traffic is still backed up from quantico down to stafford and if you are coming out of stafford this morning, traffic is backed up all the -- all the way to the center parkway there. hov lanes,p in the despite the accident being clear, it will be a long commute. at last check it would be in your best bet to do so. quantico, once you pass quantico it's pretty clear. we are heading to check out that accident ith coming up in just a few minutes. back to you guys. veronica: sam, i am of course keeping my eye on the weather, the big storm coming off the coast and beach areas, looking now at tropical storm harvey making what looks like it's third landfall, the first being friday around the portland area of texas, the second being just a couple of hours after that around the area of san bernard national refuge and now near cameron, louisiana with a lot of rain. will bewhere most of it today, over areas of louisiana. back to sunshine and warmer conditions after such a cool day yesterday, 10 degrees higher into the upper 70's. today, showing a bit like september instead of october. we had the

fauquier and stafford county. this is capable of gusty winds and heavier downpours and make its way east. remington is clearing out. good news on the way at least for your area. as we speak for the next half hour or 45 minutes. widen the view out again and show you the severe thunderstorm warnings. two are southern maryland. we will keep you updated on abc7. i want to give you an update, so we will stay on this for you. this just came in. tornado warning until 5:30. this is for charles and st. mary's county. i'll step out of the way here. let molly go in the computer and zoom in closer for you. 4:59, severe thunderstorm capable of producing a indicated. capable of producing a tornado. 9 miles east of pope creek. moving at 10 miles per hour. there is the potential at this time. you are on the edge. this is the time that you need to seek shelter. go to interior location. the home, a basement, a bathroom. area that doesn't have windows. again this is moving toward the southeast at 10 miles per hour. capable of produc

it's tucked away at the backpacker ring lot of the stafford county courthouse. i don't know how well you can see, but there is a spinning marble globe on one side and then tucked away on the other side are the names, ranges and contributionses of stafford county's fallen war heros. as one residents recently discovered at this he memorial site, they're wrong. at the stafford county armed services he memorial every brick has its own story. he's taking a bridge and he's killed deering taking a bridge. jason belt likes to come by and pay his respects to our war heros past and present. you'll notice at the top it says stafford county honors residents who gave their lives. the objection to the form problem, he though, jason says is some of the names and ranks engraved on listed as a private about a week ago he was here reflecting and relating to what this particular war hero must have endured when he noticed something odd about h brick dedicated to him. must el man is a very common stafford county name. however, that's not how you spell it. so he started doing some re

must el man is a very common stafford county name. however, that's not you how you you you spell it. so he started doing some research on his own and turns out e says that wasn't the only mistake made. and a it wasn't morris, it was norris must el man. so we got his first name and last name spelled wrong. out of 6966 bricks see here paid for by theounty, jason says 55 of them are in accurate and when he brought this up to stafford county officials. >> they said that those names came from an for example l scout project. and nobody checked them. we called the county to see if, in fact, that's where the information came from. but have not heard back from them. still jason says the county owes it to not only the war heros, but to the community, too. >> give these heros the respect that they've already earned. >> you now, the county did acknowledge that they made a mistake in this case and theyen ed up releasing a statement online to the public saying that they will fix it right away. again, we tried contacting them about where they got th

we're in stafford. it's a big effort to make sure that kid in need get what they need to get out and go to school next week. right? more coming up, including a conversation with the county schools. we'll see you in a few. >> we're celebrating throwback thursday. back to school style. here's actress taraji p. henn >>> a look at the headlines as we track what's left of hurricane harvey much the death toll continues to rise along the gulf coast. so far, 28 lives have been lost in this historic storm. >>> plus, chemical plant two explosions have been heard overnight outside houston at a flooded chemical plant. >> vice president mike pence is visiting today. >>> it's hard to imagine things can get back to normal like the images from the gulf coast. as harvey moves on and the water begins to go down, the task of cleaning up begins. >> news 4 sarah dallof is in houston to explain what officials are worried about when they start going door to door today. sarah? >> reporter: good morning, aaron and erika. these

south of dale city, to stafford, to quantico. we still have the warning here, it's trimmed now to 5:30. these were the possible hail tracks earlier around kelly's ford, and silver hill, and certainly heavy rain. hail sized, almost 2 inches possible. >> quarter sized or larger on that one. >> that's what triggered that warning. remember, severe thunderstorm warning, inch diameter hail, so quarter sized hail, and/or 58 mile-per-hour winds or higher. this may even trigger both actually. this is going to roll through 95 and stafford here shortly. >> all the warnings are done. except for the flash flood. >> my hunch is we're going to see some more. there you go. my hunch is we're going to see more severe thunderstorm warnings, and this has been extended culpepper and stafford county. crossing over 95. anybody going south of d.c., i would tell them just to wait right now. >> a storm around leonardtown just ended. >> st. mary's, 6:15 as well. no tornado warnings right now. bad news flash flood warning in st. mary's county. a new severe

