it is all about cleaning up the pollution and that potomac and anacostia rivers. it is 100 feet underground, at least it used to be, and it has been cutting its way through creating a tunnel for the past two years. this is to avoid pouring sewag and -- into the water when it rains. >> the anacostia flows into the potomac which flows into the chesapeake, and we are all interested in the viability of the chesapeake. it is in the bad -- it is in bad shape right now. annette: what this means is eventually the potomac river will be slow mobile and fissionable. both of the rivers will be completed by 2018. jummy: you never know what is going on. doug: i have been driving past that every day. i figured out what they are doing there, and i think it is a great idea. the weather is perfect. how many more days like this can we squeeze out? jummy: 10. doug: i wish. at least until saturday. this is our weatherbug camera at oakdale high school, and a few clouds this morning but generally, mostly sunny skies. comfortably warm because dew point levels, humidity levels are so low.

we have some new information on that north potomac crash investigation and it is something you will see only on 9 tonight. >> reporter: i'm andrea mccarren. we've learned some items shared on social media may be critical to this investigation including video shot from inside the car minutes before impact. the memorial has faded. the collective pain of the community has not. >> this is a serious case, two young people died. >> reporter: the june 25th crash killed back seat passengers alex murk of potomac and calvin lee of rockville. a 17-year-old front seat passenger survived. 18-year-old sam ellis of north potomac was behind the wheel, but he has not been charged. >> routinely these investigations where there is a death invo days. >> reporter: this is a community that has lawyered up and shut down according to multiple sources. police are convinced teenagers and parents with information about the party preceding the crash have not yet come forward to investigators. >> they need more people from the community who may have seen something but even if they didn't see something might know so

. >>> patrolling the potomac. police trying to keep swimmers out of dangerous waters. >> do you see him over there? >> and the message from a young athlete who was almost swept away. >> it's not worth the risk. it's not -- definitely not worth what happened to me. >>> and lights out at nats park tonight. long delays for players and fans back from the all-star break.ú >>> we start the 11:00 news in storm center 4, the weekend bringing us the beginning of a heatwave. it's going to feel like more than 100 degrees. >> so how quickly are we going to feel that when we step out the door tomorrow morning doug? >> i tell you guys, today high temperatures only in the low to mid-80s. tomorrow, however, a much different story as the heat really gets turned up quickly. take a look, as you're making your way out and about the heat comes quick. 76 degrees at 7:00 a.m. up to 85 by 11:00. up to 94 degrees by 3:00. and it's not just hot, it will be extremely humid during the day tomorrow too. and not just tomorrow, the heatwave, we

the project is all about cleaning up the anacostia river and the potomac.that takes 100 feet underground still cutting through, creating tunnels for the past two years. the purpose of this is to essentially not to have to pour billions of sewage and storm water into the rivers when it rains. the water will be channeled through a four-point five-mile tunnel to a treatment plant. >> the anacostia flows into the potomac, which flows into the chesapeake. we are all interested in the viability of the chesapeake. the chesapeake is in bad shape so this helps the cleanliness of the chesapeake bay. jeannette: ultimately, the potomac river will be swimming hole and fishable. this project will be completed by 2018.

but did you know it had a connection to potomac, maryland. screen writers told us that he got his start at churchill high school's drama program. >> you know, we not only did a fall play and spring musical but we did student-directed plays and i never wasn't working on something. and again, just learning as much as i about the arts. >> support the arts, support theater. he was originally drawn to the "game of thrones" because it's about politics. that's true. >>> thanks for joining us. until next time, be safe be kind, be happy. good night, everybody. at devry university's keller graduate school of management. you can learn to unlock the leader inside you. so if you want to own the room not just be in it. you're our kind of different. keller graduate school of management. learn more at keller.edu what's the most important thing your parents do for you? they buy me food. they make sure i'm never lost. well... they pay my allowance. encourage me. ♪ they sing us a lullaby at night... a lullaby at night. ♪ oh! now i remember... why does it matter

salad that was still fresh all on board and a purse. >> we can a complete grid of the entire potomac river. we found no one in the vicinity. >> reporter: as these competitive fishermen head out on the day on the potomac, the search was heavy on their minds. in charles county, delia goncalves, wusa9. >> anyone who may have last seen the couple or their vessel should contact the coast guard's baltimore office. >>> he pled guilty to stealing heroin that was originally collected as evidence. now an f.b.i. agent is going to be sentenced today. 33-year-old matthew lowery from upper marlboro pleaded guilty to 64 criminal charge, including obstruction of justice, tampering with evidence and possession of hair win. he could spend -- heroin. key spend seven or more years behind bars. >>> the police chief in edmonston, maryland will go before a judge today. steven e. walker accused of making a traffic ticket and a fine for a city councilmember disappear. and then when reporters started asking questions about that ticket for a registration problem, he magically arranged to have it paid. that cou

