that means severe traffic because of the severe weather that came through.we'll take you first over to a look at the north and southbound of route 210 which is closed in accokeek and pine lane because of an accident. i'm going to say take livingston road instead. let's take you over to 395 live which looks heavy and steady. both directions past here at duke street. heavy on 95 into triangle. now, let's go back over to the maps. expect major delays on metro because of the blue line at king street. looks like someone was struck by a train. they're single tracking basically between braddock road and van dorn street on metro. we'll keep you posted on that situation. lesli, back to you. >>> of course, when you're out there driving tonight, there is a concern about flooding. we've already reported on some things already happening. >> it comes up quickly. it will go away quickly but in the next hour or so, i would take it easy. especially if you're going to go knot of town. we'll start with that because we're looking at flood warnings in effect north of town. this

it caused flooding in several areas. thankfully, no serious injuries have been reported. >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with meteorologist john collins. >> we had one or two inches, better than that in some cases, but not too much. look at the rate are now. here we are in baltimore. that is the beltway. at the airport, just a little shower, and that is the extent of it. most of the rain is in pennsylvania and just coming into garrett county off to the west. switching to a wider view, you will see this activity coming in. this one little cell popping up over the airport right now. a lot of rain here, lightning and thunder. this was moving in our direction. the weather is going to change. at the moment, we have partly cloudy skies. temperatures in the 80's, a little cooler across portions of the day. then we got into the 70's near the west of maryland, even the 60's. part of that is rain, part of that is cloud cover holding the temperature down a little bit. more important, the dew points temperature, an expre

severe weather alert day.top, talk about the storms. >> we got severe thunderstorm warnings south and east of town. we aren't done with the severe weather yet. we have severe weather storm warnings from anne arundel county to charles county until 6:00. st. mary's county until about 6:15 down here. we're going to zoom in. the biggest threat is indeed heavy rainfall and flash flooding. so, do not cross a flooded street. you know somebody trying to go home out 50, it will be slow going down 301, it will get worse as heavy rain approaches la plata. could be heavy rain. severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00. a flash flood watch until midnight. derek? >> two, one, zero and liftoff! >> besides the forecast that called for some rain and plenty of cloud cover this morning, atlantis blasted off on the final mission of nasa's 30- year-old space shuttle program. >> about a million people gathered at the kennedy space center and surrounding towns to watch this morning's launch. our kristin fisher was there amongst them at c

severe weather is moving across now. and there are several flash flood warnings. let's go right to bob turk and meteorologist tim williams, tracking it all in first warning weather. bob? >> we've seen some very heavy storms last night. some areas getting 3, 3 1/2 inches of rain. some areas a lot less. but right now, a general heavier rain moving into the region. take a look at the red light frontal boundary. generally moving across country, maryland. one little heavy hiccup near perry hall. south of the city, you see some heavy showers showers and thunderstorms moving into howard county and a.a. county. from parkton to liberty county, heavy shower activity. downpours all over the place, where you can see there's very, very bright colors. that's where we're seeing quick half-inch to 1-inch rain. there could be flash flood warnings. tim williams joins me now with a whole look at a lot of watches and warnings. >> definitely, our watch and warning map has been very, very colorful because there have been a lot coming and going. but we can break it down for you. there i

we have several in the dc area. let's zoom into show you what some of the storms are doing and where they are at. some holding hail just north of dc, south of silver spring where you see the purple color. that is where there is hail. damaging wind gusts as a possibility and some locally heavy rain which could lead to flash flooding. here are some of the areas that will be impacted. take a look. just in a couple minutes here. mt. pleasant. columbia heights. parkview. 6:32. out to the west some more storms heating out this way and you can see these storms are going to probably produce quite the punch here. let's zoom on in here to around leesburg, front royal. winchester. basically just east of 81. perciville and upperville being impacted as well. weather computer now. quite a bit of lightening. you can see on doppler radar the storms produced quite a bit of lightening. look at all those lightening bolts tonight. for the rest of the night what can we expect? lows 66 to 74 degrees. again, the severe thunderstorms for d

