i don't think they care very much. >>> weather wise we've got a couple of showers around in southern maryland this morning. st. mary's county, southern st. mary's county seeing that. this goes down to the northern neck. want to start with the day planner, though. got a lot of darkness outside at this hour. no

southern maryland south of leonardtown approaching st. mary's city, watch out, our friends at buzzards marina and ridge. you'll get a little rain this morning. let's go to monika at 5:00 a.m. with a look at time saver traffic. >>> at 5:00 a.m. most of your overnight construction has been cleared up i'm happy to say. good morning, everybody. the beltway is looking great. no problems on the north side of town between college park and bethesda. all of the major corridors including 270 and 95 are also incident free. let's take a live look outside right now. if you're planning to head on 270, looking good from clarksburg down to the point where the lanes divide. you can see all lanes are open. no issues to worry about right now. let's go back over to the maps. this time we'll go into downtown where i want to let you know all the potomac and anacostia river crossings are fine. no problems on 395. we'll go there live right now at duke street. this is nice and light still early morning rush hour. looks great up to the 14th street bridge and beyon

southern maryland is getting a break for now. it is crossing the potomac and through southern maryland surely. heavy rain west of frederick. very unsettled. scattered thunderstorms this morning and a few are possible this afternoon. cooler, 87 for the high. we have the chance for storms daily.wers >> the george washington parkway is closed northbound because of in the runway and spout run. southbound george washington open.y is pavement looks pretty good here. things are trying out quickly i northbound it 395. .70 southbound, a lot of rain lanes are open on 270. >> thank you. around the county is considering bottling their water. this is drawing interest from officials.y they have not determine the potential. the county's water has won awards for years. annual volunteer day of service and will spend the day mulching and planting and pruning. it is designed to keep the shape.y in top there will be a children's project. >> 70 degrees. computer users [ male announcer ] the magic of nature appears every day, within each strand of an

it's for the entire area including the district and southern maryland.ndices -- heat indexes may exceed 109 degrees. later this afternoon we may have spotty showers and isolated thunderstorms. the cold front will drop in from the north. a cold front will have the potential to bring stronger storms to night into the day tomorrow. daytime highs tomorrow will be a little cooler, low 90's. here's our forecast today, 95- 100 degrees. it will feel a lot more uncomfortable compared with yesterday. that's thanks to the heat index readings. wind out of the south at 5-10. let's get the rush-hour commutes. >> the rush hour is beginning on the beltway. nothing complicated at the american legion or the wilson bridge. ben eisler in baltimore. metro will starting on normal service. no disruption for marc rail or vre. great falls has a disruption as they remove trees along georgetown pike near walker road. leesburg pike, route 7, will take most of that traffic. travel times in our favor on the beltway and 66 between centreville and 495. this is in rockville. there's an

the other down to the south around southern maryland and northern neck. that area allens fresh right down to the northern neck around areas of 365 just south of ly leonard town. hail as well as very heavy rain. all heavy to the east and out of our area. so the rest of the area just looking at showers. those showers will end around 7:00 a.m. we're at 80 degrees right now. dew point temperature still high. 62 degrees. it's muggy out there with temperatures anywhere from the mid to upper 70s. most neighborhoods right now 80 degrees currently in dc. as far as your day planner forecast. 10:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. warm and muggy with a 30% to 50% chance for showers and thunderstorms today. high temperature today going up to 95 degrees but feeling more like 97 degrees or so. so chance of showers and storms still in the forecast for today. >> all right. we've got that warning. thank you, veronica. >>> metro is urging all riders to build in extra time to their commute this morning. tra transit agency says two dozen metro lines are are running on detour ruts

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.

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southern maryland disquiet in dry right now. -- southern maryland is quiet right now. theod deal of sunshine for tomorrow, that we may see an thunderstorm. a 20% chance. here is our forecast for tonight, 68-75. tomorrow looks good, around 90. high temperature schooling, cooling. nighttime lows will be in the upper 60's. wjla.com, we have a great block the dangers of lightning. good photo gallery. about the redskins' defense? ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone likes a bit of orderer in their lif. vi virtual wallet helps you get it. keep track of spending, move money with a slide, and use the calendar. all to see your money how you want. ♪ >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. moving you forward. >> for a brief moment, we're to step away from the rg3 show. is not a rookie anymore. they do not want to be predictable. expect a very good things. >> the whole team is coming together. a huge stridee last year. our personnel has grown if nothing else. >> what about the guys backing rg3? we all know what rex grossman -- or not to do. it was the

