leesburg, 95. 92 in winchester, annapolis warming into 90 degrees. overnight, very mild if not warm overnight. temperatures around mid-70s for downtown. annapolis only 77. that's their low for tomorrow morning. and leesburg, 72. winchester in the far northwestern suburbs, you may get down into the upper 60s. here is your next three days. so, today, hot and muggy. 94. afternoon, evening scattered showers and storms. some could be severe and strong. damaging wind gusts, maybe some hail and locally heavy downpours at times. tomorrow, not as hot. 85 degrees. more numerous showers and storms. a bigger risk for severe storms as well tomorrow. tomorrow can be a tough day and it can be dangerous. saturday, still hot. 90 degrees. sunday, partly cloudy conditions. and the heat is on for monday. 95 degrees. we're looking to be storm-free that day and then we get back down to more seasonable conditions toward wednesday around upper 80s. all right, it is thursday. it is time for pet line 9. with us is b.j. from the montgomery county humane society. you've got luc

leesburg 90 degrees. manassas 88. winchester 88 degrees. hagerstown 87 degrees. now this unsettled summer-like pattern does continue. dry and mild tonight. wednesday increasing humidity. late afternoon showers, thunderstorms are possible. thursday looks very similar. now future cast shows us late tonight, maybe a light scattered showers to the south of us that will continue overnight into tomorrow as well. wednesday morning, well mostly cloudy to partly cloudy conditions, and the river picking up a little light shower or so and then looks like we have a chance for some scattered showers and thunderstorms tomorrow late afternoon and during the evening hours for the entire area. so we'll have to keep our eyes to the sky. the good news is, they aren't expected to be severe. tonight, partly cloudy and mild. low 67 to 75 degrees. winds are going to be light. now tomorrow morning as you're leaving for work, partly to mostly cloudy and mild. slight chance of showers mainly to the south. pack an umbrella just in case. temperatures 60s and 70s. tomorrow afternoon, better

leesburg also 95. martinsburg around lower 90s as well. here is your three-day forecast. hot today with a chance for some afternoon showers and thunderstorms. a couple could be heavy to severe. friday, not as hot. mid-80s but a better chance for showers and thunderstorms. i think we'll definitely see some tomorrow. saturday, may maybe a lingering shower. we're look storm free. temperatures in the 90s. then on monday, get ready for the burst of heat in the mid- 90s. we cool back down by middle of the week into the mid and upper 80s. here's angie with your traffic. good morning. >> 13 minutes away from the 5:00 hour. hope you're having a great thursday already. roads looking mighty fine. green light stays on. we show you where all clear on 95 headed northbound past dumfries, past the mixing bowl continuing on toward 395. as far as the beltway is concerned. for the next 15 minutes or so, we do have construction to deal with. on the inner loop, you'll find it between 66 and 123. set-up is between the dulles toll road and 66. moving right along over to 66, the roadwork we have

leesburg also 89 degrees. here's your seven-day outlook. temperature wise, cooling down to the mid 80s by friday. with this front hanging out all week in this area, we have a chance to fire off isolated showers and storms the next several days. tonight if you see a storm come through, please everyone come inside. >> good advice. not weather related. can you jump rope? not very well, but i can. >> chances are, we all tried as kids, but there's a definition between our definition of jumping rope and the world class definition and as dave owens found out, those are two very different things. >> remember how you skipped rope in the backyard as a kid? this isn't that. >> i trained what, 10, 11 months for this? >> they are serious, the jump rope championships drew people from multiple countries. different languages, different styles with one goal, bring your a game. >> it didn't matter what your background, there was an event for you. >> from free style to double dutch. most everyone here has a little gymnast in them, so no leap, no vault, no mov

. >> but residents in leesburg are on high alert after several bear sightings.tra tracee wilkins is here with that story. >> reporter: leesburg is growing and developments are popping up you in areas that were once very rural. now some folks in one corner of leesburg say while they love their neighborhood, they are not loving what's been coming out of the woods lately. cars aren't the only thing residents have been seeing traveling on this rural leesburg road lately. >> i was just driving up wood burn road, and i saw what i thought was a deer, and slowed down. and out of the left behind a fence came this black bear that was about my size. it was a baby. so i let it go across the street. >> reporter: that was about two weeks ago when ann chapman saw what she described as a healthy baby bear here at the corner of snyder hill court and wood burn. and then this morning -- >> i got a phone call about ten after 7:00 this morning, and it was my husband who is going into work, and he said, okay, the sighting is real, i just went past the mother bear and the cub exactly

let's zoom on in here to around leesburg, front royal. winchester. basically just east of 81. perciville and upperville being impacted as well. weather computer now. quite a bit of lightening. you can see on doppler radar the storms produced quite a bit of lightening. look at all those lightening bolts tonight. for the rest of the night what can we expect? lows 66 to 74 degrees. again, the severe thunderstorms for dc does continue until 7. take a look at the information on the bottom of our screen. updating this realtime now. fill out a storm report if you do have one for us. log onto wusa9.com. we will have more on this and what it means for tomorrow's holiday a little bit later. back to you, matt. >> anny, see you in a few minutes. >>> the nation's capitol marking the anniversary of america's independence. skies will be bursting with pyrotechnique. josh groban and from "glee" matt morris. keeping things rocking and tonight's stars will be dancing. strutting their stuff on the capitol 4th stage. you saw them dancing. a lot of shaking going on. >> we threw that one together. >

