pouring rain inland from northern georgia to the catskills. hail and gusty winds from el paso to albuquerque. thunderstorms in northern california. excessive heat warnings in the desert southwest. >> a record 88 in portland. 86 in boise. 82 in minneapolis. 77 in chicago. 79 in kansas city. it's 70s from new york all the way to atlanta. >>> and coming up next on "america this morning" -- you get all the brain freeze without all the calories. the new drink at 7-eleven. >>> and the phew records for "the avengers" at the box office. >>> drink all you want and not feel it? scientists say they may have >>> welcome back, everybody. well, overseas markets are mixed this morning because of continuing worries about greece's future. tokyo's nikkei average was up 21 points today. hong kong's hang seng fell 181. in london, the ftse opened higher. on wall street, the dow lost 218 points last week. the slide continue there is. the nasdaq was off 23. >>> and yahoo! is looking for its fifth ceo in as many years. scott thompson was the ceo for just four months.

we have the remnants of tropical storm beryl at southern florida and northern georgia, that will geta. i don't expect any more from that. we will have a separate triggering mechanism for our showers. widespread 70's right now, 72 in manassas and bowie, 72 in clarksburg. berkeley springs, 67. winchester, 72. we have the heat and humidity again, highs near 90 this afternoon. dew points running around 70 degrees. widespread showers and thunderstorms. numerous showers and storms expected later this afternoon that especially into the evening. widespread storms will last through tonight as well with locally heavy rainfall. humidity will start dropping tomorrow. you will notice the change by thursday if. high temperature neared 80 thursday, less humid. >> very comfortable around the beltway. interstate travel could around the beltway. 270 vowed that father hurley boulevard, there's a crash over on the side. -- 270 northbound. looks good to and from the american legion bridge. traffic on the beltway through tysons and bethesda moving nicely. back to you. >> thank you. more than 200 contestan

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northern georgia, all affected by the tornadoes. and up in north dakota from the floods. and when i was flying over north dakota, had the opportunity with the general and a couple congressmen. and as we're flying over, and it was just cresting. in looking at the damages, the general is explaining how many homes and businesses were damaged. in sort of a side mentioned we've really done a good job and haven't lost any lives and working hard, and we saved the school and did this and did that. later it

northern georgia, all affected by the tornadoes. and up in north dakota from the floods. and when i was flying over north dakota, had the opportunity with the general and a couple congressmen. and as we're flying over, and it was just cresting. in looking at the damages, the general is explaining how many homes and businesses were damaged. in sort of a side mentioned we've really done a good job and haven't lost any lives and working hard, and we saved the school and did this and did that. later i went and talked to the mayor and governor and police, fire, e.m.s. folks and chiefs and command staffs and a lot of people that had been working on fighting the flood in north dakota for literally -- much longer, but this part of it for two weeks. and sometimes i think we miss things and we forget things. but for total devastation, they did not lose one life. that is incredible. if you can view the damage that happened there. and the reason that is, is because they prepared. they took the time. they were exhausted. but they saved lives. devastating, it will take years to rebuild

storm beryl made landfall and this is a big story because the threat can bring rain to parts of northern georgiaetro atlanta. the tropical storm that area warning now in effect for georgia for the coastline as well as south carolina. what's expected to come today at 5:45. we will have a live report from jacksonville florida this morning. >> officials in baltimore want to make sure you are prepared in case of a hurricane threat. this week is national hurricane preparedness week. homeowners are encouraged to get flood insurance and the kicker is it takes 30 days to process a new policy before it goes into effect. you are encouraged to inventory the home and take photos or individual grows support a claim you may need and keep the important document water proof, fireproof and keep them in necessary containers and for more head to the maryland insurance administration website. we will have the link at our website, abc2news.com. it's a great tip because remember last year with irene, now we are looking at beryl. this is earlier and people need to be prepared earlier. >> exactly. this is the second tr

