gaithersburg looking at you at 49 degrees this morning.he north and west at 8 miles per hour continuing to pump in cooler air. you can see those showers off to the north and west. that's a cold front heading in our direction once again. that's going to kind of reinforce this fall-like air mass that is finally taking hold. better late than never in late september. by 2 o'clock 73. 5 o'clock 74 degrees. somewhere between 2 o'clock and 5 o'clock we'll likely hit our high of 75 here in d.c., 75 for manassas, 76 for fredericksburg. some other places rather cool. 71 for leonardtown and gaithersburg for high temperatures today. all right, that's a check of your forecast. erin como is back with traffic this morning. hey, erin. >> right now it is 5:25. 66 westbound out in centreville the only crash we're tracking right now is blocking the shoulder at 29. no major slowdowns there. picking up. not enough to turn our green map red. seeing pleasant conditions there. through dale city we are starting to see a lot of traffic collecting on the northbound

you stand on the sheets and look at the people here today, long time gaithersburg residents say there'sn a sheet change of people that live in this town and that building behind us pouncing lots of new people. for them to get out today on a day like this beautiful weather, big crowd this is important. there's a lot of noise out there for them to be able to cut through that noise, noise from reporters included, you cannot aattention. >> yeah. >> from getting out and shaking hands the way they used to do it. >> kchbility beat the beautiful day, either. >> maybe the free candy. >> free candy. >> a lot of times politicians are around they give you that. >> two fans and unfortunately we had to wait for today until the nicest day of the weekend. it improved day-to-day. saturday rain all day and smro improvement. fantastic. you head back to work and school and everyone back to school tomorrow. warm enough that we'll have afternoon thunderstorms as cold front comes in and it will be feeling like fall. sweater weather, jacket weather by wednesday and rainy and damp too. late week look great with

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steve: having been a receptionist in gaithersburg many years ago -- ms. mcmahon: i actually -- not to cut you off, i was a receptionist in washington. at the law firm of covington and burling. that was my first job out of college. and later, they trained me as a paralegal in the probate division. steve: so do you feel like you have come full circle? ms. mcmahon: yes. but washington is so different then when i was here. it has grown so much. there was no metro when i was here but war. and living out in gaithersburg, it was a commute every day in and out of the city, which is pretty tough. but it was really fun and exciting, but incredibly challenging, you know, to be here and have the responsibility of an agency which the president has said can have one of the most significant impacts on the growth of the economy. when he talked to me about taking this position at trump -- i was in his office at trump tower. and just as i was leaving, he looked at me and walked me to said, i just he have one request. i said yes. he said do a good job. i told him i was goin

. ♪ ♪. >> reporter: this is gaithersburg, maryland, labor day 2017. the 79th year in a row, since fdr was president, the streets are lined with pomp, with paraders, and, of course, with politicians. >> there is nothi face-to-face physical contact. because you really get to sense what a person is like. it's a chance to get to people meet them one-on-one. look them in the eye, shake hands. >> they're running for all kinds of things here. governor, congressman, council seats you name it. what's better than having a website or twitter or facebook page >> there's nothing better than in person contact. i love parades, it gives me a chance to meet voters shake hands. >> they're running for different things, they all got one thing in common. trying to cut past social media. >> the problem is that you really don't get a chance to talk to the people. >> these days in an age of twitter, facebook and snap chap, talking with people in person, that's gotten harder >> it is a little bit challenging, harder to knock on doors because people, you know, they don't neces

we are all dry, 50s to around 60 degrees now, highs in your hometown today, 69 in gaithersburg. 72 degrees in manassas. the team is teaming up with us. we'll bring you the latest >> thank you if you dined at whole foods, they hacked and it did not spread to purchases made at the grocery store, itself. amazon recently acquired whole foods, butter that systems are not connected. >>> if you are just waking umm, this is not a dream. this is real life. you can't make this stuff up. listen, taco bell and forever xxi clothing store will be rolling out a fashion line, the duo will team up to offer itemss such as tank top design. it will look like a packet of taco bell signature fire sauce. interesting there. the collection will be available beginning okay 11th in for jen xxi stores and online. >>> a foam fit for royalty is right in our back yard. we're talking about the newest d.c. design house. news 4's barra harrison got a tour of the house b the $10 million home is on congressional court in potomac. it has nine bedrooms, a ballroom, a two story library and pool with its own pool house departmen

check out gaithersburg at 54 degrees. baltimore 57 annapolis 62.n leonardtown waking up to temperatures in the 50's this morning at 59 degrees. fredericksburg 46. looks to me like culpeper you win the cool spot award. 53 degrees as you start your and labor day forecast but these temperatures will generally be quick to rise as we head into those afternoon hours. here's your forecast on this labor day. 85 degrees, winds out of the south and west, a little bit breezy from time to time at five to 15 but all things considered just about a perfect labor day here and guys we'll be warming things up over the next few days. we've got a summer-like day tomorrow and then another taste of fall at the end of the week. we'll explain that and of course all eyes are on hurricane irma this morning. she is still a category three storm that is a major hurricane with winds of 115 miles an hour. she continues to churn her way westward. again, she's a powerful storm. got some new modeling in this morning and things are starting to come into a little bit of agreement. we

tomorrow, maybe 69 in gaithersburg at 9:00. but we will be warming up. 1:00, 83. so pretty warm in the mountains. by this time for tomorrow night and high school football, toasty, 79 in gaithersburg. 83 downtown. 81 in fredericksburg, tomorrow night, date night plans? perfect. dinner outside? temperatures in the 60s and 70s. pretty sweet. as we say goodbye to summer and hello 83 at 81:00. saturday, bison and terps in town. sunday, hosting the raiders, effort toy, -- toasty. marie will linger off the coast next week and the only affects will be rough surf and dangerous riptides. >>> president trump has issued a new executive order ramping up the pressure on north korea to abandon the nuclear program. the order is to cut off sources of revenue. another major blow that china said, they are chinning -- joining one of the largest trading partners with north korea. >>> in frederick, maryland, two teenagers are behind bars charged with kidnapping and raping a classmate. one of those are charged with an adult, and the alleged this said that the third suspect wore a mask.

