the northbound side of i- 95 a live look from our sky 9, which is absolutely jammed from here at the fairfax county parkway, right up the line to springfield and on to 395 where the accident in the lanes near edsel road has been cleared. >>> protesters continue in turkey. police have driven them out of the square in istanbul, but the violence has continue in streets around the area. there were also large scale protests in the capital city of ankara. >>> a private jet carrying former president george w. bush made an emergency landing after the smell of smoke was reported in the cockpit. the plane was traveling from philadelphia to dallas at the time. it was diverted to louisville, kentucky. no one was hurt. >>> former south african president nelson mandela is improving during his stay at a pre toria hospital. the 94-year-old is being treated for a recurring lung infection. he has had respiratory problems for several decades. >>> the black forest fire is now 65% contained. some colorado springs residents are getting a firsthand look at the devastation, evacuees out of the burn area have been a

. >>> for the past four hours, the fairfax county school board has been meeting on proposed changes to the student discipline policy. the big issue there is when parents should be notified once a student commits a serious offense. reporter david culver has our report. >> reporter: behind these doors here at luther jackson middle school, the fairfax county school board is still meeting at this hour discussing those proposed amendments to the student discipline policy. the sticking point here? parental notification. that is, when should they let parents know that their child is being questioned on a serious offense? we can show you a look inside as they started discussions ju. just a few minutes ago, they actually voted down the first of several amendments. initially more than 100 gathered inside this auditorium. that has dwindled to about 50. there is a clear and rather intense division in the audience, those representing the school administration, including many principals are on one side, and those supporting parental notification sitting on the other, ta other. talking with school bo

you see the picture from the fairfax county parkway. the drive in taking about 14 minutes this morning to get into the -- from the fairfax county parkway to the beltway on 66. >>> today, two people accused of setting a series of fires on virginia's eastern shore expected in court. charles smith iii and tanya bundick, charged with one county each of arson and conspiracy to commit arson. police arrested the couple in april. in court documents smith told investigators he set 55 fires and bundick set 15 fires. >>> suffolk county public schools rerising its weapons policies after two students were pretending that pencils were guns. under the revised policies, school administrators can look at factors whether the opt is listed as a weapon. two 7-year-old students were suspended for pointing pencils and making gun noises. one of the boys was reportedly impersonating his father who is a former marine. >>> this morning, a prince george's county family is asking for you help to solve a tragedy on the beltway. 22 tiara jackson was involved in a cra

. >>> we are still waiting to learn more about the people killed in an apparent murder/suicide inside a fairfax county apartment complex today. shots rang out just before 10:00 this morning on the 21st floor of the skyline towers on seminary road in falls church. inside police found a man and woman dead. neighbors had reported hearing loud screams before the shooting. police haven't said anything about a motive but believe it could be a case of domestic violence. >>> the condition of a paramedic has been upgraded tonight from serious to stable. this follows a deadly crash near prince frederick, maryland. that paramedic was responding to a crash when another car drove into the path of her suv. police say the man driving the car was killed instantly. a stretch of route 4 was shut down earlier tonight. it's now back open. >>> there could be a breakthrough tonight in the federal probe surrounding d.c. mayor vincent gray's 2010 campaign. the accounting firm is acknowledging that some of its staffers made improper contributions to many campaigns for more than a decade and that those contributions wer

leaving the fairfax county couny parkway, continuing all the wayy toward duke street. earlier problems we had in the hov lanes are now clear. clear. you may find the main line approaching, and heading toward quantico, delays continue from m dale city and headed north ofnot the lore ton, continuing past newington, and the hovs are inin better shape south of the beltway, but don't be fooled asl you travel the beltway headed hd toward h edsall road. involved in the overturnedurned vehicle the hov lanes now lanes cleared. we will check what else is one o the roads this morning. eastbound 66, the trouble spot occurred at 17, and it involved an overturned vehicle, the the accident activity had traffic tf squeezing by to the left for folks headed inbound. leaving manassas to the rest tht area and traveling southbound out of waldorf, and of course, marshall corner road that is cot where we have the crash, cras northbound lanes remain open. op that's a check of fox 5 on time traffic. >>> julie, thank you very much. >>> a close y call for a formerm president. a private jet carry

and only 45 miles per hour continuing toward wood bridge and toward newington, an early crash, the fairfax county now clear. let's head up to the cameras, this is where we had the crash near the gw parkway. pa that should be moved over to th shoulder. we have activity squeezing that ramp for folks americaning up oe outer loop. loop. outer loop happens to preak prek previously headed -- break break briefly headed to montgomery. and virginia. >>> the second day of the g-8 summit in northern ireland is underway. the officials gathered for a photo op. he is still trying to get the allies to agree with him to seni opposition weapons to syria.ti plaid mionr putin agrees thatag something should be done to stot the killing but does not want to help the rebels. >>> here at home on the hill, the chief of the nsa could shedd new light on the surveillanceane program. >> law makeers are criticizing the president's handling of thet leak.ak. lauren demarco is live from capitol hill. >> reporter: this is theter: s first time that chief alexander speaks publicly aboutt the surveillance program.m. the meeti

and temperatures are right around the balmy 70-degree mark in montgomery county, fairfax, prince george's county, low to mid-70s now in the district of columbia near the chesapeake bay. here's how we're looking. temperatures near 70 through 8:00. maybe a little sunshine in and out. a lot of cloudiness as well. in fact, there is a chance of some showers moving in around late morning. mainly to our west. and then maybe into the metro area by noon time. perhaps even a little thunder and lightning. don't anticipate any severe storms. by then temperatures should be near 80. sunrise this morning at 5:43. a look at the rest of this tuesday and our chances for storms this afternoon. that's coming up in about ten minutes. and donella is back with first 4 traffic. >> good morning. if you're traveling the beltway in virginia, still seeing the work zone near van dorn street blocking the left lane. you can see the cones are up. just stick to the right to get by. still light volume but a brief delay as you work your way around that work zone. continuing around the beltway here at the american legion br

