we're single tracking between franconia springfield and van dorn because of that. top of the belt, looking quite good. 66 inbound and 95 northbound, everybody there behaving themselves as well. more information on that crash on 50. >>> in the weather and traffic office. >> in the weather and traffic penthouse. tropical depression in the florida straits expected to dump rain on the southern half of the peninsula and the florida keys. i know we talk about august being that time where thing seem to get busier in the tropics and that is the case. >> the statistic peak of hurricane season is september 4th. that's going to be the case again this year. things have really gotten warmed up here in the tropics the last couple of days. tropical depression 9. this is the same tropical wave which we've been following since it was way out in the middle of the atlantic last week and has made slow but steady progress. we're not showing any signs of organization at this point. this southern part of the gulf of mexico out here, the water temperatures are in the upper much warmth in

busses will replace trains between franconia-springfield and van dorn street today and tomorrow.ted to end until september 11th. hang in there, folks. >>> let's turn to decision 2016. new signs this morning that virginia may not be a battleground state this year. sources telling nbc news the super pac supporting hillary clinton has no plans to air more tv ads in the commonwealth. they believe clinton doesn't need them to win. a poll released earlier this week showed 16-point lead over donald trump in virginia. the margin of error in the poll was plus or minus 3.5%. >>> we are learning the government will not releasing hillary clinton's state department schedules until after the election. a report shows clinton met with many donors to the clinton foundation while secretary of state. clinton and her team have pushed back on the report. both candidates are trying to turn the race for the white house into a referendum on race. each releasing campaign ads questioning each other's commitment to african-american voters. >> your schools are no good. you have no jobs. look at my african-a

we're talking major delays between franconia-springfiel d and van dorn street. surge 8 will last more than two weeks. right now the hunt is on for the killers responsible for murdering three people in prince george's county over the weekend. among the victims -- the popular up and coming rapper known as dj dirty swipey. a gunman shot him outside his apartment on parkway terrace drive in suitland. his real name was douglas brooks - and police think he was targeted. swipey appeared on "good morning washington" in june. friends say he was on his way to stardom. on saturday, a seven-eleven clerk, was shot and killed during an attempted robbery in clinton. in the other deadly shooting this weekend, 22-year-old damien rowlett was killed on endsley place in upper marlboro. and don't forget -- seven is always on your side in the fight against crime. check our "spot crime" maps on wjla.com, to stay aware of the latest incidents near where you live and work. today.. friends and family will say their final good bye to chris barry. the son of the late dc mayor marion barry

trains are single tracking all of the time between franconia, springfield and ben dorr street. that means fewer blue line trains and bigger crowds on yellow line trains. be prepared. this phase of work will wrap up in about two weeks. >>> trash collection was cut in half in one local county a few months ago. residents are upset but the county says it is saving millions of dollars. we have more on this story. >> i have a freezer full of chicken parts because we don't want them to stay outside for a week.>> reporter: kevin has tried everything to prevent a weeks worth of garbage from smelling up his home and attracting animals in the woods that surrounded. >> we have freezers full of plastic bags full of wateon don't want that rotting in the sun. >> reporter: most of the trash was gone when we stop by. family uses these trash cans and the blue recycling bin to keep the mounds of trash low. >> there are people who have trash cans that are overflowing. it is not their fault.>> reporter: the counties department of environment to kuwait one of two trash days. adam ortiz, the director

free shuttle buses will replace the rail service between franconia springfield and varn dorn. >>> and turning now to decision 2016. hillary clinton is off the campaign trail today, but she did receive her first intelligence briefing as nominee saturday in new york. while clinton doesn't have any public events for today, her running mate, senator tim kaine yesterday, slamming donald mp >> there is a sharp distinction between a hillary clinton who understands the value of alliances and donald trump who seems to think that tearing up alliances is a path to strength. >> he went on to criticize trump's outreach to african-american voters. saying he is out of touch. >>> donald trump's running mate mike pence spent part of his saturday in loudon county. he spoke to percent sillville and pushed trump's plan to improve the economy. he says it starts with lowering taxes. >> we're going to simplify taxes for everyone. streamline deductions and lower taxes across the board for every american. we're going to end death taxes once and for all. we're going to lower taxes on businesses large and small

