cumberland, martinsburg and culpeper. 77 cambridge and fredericksburg and 75 in fredericksburg. when the 9:00 readings come in we will be closer to that 77. and 83 by noon and 10% chance of something popping up thunderstorm wise. time for angie's traffic. >> happy monday, everybody. thanks for joining us for this 9:00 hour. talking about the traffic. begin with route 5, branch avenue where it meets woodbridge road. crash activity. turning on the cameras and take it outside. the outer loop in more. a ten minute commute from 95 to georgia. what we are looking at here is a disabled vehicle to the left should -- shoulder. possibly a crash scene. blocking the left lane. this will add to that jamup. live from new hampshire here waiting for a response to

wfeels t it eels like for fredericksburg. ocean ty, believe it or feels like 110 degrees th e eels like 110 degrees th breeze not off the water but off the land. so that keeps their temperatures very warm there. excessive heat advisory is still in place until p.m. tonight. that means we could still have heat index readings between 103 and 105. i just showed you heat index values warmer than that. take caution the next few hours. we will see them with the setting sun in the 80s, upper 80s and mild overnight. better news ahead this the forecast. not so hot. >>> it is high priority work. testing a swine flu vaccine. it has to be ready in just months some of the testing is own area. in our the university of maryland taking part this the trials. beth parker got a look oat the research today. here with more now, beth. >> most people get their new shots in the fall but some are taking swine flu shots safe and effective as possible. >> reporter: devon has weighed in and had his blood pressure checked. he's a college sophomore but on

this is the only choice for writers right now, but leaders have voted to extend past fredericksburg. one ofthe fastest-growing counties must drive half an hour to get to fredericksburg to catch the train. >> is a little ways to go back and forth to get to d.c. every day. >> the only option is here at the fredericksburg's station right now, where parking spaces are at a premium. and a sellout very quickly every morning. >> [unintelligible] >> i guess it would be easier to get the trains to go all the way to -- >> part of the funding would come to a gas -- come through the gas tax. >> the train makes a lot more sense than trying add more to the parking lot, because it will make it easier for commuters to go to the train there and get on instead of driving over here. >> funding to create high occupancy lanes -- rail is the y ago. -- to go. >> they do a hundred miles more than they can do on these highways within a same period of time. t ou theinl out in the atlantic and is now category four. this picture of bill was taken this morning from the international space station. people up and

south even 80s to our in fredericksburg. they are at 81 at this hour.t southwesterly wind utth afternoon. partly sunny, hot and humidity. around 90 give or take a couple of degrees and tonight, a chance of evening shower or thunderstorm. lows in the 70 to 5 range. and that maybe too cool for some. might be upper 70s for some other folks. talk about what happened yesterday. big time thunderstorms in the afternoon, especially north and east of us. some damage in baltimore county, anne arundel county with hail and carroll county had tree damage. this morning we are seeing a few showers to the west in west virginia. this will get here probably later this morning but the muggies are really around. 70s to our north and south. even 80. fredericksburg is back down to 80. 75 on the bay in annapolis and 72 with a little bit of fog in gaithersburg. and in town 78. visibility down to a mile and a half and overall not too bad. hazy and muggy. dew point in the 70s. and the winds are not helping. nonexistent. thunderstorms in the middle of the country. these are march

about midway between garrisonville and fredericksburg. it's taking away the right lane, and apparently leaking fuel. the right lane is taken away. south on 95 from garrisonville, trying to head on down fredericksburg and beyond. so heads up for that. >> elsewhere, a little closer to home. if you live in the district, that is, 395 southbound, the outboard 14th street bridge. if you are headed into town, that too looks good. that's how we are doing, kimberly and joe. back to you. >> thank you, jerry. >>> still ahead on news4 midday, virginia tech is dealing with another tragedy this morning. two students found shot to death. we'll have the latest for you. >>> and a new study into alzheimer's disease, and how pictures of celebrities like britney spears beingse ur foned the cure. >>>ndheot co relels. >>> but first a oohot on nbcwashington.com. onhot nbcwashington.com. ho >>> good morning. welcome back. checking sports on this midday for the second week in the row, the redskins will be playing in the slop, following a wet win over the steelers

right now fredericksburg is bia bit a of good news. north and west we could sigh some showers popping along a front. that will cool us off. i will talk about the thunderstorm chance and when it will fire up and when it will end when i see you next. back to you. >>> we are getting information right now about a developing story. there's been a hotel evacuation in ocean city, maryland. three people have been hospitalized after high levels of carbon monoxide were found at the americana hotel at the boardwalk. ocean city police say the hotel was evacuated this morning, and tests found relatively high levels of carbon monoxide in the seven-story building's three highest floors. according to police, the source of the leak is still under investigation. >>> eunice shriver died this morning and praise is pouring in for the woman who embodied the kennedy's a tradition of public service. president obama called eunice shriver an extraordinary woman and a champion for the rights of the mentally disabled. drew levinson has reaction to the death of pr

one is in virginia and fredericksburg. the columbia heights, fort davis, and naval research laboratory, petworth and wood ridge branches. rockville, bethesda, hyattsville and silver spring could also be on the chopping block. no closures are expected until at least october. >>> redskins fans have another way to show their team spirit and maybe win some big bucks. the virginia lottery launched a special redskins lottery game. the so-called redskins mania scratch ticket offers consumers a chance to instantly win $20 to $1 million. the non-winning tickets can be entered for a chance to win tickets to see the redskins play or a chance to be a player for the day. tickets are $20 each. >>> we are finding jobs for you. this ford dealership is looking for sales associates. it includes benefits with insurance and a 401(k). if you are interested, log on to nbcwashington.com and search jobs for you. that's a good sign, huh? looking for car sales people. >> very good to hear. >>> still ahead, listen up parents. we know raising a child

