now, a brand-new tornado warning, fairfax county, including the city of fairfax, reston and vienna. this is right along route 7. it's along the eastern or western portions of 495 and the beltway. it includes the city of fairfax. a brand-new tornado warning now. right now, two tornado warnings, two storms. one is along i-95. you are talking triangle, count coe and a second storm to the east of manassas in southern portions of fairfax county. that tornado warning in effect until 6:00 as well for fairfax county and the city of fairfax and reston. once again, we are going to continue to watch these as they continue to make their way up to the north and the north and east. most of the area under a tornado watch. that until 11:00 tonight. as we time this out, nine minutes around 25 minutes woodbridge in the next half hour. then eventually portions of mt. vernon. that is storm number one. you can see there mt. vernon coming in in 30 minutes. storm number two, this is the storm we have been talking about all afternoon. this is the one that had the tornado touchdown or possible tornado touch

so again, fairfax county, fairfax and reston around 1:23. get ready. we might see this warning lifted up into fairfax county. i say this over and over again. it's always good to know your county geography, because storms generally move northeastward. most tornadoes occur between 3:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. and 90% move northeast. if you know what counties are southwest of you, you can get a jump on things. fairfax county, southwest of you is prince william county. prince william county is under a warning, you may be next. a tornado watch until 11:00 p.m. showers and thunderstorms. some could be heavy. some could be severe. 58 to 64. winds out of the south at about 10. next three days, we're looking at breezy conditions tomorrow. showers and storms are possible tomorrow. probably one more batch of showers and storms. 71, but setting the stage for a fantastic weekend. we have the dog walk on saturday. skins game on sunday. weather will cooperate. >> get this out of here. >> trying. >> thanks. >>> we are standing by right now live for a press conference and u

bzemar melgerai was found in a fairfax county school. >> it is fairfax city police working the case. there is a new development. the fact that some boys who are students here approached police officers this afternoon and told them they saw a man matching the suspect's description the day before he was arrested, walking around the boy's locker room. just down the street from where her son splashes in a puddle a convicted sex offender was arrested at fairfax high school. >> i cannot imagine how scared they would be. at>> they said 59-year-old zemar melgerai asked to shower inside of a field house, which is separate from the school. the worker said note and call security when they saw him urinating on a shrub. but the police showed up, melgerai reportedly tried to run. >> we do not believe that he made any contact with any of the students. >> melgerai was convicted of a sex offense and california. he says he moved here two weeks ago but has not registered in virginia. he faces charges for not registering as a sex offender. and being a convicted sex offender on school grounds. students a

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just a few sdaterred sprinkles in prince georges, arlington, fairfax. but farther to the north, there's more rain to the north of baltimore, heading off east into northeastern maryland. right now, off to a fairly mild start, we're in the 50s to near 60s. right around washington, we're in the mid 50s in prince georges, arlington and fairfax counties. generally, most locations in the 50s and some 60s showing off in west virginia. quite a mild start compared to what we're going to see this time tomorrow morning. sunrise will be at 7:30. we'll be hovering around 60 through the morning. mid 60s by noon time, maybe a passing shower, as well. by midafternoon, maybe even upper 60s in a few locations. but then turning chillier tonight. in fact, we may have a freeze this time tomorrow morning. a look at your evening planner, that will be in ten minutes. here is a look at the thursday morning commute. good morning, danella. >> good morning. as you drive today, pass connecticut avenue, seeing an accident in the left shoulder lane. checking traffic in that area, you

i-66 at fairfax parkway, clear. if you're taking i-66, inside and outside the beltway in both directions, not seeing any problems. if you continue east through the rosslyn tunnel, nice and clear. again, i know that tunnel is cold. i'm not in it, but it's cold. now back to you both. >> some things you just know, danella. >> you're right. >>> this morning a deadly shooting involving a deputy. two deputies responded to a domestic assault call in hermanville. when police tried to arrest the suspect, there was a struggle, and that's when one deputy said he was forced to shoot. the suspect died. the deputy has been placed on routine administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. >>> d.c. police are looking at new clues to figure out who killed a man on board a metro bus. take a look at this video. investigators say these two men were caught on the bus' surveillance cameras. they're considered persons of interest in the murder of 30-year-old demetrius thompson. it happened between alabama and 23rd streets s

a flood watch for fairfax until 2:00 in the morning.te and radar, you low moving off towards the northeast. the west of us. during the day tomorrow, it will signal a change in wind direction. breeziercooler, drier, conditions. the dew point level in the mid- 60's. look what happens as we move the day on friday. our skies are clear. breezy,day, comfortable, cool, and sunny. the hike tomorrow will be around 75 degrees. a few scattered showers and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon much sunshineow we see. a beautiful weekend ahead. the next showers will come on tuesday, only a 30% chance. head over to our web site for great videos from the quantico. quite a night. a lot of people pulling off to the road whenever driving. thank you. >> it has cleared up in time for the game this weekend. >>> it is a big ballgame as well. the redskins underdogs. and a great game between the and penguins. coming up next. >> the toyota sports desk, by a local toyota dealers. moving a forward. >>> the penguins and capitals are two of the best hockey teams in the

