stephen strasbourg went seven innings. they one to 3-2 and break that losing streak. >> fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts right now. >>> good morning. a live look from our tower camper. ed high above our studio. there it is, the washington monument off to the left. get ready for a heat wave. it will be a scorcher today. as a result, the district doing everything it can to make sure you stay cool during the heat wave. today, six public pools in d.c. will stay open a little later than usual getting people a great place to get some relief. >>> metro is pending the rule just a little bit about bringing drinks on the buses and trains because of the heat. today, you are allowed to bring and drink water. metro asked that you use containers that can be closed tightly to cut down on spills and leaks. >> you are not supposed. i think it catch as a lot of people off guard. >> no wonder they hooked at me strangely. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm will thomas. welcome to fox 5 morning news. talking about this hot weather. >> yesterday, 98 wa

and stretching into rappahannock and culpeper county and strasbourg, virginia. few isolated downpours on the eastern shore to start the day. we still have a chance of rain in the forecast today and tomorrow. 49 degrees in martinsburg, 48 in gaithersburg, 59 in the district for. 55 and culpeper county and 54 in manchester. on our way to the mid 70's today. keep the windows open. low humidity with a few light showers especially west of the metro here and there. hot and humid by the weekend, 90 on sunday. s>> new this morning, fairfax city police investigating the worst accident they have seen this year. the late-night crash along the highway killed a woman as well as an 8-year-old child for. jummy olabanji is near the scene with more on the investigation. >> investigators just left the scene after 4:00 this morning. i will step out of the way so you can see the orange markings across the street. that shows where this car was when police got here on the scene. we have some video to show our viewers of how horrific the scene was early this morning. fairfax city poli

steven strasbourg helps his own cause.tros biewrg drills marcus spataro in the head with a 59- mile per hour fast ball. hard to watch. thank goodness for the helmet. he was able to walk off the field but three batters later, tied at two, todd helton hits it deep enough for the sacrifice fly. the nats lose though 4-2. the team goes back at it tonight. -- strasbourg drills marcus spataro in the head with a 95- mile per hour fast ball. . >>> > . >>> there is no guarantee of longevity in the world of boxing. one punch too many can mean end of a career. but one local boxer has been at it since she was 27. now, he is 40 with one mission. tony the tiger thompson is finishing up before drawning and heading to switzerland for the heavy weight world title match on july 7th. thompson held an open practice for the media in d.c. he is currently on a five-fight winning streak since losing in july of 2008. so what would it mean to bring home a title to d.c.? >> no matter what they say about me, how my style is,

. >> plus, bryce harper and steven strasbourg try to snap the nats losing streak. will they?ng up.  >>> the nats look to snap a four high pressure game losing streak against the rays. first inning, no score from bryce harper. he singles to cent are to take a 1-0 lead. ryan disciple man steps it up and hits it to short. the throw to third gets away. the nats would score three in the first though and steven strasbourg went strong seven innings. the nats win 3-2. >>> the orioles tried to avoid the sweep for the mets. eighth inning, new york up 4-0. they cut the lead in half. baltimore would add another run in the ninth but ryan roberts grounds out with the bases loaded to end game. the orioles lose 4-3 and they get swept out of the big apple. >>> the next battle of the beltway, the nats and the orioles right here on fox 5 this saturday. can you catch the action starting at 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. >>> to the nba, wizards pulled off a pre-draft trade sending rashard lewis and a second round pick to the hornets in new orleans for emeka okafor and trevor ariza. ariza has champ

it is even more unique when stephen strasbourg is on the mound. the national's said at top of the east. this? from ryan silverman gave fans something to cheer about. that was his third home run this season. he has 20 rbis and is looking to get some more tonight. >> he has been scratching some hits and struggling a little bit. he is such a gifted player. you do not worry about him. it was nice to see him crush one. >> he was the horse that captivated our hearts. i'll have another's round ended due to a sword tendon. the owner is retiring the colt. not too shabby. he was bought for $35,000. he is now worth $2 million. he is -- in many's eyes, he still walks out a champ. >> it was unanimous between everyone at the barn to retire him. it is a bummer, but a again, far from tragic. is very disappointing. >> the redskins can attest to many oh no moments. it is a great sign their robert griffin iii admits to having an a-ha moment. he finally felt like he could get a good read on the defense and he was fully confident. a result of his dedication. mike shan

