manassas 46. fredricksburg 49 along with easton across the bay. there's been a touch of fog in the warrenton area. their visibilities down to a half mile. frederick forming a little bit of fog with visibility there at three-quarters. isolated patches of fog and a great afternoon. look at your highs. in the mid- to upper 70s. monika, i've got some great weather. what about traffic this morning? can you deliver? >>> no, no. i'm sorry. i can't. i cannot compare anything to the weather right now. even early in the morning i have a couple of issues to tell you about. over to 270 first. i-70 near 270, there is police activity and they want us to tell you to please be aware of take. they're doing a search in that area. there are no lanes blocked but just be aware of that activity. on the westbound side of i-70 right here near 270 up in frederick. we'll take a live look furtr south if you're planning to head here on 270 near route 109. no issues to report as you leave high yachts town down toward germantown and the beltway. 270 is doing fine. back over to

to manassas took more than three hours longer than usual. listen to this. >> i guess the vre was doing all they could. there was a lack of communication there for a while. it was kind of -- they were relying on passengers for information which is kind of weird to me i guess. >> reporter: commuters here clearly not happy about the delay but they say that vre did the best they possibly could do to the circumstances. things appear to be back to normal. vre says that all trains are on type. we've seen several trains roll through here already. they were on time, ready to go. tacks back open. so service for commuters back to normal but of course everybody still wondering what on earth was in that bag and why manassas city police still trying to figure that out this morning. we'll let you know whatever they find as soon as they tell us. mike? >> it really is strange. thanks, kristin. kristin fisher is live in manassas park. >>> do commuters have issues around the area recently. they're hoping for a better commute. yesterday at 8:00 there was a powe

i think it's going to be very close. >> a lot of tea partiers are in manassas, yes. >> reporter: but nancy gianassi is not one of them. >> oh, i'll be voting democrat all the way. >> reporter: and yet many here remain undecided. >> i'm so torn between both of them. >> reporter: you don't know how you're going to vote? >> i'm not sure yet. >> this is my first time voting, so obviously this is a decisive time. so after all the debates and everything has gone down i'm going to see which way i'm leaning towards. currently i'm in the middle just like virginia. >> rorter: bob barnard, fox 5 news. >>> the rnc is over. let's gear up for the dnc. it kicks off next week at time warner cable arena in charlotte, north carolina. today a new hi-tech podium complete with special effects was unveiled. the charlotte mayor anthony fox looking forward to seeing what the convention brings his town. >> you can already feel the excitement in our community. you can see and feel the energy even in this room and when i look at how this room has been transformed into a convention hall, i know that the queen c

. >> right now police are in the 9300-block of manassas drive in manassas park just trying to figure out where those remains could have possibly come from, and that is where we find matt jablow. matt, are there any answers yet? >> reporter: derek, it's a mystery that police are hoping to solve very quickly. how a bag filled with human body parts ended up on the train tracks here in manassas park. >> we were on the train. >> reporter: it was a pretty typical commute home for cassandra ramirez. making her way on the 615 train. typical until right around 6:00 when the train came to a complete stop and then stayed stop for about two hours. >> quite a day. >> it has been, yes. >> reporter: ramirez was on one of four trains that was stranded tonight because of reports of a suspicious black bag on the tracks in manassas park. >> i mean, i live not that far from manassas park. >> reporter: when it was finally determined the bag contained human body parts. >> one of the people on the train reported that. >> reporter: the stranded trains were sent to the nearest station where buses took the tr

already 52 in frederick. 57 in leesburg and 5 in manassas. -- 55 in manassas. i think manassas and even as close in as fairfax and rockville, we're talking upper 40s early in the morning before sunrise. so grab a sweater for the morning. and maybe give one to the kids for the bus stop. grab your shades. we're talking about full sun again. that's a nice problem to have. a wonderful wednesday after a terrific tuesday. and we're looking at really perfect golf weather tomorrow or thursday or friday. give me a call and see if i'm available. overnight looks like this. clear skies. it's going to be chilly again. open the windows. but not too far. we're in the upper 40s again in the burbs and upper 50s downtown. so you open the windows wide up, you're going to need a blanket. by morning plenty of sunshine. a cool start. you'll need a sweater. 50s and 60s. but, again, some 40s. upper 40s in some of the burbs early in the morning with light winds. by afternoon, well, mostly sunny. just gorgeous. high temperatures in the low 80s and winds out of the southeast at about 10.

