the montgomery county fair is in full swing. there is plenty of fun for everyone. >> one thing that is popular is the monster truck pull. is that a monster truck? >> this is a monster truck. this will put it in perspective how big it is. the tire is as tall as i am. there are some amazing trucks out here. this will be one of the many attractions that you can see this week. it will be on wednesday and thursday at 7:30. we have one of the racers and he will tell us a little bit about this. thanks for joining us. the weather will be great. tell us about what goes into a monster truck racing. >> we have a stack of cars and try to go past vertical. then there is a freestyle where anything goes. >> one of the things you were saying earlier as far as getting the fancy ball -- involved, the people who come to the fair are very family oriented. >> i have been doing this 18 months. the monster truck is a family event. it will be a great time that i am really excite it. >> i have been going to the fair for the past 20 years. >> do you want

en el condado de montgomery por ejemplo, se inauguro una nueva escuela... con los detalles... las clases comenzaron y el condado de montgomery lo hizo celebrando a lo grande y es que en un esfuerzo por informar a sus residentes y ayudarles con los gastos escolares, celebraron el pasado sÁbado la feria de regreso a clases en donde un aproximado de 15,000 personas se dieron cita (sot) se repartieron mÁs de 8,000 mochilas llenas de Útiles escolares que ayudarÁn a los estudiantes con sus asignaciones (sot) pero la celebraciÓn continuÓ esta maÑana con la inauguraciÓn de la escuela elemental flora singer .. una inversiÓn de casi 23 millones de dÓlares que promete mejorar la educaciÓn de 500 niÑos que residen en el Área de silver spring . (sot) en un esfuerzo de colaborar con el medio ambiente, la escuela cuenta con la nueva tendencia de techos verdes.. amplios salones de clases, y un Área de recreaciÓn para todos los gustos para los padres de familia, mas que un lujo, la escuela era una necesidad .. ( sot) en un periodo de un aÑo las escuelas publicas del condado

montgomery county residents took advantage of that.rticular, their african-american residents took advantage of that. more than half of the early votes cast in that county in 2008 were cast by black voters. heading into this year, into the 2012 presidential election, montgomery county elections officials wanted to repeat the success they had running a relatively hassle free, trouble free election back in 2008. last december, the two democrats that you saw earlier, tom richie and dennis lieberman were joined by the two republicans on the board of elections in voting to expand early voting hours in montgomery county. the county had voed to do that in 2008 and the county voted to do it again in 2012. they wanted to offer early voting this year in nights and weekends and it was a bipartisan vote in favor of it in montgomery county which runs counter to what has been happening across the rest of the state. as we have been reporting on the show, what is happening in ohio this year has just been a mess. the county elections boards are equally

the heaviest rain in the upper montgomery county, eastern montgomery county, moving into howard county. columbia clarksville laytonsville olney, aspen hill moving into college park, and leading northeast d.c. over southern maryland, the knights bridge from king george through dahlgren, that's where we have heavy rainfall. light rain in the plate and waldorf and southern prince george's county. 79 right now on the district, 70 a dulles airport 68 in manchester. wide-ranging temperatures on this friday morning. highs will be in the mid to upper 80s. showers and storms in two rounds. the first being this morning. a break in the action by lunchtime with some sunshine. the more sunshine you get today, your likelihood of strong storms in the afternoon. the son sunday stabilizes our atmosphere. strong storms for the drive home and into the night some could be severe with gusty wind. morning rain on saturday. less humid and comfortable with sunny skies on sunday. >> in montgomery county, dealing with wet pavement and road spray. this is near 355 and pooks hill road just inside the beltway. in

