the dew point has been lowering but still feels like it's 97 downtown, 95 in frederick and 95 in leesburg, you're better off exercising in the morning than you are afterwards. these are heat index, this is a forecast at 10:00 tonight, look at the little heat island around town, still feels like it's 83 in gaithersburg, 87 downtown. by 6:00 a.m. at least we drop into the 70s for the heat index, 79 downtown, 75 in gaithersburg, 77 in kensington. by 9:00 heat index back into the mid to upper 80s and that's why it's not comfortable to exercise late in the event or at night or past 9:00, 10:00 in the morning. we will come back and tell you when the heat leaves us, we will also tell you when the humidity leaves us and they are different days. >> thanks, top. >>> the fbi and the justice department are taking over the inig deadly police shooting in baton rouge. cell phone video shows officers struggling with alton sterling outside a convenience store. someone yells, he's got a gun. seconds later shots are fired. sterling was pronounced dead. the baton rouge police chief says his officers were res

peggy fox is at the leesburg police department. >> reporter: i've been talking to police departments around the region and they have all experienced an outpouring of support from their citizens. >> now we'd like to thank you for your service for keeping us safe. >> reporter: here at the leesburg police department people have showered them with gifts and cards. they have given flowers, bottles of water, boxes of doughnuts and even a cake. >> you can see it says we appreciate all that you do and thank you. >> reporter: it started after the fatal shootings of sentiments came in today. >> makes us feel better about coming in and doing our job knowing that the public is here to support us and has our back. >> reporter: the police tragedies on both sides highlight the need for a junior police camp like this one, leesburg police have been hoping it for years. >> we come every day in shorts and t-shirts not in a uniform and it shows that we are normal people. we are dads, we are brothers, we are sons. they see me on a different level. they see me playing kickball and running around and laugh

it feels like 106 in fredericksburg. 105 in leesburg.d in the district. 102 in annapolis. 99 in frederick. 96 in winchester. if you are hitting the pool, a perfect night for swimming. we will keep the ears open for thunder from the approaching storms. best chance of that is south of metro washington. 91 at 7:00 p.m. are in the 90's at 9:00 p.m. thunderstorms southwest of fredericksburg. downpour along 81 to go from stafford to bridge george's county. we keep the isolated showers and the storms in the forecast through the evening. here is one. it will move across the river to charles county before long. the seven-day forecast calls for another hot day tomorrow. 94. a chance of a thunderstorm especially south of the city tomorrow. better chance will back off the heat on saturday. 88. sunny and dry and 90 on sunday. 94 on monday. typical summer stuff early next week. 4:00 thursday. you know what that means? michelle: trivia. doug: the question today. when was the last time the actual air temperature reached 100 fahrenheit or higher in the d

feels like 98 in leesburg. the citi open,h, highs at 95, closer to 100 as he gets more humid during the afternoon. future heat index, this afternoon, feels like temperatures close to 100 degrees later this afternoon. 80's for overnight. tomorrow morning at 8:00, it will feel like 88 and tomorrow 109rnoon, it may feel like on the mid-short and 1 i a couple of more days of that. the beaches and more activity you need to keep a watch on, we will talk about that in a few minutes. jummy: they nothing -- the weather nothing to play around and and people are making sure they are prepared for the hot weather coming our way. john gonzalez in silver spring with what you need to know about what you need to keep your family safe and cool. i 4:00 this morning, over 70 degrees in the area, at noon, flirting with 90 degrees. the humidity over 80%. it will be oppressive and dangerous, not just today but the next four days. we are in downtown silver spring where montgomery county has put out a crisis hotline, especially for fol

it feels like 98 in washington. 101 in leesburg. the numbers will only climb over the next few days. 72 to 77 tonight. very muggy conditions. for the weekend at the citi open, the mid-afternoon tomorrow. close to 100 degrees. i will feel like 105. the heat and the humidity like that will continue through sunday and monday and probably into tuesday as well. we'll look ahead for you in the next seven days. leon: they are working to protect inmates from the extreme heat. inmates had to be moved to another part of the facility after failed a.c. when the temperatures reach dangerous levels like this and we will continue to see it the emergency responders step up the efforts to make sure everyone is safe. richard reeve is riding along with the crews as they work to keep others and themselves cool and safe. he joins us with what he saw on the roads today. what was it like out there? richard: you can feel the heat here at fire station number ten. they had the turnout gear good to go here. one of the main jobs is to check for people in troub

