a shorsubway ride across the potomac fr washington, and just a few miles from tysos corner.s maki suburban ving look a lot more like ci living with a human uch.bk>x3piu what's fascinating is where e we? look up here, for crying o ud. >> you're in a dntown, a new downtown in lington county. >> sth: i got a tour from smart growth advoce stewart schwtz. >> it's a burb that's grown up into a cit aextension of 's downtown. arlingn had no choice but to build up to compe with the ter suburbs. and om an environmental perspecte, we love this sort of place because we're blding here on d parking lots instead of building out in forts and farms. >> smith: arlingtos strategy to focus development not around the carbut around washingt's mass transit system, known as metro. >> around each of thstations, we call it a network olivable communities and increasinglyhe world's cities areeing built this way. using trant as the spine for >> smithwhat's been the track record in arngton county in terms of jobs, development congestion on e streets? >> they've had an explosn of development in the cordor

it's goingo go flying down into t potomac, and the potomac feeds to the chesapea bay, and everythinge little streams. so every time you lose a lite stre, you lose one more healthy piecof the chesapeake baecosystem. >> smith: wh many see as the ecologal disaster of tyson's epitomizes the collision of development and clean water nationwide. more than ree quarters of amera's population lives on or near our waterways the plague of tyson's-ste sprawl has recentlthreatened neighboring looun county. but here in looun, environmtal leaders fashioned a new ctic to counter aggressive development ando protect chesapeake bay. >>etting up in front of a crowd and saying, "the bay in ugh shape, and the pollution getting worse, ande've got to change our lifestys to save it," really doesn't t you anywhere but yocan get people to do the ings that we need to do to save the bay, if we n train them in ways that... tha correspond to what they ally care about. >> smith: in loudo what people care most about is traffic a taxes. two ises the environmentalists leveraged to launch a litical campaign agast develo

what a nice evening to head out to the potomac. we are looking for a chance for some showers and thunderstorms across the area over the next several hours or so, as we take a look at our storm stand. there are located well to the northeast. live doppler radar will show you exactly where the storms are located. expecting a few more storms to move in our direction. that is why the watch remains in effect until 11:00 this evening. 91 degrees currently in leesburg. 92 in national parks, and 89 in frederick county after a daytime high of 91. the high temperature at reagan national is 96 degrees. one degree short of tying the record. tomorrow could be a different story. the cooler air is off to the north and east of us. high pressure dominates to the self, and that is why we look for heat and humidity for the day tomorrow. high pressure clears are sky out nicely. the closer we go, we can see a few scattered clouds he in there. -- here and there. here is the advisory. expires tomorrow night at 10:00. it includes montgomery county and prin

he became very good friend with a topographical engineers in the headquarters of the potomac.e quite polished finished maps. these maps that he spent so much time on, he typically folded up and put in a letr home to his wife or to his good friends. so scattered among the letters in the massachusetts historical society are at least 20 probably very, very detailed maps of civil war battles or campaigns. he wasn't much of an artist in terms of depicting battle scenes. he did like to draw caricatures of the other staff officers. some pretty funny images there. i did want to -- i appreciate peter's perspective on stonewall jackson over the years. i ago someone mentioned and the valley as well. and i came to similar conclusions about jackson. of course, jackson wears this halo around his head. but i was one day working on a battlefield with a veteran farmer in piedmont, augusta county. and economy something, which i thought was very interesting. i believe it's during the second manassas campaign where jackson is making his big flight marked up along the mountain ridge, and there is

as we look downtown right now in the potomac river there's a little wind on the potomac, not much.hardly ruffling that sail. that sailboat not moving very fast. that's a picture of a sailboat on the potomac river. right now at reagan international it's at 83 degrees. a month from now the average high is 83, where we are right now. the average low is 65. so we're now at this time of year beginning to see the average downturn in our temperatures. we're looking at radar now where you see the area of blue on the screen here just east of harrisonburg. there's an area of rain moving along interstate 64 near charlottesville. and we'll stay dry here for the next couple of hours around washington as well, where the temperatures are in the low 80s in fairfax and prince georges and montgomery counties. a little more humid in the southern part of the region here, the dew point at pax river. our dew point is a comfortably dry 62 in washington. dew points are in the low 60s. eastern shore, though, is quite steamy and it's a steamy day at the beach. it's beautiful from the cape down to virginia b

there is between the hollywood freeway and the potomac river, they are only interested into in themselves and they are going to vote for it anyway. so it doesn't matter. they are not going to debate about it. they are going to give it out whenever they want to. >> at a time when n which the private sector is slashing jobs. government is really a growth industry. who are these bonuses going to, not firemen, not policemen, not judges, staffers. they are going to cost us more in the long run anyway. >> but they have the nerve to say we need this to retain people. isn't that what wall street said. >> at $150,000 a year. >> when wall street came up, it's equally lame. >> down by the potomac saying that. >> you don't think these guys deserve this for writing these thousand page bills. >> just as much on the wall street deserve theirs. >> i was going to say, look, the point is there are very things. draw people into public service, i'm all for that. and firemen, emts and nurses. >> maybe you'll forgive me for my loans. >> cost of education is going up ten fold. >> forgive me, there is no problem

