partly cloudy and dry. 64-67 with the winds shifting to the south west. front off the shore, high pressure the dominant feature, other than that a lack of major activity going on. saturday night a warm front and with that a lot more intense air mass as far as heat and humidity goes. you'll see a great increase in the temperatures. 85 day in -- today in ocean city. 91 on sunday on the beach. but here inland on sunday we're going to surge to 95 degrees. hazy, hot and humid. one of the hottest days of the year could be monday, 96 degrees. a big dome of high pressure, ridge of high pressure gives us heat and humidity for sunday and monday. >> thank you, sandra. lawmakers put more gas into the cash for clunkers, car owners who want to trade in their gas guzzler have a few more weeks to qualify. >> congress' decision to extend the program. >> stan and mindy. the program had been in danger of running out of money a victim of its own success. >> the auto industry credits the cash for clunkers program for luring consumers back on to the lot. car owners receive a v

the winds, south east at 5 and keeping us moist and west and south west, showers developing in. we a chance by tomorrow afternoon to the west and a better chance on wednesday and thursday. that's when the scattered showers start. >>> and racing engines could mean revving in baltimore as charm city tries to get indy racing downtown. weijia jiang has an announcement for today and the impact it could have on the economy. >> reporter: hi, well, the race would bring in millions of dollars and the decision is actually a two way streak. the city has to decide if the traffic, noise and costs are worth it. downtown baltimore could be transformed into a track just like this one. a track made up of every day streets in a major city. >> baltimore has all of the components to make this a fantastic event and i'm proud that even in the tough times, people are looking at baltimore. >> reporter: the city council gave the racing development the rights to pursue rights of the indy racing competition. it would lupe around the convention center. >> the communities impacted seem to be very interested

keith live in south west baltimore with the story. keith? >>reporter: we are live in the 1800 block of west lombard street and tonight this block is an example of what national night out is all about. and that is to call attention to the problem of drugs and violence and what neighborhoods are doing in the fight against crime. now police just cleared the scene but earlier tonight they were working the block. someone beat a man. police say suffered trauma to the head. he's at the hospital and investigators call it an aggravated assault. police say aggravated assault are down 5 percent compared to this time last year. they say more community involvement which national night out encourages may be the reason for the drop. now police say shootings are down 45 percent even with 12 people shot in the cook out nearly two weeks ago in east baltimore. encouraging news but on the until night out city leaders say there is still more to do. >> past couple weeks have been rough but that doesn't mean you don't go back to what you know as tried and true. tha

. >>> church in south west baltimore is vandalized graffiti on the walls and window. police say gangs could very well be responsible. keith live at the church with very latest on the story tonight. >> we are live in the 600 block of cecil avenue here at the overcomer tab knack el church. leaders say they have been here for more than 15 years and never been the victim of crime. now the baltimore city gang unit is investigating. the pastor says he found the writing on the wall in the church when he arrived this morning. someone also tried to break into a locked window. now the pastor says all of this happened after the church agreed to have 21-year-old david's funeral here at the church. he was shot and killed over the weekend and tonight the pastor believes the people responsible for that deadly shooting are now sending a message. >> we not only know where the funeral is being held, but we have come in and we have desecrated the place where it is going to be held. that is their way of striking fear in the hearts of people who do not have faith. i do not believe that an

. >> thunderstorms mainly to the south and west temperatures outside righot , so bad. pace raomnblwithcomparable withi sunshine. 8 2.8 th bito ut t werrme tho soe sou. our storms can shows e showers and thunderstorms to the south and west over western virginia. these storms will be toward the north and east and make their way to our area. tonight, mostly cloudy. it will fall to just around 72 degrees. a slight cool down as on the way, but if you like it hazy, hot, and humid, you'll want to wait for the upcoming weekend. the forecast in just a bit. >>> the district has received passing grades on its annual hiv and aids report card. 12 keep hiv/aids program areas had better grades thanast year. routine testing, condom distribution, and education in the public schools. the only region that received lower grades was the syringe exchange program. >>> a study last year indicad that 13% of high-school students tested were infected with nsc -- an std. >> every student we spoke with here today, even those who say s they are not sexually active to say that screening for std's in

there's a cloud to the north and nothing there to the west and south.e have clouds this morning and later on, they'll break up nicely. 'srehethe refive-day forecast, high o y.da nd a a93y.ry dccept for the humidity. tomorrow, 92 and 20% chance of afternoon evening shoryrs. s wednesday, a better chance and highs wednesday and thuray, 90 degrees and all of the highs are above rl.ma the high today, 87 degrees. >>> thank you, tony. >>> my pleasure. hi, julie. >>> and we've been talking about the outer lupe to the beltway at 123 at tyson. that's where they're doing the hot lane work. and jason smith is out there and you can see the ramp is closed. there's a sign across the overhead sign, i should say, that's telling you that the ramp from the outer lupe to the beltway is closed and that will take you into tie son's corner. that's -- again, t outer lupe will be closed for the next six weeks and obviously, we see no delays here. the lefthand side here, that's the work around. >>> thank you, jason. >> back inside, we're talk abt the outer lupe of the beltway st

