. >> welcome to fredericksburg on booktv. with the help of our cox communications cable partners, for the next half hour we'll explore the history and literary scene of this virginia state located about 45 miles south of the nation's capital. coming up, we'll explore how media coverage has affected elections and meet local authors who help us understand the roots of the area. >> james monroe was born in virginia in 1758, lived in fredericksburg for about three years during the 1780s. >> we begin our special look at fredericksburg as we learn about civil rights leader james farmer who spent a number of years in the community as a professor at the university of mary washington. >> i wept during some of the speeches. i wept especially during the speech of a rabbi and walter luther of the united auto workers and particularly during the now-famous speech of martin luther king jr. in the finest hour certainly in my memory, a time when people became larger than themselves and maybe, to coin a phrase, larger than life because hundred

and the nearest any sprinkles are just to the west of fredericksburg.herwise should not have any trouble this morning. but if you live near charlottesville and know anyone, grab an umbrella. it will be a little wet. elsewhere a dry start. temperatures around the immediate area are generally in the low to mid-50s. nearby suburbs near the bay near 60 degrees. it's a rather chilly morning in the shenandoah valley. most locations there are in the upper 40s to near 50. upper 50s near 60, though, near the bay. the northern eastern shore, a few locations there might get a few sprinkles the next few hours. and hour by hour our temperatures rapidly warming. much of the region going partly cloudy by mid to late afternoon and then tonight we'll be clearing out. these temperatures dropping back down to the mid-50s by dawn. tomorrow should be a beautiful day. sunshine, afternoon highs, mid-70s. great weather for outdoor activities on the weekend. i know danella will be hang gliding. she may be barefoot waterskiing on sunday, into the upper 70s again. great weather f

he visited fredericksburg for about three years during the 1780s. >> we begin our special look at fredericksburg as we learn about james farmer. >> i wept during some speeches, especially during the speech of a rabbi and walter rizzo of the united autoworkers, and particularly during the now famous speech of martin luther king jr. certainly in my memory, a time when people become larger than themselves and maybe the coin a phrase, larger than life. because hundreds of thousands, white and black, prompted them to believe in something that was outside of themselves and bigger than they. >> james farmer taught from 1985 until just before he passed away in the summer of 1999. he was an incredible teacher and lecturer. i would argue that his time in the classroom was one of the most significant moments in american public education were a great leader had an opportunity for more than a decade to interact with students on a regular basis and regale them with the civil rights movement. >> many people wonder how it started. doctor king one day said come on, you all, let's march and everyone got together

it's five to ten degrees above average. 78 in winchester. 82 in culpeper and 83 in fredericksburg with plenty of sunshine. the next couple days, sunshine and warm. 86 on wednesday. that should be the warmest day of the week. 83 on thursday. clouds thursday and friday. for the weekend, 85 on saturday then watching a frontal boundary that could give us rain sunday, but the likelihood is most likely on monday. that is something we are going to watch out for. hopefully we get the rain we need. for the next couple days, enjoy it. the weather is looking nice. >>> all right. a virginia father is on the trial for the death of one of his twin daughters. why a medical condition could be

manassas 48 and it's 53 in fredericksburg and we've had a touch of fog this morning. warrenton seeing some fog and also harrisonburg three quarters but the rest of us not too bad going into the 70s later on. monika samtani, it's early friday. you must have nothing but good news this hour. >>> i have nothing but good news and i just wanted to stay that way. good morning everybody. we've mad a rough rough -- had a rough rough week in terms of road issues and right now we're nice and calm i'm happy to say. go ahead and take the extra sip of coffee if you're up this morning already and watching us and i have great news on # 6 from manassas to centreville to fairfax. dulles toll road as well. nice and calm and no problems on the beltway west of town. what about south of town? let's take a live look here in virginia on the northbound side of i-935 and again a few people

so fredericksburg, perhaps over to st.ary's county, parts of the northern neck later this morning you may get a few scattered sprinkles. right now getting just a couple of isolated sprinkles just west of woodbridge right on the county line. just now moving further to the west out of prince william county into eastern fauquier county, just to the east of warrenton. a few scattered sprinkles. a dry sky under the cloud cover. yes, in the 50s. nearby suburbs and the rural areas. the shenandoah valley, many locations there upper 40s. upper 50s near the bay and hour by hour throughout the day today we'll have temperatures quickly climbing. cloud cover breaks up by noontime. partly cloudy during the afternoon. highs reaching the mid-70s. and then a wonderful day. tomorrow highs mid-70s. we'll keep this gorgeous you a it tum weather going into the weekend, too. afternoon highs 70 saturday and sunday. then highs near 80 monday, tuesday, wednesday next week. i'm back in ten minutes with the hometown forecast. here is danella looking

f you areible i manassas, culpepper, fredericksburg. this system is moving quickly ti the east.ast. we should gradually see more sunshine here as we work to thet morning hours and another nice afternoon. words, butg up the the word today is pleasant, 76. >> pleasant afternoon. >> i'm going to count how much times you use it today. >> well, that's the word of the day. >> jewely off so we have steve weapon a look at your commute. >> a pleasant ride around the area. looks pretty good. here wety g are at 2730.730 right now wide open no problems on 270 down to the beltway. on the beltway coalsville road, silver spring looking. good outer loop to the american legion bridge it's not a problem right now.. 66 in centreville here we are near route 28. a lot more pavement than vehicles. there's a work zone west of there on 66 westbound near 17 marshall which is blocking the lane until 7:00 but it's westbound and not causing a problem. open.bound is h.o.v. lanes opening up right now.now delays up from staff ford county to springfield. no pro-problems or early delays or early accidents up to the

