city officials want to make sure people can see them at 21 different locations. >> three, two, one. >> it was exciting. >> she got an early july 4th gift in gaithersburg>> indeed we did. a special treat we didn't expect. >> many saw fabulous fireworks the city tested a new location for the show. >> here along those fence lines. >> people were at different locations to make sure they could see the fireworks two miles away. >> we have people in 21 locations throughout the city in areas we have identified as viewing to make sure they are before we put it out to the public. >> reporter: volunteer firefighters are here. >> fireworks are pretty dangerous. >> they are trying to figure the spectators. this spectator is ready to celebrate on independence day. >> we will be ready with our chairs and the long fireworks display then opposed to the very modest one now. >> reporter: but modest is better than nothing. >> absolutely. >> as you can see she seemed to be a fireworks fanatic and can't wait for the big show. right now, gaithersburg city officials are waiting for they want to let them know if they can see the fireworks or not. and the gaithersburg official

[applause] [inaudible conversations] >> we're live today from the gaithersburg city hall grounds in maryland bringing you the seventh annual gaithersburg book festival. it continues in a couple of minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> here's a look at some of the current best selling nonfiction books according to "the new york times." topping the list, cnn host anderson cooper and his mother, gloria vanderbilt, discuss their lives in "the rainbow comes and goes." in "grit," angela duckworth insists that production is a bid to success. 60 minutes' correspondent leslie stahl's look at the role baby boomers are taking in taking care of their grandchildren. and in when breath becomes air, facing mortality. our look at the best selling nonfiction books according to "the new york times" continues with "five easy three cease" in which george stone's explores ugh solutions to-many of the country's challenges. followed by the sleep revolution, huffington post co-founder ar

saturday that's at at gaithersburg city hall,rg cit 62 degrees. what a great cause.ris you futurecast. we'll give you a quick look at how things pan out for pan o for saturday.satu starting out friday night atutra 10 o'clock it will be cloud b co deal. by 8:00 a.m., here comes thehere rain and again some moderateodet rain by 7 o'clock, 6:45 to 7:00 you can see we still havell some rain around but at least l it's a little bit lighter and even into midnight we're stilldg watching a few showers.we sunday will be better but we b w cannot say that there won't t still be a shower even aroundro the noon hour as we try to break out of the grips of that f system that's going to be that'o coming into town.mingnto so, bottom line for theine fo weekend, it looks like it willt be again wet for saturday. surda drier for sunday.un we have a nice trend going gng monday and tuesday.. we're warming up, maybe a spotty shower monday.wer excited to say that weather day on wednesday should stilldti be our first 80-degree day of dy the month and a dry day.ay thursday very warm, 85 degrees.

[laughter] i want to thank the city of gaithersburg for this. my wife actually worked for some years for the city of gaithersburg on affordable housing. i want to thank the current mayor, council mayor katz i guess they call him now was mayor then, and -- when my wife was there. and there were some great people that my wife got close to, louise kaufman, karen simms -- how many people actually are from gaithersburg? bless you, because one of the people very dear to us who passed away too young was jeff simms. some of you may remember, he was the jv coach at quince orchard high school. our son played basketball for whitman, and we had some wonderful -- and my wife is actually a good athlete. i always say my children have all the athletic talent that their father doesn't and their mother does. and we still mourn jeff's loss. but bless gaithersburg for doing this, and thank you all for braving this rain. they let baseball fans go or under -- [laughter] you know, have protection, but we go on. to go to the question, i did write this book as somebody w

. >>> we're only a few days from memorial day, but the city of gaithersburg is already looking toward seen and heard city officials test things yesterday. the city tested a new location for its patriotic show. volunteered stationed themselves at different spots to make sure that they could see the fireworks two miles away. >> we have stationed people in 21 locations throughout the city on those areas that we've identified to just make sure that they are before we put that out to the public. >> volunteer firefighters were on hand as well just in case. we'll let you know when gaithersburg finalizes its fourth of july feel like summer around here. yesterday all the parks in the area, flooded with kids and parents. a great day to be outside. >> it was nice yesterday and today promises to be just about that nice once again. can we keep it going is the real question that anyone wants to know. now that a holiday weekend approaches. it's really feeling like summertime and that is welcome news. yesterday we made to 86 degrees and let the warming begin. the last time reagan national hit 90 degr