a little bit of precipitation showing up now primarily south and west of the shington area. is more precipitation off to the far south and west out beyond the mountains so some of that will work its way in. as i've been saying, can't rule out a shower or two passing through during the morning hours. looks like some of that is beginning to fill in. five-day forecast, looks like this. # 7 degrees for your high. lots of clouds and some scattered showers and later on, some scattered thunderstorms as well. friday, saturday, sunday, each of those days, roughly speaking about a 30% chance of some showers and thunderstorms. highs will be in the mid-80s for the next couple of days as opposed to the 90s which we saw if our three-day heat wave. >> take back the miserable. >> not too bad. > it is time for ask the weather guy. we put our big weather heads together to answer your most pressing questions weather- related or otherwise. this one is in from lydia in northeast. she write who or what is an alberta clipper. of a heard that term used before in the weather and it is so funny becaus

winds shifting to the south west from the northwest today under partly cloudy skies , so high pressure really dominating today. it's going to stablize things and we're going to see a front lift to the north by sunday bringing in the heat and humidity for the second half of your weekend. near normal 89 the forecasted high with a slight chance of an evening thunderstorm tomorrow. but sunday a strong ridge of high pressure that's not going to encompass the mid-atlantic but the entire region so looks on monday we're going to be 96, could be one of the hottest days of the year and a combination of a dew point and heat and humidity looks like we could have some heat advisory issues. so be aware of those two days, then we'll stay up to normal conditions for the rest of the week. >> in this morning's consumer alert researchers believe the drop in homeownership is likely to continue. the percentage of homeownership peaked in 2005 but june marked the end of the second quarter of this year and the census bureau reported homeownership slipped to 74 .6% and it's projected the number will drop to 63

the showers have stayed to our north, south, and west. the main threat is coming at us in two parts. over at the pocono is banned in new york and new england. the more substantial area of shower activity is down to our south and west, bringing rain into roanoke and into west virginia. there's showers are working east and northeast. our main threat comes from the south with an area of low pressure. in the meantime, temperatures have been able to warm up. the elevation and the cloud cover is holding temperatures in the 70's. temperatures are well up into that 80's. pretty normal for this time of year. 92 degrees at ocean city. mostly cloudy skies, some enormous showers popping up overnight. -- some enormous showers popping up overnight. -- some hit-or-miss showers popping up overnight. the sun sets at 8:14. temperatures are in the low 70's. there is the front dividing that cool air near the great lakes. if you watch closely on our satellite imagery, you will see those bright clouds with an area of low pressure that is developing. that is wha

but now new crash on the northbound lanes right at 695 in here so double trouble there in the south west corner. as for the west side of the belt way that slow go from wilkins up to liberty road a lot of cars sitting there in the lanes. right now looking at 11 minute ride. top end of the belt way pretty heavy moving through creationville up to the jfx and trouble on 83 tonight. crash on the northbound lanes at gilbert avenue. that's a look at the evening commute, now back to you. >>> are you ready for some football? >> ready or not it is happening tonight. it is the ravens versus the redskins. >> already smell the wonderful aroma of tailgating cuisine. keith live at the stadium with the story better bridge something back. >>reporter: i will. we are grilling with mike and his crew. where are you from. >> beamer. >>reporter: they know this is pre-season game which means it doesn't really matter if you win or lose. still a big game. baltimore versus the ravens. big game means you have a big tailgate party. fans are flipping the chicken. drenching from the favorite bench before kick off. now

the midwest looks like not a lot of activity there just a few pop up showers and thunderstorms south west of the springfield, illinois notice. then over to detroit south of flint with rain there relatively quiet night. warm side of things. 86 in baltimore. 85 in dc. 87 counsel there in fredericksburg and temperatures getting into the lower 90's as we get into tomorrow. so tonight looking at partly cloudy skies with temperatures at 78 degrees with northwest wednesday at 5. south flow tomorrow with winds out of the south heating it up out there. how long the heat will stick around coming up in the 7 day forecast. >> state of the art ballpark coming to baltimore city thanks to the ripken family. they will bring 5 ballpark to baltimore neighborhood. one will be built at the site of the old memorial stadium. foundation which is run by cal junior of course will spend about 6 million dollars open these projects. >>> laguardia coming back for more "american idol". up next. huge amount the show fourth judge was asking to get paid for season no. 9. >>> and from singer to actress [ female announcer

a west/south west shore will be kicking up.estbound into the mountains, a little key to relief, but you also have to deal with a few thunderstorms. 78 around the lake. 93 and thunderstorms. ocean city, 94. a hot and humid through tuesday, cooling off a little on wednesday as the storms come to an end. partly to mostly sunny and little less humid on thursday and friday. >> from green to purple, how you can win big with the brayden kashan izzy scratch off. -- with the reagans cash fantasy scratch off. >> the lottery has teamed up with the baltimore ravens. the cash and as he ticked off at training camp today. it is the newest $5 scratch off. you can't win warned players for disease, autographed signed -- you can win warneworn players' jerseys and autographed footballs. >> the ratings cash fantasy -- of the baltimore ravens cash fantasy will begin august 15. and remember, wbal a.m. 1090 are your official sponsors. two of the team's are right from here in maryland. it is all about the kids having fun. >> play the game for the fun o

