an accident lower frederick montgomery county big road and girlock road. we have an accident involving an overturned truck blocking a couple of lanes that created a bus stop on 295 northbound between 47 and 42. that cleared but then within the backup we got another accident 295 northbound near 42. ramp from lower landing road to 42 northbound, 42 was heavy because of the delays on 295. three accidents impacting the traffic on 295 and 42 in new jersey that's a messy situation. just had a live update with the speeds 15 miles per hour on 42 northbound in that spot. really slow there, as well 1 miles per hour on 55 northbound heading to 42. watch for that. i just want to show you the fog five miles at philadelphia international not a problem, but .3 in millville. .3 in wildwood. 2.5 in wilmington. it's an issue in spots south of the city. >> four people are due in court to face charges in connection with the killings of two police officers in mississippi. this is new video of a vigil held in hermry of benefit have ben dean and liquori tate. they were killed du

areas like frederick, montgomery prince william, loudoun and fauquier counties. once again tomorrow afternoon there could be a few downpours. severe weather though not looking likely. now, for the weekend better chance of rain will be on sunday. for tomorrow there's the chance -- excuse me, saturday, there's the chance of some rain and storms during the afternoon. mainly west of washington high near 90. on sunday, a high of 85. rain and storms are likely some storms later in the day on sunday could be on the strong to severe sides. so keep a close eye for the potential threat of severe weather. big changes, we lose the humidity. a high temperature on monday only around 70 degrees. 72 on tuesday, with a chance of showers both monday and tuesday. >>> 5:54. today, george pataki is expected to announce he's running for president. he's considered a long shot candidate. he said his record as a three-term governor shows his dedication to small government and tax cuts. there are still more than 500 days until the election but right now candidates are jockeying for positi

the numbers have dropped in d.c., they have unfortunately gone up in alexandria, fairfax, frederick, and montgomery live in north west, i'm delia goncalves, wusa9. >>> our time right now 16:36. we want -- is 6:36. we want to congratulate dave evers from haymarket, virginia. he is our facebook fan of the day. dave says he should be our winner because i watch wusa9 news. i like dave matthews band and jiffy lube live is less than three miles from my house. >> it just makes sense then. if you want to join dave as this week's winner, you get to tickets to see dave matthews band at jiffy lube live. just go to our facebook page and fill out the form. >> i'm first alert meteorologist erica grow out here live at dupont circle. the breeze has settled down. that will be the trend today along with that sunshine and that will lead to just a perfect afternoon. high temperatures 70 to 75 today. tons of sunshine. look at those winds only out of the south by the end of the day at 5 to 10 miles per hour. how long will this last? allyson will be have the answer coming up in >>> welcome back. still chilly out here. it

from just around the frederick area down through montgomery county right through the district. right toward fairfax county and charles county and fredericksburg. very heavy rain. nothing severe. we have not seen any kind of severe thunderstorm warnings. we have a flash flood warning in effect until 1:45 them saw heavy heavy rain. please watch out. a lot of flooded roadways. right around damascus right along 70. it is just steady rain. then follow the lien toward gaithersburg. look at all the lightning. we have had two reports houses being set on fire. look at bethesda toward d.c. the strongest storm, let's zoom in on this guy right around the bethesda area. right along 355. making its way toward wheaton. and then in and around northwest d.c. right here where our station is. and then you just follow it down toward i-95 down route 1. cross over the river and you're into portions of prince george's county. charles county you saw a big time storm earlier. now you're seeing another one around the 301 region. to the north and west. a lot of lightning with that and more lightning towa

the panhandle of west virginia. 2:00 we see storms and downpours bubble up favoring parts of montgomery frederick and loudon counties. 3:00 the threat of showers and storms makes its way into the d.c. metro area. 5:00 p.m., that evening commute notice rain impacting parts of washington montgomery county along the i-95 corridor even back toward leesburg. 7:00 p.m. still tracking hit-or-miss showers and maybe a few thunderstorms. again, the greatest concern today is going to be heavy rain due to the heat and humidity. i'm going to be taking a look at the heat coming up in about ten minutes, angie. >> all right, amelia, thank you. >>> we received america's latest obesity report card it looks like our country needs improvement. the data comes from an annual survey done by gapllupgallup. maryland is the fittest at number 18. it also made the most headway in recent years moving up from number 33 in 2008. nearby virginia next door is number 23 on the survey which is very consistent with where it's been in years past. and then if we move over to west virginia this is a state that needs the most work. it

