and 63 in manassas. three-day forecast has two yellow alert days. tomorrow we'll still have that early rain and that will start to clear out in the afternoon. that sunshine, though, could fire up an afternoon thunderstorm. a high of 80 degrees, though, so it should be an improvement. and mostly sunny on thursday, it looks great, with a high of 82. in the seven-day forecast, beautiful weather staying with us, not only on thursday, but also on friday, a high of 86 degrees with all that sunshine. and then next weekend looks good, though a little on the hot side, close to 90 degrees, and a chance for an isolated thunderstorm on both sunday and monday. that's your first alert seven- day forecast. it's time for another look at traffic with monika. >>reporter: thanks, erica. we've got a couple of accidents to tell you about. first of all on the inbound side of canal road right after the chain bridge, you want to watch out for an accident and i believe police are headed that way. southbound 270, you've got a slowdown 109 to 121, it's there every morning. an

right now 70 in manassas, 66 in gaithersburg. 57 degrees, warm and muggy to start the day. right now let's get a look at traffic with monika. >> reporter: unfortunately, we already have an accident blocking off the i-95 hov lanes at eds sell road, anyone you'll see the lanes are completely shut down with this accident. we'll go to our camera here, and it looks like it could be serious in nature. quite a bit of equipment on the scene here and people milling around at the scene scene, so stick to the main line if you are heading north on i-95 sleeping springfield and i'll keep you posted. let's go back to the maps, this time no problems out of college park into silver spring. there is an accident on northbound forestville at route 4. pennsylvania avenue blocking off the left lane. northbound a live look outside. one more time here in oxen hill. back to you guys. >>> dc police are investigating an early morning shooting with young victims. >> reporter: the shooting erupted near bening road. delia goncalves is live at the scene. >> we can tell you two young people are shot, a 2

inside, rather than heading out the door for lunch this afternoon. 66 degrees in leesburg, 70 in manassas. you can see here on satellite and radar most of the moisture is to the south of us right now. going to become more robust as we see the trigger if place for the possibility of more thunderstorms. that is a quick look at weather. now to traffic. >>> in waldorf southbound route 301 before marshall corner road an accident and an overturned vehicle on the inbound side of i 766. -- of i-66. a water main closing between duke street and seminary road. on the northbound side you are going to see it here in the hov lanes. look at that, just cleared up in the last 60 seconds. good news, the lanes were closed for about an hour or more with the two overturned vehicles. they were just cleared up. main line remained open the entire time. very slow and heavy heading north on 95. look at that trying to get on to 395. at least your lanes are open. let's go back over to the maps. southbound 270 about 31 miles per hour. as you head down toward clarksburg, where it does pick up. >>> we are following a d

so it's 70 right now in lait plata, manassas and at andrews and 68 in gaithersburg, 66 in fredrick. a few areas of patchy light fog out there, and you can see some of those scattered showers approaching from the west. a quick look at weather followed by a quick look at traffic, here's monika. >>reporter: thank you so much, erica. good morning, everybody. i'm happy to say it is a good morning. nothing major to talk about. i've been keeping in touch with police and trying to find out if there's any activity around town, and, again, nothing major to report that's going to cause any big delays on the beltway, for example, on the north side of town we're looking good from college park into silver spring. all of your northern corridors to the beltway look good, including 270 in from fredrick. let's go outside live and show you what it looks like first here on the beltway in prince george's county at route 4, pennsylvania avenue, forestville, no problems to report here as you head north to college park and around the bend into silver spring on the beltway. back to the maps, this time we're

manassas, 54 for you. that is a little on the chilly side. average low is 63 degrees so we are a little down from that. yesterday, our high was 78. our average is 81. we will be right around that range as we head into the afternoon hours today. a couple of clouds now, it -- but we are keeping our eye on what is happening in the gulf of mexico. the national hurricane center putting a 40% chance this will develop into our first tropical storm. if so, its name would be andrea. it will bring some heavy downpours across florida. take a look at the computer model forecast. each one representing one forecast of a track that a potentially be taken. notice, they bring it up into our area. by friday, we could see heavy downpours. just rainshowers, no big deal. mostly sunny today pleasant between 78 to 83 degrees. for tonight, partly cloudy, 56 to 62. hopefully, you can get out and enjoy the nice weather. adam some special guests that have raised some big money this morning. >> pennies for patients. walter johnson high school. i have a big crowd. they'r

this is right in manassas at route 234. and as i said, all lanes are open inbound this morning. back to you guys. >> thanks, monika. >>> 4:50, and our 9 wants you to know investigation into an alleged land grab in montgomery county moved back into the courtroom yesterday. >> maryland's court of appeals is is now considering the case of long-time land owners in sandy springs who say their property values were steamrolled when a new development went in and erased their historic access road off official records. >> scott broom has the latest on the case out of annapolis. >>reporter: some of the allegations of wrongdoing in this case are targeted against an engineering firm called mhg. today mhg's lawyer told maryland's court of appeals his client did nothing wrong. that's mhg attorney james lee, refusing to be interviewed outside court after telling a three-judge court of appeals panel that mhg did a survey and did it professionally. but it was a survey that long- time african-american property owners in sandy spring believe intentionally wiped their historic access called farm roa

