the joy of the water on the potomac is the joy of living on the potomac. >> reporter: there are times when you needed a canoe to get your morning coffee at starbucks and floods going back as far as anyone can remember. a lot of people are hoping this just isn't another one. >> we need the rain. not that much in that sort of time but we need the rain. >> reporter: yeah, too much. now it's probably a good idea to walk around your house and take a look. this is a man hole here, but if you have a drain in your yard, you may just want to shovel it off, make sure there is no dirt in it and it's always a good idea to come over and take a look at your gutters and make sure that they are cleared off. although it's obviously getting late for that. and we are expecting some winds too so you want to make sure that this stuff is -- your lawn furniture isn't blowing around. there are going to be sandbags given away in alexandria. let me throw it to scott broom, my colleague in annapolis. >> hey, bruce. you just talked about sandbags and here in annapolis at the city dock they have a pallet loaded o

evans has filed a $10 million lawsuit against potomac center and the holding company genesis health care and 35 other defendants. his attorney said these problems are rampant in for- profit nursing homes. >> this is not one person, a rogue employee, this is the whole -- virtually the whole medical staff there. >> reporter: potomac said the resident in question received appropriate care during his stay and denies he was neglected at any time. potomac also said it is committed to providing quality care and will continue to cooperate with the government's investigation. in arlington, peggy fox, 9 news now. >> potomac also said the two employees accused of assault have been terminated and the others charged with forgery and neglect have been put on administrative leave pending the outcome of trials. >>> a rash of home and car break-ins have fairfax county cops looking for a serial burglar. more than 70 incidents have been reported in reston, fair oaks, mclean and sully and residents were home sleeping and the crooks went off cash. the most recent happened today in the oak ton area. >> it's s

with the amount of rain, the potomac could jump its banks.indication that it could rise 5" to 2-3' with some expectations. back to you. >> thank you very much. our live team coverage of the weather continues with kristin. she joins us live from goose creek in louden county. you told us earlier that goose creek's flood stage is 12'. nowhere near that this morning with the downpour, correct? >> reporter: absolutely. we have been out here for four hours now. during that four-hour time period, we watched goose creek rise 2". this is goose creek outside of leesburg in louden county right under route 7. the water is churning. it has been, if you can call it white water, the roughness in the water has been picking up throughout the morning. nothing terrible. right now, the river is at 1.4'. when we got here this morning at 3:30 or 4:00, it was at 1.2'. the river has gone up 2" since we have been out here. it is expected to crest at 5.4' tomorrow morning. 5.4' is nothing for goose creek. this river is not expected to go out of its banks. there are da

the potomac we see high tide around 1:25.n terms of rainfall we are getting obviously a significant amount. there are concerns that the tide could rise five inches higher than normal as much as two to three feet. that's where the flooding concerns come in. so if you want those sandbags they are available. back to you. >> thank you. >>> in annapolis, maryland, some are concerned the flood watch may just be too much for an aging dam. the 90-year-old dam's foundation is eroding and there are gaping cracks in the walls. state regulators have declared the structure unstay and ordered think city to fix it. city workers drained the dam in anticipation of the floodwaters. >>> the district, public works employees handed out residents sandbags wanting to add protection to their homes an they are reminding residents to bring patio furniture inside to keep it from getting blown an an remember to unplug computers and televisions to avoid any power surges, just in case lightning becomes an issue. >>> stay with us all morning for conning co

news 4's tracee wilkins reports now from potomac, maryland, where people were waiting r the lights to come back on this morning. >> reporter: yeah. we've definitely seen worse weather than what we've had today. but for the folks in river falls, it doesn't seem to take muchore than this to knock out their power. >> th year in particular has been very bad, but there's always been power outages that you wouldn't expect in this neighborhood. >> reporter: and now weather a little light rain, no power again. but since so many of the homes in the river falls communityn potomac are on separate grids, it's not a problem for everyone -- just the same people over and over again. >> and a 10-year-old who's afraid to be in the house when it rains by himself because he assumes the power's going to go out. >> reporter: even with underground lines, neighbors say the power outages have persisted. and now they started a community listserve online. main topic of discussion -- where to get a good generator. and some are considering purchasingem in bull tok cut down on costs. >> and it's probably a list o

i want to tell you a little bit what we are expecting for the potomac later today. we have a coastal flood watch in affect all along the potomac, including the 20-block swath that always seems to get flooded in old town alexandria historically when we have major rain pattens moving in. i was at the waterfront a little while ago. it seems the water levels are pretty high. even though we are close to low tide. low tide is 8 a.m. this energy morning. high tide is what we really have to consider today. that is 1:00 p.m. at that point, as howard has been reporting, we have a lot of rain expected today. so there is really a risk of flooding today that folks need to be aware of. we have been showing you the drainpipe all morning long. we will walk over here. this will give you an idea how quickly the water is coming down. we really have not seen it pick up that much. it is definitely heavy rain, but it is not coming down in sheets we have seen bouts of that this morning, and i want to tell you about the drive in. definitely a lot of standing water out there as kristin fish