buic rge fredericksburg. the temperature 74. kiwang up to 70. t.s today in the middle totoh e. ghoare loonng raa uny stdeth rmngin the cafo stre . uli cdnwo oou'to nt forecast. i wouldn't count on too i ma. nyu yos lkfony xepaxeivnttuer r, pamaybe to fredericksburg may see one or two but not too many this afternoon. kenny is in for angie goff. he has our back with the traffic. >> welcome. we will begin in maryland, 270, a clear ride frederick to the capital beltway. on the northbound side at middle brook road on the off ramp we have problems. virginia northbound 395 clear trip northbound from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. 95 northbound in virginia good from belt save leave the house now if you are heading to the city. no problems to report at bladensburg road. here's andrea. >>> the most common crime in montgomery county is theft from vehicles and most of the most attractive targets are parked in garages or malls. the theft rate is on the increase and police have launched an initiative to take a bite out of this particular crime. 9 news now armando trull is live at one

onal tina onal. 74 an d and fredericksburg.s 73 over on the eastern shore and in southern s.w hue th low 70s. the humidity is high and a it i muggy day. temperature temperuresmp00 fredericksburg, 98 or so urin culpeper and 93 on the bay. little break on the water, where water temperatures are around 80. today at a glance low 80s by 9:00. low 90s by noon and 5:00 p.m. temperature and under mostly sunny skies 9 degrees and code orange air quality day. armando trull will have more on that in a moment. right now angie has the traffic here at 6:36. keeping an eye on the roads you travel and some great news out in northwest dc. that's where this accident here at the intersection of 14th and church streets have cleared. crews are doing a great job. 95 northbound. this is your shot. this delay set in earlier. 15 minutes from the prince william parkway to lorton. no incidents or accidents along the way. switching over to 86 eastbound no issues here. i like what i see. free flowing from the fairfax county parkway though beltway. wrap it

wnto 88 88manaas 89 ss i89 fredericksburg. there's fr ericksburg. there's ai yo air. you heelfe wel wn you n outside. that's why we empzeoutsidhae. that's why we emphasize at exci exercise er inthe mo infr ic hen in frederick and it is still heat index of 102 wndo in fredericksburg. for tonight, partly cloudy, still muggy. a few thunderstorms are possible. low temperatures 68 to 76. we'll come back. we'll track some of those thunderstorms on live doppler. also talk about the meteor shower as well. derek. >> thanks. three people are hospitalized after a carbon monoxide leak is found at an ocean city hotel. it happened this morning at the americans hotel on the board walk. ocean city police say they found the relatively high levels of the deadly gas on the three highest floors of the seven story building. >> we were just woke up and the alarm went off and we ran down the stairs. >> the source of that leak is still under investigation. >>> an update now on an explosion that destroyed a dc home. 9news now learned that mechanical failure was the cause of the blast. dc fire

. >> reporter: on honest, fredericksburg police arrested ambrose bailey charging him with obtaining money by false pretense tenlss and violating the terms of a funeral contract. mr. bailey lives just up the street from his funeral home. we went there and asked him for a response. can these people put their mind at ease that they've paid for a funeral that they are going to get in. >> jess, ayes, sir, and any oth questions i'll refer to my attorney. >> yes, they count on getting funeral or have you as charged defrauded the public? >> it's never been my attention to defraud anyone. >> reporter: bailey's funeral service has been a fixture for 50 years. before ambrose bailey became the opera operator, it was run by his father. he tells me that in his day, they didn't sell prepaid funerals. >> do you know if the money's been put aside for pre-need funeral contracts? >> i'm hoping that it is. >> and that the people who paid their money in advance will get the funerals that they paid for? >> yes. >> reporter: now, the investigation began when a 72-year-old woman read a news report that ambrose b

manassas 57. 63 andrews and fredericksburg rite now.armer on the bay with temperatures in the mid-60s in annapolis and 61 in easton. going to the beach today? look at this. 83 for solomons. 94 ocean city. plenty of sunshine. in the 70s off shore 80 in the bay. saturday mid to upper 80s and look at sunday, talking low 90s there and mid-90s if not warmer inland. it will be one toasty weekend. a storm system in the northwest will drive the ridge toward us. when the sun settles in the northwest for us that means the ridge builds and we get hot. seven-day forecast, 85 today. gorgeous. 90ish tomorrow by sunday an monday, i have mid-90s there but we poke in the upper 90s, one of those days not out of the question. by thursday, finally back in the 80s. we are talking 5:16. 66 degrees and angie has the friday traffic. >>> hello, everybody. we are ready to kick off the 5:16 time of the morning. 95 northbound in virginia no problems to report from fredericksburg to the mixing bowl. on the inner loop, let's check it out from 95 to 66 drivers are mo