this is the very latest radar picture right now coming out of franconia, buckingham. the heavy rain indicated by the bright orange and bright red. we suspect the severe thunderstorms will dissipate as we get out of the heat of the day. as we get into the evening hours, we can expect less of this and more tranquil weather. we will be dropping into the lower 70s overnight. i'll be back with more in a bit. denise. >> thank you, karen. an american won the first gold medal of the rio olympics. shooter ginny thrasher pulled off an upset in the women's 10 meter air rifle event. >> if she could just win this and get second. >> and it was a great day for chelsea worrell as she swam her way closer to a medal. she won her 100 meter butterfly heat. you can catch it right here on nbc 10. we have the latest from olympic park. >> reporter: she reaches the 10.4 mark. and ginnc thrasher is a gold medalist. >> she shot her way to the top for team usa. the 19-year-old virginia native learned to shoot while hunting with her dad. >> i'm just completely overwhelmed. i'm very grateful to be

buses will replace trains between franconia-springfield and van dorn street. coming up on abc 7 news at noon, a man trapped in a burning vehicle. we will tell you when an officer heroically went in to save him as cameras were rolling the whole time. reporter: a woman who saw a drone going on to actor robert bean balls property shoots it down. we will talk to her coming up. jummy: later, are you addicted to coffee newsu are watching abc 7 at noon, on your side. jummy: at this dramatic video coming out of georgia. unbelievable. an officer's body camera shows him saving the life of a man trapped in a burning vehicle. the officer found the suv engulfed in flames with the passenger trapped inside. the officer was prevented from opening the door. the officer pulled the men out, and explosion knocks off his hat and his body camera. police say the suv's driver died in the fire. , police in nebraska are trying to figure out exactly what caused a man to run onto the airport tarmac before jumping in an airline pickup truck and then ramming it into a plane. it happened la

over the weekend, there will be no rail service between franconia-springfield and van dorn street. buses will replace trains on saturday and sunday. during the week, trains will single track between those two stations. >>> new details this morning in search for a driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run nar circle. these are surveillance photos of the car they are looking for. it hit a man last friday at 42:40 in the morning. the car may have a yellow rear license plate. >>> donations are pouring in for the victims of the silver spring apartment explosion. the montgomery county housing partnership is working to distribute that money. seven people died and 30 were injured after a natural gas explosion at the flower branch apartments. >>> new information about a deadly plane crash in fredericksburg, the ntsb put out its preliminary rport overnight, six people died when the plane crashed just beyond the runway at shannon airport a few weeks ago. surveillance shows it briefly touching down and bounced several time. in the plane was coming in high and fast before landing in the trees. it

it'll impact riders between franconia-springfield and the van dorn station. >>> welcome back on this saturday, august 27th. i'm david culver with megan fitzgerald in for angie. you ready for the heat? >> i'll take the heat over the cold. >> you said it on facebook live. >> i like the weather heat versus weather of cold. >> it is a heat wave so you have a lot to endure. let's get to tom kierein in the weather center with the latest. >> summer lovers are loving this, as the summer is extending here as we get into early september. hot days here over the next several days. humidity isn't too bad. a nice, blue sky. little haze in the low levels. little bit of humidity this morning. humidity levels have dropped a bit. that's the live view from the tower camera. by noon, it'll be hot, around 90 degrees. heading to the beach or the pool or maybe getting out and getting yard work done, make sure you take plenty of90 by 3:00. the feels like temperatre may be around 100 mid to late afternoon. warm evening coming up. mid 80s. a look at the next chance for storms and when the heat wave will end i