fairfax into prince william. loudoun and fauquier, only near 40. low to mid-40s, shenandoah valley, out of the mountains as well. shenandoah valley in the 40s as is northern neck and eastern shore. weather observers reporting. cleared out. now this morning off to a beautiful start. sunrise this morning will be at 7:23. we'll have a clear start to the day. clouds building this afternoon. highs reaching the low 60s. a northwesterly breeze around 20 miles an hour. by dawn, near 40 saturday morning. a chilly day saturday with highs only in the 50s to around 60. a cool day sunday as well and partly cloudy. a bit milder as we get back to work and school monday. maybe some rain by wednesday and thursday next week. danella, how's traffic now? >> good morning. >>> we have breaking news. chopper live over new hampshire avenue and the intersection of piping rock drive. here we have an accident that has shut down the intersection completely. you can see that we have fire on the scene as well as ambulance. this is new hampshire avenue at piping rock drive. i'm

mid 50s in montgomery, arlington and fairfax. near 60 in the georges district and southern maryland and through central virginia and out in western maryland and much of west virginia. it's mild there. they're in the low 60s. sunrise will be at 7:30. we'll be hovering around 60 through the morning with these occasional lighter showers and then some moderate showers moving in around 9:00 or so and off and on into the afternoon. passing showers. some of them could be moderate at times and a mild day into the mid and perhaps upper 60s by midafternoon. much colder tonight. we'll look at your evening planner. that will be in ten minutes. good morning, danella. how is the commute? >> good morning. the rails are open. so far, none are reporting delays. metro, marc all reporting on schedule. they look pretty good. here is a view of the bellway in prince georges county right around 50. you can see we have volume increasing. there are no delays n in or on the outer loop. getting just a tad busy at fairfax county parkway, but so far, clear i

the one around fairfax, around the city of fairfax, that storm still has some rotation to it. that storm may be weakening a little bit. the red is gone. at 6:00, they allow that to expire. the other storm that was around woodbridge, they allowed that tornado warning to expire as of right now. we are seeing areas of spin. we are seeing areas of rotation here. we'll continue to watch these. the one around fairfax county -- excuse me -- around the city of fairfax has hail associated with it potential for hail. this is oakton and route 50. if you are east of chantilly, oakton and fairfax, you really want to be careful here. they mean business. there is a ton of lightning associated with the storms as they continue to the north. they are entering montgomery county. they have been in loudoun county, too. seeing the potential for heavy rainfall and potential for hail. you can see the one storm toward the leesburg area. you can see the motion. there's uplift, up draft. with that, we have potential for hail and charles county seeing heavy thunderstorms at this moment, too. they are goi

back to you both. >>> a traffic alert in fairfax county. a ramp from gallows road to the outer loop of the beltway is expected to shut down sometime today. news 4's tracee wilkins joins us live in our area with more on what drivers need to know. could be a mess. tracee, good morning. >> reporter: they already shut down the ramp. they did it just a short while ago. let me show you the picture. crews making sure you don't have access down this ramp so they can begin their work. they're going to replace this ramp. detroy it and replace it. this is all part of the hot lanes construction. here's a map. they're asking drivers to keep straight on gallows road and go ahead and take arlington boulevard and follow signage to the outer loop in that direction. folks who use gallows road prepare for possible delays as everyone gets used to this new change. i'm tracee wilkins live this morning in annandale. back to you in the studio. >> tracee, thank you. >>> 6:03 now. today the trial will begin for the woman accused of murdering her coworker at a yoga s

now we're looking at heavy rain through fairfax. heavy rain back through burke and again, this is a -- that's a lot of hail south of springfield. severe storm. so this storm, i'm going to watch very carefully off to the south because i think this is going to cross 95 and then eventually cross the river. perhaps go into northern sections of charles county or maybe even southern sections of prince georges county and that could actually spin up a little tornado. we are seeing heavy rain now for folks going up 270. very heavy rain now on the west side of 270. good news is, you aren't under any kind of warning yet. bad news is, flooding is possible. especially flash flooding. we looking at heavy rain also extending back into great falls and into reston and out the dulles toll road. so it is just a mess to the west and north of town and it is becoming a mess down to the south of town. so i'm concerned about the tail end of this group of storms, if you will. this is what i'm concerned about. it may get into southern prince georges county i