southern maryland, leonardtown, down toward st. mary's city, you can see the cloud-to-ground lightning. some lightning pushing across the bay. that will be into southeast maryland shortly. we are waking up with a few showers and thunderstorms out there. a warm and muggy start to your day. temperatures will top out in the mid-90s for afternoon highs. we are in the upper 70s and low 80s across the area. more details on the heat wave coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you. >>> day three of the storm aftermath now and local leaders are preparing for a difficult morning commute. a state of emergency has been declared in both virginia and maryland. the death toll has risen to 14. seven of them were in virginia alone. the power slowly coming back downline but more than 654,000 people are still in the dark. there is a slew of city and state closings across the region. first, some businesses are raking in the cash in the wake of this storm. >> tom fitzgerald has the latest from southwest. >> reporter: just outside d.c., pete frank is a po

live look at the radar, we have a good thunderstorm about a half hour ago pushing down into southern marylandthat has since dissipated and we're looking at quiet conditions across the area. not expecting any thunderstorm activity this morning. in fact, i think today is a dry day, extremely hot, again, the heat expected during the course of the afternoon and some more unpleasantries. the next few days is the hottest stretch here in the heat wave. and that is a quick look at the forecast. back to you. >> thank you, tucker. >>> some of the top stories we're working on this morning. four people shot during the 4th of july celebration. this happened just before 8:00 last night on first street northwest near the area. two of the victims are teenagers. it appears a group of young men targeted another group of young men outside of a nearby apartment complex. the gunmen are still on the loose this morning. >>> the other big story, of course, six days and counting since friday's violent storm. the number of power outages were greatly reduced and there are still more than 45,000 customers without servic

at southern maryland hospital he was assigned to the cardiac unit. >> yeley worked in the catheter labs and vascular lab. we have looked at every patient in that timeframe. >> that we worked at maryland -- though he was only in maryland for just three months, they have gone through their patient roster. >> we want to air on the side of caution. >> he injected himself with painkillers intended for patients and then return to the syringe for use. some of the neal's apparently carried the hepatitis c virus -- some of these syringes apparently carried the hepatitis c virus from him to the patient. >> he did not test positive for hepatitis c. antel 2010, a year after he left maryland hospitals. but this virus can be a symptomatic for decades and there is no word whether yet been tested for it before 2010. -- whether he had been tested for it before 2010. >> for more information on where you should do if you were a patient at many -- any of the hospitals involved in this investigation, contact authorities. >> on the 1400 block of empire st. in woodbridge around 3:30 p.m., a 4-year-old child d

just a few isolated showers across southern maryland. this is not going to amount to all lot. otherwise outdoor dining, going for a walk after dinner, no problem whatsoever. cloudy conditions for over nine hours. here is our futurecast. mainly clear skies for the overnight. tomorrow afternoon, daytime highs in the mid to upper 80's, a chance for a few showers late in the day but the best chance for showers a rumble of thunder, cloudy skies tuesday. it looks pretty gloomy with temperatures in the lower to mid 80's. i promise you by the end of the week we will be looking at temperatures begin in the mid 90's. cooler temperatures out west, more mild temperatures in the district. tomorrow a good deal of sunshine. by about 12:00 or 1:00 clouds will start to come in. a chance for some showers in the evening hours. tomorrow night looks wet, and tomorrow mid 80's. look what happens as we go towards the end of the week. the index is around 100 degrees. we turn the corner from the month of july into august. look at that. by the end of the week. >> at least we had a nice little break tod

of montgomery county, prince george's county, the south of prince william county, and all of southern maryland heat index is may exceed 105 degrees. it is quiet and dry now, but a cold front is on the way. you can see the cooler air to the north. that will finally start to arrive here by the weekend. our forecast from the belfort furniture weather center shows heights into the upper 90's. a full look at the forecast in 80 minutes. first, lisa with traffic. >> everything is moving in our favor. 95 between richmond and baltimore -- no worries to report. quiet traffic right now coming out of clarksburg. southbound at shady grove road. moving across the beltway at river road and across the american legion bridge through tyson's. good shape right now. the outer elaine is closed at 66. that is because of roadwork. that will be blocked for 15 minutes. >> we turn to the d.c. campaign scandal, where the men and women behind vincent gray will publicly show their support. supporters will gather at the wilson building. the mayor says that he will not resign despite d.c. council members calling for him to

