. fiber beyond recognition. fi

. >> an emotional day in fairfax county courtroom today as a not guilty verdict came down for a locald in a brutal stabbing. courtney robinson explains what happened in court today. >> for the family of why it campbell, today's verdict is not justice. nine months later, the wounds are still fresh. on october 14, 2010, someone stabbed him nine times. he died 30 minutes later at a hospital. officers charged stephen smith with second-degree murder. fairfax county tried him as an adult and found him not guilty. >> it would have been better for everybody how this person been kept in jail. >> the family worries this is not the end and fairfax county officers agree. they are maintaining a very visible presence in the area. this afternoon, we tried to speak with the smith family, but the homeowner demanded that we leave. she is not angry with the jury, but stephen smith himself. >> i do not blame anyone. the other -- the only person i blame is the person who murdered my child. >>> the latest standardized test scores show students are doing better in the district. there are some questions of c

gaithersburg. 91 in fairfax and reston. break it down. tomorrow morning upper 60s to mid-70s. pretty muggy to start. 80s by lunchtime. so if you're walking around it will be hot and probably don't need an umbrella until the evening much scattered thunderstorms. now the next three days friday a better chance for showers and storms and consequently not as hot. mid-80s. get a break there. hot again on saturday. maybe a shower early but then we salvage a pretty nice day. high temperatures around 90. next seven days. we stay hot on sunday. low 90s. stay dry. mid-90s on monday. and then tuesday we could see more thunderstorms with temperatures in the low 90s and low 90s on wednesday and those storms that develop next week, derek, could be rather hefty as well. we will keep you posted but i think tonight we are in the clear if you want to take a walk with the dog or go outside you're fine. >> in the clear is good. thank you, topper. >>> we get to our weird news file because this that's tough economic times you might not want to spend big dollars on your wedding, right. so to england

the warning on those storms includes montgomery and fairfax that goes until 6:15. you folks in howard count vi a tomorrow warning until 6:30. these storms are generally moving to the south and east, anywhere between 20 and 30 miles an hour. the whole area is under a severe thunderstorm watch until midnight. i'm tracking these storms and will have your detailed holiday weekend forecast coming up in just a few minute. craig, back to you. >> thanks, kim, appreciate that. >>> sunday services were not the same today for a small maryland congregation in mt. airy. many awakened to the sounds of strong storm, then word spread lightning had hit their church and it caught fire. members are determined to rebuild. >> the church was built in 1888, and it's all we've had -- a small congregation. >> reporter: mark is a lifelong member of this methodist church. it's hard for him to talk about what happened sunday morning. >> when we got there, you could see where the roof it parted and the steepleburned. >> reporter: only hours before services, firefighters arrived to find the chu

what fairfax county is telling us is that a tractor trailer in the westbound lanes carrying loads of hague, caught fire for some unknown reason. -- loads of hay caught fire for some unknown reason. it's shutdown all of the westbound lanes of rte. 66 for several hours. not only are we talking about the destructive fire but a massive, massive -- [no audio] >> that video is incredible. you can see why things are tied up in both directions. >> at the worst time of day too. >> we will get back to him a little bit later with more on that truck fire causing a big mess for commuters this tuesday. also tonight, a major new moves in a prince george's county corruption scandal. johnson has announced she will step down at the end of the month. she pleaded guilty to destroying evidence in a corruption probe. there are calls for her to step down not at the end of the month but right now instead. our bureau chief is live with more on her announcement. >> last week in court, leslie johnson admitted that she tried to hide bribe money from the fbi by stuffing it in her underwear. that is a felony obst

. >> reporter: justin was medevaced to a fairfax hospital where he remains. at independent hill in prince william county, peggy fox, wusa 9 news. >> and justin is expected to be in the hospital for 10 more days. >>> we are following a developing story tonight. a critical arrest in an arson case. 26-year-old maurice dews is charged with arson in dc and is suspected of many areas. we go live to where the arrest was announced. andrea mccarren has the story. >> reporter: in a late afternoon news conference we learned dews claimed to be a volunteer firefighter. he was also spotted at several fire scenes taking photographs, shooting videotape, and according to the investigation, he even called 911 to report fires at least nine times since 2007. >> mayday. >> reporter: the devastating fire in april that injured five dc firefighters prompted arson investigators to solve a case that haunted them. someone was setting fires in dc and after today's break through arrest investigators couldn't hide their satisfaction. >> i think everybody was more than pleased, to say the