spotty stuff across the district and down to the south and west.hey pass through quickly in the morning and maybe a few showers around tomorrow afternoon. here is the five-day forecast. tomorrow's temperature what a bonus at 82 degrees. friday looks great at 86. brian f we can get the showers to pass through in the overnight hours, everybody will be happy for the water and happy that they get to see great tennis look. at the sunday, monday time period. heating up. chances for rain will dry up. >>> "american idol" shocker. judge paula abdul apparently is calling it quits. she dropped the bombshell via twitter sayi she will not be back for season 9. some speculation that it could be a negotiating plow. fox and the producers said abdul was an important part of the idol family and wished her the best. >>> twitter causing trouble for san diego chargers quarterback antonio. find $2,500 for a tweet. he used twitter to complain about the food at training camp wondering if the nasty food had something to do with not making the super bowl. he said he stand b

winds out of the south west at 5 and clear skies then we see the chance for showers start tiny crease as we get later into the weekend and bind chances for rain. detailed look at that coming up. >>>. concern over very popular weight loss drug. why the fda says alli may do more harm than good. that's next in the health check. >>> and pop star joins the explain. oh yea, well for 6 months, customers get all three: fios tv, internet and phone for just $79.99 a month. oh, alright, see... you're just moving your fingers, aren't you? i gotta cut my nails. (announcer) now get three amazing fios services for the price of two. tv, internet, and phone for only $79.99 a month for 6 months. plus a free multi-room dvr for three months. record shows in one room--watch in another. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v and get fios tv - ranked highest in overall customer satisfaction by j.d. power and associates. america's top rated internet--now even faster, and crystal clear phone service. all for just $79.99 a month for 6 months. plus, for a limited time, a f

west. they're developing south and west, moving north and east. even though it is almost 20 after 5:00, there are chances for more showers to develop. let me give you some numbers around the witty -- and around the region. in the frederick county area, [unintelligible] the heat and humidity makes it feel like 100. it's very tough afternoon. temperatures in the 90's except for the spots cooled by some of the rain. the combination of heat and humidity, it feels somewhat more than the thermometer indicates. -- somewhat warmer than the thermometer indicates. look at the temperature in minneapolis, only 64 right now. this can take awhile to get here, probably not until sunday will we be able to feel the full effect. in the meantime, more heat and humidity. our chances and -- our chances of showers and storms will steadily increase tomorrow as the cold front is an added lift to a very unstable hot air mass. look at all the rain developing in the heat of the day. you could see the circulation of hurricane bill. and a good chance of some weather north of

unexpected development today at the rainment of the teen accused in the shooting of 5-year-old girl in south west baltimore. attorney defending 17-year-old la mont davis release this video from police surveillance camera. he says it raises questions about whether davis was actually the shooter. there you see a guy very clearly firing a gun. davis was arraigned today on 2 counts of attempted first degree murder. he allegedly shot at another teenager. hit him. and then hit 5-year-old raven wyatt she's still in the hospital. davis trial date is set for october 2nd. >>> alarming number of emergency calls group home in annapolis calling for tighter security tonight. sunday firefighters was attacked while responding to an alarm. kathleen has the latest on the story tonight. >>reporter: the fire fighter hit by a steel bat on the head while trying to disable a fire alarm during a falls call on sunday. he is okay. but now there are demands for the state to mandate massive security changes at that private run facility for troubled boys. the eastern point group home is tucked away at the end of a cul-de-sac

>>reporter: the cranes at fangchenggang hoist the lion's share of global trade in and out of south west china's guangxi zhuang region. >>: loads like these sacks of aluminium oxide are usually settled in us dollars - the world's leading reserve currency. but volatile exchange rates are adding to the pain of the global slowdown. so, to counter this, china is promoting its rmb - albeit quietly - as this region's trade currency of choice. >>tao: the design is meant to stabilize cross border trade. when the exchange rate vis-a-vis the dollar of some of the regional currencies are very volatile, it's hard to anchor traders' expectations. i think, to that extent, it's a good move. >>reporter: many chinese exporters agree - adding that they'd see their money sooner with rmb settlements. better cash flow would mean reduced interest payments - and, in a global slowdown, every cent counts. >>chaotang: to use the rmb, the payment cycle is short - the company benefits from using the rmb and trade flowsfaster. >>mackie: china wants to help its struggling manufacturers. but with some two trillion us

approaching us from the south and west. they will be here later today. in the meantime, a mostly cloudy and cooler weather forecast. we have kris sneed in the traffic office to keep you updated on the traffic. >> we have our first accident of the morning. this is on southbound route 28. all southbound lanes are blocked right now. you are diverted to pacific avenue and old ox road and back to 28. we will keep an eye on that and let you know as we get more information in. heading over to 66. slow from 50 to 123. an you are clear out to the beltway. checking out 395 northbound. that slow down from duke to seminary ten minutes and building and then you have no problems as you make your way to the 14th street bridge. the inbound new york avenue in the district, we are slow from the times building to bladensburg. an extra five minutes and then clear on to the third street tunnel. andrea, over to you. >> thank you. >>> the issue of fire hydrants in the district is making headlines again. we have learned one hydrant firefighters desperately needed last month to

