leonardtown saw about half an inch of rain. we do have eight change on the way. we will have a nice summer time warm-up. along with the unity, it will feel very much like it should feel at this time of -- along with the humidity, it will feel very much like it should feel at this time of year. >>muomrsteouhou sld give themselveseom action travel time. e bosedwill be closed ben constitution a pennsylvania avenue 5 a.m. until 6p. 0 m. it is pa obe neetw u.nd n the u.s. and china at the reagan building. be prepared for those types. president barack obama continues to push for an overhaul of the health-care system, but time is running out to get that vote before lawmakers leave for the august recess. >> white house spokesman robert gibbs says that they are 80% in agreement. the last eight -- that last 20% is a doozy. as president obama is august deadline for health care reform edges closer -- >> money for health care, not warfare. >> many rally for health care today. >> they need to hear us. we want healthcare. we know -- we do not want to buy health insurance. we wa

so the heavy rains will continue right through leonardtown as we go into the midnight hour. after that, i think we'll have a little bit of a break. all right. back to the computer we go. we will talk about lightning. okay. here is the deal. if you can hear thunder, you can be struck by lightning. so seek shelter inside your car or prefrly inside of a -- preferably inside of a building. if not your car will do. if not, crouch down outside. partly cloudy and warm to start. 60s and 70s by afternoon. slight chance of a thunderstorm. high temperatures 85-90. here is a look at the nine micro cast. just a couple of showers north of town. but notice no big storms like we had tonight. and the computers did a very good job with these storms a couple days ago saying they would move through. saturday i think friday night and saturday night will be okay. if you have plans outside, i wouldn't change them. by saturday night we may see some thunderstorms develop off to the west and mountains but they should stay to the west of us into the midnight hours as we get into sunday. all right. nex

george, tyunbut north beach isv ghhuille ghand learchs co artyuntosa tyne maries county, south of leonardtown we haveeavy showers out there. this afternoon we can expect showers and thunderstorms. high temperatures are going to be in the low, possibly middle 80s and a muggy day ahead. angie, how are the maryland roads. >> so far so good as we track the commute on the bw parkway and 95. nothing but green cars past 32. that's because they are moving at speed. that's the situation at we look at 270 southbound from montgomery village avenue to the beltway. it is free flowing and finally here's the capital beltway in maryland. north of the district. we have a live shot for you. the outer loop and inner loop are doing fine. the time is 6:09. good thursday morning. you are watching 9 news now. we'll be right back. (female narrator) from jennifer: a microfiber sofa bed for just $299, only at jennifer. $299. jennifer: the only place to buy a sofa bed. >>> i'm here in the web center with kristin fisher she has an update on the hero central project. >> good morning. most of our hero central stories are

the humidity will be peroty low. 85 in leonardtown. >> i can always count on you to straighten things out. >> it is all about the humidity. >> we do have developing news we are following. a double fatal accident on the beltway that happened late last night about 11:00 on the outer loop in the cabin john area. police are still in the area this morning. police say it involved two cars. one car went over the guard rail and fell nearly 200 feet near the clara barton parkway. that driver and passenger were killed. another car took off but crashed just across the american legion bridge. that driver is in police custody. julie wright saying it might be open now. let's check in with her and get the latest. >> we are being told the road has been reopened. that is better newsow. there still may be an investigation ongoing but we are told the road has been reopened at this time. >> if you are traveling the top stretch of the beltway, there are no accidents to report. lane are open between college park and bethesda. quiet out of laurel headed down towards the beltway. 395 northbound coming across

problem at the moment is crossing the potomac river in to southern maryland and charles county, leonardtown and mechanicsville you will be getting wet. to the maps what we have in store for you today, a day full of rain showers and scattered thunderstorms. you are going to notice our time lapse tower cam shows the thick clouds and our view from the netherlands carillon if we can change back to the computer will show you how the oucl dsen day. maybe we can't get that up. so we'll -- there we go. we will lapse it for you and show you those showers, boy, have they been persist tint but you know what? we haven't had a lot of rain in three weeks so this is welcome news. the temperature right now we are at 76 degrees. east winds blowing at three and the humidity is 82% with that dew. look at that. it jumped up to around 70. so that means we will have the high humidity in the air again and we have a lot of moisture in the air. it doesn't take a lot to get rain to fall and that's not a problem as we head to the afternoon. how about the numbers? leesburg is the exception to the rule. they are 81. mo

