. >> it is 6:00 and today's weather could make people in northwest d.c. cling. they are cleaning up after the sunday rain flooded streets and a metro station. skwrpb gonzalez is live from northwest washington. any word on if it will open at 7:00? >> it is a sunday schedule so the station won't open until 7:00 but there are workers here who are saying they are not sure if it will open on time after nearly aed if of water fell on the track. that caused quite a problem. more flooding in the blooming dale neighborhood also. >> the flood came and the car flooded. >> residents are once again flooded out here. cars were under water and basements are a mess with storm and sewer backups. >> the manholes are about a foot and a half off the ground. >> this is the fourth time this summer it has happened here after a strong rainfall. >> it is the worst since we have lived here. we had one or two other floods before but there summer i have never seen anything like it. >> not far away metro crews are pumping rain out of the tracks inside the shaw howard station. at least five s

. >> investigators are searching for a person or persons who then left woman and in a northwest d.c. alley. the woman was found saturday off first street and street. >> i saw blood and a lady traumatized. her face looked like it was hit, broken, but punched her in the eye. her pants were off her body as had forced them down. the woman has been released hospital and police are investigating. >> deadly attack in afghanistan. afghan police killed four soldiers after. a checkpoint after the second during the weekend of on theirs turning allies two british soldiers were killed. international service members dying at the hands of afghans. in karachi, pakistan is safe after protesters broke through a e.rricad one protester was killed in the attack. the u.s. ambassador to the nations says there's no last week's deadly inault on the u.s. consulate s premeditated. the interim president of libya ,aid the attack was planned that the date of september 11 had been targeted. >> prince harry may have been the target of an attack on a naval base in afghanistan. they say it was aimed at the third in l

we are life in northwest d.c., anny hong, 9 news now. >> so much damage and frustration, thank you. >>> we know that d.c. mayor gray has established a task force to look into the long term solution to that flooding problem that anny was just talking about. i walked through the bloomingdale neighborhood today with george hawkins, director of d.c. water to, ask him what can be done to help residents right now. >> last night we had a storm of very significant proportions. the reports have been over 2 inches to over 3 1/2 inches of rain in just over an hour. when there's that much rain and the pipes themselves are not big enough to handle that much rainwater, in the short term we don't have an immediate solution. >> water director george hawkins says sandbags and a backfill which the city will help pay for are available right now, more on that and the long term solution coming up at 7:00. >> and a chance of more rain in the forecast tonight has the 9 weather team declaring a yellow alert day. topper is in the weather center right now checking radar. >> good news, right now the radar is qu

it the blooming dale section of northwest d.c. cars were under water and basements are a sloppy muddy mess this morning with storm and sewer backups. if you are keeping count this is the fourth time this summer this has happened in the area after a strong rain. here at the shaw metro station crews have been pumping several inches of rain water off the tracks. at least five stations along the yellow and green lines have been impacted. u street and columbia heights stations were also shut down overnight. >> the worst since we have lived here. we had one or two other floods before but this summer i have never seen anything like it. >> this latest flood comes two weeks after the city established a flood prevention task force. here at the metro no sign of opening even though the website has no alerts on the green or yellow lines. back to you. >> storms forced organizers of the annual labor day concert to move indoors. the concert was supposed to take place on the west lawn of the capitol and had to be held at the can't center. the nati

that explosion happened at the home on the 35th street in northwest d.c. that's where pat collins is right now. pat? >> reporter: doreen, an incredible crime. to defeat the burglary system here, this would-be thief actually yanked the electric meter from the house. police trying to extract fingerprints from an electrical meter. hoping to find a suspect in a broad daylight burglary with high-risk, high-voltage consequences. it happened at a home at 35th and quebec streets northwest. first came a blackout, then came a boom, downstairs came the homeowner, off went the suspect. broad daylight? >> yeah. >> reporter: home working on your book? >> unusual in this neighborhood. but that's the times we live in. >> reporter: the victim, allen, a noted professor and author of book reviewer for npr. he was writing upstairs in his cleveland park home when all of a sudden it happened. >> the power went off. i heard this huge bang which i took to be some type of electrical explosion. i came running downstairs. the door had been i thought blown off at the time. >> reporte

off the top this morning, a section of northwest d.c. hit with severe flooding once again. the rain turned parts of the bloomingdale neighborhood into a river. stranded drivers caused multiple out ams and closed down the howard university metro station yesterday. quiet this morning but what a mess there last night. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. let's get a quick check of the weather with tucker barnes. >> good morning. it is warm, humid outside and even a better chance of showers and storms today as the real remnants of isaac start to move in from the west. you can see those live there on the radar out in west virginia and ohio. they will be pushing in later today riding along that frontal system. it is stalled across the region. lots of clouds. i know there are a lot of barbecues planned today. not going to be perfect for it. we'll have more details on the forecast coming up. we'll take a look at the seven- day forecast. >>> in politics, the democrats get their turn this week. their national convention gets under way tuesday in charlotte, north carolina. >> mela

