this is a new tornado warning now for fairfax county and prince william county. a brand-new tornado warning and let's zoom right on in here, veronica. this is right around burke and through burke center and over there through the lakewood estates, lake ridge and chapel acres. this tornado warning most likely in effect until 5:30, 5:45. we'll widen out just a little bit. you can see newingten also in this, but the point of origin is down to our south and west. let's go back down to prince william county and show you where that storm is. just south and east of manassas making its way right up this path and, again, the tornado warning here and another tornado warning for washington, d.c., and that including until the 5:15 hour. but this is what we're looking at and areas inside this path. ten minutes in manassas just south and east and 18 minutes and yorkshire, the city of fairfax and 39 minutes and vienna and about 50 minutes this storm moving at 30 miles per hour. wuch once again, let's take the radar off and this area right in here. this is where that storm is, w

fairfax county officials say anyone way true emergency, go directly to the nearest police or fire station. you can also sign up with the county's emergency e-mail system. >>> the 911 problems are not limited to fairfax, however. prince william county is also unable to receive emergency calls. so if you need to call for police, firefighters, paramedics use the non-emergency number and here it is. at this number we are told is working. 703-792-6500. >>> falls church has not been able to set up a secondary number for their 911 center. so if you have an emergency, you need to go to the nearest fire or police station for help. falls church police officer, also patrolling the city to provide assistance. amazing what has resulted as of last night's storms. >> yeah. certainly adding to the confusion and desperation for anybody who's really in serious trouble. all right. tom kierein in storm center 4 is watching these pop-up storms that are now developing and we're expecting some throughout the evening. right, tom? >> yeah. this is really a completely different scene from last night. don't be over

a fairfax county school spokes person says this was his first year teaching in the county. fenn was arrested at the school tuesday afternoon. >>> heavy metal band metallica is put south a public service announcement hoping to find the man who murdered one of their fans. morgan harrington disappeared during a concert in charlottesville in october of 2009. >> i guess we'll have more on that in just a little bit. right now, dave ross joining the ladies up here. >> breaking up the. >> breaking up the girl show. >> you mentioned it was at woman show. i'm here. so i'm he representing for tony and tucker today. >> we like that. >> i have a got a question for you. the all-star gape is coming up next month in major league baseball. bryce harper is not on the all- star team because he didn't start the year in the big leagues. he was in exhibition. shouldn't he be on the team in can't we lobby for the commissioner -- allison, you're not sole on that right away. >> can i say know? >> what? why not? >> too soon. >> really? >> i mean i have for doubt he would slay it. i'm not saying that

police are checking to see if a captured any video of the killer. >> a former fairfax county football coach charged with steroidsg and selling will be arraigned today. police arrested jeffrey reagan with hisy as he met alleged supplier at a chantilly shopping center. used to coach at south county high school. and was set to start at west press springfield high school this fall. have a coach doing like this is reprehensible. these kids need better role models. >> history on bond. police say there's no evidence that he sold this their roots to students. the principal says that is no longer with the football program. now to the race for the white house. president obama will host a reception this evening to falg month -- flag month. let the president made a stop in cleveland yesterday. he accused republicans of trying to hurt the middle class. the also stop in new york city the world trade center site. a fund-raiser last posted byhe big apple parker.sarah jessica republican mitt romney yesterday presidentati said the words and short on action when it comes to fixing the economy. he was cr

fairfax county, near 60 degrees. loudon county, mid 60s. prince william down to here, much of southern maryland just near 60 degrees now. look at that gorgeous pink sky. sun rise is at 5:42. here's your day planner. mid 70s by then. and brace yourself for a delightful weekend. looking beautiful. cool to the beaches. afternoon highs reaching near 80. saturday and sunday. great weather for father's day sunday. cool in the mornings, in the 50s. as we get into next week, monday looks mostly cloudy. high near 80s. getting hot sand humid. tuesday, wednesday, thursday, each day a slight chance of an afternoon thunder shower with highs near 90. i'm back in ten minutes. we now have a look at traffic. good morning. >> good morning. following breaking news. university boulevard, had a crash there. it was blocking two of your right lanes. it's now been moved to your right shoulder lane. in this area you can still see authorities are on the scene. quite a delay on the outer loop of the beltway this morning as you make your way from new hampshire avenue

we have breaking news from fairfax county now. police say someone, possibly a student, shot some sort of soft gun or bb gun outside of rocky road middle school. police say at least one student was hit. rescuers described the injuries as nonlife threatening. meanwhile, police are looking for the shooter. the school is not on lockdown at this time. this happens to be the last day of classes at this school. >>> a high-end casino coming to prince george's county. we're waiting for the announcement from national harbor developers and a vegas casino company. a deal is in the works, maryland lawmakers must approve the plan. megan mcgrath is live at national harbor and has more on this. megan, tell us about it. >> barbara, in about 15 minutes, that's when we're expecting this major announcement to come down. the casino giant mgm has reached a deal and is going to push forward with a plan to build a high-end casino at national harbor. there's still a lot of work to be done. maryland lawmakers need to pass some legislation and, ultimately,