potomac, 89, 99. 89 and stacker akilah 98. -- stafford feels like 98. there's cooler air off to the west. it will eventually work into the mix. we've been watching for showers and thunderstorms. a few sporadic showers in west virginia, runs off to the west. that is part of a cool front that will eventually bring changes. until then, high pressure off the coast. pumping up the heat and timidity and making for a human mess. the front coming from the west will bring us cooling on the weekend. 85-90 this afternoon. upper 70's tonight. close to the upper 60's in the morning. scattered since thunderstorms possible this evening. another round of foggy weather tomorrow. near 90 with sunshine tomorrow. saturday, clouds and then sunshine. temperatures in the low to mid 80's. low humidity early next week. >> thank you so much. still ahead on this thursday afternoon, ever got something because it had a seal of approval from oprah winfrey? because it had a seal of approval from oprah winfrey? what you might not know is that you can contact geico to see if you could

it happened in march at the potomac avenue station. metro says the train safely -- the train's safety system failed. an operator had to usage emergency break to avoid hitting another train in this incident. the ntsb initially said it didn't learn about the incident until last week while it was investigating the deadly crash that happened in june. however, investigators now say metro told them about the close call right after the deadly collision. >>> to the money crisis now. finally good news to report about the econom the federal reserve announced that it is seeing signs the economy is beginning to stabilize. that has many wondering whether theecession might be over. brooke hart has more from capitol hill. >> it was the fed's first sunny assessment in more than a year. economic activity is leveling out, it said, as it left low interest rates alone. >> it's early days. but i think that things are improving. the feds are going to stay the course. >> reporter: is the great recession over? president obama this week took credit for halting

we look across the potomac. see the cloud moving across the area. temperaturewise, here is what is happening. temperatures basically in the lower 80s. ev the upper 70s in some spots. dew points are starting to climb. right now. dew points in the mid 60s. the numbers will continue to climb. the south westerly wind. start to bring in that really humid weather. all is quiet on digital doppler. we had a few isolated thunderstorms by the northern neck. those have fizzled. 83locally. off to the west. this is where we are seeing the heat from st. louis, omaha. temperatures in the 90s. with the humidity. feels like 105 degrees right now. in omaha. and with that, we do have heat advisories in effect from chicago, westward. and all of this will continue to simply slide eastward. as we head into tomorrow. i don't think we will have heat advisories locally. with the humidity it could feel over 100 degrees as we head into monday. the clouds on top of us. there is rain to the north. this stays to the north of us. may clip far northeastern maryland. but most of us

so north of the potomac we have the severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 11:00. we have a couple warnings now just north of the mason-dixon line and over towards philadelphia. you can see the nasty weather there in pennsylvania. this will continue to push south over the next couple of hours and affect areas basically north and east of the district. temperatures are in the mid-90s. feel like the upper 90s. tomorrow will be even worse. we have heat advisories in effect for a good part of the east coast. just how hot will it get tomorrow? just how hot will it feel? of course, we're going to talk about that c uingp in just ain ro aut t patistet mp dlo ca> >>lhee ha tt is prompted ocal governments to set up coolingcote crsen. th astr d has oped up t two awond te epcrrs. fairfax county's cnglioo stations will be open. and people who need a ride can call those centers directly. ♪ >> crews have now located the wreckage of the plane and chopper that went down in the hudson yesterday. investigators must now tackle the question of why those two planes collided in midair. mi

here is what it looks like right now as we look across the potomac. it's cloudy out there. 75 degrees. we have a southerly flow. it's helping to bring in all the moisture. 72. that's tropical weather sitting on top of the area. we do have a flash flood watch in effect. it's from 2:00, from prince george county through the district, all the way up towards frederick county, and up towards the mason-dixon line. we could have flash flooding as this new batch of moisture makes its way on already saturated ground. within the rain, we do have some embedded thunderstorms producing heavier rain on the order of half an inch to an inch of rain per hour. everything is moving up towards the north and east. all of this will continue to move through the next couple hours. the temperatures are in the mid-70s. and we are in the low 80s today. dew points are quite high. it's humid out there. here is the storm system. we can see the front right here ahead of it. we have the southwesterly wind flow, helping to bring in the tropical moisture. and as the front moves throug

that extends across the potomac. and it's come into alexandria.it may be moving into washington over the next few minutes. that stretch is further to the south and west as well, and into some spots. and heavy rain and thunder and lightning is beginning to develop. for the rest of the afternoon, we have a flood watch in effect. all of the docounties in green, and out further to the west and north as well as north and east, it's going to affect us at 2:00 this afternoon until midnight. we will lit the low 80s later today. flooding rains are likely later on this afternoon and into the evening. maybe a passing shower. a chance of rain tomorrow. partly cloudy, and highs in the mid-80s. lower humidity moves in on saturday night and sunday and monday. most of the weekend is looking up. we will have after highs on sunday, low to mid-80s. we will be in the comfort zone, tuesday, wednesday and thursday, with low humidity, and afternoon highs, and 70s on tuesday. perhaps near 80 on wednesday and thursday as we get into next week. have a great weekend. we wil

