. >>> this crash in gaithersburg left six people injured tonight including four gaithersburg high school students. sky9 captured the scene. four students were traveling together in a jeep and montgomery county police say the driver in another car, a black chevy, was ticketed for making an illegal turn. everyone in this accident is expected to recover. >>> virginia's former governor is fighting to have his guilty verdict thrown out. a three-judge federal panel heard bob mcdonnell's appeal today in richmond. our peggy fox was in that courtroom and what is he arguing? >> reporter: mcdonnell's attorney is asking the three judges of the fourth circuit court of appeals to throw out the jury's conviction because the judge made major mistakes, first in how the jury was select and second, his instructions to the jury concerning official acts. >> there's nothing that has been done here that's violated the law. i know that in my heart and soul. >> reporter: but the decision whether bob mcdonnell's bribery conviction stands lies with a three-judge panel. mcdonnell's attorney argued the trial judge m

and we are live at the gaithersburg book festival in gaithersburg maryland. we'll return with more live coverage in just a minute. >> the library of congress is the largest library in the world. here are a few history and biography books that the library suggests. first off the library of congress recommends "the battle for america 2008," in which washington post veterans dan balz and haines johnson track the presidential campaigns of john mccain and barack obama. in "the woman behind the new deal," key stint downey explores the life of frances perkins, the first woman appointed to a president's cabinet. also on the list is the examination of the hemings family who were slaves to thomas jefferson and their role in early america. in "american lion," jon meacham looks at the life of andrew jackson, his time in the white house and his role in shaping the executive branch. the library of congress' list of suggested reading in history and biography continues with simon shama's "the american future," which attempts to place modern debates on war, religion, race and

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so we're losing 20 degrees in about 24 hours, only 69 at 1:00, 65 in gaithersburg at 1:00. by 6:00 we still should be about 70 degrees, 24 hours from now. a sweater and shades probably a good idea tomorrow. we'll come back, talk about the 3-degree guarantee. >>> virginia's former governor wants a federal appeals court to thrown out his conviction. peggy fox -- to throw out his conviction. peggy fox was in the courtroom today when mcdonnell's attorney made that case. >> there's nothing that's been done here that's violated the law. >> reporter: but the decision whether bob mcdonnell's bribery conviction stands lies with a three-judge panel. mcdonnell's attorney argued the trial judge made two big mistakes. >> the jury instructions were wrong. >> reporter: a jury found the former governor and his wife took $177,000 in gift and loans from businessman jonnie williams for promoting his business, but williams never received anything tangible. >> these things that were done are routine political courtesies. every federal, state official engages in it. >> reporter: however, the tri

we're looking at temperatures north and west in the upper 80s, 85 in gaithersburg, 88 in manassas, 91 also in fredericksburg. this is at 4:00 on futurecast. the cold front goes through tomorrow afternoon. temps start to fall tomorrow night. cold hard lags. by wednesday 2 -- cold air lags. by wednesday 2:30 we've gone from 88 to 70. we'll lose a lot of the between tuesday and wednesday, 60s between gaithersburg and leesburg and winds out of the northwest breezy and a factor, also, on wednesday. we'll come back and talk about whether or not the cold front goes through dry and if the cool air lasts through the week. >>> talk about a big baby, coming up the measurements of this (music) hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! (music) introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle. >>> a person with ebolalike symptoms now being treated at university of virginia medical center. turns out this person recently traveled to west africa. even though the hospital says the probability the patient actually has ebola is pretty low, they're taking every precau

back to that temperatures here high of 84. 80 degrees in gaithersburg. baltimore right at 80. real-time temperatures stepping back to the 70's. the air is not that humid, so the dew point is showing a more light feel. the dew point is 40 and we will have really dry air in place. the warmth continues all the way up through the rocky mountains into the planes. the bus stop forecast for the kids, just a light jacket. for the rest of us, a strong

that plane crashed into a house in gaithersburg back in december. a mother and two of her children were killed as well as three people aboard the plane. as we reported last night safety reviews of the montgomery county air park are on hold until the ntsb's investigation is completed. >>> dozens of trains running along the northeast corridor will soon have a new safety feature. amtrak is placing video cameras in the engineer's cab to record what happens inside. the move follows a deadly derailment in philadelphia earlier this month. eight people were killed more than 200 injured. the engineer has told investigateors he can't remember what happened. amtrak is equipping 70 train was the cameras, 38 will be installed by the end of the year. >>> some relief for motorists in the chantilly area of fairfax count yit. spring fellow road is now open. it's a new four-lane highway that serves several schools and county parks. the project is has taken nearly five years even though it finished ahead of schedule. 23,000 cars drive along spring fellow road every da

outside, the temperatures dropping. 59 frederick and gaithersburg, 62 dulles, andrew 66. heading through the evening these temperatures will drop. overnight, early tomorrow morning, high 40's, low 50's, it will be chilly. 42 martinsburg a lot of the suburbs in the low 40's. definitely chilly in the morning. a warm day tomorrow after the quick start, the temperatures warming. the temperatures probably in the 70's again, where we were today. if that is not warm enough for you, sunday we go back into the 80's. monday, well into the 80's with heat and humidity. it will feel like the unofficial start of summer. i think the shower chances hold off until the middle of next week. that is good news for the weekend plans or at the beach. tomorrow, lots of sunshine after a crisp, cool start, comfortably afternoon, middle 70's. heading to the beaches tomorrow light wind out of the north at five to 10 look at the beach weather temperatures. the delmarva beaches, low 60's at best. in the carolinas hatteras, in the 70's, but around here low 60's. a little chilly in the water. in the mou

