a few clouds now, sunshine around the nation's capital with reagan national airport tempter at 81 degrees and a viewpoint of 66. -- dew point of 66. a cold front could bring a sprinkle later and definitely a big change in temperatures, cooler tomorrow around here. 80 now in manassas and 81 in cumberland. 82 in fredericksburg. 81 in annapolis. 81 at reagan national airport. a nice breeze. we do not expect heavy, strong winds with a cold front. a big change in air temperatures . a trace of showers ahead of the cold front as it settles to the south and east and we could see a sprinkle or shower later this afternoon and this evening. most of tomorrow is cloudy and cool. tomorrow night and saturday, some of the moisture from the leftover circulation of former hurricane harvey. do the afternoon, clouds and sunshine. model quickly washes it out, that is the way it will work. today and tomorrow, cloudy and the late afternoon and evening, and especially after sunset, then some areas of rain with us at times through saturday. how long it lingers to saturday, we will wait and see, at least between j

coming up next -- an exciting day at reagan national airport, the eve of national aviation day and we are getting a very sneak peek at behind the scenes tour of the american airlines operation. a live report coming up next on the news at noon. adrianna: a preview of the 2020, breaking down the impact of the events in charlottesville on the nation. first, a check of the traffic. afternoon, a little bit busy on this friday afternoon already. 66 eastbound towards the beltway , westbound traffic the other way is pretty heavy towards the and a -- vienna. by import route 12 -- volume towards route 123. 95 towards stafford county, looking southbound, both direction struggling a lot. four different incidences. -- for different incidences. 95 southbound before all this at route 123, pretty jammed past the octagon where lanes narrow. a shorter delaying -- play. pas connecticut avenue, not silver spring and through college park. >> you are watching abc 7 news at noon, on your side. adrianna: a celebration of all things aviation. sam sweeney is live at reagan national airport. this is a familiar

it's nice out there. 89 at reagan national airport at this hour. with the strong southerly winds to push it to 92 in warrenton, 91 in leesburg. 26 in baltimore. 89 in washington. some -- the doppler is clear. this area is under severe thunderstorm watch. i really think that is where most of the action will stay tonight ahea but as the front gets closer. 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, the future modeling suggests showers and thunderstorms that could be present in the area. stay weather alert if you are headed out tonight. overnight hours any showers will end and we'll see clearing skies. we will be in good shape heading to the weekend. look for storms to end. we will turn clearer by sunrise. the winds will turn direction. cooler. less humid. sunshine. breezy. a few of the adjectives that are describing the weekend forecast. i'll present in full in 13 minutes. back to you. nancy: we will see you then. the storms yesterday proved deadly in baltimore county. a tree fell on a car killing 14-year-old girl. her mother and two other teens were also inside the car. th

this is a picture of the stuffed badger the child lost somewhere at reagan national airport. airport tweeted out saying the child slept with the doll every night since infantsy and it was lost between the american airlines gate and the garage. if you or someone you know share the picture from the wjla facebook and twitter feeds to bring the guy home. this is something that everyone relates to. everyone had a stuffed animal, badger or a teddy bear. hopefully a nice reunion. larry: my daughter had a bunny and my son had a pooh bear. we lost the pooh bear once. on my watch, of course. i'm still paying the price. nancy: all these years later. larry: please find it. nancy: speaking of reunions, heartfelt reunion for a woman. >> off-duty firefighter spotted her car after a crash and found a woman choking with the seat belt around her neck. nancy: stephen tschida was there when she got the chance to say thank you. >> she got a chance to say thank you. >> i want to thank you from bottom of my heart. >> the vehic inside a peck anymore designed to save morris seth was choking the life o

you are seeing the breakup of now at d cover and 75 reagan national airport and quantico and 75 fredericksburg 73 in napolis and leesburg. for the afternoon we will see this clouds continue to move out and the rain is just off the coast of ocean city so it is teadiest improvement through this afternoon through it evening and tomorrow and a couple of very nice days. the time the weekend rolls around showers are back in the forecast. hour temperatures will climb to about 80 degrees ith sunshine and tonight 57 to 66 with clear skies and light winds. ooking ahead through tomorrow 83 with sunshine, conditions. the e the nicest day of week. the next seven to 10 days average.res well below we are not talking major storms chancese will be shower friday, saturday, sunday and monday. nominator is temperatures remaining significantly cooler than into the we heads middle -- head into the middle of august. doug.ie: thank you, to a consumer alert as families topare to get ready for back school we want to make sure you get the best bang for your buck. we checked school supply prices at wal-mart. staples and

the temperatures on the hot side. 92 at reagan national airport. cooler well west of us where they have the rain in garrett county. the feels like are closer to 100. it feels like 105 in leesburg. 103 in manassas. 100 at the reagan national airport. if you are barbecuing it's upper 80's. showers and thunderstorms likely to begin to dot the radar closer to the d.c. metro. stronger storms could make it to the corridor. the beltway is this is fizzling out. hardly anything to deal with. wet roadways for the time being. it's quiet and dry. off to the west, garrett county to pennsylvania. we have severe thunderstorm watches. most of the strongest storms are well west of us. but around the i-81 corridor that may be stronger this evening. 68 to 75 is the overnight low. thunderstorms north and west of us. wakeup temperatures tomorrow are middle 70's. it's on the humid side. the kids will walk to the bus stop tomorrow. the future cast looks like this. the storms will start to dissipate. tomorrow morning mostly cloudy skies. by the afternoon the sun will reapp