fairfax studio of radio station 106.7 the fan. seems a car had a little problem this morning as in it crashed through their front window right during the sports junkies morning radio show. would be like somebody crashing into our newsroom in the middle of the newscast right now. kristin fisher stopped by the studio to check in with the sports junkies after their early morning scare. >> 3 to 5 seconds. one of the loudest bangs you have ever heard. >> reporter: that bang was a car in the middle of the morning show. two hours later the junkies were interrupted by me trying to get an interview. >> kristin is here. >> she is with four american heros. >> this happened early in the morning. what did you all think happened when you heard it? >> lightning. >> but then the building started shaking and frankly i thought we were having another earthquake. >> reporter: it was a honda civic. the driver was a 59-year-old man who lived across the street. he told city of fairfax police that he had swerved to avoid a pedestrian. >> what do you thin

let's look at 95 and fairfax county parkway. we are still seeing volume as you pass fairfax county parkway making your way on to 395 at duke, and as you make your way past the pentagon, seeing congestion in the hov lanes there. the 14th street bridge is

he was a 21 year veteran in the fairfax county fire and rescue department. today's services will begin -- organ at 10:00 at the greater little zion baptist church and will be buried at quantico national cemetery. >>> new information about the body found on top of the tractor trailer in fairfax county. the victim apparently committed suicide. a witness saw a man falling from the bridge on the back of the trash truck as it drove across on tuesday afternoon. virginia state police pulled over the driver of the fairfax county, or the driver of the truck who was on the fairfax county parkway at the time and no word of the identity of the victim. >>> an iphone app is getting credit for tracking down two suspected thiefs. police have used the finds my friends app to help those who have been robbed. it's used to track the phones and the police found the thieves 20 minutes later. >> i am amazed the metropolitan police department responded so quickly and just didn't say, look, there's nothing we can do for you because this is about as close to looking for a needle in a

rain in a fairfax county county andwilliam moderate rain moving into manassas. a line of storms crossing over 66. a few thunderstorms cannot be afternoonlater this with some drizzle. it's not an all-day rain out. highs around 70 or so. similar tomorrow. >>> that means a challenge in commute for friends coming manassas and gainesville, along the greenway and tollway in good shape. is quiet into the district. on the southeast southwest freeway. no problems in northeast. 95, northbound, foggy. >>> breaking news out of germantown. police believe the disappearance old boy isar- connected to the murder of his mother. >> the woman was found last night at the condominium. the jummy olabanji joins us with learned.has >> what we know is montgomery atnty detectives are looking case at aperson homicide investigation. they are looking for the 11- son of the victim, seen onwas last about two weeks ago. police say that yesterday they got a call from 51-year-old jane's said that they could not contact her. the fire department got into a dead innd found jane bedroom and noticed

fairfax is very fast. they were here quick. >> reporter: police in two jurisdictions working to sort out the charges in this case. jim, back to you. >> a lot of drama over quite a distance. pat collins, thank you, pat. >>> we are breaking news. there was a shooting at a hair salon in california. six people have been killed. three have been wounded. the police have arrested the suspect. these are live pictures from the chopper over the salon there. again, the suspect was arrested. multiple weapons seized. killed six people at a hair salon. this is in sill beach, california. others have been wounded there. we will stay on top of this as we get more details on how it happened. >>> defense lawyers for michael jackson's doctor dropped the claim the pop star gave himself a lethal dose of propofol. this is after doctors say swallowing it would have little or no effect on a person's body. today, the prosecution called a cordologist to the stand that testified dr. conrad murray deviated from standards including adm

heading off towards fairfax county reston at 6:15, heavier activity. the latest tornado warning includes the district and the media's to rounding counties all the way south to fredericksburg. project and the media surrounding counties, all the way south to fredericksburg. the good news and all of this, we are looking for things to settle down later tonight. the full forecast and we will keep you updated if there are any additional warnings. >>> the president put the blame on a foil the terror plot against the saudi ambassador squarely on iran. >> during a news conference with the south korean president, mr. obama said iran needs to be held accountable. members of congress talked about how iran should be punished. rebecca cooper is following the developments. >> president obama today made clear he is convinced the iranian government was directly involved in the plot and must be punished. today, president obama insisted the plan to assassinate saudi arabia's ambassador to washington was run by iranian government operative spirit the real mastermind the m

police in fairfax are investigating what could be a new possible abduction attempt. two young women are reporting similar incidents after an attempted kidnapping. local school officials are taking action. >> it just three days after fairfax county police say a student walking to oakton high school fought off on a doctor, they sent an e-mail to parents warning them about another possible objection on the same stretch of the road. >> horrified. this is scary. i cannot leave that this would happen in our neighborhood. >> the latest incident allegedly happened friday afternoon. two female students were walking home when a man approached them and tried to get them to come inside of his car. the complaint filed is very similar to the incident that happened last tuesday. girls walking were approached by a man that tried to force them into the car. they were able to run away. >> they were able to run away and get help as soon as possible. >> police are investigating whether these two cases are related while parents are hopeful that whoever is responsible will be apprehended.

