the humidity is 81% and that temperature at reagan national airport, 63. so don't look for the temperature to warm up all that much. some of these folks to the south had some more sunshine peek through the clouds. you haven't had as much rain. down here, any sunshine we get won't go into evaporating the wet ground, it will warm up the air. so you'll be in the low 70s today in fredericks berg and folks in winchester will have odds of getting warmer weather today. we'll keep it cloudy with those winds, a few rain showers linger tomorrow in your saturday. sunday is looking to be the better part of your weekend. here is the wiicw, lotropical l backing in all that moisture and around here. as forecast, the models have it at noon. north and east of dc, watch what happens over time. the rain begins to become more showery and sprinkles instead of a steady rain. as we take you through your saturday morning, i think for our softball tournament, it will be cloudy. the ground is going to be wet. into the afternoon, we have a shot of a couple showers. don't completely

>>ea a headsp u for you if ypoue flying in or out of reagan national airport. they plan to closthecl reagan national airport airport on the blue andel ylow lines for the labor day weekend. this is part of an extensive maintenance project. they are set to close down friday at 9:30 p.m. and reopen at 5:00 p.m. on tuesday. shuttle bus service will be available. >> the race for the governor in virginia. commonwealth conservatives are standing by bob mcdonnell a day after he backed away from statements he made in a 1989 graduate thesis. in that paper he said it was ok to scrimnailt against others to preserve traditional families. some say he should not distance himself too much so he doesn't lose their support. same sex marriage owe opponents are taking a new stand in the district of columbia tonight. they filed a request for a ballot initiative that would 2003 marriage between -- define america as between a man and a woman. this comes as openly gay council member david says he plans to introduce legislation legalizing same sex marriage this fall. coming up, a.t.m.'

we have 35-mile-per-hour gusts at reagan national. we will see it for the next few hours out of the south and southwest. and now out around the mountains temperatures are in the 60s. tonight we will see the temperatures dropping after the winds kick in to the northwest. we will be in the 40s tomorrow morning. that's when we will be back. barbara and joe? >> thank you, tom. >> thank you. >>> they were monkeying around in the streets of london over the weekend, and the people there were going bananas. more than 600 people took part in the gorilla run. participants dressed in gorilla suits and ran around in central london. the costumes were provided by organizers of the race, but many added their own touch. and the event goes towards saving the gorillas in africa. >>> thank you for joining us. join us for the "daily connection" at 3:00, and then at 4:00 for the news. >> see you in the morning. have a great day. >> bye. if i had to sit on a bench during the middle of a game due to diabetes it would frustrate me. in a basketball game a cou

no travel delays at reagan national or the area airports even though we have rain. right now where you see the blue is where we're getting light rain here in washington, northern prince george's county, across montgomery county. a few sprinkles in fairfax, light rain in western loudoun county, moderate rain in prince william through fauquier county. some other areas of showers to the south and west, and that is heading off to the northeast. so, it's maybe going to be an hour or two hours before we see any of this rain activity tapering off. these are the totals so far. about a half inch up near frederick, about a quarter of an inch around loudoun county, only .15 at dulles. we haven't turned the rain gauge at reagan national. perhaps .1 before the day is over. in the 60s from the blue ridge to the atlantic beaches. near 60 around the blue ridge in the shenandoah valley laurel at 68. their rainfall near zero, too. only sprinkles this morning. the rest of the afternoon a chance of a sprinkle by mid afternoon and into this evening. we'll have highs near 70. then this e

look at these temperatures. 72 right now at reagan national. nice looking start to the day. 71 at this hour at dulles. 73 in frederick. 67 in winchester. earlier this morning, parts of the region here out to the west were in the 40s. winchester was 45 degrees earlier this today. so they were off to a cool start. off to the south, at stephanie blair station, you were 72. ocean city is 77 degrees. nice day to be at the beach or just about anywhere in the mid- atlantic as the sunshine has roll add cross the region. look at the satellite radar and you can see how much of the area is enjoying clear skies. in the upper midwest we have nothing but sunshine and with high pressure, we're looking at bright days around here. our next chance for shower activity is more than five days away, i think. here is tropical storm erica. not looking very impressive. maximum winds of 40 miles per hour. they've flown a plane in again this morning and the center of circulation keeps bouncing around in the storm and it looks like it will continue to do so. so not much i

yesterday, only 69 degrees at reagan national. the rain was appreciated and that puts us back into the plus column for precipitation. as we look ahead, i think you'll like what you see because by the time monday comes around, temperatures will be in the mid- 80's. we will stay writer of the 80- degree mark for much of the rest of the week. it looks like we will get back to september-type weather. >> we are still in summer. it is hard to believe that because it has been so chilly. >> on september 21 we will have the equinoxes. >> sounds good. still ahead, controversy caught on tape, a nonprofit allegedly coached a prostitute. we will preview the redskins' season opener in sports, next. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy, came from an energy company. every day, chevron invests $62 million in people. in ideas. seeking, teaching, building. fueling growth around the world, to move us all ahead. this is the power of human energy. chevron. >>> welcome back