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

fredericksburg, this one is producing some small hail and gusty winds as well and then out into southern maryland. this thunderstorm also needs to be watched carefully over the next couple of hours. so the most biggest threat is down to the south of washington and i think that's where it's going to be stay iing from this point. still 87 here in washington. 75 in lease burg. your sunday evening planner, teps in the low to mid-80s for the next couple of hours, but most of the storms out of here by the 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 time frame. on the seven-day, which includes cooler weather. >>> the festival was supposed to go until 5:30, but closed about an hour ahead of schedule. severe storms weren't what many want to see even if it brings a cooldown. >> reporter: this is cambridge road here behind me and you can see the gray skies in the distance. we were in the district earlier and headed out i-66 here in fairfax and that's when the storm hit. there was a lot of heavy rain, the most remarkable part was the sky. let's go to some video shot in the last couple of hours. this was on 123, north of i-66 in the v

we have areas of rain right now especially leading southern maryland and moving on to the eastern shore. severe thunderstorms just left the salisbury, maryland area on the eastern shore. a few sprinkles possible the rest of the morning. we could see an isolated thundershowers later on today along and south of 66 and south of route 50. 9 in washington, 72 in culpeper 69 in martinsburg highs in the low to mid 90's. more coming up. >> 5:01. powerful storms left at least 17 people dead across the nation. million without power. a host of other problems throughout the region. we have seen coverage. >> pepco is reporting 236,000 people without power. that includes d.c., the emirate and prince george's. dominion has about 157,000 outages in northern virginia. bge reports 247,000 customers in maryland. there is the breakdown of the power companies. there are power problems that reach beyond just the home. many traffic signals are out. >> that connects for a nightmare in the commute this morning. -- that could make for a nightmare. john gonzalez has more. >> we have multiple problems on the roads

northern neck, southern mad maryland, advancing east. point north, we're seeing temperatures in the 60s. areas in green, northern, western suburbs, and areas in yellow in the 70s, reagan national, 75. later today, your day planner for this tuesday, by noon, the mid 80s, seeking mid and upper 80s by mid afternoon. the small chance of a mid to upper somehower this afternoon. by dawn tomorrow, the 60s. your four-day forecast, wednesday and thursday, partly sunny, highs to the 80s both days. could get storms around on friday, and over the weekend, getting more humid, hot in the 80s, and afternoon storms saturday, sunday, and monday. aaron. >>> 6:53, breaks news out of arlington. a deadly accident on route 10. >> reporter: we are seeing quite a traffic impact here. i'll step out of the way. take a look at southbound lanes of 110. come to an absolute standstill. this accident happened about a quarter of 6:00 this morning. a call came in. a 911 call came in, reporting a man was in the roadway. that man apparently hit by a car. the driver did no

that includes most of virginia, southern maryland, eastern shore. the areas in the orange in the 80s and it's cooling down behind the front. in fact, down into the 70s now farther west and north of us, but we had a diminishing area of light rain now and some storms that did come in out of pennsylvania with a lot of thunder and lightning just an hour or so ago. that has diminished but one strong storm about to hit into frostburg into garret county and western allegheny county. right now getting a few sprinkles and a little bit of a moderate shower just north of leesburg and right along the potomac river and a few other sprinkles now in montgomery county. that's just now crossing i-95 heading into northern prince george's county. right here in the district, northeast washington getting a few sprinkles, as well. big area under a threat for strong storms later today. it includes all of west virginia, all of virginia, all of maryland, including the district, some of these areas could have strong storms with damaging winds. looks like the main threat is g

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

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

northern virginia, southern maryland, southern maryland down toward st. mary's. see some rain. so we'll continue to watch those showers for you. again some thunderstorms with those. i'll tell you how the pattern will be over the next couple days, because we get a return of a couple things. >>> starting today driver in the area have a quicker way to cross the an acosta river. hi, pat. >> hi, jim. i-295 in the district and i-395, which is the southeast/southwest freeway were built in the late 1960s, but there has never been a direct link between them until today. >> 2, 1 -- all right. >> this ribbon ceremony signals the opening of a new pathway to cross the anacostia. if you're trying to go downtown directly from southbound 295, forget it. there's absolutely been no way to do that. >> reporter: until now. these vehicles were the very first ones to use a brand-new ramp that will take commuters traveling southbound on 295 directly across the 11th street bridge. >> this is the fulfillment, at least a substantial partial fulfillment of a long-held dream. >> reporter: the new ramp is

now we're watching the rain popping here down in southern maryland, close to home, and out to the westboy, the showers and storms really starting to pop off the ridge tops just in the last two hours. look at all these showers and storms. southwest p.a., west virginia, all drifting east. then in southern maryland, heavy storm near leonard down but we've got echoes showing up in prince george's county as well. want to bring you up to speed on what's going on a little closer to home where you can see some of these heavier showers back toward leonard town, west of hollywood, slow drift maybe east, up towards mechanicsville, just west of hughesville into charles county so we're watching those showers and storms. again, they're not moving very much. we've seen a couple of showers trying to pop in waldorf. even around ashburn, saw a little cell. so we're going to see this stuff pulse up, pulse down over the next few hours. temperatures now, they are in the mid-80s in many areas. we're 84 in washington with partly cloudy skies but the big heat, in the middle of the country, look at these forec

