in gainesville, route 15 between 29 lee highway and 66, 15 blocks in both directions because of a fallen tree. you do want to find an alternate route until they get that cleared out of the way. i-95, seeing some volume heading past 7100 through newington. your lanes are open. 395 looks good from the beltway autopsy cross the 14th street bridge. inbound 66, right here, we had some activity off to the left side of the roadway. still got some of the construction cones up there. looks like you are getting by with your lanes open at this point. route 50, take a look from another camera we have. there we go. this is route other hiding towards the bay bridge. nice light volume here across the bridge to kent narrows. i do want to talk about something else. good news on memorial day weekend is making head loon this morning. if you are planning a road trip, it won't cost you as much to get to your destination. gas prices have dropped but cheaper gas price could mean more people are going to head out of town. aaa predicts about 35 million travelers are planning to drive 50-mile or more. that is up

the lays out of gainesville. volume through the battlefield with a bailout traffic. melodist and " on the beltway in and out of baltimore nothing out of the non on 270. adam caskey. >> a great time lapse of the sun rise over arlington showing a little clearing and clouds moving back in. we will have more clouds and sun throughout the day. i will put this into motion. this is the camera at washington-lee high school. klaus moving back into town. we dealt with clouds all day yesterday. there will be around for a good chunk of today with sunny breaks. it is 56 degrees in montgomery village. on our way to 71 for the high temperature. mostly cloudy tonight in the 50's for. warmer tomorrow, back in the mid to upper 70's. 77 with a good chance of scattered late-day and showers on tuesday and lingering into wednesday have the umbrella handy. the next few days. doug hill will be with us in a few minutes. >> we want to get started with breaking news from northeast d.c. a young girl hospitalized after being shot overnight.

manassas gainesville under the aerial that is possibly still seeing standing water. look at how things happened along the past couple hours really diminishing. in southern maryland, there is still a little bit of lightning, coming into parts of st. mary's county. the amount of rain. over 8 inches of rain so far this month. as you know in manassas, that is in the past couple days. germantown over 5 inches of rain. around washington and many of the areas and prince george's county, anne arundel county what is with the rain? still in the 70's, muggy. the past 24 hours this was yesterday. because of the spin in the atmosphere, that is what was causing the nasty thunderstorms. here is what is left of them, diminished out to the west. there is still another batch to the south. those are slowly drifting to the north. southern maryland may have an early morning wake-up call, 3:00 in the morning, as some of these finally move through. unfortunately the future-cast tomorrow with that moist pattern and the saudi air we may still have -- with the soggy air we may still have rain

we will see those clouds and maybe a few rumbles of thunder. 71 in gainesville. comfortable outside, but still a little muddy. if we will see a change to the humidity. also, big changes in sky conditions. >> all right, adam. see you in a little bit. we're just a few weeks away from the unofficial start of summer. there is some good news. affairs are going to be cheaper. the bad news is that flights are going to be full. is a flying even your best choice? brianne carter ways the options for us. >> flying between florida and the nation's capital, this family noticed two things. >> coming down on friday was full and it is full now. >> airlines for america predict she will not be alone, despite the high prices. the new report out today projects slightly fuller flights. more than 26 million are expected to travel globally in the next three months up from last year. air travel can still be found at a relative bargain since prices have not kept pace with the inflation rate. this is the good news. the mayor hopes this will mean more people travelling to the sunshine stat

we decided instead of hanging out tomorrow we're going back to gainesville. >> reporter: but for some parts of the country it's the lack of rain causing problems making the battles against wildfires more difficult. in new mexico, a fire in the hilo national forest has beened more than 150 miles. in michigan campers were forced to evacuate as more than 21,000 acres burned fueled by high winds and temperatures. those record highs could be felt across much of the nation. but out in northern california, it's not the warmth but the chill in the air. >> it's freezing. we thought we were going to go up to the sun in ta ho. >> reporter: that has people double-checking the date on their calendar. kurt gregory, nbc news. >> no kidding. >>> well, now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. in florida they brought the proper wre proper recognition. the grave of sergeant albert bunn had stood unmarked until just this year when the location of his remains were finally confirmed. his family was on hand for the official dedication of his official tombstone. >>> in ohio anot

