they fear wal-mart's new store in d.c. s a threat to their livelihood. >> i probably won't last in the city. >> reporter: this man owns a small store in southeast. >> wal-mart is such a huge retail business it's going to wipe out all the small business in d.c. >> reporter: but for some residents who live near these proposed sites welcome wal- mart. they say for too long they've had to go too far to do their shopping. wal-mart says it will off competitive wages but won't say how much employees will actually make in d.c., but it will say in virginia on average employees are paid 11.99 an hour, in maryland it's 11.87 an hour. >> wal-mart, you go home! >> reporter: many protestors say d.c. leaders should know exactly how much wal-mart will pay before allowing them to build. matt ackland, fox 5 news. >> wal-mart says its new stores will generate huge tax dollars, close to $10 million a year for the district. >>> supporters of a lesbian scout leader demand she be reinstated. debra terrell was removed as a den mother of an ohio bo

in the d.c. area. the survey was administered by the centers for disease control and shows an alarming number of teenagers have been victims. in the d.c. region nearly 13% of girls say they have been forced to have sex when they didn't want to. for high schoolboys it's about half that. when it comes to physical violence in virginia, 12% reported being hit or slapped on purpose by a significant other while 16% in maryland and just under 15% in d.c. the cdc says they're raising awareness about teen dating violence saying victims are more likely to struggle in school and to rot binge drinking -- report bin drinking, suicide attempts -- binge drinking, suicide attempts and fighting. >>> president obama receiving backlash after friday's public comments on the economy. his republican opponent mitt romney firing back with campaign ads. >> reporter: four hours after president obama said the private sector is doing fine on friday, he clarified that the economy is not fine because too many people are out of

marie has the news edge in d.c. >> reporter: the latest shooting happened in the 1300 block of d.c., northeast, just before midnight. police say the men who attacked the victim wanted his iphone. on a hot thursday night, h street, northeast is buzzing with activity. it comes despite the recent violent crimes that are threatening to slow the progress. >> the neighborhood is getting better and better, but we're still careful walking around at night. >> reporter: just last week the owner of grace deli on 7th and 8th streets was shot and killed inside her store after a robbery. wednesday night on the 1300 block of g street northeast, another shooting and robbery. police say a man walking around 11:30 was approached from behind by two men who demanded his iphone. they say when he resisted they shot him in the jaw. >> i was stunned by the whole situation. i live a few houses down the street, and i was -- i was up at that time. i was very stunned that that had happened. ripe the crimes are in-- >> reporter: the crimes are indeed troubling. tommy wells says for years the crime rate in the wa

in northwest washington. jackie benson. news 4. back to you. >> d.c. police say a man mysteriously died after fighting with four police officers this afternoon on p street in southwest. investigators say 38-year-old anthony chambers became combative with officers who were called in to help mental health officials. officers say chambers assaulted them before they were able to subdue him and put him in handcuffs. then chambers lost consciousness. he was taken to the hospital where he died. the four officers have been put on administrative leave. >> the search is on for three gunmen who tried to steal cars from three different people last night. in prince george's county. one attempted carjackings caught on surveillance video and it happened outside hangar club on old branch avenue in clinton. the men tried to steal the woman's car when she was picking up her order. the men fritried to carjack two others, one car didn't have any gas and the other victim they targeted was a police officer. >> d.c. teenager held up at gun point they wanted his sneakers. toni

in all of last year. that adds up to about $40 million this year. at least one d.c. council member admits making money is the biggest drive behind the speed cameras expansion. >> i would say it's probably more about the money, because it was put in the budget to balance the budgets. if it was for safety purposes, it would probably have been done a different way if. >> 10,000 morning tickets were handed out just over the last month. for the locations of the new speed cameras, log on to our website, wjla.com. 4:42 is the time, 57 degrees. >> taking a gamble on maryland's newest casino. hundreds of folks braving long lines for the chance to get inside. what some of them had to say about it if. >> redskins fans having to tackle new directions, if they want to see the team training. a reaction >> a lot of people excited about maryland's newest and largest casino. the maryland live! casino opens last night. as you can see, it attracted big crowds. it is next to arundel mills mall in hanover. this followed years of opposition from residents over potential crime and traffic p

the record highs 100 in baltimore. 99 in d.c. we may get close here in town. 97 in dulles. those records by the way, even martinsburg was set in 1931. dulles didn't come online till the early '60s. they weren't around to report till '61, '62. temps in the upper 80s in the then dough ya valley. -- shenandoah valley. eastern the mountains, that's more bearable at 77. the low 90s in many, many years. east of the bay, west of the bay. as you look at the heat index values, now we're topping a hundred. tappahannock and easton feeling like 98 in gaithersburg and baltimore. the heat index in d.c. right now 99. hazy sunshine. barely a cloud out there on our michael & son weather camera with 93. humidity 47%. when you see the dew point number, when it gets to 60, it's a little sticky. 65 is kind of uncomfortable. 70 is almost oppressive. we're dealing with high humidity and a northwesterly wind at 7 miles an hour. the heat has moved into the northeast. boston 91. chicago still hot at 88 with 60s in bismarck. so there's a front back in this part of the world. that front is going to ge