it's 59, walk, 54 leesburg, gaithersburg is 49 degrees, dulles 48. in front royal, if are you walking the dog today or you need one to walk, this is mickey, he's adorable a. little tongue out. he's available. can you head to their website. . >> good morning. we had a couple hiccups in virginia. this is on 95 northbound just after lorton. you see everything is on the main lanes, it's within that heavy traffic pattern rolling north out of woodbridge. we had issues on 66 eastbound near sudley road, that was cleared. it was on the ends of the acceleration lane, the through lanes were never affected. there is virtually no delay. back to you. >> jack, thank you. he will never hurt another child, tough sentencing in a school sex abuse case. what families in the middle still have more pa into endure? ralphcandidate for governor,rtham, and i sponsored this ad. they're studying for 21st century jobs. but ed gillespie supports donald trump's plan to take money out of virginia public schools and give it to private schools. ed gillespie worked for lenders trying

we'll have a couple fair weather clouds today but that's it. 56 in washington. 49 in gaithersburg.hilly start. 48 there for winchester. look at culpeper, manassas at 46 degrees. grab the jacket as you get the kids off to the bus stop this morning, they'll most likely need it. 76 degrees is your daytime high later on this afternoon. we'll have lots of sunshine. it's a great day to get out and enjoy once the kids get home from school, celebrating their very first weekend. you'll have plenty of time to get out and enjoy this wonderful weather. that's the latest from the weather department over to erin como now for traffic. >> visit buy a toyota.com for special offers. >> we're just getting things edited on our map. we had a scheduled bridge opening. this is out in oxon hill. wilson bridge was up in both directions but i can tell just watch for some residual delays. not the only incident we're dealing with this morning. let's take a look right now on 66 westbound out in centreville. we do have a center left lane blocked before 28. as you can see those taillights starting to collect rig

future cast tomorrow morning. 63 in gaithersburg. 67 in bethesda.re back into the 70s for the most part by 9:00. by lunchtime, you can walk to lunch. there cowboy showers in dover. there will be showers again, west of i-81 in the mountains. sort of elevation driven if you will. tomorrow night, 60s in frederick. 68 in gaithersburg. a little muggier tomorrow night than tonight. day planner, starting off in the upper 60s. 79 with sunshine at 11:00. 84, sunshine at 1:00. we kind of do it all over again on thursday. 86. we do it all over again on friday, 85. this is a nice stretch of weather as close on friday. great for terps, but toasty. 88 again on monday. 87 on tuesday. right now, we don't have a shower or a thunderstorm on the seven day. ♪ [ music ] >>> all right, so redskins linebacker zach brown just challenged every nfl quarterback to throw the ball. i will be the first to admit, the redskins run defense much better this year. pass defense, no. they rank 28th in the league. for football fans, that stinks. so listen to my man, zach brown. i love t

look at your morning temperatures. 59 in washington, gaithersburg is 48. here in bowie it's 52 degrees. 46 this morning winchester. so, consider a jacket. you might want it as we're going to be slow to warm up but later this afternoon a beautiful, beautiful afternoon. 75 degrees. is that nice weather? >> yeah. >> all right. going to be a gorgeous weekend. details on the weekend forecast coming up erin i'm going to toss it back in to you. having a great morning out here so far and i got a cool shirt. >> looks like a lot of fun out there. traffic on the way to bowie looking pretty good on 50. problems on 270 southbound. we have a new crash out in gaithersburg before the split so caution there. also in rockville up in montgomery county person hit by a car east gaudy drive westbound before calhoun drive. police on location. earlier crash involving a tractor-trailer and a vehicle on-ramp from central avenue also slowing a bit. outer loop looks good. as we make our way over to 95 northbound crash blocks the shoulder out by fairfax county parkway. about a 30 minu

it isre germantown and gaithersburg. beltway at -- in the outer loop, still picking up the cones. inner loop, the work zone cleared between connecticut and georgia. that's where we stand right now in traffic land. back to you. >> dave, thank you. it's 4:30. >>> we're hearing of widespread damage and mudslides in dominica after hurricane maria hit overnight. as the prime minister said on facebook two hours ago that we have lost all that money can buy. imagine the prime minister putting that out publicly about the devastation in his country. chuck was talking about puerto rico. thousands who still don't have power because of hurricane irma and now brace for maria. >> they're thinking 100,000 evacuees, may need shelters. stores in central fa florida are stocking up on fly wood, propane, batteries. maria's long-term track is still