you can see we have 68 at manassas. your tep7erature, a little cooler at 66 degrees. we have a fair amount of moisture in the atmosphere. you might see a little haze or patchy fog. for the most part, we're dealing with patchy ees ies. you have a little area of low pressure that'sonoicking up e do owers and t3 fnderstore f in this tennessee river valley. that's going to be heading off to the east. at the same time, a cold front is approaching from the north. those things will increase our chances of showers and thunderstorms, especially this afternoon. today wouon m be a lit see more widespread than the isolated showers and storms that we had uthestelivehay.rms that we had as this front drops doona, we'l watch that area of low pressure track to the east. uthou couon m see this lingerin into your wednesday morning. here's your future cast. by this ff ternoong m we'll hav scattered showethi with a few embedded thunderstorms. by this evening, we'll see things dchr up a lit see ng this could linger into wednesday morning before this computer model brings us some sune do in

today's high 85 degrees in westminister. 86 at manassas and fredericksburg, you can see the stripe of kind of higher temperatures. 87 in downtown dc. 70 degrees in the district tonight, 66 in leesburg and manassas. over the next three days, your 9 weather alerts are going to remain green. but it does look like it is going to get a little more unsettled as we head toward wednesday. this might end up becoming a yellow alert as we head toward wednesday. cooler too, with a high of 82 degrees heading into thursday, this is what we are looking forward to, breaks in the cloud cover, also a break in the humidity. friday and saturday just looking fantastic with highs in the mid-80s and tons of sunshine. we are going to hold onto the lower humidity until we get to sunday with a lie of around 89 degrees. stay with us, >>> seasonal and fresh, that is the motto of morton's, one of the best steak houses in the country. i would like for you to meet chef bob teagueler from the morton's on connecticut avenue. this is one of the most beautiful spreads i think we've ever had, from the shrimp to the hali

your headlights have to be on. 84 in manassas. so for tonight, early isolated thunderstorm possible. otherwise partly cloudy, mild, a little muggy downtown. low to mid 70s downtown in the 60s in the suburbs. we come back and have a yellow alert for tomorrow and wednesday and we'll tell you why. >> thank you, top. today, a guilty plea from the so-called butt slasher. that's the man accused of slashing several women while they were strolling through shopping malls like tysons or fair oaks. prosecutors say before they caught up with him last year, he went on a slashing spree for months using a raiser or a box cutter it attack women along their backsides. he will be sentenced in september. he faces up to seven years. what we did not learn is why he did it. >> still ahead, strange things happening to cbs reporter, cheryl atkinson's computers. is the government spying on her? my one-on-one interview with her. >>> plus, what was that unidentified flying object hovering in the skies over northern virginia last night? there's a daytime pic

all lanes are open manassas into centerville. 395 now northbound here in the lanes. >>> the little spats your children have every so offense, they should not be ignored. according to a new study in the journal journal of pediatric, research found fights between brothers and sisters can cause the same level of distress as peer bullying. >>> is there a racial bias on how autistic children are treated? autistic african-american and hispanic children are far less likely than write autistic children to receive specialized care for medical conditions that sometimes come with autism. these include stomach problems and sleep disorders. >> how you measure your blood sugar can go a long way for diabetics. diebold beatics who use meters have better control over the disease. that is according to researchers at the mount sinai medical center who looked at data from 500 patients. they found those with monitors do a better job than those who keep handwritten logs. >>> picture this, 35,000 harleys riding into rome to celebrate the motorcycle company's 110th anniversary. >> only 1400 of the bikers were g

leaving manassas to the rest tht area and traveling southbound out of waldorf, and of course, marshall corner road that is cot where we have the crash, cras northbound lanes remain open. op that's a check of fox 5 on time traffic. >>> julie, thank you very much. >>> a close y call for a formerm president. a private jet carrying george wr bush had to make an emergency er handing because of a smokeysmok smell in the cockpit. cock the jet was flying from to dallas, and it continued to after a brief stop and the good news no one was hurt. hurt >> president bush's right handhd says his health is n not short f a miracle. mi cheney was near death when he received a battery operating pumping device in 2011.1. the device kept him alive untill a transplant surgery in 2012. 22 >>> the climbing cost to take ta care of man's best friend we will go to fox's business news s to see how pricey a puppy can be.be. >> kids westbound expensive,ve, puddies can be expensive, -- puppies can be expensive, too.. >>> heerin brady won the miss u crown after answering a questio about the dna testing. [ male anno

