. >> and i'm gurvir dhindsa. there will be a celebration tonight and then a funeral tomorrow and the body will be brought to our area. matt acland has more on how the world will remember the man known as the liberal lyon. >> reporter: following the service in boston tomorrow, the senator's body will be loaded on to a airline and then a motorcade will go to the capitol and then the motorcade will continue on to arlington fashional cemetery. long before the doors opened this morning, mourners arrived in boston. senator edward kennedy's body will lie in repose until 3:00 this afternoon. it is estimated between 20 and 25,000 people passed by his casket yesterday. the line so long, the viewing hours were extended to 2:00 in the morning. >> i'm just so moved. i love the kennedy family and just to be a part of this is so amazing. so amazing. >> reporter: the senator's final journey through his home state began at kennedy compound in cape cod. as the hearse made it's way to boston, people lined the streets and overpasses

i'm he gurvir dhindsa. >> i'm steve chenevey. thank you for being with us. one group of local residents with clean-up ahead of them. take a look at this damage from overnight. a large tree branch fell through the roof of the penn southern apartment homes in capitol heights. at the spite the inconvenience, nobody was hurt. >> i guess some areas did have storms yesterday. >> i certainly did. i had a lot of thunder and lightning last night and very heav rain as it moved through about 8:00 last night. rain across the . area. i want to show everybody hurricane bill. it is now a category four hurricane. it has gusts to 150. the scale only goes to five so this is almost as strong as they get. it will be encountering ever warmer water. likely to become even stronger. i'll have more on bill coming . . let's look at local weather and our satellite-radar showing yo u thd ndertorm acvitorm havi ttyty ttit moved through. ivy ittt tg ing showerct down towards bethany and rehobothout here during they e moving hext re t during the next couple hours. we have a lot of clouds

. >> and i'm gurvir dhindsa. let's get to weather with tucker barnes. >> it will be cloudy and we'll have showers and ctthunderstorm i want to get t right it our hd radar and show you the thunderstorm activity that ueinnt s. can you see kind of sporadically out and about there. the dark green on your man p u towards aberdeen is a flp o d warning which should expire here momentarily. lof dark red herear, ticularly a cell here se, u s. thcao see cae bght ag flinsh there. that is a pretty good untodethrmrs . heer tp re uore alng the frontal ngsystem. we've got light rain showers and eoks luke kelu up towards hagerstown, it is raining at this phour. it will con to rain e herer er rsou h. leupco let's move on to the satellite- our. ra if it is not running at where you are house right now, there is a teasent chance it wl be later. notice therain showers down wae rds thilcrimes. -- thereis a s decent chance it will be later. we've got a fwad chance of showers and perhaps a few strong thunderstorms touring the course of

i'm gurvir dhindsa. tucker is joining us now with what all of that means and d arh d o teart tehot this morning. >> it sure did. already we're in the upper 80s. ot in a few heah ofrse te he woe ofe he s set to arrive ni a couple of hours. the heat advisory goes into affect at noon. stunties in orange, so to the is where our heat adeasory is and aga the at's the cnabiom humidity and heat, will bibe in excess of 100 degrees this ae erprepared for a prepared fo hot summer afternoon. 88 now at reagan national. that 00 a m.10:00 a.m. we'll get an update momentarily. winds out of the west at 8 miles per ho. lookaaa the regional map. yl 'lcetiti i t8 8 tn atshur heesermpe ur on the map. so you get the idea. we're talking about the record- s kirecord- breaking heat here in washington later this afternoon. our record high for the date is 98 degrees and the forecast, tolieve it or not, is upper 90s about 100 today. there is your morning satellite radar. lots of sunshine and haze and humidity. this theme will conti

thank you, gurvir. >>> well, coming up, we're following breaking news.mpact on children's disability issues. fox 5 morning news at 7:00 starts right now. >>> it is tuesday august 11th, 2009. you can see the sun already starting to burn through the haze this morning. temperatures already into the mid-70s. they're just hanging tough right now. we are

. >> and i'm gurvir dhindsa filling in for allison today. today the funeral for eunice kennedy shriver mass began an hour ago. it was led to the church by special olympians and law enforcement. a lone bag pipe played as her children carried the casket into the mass and thousands of people lined the streets. her son-in-law, governor arnold schwarzenegger took part in the mass reading from the psalms. >> she was chosen, she was chosen to have a life to serve others. the weakest of the weak, the castaways, the throwaways of society at the time they would say the mentally retarded and i am one of those people. today -- day she is a fighter for humanity. >> again, there is the funeral mass taking place at st. francis roman cath list church in massachusetts which is synonymous with the kennedy name. her brother ted kennedy wasn't able to attend the funeral today. he's continuing to btle brain cancer. >>> and now to another farewell. this one 18 long years in the making. thousands lined the streets for michael spot biker. she was shot down in the g