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yes, montgomery county is maryland's largest school system. one of the highest performing school systems in the country and their high test scores do a lot in maryland to help out the averages here. it's the first day of school and second full year for superintendent dr. joshua starr. this year the montgomery county school system is welcoming a record number of students. this is the largest. most diverse group of students in the system's history with more than 149,000 kids in its 202 schools. montgomery county's also opening lower singer elementary school in silver spring. the first new school since 2009. fully modernized high school will open to 1900 students today. the district will also continue to implement its curriculum 2.0 to all kindergarten through third grade classrooms. now, coming up at 6:45 we're going to have a conversation with superintendent joshua starr. stick with us for that. reporting live in bethesda, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >>> students in d.c. are also up early this morning getting ready for school. coming up next hal

it is the first new school in montgomery county since 2009. students also at paint branch high school will be returning to a brand-new mod werized school campus so that will be exciting for them as well. at rockville high school and watkins mill, students there will be able to enter a new international baccalaureate career program that. will focus on the needs of students who perhaps aren't going on to college but do want to start a career in technology or other fields like that after high school. only 19 schools in the nation are authorized to offer this program and two ever those schools are here in maryland. so just some of of the things coming here to montgomery county. we'll talk more about it throughout the rest of the morning. back to you. >>> all right. new this morning, two american troops have been killed in afghanistan today, apparently shot by an afghan soldier but we are now hearing that afghan officials say this was not a green on blue attack but rather an accident. they say the americans and afghans were working alongside one an

over in montgomery county it. there is the downpour at the great. from oakland to fairfax is where had the downpour. and lingering sprinkles in northwest near the palisades neighborhood and in parts of arlington. there was a downpour in tysons corner, which is now drifted over falls church into the as a sprinkle . a235, -- south of 235, some downpours. much wind in the to push thesere along. and thethey just drift downpours amount to some heavy rainfall. over an inch in spots. south of gaithersburg there is a little sprinkle. there is the boundary overhead, storms.showers and still be around tomorrow. ofare seeing a good amount clearing off to the west, especially the shenandoah valley and west. expect a little more sunshine well. metro area as 85 degrees in martinsburg. 92 degrees for the high temperature. showers andd afternoonthrough the nighttime we cannot rule it out. even for the drive tomorrow morning, we could have a couple some majorn arteries. tomorrow afternoon, slight of severe thunderstorms. even bett

montgomery county school system is the largest in maryland. one of the highest performing in the country. yes, today is their first day of school. and also the second full school year for superintendent dr. joshua starr. this year the montgomery county school system is welcoming a record number of students. this is the largest, most diverse group of students in the system's history. more than 149,000 kids in 202 schools. montgomery county is also opening element think school in silver spring. the district's first new school since 2009. and the fully modernized high school will open to about 1900 students. i know they're happy about that. the district will continue the implementation of krirk klum 2.0 to all kindergarten through third grade students. now, last year there was a lot of good news in advance placement testing here in montgomery county. the county enjoyed an increase in the number of african-american and hispanics taking a.p. classes and their test scores were some of the highest in the nation. it plans to be another exciting nation

john gonzalez is in montgomery county where he is joined by superintendent dr. joshua starr. >> back-to-school always brings new challenges. here in montgomery county, the largest school system in the entire state of maryland, enrollment is really the challenge and the focal point -- as enrollment is up, more and more students. to talk about it, superintendent joshua starr, your second year as superintendent. enrollment, and the growth of the school system is a challenge. >> it is always a challenge. we take all comers, anyone who comes through the door. we are ready for the start of a new year. >> you had an amazing turn out this weekend at a school fair. i understand one third of the 150,000 students in your system belong to the low income portion of the county. how challenging is it to focus on students like that? >> i always tell people we have more low-income children in montgomery county public schools of than d.c. has children. we have kids from all different backgrounds, and we think it is a great opportunity to educate all the kids in a 21st century env

state's attorney of montgomery county, thanks so much for coming. something parents should hear this time. thanks so much. >>> we have breaking news out of baltimore right now. a high school student has been shot at a school in that county. the perry hall high school student was flown to a hospital after being shot. the school is being evacuated at this time. this just coming in to us right now. today is the first day of classes in baltimore county public schools. no word on the condition of the students or any of the suspects. we don't know who that might be, but we will continue to follow the story and bring you more information in to us. >> this morning all eyes are on the gulf of mexico and tropical storm isaac. forecasters say isaac could make landfall as early as tomorrow. that's the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina. this morning on "today" jefferson par rich mayor says he's confident history will not repeat itself. >> we're monitoring for a week and better protected doed at the time katrina hit. billions of dollars have been spent rai