the moisture is riding up from the south and the west of us.ou notice once this passes it is not much back here. i think we will be okay early in the afternoon including a much better commute for the drive home than what we have this morning. next seven days 81 today. 85 tomorrow. the heat builds over the weekend with an isolated storm on saturday sunday the hottest day. staying hot through tuesday. and then wednesday cooler with maybe early showers and storms highs in the mid-80s. it is 6:47. >>> good morning. wake up, washington. come out with me live behind the scenes of our morning show at wusa9.com. click on my blog, oh my goff and we will take you there. 95 to virginia looking at a 16- plus minute commute. that is thanks to an accident and wet pavement there. we have rain on the commute this morning. hey in virginia, 66 eastbound from the fairfax county parkway over to 123. we are looking at a 10 to 15- minute drive. that's just volume. little river area we go on the inner loop in virginia. drivers are we low speed from braddock to 66. co

look at the cloud cover across the washington area and notice off to the south and west here, we haveer activity and some thunderstorms starting to build into the carolinas and western portions of virginia. a big flow from south to north and it's going to drag an upper level low through the washington area in the next 24 hours. so we'll have potential for some strong thunderstorms later today and again the potential for flooding rain. out to the west, cold front. that will give us cooler and drier air by sunday afternoon. but up ahead of it we could see more showers and thunderstorms into the day on saturday. today we have a flash flood watch. this go into affect at 2:00 and will last through the evening, includinthe district and the counties in green, including prince george's county and arundel county and maryland and we could see 1-2 inches of rain and have problems with flooding on the roadways. so be ready for the potential for strong thunderstorms during the course of the afternoon. mostly cloudy skies. showers and thunderstorms will be likely later today. it will be humid out t

you concede to our south west, a big area of thunderstorms rolling through the ohio valley with numerous reports of damaging winds. in the meantime, as you can see around most maryland, it is a dry weather pattern. there is an interesting feature that you can see on their radar screen. the outflow from the storms produced a cool boundary which is now producing another line of storms. that is now producing a little line of showers near western virginia. this little blind might impact parts of our area over the next couple of hours. it has been a hazy, partly cloudy, warm day. at hagerstown, 84 degrees. tonight, a warm night, 67 to 74 degrees. probably less than 810% chance that your neighborhood gets hit by a storm -- less than a 10% chance that your neighborhood gets hit by a storm. there are those ohio valley storms. hot and humid air streaming out ahead of the front. that arise in our region tomorrow with a pretty good chance that most areas will pick up some rain tomorrow. 3:00 wednesday afternoon with some heavy rain indicating some heavy storms possible as that front works through.

west virginia. there are a few sprinkles software soft -- south and west and have dissipated in the shenandoah valley. it is not just a batch of showers that i'm watching. it is really the triggering mechanism associated with them. it is what is causing brain that i am keeping an eye on. there is an upper level energy that will continue to push eastward. that could help trigger our showers and thunderstorms later today. we have had the sunshine this morning through the midday. that is destabilizing our atmosphere. then we will have something to trigger the storms and it looks like the energy will likely be the culprit later today. in the evening hours through the night and possibly into the early morning hours tomorrow, that will happen. you will see another feature and that is a cold front. 69 degrees in pittsburgh. behind the front, it is only near 70 degrees. ahead of it, we are well into the 80's. that will continue to drift our way. by tomorrow, it will move to the midday hours, dropping our humidity levels and possibly dropping temperatures. by the weekend, we will see that heat spreading eastw

that stretch is further to the south and west as well, and into some spots.and heavy rain and thunder and lightning is beginning to develop. for the rest of the afternoon, we have a flood watch in effect. all of the docounties in green, and out further to the west and north as well as north and east, it's going to affect us at 2:00 this afternoon until midnight. we will lit the low 80s later today. flooding rains are likely later on this afternoon and into the evening. maybe a passing shower. a chance of rain tomorrow. partly cloudy, and highs in the mid-80s. lower humidity moves in on saturday night and sunday and monday. most of the weekend is looking up. we will have after highs on sunday, low to mid-80s. we will be in the comfort zone, tuesday, wednesday and thursday, with low humidity, and afternoon highs, and 70s on tuesday. perhaps near 80 on wednesday and thursday as we get into next week. have a great weekend. we will see you on monday morning. >> thank you very much, tom. >>> well, a champion british vegetable grow wur says he has been banned from t

well most of the activity to the south and west of us. there was a chance for showers and thunderstorms in our neck of the woods earlier today. but it really did not come together. but it started to make a turn our direction. looking south. we could look at that heavy shower activity south of shar lolls lotsville, west of richmond and it looks like the activity is starting to make a turn to the north. heading due east. and now heading northeast. to the north. so we may get to see some of the activity move into our neck of the woods in the next few hours. in fact, looking at it in motion. you can see how the showers are starting to make the way kind of up 95. so late overnight tonight. chance we could get a rumble of thunder. better chances are for the folks on the forecast. hear is another look at that. rain become up. associated with low pressure. moving our direction. temperatures right now are in the upper 70s. lower 80s. looks like we will see cooler air in here tomorrow. and in fact, looking at the chances for showers, carrying throu