national harbor, rain drops hitting the potomac river. you could wash your car. dry weather for sure back tomorrow. >>> the nationals will not have home field advantage if they make it to the world series this year. the american league won the mlb all star game last night. the game determines which league gets home field advantage in the playoffs. bryce harper played in the game but didn't get a hit. scherzer didn't get the chance to play. >>> good news about a virginia baby. he's home. he was on both a breathing tube and a feeding tube when he arrived at the hospital. that was earlier this month. take a look now. these photos were taken yesterday as the 3-month old left the old. botulism is so rare only about 100 babies get it each year. >>> and the search is on. this comes as police released video showing the fact moment the this man escaped from a maximum security prison. there's more on the escape on the search. >> reporter: this video released by the mexican government shows el chapo on a security camera the night he escaped just before 9 pnl. he can be seen

so that led to a huge search in the potomac. and then the boat was found anchored in the potomac.s found in the stafford county side of the river by a fire department in charles county. so the boat was anchored. a cell phone was found on the boat as well as a woman's purse and the boat was running. however, like i said no one was on the boat. so the search continues this morning for charles zinter and melissa smarr. both of them are from stafford. back to you. >>> icky, sticky humidity today. hot temperatures. right now in the 70s. it will be in 70s to near 80s by 8:00 a.m. by noontime the upper 80s. then during the afternoon, low 90s, mid to late afternoon. storms roll in after that. >>> two biggest issues right now, first of all in olney, 108 still shut down between zion and brookville. alternate is muncaster or bowie mill. and brunswick, 40 minutes delay because of mechanical issues. >>> it's 6:47. developing this morning all eyes on wall street after a glitch shut down the new york stock exchange for hours yesterday. the government says it was not a cyber attack, but the issue

we did a complete grid of the entire potomac river.und no one in the vicinity. >> reporter: now it's turned over to the coast guard as a recovery mission. the fact that you found a life pre-- found life preservers on the boat, good sign, bad sign and were there any weather conditions as we wrap up and send it back to the studio quickly? >> there was no weather conditions that we knew of at the particular time. it is certainly not too good that we found life preservers and no individuals on the boat. however, we are remaining hopeful at this point that they either got picked up by another boat, another vessel in the area and we're hopeful that's going to happen. >> reporter: thank you, mr. bill smith. thank you for joining us. a very long morning so far of searching and now a recovery mission by the u.s. coast guard. that's the very latest here from charles county. back to you in the studio. >>> a final look at the first alert seven day. isolated thunderstorms are possible from about 5:00 p.m. onward so not as early in the day and the m

jummy: right now, a desperate search for two boaters missing on the potomac. the coast guard says they found charles zintner and melissa smarr's boat anchored in the potomac but the couple was nowhere in sight. jeanette reyes has been following the story all morning long and she is with us in maryland with the latest on the search efforts. jeanette: a dive team is urging the bottom of the lake right now for possible bodies. behind me you can see the truck here. they have been here since 3:00 this morning. so far, nothing has turned up. some background, the u.s. coast guard notified charles county about the missing boaters at 3:00 this morning. the coast guard had been searching already since 11:00 last night when the 911 call was first made. the couple, charles zintner and melissa smarr, were supposed to arrive at 5:00 yesterday afternoon. charles county responded and found a boat anchored and left running with the radio on. crews also found a cell phone food, and a purse. neighbors say they left tuesday night to go boating. what is really concerning authoriti

potomac avenue stadium armory minnesota avenue. landover and new peralton will be closed saturday until the system opens monday morning. the shuttle bus service is offered during that work. maintenance on work at the csx tracks. randolph road is closed for a week. it is time for a check of the traffic situation. we have jamie sullivan with the details. jamie: the biggest thing we are working now is a crash on 66. this closed the ramp on 94. so the left lane is open. let's talk about the backup. this is heavy and we are talking about a six-mile backup. this is the photographic in the teens. 14 miles per hour. getting from before centreville closer to gainesville. on 270 heading southbound we have the accident still near old georgetown road. you can see the red. getting better. but still delays. that is a look at the traffic. back to you. jonathan: thank you. take you live to the convoy going on the body of four marines brought to dover air force base. the shooting took place yesterday. the gunman was also killed. investigation is on

it sits at the triangle of land where the potomac and the shenandoah rivers meet. the national park is just down the road. that is with the rivers are. let me show you where this fire was. in the heart of the historic district. you can see for buildings, all of them terribly burned up. we do not know the cause yet. it is under investigation but one of the pieces of evidence we know that they will be looking at is an extraordinary piece of videotape that was given to us by the man who took it early this morning. take a look at this video. it shows at about 3:00 a.m. the first moments of this fire. it is crackling loud. you can hear the trauma and the voices of the people. they are wondering where the fire department is. they caution each other to get away. a woman is worried about getting her dog away from the fire. the good news, no injuries to people. two cats were killed. this is a bad fire in the heart of town for the try to be an attraction to tourists. a total of eight is is is lost. they say this is a tremendous blow to the town. >> its harpers ferry. we will