actual front is coming through. 73 for leesburg, and 73 for andrews. stray showers from cumberland, and passing over, and you can see a quick shower this morning, and that will begin to fade away. 86 by noon. the high is on far with what we typically see this time year. more thunderstorms this afternoon. i will show you where they will be in a few minutes. >>> good morning, allyson. a fallen tree is causing shutdowns on river road, and this is if you're going out to the river at stoney creek road, and it's blocking traffic eastbound and westbound, and this is is out here at river road. we are told crews are on the way. it happened in the last hour. just know river road is shut down now. there's a serious accident by martin luther king jr. highway. the traffic is going 59 miles an hour. >> thank you, ellen. >>> half of the officers charged in freddie gray's death have now been found not guilty. a judge acquitted a third

that will help. 91 in leesburg and 80s back towards the north and west.own towards the beaches, looking great the next couple of days. there will be a good chance for storms at the beaches tomorrow. not a washout of a day. 84 on sunday and monday. beautiful weather. breezy on sundays but that's about it. but really nice. next ten days, this is what we're watching. 94 tomorrow and then look at sunday and monday. 89 degrees both days. 91 on tuesday and then take a look at this. we've got a little heatwave coming up. that heatwave is lasting thursday, the hottest day at 95 with a good chance of look at next weekend. two weekends now in the ten-day forecast. temperatures, once again, into the mid-90s. the hazy, hot and humid weather wants to return. >> about five minutes. thank you, doug. >>> now at 5:00 , a rockville woman is going to jail for the way she treated 66 animals. >>> a reminder, we are keeping the conversation going on facebook live. chris lawrence is answering questions with a retired d.c. police officer in the wake of the shootings across the c

feels like 98 in d.c. 104 down towards fredericksburg. 98 in leesburg. 93 in clinton.is a feels-like temperature, the current heat index. really be careful if you're going to be outside. radar nothing to show. one little storm here, one little shower here to the south of waldorf but that is it. that's the case for the next couple of days. most of us dry but can't rule out a couple of showers. the frontal boundary continues to move on through. you can see the showers coming up around the waldorf area. scattered showers are going to be it. the slow moisture moving across our region. what we're going to see is it's going to be hot and humid and thunderstorms remain for the next couple of days. notice tomorrow morning, 8:00 a.m., if we have this kind of an air mass, around 3:00, a couple of scattered showers, maybe rumble of thunder or two. we're not expecting anything to be strong over the next couple of days. 89 by noon tomorrow. 93 by 4:00 in the afternoon. isolated storm but mostly on the dry side. as we move through the next day or so, with the humidity, look at the h

i reads 108 in leesburg. 107 in fredericksburg. in the nation's capitol.bout the weekend and when it may end in a few minutes. back to you. leon: all right. a hot weekend for the folks out there hitting the tennis balls. michelle: i almost feel bad. i am shivering. it's so cold in this studio. leon: enjoy while you have it. michelle: you know who wishes they could have the cooler air? leon: scott abraham. michelle: how does it feel out there? scott: it's hot outside. speaking of heating up, the competition is getting awfully good on the court here at the citi open at rock creek park. today is the quarterfinals in the men's and the women's singles tournament. great matchup today on center court. stevie johnson. this is an absolute battle. after winning the first set 7-6, johnson pulls out the second set as well. in a tie-breaker winning that breaker 17-15. it was a marathon. johnson will now face carlovich in the semi-finals. it was also a special day for a group of kids. let's just say they will probably remember their experience for quite a long time. a t

the flames broke out on the 9,000 block in leesburg. they were able to put the blaze out but there was significant damage to the home. the people inside were able to get out in time. no word yet on what started the blaze. >>> well, we could have some pop-up storms kicking up this evening, folks. >> hey, doug, that includes some heat? we're really in it. >> heat and humidity. this is going to be a typical summer pattern. you have the hazy, hot and humid weather with a thunderstorm or two. taking a look outside, you notice the numbers into the upper 80s and 90 degrees in manassas and 89 right now in d.c. we were at 91. the heat index is still a major player in the upper 90s across upper portions of the region. it's on the hot side for sure. you ne a that i'm tracking down from warrenton down to the south of quantico so if you're in this area, along i-95, down in charles county, st. mary's county, you're going to get a few showers out of this. this will be fairly heavy downpours not much in the way of lightning associated with this either.