also heavy rain inland from northern georgia into west virginia and western pennsylvania.hunderstorms from montgomery to atlanta. also severe weather around midland, el paso and albuquerque. >> a storching 100 degrees in phoenix. 88 in portland and 81 in seattle. omaha climbs to 80. chicago, 77. 72 degrees here in new york. miami gets up to 85 degrees. and in dallas, it is 82. >>> what would a monday morning be here on "world news now" without a new world record. i'll let you do the honors on this one. this is big news. >> i'm very excited about this. this morning's new world record comes to us from south american city of bogota, colombia. they set the record for most people spinning at the same time. >> look at them go. look at that. nearly 1,100 took part in the event. that's a couple dozen more than set the old record back in 2010. good for those folks setting a record and getting healthy as well. neither one of us are particularly health conscious, so -- i really am impressed with those folks. >>> coming up next, graduates entering the real world with some very real de

continues to bring soaking rainfall to northern florida and southeastern georgia.is said and done over six inches of rainfall going a long way towards denting the extreme drought in places across the region. also likely too much of a good thing cause something flooding. winds earlier on during the weekend brought this onshore here. winds will shift and drift out to sea. will hug the coast continuing to bring heavy rainfall to coastal north carolina on through tuesday into wednesday. rob and paula, back to you. >> they you, jim. >>> now to an eye-opening headline. on the number of veterans filing for disability benefits. the government says among the 1.6 million veterans from iraq and afghanistan, 45% of them seek compensation for injuries suffered while in service. we want to compare that to the 1990s when only 21% of gulf war vets filed claims. today's vets are suffering from back injuries, hearing loss or multiple psychological and physical problems stemming from bomb blasts. definitely war is different now than it was 10, 20, 30 years ago. >> a timely story on t

nearest rain drops are across tennessee and northern georgia.ll bring the best chance for rain is across parts of oklahoma and texas. it's going to take a little while. enjoy it. it's going to be be a great start to your weekend. temperatures climbing to near 80 degrees. a wonderful day coming today. perfect for all your outdoor activities. don't forget your sun block. the strong sunshine will burn you if you're not careful overnight clouds starting to sneak back in. the shower chances down to our south and west tomorrow morning will primarily stay to our west and south tomorrow. primarily. but a few folks into the shenandoah valley. for everybody rain likely by monday. today, though, no concerns at all for the forecast. mostly sunny today, a delightful day to be outside. sun doesn't go down until 8:11 this evening. then tomorrow plenty of sunshine early on. i think your mother's day brunches will not be a problem. clouds coming back tomorrow afternoon with a chance of a few showers but not until much later on in the day i don't think do we have

down into northern georgia there, south carolina, we've got tropical storm alberto. storm of the season. the season doesn't officially begin until june 1st. maximum winds, 40 miles per hour. will not impact us directly in washington. it will stay out to sea. temperatures right now here in d.c., nice and mild. 66degrees. 70 in quantico. 63 in gaithersburg this morning and in leonardtown, 63 degrees. our highs will be cooler with the cloud cover. still comfortable, mostly cloudy skies. showers stick around tonight. yep, they linger mostly cloudery with a chance of some showers. 63 the overnight hoe. they linger into the next couple of days. yep, you got it. 7 # tomorrow with some showers and storms. and wednesday, thursday, too. by friday, we'll get it all out of here. we'll have sunshine, warmer temperatures for the weekend. highs by saturday and sunday upper 80s, maybe we'll touch 90 by next weekend. here comes some heat just in time for memorial day. that is a look at the forecast. let's do some traffic. julie, wait until you see dave ross. he is looking like a golf

