seven suit right now in la plata. upper 60's in front royal -- 70's right now in la plata. a slow-moving system. by the later half of the day, we may see a few peaks of sunshine. a little sunshine is possible this afternoon. a cool day with temperatures barely out of the 70's. it will feel much more comfortable. tomorrow will be gorgeous with temperatures in the mid 80's. it will be downright hot and sticky this weekend. >> ok. thank you. >>> gm will be profitable and go public before chrysler. >> we have the "money scope" report. >> the senate has reached a deal to save cash for clunkers. lawmakers will joke -- will vote today to invest another $2 billion into the program. another half million people can get the rebate. car dealers are saying they are running low on car models. general motors will have an initial public offering before chrysler. they will sell some of the government shares next year. chrysler is saddled with more debt than gm. president obama has announced a major investment in clean car technology. money will be used to create batteries and electric vehic

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there was accident onan route thd c you can see itown d towards la plata. t haist where theshsre a . owers are. temperatures inethe low 70's to the upper 60's. half an inch of rain in stafford. here is the big picture. a front is working its way through. slshowers are slowly working their way across the area. temperatures are not going to move too much. we may not get out of the upper 70's today. a big difference from yesterday. temperatures dropping into the 60's tonight with lower humidity. to more in looks like a gorgeous day. mid 80's, lots of sunshine. enjoy it. the heat is coming back on saturday. near 90. mid 90's on sunday it with high humidity. it will definitely feel like sunday -- it would definitely feel like summer. >> thank you. >>> a wheelchair has been developed that is controlled by brain waves. >> we have tech bytes. >>> texting 911 has become the first in the country to accept text messages sent to 911. it should help the deaf and anyone who cannot talk. emergency responders may be able to receiv photos and videos from cell phones. verizo

we haveome lit to moderate rainshowers from la plata, eastwardown to montero's. partly cloudy for the rest of the day. highs in the mid 80's. we cannot rule out a brief passing a thunderstorm. warming up a bit by wednesday. that is it for the forecast. >>, i am hearing a southbound 95 in virginia had a vehicle that rolled over in newington. do you see the red in this picture? they are on their way to that vehicle. headlights are northbound. they can see what is happening on the other side. woodbridge is open up to springfield. we go live to this camera. we're moving at speed on the beltway. the topside of the screen is at new hampshire avenue on the way to 270. >> thank you. >>> 6:13, 67 degrees. >> a home is getting an extreme makeover and we're there when the hammers start swinging. >> new trouble for health care reform. ood morninghing "good morning >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington," with doug mckelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, weather, and lisa baden, traffic. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> i

if you're in the waldorf area and la plata, we'll watch this very, very closely because when the stormsget hooks on them and they start rotating and there is in stability out there, it can try to, and i don't want to alarm anybody, but this is the first precursor sign for anything trying to produce a tornado. there is more thunderstorm active et down to the south and a whole other line forming back out to the west. we have one that moved through this afternoon and drops some heavy rain and then we keep an eye on this. and then in frederick county virginia, and darke county, virginia and with the thunderstorm warning and this comes towards harpers ferry and crossing back over the river here. it could get very loud and very dangerous as this form moves on through. now then for the forecast for this evening here on max hd. you'll see storm possible as late as 8:00. temperature around 80 degrees. a steamy evening with thunderstorms. tomorrow morning there may be a shower or random thunderstorm. we could have some going through the overnight and by noon tomorrow as well with scattered shower

. >> reporter: the la plata police chief is investigating and he is not sure if there will be any charges. >>> montgomery county says that its retention center has turned over 325 suspected illegal aliens to federal authorities so far this year. the department of correction and rehabilitation director say that's a nearly a 20% increase over last year. immigration and customs enforcement officials say more agents are being assigned to work with maryland jails as part of a nationwide push to capture illegal immigrants. >>> well, when it comes to crime in montgomery county, the silver spring district is a hot spot. we have first quarter numbers released for robberies, burglaries and car thefts combined in montgomery county. and you can see that nearly 400 in silver spring occurred compared to 138 in the bethesda district. 136 in rockville and 128 in germantown. however, these numbers are down compared to the same time last year. >>> the union that represents metro workers says a bus driver being investigated for using a cell phone on the job was calling metro's central control center because