no. 4, fairfax county's two brand- new red light cameras are now working. they're at the intersections of fairfax circle and university drive and north street. run the red and expect a warning for the next 30 days. after that you will be fined. no. 3, dominion, virginia power customers, your electric bill is going up starting today. average residential customers will see a monthly increase of about $4.86 kicking your bill up to about $109. dominion blames the increase on the rising cost of fuel. no. 2, now is a good time to leave to avoid the traffic if you are heading to the beach this weekend. in addition to leaving right now, the maryland transportation authority says the best times to cross the bridge are tomorrow before 7 a.m. and after 5 p.m. and then sunday before 11 a.m. and after 10 p.m. and no. 1 tonight, you're staying in town to watch fireworks on the mall, the national park service want you to take metro to get there. it will be open from 7 a.m. until midnight. the smithsonian station will be closed most of the day, but you will be able to use

peggy joins us live from the fairfax hospital where justin has been recovering for about a week now. >> we all take our cell phones for granted these days. justin told me he's even gotten mad at his cell phone but now he's look at that time a little bit differently after it saved his life. >> kick my feet, wave my arms. >> because of the severe pain in his back, justin knew it was broken, that he shouldn't get up. he not only broke most of his ribs but he also broke three vertebrae when he crashed his brother's motorcycle into the woods. ez on his way -- he was on his way home from work about midnight. >> i don't remember it. the only thing i can think of is i fell asleep. >> he stayed in this ditch all night long. the next morning, he could see the tops of cars going by 50 feet away at the busy intersection of dumfries and bristol roads. he tried in vain to get someone's attention. >> i guess no one pays attention at intersections. >> then he remembered his cell phone was in the bike's rear compartment which he could see had a crack in it. >> find a stick that's thick enough. jam it

no problems there taking a look out of centerville through fairfax to the beltway. finally 95 northbound in virginia, everything is looking good down to lauren and the mixing bowl. i'm going to have a look at the g.w. parkway at 5:10. >> kris, thank you. >>> hundreds of thousands of people will watch the fireworks explode over washington, dc. >> many of them will be at the national mall and the u.s. capital -- capitol for all events leading up to the firework display. the big preparations, hope there no one is there yet surae, but who knows. >> reporter: we are ready for a big celebration. happy 4th of july, everyone. people are probably sleeping in, but you to prepare once you get here to the national mall. here's what you can bring, you want to bring your cooler with your food and water, plenty to drink. speaking of, drink plenty of it today, because as howard said, temperatures in the 90s. you don't want to forget sunglasses, and andrea, the fan has come in handy this summer. you will need it today. if you follow those rules, you can have a good time, celebrating

this happened in great falls in fairfax county. police say that casey hemmer reported a break-in on the fourth of july. when police arrived, they discovered that his father lawrence hemmer was dead. it happened while the mother and brother were away watching fireworks. he's being held without bond. this is the sixth homicide in fairfax county this year. the third, police say, that is domestic related. >>> a second man is arrested in connection with the deadly shooting near the caribbean shooting. 24-year-old deonte bryant is charged with second degree murder. he's one of the gunmen involved in the shooting along russian place that killed robert foster jr. and injured two innocent by standers. the fourth shooting victim was also arrested. police say the shooting was gang related. >>> there are calls for prince george's county councilwoman leslie johnson to resign sooner than later in the wake of charges against her. she handed in a resignation letter until july 31st, which delays the special election to fill her seat. last week she

one at fairfax circle. the other at university drive at north street. you'll get a warning from now until july 31st. and after that, it's a $50 fine if they catch you running a red light. >>> when students in montgomery county return to class after the holiday, they'll have a new superintendent. dr. joshua star officially took over as superintendent of the county's public school. he arrives in rockville after leading schools in kentucky and he takes over for dr. jerry wees who led schools for 12 years. >>> coming up on 9 news now, mending those that protect all of us. we'll show you a special program that is helping all of the brave men and women hurt while serving our country. >>> but first, fire racing towards a nuclear lab. the race to put out one of the worst wildfires in new mexico's history. >>> welcome back. firefighters in new mexico say they're confident that a wild fire will stay away from the town's nuclear lab. crews clear trees and brush around the facility that might have fueled the fire. nearly 12,000 residents were forced from their home