choose at&t and personalize a bundle that fits your life. ♪ >>mark: there is heavy rain in northern georgiaains and high winds. some of the at a rapid rises are completely flooded. they have received 10 in. of rain from northern florida up to the carolinas. this area has been suffering from a crowd in recent months of the rain is a good thing but the power ad age's and downed power lines is not. >>james: on the winds are about 30 mi. an hour sustained. when it goes back up to see it could grow to a tropical storm. pretty expansive from central florida all the way through upper georgia. it is also heading into north carolina. it will keep you updated on apparel. as -- on tropical storm beryl. piquancy in are whether the tip of the tower poking up above the clouds. this is sunshine hitting the deck of the golden gate bridge. the picture is improving here's slowly but surely. the warming has begun. we're looking at the mid-50s the upper 60s. piercing was '60s and antioch this morning. -- we are seeing the low 60s and here antioch this morning. the temperatures are a few degrees warmer than yes

thank you, sir. >> my pleasure. >>> florida and georgia residents are waking to drenching rains this morning. tropical storm beryl made landfall in northerna just after midnight. look at the winds in these images. the storm could bring as much as a foot of rain. powerful winds already knocked out power to parts of georgia. todd santos has been following and is joining us now with more. >> right now we are talking about a 50 mile per hour tropical storm moving to the west at 8 miles per hour. the issue for the folks on the coastline is they have closed a number of beaches even on the south carolina coast. it doesn't look like much on the satellite picture, and many of you may step outside and say it doesn't look bad at all. however, rip current risk is one of the biggest issues on the coastline. and as the thunderstorms make their way onshore, you'll see the gustier winds. and you can see the winds approaching the low country of south carolina, and it's really a chance to get gusts upwards of 50. and just a couple of hours ago, a gust up to 48 at the jacksonville naval station there. the system right now is still a tropical storm, and it i

it's churning over southern florida and northern georgia this morning.ent obama continuing to fire at mitt romney over bain capital. is it all too negative and coming too soon? we'll explore that. >>> and then on this memorial day, helping vets find homes and secure safe home loans when they return from combat. that many and much more. keep it right here on msnbc. [ woman ] for the london olympic games, our town had a "brilliant" idea. support team usa and show our olympic spirit right in our own backyard. so we combined our citi thankyou points to make it happen. tom chipped in 10,000 points. karen kicked in 20,000. and by pooling more thankyou points from folks all over town, we were able to watch team usa... [ cheering ] in true london fashion. [ male announcer ] now citi thankyou visa card holders can combine the thankyou points they've earned and get even greater rewards. ♪ how do you know which ones to follow? the equity summary score consolidates the ratings of up to 10 independent research providers into a single score that's weighted based on ho

way across the peninsula there are looking for flooding possibly been in southern and northern if -- southern georgia and northern florida. this should be out grady into a tropical depression sometime today. the round the bay. the satellite you should assess a lot of clouds. here is a look from our mt. tam cam. you can see the low cloud deck cutting off the top of the building. this is causing a delay at the airport. the temperatures are in the '50s around area. they will warm up but not by much in irian by noon, we can see a diverse temperature mixed. the inland east bay will be in the '70s but an '50s and the coast '60s inland in irian there by 3:00 we do not see much change. recently all little bit more seven days. a little bit more 70 degrees. here is your forecast for the next three days. the temperatures are on the rise for the beginning of this week. but far as they could be 90 degree weather. we will have more about that with the 7 day around the bay later. let's get >>erica: eck -- there a few minor accidents. these accents and not affecting the traffic. he can see that bay bridge is extreme

showers and thunderstorms are spreading across georgia into northern parts of florida, looking for maybe 40 to 45-mile-per-hour gusts with some of these thunderstorms and some brief heavy downpours. but the rains are going to be increasing throughout the day today, as the storm is about 100, 110 miles away from the coastline, as it heads towards the west. there you can see the dangerous swimming conditions. so i know it's still a hot day. the waves are really starting to kick up as we just saw in that live picture. so that threat remains very strong and it's going to stay that way through tomorrow too. so just go ahead and go to the pool or go to the beach, but don't get into the water. now, where's this thing going? we're looking for it to make landfall, we think, overnight tonight, and it's going to slow down a little bit, and then start to curve on up toward the north. so that shows you, it's going to be sticking through parts of the southeast, well into the middle of the week. as it moves back over open water, we think, off the coast of the carolinas, come wednesday, it could intensi