at the mouth of the potomac where it meets the bay. that is moving to the northnd east. it has winds of nearly 60 miles an hour and also some hail as well. so, southeastern st. mary's county, look out. aev terehunderstorm is coming your way and it's going to be moving in over the next 15 to 20 minutes with some very heavyhti gusts of ig p mesiler hour as well as some small hail. elsewhere, we have some light rain coming into western charles county and much of the northern neck now getting wet. i'll show did you forecast for today. that will be coming up in a couple of minutes. stay tuned. >> thank you, tom. >> now let's go to jerry edwards and the news 4 traffic network. any early problems on this first day back to school for a lot of folks? >> that's right. watch out for the youngsters out there. pretty good shape. good morning, everyone. the trip south on 270 no early worries. had the overnight road work again in the overnight hours of the capital beltway twep the 270 spur and tysons corner. wrapping that up. wilson bridge right now

that will eventually move in at the potomac and into the southern bays. mariners down there, you folks on boats. be very careful. we still have a lot of in activity in the next couple of days. one out to the west now, kind of weakening. eventually, we'll see this dry weather. this line of storm to the north. line of storms to the south. kind of in between. later in the evening, we'll probably see some activity. eventually, friday into saturday, that front is going to approach us with more drenching downpours. eventually, we get into cooler and dryer air. next week might actually feel a little more like september than august. bay temp, 82. tonight, then, scattered thunderstorm activity. around 70 tonight. warm, humid night. tomorrow, pretty much the same as we saw today. upper 80s. clouds and sun. humid. chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon. and again into the eaching hours tomorrow. we'll update the storm for you in some areas as we see things changing rapidly. >> thank you, bob. >>> still to come on eyewitness news this evening. >>> a fisherman. i'm

that operator was going through the station the potomac avenue station. the automatickic system somehow fouled up again. she had to hit the emergency brake and she was able to stop 500 feet from another train that was in front of her. today, many people -- passenger we talked to say they believe they should have made this public. the passengers should have been made aware of this and possibly the public outcry may have prevented the june 22nd accident. metro said, though, the two incidents really do not relate because during the march incident it was something on the train. it was a relay counsel point that caused the system to go down. and you might remember, june 22nd. , it had to do with a signal on the tracks, at least that's what investigators believe at this point. although they found similar, metro is saying they are different. they say in march the reason they didn't make it public because they were able to make the repair right away. >> difficult day for people at metro. what happened last night. >> we were reporter earlier today there was a deat

and our final stop in potomac, maryland, 73, a bit cooler. they made it up to 93. at reagan national, 96 degrees. not even close to the record set back in 1930 when it was 102. but we did come within one degree of tying the record at dulles where they made it up to 96 today. 97 was the record. tomorrow, a better chance of tying or breaking the record at both national and dulles. so hopefully, fingers crossed, it will be something exciting it to look at. maybe we'll tie or break a record tomorrow. 85 degrees hagerstown. state college looking at 70 degrees. if you're looking for more heat, more humidity, head to the south. memphis, 84 degrees at this hour. 82 in atlanta. the cooler, drier air well to the north. syracuse, new york. 71. 76 degrees in new york city. we had some thunderstorms that rolled across the region maybe from the north earlier this evening. that's why the national weather service issued a severe thunderstorm watch. they canceled it early. nothing to worry about this evening as high pressure slowly builds into the area. it's going to move overhead

you can see the cloud cover over the potomac river. it's actually lifted. it was much lower just a couple of hours ago and producing rain. but right now it ise beginning o dry out. we're seeing areas of blue on the radar still getting a few sprinkles in southeast washington and around the beltway in prince george's county. there is one area of some rain now from bethesda and wheaton, rockville, gaithersburg, drifting off to the north and east. right around the bay on the eastern shore, toward queen anne's and kent county they are getting a few sprinkles right now as well. southern maryland this morning had really heavy downpours. a little heavier shower crossing the western part of the northern neck moving into st. mary's county. that will pull away. we have a drying trend coming in from the west at this hour. sunshine's broken out in the shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia. temperatures are now climbing there into the low 70s. it is still only 72 in washington. we've been stuck on 72 for the last four hours. look at rainfall totals. not very much

