this 4th of july weekend, police from about half a dozen northern virginia jurisdictions are cracking down. before the sun had risen on this 4th of july weekend our area had already experienced a crash with fatalities. three people died when they can lost control on mississippi avenue southeast and they say speed and spirits may have factored into this crash. >> there is evidence of alcohol but we can't say for sure if that's part of it. >> the pain to the victim's family, unimaginable. >> there was a knock on the door stating they wanted to speak to the parents of the kid. and said that they had passed in a car accident. >> reporter: as the saturday sun set, police from several northern virginia jurisdictions were mobilizing for their weekend crackdown on drunk and impaired driving. they're calling it extra eyes for dwis. >> we're sending a message we won't tolerate dwi. >> 32 officers, that's 64 eyes. and some will be in cars you may recognize and others you may not notice until you cross the line. but they won't be sitting at check points. >> they can be selective in -- if they're

the worst damage was done in northern virginia. tracee wilkins is live in arlington with us this morning with more on that. >> reporter: good morning. we've been seeing power crews come down this way surveying the damage. still this is the issue. take a look here. we are right off of 33rd road here at the intersection of williamsburg boulevard, and you can see this yellow tape here, and what it's actually doing is blocking a downed power line that's right beyond that yellow tape. there are no flashing lights here, and the neighborhood is pitch black because folks are without power. this is the kind of dangerous stuff that you can drive up on this morning. over here, there's a large tree limb right here near the roadway that we kind of moved out of the road here. when we first drove up, these are the kinds of hazards we're finding all around this area. let me show you more of the damage we saw right down the street here. there's an actual tree leaning on a power line right in front of someone's house, but it's one of many power line

. >> reporter: the majority of the power outages. 22,000 in northern virginia. and hereby in north arlington one of the hardest hit communities. behind me arlington county workers are already cleaning up. this scene is being repeated throughout arlington as they pick up branches, shred them and then carry them off then of course there are a lot of dominion power workers trying to clean up the mess. it has been terrible. >> in the 10 years i have lived here this was the most violent storm. the wind had the trees bending at a 45-degree angle. >> reporter: north arlington was the hardest hit. >> unbelievable the wind. the rain coming and push of the wind was like a tidal wave coming from that direction. >> reporter: the force of the winds snapped utility poles. >> whether it is a tornado or not you can see the damage. >> reporter: the trees in my backyard with hitting my windows and we looked outside and there were trees all over the neighborhood. downed power lines were blocking roads. >> i saw the flash then ran into the basement my dog. >> reporter: take a look

power in northern virginia. -- customers without power in northern virginia. >>> the mexican navy plans to exend the search for seven american tourists missing after their boat capsized. boat was carrying 7 americans 7 -- 27 americans. >>> a much better time on the water for the duke and duchess of cambridge as they continue their canadian tour. we have a report. >> reporter: prince william outmatches his bride on their first official overseas trip since the big we hadding in april. this after the two teamed one local athletes in a friendly boat race just off prince edward island in canada. his royal highness was in the center of his team's boat rowing. the duchess of cambridge sat in the back it steer her team's vessel. william's team won but the prince consoled kate with a hug. the couple watched a band perform earlier in the day. prince william landed his military helicopter there. he pulled it off without a hitch. the water landing was his first attempt. as kate greeted fans in quebec city, one fan wished her well in starting a family. kate has not spoken publicly about having child

dominion power still has more than 3,000 customers without power in northern virginia.o have everything back up and running by tomorrow morning. >>> the secret service is now among those investigating who hacked into the fox news politics twitter account. those hackers sent out six tweets, one of them said president obama had been assassinated. the fox news politics twitter account has more than 34,000 followers. >>> people are just a few hours away now from the capital 4th concert and the big fireworks showdown on the mall. >>> to protect the thousands of refusalers, the u.s. park police has put up extra security measures in place. craig melvin has more from the mall. >> reporter: when you show up seven hours early to get a good spot to see the show, you get tired and need a nap. >> just the fireworks and everything. it's going to be exciting. >> reporter: they come from all over to hear the concert at the capitaloscopy the fireworks on the mall. tens of thousands brave the heat, crowds and security to make their way to the national mall every year. this year, no excep

one more severe thunderstorm warning now in effect for warren, clark, louden in northern virginia until 7:00. these storms moving southeast at 20 miles an hour. a lot of lightning with this. tracking it throughout the evening and keeping you updated as the night goes on. stay with us, if you are home tonight. >>> "nbc nightly news" is next. see you back here at 11:00. that's the new.