[applause] again, thanks to the city of gaithersburg for doing that, and thank all of you for coming here and sitting and listening to this. and if you're interested in book signing, he's going to be signing books in tent a following this event. so thank you all. >> thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> in about ten minutes, or the last panel discussion live from gaithersburg, maryland, will begin. it's a look at two women who cleared the way for female advancement in journalism and law. >> at a university or in the western world, not just the united states, if you believe that god created heaven and earth, that god is the source of thou shalt not murder -- not just reason -- you are considered a dummy. and that, that foolishness -- and that truly is foolish, because the deepest people i have ever met have overwhelmingly had a god-centered understanding of the world. that is now taken as a given, that if you believe something like that, you are intellectually suspect. so that's what's happened. >> host: when you hear somebody say i'm spiritual but not reli

when i was in law school, but also for those of you that do not know that gaithersburg was voted recently the most diverse city in america. so those of us here today who live in gaithersburg may not fully appreciate that race relations were not always as they have been. and that's what this book is about. kristen grew up in farmville, virginia, in prince edward county, and for those of you that do not know this, in the wake of the seminal supreme court decision, brown v. board of education, which ruled that segregation of schools and education was unconstitutional, prince edward county was the only county in this country to close its schools rather than desegregate their schools. and what this book is about, it's an interesting introspective where she goes back to look at her own family's involvement, her own community's involvement with this very troubling time in our nation's history. so the book will flip back and forth between the history -- which i love, i'm a nonfiction guy -- but it also talks about her own experience with that history and confronting that history. so i encourage you to listen to kriste

but the city of gaithersburg is already looking towards the fourth of july. >> you may have seen and heard city officials testing things yesterday. the city tested a new location for its patriotic show. volunteers stationed themselves at different spots to make sure that they could seat fikocould fireworks two miles away. >> we've stationed people at 21 areas just to make sure that they before they wput it out to the public. >> we'll let you know when gaithersburg finalizes their plans. >>> we told you about another nift proce night of protests, but will have any impact on the race? a closer look at that hillary clinton's move forward after reports about her e-mail sev server. >>> and congress takes action, the changes women could soon see on capitol hill. >>> just when you thought it was beautiful and safe to put the umbrella away, think again. why you might want to pack one for the kids for a littleater tod lay what if there was a paint that made you look at paint differently question everything you know and what you don't know what if it's built with better ingredients given super

temperatures 45 in the city. 36 in gaithersburg. 37 in dulles. that's actually tied a record. 36 manassas. a very cold day with sunshine though. we've seen a very nice af 67 richmond. everybody in our area well below average. we should be around 75. close to ten degrees below that. look what's on the radar. nothing today. nothing tonight. we're going to see another very wet period of rain tomorrow and into the day on wednesday, so here's what you need to know. more rain coming tomorrow. not only the umbrella, but the jacket will remain. temperatures tomorrow will be five to ten degrees cooler than they are right now and it's already on the cool side. better late week. we'll talk about the forecast late thursday and friday. much better conditions and then the weekend. unfortunately, it's right back to this. much more coming up in a minute. >>> i'm jim handly with breaking news here at the live desk. a person is dead after falling nearly 200 feet from a cell phone tower in montgomery county today. chopper 4 over the scene on log house road in damas

gaithersburg is down to half aoh mile, here in the city right around 2 miles of visibility.ould be a couple ofd showers around at 8:00 a.m. a.m. but i think most of us will u w just be cloudy.ey. notice where temperatures goemp today. mid to upper 70's. 70' a few spots south and westt with some sunshine will get upl to around 80 degrees and we'll ' have a chance for some for thunderstorms late today, too.tt we're kind of in the yellowel zone which means a slight riskts for some severe thunderstormshur out there later on thisis afternoon and this evening.ning right now it's looking likeki the greatest chance of those thunderstorms late thise is afternoon and this evenings become strong, pos severe, should stay a t south o your traffic, which is alreadyey a little dicey out there.icey ot >> that's right, gary and i'mgh also seeing some fog in the cameras from the rainy start. >> visibilities are reduced. red >> crash investigation hasshon things backed up on the inner te loop. the through lanes after a telegraph road look at that loot live picture right now.ture r n. you can s

city surrounding d.c. are among themg most diverse in the countryou according to a new study by sdy wallet hub.llub. gaithersburgrst forrst diversity on the list of morere than 300 cities across the country.tr three o silver spring germantown andingm frederick placed in the topacedt 10. d.c. actually ranked 127th ond o the list.e l alexandria virginia is 45 and arlington is 133. 1 so forget new york as a melting pot. >> that's right.>> ts ri >> apparently we are it.entlwe a >> that pot is right here inht right. >> thanks holly. thanks holly. >> coming up on fox5 news, if ni you received an e-mail saying-ms that you have an overdueverd traffic fine, you mightyomigh actually just want to ignoreustt it. >> and as we head to break onreo this friday morning, here's a, ' live look across the d.c. region. ooh, yeah, it is still gloomyism out there.ther more rain expected today.od but hey, let's cheer up with this music. this is a little jill scottjill for you. a little sunshine in your y life, right? time now 4:42. 42. back right after this.his. >> ♪ >> ♪ z1zqkz z1zqkz >> ♪ >> back now at 4:44.ac happening right now a