beautiful bridge, the two statues on the east and of the bridge, crossing the potomac. and at the end is a steep rise, arlington national cemetery, midway up that rises the gravesite of president john kennedy. even a nighttime when you drive around washington, you can see the little flicker of the eternal flame and over-the-top as the cost us -- the custis mentioned, this is very interesting, that's where robert e. lee's family lived and he left of course during the civil war, and in 1864, this is called the arlington house now. the secretary of war, edward stanton put a cemetery on the ground right up to almost the base of the house, because he wanted to make absolutely -- absolutely certain that robert e. lee's survivors would never get that house back and it would remain the property of the military and property of the union for history. but now as you can see, the procession is going across the memorial bridge, and then across a mortal drive -- straight across the oriole dr. and uphill onto the grounds of national -- arlington national cemetery. brian wilson, from y

downtown 395 between the anacostia and the potomac picking up volume as well.ack to you. >> thanks, jerry. our time right now is 6:55. time to take a look at top stories of the morning. >>> a metro worker has been killed while trying to repair the track. the accident happened just before 10:00 last night on the orange line between the dunn loring-merrifield and vienna metro stops. we're told the repairman was struck by a piece of track equipment. the accident will not affect morning metro travelers, we're told. >> president obama is i mexico in the middle of the north american summit with mexican and canadian leaders. the summit began with dinner last night, ends with a joint news conference before lunch today. the leaders will talk about several issues, including joint efforts to fight the swine flu. >> today's news 4 morninger t t matter how his dayy perry keeps wo perry keeps interstate ce servisce lioocn rg virginia, cln or he ts therdest, noncomplaining r plt,esncnoomplaining worker evule anerd tt wo be ssociated with. who works eeons im jthmy 's'shehe the

over the potomac highlands we could see the overnight lows anywhere from the mid-to-upper 40s even. so very much on the chilly side. let's look at true view, a storm to talk about, take a look here down to the south off the southern edge of the baja peninsula, off the coast of northern mexico. threatening a category four hurricane. it is hurricane jimena, getting intense. so it bears watching a lot. hurricane watches already in effect for this area, as a category four, trust me, that is very, very powerful. looking at the tropics now we have another system we're looking at here. possibly this could be a tropical depression. this disturbance here over the next two to three days needto be watched as well. now it is near the islandings moving its way easterly. and as we take a look at the fox live radar, maximum high definition radar, seeing to the south along the frontal system. the storms, some of the moisture could go up to the edge there, a passing shower here. so the weather maps threaten, tonight, very much on the cool side as we head through tomorrow. we'll see a low pressure sy

great to be in potomac and great to be winning. i am having a lot of fun. >> the difference between potomac and your first stop. >> the hitters are a little better. they take advantage of mistakes but the hitters in potomac take advantage of the mistakes. >> 36 strikeouts and one walk. was it the umpire that called the walk. >> no, i left it up in the zone and it was going through my head too. and it was the last time i was on with you guys. and so, might have gotten jinxed. >> make sure we go through that. and talk about signing early. you mention it that day and how important it was to get going. >> you know, once i found out that the nationals picked me it was a perfect fit for me. i want to ride that out and get the career started and get the career out. and throw the first pitch. and it was really important for me to get going. and layingers town and get started. >> tell the people what you feature. >> i am a fastball. you know, and fastball guy. trying to work on the fastball. go through different breaking balls and curve bal

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almost half an inch on the potomac. let's check the numbers. reagan national was 95. hot and humid all the long. washington-dulles was 98. in winchester, a little cooler. still 92 in fairfax and no rain. plenty of heat in the mid- atlantic. cleaner and drier air. 77 in minneapolis. that air mass will get here, it is a question of when. we're thinking saturday or sunday. it has been moving across the area. thundershowers and storms will happen tomorrow. tomorrow through saturday until a stronger cold front kicks it to see sometime on saturday. we may start to drop the temperatures and humidity levels. scattered showers and thunderstorms. wednesday through saturday, partly cloudy, hazy and humid. storms will be more concentrated friday. then clearing and cooler and less humid by the end of the weekend. >> you will keep an eye on bill for us. >>> the rain started a few moments ago. it will not dampen anything. there is a buzz and a party going on. they did sign stephen strasbourg. he is supposed to be very special. they signed him for men -- $50 million. he is supposed t

and there is the view around the potomac river. it just looks hot. the sun is pouring down right there. and it's 90 degrees in washington, where the record high for the day is 98. we set that back in 1943 o august 10th. twe mayie it or exceed the record as we get into the afternoon. and as we take a l mk at radar now, we have no precipitationave and we have this excessive heat advisory going into effect at about 45 minutest noon. it includes fairfax, arlington, and the district of columbia, and montgomery and prince george's counties, and south and east of us as well as the eastern shore for the excessive heat. already 90 at dulles, and 90 degrees at prince george and montgomery and fairfax. and a breeze off the bay, it's still hot in annapolis. and now, this is the current heat index. the combination of the heat and the humidity. it feels like 96 in washington. and the dew point now 69. the dew point elsewhere in the low 70s in a few spots. that's sweltering humidity. around the neighborhoodd netwo, prince george's county is 91. and the dew point is