off year but state and local offices up for grabdz in maryland and some who want those offices gaithersburg. tom fitzgerald is live ton tonight. >> reporter: you consider all the social media in your lives these days and consider your own home. how likely is it you would onen a door when someone knocks and how likely you take one of the phone calls you don't know the number. not likely. which means parades like this one in gaugeers burges on labor day are a very old-fashioned way and very important way for politicians to get out and cut through that noise. ♪ >> reporter: this is gaithersburg maryland, labor day, 2017. and for the 79 year in a row since fdr was president the streets are lined with po potential with paradeers. -- with pomp, paradeers and of course, with politicians. better than face to face physical contact because you really get to sense what a person is like. >> it's a chance to get to people and meet them one-on-one and look them in the eye and shake hands. >> they're running for all kinds of things here. governor, congressman. council seat. you name it. what's better abou

anyhowh 69 degrees in washington. 62 gaithersburg. we're cool this morning but closely watching harvey as a tropical depression over tennessee. a lot of the rain now in kentucky. we're seeing the cloud cover from it. so for today, cloudy and cool. harvey rain gets here tomorrow. sunday and monday looking pretty good. a closer look at the area. the clouds will stay with us. it will help to hold the temperatures down. should remain mostly dry until tonight. an increased chance of showers. by noon, not budging too much. still in the upper 60s. clouds will be with us. around 70 degrees with maybe a few showers. here's future weather. 1:00 p.m. today. mainly dry. clouds are here still. 11:00 p.m. showers moving in overnight. saturday morning, 8:00 a.m., scattered showers. afternoon and evening. 3:00 p.m. saturday. now at 8:00 p.m., we're not dry. not drying out until sunday. the weekend forecast not good on saturday. sunday looks good. 80 degrees. improving conditions. more sunshine. monday 84. we're also watching a major hurricane out in

by 10:00, walking the dog late, still in the upper 70s downtown. 72 degrees gaithersburg, 73 degreesrick, 76 in leesville. by morning, still pretty toasty. even though we see the northwest winds, the front near, 60 lunchtime, set for -- except for some winds, it's a beautiful day to have lunch outside. we are heading for the upper 70s to around 80 degrees tomorrow. on the day planner, mid to low 70s to start and 74 degrees at 11:00 and up to 77 degrees at 1:00. notice the winds north northwest at 60 miles per hour winds higher gusts. on friday, cooler air. 75 degrees, even cooler air on saturday. 69 degrees. the next 7 days. sunday in the low 70s. mid-70s on monday. upper 70s tuesday and wednesday. a beautiful stretch of whether but again we don't have a rain drop on the seven-day and we have had no measurable rainfall since september 15. that is not a good thing for the fall foliage. >> thanks, tom. >>> a rocket attack at the kabul airport was apparently targeting the secretary of defense, james mattis. james mattis wasn't there at the time of attack. he was meeting with the afghani

if you're around gaithersburg, let's zoom on into this area. gaithersburg right here. here is rockville coming in across 270. now we're in rush hour. that's going to slow things down coming out of the district and some of the heaviest rain right now this news storm formed right along drainsville road, in towards parts of the herndon area, watch out in this region, this will hit right towards great falls and over towards river road over the next half hour to hour or so. this whole thing moves through the city. look at this line, very long line. this is a cold front that's going to be moving through, temperatures today, mid to upper 80s. we're only in the upper 60s to low 70s. now, let's turn our attention down to the south. hurricane irma, not just major hurricane, unprecedented in this part of the atlantic ocean, the strongest hurricane ever in the atlantic. we've had stronger in the caribbean and gulf, but in the any time you see an eye, that clear, that round, you know you've got yourself a big storm right now approaching the islands. very close to puerto rico by thi

she's taking off from the gaithersburg airport. she was at the airport cafe. nice hidden gem in gaithersburg. >> you look comfortable in there, molette. looking fine. >> enjoying the >> the barrel rolls or something. >> the loop did he loop. >> the airport cafe is cool. you can have pancakes and then get in the plane. >> somara, i'm going to be eating the breakfast and watching from a safe distance. there we are. >> some of the folks there at the cafe up early with us this morning. they're normally up early eating there. not a lot of people know about this cafe. it's on the runway essentially at the gaithersburg airport. >> so cool. >> good view of the sunrise there. >> yeah. >> i'm going to tell you, i'm knot getting in that plane. >> you're in more danger driving to the airport than in the plane. >> i know this logically. but i don't know. >> i'd do it. >> you would do it. >> in a minute. >> molette, thank you for teepg us about this nice hidden gem there in montgomery county. the airport cafe. please lord god help her get back to the shiemt she does have a

by 8:30, 9:00 on friday 66 in gaithersburg, 69 in bethesda, clear. futurecast is emphatic bringing clouds back in. by 6 p.m. we're 84, 80 in gaithersburg and there time tomorrow night we're in the upper 70s still downtown, low 70s in the burbs. on the day planner 70 to start, 74 by 9:00, 81 by 11:00 and then 85 i think with full sun still by 1:00. friday warm again, 85, first full day of fall, going to feel like 86 on saturday for the terps. we're looking at temperatures warm on sunday. i know it's a night game. think at the start of the game and maybe some showers monday and tuesday. that could be actually from maria. >> that weather looks like real good on sunday. >>> i mean they're looking forward to the game on sunday. that's all i'm going to put out there. the skins are ready for the raiders. >> are they practicing? >> yes. they were on the field practicing. >> hope so. >> we have a preview as they prepare for the raiders. >> also kirk ♪ hey grandpa. hey, kid. really good to see you. you too. you tell grandma you were going fishing again? fe kee