right now light rain around manassas over toward fairfax and old town. it is on the way out, but yellow alerts tuesday and wednesday, thunderstorms possible after 10 a.m. tomorrow, looks like a wet commute for most going home, should be a dry commute going to work and some of the storms will be heavy, a couple could be severe. we'll talk about that and another front coming through here wednesday. >>> two weeks ago the national highway traffic safety administration asked chrysler to recall 2.7 million jeep vehicles over safety concerns. the agency linked the gas tanks in late model jeep grand cherokees and certain liberty models to car crashes where people burned to death. chrysler said no and believes these vehicles are safe, but we've been telling you about this for more than a year. the problem centers around the plastic gas tanks and their position. in the 1993 to 2004 jeep grand cherokees and the 2002 to 2007 jeep liberties. those gas tanks are behind the rear axle in the crush zone in a rear end crash. tomorrow is the deadline for chrysler to lay ou

we have 54 in manassas. 60 right on the bay. they're warmer. same thing in town, 61. look at la plata. only 51 out there. almost jacket weather. temperatures this afternoon range from 82 in easton 2079 in hagerstown and -- to 79 in hagerstown and monika, you came in early. you were talking about northern virginia, i-95. you gave me the thumbs down. >> i did. is there something in the middle that can do kind of like this? >> so-so. >> it's so-so. what i mean by that is the accident on the northbound side of i-95 near route 610 was in the center of the roadway last time we spoke. this time it's now on the shoulder but it's so-so because look at all the red that's formed already heading northbound on i-95 to the accident. the lanes are open but of course still attracting some attention. it rapped right in the middle of the rush hour. let's take a live look further north in springfield. this is great. no problems here as you head up toward the beltway or on to 395 to the 14th street bridge. air going to be just fine there. let's go back to the maps. this time we're headin

down here at fredericksburg ite has cooled, too, 86 degrees there, culpeper 88, manassas 88s in terms what we're talking about with the heat index, itin does feel in most cases warmer than that. 86 the feel like temperature here in town, which is down a little bit up from where it was. this is a peive opportunit a peo show what will is talking about. that feels like 93, fredericksburg feels like li 90 degrees, and everybody comese in the 80s, middle to upper 80s with the feel like temperature. it's a pretty good evening, i would say, we will have thewi possibility of a kind of aa spotty storm here and a spotty storm there, even though we hav had a couple of these, it hasn't been significant, i don'tdon't expect, it's going to be going e significant through the eveningn hours, we should be mostly dry at 9:00, we're still warm. temperature of 80 degrees ia fee clouds around at 11:00. overnight tonight we may have a little bit of fog settling in some places, those favoredfavod places that would typically gete fog, and i'm not even going to completely rule out the th possibility of a show

in the air a little bit more than we did yesterday. 57 in frederick. 63 in martinsburg and 63 in manassas as well. we'll see a peek of sunshine here atlanta but mostly clouds this afternoon and see -- here and mostly clouds this afternoon. high temperature between 76-80 degrees. ur seven-day forecast, a washout with andrea on friday. right now keeping rain out of sunday. we'll have to see how long that front will linger and our temperatures will get a little warmer this weekend too, into the middle 80's. we need to know what's happening on the roads on this thursday morning. the gridlock goddess has answers. >> we're monitoring conditions on the interstate. things are looking beautiful all the way around. we are monitoring conditions around a crash around university boulevard. eastbound lanes closed there at dennis avenue. connecticut avenue, construction. you're going to need to stay to the left there between the belt way and jones bridge road to get problems. hose we actually have a live shot through that area that shows us current conditions along 270. even though it is dark, you can s

heavy on the through lanes with that overflow and that manassas 66, beltway. frederick, grurg very heavy on 270, you can see on a live shot from that area, near father hurley very, very heavy. no reports of any incidents, eye on the backup on 270 south. for now i'll send it back over to greta and brad. >> get amanda's traffic updates on air and online, you can follow her on twitter @gridlockgoddess. >> people investigate after two are shot including a teenage girl in southeast. it happened in the 4900 block of g street. >> that's right, john gonzalez is live in southeast with the story this morning. john what's the update? >> well, greta and brad, it's still unclear this hour, how the victims are connected, if they're related perhaps or they live here but we can tell you they're definitely young a 17-year-old girl and a 20-year-old man both found shot in an apartment here on g street in southeast d.c., this is near benning road. neighbors heard a lot of gunshots just before 2:00 this morning. we captured video of a man on a gurney in only his boxers. police sa

is the ninth victim, shot in the chest and killed while pumping gas near manassas, virginia. he was 53 years old. in a parking lot across from the crime scene a police officer interviews potential witnesses. one of them is a man driving the same 12-year-old chevy caprice that had been spotted near the sixth murder scene. when police wave him on, they have no idea they've just interviewed the sniper mastermind. >> john allen mohammed, and lee boyd malveaux were an unlikely pair, joined by unlikely circumstances. mohammed, age 41, was definitely the alpha. his devoted follower and more than willing accomplice malvo was just 17. >> one of the things that struck me was his devotion and commitment to john allen mohammed, who he referred to as dad. >> mohammed, a father of three, was an ex-armyening mere who received the normal training in marksmanship. he saw action in the first gulf war, but returned home a changed man. >> desert storm, the first iraq war, flipped a switch in john mohammed. to this day his ex-wife isn't sure what happened. >> it was like his spirit had been broke