fredericksburg 9. in rms of the heat index, look at this.t feels like 100 in the city still. 109 for fredericksburg. little cooler back off to the northwest where they are getting clods canshowers. ocean city right now feels like 110. dover 102. ocean city has been so hot today the winds have been coming from the west. it keeps the cooler water temperatures to the east. and therefore temperatures have warmed up to 100 degrees and a little bit above late this afternoon. now, in terms of this excessive heat advisory it goes until 8:00 tonight. you can see the counties in brown, does not affect frederick, leesburg or loudoun county. just about everybody seles under this. and this is until 8:00 tonight. by 8:00, everything should be in the 90s in terms of the heat index. here's the record ighs today. 98 national, 96 dulles. bwi 100. looks like we are going to break the record for dulles. earlier i looked at the observation for dulles and at 1:00 it showed they have 101 degrees. well, apparently that was an error because they have estimated the h

fredericksburg, 7 # degree. out to the west, that is where there -- 73 degrees right now in washington. fredericksburg, 72 degrees. most of the rolando paulino we've seen has been out to the east and they continue to see or could continue to see more rain showers out there that could lead to flooding. that floodwatch in effect until this evening. a look at the satellite-radar for today. and again, here is the precipitation. we'll put it in motion for you. we have some clouds over us this morning. you can see mainly from washington to points east, that is where we see most of the clouds and points west, not so cloudy this morning. and we are already seeing some of the clearing going on. we'll see a good amount of sunshine here during the course of the day today. forecast for today looks like this. partly sunny, widely scattered showers. only about a 0% chance most of you will not get rain today. some of you will see some showers and maybe even some thunderstorms with heavy downpours. these will be widely scattere

as we head to leonardtown 73. 74 fredericksburg with a few clouds an and maybe a sprinkle as we heado the afternoon. the reason why, we had that front over the weekend that kicked off thunderstorms on saturday evening. right now it is stalled across southern virginia and north carolina. this wave of low pressure will travel along the front. that's why we have southern suburbs in the green today. but the rest of us will be partly cloudy with a nice northernly winds making it feel like the end of september instead of the end of august. by tomorrow, this high pressure cell will nose its influence over us and brick us mostly sunny skies and beautiful conditions in the afternoon with highs in the upper 70s. so, jet stream dips over us. that keeps things a little chilly today. and by the it middle of the week back up to canada and a return to 80s. ready for the seven day? i'll give it to you right now after we tell you today's forecast. partly sunny. we will have 70s. i'm trying to trick angie in to walking in front of my graphics. coming up tonight partly cloudy. lows around 60 inside the

notice down yotoward fredericksburg, 78 degrees, 77 quantico. dulles is at 73.s afternoon, watch out for some thunderstorms here and there. olney 89 and king george 92. angie has the virginia traffic. >>> start with the mixing bowl between 395 and 95, all lanes are flowing nicely. no problems to report out here. taking it over to the tysons corner area. we come to you live from route 7 and 123 and we have zero incidents or accidents along the way and finally invite you to come fly with me over 267 the dulles toll road, heading ebb past the bell waite. no -- beltway. no issues at this time. speaking of time it is time and we will be right back. óç even during times like these, there is a light beginning to shine again. it comes from a restaurant downtown. a shop on main street. a factory around the corner. entrepreneurs like these are the most powerful force in the economy. the reinvention of business begins with them. and while we're sure we don't know all the answers, we do know one thing for certain: we want to help. come see what the beat openforum.comkeb@faf

iwe rangerom f 70's to 70's to silver spring t the los 7's in fredericksburg. near 90 this afternoon with some hefty thunderstorms possible. not all of us will see them. that is your sticky forecast. let's head inside. >> along 270, 95 in maryland, up to 95, nothing between annapolis and north east. we have a boss broken down and blocking a lane. -- we have a bosus broken down. the brunswick train s i crded as a resul gone off of 66. all ramps to the beltway are now open. >> thank you. >>> 5:42, 73 degrees. >> an interesting picture. a track star has undergone some tests after blowing away the competition. we will explain why some critics say this gold medal winner might not be a get schooled in style at the jcpenney biggest bonus sale. tired of waiting for your savings? with an instant money coupon from jcpenney, get $10 off instantly when you spend $50. guy's arizona shorts are $9.99. kid's izod uniform polos are $7.99, pants are $12.99. juniors' tops and bottoms from arizona and decree are buy one, get one for $1.00. plus, night and day doorbusters. style do

fredericksburg is 93 when we look atthe heat index value here it feels like 102 fredericksburg.e humidity is just to the south of us. harrisson bug is 97. here in town, notice it is rare for summertime that we actually feel cooler because of the lack of humidity than the actual air temperature. it feels not too bad out there. fredericksburg is a different story. feels like 94. down to the south of us, of course this is florida. this is from this morning as claudette was basically making land fall. claudette has moved up in to and away from shore but it is dragging most of the rain behind it and it looks like it is so slow to move that most of the moisture, most of that rain will stay down to the south of us. we are not seeing that we will be able to get any of that up here. while we have rain in the forecast, we don't really have any of claudette's rain in the forecast. showers and thunderstorms are popping up wellest of us and in to southwestern sections of virginia. we actually have high pressure just to the south of us, and that is trapping some of the real deep humidity from

folks in fredericksburg are dry but may get clipped by a shower today. southern maryland is seeing the rain and so is the northern neck. you will get more in the afternoon. around the beltway, points west and north will be dry including annapolis. high today 76. the seven-day forecast coming up. here's angie with the traffic. >>> half an hour until the 7:00 hour. glad you are joining us early. unfortunately we have a bad accident to tell you about in silver spring. looks like we are in the process of getting the car on the tow truck. it is at randolph road and serpentine way. the best way to get around this if you can follow me is serpentine to aveenturine way. and touramline. shoot me an e-mail and i will hook you up with a personalized alternate to get around where tieups are volumed. we will keep you updated when lanes reopen, as well. the outer loop a good amount of volume between new hampshire and georgia avenue. below speed here but no incidents or accidents along the way. on the inner loop in virginia from 95 to 66 a different situation. notice no