some other storms that may produce some severe weather, the one just north of leonardtown, but at this time there are no warnings in effect. and basically stt lighlirain tarndou socity, nd wetyl keep an eyon th . most of you enjoying a fairly quiet wednesday evening. let's switch it over to the weather computer and look at the three-day trend. upper 80s to around 90 all the way through the beginning of the weekend. best chance for rain is friday. a chance for a shower or thunderstorm tonight. obviously muggy. low temperatures down around 70. just a slight chance for a thunderstorm on thursday with a high near 90 degrees. here's the weather setup. got the system passing by to our west. that's the trigger mechanism for all of these thunderstorms. you can see there's plenty out there so i think the chance of rain will stay with us throughout the night but the severe weather threat will diminish the ne xtl severa vethe ho85ur t p ho of the hour national airport. most spots are in the 80s. we'll settle down into the upper 60s and low 70s by tomorrow morning. seven-day forecast looks like th

it will be very tropical and humid and afternoon showers and thunderstorms arriving. 88 in leonardtownn our attention to julie wright. >> i command your attention. i love it. >> yes you do. and you get it. >> that's usually because i'm bribing you with money, but hey, whatever works right. not a lot going on right now. we have the lanes open with a little bit of a delay on the outer loop leaving van dorn to eisenhower and that's part of the long-term construction project. they're not working right now but slowing the commute between van dorn and eisenhower. 395 northbound leaving the beltway toward duke street, the crash moved over to the shoulder and the pace is improving northbound from the capital beltway past landmark and toward the 14th street bridge. and again, all of the lanes there are open. this is a live shot, in land suitland parkway. no incidents reported, but volume moving at speed. the same off of 295 and the 11th street bridge. top stretch of the beltway, this is leaving bethesda into silver spring. outer loop of the beltway, checking for an accident, the lanes are open

leonardtown, 84 for the high. germantown 82 for a high today.more on the forecast coming up in just a little bit. >>> as a weather guy, don't you run the risk of going out and not coming back. >> no. because i want to hold on to my job. >>> let's check in with julie wright? >> i just want to be at the umbrella at the pool. who needs a house? on the outer loop of the beltway, we have delays leaving 95 college park toward silver spring. earlier we had a crash at 95 and that has cleared, but southbound 895 out of baltimore byway of the harbor tunnels that blocked off with a diversion off of keith avenue to 95. the 14th street bridge still in good shape and accident free. trouble, outer loop of the beltway leaving virginia into maryland byway of the wilson bridge, we have slow traffic here. callers say it's a multi vehicle accident in the through lanes. outer loop of virginia, slow and inner loop all lanes are open. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> texting while operating a metro train obviously is huge safety risk but that's exact

kelly tire is a day care provider in leonardtown, and mtd.nts says there is no better feeling for a barnt than to know your children are in a loving environment. if you know someone like kelly tyler, e-mail their story and a clear, close-up picture or video to morningperson@nbcwashington.com. >> let's get a quick out the door forecast from tom. >> lower humidity's moved in overnight, we'll have it in place for today, tonight and tomorrow. some great summer weather for the beaches and pools, highs in the 80s. a little more humid wednesday, rather steyni thursday, could get some afternoon and evening thunderstorms. that's the way it looks. >> jerry, any trouble spots right now? >> nothing too major. checking reports of an accident, outer loop near route 1, al alexandr alexandria. watch for that. >> that is "news 4oday." thanks for starting your monday with us. >> we'll see you later for "news 4 midday" at 110 a. throught the day, stay connected with us. we're on facebook and twit ten even if the teenagers aren't. >> bye.

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