pretty soon, topper shutt joins us from the weather terrace. how does it feel? >> it's hard to believe we're talking about excessive heat watches and heat indexes over 100, but we will be. right now, you know, maybe a walk after supper, maybe walk the dog, it's nice out. 86 downtown. the humidity stayed in check today and that's the key. 86 in frederick. 84 in manassas and 88 down in fredericksburg. factor in the heat index and humidity. notice the temperatures don't change. that means it's not a factor right now, which is a good thing. it will change, especially as we get into friday. tonight, returning clear, not as cool. turn off the ac or turn them on. it's a tough call. winds become westerly at 10. even downtown, you might hold around 70. it's our last comfortable night. we'll come back and talk about when the serious heat rolls in and how long it will be around for. >> still to come on 9news. separating fact from fiction when it comes to your credit score. and derek. >> well, it's hot, hot, hot. no, that's the golf forecast here at the at&t national. i'm d

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topper shutt joins us. >> we declared friday a severe weather alert day.looked back to the west and saw a lot of thunderstorms in kentucky and tennessee. that is the same front that will generate storms here and possibly some severe weather. we're talking about damaging winds as well. there's things you can do for tomorrow. get inside if you're around tomorrow night. but before you leave the house, you can search lose objects. lower your deck or patio umbrella down and during the storms stay away from the windows. we'll come back and break it down hour by hour for you and look ahead to the weekend. >> thank you, topper. >>> a law enforcement source tells the associated press it is unlikely the justice department will retry john edwards. he had been on trial in north carolina accused of using campaign donations to hide his extramarital affair during his run for the presidency in 2008. but today a jury found him not guilty on one count, couldn't agree on the five other counts, so the judge declared a hung jury and therefore a mistrial. after edwards talked t

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topper shutt has a gorgeous father's day weekend forecast. stand by to be awed. plus, nik wallenda is preparing for an awesome stunt. a tight rope walk over niagra falls. those stories ahead on 9news. >>> he's nik wallenda and putting his life on the line on prime time tv tonight. the daredevil will walk on a steel rope 2 inches in diameter, more than 1500 feet long and 200 feet above niagra falls. imposed by abc tv, he started wire walking at age 2. he'll be wearing a special pair of moccasins his mother made for the historic daredevil walk. >> the weather is going to be okay for him, too. it's going to be crazy. >> even with the tether. >> it is still the same. we had a beautiful day and sky nine captured a beautiful sight. it is rare. check out this eagle. this is awesome. this was captured by sky 9 around route 32. >> majestic. >> it's awesome. thank goodness we made that the bird, not a turkey. >> there wasn't any debate. >> there was. that is cool stuff. we'll take a live look outside and after a high of 82, our live weather cam looking north down wisconsin

topper shutt may not want you to know this, but he's not the only meteorologist here. the responsibility of a guy named stewart william. he has been doing that job for 18 years. >> his primary concern is lightning. he's using all the various computers and forecasting equipment. he brings it. they even put out a lightning detector, which measures the electricity in the area. >> we give them advanced warning when we expect the storm is going to hit and they can clear the golf course and then once we have cleared the golf course, we help determine whether is whether is it safe to go back out? >> not to say the heat isn't a concern. he mondayers the heat and humidity and heat indexes. when it gets hot like this, he warns us that the tour, so officials can accommodate the fans and provide safety as well. >> okay. now a lot more coming up from congressional and if you watch the pga tour, you know that the pga tour is committed to charity. coming up, we'll talk to one of the player who's had a great day today and talk about money being raised to help the needy kids. anita and