in the u.s. from growing industrial hemp. allows -- d.c. police arrested this guy, he's charged with blocking passage and possession with intent to distribute marijuana. >>> commerce secretary john bryson was charged with felony hit and run after two accidents on seared, but they parent were caused by a medical emergency. investigators say bryson hit a car and left the scene, then got into a second accident, about you he was found unconscious behind the wheel after the second crash and taken to the hospital. commerce officials say bryson was treated for a seizure, and kept overnight for observation. >> our traffic investigators at the scene did determine that at this point no drugs or alcohol was a factor in either accident. >> johns bryson is 68 years old. commerce officials say he has returned to washington. >>> hundreds of firefighters working around the clock tonight to stop a massive wildfire in colorado. that blaze now stretches more than 58 miles. it's burning near ft. collins and firefighters say it's still 0% contained. it has alre

in colorado last night. they had their biggest offensive output. ties the club record since the team moved to d.c. in 2005. and to go along with the 21 hits. four home runs. while that continued tonight. the rookie continuing his hot streak at coors field. his fourth home run of the year. also, his second straight game. it's 3-0 nats. nats up 4-0. and ryan zimmerman showing that shot he took last weekend working just fine. he connects on his fifth of the year. washington up 5-0 and two batters later, ian desmond, you know the rest. the nationals are leading 11-3. >> the orioles hosting the angels tonight. mike will make a pretty decent catch. scrap that. he's going to make one of the best catches you'll ever see. robbed in center field. yup. robbed by the rookie, good catch. the angels go on to crush the birds, the final 13-1. that's all for sports. i will see you live from congressional. we'll be right back. and fluffy. our cloud is made of bedrock. concrete. and steel. our cloud is the smartest brains combating the latest security threats. it spans oceans, stretches continents. and is scalable as far as

cloudy skies here in d.c. some scattered showers in other parts of the region and veronica here in the studio frtracking t changes. >> seem to get more clouds in the afternoon than in the morning, and classic today once again. mostly cloudy afternoon, and once again, showers that have been moving through. just light showers, and these are main lly to the west and do to south of d.c. one pretty good shower that's jumped out ahead of that now making its way towards calvert county and around st. mary's county. pretty good rain. about 1/10, or 1/4 inch. showers isolated. and parts of the area today, believe it or not, had minor flooding. take a look at this. the pier there. you can see the kayak there, the canoe, sitting on the pier. right under water. we'll talk about the fact when he a coastal flood warning, and also a coastal flood advisory overnight that continues until 1:00 a.m. the other big story, the warm-up we're going to see. jumping from april-type weather to real july-type weather that does include the

lane closures you may run into and the best way to get around that mess. >>> plus a tasty showdown in d.c. in search of the area's >>> the big traffic alert on the beltway continues at this hour. it's stay away weekend near the wilson bridge. three lanes in the outer loop in alexandria have been closed since last night. all traffic between van duren street and telegraph road will use one local lane. you can take 395 to the southeast-southwest freeway or the mixing bowl. this construction may be back next weekend, as well. crews got a late start because the companies that supplied asphalt lost power because of last night's storm. >>> local anglican priests became part of catholic history today. they're part of the first national class of the chair of st. peter. it was created earlier this year for anglican clergy seeking to become priests. three exist in the world, one here in the u.s. and also the united kingdom as well as australia. >> just about a month away from the start of the summer olympics in london and part of the fun made a stop in d.c. today. >> three, two, one! skate! >> they'

in maryland, it is $11.87 an hour. man protesters here say d.c. aders should know exactly how much wal-mart will pay before allowing them to build. in the district, matt ackland, fox 5 news. >> wal-mart says the new stores will generate huge tax dollars, close to $10 million a year for d.c. >>> a long winning streak comes to an end on the hard court. that is coming your way next in sports. plus this. high takes at the national spelling bee. who is the next champ? find out if she did it. >>> in sports, the streak is over for the san antonio spurs. they fell for the oklahoma city thunder in game three of the western conference finals lasts night 102-82. that snaps their 20-game winning streak including 10 straight in the playoffs. kevin durant scored 22 points for the thunder. he still leads the series two games to one. game four is tomorrow night. >>> a new national spelling bee champ is crowned at the national harbor in maryland. it came down to 14-year-old sigta nataptai. >> g-u-e-t-a-p-e-n-s. you see the smile come on her face. she knew she got i

in his three years here in d.c. he scored 59 goals with 52 assists. >>> game 4 of the stanley cup finals kings trying to close out the devils. l.a. down 1-0 in the 3rd. drew doughty drove the one timer past martin brodeur tying the game at 1-1. with five minutes left david clarkson to adam henrique. the devils extend the series with a 3-1 win. game 5 heads back to new jersey on saturday. >>> don't go too far, coming up with kevin durant and the thunder finish off the spurs and advance to the nba finals? stay with us to find out. we're sitting on a bunch of shale gas. there's natural gas under my town. it's a game changer. ♪ it means cleaner, cheaper american-made energy. but we've got to be careful how we get it. design the wells to be safe. thousands of jobs. use the most advanced technology to protect our water. billions in the economy. at chevron, if we can't do it right, we won't do it at all. we've got to think long term. we've got to think long term. ♪ >>> will come back. the san antonio -- welcome bang. the sa

