wind out of the northwest at 12 miles per hour. pressure is starting to rise. allentown, 59.oconos 5. 62 in millville. sea isle 63. a cooler 58 in lancaster, winds anywhere from 10 to 15 miles per hour. we'll deal with the breeze all afternoon out of the west/northwest it's a drying breeze that's what lowered the humidity levels off, but, again, it will be chilly throughout the morning hours with dewpoints always low as they are now. there's hurricane arthur pulling off to the northeast clearing toward the northwest, again, with high pressure building in from the great lake states that's means gorgeous weather for us, not only today, but for tomorrow, as well. as we look wider there's a warm front stretching across the high plains. the high will work out to sea during the course of the weekend, that will allow the warm front to punch through on monday, the heat and humidity returns starting at the start of the workweek. say goodbye to hurricane arthur, a nice pleasant breeze out of the northwest. lots of sunshine. tomorrow, we'll lose that breeze, temperatures milder, pleasan

this is what pothole no. 1 on eastern avenue in northwest d.c.near the silver spring border looks like now and it was done even quicker than ddot's promised fix time of three days. pothole 2 is a series of pits on 39th street in northwest d.c. when we got there, they were patched, but the ride is still rough with dips and bumps. around the corner on idaho avenue seems the jaws of potholes has been properly patched and both were fixed in the district's three-day turnaround. remember this? the clients will no longer need to navigate through a watery debris filled mess to drive through the business driveway. >> just five days after you visited it has been repaired. your assistance in alleviating this problem is deeply appreciated. >> reporter: and what can we possibly add to that? debra alfarone, wusa9. >> now if you've got a pothole driving you crazy or any other road issue, go to tellwusa9.com. we'll put our investigators right on it. >>> it's not quite all on board for the silver line just yet. later we'll tell you how test runs are going and if

live in northwest. abc~7 news. >> thank you, rich.f course we will have much more about this vigil as our coverage continues tonight. we'll have that for you on abc~7 news at 11:00 and stay with us for abc world news at 6:30 for an in-depth look at how the word is responding to the crisis in ukraine. >> new information just in from fairfax county about reported skimming devices on a.t.m.s in three northern virginia counties. fairfax police released this picture showing a female suspect on the left. the skimming devices have been found at banks in fairfax, stafford and loudoun counties over the past month and a half. in each case suntrust banks were the targets. >> security guards recovering after a minivan slammed into his guard booth trapping him inside. it happened this afternoon at a apartment complex in temple hills. the guards was known to residents as "fish" and he was in good spirits. the driver may have been under the influence at the time of the crash. >> a staff member for a pennsylvania congressman is on unpaid leave tonigh

at the lakefront northwest wind 5-15. a cold front kantor yesterday now we feel those effects as cool, there is in place. lots of sunshine to start things off. a few clouds could pop up. upper '70's near '80s for the end of the week and through the weekend. each and every day after today there is a chance for a scattered storms. it won't be an all-day rain. the warmest days coming up for the weekend. >> we have ongoing road work that will close things down on north avenue from addison. in place until the second. and it looks like this point was to have ongoing work in urban park. several intersection's through there will be under construction through that second week in september. it's a construction report at this point. more traffic in a minute. >> and we're following breaking news, an officer was shot we have the latest in a live report. >> and dean has more juicy gossip to share with us later. >> hi, everyone. i'm courtney thorne-smith. don't change the channel, because in the next few minutes, you're gonna learn abou

we are coming to the northwest bastion. first of all, notice the wood that is there to strengthen the fort. besides the earth, you have the wood to keep it in place. you can see the guns, and they are a variety of guns that you will see. and this is what happened that a -- at a lot of forts. what guns you could get a hold of. you have everything from field artillery to bigger guns. the fort itself was supposed to cover the little river turnpike, the alexandria railroad and the leesburg and alexandria pike. but we are on a high point. so the guns can fire for a long-distance and cover those areas. the original fort that was built for 24 guns, when it was redone in 1864, it held 36 guns. from 540 yards to 818 yards with a bigger fort and 12 additional guns. you had basically during the war green guns and black guns with bronze and iron. usually the bronze was smooth bore. and the black guns were rifled guns. and the rifled guns had a better range and fired better. but a gun like this was a good anti-personnel weapon. there we

concord northwest, a northwest at oakland. we have not had a northwest breeze in almost the entire month allowing temperatures to be very warm in the ocean. they have cooled off a little bit. that helps. northwest sfo. northwest san jose. i haven't seen that the entire month. the key since it has been warm here, these are the temperatures now. again 73 only in oklahoma city at 2:00 in the afternoon. these are temperatures they would see in october. 70 in denver, 76 in dallas. 74 in little rock. the key is they had a system going through, cloud cover, some of that thinning out. they had heavy rain there. a lot of tropical moisture into new mexico and arizona. it is 99 down there in fresno. it is 100 in las vegas. 109 palm springs but the fog bank is ruling here and it will win out for a cooler pattern. san francisco is only 61. the coolest in a long time at noon. definitely on the cool side. it will take another couple of days for clear lake, ukiah, vacaville. 82 san rafael. walnut creek, 92 with a little bit of a breeze. brent