virginia. here's a look at the storms right now, the stragglers, if you will, down across the northern neck of virginia and extreme southern maryland for solomon, southgate, and st. mary city. up to the north we have one little thundershower south of harrisburg. it looks like it is raining itself out. so we'll keep an isolated shower chance during the overnight hours. but by and large the severe weather threat is over for the rest of the night. i'll be talking about what happens tomorrow for the july fourth holiday weather forecast when i see you in just a little while. >> all right, kim, thanks. >>> tens of thousands are stilt without power right now. at last check more than 19,000 dominion power customers in northern virginia were in the dark. pepco is reporting more than 10,000 outages, while novec has more than 1,000 customers without power right now. >>> there are a full day of 4th of july celebrations planned for the national mall tomorrow. the mall opening to the public at 10:00 a.m. there are special family events at the national archives and white house visitors center. the smithsonian

thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> where the outages concentrated in northern virginia. have you made any more progress since the number 10,000 we reported being out? >> yes, we have. we were hit with high winds and heavy lightning lath night at 6:00. we got up -- lightning last night at 6:00. we got up to as many as 30,000 customers. alexander, fern don, and leesburg primarily. currently there's 6300 customers still out, and we have a lot of severe damage from last night that includes broken poles, and we have crews working through the night, and there's additional crews and contractors coming in this morning. >> in terms of a time line for he is tore ration, what are you -- time line for restoration, what are you looking at? >> we need to replace them. with the contractors and crews coming in, it looks like they will work throughout the rest of the day. we don't have a time line because they are assessing damage. >> mr. mac, your colleagues in potomac have had problems getting power restored to customers and they were taking preventative measures what has dominion done

northern virginia, i think you have a good chance. north of d.c. less of a chaps.an still see a shower or storm but the best chance will be to the south. very warm and very humid once again during the afternoon and then here comes another front on thursday. thursday i think everybody has about an equal chance of seeing storms. it's only about 40% so once again don't think it's going to be a washout. just be prepared for a quick moving thunderstorms and heavy downpours at times. warm and humid. 74 degrees. tomorrow afternoon, partly sunny, hot and humid with scattered afternoon thunderstorms. temperatures in the upper 82s to low 80s and it will feel like the low to mid-90s with the humidity. your bay forecast tomorrow, not bad at all thinking about getting out there on the boat. 15 on wednesday and 48 on your thursday with a chance for some thunderstorms, and that chance is going to linger wednesday, thursday and friday. pretty much the same forecast. saturday things dry out. temperatures down to about 87 degrees. a little bit in the way of lower humidity and then,

actually some thunderstorms will try to build down to the south and into portions of west virginia and northernortions of maryland. that storm, by the way, around the cumber land area in west virginia is severe. so we're watching out for those storms as they will make their way toward the region. but a better chance of storms tomorrow, as we have a couple frontal boundary, one to the south, one in south carolina and northern virginia, the others developing into portion positive of pennsylvania. we are stuck in the middle, but tomorrow they come over our region and that's why we have a flash flood watch in effect for the day tomorrow for just about the entire area. we are going to see the potential for some of that rain to be heavy at times, maybe 1 to 2 inches of rain an hour in some of those storms. so if you get one of those heavier storms, it will be downpours. tomorrow, or rather this evening, partly sunny, hot and humid. scattered storms, mostly to the north. some could be heavy. tomorrow, partly cloudy, warmed warm and humid. maybe a shower or thunderstorm tomorrow morning, but the bulk o

so that's very good news for those of you in portions of northern virginia and the rest of maryland andlso towards west virginia could see a couple showers. but right now i'm not expecting a whole lot. temperatures around 80 degrees by 9:00 with some of those storms. i do expect them to be south of the d.c. area, though. so right now, i'm forecasting a dry 4th of july and a dry fireworks display down there on the mall. there you go. >> all right. we like the sound of it. thank you, doug. >>> in northern virginia, dominion power is working to restore electricity to more than 5,200 people after last night's big storms. damage appeared to be isolated, but one of the hardest-hit areas was the river crest neighborhood here in arlington. high winds knocked down trees and power lines all over the area, and this morning, several intersections were dark. dominion power expects to have all customers' power back on by tomorrow morning. >>> metro has added service to make sure your holiday travel plans go smoothly. stations will stay open until midnight tonight. the smithsonian station is closed, t

the supply system for the army of northern virginia was in shambles. we probably had about 50,000 men when he began this campaign. he has only 37,000. there have been about 3,000 casualties on september 14th. something like 10,000 of his men just didn't make it to the battlefield because there were exhausted, sick, i didn't have shoes and so on. we actually, he is quite condemnatory toward these men, the stragglers. he said that they lacked conviction, courage, their goal breaking, the slackers to use a little language. but in bats, i think that they were just physically incapable of keeping up with the army. i think that probably we was not as cognizant of that as he should have been. >> it is interesting. you had one general who is so aggressive with so little and another who is so timid with some much. where is the next question? >> i believe you said that the trigger for the emancipation proclamation was the victory at antietam. mcclellan had lost how many men the first day? >> well, the using -- union casualties were just under 13,000 at antietam.