you factor in the humidity, different numbers, feels like 94 in washington, 96 from frederick to leesburg to manassas to fredericksburg, cooler near the chesapeake bay. afternoon, temperatures as high as 95 degrees, heat index to the feels-like temperature approaching 100 degrees. keeping an eye on some will be a slight chance of showers and storms, the better chances south of washington and just to the southwest. looking ahead to maybe some cooler air in the forecast in a couple of minutes. jummy: thank you. we had to capitol hill, fbi director james comey speaking to congress after he recommended hillary clinton should not be prosecuted over her private e-mail set up. congress grill the director on his decision, even asking whether he would hire lynton himself. -- clinton himself. >> there is a legitimate concern that there is a double standard. oryour name is not clinton you are not part of the powerful will, that lady justice act differently. >> i have the greatest admiration for the fbi. director: he stands the results of the investigation and maintains that clinton did not break the

feeling about 103 in the district. 105 in leesburg. even at 5:00 p.m., when you are coming home from work, air conditioner on in full blast, feeling about 103 in the district and 101 in annapolis. now, coming up at 4:41, i'll be tracking the humidity levels for you over the next few days. for now, let's send it back over to jack taylor. >> we've got our work zone still in place at rock creek parkway at the kennedy center. traffic gets by one direction at a time. you'll also find in prince george's county on 50 eastbound, this is the john hanson highway, 197, we'v going on for the last couple of nights. only left lane is getting by. it is eastbound. not causing a huge delay. westbound completely unaffected. >>> today, a judge will decide whether a man will go to trial for killing his ex-girlfriend. this is video from the scene after the shooting. donald bricker jr told them that night he was guilty and he accepted a plea deal a couple of weeks later. now he says he did not have the right counsel present when he made that decision. >>> d

leesburg manassas. on the radar, not much to talk about. we're dry for most of us. a lot of lightning around the region. right now, as i show you here, zoom on in, most of that rain is out of the leesburg area. just to the east of frederick county and you're watching a shower to the north of martinsburg in berkeley county, virginia, right up towards haguers town you might see some. we saw one wave, two waves and a third wave back towards the west. think we'll see a chance of a shower or storm tomorrow? any downpours could be heavy. we didn't see a lot today but if you did see that down, what i'm talking about here. tomorrow morning, no problems. but the only problem will be this -- the heat and humidity really ramping up here. by noon, it is going to be hot and then we start to get the storms rolling in here around 2:00, 3:00. but this is something to watch out for. being this hot, it's not going to take a whole lot to get thunderstorms going. high temperature tomorrow 96 degrees. the heat index over 100 in many areas, storms possible. not expecting anything severe.

will be in the 90s this afternoon and it will feel more like the mid to upper 90s in some spots, 84 leesburg, washington 86, andrews 85. you will notice the heat index already running near 90 degrees. this afternoon we will see a cold front moving in, that will spark a few isolated showers. what does that bring for the weekend? slightly cooler temperatures, a look at the rest of today, isolated shower or storm otherwise we make it to the low to mid 90s, check out the weekend latest forecast by downloading our wusa9 app. >>> you do realize it is not the best day to stay outside for a long period of time it will feel like a scorcher. we caught up with people at the national mall, some of them trying to squeeze in a workout for the heat losing. >> the national mall is a hotspot for drivers, we have seen plenty out here some of them with water bottles in hand and a plan to beat the heat. >> it doesn't feel great. >> she tried to avoid it with an early morning run but on days like today she said her idea of early feels late. >> i missed the early morning cool weather. it is pretty hot out here. >

even some areas in leesburg, 107. 101 in fredericksburg.e saw a shower just to the south and cloud cover. now the showers have died off down to the south. to the west, we're tracking a few more areas. showers that came through the areas around fredericksburg, you can see the blowup here. look at the cloud cover that has helped to bring temperatures tracking this band of moisture. this is going to come right in towards northern virginia and some of the latest computer models talking about a good chance of showers around 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 tonight. something to think about just in case. behind the system, another cold front back to the west. most of this activity will stay to our north and the cold front will do the same but at least we'll see less humidity. notice around 8:00, 9:00, there are showers in through northern virginia. tomorrow afternoon, another round. here we are friday around noon, no problem. it's hot, humid, a chance for scattered thunderstorms during the afternoon. let's talk about that forecast for tomorrow. another hot one.