police in leesburg say brad minor knew the child through his work at the chesterbrook academy and they opened their investigation after a parent complained about comments the child made. >>> in prince william county the mother accused of leaving her son to die in the family's minivan turned herself in today. karen murphy of bristow faces murder and child neglect charges. peggy fox was in the court today with just a heartbreaking story. peg. >> reporter: yes, lesli, the prosecutor said he decided to pursue charges against karen murphy in part because she made a similar mistake last january. today in court the 40-year-old mother of three looked sullen and sad. she and her husband were silent as they quickly walked from the courthouse to their vehicle. their only son died in her honda odyssey on june 17th. she had apparently forgotten to drop the 2-year-old child off at daycare and went to her vet job. he was left in the van for more than seven hours. his mother apparently didn't realize he was there until her husband called wondering why ryan wasn't at daycare. >> i don't know if she wil

upper 80s now as you head up into leesburg, martinsburg. down to the south in the low 80s in culpeper. and 81 in fredericksburg. 82 in andrews. not bad. we are in a summer pattern. no doubt about that. muggy storms mainly south and east tonight. pretty much taken them out of the immediate metro area. afternoon showers and thunderstorms possible thursday. and even a better chance of showers and thunderstorms on friday. in fact, thursday nifray mornin be a little bit of a mess. for tonight though let's just say partly cloudy and muggy. some patch fog late. lows 68 to 74 and winds out of the southwest at about 10. inside the beltway in downtown, a little bit uncomfortable tonight. low to mid-70s. 73 in arlington. 73 springfield. mid-70s downtown. but 71 in college park. maybe 68 in bowie. low 70s in waldorf and charles county. 69 in fairfax and maybe 70 in reston and also sterling. now tomorrow morning should stay dry becoming partly cloudy and warm. temperatures in the 70s and 80s. air quality is actually better tomorrow. goes down to code ye

if you're in leesburg, you're ok. frederick, you're ok. if you're south and east of town, not so good. southern sections of prince george's county, northern calvert county, just getting hammered with rain and the biggest threat with the storms, we've been harping on this all day is flash flooding. baden, heavy rain. deal, heavy rain. this area of red you see is rainfall rates one to two inches per hour. flash flooding comes on quickly. people going down toward st. leonard, heavy rain. between waldorf and la plata and south on 301 getting hammered with heavy rain. good news is woodbridge, rain is lighting up. that's the light green you see. quantico lighting up a little bit as well. the severe thunderstorm watch continues until 9:00. it has been trimmed. essentially, if you're west of 95, you're ok. if you're east of 95, still the risk of severe weather. most of the metro area is under a flash flood watch. there are flash flood warnings out north of town. so, that means flooding is occurring. if you come across the flooded streets, do not c

so overnight around near mid 70s for downtown. 68 in leesburg. hagerstown cooling down to 68 degrees. tomorrow morning as you are heading out the door, partly to mostly cloudy conditions and mild. remember a slight chance for some showers, better chances to the south. temperatures in the 60s and 70s. now tomorrow afternoon, yes, pack the umbrella just in case because we could see some scattered showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. highs will be near 90 and because the winds coming from the south at 5 to 10. the humidity increasing. so we are warming up to the near 90s around downtown. gaithersburg 92. culpeper 93 degrees. here's how your day planner breaks down. already in the 80s and then by 5:00, chance of showers and thunderstorms scattered. here's your seven-day outlook. a very typical july pattern here. temperatures around seasonal. but notice we won't warm things up. a burst of heat comes through monday and tuesday as of now and those days look storm-free except for tuesday into the mid 90s on tuesday. so the heat is back on. >> this was a n

around town, near mid 70s, but 69 in leesburg. 65 in frederick.e's a quick look at your seven-day forecast. temperature wise, around seasonal. we have a chance for showers and thunderstorms. this frontal system flirting with us and i think for tonight, you hear thunder and lightning. it could be dangerous. >> it's going to be touch and go for some fireworks. >> all right annie, thanks very much. >> brett is talking about old school stuff. >> did you jump rope? >> absolutely. >> i jumped rope in gym class. i wanted to know how to jump class in the rocky movies. i thought that was the height of cool. i was never coordinated enough to do that. if someone asks you, can you jump rope? chances are yes. just like riding a bike, you never forget. then again, there's our definition of jumping rope and then the world class definition of jumping rope and as dave owens found out today, those are two very different things. >> remember how you skipped rope in the backyard as a kid? this isn't that. >> i trained, what, 10, 11:00 months for in this. >> they're se

