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around fredericksburg, spotsylvania, that's where the rain is moving in.ico very shortly. by noon, scattered showers spreading across the area. stay in the 70s. let's check the commute. good morning, melissa. >> good morning. it's clear east. 95 northbound north of triangle. still have the delay headed northbound. beltway overall, no major issues on the beltway. all lanes blocked. downed wires. warning for college students headed to college in the fall. be careful what you write on social media sites. harvard university has rescinded admission for ten perspective students because of a private facebook chat. >> according to the harvard princeton, the letters allegedly targeting groups and mocking. they do not publicly comment on the admissions status. >> lawn care goes high tech. >> terror attack abroad. the latest development out of london and the security changes announced just minutes ago. >> reporter: roughed up by d.c. police. that's what an ralph northam: being a pediatrician has taught me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northam, and when survivors of

the rain nearing fredericksburg, cu culpepper, heaviest with the yellow, oranges and red over spotsylvaniadericksburg. scattered showers through the afternoon, then we see them taper off this evening. temperatures, though, are in the low 70s. today they'll be topping around 79. >> check out the weather channel on cable. >> al, thanks so much. >>> coming up next, nbc's megyn kelly is back. she'll share more of her interview with vladimir putin. why he is accusing us of interfering in elections rit after ts. we started service dogs for heroes because we know how important in improving veterans' lives. we want every veteran to get this help. petsmart charities and blue buffalo share the same values in helping others. that's why we're partnering with the goal to raise $1 million to support service dogs for heroes. help us reach our goal by visiting petsmart between now and july 4th to donate at the register. petsmart for the love of pets. [laughs] ♪ you have a side that is retired ♪ ♪ playing tag and gettin' tired. ♪ ♪ you have a side that saves for their tuition. ♪ ♪ but right now it looks li

tracking the rain coming eastbound, it will hit areas like logan's dale by 7:22 and then on towards spotsylvaniaright into d.c. here late in the morning. could see a thunderstorm later today. we do have a chance of storms on saturday, just a stray chance. by the way, much of stormwatch 7 will be there, checking out the stormwatch seven weather front. 79 into the 80's and 90's next week. julie? in from metro. the l'enfant plaza entrance is closed because of an escalator outage. keep that in mind, the 7th street entrance is closed because of a rob the escalator. back on the road, you will find -- find north them 95 recovering from an earlier crash at dumfries. activity on the shoulder, lanes go, and, still a slow almost half hour commute from stafford towards 234. mobile trak 7, our photographer is making his way along new york avenue and against the rush-hour flow, i guess we are in pretty good shape. you will experience heavier than usual volume delays northwest. in the next 10 minutes we will update the ride on the top stretch of the beltway. over to you. >> no world, so i messed. adrianna: won

southbound 95 after route 1, spotsylvania, left lane getting by.und 95 in virginia is slow approaching quantico. no problem on 66. a look at 270. >>> we can't wait for change, we have to make it happen. join us. >> prince george's county executive is running governor. >> we have the latest on the breaking news. >> reporter: good morning to you. the race for maryland governor grows by one this morning. >> everything that's supposed to be up is up, everything that's supposed to be down is down. every day i live by the words my father taught me. if you see something wrong and you think you can do better, don't just complain, do something. >> this morning, prince george's executive baker formally tosses his hat in the ring in hopes of adding to his public service career, a career spanning 25 years. he will be out later this morning in lexington market. later this evening at the gaylord national resort, first day on the campaign trail. the field is a crowded meanwhile, governor larry hogan seeking a second term in hopes of being the first republican to

this week the die owe ses work camp repairing 100 homes in fredericksburg and the spotsylvania area.get the same satisfaction from the beach in help and paint and do the great stuff. alison: fantastic. >> they are helping kyle. he was born with cerebral palsy and he needs a larger door to get the wheelchair in the bathroom. larry: great way to spend time. it's about to heat up. alison: i guess it is time. doug: it's nice to savor what we have now. gorgeous weather and low humidity. there are people chipping up on the green. i don't think they will be happy where the ball is next to the pin when they get up there. great day to be on the golf course or anywhere. low humidity and the warm temperatures and bright sunshine. good stuff. the temperatures will stay delightful through the evening with the light winds and clear skies. that is all good, too. as far as what is coming next, a milder everything tonight than the past couple nights. this morning's low of 61 in washington. the coolest coolest overnight in three weeks. in the weekend the heat and the humidity will rise. we could have

radar tonight, spotty showers moving across the bay down to the south around we see them around spotsylvaniahing on out and another little batch approaching ipt nate 81. notice how it's all kind of disappearing as we go through last hour or so of loop and even as we look at the big picture our area of low pressure producing showers spiping off owe the coast of southeastern virginia more still coming in. i think a lot of this mixed activity will stay south. i think the driver for the next few days is another s spiping storm systeup going to spip its way down here and take a little while to get out of here. it's rounds of clouds and some sun shrine here and there and maybe a spotty shower over the next 48 hours. stem turz 74 down from high of 77. nice to see let's of places in low 70s. did you notice it was a little on sticky side today. plenty of humidity in the air and due point low to mid 60s. that's noticeable especially towards annapolis that's uncomfortable. maybe you don't feel it as much because it's not so su sunny. while on the uncomfortable side today, dew points low 6 60s. feeling