humidity not temperatures. 82 in leesburg. and riverdale at 88.f you're thinking of heading out this evening, a nice night. 87 and hot around 7:00. by 9:00, warm and on the muggy side. whatever you're going to be out there on your friday nights, it's friday, happy friday. as far as rain is concerned, no storms to talk about tonight. however, we'll attract a couple of systems. we have a band of clouds moving through right now that's produced storms down to the south and another area back to the west. we'll watch this come on through during the day tomorrow. we have a couple of boundaries out there and we'll continue to see those as the area of low pressure spins north of the great lakes. let's take you through tomorrow. 8:00 tomorrow morning, sunshine. it's going to be a warm day but not too humid. scattered showers and a couple of thunderstorms by still dealing with a couple of those showers. tomorrow is a day where you see an afternoon storm or two. not everyone will see it and it will not be an all-day rain. by 10:00 it's a good night on your sa

how about in leesburg, how about up to 97 again. 98 towards fredericksburg.d saturday, even warmer. everybody closer to that 100-degree mark. that's with the heat index. actual temperatures in the 90s. 93 on wednesday and 94 on thursday and friday. chance of isolated storms each day. 95 on sunday. a front moves through and down to 89 and right now early next week, looking nice on sunday and monday and tuesday and possibly another heatwave setting up in the middle of the next week as this ten-day trend continues. we'll watch that for you. the heat index ending any time soon. >>> we have sports coming up and some people are wondering whether after one of the best weeks much his life, one of the nationals has played his way into the all-star game. >>> lester holt has a look ahead on "nbc nightly news." >> jim and doreen, we'll have reaction to the fbi's reaction not to charge hillary clinton over her e-mail scandal. is there a political price to pay? we'll hear what donald trump has to say about it as he pushes back over a tweet some call anti-semitic. >>> and a

josi kennedy was arrested in leesburg on friday. he's on paid administrative leave during the investigation. >> it was a grim discovery for kayakers as boaters found a body near a fishing pier on afternoon. national resource police -- according to them, officers believe the man was warned about swimming alone on saturday due to the water conditions. he's not being identified until police get a debt -- a hold of his family. >>> the coast guard is looking for a missing boater. the man jumped out of his boat to try to grab his fishing pole but the current was apparently too strong and the man couldn't make it back. >>> virginia state police charged a truck driver with rest -- reckless driving after a morning crash that left tons of tomatoes across interstate 66. 50-year-old josi martinez of round hill xas is charged. investigators believe he was tired. he suffered from minor injuries. nobody else was hurt and police shut down interstate 66 at the root 15 overpass -- route 15 overpass but those did -- open in tifome r the morning commut

it will get muggy later on. 90 in leesburg and frederick. 89 in fredericksburg. 86 in baltimore. through the evening, the outdoor plans will be just fine. a good evening to be outside for dinner or a stroll. whatever you want to do. the temperatures will slowly but steadily fall from the 80's to the 70's for overnight values. watching the area of the showers and the well into quebec province in canada. that front is going to fall apart but it indicates a pattern. the little boundaries in the atmosphere that may enter at times later tomorrow and saturday into the hot and humid air. there could be isolated showers and storms. outside of that possibility, it is all about the heat. and the increasing humidity. partly cloudy to mostly sunny tomorrow. becoming humid through the day. highs of 95. the feels like temperatures will be in the upper 90's. to go along with that, code orange air quality for the day tomorrow. we will have a lot more in a few minutes. leon: you got it. speaking of heat, speaking of the hot seat. roger ailes out as chief executive at fox news channel and fox busi