in just a few hours, harry thomas, jr. will no longer be a free man. the former d.c. council member will start serving his 3-month prison term in alabama today. he left d.c. with his family yesterday. he was sentence to federal prison last month after pleading guilty to embezzling more than $350,000 in district funds. >>> controversy this morning for d.c. mayor convince the gray's nominee to head the department of housing and community development. michael kelly admitted he had and fair as w. a coworker as director of the housing authority in philadelphia but he denies reports that he helped get that employee large pay raises. mayor gray says he will continue to push through the nomination. >>> the cost of a cab ride in the district about is to go down just a bit. the $1 fuel surcharge is set to expire at midnight. the fee was imposed back in march of twoich and has been extended three times since then. the d.c. taxicab commission says gas prices have been falling and projections indicate a further shied is likely throughout the summer. >>> in egypt this morning, a for

the jobless rate in d.c. is at 8.3% as of april. that is way down from the ofvious month's reading 9.9%. lufthansa conducting the world's first patches of dirt flight ever. jet from boeing is arriving in dulles from frankfurt. and some free doughnuts. tell you where to get them. living social wants you to get on concerts and other events. those details in the next hour. now, that's business news at bloomberg headquarters in new york. linda bell reporting for abc 7 news. back to you. >> thank you. 4:37 right now. important traffic alerts including a water main break in northwest d.c. you can expect for the morning commute. on a metro worker injured during an accident near shady grove metro station. how he is doing. first, let's take a look at weather as we do every 10 minutes. there's 395 at duke street. hello! honey? who's she? downy unstopables. here to shake up your fresh. like a cheerlder on espresso. toss these little scent boosters in before you wash. and the fresh scent will last until you're ready to wash again. [ buzzer ] [ l

council member, vince orange, is expected to be a candidate in this contest. >>> d.c. is one step closer to legal pot now that the health department, for medical marijuana dispensaries. >> i'm bruce leshan in downtown d.c. this location, just a few blocks from the white house, is one of four locations approved by d.c. today for medical marijuana dispensaries. legal pot in the district could now be just weeks away. >> you see the sign outside and the walk in? and they want to buy two or three bottles at a time. >> just like the moon shine he sells in his liquor store. marijuana is moving from illegal to legal. but sing says the city is enforcing far more restrictions on the marijuana dispensary that is going in in the strip mall he owns. >> a prescription, health department registration, registration with the wellness center. >> another pot dispensary will go into a still struggling neighborhood on north capital within view of the new atf headquarters and just blocks from the u.s. capital. a third is approved for 8th street southeast. barracks row on capitol hill. >> d.c

chair bought with the money he allegedly obtained in the bank fraud scheme, a luxury boat docked in d.c.'s southeast harbor according to court documents that he purchased after applying for a loan and overstating his income by tens of thousands of dollars. while many are outraged by the continued scandals in city government, some at the top are concerned about brown and his family. >> what it all boils down to is that we're elected officials, but we're human fur, you know, and we do have a -- first, you know, and we do have a life outside of what we do in city hall. >> i'm just sorry to see what happened yesterday to my friend and i hope he and his family are going to be fine. >> since resigning more hours ago kwame brown has not said a public word. his office is closed. his name has been removed. congresswoman eleanor holmes norton tonight released this statement about the shakeup on city council. she said, "i know that my own sadness and disappointment about the charges facing kwame brown are shared by my fellow d.c. residents. he has done the right thing by resigning quickly. now it'

>> the republican candidate getting a little extra help. >> a new federal law aimed at immigrants in d.c. takes effect tomorrow and the city government does not like it. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's berage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, repeplacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. >> we continue with a controversial program getting under way in the district. >> the program is called secure communities. city officials say they do not want any part of it. sam ford is live at the wilson building with more on the new program. >> maureen when someone is arrested in d.c. and fingerprinted, the information is turned over to the fbi. starting tomorrow, they will turn it on to the immigration police helping to remove criminal aliens. d.c. officials ralli

the aids memorial quilt is back in d.c. for the first time in 16 years. you are seeing only a small portion of the quilt here but 54 tons is what it weighs and it is made up of about 47,000 handstitched sections. it represents the people who have died of aids and it will be on display today in d.c.. it is 6:13 and 68 degrees. >> america's dependency on middle restaurant -- middle eastern oil is diminishing. >> the mighty colorado springs wildfire is forcing evacuation. i will have details coming up. >> debbie weakens to a tropical depression but continues to wreak havoc. we will have wheeeeeeeeeeeee! whee! whee! wheeeeeeeee! ah heaahds up. wheeeeeeeeeeee! everything you love about geico, now mobile. download the new geico app today. >> sacramento is set to become the largest city and the nation to declare bankruptcy. they were unable to reach a deal to restructure billions of dollars in debt. the city council approved the special bankruptcy budget that suspend debt payments, increases revenue, and reduces payments for medical and retiree benefits. gm is a