mid 80s. 67 gaithersburg. 79 clinton. 73 degrees. if you're walking the dog today, this morning is going to be the coolest time obviously. this isev figure out how to give her a home. by 8:00, 80 degrees. by the afternoon, 89 degrees. tropical storm maria which is a tropical storm spinning off the north carolina coast. churning up the seas here. as we go into the next 24 hours, this is going to move off the shore. look at the cooler temperatures as we go into friday after noon. talking about highs in the mid to low 70s. look at our temperature trend. we have a huge temperature swing coming up. normal highs, 79 degrees. tomorrow at 90 and tomorrow at 80. breezy tomorrow. friday, mid 70s. look at saturday, low 70s. this is windows down weather, not today. as we go into the weekend, absolutely gorgeous. feeling like fall. really nice out there. >>> let's check your commute with jack taylor. good morning, jack. >> hey, sheena. 66 eastbound out of linden a vehicle left the roadway down authorities should be on the scene by now. 66 eastbou

long gone. 59 degrees in washington right now. 58 in baltimore. 55 in gaithersburg.e weekend, high pressure will still be in place and we're actually going see fantastic weekend here. it will be cool with temperatures in the 70s. but overall, fantastic. so as we end to the work week tomorrow approach the weekend sunny and cool, 73 there on 74 on sunday. looks beautiful. nice weather here through about monday and then we'll see the effects of irma if irma takes that more eastward trek expect great effects in the means of clouds and showers. that's your seven day forecast erin is back with traffic. busy? >> it is busy caitlin. problems continue to pop up. outer loop looks good but this is the inner loop delay let me get out of the way parked from the springfield interchange we have a crash by braddock road so give yourself extra time if you're headed on the inner loop the delays continue north of 66 toward the legion bridge through tysons as usual. as we forward things along. not the only slow down. things are moving once again. we had earl err crash 95 northbound thro

that's exciting. 42 miles an hour 270 in gaithersburg.r. still about 30 minute delay from urbana to the bell way and the beltway is just awful this morning. earlier construction equipment that broke down was blocking the right land by old georgetown road on the outer loop. that cleared a little while ago but look at that jamup by colesville road. outer loop from 95 to the spur, 71 minutes that's an hour and 11 minute ride. so unfortunately drive times not improving and in that mix, we also have a stalled vehicle by new hampshire avenue, 66 westbound crash by nutley street. delays typical on 395 northbound to the pentagon. metro is on time. back to you guys. >> erin thank you very much threat of major hurricane again bearing down the us this time florida. recover row from hurricane harvey in texas all of this mimixed in with the usual political hurricanes on capitol hill in the white house they'll be tracking it all weekend on fox news sunday. chris capitol his hill it's not the usual political hurricanes on capitol after what happened in

the olde towne gaithersburg labor day parade begins at one p.m. in herndon, virginia.. a labor day festival will run from 11 a.m. until five p.m. at the herndon town green. the event will feature virginia wine and craft beer tastings, live music, and a craft show. at xx time for weather. toss to eileen - sunny & warm labor day - hot & humi school tomorrow; pm storms - rainy midweek - tracking hurricane irma - impacts to u.s. possible by early next week today: mostly sunny. seasonably warm and breezy. highs: 83-86 winds: sw 5-15 mph tonight: mainly clear. milder. lows: 64-70 winds: sw 5 mph tuesday: mostly sunny. hot, humid, and breezy. pm thunderstorms. highs: 86-89 winds: sw 10-15 g 20 mph a bird has people missouri. why folks are making sure to look up when they walk outside -- that story's after the break. mysteriously popping up and attacking people in the kansas city area. owls have swooped down on at least three families in the last several weeks. the attacks even have experts scratching their heads. usually - owls tend to avoid people but can become aggressive wh

high school marching bands, dance groups and others will participate in the gaithersburg labor day paraded the skins soon say goodbye to a teammate? >> rumors are that the safety -- one of their safeties su'a cravens could retire. we'll explain why coming up next. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ >> congress getting back to work after their long summer recess. lots of work to be done. live look at the capitol dome on this labor day monday morning 2017. i'm want to put us in 2018 wisdom. let me just pump my brakes. >> we don't want to move too fast. >> it is 6:32. welcome back to fox5 news morning. weather and traffic for you on the 5s at 6:35. that i know for sure. come back everybody. time is 6:32. developing overnight south korea responds to north korea's later test nuclear test with a military exercise of its own. earlier this morning the south conducted a live trial deploying a number of land attack response missiles. meanwhile the u.s. warned it would answer any threat from north korea. >>> president donald trump has decided to end the daca program which grant permits to undocumented workers brought to th

temperatures are mainly in the 50's. 55 in gaithersburg, 60 in washington, 57 westminster.le though. later this afternoon we'll have a much nicer day. yesterday was pretty miserable. 74 degrees. we are going to see those clouds clear out pretty quickly after sunrise and it will be light and comfortable and a light west wind. seven-day forecast, i got to say we're in for some fantastic weather through the weekend even into early next week. back up here in the northeast, high pressure is in place. cool high pressure. so we're going to have high temperatures in the low to mid 70's. that's below normal for early september. lows in the 50's here. irma's effects will be felt by us by tuesday if we -- especially if we see that track that's a little bit further off the coast of southeast. we're closer to the carolinas, we're close to get something effects. that will be tuesday into wednesday so watching that closely here. 6:18. that's your seven-day forecast. erin good morning. i love t glasses. >> thank you. i was feeling studious or my contacts didn't want to go in. taking a look

