to 0.5 miles in manassas. these are some examples of the reduced visibility and you'll have to take caution through the morning. clear skies otherwise. sunshine will burn all the fog quickly. the blue arrow'ws that indicates the air flow. 72 this morning in minneapolis. 76 in kansas city. when you start your day in the 70's, it's going to be hot and humid. it's one to be well in the 90's for those areas. and will get pushed into washington this midweek. he will start to notice changes tomorrow. pleasant monday with heat and humidity, but not so bad especially compared with what is coming later this week. sunshine, and 90's on wednesday and thursday with high humidity. probably some heat advisory is by the middle of the week as well. then a front friday through the weekend could give us areas of storms. it does not look widespread. reduce that by now. how was a commute? >>> it is pleasant for metro rail, marc rail, vre. no worries on 495 all the way around the beltway. 66 and 95, volume just starting to grow. o

is the second manassas if you go to the park its of the manassas battlefield was the masterpiece and what did it is combine a strategic or operational offensive in the march around john pope and once they got in the battlefield of second manassas they assumed the tactical defensive until august august 30th, and in a counter attacks and came very close to destroying the union army of virginia because then you go down there and go to henry house hill and down below is this stone house where that intersection if they were to capture that post army would have been scattered all over and forced to surrender but they can close but never did. from the seven days of the beginning of july until the end of august, somehow this army the parts of it came together. this was a different army than the march on seven days. communication was much better. jackson had gotten out of whatever had bothered him or caused him to have a sub-par performance during the seven days she was the one that executed the law march. it's clearly becoming a solid commander of the time both he and jackson would have wing

he will use it at second manassas again. but after that he sitting in northern virginia, and is looking around and he feels he has to take the war across the potomac into maryland. the difficulty with that is he's looking at an army that the men are physically just worn out. they have gone many miles, but they are going to fall. and what is interesting we know from research of others is that probably his army at the time outnumbered in the neighborhood of 70-75,000, and the fact they are just of the potomac river at the beginning of december. he acted -- well, he wrote to davis and asked him if it was okay, but he wrote to davis to ask permission when had already started to army forward. and davis of course is going to grant it is because, you know, davis even in that year earlier, there was discussions within the administration, how can we take the war, not into maryland but into pennsylvania. they wanted to expand the borders of the confederacy. but when lee crossed that river he's going to risk a great do. the straggling

it is not bad. 57 in manassas. cool to mild conditions everywhere we look and the humidity is actually lower than it was yesterday morning. let's take a look at the satellite-radar and try to explain what is going on today. first of all, plenty of sunshine today. couple of clouds here and there. later on today, i think we'll see a few more clouds come through here during the course of the afternoon. it is not going to become mostly cloudy. there is a big ridge of high pressure out here. so that is actually working its way around that ridge of high pressure. it will bring it right through the mid-atlantic area. some clouds will come through late in the day. we could see a shower or thunderstorm develop with that cloud cover that comes in during the late afternoon and during the evening hours. so the forecast for today looks like this. code orange for air quality. not the greatest air quality out there. a mix of sun and clouds. an isolated thunderstorm possible late. high about 91 degrees. that is nine degrees above

i think both run and manassas degree in fact, it is really the second manassas.f you go to the park is manassas battlefield. grizzlies masterpiece. combined a strategic or operational offensive around john pope. they assumed the tax bill defensive until august the 30th. then it would counterattack. they came very close to destroying the army of virginia. then you go down there. henry house will. down below it is a stone house. it is where the work turned. if they were to capture that pubs army would have been scattered all over. he would have been forced to surrender. they came close but never did. from the seven days at the beginning of july until the end of august some of this army to all parts of it came together. this is a different army. the communication was much better. jackson had gotten out of would never have bothered him or costa and to have a subpar conformance during the seven days. he was the one that executed the flag marched. forestry is clearly becoming a solid wing commander. but he and jackson. in that sense it is in many ways the masterpiece e

manassas 84. 86 degrees in frederick, hagerstown 83. the average high is in the lower 80s. so a few degrees above that. our satellite radar picture has been pretty quiet. dry, lots of sunshine with the high pressure in place, but the bermuda high is going to make things feel uncomfortable. the heat wave does return. nice and dry tonight. get outside if you can. get that run or bike ride in. tuesday morning, maybe some patchy fog. generally around the central shanendoa valley. and the heat and humidity on the rise. here's your future cast. dc, we're not worried about any shower and thunderstorms over the next 24 hours. maybe some clouds coming in by late afternoon tomorrow. i think we can see some spotty activity in the mountains tomorrow afternoon. also we're picking up storms to the far northeast of us. more toward baltimore tomorrow night, but the immediate dc area looks good. it will be a nice warm day. tonight clear to partly cloudy and mild. open the windows, lows will be 60 to 68 degrees. winds will be light. sunset at 8:30 tonight. lows tonight, generally mid 60s. ar