. >> not only has this been an enormous financial burden for residents in northwest d.c., but very painful. people were trapped in their cars during the latest flood. say they cannot take much more. this cell phone video captured by and inundated residents chose rhode island avenue swallowed up after rainfall. it has become a tired event for hood.hbor prone now feel we could always get flooded. >> residents are worried about cars.homes and there is an infrastructure that was set up towards the beginning of d.c. that cannot keep up. with the up >> some are asking what's going on. convinced it's a problem with an aging drainage system. rules.er nature >> the ward 5 council member city to create a relief fund for the residents. in about half are we will tell plans to do city whether president and it will work. on the forecast caskey.m >> good morning we have a few light sprinkles in the potomac highlands. e potomac river, west of hagerstown, northwest of martinsburg. have a few downpours later on. are few sprinkles near baltimore, by the way. a few sprinkles today into tomorrow. 77 now when t

this is video from first and v vote in northwest d.c. earlier and as you can see, floodwaters are flowing up from a manhole. the entire street appears to be flooded. that is really a very dangerous situation out there and that is what many of you faced in your neighborhood tonight. we did have a flood warning earlier for the district. that has ended. we now still have one to the west of rappahannock which will expire at 12:15, but those pockets of heavy rainfall have been popping up here and there. some of you have seen light, some moderate and some moderate to very heavy rainfall that came down fast and furious. that's what's happened there. the problem is the ground is very saturated from rainfall over the past 24 hours or so and it's not going to end any time soon. we'll continue to see this pattern very unsettled into the course of the week. this is a frontal system that's very stationary, but it's going to shied south and not go too far. -- slide south and not go too far. let's go to our weather map and the accumulations. 2.8 south

abc 7 breaking news. >> we begin tonight with breaking news. >> a shooting on the grounds of a northwest d.c. high school. we are joined live outside coolidge high school. >> it was one student shooting another according to police in d.c. this happened in the area behind me as school was running out for the day around 3:15 p.m.. there had been some kind of argument earlier in the day and one of the students left and came back and shot the person he had been

. >> the public roundtable will be in the glenn dale neighborhood of northwest d.c. has flooded four time this year. legislation will be discussed involving flood prevention and assistance, at 2:00 in the wilson building. >> it's 53 degrees. fall is nearing. >> absolutely. it is colder today than yesterday morning. cool econd day of the morning temperatures. there you can see skies are morning.s 54 in the district, 48 in dallas, 45 in petersburg, 46 at gaithersburg. 70-75 for the high temperature today. there's rain in the seven-day forecast. eight coming up in about minutes. let's check on traffic with angela. >> uneventful for the most part out there. are heading in from virginia, a live look at the 95.ngfield interchange on fredericksburg through falmouth, construction is gone. southbound at about 3 there is a leadinge that will be momentarily. beltway, from the inner to route 7, both ramps are closed and an overnight works on as well. be out of that will the way momentarily. back to you. >> thank you. 4:45, 53 degrees. >> another honor for the late investigators

a tree fell on to power lines in northwest d.c., sparking a fire. heavy rains flooded roads in creating a.c., traffic mess at rush hour. one tree fell onto a home in arlington. nobody injured. .> it was shaking it could've been worse. >> the situation was even worse mclean, where a woman died control, oflost burst into flames. soweto is blamed for crash involving a police cruiser last in herndon. -- >> wet roads blamed for a .rash the nationals will play a double .eader now you can exchange your ticket for lesser value for today's match up. first game at 4:00 and the second at 7:00. speaking of baseball, the orioles came just finished at morning. 18 innings. win.rioles >> unbelievable. >> now to jacqui jeras with the weather. >> still some lingering showers out there. looking at live super doppler a, sprinklese a couple mary's.es and st. flood warnings in frederick and carroll. .t's a little cloudy we did have some damage, as you video.the you can ceiling during clouds. skies will be clearing throughout the day. but sunshine by this afternoon. 63 de

john. >> the cleanup continues in the bloomingdale section of northwest d.c.he fear of even more rain. is neighbor and has been flooded at least four time in the past two months. local leader wants the city to create a relief fund for the residents who have lost thousands of dollars. back to you. >> thank you. 6:55. here's what you need to know. >> the polls are open in the special election for a seat in virginia house of delegates. voters in the 42 district and parts of alexandria, arlington and fairfax counties will choose someone to succeed david england, resigned amid revelations of an extramarital affair. those polls open until 7:00 p.m. >> flights in and out of germany are a mess. lufthansa canceled 200 flights if because cabin staff is striking. four flights to and from dulles are impacted. so check with your travel agent or with the airline if you are planning to fly to germany today. >> for more informational any of these stories, you can always visit our website, wjla.com. look for the tuesday expressed tab. >> we want to check in with adam caskey wi