wind northwest. humidity very, very low with dew points in the low 50's.remely comfortable for this time of the year. gorge days down the shore as well. 80 degrees. look at the water temperature. fifty-nine. in the 70's yesterday. arthur churned up that water, bringing cold water from the depths up to the surface. it will be cold. if you venture in the water and again be careful if you do because of the high rip current risk and rough surf you may want to wear wet suit out there this weekend. it is chilly ocean water. "eyewitness news" weather seven day forecast keeps it warm. eighty-eight on sunday. back to 93. hot and humid on monday. ninety-two on tuesday with the chance for a thunderstorm. thunderstorm possible wednesday and then nice weather returns. eighty-seven and sunny by next thursday. >> kate, thank you. vast amprovement. >> at the annual hot dog eating contest in brooklyn, new york competitors ate dozens of hot dogs in just minutes. cbs news correspondent companies im has more on the hot dog eating champ who walked away with thousands of dollar

diane is live in northwest with say.he had to diane? >> well, the allegations made against her husband, insisting that he is innocent. last sundayarly morning, a passenger told authorities she was sexually assaulted i the driver here in the 1400 block of were rhode island avenue northwest. d.c. police arrested the 31-year-old after he turned himself in. we went to his home in alexandria, where his wife answered the door, denying her husband had done a thing wrong. >> he is my husband. >> uber released a statement saying, in part, safety is their number one priority, and it is their policy to immediately suspend a driver account, and we stand ready to assist authorities in any investigation. those who use uber regularly say it now has them thinking twice. >> that is really shocking and surprising. >> that is strange. >> uber's spokesperson went on to say they treat reports like as an emergency. >> right frankly for anyone who uses uber. gun laws is about to change. yesterday, a judge overturned a ban on carrying guns outside. theard reev

northwest washington, a 70 foot tall oak tree crashed onto and crushed an suv.akoma park, the woman and a young child are lucky to be alive after the tree fell on top of them. the sound ascribed being like under. j? >> really an extraordinary scene behind me. we hear these stories all too often, trees coming down in neighborhoods like this, crushing homes, crushing cars. in this case neither of those scenarios occurred, it was something even more terrifying, the tree fell on a mother and her child. >> takoma park, famous or its foliage. for no clear reason, monday evening at huge oak fell across the front yard of a home along holly drive. >> the lights suddenly flickered . we looked outside and there it was. >> michael richardson. >> i look outside and suddenly the tree was on the ground. >> they both heard the horrible sound from their nearby homes. >> i saw a flash from the power lines snapping and i heard what basically sounded like thunder to me. >> the tree avoided crushing cars or a home, but it did land on a mother and her young child. >> she was under th

championship tees off in two hours in northwest england. we will see how the best golfers in the world handle the new and improved course. with henrikng stenson, looking for his 15th major championship. he says playing in the d c area last month helped him repair for the open. >> to hit the ball as hard as i was able to hit it, i have done stronger, gone faster since then. that is only going to be the case. stronger and faster. which is great. .> tiger woods the washington wizards added another player, the one blair -- joining the other new kids on the block. 6'7"l you this, blair is a space-eater with a chip on his shoulder and a mean streak. let's go to len bias, a years after his death from drug overdose, the university of maryland will at len bias to the maryland hall of fame. he died just two days after he was selected by the boston celtics for the number two overall staff. -- draft. he was acc player of the year two straight seasons, unanimous first-team all-american, and it is time, finally. len bias to the hall. a huge buzz at the g

northwest wind at 10. the disiew point still only 54 so that -- dew point still only 54 so take stays low. a few clouds in the mountains are trying to come out toward us. but generally we're in a good spot and will stay in a good spot all day long. futurecast trying to pop a couple showers but i'm not buying that. in the tropics we're watching an area of low pressure that will likely become a depression later today and eventually become bertha. we have to worry about this because by saturday and sunday, could be somewhere in the leeward islands. our forecast for the next three days beautiful today, 82. tonight 50s and 60s. 84 tomorrow. chance of a storm generally in the mountains. 80, 844 on wednesday. 87 thursday. better chance of an isolated storm even in the metro. friday through sunday, even monday, more of a typical summer pattern with chance of afternoon storms. highs mid-80s but upper 80s on monday. let's go to monika samtani. a car trying to drive through mcdonald's but not quite the right way. >>>