manassas 84. frederick 84 degrees also. so for tonight, what can you expect? we're going to expect clear to partly cloudy skies and mild. open the windows if you want. lows will be 60 to 68 degrees. winds will be light. generally temperatures around 67 in downtown. 61 for manassas. 60 in frederick. it will be a cool start tomorrow morning. we'll talk about that heat wave and how long it lasts coming up a little later. derek. >> thank you annie. >>> they are bringing in the heavy machinery. we'll tell you about that. but first, church and state may need to be separate, but should they be equal? we'll be taking a look at that question a little later on in our show. stay with us. >>> back now with a look at the fields in the center of a lawsuit in arlington county. earlier this year when the county rejected a request by the washington archdiocese to install lights at the high school. now the archdiocese is suing. it says since the county did allow lights at other high schools, the archdiocese believes that decision was descrim story. >>> the civil liberty's union

we can take this stuff. 84 manassas. hagerstown at 82 degrees. lots of sun, a few high level clouds. a really nice day today to kick off the workweek. here's a look at the satellite radar picture. lots of sunshine, a few high clouds out there. the bermuda high, going to increase the humidity in the next couple of days. the heat wave does return. go outside, get that walk or run in. tuesday morning maybe some patchy fog in the usual locations, like the central shenandoa valley. the heat and humidity back on the rise. you'll start to feel it tomorrow. here's a look at your future cast. we stay dry the next 24 hours or so. by tomorrow afternoon, maybe a few clouds coming in. i think out toward the west, we could see some showers and some thunderstorms popping up tomorrow afternoon. also maybe up to the north of us as well. more closer to the mason dixon line and then i think generally we'll start to see humidity increase as the southwesterly winds kick in by tomorrow afternoon. so for tonight, clear to partly cloudy and mild. open the windows. winds

up to the north across pennsylvania, western maryland, upper 60s, 70s toward raleigh, 71. 63 in manassas, 62 haymarket. 65 in fairfax and bethesda. 64 columbia, 63 bay den and now in alexandria 66 and a warm but pleasant start in the mid-80s today. >>> angie, happy monday. >> back at you. thank you. halfway through the 4:00 hour, not much on the roadways. we have the green light on. taking you back to construction we're monitoring. outer loop at i-95, drivers will lose a couple right lanes. keeping it going over to the inner loop at georgia avenue, we have a left lane blocked until 5:00 this morning. 270 drivers are all clear out of urbana, past father hurley down towards the split. in virginia 66 eastbound is checking out without incident as drivers make their way from haymarket, past manassas to inside the beltway. we are looking at prince george's county roadways coming up at 4:40. andrea, mike. >>> suleman brown is expected to testify today. he claims he was promise add lucrative job if he campaign against and publicly bashed adrian fenty during last year's campaign. the one time may

traffic volume heavy raffling between the two 34 interchanges out of manassas. there is also delays on northbound i-95 as you travel across the occoquan and then slow going here in newington traveling north of 7100 headed through ving field. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> we're monitoring metro this morning with details on an accident between two metrobuses. this happened yesterday in southeast d.c. the buses collided near the intersection of martin luther king avenue and w street around 2:45 in the afternoon. we are told several passengers were injured. >>> metro plagued with metro escalators. # 2% of the escalators are out of service for re-- 22% of the escalators are out of service for repairs. the report says 55 positions will need to be added. >> the metro system has 588 escalate you ares on it. there is no transit system more depend won't escalators. on any given day, we are constantly making repairs, trying to keep as many of them in service as possible. >> if you see something that just doesn't seem right at metro, we want to know abou

manassas also. culpeper 101. fredericksburg 99. it's going to be warm and hot. here's your seven-day outlook. hot and humid wednesday through thursday. slight chance for some thunderstorms. mainly out toward the west tomorrow for our main town communities. the good news here, we are cooling down. that is celebrate fairfax kicks off. the weekend still looking unsettled. showers and thunderstorms look possible through friday and into the weekend. cooling down into the lower 80s. more seasonal weather. drink plenty of fluids. >> still ahead, 40-mile per gallon cars really get 40 miles per gallon? consumer reports puts them to the test. >>> up next, an assault caught on tape. a woman who knocked out another at a maryland bar. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] keurig brews more than just hot coffee. now you can brew over ice for delicious iced coffee or tea. hot or cold, keurig is the way to brew everyone's favorite cup in under a minute. choose. brew. enjoy. keurig. choose. brew. enjoy. your home and auto policies and save. don't worry, tiny people. flo is a