this time down to southern maryland route 4, route 4, route 301 and 210. everything looks great. in brandy wine with 301 at route 5 also nice and clear. more traffic coming up again at 4:55. >>> well, if you haven't heard the word sequestration yet you need to know that can affect you and it could have a pretty big impact on the local economy. >> sequestration refers to looming massive budget cuts which were never meant to go into effect. but as peggy fox reports the cuts will happen if congress doesn't act very soon. >> reporter: a few hundred employees who work for local defense contractors are rallying to save their jobs and stop massive cuts in their industry. if sequestration goes through it could mean two million job losses across the country and about 160,000 job losses in the d.c. area alone. >> i'm here because we are concerned about jobs in our industry. more so about the security of our nation. >> it was meant to be a hammer. it was never meant to be a policy. >> reporter: he kept the speech nonpartisan though the looming cuts $1.2 trillion across the board are the res

which is good, because you guys need rain in southern maryland as well. we'll come back and track these for you live and tell you if we'll be doing this all over again tomorrow. >> coming our way from soda to breast milk, new york mayor michael bloomberg weighs in the controversy. wants to tell you what to do. but first, the governor weighs in on the chick-fil-a controversy and defends the restaurant against the other politicians that aren't pleased with him. we'll have his comments coming up next. [ male announcer ] where did all the obama stimulus money go? friends, donors, campaign supporters, special interest groups where did the obama stimulus money go? solyndra: 500 million taxpayer dollars. bankrupt. so where did the obama stimulus money go? windmills from china. electric cars from finland 79% of the 2.1 billion in stimulus grants awarded through it went to overseas companies. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> virginia governor, bob mcdonnell, has become the latest politician to weigh in on the chick-fil-a same sex controve

we can see right now as we head south into southern maryland in the bay there's thunderstorm a cross the area dumping heavier rain and hopefully it will slide off towards the east and put rain over land where we need it because we are dealing with a severe drought across the eastern shore. this is the forecast trend for today. i am going with 86 degrees andthose temperatures get hotter if you don't like the hotter weather, wool see 93 as we head -- we will see 93 as we head into friday and saturday and sunday around 92. hot temperatures back on tap. get out and enjoy today because we will be a little below average with some of that cloud cover. let's check of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: good morning. we are dealing with a sink hole in east baltimore street -- in east baltimore. mob unit street will be shut down between wolf and patterson park avenue. traveling in the area, stick with orleans as an alternate. and if you are traveling through the harbor tunnel, fortunately that construction not having an effect on traffic right now. 895, nice and clear and

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

all of it is moving to the eastin to southern maryland. and still ongoing showers and storms northwest of town. most of the rain will be in the morning and then some breaks around lunchtime with a few storms possible this after an evening especially south of washington. but cooler, though. >> " -- george washington parkway is closed at spout run all traffic as the detour at the memorial bridge. >> the latest developments in an officer-involved shooting that happened in mount vernon. we are hearing that two fairfax county police officers used deadly force after they say a man started shooting at them. jummy olabanji joins us live where it all happened. good morning. >> fairfax county police still remain here on the scene at hours after the shooting. you can see the active investigation. what police say it was sunday night just before 11:30 p.m. when two officers were it in this area of mount vernon when they spotted two suspects that look suspicious. we are told the police approached the two suspects and tried to talk to them when one of th

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

and areas of orange and red, far southern maryland from pax river in st. mary's county.d drifting farther east. partly cloudy, beautiful morning under way. western and northern suburbs, howard, montgomery, montgomery county. northern fairfax and loudoun. and southern fairfax, prince william, prince georges county. low 70s and the day planner for this tuesday, we'll be into the low to mid 80s by noontime and partly sunny during the afternoon. small chance of an isolated storm popping up, south of the metro area, highs reaching mid and upper 80s by the afternoon. back with another update in ten minutes. daniela with a look at traffic. >>> things look good in our area. american he will onbridge, both directions on the inner loop and outer loop. a live look right now. and, in fact, as i said before, inner loop and the outer loop. no issues to report. taking the beltway in both directions, cross over the wilson bridge, no issues to report, no accidents, no major delays. back in ten minutes with a live look at the toll road and rails. back to you. >>> this alert for you, if yo

