we have showers in southern maryland, down in the northern neck in richmond as women. around here a mix of sun -- as well. around here a mix of sun and clouds with a shower possible this afternoon. highs mid- to upper 80s. not too shabby at all. let's go to monika samtani to find out how the commute is so far. >>> not too shabby on the roads either. things look great at the wilson bridge. no problems through oxon hill or alexandria crossing the bridge span all of your lanes are open. >> thanks, monika. >>> we have just endured the warmest 12-month period since 1895. that's according to the national oceanic and atmospheric association. that record does not include last week's heat wave. according to noaa, the average temperature in june 71.2 degrees for the lower 48 states which is 2 degrees higher than the 20th century average. >>> a speedy settlement in the tom cruise-katie holmes case. >> academy award winner joins the "the hunger games" franchise. we have those stories and more in this week's look at entertainment. >> reporter: katie holmes and tom cruise have reach

for us southern virginia sneaking into southern maryland might see some of those showers and storms. a little disturbance coming out of the great lakes will sweep across the region. that will help spit out a spotty shower or thunderstorm. other than that, i think it will be a decent day. in fact, the next few days look pretty good. 88 today. some areas are going to stay in the mid-80s with the spotty shower. tonight we're back in the 60s and 70s. easterly flow tomorrow so we could see a thunderstorm develop in the afternoon east of town in the higher elevations. 88. thursday 87. we talked about temperatures creeping up. it's going to start toward the weekend. friday 89. saturday 91, some scattered afternoon thunderstorms. then by monday we could be back in the mid-90s. 5:17. monika shaking your head yet? >> no, not yet. i'm going like this. yes, everything is good. it's a positive thing. there is a water main break on goldsboro road near massachusetts avenue. you want to watch out for that in the glen echo area. other than that in virginia, things are looking good on 66 and the dulle

the active warnings now until 6:30 in southern fairfax county, southern prince william county for thisright here. we'll zoom in here. the storm out by annapolis was severe. the weather service has just taken that down. but an intense thunderhead going over the chesapeake bay bridge out towards the eastern shore. this storm still severe now, moving into downtown woodbridge, lorton, springfield area. in mt. vernon, be on the lookout. this may very well produce some small hail and wind gusts of 50 or perhaps 60 miles per hour. so be on the lookout. that strong to severe thunderstorm will be grazing into southern portions of prince george's county in the next 45 minutes to an hour. upstream from there, another band of thunderstorms about two to four hours away from the area. scattered storms around here for the remainder of this evening. temperatures back down to the low 80s by 11:00. the london forecast for tomorrow, clouds and rain showers moving in for the second half of sunday over in london. for us, evening thunderstorms will fade away. we may have to contend with a lit t bit more in

lifting up the inside track of southern california. we also have high pressure building and it will be just a tad cooler tomorrow. fifties' overnight, 56 in santa clara and san jose. '50s and '60s with partial coastal clearing. 93 degrees in morgan hill. 95 degrees tomorrow in pleasanton. 84 in santa rosa. we will bump up the temperature on thursday and begin to cool off just-in-time for the weekend. in lesser pressure gradient ,,,,,,,,,,,, >> using the psa test to screen for prostate cancer has been debated for years. a federal task force recently recommended against the test citing little benefit and risk of unnecessary treatment by a new study in the journal cancer suggest otherwise claiming there could be a dramatic rise in cases of advanced cancer psa tests were stopped >> if we stopped screening and stopped reading those cancers that we feel are a threat to men, and what this study says is that we will see three times the likelihood that men will develop prostate cancer. >> the test for prospect specific antigen measures procaine

