these bees will provide community lorton. >> reporter: how is it working. >> it's fantastic. with our hives. >> reporter: it was his idea to do this. is this the first thing like this. >> i think so at least here in fairfax county. >> reporter: good for you eric. now, this is hermine, the bee whisperer. he teaches this at george mason university. and basically we got a lot of bees here don't we. >> we got a lot of bees. what we're going to do now is safe taste honey. >> reporter: what are we looking for? shake the bees. >> okay, we are looking for this area here. that's ripe honey. it is covered with wax and we are going to come over here and you are going to taste it. >> reporter: come on over here, mike 'cause you got to get in close. and that -- just so everybody knows i've already tasted a little of it. it tastes amazing. that's a lot of honey. how long have the hives been here. >> two months. >> reporter: so, within two months you've i don't remember how many bees you told me. >> 15,000 that's correct. >> reporter: 15. and now we're already dipping and making honey. i fe

lauren demarco was at the glory days grill in lorton when they found out.here is the mask of the goffer. >> are you okay? the star wars disney or universal. >> a bit of nerves annex site ment preparing for the arrival of a very special little girl. eight year old keel lee thompson was invited to a dinner where she officially received the good news. we're going to get you to go see all the princess down in disney world. >> we're going to send you there . a trip to disney world is literally a dream quom true for the second grader and her little brother brai den. who is your favorite princess. >> cinderella. it's huge. i just want them to have a break. i want kay lee to have a normal couple days, no thinking about doctors. key lee was born with spina bifida and through these past eight years she's gone more than 30 surgeries. she's had several spine injuries, several leg surgeries, along with her parents, her brother is always by her side. she is acting shy right now. she's not shy at all . even though all of their extended family lives on the west coast becau

a project is underway to transform a landfill in lorton to a sanctuary for bees. the land is on fur chase road in fairfax county -- furnace road in fairfax county. jeff goldberg shows us the plan. jeff: after 30 years as a beekeeper, he has been stung thousands of times. but any pain he fills is no match for his love. >> if you look at this, example of society. they are perfect. they work to help society. not to help the individual. jeff: he is the director of george mason university honeyby initiative at the i-95 landfill in lorton. pilot program between the university, fairfax county and covanta the company that treats waste here to several acres of the landfill to a bee sanctuary. pollennating from the bees will -- pollennating from the bees will lead to wild flowers. we are looking at 2,000 male and female bees. this is honey flow season and that is when they collect the food. with the honey bee population in decline nationwide he hopes that it will lead to greater awareness and in turn more bees. >> we're trying to keep the population healthy. jeff: jeff gold

low 50s in gaithersburg. 52 degrees in warrington. 55 in lorton. nice start to the day.nice and dry. we have no rain heading our way right now. not going to be until late sunday when we see our next rain chance. most of your weekend does look very good. if you're dining out today, i encourage it. happy hour. mid 80s. mostly sunny. we'll see clouds moving but the clouds should not be bin beach forecast as we look at ocean city, 78 degrees. mostly sunny. tomorrow mid 70s, mostly sunny. by sunday we have a very late chance much rain 73 degrees there. virginia beach, 82 degrees. 78 degrees tomorrow. mostly sunny. by sunday 80 with a very late chance of showers. we're looking at mostly sunny skies tomorrow, 80 degrees. 87. we have a chance of light showers and storms. that will carry over into monday. look at your extended forecast coming up. let's check the roads on friday. how does that commute look melissa mollet? >> good morning. couple of problems. first of all, when we're talking about metro, single tracking on blue line between addison and stadium armory. running betwe

it appeared to be a home address in lorton printed on one of the flyers. a family member told us muhammad is not trying to scam anyone but he is not home. he made it to mecca himself. kimberly suiters, abc7 news. michelle: coming up, man versus wild. fox. all caught on camera. you won't want to miss how it ends. jonathan: wow! after nearly two days of deliberating, still no verdict in the bill cosby sexual assault trial. what jurors are asking for to help them come ♪ announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. michelle: now to a story we at 4:00. the minnesota police officer accused of killing a black driver has been acquitted. officer younes pulled fernando castile over last summer for a broken taillight. in the video filmed by castile's girlfriend posted on facebook life you can hear them tell the officer he was carrying a gun and a gun he had a permit to carry. the prosecutor argued officer overreacted shooting him. jonathan: now the latest for the bill cosby sexual assault trial. the defense's motion for the mistrial, two of them, hav