pots of especially southern maryland. north and west, too. up into frederick county and across the border in pennsylvania. a lot of heavy downpours yesterday. certainly beneficial for our local agricultural. overnight, we had other passing showers that are now dissipated. there is one dissipating thunder shower east of pittsburgh. southwest of harrisburg, pennsylvania. it's drifting south and east. it may hold together and cross into frederick county, maryland, in another hour or so. right now, nor and west of washington, upper 60s near 70. right in washington, mid 70s. much of southern maryland, eastern shore, all of virginia in the 70s. here's how it's looking for the next few days. not swell terhumidity. that's coming wednesday. wednesday looks like the hottest and most humid day of the week. on wednesday, near 100. it will feel hotter than that with a humidity and lookly storms wednesday afternoon and evening. could be severe. and maybe some passing showers and thunder showers during the day on thursday. may be in friday morning. then jus

heading to southern maryland dealing with the pesky thunderstorms with plenty of lightning around okayan city. as of now -- ocean city. as of now, your hour forecast 86 that will be where we should be now for this time of the year. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. still talking about the accident. >> reporter: we are dealing with troubling on 59 in white marsh a crash along the southbound lanes near the beltway. traffic is jammed back to route 43. heading to the south side of 95, this is what it looks like just north of enterstate 195. no delays -- interstate 195. no delays up towards the tunnels or 495. that area will be in good shape. and using the harrisburg expressway, let's pull up the shot in hunt valley at shawan road. a 22-minute ride from the maryland pennsylvania state line down to 695. we have trouble to tell you about in baltimore county. several accidents one on dulaney valley road and another crash that has shut down harford road that's right near sharon drive. you will want to stick with bel air road as your alternate. and in baltimore city, there's

parts of southern maryland, from charles county into looks like calbert and st. mary's in the low 70s now. right near the bay, though, it's in the mid-70s. we do have an excessive heat advisory for today, all these areas in orange. it includes just about all of virginia, the district, all of maryland just about, except from the mountains west. heat index 105 to 109 noon to 8:00 p.m. stay inside unless you absolutely have to be out. just stay in the ac to stay safe this afternoon. by 7:00, we'll be into the mid-70s, so a pleasant start to the morning, but soaring to near 90 by noon, then yes, near 100 by mid-afternoon. after that, could get some strong storms developing, perhaps late afternoon into early evening. i'll be back in ten minutes. danella's here now with a look at your "first 4 traffic" this thursday morning. >> good morning. right now, i'm tracking breaking news on the roadway. northbound i-270 at 109, we have an accident in the roadway. once this banner's gone, i can show you, it's blocking all lanes, involving an overturned tractor-trailer, and you c

down toward the northern neck, southern maryland, you might be seeing a few showers, even maybe a fewnder. we'll look at your day planner for this tuesday. temperatures are in the 70s here in town. 85 by noon. we could have a mix of clouds and sunshine today. a spotty shower this afternoon can't be ruled out with high mid- to upper 80s. better chance of showers and storms well south of washington toward fredricksburg, interstate 64 and the northern neck, even southern maryland. this morning we're seeing some of the showers and storms coming in from west virginia, south of charlottesville, but down toward the richmond area, i want to show you this on live doppler 9000 hd, got some reports of minor flooding around richmond with the slow heavy moving storms. look at this. in st. mary's county now, seeing some of these showers starting to pop a little bit more here. this is ground clutter toward mechanicsville in the northern part of the county and west of fredricksburg to charlottesville so just some light sprinkles. stafford, you may get a couple of raindrops shortly. 70 degrees in mana

and any of the stronger storms and you'll notice southern maryland.s you go from east and south down fredericksburg south of the northern neck. you guys are under that slight risk area for severe weather from the storm prediction center. that means just in a more favorable location to have any storms that could be strong to severe as opposed to the rest of us. that doesn't mean we can't get a strong storm outside of that area but those are the most likely areas. the futurecast this morning. randies pating a cub -- rain diss kating a couple of showers here by noon. we get into the middle of the afternoon, now we're starting to see a few showers and storms pop in the shenandoah valley. near the mason dixon line. but south of town here 6:00 you'll notice the showers and storms again this is a computer depiction of the future and it may be here, it may be there. but the idea is that south and southeast of town the better chance of showers and storms. a few more storms again on saturday afternoon and again on sunday a slight chance of storms, a yellow aler