overnight, 65, starting to lose steam, very heavy rain, 4 to 8 inches of rain expected northern florida and portions of georgiath carolina over the next 24 hours. this will push out to sea. it will bring very heavy rain to the beaches of northern florida and georgia. 5 day forecast, 90 this afternoon, isolated storm, do it again, cold front and gradual cool down less humidity by tend of the week, check out thursday and friday highs, upper 70s low 80s let's look at the weather forecast. allison over to you. >> thanks tucker. >> reminder about a public viewing for dc music legend chuck brown. it will be held at the howard theatre tomorrow from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. then on thursday, a public memorial service, will be held from noon to 3:00 p.m. at the washington convention center more details about the services on myfoxdc.com. >>> holly. >>> allison, a who lost a family member to pancreatic cancer is recognized for his incredible invention and the hard work he put into developing it. he developed a test cheaper and faster than those currently used and he is only 15. he joins us this morning to talk about a re

it's heading towards southern georgia and northern florida.her channel meteorologist mike seidel who is live on a windy, jacksonville beach. good night it's so windy there. you have those glasses on. what's, the sand blowing in your face? >> that's why i've got the goingles on. i don't mess around after irene and back in 2003, the sand is coming right down the beech. we're getting wind gusts 35, the buoys reporting gusts to nearly 50 miles an hour. we've had one shower here. the rainfall hasn't been the story so far. it's been the wind and the sand. now they're shutting down the beaches within the hour. the good thing is very few folks have ventured out farther. dangerous rip currents from here and down to daytona and the cape. up to south carolina. so even up there where it's a nice day, and they're not going to have much of the impacts, as far as the stronger winds and rain. the rip currents will be up today and tomorrow. let's look at the satellite. beryl is a subtropical storm. it doesn't have full tropical characteristics. the strongest w

it's towards northern florida, and southeast georgia. weather channel meteorologist jim cantore is live on sea island, georgia. with a good day to you, jim, things look nice right now but i know something is heading your way. are you feeling rough surf and winds already? >> oh, absolutely. alex. you're missing a good day on the beach, darling. but i want to share that with you. i'm standing in the middle of a freedermabrasion, because the wind is kicking up the sand. it's pretty nasty. because it's blowing from the northwest, it's blowing the sand back on to the beach. the place is absolutely packed here this weekend. people are getting in the water, even though the dangers of rip currents out there. i asked the emergency manager, are you going to close down the beaches like they did in south carolina. and he said, jim, we don't have the man power to do that. people are swimming at their own risk. we're asking them and you to tell them to stay out of the water. but people are going to do what people are going to do. the waves are rolling

thank you, sir. >> my pleasure. >>> florida and georgia residents are waking to drenching rains this morning. tropical storm beryl made landfall in northernhe winds in these images. the storm could bring as much as a foot of rain. powerful winds already knocked out power to parts of georgia. todd santos has been following and is joining us now with more. >> right now we are talking about a 50 mile per hour tropical storm moving to the west at 8 miles per hour. the issue for the folks on the coastline is they have closed a number of beaches even on the south carolina coast. it doesn't look like much on the satellite picture, and many of you may step outside and say it doesn't look bad at all. however, rip current risk is one of the biggest issues on the coastline. and as the thunderstorms make their way onshore, you'll see the gustier winds. and you can see the winds approaching the low country of south carolina, and it's really a chance to get gusts upwards of 50. and just a couple of hours ago, a gust up to 48 at the jacksonville naval station there. the system right now is still a tropical storm, and it is over land. would not be surpri