winchester at 63. 63 in the district. 56 in lorton. many areas comfortably cool this morning. here's a look though. we have the clouds. not much in the way of rain. maybe a few sprinkles near warri warrington. there's the cold front. once it moves through, you will notice the change with the humidity. very comfortable today. if you're exercising, by not everybody. by lunchtime, 78 degrees. by 5:00 p.m. looking at the low 80s. warm but that lower humidity will make it much more comfortable. tomorrow in the mid 80s. by saturday, 80 degrees and sunny on saturday. mostly sunny. looking dry. most of sunday does look dry. next big rain chance late sunday into monday. let's check the morning commute for thursday morning with melissa mollet. good morning. >> good morning, sheena. outer loop at van dorn, only thing hanging out on the beltway, two left lanes getting by the milling and paving project. taking a look through prince george's county, no problems into town or out of town. northbound, 395, washington boulevard work zone still blocking the right lane. taking a look at 66 on fai

winchester at 59 degrees and lorton at 61. dulles 63. manassas, 57. in the district, at 68 degrees. 53 in clinton. this area of high pressure yesterday was far off to our west. that gave us the dry air. today, it's moved offshore. now it's giving us more of a southwest wind and that's why we'll be more humid as we go through the afternoon. you will notice that. if you're exercising today, still going to be nice this morning. sunny, around 70 degrees. by noon, mid-80s this afternoon. around 90 and you will notice the humidity increasing. beach forecast, as we go into tomorrow, really nice. sunny, mid-80s, breezy. saturday, that's when we have the late chance of thunderstorms and sunday, we could see an isolated chance. overall, it's looking pretty good. lots of mid-80s. pretty noose for your fourth of july weekend if that's where you're heading. otherwise, isolated shower chance sunday. there's your fourth of july tuesday. 90 degrees there. we could see an isolated chance looking mainly dry. that's all good news. a commute is mainly dry this morning. t

now 14 minutes, starting further north from there, lorton area, it's 7 minutes. >>> thanks so much, 4. breaking news from london. firefighters still not sure how many people have died in a high- rise apartment fire. >> this is big. about 24 stories. the building is a big smoking ruin this morning. it broke out in the overnight hours. the victims were in their beds. 50 people have gone to the hospital. it appears the fire started on a lower floor and look at the flames. this is video from overnight. it went straight up the building. london's mayor tweeted a major incident has been cleared. >> the family of a university of virginia student will hold a news conference later today, now that he has been brought back carried off a plane when he landed in cincinnati and taken to the hospital. the 22-year-old was serving a 15 year prison term for alleged acts against the state. he was arrested last year on a trip to north korea and confessed to trying to steal a propaganda banner. >> jurors in the cosby case go back for their third day of deliberations and submitted four questions to the judg

northbound 95 after lorton getting by the milling and paving. 66 looking quite good. eun?>> right now this pennsylvania doctor is in an area hotel barred from going anywhere near the trump international hotel and the white house. brian moles will be in court about his arriving at the trump hotel. he suffers from ptsd and sd has no legal basis to hold moles in jail. >>> it was another security scare at the white house last night after seeing a man pace back and forth. secret service approached him. that's when the man attempted to hit the officer and grab his baton. as a precaution he was taken to the hospital. he will be charged with a felony once he's released. >>> we have more breaking news right now. this time about the president's travel ban. molette? >> reporter: that's right. the trump administration is putting pressure on the supreme court to let the travel ban take effect. this latest move was expected. the justice department wants it fast tracked and to be able to start enforcing the executive order while under high court review. now just last week a federal appea

each one of these kits right here, george mason is turning several acres of the lorton landfill into sanctuary. and david juculver is here with the buzz. >> reporter: thousands of bees and lots of hundred. the george mason university bee initiative is buzzing. >> we are very we havelandfill. that's a great indicator our environment is in e.>>eporter: about the project back in march when the were building these. the home to thousands of bees. so some bees can be deadly if they are allergic enough. and for most of us, they are just annoying, especially when trying to enjoy the outside. but they play an important role in the circle of life. that's exactly what the project is hoping to preserve. >> bees are important because they are poll nay or thes. pollinators. the university will study the bees and honey to learn if there are negative impacts to them from the landfill. the researchers hope to university the information from the project to educate the importance of od you have been sharing the story of the fat cat on our nbc washington facebook page. if you had thoughts about adopting