. >>> we have new information tonight on that terrible crash last month in north potomac that killed two teens and injured two others. police have said from the beginning that speed and alcohol were factors, but no charges have been filed yet. wusa9 has learned that some items shared on social media may be critical to the investigation including video shot from inside the car minutes before impact and police continue to urge teens and parents with information about the party before the crash to come forward and talk. >> they need more people from the community who may have seen, something even if they didn't see, something might know something. >> that june 25th crash killed back seat passengers alex murk of potomac and calvin lee of rockville. a 27-year-old passenger in the front seat survived. 18-year-old sam ellis of north potomac was behind the wheel and his lawyer says he is devastated by the loss of his friends. the investigation is expected to take at least two months to complete. >>> security extra tight for president barack obama's visit to his father's homeland of kenya. ai

tom -- in potomac with the investigation. tom? tom: we are at the school now. you can see the sign for it behind me for middle school through high school. i'm told the alleged victims were in high school at the time. this is a very expensive private catholic school with division -- tuition up to $30,000. they believe there were two victims in the last four years but they are asking for other victims to come forward. >> we believe there could be other additional victims. >> montgomery county police believe the teacher justin gordon inappropriately touched at least two students in a sexual manner in the time at the comely school of the hole -- connelly school of the holy child. the recent happened this year. they accused gordon of grooming. >> he spent time gaining the trust of two young women. he spent time building intimacy with them. then he committed sexual offenses against them. tom: police say 40-year-old gordon began associating with one victim at the school and the social events last fall. by may, he had escalated the relationship to sexual touching. >> t

. >>> new questions tonight in the deaths of two boaters whose bodies were found on the potomac river. they were reported eded missing when they didn't return to their yacht club. a maryland state police the river. the boat was running but nobody was onboard. the circumstancesc&zez their deaths areyÑsñ still a mystery. >> we do not knowyÑi)ñáÑpp2r the cause was for at least the one person to be in the water whether it's mechanical reasons or what is part of our investigation. >> coming up the bureau chief went to4m]8ñr stafford county to get reaction from friends and neighbors of thejf victims. she'll have that story at 6:30. >>> the director of the fbi says recent terror arrests saved american lives. more than 10 people have been arrested in the u.s. over the past month. fbi&[ director james comey believes some of those who were arrested were plninganning attacks around the fourth of july holiday. people arrested are accused to being linked to isis in some way or another. comey said the current crop of islamic state sympathizers is so unpredictable that it is difficult to be sure of

hope to see you in potomac for the 7:35 race for autism speaks. monday, tuesday and wednesday all storms and flirting with 90s. >>> there's a new candidate in the race for maryland's 8th congressional district, former montgomery county council member valerie irvin released this video saying she's in the running to replace representative chris van holland who is running for the -- van hollen who is running for the u.s. senate. >>> the debate over the confederate imagery is still a very hot issue. >> some say statues need to go, especially this one on art museum drive depicting general roberto lee and stonewall jackson -- robert e. lee and stonewall jackson. >> this is a city park. this does not need to be here. this is symbols of racism and slavery. >> these are symbols of history of baltimore, events in baltimore and they were erected by people who had a passion for this history. >> yesterday baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake said she will appoint a special commission to decide whether those statues should stay or go. >>> maryland governor

kimberly: breaking news right now about the two missing boaters in the potomac. we've learned search crews found a second body. those voters disappeared while in the river -- those voters -- those boaters disappeared while in the river. brack: abc 7 news has been on the story since the start this morning. you are right, just about 15 minutes ago we got word that a second body has been recovered. it is the body of a woman. a were looking for the body of a woman earlier today. they found the body of a man and it was a man in female they were looking for from this book. not confirmed it was the victim, but a man and woman have an recovered. this started yesterday, last night when a friend group worried because charles and melissa did not come home from their outing on their 19-foot boat and had been out on the potomac river. immediately, maryland state police helicopter went up over the river and found that boat. the charles county fire department rescue crew was able to approach the boat, and what they found -- well, it was troubling. >> every indication showed on

he has since been fired from the connelly school the only child in potomac, but the case has many parents upset. reporter: this happened at an all girls catholic school, surrounded by multimillion dollar homes and a country club in potomac. tonight, a former teacher is charged with four different things, the most serious being two charges of sexual abuse of a minor. emery county police say this past school year, justin gordon slowly escalated a relationship with a student. >> engaged in what detectives called booming. tom: it started in october when the 40-year-old gordon asked to the 17-year-old girl to play tennis and took her to to dinner. he communications with her every day, giving her gifts and complements, even spending the night on her couch when she was home alone after making her dinner valentine's day. in may at the school, he allegedly groped her. >> after investigating her experiences, we identified a sector victim -- a second victim. tom: in 2012, the girl allegedly led her to the chapel and kissed and touched her, then told her not to tell because he would be fired. the pol