tropical characteristics, but the bottom line, it continues to head on towards the northern florida, southern georgia coastline here, potentially around jacksonville late sunday evening and perhaps a slight strengthening in the wind. but this is really going to be a surf and a heavy rain maker. perhaps three to six inches of much needed rain across parts of florida and georgia and eventually it will turn towards south carolina and offshore as we head to the middle of next week. the other story we're dealing with is the dangerous heat here. we're talking temperatures from 10 to 20 degrees above average across much of the east, while temperatures well below average across the west. yellowstone dealing with snow. st. louis, chicago 97 tomorrow. but phoenix, only 89 for sunday. >> thanks. >>> we want to turn overseas where we're learning about a horrific massacre in syria. government forces unleashed one of the deadliest attacks yet in that country's 14-month uprising. many of the dead are children. richard engle has our report and we want to warn you, some of these images are quite disturbing. >> report

that's something to keep in mind from northern florida to southeast georgia. the reason the storm is going to dutch rain across this area isn't just because of tropical moisture but because it's going to start to take a very turn towards the north and the northeast here over the next 24-48 hours. we're going to see a prolonged period of time that we're going to be seeing a lot of heavy rain out there. jon mentioned up to 8 inches of rain, the general idea here is between 4-8 inches of rain, locally, up to a foot of it across parts of northern florida and southeastern georgia and by w*d we expect the storm system to sustain winds of 30-35 miles per hour. now, the rain is welcomed news here in florida, georgia, south carolina, because we're currently in a drought and that maroon color is the worst type of drought or extreme of it. so a drought across portions of florida, georgia and parts of south carolina. again, we'll take the rain, but when you get too much water, too fast, then you have flash flooding concerns, and that is something we're keeping an eye on r

northern florida, georgia, south carolina, you've been talking about it, too. all these wildfires and swamp fires we've been having. this is great news for some of these areas, but the heaviest rain is still going to be close to the coast. it's not going to alleviate the drought, but it is going to help a lot of people. everybody's not going to flood out. it will be in spots. but the storm as you mentioned, coming in, making that turn and then heading back out possibly just to the north of us tomorrow. and then out into wednesday, it may become a tropical storm again, but the point is, it's going to be a rainmaker and for a lot of people. that's a great thing. >> jim cantore on the beach for us. thank you so much, jim. >> we want to go back to arlington national cemetery and again, we are waiting for that wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns. there you see the crowd has gathered and we have seen some of the soldiers representing the various armed services. obviously at the tomb of the unknowns, that soldier has never been officially named. there a

we could see this form more thoughtful characteristics, it continues to head toward northern florida, southern georgia coastline here. potentially around jacksonville late sunday evening and perhaps a slight strengthening of winds. perhaps 3 to 6 inches of much needed rain in florida and georgia. eventually, it will turn more toward south carolina and offshore as we get to the middle of next week. the other story we're dealing with is a dangerous heat here. temperatures some 10, 20 degrees above average in the east. yellow stone dealing with snow. st. louis, 98. chicago, 97 tomorrow. same time, phoenix, only 89 for sunday. >> thanks. >>> want to turn overseas where we're learning of a horrific massacre in syria. government forces unleashed one of the deadliest attacks yet. many of the dead are children. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel has our report and some of these images are quite disturbing. >> reporter: the scale of a atrocity is only hinted at by this long trench. a mass grave after a massacre that included dozens of children in the syrian town of hula. today, observers went to hul

morning beryl is now 165 miles west -- southwest of savannah, georgia, and is expected to move back over the atlantic ocean by tomorrow. but northern florida, parts of georgia and south carolina could see up to 10 inches of rain. beryl barreled ashore yesterday along the florida coast. thousands lost power and through was minor flooding but no deaths reported. >>> in michigan's upper peninsula a wildfire has destroyed about a dozen buildings and vacation homes and cabins. more than 22,000 acres have been burned but no injuries have been reported. rain held firefighters' efforts yesterday, but strong winds pushed that fire along. >>> overseas, election-related violence in egypt. yesterday protesters set fire to the cairo campaign headquarters of the campaign manager. he was hosni mubarak's last campaign minister. he'll face off in a runoff election next month. >>> today in damascus, u.n. kofi annan met with the president. he's trying to end the bloody conflict over assad's leadership. even staunch russia is taking a hard line. the former minister says assad bears the main responsibility for what is going on. bob orr reports. >> repo

