to loudoun including some 40,000 jobs over 20 years says economist steven fuller, but loudoun board member ken reed doesn't buy it. >> unfortunately there are a lot of people with stars in their eyes about this and they think it's going to improve their real estate values and bring all these great jobs and we're going to have little bethesda, but that's very speculative. >> reporter: he thinks ridership will be low, it won't so of traffic congestion and most loudoun -- solve traffic congestion and most loudoun county residents won't use it. >> their bus and train operators are paying about $66,000 a year on average and some of these folks are making six figures with overtime which is more than we pay our teachers '. >> reporter: if loudoun o.s out commuters could probably -- opts out, commuters could probably still use a metro dulles rail station, but they'd probably want to be dropped off because that garage next to where the station will be built costs $17 a day. airport authority ceo jackpotter hopes loudoun joins in. >> what they get again is development around the stations, con

that is, securing support from loudoun county. the county's board of supervisors will vote next month on whether to opt in or out of the project. as peggy fox tells us, some of them still have deep reservations about signing on. >> reporter: building metrorail past dulles airport into loudoun county will bring huge economic gains to loudoun including some 40,000 jobs over 20 years says economist stephen fuller. >> this is a no brainer. >> reporter: but loudoun board member ken reid doesn't buy it. >> unfortunately there are a lot of people who have stars in their eyes about this and they think it's going to improve their real estate values and bring all these great jobs and we're going to have a little bethesda, but that's very speculative. >> reporter: he thinks ridership will be very low and he dislikes being connected to metro and all of its costs. >> they are best paid drivers are being paid $66,000 a year on average and some of these people make six figures on overtime which is more than we pay our teachers. >> reporter: if l

it is insane for the loudoun county board of supervisors to even consider not funding metro out to loudount's not going to benefit me. >> we cannot afford it. but it would cost loudoun county a quarter of a billion dollars to get the line built. loudoun county supervisors have one month to decide whether to back out of the deal with metro >> . the d.c. council expected to approve the city's 2013 budget today. the $9.4 billion plan would extend the bar hours until 4:00 a.m. on 19 nights and double the number of traffic cameras in the sitting. the cost of parking meters would also rise. they gave preliminary approval to the budget last month. opportunities for folks looking for job. one job fair at the holiday inn on fort myers drive in arlington. that starts and car 30 and goes until 2:00 for. jobs will be available in accounting, administration, customer service, financial services human resources information technology, maintenance, retail, and sales. the southern maryland blue crabs baseball team and regency furniture state and will hold a job fair at the stadium in waldorf. it starts at

loudoun county would have to pay for two rail stations. a debate has begun over whether or not to bail on rail due to costs. >> it will generate jobs and help people out about the commute would be easier in general. >> it will raise taxes. you cannot afford to live in loudoun county. >> there have been several public information sessions leading up to this public hearing that is happening tonight at 6:30 p.m. folks that want to speak after sign up in advance. they're more than 100 speakers already registered. >> i'm sure they will get an earful. make sure you follow the rules driving through montgomery county because police are increasing their vigilance of aggressive driving. they will lead ticket speeders, until august, and other aggressive drivers and that will educate the public about the dangers of aggressive driving. >> nigeria has started three days of national mourning from the victims of the plane crash yesterday. all 153 people on the plane and a number of others on the ground died when the jet crashed into a densely populated ne

board will make the right decision. >> reporter: without loudoun county, the deal falls apart. >> loudoun county board met tonight to discuss funding. there are still questions about how they will get that done, so nothing set in stone yet, final vote slated for july 3rd. >>> coming up next on the news edge a warning for drivers in the district. >> plus axl rose robbed, wait till you hear what a thief stole from the singer next. check out the rundown. we're back. >> this is fox 5 news edge at 11:00.  >>> gaulty verdict in a drunk driving crash that -- a guilty verdict in a drunk driving dollar killed a child. 22-year-old victor -- drunk driver killed a child. the 22-year-old could spend more than 26 years in prison. >>> a french model is under arrest after being accused of stealing from axl rose. he noticed three golden diamond necklaces were missing worth 200 grand. he was not wearing them at the time. axl reportedly went into rage. police were called in to cool him down. the unidentified woman turned herself in today. >>> a warning for drivers in the district and

securing support if loudoun county. the county's board of supervisors will vote next month on whether to opt in or out of this project. >> as peggy fox reports, some of them still have deep reservations about signing on. >> reporter: building metrorail past dulles airport and into loudoun county will bring huge economic gains to loudoun, including some 40,000 jobs over 20 years as economist -- says economist steven fuller but loudoun board member ken reed doesn't buy it. >> unfortunately there are a lot of people that have stars in their eyes about this. they think it's going to improve their real estate values and bring all these great jobs and we'll have a little bethesda but that's very special live. >> reporter: he thinks ridership will be low, won't solve traffic congestion and most loudoun residents won't use it and he dislikes being connected to metro and all of its costs and problems. >> train operators are paying $56,000 a year on average and some people are making six figures with overtime which is more than w