highs today, 86 degrees. 86 in leesburg. so, temperaturewise, around actually a little bit below average, we should be in the upper 80s around d.c. here is a look at your seven-day outlook. again, today, the critical time, 4:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. scattered showers and storms likely today. they'll become widespread tonight. saturday, a morning shower possible. otherwise becoming partly cloudy and then you'll finally feel a break in the humidity also this weekend. warming up to the lower 90s on sunday. we're looking storm-free for the latter half of the weekend. we're hot monday and tuesday with more showers and storms possible. here's angie with your traffic. good morning. >> good morning. 17 minutes after the 5:00 hour. hope everyone is off to a fantastic friday. right now, it is back to green. we're back to normal. that police activity on outbound new york avenue at bladensburg road has cleared. meanwhile, we're tracking your commute for those of who you live in virginia and travel northbound via 95, everyone still moving

leesburg, 72. culpepper at 73 degrees. your weather headlines for today.a warm and muggy start for today. hot again this afternoon. some storms possible. that could impact some parts of the evening commute. here is your future cast. i think this model here picking up more of the storms to the north of us this afternoon around the mason-dixon line. some of the storms, the strongest ones could produce damaging wind gusts. we'll watch out for that and also some isolated large hail. tomorrow, we start out pretty nice. then in the afternoon, we have widespread showers and storms likely and a larger threat for severe weather. highs today lower 90s around downtown. 95 in leesburg. culpepper, you'll be hot. fredericksburg, 92. annapolis in the lower 90s. right around average for a lot of the locations. here's how your next three days are breaking down. so, for today, still hot. temperatures in the lower 90s. a chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and early evening. couple could be heavy or severe. friday, showers and storms are likely. not

temperatures 85 downtown. 91 already in leesburg though and 84 in manassas. with this sunshine this is as warm as it has been all day. partly cloudy for the baseball game. thunderstorms should stay south. above 500 too. temperatures 80 to 85 during the game time. and winds southwesterly at 10. for us tonight muggy early thunderstorms possible mainly south and east. lows 68 to 74. we will come back, we will talk about a cold front and we will tell you if the cold front actually makes it south and east of us. >> thank you, topper. >>> an update on a shooting at the caribbean festival. >> 43-year-old foster robert jr. was an innocent bistandser when he was shot and killed last month. three other people were hurt but they survived. >>> the driver in last may's deadly tour bus accident in virginia pled not guilty today to four involuntary manslaughter charges. 37-year-old cheung admitted he was asleep when the sky express bus overturn on i-95 north of richmond. a trial is set for september 12th. >>> metro is hoping to relieve the expected traffic nightmares stemmi

it won't get that hot. 86 also for leesburg. 80 in martinsburg. annapolis near the mid-80s. here is your seven-day outlook. once we get through the storms today, we finally get a break in the humidity saturday and sunday. maybe a morning shower saturday. otherwise becoming partly cloudy, near 90 and then sunday, we're storm free. lower 90s. get ready for the heat monday and tuesday with more scattered showers and storms possible monday and tuesday. here's angie with your traffic. good morning. >> good morning, anny. >> happy friday, everybody. 15 minutes after the 6:00 hour, yellow light stays on. we want to show you what's going on out in northwest d.c. this is live from the scene. you can see that we have police officers on the roadway. this is u street near 13th. we're being told, drivers are being asked to avoid the area because of the heavy fire and rescue presence here. we've got crews responding to a fire at steve's liquor store. they're taking away lanes as needed. it is pretty much impassable here at 13th and u. only response crews getting by. avoid the area. we'll

leesburg mid-90s. winchester 92 degrees. so, friday, not as hot. warm instead. mid-80s. a better chance for showers and thunderstorms for tomorrow afternoon. saturday, temperatures in the lower 90s. here is your seven-day outlook. the weekend looking better especially on sunday. storm-free, temperatures in the lower 90s then on monday, a burst of heat. temperatures in the mid-90s. here's angie with your traffic. >> all right, thank you so much, anny. hello, everybody. just 47 minutes after the 5:00 hour, getting close to 6:00. right now for the first time, we turn on that yellow light because we do have a couple incidents to tell you about. let's begin in lie at-sville. -- in hyattsville. we have this accident taking away all lanes right now. keeping an eye on it, we'll let you know when things start to open up. meanwhile, we'll take a wide view of the area and zoom on in to the outer loop. i want to show you this closer. it looks like we have better news on the beltway. outer loop near university. off to the right shoulder. just learned that has cleared out of the way s

animals are also not so uncommon in many parts of rural loudoun county here, but some people in leesburghey had been on edge over bear sightings in their neighborhoods. tracee wilkins reports. >> reporter: cars aren't the only thing residents have been seeing traveling on this rural leesburg road lately. >> i was just driving up wood burn road, and i saw what i thought was a deer, and slowed down. and out of the left behind a fence came this black bear that was about my size. it was a baby. so i let it go across the street. >> reporter: that was about two weeks ago when ann chapman saw what she described as a healthy baby bear here at the corner of snyder hill court and wood burn. and then this morning -- >> i got a phone call about ten after 7:00 this morning. and it was my husband who is going into work. and he said, "okay, the sighting is real. i just went past the mother bear and the cub exactly where ann, our next door neighbor had mentioned the previous sighting." >> now people who live in this picturesque and rural setting are a little worried. >> this mother bear and cub have dec