there is our sky over the potomac now. we have a few clouds and at this hour, it's a little bit steamy. we have our temperatures right down into the comfort zone, and on the eastern horizon, it's cleared out a little bit. there is the view of our sunrise. sun came up at 6:20. and as we look at radar, no precipitation around at this hour. the radar shows that all those evening thundershowers that we had have dissipated. and as we then go forward and look at the temperatures, the temperatures now are in l t inhe s 70 the immediate suburbs. 60s farther to our west and north. these are the dew points. they're in the mid and upper 60s now so that is rather humid. over the last several hours we've seen the showers and thundershowers dissipating eastern shore in the low 70s. stly clear out of the mountains now. it's in the low 60s there. these showers and thundershowers coming from weak area of low pressure that's formed along this stalled front just to our south and east. beginning to clear out to the west of us. traveling today

kennedy's motorcade will travel that route over the potomac at arlington national cemetery. caroline shively is live along the procession route in washington. what is the significance of this route? >> part of the significance, trace, it's a similar route to that taken by two of his older brothers. first, john f. kennedy after he was assassinated a few years later, baby kennedy, they, too, drove past the mall with their motorcade. they, too, went past the lincoln memorial and over the memorial bridge to their final resting place of arlington cemetery. of course, he is the only kennedy brother who lived to old age, much less past middle abling, unlike his two, three older brothers actually so this is definitely a significant day for washington. we saw the dignataries and the presidents and the senators up there in massachusetts paying their respects and i think partly today as you see it's about the little guy. wa watching up on the senate step and along constitution avenue as the motorcade goes past and pay final respects to the man known as the liberal lion of the senate. >

look at the sun over the potomac river.coming up on a mostly sunny sky, it is in the mid-70s from washington to mccain and wheaton. it is quite steamy around the bay and the eastern shore in southern virginia. we don't have showers around now, but later this afternoon lightly passing showers with straight down rain. it doesn't look like a lot of wind with highs reaching the upper 80s. maybe passing showers and thundershowers tonight could interrupt the nationals and marlins at national park. tomorrow, perhaps a shower during the afternoon south and east of washington. elsewhere, lower humidity with highs in the mid-80s. it will be comfortably dry on friday with highs in the mid-80s. it is getting steamier on sunday with a small chance for highs in the upper 80s. then the heat turns on sunday into monday and tuesday, highs each day in the 90s. the upper 90s on sunday and monday with oppressive humidity. back in ten minutes with another update. jerry, good morning. somehow the traffic? >>> good morning to you. over to the bel

. >> reporter: according to metro it was march 2nd hoar at the potomac avenue station when an orange line train failed to stop. the operator, fearing a collision with another train, 500 feet away, deployed the emergency brake. >> it was not a near miss. but you do not want a car overrunning a station whether reporter: metro claims the march incident and the accident that killed nine people are not related they say a relay component on the train failed in march and so far it appears that track sensors is being investigated as the issue in june. still, in both cases, the automatic system was engaged. >> try to sweeit under the rug and let the public know about it. >> reporter: paul andrews rides metro every day and says the march incident should have thrown up red flags. the public should have been notified. >> maybe if people were notified about it maybe it wouldn't have happened. >> reporter: since the accident all trains have been running in manual. they say after hearing about another close call he would be comfortable if metro never opertes on automatic again. whether that next mo

click on living smart. >>> i went to potomac running and angie has been there.y videotape you and put you on this computer thing that not just weighs you but tells you your real shoe size is for sneakers which tend to be a shoe size bigger. >> size 11. >> buzzing able a story that is deejay. he died and they are looking in to the cause of death. they have looked at the autopsy and so far determined a cause of death sothey will do foxology and tissue tests. many reports that adam gold steen, his real name, he was found with prescription medication bottles. he had a history of drug abuse and had been part of a mtv show called gone too far that aimed to warn people about drug abuse. >> we were showing pictures of the plane crash. >> well, i will tell you what we had a battle of two horror flicks this weekend. usually they don't get released at the same time but here we go. the final destination, put up your dukes against halloween ii. final destination was the winner at number one. this is the latest installment in the franchise about people stalked by death after

here on the nation's capitol, a live shot there, with the lincoln memorial and placid potomac river. clouds will dominate today but temperatures will be rising and thunderstorms this afternoon in e prelude to the hottest day of thsuermmomororrow. .a ' fe adw rad earlier.ht showe right now,ight e erht showers offsh the atlantic sea bod o ocean's city. another sho wer off western ndryla off cumberland and mpes uratte are starting rise. 68 up in baltimore. 69 in dunn kirk and 72 in ocean city. today's temperatures should rise to the upper 80 he's. high temperatures this afternoon could approach the 90 degree mark and increasing humidity levels after dew points yesterday in the 40's and 50's. they will be in the 60's today. the pattern for the weekend is a warm front passing through for this evening. then for tomorrow, the real heat. high temperature tomorrow possibly 97 degrees. you know, pam, our days continue to shorten but mother nature is reminding us this weekend that there's plenty of summer left out there. >> thank you so much, dave. now we have a look at your morn's sports. >> g