stuff coming out of winchester pushing through charles town and harpers ferry getting into western loudoun county, this is pretty strong. northern warren and fauquier, you're not under any warnings right now, but these storms certainly could be clipping those areas right along 66 into fauquier and warren. you see purcelville, this stuff is 10, 15 minutes out at most. lovettsville, brunswick. this is all going to run over you again with the potential for winds of 60 miles an hour or more and maybe even a little bit of hail along with about 6:10. we have the watch going till 9:00 p.m. probably will get a few more warnings over the next few hours. anny hong has been with me all afternoon and we'll keep you updated and have the full weekend forecast in just a few minutes. >> thanks, howard. >>> we continue to follow our breaks news in riverdale, maryland are five children were rushed to the hospital after a car ran over a kiddy pool. it happened this afternoon in the 5200 block of 57th avenue and from what we've heard, two cars collided and then one of them went through the yard and the pool b

the loudoun board has another month to vote on whether to opt out of the project. it does opt out, that could delay the project another year while the finances are restructured. in reston peggy fox, 9 news now. >> loudoun chairman scott york tells 9news he's delighted the mwa board has made the right decision. he want his board to vote yes. york says if metrorail stopped at dulles, there would be no rail option for loudoun commuters. >>> the washington redskins training camp is headed south. the team announced they will prepare for the 2013 season down in richmond. surae chinn has more from the team's current training camp about the impact in ashburn. >> reporter: it's the late lunch crowd, but it's quiet at buffalo wing factory just a couple miles from redskins park. >> you definitely feel a change like in business when it's going on, a lot of later rush because a lot of times it's a morning time practice or afternoon practice. it helps out with our slow times during the day. >> reporter: tables are usually packed during training camp and this may be the last pres

voicing their concerns about running metrorail to loudoun county. officials there are deciding whether to excite hundreds of millions of dollars to pay for the service which would go to dulles airport and two stations beyond that. resident and leaders in the community have mixed opinions about the project. >> the studies have shown that it will not improfit transportation. it will -- the higher tolls will drive cars off the toll road. >> the silver line extension would be an exec engine that would stimulate smart growth and be a positive asset to the county. >> the loudoun county board of superiors is expected to mechanic a decision on funding next month. >>> what came out of last 199's meet something we'll talk to scott york, chairman of the board, for some insight into the project. >>> some other top stories this morning. a scary home invasion has a maryland neighborhood on edge. a woman woke up around 4:00 monday morning to find a man in her bedroom holding her purse. her son heard her screams and came in and fought with the man. that man ran off

that belongs to loudoun county now and we must still agree to put up the money. still, the issue over union labor was the biggest obstacle and that is gone the vote to drop union friendly incentives cleared a major hurdle for the silver line to move forward from reston to dulles internationallator. >> and we're looking ahead. the factha -- and to give the hard feelings we have. >> reporter: the metro washington airport authority allowed them to record audio and notva of the board member davis and the chairman during a media briefing. the board buckled to pressure from virginia's republican governor and the republican-led loudoun county supervisors to drop the labor agreement and incentive even though the commonwealth had once been on board. >> you don't say no to the whole project. >> when we voted on it in november, it was unanimous. >> reporter: the first phase of the silver line through tyson's and reston has a voluntary pla. the ideological divide over a similar agreement for phase two led to months of wrangling and the involvement of the u.s. secretary of tr

removed the biggest stumbling block for building phase 2 of metrorail from reston into dulles and loudounounty. >> all in favor say aye. >> reporter: the board voted 11-1 to remove the project labor agreement preference from phase 2 of the dulles rail project. >> i will support this resolution because i want to move forward. i came on this board to do business for the airports, not politics. >> reporter: the virginia leaders apparently first supported the pla, opinions and laws changed leading the governor to withhold virginia's money until the pla was kaput. >> with the board's decision today we are comfortable that the commonwealth $150 million contribution is now locked in. >> reporter: the next hurdle is loudoun county. even with the vote today chair scott york is not confident he's got enough votes to bring rail into loudoun. peggy fox, 9 news now. >>> it's clear that president assad cannot and has failed to bring peace, stability or positive change to the syrian people. >> secretary of state hillary clinton talking about the escalating violence in syria. she is dismissing a new prop

fox 5's bob barnard spoke with some loudoun county supervises. >> elected officials -- supervisors. >> elected officials haven't decided if they're willing to commit to the cost to bring metro service out west. the board met again tonight to hammer out a financing plan. the silver line heading toward loudoun county is coming to life, but will metrorail ever make it that far? >> i don't think it's a question of whether rail is a good and viable transportation alternative, but there were not prior systems set up to accrue any moneys to fund this project. so we need to figure it out. >> loudoun county's board of supervisors debating ways to pay for the silver line is staring at a july 4th deadline to hop on or stay off. >> in fact, i couldn't think this board will be able to decide how we're going to do that in the next two or three weeks and so are we going to vote to opt in before we know how to fund it? i'm not going to vote to opt in till we know how we're going to fund it. >> they're considering special taxing districts around the two stations proposed for loudoun county, also a cou