it happened between braddock road and reagan national airport. the worker was medevaced to the hospital. metro launched an investigation into what train hit the worker and if the worker was where he was supposed to be when the accident happened. >>> an ashburn, virginia, man was arrested for dui after crashing his car into a dump truck. the passenger was killed. police charged justin schuback for hit-and-run. >>> joe wilson apologized for his behavior last night during the president's speech on health care. in an outburst, wilson accused president obama of lying about part of his reform proposal. wilson called the white house staffers to apologize to the president. he said they agree the debate on health care needs to be a civil one. >>> there's been a lot of focus on the h1n1 virus. today, health officials express concern too many people may overlook the dang urs of traditional seasonal flu which can be deadly. >> and say many should get two flu shots this season. jay gray has more. >> reporter: it's an annual fall ritual. this year doctors are

n anaatonioald r reagan national rportl btweeenb friday night and tuesday morning. we're live with and the problems that it could be causing. >> big problems for travelers who do not plan ahead and for a lot of other people who intend to use metro. while most of us relax over the labor day weekend, metro will go to work. >> we will close three stations for extensive repairs. >> that is going to be hard. i don't drive. >> they will not have metro to t to and from work at reagan national airport. the pentagon city, crystal city, and reagan at national airport metro stations will close at 9:30 p.m. on friday, september 4 and not reopen until 5:00 a.m. tuesday september 8. they will have to take shuttle buses to the close station in order to get back on a metro train on the other side of the closures. >> disaster. >> it will mean headaches for airline passengers to and from the airport. >> those people are not going to be too happy. >> they will have to take cabs or find a different transportation. it will be very inconvenient.

reagan national got under an inch of rain and dulles only on .2 of an inch of rain.wi marshal an inch and a half and we have a product here that can estimate how much rain has fallen. the max hd radar can do that and you can see there was nothing basically from fredericksburg to culpeper, charlottesville or richmond. it was sunny there, gorgeous. that was the placeto be and you get to the eastern shore and we found 6- and 8-inch radar estimated totals, although we're getting ground from this, too. through southern maryland, up to three inches, bel-air marynd, three inches. on the del mask a three to six inches of rain from this. quite an impressive storm and we are going continue to feel a bit of the influence over the weekend and by and large, it's much weakened. this is what imon by saying we may get a bit of a taste of it. during the day saturday, there will be clouds around, maybe a late-day shower and that will be a piece of energy the upper- level energy coming behind the storm system and out there. kind of opening up. hey, hang in there fosunday. sunday looks

temperature at ronald reagan washington national airport 60 with a light southeast wind. rain, just under an inch after reagan national, just over an inch at dulles international and .75 inches after thurgood marshall, bwi international airport. the rain is coming down and the temperatures are holding steady. upper 50s to 60s. 59 in fairfax, 59 in manassas, 61 in annapolis. now nearly an inch in the washington area, almost an inch at dulles airport. 1.21. culpepper, over .75 inches and .67 many hagerstown. raining along the i-95 corridor. a break in the action in loudoun county. by and large, most of the area is going to continue to see rain in the overnight. be ready for that. the rain is now ending in far southwestern virginia. the rain will taper off early on our sunday morning, but nonetheless, you need to be ready for a cloudy and wet start. the earlier you get up, the wetter it is going to be. gradually tomorrow we will see an end to the rain showers. a saturday night soaker for certain across our area. one main area of low pressure coming through tomorrow. most of

put flights at nearby reagan national airport on hold.ot the white house, not home hand security, not the secret service, nor the f.b.i.'s washington field office were notified in advance of the exercise. not a mistake, says the coast guard. >> this is a low-profile normal training exercise that goes on every day as we train our people to handle the boats shall, handle the security protocol. there was no reason for specific agency notification. >> but what was supposed to be a routine training exercise morphed into a media controversy when scanner traffic was picked up and reported on cnn as fact that shots had been fired on a suspicious vessel, but in a real incident, the coast guard says it does not use an open or public frequency. >> if we're involved in a natural operation with secret service or other federal agencies, we go encrypted on the radio, so it cannot be intercepted. >> given the push after 9/11 to do a better job sharing intelligence through operation centers like this one, the large larger question is how could this happen

i'm not going to play with it. 68 here at reagan national. 67 in baltimore. mid-60s here off to the north and west. frederick is 66. hagerstown too. winchester 62. winchester this morning, currently 63, they were 49- degree this is morning and we're going to do upper 40s and low 50s off to the north and west of town during the overnight hours. so north cool one. 69 right now at patuxent naval air station. and ocean city, maryland, checking in what warm temperature of 77 there. a nice looking day. nice looking from the mountains to the beaches today. and for the next several days as we're not expecting much in the way of changes here. our air pattern will stay very much the same. we're not the only ones enjoying the cool temperatures across the upper midwest into new england. tempertures are well below where they should be for this time of year. 63 in cincinnati. 64 in detroit. out to the west, denver is 62. dallas is 73. and 85 in las vegas. our weather looks fantastic. look at the clear ies. i showed you the cool temperatures. out toward cincinnati and detro