i know new york, boston, gainesville, florida is trying to get it. chicago, emanuel is trying to create a technology center. we have been successful already because we knew this would be our strength. we want to provide the platform for the mess -- the rest of the mayors across the country to gauge your expertise. if you have new products and services, we can apply them to the problems in inner cities throughout the country. we would like to offer it as a venue for technology companies to exhibit what they're doing. last year, we did s.f. park. other mayors came out to me and asked how did parking their resolve with a technology application? it is a great thing. you use to run around trying to look for a parking space. now, before you get into your car, you know where you are going. if you want to find our the best parking is, where you are going, visit dropbox, phil's, you can find parking spaces available in real time. these are some of the advancements that we're doing. i am so glad to help you celebrate the opening of a great space, the improved

we could have a few severe thunderstorms. 75 degrees in gainesville and 73 in morning side. it is muggy outside. i think we will make it to the upper 70's this afternoon with a good chance of severe thunderstorms but the primary threat will be large hail and maybe gusty winds that the primary threat could be large hail. tornados would be unlikely in this situation. we will have the full forecast coming up them up some of the evidence gathered against george huguely is being shown in court this afternoon and. he was convicted in february of killing his ex-girlfriend in may of 2010. he faces 26 years in jail when he is sentenced in august critical is interrogation video and other materials are among the evidence shown during public hearings in charlottesville today and tomorrow. gail pennybacher is in the quarter mantua more at 5:00. >> in the trial of john edwards his two oldest daughter kate is expected to take the stand. she has been at his side during the trial but what will she say when she was under oath? jummy olabanji has more from the news from. >> for more than three

gainesville, haymarket, chantilly some of the heavier showers there, especially south toward manassas. but the heaviest stuff we're seeing is now coming out of virginia, crossing the river into maryland. you see even moderate showers down toward goldvein but it's this stuff, lightning and thunder moving toward the east at 40 miles an hour. mar berry toward accokeek. this will past just south of fort washington. this is all moving toward southern prince george's county, calvert, maybe northern st. mary's. southern maryland is going to get the brunt of the weather for the next 30 to 40 minutes. bus stop forecast, got some showers out there obviously. but it's also winding up north and west of town or winding down i should say north and west of town. 50s and 60s. sunrise is just five minutes ago. we didn't see it with the clouds. we will see partly sunny conditions today at least. temperatures by noon in the mid- to upper 70s. highs low 80s. might get to 84, 85 as winds become westerly 10 to 15 and still in the upper 70s at 8:00 p.m. but more of a northerly push will keep us ath bit -- w

rolling in, so we decided then instead of staying and hanging out tomorrow, we're going to go back to gainesville be an indoors day tomorrow for sure. >> beryl, the second named storm of the system, which doesn't officially start until june 1st, is expected to make land on sunday. powerful storms are expected along with heavy rains. in some parts of the country, it's the lack of rain causing problems, making the battle against wildfires in several states more difficult. in new mexico, a fire in the hela national forest has burned through more than 150 square miles. in michigan, campers were forced to evacuate as more than 21,000 acres burned, fueled by dry winds and high temperatures. those record highs can be felt across much of the nation, from indianapolis as race fans gear up for the indy 500 to pittsburgh, where some find relief from the heat poolside. but out in northern california, it's not the warmth but the chill in the air. >> it's freezing. we thought we were going to go up to the sun in tahoe. >> that has people double checking the date on their calendar. kurt gregory, nbc news. >>> h

is getting it and we found some heavy doppler estimated rain totals including not too far from gainesville, another 2 1/2 inches of rain and that is that prospect we v prince william is saturated and with that 2 1/2 inches, not far from the fairfax-loudoun county line and in to northwest, we picked up .8 of an inch and that is some thunder rolling out there and we're beginning to see a trough moving toward the northwest and some drying is occurring to the south and east. the storms might be moving back over areas in the west and they got hit yesterday. be cautious of the rain occurring tonight and into is going to begin to settle down. we could do this again tomorrow and we're up to 82 degrees tomorrow and not as much coverage tomorrow and a little less widespread on friday and can not remove them from the forecast just yet and on to friday, more sunshine and to 86. isolateed storms possible. >> summer in d.c. >> thank you, sue. >>> and catch the national memorial day parade on fox 5. actor gary sinese and miss america are young the parade and watch them live starting at 2:00. >>> the heat