very close to 90 downtown. 88 in college park and bowie. 90 to the south in waldorf. 89 in fairfax andon. leesburg, manassas, middleburg, you'll probably hold in the upper 80s. saturday we have a chance for a thunderstorm on the bay. 88-93. winds southwest at 10-15. 1-2-foot waves. sunday pretty much the same thing. winds again southwest to 10-10. it was a great -- 10-15. it was a great day on the shore. winds northeasterly 10-15. by sunday, sunshine. 85-90. winds more southeasterly 10-15. water temperature still a little chilly, mid to upper 60s. next seven day, saturdays 92. hot but not that humid. 96 on sunday. and then on the 4th we're back down into the low 90s. again, isolated storms possible. i hope to see you out there for the autism walk. i'm be walking, not running at 8:05. and the heat continues tuesday, wednesday, thursday in the 90s. >> a little bit of swelter. >> uh-huh. >>> i have to wonder if this has ever happened where two of the big major sports has lockouts going. >> we had hockey and baseball pretty close. i get this vision they're behind closed doors just holding

in fairfax county, beth parker,

. >> under the plan the cost of parking garages is passed down the fairfax and loudoun town counties. metro could study whether to reduce the number of rail cars. saving more than half a billion dollars to put it aboveground. >> i understand there's economic realities, but i think we're getting a second class product. >> with respect to the airport service, i think this service as configured with the aerial will be competitive with rail access to most airports. >> jerry continually sent a letter reporting the commonwealth be required to put its distribution on the table before we meet again. >> the commonwealth of virginia has yet to put anything on the table. in fact it's the only party to the talks that has put zero on the table. >> virginia agreed to contribute $150 million to the rail project. but a spokesperson for governor mcdonnell only said the administration is working with secretary lahood, fairfax and loudoun county to get as close to the original estimate and this and other options are being considered. >> i think it's the best shot to keep rail moving out to fairfax. >> w

fairfax, mid to upper 60s in most of fairfax county. 70 for columbia and college park and alexandria,2 degrees. the wind, they tell the story also. they're calm now. with the light wind and the humidity or the dew point near the temperature out west, that helped the fog form. on the hour, reagan national was mostly cloudy. frontal boundary will be slightly drier today. another front in the northern plains. both of those are going to start to get closer tomorrow and thursday. so, while today only has a spotty shower chance, it does look like tomorrow, thursday, even friday, we'll have better chances for thunderstorms. looking at the future cast this afternoon, a few speckles of green here and there. that's why we're calling for a spotty shower. quiet overnight. a better chance of showers and storms tomorrow, especially south of d.c. here we are wednesday at noon. then in the afternoon, south and east. a better chance north and west. probably ok wednesday afternoon. then on thursday, we're looking at more showers and storms popping almost anywhere in the afternoon and evening hours. hig

northbound 7100 fairfax county parkway at the dulles airport access road. reports of a new wreck. the good news, if you are traveling north glebe road between 33rd and 36th street, we had it shut down because of ongoing utility work. that has been cleared up and reopened. pretty light volume at this hour. traveling northbound 395 and the beltway past edsall road up to the main lanes. 95 running well from fredericksburg up towards springfield. here we are 66 as you travel past centreville. we have some volume slowing you down. off and on the brakes again past 7100. 270 southbound out of frederick, brief tea lays. other than that, things look good down toward the split. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> a win for the nationals and things looking pretty good for bryce harper. >> time now to talk about some of that. joining us now are the sports junkies from 106.7 the fan. good morning, fellows. >> good morning, steve. >> hey, wisdom, don't forget about me. >> oh, hello. >> bryce harper, will he face any competition in aa ball or will he cruise through and dominate lik