and then typical slow role in for the washington 210 northbound as we look at 95 earlier crash in lortonis impacting onage line. >> i'm sorry tucker i'm trying. it's time for the morning meme. >> that's embarassing. >> okay. >> meme number one. alarm goes off and i needed last moment. >> yes, homer, yes. >> yes, i've been there. >> i feel like i was there today. >> that's the struggle. >> thanks. >> airport you want to take this it's traffic relate sglid guess they didn't read the license plate. >> got a little too close. >> please stop. >> please. >> stop. >> thank you. >> allison this is for you. >> it is? >> when you wait for snob open the gift you got them come on do you like t. come on. >> that's fun. >> one more, steve take it away. >> when some girl cosz the line and says his hair has more volume that yours. >> as a clown comment bro' sgle ult uv, back off. >> that is a meme nat look on your face. >> we love them keep them coming up. >> #morningmeme love >> you're going out. >> yes a taste of sugar factory steve. >> as a new confession and candy store. >> i want to play squash. >>

we'll keep you updated on that crash as you make your way through lorton this morning and aside fromps problems lingering, first a look at metro skipping road dealing with safe track and that's in place june 15 impacting orpth line with no train service. shuttle service available. don't forget new carlton, landover, minnesota avenue station in silver spring walking shoulder coalsville water university impact, back to you. >> 5:49 out raiming developing among environmentalists trump administration wants seismic air guns to find oil and gas under the atlantic floor. they're seeking permission. the air gun can injury or kill marine life into place during president densey. >> testimony resame this morning. the 79-year-old is facing three counts of vaited. >> constant allegations that kodz by sexually assaulted h her. he says any contact he he with constant was consensual. the trial is expected to last a couple weeks. >> former mma fighter norn as war machine is sentence stod live in prison. jonathan copenhaver has been charged with beating his exgirlfriend he will be eligible. >> and dri

it you move out towards the blue rilk and areas like lorton, 90 degrees. this is before lunchtime. we're already in the 90s. we're going to keep rising throughout the day. let's talk about this temperature trend. how much longer is it going to it last? 90s through tuesday. wednesday and thursday we'll see that really drop off. temperatures back to the 80s. you factor in the humidity level ask it's going to feel muggy not only today but tomorrow and wednesday as well as that humidity continues to rise. relief is on we should see things mellowing out. if you have outdoor plans. highs in the 90s. >> don't forget the sunscreen. >>> major developments in the trial of bill cosby. the twist today that could have the case in the hands of a jury much sooner than expected. >> americans pay more for pharmaceuticals than anybody in the world. >> that make you furious? does that anger you? you are not alone. hear how a dancer is struggling to survive physically and financially ashe battles s introducing fios gigabit connection. superfast internet at an incredible price. with speeds up to 940 me

mason university teaming up with fairfax county and the company that treats waste at the landfill in lorton. this is all to save bees. honey bee initiative plans to turn several acres of landfill into a bee sanctuary. they hope it will bring awareness to declining bee population. >> this is a project that can be replicated nationwide. >> it lead to a flourishing echo system of the wildfires and the native grasses. we talked yesterday about the beehive installed at the vice president's home. larry: right. >> there were behives at the white house before -- beehives at the white house before. larry: are you scared of heights? alison: sort of. this kind of height. larry: sure. if you are scared to heights this may be hard to watch. get this. with no ropes. he climbed 3,000 feet. the first to free climb the wall. he made a career of the most difficult climbs. that one could go down to the most dangerous attempted. his friends must call him spiderman. alison: some call this is the most amazing athletic feat of the century. larry: that is amazing. alison: he said he passed people napping. most peo

wave continues. 67 degrees in gaithersburg, maryland, this morning. 65 out of dulles airport. 66 in lortonia. points east of the bay, low to mid 70s. also in the mid 70s this morning. so a very muggy start today. if you are running today, you might want to take a couple of miles off of your distance. biking, bring extra water. good day to go to the pool. it will be a hot one on the concrete. this kid has the right idea. away he goes down into the pool for the pool forecast, 87 degrees at 11:00 a.m. 92 at 2:00 in the afternoon, 94 degrees at 5:00 this afternoon. a sizzler of a day to be outside. going to try to beat the heat this evening by going down to the nats game. first pitch at 7:05. te os by the seventh inc. stretch. it would still be 80 degrees or warmer as there's not going to be a big drop in temperature as the sun goes down. high pressure remains in charge for the next couple of days. not anything in the way of a rain chance. thunderstorm chances do ramp up quickly though on wednesday afternoon. our weather alert to keep you ahead of the heat today, have your nbc washington app d

only 50 in lorton, virginia. 59 in annapolis.under a mix of clouds and sunshine with a light northeast wind. up around 74 degrees for a high today. so a really nice day to be outside. perfect weather for running and biking, eating outside, all of that just about perfect. maybe the only knock on the day won't be the best possible day to be on the pool. maybe a little too cool for pool side. cool weather is coming. i have the ten-day forecast coming up. it is traffic time. good morning, melissa. >> 7-year-olds, they don't care. it's fine. they'll get in the pool any time. 55 degrees, no issue. 295 at pennsylvania avenue, had that crash reported there. that's a brand new slowdowns there. taking a look at 270, as you're headed southbound 270 down the spur going to take you 45. a little run through germantown. one in the rockville area this morning. my look, 66 at gallows road, just your normal volume. 95 in virginia, northbound we have a little bit of a delay in fredericksburg. we'll take a look at prince george's county. >> thanks,

