silver line started sharing the tracks with blue and orange, only 22 trains an hour made it through rosslyn during afternoon rush. in the second week it was 23 trains an hour. so far this week it's the same. >> you can kind of see a ripple effect when things get slow down. it doesn't often happen right there, but you can kind of see it happen a little bit later as they get -- the platforms get loaded up and the cars get loaded. >>reporter: the solution to the blue line woas that are affecting more than 10,000 riders a day is building a second blue line station at rosslyn, but that's about a billion dollars and about a decade away. martin decaro, wusa 9. >> we asked metro for an interview to the story, but they declined that past. metro has said in the past blue line riders who want to avoid crowding delays should also consider taking the yellow line or a bus. >>> it is 6:13. here's another look at the question of the morning. according to our survey, 3% of men have never owned one of these. is it, a, a pet, b, a vacuum, or, c, a savings account? >> well, our facebook friend roger lopez says

. >> speaking to our correspondent, rosslyn jordan in washington d.c., and any reaction from john kerry, roz? >> we have just gotten reaction from the secretary of state, it's a written statement. and let me read just a part of it for you, because it's a bit long. the united states condemns in the strongest possible terms today's attack, which lead to the killing of two israeli soldiers and the abduction of another. it was an outrageous violation of the ceasefire and the assurances given to the united nations and the united states. the secretary of state, john kerry, releasing the statement in the past minute or so, and basically blaming hamas for this ceasefire. the statement does go on to say, however, that the u.s. is looking for an urgent recommitment to the ceasefire, and he's not saying, at least in the u.s.' view at the moment, that the ceasefire is dead, but may be legal, and may not match the facts on the ground. >> rosie, you had a conversation with james a few minutes ago, and let's get a view from your side of the atlantic. would would the u.s. have left that wording in the

where rosslyn jordan is standing by at the state department. and in past rounds of fighting, what are they making of it? >> reporter: what the administration officials are saying, they're very concerned, jonah, about the developments and the breakdown of this latest temporary ceasefire. and they're working behind the scenes, for the palestinian authority as well to get some sort of temporary ceasefire back into place. the u.s. is also very concerned, jonah, about a return to all out violence that we have seen in the last month or so, and they're trying to call on both sides to refrain from violence and get to the point where they can talk about substantial differences that have led them to this conflict in the past month. finally, jonah, it's worth pointing out that though the u.s. does not know exactly who it was that was responsible for the rocket fire from gaza from israel into gaza on tuesday, they say that because hamas has the security control of the gaza strip, they are ultimately responsible. and we heard from hamas saying that it wasn'

we have a new accident in rosslyn, sus qquehanna road.men township, ott road and gravel pike, that accident cleared. now to the accidents that have been with us all morning long. bristol, route 413 at ford road, heading out to hatfield township, montgomery county. this is in the process of eet or walnut street are good alternate routes. glassboro, 47 closed at east stanger avenue. take academy as your alternate. it's a busy morning out therae aon the roads. one lane is blocked as you can see right in that area because of construction on the bridge. only three lanes are getting into philadelphia. leave yourself extra time there. 422 eastbound is crawling along at trooper. you can see way over there on the shoulder, that's where we have a disabled vehicle. >>> i'm katy zachry, live in hatfield township where police have been on the scene of a deadly crash for the last six hours. this stretch of broad street has been closed off. they're getting ready to open it. >>> all morning we've been on top of this breaking news out of montgomery county

weatherbug network cameras above are building in rosslyn. not a bad sunset going on tonight. current temperatures. you add in the humidity. ashburn, 87 feels like 90. like 80 five.els 88 for a high in washington. we pushed 90 degrees. temperatures will be stripped back into the 80's tonight. you can feel the humidity is back more so than it has been in a while. that system moves closer, next likely asked round of rain to come in [inaudible] full forecast to come your way in a few moments. >> now to a developing story, this one out of manassas. neighbors make a grisly discovery. a man's body near a dumpster on nicol lane. what police are saying about this right now. diane? >> i want to step out of the way and show you where this is all happening right now. investigators have been focusing their attention towards the back of this parking lot, where that blue tent is set up. police say a resident here was taking out the trash this morning when she made the gruesome discovery near the dumpster. investigators have had this area near baldwin elementary school blocked off for severa