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southern kyushu is expecting heavy rain by this evening. rain will also spread to the rest of the pacific side as we head into tomorrow evening. so take advantage of the blue skies today. meanwhile, the same front is affecting central china producing heavy rain tickas much as 140 millimeters of rain has fallen over the past 24 hours. it looks like the heaviest rain will be moving in shandon provinces and into the korean peninsula by wednesday. thunderstorms and gusty winds are also possible. eastern sichuan is also looking at heavy rain today. a southwest monsoon is producing another wet dane across northeast india as well as the philippines. heat is building in the eastern half of china. 37 in shanghai but four degrees higher than where it should be this time of year. it should be cooling down to 24 degrees as we head into tomorrow. tokyo looking at a seasonal 29 degrees today. heading into the americas we've got two tropical systems over the eastern pacific. this one here with clear eye is a category 2 hurricane, emeal ya and this small o

will enhance the southerly flow and bring a lot of the moisture to this area, so, again, southern chinaill be affected by stormy weather for the next couple of days. we'll keep you posted on the situation. meanwhile, a line of thunder showers is stretching from north korea down towards eastern china and that will be shifting towards the north. as for the beijing area, which was hit by excessive rain over the weekend, it's now staying dry. however, thunder showers are on the cars on your wednesday, so it's not good news here. as for japan staying dry and hot, we may see thunderstorms across the mountain areas today. temperature-wise, 31 degrees in tokyo. temperatures will be rising to 33 degrees as we head into tomorrow. 32 in seoul, and 33 degrees expected in taipei. all right. moving into the americas across the u.s.-canada border. this is where we're going to see lots of active weather. severe thunderstorm warnings are in place in the western canada area, and parts of the northeast states and there is a tornado watch warning in place in parts of eastern ontario and, unfortunately, it'

his top priority, growing southern baptist's membership.t is still number one, but the country's largest evangelical denomination has seen its fifth straight year of decline. luter knows he can't do it alone. >> i have a two-year window here. i can't do everything i want to do, but i want to do something to change this decline in baptisms and members. how can i help you guys put off what you put off to make it work, to impact this country and the churches. >> reporter: luter brings significant experience in turning things around. he witnessed his franklin avenue congregation revived twice. members fled the city as hurricane katrina buried their sanctuary in more than nine feet of water. it took two years to reopen the doors. >> my title was, "from disaster to dancing." and i literally danced across this pulpit -- >> that's that picture -- >> that's the picture. i literally danced across this pulpit. >> reporter: that dance celebrated more than the return to the church. luter and his congregation also helped restore more than 30 homes in the

near 70, much of southern madd.y 70s, partly cloudy, low to mid 80s with a light southeasterly wind. by mid average, upper 80s. a small chance of isolated storms popping up. it does look mainly south of the metro area, and we'll drop back down to the mid 80s by early evening and by dawn tomorrow, down to the mid 60s, much of the rejn, region, open the windows, let natural air conditioning roll in. partly sunny on thursday, again, 60s in the morning, afternoon highs, low 80s, a beautiful day. then on friday, does look like it will turn more humid. greater chance of showers and storms, highs reaching low 80s. back to the mid upper 80s, and saturday, sunday, and again on monday, we'll be more mild. tuesday traffic. good morning, daniela. >>> chopper 4 over the beltway. earlier crash just cleared. emergency response workers blocking the right lane. you can see outer loop and inner loop clear in the area. rails, i'm seeing delays on the mark, brunswick train 70, 18-minute delay. and a 10-minute delay on the vre, manassas

there was a pretty good storm in southern maryland. everyone is going to be dry for the morning commute. this morning should be fine. 79 at the airport. 76 in parkton. we will make it into the upper 90's again. heat advisory until 8:00 p.m. this evening beginning at 11:00 a.m. this morning. we do expect a break in this heat wave but not until this weekend. everything will flip around by the time we get to sunday and monday. by monday, some cooler air should spill in from the southern part of canada.