>> that is what we found from fairfax to montgomery county and even here in d.c. at a place just down the street from our stations where the young folks like to hang out. russ ptacek has this evening's 9 wants to know food alert. >> reporter: tonight besides the sewage and roaches you'll notice a recurring theme time after time, restaurants cited for not having a properly certified food safety manager on duty to keep those food dangers from threatening your health. inspectors cited this watering hole near national cathedral for imminent health hards, something the manager at district 2 bar and grill in wisconsin northwest didn't want to discuss. >> i don't understand. what are we doing exactly? >> reporter: the health department closed the restaurant for health violations. >> i don't want to talk to you about it. >> reporter: she acknowledges district 2 was operating without a current license but disputes health department records citing employees unable to keep hands clean due to no hot water, refrigerators as warm as 78 degrees and a food safety manager without

western montgomery county getting rainfall.g over 270, rockville, gaithersburg, atomics in heavy rain as well, and. central and south arlington as well towards reagan national heavy downpours. 301 in charles county from waldorf to la plata, there's light rain at this time. there's a closer look at montgomery county. heavy rainfall just south of clarksburg. yesterday they received over an inch already. we will add to that shortly. even mclean issing downpours. the first round of rainfall is this morning, which will come to an end around lunchtime. then a little sunshine. the second round is the energy. that's energy the more sunlight, the higher your storm potential for this afternoon and evening because some might destabilize the atmosphere. if it is 79 in the district, 68 in winchester, highs in the mid to upper 80s with midday clearing and sunny breaks around lunchtime. afternoon and evening storms, some could be strong to severe with gusty damaging winds posing the biggest threat later this evening and into the nighttime. a

county to try to major sure that the experience in montgomery county and across the region is a safe learning environment for our kids. this is a back-to-school fair this saturday that my office will be taking part in. there we'll have people that are -- individuals from my office will be present that will provide information about a variety of things that we're doing with montgomery county public schools on an ongoing basis. we have an ongoing internet safety program talk about not only issues of bullying and quite candidly bullying is an issue in schools across the country. >> sure. >> 88% of kids between 13 and 17 years old report that at some point in time they have been bullied. getting into schools, talking to them about bullying and the consequences is very important talking about the use and misuse of the internet, we started a program with montgomery county schools three years ago now where we have internet safety training at every one of our schools in the county and we do that in conjunction with the schools, the police and my office. we have programs that address issues l

. >>> a sigh of relief for pizza deliverymen in montgomery county. police tell us they've arrested a teenage masked gunman who was stealing cash and some pizzas from drivers he'd lure into montgomery village this summer. fox 5 bob barnard is downstairs with details. >> police say the teen was using fake names and bogus phone numbers ordering pizzas online to vacant apartments near his montgomery village home to feed a late night hunger for money and food. it was open season on pizza deliverymen, those working for domino's and papa john's serving montgomery village the primary targets. >> he had a big gun. >> reporter: carlos demorris says drivers for this store were robbed twice including one of his good friends. >> he went there and this guy had a gun put him on his knee, pointed the gun at his head and just took all the money and the food. >> reporter: the teenager arrested in this case lived here on mills choice road in montgomery village. montgomery county police tell us the 17-year-old was ordering pizzas to his neighbor's addresses, they be lea

we've got two storms at montgomery county. and the strongest storm is out here, headed up to the north and the west. so keep that in mind that these storms have heavy rain and flash flooding is likely. also the possibility of some hail. you've got a lot of rain with this particular storm just creeping off to the north. >> what is also that will be happening is that they needed to pass a bill, tackling the ruling. that's a ruling that said that the dogs will be dangerous, making landlords liable in their property. they are accusing the court of going way too far. >> the rumors, trainers, pet stores, allowing them to visit. they are all covered under the ruling. that is outrageous. >> they will be held responsible for injuries and damage that their dogs caused, you know, not second and third parties. >> that is a bill that was passed today, addressing them by the liability issue. and now they will need to go to the full senate. but they are really looking complicated as they needed to leave them, covering the development that wi