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thousands of people in northern virginia waking up without power this morning. tracee wilkins is live for us in arlington now with more on that. tracee, the power numbers are getting better. it's pretty apparent why that power went out. >> reporter: absolutely. we're seeing downed power lines and also seeing damage in folks' yards. take a look behind me. this is a yard where they have to do definite clean-up. the fence over there is damaged by a tree that fell on that fence. they've got other limbs here that are down as well. this looks a lot better than some of the other neighborhood -- some of the other yards that we've seen here in this community here. if you take a look to the left, we are in rivercrest. you can see here actual power lines down. this is part of the issue here. this is what they're going to have to deal with, power crews, as they get out this morning. this was one of the better streets. at least this one was marked. down here at old dominion and williamsburg in this intersection, it is completely dark. no power to that intersection. we're see

in one case, two planes landed in northern virginia without any help from thattery traffic controller who dozed off. the faa mandated all controllers get a minimum of nine hours off between shift, an increase of an hour and to prevent sleepy workers. the transportation secretary said of the new rules, quote, the american public must have confidence that our nation's air track controllers are rested and ready to work and we have the safe of the system in the world and we need it to make changes and we're doing that. the faa and air traffic controller's association agreed to continue the policy of not allowing air traffic controllers to take naps during a break in their shifts. they must be available for recall at all times. in washington, molly hennenberg, fox news. >>> thousands of people are expected on the national mall during the holiday weekend and the park service is urging you to take metro to get there. the metro trains will be open from 7 in the morning untilmed night. for security reasons, the smithsonian station will be closed most of the day. you can use it on the way home.

this year just one example of the many power issues in northern virginia tonight.s for that dress rehearsal for the fourth of july concert on the mall, it went on as planned, but without an audience. police deciding to close the west front of the u.s. capitol tonight as a precaution, because of our uncertain weather. in arlington, virginia, bob barnard, fox five news. >>> staying on that theme, thousands of people are expected on the national mall tomorrow. the national park service says take metro to get there. they'll be open from 7:00 a.m. until midnight. for security reasons, the smithsonian station closed most of the day. you can use it to go home once the fireworks are over. for more details on metro and where you can find the entry points for the mall, go to our web site, myfoxdc.com. look under hot topics. >>> standoff over the debt ceiling has been going on for weeks. now with one month until the deadline, still no agreements. at least one republican senator is taking shots at the administration tonight. >> reporter: a verbal slap today at the obama admini

police say an 18-year-old woman was shopping at this mall in northern virginia on monday when she feltrealized as she put her hand back there and realized there was bleeding. someone had apparently slashed her through her outer clothing and inner clothing, and caused about an inch and a half wound in her rear end. >> reporter: investigators say they believe the man seen in these surveillance photos is responsible for monday's attack and at least four others in the same area of northern virginia since february. all at popular retail stores. he's described as a heavy-set latino man in his late 20s. >> the gentleman who has been trying to take advantage of them when he has an opportunity, it's certainly a very, very unique situation and it's unfortunate somebody is out there doing that. >> reporter: so far, the attacks have produced superficial wounds. the victims have all been in their late teens and early 20s, prompting this virginia mother to warn her two daughters to be more aware when they're shopping. >> we came up with a plan that we were going to be aware of each other, we weren't

the supply system for the army of northern virginia was shamble s. lee probably had about 50,000 men when he began this campaign. and he has only 37,000. of course, there had been about 3,000 casualties at the battle of south mountain on september 14th. but something like 10,000 of his men had straggled. they aren't made it. because they were exhausted, they were sick, they didn't have shoes, and so on. and lee actually -- he's quite condemnatory towards the straggers. they lack conviction, courage, slackers to use the later language. in fact, i think they were just physically incapable of keeping up with the army. i think that probably lee was not as cognizant of that as he should have been. >> it's interesting. you have one general who is so aggressive with so little, and another who is to timid with so much. where is the next question? >> hi, professor mcpherson, i believe you said the trigger was the victory at antietam. they had lost how many the first day? >> union casualties were just under 13,000. >> i believe douglass had write to lincoln bl

and had would have been defeated if left to its own devices, how do they react to the army of northern virginia? >> you have to remember the general and chief had a ban on the press. reporters are not supposed to go to the potomac and was happy with the press coverage it was all based on rumor and nothing was passed out about what was going on and so everybody they would tag after every soldier they could find what they thought about the situation. i am sure there is a great deal of panic in philadelphia and harrisburg the governor was all upset because they were sure they would not be the target. >> if lee was able to invade maryland south of washington on the eastern shore, you would have made a favorable welcome because that was a broken part of maryland but the topography, geography, logis tics were such she could only cross the river of preferred and invade the western part of maryland which was strongly unionist. the reception in frederick in the western part was cool to the confederates especially and can't -- contrast to the tumultuous welcome for the army of atomic when they reach into

will replacevery inerprise right here northern virginia. >> something else for the locals to be excited about. be live at cape canaveral for the scheduled shuttle launch. leon harris will have complete coverage beginning tomorrow. for dominique kahn nets would new york to dropors urging them the charges against their client. two-hour meeting, the readyey's office is not drop the charges. accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid. >>> a man is behind bars after he assaulting a movie employee he pressed the old was charged with whinging. -- wounding. he attacked the employee when he to let him bring food the theater. held withouteing bond. users, and iphone is coming. it will debut before the year's end. it is expected that apple and the productlaunch sometime before the holiday. >>> it turns out, men like as womenust as much do? study found that many cuddling with and their relationship. tenderness is more important for men. when the more harder to please. no surprise. women compared sexual to happiness in a relationship. >>> no surprise and the forecast. >> a beautiful night out there