the southerners in congress had bottled it up completely. and southerners controlled congress. they were saying, "don't bring up civil rights. it's a lost cause anyway." and that's when johnson says, "what the hell is a presidency for then?" >> rose: what's interesting about this is research. i'm going to take it forward in a moment. you found out that the secret service amies had to write in a detailed way when a terrible thing happened, they had to go and write their description of-- as they saw it of the event that had taken place. >> when i was doing this book i said, "god, there are hundreds of books on the assassination. and none of them go in a serious, detailed way into lyndon-- what was the assassination like from lyndon johnson's point of view. like what i was telling you about lying on the floor of the car, and the agent lying on top of him. you know, it was known but it really wasn't known. the time he spent in the hospital, very little was known about that. so i said, "where can i get information?" and then i came across the fact that-- it was a secret service rule

here's what it looks like in southern maryland. the accident i told you about on the outer loop near pennsylvania avenue where you see the icon there, everything has been moved off to the shoulder. but southbound on 295 after pennsylvania avenue, i was talking about a disabled truck in the road and now in the backup there is an accident at east capital street southbound on 295. so just keep that in mind. we'll take you over to our live pictures right now. if you're planning to head over to the northbound side of i-95 you're doing fine in springfield. a little slow and heavy as you exit to the beltway. by the way in richmond, southbound 95 overnight accident cleanup continues near chamberlain road. that is causing a backup in case you're heading to richmond this morning southbound on i- 95. let's go back over to our maps. this time we'll take a look at north side of town. no problems on the beltway between college park and bethesda. we'll leave you with a live look at 270 southbound here at shady grove road. still running well down

the ratings agency is also worried that german banks could lose billions if borrowers in southern europe default on their debts. that could force berlin to come to the rescue again and put an even bigger burden on germany's finances and on its taxpayers. >> for decades, germany has been spending more money than the government has been taking in. to fill the summer news slot.ng- i think germany is pretty stable, and nobody should be trying to undermine that with speculation. it just makes matters worse. >> moody's announcement has rekindled debate about the influence of the big u.s.-based ratings agencies. institutional investors are obliged to take their assessments into account, but some analysts question movies' latest outlook for strong eurozone economies -- question moody's latest outlook. >> in the past, we have seen highly our decisions on the part of ratings agencies, and we do not think this ratings downgrade was necessary -- we have seen highly odd decisions. >> in the german capital, it looks like most people are not letting news of a possible downgrade spoil their summer. >> w

the southern part. right? but even there -- remember, it was green. is green commanding partisans really? no. he's commanding regulars. he's aided, and he knows how to work with them and then you've got washington with a continental army. and you gave example of yorktown. even yorktown is a point of opportunity. he happens to have a british army bottled up there, and he choices to exploit that opportunity at that time. that's the more effective criticism of lee, that what he should have done is fought this fabian strategy and kept his army in one piece and used the confederacy's vast size to his advantage, its master strategic depth. so this is -- and we have other military historical examples. what helps with napoleon? what big country does he invade? >> russia. >> russia, and it's the same issue. it's too big. your lines of supply become further and further extended. you get more and more worn down and logistics become harder and harder, and that's a problem that can be used against the federals. you know, who repeats -- professor love will talk abo

ohio river valley, southern maryland. we will keep an eye on the radar closely tomorrow. hazy, hot, humid. on debate, wind will be fairly light averaging 10 knots until the thunderstorms pop up, especially south of the bay bridge. up in the mountains, a 60% chance of storms. lots of sunshine. able bit more comfortable on wednesday. that trend will also shot on the eastern shore. steamy tomorrow with storms and then less humid and slightly cooler on wednesday. hot and humid tomorrow. thunderstorms in the afternoon. more comfortable wednesday. sunny skies and less humid. thunderstorms thursday, friday, and saturday. drying out sunday and monday. >> from the susquehanna bank's board center. this is 11 sports. >> the place on the planet has a more inappropriate nickname than happy valley. the entire universe a long benefiting from the football program now facing unprecedented penalties and an uncertain football future. wednesday it accepted a colossal package of fines and sanctions as a result of the attempted cover-up of a s