this is the strand, the last street before the potomac river. but here's what it looks like earlier. the whole end of king street was flooded and one woman took her shoes off to get across the street. you see, she had parked her van right where the street became flooded. she had to get it out of there in case the street was to get more flooded. but i mean, the water was sitting here on this roadway. there was so much water that traffic barricades were floating. over at the bell haven marina, boats were rocking. there was a man trying to tie up his boat so it wouldn't be damaged. things were rough there. there were park rangers standing guard to make sure things didn't get out of hand with the flooding. they had sandbags at the ready. and the city provided sandbags for its residents and businesses as well. >> i'm getting sandbags. we have flooding in the backyard. raised up 4 inches and that was just this morning and now we have a couple inches to go. it will come in the house. >> we haven't heard too many stories of flooding. mainly just sandbag

much of it over leesburg, about to cross over the potomac into the county. we are looking at sunshine by midday or afternoon. at lunchtime anticipate clear skies locally. clearing from the southwest to northeast. becoming less humid. southwest will end at 10-15. partly cloudy tomorrow, increasing collards by the evening. late-day showers cannot be ruled that tomorrow evening. debbie rain possible wednesday night into thursday -- heavy rain. >>> happy campers on 95 in and out of baltimore. no problems going south into richmond. around the beltway. let's go forward a spin. getting the green light through southeast coming into northeast. no problems on the beltway in virginia. giving you the green light, normal travel times between fredericksburg and the the lead, in and of baltimore, nothing on 270, 66 between centreville and the beltway, an undertaking you live to the beltway at university blvd., looks ok. back to you. >> thank you. >>> continuing storm watch coverage, the two-day rain is creating complications borrowed construction projects. the weather has

small craft advisory for the bay and title potomac.one forecast, you're in the 70s in oakland, but in the 80s in cumberland. 89 in culpeper. a little better chance of a storm towards martinsburg. etch there, it will be few and far between. 88 downtown. 86 in annapolis and small craft advisory in effect. next seven days, upper 80s tomorrow, 90 on thursday and friday. 81 on saturday. nice, maybe a sprinkle on sunday. not a huge deal. then we are back up to 80 on monday and bruce, tuesday, you know, some showers and thunderstorms possible. probably the best chance of storms will be tuesday of the next seven days. >> we need the water. we need the water. >> we need the rain for the vegetation and the soil is some kind of dry. >> thanks a lot. here's one straight out of derek's weird news file. police bust up a drug ring in columbia and make this odd arrest seriously. the parrot told people to run once police started their raid. now he is facing charges of aiding and abetting drug traffickers and he's not alone. columbian police have been g

then we go back through history, back through history, chesapeake, potomac hurricane of 19 # #.famous hurricane. if you are into hurricanes, i advise to you study up on this one because it is fascinating. this hurricane passed just to our east and by just to our east, i mean it went right up across the potomac. up through prince george's county, right through eastern parts of washington, d.c. and then up through central maryland on its way through town. so the answer is yes, the potomac hurricane of 1933 did come right new downtown washington on its way north. it was no longer a hurricane. it was a tropical storm at that hour but we have had a tropical storm/hurricane come right through room so that still qualifies even though it was a tropical storm? >> certainly i think it does for this question. if you have a question you want answered, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the weather tab and we'd be happy to answer your question. thank you so much, lonnie. thank you so much, eye of the tiger. >> let's check in with julie for a look at traffic. >> good morning to you all. you will

that's where king street meets the potomac. the city was handing out sandbags to anybody who needed one for most of the day. meantime, suray chin is live in vienna where folks are on edge there as well. >> derek, as soon as you came to me, it just started pouring down rain. didn't have enough time to get my hat. it is coming down pretty hard. we do know that the street that was flooded is just down the road from here and residents here are just saying, and so is this guy right here, here we go again. this is what it looked like on many streets that flooded. a merry-go-round of cars at low lying areas from anandale to vienna. those that took the chance found out the hard way and abandoned the cars all together. rising water over flowed over old court road. basically all along. roads flooded, bricks remembers flood waters in the backyard of this house. high waters turned it into a lake. but today -- >> last month it was the second big flood they've had here, so this time it was not quite so bad. so it's always a sigh of relief. >