, is the ninth victim, shot in the chest and killed while pumping gas near manassas, virginia.e was 53 years old. in a parking lot across from the crime scene a police officer interviews potential witnesses. one of them is a man driving the same 12-year-old chevy caprice that had been spotted near the sixth murder scene. when police wave him on, they have no idea they've just interviewed the sniper mastermind. >> john allen muhammad and lee boyd malvo were an unlikely pair, joined by unlikely circumstances. muhammad, age 41, was definitely the alpha. his devoted follower and more than willing accomplice malvo was just 17. >> one of the things that struck me was his devotion and commitment to john allen muhammad who he referred to as dad. >> muhammad, a father of three, was an exarmy engineer who received the normal training in marksmanship. he saw action in the first gulf war, but returned home a changed man. >> desert storm, the first iraq war, flipped a switch in john muhammad. to this day his ex-wife isn't sure what happened. >> it was like his spirit had been broken. he loo

and 86 in manassas. so, for tonight, isolated thunderstorm possible. otherwise partly cloudy and mild. 74 to 64. >>> now let's get you up to speed on the other stories making headlines. let's begin at the supreme court. justices there tossed out an arizona law that requires people to prove they are u.s. citizens by showing official id when they use federal forms designed to streamline the process. for additional states that have similar requirements and other states that lek at that legislation. arizona officials argued that states have the right to pass laws aimed at stopping undocumented immigrants and other noncitizens from getting on to the voter role. >> and today's decisions lead the high court with three big cases to rule on. one looks at affirmative action, number two tackles same- sex marriage, and the third looks at whether or not part of the voting rights act of 1965 is still constitutional. the supreme court is back in session on thursday. we should get more decisions then. >> the u.s. senate could vote on the first immigration overhaul in

been south and west of the city but we're definitely picking up heavy rain around gaithersburg down manassas. some reports of flooding in nelson county. the big headline as we switch over to our weather maps is that this is going to be a big rainmaker for our area. sometimes these tropical storms can be big wind makers too but winds are down to 45 miles an hour and the rain is going to be deal. already we've had heavy rain now. a lot of 39 we've had so far today has been coming from a frontal boundary squeezing it out from the west but certainly a lot of moisture to be tapped -- tapped and it's in the process of drawing that moisture north center of the storm west of jacksonville. but all the rain is out ahead of it so when we show you the center of circulation that's the time at which you can expect it to be cutting off. that will be tomorrow night. so some heavy rain and tough driving a flash flood watch means there's potential for flash flooding. so you'll want to watch the under passes. don't drive through anything if you can't tell how deep the water gets. it doesn't include frederick o

dulles 87, still manassas 88, 8, culpeper is off of their high a little bit.ttle they're sitting at 88, and 85 for fredricks during frederickse water. this is what you get when i hava added the humidity, it feels fe warmer in town.rmer in it feels like 90 for culpeper,c, and fredericksburg is warm too, 87 in baltimore. it feels like it's 87 degrees, e and a little humidity making itt feel like it's in the middle thm 80s for annapolis. isolated thunderstorms out thers for the o next couple of hours. once the sun comes down, thattht will all go away. it will still be warm at at 9:00 right around 80 degrees, aa few clouds for 11:00, we look at radar now. this is current picture for you, and there's a few storms close to philadelphia, hopefully thes will stay south, and the nationals got to play up there p this evening. thunderstorms farther down along 81, 64, there's a flash-flood f- warning right now for charlottesville, virginia.es we're seeingvi more popping up t fauquier along 66.fauquier a as we lozoom in for you, i wantt toe hotoshow you this little stm how it has blossomed in the s

dulles and manassas are 52 degrees. warrenton is 56. got low 50s also in waldorf at 52 along with bowie and 55 in alexandria and college park this morning. one more look outside and it is a beautiful wednesday morning. a couple of high clouds out there. sunrise about 5:30 this morning. southwest wind at 6 miles an hour. and the humidity is creeping up. 78%. but nothing compared to what's going on in the middle of the country where once again we're looking at showers and storms. some severe weather in this watch box but from eastern new mexico across i-40 into arkansas, again a slight chance of severe storms with the damaging winds, large hail, isolated tornadoes. here's an upper storm coming out of the dakotas toward minnesota. this will help draw some of the moisture in our direction. so the drier air that's us with now, it's going to start to pull away toward the east and allow the high clouds first to return. then the clouds will thicken up tonight. later today going to be out west pittsburgh may see a shower. same with garrett count