the fredericksburg city council approved a preliminary agreement for a new ballpark to house the minorgue baseball team. they need to submit that agreement to major league baseball if they want to move from maryland to fredericksburg. >>> the obama administration says drug testers need to do a better job testing for sin is nett synthetic marijuana. they release add study conducted in our area. res researchers who tested d.c. men on parole or probation found that more than a third of them tested positive for synthetic marijuana but still passed a traditional drug test. this could mean noncrippminals o take drug tests like hospital workers may be using synthetic marijuana. >>> today the human rights campaign and d.c. public schools will team up to prevent bullying. the lesbian and gay civil rights group will premiere a new short film at 4:00 at cleveland elementary school. it is called what can we do? >>> some maryland residents who attended state and local fairs this summer walked away with more than cotton candy. they found money they didn't know they were owed by the state. officials

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breakup.ing to temperatures range from 68 at dulles, 70 gaithersburg, 72 in fredericksburg. maryland is in the 60's. we movethe forecast as through the overnight. temperatures will slowly fall, eventually the 50's. even some 40's in the mountains. what to expect for the next seven days, a few minutes. >> well days after the shooting at the navy yard, we are getting a look at what is being done for the thousands of people who lived through the nightmare, forced to save their lives from a crazed gunman. brad bell has more on this story. known hundreds of people witnessed the carnage inside the building firsthand. hundreds of people knew the victims personally. we heard stories of people who can't sleep. they don't want to return to work. the navy is saying they have a place to turn. james slater is among thousands of workers seeking counseling after the september 16 shooting. >> hearing shots fired, sheltering in place, it was a relief for me to be able to talk to a professional. we were invited aboard the navy yard today to highlight an array of services available. this perso

gaithersburg and 72 in winchester, mid-70's further south in fredericksburg.or moisture,ing head off the east coast. you can see cloud cover beginning to increase over the delmar, beaches, ocean city, rehoboth and dewey. clouds thicken as we move through the overnight hours. this is our futurecast, high pressure will remain in place. that's going to keep us dry as we move through the next several days. temperatures near average for this time of year. when you see the next seven days, you probably will say to your self, where is the rain? august through today, we are down by almost three and a half inches compared to last year. you can see right there we are down quite a bit. temperatures for the overnight, 48 to 60 four a low with clouds increasing. we will start off with clouds and sunshine by afternoon tomorrow. 70 to 75 degrees. the weekend looks fantastic. be next seven days appear to dry, although more clouds on monday. intosunshine as we move tuesday, wednesday, and thursday of next week. there we have it, a forecast with no rain. >> that does look fanta

we warm up nicely into the 70s. 74 washington. 75 around fredericksburg.nnapolis coming in around the 70 degree mark. the next couple days, if you are thinking of camping or the shenandoah valley, looking good. low foliage. moderate color in the mountains of west virginia. you have to go way up to get color in up state new york. the next couple weeks, this map continues to change and we'll update you on the fall colors. next few days, 74 in d.c. 76 on sunday. 77 on monday. this is where things change. notice on tuesday, 80 degrees. 81 on wednesday. 82 on thursday. 80 degrees on friday. the average high temperature jumps to 74. it jumps down to 74. we will be well above that over the next seven days. tuesday is october 1st. mix of sun and clouds and summer like warmth moving in. after tuesday, we stay at 80 degrees or better right on through early next week. looking at the extended forecast, trying to find some chance of rain out there. i'll talk more about that later. >> sounds good. thanks, doug. >>> coming up next at 6:00, hitching a ride. a bike expansi

oducing a few sprinkles near re fredericksburg to near charlottesville.s had will be stay iing to o south. just a few sprinkles here in northern spotsylvania and to culpepper. elsewhere right around the bay just to the the west of cambridge there may be a little sprinkle there. as we get through the morning hours, these sprinkles will tend to dissipate. right now just getting a few of those south of the metro area. temperatures are a bit milder due to the cloud cover acting like a blanket and holding in the warmth from yesterday. we're in the low 50s in the nearby suburbs and the rural areas down to near 60 by the bay. we'll take a look at your morning coming in a couple of minutes. now a look at traffic with danella. good morning. >>> good morning, tom. as far as accidents in our town, not seeing any. that's good news. but early morning construction r folks traveling 355 near rg. lake forest mall you'll see the right lane blocked by just cones up while they do road work. the left lanes are open, very light volume. if you're traveling the outer loop of th

fredericksburg at 72. lexington park at 70 degrees. temperatures are pretty consistent. upper 60's. high pressure will continue today. a similar day that we had yesterday. temperatures will eventually make it into the mid 70's. it is quiet and dry along the east coast. area ofn the coastal low pressure. it will move off toward the north east. no impact for us. drifts tont slowly ward the ease but really starts to break apart. some changes are on the way. the next cold front will arrive. futurecast picking up some showers but i think it will be too dry to see anything tomorrow. 75-78. 80 degrees on wednesday. the is our forecast for rest of this afternoon. daytime highs around 73-78 degrees. partly cloudy skies. 50-58. it will call for highs in the upper 70's to lower 80's. the extended outlook will keep it going at least for the first half of the upcoming weekend. it chance for some showers and cooler air. >> at least it is sunday. stayy evening to indoors and watch the ball. >> coming up, we're going to show the inspiring story of a high schoolnouncing football games. >> here what