in loudoun county we're going to show you video here. this was the scene as storms rolled through there. they were pretty tremendous. photojournalist greg caser is out there. let's go over to weather graph. we've got big storms coming through now. still, nice thing off tooto -- to the west weeks not seeing any markers. warrenton, the hail reports have been up to an inch in diameter. the heaviest storms we're hearing are over toward areas of montgomery county and moving into warrenton. check this out. down to potomac, potential of hail. we want to go up to johnsville, maryland and show you what happened earlier. here's video we have. you can see what the winds did to that barn that's housing 150 head of cattle. this is a live picture from sky 9 up there. you can see what some of those winds did. we don't believe this was a tornado, but the straight line winds, we were seeing them early. these storms headed up to baltimore, likely delaying the start of the nats-os game. there was tremendous damage from some of the wind gusts that were with

most of loudoun county, route 7 to tyson's corner is wet.and northern fauquier county, and going over the next 48 hours, we'll have the areas in color, potential sfwloenz of rain. picks up by noon time. in the afternoon, most of the area ought to get showers and thunder and lightning, maybe some of them will be brief at times. by midnight. over most of the is over, passing to the east. by dawn tomorrow, sunshine breaking out. lower humidity moving in. and as we get into the rest of the week, looking very nice. how much rain will we get? areas we see in the blue, lavender, areas that might pick up maybe one to two inches, maybe parts of loudoun, and all of the areas in green, a half inch at the most around the metro area. points north and east of us. heavier amounts to the north and west. lots of sun shun by the afternoon. low 80s. fresh northwest browse. thursday, friday, into the weekend, high near 80 degrees. beautiful weather pattern with low humidity. staying that way for the first part of next week too. >>> still seeing accident activit

the loudoun county board of supervisors are expected to make a decision on funding next month n our 7:00 hour, we will talk to scott york, chairman of the board for some insight into the project's future. >>> hip hip. >> hooray! >> celebrations in london celebrating queen elizabeth's 60th anniversary on the throne. there will an carriage procession by the queen today. and it ends with a royal air force fly-by over buckingham palace. but unfortunately, her husband, prince philip, was not there. he was hospitalized with a bladder infection and the queen missed parts of last night's concert to be with him. he turns 91 on saturday. >>> a recall election today that could have a big impact on the presidential race. that is next as we check more headlines. >>> ate man wanted for a horrific crime in canada is in custody. we'll have details of his capture coming up on the other side of the break. stay with us. ♪ ♪ we were skipping stones ♪ and letting go ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we brin

is vital to loudoun county's future. >> it's very crucial.n shut the door and be a bedroom community to we can invest in the system which will bring us a terrific amount of economic development. >> reporter: loudoun's board of supervises will meet later this week to hammer out a plan to pay for its share of the silver line, about $270 million, another 16 million a year to operate the system. >> the gas tax is presently paying for county services, so would these services be taken away or would real property tax be increased to make up for the gas tax paying for the metro funding? >> reporter: a dispute over unionized labor threatened to stall the start of phase 2 construction, but officials say they expect that to be resolved soon. now tonight's public hearing started at 6, it's still going on here inside the government center, still a couple dozen people waiting to speak. again no decision tonight. that comes a month from now. it's complicated by the fact the federal government is not a funding partner in phase 2 of the silver line. >> bob ba

anne arundel, howard, montgomery, loudoun county and fauquier county. much of the shenandoah valley dry. day planner, have an umbrella handy. a passing shower through noontime, and likelihood for this afternoon to early this evening. low 80s by early afternoon. evening planner, probably still need anum brela may be dodging lightning bolts between 7:00 and 9:00. and a much smaller chance by late evening. most of the will be finished by midnight tonight. a comfortable change coming our way tomorrow. search-day outlook in ten minutes. how is traffic? >> right now, i'm following breaking news on the roadways, traveling gw parkway headed southbound, a downed tree blocking one of the southbound lanes. gw parkway southbound. approach with caution. checking on road work in our area. traveling the beltway, work zone set up, shut down the road to the dulles tollway. lanes are open. inner loop of the beltway approaching the interchange. an accident still blocking the right lane. approach with caution. slick roads outside. give yourself what time. and taking the ra

if loudoun county opts in, the goal would be to have phase 2 opened by 2016. phase one of the silver line through tyson's corner to restin is expected to open by the end of next year. there are no federal means being contributed to phase 2, but the commonwealth of virginia is on board for its $150 million share of phase 2 construction. the green light coming this month after the airport security removed preferences for union labor on phase two that would have complicated the decision making here. an important work session, the final one before the decision is made by july 4th and that deadline will be a day earlier. the board's last meeting on this, july 3rd. >> and that much. >>> the metropolitan washington airport's authority is under fire tonight. although not the money it spent on a consultant. gregory shay specializes in the organizational change group effectiveness and conflict resolution. an article said the airport's authority paid him $173,000 for a few hours of work. liz, thank you very much for being here. >> thank you, shawn. >> you wrote this stor

