normal travel times between fredericksburg and dale city. that 28 minutes. 13 minutes from dale city to the beltway. parkwayes from the b-w to the capital beltway. headlights in this picture are northbound through springfield. is southbound traffic on the way to fredericksburg. everything looks good. back to you. >> thank you. started testing the on the beltway express lanes. using test cars to traffic and monitor congestion and adjust the toll rates. the tests will go on several weeks and it is expected to slow traffic. the express lanes are expected to open by the end of the year. >> new a crash test results may havethis morning concern for drivers of mid-size luxury cars. the insurance institute says most of the cars performed in frontal crash tests. that could lead manufacturers to y modifications. s60 and acura tl were rated good. >> a test flight is set for in california involving hypersonic the experimental aircraft. it is designed to fly at 3,600 miles an hour. passengers could fly from los angeles to new york in 46 minutes. will soa

you have to go down toward fredericksburg to see more activity. earlier it was heavy around harrisonburg, right right now the only one in the immediate area is southwest of warrenton. temperaturewise 93 today, still 90 downtown, but in the 80s in the burbs, 86 gaithersburg, manassas, 83 andrews, fredericksburg 86 degrees. tonight we'll keep the chance of a thunderstorm, but south of town early, otherwise partly cloudy, mild, 66 to 74, wind i.c.e., southeast at 10. we'll come -- winds east, southeast at 10. we'll come back and talk about another cold front heading our way late in the week. >>> coming up another historic moment for nasa as the latest mars rover touches down and begins its mission. >> but first maryland's first casino request to downsize just as lawmakers are looking at adding another one. something is wrong with that picture. we'll tell you about it up next. from those experiences, i had the chance of running the olympics. the games were in real trouble. there'd been way too much spending. and in massachusetts i found a budget that

. >>> if you didn't know better, you'd swear one fredericksburg, virginia home has a bull's eye on it. two nights ago a car slammed right into the home on woodford street and it's something the homeowner has seen before. >> reporter: i'm surae chinn in fredericksburg, virginia, where this home seems to be a target for bad driving. the homeowner was watching tv when he heard what he tells police a large explosion around 9:45 wednesday night. >> coming into the house. we did advise to evacuate. >> reporter: police say the driver was drunk and plowed right into the kitchen. the home is located on a bend where some people say attracts bad driving. >> for that kind of damage it either was in reverse or had to go awful fast. we're kind of a cut-through for a lot of the surrounding areas. that happens on my street as well. it's very dangerous. >> reporter: we tried clocking people this afternoon. most were going the posted 25 mile-per-hour speed limit, but not all. >> 33. >> reporter: the homeowner is thinking about building a barrier to prevent something like this from happening again. the

fredericksburg looking at 68 degrees.e foggy in the shenandoah .alley that dense fog advisory expires at 8:00 this morning. lots of sunshine for today. 86-91 degrees. a few more clouds for the 60's off to our 70's in town. a little warmer tomorrow ahead set to arrivet afternoon into the evening. 88-93 degrees. some pending storms will have potential to become strong to severe. coming up in a few minutes, the seven-day outlook. baden.lisa >> nothing severe in maryland, 270, and good on 95 near baltimore. the beltway looks good and prince george's county. nothing on the suitland parkway. 95 northbound in virginia near the parkway, there is a vehicle that rolled over. traffic is able to get by, but it will add extra time. rail rain delay on 20-minute delay. >> there's a big debut in the tablet world. details. >> samsung rolls out its new note. 10.1 inches. it has a stylists and it goes on sale today starting at $500 -- stylus. apple is talking with major cable operators about using apple devices as a set top box s will use t

south is getting through of fredericksburg and towards .ichmond back to you. >> thank you. we begin with a developing story in afghanistan. the nato coalition is investigating the murders of two u.s. troops,. and afghan police officer was after he shot and killed u.s. service members in the western part of the country. the sixth incident of its afghanistan in two weeks. >> the latest on the campaign trail. mitt romney's running mate has several campaign stops in virginia today. >> this comes after a week with questions about his n medicare and romney's tax returns. brianne carter explains. >> it is another war of words between the candidates vying for be here at the white for the next four years. as vice presidential candidate paul ryan plans to make several stops in battleground virginia, is fending off questions about stimulus money. paul ryan has blasted president obama's stimulus plan for years are questions about a report that requested state in his home 2009. >> is that accurate? it's i don't recall. report.ot seen the i opposed the stimulus because it does not work.