somebody found them on manassas drive. megan mcgrath live with what we've learned overnight. >> reporter: the good news here is that vre service is back to normal. we've just seen the second train of the morning go through station here at manassas park. the trains running on time this morning. however, last night, that was not case after a very grizzly discovery was made right after 6:00. a black plastic bag with remains was found near the tracks, near the manassas park station. a vre spokesperson says they were informed of this package by police, and police told them that at first glance, the remains inside this trash bag appeared to be human. that's going to have to be confirmed by the medical examiner who is now involved in this case. everything had to be shut down as police investigated and set up a crime scene. there were four trains that were impacted by this. they shut down service south of burke. there were a few people, we're told that decided to stick with the trains. they stayed onboard until things were reopene

now in washington, 75 in manassas and david burke, 74 in martinsburg.ormally we would be in the mid upper 60's. well above average again today. 75 degrees in gaithersburg right now. nexteptember week. with areas ofted west, there's a cold front dropping in. that mr. up our atmosphere o cause ater today t showers and thunderstorms. .here will be isolated what does pop up later on today potential of having imbedded heavy rainfall. 89 for the high temperature this afternoon. 92 on thursday and friday. refreshing by monday and tuesday in the upper 70's. saturday into early we cannot rule out some rainfall. steve. >> 395 is getting heavier from street to seminary road, volume building. on your way up to the 14th street bridge right there. 95 is pretty heavy often gone from the occoquan to springfield. from 109 is very slow out of k county into northern county.ry 109, stillpast slowing of the truck scales, but not bad after that. e roadltway at colesvill is still moving well. if the outer loop has a little more volume, cannot enough to slow you down in a big

even leesburg and manassas will be in the upper 80s to almost 90. so we'll break it down for you. 70s to start. 82 to 86 by noon. slight chance of a shower. better chance of a thunderstorm by evening. 86 to 90 by evening. now the next three days, because of heat and chance for thunderstorms, we'll keep it code yellow wednesday, thursday, and friday. 91 thursday. 91 friday with afternoon storms. now the next seven days, well, it still stays unsettled. afternoon storm on saturday. so not a washout on saturday, temperatures still near 90. a much better chance sunday and monday. temperatures are going in the right direction. back to 80. and cooler next week. we slowly dry out. tuesday we run the risk of a thunderstorm. >> a little messy there. >> a little bit. temperatures going down. >> it could have some rain delays tonight? >> just a very slight chance. >> let's hope that's the case. >> kristen berset is at nationals park where the nats are set to take on the chicago cubs. hey kristen. >> it's a little muggy out here, but there's a breeze that picked

manasseh's 45. -- manassas 45. sunshine throughout the day.emperatures will be very pleasant with highs -- in the mid-'70s. >>70's. >> if you are taking much for real, mark twain, all on time and on schedule. full-service trained at manassas this morning. overhead with the rush hour. very slow through fair oaks. earlier debris. he spent 66.-- eastbound 66 is stop and go. commuters are tried to merge all bu50off of 50. sandro on the beltway -- same drill on the beltway. university boulevard towards georgia ave. back to you. >> thank you. 52 degrees on this thursday. the joy of live television we know how that is. our reporter catches of accident during his report. >> growing out your hair can mean split ends, which i don't like. so pantene dared me. skip a trim. pantene beautiful lengths. the pro-v keratin protection system helps prevent breakage and repairs split ends and the program donates $1,000,000 to help woman fighting cancer. so getting longer stronger hair also means i care, that i i like! beautiful lengths from pantene. hair so althy

this is between the manassas and the burke station stops. tom roussey has the investigation. >> this shot both directions of traffic down. it created quite -- quite a mess. the next station past burke is 8 miles away in manassas park. their remains were found and it caused a huge headache for a lot of people tonight. this started with a suspicious dishpackage found near the metro. tracks. the folks on this train were told to get off on this station. employees directed passengers where to get home. some experienced delays of several hours. >> i called my family and told them i would not be home for dinner. >> some give vre high marks for how they handled us. >> they let us know what was going on. they arranged for buses. >> this woman was initially upset because she told -- she was told the buses were not handicapped accessible, but employees found them -- found her one that was. >> it is a small community and it is terrible. >> as for all you commuters who depend on this line in the morning, the good news is vre is telling us that they shoul

. >> we have a tpaoufew storms up around manassas and manassas park pushing east and drifting east this. mostly cloudy. we will see it fell this this morning and into the afternoon and there will be some downpours as well. 76 degrees in the district 72 in frederick and 73 in manassas. mostly cloudy showers an downpours and heavy accumulations in spots. highs low to mid 80's. it will be unsettled most of the week with spotty showers and storms. very humid and hot. by thursday 91. >> on the roads right now very lit light volume. we have one trouble spot. howard county officials have shut down the intersection of waterloo due to a structure fire. we expect that intersection to remain closed for quite some time. if you are traveling toward the capital beltway from maryland on i-95 or b.w. parkway we have a pretty nice ride light volume for the holiday. and no incidents to report for you. have a look at 270 from frederick county into montgomery county this is what you will find. very nice flow of traffic moving freely northbound and southbound to bethesda. in virginia right now a look at i-6