tomorrow night that 49 for reagan national.f low 40s and maybe upper 30s far north and west by thursday morning. late shower on friday. showers more likely on saturday and sunday for the skins home game. let's beat tampa. 71 with sunshine. >> we're going to beat tampa. that's the attitude, howie b. >> you have a better attitude than me. >>> how about some winning traffic? i can't deliver right now because on the outer loop at georgia avenue we have an accident taking away the left lane for drivers. they are backed up to 95. i'm estimating the drive time at 20 minutes. plus 15 in the car if you are making your way from father hurley to 370. just volume. no incidents or accidents here. on the virginia side of things. 66 eastbound, really stacking up. jammed from 29 gainesville to 29 centreville and that is taking you 20 minutes and using the brakes from the fairfax county parkway over to 123. what's up on 395 northbound, those taillights are stacking up a bit. mainly between edsall and seminary an accident alert on an inner loop

right now, 61 degrees at reagan national. and our humidity is -- >> zippo. >> not that. that is the five-day. humidity 58%. wind are out of the north at 1 miles per hour. there is the pressure. you can see the cloud cover is off the coast. we have nothing but clear skies over the washington area. high pressure will be in charge here all week long. so this forecast is going to be somewhat repetitive but i don't think people will be complaining because it will feature lots of sunshine, warm days, cool nights, low humidity. it is just about perfect. >> just about perfect. here your forecast for today. again, no rain showers or thunderstorms today. highs later in afternoon in the upper 70s after a cool start. so it will be a nice afternoon. i'll have more details on the forecast and we have to go back to the tropics and take a look at the system once again. >> again? >> well, the same system but it looks different. >> julie, did you turn your seat warmers on? >> yes, i did. even the dog was up near me in morning. it's chilly out there. so it is a little cool for me but nonet

the pentagon city, crystal city and reagan national metro stations are closed. there is shuttle bus service but that will affect anyone trying to take metro on this labor day. out on the roads, things looking great with the light volume for the holiday. here we are 95 northbound making the trip up towards springfield. no problems out of fredericksburg continuing up towards woodbridge and the hov lanes are open in the northbound direction. the beltway is running smoothly. the big problem today will be everybody heading back from the beach. everything looks good right now. no problems here eastbound at sandy point. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> president obama is keeping with the labor day theme today. he is headed to ohio address an organized labor group. >> the president will speak for a friendly audience at the annual afl-cio labor day picnic. he will announce to union members his selection for senior counselor for manufacturing. his appointee, ron bloom, has served as senior advisor to treasury secretary tim geithner on the au

reagan national, 58 degrees. dulles international, 54 degrees. bwi marshall, 55 degrees. definitely need a jacket. kids are going to school. they will need jackets as well. temperatures across the country. there is our 58. 49 in rochester. witch dark kansas, 65 degrees. larks 71. phoenix, 90 degrees early this morning, in fact, during the overnight hours there. you can see clearly what is going on. jimena, the hurricane over the baja peninsula, there it is, a very clear picture of that energy. you even see the eye. but you see it beginning to break down just little bit as it moves over land. that is a good image there. high pressure controlling much of the midwest, the great lakes region, mid-atlantic and the or n ast. you can see that clouds and any other weather system have to work their way around that high pressure system. it is dominating so much. here is the old front that has pushed off to the south and east. the forecast for washington for today looks like this. mostly sunny today. a nice afternoon. i think it will be a great afternoon to get outside and do someth

the pin city, crystal city and reagan national airport metro ma lnsatl w tw cl en bngcli n ee9:30 p.mn on friday and 4: 00a.a.m. on it. many riders are wondering whose bright idea is this. roby chavez has the details. >> reporter: this labor day if you're travelling and heading to or from reagan national airport, you won't be getting there on metro. the heavily-travelled station will be closed from friday night until tuesday morning. the reaction from riders is predictable. >> whoever decided i was not thinking about a lot of travelers who were going to be this weekend. >> i think the tieing is terrible. why are they picking that weekend to do it? >> reporter: it will shut down the pentagon city, crystal city and airport metro rail stations entirely. >> we're looking at it, a major lift. >> reporter: they said crust will be -- crews will be replacing an entire rail switch near ntagon city. it's 30 years ole. >> we recognized this is a slight inconvenience, especially on the labor day holiday weekend. the good news, when the rail switch, when it's replaced and changed out, we won't hav

d that includes the reagan national airport.t station along with the crystal city and pentagon city stations will close from 9:30 p.m. friday until 5:00 a.m. tuesday morning for maintenance. so you'll have to take a shuttle bus to get to those stops. metro says add 45 minutes to your travel to and from the airport. that's this weekend. let's fine out what is happening from julie wright. >>> right now it's not so bad. and all trains are on time, thank you very mh. steve, lanes are open on the south side of the town to and from the wilson bridge. this is a live ot of 395 north of the beltway past duke street toward the th street bridge and again the lanes are open no. accidents to report in southeast. it's busy. we have volume delays. pennsylvania avenue down from branch toward the sousa bridge and d.c. route 295, kenilworth slowing at 50 and from burros down to east cap. from montrose on to the southbound spur into virginia, 270 is busy leaving buckies down to hyatts down. and on the brakes between 28 and falls road. thas a check