la plata 75. tomorrow expect a warm start. temperatures will be in the lower 80s at 00 and temperatures will be 89 at noon. cooler tomorrow. so we're not talking abou temperatures tomorrow making it in the middle to upper 90s and by 4:00, expect a couple of showers and thunderstorms to be popping up there, as well. your five-day forecast looks like this. the good news here, no more heat wave. 92 tomorrow. that's a little above normal but something we can deal with. and we cool in the middle 80s for thursday until friday. >> did you see a dramatic rescue attempt along the coast of florida today. the small whale is trying to beach itself and a group of life guards and animal rescuers want to make sure it doesn't happen. the baby whale and its mother swimming near the shore. the mother already became beached and died. they are working to save the baby. whales beach themselves for a number of reasons including climate conditions. >> early in the race, watch this, montoya ran over a member of another team's pit crew. >> he clipped

the la plata police department confirms they're investigating a case of vandalism but won't confirm who they are investigating. >> well, the long journey that is the nfl season tonight begins for the washington redskins. they're heading up to the road to baltimore for their first preseason game. the starters are not expected to be on the field for long. tonight is about the young players and the veterans fighting for jobs. it will also be the first time this new-look redskins defense will face live competition. the biggest free agent, albert haynesworth, will not play, we're told, but brian orakpo will get on the field in his very first p gol >>> wll g aet first look at the 2009 version of the redskins right heren nbc 4 tonight. ntu inet a 7:30 to watch gh nitot's game and then sticknhen postgame coverage. >> our time is eight minutes after 5:00, the temperature right now 73 degrees in washington. >>> we'll take a look at what the federal reserve said about the economy, plus new data due out today. >> a look at what the former vice president plans to say in a new tell-all book. stay wit

police in la plata have issued him a citation for a misdemeanor, tampering with an automobile. now they told us he let the air out because leaving notes on the windshield doesn't work. he has been suspended on sitting on criminal cases until the matter is resolved. >>> a police officer has been indicted on charges that he lied under oath in court. her name is deena hoffman and the case involves a man that was arrested last year for drunken driving. at the trial the officer testified she found him behind the wheel of his car but check out the video. it shows hoffman approaching from the passenger's side and when she goes to look she finds him in the backseat. today we spoke with the defense attorney. >> i asked her, okay, now isn't it true when you first arrived there that he was in the backseat on the passenger's side. her answer, no. >> well, the judge dismissed the case against her. as for the officer she's on leave pending the outcome of her trial. >>> look at a robbery in progress. a clerk using his cell phone camera to take this video. two men prying open an atm, grabbing

judge in charles county resigns from his administrative roles after an incident near a courthouse in la plata. robert mali admits he let the air out of a tire on a parked automobile in front of the courthouse monday. judge said someone was parking in a restricted zone and he left notes for the driver. the driver of the car said she never received the notes. nor any warning whatsoever. >> the only warning that i got was that my tire was flat. one of the security guards said to me he said jean, someone from holding called over and said judge nelly flattened your tire. >> the judge said deflating the tires was less of a hassle than having the car ticketed or towed. >> police chase ends in an explosion. man suspected of stealing a pickup truck takes police on a chase and darting through rejection crashed into a mini van. and then the truck sideswiped a third vehicle and explodes after slamming into a utility pole. the pickup truck as you can see goes up in flames. it happened in front of a restaurant on detroit's westside. the suspected truck thief died. >> wow! well it seems to be cooling off. f

even warmer than a was yesterday. 75 in la plata. if you have glasses and you step out of the air conditioning, they will fog up. we will call for a mix of clouds. hot th a chance of some late- day storms. lisa baden, you said things were rough in maryland. >> this is out of -- this is out of damascus. 29 out of maryland, a vecle is upside down. we will go on over to a map. 95 is good between richmond and baltimore. more to come on the traffic end. >> thank you. >>> swine flu is getting lots of attention. >> the government is working on it vaccine. they are talking about preparations for a pandemic. brianne carter has a preview. >> this morning's conference is the start of a three-day conference in which those in attendance will get an update on the swine flu. health officials say the production of the swine flu vaccine is lagging. it is the single best hope of slowing of the swine flu. the vaccine will not be available as quickly as planned. instead of the 120 million doses, and just 25 million will be ready to dispense by october 1

a moderate downpour right now in charles county, near la plata, waldorf.ding northeast into southern prince george's county. elsewhere, some heavy downpours on the eastern shore as well. where you see the pockets of yellow and orange. scattered showers in northern virginia as well as the panhandle of west virginia. temperatures in the low to mid-70s. 73 in washington, 60 shenandoah valley, into the mountains. now afternoon highs climbing to near 80. a little sun breaking out. isolated thundershower is possible, mainly south and east ofashington this afternoon. low humidity coming in, clearing out tonight. it will be in place tomorrow. then heat and humidity building for saturday and sunday and into next week, the heat wave continues. jerry, good morning. how's our thursday commute? >> tom, good morning. south of town, the approach to the wilson bridge is right on the bridge span, had a report of a broken-down vehicle on the inner loop between 210 and 29rtd rtpo to tnn ibe the roadway so heads-up if you're headed in that direction en route to the wilson bri