. >> sentencing is set for a manassas school aid to admit it to sexually abusing several boys. they want him to spend between 30 years in prison. he pleaded guilty to molesting over nearly 20 years. met his becomes while working at at baldwin elementary school. 6:07, 65 degrees. still ahead, mcdonald's is people wanted their fries mcchannel tv. and google ♪ get in on the fun... ...during the petsmart fall festival of savings! save up to 20% 2on thousands of items, and save 20% on all martha stewart pets™ and bret michaels pets rock® halloweeen costumes and toys. exclusively at petsmart®. is greg kennedy from cirque du soleil and national harbor. good morning, washington. >> good morning, washington. 6:10 is the time. you can explore the ocean floor without getting wet. google has unveiled the underwater equivalent of its map.t view virtual snapshots of the great barrier reef. images havesands of been stitched together to create dive. you can click a map and then dive beneath the surface. if you would like to in.p >> now to jacqui jeras. springs are quieting down after some stro

the manassas service has resumed package wasicious found on the tracks. they used buses to get their destination. they give them high marks for of the situation. right away they knew what was on and they made arrangements for us. what can i do? >> they say the package contained remains, but it is not are animal or human. they do not know how the package the tracks.r metro -- more security at after a high school was shot outside the yesterday afternoon. adrian carter is live -- carter is live with more doing to keepre students say. out at theas letting time of the shooting. they were heading back to class. more security is expected today. schools -- students will return to find extra staff in place shooting outside the .chool wednesday afternoon very shocked that something would happen. according to police, gunfire rang out at the same time students were released. say a male student was shot and was taken to the hospital was not life- threatening injuries. another student is now in police custody. >> i heard gunshots and they there -- i heard two. >> inves

manassas in the mid 80s. all of us have the potential to see big storms..87, annapolis in the mid 80s and we do have a small craft advisory in effect for the bay. next three days, red alert for saturday, because the big storms. high 87. sunday though, wow. it's going to look fantastic. temperatures upper 70s, close to 90 degrees. humidity is lower. it's going to feel great. monday, upper 70s once again. tuesday and wednesday, thursday, friday, beautiful forecast. lots of sunshine. highs in the mid 80s. tomorrow, everyone please be safe. anita, back to you. >> gad advice. thanks, anny. 9 wants you to know what we found at a convenience store. tonight's food alert includes rats, roaches, mice, and outdated meat by a store that was passed by district inspectors. >> what you'll see in that video even shocked us. we were inside that district store just over two minutes, what's worse is, they have been caught before. that video in a moment, but first, we have more closures in the district and in montgomery county. the food truck is a regular at georgia and cools

coming in from manassas up to 50 no delays or incidents. once you reach 50 that is where the accident is blocking a right lane and just brief delays as a result of that. meantime, if you are traveling on i-270 another look there your trip from frederick county to montgomery county looking pretty good southbound all the way past father hurley boulevard and continuing to the beltway. also a nice flow on the beltway from 273 over to college park. we are not seeing any distractions for you on the inner loop and outer loop in that stretch. back to you. >> we will look at the day ahead. more than 129,000 people still without power in louisiana and mississippi nearly a week after isaac stormed in. president obama goes there to check on the damage and recovery recovery. we have more on that. >> later today president obama takes a break from the campaign and will visit some areas hardest hit by hurricane isaac. house after house, block after block this is what some residents are coming home to. for some all they can do is watch and wait for the wate

fox 5's will thomas has more. >> reporter: while this is the manassas intersection where a grandmother and her toddler grandson lost their lives, university boulevard at prince william parkway. three years since that accident some of the survivors as well as family and friends have come together to say good-bye to those they lost. >> today would have been my son's first day in kindergarten which i looked so forward to. he had a backpack ready to go to school and i miss the backpack. i can't dream. all my dreams have been stolen from me. >> reporter: she lost her 2- year-old son and 60-year-old mother in an instant. rebecca sacra and jonathan ortiz died september 4th, 2009, when this man left a nearby jimmy buffett concert and drove drunk. his blood alcohol content was nearly double the legal limit. susie delgado was driving the car that was hit. >> oh, my mom loved him so much and he called her grandmala for grandmother and she just absolutely loved that. >> reporter: on this third anniversary those who loved the victims are vowing not to let anyone forget what happened. ne >> all i as

it looks like -- manassas. a nice night in the d.c.rea, 54 degrees for your overnight low downtown. tomorrow a few clouds. not a lot of cloud cover in the morning. it will be a bit cool with temperatures in the 50s and 60s. the west wind at 5-10. increasing clouds in the afternoon and that's when we're going to see that potential for a shower. it will be a short-lived shower, as i mentioned before. highs between 70 and 75, so pretty typical for this time of year request withthat northwest breeze at 10-15. as we take a look at the zone, 73 degrees for your high inwarrenton tomorrow. 73 in leesburg and manassas. it looks like a nice day for the most part. that threat for a shower is not a big one. 73 degrees in annapolis and 74 in georgetown. over the next three days, that stray shower on sunday, that's it. then a really nice day on monday with a high of 75. but tuesday, we have this storm system approaching. that will bring us more rain. it's going to be a mild day, too, with a high of 80 degrees. then in the seven-day forecast, we're g