. >> the focus has been on 95/virginia between fredericksburg and richmond. an accident happened earlier this morning in the works on with a dump truck riding with the bed up not down the wires over the interstate. we will have newschopper7 with the latest in the next report. >> the former university of maryland honor student accused of making online threats against the school is heading to court today. >> he is expected to enter a guilty plea. we go live to college park, sources tell us that this was clearly a student at his breaking point both socially and academically. police say the 19-year-old rhode and multiple websites that he wants to go on a shooting rampage here at the university of maryland. he is expected to plead guilty today to multiple counts. police learned of the threat of a former student who used to work for the department. they say the former honor student wrote that he wanted to kill in the people to make the national news. police found no weapons in his dorm. or his parents' home in howard county. it will charge him with disturbing the p

south of fredericksburg. that's because of an accident that happened earlier this morning. it took down power lines across interstate. the accident activity is wrapping up, but now they have to deal with the power lines. we are dealing with overnight construction clearing at new hampshire ave. lanes are open, moving nicely. in springfield, virginia nothing in this picture. good on 66. now to news. >> the man charged in connection with the mass shooting, that wounded former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords is expected to plead guilty today. jared loughner faces a competency hearing today. if found mentally fit to stand trial, he will be allowed to plead guilty. he is accused of killing six and wounding 12 others in the january 2011 shooting in tucson. the former university of maryland student accused of making online threats against the school is expected to plead guilty today. alexander saw arrested in march after prosecutors say that he posted messages on several web sites that he wanted to go on a shooting rampage. police found zero weapons in his dormitory or at

one shower is west of fredericksburg and east of culpeper.otherwise, we are dry and partly cloudy, with a thin veil of clouds. the 70 in martinsburg. cooler in cumberland. 78 and monday in the district. -- muggy in the district. isolated thundershowers are expected in the afternoon hours. tomorrow we could have strong to severe storms 3 that is a possibility. the greatest chance of the most widespread rain will be on friday and early on saturday. that is your forecast. >> the george washington parkway -- before i deliver the issues, i would start with good news. that would be the greenway. you have a 15 minute ride. everything is moving in your favor on a 270. a 17-minute ride between father father hurley boulevard and the beltway. it is the george washington parkway and the forefront area southbound that is closed. that is because of an organ th-- overnight accident. park police say they are in the process of reopening it sat down for the morning rush hour. back to news. >> thanks. escalator at the l'enfant plaza metro station hit -- heard f

traveling northbound, pretty good drive time from fredericksburg. dale city.up to continuing to the beltway, just under 15 minutes. baltimore, 20 minutes from 495,altimore beltway to 95. n baltimore, the tractor- struck andver was s taken to hospital. if one lane is blocked on 95 at key highway. we will keep you updated. back to you. >> thank you. more today of the the office at the inily research council chinatown. the security guards still the suspectedd arrived.til help brianne carter in northwest with a look ahead. >> 28-gerald floyd corkins, a thesuspected of shooting the familyard at research council last week, is expected back in court later today. he is facing several charges g assault and gun charges. authorities allege on august 15 into a conservative lobbying group and opened fire like thee did not group's politics. he was carrying a box of ammunition and 15 chick-fil-a sandwiches. a judge ordered him to undergo a evaluation to it isine whether competent to continue with court proceedings. out the result in the court hearing later today.

early congestion southbound approaching warrenton road making your way to fredericksburg. stillernight work zone is in effect. 270.news on it is quiet. all lanes open from the truck spur. all the way to the >> in prince george's county, firefighters and one residents recovering this morning after suffering injuries. >> firefighters rescued several people from apartments in temple hill. john gonzalez has more on the heroic effort. >> four residents of the three- trapped.rtment became when firefighters opened the of department unit on fire, they were by a wall of flames. >> they arrived and found a fire, standard procedure, went down the steps, standard, opened the doors, standard, and it flashed them when they opened the door. then that created the fire going the apartment above. >> one firefighter suffered inhalation and exhaustion, a 10-year veteran. >> he found her in a position where she could not get out. sat with her in the apartment mask waiting for someone to rescue them. seconds before running out of rescued.two were >> that was john gonzalez reporting republican p

the same at fredericksburg. we have 83 at dulles. and 82 degrees at hagerstown. if you look at the heat index, not too far off the mark, but still a little up there. feels like it's 90 right now at d.c. believe it or not, this is late at night for it to feel like this. 95 at quantico. it's a good example. we are under a slight risk of severe weather. we are looking at strong storms heading our area for tomorrow that you see shaded here in the orange is under that slight risk. we could see strong storms moving their way in. right now, hot, humid, and hazy. we had the odd shower pop up through the valley and parts of western maryland. other than that, it's been calm. let's take a welcome at radar and show you what is happening. this is the frontal system. this will be our weather maker as we move through into tomorrow. it will gradually start to progress its way to the east. it is ending up stalling to the south of us as we head into the beginning of the week. we'll have to deal with it for the next 48 hours. but the main feature is the storms that are coming with

a storm south of fredericksburg.e northern neck and may clip southern maryland. for the most part, a dry commute home. the question is, will the nats game stay dry? we'll talk about that and we'll talk about isaac, brand-new tropical storm. >>> plus, something out of an action movie. this is a real-life stunt pulled off by a woman on a moving tight rope. we are always on, wusa9.com. stay with us. we'll be right back. >> pick up my jaw off the floor. >>> move over nik wallenda, there's a new tight rope sensation out there. the daredevil in this case a woman carefully towing the line between these two moving trucks. the objective, walk from the top of one truck to the other as they barrel through a tunnel. line breaks, too close together, line goes slack. the stunt, which happened in crowe croatia is part of a volvo ad. >> i never black lined moving forward. >> she did do it. she did that stunt. it was pretty sick. the crew applauded her afterwards. >> if you fall over and get hurt, nobody is feeling sorry for you. tha