probably sor fome ksay ed up and readyo .go low 70's from frederick to la plata. high of 90 today. a chance of some thunderstorms. more on the tropics in 10. >> a good morning for maryland drivers. we will show you the pace of troubled over near new hampshire avenue and university boulevard. they are moving at speed. eastbound 66, both exits are close to the beltway because a tow truck hauling a dump truck broke down. ound 66 on to6 495 north, you have to go south on the beltway to 50 for the time being. >> thank you. >>> election day in afghanistan. >> polls have been open for a few hours. voters casting ballots despite the threat of violence. courtney robinson joins us with the latest. >> despite the large presence of security forces, the violence is continuing. militants launched rockets and killed a child in southern afghanistan. this violence is continuing and is keeping voters from the polls. as millions in afghanistan cast their vote for the next president, terror looms. >> the insurgency is longer than a was a year ago or three years ago. >> u.s. forces will provide the fir

another muggy daynd cstryal yl armand maryland6a lpl 7ata, la plata, . on one of the we could find on our weatherbug network. so here's the forecast for today. becoming partly cloudy. scattered showers and thunderstorms later this evening as a cold front drops into the region. high of 93 today. tomorrow a little bit cooler. back in the mid 80's. ahh, that will feel nice. back to jim russ and a look at our commute. >> thank you. traveling on the northbound side of route 212 a car fire extinguish nedow off to the side. our callers reporting the left side of the roadway tied up. route n 29 a crash near route 1 police will have to direct you through that area. the beltway in montgomery county at the legion bridge, everything running nicely. alison? pamela? back to you. >> tnk you, vim. thank you, jim. we have 74 degrees. >> still ahead right here. you've really got to see this to believe it. look who is back. a disgraced governor sum mons the soul of the king of rock & roll? the soul of the king of rock & roll? stay with us. . ♪ [ woman ] ♪ early light break

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down toward fredericksberg touching 92 or 93 down there. 92 in la plata and 90 in baltimore.l have an update on three tropical systems for you coming up, sarah. >>> d.c. community members and airports are working on the city's largest public art muriel. the wall is located in the edgewood neighborhood in northeast behind the rhode island avenue shopping center. it is bigger than a football field. check out all of the bright colors. more than 1 had been -- 100 people are expected to add their own touch to the wall as well. >> that's a good activity on a sunday. >>> well it's right around the corner, kids will soon head back to school and this will be particularly tough for some. districts are being hit with a growing number of homeless students. a look at how kids, parents and schools are coping with this. >>> and the skins try to learn from thursday's shutout loss to the ravens. today two pact ises -- practis are on the slate. we hear from coach jim zorn.  >>> today is the second year of what is called life day. more than 10,000 book bags will be given to at-risk kids atte

no it's weeds on the rise and over the next week or so ragweed could become significant. 95 in la plata. a little cooling showing up behind that cold front. 79 in columbus. 81 in cleveland right now. the big picture shows all the heat and humidity getting cut off at the pass as this cold front comes in with a better chance of showers and thunderstorms -- don think anything severe -- late tonight and predawn hours tomorrow. tomorrow another day of muggy conditions, low 90's, heat and humidity. then the thunderstorms come in the afternoon and a noticeable change in the weather wednesday. cooler weather out the great lakes with northerly winds. it's still possible wednesday there could be an isolated shower or thunderstorm. mid to upper 80's in the city at 11:00 tonight. 77 to 77 in the morning. 8 at noon tomorrow. we could get into the lower 90's before that front comes in. much cooler wednesday and thursday. through the weekend, partly sunny, warm, not terribly humid. kind of normal stuff. >> more comfortable to be sure. >> 90 comrtable? >> tonight an -- six more singles try dating in th