we asked people at the intersection of 4 tonight and g streets northwest what they thought. >> -- 14th and g streets northwest what they thought. >> that is very unsafe. >> reporter: we called ddot to see when it would be xefid because people seem worried. >> looks like it could collapse any moment. >> reporter: ddot says this is a vault used for deliveries to this building. problem is the building is vacant. so ddot needs to figure out who owns it to pay for the repairs for that vault. it too kay up to 90 days. debra alfarone, wusa9. >> ddot told debra they tonight think the vault is in imminent danger of collapsing and will check it periodically to make sure the cones are in place while they locate the owner of the building. if you've got some road or sidewalk hazards to tell us about that are driving you crazy, go to tellwusa9.com. we will try our best to get it fixed. >>> oh, man, perfect combination today, low humidity, low 80s. topper shutt is here with the great news as we head into the bottom part of the week, no more storms, no more high humidity. >> no. the humidity stays in

here is the typhoon continuing northwest. there are the dangerous winds, the landfall there right over hainan. and now it will go as hala mentioned, to guangdong province, and heading up to the northwest. the storm surge will be significant especially for the bays up to the north and then of course the rainfall that will come with the system. a perfect eye there. just great symmetry which you don't want to see here on the radar. that is indicative of a very powerful storm, there will be flooding and a potential for landslides, but right now, with hainan and guangdong, they could have catastrophic winds coming with it. the storm is equivalent to a category 4 or 5 in the atlantic, think katrina in the united states. that is what we had last year in the philippines. so that is what we're looking at. we'll give you the latest advisory as it comes in. there is the track, already 38 people have died because of the storm in the philippines. o and it will be a good 24 hours, hala, to know what type of damage and casualties we are dea

this morning we're in northwest d.c. where the most expensive gallon of regular unleaded is a the exon on connecticut avenue northwest -- exxon on connecticut avenue northwest. gas a staggering $4.45 according to aaa's mid-atlantic website. >> that may be the highest price we've read so far. the cheapest in northwest $3.54 at the sunoco on sherman avenue. >> definitely try that. >>> the average person does this 154 times each week. is it a, smile, b, look at their smartphone or c, open a refrigerator? >> same refrain this morning. jamie ferguson crawford wrote c, open a frig. a lot of people look at their phones 154 times a day. she's right. so c, >> your trust is well placed. she's correct, the answer is c. we open the refrigerator at least 154 times a week. >>> embarrassing details came out on the first day of the corruption trial for governor bob mcdonnell and his wife, maureen. the two are separated legally and have separate counsel. now we know why. their marriage has been on the rocks for some time and jonnie willi

north- northwest winds. building clouds lead to a widely scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. a repeat of that forecast on thursday. a day they could see and 83 around chicago. with humidity's in the moderate range that is not a bad temperature regime at least. nine percent of each of those days will be rain free. which state has the nickname old state has the nickname old dominion this is mark. ...at work. for those who want to enjoy their days... not just get through them. new one a day vitacraves with energy support. the only complete gummy multivitamin that supports energy and mental alertness. new from one a day. this is kathleen. setting up the perfect wedding day begins with arthritis pain and two pills. afternoon arrives and feeling good, but her knee pain returns... that's two more pills. the evening's event brings laughter, joy, and more pain... when jamie says... what's that like six pills today? yeah... i can take 2 aleve for all day relief. really, and... and that's it. thi

or is it northwest dc?>> you actually cross the line and you'll be in dc. >> reporter: that may be part of the problem. >> stay tuned. >> reporter: after looking online, we find it's actually in dc and we report it. no w, off to pothole number 2 and number 3. 2 sits on 39th street in northwest dc. 3 sits around the corner on idaho avenue. both are driving jeanette tejada gomez crazy. she reported the roller coaster ride on 39th street to ddot in april. >> within a few days, the pothole was fixed, but looking at the section, it was a greater problem. it was not just one, it was a strip of potholes. while part of it was fixed, the rest of them were not. >> reporter: around the corner on idaho avenue, jeanette hadn't reported this pitted, water-filled patch, so we did. the district promises to fill holes within three days. will they? hold on! first, meet pothole number 4. it's greeting clients in front of claude morel's realty business in temple hill, maryland. >> we've been attempting to get someone out here

a little bit of fog but there is a northwest breeze end even though the water temperatures have cooled off it is chewing up the cloud deck and higher elevations are definitely running warmer and the lows have been record high minimums and it is still warm, 60 and 68 and 75 with lots of sunshine. 60s for some but definitely much cooler and novato 55 and even though we have some areas to the north we are no doubt about it running cooler still, it will not take long and we have assure sign we will warm up and it is hardly any breeze for most locations and all signs show we will warm up as high pressure begins to build. patchy low clouds and 90s come back afternoon temperatures out towards antioch and santa rosa is there and 70s and 80s by the bay, here is sal. >>> we are still looking at a nice commute so far as we look at the freeways approaching the bay bridge and most of the slow traffic -- let me say that again, thatels where the slow traffic begins. there are no drive times and this is a look at interstate 880 southbound and it looks good to downtown oakland heading down to hayward a