the incident occurred inside a nist lab in gaithersburg august 18. the agency says at least one radiation staff member might have been exposed to a glass capsule shattered inside the storage box. that employee received medical treatment. a nist spokeswoman said the safety of staff is of highest priority and access to the room was immediately restricted after the incident. unexpecters are expected to release findings to staff within 45 days. scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team. >> the district is rolling out a new service. it will send you alerts when your car is towed or it gets booted. right now you have to call someone to figure out where your car is. but if you register your vehicle in this system, the city will notify you if it has been towed, relocated, or if it has had a boot placed on it or removed from it. more than 50,000 vehicles are towed and booted in the district a year. >> i've done my part. >>> you will remember this crazy story. the woman caught on camera throwing urine on that bus driver in d.c. back in the news today. this time there is

in the suburbs, gaithersburg, wraps temperatures in the upper 40's. a look at the extended outlook at 6:50. julie: back to flip the switch from a cd he. ok. eastbound washington boulevard a left lane is, blocked, explaining the unusual backup coming in on washington boulevard. as track 7 coming in, not busy as yesterday, but boy, is it slow coming off of interstate 95 onto the beltway. thankfully, all the lanes are open. that's the traffic watch, i'm back in 10, larry. dangerous conditions on the eastern shore. ryan hughes what are you working on? ryan: signs are posted here in ocean city telling people about the dangerous rip currents caused by tropical storm maria. we will have a live look, coming up the. -- up next. herenumber of firefighters at the ecuadorian embassy. coming up, i'm a lawyer, and i have clients, and i am proud to do what i do on behalf of my clients. narrator: the clients john adams and his team are so proud to work for? banks accused of money laundering. big corporations accused of defrauding taxpayers. and mortgage lenders accus

off and on delays to the gaithersburg interchanges.ate you on the accident we have been following heading into centreville, braddock road, all eastbound lanes were blocked at pleasant valley road. police tell us a have the westbound lanes blocked to try to get that out of the roadway. your best option probably going to be 50, john mosby highway. we are tracking new devastation from hurricane maria. the entire island of puerto rico is without power after taking a direct hit. the storm wiped out entire power grids and left everyone there to fend for themselves. this warning, first images coming out show the unbelievable damage. debris everywhere. there are danger -- there is a floodi. inches of rain from now through saturday. overnight, president trump tweeting a message of support. the governor had asked to declare the island a disaster zone. hurricane maria is now the most powerful storm to strike the u.s. territory in nearly 90 years. racing tows are rescue survivors of another disaster. 7.1 magnitude earthquake in mexico city. -- a y

still a lot of brake lights and slowing through gaithersburg and rockville because of congestion.sh cleared 66 eastbound by sutly road and second crash 28 september is areville reported and brake lights on that camera. make it bigger for extra port. but i will tell you between 24 and beltway 40 minutes ride yellow zone crash in lorton route 1, 95 northbound main lanes heavy volume dale city to stafford you back up as well because of congestion courthouse road. taking a live look crawl around almost parked new hampshire beltway outer loop 95 beltway 26 minute trip heavier volume here oxon hill upper loop. as you make your way southern maryland red zone northbound brandy whine to 301 split to seratz road. opening up to 21 miles an h hour. traffic heavy at the split. i'll let you know if anything changes. all metro rail lines on time. back to you guys. >> 6:52 now thank you so much erin. we're look ago head to good day d.c.. more with wendy williams and new season. mraws erin's full interview with jake jillenhall about new movie "stronger" and wisdom goes one-on-one with terrence jay

gaithersburg you'll probably drop back down into 50's.here's still showers out there and and i think we're still going to have showers. still probably 3:00 maybe 4:00 in the morning. nothing too heavy. you see the motion here, there's light rain through frederick county and farther down to the south, coming up in the southern pretty good rain. eventually this moves in calvert county and over to the eastern shore. it's moderate rain, the heaviest of it is to the south and thunderstorms we had earlier over to the eastern shore. those have since moved out. here's the deal. still showers around at 1:00 a.m. maybe few showers lingering until 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. then i think we start drying out. probe wake up tomorrow morning with a few clouds around and then, yes, it does get better. tomorrow is pretty good. labor day is fantastic. we'll talk more about that coming up. full forecast in just a bit. >>> they have worked so hard and the coordination between the federal and the state and the local has been terrific and we'll keep it going that way.

she's a gaithersburg residence and a former obama administration official.she is ready to win. >> they say no man can beat governor hogan. well, i'm no man. >> she will have to face off against six other democrats before she can take on governor hogan. maya cummings says she is considering running for governor. >>> we are learning more about prince gorges becomeamazon's new home. they're proposing three sites, college park, greenbelt and new carrollton are all primed for amazon headquarters. the county leads maryland in job creation. this would bring 50,000 more jobs. residents in prince gorges county pretty excited for the opportunity to have such a large addition to the county. >> all of the jobs. larry hogan supports baltimore for the new home. he would stand by any area in maryland. this will be a huge gift. >> wherever it was. >> yeah, huge. the lincoln memorial vandalized against due to visiting the u.s. he can face 20 years in prison. park police say they caught him scratching letters into one of the pillars with a penny. at one point he told police h

gaithersburg, wokville, darnstown to east to aspen hill and olney. they have heavy storms.ief wind gust, heavy rain and a touch of hail reported now and then. we will pull back and show you the big picture. the storms extend to pennsylvania. a few more thunderstorms south and west of fredericksburg. the day planner to give you timing here through tomorrow. we will have mostly cloudy we will have occasional showers ad we will hit late afternoon. upper level cold front comes through. and then we get to thursday and beyond. it's beautiful around the area. top winds and the gusts up to 200 miles per hour. headed west at 15 miles per hour. hurricane warnings up for northern leeward islands and the british virgin islands. we think the center will go north of puerto rico and cuba and officially according to the latest forecast, probably skim the northern section of all the islands, hispaniola, dominican republic and cuba. and slowly weak on the category four. even by sunday it is expected to have 140-mile-per-hour sustained wind and turn north. all of south florida, west side, sou

