the president will attend a event at the derickson hotel in northwest d.c. this afternoon and then go across the potomac to mclean, virginia for two fundraisers later in the day. >> 75 degrees outside. has a ahead, find out who i .en's only a supermarket aisle >> and details on the local toports that ranks in the unpleasant category, spreading the beer at the national d.c.ium in washington, the are at aquarium. good morning, washington. will close the heightsr and friendship the red line this weekend. line, buses will at franconias springfield and van dorn street. the orange line, trains will will single-track between east and west falls church. deal on the green line, single-tracking between fort totten and prince george's 7 is on your side with disturbing news about one of the area's airports. >> researchers say that dulles u.s.rt is one of the top airports likely to help spread a disease. jfk airport in new york tops the .ist as well researchers hope to their work help public health officials to contain and treat before an outbreak spreads. let's check or

john gonzalez is live in northwest d.c. this morning where more folks are waking up without power. >> it's like a broken record this summer. opera northwest d.c. residents 100 of them without power. this is arcadia place. the road still closed. pepco crews are working on this. they will be here for about another hour. then a tree cutting crew will have to come in and clean up the mess. across town, people with flooded basements this morning. massive oak trees in northwest d.c. were no match for this latest storm. one falling on two homes and knocking out power to hundreds. >> very scary when you looked at the size of the trees and this was not that powerful storm. >> the intersection of utah and tennis and is blocked after a tangled mess of power lines and branches came down. on rhode island avenue, more flooded basements and a second sewage backup in just over a week. >> i'm glad i did not replace mice of already from last week. >> and the second time in a few weeks but some neighborhoods of lost power. residents claim the

the upper northwest d.c., 81 degrees and a high of 96. temperatures are cooler off to the west where they have had heavy rain. 75 degrees in winchester. the cooler and drier air to the north but the heat and humidity pressed down into the south. 103 degrees in raleigh. a frontal system now south of the sea with a pop-up showers and thunderstorms all afternoon. you still have the severe thunderstorm watch a botched -- watched spots in pink. this is where they have a severe thunderstorm morning until 7:15. these storms are moving toward the south and east and have the potential for strong wind, upward of 60 and 70 miles an hour. behind us, things are beginning to settle down and we will look for quieter conditions overnight and into tomorrow. this is the future cast. we have not seen temperatures like this in quite some time. it's still going to feel a bit humid but not as hot outside. showers and thunderstorms becoming more scattered after about 10:00 and temperatures falling into the '70s. isolated storms limited to a 30% chance and the m

we begin with a violent night in northwest d.c. separate shootings that left two people dead and four kurtz. this happened on gallatin street. john gonzales trends as with the latest. >> detectives here at headquarters are very busy this morning after an extremely dangerous night and morning. two separate shootings. six young men shot. two did this morning. the peace and innocence of a fourth of july night was shattered last night after 8:00 p.m. four people shot behind a shopping center on new hampshire ave. >> from what we know, the suspect was on foot. he opened fire. >> of the victims are young men. two believed to be minors. >> we do not have names. we just have two better under 18. >> it is unclear if the two groups knew each other or if this was a turf war. indications of the victims were hanging out in the courtyard of an apartment complex. >> probably somebody who saw something -- >> on morton street not far away, two men were shot this morning. one in the face and the other in the back. police have confirmed that one has

that will make it feel a little more comfortable. 74 degrees in upper northwest d.c.park at 76 degrees in maryland. 74 in woodbrige. temperatures are a bit cooler off to the western mountains, mid 60's in cumberland, 71 tester. a degrees in quantico already. clear skies expected for the morning and afternoon. and rapid warm up today. temperatures in the low 90's for the noontime with afternoon highs approaching 100. temperatures will fall in the '70s to low eighties tonight. near 100 degrees tomorrow. a cold front will sweep through tomorrow afternoon, bringing us a better chance for stronger and thunderstorms. highs today 95-100 with wind out of the west at 5-10. mid 70's to low 80's tonight. hot and humid tomorrow with afternoon storms likely. temperatures will cool off behind the cold front. mid 80's by friday and saturday. upper 80s from sunday until monday. let's get an update on the commute with lisa. >> i will talk about things starting to heat up for us as far as the morning rush hour. we are noticing heavier volume of traffic starting to hit the road this mor

what it looks like now but this is what it looked like last night, some pretty dramatic scenes in northwest d.c. last night as a line of storms moved through the area. parts of rhode island avenue were under about two feet of water at one point. the water actually picked up some cars that were parked on the streets. the storm left behind power outages and right now around 760 pepco customers are in the dark. dominion is reporting 32 people without power in northern virginia and 185bge customers do not have power right now. most of those in prince george's county. nty. expected across the area. i don't think we'll see anything more than a scattered shower out to the west later this afternoon with high temperatures about 90 or so. 60 out it the west. 68 in winchester. -- 60s out ito the west. >> thank you. >>> time now toto talk with jul wright about the situation on he the roads. of a been pretty busy this morning. -- you have a been pretty busy this morning. is >> sky fox is en route to yet another crash. they were busy giving care that that beautiful sunshine shot. we are giving them sua few e