it will be dropping heavy rain in the next couple of days in northern florida and southeastern georgia, an area that definitely needs it. >> the un security council issued a sharp rebuke tonight against the syrian government. the council plans the regime for the death of more than 100 people on friday. many of those killed were women and children. in d.c., protesters demonstrated near the white house today and called for assad's ouster. the syrian demand denies it was responsible for friday's massacre. lady gaga will not be performing inafter all. they say her sexy clothes and dance moves could correct their youth. indonesia was supposed to be the biggest stop. a super hero gets beaten, but that is exactly what has happened to the "avengers" taken down by "men and black." it earned $55 million. overall, the film has rate in half a billion dollars. meantime "battleship" finished in third place. coming up right here had 11:00 p.m., better late than never right? wigginton you'll hear how long this local woman waited to become a bride. -- wait until you hear how long we gotta sell the car.

however it will be moving generally to the southwest toward southern georgia and northern florida believeit or not to our north we have a front could bring us a brief perhaps in some spots isolated shower or thundershower. most of our activity will be over to our north. take a another look at burrell, just announced but it's heading down toward florida believe it or not. it will not get much stronger. there's a lot of sheer. it's going to bring a lot of rain to north florida, maybe a little bit to south carolina, over the memorial day weekend. these folks probably going to have a pretty wet sunday and monday. unfortunately this just formed and this will be down to the southwest believe it or not. higher pressure over our region that's pushing it in that direction. it's not going to go out to sea it's going to head down toward the northern sections of florida. for our region hot and humid weather with high pressure bringing southwest winds around here. cooler weather to our north, will be in the heat humidity all weekend, that means slight chances of pop up showers each day. slight. tonigh

the storm brought heavy rains to memorial day observances in southern georgia and northern florida. just a reminder, virginia is holding its hurricane and emergency preparedness tax holiday now through thursday. you can get everything you need to prepare for a storm from batteries to bottled waters to generators tax-free. to find out more, go for myfoxdc.com and look under web links. >>> time now is 6:16. thankfully, we didn't have to deal with beryl ourselves. it stayed down there near florida. >> it is still down there bringing some heavy rain. >> maybe we should name the hot weather us for. >> you work on that. i'll get back to you in a few minutes. >> i'll see what i can come up with. >> you and julie can work on that. >> want to mention that heat and humidity back in our forecast for today. it never really left. >> back today. >> you got it. high temperatures just like yesterday. up near 90 and lots of humidity. our dew point temperatures, if you are keeping track of that kind of thing, in the upper 60s right now. that is in the uncomfortable range. tattered storms back in the

still tropical storm warnings for northern florida up the coastline of georgia into south carolina.his will just hang out here for i day or two before it gets pushed back out to sea. won't be impacting us here in the washington area. forecast for today, flight attendantive sunshine, lots and lots of sunshine. could be an isolated storm. honestly, most of us are dry. 09 your daytime high. wind out of the south at about five to 10. partly cloudy, mild and huged overnight. 61degrees. there are your winds out of the south at five miles per hour. we bounce around, low to mid- 90s up ahead of our cold front. that cold front will get in late if the day and bring some scattered showers and storms and a gradual cooldown with highs by thursday and friday, upper 70s and low 80s. that is where we should be for this time of year. let's do some traffic and willmar is in this morning. who is on the roads? >> -- and lauren demarco is in this morning. who is on the roads? >> should be a pretty smooth trip this morning if you are making the trip back from the beach or from north or south on i-95, als