reagan. 78 at dulles and bwi thurgood marshall. 64 at gaithersburg. 70 at annapolis. 64 degrees at manassasdulles is 68 degrees. i'm talking about clouds increasing across our area and that's what's happening into the course of tonight we're going to see cloudy skies. a bit of wet weather across the potomac highlands. we have more to talk about that. our neighbors in potomac highlands are going to be bracing for what could be coming up our way. this is the lot of tropical moisture associated with the first named storm of the 20 13 hurricane season -- it's tropical storm andrea and it's going to move up the seaboard. let's take a look at our tracker. sustained wounds at 40 miles an hour moving north at 6 miles an hour. here's a look at the computer models showing you the timing and track of the system. it's crossing florida thursday and friday and then as it pushes its way up to carolina we're in the cone of certainty. it could go west or east but that track will determine where the rain will be especially the heaviest rainfall. we're definitely going to get the rain with it no question what

it's 70 in manassas and easton. temperatures aren't varying that much. as we look outside, there goes the wiper trying to clean it off for you. got that yellow alert. 72 at national. it's a wet 72. dew point 70. i it's just brutal outside. humidity 94%. want to show you the timetable on this. here we are at 5:30 still with heavy rain through 8:00 generally east of town and finally pulling away toward midnight. our forecast, calling for temperatures today at 76. 68 tonight as the rains taper to showers. tomorrow a couple of showers, especially south and east of town, 82. i'm going to keep sunday dry right now. still a chance, slight chance of a storm. i'm going to keep it dry, 88. a front brings more showers and storms monday with temperatures back in the mid-80s and of course topper will have more a little later. we have some good stuff for you. make your own sushi [ male announcer ] you know what's so awesome about the internet? it gets more and more entertaining every day. and once you've got verizon fios, that's when you get it -- america's fastest, m

out at manassas you're slowing to 48 miles per hour. on the brakes, leaving fair oaks continuing at 123, at 28 miles per hour. headed inbound to the roadway. that say check of fox 5 on time traffic. >>> just chatting with our next guest. you know him, he is our fox 5x 5 political analyst. tomorrow is the dedication of the capital, ka stay tou. we found last week that fox 5age cyst ha5analyst had problems wiw the dedication is being handled he is here with us with new information. i wasn't here on the day youdayu came on the show.me on i appreciate it, but i have beee getting caught up just gettingig outraged just reading your notes and what has been going on. on >> i discovered to start. first of all, there's a victory, i said the last time i was here, you weren't here, but he was so intimidated by your absence that he decided to come viceice president biden. the administration was not goino to come. had not made a statement. he is going to be speaking sospo that is good.that is good >> let's take a preak and let's- break and let's hear

with the chance of showers and storms throughout the day. 76 degrees in downtown washington. 70 in manassasrg. i looked at the visibility map, there is no reduced visibility out there right now, that means no fog or mist in the area. showers and storms to the south of us, that could trigger a few more showers and storms. more in your first alert 7-day forecast but now it is time for a look at traffic with monika. >>> near route 103, you want to watch out for an accident. apparently it will be there until about 5:00 this morning. about another half hour until they can get that cleared up. southbound 270 down to the point where the lanes divide, we are in good shape all the way to the beltway. let's take a live look a few people out early monday morning. back over to the maps this time over inbound side of i-66 no problems as you come in from centerville, looking good and a last live look over in springfield. looking good here as you head by the beltway in chantilly, an accident northbound on route 50. back to you guys. >>> a 17-year-old girl was shot three times and a man was shot in the fac

manassas to centreville, you're okay on 66. by the way, on the outer loop at eisenhower avenue in alexandria, there had been some flooding problems and the equipment was sitting there and now there's a crash there as well. so on the outer loop along the right side be careful. we'll take a live look on the northbound side of i-95 and 395. this is at seminary road. no issues as you head to the 14th street bridge. >> thank you, monika. >>> d.c. police are looking for a man who beat and sexually assaulted a woman inside her northwest home. the attack happened in the 2700 block of chesapeake street. that's near rock creek park tuesday morning. police say the attacker knocked on his victim's door armed with mace and a taser. he forced his way inside, beat her up and then sexually assaulted her. the man drove off in a red vehicle. investigators are working with the victim's description of her attacker to try and identify a suspect. >>> two men accused of stealing from high end stores like cartier are now in jail. police say they're ge

travel inboundinbd leaving dumfries, 66 is quiet a well for those continuing cont inbound leaving manassas, this s commute on 95 above speed as you continue through wood bridge and toward newington, light traffic volume getting to the lights, kenilworth at great speeds spees continuing from 50 hea headed td pennsylvania avenue.va northbound the remains of thee accident before 370 off the roadway, however, the guardraila was damaged so that was stickint out into left lane.lane. be careful on the local lanes oo the left side of 270, on the southbound, you're free to go. . that is a check of fox 5 on time traffic. traffic. >>> a suspect in the killing of a d.c. cabdriver will appear inr court today. day over ton is charged with the murder, in the death of solomon owecokoroh. police were nearby when they th heard shots in ontario and kalorama road. road. they saw the suspect crash, and a gun battle ensued with the two suspects. his death is overwhelming forern those who knew him.m. >> it's bad, because it could happen to any driver out here. it's really bad. bad. i hope they prosecute him to t