right now 60 degrees at reagan national.ay. 59 in frederick and out at dulles airport. temperatures today, a little bit of sunshine, partly cloudy this afternoon, our high temperature about 73 degrees. and again dealing with the morning rain and rain showers moving out of the north at 10- 15. i'll be back in a couple of minutes to look at the weekend forecast. let's get to julie wright with our on-time traffic. >>> not much chaz changed -- not much has changed out of montgomery county. this is 2070 leaving clarksberg and over a 20-mile backup right now leaving clarksberg past father hurley and toward the american legion bridge. again, from exit 18 all the way down to the split. 18 miles of slow traffic and then down to the bridge, which is another 5 miles so over 20 miles of bumper-to-bumper traffic toward the dice ons area. inner loop is open. top stretch of the beltway slow from college park toward silver spring. inbound on route 50, the incident in buoy is cleared. traffic slows from 410 in riverdale to northeast. on 395,

on the scoreboard, the official numbers, 87, 71 at reagan national airport. we will definitely see it cool down friday. but not until then. mid 80's across the board, more up and down the coast, and the cool weather is starting to show up across the midwest and the central plains. the very pleasant. we have been watching closely showers that have been diminishing to the south. they have been at rotating in the opposite direction, away from us to the southwest. they're just a ragtag bunch of showers, which will wash out through the night. we have also been watching atlanta because of their recent weather woes. that cluster of showers is sting to the west, and for now it looks ok. i think any activity that we see will be random and isolated until the cold front in the morning. then at the cool, dry air rules in friday. the way that it looks, it looks like that will quickly move out and the next weather disturbance will move in from the west. 2:00 saturday, that is about when the leading edge of the next batch of showers will move in, and it could linger into su

it happened yesterday between braddock road ad the reagan national stations. metro says it is possible the train operator didn't slow down because the operator was not informed the worker was on the tracks. >>> its search is on to find the person response wrubl for a deadly hit and run in prince george's county. driver hit and killed jose perez simental around #:00 last night along annapolis road i'm witness showed up to give officers more information. they are looking if a chrysler model vehicle with damage to the left front headlight area. >>> hazmat crews are going to spend much of the morning cleaning up a chemical spill in prince george's county. a 55-gallon drum full of cleaning chemicals exploded and spilled into a parking lot. this happened late last night in capitol heights. everything is contained now but it did blow out two large overhead garage doors, windows and damaged a van inside. >>> our live coverage of 9-11 memorial events continues through tmoe hg.rn in >>> first, what happened outside the capitol during president obama's joint address to c

it is north of dunkirk and over towards reagan national.up towards places like columbia, maryland, seeing heavier showers. the rain is slowly moving west andhen will lift out. then they will taper to drizzle. down in the southwest, it is just drizzle. let's look outside. numbers are on the cool side. the storm system will slowly get out of here. we will talk about the weekend coming up. lisa baden is out. jim is in. >> this is a crash on southbound 395. one single plane gets by to the left. a tractor-trailer and bust our stops on the scene. this is 395 near washington boulevard. we have had multiple accidents on the beltway between river road and the legion bridge. it is very heavy getting passed all of those scenes. back to you. we will be ck with morere right teafth >>> coming up, the president bush. moderate senators brought in. eight years after 9/11. we go back to examine one of the most vulnerable targets. was the promise to secure it capped? we will put a new car one on hydrogen power to the test. we will speak with janet jackson. is

scrambling to the shorelines and just down river from where the drill was happening, here at reagan national airport, officials decided to put a stop to flights for nearly a half an hour. the president's motorcade crossed one of those bridges on the way to the september 11 commemoration. but he was not in the area when the confusion began. coast guard officials say they didn't coordinate ahead of their practice because training like this happen often. >> training take place approximately four times per week. >> reporter: the coast guard is reviewing their procedure and the way they interact with the media. the changes are available, they'll make them to keep situations like these from happening again. >> coast guard ordered one of its own helicopters to fly over the river to investigate. >>> we've seen a lot of rain over the past 24 hours, bob turk is following it all. >> let's look at some of those rainfall totals. it's still raining in some spots. belaire just 2-1/4 inches of rain. south and west of the city, not much at all. dellas only 1/2 of an inch. right now a little bit of activity l

in contrast to this, 87 degrees at reagan national; dulles, 89. , yes, it's humid. you feel it and i am sure you had to click on the air conditioning. 83 degrees in d.c.; 85 at dulles; 88 in frederick and 87 degrees in fredericksburg. cooler near the water. a lot of clouds and maybe a shower here and there and the temperatures 70. we're not keeping them out of the forecast and calling for a partly sunny and warm day tomorrow. the spotty showers with the front. 85 degrees. 's couple of changes. the dunes will drop and a slight chance of a show or a front as the cold front arrives. in will drop temperatures on friday into a comfortable level in the mid-70s and also, looks look a bit of cloud cover may continue to hang around on friday and then as we get into the weekend, we do believe that some much this moisture down to our south and you can begin to see it now. the area of low pressure there, that will be getting a little bit closer as well. let's talk about the five-day forecast and sum it up for you. tomorrow, a warm one, 85 degrees and friday, 76 degrees under pa

we had a gust of 21 at reagan national. temperatures now on the eastern shore in the mid-60s, and out of the mountains still only near 50 degrees on this cool final day of september. getting a few showers coming in from the north, from this area of low pressure over southeastern canada, and that's also going to be swinging in much cooler air where you see the counties in blue. there is a frost advisory. and it's all the way into ohio as ll. and here is the wider view over the last 12 hours. the circulation around the low, which is now up over quebec is continuing to give us the flow out of the north and west. we do have high pressure that will move over us as we get into tomorrow and bring us a chill. and some of the cool air will be moving in as we go forward over the next 48 hours. we will have a trying trend and lots of sunshine tomorrow and then on friday we will see the approach of a frontal system coming in from the midwest that may give us showers, and that's friday night into saturday. and then clouds in and out, an

