>> so it's whether or not loudoun county wants to be part of the party. and otherwise the outcome is more residential development with less commercial development and a higher tax burden for residents. this is a no brainer. >> reporter: fuller says with rail, loudoun county will attract high density development that will bring tens of thousands of high- paying jobs. without rail, he says, by 2040 loudoun county will miss out on $200 billion in economic growth. one supervisor supports the project. >> this is a once in a century opportunity for the county. >> reporter: susan volpe is on the fence. >> you want everyone to have an equal playing field and virginia is a right to work state. >> reporter: loudoun delegate pat greasen supports the project and will try to convince the board to get on board. >> we're going to have an economic impact of $272 billion to our region. how can you ignore that? >> reporter: peggy fox, 9news now. >> many are hopeful the silver line won't see the kinds of delays they see on the blue line. metro's board of directors will get

loudoun county board of supervisor. >> the pla stays in. it's dead in loudoun county. >> all sides seemed encouraged. >> the one sticking point, i think, can be worked out and i think it will be worked out pretty quickly and we'll proceed ahead. >> now virginiaens right to work state and the legislature has actually recently voted on a bill prohibiting these types of labor agreements. so they may not have any choice to eliminate all of this. while the loudoun county board chair says he welcomes the transportation secretary getting involved. we may not be here today. and he also says that they have to vote by july 4 for the funding of $200 million of their share of the project. back to you, derek. >> thank you. >>> maryland will hold a special session to settle it budget battles. governor martin o'malley agreed today to reconvene the general assembly may 14. lawmakers will try to balance out the doom's day budget that would take $500 million in state spending. nobody wants that. miller says he expects the general assembly to settle within a

phase 2 is supposed to include two stops in loudoun county right here along the greenway, but loudoun's supervisors may not let that happen. >> what do you have against dulles rail? >> nothing. i think it should go to the airport and stop there. i just don't think loudoun county residents will benefit from it. >> reporter: supervisor ken reed is still unconvinced after listening to gmu economist steven fuller. >> this analysis basically takes metrorail out of the forecast. >> reporter: only three of loudoun's nine supervisors came to hear fuller's dire economic projections for not building rail into loudoun. >> and tell us whether or not loudoun county wants to be part of the party and otherwise the outcome is more residential development with less commercial development, higher tax burden for residents. this is a no brainer. >> reporter: fuller says with rail loudoun county will attract high density development that will bring tens of thousands of high paying jobs. without rail he says by 2040 loudoun county will miss out on $200 billion in economic growth. supervisor ralph wino suppor

phase 2 is supposed to include two stops in loudoun county right here along the greenway, but loudoun supervisors may not let that happen. >> what do you have against dulles rail? >> nothing. i think it should stop at the airport. i just don't think loudoun county residents will benefit from it. >> reporter: supervisor ken reed is still unconvinced after listening to gmu economist steven fuller. >> otherwise the outcome is more residential development with less commercial development, higher tacks burden for residents. this is a no brainer. >> reporter: fuller says with rail loudoun county will attract high development that will attract tens of thousands of high paying jobs. he says without high rail by 2040 loudoun county will miss out on $200 million on economic growth. peggy fox, 9 news now. >> hopefully the silver line won't see the delays that riders see on metro's blue line. according to the washington examiner, metro's board of directors will get a report tomorrow that says the blue line had the worst on time performance record in the last year. the line with the best on time p

loudoun county is also threatening to opt out of the project. >> but if loudoun says no, then we have a delay and the delay costs more? >> the preference? >> may or may not. i am encouraging, i think loudoun, fairfax. i'm encouraging all of them to stick with this. let's get this done. >> peggy fox, 9news now. >> the loudoun board has to make that decision by july 4. the governor says virginia has more time to put up its share. >> still to come, the navy and marines welcome a batch of offices of the class of 2012 graduates from the naval academy. but first, president obama hands down the nation's top honor for civilians. some of the biggest names in music, sports, and politics. >>> former supreme court justice, john paul stevens, folk singer, bob dillon, and tony morrison, some of the luminaries who received the presidential medal of freedom. president obama led the ceremony at the white house today. the medal of freedom is the highest civilian honor. >> what sets these men and women apart is the incredible impact they have had on so many people. not in short blinding bursts, but stea

that portion of the silver line will extend from reston to loudoun county. bids for the project need to go out soon but as derrick ward reports there is a big debate over who will actually work on it. >> reporter: phase one is well under way but phase two that would take the silver line to dulles airport and beyond has hit a snag, one that has become largely political. the whole thrust behind the rail extension was to get to dulles airport. the key sticking point in the important project has been labor a provision that will provide incentives for contractors using union workers of pla. >> if the pla is not structured, just exactly the way it was in phase one, from a timing perspective, it will kill the project in loudoun county. >> we don't want to see the silver line extended from falls church just to reston. we want to be able to get to the airport. >> they printed a policy with a preference for union labor that gives them a 10% preference in the bidding process and ultimately that will jack up the cost of the project which means people will pay higher tol