lauren demarco with the latest from stafford. >> a stafford's county sheriff's deputy is recovering tonightafter epa accidental overdose. he was responding to a scene a long high point boulevard here in stafford yesterday morning two people in raised tonight van . it appeared they had overdosed. one of them still a syringe in their arm. he collected evidence and accompan ied one of the victims to the hospital where medical personnel realized that he was swaying and sleurg his speech. he had been overdosing as well. he accidentally inhaled or had touched some of what is believed to be fent nal. now he was tret which stops the overdose and he he has been release from the hospital tonight. now to yiernd where a young girl and her grandfather both ground in a swimming pool. marina maracco with more. >>reporter: a fewer year old and her grandfather dead after drowning in their antibody os pool. the child and her 51 grandfather had permission to be here. the grandfather jumped in to save the little girl who had jumped into the deepened but neither of them knew how to swim . a maybor tried to save

so just want to show you quickly we are aware you had severe thunderstorms in stafford and charles and s st. mary county and we want you to be aware of that. not everybody is seeing storms but we have a tornado warning now. that changed. i'm going to get you the latest. >> go over there. >> we'll get you up to date on that. that's tornado warning for parts of st. mary county and i'll get you updated that just happened. >> hang on you're saying for a quick second you go check the xhurdz one more time say again sue so we know where it's coming through. >> that is i'm it up now jim and it was severe thunderstorm warning for charles and st. mary county and now it has been changed over and red indicate that tornado warning. let me populateest warning on and read it to you you hire this is until 5:30 obviously this thing found rotation and there's quarter size hail possibly in it. this is nine miles iingt of pope creek and south eekt at 10 miles an hour. let me move this out of the way to see it we get in tight on some communities. so you know charles county it really is barely in your area

stafford had the highest ratings. for 30,000 gallons of water, stafford charges $284. prince william was the cheapest at just under $90. >> paying a lone shark in stafford county for water. >> is your county charging the most when it comes to water? >> our scale taken as a whole we believe is competitive. >> neighbors aren't buying it. the homeowners are banning together to search for a better solution for watering their lawns. >> there is money going down the drain. >> scott taylor, abc7 news. >> we are here to help you. if you are experiencing a proc and your bill shot up. perhaps you are fc disconnect. they will help navigate you through this. if your bill jumped up or you are facing a disconnect give us a call. in the help center, horace holmes, abc7 news. larry: i'm larry smith at the "live desk." coming up next at 5:00, special delivery on the middle of the street. a woman accused throwing urine on a metrobus driver makes an appearance in court. and the hub pub is whether the panda is pregnant but that is not the only excitement at the zoo. that is coming up. mic

they are learning there is lead in water at schools in stafford but why school officials say there isreason to worry. larry: man holding on for dear life. this is not even his car. we will explain what is going on here. doug: the stormwatch7 weather team keeping a close eye on harvey. knowing that there is a good chance that by the weekend we could get rain from the remnants. we talk about that and the complete forecast next at "abc7 n announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. larry: a bus driver is now facing criminal charges in connection to a crash that happened back in may on interstate 95. do you remember this mess? that is where a bus full of kids and parents traveled on a field trip from philly to d.c. crashed into a car and then you see flipped on the side. recording that was taken from the bus apparently shows thes but switching lanes and -- bus switches lanes and forcing a car on the shoulder before the video abruptly ends. the driver is charged with negligent driving. alison: this evening fear and anger in stafford after the parents find out there is led

headed towards stafford.ually toward white water at 6:16, and maybe all the way to nangemoy as it moves this is a pretty big storm. over 60,000 feet. notice, we don't see any magenta, or purple. so we don't see any hail cores for that. it did produce hail earlier, when it was west and northwest of culpepper. now just heavy winds. speaking of rainfall, so you can really see clearly where the heavy rain fell, look at the blues, down to the south, and we'll kind of zero in on the bulls eye here. this is doppler, estimated around mechanicsville, 3.7 inches. that's why you guys are under a flash flood warning until 8:30. do not cross a flooded street in that area, please do not do that. strong winds, just to the east side of baltimore. early thunderstorms, still heavy. bus stop temperatures, yeah, kids are in school, district's in school. 68 to 82. kind of muggy. that's about 6:00 a.m., to 9:00 a.m. very hot afternoon tuesday. th then boom, a welcome change by wednesday. i mean, a really welcome change by wednesda