killed and thousands of homes devastated as to wrenshaw rains triggered flash flooding and a popular southern russian resort area. tension overshadows libya's first election and half a century with cheers in the capital contrasting sharply with boycotts and attacks across the country. and a deadline set for june in the sand his extradition to sweden expires in a matter of hours but the whistleblower remains in the safety of ecuador's london embassy waiting for an answer to his asylum please. r.t. live here in moscow and just a reminder that the alyona show which would have been on for the next hour has now been canceled so we can bring you the latest on the tragedy unfolding in russia's south one hundred five people are now known to have died after massive flooding hit the southern russian resort region of cranston that have been warnings the death toll is likely to rise the heiress want by torrential rain for around twenty four hours now artie's dennis but not ski joins me now on the phone dennis we've been seeing some astonishing pictures a little earlier here in r t coming out of the regio

heat is out in the balkan peninsula and southern italy. here is the extended forecast. >>> that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

democracy as it is against southern aristocracy. i wanted you to take that away from reading and see how it fits into what de tocqueville sees. i think it does fit in quite well. let's take a question on anything at this point. i wanted to give you that as context. i saw you had your hand up again. >> mr. barone mentioned medicare. it reminded me of earlier this week "the new york times" had an expose on ron paul and his early career when he first opened up his medical practice or he refused to participate in medicare or medicaid. a lot of people, of course, you don't want to treat poor people. he treated anyone, but those people who could not pay, he accepted vegetables, a dozen eggs. i think that speaks a lot towards our ability as individuals to make our own contracts and the ability of us to take care of each other. we don't need these centralized programs like medicare and medicaid. i think when we have an abundance of them, you spoke of america's prevalence of charity and giving to things like that. we hold an extreme capacity

attorney for the southern district of new york, a powerful job, he has held since 2009. he is best known for cracking down hard on financial misconduct, with a series of insider trading convictions to his credit he has been called the sheriff of wall street. he is also held all kinds of criminals to account from drug lords to crooked politicians and recently focused on the recent threat of cyber crime i am pleased to have him here at this table. i mention this because many of you probably saw this, this is time magazine's cover story from 2012, february 13th, called this man is busting wall street. are you busting wall street? >> first, it is great to be on the show, charlie. >> rose: thank you. >> , you know, we don't think of it as busting wall street, we think of holding people accountable who are engaging in misconduct whether that is on wall street or whether that is in the statehouse in albany or whether it is in, you know, city hall, we just convicted someone out of the southern district of new york today who was a former, who is a current city councilman in new y

killed and thousands of homes devastated as to wrenshaw rains triggered flash flooding in a popular southern russian resort area. tension overshadows libya's first election and half a century the cheers in the capital contrasting sharply with boycotts and attacks across the country. and a deadline set for june in the sounders extradition to sweden expires in a matter of hours but the whistleblower remains in the safety of ecuador's london embassy waiting for an answer to his asylum played. international news in coming live from moscow this is r.t. within twenty four hours a day the continuously rising death toll from the massive flooding in russia's southern cross nadar resort region has now reached one hundred and five people the area was swamped by torrential rain over the past twenty four hours well to blot skate he joins me live on the phone now dennis you're in the region just how bad is the situation where you are. we are trying to get to the flood stricken area which isn't easy with all the roads you know destroyed by the water or jam what we call our five months worth of rainfall wit

a moderate drought, especially southern montgomery county, prince georges county, back into southern maryland. and then a severe drought continues over the dell morva, which is troubling. i like silver queen corn and they are having problems. they had a dry spring and dry summer as well. let's talk about, it's gorgeous here downtown. we have partly cloudy skies. high was 96. here's a live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. showers northerly. pressure falling. zoom into a couple storms. we have been following these all afternoon long. they are hefty. this is a big storm. it has heavy rain around bryan's road. it is pushing off to the south and east. weeker storm south of brandy wine, and eventually toward hughsville. this is a pretty big storm through st. mary's city, all the way down 5 to the tip of the county headed for the bay. again, yellow, half an inch of rain per hour. so that's pretty big-time stuff. we'll zoom back out and put this into motion. the storms will continue to weaken a little bit and move south and east throughout the evening. all right, temperatures.