and now a member of the military faces charges. >> reporter: i'm peggy fox at the historic fredericksburgtist church. the 157-year-old building survived heavy damage during the civil war and now it's been attacked again, but leaders are most surprised by who did it. >> he pushed his way through these doors. >> reporter: once he broke his way inside the church he tried to get out through a stained glass window, but the plexiglass on the out wouldn't budge. >> -- outside wouldn't budge. >> he pulled the closet door off the hinges and threw the door through the window. >> reporter: police were in the area looking for a man who just tried to kick in the doors of a hair salon and butcher. they heard glass breaking at the church and saw the door come through the window. when the suspect climbed out he immediately surrendered but then began spitting at the officers and continued to spit until after he was placed in the patrol vehicle. 22-year-old edmond toby barr whitehead, a second lieutenant in the royal british navy was arrested and charged with burglary, destruction of property and assault o

two on the vre, both are along the fredericksburg line. to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> the gay marriage debate could give chick-fil-a more business than usual today. more than half a million people expected to crowd locations around the country. chick-fil-a's president recently reiterated the company's religious beliefs that include marriage only between a man and a woman. supporters will hold a peaceful sit-in today. on friday, same-sex couples will hold a kissing at the restaurant chain. >>> 13 million americans could get rebate checks from health insurance companies. part of the president's affordable care act. the medical loss ratio helps to keep health insurance companies accountable for how they spend money from premiums. companies have to pay out $1.1 billion for an average of $127 a customer. >>> the house did not pass a bill that would ban some abortions in the district. the measure would have banned abortions in the district after 20 weeks of pregnancy. fetuses 20 weeks or older can feel pain. >>> d.c. is looking at a crackdo

>> yes, 95 closed in both directions between fredericksburg and richmond mayor, church.e bed -- bed up. sounormal service for metro rail. at the beltway at holy cross hospital moving well. and we are looking at shirlington moving nicely on 395. back to you. >> thank you. 5:54, 73 degrees. >> a recap of yesterday's olympic games in london. find out if gabby you're on timeout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof. some things will. save up to 20% on an ikea kitchen. >> welcome back. a local indian back home after making her hometown of bethesda very proud during the games in london. >> congratulations continue for 15-year-old katie ledecky, where she got a warm welcome at dulles international. [cheers] >> lots of excitement. she's the youngest member of team usa, capturing the gold in the women's 800 meter freestyle. she says she is still taking in all this newfound celebrity and the admiration for her accomplishments. >> its great to see everyone here. the gold medal is for all of them too. it means a lot. >> for the rest of the summer she will rest and prepared

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another report out of fredericksburg and coming past stafford.in heavy volume north past the 139-mile marker, the accident here involved the overturned truck. so our lanes are open but again, bumper to bumper traffic leaving 17. and on the other side of town lanes are open on the beltway no problems to report between college park and bethesda. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> thanks julie. up next we're going to go live to fox business network in new york. a restaurant comes up with an idea penalty to help customers relax a bit. >> give up your cell known while you eat and they've gill -- phone while you eat and they'll give you a break on your tab. interesting. we'll talk about what when fox 5 morning news returns in just a moment. >>> 6:24 now. and welcome back. the next time you go out to eat, would you be willing to give up your cell phone? first a look at the markets, lauren seminet tee is live in new york with this morning's business feed. good morning to you lauren. >> reporter: good morning. >> all right, i see two words

in fredericksburg, 65 degrees. a dense fog and pfizer in effect until 8:00 this morning in the shenandoah valley and nothing in the immediate d.c. area. this is our future cast for the next 48 hours. we will have some clearing tomorrow morning and by afternoon tomorrow, we're looking at a cold front that will bring a chance for showers. it will not be a washout tomorrow evening but the showers may continue into early saturday morning. the highs today will be 86-91 degrees. mid 60's for the overnight hours and tomorrow, 88-93, hotter and a little more humid outside and cooler for the upcoming weekend. by sunday, lower 80's and lots of sun monday, tuesday, and wednesday. >> we will check again with maryland. you have been on a quiet side this morning. nothing on the beltway in prince george's county or from the

by nontime, we'll still have a few scattered showers in southern maryland around fredericksburg. elsewhere, partly sunny, mid 80s. mid 90 during the middle part of the afternoon. rather humid. not oppressively so. just a few clouds in and out during the rest of the afternoon. back down to the upper 80s by early evening. i'll be back in ten minutes. a look at storm4 radar. right now, here's a look at your morning traffic with danella. >> good morning to you. your first4 traffic report, we're going to head over to virginia and check out the beltway. we have work zones in place. they're all on the outer loop. first one is at the dulles toll road. only the right lane gets you by. then as you continue on the outer loop at i-66 and arlington boulevard, it's going to be the left that gets you by. heading over to i-66, had a work zone set up. it was right around 50. take a look right now. those lanes are open now. i did see a work zone set up in the right lane. they moved it to the right shoulder. it's out of the roadway. that's good. as you make your way from fairfax county parkway to t

