in great falls, surae chinn, 9 news now. >>> a little bit of good news to tell you about. we just found out barry colson in great falls got his light back on, but the reston senior home is still waiting at this hour. >>> tonight at 7:00 one of america's most well known and most powerful pieces of music celebrates 150 years, a look at the history and meaning of taps. >> sue you then. >>> still ahead a red, white and blue salute to independence day. we're live on the mall with a preview of this evening's festivities. >> plus they pledge their allegiance and we'll introduce you to some of the country's newest americans. >>> nato forces in afghanistan celebrated the 4th of july. general john allen led the ceremony alongside multi- national troops. he says afghanistan is an inspiration for those seeking to overcome oppression. after his address allen joined others to celebrate with a piece of cake designed as a u.s. flag. >>> here in washington last weekend's violent storm did not prevent a july 4th tradition in upper northwest. the palisades neighborhood held its 46th annual i

surae chinn was on the national mall today. reports on why d.c. will have that at stake. >> keep the promise march. it's happening in the city with the highest rate in the country with people living with hiv, just under 3%. that number jumped to more than twice as many among black men. >> it was a very traumatic experience. for me i was in the 6th grade at that time. >> reporter: he lost the uncle to aids. a part of the startling statistic to department of health. 80% of hiv patients in the district are black men. >> what the family really doesn't want to do is talk about that a lot. something like this will come up, but he died way too early in his 30s. >> reporter: the rally reminds people of the urgency while they empower others. >> i have nothing to be ashamed about. it is still affecting it and infecting people. >> reporter: for a quiet reflection, people are visiting the aids and memorial. a reminder of too many lives lost. >> a lot of people have forgotten that all these people dieded. >> reporter: he was told that he was hiv positive about

surae chinn talks to the owner. >> reporter: tommy's family says he's been a jeweller for most of his life. they said his dad usually comes home late, usually around 10:30, but when he didn't come home, they called police. >> i don't know why they didn't take what they needed and leave my dada lone. they could have just taken what he needed. he didn't have to take his life too. >> reporter: vivian wong talked to her father. >> earlier that day he called me around 1:00. everything was fine. >> reporter: that was just three hours before police say someone walked in and killed her father in an armed robbery. >> what more is there to say. [ crying ] >> reporter: the jewelry store had been locked for hours until police came and broke the glass door to get in. >> they wouldn't let us go inside and see him and they came out and told me he passed. >> reporter: neighboring businesses have beeg flowers at the store whether arlington police are still dusting for prints and gathering other evidence to find wong's killer. the family says the previous store owner had been robbed before and wong had

in great falls, surae chinn, 9 news now. >> a footnote here in laurel, the city council is scheduled to pass a bill next week that would force property owners to take care of their trees. they would have to remove dead or dying trees from their property in 30 days of being told there's a problem. if there's no action taken, the city would be able to take down the tree after 75 days and bill the property owner for the removal process. you can learn more about some of the signs a tree is sick at www.wusa9.com. >>> have you ever heard the saying not to hassle the hoff? what about just stealing him outright? that's what's happening with life size cutouts of actor david hasselhoff all over new england. here's the spokesman for a change convenience stores who says the signs are there as ads, but the owners say people just keep making off with them. >>> still ahead dealing with the drought gripping the nation in our own backyard. >>> 9 wants you to know more about the fallout from that spending scandal at the general services administration. our colleagues at federal times say gsa canceled

that's where our surae chinn is live tonight. the last time they had flooding it look like a mess with the sewer and all that stuff. >> reporter: the same thing this go around. the bloomingdale area traditionally floods maybe every few years but never have residents seen three floods in a week and d.c. water is trying to figure out about what's going on. d.c. water is walking the pipes underground. they're cleaning out storm drains and snaking cameras where crews can't get to. >> there seems to us to be something that has changed which is why we've been sending all of our investigators to see did the derecho storm dislodge something? we haven't found anything yet. >> i can't tell you how much money i've lost from that alone including damages. it's hard. >> reporter: frustration is bubbling over for bloomingdale residents seeing images of high water coming out of storm drains, toilets and tubs. they've cleaned out sewage from their basements the third time in a week. some residents have temporary fixes with stop valves and d.c. wa

get their -- working around the clock to get their remaining 8,000 or so customers back online, surae chinn in arlington where some of the major work is being done. >> reporter: i'm at 23rd and south penwouldy streets where nobody wants to be -- penwoody streets where nobody wants to be the last to be online. tim scotch is annoyed even though he's watching the crews working on his line in his neighborhood. a large tree that fell on the power lines intensified the frustration with the blackout. >> that's understandable. i fully figured they'd be doing that on saturday and sunday. >> reporter: scotch's mother relies on oxygen and says he may not be critical infrastructure, but their home should be a high priority. >> i'm angry more at the people at the decision making level than anyone under that. >> reporter: dominion power says not everybody can be a high priority even if you have a medical condition. they say they have a system that works and they have to stick with it. in arlington county, surae chinn, 9 news now. >>> meanwhile in maryland the chairman of the state's public service commis