while we have not seen the potomac crest over the banks yet. it could happen as we see the rain continue to fall. things are lightening up right now. but there's more on the way. we will continue to see rainfall 2-4 inches. there's a flash flood warning in effect for alexandria and the metro region and until 10:45. that could be extended as the day goes on. standing water. this is a tiny example. but all around alexandria on the side roads there is standing water. this is video we shot early this morning where we saw high waters in downtown alexandria. same all over the region. in fact, speaking with some we work with at the station. on their way into work on 395, there was standing water there. you want to be careful with that and the rain is coming and going in heavy spurts. so right now it's light but in 30 minutes it could pour down rain. need flash flood warning and the tornado watch is in effect. >> courtney robinson live in alexandria. we thank you, very much. meanwhile, here's the scene in the district are where people are also taking p

>> i was on the potomac, some areas are eight inches deep. we need rain. >> thanks, tom.ting for metro to reduce the cost of the smartcards, you have to wait longer. there are apparently a number of concerns, one of the reasons metro may run out of cards, two, people could use them and skip out and paying the fares of $2.50. each card costs $thirty-nine.90, that leaves fve minute snoo state officls held a ribbon cutting for it on monday stimulus money helped to pay for theoad way. we are in delays, not as bad as it was. connecticut avenue, there is extebsive delay leaving montgomery county, across the american lesion brige to get past georgetown pike. to the left, at the spring thereto field interchange, we are looking good. southbound on i-95. make your way south of springfield. as you can see in the hov lanes are helping that southbound friday late-morning trip and continuing. >> the popularity of singer lady gaga is growing, from bad copy cats to halloween costems, we are seeing where everywhere we look these days. a look at what is hot, what is not, with lady go go. >

. >> there was a tunneling system that went down to the potomac river where the boats were moored. >>howed us the underground railroad. >> the the priests when he knew the underground railroad people were coming this way, they'd ring a bell okay, we're safe. so they would come into the system, get clothing, get water. then they would head out and go north to pennsylvania or canada. >> reporter: welcome to the queen city. >> we have people that are moving here to retire and seeking employment and fiving jobs and creating a vital way of life. >> both of my interests have been met in this area. i can walk down any street 24/7 and not feel afraid. >> reporter: it's all about history. >> you can come through the mountains to get here. it's well worth it. it does seem like we're at far ends of the spectrum but we're not that far away. >> reporter: car ride, trolley ride, train ride. art, beautiful buildings and always has the welcome mat out. i want to talk to ed here. you really built this city that we should all come to it. >> we welcome. >> reporter: what is it about the heart of cumberl

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heed over to reston and fairfax county and montgomery county to the potomac. around the district we are looking at heavy rain. areas shadeed in orange and yellow, rain rates at an inch per hour. and that's going to be the situation for the early morning hours. we've updated our rain map totals. 2-5 inches rain amounts as you head closer towards the bay, in excess of five inches. we also have a wind advisory in effect for anne arundel counties. also st. mary's county until 6:00 p.m. this evening tornado watch until 1:00 p.m. for the district, arlington, alexandria and montgomery counties and points east. on top of that a flash flood warning for the entire metro area. we look for conditions to eventually improve. it's going to take a little time, but by this time tomorrow we are looking at clearing skies. we'll take a look at the extended outlook in a few minutes. alisa parenti, how's traffic? >> -- lisa baden, how's traffic? >> lots of accidents. hitting walls of water and spinning out. washington boulevard. this crash has been southbound and more equipment has

. >> i went to the potomac trash summit where i caught up with the ultimate cheap sky.d me how to do a trash audit to discover where you're wasting money. jeff yeager knows a lot of things, but one of his favorite subjects is trash. >> here's the great news if you're a cheapskate like me, which is by producing less trash, you are going to save money, and that's what my trash autopsy is all about. >> reporter: a trash autopsy, says yeager, is a thorough dissect shun v all your discards, garbage, and recycling. >> look at all that, see what i'm talking about in the's you know credible. >> reporter: what you find will tell you where you're throwing money away. >> is it's like i'm look 18 bank account. >> reporter: first he picks on plastic water bottles. >> it would cost $1400 a year to get all of your water in bottles, as opposed to 47 cents to get it out of the tap. >> reporter: lots of packaging means could you shop smarter. senate's probably cost ugh 50 to 150% more to bay those small containers versus buying a large container or buying in bulk. >> reporter: fast-food