weeds not a problem yet. 58 gaithersburg, 55 bwi marshall, 58 fredericksburg. look at the 24 hour temperature change. dulles 20 degrees colder, 18 degrees colder in gaithersburg, you get the point -- the cold front has moved through. the high-pressure overhead mainly clear overnight, lots of sunshine early tomorrow morning. it will be a chilly start north and western suburbs in the low 40's, 52 degrees inside the capital beltway. the futurecast, the high pressure off to the north and west. that's slowly moves off the coast. as that happens later in the week, the upcoming weekend the wind will change direction out of the south and southwest bringing the heat and humidity. you will feel the difference. we will go from 75 degrees friday, jumping about 10 degrees saturday. not only will it be hot, but the potential of showers and thunderstorms. talking also about the heat index reading making it feel hotter. tomorrow looks fantastic the temperature near 72 degrees, lots of sunshine, the wind not as brisk as today. out of the northeast at 4 to 8. middle 70's friday.

it is still warm regardless. 86 manassas. 82 for gaithersburg. a couple of sprinkles, that is a sign of yes they are coming this afternoon. they'll cool off to the lower 80s for your drive home. scattered, keep the sunglasses with you. how about more vinc like weather. that is in the 7-day forecast. >>> at this hour, prince george's county police are trying to figure out who killed a map found in a car this morning along the ming millipore highway. delia goncalves has the latest from glenn arden. -- it appears we are having technical difficulties. >>> montgomery county police say a next door neighbor has confessed to killing a rockville couple. dick and jodi vallardo were found murdered on mother's day. scott tomsuski was arrested, police found bloody cash in his wallet, linking him to the murders. >> when people come in to burglarize they don't come in to kill, normally, so brutally. the brutal was really tough on everybody. >> i think everybody would have a difficult time making sense of that. it makes no sense. >> reporter: montgomery county p

only 57 in leesburg. 57 gaithersburg. 58 in la plata. a little northeasterly wind. keep things on the cool side for sure. so a rather cool, dreary day tomorrow. traveling, yeah wet roads, slow going. exercise, do it indoors. i know doreen changed her plans. she is exercising indoors. now and out and about, bring the umbrella tomorrow. a little indoor tennis, doreen. i know you said that 59 on thursday. 76 on friday. 74 on saturday. with some sunshine. and then it gets really warm. 82 degrees on sunday. 90 on memorial day. and then another heatwave or at least the first heatwave of the season. 90 on monday. 92 on tuesday. 93 degrees on wednesday. very, very warm.dd 5a% down towards the beaches for memorial day weekend saturday is definitely going to be on the cool side. we'll see highs only in the 60s. so take the jacket down. they're going to be a little cool along the boardwalk. looking good on sunday, a high of 76. monday, a high temperature of 84 degrees. so nice and warm for everybody on memorial day. >> we'll get that rain out of here before the holiday weekend

follow this line right down toward gaithersburg toward the rockville area. very heavy rain a lot of lightning, through portions of fairfax county. in and around the district within about the next 15 to 20 minutes. around bethesda and to the south around quantico. this line again back toward southern maryland. flooded roads, please turn around don't drown. i'll have the latest on these storms. >>> we have new information in two high profile murder cases. >> police have a suspect in one of them. his trip back to maryland could begin tomorrow. the name of scott tomaszewski. he lives right next door to the house where dick and jody vilardo were found murdered on wednesday. >> a detective remembered tomaszewski a second time at the home 17 years ago. only the that detective spoke to shomari stone. >> i'm not retired. i'm still working. >> the retired montgomery police sergeant helped make an arrest in the high profile double murder case of dick and jody vilardo. >> i can't turn off the desire to help my community. >> reporter: in 1998 he investigated a burglary a

gorgeous day. 11:00 tomorrow nightfalls quickly, 55 in gaithersburg, 56 in leesburg, 55 in manassas, skies. tomorrow night will be a different story. if you stay out too long, you will need a sweater. tonight clear to partly cloudy, breezy, much cool, 54 to 60 for lows -- cooler, 54 to 60 for lows, winds turning northwesterly 10 to 20 and drive in the cooler air. by morning plenty of sunshine, breezy and school, sweater and shades, winds northwest 10 to 20. by afternoon partly cloudy, breezy, much cooper, gorgeous day, highs between 70 and 75 and winds still northwesterly at 10 to 15. day planner low to mid-60s to start. 66 by 11:00 and only 69 by 1:00 with lots of sunshine. next three days beautiful thursday, 73 and very nice friday. notice we took the shower out, 77 with sunshine. next seven days isolated storms on saturday, not a huge deal, low 80s, scattered storms on saturday, low 80s, more storms on sunday, low 80s. nats back on tuesday, mid-80s. we actually need some rain. >>> the university of maryland is sending their athletes out in oscar fashion. >> our kristen berset is a