southbound 270 is an easy trip coming out of germantown, no issues to report headed tr manassas toward the capital belt. northbound 95, quiet, overnightr construction, and now we do have an incident downtown along along pennsylvania avenue between 10th street, it's an ongoing investigation, inner lanes are e open, but that the outbound. ou that is a check fox 5 on time traffic. >>> a massive fire around the te capital hill is still closed. cl a hardware store went up in flames last evening. firefighters battled the flames for hours, two of them suffered minor injuries.inju the store appears to be a complete loss.compl the fire started outside of thee building, but still have not pinpointed the exact cause. >>> a disturbing new reportrepo shows that u.s. government is secretly collecting millions off phone records through a courtcot order that requires verizon tovz turn them to the agency.. the report was granted by the surveillance court oncourt april 25th and remains in effect until july 19th. verizon must hand over originating and terminating telephone numbers, originaliginl nation,

your highs this afternoon will range around 79 up in baltimore, laytonsville, manassas 82.over to monika sam tap any -- to monika samtani. >>> there's one accident that happened a few moments ago on the northbound side of i-270 near shady grove road. let's go to a live picture here. you can't see the accident which means that traffic is now moving well through the area. it was in the local lanes along the right side. i don't think it should be an issue now, especially if you're heading southbound this morning. back to the maps. on the southbound side of i-95 near the prince william parkway, also construction along the right side. that should be picked up shortly as well. no problems on the northbound side of 95 as you can see as you come up from triangle to woodbridge and springfield as well. we'll wind a live look on the northbound side of 395 near seminary road. no problems at all to the 14th street bridge and into downtown. back to you guys. >> thanks, monika. >>> a big sports story tops our news. major league baseball is reportedly working on suspensions for some of the

right now it is 70 degrees in leesburg and gaithersburg. 68 in manassas, but it's still 75 downtown andplatta. you can see on satellite and radar a few of those spotty storms, but more rain approaching. details on that coming up in the first alert seven day. monica, take it away with traffic. >>reporter: thank you so much, erica. i'm so happy to say unlike yesterday morning, we're starting off nice and quiet this morning. we have a few construction spots which should be clearing up within the next 30 minutes or so. by the way, you do have the h.o.v. lanes still closed basically between dunfrees on 95 all the way up to the 14th street bridge on 395. they should open shortly as well. other than that looking great on 270 coming in from gaithersburg to rockville and bethesda. let's take a live look on the south side of town in prince george's county on the beltway near route 4, pennsylvania avenue on our mdot camera where there are no problems to report on the east side of town. we'll go to our maps again and look at 66 on the inbound side. no problems in from centreville. dulles toll road

we're okay coming in from manassas to centreville. it's already slowing down. people trying to get an early start on a friday morning which is a good idea today and we'll end with a live look in springfield. no problems here coming up to 395 on the outer loop at eisenhower avenue, the flooding conditions resolved along the right side of the road. ilvery more on what's going on in bethesda in my next report. back to you guys. >> thank you, monika. >>> queen elizabeth's husband spent the night in the hospital with stomach problems. he faces surgery today. >> reporter: the duke attended a garden party at buckingham palace before being admitted to the hospital last night. doctors will operate on the queen's 91-year-old husband today. officials say the exploratory surgery was planned and comes after some investigations cearld out last week. they stress he's in very good health and say he walked into the hospital himself. >> he likes to be master and in control of everything, but this is one occasion he can't be in control and he's got to do what the doctors tell him

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manassas, 70 degrees. and all right at 70 this morning. northern maryland. a touch cooler, and even a few rounds of sprinkles in northern most maryland. not looking for a lot of rain today, but nonetheless, outdoor barbecues, sitting in the hammock. backup plan ready to go. clouds thicken and temperatures in fairfax around 72. 85 degrees by 1:00 and most of the afternoon in the low to my 80s and rain chances sneaking in after 3:00 or 4:00. here is the way it looks on storm team 4 radar. most of the metro area completely dry. few sprinkles in washington county, maryland, through hagerstown. eastbound fairly quickly. and north sides of frederick to westminster, a little chance of quick passing sprinkle. it won't add up to more than a hundredth or two inch of rain. pittsburgh, columbus, cleveland, all that rain coming in our direction, that's the reason the rain chances continue to go up and up and up in the afternoon. those showers are along and ahead of a cold front that is trying to make its way through here. might spark off one or two rounds of showers, not

