mostly sunny with low humidity. highs near 80 degrees. average height is in the middle or upper 80's. tamara 86. hot and sticky by friday. >> i'm going to talk about canal road. we're hearing that a tree has down and taken a power line parent we're going to have to plan accordingly. this is going to be an alternate for a lot of people. and so they're able to resolve situation, not as simple. clearing construction. there in the process of picking it up. the construction is northbound here. they are working on 270 southbound. going to give you the boca ok. we've will have more information about canal road in our next report. now we will go back to a new. >> new this morning, investigators looking into what caused an apartment fire. >> we are told the fire affected or 12 units. one person was treated for smoke inhalation. about 100 people are displaced. with the fireinto started. >> a man accused of running a prostitution ring is xpected to plead guilty to day. he ran this out of this home. he and other members allegedly and scope outia for

mostly sunny with a few scattered clouds today, mid to upper 80 is with low humidity and. that will change tomorrow. the humidity will increase and the temperature goes up as well. upper 90s by friday through sunday with a slight chance of a few storms. that's the forecast. any new problems on the road? >> no new problems. status quo in virginia. 66 95, the greenway, the dulles toll road normal. moving nicely on the beltway at new hampshire. the problems at the moment temple. looks good at the american legion bridge. metro rail reporting normal service systemwide. newschopper 7 el little while. back to you. >> thank you. could your favorite beach make use 6? -- make you sick? only a dozen current a five-star rating for violations. among the cleanest beaches are delaware and ocean city and dewey. the great lakes region and the highest number of violations. i think i will just go to the swimming pool. >> 63 degrees, 5:11. >> an update on efforts to freeze federal student loan rates. >> and more on > >wars wheeeeeeeeeeeee! whee! whee! wheeeeeeeee! ah heads up. wheeeeeeeeeeee!

you will not regret it with low humidity and comfortable temperatures. from the north and low pressure offshore. we have that combined northeasterly flow off the ocean and easterly flow giving as clouds this morning. let's go to west virginia, 46 in petersburg. elkins, 42 degrees. locally, a little warmer at 63 a dulles airport. 61 in gaithersburg. winchester, 52. near 80 degrees this afternoon. upper 70's to low 80s across the region. a good amount of sunshine later today. 80 through the weekend. below average with low humidity and bright sunshine. we will have to water the garden, because the next chance of rain is not until wednesday. >> be patient this morning. briefed allies on 270 between 8109. 66 merging in centreville. good otherwise. 95 virginia, what you would expect. the blaze near 610 upstream -- delays near 610. looks like all the twinkling lights are behaving on the way to the pentagon. more to come on the traffic side. >> we will see you in a little while. 66 degrees in southeast. >> bad news for the fans of private practice on abc. >> wel

low humidity. a crisp, clear sunrise. looking at that sunrise. it's beautiful. over the nation's capital. beautiful rooftop picture. the 50's for most of us. to walk the dog on that long run you have been meaning to go on. temperatures with low humidity. tomorrow will be good as well, just a few degrees warmer than today. 50 degrees in cumberland, 50 in winchester, 45 in oakland 50. 3 -- 63 in washington along the water. 52 in gaithersburg. if northwesterly wind will be picking up. already at 5-15 miles an hour. we should see gusts around 25 hour later on today. there will be a breeze, but it refreshing because it's coming from the northwest. means cooler, drier, less humid air. dew points in the 40's. you cannot be that in late june in washington. clear skies over the nation's capital and the entire midlantic. you can see a distinct cloud line if you had farther to the south. behind that front is a pressure between the great and new england. you will notice the windy at times today. out of the northwest at 10-20. degrees or the high temperature. most of the day

low 80's downtown with lower humidity.ugh the weekend with similar high temperatures next week. turning up the heat by the middle of next week. looking dry until wednesday. i will have the beach forecast, coming up. now police the >> . 70 westbound fatal crash overnight, all lanes remain closed at route 32. there's a detour. this has been the scenario since 1:30 this morning. eastbound 70, all lanes have been reopened. equipment is now gone. 70 westbound is closed. elsewhere, look at the outer loop in landover past fedex field, there's been a big crash near the john hanson highway on the outer loop. headlights are on the inner loop, and there will be slowing out of greenbelt just to look. much better at university boulevard on the outer loop. now to news. >> we will check back with you a little while. police say they have found the man who kill the dunkin' donuts owner in fairfax county. officers arrested 20-year-old abir ali yesterday at his home in college park, maryland. they have not released a mug shot, but they did p

low humidity and still breezy at times, northwesterly at 10-20. warmer tomorrow. humidity increasing as well. >> we started the morning with some issues on the road. they're all gone. i am tickled about that. giving you the green light of the beltway in tysons and bethesda, across the american legion bridge, fabulous along 270. 66 is quiet near centreville and 495. the wilson bridge is open and is waiting for you. looks good out of dale city to get to springfield, virginia where we take you in this camera. back to you. >> thank you. the montgomery county council has approved new fares. starting july 1 the ride on will cost $1.80 if you pay with cash or a token. $1.60 with a smartrip card. a monthly pass is $45. learn more by calling 311. >> the aids memorial quilt is back in d.c. for the first time in 16 years. they began unraveling it recently. it weighs 54 tons and is more than a million square feet. there were some by hand by family and friends of those who have died of aids. it will be on display at today at the quilt festival. it is 64 degrees in june. i canno