first, though, potential for severe weather. much of our area is under a severe thunderstorm warning now. kim martucci is live in the weather center. >> a severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 7:00, that includes washington, d.c. and prince georges county. but the cluster of storms moving towards up is up in the north and west. the warning on those storms includes montgomery and fairfax that goes until 6:15. you folks in howard count vi a tomorrow warning until 6:30. these storms are generally moving to the south and east, anywhere between 20 and 30 miles an hour. the whole area is under a severe thunderstorm watch until midnight. i'm tracking these storms and will have your detailed holiday weekend forecast coming up in just a few minute. craig, back to you. >> thanks, kim, appreciate that. >>> sunday services were not the same today for a small maryland congregation in mt. airy. many awakened to the sounds of strong storm, then word spread lightning had hit their church and it caught fire. members are determined to rebui

become strong or severe. i think the biggest threat later on today's lightning more than anything else. let's get right to our storm scan. you can see the areas of white and gray. that is the cloud cover. we have a thin veil of cloud cover across the region with filtered sunshine. still bright enough for your sunglasses. 85 in the district. 84 at dulles airport. crueler in cumberland, 77. a cool front will drop into our region. we're expecting thunderstorms because of the triggering mechanisms moving in this afternoon and evening. these -- the first part will be around 3:00 p.m. northwest of the metro area. thereafter, there will look into the metro area. we will have your fireworks forecast coming up. >> we appreciate it. >>> one man is dead following last night's severe storm. montgomery county fire officials say the man was riding along the canal path near white's ferry on his bicycle yesterday when he was struck. he is a dignified as 56-year-old neil rich from new york. >>> around the region, folks are cl

severe thunderstorm is in effect until 7:00 p.m.ails coming up a little later. >>> on this fourth of july, a former u.s. president takes permanent residence in london. i'm charlie dagata in london. we'll tell you who, what, and why coming up. . >>> president obama and the first family opened the white house today to a few special guests. several military families are joining the family. they will be treated to a concert and watch tonight's fireworks from the south lawn. speaking of the military. independence day is a great time to acknowledge the men and women who protect our country every single day. >> a new generation of veterans is returning home from conflicts overseas. some with visible wounds and others not as apparent. the homecoming and recovery for these wounded warriors are successful. >> master sergeant knows what it's like to shift from combat back to the home front. >> you're checking out everything and everyone. so when you get into that mind set of a period of six or seven months and come back, it's hard to down shif

here's a look at the severe weather risk. the areas in yellow includes northern neck and central virginia. stafford county, this is through 10:00 tonight and we're looking at the possibility of some severe thunderstorms going through those areas. live doppler 9,000hd showing us right around the dc metro and beltway, for the most part dry, some cloudy conditions. it's out to the west of us where we're seeing showers and some thunderstorms. let's first zoom into pawpaw and looking at just around 81, martinsburg and charlestown seeing some light showers where you see the yellow just north of winchester. we head down to the south. we can see also manassas getting light rain. stafford and fredericksburg. i put this into the future cast motion to show you what's going to happen in the next hour where these showers could be going and they could be coming through the dc area in the next hour or so. all right, let's take a look at our doppler radar to show you where the most lightning strikes again, just to the south. there's dc and m

nothing to severe but it is fairly widespread. southwest monsoon remains active across indio china again particularly in thailand as well as northeast and i india and bangladesh. reaching 33 in beijing. 35 in shanghai. tokyo is much o warmer than yesterday. should rise to 28 degrees. now for americas, hurricane dora still a major hurricane. from now on, gradual weakening is expected. we have tropical for the tip of the baja, could be dangerous surf conditions starting tonight and stro strong winds could impact the area from friday night as well. rain shouldn't be a problem but still quite a lot of moisture coming in from the system. so the northern end of mexico looking at showers, pockets of heavy showers as well. >>> as for north america, we have this long frontal system shifting from plain states up to eastern canada looking across from the plain states aep and up in eastern canada and new england wz well as where the hotter air meets the cooler air. could face severe thunderstorms, damaging winds as well as large hail. otherwi

more than once a day, we need several times a week. they're very involved. >> what are we going to have it up and running? >> the rfp was a 24 month project. that would be two years from september 1st. there is a possibility they could get it sooner, but the project is for 24 months. >> this year? >> know, september 13th. -- no, september 13th. >> why does it take so long? >> there is significant work that has to be done. >> two years is not long for a rollout like this. not for revamping the system for all the details. >> it should not take 12 years. >> it should not take 12 years, i agree. >> any questions? >> item on training an update to staff and hires. >> our list of hires, we have eight new hires since the last commission meeting. they are replacement hires and we are replacing the people who are retiring that have several days -- several vacant positions that we were not able to fill due to the fact there were no current lists available. they became available so we have new hires coming. we are interviewing again on monday for