other storms down in southern maryland are heavy, too. this is south of la plata. now, we'll widen the radar out a little bit and put this into motion and show you where they will go in the next hour. again, general movement off to the south and east. this is going to move through bethesda. good news is, it will weaken a little bit. see it turning green. so, it's going to weaken over the next hour, but get ready for a wet commute in parts of the metro area, especially inside the roadway and east, west highway. 94 right now. 90 in leesburg. this is not the hot stuff yet. you factor in the humidity, feels like it's 99 downtown and 98 in leesburg and 98 up in frederick. for tonight, early thunderstorm possible. then partly cloudy and muggy. lows in the 70s. we'll come back and talk about the prospect of hitting triple digits and the prospect of more storms. >> thank you, topper. well, our 9 wants to know report have exposed pepco and bge billing you for their outages and the anger which could prevent it from happening again. there's no movement at the maryland state h

farther south, moderate showers and thunder and lightning from southern maryland into calvert county, charles county. there's another area of thunder and lightning rolling across the shenandoah valley, heading east to the eastern shore where they're getting heavy rain this morning right now. temperatures around the region are in the 70s most locations, near 80 in the cities from washington to annapolis and down the pax river and farther west. low 70s to the 60s out of the mountains. here's your "day planner." by noontime, still a few scattered thunderstorms around, mid-80s by then, then peaking in the upper 80s by mid-afternoon, then a smaller chance moving in, any more storms later this afternoon with highs in the upper 80s and steamy humidity. we'll look at the rest of the week and weekend coming in ten minutes. danella has a look at traffic now. good morning. >> good morning, tom. it's going to be a rough commute. if you're heading out of the house, give yourself extra time today so you can be cautious. traveling eastbound i-70 near route 97, we have a car reportedly spun out in th

we see showers in southern maryland crossing over the bay. could fill in a little more going through the afternoon. but all in all, it's still going to be scattered in nature. let's check of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: we have problems in baltimore city where there's a sink hole on the east side that continues to shut down monument street. that's between will beings and patterson -- wilks street and patterson park avenue. and repairs to the water main break in downtown baltimore continues to shut down light street at between baltimore street and lombard street. and traveling through the tunnels this morning, there are no delays, nothing to get in your way right now. heading over to the west side of the beltway, this is what it look like at wilkins avenue. just 11 minutes on the outer loop from 795 down towards 95. megan and charley, over to you. >>> all right. if you are keeping track, you know today is the day that four of the big games are taking place in london. >> this morning we will look at the games and ho

parts of southern maryland right near the bay. mid 70s there. and also a few downpours with some thunder and lightning showing up on storm4 radar. lower part of the bay, right along virginia tide water from the northern neck down to southeastern virginia. these are drifting off to the north and east heading toward the west. some breaks in the clouds. and we'll have a little sunshine in and out today. here's your day planner. by 8:00 this morning we should be in the mid 70s. then by noontime, 1:00 or so, we should be in the 80s. and then maybe an afternoon shower or thunder shower by late afternoon. i'm back in ten minutes with another update. a look at your first4 traffic now with danella. >> good morning. thanks, tom. you're traveling on i-66, heads up. earlier road work westbound at nutley but that looks to be completely gone right now. let's take a live look as you travel along i-66 at fairfax county parkway. heading eastbound, nice and clear. westbound clear as well. eastbound from fairfax county parkway, travel speed as you head to the belt

. >> a few severe thunderstorms pushing across southern maryland as a cold front comes in trying to pushhe heat. the seven-day forecast coming up. 84 currently on tv hill. [ wife ] your dad's really giving him the business... the designated hitter's the best thing to happen to baseball! but it's not the same game! [ wife ] wow, he's really gonna get us a good deal. it's better! no it's not! the pitcher comes up and he's out! [ dealer ] he can bunt! whatever. but we're good with 0% apr for 60 months? oh, yeah, totally. thank you so much. that must've been brutal. [ male announcer ] the volkswagen autobahn for all event. at 0% apr for 60 months, no one needs to know how easy it was to get your new volkswagen. that's the power of german engineering. quite shopping at the baltimore farmer's market just got more convenient. starting today, you can use that benefits to buy groceries. -- snap benefits. baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings blake says everyone should have access to healthy food. >> when we have individuals using snap benefits, we want to make sure they have access to the more healt

across areas of lower southern maryland includes charles, stafford, st.counties this really does bear watching let's two now to radar we will show you where the frontal system is located this is gradually pushing through. we are seeing lightning, hail as well. many neighbourhoods have seen hail, treepower lines down and we will talk about that later and give you some areas, but we are still not quite out of the clear 100%, frontal system will continue to move through to the south that will end up giving us a cool effect. let's go to the weather map entire area under a severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00 p.m. tonight, as far as winds are concerned, quantico, 40-mile an hour wind gusts, 30 manassas, 31 dulles, and airports 28 national, 33 martins burg, and 37-mile per hour wind gusts, bwi. high today, another record breaking day temperatures once again breaking records in the triple digits tonight still looking at keeping storms in the forecast. details on what you can expect into the new workweek with a 5 day forecast. >> busy for you that's for sure. >>