in the frenzy immediately after, reagan national airport was shut down with nearly two dozen flights delayed until the issue was cleared up. the potomac panic prompted criticism that the federal government is still scaring people rather than informing them. >> it's possible the coast guard could have been more prudent on september 11th. the real lesson here is the american people are safe, but they haven't been told about it. when someone heard this radio signal, called it out to the media, that then took off. >> reporter: the white house criticized cnn for first reporting the incident without confirming. cnn said it heard the radio and saw the boats. >>> tom sherwood, thank you. >> today's training exercise caused a stir at reagan national airport. aviation officials grounded departing flights 20 minutes out of caution. 17 flights were delayed. all traffic since returned to normal operations. >>> meanme, rain and overcast clouds hung over this solemn day in new york city a memorial service was held near ground zero. bagpipes played, bells tolled, there was silence. at the moments th

reagan national airport. dew point at degrees. shaky cam. northwest wind at 15, gusting to 22. we picked up again over 0.75 inch of rain today. look at that. this was at 11:00 a.m. today. this storm system off the coast. had a semblance of an eye to it. there was discussion as to why the national hurricane center didn't name this storm. the eye for this storm produced the worst conditions around new jersey and delaware with a lot of wind and rain. 19-foot waves off the coast of new jersey. they had four, five, six inches of rain around new jersey, too, as well as 60 mile-an-hour winds. high winds. could have been a subtropical storm. right w it's just inland moving north. we'll have the rest of this system rotating through our area tomorrow. that's hanging back off to the west. in terms of rainfall totals, philadelphia close to two. over two inches in salisbury, maryland. again, still wind along the coast. there have been airport delays today around new york and boston. let's go ahead and zoom in then. i'll show where you most of that rain rotating through state college central

let's take a look at what is happening right now at reagan national. where currently the temperature is 65 degrees. relative humidity at 81%. reporting mostly cloudy skies. and the winds out of the south at 6 miles per hour. here is a look at the satellite radar composite. no rain this morning. we did see rain yesterday as expected across portions of area, widely scattered showers. this morning it's just the cloud cover we're dealing with. off to the north and east, not cloudy there. so skies look clearer there, more sunshine. out to the west and southwest of the city, thicker clouds. forecast for washington for today, clouds will stick around through the morning hours and then we'll see some afternoon sunshine. it will be warmer today. yesterday we topped out in the upper 60s, today we'll top out in the upper 70s. that's a look at the weather. more coming up in a bit. now let's get a look at the roads and traffic with allison oakley. >>> i want to talk about metro's red line first off because there are delays on the red line. at dupont circle there wa

right now at reagan national, just 60 degrees. that's it. humidity 60%. winds out of the north at 13 miles per hour. cool start to the day. we have high pressure moving in and that will deliver a beautiful afternoon acrs the washington area. look at the clear skies off to the north and west. high pressure will build in here. so no rain showers or thunders as t. forecast. should be very quiet around here for the next several days. the weather pattern will be a nice one. here is a look at the forecast and i'll be back with more details in a few minutes. sunny skies, nice temperature. let's get to traffic and julie wright. >>> we're checking out the ride along quince orchard at 270 where we have the accident activity and that's tieing up your ride along the right side of the road. but northbound 95 slowing out of woodbridge leaving dale city and toward lorton. all lanes are open. 395 slows from the beltway toward seminary road. along quince order chard toward 270, coming from the chevy's and the rite aid, this is the approach to 270 south and the right lane

reagan national reporting a temperature of 68 degrees. that's a new temperature that just came in. 68 degrees; relative humidity 78%. winds are calm. barometic pressure on the rise. forecast for today, warm but not humid. warm and 85 degrees downtown. we'll have more coming up in just a little bit. and enjoy it today because things change tomorrow. >> did you listen, julie wright? >> that's the key. i'm surprised you didn't pick point break. being a beach guy. >> and with the dead presidents. >> the surf dude bank robber. what would have thought of it. >>> and out on the roads, the trop stretch of the beltway slowing on route 1 toward georgia avenue. southbound 270 on the brakes, germantown toward the split. a couple of brakes along the way southbound but you are below speed continuing southbound leaving father hurley toward the split. southbound 95 slowing on the ramp to the exit for the outer loop of the beltway. speaking of the outer loop at prince george's county, north of route 4, there was a truck pulling a trailer with lawnmower eq

the blue lines omfr reagan national are shut down. and you ought to add an extra 45 ri ro decidfrp.tt m droides dto do the track work over the labor day weekend because it's one of the least traveled weekends on the rail. >>> another travel note, the bay bridge sure so be a busy place today. the maryland transportation authorities says 366,000 vehicles will cross the bay bridge this weekend. the best advice is to travel over the bridge before 11:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. >>> a free education for those who have fought for our freedom. we'll take a look at the new gi bill and how it's affecting college enrollment. >>> and now a little boy has been found after two years and wait until you hear where he was and who had him. >>> and try explaining this one to your insurance company. a man fires a cannon into his neighbor's home. you can find that story on myfoxdc.com. click on the off beat section. stay with us. >>> a miraculous discovery at sea. nine people killed when crews were able to rescue almost 1,000 people on board, including a

