i will start with elizabeth because we talked about loudoun county. yesterday i went out to the rural parts of loudoun county, bluemont. this is as far west as you could go. it used to be horse country. the bluemont arts festival was there, and when looking at the parking lot, there were far more beemers than pickups. a lot of the people there came from the eastern part of loudoun county, like yours truly, but it was a symbol of what has happened there, and what has happened in the past 10 years. that is your kickoff. >> yes. loudoun county -- and i'm not sure how many folks in the room are from the d.c. region or if you're from elsewhere in the united states -- but loudoun county is the wealthiest county according to the last census in the nation. the d.c. area has eight of the 10 richest counties in the country, and loudoun is at the top of that heap. what you are seeing is a place that used to be just a green expanse of rural americana turning into some of these urban suburbs that dante and antoine are describing. it is interesting to see how this

it will be closed in both directions twaen loudoun county and waxpool. should be open again by about 10:00. >>> our cameras will be there as an eyesore of d.c. education begins to come down. demolition begins at the old dunbar high school off criticized as prison like. it was remrplaced by a gleaming new dunbar high school next door. take a look. it features high-htech classroos and a new gymnasium. it pays tribute to the many black leaders who received their education there. beautiful new building. >> i've driven by and to see the two side-by-side, wow. >> stark contrast for sure. >>> 4:41. we want to get you up to speed on the forecast. a live look over the district. let's see what is in store for us. tom? >>> good morning. a chowloud cover like a blanket holding in some of the warmth from yesterday. not quite as chilly as it has been for the last several mornings. radar showing the cloud cover producing a few scattered sprinkles well south, parts of the northern neck and then west of fredericksburg. if you live in this area, you mate want to grab an u

i -- yesterday i went out to the rural parts of loudoun county, newmont. this is as far west as you could go. it used to be course country and pickup trucks -- it used to be horse country. arts festival was there, and when looking at the parking lot, there were far more beemers and pickups. a lot of the people from their company the eastern part of loudoun county, like yours truly, but it was a symbol of what has happened there, and what has happened in the past 10 years. that is your kickoff. >> yes. loudoun county -- and i'm not sure how many folks in the room are from the d.c. region or if you're from elsewhere in the united states -- but loudoun county is the wealthiest county according to the last census in the nation. has eight of the 10 richest counties in the country, and loudoun is at the top of that heap. what you are seeing is a place that used to be just a green napanse of rural america o turning into one of these urban suburbs that don tate and antoine are describing. it is interesting to see how this lays out on the ground, because in cities

loudoun county's median income is about $10,000 less than that. howard and fairfax counties come in third and fourth on the list. montgomery county is seventh. >>> our time is 4:37. facebook stock owners have something to smile about this morning. how high did their stocks go? that's coming up in jessica's your money report. >> man, you cannot beat the forecast this week. howard is not officially saying you should skip work but you know what? the first alert fore >>> another chilly morning. many 40s out there even though 56 in town. lots of fog west of d.c. mainly clear skies now. looks like a sunny and beautiful afternoon after the crisp start and a little warmer, just a few degrees warmer than yesterday, 75. we'll top out about 77. looks pretty dry through the seven-day. details coming up in a few minutes. right now monika with timesaver traffic. >>> there are no issues to report right now on the beptway north of -- beltway north of town. there had been overnight construction on the inner loop near university boulevard. i believe that's been cle

that's according to forbes magazine today which lists loudoun county as number two on the list.e william county tied at number eight. with tennessee's montgomery county there, eight out of the top ten growing counties this year are all in the suburbs. >>> believe it or not, it's not too early to think about the holidays, especially for major retailers. macy's announced they are boosting the number of holiday hires up nearly 40% from last year's seasonal hires. walmart announced plans to hire 55,000 workers for the holidays, 10% increase. target's seasonal hires are expected to fall 20%. year round workers will be able to work more hours. >>> ikea wants to bring renewable energy to people's homes nationwide. they started selling residential solar panels in british stores. if all goes well, they branch out to other countries. a solar panel system costs just over $9,000. the package includes installation, maintenance and an energy monitoring service. no word if the panels will come to stores in our area anytime soon. home depot and lowe's sell them in the u.s. >>> a typhoon packing