the northwest of syria is run by the pwd, an off shoot of the kurdish workers party or pkk and kurds this carved up their ethnic home land which they call kurdistan and there are kurdish regions and run by long-time rival whose do not cooperate and each blame the other for the movement of people, the traffic however seems to be one way. >> translator: there are no corridors to reach the kurds and people are suffering because of the war with the self declared islamic state and the crossing is the only exit point and pyd doesn't allow people to leave. >> reporter: this is connecting the regions in iraq and syria, the other has been closed since the kurdish took over positions abandon by the army during a sunni offensive in june. >> pyd do not allow people to cross and i tried to talk to them about the situation and said they had orders but didn't say from whom. >> reporter: they are against breaking away from syria and accused working with the government in exchange for that and there is no autonomy among kurds. >> it's part of four countries and special circumstances in each and they

molette green is live in northwest d.c. to see what the president is doing to fix the nation's roads and you found a real mess out there, molette. >> reporter: yeah, aaron, good morning. you read the numbers and i want to show you what it looks like in real life on newark street in northwest d.c. in the american university community. take a look. this is one street, i counted ten or more nasty spots. this whole street, i think, needs a redo. today the president will be focusing on rebuilding america's roads, bridges, the infrastructure and a more efficient way and smarter way. he wants to be able to test new technology, so that's why he's going out to northern virginia and to mcclain to a highway research center push for a backdrop. and expect to hear the president criticize congress for not funding critical highway projects. one of the economic advisers points out that this problem impacts all of us. >> it adds to traffic. it wastes gasoline. it damages your vehicle and causes more repair costs. >> reporter: so what's the

i think we must continue supporting transfer infrastructure in the northwest. the work is being done right it n terms of making sure is more resilient. there are announcements about road and rail schemes. look very carefully about what they say about funding. because it is important that these sishwations are fair. >> -- situations are fair. >> the government's new system will ask $15 billion pounds more than expected to the government debt by the owned this parliament. he got it all wrong when it came? >> what we were told is that no one would take up these lones and no one would go near to university and the numbers to university would collapse. record numbers are going to universities. record numbers from low income backgrounds are going. obviously we need to make sure -- obviously we need to make sure that the system is cost-efficient. but i'm satisfied it's working and the chancellor in his recent budget that far from having problems we are uncapping the numbers that can go to university. that is the aspiration society we're building in the country. > unem

of this day here, meantime, we will remind you, mls action tonight, best crowds in the beautiful northwest. best rivalries in the mls, seattle and portland comes your way on espn2. and here on abc, the news for most of you moments away. germany's championship, how do you encapsulate what we saw not just today but the entirety, the run of the tournament? >> i think it's not just this tournament, it's almost the last ten years, what they have done. when you go and you look, and you have an honest moment, you say we are good, but we can be better, but we need big bold moves, and all of those changes can affect you, and at the end of it, you have that moment, where it's not that it wouldn't be justified. but you want to have that money moment, where you are holding it up. i'm just so happy that a team that had the courage to do that is rewarded, the ultimate reward of raising the world cup. >> santi, for you? >> yes. it's been a long way for germany. this did not start three or four weeks ago. this started ten years ago. this is their prize. sometimes you don't win it, because if palacio score

we are live in northwest. one more thing, if you are a fan of the show "house of cards" you may recognize this block. i'm told by a neighbor in the opening shot that shows the capitol an pans to the houses here in this area. famous area, but now infamous because of this incident that happened here earlier this morning. live in northwest, derrick ward, news 4, back to you. >>> also new this morning police are trying to determine what lead to a deadly motorcycle crash on john rogers boulevard. prince george county police say the driver lost control of the bike, hit a curb and a tree. rescuers took him to the hospital where he died. >>> this just in, baltimore county police arrested ravens quarterback jimmy smith. they say he interfered with an investigation at a green turtle restaurant last night. police say he was helping a woman who was sick in a bathroom, but then refused to leave when officers arrived. smith is charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct. he has since been released. >>> this morning, a virgi

winds northwest tonight only about 5 miles an hour. tomorrow pleasant, 84. 50s and 60s again tomorrow night. 85 on friday with that stray storm west. over the weekend, we've got the nass on -- nats on wusa both saturday and sunday. isolated storm. there go the temps and rain chances up early next week. we'll be back with more [ brian ] in a race, it's about getting to the finish line. in life, it's how you get there that matters most. it's important to know the difference. like when i found out i had a blood clot in my leg. my doctor said that it could travel to my lungs and become an even bigger problem. and that i had to take action. so he talked to me about xarelto®. [ male announcer ] xarelto® is the first oral prescription blood thinner proven to treat and help prevent dvt and pe that doesn't require regular blood monitoring or changes to your diet. [ brian ] for a prior dvt i took warfarin, which required routine blood testing and dietary restrictions. not this time. ♪ while i was taking xarelto®, i still had to stop racing, but