live here in northwest d.c. at coolidge high school, shomari stone. >>> a mess on metro's busy red line this morning after power failures brought two trains to halt. >> the first happened at 8:00 this morning. passengers had to be offloaded. then one hour later, another power failure. that stalled a train with 1,000 passengers on it at the tinley town station. the big question remains, what caused these failures. darcy spencer is live in tenley town with the latest on the investigation. and how well the trains are running this evening. >> reporter: yeah, trains are running just fine. no problems. but there is a concern that there could be additional power problems. here at the tenley station, there were possibly 1,000 people stuck down in the tunnel this morning for more than an hour before they could get out. metro still hasn't figured out the problem behind these power failures. how would you describe your experience today? >> miserable. >> reporter: annie took this photo as she waited in a dark tunnel near th

in northwest d.c. school is extra security precautions after one student classmate on campus. it happened yesterday afternoon. the gun man was taken into custody. may have been a between two stemmons. details of there 5:00. are in best to getting an accident involving three d.c. officers. not releasing too many details of this moment, but are told it involves one off- duty officer and two on duty officers. suffered minor injuries. metro running smoothly a day after a major power failure. of travellers were stranded. some were stranded for more than an hour. d.c. fire had to evacuate more people. what caused the power outage. the medical examiner has confirmed the remains found night on the manassas park between the manassas park and burke stations are not human. f commuters were stopped for more than an hour while bosses were brought in to them to their destinations were brought in to get their destinations. ymca and prince george's county is closed. of fire broke out around 4:00 morning. caused damagere to the outside of the building. the cause of the fire is under investigat

the rain turned part of the bloomingdale section of northwest d.c. into a river and flooded some homes last night. >> this has been an ongoing problem all summer long. fox 5's sherry ly is live in northwest with the story. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. throughout this neighborhood here today will be another day to clean up. the water is gone but the damage already done. can you look down here on the sidewalk and you can see some of the debris that has washed up from that rising water last night. rain that normally wouldn't cause any problem here, any problem anyplace else, here, it often floods. that is what happened last night as the rain came down. the streets filled with water sweeping cars down the street and fast-moving rivers. people had little time to react. the d.c. fire department had to rescue several people trapped in their cars or on top of them. some cars a total loss. homessed into as well from inside and out as storm drains and sewer lines backed up. it is the fourth time in two months this bloomingdale neighbor has g

in the northwest d.c. whins in detroit. that is the first signs of a from that will be pushing our direction. not that far away, but it is going to take a day or so to get here, moving through the mountains tonight. southwest winds will briefly warm things up. i would not be surprised if things get close to 80 degrees tomorrow and saturday. if you are heading into the mountains, they might see showers breaking out as the front approaches. off the coast saturday night, sunday should be beautiful. it will be the first full day of fall on sunday. tomorrow, partly cloudy. wins out of the stock at five to cannot see. the thundershowers begin tomorrow afternoon, dropping into the 60's. onlyy's high temperatures in the 50's. eastern shores, the last couple days of summer. 80 degrees before the cool fronts saturday afternoon, and on the coast, temperatures in that 80's. dry weather saturday. at the beginning of the season, we've venture into fall. tomorrow, and 80 degrees. good affront in the afternoon with a thunderstorm. football

. >> reporter: this was a downed power line in northwest d.c. on fourth street, an obstacle course dodging the tree limbs in the 3200 block. and in the bloomingdale neighborhood, d.c. residents armed themselves with sandbags. >> i'm planning on using them to barricade the stairwells for the basement. >> reporter: no flooding this time. the antiquated storm drainage system kept up. but government compensation for property damage, relief fund legislation to be introduced tomorrow in city council. >> at the height of the storm, 20,000 people across our region were in the dark. it now has about 1300 people without power. dominion, about 60 power outages. bge working to restore electricity to about 200 customers. >> this weather is making a mess of air travel along the east coast. amtrak along d.c. and baltimore because of storm debris. >> reporter: this storm, a very large storm. we're moving in through late summer and early autumn. that division of the air mass. very cool air mass. we did hit 80 degrees today and ahead of that storm was nuf instabil

it is a tense week fornologist northwest d.c.. they are worried that more rain will lead to more flooding like they saw on sunday. >> it is september 4. i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm cynne simpson. let's get to adam caskey for more on the forecast. >> we had some areas of rain mainly while we were sleeping. we had a band of heavy rain move through a good chunk of our viewing area. for the most part we're dry. dry at least for now. 76 now in the district. 70 in win chest. 72 in -- winchester. 72? cumberland. a rogue midday shower could pop up. the bulk of the action should be later on today. as of now, it looks like the heaviest rain will be to the north of washington a downpour coulded pop up along the belt the hottest at 92. what's the latest traffic? >> we have a problem. a tree came down on beach drive blocking it both ways right now. if you normally take beach drive, that is going to be problematic for you. right now, tree down in the road way with all of that rain we had in the last couple of days and that is going to close agai