reporting at reagan national airport, megan fitzgerald, news 4. >> thanks megan, to see if your flight has been delayed go to our nbc washington app and search cancellation policy. >> we're still don't know why a man drove his car into a crowd of protesters in charlottesville, but today we're learned he'll have his preliminary hearing in december. he was suppose to be in court today but prosecutors filed a motion to postpone that for a few months. fields is charged with second degree murder in the death of heather hire and nine other felonies, still no word on a motive. more than 60 restaurants are participating for dinner you can share a 35-dollar deal for for one. lunch deals 10, 15, $20, you can check out the list on the nbc washington app, just search alexandria restaurant week. this is also the last weekend of summer break for many kids in our area. >> that's right, students in the largest school district and region, they'll be heading back to class on monday, kids in prince georges county still have a couple more weeks to go. district is hosting a big back to school fair this wee

because of that, cig can't that is the location stretching from reagan national airport through b.w.i. 60 to 75-minute delays on ground stops. then farther north, to the metro area in new york city, some reports of three-hour delays getting in and getting out of the airports. so that is the way it will continue. satellite shows a couple of showers way southwest. another out west of the blue ridge. we will watch that. certainly there is a chance for isolated storm. i don't think there is much of a chance in the majority of the viewing area tonight. instead, clear to partly cloudy and muggy. 65 to 72. looking ahead for the next few days, lower 90's. showers and thunderstorms on thursday and friday. we clear out saturday. it will be terrific around here as we look ahead to the d.c. united taking on toronto. saturday night the weather at the stadium at r.f.k. will be just about perfect. we'll talk about the weekend, steve rudin will, in 10 or 15 jonathan: in fauquier county, they are arresting a man who they say killed a c.v.s. manager. >> we are following the developments. reporter: ther

temperatures are 85 in the reagan national airport.ook at the maryland, the mountains. 66 degrees. that's like september. we have showers and nothing to impact the immediate metro area. driving and the capital beltway, home or school, camp. done with for the summer. a few showers across southern maryland. drum point looking at wet weather. prince frederick. leonardtown. beginning to clear up. the clouds will stick around for you for at least another couple of hours or so. here are the wakeup temperatures early tomorrow morning. it's almost thursday. looking at the temperatures around 67 degrees in the district. it's cooler west. ashburn and manassas. you will wake up to the upper 50's and lower 60's. for the day tomorrow. sunglasses and up is screen. we are going to keep the trend going in the upcoming weekend. a look at the beach forecast in a few minutes. michelle? michelle: thank you. a man accused of crimes on the national mall is in trouble again. boustique first arrested july 31 after he attacked a woman near the kennedy center.

upper 70's at dulles and reagan national airport. culpeper now at 76 degrees. cooler to the west. make at it lot cooler. garrett county in the 60's. baseball game tonight first pitch. 7:05. the temperatures are slowly falling through the 70's. great night for baseball. wake you up tomorrow. a chill in the air. other than that it will warm up nicely. by monday and tuesday a better chance of showers to watch low pressure off the coast of south carolina. it may bring us showers. friday to labor day and 82 degrees. then back in mid-to-up evidence 80's on labor day. we will keep you updated on the track of hurricane harvey. jonathan: turn to sports. a big fight tomorrow night. >> they are stepping on the scaling right now in las vegas. prefight hype is almost over. that is the fun part. war of words may be better than the actual fight itself. you won't want to miss the verbal jab when we come back. erin: we are over 24 hours away from a pipe that started as a pipe dream. floyd mayweather and connor mcgregor will go after it tomorrow night. mayweather will come out of the two-year retir

still at 108 degrees reagan national airport. you see where it is a little cooler where we've ha the showers feeling like the 70's and 80's through the next few hours or so once we get the rain out of here. show you what's going on in terms of the severe thunderstorm watch remaining in effect until 9:00. only warning we have right now that is active is well north of baltimore, so that's well a ways away from here. no impact on us. flash flood watch remains in effect until 2:00 in the morning tomorrow. and the latest for you on the warnings, as mentioned, this is off to the north and east of us. no impact on the d.c. metro. but montgomery county now looking at heavier rains, also into loudoun county with some gusty winds. once again, nothing that is severe. elmer, looking at stronger storms right now along with poolesville with the heavier downpours. as we move toward berryville, barnsville, i should say, and off toward damascus is where we're looking at the wet weather at this time and then farther to the south of us around the s