i'm gurvir dhindsa. that sky looks pretty. >> we'll get more clouds coming in. it make for pretty pictures this morning as the sun begins to come up. it could be more rainfall for us as well, scattered rainfl. takeat laik oo hd radar. we'll show youer k e whth precipitation is at thf y ouoft to the est. we did have showers off to the they've pushed fsey'thedveushve offshore. it is a od tuhihi because some goodhunderstorm activity off the coast there. we're not dealing with that here. there car aeeplarou of showers showing up to the north of fredericksburg. it is probably very light e at o ble ofy urand probably some of th notemen vehitting the ground. more persistent rain out to the west that will make its way into our region although not all of that will stay intact. here are the current temperatures at the area airports. 75, reagan national. 75 at dulles. 72 at bw incident marshall. forecast for today looks like this. as gurvir mentioned, plenty of clouds today and, as i mentioned, some scattered showers and thunderstorms. showers here and there this morning a

that is why gurvir is on is ou bandwagon. check out how cool it is.gerstown. not a great-looking start to the day. we have a lot of cloud cover across the area. even some showers off to the south and east. it will be a d.c.ment -- a decent day. we will watch this area of low pressure, the cloudiness and light shower activy continue to push off the coast. cold front that came through the weekend is pushing off to the south and east. area of low pressure is developing in the carolinas. it will drag this out to sea. it won't be a terrible day. you can see we have clear skies t to the north an west. that will start to push in here. an improving forecast. we will see a couple showers particularly south and east st's city during the morning. it is possible even here in town, you could see a light sprinkle or shower. by this afternoon, i think we'll be partly to mostly sunny. a nice looking forecast today. nothing yet butt hurricane center is fairly onvinced this wi be a tropical depression later today. if it becomes a tropical storm, it will be erica. it wi

also the weekly jobless claims, gurvir.is the big data that will drive the market today. >> earnings from some retail ares like j. crew and american eagle, those companies as well. let's talk about what is going on with the fdic. we are expecting a report from sheila bear the chairwoman of the fdic today saying banks at least have managed to escape collapse but not out of the woods just yet and now the fdic may need a bailout itself? >> yes, they are in a little bit of trouble. they are an insurance fund. we all know they insure deposits in the bank down to $13 million. there are 300 batchs on the watch list that could have robs down the road. this fund is in a little bit of trouble. they may have to raise fees for banks to pay to this fund to keep it afloat. so we ve to keep an eye on that. also, just real quickly, they vod to approve weakening standards for private equity to come if anbuy some of the failed banks. they are still stringent but less stringent to make it a little easier for that to happen. so that was good n

gurvir. these things happen.he weekend being it will be warmer than we indicated on the temperate in the mid- to upper 80s and continued warm weather on monday. today's high though, 85 degrees. not bad. >> there you go. >> see that, today's high 85. >> it is 85. what it you say t had mistakes in it? >> some of the numbers -- yeah. >> you know, i say the same thing about my paycheck. i'm like i think there's something wrong here. >> we've all been saying that recently. >> and the boss goes yeah, that's right, give me back that nickel. i'm like well now, i've only got 20 comments. 20 cents. tough times all around. >>> 95, 295 look great. middleburg road and observation drive between crs and the exit for 270, that is with we have wires down across the highway. police are there. they are turning you around at the scene. you guys coming off of 355, stick with it down to gaithersburg and pick up 124. piece of cake for you. if you are traveling northbound on 395, no incidents to report leaving landmark continuing up tow

we have a look at the details with gurvir. >> reporter: a senior obama administration official calls the cash for clunkers program one of the most successful economic stimulus programs ever it's burned through $3 billion in a matter of weeks and while the white house and new car owners are happy, many dealers are not. >> reporter: mike is getting a big break on his new car purchase, unloading this 92 isuzu rodeo. >> $4,500 for what i traded in and i couldn't get that for it. >> reporter: and the folks at this auto mall have made 7500 deals so far. >> i think it's helped. >> reporter: the government says there has been more than 457,000 transactions worth $1.9 billion in rebates but getting gas guzzlers off the road has not been without its hiccups. >> they've had to do this very quickly. and they subcontracted to the citibank in oracle and they're rushing around hiring people and trying to get them trained but any startup has problems and this is a startup under a blizzard of paper. >> reporter: forcing many dealers to hold on to their nearly acquid clunkers until they get their mone

that was gurvir dhindsa reporting. the mission of the rabbi and the e man continues to grow. they're working on getting a group of clergy together to travel to the middle east, including gaza. >>> caught on camera, a nasty fight in the streets of d.c. it ends with a car ramming next to a crowd. how this all started and ended. >>> plus quentin tarantino talks about it on midday this week in my extensive interview and now kevin mccarthy reviews in glorious bastards [ sniffs ] an olive. [ sniffs ] green, with pimento. ooh. he's good. nothing gets past him. [ sniffs ] piece of cake. [ male announcer ] kill bugs on contact without the bad smell. raid ant & roach killer is specially formulated with no lingering chemical odor. what'shat? [ sniffs ] i don't smell nothing. raid! raid! raid! raid ant & roach killer kills bugs dead! with no lingering odor. sc johnson. a family company. >>> we have some new friends joining us today on what's cooking. our new friends from cafe dupont. joining us is minot stefanovich. i'm happy about that. you are located in the dupont hotel. >> and in the

