this is pushing up north and marching up the potomac.tered rain in montgomery county. then some more showers around richmond, to the west of richmond. steady rain should be coming to an end later this morning with just drizzle this afternoon. a few thunderstorms this afternoon. unsettled in terms of the weather pattern. a few showers possible tomorrow. mid-70s's today and tomorrow. on the weekend, big improvements. sunshine by saturday and sunday. you'll notice gusty wind. highs near they should be, a 60's, near 70. >>> there's rainfall for everyone. that is not easy. that means as low commute. that is what we have. accidents from virginia state police on 66, 95, 395. toward the pentagon this morning, starting to get heavy near duke street. no troubles in rosslyn, at the wilson bridge, 270. there was a crash at falls road earlier. out of college park and greenbelt, heavy delays. no troubles in the district. earlier accident on 295 at pennsylvania avenue is gone. stick around for more. >>> 6:41, 62 degrees. >> coming up, herman cain, a cl

moderate showers in lorton as well as crossing over the potomac. temperatures will not be moving much today. 65 in the district right now, 61 in martinsburg. mid-60's's, all day long with showers off and on. of use body showers thursday and friday. -- a few spotty showers. >>> in good shape in virginia. here's a picture of the beltway at branch avenue moving nicely. inner loop and out a note near andrews air force base, no troubles at the wilson bridge. looks good at colesville road and the beltway at holy cross hospital. in clarksburg, headlights are southbound. 95 traffic in springfield, you can see the reflection of the headlights on the roadway. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 4:32. a man died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in beltsville. >> he was hit last night while walking near montgomery rd. and baltimore ave. the driver and a car were found a short time later with the help of a witness. we will have more in the next half-hour. >>> metro commuters are hoping for a better ride this morning after a number problems extra. it starte

jim has brought this here for me because we're promoting cruising on the potomac. it's something new. it's fabulous. and when you're cruising on the potomac, what is better than sipping virginia wines? that's right! the washington wine academy is sponsoring these cruises every friday on the potomac, and jim is here to talk more about it. let me tell you, you don't have to go out of state to get a great wine! because virginia has fabulous wines. >> i agree. >> really? and everybody -- this is something new that we're trying to promote. >> yes. >> yes, i'm ready. >> this is now the official grip of virginia. >> that's right! yes, yes, yes! cheers. and this is a great -- i'm going to take a little sip. mm! i've had this before. this is very good. this is very good! >> german sellers. >> okay. very good. this is lovely! and what is the red? >> the red is actually from a blend in virginia. >> okay. now, what i heard was that back when george washington was in virginia, that wine started back then. this is not something new. >> not at all. they are huge proponents of eur

sponsored by the potomac conservancy.walks andalso an art exhibit and other family activities. >>> perfect weekend for an outdoor art gallery. we'll take you there when we come back. >>> and can we keep this nearly perfect weather into the next week for the start of work can school and topper -- and school? topper is up next with the forecast.

be a little hail with the core of the storm over the potomac river that crosses into maryland. we'll be watching that for the short term. long-term though today, looking at some showers and storms and drizzle and fog early. temperatures only in the upper 60s to low 70s to mid-70s south of town. monika? >> we'll take a look now at a map. there was an accident here at duke street at gordon in alexandria. bicyclist struck early this morning. authorities tell me it is all cleared up. you're good to go in that area. we'll take a closer look at virginia roads. back to you. surae and andrea? >> thank you, monika. we're looking at some entertainment news right now. antonio banderas explores the dark side of plastic surgery. >> and cast members of the new footes foot loose movie dance their way up. >> stars walk the red carpet for the new york premiere. the remake of the 1980s classic opens on friday. the original film launched the career of kevin bacon. in a morality tale about a small town that bans dancing. a new generation takes over for the remake. >>> antonio banderas stars in the

sprinkles this morning will come to an end in the potomac highlands.ew systems will converge overhead on wednesday for the next chance of rain. near 60 for a high temperature on friday. >>> southbound d.c. 295 near malcolm x avenue there's a hole in the bridge. and a portion of allentown rd. is allowed to get through under branch avenue. branch avenue is open entirely. you will find restrictions allentown road and branch avenue. tons of cleanup underway for some lumber. we will have more on breaking news coming up on our next report. stick around. >>> our top story, the racing world is mourning the loss of its champion driver. he died doing exactly what he loved. in the 500 winner dan lunddan waldenheldon died yesterday. the drivers were reaching over 200 miles an hour during practice. >> now a sports that he leaves behind and his family. >> good morning. it was supposed to be a showcase event for the struggling indycar series but with speeds than high in a crowded field of 34 cars aggressive driving was a big concern from the start. >> i think i am ge