remember on the blue line, a lot of delays because of the single tracking between franconia and van dorn street, because of the safe track surge number 8. taking a look at 66 and 95, we don't have any problems. inner loop express lanes after the mixing bowl still a report that all lanes are blocked for paving. it was much more red when i first look at the situation, now we have a little bit of yellow there at the bottom of the beltway. this is what kristin wright was talking about, rhode island avenue, 10th street, northeast, those lanes are block for activity. 95 in maryland, from 32 down to the beltway, you are on time at 11 minutes. >>> 4:33 your time right now and a teenager is facing charges and two men involved in a shooting inside a mcdonald's are still on the run this morning. a man was shot in the face at the restaurant back on august 12th. now the victim's mother is begging for your help. >> he's still fighting for his life. he's gone through so much, and you can see the fear in his eyes. >> surveillance shows a man followed natalie's son into the bathroom. he walk out seconds

blue line trains will not operate between franconia springfield and van dorn stations. there's a free shuttle bus service instead. starting monday the blue trains will continuously single tra on weekdays. surge number 8 is expected to last through sunday, september 11th. before you ride metro, check out our free wusa 9 app and know what's in store before you head out the door. >>> stunning video tonight out of hartford where a train caught fire. three rail cars carrying construction debris and wood went up in smoke. the train was headed to massachusetts last night when this incident happened. still no word on how that fire broke out. >>> also a dramatic scene on a highway overseas where a truck struck an overpass collapsing a pedestrian bridge on one of england's busiest motorways. fortunately only one person was injured. that was the motorcyclist who came off his bike as the bridge started to collapse in front of him. the accident did cause massive traffic jams. >>> the presidential campaign makes a stop in virginia this saturday. we're going to take you there when we

we do still have safetrack surge number eight, with the blue line signal tracking at franconia-springfield and van dorn. jummy: dozens of people rushed to save a driver's life after a fallen tree. the tree crushed his car. he was taken by d.c. fire and ems personnel. the massive tree came crashing down on a passenger car. according to police, dozens of people helped lifted off the vehicle so that -- helped lift it off the vehicle so that first responders c enlist that tree up and slide the car backwards from underneath the tree where they were able to after kick the man stuck inside. he was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries now. jummy: the driver's name has not been released. but he is now hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. school just started, but for kids in frederick, they get an unscheduled day off. monotonous he valley -- monotonou-- we are your source for back-to-school coverage all across the region, and we want kids' firstf those day of school photos. if you are sent this picture in of margo on second-rate preach even has the matching american girl

blue line trains will continuously singletrack between the franconia springfield and van doren freed -- street stations. no trains will run out of tomorrow through sunday. >>> heads up for yellow line riders, metro rail is conducting a full scale response drill sunday, this will allow emergency personnel to act as evacuation of a train during a simulated derailment. service will be stomped between the plaza and pentagon statio 2 in the afternoon. all of this information is on our mobile app. >>> coming up on the news at noon, a big speech from fed chair janet yellen provides a big hint at the direction of interest rates. >>> and, james corden takes a ride with britney spears in the latest installment of " carpool karaoke." fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios. this is ryan. you can't tell me this cord isn't in. i know it's in. it's in, but it's not working. i'm sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me see what you're seeing. really? yes, mr. mcenroe... see that cord

yellow line now in the direction of ring belt, a train malfunction outside franconia, you need a little of time there. a 35 minute commute traveling from the beltway across the 14th street bridge. to change inoing the next hour with heavy volume continuing. the problem is on the third street tunnel, that's the traffic watch. back in the next 10 minutes to update your ride on the north side of town. back to you. larry: more olympic history is being made. an american runner gathering his first ever metal in the 1500 meter, coming from behind to take the bronze. giving it her the finish line, a truly remarkable performance. good for her. all right, five minutes before 7:00 now. kidd: i'm just going to hold your hand. what did you think of the news? autria: i had to do it did he a dittyity -- had to do in my apartment. kidd: britney is coming back to mtv. of a huge snake making its way through the stage and going on stage. her song? i heard the remix. kidd: love that song. autria: i didn't like it. my girl britney cannot spring -- cannot sing, spoiler alert. [laughter] but if there is a rem