. >> reporter: surae chinn in great falls where the roots of this 40-ton tree is rotted out and when it fell, people felt it. david kinney shaken by what happened. the gigantic tree crushed 64- year-old carl roeth while stuck in traffic on georgetown pike in great falls around 6:30 last night. >> it's absolutely devastating, such a random thing to have happen. >> reporter: fairfax county urban force management director was on site last night and instructed a second tree nearby to come down. >> they had a similar rot pattern going on as this tree. >> reporter: michael knapp says 98% of its roots are rotted. >> slowly year after year it will make its way up into the structural roots. >> that was surae chinn reporting. the montgomery county department of transportation is still trying to figure out what caused fire on a ride-on bus this morning near the intersection of ramsey avenue and bonafev in silver spring. nobody was hurt, but today's fire is the latest in a series of fires the last couple years and now county executives have pulled a certain model of the ride-on bus off the stree

in arlington county, surae chinn, 9 news now. >> that same anger is magnified across the potomac where about 14,000 pepco customers in maryland are still in the dark, but they're furor may pale in comparison to next week and that is when maryland's public service commission is set to decide on a $66 million rate hike for pepco. scott broom questioned the chairman of the psc in baltimore today. >> reporter: maryland's chief regulator douglas bazarian said today pepco may not get all that it wants. >> pepco had not been maintaining its system to the level we expected. >> reporter: that's him reminding reporters that the psc has pepco's number, that regulators fined the company $1 million in december for poor performance and now that the psc is considering a rate increase for pep so he, the real punishment may be -- pepco, the real punishment may be yet to cop. that's because this commission has the -- come. that's because this commission has the power to dock pepco's rate request to effectively claw back tens of millions dollars of profits from previous increases that should have been sp

on the national mall, surae chinn, 9news now. >>> conference planners are making a concerted effort to get more young people involved this year. nearly half of all new h.i.v. infections are among people 25 or younger. organizers are also using social media like twitter and youtube to reach out to a younger audience. we're going to have more on the conference starting tonight on 9news now at 5:00. of course other anita brikman will be there live all afternoon. >>> it's muggy outside. we have a code yellow. what does that mean for folks at home? >> that means we're going to have a couple of storms this afternoon. when we issue the yellow alerts, we do that because we want you to be aware that we have a chance for weather that could impact your afternoon. not the red alerts when we have severe weather headed this way but the code yellow alerts is sort of weather could impact those plans and delay you and cause a cancellation of a sporting practice or event. let's get you started. the severe weather area from the storm prediction center is expanded a little bit to cover more of virginia an

in stone ridge surae chinn, 9 news now. >>> russia and china today rejected a u.n. resolution that was designed to bring an end to the civil war in syria. that plan included nonmilitary sanctions against president bashar al assad's government if his troops aren't withdrawn in 10 days, but the long time syrian allies oppose the measure because they think it could eventually allow the use of force. >>> still ahead george zimmerman opens up on national television. what do his comments mean when it comes to his upcoming trial? >> plus it once stood as a symbol of everything great and now some say joe paterno's statue is tainted and needs to come down, more on the debate right after the break. >>> some exciting new programming coming to sunday morning this fall. wusa9 will launch an exciting new talk show with bloomberg government. the show will air sunday mornings as part of the acclaimed power block on wusa9. bloomberg's chief washington correspondent peter cook will be the post. that comes your way sunday this fall on wusa9. >>> should it stay or should it go? that is

in bethesda, surae chinn, 9 news now. >> pepco says some of the last repairs and restorations will begle customer outages despite the fact that most people now have power again, pepco plans on keeping the out of state crews brought in at least through tomorrow. >>> well, speaking of hot, the nats have had a fantastic first half of the season and it just got better. dave owens is here to tell us about the team's latest bit of good news. >> you almost couldn't script this thing any better. geo gonzalez has been brilliant and bryce harper has been as good as advertised. wait, men, there's more. harper learning immediately after today's game that he's going to the all-star game in kansas city. you remember, he was on the outside looking in. didn't get enough fan votes. he was graceful and humble about that, even saying others should be picked ahead of him. but the youngster gets in because miami's carlos stinten has a knee injury. he becomes the youngest position player ever to make the team. here's what he had to say after the game. quote, i don't have words to explain it right now. i'm