it is still stop and go northbound, leaving stafford county. the truck crashes were between exits 148 and 150 in quantico. both of them have been completely cleared the past couple minutes. that's really good news. still going to take a long time to recover northbound on 95. 395 south of the pentagon, blocked in the right lane. back to you. >>> we also have live team coverage as storm team 4 continues to track harvey. >> from the texas coast to red cross headquarters in d.c., we have every angle covered including the track of the storm. we begin with sheena parveen. >> good morning, guys, start with local weather first. talking a chilly start to your wednesday. very easily you could use a light jacket this morning. probably should have grabbed one, i could use one now. temperatures are around 60 degrees. 62 in washington, 59 in ma nas

school starts in tuesday on stafford county. it's open house for middle schools. the is the e-mail that went out yesterday saying the led levels are high at six schools across stafford county including wright middle school and garrisonville elementary school. the results are still pending for rockhill elementary school as well. now what happened was in the middle of august, stafford county schools tested waiter at all 12 -- water at all 12 schools. to come play with the new regulations for the virginia department of education. district has received results from six of the 12 schools and all have more, have fountains or taps like these with the levels of the led above the e.p.a. threshold of what is considered safe. the test results for the other six older schools are still pending. all the fountains are shut down or the signage has been posted. >> as to why suddenly this is happening, the few days the kids are coming to school. >> i'm more cautious than anything else. but you know, i'm schools with the pipe system and stuff like that that aren't new. >> in a state

it started when the deputy moved to arrest a couple yesterday in stafford. see them here, david chambers and samantha stout were found unconscious in a van parked at the goddard school. after their arrest, the officer followed up with stout at the hospital. that's when staff noticed his speech was slurred. it was later determined he was accidentally exposed to fentanyl when he was handling the drugs found in the van. that deputy has been treated with naloxone. >> ♪ >> new tonight patients of a doctor accused of sexual assault who used to work for kaiser permanente are suing the company. keiser says it fired dr. brian williams. fox5's matt ackland learned more details about this case at a press today and joins us now with the latest. matt. >> reporter: hi, shawn. these lawyers who came out here today representing the victims says keiser did not do enough to protect them after one victim came forward in 2013 and described what happened to her, that keiser didn't do enough to stop the doctor from practicing. this is earlier today in upper marlboro attorneys rep

a woman did find a pouch of pills in her kid's happy meal in stafford. both the franchise and law enforcement are aware. now our verified researchers look a little deeper finding this employee is responsible for two health code violations. one for not storing the medication in a place away from food and another for not having the pills in the original labeled container. now mcdonald's had their last health inspection in june. there were zero violations. >>> all right, topper is tracking some showers and some storms passing through our area overnight. he dc's most accurate forecast. >> yeah, we are actually tracking a cold front right now ahead of the front. we've got showers down in hagerstown. nothing severe just yet. we'll kind of zoom in. heaviest activity across martinsburg. not quite to hagerstown. just a little light rain in hagerstown right now, but it will get heavier throughout the next 30 to 40 minutes. generally the storms are moving off to the northeast. the main area this thunderstorm should be in hagerstown at 12:24. so don't be surprised i

stafford is coming off one of best seasons of career.fford guided lions to nfl record eight fourth quarter come backs. >> he getter bet them to the super bowl if they're paying them that kind of jack. >> good for him. i'm not sure we're winning weather-wise. >> you saw live pictures of beginning of commute and erin will number in a couple minutes to show you it's not good. it will be ugly and get uglier before all said and done. rainy today. cool today. temperatures in the 60s for most of us and touch maybe 70s for look a couple minutes today. that's about. it 65 d.c.. 6 mannasas. these are current temperatu lower 60s and upper 50s out there. look at all the rain coming up. this is what we'll be dealing with all day today. moving in and the cutoff to the north and west is very immediate okay? but it still will push north and west. so it's not real wet for northwestern neighbors right now. but that's going to change as we prog gris through the morning hours this is heaviest from the south this is where the rainfall totals will spike east

once you get into stafford second nice.dericksburg if you're headed to the zip trip this morning. aside from that one, gw parkway northbound disabled vehicle at spout run parkway causing some delays as you make your way out on the southbound side. things looking good but we have typical delays from rosslyn into georgetown on the key bridge. just heavier volume there. 295 southbound disabled vehicle did clear near east capitol street on that southbound side. however, still about a 10 minute delay from 50 down to pennsylvania avenue. and then outer loop two crashes blocking the shoulder, were and by georgia of a one by connecticut avenue. delays extend back to route one right now so from route one to connecticut avenue, about a 30 minute delay. keep in mind 95 southbound just a minor tap of the brakes getting on the ramp to the inner loop. inner loop looks really nice through largo as you pass 50, no problems there. all metro rail lines are on time. holly and allison back to you. >> 7:19 right now. the national park service t