. >>> montgomery county honored five of its olympians wednesday. god medalist swimmer katie ledecky thanked everyone for their support. >> i started out swimming here and i always have been swimming in montgomery county. so i really appreciate all of your support and thanks for having us here today.

enterese si esperamos maximas por encima de los el sistema de escuelas publicas del condado de montgomeryra para dar inicio a un nuevo ano escolar y realiza una feria que brindara asistencia a los padres de familia...claudia uceda nos tiene los detalles.. si su hijo aun no tiene mochila, crayolas, lapiceros, cuadernos, reglas entre otros utiles escolares una feria en montgomery la caeria como anillo al dedo ya que este sabado estan regalando cientos de mochilas con estos utiles " el para dar la bienvenida al ano escolar pero tambien para asegurarse que los padres tengan con recursos necesarios para ayudar a sus ninos..." la feria gratuita sera este sabado 25 de es parte de una campana de regreso a la escuela de las escuelas publicas de el condado de montgomery" la gran motivacion reunir a los padres con los empleados de dcps y que sepan de los recursos..." ademas de musica y entrenenimiento, habran actividades educativas para los ninos y expertos del sisterma estaran a dispocision para responder sus preguntas sobre servicios para sus hijos "para los padres para los tios, tias, abuelas o q

ante la proximidad del inicio del ano escolar las escuelas publicas del condado de montgomery buscanindar ayuda a los padres de familia ... tambien:. en el salvador se produce acuerdo sobre la crisis en la corte suprema de justicia.... el sistema de escuelas publicas del condado de montgomery se preparara para dar inicio a un nuevo ano escolar y realiza una feria que brindara asistencia a los padres de familia...claudia uceda nos tiene los detalles.. si su hijo aun no tiene mochila, crayolas, lapiceros, cuadernos, reglas entre otros utiles escolares una feria en montgomery la caeria como anillo al dedo ya que este sabado estan regalando cientos de mochilas con estos utiles " el para dar la bienvenida al ano escolar pero tambien para asegurarse que los padres tengan con recursos necesarios para ayudar a sus ninos..." la feria gratuita sera este sabado 25 de es parte de una campana de regreso a la escuela de las escuelas publicas de el condado de montgomery " la gran motivacion es para reunir a los padres con los empleados de dcps y que sepan de los recursos..." ademas de musica y entr

we've known that's been a huge aspect that we've had to deal with here in montgomery county. i will tell you we've been working closely in conjunction with montgomery county schools and dr. starr who is the superintendent so publicly talk about it, get out there and talk about internet safety in general and bullying in particular because it's such a problem for us in our schools. >> what can parents and children do? >> well, i think there's a number of things a parent can do. number one, lieu for changes in be-- you look for changes in behavior in your child. the more traditional bullying might have been where somebody beat you up or did something on the way to school, a physical kind of a thing. this can be just as damaging. there can be changes in behavior in your child and parents should be aware of those changes in behavior. another thing you can do, particularly if your child is going on to a social network and you suspect some of this is going on through facebook or whatever, make sure your child friends you. make sure you monitor the activities of your child online. ma

-- the school here is named after a holocaust survivor who taught here in montgomery county. reporting live, john gonzalez. >> this back-to-school week, wjla.com has you covered. there are ways to overcome separation anxiety and ways to show your school. -- school spirit. coming up, firefighters teaming up to offer free your debts with b-- firefighters teaming up with barbers to offer free haircuts to children. >> why college students spend their day crawling through muck. >> and it might be a good day for appeared we will look at the forecast. >> college students got their hands dirty fighting could do -- cud -- kudzu. they are trying to get rid of the hard to kill lvine. it smothers out native plants and it is food and potential nests for native animals -- and it hides food and potential nests for native animals. >> a professor in wake forest has come up with the way to charge your phone using just fabric. he and mr. it is developed a material called power felt -- he and his students develop a material called power felt. >> this is a piece of power felt. just put it on one