fredericksburg at 64. we've got 61 degrees at hagerstown.atellite-radar composite showing you some of the clouds. we are just on the edge here but it is gradually moving its way out a little bit. we do have an upper level trough that we could be dealing with. could see a spotty shower or a pop-up storm is out there for later today. we'll have a bit more sunshine and into the week, we have a little bit more of the sunshine coming as well. for today then, a high of 84 degrees, some afternoon spotty showers and storms are possible. i'll have more details a little bit later on. wisdom, sarah? >> thank you. >>> back to the breaking news out of maryland. a csx train derailed in ellicott city and it happened near maryland avenue and main street. >> the 80-car train flipped and killed two people who were on the tracks. >> joining us on the phone is howard county executive ken olman. thank you for talking with us. first off, tell us what you know so far. what happened? >> i've been down here for the last number of hours. we got a call at midnight. th

through 6:00 at the life center in fredericksburg. must be from stafford, a spotsylvania, king george, or counties and you bring identification. prince william and montgomery county are kicking off their -- fairs today. >> today is your last day to the contest to win tickets tickets tofair -- fair ongomery county facebook page. we will announce the winner in hour.00 >> at the arlington county fair night.here last i had a chance to be there with officials andd folks and the good the. military the they will be in business through night. >> i have been waiting for the races. >> those will start today in south arlington. outside it is about 75 degrees. >> loved ones preparing to say six people killed in sikh templeing shooting in wisconsin. sikh templeing shoo♪ i dare you to dare me what's today's dare? erase the damage of 100 blow-drys [ female announcer ] with daily moisture renewal from pantene. the pro-v system nourishes to lock in moistu"e erasininthe damage of 100 blow drys for a silky, soft touch. think only salon brands can n that

anybody heading northbound on fromooks good fredericksburg into dale city, minutes from dale city to the beltway. 95 traffic approaching springfield in this picture. and a pretty good run in prince county, along 495, and 270. the american legion bridge tysons and bethesda, no the greenway or the toll roads either. back to you. >> thank you. famed movie director tony scott is dead. jumped to his death sunday afternoon off a los angeles bridge. u.s. coast guard said that a was found inside the director scar. he directed top gun, beverly , and enemy of the state. the director is survived by his wife and older brother fellow scott.r ridley >> a prince george's county forced toicer was shoot a suspect in oxon hill. this started when officers were called to the 5000 block of barnaby lane divide for reports of a suspicious person. police found a bloody man high pcp. when they tried to help the man, combative and that's n officer used his taser on a suspect. the prongs from his body. then he threatened to kill the officer. officer then fired his weapon when the man approached him. he was tak

. >> in virginia, 95 northbound, is open out of fredericksburg coming towards springfield.en downer northbound coming out of park.l end of theat the to go onp from route 3 interstate, there's a broken-down truck. southbound after the thornburg exit, lingering roadwork will be gone soon. 66 is clear. nothing complicated on 395. inside the beltway look good church and across roosevelt bridge. well on the beltway in through silver spring tysons, to and from the american legion bridge. 17 minutes on 270 between father hurley boulevard and the beltway. back to you. >> thank you. nearly a dozen new reasons to watch or speed while traveling in d.c. 11 news speed cameras. violators will receive warnings until september 3. is when police began issuing tickets. the cameras telmex streets safer. critics say they are a school for the. city to make the id is 72 degrees outside. >> learning more about the coloradounman in the [ female announcer ] with swiffer wetjet, cleaning better, doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. i'm going to... drink this... on the porch! ♪ give me just a littl

one is just to the west of fredericksburg. another one there right near salisbury and over the delaware bay. we've got the temperatures, all the areas in yellow, 70s in much of virginia and maryland, 70s now. 60s a few locations. north of washington. north central maryland, shenandoah valley. day planner, for your wednesday. temperatures right now, low 70s. and by 6:00, it ought to be in the mid 70s. by noon, mid 80s. low 90s by mid afternoon. hot and humid afternoon. a little greater chance of scattered storms around late afternoon and early this evening. i'm back in ten minutes with another look at storm4 radar. look at traffic now with danella. good morning. >> good morning. >>> first 4 traffic report, head down i-95 right now. making your commute. we'll look live not bad travel lanes are open. here's a live look. n't coing on 395. no issues there. and clear on 395 as you crossover the 14th street bridge. really in both directions. no reported delays on the metro, marc, or vre. eun, over to you. >>> metro is trying to figur

i'm peggy fox reporting live in fredericksburg. back to you, derek. >> that's good news at the end there, the church will survive. >>> a dozen unusual cases of swine flu have popped up all around the u.s. and the illnesses have been linked to public contact with pigs at county and state fairs. now the local health officials are warning you to take some common sense precautions, which is why our scott broom is live tonight at the howard county fair grounds with some details. we haven't talked about swine flu in forever. >> reporter: well, at least not for a couple years and look behind me here. this is the kids and critters barn, basically the petting barn at howard county fair and that is a mandatory stop for most kids and families who visit the fair here, but so, too, is the hand washing station. you can see right outside the kids petting barn because of this swine flu alert. it's called swine flu for a reason. a strain of flu is commonly passed from pigs to people. >> you just have to be aware and ask questions. >> reporter: here