. >>> thousands of people are in northern florida and southern georgia, still without power. it officially starts on friday, but it is already the second main storm of the season. >>> even though that it made landfall just hundreds of miles south, the storm that disrupted the holiday weekend as far north as virginia beach. life guards had to rescue dozens of people from the rough surf. they triggered red flag warnings with the dangerous currents on both saturday and sunday, limiting swimming to just wade deep water. >>> back in the d.c. of the metro area, we're dealing with the heat alert. how does it feel out here? >> it feels pretty steamy out here. i know a lot of folks are out this enjoying their barbecues. it looks good. most of us will not be dealing with the threat of the thunderstorms around here. and we'll talk about that in just a moment, but first, the heat advisory in effect tonight until 9:00 for the d.c. metro area. now, they got an excessive heat warning going on. all right, here is the heat index for you. once you factor in the humidity, it will feel like it i

you can see through georgia and northern parts of florida, 100 millimeters, maybe 120. we could see locally about 380 millimeters of rain in some places. very high risk for flooding and landslides. all along this front today we're going to be seeing some severe storms breaking out. southern quebec right down through into texas. so we have the forecast for you to show you widespread rain across much of canada and the u.s. and these are the hot spots from kansas into northern texas. and then right up into new england down towards west virginia is where most severe storms are going to be erupting. as that system passes, though, it's going to be bringing temperatures down. gradually over the next few days, towards the northeast, particularly, we'll be seeing temperatures fall by almost 10 degrees in some places. as we go into europe, lots of scattered thunderstorms along the mediterranean. it's going to be heaviest beer around the black sea region, balkans and into turkey. then a front coming down. this front will make a big change from the british isles through western and

it will dump a lot of heavy rain generally between 4 to 8 inches across parts of northern florida and southeastern georgiaossible. that's welcome news across this part of the country because we're currently in a drought. exceptional across parts of northern florida and across parts of georgia. >> thanks so much, maria. >> the jazz festival was canceled in jacksonville, florida and you had all those campers, they had to evacuate as well with the weather. your travel plans might be affected. >> and the big concert there last night in d.c., kelly wright there in the d.c. area to tell us maybe more about that. but president obama, mitt romney both paying their respects by honoring america's veterans in different ways this memorial day. kelly wright is live in washington with a preview of their plans today. did you get a chance to go down there? the concert was, what, last night canceled by thunder. >> i did not get a chance to go down there. it was canceled because of the extreme weather that came through the area. i experienced that having some problems at my own house as a matter of fact, because of that st

northern florida and southern georgia they've been having drought conditions and that's great news forthe whole area is going to get a kick southeast and east with the cold front that's coming through and that's why for the next several days we're going to be high and dry. put the futurecast in motion 4:00 this afternoon nice and sunny here. there are the showers down in the carolinas. you get down past bluefield and past i-81 and tennessee and western north carolina. maybe a few showers there if you're traveling. tonight clear and chilly. a beautiful friday across the region. high pressure off to new england. that's going to keep all of this moisture to our south and east. we'll go into friday night and saturday as well and this stuff will stay generally along the coast or lake shore. that's why by next week conditions will become more unsettled but we're in for a three, four day stretch of beautiful weather around here. high temperatures this afternoon, low to mid-70s across the board. even 75, 76 in culpeper maybe the warm spot with lower 70s on the bay in annapolis and tonight into

we could use some rain in parts of the country especially the southeast, southern georgia, northern and florida. many parts of the upper midwest testing range through the week, hopefully that starts for improved. it could also remain dry and much of the southwest on into eastern new mexico and texas as well. >>> let's check the drug screen. this kind of steer storms across the country, but we are starting with a tropical for the northern plains, i trotted to the southwest, but that ridge builds up and brought the heat into the corn belt for much of the latter part of the last week. i won't live now, you have seen some of the cooler air. this is chilly air coming into the great lakes and there are some signs that we could develop a fairly stable trough in the east as we head into next weekend and that would keep the chilly air and place in the eastern half of the country, but the western plains of west would heat up over that scenario there. >>> let's check the situation day by day monday. we see a cold front running through the mississippi river valley which will cause showers and storm