what stafford county wants parents to know. nancy: and a hacking danger and crucial health advice, half a million americans having to update pacemakers. jonathan: and we continue to track the devastation of hurricane harvey. we will have a live report, next. it's time for the biggest sale oit senses and automaticallyep adjusts on both sides. the new 360 smart bed is part of our biggest sale of the year where all beds are on sale. and right now save 50% on the labor day limited edition bed. plus 36 month financing. ends monday! jonathan: developing now, back to school concerns in stafford county after parents found out there is the lead the drinking water at some schools. tested have one or more water leadains or taps with above the epa considered safe levels. stafford county schools say they have shut down all of the fountains and taps and posted signs nearby to warn people. there is a complete list of the schools with elevated levels on her website at wjla.com. nancy: health matters with a new era in childhood cancer care. the

the biggest thing that a stafford act declaration does is free up funding. that will be a federal disaster relief fund, traditionally used to send extra money to states who might use search and rescue teams or emergency medical care or aid workers to help rebuild homes. under a stafford act declaration what the president could do, he could free up those funds for states to use to address opioid crisis. there is $1.5 billion in that fund right now. we've also seen in times of under emergency declarations, congress turns and appropriates extra money. under katrina they appropriated several billion dollars to assist what was already available in that fund. to help folks who are struggling. the same with superstorm sandy. one of the things that it might do is put public pressure on congress to step up and put more funding towards the crisis. there is a second law, governing this, that is the public health emergencies act. that one would look to the health and human services secretary under president trump -- tom price, former congressman from georgia. he would b

. >> a stafford county sheriff's deputy responding to an overdose call ending up overdosing himself. investigatorses believe he accidentally came in contact with fentanyl. now we're learning first responders es nationwide are dealing with this frightening new threat in the wake of the opioid crisis. lauren demarco has the story. >>reporter: tony, shawn, this is strong it is used as a pain reliever for cancer patients and an amount similar to that of one shake from a salt shaker, you can barely see that, right, but is it is enough to make a person overdose. that is what happened early yesterday morning to ac wol ford. he respondedded to a scene at the goddard school. it was in the parking lot, two people in the van, passed out. one of them still had a syringe still in their arm. as he collecting evidence he also accompanied one of the vices time at the hospital. there at the hospital medical personnel realized he seemed unsteady on his feet. he was overdosing from what's believe to be fentanyl. he either inhaled it rkts touched it, somehow got it in his skin or eyes or mouth. he was t

northbound from frederick and stafford toward the beltway, it will take time. northbound beyond exit 148, all traffic at a stand still. truck crash, fuel spill cleanup for exit 150. then after 150 triangle, another crash. the first one in line is about to clear, the second one may still bottleneck traffic. express lanes are open, route 1 is open northbound. not a good start to the morning rush hour. hopefully a good start for the weather. >>> way better today than yesterday. >> sometimes i try to say we need the rain. we don't need that rain. we had a soaking wet july and august as well. >> and now cool temperatures to follow dry air. this is always comfortable after a rainy day, you step outside and it is refreshing. 59 in gaithersburg, 61 in clinton. 63 in leesburg. really nice start to the day. here's that we are nice and dry. we're going to look at the rain we had yesterday, it is way offshore in massachusetts now. we're not looking at the rain today. we'll see a mix of sun and clouds this morning. 66 degrees by 8:00 a.m. by 9:00 a.m., not even at 70 yet. c

i'm old. >> reporter: we just got word from stafford county mr.ingrove agreed to have the pool drained by september 5th. in the meantime the county adds the zoning issue to ultimately redevelop that land is running through the planning commission's normal process. >> good luck to them with that. >>> our heart love campaign in february was a initiative designed to help inform and inspire you and there was one local pastor who was touched literally. we have this story from andrea roane. >> we all would like to have a healthy blood pressure, but life's pressures can boost it higher than it should be. a local minister found out his blood pressure was dangerously high. he got that information at our wusa9 heart love health fair. i caught up with the pastor who shares how heart love saved his life. >> i feel good. i really do. >> reverend donald robinson feels good and looks better, younger than his 79 years, and he plans on living to be at least 100. >> everything i ate for the first 11 years of my life was organic. we raised it. >> reporter: pesticide