>> in order to travel from montgomery to selma, you had to cross that bridge. you had to cross the alabama river. selma was in the heart of the blight belt of alabama. where hundreds and thousands of poor black people lived. they had been sharecroppers. farmers. but this little town selma was a place of commerce and people would come there on friday and saturday to shop. but in selma, people could not register to vote because of the color of their skin. only 2.1% of blacks were registered to vote. you had to pass a so-called literacy test. on one occasion a man was asked to count the number of bars of soap. another occasion a man was asked to count the number of jelly beans in a jar. the only time you could even attempt to go into the county courthouse and go up a set of steps through the double doors to get a copy of the so-called literacy test and the application was on the first and third mondays of each month. and on occasion, the registrar would put up a sign saying office of the registrar is closed and people went there day in and day out standing in line

big problem in montgomery county. as you make your way towards 355, crash there is temporarily blocking all of your lanes. you're absolutely jammed at connecticut avenue. you know this road. this is going to be a big mess this morning. back over to you. >>> 6:12 is the time. ahead, the surprising new name being thrown out as a possible rung mate for mitt romney. >>> next, arrest inside two different movie theaters. the reason one man gave for >>> we're leaning about a 4.4 magnitude earthquake that hit outside los angeles late last night. it was centered in yorba linda in northern orange county. 30 miles southeast of l.a. the u.s. geological survey says a 2.7 aftershock followed about a minute later. no reports of damage or injuries. >>> it is 6:15. ernesto is now a tropical storm. the storm is losing steam as it moves over land with winds of 70 miles per hour. right now ernesto is just south of cancun as it moves over the southern portion of the yucatan peninsula. ernesto made landfall near mexico's border with belize

asistir a la feria de montgomery este sabado podria ser un primer gran paso...cen que podrian aprovecharsoundbite (hay uno qua sobre los servicios bilingues, un telefono disponible para los padres) ademas de conocer a quienes educaran a su hijo, recibira una mochila con utiles escolares como crayolas, cuadernos, lapiceros, reglas, etc ... la feria gratuita sera este sabado 25 de agosto de 11 de la manana hasta las 2 de la tarde en el centro educacional carver... en la calle 850 hungerford drive, rockville maryland 20850... se provee transporte de autobus de ida y vuelta a la feria apartir de las 10:30 de la manana para mas informacion visite la pagina webwww.mcpsbackto schoolfair.org ã en el condado de montgomery, maryland, marisset pastrana univision ...nos retiramos nuevamente ...y al regresar los deportes..pero antes...oscar burgos..listo para un adelanto... como les va,a, buenas noches para todos. se completo otra joranda de muchos goles en la liga campeones de concacaf, asi es que vamos con el resumen de a

around montgomery county, leaders will honor its real big athletes from bethesda today. montgomery county council president and other leaders will celebrate the accomplishments of katie ledecky a kayaker, and a gymnast tonight at 5:00 o'clock 30 at the bethesda metro center. it's free to the public. >> the redskins hoping for a preseason game win tomorrow. sandra block facing off against rg3. >> on thursday night the district showed how much it appreciates r.g. iii with this spectacular light display at the newseum. it featured a 74-foot elimination of. stay with us for complete coverage of saturday's game kicking off at 4:00 p.m.. that's a warm welcome. >> berdi impressive. the ravens were pretty impressive last night against the jaguars in a preseason game. the ravens had 571 yards offense. the reagans be the jaguars, 48- 17. we are waiting to see if d.c. will play ball with the nationals. >> the baseball team wants the city to pay to keep metro open later if the nationals make it to the playoffs. this tuesday we spoke with fans who were stranded when the nationals gam

and this is a pretty hefty rain there anding see montgomery county -- you can see montgomery county lookinger but columbia north to ellicott city. east and northeast of upper marlboro the lighter shower and heavier iran to davidsonville in the next few minutes and then down south southern maryland i know we're slow to get to you but here it is. it is coming down in buckets. lightning and thumped all of this lifting northeast and calvert county. northern calvert and anne arundel watch out as this heads your way. it is a muggy morning. rain around. we were 80 a little while ago and now down to 73 at national but still 80 in annapolis and the 60s to near 70 in much of fairfax county. loudoun county. haymarket at 69 and gaithersburg 68 and in tysons corner looking at the michael & son weather camera, a cloudy wet start to this friday morning. 73. winds, little gusty here north- northwest at 15 with the thunderstorms around. and the humidity at 88%. watch the rounds of showers and storms today lift away from us here and get into the sunshine at points. again this could be bad. more heat? these t

