harford, baltimore county, all of the metro area into southern maryland as well. western maryland has cooled off with some showers. chicago is 95 right now. minneapolis, minnesota, 100 to right now. winds out of the west for the next few days and that's will -- and that is going to have our way. >> in an unrelated matter, we have a notice for parents and students. school is closing two hours early tomorrow because of the anticipated heat. that is in baltimore county. skyteam 11 was over this scene at garrison boulevard and grant lee road less than an hour ago. several different fires broke out. so far, no injuries. >> a battle is shaping up over the city's property-tax rate. it is emerging as the key issue in the mayor's race. and it does appear it gives voters something to choose from. jayne miller is live. >> we were just talking to a line -- young lawyer in the city who said she would like to buy property here, but the property tax are just too high. she will get no challenges from those in the mayor's race was a fixing that is a top priority. -- who say fixing

on the western shore in southern maryland i would not be surprised to see more downpours popping up. then they wear themselves out after 20 or 30 minutes. there is the beautiful cloud cover. here is a time lapse over the congressional country club. humidity is not that high. 80 degrees at this time. we are seeing some drops and humidity levels making it much more comfortable. dewpoint at this time of year, we will take it, it feels good. it will be in the 70's for the next couple of days. that is when humidity becomes oppressive. the latest pollen count mostly clear skies overhead the midsection of the country all of the way over parts of southern canada. taking a look at the forecasted high temperatures annapolis even warmer. guess which direction the warm air is moving. we could be talking record high temperatures by wednesday. hot tomorrow, patchy clouds that is the real sheep and humidity. just for a few days, and for 90's. we could use it by now. >> especially if it comes earlier on wednesday and thursday cooling things off. thank you so much, adam. the world's largest passenger

. >>> plenty of traffic, but things are quiet sort of southern maryland, about four,228 210. no problems on i-95 through southeast. 95 in allen is good. baltimore-washington parkway is an uneventful. on allalong 270 particularly we have a higher volume near havana and hyattstown. there is a live picture of 95 traffic, still light. headlights are northbound. now to news. >>> 4:54. apple is trying to change the face of technology again. >> it started with the ipods. now this and company is unveiling icloud. how it works and how apple loveless are reacting >>. the father of apple had republic appearance. steve jobs took to the stage in california to unveiled the latest apple masterpiece icloud. >> [unintelligible] ahead>> you can think all of your devices -- sync all of your devices. music, photographs data of yourself that you can access to -- access from anywhere. >> i will probably sign up this afternoon. >> it cuts down on an extra step. >> if there is a place i go to for everything, that's good. >> this woman's daughter is a deejay and she will be thrilled. >> is always dow

creeping up in southern maryland, most of us seeing a comfortable humidity level. tomorrow maybe more sunshine early in the day. satellite radar picture showing some active weather, mainly to the west out -- towards west virginia. then as we look up into the new england states, a couple showers towards new hampshire, could it hug the coast and bring a couple showers? possible. i don't think it is likely. we have the hot ridge building across the east. that's going to make a move over m maryland. look for noticeably hotter weather towards midweek. our future cast and terms of rain chances slim into the day on monday. a hit or miss shower possible. going into tuesday, a sunnier scenario but heat surges in tuesday into wednesday. overnight, down to 62, partly cloudy, a slight chance of a shower and a slim chance tomorrow. we'll call it mostly sunny. a passing shower at times, cannot be ruled out. seven-day forecast, looking ahead, what do we see? heat. one word. wednesday into thursday, the ridge builds in, could push triple digits, but a cool front on friday and next