on because it is hot out there. 91 degrees at reagan national airport.ad the rain, the thunderstorms. a little bit cooler in the 70's. winchester and over in lieu ray, 86 degrees culpepper. the dew point levels, 80 degrees. we hardly ever, ever see that around the metro area. that is why we have heat index values. you might want to sit down for this. at 109 degrees. andrews at 102. 106 in fredericksburg. off toward the north and west of us we've had the showers and the rain. that's where it is a little bit cooler at this time. we do have a severe thunderstorm watch that does remain in effect until 9:00 and includes the district, all surrounding areas, down to st. mary's west of us. loudoun and fauquier county and frederick, in orange that would be a severe thunderstorm warning. it includes baltimore county, a little sliver of howard county, all of this moves on off toward the north and east. on top of that flash flood watch for the d.c. metro area and then where you see the red boxes over here around balk and off toward the north and east would abflash f

so far so good at reagan national airport. folks like julie know that will likely change soon. >> on my return flight, i'm returning on sunday so we'll see, there might be some delays. >> reporter: there will be cancellations as well. many airlines have already posted online about the options travelers have if their flight is impacted by harvey. most companies are waiving change fees and allowing passengers to rebook to avoid a travel nightmare. >> air travel just seems like it's such a hassle these days. so it's unfortunate, but what are you going to do. >> reporter: airlines suggest checking your flight status before heading to the airport. that's just one way to try and avoid whatld hassle. >> you know, justt eyes open an around it. >> reporter: and we have a list of the travel advisories for the majority of the major airports -- airlines, rather. you can find that on our nbc washington app by just searching cancellation policy. back to you. >> thank you so very much. >>> harvey could go down in history, amelia draper is he

they are testing the service at reagan national airport in washington. >>> looking to get fit and relieve stress how about yoga with goats. alicia vitarelli shows us how it works. >> reporter: every saturday on mountain pride farm in quakertown the rock studio hosts goat yoga. goats roam freely while you perfect your downward goat. they started the studio four years ago in chestnut hill. the couple loves connecting with nature so when they heard about the goat yoga trend it was a no brainer. >> if you enjoy being a beautiful setting around goats they say great for you. >> there are health benefits,. >> creating joy and decreasing stress. >> reporter: while you may think of it as a serious quiet endeavor. >> they will visit the people and nozzle their necks and things like that. >> you can't get serious with the goats around it's relaxing and fun and different. >> that seems cool, though, but can you do it with any animal, or is it just goats. >> looks like it's just goats. >> 5:25 a.m. we're back after this >> we are so glad you're waking up with us on a saturday morning, it is time for t

baltimore at 87. 85 at reagan national airport. 4:00 to 7:00 the timeframe were thunderstorms could come up and maybe they will get lucky and miss the action. they got nailed by figuring and lighting yesterday afternoon but they could pop up anywhere in the metro. we try to get a handle on which areas may have a better chance but in this air mass, everyone has equal chances of a storm. satellite and radar showing not much in maryland, west virginia, or virginia but north of the mason-dixon line, already pop-up storms across southern pennsylvania, they are pushing into the north and eased. we -- east. possibilityhows a this afternoon, mid afternoon with better chances northeast of baltimore to be susquehanna river valley and the philadelphia metro area. the possibility through 7:00. things settled down tonight and muggy overnight, 70's. with another chance of pop-up thunderstorms in the afternoon. wake up on thursday, 70 in dale city. 72 in downtown washington. the next few days, hot and humid through friday with afternoon storms and saturday with drier air during the day and the weekend

degrees at reagan national airport. and 70's, 68, 75 for overnight low.y fog early tomorrow d.c.ng mainly west of it's not going to cause any type of problems. be aware, the kids are back in school. just a little n bit. temperatures early on will be in the lower 70's. not going to stay there very long. we'll see a rapid warm-up as we move through the midmorning hours and into the afternoon. futurecast looks like this. it's dry for most of the day, a creep up s want to late afternoon, early evening and then we're tracking a cold bring hat is going to yous a better chance for showers and a few thunderstorms during the day on wednesday, but behind it's going to feel so much better out there. temperatures tomorrow lower 90's. heat index values around 100 to 103. join "good morning washington" tomorrow and there will be an national ther the weathe advisory. 80's on thursday and we all into the 70's for daytime ighs, not only for friday, but the upcoming weekend. e keep the trend going well into next week. jonathan: steve, thanks. we love this next story creati

temperatures right now, 80 at reagan national airport. the feels like temperature, a little better at 85. at temperatures. we'll fall into the mid-60's to lower 70's. as we head into the day highs will be in the upper 80's. the 10-day outlook will show our well, there's- this evening. maybe the 10 day will pop up? hopefully it will. looks like it's not going to. it's going here. come next week, we'll take a at the 10-day outlook, coming up at the end of the show. >> we have breaking news to tell steve bannon. breitbart news just announced thatn will return to conservative news site as executive chairman, saying anitbart has now gained executive with his f z2gv6z zi0z y2gv6y yi0y >> and now, the toyota sports desk. local toyota dealer. >> it's that time of year again. back to school for students all across the d.m.v. reporter scott abraham shows us how john wall is making sure everybody hits books. reporter: showing off a backpack filled with school supplies, playing the role of santa claus in august. >> gotta put some smiles on faces.ids