fredericksburg, 56. marilyn in the lower 60s. plenty of cool air. heading to the west, temperatures in the mid-70's. area high pressure to the north of us to cap wins out of the least -- out of the east. winds will change direction as we move into next week. a southwesterly flow. temperatures at 80 degrees by tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. it will be drive for the weekend. cloud cover will increase a little bit during the day on saturday. no rain, no drizzle. nothing at all. a move cooling as through the overnight hours. temperatures to the west will be in the upper 40's. we will call for plenty of sunshine. waking up around 64 degrees. lower 70's. by the afternoon hours. elizabeth -- a little bit warmer the further south you go. a beautiful outlook. temperatures around 80 degrees on tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. 's.httime lows in the 50 the fall color change, already seeing some color. we have to wait another 3-4 weeks. >> what is going on? >> talking about the caps. center, hawks are flying. highlights coming up. >> now, the toyota sports d

beautiful temperatures across the mid-atlantic from winchester to culpeper to fredericksburg, all inhe 70's as we move through the evening hours. we will fall into the 60's eventually and 50's overnight. notice the cloud cover just off the delmar. rehoboth, dewey and bethany -- mostly cloudy skies tonight. the cloud cover will move its way towards the west early tomorrow morning, and we may see a sprinkle or two. 15% chancea 10% to you will see anything at all. in other words, you're not going to see anything in your neighborhood in terms of rainfall. here's the cloud cover. high pressure will bring us quiet and dry conditions for the day on saturday, a few added clouds come sunday and monday. still, no significant rainfall anytime soon over the next seven days. clouds will continue to increase for tonight. upper 40's to the west of us. for the day tomorrow, morning clouds will give way to increased afternoon sunshine. 73peratures around 70 to degrees. winds out of the northeast around for to -- 4 to 8 miles per hour. temperatures will remain near average for this time of year. as we

a beautiful sunset. 72 in ashburn and fredericksburg. 70 in clarksburg.y later tonight, the winds will be nearly calm around the area. temperatures now, lower 70s, upper 60s. with ideal conditions for cooling, that means with the sunset, a little bit of warmth will escape into the atmosphere and we will bottom out close to dew point temperatures. and 51 our board -- 75 highs and lows at reagan national. a very cooling pattern, not unheard of. not that unusual in late september. the fact is, it was 51 at reagan national. it was the coldest morning in washington since may 26. it will be even cooler coming up. not in the short term. we will stay very mild. around here. 71 in charleston. 71 in nashville. that is the range for the next few days as high pressure dominates. this particular area of high pressure will move out. a fresh area of high pressure will move in. gotbottom line is, we've another 5, 6, 7 days of dry weather. very comfortable temperatures. nothing big enough to buck the ridge of high pressure. a chilly start in most areas. 71 at midday. 77 t

you to be caught off guard. 48 at dulles, govern, winchester, 46 dries there, and 51 degrees in fredericksburg. our express forecast will have a little bit of cloudsness for the next few hours but increasing sunshine into the afternoon. a high temperature around 76 degrees. picture perfect weather, your seven-day forecast when i see you engw parkway. let's look at our traffic situation this morning. here's amanda. >> thank you, jacqui. we're just looking at some construction along the inner loop causing some moderate delays. we have no big problems in the morning quite yet. left lane, alena drive, between route 50 and route 4, coming down toward branch avenue and the woodrow wilson bridge. you may experience some of those moderate delays. really not too bad, though, otherwise. 66 moving right along 69 miles per hour coming into fairfax toward the beltway eastbound, 95 virginia moving right along stafford, quantico, to the beltway, you've got delay-free conditions. good clip, 68 miles per hour there in quantico. and then we've got a live shot for you that shows you current conditions along 395.

over to i-95 in virginia making the trip northbound out of fredericksburg.idents, no delays. you are clear as you continue and head towards the bridge. no problems heading towards the beltway. live look northbound, newington. as you continue towards the interchange. i'm back in ten minutes. then, aaron, i'll bring up the rales. >>> see you then, danella. news 4 was first to tell you that d.c. is doubling its fleet of traffic cameras. we've learned the new devices aren't there to catch you speeding or running red lights. these cameras are watching crosswalks to make sure cars stop for pedestrians. all of the new eyes on drivers is getting a mixed response from people. >> i see it as a tax. it seems like they're trying to pull money out of you instead of trying to make it safe for the citizens. >> it's fine for me. i dislike the people who break the laws. >>> d.c. police have not said when the cameras will start issuing tickets. information will be made public soon. >>> well, we all have a favorite restaurant that we like to go to. i have several. >> we don't

