we have a chatter in my live chat room babs lives in mechanicsville. heads up, the rain is heading your way. look at how the clouds look on the weather cam. this is a view looking toward the washington monument looking east. you can see this morning the thick clouds are in place and throughout the morning we have had the low clouds above the tower cam if not right atal camera level and showers coming through. don't forget the umbrella today you will use it a lot. 76 is the number. winds from the east at three and the humidity is high at 82%. the weather forecast for today, muggy and 84 degrees. a lot of shower and thunderstorms around especially in the afternoon. this isn't going to be isolated to the mountains like yesterday but across the viewing area kind of thing from ocean city west in to eastern panhandle of west virginia. tomorrow a little more sunshine, 86. we will get hot as we head to the weekend. reaching for those 90s. i will talk about the rest of the forecast in a few minutes. angie has been tracking the drive in. >> good morning, kim. he

mechanicsville 80. we have gorgeous weather across the board. all around maryland. this is when we track maryland traffic also. goodgood morning, kris. >> good morning, kim. arlington and old georgetown road no problems here. very few cars are on the road as you can see. to connecticut avenue and university, if you are heading to silver spring to the district it is a clear commute and flying 50 westbound from the bay bridge past 301 to the beltway. no problems. it is 6:08 and 72 degrees outside. 9 news now will return after these messages. in the 1930s, farmers planted nutrient-rich soybeans... to replenish the barren soil of the american dust bowl. today, we take that same historic bean, mix it with fruit and bake it... into soyjoy. >>> i'm kristin fisher with what is hot on the web and two viral videos for you this morning. both are about animals. now, we all know we are in a recession, nonprofit and places like museums and zoos have been especially hard hit because charitable donations are down. well, a zoo in oregon has come up with a unique fundraising idea. it

benedict, mechanicsville, this is drifting in to eastern charles county at 20 miles an hour. here's hughsville, even plum point you might get in the activity in the next 20 to 30 minutes as this drifts to the north and west and then toward prince georges county. back to the weather computer and talk temperatures in the 60s and 70s. culpeper, you are dry and 3 for a cool spot. and thankfully saint indy goes you have the thermometer operational, 73. 72 cambridge and here in washington. the winds are northeast at seven. i expect them to be southerly later on today. and the relative humidity is 71%. we have showers off shore. incredible thunderstorms this morning across kansas. you can actually see the spin in eastern kansas coming in to northeastern oklahoma. a lot of thunderstorm activity there with winds and rain and for us this continues up the coast. if we get this moisture farther west we'd do a lot of damage to our july dryness but only going to be spotty the way it looks right now. the seven-day forecast coming up. 83 this afternoon. a chance of a shower or thundershower.

high temperatures around 80 to 83 whether you live in urbana, gaithersburg, mechanicsville looking goodyou are in the spotlight now. already 81 in fredericksburg. 78 ft. belvoir. 72 off to the west in winchester. highs will be cooler out there 81 but warrenton has a shot of 85. sunny and 82 forecast for fairfax. it is gorgeous. the humidity is low but temperatures are mild. we like that. coming up tonight, it will be partly cloudy, lows in the 60s and winds from the north five to ten. the allergy update. the grass is moderate. the weeds and mold are low. if you are sneezing, likely grass. i think i discovered my problem. northwest winds today, keep things fine and dandy. those winds will shift around tomorrow and more from the northeast. that's going to push cloud cover but not rain. boy, we're going to save the rain for maine. that's where it has been the last couple of weeks. that cluster of storms stays out of reach. we have northwesterly winds today. look at what happens tomorrow. more northeasterly. so that will push in maybe a couple of clouds. partly cloudy day and slightly coole

we've been watching this all evening, really, hefty down in mechanicsville. we'll put this into motion, and this is going to work its way up 95 on the west side of 95 through stafford up through gold vein and maybe heavy activity up in woodbridge the next half hour. most of it is light. couple areas are slow moving and they're more intense. to the west, showers and a few areas of heavy rain south of 50. this into motion. this is going to continue to move off to the north and cross 50 around to cumberland and it gets heavy as you get to the west of paw-paw. >> back to the compute we are go and look at temperatures. this is a bargain, 76 in wood bridge, and there's clouds holding the temperatures down. just nice and comfortable. mostly cloudy, shower possible in the morning. by afternoon, mostly cloudy but pleasant. some showers possible, winds out of the east at 10. zone forecast, we're looking at temperatures around 80, couple of showers possible, 80 in leesburg, 82 in woodbridge. low 80s downtown, 83 in waldorf. satellite picture, radar combined, everything

maryland ieiererwatching a feavhe showers in the mesaeaars that got styey daeseralcipely styeer mechanicsville wiisinthrnmog temp ature-wise this morning e-in s 72 cambridge. 72 reagan national and 64 martinsburg. a few breaks of sunshine and highs 80 to 85. >> stop bugging andrea. >> talk about the traffic. live 121 to the split on up you are doing fine going northbound. southbound okay, as well. virginia eastbound 66 we are okay, as well. a live shot past the car rest area and 95 northbound from wood bridge to the mixing bowl moving without incident. back to you. apollo astronauts celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first steps on the moon are on a new mission. they want america to lead another space race. one to put man on mars. >> reporter: a man on mars should be the next giant leap for man kind. apollo 11 crewmen met with president obama on monday. >> the country continues to draw inspiration from what you have done. >> reporter: hoping to push a new president to the new frontier, the red planet. >> the eagle has landed. >> reporter: neil armstrong was the first on the moon and he ha