immigration immigrants have raid the the university of northern virginia. northern virginia is an unaccredited for profit college with mostly students from india. the school has 30 days to conform with federal rules over student visas. no one has been arrested. and northern virginia remains open. >>> last january immigration agents rated a school that had a similar business model. the government called trivalley university sham university. authorities accused schools admitting foreign students and collecting tuition while not requiring them to attend classes. the school was shut down over allegations of visa fraud. >>> someone has stolen a cash say of high power weapons. the atf says 24 assault rifles were taken from a supply warehouse. they have recovered one weapon and made few arrests. the government is offering a $10,000 reward leading to additional arrests. the army private facing federal bond making charges remains behind bars this morning after an outburst at his first court appearance. it happened yesterday in waco, texas. 21-year-old abdu refused t

it reaches towards montgomery county and sugar land and on towards northern virginia as well. let's look at the warnings. there is a watch covering our area until midnight. the brighter yellow for baltimore and howard county have a warning until 6:30. the district of columbia has a new warning out until 7:00 this evening. we will keep track of the storms as they move across the area. we will let you know what will happen with the complete forecast in just a minute. >> investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a two- alarm fire in sparrows point. crews were called just before 4:00 this morning. they were met with heavy flames shooting from the single-family home. officials say most damage was confined to the back of the home. everyone made it out safely. a firefighter did suffer a sprained ankle. there is no word on the cause of the fire. this happened around 12:45 p.m. on south carlton's tree. no one was in the home or hurt. police dropped off to block off the street as a precaution. it is not clear if the home was taken or occupied. investigators believe the 27- yea

last fourth of july weekended they netted 12 drunk drivers in northern virginia roads. they hope by doubling the number of officers they will be even more effective. northern virginia, derrick ward, news 4 today. >>> a man is dead after being hit by a car in prince george's county. police say the victim was hit just before midnight in the 800 5 00 block of central avenue in landover. police aren't saying much about the accident. they say the victim was an adult male and the driver, who hit him, did remain on the scene. the driver has not been charged with anything at this point. >>> maryland firefighters are trying to determine what started a fire that killed a disabled woman in arundel county. it hopped on shore drive in edgewater area. neighbors say the woman was trapped inside the house with her mother, who is also disabled. firefighters managed to save the mother but could not get to the woman before she died. a next door neighbor said her first instinct was to help but the flames kept her back. >> when you get to the door it's so hot and you just can't do anything.

. >>> in northern virginia, a son accused of killing his father, police say they don't know why he did it. ♪ >> check out a group of metro riders putting on a unique show. >>> weather out there right now on the hot side. 90 degrees right now. [ male announcer ] we are americans. we know right from wrong. and we know the ads blaming president obama for the economy are politics at its worst. the republicans have opposed economic reforms at every turn. and now they have a plan that would essentially end medicare for future retirees... slash education... while giving huge tax breaks to big oil and the wealthy. we can't rebuild america if they tear down the middle class. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> awful mudslides and flooding in china. dozens of people were stranded on a bridge that collapsed. collapsed under the force of surging floodwaters. one by one they were taken to safety using a rope line. more rain is in the forecast. local governments are on alert for more flooding. >>> mexican authorities continue to search for americans that are

farther to our west and north, northern virginia and maryland near 70 degrees. h of west virginia and western maryland right now, their temperatures are in the 60s. and we'll have this hazy sky with us this morning. by 9:00 we'll in the low 80s, little sunshine in and out. and a mostly cloudy afternoon. we'll have temperatures hovering around 90 through much of the afternoon. late afternoon and into early evening, we could get some thunderstorms coming through. there is a risk they would be severe, mainly in virginia and southern maryland. and any storms that might be severe might just briefly produce brief damaging winds. after that, any storms around will dissipate. a steamy start to tomorrow. a look at the rof theeek and the weekend in ten minutes. here's a look at the traffic with danella sealock. >>>rouble inner loop of the beltway. we have a two-car accident blocking the lanes. you are able to pass on the left. but as soon as you're traveling the inner loop of the beltway, once you pass gw parkway, going to be a slow ride for you until you pass the accident

