they sure didn't get a break down, a tremendous light show and very slow moving storms cross southern virginia. any storms left in our future tonight we will let you knowyou what to expect right after thehe break, fox5 locale will be right back. . ♪ ♪ welcome back. fox5 is in arlington tonight, vandals spray painted racial slurs, antisemetic symbols throughout the boulevard manor neighborhood. police believe it's a group of young people who may be responsible for this vandalism. fox5's teisha lewis is life in the neighborhood with the storyw >>reporter: we ' talking about hate-filled hey spraint acrossd an arlingtonhe neighborhood. now we're hearing about several areas in this neighborhood were targeted. some misbehaving teenagers with too much time on their hands may be to blame for this round of hate speech. even though tonight police areit turning to the public for help to catch these young people. these are the messages se residents woke up to thisis morning all were too offensive to show in their original form n on tv, but whoever is responsible to this. and right racial slurs and antii g

all these showers and storms are now in southern virginia state line. avoid the dangerous situation there. leftover showers have been coming from pennsylvania. towards baltimore they're getting heavier downpours. there's been a little lightning with this and just the heavy downpours and to the west along and north of i-70 from smithburg approaching route 15, this is going to track. isolated showers still out there. and it's very muggy. i wouldn't be surprised if we had patches of fog. mid- to upper 70s in the metro. and warrenton at 69 degrees. tomorrow, the front is going to be close. still the threat for a few showers and maybe a storm. we're going to watch it carefully. and melissa -- may be raising the weather alert. and that in check with the upper 70s and low 80s. good news for the weekend. and i'll gladly share the forecast with you. >>> of course, people can download the wusa 9 app to keep track of your weather forecast. if it's severe and you need to know, find it there. >>> breaking news out of britain. votes are being counted on the european

but if you look down across southern virginia, that's where all the heavy weather is. and those thunderstorms cause lots of problems in west virgi w the video. this is why. niche rich wood, a large area of 5 to 8 inches of rain in west virgini and this is very mountainous, so that rain just pouring off the mountains into the valleys and causing that, unfortunately, deadly flooding. back at home tomorrow, it's not going to be completely bright and sunny. with that boundary really stalled to e south, we'll have the clouds fighting with the sun all day long. so partly sunny skies, possibility of a shower popping up, especially later in the day at 8:00. 71 by 2:00. 81 by 5:00. 83 and by 8:00, 77 degrees. we need the rain. hopefully, 'lt a little bit tomorrow because it's not going to be coming over the weekend. weekend warmth. high pressure building from the west to the northeast means that it will be sunny. it will be dry. and it will be warm with temperatures rising up near 90 degrees on sunday. now, the good news is about the weekend, thoug the humidity levels will be p

the front stalls just down tost southern virginia.ause of that, we could still have more clouds, a fewuda storms maybe even a fewa showers on friday so here'ss the situation when these fronts stall areas of lowta pressure can track along themhe and that's why we're goingwe're have to keep a chance of af shower or a storm in tomorrow.s not necessarily severe. we'llne probably get into thege low 80's. we were 82 degrees today.od but i know everybody's readydy'r for a nice break.r a nice break. the break is coming.e break is the break will be thise b wil weekend. let's take you into the future, though, withta our our futurecast here and you cannd y see at 9 o'clock, some of thatt activity from pennsylvania trying to sneak into northern maryland and as we get closend to 11 o'clock maybe we'rebe we'e tracking a couple of showerswe especially towards the towards t baltimore area, possibly aossiby rumble of thunder betweenet baltimore and dover.ov overnight just a few showers. ss at 7:00 in the morning, a lotngt of clouds and a few showers a

you'll see the cloud cover in southern virginia that front showers and storms later this afternoon.ere they are popping up in just a few minutes. >>> good morning your time saver traffic, the early friday ride so far so good. capitol beltway no major indents in your path right now a lot of work zoning clearing up but so far so good as far as the beltway is concerned, routes in maryland to get there i270, 50 to bw parkway good early start virginia 95 corridor 395 eastbound 66, work crew on the inbound lanes of route 7 as you make your way in toward cameron avenue, still in place and your1 ride beltway t new hampshire avenue taking a look at the traffic land cameras running at speed. back to you. >>> the house of representatives is now on break for the fourth of july holiday but house democrats say when they return, they will try again to force a vote on gun control legislation. members ended a nearly 26 ho house thursday afternoon after acknowledging republican leaders would not budge and there would be no vote. congressman john lewis of georgia says democrats will gear up for anoth