low to mid-60s and 5:00, 6:00 tomorrow afternoon mid-70s downtown, low 70s in gaithersburg, 74 in frederick with sunshine. by 9:00 holding in the 60s and headed for lows in the 50s in the downtown area tomorrow night. really a nice weekend. tonight partial clearing and cool. i got to keep the isolated shower in, 46 to 54 for lows, light winds. by morning returning partly cloudy, may take a while, isolated shower possible early, 46 to 68 and by afternoon partly cloudy, pleasant, just a slight chance of an isolated shower. 72 to 76 for highs. even in the mountains we're looking at 64 in oakland, 72 in cumberland, 76 in culpeper, mid- 70s in manassas, fairfax and mclean, 75 downtown, 74 in gaithersburg and rockville. cooler by the bay, water still cool, temps in 60s. 54 to start, early shower, 60 by 9:00, sunshine returning by 11:00 and 71 with sunshine by 1:00. sunday 80, that could be the new streak, low 80s on monday. next seven days low 80s tuesday, 80 wednesday, low 80s thursday and friday. yes, with the arrival of the 80s a couple shower and storms are possible particularly late thursday

that is where the heaviest rain is from gaithersburg across the potomac river. elements from the germantown and barnsville. deal with the fact you will have downpour, hail and lightning and thunder. by 8:00 or 9:00, most of the activity should settle down. thereafter is a waiting game until skies get rid of the rain. look at the hail reports. inch and and quarter. hail in centreville and berryville. three-quarters of an inch in other area of centreville. big hailstones. as we get through the evening hours the main of rain, rainfall, size of hail that develops should diminish. we are lacking the heat of the day we had earlier in the low to mid-80's in spots. now we are in the 70's skies will clear. as much as they do later this evening there could be patchy nothing. all the attention goes south because there is a developing area of low pressure that may become tropical in nature as we head through the next couple of days. as it consolidates and moves northward, it could bring us tropical heat and rain later in the weekend. this is how it will shape up the next fe

we need the rain. 55 in gaithersburg at 10 a.m. by 1 p.m. still looking at 50s with moderate rain still rolling through prince george's county, down toward calvert county into charles county, leesburg 54 at 1:00. by 5:00, 6:00, most of the activity finally pushing on out to sea. we'll come back, talk about whether or not we clear out and look ahead to the all important holiday weekend. >>> a little stimulation can make a long term impact on migraines when conventional methods fail. >> and star wars? up next why nasa and the air force teamed up for the country's latest >>> and we have liftoff. >> that's an unmanned space plane launched from cape canaveral by the air force. it is a classified project, but we do know this. the last time the air force launched this reef usable craft it stayed in orbit almost two years. it's carrying about 100 different sorts of material. nasa is trying to see how they hold up to being exposed to space. >>> the iraqis are leaving ramadi by the thousands as islamic militants tighten their hold on that city. >> the

the john hanson highway heading toward herndon, showing signs of fizzling making its way toward gaithersburg. i will be posting the snapshot on my twitter and facebook pages. widespread activity back around the mountains. right now at 86. an few isolated thunderstorms this evening as we get into the overnight hours. i can't rule out some rain because of that widespread thunderstorm activity over the mountains. by the time it gets here though just rain. heavy rain is in the forecast for tomorrow i will have more on that erika in ten minutes. >>> meanwhile, emotions ran high in southeast d.c. this afternoon where dozens of people came together to remember shar niece milton. the 27-year-old was a reporter for capital community news. police say a gunman riding with a group of dirt bike riders shot and killed her last week at the intersection of good hope road and alabama avenue. it is believed that the suspect was trying to shoot someone in another group of riders and milton was merely an inspectnocent by stander. while her parents put faith in the police department they want answers. >> they ha

in the morning lows 40s in cumberland, low 50s in town, 45 gaithersburg, 49 at joint base andrews. a couple light showers earlier, but those are falling apart. looking at the forecast if you're traveling to the beach for the holiday weekend, 65 tomorrow, 74 sunday and 80 monday. looks pretty nice there. for tonight we're certainly going to be chilly, lows between 43 and 53 and 30s in the mountains. enjoy it now because we'll warm up quickly here by next week. 50s and 60s early tomorrow, sunny and cool, beautiful afternoon, highs between 70 and 75. winds southwest and a lot less than today. we have gusted to 30 today, tomorrow 5 to 10. 85 sunday, not bad. it will be not too humid. by monday near 90 for the holiday and next week get ready for stop real heat and humidity way above average, 90 or better and potentially afternoon storms and this could put it us if he it i close to the warmest may on record if -- pretty close to the warmest way on record. we are well on our way to having a hot dry month. >>> we're talking college lacrosse tonight, my friend. >> yes, the women of maryland

well, i think the numbers may be a wee bit high and we will see 45, 46 in places like gaithersburg and frederick and leesburg. by 9 we should bounce into the 50s to 60 but 50. s in the suburbs. with full sun tomorrow and not much wind 69 will feel comfortable and also 67 at gaithersburg and leesburg and manassas at 1 p.m. is a nice afternoon. by evening 72 and 73 tomorrow. and 73, 72 even up into frederick and hagerstown it will be 70 and 71 in cumberland. a little milder off to the west. by tomorrow night, in the evening, a 30 or -- 8:30 or a so temps don't fall that quickly a few clouds here and there but temperatures in the low to mid-60s. 68 inside the beltway. so for tonight, clear skies, chilly and winds diminishing. 44 to 52 and on the windows but not too far. or you will be just downright cold. now by morning, sunshine and chilly start. sweater's good idea again. and 44 to about 70 and then by afternoon, mostly sunny beautiful and just gorgeous highs between 70 and 75. and light winds. day planner 55 to start. these are city temps. 60 by 9. 65 by 11 and almost 70 by 1 p.m. and