pendegrass was a 21-year veteran with the fairfax county fire and rescue department. today, services begin at 10:00 this morning at the greater little zion baptist church. he'll be buried at quantico national cemetery. >>> gabe zimmerman was killed in the same attack that severely jufrd gabrielle la giffords in february. she told the hill newspaper that she is now frustrated it is taking so long to pass. zimmerman is the first congressional staffer to die on the job. >>> an a phone app is getting writ for tracking down two suspected thieves. d.c. police used the find my friend app twice recently to help people recover their stolen iphones. first involved a man robbed in frankly park. his wife, who is in pennsylvania, used the app to track the phone and police found the thieves 15 minutes later. >> i am still totally impressed and amazed that the metropolitan police department responded to quickly and then didn't just say, look, there's nothing we can do for you because this is about as close to looking for a needle in a haystack as you can ever imagine getting. >>> an

let's head down to i-95 in virginia at fairfax county parkway. you are clear. as you continue towards the springfield interchange, not seeing any problems in either direction. now back to you both. >> danella, thank you. >>> it is now 4:54, 51 degrees. you can win a new sony blu-ray courtesy of nbc 4. >> all you have to do is like our nbc washington page on facebook, then sign up to win great prizes. we will pick a winner today and make the announcement during our 11:00 p.m. news cast. time right now 4:55. >>> it's well-known that steve jobs had his hand in just about everything at apple. several of its hit products have his fingerprints all over them. coming up, why he may even have a huge impact on gadget that's are still months and years down >>> welcome back. steve jobs was working on new apple products right up until the day he died. that's according to a former colleague who spoke to the british newspaper "the daily mail." the president of apple's partner softbank said jobs called new apple ceo tim cook about the next product from the confines of his bed.

this is why we had flash flood warnings for fairfax county last night. gaithersburg picked up over an inch and a half. columbia, an inch and a half of rain. in fairfax, up and over 2 inches. and front royal, virginia, 1 inches. so while we didn't see the spinning storms, we certainly had tremendous thunder and lightning. the hall mark of this late summer and fall season. winds gusting at 23 at reagan national. so heading out later tonight, bundle up. a 44-mile per hour gust. we'll have similar gusts tomorrow that could get up to 30 miles an hour at times. they'll blow the leaves around a little bit. but temperature wise and sky cover wise, we're going to be in good shape. 68 degrees now. heading out for friday night, maybe you'll want a jacket because it's in the 50s on the other side of the mountains and overnight temperatures will drop into the 40s. so it's going to be getting chilly out there. overnight, we drop to 52 here in the metro area. winds out of the west, southwest at 10 to 15 and occasionally higher. same thing tomorrow for the wind. just a

state police pulled the truck over near the fairfax county parkway. investigators have not yet released the person's identity or how they think that person might have died. >>> now more than 70 hours after a massive earthquake rocked eastern turkey, people are still being found alive. overnight, an 18-year-old university student was rescued from the remains of a crumbled apartment building. then just about an hour ago, a 27-year-old school teacher was found spending -- after spending 67 hours trapped. 40 people were rescued alive yesterday. unfortunately, many rescues have now turned into recovery efforts. at least 459 people are now confirmed dead, and more than 1,300 are injured. >>> a huge aftershock sparked a riot at a prison in van, turkey, overnight. inmates set fire to the prison and fought with guards after the 5.7 magnitude aftershock. the soldiers said the prisoners attacked guards with scissors and knives apparently because they were concerned they would be crushed in their cells. guards granted the prisoners a transfer to other prisons in

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the 51-year-old man was found dead in his fairfax home last october. police believe the murder stems from a robbery. they said there was an undetermined amount of money in the home. the car was stolen and was later found abandoned one week after the murder. police are still searching for the killer appeared -- . >>> a new poll finds a georgia businessman herman cain emerging as the clear republican front runner. a survey shows herman cain leading with 27%. mitt romney was close behind with 23%. rick perry to third-place with 16%. >>> new a new first lady michelle obama is paying a special visit to a local school. mrs. obama and the first lady of south korea are visiting an adult high school in fairfax county. it is on to a large korean american population. tonight, the first lady and president obama will host a state dinner at the white house for the south korean president. >>> coming up on abc 7 news at noon, caught on camera will surveillance video of a mother giving clues about the disappearance of her 10-month- old baby? >>> then caring hidden guns