> as in go get me some crappy fish. >> okay, crappy. >> and the continent it's crappy. >> in southern marylandmaryland it's crappy. they also learned fishing technology neeks, angler ethics and safety and aquatic conservation. >>> st. luke is undergoing major changes. the entire congregation has converted to catholicism. this is the first church in the nation to undergo the streamlined conversion plan. >> st. luke's has stood at 53rd street in bladensburg since it was built in 1956. currently it has a diverse membership of about 100. for a year and a half they have carefully considered their decision to seek entry into the roman catholic church. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: this was made possible by the 2009 invitation issued by pope benedict. for anglican parishes to come into the church as a community while maintaining some of their anglican identity. [ inaudible ] >> we apologize. yeah. >> we had audio trouble there. >> they're going to fix that for you and get it for you tomorrow because it is a fascinating story and it is an important story in our community. so we will have that for you at

highs around 90 degrees, maybe a little hotter than that in southern maryland and on the eastern shore. we'll take a look at this heat wave, how much longer it will last and look at the rest of the week and the weekend coming up right up, barbara. >> all right, tom, thank you. >>> police are trying to figure out why a man was armed with a gun in his car in southwest washington. officers were forced to open fire early this morning shooting the man at hains point. tracee wilkins reports. >> reporter: they had hains point closed off only allowing official vehicles to go inside. that meant for bikers and runners to turn around at the gates as they try to investigate what led to this confrontation at parking lot ten. at 1:00 a.m. this all unfolded as they were closing the park, yet, and still at this moment, more questions than answers. but what we do know is that u.s. park police say this suspect was armed. do we know why he had the weapon. why he was here by himself? >> that is part of the investigation to determine just what transpired to brought him here to the park and hains point clos

and winds have been light out of the northeast through the day, a little breezier in southern marylanda bit of a by a breeze toward calvert cliffs but mostly things looking good. temperatures, 85 in baltimore now. 82 easton. 82 in hagerstown. ocean city about 77. humidity pretty comfortable, 42% at the inner harbor. much drier air locked in over the northern and western counties now. humidity only 28% in frederick and 47% in georgetown. it's hotter though toward frederick where we're around 90 now. i think we'll get to 90 or so, say in mount vernon tomorrow. fells point, maybe a degree or two cooler, if we get enough breeze on the harbor off the docks but for the most part it will be warm tomorrow. just the beginning of a more dramatic surge in the heat that will come for us wednesday and thursday. got outdoor projects? do it tonight. maybe early in the day tomorrow. it will be hot later in the week. things clear now but across the east coast we find things getting a little more active across michigan, upper midwest, a little system diving south, a little disturbance but it's weakening

mid-70s down in southern maryland as well. look at the forecast highs today. the tappahannock airport may flirt with 100 along with bwi. forecasting a high in washington, a very comfortable 98. angie goff, over to you. >>> that's going to feel great. unfortunately, we're kicking off our traffic report with the yellow light right now because as we mentioned before, we're following the fatal accident that has the inner loop ramp to river road shut down. we'll have a live report from our surae chinn coming up. meanwhile, we want to show you as promised, the roadways around the region including 95 headed northbound, a live camera for you. everybody is doing fine as they make their way out of dumfries up toward the mixing bowl. we'll skip that camera and move it on to 395. want to show you the northbound traffic as we continue on. if you're making the trip toward the 14th street bridge, nothing in your way except the on-going construction project taking away the center lane. traffic is being divided. 495 in virginia, inner loop at 66, the roadwork holding steady. p

look at the commute in southern maryland. and the baltimore-washington parkway are slowing in laurel. on route 1 in laurel, there's a crash north of contee road. this is what traffic looks >>> we've got some breaking news from fairfax county. police are investigating a double stabbing and centreville for this happened at a home on braddock springs road. one person is dead and the two others were flown to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. there is no word on what led to the stabbing but we will continue to follow this story and bring the latest as it comes into the newsroom. >>> the d.c. council is set to hear from a man of the center of the hiring scandal surrounding mayor vincent gray. suleiman brown says his campaign promise him a job that gave him money to attack former mayor adrian fenty during the campaign last year. >>> it was another close finish at the nba finals. the miami heat scored with seconds left in the game and beat the dallas mavericks' 88- 86. miami now leads the series two games to one. they will