sky conditions, absolutely sensational for today's activities down along the potomac, ridge of high pressure in control that will set us up for plenty of sunshine. mostly sunny light winds high of 57 degrees, thing -- 70 degrees. things will be very very nice back to you. >> thank you gwen. well t new martin luther memorial will be dedicated today activities begin 8:00 a.m., main program 9:00 a.m., aretha franklin headlines at 11:00 a.m., president barack obama is delivering the key note address. >> you may remember the original dedication was postponed in august because of hurricane irene. audrey barnes has a preview of this historic day. >> reporter: oh, my god the sunrise is beautiful and has been great ever since the gates here opened at 6:00 a.m. and people have been pouring in ever since. the seats are filling up but still very long lines of people waiting to witness this historic moment, 15 years in the making. as the nation prepares to officially dedicate the monument on the national mall honouring a black leader, the fight for jobs he was so passionate about, continues. doug hatter

upper 60's in the potomac highlands.e will have changes in the middle and at the end of the work week. a big dip in the jet stream will get accentuated by the middle of the week. the two systems will converge near the washington area. one coming up from florida and another from the great plains. they will combine to become one system, giving us rainshowers on wednesday. gusty conditions pushing the colder air in place. ms. 70's today mr. sun and clouds. the same story tomorrow. -- mid 70's. showers off and on late tuesday night into wednesday. gusty on thursday as the cold air pushes into our region. friday i would not be surprised with high temperatures in the upper 50's with sunshine and then sunny skies on the weekend. low to mid 60's on the weekend. changes are coming. >>> slow getting there. we will take you near andrews air force base. we have a call on the scene of an accident with a stock that fell over and blocked its load on allentown road and branch avenue. there's a lot of cleanup underway. branch avenue is i

thailand's. -- the potomac highlands. a little disturbance slides then. that will come in at sunday. that will increase the cloud cover, partly cloudy. still pleasant but late in the day, by the evening, we cannot rule out an isolated showers closer to pennsylvania, near the mason dixon line. the next chance of rain is late tuesday and wednesday. we are getting another could break from the rain showers. we will not lose the leaves and the wind because they have not really changed color jet. -- they have not really changed colors yet. >>> thank you. it is now time to give away our vip trip for two to the country music awards. >> the winner gets airfare hotel, and two tickets to the cma. congratulations to sean wieland. >> the next to the weight is $700 of groceries delivered to your door by peapod. we will announce the winner next friday on abc 7 news at 5:00. >>> coming up, cab fares that could be going up in the jurisdiction. >> plus, a church fight comes to a head in court. >> why do we need a new version of >>> the "fo

that's advancing a across the potomac and heading into montgomery county shortly.emperatures around the region are cool. we're down into the low to mid 60s throughout much of the area. 65 at reagan national, 50 in shennendoah valley in the mountains. passing showers, mid day, clouds near 70 and during tavern, low 70s. late afternoon and into this evening, we could get more thunder showers through mid evening. after that, maybe lingering showers till midnight. we'll be in the upper 60s by then. changes on the way for friday, we'll look at that and improving news for the weekend and into next week. that will be at 4:51. danella, how is traffic? good morning. right now, police and the fire department are on the scene at this accident here. duke street at south gordon street. sticking in virginia, checking local roadways for you there, i-95, no problems taking 95 in both directions. 66 looks good, as well, in both directions both inside and outside of the beltway. make your way through the rosalyn tunnel, nice and clear for you as you continue your commute towards the

road just west of the village of potomac. the sky is brightening once again. for a while there, it got absolutely dark. a deep gray, pelting rain, a whole lot of lightning. it appears that there may already be some power outages in montgomery county. we did see some utility trucks. it was so dark with the storm that it was hard to tell if there was power out in neighborhoods. i will say what is odd, there's a whole lot of lightning. very little wind, which i'm so used to these storms that we cover and you see the branches falling and the trees bent over. not the case in this one. i will say driving is fairly treacherous. water is very quickly pooling up on the sides of roads. people just need to slow down, very . rain still falling and that's it from potomac. looking south, the bad storms in virginia, we are expecting to come in this direction. so we are situated, very experienced storm chaser. in a position where we can record the best video to get it to you. >> all right, that sounds good, andrea, thanks so much. take it ea

with disabilities west of the potomac in parts of virginia, down 2 1/4 mile or less. current temperatures, 50 at reagan national, 43 in gaithersburg, 49 in martinsburg, 46 in cumberland. 66 this afternoon, mostly sunny through the afternoon. partly cloudy tomorrow. best chance of rain is thursday with nighttime rain possible wednesday. now to lisa baden. >>> 70 eastbound before meyersville there's an accident. that was allowing traffic to get by, and give yourself expect -- give yourself a couple extra minutes. we begin in maryland in this camera. i love this picture, the beltway near route 5 near andrews air force base, moving nicely. and across the potomac river, we have no worries on the 14th street bridge. stick around. we will have the latest from newschopper 7 in a little while. now to news. >>> during selection continues today in the case of a store employee accused of illegally intrudin -- accused of beating a co-worker to death. >> jummy olabanji is at montgomery county court house with what to expect. >> high-profile case. it's hard to find anyone around mon