they covered the battles of fort hen try, donaldson, shiloh, fredericksburg, and many naval battles along the mississippi. the first battle they covered was the battle of fort henry. they were in cairo, illinois, and hitched a ride with general grant as he put his army on a bunch of ships sails down the tennessee river to attack fort henry and fort donaldson so i thought i'd read a passage about that. richardson went ashore with grant troops, troughing true the swampy woods. they accompanieded the march and richardson climbed a tall oak free on the river barchg for a better view of the battle. for an hour, the ships and fort pounded each other with shells until the air was so full of smoke that richardson could no longer see the gun ships. when the confederates ran up a white flag of surrender, albert shimmied down the tree to join the soldiers swarming into fort henry, quote, our shots had made great havoc, he reported in the tribe biewn. in the force, the magazines torn open, guns completely shattered, and the ground stained with blood, brains and fragments of flesh. under gray blankets

men may be responsible for several armed robberies and in prince william county and the city of fredericksburg. >>> a warning from local police about the rise of a dangerous ask deadly drug. you may have heard of molly. it's a newer version of the party drug ecstasy. fairfax county police say their narcotic investigators have seen an average of eight cases a month involving molly and they're confiscating more than 16 pounds and 3,000 pills in just the past 18 months. are. >> it's definitely popular, it's gaining a big, big demand and there's a big supply as well. there's depend a lot of attention around -- there's been a lot of attention around the region and around the country. we want to remind residents that it's here, what to look for and the simple fact that not only is it illegal, but it certainly can be very dangerous. >>> police believe a tainted version of molly is responsible for the deaths of young people in new york, boston ask possibly right here in -- and possibly right here in d.c. >>> a follow-up on the devastating boardwalk fire in new jersey. that monster fire leveled four bl

between them they covered the battles of fort henry and fort donaldson, shiloh, antietam, fredericksburg, and many of the naval battles along the mississippi. the first battle they covered was a battle of fort henry. they were in cairo, illinois, and hitched a ride with the general grant as he put his arm on a bunch of ships sailing down the tennessee river to attack fort henry and fort donaldson. so i thought i would read a little passage about that. richardson went ashore with grant's troops, slogging through swampy flooded woods. browne accompanied the soldiers on the march while richardson climbed a tall oak tree on the river bank for a better view of the artillery battle. for an hour the ships and the fort pounded each other with shells until the air was so full of smoke that richardson could no longer see the gunships. when the confederates ran up the white flag of surrender, albert went down the tree and join the union soldiers as they swarmed into fort henry. quote our shots have made great havoc, he reported in the tribune. in the fort, the magazine was torn open, they can simpl

falling but not as fast the past couple evenings, 73 downtown, 64 gaithersburg, 68 leesburg, 67 in fredericksburg. we'll come back, tracking a few showers and clouds and look ahead to the weekend. >> up next nationals fans voting for the best of the best at nats park and we're not talking players, folks, >>> nationals fans are disappointed their team couldn't sneak into the playoffs. they do have something to cheer about. >> they're game day employees. those guys are going above and beyond and as diane roberts tells us on tonight's inside pitch, some of them are getting recognized for all this hard work. >> reporter: all season long the folks hired to make sure you have a great fan experience have been given the thumbs up. some even became monthly mvps for going the extra mile, but the team wanted to do more for the best of the best in each of the nine service divisions. >> we wanted the fans to know how hard we work and what our dedication to service is and we also wanted our staff to know how much the guests appreciate what they do. >> we congratulate the nine winners of the 2013 team service a

one tipped over outside fredericksburg. the derailment caused a hazmat spill that is being detained. >>> a local parent clashes with administrators at a town hall meeting. he's dragged away by police. derek valcourt explains why prosecutors decided to drop all charges against him. >> reporter: parent adam small decided to speak up rather than write down his questions at a town hall style meeting with baltimore county school officials. that's when a security officer stepped in flashing his police badge. >> i won't stand for this. you're sitting here like cows. >> reporter: small was literally pushed and pulled out of the meeting, handcuffed and charged with assaulting an officer. >> i was outraged when i saw the video of what happened to this father. >> reporter: stephanie morgan joined small in raising concerns about what's called the common core state standards, new curriculum implemented this year in math and language arts and new standardized testing all designed to make sure graduating seniors meet basic skills to prepa

that's where they are right now in frederick. 45 degrees. 48, manassas. 50 down towards fredericksburg. you can see many areas already in the mid 40s. you know where we're going from here. storm team 4 radar, nothing to show. no rain. we're not talking about any rain not just any time soon but any time in the near future. we're talking the whole week and possibly even into the weekend. next seven days, not much rain to talk about. with clear skies you know that's not going to happen. with clear skies, too. another reason we will continue to cool. down to 44 in gaithersburg. 49 in frederick. 41 in leesburg. 39 in manassas. chilly numbers. in the morning, the jacket a necessity. effort kids. temperatures, 39-52 degrees. it will be chilly, grab the jacket. as far as sun rise is concerned, sun rise getting closer and closer to that 7:00 hour. so we're looking at even less daylight across the area, too. our days continue to get shorter by one to two minutes a day right now. 72 in gaithersburg. 74, manassas. lots of sunshine tomorrow. even with that cool start we're going to warm up quite ni