reagan national, still 81 degrees before midnight. 79 at children's hospital in the district, 78 leesburgel 77, high of 93. koehler off to the west, with showers. doppler radar, showers beginning to bubble up across washington, allegany counties, the panhandle across west virginia. showers the ground overnight, part of the cold front of to the north and west. will bring thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. 76 pittsburgh, 74 charleston, dew point increasing. tomorrow morning will feel a lot different than right now, lots more sticky outside because the level continues to increase. the frontal system dropping severe weather across ohio, lower michigan during the early evening. the frontal system stalls to the south and east tomorrow into the fourth of july. fairly confident it will remain y for the fireworks monday night. forecast, not so bad, chance of thunderstorms. clearing for the day monday. future-cast, the next 48 hours, showers move through, another line of storms to more. once this balz to the south, the skies clear, should be relatively quiet for the fourth of july. mostly cloudy ton

a worker for the chesterbrook academy in downtown leesburg. >> that is evil. >> horrible, just horrible>> the incident minor is in jail for allegedly happened in march. a woman picking up per daughter said that she said something horrible happened to her in school. >> we had enough to charge this child with one case of forcible sodomy. >> i had heard wonderful things about chesterbrook. it disgusts me in scares me. >> the academy did not reveal what job he held at the school. parents we talked to today were angry and disgusted. >> i have kids of my own. i could not even imagine what the parents are thinking. what was going through that person's head when he was doing something like this. it is sick yes, disgusting. >> it is just shocking that someone could do something like that to such a young innocent child. >> chesterbrook released a statement saying that he was suspended immediately after the allegation was made in march. he underwent a complete criminal background check before they hired him, and the school is continuing to complete the cooperate in the police investigation. report

we're already down to 62 in martinsburg. 68 in leesburg. it is 6:00 a.m. tuesday. no traffic. due to construction. but maybe other things. >> maybe other things. right now, no big deals because most construction has been delayed to allow people to get back to work easily today. the beltway is looking great. let's zoom into 270. take a live look if you're planning to head in, all the way down toward the beltway in rockville, you'll be fine. this time, zoom into the other side of town to the outer loop and take a live look as well. bit of volume at university boulevard coming around from 95 and college park. you're good to go as you head over to 270 this morning. now, a look at the travel times. if you're planning to head in on 66, 7100 to the beltway, toll road from hunter mill, only six minutes. beltway is looking good as you head up to the toll road, 13 minutes from 395. we'll take another look around town at 6:12. back to you guys. >>> thank you, monika. at the top of the hour, let's get to some of the stories happening today. first lady michelle obama will be at tonight's n

in leesburg, 90, feeling like 96. in beltsville it is a 88 right now and feel as light 91. it was a little below average 77 the morning low the record high for this day 103 degrees. we are far from that. however next week, we will be back in the mid 90's. it is the summertime. we will take a day in the mid 80's. that is what we have right now. 81 in quantico and fredericksburg. they get the break today. why are we eddings -- readings in the west, where they have more sunshine -- warmer readings in the west. this is a tropical area of moisture. there may be a little more organized element in the atmosphere try to develop here. we will keep an eye on it but the moisture comes right out of central america, right out of the tropics, straight up the coast, and this will be affected florida, they need it, and some of this will be fed by winds kind of channelling everything northward, a cold front to boot a bill extra feature coming in tomorrow. the bottom line is it will be hot and humid the next couple of days. not everywhere, not every minute, but because of the increasing mois

right now 89 in downtown. 90 in leesburg. 88 for martinsburg and cumberland, 90 degrees. all right. so the summer-like pattern just continues. dry and mild tonight. wednesday increasing humidity. late afternoon showers and thunderstorms possible. they'll be more scattered and thursday looks very similar. here's the future cast. tonight looks really quiet. partly cloudy conditions. really going to be a nice night and tomorrow morning, we have a slight chance for some light showers, light rain. this model is around pax river, charles county, tomorrow morning, then by the late afternoon, early evening, this model picking up scattered showers and thunderstorms. not expected to be severe tomorrow. tonight, partly cloudy and mild. low 67 to 75 degrees around downtown near mid 70s. a little cooler in winchester at 67. frederick cooling down at 67 as well, annapolis around 75 degrees. tomorrow morning as you're waking up, heading out the door for work. partly to mostly cloudy conditions and mild. slight chance of showers. temperatures in the 60s and 70s. pass the umbrella tomorrow, especial