the pacific northwest, we saw this week, labd slides. if there's a big earthquake, we feed to be ready for landslides. there's not really a single answer. things are very expensive. it's going to take a long time to fix them. one thing that's important to point out is underlining all of these efforts is the scientific understanding. engineer haves to design for something. so the more we know, the more we understand scientifically, the more we can help the engineers design to be earthquake-resilient. that was something we saw in the 2011 japan earthquake. their buildings were very resis tent, but they didn't expect the size of the tsunami. really, underlying that is the scientific understanding. >> two comments. first is that we just started a project, cooperatively, with the city of los angeles that's directly focusd on identified solutions to the problem. that includes the water system, the power system. second, u.s.g.s. operates a system called shea cast that allows any user to quickly get an assessment of potential damage. we run that

winds north, northwest -- am i in phoenix or d.c.? winds north, northwest. rest the ac tonight, 50s and 60s for lows, warm but not humid, right on through friday. isolated storms are possible over the weekend, but as we said i think you can keep your outdoor plans unless you're in the mountains. around the metro area pretty good shape. tomorrow morning 60s, 67 downtown, 60 in bethesda, 61 in leesburg. by 8:00 tomorrow sunglasses, perhaps a sweater, 60 five in gaithersburg and leads -- 65 in gaithersburg and leesburg and by 10:00 it's in the low 70s, very comfortable. by 1:00, 81, you'll stay cool, in the upper 70s north and west of town. this may be a little underdone temperature-wise, but still a very comfortable day. we have a dry air mass. that means it cools off quickly and warms up quickly but stays comfortable. by 5:00 81 downtown, generally clear skies across the world, by 8:00 it's 76 and even tomorrow night certainly cool enough to take your jog or bike ride in the evening. 74 by 9:30 tomorrow and by 11:00 tomorrow night walking the dog 60s again in

now to the pacific northwest. the firefight as new wildfires explode. there are now 33 fires burning in oregon and washington. on the ground hot shot crews are struggling to gain control. in the air tankers are just trying to keep up. in central washington the images look apocalyptic. wildfires four times the size of seattle, and that leaves people little time to get out. >> cars were flying up here, stopping everywhere and saying that we're -- that fire is coming here at 30 miles an hour, and you guys have just a few minutes to get out of here. >> both fires have forced more than 1,200 out and burned down at least 100 homes and buildings. >>> the former father who made headlines for allegedly beating his son's baby-sitter to a bloody pulp is talking. >> my immediate feeling was to kill him so he will never hurt anybody again. >> reporter: 18-year-old raymond folander was in bed with the 11-year-old. the child's father walked in and allegedly lost it. the mugshot of a bloodied and bruised folander went viral. the father says he was lucky. >> my son -- r

but from northwest to southeast we should see some clearing. 76 in philadelphia and 75 in wilmington and 77 in allentown and 73 in sea isle city. fairly comfortable and i want to show you dew points, you can see the numbers are dropping a bit. something under 60 is considered not humid and we are down to 60 in the north and west and a bit humid here, and the wind is bringing dry air in and coming from the northwest, and we expect the numbers to come down towards the shore through the afternoon. rick when we come back, we'll have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast with your weekend call. >> thank you david. remember you can keep track of the accuweather forecast any time by downloading our free 6 abc storm tracker app, it has access to live radar and weather alerts posted for your area. >>> we have this just in to "action news" now. abc news is reporting that mariela castro was not on board the air algeria plane, but that the activist was on the plane and now they have confirmed she was not on the plane at the time. >>> in other news there could be a bailout for one of atlan

you see those scattered showers northwest of us as of late afternoon. couple of these could drift through the area in the early in a time. they fade away in the morning. the redevelop again tomorrow afternoon. mr. with sunshine and somcumulus develop we and cumulus developwe start with sunshine and cumulus develop. 83 today. seven days during the day tomorrow. the model even indicate some upper 60s. a little cluster of clouds, that is a tropical storm. we will be watching that. with great interest. temperatures in the '70s until we get into the eighties over the holiday weekend. humidity coming back by sunday and monday. i could end rather steamy. temperatures could end rather steamy. temperatures are not bad. in the criminal justice system the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. these are their stories. four lamb chops, three martinis, key lime pie... boys' night out. leave me alone. and a monte cristo i can still smell on your br