know with is vtdw >>> northern virginia wants to know who is the new multimillionaire.iant grocery store on he will done street in herndon sold the winning ticket, $107 million jackpot. that's what it was. he or she has not come forward yet. i hope they know who they are. >> it ain't us. we're here working on the holiday. >> i know. >>> the nation's capital gets a lot of attention on the 4th for well-orchestrated parades, concerts, and, of course, our fireworks. >> yeah, but away from the monuments, the quiet palisades parade in northwest d.c. brings out the home spun nature of the city's local neighborhoods. tom sherwood takes us there. ♪ >> reporter: from a bluesy beat -- to traditional marching band tubas. and, of course -- ♪ the official bureaucratic image of washington, d.c. >> this is an authentic hometown parade. >> reporter: and you pawear sil glasses. >> some people do. not me. chaos. we all try to take ourselves seriously. >> i haven't missed this parade in years. it's just a fun thing to do. traditional as you get. >> happy birthday, happy 4th. >> reporter: a

so northern virginia, we're going to see some heavy rain here, too. now, the one area that we're really concerned about is where the flash flood warning is in effect until 7:15, anne arundel county, prince george's county, montgomery county, howard county, frederick county, washington county, all under a flash flood warning until 7:15. we'll come back later on and i'll give you the update, right it's the little things in life that make me smile. spending the day with my niece. i don't use super poligrip for hold because my dentures fit well. before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. even well-fitting dentures let in food particles. super poligrip is zinc free. with just a few dabs, it's clinically proven to seal out more food particles so you're more comfortable and confident while you eat. so it's not about keeping my dentures in, it's about keeping the food particles out. [ charlie ] try zinc free super poligrip. i am playing with my friends. hey, mrs. d... joseph? sarah! it's mommy's turn now.

. >>> and in northern virginia where the mercury hit 100 degrees ... the extreme heat didn't stop this civil war reenactment, men wearing wool uniforms mark the 150th and anniversary of bull run. forecasters say sunday will be slightly cooler in parts of country including the northeast and the mid-atlantic thank to canada and they warn that dome of heat could return in a week. cbs news new york. >>> so these pictures are almost enough to make you feel guilty while the east coast is baking in triple heat. this is what it looked like today. in late july, brought out hundreds of ski borders. some 66 feet of snow fell this year. this is the latest skiing for any resort, august 13th at mammoth. >>> asking jim when it would melt and you said maybe fall. >> i suspect they will be keeping the snow through next winter here. as we look out at tonight's sky we see the post air conditioner at work in and over the bay and it is clinging to coastline and managing to keep our temperature outs cool side and here is a look for the forecast for the rest of the nation. y

right now, more than 6000 dominion customers are still in the dark in northern virginia. pepco is reporting nearly 400 outages. 500 outages from bg&e. here is more storm coverage from arlington. >> people living in this arlington neighborhood are spending their july for cleaning up the big mess from that -- from mother nature. the region was pounded with heavy rain fierce winds and skies full of lightning. >> i went downstairs and yelled to my parents that i was really scared. we huddled in the basement. >> and this is what many people saw once they step aside after the storm, down power lines and debris everywhere, including big bridges on top of cars and homes. >> i did not hear it fall because of all the wind. as soon as i looked out the window as of this huge chunk of mud instead of the tree. completely surprised. >> neighbors say what was most surprising about this storm was not just how powerful it was but how much damage it was able to do in the short amount of time people who were home at the time of the storms it only lasted a couple of minutes >> normally in thi

. >>> more red light cameras are up and running in northern virginia in alexandria and fairfax. violators will receive warnings through the end of july. drivers will not pay fines until august 1. go to our website wjla.com for the location of the cameras. >>> another county will charge for ambulance service. prince william county will be billing insurance companies for everything from basic life- support to loading fees. the fees are expected to generate more than $3 million by the end of next year. the county will still front the bill for patients who don't have insurance. >> coming up, europe's latest royal newlyweds -- the whole country of monaco is celebrating the end of bachelorhood for their presence and an $11 million wedding. later today on oprah, love marriage, and >>> it is monaco's biggest lead since actress grace kelly walked down the aisle 50 years ago for less than an hour ago, prince albert married a south african in a civil ceremony. other european royalty are in monaco for the nuptials. she wore a gown by chanel. the entire adult population of monaco about a tho

they badly want to learn english, and they've come here to the literacy council of northern virginia to do it. >> we just focus on very, very beginning level, because there's nobody else helping that population. >> reporter: executive director patty donnelly says the help comes one on one from 1400 dedicated volunteers, and we do mean dedicated. >> in order to be a literacy council volunteer tutor, they have to take 12 hours of training to serve in the basic literacy program, or 16 hours of training to serve in the. sol program. >> abraham lincoln. >> born in 1809. >> i'm very motivated to give someone a stronger voice to express her ideas and thoughts. >> reporter: anne has been helping her find her voice for the last year and a half, and the results speak for themselves. >> i never thought i would be typing a letter in english or, or taking my brother and sister, and go to the doctor and interpret for them. i never thought i would be doing that. >> when you teach someone to read, then they have the skills to learn more and more. you just are give something the keys to the kingdom.