and thechelle obama go tolady are said to fairfax high school.vent goes along with her standing of the extending past the white house. correct as a police officer is shooting at an ice shop near pittsburgh. this happened last night at a dairy queen. the man who is believed to have the officer is also dead. it is unclear if you're shot by police are took his own life. >> as gold charge attacking a boy. a camera cost yvonne. she says she regrets her behavior. >> there is defense of others. was touching another child. there's some aggravating words him to her. he did not back down. >> the 14-year-old boy hurt another boy. the boy has exhibited this kind behavior in the past. >> in missouri mother is shown before she reported daughter missing. there is an unidentified man for a box of wine. is at 5:30 on the evening of october 3. she said she last saw her daughter went to put her to bed. the couple says the girl was gone. the police have no suspects. >> prosecutors are in the final stage of this. there is there to return to the stand. ofterday he was

and into far western fairfax county and into reston and western fairfax. that's heading across the potomac. should be heading into potomac, maryland, in gaithersburg and rockville over the next hour or so. low to mid-60s throughout most of the region. 66 at reagan national. a bit cooler to our west. sunrise at 7:16 this morning. have your umbrella with you. we'll have passing showers from time to time. it will be breezy this afternoon as highs reach the low 70s by midafternoon. then your evening planner will have it down into the 50s by later this evening with a blustery wind coming in out of the north and west gusting to 25 miles an hour. that wind will be more intense on saturday, 40s in the morning. highs upper 60s. winds gusting to 35 miles an hour. highs near 70 both days. and does look like on tuesday, tuesday night and wednesday, we could get some more showers. heading to the skins game on sunday, should be great weather for footballs. the skins take on the eagles at 1:00. should be around 70 degrees. partly cloudy through the game with a southwest

it happened at the fairfax studios of 106.7 the fan. earlier this morning. phish fish joins us now -- kristin fisher joins us now from fairfax with information on exactly what happened and the ensuing investigation. >> reporter: this all happened around 7:45 this morning. a car was just cruising down main street in fairfax when all of a sudden, the driver swerved and slammed into the studio. >> three to five seconds of like one of the loudest bangs you ever heard. >> reporter: that was a car plowing through the studios of 106.7 the fan. two hours later they want interrupted once again by me trying to get an interview. >> kristin is here with us -- >> she's here with four american heroes. >> this happened early in the morning, what did you all think had happened weapon you heard that? >> i thought it was lightning. >> lightning? >> but then the building started shaking and frankly i thought we were having another earthquake for a second. >> reporter: turns out it was a honda civic. the driver told police he swerved to avoid a pedestrian but the sports junkies

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if nothing is done to pick up the pace auto phase one fairfax county may be force -- on phase one, fairfax county may be forced to use a bond or commercial industrial tax to close the shortfall. >> i would hope we would not have to fine funds out of the general fund. >> reporter: with the deadline over two years away there's time to make up ground, but less than 30% of the contingency fund remains leaving little room for unexpected costs or delays. the airport authority says we won't know if the project is late until we're closer to that completion date. one official today equated it to a cross-country trip. you get about halfway through and realize you're not as far as you'd like to be, so you adjust your route and speed up to make up for lost time and that's where we are right now. sherri ly, fox 5 news. >>> steady results that every parent needs to hear. up next the simple step many people refuse to take that puts their child at risk. >>> plus the important cause that brought jennifer aniston to a local hospital. fox 5 news at 10:00 will be right back. ma t.d >>> you're watching fox 5 n

we've got one area of orange, moderate rain along the beltway in fairfax county, from mclean all the way down to right near where little river turnpike is. this is heading off to the north. across the potomac and move into southern montgomery county. elsewhere, scattered lighter showers across maryland, virginia, and west virginia. heavy downpours out of the mountains where their temperatures in the upper 50s. generally low to mid-60s from the blue ridge through the bay. we're in the mid-60s from montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties, and the district of columbia. here's the potential rainfall all the way into tomorrow. this area of blue, this is a zone here. we could pick up as much as .5 inch to 1.5 inches. that's going to be much of the area. we may have heavier downpours on the eastern shore. they could get over 2 inches of rain from this by the time it all ends by thursday afternoon. we're going to be in for a wet period here for the rest of the day today. allow extra time as you head off to work and school this morning. we'll be in the 60s with occasional sho

i will see you all anyway tomorrow after fall for fairfax and then tonight i go to pj in fairfax and see second wind at 9:30. >> sweater weather. >> at least. >> under armor. >> perfect for ice hockey, i would think. >> can you believe it. the capitals open their season. >> good job there, derek. >> capitals open their season already. and they've had trouble finding the back of the net this pre-season so far. gab bee wants them to be more creative. can they get it done tonight? plus it's friday which means our toyota game night report. and that means everybody else goes home early. we have >>> it's hard to believe, but the capitals season opener just a week away. but still a lot of kinks to iron out. still some of the frustration lies in the offensive performance. the caps have scored just nine goals in their five pre-season games. tonight pre-season hockey with ovechkin. hosting buffalo sabers. could they change it tonight. nicolas backstrom net the game winner. caps win the game 4-3. pre-season finale is sunday. in texas game one of the alds. in the third rays up 3-0. belts the fir