that officer was 32-year-old daniel harmon wright of gainesville and the murder indictment is connected to the shooting death of patricia cook. officer harmon shot and killed cook during an incident you'll remember from february. we have more coming your way on 9news now at 11:00. >>> meantime, tonight police all over the d.c. area are bidding a fond farewell to the godfather of go-go, chuck brown. it started at 11:00 this morning down at the historic howard theater at northwest and tonight it's still going strong. it will be that way for another few hours. the cameras are not allowed inside the viewing, but his family did release this photo. there they are, people paying respect to chuck brown. matt jablow is live where more and more folks are still showing up. matt. >> derek, it should come as no surprised to anybody that knows chuck brown. thousands of people has come to the viewing and the impromptu block party that chuck would very much have enjoyed. joining me now is ellis. thanks for joining us on a busy and emotional day. >> it sure has been. >> how many people exactly or roughl

. >> we decided instead of staying and hanging out tomorrow, we're going to go back to gainesville. >> red flag warnings dotted the beaches up and down the coast. lifeguards rescued more than 160 people who were trapped in dangerous rip currents. the storm hit land with 6 to 8 foot waves and wind gusts up to 73 miles per hour. look at the wind and rain from this swath of beryl, a couple hours from landfall now. we've had gusts over 50 miles per hour. this is horizontal stinging rain here on jacksonville beach. beryl's intense winds uprooted trees onto cars and power lines, knocking out power to over 40,000 homes. jacksonville's mayor canceled memorial day activities. >> we know this is a most sacred time in our history and our country to honor those who paid the ultimate sacrifice to defend us. >> and ordered around-the-clock repairs to get under way. >> we have 30 crews, electricity crews going out right now, trying to get people back on. >> water flooded neighborhood streets and homes. >> it's quite a mess out there, as i'm sure you guys have filmed it. >> river looked like the ocea

rolling in, so we decide that instead of staying and hanging out tomorrow we're going to go back to gainesville. >> it will be an indoors day tomorrow for sure. >> reporter: in some parts of the country it's the lack of rain causing problems, making the battle against wildfires in several states more difficult. in new mexico a fire in the hi will, a national forecast has burned through 150 square miles. in michigan, campers were forced to evacuate as more than 21,000 acres burned, fuld by dry winds and high temperatures. those record highs can be felt across much of the nation, but out in northern california it's not the warmth, but the chill in the air. >> it's freezing. we thought we were going to go up to the sun in tahoe. >> that has people double checking the date on their calendar. curt gregory, nbc news. >> still with a smile on their face. >>> well now for a look at other stories making news early today in america. >>> in pennsylvania memorial day final brought the proper recognition to the native son and civil war soldier killed at the battle of gettysburg. the grave of sergeant albert

. >>> a gainesville, florida, family, has had to abandon their house of 37 years because of a sink hole that's swallowed much of the backyard. the homeowners say they're glad nobody was there when all that ground gave way. >>> florida is also where we start this morning, sports highlights. we get those from espn. >> good morning and welcome to your "sportscenter" update. i'm zubin mehenti. the miami heat have lost chris bosh. now, they've lost home court advantage in this round, against the indiana patzers. the heat down one, dwyane wade, no. lbj's got the rebound. he goes to the line. he's just a 58% free-throw shooter. in the final minute of a one-possession game, misses both. wow. heat down two. still, with a pulse. wade, backing in. got the step. just puts it up short. miami has one, last chance to tie. it's not lbj. it's not wade. it's mario chalmers. playing off the mark. pacers win 78-75. they're 3-1, on the road this postseason. >>> elsewhere, in the west. clippers with one day of rest, taking on the spurs, who have been off for about eight days. blake griffin's sprained left kn