. >>> some of our top stories this morning, an all-too- familiar scene, a section of northwest d.c. hit with severe flooding. >> it happened in the same neighborhood, the bloomingdale neighborhood. the rain turned some streets into a river stranded drivers, caused multiple power outages and closed down the sure howard university metro station. this area saw similar flooding three times in july. resident are desperate for a solution to this problem. is pr >> it has happened now and it is getting frustrating. you can tell when the storm drains are backing up that the drains are going to go and you're going to take on water and there is nothing you can do about it. >> just last month, mayor vincent gray announced he was establishing a task force to address the flooding and sewer backup issues in that area. >>> here is a look at just out bad the flooding was in the bloomingdale neighborhood. this was the scene along rhode island avenue in northwest last night. someone had to be rescued from their car. as you can see, several vehicle on the street were submerged by flood waters. >>> we a

i shared everything. >> reporter: in northwest d.c., anny hong, 9news now. >> anny, thanks for sharing her story. she spent about 30 years working at the pentagon as a purchasing specialist. she's one of nine children. she has just one surviving sister and she says most of her siblings lived well into their 90s. good gene pool there. >> huge inspiration. >> happy birthday. >>> you're watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. good morning. i'm andrea roane. >>> i'm mike hydeck. if that story made you smile, the weather is too in just a moment. >> i just feel so good right now. >> monika samtani has traffic. >> hopefully the traffic will make you feel good but we know the weather forecast is going to brighten your day. >> another beautiful day on tap. we do in spots need some jackets out there. we have some readings down in the 40s right now. look at this beautiful sky there. about 5 minutes or so before the sunrise. a presunrise glow in the eastern horizon on our michael

it was here at a place called the fort in northwest d.c., a place that funds and grows new businesses where shawn and his team spent this summer working and coding for hours, five days a week. tens of thousands of dollars were pumped into the project after investors big in the d.c. startup scene realized the potential. >> they're not designing a product based on some market study. they're based on exactly what they and all of their friends every day really desperately want and need. >> reporter: and the online portal ran by shawn and five fellow students is gaining popularity. most of thomas jefferson is signed up. 35 schools across the region are testing it out. and by the end of the year, hope goes to college. this young ceo hopes helps students while inspiring others. >> there is an amazing mentor network in d.c. any kid who has a great idea to change the world, there is resources out there for them to do so. >> reporter: in northwest d.c., angie goff, news4. >> hey, that website is currently open to students only by invitation. for more information about hallway, you can log on to

. >> expect extra security at one northwest d.c. high school after a student was shot there yesterday. >> thousands of riders are hoping for a smoother committed this morning -- can you this morning. >> some folks -- left drank --

people living in northwest d.c. will spend the holiday crying out their basement once again. this comes after last night's storms want roads and even shut down this has got to be frustrating for people. >> hard to believe that this has happened again. basements and cars once again flooded. even the metro station feeling the effects of the flash flood. you can see from the emergency sign that this could happen again tonight. >> just no way to live. >> residents of this neighborhood are convinced that this latest flood has more to do with the drainage problems than the actual rent. merge cars once again shared the road rescue rafts. >> i cannot go like this. >> puddles are still visible inside this woman's car. >> my car was flooded. >> this is the fourth time in two months that the cars up and swallowed up. 15 residents at filed complaints with the d.c. water, hoping it pays for uninsured damage. >> there is something that has not happened in the past. >> some are making the claim that the city's aging and one just overwhelmed whenever a storm comes through. >> d.c. water is k

d.c. with those winds out of the northwest at 10 to 15 miles per hour.uring the afternoon tomorrow, it will be mostly sunny and breezy and definitely less humid than it was today. 65 degrees in the outer parts of the beltway and 72 degrees downtown. winds out of northwest at 10 to 20 miles per hour. you'll notice the breeze. checking out the zone, we will not get out of the 60s in the panhandle. we're going to look at 66 degrees for your high in cumberland. 70 in hagerstown. 69 in leesburg and 70 degrees in warrenton. the bay, we do have a small craft advisory in place for tomorrow. keep that in mind. 72 in andrews air force base and 71 in pax river. the redskins forecast will be breezy. besides that, it looks great. kickoff at 1:00 p.m. as the redskins take on the bengals and the temperature in the low 70s. over the next three days, green light, no problems out here. we're looking good and beautiful weather for monday and tuesday. now on tuesday, you'll notice an increase in temperature and an increase in cloud cover. our next storm system arrives on we

as we're looking outside on our michael & son weather camera, this is in northwest d.c. looking off to the southwest. see some of the clouds in the distance. other than that, we've got cloudy skies at reagan national, 75. humidity way up there at 89%. the calm winds not helping to mix the air at all. we could see a patch or two of fog develop. it's going to be 105 in oklahoma city and dallas today. frontal boundary up here. we have the remnants of isaac still spinning over kentucky and tennessee. we have a couple of things that are happening and this moisture is trying to flow north. it's lifting into southern pennsylvania and jersey and to long island, but for us, we've got to wait to see what else is maybe going to form here and move back toward us as we get into the afternoon and evening hours. here's a look at the future cast. it's depicting that maybe the better chance of rains this afternoon will be out in the mountains, maybe into northern virginia. here we are by 6:00 south and east. not seeing too much. overnight some isolated showers and storms. tomorrow once a