. >>> a memorial that honors service men and women in stafford, virginia is grab ago tension for allhe wrong reasons as "fox5" kristin leon reports the memorial is covered with spelling mistakes and inaccuracies. one concerned citizens is calling on county to fix the errors. >> stafford county armed services memorial. every brick has its own story. >> he's taking a bridge and killed deering taking a br bridge. >> jason pelt likes could come by a pay respects to war heroes past and present. >> and you'll notice at the top it says staffer county honors residents that gave their li says is that some of the names and ranks engraved on bricks are not right. >> we have earl and rick jr. listed there as private and he's pfc, private first class. >> jason says a week ago he was here reflecting and resting to what this particular war hero must have endured when he noticed something odd about this brick dedicated to him. >> muscleman is a common stafford county name however that's not how you spell it. >> he started doing research on his own and turns out he says that was not the only mistake

it is still stop and go northbound, leaving stafford county. the truck crashes were between exits 148 and 150 in quantico. both of them have been completely cleared the past couple minutes. that's really good news. still going to take a long time to recover northbound on 95. 395 south of the pentagon, blocked in the right lane. back to you. >>> we also have live team coverage as storm team 4 continues to track harvey. >> from the texas coast to red cross headquarters in d.c., we have every angle covered including the track of the storm. we begin with sheena parveen. >> good morning, guys, start with local weather first. talking a chilly start to your wednesday. very easily you could use a light jacket this morning. probably should have grabbed one, i could use one now. temperatures are around 60 degrees. 62 in washington, 59 in ma nas he is. 61 in leesburg. as you wake up and walk out the door, it is better today than yesterday. we were dealing with a lot of rain yesterday at this time. this morning, the roads are damp in many areas but we will

when he brought this up to stafford county otions.y said that those names came from a an eagle scout project and nobody checked them. we called the county to see, if in fact, that's where the information came from, but have not heard back from them. still, jason says the county heros, but to the community, too . give these heros the respect that they've already earned. fix it up, make it right and it still will stay for many decades. >> just weird that happened in the first place. >> still ahead, we are continuing to cover this major, major storm, tropical storm harvey is lingering along the carve coast tonight. the very latest coming up. take a look a at the big screen, that is a live picture from galveston. it's pretty windy. the smaller box you're seeing some video from earlier. have harvey is president trump's first major natural disaster in office. look at how the president is responding as effaces some backlash for not doing more. we'll be right back. . [vo] one moment can change a life. intelligent technology can help protect i

mary's county and even in southern parts of and northern stafford counties. that's going to lead to a flash flood warning. it's in effect until until 8:30. we're have three more minutes left on a tornado warning that's in effect for st. 's this tornado warning, radar indicated. i keep seeing that, i think that's very important to let you know, we're actually don't have a spotter just yet on the ground that says i see a tornado warning. what i want you to do is take the radar loop and very slowly go back. this warning came out just after the 5:00 hour. so, we're typically, loop our radar on about a two-hour time period. as we're go see this time stamp up here -- or even right here. >> i'll stop it there. >> this is when i was just tweeting the severe thunderstorm warnings if you go to my page you can see that. i was telling shomari and laura saying hey, i think we're need to keep a close eye on this storm. you can see, we're we're talk about the hook, the great time to talk about your kids, a hook echo, look it up. nws or noah hook echo, you'll see what i'm ta

. >> news 4's molette green is live in stafford county.ery exciting school supply drive going on. molette, tell me about it. >> reporter: look, we're standing up to sort and stuff nearly 700 backpacks. look at all of these backpacks. we're with the firefighters here in stafford county working hard. once they get all of this done, then they're going to deliver them to children in need in this county. it's going to be really good. firefighters in the morning, it doesn't get any better than that. we're going to talk about all of that throughout the hour. coming up in the 6:00 hour. back to you guys. >> looking forward to that. molette green live in stafford county. >>> we've been sharing throk now it's sheena's turn. >> little sheena. >> let's see it. >> are we going to be able to recognize you. >> aww, you're adorable. just a baby. >> thank you. my grandma got me that necklace at a flea market. i think i wore it every single day. my shirt says denim. so that's cool. i don't know what i was doing with my mouth, though. >> whatever children do

our stafford county these school supplies. as a matter of fact, i received a call a couple days ago from a mom from the department of social services, they wanted to know, is it too late for us to get on the list. i said, absolutely not. we are still taking names. it is not too late. we will add those students to the list and make sure that they get a backpack full of supplies so that they can start the school year off right. >> reporter: i want to go down the whole assembly line, what you see. you have pencils here, you've got the pens, and then come down with the markers, all colorful. everything and crayons. everything that young people need to get the right start to school. what's going to happen is once they get nearly 600-plus backpacks stuffed, they're going to deliver them to the schools to where there is a need, and their need is great in this community. some people just don't have a whole lot, and this costs money, and how cool is this to start out school with a good backpack full of heavy supplies. i'm molette gre c

he was getting the drugs out of goddard school in stafford. detectives believe he accidentally touched or breathed in fentanyl. the sheriff's office says these two people here were outside of the school and passed out. david chambers and samantha stout are both in jail right now. deputy wofford is recovering. medics gave him narcan and that may have saved his life. >>> three minutes after the hour now. the president is getting ready to take a two-week vacation. he'll spent the next 17 days at his golf club in jersey. he will meet with the vice president and speak to french president emanuel macron. he spoke to a crowd in west virginia last night. he spoke about the russia investigation. >> the russia story is a total fabrication. it's just an excuse for the greatest loss in the history of american politics. that's all it is. >> special counsel robert here in d.c. as part of an investigation into potential collusion between the trump campaign and russia. legal experts call the grand jury the next logical step in any investigation. "wall street