stephen strasbourg and throws seven strikes of the night. they have a when tonight 3-2.and they wanted to strike out of that. david wright with a shot to the left. that will bounce over the wall for a the double. late in the game with a late rally, and falls short. a big surprise for a washington wizard's fan. they felt that they pretty good trade today. in return the was it get to party. this time tomorrow night the nba could be crowning a new champion, the miami heat are on the last night. they squeaked out another through against the drama. the drama provided by lebron james. he cramped up and had to watch the final seconds from the bench. the heat beat the thunder 104- 88. >> i am comfortable in my game until we get to do this thing. empire? >> the b.c. as commissioners -- bcs commissioners struck an agreement. they meet next week to vote on a playoff. >> that is a big. they said it could never be done. is -- they did it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the bay bridge was shut down in both directions today. a ship lot carrying an unusual cargo was going and underneath. the sh

what a ball game. 89 pitches, 62 strikes -- strasbourg is now eight-one probably on his way to the allar game. the redskins in the middle of a three-day minicamp and they looked sharp. this club has a lot of new parts and a lot of guys competing for jobs. robert griffin the third is the one getting the attention. the thing that blows my mind as he continues to work without a contract. believe me when i say he's not holding anything back. >> i don't worry about it. i don't think it is something that will be an issue. i did talk to my agent last week and he said don't worry about it. i'm gonna play football it will make sure that happens. >> i am just saying, i would worry about it. the wizards continue to work out in anticipation of the draft. the headliner today was thomas robinson the six-foot nine superstar who played for kansas. anthony davis was named national player of the year, but thomas believes he's the best player bar none. >> as far as being prepared for the leak a -- he is a great player but at the same time, i am going to compete. >> how about kevin grant last night? he ex

stephen strasbourg was on the slab last night in toronto. your red-hot nationals, six in a row now, guys. on the road. winning three in boston and sweeping toronto. there is tyler moore, the rookie. this thing is way gone. first major league home run of his young career and he would add another one. bottom of the sixth. nats up by three. strasbourg is the first pitcher this year to have 100 strikeouts already. they are now 38-23, 15 games over 500. and percentage points behind the dodgers for the best record in all of baseball. >> can we stay storied frap choice with the nats next? >> not yet but we're getting there. >> how about the orioles? this is impressive. chris davis broke his bat and yet still hit a home run. that is when you know you're strong, country strong right this. the os win again 7-1 over pittsburgh. they are only one game behind new york yankees for first place in the american league east. guess who comes to down in d.c., the yankees playing the nats. the nats can help out orioles. >>> this is thomas robin sop. this is a d.

winchester, 69 in strasbourg 70 in leesburg and warrenton. low to mid 70's for the most part with a few 60's in the shenandoah valley. a few scattered clouds, profitable with a refreshing northwesterly wind at 10-20 thus approaching 30. highs near 80. most of the day will be in the '70s. the real hot weather is off to the west. one of five in rapid city, oklahoma city at 105. if 68 in boston. more on the extended forecast, coming up. >> you have a great job today adam caskey. we have enjoyed a warm winter and an early spring. that could lead to a dangerous problem this summer. officials have tested the first batch of mosquitoes and prince william county. tested positive for west nile virus. officials say the best way to avoid the disease is to destroy any potential breeding grounds of round house like standing water and you should wear insect repellent. -- a breeding grounds around your house. coming up, florida is flooded. there's high water on streets and inside homes as tropical storm debby passes through. and a young ballplayer is headed

stephen strasbourg on the mound. series against the angels tomorrow night. >>> not quite the warm welcome for the d.c. united in new york. duane derosario. this bounces of the united wall. d.c. united falls on the road to the new york red bulls 3-2. >>> you may now kiss the bride and take the plunge. >> and they do mean plunge. susie and travis bell say they were all set to get married in vegas but when they heard a radio cop test was giving away a wedding package at a water park, they had to try for it. they won an all expense paid wet wedding as well as