making your way really past fairfax county parkway. view that you're seeing, but the delays actually start pretty far back. in fact, from quantico, you're slow, about 25 miles per hour. 54 minutes from quantico to the beltway this morning. let's check travel speed in our area because if you're continuing on to 395, you're slowing at 36 miles per hour from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. also if you're traveling the dulles toll road from hunter mill road, not bad to the beltway. you're at 59 miles per hour. i can tell you i'm checking speeds on i-66 inside the beltway, and you're slow now. the beltway to glebe, just 28 miles per hour. that trip taking 13 minutes. i'm back in ten with another look at your traffic. aaron, over to you. >> thank you. >>> new from overnight, a woman slaps milwaukee mayor tom barrett for conceding in the wisconsin recall election. barrett says the woman was kind enough to ask if she could slap him. he told her he would prefer a hug, she popped him one anyway. no word if any charges will be filed there.

especially at fairfax county parkway. volume is heavy in this area.ing the travel speeds as you head to the beltway. underspeed at 25 miles per hour. 23 minutes to the to make that drive right now. and taking the rails. they're not so bad. metro not reporting delays but marc is. this is on the penn south street number 409. six-minute delay. vre looks good. aaron and angie, back over to you. >>> mitt romney is bringing his campaign to virginia today. today he will be at a machinery company in the roanoke area. and then tomorrow, romney will come to northern virginia to visit electronic design company eit in sterling. >>> president obama found out the hard way boston fans take their baseball pretty seriously. while he was in boston he took some time to have a little fun with red sox fans, thanking them for trading boston fan favorite kiev vin youkilis, to his hometown, chicago white sox. crowd didn't like that. >> finally, boston, i just want to say thank you for youkilis. he's going to have to change the color of his socks. i didn't think i would get a

fairfax county has yet to comment on the case. that's our report. i'll be back at 11:00 with topper shutt. we'll have a variety of stories and don't forget, you can log on any time at wusa9.com. i'm anita brikman. hope to see you again at 11:00. [ male announcer ] it would be easy for u.s. olympian meb keflezighi to deposit checks at the nearest citibank branch. ♪ like this one. ♪ or this one. ♪ or, maybe this one. ♪ but when it's this easy to use citibank mobile check deposit at home...why would he? ♪ woooo! [ male announcer ] citibank mobile check deposit. easier banking. every step of the way. >>> now, "entertainment tonight," the most watched entertainment newsmagazine in the world. >>> matthew mcconaughey's wedding photos. the shots that you won't see anywhere else. the bride's handmade gown. the groom's designer tux. >>> plus -- >> ready to make it rain! >> matthew without his clothes. ♪ >> all-new "magic mike." >> i have never danced like this before. >>> robin roberts' bandaged arm. plus, hollywood legend jerry lewis hospitalized. the latest

. >>> an arrest has been made in the case of a serial animal slasher in fairfax county. a teenager has been charged with four felony counts of maiming animals after two attacks at the frying pan farm park in herndon. that's where kristin fisher has more on the tip that led to this arrest. >> reporter: the first attack came two months ago. three therapy horses were stabbed overnight. then exactly one month later another attack, this time at the kidwell barn. the victims were two goats, a chicken and henry, the 3-month- old calf. >> that's atrocious. >> i think it's disgusting. >> it's scary. it's senseless. >> reporter: the community was outraged, so outraged they donated $7,500 for a reward. finally last friday police got the anonymous tip they'd been waiting for. >> one of the things that the detectives found and what they have in their possession is what they believe to be the weapon used. it was a 22-inch machete. >> reporter: fairfax county police made the arrest saturday afternoon. he's a young man just 17 years old and he's from the herndon area. police will not re

.  >>> a group of high school seniors in fairfax county will not be walking across the stage to receive their diplomas tomorrow. does the punishment fit the crime? fox 5's john hanrahan takes a closer look. >> it happened last wednesday at herndon high school. a prank engineered by a half dozen graduating seniors. >> what was the prank? >> just to put baby oil on the floor and everyone would slip and slide through the hallway. >> he admits he brought the baby oil to the school. when it was spilled, they corded off the hallways so there was no slipping and sliding. 4.0 student schumaker concedes the senior stunt was quite unwise. >> i realize now presented a dangerous situation to a lot of people. it was just a silly mistake, i guess. >> fairfax county school officials suspended for three days and the other three for seven days. that means chris schumaker and two other seniors may not attend their graduation ceremonies scheduled for thursday afternoon. student opinion is split on whether the graduation ban is too harsh of punishment. >> they knew the consequences, so

much of fairfax county only in the upper 50s, near 60. it's only near 60 in montgomery county.orge's county generally mid-60s, upper 60s in washington. right near the bay it's near 70. farther west, though, shenandoah valley into the mountains, many locations are only in the 50s and 40s this morning. by noontime, though, much of the area up around 70 or so and a lot of cloudiness, though, in and out, and might have a passing sprinkle this afternoon. otherwise, partly sunny. highs reaching upper 70s. then back to the mid-70s by mid-afternoon. and "day planner" around our region for today, just delightful. we'll have a small chance of a sprinkle this afternoon. and then tomorrow, beautiful day, sunny, near 80, low humidity, as well as saturday and sunday. great weekend coming up. this pleasant pattern continues into next week as well. danella, good morning. how's our traffic? >>> good morning. well, chopper 4 is flying right now over i-95 at prince william parkway, and you can see the cars are pretty much sitting in this area. big delays, but i can tell you, as you make your way

