let's talk to steve ruden. >> what a beautiful evening. no problems at all. look at the temperatures. 84 degrees in the 70's from winchester -- scouting the skies. live super doppler radar. nothing in the form of rain. here is the forecast. temperatures will feelgo to the 70's. we will have some rain on the way. >> coming up here an update on the earthquake in iran and the number of people with no homes. and the bizarre story out of pennsylvania. what this woman did for her boyfriend's attention. a chimp that escaped in july >> you are watching abc 87 news at 6:30. >> scenes of devastation in northwest iran. two earthquakes struck near this city as the death toll rises. 250 are dead. hundreds more are injured. the quakes destroyed 20 villages. the u.s. government has offered assistance. >> the cops want to know where they chased them. >> that's a witness in the times square describing a police chase that came to a deadly end. a 51 year old man was approached. he pulled out a knife and wouldn't put it down. he was taken to the hospital where he later died. a c

we're going to ask meteorologist steve ruden. >> apparently the storms are gone? >> a little cooler. but here we are day five we have been over 59 degrees for a daytime high. but tomorrow we want we are going to break that. >> but the outside, a few scattered showers may linger into the early morning hours for the rush hour commute. so you might want to grab your umbrella right now and then grab your sunglasses for later on tomorrow afternoon. 98 degrees. ten full degrees above our average. also we're losing about a minute and a half of daylight each day and by this time next month you would have lost about 70 minutes of daylight pretty amazing as we move closer toward winter. 0 degrees at reagan national airport. winds out of the south southwest at three miles an hour. overnight hours not a whole lot more. 74 degrees at moment, maryland. they had heavier rain showers earlier in the day. six inches fell the afternoon. 79 degrees. but absolutely no rain to speak of. and our final stop will take us over to 75 degrees over with about half inch of rain. temperatures a

. >> meteorologist steve ruden is back with a look at the weekend hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ >> an event for lego enthusiasts turned out to be a big hit in chan tilly too big. some of the photos outside of the brickfair lego convention. the event brings together fans from all around the country. the fire department had to step in and limit the number of people inside because the facility had reached capacity. >> wow. >> there was air conditioning inside. >> people love their legos. >> we have a photo gallery on the big festivities today. >> did you get legos today? >> i did not but i have boxes full from when i was a kid. >> i did too but i sold them for the therapy i needed. >> not a bad day outside and dry. a lot of people heading in, ready to go to dinner. no problems outside for our area for the evening hours. if you're planning on going out to eat or for a walk later on, a few pop-up showers west of d.c. thi

. >> steve ruden also birthday boy today. >> yes. a little bit younger than that. >> happy birthday. >> beautiful birthday weather. >> not so bad for today and i think tomorrow is going to be a different story in terms of a chance for severe thunderstorms. quiet drive right now looking downtown. lincoln memorial washington monument. beautiful evening to go for a stroll. a little humid and temperatures still in the 80s. 96 degrees third day in a row at reagan national that we've hit 96. average for the day. earlier in the day in western maryland they had about a quarter of an inch of rain. they've culed down to 7 degrees. 84 in the district and alexandria now 83 after a high of 98 degrees. temperatures cooler to the west thanks to the shower and cloud cover. cooler drier air off to the north and west of us. only 71 degrees in minneapolis, strong storms moved through chicago earlier in the day. the concert, they had to evacuate 80,000 people. satellite and radar quiet for us right now but we're watching a line of storms across northern