looking across the potomac here in rosslyn from our abc 7 studios.this is going back the other direction looking west at a nice sunset. you can see the clouds have rope them. some of our current temperatures -- low to mid 80's, but the warmest temperatures of the day are right now. hagerstown, martinsburg in frederick seeing under storm activity. the only lightning is right around the mason distant line -- mason-dixon line. view with the upper-level system and a chance of isolated showers through the evening. the 84 degree high is interesting but we just hit that as we cleared the skies. it is awfully humid out there. looking ahead to the bigger picture, not a lot of great weather numbing our way. and i don't back up see many rain chances coming our way. another one of these fronts that kept her weather so great. we will track your full forecast in just a few minutes. >> fairfax county police are looking for the man accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a community pool. a 20-year-old woman said she was working at the pool on friday when a man ap

a cracked rail between arlington cemetery and rosslyn caused the service to be suspended in the direction of largo. at least four blue line trains got disabled and then commuters on the blue, orange and silver line were delayed by 30 minutes or more at the height of the problem. you can imagine how crazy that was. normal service was restored around 11:25. >>> you can't make weekend plans without knowing the forecast. erica is up next. >>> teens are heavily influenced by music and pop culture, but those influences are not always positive. >> an aspiring rapper is trying to harness the power of music to inspire young people in d.c. to improve their lives. here is our story. >> first and foremost introduce myself again. i'm very happy to be here. >> reporter: at the layc career academy in washington d.c. this lunch break comes with a show. ♪ ♪ be the person you can depend i hate when the world is dissing me and my friends ♪ ♪ >> reporter: javier starks is one of so many artists trying to make a name in the music industry, but there's another facet to his career, motivator, youth advocate. to

we have slowdowns trying to get out of rosslyn this morning.more. there had been an earlier crash, and as you can see, traffic is once again moving. been reopened. those delays and should begin to ease. not great, but not that bad. our forecast the same way? >> yeah, very much so. we have a few breaks in the cloud cover. we will get a few from time to time today. waking up pretty cloudy right now. we will get breaks midday and showers and thunderstorms will be more likely this afternoon and tonight. 73 degrees is our current temperature, so it is warm and muggy. we have some fog that is still out there but not terrible at this moment. temperatures in the mid to upper 80's today, our best chance of thunderstorms in the metro will be after 3:00 and we will see that on and off throughout the rest of the week, autria. >> it is a big day for some local students. st. mary's county and washington county students are heading back to school today. a new gallup poll finds the common core state education standards are very unpopular. saidf parents surveye

he wants to know why international auto >> let's get you started here in rosslyn looking across thety. a bit of cloudiness across the area, and the rain coming up well to the south and southeast of the metro area. 82 at reagan national airport. dew point is 63. that's not high, but it will get a bit higher, especially with east/southeasterly winds bringing in moisture from the atlantic ocean. so it will be muggy, cloudy and unsettled. no rain in the bucket in luplato. where it's 72. 82 in silver spring. the farther south you go, more heavy cloudiness and eventually some rain. 82 at reagan national in fredericksburg. 79 in manassas. and 79 in annapolis. temperatures slowly dropping to the lower 80's to the 70's during the game. as far as fedex field weather, we have the kickoff at 8:00 tonight and temperatures should be in the upper 70's then. i don't think we'll see any rain chances there either. a cloudy comfortable night to be outders. -- outdoors. very hot and humid in will ming ton, north carolina. there's a frontal system spinning over maine. you can see a cold front coming bac

partly cloudy as we look from our belfort furniture weather center cameras on the rooftop from rosslyn. no rain on radar, just a few clouds. 81 in hagerstown, 87 in fredericksburg. a warm spot, 88 locally at reagan national airport. we'll have the clouds and the sun this evening, temperatures will drop into the mid-70's and overnight, muggy with clear skies 64-70 degrees. and a muggy start to your tuesday. we have a new hurricane, hurricane bertha, in the atlantic. we'll give you updates of where it's heading and the seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. >> d.c. councilman marion barry says he is doing just fine two days after having a head-on collision with another car in d.c. jennifer donelan in southeast washington with what the former mayor says what happened and what witnesses saw. >> the 78-year-old is placing the blame squarely on a medical condition, his diabetes. >> hours after a head-on collision, councilman marion barry in his own words. >> i had a diabetic attack. it went low. too low. i became disoriented. and went to the wrong side of the street. >> that trip on the w