if we look at the numbers out there, 48 in gaithersburg. cool enough of it. 54, manassas. 52 right now in annapolis. all of us, pretty cool and dan. the big overall picture will show drier air nudging in. although it will start actually tomorrow, it will be a nice day. temperatures rebounding to the mid and upper 70's. the only thing to watch tomorrow later in the day, little system will swing by that could bring a few clouds. it will drop the temperatures just a touch. we will probably go back to the mid-70's on saturday, but this holiday weekend, it looks too good to be true. here is your forecast for tomorrow. upper 70's, back to where we should be. still a little bit of a breeze from time to time. looking at saturday, sunday, and monday, that three-day holiday outlook, temperatures in the mid-70's, right where we should be. warming up sunday, good for the pools. on monday, we had some concern we could see a scattered thunderstorm or two. i'm taking that out. i think it will be dry and hot. it will be sticky, but i think we will not see

the plane crash killed a mother and two children in their home in gaithersburg. three other people died on that plane. >>> a man who caused a security scare on the national mall is apologizing. he says the whole thing was a misunderstanding misunderstanding. on sunday capitol police officers spotted what looked like a pressure cooker and a propane tank in a car. he runs a food truck and needed space and so he put it inside his car. he was cited for driving on a suspended license. >>> a father says the legal system failed his son. james lee is mourning the death of his three-year-old. he fought for sole custody of his son and lost. the boy was found dead at a playground last friday. the boy's mother was pushing the dead child on the swing. days before a judge deemed her a fit parent. >> women get slapped on the wrist. we get grind into dog meat. >> lee says the court missed signs that his son was not in a stable living environment. the boy's mother is now undergoing a mental evaluation. >>> 6:17 washington post reporter detained in iran is in court right now. he h

already into the 60s. 66 gaithersburg. 64 in -- sorry, 64 in gaithersburg. 66 in martinsburg and 75 toward fredericksburg. much cooler across the region and it will be a lot cooler tomorrow. speaking of cool. it will be cool tonight toward nats park. the nats have been on fire. they've been hot taking on the yankees. the temperature will cool fairly quickly. if you're going to the game take jacket or the blanket. that was awesome. storm team 4 radar. no rain to talk about right now. tomorrow a completely different story. look at the clear skies. beautiful conditions. here's the storm system. back to the west. this storm will gain strength as it makes its way toward the coastline and become a little bit of a nor'easter. that will bring us the cooler temperature and the clouds and that is what will bring us the rain. there it is at 8:00 tomorrow morning. always a slow area. look at noon. we have moderate to heavy rain. i think a lot of places will seasteady rain most of the day. especially from around gaithersburg to leesburg. you have the best chance to pick up some rainfall and maybe a lot

it's already 81 in leesburg 75 downtown 65 in annapolis, 77 degrees in gaithersburg.four days shower chances both today and tomorrow. then we dry it out late in the week. one more check of the whole seven-day forecast before the show is over. >>> thank you, chuck. just moments ago, former arkansas governor mike huckabee announced that he is running for president. he made the announcement in his hometown of hope arkansas. he talked about his faith, and his beliefs. >> it was also here that i first ran for elected office when i ran for student counsel at hope junior high school. so it seems perfectly fitting that it would be here that i announce that i am a candidate for president of the united states of america. >> there are a few things to know about mike huckabee. he's an ordained baptist minister. he became the governor of arkansas in 1996 and served two full terms in office. huckabee has most recently written several books and hosted shows on fox news and abc radio. huckabee is different than many gop opponents because he does not shy away from social issues. he's

right now, it is 70 degrees in both frederick and gaithersburg. 70 martinsburg as well and 70 degreess. so we're going to gain close to ten degrees as we head into the afternoon. you can see on our wide view here, satellite and radar, that there are a couple of different disturbances heading our way. this is the one that could potentially spring up some showers and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon and evening. but then more energy waits in the wings and that will start to move toward us as we head into sunday and even monday. and on 9 futurecast, here comes those showers. just in the mountains though for this afternoon and early evening. we stay dry in the immediate metro. a little bit miranda rule humidity on saturday though. that's going to increase of course the chance for the popup showers and storms to develop. also a light breeze out of the south tomorrow can that's going fuel for that. more energy arrives on sunday and sunday looks like the more active day of the weekend. you can always check out the wusa9 radar app if you're on the go and see if there are any showers or thunde

so we're still fairly breezy. 50 in gaithersburg. 56 towards huntingdon. storm team radar 4 is clear. it's going stay that way the next 24 to 48 hours. once we get into the weekend is when i think we'll start to see showers and even a few thunderstorms. right now you see the cloud cover. but notice the direction. all coming down from the north. we still have clouds up towards the north and northwest. that's why temperature there's have not fallen quite so much. and once the winds die, we will really see those numbers fall. 50 crease the overnight low temperature today in d.c. 43 in martinsburg. 43 in gaithersburg and 43 towards manassas. when you wake up tomorrow morning, you're probably going to need the jacket. you're taking the kids to the bus stop or driving yourself, a very cool start for sure as most of us have seen the very warm weather the last few days. after that start sunny and nice during the afternoon, and really great tomorrow afternoon. after about 12:00, 1:00 temperatures should be nice. 65 to 72 degrees. that's what we're going for a high

we'll fall quickly. 56 in gaithersburg, leesburg, 9:00 low to mid-60s, sunshine. the arrows there, northwest winds all day tomorrow 10 to 20. that will make it feel cooler than it is. by 1:00 68 downtown, 65 in gaithersburg. we should make it into the low 70s downtown. some areas north and west will struggle to get out of the 60s. 62 to start, 64 at 9:00, 66 at 11:00, 68 with sunshine at 1:00. thursday temperature-wise will be the same day but gorgeous, no wind, 77 friday, very nice. we kept friday dry. next seven days isolated storms saturday, warmer, low 80s, a few storms sunday, low 80s, better chance for storms monday, >>> we take you live once again to tower breaking news tonight, a train out of union station here in washington has crashed, derailed just outside of north philadelphia. at least 238 people on board, five crew members and dozens injured. they're telling us more than two of the cars derailed, perhaps as many as 20 cars went off the tracks. you're looking live at the first ground level video we've seen tonight of exactly what the scene looks like.