the fredericksburg freelance star reporting silver companies proposing a new 192 unit apartment complex as part of an 18-acre development project. it would support the nearby law enforcement training center on celebrate virginia parkway. they will present its proposal with the planning commission. the praef proposal was rejected over the summer. >>> 4:41 now. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. we had a beautiful weekend. beautiful. >>> and we'll keep the beauty going. good morning. starting off, though, with a chill in the air. partly cloudy. in the 40s much of the region. by 8:00 in the 50s. partly cloudy by noontime. the low 70s during the afternoon. peaking into the upper 70s. a look at your week ahead had, seven-day outlook is coming at 4:51 as well as a look into october. that's coming up in about ten minutes. danella, how is traffic? >>> well, for folks traveling in charles county, heads up. out of la plata northbound 301 as you make your way past 6 and centennial street construction off to the right. the ramp to 32 is completely blocked by an accident involving a tractor-tra

and we will have in fredericksburg your hometown forecast location there by noontime should be partly sunny with temperatures there in the upper 60s to near 70 degrees. a look at the rest of your wednesday. that's coming up in about ten minutes at 4:41. now a look at early morning traffic on this wednesday with danella. good morning. >>> good morning, tom. still tracking an accident. this is right near the d.c./maryland line in southeast along branch avenue is shut down between camden street and erie street this morning because of the crash. for folks trying to work their way around the accident you can use 30 3 2nd street instead. now we scoot over to the beltway, early morning construction has cleared really overnight. started last night. it's set to clear around 5:00 a.m. on the inner loop for folks traveling between arena drive and all the way down to pennsylvania avenue, but that's clear. travel lanes are open in both directions inner loop and outer loop here. taking the beltway in montgomery county, clear for you as well. a look at colesville road. no accidents, no delays, no be

and fredericksburg 53. by the way warrenton, has been reporting some fog this morning below a mile. visibilities are great here in d.c. on our michael & son weather camera monument scaffolding all lit up. 59 mostly cloudy. north winds at 6 and humidity at 83%. what we're going to watch are these clouds continuing to move to the south and the west here. partly to mostly cloudy in spots. even through lunchtime. but more sun expected this afternoon. i'm not even sure we're going to see a shower but up against some of the east facing ridges, if you have a little drizzle wouldn't surprise me. generally i think that's overdone. a couple of showers offshore. tonight we continue with the northeasterly winds so back in the 50s perhaps on isolated spot or two in the upper 40s. tomorrow not much change at all in this pattern. sunshine and even on sunday, we're looking pretty good around here. by sunday temperatures again in the mid 70s. so not much change. 70 on the bay. but you get away from it easton 7 this afternoon. 72 in hagerstown and westminster. over toward andrews at 73. and in luray

. >> expected high temperatures 71 in fredericksburg. cool for this time of year. so far so good. no accidents to report. we're starting off nice and easy. easing into that work thing is. new york th after at bladensburg road. off to a pretty quiet start top stretch of the beltway to the.h. that's a check of your traffic. back to you. >>ic. prince william police neee your help tracking down the person who killed a high school football player. kenny diaz was stabbed to death in woodbridge. it was saturday afternoon. today marks one week since 12 people pem were kid at the washington navy yard. the victims are remembered rem yesterday at a memorial service attended by president obama.ent >> he made a call for change too prevent tragedies like this fror happening again. yesterday president obama said the nation out ought to be obsessed with changing gun laws. 4,000 arrived. president obama and the first lady met privately with each he have families that lost a loved one he pleaded with the public not to become numb. n there's nothing normal will children gunned down in our classrooms

low temperatures, 46 in gaithersburg. 57 in washington. 57,leesburg, and fredericksburg around 51. a chilly start, but tomorrow afternoon with sunshine, a mixture of sun and clouds. we'll get back to where we were today. temperatures around 74 in d.c. 70 annapolis, and 73 in le leesburg. i think you'll see more sunshine back west of the blue ridge. if you're thinking of camping, this weekend is really looking nice. tomorrow, i believe the national parks are all free to get in. now, fall foliage if you're thinking of hitting the parks, maybe shenandoah international drive toward the mountains, low color right now, moderate colors in parts of the west virginia mountains but the color will pick up in the next couple weeks. 74 tomorrow, 76 on sunday. 77 on monday. 80 on tuesday. and that trend continues as we move into the first week of october. 81 on wednesday. 82 on thursday. so temperatures getting up there. well above average by that time, the average temperature will be in the low 70s. so we're talking about 5 to 10 degrees above average as we make our way to next week. as i said,

fredericksburg 58. holding temperatures up.nket of clouds that moved across the region and one or two sprirvegels it's extreme -- sprinkles.rink it's extremely light. there are a few light sprinkles and showers off to the south and west this morning. psych that cloud cover that moved through. all associated with an area of storminess off to the south. an area of low pressure. an upper level wave that is pushing off the coast. we'll watch the storm system gee going out here over the next 24 hours. our forecast pretty much in tact. what is happening, high pressure to the north. it's going to control therol weather for the time being here. we'll see a storm developing, pushing out to sea and we're w left with great conditions. sunshine, generally sunny conditions and afternoon highs back in the mid 70s. there's a lock at your surface map. i mentioned a developing area of storminess across the carolinas. that is pushed out to sea by the area of high pressure. nice conditions for thursday. looking forward to the weekend. friday, sat

that museum was never built in fredericksburg because of lack of donations.fficials are considering filing for bankruptcy to stop the sale of the property. if a deal is in reach, the judge could order the property sold for unpaid taxes. >> in the day ahead, you can learn about the building height masterplan for washington d. c. the planning commission and the office of planning will host a public information session on phase three. here's the debate. the act allows buildings to grow relative to the width of the street in front of them. the rules hurt future development. supporters say it preserves views of the capitol and the national monuments. today, we should get an update on mgm's bid to develop a world-class destination resort in prince georges county. a presentation will be given at the national harbor. besides the update on that bid, we should get a bid on project designs. >> un chemical weapons inspectors have arrived in beruit. they will be looking at weather chemical weapons will be used there. they say 1400 people were killed. activist groups give

