crews are repaving an eight-mile stretch of georgetown pike from the beltway to springville road. they're going to do the work at night and it's going to take two month to finish. the road will not be shut down been vdot is urging drivers to take alternate routes at night. >> we've been following the folks trapped on the roller coaster and you saw that they had to bring them umbrellas. >> yeah, good idea to give them a shade break out there. it was plenty warm day today. we made 88 degrees at reagan national airport. the good news is now that the peak heating of the day is over, a much cooler evening is on tap for yo a couple little rain showers out there as well. hopefully we'll get the clouds out of here in time for the rising supermoon which comes up just before 8:00 tonight. there's the picture over downtown. current temperature now 84 degrees at reagan national airport. the humidity dropped a bit today compared to yesterday. we're down to 49%. light breeze at 8 miles and hour and temperatures area wide comfy indeed. 81 in hagerstown, winchester 81, 82 degrees in prince george

vdot will repave 8 miles of georgetown pike from the beltway to springville road in great falls beginning this sunday, august 10th. it's a stretch of 8 miles where the road will be milled. ed and repaved. crews he -- milled, patched and repaved. crews will be out saturday and sunday 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. the work is expected to take about two months to complete. you may consider using old dominion drive or leesburg pike instead. for all your traffic and transportation information follow >>> wusa9 news is sponsored in part by your local toyota dealer. >>> wow, that was fast. the story we just told you about, that lovely couple, 95, 96 years old trying to fight to stay together, it's playing out in a virginia courtroom. the judge has a ruling. we'll go back out to hank silverberg with the live update. >> reporter: that's right. the judge ruled in the case basically appointing a third party custodian. so it means neither daughter gets to be the custodial caretaker of their mother. it means for now the couple will be able to stay together. i have with me rebecca wright, who was the defendant. she