humidity. temperatures in the low 60's or the most part. some fifties off to the north and west of washington. 52 in winchester along with cumberland elkins, 42, 45 in petersburg, 70 along the water in lexington park. 68 in reagan national. dulles airport 62. we will break into sunshine today, highs near 80 all the way through the weekend with low humidity and bright sunshine. no rainfall until the middle of next week. agreeable conditions across most of the country. there could be storms from minneapolis to omaha and iowa and nebraska and kansas. otherwise looking good. rapid city, 81, partly cloudy, 91 in santa fe. 92 in dallas, 92 in miami partly cloudy. more on the extended forecast coming up. >> 6:00 hour, 61 degrees in fairfax. >> some local athletes have olympic sized dreams. what it takes to get to the london games. >> we will talk with a man who spent 13 years as a prisoner of war in africa about is amazing story of survival. >> more and more americans are losing. their losing >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington" w

starting june with low humidity.re from the 50's in about 60areas up to downtown. 57 in warrenton. 54 in leesburg. 60 degrees. in degrees 58 in bethesda. on our way to 77 for the high temperature with low humidity. sun and clouds with spotty sprinkles this afternoon and evening. 30% chance of seeing this. >> in very good shape across the wilson bridge this morning. weekend construction is complete. of maryland and

low humidity. -- definitely, especially with the low humidity. barry unsettled weather pattern in place. that'll give us a chance of rain daily today all the way through thursday. 35% chance of showers. nothing widespread. we had a few light showers especially north and east of washington overnight. we cannot rule out a few sprinkles or light showers later this afternoon and evening and through the night. right now, 63 in washington, 59 in winchester, 55 in gaithersburg. high temperature of 77. running below average today. actually, for the next several days as well. breezy northwesterly wind at 10-20 of. close to 70 tomorrow. now to lisa. >> overnight construction and weekend work now complete. lanes are open around the beltway. that's good news. near oxon hill and alexandria, to and from the wilson bridge open. they had been working overnight in springfield. that project is complete for the evening. the beltway in new carrollton at 450, running smoothly. working in your favor. dry pavement, that'

low humidity. beautiful father's day on sunday. eek, we will see a return of the heat and humidity. especially by tuesday. near 90. we cannot rule out thunder showers by the middle of next week. dry all the way through the weekend. >> all right. thank you. >> coming up, it was not your average night at the ballpark. see what all these people were there to support. >> rock of ages remembers the 80's. even if he would forget about it. i am arch campbell with weekend movies coming up. >> comedian steve harvey's relationship advice. next "anderson." and that's our quarterly wrap-up -- any thoughts? wow. outstanding. off the charts. boo-yah! excelente! that went well. add flavor to your day with dunkin's new breakfast burritos with fire-roasted veggies and delicious steak. try one today. hey, what are you drinking? i'm drinking dunkin'. i'm drinking dunkin'. medium iced, cream and sugar. dunkin' iced all day long. dunkin' keeps me going. it gives me the boost i need. dunkin' iced keeps me moving and grooving. i run on dunkin'. america ru

humid. afternoon highs, low 90s. lots of sun and it's going to get very humid though quickly late thursday night and into friday. and the weekend each day sweltering humidity and torrid heat during the afternoons. highs near 100 degrees on friday, saturday, and sunday. lows in the steamy 70s. only a slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm popping up each afternoon. still rather humid, it does look like at least it will be cooling down a bit. highs to low 90s on monday, perhaps near 90 on touuesday. >>> i'll be back in ten minutes. good morning. >> thanks, tom. if you're traveling the rails we'll start with metro because we are still seeing delays on the metro. had an earlier train malfunction. it's clear but right now delays are as you make your way towards glenmont. on i-95 heading out of stafford you're going start to hit the brakes. und underspeed towards the triangle. that's where you're seeing most of the the lays. passing triangle, though, not so bad. travel lanes are open and bustling in both the hov lanes an

low humidity still in place. still not humid on sunday. morning lows near 60.fternoon highs sunday against near 90 -- again near 90. great beach and pool weather. highs in the mid 80s. showers and thunder late tuesday into wednesday. perhaps part of thursday. highs in the mid 80s each of those days. danella's here with the latest look at traffic. any trouble? >>> well, on some roads we have nice travel speeds. others pretty slow. let's look now. traveling on hunter mill road -- excuse me, the dulles toll road from hunter mill road to the beltway, not bad. 58 miles per hour. that trip taking six minutes now. traveling the beltway from the dulles toll road to the interchange, pretty fast here. 68 miles per hour. you can slow down. those lanes are open. light volume there. 66, you are starting to slow a bit from fairfax county parkway to the beltway. you're traveling at about 48 miles per hour. 12 minutes is the trip you're looking at now. let's head inside the beltway on i-66. spout run parkway. very light volume here. not bad at all. you're at about 52 miles per