st and there is some ipprioecitt precitation across southern portions of acthef chesapeake and the potomac. including a heavy rainfall. that looks like down near mt. vernon, heavy down there or farther to the south. t w let's look at some fog ou there. there is fog across portions of the northern area and out to the west, including along i-270 upto the north toward gaithersburg. currently 72 at reagan national. 91% humidity. the breeze is out of the northeast at 8 miles per hour. forecast for washington for today, plenty of sunshine. could be an isolated ay. derstorm t out 86 degrees. we'll have more details on ung tp tle stick with us f ttha. claudia, back to you. >> thank you, tony. >>> expect delays on metro rail red and orange lines. fort totten will not have service and you'll have to mket between brooklyn and fort totten and takoma. on the orange line trains lwil share one track between the viea and west falls church station from 8:00 tonight to closing on sunday so add 30 minutes to your trip. >>> and for a check of what we can expect on the roadways this morning, let's head out to

in the meantime when it had come time in 1864 to pick a new general to head the army of the potomac, thomas had been considered. general james a. garfield, later president of the united states, was one of his advocates. but then again, partly for political reasons, they may come out of gratitude to grant were not offering himself as a presidential candidate in the upcoming election, lincoln decided to make grant lieutenant general. that placed him in charge of all the union armies. the congressional act is noted that cleared the way for that was introduced by a lie you washburn. that also gave grant affect the direction of the army of the potomac, then led by george gordon meade. given the reckless carnage that followed, grant's appointment made reasonably be considered a mistake. lincoln's friend and counselor, alexander k. mcclure, who admire grant, wrote afterwards all, no one -- no general was better equipped for the supreme command of all our armies than thomas, who would have taken richmond with grant's army and save tens of thousands of lives of gallant men from untimely death

live view from our city camera overlooking the potomac river this morning. sunrise about 20 minutes away. on radar, we do have a thundershower crossing the lower part of the bay, heading into dorchester. elsewhere getting some light rain there in southern maryland. we don't have any other rain across much of the region. west and north of washington, lower humidity and cooler temperatures. near 70 in washington, montgomery, fairfax, prince george's county and arlington county. highs in the 80s, maybe a passing shower later on this morning into early afternoon. otherwise, partly cloudy. low humidity in place for tuesday, wednesday and thursday with highs in the 80s to near 90. more humid friday into the weekend with some clouds around, highs near 80. a small chance of a passing shower. jerry, how's the traffic? >> a live look, chopper 4 over one of the school bus parking lots in prince george's county. they're warming them up, getting ready to head out. keep an eye out for the youngsters in jurisdictions that are going back to school today. college park, inner

that's near the potomac avenue metro stop. no customers were inside at the time of the shooting and no word on a motive behind the shooting. >> metro is suspending all track work after a repairman was hit and killed by a piece of equipment. veteran worker michaelat nash w killed on sunday night at the vienna station on the orange line. aha a ro's general manager has safety standown. for the next three days, there will be neor mor track maintenance but there wil be additional safety checks at work sites. >>> the time right now 6:38. >>> gm's big gamble. how the troubled auto giant is teaming up with ebay to sell new cars. >>> and secretary of state hillary clinton's temper flares when a student asks a question about her husband, former president bill clinton. >> a dog in d.c. makes it out alive after being stuffed in a >>> weather and traffic on the 1s. good morning at 6:41. partly cloudy. we're in the low and mid-70s around this region. afternoon highs into the low 90s. might have an isolated passing thundershower from mid-aft

river potomac river as well.wers have popped up there during the early- morning hours. here is a look at the surface map for today. high pressure to our north, we still have this frontal system although it is gradually pushing away and fading away. but it still has enough presence to have some cloud cover associated with it and any energy that moves along could bring some shower activity. so can't rule out a shower or thunderstorm here and there but for the most part, we'll be dry for today. forecast for washington for today, mostly sunny and an isolated afternoon thunderstorm is possible. we showed you the weekend and again, monday, tuesday, rights now look to be dry with temperatures back into the low 90s. that is it for the weather. now, let's get more on the morning rush hour traffic from julie wright. >> i can't believe it. you want from aerosmith to lover boy talking about ody wor weekend. >> that's okay. that is not a bad transition gentleman well make you a top 40 jock yet. >> i would love it. that would

we will see 7 west minner. 88 potomac and 82348 waldorf. time to check on maryland roads. >> hey, maryland. let's look at your commute. we begin with colesville and franklin. no real traffic to report on this live shot. that's quite evident. moving to river road and falls in bethesda, looks like everybody is staying home today. is there something i don't know about? 95 southbound out of baltimore from 198 to the beltway, we are traveling it and not finding any incidents or accidents along the way. now over to andrea. >> now a few words of inspiration to jump start your morning. willy jolly is ready to help you deal with the inevitable. >> hi, this is willy jolly and today i want to share a simple idea to help you live better and have greater success. i was recently speaking for one of my clients and she said that she heard these short messages i share on the radio every day and she said it had an impact on her life because she was dealing with change. she had been moved from another city to washington, d.c. and it was uncomfortable. but she