tra traveling on i-95, roadwork at fairfax county parkway. i can tell you, checking cameras at backlick it looks to be in the process of being picked up. you're still feeling it making your way past fairfax county parkway heading northbound. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 4:43. still to come, the former redskin talking about a very personal secret he kept from his teammates. >>> plus, there are a lot of interested drivers waiting on this one. the court case that could decide whether speed cameras are illegal. >>> and the major mess in the >>> a private company will clean up a diesel spill in the potomac river along the southwest waterfront in the district. a floating platform at the fish market broke apart, spilling about 50 gallons of diesel fuel. normally fish and other seafood are sold on that platform, but it was closed for renovations. the fire department contained the spill. >>> the trial of a fairfax county man accused of killing a child in a drunk driving accident is expected to wrap up. prosecutors say victor saldana was drunk and dr

>> no it's throughout fairfax county. we're targeting every year. the goal is to help traffic flow evenly and be safer drivers and help traffic move smoothly and less aggressive traffic we have, less people are involved in accidents. we won't have that trickle effect where more people are getting aggravated for what happened in front of them for a small fender-bender or something. we hope people will plan? advance and have some time to make the travel plans and that way we'll have more time and people won't have to speed and go to other places. >> let's talk a little bit about aggressive driving in general. i think sometimes we do this and we don't even realize we're doing it. maybe we're late coming out of work. and we hit some road construction. which is everywhere nowadays. couple red lights, the blood pressure goes up. what sort of things are people doing, theistsable things they ma be -- these subtle things they don't realize they're doing that may cause safety problems on the roads? >> one of the things that people do is speeding. people try t

and in fairfax county, mid to upper 50s, as well. it's going to stay cool throughout much of the day. here is your day planner. we will have by noontime temperatures into the low 70s. and it will be breezy and mild during the afternoon. a slight chance of an isolated shower or thundershower popping up. clouds and highs reaching mid to upper 70s mid-afternoon. i'll be back in ten minutes. danella has traffic. good morning. >>> thanks, tom. checking things in the district, police are on the scene of a crash. this is at 7th street southeast at m street. please approach with caution. let's head to i-270. we're seeing delays. in fact, making your way past 109, chopper 4 is flying over there live now. here's a look making your way southbound. seeing some volume out of frederick as you pass 109 and continue southbound. that's where your volume is. i can tell you one you pass clarksburg road, looking good. you can see cars are getting slow. hitting the brakes a bit as they continue their trip southbound. now if you're traveling in germantown

fairfax county kicking off operation summer h.e.a.t.ill be on the lookout for things like reckless driving, speeding, and improper passing. the campaign will last through september. >>> sdcary scene. it happened in the 1500 block of 28th street just a few blocks east of wisconsin avenue. the driver whose car has diplomatic plates stayed on the scene after the crash. the house was split into three apartments. no one was hurt in the crash. fire cruise dmpld the house was not structurally sound. at least one person will have to find temporary housing. >>> we want to show you a picture in a second. prince george's county police needs your help. take a close look here. police say this man approached two sisters around 11:00 tuesday it in in kingston drive in temple hills. he pointed a gun at the 15 and 26-year-olds and forced them into a wooded area where he sexually assaulted the younger girl. the older sister was able to knock him to the ground and both escaped. if you have any information about the attack please contact police. >>> potent

i'm looking at live doppler 9000 hd, it's the lighter rains that have made it now up to 66 in fairfax countyo prince william county. lower fauquier county down through stafford. also watching down along 301 here. coming across the river now we're seeing it from around dahlgren and south of dahlgren just coming up 301. by 17 and 301 coming into charles county and even st. mary's just starting to see a few of the showers there. they're taking that ride northbound or southbound on 301 some of that. there's the loan shower coming on shore here crossing the potomac into st. mary's county. those are the heaviest downpours right now but this is i think nothing compared to this afternoon and tonight. 66 bethesda at this time. columbia is 62 and 6 # also in lovettsville. manassas 64. remember shop light showers in springfield with the light rain and 67. as we look outside on the michael & son weather camera, just cloudy here. 71 degrees. with an east wind at 3 and the humidity out there at 78%. the futurecast we've got the showers this morning that are going to come through here and there over the ne

a lot of road closures there and numerous trees down in loudoun county, montgomery county and fairfax county. if you live in st. mariy's county expect your power to go out. 100,000 people are now without power. i expect that to climb and maybe double through the rest of the night tonight. that is a huge scenario playing out here. not only do we have the strong storms but behind them we still have the heat. these storms are not going to bust the heat in the region. is it going to be back during the day tomorrow. even though we see the storms move out and rain move through, slightly cooler air move through we see the temperatures move back up to 100 degrees once again during the day tomorrow. as we mentioned some of the areas affected branny wine, waldorf, la plata, expect the storms in the next 20 minutes. up 301 here is the line again. you can see it in buoy making its way across crofton in anne arundel council. but this is just one big line that continues to move across the region. up to howard county and all along i-95 we were sitting here in northwest washington watching this thing come t

