futurecast shows clouds destined for southeast virginia and the lower bay. we stay mainly clear tomorrow and the day until we get something strong enough to bring in a new system. the only change we have is into sunday and monday. in this timeframe, we are not talking about any rain. we originally thought it may be a passing sprinkle. if there is going to be one, it will be out in the mountains sunday morning. otherwise, partly cloudy, breezy , 80 one and cooler. monday and tuesday, plenty of sunshine. this kind of weather pattern, 4, 5, 6 sunny, gorgeous days, late september, october, is pretty common, but more than that -- not so much. we will see what comes our way. melanie: our grass is dried out. up, a consumer alert about who is watching your children. one woman's four-story and how -- wom 7 on your side consumer alert about the dangers of finding babysitters online. one investigation details what a family called a horrifying outcome of their sitter search. they hired a sitter through care.com, which includes a background check, which came back clean,

through the next few days it will become a category three storm and make landfall in the coast, southeast virginia, the bay area as a category two. that is winds over 100 miles per hour. if you take that as a realistic possibility here, rain from the hurricane we have a big mess. we can't say where it will land or even if it will land. if it does we have a short time to react. that is why preparation is important. alison: we know they have done that at the beaches. charles county is giving out sandbags. we will keep on top of it. thank you. remind, you are you are our best eyes when the weather or news breaks. if you see it, september 11 it to us at abc7. e-mail them to pics@wjla.com. leon: back to the rain that hit us last night. a marine assigned to camp david stopped to help a stranded driver in the middle of the rain and that cost corporate william ferrell his life. as kevin lewis reports now the search is on for the hit-and-run driver who killed the 21-year-old. kevin: pink spray paint marks the spot where william ferrell lost his life along route 15ch 10:40 last night and pouring rain. ferre

the cold front will come through and get so far along the southeast coast of virginia and it will sit still. that is a problem. it can act as a focus in the atmosphere that will draw moisture out of the deep south over the next couple of days. that is how we get more rain and flooding issues. 4:00ecast takes it through tomorrow afternoon, where the front is stationary. thursday night into friday, this winds up around noon on friday. rain in the area, but heavy rain developing. this is unrelated to joaquin. afternoon, friday night, into saturday, later saturday into sunday, inc.'s column down briefly. rainfall immediate goes, we do not see a whole lot. heavier rain will follow. now, the wildcard. hurricane joaquin . the official forecast over the next 30 six to 42 hours turns into a major hurricane and moves it northward. expected byposition monday. what will happen in the meantime is what we has a knee past day and a half. model guidance is all over the place. it is beginning to develop an eye. major status possible. look at what the computer models do. they word different than they w

no showers, a few southeast of virginia. they are breaking up on the storm team 4 radar not showing rain anywhere around delaware, maryland, virginia, west virginia. starting off with the cloud cover, temperatures are mild. it is still kind of muggy and humid. we are in the low to mid-70s. metro area, nearby suburbs. around the bay, mid and upper 70s. sunshine is breaking up. cambridge at 77. west virginia around 70 degrees. 60s out in the mountains. there's the cloud cover over washington. a live view from the tower camera. the clouds are going to break up by noontime. 1:00, low 80s. mid-80s by afternoon under a partly cloudy sky. the lower humidity moves in after that overnight and into sunday. a look at that coming up. >> thank you, tom. >>> let's get back to the breaking news we are following out of northeast d.c. three men shot on 25th street northeast after 11:30 last night. derrick ward is live at the scene with more on the victim's condition. derrick? >> reporter: good morning. this remains a crime scene here in the

they moved from the upper southeast delaware, maryland, virginia down to the new best lands in the southwest to mississippi alabama. the price was determined by the price of the slaves in new orleans. typically the slaves in delaware , maryland, virginia, etc. were sold in the fall after the harvest and they percent around to new orleans so they would arrive in new orleans in the spring in time to work the planting. it is no accident then that the third-largest city in the u.s. was new orleans after new york and baltimore. let's talk about the presidents the. martin van buren was president. he had a great resume. he was off to a good start. the economy is stupid. and the great panic of 1837 continued. it was a horrible time to be president. they selected a war hero from ohio as its presidential nominee william henry harrison famous for winning a battle. he was a southerner to balance the ticket. they had john tyler. the election of 1840 was a first modern political campaign. political slogans were used for the first time. van buren was the democrat from new york. ok clubs were formed. that i