. >> next up is gainesville, texas. damian on our line for democrats. go ahead. >> caller: good morning. i'm not sure. maybe my question has already been answered but the previous caller said or alluded to the financial institutions as being a large part of the cause for the crisis in europe and in the u.s. also. so i guess the question i'd like to ask is, in developed countries, there's a big difference between countries in africa versus southern europe. you have high unemployment in africa, undeveloped countries. i understand that. but in developed countries where you have high unemployment, i'm wondering, are the social safety nets that are much more liberal in europe versus the u.s., are they in any way responsible for the higher unemployment rate? i mean, is the state safety net kind of making it easier for people not to work? thank you. >> it's not really the issue of social safety nets, per se, but more perhaps in the way they are framed in europe in some countries of continental europe where essentially both the structure of social safety nets b

we're talking right around the gainesville area definitely getting some heavy rain there north and west of dale city, not so much into fairfax county, but for paw dear and loudoun county, here is that -- fauquier and loudoun county, here is that new batch. we're looking at the sentinel radar estimate of what may have fallen. for most areas even if you don't see the color, you had under .1-inch, if that today, but wanted to show you right in this area, maybe 1.2 inches estimated -- we'll have to see if that does measure out -- the rest of us have had 1/4-inch to 1/2-inch, but you could easily pick up another 1/2-inch of rain tonight. with till eventually die out. we do not expect to have widespread showers in the morning, but there's going to be more coming. this batch will be out of here. we see more showers spinning ahead of a frontal beanery that will close in on our area tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow afternoon looks wetter than the morning will be. this is tropical storm alberto who is now down to a tropical depression now. it looks like he'll be racing away. this is a wet pattern ove

. >> we decided we're going to go back to gainesville. >> red flag warnings dotted the beaches up and down the coast. lifeguards rescued more than 160 people who were trapped in dangerous rip currents. the storm hit land with 6 to 8 foot waves and wind gusts up to 73 miles per hour. look at the wind and rain from this swath of beryl, a couple miles from lafrl. we've had gusts up to 50 miles per hour. this horizontal stinging rain. beryl's intense winds up rooted trees and power lines. jacksonville's mayor canceled memorial day activities. >> we know this is a most sacred time to honor those who paid the sacrifice to defend us. >> and around the clock repairs under way. >> we have electric crews going out, trying to get people back on. >> water flooded neighborhood streets and homes. >> it's quite a mess. >> river looved like the ocean this morning. if look s like you have 3 or 4 foot waves out there. tourists tried to take beryl in stride, but the storm made for a disappointing weekend. >> we buthere was going to be bad weather, but as it cranked into a full tropical storm, it was a l

no delays from gainesville all the way down to the beltway. in my next report another look at area roads at 5:01. back to you. >>> we will see you then 4:55. a small way to say thank you to military families starts this weekend. they'll be able to get into every national park for free. armed forces day is this weekend and that's when the interior department starts giving away free annual passes to military members. the usual fee is 80 bucks. military families need to show a current valid i.d. to get their pass. >>> the potomac river is the most endangered river in the nation according to a group called american rivers. urban and agricultural pollution issues are among the reasons they say. the group is concerned a current effort to roll back portions of the clean water act could be very bad for every river in the nation. >>> well, the family was not happy with the original design so the plans for the president dwight d. eisenhower memorial are getting changed. we got a sneak peek of the revisions yesterday on capitol hill. the family says the

troops from walter reed army medical center enjoy add day on the links in gainesville, virginia. robert trent jones golf club hosted a wounded warriors golf tournament. the money raised went to thank u.s.a. it helps troops and their families get scholarships. >>> a new park is opening soon in urbana and it will be more than just a place of recreation. the urbana district park will also be a memorial to fallen service members. local resident jonathan sanderson has raised about $12,000 so far for the tribute to captain john denson, the 24- year-old -- dennison. the 24-year-old man was killed in 2006. dennison loved playing outdoors and he believes a new park will be a wonderful tribute. >>> this summer's olympic games will be the last hurrah for michael phelps. he says he is ready to enjoy life out of the pool but if he wins three medals this year, he will retire as the most decorated athlete in olympic history. >>> the dictator holds a new york city press conference. >> jennifer lopez breaks news about a baby? teresa garcia has those stories and more in this look at entertainment.