live in d.c. i'm shomari stone, news4. >>> getting an up close and personal look at the damage a massive wildfire is causing in colorado. this is video from june 9th taken by a couple who had minutes to grab their thinks and evacuate their home. that fire has destroyed more homes than any other fire in state history. tonight it is 50% contained. >>> we'll find out tomorrow if jerry sandusky will take the stand in his own defense. his wife told jurors she never saw or heard any inappropriate contact between sandusky and boys who stayed at their home. and said that one of the alleged victims' rooms was not soundproofed. he is accused of sexually abusing ten boys in ten years. >>> police are searching for a man who robbed and stabbed a guy walking down the street this afternoon. it appears to have been a random attack. jackie bensen is in tacoma park with the latest. >> reporter: it was 4:40 p.m. broad daylight and that is when the suspect approached a man just walking down the street here. the scene

thank you for coming in. >> thanks. >> d.c. police arrested three robbery suspects in a classic sting. a team of under cover officers. they had the guns, the masks, the get away car and the target location. paul wagner shows us how it went down. >> the setup began here at this restaurant where the undercover officers layed out their plan for the first time. it was june 10. and according to the court affidavit, marshall and devon boyd said they were interested and mentioned committing robberies in the past. two days later, the under covers and defendants met up again in the southeast neighborhood where they were driven to a secret location and while being recorded, began planning the job. marshall and boyd told the undercovers they would need knives, a common term for a 9 mm pistol, and discussed the violence they would use to knock the victim unconscious. on june 14, the document says they got a text message from the defendant indicating they had found a third man willing to take part who wanted to meet the boss. later that day,

we need some ice cream on these hot days in d.c. le looking to beat the heat with good humor ice cream may be disappointed. the company has a short supply for a few slivers. the parent company is shutting down a manufacturing plant next month and the shorting may not ease up until july. most recent survey of automobile buyers shows owners have the most complaints about audio entertainment, and navigation features. this is the first time such technologies are the biggest source of defects in the 26 years of the study. 160,000 car repairs were analyzed in 2011 and they found a drop in repair costs in d.c.. the average repair was $325, slightly lower than the national average of $389. live in new york, linda bell reporting. >> steve chenevey, put your helmet on. he is taking on a daring challenge in the heat today for a good cause. >> i did not realize it would be 100 degrees today. the building in the background is the hilton in crystal city. i will do some propeling later today off the roof of the building. i will jump off the lead an

he left the federal courthouse to appear an hour later in d.c. superior court to plead guilty to a misdemeanor crime he allowed an unregistered campaign bank account to spend thousands of unaccounted for dollars on his 2008 campaign. others are expected to face charges in that case. brown's attorney, fred cook, got permission from the court to allow brown to leave the area for a week to avoid the intense media scrutiny of his every. brown will be back in both courts on september 20th to be sentenced for his crimes. he's expected to get some jail time but we're not sure what it will be. >>> our team coverage continues with richard jordan live at the u.s. attorneys office where officials had tough words for quamy brown. >> the u.s. attorney did not hold back. he said this was not a witch hunt. he does not have a vendetta against quamy brown. he said he was following the money and this was a joint investigation with the u.s. attorney's office. the irs and the fbi, that led to those two plea deals that were submitted earlier today, the heftiest, of co

it started friday. >>> an idol is planning a big comeback here in d.c. edwards mistress debuts her tell all book, her harsh towards for elizabeth edwards coming up. >> in just minutes on the news edge a rape suspect arrested eight years after the crime, how science helped crack the case coming up at 11:00.  >>> john edwards mistress rielle hunter is out with a tell out book in it blasting elizabeth edwards calling her a crazy witch on wheels driving her husband to have affairs with other women. she also claims edwards lied and told her he had three other mistresses so she wouldn't become too attached. hunter said she wrote the book to give her daughter a truthful public account of how she came into the world. >>> less than a month after kidney surgery american idol phillip phillips is gearing up for his comeback performance here in d.c. the 21-year-old is set to perform at this year's july 4th celebration on the national mall. phillips revealed earlier this year he suffers from kidney problems. he had surgery about a week and a half ago to remove

if you cover up your entire license plate in d.c., get in, a $500 fine.ear. they like to be able to read them at all times. >> yes, those cameras like to read them. >> and the police do, too. >>> our next question comes via e-mail from a viewer, gwenn. her mother passed away but she keeps on getting her marketing mailings and catalogs in her mother's name. she wants to know how to get the mail stopped. >> the direct marketing association gave us this answer. it temperatures us in 2005, it created a deceased do not contact list. which does help companies and nonprofits remove those names and addresses from their marketing lists. relatives of those who have died with register the names and addresses of their love oned on the direct marketing website. go to nbcwashington.com and search dma. you should immediately start seeing fewer mailings. it takes about three months. >> our last question comes through e-mail from a viewer, carb. she wants to mo the difference between brown eggs and white eggs? >> i like this question. we went to the american egg board and