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. >> the driver of the monster eugene johnson was well-known in manassas as a magician, a constant at many children's birthday parties. >> it is heartbreaking. man, i don't know what to say. i cannot believe it. he was a very nice guy. he was a family oriented guy. i used to see him walking up here sometimes. >> the second female passengers to die has yet to be identified. there was another male passenger who paramedics took to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. live from police headquarters in palmer park, courtney robinson abc 7 news. >>> we have a heads up for drivers in the district today. some northeast streets are closed while pepco crews finish fixing underground cables blamed for last week's power outage. first street is closed between l and m. pearce disclosed from north capitol street 2 first street. uecker lane of north capitol street disclosed at l street. those closers asia and later today. -- booker blainthe curb lane of north capitol street is closed at l. >>> rick santorum will announce his candidacy for president in western pennsylvania. he is expected t

. -- manassas at 63. the average high is 82. today, 84. hot and humid air will move into the region. near 90 degrees tomorrow. we will be in the upper 90's on wednesday and thursday with a lot of sunshine and maybe thunderstorms by friday and into the weekend. now let's look provokes. >>> nice and smooth. there was debris on 95 at 216. some folks suffered damage from that. you might find a little activity on both shoulders. no activity on 95 in virginia. looks good between fredericksburg and springfield. no problems at the 14th street bridge. looks good on the beltway at the wilson bridge. 66 eastbound, clearing construction. >>> 4:41, 66 degrees. >> another candidate gets ready to join the already crowded list of gop white house hopefuls. >> two new drugs freight rail delivered caterpillar to peoria more than 100 years ago. and they're still delivering cat machines today. you can find us on every continent. and the journey starts here on freight rail america's freight rail c companies. helping deliver jobs across this country and goods ar

haze with 3 miles in quantico and manassas. a little fog in one or two spots. mostly sunny, look at temperatures this afternoon, lower to mid-80s. it is time for angie goff to tell you what's happening on the roads. >>> thank you, howard. as we get into the 6:00 hour, right now the green light stays on, no problems to report at this time. in fact, we want to take you over to virginia, 66 show you the eastbound trip, nice and clear from any major accidents or incidents even construction. outside we are watching volume build out of manassas over to 29 and then 50 to 123, using brakes a little bit. moving back over to the real time graphics, move it over to 395, show you we have yellow on the map outside approaching seminary, drivers are below speed. that delay is on the way. your travel times for you, hello maryland outer loop from 95 to 270 still in the green. 270, southbound no problems approaching the beltway and d.c.'s 295 no complaints. a look at construction in northeast d.c. i'll have that at 6:12. andrea and mike back to you. >>> thank you, former d.c. ma

the driver was from manassas. the married father, seen here on his website was a magician who perform that kids' birthday parties. neighbors today just hearing the news are stunned. >> is heartbreaking. i don't know what to say. i can't believe it. he was a very nice guy. you would see him walking sometimes. >> that is very unfortunate. really sad. they were a very, very sweet family. i can't say enough good about them. >> she was a very nice lady. she has worked for her a couple times and she asked a bunch of questions. they were very nice people. we came over to hang out. >> it's a very unfortunate. it is very tragic. they are wonderful people. >> the police have yet to identify the third fatality in the crash was also a female. a fourth passenger was taken to the hospital with non-life- threatening injuries. >> thank you very much. >>> the d.c. chief is the highest paid police officer and our region. a new report shows the chief makes $253,000 a year. that's about $36,000 more than the montgomery county chief p

two and a half manassas. there is haze out there as well.he fog up there is a problem right now. temperatures this afternoon they're going to bounce back, lower 80s near the bay, but mid-80s in town, one or two spots may make the upper 80s, holter than this by mid week. here's angie with your time saver traffic. >>> thank you, howard, hello everybody. halfway through 5:00, the green light stays on. we are looking at a wide view of the region. everything okay. zooming into the district we want to show you the district drive, outlive constitution at 23rd street, what we're finding out is we have ongoing construction project taking away lanes in both directions, however, value is still light. in northeast, inbound new york avenue, no delays to report, past bladensburg, and checking on the rails all trains happy to report. we're running on time. the bw parkway at 5:38. over to. >> speaker 1: today another candidate is joining the already crowded field viewing for the republican presidential nomination. >> this time it's former pennsylvania senat