this one probably passed south of fredericksburg. and then after that, things should clear out there, but further to the west and north, no precipitation. the sun broke out across northern montgomery county and 15 miles west of washington. the sun broke out and temperatures are in the upper 60s. under the clouds, still in the mid-60s. 66 in washington now, and eastern shore in the upper 60s. they had a few passing showers there. it has been a cool morning out of the mountains. it was down in the 40s in many locations. and over the last six hours, we have seen the showers moving southeast and northwest. and we have a chance of a few showers south and east of washington for the afternoon. temperatures will be cooler there. where the sun breaks out, it should make it in the mid-70s by mid-afternoon. a peek at the weekend will be coming up in a few minutes. something else is brewing in the tropics. we'll talk about that too. barbara and joe? >> thank you, tom. >>> now to a developing story out of northern california. firefighters are dea

that sounds refreshing. 89 in vienna. 90 in woodbridge and 90 in fredericksburg. winds south southwest at 10. by afternoon, partly cloudy, not as hot. a few storms are possible. high temperatures holding in the low 90s. winds northeasterly at about 10. satellite picture/radar combined. there is as a frontal system way back to the west. most of the storms are developing way ahead of it. that's the same front that will eventually take temperatures down in the 80s for us. probably give us the best chance of showers and thunderstorms as we get into tomorrow evening and tomorrow night. next seven days, 92 tomorrow. a few storms. 86 on wednesday. a few forms. thursday and friday, dry. you can see the clouds coming in. a pair of 87s. the weekend, you know, not a washout but a lot of showers and thunderstorms. but temperatures still a bargain in the upper 80s. monday we're looking at sunshine and back up near 90. there is still a severe thunderstorm watch in pennsylvania the. >> okay. >> franklin county, fullton county. >>> from our weird news file, back when i was a kid,

the attacks happen in the fredericksburg area near the spotsylvania county line.ackie benson spoke with some of the neighbors in the area. >> shirley hall carries a walking stick as she takes her 8-year-old jack russell terrier wishbone for his stroll along dewberry drive in fredericks wurg, fredericksburg area. carrying the stick for protection after a 60-year-old neighbor was mauled by an unleashed rotweiller. a black and tan coat similar to this one seen on a flier distributed by authorities. >> hopefully a stray dog, maybe wandered into the development. i would hate to think somebody in the community would have an animal that would attack someone walking. >> spotsle train yeah coun l yl say a woman broke a shin and finger. the black lab door wrador was s injured it had to be euthanized. they're going door to door in some cases. neighbors are very concerned. >> i heard about it. i dent kn i didn't know whose it was. i think of the ladies who walk every day. they walk their dogs. authorities are urging any one who sees the dog not to approach it but call 911 rig

clouds in the district, not too cloudy but still some clouds around. 69 down to the south in fredericksburg 68. you have had rounds of rain and likely have more before the day is done. we will take your numbers to the north and west in leesburg and close to 73 inside the beltway. we can thank morning rain showers. this low pressure system. this is the front that came through over the weekend. now there is a weak low pressure cell just running along it and it is stirring up enough shower activity to affect the chesapeake area, southern maryland and even the fredericksburg area. we will watch for a few of these this afternoon. around the beltway and points north and west you will be in good shape with no rain today but those lows tonight. they are going to be chilly, especially north and west. cumberland in the 40s. we will be managing lows 60 in dc and 58 tonight in leonardtown. high pressure noses in and a gorgeous day for everybody and i mean everybody with temperatures in the 70s. when upper level winds bend south like this it helps canadian air pool in the area and that's why we expect 4

fredericksburg, lore 92. feels like 102 for fredericksburg, 93 for dulles and not much more than the actual temperature in the city. feels like the lower 90s and that will cool off later on this evening. we're good here, the high pressure is still could be an isolated thunderstorm to the west of us and that looks doubtful. and mostest energy with is with the clouds. a weak frontal energy will move in our direction slowly and we'll get a wind shift out of this and where the winds will switch over to the north and try to bring in cooler temperatures and doesn't look like it's going to be cooler at all. this is danny now and so far, most of the storm is kind of centered back to the east and to the northeast. it's having a hard time bringing that thunderstorm activity all the way around the center and way down there, there is a center of circulation. deny was born again. the winds, minimal tropical storm at 45 miles per hour and movement is up to the northwest at about 10 to 15 miles an hour and here's the expect

are off fredericksburg are off erd running with 75is be is dry on the radar and satellite loop.e will keep it that way thoughout the morning, but in to the afternoon, like yesterday, we will fire up storms working on highs in the lower 90s. good morning. >> get fired up. fired up. hey. that's our cheer to get us started this thursday. getting closer to the weekend. a couple of days away. overall things are looking fine on 9. traffic is volume light from dumb fridays to the mixing bowl. live from 270, past father hurley. things are clear. good amount of traffic already, though. and a map of 95 and the bw parkway shows nothing but green cars. smooth sailing to the beltway. >>> two moms and a challenge. we wanted to see whether two busy mothers could buy children's school supplies without going over budget. lesli foster shows how they did. >> reporter: andrea dougen, preschoolteacher and mom of three. >> i don't buy the fancy stuff out there. >> reporter: and this mom of two. >> what you need you can get fairly inexpensive if you shop the sales. >> so we gave them a back to school