storms are still causing problems for people in northern virginia. roads remain closed because of downed trees and power lines, and that could be a problem for drivers this morning. tracee wilkins is live in arlington with a look at the damage this morning. tracee, you were there yesterday. have you seen much improvement overnight? >> reporter: we're seeing some improvement. we're definitely seeing some. joe, they were hit so hard in these neighborhoods here in the northern section of arlington that it's going to take some time to get things back to normal here. let me show you what we're doing behind this intersection. we're here at williamsburg boulevard and old do minuminion drive. we're looking at old dominion. tree crews working to get the limbs up, large heavy limbs that crashed onto people's houses and power lines and caused all of these outages and lots of damage. take a look over here to the left and look at williamsburg boulevard here. they still have a power line down here in the middle of the road, and they still have talk here. a little

it wasn't a quick fourth of july getaway for anyone headed out i-95 south in northern virginia. oon, several accidents in prince william county started the backup, and it stayed jammed all afternoon. this d.c. mom headed to virginia beach for an annual july 4th trip, only made to it dale city before her first pit stop. michelle stover says higher gas prices didn't concern her because she downsized this year. >> i had a truck at first. i traded it in and got something with a little better gas mileage that helps. >> reporter: so your trip will be a little cheaper this year. >> a little cheaper than usually. >> reporter: this family is actually wrapping up a preholiday trip from myrtle beach to long island and back. they watched gas prices change as they drove. >> they go up. you go up, they go up. $3.25 in myrtle beach. and as you go up, it goes constantly up, until you net new york where it was 3.85. >> reporter: with gas prices almost $1 a gallon higher than july 4th 2010, aaa predicts a 2 1/2% decline in july 4th travel. this prince william county man says it takes 105 bucks to

now most of northern virginia in the district is now no longer in that severe thunderstorm watch. so i think we're good as far as severe weather goes. and once we get through that line to the south, we'll be out of there, too. but here's the first round of rain. notice that rain moving out of the area. but then you look back to the west. look at this area of rain around charleston, this has been increasing toward the south. so some thunderstorm activity. but it's also been moving further to the south. so if you live down around fredericksburg or southern maryland or southern portions of northern virginia, i think you could see another good round of rain later want tonight. but for the rest of us, we may be just about done. that would be good news, because we have seen flooding and flash flooding problems. and there's still flash flood warnings in effect until 7:15 for everybody you see here in the red. it does not include frederick or carol county, but does include prince george's county and anne arundel county and portions of the district, flash flood watch for the rest of the ar

. >> reporter: in northern virginia christina said she tries to avoid using credit cards. >> i try not to use them. higher interest rates will happen if congress fails to reach a deal. >> in the united states defaults it's likely that the conner with a credit card with a va, riable rate will see it go up between one and 5% . >> reporter: a 15,000-dollar balance, it would cost more than $25,000 to pay off. if the rate rising to 20% a new 10 you this dollar balance would cost more than $45,000. for christina that is the incentive to avoid the mall. >> i won't use my credit card. >> reporter: you won't? >> no. >> reporter: if there is a default and if interest rates go up the higher rates would apply only to future purchases so that would be a good time to keep the adjust about rate cards in the wallet. >> california is bucking the trend on the foreclosures, but that's not a good thing. while most of the nation's metro areas see age drop our state has seven of the top ten areas with the largest amount of homes in foreclosure, among them modesto, number three in the nation. that's one out

more than 10,000 dominion power customers in northern virginia out of power. pepco reporting 1,500. >> crews working round the clock to clean up downed trees and power lines, especially in arlington county. tracee wilkins is in the rivercrest neighborhood with a look at the damage there. good morning, tracee. >> good morni >> reporter: good morning, joe. we have damage all across arlington. we have no power. that's how dark it is here. here at 33rd and williamsburg drive, the road is closed off here, and they're blocking folks from going down here because of downed power lines. this is one of the marked downed power lines. let me tell you, there are plenty of power lines in this area that are not marked and are down. folks, this morning you need to

northern virginia was hardest hit with thousands still without power. >> sitting, watching tv and i heard a bang and i went to take cover. >> glen wasn't the only one who heard the strong storms rolling through arlington county. >> we heard a big bang, boom. >> part of the tree fell on this bmw crushing its windshield on south capital and k street southwest d.c. up and down north gleam road in arlington, huge trees such as this 60-year-old red oak toppled over bringing down power lines because of the high winds. >> trees over here were blowing side to side. and it was just kind of insane. >> caution tape lined the street. power lines and branches litter people's yards. >> scare you? >> no, just we were happy to have the power back and went out again. >> could be a problem come 2:00 this afternoon? >> could be. have to go somewhere else. >> somehow they will manage this fourth of july. >> our daughter has power and she lives up at lee heights. hopefully they have it there. >> in whole place is a mess. my dad was actually surveying the land and he said look at the battle zone. it's like a b