sunshine, low humidity and a bit of a wind, a bit of a breeze coming in out of the northwest around 10 to 25 niles per hour. climb into the low 80s by mid-afternoon and back to the 70s by sunset. in florida, heavy rain. latest radar showing bands of tropical showers rolling across florida and the heaviest rains now in northern florida. and that is where my colleague jeff morrow is joining us now from apalachicola. jeff, what is it like there now? >> well, it actually improved here over the last, i'd say, 24 hours. in fact, it has improved greatly. now, over the weekend, as debby was approaching, tremendous wind here on sunday and it did a lot of tree damage, knocked down some power lines. there was actually a barge that got loose out in aploach aplatc bay. yesterday i thought it was going to start to wind down, but debby is moving so slowly that we got a foot of rain here and, actually, some areas just to the east of us ended up with over two feet of rain. you can imagine what kind of flooding that's doing right now. going to take a while for that watter to drain out. in fact, people i

there's low humidity for us and a breeze out of the northwest. ell will be a few degrees warmer. heavy heat and humidity are back friday through the weekend, upper 90s. >> all right. what would you do if you found nearly $13,000 in cash? would you keep it or return it? what one couple did. >> looks like they counted it. the supreme court struck down key parts of arizona opposing immigration law. >> and where your kids go online when you are not around. if you think they are behavin >> the house expected to vote on thursday on whether to hold attorney general eric holder in contempt. house committee last week made the recommendation after he refused to hand over documents related to operation fast and furious. it ended with illegally purchase of guns winding up at crime scenes in mexico. there's a new study about teenagers and the internet. 70% of teenagers hide their online behavior from their parents. they're able to do it by clearing the browser history. what are they hiding? third of teenagers surveyed said that they looked at pornography. one-

low humidity and 55 in winchester, 70 at reagan national. at dulles airport, 61. gaithersburg, 63. 57 in hagerstown. we'll start with a good amount of cloud cover east of the blue ridge. some clouds to start the day then we will break into sunshine to start the day, highs in the upper 70's. anywhere from 78 to 82 today. mostly sunny tomorrow, still low humidity. comfortable stretch all the way through the weekend. what is the latest on a 97? >> a fatal crash happened in the 1:00 hour, northbound 97 closed at benfield. reconstruction is under way. this is a major commuter route for customers wanting to go to baltimore or thurgood marshall airport. if you have an early-morning flight that would affect you. northbound on 97, there is a detour that will cost you extra time. southbound out of baltimore to annapolis, that is open. now to virginia, vdot still has construction northbound on 95. into newington when you get to 7100, there are still lane restrictions. problems on the dulles greenway or the dulles toll road. 28 is good between rockville road and the dulles to

beautiful with low humidity in place, but it's not going to last long. we have the heat and the humidity building beginning late tomorrow. right now, 84 at reagan national and it's going to be a hot afternoon and getting into the upper 80s much of the region and mid to late afternoon and still not very humid tonight or much of the day on thursday. we'll have overnight temperatures by midnight perhaps near 70 and beautiful evening coming up and then near 60 by dawn on thursday and still not very humid during the daylight hours on thursday, but it does look like it will get hotter during the afternoon up to the low 90s with lots of sunshine and low humidity in place, again, tomorrow. but then tomorrow night, it is going to start getting steamy after midnight and especially during the day on friday. you will notice the sweltering humidity and the hotter temperatures. in fact, it may get up near 100 degrees for three days in a row. that includes friday, saturday and sunday each afternoon. so, make sure the ac is working and if you have to be outside in that k

near 90 degrees but with low humidity. sunday, hot and humid, 91. >> still looks beautiful around the beltway. clearing overnight construction it. we don't have any complications to report on the beltway in montgomery prince george's county, looks good at the american legion bridge. this is live at university boulevard. traffic heading away from us -- the outer loop of the beltway it starting next week, we will part the waters. travel times working for us right now on 81, 70 not bad 270 looks good. southern maryland looks good as well as interstate 95. back to you. >> thank you. an important alert in northern virginia tonight. vdot says all lanes of northbound 395 will be shut down at the interchange with 95 and the beltway in springfield. that's from 9:00 tonight until 7:00 tomorrow morning. crews will shift traffic lanes and striped pavement. there will be a detour around the pavement. traffic will be backed up. we are seeing traffic problems already from maryland's newest casino. the roads were jammed from miles during t

by noon the breeze ruffling up, 81 and by 5:00 85 degrees and that nice low humidity. here's the latest radar picture out of florida, still very heavy rain and we fear jacksonville or just south of jacksonville will get the brunt of what is left with now tropical depression debby. very latest with winds of 35 miles an hour and looks like this just updated a couple minutes ago, too. so that's why some of these are a bit askew, but it's back in the atlantic tomorrow afternoon. it will probably strengthen back into a tropical storm. the good news is it stays pretty far away from us well out into the atlantic passing our latitude sunday, could be stronger rip currents at the beaches and check out some of these doppler estimates of rain just today in some of these darker areas. we picked up another foot of rain, maybe a foot more to go and jacksonville will be in the core of it as we look at a prediction of how much rain may fall through wednesday, another 4 to 8 inches between jacksonville and crescent beach. that's a lot of rain. futurecast takes it out of here into the a