annapolis rainfall, gaithersburg, leesburg, lawrenceburg more moderate rainfall.k had at these temperatures. rainy and chilly everybody here except baltimore and annapolis in the 50s. 59 in wa frederick, 54. take a look what will happen. by lunchtime and shortly after we'll see showers around. through the evening hours still scattered showers. early sunday morning. maybe a few showers. then we finally see improvements for sunday afternoon. if you have the pool in the forecast, days for the good. temperatures in the 60s. tomorrow around 80, 84 on monday or heading to shenandoah to do hiking. rabz and chilly today. sunday gradual clearing and monday does look like the best day. the best day out of the weekend sunday afternoon, monday, tuesday, closer wednesday. a look at the labor day weekend coming up. >> sheena, we'll check in with you then. he's committed to your safety. his journey, far from easy. remarkable adventure >> in which i'm about to enter. >> in which i'm about to enter. [ applause ] >>> there they are right there, 15 new d.c. firefighters on the stree

certainly worst that we're expecting for mia he a. 71 in d.c., 65 gaithersburg, dulles 6.m this time of year. should be starting off in 50s for this time of year. later on this afternoon instead of heading for the 70s going back to 80s. 84 this afternoon and 6 mannasas and 4 quantico and fredericksburg. big storm system ahead of the great lakes. jet streams off north as well. it's all coming down to the south. we're finally going to snap into fall. you've been waiting for fall like feel. 60s and 70s your way. towards sunday. if you can't stand the heat hang in there a couple days. 4 today. up to near 9 0 tomorrow. thursday transition day. fronts comes through dry. in fact looks like coming through sunny. 82. friday 74, saturday, sunday, weekend looks gorgeous if you like fall weather. temperatures lower 70s and morning on the chilly side. sorry erin i know you like the pool last weekend. it's not looking like pool this weekend. >> 5:49 and we're parked on baltimore washington parkway southbound. all southbound lanes closed between 197 and powder mill road. and that is beca

comfortable and 54 for a low in gaithersburg and 64 downtown. we'll come back and talk about the clouds from irma and if they will lead to showers and storms and there is a yellow alert in the future. >>> looters arrested during irma topping tonight's trending segment, the miami police department showed a viral picture on facebook. >> thinking about looting? ask these guys how it turned out. #stayindoors. the picture has looting suspects behind bars. video of looters has showing up on our facebook feed. police have arrested more than two dozen people for taking what they wanted in south florida. it's the most popular story on our wusa 9 facebook page. >>> a top comment from ebenezer who writes now they should have to make restitution for the stolen shoes and those ruined in parking lots. >> and this one, these guys are idiots thinking they had taken vfnlg of the situation for ghaght -- advantage of the situation but forgetting they had backup generators. >>> a miami woman went into labor early on sunday morning. paramedics, the dispatcher, the d

so it is very comfortable outside, but it's mild. 63 gaithersburg, 69 manassas and fredericksburg andin at 76 degrees. if you're commuting -- many of you are, but if you're about to leave the house and leave for your commute, we're looking at dry roads this morning. 74 degrees. by lunchtime, look how warm we're getting. 85 degrees and by 5:00 p.m. you'll have the ac on. temperatures close to 90. we could have a stray shower around at best. we're still watching now tropical storm maria off the north carolina coast line. this thing is going to head out to sea. what's going to help it do that is a cold front. it's really going to be cooling us down. we'll take a look at the fall weather on the way. that's coming up. let's check the roads with jack taylor, wtop. hi, jack. >> good morning. crash eastbound washington

navy coreman matthew foreman surprised his five-year-old son cameron at his school in gaithersburg. the teacher told the class a guest reader was coming. look at the look on his face when he sees it's his dad. there wasn't a dry eye in the house. not even the dad's. >> he does ho his son $5. i told him he was going to cry. he said he wouldn't. >> it seems like a long time. >> c'mon. >> when the dad gets choked up. >> kills me. >> he missed cameron's birthday and first day of school. he was serving overseas. he was gone for almost 8 months. the teachers worked with the pta president to coordinate everything and pull off the surprise. >> i love . military reunions, the families sacrifice on both ends, to have this five-year-old see his dad like that again, nothing better. >> we don't think about that, the spouse sits behind picking up all that slack. i know that feeling when you walk in the door. >> i know. >> your little boy comes running up to you with a big hug. >> you miss him after six hours. eight months away. >>> as you step outside this morning, it will feel a lot different th

sprinkles here and there, and we have not issued a yellow alert thursday morning. 70 downtown and 65 gaithersburg and manassas. 11:30, a lot of clouds and back in the 70s. 74 in bowie and 74 in fredericks burg. thursday afternoon, more active and looking ahead to the weekend. >>> a guilty plea accused of killing an actress and yoga instructor. johnson was spotted driving the victim's car and had keys in the vehicle pleading guilty to first-degree murder. >>> vandals have gone after a statue for a historical figure long before the confederacy. francis scott key what became our national bruce leshan has more. >> reporter: 203 years after francis scott key penned the poem about the nighty he survived the bombardment of fort henry, this, red paint along the statue, the words slave owner and racist anthem. >> this is ridiculous. did you see this? >> reporter: just last month, baltimore removed 4 confederate monuments. but the mayor said she has no plans to remove the key memorial nor any way to protect her. >> this is just appalling. >> reporter: former 49ers' quarterback colin kaepernick still does n