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fairfax is very fast. they were here real quick. >> reporter: police working to sort out all the charges in this case. i'm pat collins, news 4, prince george's county. >> federal investigators are trying to find out why a gun was less than two blocks from a school today. the discovery was made at 11:00 on patrick henry drive near the swanson middle school. early reports were that pcv piping, which can be piping to make bombs was found. so far, only the gun has been found. investigators are still searching the area for more clues. >>> district leaders said the city is prepared for the crowds that come with an extra busy weekend downtown. the occupy d.c. protesters are sticking around. the martin luther king jr. memorial happens this weekend. city leaders will hold a march for voting rights on saturday. the police chief says occupy police protesters have not been a problem for the city so far. >> they have been very cooperative for us. we only become concerned when they have roadblockages that prevent challe

county's auditors show the project behind by 71 days in april is now 188 days behind. >> fairfax countyy monitors the project, and is staying on top of all of the potential elements that could cause the project to slip behind. >>> the first phase which runs through tyson's corner is still more than 2 years away from completion in late 2013 delays to move utility lines and other obstacles, could result in the line opening in june 2014 instead. it is the latest criticism for the washington metropolitan airports authority scrutinized for management of the construction. >> we've identified somethings that might impact that, budget and that end date we will address them. >> phase 2 of the rail line extending to dulles hasn't even started construction and was $1 billion over budget to bring the cost down the airport station was moved above ground, louden and fairfax counties would also have to pay for parking garages in one of the stations if nothing is done to pick up the pace on phase 1 fairfax county may be forced to use a bond or industrial or commercial tax. >>> i hope what we will not h

gone and we didn't think he was going to leave with anybody's clothing. >> news4 has learned the fairfax county department of consumer affairs is currently investigating three complaints of customers of action cleaners who can't get their clothes. news4's efforts to reach the owner of action cleaners have been unsuccessful so far. jim, back to you. >> thanks, jackie. >> members of occupy d.c. marched to union station tonight to protest walmart and north run grumman. on their web site, occupy d.c. faults walmart for worker rights abuses and north run grumman for absorbing too much money. >> looking at chop are 4 video from over this scene, a call came in as a domestic assault in hermanville. when they got there, they fonda woman was injured. when they tried to arrest a suspect in the case, it was a struggle. that's when one of the deputies says he was forced to shoot the suspect. >> a brand new clue in a search for a person who shot and killed a man on a metro bus overnight. officers say they are persons of interest in this morning's murder of 22-year-old dimitrius thompson. thompson's fa

. >>> gop presidential contender mitt romney will be in fairfax county today. he will visit fairfax county republican headquarters with virginia governor bob mcdonnell. mcdonnell has not yet endorsed a candidate for president yet. >>> it was a weapon hundreds of times more powerful than the bomb that destroyed hiroshima and now it is no more. >>> also, ahead, the occupy wall street protests take a violent turn on the west coast as police armed in riot gear face off against demonstrators. i'll have more on that coming up. hi there. i'm ian wright and i'm investigating what makes aruba so happy. oh my word, that's fantastic. ♪ row your boat gently down the stream... ♪ i'll tell you what; it's not aloe vera the main export. it's happiness. i haven't even got bait on the end of mine. i don't care; it's just nice sitting here. you're getting it. you're getting it. >>> an occupy protest in california turned violent b # hundred protesters clashed with riot police last night in oakland. it started peacefully during the day with a rally at a library. but police fired te

low 50s montgomery, prince george's, as well as arlington and fairfax. farther west, though, it's only near 40 out of the mountains of western maryland and west virginia. we had these clouds cruising in ahead of a front, a weak front, that's going to be coming in later today. during the afternoon, we have a small chance of a sprinkle as we go forward here over the next 24 hours. these areas of green are areas of potential, perhaps a few passing sprinkles this afternoon. then a greater chance of rain moving in. later this evening we may get passing showers and a likelihood during the day on thursday. so for this wednesday we'll have maybe a little sun this morning, sunrise 7:28. we'll be in the 60s this afternoon. just a small chance of a passing sprinkle late afternoon and into the evening hours. we'll be down into the upper 50s by midnight. then during the day tomorrow expect occasional showers and temperatures in the 60s. clearing out and cold on friday morning, the mid-30s. friday partly cloudy, only into the 50s. looks like a chilly, cold rain on sat

i will see you all anyway tomorrow after fall for fairfax and then tonight i go to pj in fairfax and at 9:30. >> sweater weather. >> at least. >> under armor. >> perfect for ice hockey, i would think. >> can you believe it. the capitals open their season. >> good job there, derek. >> capitals open their season already. and they've had trouble finding the back of the net this pre-season so far. gab bee wants them to be more creative. can they get it done tonight? plus it's friday which means our toyota game night report. and that means everybody else goes home early. we have highlights from around the region. stay with us. rz ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that's yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste? honey nut cheerios. want whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. it's a win win. good? [ crunching, sipping ] be happy. be healthy. can i try yours? >>> it's hard to believe, but the c

