doug hill live in gaithersburg. perfect fair weather. i do not know if we can keep it the next year days, but lots of plenty usable time. a concerned for tomorrow afternoon of heavy showers and storms. beyond that, some improvement. terribly hot. friday night, another cold bring more showers and storms. some cooler temperatures for the weekend. i'm going to grab some goodies see back in the studio at 11:00. >> sure. >> i'm holding out hope. >> sure. over the next four months, you have a choice to make. not just between two political parties, or even two people. it's a choice between two very different plans for our country. governor romney's plan would cut taxes for the folks at the very top. roll back regulations on big banks. and he says that if we do, our economy will grow and everyone will benefit. but you know what? we tried that top down approach. it's what caused the mess in the first place. i believe the only way to create an economy built to last is to strengthen the middle class. asking the wealthy to pay a little more so we ca

a 12-year-old jessica nguyen was death inbbed to gaithersburg. her stepfather david hang is founddna was at the crime scene. say cell phone records aroundim near the home the time of her death. his defense says he was at a appointment in northern virginia. army psychiatrist charged in the rampage a good shooting plea in court today? refused to delay his trial. major nidal hassan must plead guilty to a premeditated murder because military law does in allow a guilty plea that carry a possible death penalty. the also faces 32 other charges. selection for his trial is expected to begin monday. >> students in louisa county, virginia are headed back to school. mixed emotions students ator school andty high thomas derickson elementary. schools were demolished after damage from last. earthquakes they rebuilt with funds from fema and donations, but it still years.e and will continue learning in classrooms. the government will begin applications from illegal immigrants for the program whichn allow them to avoid obtain the u.s. work permit. have to fill out

in gaithersburg, 59. 69 in quantico. we still have fog especially northwest of town and in parts of central virginia. under and a half mile in winchester and martinsburg and hagerstown. out for patchy fog particularly west of 95 and early on of washington this tuesday morning. we had some clouds spreading over as locally. it will be a beautiful sunrise. have the clearing of to the west, that helps fog to form. that's why we are seeing that mainly west of washington this morning. pressure system is influencing our weather. highe stuck between this down tofrontal system the southeast. that will be the main corridor to showers and storms down the southeast of us. we cannot rule out one or two thisf thundershowers later afternoon and evening. 84 degrees for the high temperature. degreesures near 60 tonight. be warming into the 80s by the weekend with a sunshine. angela, what do you have? >> there is the train derailment in ellicott city. closed on frederick road between westchester and columbia pike. probably be awill get ar

up toward rockville, gaithersburg, and just to the north of potomac. we'll zoom in and we do find rain fall rates about 1 inch per hour, which means gaithersburg, up toward rockville. so slow going, if you're not home yet and going up 270. we'll go south. nats game right now delayed until 7:30. this shower is south of the stadium and pushing away. more to the south and east, that's good. right now, they are inbetween showers and storms. we'll zoom back out and put this into motion and see most of the showers slowly diminish and move very, very slowly across alany and over toward 95. so they'll diminish essentially when the sun begins to go down. after that, they will lose their energy. next three days, code green. friday, saturday, now we have a shower and storm. a shower on saturday, but not anything to change your plans. next seven days, got another shower on sunday, but i'm going to go nice weekend. it will be a nice weekend. upper 80s. near 90 on monday and tuesday. better chance of a few storms and partly cloudy next wednesday. >> you know, for a

the gaithersburg, 85 degrees. the wind has settled down and the patchy fog to develop tomorrow morning. 90 in frederick. the heat, the humidity of building in the mid portions of the country. 97 degrees in st. louis. we are not looking for extreme heat around our area any time soon. some big changes are on the way. an area of low pressure expected to develop. not until saturday into sunday. that is why we will see our best chance for some showers. quiet and try for the evening hours. let's head for the south, this is the latest on tropical storm isaac. this is puerto rico, dominican republic haiti. this is the latest plot for you went at 40 miles per hour. it is going to take a shift in direction, further toward the north. this is good news coming next week, especially for south florida. here is a closer look at the models we used to track the storm. everything moves last. we're expecting this trend to continue. it is worth watching, but it looks like florida will see better conditions rather than a worse. louisia

a shower north and west of gaithersburg up toward dickerson. how do i know this? our storms cannot gives a clue what is happening. it is all developing and the warm and humid air. as the front sweeps from west to east to will have additional of showers and thunderstorms. we do not expect lines of severe andms but the atmosphere the winds over had are at the any cellsargins where have a dime to quarter sized hail. warnings and no watches but a close eye on things. a slight chance across the tonight of the storm prediction center. degrees in washington. degrees and frederick. 73 and cumberland. for this timeres of year. it will take a couple of days. a stronger cold front roll in on friday and -- deliverevelop colored and average temperatures. tomorrowe at about 90 probably friday as well before cooler air starts to move in. we will have a few showers and storms around and that are after.y should and appeared it will be hazy tomorrow. high pressure will build in the afternoon. thursday looks great. low humidity. on friday this cold front, that was light and with mor