. >>> to see how severe the epidemic is, look at stafford hospital in virginia. it's been forced to change procedures for handling got sick. a stafford county deputy saw a couple passed out. the woman still had a needle in her arm. the deputy took her to get medical help and he ended up needing a dose of narcan, the overdose antidote because he suffered from exposure to the drugs. during that process, a nurse got sick too. >> for a number of hours, we had rooms we had to close down because we didn't know what the room contamination was. >> the deputies give the emergency room a heads up if the heroin or fentanyl victim on the way and the hospital staff wear protective gear. >>> on nbc4, a trip to paradise and now she'll never go back. a dc teacher says she and her girlfriend were detained in aruba for more than 24 hours after a note that said bomb was found in the airplane bathroom last week. someone said the teacher was the last one to use the bathroom before found and the authorities questioned them and placed them in lawyer but couldn't call families or the u.

hospital staff in stafford gave him narcan to reverse the effects. the deputy is expected to be okay. >>> when the new school year starts next month in montgomery county, all public schools, even elementary schools will stock nall objection own. this weekend, a major closure on metro's green line. the brach avenue and suitland stations will be closed for the next two weeks starting tomorrow. metro is running shuttle buses to naylor road. >>> on the red line, crews will be working to stop leaks in the tunnels. the medical center and bethesda stations will be closed. bus bs will run from friendship heights to grosvenor strat moore. >>> if you plan to take the metro, erika, it looks like it's going to be hot on the way to work. definitely warm out there already. we also have fog out there right now. 76 is our temperature. it's clear but we do have so you could have strong storms headed for the weekend. we'll talk about that threat and time it out for you. >>> it's an alarming trend when it comes to teens and suicide. why some more than others are taking

. >> detroit lions made matthew stafford highest paid player in nfl history. 5 year, 15 million deals 50 million signing bonus and 90 million guaranteed money. stafford is coming off one of the best seasons of his career and got lions to nfl record eight four quarter come backs. no super bowls though. >> no super bowls. >> he's still winning in other ways. >> big time. >> good morning to you thanks for joininging us on tuesday august 2 alleghany county students you're going back to school today and get up and get r rolling. >> grab the backpack and before you head autumn brel aas well. gary will talk roads and talk rain. >> thanks a lot. wet this morning. it's just going to stay wet and will continue to get wet place this morning it's not wet right now. so it does look like it will be rainy. some places could pickp a quarter inch three quarters inches inch later today after the rainfall totals primarily i-95 east what will end up getting the heaviest of the rainfall today. and it's cool out this morning too. temperatures low to mid 60s. we're not going to warm up a lot. look at rain

looking at a heavier downpour, a cluster of thunderstorms moving off toward the north and east of stafford. we'll give you a complete update on what to expect for rest of the evening plus looking ahead to the weekend. and your eclipse outlook coming up in just a few minutes. larry? larry: as we track emission ness the coming hours we have storm tracker out on the road. this is germantown headed toward

a memorial that honors servicemen and women in stafford, virginia, is grabbing attention for all the wrong reasons. >> fox 5 krysten leon reports, one concerned citizen is calling on the county to fix the error. >> reporter: is the stafford county armed services memorial, every brick has its own story. >> he's taking a bridge and he's killed >> jason pelt likes to come by and pay his respects to our war heros, past and present. >> and you'll notice at the top, it says stafford county in honor of president whose gave their lives >> the only problem is that some of the names and ranks engraved are not right private and he is a pfc. >> reporter: jason said about a week he was here reflecting and relating to what this particular war hero must have endured when he notice something odd about this brick dedicated to him >> muscle man is a common stafford county name. however, that's not how you spell it >> he started doing research on his own. and turns out he says, that wasn't the only mistake made. >> and it wasn't morris muscleman, it was norris muscleman and so we got his first name and

back to school concerns in stafford county- after parents find out there's lead in the drinking water schools! at least 6 out of the 12 schools tested-- have one or more fountains or taps-- with levels of lead above what the e-p-a considers safe. stafford schools are reassuring families-- saying they have shut down all those fountains and taps- or posted signs nearby. to see which schools had elevated lead levels- we've posted the complete list at wjla.com. construction workers in denver, colorado... discovering something unusual - a 66-million-year old dinosaur fossil. check it out - the bones and skull of a triceratops were found last friday. a horn and shoulder blade has also been unearthed. now construction crews are helping scientists figure out how much more of the dinosaurs' skeleton might be there. the bons they'll likely be put on display at some point. it's xx and we're just getting started. freeways flooded-- and lives lost. harvey finally moving on-- leaving a path of destruction. where it's headed, and the latest from hard-hit texas. good morning washington. - seasonable

