river in the potomac highlands. moseley south of interstate 68 in western maryland. eyes will be in the upper 80s today, near 90 degrees in spots. a mix of sun and clouds. stray showers possible this morning. american action at lunchtime. we cannot rule out a few thundershowers this afternoon and maybe a few isolated downpours later on today. you could have localized flash flooding. the next few days, low 90's and partly cloudy. now to steve. >> 395 at duke street moving pretty well. there was overnight construction in both directions, but it's pretty good right now. no delays from springfield to the 14th street bridge. over to the beltway near new hampshire avenue, springfield looks good as well. no problems northbound or southbound on 95. that looks good. to the beltway at new hampshire avenue there's a new traffic pattern on the outer loop. the work zone is a different configuration. three lanes to the right and one lane to the left will get you by. no delays on the inner loop or outer loop right now. back to you

terrorism analyst with the potomac institute of foreign studies. thank you for coming in. >>> the family of a potomac man is pleading with cuba. but cuban authorities are not cooperating. he was arrested in december of 2009, convicted of spying. his family is worried because his health is deteriorating. >> police say an unidentified person came on campus and shot a man in public in the bathroom of the service center. the victim was treated for serious injuries. >>> the edge now on virginia where police say thieves robbed an atm in a hospital gift shop. thieves removed this skimmer at anova fairfax cardiac care center. the suspects have believed to have stolen thousands of dollars. a customer tipped off security who then called police. investigators say there are four known victims but believe many more are out there. straight ahead here on the news edge. >> and when a virginia woman walked into this business, she didn't realize quite what she had in her hands. i'm beth parker. it turns out to be a painting by one of the world's most famous artists.

flash floods isay, the best chance of it long this boundary, along and dixon line and maybe in the potomac highlands. looks like locally a better chance of that. that the rotation, a pressure system, that is the isaac.rs of what was highs in the mid to upper 80s 70's tonight. a couple of indebted downpours even while we sleep. downpours. tens of localized flash floods wednesday and thursday. few pop up storms tuesday late in the day. could be unsettled for the afternoon and evening. lateday storms, standard variety. >> thanks so much. >> coming up next, if you missed earlier, kelly ripon now has very permanent. earlier, kelly ripon now has very permanent. i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. earlier, kelly ripon now has mitt romney's position on women's health...it's dangerous. vo:mitt romney and paul ryan would geget rid of planned parenthood funng. and allow employers to deny coverage for cancer screenings and birtcontrol. we can't afford to let him take away our choices... to take away b basic health car. vo: both backed proposals to outlaw abortions...even in cases of rape and

he spoke to a crowd at the potomac national stadium in woodbridge. again, blasting his challenger, mitt romney, over his remarks about the 47% of americans who he says don't pay taxes. but virginia republicans were also there saying the president's policies have been wrong for 100% of americans. >>> and be prepared to pay some big bucks, if you haven't already gotten a ticket and want to see the nats in postseason action. tickets sold out this morning in just a matter of minutes. sites like stub hub were offering them, but some are listed up to $10,000. now let's fast forward to the weather. you didn't pay that much yesterday, did you, doug? >> no, i'm not paying that much today, i won't pay them tomorrow. it's not happening. what is happening, take a look at these numbers. great numbers right now. 79 degrees in washington. 77 in gaithersburg. 80 in richmond. up to the west and north, much cooler, 69 in columbus, 68 in state college. those types of temperatures will move in later this weekend. the first day of fall is tomorrow. fall officially begins

wounded warriors are finding a way to heal on the potomac river.ry kiesch introduces us to the river warriors. ♪ >> one day driving home from work i stopped by the recruiter and ended up joining as an army medic. >> i got hit, woke up at walter reed. >> reporter: they each have a story. uniquely different, equally heart breaking. what connects them isn't what they have lost, but how they have somehow found resolve in the most unlikely of places. >> well, you know, you want to have a lifestyle of healing and health. you hear it all the time. you have to exercise and get moving. you have to get your weight down. you have to be active. what better thing to be active than to be on the water and do this. when i see a wheelchair, i see a paddler. >> reporter: in 2004 it was a vision but today team river runner is using places like the potomac river to heal veterans. >> we have 36 chapters in the country. we work with over 1,000 wounded warriors, disabled veterans a year. >> reporter: by using acaptive equipment and specialized instruction, the program ha

and i'm very honored to be here at the potomac institute. you for your leadership in this area. the institute is really known for translating complex technology issues, and to more simple terms, for the policymakers, and the potomac institute is a strong part of us working in the bush administration to help us have a neutral ground, have this conversation about cybersecurity and the need of the nation. and help us with forward-looking policy perspective, so thank you again for hosting this debate. and i'm not sure how i can follow them. they were amazing, so i'm going to take a look at of a different perspective, and talk about the supply chain for maybe historical and then today, and hoping -- [inaudible]. i'm going to start with a little bit of history and really fast forward it. back in 1969, in october, not two days away from the anniversary, the very first transmission of the internet. and october 29, 1969. and that was really the beginning of the open of a lot of the conversations we're having today. [inaudible] on the internet today.