it was a prank that went to right in southern california. there's actually a bob capt.imals around the beach. in this case it was big, it was a step animal. >>> another neighbor saw the mountain lion, call the police and the thing you know we have animal control employees here >>> the scared neighbor call back the dispatcher to apologize after realizing the client was not real >>> for 53 now, another check with weather >>> blog and drizzle showing up around the bay area today. we have temperatures cooling off once again. as we head throughout the barry area, and not enough to be a bad some cloudy skies are around the bay. low clouds extending it to some of these valley parts as well. if you '70s around the bay. the breezy conditions will be picking up throughout the afternoon. the trough continues to camp out or reduce west coast prayed that means our temperatures will stay below average. about 72 degrees in three months. 82 degrees in antioch. 78 in san ramon. 80 degrees in dublin. a cool 67 degrees in to oakland. sunshine at about 74 degrees in santa rosa. the next co

romney spent yesterday in southern california meeting with small business owners.es are courting the military vote in 2008, polls showed 54% of those who said they served in the military voted for john mccain. >>> 5:38. tile for a look at weather. a little cooler today. >> you feeling it this morning? . >>> good morning. live doppler, good news, it is -- it is dry this morning, commute ought to be unencumbered by any wet weather. cooler in most areas -- biggest drop around concord and antioch, eight degrees cooler than yesterday, free air conditioning now. clouds making late run into the bay in morning all of news the 50s through 7:00, moving back to the coast by noon, 50s into san francisco, 60s and 70s for lunchtime. wealth of he have 70s inland. during the afternoon hours -- the wealth of the 70s inland. 70s bay shore, 70s with mid 80s inland and by 7:00, cooling quickly clouds return to the coast mid 50s to upper 50s oakland, 60s and 70s around the bay shore upper 60s to mid 70s inland cooling trend will continue two to four degrees the next couple of days, thu

the rocket has already reached the launch pad at the space center in southern japan. it will carry an unmanned cargo vehicle. its job is to carry supplies to the crew of the international space station. officials are watching the launch with great interest because the cargo includes an unprecedented experiment. nhk world's daisuke azuma at the tanagasha space center in southern japan has the details. >> reporter: the iss orbits the earth at an altitude of about 400 kilometers. it carries a japanese experiment module. it is scheduled to dock there in about a week. they can fit in the palm of your hand. astronauts with use of robot arm and the module for the experiment. unlike many experiments on the iss, they will not need to venture outside the space station. the satellite will be placed inside special containers. the orbit arm will carry the satellites outside the station and release them. >> translator: satellites are usually launched with rockets, but the massive vibrations caused by rocket launches requires sat rights to be very strong structurally. if japan can r

a leading southern unionist asked. wouldn't north america ultimately end up as fragmented and war-prone as europe? but just as they understood the urgent need to preserve what the founders had begun, the members of the 37th congress also shared an idea of a future that they wanted to build. i think that this is the second crucial point to understand about their productivity. this was a vision that had been hammered out during the tumultuous decades following the explorations of lewis and clark on the missouri river just up the road from here. one legacy of the louisiana purchase was a long and bitter, but ultimately, quite fruitful argument over how to make use of the vast, rich lands seized by the europeans and added to the young american republic. in a very real sense, the fight over these western lands set the fuse on the civil war itself as the competing systems, the slave economy versus free labor, hatched irreconcilable schemes and plans for exploiting this great bounty. so when the south tried to break away, whe

romney spent yesterday in southern california meeting with small business owners. both are courting the military vote in 2008 polls showed 54% of those who said they served in the military voted for john mccain. >>> 4:35. police say they found dozens of deadly booby traps inside the apartment belonging to the man accused of the movie theater massacre. we had our first glimpse of the man and his behavior in court. katie marzullo with the story. >> reporter: all eyes were on the courtroom yesterday as we got that first glimpse of james holmes. authorities are wide-eyed at what they found in his apartment. this morning we are getting the item lighted list. -- itemized list. there were 30 ied's attached to trip wires 10 gallons of gas to enhance the thermal effect after explosion. the detonated devices are being taken to virginia for fbi analysis. the man accused of bidding that death trap and shooting and killing 12 people seemed out of it in court yesterday. >> he looked like someone who didn't know what was going on. and that leads to all sorts of important and fasc