. >>> reagan national airport has taken to twitter to help unite a 6-year-old with a beloved stuffed animal. now the airport is getting a big public pat on the back for its efforts. on tuesday, the child stuffed marmot. it's not a real squirrel, but it's everything to this 6-year- old. the childhood pal disappeared somewhere between the garage and the americanairlines gate. the child has slept with this furry friend since it was a baby. >> have you seen the marmot? >> no, we'll certainly look for it. >> i think it was sweet. where was this when i lost my stuffed monkey in ballet? >> the family was returning from a trip to boston on tuesday, when the marmot went missing. the airport assures us, they're still looking for the stuffed animal. this is a local family. they didn't want to be interviewed, but they're sure hoping the people at the airport, and maybe even you can help them find that animal, and bring shalon to their home. >> delays, and luggage. this is your chance. >> seize the moment. >> make it good. >>> we're looking at really a nice finish to august. and for the most part,

nobody was hurt. , the: the first forecast main forecast, 74 degrees at reagan national airport, 66 falls church, the same herndon, 66 haymarket. 50 winchester and elkins, west virginia. the areas west of d.c. will be the chilliest overnight. the satellite and radar, not a lot going on, it is dry and will stay that way as we move through the rest of the overnight, into early tomorrow morning. wake-up temperatures in bethesda,64, upper marlboro, lower 60's. upper 50's middleburg and manassas, but we do not stay thanks to a lot of sunshine. as you head out the door, grabbed the sunglasses. kids going to camp, have the sunscreen. midday, clouds increase just a little bit off to the west. atticater in the day, the clouds garrett county, allegheny county, washington county, and southern maryland, but it will stay dry all day tomorrow. a nice day into the evening. any outdoor activities you may have planned. the day planner, highs around 85 degrees. pretty much where we should be this time of year. the best news of all, it will not be humid, not very sticky, comfortable and drive. changes on th

reagan national airport. 66 over in la ray. cumberland. temperatures are going to stay on the cooler side later on tonight and into tomorrow morning. out there right now. i believe this looks a whole lot worse than it is. reachingthis has been the ground. very light activity out there, with the exception of the areas the yellow and orange, right over here. that is where we are looking me.- excuse i can't get that out. we are looking at a few showers this time. towards the south, we're looking at light showers at this time. stafford. all this moves on off toward the east. nothing that's going to become severe and nothing that's going early tomorrow morning. moving on offnty, toward white oak. that's good news for the metro. let's talk about what's going on of us.south a big hurricane. hurricane harvey is on the move per hour. at 85 miles gusts at 105 miles per hour. i want to give you an update on track. it's a rather bizarre kind of track, something we normally systems. with these this is a story you're going to hear a lot about over the c

david kerley, abc news, reagan national airport. >>> coming up in the next half hour, the johnson & johnson by a woman who claims that her cancer was caused by an ingredient in baby powder. we'll tell you what a jury has just decided. c >>> but first, we meet up close and personal with some eclipse chasers. it's not a once in a lifetime thing for them. they roam the world in search of the celestial event year round. that's next on world enoughs now. noughs now.ghs now. hs now. s. \. knock out your sinus symptoms with vicks sinex. the ultra-fine mist starts working instantly to deliver up to 12 hours of ahhhhh get fast relief with vicks sinex. ♪ blinded by the light ♪ wrapped up like ♪ blind by the light >> a lot of people were blinded by the light. diane not among them, but we celebrated this huge, total eclipse. it's been the first time in 38 years since we had one of those total eclipses right here in north america. >> a big deal. >> it's actually more common than you'd think. >> that is if you're willing to constantly travel around the world to see them. abc's david wright has more on ec

. >>> work is underway on a new concourse at reagan national airport. demolition started yesterday. when it's done there will be 14 gates at the airport in arlington that will eliminate the need for shuttle buses. small planes looted from get 30 5x. plans call for the commuter concourse to be completed in 2021. >>> it is so nice outside that they decided i'm not coming into work today. and he decided to have a little fun. the chief is down teaching kids about the upcoming solar eclipse . topper, i hope you aren't talking to yourself. >> well i do talk to myself a lot. i'm excellent company. and i listen to myself, no one listens to me. this is great, we are at the children's science center lab and there is so much to do here. we are here because melissa will be giving a presentation on how to build apparatus to look at the eclipse safely. we have a wind farm over there, the kids could just play with all kinds of cool things. a robotic arm over there. it's just a great way to foster stem and get people-- get kids back into technology science and math. we're going to talk to melissa i

this is reagan national airport. pretty lit up already. if you're flying out of town, you might want to check your flight. it is a weather alert day for all of us and a good c the eastern seaboard south of here. at boston's airport this morning, steps are being taken to move traffic on the ground. >> the operators of logan international airport are going to study a plan that would charge drivers who pick up and drive off passengers. the boston globe reports that it's an attempt to curb congestion and pollution. it's part of an agreement with the massachusetts port authority and an environmental group. it won't oppose the agency's plan for parking spaces at the airport. a way to get them to add features. i don't know how that's going to work and how you do that. >>> it's something we've been warning you about since before hurricane harvey made landfall. >> gas prices could be skyrocketing. some of the biggest refineries in texas could be -- when the storm passes, it could be a while befor get back to work since most roads are flooded. gas b