it's taking place this saturday at the loudoun county fair grounds. it is sponsored by our friends apartment the life center in leesburg, tlc. it's a music and pet festival. it starts at 10:00. there's a mut strut at 9:15 so if people want to bring their own dogs out to walk, they're welcome to. >> tell us about what barktoberfest funds? >> it's the major fund-raiser, the signature event really. it funds medical issues, medical coverage. it funds food, really the day- to-day offerings because we've been in business as we say we've been wagging tails and saving lives for 40 years now. and we have over 100 dogs at the shelter and another 40'ish in foster. we have about 40 cats in the cattery as well. >> it's important to note this is a no kill shelter when makes things challenging but a great end you're looking for these animals. what's the way to get information for barktoberfest and for foha? >> you can go to foha.org and get information there, especially if you would like to adopt doogie or any of his friends. and if you want more information on the

even upper 40s in far northern loudoun county with 55 manassas and dumfries and spring field. a comfy 56. outside on our michael & son weather camera, we're widening the shot for you. it is a quiet morning with great visibility in the nation's capital. 61 degrees. mostly cloudy. northeast wind at 6 miles an hour. the north army wind, that's going -- northeasterly wind, that's going to be the key the next few days. sometimes it will blow in a little atlantic moisture so we may be waking up some mornings with cloud cover and mixing it out till the sun comes out. buffalo 47. albany 50. you see the low 60s here d.c., norfolk, raleigh, and out toward lexington and detroit back in the 50s. we've got an area of low pressure. just looking at this on the radar spinning right there. more of an upper low than surface low. a couple of showers. most of the rain down in the carolinas and headed out to the atlantic. high pressure near buffalo with the northeasterly wind. that's going to keep the cooler, gently dry air moving in over the next few daitz. so we'll say goodbye to the clouds here

it's going to be closed in both directions between loudoun county and pacific boulevard.hey are doing utility work there. waxpool will close at about 9:30. it should reopen by about 10:00. >>> parking in sol d.c. neighborhoods just a few days away from changing. last month we told you how vdo it t is planning to simplify the process of neighborhoods where nonresidents can only park on the street for a few hours. instead of getting a visitors' pass from a police station every household would instead get its owns pass. vdot says current passes will be honored through the end of the year. the plan goes into effect on tuesday. >>> we know what a propose d casino at national harbor could look like. this is the $800 million design developed by mgm. the company says it was inspired by d.c.'s monuments. the entire complex more than 1 million square feet and features an 18-story, 400-room hotel. m mgm is competing with penn national and greenwood. they hope to pick a winning design by the end of the year. metro could run to national harbor if gansler is elected maryland's next gov

it will be closed in both directions between the loudoun county parkway and pacific boulevard.axpool will close at about 9:30 and should be back open, though, around 10:00. >>> our cameras will be there today as an eyesore of d.c. education begins to come down. demolition begins today at the old dunbar high school. it's often criticized as prison like and it was replaced just last month by a gleaming new dunbar high school next door. it features high-tech classrooms and a gymnasium and auditorium. the $122 million building also pays tribute to the many black leaders who receive their education there at dunbar. >>> virginia's board of education boasting about virginia high school's perfe performance on the s.a.t. they received their highest scores ever on the new version of the exam. seniors who graduated last spring scored about 1528 out of 2400 about 30 points botch the national average. s.a.t. scores in the district up. students got a 1400 on average. that's below the national average but up by about 18 points from last year. maryland students' s.a.t. scores fell. and in jus

