accuweather's justin povick joins us now with the details. >> thanks and good morning to you, as well. more thunderstorms a possibility here on this friday from our nation's capital points to the south. but they will be more spotty in coverage. believe it or not, back across account ohio valley and the midwest, not a cloud in the sky with high pressure in control. as we head out west, big changes coming up here with regards to temperatures. a big cooldown over the northern tier. remaining very hot further off to the south. diane, kendis, back to you. >> justin, thank you. >>> to some it was a stunning verdict in the trial of the only baltimore police officer charged with murder in the death of freddie gray. a judge found caesar goodson not guilty. he says there was simplefully not enough evidence to prove he acted criminally. goodson drove the van in which gray suffered his injury. gray's death led to days of unrest. is he the thirtpolice officer to stand trial in the case. so far none have been convicted. >>> a masked german -- a gunman in germany i should said is dead after taking h

abc's justin povick joins us with the forecast. good morning, justin. >> kendis, diane, thanks. good morning to you as well. we are tracking more potentially dangerous thunderstorms from low pressure, again, we had all the severe weather earlier on yesterday and also last night but continues for today. damaging winds large hail, isolated tornadoes and very heavy rainfall around our nation's capital, points north toward philadelphia. we're also concerned about major heat and humidity in the southeast that could feel over 100 degrees. kendis, diane, back to. >> justin, thank you. >>> meanwhile, cooler more humid weather is allowing fire crews in southern california to make some progress. helicopters and air taskers helping crews on the ground battle the flames covering 7 1/2 square miles. containment improved to 15% and scores of people evacuated are now back home. >>> let's move to presidential politics now and donald trump launching what was a blistering attack on hillary clinton calling her a world class liar. >> trump bashed clinton on everything from her private e-mail use to

. >> accuweather's justin povick joins us with the forecast. good morning. >> kendis and diane, thanks and good morning to you, as well. we're tracking more severe weather throughout the middle atlantic states for today and again, concerning here because there could be more damaging winds. there could be more large hail and also some very, very heavy rains as low pressure tracks its way off to the east. we're looking at severe threat setting up shop from philadelphia points off to the south. meanwhile, out in the west, high fire danger continues right through friday. diane, kendis, back to you. >> our thanks to justin. >> an unruly delta flight heading to los angeles to be diverted to tucson. another passenger captured the moment as the man is removed from the plane. he allegedly made threats against the flight crew. the plane was escorted to tucson by a fair of f-16 fighter jets. the man was detained. the fbi investigating. >>> the coast guard made a grim discovery in the search for a father and his three teenage children missing off the gulf

justin povick joins us with the forecast. good morning. >> diane, kendis, good morning to you. happy friday. almost to the weekend. that's the good news. better news is the weather will be calming down over the northeast this weekend. still a few pesky storms to get through today from d.c. points south toward richmond. heavy rain, lightning and winds the biggest concern. we're not anticipating a repeat performance of severe weather. that's definitely some good news. out west, roasting here over the southern tier of states. a big cooldown on the way over the northern half is going to be quite substantial here through the weekend. speaking of the weekend, most of the storms saturday into sunday located over the northern portion of the midwest. and also into the great lakes but again, beautiful in the northeast. >>> diane, kendis, back to you. >> our thanks to justin. we'll turn to politics now, bernie sanders acknowledging earlier this week that he will not be the democratic presidential nominee but he's now telling supporters that they're just getting started. sanders delivered