plenty of clouds over parts of loudon montgomery frederick and fairfax counties. i'll have your evening clanner coming up. just how chilly you can anticipate it to be tonight. >> thanks amelia. >>> hundreds will gather in the district to remember police officers killed in the line of duty. a candlelight vigil will be held at 8:00 p.m. at the national law enforcement officer's memorial in northwest washington. it's one of dozens of events marking national police week in the district. the police unity tour bike ride hit the district yesterday. earlier this week, the names of two local officers were added to the washington area law enforcement memorial. we're keeping an eye on several other developing stories including a shooting in prince george's county that led one person dead and four others injured and more from philadelphia and our breaking news, the deadly train derailment. as we go to break, hear what it was like on the train as it derailed? >> we saw it go like, that you could feel it off the tracks then we just rolled and roll >>> social media played a big

as we move over toward the north and east toward montgomery county. frederick county. local on 270. very heavy rain around the clarksburg region. this is all moving toward the south and east. i'll do a zoom on this. a little lightning associated with this. it was hail. and we saw hail golf ball size. look at barnesville. seeing some very heavy rain. germantown seeing that rain. you will soon see the heavier downpours come through with the lightning and the thunderstorm. and then just plain rain. toward wood bridge right along i-95. it's just been raining for the better course of about two hours here. we are still tracking this line from frederick. that line will clip the entire region. d.c. maryland culpepper county just about everybody has a good chance to get wet a chance of thunderstorm. all because of a front. there is a front to the north. that's why we saw the storms. look at the spin here. this could be the big tropical depression of the season. all the computer models almost all of them bring it into the carolina. that's what could affect us during the weekend. it won't come

could get into northern montgomery and frederick counties and maryland.orms when you hear thunder roar that's your signal to go inside. notice the core of the metro area is still missing out on the rain chance. but out to the south and west towards luray, that's where the rain chances remain highest. but 7:00 tonight maybe a few showers inching towards leesburg but with time those pretty much dry up. in and around the metro today i think the chances will stay fairly low. not zero. can't give you the 100% dry, but really low from fairfax eastbound. east of i-95. higher rain chances there you can see across louden county. sort of keep that in mind as you're planning out your afternoon. the overall impact the weather will have on your day. where the showers will be a bit more likely. here's the bigger view on your radar. more heavy rain for northern and central parts of texas. showers from st. louis to chicago. flights going that way this afternoon could be slowed down a touch. those early morning sprinkles here in the shenandoah valley are drying up as they

areas like frederick, loudoun, even parts of western montgomery county into prince william and fauquier counties. it is hot and humid once again tomorrow. today though for the commuter forecast temperatures in the 70s. for the evening, temperatures in the 80s and could be water logged roads b. careful for hydroplaning. the beltway was a mess yesterday. 89 on saturday. the chance of late-day showers and storms mainly west of washington. sunday a better chance of rain. a chance of rain of showers in the morning. expect some rain potentially some storms that could be on the strong to severe side. we'll keep a close eye on sunday potentially becoming a weather alert day. highs on sundays on the 80s. monday and tuesday, temperatures drop into the low 70s. wednesday a high of 75. cooler weather as we begin june. alexis how are the roads looking? >> really good right now. the only problems we have are on i-95 south. starting off 270 at shady grove road all lanes open. seeing some volume building on 66 heading inbound right after manassas. right after route 234, but no major slow downs there. h

by 5:30 there they are, northern montgomery county frederick county up toward the blue ridge, shenandoah, win winchester winchester 5:30. it goes right along this area here. higher and higher rain chances farther and farther out to the west into the mountains and west virginia. seven-day forecast it is going to be a very summer-like pattern. these temperatures are much more typical of late july than late may so get used to summer. it comes early and it never seems to leave early. >> today, the battle over a possible 15% property tax increase in prince george's county will heat up. parents and teachers are holding a news conference to call for that increase and that's because the extra money would go to education. the tax increase would cost the owner of a $200,000 home about $300 a year more. prince george's county council votes on that proposal on thursday. >>> the district's summer youth jobs program is expanding. later this morning, d.c. mayor will sign a bill into law expanding that program. it's named after the late marion s. barry. it offers 1,000 jobs for six weeks. it happens at