topper shutt is here to show us where the storms are and what to expect this evening. >> we have talked about this yesterday. yellow alerts, kind of a nuisance type of deal, not everybody seeing a storm. earlier today we had severe weather warnings, severe thunderstorm warnings in berkeley and jefferson county and washington county, maryland. we'll zoom up to a couple storms, still pretty hefty, no warnings just yet. this is a pretty hefty storm south of hancock west of hedgesville straddling i-70. a good storm south of percyville. everything is pushing south and ease this. will cross 15 -- south and east this. will cross 15 and go south of leesburg and scoot across into montgomery county. this some moved down 270. now it's on the east side over toward olney around 108 and 97 and near hatch shire avenue, nothing severe but pocket -- and hampshire avenue, nothing severe just over toward olney. we'll come back and talk about how long these storms will last and look ahead to the weekend. >>> 9 want you ton about a major development in the 9news investigation -- to know about a major develo

topper shutt is out on the weather terrace with the word on the rain and the heat. top. >> the good news is, the clouds kept the temperatures down. it's been in the 60s and 70s. we have showers this morning. right now, we have clouds. in fact, look at live doppler 9,000. most of the storms just getting across i-81. nothing severe, but the heavy rains down toward front royal and new market. they'll stay well west of us. if you aren't home yet, you'll get home before the roads get wet. 70 in manassas, 66 in gaithersburg and 68 in leesburg and frederick. i mean, that is a great deal. for tonight, mostly cloudy, comfortable. a shower still possible. low temperatures in the 60s. we'll come back and talk about, well, we'll talk about the heat, when the heat is going to roll in and what that means to the 9weather alert. >>> still to come, drone strikes in pakistan. why kids may suffer the most as those u.s. led missions continue. two brothers, both want to be in the olympics, but only one can go to london. how are they going to decide? we'll have the story coming right up.

. >> you are sure those tickets will go to somebody whose name is not topper shutt? >> can't guarantee that. if you don't register. >> all right, we're talking about the nationals and they have to get it done tonight. >> they are on a skid after getting swept this weekend. but not too bad for an inner league play. they are still in first place, but can they bounce back tonight as they continue against the rays? plus, senator harry reid trying to be like bryce harper. find out why that is. sports is next. >>> now, 9 sports with kristen berset. the best sports in town. >> nationals are one of the worst outings of the year, getting swept by the yankees and their hits problems continue. aside from the yanks, the nats have been dominant. sweeping their first two opponents and tonight they move on to their next american league team, the tampa bay rays. another tough team with some really good arms. >> they always had some good arms. on pitching and defense and timely hitting. kind of like us. they have been more like us. the fact that they are a fairly young ball club. not

our topper shutt joins us now. are we going to break any records, especially on the golf course? >> i think we will. the record at dulles is pretty much a lock. record high 195. that seems like that's going to go by the way side. 101 downtown. a little tougher mark to crack. 105 in baltimore. real tough mark to crack although i think we could be close at tieing the mark downtown. heat advisory covers the entire metro. 11:00 a.m. on friday until 9:00 p.m. the heat index could be between 105 to 109. we're thinking closer to 105 but that's the temperature our body will feel. please stay hydrated. we are going to keep telling you this over and over. 70 to 80 to start, 92 to 96 by noon. 97 to 102 by evening. a slight chance of thoorm in the morning, also in the evening. we'll talk about that and take you all the way to the weekend coming up. >> thank you, top. the washington wizards wasted no time in tonight's nba draft. they made a move a lot of folks expected. kristen berset joins us with more on the wizards newest teammate and hope for the future. >> yes, derek, i have the stuffed

meteorologist topper shutt outside on our weather terrace where we thought we might see a drip oar two of rain, but it hasn't really happened, has it? >> not here, but south of town it has, derek. a couple thunderstorms we've been tracking the last or so. we've zoomed in. go down u.s. 1 south of alexandria, pretty heavy rain. see the reds? rainfall rates about 1 inch per hour. the storm down 5 and in charles county moved out of prince george's county is weakening a little. so that one is headed down towards hughesville. that will weaken in the next hour or so. temperatures have been rain cooled, 56 downtown, 68 gaithersburg, 70 manassas, 64 andrews. for tonight partly to mostly cloudy, cool, shower or thunderstorm possible, lows 52 to 62. it does appear that the storm is moving away from the nats game. it will be a nice evening for the nats as we host the mets. >> thank you, top. >>> coming up singer sheryl crowe has a brain tumor, but if you have to have one, she's lucky to have the one she does. we'll tell you why. >> but right after the break remembering one of the most beloved scie