mary's across the tidal potomac in the northern neck. those sprinkles heading off into the eastern shore. getting star light showing through there. elsewhere, it's all cloudy through the metro area and most

the calm waters of the potomac. beautiful morning under way.ut a chill in the air once again under a clear sky. a rapid warmup. hometown forecast. chantilly, virginia, low to mid-60s. up into the 70s in the afternoon and partly cloudy. the entire region will be up in the mid-70s by midafternoon. light breezes. by 6:00 p.m., back down to the mid-70s. rain moving into the metro area by midnight. could get strong storms tomorrow. i'll talk about that. we'll look at the seven day outlook into the weekend in ten minutes. danella has a look at traffic. good morning. >> good morning. >>> if you're traveling in virginia, first in stafford, still seeing route 1, your southbound lanes blocked from washington drive to colt landing road because of the crash there. i-66 eastbound at 28, left lane, as two of your left lanes really are blocked at this time. tow truck is on the scene. crash here is a multivehicle accident. we'll talk about delays because heavy delays right now as you make your way past sudley. then you're slamming on the brakes. stick to the r

we are next to the potomac. all of these waterways are not too far away.he number of birds is probably in the millions. >> they say that the exact reason for the spike. after the miracle on the hudson three years ago, they spent more than $400 million to control the bird population near airports. the inspector general's report found nearly half of the reports were not keeping up with guidelines to prevent a bird strikes. >> reagan and dallas have a full-time experts to help control the bird population. passengers can only hope for the best every time they take to the air. >> i put my faith in the pilot and god. >> it really is a dangerous problem. the merkel on the hudson was exactly that, in merkel. some 25 people have died as a result of birds coming into contact with planes. kendis gibson abc 7 news. >> the midwest drought is hitting all crops including popcorn. the retail prices is jumping $20 to more than $30 for a five- pound bag. moviegoers will be seeing a slight price increase for the bucket of popcorn at theaters. >> many people are enjoying the

we are aware of the potomac nationals play. the president will take the podium in five minutes. consider how many times we have seen him in virginia. 42 times the president has been here. 13 times just this year. a lot of that is raising money and getting out the vote effort. the president today expected to asked talk quite a bit on the economy and about mitt romney's comments at a private from razor when he spoke about 47% of the electorate believe they are victims and rely on the government and that he cannot win over from obama. we will hear from the president. quite an arrival, flying in on marine one and a landing right behind home plate. the crowd in chanting four more years. it's a tight race. a new poll shows they are neck and neck. we will hear from mitt romney today as well. he is in nevada and will talk about a statement the president said, that you cannot change washington from the inside. more coming up tonight beginning at 5:00 and 6:00 on abc 7. >> thank you. the romney campaign is also focused on swing states. republican nominee mitt romney will campaign this aft

. >>> water was pretty choppy on the potomac even before the storms rolled through this afternoon. 19 people had to be rescued when their boat capsized around 2:00, near potomac park only some of the people on the boat were wearing life jackets. fortunately, all of them made it out of the water safely. witnesses driving by saw the boat turnover. heard people screaming and they ran to notify park police. >> maybe 15, 20 people were there, everybody was on water, and they began to just scream help, help. >> police were able to rescue everyone, no one had to be hospitalized. the boat was towed to dry land. >>> after making a big impression this week at the democratic national convention. julian castro hits the campaign trail in virginia. he's not the only one in the commonwealth this weekend. >>> in sports, so the 9:15 meeting looks like it's going to start a little late... um, but i uh... (interupting) oh okay - okay yup that's fine. excuse me - sorry. yes! vo: from the new, to the hard to find: when it's on your mind, it's on ebay™. >>> president obama had a high profile surrogate on t

all of the potomac and anacostia crossings are also incident free. i'll be back with more traffic at 5:01. >>> if you have a degree in health information technology, johns hopkins hospital is just one of 20 potential employers looking for you. on thursday, the hospital will host a job fair for about 200 health information technology graduates. hopkins is cosponsoring the fair with george washington university and the university of maryland university college. hopkins officials say job opportunities in the field are growing thanks to financial incentives from the federal government for doctors and hospitals to use electronic health records. >>> we all remember that big derecho storm that knocked so many people out of power in june. were you one of the pepco customers who got charged a delivery fee even though you had no power? >> it could be happening all over again. tens of thousands of people who lost power during last weekend's storm could be facing similar charges. >> reporter: it's taken us all day to sort this out but, yes, state regulators say