rockville and gaithersburg and damascus also in the 40s.er on this morning, plenty of sunshine a very quick warm-up. average temperatures this morning will be in the mid-60s. we'll average out 80 degrees later on this afternoon looking and feeling like summertime out there. this warm weather is going to be continuing the next couple of days. metro highs today near 80 degrees in gaithersburg, 80 in alexandria, 82 downtown 80 clinton, maryland. later this evening, nice and warm, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, delightful outdoor picnic weather this evening or favorite sidewalk cafe. i'm sure they would appreciate the business. how long it will last and which days of the week have the best rain chance coming up. >> developing in baltimore this morning several people arrested for violating citywide curfew. our cameras were rolling as police arrested this man last night. after the 10:00 p.m. curfew went into effect protesters started throwing bottles at the police. that's when offices sprayed the crowd with pepper spray and this man got hit. they carrie

in gaithersburg. rockville, yeah you're not 87 my friends. most likely around 77 degrees there.e to work on that senator a little bit. but it has been warm just about everywhere today. no rain to talk about. no rain for tomorrow. tomorrow sun and clouds. temperatures tomorrow 77 to 83. we are going to see a beautiful day. then we turn our attention to the weekend. friday no worries at all heading downtown maybe sightseeing, heading into work friday around noon a few clouds but also a lot of sunshine during the day. friday evening looking nice. no problems at all there. watch what happens on saturday. saturday morning starting off around 8:00 cloud cover. a lot more cloud in the sky. maybe a few light showers. same deal around 1:00. we could see a few light showers falling into parts of the area. that's from system to the south that could become our first tropical system of the season. we'll talk more about that at 11:00. that could be the fist time hurricane center issues something in an advisory for that system. 82 on saturday. 83 on sunday. let's talk more about that weekend f

in the area of gaithersburg high school.tway looking good.of the beltway is getting slow on the outer loop. look at 270 into and out of town everything looking good. in prince george's county no major issues. just the normal slow downs inbound branch and indian head highway. 66 west of ox road looking good with the light volume. tom? >>> some of the rural areas we have a little bit of fog that's showing up. got this photo posted on my twitter page by patricia sherwood. this is in charleston west virginia. you see fog in the area, eastern sky lit up on fire this morning there with a few high clouds coming in. at good news on the pollen count. the oak tree pollen is peaked and is now decreasing. but the pollen count itself is still high. some mulberry and pine mixing in as well. highs today feeling like summertime well into the 80s. partly cloudy to our west. lots of sunshine around the met row area and the bay. >>> 6:33. the justice department expected to announce it will launch an investigation into the baltimore police depa

we're at 85 degrees. 82 gaithersburg. 85 when it feels like in fredericksburg and the humidity rising and the temperatures going up moving from very warm toasty pleasant-type conditions to later this week hot and downright oppressive. i'll show you just when it turns uncomfortable and storm chances to deal with this week too. so i'll have the timing on those, as well. >> thank you. >>> a day of reflection and remembrance as the nation pauses to honor those who made the greatest sacrifice. president obama laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns today at arlington national cemetery and then a moment of silence and noted it's been 147 years since the first memorial day. and that while the nature of war has changed, the values that drove those who have died in service to the country over the years remain constant. >> honor, courage, selflessness those values lived in the hearts of every day heroes who risked everything for us in every american war. men and women who now rest forever in these quiet fields and across our land. >> the president says the sacrifice of the fallen is a debt th

we'll do a couple of zooms here and shown you the rain up towards gaithersburg. look at this storm in and around the city of fairfax, very heavy rain right along 66 right along 50 and then this is heading right in towards arlington and right into the d.c. metro area. so downtown d.c. will most likely see this in the next 20 to 30 minutes. look down towards springfield, down towards mt. vernon and oxenon hill hill. this is the lightning right around quantico. they heavy rain along i-95. this is an area that alwayses has problems in the afternoon. stafford county yeninundated with rain. all of this continues to move off towards the east and will continue to move off towards the east as we move through the rest of the evening. a few more showers and even a couple more thunderstorms as we continue through the rest of the night. we will continue to track them for you on storm team 4 radar. plus i'm tracking another system. could be a tropical system that moves up the coast just in time for your weekend. >>> back to our breaking news now in charlottesville, virginia. o