. >> here's where we're at right now, dominion power reporting about 2,000 outages in northern virginia. bge has about 230 customers in the dark. >>> a falling tree killed a man as he was riding his bike last night near mile marker 33, between whites ferry and edwards ferry. neal rike of forest hills new york was there on a two-day bike trip with a friend. in pennsylvania, five people are recovering after lightning struck yesterday morning. five people were sent to the hospital. reenactment officials say three small tents were also damaged. >> some damage was done to the tent poles, and it's my understanding that it hit the ground but other than that, no. now, the storm of course always with heavy winds can be intense but we were very, very lucky. >> all of the victims were treated and released. >>> the casey anthony trial moves to a new phase. fox's shawn yancy is everywhere at 11:00, shawn. >> the fate of casey anthony is now in the hands of the jury. they started deliberating around noon and did not reach a verdict. anthony is charged with first-degree murder in the 2008 death of her

. >> reporter: dominion power is reporting 3300 outages in northern virginia and bge has 1100 customers in the dark. >>> an early fireworks show of sources in new york city. the nypd on sorts in new york city. the nypd confiscated fireworks and videotaped the whole thing. >> they lit the pile at the nypd firing ram last friday. the pyrotechnics were copis if catted during a crack doppler leading up to the 4th. 20 people arrested, more than $25,000 worth of fireworks seized. >>> and still ahead here at 6, a smalltown police force turning to technology to help them fight crime and that is helping save money at the same time. >>> we'll be right back.  >> the case of anthony now in the jury's hand. they started deliberating today. anthony charged the murder 23469 death of the two-year-old girl. she got in the way of the partying and love life. the defense claims that caylee's death was an accident that snowballed out of control. >>> the police departments across the country are facing budget cuts. one mississippi police chief is using tubnology to do more with less. -- technology to

. >>> a northern virginia mother charged with killing her son is expected to surrender to officials later today. a prince william county grand jury indicted karen murphy. authorities say she left her son in the family's sweltering minivan for more than seven hours last month. he died. this is not the first time she had forgotten the boy. court documents show in january, she left him in the van for 20 minutes. records also show she wasn't aware of the mistake until the child's day care called to say he was absent. >>> d.c. police have made a second arrest in the deadly shooting during last month's caribbean parade. deonte jay bryant of northwest d.c. is charged. officers picked him up yesterday. terry allen jimenez is also charged. he was arrested days after the june 25th shooting which killed innocent bystander 43-year-old robert foster jr. three others were also shot but they survived. >>> weather could delay the final shuttle mission scheduled for this friday. it will last 12 days and will deliver supplies to the international space station. as surae chinn tells us, the goddard's spacef

. >> at the corner mall in northern virginia, she says she tried to avoid using credit cards. >> i tried not to use credit card because of the outrageous rates. >> especially now with new baby daniel and the last thing she needs is higher interest rates, that is exactly what will happen as congress fails to reach a deal to raise the debt limit, according to john of smart credit.com. >> the u.s. defaults on this debt is highly unlikely that the consumer who has a credit card with a variable rate is -- you can see the interest rate go up between 1 and 5%. >> what does that mean in dollars, take a $10,000 balance with 15% interest with minimum payments. but if the rate rises to 20%, a new $10,000 balance would cost more than $45,000. what kristina, that -- that was the incentive to avoid the mall altogether. >> you're not going to use it any more. >> no, i'm not. >> if there is a default and if interest rates do go up, those higher rates would apply to future purchases so the experts say that would be a good sign to keep those adjustable rate credit cards in the wallet. cbs news, tyson corn

this patch of clouds that cut across northern virginia, southern maryland is about to move off the coast. clear skies and dry air. the temperatures are dropping from the mid to the upper 80's. we are going to end with 50's in the cooler suburbs. seasonably cool friday with light wind and clear skies thanks to my pressure coming in across the region. it is center to the north and will dradrift off the coast. some of the heat and humidity will move back in. scorching hot out here. temperatures 104 and 105 through kansas and oklahoma and west texas. there will not get that, but we will feel the humid air. this front over the northern plains will bring the possibility of a thunderstorm as we head towards sunday and monday. the first tropical storm of this system is now winding down as the tropical depression and that should do it for the first storm of the season. we have high pressure keeping our skies mostly clear through saturday. saturday into sunday, the next front starts dropping in. a line of showers and storms that may reach a sunday evening. friday is warm but like today, the humidi

. >>> police departments in northern virginia are teaming up to patrol for drunk drivers. search police officers including falls church, vienna, and fairfax will conduct drunk driving patrols. exfra eyes for dwi's. one big thing to celebrate this holiday weekend, lower gas prices. regular gas in the dc area is now averaging $3.60 a gallon down 8 cents from just one week ago and down 25 cents from a month ago. before we get too happy, keep in mind this time last year we were paying just $2.72 a gallon. to find the cheapest place to fill up in your neighborhood, head to our website, wusa9.com and click on the pain at the pump icon. some more good news this holiday weekend. this time for seafood lovers. maryland seafood dealers say crabs are plentiful. prices on the eastern shore are as low as $100 a bushel. prices are higher here in the washington area. the chesapeake bay population has been rebounding. despite a cold winter, the catch has been good so far this year. >>> still ahead on 9news, the worst wild fire in new mexico history showing no signs of slowing down. we'll t