years and we anticipate seeing over the past -- over the next several years. the proposed sales tax measure is a special tax as required, we cannot put a general tax on the ballot unless there are legislative seats also on the ballot under the california constitution so this requires a 2/3 vote of the people. the tax needs to be dedicated as a special tax. what is proposed are a couple of things. this falls into how the mayor has been talking about his priorities for the budget over the past several months. some of you have heard the mayor may be one or too many times about how you'd like to see a budget that is solvent. a safe part of that equation is what we're talking about today with this measure. when he talks about having a safe city, he talks about two things. he talks about public safety which is the core police and emergency response services and that is obviously a key component of safety. he also means a basic social safety net, a minimal level of social services that help people in our city feel a sense of personal safety about their future, about

several months. trying to find caylee marie anthony. >> anthony also be sued by the group that spent over $100,000 searching for the little girl. she is unlikely to find a welcome reception on her release. protesters gathered outside the courthouse, many still angry she was acquitted of murder. security was tight. jail officials have their plan in place to keep her safe when she is released next week. kristen dahlgren, nbc news. >> 69 degrees on tv hill. a football legend passes away this week. keith mills will tell us about one of john mackey's memorable moments. >> we will look at one of your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. >> if the weather holds up, and nasa have their final lift off. the american space program comes to an end. there is 87% chance of thunderstorms will force the shuttle to remain on the ground -- there is a 7% chance. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we aske

so a severe thunderstorm watch for tonight, over. for your july 4th, mainly a chance of storms to the south. remember that. and here is your five-day forecast. it's a little unsettled from wednesday to friday. but at least tomorrow should be okay for the district. >> okay. >> we're going to keep our eye on it. >> thanks, gwen. >>> the world best-selling online game is launching into the real world. angry birds are partnering with retail stores to offer players exclusive game features and as money reporter melanie alnwick explains, these little birds are big business. >> reporter: the mobile game angry birds is unquestionably a smash hit. >> how often do you play it? >> every day. pretty much day and night. >> reporter: 250 million down loads in less than two years. mayors on touchscreen -- players on touchscreen devices hold back birds and launch them to knock down birds that have stolen the eggs. and that is why the birds are angry. >> and you have to learn where to hit the projects to get at the pig so they'll die. >> reporter: now

the only severe thunderstorm right now is down towards culpeper. that is going to move through southern portions of culpeper county. but we're watching that line, as well, as it makes its way into the area. the entire region under a severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00 tonight. a couple of zooms here, and the first zoom we'll take you to is the one that does show you into montgomery county that we are seeing some of the heaviest rain right there, right around wheaton right now. right around the at pen hill area. very heavy rain right along 495 in the beltway. also right up along 95, up there towards laurel, seeing very heavy rain, a lot of lightning here, olney, brighton, all seeing heavy rain. >> rockville and gaithersburg. let's go further west. in loudoun county, portions of fairfax county and southern portions of montgomery county, darnestown, ashburn, sterling, just south of leesburg heavy rain. and herndon and reston, heavy rain in your area, as well. as i mentioned, the entire area under the severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00 tonight. that

conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms. with the torrential rain we have had in the past 24 hours, flood warnings in effect all around baltimore metro and the flood watch down to the coast. roadways could be covered with water in many locations. there is some improvement in the weather in the forecast for the upcoming weekend. more on that in a couple of minutes. >> one of the hardest-hit areas in baltimore county was dundalk. barry simms has more on how residents are dealing with a clean up there. >> alan stone removes small branches from the front lawn of his dundalk home. as baltimore county crews used chain saws to remove large limbs knocked to the ground after lightning struck a tree. stone and his wife joanne were inside their home thursday evening when the heavy rains, high winds, thunder, and lightning struck. >> we heard the lightning popping all around, and when i looked out, a lady was standing on my porch. >> it turned out to be a neighbor struggling to get home in the downpour. >> she said she had been standing