a little chilly in the outlying areas. 52 in gaithersburg. 54, manassas. 54, lexington park. we hit 78 degrees. what a beautiful day it was. low humidity, lots of sunshine, felt great. our average high today is 81 degrees. look at the record, a triple digits, something to keep in mind in the back of your head as we go through the month of june. satellite showing just a little bit of cloudiness, especially across southern maryland and we will see more sunshine than anything else today. what we're keeping our eye on are the tropics. this big cluster of thunderstorms are could potentially become our first named system of the season. why do i care? you might have friends and family in florida. believe it or not, this could impact us. we don't think it will be a huge impact system, but we will get some heavy downpours potentially, especially if it takes the inner track. that would be arriving by friday. look for a bit of a wet and washout day. today, between 78 and 83, mostly sunny and pleasant. we will see a few clouds tonight, partly cloudy skies, 56 to 62. a few clouds and chan

high temperatures in the low to mid-80s. 85 in d.c., 85 manassas and thunderstorms throughout the a ever noon and the next couple of days, 30 chance of storms with a high of 81. 82 degrees on thursday. plenty of sunshine. thursday is looking beautiful. on friday, the first day of summer, 85 degrees. actually starts at 104 in the morning on friday. friday will be the first day. let's just make the first weekend of summer a hot one. 86 on saturday. 90 on sunday and 93 on monday. right now this weekend looking pretty good. if you're thinking about heading down towards the beaches, looking good for you all across the next couple of days, especially starting on thursday. >> all right. thank you, doug. it's been a tough year for a woman who was hit by a derecho. the motorcycle enthusiast was on her way last june when a tree crashed down on her and her bike in northwest d.c. itse it severed her spinal cord. she's been getting support and is stronger because of it. >> the changes that i've gone through made me not just grow but to see my strengths and weaknesses and it also helped my friends and

very heavy rain, especially back toward the west into culpeper, fredericksburg, manassas, leesburg. maybe 2 inches across the region. tomorrow the same deal. at 2:00, we're still dealing with that rain. that's why we have that flash flood. maybe upwards of 4, maybe even more in some areas. what to expect. how about washington as we move through here. heavy rain, 1 to 3 inches. winds gusting and this will move out friday night. heavy rain, winds gusting 20 to 30 miles per hour and this will move out friday night. this is for the bay. if you're going toward chesapeake, that's what you can expect there. as far as what we'll see the next couple days, we'll be talking about that rain tomorrow, and then what is going to be a fairly nice weekend. 82 on saturday with a lot of cloud cover and a chance for some showers, but most of the day saturday should be dry. same deal goes for sunday. mostly cloudy, a high of 86 degrees. guess what is? another chance of rain on monday and rain. we'll be talking about a lot of humidity and those. >> thanks, doug. >>> back to school for president obama. he

. >>> eastbound 66, the delaydelay continues coming inbound out of manassas all the way to 286 the fairfax county parkway, traffic slowing inside of the beltway headed toward fairfax. you will find the lanes are are open, leaving northeast toto northwest with no issuesth no ss reported headed to the third thd street tunnel.stre that's a check ofet fox 5 on tie traffic. >>> julie, thank you very much.u >>> right now v president baracd obama is in more than ireland for the two day g-sit summit. leaders from around the worlde d will joint president to discussc wide-range of topics. >>> also a key issue is the crisis in syria. syri last week president obama obama announced the u.s. will providev military assistance to the rebels. earlier this morning, mr. obamama spoke in belfast commending thee people of northern ireland for r their continued efforts toward lasting peace. the country is a role model forl the rest of the world. worl >> you're their blueprint to follow. follow you're their proof of what is possible because hope is contagious. they're watching to see what you do next. >> mr. oba

that's very are voter rich they ew jackson is campaigning in manassas.t, his running mates seem to really be distancing himself from him. i think why canson in real serious trouble. if talk about hoeb republican attorney general nominee at this point. running against mark hering. how do these two stack up kwep? questioned mark is a very, very reveered name in republican circles. and, i would consider him probably the favorite marsh hering from loewen and hering, i would think has upare hill battle. okay i want talk about this because it is very important. statute tread direct douglas dedicated we have been talk lots about this mark you have been sort of ringing going or d. c stand on this any word whether or not president obama or any one from white house going to be there? president obama will be in germany so he will not be there. and i talked to white house, and one the representatives, they have not made statement. and, right now they are not senting rentive. maureen i have ticket here. you see ticket. done ask me -- let's get back mark. i won't tell

the hovs are starting to crawl, and 66 aa better drive even though it's t starting to slow out of manassascentreville.ow no issuesar reported on top of f that stretch, behaving nicely continuing around 270. thets a check othat's a check oe traffic. >>> and miss usa2013 is connecticut. >> the nation's newest beautybey queen is miss connecticut, you o heard it, 25-year-old erin brady was crowned miss usa. she left her day job as an accountant to enter the contestt along with the win she gets an n apartment the new york city for one year and is kepted to go on a tour around the nation raising awareness of breast and ovarian cancer. >> left a job to go do that. >> clearly it's worth it. >>> months after filming a flash mob, a new fitness craze unveiled a new video over the weekend. ♪ ♪ why ♪ >> shack kaboom fitness, shack a boom fitness uses now music andd have fun while you're doing it. >> maybe they're warming up. >> coming up with a song to showcase fitness.fitness. >> it's about fashion, it's a new shack a booming new energy and the beat is from your hearte anybody that likes shack a boom