line and moving through northwestern montgomery county. there is rain. leesburg there is a steady rainfall pushing east through the shenandoah valley. moving southtinue and east. that will spread over the rain.y, light by lunchtimeine into the afternoon. becoming sunny and less humid, degrees expected. now to angela. >> on the roads we continue to the problem on 95. in the next few minutes you will run into brief delays on 95. a tractor-trailer accident is northbound, blocking the right shoulder,he right between triangle and dumphries. route 1 could be a pretty good alternate for this time of morning. 395,u are continuing to u should be in pretty good shape. we had overnight work zones near edsall road. that out of the way now. all lanes will be open and to the 14thut delay street bridge. a quick check of the beltway in virginia, there was road work set up and annandale. getting that out of the way. early delays as you make your way from the beltway past road from the springfield interchange. back to you. >> thank you. our top story, resid

montgomery county is also opening a brand-new elementary school. it is flora singer elementary school. that is going to be in silver spring. it is the first new school that montgomery county has opened since 2009. we have paint branch high school which has undergone a $80 million mod werization were -- modernization. d.c., frederick, loudoun, all back in session today with more students than yesterday. in d.c., chancellor kaya henderson is kicking off a five- year improvement program that she is calling a capital commitment. they want to focus on increasing reading and math proficiency to 70% and increasing the high school graduation rate to 75%. moten and turner elementary schools in southeast have been modernized. i know the ward eight community there is going to be very excited about getting back into those schools today. and loudoun county also seeing an increase in enrollment. one new high school and one new elementary school and they are projecting enrollments to get evening abouter. coming up for ashburn yard people, they will be in the same

in central, northern montgomery county, southern montgomery county low 60s, same with arlington, fairfax and prince george's counties. 70s in washington near the bay. getting a few sprinkles in st. mary's county and the eastern shore, northern neck, dissipating within the next hour. hometown 4-cast for chantilly, by 7:00, 7:30, upper 60s and partly cloudy. partly cloudy noontime into the low 80s. hour by hour storm team 4 forecast for the afternoon, highs reaching the mid and upper 80s. a beautiful summer day coming up with increasing sunshine and not too humid. a look at your seven-day outlook and the latest isaac track in ten minutes. danella, good morning. how's our traffic? >>> good morning. if you're traveling around the beltway, had road work set up and it was happening not only in virginia, but also in maryland, and right now i'm checking for you and it looks like the cones are up in our area. a live view passing the interchange, nice and clear both directions, no incidents to warn you about. and as you cross over toward the wilson bridge again in this direction, no issues as you'

montgomery county police need your help in the search for a ripes e rapist. police say this man is considered a possible suspect in a rape that happened in the green farm conservation park in gaithersburg. that attack happened on july 9th. police say they believe the man is known to visit that area. if you have any information, please contact police or crime sorvelers. >>> a fredericksburg woman still shaken after someone tried of abduct her while she was running. 22-year-old was jogging around 8:00 saturday morning on highland road when a man in a car stopped to ask a question. she told police she couldn't understand what he was saying so she walked up to the car. that's when the man grabbed her, partially pulling her inside. she managed to break free and run away. no word on the that man has been found. >>> fairfax county public schools is repaying $1 million to the federal government over a grant application lawsuit. the grant application was filed in 2000 to fund the gear up program at glass glow middle school. the program was designed to encourage at ris