reporting from northwest, kendis gibson, abc~7 news. >> thank you, kendis. the upcoming august congressional recess appears to be spurring congress to act on a $17 millionman to reform -- plan to reform the v.a. health system. that includes the hiring of more doctors, nurses and other medical staff. lawmakers say they hope to send the bill to the president by the end of the week. >> coming up on abc~ 7 news at 6:00, what our eye team uncovered after a passenger caught a bus driver using a tablet computer behind the wheel. >> and why dozens marched past union station dressed as roadsy the riv -- rosy the riveter. >> why are maryland lawmakers so happy tonight? it has something to do with the f.b.i. and its new headquarters. i'll explain coming up next. >> i'm abc~7's steve rudin. high temperatures made it only into the upper 70 today. how long will the cool air stick >> you're watching abc~ 7 news at 6:00, on your side. >> the f.b.i.'s replacement for the j. edgar hoover building will not be built in the district. >> three possible locations were released. tw

the skies are clearing out to the northwest and southeast. later this morning we have some light sunshine. possibly a pop shower but i don't think that will happen. maybe a few clouds but i think we will be dry once we get through the morning and we see that sunshine again on the fourth. feels like fall out there. 57 degrees at o'hare. mid to upper 50s a north wind at 7 mi. per hour. some light rain. clouds decrease today becoming mostly sunny. cooler along the lake. warmer than the '60s that we saw yesterday with still below where we should be. clear skies tonight. if you forties in the outlying areas. the next few days look like this. mayor, sunshine 77. beautiful weather on the fourth of july. when it's time for the fireworks temperatures will be in the mid to upper 60s. i deal fireworks weather. saturday will become partly cloudy maybe a scattered storms. high of 81. edie's on sunday a better chance of the storm then. >> still ahead, some tech gadgets for all the voters out there. and another retailer is banning guns at its stores. and al

winds out of the northwest at 14 miles per hour. it will be breezy.e 30.16. 50s northwest low 60s south and east. philadelphia, 64. sea isle, 63. trenton, 61. these are sustained wind speeds or constant out of the west/northwest in this direction 10 to 15 miles per hour. every now and then we get gusts as high as 25 miles per hour. here's the latest on arthur, it continues to pull away, well-defined eye, it continues to pull away to the north away from the delaware valley. there's the back edge that left us with nothing but clear skies from this point on. this frontal system will kick arthur well out to sea. it's pleasant with high pressure in control today. as we move into sunday, that high is in control, but it driferlts to -- drifts to the southeast. that means the return flow will starting point to warm us up. once we get into monday that warm front lifts through we're in the soup again. heatz hot and humid, high -- hazy, hot and humid, high temperatures in the mid 90s. we'll have feels-like temperatures or heat indices close to 100. strong rip cu

the breeze will be gusty out of the northwest 15 to 20 miles per hour. stronger near the jersey shore. lots of sunshine, low humidity levels, but another heat wave is on the way, actually it begins monday. today looks good, tomorrow is fantastic and it's down right stifling as we get into monday, as we step inside we'll have the details and more on the approaching storms. it's all straight ahead in the seven-day forecast in just a few minutes, eva? >> the big story on "action news" is breaking news, four children have died after nearly a dozen row homes went up in flames in a three-alarm blaze overnights. "action news" reporter, kenneth moten joins us live from the scene with all the details. kenneth. >> reporter: eva we got an update moments ago, there are 40 people who were displayed by -- displaced by the fire that killed four children. this is an active scene on gestner street. you can see the charred row homes, 8 houses were destroyed, but every home on that side of the block has been evacuated. the fires broke auto at 3:00 a.m. two four-year-old gi

in northwest, i'm nikki burdine. back to you. >> thank you, nikki. >>> maryland governor martin o'malley has gotten himself a little bit in the middle of the immigration debate. last week he spoke out against a proposal to deport accompanied minors, but then the governor allegedly asked president not to send any of those illegal immigrant children here to maryland. >> sources say the heated phone conversation between the governor and the white house policy advisor happened last friday. an aide confirmed the conversation happened but says the governor was open to housing immigrants in other places in the state. governor o'malley has previously described some of the facilities where young detainees are being kept as, quote, kennels. >>> this is a look outside. most of us are in store for a cooler, drier day today. >> you can already see the difference. it's 72 degrees and the humidity level is much different than it's been the last few. howard, over to you. >> reporter: i'm outside right now. we've been feeling it even

. >> in northwest washington today, a massive tree crushed a vehicle. take a look at these pictures. this happened shortly before lunch time. witnesses told us that the tree appeared to be healthy and then out of nowhere toppled over, rutan all. that fan is the size of a compact car. luckily, it was empty at the time. >> i've seen lots of trees come down in storms. i've never seen a tree just topple over on a monday morning. it's amazing. >> there were no storms or heavy weather. >> it took them about three hours to chop up that eight-year-old oak. let's go to the north outside of boston where tornado ripped roofs off buildings and down trees and power lines. it was part of a collection of storms that caused damage all across massachusetts. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect for much of the east right now. >> nothing like that right around here. >> we had a few rumbles of thunder last night, but it did not a man -- amount to much. wait until tomorrow. it gets better, i promise. 100% better. >> we dare you. >> it will be drive for the district