shows a ,tinly to the south a wnde n.ving in ourredi ctiodi it live doppler radar, showers to the south and west. the st amsre moving to theea st and will affect us overnight. not expecting anything severe, gloinok for heavier showers toward the early morning hours. otherwise, the cold front falls to the south and east. showers and storms, near 70 degrees. coming up, the extended outlook, and it shows a very hot weekend ahead. >>> remembering four people killed when a helicopter crashed feet away from interstate 70 in washington county. family and friends honored the lives that were lost. john gonzalez attended the vigil and joins us with more on the service. >> while the investigation of the terrible helicopter accident continues, tonight there was a memorial service at the aviation school where three of the victims worked. tonight, the entire community came to say goodbye. in honor of the four victims, not the students took a posthumous ride at around the airport tonight. hundreds of family members, friends,nd students gathered to find closure. >> it will be with me the rest of my life every t

that is westbound i-70 shut down west of braddock heights. traveling southontinuing to the exits in clarksburg. georgia avenue still shut down in each intersection of brookville road for an accident. wires down across the highway. it is a combination of brightendam road and boardly working for you as at alternate. inbound four, woodyard road, stalled car in the right lane. we have another stalled car at the anacostia. heads up coming off of 50 trying to work war way into northeast washington n virginia, a busy commute. northbound 95 slowing in wood brim and springfield. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> whether you want a scary movie or madeleine albright a funny one, there is probably something you willlike at the box office. joining us now with more is kevin mccarthy with movie reviews. >> i love the green shirt. >> he gave my a big thumbs up a few minutes ago. we have a lot of movies coming out. >> halloween 2 opened up cold. they didn't screen it to the critics. had to go see it at midnight. here is my ticket stubs. this is

to the south and west, a little more. give it a couple more hours, maybe three tops and much better this afternoon. 81 today. which is way below the average of 88. a beautiful friday. it will be cool tonight, 50s and 60s. 85 tomorrow. it will be fantastic and the heat builds in. 91, isolated storms and the seven-day forecast, it really gets hot after this. temperatures by sunday and monday, i believe will be in the middle 90s. a slight chance of a storm on monday and tuesday. tuesday is warm but late tuesday a front comes through. in me mid-80s. maybe not as cool as 84, 896 but certainly by wednesday a lot cooler than sunday, monday and tuesday. back to you. >> thank you, howard. >> the obama administration is in the process of trying to redefine the country's war on terror. a "washington post" article quotes the president's senior counterterrorism adviser as saying the government must replace the "war on terror campaign "with a new one which combines the military approach of the bush administration along with economic di

wind are out of the south and west at five miles per hour. let's take a look at that forecast. as you t eth e door, expect hot temperatures by later this afternoon. 91 here in washington. 92 la plata. 9 # in fredericksburg. let's get to julie wright with a look at our on-time traffic. good morning. >> good morning to you. no accidents reported right now. the lanes are open if you are traveling the top setch of the play between college pack and bethesda. no problems reported coming across the american legion bridge. light traffic volume, both the uner and outer loop between tyson and bethesda. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> the late senator ted kennedy made health care reform the focal point of his career which spanned several decades. this morning, the debate over health care continues. congressman jim moran held an explosive town hall meeting last into in reston, virginia. as many as 3,000 people argued t got owe rowdy that some people were escorted out. >> dispel the myths, inform the constituents, tryit hear from them so we have a good sense of where at le

the next couple of days with a push from the south to west that will push our temperatures below average. temperatures near 70 degrees for tonight. a chance for patchy fog. temperatures in the 670s, rebounding in the 80's. 90 degrees for the high. our temperatures will remain above average for the next couple daysr so. by wednesday, upper 80's. thursday and friday is going to feel like a little bit of relief out there. temperatures in the mid 80's. a bit dryer. dryer and tuesday. code orange for the day on tuesday. you can get your outside activities done tomorrow. >> the abilityor best known for playing mary ann on gill began's island. everything from director's chairs and wigs. people got an auto graph along with pumps. >> >> a group of homeless people in san francisco are celebrating. a team won the street soccer u.s.a. cup. 16 teams from around the country competed designing to improve players footings and to set goals. teams from montgomery county compame in third. this time the redskins. spenting a lot of money in up grating their defense. we'll see how t how hmmm... well... naaa..

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south. right now it's quiet around here. but across west virginia, virginia and the carolinas, there's a batch of moisture that is starting to organize. we expect to see overnight into tomorrow, chances of showers and thundershower. the best chance will be south and east of baltimore. from city to washington d.c., we can see showers late tonight into tomorrow. so put that on -- take your umbrella. you'll need it tomorrow as you get away from the city it looks like more sun by tomorrow afternoon. >>> now let's check the roads with sharon gibala. >>> we're happy not to have rain on the commute because we don't have much to report. traffic very light around the area. just a few issues. one accident is on 295 northbound at the baltimore belt way. one accident in the city on urban avenue. in the meantime, do watch for a water main break in the city that will block the right westbound lane north parkway between roland avenue and falls road. as far as delays go, we have one on 95 northbound from key highway to for the mchenry tunnel. and then you

looking at quantico 77 and to the south and west low 70s for you folks.peper, here are yesterday's storms and a few fired up last night. fairfax county, you know what i'm talking about. not everybody got hit. if you got rain last night, likely patchy fog developing over your neighbor. you will be on the lookout for that this morning. today our temperatures will step to the middle 90s to low 90s this afternoon. yesterday, that 97, both at national, had a high of 97 in dulles. the one this dulles broke the record. today the high is 101. that is not in danger. we can thank the front which is draped across the ohio river valley and moving slowly toward us. the timing around here is later this afternoon afternoon but if you are a thunderstorm fan that will work out well with the heating of the day. put the two together and likely firing thunderstorms by 3:00 this afternoon and that will carry you home in to your drive home from work. we have that steamy, muggy air with southernly winds ahead of the front that will be following you in though afternoon. look at