jeff goldberg is live in stafford with the details. it's not the way to go back to school. >> not at all. >> this came as a surprise to parents when they received the e-mail yesterday saying that six schools have the high quality o led including wright middle school, and garrisonville elementary school. >> the school starts on tuesday and the water quality safety is on the minds of so many people in stafford county. after hearing about the discovery of lead in the water. many parents reacted like this. >> how long has it been going on? that is a question to ask myself. we have to make sure we have the water bottles ready. >> in mid-august they tested water at all 12 of the schools built before 1986. >> the district received results of six of the 12 and all of them have one or more fountains or taps like these with the levels of led above the e.p.a. threshold of what is considered safe. >> i wouldn't say surprised but more concerned. >> all the taps with high levels of lead have been shut down or signs put up. it is important to note th

but some severe thunderstorm warnings through stafford county. i have that. let's go ahead and show you guys what's going on. this is what amelia was u talking about. again, some strong winds, definitely going to be a possibility within that. that is moving to the east and, again, lots of lightning. heavy downpours possible, as well. and this will actually go just for a little while. this is going to go until 5:30. again, stafford county, prince william county, and it's just around the culpepper, 12 miles northeast of culpepper right now. it's moving pretty slow. that's what we'll watch. another thing that we're going to watch is the heat index. that is really going to rise. in fact, tomorrow morning when w look at this by the time you head home. if you thought today was hot. you know tomorrow is going to be on the warm side. it's going to be warm throughout the day. the heat and humidity with us tonight. it's with us tomorrow and wednesday and then our frontal system comes through. we'll have some rain it drops off thursday and into the weekend. and amelia,

is area around faulk year county, stafford county, areas of southern and central west virginia. the high temperatures for today, 89 locally. mid-80's in pennsylvania. forecast across the northeast or the east. florida has been dealing with a lot of rain. locally, at 1:00 this afternoon, rock creek park, 89 is your high temperature. we will talk about the forecast for the next couple of days. julie: you will find we have lanes open if you are traveling the top side of the beltway. no problems to report along that stretch. we have troubles on long beach drive. it is blocked off between -- and tilden street. on scene.photographer it is blocking a portion of beach drives. off inins closed use the 16th or connecticut avenue as your workaround. we have problems with the signals on the flash near branch avenue. 95 in virginia, a 21 minute commute for those leaving dale city. that is our traffic watch. we will update your ride on the top stretch of 495. a man shot in northeast. melissa is live with the warning from police. an active investigation taking place as we see police collecting

all along the line stafford and johnson's regimens started to hurl large bolders over their head and grab smaller rocks and throw them like so many fastballs from the pitching mound. a soldier in the 24th new york whose unit was on the front line recalled "huge stones began to fall about us and then one of them would happen to strike one or another of us with the very unpresident an unpresident anlt effect." they started to return the favor in kind. and so ensued one of the more famous episodes of stonewall jackson's defense at second manassas. in reality, this moment had no overall effect in the end result of the fight. the federal assault had risen and they arrived to the scene. what the story illustrates is the fur os ti in which jackson's men defended their position. a story that we will explore today. as we make our way through the program today, we're going to be examining several key factors to jackson's defense during the fight at second manassas. first and foremost, we're going to examine some of the strategic events that led to jackson's defense at second manassas. and what

we are looking at delays for those continuing northbound on i-95 out of stafford. it is typically slow. quantico with all the lanes open. is whered at goudreau we have a crash at up damascus. 70,those coming off of i stick with 355 trying to work your bay -- work your way into germantown. the crash involving a pickup truck, a flatbed truck and another vehicle, heavily damaged . under police direction, one lane of traffic is able to get by each way so that explains those delays. suitland parkway at alabama they are checking for a crash within this area, starting to see the map turn yellow and delays as you continue inbound. in the next 10 minutes we will update the ride in manassas, and how long it will take to head northbound on 395. larry: district, sam sweetie is tracking it. run a killer is on the after a murder in columbia heights last night, what happened coming up next. >> we are live inside one of d.c.'s favorite restaurants, what some restaurants are doing to help the victims in houston. a live report is coming up. >> you are watching "good morning washingt