festivities begin in southern virginia as early as 1866. blacks on the north carolina border commemorated this day because they said if we had not been beaten, the emancipation proclamation would have been to no avail. this would longer made a point of pride with the black community. george washington williams himself a veteran of the appomattox campaign, noted in his history of the negro race published in 1853 that in the last hour of the slaveholders rebellion, the brilliant site of black troops ensured victory of the union. the fact that they had defeated lee like a symbolic meaning to surrender. lee and north virginia typified the slaveholding these and racial superiority. according to thomas morris chester, this capitulation was especially sweet because it was rebuked to the first families of virginia. in short, men such as williams and chester made and sustained to the bold claim that in army,ing lee's african-american troops had dealt a deathblow, including to slavery itself. not only did the union victory emanate from this superior

an intense line of thunderstorms developing down towards southern virginia. a brand-new thunderstorm warning in shenandoah county as well as rockingham county and hardingham. that severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 4:45. we're tracking the showers to the south. not too worried about these. we could see some of the northern fringe here come down to places like fredericksburg and culr south. we could see a couple of showers or thunderstorms later this evening. we're not expecting too much in the way of severe weather. we think that threat has moved down to the south. >>> now is a great time to download or open the nbc washington app. we'll keep you updated on the progress of those showers. you can track the radar, see the latest forecast, all right in the palm of your hand. >>> and i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. an unprecedented sit-in on the house floor is now over 26 hours after democrats started this protest. the capitol is a little quieter. the democrats are declaring victory. they say they have gotten their point across to the american people.

the main area now in southern virginia and north carolina still a slight chance in delaware and extreme south jersey that there could be a strong thunderstorm during the afternoon. and we do expect some thunderstorms to develop. scattered thunderstorms. and the clouds will help keep the temperature down a bit from yesterday. 87 yesterday. don't think we're going to get anywhere close to that today. and the p.a. suburbs, we're going up towards 80 degrees. things start to quiet down later tonight. lehigh valley may actually start to dry out as we go through the afternoon. the lowest chance of getting showers and storms. delaware and south jersey and the jersey shore, with the highest chance once again, you can see the temperatures kept down by some of the cloud cover and the rain. we'll see how quickly things change and if it gets nicer by the weekend in just a few empties. >> see you then, glenn. >> happening now, about a dozen democrats continue to hold a sit-in on the house floor, demanding votes on gun control measures in the wake of the orlando shooting rampage. we'll give you a live

i don't know if it is northern virginia or southern virginia. i represent a very large district. we've just had jobs from ford toor's return from mexico our region for the big trucks. for a variety of reasons. we can make it more energy-efficient and our workforce is superb. i do not agree with the statement that they can never return. caller, the youngstown plant is now assembling the chevy cruz vehicle. who would have said 10 years ago this was even possible? but it is happening. i'm seeing a reverse and manufacturing across our region. if the obama administration had not helped us to refinance the automotive industry, all of ohio would have looked like youngstown used to look. youngstown is working very hard on the advanced manufacturing, try to advance the technology to help give rebirth to an area that has been very hammered by the outsourcing. the steel industry in particular. virginia and north carolina. in north carolina. caller: i am a 100% trump supporter. trump is saying everything you are saying and he is a businessman. do you not think he would be the best person to

we have some new video i'm going to show you in the next 10, 15 minutes in west virginia and southern portions of virginia. a tornado warning in the raleigh area of north carolina. this is the actual cold front that will drop down overnight tonight. those showers this evening will move on out of here tomorrow. more showers likely. not a lot of showers on your friday, but you may need the umbrella at times. then tracking your weekend. much more on that forecast in just a minute. >>> two men admitting their roles in two separate murders in alexandria. both of them happened late last year in popular parks in that city. boris castro pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the death of edwin almandarez. prosecutoray retaliation and he was stabbed 96 times. luis perez was found dead under playground equipment at beverley park. he had also been stabbed to death. >>> a bicyclist will killed after a deadly hit-and-run in southeast d.c. this morning. it happened on minnesota avenue between burns and 27th street about 1:00 a.m. our cameras were there as the accident reconstruction team was proc

virginia. thunderstorms way up across southern pennsylvania and a few fading showers across southern virginia noww. guess who is spending the night in paris' most famous landmark. matthew mcconnahey coming up right now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall. >>> welcome to "today" tuesday morning june 21st, 2016. picked a bad morning to be off because we had a heck of a show. our by the queen of pop, meghan trainor. >> we have been talking about how her sound has sort of, she does everything. little bit of that. retro. >> such a funky kind of style. >> it was. >> they loved it. >> she rocked the plaza all morning long. she performed some old hits and some new hits off her sophomore album "thank you." she'll join us at our table. she got her start here. we're really proud to claim her one of our own. >> we'd like to say we claim her fame, but we can't. >> we like to help build them up to take their first steps out in the world. >> then they go off and fly and hopefully they come back and remember us. >> she does. >> she doe