4, and currently it's already warm out there, it's 68 degrees in leesburg and frederick, 70 in gaithersburg, and we have areas of fog and the same -- in the same areas that got rain yesterday. these are the same areas with the fog that had the best potential of seeing thunderstorms later on today so not so much east of the blue ridge, but if you live in the areas on the blue ridge or points west, you have a better potential of seeing some rain. on satellite and radar just clouds right now, no showers. we will track the potential for those showers for you, though, coming up in the first alert seven day. right now, mike, back to you. >> thank you. >>> happening this morning, former maryland governor martin o'malley will announce that he wants to be the 45th president of the united states. o'malley will throw his hat into the ring during an announcement on federal hill in baltimore using the city where he got his start in politics as his back drop. he will join hillary clinton and vermont's bernie sanders as they vie for the democratic nomination. he will have an uphill battle. he trails clint

most of the area now try, but we're still dealing with dloud cover and the chilly tpz. 50 in gaithersburg 24 in leesburg, a very chilly afternoon. we'll see a chilly evening. but tomorrow the sunshine rurp s returns. we'll talk more about the memorial day weekend, plus the first heat wave of the year. we've got that in the forecast as well. see you in a minute. >> thank you doug. >>> inkridible video of rocks and deree raining down on people and property near a quarry in sterling. something went wrong during a scheduled blast this morning at loudoun quarries. we've got surveillance video as large chunks of rocks land off-site on cars and homes. one person had some minor injuries. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey joins us with the story in a few minutes. >>> an ongoing child custody dispute appears to be at the heart of a double shooting. and the person accused of pulling the trigger is a 51-year-old grandmother. chopper 4 was over the scene shortly after the shots were fired last night in the parking lot of this mcdonald's restaurant in waldorf. that's where chris gordon is righ

once you head off to the north through gaithersburg and baltimore and laurel and columbia, your rainhances are there. they're just lighter rain for that area. by 8:00, we're looking at drier conditions already and then we get right back to a good forecast for friday and into the weekend. 76 degrees today. 67 for tomorrow. it's going to be cool and rainy for your thursday but the nats are still home for friday, saturday and sunday. memorial day just a few showers and scattered showers by tuesday. time for traffic. >> thank you. >>> your time right now 6:16. marc train riders everything running on schedule. vre running on schedule as well so we're off to a great start. taking on the inner loop of the beltway from dollley madison -- from dolly madison to baltimore a21-minute commute. we're problem free for the most part on 95 on the virginia side, especially if you're going to be heading frup cardinal drive to i-395 and making your way toward the 14th street bridge. and westbound on 50 from collington avenue to o street northeast, you're looking at a 17-minute commute this morning. sky

we're even going to add a few degrees to it. 57 for gaithersburg.olis and 58 down to fredricksburg. here's the fog i mentioned. dense fog advisory until 9:00 so through luray, front royal, warrenton, culpeper your visibility is at zero. you won't see much of anything. give yourself extra time and space. here's subtropical storm ana. not going to be a big impact for a lot of people. 2 to 4 inches of rain for the carolinas. so if you're headed to the carolinas, gab the umbrella and galoshes and for us a few stray showerses. the farther south you go of the district, the better chance you have for rain. today no rain. starting off with some clouds. a few stray showers. rain chances pick up on sound. cloudy skies to start. rain showers still mainly just south and even a few thunderstorms but we'll dry out by sunday evening. 83 degrees today, tomorrow and sunday. the nats game looks good. by next week near 90 degrees. we're going to warm up ahead of a cold front which will bring us nice weather by mid next week. good morning, larry. >> good morning. thank

now 45 in gaithersburg. as we head through the day, we'll see the sunshine helping to warm us into the 70s and even by lunch time it will be in the upper 60s. so very comfortable to spend outside. we'll talk more about this beautiful weather coming up in the first alert seven day. right now time for timesaver traffic and larry miller. >>> we have a major situation going on at the inner loop of the beltway at braddock road where we have all lanes shut down as a result of a vehicle fire. waiting for sky 9 to give us a picture. looks like we lost that. twients go to the trafficland -- i want to to the trafficland camera. all lanes closed causing major delays. if we can go to sky 9 we can show you what's going o. we're asking drivers to stay off the section of the beltway at this point because we're see making major delays as a result of this bus fire. we'll have an update in about ten minutes. >>> nearly five dozen lives of lost in a factory fire. >> one family is celebrating the birth of another boy this morni

i think it's a good rupp,' kind of morning. 52 for leesburg and 54 gaithersburg and 58 here in d.c..hat your weekend is shaming up to be and we'll -- shaping up to be and we'll talk >>> you both have family in town for the weekend. have you planned indoor activities for wart of your weekend? -- part of your weekend? >> i'm making some outdoor plans especially for saturday morning. i think that's going to be the time to be outside. >> that's it. >> i mean i'm banking on outdoors we got the bikes, we're going to be renting some. >> today looks good and tomorrow morning looks good. lot of farmers' markets on saturday. >> true. we'll go up -- and we'll see if we can convince mom to watch the preakness. >> yeah. i think -- >> that's right. >> the preakness might be a little wet. >> oh really? >> yeah. we are expecting a couple of showers saturday. saturday is going to be isolated it's going to be very hit or miss. so if it could hit preakness it could not. that's going to be a watching -- >> graduations that morning? >> all right, we'll find out -- >> all right. and on sunday, your rain c

a little lightning and thunder with this but very close to gaithersburg too. so heads up for that one, brief heavy downpours with that. some really heavy downpours right along the beltway where it meets with i-95 back down towards manassas between manassas and woodbridge and right around burke. let's zoom in and i'll show you where this is. notice springfield, right over towards annandale. here's burke city parkway. here's braddock road and some of the that rain on the heavy side. not a lot of lightning or thunder, but there is a little bit. the biggest issue will be the heavy rain. the heaviest rain will move right along the beltway towards alexandria towards mt. vernon. farther south, stafford county seeing some of that heavy rain. this will come right through quantico within the next 20 minutes, down towards culpeper county madison and orange counties moving in towards spotsylvania county and the city of fredericksburg. heads up once again the heaviest threat will be heavy rain. still warm 81 d.c. 86 fredericksburg but behind it we cool quickly, down into t