low humidity, lots of sun. then tomorrow, still not very humid but hotter. f sun, highs reaching low 90s. then the big heat and sweltering humidity build into friday and the weekend. extreme heat during the afternoon, near 100 degrees each day. only a slight chance of an isolated storm. danella, good morning. how is traffic? >> right now traveling in the district, earlier accident. it was in the northbound lanes of southbound capital street just past the douglas bridge. right lane was blocked. that accident just literally cleared moments ago. you may still see delays. let's head out to route 50 though. here not seeing any delays in maryland. to the beltway, nice and clear. live look if you're making your way on 50 past 301. inbound again, a little bit more volume inbound than outbound. but no accidents and no major delays on either roadways. over to the rails we did have a delay on the rail line. that's now clear. all rails are reporting delays at this time. >>> right now it's 6:23. ahead, the power of suggestion. why experts say just glancing at a picture co

again, low humidity, not very humid. we'll have low humidity in place, too, on sunday. gain near 90 with lots of sunshine. so it's definitely a weekend for the sunscreen. great beach and pool weather. monday, back to work and school. getting more humid. highs in the mid 80s. looks like we'll have a possible of some showers moving in. perhaps late on tuesday and off and on on wednesday. maybe some thunder and lightning. that might linger into thursday is the way it looks now. now let's have a look at our friday morning commute. danella's joining us. any problems? >>> yes. if you're traveling in northwest d.c., still have massachusetts avenue closed between idaho avenue and wisconsin avenue. the crash there is a single-vehicle crash. that car is overturned. please avoid the area. now let's head up to westbound i-70 at route 144, that's east patrick street. had all of those westbound lanes blocked. guess what, that crash is clear. those lanes are open. now let's check up on i-270. not seeing any issues. in fact, a live look traveling in gaithersburg past shady grove, in fac

80's, bright sunshine, low humidity. the nationals have a game on the yankees.gainst the normally you have to fix heat this time of but we will have it again next week. intense humidity by tuesday. >> we have a crash that closes 70 down at 32. that has been for quite some time. your document in an accident on -- on the westbound direction. at powder mill road in bowie accident. is wrapping up of.truction they have to change the traffic on the outer loop between new hampshire and three lanes to the .eft and one lane to the right we will see how that works out for the rush hour. no delays so far. we will see how that transpires. now to a news. >> new this morning, a man motorcycle crash last night in prince george's county. before 10:30 on capitol streets in capitol heights. was traveling westbound on central avenue? when another driver made a left turn onto coolidge and right into the path of a motorcycle. the motorcyclist was taken to the hospital, where he died. other driver remained on the cooperating. >> the w4 metrob

you will need it later on today. 75 for the high temperature with low humidity. et the fresh air in the windows. degreesloudy, 80 tomorrow. degrees on sunday with humidity again. that's all for the weather. lisa. >> gearing up for a nice morning rush hour so far. around the beltway, no accidents. overnight construction has been cleared. giving you the green light right now on the inner loop and outer loop, to and from the american legion bridge, on the maryland side and the virginia side, if down from frederick clarksburg, here are the to gethts are southbound down to. to up to thelooks springfield, this is from 95 to get on to the beltway towards the wilson bridge, which is also quiet. back to you. >> thank you. 56 degrees outside. >> still to come, a singer gladys knight is keeping busy after dancing. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firew

low humidity, just a delightful day. you're going to spend much time out though, it's deceptive because it feels so comfortable you can get a quick burn. you will definitely need sun block. low 60s. a look at the weekend and coming into next week, too, with your seven-day outlook. that's in ten minutes. how is our traffic? >> right now, following breaking news on the beltway. this time the outer loop as you approach route 50. crash there blocking three of your left lanes. look at 202. if you're traveling on the outer loop of the beltway, jammed. in fact, at a stand still in this area. big delays this morning as you're traveling the outer loop. now looping a around the beltway. approaching university boulevard. have another crash that's moved to the shoulder lane, right shoulder lane. you are seeing just a bit of volume hitting the brake past university boulevard. once you pass university you look much better. still checking the rails as well with no reported delays along the metro, marc, or the vre. >>> now ahead, one of

low humidity today and breezy at times with 87 the high and back into the lower 90's tomorrow but thet and humidity comes back and i will tell you about that coming up. >> the battleground state of virginia is the focus of the mitt romney campaign today. >> he will make a stop in sterling. john gonzales joins us live with more. >> coming off a win in utah mitt romney is holding back to back the events in virginia. he will be campaigning at a company that provides electronic designs and sterling but the focus will be on immigration reform and the country's economy. as he heads to sterling, he is wasting no time challenging president obama on immigration reform saying that the president failed to lead and the president said voters now have a choice. he has a new policy the removes the threat of deportation for young undocumented immigrants. both contenders know it is the economy that will likely decide. the obama campaign released a series of ads in battleground states accusing mitt romney of shipping jobs overseas. mitt romney says the president has not given middle income families a f