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la plata, 88 degrees. in wash, 87 for your high today. more details on the forecast coming up?little bit. >> thank you. >>> let's check in with julie wright and look at what is happening out on the roads. >> not a lot shaking right now. we have lanes open as you continue to work your way around the capital beltway leaving oxon hill headed to and from the wilson brim. you are at speed between college park and the exits for 270 on the beltway. no incidents to report on 66. it is still an easy ride for you guys conning inbound from nutley street headed er towards the capital beltway. beltway runs without incident leaving annandale headed up towards merrifield. we have light traffic volume if you are traveling along 95 leaving dale city headed up towards the capital beltway. 355 at bradley head southbound from the capital beltway. the lane are open. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> here, hey, hey, hey! i can't across the country, town hall meetings on health care have been eruptininto various levels of chaos. this is senator clair mccaskill's meeting in hillsboro,

from clinton down, la plata, charlotte hall, prince frederick, showers moving down that way. all moving off to the east. around the area here, one or two showers around crofton and south of buoy, heading right toward annapolis there. you folks in annapolis, that looks like it is headed in your direction. very weak stuff. around the baltimore region, we'll have to wait probably a little longer. right now, things are very quiet. may stay quiet tonight. but i doubt it. still a pretty volatile, very humid atmosphere. and we're going to repeat this again over the next two days. sally? >> okay, bob. thanks. >>> let's check on the roads now with sharon gibala. >> i'm happy to report that there is not much going on out there. the worst problem is going to be on the top side of the beltway. that's because of an accident there. and you can see our speed sensors there are only at 21 miles an hour. meantime, there is a look at the delays. and more speed sensors. 22 miles an hour. and 38 miles an hour on the top side. no outer loop delays. there's a look at wilkins. as far as your drive t

soheylrnarhe mr and ieavrain ie n reerowagn evto en rt north beach to plum point to hughsville and la plata. is is moving east northeast. on the weather computer. we will show you the on. e bapicture here. one bah tc showers from this morning raced up to new jersey and long island. s. wing with lingering er n. it vea momow fere hours and n he tw in s 60oon.rn s. the 60s heand low 70 oftop f toin the upper 70s and low 80s. it is 9:02. we need traffic news. angie? >> all right. thank you so much, howie. getting in the 9:00 hour and it's been the same situation all morning. we have had a lot of congestion, a lot of traffic incidents and a lot of weather- related incidents. talks downed wires and trees. you can find it at wusa usa. what you are looking at here is the outer loop. it is jammed up from 95 to georgia. looking at a 20 minute commute. on the inner loop, i like what i see. things are breaking apart as they clear that accident at new hampshire. it is pushed to the right shoulder. interstate 270 a 20 0 m up0 so far from hurley to the split. virginia, we are tabbing eastbound 66, you are

inside the beltway, we will be flirting with 60 but pretty much all of our suburbs including la platathe upper 50s and then as we sneak to the west some of our mountain areas will be in the 40s. 40s tomorrow morning. the tuesday afternoon plenty of sunshine. everybody is going to be rain- free. it will be a gorgeous day. we can thank the jet stream for our taste of autumn. yeah, we have 40s in our mountain suburbs and then as we head through the week by the middle of the week the jet stream will lift north to canada and warmer air returning and back in the 80s before you know it. as we take you hour by hour, microcast nine shows how the rain will be leaving our southern and eastern suburbs of piedmont and the coastal areas and leaving us with partly cloudy skies. tomorrow a beautiful day. so that by 5:00 on tuesday no problems on your commute home and then as we look ahead in to wednesday morning, looks like a clear start and maybe chilly suburbs in the 40s off to the west. seven-day forecast is up. a lot of sunshine incoming for tomorrow and wednesday. come thursday and friday, some

spots like manassas, winchester, oven into la plata which was so wet today, into the l 60s. delightful tomorrow, 80, 8585 degrees. enjoy one low-humidity y.da humidity comes back on saturday and really back sunday and moay witit temperatures in the ligh stisk r o sf at risk of an isolated thunder shower when we are back in tha steamy pattern. it will continue into tuesday and wednesday. tomorrow morning, a refreshing nice morning. enjoy it. >> excellent. >> thank you, bob. >>> coming up on news4 at 6:00, fire fighters in fairfax responded to a call today only to find dozens of snakes inside a house. >> we'll have information about the upcoming virginia sales tax holiday. >> the world health organization talked about when they expect to have swine flu vaccine ready. >> and a cyber attack. >> see which redskins quarter takes the worst of it in dodge ball.rmimmeasan herha p tpsheim best game of his career as national go for five in a row. im >>> we are back now with a look at some of the stories making headlines tonight. >>> the senate confirmed sonja sotomayor to the u.s. supr

with humidity around, high temperatures will be close to change her. 95 here in washington, 97 in la plata. 98 in fredericksberg. so setting the stage for a lot of very, very warm temperatures. i'll have more deill thats on the forecast coming up in just a minute. >> we'll see you up stairs in a bit. > no shortage of talkers in the buzz bin. the first of michael vick beginning the long journey back to repair his public image. we'll tell you where he paid a visit to a youth community center. >>> and paula abduhl is onout from american idol. so what will she do next? the job offers are mounding. would is the latest to throw out the feelers.  >>> in the buzz bin, the first of many for michael vick. the former falcons, quarterback made a visit to a community center yesterday. he was there to talk to inner city kids about dogfighting. it was organized by the humane society. vick is expected to make dozens of similar appearances around the country. >>> and the drum beat is getting louder. abc is joining the chorus of those looking to hire paula abduhl since her departure of americ