. >>> in gaithersburg maybe you saw and heard city officials testing things for the fourth of july celebratione city tried out a new location for the patriotic show. the city's i.t. department predicts where people can see the show and volunteers station themselves at the different stops to make sure the prediction is accurate. >> i love the sound of fireworks. there is something about it that shoots up in the air and then youhe and swirls. and then you see the beautiful lights. there is nothing quite like fire work show. and we put on one of the best in the area. >> the city wants to make sure the fireworks are visible from two miles away. that's why they stationed all the volunteers so they can tell us where to go to see them. >> still about a month away and already planning for it. >>> doing more to keep pedestrians safe. the work being done to address the problems at d.c.'s most dangerous intersections. >> reporter: i'm tom sherwood. spa what is old, what is new and what you can expect in the next 40 years. i'll have the story coming up. >>> and i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. r

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and tomorrow evening, about 25 minutes from now. 80 downtown. 80 in gaithersburg. 81 in silver spring and manassas and daily cityew leftover showers. all in all, a pretty nice start to the month of june. so day planner looks like this. 70 at 7:00. all of a sudden, we're 80 at 11:00. and back up to 83 at 1:00. and a couple of showers and storms are possible by the midday hour. next seven days. increasing chance on thursday and friday. near 80 thursday. low 80s on friday. back in the mid-80s on saturday. right now, i would make plans for saturday, as opposed to sunday. more storms on sunday. early morning showers on monday. temps monday and da though, holding around 80. >>> the washington nationals have a new aura. a new renewed sense of excitement at the clubhouse this season. they're rolling along. sitting a game ahead of course, atop the n.l. league standings. perhaps that bodes well for the upcoming post season. frank hanrahan has more on tonight's inside pitch. >> we are now past memorial day, obviously. and a lot of baseball experts say if a team is right near or at the top of their division, then it's proba

city. news4's erika gonzalez is live in gaithersburg now with an update on how the trains are moving this morning. erika? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, aaron. back to normal today after a couple of days of disrupted service. the marc brunswick line is back to an operating schedule today. and there may be some minor delays we are told, but for the most part everything is back to normal today. this after a csx train carrying hazardous materials derailed sunday morning. 750 gallons of sodium hydroxide to be exact is what was spill in this area. the brunswick line was blocke spring. so this is why this was a big concern to a lot of riders over the past couple of days. a lot of to folks having to take metro into the city. the big benefit of this particular area is that people could come and park their cars for free. so a number of passengers already here ready to take the first train this morning. folks we talked to said it was a little bit of an inconvenience, but you have to roll with the punches. things happen, you have to do what you have to do. we're live in gaithersburg this morning, we'll ha

. >> in gaithersburg, you may have heard officials testing things out for the fourth of july celebrations. a citythey predict where people can see the show from different spots and volunteers see if the locations are accurate. >> you see all the fizzles and swirls and see the beautiful lights. there's nothing quite like a fireworks show. we put on one of the best in the area. >> reporter: officials want to make sure the fireworks are visible from two miles away. we'll let you know when they finalize their fourth of july fireworks plan. >> a man was attacked by a snake while using a bathroom. as a man sat on a toilet, a nine-foot python came up from the plumbing and bit him. the man managed to pry open the snake's jaw and remove him. the victim is okay but needed several stitches. workers got the snake free and released him. it's something to think about. >> not when you're going to the bathroom. >> it is not a joke. it really happened. back to work. why some lawmakers are not ready for their summer vacation. >> plus a look at what is being ne today todo >>> right now lawmakers are fighting over h