ri yo uyosee it there between fredericksburg and front royal.to deal with but still a little bit of precitati. il hewest, there is more precip but right now, t iis to the west of the mountains. that is a ways way and niot all nof it wiak me llit e erohe vt oai un. ns at is why we're talking about maybe some scattered light showers early this morning. that is about it. later on today, we could see more precipitation. 75degrees at reagan national. 76% is the relative humidity. wind out of the northeast at three miles per hour. your forecast for today, i thantoum aithamount of cloud cover today and we're going to see our temperatures a bit cooler than they were yesterday. your high in hagerstown, 84. chantilly, 85. washington, d.c., 87 for your high today. coming up in about 15 minutes, we will have yesterday's ask the weather guy question but we bumped it it today. today's question is dezoned to cool you off a little bit from all this heat. >> still work today. >> yeah. >> sounds good. we'll see that in about 15 minutes. let's check in with julie

five at fredericksburg but they are coming from the south as opposed to from the south and when we haduggested early winds, they were really working that humidity, getting that tropical air in here the behind a cold front, we are getting drier air working its way in here. you will feel that gradually. things look good for us. clearing conditions with a few clouds around this morning but most of that cloud cover has pushed off to the east. we are watching shower activity. this won't impact us but that is across michigan into wisconsin and iowa. forecast for washington for today looks like this. we a looking if a high of around 8 # degrees becoming mostly sunny. maybe a little bit of fog here and there this morning and a little less humid today. then for tonight, we'll see a low temperature downtown of about 70 degrees which means some of you could see your lows in the 60s. we haven't done that if a while. partly cloudy and a mild overnight is what we'll call it. your five-day forecast, another chance of showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. warmer day. 92. 90 on wednesday with your best c

the same with baltimore and fredericksburg is 67.with hagerstown and charlottesville 61 and the dew.a true measure of how much moisture is in the air have dropped off. 70 in southern maryland. here's a little sticky. low 60s and 50 -- 50s. dew point 63 an a light north wind is keeping the drier air flowing in thanks to high pressure which is dominating the eastern half of the country. in the tropics, this is what we are watching. here's puerto rico an the virgin islands an leeward and winward islands and down here a broad area of low pressure. this will likely strengthen and then tropical storm danny will to tenially get close to the coast coast this week. will it get here? we don't know yet. we have a cold front that will be counseling and it will kick it away or help it come toward us. we will watch it carefully. the seven-day buforecast with temperatures -- we will get it later. it did it again. low 90s tomorrow and back with storms by the end of the week and unsettled for sure. take it away. >> who scares about what the computer

and southbound south of fredericksburg, spotsylvania interchange, there is a road work area where the right side is tied up. that should be cleared out very shortly, though. dulles airport, take a look at traffic on the greenway and toll road and find that traffic is in pretty good shape so far heading past route 20. alison, pamela, back to you. >> thank you so much, jim. and time is now 5:4 , and we have 78 degrees on a monday moing. >> stale head today -- some more shocking allegations about michael jackson's children. we're going toell you the latest person now to make a paternal claim. >> and we'll also look at this morning's top stories. you're watching "good morning washington." ♪ [ woman ] ♪ early light breaks through ♪ music and dance calling you ♪ just need that mountain grown lift ♪ ♪ before you share your gift ♪ ♪ now there's rhythm and sound ♪ making their hearts pound ♪ the best part of wakin' up... ♪ ♪ is folgers in your cup heard you're getting free nights from hotels.com. how? well, funny you should ask. you see, after i book 10 nights, i get a free one. say i spend 2

fredericksburg, 69-degree. up in hagerstown, 68 degrees at this hour.ere are we head today as far as our temperatures go. let's take a look at the at light radar composite if today. you've got a cold front well out to the west. that will make its way in here tomorrow, maybe late tomorrow and that will trigger some thunderstorms for us but for today, there is no real triggering mechanism so we don't expect to see anything. closest event would be well out to the west, maybe near the mountains if at all. now, as far as our temperatures go for today, going to be a warm one. let's take a look at our fewer thank you cast and show you how things are going to be warming up quite nicely by middle of the afternoon. we'll be around 90 degrees or so. temperatures will drop off tonight. our overnight lows will be in the 70s downtown but i think we'll drop down into the 60s in parts of the suburbs. forecast for washington for today looks like this. we are going to see a temperature today, a high temperature of about 92 degrees. mostly sunny skies. a hot afternoon wit

it is 73 in fredericksburg where you could see a thunderstorm today.ally south of town and east of town, toward the delmarva. those are the highest odds for getting wet. otherwise a mostly sunny 78 at 9:00 to an 86 partly cloudy finish later this afternoon. all right. preseason football. i love football season. it can't start early enough. the redskins are playing the ravens in baltimore tonight. 7:30 kickoff. a stray storm nearby but otherwise partly cloudy. temperatures at kickoff 78 degrees. here's the check on the numbers around the country, if you have a flight to catch. in denver 90 today. 89 atlanta. 91 miami. we are watching a dying frontal system stall along the east coast. that's why we the daytime heating a chance of a few thunderstorms today and in though weekend. today's risk is farther to the east. as for your numbers, tonight we will ease back to 70 for the low. any storms that fire will calm down overnight. tomorrow not a bad day. little warmer, upper 80 and partly cloudy. a stray thunderstorm. there's the seven day, heading to the week