southeast. we'll take you down to virginia coming up in ten minutes. we'll send it over to you. >> reporter: i'm delia goncalves in foggy bottom where students here at gw are back inside their dorms. about 45 minutes now after an early morning fire at the fulbright hall dormitory. this is a sophomore dorm on 23rd and h, eight stories high, about 225 students. and the fire reported at 3:16, knocked out quickly in about 15 minutes. the fire was reported and flames were showing on the roof. let's take a look at this cell phone video that we just obtained. you can see some bright orange flames. students describe the flames as 8 to 10 feet high when they came out. a lot of them thought it was initially a fire drill until they were told by police who frantically ran inside their rooms that this was indeed an emergency, an active fire. the good news, everyone evacuated safely. about 45 minutes ago those students all slowly made their way back inside their dorms. that's the very latest here from foggy bomb, delia goncalves, -- foggy bottom, delia goncalves, wu

the upper from southeast, from delaware and maryland and virginia, down to the new vast lands in the southwest, to mississippi, alabama, louisiana. richmond of a slave in was determined by a price of a slave in new orleans. slaves in these delaware, maryland, virginia, etc. were sold in the fall after they had brought in the harvest. and they were sent around to new alliance so that they would arrive in a will it -- arrive in new orleans in the spring to work for the planting. it is no accident then that the third-largest city in the united states was new orleans. after new york and baltimore. now let's talk about the presidency. buren was president in 1837. he had a great resume. he was off to a good start. , as james famously said, is the economy stupid. and the great depression, the panic of 1837, continued. in 1840convention selected a war hero from ohio as its presidential nominee, william henry harrison. famous for winning the battle of to the canoe. -- the battle of tippecanoe. they needed a southerner to balance the ticket, so they selected john tyler. 1840 was theof first mo

an area of low pressure that is over western virginia and passing to the east and to our southeast in the next 24 hours. it will throw back some clouds across the area, much of the range vault will stay offshore. they'll be an isolated showers tomorrow night. today just clouds. sun breaking through from time to time. expecting mostly clouding conditions for tuesday. as we go into wednesday, things will get gradually clear and plenty of sunshine as we enter the next season of the year. today a high of 73 degrees. mostly cloudy skies tomorrow, scattered showers and high of 75 degrees. autumn comes in the morning on wednesday with 78 degrees. thursday we'll have close to 80 degrees. low 70s on friday. that is a check at your weather, let's check out the roads this morning out the roads this morning good morning. we had an earlier problem on the bridge but now there's a problem in new jersey. there's no issues on the platonic. there's a problem over by exit 151. let's look at the 59th street bridge, upper and lower by 96 street, northbound and southbound looks good and so does grand centr

southeast and northern carolina. the other one from southwestern virginia.tly west of wash washing, but we have seen a couple of lighter showers come through the metro. not a lot, but it's wet out there. if you're traveling, be aware of the wet roads. you can see the rains to our west. we've got the showers coming up, 95 into fairfax county, western part of the fairfax towards 28 through there in sterling. the showers hit dc. they're to the north of college park pulling in towards areas like -- headed towards columbia. there's the stuff in fairfax lifting towards the north, northeast pretty quickly, so they're short lived showered. the heaviest stuff to the west. wind chester seeing that activity. this is tracking up towards berkely springs. headed towards charleston, cable time and hagerstown. more than washington town than frederick town. we have a total lunar eclipse. a lot of clouds. it could be hard to see. happening around 8:30 to 10 :30. tomorrow, 79 with a few showers and a possible weather alert tuesday with showers and storms. highs closer to 80 de