prince george's, arlington, fairfax county. mid 70s, low 70s, shenandoah valley. orm4 radar showing over the last few showers. light sprinkles, in prince george's county, southeast washington, and right down along the potomac just coming in to charles county. farther west, getting a few light showers, moderate showers from near shenandoah valley and win maryland. yellow is a zone zone of potential strong storms. some storms could be severe. in fact, later this afternoon we could have damaging winds from some isolated thunderstorms around northern virginia, the district. up toward boston, too. may be flight delays between washington and boston later this afternoon. 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. is the threat time it does look like from the storm storms. highs rain, should make it low to mid 90s by early afternoon. then it's afternoon that that we'll cool down when any rain does move on through with thunder and lightning and maybe damaging winds. then tomorrow and sunday looking terrific. 60s in morning. after highs, 80s. low humidity. might get showers and thunder showers

and, again, that new severe thunderstorm warning that is right there in eastern fairfax county. areas of prince george's county. so, around just east of 395, mt. vernon area, braddock area and around clinton area for the potential probably of some hail. we've already seen three quarter inch hail north of us in frederick, maryland. right inside of that area, the tornado warning. that's what is in red and then the areas shaded in green. prince william county and fauquier county, that's where we have flash flooding that is taking place right around 66. down to the south of us, more warnings. severe thunderstorm warnings one in st. mary's county right now and st. george island making its way northeast towards lexington park. numerous warnings up now and there will be more warnings coming up from now until i think about 9:00, 10:00 this evening. >>> we'll go ahead and take a look and show you exactly what time these warnings do expire for these areas. you may have seen some warnings in your area, those are lifted and others continue to come out tornado warning for anne arundel and tha

it's down to the low 60s in much of fairfax county and in montgomery county, just near 60. and closer to washington, though, right around the beltway, southern montgomery county, arlington and along the beltway in prince george's county, generally mid-to-upper 60s to near 70 as well as near the bay. farther west, only in the 50s. shenandoah valley, out of the mountains of west virginia, some of the highlands are down into the 40s now. out in western maryland and much of central west virginia. the 40s here on june the 14th, quite amazing. and as we get to 9:00, though, we'll be in the 60s much of the area, a lot of cloudiness around through noontime. and by then, low 70s. during the afternoon, a few breaks in the clouds, a little sun, highs upper 70s, a small chance of a passing scattered sprinkle coming through. and your hometown 4-cast, another one is coming up in ten minutes. right now is danella with a look at traffic. >>> good morning. well, if you're traveling along 395, looking good for you. we'll take a closer look especially cramming near edsall. northbound nice and

. >>> sleep-deprived students in fairfax county may soon have time to get a little more rest. they are reviewing research on changing class start times. fairfax county students get to bus stops at 5:45 in the morning to be at school on time at 7:20. they are pushing to start high school after 8:00 a.m. the current schedule could affect learning. >> i think it's okay the way it is. i think with schedules it would change everybody's schedule quite a bit and impact traffic even more. >> once we see that the benefits are so important to our students, we can work transportation around what is best for our students. >> fairfax county school board is not expected to vote on the issue until the fall at the earliest. >>> hockey has new kings this morning. >> for the first time in their 45-year history, the stanley cup for los angeles. the kings are the kings! >> you heard it. l.a. kings dominated game six, 6-1. decided within the first period of the game. new jersey committed a bad penalty, and the kicks capitalized on it, scoring three goals during a five-minute power play. the kings'

anyone with information is asked to call fairfax county police. callers can remain unanimous. >> police in prince georges county, maryland, need your help identifying the man in this surveillance video. they say he was involved in an armed robbery yesterday in college park. it happened at the shanghai tokyo resident on baltimore avenue. a cash reward for the tip that leads to an arrest is being offered. >>> the edge on d.c. now. an autopsy will be performed on a man who died after fighting with four police officers. that happened yesterday afternoon. police say 38-year-old anthony chambers became combative with the officers who came. police say the officers subdued chambers and put him in handcuffs. he lost consciousness and later died at a hospital. the officers are on administrative leave. obama wants teachers back in the classroom. in his weekly address, the president called on congress to take action on his jobs bill to prevent more layoffs. >> when states struggle, it's up to congress to step in and help out. in 2009 and in 2010, we provided a

but after that hearing, fairfax county schools decided that the punishment stands. the senior prank was engineered by six students last wednesday to spread maybey oil in the hallway causing people to slip and slide. chris shoemaker admits bringing this t. to school and now concedes this wasn't wise. no one was hurt but school officials were not amused. three students were suspended for three days and three others got a seven-did i suspension prohibiting them from the graduation ceremony. >> i realize now it presented a dangerous situation to a lot of people. it was just a silly mistake, i guess. >> reporter: shoemaker and his parents argued during a 90- minute hearing yesterday that one disciplinary in 13 years shouldn't keep him from the graduation. school officials though did not see it that way. so you be stead, shoemaker and the other students will got their diplomas privately. they will not be able to attend the graduation ceremony with the rest of the herndon high school class of 2012. that is the late here in herndon. back to you. thank you. >>> in other head