there is baltimore there is the little showers out there, passing down through the mechanicsville region, a few light showers and thunderstorms. but again, if you're driving down 95, you could run into a spotty shower. but here in baltimore, we are going to be precipitation-free. don't forget, you can always go to our website, to abc2news.com to check out our interactive radar. that's what it looks like when you click on the weather tab. that's what we're seeing. but if we zoom back a tiny bit, pull the bar back, you can see the showers to the south. if you want to move it around, there is very heavy shower and thunderstorm activity over west virginia. the winston-salem area getting ready to get showers. they're heading right towards the jacksonville, greenville, fayetteville area that has been inundated by heavy amounts of rainfall. it's available on your computer, 24 hours a day, seven days a week at abc2news.com. here is the forecast for tonight. a few little light scattered clouds around. there are the showers that we're talking about, passing down to the southeast of us. overnight a

it happened wednesday night in mechanicsville. four teenagers were riding in a car when someone threw a chunk of concrete through the open driver's side window much the driver ducked by the concrete hit a 15-year-old girl in the back seat who suffered a skull fracture. after spending time in intensive care, she is now in stable condition. police do not think this attack was ran don dom. >>> some fast food workers got quite a scare on tuesday when a robber jumped through a burger king drive-through window. you are watching the surveillance video from a manassas burger king. watch the man drive up, jump through the window andy manned money. employees ran away while he took cash from the registers, climbed out through the window, got in his car and drove off. police are still searching for the suspect. >>> today is day two of redskins training camp. fans will get their first chance to check out brian orekpo. lindsey has that and more. >>> good morning, everybody. your sports minute begins with redskins knew. late last night, they agr

suddenly around 6:00 last night near mechanicsville, one group's summer ride came to an abrupt end. someone threw a chunk of concrete at their car. police say waits a rock like this, softball sized that someone tossed through the open driver's side window. but the driver ducked. >> the projectile struck a 15-year-old female that was in the back seat of the car. she was unconscious at that time. >> reporter: the teens traveling in a black cadillac stopped at a nearby house to call for help. eventually the victim was airlifted to washington hospital center suffering from a skull fracture. along cavanaugh road today, few wanted to talk about the incident. most who live in this tight knit enclave are relatives. willie burton says the car's 19-year-old driver is his cousin. >> i don't know what is going on. couple of people saying that guys are beefing with each other or some. y really know. >> reporter: police have recovered the piece of concrete and are testing it. they believe that the rock throwing was not random, that someone who knew the driver targeted him. >> the area that this o

we are looking at highs to range from 83 in gaithersburg, 82 urbana, 80 shady side and mechanicsville 80. my buddy babs lives there. she is a regular in the chat room. middle 60s in a lot of locations and 72 fredericksburg. then 50sin the mix. winchester does that with 57. to the west we will have 81 in straussburg. spotsylvania and warrenton in the middle 80s. just like yesterday we have the mighty fine weather with sunshine incoming. this will persist today. tomorrow a few clouds around. tomorrow the winds shift to the east and bring in ocean air. slightly cooler. a little cloudier. not looking at rain and 86 on friday. we will keep the rain across northern new england and well to our south across north florida. in between, a high pressure stand witch is where we are at. high of middle 80s with sunshine. how about the seven-day forecast? there it is. tomorrow will be the coolest day of the next seven. saturday will be the hottest with plenty of sunshine. we will take a shot at 90 degrees. city still have a couple of quartered thunderstorms for your sunday. other than that i'd say we

go to live doppler hd and i was talking to babs in mechanicsville and she said a lot of lightning and thunder. but as we zoom in much of the activity is across portions of annapolis and the bay. this stuff is falling apart quickly. another half hour it will be out of the picture here. here's 50 from arnold across to chester. as we go south a couple of sprinkles across anne arundel and calvert county. from the northern neck crossing st. marys to the eastern shore. that's it and it will be gone rather quickly. look at the time lapse. we had cloudiness. lower clouds moved in and start to move out as well as we get the daylight hours coming up here. low 70s and light southwest winds ten miles an hour and the dew point near 70 degrees. a real sticky morning and a front on the way that will give us thunderstorm chances. again this afternoon. as we look at the seven day, upper 80s today. tomorrow 91. we will have scattered storms today and fewer storms tomorrow. scattered storms on wednesday. fewer storms on thursday. days like this less activity in the low 90s. upper 80s by friday. by satur