the latest report, the circulation near strasbourg that. the winds tend to lean backwards and accelerate up words. we will focus -- >> read along the potomac basically in allegheny county. we have seen some rotation. in this type of pattern we are changing over to, we look into the bowing echos. that shoves part of the storm forward. pushing the storm forward causes that intrusion that pokes out from the leading edge. that can cause some gusty winds said the ground. no spinning circles indicate where doppler radar is indicated. that is a concern. >> up to the west of the we have a second tornado warning. that is an area as we head out toward other portions of frederick county virginia and into morgan county, west virginia we have a tornado warning as well. we have two warnings from two tornadoes side by side. not that far apart. that is until 6:45. western morgan county, that is in the panhandle of west virginia, a little further west into allegheny county. a separate run in a possible over eastern shenandoah county, seven frederick county,

stephen strasbourg picked up hisating win and heses the first pitcher to top 100 strikeouts this season rookie star bryce harper has already proven he can hit one out of the park. that is for sure. that is true for his media interviews as well. listen to bryce harper's response earlier this week when a reporter from canada asked him what kind of beer he likes. >> i'm not answering that. >> that's a clown question, bro. >> that was the highest trending topic on twitter for a while wednesday. harper is only 19. that is too young to have a celebratory beer in the states even if it is legal in cast good for him. >>> weather, traffic and all your top stories. fox 5 news continues right now.

live show shell and i struggled against carla del ponte a for many years or even personally in strasbourg we had a very difficult conversation in the presence of many parliamentarians of the european council the hague tribunal will exist until the situation in the world changes people have been convicted their people are dying there but the tribunals has the support of all countries and so far no one has launched a process to stop it anyway it will be closed soon because there are only a few process is legit and it will close in a fairly negative way for the global justice system or as the former president of serbia died in the hague the presidents of croatia and bosnia have not been convicted discrimination of the serbian people began long ago and today nothing has changed and segregation continues obviously it's not fair that the serbian government adopted them nor on cooperation of the hague tribunal we have to respect that blower and stand by it like we've enjoyed many injustices in this world or so what if there was the. well thank you. thank you. wealthy british style sun. spot on.

other area wide temperatures in the '70s. 77 in strasbourg, virginia. 74 degrees in clarksburg. it will feel like 105 to 110 when you factor in the heat and humidity today. heat advisory takes effect at 11:00 a.m. a few thunderstorms are possible especially late in the afternoon into the evening. even into a nighttime. should the storms pop up, they have the chance of being severe. it will still being hot this weekend. doug hill coming up in a few minutes. >> it's going to be another scorcher today. >> no other way to put it. temperatures continue to rise near record-breaking highs. the humidity will also increase. if a lot of people headed to the golf course for the tournament. brianne carter is there. good morning. >> good morning. here's the parking lots at. many people are coming here to get on buses to at&t national. some are arriving early, to beat the heat. get all that in the early in the morning or wait until late in the evening to avoid the temperatures -- peak temperatures. in the staurolite colored clothing and stay hydrated throughout the day. metro has relaxed its

maybe even a brief severe storm east of 95 early into the afternoon. 68 degrees in bowie, 66 in strasbourg virginia, highs in the mid '80s around lunchtime. later on today, partly cloudy, becoming less humid this afternoon. near 80 degrees tomorrow with low and humidity. >> less than 10 minutes ago we were looking at slow traffic on 270 southbound at georgetown road, that has cleared away. it was construction. now that it has been put to bed, it's much better. in pretty good shape out of maryland coming up to andrews air force base. no worries on 50 between annapolis and northeast d.c. good on north avenue, kenilworth avenue, and 295 in d.c. and onto the freeway. 95 northbound traffic, here comes the volume. headlights are northbound out of newington getting up to the beltway. back to you. >> thank you. the mayor vincent gray hoping to bring changes to the nation's capital. but his first stop is beijing. he will be accompanied by an economic development official from the administration. the trip is seen as an opportunity to drum up more trade business. three people will be nominated to ser