southeast. one person was hurt and metro temporarily stopped allowing buses to travel on the road. >>> six years after a virginia tech student was found dead, the man that has long been suspected of killing her faced a judge. jessie matthews has already been facing a capital murder charge at the university of virginia student hanna graham. there is a forensic link between the two cases but have not offered details. tense moments as the suspect passed in front of harrington's parents. >> we are grateful and pleased and sad. in a way it makes more real the fact that hanna is dead. >> he knows that we are here. >> so far there are no plans to drawn the harrington and graham cases and no plans to seek the death penalty in harrington's case. >> we have an update on a story we showed you last night. we know the name of a man found shot to death in the roadway near washington avenue in annapolis. the 29-year-old shannon blare, jr. police have not given us a motive or possible suspect. >>> a developing story right now. a powerful earthquake in the capital of chile triggering a tsunami watch. it was 8.3 and centered 153

we had rain across the southeast, heavy at times especially in virginia. also watch the rough surf.t goes for parts of southern new england, too. new england, chilly for the beaches. highs topping out in the 60s. back through texas, temperatures topping out in the lower 90s. in the midwest. nice sunny day. fall-like but comfortably so. temperature in the mid 70s. high pressure remains in the southwest. it is going t >>> hey, good saturday morning to you, i'm meteorologist anthony slaughter. beautiful sunrise in san francisco. you can see the fog drifting over san bruno mountain. breezy this morning, but the fog is going to move out through the rest of the day, temperatures are going to be really nice. comfortable conditions in san francisco. 74 degrees expected there. it is going to stay warm in the inland valleys today, expecting mid 80s for the south bay, same for the east bay and north bay. tri-valley not as hot as it was yesterday, coming out of the 90s. near 90. cooler conditions expected for tomorrow. >>> we are on the plaza joined by erica yakeno. today is national mt. pleasa

southeast will increase the clouds. we're seeing some showers already across southern virginia. this is all south of i-64.nk the bulk of the rain stays there through the weekend. however, we can rule out a couple of showers later today, tonight and even saturday and sunday especially south. we have the 50s and 60s out there now. a beautiful looking morning. clouds are thickening. highs mid-70s. just a stray shower or two later this afternoon. larry miller, give us some good tgif traffic. >>> i can't do that, howard. unfortunately we have a few accidents that are proving to be difficult for commuters, particularly those of you on the maryland side traveling southbound on i-270. there's a crash just after germantown road causing delays. i want to give you a live look right now. looks like the delays are improving so traffic starting to move a little more freely than it was maybe 10, 15 minutes ago but still slow as you approach areas like rockville. so just make sure you be cognizant of that. add a few extra minutes to your commute to get you to your destination on time. meantime i-66 at 234, we have an acc

virginia and western north carolina. this one's going to track its way just towards our southeast here as we go into the next let's say 12-24 hours, and it'll be close enough to throw clouds across the area, but fortunately not expecting any rain that'll. maybe an isolated sprinkle across the jersey shore, but other than that we'll stay dry. a mix of sun and clouds through your monday here, temperatures will warm up into the low 70s. tomorrow we'll be at 75. 78 for the high number on the first day of autumn on wednesday, plenty of sunshine and the sunny skies will stay with us with temperatures remaining in the middle to upper 70s. let's see how nice it is on the roads this morning. ines is here with your traffic update. >> hi, audrey. not looking very good especially on the northern state parkway, serious accident causing delays both directions. jim myth, what's going on -- smith, what's going on? >> ines, we're over the eastbound side of the northern state parkway here to jericho turnpike. that car was overturned, it's been uprighted and pushed off to the side of the road. for some time there was just one lane open, no

virginia. you get the idea. still very much feeling like summer. down to the southeaste to time, sparynl across -- especially across coastal areas of south and north carolina. much of texas, you are looking warmer and 97 in abby lean, still very warm. trouble in parts of minnesota and iowa and that's going to be the bull's eye for rain. and finally, out across the west, warm temperatures except in toward the pacific northwest. look at that. only 61 degrees today in spokane and we have some rain moving in. >>> and our friends are back on the plaza today. you guys met at summer camp years ago and we're talking about end of summer cook outs. >> we didn't cook out like this at camp. this is better than the camp fare that we had. >> you ever wondered why people don't make grilled cheese on the grill? it's a burning question. >> cheese, scallions, bacon and there's a bit of cream cheese that make it creamy and spreadable. we work it up and put it together on some buttered bread and that's going on the grill. >> my favorite sip with this is bare foot refresh. it's light bodied