it feels like 97 in manassas, leesburg. fredericksburg and culpeper feeling like 99 degrees at this hour. everybody is in together for the next few days. officially 94. we work on the string of 990-degree plus days. we have a couple more to follow. day of the whole bunch. the morning low only 77. it will be in the same range tomorrow morning. through the evening, don't see much of a chance of showers. if you are out, the weather is dry and muggy and warm. the temperatures still around 80 degrees in the city at 11:00 tonight. holding in the mid-70's overnight. watching the showers the past several hours seeing if there is a chance to make it across the mountains. i doubt it. most of the activity is well south and west of the metro area. tomorrow a slight chance to see an afternoon shower. hot and humid again. showers north according to the simulation. most through the south and south side virginia and north carolina. friday when we are back to the mid-90's again we have a better chance of the afternoon and the early everythi

about 104 in the district, 105 in leesburg and 102 in frederick. this is the kind of temperatures that you want to limit your time outdoors. make sure you drink plenty of water. as we head into the afternoon hours, feeling about 107 in washington and 108 in leesburg. we'll be under a heat advisory tomorrow. even at 5:00 in the evening, around 104 in washington. now, right now when you factor in the humidity, feeling about 101 here in washington and outside of our studios in northwest washington, that's where we find lauryn. what's it like out there? i came to work at 2:00 -- between 1:00 and 2:00 and it was already feeling bad. >> absolutely. our makeup artist nicky was talking about just how hot it was when they were coming work. it's 101 right now and as you showed it's going to get worse tomorrow. it's feeling a little warm, obviously, out here right now. we've got a break but don't let that fool you. the heat-related illnesses can sneak up on you very quickly. it really messes with the heat and the body's ability to cool. if you get any of thes

it's still going to be one of our hotter days of the summer so far. 73 for leesburg, 72 manassas andorf. as far as rain showers are concerned a couple could pass by but much of the day will be dry, highs intohe one of those days. >> tgif, allyson, thanks. >>> well our interstates are looking really great this morning no problems on the interstates it's our side roads that has actual trouble with downed power lines but let's start on eastern avenue where we actually have a closure between 63rd street and nanny helen avenue because of a down power line so crews trying to fix that and then also there are fallen power tables at university boulevard both directions east and westbound right at central avenue there, again crews out there trying to fix it and we have another place on massachusetts avenue i'm following, mike and andrea i'll get you that coming up. >>> this morning top story a deadly terror attack in france, this happened during bastille day celebrations in nice. >> at least 84 people are dead including 10 children and two americans. close to 20 others have been critically inj

begin to get going and that by 5:30 to 6:00 that showers will be to the north and west and that leesburgnd martinsburg to the east, and down to the river. and so at one point in time that everybody could have a sprinkle of the showers tomorrow. by 10:00, leftover showers in fairfax and look at this by 10:00 tomorrow night. temperes lower 80s downtown in the upper suburbs. overnight tonight, we're going to keep the chance for the shower or thunderstorms on in and the low temperature of 68 to 74. the winds are out of the southwest at about 10 in the morning and some showers will be possible. everybody will see one and the temperatures will be 68 to 65. lower temps a little bit. hot and humid and those temperatures will be 86 to 90 with more showers and a few thunderstorms. on the day planner 70s to start. 80 by 9:00. humid already. thunderstorm showers are possible. 87 by 1:00. showers or thunderstorms are possible as well. and so here is your yellow weather alert on thursday, 97. heat index is at 105. friday is still hot at 105. and just some isolated showers that are possible. the next s

leesburg. manassas. d.c., 100 in culpepper. 102 in fredericksburg.row is going to be our last super uncomfortable day, in terms of combining heat and humidity together. we're still in the low 90s with the heat index. we'll talk about the future cast. we'll concentrate on the precipitation. these are tu fine. dry drive to work. no worry about that. but by lunchtime, some showers begin to fire out along i-81. temperatures by this time, upper 80s, low 90s. and by 3:00, some showers, maybe leesburg, maybe out toward manassas and down into fredericksburg. by this time, temperatures in the low 90s. and they will roll through during the evening hours. not everybody is going to see a thunderstorm tomorrow. but be advised, yellow weather alert tomorrow afternoon and evening. 70s to start. 88 by 11:00. and already 91 by 1:00 p.m. next 7 days. we gotta keep thunderstorms in on saturday. but they'll be fewer and farther between, and less humid. and nicing upper 80s, sunday, monday, with sunshine. 90 on tuesday. isolated storm. a little better chance on wednesday