if it hangs together, maybe make us with a up towards leesburg and reston, places like that. don't know that it will do that. we'll keep ourize it as it tracks across this morning. let's get back to the graphics. take a look at the big picture satellite-radar. we have plenty of clouds in over us. you've seen our live shot, skies are fairly cloudy. we will see some sunshine breaking in there as a frontal boundary makes its way northward from the south and comes through as a warm front. it will keep us in the soup today. and keep some clouds in over us. we'll call it a partly sunny day today with those clouds hanging around. temperatures across the region being a warm start to the day. we remain at 77 degrees at this hour here in the district. elsewhere, a little bit, quote, unquote, cooler. 72 in fredericksburg. ocean city, 73. patuxent naval air station is at 74 degrees. the forecast for washington for today look like this. partly sunny skies, some scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms are possible. not everyone will get them but some of you may. 93degrees for your hi

brian minor worked at the chester brook academy in leesburg. the parents of a 4-year-old student complained their child was assaulted. minor was arrested yesterday. the school released a statement saying the well-being and safety of our students is our top priority. we are shocked about the charge against brad minor who has now been terminated from our employment. >>> the obama administration tonight is warning foreign governments and u.s. airlines about a potential terrorist threat using suicide bombers and hidden explosives. fox 5's bob barnard is here now to explain what this is all about. >> we're not talking about bombs in shoes or underpants here. this latest warning is about suicide terrorists having bombs surgically implanted into their bodies. yes, terrorists still have their sights set on blowing up a u.s. airliner. al-qaeda of the arabian peninsula based in yemen tried to blow up a delta airlines jet in detroit in 2009 with a young nigerian and a bomb in his underpants. >> the christmas day attacker, the only reason why his attack fa

if you're out in martinsburg and leesburg, even manassas, monika mentioned going out to 66, heavy rainis over and the severe weather is also over. all right, live doppler 9000 hd, you can access this on our web site along with our interactive radar at wusa9.com. we're looking at a pretty solid line of showers and thunderstorms south of annapolis through southern prince george's county. charles county and into southern maryland. the good news is out to the west, just some light showers. that's about it. we'll zoom in and it is going to be rough going here in terms of driving in this. this will reduce visibility. if your windshield wipers are on, the headlights have to be on. that's law. shadyside, hammered. one to two inches of rain per hour. lessennening up in davidsonville. parts of 301 are improving. we'll go south and southwest of this area and we'll find tons of rain here. waldorf, st. charles, over toward baden, this is all headed off to the east. we're looking at rainfall rates more than two inches per hour. hail for a second, just northwest of waldorf. that's gone away on the sc

he works at the chester brook academy in leesburg. police made the arrest after they got a tip from a parent back in march. >>> there is a warning about a potential terror plot that involves a new effort to get a bomb on a plane bound for america. u.s. officials have warned airlines about intercepted intelligence that shows foreign terrorists have talked about ways to plant a bomb inside a passenger. an official familiar with the intel told nbc news that the plot goes beyond concealing a bomb in a body cavity. this plan would involve surgically implanting a device. authorities say there is no indication the plan is moved beyond the talking stage. still, transportation security officials are warning travelers to expect a variety of additional screening measures on international flights bound for the u.s. >>> the army psychiatrist charged in that deadly ft. hood shooting will face the death penalty after he's tried by the military. major nadal hasan will be court martialed in texas at ft. hood. he's accused in that rampage that left 13

leesburg 71. into the 60s for manassas and winchester, annapolis cooling down to just 74 degrees.omorrow morning partly to mostly cloudy. a milder start. grab the umbrella. you'll need the umbrella because by the afternoon, while it's warm and humid, we have scattered showers and thunderstorms. highs will be 89 to 94 degrees and winds out of the west at 10 miles per hour. highs tomorrow generally low 90s. depending on the cloud cover by the afternoon and how much sun we get inbetween those storms, may get into the mid 90s in some spots. winchester 90. culpeper 92 degrees. autism speaks 5k does kick off on july 4 at 7:30. in pennsylvania toe mac, maryland, intersection of river and falls road benefiting autism speaks and also topper will be out there to help kick things off. here's your next three days. the 90s tomorrow and we have scattered showers and thunderstorms. the fourth looking a lot better. not as wet, only isolated storms. here's your seven-day outlook. 90s on the fourth. in the upper 80s, maybe scattered showers and storms on tuesday. wednesday at this point does look d

currently, temperatures in the lower 80s in downtown. 75 in manassas. 82 in leesburg. 86 in winchester. the clouds are keeping the temperatures down for now. dew points, yeah, you feel it in the lower 70s. 72 manassas. 75 in culpepper. so that humid air will stick around through tonight. that means it will be very warm if not mild overnight. partly to mostly cloudy conditions for the rest of today. i think this afternoon, get a little clearing possible. scattered storms stick around this afternoon and early evening. humidity still increasing throughout the day today and the storm chances remain with us all week. but the weekend, not looking too bad. here is a look at the future cast. i think the clouds will start to pull out late this afternoon so we'll get some clearing and again, scattered showers, thunderstorms possible around 40% or so. tonight, should be fairly quiet again. not going to be widespread. and the threat for severe weather, very, very minimal. but it is a slight possibility we can maybe have an isolated, severe storm go through but for the most part, it really should b