. >>> a george masons bee initiative is taking flight at the lorton landfill.ect in march. this afternoon these are home to houses of bees. the university will study the bees and their honey as they try to fight their endangerment. >> very happy. we have 12 hives inside and they have a lot of progress. if we have bees that are thriving at a landfill, it's a great indicator that our environment is in good shape. >> reporter: there are more than 100 species of bees in virginia. i did not know that. researchers are hoping to use this information from the project to educate the public on the importance of these pollenators. if you want to go inside the hive in search of the queen bee, search bees in the nbc washington app. >> you do it, tell me about it. >> i'll tweet. >> that stuff freaks me out. >>> seven men and five women trying to come to a decision about whether or not to convict bill with a look at what happens next. >>> this horrific fire has killed more than a dozen and left hundreds without a home. it left people missing. why the search for clues could tu

george mason university is working with fairfax county and the i-95 landfill in lorton. >> here's what. they're trying to turn several acres of the landfill into a bee sanctuary. more than 15,000 bees per hive. gary mcgrady live. i want to make sure you were properly suited up. i see you are. >> reporter: well, do you know which one is me? that's the question. can you see through here. >> yeah. >> i'm guessing you're the with the microphone. [laughter] >> reporter: right, that's me and i'm blowing smoke, too, i can do that. look, there's so many questions about this. it's even hard to think we can get anything really relative in two and a half minutes but we'll try. hermine is from george mason university and you actually -- you teach. >> i teach sustainable bee keeping at george mason university. >> reporter: all right. now, eric forbes he's from the fairfax landfill and eric, this was kind of your idea to bring the bees to the landfill. why did you have this idea and what's so great about it. >> so the idea behind the bees here at the landfill is we have a large area of land that's m

give yourself about 10 extra minutes by courthouse road it's dale city into lorton you hit another slowongestion. no crashes to report an bit sluggish as you get north of that point into newington. edsall road to the pentagon still at speed. love what we're seeing on the inner loop. top of the beltway looking good. aside from that 66 is nice and quiet. actually i lied. we're starting to see some volume building. it was quiet about five minutes ago. right now as you make your way from 29 in gainsville to 28 in centreville typical 15 minute delay. things on seven cleared up earlier crash by east loudoun street. we'll keep you posted. allison and steve back to you. >> thank you very much. so, even though july 4th is still several days away the holiday rush begins today. if you're traveling across the bay bridge you can expect heavy traffic through tuesday, sorry. this is a live look, though, at the toll plaza at sandy point. it looks good right now on the way -- i don't know how the bay bridge though looked. you might want to thing pow abot traveling during off hours. heaviest traffic expe

northbound 95 there's a look at that red line that's starting to grow even more to get into lorton because of that that crash and then for the rest of your friday morning commute, the beltway is still looking really nice right now and 66 light volume into fairfax. all metro rail lines on time. if you have an early morning flight to catch traffic on the way to bwi reagan national and dulles looking good and the bay bridge still year. still clear. annie and steve. prince georges county schools. why the county executive is speaking out this morning. >> also a big lolls for the lose nationals. trea turner out got hurt. details about his status going forward now. ouch. >> ♪ >> 6:09. and new this morning from overseas where an international watchdog group has was used in an attack that killed more than 90 people. that led the u.s. to conduct an air strike on the syrian military base believed to have prepared that attack. just this week the white house warned syria after it claimed there are signs of preparation for another chemical attack. >>> also new out of germany this morning lawmakers voted

northbound on 95 a little slow through stafford and then also through lorton because of two differenthady grove on the red line. >> and we'll have a check on your forecast next. stay with u narrator: the washington post endorses dr. ralph northam. mr. northam would make the better governor. and virginia progressives agree. ralph northam is the only candidate who stood up to the nra after the virginia tech shooting. ght to stop the republicans' transvaginal ultrasound law. ralph is a leader for education, expanding pre-k for thousands of families in virginia. ralph northam: making progress means taking on tough fights, and as governor, i won't let donald trump stand in our way. >>> temperatures have already reached the mid to upper 70s. it will be a steamer to be outside today. our afternoon high of 95 degrees. code orange on the air quality so if you have a hea or respiratory issues, take it easy for today. today's records 95 at reagan, 96 dulles and 96 bwi. all of those could be tied or broken today. another sizzler coming up tomorrow. >> thank you, chuck. more local news in 25 minut