actually cleared up through stafford from fredericksburg into stafford looking really good right nowday weekend a lot of increased volume from two to six today. keep that in mind if you're traveling same story on the bay bridge. 270 northbound heading toward deep creek. other than that we're seeing typical morning volume on 395 northbound and the main lanes. 295 southbound from 50 to the 11th street bridge. 695 is pretty heavy in both directions and top side of the beltway outer loop 95 to georgia avenue it's about 15 minute delay holding strong. 50 looks pretty good until you get inside the beltway slow 202 to 295 and you're a bit heavy on the outer loop through largo there. also keep in mind a tap of the brakes toward the wilson bridge we got you covered this morning and we'll take a closer look at that eastbound toll road delay and keep you posted oh and that one out in wolf trap. back to you. >>> happening today, the fairfax county fire department kicks off its annual phil the boot. the effort helps raise money for the muscular distrophy association. starting today the 11:00 this

delays out of stafford counsel tear easing a bit just north of stafford you play break of them fredericksburger north dale city off and on through the objection quon and up through franconia to the beltway so this is green yellow, green yellow meaning easy delays to moderate delays. very heavy once you get inside the beltway 395 northbound edsall road to the pentagon finally 66 eastbound a lot of issues of course with the news out there so you're very heavy manassas all the way through centreville and then you're just easing a bit east of centr centreville. that's a look at traffic. more coming up at 8:15 much guys back over to you. >> thank you caitlin. >> president trump throwing his support behind a new immigration plan he joined two republican senators on wednesday to unveil the raise act the new plan would transform the immigration system into a merit-based one under the plan legal immigration would be based on person's job skill or ability to benefit the american job market instead of family connections. >>> meanwhile two brothers from montgomery couy deported. they are, were detained f

a stafford county deputy saw a couple passed out, the woman had the needle in her arm and took her to the medical hospital and he ended up getting a does of narcan because he was suffering overexposure to the drug. during that process a nurse got sick, too. >> we had to close down a number of rooms because we didn't know what the room con er a heads-up if a fentanyl victim is on the way and staff will put on protective gear. >>> look at this. this could have been a big disaster. what new video is uncovering about a dangerous new call during takeoff and what investigators now say is responsible for this plane fire. >> punishing north korea, the new action the u.s. could take >>> welcome back. check out this new incredible video from our sister station in chicago. look at this american airlines plane taking off the runway and it caught fire. it started after an engine line served a fuel line. if it had lifted off thereld everyone was evacuated and one person did get serious injuries during that evacuation. federal investigators are still looking into the entire incident and what the cau

stafford throw gets and that's a pick for john simmons, that's an interception, stafford went two tore for three, the lions get 24-10. phillies can't win it but can have a chance to tie. they won yesterday way great game by aaron nola. top of the fifth, he let up this two-run bomb. he wins fox 5 an third giving up four run, in the bottom of the inning, reese hose kins gets his first hit in the majors, one for three with an rbi and a walk, hopefully this gets him going, we need our young guys start to shine. later. check this out. basis loaded, no out. nick williams way pop-out and odubel, he runs, tags and a double play and idiotic play. they say lose 6-2. marlins, carlos staying way homer to right. this is what this guy does. this his 42nd homer that's his 250th homer. the midatlantic regional finals, jersey taking on maryland in the sixth, single to center, there's a play at the plate. but mike barnes avoids it. advancing to the little allergy world series tournament. that's a top ten play. i like it. man. that takes me back to my little league days. i never wanted to tag like that f

northbound 95 out of stafford county a little slow. you're just kind of sluggish fredericksburg to aquia and further north ward dale city to beltway and occoquan as you get up to past route 1 and just seeing green now. no delays to report. 66 eastbound like we showed you on the camera. mannasas to beltway for most part everyone is at speed. that's a look at traffic. we'll check the maryland roads coming up in a bit. maureen, back to you. >> thank you indicates lynn time now is 5:18 let's look at stories you're engaging with most on social media. >> what's trending today with the realtime news tracker. >> why he thinks donald trump won president densey in new book conscious of a conservative. he flames both parties abandoning american voters which made them more drawn to president trump over simplified answers and entertainment value. sarah sanders says the president was making a joke when he endorsed police brew tallty. the president was at event for law enforcement on long island when he said officers should let suspect heads bang aga

stafford holds detroit franchise record for passing and naked pictures of team executive. just fi -- justify paying him that money, he never won a play off game, and he has an nfl career record of 51 and 58. that is participation trophy, take the money and run like conner mcgreg mcgregor today. new york jets named josh mccown as their starts quarterback. he had to beat out, a who's who of do dom domino delivery guys. they are always going to short drives. coming up, you want to help victims of hurricane harvey, but you don't want to get scammed? i'll tell you how after the break. potsch: you each drive a ford pickup, right? (in unison) russ, leland, gary: yes. gary: i have a ford f-150. michael: i've always been a ford guy. potsch: then i have a real treat for you today. michael: awesome. potsch: i'm going to show you a next generation pickup. michael: let's do this. potsch: this new truck now has a cornerstep built right into the bumper. gary: super cool. potsch: the bed is made of high-strength steel, which is less susceptible to punctures than aluminum. jim: aluminum is