potomac, 53 temperatures outside right now. 43 degrees in oakland. 55 in manassas.e in fredericksburg. chicago,chigan and a this cooler air moves off toward .he east high pressure will stay with us day.nother will have an increase as into tuesday afternoon. showers by wednesday. look at the area covered by the frost advisory for the overnight hours. from western maryland -- western maryland to st. louis. we will look for milder to the midas we move the week. after that, another cool down. give it another couple of weeks so and we will be looking at the problems they will face out to the west. here is our forecast. temperatures tomorrow, similar what we had today. around 70 degrees. skies clear out a little bit. notice the time line. moving into the day on tuesday, clouds push in to the west. temperatures will be in the 70's. more humidity. chance for showers. here is our forecast for tonight. a coat if you are taking e dog out for a walk. upper 40's. temperatures around 70 degrees. sunshine. n the mid 70's on wednesday. thursday, we go down a little bit. build acros

about 10 degrees cooler at dulles. 52 in manassas. michigan, indiana, yill, this is the cold front that is going move our way later on today. here is our futurecast. daytime highs hover around the 80-degree mark. chances for some sprinkles yet another cooldown in the extended outoutlook. first, a check of traffic. >> there are a few work zones that are still active. the good news is on the interloop, we're already cleared. all lanes are open and we're in the processoring up the cones on the outer loop lane. we're up to four lanes now. overnight construction gone but of course we still have that new traffic pat western one lane to the left. if you're traveling in virginia now, no report of troubles for the most part, especially for folks making the drive on i-395. seminary a very nice ride north and southbound as you drive between 14th street bridge and springfield. >> four people now arrested in connection with the deadly attack on the u.s. embassy in libya. the attack killed four americans, one an ambassador. >> the department of hom

the medical examiner has confirmed the remains found night on the manassas park between the manassas park and burke stations are not human. f commuters were stopped for more than an hour while bosses were brought in to them to their destinations were brought in to get their destinations. ymca and prince george's county is closed. of fire broke out around 4:00 morning. caused damagere to the outside of the building. the cause of the fire is under investigation. no one is hurt. no word on how long the ymca will be closed. if you were out side today, felt the coldest temperatures to hit our area you probably felt the temperatures to hit our since late may. it was a little chilly this morning. up very nicely. temperatures are pushing into range, so that is nice. veil ofa thin cloudiness that has moved in. expect lots of sunshine. dulles. 70 degrees a dwi. we are kind of sandwiched between two weather systems. that up near the great lakes. muchbly not going to do for us. acrossstorms are moving much of central and southern florida. e delays outpartur york at laguardia right now. if you a

just want to give you a quick s your travel out of manassas. reporting an crash.ned be alert for that. our big traffic snarl this morning is on the baltimore washington parkway. the southbound accident has y complicated the morning drive. five-car crash. traffic lining up from the scene accident, which is just past 410. back up extending into greenbelt's. southbound baltimore -- washington parkway between 410 and 450. the right wing getting by. coming up, we will talk about forced frompeople their homes after a lightning started out west. their homes after a lightning started out west. > sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering so, i'm walking down the street, x: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering just you know walking, sfx: sounds of marching ndndnd d crowd cheeringng and i found myself in the middle of this paradeeet, x: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering honoring america's troops. sfx: sounds of marching ndndnd d crowd cheeringng which is actuay lf in tquite fitting becau

there are some power cables down dark intersections in the manassas area.nce william police reporting few traffic lights not working. in manassas on 29 there are near 66.wn use caution. find police direction there. on bristow road 619 north ley manor drive. have gotten rid of a tractor- beltway.n the at democracy on 270, moving well. 95 southbound in maryland, passing 198, there's a crash. we will let you know if there lane closures with that. back to you. >> thank you. it is 65 degrees. >> coming up, there's trouble behind a anti-islam krystal conwell : we see a lot of problems with the... number of students that we have. reurces. materials. things that the children need... on a day-to-day sis. anncr: question seven will help. the department of legislative services says question seven... will mean hundreds of millions of dollars... for schools...from gaming revenues that would have... gogone to other states. and independent audits will guarantee the money... goes where it's supposed to. krystal conwell: i think people should vote for question... seven beca

trains were stopped after somebody found remains in a bag near the manassas park station. megan mcgrath there live with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. it appears that they're off to a good start here along the vre line. we've seen the first train go through. we're told by a vre spokesperson that service is back to normal this morning. however, it got rather ugly last night after a grizzly discovery was made right around 6:00 p.m. a black plastic bag with remains was found near the tracks near the manassas drive station. service was stopped just south of burke. there were four trains affected, about 1,700 customers got stuck, some for hours. in terms of what was exactly inside that bag, a vre spokesman says that they were sold by manassas park police that at first glance when they looked inside that bag, it appeared to contain human remains. however, that cannot be confirmed until the medical examiner can actually take a look and do some testing and then they will confirm what sorts of remains that they are dealing with here. again, a plastic bag, sort of a b