. >> in northwest d.c., anny hong, 9news now. >> just got one gem after another. she spent 30 years working as a pentagon. she is one of nine kids and she has one surviving sister. she says most of her siblings lived well into their 90s. >> what an amazing woman. >> share, i like that. >> that sense of humor and the love right through the screen. >> she is sharp as a tack. >> and she is fly, did you see that? she had her nails done, jewelry on, makeup on. all right. >> a gorgeous day, low humidity, high temperature 78 and we couldn't have a nicer day. gorgeous evening. if you're going to go outside and walk the dog, fine. if you're going to be out past 9:00, i'd bring a sweater. he's going to be on the cooler side. heat up quickly. 78 right now. dew point 42, are you kidding me? relative humidity 28%. really, really dry air for us. it really is. 71 vienna. 73 in fairfax. 77 in college park and 74 out in bowie. so we're looking at another crisp night. rest the ac. some 40s again. we had our coolest morning this early june. we were 46 at dulles. we need a sweater in

. >> breaking news in northwest d.c. crews are trying to figure out what started a fire in the 1800 block of corkron street. the firefighter and someone else inside were treated for minor injuries. >>> now, to the national zoo. all eyes are on the panda count tonight after mashon gave birth to her second cub. right now, it's the size of a stick of butter. erica gonzalez tells us how the group could be good here. >> reporter: now, the world waits to get their first glimpse at he or she. >> it's been nearly six months. >> you never see them any where. >> experts say she hadn't allowed for a sonogram in weeks. and then, late last night, a surprise arrival. >> less than a 10% chance of having a cub this year. but she defied the odds. >> reporter: zoo keepers say the baby panda is the size of a stick of butter. >> the markings haven't begun to show up yet. >> meanwhile, dad tin tin is being kept in a separate location. >> i think it's warm for her to keep her baby away from the whole public. >> reporter: gift shop sales are b

. >> reporter: in northwest d.c., a power pole fell dragging lines on to the street. crews have been here all day working to replace the pole, cut the power on and get the street open. pepco says 65,000 lost people at the height of the storm yesterday, mostly due to trees falling on lines. >> there will be a few customers that go into tomorrow morning. the ones that are only a cu customer or two for that outage and the ones that are really expensive repairs. >> reporter: so, this is one of those streets where they have expensive repairs. again, pepco is saying they hope to have everyone restored tomorrow morning. if you're still without power, give them a call, even if you have reported it before. they say it's good to make sure you're on the radar. >> thanks so much. now, let's go to chuck bell. severe weather's over. some nice air behind it. >> severe weather threat not om gone for today, but gone for the foreseeable future as a big cell of canadian high pressure is building into the middle atlantic and as a result, we have a stretch of very nice weather coming our

the storm knocked down trees and blew the roof of one building in northwest d.c. if you did not lose power you were lucky. >> you can speak out to pepco in maryland dating back to the june derecho. today is the deadline for comments. the plan to hold meetings with the company on thursday and friday. >> that is out of the way kennedy did not get a chance to get outside today, this is the best we have had in a long time. take your lunch and get out side today. >> it will be the same tomorrow. it is a perfect week. it does not get much better than this but i will be agree and say it can but not much by a few degrees. we will see that later on this week. this is fantastic. early september, low humidity, bright sunshine, high temperatures only in the 70's. for the most part, it will last all week. the humidity will be kept at bay and temperatures will rise a little bit. here is a great time lapse of the beautiful sunrise early this morning at 6:45 a.m. and nothing but some for the future -- first few hours of the morning and at 10:00, some patchy clouds and that's what

the storms brought headaches for northwest d.c. it marked the fourth time this summer parts of the blooming dale neighborhood flooded. >> the flood came and my car flooded. >> he is one of a number of folks whose car was under water on rhode island avenue. >> the manholes are off the ground because of the power of the water. >> this is the fourth time this summer parts of this neighborhood have been under water after heavy rain. a number of residents have seen basements flood all four times. >> this is the worst since we have lived here. we had one or two other floods before but there summer i have never seen anything like it. it sis frustrating. >> the president of the civic association says this is getting ridiculous. although she is part of a city task force formed after it flooded three times in 10 days in july she says more needs to be done because people can't keep living like this. >> we have everyone's attention but we have to work harder. these folks needed an answer yesterday and it is not good enough to say we are workin