we start in southern maryland. 66 in la plata. 72 in arlington. fetter, at 67. in the 60's from most of virginia. 67.derick, a good amount of sunshine and warm. we're not expecting much in of storms. tamara, a few thunderstorms are tomorrow, a few thunderstorms are likely. about 850% chance should get in on the action tomorrow. 50% chance people should see it showers tomorrow. that's the forecast. >> vdot had an accident eastbound on 66 after the exit for the plains. beyond through falls church, everything is clear. it is good in virginia. 95, 395. nothing complicated to report 270. this is the beltway at new hampshire avenue. ande turn to the olympics is gold medal de >> let's look or the total metal stands cowed. china leads with a dozen models . italy is in third with seven medals. have highlights from sunday's competition. won goldear-old the butterfly is and world- .ecord time michael phelps got his 17th medal. silver in the diving pool. an american shooter secured and made olympic history. the first athlete to win five medals in five different games. after

if those hold together, they might move into southern maryland over the next hour or so. else where, everything is dry and these are the temperatures. all those areas in orange are in the 80s and 70s and low 80s much of southern maryland through central virginia and around the bay, eastern shore most areas away from the waters are in the low 80s and it's going to be a fairly pleasant afternoon. just a typical summer day. it is summer and we will feel like it and we are up around 90 by mid-afternoon and average high by mid-july and late afternoon, down to the mid-80s and a light, sout easterly breeze and another nice evening coming up and we'll look at that and how much longer this break from extreme humidity. your seven-day outlook in just a couple of minutes. eun? >> tom, thank you. >>> this morning in people in northwest washington are cleaning up from the severe weather. last night's rain caused flooding on the streets. melissa mollet reports. >> here along rhode island avenue, this low-lying block is a mess. water logged cars along the street, sewage in the road and r

temperatures across southern maryland, 75 for lexington park. bwi at 75. temperatures little bit cooler, 61 degrees. we will feel the difference for tomorrow, with about 10 degrees cooler than we had today. a noticeable difference and humidity levels. to feel as and comfortable. all the showers and thunderstorms we had earlier pushing off the coast. otherwise, around the beltway, of us,the west quiet.ing is all the watches and warnings of canceled out. goodis our futurecast, deal of sunshine. may see a pop-up shower late in the day. limited to 20% chance. forecast for tonight, at par the cloudy, the upper 60's. daytime highs tomorrow, more comfortable, at 90 degrees. everything finally beginning beginning to clear on that route. end of next week, that is done we can take the of thestorms out forecast. to increase the temperatures. one model, we had 90 degrees on there, it chose another spike. >> you want to keep us guessing. >> one day at the time. >> the plot sounds like " >> can decide which movie you want to see? we will help you decide. >> here is a mo

some could become strong to especially in southern maryland. inhave a few sprinkles virginia thiswest is quicklyt that coming to an end. it is 71 degrees in leesburg, 73 berkeley springs, 73 in strasbourg, virginia. highs in the mid 90's today. sticky when you factor in the humidity and it will feel like over 100. feels like it is starting to slow down. we will take you to newschopper over 66 traffic. ebb and flow out of manassas, centreville to get to 50. volume. the eastbound side is under the screen,ve" on your we have the's where heaviest volume. to falls church. 95, 395, also looks good on 270 mature rail is running on normal service. back to you. >> thank you. the search is on for a 12-year- old boy in the district. he disappeared around 8:30 last night brianne carter. joins us from northwest d.c. with the latest. good morning. police remain on the scene. will let you look behind me. they are still along rock creek church road. been here allve fliers andng out continue to look for 12-year-old raynor, lastie around 8:30 last night. and his

mainly southeast of washington, southern maryland and into the tidewater region.ff to our west are apart quickly. winchester still has a few sprinkles. upper 80s by sunday. >> we are supposed to go today, so that risk area may change my plans. to change your plans hitting the road as far as. marilyn as , 70, 95 in and out of baltimore and waiting period looking at 7 virginia traffic. 66 traffic. headlights are eastbound emerging at 50 fair oaks. that is typical. of manassas, centreville, slowingnd after 50, there, open to the vienna metro station. 5:55. about 76 degrees, >> we will explain why some for escapes " it's a judge could soon decide charged with killing his socialite wife in georgetown last year is competent to stand trial. a d.c. judge ordered a competency hearing for albrecht muth in september. he is charged with killing 91- old viola drath in august of 2011. state has been the of months of debate. >> the mayor vincent gray pose a costs the city nearly a million dollars, during. his first year in during his first year in office. they earn more than $95