an hour ago, we had a little shower in fredericksburg.ing up south of d.c. noticed the cloud cover as well. that should set the stage for another beautiful and colorful sunrise. 92 in fairfax this afternoon. 90 in cumberland. still for the most part, near and in the lower 90's for highs today. with a 30% chance of a few thundershowers. mostly sough of d.c. -- south of d.c. we will be at 90 by 2:00 until about 5:00 p.m. friday, some showers and storms. most of us will see rain by that point. clearing out late saturday and sunday. though humidity on sunday. 85. looking for to it. >> news chopper 7 buying -- flying over a car fire between a carrollton for 50 in the baltimore washington parkway. fire trucks quick to respond. you can still see the traffic is getting by now. two left lanes open on the outer loop. leaving new carrollton heading towards college sports. on the way to fedex field moving nicely. back to the news. >> tickets a month. 5:54. looking at 75 degrees. >> what joan rivers is saying about getting kic release me, momigus! tha

you can see entering fredericksburg and around culpeper a pretty good storm going through, unionville getting hammered with lots of rain. we don't have any warnings in effect right now, but radar showing us showers and storms moving in closer from the west heading east. you can see right around just south of culpeper east of orange some of the lightning strikes associated with this pretty big cell. some light showers and light rain potentially into reston, rockville, olney, germantown and poolesville. not all of this could be hitting the ground. temperatures only 83 degrees, winds northwest at 12 miles per hour. temperatures today thanks to the cloud cover keeping things not hot at all, 82 la plata, 77 in leesburg, winchester down to 73, thanks to the rain cooling you down. some isolated storms are possible the rest of this evening, some strong or severe. thursday less humid, will feel really nice, hot friday, then much cooler for the weekend. check out your 9 futurecast. to put this into motion, storms possible tonight, but they'll be kind of few and far between. overnight we clear o

fredericksburg has seen just a little bit of a shower. also moving into king george and county maybe into portions of the northern neck. so if you live in the northern neck or southern maryland, you may see a few showers but that's about it. the wider view showing more showers to the south and west. but fairly dry through your morning. leesburg, loudoun county, looking very good. 77 by 7:00. 68 by 11:00. waking up to a temperature of 58 degrees. a little bit on the cool side for you. when you step out the door tomorrow morning. we'll talk more about that, plus the newest tropical storm that is out there in the atlantic. this one could affect the u.s. >> oh, dear. >>> still ahead to be able to, a 3-year-old caught in the cross fire and now recovering after being shot in the leg. >> what officials are offering as a solution to a long-term problem with flooding in a historic d.c. neighborhood. >>> and a juriy could hold the fate of your smartphone in their hands. the latest on the battle between tech giants apple and samsung. >>> i'm liz cre

there will be a chance to the north fredericksburg and southern maryland. that's about it.'t worry about rain tomorrow. the temperatures in the 90s. here's something they are worried about in mexico and belize. this is tropical storm ernesto. look at the video there bringing winds of 40, 50 miles an hour. no real damage reports in the kingston jamaica area. is it not gaining strength. right now winds of 65 miles an hour and expected to potentially become a hurricane before it comes on shore. but that's about it. for isolated showers tomorrow. same deal on wednesday. i think a better chance of rain on wednesday especially around the chesapeake and making its way in to southern maryland. but i think most of us should be on the dry side. thursday and friday we could be in for a lot of rain and we need it around here. tomorrow afternoon partly sunny, showers possible but once again the best chance will be down to the south. if you are north of washington, almost no chance of rain for you. about 30% south of washington. 30% for everybody on wednesday and a good chance on friday

that is moving in toward fredericksburg now. around the immediate metro area, we have just a few sprinkles now right around the district and noe northern virginia. a few light showers, eastern suburbs in prince george's county and into calvert and parts of anne arundel county. the farther south you go, the heavier the rain is falling. no thunder and lightning right now. here's the lighter view. all of this associated with a trough of lighter pressure along the atlantic sea board. this trough is going to continue to track along the mid-atlantic coast today, tonight, and part of tomorrow. as it does pull away and move out to sea, it will diminish our showers as we get into sunday. temperatures around the region low to mid-70s around washington, where they're getting the steadier rain. it's right near 70 to the south and east. farther west and north, temperatures much of the shenandoah valley into the mountain, upper 60s to around 70. noontime showers. by 3:00 a chance of lightning as well as around 6:00. we'll be near 80 by midaft

it will begin around a park or through quantico and off and on as you head down towards fredericksburgis delay neared 201 a crash off to the right shoulder so your travel lanes are open. we are seeing a slow roll on the outer loop heading toward 355 before connecticut ave. overturn vehicle blocking the right lane. i.t. 70 delays began heading toward frederick and up to 80 urbana. -- i-270 up to 80 urbana. >> still to come, a warning for people who take a popular hair growth drug. why propecia may cause emotional effects. >> metro is in the midst of a mystery that is costing one quarter of a million dollars. >> 3 and 1/2 million dollars in a lawsuit against the district. >> how would you like to get paid to ride buses and trains? >> metro has hired a firm to do a secret shoppers survey. we're getting an idea at what the secret shoppers are looking for. kris van cleave with more on the checklist. >> metro tells us this essentially flat things metro may need to address. it will not talk about what has been flat so far they are telling us what the mystery writers are looking for and what t