. >>> northwest burning. tens of thousands of acres of flames and out of control. forcing residents to run, some 100 homes have been destroyed. >> all you could see was fire just everywhere. >> so when will the hot, dry, windy weather end and finally give firefighters a chance to gain the upper hand? >>> caught on camera. the video sparking outrage this morning. a father of six dies after being arrested on the sidewalk by new york city cops. >> i can't breathe. i can't breathe. >> street protests expected today over whether officers used an illegal choke hold to bring him down. >>> and killer caffeine. a teen's death linked to a product 25 times more powerful than your morning coffee. what you need to know this morning about the fda's important new warning. >>> hey, good morning, everybody. we're going to get right to the breaking news on flight mh17. the plane ripped out of the sky over ukraine. here's what we know this morning. president obama pointing the finger at rebel fighters in eastern ukraine, fighters who are backed by russia, he says they used a russian

a crew found a mess in northwest. they are headed to arlington where we are hearing of more significant damage. that's also where we are seeing outages on the increase. more than 5500 dominion customers are without power. in maryland, pepco is reporting 4500 outages. they are split between d.c., montgomery and prince george's county. i'm pat lawson muse, back to you. wendy? >>> that doomed cruise ship is afloat again. the costa concordia emerged from the water one deck at a time today. it is being floated so it can be towed and scrapped. this is the most expensive ocean salvage mission in history. giant tanks filled with water kept it stable on underwater platforms. air is being pumped in to float it. 32 people were killed when the ship capsized in 2012. >>> hails a hero. a teenager who survived a shooting rampage that killed her parents and siblings is speaking out today. how she got out alive. >>> an anonymous donor at it again. how a local good will is hoping small business owners this is your last chance. your fre

tonya francisco is *live on the northwest side with the details. not good news for people waiting in line all night. >> good morning. people have until midnight tonight to get that sticker. here at this 24 our currency exchange we actually have seen people in line buying and why not. there is no waiting at this hour of the morning. but that was not the case last night. and currency exchanges across the city there were reports of people waiting to two hours as they try to beat that deadline to buy the sticker and avoid the leafy. and the possibility of the ticket from the city. the city post office blames the delay on computer network issues and currency exchanges because the delays to a point where some people end up not being able to get a sticker at all. >> earlier i went to another place and said the system was down. waited for a long time and then as soon as they get it up to the window the guy at the counter says the system is down. >> it's been sporadic meaning it takes about 30 minutes to make one sticker sometimes 20, sometimes 10. no rhyme

the winds to the northwest. that's an improvement.the heat and humidity returns on saturday and sunday with the next chance of storms on sunday. alison, kendis, timmy, back to you. >> thank you. >> now that's a guy th's fired up on aweesy. i l that. >> tincampet under some the rnl ree richmond and start 2014 trainingcampeld t 8:45. the redskins facility isesse up and ready to go and the elds are good shape. and the flers' say -- players vacations are officially over. practice august 4-6 then the first preseason game august 7. this is jay gruden's first gme ash. >> ultimately it's your team and you have to do it your way and feel confident your abilities of ldind cing and not worry abou second-guessing because itill come. eventually. we will get s the time. but we have to feel confident the way we're doing things is t.gh >> for baseball fans, this is getsaway day -- get away day for the nationals in corado. strawsburg trying to get his first winup -- stephen strasburg trying to get his first win. then a fat hanger, floats it into cente

news 4 darcy spencer live in northwest d.c. to explain what happened. darcy? >> reporter: certain wendy, a frightening situation for anyone who take as cab. this happened right here in the 14 ln block of rhode island avenue, northwest, about one week ago. the driver has turned himself in and is being held in jail at this hour. now, the victim, a 25-year-old, says the driver last sunday about 2:30 in the morning had given her a ride here to rhode island avenue. she says the driver was touching her breasts and trying to take off her undergarment when asleep. that suspect, 31-year-old rashawn jakari of alexandria virginia is charged with sexual abuse. he turned himself in to police this morning. >> a felony charge involved. >> reporter: can he be locked up? >> arraigned today and being held at this time. >> reporter: this is the second time an uber driver has been charged in a sexual assault. the previous case was about a year and a half ago. eventually those charges were dropped. that driver says that it was consensual. trying to get a coe on this la late incid