copper northwest d.c. is at 77 degrees. -- upper northwest d.c..s cooling down slow ly. 80 in the code. 79 in easton. we have a stationary front that converted to a warm front. lifted north of the d.c. metro area. now situated across central pennsylvania. we are under the hotter and more humid air mass. that is going to be the case for the day tomorrow. looking at abc 7 live super doppler radar, have your showers to the west of us across front royal. this has not moved in 45 minutes. lighter showers to the east. as you get closer to d.c., everything begins to fizzle out. r futurecast, the next 48 hours. daytime highs into the middle 90's. even hotter on tuesday with highs that will eventually approach 100 degrees. for tonight, showers and storms will come to win end. 68-75 degrees. daytime highs, a 90-95 with a tiny chance of a pot of thunderstorms late in the day. cooler, drier air once the cold front moves through late wednesday and early thursday. by next weekend, temperatures should be and 80's. wjla.com. have great pictures of the northern lig

looking north out of northwest d.c. that's friend ship heights in the foreground.a in the distance there with some high clouds out there this morning. temperatures 76 in town. 86 by noon. highs today in the mid- to upper 80s. about 87 or so for d.c. spotty shower can't be ruled out but these are seasonably warm temperatures. some big thunderstorms this morning down in the richmond area have caused minor flooding in spots with doppler estimates over 3 inches and the rain continues to fall. here's the heavy stuff. you can see some of the darker reds here. this extends into the northern neck and even in toward parts of st. mary's county. here's st. mary's city. this is toward webster field. heavy rains there. newland a couple of sprinkles but we're also seeing south of that. temps mainly in the 70s with some 60s, mid- to upper 60s north and west. 5:29. time for monika and time saver traffic. >>> everything looks great. no problems to report all along the beltway. we're looking fine. if you're planning to come in from the north out of frederick to clarksburg and down t

richard jordan is in northwest d.c. in the chevy chase neighborhood. it looks like we've got more trees down. richard, what's going on? >> reporter: that's right. more trees down, more power lines down as well. it's making a big mess as well as a big inconvenience for the people out here. take a look at that. now, there was some thunder and lightning coming down just after 4:30 this afternoon. not a lot of wind so it appears that lightning may have actually struck that tree. that's what brought it down. of course the power lines that were underneath it came down too. right now we're harrying from residents that they have been in contact with pepco and told they may get their power back by 7:00 tonight. that's pretty unlikely since crews have not arrived yet to repair the lines but a lot of people are saying a few weeks ago with that really nasty storm they kept their power so they feel their time has come and now they are dealing without power here as well. but a lot of lightning, thurnnd. it's pretty spotty because just a few blocks away, really there

. >> good morning live in northwest d.c. where we have noticed early morning joggers trying to get their exercise in before it gets really hot. you talked about the changes. the district is making changes at swimming pools which will stay open until 8:30 at night. some will stay open one hour later than that and trash pick up today and tomorrow and the district will start at this hour 6:00 a.m. in dupont circle, the temperature is hovering around 78 degrees but later today the heat index could feel like 105 degrees. mother nature is dealing us another bout of extremely humid temperatures making it unbearable for people getting used to this. this is our third hokie waive this summer. more than half the month has been 95 degrees or higher threatening to be the hottest july on record. with temperatures expected to stay well and to the 90's and perhaps into triple digits today, many are looking for ways to stay cool. this makes florida feel good. we spoke to one woman who said she is from florida and it is more humid here than t

a lot of water in northwest d.c. after a torrential rain storm ripped through the area t caused flooding at first street and rhode island avenue. the high waters made it impossible for cars to drive through the streets. >> did the brunt of this hit d.c. or north of there? i mean did you hear it last night? >> i heard it. i heard the rain but i didn't see anything as bad as that out where i live. i live out in prince george's county but i didn't see anything that bad out near where i lived. >> pretty good band of rain that moved through northwest washington, just to the east out towards annapolis. it was with us for maybe 45 minutes but it doesn't take a long period of time to cause some problems. they might have had some drain think issues there. i don't know what was going on. the other lesson is you never want to drive through the water. >> turn around, don't drown. >> if nothing else, your car will be ruined. we're doing fine this morning. 69 at dulles. 74 in washington. looking forward to your wednesday. it is s

people in northwest d.c. are cleaning up from the flooding after less nine's storms. >> several inches of rain flooded streets and basements. super -- stores overflowed. more than one dozen houses near florida avenue were hit. firefighters had to bring in equipment to pump out the water and sewage. >> quite a mess there. the problem with 911 services following last month's storm is the focus of a meeting to review the storm response. jummy olabanji is live with more. >> not only 911 service, but also power outages. leaders say all of that is unacceptable underand they are asking utility companies to do a better job. >> silver spring's neighborhood had no power for seven days. even though the lights are on now, trees have not been removed and down wires are still in the grass. >> you come to expect a bad response. we all just breeze ourselves for it. >> leaders in the most populated areas are growing frustrated. yesterday, they sent this letter to the public service commission asking them for a coarser look at