upper northwest d.c., no rain to speak of in woodbridge, 77 after a high of 81. temperatures are unbelievable. looks great for september. if you are looking for cooler air, head out to western maryland. syracuse right now at 67. look at the milder air building across parts of the midwest. this will slowly move in our direction and by midweek, our temperatures will be back into the lower and middle '80s. compared to yesterday at this time when we have a cold front that moved through, we are 10 degrees warmer. we lost about 25 degrees and the matter of one hour yesterday as a cold front charged off toward the east. you can see it is now well offshore. that influence their day for today, tomorrow and for the week. it looks like our next best chance of showers will, until the end of the upcoming weekend. these guys are beginning to clear to the rest of us -- to the west of us. plenty of sunshine for the next 40 minutes or so. look for mainly clear skies overnight. temperatures in the '50s. we could see forties' out to the west. warming up nicely in that afternoon. a

check out this video from northwest d.c. last saturday. a man walks inside. the armed bandit runs after him and emerges with a stolen backpack, money, and phone. during the robbery, the bandit pointed his gun at the owner of the backpack and church leader, sarah beth goodwin. taking a page out of scripture. goodwin and others are turning the other cheek, determined to maintain their open door policy. >> despite the fact that this has happened, we contue our mission, that's a mission to be open and welcoming to our community. >> d.c. police, they want an arrest. they want to get a tip from someone who recognizes the suspect in the surveillance video. >>> still ahead on 9news, why maryland state police want to make sure everybody sees this disturbing video. >>> also ahead, a 60 year sentence for a 16-year-old boy. some think that punishment is not harsh enough. maybe you'll agree when you hear what the crime was. we'll talk about it. only six degrees separate the body temperature of chocolate lovers from the melting point of chocolate. so when you take hershey'

. >> reporter: in northwest d.c., annie hong, 9news now. >> she is gorgeous. happy birthday, miss dickson. she spent about 30 years working at the pentagon as a purchasing specialist. she is one of nine children and she has one surviving sister. and she says most of her siblings lived well into their 90s. >> i love the spirit. >> congratulations to her. >> the spirit she has, 105, going strong. just positive. what a positive force. >> simply gorgeous. >> happy birthday. >> happy birthday. >>> what a beautiful day we're having. >> it's been a great week. got a couple more good days. by the time we get to the weekend, though, a front will get close to us so we could get a couple of showers by saturday. i think next week, that's when we get rain chances to start going up a little bit. here's a look at this afternoon's day planner. it's a fantastic day. what a great morning we've had turning into a beautiful afternoon. 79 here coming up at 1:00. we'll get up to about 82 or so i think that's going to happen as we get into the middle of the afternoon. so really a be

in northwest d.c. in front of the family research council's headquarters, shamari stone, news 4. >> a deputy chief told whur radio that tips from the community haven't gotten them any closer to solving the murders of amber, stanley or marquel ross. ross's mother attended a me moral service at central high school today in capital heights. marquell was shot to death walking to school on tuesday. >> i'm praying. if it wasn't for all of my support, i don't know if i could make it. it's hard. it's hard. i want to know who done this to my son and why. >> this mourning, officers handed out fliers where amber stanley was killed. a gunman shot her in her bedroom at 10:00 at night. >> d.c. neighbor who is have complained about standing water and mosquitos breeding could soon get some relief after a news 4 report last night after resident's west nile virus concerns. they say the problem around 10th and m streets northwest is because of these canopy keepers, they're called. they provide the slow-drip systems for w

. >> mckinley tech in northwest d.c. carrie wilson with the pack complete to zach for the touchdown. that pulls mckinley within three. trying to run out the clock. this helps, kirkland, a nice, long run. colts win this one 41-30. to germantown, playing for the kings trophy. mattie with a nice pass. despite the pass interference, what a catch. callahan looking for six. another deep pass, but different scenario. he gets picked off instead by seneca valley would go on to win this one. rockville rams hosting northwood. this is a back and forth battle early fourth quarter, the rockville back gets stuck, doesn't quit. tieing the game at 26. they go on to win this one 34- 26. twin park at friendly, a nice defensive struggle here. nice play here as the patriots run the option pass for a long game. patriots win in a defensive struggle 8-6. all right, for more on tonight's game, log on to our website, u.s.a. today high school.com. we have scores and of course, all of tonight's highlights for you to check out. that's going to do it