it is a nice little area of heavy rain right now just there down at the mouth of the potomac river andy and just along the coast of virginia, some heavy rain and across southern maryland and southeastern virginia, also see something rain showers this morning. you want to be aware of that. here is a look at the surface map. high pressure. that wants to build in here here. there is your fronteddal system. that is the cause of the continuing rain and the clouds that we're seeing. -- there is your frontal system. can't rule out a stray shower or thunderstorm but most of you will not see any rain today. most of you remain dry under mostly sunny skies. 86degrees for your high. take a look at the five-day forecast. here is what we're looking at. we don't have the five-day. uslly we do. it gives me a chance to walk. that is a look at was happening with the weather. >> can you walk anyway. >> -- you can walk anyway. time now for ask the weather guy. >> this is segment where tuck are bernardino and i put our big heads together to we are your most pressing questions. today's question is weather-

and other spots just across the potomac. but the worst of it right now -- that's in montrose, see, acorn, the worst of it in that area which is -- where that bow echo is, indicating still a storm capable of producing damage winds and very, very large is right now into southern parts of st. mary's county, st. mary's city, moving towards the very tip of st. mary's county. by all means, stay safe and stay inside and we will keep you posted as this very, very nasty storm continues to move across southern maryland and out into the lower part of the bay and as we go through the next hour or so. any reports coming in, we will keep you posted. so far reports of golf ball sized hail in leonardtown and hail almost three inches across just southeast of come tomorrow, st. mary's county. back to you. >> all right. bob ryan. bob, thank you. >>> the mental health records of the virginia tech gunmen were released today and they show he was never treated at the university's counseling session. this despite orders from a judge that troubled s

look like downtown at this hour, it is quiet and beautiful, a great evening to take a ride down the potomac. the temperatures will eventually fall intoherehere is a look at g network at this hour. 84 in annapolis with a dewpoint level in the low 60's. the daytime high was 93 degrees. the official high at reagan nationalhe was 92 after a mornig low of 71. temperatures holding in the lower 90's across a good portion of the lower atlantic. 85 degrees with a surface temperature 89. high-pressure just off the shore. winds of the southwest with temperatures around 9-94 degrees. we will look for part of cloudy skies tonight and the possibility of a little bit of fog during the early morning hours, nothing that should cause any problems or delays. tomorrow we will look for a rapid warm-up. by late afternoon, around 90-94. temperatures fall and the serbs to the lumber -- lower -- temperatures fall in the suburbs to the lower 90's. mostly sunny skies. temperatures hold around nine degrees for tuesday until wednesday predict around 90 degrees for tuesday and wednesday. sheridan thunderstorms will cool

rockville over to laurel, this is all drifting to the northeast, a couple of sprinkles potomac, great falls back to centreville and toward alexandria. upper marlboro up 301 in annapolis seeing a few light sprinkles out there. heaviest stuff is west of mechanicsville and approaching benedict. south of colonial beach where the lightning coming out of the northern neck. this is moving northeast and there's colonial beach, newland, this is moving in this direction. in saint mary's county, some rain in calbert as -- calvert, as well. mod rain rain to deal with. temperatures today if we are lucky 79. there maybe a piece or two of thunder. tomorrow, beautiful. after a cool start in the middle 80s very comfortable and then satu, be be an isolated tomorrow late. 91 degrees. so isolated shower, mostly cloudy today. 75 to 80. average high is 88. enjoy it. west winds five to ten. clearing skies almost chilly in mie ws,50 in suburbs, mid- 50s, win chester to culpeper. mid-60s here in town and check out this time lapse today. we had some light sprinkle d bun haze earl anrlvi sibilities have improve

at potomac mills mall, matt brock, abc news. >>> it is a gorgeous day to get out and enjoy the weather. but it will start heating up, right, brian? >> it will feel more like august, as it should be for this time of year. that he is this afternoon as we do on a hot and muggy day. we're live in the abc 7 beaufolfort furniture area. let's take a look outside. lots of sunshine, a few clou here and there, just a really nice day shaping. 76 and the 76 and theae ptec,aetec, -- 76 a plata, very comfortable conditions. we will let you know the full forecast coming up. >>> get ready for more speed cameras in maryland. right now they are only allowed in montgomery county, but a new law takes effect in the first of october that will let them go up in school zones and highway work zones statewide. cities like cheverly and new carrollton will install them right away. frederick is likely to follow suit. now to an abc 7 exclusive. six d.c. public school teachers are supposed to get paid for the first time in months. one of the teachers, dr. holly nelson, teachers history for the high school summer pro