chief meteorologist topper shutt in the weather center tracking the cold front. >> we're not done yet. we thought they would be out of here at midnight. let's start with live doppler 9000. this was a yellow code day. they're kind of nuisance day. we're looking at showers and thunderstorms well to the west of us out in the mountains. that prompted a warning earlier in garrett county just to the west of winchester. we're going to focus in on these showers to the north and west of town. some heavy rains from potomac out towards great falls and out towards dulles airport around route 28 and dulles access road. everything pushing off to the south and east. we'll come back and tell you when they're going to get out of here and we'll tell you the codes for the next three days. derek. >> thank you, top. >>> was the wife of murdered george zimmerman defendant lying? she lied under oath when she testified about how much money the family had during george zimmerman's original bond hearing hiding the fact that a defense fund online had collected 10s of thousands of dollars in donations. >>> and t

right now back to topper shutt with the latest on the tornado warnings and where things are extra bad right now. top. >> reporter: now we have a tornado warning in frederick county until 6:00. i think this is sort of a case of this radar being so incredibly sensitive in terms of picking up all these tornado warnings at this time. i'll run over them again. we still have tornado warnings in effect now. they're all until 6:00. anne arundel county, frederick county, howard county, and prince george's county. we're seeing waves and waves of storms move through the metro area. this storm is the one we tracked just a minute ago that actually does not after shear marker any more. it doesn't mean there's any winds, but still a pretty heavy storm and still a dangerous storm pushing through bowie, laurel, also back toward 32. let's go to the weather computer for a minute. and we can talk about the lightning with these storms, okay. we'll kind of zoom in here. you can see tall lightning right around the district and points west around 270. now i'm going to pan a little bit to the east. you see th

meantime topper shutt declared a severe weather alert for tomorrow already.re we looking at now? >> right now we're looking at temperatures in the mid-90s. we did the break records at dulles. we did break a record at national we'll show you in 10 minutes. we're looking at the cancellation heat advisory. it's still plenty hot, low to mid-90s across the board, 95 officially downtown, 93 in manassas, 90 in leesburg, still 95 in frederick and 90 in hagerstown. you factor in the humidity, the numbers don't jump much. this is the he

. >>> and i'm meteorologist topper shutt. this is some of the poplar bark that peggy was talking about. this is some of the typical damage across the metro area. we still have severe thunderstorm warnings until 6:45. it now includes fredericksburg, green. we'll track those storms. those are the only storms we're track. we may see more later tonight. we'll explain.

that's why meteorologist, topper shutt, issue add code yellow alert today.ressional club where we might see some relief. >> we issued the code yellow for heat and thunderstorms. we now have a severe thunderstorm watch that covers the entire metro area. the storms aren't close to us yet, but the atmosphere is stable. in some cases, as unstable as i have ever seen it. we do have a severe thunderstorm watch. it covers the entire metro area until 1:00 a.m. it is sunny out here now and just

topper shutt is here with the sweaty sizzling details. >> here's the scary part is it may even be hotter break any records today, but let's start with the heat advisory. heat advisory is in effect tonight until 10:00. it goes into effect tomorrow from noon until 10:00. again i don't think we'll make criteria tomorrow. the criteria is the heat index has to be 105 to 109, but because we've had a relatively cool season so far, it's probably a good idea to put the heat advisory out there. 100 was a record high at baltimore, topped out at 98. we missed our record high by 1