southern parts of the state, severe watches are in effect. severe thunderstorms watch in effect for those southern counties until 10:00 tonight, adam. >> slow moving storms tonight. we hope the rain holds off tonight for the fireworks. jessica cartalia has a preview of the dazzling display in downtown baltimore. you probably had a nice time out on that boat late this afternoon, jess. >> i wish we could take our crew around the harbor and enjoy it. everyone out here, and there's a lot of people out here are hoping the rains and storms do hold off. i will let you know, if in fact, they need to cancel the show, they will have the fireworks tomorrow without the music and everything. so we're hoping they still go off without a hitch. >> reporter: hours before the fire works light up the night sky. >> this has been a celebration of all celebrations. >> reporter: theinner harbor is packed with people. kids stay cool and play games as they wait for the big show. >> it is 4th of july, independence day and i'm from the city of brotherly love where it a

that severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 6:00.d you can see that line, extends down i-95 further south. we have another severe thunderstorm warning for northern spotsylvania, northeastern orange, stafford county, culpeper, southeastern fauquier and southern prince william until 5:45 so that makes its way from annapolis and the bay bridge right on down toward the south. you can see that down toward fredericksburg. we'll do a couple zooms here. the heaviest area now seems to be in towards the mt. vernon region and also over towards clinton maryland, right around andrews air force base around friendly and camp springs. some lightning strikes out of these storms, as well. as we move toward the south, we're looking at dale city, around triangle, midway island, and then even further down to the south, just to the north of the fredericksburg area, seeing some of that heavier rain. the heaviest rain in the area that's going to be affected next, we're talking about charles county, right around grateton, cedar grove, la plata, waldorf, you'

is under a severe thunderstorm watch. this is a severe thunderstorm warning. you can head over to wjla.com to track the storms. the dew point is still in the 60's. the high pressure is building day late monday into tuesday. we might squeeze out a shower or o late tomorrow afternoon. this is moving across the region. to the south of us. the fireworksthat planned on the national. diminished storms the lowfor 60's to 70's. here is the extended outlook. temperatures around 90. , eye is one more reminder witness@wjla.com. >> the national's got off to a game. e efforts a horribl today. leaves everyone scratching their heads because it plays like this. >> we will start off for some news with the washington national. beer clifford was chosen to national league all-star spot. he has struggled continuously again. back to the pitcher. that is good. that puts the runners in scoring position. princely scores. more for the pirates. here they come again. he scores, 5-0. the pirates, 7-0, pittsburgh. neal will score the next and 110-2.is the top of the third, this does not ha

>> i think it is a bit of both, because it has become a ritual the past several sessions. i am not sure forever america's e was this high close to the actual deadline. it is a high-stakes game of cken that we have seen over issues the last several big issues like this. i think people are concerned. both sides have very nationalist positions and are different to get a part. i think perhaps the american eople would be interested to know how much progress both say was made during the talks before they broke down and how it will be difficult to get over the final vote several yards and create a deal over this. >> tell us about the show sunday? take this opportunity, given the holiday weekend, centering around the freedom of this country, the birth of this country, and look at the constitution and rolled down. debate, the debt ceiling, the rise of the tea party has brought the center ason front and a real guideline to how the republicans want to govern. i think that is a very interesting perspective and it is a real thing we want to boil n and look at. take all of these issues,

tonight, we have the flash flood watch several hours. tomorrow, beginning to see the showers and not bad. 64 and less humid. again, the out look is for relatively hot weekend. it's dry and less humid. that's not bad, josie. if you're in the low lying areas and commuting through those, take your time. when you're in doubt, don't take the chance on the roads. a few more hours and the run off will subside and we'll be better later on tonight. >>> when it comes to staying cool, nothing beats the pool and the beach. parents want their kids to have fun. they want to save time, too. now, members here in owings mills have the perfect place. there's a splash pad. there is a splashing good time. >> reporter: this is designed for kids of all ages. >> it's getting them active and gets the parents a place to play with the kids. it's just water squirting out of stuff. >> reporter: kids love the spray ground, it's fun and it's a great introduction to swimming without going into the bigger pool. >> he's 2 years old. it's perfect for his age. we don't ha