. >>> loudoun county leaders have gotten an earful about the future of metro. >> they heard from more than 150 people last night at a public hearing about whether to extend the silver line and beyond. bob barnard reports. >> reporter: this people did i voided. these few lining the street in front of the county government center, voices in favor of and against metrorail to loudoun county. >> the studies have shown it will not improve transportation. the higher tolls will drive cars off the toll road. >> reporter: some here railing against the silver line. others singing its praises. >> the silver line extension would be an economic engine that would stimulate smart growth and be a positive asset to the county. >> reporter: more than 150 people signed up to address the loudoun county board of supervisors. it has until july 4th to decide whether to found the county's share of metro's silver line construction phase two to dulles airport and two stations beyond. >> it is a neat thing to v everybody loves the choo choo. everybody wants a train. everybody wants a shiny train to get them to t

to their right the people who think this will not be a good deal for loudoun county and they want them to back out for having metro come here. their biggest fear is taxes. look at the animal they brought with them. opponents of metro left no doubt without this pig. they feel it will be a money pit for taxpayers. >> to have two options, raise taxes or cut services. >> they say the money would be better spent elsewhere. >> where will we come up with the money? >> i believe it will bring in more money than it will cost. >> she said it will be a moneymaker for taxpayers. her company is already building transit-oriented development. >> we think it will bring quality development in the county. >> the public hearing that will be here will start in about 25 minutes. at last check over 100 people signed up to speak. at two minutes a piece, you're talking five hours for this meeting tonight. if you would like to have your say, you can, up at the meeting. they will not actually make the decision on metro tonight. they have until july 4th. they will either decide to have metro come here or they co

. >> this loudoun county mother of two is on a mission.rding the bus stop at the end of this four-lane highway in loudoun county. then she produced this video. over the last year, she caught one car after another zipping past even with the warning lights coming. >> i was surprised how many people would run the bus, the same car is running it regularly. >> the intersection is not a divided highway and they say the law is clear. >> of vehicles in all directions must stop. >> they have ramped up control in a county with 834 buses. >> if we see this, we will write a ticket. >> they are not looking come out and it will look at just in time to see my child. >> she wanted to commend school officials to move the bus stop. the communications director for loudoun county. >> it's a free country but we want to work for a solution. >> they'll deemed the bus stop safe. >> we have never had a child injured in that way. "she vows to keep filming until something changes. taylor wants loudoun county to install cameras to help catch school bus runners. they

for the project still faces final approval from loudoun county. that is expected within two weeks. >>> a big move for the redskins. the team is moving its training camp to richmond next year. virginia governor bob mcdonnell and redskins general manager bruce allen made the announcement promoting it as an economic boost for the entire state. they have not decided to i asite yet appear redskins headquarters will remain at its current location in loudoun county. >> maybe this is what they need, that spark to get them going. >> there are some who argue that, when you have training camp away, and you are way from family and other distracts you have more success. >> you concentrate on the game itself. maybe. we'll see. >>> also making headline, bad news for federal workers. that pay freeze may not go away any time soon. >> also ahead are, reports of another massacre in syria as the u.n. make another move to put an effective peace plan into place. in what makes hershey's s'mores special? pure chocolate goodness that brings people togeth

it does include loudoun. i want to click on the lightning to see how much lightning we are getting with these. that is the thing you really need to watch, especially that cluster coming into loudoun and moving across portions of frederick county and washington county. tremendous amount of lightning. we know they are producing hail to over to sentinal radar. that does include loudoun. what we are noticing is th

in loudoun county, rain moving through leesburg and crossing over seven. stretching from montgomery county and through laurel, college park, bowie, stretching into anne arundel county and over the bay, areas of light rain pushing northward. we will see occasional showers throughout the day. it does not look like we will have over an inch in some spots. close to a half-inch of rain by the time it's over later tonight. 67 in fairfax and rock hill and montgomery village. popular number. on this tuesday number waldorf suitland adelphi, 67. you will feel the humidity throughout the day with occasional showers. 80 degrees for the high temperature, wind at 5-13. lower humidity tomorrow sunshine less humid, but a little breezy on wednesday. to lisa. >> there was a crash on 95 northbound. on your way through columbia, towards baltimore, minor collision near 175 at. that activity has been moved to the shoulders. on the george washington parkway, police reporting that is closed southbound at the cia because of a large tree that came down on the road. that is notable.