last month a judge ruled he is entitled to sentencing hearings in fair fox in spotsylvania counties dueife sentences for juveniles are unconstitutional rjts more now on the federal lawsuit filed by the attorney general in maryland and district. >> white house is reacting to the suit plus a preview at virginia yaps go to the polls tomorrow and pick a new governor at least in the primary. ronica cleary live with more. hi, ronica jim, sarah, it's not the first time the president business relationships came under scrutiny and earlier report by tom fitzgerald he told you about a new lawsuit filed against the president. today the white house responded and they're calling in partisan politics. take a listen. >> this lawsuit today is another iteration of the case filed by that group crew filed actually by the same lawyers. so it's not hard to conclude that partisan politics may be one of motivations. it is a sort transaction that everyone from penny prince and surge -- i think we'll continue to move to dismiss this case in the normal course of business. >> the headlines constantly coming out of

builting in from fauquier county to spotsylvania and fredericksburg.'ll continue to watch progression. some of the models disagree how much gets here and when. we will watch the potential for heavy rain. the heavy rain could impact your evening plans. temperatures 60 to 70. a little fog in the morning and then it burns off. weekend is hot and humid saturday and sunday. but there is an afternoon storm threat in the next few days. michelle: see you soonch update tonight on the status of congressman steve scalise. he is in critical condition after wednesday's shooting. jonathan: the park is closed at this hour as the fbi continues

right now, towards spotsylvania, culpeper, fredericksburg, heads up here. this is where some of the heavy rain is. again, it's moving toward the north, the fredericksburg area well. you can see this on the wider view too. we have a boundary to the west that will allow showers and storms to come into the area. we have a flood watch in effect, flash flood watch in effect for points of the blue ridge, flood warning for morgan county, hampshire, west virginia. nothing in the d.c. area, but i expect to see showers and heavy yore downpours around 8 or 9:00. we'll explain what to expect for your weekend coming up in just a bit. >> thank you, doug. >>> now to new developments in the ballpark shooting in alexandria. four people injured as a gunman opened fire on a congressman practicing for a charity baseball game. tonight, chilling new details about the encounter one man had with the suspect right before that attack. >>> plus, an update from the doctors on the victims' conditions and the recovery ahead for them. we have team coverage for you tonight. starting with

southern maryland, charles county, couple downpours allen fresh and fairview and crossing over to spotsylvania a couple sprinkles there around the rockville area. so just keep in mind we have a pacing shower today. 80. very comfortable wednesday beautiful. heat returns thursday. hot and humid friday and chance of thunderstorms over the weekend. airport airport full force by thursday. >> something for everyone. >> you know caitlin you have an open invitation to my pool saturday and it should be a good day for it. >> right now fortunately j jam-ups inbound and center lane. there's disabled vehicles as a result of crash and you need to get towed out of the way. traffic beyond this camera point has to screws to right lanes and left lane it is left center lane blocked now. extra time coming from pents gone to across 14 street bridge a five minute delay now. aside from that looking at maps other problems areas this morning including prince william if you travel in virginia balls ford crashed between welling ton and 66 and as you make your way prince george county a facial crash investigation has sil

we had one around spotsylvania county. look to the west, west virginia, hardy and hampshire counties, looking at this storm just -- the east of petersburg and trying to meander towards the east, but not having much of a time doing it. most of the activity should be dying off. more storms and a couple severe back to the west. but i'm watching this front way to the north that's going to drop down, backdoor cold front and bring us an easterly component to the wind, helping to cool things off, especially into thursday and friday. first off, this evening, again, some cloud cover, maybe an isolated shower or two, but most of us on the dry side. your wednesday, notice the clouds around the area, even some shower activity, that front coming through, and notice here we are around 1:00, starting to see showers developing around the area. we're not going to see a lot, but notice just a couple of them developing. so you may want to take the brubru umbrella. if you do get caught in a dourp like this one here, it could produce locally h

right now, towards spotsylvania, culpeper, fredericksburg, heads up here.ain is. again, it's moving toward the north, the fredericksburg area

lee at spotsylvania. last, b general divides his army and sends a major portion of it on a wide movement around the enemy flank and rear to strike at a size of blow. which is it? both. lee at second manassas and chancellorsville. grant at vicksburg. the myth is lee is a virtually undefeated genius only overpowered by superior numbers and resources while grant is of course a plotting butcher who on only by overwhelming power. other skills and generalship is nearly identical. there is no question that lee had genius. his was hardly -- grant did have great advantages. wara start, early in the grant had more experience. we can to forget he was already a national hero in the north after donaldson and after shiloh lee at a time when was virtually forgotten in the south because of the campaign of western virginia that did not come out well. only after he took active command of the army of what he termed the army of northern virginia in the summer of 1862 does the robert e. lee we know emerge. grant had more men,