flames still threaten several sites. the flames are just miles from a sentry old cliff dwelling of natives. >>> another fight underway at the final resting place of many of the country's veterans. the fbi has been called in to join the army's investigation into the alleged massive mismanagement at arlington national cemetery. burial maps did not match up to grave sites. one grave was found to have eight people instead of just one. >> you have potentially millions of family members that have a question mark in the back of their mind saying is my father, my husband, my mother, my daughter, buried where she is suppose to be. what it really reflects is a lack of leadership from the top down, a lack of accountability from the top down. and down at the worker bee level they don't care. >> the army appointed all new administrators for arlington national cemetery but some veterans say the move is too little and too late. >>> a consumer alert tonight. more employees said to be stealing from the companies where they work. accordin

some might say the journey from several meets at the benghazi via baghdad and kabul could now be traced as a kind of nato road map but as with any road paved with good intentions there is only one possible destination castros are about r t bosnia and herzegovina. so i had for you this hour here in r t brace to breach the blockade we'll look at what's in store for gaza aid flotilla after greenspan's propellants seen activists from setting sail from its ports. and ammo hard saving human lives russian doctors give new life to a young girl by implanting a unique or artificial valve made from it picks heart. oh how cross live to our correspondent. who can bring us more on the anti-government demonstration that plays in bellow's were one hundred forty people were detained and they'll be facing trial later saw lexie tell us more about what happened during that solemn dallow what exactly are belorussians protesting against . well the sunday march twentieth independence day for belarus but the celebration turned sour with several demonstrations of the opposition dispersed by the police wender st

a slight risk they would be severe just south of washington. a look at the night planner in ten minutes. danella, good morning. how's traffic. >> good morning. >>> all is calm right now checking the roadways for you. so far no incidents to report. this is the american legion bridge. you can see traffic is flowing, and you have no delays there. as we head over to the key bridge, so far all is clear here as well. and taking a look right now at the 14th street bridge, only at 6:00 in the morning it could look this good. hey, i'm not a magician, i can't make that happen. back in ten minutes with another update. >>> metro escalator problems are getting worse, and that's no surprise to metro riders who use the system regularly. tomorrow metro's board will get the full report. according to the prepared presentation, more than 100 escalators were out of service in may because of maintenance and unscheduled service calls. metro says several escalators will remain out of service while crews remain problems that have long been neglected. >>> the number of

could produce some severe weather in the region. but around here now, in fact, west of the city, it has cleared out. and they've already canceled the severe thunderstorm watch for areas west of the city. that's good news. looks like we're seeing some of those cancellations sooner than expected. looks like a great weekend. >> the weather is having a big impact on traffic right now. let's check on the roads with kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. kristy. >> hi, jess. hi, everyone. yes, it's definitely having a big impact, especially if you're traveling on the beltway. as far as the outer loop goes, you're looking at almost 70 minutes there from dulaney valley road to the bw parkway. average speed at this point, only 10 miles per hour. another 45 minutes from park highlights to bel air road. and we're even having difficulty now on the harrisburg expressway in that northbound direction. 30 minutes there, from pedonia road, over to belfast. also o95, in the southbound direction, plenty of brake lights there, from route 24 in harford

we are seeing the possibility of severe weather. already some of the severe thunderstorm watches have been pulled back out toward really the far southwest. so we still have them in effect until 10:00 p.m. the areas you see shaded in yellow, that does include lower southern maryland and also parts of the northern neck in central virginia. right now here's a look at live doppler 9,000hd. around the beltway, maybe some few light showers going through, but we have most of the light stuff going through south here. right now no major thunderstorms right now associated with this system. we can see some light showers south of alexandria, la plata. basically have crossed over interstate 95. let's head up north where we also have some light stuff going on. around frederick, crossing 270 and toward mt. arie. charlestown looking at showers. south of it, a little storm there. nothing severe as of now. so here's a look at the forecast. right now, we are expecting some thunderstorms to maybe impact some of those fireworks events for tonight. if yo

the rain caused several down the trees. we have old york road, one lane is blocked near paper mill in the phoenix area. also in phoenix, all lanes are blocked because of another downed tree near jarrettsville pike. we have some fire activity in jarrettsville that has been happening near salem church and schuster church. we have an additional downed tree in howard county in the columbia area. this is their centennial lane. all lanes are closed. this is the major roadways -- their checking out ok. this is old court road. d things are looking good. this is 50 at sandy point. as you head on to the bay bridge, things are moving good in both directions. now is a good time to head to the beach. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> it did not last long but it did not take long for these storms to leave behind a lot of damage. >> for many mavericks, it will be a long and difficult cleanup. jennifer franciotti is live in dundalk with a look at the damage. >> we're on four seasons court or the heavy winds tore parts of the roofs

