and takoma park is hosting a parade at 10:00 a.m. and fireworks show at 9:30 from takoma park middle school. plenty of fireworks to see in virginia. vienna's fireworks show starts at 9:15 at south side park. fairfax residents can see them at 5:20. or you can head them to mt. vernon for a smoke fireworks show at 12:45 over the river. the president and mrs. obama are saluting the military from the white house tomorrow. brian. >> taking the edge to d.c. now where a decorated fire lieutenant spoke out against the fire chief's policy. suspended without pay for 6 1/2 weeks. the lieutenant contacted fox 5 in january to complain about the chief's requirements. the firefighters only wear clothing with the new d.c. fire ems logo. expensive change in the middle of winter. saying firefighters are issued $5,000 worth of outer wear. he told us that wasn't the whole truth. >> you get $5,000 worth of gear. the majority is on structural fire fighting gear that we use to go into burning buildings. it is a complete outright lie that we are issued outer

blades will be held in palisades in northwest and in arlington great falls, and takoma park.ast night's dress rehearsal for their annual "capital fourth" concert. people watching on the west lawn had to leave. "dancing with the stars" host tom bergeron will host the event starting at 8:00 p.m., ending in fireworks at the national mall. fireworks displays in kensington germantown rockville, and gaithersburg were canceled because of storm damage. >> metro rail is providing extra rail service to help customers attending the capitol for a celebration and those attending the washington nationals day game. metro will operate from 7:00 a.m. until midnight with rush- hour service from 6:00 a.m. until midnight. you are urged to use station's other than smithsonian or federal triangle due to expected overcrowding. they expect a half million passengers on this independence day. it is 73 degrees outside. >> still ahead, a verdict is in for a gentle pilot ♪ ♪ ♪ we were skipping stones ♪ ♪ and letting go ♪ ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley we know n

nalie works for justine larson in takoma park, md. "she is really a strong person. know how she does it." the poignant stories of nannies and their private lives are the subject of a new york times photo essay, pictures by michele asselin "these women are a huge part in some cases 50 percent, 80 percent, 30 percent in raising other people's children they take care of they are really mother figures." asselin started the project after watching the relationship develop between her own child and a nanny. "i watched my baby fall in love with another woman, and it was a very powerful experience. it was unexpected and intense, and complicated. and it was also very beautiful." this is asselin's nanny lorena martinez from guatemala. "soon, you have to put them back..." she has been a nanny for 16 years "for me it's like my own child, it's a feeling i can't explain." there are an estimated one million nannies in the u.s. so much is expected of them...yet they often go unnoticed. "a lot of nannies are immigrants. they don't have the same rights necessarily or access to the sam

. >> reporter: it's miserable on margaret drive, in takoma park, maryland. a tree that tore down lines on friday has not been touched. some got power back and lost it and the pets are sweltering in lynn quarrel's home. >> first of all, i'm definitely wired about my cat. heat doesn't do any good for any animals. i'm more worried about myself. >> reporter: nancy blacked out since friday got power from her neighbors. >> i feel outraged and totally beside myself about this. >> reporter: she's furious about pepco. i've called pepco every day about my situation uks the tree down around the corner, the power lines down the street. every time i call they act like it's first time they've heard this information. >> reporter: pepco regional president thomas graham. >> we're just white sorking thrt the best we can. >> reporter: they had to brick in power crews as far away as florida. they're working 16-hour days but the job is jie gigantic. fourth of july fireworks have been canceled by many municipalities. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. >>> elsewhere fire

but that didn't stop the celebration in takoma park today.ore on that and the folks still waiting to get electricity back. >> reporter: takoma park put on a dazzling parade this fourth of july, and will have fireworks tonight. despite power outages, pepco got most here back online last night. >> we had more than 50% outage at the beginning. i think we're back down to a much lower number. i hope everybody just stays patient. >> reporter: maryland governor martin o'malley was scheduled it appear in the parade but withdraw in order to watch over the power situation. >> our power finally came back on, of course went out again last night for a little while. everyone is frustrated by it. 21stst century, the greatest country in the world. >> storms took out power lines and poles. pepco has been working hard to restore power here. >> we are happy. it was out for about three days. >> reporter: but in this bethesda neighborhood, this pool remains dangling dangerously low in widewood manor. residents have not seen any work done here, despite pepco's cla

parades' will be held in northwest, arlington fredericksburg, great falls and takoma park. >> thunderstorms interrupted last night's dress rehearsal for the capitol concert. those who went to the practice session were told to leave. it kicks off at 8:00 tonight and ends at 9:30 with fireworks of the national mall. a reminder, due to storm damage, fireworks have been damaged -- canceled in kensington, germantown rocco, and gilbert. >> -- germantown, rockville, and gaithersburg. >> metro rail will operate from 7:00 a.m. until midnight with rush-hour service levels between 6:00 p.m. and midnight. customers are urged to use stations other than smithsonian and federal triangle. more than 500,000 passengers are expected on this independence day. tonight, the sober ride program kicks off. this is an effort to prevent drunken driving. it runs from 10:00 tonight until 4:00 a.m. on thursday. residents can call the number on your screen and receive up to $30 towards a taxi fare for free. >> authorities in the d.c. area and across the nation are on alert for terrorist threats during the july 4 holiday.