it looks like a river but it is some of the streets in northwest d.c. a heavy rain storm caused flash flooding near first street and rhode island avenue. the downpour left a bloomingdale neighborhood in northwest submerged in water. the storm also affected home in the area. many of the houses experienced some kind of flooding and thousands of people lost power. >> good morning. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. >> let's check in with tucker barnes to get the latest on our weather. >> i didn't realize that it had even rained when i went to bed but woke up to see this. >> i didn't realize it was that bad. >> it was very localized. just across d.c., parts of bethesda and out to the east got heavy rain. all of that is said and done here t did come down pretty quick and moved out pretty quick as well. you saw the results. >> not good. >> yeah, not good at all. doing fine this morning. nice cool-off overnight with temperature fall back into the upper 60s and low 70s. 74 now in up to. 75 in ocean city. not a bad start to y

d.c. police are hoping you recognize someone in this surveillance video. it was recorded bus stop at seventh and eighth street northwest. this video was taken minutes before someone walking by was vile lent attacked. if you recognize anyone, call d.c. police. joit george zimmerman talking about the night he shot trayvon martin. >> plus one person's daring escape from a kidnapper. we are talking more headlines when we come back. >>> new in bull gulf airy, and aattack on israeli tourists killed seven, not eight as reported earlier. a michigan driver's lance found on the bomber was i fake. israel says iran was responsible for the attack and is promising to respond strongly. iran says it claimed it was behind the bombing -- claims that the bombingss are, quote, ridiculous. >>> the man accused of killing tray 70s martin is giving his first television interview. george zimmerman says he would tell have atron martin's parents he is sorry and is open to talking with them. but he denies he was chasing trayvon martin on the night of february 26th. he said you're going to die tonight. he took one hand off my mouth and i felt it g

four people shot in northwest d.c.ppened just a short time ago near the area of 100 gallanten street. we are live on the street and what do we know? >>> reporter: well, let me go ahead and get you caught up with the latest details. i just got off the phone with a police person who says the group of four people were shot earlier today. all of them are still alive and initially there were reports that one of them was fatally wounded. according to police at this hour that's not the case. let's show you where this happened. happened behind this shopping center along the 5,000 block of first street northwest. police say two of the victims are teenage boys younger than 18 years old. the other two are believed to be adult aged young men. police chief says two of the victims are suffering from minor injuries and the other two according to her have more serious injuries. the extent we don't know at this hour. investigators say the victims were near some apartments where they were shot by a group who walked up to them and opened

a giant tree fell on two homes in northwest d.c. resident were in the dark for six days after the june 29th storm. good morning. i'm sarah simmons i'm wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. it was a tough day and it seemed like it came on rather quickly t didn't appear to last that long from where i was. it was just swift and aggressive. >> it was all those things. >> i missed it. i don't think we had it. >> sarah was taking her afternoon nap. >> no, i wasn't. >> no rain in your area? >> no. >> about 4:00 or 5:00 in the afternoon. big storms for parts of the area. other parts didn't see much. we'll do it all over again today. i don't think the storms will be quite as strong today. certainly the potential that parts of the area could get a thunderstorm going. 80degrees in washington. 77 in dulles. 76 in ocean city. it is warm and very humid out there with the rain we picked up yesterday. certainly off to a huge you had start today. good news, not going to be as hot as yesterday when we hit 101. shattered records out at dulles.

. >>> people who live in the bloomingdale section of northwest d.c. are dealing with flooding problems at their homes again. three times in the past week and a half their homes have flood. today people there are using sand bags and moving things off floors to prevent even more damage. heavy flooding in the fells point area of baltimore forced several streets to close. johns hopkins hospital water leaked inside the ambulance entrance to the emergency room. firefighters fixed that problem by clearing debris from a nearby storm drain. >> we've seen a lot of rain in the last 24 hours and more on the way tonight. veronica johnson is tracking the storms. how bad will it get tonight? >> not too bad. not nearly as bad as it was last night. throughout the day we've had those widespread rains coming through our area, generally light. i'm looking for some isolated thunderstorms and that means moderate and heavy rain potential. that means we could see some flooding in spots. got a flood watch that's up until 11:00 p.m. who is in it? everybody until 11:00 p.m. str

we are on chesapeake street in northwest d.c. tonight. it is a neighborhood that is in pitch darkness except for our television lights and with good reason. let's show you what we think is a classic example of what a lot of folks have been dealing with. this massive tree that came down on those power lines friday night, as you can see, that wood on the interior part of the trunk looks like it's been dead for some time. you have no way of knowing that. it's covered in leaves and outwardly looks healthy from what the neighbors had to say to us. when it came down on those wires it's on now, it took off the very top of the telephone pole. you might not can see the charred marks on the end, but we can smell the singing. the part about this people aren't liking, it's been two days here, and folks here says no one has been by to check on this. we saw one pepco truck come by. they looked at this, but drove on by. we don't know whether or not they were going to another job or going to report it. take a look again. as we go into this, you can see t