looking at fredericksburg. hot spot. 111. that is the heat index right now.agerstown index of 99 and over in salsbury looking at 100. dover at 104. so very, very uncomfortable conditions if you didn't have to be out doors, just try to take it easy indoors. now we have some showers and thunderstorms erupting back to the westover towards cumberland. heat humidity firing up some showers and thunderstorms that will probably work their way into the baltimore area as we go through the next hour and a half or so. very strong line of storms newspaper northwestern portions of pennsylvania actually tornadoes warnings in this line of storms right now active and we'll continue to see the line here that is moving to western maryland making its washington i into the metro area in the next hour and a half. so looks like tonight expect to see mostly cloudy skies. temperatures to 83. still hazy and humid with chance for some thunderstorms scattered in the year so be prepared for that. but nonetheless that 83 is actually feeling good compared to theness. looks like we see anot

a nice weekend for the fair really. 82 woodbridge and fredericksburg. tomorrow 60s and 70s in the morning. by afternoon, partly cloudy and very warm we'll call it. isolated thunderstorm possible. highs in the upper 80s and winds east southeasterly at ten. so the storms will be few and far between. zone forecast, all six zones go to our website at wusa9.com. if you think storms are in the forecast and they are the next couple of days, go to pepco.com and check out the power cast. 87 winchester on saturday, 88 leesburg. not quite 90 in fairfax, 88 manassas and maybe 90 in woodbridge. upper 80s to 90 downtown. not as warm by the water. upper 80s unanimous and lusby. there's is not a small craft advisory but voters need to be advised could be isolated thunderstorms in the evening. next seven days, hot but not crazy hot, 89 tomorrow. 90 on sunday. we'll keep monday dry, low 90s. low 90s on tuesday and wednesday through next week and increasing chance of showers and thunderstorms on tuesday and wednesday and particularly thursday and friday of next week. so,

springfield, a crash northbound on 95 north of fredericksburg, route 3. it's on the shoulder.ur caller is reporting there is slow traffic getting past it, but that the lanes are open. take you to some maps, and we'll show you that. early morning crash on the suitland parkway in the vi ocitynifty stanton road and naylor road isow n gone. all the bridges in southeast off to have a good start. and also, two crashes on 66 cleared up, westbound fter 123 completely gone, and it looks like if there's anything left westbound near 7100, it may obtain left shoulder, but neither causing any delay. now back to you, alison and julie. >> tim, thanks. it's 6:13 and 71 degrees. >> and when "good morning washington" continues today, cash for clunkers i getting a new lease on life. we're going to tell you what it means for your trade-in. >> and we'll check on hitlines around the region. you're watching gaurnt. >> in our top stories at 6:15 this morning, the postal service is investigating after a mailbox was blown up in the district last night. the explosion happened on meade street in northeas

the closest virginia branch to the washington area is in fredericksburg. you can see the list at wusa9.com. the head of arlington county plans to step down at the end of october. county manager ron carly will leave the county for the county management association based in the district. in his new position he will tackle global warming and emergency management. car -- carlee has been with the county for 29 years. >>> it is 6:05. time for the living smart financial report. wall street welcomed better than expected readings on manufacturing and car sales. the auto industry got a boost from the government's cash for clunker program. ford credits the program for its first monthly sales increase in two years. chrysler says the program has proven so popular it is running out of some models including the wrangler so it will no longer match the government's $4,500 cash for clunker incentives. general motors says it is eating back in to the leasing business. it plans to lease eight models in five states as part of a trial program. >>> bank of america will pay $33 mi

we'll go with th 90s here in town and 9 # town towards fredericksburg -- and 92 down towards fredericksburg. >>> let's check in with julie wright and find out what is happening on the roads. got off to a busy start. >> absolutely. we had the crash along southbound 9 at lockwood drive. that was involving the overturned vehicle. we had the wreck on the outer loop of the beltway at the big curve before you merge from 270. the ride northbound on 395 as you leave duke street and continue up towards seminary road, all of your lanes are open in the main lines and the hov. no accident to report at the wilson bridge. traffic runs smoothly between oxon hill and alexandria. >>> in montgomery county, southbound 270 leaving germantown headed out towards the split. all lane are open as you work your way south of 118 and working your way out towards democracy boulevard. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> thank you very much. fox 5 is here to help you land the perfect job this morning. our job shop phone bank and web chat are up an running. now, through 9:00 this morning, these experts are o

cueper wn to 63. 71 fredericksburg and hagerstown and southern maryland, as well. day at a glance, humidity is not too high today. manier than yesterday but comfortable. code yellow air quality. 83 by noon and 90 for the drive home at 5:00. it is 72 at 6:00 a.m. time for the traffic. >> we want to talk about the drive in. we are finding problems early on. on 495 the inner loop in particular we have a disabled vehicle at the wilson bridge. it is off to the right shoulder in the local lanes. traffic past 295 is getting by just fine. over to 395. it is a little slow ride. already early from duke to seminary. that's just volume. next we want to move to the maps and show you the inner loop in virginia. from 95 to 66. realtime sensors are showing us the drivers are clocking in at a great pace. we will take you to the outer loop. hop over to maryland, north of the district. the situation past new hampshire. a good amount of volume between this area up to georgia. and wrap it up with 95 and the bw parkway. we'll take you there. out of baltimore past 32, down to powder mill