another little shower has popped up just west of fredericksburg. otherwise, a quiet start to your day with a mix of clouds and a little bit of sunshine. we were expecting partial sunshine and highs in the 90s. big changes in the five-day forecast. we'll talk about those coming up in just a minute. >> back to you. >>> some top stories, a 25-year- old man is charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting two young girls. police say he abducted the girls from a thrift store on university boulevard in hyattsville on two separate occasions. the first happened on july 9th. the police officer made the arrest at a nearby park after the latest incident on monday. >>> despite all the backlash towards pepco after june's derecho, the company plans to ask for another rate hike. >>> we are getting a look at the first photographs from the mars rover. >> we have at latest in this report. >>> the world watched as nasa's sites celebrated curiosity's successful landing on the red planet. >> every time we get a new picture, we all crowd around the screen and watch th

late developments on a key ruling involving the proposed national slavery museum to be built in fredericksburg and the legal miss that has lasted for years. >> an anonymous donor has come forward and agreed to write a check for $300,000 paying the debt to the museum owns the city of fredericksburg. for years now where i am standing, this was supposed to be a shimmering structure. more like a field and a flourishing tourist attraction, the proposed site is far from what planners envisioned a decade ago. >> a lot of people wanted it and started it and thought it was a good idea and then it fizzled out. >> after years of struggle and disappointment that lead to bankruptcy hope. a donor has come forward to pay off the $300,000 tax bill. >> that sounds wonderful. it is part of history. there is nothing wrong with keeping history up. >> kind of dropped the ball and did not go anywhere. >> after years of unpaid taxes fredericksburg wanted to recoup their losses. with the museum out of bankruptcy, the sale is often supporters are optimistic the museum will finally come to fruition. >> this area needs

in ocean city. -- 68 in fredericksburg. not expecting anything morning a few clouds today. it will be warmer than yesterday. today, upper 80s to about 90. so we're going to be bordering on a hot one today. it will be hot tomorrow and saturday. i'll have details on that in just a minute. >> nice and steamy time now to say good morning to julie wright. >> not a lot happening right now. we are off to a quiet start as you work your way along eastbound 66 continuing inbound from manassas headed through centreville. light traffic volume eastbound headed for the capital beltway. on the inner loop headed around towards new hampshire avenue as well as on the outer loop leaving 95 continuing around towards 270. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. >>> to politics now. mitt romney will make his case for the white house in prime time tonight when he helps wrap up the republican national convention. now, last night, the republicans rolled out some of the biggest names to the stage. they included former secretary of state condole

and 76 in fredericksburg. a few storms out there on the delmarva.n to the south this is where they will be tomorrow. in fredericksburg calavert county across the bay south of washington that is the area where you have a chance of seeing the storms. you can see the storms from today. we're still under the cloud cover. over the next few days this boundary will work its way up. we'll see the thunderstorm chances increase. they increase a little bit tomorrow. but increase during the day on thursday for just about everybody. not a lot of widespread storms on thursday but just about everybody has a chance of strong to severe storms. on friday everybody has a chance of significant rain, a half inch to an inch. we need the rain out here but not the severe weather. and friday could be a day with severe weather. tomorrow 65 to 75 degrees in the morning. in the afternoon, partly sunny, very warm and humid. isolated storms, most likely in through southern maryland and along the potomac river on the northern neck. temperatures 88 to 93 degrees. tomorrow it will

fredericksburg, good morning, you are 70. leonardtown, you are 70 degrees.f you are outside the beltway, temperatures fairly comfortable. later this afternoon, right back into the 90s. yesterday, we hit 91 degrees. we'll be flee or four degrees warmer than that today with a lot of sunshine expected. look how quiet our weather pattern is. there is a cold front but it is so week that it will fall apart before it makes any more progress towards the washington area. and it won't kind of kick off any showers or thunderstorms today. with a bit of a cap in the atmosphere later this afternoon, we're not expecting a whole lot in the way of activity. i think today and tomorrow will generally be fairly quiet as far as thunderstorm activity and as we get into the weekend, we'll get a better chance. what is going on. here is what is happening. hot and humid conditions out to the west. extraordinarily hot temperatures, miamior records falling out here with temperatures reaching -- the actual air temperature reaching 115 degrees in some places out to the west. not going to

a few showers trying to get itself together just to the south and east of fredericksburg. that one looks like it is falling apart. other than that, just kind after hazy humid start to your day with temperatures in some spots falling back into the upper 60s and low 70s. should be a decent day. it will be warm and rather humid this afternoon with highs about 90 degrees with the possibility of a stray storm. more details in just a minute. toss it back to you guys at the desk. >> thank you. >>> topping our stories, the sikh tim pell shooting in wisconsin. the shooter identified as wade michael page is report lid a neonazi white supremacist. the sikh community here in the d.c. area held a vigil last night in rockville to pray for the victims. >>> jared loughner is due in court for a exepsy and change of plea hearings. he is expected to plead guilty to the 2011 mass shooting in arizona. -- jared loughner is due in court for a competency and change of plea hearing. >>> firefighters have contained a mass i-5 fire at a chevron oil refinery in california but they are still working t