from clarksburg to gaithersburg. the 18 bidders bird, 90 degrees temperature with on with somed downpours. 109 will be the high temperature kansas city today. now to lisa baden. >> we start off a little rocky in maryland. on 95ng to settle down northbound after the beltway, but pressure is gone. southbound on the b-w parkway, a is now on the shoulder, so things are open. point of rocks side near 50, we had a crash. 270 but the volume. 95 and 395 in virginia, it's volume. but volume.n 270 outer loop and new hampshire boulevard, there is a crash constructione zone. traffic slowing down briefly the pentagon at glebe road on 395. news.ck to >> still ahead, facebook stock disappoint. >> air travelers suffering from some frightening slights. >> air travelers suffering from some frightening slights. new problems x: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering so, i'm walking down the street, sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering just you know walking, sfx: sounds of ma

a 12-year-old girl was found sther gaithersburg home last may. the step father david hang is charged in the death after his dna was found at the crime scene. they say cell phone records place him near the home at around the time of's death, but his defense team says he was at a doctor's appointment in northern virginia. >> george huguely will be sentenced august 30 as scheduled. a judge denied his request to delay sentencing. a hearing seeking new trial will take place august 22. he was convicted of second- degree murder in the death of his ex-girlfriend and fell across player, yeardley love. >> the u.s. government is accepting applications from young illegal immigrants trying to avoid deportation and obtain a work permit. it's part of a new program called deferred action for childhood arrivals. jummy olabanji is live in langley park, maryland, at one of the sites accepting applications. >> good morning. dozens, if not hundreds, of people are expected to come here to begin the application process. we spoke with some of those who will be filing th

up around gaithersburg with storms heading out. take a look at the seven-day forecast, danella. >> we'll see you then. let's head over to the roads. eastbound leesburg pike near george c. marshall drive. traveling eastbound 66 approaching 28. the left lane will get you by. the road work that's there. from then on from the fairfax county parkway to the beltway, nice and smooth. inside the beltway both directions on 66, no accidents to report. i'm back in ten minutes with another look at your traffic. now back over to you both. >>> 4:42. 72 degrees. new details about a shark attack in cape cod. why officials say the local wildlife might be partially to blame. >>> and check out the damage a bird did to this plane. how pilots reacted >>> 15 before the hour. unwanted guests inside a charles county apartment building have family on edge this morning. bats invaded the huntington apartments in waldorf. the health department confirmed that one tested positive for rabies, too. one woman says she can't rest after seeing more than one bat insi

a little bit of rain to deal with out of gaithersburg. by the time i hit the beltway, it was clear sailing. no problems there. beltway looks good between college park and bethesda. the express lanes and main line rolling at speed headed out to the 14th street bridge. you will find lanes are open here inbound new york avenue leaving northeast to northwest. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >>> gas prices rising once again. the national average for regular unleaded is $3.69 a gallon. in our area, gas is averaging $3.97 a gallon in the district. >>> montgomery county's fire and ems department will soon get a financial boost. volunteer firefighters have agreed not to challenge a new law that charges insurance companies for ambulance service. however, montgomery county officials say patients living in other counties may have to pay out of pocket for their ride. the fee which would range between 300 and 800 dollars is expected to generate $18 million a year. that money would pay for additional staffing and other equipment

, fred -- 87 for gaithersburg, quantico 88, manassas and culpeper 88. your next five days are right around 90 degrees until we get to friday. friday agains how much cloud cover and when these -- depends how much cloud cover and when these strong storms in, it could depend what we get, it will be between 90 and 95 degrees. we'll cool down saturday to 85. that is something to look forward to. maybe it will be cooler and less humid. >>> lindsay murphy is in with sports. >> this is the verizon 4g lte sports desk with lindsay murphy. >> the redskins released their first depth chart today. while most positions were obvious, the no. 1 wide receivers santana moss and pierre garcon, the no. 1 running backs tim hightower, evan royster, then roy helu. that does not mean these players will start thursday. mon is robert griffin, iii's day to speak with the media. today he discussed everything including his first ever nfl game thursday. a couple take-aways, griffin is more anxious than nervous. he knows an early touchdown drive will excite the fans. although mike sha

. >>> a gaithersburg man convicted of killing his 12- year-old stepdaughter. he killed the girl to get out of his marriage to her mother. fox 5's audrey barnes has this story now in the newsroom. >> jessica nguyen was a 4' 8 dynamo, a beloved honor student in middle school. relatives found her stabbed to death in her home last may. it took months for police to arrest her stepfather in the case and just hours for a jury to convict him. it was a murder that frightened an entire community. 12-year-old jessica nguyen was found stabbed to death in her family's home. unsolved for four months police finally arrested her stepdad david hang. in a week long trial in montgomery county prosecutors presented evidence that hang killed jessica because her mother, kim woo, and her relatives wouldn't let him out of their marriage, a sham to help her get u.s. citizenship. >> the family would not agree to let him out of the marriage as quickly as he wanted out and he threatened basically to do whatever he needed to do and threatened revenge on the family. >> reporter: investigat

gary smith murdered michael mcqueen in their gaithersburg apartment in 2006. smith claims mcqueen killed himself. a jury convicted smith of second-degree murder but that was thrown out in 2011. smith's attorney wants to use a lie director test -- -- detector test as evidence of his innocence. >>> a positive step out of tragedy in northwest. new street lights went on wednesday in the sherman circle neighborhood. two years ago catholic university grad student was killed there in a robbery and it drew immediate calls from neighbors about getting better lighting in the area and finally they got their results they wanted last night. >>> montgomery county honored five of its olympians wednesday. god medalist swimmer katie ledecky thanked everyone for their support. >> i started out swimming here and i always have been swimming in montgomery county. so i really appreciate all of your support and thanks for having us here today.