there's sunshine pouring down there at reagan national. right now the temperature is at 84, the record high today, 94. set on this date back in 1970. so september can be hot even in late september and early october, not unheard of for temperatures to hit the 90s. we're not going to do that today. let's look at radar. the clouds are not producing rain around the region. but it is certainly warm. we're in the low and mid 80s around washington and in prince george's county, montgomery, fairfax and arlington counties. near the bay there's a bit of a wind off the water so temperatures upper 70s to near 80. more cloudiness hagerstown and martinsburg, temperatures in the upper 70s. elsewhere, chantilly, virginia at 82, and the humidity continues to drop there as well. the winds have now shifted into the north. we had cool front coming through and that has begun to bring in cooler air into the mountains as well as some drier air. these are the current temperatures, 80s across most of virginia, eastern shore in the upper 70s to near 80. these are t

reagan national, we picked up .8 inch of rain. that was the most we've gotten around here in 20 days, going back to august 22nd. we had winds up to 25 and 30 miles per hour. there were spotshat picked up around two inches of rain or so. now the center of the system, it's starting to relax. the rain is opening up and fanning out and heading down to the south through a few locations around here like new carolton and prince george's county. later tonight we might see a few drops around with temperatures in the 60s. an evening shower chance for a couple more hours here. saturday we'll have more rotating through because there's another part to this system. still, there is the promise of some sunshine coming our way this weekend. it's not going to be a bad weekend. we are going to start to warm up a bit, too. we'll look at all of that in the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the space shuttle "discovery" is headed for california now mission control ordereded "discovery" and seven astronauts to aim for t

reagan national airport, 70 and for the high this afternoon. 93 the record high in 1954. sunset, we will be in the 50's and eventually the 40's. a real chill in the air. the high pressure is still to our north and west and will slide overhead, clearing the skies. we start with sunshine, and get some clouds during the day. the clouds disappear, kind of typical. warm sunshine, but cold air overhead. 63 in new york. the florida state is nice and warm. a few clouds during the day, but mostly out in the appalachians. east of the mountains will stay mainly clear. tomorrow, a similar day with clouds and sunshine. it probably upper 60's to about 70's. still breezy but not as dusty as today. the high-pressure center will come right over had on thursday and gives a full day of sunshine. we expect the breeze to continue to funnel in the very chilly air. 40's, low 50's early tomorrow. finally, this will be out of the way on thursday. high pressure building to the west. from start to finish on thursday, a full day of sunshine. it won't last forever, because another system comes in for

reagan national at a high of 76. old values below the average for the final day of august. --ht bothh values below the avee for the final day of august. 57 degrees at the airport. 56 in fairfax. temperatures are slowly dropping. light winds, mostly clear skies. 54 in syracuse. moderate around the soacuse. moderate around the south east. there is a stationary front over here. moisture is running ot of the gulf of mexico. we will keep an eye on that. the high pressure centered around the great lakes. there may be some afternoon showers tomorrow, wednesday, and thursday. our extended dry spell may end if this moves up north. it is hard to determine where the weekend weather pattern will be. showers saturday and sunday. but f things change, dry weather could continue over the weekend. 52-59 in the morning. 76, a pleasant day for the first day of september. 80 degrees and sunshine wednesday and thursday. the uncertainty for forecast for friday. the holiday weekend looks good. [unintelligible] you can only look so far out with any accuracy. >> thank you. that is right. a high not

reagan national, 67 degrees. relative humidity at 79%.inds out of the south at three miles per hour. barometric pressure 29.96 and i think that is steady turgite last hour. here are the temperatures generally speaking. most of us in the 60s. frederick, maryland is at 57 degrees though. 67 in washington. 66 at patuxent naval air station. ocean city is at 73 degrees. high pressure dominating this morning. that high pressure is over here. can you see it is starting to break town a little bit but we still have a lot of clear skies out there this morning and for today, we will. later on, we'll start to see some clouds push in here but that will be tonight, i believe, not so much during the course of the day. now, enjoy today because really, after today, we've got unsettled weather moving in. first of all, those clouds make their way in as i mentioned. there is some moisture down to our south. i showed you that eaier. that begins to work its way in here because of a stalled-out front. the front is not here yet. it gets through here late tonight

but if we could get any cloud cover it should be warmer today. 62 at reagan national. humidity 84%. winds out of the north and west at 13 miles per hour. here is your forecast. the early showers will give way to afternoon clouds. it will be cool with a high of 73 degrees. i'll have a detailed work at the weekend forecast which i promise will feature some sunshine coming up. >> tucker, thanks so much into we want to take you back to new york now. friends and family continue to read the names of those who were lost eight years ago today. >> the highest death toll came from ground zero in new york. and we check in now with fox's dick brennan who is live this morning. dick, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's been a very somber morning and of course a very difficult morning. also because so many people have been fighting the elements here. u had the wind and the rain. and i mean serious wind and rain. and nonetheless thousands have shown up and this is one of the most difficult parts of the day. the reading of the names. each family member gets up and read the name of their lo