i saw so many people on the potomac coming across the bridge today -- >> and people eating out tonight. >> they should because i'm not sure if they're going to have time to do that tomorrow, especially as we get into tomorrow evening only because we're going to have a chance for some showers and thunderstorms just in time for dinnertime tomorrow, which is good news if you want to head out to the pool or maybe on the potomac to do some kayaking. temperatures are dropping into the 70s. it wasn't that bad throughout the evening. but that heat and humidity are returning right in time for sunday. and then we'll have some storms on sunday and monday and then again as we get into thursday and friday towards the end of next week. but we have another heat wave upon us. those temperatures are coming on up. in fact we'll see temperatures topping out in the upper 90s by the time we head into midweek. temperatures right now, we're in the 80s right now in d.c. 81 in d.c. 67 in culpeper. here are the overnight lows. comfortable but the humidity will creep in. no rain showers. maybe you got caught in

toward potomac and points north on river road. you got some wet roads there. in loudon county mainly from dulles west between the greenway and route 50 we have some thunder and lightning there. this is slowly building toward the west north on 15 for a few miles. showers in winchester fell apart. still some in the mountains. hey marked toward notebooks -- haymarket towards nokesville, slowing down there. this stuff is weakening, north of culpeper and amosville. things will setting down in a few hours once we lose the daytime heating in an hour or so at sunset. 72 culpeper. 77 fredericksburg. these are rain-cooled temperatures. we were 94 and down to 83 now. still 90 leesburg, it may build there and towards germantown. we caught some downpours in town hazy and sticky with dew point in the 70s making that 83 feel like 89 right now. what's going to save us? this cold front. i don't know about save us. it will give us a little relief. there's some drier air behind it so it's going to be arriving as we get in toward thursday night. ahea

reporting live from north potomac andrea mccarren, wusa9. >> as we said, the investigation is ongoing. thank you, andrea. and if you have information you want to share with the cops, please call 240-773-6620. you can remain anonymous. >>> a former employee of a high end washington daycare is accused of abusing two babies in her care. the daycare owner at kiddie academy in foggy bottom says patricia rolden of rockville has been fired after parents complained about bruces on their 3 and 7-year-old babies. rolden is charged with two counts of second degree child abuse, but despite that people we talked with today say they are confident about the care at kiddie academy. >> my son has been in a different room for two months here and we've been very happy with kiddie academy in west end. i have no complaints and i think that the center has handled the -- you know, this incident very well. >> i'm unsure of the circumstances or the validity. >> the daycare is cooperating with investigators and according to charging documents, witnesses told police that rolden pinched the babies on their cheek

. >>> a frightening experience for one woman who nearly drown on the potomac river. she is sharing her story. a new push to keep people safe. >> yeah, let's take you live outside right now. we are talking heat and humidity, rain as well. amelia segal says expect the scattered showers. already raining in parts. timing out the best time to hit the pool, maybe a little exercise. seasoning if you are getting a car rental on your next trip, we have important tips to save you money. we are going to break down why it comes down to where you are traveling. >>> i'm melissa mollet with your traffic. a look at some weekend traffic track work. green line trains running on regular weekend schedule this weekend. saturday yellow line trains running every 15 minutes between the huntington and mount vernon square. sunday, yellow lines every 15 minutes between huntington and ft.. saturday and sunday, buses are going to replace orange line trains between eastern market and new carrollton. blue line >>> all right, travels. you are just back from it. if renting a car is part of your plan

. >> one woman nearly drown on the potomac river. she is sharing her story as we push to keep people safe. >>> we are talking a lot of heat and possible rain. expect scattered showers. timing out the best time to hit the pool, do lawn work and get some exercise in this weekend. >>> i'm melissa with your traffic and a look at weekend track work on metro. green line trains running on regular, weekend schedule this weekend. saturday, yellow line trains running every 15 minutes. now sunday, yellow line trains run every 50 minutes between huntington ant ft.. saturday and sunday buses replace orange line trains between eastern market and new >>> today is your last chance to turn money that fell out of an armored truck in baltimore. thousands of dollars flew out in the baltimore harbor tunnel. drivers stopped in both lanes and began picking the cash up. the store security malfunction malfunctioned. anyone who took the cash can return it without being prosecutored. the deadline is 5:00 p.m. today. >>> if you are into trucks then today is you

that's because it's picking up the warm waters of the potomac. as we look going hour by hour, new model timing showing some of the thundershowers will be near hagerstown and then passing near frederick by around 2:00. but then the thundershowers begin to get closer to the metro area. mainly south of washington by around 4:00 p.m. and then after that they move off to the east. very low risk of any tornadoes. only low to moderate risk of maybe high winds or very low risk of hail. little greater threat maybe of some brief heavy downpours as they move on through. then the relief comes in. hallelujah. it arrives tomorrow, low humidity. beautiful summer day. on wednesday and thursday, with highs in the 80s and low humidity and the same thing on friday. three or four days in a row, even nice on saturday too. with not very humid conditions in the upper 80s. then more humid on sunday. could get an afternoon storm on sunday into sunday evening. then up near 90 on monday and quite humid. now let's check on the tuesday commute. melissa what do you have now?