we are going to go to fairfax county government. we know their tornado warning expired around 5:45, but can you give us an idea what the county is dealing with at this point? >> we do have severe weather here. it hasn't rained very hard. we did have the tornado warning. we east just been recently informed that we can expect perhaps three to four inches of rain later on tonight. that's the next band of weather. based on that forecast we could have significant street flooding. at this point we have our emergency operations center opened up. it's monitoring the situation. we are just dispatching teams of people to various areas of the county to monitor the conditions, and we're encouraging everybody to stay off the roads if possible, and absolutely don't drive in wet conditions. don't drive through the rain if there's flooding. >> are you dealing with any accidents at this point or severe bottlenecks in any areas you want to let people know about? >> there are several areas of the county that always flood, and this, of course, is in the

it could not see it in fairfax county but plenty of people could smell it. smoke from a fire warning in george washington and shenandoah national park is making its way to the d.c. area. >> i walked outside and i smelled the smoke. it smelled like wood burning. >> more than 100 acres and forced officials say accessibility and lack of water are making it difficult for the firefighters. helicopters are dropping water to slow down the fires growth. >> it is a little worrisome. i will go out there this weekend. >> right now the fire is only burning on national forest land, but the hot and dry weather could hinder the process of firefighters trying to contain the fire. because of the changing wind patterns out here and on the mountains, we could be experiencing this smoke not only today tomorrow, possibly another day as firefighters tried to put this fire out. natasha barrett abc 7 news. >> the fatal accident is causing some major traffic delays in burke. happened around 1:00 p.m., a 22- year-old woman was killed. one adult and two children in a second vehicle we

but another person at the reston zoo told fairfax county police a different story.jet allegations were brought to our attention when a wallaby died at the zoo and there was suspicions and circumstances around that death that caused someone to tip the police department off. >> reporter: a search warrant says the person who contacted police put the injured wallaby in a crate and notified mogensen. others allegedly saw her walking off with the crated wallab. the tipster later found an empty crate, and a trash bag in a dumpster with a dead, wet wallaby. others say there was poor record keeping and shallers with sharp edges. a follow-up inspection said all issues except the wallaby incident were corrected. the two charges against mogensen are misdemeanors but the reston zoo could face further penalties if federal officials determine they violated the act. the affidavit for the search warrant says that megan mogensen took direction from the corporate director. none of the family could be reached for comment today. drowning would be considered a violation of the animal wel

he says it will not devastate the local economy. >> the impact on fairfax county is less than it would have been 30 years ago when think first arrived. today we have 620,000 jobs and we're about to lose 2,100. so the economic impact is not devastating. >> reporter: recently there have been several big companies that have come to fairfax. volkswagen, hilton, northrup have brought in 9,000 jobs, but that's still 900 sort of the 2,100 jobs exxon mobil will take to houston. it will take about three years for exxon mobil to move out, but when it does, perhaps an even bigger company bringing more jobs will move in. >> it's a great site. someone will snap it up. >> reporter: kristin fisher, 9 news now. >> exxon mobil says it will start moving in two years, but the move won't be complete until 2015. >>> the numbers are in for campaign 2012 fundraising in may and republican candidate mitt romney was able to raise about $16 million more than president barack obama. it is the first month the former massachusetts governor has outcollected the current commander in chief. >>> today senator tom cobur

traveling on i-66 at fairfax county parkway, you see eastbound starting to get a little busy. no major delays yet. i'll give you a travel speed right now. looking at about 53 miles per hour. 11 minutes to get to the beltway from fairfax county parkway. thank you, chopper 4. let's head over now to i-95. here you are heavy on the brakes at lorton making your way northbound in this area. your average travel speed from the occoquan, under speed at about 43 miles per hour. not terrible. take but 14 minutes to get to -- take you about 14 minutes to get to the beltway. hitting the brakes, then you'll pick up speed. then at backlick, seeing delays in that area, as well. back to you. >> thank you very much. 6:02. >>> this morning, jury selection will begin in the jerry sandusky child sex abuse case. the former penn state assistant football coach is accused of using his charity to find and abuse at least ten boys over a 15-year period. brian mooar is live in bell font, pennsylvania, with more on what we can expect. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. finding a fair, impartial jury