it is 63 degrees in gaithersburg, 68 in fredericksburg. there will be a good deal of sunshine for the day-to-day. clouds will start to increase a little as we move through the evening and overnight as temperatures fall to the upper 60's and low 70's. storms developing tomorrow afternoon, part of a cold front that will bring cooler air to the region for the weekend. take a look at the forecast. today looks great 86-91 degrees. wind out of the northwest at 5- 10 miles an hour. we did not win the powerball jackpot, but we did win the lottery with the weather. >> that is positive. traffic is better in maryland and good as far as traffic to the airport. we will take you to a picture of 395 traffic. there's a crash southbound at duke street, but it is against the rush hour. moving nicely. headlights are northbound in this picture. normal travel times across the wilson bridge, moving nicely through alexandria and oxon hill. no disruptions between 95 and dale city on the beltway. but on 95 northbound between selma and stafford a truck rolled over.

temperatures outside, 63 degrees in gaithersburg and frederick. 73 at reagan national. e-6 in fredericksburg. looking at the satellite and radar, quiet and drive for the morning and afternoon. watching a cold front off to the west that will bring us increasing clouds for the overnight. good chance of thunderstorms during the day tomorrow. today, highs in the upper 80s to low 90s partly sunny to mostly sunny. as rain in the forecast tomorrow. then a cooldown after that. details in a few minutes. back to you. >> thank you. 4:32. police say a man is dead in montgomery county after crashing his motorcycle into a pole. this was at high gable's drive and great seneca highway. motorcycle was speeding when it left the road and struck a pole. the man died at a local trauma center. drivers may face delays in the great falls area as crews begin removing the dead and dying trees. about 60 trees will be cut down over the next few weeks, most of them on river bend and brown's mill road. the project was started after a man died when an oak tree fell on his car while driving on georget

d martinsburg, it.ll notice it's a comfortable morning. 59 in gaithersburg and martin lara. 57 in cumberland. very humid today. cloudy conditions and a isolated thundershowers popping up later on today. high temperatures in the mid '80s. 84 today. warming a few degrees the next couple days. next chance of rain is tomorrow. thursday through the weekend. good withretty of the train in old town ellicott city, main st., frederick road. it is blocked in that area. millss near ellicott drive which is near westchester. making the drive in from virginia, a live look of springfield, 95 looking good. there's road construction on 95 through thornton. brecht brief delays right there. looks good for the most part don northbound make your way to the springfield interchange. 201 looks good. looks good on in maryland as well as in virginia. back to you. >> thank you. investigators need help finding suspect involved in the chase a prince george's county police officer. 23-year-old adrian morris and thepartner were pursuing patrol caren their left the road and crashed into a ditch. adrian morris died. his par

it is 89 for gaithersburg, 84 leesburg, 85 frederick, 84 in winchester, la plata 89 degrees. satellite and radar shows us high pressure dominating our weather pattern giving us lots of sunshine. we have a cold front coming through that will change things especially come tomorrow. nice, then stormy, but tonight pleasant. friday morning starts out sunny. don't forget youren is glasses. friday afternoon and evening some big storms possible and the weekend turning out to be much cooler. keep your eye on the clock up here. tonight hosts basically sunshine, clear skies overnight, not worried about clouds, a few clouds out there. tomorrow morning heading into work or school, plenty of sunshine as well, but don't forget your umbrella because we have a cold front approaching from the north and west. you can see by friday afternoon, frederick, leesburg, this will make its way into the beltway late afternoon, early evening. some of those storms could be strong to severe. we're looking at maybe damaging wind gusts possible along with some areas of hail. saturday also still a chance for s

in germantown, expect that in the next four minutes. 17 minutes in gaithersburg. elde eldersburg in 26 minutes. clarksburg in -- clarksville seeing a shower. preceding that line. you're already seeing one line. you got another line coming your way. as far as the game towards the nats park tonight, along the potomac and the an accost i can't temperatures on the cooler side. you may need -- a light jacket, make maybe a light umbrella. showers to start the game but drying out the west of the evening. i think we'll be okay for the game as it gets under way at 7:05 against the braves tonight. tim hudson pitching for the braves. 89 on friday and i think we're looking at a very nice weekend. 87 saturday, and sunday. 89 on monday. see you at 6:00. >>> come back now. as he strolls on out here. >>> a marathon swimmer tries to make history and performer nicki minaj is in line for a new gig. >> here's what's trending. a lot of buzz about diana nyad swimming from cube to a florida without a shark kanl. she left havana saturday and is in the straits of florida. a storm last nig

gaithersburg, 64 degrees. front off to the of us.nd west bring increased clouds through the afternoon and a showers ande of thunderstorms. highs in the low 90's. the rush hour commute with lisa baden. >> shaking my head. never a good. 95 remains closed in baltimore. there was a fiery and fatal crash that happened on 95 northbound near the exit for camden yards and a stadium in baltimore. north toic going 895imore, bailout early at or use the harbour tunnel they will detour you on to the baltimore parkway. we have had a serious accident. 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.