got to go back to the beginning of july. 7 # was the winning number yesterday at both reagan national and dulles. i'm really into winning numbers now that i think i'm going to win the lottery. >> you think so? >> i think so -- 76 was the winning number yesterday. we had radiational cooling. this time of year, we are starting to see very cool temperatures first thing in the morning here. 61 at reagan national. 50 in winchester. 56 at dulles. if you need the warmer air, get down towards the bay. 64 at patuxent naval air station and ocean city, maryland is reporting a temperature of 62 degrees. not a lot to talk about today on our satellite-radar. our frontal system still pushing off the coast here and really won't be a factor in our weather today. it is high pressure and all the way out here to the upper midwest. you can see the clear skies and that will just anchor itself right across the washington area for several days. forecast here will be somewhat repetitive but as said earlier, i don't think too many people will be complaining because it is a really nice forecast which features l

we will take a look at our current temperature, 59 degrees right now at reagan national. our winds are out of the west at 7 miles per hour. 58 in baltimore. you can still see 60s here to south, and that is starting the gradual warmup. and down in ocean city, maryld, 68 degrees, so again, a little bit warmer there to the south. looking at t forecast for this afternoon, right now, we look fine. we have a few clouds overnight and over through the washington area at this hour. as we get into the afternoon, you can key seer lurking off to the north -- see here lurking off to the north and west, more gray, and the rain showers will st to the north and west. we are not expecting rain, but more clouds as we get into the afternoon. and it wilbe cool with the breezes, and the winds will be out of the north and west for the next couple of days. temperatures are going to be well below average, particularly at night, where we will be back into the upper 40s to about 50 or so. cool start, and just a couple clds in the forecast this morning, we will see a few more clouds this afternoon.

going to get a lot of rain at reagan national, but it depended on where you were as you will see in a moment. 74 was the high temperature today. expect temperatures similar tomorrow. picked up 700 -- inch of rain. temperatures across the area. how much were we cooler than average? 8 degrees in d.c. it wasn't the coolest city, but considering how much cooler we were than average, we were the number one city for that. 71 for the north. 66 in boston. there's the circulation off the coast. that's the low pressure system that stuck around the cape. high pressure to the north. it's going nowhere. it doesn't want to move. we are stuck with the low here. tomorrow, it will move to the north, just a little bit. thursday, it moves to the northwest. more inland, wednesday night, tomorrow night, for the first half of thursday, we could see the heaviest rain around here. isolated showers now. right around 270 and i-70, gates and damascus. that's it on the radar now. we'll see more showers coming through tonight. pax river, close to three quarters inch of rain. the temperature is 68 degrees. solomon

but edit -- they are quick movers already. 74 right now at reagan national. dropping down into the 50's later on tonight as some cooler air filters in. tomorrow afternoon it will be a little bit more than what we had today, but we have a big cold front pushing our way. more about that coming up. >>> coming up, fighting the flu at the drive-through. we will explain. plus, an academy itward winning director is behind bars. he could face charges in the u.s. for a crime that happened decades ago. a husband and father is murdered inside of his own home with his children in the house. new details on the search for the >>> and has been an father is murdered in saddam, and tonight three suspects are still on the loose -- is murdered in his home. >> simply put, a crime like this has never happened in this neighborhood before. investigators just went back inside the house. i also want to show you that yellow time be the crime tape on the front of the door, serving as a sad reminder to the people who lived here of what happened early this morning. >> i am speechless. i

we hit 70 officially at reagan national airport. 75 is the average. 93 is the record high set back in 1954. the pollen counts is elevated for mold spores. all we can do is report what they tell us, but if you are allergic to either ragweed or mold spores, it was a tough day for you. temperatures dropping into the 50's. clouds will help keep the temperatures from falling too far. it will be a cold night and a cool start to the day tomorrow. temperatures in the 40's and 50's the father you get to the west. the prevailing pattern is to keep temperatures low for the next coming days. a couple of showers are pivoting through this airmass. it is possible that through the day tomorrow, a couple of these showers could come down. mid morning, afternoon, it could be up to 18 miles per hour wind gusts. a bright, sunny day for thursday. tomorrow, more clouds than anything else and finally clearing out on thursday. the peak foliage, this is the time of year for it. if you follow the color orange here, late october is when we usually hit the peak color. it is that time of year and we will keep you

i mentioned the cool temperatures. 67 right now at reagan national. the hot spot, dulles and bwi are 69. and afternoon temperatures will be cool. cloudy and cool. showers likely. high temperature only 71 degrees with winds out of the north and east at about 5-10 miles per hour. i'll be back with more details on the forecast coming up in just a few ngminutes. >>> we have more details now on a triple shooting near to l pi. happened on k. street. police say three men were shot. one man is in critical condition and the other two are stable. no word on a suspect this morning. >>> o teen-agersurt in a drive buy -- drive-by shooting yesterday on good hope road. police believe the person responsible for the shooting was inside a dark ford taurus. the two teens are expected to be okay. >>> also in the district, a car chase ends with a teenager pulling a gun on police. officers were searching for several teen suspects in a car jacking over the weekend. they caught up with them last night and the teens led police on a car chase. they bailed out around the 1200 b

