now much quieter outside of the studio when rosslyn and most of the area. today was hot and steamy. 95 at reagan national, 91 at washington dulles, 93 at bwi. five of the six days in september we have been at 90 degrees or above, but that streak is over. now in the 70's, falling at the 60's. improving conditions as we continue through the remainder of the overnight. most of the showers now across the chesapeake bay, much quieter up and down the east coast. numerous severe thunderstorm warnings, especially over new england. cooler and less humid air behind this. the dew point temperature the upper 40's, lower 50's over the great lakes. that air mass moves in tomorrow, noticeably more comfortable. will stallont offshore. tomorrow, probably sunny, 80 degrees. i think the low pressure will develop along the front over the carolinas. they will hug the coast earlier the way, bringing us the northeast wind, keep temperatures down and a chance of showers, especially along south and eastern portions of the region. just keep that in mind. the temperatures will be muc

bruce rosslyn and jennifer dockery are accused of torching a boat while it was docked in 240u.yn offered money to dockery to set his boat on fire in order to destroy it and collect the insurance money. both men are charged with arson for fire. rosslyn is also charged with insurance fraud. >>> from our delaware bureau, dover air force base announces plans to replace a 69-year-old runway. the rebuilding project will cost $98 million and is expected to take two years. during that time, the planes at the base will be transferred to another location. dover air force base is one of the largest air freight terminals in the military. it's also the place where the remains of soldiers killed overseas arrive back home in the u.s. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> dry and sunny but there's a fall chill in the air. >> not that we're explaining just yet. >> nbc 10 first alert meteorologist sheena parveen joins us. how long will this stick around. >> it will stick around for tonight, another chilly night, you might want at least a light jacket. it will hang around for the rest of th

the flags flying proudly in rosslyn on this 9/11.have some quiet weather this morning through mid-day but this afternoon a threat for some showers and storms. might even get a stray shower here by lunch time. 87 at 4:00. on our way to 89 perhaps. some of the storms could be on the strong side. good news most of this should be out of the baltimore area by 7:00 or so-so i don't think there will be much impact on tonight's raiders-steelers game. a look toward the weekend in about six minutes. right now over to beverly farmer with another update on timesaver traffic. good morning, bev. >> reporter: good morning, howard. pretty good morning on the roadways. volume delays into silver spring. inner loop seeing more volume toward the wilson bridge. nothing out of the order father on 270 to get to hyattstown and south through germantown and on to rockville. inbound lanes, the bw parkway slowing down to d.c. 295. typical volume to get to kenilworth and head down. inbound south capitol street, the douglas bridge, the broken down car has been mo

live from our rooftop in in rosslyn, 74 was the afternoon high. the morning low was 65 degrees, and no rain at all in washington. and a little bit of rain, like leonardtown. in maryland, not far away. potomac is about the same. that is like a few drops more than a trace. and i think as we go through the evening, that pattern is going to stay well established. the lower eastern shore, a couple of showers showing up in martinsburg, and a pattern. the majority of the rain will move to the south and east for the metro region, and we back that up based on the movement across north carolina, taking the same track to the northeast, so we may get an isolated sprinkle, but most of it will stay to the south and east. toward sunrise, we will get just a touch of clearing. images now 68 in gaithersburg, andight now in annapolis, temperatures are somewhat warmer to the west of our area. drier air build in the atmosphere. this is demonstrated nicely. dry air, moving in. so tomorrow, some cloudiness. and then the skies change considerably. through,ont will come a

. >> the vacancy rate in rosslyn, in northern virginia -- >> it is very straightforward. the government is changing how it is acquiring technology, from services to focus on product. >> that result in a high vacancy rate. >> thais very true, but there are also changes in the way people work. and a sll office space. and also, what people like in ildings changes. pele went from rioshack to circuit city to best. >> and look at the skyline for example. northern virginia, just a year ago, i did a story about the tallest building in the d.c. metro area. they decided they were going to build this building without getting any tenants this is the one-year anniversary of the building, and it is still empty. >> right, because the market is changing. >> but shouldn't they have known this? >> no. >> d do not beat too hard on th. first, for a 20 yard andear cycle, weor a 20-year have beeeen able to grow and expand the way w we did busines. the world has changed in a significant way. nobody couldld have predicted sequestration, for example. starts ay who business, build a building, goes

. >> colleges in 18 states have signed onto the live safe app which is based in rosslyn. >>> an important fixture on capitol hill, life being restored. remember this place, frager's hardware? you also remember it burnt to the ground. the store will rebuild at its original location on pennsylvania avenue in southeast. a d.c.-based company will buy the property and lease it back to frager's and the business will continue to operate out of its three locations it's in right now until that original space becomes available again. >>> residents of a ft. washington neighborhood have been wondering for months whether they will keep our lose their homes until last night when they were told their fate. >> we knew it could go either way. >> reporter: up until the county's e-mail miles cousin held out hope he would be able to stay in their -- miles cullen held out hope he would be able to stay in their dream home. they've been partially living in a camper parked out front to have access to running water. >> we knew we were going to have to move on here. >> reporter: his is one of six homes to be conde