gaithersburg as well.un county around , sterling, ashburn, continuing to see light rain pushing east. and around front royal. becoming partly cloudy later on today. rain with afternoon sunshine, 88 degrees. >> on the roads, let's go to metro. the orange and blue lines, ingle-tracking this morning between eastern market and new carrollton. you will face some delays. the roads, you will see delays because of the accident on the b-w parkway southbound inside the beltway. tapping the brakes. the accident is reported on the u.s. 50 from southbound b-w parkway. terms of early delays, seeing slow spots on 270 making the drive southbound approaching maryland 109 hyattstown, a little slow and and continuing to be 121.past looks pretty good after that into a gaithersburg. back to you. >> thank you. 5:33. we want to get the latest on tropical storm isaac, which is shoreg closer to the gulf direct hit on a orleans for. >> put the city's new levies to the test. we want to find out how the is right now. latest models sh

centreville, virginia and waldorf, gaithersburg and germantown, maryland are also in the top 25.that my little town of silver spring is not on the list there. >> it is not. >> it's a little pricey around here. >> but we like to think all of the metro area is no. 1. >> we have a line of showers and storms, nothing severe, but heavy activity. they are going to affect the ballgame. let's start with live look outside. we have the camera pointing west from our rooftop here in northwest. you can see pretty ominous clouds looking to the west. this is our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. the clouds are keeping the temps down, 80, pressure steady 29.86 inches of mercury, dew point 62 and that's pretty decent, comfortable for this time of day and for this time of year. radar, live doppler, here's a line of showers and storms steadily marching eastward and holding together a little better than i thought earlier. we still have pretty good reds and yellows near frederick and down towards warrenton. we'll zoom in. if you are south of frederick going up 270, you'll get pretty

gaithersburg had a shower go through. 82 degrees there. right now honeytown coming in at 84 degrees. here's the radar. can you see what is going on the last hour or so. storms making their way towards the mountains. dying out here. this is where the bulk of the activity is still west of the blue ridge. we have a couple coming across the blue ridge. a couple starting to form now in towards or liarlington county. can you see it coming across the southeast and the an costa freeway. you may start to see a few showers there. also right along the beltway, you're seeing some of the showers. watch out there if you're making your way in and around town throughout the rest of the evening. this shower making its way to the north and east. over toward the ballpark, good thing they're not playing there tonight. i-81, to the south of inwood, seeing shower activity here too. this was a pretty strong thunderstorm earlier. now no more lightning associated with this. heavy downpours in berkeley county. to the south, we have that severe thunderstorm warning

some storms, too, depending on where you are. 64 in gaithersburg. rockville at 68. 74 degrees in d.c. it is the strip of area along in east of i-95 that has the best chance to see some storms for today. so anne arundel county, prince george's county, down towards charles county, stafford, st. mary's county, you can see the storms coming your way for the afternoon. warm one today. 83 degrees. by the noon hour, partly sunny sky. clouds will be more moving in after lunchtime today. 2:00, 3:00, until the evening hours. some storms coming into the area. again, topping out at 88 degrees for high temperature today. 90, the high for tomorrow. that's the more sunshine that we'll have around the area. then right now it looks as though another system that one dropping out of canada is going to make its way into our area for friday. the high on friday, 93 degrees with so late afternoon and evening storms. could be severe weather on friday, too. saturday and sunday, that same front is going to stall around the area. by stalling, i mean it's going to sit and it's

in frederick, gaithersburg looking at 73 now. annapolis, 79 degrees. the main cold front is just off to the west of us. that moves through later this afternoon into the evening. that will bring our best chance of showers and thunderstorms. across thery beltway. hagerstown, looking at showers o an end.oming t the heaviest activity to the south of d.c. where then, that's are right now, and in .okesville nothing expected to become moving through the afternoon or, the morning, me.se daytime highs will be down to the upper 80s. the atmosphere will be unstable. showers and thunderstorms later this afternoon. another one day tomorrow ties approaching 90 degrees. . for today, calling for 83-88. storms will become strong later this afternoon. nothing out of the north 495, aboute city and 13 minutes. looks good on the wilson bridge. moving very quietly right newington and the beltway. 270.is traffic along there's a wet moving at at it's pretty good pace. now back to news >> . major moves for an internet giant. >> facebook and and a new event to a timeline. now d

gaithersburg is 68. up here, these areas, you get north into lovettsville and loudoun county feeling much more comfortable than in fairfax where they're 72. it's 75, sticky 75 in alexandria over at andrews this morning 74 and 72 for upper marlboro. outside on the michael & son weather camera, good visibility. still quite dark with an hour to go before sunrise. 6:15 this morning. feels like 78 with the humidity at 84%. and the winds currently at national southwest at 6 miles an hour. you see all the high clouds. see how they're streaming northeast on top of us? this is what's going to filter the sunshine for a while today. maybe a long while today. but we'll still manage to poke up well up into the 80s if not low 90s with just a pop-up shower or storm. at noon still looking quiet, looking good for your mid day plans but isolated stuff will pop this afternoon. should be a quiet night tonight. then as we head into wednesday, you'll notice how we pop some showers. here's noon south of us. then they're going