no problems to report across the potomac. nice and easy, gw parkway, it is that left must exit at spout run but we've had some construction there. left lane still blocked on the northbound side. be prepared for that today. no problems to report here south along 270 south of 109. traffic flowing at speed continuing out towards the exits for clarksburg and in towards german up two. no problems to report right now continuing southbound out of rockville. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. developing outrage in the middle east this morning. libyan protesters kill an american consulate worker. they set fire to the build and wounded another state department staffer. five libyan soldiers were reported killing in defending the u.s. consulate. over in neighboring egypt, an angry mob there broke into the american embassy and bushed the u.s. flag. they are upset at an internet movie made in the u.s. that defames the prophet mohammed. snippets were shown on egyptian tv this week. >>> prince william county police ar

over towards the potomac in the woodrow wilson bridge. got up to 80 degrees today. 78 the average high. fall officially begins tomorrow at 10:49. and tomorrow's going to feel more like summer. but fall's coming quick. 77 as far as the temperature is right now. winds out of the south about 12 miles per hour. temperatures around the region. 73 in winchester. 76 in martinsburg. 74 down towards the pax river. no matter what you have planned tonight, don't worry about any chances for rain. don't even worry about the cool temperatures. it's going to be nice and mild this evening. no rain out there right now. out to the west we're looking at shower activity and some thunderstorms, too. some strong thunderstorms in through illinois, and indiana. we're going to watch this system move to the east, and we are watching for a threat of severe weather. you see the possible severe storms, slight risk of severe weather from the severe weather center in oklahoma. it shows the district and much of maryland along the chesapeake bay, if you live near the che

it really is a jewel. >> reporter: ann craner is the director of fine arts in potomac. who would have believed it was the work of renoir. >> he has a full brush stroke. her are little flexes. here is the side of the brush. >> reporter: renoir is one. greatest impressionists. >> purples, pinks, greens. it is amazing. it is fabulous. rotor numbers matched up. >> this is the stock number here. >> reporter: it is called landscape on the banks of the seine river probably painted in 1879. >> i just couldn't believe it. >> reporter: she's feeling lucky. are you buying any lottery tickets or anything? >> i just bought one today. >> reporter: just how lucky we'll see when it

keeps a month for the end of the war and so the disbandment of the army of the potomac. and granted not suffer fools gladly. but the other problem he has, he has the jealousy of poker. , butterfield, the whole hooker crowd. he has the people in the south. somehow lost the battle by magic it could not have been george gordon reed. suffered a trail which was another myth. certainly a much better sense of how warfare was changing. britney did at that point. his finest hours, the battle, the overeat you pay of a to 64, he gets the killing power of the weapon. the importance of fortification. and at gettysburg, the last napoleonic battle. is the last great battle were recommended stand on. [indiscernible] the commanding field and see just about everything that's going on until the smoke rose and, covers the field. but by 1864, less than a year later when the army of the potomac and grant and by the time they're fighting her the front stretches from four to five to six, seven or 8 miles. at the front between this team in 20 miles of various times. by the time you get to peters

the blue waters of the potomac, reflecting the blue sky overhead.climbing quickly now, through the 60s. headed into the 70s here shortly within the next hour or so. and 68 at 10:00. a beautiful morning around here. i put the little mention out there spotty showers north and west to keep you advised there may be a quick little shower. unlike these wind gusts yesterday, andrews air force base, 59 mile per hour. and rosslyn and virginia, 53 mile per hour. and gusts 40 or higher for annapolis, reagan national airport and dulles international, 47 mile per hour gust. so a nice day today. by comparison for sure, nothing showing up on don't learn too close to us. these rain showers off shore are going further off shore. that's that little impulse in the atmosphere that's coming our way during the course of the afternoon. might bring out quick showers and mostly in the mountains of west virginia and pennsylvania. high pressure is moving on in by late tonight into tomorrow. high pressure in the upper midwest. it will push the cooler, drier air in place. we ar

now coming up in weekend the 29th annual middle eastern bazaar in potomac maryland. ahead we have a sneak peek of what's there for the whole family. >> it should be a beautiful weekend for just about anything outdoors. howard says it will be sunny today with high in the 80s. your weekend forecast straight ahead right here on 9news now. ♪ >>> welcome back to 9news now. it's 6:44. and 60 degrees, monika here with timesaver traffic. and here's a look at the beltway over in college park. if you are looking at the inner loop of the beltway -- or outer loop of the beltway as you leave new hampshire heading west towards silver spring. you have the brake lights here, a live look from the sky 9. overall look at that the beltway is doing pretty well. and here's what it looks like on 270 on the southbound side. you've got those brake lights beginning up at i-70 and that's just going to be off and on toward 109 and 121 it's actually really not that bad. we'll take a life look outside this time in virginia on the northbound side of i-95. and you've got slow traffic down in woodbr