1-2 inches across the immediate metro, the potomac high lands, shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, possibly 2-3 inches. a slow-moving system, potential of severe thunderstorms monday night and tuesday. we will keep the updated. partly cloudy, cool overnight, nighttime lows in the 50's. tomorrow morning, in the 60's, the sunshine peeks through, but quickly erodes as the clouds increase, showers develop. 68-73. these are the high temperatures. the extended outlook, warming just a little bit on monday, 74 degrees. a cloud cover and unstable air tuesday, 80 degrees, chance of thunderstorms. wednesday and thursday, as quickly as the rain arrives, it will move out. lots of sunshine, the high pressure, temperatures back into the middle, upper 70's. that is where we should be this time of year. we need the rain, only half an inch at dulles international this month. what is >> the rain deficit this year? >> about 7 inches at reagan national. >> coming up, a rising star at a local school. hey ella! hey. here's boulder. ok, see you in an hour. [ boulder barks ] bye, bye. here we go. come on

this is &ooking down at the potomac right near the memorial bridge.u can actually see the bottom. and the water levels are unusually low because we're in a very dry period. also, we are approaching low tide. interesting. cumberland 68. look at the morning low in the 40's. hancock 43. reagan national was closed to 57 for a low temperature. right now we are at 70 in frederick. manassas of 276. arlington bond up a little bit at 75. -- manassas at 76. today will be similar to yesterday. a record $igh is 96. that was set in 1885. here is a look at the satellite and radar composite. this is a cold front. this will show lelowly push eas. a back, when will kick in. the southerly wind will bump are temperaáures up. tonight mostly clear skies. 6 quite as cool as what we had last night. =v(>>> d.dc. car owners are beig asked to give up their vehicle for one month. some are being asked to carpool or fight. and >> i use my car for a 5 minute trip verses hopping on the metro. >> program leaders said lester 65% of the participants said3 participating in the challeng

there's a wind off the cooler waters of the potomac. many locations are now into the mid and upper 80s, heading to the mid 90s. we have warmth from the lower great lakes to much of the midwest. we'll have this warmth with us throughout the afternoon, but some relief on he way coming into the midwest. there's a prng triggering showers in michigan, northern indiana, central illinois. that front will arriving, but for this afternoon, sunny and hot, the record 94 set on this date back in 1970 will likely tie it or exceed it. by midafternoon with a southwesterly breeze. a look at the release on the way for the weekend and changes with much-needed rain. detai are coming up. >> we'll see you soon. thank you, tom. jim ross has the latest on the traffic. >> good morning, eun. we have some serious accidents out there. we have another one inside the beltway. right now we're looking at the beltway at river road, this is the it inner loop. an accident along the left side. now, in we could, we could g over to the camera that's overlooking the rooseve

moving into loudoun county, it is going to cross the potomac and cross into west virginia and also crossing into maryland as well. here is our forecast. clearing out later this midday and afternoon. highs in the low 80's. increasing clouds by tomorrow afternoon. late day showers. potentially very heavy rainfall wednesday and especially -- wednesday night, especially throughout the day thursday. in the mid 70's at that point. the weekend, fall-like in the 60's and sunny. lisa, how is the traffic now? >> you know, it is quiet. just anticipating the rain that you're talking about coming in this morning. we had lingering road work. it was guardrail repair. that exit ramp was temporarily blocked. here is the travel times between richmond and baltimore. traffic streaming away from us. this is the southbound direction. back to alison. >> thank you. 4:54 is the time. >> thank you. 4:54 is the time. 69 degrees. more bold flavor!onds! more variety! more value! more of what you want... not what you don't. blue diamond almonds. (play-by-play announcer) it's up and it is... good! >> ♪ >> there she is. w

potomac river rrentlood ste is around 4 feet.recast is for 9 feet going into saturday morning. so just about a foot below flood stage ther then alexandria waterfront likely to see the water rising as well as we go into friday. across the area right now, it's been pretty sticky outside, if you haven't been out in a while. a lot of moisture in the area. against that's tropical moisture. tempetures pretty high at about degrees. d.c., too, at 79. you folks up north in olney right now, 79 as well. fairly uniform temperatures. 76 tre in ocean city. cool back around hagerstown, martinsville and winchester where it is 66. where do we go from here? hang out. we'll see more of the next wave of moderately heavy rainoming to the area about 8:00 or 00 p.m. i don't think that we'll have a whole lot of lightning with this system when it comes up but there will be the possibility of more spin in the atmosphere. could have more tornado warnings come your way as was the case this morning at 3:00 a.m. and é< 4:00 a.m. then things will wind down tom