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completely parked from 234 in dumfries to up past dale city as you try to get into lorton.ute one northbound dealing with a lot of bailout traffic so that is completely jammed through woodbridge as well. give yourself about 45 extra minutes. you'll need it. i was anticipating a quiet travel day. that's not the case right now. again all express lanes blocked again at prince william parkway. let's switch it over and show you a look at our maps. we have a new crash in maryland on inbound 50. left lane blocked after 301. so caution as you head through bowie this morning. notice how the outbound side of 50 into an arrundel looking good. bay bridge is still wide opened so if you're headed to the eastern shore now is the time to hit the road. i anticipate lo slowdowns later this afternoon as a lot of people will try to head to their holiday travel destination for the fourth of july weekend. outer loop in college park jams as usual. bw parkway typical volume on the southbound side. northbound looking nice and 95 northbound looking good. so if you're headed toward baltimore maybe th

northbound and southbound bw parkway passed powder mill very slow and then there's a different crash in lorton go that nasty ride through dale city. it brakes up a little bit after stafford and then from dale city on up very slow. you're sluggish on the inner loop through annandale to a cross the legion bridge. 234 to the beltway about an hour and 15 minute delay. that's your look at traffic. back to you. 7:49. new information from ocean city, maryland. the city council says it will not allow women to walk around topless on the beach after all. council passed emergency ordinance saturday to prohibit any kind of public nudity. that reverses course from just if you days ago when we learned that lifeguards were instructed not to crack down on topless beach goers. meantime, we are still waiting to hear from maryland's attorney general. this all stems from one woman's demands that she be allowing to topless since men have that option. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> it's true. >> oh. >> it's true. >> kev is up here with us. meantime missouri man is free after he spent a decade behind bars for a crime he d

as we look live this is 5 northbound lorton road and congestion in the lane and seeing 45 minute trip dale city to beltway and once you cross the mixing bowl parked duke street main rain. hov clear. we're seeing 15 to 20 minute slow down beltway 14 street bridge. heavy third street tunnel as well. by maple mill road 234 prince william to beltway and you're in for about an hour it's just pretty slow ride stop and go. as we make our way 270 southbound blogging shoulder there on southbound side no major delays now. little stop and go traffic, 15 minute delay from 70 through urbana and let's go forward cameras once again. 295 southbound 50 to pennsylvania avenue and northbound side look going now metro on time except for safe track slowing down originalth line and they have express shuttle service available and we'll keep you updated on morning commutement back to you. >> all eyes on capitol hill former fbi director comey is set to testify tomorrow as trump administration is dealing with rising tension in own ranks. >>. >> yes, tomorrow, former fbi director james comey coming to capitol h

a few showers through the day. 63 in life-support--lorton. cool through the day.igh temperature only near 70 degrees. chance of showers throughout the day. tomorrow mostly cloud 73. then we go into the weekend and we're looking at warmer temperatures. 90 sunday. >> you can find your full forecast on the weather channel on cable. >> coming up, new this morning, olivia newton-john speaking out about her latest cancer diagn e diagns >t headlines of a wave of firings at uber. pporting range of motion and shows improved joint comfort in seven days. which means you're in big trouble, son. you will bow to my exquisite short game. cower at my majestic drives. so don't worry about dad's joints. worry about your dignity. love, dad. 80% smaller, just as effective. osteo bi-flex ease. made to move. [ gasp ] if you fire him, you're agent gonna have to fire me. do you really wanna do that? uh, do ya? [ screaming ] well, i guess she did. we're going to be fine. i want to help since you don't have a job. i got two whole dollars. awww. minions! we're going back to vi

temperatures in the low to mid 60s. 64 in washington. 6 3 in lorton, virginia.87 saturday. 90 or higher sunday all the way through most of next week. >> that's your latest forecast. >> thank you, dylan. >> in honor of ken's last day with us this week, we'll find a fun game celebrating his co-stars from some of our favorite films. ken, you name that co-star. >> that was great, jenna. you almost got it. you almost got it. ou who shows up in that dress. who hugs a friend. who is done with treatments that don't give you clearer skin. doses a year after 2 starter doses. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections and cancer. some serious infections require hospitalization. before treatment, get tested for tuberculosis. before starting stelara® tell your doctor if you think you have an infection or have symptoms such as: fever, sweats, chills, muscle aches or cough. always tell your doctor if you