police say 45-year-old rosslyn corngay of philadelphia was driving a pickup truck when she hit a guard rail and flipped over on the atlantic city expressway. the accident happened on june 20th. police say corngay had five passengers in the vehicle. three were riding in the bed of the truck. everyone was thrown onto the highway. 35-year-old james dennis and 4-year-old boy were killed. corngay is charged with two counts of death by auto while driving under the influence of alcohol. >>> now to philadelphia's school budget crisis. school superintendent dr. william hite says classes will begin on time on september 8th despite a $81 million budget gap but the start of the school year comes at the cost of more cuts. hite says he made several smaller cuts he hopes are just temporary. the $32 million in cuts means no buses for high school students who live two miles or less from school. also, schools will be cleaned less frequently and school security vacancies will not be filled. high schools will keep the same number of resource officers and elementary schools will share officers. >>> from ou

this is from our roof camera in rosslyn obesity looking the -- overlooking the city. 84 at reagan nationalirport. the winds are out of the south at just around 7 miles per hour. our high yesterday made it up to 86 degrees at reagan national airport. middletown, maryland 71 degrees, and 0.60 inches of rain. hardly anything has fallen at children's hospital in the district. the >> almost an inch and a quarter for chantilly and the rain is going to continue to add up at least for the next hour or so as the cell moves towards the east. almost 15 degrees between reagan and dulles. that's because of the rain. the heat and humidity to the south and west of us, that moves our way for the day tomorrow. we have a funnel system overhead and that's why we have the unstable weather in the forecast, not just for this evening, but for the overnight, and tomorrow into the day friday. finally we're clear out just a bit just in time for the upcoming weekend. satellite and radar. here's the showers and the thunderstorm activity that developed earlier this afternoon. very, very slow moving. doppler radar show

my office is in rosslyn, virginia, which is right across the river from georgetown university where ms. sandor went to moscow. after listening to her testimony, i looked across the river in disbelief and just thought, how is it at my age, which was 20 at the time of her testimony, as a young professional working hard to pull a paycheck and to pay my own bills, right? is 30 year old woman wants me as a taxpayer to pay for anything other than my own medical bills, my own needs and anything else i think i should be having in my life. i was in disbelief but i just couldn't believe that why was it a $9 a month which was a big video for a strong independent woman to come up with. you know, the answer to this was that the left obviously likes to uphold people could simply pass responsibility for their actions on to others, which is why i wasn't surprised when sandra fluke was upheld as a hero and, of course, put on the 2012 campaign trail. then and at the moment the lead up to the writing of this book came when i was sitting at the 2012 tnc convention in charlotte, north carolina, and my job

josh rosslyn, you are shaking your head yes. isyou agree that this possibly global contagion? as a global contagion, no. i agree we have a larger issue. the rate of recovery globally has not been what it has been expected to be. if you look and dig into participation rates, we have real reasons for concerns. there is too much irrational exuberance. >> what did you mean a moment ago when you said global markets are dangerous? the global economy, the tradable side of it relies on flows of people, information, capital and goods. four are under threat. we are shooting down airplanes. whereis a problem about to fly. cyber security as a bonus contention. tons of tension. the middle east is a disaster. underpinnings, the basic stability that underpins these global flows is questionable. >> there is a wall where investors have to face. everyone comes back to the idea that there is so much liquidity around the world. as long as the central banks system, thento the path of least resistance is higher. >> that has been true, especially in the united states. and questiono stop whether with

rosslyn has a new database out talking about black suffragettes. she's an excellent person and she's semiretired she would be a good human resource to include as well as some of your more actively predominantly black colleges where they have students working in that kind of literature. i represent the association of black women historians which is lay and professional historians. we would like to collaborate with you to tease out some stories or link our websites together. i can't think of any one particular organization, definitely this black women's research initiative that i mentioned. so i think if we kind of link up ourselves to individuals we can bring our organization with us. definitely i think we have to coalesce over these issues because there are certain environmental issues and economic issues that affect all of us. we need to acknowledge the elephant in the room so to speak but if the elephant grows too large there's no room for us opinion >> the toxics waste issues are huge. we need toe find these issues that affect all of us. women a