. >> you cannot afford to live in loudoun county. >> there will be more crime. it's going to be awful. >> a public hearing tonight promises to be packed with people on both sides of the issue. that meeting is expected to be. be their holding at 6:30 tonight. cassatt to sign up in advance. must sign up in advance if you want to attend. >> d.c. council expected to give final approval to the city's 2013 budget tomorrow. the $9 billion plan calls for an extension of our hours and expansion of the city's traffic camera program and an increase in performance parking. the examiner reports those changes opposed cuts would fill a $172 million budget shortfall. >> inspection reports show there are still big problems with metro's emergency exits. include locked doors equipment blocking x, and collapsed stairs. the oversight committee told metro to fix the problem once in 2007 and again in 2010 but metro has yet to begin some of the changes it promised a year ago. 5:34, 57 degrees in potomac. what she was so close, but miss maryland did not get the u.nmiss usa crown. >> we

an investment the loudoun county board chairman said is vital to the county's future. >> and that is very mule court- martial. we can shut the doors and be a bedroom community to others or invest in the system which will bring us a terrific amount of economic development and add to our commercial tax base and to help us be a destination sec to 91. >> reporter: and the meeting is being held by the county board of supervisors. there was's labor issue this stabled to construct it, and that will be taken care of soon. some of the folks here gathering outside of the center and this public hearing starts in 25 minutes. to the left, this is a hot political issue here. those folks with the green signs and green tissue-shirts are in judge want of metro rail to bring jobs and more to the county. the speakers are expected to go until midnight, laura. yo thank you very much. >> a big change coming to the system. it's called metro rush. >> i think. >> and that is a move meant to improve rush hour service and prepare for the influx of passengers once the silver line starts service. the general man

. >>> many of us already making july 4th plans but loudoun county lawmakers have plans for july 3. it involves a critical vote on metro's silver line. that story is coming up at 5:51. >>> tiger woods talks about bringing the at&t national back to washington after a break from last year's u.s. open. >>> howard has a triple digit temperature in the seven-day forecast. keep it here. so, you actually reward people for staying with you? yep. the longer you stay with us, the more you save. and when you switch from another company to us, we even reward you for the time you spent there. genius. yeah, genius. you guys must have your own loyalty program, right? well, we have something. show her, tom. huh? you should see november! oh, yeah? giving you more. now that's progressive. call or click today. >>> good morning. welcome back to 9news now. our time is 5:13. coming up on 5:14. it's a monday morning. it's not a bad morning but again people will be cleaning up because of what happened on friday night. >> big storms. we could see a few more storms today. not expecting a repeat of friday but

they expanded more of loudoun county. this active storm pattern coming on through and i've been checking all the damage reports, getting reports of nickel sized hail. and tree limbs coming down. we know it is about the wind and it is also about the hail that is being produced. first stop, let's check out radar. we haven't had that much, but our turn is coming. in the yellow here again, we light up the counties and have a new warning. i'm going to guess that is going in until 6:45 or 7:00. we have prince william county and fauquier county. these have all just come up in the last little while and clearly it is mostly for this activity that is about to come through. i would call your attention to the frontal boundary. that will signal the end of it once it swings on through. a number of warnings to get through. let's go over to the radar. i close it in tighter so you can see so many counties and a portion of montgomery county in on that. this line is moving southeast 15 to 20 miles per hour. heavy rain and it is producing ha

in virginia, inova loudoun got the high score of an a.aulkier and prince william hospitals received c and fairfax still pending. maryland hospitals have not been graded and here to talk about our hospitals is leah. and explain how you came up with the grading system? >> we brought together the nation's top experts, nine from across the country from stanford and harvard and john's hopkins and asked them to look at all of the publicly available data there is on safety, meaning infects and hazards that happen in a hospital. las vegas -- lacerations, accidents. look at all of the available data and come up with one score for every hospital. they took 9 months and did it. >> reporter: how do you differentiate between an a and b and c and from grade cool -- school, we know c is average. >> we graded on a curve. the first time we have done it and had to look on a curve. there was a nice curve. and it was very clear from looking at how the hospitals are, which hospitals were exceptionally good, which deserve more and still good and which which ar

which would extend trains into loudoun county.eries of meetings were held over the past few weeks. and the space shuttle enterprises on the move again. it is making its final trip over the water to its new home at the intrepid sea and air museum of of the coast of manhattan. it should arrive on tuesday. >> that must have been a fascinating scene. >> we have a few showers outside right now. they will wind down through the morning hours. they will stay with us through tuesday afternoon and wednesday afternoon. outside right now, we have noticed a big bright moon in the sky through the break-in in the crowds. -- through the break in the clouds. the weather bug network takes us to green springs gardens school. 63 degrees. george washington university, 68 degrees with a high just around 80 degrees earlier in the day. temperatures will cool down just a little bit. temperatures to the north of us are a little bit cooler, in the mid-to-upper-50's. the mild air will not be leaving any time soon. a little bit of a spin in the atmosphere. so