. >> and finally in northwest d.c., here's what happened in the 4600 block of salem lane. pepco says it will have crews on the scene to get power back as soon as possible. >>> and, good news on the way. >> yeah, we do have cooler, dry air coming in tonight, bruce. it does feel nice. in lorton, there was a report that 29 cars in a parking lot had blown out windows from all the winds that came through. 29 cars. so yeah, caused a lot of widespread wind damage, which we did warn you folks about yesterday, declaring today a severe weather alert day. things are quieter tonight, that's the good news. we have still some areas of light rains and scattered showers, but overall, things are much quieter. here's a look at our michael and son camera. temperature, upper 60s right now. 68 degrees. cloudy conditions. winds are north, northwest. dew points are lower in the 60s. that is good news. right now, 64 in leesburg. 66 in fredericksburg. all of us really much cooler. the humidity also dropping. here's a look at that front. look at that right there. coming through. the dry air coming

they were arrested for blocking traffic in northwest d.c. this afternoon. protesters held banners and called for an end to evikszs vi vikss. executives from fannie mae met with dmron straighters. they are focused on helping homeowners. >>> still ahead on news4, a sky-high showdown as passengers tie down a passenger. >>> a puppy stolen from a maryland rescue group could be in danger if he's not returned soon. >>> see the video that's gotten more than 500,000 hit >>> first on news4, tough talk at a d.c. firehouse after someone defaced a picture of the fire chief. someone drew a mustache on a photograph of chief kenneth eller by and flipped his picture upside down. happened at engine company 10 on florida avenue in northeast. officers notified police about the vandalism and laid down the law to the entire station. here's an audio recording from the confrontation. >> the reason i ask who has -- is because there will be some charges at this point that -- at that point -- >> the fire chief says as far as he's concerned the case is closed. he'd rather the fire dep

. >> mckinley tech in northwest d.c. carrie wilson with the pack complete to zach

earing skies wjla.com, we have a bland new blog about this evening's flooding in northwest d.c. check it out with great pictures. >> on the other side of the break, we're going to talk about politics but also the ue to talk about weather situation for the overnight hours and tomorrow.

. >>> can private cameras crack down on crime in a popular northwest d.c. neighborhood?rgetown is a pretty busy destination, also home to the rich and famous, but it also attracts crime. >> residents to put up more private cameras but some wonder is this too much big brother? surae chinn tells us like it or not the private cameras are going up. >> reporter: the citizens association of georgetown will be testing it out. the group will be putting up roughly ten of their own cameras on homes and businesses to deter crime. according to metropolitan police stats, deaths and assaults are up from 2011 but the group has been calling on cameras for years. they say it's about preserving the charm of georgetown while protecting its citizens. >> it's a fact of life. >> reporter: diana is on a crusade for cameras in georgetown. she's a citizens association board member and on the public safety committee. >> i personally was burglarized twice when i lived around the corner. my name was burglarized on this block two weeks ago. there's a lot of street crime, cars are broken into on a da

. >> tonight at 11:00, the cleanup continues in one northwest d.c. neighborhood one day after heavy rains caused major flooding in homes. they say flooding is nothing new to them and they're pushing the city to do something about it. matt jablow joins us live with details. >> reporter: residents of the bloomingdale neighborhood say they live in fear of heavy rains which with alarming frequency recently have turned the streets and sidewalks here into rivers. >> completely shocked. >> reporter: after a nice long weekend on the eastern shore, jennifer went back to her friend's house on hue street tonight. they had no idea what happened in this neighborhood yesterday and therefore were completely unprepared for what they saw when they walked in the door. >> what was your first thought when you opened the door? >> what a mess. >> reporter: the torrential rains that fell on the northern parts of the district yesterday had an especially damaging effect on the bloomingdale neighborhood. >> it's very frustrating. >> reporter: three drivers were stranded by wa

teenager is in the hospital, another one in jail, this after a shooting at coolidge high school in northwest d.c. yesterday. the shots were fired at about 3:15 in the afternoon. the investigators say an argument between the two students started earlier in the day in school and then after leaving the building, one of the students came back with a gun right as school was letting out and shot the other student in the leg. the suspected shooter was quickly arrested and the victim is expected to be fine. >>> john hinckley wants more time away from the mental health facility where he lives. a judge is giving the hospital less than a month to figure out how they're going to handle his request. hinckley is the man who shot president reagan in 1981. he is allowed to leave ten days at a time to visit his home. the hospital doesn't want to be involved in the decision but the judge has given them until october 19 to weigh in. >>> just about 4:37. a chilly start as you poke your nose outside but it is going to be a spectacular day. howard has the details in two minutes. >> two numbers show this sluggish econ

we caught up with him in northwest d.c. >> i share a lot of personal life experiences from my childhood to my adulthood with my public divorce and custody battle. >> his new back is called "a father first." >>> rgiii was sacked six times. the defense gives up big plays. we're going to talk about it next. >>> i don't have a problem with rgiii. i think he's playing great as a rookie. but get him some help. >> i wouldn't say he's playing great. i think he's a little shaky in the pocket but that secondary has to definitely improve. they are struggling, no doubt. we spoke to fans who told me they were putting this one squarely in the win column. bengals? easy. not so few. people forget cincinnati made the playoffs last year. this was going to be a stern test for rgiii, and it was. looking to help break a six- game home losing tree, he was a virtuoso performance. he scored his third rushing touchdown of the year. unfortunately, he couldn't play safety, which is where they needed help. a.j. green and andy dalton blew up the redskins' secondary. >> i wasn't even aware about the whole seven game