surae chinn has that part of the story tonight. >> reporter: it can be confusing to children. experts say this is the time to talk to your kids. what you say though can depend on their age. but it is apparent that children are reacting to this senseless act. >> it was kind of heart breaking to see that so many families lost their loved ones. >> reporter: 12-year-old dario along with mom all came to see the new "batman" movie. >> i was kind of afraid there was going to be another shooting but i felt kind of safe that they were taking precautions to keep movie theaters safer. >> this is pretty much like being struck byline. bad things -- by lightning. bad things happen to you. >> reporter: professor william lawson is the chairman of the sigh chi industry department after the university. >> this is an excellent opportunity for parents to dialogue and help kids understand that we will try to protect them and take care of them. you definitely have to talk to your kids about it. >> reporter: dominic romaine had a conversation with his 9- year-old son before coming to see the movie i

surae chinn has that part of the tragedy. >> reporter: it can be confusing to children. experts say this is the time to talk to your kids. what you say, though, can depend on their age, but it is apparent that children are reacting to this senseless act. >> it was kind of heartbreaking to see so many families lost their loved ones. >> reporter: with heavy heart, 12-year-old and his 15-year-old brother and cousin along with mom all came to see the new batman movie. >> i was kind of afraid there was going to be another shooting, but it felt kind of safe, that they were taking precautions to keep movie theaters safer. >> this is pretty much like being struck by lightning. >> reporter: he's the chairman of the psychiatry department at howard university. he spoke with 9 news now last night. >> this is an excellent opportunity for parents to dialogue and help kids to understand that we try to protect them and take care of them. you definitely need to talk to your kids about it. but he knew very much about what's going on. >> reporter: dominique had a conversation with his 9-ye

in reston, surae chinn, 9news now. >>> there is good news and bad news. there may be some cooling rains coming our way. sadly, they're connected to some thunderstorms that could make things worse, power-wise. >> the good news is, the heaviest area of thunderstorms look like it's going to dive to the south. a live look outside is brought to you by michael & son. dew points in the 60s is a good thing, but they're starting to come up. humidity 4 3. here's the severe thunderstorm watch. it covers hagerstown, winchester, essential along the i-81 corridor and points west. now, the good news is, this is nasty. this is a nasty area of thunderstorms that's going to stay south of us, go just south of harrisonburg. but there's thunderstorms up toward morgan town, storms developing just south of cumberland that are also rather hefty. so these storms just coming into your frame, headed towards cross junction and winchester, those are heavy, and those could actually affect places south of town, especially if you draw a triangle towards warrenton and fredericksburg. rec

surae chinn talked with the family. >> reporter: the couple was taking a last vacation before the baby arrived. her husband and producer was documenting and film their vacation so he could one day share it with his daughter. but instead matt had captured the last moments of his wife's life. >> our hearts are broken. i think everyone that will come to the service on monday will see that matt's love is a love of a lifetime. >> reporter: mark johnson talks about two lives lost but a love story cut short. the couple was expecting their first child, 31-year-old joe schennay was six months pregnant, vacationing with her husband near cape hatteras when she slipped off the sand bar. the strong waves pulled her under and her husband tried to keep her afloat for half an hour when both went under. they were found face down from the shore and flown to the hospital. >> he had become unconscious at some point. >> the doctors were able to revive matt but found the baby had no heartbeat and mom had no pulse. >> you could tell she was going to be the greatest mother of all. and for us, she was this ang

surae chinn talked with wong's daughter. >> reporter: tommy wong was a watch maker and jeweler. he had owned capital jewelers for five years and his daughter said her dad would come home late on friday night, usually by 10:30, but when midnight rolled around and he still hadn't come home they called police. >> i just want to know why he didn't just take what he needed and leave my dad alone. he could have just taken what he needed. he didn't have to take his life, too. >> reporter: vivian wong had talked to her father that afternoon. >> earlier that day he called me around 1:00. everything was fine. >> reporter: that was just three hours before police say someone walked in and killed her father in an armed robbery. >> what more is there to say? >> reporter: the jewelry store had been locked for hours until police came and broke the glass door to get in. >> they wouldn't let us go inside and see him. they came out and told me he passed. >> reporter: neighboring businesses have been leaving flowers at that time store where arlington police are dusting for prints. the family said t