upper 80's across the board. 90 in fredericksburg. we're starting to see this combination of increasing temperatures and dew point. just north, a little bit better. om the west, all kinds of things happening. you see the temperatures are only at 66 in cincinnati. that is because they have had torrential rain. when this system pushes through tennessee, is going to make noise. in the meantime, partly sunny and humid for the rest of the ening with only an isolated thunderstorm west of town. here comes the satellite images here. it is going to miss us, but it is really going to make noises and headlines out here. it is a pretty large area of intense rain. behind that, a cold front will be ableo move tomorrow. it will give us a pretty good chance for more widespread showers and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. some of those could be on the severe side. the front is only going to go so far to the south, and we will still see the chance of isolated showers and thunderstorms. this push of a very hot air is going to move in our direction, and

live from fredericksburg, abc 7 news. >>> a prince george's county police officer was hurt in a crash yesterday. she lost control of her cruiser and struck a utility pole. the road or shut down and birthed -- both directions as an emergency crews rescued the officer. >>> a water main break left people in alexandria high and dry today. the main shut down near duke street. apartments, condominiums, businesses have been without water service all day. >> we can't take showers. we have to go to wal-mart and gallons of water. >> known bathroom, no nothing. >> the road and has to be repaved. we will have a live look at the progress tonight at 6:00. >>> part of wilson boulevard in arlington after a car crashed into a pole. this accident was near north florida this morning. about 300 people still without electricity. >>> we have a list [unintelligible] some students are barely working but still getting paychecks from taxpayers. >> one young employee of the summer jobs program came here to dunbar high school. not so much to work as worked out. -- work out. d.c. teams lined up -- teens ilned up

lanes are open out of fredericksburg to get to the pentagon. nothing to report along 66. >> thank you. >>> we continue our coverage on the death of senator kennedy with a look at the legacy of the liberal lion leaves behind. >> he left his work on thousands of pieces of legislation. >> good morning. his imprint is far and wide. the death of senator kennedy begs the question of succession. the political dynasty informed before our eyes. ted kennedy was the one we watched grow old, the one who shaped legislation, who saw his successes and his failures. >> i do not think the next generation could ever measured up to the first. >> the dream will likely continue through nieces and nephews, possibly even his wife of 17 years. vendor is kathleen kennedy townsend and patrick kennedy, who has been a leading voice in congress on mental health. there is caroline kennedy. she played a visible role in the obama campaign. it is unclear who will take the helm of the kennedy clan. the dream will go one. >> the work will go on. the hope still lives. the dream s

often on, down the fredericksburg's some delays there. -- off and on, down to fredericksburg, some delays there. that is aook at traffic, back to you. >>> coming up, a fast food restaurant says no shoes, no service. the culprit was a 6-month-old baby. >> had a fight was the deadliest forms of cancer. >> and the supreme court overturned a gun ban and launches a new challenge. >>> this year, 37,000 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and sadly, 34,000 will die from it. >> we explain away kill this deadly disease. >> nothing could prepare him for his own fight with pancreatic cancer. >> i had a hand on my side for months. >> the future was bleak. everything i read was all planned and doom. what is my life expectancy? he said, probably a year. >> that is when he found a new therapy that could boost his chances. he is one of the first patients in the u.s. to take part in a clinical trial that actually uses fever to kill pancreatic cancer. >> we're using a temperature you would get if you had a bad case of the flu. >> 2 days after chemo, he is put in the total body thermal therapy.

. >>> coming around the bend in fredericksburg, watching a small storm there, that one also will move across the waters. earlier today, funnel clouds were spotted not far from princess anne, and they did see this moving about 25 miles per hour, true view with another view for us. you can see some of the action we watched in northern maryland. that is winding down, and the frontal system coming through, the downpours will shut off. there is a lot of humidity, not the trigger tomorrow, but the max high definition headlines, we're tracking a few showers. as the front crashes, fog, especially in the areas where you picked up one to two inches of overnight rain, continuing in the early hours. isolated storms expected for us monday, tuesday, most of us won't see them but we want completely eliminate them from the forecast. because the air mass is humid. the better chance of storms this week on wednesday, thursday, when a frontal system approaches. unfortunately it is unsettled, even into next weekend. baltimore, 74 degrees, the naval air station, 74, ocean city, 78 still where a number of s

temperatures. 93 gaithersburg. 93 in vienna and low 90s in fredericksburg. so again, the hottest day of the year. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy. very warm. 70s and 80s. by the an, we'll call it partly cloudy -- afternoon we'll call it partly cloudy, not as hot. highs back in the 90s. that's about 8 degrees cooler than yesterday. next seven day, 92 tomorrow, isolated storm. 86 on wednesday, a few storms. we'll keep thursday dry for now. friday upper 80s and then the weekend, scattered showers and thunderstorms in the forecast. temperatures generally in the upper 80s. by next monday we might be flirting with 90 degrees once again. >> come back from vacation, hottest day of the year. what's that about? >> summer cold, they are kind of tough. >> it can be tough. otherwise a bubble. >> saran wrap is good. >>> 47 passengers were forced to sit in a cramped, smelly plane on an air a tarmac after their plane was diverted because of bad weather. ?ñ?? b@ >>> i'm howard bernstein. don't reach for that disposal razor the next time you need to shave. did you know that 2

th's-y a50ol usear- bdiness in the heart of fredericksburg, virginia.is gordon joins us now with more. >> reporter: fredericksburg police say they are trying to identify and locate the potential victims, many they say are from northern virginia, maryland, and the district. according to police, money was collected dating back to the 1980s for what are called pre-need funerals. but investigators say the money may have been used for other