e-6 in gaithersburg and winchester and frederick. 59 at reagan national, 48 in manassas. 45 in cumberland. 43 in elkins. -- 46 in gaithersburg. you can open the windows later on. highs in the mid to upper 70's. total sunshine. bright sunshine for the rest of the workweek. to mid '80s on wednesday and thursday, but it will not be very humid. next chance of rain on the weekend, maybe late saturday. steve? >> a look at the beltway at new hampshire avenue. there was overnight roadwork. things are moving smoothly on the inner loop. light volume. kenilworth avenue, there's still some work, but no delay. 95 northbound, some flashing lights and some roadwork in the fredericksburg area and they are picking up northbound and southbound. a brief delay. that's in the process of being picked up. should be gone soon. near the dulles toll road, that looks good with no problems. back to you. >> thank you. 4:31. a search is under way for someone to attack the teenage girl with a taser in broad daylight. it happened at the richard road in wheaton -- pritchard rd. >> montgomery county police say around 3:15

of temperatures this morning, in the 50s across the region. 63 and reagan national, 52 in manassas. in fredericksburg, 55 degrees. 59 in lexington park. are right where we should be for this time of year. good to be normal. yesterday, 81 and a low temperature of 60. close to average. we will be with in that ballpark again today. offshore is giving us a southerly full today. that brings us warmer, into the 80's. the cold front is moving towards air, so we will not get of moisture out of that. let's time this out a little better. we head through this clear skies. some clouds pushing into west virginia and western maryland. temperatures will drop down to the '50s overnight again tonight and tomorrow morning. staying clear through most of the day tomorrow. by the afternoon, the clouds begin to increase. few spotty showers. a 20% chance of rain showers on friday. take a look at your forecast for today. mostly sunny and warm, 78-83. mainly clear tonight, 54-65. your seven-day forecast, 20% chance of rain on friday. a great weekend. the start of the next workweek does not look nearly as go

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eastbound 66 volume building in manassas in centreville inside the beltway. you see a little more volume typically at this time sliding out of the hov rules to head into falls church. with the lanes open, eastbound dulles airport access lanes were tied up. your next timesaver traffic at 6:25. mike, annual dray ya, back -- andrea, back to you. >>> next in sports, you want to see this home run hit by michael morse. probably still hasn't landed yet. >> sometime to get another check of our question of the morning. of which these activities has declined # 9% since the -- 89% since the 1950's? is it a, reading the newspaper, b, taking a bath, or c, writing a letter? >> our facebook friend jeanine posted c, writing a letter. it has to be. i still have some beautiful stationary i've had for years. i haven't even opened the packages. >> post your guesses on our facebook page. find out if you're correct at 6:48. we'll be back. too many americans are struggling to find work in today's economy. too many of those who are working are living paycheck to paycheck trying to m

it is really actually cool here to the west. 48 in manassas. 49 outal dulles. leonardtown, you are down to 50 degrees. -- 49 out at dulles. going to be just a degree or two warmer than yesterday. yesterday, upper 70s. today, back into the low 80s. it should feel great out there. not a whole lot of humidity and bright sunshine. you can see how quiet the satellite-radar is. we are looking at quiet conditions up and down the eastern seaboard. get out towards cincinnati, chicago, st. louis, things looking fine. next weather maker, a cold front out to the west in chicago and that will start to impact our weather as we get into the weekend. here is a look at your surface features. it is all about high pressure for the next couple of days. nice and dry here through friday. as we get into the overnight hours of early saturday, it looks like we'll have cloud cover and the possibility of a few showers. i think we'll have much of the energy that will stay north and west. we'll be close enough that we can see a few showers around here during the day on saturday. that will

we have 40's everywhere else. 46 in manassas. 48 in culpeper. for today, mostly sunday -- sunny, 60 by 9:00 a.m.. 76 by 5:00 last check on traffic. >> good morning. yes, we do have a couple things happening around the region. a note around the maryland beltway -- they fixed up construction at university boulevard. also it looks like a fixed up the construction -- construction. we will take it over to kenilworth ave. that is released in each direction. in the tyson's area we see some barrels heading towards the toe road and eisenhower avenue. this is quite important for our commuter through town -- right now, the douglas bridge is open. the douglass bridge pass south capitol street. i just spoke to vdot. they're letting a coast guard cutter get through that area. it will be shut down for a little while. we will tell you as soon as that it's back into place. back to you. >> new this morning, three d.c. police officers are report -- recovering after a crash in southwest. >> it happened a long delaware avenue. one was off-duty, the other two were on