the constituency that i share in baltimore city, but they've come from prince george, montgomery county, frederick county, to lend a helping hand to the citizens here. i think whether you're an elected official in baltimore city or somewhere else in the state of maryland, people are looking to those relationship-building opportunities to have confidence in those who propose to represent them in city hall and washington, d.c. elected officials also have to be willing to go the extra step to make sure -- >> let's go -- another elected official that has been very much present there in baltimore as we've been through the last week, elijah cummings. listen to what he said earlier at a church service. >> our children are the living messages. we send to a future we will never see. as i said as gray's funeral, the sad part about it now is so often our children are sending us to a future they will never see. we got to turn that around. >> how do you turn that around? >> you turn it around by, you know, getting into the neighborhoods. over the last three days, whether it be churches or at a local rec center

driving into some rain as well as into the mountains along interstate 270, up in northern montgomery into frederick county you're running into the rain. along interstate 70 western maryland it's wet now. along 81 as well it is wet down to the central shenandoah valley and down 95 south from prince william and stafford and spotsylvania so the pavement is getting wetter. we're hovering in the mid and upper 50s. we'll stay in the mid and upper 50s by 10:00 and then by noontime most of the area in mid and upper 50s. then by 4:00, dropping back down into the low to mid 50s by late afternoon. next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up your bus stop forecast. and a look at what to wear today. do we have any problems on the roads? >> we are seeing some of the rain on the roadways. take a look here first 4 traffic tracker southbound here in dale city. we have rain in spots. taking a look here at the map, you can see only slowdowns through dale city. talking ago 19 miles per hour, as we zoom in a warning here, 95 south at dumfries road still have that right lane blocked and a slowdown because of overnight

there's the shower i was talking about up there toward frederick making its way through frederick county and upper montgomery county. that shower will continue to move on down again maybe just an isolated shower, most of us though will stay dry tonight. that's part of a cold front that will bring in some cooler numbers. so temperatures tomorrow will be a little bit cooler than they were today. we're talking about high temperatures in the low to mid-70s forethe most part instead of the mid to upper 70s like today. again plenty of sunshine during the day tomorrow and a little bit of a breeze. if you're thinking about getting out there doing a bit of biking, again, starting off on the cool side 56 degrees around 9:00, 1:00 around 67 and a high temperature tomorrow with sunshine around 73. saturday looks great, but look at the beaches. if you're coming down here, tomorrow going to be on the cool side. make sure you bring your sweatshirt or jacket down here along the boardwalk. but sunday and monday, look at these temperatures, high temperatures in the upper 70s to low 80s down here on sunday and on monday. absol

north and west on the metro area across frederick county to faquier barnsville, montgomery county. all the areas in red featuring heavy rain and hail drifting from northwest to southeast toward the metro/washington area. the second hot spot is out west along 66 and 50 west of the beltway. the areas continue to push through middleberg, market, hay market south to prince william county. there are more showers and storms across pennsylvania we are keeping an eye on here. all with a slow-moving cold front that will push through tonight and that will stop the rain. we have several more hours. possibility of heavy downpours, isolated hail, a fair amount of thunder and lightning that goes with the storms as they move south and east. very muggy with the temperatures in the lower 80s today. upper 70's everywhere at the moment. moisture content high in the air. i feels like a summer evening. later tonight men the front is done, clearing skies area of fog and cooler night. 55-60 degrees. through the day tomorrow beautiful, lower humidity. upper 70s, lower 80's friday. same in saturday. humidi

we have that warning in montgomery county as well as fairfax county and another in frederick county in virginia. so all of these until 4:45. they're mainly southbound. it will hit spots like brook mont. bethesda by 4:23. 4:26 toward south kensington. the wheaton area by 4:28. riding along areas of 495. the beltway, during the evening rush here. that other storm. we continue to track it. possibly producing some hail. it will be making its way toward winchester and right down 17. we've got three pretty good clusters out there. what we expect the storm to hang on until 7:00 maybe as late as 8:00 p.m. here's a look at 7:00 p.m. in the future weather. another line coming through when we lose the daytime heating. here's 9:00 this evening down around fredericksburg and maybe to the north around hagerstown. we could see some showers lingering. our big storm chances over by around 8:00. the temperatures at 79 degrees. we'll cool very quickly to 70 by 9:00. 66. this weather system that is helping to cause these thunderstorms across the area will start to wash out. tomorrow with an easterly wind

here is your move from leesburg toward frederick county, maryland even a shower toward montgomery county. that's about it. tomorrow the high temperature around 90 we'll see a chance of a shower, storm most of those toward the mountains. same deal on sunday. most of us dry this weekend. a great weekend to hit the pool. 87 monday, monday a great chance for strong storms, potential there for severe weather. much cooler moving into tuesday and wednesday, but we're still on the warm side. guys? >> thanks, doug. >>> as you probably heard by now, the nation has two students who are so brilliant they are sharing this year's championship for the scripps howard national spelling bee. they're such good spellers, the judges ran out of words, had to award the top prize to both last night. now that some of the adrenaline has worn off, we're hearing from those champs. >> like it was a really, like, fun to win at the end. but the whole competition was really great. and i had a lot of fun this week. >> i think it's great to be a co-spelling bee champ because more people got an opportunity to win and less

