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. >> there are couple of howers re nd the o there. tivi, little bit oftyac eastlan rymandesrythournth la lisb y.fsoryuth sura but there ar e a couple of little pockets of heavy rain. i wouldn't rule out especially to the sta a shower or two popping up during the course of the morning hours. let's look at the local satellite-radar. there you see and there we go. here is that shower activi tothe east and out to the west beyond the mountains. right rw,oeagan national, w,it is warmer than it was this time yesterday. 75degrees right now. humidity, 62%. as long as the wind ai t ououf o the south, ty will be ingthe warmer imore d hr.umiai nca ai cofcae hasttered showers and thunderstorms through the day today, particularly this afternoon and tonight. high around 90 degrees. we'll ve more details on the forecast coming up sin just a little bit. >> thank you. >>> we are following some developing news before we get to julie this morning about a situation that may cause you some problems out on the roads today. a sinkhole will cause traffic snar

tomorrow at 6:00 notice a couple of little howers or thunderstorms popping up.hat chance increases i think more widespread activity on wednesday. wednesday we'll have a little upper level support coming through. if you don't get wet today or tomorrow, don't worry, looks like a pretty good chance on wednesday that you'll get a little bit on your thirsty yards out there. 90 tomorrow. a little cooler on wednesday simply because i think we'll have more widespread showers and thunderstorms on wednesday. then thursday, friday, saturday, just basically 90 degrees, muggy, humid. and some scattered thunderstorms late in the afternoon and into the evening. so what? >> thanks a lot. >> if you can enjoy, enjoy. >>> coming up next at 5:00, helping children understand autism. a local mom and her friends are on a mission to educate the nation one book at a time.  there are moments in time when the paths we take do dermine our future. today we are communicating with each other never before - and thatequires a seamless network that is constantly growing bette smarter, and m

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n truw,ie we also iee ls wa oha oche tpaf oheavy hower oand thunderstorm activity getting ready to exit the delmarva but we're going to watch this. i'll let you know if anything else develops. so far nothing severe but lightning, heavy rain and winds gusting to 30 or 40 can be expected. >> sue, thank you very much. >>> now to yet another big story we are following tonight. a metro bus driver arrested an and charged with kidnapping. that arrest coming on the same day as another major metro announcement. the agency is cracking down on distracted drivers and the ntsb is issuing a new report on last month's deadly crash. fox 5's will thomas live in the r wsroom now to sort it all out. >> reporter: shawn, let's start with today's metro embarrassment. a bus driver suspended and criminally charged accused of not letting a woman off his bus. plus, as you heard from shawn, investigators just released a new update on the crash. looks like the cause is still a mystery. that's the big headline. and metro's top brass getting tougher on drivers and operators who don't follow basic safety principles.

et .hower activity, leesburg, s th st onarthere the reston area, alexandria, ces plke that starting toee in celight shower activity. farther out tte hwest just west of front royal we are seeing some heavier rainfall at this hour. currently, as we go back to the graphics, here was we're looking at. 77degrees here in washington. our dew point is 70 so that is ry om uvefortncle. relative humidity, 79%. that is the breezy told you about, eight miles per hour out of the south. your forecast for today, a lot of clouds today and some scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible. we have a slight risk at this point of severe weather in our area. high today, only about 85 degrees but another humid one and a much better chance of rain today than we had yesterday. >> 85 doesn't sound terrible but you're right, the huge and those storms will make it worse. >> let's check in with julie wright and find out how traffic is going out there. >> it is not so bad. we've got lanes open. if you are traveling along 95 and 395 leaving dale city continuing through woodbridge and continuing from springfield

sthat hower is going to continue to drift off to the east and dissipate throughout the rest of ththerecast for today,g.htig r now we are in the 60s toear 70. by no, onme tiethemid-80s with blile ottitf sun and clouds buildinghisafternoon. a warm front wlomhr c tough with highs in the t upper 80s. dsumid with the ou aclnd c a clouds and a chance for an isolated shower. the forecast for tomorrow, i'll show you that in ten minutes. >>> we'll go to jerry edwards to take a look at the roadways. >> we'll start this time around in northern virginia along i-95 northbound near the prince william parkway. here's the little fender-bender we told you about with the exit near the prince william's area. typically it is slow this morning. also, route 4 we have word of an accident. out to the wilson bridge, things are looking better. we should have the lanes open from a couple earlier problems. the southeast corner is fine. the northeast, no worries so far this morning. joe, back to you. >>> thank you, jerry. there are new safety concerns involving metro this morning. this comes after the transit ag

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the house majority leader, democratic leader in house, senator hower, admitted today they are very unlikelythe time they leave for august break. i can tell that you one senior democratic source told me something that is very interesting. he said that despite the fact that the president is coming to out on almost a daily basis and pushing the idea of passing health care, he is not doing very much in terms of specifics. and they are really yearning here for the president to give much more in terms of specifics what, he wants in by way of the proposal he would lake to see coming out of here. >> the break is a month, go back to their districts and they will get an earful from their constituents. that is one of the fears in washington now isn't it? >> it is one of the fears. the flip argument, you talk to some of the strategists up here if they do pass something, it is -- out there like a pinata, able to be whacked around before they come back and negotiate for further talks. whatever the house and the senate pass, it will have to be negotiated into a so-called conference. but -- so there are lo

under roosevelt, true man and icen hower.have a 91% tax rate, the equivalent today would be 3.2 million. we have eliminated these high income tax rates on the middle class, a payroll tax ray that has increased 46% while income taxes have been slashed. you want to end excessive ceo compensation and greed, you get a 91% tax rate. you don't have a problem anymore. you lower the payroll tax with money in people's pockets. you get this economy going. until we go back to what worked in the 40's, 50's and 60's, we are not going to solve our fiscal problems >> good morning caller: this decision? 2% of the bottom 50% of tax filers don't pay any income tax at all, indeed receive checks. if you want to tax the top 50%, go ahead. the bottom 50% are gleeful and don't have to pay a thing, not one penny. the end result is gonna be that what dot rich do with their money. they buy those big expensive cars. who builds their houses? you are going to destroy the basis of this economy. host: in this "new york times" piece we are talking about lea