mystery tonight surrounding the deaths of two boaters whose bodies were found this afternoon on the potomac river. the two were reported missing when they didn't return to their yacht club yesterday. mary a maryland state police helicopter found their boat running but no one on board. friends tell us they were experienced boaters and investigators don't know whythy thy they would be in the water. >> they happened to be swimming,by we don't know tonight case but the tide's going they get the water, doesn't take much to be pulled away from the boat and next thing you know, you're too far away from the boat and you're in trouble. >> northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is in stafford county tonight talking with friends of the couple. she will join us a little later in the news. >>> a teenager accused of raping his ex-girlfriend outside a montgomery county courthouse will likely not return to the classroom. a judge ruled marquis turner could go back to classes while charges are pend bug that wouldn't happen. another said turn core get school services at home. turner is accused of attackin

think about this, metro may need another crossing over the potomac or under the potomac just to keeprains on time. and a lot of this has to do with the silver line. how many trains can you squeeze through a tunnel during one hour? for metro, that's an ongoing issue at rosslyn. there's only one tunnel for three lines, orange blue, silver and the tunnel is at capacity. >> so, are we at that max right now? >> we are at the max. >> reporter: not welcome news to charles askew an orange line rider. what does he want? >> more trains, more frequently. >> reporter: to do that metro will have to do will build another potomac crossing, not an easy fix. since there's only one tunnel right now on-time performance on the orange, blue and silver lines is suffering because of cop jests. here is a better description of what is going on. here is a better description of what is going on, trains west and east try to get through rosslyn. trains in orange start in vienna try to get through rosslyn. trains on blue start at franconia and springfield and try to get through rosslyn. rosslyn is the major bottl

down to the southwest, we look down toward the cathedral down toward the washington monument, the potomac, there is the monument there a very nice evening, 88 degrees right now it is hot, but look at the dew point, 56 degrees, any time that dew point is below 60, ber very comfortable and it is well below this afternoon so a very nice day temperatures around tn, 82 parentsburg 85, charlottesville, 83, culpepper, 82, the eastern shore and cambridge. along the river, looking good across our region. no rain to talk about going to be completely dry over the next 24 hours, probably the next 72 hours, next three days or so satellite and radar showing why, we have an area of high pressure across our region, boston, d.c., i-95, back toward chicago, mostly sunny skies, a few more clouds starting to build in think we will see a few more clouds tomorrow, all in all a great day in store on our thursday. what is the impact on your weather from tomorrow another low one, another good one looking like some sunshine, just a few high clouds, temperatures back into the 80s. now, tonight i think this is the b

the project will not only make the anacostia and potomac rivers much cleaner, it will reduce the risk of flooding in neighborhoods like bloomingdale hit hard in recent years. as you can see, the work is far from finished here. it will take these crews at least another two months to get the rest of the drill out of that tunnel. now, as for who pays for this $2 billion project, everyone who gets a d.c. water bill. coming up at 6:00 we will tell you how much each household can expect to pay. in the district at the big dig mark segraves news4. >>> an alarming declaration from the director of the fbi about the threat of isis. what it means for our safety on u.s. soil. >>> we try to answer your questions about interactions about police after that dash cam video showing sandra bland's arrest. coming up, we spoke with the president of the fraternal order of police. >>> and a great day out here for backyard weather w of course, i have got all the kids. what are the moms doing right now? they are taking pictures of the kids on television. they said we don't want to be on tv sorry, moms, you wer

live at poppet mack -- potomac, bruce leshan, wusa9. >> thank you, bruce. gordon was moderator of the technology club. >>> during the school year public school students get lunch for free or at a reduced price, but during the summer most of those childrens don't have access to meals and could get hungry. that's where the no kid hungry campaign stepped in offering dozens of meals at the william rec center in alexandria and today it came with a big hollywood smile. actor and musician kevin bacon distributed meals and spent time with the children. >> it's amazing because you can see how grateful these kids are to have something as simple as a good lunch, you know, something that i take for granted and i think a lot of us take for granted. it really is important that in this great and abundant country that we make sure that our kids are not going hungry. >> now kevin bacon didn't ask us to do this, but he and his brother michael are playing at the birchmere in alexandria tonight and tomorrow and tomorrow night's show is already sold out. >>> tornadoes ripped th

and at 6:00 where some are talking about another potomac river cross. how about that?> get into that shelter. adam tuss, thank you. >>> a second lawsuit now on file tonight in that massive cyber attack against the office of personnel management. the national treasury employees union is accusing opm of violating the pry vass rights of its members by failing to protect their private information much the union says a lawsuit is the best way to force the agency to make changes to protect personal information. >>> well, some very valuable parking spaces are now taken. find out why an event that used to celebrate park space in d.c. for just one day is now stretching on for months. >>> and the pope is in bolivia right now. we are learning more about his visit to the district and his plans to speak on the steps of the capitol. >>> a woman finds a bin next to a dumpster. when she opens it up, she finds a 20-piece silver set. coming up at 5:00, how she discovered it's family heirloom and what she is trying to do to find the rightful owner. >>> continuing to track very heavy rain