loudoun county took the second spot. williamson county, texas, came in first place.nce william county, virginia, tied with montgomery county, tennessee, for the eighth spot. >>> all right. 5:35. redskins players will have some time this week to it reflect on the start of the season. the skins are entering their bye week and they won't be in action until october 13. the redskins head into their week off, though, on a high note. they beat the raiders 24-14 yesterday. it was their first win of the season. the team has a lot more to accomplish this season. >> we're going into this bye week, guys will be able to enjoy their bye week more after this win and then we come back and have to get on a winning streak to get back to where we want to be. >> the redskins are only a game behind first place. dallas takes on the cowboys in two weeks and you can watch that game here on nbc 4. >>> well, you don't need to be a federal worker to be impacted by the looming government shutdown. the impact it could have on your travel plans. plus, call them some lucky kids. the program that i

the other thing i'm seeing from the cloud cover is a little bit in the way of some breaks from loudoun county to northern fauquier county. this is the area that could see even more breaks by early tomorrow morning. into prince william county and to areas around stafford county. those are the locations that favor the fog for early tomorrow morning. so areas like marshall, remington and toward heart wood, as well as stafford, you could see fog early tomorrow morning. we're at 65 degrees under a mostly cloudy sky. by 7:00 a.m., mostly cloudy and again fog mainly south and west of d.c. 58 degrees is where we're going to be at 7:00 a.m. that puts us about 4 to 6 degrees higher than this morning. we should hit the mid-60s by 9:00 a.m. the radar is scanning the area, not picking up any rain whatsoever. throughout the day tomorrow, we'll see the clouds erode, make their way out of here. we're back to sunshine. in fact, we'll see sunshine by early afternoon tomorrow. we'll be another warm day for us. the upper 70s today. tomorrow the same. by late tomorrow night, mostly clear and then friday, y

hometown forecast in loudoun county, leesburg, there by noontime should be around 70 degrees and partly cloudy. a look at the rest of your monday coming up in about ten minutes. now let's check traffic this monday morning. danella? >>> still checking on early morning construction. so things that happened overnight in the process of being picked up. we'll head down i-95 in virginia and talk about it right now. if you're traveling making your way between prince which wiilli parkway and the beltway, your lanes are open early for folks traveling northbound and southbound there were two separate work zones set up, blocking the left lane at some point and traveling near dumfries road had at least one of your lanes blocked as well. that looks to be clear. so far as you make the commute between dumfries and head up to the capital beltway, i-95 in virginia, your lanes are open. in fact, as you continue on to 395 checking for work zones there, that's clear. for folks traveling 395 at duke, heads-up. a broken down vehicle off to your shoulder lane. aaron and eun, over to you. >>> news 4's news des

lower 40s in northern loudoun county and germantown and upper montgomery as well. 43 restton. manassas down to 41. 44 here in baden and bowie at 45 degrees. so a chilly start but i'm going to step out of the way on our weather camera. great visibility this morning with clear skies. 53 degrees. wind out at reagan national north, northwest at 9. so, yes, even a slight windchill out there. satellite and radar, this is going to abquiet week for us -- to be a quiet week for us. nothing coming toward us. see this gray area right there? these are some of the low clouds and fog, some we had yesterday in the morning is off to our west. there's been accident fog in the -- decent fog in the mountains. high pressure here. this high is going to block a storm system from coming our way. we'll look at this on the fupt cast. as we head into -- futurecast. as we head into this afternoon, really nice around here. this system will bring showers into the ohio valley and tennessee valley as we head toward midnight tonight and during the day on wednesday. but with high pressure up here, it just can

same for fairfax and loudoun county, eastern fauquier county. when i make my travels into work, i see still the sprinklers going off. yeah, you are going to have to water. we have a dry pattern setting up over the next couple days. 68 degrees is the temperature with a light wind at 8 miles per hour. the wind settles and eases up and decreases. here over the next couple hours, the temperatures get a chance to drop. 51 degrees in the the beltway at 5:00 a.m. the sun is up at 6:58. you'll like that, when it comes up, there's a chance to warm up and take gaithersburg and bethesda. higher by late morning, 40 in burke starting out. fairfax, too. 49 is the morning temperature in camp springs and 48 down to the south in alexandria. these are the warm spots for tomorrow. mid-70s, 76 degrees, king george. leonardtown 75 to 76 degrees. again, sunshine that we'll have. for the first full week of fall, we are going to start warming up, but again, staying fairly dry. if you want to look at it any kind of way, it will be a chance here, an opportunity to store