. >> an update on property where was supposed to be built in fredericksburg, virginia. the judge ordered the building to be sold for unpaid taxes fell through. it was never built because of a lack of donations in the auction could take place within 30 days but wilder says officials behind the museum would appeal the judge's decision. >> prince george's county at the annual iron team endurance competition. they all signed up to take on the action in laurel. the four person team include first responders and military members. there are challenging obstacles including a ranger crawl, a flip into a -- tire tag throw. -- keg throw. let's see how challenging the evening commute is. of volume out there today but not a lot of incidents as far as 95 and virginia is concerned traveling south. brief slowdowns through .oodbridge doing ok for the most part on 95 this afternoon. 295 as well. 66 has been quite problematic from vienna and fairfax city with an earlier problem cleared the the inner loop south of way past landover, a lot of volume there but all lanes open. let's look at so

fredericksburg, 75 is the high. culpeper hitting a high temperature of 75 degrees and down toward orange, 76 tomorrow afternoon. so, good week. we have a lot of events listed on the www.nbcwashington.com website. good weekend for festivals and we have them all listed. seasonable sunshine. perfect fall weather. it's the early part of next week we start to see the pattern change. it's going to warm up and get closer to 80 degrees. there might be a day or two above 80 degrees. it's going to turn humid, too. wednesday, thursday of next week and right now it's looking like the best part of rain. thursday, i'm thinking we could have showers around here as we get around 80 degrees for a high. we could also be looking alt a thunderstorm or two. now, it doesn't look as though we are going to get a lot of rain. i'm not overly optimistic with us getting decent rains from that system on thursday. look at this, a couple dry days coming up. good weekend. wendy? >> sounds good. thank you, veronica. >>> we are learning more about t

48 in gaithersburg, temperature in martinsburg is 47, 53 in quantico, and your temperature in fredericksburg this morning is 49 degrees. we see that little bit of patchy fog developing in the outlying areas but nothing, rather, we'll concerned about for today and temperaturewise we're pretty much in the mid 50s here along the mid-atlantic and northeastern coast. look at the warmer temperatures to the south and west and that will start to work its way toward us and we'll be back in the 80s before you know it. we're tracking two days on the satellite and radar a cold front off to our west, this thing is fizzling apart and fading out. will have very little impact on our weather excel connect clouds, no rain, and a coastal system seeing off shore but not a worry either. forecast and detail, we'll expect partly cloudy skies a few for clouds this morning than this afternoon. high generally in the middle 70s. tonight, partly cloudy, 48-58. so a lot like what we're seeing here this morning. tomorrow a mix of sunshine and clouds our first day of october feeling warmer than we should be around 80-82 d

fredericksburg, high 75 to orange and culpeper. 75 to 76 degrees with a chance of a morning sprinkle on your storm team four day forecast, the weekend is nice. nothing but partly sunny sky. seasonable temperatures. perfect weather for the festivals going on. we have a list of them for you. i was checking them out earlier. lots going on. go to www.nbcwashington.com, check out the list. in a couple minutes we take a look at the early part of next week. >>> coming up, can you trust the online reviews on yelp and city search? >>> we have details that involved a commercial plane with passengers and pilots asleep at the controls. >>> redskins joshua morgan >>> redskins joshua morgan played around i was honored to serve as governor of virginia. we brought folks together in richmond to focus on creating jobs and getting results. that's the virginia way. and that's why i'm backing terry mcauliffe for governor. terry won't let ideological battles get in the way of making progress. terry will work with democrats, republicans, and independents to create jobs and move virginia forward. it's impor

high temperatures tomorrow, 75 degrees in washington. 73 in leesburg. 71 in frederick. 76 in fredericksburg. with a cool start, with plenty of sunshine, we warm up nicely tomorrow. tomorrow is going to be a great day. take a look at this. the next four days, 79 on wednesday. 79 thursday z, 78 on friday. nice and warm and that great weather continues right on through the weekend. this is going to be a phenomenal week. we have cool temperatures at night. warm temperatures during the afternoon. that is exactly what you expect to see during the fall months. we continue to watch out and see if there are storms on the horizon. so there's no storms at my house, sorry about that earlier, it was probably my fault. >> your phone is ringing. >> i know. >> it's buzzing. >>> in the district, walmart is opening doors to hundreds of new jobs. people are lining up. plus, in this week's edition of the cooley report, chris weighs >>> well, it has been a start to forget for the washington redskins. >> three games, three losses. what's the problem? >> dianna russini joins us from redskins park. another rough m