temperature wise into the 80's and 90's, we hit 90 at reagan national airport today. but on the back side of that, we'll see cooler air and less humidity to the weekend. it will move in from the northwest and tomorrow with the and a ridge of high pressure starting to move in and a bermuda high, the winds will pick up. expect to see gusty wind at about 25 miles an hour, futurecast showing you this gets out by tonight.pwe get clearing tomorrow, temperatures into the low 80's for tomorrow afternoon and if you're headed to the beach, same story, not bad. comfortable for you. so as we wrap it up and put it together, we're talking tonight into the 70 it's tomorrow 83 degrees for a daytime high. and here's a look at your fox 5 accu-weather seven-day forecast. a few active weather days into the week, temperature-wise, we're going to below seasonal. but no shortage of sunshine for the weekend >> low humidity i heard you say >> #unwanted house guest going home. >> like it. >>> they say you can't teach an old dog new trick >> what about teaching a deer a dog's tricks? how one ma

that's the least number at reagan national airport. little larger view of the sat lit and radar. showers continue across georgia, south carolina be a off the carolyn ma coast. the bulk of the are in over the open atlantic. meanwhile, high pressure builds in that is northerly floor the air. the north northwesterly wind and go to the northeast. the key is we'll stay clear today, tonight and a good chunk of tomorrow but buy friday, everything changes the pattern kind of shifts a bit. we get sutorly and south early winds and inning a gust. can return tee the clouds and shower chances. that's the forecast. this area of in, plenty of sunshine. lower 80's. i will feel or be below the thermometer r that bodes well tonight. the marlins in town for game three of a four-game set. the weather will be fine. 70-72 and let's hope the nationals get off to a bigger lead. done know if local road caster is supposed to root for the home team. he don't care. that is. i we'll talk more later. >> all right. thans. >> thanks. well, bye-bye phone booths. hello big banks. he its not set in stone yet. now

lower 70's at reagan national airport. 60's off to the west of us. wakeup temperatures tomorrow a little chill in the air. out early a light, fleece jacket. other than that you won't need it terribly long as we warm our temperatures into the upper 70's to around 80 the beach forecast looks really nice for ocean city. highs will be around 75 degrees both saturday and sunday. here is your 10-day outlook. into early next week monday, tuesday, and wednesday about a 30% to 40% chance for a few showers and isolated thunderstorms. all courtesy of a disturbance off the carolina coast. it goes not a hurricane or tropical storm. just a disturbance. then as we move into the end of next week and into labor day we're looking at temperatures that will rebound back into the middle to upper 80's with a chance for a few showers. jonathan: steve, thanks very much. as harvey hits texas we are getting truck loads of pets in our local shelters here. these puppies, dogs, and cats have been evacuated from the path of the hurricane and local rescuers say they desperately fo

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national airport. it's hot and hazy. feels like 100. reagan89 in martinsburg with a rain shower and thunderstorm. 93 in ashburn. hagerstown at 91. the same in dale city. show you what is going on with the stormwatch7 satellite and radar. no problems from tysons to college park. south to oldtown alexandria. it's dry out there at least right now. i don't foresee any problems as we move through the early evening hours. barbecues and the outdoor activities a firm go. there is a severe thunderstorm watch. we expect the line of storms to dissipate moving on off to the east. so tonight the temperatures fall in the 80's. a better chance of a industry storm, thunderstorm or two across the i-81 corridor by 9:00 or 10:00 tonight. the wakeup temperatures are in the 70's. there is a lot of sunshine. the ten-day jute look shows the temperatures in the 70's for most of next week. larry: the site of the army-naver i have football game usually rotates. philadelphia is the home for next five years. they will play at the lincoln financial field from 2018 to 2020

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sam sweeney is live at reagan national airport right now with more. ? sam: autria, it is the ease of national aviation day to celebrate the achievement of flight and also wilbur wright's birthday. we are celebrating the day with american airlines. they have a very special partnership with airlinegee ks.com. thousands of p here on the tour mark or one of 16 other airports around the world celebrating. you can check out the planes and the man who makes all of this happen. here as an working volunteer helper. ryan, you work at one of the biggest airlines of the world to make one of the biggest days happen. most 18-year-olds don't do that. ryan: when you love something like i do, it makes your passion go. that is why i do it. sam: what are you looking forward to today? ryan: to show people what the airline industry is all about. sam: what are we going to do today? ryan: take a tour of the ramp area, and aircraft for, be shown around by a pilot and two flight attendants. sam: ok, i'm going to do this. i have never done this before. back to you. there amidst

ryan hughes has a coverage live at reagan national airport. good morning. ryan: good morning. we are talking with travelers that are racing to get back to texas to better prepare for the storm. one flight left to houston a couple of minutes ago. you can see on the departure board, another one, a united flight, about an hour from now at 7:05, and another one at 8:20 this morning. airlines have already issued travel advisories for the affected areas. they are working with travelers this morning to rebook flights heading towards the storm's path. american airlines, delta, united, jetblue, many others are waiving f heading to or out of the texas coast this weekend. also offering flexible rebooking policies. others are offering refunds. we spoke to a woman racing to get home to her son to better prepare for the storm. >> i am trying to get supplies. my son says the shelves are empty. trying to get water, food that i can eat without cooking. airports in houston say they plan to stay open even after harvey hits, but the best advice give you are heading out to texas as we can, call ah