. > wingate lives in leesburg, but stationed in bethesda. it was her one year anniversary of the joining the military. >> i enjoy serving in the military. i enjoy freedom. i enjoy knowing that i can go to bed at night and feel safe. >> appreciation and pride she is passing on to her children. >> my nine-year-old tells her teacher, i think everyone in her school probably knows right now, her mom is in the military. >> she's the best mom in the whole wide world. >> being a u.s. citizen helps her to be that to her daughters every day. brittany morehouse, 9news now. >> wingate has an identical twin sister who is serving in the military and she's stationed in norfolk, virginia. good for them. >> the big question tonight is going to be the weather. i was saying it looked like, it felt like whiteout conditions, but with rain. so you see the damage out there and you go wow. >> we could see similar conditions tonight, but not in the immediate d.c. metro area. not everyone is quite out of the woods yet on this fourth of july holiday. a lot of folks ha

. >> reporter: a no vote was taken in leesburg and the board of supervisors will study it more. the threat is real, extremely real and there were other developments on this story today also, mayor vincent gray in d.c. was calling on the three delegates from d.c. on the airport's authority to vote for the cheaper above-ground station. that is a switch. you have a call from the governor of virginia and secretary lahood wants a decision from all the parties involved by july 20th. stay tuned. >> clearlies, the fight is far from over. we will, thank you. >> the news edge all over a developing story in anne arundel county. police are searching for an armed man. the massive manhunt shut down both sides of 285 near bwe airport this morning and this is that wrong video here. the man attacked a maryland highway vehicle along the road and this sounds so bizarre. what happened? this is a strap one, shawn. no shots were fired and police say, you know, given what happened, clearly whoever is involved in this have a problem with the mobile radar trucks and given these events, the police are co

diminishing a little bit in intensity. 94 right now downtown. 90 in manassas. 93 in leesburg.plenty hot. should stay dry for the nats game. cold front sinks south. muggy with storms tonight. more storms tomorrow. flash flood watch goes into effect tomorrow. hot and less humid over the weekend. so for tonight mostly cloudy and muggy. showers and thunderstorms. lows 68 to about 74. now, the next seven days. cooler tomorrow because of cloud cover. maybe a left over shower on saturday but not a bad day. 89. 90 on sunday. more showers and thunderstorms. some of those could be rather hefty as well. but at least we will actually exchange air masses for a change. >> speaking of exchange. somebody wants albert haynesworth. >> i can't believe anybody wants albert haynesworth. i mean, can we pay his bus ticket and do it now? >> sure. >> philly of all people. we can dump him on philly. too good to be true. they didn't get the memo about albert haynesworth being a lazy lump. johnson's jim zorn moment last night. 9sports it coming up. >>> it is time for 9sports with brett haber. the best sp

leesburg coming in at 79 degrees. and that humidity still low, but i know it will creep back up tomorrow. we have mostly cloudy conditions. the clouds have rolled on in. the dew point adds 60 and continue to rise over the next couple of days. the satellite radar show -- start to see some unsettled weather mainly tomorrow afternoon and in the evening hours. so unsettled sunday, scattered showers and thunderstorms are in the forecast. the fourth of july, not scattered, but isolated. again it's going to be isolated in nature and then for the fourth of july fireworks, it looks good out there. i think we'll be dry. here's your future cast. tomorrow morning, cloudy conditions. may see some breaks of sun here and there and the afternoon we'll see some spotty showers and thunderstorms come through late afternoon. also early evening as well. throughout basically the entire area, it's not isolated into one spot or anything. tomorrow night also we'll see cloudy conditions as well. so overnight as you're sleeping, partly to mostl

there are some areas of patchy fog including dulles and leesburg.und the low 90s for d.c. winchester 29. cumberland lower 90s. annapolis warming up to 90 degrees. we'll talk more about the storms and why the storm chances go up for tomorrow to finish off your work week. first, here's angie with your traffic. >> happy thursday, everybody. thank you so much, anny. we're starting things off with the green light. basically waking up to some construction out there. 395 -- 495 in virginia, watch for it between the dulles toll road and route 7. on the inner loop from 66 up to 123. moving over to maryland, 270, no problems to report going northbound and southbound. just a little bit of fog to contend with. roadwork on 95 headed northbound, you'll find it around the capital beltway and again around route 32 going southbound, the work zone is set up around route 198. still ahead, a look at the prince george's county roads. i'll have that at 4:31. now back to andrea and mike. >> here are stories we're following for you this thursday morning. president obama me