loudoun county board of supervisor chairman. >> stays in, it's dead in loudoun county. >> after the hour long meeting, all sides seemed encouraged. >> the one sticking point, i think can be worked out and i think it will be worked out pretty quickly and we will proceed ahead. >> the transportation secretary has called on several more of these meetings before the july 4 deadline. when the loudoun county board of supervisors votes on their share of the funding, which is more than $200 million. i'm suray chin for 9news now. >>> a trial date is set for a driver whose bus crashed north of richmond last year and killed four passengers and injured dozens more. ken will head to court june 25. he's now charged with involuntary manslaughter. he was the man driving a sky express bus from north carolina to new york city. that bus swerved, hit an embankment and turned over. he has admitted he fell asleep behind the wheel. >>> the state of virginia is asking a judge to overturn the jury's verdict in a wrongful death lawsuit against virginia tech. back in march, the jury rule in favor of the families o

at a forum yesterday, he said without the silver line, loudoun would forego $200 billion in growth. >> whether or not loudoun county wants to be part of the party and otherwise the outcome is more residential development with less commercial development and a higher tax burden for residents. this is a no brainer. >> i have nothing against dulles rail. i think it should go to the airport and stop there. i just don't think loudoun county residents are going to benefit from it. >> just three of the nine members from the loudoun board of supervisors attended yesterday's event. >>> five militants linked to a new terror plot against the united states have been killed. security officials in yemen say they were killed in an air strike early this morning. it also reports that all of them were part of al qaeda and linked to that new underwear bombing plot against the united states. former intelligence officials say the double agent who gave up information about the plot also led drones to those terrorists in yemen. >>> two deadly bombings rocked the syrian capital of damascus on thursday and at

. >>> loudoun county supervisors will decide the fate of phase 2 of metro silver line when they vote july on whether or not to opt out. that includes a poe posed staying at dulles airport -- proposed station at dulles errant. today a local consequence today we have the report. >> reporter: stage 2 is supposed to include two stops in loudoun county right here along the greenway, but loudon supervisors may not let that happen. >> i have nothing against dulles rail. i think it should stop at the airport. i don't think loudoun county residents will benefit from it. >> reporter: supervisor ken reed is unconvinced after listening to economist steven fuller. >> the outcome is more residential development with less commercial development, a higher tax burden for residents. this is a no brainer. >> reporter: fuller says with rail loudoun county will tract high density development that will bring tens of thousands of high paying jobs. without rail he says by 2040 loudoun county will miss out on $200 billion in economic growth. >> it's clear-cut to me this is a once in a century opportunity for

leaders in loudoun county are still on the fence about building the silver line project. and could still derail phase two of that project. a new report out today says the project would be the economic boom for the county, but not everyone is convinced of that. news4's megan mcgrath is live at dulles international with more on what's being discussed this morning. megan? >> well, barbara, it's another data point that's been thrown into the debate over the silver line in loudoun county. a new study says the metro line a bedroom community part of the to a corporate hot spot, if phase two was to be approved. now, the, that study goes further, though, it says the metro line, if the phase two was not approved, that it didn't come out to this part of the county, that loudoun county could actually lose billions of dollars over the next 15 years. the progress on phase one is obvious, tracks and elevated overpasses are taking shape. but phase two, the extension to dulles airport and beyond, well, that's still being debated. it's a critical fork in the road, according to dr. steven f

the really heaviest rain now is in sound loudoun county from leesburg to -- in southern loudoun county from leesburg to sterling, across western and central fairfax county. another pocket of moderate rain north of quantico. that is moving north and east heading toward alexandria. we will have pocket of moderate rain through the morning hours and during the afternoon, maybe thunder and lightning, highs reaching the upper 1997. we could pick up -- upper 70s. we could pick up an inch or two. danella? >>> traveling northbound on 395, just as you approach seminary road, you had an accident in the right shoulder lane. again, the pavement is wet. give yourself extra time this morning. heading over to maryland, this time eastbound on i-195 at washington boulevard, have a crash in the area. traveling along i-270, checking things out. nothing in the roadway making your way northbound and southbound heading to the beltway. a live look as you are traveling past falls road. you see in this area, wet pavement. again, give yourself extra time. you're clear as you connect to the beltway. now back to y

i'm encouraging, i think loudoun, fairfax. i'm encouraging all of them to stick with this. let's get this done. >> peggy fox, 9news now. >> loudoun board must make its decision on whether to opt out or in. virginia has more time to put up its share. >> the date is now set for the opening of the largest maryland casino yet. in fact, maryland live at arundel mills will be the third largest casino. developers gave a preview tour today of the gambling floor which is the size of three football fields. the megacasino will also be a megataxpayer. >> we will be the largest taxpayer in the state of maryland. we'll send over $400 million a year to the education trust fund. we'll make over $30 million in local impact grants to anne arundel county. >> warn their entire half billion dollar investment is now at risk if the maryland legislature allows a sixth casino to be built at the national harbor. three football fields. i could get lost. >> easy. >> the number of steps you could get on your bedometer. >> not gambling. >> the good news, we have fewer warnings now. we still have a sever