mainly south of town toward fredericksburg this evening. and as we look at the lows tonight, down in the middle 60s, you might have showers. the rest of us cloudy most of the overnight. these showers continue to pester us throughout the day tomorrow. and they're going to last into sunday. if you force me to pick the better day this weekend, i'm going with sunday. but it is not going to be rain free. now let's head on down to check out isaac. winds are now at 70 miles per hour. not quite a hurricane. still a tropical storm. it's going to go across haiti tonight. then strengthening in the open waters as it enters the southern gulf on sunday. the water temperatures are 86 to 90. which is perfect for breeding stronger storm. becoming a category 1 storm in the gulf of mexico and probably making landfall in the western florida panhandle as we think about tuesday into wednesday. highs tomorrow, as i mentioned, around 80. as we plan ahead into the week, we are going to keep it a little touch and go, as i mentioned through the weekend. but then we d

getting one little shower here west of fredericksburg. slowly drifting east. just south of salisbury. and temperatures throughout the region, we're generally in the mid 70s right around washington. that includes prince george's, arlington, fairfax, and montgomery counties. right near the bay it's in the upper 70s as well as tidal potomac there at reagan national. farther north, subburs in the 60s. that includes much of montgomery, howard county and frederick county. low to mid 60s. by 5:00 a.m., mostly cloudy and we'll still be in the 70s here in the next few minutes or so. by perhaps 6:00, maybe into the mid 70s. and we'll have noontime temperatures low to mid 80s. and it's going to be steamy. you'll notice the humidity will be higher today than it was yesterday. and it's going to be steamy during the rest of the afternoon. we'll have highs reaching low 90s by mid afternoon. then it's late afternoon we got about a 30% chance of an isolated thunder shower popping up. and then after that, we'll be cooling back down into the 80s through the evening. any isolated

the heaviest storms in fredericksburg and culpepper. having a hard time moving close to the i-95 corridor. will they? it's possible but the bulk will stay off to the west. more showers and storms tomorrow. we will see more rain tomorrow but we are also talking about the chance for more heat. 90 degrees tomorrow with a 50% chance of storms. 94 on thursday. 96 on friday and 93 on saturday. this weekend, a typical early august weekend. temperatures in the low 90s with 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms. just be ready for a passing shower or storm in your area. shower or storm in your area. >>> comi[ ringing ] hello? [ sea ] hi! this is the sea calling. i'm talking to the sea? is this for real? sea: [ laughing ] yeah! what's what what what is what... [ sea ] i want you to close your eyes and imagine a place in the middle of me where the world revolves around you. can i go now? [ sea ] sure! ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] now sailing from baltimore.

we were at 94, dropped to 86, and now with the sunshine, we're right back to 90. 94 in fredericksburg, and 91 in leesburg, heat index in the mid-90s across the region. along the chesapeake bay breeze, sends in a little bit of a breeze and that helps to produce some of these showers and storms. so prince georges county really saw a big number of storms over toward the laurel area. very heavy rain there. right now, though, that's just about it. just about all gone. maybe an isolated shower or two, but that's all we're going to see. behind this, look at all the clear skies. we're going to clear out very nicely tonight. and i think we have pretty good day for tomorrow as far as sunshine is concerned, but it is going to be on the hot side. now, something else to be watching, the tropics. they've been a little quiet the last couple of weeks, but now we've got a new tropical storm. this is tropical storm ernesto. pressure at 1006 millibars. but it's moving at a good clip at 22 miles per hour. it'll go through the caribbean, very close to jamaica at 65-mile-an-hour winds, that's the national

parts of the area falling back into a nice range. 71 in fredericksburg. 7 at dulles this morning. ocean city, 65 degrees. we'll take it while we can get t hooking at a lot of sunshine today and relatively warm temperatures. not going to be triple dig the but it will be low to mid-90s. it will be a hot afternoon. it should be a dry afternoon. notice the cloud cover really dissipating during the nighttime hours. we have a very weak cold front that is trying to come through. honestly, just falling part. it will be a good looking day. it will be hot out there. typical early august weather. 94 in washington. 95 in fredericksburg. 93 in waldorf. >> okay. 90s it is i was about ready to say july. it's august. >> we're moving forward. >> speeding through the summer. hopefully people are speeding away on the roads. >> we got to put the brakes on. pretty soon, you guys will be talking about back to school and labor day. >> the supplies are already out in the stores. >> i don't want to know. >> yeah. >> i know that is when they put the suntan lotion and everything on sale. it's bad. i need a

found dead last month in a homeless camp in fredericksburg.you recognize him, call fredericksburg police. >>> burial service will be held today for two fighter pilots missing in action since the vietnam war. the men died in the crash 46 years ago toy. they will be buried together at arlington national cemetery at acunt this morning. >>> faa is emp implementing a new policy nationwide. air traffic controllers are now banned from using a traffic reverse proceed clur. the move allowed planes to take off and land opposite of the normal flow of traffic. the policy created a scary situation last week when three us airways jets came close to each other. the controllers redirected the planes because of the weather. the faa plans to have a new policy in by next month. >>> new custom agents found four pounds of cocaine hidden in juice boxes and a spice bottle at dulles airport. they found the drugs saturday tucked inside the luggage of two men who arrived from el salvador. they found about six ounces of cocaine in a garlic salt bottle and nearly 3 1/2 p