culpeper 81, and fredericksburg 81, but what you didn't notice is the lack of humidity, the dew points have taken a major dive down into the 40s, so very, very comfortable, dry air, that will be the trend for the weekend, too. so we're thinking it's going to be real, real nice. a few clouds around at 7:00, a few clouds around at 9:00, fair skies, certainly by 11:00 tonight, and overnight, it looks like there could be a few 40s tonight and tomorrow night complete weekend forecast and it's a good one coming up in a few minutes. >> it started off, thanks, gary. >>> prince george's county police have made an arrest in the murder of a man and woman beaten and stabbed to death in front of the woman severely disabled daughter. investigators say thurstonier bethurston your yourby and toll son in their apartment last year. hi, paul. >>> it took a few months but investigators said today, thurs ten, fingerprints were found and some of those itemps were materials used to clean up the scene. only surviving victim was physically unable to tell the police what happened. when prince george's county po

temperatures will be tonight. 74 right now at reagan national airport. 70 down in gaithersburg. 72 in fredericksburg. through the evening, we will keep the sunshine at least until seven -- 7:02. another couple of beautiful hours. blue skies and light winds will settle into the 60s. raines -- ranges between 40 degrees and 52 degrees. the warm spot will be reagan national influenced by warm waters of 52 degrees. weather tomorrow, we've got that covered in our seven day outlook coming up. nelson countyy in has indicted the prime suspect in the disappearance of 17-year- old alexis murphy. murphy went immersing august 3. she was lasting at a gas station in lovingston. randy taylor is charged with felony abduction. taylor was also charged with an unrelated count of possession of a stolen atv. taylor maintains his innocence. his next court date is set for october 23. >> six days until a government shutdown as many republicans are standing their ground against president obama's health care plan. we have live pictures at this hour of republican senator ted cruz who is standing his ground. he is talking about

close to 77 or 78 degrees from fredericksburg to orange in virginia. sunshine, again tomorrow. then the day after, close to 80 degrees. look at this. 80 degrees. close to that on friday. high pressure continues to dominate our weather. after a couple chilly starts, we'll have the warm afternoons. it will continue through the weekend. saturday and sunday, a lot of festivals going on. it will be perfect for that. seasonable sunshine across the area with the high temperatures, again, being close to what average is. fall weather indeed. if you are looking for the rain folks, right now, we had a slight chance on monday. now we have taken that out. this pattern of dry weather will continue into the early part of next week. coming up on news 4 at 5:00, how drones are helping us stay ahead of hurricanes. >>> well, you can find just about anything on the internet. what about the medical what about the medical information of millions i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. for 30 years i've worked as an obgyn, my job is to protect the health of women. so i'm

fredericksburg high, 83. quantico, 82. 81 in ft. belvoir. here is a look at the storm team 4 forecast. 86 wednesday, thursday dry, friday dry. the next best chance of rain, not until sunday. i think that could come late. then the high temperature on monday, 75 degrees. right now, it looks like we are not -- not 75 for wednesday. we are looking at warmth around the area. 86 degrees, the warmest out of the week. summer like warmth, nice, bright sunshine feeling like late summer around here. we'll take another look at the seven day forecast in a couple minutes. >> thanks. >>> a brilliant ending that answered a lot of questions about seasons past. >> sean robinson is here to break down "breaking bad", next. ♪ >>> plus, why katy perry is tweeting about a high school in this area. >>> and the latest on a looming government shutdown. how it will impact folks in our region beyond capitol hill. >>> as we continue to cover the countdown to the impending shutdown, the president is scheduled to speak at 4:45. we'll have his comments live. the president

frederick, baltimore, cambridge, fredericksburg, not a single cloud in the sky. nothing wu sunshine. we are going to see another cool night. 54 in d.c. 44 in gaithersburg. 39 in frederick and 39 in manassas. 41 in winchester. another cool start to the day on wednesday morning. you need the jacket as you head outside. tomorrow afternoon, back into the 70s and warmer. 77 in d.c. 75 in frederick. 78 in manassas. culpeper, 76 degrees under mostly sunny skies. wednesday looking good. look at the next few days. thursday looking good with a high near 80. same on friday and saturday. abundant sunshine. nice and warm. temperatures at or above average. one thing we notice, not a single chance for rain in the forecast. even on the weekend. take a look at the weekend. saturday and sunday, not just nice, but super. 77 on saturday. 78 on sunday. fall like weather for sure. seasonable sunshine. perfect for all the festivals going on there. a lot of events going on this weekend. get out and enjoy those. it looks like it's going to be fantastic. >> thank you. we monitor the break

we found gas less than $3 a gallon at this 7-11 near richmond and prices at 3.09 in fredericksburg. they could keep falling for the rest of the year. drivers should expect more falling prices as production companies switched to a winter blend. that could change if there is a hurricane or anything that disrupts production. aaa reports the prices for regular is 3.ive in the district and 348 in west virginia. apparently companies with female bosses make more money. according to a new report, firms where work make up a third of the board member make more profit. the companies have multiple female managers. >> investors are watching what will happen here in washington over the next 12 hours. we will check in with hampton pearson with how stocks are trading. down because of the craziness in washington? >> absolutely. stocks are in negative territory with the likely hood of a shut down. checking the dow down 93 points and the nasdaq down eight. s&p down eight. that's one of the key items where they look at what's happening here. from the labor department, we get the minutes of the last fed