of gaithersburg police hope a composite sketch will help catch a rapist. police tell us this man attacked woman in the green farm conservation park on the evening of july 9. d police the man armed with a knife when he assaulted her near a pond. police handed out fliers after the attack. not named a suspect so far. vice-president joe biden told that republican presidential candidate mitt asney's choice of paul ryan provides them choice in november. >> there is no real decision, no t thenction between wha proposesn congress man what governor romney plans to . i don't get what is gutsy isgutting medicare -- gutsy medicare.ing >> jill biden is get to look to again in the state later today. candidates will hit five battleground states today. president obama campaigning for making thein iowa, minutes.in about 20 make the firstl of his three stops in ohio. paul ryan speaks to voters in afternoon and then in nevada this evening. we are learning today that new jersey governor chris christie s keynote a big role a the republican national convention in tampa, later t

gaithersburg, mid-60s. beltsville, 71. annapolis around 77. reston, equaling down to 67 degrees. so the rain, it is really keeping things on the cooler side. and we will still be unsettled and mild for the next couple of days here. scattered showers are possible tonight. monday morning, maybe some areas of fog, maybe some showers as well. monday afternoon, a better chance for scattered showers. tuesday, still mild and also more showers are possible. our future cast. here is your clock at the top of the corner there. temperatures again will be in the 60s. we're looking at showers and storm, possible. maybe some heavier stuff out to the south. monday morning, only a chance for a shower and a cloudy start. kids are going back to school. don't forget your umbrella. monday afternoon, we'll see more showers are possible. and also impacting the evening commute, especially into leesburg, winchester, frederick. temperatures might be in the upper 70s in some locations. for tonight, cloudy with showers, lows in the 60s. tomorrow is kind of the same set up. temperatures in the lower 80s with

south of gaithersburg there is a little sprinkle. there is the boundary overhead, storms.showers and still be around tomorrow. ofare seeing a good amount clearing off to the west, especially the shenandoah valley and west. expect a little more sunshine well. metro area as 85 degrees in martinsburg. 92 degrees for the high temperature. showers andd afternoonthrough the nighttime we cannot rule it out. even for the drive tomorrow morning, we could have a couple some majorn arteries. tomorrow afternoon, slight of severe thunderstorms. even better chance into friday. that's when it will be most widespread. stormlated severe possible tomorrow. widespread action possible friday with more dynamic atmosphere. sunshine on sunday, mid 80's and sunny skies. >> thank you. defining moments in new york city this morning after reports fire at 1 world trade center. to the 80th floor the skyscraper construction morning.und 8:00 this once inside, they found a welding, but no fire. a member of the public gave report to the port authority. >> some quick

crossing over 270, rockville, gaithersburg, atomics in heavy rain as well, and. and south arlington as well towards reagan national heavy downpours. 301 in charles county from waldorf to la plata, there's light rain at this time. there's a closer look at montgomery county. heavy rainfall just south of clarksburg. yesterday they received over an inch already. we will add to that shortly. even mclean issing downpours. the first round of rainfall is this morning, which will come to an end around lunchtime. then a little sunshine. the second round is the energy. that's energy the more sunlight, the higher your storm potential for this afternoon and evening because some might destabilize the atmosphere. if it is 79 in the district, 68 in winchester, highs in the mid to upper 80s with midday clearing and sunny breaks around lunchtime. afternoon and evening storms, some could be strong to severe with gusty damaging winds posing the biggest threat later this evening and into the nighttime. a few showers lingering into saturday morning. by sunday, 87, low humidity, lookin

gaithersburg is 66. hagerstown enjoying 63. outside on our michael & son weather camera, you're looking at the sky which is getting brighter and brighter here. 20 minutes before sunrise. 74 degrees. got clear skies this morning. had the blue moon, full moon this morning. it was gorgeous in the western sky a little weil ago. humidity 87 -- while ago. humidity 87%. the breese south, southwest at 7 -- breeze south, southwest at 7. this is what's left of isaac. not even a tropical depression anymore. the hurricane center has issued its last advisory but still a definite circulation coming through western arkansas, throwing the rain into missouri and tennessee and into mississippi. some heavy showers and storms still there. there are going to be some areas in missouri up to illinois could pick up two, even 6 inches of rain over the next 36 to 48 hours. some of that moisture may be headed our way and later in the weekend into labor day. this morning, though, boy, it's quiet out there. got high pressure in control. future cast shows w

gaithersburg, maryland. chance of showers and storms. they'll go from isolated to more scattered and more numerous in nature as we move through the day. so that by 5:00, 82 degrees, your temperature. some showers and storms pretty likely around the area. we've got a 60% chance for today. 71 degrees by midnight. by tomorrow morning, 68. looking at some quiet dry conditions for tomorrow. so here it is, most of our showers and storms coming into the area during the afternoon. by 6:00 or so, now that we could be getting some heavy downpours around the area. so as far as your forecast goes for later today, again, high temperature maxing out right at 89 degrees. danella? >> good morning. still tracking breaking news in betsville, maryland. traveling northbound i-95 past powder mill road, the crash there looks as though that police are forcing you to kind of get by single file in this area as you're exiting off powder mill road. still, avoid i-95 northbound right now because you are seeing significant we the lace. i would just jump on 295 if yo