audrey barnes is live in northwest d.c. with more on this high heat. good evening to you, audrey. >> reporter: good evening, will. utility crews have chipped away at the bulk the outages but not everyone is online. it could be another rough day for first responders. >> they work 16-hour days down here ever since. >> this repair crew from delaware is part of a 70-member contingent that's been in town all week in this record- crushing heat, working in protective gear that seems anything but that. >> they wear rubber gloves for protection. they have thick rubber, plus long sleeves. that's pretty brutal conditions for them >> reporter: but with some neighborhoods like this one in germantown still in the dark after eight days, they presson. >> there is nothing more satisfying than seeing the lights come on at the end of the day. >> reporter: this postal worker has been trudging in the heat. someone forget to add searing heat to the list of things that won't stop them. >> the temperature was 108 degrees at 7:30. highway signs warn of the extreme heat, too. >

still ahead in the next half- hour, more on a violent night in northwest d.c. an update on two separate shootings that left two >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> straight ahead, it was a busy night for d.c. police. two separate shootings in the requests sent six people to the hospital. good morning, washington. it is thursday, july 5. i am cynne simpson. steve has the day off. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. adam caskey joins us with a first check on the forecast. but there's a decent shot of hitting a triple digits. probably 99 degrees. we will get a breeze likely and 100 degrees is possible this afternoon. let's start with temperatures this morning,. 80 degrees in the district at reagan national. 74 at dulles airport, 72 in winchester 73 in hagerstown, 81 in lexington park, 83 in annapolis. there's a heat advisory in effect again today from noon until 8:00 p.m. because it feels like 100-105 when you factor in the humidity. you get used to the heat by the weekend. by early next week we could see a change

news in the district, an overnight shooting turned deadly in the 600 block of morton street in northwest d.c. two people were hit around 2:30 this morning. police say one man died of his injuries. no word if the police are looking for suspects. >> today george zimmerman will learn if he gets out of jail. a judge revoked zimmerman's bond when prosecutors accused him and his wife of hiding donations raised on a web site created for his defense. zimmerman's defense attorney said he acted out of fear for his family's safety when he shot martin. the lawyer says zimmerman poses no threat. >> this morning two montgomery county officers are on leave after they shot and killed a man. the shooting happened yesterday afternoon outside the urban barbecue in olney. officers got a call about a man inside the restaurant with a gun, waving it at customers. police arrived and got the man to walk out of restaurant but say he would not drop the weapon. the officers fired shots, and he died from his injuries. both officers are on leave pending an investigation. >> the search is on for survivors after a boating

northwest to lose power tonight. more than 3,000 pepco customerso were affected. d.c.ice helped direct traffic when some of the intersections went dark. more than 1,000 pepco customers lost power in prince george's county. >>> tonight's storms came in fast and furious. for the naturally they were not as severe as that derecho storm from a week and a half ago. >> let's check in now with sue palka in the weather center with the forecast. >> hey, i actually wanted to start within incredible time lapse. we were watching this storm develop over d.c. and we sped s this up. this is what we were our tower cam. this storm did not have a lot of lightning or huge winds, technically was not severe, but look at the rain shield. it wiped everything out with the incredible heavy rain it produced right over northwest washington between 7:00 and 8:00 tonight and it was very difficult and also htvery localized. what i want to show you now is radar because we aren't seeing anything else around and most e of you did not get any rain, e but look at that skinny green line coming out of mont

she taught second grade at the river school in northwest d.c. >> prince george's county investigators need help finding the bandits responsible for five gas station robbery. these thieves are on this video stealing a woman's purse. the suspect circled around before selecting a victim. investigators believe they may be involved in robbery's in landover, oxon hill, and capitol heights. give yourself extra time if you plan on using the metro. >> red line trains cannot run between grosvenor and a friend of tides. blueline trains one not operate between franconia and eisenhower. that is from 10:00 p.m. tonight until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. orange line trains will single- track between east and west falls church. green lines will single-track between fort totten and prince george's plaza. >> the pay by phone system will be available at the rockville and fort totten stations. customers have to register to use the service. there is a 32 cent fee per contract -- transaction. >> you have a few more action -- our susana to win cash this summer. >> you have until 5:00 -- to sign up to win cash this s

d.c. police are searching for a monday who was shot along eighth street in northwest. someone shot the man in the chest just before midnight. the victim was taken to the hospital. he's expected to make a full recovery. no word on a motive for that shooting. >>> a dozen families out of their homes after a fire ripped through an apartment building in bood bridge. that 2:00 alarm bridge started at 9:00 last night on gemstone drive. crews got there to heavy smoke. some regulations dents were jumping from their balconies to escape the flames. one firefighter did suffer minor injuries. crews are investigate that fire. >>> a new call for vincent gray to take action in the deepening scandal over the 2010 mayoral election. council member jim graham said it's time for gray to explain his role in the scandal and answer questions. three other council members have said that gray should resign. right now graham says he will hold off on calling for the mayor's resignation. gray has not responded to a suggestion he provide more details on his role. >>> mart the o'malley will hold anot

not expecting a cloud in the sky. 70 in reston and bethesda. 72 in northwest d.c., 73 in oxon hill. 66 in winchester, 68 in leesburg. lower humidity levels today. dew points in the 50's in some spots this midday and afternoon with high temperatures around 88 90, which is on par year.is time of tomorrow,nd sticky highs near 100. it will feel like 105 on thursday afternoon. there is a cooling trend into the weekend. now to lisa baden with traffic. >> it's quiet in virginia. overnight construction is being put to bed. of clear in both directions vienna.en marshall and looks good on 95 between fredericksburg and springfield. no worries on 395? church. normal travel times on the american legion 270 has a 17-minute ride between father hurley and the beltway. live picture of a germantown, you that is pretty accurate. amtrak officials this afternoon will unveil a plan to overhaul union station. for doubling the number trains the station can accommodate and improving the passenger experience. it wants to add new platforms, stores.and it would cost $7 billion. it's not clear how that would be fi