a stop and go pace for you as well making your way into gaithersburg. jummy: the u.s.has scheduled a news conference about an amtrak crash system, -- crash victim, justin zemzser. baltimore businessman bob gildersleeve jr. is among those still missing following the amtrak crash in philadelphia. his family spent yesterday passing out flyers knowing -- hoping someone knows where he is. you can get more wea >>> good morning, america. right now, investigators on the scene of the deadly train derailment now focusing on the engineer. the train speeding at more than twice the limit. his lawyer says this morning he can't remember what happened as the search goes on for passengers. >>> also right now tracking the severe weather in the south. drenches rain heavy flooding. dozens of people sfraifd rushing waters. more storms are on the way. >>> and thedy star speaking out about this terrifying moment op the track. how he walked away without injury. >> so glad that he did. we do say good morning, america. lot get to. we're tracking the massive great white shark off the coast of lo

cold front is getting closer to the area. 84 in frederick and gaithersburg. still warm in the valley. 86 in winchester. 85 in martinsburg. once the front passes it will be cooler and the drier air. we have a drop in the numbers by tomorrow morning. the front, itself it's not a lot of action with it. what action there is is in the outerbacks of the north carolina coast. we are getting off with isolated showers here and there. the front will move through and the winds kick northwest. that is how you know it passed the area. we have a process of the temperatures dropping. thursday we have area to push the shower northward through the area through the afternoon hours. we will clear out in the holiday weekend. tomorrow is breezy and sunny. 75 degrees. thursday we have a disturbance to the south. we only give it 30% of showers now. weekend will continue. sunshine and 75 on saturday. monday, big questions is temperatures. upper 80's to close out the holiday weekend. alison: not bad. still to come on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- >> i was just at the right place at the righ

currently 72 degrees in gaithersburg, it is a very warm start to the day once again. 71 in hagueers up to, 75 in do you want washington and 72 degrees at pax river. you can see the approaching cold front here on satellite and radar. it is mott moving west to east very quickly, it is mostly moving from southwest to northeast. this front will slowly find its way in. by the time we get into the work week we will have a little bit of relief from that heat and humidity. i'll track that for you, coming up in the first alert 7-day. >>> a legendary broadcaster in the cbs news family will call it quits in a few hours. bob schieffer will host his final face the nation. cameron thompson joins us for a look back at his career. >> reporter: it is a career going on for over 50 years, most of it here at cbs. starting in radio at the age of 20, switching to newspaper, television, and during that time he has covered just about every big story, including the assassination of president john f. kennedy, one that led him to a very famous scoop, getting lee harvey oswald's mother to answer the telephone. it

those are clearing on out. 62 downtown at the airport. 61 manassas. 54 gaithersburg. your morning planner to finish out the first half of the saturday morning, temperatures to rise in the upper 60s by lunchtime. low 70 stz for most of the afternoon with a light northwesterly breeze. perfect grilling weather tonight. sun doesn't go down until 8:20 this evening. great weather for all of the rolling thunder activities. >>> now to a developing story in d.c. new information in the murders of a d.c. family and their housekeeper. prosecutors say daron wint did not act alone when he held the savopoulos family against their will. >> their captors held the family until someone delivered $40,000 in cash to the house. they're now looking for the possible accomplices. derrick ward is live with more on this unfolding investigation. we noticed the crime team is still up derrick. >> reporter: well indeed this is still a crime scene. even though that crime occurred a week last thursday. you know there was enough evidence yielded here to lead to the arrest and murder charge against one

slow go closer to gaithersburg. 95 to baltimore and maryland. same thing. congestion from the capital beltway closer to get toward laurel. no problems on the road. we had an earlier accident but that is now gone. that is a look at the afternoon commute. back to you. alison: thank you. the richmond zoo has nine new cheetah cubs. they were born in the past month. that brings a total number of the cheetahs at the zoo to 25. new mom gave birth to a litter of four may 12. one of the cubs died in a few hours. howe second-time mom lana gave birth to six cubs which is apparently really unusually. the zoo has not named any of them yet. leon: your private messages are going public. snap chat is preparing an i.p.o. and the company is expected to be valued at $19 billion. the ceo announced a plan at a conference but he hasn't set a firm date when the public offering will be made. leon: "playboy" hopes less skin is more money. it hasn't turned a process in ten years.they launched it and it was revolutionary but now the company says with the internet everything is a clic

already 77 in gaithersburg and rocksville. 79 in leesburg and man nas sis. fredericksburg at 81. it's a warm and humid day outside today. there is still a 30% chance of more showers or thunder showers later on. once the cold front goes by after sundown a refreshing west to northwesterly breeze takes the humidity out. tomorrow's highs mid-70s. may have a quick passing shower or two on thursday. no big deal there. more importantly, right on into memorial day weekend. look like awesome weather other than a small shower chance monday. >> thank you. by now, you have probably heard that the president has joined twitter. it didn't take long for him to gain more than a million followers. one of the followers, bill clinton. he asked president obama if the twitter handle will remain when mr. obama leaves office. he added the hashtag, asking for a friend. the president replied with his own joke suggesting bill clinton might end up with the flotus if hill rinary clinton becomes president. >>> after the break, the changes being proposed including addition of body cameras. >>> the former >>> a