and over an inch and a half in adams morgan and takoma parke. so, the storms were confined inside the beltway and some of the immediate areas. but those areas that received the heavy rain got hammered with the slow moving storms. different story tonight. 86 downtown. 86 in leesburg. 77 up in hagerstown. a few clouds and showers, but radar is quiet right now. for tonight, we'll keep the slight chance of an early shower or thunderstorm in. but primarily west of i-81 and partly cloudy and mild. lows 64 to 72 downtown. we'll come back and tell you how long we can hold with this seasonal weather and if heat is not lurking in the wing. >> all right, topper. now another update on efforts to overturn maryland's congressional redistricting map. today, the state board of elections says opponents to the plan they have enough signatures now to force it to referendum. that means voters will decide if the map stands when they head to the polls in november. critics say the redistricting plan was jerry mannedderred to favor the democrats and reduces the influen

meanwhile, busy trying to restore power and traffic sanity this pepco crew in takoma park. >> all right, so i have seen the pepco guys out. we have seen the tree crews out. some good news i have to report to you a few minutes ago. i saw the first out of town power crew cruise by. it said fpl on the truck. i believe that's florida power and light. so that's my first indication out here in the field that the cavalry is beginning to arrive. so, hopefully they will step it up and get lights back online for traffic tomorrow. reporting live in rockville, scott broom, 9news now. >> i thought you were going to say the lights came back on, but we aren't that lucky yet. >> not that lucky. thanks, scott. coming up t is so hot out there, you can't think straight. we share stories with you. stories of families that are struggling, but somehow surviving in the aftermath of the big storm. and up next, imagine you are fighting wild fires in this heat, but that is exactly what hundreds of men and women are doing in the national park. it is getting ugly. >>> more than 200 firefighters firefighters battli

busy trying to restore power and traffic sanity, this crew in takoma park. all right, so the pepco guys are out there. i have seen a few of the lights come back online. it's happening so slowly. 240 intersections in montgomery. out earlier today, now down to only 200. so looks like tomorrow morning and overnight tonight, more of this four way stop signs at an intersection that should be control bid a light. reporting live, scott broom, 9news now. >> we all know the one utility everybody loves to hate in times like these, it is pepco. >> bruce leshan is live in rockville with more on their efforts tonight. and bruce, oh man, you got a lot of damage behind you. >> yeah, what's amazing is that we have seen more of these guys. these are tree workers and they have been working to get this huge tree off this poor guy's house on old georgetown road. but the other thing that is surprising here is some of the folks that have been the harshest crickets of pepco over the years. the politicians, the regulators, and so forth, right now are given pepco time to deal with t

. >> reporter: it's miserable on margaret drive, in takoma park, maryland. a tree that tore down wires friday has not been touched. some homes got power back and then lost it. and the pets are sweltering in lynn quarel's home. >> first of all, i'm definitely worried about my cats because -- i mean heat isn't good for any animal, and a lot of them are suffering right now. i'm more worried about myself. >> reporter: maggie sterner, blacked out since friday, got power from neighbors until theirs went off again. >> i feel outraged and totally beside myself about this. >> reporter: she's furious at the power company. >> i've called pepco every day about my situation, the tree down around the corner, the downed wires across the street. every time i've called them over the last four days, they act like it's the first time they've heard this information. >> reporter: pepco regional president thomas graham. >> you know, we do take responsibility. we know there are things that had to be changed. we're just working through it as best we can. >> reporter: power companie

there is also a free concert and fireworks show from the university of maryland tonight and takoma park is hosting a parade at 10:00 this morning and fireworks show at 9:30 tonight from takoma pa school. >>> plenty of fireworks for see over in virginia. vienna's fireworks show starts at 9:15 tonight at south side park. fairfax resident can see them at 9:20 tonight from fairfax high school or you can head for mount vernon for i daytime smoke over the potomac river. >>> when we come back, a security situation at one local airport. up next, a comb turned into a weapon. we'll show you what tsa agents discovered. >>> plus, he is accused of a midair meltdown. now, we will see the verdict.  >>> in the developing western wildfires, firefighters getting more help from the air force tanker planes that were grounded after a deadly crash. firefighters are making some progress in the colorado wildfires. it is about 07% contained. homeland security secretary janet napolitano and agriculture secretary tom vilsack got a firsthand look at the damage yesterday. -- it is about 70% contained. >>> tsa age