outside, the perfect thing to d is get the sailboat out and go for a little drift on the potomac. we made it up to 85 degrees today. that's seven degrees warmer than average after a 61-degree start this morning. right now, 83 wonderful degrees outside. the hudity, not too bad. dew point temperaturesre in the upper 50s to near 60 now. low to mid-80s all over the map. just a little bit cool alongside the bay. the naval academy, 76 degrees. st. mary's city, bay wter temperature rs coming back down into the upper 70s, but the tropics are not done with us yet. this is hurricane igor, already sustained winds in the hurricane force range on the island of bermuda. the center of the storm is only about 70 miles off the west coast of bermuda right now and this is going to be a very close call. still looks like the eye wall is going to stay barely oshore, but it is going tbe a rough night in bermuda. hurricane force winds and large battering waves. some out in the openaters of the atlantic now between 35 and 40 feet tall. that's unbelievable. for u the warm air we've had all weekend is getti

the boats are rocking on the potomac. and that water is looking higher and higher and you can see that the ground is saturated in old town, everett shinya. -- alexandria. >> thank you, john. the for the first time, we are schuring from three young survivors aboard the bus that tumbled over -- we are hearing from three young survivors aboard the bus that tumbled over an embankment yesterday. brad bell has more on what the youngsters are saying in the latest on the investigation. >> we do have some information on the investigation. we heard from maryland state police this evening that derrek team investigator was able to check the bus appier -- their team investigator was able to check the bows out. they said there was nothing on the bus that could have led to an accident. they are now waiting on the autopsy of the driver to see if a medical condition could have caused this. >> safely at home in carlisle, pa., vincent, randy and madison can tell the horrifying story of what it was like as a tour boat -- as their tour bus ca

>> there's a lot of sharks in the potomac, i guess. in the potomac area. at least. >> yeah. >> i like the dog sniffing the shark too. i felt bad for the shark in the freezer, it's sort of sad and pathetic. >> don't feel too badly for the shark. it wouldn't feel badly for you if it caught up with you. >> i think they're misunderstood. isha, thank you. "larry king" starts right now. >> larry: tonight, jimmy fallon. ♪ the late-night laugh man is turning prime time emmy host. he wants your host. you'll fine out. then his take on the new cast of "dancing with the stars" his old stomping grounds, "saturday night live." plus, jay versus dave versus conan. what's it like to play beer pong with betty white? jimmy fallon, keeping it real. even when he imitates other people. he's next on "larry king live." >> larry: i love our openings. thank you, folks. good night. we are out of time. jimmy fallon is here, he's host of the double emmy award winning "late night with jimmy fallon." hosting the 62nd annual emmy awards this night on nbc. >> it's not the 60-second annual

in fact, there may even be a water spout right here over the tidal potomac.peake bay and heading off to the north, now right near annapolis. they've had repeated waves of heavy rain there. each one of these particular storm cells has the poteial of producing water spouts, which are like tornadoes, but they're over water. and they generly have winding of about 30 to 35 miles an hour. but these are heavier storms just now beginning to move to southern maryland. and there's also farther to our west another area of some very heavy rain that is now moving through the western section of the northern nk of virginia. this is a long train of rain that stretches all of the way down into southern viinia and out of the southeast virginia area into eastern north carolina. you can see this area of rain that does continue to move off directly, now taking a bt toward the washington metro area. these cells where you see here that are in orange and yellow, these are the ones that are producinvery heavy rain. there is small chance that some of these could produce a funnel cloud

we continue our team coverage in potomac in a community that's lost power with every storm. tracy wilkins tells us they are considering desperate measures. >> we have definitely seen worse weather than what we have had today, but for folks in river falls it doesn't seem to take much more than tis tonock out power. >> this year in particular has been very bad. there's always been power outages you wouldn't expect in this neighborhood. > reporter: now with light rain, no power again. but since so many of the homes of the community are on separate grids it's not a problem for everyone, just the same people over and over agai >> i have a 10-year-old afraid to be in the house when it rains by himself because he assume the power will go out. >> reporter: even with underground lines neighbors say the power outages persisted. now they have started a community listserv online. the main topic of discussion by more than two dozen families, where to get a good generator. some are considering purchasing them in bulk to cut down on costs. >> it's probably a list of 15 to 20 people looking

that including the chesapeake bay area and the potomac. we could see moderate flooding.f you're in an aa prone to flooding, you probably know who you are, you can expect to see some above normal high tides over the next 24 to 48 hours. cloudy skies tonight. light rain continues in some areas. it will become heavier later tonight. think tomorrow morning's rush hour will be very troublesome. periods of rain. some will be heavy at times. 60, 65 degrees. then tomorrow afternoon, we see periods of rain. it will be heavy early but then becoming windy, 75 to 80 degrees. we'll see winds upwards of 30 to 35 miles an hour with gusts of 40. we could seen see the potential for severe weather if the storm system itself moves farther inland. we may see isolated tonights. now, 80 degrees for the hiker very windy tomorrow afternoon. still windy on friday but the winds will be shifting. things will be calming down. you'll see high temperatures. on saturday we'r definitely calm. 65 on sunday. and then we move into next week and yet another possible tropical system moving toward the area.