a few sprinkles across the tidal potomac into the northern neck. those are passing well to the southeast of the metro area. we still have cloudiness from the mountains to the atlantic beaches. it's still cloudy this morning. it's quite chilly. we're down into the 50s west and northern suburbs. frederick county had a lot of water. there was 18 inches of water around the west frederick middle school yesterday afternoon. we had scattered tree damage too in montgomery county and howard and frederick and across northern virginia. leesburg 61, manassas down to 61. much of fairfax county and prince george's county just near 60 degrees. 50s out in the mountains. hour by hour today. by noon, still cloudy, hovering around 60 degrees. a cool and breezy morning. but then winds settle down, we get more sun during the afternoon. highs reaching low 70s by midafternoon. sunrise 6:54. sunset 7:09. i'll be back with the hometown forecast in ten minutes. danella, your first 4 traffic. >> good morning. >>> as melissa reported just a few moments ago, if you're travelin

you a live picture towercam overlooking to potomac. the lincoln memorial. erything looks good to start today. with few clouds developing this afternoon. approachingfront is d move on and shoul into real tonight a fewtomorrow morning and e possible as a of that cold fronts g your express forecast. oday mostly sunny. 9:00. noontime, 76 and by 5:00, and 81. oudy you on the time coming in t rain potentially for tonight and give ou a better look at that weekend forecast. hat's 10 minutes away. is traffic. we had some d, reaking news earlier with that chase. hat we're showing you now is the police after resulted in a crash 1 at the belt way's loop. squeezing by to the eft. baltimore washington parkway. brakes crawling up to route 1. delay from . 1-i-21 over to news. >> thanks. been a deadly morning in at least 51 here dead after a bus and collided. survived. extent of their injuries are known. others were killed hit a ir tractor roadside bomb. have been arrested. is in the news the latest on this. s of protests and growing concerns are anger of an anti-islam o co

kennedy center down there today along the potomac. gorgeous all across the area. this was the waterfront there right along georgetown. once again, a fantastic day to get out and do a little walking, doing a little jogging, even get out there on a boat in the potomac. lows this morning, you probably needed the jacket when you stepped outside for most of you. frederick, maryland, coming in at 45 early this morning, 46 in winchester and 46 in culpepper, 48 in manassas. 60 in washington. these were around 5:00, 6:00 in the morning. by around 8:00, 9:00, you're able to take off the jacket as the temperatures start to go up very quickly. it went up to a high of 81 degrees today. that is the average high for this time of year, believe it or not. the low, 60. the average low is 64. so a little bit below average for the day. another cool startut there. i think we'll be about the same for tomorrow morning. 79 degrees right now. winds out of the south about 13 miles per hour. a little bit of a breeze. just to give you an even better feeling about the day. it really is just o

right near the bay waters, the lighter greens are the 60s right on the tidal potomac. a cool 61 by 7:00 a.m. we'll still be chilly. not a lot of wind, generally 5 to 10 miles an hour in the 50s. by noontime, wind picking up a little bit, gusting to around 20 to 25 miles an hour. highs reaching upper 70s. the winds blustery by midafternoon. sunrise 6:45. sunset 7:24. i'm back in ten minutes with another hometown forecast. a look at your first 4 traffic now. good morning, mike. >> thank you, tom. >>> things looking great on the beltway. no serious problems on the inner or outer loop. big problem on southbound 295 at 410/riverdale road. accident has traffic squeezing by to the right. we're seeing significant delays. here we are at chopper 4. traffic is just squeezing by now. really on the right shoulder. delays begin just after the beltway. it will take you all the way to 410. after that, things smooth up. as you can see, very big backup right now because of this accident southbound 295 at 410. aaron, eun? >> thank you, mike. >>> new this morning, a man is in the hospital

late-day storm especially west of the blue ridge and the potomac highlands later on today. tonight with developing, near 70 degrees. sticky tomorrow, low 90's. front on saturday will give us areas of rain. behind that front, an upper 70's. low humidity as well. how is the commute? >> off to a great start. quiet for your friday eve. no early incidents to report. we are keeping an eye on the commute through springfield. coming up on 95 and continuing 395, it's wide open southboundand between the beltway and the 14th bridge. maryland, a live look at 270 west montgomery road, a little the southbound side. all lanes are open and moving without delay. back to you. >> thank you. the smartphone wars continue. details.lson has nokia and motorola unveiled a smartphones. whichdebuted the lumia has an 8 megapixel camera. motorola and showed off its droid phones with an 8 camera and it will run the android jellybean operating system. long rumored telephone unveiled at an event today. zynga has the latest version of its flagship game of "farmville graphics,has better for the 18od news pl