but, it's dropping rain where it needs it and southeastern georgia and northern florida, and a drought situation there. good news for them and also good news for us because we won't deal with any rains from bery almost. we look at maryland's most powerful radar and we are dry. we got showers overnight drying out for today and an isolated shower to pop up throughout the afternoon but for this morning, temperatures are warm. you can see them in the upper 60s in glen burnie and edgemere and we are dal with -- dealing with patchy fog and will deteriorate more going into the morning hours. i will monday forethat patchy fog. let's go back over to megan and charley. >>> honoring our fallen heros on this memorial day. hundreds will gather to pay reexpect to the men and-- respects to the men and women who paid the highest price for our freedom. >> we have what's expected for later this morning. >> reporter: you can't see it because it's pretty dark but we are here by the field of honor at delaney valley memorial gardens. you can see the flags set up. this is where veterans are buried and joinin

now it is expected to continue to linger along first coast, across southern georgia, over towards northernlorida and as doing so it going to bring in very heavy rainfall, up to 250 millimeters could be found in some locations here just towards the southwest of jacksonville. a broad area of rainfall expected over 100 millimeters of rain. especially just north of jacksonville, that moisture will continue to push on shore, bringing high waves with it. coastal flooding and also beach erosion is going to be high risk here across portions of eastern georgia. let's pull back the picture and look to the west. we have this frontal system coming across the plains now, extending to the great lakes region this is already brought some tornado activity with it and now going into the next 24 hours, unfortunately, more severe weather is expected. damaging winds, large hail and yet more tornadoes there. also down towards southern oklahoma, and also into northern texas, even a spot of unstable weather here going to be kinning to linger over towards new england. looking at temperatures ahead of that front, v

northern florida over the next couple days. biggest impact, high surf and rip currents. and rain across southern georgia and northern florida. terrible drought going on down there so it's good news. and then another thundery sunday, mother nature providing rolling thunder. so here we go, by 4:00 this afternoon, showers in pennsylvania and showers and storms in the mountains of west virginia. by 9:00 this evening, it's quiet again. and then we repeat it for your monday. so here is your forecast, then. for today, partly sunny. a chance of showers and storms mainly north and west of the d.c. metro area, and the highs today upper 80s to near 90. ocean water temperature, 68. air temperature, upper 70s to near 80. near flawless beach weather. and good sailing weather on the chesapeake bay. there you go. your seven-day forecast. hot and steamy and stormy, and then warm and slightly cooler, and then showery by the time we get to next weekend. >> you crammed everything in there. >> everything, everything on one graphic. >> oceans warmer than yesterday. >> a 1-degree count. >>> and then you get more than a meal at one straupt. >> marv

georgia as tropical storm beryl comes acalling. that storm making landfall overnight near jacksonville beach, pounding the coast of northern florida rgia. tens of thousands of people are without power this morning. >>> and for all of you aspiring astronomers, break out your telescopes. tonight skywatchers can check out a half moon and mars. for those looking to spy the red planet, it will appear as a bright yellow-orange spot above and to the left of the moon. mars is actually moving away from earth so this could be your best chance to see the planet for the next few months. if you snap a great picture, send it to us, tweet us. >>> fireworks flew over san francisco last night as the city celebrated the 75th birthday -- oh, look at that -- ever the golden gate bridge. tens of thousands flocked to the iconic bridge for the birthday bash. bridge was built in 1937, has since become one of america's most recognized and treasured icons. >> lady gaga in battle with indonesia. why the pop star has been banned from performing in that muslim country. >>> and if you are leaving the house right now, you can watch us anytime on your desktop, yo