george strait is -- i know gurvir loves george strait. this man has had hit after hit. he's one of the most successful of all time. 38 albums. >> amazing and still making hits. >>> you mentioned gurvir. george strait. now she's adding chili to the mix iveght eight all -- mix. it's all coming together. >> absolutely. i love george strait. we are over in studio b with goodstone inn and estate in middleburg. thanks for being here today. you fried one of these up for me a little bit ago to give me an example. it's spicy good. what you're cooking for us or making for us today is one of the big hits at goodstone. >> yes, it is. when dining at goodstone, it's a multicourse sensory experience and we start the diners out with banch of snacks. when you -- bunch of snacks. when you first sit down, you're hungry, when your eyes, as they say, are bigger than your stomach. these are one of the most popular ones. these are buffalo wing crackers disbl. they're very, very versatile. you can do it a bunch of different ways. but this is local chicken, tap yolk came starch which you can fi

i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> and i'm steve chenevey. welcome to fox 5 morning news. we say good morning to tucker barnes. >> humidity was in check yesterday but it won't be the case today. it will be running wild. >> it is already warmer outside. >> kind of of a hot, sweaty afternoon with a chance for a scattered shower or thunderstorm. want to start real quick owshd an yo show you the latest here with danny. still a tropical storm. maximum winds up to 60 miles per hour. looking a little more impressi. e the hurricane center just flew a plane in anfod d the center was farther to the north than they had first thought. we'll con to watch danny here. i'll give you more details. -- we'll continfoto watch danny here. there it is now north of puerto rico. onto washington weather and gurvir it, we're warm, 75 degrees in downtown washington. humidity is 82%. in w wnod. watch the shower activity off to the north and west start to push into central pennsylvania. that is associated witha evry weak cold makeits esvprwill en kema its presence felt around here later today in the f

. >> and i'm gurvir dhindsa. and today is the first of a farewell for ted kennedy. in an hour there will be a private service and then he will stop at places that were special to him and then tonight there is a public viewing at the jfk presidential library. that will continue tomorrow morning to be followed by an invitation-only memorial service. >> then the senators body will be taken to the basilica of our lady of perpetual health and the president will deliver a eulogy at mass on saturday and then he will be buried next to his brothers at the national cemetery. >> reporter: right now services are scheduled to start around 5:00 saturday afternoon at arlington fashional cemetery. the service is closed to the public. but mourners are expected to flock to the cemetery to say a final farewell to the last kennedy brother. >> the kennedy grave site at arlington national cemetery is a somber, yet pom lar tourist attraction in the washington area. >> it is timeless. it will always stay the same and will always remind us of john kennedy. >> reporter: theternal flame flick

i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> i'm steve chenevey. tony perkins with us as always this morning. >> not a bad start to the day. got a little bit of a breeze. temperature are comfortable this morning. humidity is up there as it has been but today overall won't be bad. i by showg g inyby showing you and we've talked by a floodwatch in effect to our east. ehe t rain or mh ucof much of the rain that we've seen duringourse othee c la t s farw o far back does oe this go? 4 hours. has been to the theast. er the period of a fewaie rn or el the east up report rtreof woo toa ofwof -inch amount well off the east. generally speaking, from a quarter inch totone and a f es chin. so that is chwh y, withthe popossibility of some more scatted showers and thunderstorms over there, we could see some flooding here and there. now, let's get to the graphics. right now, reagan national airport, 7 # degrees. relative humidity is up there at 84%. there is that slight breeze out of the north at sssick miles pe hour naithis morning but there n ore sdse oucltoou

i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> i'm steve chenevey. thank you for being with us. we are going to check in with tony perkins and get the latest on hurricane bill which is continuing to stir in the atlantic. you guys have been keeping an eye on it as we have for the last couple of days. >> bill is still a category three hurricane. it is not showing as much organization as it was befo but it is still out to sea and could still get reorganized. maximum sustained winds 120 miles per hour. it is about 400 miles south of bermuda. for folks in berma, there is a tropical storm watch in effect in bermuda. they will keep that you are eyes on what is happening there. we will do the same too. here in our area, let's take a look t aharda radar. rei. th the velr.i picture th lgsinook pretty good across the region. as you look agsthdae t r,rathe are some radan iersh s,owithose rain showers are well out to the west across portions oeme w maryvd iainlatrexnwee nn era maryland and elsewhere. they are n ht ererbue we could see some rain showers pop up l okay. now, the regional temper

i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> and i'm steve chenevey. tucker barnes is in with us this morning as well. >> it feels crisp out there and just in time for septemb. everybody will love this week weather-wise. once we get through today, it will be bright sunshine with high temperatures in the mid- to upper 70s and low humidity. tony will be back in a couple of veins. >> he has been on vacation but he is back today. aobre ne icndaa see tony. tan, don't you think? >> yeah. have a cololfront that came through during the weekend. the leftovers are hanging off the coast here. an area of low presreis developing. you can see heavy swers across the virginia-north carola border. that will brush the area this morning. again, we have some cloud cover out there to start the day ar a couple of showers off to the uth and east. i don't think it will amount to much here in washington. eventlly, we'll get it out of here and high pressure. we'll go with clear skies back to detroit and cleveland. once it geer htse t hll wistay fofomuch of the week. temperature