warrenton, chantilly getting some light showers and bethesda getting light sprinkles as well. 73 in leesburge way down to 69 in martinsburg. now, what we're expecting the next few days, cloudy but dry as you're heading back to work and then becoming sunny and hot in a lot of places. chance of showers and thunderstorms do remain with us pretty much all week. the frontal system doesn't really want to move on that quickly through. mere is the future cast -- here is the future cast. maybe to the bay we can see some activity. maybe thunderstorm or moderate rainfall there. tomorrow morning some cloudy conditions. the clouds do start to clear upstarting from the north and then heading down to the south. now, tuesday the better chance for some showers really will be to the south of us along with some isolated thunderstorms as well in the late afternoon and early evening hours. so overnight as you're sleeping, what can you expect? mostly cloudy and mild. maybe scattered showers. isolated thunderstorm possible. lows will be 66-74 degrees. tomorrow morning as you're heading back to work, partly to most

leesburg, manassas, middleburg, you'll probably hold in the upper 80s.rday we have a chance for a thunderstorm on the bay. 88-93. winds southwest at 10-15. 1-2-foot waves. sunday pretty much the same thing. winds again southwest to 10-10. it was a great -- 10-15. it was a great day on the shore. winds northeasterly 10-15. by sunday, sunshine. 85-90. winds more southeasterly 10-15. water temperature still a little chilly, mid to upper 60s. next seven day, saturdays 92. hot but not that humid. 96 on sunday. and then on the 4th we're back down into the low 90s. again, isolated storms possible. i hope to see you out there for the autism walk. i'm be walking, not running at 8:05. and the heat continues tuesday, wednesday, thursday in the 90s. >> a little bit of swelter. >> uh-huh. >>> i have to wonder if this has ever happened where two of the big major sports has lockouts going. >> we had hockey and baseball pretty close. i get this vision they're behind closed doors just holding their breath and stomping their fist and they don't seem to be making any progr

it feels pretty warm. 79 in leesburg. 76 for martinsburg.dericksburg you're only cooling down to 77 degrees. here is a look at the satellite radar picture. most of the action really to the south of us. even the beach has got some storms earlier this evening, but nothing too intense. now, this unsettled weather pattern does continue, but for tomorrow's morning commute it's mainly dry for most people. we may see scattered stuff in the morning. humidity increasing a little bit more tomorrow. afternoon and evening scattered thunderstorms and showers definite possibility and the storm chances really stick around with us all through the week. here is a look at the future cast. mostly cloudy for the immediate dc metro area. you can see better chance of storms to the south of us. tomorrow afternoon we start to see the chance for some scattered thunderstorms and showers. the entire area really around 6:00, maybe some just out to the east of dc and also down to the south once again. so tomorrow, though, the good thing with these storms not expecting t

. >> reporter: there have been other bear sightings in the region, including in leesburg, where residents have seen a mother bear with her cub. >> we are going to see them this time of year. this is the time of year when the 2-year-old cubs, last year's cubs, are being kicked out of the net by mom, and they're trying to find a place of their own. >> reporter: colvin says he hopes the authorities will trap the bear and release him to an area that's safe for bears before he or someone or something gets hurt. >> here he's going to get in trouble. what happens in two or three years when he's no longer just a gangly adolescent but is a full grown black bear. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news 4. >> even a gangly adolescent bear, i don't want to deal with. >> and the fact this happened in bethesda. this is not some outer suburb. this is bethesda, which, i guess, is close in. there are some wooded areas around our area. >> this time of year getting kicked out of the house is a universal thing. college students are getting kicked out of the house. >> everyone foraging for food. >> get a job. time t

this is video from a viewer who was in leesburg. let's go right now to meteorologist tom kierein. he's in stormcenter 4 to see whether we're going to have any of our holiday festivities rained out or stormed up today. tom? >> we could unfortunately later this afternoon or evening. >>> right now, though, things are calm. there's a live view from our city camera looking at the washington monument under a partly cloudy sky on this fourth of july morning. right now on radar, we do have a few light showers coming out of the mountains of west virginia, just coming into the shenandoah valley now, just coming into shenandoah county drifting toward page county, and south of there near harrisonburg, rockingham county, getting a lot shower there. these are drifting off to the east. elsewhere, we might have a few sprinkles in montgomery county. otherwise, we are dry and settled this morning. temperatures near 70 in the suburbs and rural areas. it's in the mid-70s in washington and right near the chesapeake bay. and at the atlantic beaches in the upper 70s there. here's how we have been behavi

. >> reporter: there have been other bear sightings in the region including leesburg where residents have seen a mother bear with her cub. >> we are going to see them this time of the year. the time of the year the 2-year-old cubs the last year's cubs are being kicked out of the nest by mom and they're trying to find a place of their own. >> reporter: will hope the authorities will trap the bear and release them to an area that are safe for bears before he, someone or something gets hurt. >> here will get in trouble and what happens in two, three years when he's no longer just a gangely adolescent but is a full-grown black bear? >> reporter: darcy spencer, news4. >>> president obama said today's debt reduction talks were productive but there was no breakthrough. he met with top republican and democratic lawmakers at the white house. he said everyone agrees the debt limit must be raised before the august 2nd deadline and that any deal will be politically difficult for both side. democrats are resistant to cutting entitlement programs like social security. republicans oppose any tax hi