in southern maryland andrews two and a half miles.ty prince george's county, dew being reported. the temperatures in the 60s, philip newman, 53. cross junction from steve 57. winchester 59. and 68 degrees on the bay this morning. 66 mostly cloudy skies at reagan national though. look mostly sunny on the weather terrace with a light northeast wind. barometer rising at 30 inches even. on the national satellite and radar, high pressure in the middle of the country. yesterday houston shattered their record at 105 # at bush airport in houston. you notice the storms in wisconsin toward chicagoland. high pressure is in control. i'm not expecting much to pop here today. tomorrow north and west in the mountains where we potentially will see storms develop. for this afternoon sunny and warm, 85. a little bit humid. 60s tonight, hot tomorrow, near 90 with an afternoon storm possible, wednesday mid to upper 90s, we'll duplicate it thursday to 97, aahing pie heat wave, in the 80s this weekend with a chance of afternoon storms. celebrate fairfax fr

temperatures this morning, have some 60es, upper 60s, 70 in annapolis, 63 in southern maryland, winchestererick and petersburg, the air a humid enough. the sky is clearing up and the winds are light enough with the high humidity, we have fog, frederick visibility zero. less than 2 miles in gaithersburg, zero in petersburg in west virginia. two and a half manassas. there is haze out there as well. but the fog up there is a problem right now. temperatures this afternoon they're going to bounce back, lower 80s near the bay, but mid-80s in town, one or two spots may make the upper 80s, holter than this by mid week. here's angie with your time saver traffic. >>> thank you, howard, hello everybody. halfway through 5:00, the green light stays on. we are looking at a wide view of the region. everything okay. zooming into the district we want to show you the district drive, outlive constitution at 23rd street, what we're finding out is we have ongoing construction project taking away lanes in both directions, however, value is still light. in northeast, inbound new york avenue, no delays to report,

parts of southern maryland, lower eastern shore in the 60s. away from the waters. there is that hazy sky on this monday morning. just a few clouds around to our east. and here's your day planner. we'll have our sunrise in about 20 minutes. by 9:00, should be in the mid-70s. by noon time, mid-80s. midafternoon, mid-80s. lots of sun. not too heavy. 60s by dawn tomorrow. here's how the rest of the week is looking. highs reaching near 90. lots of sun but not very humid. the humidity does build on wednesday and thursday. steamy days both days. highs reaching the upper 90s by midafternoon. and hazy sunshine. then the end of the week we'll get a break from the heat as well as over the weekend as we'll get a front coming in that's going to sort of stall out, as it does giving us passing showers each day friday, saturday, and sunday with highs in the 80s to near 90. morning lows in the 60s to near 70. now let's check traffic on this monday morning. how are we doing now, jerry? >> tom, doing pretty well. drive along canal, fox hall road, g.w. parkway, clear. everything that

we've had a little fog out toward petersburg and culpepper. 66 down in southern maryland. on the bay, the naval academy, mid shipmen reporting 69 degrees. 68 going to 91. angie? >> thank you, howard. we want to keep you up to speed on the latest out in the laurel area. yellow light stays on. the car fire that has a ramp to go southbound on 95 shut down currently. this is as if you're traveling going westbound. what we're hearing is that this is a fatal accident. they could be out there for quite some time. they still can't give us an estimate on when they plan to reopen the ramp. you'll want to take gunpowder over to powder mill. we'll take a wide view of the area. other parts of the area checking out ok. looks like in d.c., no incidents to report. the key bridge travelers right here, nice and quiet commute. that's what you can expect. inbound new york avenue also looking at no delays so far. crossing past bladensburg road. trains, all running on time. still ahead, more maryland roads, mike and andrea, that's at 5:39. >>> a new opinion poll in this morning's "washington po