the past several weeks. got used to these kind of protests these protests are not don't have a political director logical connotation people are organizing silent marches and the only thing they do to a voice their protest against the government's actions is clapping. clearly this is something you see this form of protest was invented in the social networks on the internet but the government is now trying to do everything to fight these these protests were understand that the protesters are demanding that one of europe's longest standing leaders must stand down the crowd is unhappy with the government's actions in the latest financial crisis in berlin was i'd like to remind our viewers that over the past two months belarus has been plunged into a deep financial turmoil with its currency devalued two fold in the space of just several weeks so the tension is clearly mounting in this state we're understand according to several bell russian bloggers that protest might die down for another month or three or four

they'll suffer from a genetic defect and their children might be severely disabled at birth. >> it ismost of the time on the genetic diseases one gene. people d't think that you have all these different issues, blue eyes, this is imagination, not reality. we're talking about severely sick children. >> but critics worry about how things may develop in the future. will couples want to select embryos with desirable characteristics, so-called designer babies? at the moment, european countries agreed that screening should only be used. suffering. medical complications can occur, too. >> most of these patients have a history of the handicapped, a genetically induced children, so they're trying to avoid this. you can do the tests, amniocentesis, to check. >> proponents of screening argued that abortions would not happen if the testing or permit it. embryos, they say, should not have more protection than fetus is that are further developed. severely disabled fetuses are often not aborted in germany, sometimes very late in pregnancy. -- are often aborted in germany, sometimes very late in preg

they say several people were injured. reuters says an close damaged a government building housing the prime minister's office in the regional capital of oslo on friday. the norwegian news agency says the prime minister is safe. reuters also reports the blast blew out many windows on the 17-story building. the news agency building says several people were injured. >>> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline." we'll be back with more news in half an hour. i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye.

there are several stations around the complex, but the problem persists. so she is turning to a solution by opec sales -- bio pet sells a kit so that you can take a dog is dna. >> when someone poops he does have to take a sample of it and then send it in and they will tell you which dog did it. we have to pay to clean up the poop out so they should be responsible. if they are not the and they should pay for it. >> how about some well watching where you least expected. coming up to show you a mother will and her baby found swimming up river. >> temperatures cooling down we're in the 50s across the bay area tonight and we have cooler weather for the next few days i will have your forecast coming up. >> talks are stalled in washington john painter says that he wants to pursue a smaller two trillion dollar deficit reduction bill. the white house wanted tax increases as much as four trillion over three years if the debt ceiling is not raised by august 2nd the nation could run out of money to pay its bills. both sides are said to meet again sunday evening. passe

i have probably lost 10 lbs.. >> several needed medical attention of this had severe dehydration.oss the country is been a brutal summer with dangerous heat waves sizzling and 40 different states. oklahoma, 27 days over 100 degrees. it is plain for this water main break and for this section of this buffalo freeway that sent motorists to a hospital. fifth was so hot that this man frightene fresh egg on his-was able to fry an egg on his dashboard. also this woman in houston summed it up in a cnn and report. >> we are sweltering and we're just asking for some relief, here. houston as hot as pleases. stay put, stay cool. >> as experts say. your body develops heat. when it is hot out side you can overheat easy and that will lead to heat exhaustion and even heat stroke. >>jacqueline: to give you an idea just how bad it this heat wave is a take a look of the orange representing heat advisories. extreme heat watches. for virtually the entire midwest is under a heat advisory. the orange is a combination of high temperatures and high humidity. temperatures are in the low 90s in triple digit

severe storms moved through the capital region, and, of course, the mall. this will not be the case tonight. we saw some winds upwards of 60 miles per hour come through portions of the region last night. and there were severe thunderstorm warnings associated with those storms. out there right now, 88 degrees the current temperature with a heat index of 90. humidity around 45%. so it is a little bit on the assumed side. 88 in frederick, maryland. 84 in sterling. manassas coming in at 82 degrees. here is the current radar. you do see showers down to the south around dale city, just to the north of fredricksburg. these are very light showers. you also notice that pink coloring. that's a severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 10:00 for southern maryland toward the fredricksburg region, and also storms back into west virginia beginning to make their way toward frederick county, virginia the. once again, most will stay to the west and to the south of the washington, d.c. area. so looking pretty good if you're thinking about heading out tonight. jim? >> thanks,

