michael crofton is still with us as well. the ebook format is fascinating.t's happened here is never really had the digital rights and publisher of harry potter owned by j.k. rowling, and they are now selling this through amazon. it's a first, right? >> it is. that's the only place you can buy the harry potter books, the first time ever amazon has pushed customers to another transactional website to complete the purchase of the harry the potter ebook. >> and it is owned by -- >> j.k. rowling and the agency. >> so she's managing to capture -- it doesn't go to amazon, it also doesn't go to the publisher. it goes to j.k. rowling. i don't think we'll have any other deals like this. >> this is like a music band setting up their own record label and everyone settibuying the record label. >> that is truly unique. obviously the harry potter ebooks are so unique, it's the only organization which you could get amazon to push customers away from their own website. >> she has broken amazon. is that the thin end of the wedge? will others have the power to do this? >> the

crofton. outside on our michael & son weather camera, good visibility. you see some of the clouds now about a half-hour before the sunrise. 59 and cloudy at national with a northeast wind at 8. that is going to keep us on the cool side today. big storms still spinning out across areas of southeastern canada, northeastern u.s. bringing down a little piece of energy toward us this morning. for the afternoon, it looks like we're going to clear out a little bit and fire any showers mainly in the higher elevations to the west and up in pennsylvania. so as we look at the three-day forecast, we've got a green today, 71, spotty shower. no real problem. tomorrow some afternoon showers yellow but if it looks better than that, we might go to green and thursday afternoon showers and storms, 77. another yellow alert today. friday 80 looks good. so does the weekend turning hot by sunday and storms again with the heat on monday. 5:17. here comes monika santami. not so good right now. we've got problems up in dickerson and elsewhere. >> dickerson is our big story this m

crofton. as we look outside on our michael & son weather camera, a pretty morning. sunshine. a few high clouds. 72 degrees with humidity at 81%. those are those muggies i'm talking about. looking at our weather headlines, more humid today with an isolated storm west of town. showers and storms much more likely and widespread on tuesday. then drier air on wednesday. we're watching a system in the middle of the country. this guy up here, this is a front that comes through late tomorrow night. out ahead of it it's going to draw up moisture from the gulf of mexico. we're seeing all of this down here today. that's going to increase the clouds and thunderstorm chances late tonight and tuesday. 89 today. tomorrow a yellow alert day. this is going to be a pain tomorrow at times. it could delay your commute early. could delay your commute in the afternoon and also maybe just generally interfere with your outdoor plans. wednesday turning nice again, 84. by thursday get some winds off the atlantic bringing if a few clouds. maybe some drizzle or a sprinkle, upper 70s. the weekend looks g

crofton. cloudy outside here in washington. on the michael & son weather camera. with 72 degrees. light southeast winds and humidity high at 84%. we'll see the first batch of showers move north and not do too much this morning. lunchtime is okay. watch what happens in the middle of the afternoon though the evening hours the storms and showers pop and a strong line of storms coming through here about 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 tonight. so really stay up on the weather this afternoon. severe weather alert day 83. tonight we dip into the 50s and 60s and it will be much quieter after about 11:00, 12:00. 76 tomorrow. not bad. sunday, perhaps a few more clouds and 79 degrees. i think a stray shower will hold off until monday. 78 with a better chance of showers tuesday, tuesday night into wednesday morning. now to monika now. 6:18 and volumes building? >>> you know not too bad right now. and volumes are building which i think is a good thing. head out to work a little early and head back home a little early with the severe weather coming in and right now the beltway looks great. even north of tow

reston a little bit cooler is i long with crofton at 59 degrees with arlington and college park 62 and rockville at 61. looking outside on the michael & son weather camera, great visibility there morning with partly cloudy skies. temperatures 66. winds out of the east and by the way that's keeping the water a little bit high and we've got some high tides downtown and also along the bay. we have a coastal flood advisory until 9:00 this morning. naturally big storms in the middle of the country and also watching some storms across the gulf coast but with high pressure from the ohio valley to the east coast, we're going to sit high and dry for the weekend. here's a look at the forecast. 82 today quite pleasant. tonight again 50s and 60s and 83 tomorrow. 84 on father's day. not humid these days as well and if you're going to the beach this weekend, well check this forecast out. because we're going to see temperatures tomorrow in the mid 70s and mid 70s on sunday. water temperatures in the 60s and mid- to upper 70s also for dewey and rehoboth. here comes the heat tuesday 91 and then mid 90s i believe wednesday and thursday. those isolate