time to bring back the sboya with cole porter music wafting through the potomac evening? wow. all the bad news for the o bob: administration means the g.o.p. nomination is a rize p worth having. weho's definitely running for president on the republican side. plus tell me something i don't know. chris: welcome back. we're close to go or no go time for the republicans, believe it or not andho are gointo be the top competitors to take on barack obama two years from now? because they have to start now. who's running for real? there are two really g.o.p. brackets you might say. on the second bracket, mitt romney and tim pawlenty are running hard already. this year -- month pawlenty made it clear he's going to run against obama on health care. anher serious possibility is mississippi governor haley barbour. here he was just two weeks ago. >> if i run for president, what you see is what you get. i am from mississippi. i do have a southern accent. i was lobbyist and a pretty damn good one. the next president of the united states on january 31, 2013 is going to start lobbying. as far a

we have a flash flood watch in i affect along the chesapeake bay and the potomac river as well.f youlive along an area prone to coaal flieding you may see that. cloudy skies. light rain, becoming heavier and really overnight tonight. that's when i'm expecting some of the heavier rain to move in. periods of heavier rain. slow your roll. tomorrow you'll need to do so. it will bebecoming windy with winds gusting upwards to 30, 40 miles an hour. think thinks will start to calm down during the day on friday and especial for the weekend. saturday and sunday looking food. 65 on sunday and then a potential other storm, coastal storm possibly developing late monday into the day on tuesday as well. so we've been very, very dry and now it looks like we're in a very, very wet pattern and it looks like it may stick around here for another least another week or so. >> one time, doug. thanks so much. we want to head back out to the scene. craig melvin has been out there talking to witnesses at this 270 spur. craig, one of the stories that you've been hearing from, you've talketo drivers of oth

it looks like rossing the potomac and buuld in throogh the overnight.and more to work with down what is actually tornado watche3 over parts of north carolina s atmosphere is going tt continue to shift north. we can see the potential for tornadoos tomorrow. that's a concern as well. as the ssstem rides along the trough that is moving from the south. we still have the emnants of what is tropical storm nicole that is kind of losing the luster. losing the strength. ahead f it an area of low pressure. the low tracking north. as theelow moves north it will ccntinue to bring us the chance for rain. as we go through the night tonighttinto tomorrow. then this is going to turn into a low pressure, and follow that. so two areas of low pressure3 riding the trough along the mid-atlantic giving s heavy rain. flash flood watches through tonight into tomorrow. as we have the potential for heevy rainfall. how much? we are talking about anywhere from about two to 5 inches potentially cross the area. depending on where you are. some folks getting heavier amounts thannothe

. >> you hear about traces of drugs in the potomac river. >> as people flushed pills down the toilet, that affects the chesapeake bay watershed. >> you are creating the potential for serious degradation. >> up to since the day -- participants say it also helps the environment and make space in their medicine cabinets. >>> issues that affect women was the subject of a conference in arlington. hundreds attended the annual conference. maureen bunyan delivered the keynote address and told participants she wants women to carve out their own identity and stand up. >>> people with strong muscles and lots of desire participated in the dulles airplane pulled. each team consisted of 25 members working as one. they had to pull the aircraft 12 feet in the fastest time. proceeds will benefit special olympics in virginia. >>> i was the master of ceremonies at that event. it was wonderful. beautiful day for that. >> did you take a pull. >> i did not. >> today, record-breaking at dulles international, 93 degrees. the old record was 92. we broke other records. pennsylvania avenue, the wind picking up,

crossing over the potomac. you can see gaithersburg. area has been seeing rain over the past hour or two. guess what? much more in the way of rain is on the way as the remnants of tropical orm nicole make their way into the area in about the next one to two hour. that's when you're going to see things change once again. let's show you what we can expect tonight. we saw round one earlier this morning. here comes round two very early rain. another two to four inches and some gusts, winds upwards of 15 to 30 miles an hour. but gusts upwards of 40 especially along those location near the chesapeake bay. watch out as you're makingyour way out and about tonight and into early portions of tomorrow morning. >> thank you, doug. >>> people who live in a certain ighborhood in chicago say there's a 12-year-old bully there and he and his followers have been trorizing an entire block. on tuesday, that kid threw a brick through the window of a 76-year-old grandmother. it was not her first encounter with him and his hoodlums. and e had had enough. so s