from fairfax to the beltway, no problems. lax leak the inner loop is moving from -- looks like the inner loop is moving fine. no complaints approaching the toll plaza. still ahead, we'll have the very latest out in northeast d.c. on outbound new york avenue and the police activity there. that's coming up at 5:09. back to you. >>> an effort to fix a flat tire on the side of the beltway ended up costing a man his life. police say he pulled over on the shoulder near route one in new hampshire avenue yesterday afternoon when another car crashed into him, pinning him between the two vehicles. a third car slammed into them. emergency crews took two children and two other adults to the hospital. their injuries not life- threatening. >> a court hearing is scheduled today for the woman accused murdering her coworker at a bethesda clothing store. a judge will hear pretrial motions in the case against brittany norwood. she's accused of killing 30- year-old jayna murray in march after murray caught norwood taking items from the lululemon

arlington, fairfax, montgomery low 70s. right near the chesapeake bay and on the eastern shore, low to mid-70s there. farther to our west, it's in the upper 60s. panhandle of west virginia, parts of the shenandoah valley, western maryland, and much of west virginia. south and east, lower part of the eastern shore, southeast virginia, low and mid-70s. overnight, we did have showers and storms passing across northern maryland. those are now dissipating. farther to our west, a line of heavy downpours now along the ohio river valley moving into kentucky. that's heading off to the east. looks like that will be moving our way here by later this morning and into the afternoon. right now we've got generally dry pavement throughout much of the region. there's the jefferson memorial under a partly cloudy sky. sunrise in about an hour. might have a little sun. overall, a little bit of cloudiness. noontime, might have a passing downpour. later in the afternoon, perhaps mid to late afternoon, we could have some downpours with thunder an

maybe you get to 69 in rockville, maybe you get to 69 in fairfax. now, thursday morning becoming partly cloudy and warm. 70s and 80s. you need your sunglasses for the morning commute. by afternoon again a few thunderstorms developing. those that do could be heavy. some of the heavy ones could be severe. high temperatures in the low 90s. in fact, highs tomorrow 90 in rockville. 91 arlington. 90 in bowie and 91 also in fairfax. so we will break down tomorrow in the morning. kind of muggy. 68 to 74. 80s by noon. and 87 to 92 by evening with some thunderstorms beginning to pop. now, next seven days. cooler on friday. just because of more clouds and showers and storms. 85. maybe a morning shower on saturday 90. we think the front then goes south of us. leaves us alone for a while. doesn't cool us off any. low 90s on sunday. mid-90s on monday. perhaps more thunderstorms again tuesday and anything that develops next week would be rather hefty as well and low 90s on wednesday. >> you come back and bring the heat. >> bringing the heat. >> that's right. >> th

. >>> new tonight a sad story out of fairfax where the entire cat population at the county animal shelter has been euthanized, 80 animals in all. fox 5's bob barnard is here to explain why. >> well, laura, all the cats apparently we're told got a highly contagious and deadly infection that treatments couldn't fight. police say the source was a virus brought into the shelter by a number of cats taken from a hoarder's house almost two weeks ago. >> reporter: fairfax county animal shelter officials are disinfecting the showroom from where cats are normally adopted. >> at least two, probably three different disinfectant processes. >> reporter: they're killing the virus that forced the staff here to euthanize each cat they were caring for. >> they come into work every day in the hopes of making the lives of animals better and here they are subjected to having to put down 80 animals and that just has -- it's heartbreaking for them. >> reporter: police say the shelter's cat population was sickened by a group of cats taken from this townhouse in springfield june 18th. there were dogs inside the h

i just got off the phone with fairfax county police. they have now left the scene to letting the water authority do their work. it will take awhile. let's take you around town. i've been watching the cameras this afternoon and with the rain coming down as hard and as fast as it has been, there is a lot of problems. here's an example. on the westbound side of -- eastbound side of i-66 at monument drive, watch out. there is an accident, a car went over the guardrail. it has been there for awhile causing those delays. we'll show you what it looks like at the american legion bridge. visibility has been the biggest issue here. both loops of the beltway are seeing the effects of it basically between tysons, silver spring and college park. heavy traffic there and we'll take a last look at 270. leaving the beltway, pretty much all the way past falls road toward frederick, you'll see stop and go traffic because of the weather and the low visibility. back to you. lesli? >> monika, thanks. brittany norwood, the former college soccer star turned mu