south now, and this is the heaviest activity we can find, down toward, you know, la plaita and mechanicsville. counter intuitive, moving north. move up 5 up to waldorf and brandy wine in the next hour, hour and a half. go back to the computer. temperaturewise, in great shape. lows tonight in the 60s. 81 in frederick, 80 downtown, 79 in manassas. tomorrow mostly cloudy, but pleasant. we have showers around. zone forecast all six zones on our website at wusa9.com. 830 winchester, 80 in fairfax, 82 down toward woodbridge, couple of showers possible. bigger chance to the west. downtown 81, 82 in buie, no small craft advisory. not a bad day to be on the water. visible picture if you're up in space looking down. this is what you see. look at the clouds moving from south to north. that's why the showers are moving from south to north. next seven days, 81 tomorrow, may be a couple of showers, thunderstorm or two on tuesday and wednesday, maybe a shower on friday, almost 90, keep saturday dry for now around 90, and then showers and storms possible on sunday and monday with temperatures again hovering

lusby is clear at the bmoufntmeut northern and central part of the county is seeing activity to mechanicsville and the eastern shore. watching showers and thunderstorms. the clouds have been moving in overnight. had some high thin ones. on the time lapse. i will step out of the way and you can see how they have lowered as the moisture is building in. a reading at 73 degrees. it is a sticky morning out there and not a lot of wind to stir things up either. warm spot on the bay. annapolis is 74. so is quantico. cold spot in winchester and quantico. in the mid-60s. this morning a front up here. one logoing this way and another low trying to come up on the coast. good thing it is near land because it might have done something. it is almost that time of the year for the tropical weather to be moving in and we will be dealing with that front as it moves east and that moisture from the west will come together and that's why we have a good chance of showers and storms later this afternoon with highs in the 80s. on only in the 70s. pittsburgh and new york and boston today only near 70 degrees. it is a v

he threw the concrete into the car on cavanaugh road in mechanicsville on wednesday. the 15-year-old rides in -- riding in the car has a fractured skull. butler office work release from the county detention is is for. >>> a -- detention is center. >>> a dead man's testimony will be heard. raymond scottie beats brown was gunned down in october of 2006. jamal alexis charged with the murder and then last october, a witness who was set to testify agains him was killed. the police arrested his brother for that murder. and today, a grand jury indicted the brothers on several co murder and witness intim death. a new maryland law will allow the dead witnesses grand jury testimony to be used in the trial. >> the goal of the statute is to make sure witness intimidation and violence didn't prevent jury's and judges from getting the evidence they need to hear this new law could help us make sure that the judge and jury hear all the evidence and that these murders don't silence the truth. >> if they're convicted, the alexis brothers could face the death penalty. >>> the boyfriend

but suddenly around 6:00 last night outside of mechanicsville, one group's summer ride was interrupted when someoneewhr t a softball sized piece of concrete through the driver's side window. >> the driver was able to duck and the projectile struck a 15-year-old female that was in the back seat of the car. >> she was unconscious at that time. and bleeding. >> reporter: the teens traveling in a black cadillac stopped at a nearby house to call for help. i eventually the victim was airlifted to washington hospital center, suffering from a skull fracture. initially treated in intensive care, she's now in stable condition. along cavanaugh road today few wanted to talk about the incident. most that live in the enclave are relatives. willie burton says the car's 19-year-old driver is his cousin. >> i don't know what's going on. people saying today that guys are beefing with each other or something. i don't really know. >> reporter: police have now recovered the piece of concrete and are testing it. they believe the rock throwing was not random, that someone who knew the driver targeted him. >>

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a 15-year-old girl riding in the back seat was hit on cavanaugh road in mechanicsville wednesday and had a fractured skull. the teen was taken to the washington hospital center where she is in stable condition. butler is being held at the deengs center on unrelated charges. >>> investigators are still searching for answers after the devastating fire. gutted the home of peggy cooper cafritz. the response will be examined and the water supply that was available. that home on chain bridge road went up in blaze wednesy. the priceless african-american art collection was destroyed. >>> congress is moving quickly to keep afloat the government's cash for clunkers program. the billion dollar program that they viewed last week and already it is running out of cash. the program offered owners of old cars and trucks up to $4500 in rebates toward a new more fuel-fshtd vehicle. the offer was supposed to last until november but so many people are turning in their vehicles, the money is flying out thedoor. if the obama says he wants the program to continue. >> we are now working with congress on a b

sunny in shady side, 80 ands the the forecast for mechanicsville.r and manassas is 68. we will take a high up to 85 in warrenton. 85 in spotsylvania and sunny 82 in fairfax. so the spf and the sun shade, angie goff will serve you well this morning. >> good to know. good morning to you. good morning, everyone. we are four minutes from the 9:00 a.m. show. we hope you will join us. we have great things lined up. before that let's talk about the traffic. 395 northbound. we are slow from the beltway to seminary and the pentagon to the 14th street bridge. the inner loop heading to the realtime graphics. we will stay with a live shot. little slow braddock to 66. that's just volume. this is a big delay out there. this is south capital street and suitland parkway where they come together. drivers from pretty much jammed and round it out with the out erloop. to the right, notice we are below speed looking at a 15 minute drive to get from 95 to georgia avenue. now over to kim. >> the next seven, things are looking nice in the seven-day forecast. as we have bee