. >> the violent storms decimated parts of fairfax county. fallen trees kill two people in separate incidents and thousands are without power. >> reporter: good morning, everybody, this is the kind of mess that hundreds if not thousands are waking up to this morning. but this powerful storm has had tragic results. two people are dead in fairfax county as a result of the powerful storm. let me give you a look at the scene. i'm on columbia in falls church. just about every street that you go down in this neighborhood you'll find something like this. we have half o of an enormous tree that snapped off. fortune it will for these folks, you see the car buried under the branches and the power lines. doesn't look like a whole lot of damage to the car. but as i mentioned, some people are waking up to very tragic news in some neighborhoods this morning. let me take you out to the scene last night on old keen mill road in the springfield area. that is where during those powerful winds a tree toppled on to a car, a man was driving that car in fairfax co

police say they'll be on the lookout for a variety of moving violations. >>> a bomb threat force 9 fairfax county courthouse to shut the doors for the day. 6 the threat was received about noon. the county bomb squad performed a sweep of the building, didn't find anything. all court provisions scheduled for today will be rescheduled. >>> just ahead, metro riders do a double take as the transit agency renames one of the most popular stations. >>> forget the gym. people are hitting the water to get swimsuit ready. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. >>> we are following some breaking news right now. it's in northeast d.c., police are on the scene of what seems to be a hit-and-run. the

we're down to the low 50s in fairfax county. 52 reston. mid-50s in montgomery county with a 54 in rockville and the 52, one of the cooler spots to our south at fort belvoir and andrews 57. 58 degrees at national with a southwest wind at 5 and that barometer is 30.01. we'll see that hold close to where it is now but it will start to rise over the weekend as high pressure builds in. see high pressure in the ohio valley and midwest. big storms in oklahoma and texas since last night. still dealing, though, with this big storm. been sitting here for a few days. keeps bringing in pieces of energy. yesterday afternoon and evening once again the scattering of showers from maine back through new york state and pennsylvania. we even had a few isolated showers in our neck of the woods mainly from d.c. and south. today probably going to be a little bit more widespread. out to the west nice and quiet. look at the future cast. going to put some stopping points in here now. we go toward lunch time. it's all quiet. notice the flow from north to south. we'l

you'll notice on that list montgomery county, fairfax county, years of prince william county.l notice the cool spot is mount airy, maryland. those maryland counties that border pennsylvania not in our excessive heat warning for today. they are starting out cooler and did today. gaithersburg at 88, chantillied a 84 degrees. you our excessive heat warning for these counties shaded in bright pink, baltimore, howard, montgomery county, loudoun county. right through rappahannock, collier, the heat index today around 110 for several hours. keep drinking that water if you are going to be outside. make sure you that judge the person that you're with and say make sure you stay hydrated as well. 98 degrees the temperature. i think we'll max out around 100 degrees today giving us a chance to tie with our record high. we're seeing temperatures topping out at 101. down around charlottesville in virginia. yesterday's high 104. so today will feel much like yesterday. not the nature of what the storms were like yesterday. they're not good to be widespread, high winds, damaging winds through t

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also in fairfax county, a psychiatric patient is facing murder charges. police say 24-year-old mark shelor stabbed another patient at a facility off old meadow lane in mclean. the witness says the two had been arguing about money. that facility where the two patients were being treated treats people with mental illnesses including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. >>> a new government report shows the number of suicides among active duty military has gone up drastically. the pentagon reports 154 suicides so far this year. that's about one per day in 2012. the new numbers are about 17% more than at the same point last year. the pentagon did not release the main circumstances behind the suicides. >>> a member of president obama's cabinet is looking to resolve a dispute over the proposed eisenhower memorial. interior secretary salazar says he's willing to look at models of the potential memorial. eisenhower's family has objected to the design which they say focuses too much on his past rather than his military accomplishments. two members of the memorial c

fairfax county is a huge county near my home.t of a judge that had many witnesses including the teac teacher herself trying to staveoff losing her tenure. tenure is a very, very complicated process. i also is getting to be more and more on the target of the right wing. eric, you speak for them so much, why are they a target? >> eric: you need to borrow his back medication. >> kimberly: honestly. >> eric: the downfall of american school systems. we're actually sliding against every other developed nation in test scores, both math, reading, writing because of tenure. went to pay the teachers -- we don't promote teachers based on their ability to teach kids. we promote them and pay them on the amount of time they work. >> bob: i am for testing of teachers but i believe in tenure. you can't say the downfall of this is doing away with teachers. you are not paying anything. you're starving the schools and the budgets because republican takes money away. gregg is sip approximately simpn sense. if you get something you don't have to work

. >>> the fight to get schools to start later in fairfax county could be going beyond just talk. >>> a couple found a way to make their metro commute memorable. >>> and a guy in new jersey says there was something looking out for his family when the big one hit. [ scott ] i grew up playing with little toy trains and now i build them. i'm a bigger is better kind of guy. i absolutely love building locomotives. i knew i wanted to design locomotives from when i was very young. [ jahmil ] from the outside it looks like such a simple device. when you actually get down into the bare bones of it, there's so much technology that's submerged. [ rob ] my welds are a signature, i could tell my welds apart from anybody's. to lay down that nice bead and you look at it, i love it. they don't go together by themselves. there are a lot of little parts, and everyone has their job. [ scott ] i'd love to see it out there on the open tracks. and when i see it, i'm going to know that i helped build that thing. [ train whistle blows ] here it comes! [ bell clanging ] [ train whistle blows ] wow! [ charlie