he took this one in d.c. off of fifth and m street. look at this huge tree uprooted. sylvia sent this in from springfield, virginia. a common site everywhere, a tree on a car. john harrison got in one just in time. a lightning strike over the city. another lightning strike, lisa from chantilly sent this one in. thank you. you can be a part of our team. join us by sending your weather pibs to weather@nbcwashington.com. we'll share them with you throughout the morning. >> veronica johnson is with us now. when you see this damage, it's extensive. >> it is extensive. that's just a thing that when we have a hurricane we have all these days to plan, we know it's coming, but the damage we had, hurricane force damage covering a lot of the area. serious storms and heat. i'm not talking about yesterday i'm talking about today. i'll go east coast for the philly cheesesteak omelette. no, let's go to the heartland for the midwestern meat & potatoes sandwich. wait umm, yeah. try the seven regionally inspired dishes of the tour of america menu. only at denny's. do a lot of sending...

tens of thousands of dollars in grants for the d.c. school system. >> another beautiful day in the d.c. area. we will look at how long this will last after the break. >> and the redskins conclude their mini-camp. lefty and bubba become spectators as tiger goes on the prowl at the u.s. open. i've got it all for you >> you are watching abc7 news at 6:00 p.m. with gordon peterson, maureen bunyan, chief meteorologist doug hill and tim brant's. this is abc7 news on your side. >> unemployment claims rose by 6000 since last week. that is the third increase in three weeks, the highest number in six weeks, and at the same time hiring a slowdown. that raises concerns about the pace of the recovery. the extent thousand grants at schools have been awarded. -- >> 10,000 school grants have been awarded. the biggest winner, kelly miller middle school. awarded $340,000. 59 schools in all will receive money to help with technology enhancement and after-school programs. >> vdot has been talking about charging a fee for ec gas users. that has a lot of peo

that might be why this one has turned out the biggest chunk of 420000 speed cameras tickets issued in d.c. this year. >> that's how they make their money. >> the spot with the second most offenders is in the 1900 block of branch avenue with a speed limit of 25. >> that is entrapment. it's going downhill. >> watch as the drivers slam the brakes just as they reached the radar enforcement. >> it almost causes an accident. it's very hard to slowdown to 25. this one and benning road is on the list. >> on >295, i always slowdown. >> drivers know all of the cameras are on the heavily traveled arteries. >> it's on people's way to work. >> i think they are targeting commuters and visitors. >> it is comfortable, 66 degrees. >> a new twist in immigration debate. details on a ruling which limits the future of education for illegal immigration. >> lance armstrong responding to new delegations. >> we invite you to follow our twitter page. >> heavy metal band metallica has launched a new public service video for law- enforcement campaign to catch a man wanted in the death of morgan harrington, the virgi

d.c. police officers now indicted in connection with the fight at a d.c. nightclub. it happened in june of last year outside the lotus nightclub on k street in northwest. the incident was caught on camera. now, one man was beaten so badly that it caused him to lose an eye. the officers charged were off duty at the time. five other people were also indicted. >>> also new this morning from silver spring, fire vectors say some type of incendiary device was involved in a fire at a barbershop. the fire was put out quickly. no one was hurt. we'll hear from the shop's owner coming up at 7:00. >>> here is tucker barnes. >> good morning. >> the other numbers we should be talking about start with a nine today, right? >> right back in the 90s for afternoon highs today. today won't be terrible because the humidity still will be in check. but look out here. the dangerous heat is back. >> we've got quite a respite from the humidity which is odd to me. >> it has been wonderful the last couple of days. >> you can't complain though. it has been nice. >> it is summer. >> this month has

in 1808. the ports of d.c. and alexandria were among the largest in the number of slaves shipped to the south. new orleans, louisiana, was often the destinations where slaves ended up being sold. we don't know how margaret was moved to new orleans. she could have gone by ship or she could have had to walk to new orleans. based on a birth certificate, we know margaret gave birth to a can son in april 1842 and he was given the name peter joseph. the father was an austrian merchant who was named sparrow joseph who came to search of his fortune. we have not been able to document the relationship between margaret and him, but we know that peter was born free when his mother had him pay prior to his birth. this lead me to the speculation about margaret possibly been forced to work in a brothel. at age 13, peter wrote a letter to his grandmother nancy. somehow he knew that nancy was at the decatur house. i don't know how he knew that. but they probably also remained in contact with one another. at any rate at the 1857

president obama will campaign in d.c. today. he will attend a campaign event at the jefferson hotel and he will be on the south lawn of the capital later. he attended fund-raisers in atlanta and miami beach. >> there's been a resolution to the controversy on the campus of the university of virginia. yesterday the university reinstated president teresa sullivan. this comes less than three weeks after her dismissal which led to a series of protests. tom roussey has reaction. >> on university avenue, students gave a big thumbs up to the decision to keep teresa sullivan. >> we were upset when she was let go. >> i think it's great. >> this students from fairfax county says that sullivan is very popular with students. >> she has a great focus on academics. the main reason i chose to come here. >> even the leader of the movement to ditch the sullivan changed your mind. >> only if we go forward together. >> some say this took a major negative from the university and turned it into positive. >> i think it shows the. university at its the