first we have our bus and motor coach academy which is accredited through the college of southern maryland. we do training for drivers and companies to instill a safety culture. we have safety management seminars we hold the the ntsb transportation training center. an laura ingle conference -- our annual conference features safety programs. we volunteer to assist and he's been in any of their investigations as we did following the accident involving worldwide tours. we have advocated for safety regulations for vehicles and drivers and we have long supported initiatives based on sound science and research that truly improve safety, many of which are included in the bill which, is co-sponsored by members of this committee. as well as other members of congress. the bill includes guidelines that enhance the ntsb's efforts to promulgate new rules that will improve protection. in addition to the bill, ntsa announced the approach to motor coach safety. a series of evaluations and emergency egress. nsta conducted its crash test. uma supports that initiative. fmcsa announced its safety analysis. th

first, we have our bus and motor coach academy which is a credit to the college of southern maryland.e do training for drivers as well as motoroach companies to instill safety cultures and their organizations. we a safety management seminars that we hold that the ntsb's training center. of course, our annual conference and regional state meetings are also laden with the safety training programs. we routinely volunteered to assist national transportation safety board in any of their investigations, as we did following the accident involving worldwide tourist. uma has long advocated for stronger enforcement of existing federal and state motor carrier safety regulations for our vehicles and drivers. initially, we have long supported initiatives based on sound science and research that truly improve safety, many of which are included in mr. schuster's bill, which is co- sponsored by members of this committee. as well as other members of congress. the bill contains obtainable guidelines that enhance the national transportation safety administration's efforts to promulgate rules that will i

first, we have our bus and motor coach academy which is a credit to the college of southern maryland. we do training for drivers as well as motor coach companies to instill safety cultures and their organizations. we a safety management seminars that we hold that the ntsb's training center. of course, our annual conference and regional state meetings are also laden with the safety training programs. we routinely volunteered to assist national transportation safety board in any of their investigations, as we did following the accident involving worldwide tourist. uma has long advocated for stronger enforcement of existing federal and state motor carrier safety regulations for our vehicles and drivers. initially, we have long supported initiatives based on sound science and research that truly improve safety, many of which are included in mr. schuster's bill, which is co- sponsored by members of this committee. as well as other members of congress. the bill contains obtainable guidelines that enhance the national transportation safety administration's efforts to promulgate rules that wi

first, we have our bus and motor coach academy which is a credit to the college of southern maryland.e do training for drivers as well as motor coach compani to instill safety cultures and their organizations. we a safety management seminars that we hold that the ntsb's training center. of course, our annual conference and regional state meetings are also laden with the safety training programs. we routinely volunteered to assist national transportation safety board in anof their investigations, as we did following the accident involving worldwide tourist. uma has long advocated for stronger enforcement of existing federal and state motor carrier safety regulations for our vehicles and drivers. initially, we have long supported initiatives based on sound science and research that truly improve safety, many of which are included in mr. schuster's bill, which is co- sponsored by members of this committee. as well as other members of congss. the bill contains obtainable guidelines that enhance the national transportation safety administration's efforts to promulgate rules that will impro

you can enjoy the beaches of maryland and delaware more a report out says that the beaches are clean in both states. in ocean city, the waters tested twice weekly and southerndelaware it's tested about once a week. last year, bacteria levels never were high enough to warrant closing the beaches in maryland or delaware. that's great news. >>> in health news, what's being called two medical breakthroughs. a drug suggest that it cuts the risk of developing breast cancer by more than half. fewer side effects than two other approved medication that is are on the market right now. >>> and there's new hope for skin cancer patients. research presented at medical conference in chicago says for the first time, patients with the deadliest form of melanoma have two new treatment options. both drugs test for tumors that can shrink and significantly prolong the survival rates in cancer. >>> 6:53. time for five things to know before heading out the door this morning. president obama will meet later today with the national security team to discuss the future of afghanistan and pakistan. >>> dominic strauss-kahn will be arraigned later today. he is expected to walk out of t