reagan national is at 61. we have a few showers to talk about. let's go to our storm scan. area of low pressure moving to the we have not and its cold front. already some shower action pushing through west virginia on towards the shenandoah valley. some of those morning actions in west virginia, it looks like it's going to hit us in a couple of hours but it's falling apart as it hits the ridge of high pressure over ihedigbo. but that ridge is only going to protect us this morning. otherwise, that plume of moisture is going to push on in throughout the midday and especially afternoon evening and overnight hours. we could be talking about a half an inch or more tomorrow morning. here's the forecast for today. mainly gray skies. a little bit of sunshine. 68, the high temperature. well below average. most of the rain holding off until the afternoon and especially this evening. but a few sprinkles out west. >> thank you for that. today, the question is why? why did a family of four have to die? police found the victims in their home in their 300 block of contour road in mt. airy

the almanac page shows the daytime high at reagan national about 10 degrees higher than yesterday. the record was 94 degrees back in 1925. holding in the upper seven's to lower 80's, looking for a cooler air and heading to the north and east. new york city reports sent at 76 degrees, but high pressure will influence our weather for the next couple of days. it looks like a repeat performance for the day on tuesday, and then a cold front will arrive on wednesday, giving us a chance for showers and cooler temperatures. a lot of activity to the south of us. nothing that will impact our forecast for tomorrow. a high around 80 four ocean city. plenty of sunshine for the day tomorrow. warm temperatures once again. high pressure over the great lakes region will slowly move up to the east and we will look for another nice day on tuesday. mostly clear for the overnight. temperatures dropped in the suburbs to the lower 60's. matt afternoon, that afternoon i will be in the mid 80's, with lots of sunshe. the extended outlook, talking about a cool down on the way it wednesday, thursday, and frid

reagan national 78. it feels cooler to your body when you have that kind of a wind blowing.reeze will be around tomorrow. there could be a few showers on wednesday. so, bottom line i don't think tomorrow looks as sunny as today. more clouds around. limited sunshine. a few spotty showers. thursday looks great. first day of october will come in on a sunny crisp wonderful note. we will stay dry into friday. saturday we will see showers around. i don't think it will be as heavy. we had an inch and a half of rain saturday into sunday morning. nothing le that. it does look like there will be scattered showers. 63 in frederick. we will head for the 40s in some areas. we are under the influence of this big swirling storm that you can see now kicking into new england. as you get closer, you can see the clouds here. a couple of showers, one more piece of energy to come around the low tomorrow. lit come through in the form of a frontal system and produce a few showers here and there. we are seeing a few in western maryland. that's where they will stay tonight. your forecast, partly clo

here is a look at the airport temperatures at reagan national. it is 67 degrees. dulles at 61. bw incident marshall, 62 degrees. your forecast for today, very much like yesterday. -- bwi marshall, 62 degrees. 85degrees for your high. not a bad one. more details on the forecast coming up shortly. >> let's check in with julie wright. it has been a busy morning so far. >> it has been. it was a police chase that ended along new york avenue in the vicinity of the times building in northeast washington around 3:00 a.m. this morning. as a result, there was an accident, utility pole was knocked down across the scene. it was a mess. now, happy to say that sarah similar monday has been reporting live from the scene. since she's been there, we've seen the inbound lanes reopened along new york avenue. traffic coming inbound, you will find all of your lanes are open. outbound, it was just the left side of the road that was blocked. this was taped from earlier this morning where we had a lot of equipment on the scene, a lot of police officers on the scene as well. we'll take you back inside

wind gusts up to about 30 miles per hour so it will be a nice, breezy afternoon. 60 degrees at reagan national, humidity 83%. our winds are currently light out of the south and west at 5 miles per hour. our forecast for later today, it's going to get partly cloudy out there with a scattered afternoon shower or thunderstorm a possibility. and again i mentioned the breezes. they'll be out of the west at 15 to 20. highs later today upper 70s. much cooler tomorrow. i'll of more details on our forecast. >> the wind probably the main thing today. >> the wind the main story, yep. >> thanks, appreciate it. >>> well, from motown to d.c., it's the talk of the town. i know they were talking about it too. the lions ended their 19-game losing streak with a win over the skins. >> the burgandy and gold looked woeful at times and once again the play calling by coach zorn being put under the microscope, especially two calls that cost the team on both ends of the field. we're going to be talking more about though calls, breaking down those questionable decisions some are saying, as well as for the fallout of th

it's warming up. 71 at reagan national, 69 in baltimore, 68 in winchester.chester was down in the low 50s earlier today so they have plenty of clear skies and a lot of cooling overnight. hagerstown is 57. let's see if we can find a warm spot. ocean city, maryland. 74 degrees. it will be a nice day from the beaches up into the mountains as we're expecting a lot of bright sunshine across the area as this high pressure that's building in from the west will be very slow to move on through. here's your satellite-radar. great-looking day ahead. high pressure out to our west in the ohio valley and that will push on through today, tonight and during the day tomorrow so the next couple of days, lots of sunshine. vie quiet weather with temperatures a little warmer than average. lots of sunshine today. a warm afternoon expected. that's nice. 85 degrees. winds out of the north and west at 5 to 10 miles per hour. five-day forecast, all right. we mentioned tomorrow, sunshine. then wednesday, thursday and friday a back door cold front will slide into the region and introdu