right around 80 in warrenton, leesburg, manassas, and towards fairfax. downtown, we're looking at temperatures in the lower 80s. 80s for annapolis. not a small craft advisory. but i'll tell you what, it will become breezy tomorrow afternoon. all right next three days. code green. green and green. 81 for you tomorrow. just great. and even on saturday, it will be great. some clouds will be coming in late. maybe a shower on saturday night, but the day will be fine. 84 for the high and then first full day of fall on sunday, sunshine, cooler, a little refreshing, but still a nice day. if you'll go to the redskins game. it will be the home opener. you can watch it right here. and temperatures on either side of the 70s. that will be an 8:00 game. take a sweatshirt. it will be chilly. the next seven days on monday, still in the lower 70s, but still very nice. partly cloudy. mid-70s on wednesday and thursday with a couple showers late on wednesday and next thursday, we'll fall back to the lower 70s. the complaint department will be there. >> yeah, they might even

degrees now in the district, n manassas, 48 in culpeper. a little fog be in culpeper ended frederick where its 46. 82 this afternoon for the high temperature, mostly sunny, los humidity. rest of the for the workweek. you will notice an increase in the weekend.for that's coming up in the seven- forecast. angela. >> there's a trouble spot on 5 northbound. approaching the prince william areway, two right lanes blocked. reported as a brush fire. is causing a back up making 95y from dale city on northbound. 66 from manassas and front royal, still looking pretty good for the most part. you may have a little more activity at the centreville your way to making the capital beltway. in maryland on 95 starting at southbound from the clear to capital beltway. but we are seeing some red 270 fromuthbound on frederick past 121 and then it opens as you continue to gaithersburg. back to you. >> thank you. 44, 58 degrees. how the teacher strike in chicago could be hurting student-athletes. chicago could be hurting student-athletes. a energy bill down to size

the flashing lights causing delays through manassas. they continue to centerville before the pace improves. then it is heavy again as normal route 50 toward 123 and vienna. keep this in mind for your travel plans. back over to our maps, this time on the north side of town, outer loop flowing down now as you can see here a little bit of yellow forming at college park. the pace is good beyond that as you head for 270. we'll go over to our next map, you got it from 85 down toward 121. back to our maps, we want to let you know penn line number 400 is canceled. and i'll in back with more traffic coming up at 6:43. back to you guys. >>> just over six weeks ago until election day and the candidates are refocusing on economy. >> romney fought back against the accusations about his plan to fix the economy not being specific enough. >> i can tell them specifically i will not raise taxes on middle income folks, i will not lower the share of taxes paid by higher individuals. >> he seems to only have one note. tax cuts for the wealthy and rolling ba

it's still comfortable with temps in the 70s, 76 downtown, 73 gaithersburg, 77 in manassas and leesburg. that said, you go out late tonight, bring a wrap as my mother would say because it will drop very quickly after sunset. for tonight clear skies, cool, not quite as chilly as it's been. leave the ac off. you'll need a sweater late, low temperatures 52 to 62, winds light, south, southeast at 10. we'll come back and talk about a cold front that will change the within forecast a bit. we'll explain coming up. >>> meantime a crazy scene in los angeles today as police chased town a couple bank robbery suspects -- down a couple bank robbery suspects. a man in the bank seat of an suv threw handfuls of bills out the windows. so people running in the street ran to try to grab the cash. two men were arrested. detectives are out for two more. >>> still ahead on 9news rabid animals on the attack in fairfax county. >> and right after the break a preview of the much anticipated iphone 5. >>> welcome back. we're getting our first look at apple's new iphone 5. >> it is the most beautiful product we ha

and 70 degrees right now in manassas. but it was a pretty pleasant day for most of us as you can see here. 74 degrees with our high of 54. that was the low temperature. so pretty much right on target for this time of the year with those average highs and lows, but much milder air is on the way. i'll tell you more about that and plus the rain that will come along with the mild temperatures in the full seven- day forecast. bruce, back to you. >> thank you, erica. >>> the nats once again are trying to clinch the division title and once again they fell short. >> reporter: the nats are so close. they are just so close. all they needed to clinch the division was a win today. and they kind of seemed like they didn't come ready to play. he is making a big start in his hometown. and he got rocked together. he didn't make it out of the third, giving up seven runs on four hits while walking back. now, he hit a home run and as did danny espinasa, but they lose today, 10-4. >>> now, r.j. bowings has been in st. louis all weekend. gogg

they also found two loaded guns. >>> a crime alert in the manassas area.e say someone is breaking into homes near dumfries road and prince william parkway. the burglars have been kicking in doors and appear to be after cash and jewelry. police say lock all your doors and windows, even when you're home, and keep your porch lights on. >>> democrats preparing for a big final day of the dnc. vice president joe biden got a little more familiar with the stage at the time warner cable arena in charlotte early this morning. you see him right here. he will accept the party's nomination and give a speech tonight. president obama will also speak tonight. he arrived in charlotte yesterday late in the day. he even appeared on stage for just a few seconds with former president bill clinton as he wrapped up his speech before the dnc last night. clinton had the honor of officially nominating president obama for re-election. he praised the president for getting the economy back on track. he says the bailout of gm and chrysler is one example of how oba obama, the president,