. >>> we begin with a shooting in the 600 block of morton street in northwest d.c. news4's tracee wilkins there now with the latest. >> reporter: an unfortunate start to the day after independence day. look behind me. police are still on the scene investigating this shooting, and they're saying this all happened around 2:30 this morning. now, this is a homicide investigation. one person is now dead, another man is suffering from a gunshot to his face. let me show you what it looked like just a little while ago. the 600 block of morton street in the petworth neighborhood. the shooting happened around 2:30 this morning. police say someone shot the man in his face and shot another in his back. that is the man who died. again, police are on the scene investigating. at this point, they say they have no suspect information. they're still trying to figure out exactly what led to this shooting. reporting live in northwest, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >> tracee, thank you. >>> d.c. police are investigating a deadly shooting during a fourth of july celebration possibly connect

. >>> neighbors are roughing it in northwest d.c. on warren and sixth streets here.t tree crushed two cars, yanked the power lines down with it. usually the roar from heavy equipment would annoy residents, but not this time. >> music to our ears. it's wonderful. isn't it great? >> it is. we were watching yesterday afternoon a lot of people were here planning, taking measurements, taking photos. >> reporter: neighbors are helping each other as best they can. a man who has power is letting the family next door to him run an extension cord to his home to keep the refrigerator number. here is a look at the latest outage numbers. still more than 75,000 people are without electricity. pepco says it restored power to norm norman more than 90% of customers. dominion has about 21,000, and bge has about 17,000. >>> today pepco says it is ahead of schedule in getting power turned back on to customers. >> but there is still a lot of confusion and frustration of who has lelectricity and who dose e. >> joining us on the phone is y myron opal. thanks for joining us. pepco says it s

upper northwest d.c. is reporting 70 degrees. across the board, temperatures in the 60's 2 upper -- lower 70's. if travel plans take you to ocean city, clouds will be on the increase. in south -- in the south we have a stationary front. that will lift northward burning heat and humidity for the upcoming weekend. today, mostly partly sunny skies, 85 to 90 degrees. a look at the extended outlook in a few minutes. >> travel times are with us now to and from the wilson bridge. good and on 50 in maryland if you are driving from annapolis. here is a live picture in springfield, virginia. headlights on a northbound interstate 95. troubled times in and out of baltimore. 270 -- everything is moving nicely. from clarksburg to the beltway. >> thank you, lee said. metro officials are expected to provide new details in to a derailment that set -- shut down a stretch of the green line a week ago. >> the derailment is being blamed on the heat. metro has declined to provide additional details, including when the track was last inspected. the inc

. >> efforts to remove chemical weapons from the northwest d.c. neighborhood are about to take a big step forward. the army corps of engineers will outline a long-awaited plan to try to clean up munitions buried near glen brook road in the spring valley area. its world war i aiera weapon spirit they will demolish a house that could be sitting on more buried munitions. >> we have recovered 1000 missions. this is not stuff you want in your backyard. >> scientists later this week will begin testing groundwater in spring valley for any traces of arsenic and other chemicals. >> amanda county council wants to cut down on styrofoam. it will discuss a measure today to eliminate styrofoam cups from county government cafeterias and they will discuss banning the use of coal tar in pavement. the dulles rail project reache s a major milestone. a final piece of the aerial structure will be put into place at tyson's corner. the 380 ton span will be lowered into place. the silver line will have four stops. the first segment will open late last year. >> the showdo

. >> we are in northwest d.c., where we have some downed power lines, a lot of people still in the dark. there is a lot of frustration turning into a fury, and is directed at tepco. >> the actual moment friday night when the lights went out. tonight the battle to restore power continues,. the 96-year-old struggles to grbreathe. >> each year is getting worse and worse. >> a slight breeze through an open window is his only relief from the stifling heat. >> it is burning up, but if you go upstairs, that is helenl. >> it could be a few more days until power is restored. >> it will probably be another week. we are living with the devil. >> the d.c. mayor hit some of the hardest-hit neighborhoods. he echoed the outrage. >> they have no request for a rate increase. tracks she is a lovely man tonight. she said they cut a tree in front of her house to restore power lines but she had a power outage in the way. >> the benefit nothing from it. >> this is one of the worst storms they have seen in a long time. it was actually worse than hurricane irene. they are working around the clock, but acknowle

right now watching d.c., northwest.nt is clear, connecticut avenue, and this was at cathedral avenue. all your travel lanes are now open. right now, still looking at some delays outer loop of the beltway, heavy on the brakes from i-95. you're slow as your make your way towards georgia avenue. over to the rails, frederick line of the vre looking at a ten-minute delay. aaron and eun, over to you. >> danella, thank you. >>> breaking news overnight, a standoff with a gunman in connecticut now over, but that man's condition is unclear. he had been hiding, apparently, under a dock at avery point, the campus at the university of connectic connectic connecticut. just after 10:00 p.m. last night, uconn police spotted that man and started negotiating with him. he was alone, apparently, but was threatening to harm himself. an alert was sent out to students and staff, the campus evacuated. right now, though, it is not clear whether that man has any connection to the campus. >>> the man accused of killing 12 people in a crowded movi