. >>> some heated moments in the debate over whether to bring metro to loudoun county. more than 100 people told the county's board of supervisors last night why they support or oppose the plan. loudoun county would have to pay $200 million for construction and another $11 million a year for maintenance. supporters say those costs will be offset by the economic boom the silver line would bring to the county. opponents fear the expansion will mean new and higher taxes. >> the power to tax is the power to destroy. that's what chief justice john marshall said in murdoch vs. maryland years ago. >> we are a suburb of washington, d.c. however, a rail all the way to loudoun would help solidify that position that we have some connection into the city. >> the county board of supervisors must vote on the plan by jewel 4. >>> today on capitol hill, senate democrats expected to call for a vote on the paycheck fairness act. that bill would bar companies from retaliating against workers who inquire about pay disparities. it would allow employees to sue if they find evidence of a diff

earlier we were seeing these at 70 miles per hour, 85 miles per hour back over sections of loudoun county and western parts of fairfax county as well and these have come down appreciably. still 31 mile-per-hour potential wind up around interstate 70 this in northern sections of howard county, but we're not seeing quite as much of this and that's good. i still think there's wind out there and the potential for some damaging wind, but a lot of that real high intensity wind, these microbursting that we have, it seems to be going away now. we still have the line pushing off to the east. back up to you guys. >> thank you, gary. we've been telling you we have issues on metro and we have dan stessel on the n't you take tha >> we're hearing word you've got major power outages at several metro stations. >> we do. 17 of the 86 stations are reporting power outages now. that's not affecting rail service on most of the system, but it is affecting the escalators and the fair those sorts of systems. there is backup power in most of -- and those sorts of systems. there is backup power in most of them. we

that is something the state of virginia and loudoun county wanted for the silver line project to move for word. >>> big crowds at arundel mills for the grand opening of a new gambling site at the mall. this is the view from sky fox. it was so crowded some people had to be turned away. wisdom marten was there for the grand opening. >> reporter: las vegas casino style come to maryland. >> it is just rock and roll constant hi from here on out. >> reporter: maryland live casino at arundel mills mall is officially open for business. >> i got a baby-sitter, brought my sister, my friend. i'm very excited. >> reporter: there are 4750 las vegas style slot machines and table games including black jack and roulette. this woman started winning as soon as she sat down. so did her friend. but it is the state of maryland that hopes to win big with this new attraction. an estimated 14 million people come to arepublican del mills every year. now that the casino is open, that number is expected to jump dramatically. more people, more shopping and more gambling means more tax revenue for maryland. >> th

plans are good news for loudoun county officials. establishers like this, close to redskins' park catching the post-practice business. what do they think about the move south? >> loss of customers, and trainers come over here, too. >> reporter: going to richmond. what do you think? >> it's not a good idea. it will hurt us a little bit, yes. >> reporter: would you like them to say? >> of course. >> a lot of people like seeing the players play around town, they live around town. it's always great, the relationship between the players and community vit here. >> reporter: derrick ward, news 4. >>> coming up, a grand entrance >>> coming up, a grand entrance for the space shuttle when mitt romney says "planned parenthood we're gonna get rid of that." >>> coming up, a grand entrance for the space shuttle romney is saying he'll deny women the birth control and cancer screenings they depend on. when romney says "do i believe the supreme court should overturn roe v. wade? yes." he's saying he'll deny women the right to make their own medical d

find a lot of adamantlyesidents bringing the metrolink to loudoun. crime. be awful.there is some support. would be good for the area. more people will help our local businesses. be a jam packed public hearing tomorrow night. be a lot of folks for against bringing metro past dulles into loudoun. it will start at 6:30 p.m. already over 100 people will speak. be a long night in the board of supervisors decide whether want metro to come into county were at the want dulles airport. >> what a terrifying week of in prince woman county after a car slammed into her bedroom while she was sleeping. the woman was in her bedroom when a car came crashing through apartment onoor riverdale rd. appeared the knocked her off of her bed and onto the floor. >> i heard a really loud noise, loud. i thought something came up from the roof. my son said it was a tree that fell down. a car.was the victim was taken to the hospital for treatment. police are still investigating. right now, it appears that the pulling into a space when her brakes failed. and 11-year-old boy is dead accidentally --

alerts from several counties and cities across the region, including frederick, prince george's, and loudoun county in virginia. all officials are reminding residents to stay alert as the weather rolls through. we could get some flash flooding. about two weeks ago when we got that weather, people were out in their cars and got trapped. we spoke to some people who are prepared for whatever is about to come. >> there is a tornado warning so i thought i would be prepared. >> i was thinking i did not want to come out, but i grabbed my umbrella and came out. >> officials here at pepco say because of the high wind we may be getting, tree limbs could come down on the power lines so they are asking everyone that if you do have power go out later tonight, give them a call but be patient as they tried to deal with whatever power outages you have to deal with. >> adam caskey will join us in a few minutes with another check on the forecast. can always get the updated forecast at any time online at wjla.com or our app. a terrible accident in prince george's county where an 8-year- old girl has died. this

the fate of the silver line in loudoun county is still in question and time is still ticking to make a decision. we'll be right back.  >>> welcome back. that tower cam moving this morning, right? look at the city there. don't get dizzy. it will be a hot day today as well. tucker, you've been saying possibly up into the 80s, right? >> yeah, pretty much guarantee we'll be in the 80s today and 90s starting tomorrow. warmer temperatures here to stay for the next several days after a cool one yesterday. we only got into the low 70s. >> from spring to summer in one day. >> we do have a few showers particularly just south of the city here down towards waldorf and la plata. kind of popping up there on the potomac. pretty good little shower. a few sprinkles look like just west of columbia maybe out towards clarksville and pushing into portions of northern montgomery county there. maybe a few light sprinkles as well. otherwise, cloud cover to start your day. we will get breaks in the clouds today. also, more humidity and as will mentioned, the warmer temperatures on the way as well.