frederick. it looks like it's in toward urban that toward montgomery -- urbana toward montgomery county and in damascusa few minutes and germantown and laytonsville a few minutes after 6:00. it might make rockville by 6: 15. let's talk about what's coming as we head through the holiday weekend, chilly night. behind that front most of us will be in the 40s. frost advisories in the mountains, low to mid-30s. protect your plants. a fantastic saturday, dry, less windy, great range of temperatures, lower 70s in most areas. warmer but not humid sunday, above 80 and heat and humidity by monday. after that it looks like the storm threat picks up with the daytime heating. it will feel like july tuesday through much of week. the beaches late tonight or tomorrow, mid-60s, sunday 74, monday around 80. around here tonight dipping into the 40s, low 50s in town and by the bay, a stray evening shower giving way to chilly conditions. tomorrow winds a lot lighter generally turning south and southwest at about 5. after that as we head towards sunday here come the warmth but not the humidity, 85, monday hot are more humid

on the radar, we have seen a couple of light showers, one up toward frederick a little earlier now coming through parts of montgomery county close to the potomac. most of us should stay on the dry sigh, but all in all a pretty good night. high temperatures tomorrow a little cooler than today. highs in the lower 70s for the most part. in the mid-70s in some locations. let's take a look at the next seven days. we've got a cool day today, cool night tonight a cool day tomorrow, and then look at the next seven days. beautiful weather. by sunday, we're up into the 80s, by monday close to 90. then we're talking about a streak of 90 degree temperatures day after day, a little bit of a heat wave. our first heat wave of the season, guys. it happens to coincide with the first unofficial week of summer. um, i did not get a hotel room here and i'm a little bit upset because now i've got to come back. i'll be watching you guys at 11:00, though. i did take the 11:00 off. >> thank you doug. >> that sounds familiar. thank you, doug. i can appreciate that. >>> coming up some progress after a news4 i-team investigation revealed thous

montgomery and fairfax county down 95 into fredericksburg. we have a flash flood warning until 1:45 for eastern frederick county. we'll show it to you. you can still see heavy rain is still moving through. then there's another batch of rain toward brunswick and charlestown that will also moved through. this area already received 2 to 3 inches of rain. please do not try to cross a flooded street by car or foot. further south germantown, rockville, heavy rain right now. a little lightning showing up but primarily just heavy rain with these storms. they are slow movers, a lot of moisture essentially moving east on our storm tracker, headed for rockville at 11:48, washington at 11:12 and dayton at 11:22. look ahead. hot again with thunderstorms tomorrow. they will not affect the commutes. nice but cooler finish to the week. memorial day weekend looks good, not storm free. saturday looks best, thunderstorms on sunday and memorial day but not a washout. we'll come back, talk about a potential problem tomorrow morning and it is not thunderstorms and we'll have the 3-degree guarantee. >>> it has been four days since savvas and amy savopoulos

montgomery county, fairfax culpeper. what's interesting despite the showers still 84 in dc. 84 in culpeper. 82 as far north as frederick. by 6:00 showers still to the east of town down toward southern maryland. charles county, st. mary county and second line of showers. that could be the heavier line as we get in to the 7:00 8:00 hour. once this front goes to our south it's not done affecting our weather on wednesday and thursday. >>> tonight prince william county cops want your help in finding a man accused of assaulting a woman. take a good look. it's taylor, an 18-year-old woman who told police she and sycamine know each other and were fighting throughout the day on friday. she says he forced her in to a vehicle then assaulted her then did the same thing at her apartment. she had minor injuries. if you've seen him call police. >>> new tonight a disturbing report on infant mortality rate from the group save the children. itu says dc has the highest infant mortality rate, among 25 of the world's wealthiest capital city. the report also shows in 2012 the infant mortality rate in dc's ward 8 was more than 10 times highe