virginia. those storms yet hit well down towards southern west virginia from charleston down to the sou south.otice this storm right here just south of le ray not moving a whole lot. we could see some flash flooding in and around le ray and shenandoah county. watch out. we're going to see some incredibly heavy rain in the next one to two hours. the rest of us seeing shower activity, but these are the storms until 5:45. severe thunderstorm warnings here. storms up toward the baltimore area and columbia. waldorf saw some rain. here's one around the rockville re where we have seen lightning and thunder out of this storm. prince frederick. right now around huntingtown. we'll see a couple more tonight. not expecting a widespread area of rain, but don't be surprised to see a shower. 84. heat index up to 89. that's why we're seeing those scattered showers and storms develop. that will be the case continuing. this is the area of heavy rain in west virginia. they are seeing some showers down there, but fortunately the heaviest rain is down. i'm not expecting much as you head out. tomorrow looking great

guest: at the end of february in southern virginia and i sat down with him before he went out to a rally. we were in like a little library and the interesting thing is i gave him the book and i highlighted i had your version, i think, and i handed him-- so i get it to him and i could see out of the corner of his -- by the staff was like what is he doing. afterwards they told me if we had handed him a book he would say what the heck, don't give me something to read, but he did read it and he agreed with it. you know, i mean,? he is still very much like that which is why wanted him to fess up that he is still very much that way because i have been observing this about him and we all know he is so loosey-goosey out there and he likes to see go with the flow and he became a master of that out on the campaign trail, sometimes to his test-- detriment, most of the times to his benefit when he would read the crowd and react to the crowd. i mean, he was always doing that to see what they were doing in one of the elements of the deal in his book is no your market and the market that he knew better

the better risk for severebe weather is going to be well tot our south across southernou portions of virginiasevere weather risks are all low. it's not zero, that's why i have to show it to you but it yb is generally a lorine of low ris severe weather. wea high pressure takes controlss this weekends.th >>> we're in for a georgeseo bun, low humidity, warmowidity,r conditions and you'll see that e on your fox5 seven day accuweather forecast. a spottypott thunderstorm, 80's to near 90ea on monday and tuesday wayay chance of storm. that's look at the forecast.he. >>> erin como i'm waiting onon my rebecca black songt i didn't get it two weeks ago.g. i want it today.ay. >> breaking news once again. denied. de not happening.no i need to know if i'm getting a pool day this afternoon you.ou >> might. >> fingers crossed. right now we haveright now we he construction. this is 202 out by bright seam h you can see the cones are set at up. it's landover road atoad brightseat road.brightoa a little extra time needed butdd volume very light. lht we'll move it over for a look a at our maps. aside from that co

southern jefferson county and the panhandle of west virginia and southern central berkeley in the panhandle of west virginia. for some of you folks, this is your second time getting hit with the weather here. earlier, severe weather pushed through. severe:15 p.m., a thunderstorm was located near inwood. that continues to move west at 20 miles per hour. we have wind gusts and quarter-sized hail. we are talking about route 11 as well as route 81. the darker brown line there is .unning north-south this is just to the east-southeast of this is tracking east-southeast at a pretty good clip. we can try to identify some of the areas that will be most impacted as this continues to drop to the south and east. storm tracker showing this continuing to head to the southeast. waves of about 5:30 p.m. over toward keystone estates at 5:33 p.m. ,:42 p.m. for mount pleasant some of the areas impacted. some of the folks in this area have already picked up that heavy energy early on. from our friends in the national weather service, as far as hail, we have had reports of ping-pong -- ping-pong ball sized hail

virginia. and we know they don't need any more rain, especially for southern parts of west virginia.nd that is where we have the flash flood watch. and that area is so saturated, that any additional rainfall, and with these thunderstorms, brewing, this afternoon, it could be potentially some flooding concerns. so hagerstown, downtown to frederick, it is going to be thunderstorm that could carry oned to east for now. looking at the flash flood watches for areas in that green color. that is what we are watching later on this afternoon. because these storms, are going to be pretty slow-moving for sure. and take a look at the future cast. would he have winchester up -- we have winchester up through martinsburg and passing by. as we head farther south, the storms develop and really slow down. the front is going to slow its forward speed, and that is going to cause a lot of rain and heavy rain. through areas south of 66. and most areas for your drive home today are going to be describe around 95. and around the beltway. and as we head off to the west, your rain chances really start to incr