>> reporter: the la plata police chief says he's still investigating the incident and does not know whetherill be any charges. >> judge robert nally and jean washington both work at the circuit court for charles county. >>> we started the day out with sun and now we may be in for some rain. take a live look outside now, over baltimore. clouds are rolling in. could they bring showers along with it. looks like a little rain off to the right. eyewitness news is here. and bob has the updated numbers. >>> that is rain downtown. take a lock at radar. -- take a look at radar. that storm is located over the central portion of downtown. from west baltimore toward essex and south of middle river. to the north of dundalk. that's all moving to the south. 10 miles an hour. it's going to rain for a few more minutes. north of cold spring lane. not a drop. also more showers on eastern shore. they'll see light stuff over there. and on the lower eastern shore, wicomico, worcester county. showers. in fact, you folks in the upper eastern shore. caroline, talbot, queen anne's and kept county, still under a flas

the la plata police department is continuing its investigation into the tire deflation. >>> in an effort to get millions of marylanders immunized, the state officials want to offer free vaccines. it's part of the plan to make available to every resident who wants it. the first group to get the shots will be pregnant women and people with health problems. >>> president obama is out west, hoping to ease concerns about his $1 trillion plan to overhaul the healthcare system. manuel gallegus reports on the president's town hall meeting, where he is expected to face some opposition. >> reporter: the salesman in chief is out west, stepping up his pitch for urgent healthcare reform. >> health insurance reform will mean a set of common sense consumer protections for folks with health insurance. >>> president obama is using his own town hall meetings to beat back the fiery opposition boiling over in other town halls across the country. >> fight against the fear. this is not about politics. this is about helping the american people. >> reporter: while montana voted for president obama's rival in th

as you t eth e door, expect hot temperatures by later this afternoon. 91 here in washington. 92 la plata. 9 # in fredericksburg. let's get to julie wright with a look at our on-time traffic. good morning. >> good morning to you. no accidents reported right now. the lanes are open if you are traveling the top setch of the play between college pack and bethesda. no problems reported coming across the american legion bridge. light traffic volume, both the uner and outer loop between tyson and bethesda. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> the late senator ted kennedy made health care reform the focal point of his career which spanned several decades. this morning, the debate over health care continues. congressman jim moran held an explosive town hall meeting last into in reston, virginia. as many as 3,000 people argued t got owe rowdy that some people were escorted out. >> dispel the myths, inform the constituents, tryit hear from them so we have a good sense of where at least my constituency stands on this critical issue. >> congressman moran was joined by cohost howard dean

. >> reporter: the la plata police chief is investigating and he is not sure if there will be any charges. >>> the national transportation safety board is changing the time line of information. it has learned about problems on metro. last week the trntsb said it ju learned about a safety system failure backup in march. now investigators say they learned about it after the june 22nd crash. in that march incident a driver pulled the emergency brake to avoid train collision. sentencing is set for today for a man convicted in a string of terrifying home invasions in montgomery county. jose garcia killed one of the victims francis halfenstein after hitting her repeatedly on the head. the orvictims, all women, survived. prosecutors are seeking a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. >>> a former fairfax county police officer could face a civil suit over a fatal crash. we told you about this last february. a man da perry was behind the wheel of her cruiser when it collided with another car on route 1. teachers assistant macintosh was killed. she had the green light. her family said

. >> reporter: the la plata police chief is investigating. he is not sure if there will be any charges. >>> let's go to kenny burns for an update on the rush hour. >> we will start with in dent we have been tracking all morning,ened in new york avenue between west virginia and bladensburg, fire activity is blocking the right lane. a ielee avleave northeast dc. to virginia the capital beltway st ting with the inner loop, starting to improve. the delay at braddock road and slow through 66. outer loop will be slow between van doren and telegraph. 395 northbound you are clear from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. outer loop in maryland back at speed and 270 is now incident free from frederick to the capital beltway. traffic anytime at wusa9.com. now back to andrea. >>> does former nfl star michael vick deserve a second chance? he's now expressing remorse for his involvement in dog fighting, but the idea he should be allowed to resume his football career is causing an outcry. with me is the jerk manager of the african-american newspaper and