e potomac river, west of hagerstown, northwest of martinsburg. have a few downpours later on. are few sprinkles near baltimore, by the way. a few sprinkles today into tomorrow. 77 now when the district, 72 in dulles airport and gaithersburg. it's gone to be and humid day. you will notice that in the air. a few sunny breaks. for the high temperature with scattered showers and the afternooninto and evening. nothing severe. be some flash flooding today and tomorrow. steve hershorn is checking the roads. >> pretty good ride so far on 395 from springfield to the 14th street bridge. in the main lanes sandy hov lanes. no problems on this first day after this summer vacation. no accidents or incidents on the reported to slow you down. a good start. keeping our fingers crossed. heading over to the beltway near lookingty boulevard, good through college park, crown silver spring, light volume. some wet roads all around the area. out for that, especially ramps. we still have a problem in northwest washington. closing be to drive both ways near joyce road. a tree came down on the road. hop

along the potomac, 59. dulleswe drop down to 49 that would be the first time since may. that's something to look forward to, i do think temperatures will after few more degrees sunrise. perfect day like yesterday, but we are starting morning, sothis let in thendows and fresh air. will be a little warmer this 70's.oon in the upper possible low eighties in a few locations. will talk about the next rain in a few minutes now. to steve. >> in takoma park, maryland, a tree came down tree came410 at cedar avenue. 410 is blocked both ways. choose an alternate route and park area right 410.along that will be blocked until they get that remote. 14th street bridge, northbound 395 into the district, moving smoothly. shot a bridge heading into account if. all lanes are open. back to you. >> thank you. degrees., 56 fears that a case of sporting sick.make neighbors >> what test results mean for cleaned out a >> what test results mean for cleane[ male announcer ] for the dreamers... and those well grounded. for what's around this corner... and the next. there's cash flow options from pn

west virginia and the potomac highlands are few showers.emperatures in the '70s. 79 in washington, 75 in manassas, 73 currently in winchester. afternoon, 89. cloudy conditions. a few sprinkles out west this morning. today we will have isolated thundershowers. whatever pops up is capable of producing localized heavy rain. patchy fog tonight. 89 today. 90's the next couple days. down by the weekend and early next week in the '70s. now to steve >> . 395, still seeing very light volume of traffic in towards the 14th street bridge. everything moving well. no accidents or incidents. construction has been removed. beltway at new hampshire avenue there's a new traffic pattern. on the envelope, traffic heading the right moving in the new pattern before university boulevard. the right and one lane to the left. same number of lanes open the. broken-down vehicles reported on eastbound 66 after business 234 manassas in the right lane. back to you. >> thank you. 76 degrees already. >> off to a warm start. opel tribute to the late astronaut neil armstrong

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a couple sprinkles lingering across the potomac of virginia and maryland, but nothing to be concerned about. we will stay nice and dry for week withf the temperatures gradually warming. next chance of rain late saturday. traffic.to i am pleasantly surprised that we don't have as much debris around the area as the weather was dramatic yesterday. in fairfax county there was an accident westbound on the little overtopping the beltway. through.ble t no problems on 95, 395, coming city, getting over occoquan, 395 wide open at street and it looks good across the 14th street bridge. in maryland, the beltway is open. of construction was put on hold because of the weather. on the beltway in silver spring. kindle north avenue looks good. 270 is an easy trip. back to you. >> thank you. seen thebly have style" daniel van as .one viral on the web video that has gone viral. there have been imitations. >> and workers lost their jobs video.osting this they had the moves down. be they should've been working at the time. to get theirng jobs back. the pop star behind the letson --atio if you want to eat

. >> 19 people arrested from the potomac river after their boat overturned. everyone was rescued and no one was hurt. it flipped on the bridge connecting d.c. to northern virginia. the presidential candidates are tweaking their message and sharpening their attacks on each other. president obama and romney treated bounce today. we have a brand more with the story. mbrian mooar with teh story. >> the west palm beach pizza store owner is a registered republican but his fans and the president. >> are you a power lifter or what? ronny opted for a slightly quieter fun opportunity when the focus was on the economy. >> this president has not been able to deliver on his promises. >> when the opponent goes around saying the nation is in decline, he does not know what he's talking about. >> the president defended his own economic record while defending. >> they could not answer questions about how they would pay for $5 trillion in new tax cuts and $2 trillion in defense spending without raising taxes on the middle class. that's not bold leadership. that's bad mouth. >>

potomac, 53 temperatures outside right now. 43 degrees in oakland. 55 in manassas.e in fredericksburg. chicago,chigan and a this cooler air moves off toward .he east high pressure will stay with us day.nother will have an increase as into tuesday afternoon. showers by wednesday. look at the area covered by the frost advisory for the overnight hours. from western maryland -- western maryland to st. louis. we will look for milder to the midas we move the week. after that, another cool down. give it another couple of weeks so and we will be looking at the problems they will face out to the west. here is our forecast. temperatures tomorrow, similar what we had today. around 70 degrees. skies clear out a little bit. notice the time line. moving into the day on tuesday, clouds push in to the west. temperatures will be in the 70's. more humidity. chance for showers. here is our forecast for tonight. a coat if you are taking e dog out for a walk. upper 40's. temperatures around 70 degrees. sunshine. n the mid 70's on wednesday. thursday, we go down a little bit. build acros