loudoun wildlife conservancy and echo. >> it goes to 12 seniors at loudoun county high school. >> yeahch senior at loudoun county high school. throughout the history of our scholarship program we've been given over 100 scholarships to help the seniors go to college. we had over 160 applications the year, the hard part is picking 12 winners. >> what's the requirements? >> we have three questions they need to answer about being a good citizen then we'll grade them and pick a winner. >> reporter: you havearned in the last six years $1.2 million for charities. how does that work? >> we divide the total proceeds from the day among the five charities. and our scholarship program. >> reporter: now how many cars normally go through here on any given weekday in may and what's the goal for today? >> in may we're averaging about 56,000 cars. today the goal is 60,000. we want everybody in loudoun to come out. avoid route 7 and route 28. take the dulles greenway for a faster commute and give back to the community. >> reporter: and you did a lot of advertising on this. how did you get the word out a

i don't know why loudoun county is not lit up. but frederick

. >>> would bringing metro to loudoun county bring positive changes or negative ones? people opposed to the silver line extension to ashburn would have -- say it would have a bad impact on life in loudoun. economist dr. stephen fuller says it would abpositive change. at a forum yesterday he said without the silver line, loudoun would forgo $200 billion in growth. >> it's whether or not loudoun county wants to be part of the party and otherwise the outcome is more residential development with less commercial development, a higher tax burden to residents n. is a no brainer. >> i have nothing against dulles rail. i think it should go to the airport and stop there. i don't think loudoun county residents are going to benefit from it. >> just three of the nine members from loudoun county board of supervisors attended wednesday's event. >>> today metro's bosses will be meeting and they'll get a report on whether or not those trains are running on type. we've learned it all depends on which color you ride. overall the orange line is the best when it comes to on-time performanc

with a serious accident in loudoun county.elmont ridge road between hay road and route 7. that is shut down a. free down. a car into the woods. use the claire born parkway as your all -- claiborne parkway as your alternate route. no problems on the dulles toll road as you head in west. i'll update you on that situation at 6:58. andrea and howard? >> thank you, monika. >>> look at this beautiful shot of the sunrise over washington. you can see the clouds there. we usually think of rain as a spoiler but we will welcome the rain later on to clean out this muggy, yucky air with particles. >> we're about five inches below average since january 1. we have some showers and a couple of thunderstorms in the forecast later today, tonight and again on wednesday before we finish the week rather strong. so that's some good news. here's a look at the allergy update. the grass pollen yesterday came in in the high category. trees are still moderate. weeds and mold are low. at the bus stop it's comfortably cool this morning. mostly cloudy. som

you might want to use claiborne parkway as your alternate route in loudoun county f. you're coming in on the toll road or 66, you'll be fine. we'll take a live look at 66 close to route 50. traffic is moving well from here over to the beltway. let's go back over to the maps and this time to the northbound side of i-95. you've got a little bit after slowdown forming into woodbridge and then into springfield. we'll take a live look on the northbound side of 95. lots of volume now but no big problems to report on to 395. coming up in my next report, an update on the situation in loudoun at 5:25. >>> 5:19 now. the civil trial involving the families of two students killed in a duck boat crash in philadelphia, that trial resumes today. two hungarian students were killed two years ago when a barge slammed into the buck boat. now -- duck boat. now the families have filed wrongful death lawsuits. the key question in court now is whether there should be a limit on how much the two vessel operators should have to pay. vessel operators want the liability limited to about $2 milli

here are the flood warnings for fairfax and loudoun county that expire at 7:00. we'll go to live doppler 9000. we're looking at a flood warning in effect for prince william county. unfortunately that's where you folks got hit a couple nights ago. this is loudoun county, fairfax county under a flash flood warning and prince william county also under a flash flood warning. remember, do not cross a flooded street by car or foot. it is simply not worth it. just find another way home or wait for the waters to recede. heaviest storms now right around haymarket and this is headed north and west headed towards middleburg and olney. if you're headed out 50, slow going. downtown through 395, 295 or 7 is slow going as well. loudoun county, fairfax county, prince william county a flash flood warning until 7 p.m. we will keep you posted. >>> do you remember that $823,000 general services administration conference in las vegas? the swanky hotel rooms, fancy food and worker videos making fun of the excessive spending. >> investigative reporter russ ptacek has found out several

down around the sugarland run area, as we move towards loudoun county. a complete forecast coming up in a minute. >> thanks, doug. >>> controversy tonight over plans to build a memorial for the victims of that deadly metro crash. >> people who live in the area say they are not happy about how the location was chosen. darcy spencer joins us live from northeast with details. darcy? >> reporter: well, i'm standing in the area where this park could be built to give you an idea of where it is. that's new hampshire avenue up that way. on this side, you have the tree line. beyond that are the metro train tracks. this looks like it could be the perfect site for a memorial park, but some neighbors say otherwise, and they're fighting back. a metro train crash in june of 2009 claimed nine lives and injured dozens more. d.c. wants to memorialize the victims of the crash by creating a memorial park here at new hampshire and south dakota avenues in northeast near the crash site. but the city is running into some unexpected and vocal opposition from residents who live