keep the windows open all day long with low humidity. ew isolated showers here and they're especially west of washington throughout the day. tomorrow we cannot rule out a stray thunderstorm. heat and humidity return on the weekend, a swimming pool whether by saturday and sunday. tipping the scales and 90 degrees on sunday with increasing humidity as well. now policeto lisa baden. >> heavy volume southbound to 70 with everything open leaving 80 to get to 109, some slow traffic. let's look at things upstream. 395 a northbound from the beltway to get to the. pentagon the. this will change so make sure to stick around. back to news. >> hopefully, you had a chance to check this out yesterday. you will have to live 105 years to see it again. >> it was the transit of venus across the sun yesterday. people got the chance to see the rear cosmic event. viewing parties were held off throughout our area. venus looks like a small dot as it passed between the earth and the sun. you can see it in these images. >> it's pretty cool. a lot of people lined

because it will be cool and low humidity to start the day.ning showers and thunderstorms are possible and monday also a better chance of showers and thunderstorms with the cold front coming through. overnight clear to partly cloudy and pleasant. open the windows if you want. lows will be in the low 60s to low 70s around downtown. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy and nice. air quality is code yellow which is moderate. temperatures starting out in the 60s and 70s. now for the afternoon, we could see some increasing clouds mixed in with the sun. it will still be warm and again the chance for showers and storms and highs upper 60s to lower 90s. winchester 85 and leesburg manassas around 87 degrees for your afternoon high. then in downtown, 89. annapolis also looks pretty good at 87 degrees. here's your next three days. monday is a code yellow alert day because of the chance for some showers and storms and temperatures in the mid 80s and on tuesday look at thatment we collagen -- that. we cool down to the lower 80s. plenty of sunshine and then for

low 1r0, low humidity. going to be a little warmer today but we are not expecting any rain. low 80s, low humidity. 69 here in washington. 62 this morning in baltimore. you can see how comfortable we are across the region. look at dulles falling back into the 50s. 57degrees at this hour. 56 down in ocean city. nice start. it will be a bright and beautiful day. today, the mid an upper 80s. the mid-atlantic, you can get up into the great lakes and much of new england and not find anything in the way of cloud cover overnight. high pressure keeping us nice and dry. that will be feet -- tea if -- the feature around here the next couple of days. the chances today are about zero for rain. >> i know we need the rain but it is pretty darned perfect. >> it has been very nice. wait until you see the five-day forecast. >> it is perfect. i guess julie wright, no doubt about it, when it is weather like this, it is a good day for you. >> it is a good day. no problems reported around the capital beltway. so far, theener loop holding steady. no problems reported around to the work zone at univ

high temperature of 80 degrees with low humidity. warmer tomorrow, but still comfortable in terms of humidity. back to 90 degrees by sunday and into early next week with increased humidity a little bit. looks dry and through sunday. >> 95 in virginia northbound looks good, one lane block at 6 10 with construction. all lanes should be set free very soon. will take you upstream to 395 and crossing over the 14th street bridge, looks season heading onto the freeway, light volume. the traffic under the 14th street bridge is 395. between the pentagon and the airport looks good. the next camera is going to be the american legion bridge, crossing the potomac river nicely on this side of town. to and from reagan national, also in good shape at dulles and debt thurgood marshall. back to you. >> thank you. it's 57 degrees. >> still ahead, backstage drama. miss usa. a contest and claims the whole contest was rigged and [ male announcer ] one taste of the new mccafé cherry berry chiller at mcdonald's, and you won't be able to pull yourself away. m

few thunderstorms cannot be ruled out. 83 degrees tomorrow for the high temperature with still low humiditylevels. still looking like we will be around 90 degrees on sunday with an uptick in the humidity. a pleasant weekend overall with a good amount of sunshine. >> 5:22 is the time, 57 degrees. >> living to play another day or night. the new jersey devils. prevent a devils. -- >> next "anderson" -- mtv's "teen mom" and the real face of teen pregnancy. >> kevin durant from way down. >> gets the inside. oklahoma is much better than just ok. the of the conference champions now. they defeated san antonio 107- 99. kevin durant led the way with 34 points. game 6 of the nba finals tonight. >> happy for him. speaking of finals, the new jersey devils staved off elimination last night in los angeles. game 5 is on saturday in new jersey. let the kings still hold a dominating 3-1 lead. here's tim brant. >> the nationals will host the mets in an afternoon matinee this afternoon. the nationals won last night's game in a first-. this was the first inning. a base hit. that's the tone for the rest of the n

low humidity. just a few thundershowers any time between 2:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. just a quick downpour. a 30% chance. a little warmer tomorrow. i will talk about that coming up. >> thank you. top story this morning is a big shake-up in d.c. government. kwame brown is out of a job. brianne carter tells us what caused the sudden resignation. >> good morning. when asked about whether or not he had any plans to resign on tuesday, kwame brown said no but that is exactly what has happened after facing these charges. we could hear from him about all of this later today. this is the latest shake-up involving the d.c. council. >> kwame brown stepped down from his post after being charged by the feds with bank fraud for allegedly lying about his income on loan applications. his resignation letter -- "i have made some serious mistakes in judgment for which i will take full responsibility." >> it is a sad day for us on the council. >> his charges the latest in a string of alleged wrongdoing involving city lead