we've got 58 for crofton. 61 at college park and upper marlboro and outside on our michael & son weather camera, a gorgeous looking shot at tysons corner this morning. we've got 62. mostly sunny skies at national airport with a northwest wind at 13 and humidity levels only in the 52% range. beautiful out here. we've got some cool temperatures in the northeast and northwest. the middle of the country, our forecast highs, they're going to be well up above 100. in fact near 110 in parts of western nebraska, down through western kansas. oak city 10 -- oklahoma city 105. all that heat will be expanding off to the east other the next few days. so enjoy it while you've got it. we have debby still spinning. 45 mile an hour sustained winds. looks like it will be moving on shore the next couple of days but the rains in southern georgia, maybe into extreme south carolina will continue to get hammered with heavy rains the next few days and more flooding problems there. in the northeast we've got some showers. maine looks wet today but behind that storm system, that's what pushed the front through us

that's a beautiful place down there along with crofton at 59 and columbia bwi 60 degrees. looking outside on the michael & son weather camera we've got these sky brightening. i love this kind of morning when you've got the contrast like that. 65 degrees at national. clear skies. and an east northeast wind at 5 miles an hour. our weather headlines, nice again today. in fact it looks like it's going to be a great weekend. it's dry, warm air is going to be with us for another couple of days. although we're going to turn hot next week and i mean really hot. mid 90s by wednesday and thursday and even starting monday afternoon, isolated afternoon thunderstorms looks like to the end of next week a front comes through here and not going to increase the rain chances. right now you're looking at high pressure blocking just about everything from coming toward us and other than a patch or two of clouds here and there, look how nice and quiet it is on the futurecast for your friday. our forecast today, 82. very pleasant. back in the 50s and 60s tonight. very nice again tomorrow and on father's day as with we slowly

crofton, columbia and college park are 56. bethesda is at 55. as we look outside our michael son weather camera, still that one patch of clouds hanging out toward tysons corner this morning. looking northwest toward loudoun county gorgeous, 62. humidity 70%. with a west, southwest wind only 3 miles an hour. mornings don't get much prettier than this and it's going to be a great day. yesterday we did have some showers and storms fl you can see how they pushed through from northwest to southeast. but that's t. they're gone pulling away. behind it high pressure is building in. that high pressure is going to be with us all weekend long. at first we got a northwesterly wind. that's not really too warm. that's why today is going to be a good day. maybe just a patch of clouds may pass. pennsylvania may get a shower or storm this afternoon. we'll be nice and quiet, even tomorrow morning. if you're going up north and east of us for the weekend, just want to point out here north and east of wrms port to scan -- williams port to scranton and new jersey, maybe we'll see showers and storm

crofton. university of maryland college park 80 along with alexandria. 76 at fort belvoir. as we look outside on our michael son weather camera from tysons corner looking east, hazy skies out there. temperature 83 with a heat index already 87. that humidity 65%. the air still very muggy but drier air is on the way. behind this front, the air dries out. temperatures have dropped into the 60s. in chicago this morning. that front is really going to give us a pretty nice weekend. first thing it's going to do is give us the threat for showers and storms by the middle of the afternoon. 3:00 friday you'll notice the storms across the region. some still around here at 6:00, too. you may get no storms. you may get two or three storms in your location today until everything sweeps through. we get toward the midnight hour, maybe a lingering shower south of town. drier air moves in. tomorrow there could be a shower to start the day toward the beaches. that's about the real problems. ocean city. 92 today but not as hot. the threat for severe weather this afternoon. 72 tonight in town with the mid- 60s north and west. a