david kiakowsky once worked at the southern maryland hospital center in clinton, maryland. he's now behind bars for allegedly infecting several patients in new hampshire. police say that he exposed people to the virus by stealing needles and using them on himself and then using the needles on patients. >> he knew he had hepatitis c as of at least june of 2010. he continued to divert drugs and permit taintedder is rings to be used on patients under his care. >> he worked at the southern maryland hospital between 2008 and 2009. hospitals in five other states where he was employed are also investigated. >>> fairfax county police would like to know what started an argument between two roommates. it ended with both men dead in an apparent murder-suicide. all of this happened last night in oakton, virginia. the two men lived on trevor house drive just off germantown road. police say that 43-year-old ihab catoub was murdered by his roommate. that man has been identified at 27-year-old alexander rios. rios then took his own life. the shooting remains under investigation. >>> a 4-ye

today on america's test kitchen, we're making southern classics. first, bridget reveals the secrets to making the perfect caramel cake. next, julia shows chris how to make foolproof split pea and ham soup. that's all right here on america's test kitchen. >> america's test kitchen is

clinton's efforts underway in japan's southern island after a year's worth of rain fell on the weekend. -- cleanup efforts. landslides and floods of left 30 people dead or missing. now this report from tokyo. >> cleanup efforts are underway in a southern island of japan after a whole year's worth of rain fell on some of the cities over the weekend. half of the islands of more than 10 centimeters of rain per hour. it has caused landslides and floods, leaving more than 30 people dead or missing. many of the victims were in their 70's and 80's and were not able to leave when their homes were hit by mudslides. some farmers died when they went to detect their fields -- to check their fields during a temporary lull in the flooding. rescue teams have been searching for those missing and others have dropped supplies. the worst is over. but even a small amount of rainfall could trigger further landslides. bbc news reporting. >> the olympic torch is in the final stages of its journey and will be passing through the southern english county of sussex on route to its final destination in london. lu

southern maryland is in that.and also, the ohio valley also the tennessee valley could be getting in on some of the severe weather as we go throughout the day. biggest threats will be gusty -- gusty winds and hail large hail at that. now we look at temperatures this morning 71 degrees in northville consider northville. -- northville. 70 across the board but going into the afternoon the temperatures will build. look at what i am going for on this friday. 95 degrees but we like that downward scale. that's what's happening as we go through time. more on that coming up. but right now let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with mike masco. >> reporter: good morning. we are talking a lot of construction this morning. it's 895 make are way into harbor tunnel. so we will bring you to the board to show you what's going on. this will tie yap during the course of the morning -- tie you up during the course of the morning. prior to the toll plaza, mostly working along exit 7 and 8 and sliding off towards the north it doesn't

in southern pennsylvania, the dew points are in the 50's. down towards quantico, the dew points get up closer to 70. that more muggy air mass will slide towards baltimore. there's the possibility of some thunderstorms developing. there is a thunderstorm down in st. mary's county and in charles county. those are moving away from baltimore. we have at least a 30% chance for a shower or thunderstorm. a mixture of sun and clouds. a slight chance for a shower or thunderstorm. humidity it is going to go up. sunrise this morning at 5:45. wave heights around a foot if you take the bowed out. if you planning on going downtown to see fireworks come there is a chance for a thunderstorm. temperatures in the 80's around 9:00 p.m. we have a 40% chance for a thunderstorm tomorrow. high temperature of 92. high temperature in the upper 90's and heat index over 100 on thursday, friday, and saturday. i hope we could drop the temperatures into the 80's by monday of next week. >> a new survey shows fewer americans will be spending to celebrate. 21% said they pla