there's one coming in from the south and west and they're coming together that's where the concern is that there could be a tornado. we're going to take you in a little closer to area. it's moving off to the east. this is the line we've been tracking. if you're in any one of these locations, get to your safe spot now. there's a tornado warning in effect until 7:00. adam. >>> bernadette, thank you. in other news one person dead, dozens injured after a stage collapse in canada. it happened at a country music festival. 75 people were hurt, 21 of them taken to hospitals. actor kevin costner were trapped underneath for a time. >>> false imprisonment charges after they assaulted a man accused of dating all of them at the same time. one of the women lured a man into a motel room, tied him up and called the other women, beat the man, crazy glued some of his body parts together. one of them accused includes his wife. >>> it appears there's a new strain of hiv. researchers in france say a woman from the african nation has a strain of the disease that is much different than the other three. offi

there are some showers to the south and west. more storms are likely tomorrow. by wednesday and thursday, there will probably be more numerous showers and thunderstorms. high pressure is in the driver's seat. this rich extends to the tropical atlantic. -- this ridge extends to the tropical and land. we will keep an eye on bill and the weather. there is a lot to watch. it will be up to 93 degrees tomorrow. there will be the chance of an afternoon thunderstorm. in the middle of the week, the chances of storms and showers increase. we will be in the upper 80's on friday. check this out for the weekend. it will be partly to mostly sunny with temperatures in the mid 80's. >>> will they seal the deal by midnight? >> i do not know. who knows what will happen at midnight? the nationals are facing a critical point in their existence. they have to sign the top draft pick by midnight or they lose the right to steven strasbourg. it is not just about him. it is about the credibility of the franchise. the of the worst record in all baseball. if they fail to sign him, it will

and iraq to the south and west. we have this middle area, that is roughly. we know what the green line -- that is an area that is disputed. it disputed. the empire between the arab and kurdish people of iraq. they have fought off and on. they have lived at peace at tim times. in the agreement that the kurds signed in 1970. reclaiming over and again, this is the evidence for it. you can create a list of that evidence. >> to be a part of because of the president evens of oil and gas which started to be exploited, the issue has become difficult. >> the federal government controls other parts. the line that divides the kurdish and iraqi troupes. you have check points. we will move past the check points and you freely cross into territory. not necessarily the kurdistan region. the resources have grown and i've seen the un i lateral steps there are two dimension that's are twoing to play this year. the second dimension is a regional one. they do not want an independent kurdistan. they want it to be weak and stable. they have no interest. turkey does not have an in

west virginia. that may be the area if you are traveling south and west, that you might see some activity early on. as you can see, the some the activity trying to make its way toward us. we will see if it makes its way over the appalachians and it's going to bring us the chance for the afternoon and evening thunderstorms. we had some yesterday. 76 degrees right now, things are quiet mostly cloudy, calm winds, 75% relative humidity, pressure is 29.98 and rising. the dew point is 78. which means for now it's still humid. 75 in d.c. 72 in hagerstown and 75 in oakland. as far as the dew points, when it's in the upper 50s is humidity id as well. these numbers should drop today. the reason we will get the north flow of air is because of the cold front continues to move further south and east although it's going to stall out there. you see some showers popping up indicated here, this afternoon around 1:00 p.m. for the northeastern part of the state. and also some chances you see more activity come our way for later on this evening, 8:00 until 11:00. this ripple of low pressure is going to move through al

agreement, black mark and right hand man," and even master bedroom is problematic, advice issued by the south west regional development agency says "black sheep of the family, black looks an black mark have no link to skin color but potentially serve to reinforce a negative view of all things black." opponents say what is really needed is a bit of common sense. nasa just moments ago scrubbed tonight's scheduled launch of the shuttle discovery. technicians detected a valve problem. this morning he's blastoff was also postponed because of thunderstorms near the kennedy kennedy space center. meanwhile, an advisory group is looking further into the future to give president obama a list of 'em dations for the direction of the space program. crit gutierrez runs through -- correspondent kris gutierrez runs through some of the stories. >> in december of 1972, commander james sternen became the last astronaut to walk on the moon. >> that's coming up on 37 years now since we have been back. >> are you surprised it has been that long? >> yes, i am surprised. i am just disappointed. >> in the years following

there's some showers back to our south and west and clipping southern maryland now. we should remain dry for the day but we're still going to be fighting off some of those clouds. that battle will actually give way to what will be a cooler than normal day. 62 on average this, mo. though some you like owings mills in the 50s. we'll get close to 70, not a guarantee of 70, today's two-degree guarantee, 73 degrees, we'll call it partly sunny. >>> 5:31. let's check the roads with kim, look out for the buses. >> sandy point, route 50, moving smoothly here in anne arundel county. but if you're on the beltway, inner loop, northbound lanes of security boulevard, has the security boulevard exit ramp closed for an overnight construction project that will be reopening probably in the coming hour. downtown, fayette street closed between park and eutaw and westbound saratoga between greene and mlk, all because of watermain break repairs. use pennsylvania avenue as an alternate there. jfx at northern parkway, traffic moving smoothly in both directions. back to you. >>> 5:31. a fami