. >> loudoun citizens will be paying tolls whether they have a project or not.hey'll be paying tolls to build a nice project for fairfax county. to me that makes no sense. i would think they want to have a project because they're paying these tolls anyway. >> reporter: right now mwa staff members are briefing loudoun county board of supervisors at a meeting. it's part of an educational series of meetings before the loudoun supervisors take up their vote on whether or not to extend the silver line in june. reporting live at reagan national airport, i'm jane watrel, news 4. >>> it was just a matter of time. now some jp morgan chase share holders are going to court suing the bank for the $2 billion trading loss it revealed last week. two lawsuits filed today claimed jp morgan and its leaders changed their hedging strategy without telling investors. they say that led to the deep losses. these are believed to be the first lawsuits filed in connection with the case. >>> john edwards will not take the stand in his defense. today his lawyers rested their case in the cor

. >> we still have flash floodings in effect for loudoun, prince william and fairfax county until 7:00, so about another hour. that means flooding is occurring. if you come across a flooded street, don't cross it by car or foot. big storms, we've been watching this storm move from national airport across 95 and 395 back to the north and west, rainfall rates 1 to 1 1/2 inches per hour. it's crawling off to the north and west. get ready in great falls and reston for big time rain. big time rain between dulles and chantilly. if you're going out route 50, heavy downpours are expected there and also heavy activity toward olney, aldie and upper upperville. going out 50 this has pretty big gains, perhaps as much as 1 to 1 1/2 inches per hour. these are the storms now causing some major problems, much of the metro area does have showers and storms. unlike yesterday and the day before, these storms are impacting the immediate metro area. yes, we still have storms back on i-81 and shenandoah valley, but these are the ones impacting the immediate metro area. look at all the lightning. any time yo

they're the federal government, the commonwealth of virginia, loudoun and fairfax counties. >> i thought the discussion was candid and it was honest. we had a good airing of some of the difficulties that would prevent us from going forward, and i think in the end, we're going to see some progress. >> reporter: the hang-up is over a provision that the project's director, the washington airport's authority, wants to be a part of the construction process and that is called a pla to give an incentive to bidders. >> it would be used in labor law and that passed a law i signed a couple of weeks ago that they're not permitted. as a right tow work state, it's at odds with our right-to-work law and the more you put in preferences, the more that relates to the higher tolls and that is what we're getting. >> the parties have agreed to meet again, noting unless there is some movement away from the hang-up over the labor union deal, the funding from the state and the county government may be held up, brian. >> and bob barnard tonight. >>> one campaign came to an end and another set the sites on novem

talkier, lou -- fauquier, loudoun, they're not in it. things came out of the shenandoah valley and slowly moved to the east. we've seen the activity diminish except for down south where new storms over toward the northern neck. here's a look at live doppler 9000hd. light to moderate rains across central montgomery county from potomac across the river now into great falls over toward mclean, route 7 by tysons seeing some of that rain this morning coming in toward arlington and northwest seeing a little bit of it. some of the lighter showers have also crossed into southern maryland down into western, southwestern prince george's county barely into charles county now as it's weakening coming out of fairfax and lower prince william and as you look down toward the northern neck, reedville, some showers. maybe some thunder might be coming out of this as it tracks to the east, northeast and may clip southern st. mary's county. our temperatures are on the muggy side, in the 60s, upper 60s in town. lower 60s for winchester and hagerstown. 67 at t

here's loudoun county and lease burning. the line extending to frederick. this has gone into frederick county there. even a heavier shower along 70 not too far if new market there between mount -- from new market there between mount airy and frederick. coming down 15 toward point of rocks and lucketts and northern loudoun county. the heavier showers are coming through. they've weakened a little bit. by far the heavier stuff we're watching is well south of this. from new market, virginia over toward areas just west now of madison approaching culpeper. showers and storms marching off toward the east. so this is going to get into culpeper, into orange and this other stuff may be tracking north into fauquier county in the next half-hour or so. so our forecast then this morning, the bus stop forecast, i think you have another two, three hours. most of this will be south and east of washington. 50s and 60s and mostly cloudy skies. your sunrise 6:10. today the early shower or storm could still linger at 8:00. by noon we're looking at mid- to upper 70s. low 80s at