bright and sunny day with low humidity peeking in the low 80s mid afternoon.k at big changes on the way for the end of the week and weekend. that's in ten minutes. danella, how is traffic now? >> tom, still watching i-270 very slow. in fact, a look at germantown road. earlier crash is gone. solid delays as you make your way southbound. even beyond germantown road. let's head over to ifrk-95. your travel speed, about 28 miles per hour. 22 minutes from the occoquan to get to the beltway. live look at 395 as you continue on, passing duke street. pretty slow from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. lookingike 27 minutes drive from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. aaron and angie? >> 6:43 now, today the university of virginia's ousted president could learn if she will get her job back. uva board of visitors meet this afternoon to discuss whether to reinstate teresa sullivan. a lot of students and faculty were furious about having her resign less than two years after she took the job. thousands of them rallied on the campus on sunday. adding to the pressure

the humidity will turn on sunday. low 90's, as well. hot and humid by the end of the weekend. near 90's. beaches are looking good your brights untenured 80's pure water temperatures near 70. >> we turn to the very latest scandal involving the d.c. city council. former council chair, kwame brown, is preparing to head the go to court today. >> he is expected to face two charges. brianne carter is live with more. >> a busy schedule today for kwame brown. two court appearance is scheduled. the first of which will happen at 11:00 a.m. right here in federal court and just hours later, another appearance to face a judge of d.c. superior court. former d.c. council chair, kwame brown, is expected to face two judges today on two separate charges. >> it seems like every other week someone else is getting into something and it is very tiring. >> he is facing federal charges of bank fraud for allegedly lying on a loan application. is also facing a misdemeanor charge for campaign finance violations. according to documents, during his 2008 election, he kept inside account and relatives who b

now we're looking at low humidity here. nice day. >> it was. >> the low humidity will last through the week. let's start with a live look outside. new weather cam brought to you by michael and son. this is looking northward down wisconsin avenue toward bethesda. and looking at just a few clouds. but really a very nice evening. 80 degrees. the dew points are in the 40s. what that means is, you can, wait a minute. i'm sorry. that's looking east over the beltway. dew points in the 40s. so an entirely different air mass than yesterday. we were in the low 70s. it was muggy and horrible. open your windows, but not too far because it will be cool. pressure is steady at 29.98 inches of mercury. look at wind. 23-mile per hour wind gusts in manassas and 20 miles per hour. it's due north, okay, and that brought in cooler air and some dryer air. much more comfortable. temperatures, 78 in arlington. 75 already in bethesda. upper 70s in rockville. mid 70s in great falls. 78 in sterling. still 77 out in leesburg and still 79 in manassas.

upper 40's in outlying areas. 75 this afternoon with low humidity, keep the windows open. near 90 by sunday with added humidity. the real heat is not in the northeast. 270 in syracuse, 57 in boston for the high temperature. -- 70 in syracuse. of passover, 99 later on today. a few thunderstorms from the great plains and northern plains, parts of kansas all the way into texas. in terms of airport delays, nothing to worry about. looks good all across the eastern half of the united states, so that looks good. now the latest on the roads with lisa baden. lisa? >> she is deep in thought trying to pull up the latest delays. my now it is 6:11, 56 degrees outside. >> of to a nice start. wait until you hear what a child was served when his mother ordered him and orange juice. >> and a d.c. council member went after a wtop reporter. >> experts say that you may not need an advanced degree to get ahead. well the kids wanted a puppy but they can be really expensive. so to save money i just found them a possum. dad, i think he's dead. probably just playin' possum. sfx: possum hisses there

and again near 90 on sunday with low humidity. bit. could get showers and thunder on tuesday, perhaps off and on on wednesday, it might linger into thursday morning. >>> good morning, if you're traveling along i-270, making your way southbound here, we are seeing some delays this morning, as you get closer to the beltway. let's look at route 50 inbound at landover road. heavy on the brakes and you're under speed as you make your way to 295, at about 30 miles per hour. eun, back to you. and that's our quarterly wrap-up -- any thoughts? wow. outstanding. off the charts. boo-yah! excelente! that went well. add flavor to your day with dunkin's new breakfast burritos, with fire-roasted veggies and delicious steak. try one today. >>> 8:30 now on a friday morning. the 8th day of june, 2012. we've got a beautiful day, and a beautiful crowd, and these are the perfect can bes for a great concert. coming up we've got new look sensation chris brown performing for a sold out crowd, a crowd who's been waiting. the anticipation is really growing.

tomorrow your two-degree guarantee, 86, sunny, dry, warmer but still very low humidity. that continues into tomorrow night. tomorrow night is the last time you'll be able to say i'm turning off the ac. after that lows in the 70s with the classic maryland summer humidity back in effect. that's going to hold up right into the weekend, jamie, with a slight chance of a storm each day. hey, the first day of july coming sunday. >> get a shot of that freon, baby. >>> hey, soon you're going to be safer. the roads have started harford county to start a task force to find a way to put the brakes on so many losing their lives in traffic accidents. >> we only have four or five officers on duty at any given time. the task force is going to bring maybe 10 officers to the town of bel air for an eight-hour period. >> buckle up. don't cut anyone off or else you'll have red lights flashing in your rear view mirror. >> it's the michael and ryan show. michael phelps qualified for the 200 meter free style. so michael is trying to get eight events in london. that means have more gold than fort

highs each day near 80 with low humidity. getting hot and humid next week. >> still following breaking news on the beltway outer loop. still only two right lanes get by. tractor trailer accident slowing you down. aaron? >> that is "news4 today." thank you for starting your day with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back here on monday morning at 4:28. hope you will join us then.