live look there reagan national airport.>> i would like to say we skated smoothly through the summer. >> i feep like lasts summer 90 plus and we have not done much this summer. >> it has been wet. >> ape gardens and vegetables growing through august. rare. yes, it has not been hot. guess what it will be today. exception to the rule. there's always one. that would be today. hot and humid. it was pretty warm yesterday. you would all know because i'm sure you were all out watching total solar eclipse. fantastic the weather held up like just in time for our area thunderstorm went through the district 3:15 yeah so we made it through totality and now we're seeing quiet conditions after what was a busy monday nights 76 washington and 7 and west humid out there. thunderstorms that game that did nothing to enhance the moisture content outside. dew points measure atmosphere well into the 70s. muggy out there and probably just below heat advisory criteria. fair weather clouds off north and west. making or storm system roaring across pl

slowly. 85 degrees at reagan national airport. hanging on to 82 at martinsburg. lower 80's in hagerstown. 8 in dale city. show you stormwatch7 satellite and radar around the immediate metro area. nothing to worry about. quiet and dry. however, a few sh southern maryland. st. mary's county. given another half hour to 45 minutes. that should be out of here. we will see the skies begin to gradually clear. everything planner looks a-okay. fantastic. lower 80's at 7:00. 9:00 in the middle 70's. looking at the stars by 11:00 tonight. temperatures are mid-70's. overnight lows range from the upper 50's to the middle 60's. we will see the skies that will gradually clear moving through overnight. clouds waking up tomorrow morning with the temperatures that will be on the cool side. in the upper 50's and the lower 60's. not going to stay there long. the highs make it to 80. just a little bit below average for this time of year. look at the sunshine. you need sunglasses all day long. morning, noontime hour and in the afternoon. step away to show you the 10-day outlook. tempe

brianne carter is at reagan national airport. what are you seeing there? >> what happens to the travelers when they get to texas? flights in and out of corpus christi canceled and as of 3:00 this afternoon, a hundred flights at houston airport and many more cancellations. >> hoping to get to destination before mother nature wreaks havoc. >> we are nervous. >> travelers flock to the airports today. carl is happy to be heading home earlier on a flight. >> the meeting wrapped up early. i said i'm out of here. >> the biggest concern at home is flooding. >> the rivers overflow in the flood. i want to beat that. >> brian: for some travelers it is about getting home to stock up before the storm barrels down. >> the shelves are empty they say. trying to get food to eat without cooking. >> flights are in and out corpus christies are canceled. there are travel waivers for the coming days. some hope a layoff in texas doesn't derail plans. >> hoping that it won't affect our travel plans as we stop there for an hour and a half and continue to seattle. >> this is expect

much to worry about. 79 in washington dulles. 79 at baltimore. 82 in annapolis and 81 at the reagan national airport. this evening we call for a variable cloudiness. the temperatures will slowly drop in the lower 70's. it will be muggy as well. there is a line showers. there are quick movers. they might diminish some trekking east. through overnight the humidity level is going to ramp up. the winds are light. it will start like night with the cloudy skies. showers ramp up in the afternoon. this model indicates the shower and the storms by 10:00 tomorrow night. we have a warm front and a cold front that will control the weather. it's 68 in the morning and there will be a little sunshine through the clouds. 60% clouds and 40% sun. something like that tomorrow. chance of shower and storms tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night ramping up to 60% by the nighttime. the shower and the storm chances are 60 tomorrow everything and 340% on saturday. isolated. sunday we don't put any rain in the forecast. the beaches are good stuff. there could be an afternoon thunderstorm or two on saturday. the air temperatur

david kerley, abc news, reagan national airport. >>> a child fire burning in yosemite national park hasrown to nearly five square miles. firefighters are watching the weather closely. there is certain about the potential for a lightning storm which could cause the fire to grow larger. evacuation orders are in place for residents of the tiny community of wawone and some campers inside the park. residents were ordered to clear out saturday when flames came within one and a half miles of the community. the wildfire has been burning for a week. see air rare fire watch provided the video. it was 10% contained as of this morning. >>> all right. abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma is here tonight monitoring conditions on those fire lines. of course, around the bay area. drew, we put a lot of pressure on you guys about the eclipse today. depending where you were, you got glimpses. it was cloudy. >> location was key. we suppressed get away from the coast for your best chance possible. a lot of cloud cover was stubborn to clear early this morning. live doppler showing we have a fair amount of high

temperature at 85 degrees in reagan national airport. martinsburg at 88. the day planner tomorrow.'s. hot and humid. we will see a few scattered thousanderses and the thunderstorm. the ten-day outlook once we get through a cold front on wednesday. look on the way. friday, saturday, sunday in next week. daytime highs in the upper 70's to around 80 degrees. robert? robert: thank you so much. today was all about the eclipse. millions anticipated the big event making sure they had the special glasses so they can look straight on. that included a local legend. erin hawksworth checked out the eclipse with walt williams. erin: we are here at st. andrews in potomac to do a story on the former nba player and the maryland star walt williams. and his son kamari who plays basketball here. this is eclipse day. we had to stop outside and check it out. >> amazing. >> crazy. everyone the sports world waited 38 years for the solar eclipse. >> if i wasn't here i would haven't the wonderful glasses and i wouldn't be able to view it all. a wonderful day. >> former nba player and the maryland basketbal