. >>> we'll sit down with the superintendent of montgomery county schools. is he worried about overcrowding or teacher shortages? >>> a washington state man is behind bars for e-mailing a threat to president obama. the secret service says they intercepted the e-mail sent to a general government address around 2:00 yesterday. they traced it to 31-year-old antwan calore and stormed his home just outside seattle. his mother is floored by the accusations. >> i don't know, i don't know a whole lot. how would you feel if your son was just arrested and was in the military and has a college education and i'm just a little bit upset. and shocked. >> police say when they arrived he was armed with two guns and mentioned explosives. the bomb squad did a sweep of the apartment, but found nothing. >>> the pressure is mounting on todd atkin to step down and now some republicans are worried his miscues could cost them a majority in the u.s. senate. atkin has refused to drop out of the senate race despite the national committee pulling his funding. atkin did release an ad ap

montgomery county urban search and rescue has three folks down in alexandria, louisiana waiting to go into the hardest hit parts of the state. >> the storm also spawned at least one tornado that destroyed several buildings and knocked down power lines. present obama had signed a disaster deck lahring lahr -- declaration for louisiana. >> you can see the red there in southern alabama. we still have tornado warnings even at this hour. the storm is weakening. still crawling off to the north and west at just five miles per hour. we are not quite done but generally things winding down. let's do local weather. we have more of the same, absolutely perfect. 71 in washington. 56 in baltimore. 59 in winchester. 60 in ocean city. nice start to the day. lots of sunshine for us. clear skies. we'll be a little warmer than yesterday. highs yesterday, mid 1r0. today, upper 80s to about 90. you will notice the thermometer, the heat on the increase the next couple of days. all in all ache good looking thursday afterno for the end of august as we turn the corner to september. -- highs yesterday, mid-80s

eastern montgomery county approaching the 95 corridor. even around the beltway in montgomery county. in the '70s righ88 this afternoon. becoming sunny and less humid later on today. big improvement on the way angela. wet snow improvements on the roads. a couple of early accidents. in waldorf there's an accident on northbound route 5, madeline beantown road prior to 301 at pinefield several cars involved and some lanes blocked. the accident inside the beltway on the b-w parkway southbound we have removed the crash prograat the 50 ramp. on 395 there was an accident northbound just past duke street. there is some slowing in that area as well. back to you. >> thank you. let's take a look at the day ahead. funeral services under way this money for the prince george's county police officer killed in a line of duty. adrian morris died when the car he was riding in flipped over during the chase on interstate 95. john gonzalez is live in mitchelville with details on how they plan to honor the fallen officer. >> good morning. in a few hours, thousa

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it's showing up in loudoun county, northern montgomery. far western howard county, frederick county. heading east. it will be in the metro area in an hour for haymarket in prince william county. might have lightning there but probably not. early afternoon, sunshine brabing up in the mid 80s and hour by hour for the whole region will have lower humidity moving in during the afternoon. highs reaching upper 80s. a bit of a blustery northwest wind by late afternoon back down to the mid 80s. seven-day outlook in ten minutes. now a look at your first 4 traffic this tuesday morning with danella. >> thanks, tom. if you're taking metro, single tracking. this is on the orange and blue line between eastern market and new carrollton. over to brunswick east, seven-minute delay on train number 87 0. vre not reporting delays that the time. outer loop of the beltway, this time in virginia at georgetown pike. had road work set up. only the left lane was getting by. it's now clear. travel lanes are open. jim and angie? >> danella, thanks. we're learning mor

southern montgomery county, the next hour or so. northwestern montgomery county, they're getting moderate showers. farther northwest of there, northern loudoun getting some mod showers. the whole area in yellow is severe risk zone. covers northern virginia, the district, all of maryland, eastern shore. this is a chance for damaging winds. looks like the time for that will be 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. if you hear thunder, get inside. turn on nbc4. temperatures around the region, 70s. much of the area, 60s farther west and north. 77 at reagan national. here's the day planner. by 7:00 a.m., a few scattered showers coming through the metro area. could be moderate. that's fender bender weather. roadways are going to be getting wet in the metro area. we'll be in the 70s. by noontime, a little sun ought to break out. warm and humid. low to mid 80s by then. then it's mid to late afternoon when we could get the strong storms. and maybe could be severe. some of them could be producing damaging winds. before then, the upper 80s. and we do get the