look at manassas and warrenton in 86 degrees. 86 the temperature with the north wind and leonard town and annapolis are cool spots at 82 and 80 degrees. and the dew point temperatures throughout the area range between 50 and 55 degrees. so we are well in the comfortable zone below 60 degrees. the next couple of days, the humidity increases wednesday and thursday, likely to be between 65 and 69 degrees, if not higher. so it's really going to start to feel oppressive. look at st. louis, missouri, and memphis, tennessee, 109 that's what it feels like. the hot air expands off to the east and arrives here really full-fledged by the time we get to wednesday and thursday. thursday we could top out around 98, maybe 100 degrees. so get red for another heat wave. next 48 hours there is high pressure. we'll have a few clouds coming into the area. overnight we're mostly clear, tomorrow, we're mostly sun e and i think that tomorrow there is the point as well as on wednesday with a few isolated showers and thunderstorms off to the west and down to the south, but our best chance of rain comes around

both of manassas. another woman was also pronounced dead on the scene. a fourth passenger was injured but expected to survive. police say the yukon was disabled in the crash and the driver and passenger both remained at the scene. and investigators say both appeared to be under the influence of alcohol. but neither was injured in the crash that killed three people. the driver is now facing driving under the influence charges. more charges are pending. we are live andrea mccarren, 9news now. bruce? >> thank you so much. >>> now, how would you like to make more than your boss? many local police and fire chiefs do. the washington examiner says the salaries of many of the police and fire chiefs in the area are higher than their state's governors. dc police chief the top cop. annual salary $253,000. montgomery county police chief tom manager pulls in $216,000. montgomery county pays the fire chief $189,000. $3000 more than dc fire chief kenneth elerby and $15,000 more than fairfax county's fire chief ronald maston. compare that to maryland's governor. $150,00

currently 90 in frederick. 82 in hagerstown. 84 manassas. really not much of a heat index to talk about today. but there is going to be one over the next couple of days. that humidity continues to increase and ramp up over the next few days. weather as far as the rain is concerned, off to the west. look at this big time rain making its way through portions of west virginia. it looked like earlier it was trying to move into our area. just can't make it. just too dry. and most of it stayed well to our west. we did see a few showers in western maryland. that was about it. heat advisory is in effect for tomorrow for that heat index. possibly 100 to 105 degrees. especially right along the i-95 corridor in and around the district. so watch out out there. make sure you take plenty of time and just something to remember. check on the elderly. and you may want to start making those plans now. bring them over to your house if you have ac and they don't. or if you know somewhere they can go. bring the pets inside. if you are outside, make sure you are

right now temperatures in the mid 80s here in dc, manassas, 82. frederick 84. martins burg around 82 degrees. it feels nice and humidity a little bit. but we are still dew points in the 60s. tonight, clear to partly cloudy skies. mild and a little muggy. lows will be 64 to 73 degrees and winds are going to be light. now i'll talk about how long this heat wave lasts and our chances for some storms and showers, maybe an unsettled weekend. we'll talk about that when i come back. back to you. >> thank you annie. >>> eight years waiting, no arrests. hear from the woman who's life was changed in an instant right along i-95 in virginia. that is still ahead. first, ain't no party like a redskins party. at least that's what the team is hoping. we'll explain what they are doing and where they are making the space for it. that's up next. >>> we are getting our first looks today at what will become those new party decks up at fedex field. the redskins are ripping out thousands of seats in the end zone upper decks to create these new areas and that will reduce the stadium's

manassas is 68. martinsberg is 64. and in hagerstown, 76 degrees.king at our satellite radar, waking up with sunshine but look at the cloudiness just off to the north and west. pretty impressive thunderstorm complex developing overnight up towards toronto. and you see the energy fading off to the south and east. but look at where it's headed, in the direction of washington. it should have a tendency to fall apart here but i have to be honest, it's going to be a close call. so we have to see if we don't have the possibility of some thunderstorms in the forecast a little later today. bring along an umbrella just in case. but just hot and steamy out there with a lot of very warm temperatures for the next several days. there you go 91 today. overnight low, well that is on the balmy side p 72. tomorrow 97 and thursday scoffing near 100 and friday cooler and then by the weekend in the 80s. but the next chance for any storm gets in here on friday and saturday. that's a look at the forecast. allison, i'm going to toss it over to you. >>> well anyone who is

haymarket to manassas doing okay. overnight road work should be picked up. all the travel lanes should be opened momentarily. westbound, construction too but the volume pretty light so no big deal there. east of woodrow wilson bridge, harbor, there's the bridge there. both directions between alexandria and oxen hill looking good. looking good through northeast. joe, eun. >> jerry, thank you. >> thanks very much, jerry. police are looking into a string of assaults along the metro branch hiking/biking trail in northeast washington. there are concerns whether police even know how to reach that trail. darcy spencer explains. >> reporter: bike, jog or even roller blade on this path in northeast d.c. and you could become victim of a crime. over the past few weeks, there have been numerous robberies. one woman was zapped with a taser as she rode her bike here. >> i'm a little shocked by it because i haven't noticed anything suspicious or out of the ordinary lately. >> reporter: we found out if you call for help, there could be a problem. residents tell me when peop