veredicto segun el abogado malouf es una muestra de que la justicia funciona en la policia del condado de fairfax ha arrestado a un hijo por presuntamente acuchillar a su padre ayer dia de la independencia.. ocurrio alrededor de las 10 y 15 de anoche en la cuadra mil doscientos de colvin meadows court, donde se reporto que un desconocido habia ingresado en la vivienda y acuchillo a un hombre de 62 años... durante las investigaciones las autoridades determinaron que no se si usted utiliza el sistema de trenes metro y siente que esta caminando mas, esta en lo cierto... segun una presentacion ante la junta de directores el dia de hoy, durante meses metro no ha llegado a su meta de disponibilidad de sus gradas electricas en un 90 por ciento.. se estima que en mayo mas de 100 de las 588 escaleras electricas estuvieron siguen los esfuerzos contra el programa de vecacion costos para las empresas pequeÑas y por los ciudadanos y residentes legales..maria rosa cchinitiene los detalles de este controversial programa disenado para identificar a las perslegalmente en aumenta la preocupacion ante la posibi

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right now prince george's, arlington, fairfax, low 70s.id 70s in washington by the chesapeake bay and the lower eastern shore. weather watchers reporting temperatures around 70 degrees. now in the mountains of western maryland, west virginia, many locations in the 60s. we should have quite a bit of sun this morning. temperatures will soar to near-90 by noontime. and we ought to hit the low to mid 90s by midafternoon. then we'll have clouds building, and likely some storms popping up late this afternoon, and into tonight. in fact, we could have some brief, heavy downpours tonight, all the way until after midnight. some of which could produce some localized flooding. so watch out for that if you're going to be out and about tonight. then on friday, too, some more maybe heavy showers later in the morning on friday. and then during the afternoon into friday night, with some thunder and lightning. that, too, may cause some additional localized flooding. highs mid 80s tomorrow. but the storminess ought to be done by around, oh, dawn saturday. af

. >> fairfax county police have not released a motive in this case. in great falls i'm tracy wilkins, news 4. >> a driver faces dui charges today after she crashed her suv into the dining room of the aspen hill home. police tell us the driver of the suv, a 22-year-old woman hit two cars on aspen hill before crashing through a chainlink fence and into the house. the homeowner says his wife was right in the path of the car. >> i opened the door to the back bedrooming and there was an suv in my dining room. and i heard my wife screaming. she said she was bleeding. the truck was in front of the doorway, i couldn't get out. i climbed out the side window, came back around and saw all the damage to my house. >> his wife suffered minor injuries but has been released from the hospital. >> there have been several developments today in the sex assault case involving former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn. prosecutors are going to drop the criminal charges against him. the post cites an investigator close to the case who says the accuser's credibility is so dama

when fairfax county police say the 25-year-old called 911 to report a break-in. >> when officers arrivedt they discovered was a dead body inside, and an investigation revealed a homicide had occurred. >> emer, who neighbors say is autistic has been charged with the stabbing death of his father. it happened while the suspect's mother and brother were away from their home monday night watching fireworks. those who live in the upscale great falls development are shocked. >> it's a very quiet neighborhood except on the 4th of july with the fireworks. other than that, no, this morning at 6:00, a helicopter was hovering over our home. >> reporter: a domestic worker who didn't want to be identified said the family kept to themselves, many said they would frequently see one of the sons walking the family dog. but never suspected violence would occur in this house. >> i was really surprised. when he told me this morning, i was scared, because we wouldn't thought something like this would happen in this neighborhood. >> reporter: casey emmer is being held without bond in the fairfax county jail. h

also new this horn, fairfax county police are investigating a deadly stabbing in fairfax county. investigators believe that the stabbing took place at a hem in reston. police were called to the home on colvin meadows lane around 10:20 last night. the victim is a 62-year-old man. no other information has been released at this point. we'll continue to follow the story throughout the morning. >>> back to the fourth of july celebrations now here in washington. president obama hosted an event at the white house. the first family welcoming more than 1200 members of the military and their families to the south lawn where they enjoyed barbecue and an unmatched view of the fireworks. president obama also took time out to say thank you. >> in many ways you think that that small band of patriots who signed their names to the declaration of independence and risked their lives for freedom might be surprised to see their legacy all these years later. a nation that has led refuse lieutenant governors in commerce, that sent a man to the moon, that lifted up the poor, cured the sick, a nation tha