more in northern virginia.the south and east, even at 10:00 they were pounding the areas to the northern neck and southern maryland. finally they pulled out on a few showers this morning. really fizzling as they came out of west virginia into virginia. 68 in gaithersburg right now. 64 in cumberland. everyone else in the lower 70s. 71 in maryland. 70 in fredericksburg, and here in washington, we sit at 74 with mostly cloudy skies, and your winds are calm. barometer, 29.88. and the due points in the upper 60s. sticky out there. a nice air mass in the great lakes trying to come down behind the frontal boundary. the storms for oklahoma, missouri, and it's coming across the ohio river in southern illinois and southern indiana. for us, watching the activity, trying to redevelop this afternoon. it does appear the boundary will be setting up, mainly, mainly south of washington. we will look at the future cast, and we will show you what we are expecting for the afternoon. really midday, a few clouds and sunshine mix. 4:

around the region, we have haze, humidity in the air, under a mostly clear sky across northern virginia the district, much of maryland. it's in the 70s. as well as right near the bay and the eastern shore. and much of virginia now, though just to the south of washington, is cloudy. but right now, right over washington, it's just a hazy clear sky. and by 9:00 we'll still have hazy sunshine around. then thickening clouds as we get into the afternoon. by 9:00 into the low 80s. by noontime upper 80s. by mid to late afternoon, we ought to hit the low 90s for a brief time. late afternoon and into this evening, we could have thunderstorms popping up and coming through. there is a slight risk they would be severe, mainly just south of washington. and then any storms around should dissipate by late evening and partly cloudy after that. warm and humid start to tomorrow morning. we'll be down in the low to mid-70s. danella, how's traffic? >> good morning. still looking good. >>> checking local roads in prince george's county. so far no incidents to report. a good commute for you. as well as in mon

outside of dc during a raid in 2004, the fbi uncovered muslim brotherhood documents in northern virginia at the home of a leading american brotherhood operative that named several of these groups who you see on cnn, fox news, msnbc purporting to be spokesmen. they identify them as, quote, our friends. friends of the brotherhood. these are subversive organizations that have no place in american society. >> host: but why? why are they so good at getting deeply -- i mean, i want to talk about the level of infiltration here because this is something that the soviets dreamed of but were never able to bring off. however, the infrastructure in law enforcement and in our courts and in education and in media and now the highest levels of government -- if i'm -- what you say in the book is true, indicate that there are operatives almost everywhere we turn. how do you get rid of these folks and how do you begin that process because from what i can see, neither party in congress and certainly this administration, nor the previous administration, has done anything but say how can we help? >> guest: s

thousands of people in northern virginia lost power. tracee wilkins has a look at the damage in arlington. >> we have seen some severe damage and it appears most of it is really isolated here to the river crest neighborhood in arlington. take a look at this tree that came crashing down from a tree. you can see the way that the wind killed this limb straight down and right on top of this power line. this is part of the reason so many people woke up this morning without power. and this is not the worst of it. this tree sliced through someone's roof. no one was injured at the time but it split the top of this house in two. some roads were closed due to fallen tree limbs and also caused several intersections to go dark. vehicles were damaged and power lines were down on almost every other street. but the severe damage caused by last night's storm was not widespread but actually more isolated. >> i was shocked when i got to this intersection and the light was out. this was the first light that was out my whole way home. >> reporter: you were

. >> there are probably more than 1,000 clearly in northern virginia who have been told by doctors, we rule out lime disease because of a particular test. they need to go back to the doctor. >> it took going back to a doctor for carmen to get the correct diagnosis that she has been waiting 15 years for. >> i have nerve pain. i have muscle pain. i have joint pain. i have my cognitive function has diminished considerably. >> car men now have chronic lyme disease. there's no known cure, but if she had gone to the doctor and taken antibiotics as soon as she developed the rash, she would be fine. for that reason, both carmen and michael agree the key to beating lyme disease is public awareness and prevention. >> i remember being a kid in the 1950s where there was a big public concern about polio and everybody was paying attention to it. well we have to have that same kind of attention about lyme disease. >> this is troubling if you live in loudoun county. get this, the county is home to just 4% of virginia's population and yet it has nearly 20% of the state's cases of lyme disease. so if yo

unique art show is celebrating nasa's shuttle program at home, plus a plan to ease traffic in northern virginiack over to shawn yancy for your fox 5 top five. >> we're starting off with the great way your family can experience the end of the space shuttle program. no. 5, long after the space shuttle atlantis makes its final launch this friday you can still experience the memories of a rare art exhibit. a collection of more than 70 works created under the nasa arts program is available right now. it celebrates the shuttle's program 50 years of service at the air and space museum on the national mall. no. 4, cutting back a little on salt will not reduce your risk of developing heart disease according to british researchers who say reducing salt intake appeared to lower blood pressure a bit but does not translate into lower death or heart disease risks. no. 3, soon you will be able to make video calls on facebook. skype and the social network are teaming up. users with webcams can select which friends they want to video chat with. then they'll click on a blue video icon and start chatting. faceboo