. >> a bit of a setback for neighborhood coalition in potomac and the fight for public land. they were hoping montgomery county and the school board would hand over documents. a judge ruled the county had provided enough records for the case. the pharmaceutical -- the farmer sued the county and the school board. the judge put police on hold and that allowed the farmers. >> travelers have a new way to get in and out of the district. congresswoman cut the ribbon on the new greyhound bus terminal at union station today. norton has been pushing to open the service there for two years. greyhound passengers can buy bus tickets at a ticket facility on site at union station. >> you cannot get those windows down on the bus. >> some clouds are coming in. keeping our eye on the sky and there are some rainshowers i will show you coming our way. this is the last of that blue sky it from early this morning. it was a cold morning. washington, 53. 40's for folks out in hagerstown. winchester, 30's. the temperatures have recovered a lot. look at the average. 76 degrees. look at the record low

ride along the corridor getting ready to cross the potomac another strong thunderstorms. none of these are severe, but they are putting down heavy rain. if you can hold off heading out the door, i would do so. it will probably miss with traffic a little. manassas has just about 1.7 inches of rain. bristow just under 1 inch. the forecast for today, partly sunny and 67 degrees. 74 degrees by noon. most of the day dry again. we will see storms redevelop late in the day. how about it, angela? >> we are dealing with quite a few trouble spots out there. we've mentioned the word zone on i-95 in virginia toward frederiksberg between 17 and route 3 out of the way. they are getting that out of the roadway as well. plans are reopened but we are still looking at sluggish traffic. traffic is heavier on i-66. on the eastbound side of 66 as you approach 110. there is a right plane blocked with this crash. 29 on the lee highway. the jackknife tractor-trailer on the right side near 355 rockville pike and it should be out of the way in a short time. sluggish around old georgetown road on t

cloud cover breaking up over the potomac. sunrise i going to be coming up here in just about two minutes. 6:54. 63 at reagan national. dewpoint down to 51. yesterday morning, dewpoints around 70. it is really dried out. winds out of the north gusting to around 10, 15 miles an hour. you need a jacket this morning or a sweater. it's off to a chilly start. we have just a few high clouds drifting up from the southwest heading northeast. but a clearing sky west of washington into the mountains. eventually that dry air is moving our way as high pressure pushes in. as it is moving into the mountains, many locations in the 40s this morning. it's dipped down into the 30s much of ohio, indiana, michigan. up around chicago. they're getting their first frost of the season. some of that chilly air going to be coming our way next couple of days. partly cloudy by 8:00 a.m. still cool and breezy. upper 50s and low 60s for the lunch hour. upper 60s to near 70. still a bit of a blustery wind but mostly sunny. the winds diminish this afternoon.

looking down the potomac and for the title basin. national mall, a beautiful morning. if you look carefully along the potomac, you notice a few out on their skulls -- is that what you call it, the rowing? these are the call this number as i could find. cumberland 45, frost bird the 47. for the most part, we are right near 50. high-pressure overhead will give us another day of right sunshine. on the backside of the high, the southerly flow, a little bit warmer by a few degrees than the past couple of days. notice this cold front off to the west. very slow moving. it will continue to push our way and just creep into town on saturday. as it does that, we cannot rule out a few isolated showers here and there on our saturday. but it will not be a week and washed out. overall it looks pretty agreeable this upcoming weekend. but 8:00 a.m., 60 degrees, noon 74. a slight chance of rain on saturday and until then, low to mid 80's. >> it is getting complicated for motorist in clinton. a new accident report northbound on branch avenue,y after,ard road in the left lane. 270 in mary

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temperatures, it will be a pleasant evening. 79 degrees out over washington. 75 in potomac. and do.es nice and low.re comfortable -- dew point temperatures are nice and low. comfortable evening. average size 78. at reagan national. 60 in boston. 64 in chicago. it will come in behind a cold front. it will cause showers and thunderstorms in our area. before it arrives, we will get a push of southerly breezes. moving offshore. the wind out of the south. helping to push the wind will be this cold front. a warm day tomorrow. mid-80's. then by 4:00, that is when the timing seems right. some of a chance that be heavy to severe. the front early in the morning, coming through during the late clearing rapidly with for sunday.ratures have to pay attention to storms because the storm prediction center says there is that some of the storms through portions of new york and new jersey and pennsylvania. then we will clear out following that. forecast tomorrow looks pleasant. 83-87. thunderstorms and showers the afternoon. sunday looks good. sunshine and the same story monday. seasonal tempe