more than this south of lake forest mall in gaithersburg. keep your eye on the small truck on the left next to this bus. then another bus stops. even as the kids exit this blue car drives right past. it's not just the kids in danger school bus camera footage shows adults crossing the road nearly hit by cars that ignored the stopped bus. on this narrow piece of i-65 57 drivers ticketed louisiana year. >> i've seen it firsthand. >> this man says his daughter nearly hit in germantown. he says it's time to do something, a $500 fine for this. >> why pay $500 out of your own money and put a child at risk. >> reporter: they tried to raise the find but state leaders failed to get the votes. >> unfortunate drivers aren't paying attention. >> reporter: worry about drivers more focused on where they are going than what's right in front of them. scott mcfarland news 4 i-team. >> scary video to look at. one of the things so scary, you stop and a car goes around you thinking you stopped for no reason. >> it's easy to know when the big lights are blinking.

already 81 in leesburg 79 gaithersburg 75 in frederick, maryland. perfect pool day.our sunscreen also if you're spending time in the water. future weather already starting to show the development of showers and storms right along the blue ridge mountains here going northeast bound. one or two storms may need to be watched later this afternoon and gradually coverage should increase a little bit late into the afternoon and evening as well. worth keeping an eye out for. on the whole for grilling forecast 6:00 tonight, possibility of rumble or two of thunder around the area. things should dry out a little bit towards 7:00 and 8:00 as temperatures trend back down from the mid-80s to low 80s. already a little rain here on storm team 4 radar, northern frederick, kriegers town, sprinkles and showers over frederick county, maryland. already showers trying to bubble up in the heat of the day. not much else on the radar close to us. more sprinkles and showers in southwest virginia. this will also increase in coverage and intensity with daytime heating. keep an eye on that main

germantown gaithersburg tomorrow. it will be plenty warm plenty hot. and then friday a little higher elevated chance of seeing some showers and storms. here we are lunch time. scattered showers, thunderstorms, some could bring heavy rain. we will be seeing some higher humidity. here's a look at the storm team four day forecast. from 89 degrees expected tomorrow. upper 80s again on friday. your weeks, kind of split. it looks like sun will be the better feeling day with highs into the mid 80s. plenty sticky and a big stormy on saturday. especially during afternoon. here's your break. temperatures dropping back to the upper 60s to low to mid 70s the early part of next week. still storm chances for the remainder of this week. we'll have the very latest at 5:00. >>> 19 people are now confirmed dead in texas and oklahoma. >> the search for survivors is growing more desperate in central texas. jay gray is live in the town of wimberley where about a dozen people are still missing jay? >> reporter: yeah. an all-out search continues. what teams are really stress

gaithersburg at 48. fredericksburg the warmer spot at 57 degrees.peratures as we work our way into the afternoon and evening hours, feeling more like march versus late may. tomorrow though with will see temperatures warm up. in addition to the chill, i'm tracking light rain and drizzle here on storm team 4 radar. most of the area still seeing this activity. you can see here with future weather this pulls away from the area between about 3:00 and 5:00 p.m. overcast skies otherwise by about 6:00 7:00p.m. everybody should be dry. overnight tonight, skies clear and that leads to a cold morning tomorrow morning. temperatures around 54 degrees for those of you in the suburbs temperatures in the upper 40s. a high tomorrow of 77 so finishing the work week on a nice note with sunshine and a nice breeze. 74 saturday, plenty of sun, low humidity 82 on sunday. temperatures quickly warm up. low humidity on sunday. memorial day is a little muggy, a high around 90 maybe an isolated thunderstorm west of the district. low 90s tuesday and wednesday. >>> amelia thanks

gaithersburg to leesburg a chance for showers there and our best chance for rain will be along i-81. >>> a bounce house lifted 50 feet into the air. what we're learning about an accident and the number of children hurt. >>> a trial for a washington post reporter happening in iran this mornin puerto rico's healthcare system is on life support... putting three and a half million puerto ricans at risk. it's an outrage. puerto ricans are us citizens and pay the same medicare taxes, but receive only half the federal healthcare funding as the other 50 states. the headlines tell the story.... "unfair treatment from washington"... "thousands without medications"... "it's a crisis that could imperil the whole economy." president obama must act now to protect care for three and a half million u.s. citizens. before it's too late... >>> they made headlines for their controversial parenting style but this morning the so-called free range parents are facing one less legal battle. the maryland couple accused of child neglect for letting their two young children walk home alone have been cleared. th

you will have a partly sunny very warm and slightly more humid afternoon. 81 in gaithersburg, 82 frederick. generally in the metro area, about 85 this afternoon. the weather picture is still to systems that we are watching. i pressure off the mid-atlantic coast, and equipment to the northwest with the high-pressure is winning, but sooner or later the next few days that front will get car trigger an isolated shower or storm. that is all coming up in a few minutes. jummy: thank you. the list of 2016 hopefuls is getting a little crowded. two more republican candidates announced their campaign today. we take a closer look at the new contenders. >> i'm announcing my candidacy for the presidency of the united takes. >> yes i am running for president. reporter: two republican outsiders tossing their hat in the ring. dr. ben carson, a former chief neurosurgeon at johns hopkins university with no political background, says he is in. and another person who has never held political office, carly victorino, the -- carly fiorina. >> we need to return to a citizen run government. this is a critical poin