pressure, it allows the temperatures to cool. 42 in martinsburg. 39 toward manassas. 48 degrees in fredericksburg. warmer along the water. 51 in annapolis. above the 50 degree mark, we have yet to drop below it. some of you below 40. tomorrow, everybody warms up and we don't just warm up a little, we warm up a lot. 77 in d.c. 78 in manassas. 75 in frederick. this is with plenty of sunshine, and very low humidity. tomorrow, another spectacular afternoon. we have a few more of those to go, 77 tomorrow. 79 on your thursday. 78 on friday. 77 on saturday. you see where i'm going with this? >> we like it. keep going. >> 76. 78 on monday. 75 on tuesday. then we'll end the year -- no, not quite the year, end the seven day forecast with plenty of sunshine. the only caveat here, watching sunday and monday, could be a coastal storm. right now, i think it will stay offshore. this is the weekend forecast. 77 saturday, 78 on sunday. fall-like weather, seasonable sunshine. beautiful weather. a lot of festivals going on this weekend. right now, it's looking good. if anything happens to change the forecast, we'll

. >>> someone is going around damaging cars near the fredericksburg station. according to the freelance star, there's been an increase in vandalism in the vre parking lot. 13 cases of vandalism this year where riders came back to find smashed windows and slashed tires. that's nearly triple when there were four reports during the same time last year. >>> news 4 is learning a government shutdown could have an impact on fallen heroes. a national memorial service for firefighters. mark segraves spoke to the mother of a firefighter who calls the cancellation of the tribute unthinkable. >> for 32 years our nation honored the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for firefighters. now the federal shutdown threatens that tradition. >> how can the country allow this memorial service not to happen? >> reporter: the national firefighters memorial service is scheduled for next weekend at the memorial site in maryland. the memorial is on the campus of the national emergency training center. that's a federal facility. >> if the government will shut that down, the ca

light winds. 48 in gaithersburg, dulles 49, 46 imagines, quantico 53, 51 fredericksburg, lexington park, good morning, 56 degrees. a few patchy areas where we're seeing a brit of fog. it's not bad, it's a shower layer and most of us will be fine. i want to make you aware of it. culpeper your visibility is down to a mile and you're just shy of two miles in orange. those are the spots that we're watching. we're going to be just fine here in washington, d.c. we've got a little bit of cloudiness and this is going to stick with us for a couple hours. we'll see more sunshine as we head into the afternoon. this is part of a cold front that's approaching and it's falling apart and it will fedsal away with no energy with it. we'll be stuck between that dissolving front and low pressure off the coast. so we're just kind of missing both systems and today we'll be kind of on the calm side, relatively dry with partly cloudy skies. our highs should make it in the middle 70s, 77 in the district. for tonight partly cloudy skies, our low temperatures between 48-58 degrees. a lot like what we're waking u

is the high temperature we are going for. 72 in winchester. 73 in leesburg. 76 in fredericksburg.s is the fall air we like. the cool nights. the warm afternoons. we have a lot more of those to come. not just tomorrow. say and 75. wednesday, 54 to start, 79 for an afternoon high. it continues and really just a carbon copy each day. just a little warmer at nighttime. 78 thursday, friday and saturday. 79 on sunday and 80 on monday. a very nice stretch of weather. we are going to get that over the next couple days. as a matter of fact, i just told everybody i was taking off the rest of the week. you'll see me next mondays. we might get rain tuesday. >> thanks. >>> watch your speed in the district more. cameras are catching drivers doing just about everything. >> a final tribute today in northern virginia to two pilots killed during the vietnam war. >>> a special programming note, wednesday, "nightly news" will brian williams airs at 6:30 brian[ male announcer ]6:30 at northrop grumman, we've always been on the forefront of innovation. when the world called for speed... ♪ ...when the w

traveling along i-95 out of fredericksburg, virginia, northbound, still very clear.ks crossing over the bridge, no delays there. a little bit of volume northbound. so far from quantico to the beltway, the drive is taking 24 minutes. >>> we first told you about d.c.'s plan to double its traffic cameras. now we've learned those cameras aren't just there to catch you speeding or running a stop sign. check out what they found out. they're watching crosswalks, too, to make sure cars stop for pedestrians. all of the new eyes on drivers are getting mixed reviews from residents. >> i see it as another form of tax. if it keeps on increasing, i'm goings to leave the city. seems like they're going to pull money out of you rather than make it safe for the citizens. >> it's fine with me because i dislike the people who break the laws. >> d.c. police haven't said when the cameras will start everybody ug tickets but they say that information will be made public soon. >>> the spy museum could soon move to an historic building. right now it's located on ninth and f streets. it's said

so temperatures have really shot up. 46 in winchester, 53 in fredericksburg and 59 at bwi.uds that have been moving from the northeast southwest into the d.c. metro area. the blips that you're seeing over fairfax and right along the loudoun and montgomery county not falling just a little bit of some mid and high-level clouds we'll see throughout the morning but sunshine returning for the afternoon and highs in the lower 70s. all right, let's turn things over to amanda meadows now who has a look at the morning commute. >> eileen, we've got several problems on 95 northbound in virginia. started off early with an accident near lorton. now we're watching an accident in that same stretch of roadway but it's going to be in the hov system. so this shot from news chopper 7 shows us those hov lanes and this is actually going to be along 95, and that is going to be coming into the springfield interchange. that's that new crash that i was reporting on. they also have a crash in the hov system and that is going to be near lorton on the right side. this is that crash the same crash that