and in to gaithersburg, 63 degrees and a will humidity with that rain and keeping that in the forecast and the isolated evening downpours and some thunderstorms. overnight, dropping to 66 degrees and tomorrow is the morning where we see fog around as well and that is a nice day and not overly humid and that is like today and probably fewer isolated showers and storms around and more than we're seeing today. at 8 in the morning, 69 degrees and by noon, 85. the high pressure should build on top of us tomorrow and while we have the energy here on the coast that is supplying the thunderstorms, that should suppress that from developing and we need to continue to watch the moisture. it looks like the models want to bring it closer to the coast on saturday and i will keep an isolated storm on saturday as well and we're looking for temperatures to get into the 80s and that is for tomorrow as well. the tropical storm isaac with winds of 45 miles per hour and did you know something else formed, too? td10. and it's to become tropical joyce here in a whole. we'll have a complete update at 10 and m

prosecutors say hang stabbed her in their gaithersburg home last may. they believe he was angry about his divorce battle with jessica's mother. hang will be sentenced in late october. he faces up to life in prison. >>> mitt romney's running mate may not be having much of an impact after all. a new poll suggests that paul ryan is not giving the presumptive republican nominee much of a bounce. the gallup daily tracking poll shows romney leading president obama by two percentage points right now. that is just a one-point increase since ryan was introduced last weekend. >>> a group of former special ops and cia officers is accusing president obama of leaking information about the raid that killed osama bin laden. the group claims the white house leaked the information for political reasons. mitt romney and other republicans have made similar accusations in the past. the obama campaign denies those allegations and is comparing them to the swift boat ads aimed at john kerry in 2004. >>> it is 5:07, 68 degrees. next, the sexual harassment claims that have rock

. >>> a guilty verdict in the murder of a 12-year-old gaithersburg girl. a jury found 43-year-old david hang guilty of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of his stepdaughter. police found jessica nguyen's body in the basement of her family's home in may 2011. prosecutors say hang was involved in a sham marriage with nguyen's mother and that he killed her daughter when he had trouble getting out of the relationship. >>> a police officer testified the town square market in d.c. was a feeding frenzy for teenagers who wanted to buy booze illegally. yesterday the owner face ad- libbing core commission for see if he could -- faced a liquor commission to see if he could keep his liquor license. now the board gets to deliberate the case and members have 90 days to make their decision. >>> verizon present add new emergency backup system to local government officials wednesday after a failure during the derecho storm. during that storm, verizon didn't know their system was down till fairfax county alerted them. there were also issues with 911 calls in arlingt

what was record setting was the number of triple digit days which i think was eight. 82 in gaithersburg, 84 bethesda, 86 arlington, 84 vienna and fairfax, 87 college park, 83 in bowie. baseball forecast, we're hosting the cardinals. 76 to 85 your temperatures, 85 to start, 76 to finish, perfect night for baseball. not quite as cool, though, tonight. in fact, temperatures got down to the low 60s up around damascus and down into the 40s in canaan valley this morning. the weekend we do feel we'll have some showers and thunderstorms from isaac. clear and mild tonight, not as cool, 64 to 72, winds out of the southwest at 10. inside the beltway downtown talking about low 70s, but very comfortable north and west, 64 gaithersburg, 65 reston, 64 leesburg, 68 in college park. friday morning, mostly sunny, warming up, 70s and 80s, winds out of the southwest at 10. by afternoon mostly sunny and hot but not humid, high temperatures near 95 and winds west, southwest at 10. next three days we'll keep it green tomorrow, hot but not humid, 94. we'll keep it green saturday, isolated storm, 91. you don't

in the 80s. 84 downtown. 81 in gaithersburg. and 86 in fredericksburg and 84 also over in annapolis and it is not humid at all. satellite picture, radar combined, showing some clouds over to west, showing some showers, too, through ohio and kentucky and that's what we are worried about tomorrow. tonight, no worries. partly cloudy and mild. open the windows. lows 66 to 74 downtown. we'll come back and talk about why we are issuing a code yellow for tuesday. >> thank you, top. still to come, a former montgomery county politician launches an effort to keep your electric bill down. we'll give you the details about the petition against the county's energy tax. but first, a major federal official blasts the airport authority. some plans for those guys. we'll tell you about it up next. >>> st. steven's church finally back open again almost a whole year after it was damaged in last august's earthquake. the congregation held a rededication ceremony yesterday at the church. last year's quake caused more than half a million dollars of dama