, low humidity.nother song on the plaza in front of the throng of fans. amazing the impact he has. another concert friday, country star kenny chesney will be here. he wants you to help pick one of the songs. the choice is "summertime," "beer in mexico," my favorite because beer anywhere is good. "living in fast forward." >> do you have a pick? >> i think "summertime." speaking of summertime, it's not just women wearing white, we'll show you the season's hottest style trend for men, how guys with sport bright white. sunday all about us dads. we're making a meal that will make his day. a marinated skirt steak along with a sweet desert to top it off. >> a well dressed man and a steak. life is good. >> check your weekend, >> see what we have for you. starting off tomorrow with rain in the pacific northwest and sizzling in the southwest and interior california, risk of strong storms in the mid-plains and mild and sunny all along the east coast and same on father's day, father's day and kind of cool in new

low humidity. this is kind of a nice change of pace for june. the most part, it stays comfortable through the week and into the weekend. let's start with a live look outside. this is one of our new weather cameras. this is perched on top a tower in wisconsin avenue. you're looking north down wisconsin avenue towards b town, bethesda. this is brought to you by michael and son. high was 82. dew point much more comfortable tonight in the upper 40s and low 50s. winds calming down now to the north at 12 and the pressure responding. temperature -- pressure responding at 0.45 and rising. here is the deal. a good hair day again tomorrow, anita. i thought i would dloe that in. not -- throw that in. we had winds over 30 miles an hour today. not the case tomorrow. it will remain comfortable in terms of humidity and it will be warming up over the weekend but not getting crazy humid on saturday. a little more so on sunday on the father's day. but still pretty darn nice. overnight, partly cloudy and cool. open the windows. 56-66. and winds turn a little bit n

a another day with low humidity. low 60sed in morning.ening and into monday, we could get a few passing thunder shower. that's a front coming through ushering in another area of low humidity. that will be arriving mid week. highs only near 80. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >> still looking at two accidents on i-95 in virginia. it's a mess right now. first one, north of the beltway. excuse me, north of the occoquan. crash is on the left shoulder lane but these delays here jammed because of the accident. as you make your way at route 1, right now see the flatbed just arriving to the scene. you can see the car that's blocking the left lane here is completely reversed at this time. so two of your left lanes are blocked. again, very slow, jammed even from the occoquan to route one. on the trails, marc, looking at a 45-minute delay right now because of mechanical problems. also a twvl-minute delay on camden south train 841. back over to you. >>> traffic alert now expect big time delays on the beltway near the wilson bridge this weekend.

only in the 50s to around 60 degrees under a clear sky and low humidity in place. later today with that strong june sun, we'll warm into the low 80s by mid-afternoon and northerly breeze to around 15 to 20 miles per hour. the wind will sotal down tonight and tomorrow another gorgeous day with low humidity and getting hot and humid >>> and that's your latest weather. ann. >> al, thank you. could you remain calm if you were home and someone broke into your home? that happened to a 13-year-old girl in florida who grabbed her younger brother, hid in the closet and dialed 911. mark potter in fort laud, florida with details on this story. good morning. >> reporter: it came into 911 where a dispatcher helped the 13-year-old girl who she would later call a hero. home alone in pompano beach, 13-year-old alexis and her 10-year-old darren saw some older boys trying to break into their house. >> i could see their shadows through this curtain but i couldn't picture their face. so i get freaked out and run towards my room with my brother. >> reporter: in the bedroom they locked t

low humidity still around on sunday, too, with highs in the 80s.lthough sunday evening we've got a small chance of shower or thunder shower. and then, cooler tuesday/wednesday. highs only near 80. low humidity into the end of the week. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >> good morning. overnight road work looks to be completely gone now. traveling 66 making your bay eastbound at nuttily. just seeing the cones picked up earlier. only the left lane was blocked here. you were able to get by on the right. now the travel lanes are open as you head to the beltway. 56 miles per hour. 11 minutes to get in fr fairfax county parkway to the beltway. continuing on i-66, nice and clear. no road work and no delayses at all. eastbound travel sensors are picking up driving at 56 miles per hour. 11 minutes to the beltway. i'm back in ten with a look at your rails. richard and yooueun, back over you. >> and that ball is killed! fair ball right field corner. florez will score. adam being waved around. here comes the throw. it is 4-2, nationals. >> you go. the nat