temperatures are running in the 50s in a couple of spots like manassas and culpepper.th the cooler temperatures, we're seeing just a touch of fog like yesterday morning out of the mountains of petersburg, west virginia. here are today's forecast highs. perhaps staying in the 80s along the bay. most of us will be into the low 90s and that's going to feel good compared to tomorrow and thursday. angie? >> that hurts, howard. thank you. >>> the time is 4:26. we've got the yellow light on because early on, we're dealing with this car fire out on westbound route 198 on the ramp to go southbound in the laurel area. on the inner loop, we're still dealing with a little bit of construction in maryland from colesville over to new hampshire avenue and it is taking away -- it is only letting the left lane get by. southbound u.s. 29 between georgia and fenton, we have on- going roadwork here. they're trying to clear that out of the way. still ahead, more cones to keep an eye out for. we'll have that at 4:31. mike, andrea? >> thank you, angie. here are stories we're following for you

manassas is down to 64, culpeper 63, frederick 63 and fredericksburg right now 68 degrees.town is nice, too, and by the water in annapolis temperature holding in the lower 70s. so the heat definitely builds this week and the reason the heat is going to build this week, if we look back out to the west, these temperatures have really been on the on, really hot in the central plains -- hot, really hot in the central plains the last several days and we've been waiting to see if that heat would make a break for the east and it's going to do that. highs in wichita today 102, omaha 101. look at minneapolis today, 97 degrees and that's going to get a little push with the jet stream building over to the east and it's going to allow that real hot stuff to make rain for us and not just heat again, but humidity, too. so not only will the temperatures go up to the mid- to upper 90s, but you factor in some pretty high humidity levels. the heat index wednesday, thursday, friday soaring well over 100 degrees all up and down the east coast and by saturday, sunday really by the end of the we

. >> two of the victims, 53-year- old eugene johnson and 52-year- old gwendolyn denbiof manassas. the driver of the yukon has been arrest the and police say speed and alcohol were factors in the crash. >>> and new developments in the search for a man who disappeared on friday and may have wound up in the triphiladelphia river. he and two others were swimming in the reservoir near route 97 when one went under the water. investigators believe he drowned but have no idea where his body may be. >>> it was a warm and pleasant day today. what can we expect heading into the new week? gwen is in the weather center with details. >> there was the odd little pop up shower here and there earlier in the morning hours but then it turns out fairly nice. people to the far southwest got a little bit of activity. 85 at national airport, 82 at baltimore and 82 at baltimore. temperatures now not bad. still on the warm side. 82 at national. 75 at annapolis. 82 at baltimore. 81 at martinsberg. and look at frederick -- 86 degrees. well the sky is not too bad. we still have some clouds. once all of the a

finally spotting a few spots in the 60s, manassas 68 and cull pepper 68. so that's not too terrible but for most of us, it will be pretty mild overnight. we'll drop to 73 in the city, 60s for the intushs. overnight, temperatures, we're talking about 63 degrees for centerville, german town 66 and columbia 68. but we talked about those very warm temperatures for tomorrow, midand upper 90s all across the region. and factor in the humidity and it will be a tough day to spend too much time outside. check this out, by noon, we're up to 98 degrees and by 5:00 we're at 94 degrees so definitely a scorcher, and again, maybe some 80s as we head into the weekend, but here's where it's all coming from. the heat pump is sending all that heat and humidity we've been seeing in the middle part of the country in our direction so we do feel that is going to make it uncomfortable for a lot of you. don't forget tomorrow is also a code orange air kwult day, meaning it's unsafe for people who have preexisting conditions. as you can see on the future cast, we don't get a lot of r

some good news there. 66 driverssh nothing to worry about as you make your way out of haymarket to manassas to inside the beltway. we'll wrap it up with a look at your d.c. drive. constitution avenue near 23rd, on-going construction project impacting lanes in both directions. still ahead, we're taking a look at the car fire in laurel. we'll bring you the very latest at 4:56. mike? >> thanks, ang. >>> a task force is going to study the impact of natural gas drilling and what it would have on western maryland. martin o'malley signed an executive order requiring state environmental officials to conduct this study besides environmental impact, the study will include recommendations on the best way to tax drilling and establish some liability standards. >>> a controversial natural gas drilling practice known as hydrotracking was the topic of an e.p.a. hearing in new york. fracing is used to release natural gas from a rock thousands of feet underground by injecting millions of gallons of water mixed with chemicals and sand at a high pressure. the issue is the waste from fracking is often contamin