. >>> a major construction pro sxwrekt that could tie up your commute begin begins in northwest d.c. it's called the new hampshire stre streetscape project. it will reservice the road. one-way section of new hampshire between washington circle and m street is going to be turned into a two-way street. they will redo sidewalks, crosswalks, storm drains an put in new lighting. it's expected to take 18 months. >>> it look like inflation is hitting everybody hard these days and even the tooth fairy is not immune. >> new survey found out today that shows kids are now getting an average of $3 per tooth under their pillows this year. >> what? >> that's up 15% from just last year. i guess it's a really good time to lose those teeth. some kids reported getting 20 a pop for those baby teeth. that's just outrageous. >> yeah. >> get this, visa is launching an iphone app to help parents calculate the going rate. there is an app to calculate how much money you're supposed to give for the tooth? >> some kids are pulling their teeth out themselves. >> see, see, that's the problem. stuff like that hap

outside on our michael & son weather camera, we're looking at northwest d.c. toward the southwest. this is wisconsin avenue down there near the best buy and ace hardware store. that's what we're looking at. quiet. 79 degrees. south, southwesterly winds at 11 and the humidity still very high at 79%. we have this moisture here lining up from new england back toward west virginia. clusters of storms. one came through chicago earlier. there's another one that's getting ready to come through i think in another hour, hour and a half. so there could be delays with early travel through o'hare and midway this morning. futurecast, got the scattered showers and storms. lunch time metro and especially south of us. i think for the afternoon that threat may be more south than north as we're looking at 4:15 now. maybe southern maryland could get into the action. could be heavier showers and storms there. generally quiet tonight. on thursday afternoon we're going to pop a few more of those showers and storms here and there in the afternoon. i think the activity tomorrow should be less than today a

outside on our michael & son weather camera, quiet in northwest d.c.e're looking toward virginia toward the west, southwest right now. 69 degrees with mostly cloudy skies. no wind to speak of and the humidity at 81%. one thing i want to point out, there's a boundary here. you can see it from southern new england snaking back toward the mississippi valley. a little twist in the clouds coming through southern indiana and kentucky. that will lift the boundary north so i think much of today is dry. as this gets closer, that's what's going to enhance the shower or thunderstorm chance late this afternoon into the evening hours. that's why we're a little concerned if you have evening plans that there could be a little bit of wet weather, maybe a thunderstorm like the ravens game in baltimore tonight. 82 degrees this afternoon with a late thunderstorm once we get rid of the morning stuff. tonight back in the 60s, maybe a few upper 50s north and west. upper 70s tomorrow with a chance of a few showers in the afternoon. isolated showers mainly south on saturday.

people spent sunday cleaning those storms.from they knocked down trees and blew off a building in northwest d.c.. lost power after the storm scrambled to save perishable foods. i have to give credit to adam. say after 4:00ted me tos ay we will see some storms. i am glad it worked out. 51 degrees right now and the district. 53 in martinsburg. a very refreshing and comfortable warning. very low humidity. open the windows. but the fresh air in. 78 this afternoon and perfect. fresh air in. kind of our first taste of all here. the sunshine across the of the nation. dallas sunday in '94. and 83 up partly cloudy degrees. city may have a few thunderstorms. san francisco 69. bright sunshine the rest of the week, but temperatures may change. just want to give you a quick s your travel out of manassas. reporting an crash.ned be alert for that. our big traffic snarl this morning is on the baltimore washington parkway. the southbound accident has y complicated the morning drive. five-car crash. traffic lining up from the scene accident, which is just past 410. back up extending into greenbelt's. southbound

steven episcopal church in northwest d.c. surveillance video shows the robbery suspect follow a man inside the church. police say he forced the victim to the ground at gunpoint before robbing him. the pastor admits the robbery was a shock but says their work will not change. >> our doors will remain open. and that is our mission. and if we were ever to have to close our doors for fear, we might as well just close them forever. >> the suspect made off with the victim's iphone and wallet. police are still looking for him. >>> a love triangle is to blame for grounding a flight from philadelphia to dallas. the plane was forced to turn around this week after police got a call claiming passenger chris shell was carrying liquid explosives. fbi officials determined that the call was a hoax. shell pointed the finger at another man, kenneth submit. today police arrested smith, who admitted to making the call in an act of revenge after shell posted a compromising picture of his girlfriend on facebook. if convicted, smith faces up to ten