headquarters in fairfax. mcdonnell also joined the former massachusetts governor tuesday night at a private fund- raiser in mclean. mcdonnell has not endorsed romney or any other presidential candidate. some protesters showed up outside to denounce republican policies as harmful to the lower and middle classes. >>> prince george's county's top prosecutor is running for congress. glenn ivey plans to run for the district 4 seat now held by donna edwards. it includes much of prince george's county and parts of anne arundel county. a part of montgomery county was removed during redistricting. anne arundel county councilman jamie benoit also plans to run for the seat. he also is a democrat so they would all face each other in a primary battle. >>> members of bernie madoff's family are now talking to 60 minutes. in an interview that airs this sunday, madoff's wife, ruth, discloses a disturbing event. she says the ponzi scheme as it came to light, they got terrible phone calls and hate mail and she and her husband a

in fairfax, prince george's, arlington, and montgomery counties. southern maryland, near the bay, temperatures there low to mid-50s. sunrise 7:28. here's your day planner. we might have a little sun through the overcast this morning. otherwise, a cloudy day. this afternoon temperatures climbing into the mid and upper 60s. we do have a small chance of a sprinkle coming in our way later this afternoon, perhaps a passing light shower as well as this evening. then a likelihood of passing showers tomorrow morning and again tomorrow afternoon. highs in the mid-60s. should dry out, though, thursday evening. cold friday morning, down into the mid-30s. friday afternoon, the mid-50s and partly cloudy. right now there's an indication we could get a coastal area of low pressure on saturday that may give us some chilly rain during the day. maybe even a few wet snowflakes in some of the higher spots. then sunday, sun back but still chilly. highs mid-50s and chilly first part of next week. danella, how's the commute? >>> i have to tell you it's too soon for the "

this is what the view looks like from fairfax county parkway. traveling 95 north and south in virginia, so far you are clear. if you continue to make your way towards 395 here is the scene at glebe road, nice and clear as you make your way to the 14th street bridge. >> danella, thank you. >>> happening today, the man accused of killing a germantown mother will be in court in charlotte, north carolina. curtis lopez will have his first appearance on a homicide charge this afternoon. jane mcquain was found dead in her home last week. her 11-year-old son william mcquain is still missing. police tracked the mother's missing suv to a hotel in charlotte, where they arrested lopez last week. >>> in germantown, a host of people, some who never even met the mcquains, are offering to help search for the missing child. volunteers did just that this weekend and gathered in numbers to support them. meanwhile, police have a search going of their own. news 4's darcy spencer has those developments. >> reporter: friends, neighbors, classmates, teammates, and coac

montgomery, arlington, fairfax in the low to mid-60s. sunrise, showers throughout the day.ighs reaching near 70 by early afternoon. maybe some more showers tonight. here's your evening planner. during the day tomorrow, we might get a respite tomorrow. maybe some fog around in the morning. during the afternoon, showers, maybe thunder showers thursday afternoon into thursday evening. a lingering shower possible friday morning. sun back in the afternoon friday. highs mid-70s. gre great weekend to follow. highs upper 60s to near 70. chilly in the mornings. danella, how's traffic? >>> this one is an accident at new hampshire avenue. hopefully that won't slow you down too much. other roadways, still seeing a lot of wet pavement. traffic is increasing just a bit f you're traveling in silver spring, this is georgia avenue at 16th street. not seeing any incidents to report for you. and making the commute in d.c., this is new york avenue at florida. if you're traveling outbound, still seeing the construction barrels taking away the left side of the roadway. so far no significant traf

low and mid-50s in arlington, fairfax, and prince george's county. over the last 24 hours, cloudiness rolling through here the last few hours. we'll have clouds with us in and out throughout the day. sunrise 7:20. temperatures up around 70 by early afternoon, and clouds thickening up overnight tonight. here's your evening planner. sunset at 6:26. cloudy evening. down into the low 60s at midnight. by this time tomorrow morning, looks like rain moving in. we'll look at that, the rest of the week, and the weekend at 4:51. here's a look at our tuesday morning traffic. good morning, danella. >> good morning. breaking news out of olney, maryland, if you're traveling georgia avenue at batchellors forest road, looks like the lanes are reopened. i'm checking cameras in that area, and i can see traffic flowing. if you're traveling 395, still have an accident 395 north shutting down the ramp to edsall road. accident there has caused that ramp to be closed. just want to make awe wayou awa that. let's head up to 270 in maryland. this is the view of falls road. no