southeast washington. we'll show you why the adjustments are being felt at stations across d.c., maryland and virginia afteryour weather and traffic. >>> good morning. skies are cloudy. a little light rain out there now. but your wake-up weather for the most part, on the cloudy and mild side. temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s. there is rain on the way. grab the umbrella. the forecast coming up. >>> good volume building now, 270 southbound south there near hyatts town, slow through that area for some reason. 395 also southbound, the ramp to washington boulevard, new crash that is causing some delays as well. >>> thanks. we are right in the middle of the first rush hour test for changes at a busy metro stop. last week's transformer fire at the stadium armory metro station will impact your ride there for months. molette green is monitoring this for us live. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. passengers aren't quite sure yet what to expect and how to adjust their commute. this is metro's plan for the next six months, possibly longer until the crews can rebuild that damaged power station. a

virginia tech shooting happened. >>> developing right now, a man is recovering after being shot in southeast d.c. late last night. the adult was shot just before midnight on stanton road near oxon run park. they say he was not badly hurt. police have not released his name nor have they made any arrests. >>> it's now 5:02. today in baltimore the six police officers charged with freddie gray's death could have their trials moved. the officers are facing assault, manslaughter and murder charges for gray's death back in april. their lawyers believe they won't have a fair jury in the city. they're asking a judge to change where the trials will be located. they're expected to see more protests outside the courthouse with this hearing today. and police say they will be out there as well, but will not bring shields, helmets or riot gear. today a judge in south carolina will decide if a former officer accused of shooting a man during a traffic stop can post bail. michael slager was indicted in the death of walter scott. slager was shown shooting scott in the back as he ran away. >>> molette green at the live desk with som

virginia. and these amounts just show us the range that's possible. it's really hard to see who's going to get the heavy down pours.anand much needed rainfall. more scattered storms in the southeast, including atlanta. so, it could be a bad airport day. and you're fine in the middle of the country and very hot in the west. now here's a closer look at the day ahead. well, those showers and storms will be on and off as we go throughout the day today. and watch out around kansas city, early morning showers and storms. and southeast, humidity, more storms. and in case you wanted to know, a place in webster massachusetts, this is the longest official place -- >> that sounds like baby jibberjabberish. >> you'll hear it in four months. there's like 16 es in that word. >> try spelling it. >>> we have the latest on a major food recall. >>> and for the first time, we hear from the pilot of that engulfed plane. , they were asking me what you're doing now, janice. blogging. your blog is just pictures of you in the mirror. it's called a fashion blog, todd. well, i've been helping people save money with progressive's discounts. flo, can you get janice a job? [ laughs ] you should've stuck to s

southeast. an ef-2 outside charleston, south carolina. the downed trees there. flash flooding in columbia. the streets underwater. here's the map into the weekend. storms from the carolinas north to virginiace of scattered showers for the millions turning out to see the pope in philadelphia on saturday. >>> and new questions about safety on the roads after the deadly crash in seattle. a duck boat, slamming into a charter bus. four students were killed. now, those duck boats are under fire. many built during world war ii. popular with tourists around the country. some critics saying they're too old to be safe. here's ryan owens. >> reporter: stunning images and a staggering casualty count. four are dead. 50 others taken to the hospital. >> it was just mass destruction. >> reporter: tonight, the ntsb has arrived in seattle, looking into what caused this duck boat to hit a charter bus. the four international exchange students from north seattle college were headed to orientation on the bus when they were killed. >> he overcorrected, shot across all three lanes at full speed. >> reporter: critics have long warned these amphibious assault vehicles, designed to carry troops in world war ii, hav

southeast not too bad. this reprieve from a weather front that's come through and the front stalling. so unfortunately for virginia beach, areas of the outer banks down through south carolina, there could be showers and thunderstorms coming through for saturday, for stunned maybe even monday. so that's the touch and go area right now. even florida could see some scattered showers and thunderstorms. take a look at areas around new orleans, on monday the temperatures build back into the mid 90s. we're not done with the heat for the summer just yet. >> okay, thank you so much. we'll see you later. >>> let's have more politics now. hillary clinton says she is sorry not for using the controversial private e-mail server during her tenure as secretary of state, rather for the confusion it has caused the american public. yesterday clinton sat down with andrea mitchell. >> are you sorry, do you want to apologize to the american people for the choice you made? >> well, it wasn't the best choice and i certainly have said that, i will continue to say that as i've also said many times it was allowed and it was fully above boar