>>> we begin with breaking news out of potomac maryland. a school bus crash involving at least two other vehicles. it happened along river road and bradley boulevard. one person was hurt, but at this point we are not sure of the condition. nearly 30 students are being checked out by amy workers as a precaution. it is believed they attend saint stevens and saint agnes school in alexandria. >>> one person is dead after a fast-moving fire ripped through a northwest dc apartment this morning. flames broke out shortly before 4:00 a.m. it is near irving street in the columbia heights neighborhood. lindsey mastis joining us with more. >> reporter: jessica, investigators are on the scene trying to find out the cause of the fire. they know it started on the fifth floor and went up through the stairwell. the fire was so intense that one person jumped out the window. >> there was one resident, who did jump from the interior of the building to escape the fire. >> reporter: that man died a short time later. four others are in critical condition, includi

tidal areas along the chesapeake from hartford counties through southern maryland and right up the potomac to 3 feet above çssaverage hi tide especially tomorrow morning's high tide and very gusty winds enhancing the tides through the day tomorrow with this coastal storm. at the moment generally clear and calm out there at the inner harbor. but again kind of th? before the rainstorm in this case. temperature wise 65 degrees right now humidity high xfj80% we're seeing just traces basically south of the city down through arnold and bowie and winds so far have been very, very light. expect we expect gustier winds to ú] see skies clear early on getting much murkier into the afternoon. cloudy skies kind of an indication what's to come our way. highs around the upper 60s today not bad. tomorrow we'll actually get back into the mid-70s albeit during the middle of very heavy rain. humidity has become very high. s?t,ated air so that's another indication of fuel for all the rain headed our way. at this point in time the really heavy stuff still well south of baltimore into the tide water virginia g

you can see the moon rising over the nation's capitol, reflecting off lake potomac. the current temperature and winds low. we've seen a pretty nice night and all the rain gone from the area, now off to the east. except down in north carolina, and that's where we'll start to see the rain make its way this way. still a tropical depression 16, but its moisture will move our way as well. tropical rains are inhe forecast. some areas could eily see two to four inches. i'll show you what gets what and when in my later forecast. >>> former president jimmy carter will spend this night in a hospital after falling ill in a flight today. he suffered stomch pains after flying from atlata to cleveland to promote his new book. doctors suggested he stay in the hospital overnight. carter's grandson says the forr president is doing fine. he expects to resume his book tour with two scheduled stops here in washington tomorrow. >>> family and clleagues said a final goodbye to ted stevens today. he was buried at arlington national cemetary this morning. he was a world war ii veteran befor

complained constantly about the care her husband jack received the last seven years of his last at potomacng center in arlington. he never had his dentures removed and cleaned and wasn't bathed well. he was partially paralyzed and couldn't move and barely breathing. she would find him virtually untouched. >> nobody could feed him. he couldn't feed himself. it was just dropped off there. sometimes there would be roaches in the tray. >> reporter: surveillance video caught two employees abusing jack evans. one reportedly placed a pillow over his face while other threw popcorn at him. both have been fired. others charged with forgery and neglect have been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of their trials. >>> police believe a fire was no accident. one man died trying to escape the fire while dozens of families are homeless. the 8th story of the apartment building early this morning, two men tried to jump to safety using a telephone cord and a tree just outside the building but 38-year-old pab lo perez mexia missed the tree. he ended up falling to the ground and later died. tho

crews will practice rescuing operations in the event the plane crashes in the potomac river. it should not affect normal airport operations and, brian, that's a look at tonight opposite fox 5 top five. >>> this week has been pretty perfect and it's wednesday, hump day. so you know we're looking towards the weekend. >> i think the weekend looks good, too but tomorrow not quite as pretty as today was. we'll see some showers that we need desperately no, doubt about that. it will be warmer and maybe breezier and cloudier in the afternoon and we're really keeping our fingers crossed we get some of these showers. tonight what we're seeing on satellite and radar is just some of the high thin clouds coming at us from the west and you can see that right here. these will be around later tonight. they aren't going to do too much to warm us up, but they are the leading edge of what will be some showers we hope for our area tomorrow afternoon and evening. a couple clusters, we're probably getting debris from these and i think that batch will miss us, but there ill be some showers and part

eastern west virginia panhandle has drought conditions right now and that goes along the potomac out to harpers ferry and romney and those areas. really suffering with the need for rain and doesn't look like we will see much if any today and maybe thursday in to friday a little bit but we need more than that and nothing soon enough. let get you going for tuesday. going to be a pleasant day. anyone going to be outside today, grab a little sun screen. you can still get a sun burn this time of the year and vote in the primary and elections. 77 at noon. a little breezy this afternoon. 5:00 temperature 81 here in washington. some spots to our south that will make it to the middle 80s today. the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast this morning, we do have mainly clear skies out there. temperatures are going to be in the upper 50s. so it will be cool in spots to the lower 70s. sun is coming up 64 t. this afternoon, pretty nice, breezy and warm. 81 to 88 with a northwesterly wind. some gusts up to 25 behind the front. the front doesn't have a lot of moisture to work with. no rain is expected. 5