we have low humidity levels. we're going to have light winds this morning becoming northwest 10 to 15 so a bit of a breeze. temperatures a little warmer than yesterday. yesterday we stopped in the low 80s. today about 88 is where we're going to get for that high 4:00, 5:00 this afternoon. if you've got plans this evening, still looks pretty good with an 8:00 p.m. temperature still about 84 degrees. we're looking at temperatures now still in the 50s in spots. in fact low 50s up in gaithersburg. coming into the low 50s in northern loudoun county and manassas. lovettsville 53. centreville 58. 61 in fairfax. we'll go to the east in prince george's county. mid-50s in upper marlboro 56 but andrews 66 along with alexandria and bwi, columbia thork. very comfort -- columbia this morning, very comfortable 61. bright sunshine this morning. no clouds in the sky. 68 degrees with a west, northwesterly wind at 12 and the humidity a very pleasant 47%. that will be the key to today. the humidity levels are down. as we look at nat

we'll have a lot of sunshine on friday and low humidity still in place. by noontime, we'll be in the low to mid-70s and mostly cloudy, a little break in the cloud cover, a little sunshine in and out, then partly sunny during the afternoon. just a slight chance of a sprinkle, highs reaching the upper 70s. and i'll be back in ten minutes with a hometown 4-cast. danella's here now with a look at traffic. good morning. >>> good morning. taking a live look at i-95. if this is your commute this morning, let's talk delays. first as you're making your way northbound by 610 heading north, past quantico, slow to triangle. then you'll get a little bit of a break. seeing just a bit of a delay in dale city, and then again pretty clear until you get right around fairfax county parkway. you can see even the hov lanes as they're exiting off, pretty slow in this area, but not bad. as you make your way from quantico, look, you're at about 47 miles per hour. that means you're moving. got to look on the bright side. taking about 30 minutes to get from quantico to the beltway.

. >> low humidity levels mean that fire could remain. just a few scattered showers across central and coastal maryland. virginia beach, nor full getting hammered. still a storm in the vicinity, but these are still on the extreme southern tip of virginia. it only 200th of an inch down at the inner harbor. from here for the next few days, temperatures should settle back to near normal. there is a hint of that and only 60 degrees, 64 in oakland and garrett county. 72 in pittsburgh. this is where it is coming from, so expect to temperatures overnight. the lower the dew point, the drier the air. a dw point is rare into the 40's, but that's an indication of how cool and dry the air will be. down to near 50's as a matter of fact. some of these areas in allegany in garrett county will see temperatures into the low 40's overnight tonight in far western maryland as this pushes this out and settles in for a nice summer weather. the front moving through here blocks tropical storm debby for moving our way, but it's been a drenching couple of days. 48

it will not be humid today. low 90's by sunday. at that point you will notice the humidity.>> not really. 95 is great between richmond and baltimore. loaded up is normal travel times right now even between dale city and the beltway and it looks good if looks good270 66, and the greenway, the dulles toll road, a live picture southbound moving at speed with light volume of shady grove road. now back to news. >> on the hill, the republican- controlled house passed a $36 billion bill funding the homeland security department. that measure includes $5 billion in disaster spending that complies with a budget agreement last summer opposed by tea party conservatives. senate may take up the bill later this summer. suicides among u.s. troops is surging. military suicides have averaged nearly one per day this year. the numbers reflect military burdened with wartime demands from iraq and afghanistan and taken a greater toll than forcing a decade ago. the military also struggling with increased sexual assaults alcohol abuse, and domestic violence. it appears that former president george h

low humidity. absolutely perfect june day. highs reaching the low 80s. another cool night tonight. 50s by dawn on wednesday. and another spectacular day tomorrow. definitely need sun block with this dry air. quick burn. highs reaching the mid 80s tomorrow. more humid on thursday and a little hotter, a little haze in the air. highs reaching the low 90s on thursday afternoon. then the big heat builds, does look like for friday, saturday, and sunday, each day into the mid, maybe even a few isolated places. high humidity each day, too. there's about a 30% chance of afternoon or evening thunderstorm friday and a small chance saturday, sunday, and monday in the steam heat. i'll be back in ten minutes. danella is here now with our tuesday traffic. >>> still tracking breaking news. traveling southbound on i-270 at germantown road. multi-vehicle accident in this area blocking the right side of the road. you are able to get by. single file to the left as these vehicles are doing. you're absolutely jammed. still at father hurley boulev d boulevard. it's just a very

upper 80s by mid to late afternoon with low humidity and a lot of sunshine. or friday, saturday and sunday upper 90s near 100 and a small chance of an isolated thunderstorm and little bit cooler first part of next week. danella, how is traffic? >> route 50 in maryland looks a lot better. earlier a crash on the beltway and it's clear and head inbound towards new york avenue. traveling over the 14th street bridge, still pretty slow as you make your way into the city. angie? >> thank you, danella. don't forget to >>> hello, everybody. it's wines-day. wednesday june 27th and sometimes we don't know how we get on the air. >> remarkable. >> yeah. >> it was weird yesterday because there were some news reports that nora ephron who we've had on our show passed away. it was one of those things so jarring. there weren't many reports she was even ill. >> the first one i read was just the other day. she's so beloved. everybody adores her and has a nora story. i read the paper and there it was. life is just so brief. she was only 71 years old and leaves behind a treasure-tr