it's also an issue for leaders in loudoun county.ow virginia's transportation department is threatening to take over the project, which could lead to a legal battle. la hood's aim is to clear up the hurdles and make sure a project that could be a boost to the economy doesn't get rerailed. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a surprise for the city council means city workers will not receive a little extra in their checks. the council rejected a plan to repay workers for furloughed days. more than 20,000 city employees did not get holiday pay at least four times last year. the days were to make up for a budget effortshawl but ended one an -- before shortfall, but ended up in a surplus. >>> the merritt wants to keep bars open -- mayor wants to keep bars open as a way to generate revenue. some say extending hours would only add to neighborhood noise and other problems. >>> the caps are looking to use the home ice to their advantage and take a lead in their series against the rangers after splitting the first two games in new york. the caps b

back to the west we're seeing more rain back toward loudoun county, montgomery county, and frederick county where some of the heaviest rain is currently right now. fairfax county right now just about the entire county of fairfax and montgomery are under pretty good rains. across the rest of the area more rain to the south so no we are not done just yet. that will all move our way overnight tonight. i'll show you when it moves in and how much we get and when it moves out coming up. >> thank you, doug. >>> there were new developments in the presidential race. ron paul announced today he will no longer spend resources actively campaigning. president obama continues to use his star power to get money for his campaign. right now he is at a fundraiser hosted by singer ricky martin in new york city. there is also a new controversial cover hitting the stand in the wake of president obama's endorsement of same sex marriage last week. the president was applauded for his stance at a commencement at

in leesburg, now near hillsborough, purcellville, western loudoun county, just now crossing the parkway thom-- pot, near harper's ferry, moving toward the suburbs south of frederick. and it's going to be advancing to the east into county. the leading edge, sprinkles, fairfax county, parts of prince william, up into northern montgomery county where the temperatures are in the mid 50s where it's raining. closer to washington, near 60. mid 60s south and east. a mild day on tap for us today. here's the day planner. by noontime, the mid 70s. sunshine breaking out by then. we might get an isolated thundershower late afternoon. before then, around 80 degrees. another update in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> good morning. we have roadwork slowing you down. on the outer loop in virginia at gallows, had roadwork there. it should be in the process of clearing. heads up making your commuted this morning. also on the beltway at robinson terminal, so if you're passing on the outer loop, just as you pass braddock toward robinson terminal, we had roadwork set up in the left lanes. are you pas

. >>> phase two of the metro silver line waiting for approval, loudoun county, virginia is currently at an economic crossroads. that's the conclusion from george mason university. the report says the county stands to add nearly 27 3 billion dollars if the rail goes through. phase two goes from reston and fairfax county to dulles and extends two more stops. experts say it could be a driving force in getting workers and businesses from outside loudoun county to set up shop there. >> once the decision is made to extend the metro rail, investors will start thinking about loudoun county as our buying and building in anticipation. that decision is made not to extend the rail. those investors will go somewhere else. >> loudoun county has until july 4th to decide whether to fund the extension. >>> memories of some iconic children's books are on the minds of many today. they mourn the loss of maurice sendak, he died at the age of 83. he suffered a stroke only four days ago. sendak wrote and illustrated books such as "chicken soup with rice" and "where the wild things are." that one later beca

loudoun county has until july 4 to decide whether to fund the extension. >>> 5:47.ay governor o'malley and legislative leaders will discuss the upcoming session with the media. a doomsday budget was triggered which includes more than $500 million in cut. the general assembly is expected to use the session to pass an income tax increase to offset the need for major cuts. that special session begins on monday. >>> several maryland school superintendents are calling on lawmakers to preserve education funding when they meet. superintendents william hyatt of prince george's county, joshua starr of montgomery county, and andre salanzo of baltimore city sent a letter to the assembly leaders. they're concerned that if a budget is not passed, major cut would come to education. under the doomsday plan, schools would lose nearly $130 million. >>> a new poll shows a virtual tie in virginia's senate race. the "washington post" survey shows republican george allen and democrat tim kaine tied at 46% among registered voters. the two former governors were running to replace senator

low to midst 50s around montgomery and into loudoun county but it's in the upper 50s right around the beltway from montgomery to prince george's, arlington. much of southern maryland, mid-50s. mid-50s through much of virginia except on the western side. charlottesville is at 67. ought to get into the upper 80s. this afternoon, only in the low 70s around the bay. quite a wide variety of temperatures around this afternoon. should make it around 80. maybe an isolated thundershower rolling around as well. by noontime it ought to be in the '70s. during the afternoon, 80s. much warmer in virginia and about a 40% chance of an isolated thundershower popping up and a smaller chance tomorrow. maybe a morning shower, otherwise partly sunny, mid-80s on friday, low 80s on saturday. a small chance of a late afternoon shower or evening shower on saturday. into next week, maybe some more rain, tuesday, wednesday. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >> watching on i-95 seeing the crash here, the crash is moved to the left shoulder lane but you are slow as you approach. in fact, traveling about 27 mi