loudoun county, you folks in chantilly off to a bit of a start first thing. temperatures generally in the 50s. we'll stay in the 40s and 50s through 8:00, 9:00 this morning. more sunshine than we were treated to yesterday should make for a pleasant afternoon. temperatures later on today generally speaking in the low to mid 70s for a brief time. back to work and school forecast coming up in a few minutes. >>> a government shutdown looms. new from overnight, republican-led house approved a temporary spending bill that delays the affordable health care act until next year. >> because of that condition, the white house has promised to veto the entire bill. lawmakers began voting just before midnight, sending it to the senate for its consideration. brian mooar has all the action on capitol hill. >> tonight, the republican majority will vote to shut the government down! >> saturday night fireworks on the floor of the u.s. house. >> you can yell all you want. >> with a government shutdown looming on tuesday, republicans passed a spending package doomed to fail becau

loudoun school officials tell us the fence is an attempt to keep them from jaywalking. parents want more convenient crosswalks. this is the immediate solution. the fence should be finished by monday. >>> they turned themselves in one by one after a house party. the wild night at the home of a former nfl player. it ends with an arrest. we are >>> tonight, half a dozen people face charges in a well publicized underage drinking party after a former nfl players house. police looked through social media accounts. the party happened in up state new york. his son started seeing tweets about it. holloway was in florida at the time. damage to the home is estimated at $20,000. >> they had a chance and they decided that was not a direction that would work for them, which i totally did not get. >> do you have any indication they are sorry, they have learned a lesson? >> some are remorseful, some are not. >> reporter: what about the parents? >> it's a wide range. >> police are still trying to identify 300 other teens. >>> tonight is one of the top high school football games of the y

the blips that you're seeing over fairfax and right along the loudoun and montgomery county not fallingf some mid and high-level clouds we'll see throughout the morning but sunshine returning for the afternoon and highs in the lower 70s. all right, let's turn things over to amanda meadows now who has a look at the morning commute. >> eileen, we've got several problems on 95 northbound in virginia. started off early with an accident near lorton. now we're watching an accident in that same stretch of roadway but it's going to be in the hov system. so this shot from news chopper 7 shows us those hov lanes and this is actually going to be along 95, and that is going to be coming into the springfield interchange. that's that new crash that i was reporting on. they also have a crash in the hov system and that is going to be near lorton on the right side. this is that crash the same crash that chopper just had. i'm going to show you the backups on 95 northbound approaching the beltway. slams coming into the fairfax parkway 95 northbound in those through lanes due to the new crash just before t

. >> move over loudoun county, you are falling to number two on a list of richest counties in the country. according to the u.s. census bureau, that honor belongs to arlington. that's where the median family income last year was 137,216. arden county is $10,000 less. fairfax county comes in third. >>> the winner of last week's $400 million power ball jackpot may want to remain unanimous, but today we learned one thing about this millionaire. it was just the second time the guy played the lottery. he only stopped to buy some hot gun buns after getting a call from his wife. the gas station didn't have any, so he decided to pick up $20 worth of tickets rather than leave empty handed. a lesson to be learned. $20 for $400 million, i'll make that tradeoff. and he was listening to his wife. he knows what to do. >> the second time. that's pretty good. that's a lucky man. >> hot dog buns, he won't look at those the same way anymore. >> we are looking at temperatures again, chilly tonight, not as chilly as last night and moderation in temperatures tomorrow and into thursday. let's take a live look

temperatures the upper 40s in loudoun county to 62 on the bay in annapolis. 54 baden in southern princerge's county. 53 fairfax. manassas 55 along with rockville. this afternoon looks delightful once again. dry, pleasantly mild, highs mid to even upper 70s. what a stretch of weather we're having. i'll be back in a few minutes and let you know how much more of this we can hold on to right now monika samtani with traffic information you need to know. >>> absolutely. especially if you're a 95 northbound commuter. yes, this is real. from our sky 9 barely moving on the northbound side to this accident we've been telling you about at route 619 in triangle. and i'm going to say that your traffic is backed up 6 to 8 miles like this on the northbound side of i-95. so you've been warned. if you were just heading out the door, you do not want to sit in this. let's take a look at our maps so i can give you perspective on the northbound side of i-95. the accident again in triangle. it's been there for over an hour. look at all the red. you absolutely want to choose your alternate route. avoid 95 at