. >> i'm gurvir dhindsa. we want to talk about severe weather across the united states and a hurricane that weakens in the tropic. first, a possible twister in the twin cities. that is amateur video that captured the funnel cloud developing near the minneapolis skyline. it tore off part of a 90-year- old church steeple. other tornadoes were reported in with us wis, iowa and illinois. >>> along the east coast, new york's central park, there were wild winds which uprooted as many as 100 industries. branches littered the upper west side. ig the storms hit tuesday night and nobody was hurt. >>> in the prop ins, hurricat bill has ridiculousenned just a little bit now back to a category three hurricane. -- bill has weakened just a little bit now back to a category three hurricane. >> we are still watching that. tony is going to bring us up to date on what is going on. >> i will concentrate on what is happening here at home. we do have a muggy start to the day with with a lot of oucl ds around. no precipitation at t

but it will be a fun morning, gurvir. >> it looks like good exercise too.it for the 6:00 hour. and it's time to say good morning to julia. >> we are bracing for another summer scorcher. the heat index expected to top 100 degrees. we are live on how you can beat the heat. >> you can see it in that picture right through. and also as recovery crews go back to a deadly cra in new york

gurvir and steve sand allison will be at the eastern market tomorrow from 10:00 to 1:00.n out and meet the crew. >> i haven't been to the eastern market in a while. although how is the weather going to be? >> hopefully they'll be inside. >> and i have more bad news for you. it's just going to come out doa. > >>st'le all doses. >>> let's start with now more severe weather. we have one line move through and th enanother one moving out to the west. just posted. severe thunderstorm posted for loudoun county, that will go until 6:30 but for more immediate interest is what is going on for frederick and clarke county virginia. that's rht out here. winchester has this storm moving through and it's cooking along at 20-25 miles per hour. heavy rain, hail, dangerous lightning and winds. you know the drill. they've anticipated this cluster moving right into western sections of loudoun county, right out there it will be there probably within the next 20-30 minutes and we'll see it out there too, very, very ominous. so as the skies blacken out to the west, that's what you'll e. and if

gurvir. >> thanks, holly. >>> that will do it for the 6:00 hour.eels like a month since i've seen you. >> thank you. >>> it came down to the final moments. but before the deadline stephen strasburg became a member of the washington nationals. details ofa multi-million dollar deal coming up. >>> and a vaccine is expected sometime this fall for swine flu. but now we're learning for a major delay for a majority of the doses. >>> and this morning we're tracking hurricane bill. he is -- turning through the atlantic this morning. we'll get the latest on fox 5 morning news. >>> we'll start off with a view of the american legion bridge out on the beltway. traffic is moving

when i went outside, i heard gurvir was going to walk. no way. i'll be right in the studio. >> very steamy out there. >> it is. >> and the forecast here will be a continuation from yesterday. more showers and thunderstorms in the forecast and guess what, lo arelleumidit was let's start with a look at our sallite radar this morning and you can see the showers and thunderstorms moved through last night have departed to the east now. still some lingering cloud cover down toward the beahes band here in ashington we're nswingp ar pthtial u nehi utotht o st twetie sunshine. but out to the west, the showers are starting to re inrgviia. west this is all of the remnants of claudette. so iain this very tropical atmosphere, we're expecting showers anthunderstorms to iire up later ond this is ftun.oo and this is uey never ey n edcooled off overnight. 77 at reagan national. we've been there all morning long. 76 in new york. 76 in boston. 78 in cape hatteras. very tropical out there and very humid air mass and our high temperature today will pop out in the upp

. >>> we begin with breaking news in the search for shaquita bell good morning, i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> bell's body has never been found. yesterday, d.c. detectives began the search. this is a live picture now where the search continues for bell's remains. and today within the last hour we told that a dog discovered some kind of clothing at the dig site. and you can see in the video where they are out there. we're told that authorities are not commenting on what they found or what it actually they continue to dig they continue to dig off the site off old fort road. bell disappeared in 1996, and her old boyfriend, dickerson, admitted killing her and took a pl ea deal. past searches have turned up nothing. we'll have more updates as we get them into the news room. >>> and the other big story is a chemical has been found in a d.c. residential neighborhood. >> the army corp of engineers has been attempting to clean fo now. that area is now a residential neighborhood called spring valley. yesterday the corp reveale that the workers came across a small amount of toxic chemical, more on the s