highs for today around 86 degrees in d.c. 86 in leesburg. 82 in winchester. temperaturewise, not all that warm. right around seasonal if not just a little bit cooler than average. here is a look at your traffic with angie. >> thank you, anny. happy friday, everybody. not too much going on on the traffic front. we start with the green light. we want to begin by taking you out to branch avenue where as promised, i want to let you know it is closed at pennsylvania avenue right now until about 5:00 because of construction. there is a detour in place. that's what you're going to want to follow to get around it early this morning. bw parkway, happy to report things have reopened near 197 following an early morning accident. we've got your lanes back there. 66, take it outside. the construction has cleared out of the way between 50 and 123. 395 drivers in virginia, nothing to worry about, so far, so good coming up from 95, continuing on toward shirlington and 14th street bridge. 95 also moving at speed out of dumfries. we'll take a look at your district drive coming

we'll see 93 toward leesburg. we could even see some of the upper 80s around most of the region. let's take a look at the morning drive. >> good morning, everybody. we're starting off this morning with the green light although we do have some construction to tell you about. we'll take you to the inner loop of the beltway heading toward springfield. what you need to know is until about 5:00 this morning, if you're traveling on the southbound side of the beltway toward springfield, you can go no further than 395. you'll have to head north, head to edsel road and get back on to the inner loop. 95 is not affected by the construction. i'll keep you posted on that. let's take you around town now, if you're planning to head inbound on i-66, it is construction at the paving operation. at route 123. that will go to the outer loop of the beltway in tysons corner. more construction between 123 and route 7 along the right side of the roadway. one last look southbound on i- 270, no construction to worry about between frederick, father hurley boulevard, rockville and down to the point where th

virginia pry school employee is ac -- preschool employee is accused of sexually assaulting a student in leesburg. the school released a statement saying the well-being and safety of our students is the top priority. we are shocked about the charge against brad minor who has been terminated from our employment. >>> d.c.'s whitman walker clinic faces a lawsuit from a man that was wrongfully told he was hiv positive. he lived with it for five years before learning it was a mistake. >> overthat time the man says his life completely unraveled. roz plater has the story. >> reporter: terry hedgepeth's nightmare began in 2,000 when he discovered his girlfriend was hiv positive. he went to the whitman walker clinic to be tested and the clinic doctor told him that he was hiv positive. >> i was a total wreck. i was in a bad shape mentally. from there they sent me over to george washington university hospital. i spent time there in the psych ward. >> reporter: he was in and out of psych wards the next five years. every few months he would go back to the clinic for testing and would be told that he didn't ne

alexander, fern don, and leesburg primarily. currently there's 6300 customers still out, and we have a lot of severe damage from last night that includes broken poles, and we have crews working through the night, and there's additional crews and contractors coming in this morning. >> in terms of a time line for he is tore ration, what are you -- time line for restoration, what are you looking at? >> we need to replace them. with the contractors and crews coming in, it looks like they will work throughout the rest of the day. we don't have a time line because they are assessing damage. >> mr. mac, your colleagues in potomac have had problems getting power restored to customers and they were taking preventative measures what has dominion done before the storms to reduce the number of customers who will be affected? >> we train on a regular basis, and we watch the weather, and we have our own weather forecaster. we plan in advance to make sure we have the crews and supplies available, and a lot of times we have to wait for the stor

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it's just to the east of leesburg. we'll even get tight other that for you just to the west of 270 there. gaithersburg, darnstown will be affected and they've been drifting to the east tonight producing very heavy rain and no doubt what we're getting out of that severe storm is a little hail and very high winds too. that's probably what prompted the warning. over to true view to show you that we, of course, have the thunderstorm warning in effect for montgomery county running until 10:15 p.m. we also have a flash flood warning in effect for howard county until 11:15 and anne arundel county until 11:15. those were some prior heavy thunderstorms that moved through there with a lot of rain and we're concerned about the rain potential for tomorrow as well. that's why again this flash flood watch has been issued. it technically is for tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow night, looks like we'll have some very heavy storms setting up that's going to produce a lot of rain, more details coming up in your full forecast in a bit. >>

county and southern portions of montgomery county, darnestown, ashburn, sterling, just south of leesburg heavy rain. and herndon and reston, heavy rain in your area, as well. as i mentioned, the entire area under the severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00 tonight. that does include almost al of northern virginia, as well as most of the state of maryland. we are going to continue to watch as these storms move through. and it's not just these storms, but storms to our west and well to our west. that's why we have that flash flood watch that's in effect for just about everybody. some areas have already seen 2, 3 and i have a report out of frederick of 4 inches of rain. so we'll continue to watch it for you right here. guys? all right. wow, that is something. but we needed it. >> yep. >>> well, the weather is already impacting our local airports. all traffic has been halted at all three local airports. reagan, dulles and bwy. so far delays are at least an hour long. there are also delays at airports in the new york area. >>> while the weather was just fine in florida, this morning, the final s