nothing over southern maryland. it's of the northern neck did see about an inch last night, especially along the bay. here is the express forecast today. 85 for the high temperature at 5:00 p.m., 40% chance of isolated down shorpours. here's the travel forecast. 102 in kansas city, 107 in oklahoma city. there is the heat in the midsection of the country. 91 degrees in raleigh. 91 in miami. we're not expecting any travel troubles. please stand by >> henning threw woodbrige there is a truck on the shoulder. >> congress agrees on punishing iran. and mitt romney prepares to speak in poland [ crows cawing ] [ male announcer ] strange things happen in the black forest. [ metallic bell toll ] [ car speeding down the road lightning strikes s ] where things aren't always what they seem. [ wolves howling ] because thrills hide in the shadows just waiting at every turn. [ coaster whoosh ] ] brave the black forest on verbolten. the all-new multi-launch coaster. only at busch gardens. it is 6:15. please stand by >> some of the c

police say a southern maryland man shot his parents and then turned the gun on himself. update on a possible motive. >> reporter: hot weather, hot water. what the heat waves are doing to the bay. that story as ey,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> it's 5:30. 84 degrees and raining. good evening, thank you for stays with wjz eyewitness news. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. police in southern maryland are looking at what caused a man to shoot his mom and stepfather. the neighbors called police after hearing the man fighting with his stepfather. look to the right of your screen, the charles county cops not knowing if the son is alive and armed used the armor rug to force his way into the home where the shooting happened. once inside, they find the body of 33-year-old shea proctor. police believed he killed himself after wounding his mother and stepfather with a handgun. his myspace shows the family together in happier times. >> they found a man and a woman. >> reporter: there was an argument and then shot, mom and dad get out, collapsing in the street leaving

. >>> southern maryland tragedy. new details about a maryland man police say shoots his parents and police say shoot the gun on himself. >>> and we've etied a record temperature. now we have storms on the way -- and we've tied a record in temperatures. now we have storms on the way. we'll have that -- coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it's 99 degrees in central maryland. right now, the forecast is coming up. >>> an ohio fugitive tries to escape the law by taking off in a police cruiser. scam raws were there as officers tried to arrest the man for -- cameras were there as officers tried to arrest the man for burglary. he doesn't make it far. officers catch up with him down the road when he crashed into a home. he's now behind bars. >>> police in southern maryland are still looking into what caused a man to shoot at mom and stepfather. neighbors call police after hearing the man argue with the stepfather. >> reporter: look to the right of your screen, charles county cops not knowing if the son is armed, used that armo

southern maryland and there is that best chance of showers and clouds around later today.ure cast in motion, can you see the scattered nature of the shower activity and that is some showers here north and west of the city and that is keeping things partly cloudy and we'll do it again tomorrow and that is a pattern to remain in tact here and with some temperatures hangs into the mid- to upper 80s and overnight lows in the mid- to upper 60s and upper 70s and that is the five- day. the best chance is on to friday and saturday. that's weather, let's do traffic and see what is going on. >> and that is some great news. he's not as great as you are, tucker barnes and he is getting there. >> i'm a work in progress. >> and so is tucker. it's awesome. glad you're going to be with us in the mornings. a lot of fun and an overall great guy to be with. >> thank you. >> and hearing about the kids and stuff you do, you're family. >> thank you. and i feel like family already. >> let me be the first to tell you as the newest member of the fox 5 morning team in the morning, you have to provi

i think it is doing better at least along the bay and southern maryland. time lapse just to the north of the area some good showers overnight. 68 right now 0.7 inches of rain. doppler radar shows where the rain is this moment, eastern shore, moving across the northern neck of the peninsula -- some sunshine. will not be as oppressively humid as it has been the past few days. the satellite shows the clouds and the disturbance -- here is how it is one to work out for temperatures. we will see the numbers climb and low were 90's in most spots but the key will be northwesterly winds keeping it a big driver -- bit dry year. daily chances of showers and thunderstorms mid 90's and the 190's as we head into the fourth and beyond. >> thank you so much. let's check in with the lisa baden, you have been busy. >> that is very true but not as busy as the highway workers that have been out since the storm passed the area. now they have the added challenge of us on the highway. at least they have the reprieve. it was not hard for news chopper 7 find questionable intersect