. >> gurvir, thank you. >>> we could learn in the hour whether there could be a decision made in the locker be bomber. the 57 former libbyan officer took part of the pan am bocking back in 1988. all on board and 11 people on the ground were killed and a news conference is expected this morning. >>> president kennedy has sent a letter to those in massachusetts asking that the filling of his seat be changed. he says he has no change in his condition since he was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor last year. kennedy wants leaders to speed up the current regulations whiccall for a special election within five months of a vacancy. >>> new this hour, montgomery county police are searching for a girl who has been missing for four weeks. 12-year-old genesis terseo was seen at her home in silver spring. she's a latina female, 5'7" and long brown hair. her guardian has been out of the country and that's why it took so long to report her missing. >>> now to fairfax county where a medical assistant is accused of crossing the line in the exam room. police say that he inappropriately touched w

gurvir is here with the story. >> reporter: this is a bizarre story. it is that surveillance video that tracked down the shoplifter. the suspect, jonathan bradley was sswoman. on ik. ledea lwoman. on july 30th store security he took a chanel dress valued at about $2,000 and put it in his bag. a security offer stopped bradley on the way out. >> when the subject was exiting, he was approached by a loss prevention officer and shortly after that there wasn't a trugle, it was just conversation and the person -- the loss prevention officer was distracted by another person who was exiting and at that moment he was pepper sprayed in close range face, nose area. took off took o ladffey running toward e train station. police caught the suspect and he is now charged with theft, destruction of property and assault. a mug shot shows of bradley dressed like a woman. that was taken two years ago after he was convicted of trespassing on private property. it wasn't the only time he had been in trouble. he was arrested at least four other times since 2007 documents. onc

i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> and i'm steve chenevey. it seems to me, tony, we are feeling that humidity in here as well. >> warm inside of our studios. i think they keep the heat on overnight. >> must be a man-woman thing pause it feels pretty good to me. >> we'll see how you feel later. >> yeah, humid here and outside as well. run showers off to the west. i won't rowle utah rain shower -- i won't rule out rain shower inisg. y us r thus this rn elative humidity reis # #% and is # #% and the temperature is 77. --th -reatreand and wee temperature is 77. couple of of showers here and there during the course of the morning hours and another chance of that later on today. your forecast for today, a lot of clouds around, scattered showers and thunderstorms, humid, high about # 7 degrees. that is where we should be. that is our normal high for the date -- high about 77 degrees. >> heat, that's j-u-l -- >> yeah, yeah, yeah. how are the roads on this early wednesday j not so bad. we had overnight construction on 95 and they are in the process of

gurvir is out today. >> let's check in with tony. it feels good out there. >> it really does. you can call it cool out there this morning. temperature in the mid-60s. it will be a nice day today ith our highs in the mid-80 ok. lowe. 'll we'll start with the sateite- radar composite for the region. no rain being vier he'llly no clouds. at ethe most part, things quooercd g hd atoor gerd d looking. you see some clouds streaming in from the west. but it will ga a good today. here is a lack at the regional temperatures. yep, 66 degrees here in washington. 57 up in pittsburgh. 70 in norfolk. raleigh, north carolina, 69 degrees. forecastor today, ls otof sunshine a coe,orblprta tyet day. highs in the mid-80s. 83 in hagerstown. 85 here in the district. more details on the forecast coming up in just a little bit. >> we look forward to that, sir. >> me too. >> also look forward it finding out about traffic. for that, here is allison oakley. >> we'll tax you straight out to -- take you straight out to 66. look at this line-up at nutley street. this is an accident right after nutley stree

gurvir is off this week. we welcome you to fox 5 morning news. >> let's say good morning to tony perkins. >> it is warm out. >> it is warm in. >> yeah, we have to cool off the studio. if only we could cool woff the day. we won't be able to do that. we'll see temperatures in the 90s today. take a look at the satelle- radar. very pretty moon out there this morning. when i left for work, it was orange. you could find patchy fog this morning rete , e region, particularly low-lying areas and near the rivers and streams and the like but that e ll be about itr th the morning. no precipitation expected. our regional temperatures, a warm start to the day, 74 in washington. n in boston. norfolk at 74 t isth desret thi hour. mostly sunny and hot today. highs in thlow 90s. 90 in frederick. 93 for your high in waldorf. more details on the forecast coming up in just a little bit. >> thank you. >>> let's say good morning to lauren demarco in for julie this morning. >> good morning, guys. out there on the roads, we are deali

. >> i'm gurvir dhindsa. senator kennedy passed away just hours ago at his home in massachusetts. he was 77 years old and had been battling brain cancer for more than a year. senator kennedy was the last surviving brother in a dynasty many have said is america's version of the royal family. he continued his decades-long push for mark even after he was too ill to travel back here to washington. more on that and a look back on his life throughout the morning here on fox 5 morning news. >> we just showed you the capitol flags are flying at half-staff today in honor of senator kennedy. tucker is in with a check of our weather. not a bad start to the day, pleasant. >> that is a good word for it. we'll have another great looking daat least as far as sunshine but we'll be on the hot side later this afternoon. there is not a whole lot to see. mostly a good news forecast as we go to view and take a look out tre. outt . you can see that the sunshine sull be bright here. sen i rwi in about a half hour and it should be a great looking day. there you go. clouds off the coast. e the loarcuds of