some might say the journey from severing its it to benghazi via baghdad and kabul could now be traced as a kind of nato road map but as with any road paved with good intentions there is only one possible destination castros are about r t bosnia and herzegovina. still ahead for you this hour here on our braced it's a breach of the blockade look at what's in store for the aid flotilla after greece bans pro palestinian activists from setting sail from its courts. and animal hearts saving human lives russian doctors give new life to a young girl by implanting a unique artificial vowels made from a pig's heart. well over one hundred forty activists will face trial in belarus after they were detained during an anti-government protest on sunday when it's police used tear gas and beat activists as they tried to round up the latest silent demonstration marked only by clapping. reports. sunday march twentieth independence day for belarus but the celebration turned sour with several demonstrations of the opposition dispersed by the police wender stand that there were several demonstrations all t

performance is also worsening in several other categories.bus and rail on time performance not looking as good this month, and customer injury rate also up a tad. now, the one thing that has increased is a number of inspections performed, up 8% over the month of april. metro has assigned a maintenance team, they say, to the busiest stations, and they promise to fill manager and supervisor positions this month to help improve maintenance at the busiest stations on the line. if you would like to take a full look at this 36-page report, you can do so at our website, nbcwashington.com. back to you. >> melissa mollet live in northwest washington for us. melissa, thank you. >>> one of the world's most revered figures in d.c. for more than a week. we'll tell you where and how you can see the dalai lama. ♪ mmm. oh gosh. oh dear. big deal. you're delicious. so what. i've got news for you. there's no such thing... ...as a bear sheriff. you think i'm afraid of you? hey what? you don't have to be mean to the cake. i do. you don't. i do. just eat yoplait

they could be severe just south of washington. any storms around will dissipate by late evening, and by dawn tomorrow, mid-70s to low 70s. a hot humid day thursday and again on friday. a greater chance of maybe some afternoon and evening storms tomorrow, and then off and on during the day on friday and into friday night. saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday, though, should be settling down. only a slight chance of any storms around. hot and humid with highs near 90. check the weather 24/7 with weather channel on cable. >>> traffic is thick. let's start out in maryland. in fact, beltway, as you're traveling from 95 and making your way towards georgia avenue, it is very slow. at cozil road, you're traveling at 30 miles an hour. it is stop and go. right now it's go just a little. exercise patience while you're traveling outer loop of the beltway in maryland. heading down 66 at centerville. 66 east, you're congested from as you approach the beltway and from the bypass really. i do see some kind of police activity in the shoulder lane. th

supervisor chiu: would anyone like to sever any items? roll-call vote please. >> on items one through 30, mar aye. aye. avalos aye. campos aye. chiu aye. chu aye. cohen aye. elsbernd aye. farrell aye. kim aye. there are 11 ayes. supervisor chiu: those ordinances are passed. items 31 through 33. >> item 31 is a motion affirming the determination by the planning department at the at&t network like speed upgrade project is exempt from environmental review. item 32 is an upgrade on the project. item 33 is a motion directing the clerk to prepare finings reversing the exemption determination. supervisor wiener: i am becoming the king of at&t. about a month ago, called a hearing on the better streets plan and held that the departments are coordinating with regard to the plan with regard to the impact on the sidewalks making sure we have a full understanding of how the process works. i believe that hearing should occur before we take a final vote on the item. not that the hearing will be about the at&t boxes. it is not, but it is about the surfac

some severe storms that rolled through chicago. more than a half a foot of rain fell in just two hours overnight. take a look at this video. again, a live look actually of those stormy skies out there. severe storms in the forecast from the midwest to the northeast. gusty winds, large hail, maybe even isolated tornadoes. >> more on the heat wave still to come. bianna? >> all right, amber. ooh. she's got long sleeves on, as well. i feel for her. >> i feel a little guilty for leaving her outside. >> no, you left her outside. >> coming up, the latest disaster for the schwarzenegger family. what happened to their youngest son while he was out boogie boarding? you are going to hear maria shriver's 911 call coming up. >>> also, life-saving soldier. the hero army sergeant on leave who rescued victims of a burning bus after it was hit by a tractor trailer on the highway. >>> and meet the lady with 700 cats. >> what? >> i didn't say 7. 700 cats. she says she is not crazy. what she does,s,owever, is crazy. crazy generous perhaps. we're going