sunday, less humid and more comfortable. >> i will show you the beltway in montgomery county. this is a big collision after the. woman temple, before the. no one is getting by. the outer loop will encounter a car fire under control in new carrollton. an accident on the inner loop at the b-w parkway. and then this accident on the outer loop before rockville pike. they are trying to position everybody on to the right shoulder. back to news. >> the california refinery fire stirs concerns of soaring prices at the pump. >> and new signs for struggling homeowners. >> new numbers show late mortgage payments at a three- year low. just under 5.5% of american mortgage holders were behind on payments by 60 days or more. a big fire at one of the country's biggest oil refineries will likely push gas prices even higher. the blaze at the chevron refinery near san francisco is out, but analysts expect fuel prices to top $4 a gallon on the west coast. american airlines may have started a new travel trend of. it launched a service that will deliver your luggage straight from your flight to your

justug hill is out there yukking it up at the montgomery county fair. out there?oking >> pretty good. it's hot. the sweat may be an indication. the air is barely dry with a breeze but it's working out well. will see an increase in humidity levels. about thees will be same period showers could be a feature tomorrow. quick lookyou a around. >> you can see the banners and flags blowing here and it's been pretty comfortable. it is a little cooler up their spinning around. one of the best fairs in the area. i'm thinking about getting some cream here in a bit. what it looksut like a cross washington from our vantage point from the rooftop camera. a brady's right now in outside the belfort weather center. -- upper 80's right now in arlington. 59.nd a dew point at nice day all aroun.d 85 in fairfax. locally, 87 degrees is the latest at reagan national airport. toyou look a little further the north and west, a big coming to the temperatures. 80 in pittsburgh. a little further nw, in detroit, at detroit metropolitan airport, few clouds and sprinkles. would be nice the cool

is in western sections of montgomery county. is building to the north a bit.e back edge just inside whites fairy. there is towards route 28 and corridorn, the 270 will be next for this system. that has been the action. this afternoon. as we get toward sunset they diminish and we will the over nine hours. other areas are pretty as farive this evening as temperatures, once again at degree mark. it hit 90 a bit earlier. rockville. good ran over parts of the area. rockville with 1.06 inches of rain. we can check out the maps are now. reagan national. degrees in fredericksburg. 71 and 91 -- 91 and 77 the high and low today. we have a 8100 degree -- 100 degree-days today. days,e had 4390 degree the record is 67. we are three days away from the for 95 degree days. 93 and indianapolis. the hot stuff will stay out west. the lower 90's the next few days. as we get through friday, especially with the storm's front, i think widespread storms friday evening. the express, 72 late tonight. 92 in the afternoon. thunderstorms likely on friday. s

princeood in montgomery, george's, and fairfax counties. metro rail is reporting no alerts. the arianes marc rail reporting they are on normal service .and marc rail looks good on the virginia side interstate. jummy olabanji is on the scene of a crash in fairfax county on 644. details on that in a few moments. back to you. >> thank you. starting this week, crews will be testing the e-z pass system on the beltway express lanes. are set to open by the end of the year. the tests will go on several expected to slow traffic. officials want to make sure who own use the express lanes will not be charged. sensors will be tested as well. >> it is 69 degrees. if you are looking for a way to relax, try floating down a river. relax, try floating down a river. that's why one guy looked organic artichokes, organic lettuce, organic kale... relax, try floating down a riverdoes your cauliflower thave a big carbon footprint? not at all. that's great. oh yeah!! well that was uncalled for. uhh... mr. gallagher. incoming!!! hahaha! it's wasteful. you know jimmy. folks who save hundreds of dollar

students in montgomery county will go back on monday. classts headed back to have their goals already mapped out. clocking up the steps of this county home, edward what he has done all summer, making house calls. >> hello, how are you? >> he is the principal at shady school.ddle for the fourth summer in a row to studentsg out they head back to class a. >> build the relationship. >> a rising seventh grader is e than 40 students to have the principal in her home. >> it's awesome. >> usually a school only visits when something is not going right. but he says these visits are positive.forcing the >> she says that she likes to be called a straight a student, the junior honor society, and a soccer player. her counselor uses this visit to review greys and set goals for the next year. you is i would like you to be in sga. -- my goal for you. >> they just come to talk to you t your school and it makes you feel good. >> how will she feel on monday? >> excited and nervous. >> brianne carter, abc 7 news. >> on monday, students in the district and mo