that includes loudoun county. it includes prince william. it also includes fauquier county and a little portion of jefferson county until 6:00 in the morning. that's because while you don't have rain now, if you were to get rain, could start flash flooding and we had big problems overnight last night and a will the of high water rescues. let me take you over to radar. we have a stationary boundary and a slightly different position tonight. so as you look at radar here, there are two areas i want you to see up to our north and west and down there south of front royal. notice how these are barely moving. so we are watching areas, especially up here to our north where we have lightning and heavy rain. we have not had flooding yet, but i am concerned that as you look at this in motion, it has barely been budging. i want to warn you folks that be very careful when you are driving and again on to our south, where we have had a couple flood warnings down toward rocking ham, those have moved out of there. these regions once again, while not directly

loudoun county is also threatening to opt out of the project. >> but if loudoun says no, then we have and won't the delay cost more than what a pol will cost? >> it may or may not. i'm encouraging i think lou you down, fairfax, i'm encouraging all of them to stick with this, let's get this done. >> the loudoun board must decide whether to opt out by july 4. governor mcdonnell says the state has more time to put up its share. >>> it is almost certain marylanders will get to vote on same-sex marriage this fall. that story coming up. >> plus, the nats' recent success inspires a video from guys we usually see mocking politics. you'll want to see n. we'll be back -- see this. we'll be back. this country was built by working people. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm proud of that. m

loudoun county has until july 4 to decide whether to fund that extension. >>> turns out it was a cianformant who helped dew point al qae -- helped dupe al qaeda. the source worked for u.s. and saudi intelligence. al qaeda in yemen gave the finished bomb to the informant who drove it out of the country, turning it over to the u.s. officials say the device was not made of metal and designed to be

loudoun county has until july 4 to decide whether to fund that project. >>> 6:07 now. ahead this morning, you've heard of a jury being hopelessly deadlocked. well, what about hopelessly bored? >>> plus, a second man making serious allegations against hollywood star john travolta. >>> we are tracking more morning storms. >>> it is a must-win tonight for the capitals, but the rangers may be adding extra fuel to the fire. new york has already tried to get a jump on ticket sales for the next round. >> what? >> they sent out this dwroop rangers fans monday -- app to rangers fans monday before ticket five to sell tickets to the eastern conference finals. really? the caps have to recover quickly from the heartbreaking game which they lost in overtime. you can catch game six tonight on the nbc sports network. the puck drops at 7:30. go, caps. just for that -- like we need any more ammunition. but i -- we need a win. >> you're right. 11 after the hour. they're telling us to go quickly to tom. >> sorry. here we go. >>> good morning. 6:11. starting off with wet pavement in the wa

loudoun county stands to lose $72 billion over the next decade without the extension of the silver lineat's according to a new report by the director of the center for regional analysis, dr. steven fuller. he announced his findings at a ticket-only breakfast for the loudoun county chamber of commerce and guests. >> this region can't survive. it's competitiveness. we are being outperformed. >> reporter: david la rock was not allowed in the meeting. he says fuller may be improvising information that may not be credible. fuller says developers made a $15,000 contribution for the research to george mason university. >> well, if you don't like the message, you shoot the messenger. that's always the case. >> reporter: supervisors are still unsure whether to contribute more than $150 million to the project. they need to decide by july 4th. >> they have not been able to get their arms around how that advantage will pay off in terms of the taxpayers' dollars going into the project and what the return on that investment will look like. >> reporter: swing votes will be key, and susan volpe is one

it does include loudoun, prince william, and fauquier until 6:00 in the morning. some showers moving in that direction, but they are lighter and they are slowly moving to the east. as we look on down, as we put the whole thing in motion, again, very slow movement to all of these showers. we are picking up rain rates between a half inch and inch of rain. the flash flood has been issued. one inch could cause problems. do watch these areas in the morning if this is an area that you commute through. we have that flash flood watch up for you. temperature is still really mild over d.c. at 71 degrees. a lot of other spots in the 60s. it's going be a mild and muggy night and boy are we going to be heating up as we get closer to the weekend. our average high temperature is 77. the next couple of days will be around 80-degrees with clouds in the morning and shower and thunderstorm activity every afternoon. we keep that going into friday, but notice it starts getting hotter. 86 for friday and 90 for saturday. so this is the big memorial day weekend and it's going to feel lik