and later more west potomac. a pass to chris carter for the score. west potomac wins 45-10.can always log on to dc.highschoolsports.net for the latest news, scores and great features on students. it's all on our website right now. that will do it for this week's toyota game night report. congrats to all of tonight's winners. we leave you with the band of the week from oakton. until next week, i'm kristen berset. have a great night. ♪band playing

really out of mclean right along the potomac headed toward potomac maryland, rockville, up toward seneca. we'll zoom in and show you that prince george's county, anne arundel, all quiet right now. look at this guy coming here from around mclean to potomac, maryland, headed toward rockville. this will be crossing 270 in the next 20 minutes or so. there could be a little small hail with this. this goes down south and west with rain into parts of prince william and fauquier counties. a little thunder and lightning there south of folksville and a few showers west of fredericksburg that continue to move north and east. monika? >> if you're planning to head out early this morning, although volumes are light with the wet road conditions, we do have some issues. be aware of that. that's why i've given it the yellow light. no big deals again just take it easy. nice and slow out there. here's what it looks like on the beltway if you're planning to head over to virginia, the maps aren't going to move for me. let's go over to a live picture over on to 395 and 95, here's what it looks like in springf

in the area through the course of tonight as well but clouds and rain not going anywhere over the potomac highlands, bridge ridge. higher elevations could see a little mixture of light snow and rain there and even frost a possibility for the far west. overall we're looking at still

good warnings for dc, arlington and the areas along the potomac. the water could be two, two and a half feet. same story around annapolis. those are coastal flood advisories. tides maybe a foot and a half above normal. it is going to be a problem like it has been a lot this year. 66 right now in town. also down south and east at 66. 50s winchester and that is where we are seeing some of the fog. 64 on the dew point. 66 on the temperature. humidity 93%. southerly wind at 8 miles per hour. for us the middle of the country, nothing happening kansas city to st. louis. once we can get rid of the moisture that is going to come through this morning, this is our weekend back here. we are going to be looking at this to come through between oh now and 2:00 or 3:00. after that the winds turn to the west and we clear out rather nicely. here's a look at the next three days. today 71. tonight we are back in the 40s and 50s. it is going to get chilly tonight. 67 tomorrow with a brisk wind at times gusting over 20 miles per hour. but a nice sunday. there is so muc

dense fog the advisory until virginia in northern and in the blue ridge, potomac in virginia is where dense fog advisory, shaded in gray. 55 degrees at reagan national, gaithersburg, 50 in martinsburg. relatively mild. temperatures will continue dropping. sunny today. high temperatures in the mid afternoon. light northwesterly wind. the best chance of rain is still thursday. even wednesday night we could and some showers. mostly on thursday. again on saturday we could have a few rain showers. 70 degrees tomorrow. on friday through the weekend. that's the latest on the forecast. >>> the commute is ok. clearing overnight construction. accidents to report on the interstate. clear sailing in through the 295 and onto the freeway. ride on suitland parkway pennsylvania avenue. 95 betweenon baltimore.d a good run on 66. let's pull up a picture of the washington parkway. camera.his north of reagan national airport, looking good. back to you. >> thank you. now you can follow breaking twitter and the fight cancer as the same time. to the susan g. the firstn for followers. thank you for helping a

see the dog walk in avondale and potomac. mostly sunny. pretty good day for maryland football.ighs near 70. winds southwest at 10 to 20 and rather gusty. the day planner, you get up early in the morning. upper 40s to mid-50s. 60s by noon. winty. you're playing golf tomorrow. one or two club wind luke. then 68 to 72 by evening but a nice, bright day. the next three days it will warm up a little bit on sunday. we are back in the mid-70s. still kind of windy to breezy at times but pure sunshine then had to put a shower in monday. temperature in the low 70s. after monday we pop in the low 80s. tuesday briefly. we stay dry tuesday. then a cold front approaches. showers, rain, thunderstorms on wednesday. still mild on wednesday. then cooler as we get into thursday and friday leftover showers and temps struggling to get to 60. >> thank you, sir. >>> from our weird news file. holidays. space. the final frontier. celebrating something called the int interplanetary. the -- i can't even say it. celebrating the planetary confederation. never heard of it? this is the 28th year it has taken

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some rain in west virginia and the potomac highlands, hagerstown, light rain and 42. 55 this afternoon, mostly cloudy with a few stray showers. we will start tomorrow with some clouds, afternoon sunshine in the 60's. most of the week looks good. >>> most of the morning looks good. 95 as normal travel times. south into richmond and north into baltimore, and near the airport look good. looks good on the tollway. escalon 66 between centreville and the beltway. quiet is on 270. -- looks good on 66. i made a coffee cake called psychic to me -- called sock it to me cake. it makes me think of richard nixon. >> a bus couple of crumbs. -- save us a couple of crumbs. >>> it's 45 degrees outside. >> it was our place and we are going to miss it. >> caa favorite bar >>> thousands of cases have been tapped and thousands more people have been served, but last call is officially over for capitol hill hawk and dove. after four years in business the business has closed. plenty of people out and do the bar to have one more drink or dinner. kris van cleave has the grand finale. >> it is

i will be there on saturday at the bolger center in potomac, maryland. we're going to have an incredible time. silent auction, dinner and dancing. i'm going to cut a rug. thank you for being with us. >> visit www.hospicecaring.org. >> thank you. >> thank you, j.c. >> thanks for being with us. come back and visit us at 5:00. and keep those umbrellas handy because howard says rain is already here.