we're coming to you from washington tonight where the potomac river, not far from here, is dangerously high, within sight of the national monument. streets are flooded all over the region. the winds are high enough to have already caused damage and it's still motoring north and there's more on the way. nbc's tom costello starts us off in chevy chase, maryland tonight. tom, good evening. >> good evening to you. in fact, the east coast has been struggling through drought conditions, but today it got hammered. it started out with heavy rain, then flash flood and tornado watches from the outer banks of north carolina all the way north to new jersey. it was the dead of night when howling winds and the heaviest rains in months swept through the mid-atlantic. flooding neighborhoods, homes, roads, and making a mess of the morning rush. in metro washington, it caused one city bus to slam into another, injuring 26 passengers, including eight high schoolers. >> neck pain, back pain, minor lacerations and abrasions. >> reporter: the d.c. area is expecting seven inches of rain by the time this movi

responders took part in river exercises that tested for seizures for pulling individuals from the potomac. sometime located airplane accident tested the operations plans for the airport authority and response personnel. routine flight operations were not affected by the drills, although passengers taking off and landing might have had some concerns. >>> saying you didn't elect me to be popular but to do what's right. president obama electrified an audience of supporters at the an mull dinner of the black caucus foundation tonight. he urged members of the caucus to go back home and rally voters to support democrats in the november elections. he likend the party's struggle to the grassroots effort that pro polled the civil rights movement. he noted the recession was hit with a particular vengeance on african-american communities. >>> d.c. congressional delegate hosted a college and financial aid expo today. dozens of recruiters from local and out of town colleges were there to recruit and explain admission requirements and of course, financial aid. it was a one stop college shopping tour fo

we will be at west potomac park getting a good jump on preventing cancer. >> weather should be nice andooling down. 60s and 70s. little warm but pretty comfortable and that's the key as we go through the next few days. turning to more comfortable conditions. today blazing heat. especially for this time of the year. temperatures could be 20 above the average of 77. you do the math and that tells you we are going to record territory. the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, mainly clear, warm and muggy, 60s and 70s. a touch of fog. some visibilities down less than a half mile. sunrise 58. today at a chance, upper 70s by 9:00. breezy this afternoon. 93 for the drive home. records to beat today 1970 was a hot day around here, martinsburg 96, dulles 9. dc 94. all of these are in jeopardy today of falling. that's how hot it will be. could be an isolated shower in the mountains as the front gets close to us. 65 to 73. an the front we condition wait for it to get here. tomorrow mid-80s. stray afternoon showers south and east of town. orwise partly to mostly sunny and feeling better with a west win

chance of a sprinkle, upper to mid-80s on the bay and small craft advisory for the bay and tidal potomac897 tomorrow. maybe a sprinkle and much cooler. low 70s with clouds and maybe drizzle or shower by late in the day. it will not be a washout, just kind of cool. on monday a better chance of rain, showers and storms in the upper 70s and may bleed in to tuesday and very nice on wednesday, thursday and friday. >> looks like the forecast is going to get on the right track. we want to know if the redskins can get on the winning track. >> number 92 would help, wouldn't it? >> if he got in the game and got in the head and heart. >> a big boo boom hanes wto didn't suit up last week but all signs point to a change this week. and also trent williams has been hobbled since the texans game. he took strides to get back in the mix today but will he play? and the wizards a great season is coming up. they make roster moves next. right here in this neighborhood, i grew up learning strong families and hard work means opportunity. and that starts with good schools. it's a tradition here in maryland-- and

of course the potomac is right here. as howard was saying we have that coastal flooding watch in affect. i have seen a bunch of estimates. anywhere from a risk of a five- inch above normal tide line to all the way to two to three feet above normal tide levels. i want to give you a sense of what kind of tide we are looking at today. low tide at 8:00 and high tide at 1:00. and that's the big risk. i want to bring you a sense of the conditions on the roadways today. we have a big puddle already accumulated here and it is only four in this morning so we will monitor the situation old town alexandria all day today and with that i will send it back to you in the studio. >> stay with 9 news now and wusa9.com for continuous coverage of today's weather. be sure to go to wusa9.com for a live look at the storm from doppler 9000 as it heads across our region. >>> 9/11 first responders offer suffering -- suffering from numerous health problems are close to receiving compensation. >>> and the struggling worldwide economy has led to pr