>> reporter: the season may not have officially started yet but summer temperatures have arrived in d.c. >> overwhelming. >> crowds braved the heat. the capital pride festival on pennsylvania avenue. >> the humidity. >> i have my pinnacol lad day. >> reporter: it's the fourth time this year we have seen temperatures in the 90s but the hottest day of 2012 does not stand up to 2011. one year ago yesterday we were already at 102 degrees. of course it's only a matter of time. some may not mind. >> i love my 90-degree temperature. it's perfect. >> reporter: most everyone we spoke with had a strategy. >> cooling mist, sunscreen and water. we will stay hydrated and hope for the best. >> what we try to do is keep cold water in our bottles, keep the core temperature down. >> drinking tons and tons of water and ditching into buildings at every opportunity. >>> but the secret to staying cool on a day like this may be to take a lesson from the kids. >> when i see how the children are enjoying, why not. i enjoy that, too, along with them. >> it tickles a little. >> it splashes. >> reporter: in washi

plus a smoky smell in d.c. have you smelled it in it is coming from a wildfire more than 100 miles away. fox 5 morning news continues in just a moment. ' >>> world stock markets are rising and the euro is surging this morning after european leaders announceed a breakthrough at their sum knit belgium. they met for 13 long hours and agreed to use europe's bailout funds for funnel money directly to struggling banks. they are wrapping up a two-day summit. >>> a shooting at ft. bragg in north carolina has left one soldier dead and two others hurt. investigators say a soldier shot another member of his unit and turned the gun on himself. a third soldier was also hurt. the suspected gunman survived. he is in custody this morning but still no word of a motive. >>> george zimmerman will go back before a judge today asking once again to be released from jail. during the last bond hearing, the neighborhood watchman and his wife misled the judge about how much money they actually had. zimmerman is behind bar

mary wed her long time partner in d.c. today. fox 5 in the newsroom now with details. >> the spokesperson for the former vice president and his wife, lynn, confirmed the wedding today, but added the no additional details will be released. congratulated the couple in the statement. if they say mary and heather have been in a committed relationship for many years and we are delighted that they were able to take advantage of the opportunity to have that relationship recognized. they go on to say mary and heather and their children are very important and much loved members of our family and we wish them every happiness. mary and heather have been a couple for at least twenty years and have two children together. a five-year-old son, samuel, and a two-year-old daughter, sarah, that live in virginia. mary cheney is credited for encouraging her father for publicly support same-sex marriage in 2009. she has been openly gay throughout his political career, but it became a topic of discussion during the bush, cheney republican reelection c

. $3.53 in d.c., $3.35 in maryland. the cheapest gas in the region is south of us in fredericksburg. $2.99 a gallon for regular which is not bad. reporting live in arlington, jummy olabanji. >> where are you going after the show? i am headed to wawa. >> 64 degrees outside. >> and which the local spots made the list of the cleanest beaches. clare tropical storm debby is headed now. >> a live look outside. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> welcome back. tropical storm debby has weakened to a tropical depression. and it's still poses a risk in parts of florida. north of tampa there's massive flooding. it drenched the state at least four straight days. it is expected to head north while picking up speed. 5:09 is the time 63 degrees. >> adam caskey spend plenty of time in florida as well. when they have a slow-moving storm in that state, it is terrible. >> it is. so many of those leg olocations cannot handle that amount of water. it just keeps coming. this was barely a tropical storm and th

out here in northwest d.c., same thing. we're along the 3300 block of siphus in northwest d.c. pepco crews got here a half an hour. they're working on the electricity. i want to direct your attention to the house we see to the right. you can see the bad luck. their own tree came crashing down on top of the roof. a second tree also slammed on top of their cars. now the home is left uninhabitable. up and down this street in northwest d.c., you'll find debris and downed power lines, all remnants left behind by yesterday's microburst of storms. take a look, a large limb snapped off and crushed the rooftop. you can see the trees still embedded up top and the walls of the house are now cracked. and to add insult to injury, another tree on the front sidewalk also came down. that one crushed three cars parked along the curb. neighbors say they're left rattled by what happened here. >> this is the second time we've seen something like this happen on this part of the block. about five years ago the house next to ours where these folks are sitting had a tree that almost by secretaried the

it's incentive to keep them in d.c. and hiring d.c. workers. the tech company will get $32 million in tax credits to keep its headquarters here and hire half of its employees from the district. the final vote is expected next month. >>> condoleezza rice says she is not interested in being mitt romney's running mate. the former secretary of state tells cbs this morning there is no way i will do this because it's really not me. rice says she will support whomever romney picks. omney pi >>> coming up next on the news edge at 11:00 a security upgrade unveiled at a local airport. >> plus rg3 reacts after a former basketball player targeted the skins qb in an extortion scheme. >> we continue to watch temperatures dropping around the region heading for the 60s, fuffs and maybe some 40s -- 50s and maybe some 40s, but get ready for the hot stuff back in the forecast. >> the news edge at 11:00 is coming right back. >> this is fox 5 news edge at 11:00. >>> the director of the reston zoo is denying allegations she mistreated an animal. meghan mogensen is ch