we have upper 70's in la plata. 75 in front royal ou so all across the area, it is warm and sticky.ill continue to pump on in. we're going to keep this hot air mass overhead. but we see some relief. notice the storms off to the west. there could be a storm or two this afternoon, especially in the mountains. but it eventually will work its way east. and as it pushes its way eastward, it will bring a shift tomorrow in the low to mid 90's with more skearted thunderstorms. and then by the time we get into wednesday, we'll see better chances for cooler numbers, low to mid 80's by the end of the week. jim, what's happening? >> 95 is our busy spot in virginia. we've got an accident on the vb side near the interan gef ge dale city blocking the right side. and southbound, south of fredericksburg at the interchange at route 1 spotsylvania, construction along the right side. heavy traffic now on 270. this is getting through the interchange of route 80, down past 109, which is what we see here, and then pace picks up. 95 in the parkway between the beltway, 66 on the toll road. pamela and alison

la plata, 9 # degrees for your -- 92 degrees for your high. >>> we have an ask the weather guy questionf john f. kennedy, jr. p she was the sister of john f. kennedy, the former president. >> let's check in with julie wright and at the time g a look at traffic. >> the incident south of 175 has cleared so all of the lanes are open on the bw parkway. all of the lane are open northbound as you travel from the capital beltway headed up towards the exits there. southbound 270 in the clear with no incidents to report. light and easy as you continue down on the southbound spur. they were checking for an accident on the southbound spur. nothing has popped up so far so the lanes remain open. it is a quiet trip on the beltway between college park and death he is da. eastbound 66, we have tea lays as you travel through manassas coming eastbound from at least haymarket. you will find traffic slowing briefly as you make your way on 395 from duke street on seminary road. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> how are you going to keep my employer from stopping offering insurance and forcin

as we move over to lamate plaita-- la plata, prince frederick. and shady side, south of d.c., again, a lot of activity. this is the big picture around the metro area. your drive home, not too much going on. that's a good thing for a lot of folks. and of course, we're talking about two activities down around rashfield. this is off, getting a bit of a break, as we look at the early evening hours. right now, we're looking at 76 degrees is our temperature at bwi marshall. 72 in elkton. 66 in oakland, and 87 down on the shore. 76 in pax river, with the wind coming off the airport to the northeast at 10 miles per hour. winds are going to kick up a little down in ocean city, where they're only down around 6 miles an hour right now. calm readings towards pax river and d.c. we're going to be dealing with high surf and rip currents, down around the shore, because of danny, which is a minimal tropical storm now. 45-mile-per-hour sustained winds, moving in our direction. expecting to pass through, basically from 2:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., it's going to be paral

temperatures range from 85 in la plata. thurmont 83 and 84 damascus. time to look at maryland traffic traffic. >>> no major traffic out here. next shot shady grove, drivers are stopped at a light. only a few of them. 95 southbound past 32 to the beltway. the lanes are all clear. the time is 6:08. good friday morning. you are watching 9 news now. >>> it maybe time to rejuvenate your daily routine. this morning willy jolly gives new meaning to walking the distance. >>> hi. this is willy jolly. today i want to share simple idea to help you live better and have greater success. it is an idea that is a simple way to get some help, some wealth and relaxation as part of your daily routine. i'm encouraging you to park further away and walk to your destination. you know, even people who go to the gym, who workout, look for a parking spot near the gym. i say to you, park far away. a block or two and then walk because in that time you will get a chance to think. you will get some relaxation, some exercise and a way to rejuvenate as you are going about your day. i

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 pike on the inbound side which is a real bummer for you guys leaving sterling and heading to the capital beltway. here we are at old dominion drive. all eastbound lanes are going to be blocked. westbound lanes seem to be open. i think you have to stick with route 7 this morning heading in towards the capital beltway. these are your southbound lanes of 95 before you get to shirlington and it is over on the shoulder. it doesn't look like it is causing much of a dries traction certainly for the southbound side. 270 spur looks great. -- it doesn't look like it is causing much of a distraction certainly for the southbound site. >>> our top story is the economy as new unemployment numbers are due out today. >> the new report expect to show job losses actually slowing. nearly other million une

showers and storms are to the south of of ourning it usan n rntuer ingd t on and there it waldorf, la plata and south- southease ongthf distrigeing veh ttgeveg ry, very g good rain right now and that will continue into the evening hours and in the 70s, showers and thunderstorms in the evening hours, next couple of hours and this has a likelihood of spreading in the evening and tonight. more details in just awhile. sean. >> thank you. >>> president obama is extending his vacation. he's been very busy during the time off at martha's vineyard, renominating federal reserve chairman ben bernanke and will speak on the senator kennedy's funeral. instead of returning to the white house, he will spend a few more days at camp david. >>> on the anniversary of his death, emmet till's family is major general making a major move. >>> more than 80 deer per square mile. a new strategy to curve the problem. how do sharp shooters scouting out rock creek park sound. >>> and the clock is ticking. anxious astronauts hoping tonight is the night for discovery. will the shuttle finall launch? fox 5 news at 5 will