. >>> happening today, loudoun county residents will get a look at what vdot has planned for a heavily traffic roundabout. the spot where route 50 and 15 meet at gilbert corner will be getting a makeover. megan mcgrath has more from aldi. >> at the auto service, the roundabout is well-known by customers. some have even nicknamed it. >> it's gilbert's corner and now, what, four circles. >> reporter: but whether you call it a squircle or its proper name, the round agt has spelled trouble. >> it's pretty confusing because you don't know which lane to be in that's going to turn or go around. >> reporter: located at the intersection of routes 15 and 50 in aldi, virginia, the roundabout was installed four years ago to ease traffic. and it worked. this time lapse video taking during this morning's rush hour shows a constant flow of traffic, no more long backups. >> it has made traffic much better. it was a gridlock here before they put the circle in. >> reporter: but in fixing old problems, a new one was created. since it was installed, the number of minor fender bernlds has essentially tripl

and we drop into the upper 40s in northern loudoun county. 48 also in manassas. warrenton's been reporting a touch of fog this morning with 53 for waldorf and baden this morning. bowie at 55 and in town well one of the warm spots as usual. and at reagan national. there are the clouds and you can see them overhead on our michael & son weather camera. not affecting viz about at all here at the -- visibility at all here at the surface. the dew points are now in the mid 50s and some of the models hinting at just a slim chance of a shower and spotty shower during the mid oh part of the day. all the big story weather-wise is really out west. we've got this flow of moisture coming in. it's hitting the higher elevations of the rockies and i've seen some snow reports, montana be wyoming in the 18- inch range. so yes going to get going there soon with ski season. offshore though we still have the little twist right here. behind it high pressure northeasterly winds, so get some of the marine layer to come in and that's why today will start with some clouds. and you know mid

loudoun county took the second spot and williamson county, texas, came in first.m county tied for the eighth spot. >>> parents, listen up. we have a consumer alert to tell you about this morning the take a look at this journey girl travel trunk. it holds dolls. the company is recalling almost 13,000 of these because the handle is too sharp apparently. there have been about six reports of incidents including one that required stitches. you can return this trunk to toys 'r' us for a full refund. >>> apparently companies with female bosses make more money. according to a new report firms where women make up a third of board members make on average 42% more profit. the study says the companies that did the best have multiple female managers. >>> well, this morning we have a warning for those of you who will shop for insurance under the affordable health care act. thieves apparently expected to roll out their own scams. tomorrow millions of americans can begin looking at online plans in those health insurance exchanges. interest security experts say crooks will try to

because the corn maze is attribute out to thethe firefighters, and they got some of the west out on in loudounmichael and a the president of the fire volunteer fire company. thank you for coming out on.r >> thank you.>> tha >> you guys are adding something a little extra special at in the festival this year. >> we're trying. >> just the community presence ththe public, publ and more since october being fire prevention month and everything else.erhi and the corn maze being dedicated to the fire t department we like to keep a presence. >> reporter: they have quite theey presence. this is not ane emergency sceney there's no fire here at all. it is a chance for, you know, there's something really cool about fire trucks, right? >> oh, yeah.>> >> i know. >> so you o can come out on and out on see, and tell me about some of these, because some of these are pretty special. got this truck over here that is 1959 ford that belongs to temple here, and john and them board it in, and this is a leesburg grade that is a piece of that we still use and then oh course, we got our immaterial ql the tanker and the