m gurvir dhindsa. >> and i'm stoash. >> bill just became a hurricane evstchenevey. >> bill just became a hurricane. we are very the the tropics. this is a look at tropical cl deemattde audette made landfall at cl about 1:00 this morning near fort walton, florida. . ohas maximum sustained winds h we t l an ur. o we'll get an update in a couple of moments. bringing heavy rain to florida, parts of louisiana, parts othe see two to five inches of rain croughly speaking during the next day or so. we'll keep you posted on that as well. >>> take a look at what is happening here at home. 74degrees is the current temperature at reagan national airport. we have a few clouds tht uere, no precipitation. you will find fog here and ther some misty conditions as the humidity levels are up there and a few clouds but that t about t a cafor today, we'll esa e good amount of sunshine today. i s ghd humid again iw s thghhi raiinm gro fe thlow to the mid- 90s. 91 in frederick. 95 in fredericksburg. that is a look at what is happening with the weather. more is coming up in just a little bit. >>> let's check

. >> i'm gurvir dhindsa. yeah, summertime felt like summertime most of the week. >> more of of the same. more summertime conditions. hot temperatures ranging from the mid-80s to the low 90s between a erndovand over the co of the weekend. and a lot thof so losnshine tso is good. here is a look at your satellite-radar composite for this hour. we will see plenty of sunshine once the sun comes up. clmngs lk od. ere a ousode ms clouds off to the south and easto nasta littl bit of precipitation south and east of the district as well. right now, reagan national airport is reporting a temperature of 72 degrees. the humidity is up there, 91%. your wind is out of the northeast at six miles per hour. barometric pressure continues tonight rise as high pressure to our north wants to work its way in here. here is a look at the day planner for today. lots of sunshine, warm. highs in the mid-80s. somewhat humid. and the slightest breeze. that will help you out a little bit. slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm here or t

. >> i'm allison seymour in for gurvir. welcome to fox 5 morning news. >> we'll say good morning to tony perkins this morning. it is quite a bit cooler than we had earlier this week. >> it is like fall. this will be short-lived. >> let's not rush changes too much. >> no, no, no, we'll have a nice day but summer returns for loo k tak a aook at the satellite-rar for our region. it t is quprettyiequiet. there are clouds out there to the west as tucker barnes was mentioning just a rthos time ago. our regional temperatures, awe quite cool start, 65 degrees here. 70 up in new york city and 70 in norfolk, virginia. pittsburgh at 56 degrees this hour. not a bad hostart to careorfo f sunshine. warmer than yesterday but belowe normal temperature. high about 85 degrees in the district. 86 at la plata. winchester, 84 for your high today. more details on the forecast coming up in just a little bit. >> let's check in allison oakley this morning with a look at traffic. >> good morning to you guys. we have an accident already on georgetown

i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> i'm steve chenevey. you see the flag flying there at half-staff. ted kennedy, the last brother of camelot lost his battle with brain cancer overnight. >> his family tale of triumph and tragedy is long and historic. tom fitzgerald joins us with a look at his life and legacy. >> reporter: it is far from any secret over the past year, that senator kennedy had less time ahead of him than he had in the past. the final chapter is still being written today as america debates the issue of health care that he fought for right up until the end of his life. born on february #nd, 19 # 2, edward kennedy was the youngest of joe and rose kennedy's nine children but he was des tipped to step from the shadows and lead the kennedy clan through both good times and bad. when john f. kennedy was elected, ather joseph p. kennedy knew who should replace him n 1962, kennedy won a special election and with go on to be re-elected eight times. the kennedy family had its share of tragedy. assassination haming the lives of john f. kennedy in 1963 and robert kennedy in 1968. ac

. >> i'm allison seymour in for gurvir dhindsa. >> we start with breaking news from asia this morning as the piof lo a pang jet has been killed and several other people injured after a plane skidded off the runway at a resort island in thailand. the jet hit the control tower on an island about 300 miles south of bangkok. it was carrying 70 people and landed in heavy rain. there you see theet for over of what happened. reports say say most of the injured are tourists, some with broken legs. >> dram at you can pictures there. sir, it is going to be a little bit warmer today. my question to you is with that warmer weather, does the humidity also inch up a little bit? >> oddly nough, no, it does not. it will be warmer. the humidity level will be about the same or maybe less than it was yesterday. >> a good trade-off. gentleman i agree. take a look. we'll start with the satellite- radar composite, show you how things are shaping up across the region. we are right in the middle there. you can see if you want some clouds and a little bit of precipitation, you have to go well to the north acr

i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> and i'm steve chenevey. thank you for being with us. >> have to say thank goodness for the little bit of a breeze we have out there. 80-degree at 5:00 in the morning. we want to dobetter than that. satellite-radar, there areome clouds out there but not too bad citnd gosour sk ionsconditions go. we'll see a decent sunrise today. i think it will be a mix of clouds and sun during the day, i think da iy, t ink ou dshiclou build in duri trsheoue cof the affect. teeratures around the region, here in d.c., it 0 8isddop grf grma ofw ffopa few degrees during the early- morning hours. let's hope so before it starts to go on the rise again today. here is your day planner for today. partly sunny skies this morning. more clouds later on today. a hot, humid day a high around 90-degree or into the lower 90s in some areas and a better chance of showers and thunderstorms today and some of those thunderstorms could have some heavy downpours. we'll tell you more about that coming up in just a little bit. stick with us for that