win chester and 78 in gaithersburg. patuxent river at 77. this evening we have partly cloudy skies. it's comfortable outside. no rain worries. this is what is left of the circulation around what was once irma. fair amount of rain that is pushing north. it is going to migrate east/northeast. our chance of the direct impact of what is left comes tomorrow afternoon and everything where we will get the showers developing. southerly winds and sunshine. more humidity. thunderstorms may pop. it is the middle of september but the sun is still intense. afternoon evening and then we clear out early on friday. we will be in good shape after. this is early tomorrow morning. showers like 9:00. then we will get going in the late afternoon and everything. 80 tomorrow on partly cloudy and 82 on friday. there is a slight chance of isolated shower but this is great weather through the upcoming weekend. take a look at the extended outlook now. take us through tomorrow with the thunderstorm chances and a brief shower along the beaches for friday. that is it. the weekend is good. lower 80's. partly clou

looks good currently. 83 gaithersburg. 80 manassas, 79 in clemdon and annapolis at 89 degrees.still watching maria, even though it looks like it will stay well off-shore we're still watching. it is a gat corey three off dominican republic. it is going to stay east of the bahamas and head out to sea. it could causse increased rip current. it might be a few days before jose moves away. there's nothing to push it. parts of the new england coastline dealing with problems from this along their coast with water being pushed on shore, but locally for us it is not going to come back here so we can expect nice conditions. a few clouds north of the district, but as we go through the day today it looks pretty good. tomorrow first day of fall technically it starts at 4:02, but degrees. normal high is 78 degrees, so that shows you how much above normal we're going to be. look at the weekend. looks good. sunny and warm even into next week. those 80s are going to system around. >> all right. >> i'm eyeing the follow weekend. that's when we get into the 70s. that's what i want to see. >> can't

we're warming up and dry. 80 in manassas, 75 gaithersburg.king the door or need one we have roxanne available at the humane rescue lines. by 4:00 p.m. we're dry but hot. 87 degrees. feeling more like summer. if you've been wondering what happened to jose it's out there, affecting new england right now. 's currently we have clouds around and then we'll see more sunshine as we go through the afternoon and through the weekend. look at these temperatures. friday, technically the first day of fall but will feel like summer. normal high this time of year is 78 degrees. we are well above normal, guys. >> really. >> thank you. >>> well, it's going to feel like summer today as sheena mentioned. the season is almost over. but the gardens in our area are still produce something really great fruits and vegetables. >> after the break doing cooking ralphcandidate for governor,rtham, and i sponsored this ad. they're studying for 21st century jobs. but ed gillespie supports donald trump's plan to take money out of virginia public schools and give it to priva

here is the futurecast, tonight, 10:00, clouds, and that's it. 59 in gaithersburg, and 6:00 a.m., 56 in manassas and clouds and 9:00, clouds, and we'll take clouds. that's getting off easy. 1:00, 73 and still clouds and maybe a couple of sprinkles back to the west and for the most part, more clouds anything. low 60s to start downtown. near 70 by 11:00 and 73 at 1:00. as we get into wednesday, a better chance of showers and thunderstorms, 82, and a few showers and storms on thursday and 82. again, i don't think we are worthy of a weather alert at this point. a couple of showers and storms friday, and a thunderstorm possible saturday, few and star between -- far between. but not a bad weekend. afternoon clouds next monday, perhaps from jose. >>> in alexandria, virginia, children are going home without enough food. it's not a fun thing to talk about, but a brave 7th grader talked about what it was like to go hungry and then challenged all of us. >> imagine if you were in that situation for your child, nephews, cousins, mothers, fathers. nobody should be in that situation. >> so when the

gaithersburg 49. up to 56 in washington. the good news is, as we head throughout the day, we're expecting temperatures to rise into the mid-70s. think yesterday, with less of a breeze. pleasant conditions, tons of sunshine today. as we head into the weekend -- out to the coast, maybe going to head to the beach, i'll have that forecast coming up. for now, i'll toss it over to jack with breaking news. >> the breaking news is our woodrow wilson bridge opening occurred five or ten minutes ago. the beltway is closed both inner, outer, local. nothing is moving on the wilson bridge. good news, the bridge is back down. it's a matter of making sure everything is okay and they can release the hounds so for now, the beltway is stopped. on 270 southbound, after 15, before you get to 85, accident activity only single file getting by on scene. that hopefully can clear quickly and get out of there. 66 westbound, our accident after sycamore. that has only the left lane getting by. virginia state authorities are on scene. back to you. >> jac

everyone sitting just at about the mid-60s. 6 t 64 in gaithersburg. perfect weather to get outside and exercisf or if you are eatingou're out t. 4:00 p.m., 75 degrees. low humidity very comfortable. even by 7:00 p.m. with temperatures getting ready to go back into the 60s. coming up, we have a cool fall-like weekend forecast. i'll show you which mornings, you're going to want a jacket, that's straight ahead. >> thank you, sheena. >>> we just learned two people are without a place to live after smoking on a deck caused this devastating fire. chopper 4 gave us an exclusive look at the scene on mackenzie drive and haymarket earlier this morning. one man was inside of the townhome. it has just minor injuries, but the cost of the material damage is estimated at just below half a million dollars. and those two adjoining townhomes are also damaged. and in a news release by the fire department, an important reminder, before you throw out butts and ashes, douse them in water or sand. >>> and over new evidence that may help ashanti billy and found braids and a