and vietnam must work to promote peace and prosperity in the asian pacific region. >>> loudoun county leaders have less than a month to decide whether metro's silver line should extend into the county. more than 100 people told the coin's board of supervisors why they support or oppose the plan. loudoun county would have to pay $200 million for construction and another $11 million a year for maintenence. the costs will be offset by the economic boom the silver line would bring the county. opponents fear the expansion would mean new and higher taxes. >> the power to tax is the power to destroy. that's what chief justice john marshall said in murdoch vs. maryland years ago. >> we are a suburb of washington, d.c. however, a rail -- all the way to loudoun, would help solidify the position that we have some connection into the city. >> the county board of supervisors must vote on the plan by july 4. >>> 5:37 our time now. watch your speed or pay the price. why some drivers are no longer getting a free pass. >>> we continue to watch the celebrations out of london. this is a live look now as

loudoun county, you have a new severe thunderstorm warning till 6:30. we'll break down the warnings and look ahead toward the weekend a little bit later. >>> you probably heard the passengers were sifnging on the titan -- singing on the titanic as that ship was going down. >> but what do you do when an earth quake hits? >> to australia where a tremor hit australia. -- hit melbourne. the cat was motivated to play the guitar. he stop add few times to figure out the rumbling but generally keeps on going and going. >>> some nursing home residents in minnesota are getting some extra with their mail delivery. >> it's just ducky. three ducks arrived with the mailman as he walked his daily route at emmanuel nursing home. now, the ducklings make it over there every couple of weeks. the mail isn't delivered as quickly as it usually is but the ducks, well, they make a whole lot of people smile. >> they get to interact with them and the residents. so it's a plus all the way around. >> these ducks don't quack. they peep. you can hear them. so the mailman hauls in a

this time from loudoun county. today, the executive board for the metropolitan washington airport authority tried to remove the roadblock. they're charged with growing washington's airports. but since taking over the silver line project, the executive board is learning how to move from being a business board, to a political one. >> politics shouldn't, really shouldn't be in this room. >> reporter: the board created a contract that would allow a union-friendly project labor agreement or pla, with the commonwealth of virginia it was used in phase one of the silver line a and was going to be used in phase two. but virginia has changed its laws regarding unions a few times since. voiding the original agreement. >> i think we have, we have been dealing now for a year with the commonwealth very collectly on this issue. and ihink we have learned that having a statement if them or their signature on kind of letter of intent type piece of paper really can't be relied on. >> reporter: then loudoun county further complicated

first we've got this area of rain from i-95 west out toward hagerstown, through loudoun county. it's heavier in a couple of spots, especially along route 15 there in loudoun county, up in toward frederick and western caroll county. we'll zoom in and show you you folks in southern maryland, you haven't seen that much but there's some showers there. center and northern prince george's county. look at this down 95, a wet ride to fredericksburg. when you see the yellows, that's where the rain starts to pick up a little bit. heavier rains in northern prince william headed for southern loudown and west of fairfax. this is also moving to the northeast. chantilly, reston, right up 28 into western fairfax county. that's going to move in toward montgomery county over the next hour. there have been some moderate showers west of 270 here east of dickerson headed for urbana and from around mount airy northeastward there into eastern frederick, western caroll. temps are in the 70s for the most part. low to mid-70s here. warmer down south. that's 77 at tappahannock. we've got 76 at the pax riv

off to the west, some more rain moving toward loudoun county.s midday, but widespread showers and storms expected this afternoon but a lot of chances to be strong or severe. >> thank you very much. we want to get to the top story as investigators are piecing together a sequence of events that led to a horrific accidents in prince george's county. five children including a top bush struck by a car in hyattsville, maryland, and one of the injured children is the child of the driver of the vehicle. police are still trying to figure this out. >> as it gets later out here this morning, you can see the extent of the damage. we are right in front of a home and you can see the garage is destroyed. there is debris all over the driveway. they're all soaked tire marks. police are trying to figure out why this woman apparently put her car into reverse and suddenly accelerated. a terrific scene in the driveway. five children, including a toddler, struck and pinned underneath and large suv. frantic moments captured on cellphone video. >> the woman actually st