right now already 91 leesburg, 90 gaithersburg, dulles, 87 at the national airport. as you're planning out the 2:00, storms will already be brewing, especially along i-81. by 5:00 time frame, temperatures will be in the mid-90s around town and that's when thunderstorms will be likely to be moving into the d.c. metro area. by 8:00 tonight, storms moving into southern maryland. by 11:00 tonight, things drying out but staying awfully, awfully humid. it feels like 108 out in the eastern shore. so the humidity level typical of summertime around here for today. we get a one-day humidity vacation that comes up on wednesday. but by friday, saturday, sunday, heat index values may well be over 100 to 105 degrees. so real heat coming our way for the weekend. here's your first peek at it for the remainder of the workweek. mid-90s today, low 90s tomorrow but closing on 100 for the weekend. i'll show you the weekend forecast in our ten-day coming up in a few minutes. >>> when it's this hot nearly everybody heads to the pool managers tell the news4 i-team cell phones are their numb

leesburg, geora, 2,800. >> right. >> you could fit 21 leesburg georgians in this stadium right here. isn't that crazy? let's go back to leesburg, georgia. do you remember the music on in your house? >> my parents, the radio stations on their cars were on the radio, on country radio from ronnie millsap to kenny rogers to george straight. would sneak away and listen to def leopard, journey. that devil's music. we were as country as kids could be country but somehow we would be listening, you know, nwa made it into our world somehow and eazy-e and the beastie boys. >> when did you get your first guitar then? do you remember? >> i was probably the summer that i turned 14. >> taught yourself? >> i taught myself chords and i had a piano in my room. i would learn a few chords on piano. at that point i realized i'm going to be a horrible athlete. i recognized that and got a band together and i would play guitar. >> after high school, luke was ready to take the guitar to nashville but with his bags packed, tragedy struck the bryan family. luke's older brother chris was killed in a car acciden

this is what it feels like outside now. 98 in leesburg. 99 in kulbir. feels like 100 in fredericksburg. 91 in annapolis now. feels like 96 in baltimore. the dew points are to blame. when you factor in the moisture content with the warm temperatures you get somewhat higher values. feels like. that pattern will repeat again and again the next few days. tonight th the temperatures will drop from 90 in the mid-80's over the next several hours and remain muggy. satellite and the radar doesn't offer much hope of showers tonight. in the overnight we will keep an eye on this. maybe a cupful of showers in the morning if they survive. we check out the weekend and the cooler seven-day in a couple of minutes. jonathan: thank you. you can stay connected with the stormwatch7 weather team downloading the app. easy to do. get it at google play or the itunes store. get your forecast at your fingertips. log on to wjla.com for a list of the cooling centers open all across the area. just search the word "cooling." alison: let's get to new developments today about the f.b.i

feels like 103 in leesburg. 101 in culpeper. 99 in washington. frederick, fredericksburg and annapolis as well. as we go through the evening hours we'll stay partly cloudy. very warm. and increasingly muggy temperatures in the low 90's for the first pitch tonight at the park. as far as any relief from the heat, we have been watching showers diminish during the day. they will continue to diminish tonight. a chance of an isolated thunderstorm to cool us off tomorrow but the better chances aren't coming until monday afternoon. in the meantime we are talking air temperatures approaching 100 degrees tomorrow, and sunday and monday. heat index values the way it feels outside 105 degrees. but there are no advisories or warnings or anything for the heat issued yet. we will have more about those possibilities in a couple of minutes. jonathan: thank you. you hear those temperatures, these are not the kind of temperatures to mess around with at all. right now at wjla.com we have a list of cooling centers across the area for you. if you need those. in the fo

right now, with the mugginess, this is how hot it is feeling outside. 94 leesburg.orrow night, a high of 86 degrees and we'll hit that at 4:00 in the afternoon. nearly perfect for saturday and sunday. low humidity and highs in the low 80s. fourth of july, rainy. potentially by the evening time. here's your planner. actually, we'll get to that next. lauryn will have that. on sunday, a high of 82. monday, a storm team 4 weather alert day for the fourth of july. rain moves in during the morning hours and it looks to stay here through the midday, afternoon and evening hours. and then after that, not looking too bad. we'll have mostly sunny skies on wednesday and thursday. another look on storm team 4 radar, again, you can see scattered showers ahead of the cold front. it's going to set us up for two really nice days on saturday and sunday. lauryn will have your fourth of july planner coming up. >>> muriel bowser wants everyone to enjoy the holiday. >> and they want to make it a safe one for you and your family. derrick ward is live from the national mall. what are the p