gaithersburg is 74. it's going to be a reall forecast looks like this, tomorrow, it's labor day. 85- degrees for a high temperature nearly perfect. warmer on tuesday. we're still going to go for a hive 90-degree s and then we cool off with some showers on wednesday, thursday, possibly an early shower. 74-degrees. next weekend still looks to be real, real nice with temperatures only in the middle 70s and hopefully by next weekend we wouldn't be dealing with issue ma if she doesn't -- general if she does come up the east koafs i think sheelt ' be in the latter part of next weekend. we don't know a whole lot yet about what irma is going to do after say wednesday or thursday. back over to you. for now that seven day forecast looks fantastic. >> it looks fantastic t. we're keeping it, gary. i think we'll have to pull out the sweater. seventy-four for the high. i'll take that over rain. >> that's true. more bad news for met roavment the if you maryland will closing the door on funding. that when we come back.

temperatures right now, 64 leesburg and manassas. 68 gaithersburg. 73 annapolis. dry right now there is the rain to the wes and northwest. it's far out. lunchtime we're dry. there you see it. 7:00 p.m. the most activity around. showers and storms tomorrow, a few light showers scattered through the afternoon. cloudy and cool. we're also watching irma. this is a powerful category 4 hurricane. it's still very far away from the united states. but closer to this weekend, it could be nearing the southeastern portion of the united states. we'll talk more about that coming up in a bit. as far as today is concerned, 87 for a high. cool, a little on the rainy side, though. then we're looking fantastic for the rest of the week and into the weeken. your extended forecast and the updates on irma's track. let's check your traffic on this back to school, back to work with jack taylor. hey, jack. >> hey, sheena. at least it's early. not much in front of we're keeping an eye on the beltway. it's been in place since the weekend. on the ramp to route 7. the left side of the roadway

could be looking at moderate rains in montgomery county, gaithersburg, germantown, hagerstown, and towards winchester. we get all of this out of here, but not before we see some thunderstorms. tomorrow night west of dcu abouthing moving out midday, skies begin to clear, nicer weather on the way. highs in the 60's, back into the 80's sunday and labor day. not a beach day tomorrow, showers and thunderstorms. upper 60's, near 80 sunday and monday. the next 10 days, heading into tuesday, back to work and school, 86 degrees. cooling into the 70's by the jonathan: happening tomorrow, the national book festival at the washington convention center. you came than 100 authors and presenters, perfect for readers of all ages. find more details about it on wjla.com. this one made us laugh. a library in massachusetts fed up today because people are cheese tokens to pay their late fees. the library in massachusetts reminding people game tokens are not legal tender. they also cannot accept them as payment for fines. the library also taking time to remind people they do not take canadian money either. jona

that's close to 10 degrees above normal for this time of the year. 65 inga gaithersburg.e're nice and dry but we're currently watching hurricane maria. swinging the outer banks. some rain under tropical storm warning there. closer to home, we have a high surf advisory through parts of the delaware beaches, the eastern shore, through virginia beach because of that storm here's future weather. we go through the day today. we see the clouds around. but most of the area does stay nice and dry. temperaturewise, as we go through the next several days, we'll stay in the 80s and quickly the 70s. we finally have some fall weather in the forecast. after we feel like summer. look at the 70s coming around through the weekend. it is going to be very nice. let's check the roads right now with dave dildine. good morning, dave. >> good morning, sheena. we have breaking news to bring you. the southbound lanes of the baltimore washington parkway have reopened south of route 197. the diversion lifted. but from chopper 4, you can see a new development northbound on the parkway. a new crash j

look, this is a hidden gem here in gaithersburg. a popular breakfast spot.ou can see the airplanes on the ceiling here. but all you have to do is take a few steps outside on the deck here. come with me. real quick. of a runway. you can see the planes over there. it's part of the special experience at the airport cafe. we're going to talk more about that in the 6:00 hour. join us on "news4 today." >> that's really unique right on the runway. can't wait to hear more about this. >> oh, yeah. >> there are a lot of aviation nuts ready to head out there. >> i like that. get the smaller planes and meal delivered to you, as opposed to me packing my pb and j and sitting at the end of the runway. >> there are few upsides to hurricane irma. but check out these pictures from our friends and neighbors down in tampa, florida. still a huge power loss down in that part of the statement as a result, there are few lights on. which means there's very little light pollution in the sky. that's the milky way visible over tampa bay. the palm trees in the front yard. you say it's a

tonight, 50s north and west, gaithersburg, frederick, and manassas. cool when you are walking the dog. 56 in bowie and 54 in fairfax. and by 9:00, we're struggling to get to 60. it's more like october, really. a few clouds coming through tomorrow, and it will change it from beautiful to pleasant, a great day and a couple of showers possible, primarily in the mountains. they will be gone by high school football. day planner, upper 50s to 1:00, a couple of clouds in there with a disturbance rolling through in the afternoon. saturday, very nice and cool and 72 and in the 40s saturday in the 'burbs. the next 7 days, okay on monday, high clouds possible from irma and storms possible on tuesday and maybe left over showers on wednesday and thursday. right now, low impact for us. we'll keep an eye on it. near 80 thursday. >>> big breaking news on a huge security breach. if you have a credit card or have done credit monitoring or checking, this could impact you. equifax said personal information from 143 million americans was exposed, names, licenses numbers.