a lot of street flooding in potomac with this storm and pretty good winds. no damage from the winds we have reported, but heavy rain. now everything pushed off to the north in howard county. i was talking to you about this. this was sent to us from jesse sessions and he said just sat right in the tornado in centerville, virginia, at union mill road and route 29. about 25 minutes ago. this came in at 5:55. he pulled over, which was smart. he said crazy torrential rain, penny size hail. sideways trees, grocery carts flying down the road. my jeep was swaying. scary. thank you for that. that was in centerville. i'll come back and show you a picture of the funnel cloud in just a few minutes. derek, back to you. >> glad things are starting to calm down. we turn to our other breaking news. montgomery county police released new details about the murder of a woman in germantown and the on going search for her little boy who is still missing out there somewhere. 9news now reporter, scott broom has details from police headquarters in rockville. >> our priority, our foc

. >> the pride of potomac is back. we'll talk to him, plus, tiger is back on the course in california. he's kicking it all over the yard. >>> and why he never jumped this. that's coming up next. >>> do you know how many have come from maryland? four. and only one of those four ever played for the capitals, he left for a while, but now he is back. the potomac native is who we are talking about, rejoining us in the summer. and he played his first six seasons in d.c. and he left in '06 and spent the last five years in dallas and l.a. and tampa and montreal, now he's back. he does not wear the c like he did in his first go around, but he is still a leader and he likes the new digs. >> it feels good. i have never played with this team. it is probably the biggest difference, you know, meeting the new players, seeing some of them out there and what has been, yeah, a fun process. >> by the way, you know if you are wondering what the $55,000 watch looks like, mike green was wearing one during practice today. that's the royal oa

in west potomac mark in southeast d.c. congratulations. >>> so cold today. i went out to dinner.jacket was not enough. >> you needed more than a suit jacket out there tonight. rain coats definitely. maybe a little bit of a slicker out there. something with a flannel lining recommended for the rest of your overnight plans and most of your sunday as well. a real hint of what the end of october is supposed to feel like right here on the very first day of the month. outside with a cloudy sky, light rain, mist and drizzle coming down around downtown washington. steadier showers north and west. chilly out there. 49 trees right now at national airport. dew points in mid-40s. temperatures will fall down another two or three degrees. within out of the northwest at 9 miles per hour. plenty of low and mid-40s back out to the west. few reports of snowflakes in the high spots on the western faces of the mountains out in parts of central west virginia. no snowflakes around here but there are rain drops coming down. you see it across northern maryland, frederick county, washington county, south

it is a beautiful picture looking down the potomac. this is a great picture from one of our viewers. backers sending this in. this is taken from the blue ridge looking west toward mass and not to nowanutten mountain. i want your pictures of the fall colors. let me out on facebook or send an e-mail. the temperature is comfortable 63 in cumberland and 66 in the district. we had a cold front moved through this morning and that cold front is down to the south along with the cloud cover. it caused a few sprinkles in the potomac highlands early this morning. this is what we will face for the middle part of the week. tomorrow and wednesday two converging storm systems with two areas of low pressure, one moving our way from the great planted one coming north with a lot of tropical moisture from florida and the gulf of mexico. that along with a sharp dip will be accentuated in the jet stream and will cause these systems to come together and form a bigger storm over the washington area into wednesday. that means it is an unsettled day with areas

right along the potomac river, inclouding loudoun county, montgomery county and fairfax county. the one with a tornado warning is to the south. to the south of fredericksburg. the yellow is the tornado watch. everybody is under that until 11:00. spotsylvania is under a warning. that is to the north of beaver dam. spotsylvania is in the path of this storm. watch out in that area. we'll zoom in more west of i-95. some of the areas affected is gateway and mt. pleasant. you are all in the path of this dangerous, dangerous storm. we widen out. let's move to the north. it's where the tornado warning is. it's the only one in the area. this is the area that's seen the heaviest rain and the thunder and lightning and really getting pounded right now around reston to the north of reston entering portions of montgomery county. we are talking darnstown, poolsville. this is river road. that's the area seeing the heaviest rain toward potomac and across the river, route 7 to grate falls, 495 and the american league bridge and mcclain seeing the rain. washington, light rain right now. that area