tropical clouds taking aim at southern california might clip east bay and south bay. temperatures though 60s, 70s, and now a couple low 80s. fog, sun, and warmer. cool to mild lows though. north cool, south more on the mild side. a little breezy at times. nothing compared to the last couple of times. temperatures coming up about 3- 5 degrees today. the higher clouds clipping again the south bay. maybe east bay on thursday. it looks like back to a warmer pa person temperature >>> two more dead birds tested positive for the west nile virus. one of them was found on viking drive on pleasant hill. since april 6th -- since april six birds have tested positive for the virus. county officials are asking people to check their property for standing water and report any sources that could be breeding ground. >>> message relating to the penn state abuse scandal. the mysterious banner spotted above the school campus. >> rent prices are skyrocketing in the bay area. and the city where it's most expensive to live. >> good morning, northbound 101 san francisco looking good approachi

they trimmed the watch down toward manassas into southern maryland. right now the biggest severe weather threat will be south of town as these storms begin to migrate south and east toward culpeper and fredericksburg. look at temps. we haven't seen this in a long time. we've got 60s, we've got 70s, 80s and 90s on the map it. did hit 101 today both at national and dulles, a record high at dulles. we're down to 84 downtown, 79 gaithersburg, 77 frederick, 81 in leesburg. we'll come back and talk about the prospect of more storm overnight and we're not done with storms after today, nope. more storms on the way later in the week. we'll tell you how strong they'll be. >>> here's an example, a lightning strike setting a house on fire in kensington. it happened on devin place when storms moved through this afternoon. we talked with the homeowner who describes in vivid detail what happened. >> lightning struck this tree out here and the branch fell down. i came out to look at that and heard somebody scream. it was my daughter. i looked over here on the side an

a couple of sprinkles in southern prince george and northern calvert county. the ones down to our south and west which will not be coming into our area are now intensifying along i-81. if you have friends or relatives making the drive down interstate 81 from stanton and harrisonbu g harrisonburg, we're kind of in the middle right here, we'll call it scattered shower and thundershower chances mainly north and south of the immediate metro area. temperatures mid 80s, back to the upper 70s to near 80 degrees by 11:00. what about tomorrow? any more hundreds in the seven day? more in a couple minutes. >>> allegations from republican minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann have led to police protection for a senior advisor of secretary of state hillary rodham clinton. the adviser is huma am dean. her husband is former congressman andrew weiner. a muslim american man threatened her and the threat came after bachmann accused her of having family members with ties to the muslim brotherhood. last week republican senator john mccain and house speaker john boehner defende

in southern maryland look at this.hern charles county coming through king george, slow spots this morning. a muggy morning. 75 from easton and washington. tad cooler out toward cumberland and winchester with 70. a north, northeast wind at 9 and humidity way up at 82%. we'll watch the showers and storms diminish and really drift south, even by noon, maybe southern maryland, fredricksburg toward newland and reedville could see showers and storms. our weather watchers didn't see that much but they also had their triple digits over the weekend. we have showers tonight and tomorrow morning mainly south of d.c. then tomorrow we're going to be partly sunny with isolated storms well north and well south of town the way it looks, at least through lunch time. so today got the yellow alert. definitely going to slow you down this morning with the showers and storms but the sun mixes in later this afternoon. 87 for the high. 60s and 70s tonight with the isolated showers and storms. wednesday and thursday both look relatively dry, m

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mary's county in southern charles county. that's a huge area of orange, red, dark red that you see down right now in storm4 radar. this whole area with heavy rain, possible hail. hail also reported in damascus, virginia, earlier. all moving to the east. and into areas like valley lee, wind, and hoopersville in the next couple of minutes. heads up to you folks there down across southern maryland. temperatures at 80 degrees. winds out of the north at 17. high is 95 degrees. by noontime you can see up to 90. again, a situation as we hit 95 where it will feel more like temperatures are in the upper 90s today. take a look. tuesday, wednesday, fout of july, 96 with a chance of showers and storms. your extended forecast coming up. >> thanks, veronica. >>> just down trees, power lines and traffic signals on the blink. if you're traveling northbound 395 at duke, have a crash there blocking at least one of your lanes traveling in virginia. also in virginia taking the beltway outer loop of the beltway, at telegraph road, a disabled vehi