rob had hail in in loudoun county. we'll start with the live weather cam.ually in the low 60s. 60s the low so far today. the winds easterly or at least some component from the east has pushed this front farther southwest of us. we're technically in the cool sector of air. so, 60 right now downtown winds still east southeast at 10. the winds should change tomorrow and the warm front should begin to lift to the north. we'll watch that carefully. we're also going to watch this little complex of thunderstorms now through central sections of pennsylvania. kind of extrapolate this it should stay to our north but there is a chance it could turn a little bit to the right and get some of our northern suburbs overnight. mr. bernstein will be in tomorrow morning with a look at that. you may hear the rumble of thunder very early in the morning some of us could have a wet commute particularly north and west of town. in fact by 6:00 in the morning here's where that clump of thunderstorm is east of town and north of town toward baltimore. so if you're coming in from balti

from loudoun county that a portion of belmont ridge road is closed between cluster and about seven -- gloceucester and route 7. looks good as far as interstate travel. 395, showing you the pace of traffic, it's wonderful. we have no problems to report to the pentagon. mayor linda is our focus in less than 10 minutes. >> thank you. -- maryland is our focus. >> a plan involving the anniversary of osama bin laden. >> authorities looking into this and trying to figure out exactly who would of been the person to carry this out. passengers at the airport to say some of them believe there are a lot of things in place to prevent this, while others say this is alarming. this morning fbi experts and counterterrorism officials are studying the makings of a new sophisticated bomb designed to slip past airport security after the cia awarded a bomb plot aimed at bringing down a plane headed for the u.s. >> it never came close because they had insider information which implies they have somebody on the inside who was not born to let it happen if. >> the latest plot in yemen, a country that has becom

county, here is that -- fauquier and loudoun county, here is that new batch. we're looking at the sentinel radar estimate of what may have fallen. for most areas even if you don't see the color, you had under .1-inch, if that today, but wanted to show you right in this area, maybe 1.2 inches estimated -- we'll have to see if that does measure out -- the rest of us have had 1/4-inch to 1/2-inch, but you could easily pick up another 1/2-inch of rain tonight. with till eventually die out. we do not expect to have widespread showers in the morning, but there's going to be more coming. this batch will be out of here. we see more showers spinning ahead of a frontal beanery that will close in on our area tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow afternoon looks wetter than the morning will be. this is tropical storm alberto who is now down to a tropical depression now. it looks like he'll be racing away. this is a wet pattern over the next several days. it's not all day rain, but this frontal boundary tomorrow produces some showers and storms, best chance in the afternoon and if

that was news we all needed around prince william and loudoun county. now here comes the rain again. it's a line of thunderstorms moving in from the north and then another line down to the south. both of these producing very heavy rain right now. this one right now coming through winchester around blue mont and making its way around shep herdstown and through charles town. see this green line? that is the gust front with 20, 30, even 40-mile-an-hour winds. a lot of lightning with the storms and they will continue to the south of winchester. just south of culpeper, i would not be surprised to see a flash flood warning out with this. all of this just around the areas highlighted here in green, a flash flood watch in effect through 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. these were the areas hit hardest during the storms last night. we'll have much more in a minute. >>> the possibility of more flooding overnight is the last thing some people in parts of virginia want to hear. an area now where some people had to evacuate their homes. >> that's right. some moeks who li

loudoun, down 95.the areas down toward colonial beach and the northern neck seeing the heavy stuff. still the flood warning for manassas and prince william till 4:30. watch out today as we can get some heavy downpours at times as we're going well up into the 70s. let's go to monika and find out if we have any issues this morning. >>> we do. with the high standing water and all the rains that came in, the beltway itself is fine. one construction site i'll tell but in just a minute. but first we'll zoom into the manassas area. that's where we had a lot of heavy rain. lee highway at groveton. nokesville road is closed at aidan road. on the northbound side of i-95 this is fine. no issues to report through springfield. it's light right now heading up to 395. let's go back over to our map. this time the construction i told but is on the southbound side of the beltway right before kenilworth avenue and only one lane was getting through that. we'll take a live look again outside at the beltway. no issues to re

it's going to head toward manassas and loudoun county and unfortunately prince william county. this is either hail or extremely heavy rain. around garrisonville around 6:10 kind of straddles i-95. you can get a picture of it safely, send it to wusa9.com. back that out. you can see where this goes in the next hour, essentially moving due north headed toward warrenton, crossing 66 in the next hour. if you have folks heading out 66 from the district, it's slow going. some of these areas have had 4 to 6 inches of rain since monday. we'll come back, tell you how long these storms will be with us and look ahead to the holiday weekend and have the hurricane outlook. >>> just in time for memorial day weekend the virginia department of transportation launched an enhanced version of its 511 traffic reporting info system. drivers can now download a free mobile phone app to access realtime traffic information including online video of traffic conditions. >>> prices at the pump are a pretty big concern for people driving this holiday weekend. according to aaa, the average price for a gallon