. >> let's take a look at the latest round of storms with meteorologist topper shutt. >> couple reports now, new reports in. flash flooding around falls church in fairfax. one foot of water running over washington arched old dominion trail. please don't try to cross that. let's go to the computer. we'll show you the lightning along with the storms. still two lines of storms. now we're seeing the second line come through. that's what we're concerned about. look at the lightning around -- in between cumberland and hagerstown. that's some serious lightning. we'll go because to the severe weather, then go to doppler. the entire area is under a tornado watch until 9:00 tonight, even across the bay. the tornado warnings in maryland, allegheny county, but then in virginia, it's frederick, virginia, frederick county, page, shenandoah, warren, hampshire, west virginia, morgan west virginia. those go until 1:45. another six minutes. so it will be interesting to see if they extend these warnings eastward. we'll have to see if they actually extend these eastward. but hagerstown and frederick and le

. >> our own topper shutt has been all over this one all evening.i guess he's got more storm reports and more tornado warnings. >> yeah, we do. all the tornado warnings are to the west. this is concerning because it is going to march east as we go through. the entire area is under a watch until 9:00. we've got warnings out to the west in allegheny county, now south of winchester, and those warnings go until about 6:45. so we're not done yet. we're just not done with the next batch. now, here's live doppler 9000. you can see that the two lines of storms, and this line actually had kind of weakened, the one that's over 95, kind of good. it is not as strong, not as heavy, but now we've got this other line that's really heavy, and we see a tremendous amount of energy and a little bit of wind sheer out here in the mountains. tornadoes can occur in the mountain, yes, they can. it's not out of the question. so if i were you, and if i lived in warfordburg or piney grief or hancock i would take cover. even our friends in bedford and franklin county, pennsylv

todd dixon ignoring topper shutt's advice and took a canal through a parking lot. look at that. wow. look at the bubbles. good news is, some passers by came to the rescue. dickson and a friend were inside that car, but they got out safe. >> i turned and realized it was kind of sunken in. my battery was too weak to pull myself out. we crawled out the window. >> as for the car, well, you can see things didn't work out so well. after hearing his story, a local car dealer is coming to his rescue, giving the teenager a fresh start with a free car. but if you see a car, check the car fax, because it's no. >> that's an excuse for not getting your pizza delivered. >> it's rare for people to live to 115 years. to be married for that long, well that just doesn't happen. >> at least not for people. we're talking giant tortis's who have been together more than a century. now they have grown apart. they need their space. bb and polsy are 115 years old. their love fell on the rocks after the female took a chunk out of her mate's shell. now, they don't want to be in the same enclosure. zoo kee

. >>> i'm meteorologist topper shutt. we'll have the all important weekend forecast for dad. we'll talk about the 9 weather alert code and look ahead to next week. something is lurking around the corner. >>> up next, republican mitt romney hits the road to court those undecided voters in key battleground states. we'll get the latest on the presidential campaign trail from cbs news' bob shaefer when we come back. >>> republican presidential candidate, mitt romney, is still trying to draw attention to small towns hurting from the recession. he launched a five-day bus tour this morning at a new hampshire farm where his campaign started last june. in all, romney's every town will make 14 stops in six states that president obama won in 2008. >> washington's big government agenda should not smother small town dreams. in the america we love, every town counts. >> romney accuses president obama of not giving a fair shot to our nation's young people by leaving them with trillions of dollars of debt. championing the middle class. >>> mitt romney will be this week's guest on face the na

a little soupier as well and it's going to get worse over the next few days, which is why topper shutt declared yellow alert for the next few days. you can literally feel the difference. >> you can. i want to put this in perspective. this is a good way to close out spring. summer arrives tomorrow. we have been very lucky. this is nothing compared to what's coming our way. anita, we have been issued a heat advisory. from noon tomorrow until 8:00 p.m. that covers everybody, baltimore, gaithersburg, d.c. down to manassas, andrew, down 95 toward fredericksburg. so, here's the deal. yeah, we have code yellow alert the next three days. mainly because of heat and thunderstorms on wednesday and thursday and primarily just because of a better chance of thunderstorms on friday. notice it's going to be a two- day heat wave. 95 tomorrow. 97 thursday. back to 91 on friday which will feel not refreshing, but better. we also have to worry about air quality. it is unhealthy for sensitive groups. car pool and use public transit if possible. refuel your car in the evening. always a good idea when it's o