, we get a little bit of relief because the humidity is kind of down. 80, though, college park, takoma park at 80, in prince georges county 79, rockville 74 degrees. today we're going to max out at about 100 degree, heat index 105. so we've got those advisories that have been posted. 102 on saturday, 97 degrees expected on sunday. let's go to mike with another look at traffic. >> looking good on the beltway. let's take a look at 95 in virginia, looking fantastic as you're passing quantico. looking good as you make the trip from woodbridge to the belt way. >> and the search continues for survivors of a boat accident. >> and how our local >>> a teen caught in a dangerous situation >>> some breaking news at 16 after the hour. the search is on for survivors after a yacht capsized near oyster bay in long island, new york. i want to get to melissa in the newsroom. >> good morning. at this point this morning 25 people have been rescued. they are still searching for at least two more. the "new york post" is reporting one of those missing is an 8-year-old girl. they were in oyster bay watching firew

takoma park at 76 degrees in maryland. 74 in woodbrige.tures are a bit cooler off to the western mountains, mid 60's in cumberland, 71 tester. a degrees in quantico already. clear skies expected for the morning and afternoon. and rapid warm up today. temperatures in the low 90's for the noontime with afternoon highs approaching 100. temperatures will fall in the '70s to low eighties tonight. near 100 degrees tomorrow. a cold front will sweep through tomorrow afternoon, bringing us a better chance for stronger and thunderstorms. highs today 95-100 with wind out of the west at 5-10. mid 70's to low 80's tonight. hot and humid tomorrow with afternoon storms likely. temperatures will cool off behind the cold front. mid 80's by friday and saturday. upper 80s from sunday until monday. let's get an update on the commute with lisa. >> i will talk about things starting to heat up for us as far as the morning rush hour. we are noticing heavier volume of traffic starting to hit the road this morning. headlights are the outer loop, still moving at spe

annapolis, university of maryland, greenbelt, takoma park and poolesville. there have been some cancellations as you guys mentioned due to power problems there. as the national park service says as they do each year, pack light. sun screen. it's already hot. as you can see, i'm starting to melt under the sun right now, even at this early 9:00 hour, tony and allison. it is going to be a nice one. >> you have a nice glow about you >> reporter: that's where we are going with this, okay, thank you. >>> speaking of the 4th of july, president obama is celebrating the nation's 236th 4th of july at the white house today. the president is due to speak at a citizenship ceremony for active duty military service. the big highlight at the white house is melia's birthday. she is turns 13 today >>> mitt romney is marching in a july 4th parade in new hampshire. he is on vacation at the romney family estate with all 30 members of his family. that includes 18 grand children. republican presidential candidate will take a breast from his vacation to participate in the parade in

. ♪ >> reporter: takoma park put on a dazzling parade this fourth of july.nd will have fireworks tonight. despite power outages, pepco got most here back online last night. >> i believe the electric companies are doing everything they can to get the power back on to everyone as quickly as they possibly can. >> reporter: on lincoln avenue, this huge tree took out power lines and snapped poles, but pepco contractors have been working hard to restore power here. >> i'm glad it's on. i'm glad it's on. last night it was like a party to see power on. all things considered, when i hear what happened elsewhere, this is minor. >> reporter: but in this bethesda neighborhood this pole remains dangling dangerously low in wildwood manor. residents have seen no work done here despite pepco's statements that repairs are ahead of schedule. >> i know they say what they say, but we're not the only ones frustrated with their performance. >> reporter: this snapped pole killed power to many homes here in the wildwood manor estates. they tell me yesterday a pepco supervisor was h

. >> reporter: it's miserable on margaret drive in toe takoma park, maryland pap tree that tore downy has not been touched. some homes got power back, then lost it. and their pets are sweltering in lynn's home. >> first of all, i'm definitely worried about my cats because, i mean, heat isn't good for any animal and lot of them are suffering right now. i'm more worried about myself. >> maggie sterner blacked out since friday got power from neighbors till theirs went off again. >> i feel outraged and totally beside myself about this. >> reporter: she's furious at the power company. >> i've called pepco every day to report my situation, the tree down around the corner, the downed wires across the street. every time i called them in the last four days they act as if it's the first time they've heard this information. >> reporter: pepco regional president thomas graham. >> we do take responsibility. we know there are things that had to be changed. we're working through it as best we can. >> reporter: power companies in the mid-atlantic had to bring in repair crews from as far away as flor