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way off in the distance is the washington monument the potomac river and under a blue sky we have lower humidity. excellent visibility. the humidity is dropping. no rain around now. temperatures are beautifully comfortable. near 80 in washington. 70s in the suburbs and rural areas. >> thauchg tom. talk about a show stopper. a breach of texting etiquette gets a lot of attention. and the confederate flag no s no longer. what happens next. >>> we are following your stories this morning. the next story sounds like a scene out of forest gump. a man is setting out to run coast to coast. what if we told you that he is a 91-year-old world war ii veteran and this is his second time making the cross country trek? he is officially the oldest man to run across the u.s. he is an inspiration indeed. how impressive is that. we want to remind that texting during a theater show is a big no no. according to "the huffington post," lapone took a cell phone from an audience member when they were texting. someone tweeted saying she took someone's phone because they were tweeting. >> it's me. i'm free of mybu

if you are strapped for cash, movies on the potomac. national treasure will be shown at national harbor. movie starts at 6:00 p.m. >>> still to come, we will check out some of the best caught on camera video. later, a big upset in nathan's hot dog >>> welcome back. we have a dramatic escape from a burning building caught on camera. the firefighters who made it happen are being recognized. >> we are looking at video of construction workers jumping from the fully engulfed 5th floor. he got down one floor before a ladder truck was able to reach him. the firefighters were given heroism awards. >> amazing. >>> what do you think are the weekend's biggest stories on the web? >> we're going to find out. >> in case you missed it these stories had you talking on our facebook page. according to a new consumer study chick-fil-a is america's favorite fast food restaurant. this is their first year on the list. i am surprised. chipotle was number two. >> see anything bizarre on metra lately? this shark was riding this week. it was a promo for shark we

across potomac. flash flood warning in effect until 8:00. 24 is an issue in the short-term and later there are more heavy showers and the storms building west. we will keep an eye on things and get back to you with an update in a few minute. >> in the last two hours the d.c. mayor announced break in the case of a murdered teenager. brianne carter has new developments after a body was found burping in a crash can. what have you learned? brianne: the police chief saying it's a focus for the agency. tonight announcing this arrest of a 19-year-old. 19-year-old zacchaeus blanding is behind bars accused of killing a man. >> the suspect and the victim were friends. >> june 23 19-year-old heineken mcneil's body was found burned beyond recognition. inside a trash can in trinidad section of d.c. authorities say mcneil was shot several times before the fire. chief lanier said it was first believed the death was as a result of a neighborhood feud. but after today's arrest they believe mcneil's death was not a re

live view overlooking the potomac river, there's the capitol off in the distance.the west, shenandoah valley, in the panhandle of west virginia, and tending to break up as it moves into loudoun county. and a few sprinkles here over the next hour or so. later today, you'll definitely need the umbrella during the afternoon. short sleeves. it's going to be a warm afternoon. showers and thunder showers rolling through. right now we're in the 70s, just about everywhere. mid and upper 70s through washington and the bay. and ahead, morning in the 70ss. by noon time should be in the low to mid-80s. and the showers beginning to move in by then into the metro area. during the afternoon showers with rumbles of thunder. temperatures in the low 80s by late afternoon. and there's just a slight chance, we might get enough rain from one of those downpours to cause some brief ponding of water. otherwise, should not have any problems but a low to moderate impact in the afternoon commute with showers moving on through ending by midnighorrow, a little sun in the morning. cloudy with t

east of reston crossing the upper end of the potomac river to the west of great falls.o watch. more shower and rumble of thunder. inch and a half at morningside. alexandria 1.37 inches. 1.5 in chantilly. no surprise about the flood warning. there is the larger view of storm scan. the heaviest batches move through now there could be a break but more potential to tv rumble of thunder through the evening and the night. shower and the downpours for the next five or six hours moving through the area. that is the latest. kimberly: we are following breaking news out of maryland. interstate 95 south closed in jessep after a car hit a state trooper. use 29 or 1. traffic is already stuck on the highway. it's getting by slowly on the shoulder. the trooper taken by medi-vac but is expected to be okay

they're searching the potomac river as we speak.e more throughout the morning. >>> thank you, kristin. we continue to follow two developing stories this morning after two major glitches. one involving united airlines. the other in new york stock exchange. more on what united is doing today to make it up to customers, but first let's check in with landon dowdy at cnbc and the impact on the market. good morning. >> hey, eun, good morning to you. well, the new york stock exchange says an internal technical glich and not a cyber attack likely caused wednesday's trading halt that lasted nearly four hours. it's the longest outage in recent memory and technical glitches aren't that uncommon. most famously, there was the flash crash in 2010 that sent the dow plunging 600 points in ten minutes. trading is up, stocks went on the nyse went on uninterrupted as they routed through the nasdaq. the nyse handled all the stock trades ten years, but it's now 25% as it competes with other dozens of exchanges. the impacts of yesterday's trading halt is