evening, but again your highs down downtown 86 degrees is what we'll look if and elsewhere,7 in la plataester. there you go. that is the latest. >> we'll have the weather guy today? >> yes, we are. it is coming up in about 15 minutes. >> okay. let's check some with julie wright and find out how traffic is moving. >> it is moving quite well, thank you, sir. no accidents to report right now if you are traveling south on 95 and 2959 between the baltimore beltway and the capital beltway, i think everybody made it home from last night's game. we do have a crash reported on the outer loop near route 50. john hanson highway. the activity confined to both shoulders with fire and rescue units enviewt. that means they will take away a lane once they arrive at the scene. this is the inner loop of the beltway headed around from route one college park. outer loop holding steady from route one and around towards bethesda. 270 a nice easy ride for those out of germantown. this is a live shot of 644 franconia road and as you work your way up towards the capital beltway. the lane are open continuing up o

we will show you againful everything is east of 95 from annapolis down to la plata and it is on the heavy side. we are talking one to two inches an hour with rainfall. and a little bit of shower activity up to frederick is heavy. but from upper marlboro to clinton and brandy wine this is heavy stuff. flooding is possible with these types of storms and they will move off to the north and the east and that's going to spell more heavy rain for southern maryland. now, in tsterms of fedex, we think right now they are on the edge of the showers and should be in god shape. can't make it shower free tonight at the redskins game but for the most part if you look carefully most showers are south of fedex. go back to the computer and talk about tomorrow morning. shower or thunderstorm is possible. few scattered showers and storms tomorrow afternoon but not bad. 85 for the high. next seven days, weekend is okay. looks like the front will go through on sunday and stall. rain and showers and low 70s. low 80s next thursday and friday. >> okay. >> less than auspicious start to the school year. >> okay. >

thunderstorms and along that enont, i think wthave a dt enec chance. 89 will be the high today. 90 in la plata. a scattered afternoon shower or thunderstorm possibility. >> let's say good morning to julie and see how traffic is moving. >> not too bad right now. lanes open if you are traveling on the bottom side of the beltway to and from the wilson brid. you will find the lane are open southbound along 270 working your way in from germantown headed out towards the split. that is still an easy ride for you. lanes are open southbound 29 out to university boulevard. northbound i-95 in the clear out of woodbridge. 395 runs without incident leaving the beltway headed out to the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> i'm looking forward to being a foot soldier in this undertaking and this time we will not fail. >>ven though we have known this day was coming for some time now, we await it with no small amount of dread. >> the political world continuing to mourn the loss of senator ted kennedy. >> the flag on top of the u.s. capitol is flying at half- staff. it and all o

that's the number for la plata. folks cumberland to hagerstown hard-pressed to hit 70 this afternoon. we are watching rain drops like i mentioned thanks to this area of low pressure. it will be following this front today and kicking off a few scattered showers from say fredericksburg on up to maybe parts of charles county, maryland. you can see that on microcast nine. as we head to the afternoon by 5:00, things will dry out. some clouds to the south. heading to the late evening, overnight hours we will have generally partly cloudy conditions and your tuesday, much nicer. a little warmer than what we are forecasting today. and no rain for anybody north or south. let's talk about it. we'll have this nice push of northernly winds coming our way this afternoon. that will mean low temperatures tonight. ready for this this? 48 cumberland. 50 winchester. lows inside the beltway even down to 60 and 58 leonardtown. let's take a look at the next seven. we will keep rain out of the forecast unless we count a few sprinkles on t

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there is one spot of heavy rain down towards la plata. we can see th natohe t hd radar.lightning with that. we are not seeing any lightning on the radar. a little more heavy rain off to the east near chesapeake beach and easton, maryland and that continues to move up to the north and east. here is a look heat the current temperatures around the region. 7 # degrees now in washington. 71 in baltimore. 73 at patuxent naval air station. 69degrees now in hagerstown. want to show out satellite- radar for the mid-atlantic and again, we saw a lot of heavy rain in central virginia last night. this is all pushing off to the north and east. we are not done yet as anier of low pressure is making its presence known. it is getting formulated as we speak. so more rain showers again during the course of the morning and then again, a couple of pockets of heavy rain popping up. let's talk about the weekend. wave been talking about some of heat that wave seen in the south -- that we've seen in the south. the jet stream will push up to the north. i think saturday it will be warm in the uppe