some could be strong to severe. temperatures in the mid-80s by then. 6:00, i think the evening commute can be messy for some people. here's angie with your traffic. >> thank you, anny. here is the latest out of northwest d.c. you're going to want to avoid the u street and 13th street area because lanes are blocked by crews responding to a fire at steve's liquor store. still ahead, the latest along with a check on your maryland commute coming up at 6:15. back to you. >>> you've heard it before. it is worth hearing again. early detection of breast cancer saves lives and one of the best ways to do that is with a mammogram. here to talk about the benefits is dr. rebecca, director of breast imaging at sibley memorial hospital. the swedish study found one of the benefits is reducing breast cancer mortality. >> yes. and for women who start screening in their 40s. it was an important trial. >> that is part of the controversy. what do you see, if you start in your 40s, if you start early, what do you see when you're looking

i think some of the storms today could be strong and severe. friday even more storms and the severe threat is larger tomorrow compared to today. here is a look at the future cast. you can see here where some of the storms i think will start out to the north of us. around the mason-dixon line because the front eventually heads down and then it will stall in our area through tomorrow. but the storm chances really will start around late this afternoon and in the evening. you can see it is going to be kind of scattered in nature and again, some of the storms could produce damaging wind gusts and some isolated hail. tomorrow, showers, storms, are likely and the severe threat is higher. here's a look at your highs for today. lower 90s for downtown. annapolis, 90 degrees. culpepper warming up to 94 degrees. leesburg mid-90s. winchester 92 degrees. so, friday, not as hot. warm instead. mid-80s. a better chance for showers and thunderstorms for tomorrow afternoon. saturday, temperatures in the lower 90s. here is your seven-day outlook. the weekend looki

years. >> over the past several months when this issue has come up, it had been agonizing. the board has been put into a difficult situation. there are a lot of differences of opinion on how to run the city, how to mass make a decision, who should be in place, 11 people to agree on that is a challenging thing. i think we have done the best we can do in the process, considering the difference of opinions. >> the people of san francisco can now choose their mayor, the direction they want to go. that is why this decision was so appropriate. >> the other big shock is that the moderates seem to have won this round. people thought, progressives have themselves on the board. there is no reason that they will not get together and take a noted leader who is a progressive to be interim mayor, and then stayed there for another term. the great thing about being in term mayor is to get to run as an incumbent. the fact that the progressives could not get together to get somebody into office as interim mayor in their own self-interest was very surprising for a lot of us. >> what happened

some severe thunderstorms may be seen there as well.he heat wave still prevails in southern central and into the mid-atlantic. washington, d.c., this is about six degrees above average. 37 degrees. heading over to europe, we still have that upper level low that is covering much of the central europe and into eastern europe. so it's going to be looking like messy conditions. this active low pressure system lingering over the baltic sea is going to be bringing severe weather across southern sweden and bringing it down towards germany and poland into your saturday. now, we're going to be looking at severe thunderstorms, scattered showers. also in italy, alpine regions and also into the balkans. out to the west, though, looking pretty dry and sunny for you out there. we'll be seeing temperatures rise in southwest spain and also portugal. and also ankara, we're looking at about 37 degrees. so the heat is rising in the west. but moscow, finally, the heat is cooling down. we're in our 20s. so that's all for me for today. >>> that's our broadca

we're not expecting severe weather. currently, temperatures in the lower 80s in downtown. 75 in manassas. 82 in leesburg. 86 in winchester. the clouds are keeping the temperatures down for now. dew points, yeah, you feel it in the lower 70s. 72 manassas. 75 in culpepper. so that humid air will stick around through tonight. that means it will be very warm if not mild overnight. partly to mostly cloudy conditions for the rest of today. i think this afternoon, get a little clearing possible. scattered storms stick around this afternoon and early evening. humidity still increasing throughout the day today and the storm chances remain with us all week. but the weekend, not looking too bad. here is a look at the future cast. i think the clouds will start to pull out late this afternoon so we'll get some clearing and again, scattered showers, thunderstorms possible around 40% or so. tonight, should be fairly quiet again. not going to be widespread. and the threat for severe weather, very, very minimal. but it is a slight possi