overlooking the nation's capital and the potomac and roosevelt island there in the foreground. not a cloud in the sky. we'll see scattered clouds develop as the cold front drops in. we'll see thundershowers as well. 78 at reagan. dew point of 62. little breezy at times and that sourtsly component is bumping up our humidity. 70s pretty much everywhere. here's your hourly forecast. nationals game at 1 kwln 05. dry, warm and sunny and a little muggy and then the thundershowers after the game. it's not going to hit everybody but between 8:00 in the metro area we could have isolated severe thunderstorms. something we can't rule out later today. i don't think we're going to get in on that action. but what does pop up couldng. more on that. of course a look aheadnditions tomorrow. >> thank you. a private jet carrying the wife of mitt romney made an emergency landing last night. smoke filled the cabin. ann romney press secretary and secret service were on the flight. >> investigators blamed the problem on an electriccal fire. the jet on its way from nebraska to santa monica california

the 40th anniversary, family and friends can paddle on the potomac river. they've got speakers and fun activities. again, it's saturday 11:00 to 3:00 at georgetown waterfront park in d.c. here's the seven-day forecast. for tomorrow, 82 degrees with sunshine. there's your friday with clouds increasing. we start the day with full sunshine. but really, it's going to be nice the next four days. 82, 83 degrees. then around 80 degrees for the weekend. with a lot of sunshine. so no problems for the weekend. plan accordingly. our next and best chance of rain, and it could be quite a bit of rain coming our way on tuesday, is just that. 77 to 75 cool degrees. could have a pretty good wind coming in, too, out of the east or southeast. there's a look at your seven's day forecast. get out and enjoy, right? at least at some point during the next couple of days. >> lucky you. >>> you might remember jer odd, the man who lost weight eating at subway. now a woman in alexandria has lost almost 85 pounds eating all of her meals at starbucks. >> not a liquid diet either. doreen

the five major ones that cross the potomac were also found to be in need of repair. so you can guarantee once they finish the memorial bridge, they'll be moving over to fix those bridges as well. we're not looking forward to delays when that comes. tony tall, news 4. >> tony, thank you. >>> today, people around our area still cleaning up after this weekend's major storm. news 4's megan mcgrath. >> reporter: we're here on south shore road. this a neighborhood with a lot of tall, mature trees. saturday's storm, a lot of those trees came tumbling down. you can see the huge stack of broken limbs. we have a truck, you can see the damage here. just a very scary situation. fortunately, no injuries so despite all of the damage, people consider themselves quite lucky. now, in terms of the power outages, at the height of all of this, there were thousands of people without power. most people are back online, they have their electricity back. in resten, megan mcgrath, news 4. >> i was without electricity saturday night. >> you had to battle through. >> but look at that sky right

at elsewhere. 50 in manassas. 51 along the potomac at reagan national? . sunshine throughout the day. l day.r beautifu you will be hard-pressed to find clouds. high temperatures in the low 80s. little warmer than yesterday. back into the low 80's. that is average for this time of year. looking ahead into the weekend, a chance of showers by saturday. barry slight chance of a few showers on saturday./ -- very slight. now to traffic with angela. >> no complaints on the road right now. activel have a couple zones, but everything is moving nicely leaving the 395.ict on from the 14thts the springfield interchange. traveling around the beltway in virginia, a couple troublespots that may slow you down briefly. left lanes are closed northbound 123 at the beltway. still closed for overnight oaintenance for overnightt 767 from the inner loop. , in north bethesda, work zone in the and thebetween 270 near cedar lane. still looking good otherwise for the start of the wednesday morning drive. back to you. >> thank you. the magic number to the washington nationals win hun

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gaithersburg, 46 in winchester. 45 in cumberland. 59 at reagan national along the borders of the potomac. beautiful today, picture- perfect, mostly sunny. a few degrees warmer than yesterday in the upper 70's and possibly lower 80's in a few locations. not you did at all. very comfortable. a rather cool start. dress in layers. near 80 this afternoon with sunshine. we will break 80 degrees the next couple days. next chance of showers on the weekend. late saturday or sunday we could see a few showers from the cold front. that's all for the weather. steve, what's the latest? >> at the wilson bridge -- sorry, 395 at duke street, looks good northbound and southbound moving smoothly from springfield to the 14th street bridge. looks good all the way to dumphries on 95. things look good on both sides of the beltway and across the wilson bridge between alexandria and oxon hill. no problems in the through lanes or the local lanes. in springfield, just a little volume. from newington to springfield, moving at speed. back to you. >> thank you. the washington nationals extending their lead in the nl

small craft advisory in effect for the bay and title potomac. here's some showers. a lot of this not reaching the ground yet. but showers tonight, west of the divide. before midnight and some showers possible here after midnight. you are fine to walk the dog or take a bike ride or something tonight. no worries. 73 in great falls. 70 in bethesda. 72 in fairfax. 73 in arlington. 77 over in college park. 73 in bowie. a touch of summer on the way. milder tonight. you need your umbrella tomorrow at the bus stop. and you might need your sunglasses after that. much warmer on wednesday. unsettled on thursday, but not a washout. so here's a look at the future cast. 1:00 tonight, some showers up to the west of us. martinsburg, cumberland. put this into motion, some light activity. it's all green. it's all light activity. some breaks in the clouds by late morning and early afternoon and then another batch of showers possible by this time tomorrow. the next three days, we're looking at green, green, and green. even though we have a chance of shower or thunderstorm tomorrow, 83.