surae chinn was in the national mall and reports on why d.c. a lot at stake in this. >> reporter: it's happening in the city with the highest rate in the country with people living with hiv. just under 3%. that number jumped to more than twice as many among black men. >> so it was a very traumatic experience for me. i think i was in the sixth grade at the time. >> reporter: kevin breckenridge lost his uncle to aids. he's part of the startling statistic, 80% of hiv patients in the district are black men. >> the family doesn't really talk about it a lot until something like this comes up, but he died way too early. he was in his 30s. >> reporter: the rally reminds people of the urgency for action while it empowers others. >> i have nothing to be ashamed about. hiv and aids is still affecting and infecting people. >> reporter: for a quiet reflection, people are visiting the aids memorial quilt, a remember minder of too many -- reminder of too many lives lost. mark was told he was hiv positive 17 years ago this month. >> i was told i would get skin

with passengers on board throughout the system, surae chinn says it is a technical team looking around the clock. and the essential control to find that computer glitch before tomorrow morning's rush. and that will be the control center at prince george's county that went dark for roughly 40 minutes in both cases. and after being stuck on the train during the second computer glitch. >> it took me at least three hours to make it home from 12:00, i didn't make it home until 3:00. and they did communicate for the problems. and we had to get off the train and to go to the other stop to catch the shuttle buses. >> for the second time this season, the moving map showing the location of each function. the first glitch on saturday afternoon, they forced the train to stop and to be directed to the nearest station. the second incident on sunday morning, they caused only a brief stall before the trains could operate at reduced speeds. >> the technicians, they are watching to make sure that the other glitch doesn't happen again. although they don't know what happened. in both cases they say that t

i'm surae chinn with the very latest coming up. >> you open up the blinds and there was a tornado and he couldn't sidestep nothing. it ripped the roof off and the walls came down. he was under the one wall. >> the storm that came through here was awful. >> dangerous heat on the way, 9 weather alert code possibly going from yellow to red. >>> tonight a $50,000 reward out there for info on a couple of crooks that were caught on tape. >> here's the surveillance video. the loudoun county sheriff's office says these two men with masks held up a harris-teeter grocery store tuesday morning at the village center plaza and tonight police are investigating whether or not this robbery is connected to other robberies at harris- teeter stores in virginia, north carolina and south carolina. >> surae chinn is at the harris- teeter in stone ridge in loudoun county where now they've got a little extra security and late night customers are warned to be extra vigilant. >> reporter: yes. the fbi now is involved. i talked with authorities in north carolina and south carolina. they say they are looking at

surae chinn, 9 news now. >> just to give you some perspective how large these big trees are, we've got a google image of that block of georgetown pike. this was taken back in may of 2009. the first tree, that's the one that fell on the car last night, it's just huge and the second one, that's it there, that's the one cut down this morning and that was believed to be at risk of falling. so it's pretty easy to see how the damage from a falling tree this big could be at it strophic. >>> meantime kristin fisher joins us -- could be catastrophic. meantime kristin fisher joins us now live with more on the man killed. >> 64-year-old albert carl roeth, iii. his friends called him carl. he's lived in the area a long time and he opened a commercial fleet servicing company in manassas. friends describe him as nice to everyone, always smiling, modest, but he loved living large, loved his mercedes and throwing parties. he was probably best known for his annual party at gold cup. he had a plot that everyone knew about right at the finish line. carl was connected in middleburg equestrian scene, loved

as surae chinn reports, a senior high rise be in reston is still waiting for their lights. >> reporter: as people are waiting to get back online, these big huge trees like this one still need to be cut down and removed. dominion power says they are feverishly working so folks don't face a sixth night without power. crews are laying down new wires that will become the lifeline for the reston senior high rise building of lake ann fellowship house. murray land sits outside and waits for them on a fifth day in the heat. >> i'm getting out of this place for a while. i'm packing my bags. >> reporter: power returned yesterday only to be cut off again today mean nothing elevator. you have to walk back up? >> no. i hope not. i'm going to have somebody out here. >> reporter: murray lives on the seventh floor. he took us there on sunday. >> well, i have asthma. >> reporter: the new property manager is trying to do what she can for the nonprofit hud subsidized complex where many elderly suffer from medical conditions. >> i think we're all frustrated, but for those people that can't get out and see