also, delays on the blue line for tracks eight, both directions there, single tracking, between franconiar end. any questions erin fox5, delays northern maryland, frederick, from 70 to 109, pass through, just about three, four minute delay there, then you also hit a lot of stop and go traffic closer to the district, through rockville, cyclists, lay hill road and midvale, excuse me, middle vale lane, crossing there, also let's take live look outsid with on our roads, crash blocking the shoulder right now, rockville pike on the southbound side at stat more avenue. heavy traffic in the district, metro buses on delay, so check the metro bus schedule before you head out. let's go ahead, look back at the maps, 359 northbound remains heavy, pennsylvania at 12th street a crash. then crash update northbound third street tunnel prior to the u.s. senate. clear all lanes open, residual delays linger. track in a few, back to you guys. >> move over uber, more on the ride sharing service. >> can man's best friend actually understanded those? ya, what's the problem? new clues that have tails wagging, say

between'scking franconia, springfield, and van dorn street. that is our traffic watch. back in the next 10 minutes, we will update the right out of cheverly. the word of the day is hot but not too humid. much like yesterday, we will deal with temperatures topping out around 90 degrees. a little muggy for your morning commute. giving you the green light. it gets sticky by the mid part of the day, so by lunchtime we are cautionary. as you are heading to the grocery store, getting to the doctor, know that it will be a little bit of humidity for us to deal with. mostly a sunnys, start to the by the afternoon. 76 -- we do not have any high humidity currently. it is not going to be too high later today. we have another 90-degree day coming our way tomorrow. one reason we got relief from the humidity is the weather front moving through. another one will move through late wednesday, early thursday. all that while we track the tropics. i will show you how it can impact labor day weekend. we are following breaking news overseas. a suicide bomber attacking the chinese embassy in t

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largo town center because of earlier train malfunction in addition to safe track surge 8 between franconiaandoren street and trains running twelve rights now the beltway quiet. 395 looking good. 270 southbound by the truck skilled at ooets fox5dc. back to you. >> 5:50 is the time. happening today remains of once missing marine will finally be laid to rest at arlington. 22-year-old private first class anthonyie brisania wept missing during world war ii. his remains were found and he will receive a. >> metro is not opening early for any reason. today at 1 marathon officials will unveil a transportation plan. now marathon is set to be run on sunday >>> all right. this afternoon in ocean city maryland governor larry hogan and state comptrollers are scheduled to discuss school start dates. he wants to mandate they not go back into session until after labor day goal to boost tourism and saying start date are local issue. kalamazoo kalamazoo may brand new license played for marylan marylanders. >> for other stories you're being clicking on let's to to mawrn mawrn. >> first up this morning. colin

there will be no rail service between franconia springfield and varn dorn street. buses will replace trains during the weekend. during the week, trains will single track between those two stations. >>> another warning, avoid the yellow line on more than 100 emergency responders will be practicing emergency procedures. >>> the heat and humidity are back. chuck will tell us how to dress the kids for the bus stop. >>> a police checkpoint attack in turkey. several officers dead. dozens injured. what we're finding out when we head to the live desk next. >>> police on patrol to keep joggers safe. why one community is on high alert followintwo separate g >>> 11 minutes after 5:00 right now. can you send kids to tank tops? is that allowed? they might need it today. >> we're not sending days sci zi -- daisy duke to school. >> temperatures in the mid 70s. near 80 by 8:00 and highs today low to mid 90s across the area with heat indexes over 100. what to wear, shorts if you can get away with it. shorts, t-shirt, lightweight and light colors, sunglasses, spf for sure and maybe