he was arrested trying to use the shower at fairfax high school. since the arrest, students have reported they actually saw that man in the boys' locker room at the school the day earlier. he's still in jail tonight. >>> a new lawyer tonight for the man suspect in the disappearance of a local woman in aruba. attorney chris leguwei will defend gary giordano. he defended two security guards suspected of the disappearance of natalee holloway on the same island. >>> the family of a man who died outside of a nightclub in the u-street corridor last year will be outside of that club tomorrow. they're going to announce a lawsuit against the owner of the club. ali mohammed died last october outside of the club called dc 9. the owner and four other men who work for him originally were charged with murder, accused of beating mohammed after mohammed threw a rock through the club's window when they wouldn't let him in. charges were dropped for lack of evidence. mohammed's family is filing a civil suit. they cite the medical examiner's findings that the death wa

i am jummy olabanji in fairfax.up on the court case. >> adam caskey and tracking the unsettled weather pattern for today. of little rainfall already. we will take a what's the one best thing about vacation on the gulf? the great outdoors in mississippi. our seafood in louisiana. our beaches in florida. alabama beauty. choosing between them might be tough. but everyone agrees, the gulf is vacation at it's best. and we've gone all out to make this year the best ever. so come on down to mississippi. louisiana. florida. alabama. the gulf is s e world's goodtime headquarters, and we're 100% open for business. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> i'm not what they say i am. >> it had come a crucial day ahead for a man that knocks. she is waiting for a verdict. 6:30 on this monday, october 3 belmont will begin with your traffic and weather every 10 minutes. we'll check in with lisa baden in a moment but here is adam caskey. >>> it is still very unsettled and gray, damp, and cool. we have

closer to arlington and washington and fairfax low 50s.rince george's county and southern maryland. right near the bay waters near 60. bay water temperatures still in the 60s. over the last several hours, quite a bit of cloudiness rolling along a stalled front draped across our region. quite a bit of cloud cover here with us this morning. sunrise at 7:20. a few breaks in the clouds. we ought to see a little sunshine in and out as the day progresses. highs reaching upper 60s to around 70 by early afternoon. by this time tomorrow morning, we could have some rain. take a look at what may happen between now and then with your evening planner at 5:41. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> on the rails, still have escalators down at the wheaton metro station. metro has requested shuttle bus service. you may want to avoid this station all together. as far as the delays going, still seeing the delay on the marc. penn south 401, your delay is ten minutes. traveling 395 north, checking cameras there. still have the edsall road r

we are near 50 degrees with a little bit of fog in fairfax county and prince william. where there is a dense fog advisory until 9:00 a.m.. that will quickly burn off this morning and we will have sunshine with a high of 66 which is average for this time of year and a little bit warmer tomorrow. there's a chance of rain showers tomorrow night but especially thursday and then the temperatures take a nosedive. there's a chance of showers again on saturday. >>> we had an accident on 66 eastbound close to nutley street which has been moved onto the shoulder. there are delays in the area and newschopper7 is flying into that region. we will have some pictures from them live. we have slow traffic on 95 which is normal out of woodbridge to get across the river. 95 maryland is good as well as the baltimore-washington parkway and 270 has volume southbound. no accidents and here is the elderly delayed 95 around 2 georgia ave. that is normal and metro rail has normal service. >>> jury selection continues in the case of eighan employee accused of beating a co-worker to death. we go

western mont gmail.com friday, fairfax. -- montgomery, fairfax. you see the lighter showers here. yellows showing up here from west of culpepper. lifting toward flint hill and amosville. and as we go to the northern neck in southern maryland, now we are starting to see rain moving in toward you. check this out. that could be a developing thunderstorm we will be watching as well over the next few hours. temperatures as we talked about. in the mid-60s in town. still a few upper 50s in the shenandoah valley. due .64. humidity is real, real high. once we get rid of the showers and thunderstorms we are dealing with today, from the great lakes back through the carolinas, earlier this afternoon, that will be it for several days. saturday, sunday, even most of money, i think we are in pretty good shape around here and this front will be coming through. toward this afternoon, 7:00. >> there is the rain, new jersey, pushing away. the clearing skies with going to be with us for a few days. today as we clear out 71. tonight 40s and 50s and only in the upper 60s on saturday. winds again gustin

. >>> new trouble spots for parents in fairfax county. two more girls have reported incidents similar to last week's abduction attempt near oakton high school. jummy olabanji has more on these cases. >> good morning. both incidents, the one friday and the one tuesday happened where we are along blake lane when the high school students were walking either to or from school. police in fairfax county have not officially connected both of these cases but a lot of students and parents in the area are very worried. >> they sent an e-mail to the parents and students warning about the whole incident. >> a warning message from school officials. friday afternoon oakton high school in the male students were walking home along blake lane and say a man approached them and started a conversation. the man asked the girls to get inside his car. the two, aware of a similar incidents just days before, started yelling and ran away. >> i am very concerned. lots of kids walk up and down blake lane and germantown rd. and are all the way to school in the dark i