up with the actual cold front across pennsylvania and out across portions of west virginia and extending a little farther south and west of that. one area of storms that went through our area awhile ago have gone across the bay and turned severe over portions of talbott county on maryland's eastern shore. so severe thunderstorm warngs in effect there until a little bit after mid-figh midnight. rainfall totals from some of the stuff earlier in the day, hagerstown, 1.4 inches of rain. middletown, a little over an inch. shady side on the bay, south of annapolis, .69. let's check out official numbers for washington today,93sh 93 an. not as hot as yesterday but still above average. 72 in frederick now. 81 still in fairfax. 80 in bowie and 80 degrees in fredricksburg. 81 degrees still reported at reagan national airport. but a little bit cooler. so it's still going to be august-like, the heat, humidity, daily chances of showers and storms, but the intensity of the heat and humidity taking a break, getting pushed well to the south where temperatures are still pretty impressive at this hour, well into the 80's across

also seeing it shers of to the near bwi and a few more down to the south and west. let's go to the weatherbug network to show you a has been pretty overcast. 77 at congressional and wil probably not get much above 80 degrees. temple hills dropped to 68 degrees and 76 in fairfax station. the tropical system is working its way up the eastern seaboard and it will brush by the carolinas but it is not to organized. the biggest impact will be on the shore. there is a flood watch for now and -- flood watch for loudoun county and fairfax. showers could be heavy at times with some thunder in their. a few warnings and another band of heavy rain tomorrow for the first half of the day. behind it we will have clearing for sunday and we cannot rule out a shower. next week we are looking at a refreshing blast. we may see some extra clout to move and earlier in the week -- we see some extra clouds moved in earlier we do have a wet stretch for the next few days but it will be better on sunday. a severe thun my husband and i, we love to go to steakhouses i can smile, i can carry on o

life, new hope that we will break the old gridlock and guarantee that every american, north, south, east, west, young, old, will have decent quality health care as a fundamental right and not a privilege! >> reporter: his life was not without controversy. in 1969, he was involved in car crash which killed the young woman he was crying. he waited 10 hours to report that crash. doubt and suspicious followed him the rest of his life. don? >> thank you very much. just moments ago kennedy's family announced he will be buried at arlington national cemetery. stay with wjz for complete coverage of senator kennedy's passing. go to wjz.com for more. and tonight, a cbs news special, kennedy, the last brother, a look back at his life. that's tonight at 8:00 right here on wjz 13. >>> turning to the weather, it's not much of a news story right now, but come this weekend, it could be. take take live look outside at this moment and at another enjoyable summer afternoon. it is gorgeous once again. but there's new action in the atlantic. and eyewitness news has first warning weather coverage for you. meteorolog

. >> that every american, north, south, east, west, young, old, get decent, quality health care as a fundamental right and not a privilege. >> aides to barack obama call kennedy's endorsement in 2008 pivotal. >> i am proud to stand with him here today and offer my help, offer my voice, offer my energy, my commitment to make barack obama the next president of the united states. >> today, as leaders around the world offered praise, it was an emotional joe biden who made it clear this is a man considered by many in washington not only a great leader but also a great friend. >> to change the circumstances of tens of millions of americans in a literal sense. >> today, one public mourner said massachusetts has never known life without ted kennedy. >> senator kennedy will be buried near his brothers at arlington national ceremony -- cemetery. he will lie in repose at the presidential library in boston on thursday and friday and a mass will be held at our lady of perpetual help basilica in boston on saturday. senator kennedy is eligible to be buried at arlington national cemetery because of

we are seeing 90s to the south and west.hat there will be heading our way with plenty of humidity. i hope you enjoy the relatively nice temperatures. we are looking for hot and humid weather to last through the work week. 80 degrees at bwi. ocean city, nice day at the beach at 83 degrees. we talked out at 85 in the inner harbor. we typically see 86 degrees. 102 was a record set in 2007. we will not get that form, but we will get closer to the next few days. the top 83 today. by tomorrow, we will get to 95. monday, 97. tuesday, 95. this would be officially a heat wave, three consecutive days above 90 degrees. the big story will be the humidity that will come with the heat. it will feel like over 100 degrees in some locations sunday and monday. late tuesday evening, the heat will break with storms. here is what you can expect for sunday. if you're heading down to d.c., it will feel like 100 degrees. anywhere west of i-95 is going to feel like anywhere from 95 up to 100 degrees. take into account the temperatures and adding in

west virginia reporting in with 76 degrees. the heat starting to build to the south and west. 97 drees -- high pressure will move over the area for the overnight hours. that is when the wind will pick up in the south, southwest. we will start to really crank the heat and humidity. a nice night ahead. an area of low pressure across illinois, wisconsin, michigan, and indiana. we're looking for showers and thunderstorms, just a slight risk late in the day tomorrow. once the system makes it to the north, that is when temperatures and humidity will start to increase. downright hot for the day on sunday and monday. the heat index will be about 100 or 105 degrees. slightly cooler temperatures on tuesday. head over the ocean city, just around 87 degrees. 95 degrees for the outer banks on sunday. here is the forecast for this evening. temperatures will hold in the lower 80's. tomorrow, temperatures and a 60's warming up to just around 94 daytime high. the extended outlook -- while, it is going to be hot out there. it could tie or break the record on sunday. by wednesday, just