virginia. 50 miles from the confederate white house. that breaks the siege lines. the next day, as grant launches a centrifical offensive, he cuts off rail lines except one small tendon that runs southeast of the city. he has basically cut off the confederacy -- richmond for the -- from the rest of the confederacy. lee realizes he can't hold for very much longer. it's sunday, april 2, 1865, and he realizes he has to get the president, jeff davis, out of church and tell them he has to go. this decision by general lee sets off a chain of events over the next 36 hours that affects the city to this day. this sets a breakpoint in the history of richmond. richmond is a symbol. let me give you a couple of comparison cases over the last 150 years to give you context about the fall of richmond. what it means to the people there, to the story, their stories and the overall war and overall perspective. madrid 1939, when franco takes takes it. paris, 1940, when germans destroyed the french the republic. warsaw 1939. manila, 1941. saigon, 1975. the best analogy i can give you for what is happening, with going to happen in richmond, is a shipwreck. the city, its population, and its garrison will go t

southeast d.c. saturday night . the fire was discovered in the 400 block of xenia street at 9:15:00 p.m. and now three people this morning are facing charges for gunning down that virginia teenager while walking to school. police say a 17 year old, 20 year old and 18-year-old all have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of 17 year old danny miranda. still to come we're on the campaign trail with hillary clinton who continues to come under fire for using that private e-mail server while she was secretary of state. >>> plus, this co-ed used a barbie jeep to cruise in around after getting a dui and it's drawing a lot of attention, details copping up in our trending report. >>> as we head to break though let's do pet pictures. >> oh, my favorite time of the morning. let's see who we got this morning. our friends say i'm up ready for the day. my sister's dog stella is still getting there. oh, what a cute face. >> very cute >>> okay this one from nikki. beck preparing for a nap. >> aren't all cats and dogs always preparing for a nap? and also we have one from chris, apollo and athena. snuggling with me before bed. oh, those are cute. i'm lika small boxer. ring

southeast. everyday lives of our students outso chaotic, to look there and say they're worried about muslim terrorism, is out of their imagination. host: mike in springfield, virginiaindependent. i have to look at it this way. and there's technology in the system, they would know this is a clock. china, japan are beating us. students make cell phones and other stuff in the school. they know what it is. is this a bomb? why did and they call a bomb -- why didn't they call a bomb squad? this is my take. if the boy's name would have been mike or something, they would have just gone -- that is my thing. host: anna in youngstown, arizona. democrat. good morning. talking about ahmed mohammed. caller: yes. in the recent past, we've had some terrible things happen. i thought i heard someone say that the young man took the device and showed it to the principal. am i correct? did he show it to the principle first? host: what is your point if he did? i think he showed it to an engineering teacher first. caller: ok, whoever he showed it to first, why weren't his parents called? he is under age come his parents should have been called. then, have them present when the bomb squad

southeast-southwest freeway at main. all lanes open. jamming up from third street tunnel to 14th street. live look at interstate 66. the crash has been moved over to the shoulder in centreville. as you pass virginia. capitol beltway delays from springfield interchange through alexandria outer loop. live look passing van donor. and wilson bridge on inner loop through prince george k you are on the brakes from temple hill all the way to 295. and for folks traveling on 50 john hanson highway. crash in bowie blocks the left lane at 197. melanie, back to you. >> checking the top stories. students across montgomery county wearing blue to remember a clarksburg high school student hit and killed by amtrak train yesterday. police say 16-year-old john dereggi walk wing friends when the train struck him in boyds. students use hashtag # wear blue for john. for coordinate their memorial efforts. >> and more bad news for red skins t appears wide receiver dashawn jackson is more seriously hurt than we first thought. jackson injured his hamstring in the first quarter of the team's loss to the miami dolphins. at first it looked like it >>> we welcome you back. tory johnson is here. these standing by with a whole