this is just west of the potomac. also, which can focus in a little bit. there is also a thunderstorm, not severe, but some intense rain could come out of that. that is just beginning to percolate right now. i will have details on all this, including your weekend forecast in just a minute. >> a prisoner accused of staging a violent escape is back behind bars tonight. police say that the 20-year-old overpower a sheriff's deputy during a ride to jail last week. >> u.s. marshals tracked him to a creative hiding place. >> that these trends for thousands of people. local authorities say that he was holed up in a va home and that he was hidden so well, they had to take part of the house apart. >> it turned into a desperate grab for freedom. howard county sheriff's say that he was driving him last week and he made a brief for it. >> he overpowered the deputy. the jump out of the car and at that time, he fled. >> police scoured the woods and came up empty. thursday night, a tip led them to a home outside of richmond. marshall's found the convicts brother and women

there's the sunrise over the potomac river. sun will be up at 6:15.a comfortable 66n in washington with a calm wind. now as we look at raitr,ipnecioo at tipio around the iurhenes t prince george's county. in t mid-60s in fairfax county. rweatchatat wers reportingat ne toarngustin jlit 61 degrees the. it's in the mid-60s to upper 50s in montgomery county, frederick and loudoun county and points west. only in the upper 50s around the blue ridge. excellent visibility up on skyline drive this morning. looks like it will be a beautiful day around the bay and at the beaches on the eastern shore. starting off there in the mid-60s at this hour. lookt the dew points. they have dropped down into the 50s. dew point in washington down to 56. that is comfortably dry. now as we look at the other temperatures, eastern shore on the cool side, low 60s there. out in the mountains in the 50s this morning with a mostly cle sky. and as we look at the view from space, just a few high clouds crossing the shenandoah valley into virginia. those may be in here by later on this

at 5:51, there is the potomac river. it's calm this morning. you can see the river looks le a mirror, reflecting that sky. temperature now 73 at reagan national. on radar we don't have any precipitation around the region. it's in the upper 60s in prince george's county. in fairfax, arlington, it's in the upper 60s. montgomery in the mid-60s as is howard county and frederick county. fauquier and loudoun and prince william are in the mid-60s. weather watchers checking in from southern maryland, calvert, they're reporting temperatures in the upper 60s this morning. and off to our west, weather watchers around the blue ridge, shenandoah valley reporting low and mid-60s. around our neighborhood network, in great falls it's at 66 now. the dew point still a comfortable 63, but remember the dew point's around 70, that's when it's quite humid. it is, the dew point near 70, also matching the temperature on the eastern shore. these are the dew points. it is 100% humidity there at salisbu salisbury. where you see the yellow zone, that's the high humidity f

there's the gray sky over the e potomac river. right now 72 in washington.t the radar, we do have some scattered showers where you see the green and blue from northern virginia, west virginia, into southern maryland. where you see this pocket of yellow, that is a moderate downpour right near waldorf now that continues moving slowly off to the north and east and northern charles county. it should move into southwestern prince george's county, southeastern prince george's county as well, brandywine may get a downpour in the next hour or so. elsewhere, just scattered showers around at this hour, across northern virginia, into west virginia. another batch of some light rain that may move into the net row area here in another couple of hours. temperatures now 72 in washington, near 70 in prince george's county, montgomery and fairfax. off to the blue ridge as well. blue ridge to the west, weather watchers reporting temperatures in the 60s. these are the rainfall totals we've had so far, about .1 in washington, .2 in charles county. where that one downpour is it m

potomac highlands out to the west, could see temperatures to the upper 40's. we'll warm it up into the mid 70's by wednesday and thursday as we enter the labor day holiday week, we'll call for temperatures in the lower 80's, nighttime lows in the 60's. summer slowly coming to an end, tomorrow it will feel absolutely great out there. no humidity, cooler -- low humidity, cooler temperatures, and sunshine. the trifecta of weather. >> looks great. >> my pleasure. >> do you ever just want to get out of here? the nationals playing st. louis. highlights of their final game with one of the top teams in baseball. with one of the top teams in baseball. we come on in. you're invited to the chevy open house. where getting a new vehicle is easy. 08th icpr 'e you pay on remaig '08 and '09 models. you'll find low, straightforward pricing. it's simple. now get an 2009 chevy si lveradha flfons or u-teror $18,000 after all offers. go to chevy.com/openhouse for more dai. ls >> the redskins take a long look at individual performances from friday night's game against the new engla

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it happened on the orange line near the potomac station. the train operator saw the train was going to overshoot the stop so he hit the emergency brake and the train came to a halt 500 feet. metro says that was plameed on a faulty component on the train which was replaced. >>> investigators still trying to figure out what went wrong with the deadly collision over new york's hudson river. nine people were killed. >> there were three people on board a plane, a piper pa-32 when witnesses say that plane approached the chopper from behind and clipped it with a wing. the helicopter had just taken off. seven of the nine victims' bodies have been located and removed from the hudson and the eckage has as well. >> the helicopter was removed from the water and has been taken to a pier for further examination. looking at positioning, looking at orientation of the aircraft and that work hayet to be done. >> the instruct tim' families spent the weekend identifying their loved ones. federal investigators say it could take months before they know the exact