surae chinn is live outside the headquarters with more on that and reports of the other incidents in which the passengers evacuated themselves from the train, surae? >> reporter: well, anita, these are two incidents that put into question, the safety standards of metro. these are two incidents that will happen last week on the green line at metro and they admit that they needed to do a better job. especially in the extreme heat. whether or not it is looking for the damaged tracks or in the power outages. they are looking to improve. >> reporter: last friday a section of the green line near west hyattsville buckled under the blistering heat. 55 people had to be evacuated. >> we just can't accept that at this stage. >> reporter: the incident was one of the two heat-related problems on metro last week and the focus of today's board meetings. but the tracks had just been inspected the day before last friday's derailment and metro had been on the lookout for what they call is the heat kings in the rail system. the plan is to change the policy from preventing it from ever happening again. p

surae chinn visited several neighbors today in montgomery county and joins us now live from bethesda. surae? >> reporter: well, pepco still has about 300 people without power in montgomery county. the last 300 people still in the dark. pepco also says that they have restored to all of the storm damaged outages in d.c. and prince george's county. here in bethesda they just restored power after they got it for a little bit. and then it went out again. this huge tree behind me you see is the culprit. that took out power for five days. we have arlene here to talk to us about what happened and also how the power went out this morning. >> this morning, the transformer just started broking and we -- smoking and we happened to be outside with montgomery county and picking up the debris. and everyone panicked. called the fire department. they got here and they called thank goodness they called pepco and not me. so -- >> reporter: arlene, knowing it went out again because of the heat, what did you think at that point? >> truthfully we are really lucky because we sort of fly is rest of -- supply

our surae chinn is there. >> reporter: a lot of the tenants were out in the heat just waiting and hoping to get inside their apartments to grab some essentials and see the damage, but they couldn't because these two buildings behind me are condemned. the one on the left of your screen and the one behind those trees. screws were boarding them up this afternoon -- crews were boarding them up this afternoon. we've learned someone on that top level apartment on the third story left a gas fueled appliance which caused the fire. samuel assmani captured these flames shooting from the roof on his cell phone. you can hear his concern for those who may have been trapped. his son jeffrey ran to find out. >> god, who is inside there? >> rushing everywhere trying to knock on everybody's door trying to get them outside and you see babies crying, little girls looking for their moms. >> reporter: when he noticed he couldn't find his cousin emanuel. >> i felt him shaking me. i just picked him up, got him outside. if i had never done that, he would have been gone by now probably. >> he saved my high of. >

i'm surae chinn, 9news now. >>> nearly a week after 12 people died and a hail of gunfire, a discussion about gun control that seems to be starting up slowly. today, the senate majority leader told the reporters that they won't have time to pick up any gun-controlled debates this year and they will two groups calling for action at this time. >> and now will be the time to begin their dialogue. and that will be the appropriate action. that will be the violence. and seriously, that will be a conversation for you about what we could do about this. >> reporter: now, the partnership to promote the gun violence on the gun buyers and a big banned on the large capacity magazine. can you may have heard earlier that the federal judge issued a ruling that will allow them to carry handguns. and that they need to show good and potential reasons. as matt reported, their phone has been ringing off the hook all day. they have serious concerns about the ruling effects. >> this is a 92f. >> reporter: rick stern is a firearms instructor from bowie. ever since a judge's ruling earlier this week that they m

our surae chinn is live in tysons corner. just how hot is it out this? >> reporter: it is burning hot right now, derek, and folks are trying to find any place that has power and a working air conditioner. the shopping malls are the hotspots right now and the cool place to hang out. tysons corner mall is packed right now and it's a place where a lot of people spent the weekend. >> at night cannot sleep because it's too hot. >> reporter: restless night for this family stuck in a hot home, but now their 3-year-old gets some shut eye in her dad's arms at tysons mall. you've already been here eight hours? >> yes. >> reporter: you spent the entire day here? >> yes. >> reporter: in this corner? >> yeah. >> reporter: on the floor? >> that's right. >> fortunately i got a seat. first i was sitting on the floor. >> reporter: jasmine chen is passing the time. >> sometimes i have chinese food. >> reporter: while charging her cell phone and her husband's razor. other folks are suffering through the heat. more than 300 units at this apartment complex in falls church ar