the shenandoah valley and the potomac highlands will likely see close to two inches.nd 1 inch. highs in the 60's throughout tomorrow. warming up into thursday and clearing out. expecting a few more showers thursday night into friday morning. comfortable with sunny skies on the weekend. >>> looks decent on 66 eastbound. no accidents. newschopper 7 will show a minor crash eastbound near 123 all the way to nutley street that they moved to the left shoulder. a little slow down before and after 50, passed 123. no accidents to report in maryland. looks good on 270. outer loop delays new hampshire avenue to georgia avenue. this is the rockville mixing bowl. looks like a starfish. >> i do see a pair. -- see it. >>> 61 degrees. >> chaz bono's special guest last night. >> one of the most beautiful women in the world, now she comes here to reveal the other side, her troubled marriage to mickey rourke, carey still live turned nightmare. prexy put a gun to my head and told me he was going out. >> and how she came back to reclaim her life, today at 4:00 on the next "anderson." capt

west potomac park will be off limits. major roads like 17th street and constitution avenue through independence avenue will be closed through monday morning. >> it was not just for one race but for the nation as a whole. >> among the celebrities, sheryl crow and stevie wonder. the dedication program begins at 9:00 in the morning. president barack obama will give the address. the reserve seating is extremely limited. the park service says the west potomac park viewing site will be free and open to the public. on the national mall, john gonzales abc7 news. >> you cannot live coverage of the memorial dedication tomorrow from 9:00 a.m. until noon on our sister station on channel 8. >>> protesters filled the streets in d.c. there were three separate groups demonstrating. rev. al sharpton led one march for jobs and justice. others were urging the passage of the president's jobs plan. there was a dc-3 rally -- free rally. >> every other group in this country has representation, but we do not. that is not right. >> the occupy d.c

can you see that on the potomac river.is is a live picture from the city camera, the potomac has a chop on the river from the wind whipping in out of the west-southwest. there is capitol hill and clouds passing over us, and the clouds have filled back in again, and they will be with us into the afternoon. here is another view of our sky looking off to the west from upper northwest vantage point. the camera located about 300 feet above northwest washington a looking into montgomery county, and way in the distance in loudoun county, and we have the clouds passing through. and the wind gusts now, reagan national gusting up at 32, and on the shore have been gusting up to 35 miles per hour. and then around the blue ridge and the shenandoah valley, they have had gusts around 40 miles per hour. we will have the gusts remain high into the afternoon, and right now approaching the noon hour and we are near 60 degrees throughout much of the region, except shenandoah in the mountains, where there's a lot of cloudiness, they are in the

the pockets in yellow are heavy rain, and there are quite a few across the potomac into parts of prince william, and culpepper and louden. and it's cool. we have not had our temperatures budge hardly at all all morning. now 65 at reagan national. and maybe a brief heavy downpour later, and then tonight things should settle down. tomorrow morning, maybe fog around and cloudy in the low 60s. tomorrow afternoon and evening, might get an additional shower as well as friday morning. then a drying trend and cooling down for saturday, sunday and monday. in the 60s to near 70. feeling like autumn, and that's the way it looks like right now. >>> we will check on traffic now with danella sealock. >> we have good news. earlier we had police activity shutting down parts of pennsylvania avenue and that's all clear. we are seeing a lot of green in the area. that means you are good to go, all around the beltway, and even traveling 66 inside of the beltway. i will give you a live look at the beltway. inner loop and outer loop, we are clear here. if you are making the loop around to montgomery county, n

that's about to cross the potomac and move into charles county. thunder showers aren't producing any wind or anything, but they are producing lightning. watch out for that. and the thunder shower that came through central montgomery county now is beginning to diminish in its activity. there may be a little bit of lightning with it, but it still shows tendency in that area of orange and the red is where we're getting the heaviest rain right now and maybe thunder and lightning there advancing up towards howard county in the next 10 or 15 minutes. and temperatures around the region, we're in the low to mid 60s in the nearby suburbs as well as in washington. southern maryland around the bay. it's in the 50s farther west and north there. there's the foggy sky over national airport. you can hardly see the airport. we've got to fog around sunrise, 7:15. later this afternoon and early this evening, too, could get some more. highs in the low 70s. a look at your evening planner in ten minutes, danella, how is traffic? >> not a joy. that's all i can say. it'

we'll wind a live shot of the beltway heading south toward the potomac river. no problems into tysons corner and down to 66. in my next report, we'll update you on the bw parkway. >>> the victims of last month's flooding in virginia received an outpouring of support from neighbors and friends in woodbridge this weekend. >> as matt jablow tells us, most of the victims are still piecing their lives and homes back together. >> reporter: so much was destroyed in that flood. >> reporter: a little more than three weeks after the holly acres trailer park was inundated from floodwaters from tropical storm lee -- >> we had several families that lost everything. >> the trailer park is still divided into large piles of debris and 40 of the families that lived here are still homeless. >> they've lost all of their furniture. they've lost all of their household items, clothing. >> today are, a benefit concert was held. to raise money for the victims of the flood. >> i've also everything. >> people like rosa cervantes who said the flood destroyed everything she and her family