they gathered at this manassas intersection. ago to the day, an storm shattered a family. ♪ andll i ask of my family drinks is please not to and drive. >> september 4, 2009, william was driving home from a concert. the 26-year-old was drunk. his blood are callable was your 0.13. carrying fourr members. landed on ae boulder. heard him cry and scream. 1 driver and her 12-year-old but her 60-year- mother and her 2-year-old son, jonathan, was killed. had arehe dreams i once destroyed and taken from the. the torment of loss sits beside injustice. the driver served -- pleaded to involuntary manslaughter and was released ago.prison several months he has his life back and i do not. the memories she will never motherwith her son and the day she lost everything. her on at the day she lost everything. she tells me that today would her son of jonathan's day in kindergarten. she said she was -- he was so excited about going to school picked out a before the crash. lived in manassas, jay korff, abc 7 news. coming up, honoring an american hero

and back to class for students in alexandria, falls church, manassas, manassas park,. d.c. and many maryland school already started . the patient on the roads. >> a little more company on the roads this morning. brianne carter explains what is behind this terrible traffic tuesday. >> we are along interstate 270. you can see traffic is moving relatively well this morning behind me. we have seen the volume significantly increase over the past half hour. over the past couple weeks people have been on vacation, out of school. all that comes to a halt as people start to head back today. heading out on the highway could be a bit more crowded today as everyone gets back to school and back to work. >> more people will be going in the mornings. >> driving is expected to be so dreadful that aaa is calling this terrible traffic tuesday. according to the transportation agency, this morning the contest on the roads will be up 26% from one drivers have been used to over the past couple months. that means time battling delays would jump from a summertime 20 minutes to 26 minutes a. right

it is indeed human and summer like. 79 in gaithersburg. 79 in manassas and leesburg and frederick.mber those numbers. what does it feel like if you factor in the humidity? it fields like it's 87 downtown and it feels like it's still in the low 80s in manassas, gaithersburg, frederick and leesburg. so, yes, we have a heat index tonight. we'll keep it dry. some breaks in the clouds by 9:00. we'll talk about the chances for more storms tomorrow and hotter air moving in. >>> well, do you think you ought to have to pay for an inmate's sex change operation? a federal judge thinks you should. a story that has everybody talking is still ahead. >>> and up next, a former police sergeant accused of murdering his wife waits >>> tomorrow jurors will begin deliberating drew peterson's fate. he is the former chicago area police sergeant accused of murdering his third wife. her body was found in a bathtub in 2004. peterson wasn't charged until after his fourth wife stacey disappeared in 2007. she is still missing. prosecutors say he killed savio because he feared a pending divorce settlement will

it is in the 50s already in gaithersburg. 57 manassas. 55 up in frederick.ou get outside the beltway and temperatures falling pretty fast. i don't think we will have any 40s tomorrow morning but we are going to have some low 50s overnight. grab a sweater for the morning and see if you can get the kids to pick a sweater or sweatshirt to the bus stop. grab your shades. pure sun again tomorrow. a terrific thursday. no doubt about that. then more clouds come in on friday. a comfort is going to -- cold front is going to roll through friday night as opposed to saturday night. overnight, clear skies. cool. not as chilly. 52 to about 62. and winds south/southeast at 10. by morning, pure sunshine. a cool start. sweater a good idea in the morning. probably won't need it after 9:00 a.m. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. winds light. by afternoon, mostly sunny. gorgeous again. not humid. high temperatures low 80s. that is about average. and winds out of the southeast at about 10. so, we are talking about a beautiful day from the mountains to the coast. oakland, 74. jump

leesburg, manassas, 79. fredericksburg, lower 80s. annapolis, you cooled down to 79. so still fairly warm out there. what can you expect tomorrow as you're waking up for your sunday? a mild start. temperatures bottoming out only in the 70s. a chance of showers late in the morning. by the afternoon, we'll see some scattered showers and thunderstorms. i'll talk more about those storm chances and how long isaac will affect us in this seven-day forecast. bruce, back to you. >> those storms are leaving some residents without power tonight. pepco, dominion power, bge are reporting a total of 10,000 customers without electricity. most of those are pepco customers in the district heights, palmer park and hill crest heights area of prince george's county. one moment, getting ready for a concert. the next, scores of people are ordered to move out as the storms move in. it all happened today at the maryland state fairgrounds as country music fans gathered for a concert. ken molestina here with those images. >> reporter: officials quickly escorted the crowds away. you'll recall l