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a little cooler by the water and la plata 74 degrees. overnight tonight partly cloudy, mild. again mid-60s in the suburbs and some places farther back out to the west here will actually be able to get down into the lower 60s. winds out of the east, southeast at 5 miles per hour. as we mentioned we're going to turn up the heat just a wee bit for the weekend. not much. just a little bit. i still think it's going to be a pretty good mid-august summer weekend. >> sounds good, gary. see you in a bit. you can track any trouble spots this weekend following the impending heat on myfoxdc.com. maybe any showers. we have live radar there. just look on the right hand side of the home page. >>> a final farewell for one of the last members of a american dine si. thousands turned out to honor eunice kennedy shriver. shriver's daughter maria and her husband california governor arnold schwarzenegger were among the relatives who caried the casket into the church. in her eulogy, maria shriver said her mother was an american original. >> most of the mothers were dressed up and kind of neatly coi

eastern maryland, some heavier rain out there across the bay and out down to our south as well near la plataots there. not really hearing any reports of thunder or seeing any light thingening show up on our radar. we'll keep looking at this throughout the course of the morning. out to the west, that rain breaks up towards herndon, sterling, places like that. you are not really seeing the rain showers but you have wet road conditions there. most of the rain continuing to track to the east. all right. now, let's take a look at the satellite-radar for our region. a lot of rain, some of it heavy down to our south last nate and now we see the bulk of that precipitation moving across our region. an area of low pressure is forming. it will reenforce some of the rain during the course of the morning. it is part of the mornin forecast. it could last into the early afternoon but i think things will start to wrap up after that. here is a look at the surface map for today. lots going on all of a sudden. you go this frontal boundary stalled out to our south and e. area of low pressure going to ride along

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. >> outside we have 66 at la plata. it touched warmer at the water, 71 in annapolis.ine and a light breeze. comfortable conditions. mid 80's through the afternoo we are back in the 60's tonight. temperatures will start to spike. high heat and humidity. upper mid 90's will stick around on sunday. the heat index will be around 105. a hot stretch after today. >> thank you. >>> we willwe will >>> we are about to learn more about the house fire last week in the palisades neighborhood. the blaze destroyed the home of peggy cooper cafritz. officials arexpected to release a report about the fire this morning. >> theire under july 29 has left neighbors with a lot of what ifs. >> to stand here for two hours and watch it burn down, it is ridiculous. >> balak of water pressure is blamed as the reason for -- a lack of water pressure is blamed as the reason for firefighters fighting the blaze. >> it is a concern. >> neighbors say a lack of water pressure has been a problem for the past year. it is common in higher elevations. they will work closely to figure out what happened. >> w

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leonardstown the forecast is high is 87. 85 for annapolis and 88 la plata.are four minutes from our 9:00 a.m. show. we have got a lot of traffic to tell you about beginning in er spring. georgia avenue, southboundsi lanes are beoug inblocked. crews are there. be careful if you are heading that way. in chevy chase, near chevy chase village on wisconsin avenue and orchard avenue more activity to be aware of. and 495 in maryland we are slow from 95 to georgia. and this just in. in virginia on the inner loop past the toll road, we have an accident taking away the left lane and drivers are backed up around the braddock road area and looking at a 15-minute drive time that is growing. over to kim. >> thank you for the news. >>> here's a check on the next seven. looking at the weekend weather forecast with one eye on the atlantic ocean an the other on a stalled front that will be producing rain around here. danny will probably pass by as a hurricane but at this point it is too far out of reach for us. folks at the beach probably getting rain from it. certainly rough

hagerstown comes in at about 83 degrees and la plata 86 for your high today. >>> let's check in withfor a look at traffic at 8:00. >> hello. i'm going to take you to a very serious accident. it's an accident where a pedestrian was struck. north of feather stone drive on route 1, north of old pits boulevard, traffic will be taken off the freeway and you'll have to stay with 95 northbound if you are traveling in that direction. this will be here the rest of the morning commute. in fact it might extend into the afternoon as they continue to document that wreck. i'm going to go ahead and slide you toward 395 and show you what it looks like past duke street. look at how heavy that still is. fortunately everything to the south has thinned out on northbound 95. southbound 95 through newington and make that squeeze across the occuquan, a little bit on the sluggish side. here is the outer loop past university boulevard fox accidents to report between college park and silver spring. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. allison and steve, back to you. >> thank you so much. >>> and he