that's heading across the potomac. should be heading into potomac, maryland, in gaithersburg and rockville over the next hour or so. low to mid-60s throughout most of the region. 66 at reagan national. a bit cooler to our west. sunrise at 7:16 this morning. have your umbrella with you. we'll have passing showers from time to time. it will be breezy this afternoon as highs reach the low 70s by midafternoon. then your evening planner will have it down into the 50s by later this evening with a blustery wind coming in out of the north and west gusting to 25 miles an hour. that wind will be more intense on saturday, 40s in the morning. highs upper 60s. winds gusting to 35 miles an hour. highs near 70 both days. and does look like on tuesday, tuesday night and wednesday, we could get some more showers. heading to the skins game on sunday, should be great weather for footballs. the skins take on the eagles at 1:00. should be around 70 degrees. partly cloudy through the game with a southwest breeze. now, danella, how's traffic

right now on the fairfax and montgomery county line, right over the potomac river near great falls and then right across the line into montana dpomry county, that shower, maybe thunder and lightning, that's advancing to the north. there's another pocket of moderate rain farther to the south in southeastern faulkier county. that's advancing through prince william over the next 10 or 15 minutes. temperatures in the region are down into the low to mid 60s, it's a cool morning. generally from the blue ridge west it's in the mid 50s. throughout the day, may have a shower, maybe thunder and lightning. highs low 70s. this is fender bender weather. don't make danella point her cam rat your car. danella, how is it looking? >> i think that would be so embarrassing. always think when i point out an accident it's not somebody i know. it is fender bender weather. other parts of our area, the roads are wet. you have to give yourself extra time this morning so you can drive slowly and cautiously to work. let's take a look at 95. this is the view, not seeing any problems traveling northbound or southb

loudoun county, and just now coming into western and northern fairfax county, and that across the potomac river is entering southwestern montgomery county, and these showers are advancing off to the east and moving rather quickly and there will be brief heavy downpours associated with that. also moderate rain is near quantico right now on i-95, but no severe weather associated with this. just a light to moderate showers for another couple of hours. 67 at reagan national. it's near 60 in the shenandoah valley. we will have sun during the afternoon. rain should be ending in the next couple of hours and turning sunny and breezy with winds. and temperatures climb into the low 70s briefly in the early afternoon. and then turning chilly tonight, and the look into next week coming up in a few moments. >>> hopefully the traffic is clearing like the skies are. danella sealock joins us for a look at the roads. >> i need to tell you about an accident that i have right now. northbound route 3 at 450, you are seeing an accident there. shooting over to the beltway, we have delays as you can see. new ha

lanes are open as you work your way across the potomac. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> new this morning, word that former libyan leader moammar ghadafi has been buried. his body had been on display in a public meat locker essentially for the past four days after he was captured and killed last week. a military official says ghadafi was buried in a secret unmarked location earlier today along with one of his sons and an aide who were also killed. another of ghadafi's sons escaped the tax on their convoy and is now believed to be in the southern part of libya. -- escaped the tax on their convoy and is now believed to be in the southern part of libya. >>> jury selection has started in the lululemon case a maryland woman is charged with killing her coworker. we get more now from stacy cohan live in rockville. >> reporter: an enormous jury pool has been summoned here, a total of 300 prospective jurors on hand in an effort to find a fair and impartial jury for this very high-profile murder trial. brittany norwood

the navy yard was a mile south of time and easter branch of the potomac now called the anacostia river there is a bridge for the 11th street bridge is now. all morning madison conferred with officers and cabinet secretaries who came and went. the three most important represented all the types that the president typically finds about 10 in the crisis. those who might help, those who want and those who can't. james monroe, secretary of state was a revolutionary war veteran who is known not to medicine for decades. he had quarreled with him and reconciled with him. he was the man who would sunk the midnight warning about the british marks on the capital and he has thrown himself into the effort to defend them. he had talent and energy and had decided to surf madison. johns are strong coming after veteran of the revolutionary war had been appointed secretary of war six months after hostilities had begun to retreat the disaster. and a year and a half on the job, yet cleared out at blood and promoted fresh faces. but he had also fallen out with the president. he disliked madison personally d

no incidents to report working your way across the potomac headed into southeast. your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> a manassas woman is under arrest identify fire that left 23 people with no place to live. 28-year-old tonisha bates is behind bars with no bound. the fire destroyed six apartments on woodbury drive around 7:00 sunday morning. bates is charged with felony arson. police did not reveal what was the possible motive. >>> congress has approved three tree trade agreements with the hope of boosting the u.s. economy. one was with south korea. president obama celebrated the free trade agreement with the president of south korea last week. president obama says he will sign it within days and called it a win for both countries. white house says the south korean trade agreement will create 70,000 jobs. congress also approved agreements with colombia and panama. >>> a private memorial for apple co-founder steve jobs was held in stanford, california yesterday. california governor jerry brown declared october 16th to be steve jobs day. another private memorial service