very light volume to report. 66 drivers moving at speed through manassas to inside the beltway. more virginia roads including 267, the dulles toll road. i'll have that coming up at 4:56. >>> the plane known for its miracle landing is in fairmont, west virginia. >> what a day that was! right now, that jet is resting overnight along interstate 79. >> tuesday it made its way through maryland. the plane started in cecil county. went along part of the baltimore beltway to interstate 70 then crossed i-68 into west virginia and along the way, people packed every overpass to get a glimpse of the us airways jet. it is making its way to the carolina's air museum in charlotte, also flight 1549's final destination on that fateful day. >> that is really cool looking, isn't it? >> nationals and giants wrap up their series. they have a matinee today. first pitch 3:45 in san francisco. >> last night, it was all about one man, jordan zimmermann. he was in control as the nats starting pitcher. he went seven innings, gave up one run and struck out the side in the third. in the top of the fourth wi

manassas, 70 degrees, fredericksburg at 73. la plate at that at 70.omorrow we have the heat advisory in effect for the entire region, it's going to continue through the day on thursday most likely. right now in it's in effect noon to 8:00, for the potential of seeing a heetd index from 100 to 105, a similar pattern to what we saw last week with two 0 three days with temperatures above the 95 degrees and heat index 100 to 105. it will be short live, but a couple of things to remember. check on the elderly. plan for the heat tomorrow now. remember the pets and drink plenty of water if you're out and about in the heat. 90 the high in new york. look to the west, 103 in minneapolis, 96 in st. louis, 98 in memphis. that is the heat that's trying to make its way toward the east and it's going to get here during the day tomorrow as our area of high pressure bringing the heat moves on top of us. very warm during the day today, but as the high slides on down to the south, here comes the hot weather and it stays here during the day thursday. i think thursday cou

martinsburg, 59 at the moment and 57 out in manassas and cull pep are. we'll warm up very quickly. sunrise in about an hour and once that sun gets up, we'll see temperatures jump into the 80s by the noon hour and then as mentioned, topping out in the low 90s. a few more clouds in the forecast today. kind of a mix of sun and clouds. maybe mostly sunny here for the morning hours. the reason why, we have this big thunderstorm complex up towards toronto. it has a lot of energy with t some of that cloud cover will spill over our ridge. can you kind of see it and spill into the region later this afternoon. we will have a few more clouds around here than what we had yesterday and the possibility that we could see a few thunderstorms pick up in the late afternoon sunshine heat and humidity ound here. we'll go with an isolated thunderstorm risk today. maybe 10, 20% chance we'll see it. a lot of heat off to the south and west that. heat will start moving in here during the day tomorrow and we'll be right back into the upper 90s near around 100 here wednesday and thursday. here is your foreca

. >> its a comfortable start to the day, 61 in gaithersburg, 59 in manassas. not very [ male announcer ] the inspiration for its shape was an archer drawing his bow. ♪ ♪ could that have also inspired its 556 horsepower supercharged engine? ♪ ♪ the all-new cadillac c-v coupe. we don't just make luxury cars we make cadillacs. >> we are following breaking news. an officer opened fire on a suspect. good morning washington. it is 6:30. thanks for tuning in. >> we will have more on that developing story for you in just a moment. first let's get a check on traffic and weather. >>> care republican. get ready -- here we go again. get ready for some intense heat and humidity. nice weather outside right now. temperatures are fairly comfortable. hagerstown 54. it's pretty good start today. a beautiful picture of the sun rise over the bay. here is our forecast for the day. high as ofs around 90. >>> here is a ramp closure from 198 west to south. a car fire occurred. the rep will be closed until further notice. we will have -- the rampag will be closed until further notice.

a crush on indian head highway to the lives of the manassas residents eugene johnson, his wife cornelia, and her husband. their car was rented and propelled into a tree. >> he was a genuine caring, happy person and will be greatly missed. >> johnson was a government employee and a part-time position. -- part-time magician. they had a date said this week for a birthday celebration. >> we were going to get down there. >> one of johnson's other daughters, engaged to be married, had been planning for a wedding and is now planning the funeral. >> it is hard because i cannot call him. >> in a rage over a preventable loss, they went to celebrate by coming together today in an ironic tribute given that the two sisters were the ones typically behind such a gathering. >> wendy was the ringleader, if you will come in gathering everyone together. she was a very big promoter of a family. >> they say the most painful part is trying to come together understand that this is the new reality. >> is hard to realize that someone like that is dead. >> police have released the identity of the driver, but the