. >> 6:12 right now 63 degrees in strasbourg, virginia. >> bad news for college students. how much tuition is rising. >> a basketball star from the d.c. area shining brightly in the nba finals. >> and we will talk with one of the candidates who wants to be sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering so, i'm walking down the street, x: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering just you know walking, sfx: sounds of marching bandnd and crowd cheering and i found myself in the middle of this parade honoring america's troopops. ich is actually quite fitting because geico has be serving e military for over 75 years. whaawh no, look, i know this is about the troops and not about me. right, but i don't look like that. who can i write a letter to about this? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >> now we know who the congressional candidates will be this year in battleground virginia. no big upsets in yesterday's primary. the big headline is former senator george allen easily won the rep

strasbourg is probably headed to the all-star game. he ended 344 with a triple, double and outscored toronto by itself -- tyler more. the nationals win, with the final six-two. price hopper adding over 300 and they're talking about his home run last night -- brice hopper. a canadian reporter after the game asked the teenager if he would celebrate with an alcoholic beverage. listen to how well he handles this. >> in canada, our legal drinking age -- s -- a celebratory canadian beer would make sense. do you have a favorite beer? >> i'm not answering that. that's a clown a question, bro. >> that has now gone viral. the june 28 nba draft can i get here fast enough for robinson. a talent that could make the wizard's better. his personal life has been well documented. he should have been the college player of the year and he would love to be back here in d.c. >> [unintelligible] >> thomas robinson. coming up, we will talk about the redskins back on the field today. rt3 >> we first told you last week that dc's speed cameras are generating rec

thanks for keeping us informed. 59 in leesburg and clarksburg, 59 in strasbourg, 59 in bowie. 57 in lah low humidity, another comfortable day by mid june standards, highs around 80. upper 70's to low 80s today through the weekend with bright sunshine and low humidity. high temperatures in the mid 70's at the beach. >> thanks so much. i want to look at the day ahead. two former metro employees who admitted to stealing half a million dollars from the transit agency will learn their fate today if. >> john haile and horace mcdade pleaded guilty in march to a ceiling on -- for stealing collins and cash. they either deposited the money or used it to buy lottery tickets. they could face years in jail. two property managers who pleaded guilty to defrauding clients will be sentenced today. they face more than four years in jail after pleading guilty to fraud charges this year. prosecutors say that they stole money from their client's bank accounts. many of them owned homes in the district but worked overseas. >> could a new casino be headed to prince george's county? maryland house speaker mich

lights sprinkles in the shenandoah valley especially around woodstock and strasbourg, virginia. near culpeper, light rain west and southwest of washington. that will be the case even into the midday and early afternoon if you like sprinkles and showers especially west and southwest of washington. the heaviest rain is in north carolina. still in an unsettled weather pattern. that means a chance of rain off and on through tomorrow. by friday into the weekend sunny and dry and warmer. hot by sunday. right now, on the cool side, 46 in gaithersburg with low humidity. 59 in the district, 54 in winchester, 50 degrees in hagerstown. keep the windows open all day long. low humidity, temperature of 75. that is seven degrees below average for this time of year with widely separated lights sprinkles and showers today. maybe a few rumbles of thunder tomorrow late in the day. the heat and humidity returns by the weekend. 90 degrees on sunday. back to you. >> thank you. that will be hot and sticky. >> 6:21 is the time. >> a love letter could soon be front and center in the penn state sex abuse

strasbourg. >> maybe. we are talking years from now. i love how they've honored him.love the nats. not crazy about the statues. >> i could tell what you said they were strange. >> they're unique. >> they are a piece of art. >> it is a piece of art. >> they have their own interpretation. >> i'm glad those individuals have been honored as well they should be. i just kind of don't like the statues. my own personal taste. there you go, bob. thank you for the question. if you have a question you want answered, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the weather tab and we will feature tyler. we have to -- you're cameras are out mated so we have to plan for it. we didn't plan for it. >> okay, tomorrow, tyler. we're sorry. >> we'll have one extra guest. tyler is not responding. is he angry? >> he's not happy with us. >> julie wright has latest on what is going on the roads. >> not i allot. at left not right now. sky fox with us joining us, checking out the ride. incident that we have has been moved to the shoulder. our lanes are open. taking it back inside, 66 close in coming in from