warrenton and fairfax and manassas. cloud cover and high humidity. still left with, believe it or not, tropical moisture of isaac around our area. so for this afternoon, some scattered showers. maybe even some thunderstorms. most of the rain, i think, today is going to stay to the north and west of us. we will see more swinging through this evening. a better chance for showers and storms tomorrow with the actual weather front. here's a snapshot of wednesday at noontime with that front coming in. forecast for today, well, occasional rain. heavy at times. 80 to 85 degrees, the high temperature. seasonal for us. and then for the evening hours, that sun sets at 7:33. get the showers, storms, rain chances continuing. keep the umbrella handy. 70 to 73 for your evening. and stormy for tomorrow with a high of 87 degrees. 91, a little heat on thursday. extnded forecast shows, oh, danella, doesn't look good. more rain for the weekend. >> no. >> i know. >> not good at all. >>> on the roads, i do have some good news. first, let's start with the trouble spot. the

perhaps manassas being the warm spot at 79. it's 4:27. here comes monika samtani.fic on this tuesday morning. >>> thank you so much, howard. good morning, everybody. things look good outside right now. you just have that tiny witness of construction with only -- tiny bit of construction with only the right lane getting by. outer loop between 123 and 127. only the right lane will get you through there. 66 looks okay. let's take a live look outside and show what you it looks like. if you're planning to head northbound on 395, looking good. lanes open north of duke street up to the 14th street bridge. this time to the north side of the beltway where we're fine between 95 and i-270. no issues to report on 270 if you're heading in from frederick and south of town at the wilson bridge, nice and quiet across the river as well. i'll be back with more coming up at 4:39. >> thank you, monika. >>> today is the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. there will be memorial ceremonies in new york, arlington, virginia and shanksville, pennsylvania. >> in new york official there is

ignore quantico. 48 in manassas.ulles likely to get back into the 40s since may 19th t has been several months since our temperatures have been this cool. 52 in leonardtown. 40s off to the north and west. just a beautiful overnight and very comfortable. should be a beautiful day for us. look how quiet our sat height radar is. you will not find too many times of the year where it is this quiet. big area of high pressure will keep things nice and dry for us for the next several days. this weather pattern will continue right into the weekend. i think it will be the end of the weekend before we a chaps of any showers around here with our next cold front. tropical storm leslie off to the north and east. that is out of here and high pressure keeps us nice and dry. high pressure all week and that means lots of very comfortable conditions in the afternoon and overnight lows in the 50s and 60s here for the next couple of days. as long as this weather pattern wants to stick around, we'll take it. very nice out there. 79 today.

the fall session begins today at the chamber headquarters in manassas 7:30 to 10:00 a.m. cost per session $25 for chamber members and $50 per session for nonmembers. good news, kids. virginia's pumpkin crop is shaping up to be a good one. the big orange squash is already being harvested and so far things are looking pretty decent. pumpkins are grown on more than 2,000 acres in virginia. can you believe we're in pumpkin season already. >> pumpkins. pumpkin pie. >> the weather make it is feel good. -- makes it feel good. are we going to like what you have for us in the next half- hour? >> you are. i actually have good news about foreclosures. been a long time coming. >> good deal. >> thanks, jess. >>> civil rights leaders announce a new march on washington. that story is coming up. >> plus, police seize thousands of dollars in merchandise from an alleged fencing operation. that's in maryland. >> ahead in sports, with first place on the line, the orioles were tied going into the 9th inning. we'll show you how it ended. we'll be back. >>> welcome back. your weather first at 5

volume increasing out of manassas headed in towards centreville. the could you in sky fox checking out the drive along southbound 270. we had received word of an incident near democracy boulevard. so far, lanes are open on 270. no problems leaving 109 headed into germantown and here on the southbound spur, traffic flowing freely headed to the exit for the outer loop. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >>> our big story, hundreds ever thousands of students in northern virginia go back to school for the first time today -- our big story, hundreds of thousands of students in northern virginia go back to school for the first time today. >> this means the first dave new transportation policy. melanie alnwick has more. >> reporter: here in arlington county, this year, a lot fewer students will be eligible to ride the bus to school. the school system says no one is going to get left behind but they will be issuing bus passes that will be required in order for kids to get on the bus. some parents say now they will be getting on the road

a look at the other temperatures, 63 in manassas, 64 quantico, 55 degrees in winchester. the satellite picture shows the clouds and moisture it heading towards us through the overnight. of rain.few spots you can see how this is all through the southwestern parts of the u.s. moisture andlot of we will see showers off and on through the rest of the week. a cold front from the north of us by tomorrow. it will stall out and the high- cooler air never until late on the weekend when things finally begin to squeeze out. mostly cloudy today. a little warmer with a few showers, 79-83. cloudy tonight, showers, possible,hunderstorms -66. keeping a chance of rain through the weekend into early next week. the days will be a little drier. that's your forecast. and don't forget to connect with media.ocial a tweet or follow me on facebook. now to angela with traffic. >> in virginia, traveling around beltway, we found some late construction. one right lane open and heavy traffic in alexandria. approaching van dorn street, the inner loop in alexandria. a bigger problem in maryland on 270 s