justin gordon taught at connolly school of the homely child in potomac.ight, chris gordon has details of the arrest and why the man was released on bond despite the serious charges. >> reporter: here at the connolly school of the holy child, justin gordon worked as a computer lab assistant. when the school received a report last week that he inappropriately touched two young student, one as early as 2012, the school fired gordon. in court documents the first victim says gordon came to her house in february. he brought her flowers made her different dessert and stayed to watch movies. she and gordon cuddled on the couch. on another occasion in the school's mac lab gordon allegedly groped her. two days ago, another young woman came forward reporting gordon kissed her in the school chapel and said she should not tell anyone because he would be fired. >> essentially, date their daughter. this is a 40-year-old man. >> reporter: connolly school of the holy child sent us a statement -- today a judge imposed bond at $50,000 unsecured which means gordon doesn't ha

a tragic end to the search for two missing boaters in the potomac river. they vanished after leaving from the yacht club in stafford county last night. a helicopter spotted their 19 foot boat today anchor just off of a quiet creek. recovery teams discovered a body 1000 yards south of the boat. the other was found a few hours later. leon: the man behind a deadly crash in prince george's county has been sentenced to 20 years in prison with all but 12 years suspended. ronald hayes was fleeing police when he had a minivan in 2013, killing two women. four children were also injured for stop the victims family watched police video of the chase before he was sentenced. >> i lost my breath when i seen it. i had no words. because it's ridiculous how somebody could drive that fast to hit a car like that. leon: the county state's attorney says hayes' action has a breathtaking disregard for human life. a maryland state trooper remains hospitalized in serious condition after he was struck while making a traffic stop. news chopper 7 was over the scene on high 95 near ro

just down the potomac from here in arlington, this is alexandria and the belle haven country club. a few high-level clouds overhead. 86 know at reagan national. winchester and 82. 84 degrees it baltimore and low humidity is very comfortable. clear to partly cloudy skies and a slow jog to the 70's this evening. by early tomorrow morning 59 to 69 degrees. high-pressure overhead extending out into the midwest will hang tough for a few more days giving is delightful sunshine while the nasty weather and rain and storms in clouds to the south. -- clouds to the south. we will talk about the weekend in the next seven details -- days in detail coming up. leon: details about the iran nuclear deal. citizen standing up as well. that led to some dueling protests outside the white house. a candidate also got involved. reporter: what started as a small, quiet demonstration outside of lafayette park sponsored by the concern them in of america group took an unexpected turn when republican presidential candidate ted cruz came up to the microphone. >> reporter: counterdemonstrators, one of them on a

above all else, destroy his opponent, the army of the potomac. preferably on their home soil and that would strike a crushing blow to the union war effort. in early june of 1863, his army is going to march into the fredericksburg area and the army is going to be in pursuit. they worked their way through western maryland and marching into southeastern pennsylvania. and the confederate army is foraging and scavenging throughout these areas of southern pennsylvania. pennsylvania has largely been untouched by the war until this point. as we can see from the map, one of the great ironies when these two forces meet up with one another, the southerners approach gettysburg from the north and the northerners approach gettysburg from the south. gettysburg was a very enterprising, bustling little town. and as far as 19th-century society goes it was fairly , progressive compared to others. it had a college, a lutheran seminary and two female academies, which was rare for a relatively rural community. what is really going for it is the road system that builds

an ordinary guy who did an extraordinary thing, and he saved several passengers' lives in the icy potomact was january 1982. i wrote a great speech about this because what president reagan did was launched the ongoing tradition of honoring an ordinary american who did extraordinary things during the state of the union. and that tradition continues today. so i got my neatly-written paper, i got up there in front of the podium -- [laughter] i failed. i went home to my mom i cried, and thank god i had not just a tiger mom, but a mountain lion mom. [laughter] who was completely unsympathetic. and she said words that ring true today in so many contexts. and i'm sure that many of you students have had moments like this. she said if you don't speak for yourself, no one will. and that's how i felt on my college campus. grant mentioned -- or was it mark that mentioned, i went oberlin college, you know? this is the berserkly of the midwest. [laughter] and i know that there is a student from the university of wisconsin-madison, and they're like no, my school is the berserkly of the midwest. okay clo