. >>> right now, fairfax county fire marshals are investigating is suspicion fire at a high- rise in falls church. last night fire marshals were showing a woman's photo to drivers coming in and out of the gated complex. the woman is a person of interest in that case. >>> vets at the fairfax county animal shelters had to euthanize every cat staying there. about 80 total. it took in some cats a couple of weeks ago that had a deadly and extremely infectious respiratory virus. the virus doesn't affect dogs or humans. >>> for now, leslie johnson will be a member of the prince george's county council. this despite her guilty plea yesterday in federal court. she admitted to a single count of conspiracy to commit evidence and witness tampering. that charge is related to johnson's actionings november 12th when she talked about flushing a check down the toilet. and then followed husband jack johnson's suggestion to stash cash into her underwear. all as fbi acts arrived at the -- agents at the home in mitchellsville. the successor called for leslie johnson to resign. but she's not required to d

one at fairfax circle, the other at university drive and north street. you will get a warning from now until july 31st. after that a $50 fine. >>> this morning, police in hyattsville, maryland are investigating their first homicide of the year. >> a man was stabbed to death in a fight and four other people were hurt. >> this happened at the university town circle. lindsey mastis is there live with the latest. >> reporter: supposed to be a nice night out. it happened around 6:30 right down here at the theater. police say two groups of young people and teens got into a fight. now basically a man in his 20s was stabbed to death. four others were also stabbed. they're in the hospital. prince george's county is doing the investigating because hyattsville doesn't have a homicide division. >> officers discovered two groups of individuals were fighting. one of the suspects pulled out a knife and the victim received trauma to the upper body. he was transported to the -- hospital, a local area hospital, and a short time later he was pronounced deceased. >> reporte

would be further from the terminal, but another part of the lahood plan would require loudoun and fairfax counties to pick up the costs of building parking garages at the new metro stops. supervisors in loudoun county are balking at the new responsibility and risk. >> mr. chairman, that's not our job. our job is to build schools. we're required to build schools, mr. chairman. that's in the state code. >> if you look at what happened in richmond on a cda that failed there, it was a municipal parking garage downtown and the town had to wind up paying the bond, the debt payments, and eventually had to buy out the bond. >> reporter: loudoun county supervisors did not vote wednesday on the proposed lahood compromise. they want to study it some more. d.c. mayor vincent gray is calling on the airport's authority to accept the above ground further from the terminal compromise. the airport's board did meet wednesday, but no formal change in their position. spokesperson said the airport's authority is still considering the lahood proposal. the transportation secretary wants a decision from all part

. >> reporter: under the plan the cost of parking garages would be passed on to fairfax and how town counties. metro would reduce -- loudoun counties. metro would reduce the size of its railyard while the dulles rail station would go above ground saving more than half a billion dollars. >> i understand that there's economic realities, but i think we're getting a second class product. >> with respect to the airport service, i think this service as configured with the aerial will be competitive with rail access to most airports. >> reporter: virginia congressman gerry connolly sent a letter to secretary lahood requesting the commonwealth be urged to put its contribution on the table before we meet again. >> the commonwealth of virginia has yet to put anything on the table. in fact, it's the only party to the talks that has put zero on the table. >> reporter: the fta administrator told metro's board virginia agreed to contribute $150 million to the rail project, but a spokesperson for governor bob mcton would only say the administration is work -- mcdonnell would only say the administra

. >>> red light cameras, cameras at two main intersections, fairfax circle and university drive and north street go into effect today. now for the first 30 days, violators will get a warning ticket, and make sure you obey the rules of the road on virginia's highways, too. state police say 75% of the force will be on patrol through monday. you have been warned. >>> monitoring metro tonight, trains in full service on the fourth of july to get visitors to and from the national mall. no track work scheduled for monday. however crews will be doing maintenance starting at 10:00 tonight on the red, blue and orange lines, so you should add about 20 minutes for your travel time through sunday. and if you happen to be traveling on metro and see something you would like to report, take a picture or video, and send us an e-mail. send it to us at fox5 metro and gmail.com. >>> the former inf chief accused of sexual assault gets the green light from the judge. dominique strauss-kahn out of house arrest. word is the case against him could be falling aparts. the details coming up next. >>> and firefighter