loudoun county police say the accident happened on evergreen mills road. the driver of the car has died and there is no word on the status of the dump truck driver. >>> tonight, dispatching a new team of military trainers to yemen in the wake of a foiled bomb plot against a u.s. airliner. u.s. military officials confirmed the decision as new concerns are ramping up. fox 5s tom fitzgerald is following this new. >> reporter: it appears they're going to pick up from where they left off. and they were -- to storm and displace the al qaeda networks and asked to leave following a series of attacks. the u.s. has 100 train or the way to disrupt further attacks and they're looking at the question of who this new wave of activity in yem sep something the u.s. has to be concerned about. this latest bomb plot appears to have strike resemblances to the christmas 2009 underwear bomber plot that nearly detonated a flight over detroit by mutallab. officials say the updated version of the bomb contain no metal parts. on her previously scheduled trip to india, hillary clint

montgomery, frederick county, northern lou down, you have a break -- loudoun, you have a break headed your way. but with the additional rainfall, i think any afternoon plans will be tough to get in. this is what we could be seeing it now and tomorrow morning. could get heavier rains today and tomorrow. maybe more than 2 inches of rain here in spots. when you include the rain potential for wednesday, now we've got a little bit of red west of town and up into pennsylvania. some areas may see locally three. i think this computer model might be a little high but certainly one to two with locally more than that not out of the question. one thing the temperature has been doing is keeping temperatures cool. in the low 60s in winchester and hagerstown. but where we've seen the breaks we're already in the low 70s. we'll struggle to get into the low 70s here. when i come back, we'll talk about the rest of the week. let me just tell you, we're paying the price now but we're going to be rewarded a little bit later. jc, back to you. >>> we have new information on the first day of the maryland spec

loudoun, jefferson, clark county, prince williams until 6:00 a.m. this is a flash-flood warning. so if you're in this area, you don't want to cross a flooded street by foot or by car. last night we saw the heaviest access of rain essentially right about here. now we're seeing a tremendous amount of heavy rain south of hagerstown back west of fredericksburg. this is the same area that got hammered earlier this evening. it has pushed off to the east a little bit. we're looking at the potential for more flooding tonight. very heavy activity between hagerstown and winchester. we'll zoom out here. this is talking about rainfall rates one to two inches per hour around winchester and charlestown. and up toward martinsburg. in some cases even a little bit more than one inch per hour. so some very heavy rainfall going on. the good news is nothing in terms of hail or anything. no reports of hail anyway. and no reports of some strong winds. so we'll come back, we'll talk about where these storms are going to move overnight. we'll have to deal with that perhaps in the morning and also a litt

we're talking about in through the west virginia panhandle, also loudoun county.very strong thunderstorms. you see other storms here. not quite as strong here but that entire area under a severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00. it does not include the metro area but i still think we'll see some of this move through our region. let's take you into the strongest stuff right now. right now, this is really where the dangerous wead is. just to the north and east martinsburg, shepherdstown has come through the area. most of this in through washington county. we're talking about a severe thunderstorm warning. also, a brand new flash flood warning there. and in fact for washington county, as well as over toward western frederick county. watch out along the river and then down to the south, in loudoun county, just to the north and west of there. here's where the severe thunderstorm is. the severe thunderstorm warning is until 6:45. it includes martinsburg. just to the north and east hagerstown will get this. if you're driving from maybe frederick out toward hagerstown, you

winchester is 45. 43 in frederick and also in northern loudoun county. look at that in a moment but fredericksburg down to 53. locally temperatures in the mid 40s in loudoun county and lovettsville. 46 bladensville. reston at 46. and baden and southeastern prince george's county right now 47 degrees. it is dark, you're looking at the white house there. one -- somebody left a light on upstairs. had temperatures on the michael & son weather camera 58. with just a couple of high thin clouds out there this morning with an east wind at 7 miles an hour and the air nice and dry. some showers in the rockies not a concern: same with the great lakes. we're going to watch for that sunday, monday time frame. this guy spinning right here. very broad area of low pressure. across coastal south carolina. this thing is going to work its way to the north and east and then make a little left turn toward us. as we head into the -- late part of the weekend early next week. there are the high clouds i was talking about. and our futurecast is going to keep all the showers off

that includes montgomery, howard counties, frederick county, loudoun county, western fairfax, closer to the beltway, generally mid 40s around arlington, southern montgomery county, much of prince george's counties, low 40s in charles county, st. mary's, anne arundel near the bay, in the 50s. away from the waters, 40s there. farther west, culpeper, 43. in prince william county, many locations there just near 40 degrees. and it's going to stay chilly here for another couple of hours. then we'll have a rapid warmup under this clear sky. bright sunshine throughout much of the day. and we'll have maybe just a few clouds around non-time. here's the hometown forecast for manassas and prince william county. now it's in the mid 40s under a clear sky. by mid morning, ought to be in the mid 50s. bright and sunny, a gorgeous day coming up. by noontime, should be in the upper 60s. that's going to be true throughout much of the region. by mid-afternoon, may actually get into the low 70s for a brief time. and then late afternoon, as we clear out and get past sunset, we'll have the temperature dropp