by 6:00, still feeling like temps are in the triple digits. 8:00, we will cool off. 96 in leesburg. in ten minutes, i'll let you know how quickly we warm up. >>> southbound baltimore-washington parkway, the crash near 50 has cleared. if you are immediately headed out in the road and in this area, you may very well experience a delay in that stretch. also, 66, we had a work zone out in zanes -- gainesville. this accident, near the 50 interchange. sounded minor in nature. police are there. >>> there have been some close calls with metro trains over the last two weeks. its operators have run red lights that will likely be the focus of conversation when the board meets this morning. megan mcgrath national airport station where the most recent incident happened yesterday. >> reporter: this is a regularly scheduled board meeting happening at 9:00 this morning. we're expecting to get some more information about a couple of things that happened this week here at reagan national airport at the metro station here. the first is an incident where a train operator ran a rlt here at the airport s

headed southbound colesville, eventually leesburg seeing some of that rain. today, cannot rule out a straight day thunderstorm, but it's still the green light for that. holding up the game. wednesday and thursday, our first pitch as we take on the dodgers. near 90 degrees thursday. again, green light because of low humidity and nothing like we will see at the end of the work week, jamie, which has the temperatures popping out in the upper 90's. a's definitely going to be hot one. jamie: it is a slow one out overhead, aust different view of this accident activity, you can see it right there with two lanes completely blocked on the outer loop of the taking out the two left lanes want to get past colesville in thenother backup single digits. 495, get ready for this. college park into silver spring, 37 minutes from 95 continuing to the 270 spur. 30 of those minutes just in this stretch. take a look at the backup. this is the outer loop and we are moving very slow. inner loop dealing with unfair, but not slowing you down at all. if you are traveling on metro rail,

everybody -- just about everybody in the triple digits around noon. 104 in washington and 105 in leesburg. i'll breakdown the rest of the weekend, what you can expect in 15 minutes. doreen? >> amelia, thank you. >>> to politics now and the next phase of the presidential race. the democratic national convention getsn hillary clinton is expected to announce her running mate very soon. steve handelsman is inside the wells fargo center with the growing speculation. steve? >> reporter: hi, doreen. three days before this democratic national convention starts filling this hall in philadelphia, certainly donald trump has it right, hillary wants to get the attention or voters but there's munich, scattered reports about how she might make the announcement, whether it might be tim kaine. let's go to a live shot right now of hillary clinton. she's speaking in tampa, florida. she's spent the morning and the evening in the big swing state of florida and so far in the speech that you're watching there, she is slamming donald trump for saying he's the only one who can get us out of the trouble that we're

it went up to 91 in frederick. 95 in leesburg. that's the warmest spot., we're not seeing much. clearing out south and east. here's a few showers right here coming through page county and the richmond area between i-64 and i-95 in the city of richmond. they are getting one heck of a storm there. fast. heavy rain in richmond but looking good for us as we go into the evening. a mix of sun and clouds and we'll continue to clear out. the humidity, as i said, will continue to fall off. looking good and pleasant by tomorrow morning. the humidity drops and moves back in late on thursday. so tomorrow, wednesday, we're looking nice and feeling comfortable out there. and then thursday afternoon, thursday evening, we start to feel it creep back in. by friday, mid-to upper 90s and humidity back as well with heat indices up to 100 degrees. so tomorrow, it's going to be fairly cool. temperatures in the mid-to upper 80s and humidity on the low side. so heat index will not be a factor tomorrow. but we do have triple degree digits on our ten-day forecast. when is the last