. >>> residents in northwest d.c. are cleaning up after the latest storm the homes and streets flooded for the third time in two weeks. darcy spencer is live with more. >> reporter: d.c. water is handing out these sandbags. residents are piling them up by the basements to prevent flooding. they say they need more than sandbags. they need answers. flooded street are not the only problem in this neighborhood. flooded basements are making for a huge and costly mess for residents. there was flooding for the third time in eight days. when it pours these days, it floods. >> the water is high as here. my door is down here. a foot and a half in my apartment. >> reporter: brendan hill grabbed sandbags provided by d.c. water to prevent his basement from flooding a fourth time. christian gaines took this video of what he called a geyser pushing up a drain cover. >> it's not coming from the sky any more, it's from below the street. >> reporter: the utility is checking to see if the derecho could have dislodged something or created

now a northwest d.c. jeweler says he may have been robbed by the same suspect. ken stein believes the man caught in surveillance video friday is the same person who robbed him in june. d.c. and arlington police are teaming up to figure out if the crimes are linked. >>> well, we've talked about the budget woes in maryland. not the case in virginia. for the third straight year the state is boasting is budget sufficient plus. the commonwealth ended the 2012 fiscal year $129 million in the black. sales tax revenue $55 million more than expected. income tax revenue $33 million ahead of expectations. so again virginia in the black third straight year. >>> one virginia lawmaker wants to bring slot someone to the commonwealth. democrat louise lucas is going to bring up a bill next year to allow gaming in the states. only allow casinos in place where is 40% of the land is exempt from property taxes. only two virginia cities fit that bill. that would be lexington and portsmouth. >>> coming up on 6:06 and jessica doyle is watching your money and your mailbox. >> and another

>>> five people had to be rushed to the hospital after a carbon monoxide leak on first street northwest. d.c. fire officials say one person has life-threatening injuries. two others are in serious condition. they were apparently sickened by carbon monoxide fumes caused by a generator running in the basement. that is an issue that firefighters are warning a lot of people. you got to keep it away from the windows. >>> another terror plot reportedly foiled. details coming up. >>> the worst wildfire in the history of colorado but are people there getting good news? we'll check headlines coming up next.  >>> mandatory evacuation orders are lifted in colorado vingss and there have even been a couple of rain showers. 32,000 people were evacuated at one point. the wildfire has burned more than 17,000 acres and destroyed more than 300 homes. officials say it is 45% contained. >>> another terror plot reportedly by al-qaeda is also making headlines. the report points to al-qaeda planning to bomb another passenger plane bound for the u.s. the sunday times of london is reporting

this take a look at those numbers. 72 in northwest d.c. 70 in winchester.f sun and clouds today. it will be separated and slow- moving. that means localized but not everybody is going to see them. high temperatures in the mid- 80's. more showers into the nighttime hours and throughout the day tomorrow you can expect the same thing with temperatures warming into the mid-90's into the weekend. >> i do not have much to disappoint anyone and i am tickled about that. overnight construction should be gone very soon. i want to take you to a couple of geico cameras to show you that things are running for us on time. traffic heading south and its closest to us. it looks great. it is good on 270 in virginia. 66 good on 110 and washington boulevard. back to steve. >> let's stay on commuting. that new ramp designed to ease the commute it faced a test this morning. traffic moved well after the new ramp was opened. officials say it will reduce travel time and congestion on nearby streets. >> it will be very nice. >> i think they are doing a lot of good things. >> however

. >>> tuesday's flash floods in parts of northwest d.c. left behind a pretty big mess and some people living in the bloomingdale neighborhood say they had to deal with sewage back-ups inside their homes. they are asking the city to clean out storm drains more frequently but the city says they already do it often enough. d.c. water advises residents to get what is called a backflow filter preventer -- a backflow preventer installed in their home by ensed plumber. >>> mitt romney speaks to the naacp drawing boos and some support. we'll slain that coming up next. >>> also ahead, a lot of speculation surrounding congressman jesse jackson, jr.'s recent leave of absence. now, new details are out about his health. we are back in just a moment. >>> the republican controlled house votes to repeal president obama's health care reform law. it passed by a vote of 244-158. the but the election year maneuver is not going anyin the democrat controlled senate. republicans say it is the 33rd time in 1 months that they tried to scrap, defund or scale back t