abc new, reagan national airport. >>> someone could get very rich tonight.tch in wednesday's drawing making it the 19th straight drawing without a grand prize winner. the jackpot would be the eighth largest lottery jackpot in u.s. history and the fifth largest this power ball history. the winning numbers will be b pulled tonight at 8:00 p.m. still ahead, the rush to see the solar eclipse has caused a rush on camping gear and some stores have sold out. we'll have more on that coming up, but first, here's a live look outside from our east bay hills camera. you can see the clouds out there. many asking when will the sun come out. lisa will have ♪ ♪ isaac hou has mastered gravity defying moves to amaze his audience. great show. here you go. now he's added a new routine. making depositing a check seem so effortless. easy to use chase technology, for whatever you're trying to master. isaac, are you ready? yeah. chase. so you can. >>> the yul burrlinggame festival kicks off today. artists will be selling paintings, jewelry and books. it's free and runs today and to

areas. 77 in winchester now. 83 in warrenton and quantico and annapolis. 85 right now at reagan national airport. there are but they are not precipitation producing. all that heavy stuff continues down south. this is the fourth straight day of clouds and showers on the outer banks. we have one more beautiful day before the pattern changes. tonight the temperatures will drop from near 80 to the upper 60's by early in the morning. then we wake up across the region. we wake up to clear skies. 63 in aspen hill. 61 in la plata and 66 downtown. we talk about the weekend and the next then days in about nine minutes. nancy: we'll see you then. thank you. in a dramatic move by the d.c. health department it closed the maternity ward in the only full service hospital east of the river. stephen tschida has word on what tromped the extreme -- what prompted the extreme measure. stephen: they have 90 days to fix the problems. during that period while it's shut down, babies in the nursery are sent elsewhere. mothers who are expected to deliver here are also going medical center to shutter obstetrics and the nur

going to be in the 60's this time tomorrow afternoon. 83 in martinsburg and manassas. 83 at reagan national airport. through the evening we will see varying cloudiness and maybe isolated shower now and them. especially north of the city. temperatures drop to the 70's overnight. clouds in our area and the rag tag band of showers preceding the cold front. most of the modeling dries the showers up before they get to the metro area. the best chance is north of town. but then there is this. moisture flowing out of the gulf of mexico, well ahead of the circulation center from hurricane harvey centered north of jackson, mississippi. this is all moving east/northeast at a faster rate. we are here for thursday afternoon and late tomorrow night and saturday. some of the moisture is moving in. we don't expect it to be excessive and thunderstorms. isolated rumble of thunder is possible south of the city. it will come and continue to weaken and be a garden variety low pressure center by the time it affects saturday. saturday afternoon and saturday night. su will be in good shape. at the same time we see the sto

." >>> let's look at reagan national airport. you may notice major construction under way just next ieceived an exclusive look at the work under way to create a new terminal there. heavy machinery hard at work on the north end of the airport. the new terminal here will mean that passengers won't have to take a shuttle to planes and there will be lots more space. very cool. airport officials say that space is needed now more than ever. >> we have explosive passenger growth that's hit almost 24 million passengers a year, well more than the airport was designed for. >> now, a brand new security checkpoint is coming to reagan nationalment airport leaders are working to minimize the impact to travelers during the construction. the checkpoint will open in 2020 and the new terminal, 2021. >> people want to know if this will make it easier to fly? is that the ultimate goal here? >> it's more space for passengers. i mean, the good news is you won't have to go outdoors to catch a flight. more shops and restaurants too. >> alec baldwin is b

and i want to say that i checked and reagan national airport officially had wind peak 5 miles an hour. it was definitely hang on to your hat time. ridge of high pressure in control. dry conditions. very nice because we had storms last night that kicked up quite a bit. and we will see those winds gradually start to slow down this will be quite nice into the overnight hours. plenty of sunshine for you as we head to 80s all over begun. a day that will be very, very comfortable: here's a look at planner as you get ready for outdoor activities. midday, 81. plenty of sunshine. we see a few clouds moving in in the evening hours and that's because we see showers in the overnight hours on sunday. daytime will be great. overnight expect so see wet weather. beaches will be great. here's a look. monday we see thunderstorms however and that's going to be across the board here as well as ocean city. tomorrow say great day t wrapping it up for you then, 64 tonight, mostly clear and comfortable and for tomorrow the sun will be back again in full style, winds light. take a look. sunny day and very nic