i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> and i'm steve chenevey. welcome to fox 5 morning news. we'll do it one more time and we'll see how things change after that. good more than, tony. >> good morning. >> hello! it's early. >> it is early. it will be warm today, not as warm as yesterday. madet up into the upper 90s yesterday. i thk we'll make it into the lower 90s for today. that will feel a little bit better. we got to take that. remember yesterday morning, we talked abouthe 10 to 0% chance of a shower or thunderstorm. there they were last night. waey were all to the east of shington across portions of annapolis and anne arundel county, eastern maryland. they have pushed out as of this hour. there were rumbles of thunder, racouple of f heavy . . w atas about it. we are at 76 degrees here in washington. 78degrees in new york city. another warm, huge you had day on tap. here is what the forecast look like. ud skats ie to skies toda that was a feature that we had yesterday, a fair amount of cloud cov kept us from the 100-degree e m. ark more clouds aagain today. high today in t

. >> and i'm gurvir dhindsa. 6,000 workers furloughed for ten days but a judge has ruled it is unconstitutional and now the county could be forced to pay up. sarah simmons joins us with more on the top story. >> reporter: good morning, guys. this has been a contentious issue, but a judge has ruled that the furlough forced by the county are unconstitutional. the furloughs expected 5900 employees, a majority of them from the public safety and the fire and police department. the judge ruled county violated the contracts agreed upon with the collective bargaining unit by imposing those furloughs. they have fought with the county over this issue. last week the county approved another round of furloughs. it's unclear if those will be put on hold. a county spokesperson said it was a difficult decision to save jobs and save the county $17 million. in a stam by spokesperson james keary, he says the court has substituted its judgment without acknowledging the economic challenges acing the country -- facing country. to comply with the court's opinion, they say they will have massive layoffs. now the judge

i'm he allison seymour, gurvir is off today. >> i'm a steve chenevey.nk you for joining us this morning. we are on p tooakbf ng reews at this hour as police from several jurisdiction searching for as many as eight suspects would matoy be hiding in arlington national cemetery. >> start wade call about a car break-in. -- started with a call about a car break-in. one suspect was caught. police have launched an air and ground search and there are reports several of them ran in the cemetery. we have a crew on the scene. we'll brung you more throughout the morning. >> we'll check in with sarah simmons in just a little bit. >> it is wet out there this morning. >> we are seeing rain early this morning. wind chill see it before we get little bit of relief later on in the day. we ocan show you how things re shaping up at this hour. again being this is a big scal e el c see all that precipitation moving across th s antic ow nthrough uor our region. much of virginia, eastern maryland and new jersey, delaware, places like that. the leftiest rainfl is up wards delawa

. >> i'm a allison seymour in for gurvir dhindsa. welcome to fox 5 morning news. >> that is clearly just another headline. it is 75-degree at 5:00 in the morning. >> i think it will drop off before we start to see our increase for the day. >> how much may that up crease be today? >> let me answer that for you, steve. let's start with our current temperatures at the area airports. right now, 75 degrees at reagan national airport. if you don't like that, head over to dulles international, 72 and drive out to bwi marshall where it is 71 degrees. a big difference this morning. check it out. a lot more clouds this morning than we have been seein so it will be a patldyy oucl start ou t , thd enanthen, as the day progresses, i think we'll see more and more clouds build in. as tucker mentioned, cold front will come through. once that comes through, thunder booms. expect those later this afternoon. here is your forecast for today. and to answer steve's question, how hot will it get? we are looking for a high of 90 degrees. a lot of clouds, sc

. >> i'm gurvir dhindsa. tucker is in. what does fall officially begin?> for us in the weather department, it starts september 1st but otherwise, the third week of september. >> it is going to feel like fall starting next week. we won't dwell on danny too much. but danny's maximum winds now 40 miles per hour. not looking very impressive. kind of fizzling out here. that is good news for us. we have other weather to ta about. the weather service has just issued a flash flood watch for the district and surrounding counties. this goes into effect at 2:00 and continues through this evening. the concern is we could see heavy rainers later today in the form of thunderstorms. at potential is outs there for a couple of thunderstorms in you get caught those big thunde earlier, overnight, parts of baltimore up towards harper county. they picked up six inches of rain some some spots and one or ret. roblemshe we've got a flash flood watchtht atth goes into effect at 2:00 this afternoon atfothose counties in green. let's push on and show you the satellite-radar. again,