. >> we have strasbourg and harper and on a winning streak for first place. >> everything is looking. >>> see if things are looking good with the weather. meteorologist tom kierein is here with the forecast. >> up now on a partly cloudy sky and throughout most of the region we're in the comfort zone. this morning in the 60s across virginia and maryland and in the district of columbia and farther west, though, dipped down into the 50s and a cool morning in western maryland and much of west virginia near 70 in central virginia and on the eastern shore but away from the waters, many locations there are generally in the 60s. there's that son gleaming off the potomac river and plane just taking off there from reagan national. by 9:00, low 70s and by noontime near 80 and hold steady near 80 through the rest of the afternoon with low humidity in place and a bit of a blustery wind in place dwgusting to 30 miles per hour. a clear start to thursday morning down to the 50s to near 60. and then during the day on thursday, beautiful weather. afternoon high near 80, although quite a bit of cloudin

we've seen enough out of stephen strasbourg to know he is really good. he better be on the all-star team. his 100th strikeout of the year already. the first pitcher in the majors to do it. the nats win again. they go on the road and win all six games. this now 15 game over 500. incredible and just percentage points behind the dodgers for the best team in all of baseball. late last night in san francisco, we had some tram -- some drama, aidies. >> this is matt kaine. we have the got two down. it has never happened in the history of san francisco baseball could they finally get a perfect game? well, they can. it's dicey. the throw. got it right there. we have history at san francisco. congratulation to matt kaine and his wife. everybody pretty happy with that. >> right. >> we have a lot going out there in ashburn, virginia. the redskins have their final day today of mini camp. but it is closed to the media. we can't go. they've barred us an everything else for their last day. they want a little privacy. we were out there yesterday and what we did see was t

attorneys say he may file a last-ditch appeal to the european court of human rights in strasbourg. supporters have voiced fears assange will wind up in the hands of the united states should he be deported. the u.s.-led occupation of afghanistan has reached the milestone of 2000 dead u.s. servicemembers in the nearly 12- year war. the number of afghans killed during that same time period is unknown, a far more. bahrain medics spoke out on thursday one day after an appeals court upheld their convictions for treating demonstrators during anti- government protests. nine medics received sentences ranging from one month to five years, while nine others had their cases dismissed. two of the medics said their convictions were baseless. >> the only crime we have done is treating the wounded people. this sentence is very harsh. we consider it inappropriate. it does not suit medical personnel who a been a practice for the last 23 years. >> i did march and rally against the ex minister, [unintelligible] that was my only crime. i have five years. it is quite clear this is a political verdict. >

strasbourg area and front royal in the next 53 minutes. i'll put the radaron here and you can see that second line that we're waiting for this afternoon. that second line, not just with the possibility of some rotation within some of these individual clusters as they bow eastward, but also of some very high winds. so, even if there's an area that is under a severe thunderstorm warning, still could be very high winds coming through. that other area northern page county until 6:45 a tornado warning. let me show you some of the images, too, coming in to our weather at nbcwashington.com site. this is jen from frederick, maryland, where there have been reports of a tremendous amount of rain and flooding up north. this is out of laurel, maryland. again, you can see some of the bottom most, a part of the cloud there with possible rotation being taken, starting to develop, even around northwest d.c. this one from kevin in northwest d.c. and woodbridge, virginia. look at that. a lot of folks looking out of their back windows and on their decks toda

total sunshine here, and .verywhere across the region in strasbourg, maryland.ange tomorrow. temperatures creep up friday and the week and into the upper-90's. >> thank you for watching.

independent from strasbourg, pennsylvania. caller: thank you for taking my call. i believe the supreme court should strike down as unconstitutional. the healthcare bill, as it stands, the average citizen does not know what is in it. all i know is it was probably put together at the behest of the health-care industry who is lobbying. we have our democratic republic being invaded by corporations. thank you and have a nice day. host: "wall street journal" -- we will be talking with representative peter welch about that when he comes out, a democrat from vermont. havre de grace, maryland. steve. caller: my name is steve. i just have an observation. everybody keeps using the car reference. you are not required to own a car. yes, if you buy a car, yes, you are required to have insurance. one of the justices was talking about the emissions device on the car. yes, the epa can regulate the car, and if you buy the car, yes, it must have an emissions device. but you don't have to buy a car. once you buy the car, you can be regulated. that, i understand. what the government i