dew points in the upper 40's and low 50's. 86 degrees in frederick suburban. 84 in manassas. keep these numbers in mind. by this time last year, we had already racked up eight days 90 degrees or higher. we went on to do it 67 times tying the all-time record. this year, we have done it only four times. days 6 7, and they will quickly be here. close to 90 degrees with hot sunshine come a little more humidity in the air. over the next six days, we could string together perhaps the first four the 90 degrees or higher. you can see the numbers and the the upper 90's. more moisture in the error but this will only be a mini-heat wave. right now the first crack at the weekend forecast, we will, partly cloudy with a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms. that is the very latest. back to you leon and alison. >> we want all of those out of the week when golf is in town. a >> almost time for the u.s. open. the best golfers in the world will be at the congressional country club. players are trying to qualify for the u.s. open including local heroes. they said records of the weekend at th

in virginia we have 65 at quantico, 66 at manassas, 66 in culpeper. the warm spot, annapolis at 70 degrees early this morning. here is a look at the satellite radar composite. now not a lot to show you this morning. we have had the haze. we've been seeing that with our live shot this is morning. there were some clouds and they are pushing off to the south and they are not a problem. we are seeing a lot of sunshine as the day develops. high pressure off to the north and west keeping things quiet here for the day. that high pressure will slowly sink off the coast and that will help bring in warm air for us tomorrow and then especially on wednesday, thursday and friday. but for today, here is what we're looking at, a lot of sunshine, a warm afternoon, 84 for your high and more humid, more significantly the humidity will be today. for tonight, a mild night. mostly clear skies. 66 for the overnight low in town. winds out of the west at about 5 miles per hour. five-day forecast, tomorrow a warm one. high near 90. warm and humid and then wednesday and thursd

crash have been identified as 53-year-old eugene johnson and 5 #-year-old gwendolyn denby, both of manassas. the identity of the third victim has not yet been released. >>> crews will resume their search at the tridelphia reservoir today. three people were swimming in the reservoir when one young man went under water. it's wssc reservoir and swimming is protected. >>> virginia state troopers are being hit hard by a shortage. the force is short by nearly 300 troopers due in part to budget constraints and the draw of higher paying federal jobs. over the memorial day weekend, troopers were working overtime and in some cases double shifts. there is not much relief in sight either. this year, there are just 36 new troopers graduating from the state police academy. >>> coming up income, another name add to the list of gop contenders today. >> yemen's president injured in a rocket attack. after more than 30 years in power, questions are now being raised about whether he will ever return. we'll be so, you actually reward people for staying with you? yep. the longer you stay with us, the more you sa

locally, down to 61 at college park. 57 in manassas. that's the cool spot. angie goff, we're look for some heat and weather. what about the roads? >> right now, we have the yellow light on because our top traffic story of the morning has been this car fire out in the laurel area. live picture live from sky 9, this is the situation. we have an investigation going on not only is it a car fire, we're hearing from officials that there is a fatality involved and that is what's taking so long here on westbound 198 and why the ramp remains closed for those drivers trying to go southbound on 95. now, as you can see, the car fire is into the trees right there. it is going to probably be quite some time before they get all of this wrapped up. they, in fact, can't give us a time they think the ramp is going to be reopened. this is what you need to know. you'll want to use gunpowder road over to powder mill and that's going to get you back on to 95. good news is we do have an alternate. we'll keep an eye on this and keep you posted throughout the morning. let's take you

see how we're doing loading up quickly. 66, manassas, centreville, en route to fair oaks. travel lanes open and available. south of town, woodrow wilson. inner and outer loop looking good. out on the rails, still clean slate this morning. no delays metro, vre or marc. >>> jerry, thank. it is now 5:42. >>> what metro needs to get its broken escalators up and running again. >>> a local member of >>> get your dancing sphaous on shoes on. holmes-norton says dancing flashmobs this past month are proof people want more events on the mall. she wants to host a national dance party day on july 30th. >>> a fairfax county elementary school will be closing its doors permanently at the end of the school year by a ruling from the supreme court, according to the washington examiner. they had planned to shut down clifton elementary school due to declining enrollment and the high cost of renovations. parents upset with the decision sued to keep the school open. friday, the supreme court of virginia decided to shut down the school. parents of clifton students are urged to check boundary map

elsewhere, the trip along i-66 jammed big time into the sunshine out of manassas most of the way to viennatravel lanes are open there. sunshine will definitely get you in maryland on the beltway. rockville pike headed east to 95. out on the rails, no delays, metro, vre or marc. good news there. >> 6:43, 68 degrees. the plan to hold a giant dance party on the national mall. gets your shoes out. >>> the woman on the other end of the con >>> i brought pain to people i care about the most and the people who believed in me. and for that i'm deeply sorry. >> it was a tearful public apology congressman anthony weiner says he takes full responsibility for lying about pictures he posted online. that admission came after a week of heated exchange. after he repeatedly claimed he was the target of hackers. now he admits he did send sally charged photographs to several women. one woman is giving more details about the depth of their relationship. >> they never met in person. this was an online relationship. when he denied the photos were his, a lot of people rolled their eyes. to them it was not surpri