in d.c., news 4. >> as we said, people up and down the east coast were sweating it out today. people in j.f.k. shattered the high of 95. in philadelphia, 97 degrees today. but that wasn't enough to beat their record high of 99 degrees set way back in 1923. miami on the other hand reached just 86 degrees today. >> no verdict tonight in the jerry sandusky child sex abuse trial. but there is a big development. that follows another bomb shell outside the trial that sandusky's adopted son claimed that he, too, had been abused. >> before the jury could finish its first day of deliberations, two new accusers stepped forward to accuse the former penn state asis tant football coach. one of them is sandusky's adopted son, matt sandusky who had been ready to testify if jerry sandusky took the stand. the second, travis weaver had not appeared. >> i told him if he didn't get off me i was going to call the police on him. he just laughed at me and forced me to stay on the bed. >> the new accusations raised more charges and more trials. >> it's certainly possible. the only question is whether

the water is rushing through this roadway in the d.c. area in montgomery county and i suspect many areas in carroll county probably look very similar to this, dealing with the aftermath of all of this water rushing through in the storms that come through in the last hour or so. we're continuing to stay on top of that and watching severe thunderstorms and flash flooding warnings coming in as well. you can find all of this, if you get access to our apps, on mobile, smartphone, wherever you are with you, text wmar to 46988. you'll get all the apps and have access to all the information. not just for this storm because it's important right now that you have the information, but far from the only storm we'll see this summer. this is going to be a big problem as the weather gets hotter, we get more powerful storms. if you want your hands on that information, get your app and if you see pictures from the storm once it's safe for you to go outside, see what you've seen. we want to know what you're seeing wherever you are. it's become less signifi

dna links the suspect to a 1996 attack in d.c.. last year, the fbi stepped up its search for the man wanted in crimes dating back to 1991. >>> the two main candidates running for the u.s. senate? virginia will be in our region today. this morning republican george allen will attend the faith and freedom conference in northwest while democrat tim kaine will meet with the women's group this afternoon in woodbridge. >>> nba finals all tied up at one game apiece. lebron james scored 32 points. chris bosh added 16. miami beat oklahoma city last night 100-96. game three sunday. >>> just shy of 6:556789 here's the answer to our -- 6:55, here's our answer to our question of the morning. the question was -- >> and the answer is b., slurpees. there you go. >> yeah the bud light would be spilling over the pool. we have more -- traffic and weather right here next on 9news now. >>> and one more thing for you on this friday morning. let's say you're having a terrible day. bad day at work? maybe you got in a fight with your significant other. then

nine twisters touched down in maryland six of them close to the d.c. area and one of the hardest-hit areas was in harford county maryland. two people were hurt their and a whole bunch of buildings damaged. two twisters also touched down in virginia in hampton and the other near petersburg. a big turnout is expected tonight when the loudoun county board of supervisors will the public session on the dulles rail project. the board is expected to decide by next month that it wants to help pay for the bill. residents to talk to this morning had mixed feelings. >> it will create jobs and help people alabama the commute will be easier for me. >> there will be more buildings and houses and crime. i think it will be awful. >> the meeting tonight gets underway at 6:00 in the border of the government center on harrison street in leesburg. investigators hope a new sketch will lead to the killer of a virginia tech student. take a look at this drawing -- it is similar to an fbi sketch from 2005. police have linked the old attacked from the murder of morgan harrington

in new york. >> good morning. interesting stories. first, tripadvisor has their index. d.c. ensive destinations in the u.s. tourists spend more than $400 on accommodations and eating out on the town for just two people. the costliest in the nation is in new york city. las vegas was the most affordable. speaking of travel, sears is hoping to get your attention. you can buy flights hotels, cruises, car rentals, and vacation packages by credit card or on layaway at their web site. they're offering 100 vacations for $399 or less from now until the end of july. it is trying to boost profits. a new peaks of vending machine will debut in the u.s. it has been serving europeans for the last couple years so far. the machine is set to debut in the u.s. this summer and will charge about $6 for 10.5 inch pizza pie. good. that is business news at bloomberg headquarters in new york. linda bell reporting for abc 7 news. >> thanks. adam caskey joining us with a forecast. >> they should install those machines right here. >> or at my house. we do see eye to eye on these issues. hot and humid to