frederick county maryland. the regional summit will h hagerstown. it begins at 10:00 this morning. >>> we'll be there when the president of the montgomery county council will be talking about a number of issues important to you and your family. he's likely to face questions over a tentative agreement on next year's $5 billion budget. the budget includes money for body cameras on police and also keeps a fuel energy tax in place. we could hear more about why the school board's chosen candidate for superintendent now no longer wishes to be considered for the job. the press conference starts at 11:00 a.m. >>> the preakness could move to sunday as soon as next year. it could also leave baltimore. the owners of pimlico racecourse and laurel park are considering moving the second jewel of the triple crown to sunday to increase interest and attendance. laurel park is on a site that's roughly the size of pimlico. the change in venue will not happen in a few years but the change from saturday to sunday could happen sooner. >>> a lot of people have to change their plans for that move. stay with us now. "news4 today" continues at 5:00 a.m. >>> "news4 today" start

frederick county. the regional summit will happen at the haguer hall event center. >>> in a few hours we'll be there when the president of the montgomery county council talks about a number of issues important to you and your family. he could face questions over a tentative agreement on next year's budget. the $5 billion budget includes money for police body cameras and keeps a fuel energy tax in place. we could hear why the school board's chosen candidate for superintendent chose his mind about the job as aaron mentioned. that press conference starts at 11:00. >>> today is may 18th, kind of a fitting day to break ground on the glenmont fire station. it will be near georgia avenue and randolph road. it is a lot -- it's like a lot of -- it's catty-corner to the old station. they'll gather at 11:00 to kick off the construction for new station. >>> the preakness could be leaving baltimore and could switch days. the owners of the pimlico course and laurel park are considering moving the second jewel to sunday. this is all in an effort to increase interest and attendance. laurel park is roughly twice the size of pimlico. the change in venue

frederick seeing the thunderstorms tomorrow. here's where i think they're setting up throughout the day tomorrow. between noon and 4:00 p.m. to winchester and then 4:00 and 9:00 p.m. howard county montgomeryounty and then a 30% chance with a slightly greater chance to the north and west. about a 50% chance there. so all week long we are going to deal with the heat and humidity. right now, best chance of seeing the storms on wednesday and thursday. that means we could have downpours even some wind coming with some of those storms by the time we get to the weekend, yeah i know. folks are off today. already thinking of the weekend. sure they are. hot on saturday. cooling to 80 by sunday. we'll have a lot more on the thunderstorm possibilities coming up with any new data coming in. >> thanks. >>> in news for your health fewer hospitals offering free baby formula to new moms according to the centers for disease control. less than one third of maternity wards gave out samples in 2013. that's down from 75% five years earlier. breast feeding groups pressured hospitals to stop that free formula. the american academy of pediatrics recommends breastmilk only for six months but it's not easy for all

montgomery county in the beltway itself. we're looking pretty g. we'll start out -- pretty good. we'll start out with mild temperatures. 64 right now in downtown washington. 57 in frederick in hagerstown and 59 right now at andrews. a beautiful sunrise. looks a little bit hazy, though. you know what that means. we could see some thunderstorms again this afternoon and early evening. the best potential for storms will be between 3:00 and 7:00 p.m. 82 degrees your afternoon high. that's also our 1:00 p.m. temperature and 4:00 p.m. temperature. we'll track those storms for you coming up with 9 futurecast. allyson has the first alert seven-day in a few minutes. right now time again for timesaver traffic and larry miller. >>> for those of you traveling eastbound on i-66, you're going to see some volume delays starting to pick up mainly around centreville and fairfax right now. i want to give you a live look and show you how things are shaping up on i-66 just west of nutley street. you can see the volume on the eastbound side. so if you can, add anywhere from 10 to 15 minutes to your drive time. this volume just a little bit more than what we normally see during the morning rus

frederick and leesburg and manassas. everyone has a chance but chances are highest as you get out towards shenandoah valley and blue ridge mountains. a medium chance western fairfax, montgomeryun county a relatively low chance in and around the metro. again, we have the chance running in after 4:00 or 5:00. hourly temperatures hop out of the 70s and into the 80s way before noontime today and be up near 90 by 3:00 4:00 this afternoon. a little grilling in the backyard this evening. there may be an opportunity for a shower or rumble around 6:00 but that should tend to fade out a little bit. grill time temperatures would be mostly in the low- to mid-80s. put your dogs and burgers out there without too much fear. there are rain chances in southeastern west virginia. that's the little impulse of moisture that's doing to be riding up the spine of the appalachians during the course of the day. that's why we have the rain chance in the forecast. then for future weather, kind of keeps us quiet through noontime today. there's that chance for rain bubbling up after 3:00 4:00 5:00 into the shenandoah valley and coming into the metro after 7:00 8:00 this evening. how much rain might we g