gainesville. route 66, manassas. no we get rumbles of thunder and lightning. another one. lightning stroke right there. now, not seeing anything severe. these will primarily be rain producers. but the rains will be very, very heavy. you extend the line right on down to the south. in through spotsylvania county. some east of fredericksburg. you have it on your east. have it on your west. going to continue to see the rain. notice rest of the area here. here is the line. line i am talking about. extend from raleigh. right new southern new york state. that is an amazing line of thunderstorms. there is another one. back to the west. yet another one back here. then here is the frontal boundary. that has a lot of rain associated with that. that also producing some showers along the tropics. tropical moisture. making its way in through new york city. new york inundated with rain. pretty much all day. high temperature this afternoon. 75 degrees. we did see a lot of rain in parts of the area. .03 at the airport. not everybody saw the rain. some areas nearly 1/2 inch of rain througho

a jet carrying 19-year-old lance corporal shawn adams landed near gainesville georgia last night he lost legs in an ied explosion in february on the tarmac hundreds of people turned out to welcome him home. >> the wounds of war are not always so visible, but as barry pederson reports, they can be painful. .. home coming is the end of one journey handle th the beginningf another, randy volkman didn't realize how much had changed. >> i looked the same, i the it in the same clothes, so i must be the same guy so how come all of these other things are strange? >> navy commander volkman spent a year in the middle east assisting special operations forces, he came home to his wife lori, expecting to quickly fit back in. that was not to be. >> there is this honeymoon phase when they come home, and then the shine nines starts to wear off .. there had been deployments before in the 20 years of marriage but never for a year and never with children. >> it was just as hard on the kids who. >> my dad was gone and it was really hard for my mom and everything. >> signs of trouble started when randy was s

so we decided that instead of staying and hanging out tomorrow, we're going to go back to gainesville. >> it will be an indoors day tomorrow for sure. >> reporter: in some parts of the country, it's the lack of rain causing problems. making the battle against wildfires in several states more difficult. in new mexico, a fire in the gila national forest has burned through more than 150 square miles. in michigan, campers were forced to evacuate as more than 21,000 acres burned, fueled by dry winds and high temperatures. those record highs can be felt across much of the nation. but out in northern california, it's not the warmth but the chill in the air. >> it's freezing. we thought we were going to go up to the sun in tahoe. >> reporter: it has people double checking the date on their calendar. kurt gregory, nbc news. >> that's for sure. >>> here's a first look at other news going on around america today. in pennsylvania, memorial day finally brought the proper recognition to a native son and civil war soldier killed at the battle of gettysburg. the grave of sergeant albert bunn had stoo

i got five or six hands from other mayors, from gainesville, fla., austin, texas who said they want to see that. i have parking problems that i cannot figure out. i want to see how this works. they have been testing it and asking questions, so we formed a technology and innovation task force, a subgroup of the conference of mayors to introduce new ecology we are introducing here in san francisco, but we are along the experience to be felt across the united states. that is our giving back to the conference of mayors. that is one of the things i get excited about. every time i turn around there is a new application. we want some of those applications to reflect solutions for the problem we have been challenged by. that is exciting to me and that is why, every tuesday, and get the chance to work with my technology innovation officer, who was the first to be in the mayor's office, the first across the country, to have a chief innovation officer next to me telling me, you have to see this company. they are creating something that you do not even know about. every tuesday at 5:00, i get the

gainesville 59. college park at 62. northwest d.c., a reading of 60. a lot of sunshine today.midity. we will check in with doug hill in the seven-day forecast coming up. >> new this morning, investigators searching for the gunman who shot and killed a man about garden. fairfax county police say a man was found inside a car at around 11:30 last night. the victim was taken to the hospital, and that is where he died. witnesses told police they saw people leaving the area in a hurry, but they did not have a suspect description. they also did not know what led up to the shooting. take of the music world joins the district and celebrating a legacy and morning a loss. >> we're joined now live with a look at some of the tributes to the late singer at howard's theater. but >> >> the street has been named chuck brown way. the city named after him not too long ago. this is one of the places that people gathered last night after hearing about his death. they played his music. the defense in the street and lifted up his life. they were joined by members of his family, close friends, band m