the tunnel-boring machine has dug four and a half miles under the potomac river. all part of a project to build a new sewer tunnel. crews brought the machine back to the surface and now they are use other equipment to finish the work. over the two years, lady bird has removed 1.2 million tons of material enough to make 72,000 truckloads. >>> today a texas prosecutor tried to shed a little more light on the death of the 28- year-old woman founding aning in her jail cell two weeks ago. following this story, joining us live from the newsroom with more. >> reporter: well lesli, the question in the death of sandra bland has been whether or not she killed herself or was killed. no injuries consistent with a violent homicide were found during an autopsy of the 28- year-old. >> get out of the car. >> reporter: sandra bland was arrested for allegedly assaulting a state trooper. dash cam video shows the trooper threatening bland with a stun gun when refusing to follow the orders to get out of the vehicle. three days after the arrest, she was found hanging in her texas jail

it looks beautiful to start the day along the potomac. filtered sunshine through about noon. then we'll see some clouds move in but no rain today. 75 degrees at 9:00. 81 at noon. by 5:00 it will be 85. that's dropping down from our high temperature of 88 degrees which we're going to reach at 3:00. so today's high temperature is below 90. we're starting in the 50s in a couple of spots. it's 59 in culpeper. 64 right now in orange. 63 in gaithersburg. 72 in d.c. of course that's usually one of the warm spots on the map. it's a nice look at satellite and radar right now but you can see the system approaching. that will mostly miss us to the north but it will be potent enough to trigger some thunderstorms tomorrow. on 9 futurecast, we're keeping it dry today. you can see a couple of sprinkles in the mountains. that's not going to manifest to anything for us in the metro area. as we head into saturday morning, we're still dry. just a few breaks in the cloud cover. then that line of showers and storms starts to develop as we head into the mid afternoon and that will make its way thr

the four-mile tunnel stretches from the blue plains treatment facility down the potomac river, underneath the anacostia river and then comes up here near nats park. it is part of a $2 billion project that will result in cheaper rivers, creeks and, yes, more expensive water bills. d.c. water has had to raise its rates every year and they say those rates will continue to go up in order to pay for this project. they say the upside is, again, much cleaner rivers and it will eliminate the flooding that we have seen in neighborhoods like bloomberg over the past several years. in the district, mark segraves, news4. >>> we continue to follow a breaking story in texas. prosecutors hold a news conference to discuss the death of sandra bland. more details from the autopsy straight ahead. >>> talk about a fund-raiser fallout, a baltimore >>> two teenagers are under arrest for a murder that is so disturbing, neighbors say you can see the horror on police officers' faces. now, this happened overnight in broken arrow, a suburb of tulsa, oklahoma. police went to the house after someone called 911, but di

>>> right now, we have some sunshine gleaming off the potomac river.ew on this tuesday morning. it is quite humid. respect the heat. we'll have our hottest day in a couple of weeks by later this afternoon. so you have to be outside for a length of time, drink plenty of water. wear loose fitting lightweight clothing. sun block and sunglasses and stay cool. we'll have the sticky humidity with us through the morning. but then by the afternoon, it will drop a little bit. but still be uncomfortably humid in the afternoon. temperatures right now in the low to mid 70s. metro area, around the bay, shenandoah valley around 70 degrees. out in the panhandle of west virginia, sherwin took this gold and gray sunrise. post yours on twitter and on facebook and share on instagram. mid 70s by 8:00. mostly sunny, upper 80s by noon. by late afternoon into the mid 90s with the humidity. it will feel like near 100. then tomorrow, not as hot. more clouds highs upper 80s and quite humid and likely more downpours tomorrow with some thunder and lightning in the afternoon and e

> today friends and family members are honoring a teenager who was killed in a car crash in north potomac. he died four weeks after graduating from woolt.high school. visitation for alex murk is taking place at pupfries funeral home. he and his friend were in a car that crashed into a tree last week. speed and alcohol played a part in the crash. the drive and another person in the car survived. >>> a new mandatory vaccination law in california has set off a new round of debate. we will tell you which vaccines you need as an adult and who's the one type of why are we watching this again? i pay for all these channels, so i make myself watch them all. joey, i'll watch anything except this. except this. go back, go back, go back, go back, go back, go back. fios custom tv lets you pay for the types of channels you want, not the ones you don't. 100% fiber optics is here. get out of the past. get fios. now for $79.99 a month. go online or call. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >>> a businesscy night and the wind is picking up, getting busy tracking a

that the support of the war but now he believed if he could put a killer blow on the army of the potomac that at the north would give up. is that so? was lee in error? courage -- aaron: i do not think so. if lingo will resort what any shaped -- in lincoln would resort and initiate, chancellorsville which [indiscernible] a strong piece party and popular will write a push in the direction that forced some kind of resolution. lincoln is committed to avoiding the vast. at what point does he the end or respond to popular demand? lee is smart and reading northern newspapers and taking the tenor of the north accurately. a decisive defeat is hard to accomplish with civil war armies. it is the goal of every commander even though they know what happen, i will destroy the enemy's army. they are almost too big to suffer that catastrophic defeat. battles like nashville do not happen very often. very unlikely it would happen. politically the north at its most vulnerable in july of 1863. a significant defeat would turn in an unpredictable direction. >> lee was thinking right? aaron: taking a big risk w

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