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he plans to take part in a nudes conference in d.c -- news conference in d.c. with other leaders on the house and senate intelligence committees. he is talking the d.c. calling the leaks -- calling the leaks damage and intolerable. >>> we have world that karl rove will be in baltimore saturday. she's scheduled to be -- he's scheduled to be a speaker at the red white and blue dinner. the party stitcheryman says rove is instrumental from -- party's chairman says that rove is instrumental. >>> maryland highway officials are planting nearly 120,000 trees statewide and it's all to help filter stormwater. we're told they're going to be located along interchanges in grassy areas where they won't hinder any visibility. >>> today the transportation department will be holding a press conference all to announce a national strategy for find -- ending distracted driving. transportation secretary ray lahood will make the announcement in dover, delaware set for 2:30 afternoon. >>> a street in detroit, michigan has been cleared away after a man chopped up wood and put it in the

less than 2 1/2 hours later, he's set to appear in d.c. superior court on a misdemeanor campaign finance charge which was filed yesterday. news4's megan mcgrath live outside the federal courthouse where brown will be in just a couple of hours. meg megan? >> reporter: aaron, it's going to be a busy and no doubt unpleasant day for former chairman kwame brown. he has two separate court appearances today. the first happening this morning at the federal courthouse. the second happening a few hours later at d.c.'s superior court. now at 11:00 a.m., brown is expected to plead guilty to a felony bank fraud charge. prosecutors say that brown gave false income information in order to get a home loan and buy a boat which he named bullet proof. then yesterday, a new charge surfaced. brown is now also accused of violating campaign finance laws. prosecutors say he authorized the opening of a campaign side account and that the money spent largely went unreported. now that charge is a misdemeanor. kwame brown has yet to talk to the press about the charges

speaking to a friendly audience of ceos at the quarterly meeting of the influential business round table in d.c., mitt romney launched a presymptive

heat levels will be low during the peak heath. 99 in philly, 100 in d.c. this is pretty incredible stuff out there. be careful, of course, in this area. we're looking for a little bit of relief, especially in the november plains. eventually that's going the arrive in chicago and kansas city. ahhh. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look outside your window. today the cold front will arrive in place like indianapolis. you'll get showers this afternoon and that will begin to cool things off a little bit. still getting very hot down in dallas. today, about mid-90s. so today's the worst of it. the cold front is going to move all the way to the east coast by the weekend. >> perfect timing. all right, bill. thanks so much. >>> coming up, big ben givens but not enough for wall street, bad news for mcdonald's, and let one multi-million ceo bought to indulge himself. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, alec baldwin goes on the comedy offenses on the dust-up with the new york photographer. >>> a record-setting night

when wall's contract expires in 2014, and is a challenge that he welcomes. d.c. training camp, who better to talk about that and doug williams who was in town promoting men's health and fitness at the children's hospital. the super bowl-winning quarterback can relate to robert griffin iii in more ways than one. he told us what he said to rg3. >> one of the things i told him was the fact that this town, and a brief was here, i can honestly say that it is a home away from home, washington d.c. he has an opportunity to do the same thing. >> he was at washington hospital. that is a look at sports. a lot of >> after the record high of 104 possibly severe thunderstorm watch tonight, the intense storms are arriving shortly after 9:00. keep up-to-date with the storms at wjla.com, all of the buttons plus track them yourselves on live super doppler 7 radar. bob ryan will be all over that tonight. >> abc world news is next. >> have a good night and a good weekend. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] it started like this... i speak the la

dollars and george real quick around with a time spring is here is beautiful outside in new york in d.c. this is when we expected to see the occupy movement sort of third come back what do you expect what can we think. what we saw on may day forty thousand plus people in new york city and most of the mainstream news hadn't really covered it but what we're seeing every day or smaller actions growing into crescendos of issue literacy and awareness so i expect that over the course of this summer time you see more folks reaching out to communities not in centralized places like zuccotti but in neighborhoods where people live galvanizing around local issues and building a grassroots movement i expect that you should see some strong presence in tampa for the republican national convention and moving on all the way through to the democratic national convention and intend to continue to raise the streets and rock block by block and city by city now right occupy wall street member george martinez who is running for the u.s. house of representatives in new york seventh congressional district than

. -- second white chairman in the history of the d.c. council and there is the potential that he could become the first ever white mayor since the start of home rule in 1973. does it matter in the majority black city that you're white? >> it shouldn't, but yes, it's still an issue for many people. >> reporter: the council chair would become mayor should a long running federal investigation force vincent gray from office. mendelsohn is ambitious, but he says he does not want to climb the ladder with another scandal. >> i truly hope that that doesn't happen. this government doesn't need it. the citizens of washington d.c. don't need that. >> reporter: bruce leshan, 9 news now. >> the vote is wednesday and the interim chair will serve until the city can hold a special election and the elections board just announced that special election will take place november 6th, the same day as the vote for president. mendelson, orange and probably a bunch of candidates are all expected to run. >> we'll be running indoors tomorrow at about this time beca

you are bound to see some type of trees that are toppled or branches of some sort in d.c. ok aim at cars and even people. derrick ward is on capitol hill with a closer look at the damage. what's going on, what's new in your area this morning? >> reporter: good morning. you can see folks are starting to stir now and they're being greeted by quite a sight here on capitol hill. we're in the 200 block of eighth street. the tree came down. it crushed a pickup truck but did damage to the house across the street completely covering the stoop. take a look at the devastation caused by this tree. by all appearances a healthy tree, but it was taken up at its ro root. people are saying the root base seemed to be small for this tree considering its height. didn't deform the sidewalk at all, but did take up the tree box with it when it fell. this scene is played out all over capitol hill and our area. but where the canopy is such an attraction and such a part of this neighborhood, this is a devastating sight. no one was hurt. we talked to a gentleman earlier today who said at the height