this is the blue line situation, single tracking between franconia. we'll update you as that progresses. on the red line, trains every 8 to 16 minutes here this weekend. on orange, silver and green lines, nl line, regular service on saturday and sunday between 7:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. between huntington and national airport way. >>> a man convicted of torturing a northern virginia couple will spend the rest of his life in prison. a judge handed down two life sentences plus 98 years to andrew earlier today. he had been convicted of breaking into the couple's home in mclean and holding them captive for hours while he shot, stabbed and tased them. prosecutors called it a case of revenge against the victim who had fired his wife weeks before. his wife will face trial next month. >>> summer vacation is about to end for thousands of local kids. first at 4:00, the new steps to keep them safe on their way to and from school and how technology could mean a traffic ticket in your mailbox. >>> this year is just getting started for local it's coming to it's coming

single tracking between franconia springs and van dorn street on the blue and yellow lines. that is our traffic watch. back in the next 10 minutes. autria? autria: we're following breaking news from los angeles. larry: chris brown has been arrested on suspicion of assault. information from the alleged victim coming up next. autria: for drivers as summer comes to an end. >> next year, good schools we starting after labor day? hey how's it going, hotcakes? hotcakes. this place has hotcakes. so why aren't they selling like hotcakes? with comcast business internet and wifi pro, they could be. just add a customized message to your wifi pro splash page and you'll reach your customers where their eyes are already - on their devices. order up. it's more than just wifi, it can help grow your business. you don't see that every day. ess. comcast business. built for business. jummy: 6:44. ofcontinue to follow news troubled singer chris brown, allegedly threatening a woman with a gun inside his los angeles home. the singer entered into a bizarre hours-long standoff with police after the

trains will single track between franconia and van dorn street. trains will be replaced between those two stations with the springfield station closed altogether. tracks along other parts of the blue line will be closed down. >>> still ahead, new recommendations to fight the growing threat of the zika virus. >>> days after an outbreak of tornadoes cause a path of destruction. >>> it's a warm and humid night. if you'reut there, around the arlington area, 7:00. dropping into the 70s by early tomorrow morning. a very warm and humid night tonight. the heat turns andre know you can keep your financial big picture under control. know you can see how much you have to spend and whether you should transfer funds. know you can easily keep track of what you're putting away. and know you're budgeted for the great escape. thanks to virtual wallet by pnc. ♪ >>> another first for the zika virus. health officials say a man from maryland showed no symptoms but spread the virus by having sex with his partner.

down on the orange and silver line and blue line continuous single tracking for surge 8 between franconia and vandoren. caution there an a look from sky fox 50 inbound kenilworth. >> skyrocketinging cost of epipens now they're making a generic version. >> campaign trauma one of the top aids is thrown into the spotlight again. details on why the wife of disgraced politician andthony weaner is calling it quits. they're dealing with luders who taken advantage of abandon properties after the quake. police arrested a kim people so far for ludeing quake damaged homes and that quake killed nearly 300 people and thousands were displaced and later today more than 200 victims will be honored at state funeral service at amatrice. >> harry reid thinks russia could tamper with voters. any points between the ties of russian cam pain and interven intervening including hakz on democratic political organizations. >> disgraced former congressman anthony weiner known for naughty texting habits has done it again. his wife now hitting the road. huma abedin stood by his side but after sexting more than a year

free shuttle buses will replace the rail service between franconia springfield and varn dorn. >>> and now to decision 2016. hillary clinton is off the campaign trail today, but she did receive her first intelligence briefing as nominee saturday in new york. while clinton doesn't have any public events for today, her running mate, senator tim kaine

this is going to impact riders between franconia-springfield and the van dorn stations. >>> thank you for joining us. i'm david culver. >> megan fitzgerald. day two of the latest heat wave. tom kierein is standing by to let us know when the heat is going to stop. >> summer does not want to release its grip on us. we are going to continue with another hot day today. fairly pleasant now. we've got a mostly clear sky. there is the view from our storm team 4 city camera, showing a sunrise underway. sun will be coming up at 6:33. wispy, high clouds drifting over the metro area. it is a quiet and tranquil saturday morning. the temperatures are mild and muggy. we're hovering in the 70s about everywhere. by 10:00, it'll be getting hot. we'll be in the mid 80s and have lots of sunshine. by 2:00, you're going to notice, it'll be rather humid. not the humidity we've seen the last several days. low 90s by then. mid 90s around 4:00. the upper 80s by 6:00 and sunshine. 10:00, low 80s and a clear sky. next chance for storms is coming up this half hour. >> thank you, tom. little heat for the first da