this is their last day tomorrow in fairfax county for school this year. >> so they can watch you allummer long, tom. >> that's right, i told them. >> all right, we look forward to that. thanks a a lot, tom. >>> we'll check on the mid-day traffic, again, here's danella sealock. any problems? >> taking the outer loop of the beltway. let's start in maryland. as you make your way towards the dulles toll road. volume in this area, not seeing accidents, that's really good. head over to van dorn street, this is where you start to hit delays. continue as you make your way across the wilson bridge and i'll give you the travel speed, pretty slow at 32 miles per hour. looking for accidents, not seeing any, just delays. >> thank you, danella. >>> 19 minutes after 11:00 and still ahead on news 4 midday. how fathers can take the business approach to parenting and succeed. >>> plus, give the gift of fitness this father's day. steve heys is here with a perfect father/son workout for you. >>> first, here's a look at i was paying too much with cable. paying so much, you want better quality. for the am

it looks like fairfax county, all of you west of i-95 have been cleared from this severe thunderstorm warnings. the heavy stuff has moved east of you. just flash flood warning is in effect for frederick county until 1:15 a.m. as we look at the rainfall amounts, all the concentration of the heaviest rainfall has been up there to the north and northwest. the rainfall amounts haven't been that great, but we definitely have seen the heaviest up into frederick county where they may have received as much as 3.5 inches up around frederick. one storm was incredibly heavy. in the district i little more than 1/2-inch. out towards warrenton where we talked to will earlier, in some places north of warrenton they got an inch to 1 1/2 inches. that's doppler estimated. it's not perfect but we found it does

about 62 miles per hour. 11 minutes to get from fairfax county parkway to the beltway.the beltway, not seeing anything to warn you about now. back in ten minutes with a look at the rails. back to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> the wizards are not in the market for a new head coach. randy whitman will return next season. he took over on an interim basis when the team fired flip saunders last season. the wizards were 18-31 under whitman, but they won eight of the last ten games, including their final six. >>> and this morning, there's a woman in cleveland park who's asking for help to find the man who keeps stealing a sign that she says makes her smile every day. >> libby kavalakis is a pittsburgh steelers fan. she says someone keeps taking her steelers country banner. she posted this surveillance video on youtube. you see a man ripping down the banner off her house. there he goes right there. he's pulling it off there. the banner was stolen three times. the latest was last week. she says the crook even had a getaway driver in the alley behind her house. >> he broke on t

steven fuller, director of george mason university's cent fore regional analysis says with fairfax county generating 10,000 jobs a year, it is more than enough to offset the job loss and the half billion dollars exxon mobil pumps into the northern virginia economy. >> the county is in the best position of any jurisdiction and region to absorb this loss. >> reporter: at this restaurant, the hope is whoever fills the empty offices will fill up seats at the restaurant the way exxon mobil's workers did. sherry ly, fox 5 news. >>> a fox 5 follow-up to a story we brought you a few months agoen a local couple facing criminal charges for getting their kids to school late dozens ever times. there is an update on the case. efforts to crack down on sugary drinks but opponents say health experts need to mind their business. the first ever soda summit. do you ever wish youou could make some things just disappear? ♪ [ ping! ] [ ping! ping! ] that's why i use new tampax radiant. it helps keep my period invisible, combing tampax's best-ever leak protection with a revolutionary resealable wrapper so all t

. >> we much appreciate the assistance of our surrounding jurisdictions, arlington county and fairfax county. this is an example of how this region works together to deal with unusual circumstances. >> reporter: back out here live police have spent much of the evening trying to make contact with the man. they haven't had much success. a short time ago police broke the windows to the house and tossed some sort of chemical inside. it could have been tear gas. we don't know. they are trying to make the man come out of the house and surrender peacefully. that's the latest from here at the scene. back in to you, shawn. >> keep us updated, thank you. >>> now to another developing story tonight, d.c. police are still searching for the gunman who fired several rounds into a group of children in southeast this afternoon striking two of them and their adult chaperone. the boys were hit in the leg and back while the adult was wounded in the thigh. the children had just finished lunch walking down savannah street when the shots rang. fox 5's paul wagner is here with the story. >> d.c. police say the chi

those areas in yellow and orange coming down pretty hard now in loudon county and parts of montgomery and fairfax prince george's and fedric county, maryland, advancing north and east. these are the total amounts we'll get by the time it all ends later tonight. updates on our weather through the afternoon, "news 4 at 4:00 the next time you'll get a full forecast coming up with veronica johnson. >> thank you, tom. >>> after more than a century together, you would think they could work things out but a pair of giant turtles are calling it quits. 115 years old and been together almost since birth but that long-time love has aapparently soured. staff at the couple's zoo in austria say that bebe has been attacking. the zoo tried a little marriage counseling playing bonding games and offering good mood food, but it did not work. zookeepers say they think the pair simply just can't stand the sight of each other any more. so, it's quits for them. >>> and that's news 4 midday for today. we thank you for being with us. [ male announcer ] here's a friendly reminder. it's your last chance to get verizon's re