in the potomac highlands, a -- upper 50's. the majority of us are in the 60's. with partly cloudy skies the headline is the wind. you will notice it in excess of 30 m.p.h. at times. as we go into tomorrow, i will call a conference line ". a little below average. stir comfortable. -- still comfortable. >> the commute is complicated for anybody coming to wall there -- waldorf. a person was just struck by a vehicle. equipment is already on the scene. we're told the traffic is able to get through. at the news in montgomery county. a crash on the outer loop. no delay. new hampshire avenue toward interstate 270. >>> we want to get to some breaking news in maryland where police found a body inside a burning vehicle. >> brianne carter is there with the latest details. >> said this point we have a very few details in this case. police say they're calling this a death investigation. they first got the call out here about 2:40 this morning for a vehicle fire. once they were able to extinguish it, they found that there was a body inside of the vehicle that appears to be an

southern maryland as moderate showers crossing over the potomac. in the 60's right now, with highs in the mid to upper 60's with rain off and on. >>> the interstate 95 between richmond and baltimore normal travel times. keep in mind that the rain and road spray us at some time to your drive. looks good on the greenway, the toll road, 66. 270 in clarksburg, let's show you the pace growing -- a pace is good, but the volume is growing. we will have more than a little while. now to news. >>> on abc 7, an incredible scene as a nightmare commute unfolded last night for thousands of metro riders. a man was struck by a train at the clarendon station. that investigation if led to the closure of five busy stops. >> pamela brown joins us from the rosslyn station this morning where many commuters were forced to wickes a backup plan. good morning. >> good morning. that's right. that plan includes four lot of people walking miles just to get home. for others they had to wait a long time to catch a bus. a lot of passengers still reeling this morning for what they

three-6 inches in the potomac islands.entially 6-8 inches of snow, but not unheard of for october. a 100% chance for rain and snow depending on your location for tomorrow. upper 40's on sunday. nice on halloween, monday, low to mid 50's. a bit of a warm-up for wednesday and thursday of next week. >>> snow was the trick. now for the treat. >>> we're giving away another ipad2. congratulations to -- eileen gilmer pick from almost 12,000 entries in. congratulations. the next facebook. i will be tickets to see cirque du soleil "quidam." stay tuned for that. and now, but a look at prime time. "extreme makeover home addition." "20/20" with billionaire secrets. that will be followed by abc7 news at 11. >>> dr. murray's defense gets a big boost today. how their expert witness believes michael jackson died. >> i have been planning my wedding since i was a little girl. >> many dream of their wedding day, so why are they now plan before meeting a mr.right? >> i am gail pennybacker and we >>> and northern virginia in neighborhood is re

in the area through the course of tonight as well but clouds and rain not going anywhere over the potomacighlands, bridge ridge. higher elevations could see a little mixture of light snow and rain there and even frost a possibility for the far west. overall we're looking at still a chance of showers lingering through until your tomorrow as well. be prepared. one cooler day still left. we've got some ridge of high pressure will gradually build in, excuse me. this low pressure system will gradually pull out. behind it we'll see sunshine and things will really change. by tuesday we're back to some mostly sunny skies, temperatures starting on the rise heading to the low 70s. by the time we hit friday we've got no shortage of sunshine, but tomorrow keep your umbrella handy and be prepared because the showers will definitely be around through tomorrow evening. temperatures, however, finally getting back up to where they should be. will, back to you. >> we like that. >>> we are taking the edge off tonight with a dog show that proves every dog really does have its day. >> it's called the midtown

favorece la extension de la linea azul del metro hasta potomac mills...importante, asegura que el tema del control de la inmigracion ilegal es labor exclusiva de las autoridades federales, y por lo tanto se opone a las medidas extremas que estan adoptando los estados y los condados, independientemente.... en washington, las autoridades estan advirtiendo sobre los peligros de algunos productos de facil acceso para los ninos que se encuentran en cualquier hogar o que pueden ser comprados sin restricciones ...maria rosa lucchini tiene los detalles.. son productos de limpieza o pesticidas traidos de otros paises y se venden en tiendas o bodegas... y representan un peligro en muchos hogares hispanos.... "muchas veces suelen ser mas baratos y uno dice, bueno por ahorrar pues el publico en general, el consumidor en general los compra, la advertencia es por favor no compre estos productos, son ilegales" la agencia de proteccion ambiental quiere prevenir que ninos se conviertan en victimas... la mayoria de los envenenamientos ocurre en hogares entre niÑos menores

flood advisories along the potomac. normal flooding along the potomac.ong the chesapeake bay, we are going to seek -- keep the umbrellas handy. i'll show you how cool we get in a minute. >> thanks, doug. >>> the apple stores closed today to give the employees time to watch a video of a private memorial service for steve jobs. that service was held at the apple headquarters in cupertino, california. the british band cold play performed along with norah jones. the celebration today was for the company to remember the incredible things jobs achieved and how he made the world a better place. steve jobs died october 5th. he was 56 years old. >>> a new program to protect kids on the internet. a computer cop. a software program free to parents. it allows you to delete images and language down loaded on any home computer. sheriff's deputies say the software should help parents communicate better about the dangerous aspects. the software is paid for by confiscated drug money. you can pick one up in leesburg. >> it might be a good tool to have. >> yeah. >>> what h