. >> i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> was left of hurricane bill is weakening off the coast of newfoundland this morning. this weekend, strong currents an massive waves whipped up by the storm were blamed for two deaths including a 7-year-old girl swept away from a park in maine. also in florida, a 54-year-old sw -- swimmer was killed in florida. >>> tucker is in this week for tony who is taking some time off. >> it is back to school and that means the back to school forecast. we'll a graphic r yodanit will be unreddible. we have severe thunderstorms that have broken veo ohtutig inn the last couple of hrs south of the city. they are still raging down there. we had a seve thunderstorm warninhoth satu ldavh ejust expired. it was set to expire at 6:00 a.m. you can ees the eedark d reand flashing. tnat is lightnin we had reports that wind glets onho ssecrydaevunrethto dersryr derning, looks like that one was just left to h and bethany beto rdschotobd abethany beach there. all of anis is pushing off to the north and east. here in the district, we are t expecting the thunderstorm ac. d stay south and

gurvir is off this week. >> tucker barnes is with us this morning. >> rainy right now a cross the area, we are getting light showers, other than a few thunderstorms out there. you know what that means? >> what? >> it does mea n a slow drive to work. >> it does mean that. it should mean that. >> we have a wa veof low esevprre delopinale onrethg front t athamcroe thugh during the overnight e ours oshowers breaking out across the area. other than a few ndbas ofba heavier rain. there was elier some thunder and lightning out towards prince george's county and an arundel county. you can see showers are widespread here. i think a good chance that dema of you will llsee some light shower activity he urindheg t next few hours. u across the mess across the ic. atnt area of low pressure pwiusllh f of neast. south d we'll have a lot of cloud cover for much of the day. temperatures, well being they are doing their thing. 74degrees at reagan national. never really cooled off overnight. winds are out of the north and west as five miles per hour. believe it or not, high temperature with all the cloud

. >> i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> tony perkins is here to give us a check of the weather. >> a wamstrtto aad start to het a muggy start to e day. hazy, hot, humid. it will be the warmette is year heat advisory goes into effect at noon dayoe seu heoucs ieyou ine er brown under a heat advisory from noon e until 8:00 p.m. tonight uscabee e it could feel like it is between 1105 degrees. -- between 100 and 105 degrees. here is a look at the satellite- radar. there is b ig ridge of high reessu to our south and it is keeping things calm us for. all the action, precipitation and esloud cover, s imoving around us to the north and than out to sea. so we should be quiet today. madeleine albright a stray s sher or thunderstorm later but to be honest, most of that energy won't able to makesh through here. through here. so forec y os tay,oortl mda ulnnsu sdeeeerecord heat across portions of the viewing arf aor degrees in washington. some could top out in 100 degrees. more on te forecast coming up in just a little bit. >>> let's welcome back julie wright now and say good morning to her. >> not looking so b

. >> i'm allison seymour in for gurvir dhindsa. let's say good morning to tony perkins one more time with alike at the forecast. >> good morning to both of of y the forecast for today, hot. hotan humid. maybe some showers and thunderstorms. >> hazy? >> we'h throw some haze in there. why not? room is up there. no winds to mix it up. winds are calm at this hour. that will change later on today. here is a look at the satellite- radar for the eastern u.s. you can see a distinct difference between this morning and yesterday morning. we have more clouds moving in this morning and gradually today will become a fairly cloudy day, mostly cloudy day with some showers. you see some of the showers alain wade cold front up to the north. that front will be making its arehe l atetoday. the forecast, becomina mostly cloudy. s t ghhiu hd.mi highs inth e upper 80s and low 90s. winchester, 87. annapolis, 87. washington, d.c., 90 for your high and do be ready for showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening. more about that coming up in

gurvir joins us with the latest. >> reporter: many expected this and that's why many left their homes to be up with her in massachusetts. eunice kennedy shriver dead at the age of 88. she was from brookline, massachusetts. she was the 5th of kennedy children. most of the children followed advice by entering public service or other competitive occupations. she focused on helping the mentally challenged. her inspiration was her sister rosemary who had been born with a mild mental retardation. she was marid to sergeant shriver junior and shared her long catholic upbringing and during her brother's presidency eventually became u.s. ambassador to france. in 1971 she established the committee on mental retardation but in 1978 she founded the organization for children with disabilities. and the family did issue a statement today saying she was the light of our lives, a mother driven with love and service to otrs and that statement went on to say we are together in our belief that she is now in heaven, rejoicing with her family and enjoying the fruits of her faith and urging us on ward to the

gurvir joining us with more. >> people wondering if he would land with any team and again he's going to philly. philly known for having some of the toughest not so nice fans but some people say it lost its reputation by signing vick. the eagles coach feels otherwise. >> he's back in the nfl. he has signed a year, $1.6 million deal. if he's around for 2 years he gets $5.2 million. a hard thing to swallow for the fans. >> it's a disgrace and i came to talk about. >> i don't think you'll be able to forget about it. it will be in the back of your mind. >> reporter: he was convicted in august of 2007 for conspiracy and was sentenced to 24 months in prison and was released after 18 months. he he was suspended by the nfl. he can now practice -- practice and play in the last two preseasogames. he could be fully reinstated in week six. >> he's an awesome player. i'm a die hard fan and i think he can do a good job. >> pita says the philadelphia eagles have chosen to sign a man who hanged dogs, electric outethem with jumper cables and held them under water in a swimming pool and even throw them