jonathan: reagan national airport putting out an owl-point bulletin for this critter. stuffed one. a 6-year-old lost his stuffed badger between the american airlines plane and the parking garage. the badger has been the child's sleeping companion since he was a baby. it's very friendly. it doesn't eat much. they do not caution you to stay away from it. pick it up and take it to the lost and found. nancy: looks like a busy life. michelle: beat up but hopefully the toy company that makes it will send the little boy a new one. jonathan: how smart would it be? if you have an inventory, ship it to the kid. will you? children's national medical center turned into a real zoo cause. nancy: part of a program to give sick children chance to connect to animals. cheryl: for a few minutes, carter novack can focus on a penguin instead of his own health. not yet 2 years old, carter is fighting leukemia. >> they were diagnosed in the local town. an hour later we were on the helicopter headed to children's. cheryl: since that easter day, children have been home. today, mom and son and

taking a live look at reagan national airport on this early friday morning. you may notice major construction under way right next door. in a story on news 4, i took a look at exclusive work under way to create a new terminal here. heavy machinery hard at work on the north end of the airport. the new terminal being built there means that passengers won't have to take a shuttle to their planes. if you ever go through that gate, there will be more space now. airport officials say it's needed now more than ever. >> passenger growth here t hit 24 million passengers a year, wellwa designed for. >> a brand new security checkpoint also coming to reagan. airport leaders are working to minimize the impact of travelers during the construction. the checkpoint expected to open in 2020. the new terminal opens in 2021. >> this is not part of the old term nam. it's a brand new section. >> there's the old a terminal, b and c and this is at the other side of b and c. brand new terminal. lot of changes going on at reagan. cool. >>> keeping you and your family and your home saf

abc new, reagan national airport. a salt lake woman was rescued after nearly 12 hours.teams responded after getting a call from her husband for help. they tried several different ways to get the 24-year-old woman out, but it was causing her too much pain. they finally poured a beggallon dish second base coach around her and were able to free her. she was taken to a trauma center, where she was in good condition. >>> an era ended for nasa yesterday when the space agency launched its tracking and satellite communications satellite. >> we have lift off. >> an unmanned atlas 5 rocket blasted off from canaveral in florida. it carried the 13th satellite in a critical network for nasa. those satellites linked controllers on the ground to the international space station and the hubbell space telescope. nasa began launching satellites in 1983. >>> tomorrow will mark the 40th anniversary for nasa's twin voyager spacecraft. it has traveled 11 billion miles from earth. voyager one has gone further. 13 billion miles. they originally explored jupiter and saturn. each craft has a 12 i

at reagan national airport. 70's from martinsburg and ashburn. dale city is 82. for this evening if you have outdoor plans it will be wonderful out there. barbecues, eating dinner outside, going for a jog. the temperatures slowly fall through the lower 80's to the 70's. we have more on the hurricane plus lki upcoming weekend in a few minutes. michelle? michelle: thanks. stay with abc7 for updates on hurricane harvey. we will be live from the gulf coast in 15 minutes. the national hurricane center next update on harvey's strength and the track should come in a little before 5:00 as steve mentioned. we will have it for you right here. nancy: breaking right now out of charleroi, south carolina, as -- charleston's south carolina. hours-long hostage situation is ending. lindsey: this came to an end when the suspect himself was shot and is transported to the hospital. we learned that the victim he shot has died. all other hostages have been rescued. this all unfolded in the lunchtime rush inside a restaurant in charleston. a popular area with tourists. the mayor claims

heat and the humidity it feels like a typical summer in washington. 82 at reagan national airport. temperatures in the 70's. that is where we have showers and thunderstorms. some of the storms and the cells are severe. let's zoom in closer. front royal and a severe thunderstorm warning in effect. they just redrew it. they have expanded. it includes fauquier, rappahannock and warren counties until 6:00. the old warning that expired at 5:15 has been expanded until 6:00. so it does include washington out in washington, virginia. not washington, d.c. a lot of thunder. a lot of lightning. let's slice and dice the storm for you. a new flash flood watch has been posted for part of the area. looking at heavy rain. front royal and arco. this will continue for at least the next half hour to 45 minutes. we are going to look for stronger storms to continue to move on off to the east at 20 miles p the cloud tops are 30,000 to 40,000 feet. so a heavy storm out there and a strong one at that. gusty winds and downpours be on the lookout. nothing for the immediate metro area, at least not right now

reagan national airport right there. >> it will be beautiful afternoon.mit i've been enjoying the summertime around here. >> this is your kind of summer. cool, low humidity. >> sunny and 85. >> come on. >> not 98 and humid. >> yeah. >> a taste of that i love but like months of that -- >> i hear you. this wouldn't the perfect opportunity to be hearing glenn camp this kind of day looks like -- right. >> yup. >> reminds me of rhinestone cowboy. >> remains of cuteness. >> let's do cuteness. fox5 first five photo of the day. that's what we've been trying to get to. >> hi joshua. >> we got cuteness. >> what's up handsome? >> this is joshua everybody. >> got nice trucks to play with. >> yeah, does he. >> a man aft my own heart. >> joshua turns the big three next week. >> i love it. mom says joshua loves to play with his trucks and he also loves to smile for the camera. >> three is my favorite baby age. >> yeah. >> why is that. >> they're like total little adults. >> they are. >> yes. i love it. he knows what he likes. >> right. >> at three. >> in addition, joshu

here's a live look outside this morning and we'll take a look and see how things are so far at reagan national airport

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