guys are traveling inbound along 66, you will find yourself at speed as you work your way in from manassas headed eastbound. you look pretty good coming inbound on the dulles toll road as well as route 7 leaving 28. pigging up some volume as you make your way out from father hurley head out towards 124. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> turning to our big story, the testimony of sulaimon brown. the formal mayoral candidate finally goes in front of a d.c. council meeting. stacy cohan has more. >> reporter: mayor grey's mayoral term was very young and fresh when it was quickly culied by these allegations by former mayoral candidate sulaimon brown. he has quite scwilfully avoided coming down here to tell his story but he will be forced to testify today before the d.c. council. the reason he is being compelled to testify is a superior court judge has ordered sulaimon brown to do so. brown, of course, said that the gray campaign -- or alleges that the gray campaign gave him not only cash but promised a high-paying job in exchange for continued attacks on then mayor adrian fenty.

look at the 50s in manassas and culpepper, out in martinsburg and cumberland and petersburg. 69 on the bay in annapolis. culpepper, visibility down to a mile. that will only be around for another hour or so. get ready, low 90s today. mid to upper 90s tomorrow and thursday. >> thank you, howard. >> we have a car fire, a ramp close and because of that, we have the yellow light on. let's take you there out to the laurel area. westbound 198, you can't access the ramp to go southbound on 95 right now. taking a wide view of the area, other spots, they're checking out ok. if we can move it to our next graphic and show you 270, i want to show you everything is all good. we can take it outside. everyone is moving at speed from 80 down to 109 all the way to the split. back over to the graphics. this time we'll focus into the outer loop in maryland from 95 over to 270, i'm happy to report, outside, we're watching the cameras. construction we saw within the 4:00 hour, all of that has cleared out of the way. drivers, they're moving at speed. let's check on our travel times. on 66, we'll begin with

is burning off the pettifog. 58 degrees in the district. 59 degrees in cumberland 65 degrees in manassasin the air but that bad. it is pretty pleasant over all sunshine and scattered clouds in the mid- 80's. we will crank up the heat and humidity by wednesday in the upper 90's. somee are following breaking news coming in from centreville. one person was stabbed to death on braddock springs road. areother victims hospitalized with life- threatening injuries. no word on what led to bringabbing but we will as we get details. we will be back with another update at 7:56. for continuous news coverage, tune in to news channel 8. [ male announcer ] there's a new ride coming to busch gardens williamsburg -- mach tower. dude, it's like two hundred and... ...forty feet high... ...right in the middle of oktoberfest... ...the seats go, whoooa... ...up to the top, then... ...the music just stops. and the seatats totally start shaking. it's insane. but then all of a sudden... [ group ] aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! [ male announcer ] mach tower. heart racing. jaw dropping. coming soon to busch gardens willia

host: john is an airline employee in manassas, virginia, good morning.ind of work you do? caller: i work on aircraft. host: what is your question or comment? caller: i was wondering how he feels about having the nsa take care of other people's contracts? host: what is that? caller: the national mediation board. they can sell layperson's contract late aircraft merger. you can go into a denomination or --. host: can you help us? guest: i essentially understand the question how the board as got more involved in some airline labor management. my expertise says the court economics of the industry and supply and demand fundamentals and i know that ata.org has listed a statement on the issue and you can take a look there. host: could you tell us what he was referencing? guest: with some of our member airlines, there was a question about how involved management was in both of certain labor groups to unionize or not. caller: host: are you talking about the delta merger? guest: that's one of them. host: the vote did not go through? guest: that is true with the fli

inbound along interstate 66 it is crawling most of the way from manassas headed toward the capital belt way. all travel lanes open. looks like just volume. same story along i-270, the delays begin about route 27 in germantown, again, no accidents or incidents to report. travel lanes are open. joe? >> jerry, thanks very much. we >>> 7:30 now on a tuesday morning, the 7th of june 2011. as we get some well deserved face time to the fine folks who woke up early, spent at least part of the morning with us on the plaza. we'll be out there in a couple of minutes to say hi. meanwhile inside studio 1a i'm matt lauer alongside meredith vieira who's making some notes here. >> doing my work. >> just ahead it's a busy week for the royal family. prince william and pediatrrince catherine kicked it off with a day at the races. >> and why has sarah ferguson decided to reveal personal details about herself in a reality show and book. what is she doing to put her life back on track? >>> and the duggar family has invaded the green room. we'll catch up with them coming up. that's a lot of kids. >> it breaks