currently it is 82 out in leesburg, 84 in gaithersburg, 83 in fredericksburg. rappahannock has cooled down to 79 degrees, so temperatures are falling. silent radar picture has been very quiet because of high pressure dominating the region. that will change as a cold front approaches late tomorrow. we'll be nice a little longer, then stormy, very pleasant tonight, friday morning starting off with pledge is i of sunshine. friday afternoon and evening -- plenty of sunshine. friday afternoon and evening some big storms are possible and much cooler this weekend. tonight we're expecting clear skies, maybe a few clouds. tomorrow morning a brilliant start to the day, but don't let that fool you. by afternoon some clouds will increase ahead of the cold front coming through, especially north and west of town. you can see we'll see showers pop up and also some thunderstorms. some of the storms could be strong to severe. the best chance for severe storms will be south and west of town tomorrow. that is where we are under a slight risk for severe storms according to the sto

prosecutors say hang stabbed her in their gaithersburg home last may. they believe he was angry about his divorce battle with jessica's mother. hang will be sentenced in late october and faces up to life in prison. >>> today the naacp is holding a meeting with the laurel community over alleged excessive force by police. this stems from this incident caught on cell phone video outside the laurel station bar and grill earlier this month. it appears to show an officer punching or slapping 27-year-old donte williams three times while in handcuffs. the city is now facing a $3 million lawsuit over this incident. tonight's meeting will be at 7:00 p.m. at the laurel boys and girls club. >>> falls church in stafford county will be getting help from the federal government recovering from june's deadly storm. two of the communities are eligible for federal disaster aid. the money will help pay for damage and debris removal. it will also help cover emergency protective measures taken during the storm. 51 counties and 18 cities are now eligible for assistance. >>> p

upper 70s to about 80. 81 in the shenandoah valley. 82 gaithersburg. south of town still looking at 84 fredericksburg. about 82 reidville. as we look outside on our michael & son weather camera, a beautiful day. here in northwest d.c. we're looking to the southwest. a couple of puffy clouds there. mainly sunny and gorgeous. 85. dew points dipping into the 50s so the air is really drying out. humidity now at 37%. light winds. oh, it's almost perfect out there today. here's what's coming for tomorrow. notice the storms that come through chicago. they're tracking over toward detroit. just about to indianapolis and south bend headed toward ohio. they're ahead of a cold front. that cold front is going to get here tomorrow evening, tomorrow night. however, it may have a tough time pushing through us. now, this morning. if you were watching, i was saying yeah, this will get moving a little bit so saturday won't be so bad. i want to show you the futurecast. i'm a little concerned that a wave could form on the front. today no problems. tonight no problems. tomo

southbound 270 good to go out of gaithersburg towards the lane divide. that is a check of your "fox 5 on-time traffic." >>> all right. thank you, julie. after a weekend of side by side appearances, mitt romney and his newly named running mate are heading off in different directions. today romney heads to florida and ohio and wisconsin's congressman paul ryan will crisscross iowa. ryan and romney will likely push their economic plan trying to reassure seniors it won't strip their health benefits. ryan is known for his budget plan proposing big changes to medicare among other things. but in an interview with cbs's "60 minutes" that aired last night, the presumptive gop presidential nominee says he is running his campaign on his own budget and not ryan's. >> meanwhile, president obama will also be in iowa along with his rival's running mate to kick off a three-day bus tour. yesterday the president called paul ryan a decent man and articulate spokesman for mitt romney's vision, but a vision the president fundamentally disagrees with. >>> new this morning, ma

gaithersburg 72. looking at 68 in fredericks. 73 in manassas and 77 out toward leesburg. now, we're looking at satellite picture radar combined. got showers back to the mountains. some of the showers could make it in here in time for the back end of the morning commute. we've. >> mr. adkison: couple of showers before the afternoon. i think the main event is going to be in the afternoon still but i think the wakeup weather, some clouds at 5:00, some clouds at 7:00 and maybe a shower, maybe even a thunderstorm with temperatures in the 70s by 9:00. we'll come back, we'll tell you what the threats are with these thunderstorms. also let you know when things calm down a little bit, if we're going to go back to code green any time soon. >> thanks, topper. this. >>> this next story is blowing up our facebook page. we have to warn you, the images you're about to see may be disturbing. two trucks plastered with graph particular photos of aborted fetuses. they were part of one group's efforts to swing virginia to the republican ticket this november. >> this is the truth. and the tru

already gaithersburg 66, reston 69, lower 70s at college park and in downtown we're in the upper 70s.here's a look at our forecast for overnight. we're looking at clearing skies, temperatures in the lower 70s in downtown. lower 60s outside in the suburbs, and here's your look at your wake-up forecast for your thursday. so if you are headed out tomorrow, wel bottom out in the 60s and 70s by 9:00. it will feel nice and mild. we'll talk about the next chance for some bigger storms on friday, and i'll take a look at your weekend forecast. back to you. >> thanks, anny. >>> tomorrow morning members of the transgender community plan to protest outside d.c. mayor vincent gray's office. they say despite antidiscrimination laws transgender people stiffly a hard time finding a place to live and work. >>> an update tonight on the story 9news has been reporting on and following since early this year. the owner of town square market in northwest d.c. today faced a hearing to determine whether he would be able to keep his liquor license. that proceeding at an brarks d.c.'s alcohol control board, cam