. >> some northwest d.c. debra goods are cleaning up the mess left behind by severe weather. >> yesterday's swift storms toppled trees onto two homes aren't arcadia -- on arcadia placed. and another on utah avenue. >> we knew that it was an older tree and that would have to come down. this will be used to clean up. >> no reports of injury, but the neighborhood is without power. pepco says it is aware of the situation, but cannot say when crews will be able to restore electricity. >> people are dealing with the defects of the storm in hillcrest heights in prince george's county. a woman watched as lightning knocked out the power to the neighborhood. >> i was standing outside my house and i could see it up the street. it looked like a fire in the sky. >> it was two big booms. >> on rollins avenue, there was flooding in a man's basement apartment and the sewage backed up as well. on rhode island avenue in northeast we encountered a man whose car had stalled in deep water. >> the june 29 storm that caused the mas

a man is in custody in connection with a fatal stabbing in northwest d.c. duane brisbandwayne brisbon was killed. he saw two people arguing and stopped to help. >> asked if a person was ok. at that time there were words exchanged. he got out of his car and more words were exchanged. then he was stabbed. >> i don't understand why he wouldn't stop and gotten out of the car. >> he got back in his car and drove a short distance. minutes later he was found unconscious in his crashed vehicle and died at the hospital. surveillance video led to the rest of johnathan dawkins. >> and 8-year-old boy asked for help after his adopted parents physically abused him. but the boy's father is a lieutenant commander with the u.s. navy. this person answered the knock on the door from. >> before 1:00 a.m. on tuesday in this bristow virginia, neighborhood, ron cramer heard the doorbell. i looked outside and opened the door and there was a little boy. he welcomed in a charming albeit confused 8-year-old boy. >> he was adamant in showing me under his shirt the bruises on his body.

additional information police .n the victim it has been 12 hours since a 12- old boy was last seen in northwest d.c. martinez raynor was seen last 8:30 last night in the 500 of rock creek church road. police searched much of the night and handed out fliers in the neighborhood. about four feet tall and nearly 70 pounds. he was last seen wearing a gray pants.nd gray another night of powerful storms for the eastern seaboard. this time it was to the north of us. lightning, wind, hail, rain, and possible tornado touched down new york state. buildings were not so fortunate. steep 3 million americans were or tornadonderstorm watch yesterday as a monster made its way across the eastern part of the nation. storms are possible again tonight. but he is on. another summer day prompting heat advisory is. the way. be a brake on adam caskey has details. >> especially by sunday and we will have a break. degrees colder than yesterday. much of aot notice change. gradually, over the next few will.you between 3:00 and 9:00 this evening and there's a chance of storms. first, let's talk about temperatures. not bad off t

one place at rfk, but also close by a couple blocks at second and bryant street northwest. d.c. water knows the urgency. they've been out here all day. the a man fix is 13 years away, $3.6 billion solution, put d.c. water is helping -- but d.c. water is helping and working with d.c. residents for drawer fidget i'll talk about that coming up at -- a temporary fix. i'll talk about that coming up at 6:00. >> the thing about it is this is severe weather alert day. that means there are probably moratoriums on the way. i guess that's bad news for the folks down in the bloom dale neighborhood. >> it doesn't look good -- bloomingdale neighborhood. >> it doesn't look good for them, especially later tonight. we are expecting some areas of flash flooding. in fact, we're under a flash flood watch for the entire d.c. metro area continuing until 11:00 tonight. this means we're expecting more storms and they could produce locally heavy rainfall and flash flooding could be a possibility. live doppler 9000 hd, right now we're actually in between storms. we did see light rain and showers come thro

the bloomingdale neighborhood in northwest d.c. was hit by flash floods once again especially near t street and rhode island avenue. the same area got hit with flooding just over a week ago. some residents got water and sewage in their basement. just days ago, neighbors confronted d.c. water about the ongoing problem at a neighborhood meeting. >> heavy rain and winds also toppled trees and power lines again. a giant industry crashed on top of two homes on arcadia place in northwest d.c. another fell around the corner at tennyson and utah. one fell into the street. the power got knocked out in both areas. many residents were in the dark for six days after of the june 29th storm. i got to imagine they are at their wit's end. >> a little upset right now. >> i had a pretty big storm and the entire time the storm was rolling through, i'm like please, every little flicker, i was like no, no. >> stay on, please stay on. >> it was tough. we could do it all over geek today. i don't think the storm will be quite as strong but the potential i

northwest. motorists were struggling just to get around. some were concerned that d.c.'s drainage system could not handle the downpour. while d.c.'s d.o.t. director explained exactly what happened. >> when you have a downpour like we had last night, when you get that much water at that quick of a time, the system is not going to be able to handle it. that's what you were saying, the system was not able to handle it. >> he adds that d.c. is working to improve its drainage system and flooding like what happened on rhode island avenue last night whether become less frequent. >>> arlington county police have several leads in their search for the driver who struck and killed a pedestrian. we brought this story to you yesterday morning. 62-year-old robert help shrd was -- shepherd was hit while in the middle of route 110 at the pentagon. he's from lawrence, massachusetts. his girlfriend reported he had been missing for about two weeks. >>> today the head of fairfax county's board of supervisors will ask for a formal investigation into the 911 outage following last month's stor