new hope that we will break the old gridlock and guarantee that every american -- north, south, east, west, young, old -- will have decent, quality health care as a fundamental right and not a privilege. >> the life and death of senator ted kennedy of massachusetts. >> for all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die. the work begins anew. the hope rises again. and the dream lives on. >> all that and more, now on "countdown." the flags at the united states capitol and the white house tonight flying at half staff as are the flags at every public building in this country, at every u.s. embassy, consulate, office, military facility, naval station and vessel and around the world is a mark of respect for the memory of senator edward m. kennedy who died overnight at his home in hyannis port, massachusetts after a battle with brain cancer. good evening from new york. to paraphrase william butler yates as senator kennedy did himself when he eulogized his nephew john f. kennedy jr. ten years ago, ted kennedy am

down to the south and west we are watching another batch check out the high temperatures i mentioned today. 94 at reagan national. high temperatures coming in today. 96 at dulles. over to the eastern shore we go, finding temperatures near 90. ocean city is so hot, 88 degrees. a bit of a land breeze, not the sea breeze in combining the heat and humidity, we see that it feels like 108 degrees in fredricksburg. dangerous heat. on the eastern shore we typically get a bay breeze but it feels like the upper 90s. serious stuff. we will get a little cooling later tonight but not a lot of cooling. so, that will be important to keep an eye on as well. temperatures wise and we will keep going -- temperature-wise, it seems stuck. ng through the we will jump to the five-day forecast. can't do that. i will step out and see if we can get this going. there we go. beach forecast popped up. take a look. notice the seas. we are worried about the beaches this weekend, not because of a chance for a thunderstorm here and there, especially ocean city, the waves could be really impressive. i'm alking danger

. >> we will break the old gridlock and guarantee that every american north, south, east, west, young, old, will have -- [ indiscernible ] and quality healthcare as a fundamental right and not a privilege. >> reporter: it was a battle he waged for more than 40 years. >> i said it in 1980, i say it in 1982 and i will continue to say it until it comes true. >> his interest in healthcare p predated his career. >> he got sensitized to healthcare early. >> reporter: kennedy's mentally disabled sister rosemary and his own son's cancer were big influences on form his views. >> he thought all people should have as good healthcare as the kennedy family had. >> reporter: while he was known as a tough fighter for the causes he championed, that was not the only sign of ted kennedy. he was very personal. >> reporter: peter finn worked on the first campaign and said some of the closest friends were on the other side of the political aisle. >> he cared about his colleagues. he went to them when the families were struck by tragedy as his family was. >> reporter: senator kennedy's death comes at a cri

that we will break the old gridlock and guarantee that every american north, south, east, west, youngold will have decent quality health care as a fundamental right and not a privilege! >> senator kennedy was not as involved in the health care negotiations as seld have liked certainly as he was southerly missed by his senate colleagues on both sides of the aisle. >> no person in that institution is indispensable, but ted kennedy comes as close to being indispensable as any individual i've ever known in the senate. it's huge that his absence not only because of my personal affection for him but because i think that health care reform might be in a very different place today. >> joining us on the phone dr. howard dean, former chairman of the democratic party and governor of vermont, also the author of "howard dean's prescription for real health care reform." thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> we just heard senator kennedy saying he hoped the old gridlock would be remove and that health care would be provide for everyone. we are seeing just that, the same gridlock he saw since th

that is going to be south paca street at west camden street. and still working that crash southbound on the bw parkway at russell street. not much impact this morning. chances are you won't even see delays southbound at the bw parkway at this hour. outer loop, 695 at liberty road, traffic is flowing freely in both directions at this -- excuse me, here on the beltway. this traffic report brought to you by by the better business bureau. looking for a business you know you can trust? let better business bureau do the work for you. log on to abc2news.com/bbb. back to you. >>> we don't think kim is going to be seeing traffic backups like this one, at least good grieve, we hope not. this is south carolina. drivers there got a taste of the wild. a huge 10-foot alligator was trying to cross the road during the early morning rush hour. when animal control officers had to spend almost two hours trying to get the gator off the road. obviously backing things up for a bit. look at that. >> ooh. >>> look at this. a man had to be pulled to safety when his off

>> a slow cooldown easy on the eye looking across the mid-atlantic region but just off to the south and west of us is where the weather is rough. this all part of a cold gronlt that's eesketly going to move across the area later tomorrow afternoon. take a look at our forecast from the weather center. partly cloudy, warm and humid. winds out of the west from 5-10 miles per hour, and another hot day but just wait. even hotter for the upcoming weekend. leon? >> well, steve, the only thing we've been dealing with is the heat but heavy storms caused problems in kyi. louisville was under siege flooding the best known racetrack and placing lives in danger there. a summer storm turned down right frightening in louisville, kentucky. >> i was driving and all of a sudden the water just appeared like i was in a river. i've never been in anything like that in my life. ever. >> by the time the rain finally stopped more than six inches came down in just three hours. >> what we've been able to record this morning is the highest amount of rain that's fallen in this community on record in a one-hour period. >