i'm live in northwest, surae chinn, 9news now. >> thank you, surae. >>> we have new information about the death of the winchester reporter. sarah was found dead in her burning home. now the fbi and state police are involved in the investigation. we are just focused on prince william county where peggy fox joins us live. peggy? >> reporter: this is a copy of the search warrant fired here in the circuit court. describing what was found in the gainesville apartment building. it could be the latest piece of evidence in a mysterious murder. >> and to lose a good friend like sarah is a significant loss. >> reporter: outside the burned out remains of the home, now a murder scene, sits a sheriff deputy, guarding the crime scene. inside on monday, the firefighters found the body of sarah green hall. a popular reporter and photographer in virginia's community. >> she had a very profound experience with just about everybody in that country. she knew them, their horses, their family. >> reporter: she was a news reporter for the winchester star who previously worked at the democrat, where she won

our team coverage continues with surae chinn. she is near the office where neil prescott used to work. surae, what do you know? >> reporter: lesli, we could have been standing here in front of this building telling a very different story. authorities say we'll never know exactly what police prevented here, but something obviously very serious and sinister. we are here at the pitney bose location, where preston wanted to shoot the place up and kill people. this is the place where he worked for at least three years. according to the search warrant, prescott was in the process of being fired as a subcontractor at the software and mail room supply business, which could have been the root of what allegedly drove him to make those threats. he lives in an apartment. people there didn't really know him nor did they know the ammunition and weapons stored right next to them. but where he grew up in maryland, neighbors there say the family was nice and that their son was quiet and was really into computers. >> he was very quiet, to himself.

. >> reporter: i'm surae chinn where a family is in mourning, after a 4-year-old little boy was shotised those kids. >> it is the worse news that he could ever receive. >> he was going where they could not save them. >> reporter: and they climbed on into the great grand dad's pick up that his step dad was driving. finding the loaded gun and shot themselves in their head. >> my heart is heavy. and he is not a loving grandson. >> reporter: he worked as a

surae chinn is in arlington where some of the major work is being done. >> reporter: well, this crew has been here since 10:00 this morning. we are in the homestretch, guys, but as we have fewer outages, the frustration mounts. you can see them working right now, but people are getting frustrated. no one wants to be the last and dominion power says someone has to be. everyone can't be a high priority even if you have a medical condition. >> it's more than annoyed. >> reporter: tim scott is running out of patience even as he watches dominion power crews working on his line in his arlington neighborhood. >> intense anger because it took so long because there was no communication between dominion and the county. >> reporter: a large tree that fell on the power lines intensified the frustration in the six-day blackout which blocked the road for nearly a week. arlington county is in charge of removing the tree, but according to regulations couldn't until the power company deemed the lines safe. >> i don't know why dominion took the time that they needed to get here, but i do know there's

our surae chinn is live in the bloomingdale neighborhood. >> reporter: some folks didn't even have a chance to clean up from wednesday's storm when another round ephraim came in through here last night. that's -- round of rain came in through here last night and that's the case with this family. you see the sandbags still out in the basement level, all the muck and sewage still in their basement and this is becoming a weekly occurrence and residents in the bloomingdale area of northwest d.c. are sick of it. youtube video shows rain and raw sewage bubbling up, the pressure knocked off the manhole cover. it's what happens when there's too much rain too fast in a century old storm drain system. >> the tub was rising. the toilet was rising while it was doing. that. >> reporter: we're talking about raw sewage coming up. >> yes. it's really bad. >> reporter: in a nearby business the such pump in overdrive and can't handle the gushing water. >> this is all sewer. you can smell it, too. >> reporter: for the third time in a week the folks on rhode island avenue and seams place northwest have

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on the national mall, surae chainn, 9news now-- >> chinn, 9news now. >> conference planners are doingore to get more people involved. they're using social media to reach out to a younger audience. >>> time is 6:15. break out the flip-flops yet again. another hot one in the forecast. >> most of this week i think we're going to be in the 90s. wednesday is your day where you're going to enjoy a little less humidity. upper #s on. mark the calendar -- upper 80s. mark the calendar. today it's a sticky, muggy start. i hate to tell you that. maybe one of those bad hair days. our day planner, starting off 70s this morning. very humid out there. 77 by 8:00. by lunch time i think we'll be in the upper 80s with a mix of clouds and sunshine. some clouds early. then the threat for some thunderstorms in a few spots later on this afternoon and this evening with a high around 93. an 8:00 p.m. temperature still up there with the humidity at 88 degrees. this morning's radar, had a little batch of showers, light ones come across the region now on the eastern shore. the other showers we're watching in hoe