you see from gaithersburg headed toward woodbridge it crosses 95 in the next hour and approaches the stadium by 7:00 or so, but it should be out of there. notice it weakens. you of get more green, that's a good thing. that means -- you get more green, that's a good thing. that means you have better weather. dew point 63, pretty nice, pressure 29.7 inches and rising a little bit. 76 bethesda, arlington, 79 downtown, college park and to the west 77 in vienna. so a brief delay is possible at the nats game, some storms tonight especially between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. by the stadium. storms end by 10:00 and cool and comfortable tonight. futurecast, we'll put this into motion now and stop it at 7:30. they weaken as they approach i- 95, the storms. by 8:30 they kind of break up, should be fine, still some clouds and after that everything goes through. we see breaks in the clouds as early as 10:30 tonight. next three days we'll keep it code green for tuesday, wednesday, thursday. yes, some storms are possible, but nothing crazy, not hot, temperatures low to mid-80s across the board. next seven d

refreshing, but foggy morning. 59 in gaithersburg. very refreshing across the board. temperatures are right around a 60. lookit cumberland right now, 54. they are slowly sliding eastward. special compared to yesterday. more sun today, compared to what we have on monday. however, i cannot rule out a few isolated thunderstorms later on today. especially along the blue ridge. of for 80's by the weekend. major heat coming our way. >> good morning everyone. are dealing with reduced visibility out there. also on 270, on those cameras. no major delays down there. traveling on to under 67, about 22 minutes. a southbound to 70, the heavier the urbana be in area. southwest's lead the push for hike this year. >> delta, u.s. air wis, and 'sited following southwest leads. the airlines have tried to raise year eight times this bonds were unsuccessful four times. >> airlines cutting into your try to boost their bottom line as well. >> check your driveway. we know a car thief who loves to steal. >> good morning everyone. the most frequently stolen car. a new study says it is the 1994

gaithersburg, 63. what a nice start to the day. for a change, this air mass on the comfortable side and will be so for the day. you can see how quiet we are. we are not expecting shower and thunderstorm activity for the day. as we get into the nighttime hours particularly tomorrow, the cloud cover will start to slip in here. and then we'll have a cold front that will an approaching from the west tomorrow and that could spark off a round of thunderstorm activity around here. so tomorrow will be hot. it will be humid with the risk of afternoon thunderstorms back in the forecast. good news is today will be beautiful. bad news is we're back into the steam heat and humidity starting tomorrow. mostly sunny skies, warm this afternoon. winds out of the west at about five miles per hour. we'll start to cloud up tonight. mild temperatures overnight. won't fall back into the 60s. best chance of thunderstorms this week arrive tomorrow afternoon with highs in the upper 80s. it will be humid tomorrow. we get another bit of a break wednesday, 88

. >>> tonight montgomery county police step up the hunt for a rapinis gaithersburg. they released -- a rapist in gaithersburg. they released this sketch of the suspect. the woman was attacked at knifepoint. officers passed out flyers to nearby residents and businesses, so far no arrests. >>> d.c. police investigating a sexual assault near the georgetown waterfront area early yesterday morning on cherry hill lane. this woman was walking in the 3200 block when a man approached and groped her and ran off. chef not seriously hurt. police ask anyone -- she was not seriously hurt. police ask anyone with information to give us a call. >>> three people dead in a shootout near texas a&m. shawn yancy is everywhere at 11:00. >> the police say the shooter opened fire from inside the house killing the constable and one other man before he was killed. three others were hurt in the shootout blocks away from the school's football stadium. >> the blame game is underway after a major security breach at new york's jfk airport this weekend. a stranded jet skier swam to shore, climbed th

looking great from gaithersburg, rockville. another live look outside. this time we're taking a look into virginia northbound 95 at the fairfax county parkway. i'll be back with more traffic at 4:55. back to you guys. >>> at 4:49 we have a follow-up to a 9news now investigation. two women behind bars right now accused of posing as insurance agents. >> apparently their goal was stealing personal information from public employees. erier this week arlington county police put out a warning to its officers and as peggy fox reports, cops here in the district are now being warned. >> reporter: does this look like someone selling insurance? a bunch of police officers and now firefighters apparently thought so. and now? union fire officials in d.c. are warning their members about two women who are charged with id theft and racketeering after allegedly scamming atlanta police officers out of their personal information. the president of the d.c. firefighters union put an alert on their website saying the same to females had visited many d.c. firehouses trying to se

the pace into germantown, gaithersburg, rockville much better, too. southbound 95 similar recovery coming down out of laurel, the accident before you reach the beltway after 212 moved out of the way. good news too on the beltway in alexandria. delia goncalves has all the details on the beltway in alexandria. >> reporter: beverly, some great news here on the beltway. we're here live at telegraph road overlooking the beltway and we're joined by -- joined with john from the wilson bridge project to talk to us about this great news. so break it to us. extra five lanes of traffic. >> five lanes of traffic in each direction. three lanes in the local. two lanes in the thru. both shoulders if you have a problem, a breakdown, you have a haven of safety. this will be opening things up a lot. >> reporter: it seems like a lifetime for lots of folks. let's get a look at what folks can anticipate. talked about the breakdown lanes in regards to safety. we have some other safety measures in place in regards to the signs. you have words of caution i guess for drivers.