gaithersburg. many of you will drop to the 40s overnight. it will be cool but nice. school bus forecast. looking good early tomorrow, 55 in the city. cooler to the suburbs but great in the afternoon. high of 75. i love to call fridays fantastic friday. that's what we will see tomorrow [000:18:59;00] nothing on the radar right now. again, tomorrow remains dry. clear skies, we are clear around the northeast, but back to the south, well, notice this system coming through kansas, little rock, even a tornado warning toward new orleans. that system is moving our way. it will move across our region and park itself here on saturday and sunday and that's why we are thinking of rain. first off tomorrow, highs in the 70s. 76 manassas, 73 gaithersburg, 73 fredericksburg under partly cloudy skies. future weather, timing the reai out. sun early and clouds on friday. 7:30, notice the rain just about everywhere and by noon everyone is seeing rain. maybe a break in the afternoon. more of a shower variety type pattern but some of us will see an inch of rain during the day. the impact forecast on the low side. 75 tomorrow. 58 on saturday. coming up o

ccked gaithersburg about a mile andrgo three-quarters so less thanarrss two. here in the cityiles and again lookgaio at some of the traffic cameras around i don't see any problems. if that changes we'll let you know. pickup truck for the kiddos 60 to 65. we'll have drizzle too.l little fog in spots. after school there could be aha problem. a little bit of sunshine butit more importantly showers and some thunderstorms.nderstorms. temperatures will be 70 to 75 degrees.75eg after three or 4 o'clock toay we realological start to dryloc out. sun comes up in the eveningning hours. ho looks really nice around here. h so thunder today. temperatures making it up into m the lower toed mid 70's. 7 thunderstorms will move out byut about five or 6 o'clock. 6 olo here's erin como with a lookh ao at your traffic on this friday f morning. hey, erin.he eri >> 5:37 right now gary. tracking breaking news alongewsa the red line. fire activity at the friendship heights station. hei we have a crew on the way.e right now track problems pro delays in both directionsirectin single tracking between fri

gaithersburg. three people were injured and fire in a high school, mall and grocery store parking lot. the victims were 44-year-old gladys tordil, the shooter's estranged wife. >>> one of the six baltimore cityolice officers linked to the death of freddie gray decided to have a bench trial rather than a jury trial. edward nero's trial is set to begin thursday. he is one of three officers involved in freddie gray's arrest in april of 2015. officer nero is charged with second-degree assault but not grey's death. >>> the fight for d.c. statehood gets new life. first supporters of new columbia have to get all d.c. leaders on the same page. delia goncalves is at the wilson building with their sales pitch. >> reporter: supporters have to convince amc commissioners that while we have been here before it's worth another shot. while the wilson building, the center of d.c. government is down the street from the u.s. capitol building it's time to get out of its shadow. >> it doesn't hurt. i would like to see it obviously as a resident of the district, i would like to see it. i hope it happens. >> reporter: d.c. needs more than hope. becoming the 51st state takes an act of congress literally. supporters

50s. 59 in gaithersburg, maybe 60 in silver springs, 61 in fairfax and then by 9:00 we are back around 70, 71 in fredericksburg and about 72 in leesburg . i'm told w underground at oklahoma city. i guess i want video. that's cool. look at the debris. and you see the debris field? that's what causes all the injuries and all the fatalities. that's a classic tornado and, again, they are small. you know, they may be -- that thing may be three, 400 yards wide and that's it. and maybe on the ground a minute or two. of course they stay on the ground longer out in oklahoma but that's pretty good video right there. wow. we are looking at clear skies tomorrow afternoon, temps in the low to mid-80s and i think the numbers are low, i really do. i think tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m. we are going to be 84, 85, 86 degrees across the board with clear skies. so day planner, 60s to start and then we are 79 already by 11:00. we are 84 by 1:00 p.m. thursday again isolated storms, still a good day, 87, friday a few storms in the afternoon, still a good day, 87. we will keep saturday dry for now. nats on friday d ballpark, a few storms on sunday, a washout -- not at a washout, possible thundershower

gaithersburg is going to be testing out its fireworks at 8:30. crews will launch five shells from summit hill farm. that's where they're going to hold the city's independent state celebration and spotters will be trying to identify the best areas to see that show on the fourth. >>> college students are being charged for debt relief that could have been gotten for free. susan hogan tells us about a student loan scam. >>> just vo: for dominion, part of delivering affordable energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. our energyshare program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energy-saving upgrades. it's more than helping customers, it's helping neighbors. ♪ stand by me >>> we have breaking news in prince william county where police are searching for two men who bound and gagged two women and two children in a home in manassas. police got a call yesterday afternoon from someone who said they saw a woman bound in a home on king george drive. when they arrived, they found two women, 33 and 19 years of bound and gagged. a toddler was also found, but unarmed. two men broke in and demanded money. the men s