for us, well, we got a few showers just southwest of fredericksburg. those may roll toward the metro area in another couple of hours. a steamy morning. 70s all around the region. maybe some afternoon storms today and tomorrow as well as on saturd, but lower humidity moving in sunday and into next week. each day more pleasant weather monday, tuesday and wednesday. jerry, good morning. how's the traffic? >> tom, good morning. head over to i-66, making the trip eastbound and westbound for that matter. right now out in vienna, so far, so good, light volume of traffic both directions so good news there. see if it continues for those of you along i-270, doing fine. no worries at the american legion bridge. right now everything's moving smoothly both ways at the wilson bridge. barbara and joe, back to you. >> all right, jerry, thank you. >>> our time now is 12 minutes after 5:00, 75 degrees here in washington. >>> boys kissing boys and girls kissing girls. wait until you hear what went down inside the local diner. >> plus, all eyes are on one controversial de

as you make your way southbound you have a lot of traffic through fredericksburg. stay tuned. er a a.4 a c6:t nuon00ftesti >>> marvin gaye park is getting a face lift. the mayor was on hand today as workers broke ground on the first phase of improvements to the park in northeast d.c. $2.4 million revitalization project that will make the park more accessible to d.c. residents. >> some of the most fantastic green space that you'll find anywhere in the wod. certainly here in our nation's capital. but like a lot of other green space areas, there's always been a need tore some infrastructure upgrades. >> the improvements will include a community stage, play grouped, picnic tables, new trees, shrubs and a new bike trail. >> boy, we needed this day. it was lovely to turn off the a.c. >> great day to be shoveling, redoing a parkway. whatever. one day. >> hey, we'll take it. >> one day, we got it. what a beautiful, beautiful sky to have a sparkling blue sky like that in august. and then a few high clouds coming in. there are showers out in indiana. that's sort of some of the things of

fredericksburg, virginia, temperature 94. 95 in rockville.ill lots of moisture coming up from the south. and dew point temperatures, moisture remaining high through tomorrow. the cold front, however, getting a little closer to us and tomorrow will be close enough that i think it is going to be an act tv day for severe weather with probably widespread strong thunderstorms and isolated severe. and there's a look at large but now category 3 bill. well, it is expected movement and fan forecast taking it just to the west ofber mud ber maude a staying clear. still plenty of wind and for us, well off the eastern seaboard. when we are going to get out of it some pretty good swells, rough surf and rip currents for the weekend. at the beaches, i think especially saturday and even sunday, then that system by sunday heads up towards cape cod and nova scotia and newfoundland and that's where the worst of the storm will be. so for our area this evening a few showers passing to the north. quiet for tomorrow morning. but plenty of clouds. more showers and st

it has been sliding from fredericksburg through salomons, over towards oxford. that's where the heaviest vein. then we have another batch that's up around areas of hagerstown and moving northeastward, too. as we zoom in on the city, here's the area that had the heavy rain last night. so all the blue shaded counties, that's where there is a flash flood watch up for much of the early part of the night. up until about midnight. then down to the south again, watching this area sliding northeast towards deale. temperatures across the area, 76. cool, 77. quantico. little higher tomorrow. and the air may be a little less moisture but 69 to 71 degrees. any time you get it that loaded up it is that real easy to wring it out and get a lot of rain in a short period of time. two and three-inches of rain across the area. d.c., new york, earlier today down around atlanta and west around detroit. here's the weather front we are dealing with. south of the area right now. it is going to start making its way northward and during the overnight period, all this as we watch danny gr

only 76 here in the city. 77 for fredericksburg. 74 in bowie. and tomorrow morning, look at 8:00.tures already up to 80 degrees. 92 by lunch. and again just a slight chan of a thunderstorm tomorrow afternoon. isolated, very, very isvhae teh advisory in place as well. we're expecting the potential of the heat to be 103-105. it feels like that will get you in a hurry. so official high temperature tomorrow, 98 that would tie the record at national. little cooler on tuesday and still very humid. and then we break the back of this heat wave wednesday, thursday, friday, at least that is the way it looks right now. >> okay, thank you gary. >>> all right in tonight's buzz, trying to snag paula, the former american idol judge announced last week she wouldn't return to the show. now abc is joining the group of those wants to hire her. a network has reportedly contacted her, but the role she has is still not clear. abc is home to dancing with the stars, and she is from that >> money, money, money, it is all about that. and american idol says in the last minute -- >> she is going back to idol

they're warm, but not terribly warm. 81 degrees -- 83 degrees in fredericksburg. those are good numbers that have here. it looks like you will keep close to these numbers tomorrow. you're not talking forecasting numbers in the upper 90's anytime soon, but possibly around 90. for us, a lot of cloud cover out there. the showers and storms out there, you see the watch in effect for a couple more hours to our southeast. it looks as though we will get close to a very pleasant weather pattern. we will miss it by that much. beautiful weather with dry and warm humidity's. it will act as the focus of areas of showers and thunderstorms. more widespread tomorrow. i think it will just be isolated showers and storms. the air mass will start to be a little more human through the upcoming weekend. the tropical depression has 35 miles an hour wind -- a 35 mile an hour winds that could be, tropical storm anna, but it will mess all landmass. isolated showers and storms chances as we head into the end of the workweek and the upcoming weekend. >> not bad for august. >> not at all. >>