i think we want to watch those areas in the flash flood watch and watch northern virginia and southern maryland the most and if this is correct then just the heaviest amount of thunderstorms. it's not one round tomorrow. planning forecast says after brief sunshine rater in the afternoon we could have a second around of thunderstorms also possibly severe. much more on that ahead in the 7 day forecast. tony. . >> all right. caityln. thank you very much. more potentially severe weather on tap for tomorrow there's concern we could see about bought of flooding like this. last night water went rushing down the stairs into the cleveland park metro station. tonight work is underway to try to believe ept more problems. "fox5" sarah simmons is live in northwest with the latest. sar after. >>> well, tony, it is hard to believe the video you can see on the screen is from metro security cameras and that is of that water rushing down here at the cleveland park metro stop and our "fox5" weather teams tells us there was 1.2" of rain that fell in 4 five minutes and that started 6:00 during the rush hou

the damage is all over this county and throughout southern west virginia. fema now deploying teams to help with assessing just how much damage. this morning, the desperate search for the missing continues for the second day now. these rushing rapids destroy west virginia communities. >> it's devastating. you know, it's pitiful. >> reporter: the flooding wiping out small towns. tears now flowing where the water came through. neighbors helping neighbors. the water in this neighborhood peaked about midwindow. this morning, still not down enough. >> where are you staying tonight? >> i'm staying in my truck till i get back to the house. >> reporter: the governor calling it the worst flooding in a century. at least 23 dead, among them an 8-year-old boy and a toddler >> it's been a long 24 hours and the next 24 hours may not be much easier. >> reporter: emergency responders out in force searching amid fears the toll could rise. >> lots of houses underwater. people standing on their porches, some of them on their roofs. >> reporter: the water so powerful it sent ca

additionald rain west of the district buttrc where we have to watch continue to watch is southern marylandand and central virginia. you can still get more rain tonight. you can see this has become a massive area of rain and flash f flood warnings do continue foref some of these areas. a that will be the story going forward with flash. orange county as well as down towards some of the other communities farther south and severe thunderstorm storm warnings part of the northernhe mending down towards the lower e portion of the tidewater area. hail were you a he really big player player in the damage r dm particularly hard hit oses are e heard in loudoun county and middle burg area salt la mannedl in i heard a lot of cars damagem there. and this is middle burg getting 1.8 inch reports of hails as of well blue mount as a report of baseball size hate. 2.8 inches. heavy rain continues across much of the areati to night. i think for most of you tomorrom morning we'll start dry. if you live south of say fredericksburg you may still be dealing with rain lingering as welling as southern maryland. all of uous will get into th

unless you live south throughhru central and southern virginia. there's your setup.apedon right across the region. t reg cold fronts are areas where air masses clash, where air massesim clash you get a little lift,tl l showers and thunderstorms.. satellite and radar for now is i generally showing some sunshine in spots e northern virginia off inff in northern maryland there are a few showers movaring through frederick county, married atma t this hour.this hou temperatures around the regionue comfortable to start.ble start 74 now in washington.asng 70 in gaithersburg. 73 for baltimore and annapolisas 74 degrees this morning. quick look at future cast branda new model just came in showing g few showers around the lunchhe l time hour then as we work thehe afternoon maybe we pop a thunderstorm around throw,hrow 4:00 o'clock here in d.c. much m those quickly push off to the tt south and then we'll startlltart clearing them out later thism oe evening maybe late day sunshinen just in time for a gorgeouss sunset on this friday night.ht. 83 degrees your daytime hightimh today

in southern west virginia, that means we might not be able to redevelop our former mine sites to full productivity and potential. it could even hold the much needed hobet mine redevelopment. nonclient counties also might not be able to build even new highways. for southern west virginia, that could mean long planned highway projects are put on the back burner again. this week we'll vote in the house on a bill to put the brakes on the e.p.a.'s latest actions. we'll give the states time to catch up before the e.p.a. tries to impose yet another standard. we will protect public health while ensuring implementation of new ozone standards that don't cripple our economy. this is a commonsense bill that deserves bipartisan support. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair now recognizes the gentlelady from new york, mrs. lowey, for five minutes. mr. speaker, i rise to honor an extraordinary public servant, anita datar, who was tragically killed late last year during the despicable terrorist attack at the radison blue hotel in mali. anita, only 41 years old, was senior dir