gaithersburg and rockville things on closer to the spur. annapolis and buoy no problem. all green, all gx i like to see this in virginia. rights now quiet sdes spite volume in dale cityroblem free and let's look live outside and check in with other roads. right now 95 dale city to 123 increase the volume could slow you down a smith. queue eight cross the wilson bridge. quiet inbound. any questions for the morning commute on twitter we would love to hear from you. 5:18 metro is on time. back to you. >> let's take a look at the stories you're engaging with the most on social media. >> wisdom is checking them out with the realtime news tracker. >> first up we talk about this the senate con filling the nation's first openly gay leader of military it was. eric fanning will serve as secretary of the army and his confer maition was delayed several times offer the dispute to he said he supported the appointment but want add insurance from the white house terrorists from guantanamo bay would not be transferred to for the leaven worth in kansas. senator roberts reassured that in private discussions. next up, bernie sapd certifies refusing to apologize the chaos supported after

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city to rockville. many of the wazers reporting that heavy traffic. as you continue north we still have a few slow patches getting closer to gaithersburg and georgetown but no accidents to report. that is a look at traffic. back to you. jonathan: gray day like this, it makes people get up in the morning and think you know what? i don't feel like getting up. michelle: i wore yellow to remind myself what the sun looks like. doug: it's funny. we had a stretch a few weeks ago with day after day the sunshine. there is a break in the pattern. it will develop over the weekend. hang in a couple more days. rain is in the future starting right now across the area. looking live at the national wheel from national harbor. on the potomac no rain in the metro area at the moment but give it time. there are showers south and west of washington that we are keeping an eye on. 59 at reagan national airport. east/northeasterly winds at 10. that is why i have the low clouds stuck in place. as far as the numbers across the area, cooler. average high is 72 degrees. this time of the afternoon we should be close to that. it's 63 in fredericksburg. 64 in luray. cloudy skies a

city see all this. that's just ground clutter. that's not rain. back out to the west it's starting to move across. temperatures dulles 52. frederick 50. here gaithersburgn taken to 56. this is not cold enough for snow. bing ham town 48 and columbus ohio 50. area of low pressure stays primarily south of us. but the warm front stays south of us as well heaviest district. we'll have showers here don't get me wrong we're talking about probably less than or up to a quarter inch of rain before it's all said and done. 58 for a high today. warmer tomorrow. we'll still have showers for the first part of the day. it looks like into the afternoon we'll get into drier air. that will bring sunshine out for us. look at all the rain back out to the west. 100% chance of rain today as all of this has to come out across. forecast looks like this. showers and cooler today. with temperatures obviously only mid to upper 50s. couple spots may touch 60. no warmer than that though. some showers tomorrow for first part of day. we get into afternoon sunshine and few clouds possible on thursday but it does look like much nicer as high pressure builds in thursday to friday and te

city. >> good evening, thanks for joining us tonight on this memorial day weekends, i'm jim. >> i'm tisha lewis. right now, 750 american flags are on display, in a park in gaithersburg saluting america's heroes. each flag dedicate today someone who has served in the military. today people from across our area braved the heat, to pay their respects. >> other beat the heat by visit willing local peels, in georgetown, people counting on the water to ride some row leaf from the heat, of course, they say, not the heat, it is the humidity. when you get both you know got dangerously hot. we have team coverage for you tonight, we start in the we know what, it was hot, it was sticky, it was humid, and definitely shall everybody felt that impact today. you felt as soon as you stepped outside. looking at the temperatures right now we have 84 degrees at dc, we have the aa at manassas, and winchester, 83 degrees at baltimore, and 79 degrees at annapolis at this hour. now here's what's happening. we've got this warm surge of air that's just right over us, as the gel stream is to the north, it will be sticking around through this holiday weekends. ridge of high pressure in control

city 55 degrees.. and then some 40s off on the ofn north and west.no in fact we've got lots of 40s o locally as well. w places like gaithersburgederick, front royal you guysl are all in the 40s to start the day. storm tracker radar not tracking much if anything. clear skies out there and quiet conditions.io do have a few clouds off to ouro south and west and we will trend towards more cloudiness as these day wears on.n. but again we should remain dry until after midnight tonight thg rain returns for the day onurnse saturday i'll have the weekend'e details and a nice warmup on the seven day coming up but there'se your friday forecast.orec 75 and dry this afternoon.eron end joe a beautiful friday.ri that is a weather update.r uat erin has another look at yourour morning friday roadways. >> i'm running in because weunni have new problems i wanted to we make sure we got them into thehe report. on over crash at braddock road.a use caution there.er a lane is blocked and because of that, we're seeing big slowig downs from the springfieldhe sie interchange all throughe all t annandale and then you're heavya again through tysons. ton i