and closer view of storm 4 radar, showing patches of green, light sprinkles you in fair fash and loudouning a few sprinkles too in southern maryland. hometown forecast for bowie, light showers, low 70s, by noon time, thunder and lightning in the low 70s, and upper seventies to near 80 by mid to late afternoon. 70s with showers and thunder and through the evening, where your evening plans, you may need an umbrella with thurn and lightning. back down to near 70 by midnight tonight. a look at a fresh change tomorrow and into the weekend. how is traffic? >>> traveling in annapolis, police on the scene of a crash at aris t. allen boulevard. approach with caution. not seeing issues as you make your way toward the beltway. light volume. beltway travel lanes open. same thing as outbound. no issues to report for you. travel sweep, 52 miles per hour. to 295. over to you. >>> 6:12. 69 degrees, the butt of jokes, the subject of a movie and back to you. the case is finally closed. >>> sobering numbers, how far the recession set back our cloud is not soft and fluffy. our cloud is made of bedrock. conc

the governor of virginia and leaders in loudoun county opposed those kind of incentives and funding from those governments is essential to get the silver line project done and they are now out of the way. >>> montgomery county police are still trying to figure out what led to a stabbing in silver spring. investigators say two men who knew each other got into a fight at spencerville park just after 6:00 last night. one man was stabbed twice through the chest and his black. the victim is expected to recover. the stabbing suspect was eventually caught by a police canine unit in a nearby creek. >>> prince george's county police have made an arrest in the deadly shooting outside the southern avenue metro station. 32-year-old norman bonds is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 43-year- old harold deeter. detectives say bond shot deeter and then ran through the station. investigators have not determined a motive. >>> $33 million in rewards up for grabs for information about top members of al qaeda who are linked to a somali terror group. the obama administration is going to detail

a loudoun county couple is off the hook on charges they faced for not getting their kids to school on time. the three had nearly 160 tardies in a single year. get this -- they only live a half mile from the school. prosecutors dropped six misdemeanor charges against their parents, mark and amy denecor, because the kids were only late once during the second half of the year. there are a lot of parents who say that many tardies is unexcusable. >> get it together. that's ridiculous. >> unfortunately it teaches them that you don't have to follow the rules. >> it's a half mile. seriously. you can make it to school. >> they still have many more years to come with school are. they going to be on time? >> i doubt it. we are imperfect parents and have imperfect kids. >> didn't see that response coming. >> honest. >> apparently they're not alone. other loudoun county parents have also faced legal troubles for their kids' school attendance issues. >> i think part of the issue is that they live close so they think, oh, i have plenty of time to make it. where if you live far away, you provide extr

. ♪ love can be so mystical ♪ >>> later this evening loudoun county residents have a chance to talk withaders about the rail project. the board of supervisors will meet starting at 6:30 to hear from residents about phase two of the silver line, which is slated to run to dulles and into loudoun county. opponents fear the county will raise taxes to pay for construction. more than a hundred people have signed up so far to speak. the board of supervisors has until the 4th of july to decide whether to remain onboard with the project. >> a quiet day for a well rested veronica johnson. we'll have clear skies tonight. >> we'll have clouds around tonight. just a few clouds and maybe even a few sprinkles. that is again the story for most of the week, which i don't think is going to interfere in a major way. a lot of folks are talking about this rare event coming up in the sky, talking about a time around sunset tomorrow here where venus is going to transit the sun and move right in front of it. and we'll be able to view it but want to remind folks of course about safe viewing because of course you

. >>> learn why loudoun county is leaning towards saying yes to the silver line. >> right now monika has a check on traffic. >> not too bad on the northbound side of 395. just slow through landmark to seminary road. then at the 14th street bridge it's moving well across the potomac river. coming up in my next report, more on area roads. you're watching 9news now. [ male announcer ] it would be easy for u.s. olympian meb keflezighi to deposit checks at the nearest citibank branch. ♪ like this one. ♪ or this one. ♪ or, maybe this one. ♪ but when it's this easy to use citibank mobile check deposit at home...why would he? ♪ woooo! [ male announcer ] citibank mobile check deposit. easier banking. every step of the way. >>> we are back at 6:29. good morning. this is always the place to gitd your -- to get your weather first. this is a live look at the people's house, the capitol building. 66 degrees there this morning. >>> thank you for starting your thursday morning with us. i'm jessica doyle. mike is off today. >>> i'm andrea roane. meteorologist howard bernstein is live on the weather t

this is toward ashburn area in loudoun county. greg is there looks off to the west. the rain

leesburg, loudoun county, that is where the lightning is coming down. but look at the cluster of cloud to ground lightning that is still moving into anne arundel county, calvert county, essentially into st. mary's county. believe it or not the temperatures now have fallen almost 30 degrees right here in washington from the record we had today. >> the storms are causing plenty of power problems all over. dominion power says they have more than six under 50,000 customers without power. pepco has plenty of problems. let's talk with petco from -- let's talk with pepco for the latest. >> our numbers are over 326,000 customers out. we have about 51,000 out and the district 175,000 in montgomery county. 170,000 prince george's county. >> we have had plenty of storms like this the past few fridays. how does this compare? >> we have over 300,000 out tonight, last friday was 40,000. >> you were prepared for this and had some sort of plan in place to get people back with their lights on? >> yes we already had crews working on heat related outages. they will shelte