police are investigating an apparent abduction right outside our studios in rosslyn. morning, a this person witnessed a man beating up a woman in our parking lot, and he says he got out of the vehicle and tried to intervene. he grabbed her and threw her back into the driver side of the vehicle, jumped into the car, and slammed it back right into one of our hitting the bumper and doing a lot of damage to the back end of his car. man down thed the street, and he saw him trying to force the woman into the trunk. it was possibly with maryland plates. to 7 news contacted police report the situation, and at last check, please continue to search for this vehicle involved. stories, at the top student in our area among the latest to be diagnosed with pertussis or whooping cough. some in montgomery county are also sick. they went to a summer camp in pennsylvania, so if you have someone with a fever and persistent cough, contact the doctor. >> an unidentified man's body was found in a parking lot off bellevue drive. police say it appears the man was beaten or stabbed to death, a

right at 6:30 with the hov rules going into effect but that should ease up getting into ballston and rosslyn your slowdowns just beginning north of edsall road to duke street, the point where the lanes merge from four to three. lanes open to the 14th street bridge. your troubles right now on 50 coming in from annapolis. bowie none to speak of. 30 slowing in cheverly as you get past 202 to head down to kenilworth and new york avenues. that's a look the at drive. now with that forecast, here's erica. >>> thank you, beverly. we are looking at a coastal system that's making its approach for the metro area. in the meantime, we're still dry and actually it's not that terribly chilly here in the immediate metro area. here we are on the terrace in northwest d.c. i have my light jacket on and i am doing okay. let's take a look at our flood alert though because we have the heavy rain on the way. that is producing a flash flood watch until 6:00 tomorrow morning for the heavy rain that will move in overnight tonight and that will be for both the baltimore and d.c. beltways and for the counties surroundi

. >> so far colleges in 18 states have signed onto that live safe app which is based in rosslyn. we did have some difficulty using the app walking feature with our verizon phone, but the at&t had a better signal and it worked just fine. >>> the national zoo was back open tonight after a construction worker struck a gas main. zoo officials evacuated visitors immediately. no animals were hurt. the gas in the area has been shut off and repairs are currently underway. >>> for some great weather this weekend, first alert chief meteorologist topper shutt joins us now from the weather terrace with more we can expect, light entering the weekend this way, top. >> as gloomy as yesterday was, it's spectacular this evening. a lot of folks going to the high school football game. we're looking at temperatures mid-60s to mid-70s, pretty much across the board. so cool enough for the players and mild enough for the spectators, 65 in the 4th quarter, starting out at 76. remember we got all kinds of highlights here at 11:00 on wusa9. evening planner, 75 at about 6:00, 68 at about 8:00 and even by 1

all your lanes open into rosslyn. that's good news. travel the trip downtown kenilworth avenue, eastern avenue. pace still looks decent starting to slow south of eastern avenue to make it toward east capitol, pennsylvania avenue. volume building on cheverly coming in from columbia park. back to you. >>> the hunt continues in eastern pennsylvania for a man suspected of ambushing and killing a state trooper more than a week ago. yethrough the forest in a northeastern part of the state looking for 31- year-old erica frein. frein is accused of killing byron dickson and injuring alex douglas outside their trooper barracks back on september 12. >>> protesters flooded new york's financial district to speak out against climate change. organizers wanted to raise awareness about corporations and their roles in climate change. the demonstration in manhattan drew more than 300,000 people. >>> here's a scam alert you need to know about because it's very effective. the crooks claim to be calling from the i.r.s. >> scott broom has the story of a coup

show you the picture out of rosslyn. the flags flying proudly for 9/11 this morning. that's a good looking shot. joe on the controls. thanks, joe. 68. the front went through. today will be a cooler, drier air moving in. all this moisture here not going far away. maybe down by i-40. it will start to work back toward us tonight. futurecast quiet this afternoon. a few clouds especially south. i think a good day and a good night tonight. if you have date night tonight or want to eat on the back porch, going to be good. showers in western maryland, west virginia down toward charlottesville by 8:00, 8:30 and the shenandoah valley. get closer to the metro by 11:00. even the west side of town, south and west of us seeing showers in the morning and the showers overspread us for the afternoon. but it will clear out saturday night so sunday looks good. our forecast today 77, 78. a mix of sun and clouds. again more clouds south, more sun north. tonight upper 50s to mid-60s with late showers west. showers likely saturday so a yellow

coming off of rosslyn and that crash did not and is still causing delays.n the key bridge. >> a calm comfortable friday with clouds and no big deal. temperatures in the 50's. 61 at reagan national airport. high temperatures in the low to mid 70's with partly sunny skies. some changes for the weekend temperatures can warm up to 80 on saturday and 85 on sunday with afternoon showers possible. that could linger to early monday morning. your rocking the purple. just three minutes, if you want to get rid of those ray rice jerseys you can trade the men. the exchange is happening at the stadium in baltimore. the jersey exchanges in response the video of rice knocking out his then fiancÉe. news channel eight will have a live report . he is live in baltimore. update have another news coming right here 8:27. >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. and melissa rivers speaking out about her mom, joan, revealing the startling and personal message from the president about her mother. >>> and break dingown the dating gap. why do so many of us still expect men to pay on