the northwest has been the hottest spot in the entire country this summer. the desert southwest being the exception. as far as the rain yesterday, we had some pop up in nevada and new mexico. but overall not a lot. we don't expect a lot. but notice vegas to phoenix, monsoonal moisture will increase in the days ahead. maybe by sunday will get you cooler temperatures. not the hot. bakersfield 104. fresno also. peek at the weekend forecast coming up. >> okay. thanks, bill. >>> fascinating insights revealed by personal e-mails involved in the ira controversy. plus fire crews work frantically to keep a yosemite blaze away from the treasured grove of sequoia trees. you're watching "early today." with kenny rogers gets old pretty fast? ♪ you got to know when to hold'em. ♪ ♪ know when to fold 'em. ♪ know when to walk away. ♪ know when to run. ♪ you never count your money, ♪ when you're sitting at the ta...♪ what? you get it? i get the gist, yeah. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent more on car insurance. now what if i told youok a hotel you can sav

vein moving essentially north, northwest. they're not severe but may have some heavy downpours in them. we'll come back, talk about a cold front and what that means to your thursday and what it could mean to your weekend. >>> secretary of state john kerry is in egypt today to talk about the situation in gaza and while there he plans to meet with the egyptian or other senior officials in cairo about a possible ceasefire. since that conflict got started two weeks ago, 27 israelis have been killed. the death toll for the pal stipulatians is at least 5 -- palestinians is at least 550. >>> for several local residents can has been a nerve wracking experience. >> hank silverberg talked with some of them who just returned to d.c. today from the middle east. >> reporter: the growing conflict betweens i rule and the palestinians on the -- between israel and the gaza strip has been playing out on tv screens. for those americans that have been there, it's a strange experience to be under the iron dome. the glare of a rockets has a very d

. >> reporter: i'm debra alfarone talking to people at 14th and g streets northwest about this rusty, busted eyesore. >> looks dangerous. >> definitely dangerous. >> looks dangerous. >> reporter: and the second most popular word heard today to describe this rusty hole- filled eyesore? >> unsafe. >> reporter: this is what it looked like when jennette gomez who happens to work at aaa mid- atlantic's nearby headquarters filed a service request with ddot. that was in early june. >> ddot within a few days did come out, parented orange xs all over the grate but it's been over a month and nothing else has occurred. >> reporter: today those cones sit on the side leaving this hole exposed to walkers. we asked people at the intersection of 14th and g streets northwest what they thought. >> that's what lawyers call a  tort waiting to happen. >> unsafe. >> reporter: why no action in a month? we called ddot to see when it would be fixed because people we spoke to seemed worried. >> looks like it could collapse at any moment. >> reporter: we just got off the phone with ddot. they say this is actu

a couple of them are making their way into northwest illinois. before castoff of our models, there may be a couple of little showers near not painting there. there are some towards daybreak. these are runs toward noon. a couple of models to show you. the humidity and dew points which are low in the '50s when they get up to 70 the start feeling it. look what happens tomorrow. the team and in the '70s. the flood of moisture will set up these waves of thunderstorms. the closer look at how they will look at midnight. that is daybreak tomorrow. over this area tomorrow and tomorrow night. keep an eye on the storms. there may be some weather warnings. here's our forecast for the chicago area appeared slight warming is expected today. >> high temperature today. 82. tonight scattered evening showers. partly cloudy. a few more extensive thunderstorm clusters. while temperatures 66. south wind at 6-16 mi. per hour. severe weather risk tomorrow. this will come on a couple occasions. some big storms in the area. a better chance later in the day as we get dayt

resolute sits on the shore of northwest passage. frozen solid for most of the year, this potential shipping lane, cuts through canada from the atlantic to the pacific ocean. for the first time in history the passage recently became ice free during the summer months. if it stays that way, the distance ships have to travel from europe to parts of asia, could be cut by thousands of kilometers. billions of dollars in transportation costs could be saved. but canada has repeatedly resisted claims that the passage is part of international waters. >> as the ice melts, as the technology improves, as the international regime evolves, whats happening is the arctic ocean is becoming an ocean like any other. the challenge for the arctic states, are countries like china, japan, south korea, the european union, are saying this is becoming an iternational space...we want to participate. currently in 2012, there is push back to that idea. the us and canada similarly. have agreed to disagree about the status of the nothwest passage. the united states

our july rainfall totals, almost nothing in the northwest. almost nothing for much of the west, and that hasn't helped states. yesterday was about 87 in washington, which is one of the closest locations there no central washington. as far as the forecast for today, there's not a lot of change-ups. showers near reno. we will be cooler in the coastal we'll feel pretty warm in areas of the southwest. >> thanks for that. >> there is rain in sight. >> there is rain in sight. something to look forward to. >>> one of the richest men on earth says working less is key to our future success. plus, a boston hot air balloon goes terribly off course. details ahead. curing a yeast infection can take days. relieving the itch.... can happen instantly. vagisil max strength anti-itch wipes relieve itch and odor instantly as they cleanse. so why wait to feel comfortable? trust vagisil. the number one wipe for itch. started using gain flings,fe their laundry smells more amazing than ever. uh honey, isn't that the dog's towel? hey, mi towel, su towel. more gain s