lot morere cloudiness, and humidity, youy,u will notice that creeping up ass well. 63 this morning manassas62 ou6 at dulles, so again temperaturei not bad to start the day. here comes the cloud cover, and with it some rainshowers out to the west, most of thesef ese rainshowers will remain out west for the time being, but later this afternoon, some of theseer will start to slip to the east.e we will have a chance for scattered rain around here later today. just keep that in mind, bring ai umbrella just in case. i want to focus off to the south, and to our south and souh west, and this is tropical storm andrea, i mean, looking very impressive for so early in the a season here. he it's after all, early june, and winds 60 miles per hour, just hr got an update a few moments ago. still tracking to the north at t 10. that pressure is falling 947 millibars. it's falling a couple miles mils south and west. tampa. it will track to the north and east, it will be a player in our weather, as the moisture gets gs dragged up to the north. to let me pthut the futurecast in motion. let me show you what happ

we have 64 at manassas. 72 for cumberland. 64 at frederick. and 66 degrees at gaithersburg. mild outside. we're going to see changes though. as far as the clouds are concerned. they are increasing into the course of tonight. we're going to end up with mostly cloudy skies across our region. and areas to our far west for the potomac highlands could see wet weather starting to creep in overnight tonight. that's another thing. we are really keeping an eye to the south down the tropics in the gulf of mexico where our first named storm of the 2013 atlantic season has now developed and formed and it's called andrea. it's a tropical storm right now. look at all the precipitation associated with it. florida going to get slammed with this because it's going to just continue to bring an awful lot of rain fall to areas of the south before it starts to push its way north. that's what we're concerned with. how far will it come and what will the track be in terms of its impact for us. here's a look now. it sustained winds are 40 miles an hour and it actually moving to the north add 6 miles

two inches of rain in d.c., two inches in fredricksburg, two inches in manassas. looking at some of this now, maybe upwards of three, maybe even four in isolated areas. that's why we had that flash flood watch in effect. we're looking at 1 to 2 inches across the region. 1 to 3 with the potential of more than that when we see this band setting up. one thing for sure right now, the weekend not a washout. don't cancel your weekend plans. if you had plans to do anything tomorrow, you might want to rethink those. >> thanks, doug. >>> rg3 i heard him today saying -- i'm not sure what he said. is he ready or is he not? you saw him last week. what do you think? >> i think there's been no major setback. he's still ahead of schedule. four straight days he was out there. he's in good shape. he's right on target for his comeback, and this has easily been the most watched and heavily evaluated program in history. rg3 in and i shis surgically re knee. there hasn't been any setbacks for the torn acl. it was a big week for rg3. on the field four straight days, his most extensive

better rain chances much into the later and later afternoon and morning hours. 70 in manassas. in springfield, virginia, this morning. a couple of rain drops near hagerstown, but more rain toward morgantown. even more where that came from as well. relatively dry for the next coup o

xd six in manassas. of anyone and lexington park. areas of rain today, heavy at times, a few thunderstorms, and with those thunderstorms, that is when we will see dustier wins. -- gustier winds. make sure you do not drive across any roads covered in water later today. 74-78 degrees for our afternoon highs. tonight and continues, heavy at times. a flash flood remains in effect until later tonight. 62-60 eight degrees. tomorrow rain will pull out of here. a few thunderstorms will be possible tomorrow afternoon. sunday should be a dry day although it will almost feel wait -- feel wet with the humidity. a high temperature around 86 degrees. get through today and things will look a little bit better. >> we picked up a new crash onto 70 southbound. that is causing delays as you come in late from that gaithersburg area. this will be along to 70. -- 270. you can see that that wraparound, that curve is moving very slowly. it seems to be easing a little bit, but and local lanes, we are getting reports that the right lane is closed their. -- cl

camerasr we had fender bender activity av that has been moved over to the shoulder. 56 is backed out of manassas, headed eastbound 264 and thend 4 rest area. area. traffic headed toward vienna.vi. the accident activity on thee shoulder, northbound i-95, accident activity reported before 286, the fairfax countycy on 95.on 95 pockets of congested on 95, includes the trip toward dumfries, across the a the occoq and downtown no change, a chge,a portion of pennsylvania avenuenn blocked off outbound betweeneen 10th and 12 street at this this time. that is due to an on going investigation. that is a check of fox 5 on time traffic. >>> julie, thanks. >>> mcdonald is switching up its late night menu. we will go to fox news for details on that. [ slurps ] [ laughs ] ♪ [ female announcer ] hey ladies. you love it. you've got to have it. cinnamon toast crunch, 'cause that cinnamon and sugar is so irresistible. everybody craves those crazy squares.® made gluten-free cereals in a bunch of yummy flavors. like cinnamon chex, honey nut chex, and chocolate chex... we're in cereal heaven. so thanks. from the mcgre