about 2:00, 104, 105 in the district. 100 in frederick. 103 in leesburg. want to make sure you're drinking plenty of water and limitr especially saturday, sunday and monday afternoon. good idea to do so. the activity over the next few days, if you want to go for a morning run, it's already going to be hot but that's the best time to get your exercise in. make sure kids are in the pool or drinking lots of water. happy hour best indoors and if you're heading to nats park, drink plenty of water. we just heard from nats about their plan for the extreme heat. they will have mister fans. 101 on saturday and near 100 on sunday and monday. late-day thunderstorms on monday but still hot. only a little less humid on tuesday, wendy. >> all right. thanks, amelia. >>> cell phone video is sparking new outrage and a new debate about police confrontations. >>> what investigators are saying now about the officers who fired their weapons at a therapist who was lying in the streets unarmed with his hands up. when we meet the local delegate who says she's made up her mind abo

so no intensity 92, leesburg. temperatures in the upper 80s.ou might get to around 90 in these areas, too. cloud cover there, too. beach forecast, looking really good. 88 on your saturday. 87 on sunday. look at monday. high of 93 at the beach. if we're 93 at the beach, a lot warmer inland. we're going to be warm at the shore. high temperature on monday of 97 degrees. there it is, 97 with a chance of storms on tuesday and a high of 92. the cold front comes through and knocks our temperatures down to 89 on wednesday. beautiful weather on wednesday and thursday. 90 on thursday but low humidity. the humidity returns and look at that, 99. that's what we're going for for next weekend. >>> a local doctor accused of sexual battery but news4 has learned it's not therst fitime he's been charged for a crime against one of his >>> a gang member was sentenced to life in prison for mur gering a father of two inside his silver spring home. but how did we end up here? his mom thought he had the flu and that he was covered by the meningococcal meningitis... vac

speaking of hot and humid, 105 in leesburg. 104 in culpeper. washington, a heat index of 105. that's warning criteria at 105. something we will watch there. 102 in annapolis. extreme heat for sure out on our thursday. a heat advisory in effect for everyone from i-95 to the east including south of maryland and along i-95 in parts of northern virginia. much more on this heat and how long it will last and what to expect next in our forecast. >> doug, thank you. >>> to the race for the white house, coming right to our own backyard, you're taking a live look at a rally where senator tim kaine is joining hillary clinton in virginia. >> kaine's name has been floated as a presumptive vice president nominee. >> we're live outside of the big event. aaron? >> reporter: jim and barbara, this rally is still going on behind me in anandale. the two came out together to thunderous applause a while ago. secretary clinton stia talking about education. senator kaine opened up for her, speaking quite a bit of spanish. he ran a technical school in n honduras at the beginning part of his career. he

leesburg, 95. look at the heat index in d.c., 102.ly the heat index in washington is extremely hot conditions and it's going to be the case as we move through tonight. as we make our way through the rest of the evening hours, it's going to stay on the hot and humid side and we're going to see a chance for a couple of showers, maybe a rumble of thunder in northern parts of virginia. nothing around our region right now. take a look at the motion here. these are moving off towards the east. so in towards loudoun, you're in the next hour or so. some of these could move into the d.c. metro area around 8:00, 9:00. i'll continue to watch it for you. not expecting a whole lot and most of us stay dry. don't be surprised to see a shower or rumble of thunder. 90 by noon tomorrow. not the best day to get lunch outdoors. tomorrow won't be as quite as humid as tomorrow. we won't see a heat index of 105. your impact tomorrow, it's going to be on the moderate side. we're talking about the extreme heat that's coming on through here and we'll see that

this is what it feels like saturday afternoon. 107 in washington. 105 in leesburg.an see the corridor and temperatures still feeling like they are in the upper 90s. if we hit 100 over the weekend, it will be the first time since 2012 that we've hit 100. activities the next morning run, it's already hot. heading to the pool, make sure kids are in the shade when they are not in the pool and nats park they are allowing you to bring in an extra bottle of water. they are going to have misting fans out there. there's the weekend. 101 on saturday. 99 on sunday. >>> sports is coming up. steven straussburg has been on a roll but he's perfect no more. why he was double-trouble for the nats star today. >>> first, lester holt has a look on "nbc nightly news." >> we'll look at donald trump's most important speech and ted cruz getting booed off the stage. it's official. the head of fox news is out tonight taken down by scandal. >>> and summer at its worst, cripple heatwa know you can keep your financial big picture under control. know you can see how much you hav