fairfax county is number two on the list.o go. [ applause ] >>> a special young man graduates today from southern high school. meet sean mccarry. he is graduated from the functional life skills program at southern. sean was shaken by a day care provider when he was just 8 months old. it caused brain damage. but his teacher says that only took away his ability to be angry or frustrated. instead, he is happy and loving all the time. he is admired, they voted sean prom king a few weeks ago. >> hmm. that's great. it's a wonderful story. and we're going to have more on it during the 9:00 hour. we plan to. it's a great story. you should watch. >> heart warming. >> nice to hear. >>> a lot of heart warming nice weather today i'm happy to say. >> we deserve it. >> yeah, i think so too. >> yesterday it wasn't bad. humidity was up a little bit. and for the most part, it was dry and a pretty nice day. some of you didn't see anything at all. and today, yeah, we're going to have a ridge of high pressure that continues to dominate the weath

the agency says it will have zero tolerance for misconduct. >>> people in fairfax county are chipping00 reward to catch a person attacking animals in that county. a calf, two goats and a chicken were injured at frying pan park in herndon over memorial day weekend. a group called friends of frien pan park put up the reward money. they say it's a shame for this to happen to such a family-friendly atmosphere. >> it's just a good place for me to bring my son. he loves it here and he loves the animals. he loves the tractors and i can't imagine why anybody would want to do something like that to a place that's obviously good for the community. >> investigators are looking into the possibility, the same suspect attacked horses on a nearby farm. >>> 11:40 the time right now. coming up on "news4 midday," the latest skin care technology being used to remove hair, treat acne and fight wrinkles, too. >>> plus some highlights from the queen's jubilee celebration. stay with us, we'll be right back. i was paying too much with cable. paying so much, you want better quality. for the amount of money th

. >> reporter: fairfax county school officials suspended three of the six offenders for three days. the other three for seven days. and that means chris shoemaker and two other seniors may not attend their graduation ceremonies scheduled for thursday afternoon. student opinion is split on why whether the graduation ban is too harsh a punishment. >> i think it's pretty fair. they did that prank and knew the consequences, i am not surprised this happened to them. >> it was a stupid prank but i still think they should walk because i mean no one got hurt at all. no one got hurt. >> reporter: chris and his parents believe that one disciplinary issue in 13 years should not be enough to keep this 18-year-old out of his graduation ceremony. >> i think if they had been forced to mop or clean or scrub the floors in the presence of the other students and received a little ridicule, the message would have gotten across. >> reporter: the shoemaker family spent 90 minutes today at a hearing with a hearing officer from fairfax county public schools and that is their last appeal because of the leve

stop and go, but more stop at fairfax county parkway and along route 50.g 18 minutes to get to the beltway from fairfax county parkway. on the red line, we had a delay on the metro, it's gone. metro not reporting delays at this time and same thing all running on or close to schedule. eun, over to you. >> 6:53 now. some of you think about the next time you're sitting in traffic. exhaust from diesel engines could raise your risk of lung cancer. a panel from the world health organization ruled the fumes are a carcinogen. a few claims they could cause bladder cancer, as well. they're more of a carcinogen than second-hand smoke. >>> turned away from their child's high school graduation. that's what dozens of parents say happened last night. the high school should have been outside, but school officials moved the ceremony to the temple of praise church in the southeast. the church opened up the basement for some of the overflow, but it wasn't enough to handle the crowds and many people were turned away at the door. >> i'm frustrated. i am trying to see my son. h

live in fairfax county, pat collins.ews4. >>> in silver spring, a car salesman was shot to death in his home, but the motive remains a mystery. a family member had trouble reaching 34-year-old eric sumah and when police arrived at his apartment on east/west highway they found his body. no word yet on a suspect in this case. >>> a pair of tree trimmers seriously injured age they got hit by a truck this morning. the workers were directing traffic in the 2600 block of new amster avenue in ashton. they were knocked 30 feet into the air. the driver was charged with negligent driving. >>> a dangerous situation right now outside union station after a crane collapsed. it happened around 2:30 this afternoon. right now, it's not clear how the crane collapsed. it happened the weight of the crane caused the truck that was carrying it to turn on its side. no one was injured and service to the station was not affected. >>> the regions largest school district has been under fire over its student discipline policy. but, tonight, the fai

right now mid 70s in the suburbs, in prince george's's arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties. steamy 70s around the region. near the bay, near 80 degrees now. the storm4 radar showing a few passing sprinkles coming fr through. they're way out ahead of the front in the midwest now in the ohio valley. thunder and lightning in western maryland. there's one shower now in the central shenandoah valley. we do have a large area that is under a threat of severe weather. it includes our metro region. parts of northern virginia and all of maryland, eastern shore for this afternoon, maybe as early as 2:00. about 8:00, storms that develop in this yellow zone could produce damaging winds. so stay tuned. we'll keep you posted on that. daily planner. might have a passing shower this morning. likelihood during noontime. it's mid to late afternoon when we have that chance for severe storms. highs reaching the low to mid 90s though by early afternoon. and a lot of cloudiness around. not as hot as yesterday. got to the new record yesterday. 99 at reagan national. i'll be back in ten minutes with