there is no rail service between franconia on saturday and sunday. during the week trains will single track between the two stations. the work runs the first couple of weeks of september. >>> a water main break has closed a prince george's county school for the day. this is video from chopper 4 that spotted workers out there trying to repair that break. is expected to take. >>> new calls for members of the prince george's county board of education to step down. this all comes after the district's headstart program lost millions in federal funding, which came after major allegations of abuse. news4's meagan fitzgerald is live outside overlook elementary in suitland to break down this story. >> reporter: yeah, aaron, the mother of a 4-year-old who used to go to this school said her son managed to wander away from the playground about a mile away before he was found. the mother reported it to school officials but nothing was done about it so a lot of parents attended last night's school board meeting where they sounded off, calling the actions of some b

initiative which includes an increase in uber pool the trains will singletrack around the clock between franconia station and van dorn street. abc7 can help you stay ahead of troubles on metro. text the word "metro" to 43817. leon: still ahead at 5:00, it cost woman thousands and even after the victim said she couldn't afford it. michelle: captain off the job. what we know about the cruiseship crash in baltimore. she was out for a walk. an elderly woman died crossing the street in reston. police say the driver never stopped. 'm ryan hughes. but how did we end up here? his mom thought he had the flu and that he was covered by the meningococcal meningitis vaccine he had received. until 2014 there were no vaccines for meningitis b in the u.s. now there are. while uncommon, meningitis b can lead to death within 24 hours. trumenba is a vaccine for 10 through 25 year olds to help prevent group b meningococcal disease. trumenba should not be given if most common side effects were injection-site pain, fatigue... headache, muscle pain, and chills. ask your doctor or pharmacist about all the risks and bene

franconia 12:34. that one heavy rain and lightning.t moving so we could some localized flooding from that. otherwise, pretty unsettled weather across the eastern seaboard. that pattern will continue through tuesday. then will start to dry out on wednesday. tomorrow, temperatures mid-80s for reading. 84 there. phoenixville, 84 degrees. skatserred showers and storms. 84. in new jersey, 85. hattenfield, closer to the shore, temperatures in the mid to low 80s. 83 for atlantic city tomorrow. and dover around 87 degrees. tomorrow showers and storms, some heavy. by tuesday, cloudy skies. some showers around, too. on the lighter side, most likely 83 degrees. wednesday through thursday, a mid-80s. we're going to be on the drier side. by friday, back near 90 degrees and going into next weekend, showers and thunderstorm chance on saturday. so far, sunday doesn't look too bad. >>> i'm danny pommells. coming up next in sports, carson wentz had plenty of fans in the stands today at open practice. what does doug peterssderson thf the rookie so far? >

there will be no rail service between franconia springfield and van dorn street. buses will replace trains. the work runs through september 11th. >>> state of virginia is dealing with a shortfall of more than $1.5 billion. governor mcauliffe is expected to address possible solutions when he goes before state lawmakers this morning. he says the biggest problem is withholding income and that holder people are retiring at higher wages than they are being repraised. the governor says he will protect education from seeing cuts. >>> donations are pouring in for the victims of the silver spring apartment explosion. the montgomery county housing partnership is working to distribute that money. that money will dpo to families who lost everything in the natural gas explosion. yesterday, a 6th victim was identified. one more person has yet to be identified. >>> an off duty state trooper is being credited for saving a woman this burning wreck of a house. it exploded and caught fire in rural western maryland, washington county yesterday. the trooper lives in the neighborhood a