a tree crashed down on her as she road her motorcycle in northwest d.c. the impact severed her spinal cord and broke five ribs and one of her shoulders. doctors say she's paralyzed from the waist down. her father is touched that friends set up a donation campaign to help pay her medical expenses. >> every time i see these help that i'm receiving, we're receiving, my wife and i constantly from support from everybody find out about the tragedy on my daughter. and i, i don't know how to react to her. >> catalina's father says her first year of recovery could cost more than a $250,000. she is an avid motorcyclist and works as a mentor with children. >>> it's hard to make ice in this hot weather but the capitals staff trying to do just that. look at this time lapse video that shows the cetler ice plex crew starting to remake the ice surface. the ice completely melted over the weekend after the boston complex lost power in friday's storm. this process of rebuilding that ice surface takes a few days but they're making good progress, it looks like. >>> here's a l

. >>> dealing with a few sprinkles right notice in northwest d.c.going to see we have showers and even a few rumbles of thunder. especially on the eastern shore from easton to cambridge and oxford. even west of frederick you may be getting a little bit of lightning and thunder. for today showers and storms on and off for a few more showers. then isolated showers and thunderstorms midday into the afternoon with sunshine and high mid- to upper 80s. monika? >>> well, the big story of the morning is definitely has been the gw parkway northbound before the spout run parkway where a large tree came down. i just got off the phone with park police. crews are on the scene working on the problem. in the meantime you're being diverted out of rosslyn. go ahead and take route 50, 110 or even military road as your alternate routes. i'll have more on that situation at 5:49. back to you. >> thank you, monika. >>> hollywood is mourning the death of actor ernest boring nine. he first became famous -- borgnine. he first became famous in the movie "from here to eternit

. >>> the washington an million rescue league she felter in northwest d.c. lost power in friday's storm. some of the older animals have been moved into foster homes but about 150 dogs and kaptds are still at the shelter. the pets aren't in danger. they're being kept cool with generator-powered fans and they're drinking ice water. shelter officials say they've already gotten some help but could use more supplies. >> a lot of our friends and supporters to come out and they've donated, come through strong with donating ice. we still need more ice. they've donated blankets and towel s because we can't do laundry. we're keeping them comfortable with fans. we have some generators that are powering those fans but at the moment we're still waiting for the air conditioning to come on. >> if you'd like to donate supplies, they're at 71 oglethorpe street in northwest d.c. they're asking for ice, towels, and gas to keep the generators going. >>> some damage is not having an impact on our region's biggest 4th of july celebration. preparations still under way downtown on

cars and streets, raw sewage backed up into basements and t street in the blooming dale area of northwest d.c. >> i had the pump in the toilet trying to keep pace of it coming out and the wet vac going, filling 15-gallons every minute. >> ryan says sewage came shooting out of his toilet. >> i have seen this happen before. relief is coming to the century old pipes. >> you get that much rain that fast, your traditional systems are not able. as an overall and long-term project to continue to improve the storm system in the district. >> the d.c. water and sewage authority is working on a multibillion combined sewage overflow plan. huge tunnels and storage tanks are being built right now. >> we would love to have something fixed that can keep the sewage out of our house and out of our girl's play room. >> the completion date isn't set until 2025. until then, ryan may continue his sleepless nights when it rains. >> i start pacing and i start every 5, 10 minutes checking on the water and hoping it doesn't come up. >> nobody likes to have sewage in their house. >> well clean up is far from over. unfo

we do know the names of two people killed in separate shootings in northwest d.c. that left four others injured. police tell us 19-year-old crevontai key of northeast d.c. was killed around 8:00 p.m. when shots rang out on. three others two of them juveniles, were hurt. six hours later two others were shot on morton street -- julia's ellington died there and no arrests were made in either case. two army police officers are on leave after a shooting that left a suspect dead. it started inside the urban barbecue restaurant yesterday afternoon. witnesses say a man came in and started waving a gun. >> he says he has a gun, it is cocked and his finger is on the trigger. >> police say the man refused to drop the gun and that also say at one point they felt threatened and they fired killing the suspect. the man's identity had not yet been released. we are falling braking is now in the trayvon martin case. the florida judge just announced he will allow george zimmerman to bond out of jail again, but this time the bond is set at $1 million. the judge revoked his bonn last m

showing heavy rain across northwest d.c.ill give you a description of where we are right here. this is george town harbor. as you head north, that would be rock creek park. this heavy storm is moving off toward the north and east into prince george's county. have yourself over chevy chase circle moving in to college park. the good news is nothing has become severe, so no severe thunderstorm warning at this time. look at the high at reagan national airport. well above the average. rain cooled air and 88 degrees. we have had their rain for about one hour now and temperatures have cooled to 77 degrees. in virginia, half an inch of rain so far. george washington university, no rain to speak of. in alexandria, just a touch of rain and 79 degrees. 70 degrees in oakland. wind gusts anywhere between 20 and 30 miles an hour. this is part of the theft -- part of the stronger thunderstorms but nothing has become severe across the immediate metro area. we're going to look for showers and thunderstorms to gradually diminished as we move

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