. >> the potomac river reflecting the gorgeous blue sky, and the autumn color coming on strong. there is a live picture from the sky watcher camera. and off in the distance in the horizon, is southern loudoun county, and it's right in the metro area. and further to the west, it's peak color in the shenandoah valley, and temperatures are now climbing to around 60 degrees or so. 61 at reagan national. and later today we will have our sky mostly sunny over the last 12 hours, we have had it clear out after we had the showers come through last night. fog earlier this morning, but that's long gone. for most of the afternoon, sunny and mild. a few light breezes out of the north west as high temperatures climb to 70 degrees, a delightful autumn day underway. we will take at big changes for the week and weekend, and we will also show you photos from my latest school visit. >> thank you, tom. >>> montgomery county's plan tea department listed the list of the most intersections in the county, old george road and democracy boulevard, and georgia avenue at norbeck road. volume in the county

gruber, more stable air around here, so with any luck storms will diminish as they head into the potomac and into central maryland. the storm watch and 11:00 this evening. more showers in the storm -- in the forecast for tomorrow. >> we are following several developing stories tonight. the first, a federal indictment against one of maryland's most violent drug gangs, the floods. >> officials gathered late this afternoon to announce the charges against 35 alleged gang members. we are live outside the federal courthouse downtown with the late breaking details. sheldon? >> this section of the national bloods gang has been stirring up trouble from central maryland down to the eastern shore. their criminal activity has now outlined in his 135-page affidavit. the u.s. attorney announced the federal a turk -- federal indictment of 35 elected members of the south side brings blood gain. they are facing federal charges as well asppanc others. these charges have been linked to murders, home invasions, and drug trafficking. officials say there was a secretary whose job it was to handle day-to-day a

police had an extra heavy presence at potomac high school. they did not know what was behind the deaf and did not want to take any chances. at this point, there were no incidents at the school. reporting live from temple hills, md., sam ford, abc7 news. >>> authorities have new clues as they search for missing activist from alexandria. they found his toyota. investigators are still asking for help identifying the man spotted in this white van used his credit card hours after he disappeared. >>> taking a look at the day's other top stories. the u.s. has filed a terrorist plot to assassinate the saudi arabian ambassador to the united states. to the people have been charged, one was american, and the other is on the run. u.s. officials say iran is behind the attack. a spokesperson for mahmoud ahmadinejad calls it absurd. >>> investigators say antoinette stock and two people outside the montgomery mall in 2008 -- stabbed two people in 2008. >>> please have arrested a sexual assault suspect responsible for at least two attacks. phillip fleming pre

most of those are customers of potomac edison. the highest concentration is a washington, frederick, and alleghany counties. still had, much of the northeast is still only the dark. --will see what's done being done to get millions back on line. >>> see how macy's is making shop ando let you holidays a few hours earlier. >>> it's a cheap way to get you want to go, but see this government is saying about those buses from new york to chinatown. >>> your forecast when we return. >>> they federal report finds as cost, curbside services can be dangerous for passengers. >> the national transportation these board found a fatal accident rate seven times higher than those of regulated buses. this year alone, there have bus 23 interstate accidents, injuring nearly 500 passengers. 33 people have died. kerbside buses pick up from street corners traditional bus depots. president obama is introducing legislation, citing an executive order directing the take action with stepped trapping of the problem. the agency reported nearly 200 job storage

across the potomac river and incostia the district. will keep an eye on things. news.o >>> 4:53. some dulles airport airplane hangars damaged during the 2010 snowstorm car back in business. there's a report two of the four hangers have reopen. construction on the other two is expected to be finished next month. the airplanes inside were storms, butng the no one was hurt. >>> you will have a chance to proposal tobout a bring rapid bus transit to montgomery county. the task force recommended up a designated bus lanes on rockville pike, columbia pike, and georgia avenue. the commission will showcase proposals during a meeting in starting at 5:30 this evening. >>> metro is getting ready to look at proposals for new contract to provide metro access service for disabled passengers. the current contract expires in june 2013. hold three town hall meetings this week to get from the public. the first one is at 6:30 the jackson graham building, 606th street in northwest. montgomery county is honoring two of its most famous public servants. the montgomery aquatics center --north bethesda has

due to a power outage you will find reduced speeds on metro's blue orange line travelling between potomac and no 8 car trains available longer wait times on the platforms, additional wait times needed. additional time on metro's blue orange line due to a power failure. accident activity inner loop of the belt way, route 7 gone delays from brad dock road, up towards route 7 and arlington boulevard down to 10 miles per hour as you make that crawl on the inner loop of the belt way. other side of town lanes are open, eastbound 66 multivehicle accident at the bypass cleared at the shoulder heavy volume as you work your way out of manassas. southbound 270, clarks burg, heavy and slow going, incident tieing up the two right lanes also a crash reported further south as you work your way out towards falls road. >>> well, police and neighbors in some cities are losing patience with anti wall street protests demonstrators in the nations capitol continue to expand their tent cities by maryland city officials are calling on occupy baltimore to scale back its presence near the inner harbour only two pe