mary's across the tidal potomac in the northern neck. those sprinkles heading off into the eastern shore. getting star light showing through there. elsewhere, it's all cloudy through the metro area and most of virginia and maryland. we have in the light green area low 60s. in the 50s north and west of washington. dipped into the 40s these areas of blue in the highlands of western maryland and west virginia. a chill in the air, and it's going to feel like ought autumn today. highs reaching low 70s and a bit of a blustery wind this morning. dress accordingly. it's going to be a breezy and cool morning. in the afternoon, mild and pleasant with diminished winds. average high this year is 78. tomorrow morning down to just near 50 degrees. and afternoon highs, though, recovering back to the mid-70s by midafternoon and partly cloudy. another day with low humidity on thursday and again on friday. a bit warmer on friday afternoon, up around 80. then over the weekend, sunny saturday morning. clouding up in the afternoon. highs again up around 80.

sun up over the potomac river. temperature there at 61. the dewpoint comfortably dry, 51. just a very gentle breeze out of the southwest now. this big area of high pressure over our region giving us a clear sky throughout the entire region this morning. the crescent moon and venus in the eastern sky now fading off a bit. we'll see it again tomorrow morning. 61 at reagan national. it's in the 50s. much of the region right near the bay waters. away from the waters inland, southern maryland, many locations in the upper 40s now. as well as our north and western suburbs. shenandoah wa valley into the mountains. as the day progresses, by 8:00 a.m., still going to be cool. bright sun, though. for your lunch hour, you may want to have an alfresco lunch. going to be up in the mid-70s with lots of sun, low humidity in place. coming back home from work and school. we'll have our temperatures near 80 midafternoon. back down to the 70s late afternoon. thursday another gorgeous september day. afternoon highs around 80 degrees with low humidity and lots of sun. more of the same on friday

light volume across the potomac headed for the southeast- southwest freeway. gw parkway is in food shape as you travel south of the beltway headed out towards the potomac crossings. light traffic volume southbound along 270. no problems to report on the beltway in virginia traveling between annandale and merrifield. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> after months of negotiations, talks between teachers and the school district in chicago have stalled. >> as a result, the city's 26,000 teachers are going on strike today for the first time in 25 years. mayor rahm emmanuel is not happy. mary ann rafferty has the latest on the negotiation. >> reporter: class this is morning in the chicago school system will be sans instructors. the teach are union has announced it will go on strike after contract talks failed over issues including pay, benefits and job security. >> no ctu members will be inside our schools. we will walk the picket lines. we will talk to parents. we will talk to clergy. we will demand a fair contract today. we demand a f

we do have a gorgeous golden sunrise over the potomac. live view from our hd city camera. as a result, i was talking about hey, there's venus up there. i turned my camera up toward venus and took this photo. there it was, venus gleaming brillia brilliantly. it's a little bright spot in the sky. venus about the same size of the earth, but it's about a zillion miles away from us, but we can certainly see it. look at this gorgeous sunrise sent in from st. mary's county from last weekend over st. mary's lake. send your photos to weather at nbcwashington.com. >>> we've got that glorious sunrise over the potomac now. reagan national at 55. that's the warm spot. dew point dry at 58 and a light northerly breeze. we are down into the low to mid 40s in the mountains. the new locations on the highlands down to the upper 30s now. closer to washington, prince george's county is near 50. much of montgomery county near 50. we've got just a few clouds giving us this gorgeous sunrise. by 8:00, only in the upper 40s, low and mid 50s and we'll have a call wind thankfully and lots of sunshine

still light across the potomac river. i'll be back with more traffic at 5:24. back to you guys. >> thanks, monika. >>> the nationals win their 90th game of the year. does that sound cool or what? but they missed their chance to punch their ticket to the playoffs so far. >> rg3 calls out his most recent opponent for what he says were cheap shots. >> before we head to break, let's check on the question of the day. most men spend less than two minutes every day doing one of these things. which is it na, picking up -- is it? a, picking up their clothes, b, brushing their teeth or c, eating breakfast. >> fred wrote b, they take time to eat while reading the paper and depending on work, they know what they will wear every day. but brushing their teeth, that requires little thought and even less time. >> log on to our facebook fan page and let us know what you think. we'll have the answer during our 6:00 show. >> if you give the right answer, will you have a chance to win this, a $50 gas card. yesterday's winner melanie baylor mccleary. one winner will be chosen rando

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