so we decided that instead of staying and hanging out tomorrow, we're going to go back to gainesville. >> it will be an indoors day tomorrow for sure. >> reporter: in some parts of the country it's the lack of rain causing problems. making the battle against wildfires in several states more difficult. in new mexico, a fire in the hela national forest has burned through more than 150 square miles. in michigan, campers were forced to evacuate as more than 21,000 acres burned, fueled by dry winds and high temperatures. those record highs can be felt across much of the nation. but out in northern california, it's not the warmth but the chill in the air. >> it's freezing. we thought we were going to go up to the sun in tahoe. >> reporter: it has people double checking the date on their calendar. kurt gregory, nbc news. >> that's for sure. >>> here's a first look at other news going on around america today. in pennsylvania, memorial day finally brought the proper recognition to a native son and civil war soldier killed at the battle of gettysburg. the grave of sergeant albert bunn had stood

coming from gainesville into a manassas that collision move to the shoulder. 95 virginia, normal volume out of dale city to get across the occoquan river. looks good through springfield to about seminary road on 395. 301 northbound is closed after brandywine road, a serious collision at dyson road, you will have to take an alternate route. more in less than 10 minutes. now back to news. >> following breaking news from china. a blind activist at the center of a diplomatic standoff between u.s. and china is now a free man. he left the u.s. embassy in beijing to receive medical care and to see his family. u.s. officials say he will stay in china after receiving assurances he will be treated as a normal citizen. dispute threatened to sidetrack high-level talks between u.s. and china. china is demanding an apology. >> president obama is on his way home from a surprise trip to death in a stamp. the commander-in-chief spent the brief visit meeting troops at baba amr airbase honoring their efforts fighting the taliban and bringing osama bin laden to justice. -- bagram air base. he signed an agr

this is not that far from gainesville. it's been very dry. very dry and the ground water is gone. it's been pumped out, put into drinking water. no ran coming down to fill it up. i'll show you what's gong upon most of northern florida, almost all of southeastern georgia in a big drought. this is a drought monitor. let's put a house here, a house here. and the ground water that fills up h these big caverns full of water. guess what, the water isn't full anymore. so up above this is a big empty space. that big empty space is air. when this up here decides the air won't hold it, all of the dirt falls in. if all of the auqifer below florida dries up, we could get a lot more. >> wow. look at that. >> held loy cow. and i know you say it goes into the ground water, but it's hard to believe there's water there before and there isn't now. and it's so big and scary. and they threaten houses and property. >> and they go quickly. and then when it rains. if it starts to rain, it turns to mud and then more of it falls in. that's exactly right. >> keep an e

though he works in culpeper, officer wright lives in this apartment complex in gainesville. scott thompson is across the hall. >> they have a little baby. is he married? >> i've seen a couple in there with a little child. i've seen him carrying the baby out. >> reporter: in an unusual twist in this already bizarre case, bethany was charged with forgery. she was the administrative stant to the police chief and it is alleged she purged negative information from her son's record. it has been over three months and there are still some troubling questions here. why was patricia cook in the parking lot in the first place? and why did officer wright feel the need to pull his gun? and fire shots? and when was it about his past th his mother was trying so hard to hide? maybe some answers as this case moves forward in the courts. in culpeper, i'm pat collins, news4. >>> coming up, a man who just got out of jail slipped past security and boarded a plane without a ticket. a baby sitter has been arrested after children as young as 4 under her care were found wandering the streets alone.

down in gainesville and jacksonville they saw in some cases record-breaking flooding. here's the forecast for the next 48 hours. look at the red on the map. it will go right over savannah. pretty much right over charleston. it will intensify a little bit off the coast line of north carolina and accelerate with its winds. by the time it gets to charleston tomorrow morning and tomorrow afternoon it will really start to pick up steam and then head out to sea fairly rapidly. we're looking at flash flood watches that have been posted. all the way up to the outer banks of north carolina. >> rob marciano, watching it for us. five minutes past 5:00. 15 hours worth of a standoff just coming to an end now. a suspect falling to his death off of a construction crane. he was a robbery suspect. he climbed atop a crane on the campus of smu, southern methodist university in dallas, texas. he claimed to have a weapon. he refused to leave the cab. they say that that suspect eventually got sick because the crane doesn't have air conditioning. just minutes ago they say the suspect fell fr