adams morgan and takoma park had over an inch and a half of rain. basic summertime thunderstorms, but a lot of moisture and moved slowly and did produce some localized flooding. we are watching storms up to the west. we'll come back and track those for you and look ahead and tell you when the heat is going to return. >> okay topper. we have new information tonight about that building collapse in fredericksburg and how more than 20 people inside survived. as peggy fox reports, it took more than just quick thinking. the business had an emergency disaster plan in place that everybody followed. >> i saw the ceiling get peeled off and then i saw the whole 30 feet of brick wall coming straight at me. >> caught in a building collapse sunday night when a microburst hit fredericksburg. the roof blew off and the cinder block walls came down. >> i have nerve damage in my right hand. i have two cracked vertebrae. i have two broken toes. i have a broken ankle and shattered arm they reconstructed. >> they were watching their daughter's cheerleading practice. 15 c

. >>> residents of takoma park, maryland started with a parade.ined the streets to watch. today's events included a whistle ball whiffel ball tournament. >>> tonight -- whiffel ball tournament. >>> tonight a giant bear tears through a store, wait till you see the damage. also ahead. >> it's not unusual to spend 4th of july on the water, but one group is trying to make sure wounded warriors get this experience, too. i'm jennifer davis, that story coming up. >>> more fireworks in the tablet wars, apple reportedly planning to unveil a smaller cheaper ipad later this year. it's trying to compete with new less expensive tablets from the likes of google, microsoft and amazon. no fireworks on wall street because u.s. markets were closed for the 4th of july holiday. stocks are only up 3% since last independence day. meanwhile english football is coming to wall street. manchester united, one of england's most profitable soccer clubs is officially filing for a public stock offing on the new new york stock exchange. get ready for another england invasions fr

and there is sheer frustration in this takoma park neighborhood that has been throughout without power since friday night. a huge tree on boston avenue came down on the power lines knocking out service to that area. most of the homes lost power friday, they got it back, and then lost it again yesterday. one woman says she's called pepco every day and each time they tell her it's the first they've heard of the situation. pepco's president says the utility company is doing its best. >> we do take responsibility. we know there are somethings that had to be change and we're making that effort and we're making the investment in the system to do that. but i also say what's taking place right now is really outside the norm. we're just working through it as best we can, 24/7. they work -- our crews work in 16-hour shifts and we'll do that until the very last customer is restored. >> pepco says most customers should get their power back on by 11:00 friday night. >>> uprooted trees, downed power lines causing big problems across arlington, this neighborhood off washington and route 50 still deal

the national independence day parade will go on, as well d.c., great falls and takoma park.will be operating at near levels this evening to people to and from downtown. riders are urged to avoid the stops.pular the smithsonian and the triangle stations. thereof.ack is the american legion bridge. we are doing pretty well. we will head over to springfield on 95e how we are doing and 395. downtown, everything looks , even across 14th street. thank you for noticing most traffic cameras. we have it sunshine. sunshine destabilizes our atmosphere. during up thundershowers night hours. should be done by 9:00 p.m. winchester, highs of about 97. 105.feel like 100, most of it should come to an end firework time. >> we wish to

the unfortunate of maryland, national harbor, bowie, district heights, greenbelt, takoma park and poolesvilleyland, as we learned yesterday, several 4th of july celebrations have been canceled due to the ongoing problems after friday's storm. kensington, germantown, rockville can and gaithersburg. they have call scratched their fireworks displays for tonight. the celebration is scheduled here. going to be a lot of road closures. already, in fact, a lot of road closures in place right now that will be taking place you can find those on myfoxdc.com. just click on web links. the best bet is just to take metro if you can. it will be a little bit easier trying to get down here to the national mall. back to you. >> good advice. >> thanks, sarah. >>> this will be a working holiday for president obama and his presumptive republican rival. mr. obama will return from camp david to celebrate the nation's 236th birthday at the white house. he will deliver remarks at a naturalization ceremony for active duty service members in the east room this among. later tonight, the famesly will host a 4th of july ba

nalie works for justine larson in takoma park, md. "she is really a strong person.ories of nannies and their private lives are the subject of a new york times photo essay, pictures by michele asselin "these women are a huge part in some cases 50 percent, 80 percent, 30 percent in raising other people's children they take care of they are really mother figures." asselin started the project after watching the relationship develop between her own child and a nanny. "i watched my baby fall in love with another woman, and it was a very powerful experience. it was unexpected and intense, and complicated. and it was also very beautiful." this is asselin's nanny lorena martinez from guatemala. "soon, you have to put them back..." she has been a nanny for 16 years "for me it's like my own child, it's a feeling i can't explain." there are an estimated one million nannies in the u.s. so much is expected of them...yet they often go unnoticed. "a lot of nannies are immigrants. they don't have the same rights necessarily or access to the same services. i think they don't get the