temperature wise, looking at 82 in leesburg. 81 in culpeper. 81 in fredericksburg. to the south, a couple showers trying to move in towards the culpeper area so heads up down there. also around the charlottesville, east, a thunderstorm there. so if you're traveling i-95 south of fredericksburg, you may run into a couple storms but that's about it. the wider view showing the cloud cover moved off the coast and we just this h that scattering of clouds and scattering of showers back towards the west. so for us, a little bit of a dry slot here. i think we're going to stay in that dry slot through the rest of the evening hours. but heads up well down to the south, as i mentioned. we're watching that area of low pressure that has been to the south the last couple days. it's been a stalled out frontal boundary. the front stalled to our south, created waves of low pressure. tomorrow we'll see that area move up to north and east a little bit. i think a better chance of a few showers tomorrow in and around the district and metro area. but most of us will still see a beautiful

getting heavy downpours and heavy downpours east of fredericksburg as well as near waldor. washington, raining hard. thunder and lightning in montgomery county. east of 270 heading into howard county. frederick county getting rain. elsewhere, lighter rain. it's going to taper off for a while. mid morning to late morning. 30 %, 40%, 50% chance of a thunder shower noontime. league likelihood after that, strong storms. 9:00 p.m. with damaging winds. maybe some hail along with heavy rain may cause localized flooding. tapering back, passing showers and thunder showers by late evening. a look at the weekend. next week's seven-day outlook in ten minutes. >>> good morning. first 4 traffic report. start with the rails. taking the metro blue line, had an earlier train malfunction outside of van dorn street. still seeing delays as you make your way to largo. expect delays on the blue line. leds head over to the marc. just mine for eight-minute delay. brunswick east train 892 is operating one car short so you are going to see crowding if that's the train you're taking today. vre not re

also fredericksburg line, train 302 is looking at a ten-minute delay. and another ten-minute delay, and this is on train number 304. heading to the roadways, i-95 in virginia northbound at fairfax county parkway, possible incident slowing you down. i'll have an update in ten minutes. aaron and eun, over to you. >> danella, thank you. >>> 6:13 right now. the family trip to a grocery store that ended with a mother in jail. in plus, a superhuman rescue. what a virginia woman did to save her father. [ female announcer ] log on. log off. log on. log off. log on. log off. see, it's already starting to feel like exercise. now drop and give us ten more. ♪ put your goals on the line, online. get started at facebook.com/healthy. powered by ge. >>> 6:15 now. tomorrow, supporters of same-sex marriage will hold a nationwide demonstration against chick-fil-a president dan kathy. chick-fil-a came under criticism last month after kathy publicly posed gay marriage. yesterday, thousands came out to support chick-fil-a appreciation day, saying the food chain supports trad

70 degrees on this thursday morning. 68 in martinsburg, 69th in leesburg, 72 in annapolis and fredericksburg. 92 this afternoon with scattered weather clouds developing, cloudy into the afternoon with a few spotty thundershowers after 3:00 p.m. need the umbrella this , especially later evening.ternoon and we will talk about severe thunderstorm chances tomorrow, coming up. now to lisa baden? . overnight construction put to bed on the beltway at kenilworth avenue. everything is all the way and before the morning rush. six 6 looks decent. travel time working for us on 95 between richmond and baltimore. complicated on 66, 270, and the tour will is on normal service. prince george's county firefighters will return to the a 5- of a fire that killed girl and injured two other people. >> investigators trying to determine what caused the fire. at a home in the 6300 block of carrington court in capitol heights. gonzalez is live with neighbors >> . as you can see, a home has damage.e firefighters kept a call around 4:30 yesterday afternoon. they found a 24-year-old man burned, lying in the front yard.

showers to the south just west of fredericksburg, can't quite see it there under the banner but we havene or two showers and then just off to the north and west, as well. and these showers, this is a thunderstorm about an hour ago. still some leftover showers there, gotten closer up 270 into montgomery county near rockville and now pushing towards howard county getting showers next. that will be the theme around here next. warm and humid start. partly sunny at times today just like yesterday. we'll have a lot of clouds around, as well. and we'll see one or two additional showers a thunderstorm later today in the summer heat. 79 right now in washington, 75 ocean city. 69 in hagerstown. you will notice that humidity out there with your sunshine, highs in the low 90s later today. 92 washington and 90 in baltimore. more details on the forecast, good news, less humid air and cooler air on the way. details on that in just a minute. back to you. >>> new this morning d.c. police are investigating a robbery where the victim was attacked with a hammer. this happened around 12:45 this morning at 1

but more rain coming through fredericksburg this morning. that's all headed into charles county, brandywine be on the lookout for more rain drops coming your way. then a break in the action. these showers are primarily heading for southern maryland today. you folks down into st. mary's county probably not going to see a whole lot of sunshine whereas if you go out towards martinsburg, west virginia, you will probably get sunshine back fairly shortly. a showery start today as the front slips farther to the south that will allow more and more dry air to come on in. if you're headed down to the beaches for today, not the best beach day for tomorrow. tomorrow promises to be a touch better, but all the way at the beaches it does look like the clouds and the rain chances will linger through most if not all of the weekend. around here today, plenty of clouds here this morning, rain showers likely this morning. then rain primarily to the east and the south of i-95 by later this afternoon. tomorrow promises to be the better outdoor weather day. more s