parts of virginia and southern maryland. a bit of hail. right now the winds not supporting the threat for tornados, but of course we will continue to update the forecast as we get new information and chuck's in tomorrow morning. tuesday high of 89 degrees. mostly cloudy skies. otherwise, i want to show you the latest timing with future weather. here we are at noon. future weather keeping the area mainly dry. mainly clouds an. 1:30, we are seeing scattered showers and thunderstorms. notice the brighter colors on future weather. and how most of the activity. 50% chance of rain on tuesday and better chance of rain for i think that's where we will see the best potential for sew ze veer thunderstorms. we dry out overnight. spectacular weather on wednesday, mostly sunny and 84. some showers an thunderstorms possible again on thursday. another day will be keeping a close eye on the potential of severe weather wchl 83 for a high on thursday. friday maybe an isolated shower but cooler and 77 for the high. next weekend, jim, low to mi

things have calmed down dram limit you can see over theren just over parts of northern virginia and southern delmarva you're seeing a little bit ofin activity in terms of some rain and some thunderstorms. th i can't rule out maybe a slight little sprinkle passing throughg tonight. but other than that things are t going to stay under mostlyost cloudy skies.skie we've got the cold front out tot the west. that's going to move through and behind it we have some dryer air. here's a look at hagerstown, thanks to jimmy press graves who sent me this photograph of a of tree that is down right across the street here. you can see how the winds were throughout that a. we had some t strong windsha in am of our ares temperatures into the 70s. 73 in the district. we have 66 at winchester -- excuse me, at westminster and we've got 6 dulles. the next couple of days some sunshine for you, folks, except the chance maybe of a popup storm on tuesday.st but it's going to be warm andarm it's going to be a little lesss humid.hu that's at least some good newsod for you.fo we're starting the week out with no shortage

k remnants of bonnie in the eastern coast and southern virginia. heavy rain in texas.rthwest coast. we're looking for the rain to continue tomorrow. more heavy rain in texas. it stretches up into interior sections of the northeast. again, out west, the heat is going to start building. we'll be watching thatnto the we iek >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. a quick warm up today, 87 degrees in philadelphia with lots of sunshine for the suburbs, 85 degrees today in the lehigh valley. upper 80s for bethlehem. to the south, new jersey, the jersey shore, sunny skies, 80s for interior new jersey but right along the coast easterly winds will keep temperatures in the 70s. 77 degrees for atlantic city and lynnwood. sunshine in wilmington, 86 degrees this afternoon. have a great day. >> that's your latest weather. >>> jennifer beals delivered one of the most iconic performances in movie history in the 1983 hit "flash dance," changing how we think about waterfallifalling f the sky. >> then she starred in "the l word" as betty porter. now, she's back on the small scre

i don't know if it is northern virginia or southern virginia. i represent a very large district. just had jobs from ford toor's return from mexico our region for the big trucks. for a variety of reasons. we can make it more energy-efficient and our workforce is superb. i do not agree with the statement that they can never return. caller, the youngstown plant is now assembling the chevy cruz vehicle. who would have said 10 years ago this was even possible? but it is happening. i'm seeing a reverse and manufacturing across our region. if the obama administration had not helped us to refinance the automotive industry, all of ohio would have looked like youngstown used to look. youngstown is working very hard on the advanced manufacturing, try to advance the technology to help give rebirth to an area that has been very hammered by the outsourcing. the steel industry in particular. virginia and north carolina. in north carolina. caller: i am a 100% trump supporter. trump is saying everything you are saying and he is a businessman. do you not think he would be the best person to take o

around 9:00 a.m., from southern maryland to northern virginia, north of d.c., maybe not a lot. the heaviest stuff to the south. we could be dealing with warnings tomorrow morning. chuck bell will be in tomorrow. make sure you tune in to news 4 for the latest on that. 12:00 we get out of this. afternoon not bad. i think we will see some sun and then the front comes through and look at the strong to severe storms tomorrow night. we could have not one but two different waves of storms. the threat tomorrow, high winds, hail and flash flooding could be out there. this is something we will be watching overnight tonight and all day tomorrow. alert day here. 87 degrees. behind the system we get nice. the weekend looking fantastic. highs in the mid-80s on saturday and sunday. next week we get closer to 90 but still not talking any real huge heat waves coming in anytime soon. >> thank you, doug. >> coming up, a couple of cavs stain for your deck... that not only looked as handsome as charles stephens' barrel on his farewell voyage over niagara falls.