and inside the belt ware 58 on 66 coming through the fairfax and falls church areas. let's go over to a live picture on the northbound side of i-95. this looks great as well. no issues from dale city all the way into springfield and again on to 395. back to the maps, this time on the north side of town. looking good on the beltway between college park and silver spring and right into bethesda. no problems on route 29 or i-95 from the baltimore beltway. we'll take a live look outside at the american legion bridge west side of town looks pretty much like this between bethesda and tysons corner. back you to, andrea and mike. >>> a follow-up now on our year long investigation into the safety of certain jeep models. at the start of the week, the national highway traffic safety administration sent a letter to chrysler asking the company to recall the remaining 2.7 million of its 1993 to 2004 jeep grand cherokees and 2002 to 2007 jeep liberty suvs still out there on the roads. the gas tanks in those vehicles are located right behind the rear axle literally in the crush zone.

line. >> the annual celebrate fairfax festival begins today at the fairfax county government festival. the event includes concerts, colorful rides, and fireworks. >> for more information on any of these stories, visit our website at wjla.com. jacqui jeras is back. >> do not leave home without the relative they. you are going to need it. the rain is coming down steady right now. it will be heavier later on this afternoon. flash flood watch in effect. our temperatures will be in the 70s today. a little bit of a cool day. things are looking better with some sunshine by the weekend only a 30% chance of thunderstorms on saturday. >> we do have the 11th street bridge, big delays coming in from 295 north and 295 southbound. that is all due to activity on the 11th street bridge, a breakdown blocking the right lane inbound. we also have a live shot onto 70 -- 270. that is near falls church. you can see the traffic wrapping around the curve heading southbound coming in from gaithersburg. >> before we go, if you haven't heard, we've been talking about it all morning, a sad note, we are saying go

. >>> a team of sleep specialists is partnering with the fairfax county public school system to develop a plan to push back start times for high schools. the sleep division has been contracted by the county school board. the doctors will be brainstorming about how best to move the start time to 8:00 a.m. or later. nearly all high schools start at 7:20 in the morning. >>> i am watching your money investors are bracing for a possible shift in federal reserve is policy. wall street will be waiting to hear what fed chairman ben bernancke plans in regard to the economic stimulus program that will be at this week's meeting. the big question, will the stock market rebound after disappointing reports about the economy. the dow plummeted about 106 points friday. it starts this morning still above the 15,000 level. the nasdaq was down by almost 22. good news for school employees in maryland, they would receive pay raises under an agreement being voted on this week. the county school board is scheduled to vote wednesday. one measure to give salary step increases cost adjustments to thousands of em

. >>> the 36th annual fairfax festival is underway in marin county. with a parade downtown. as kpix 5's john ramos shows us, what makes this special is its participants' individuality. >> reporter: when the marin county town of fairfax holds its annual parade it has the usual small town stuff. lots of kids, huge flags. martial arts demonstrations. but from there, the parade takes a noticeable turn to the surreal. >> mayberry on acid. that's what we say around here. [ laughter ] >> reporter: the parade is a celebration of people who marched to a different drummer. even when the drumline only has four guys in it. it's environmentally conscious, socially conscious, and in the case of these guys, only semiconscious. >> we like to perform in front of people. and drink whiskey. >> reporter: have you done it in that order? >> we started earlier drinking and then performing and then we're going to drink whiskey again. >> reporter: it's a silly confusing dazzling display of human spirit and amazing creativity in a uniquely marin county kind of way. >> we studie

you're going to go about 38 miles an hour as you travel into centreville and then again through the fairfaxgoing to slow down now. once beyond that it looks okay to the beltway. let's take a live look outside. first of all showing you what it looks like on the inbound side of 66. the lanes are open. back to the maps. this time we're heading all the way out to route 50 coming from annapolis towards cheverly. you're going to be okay. the accident up ahead at florida and montana in the roadway. >>> time to see what our partners at cbs this morning are covering. >> gayle king standing by in new york city. good morning. >> standing by, live and in color. hello, mike and andrea. ahead a look at chrysler's big game a balance and it refuse -- big gamble as it refuses to recall millions of vehicles the government says are detective and -- defective. and a two-hour struggle with a shark the size of -- look at this guy. a voces wack gone -- woaks wagon is what they're saying. itself news is back in the morning. we'll see you at 7:00. mike, when was the last time you caught one of those? >> 12 feet lon

they moved the the activity to the shoulder, lanese are open, but we're headed to to wood bridge, the fairfax county parkway. 395 remains slow and crossing over the 14th street bridge.. inner loop delays, headed fored the wilson bridge, delays de continue in virginia, the braddock road and the gal loss road, from 95, and around 270.a that's a check of fox 5 on time traffic. >>> all right, julie, thank you very mucieh.. >> it's another first for sesame street. the show is tackling a different family dynamic for children ch whose parents are in jail. this is alex, he is a muppet mu whose dad is incarcerated.incar it's called the little show big challenges. it helps the children with with parent in jail cope and find fi outside support.outs >>> one of america's sweethearte is looking to depo on a dat go d she is auctioning the chance on the internet. >> of course, we're talkingtalkn about the bet betty white.ite. bids start at $1,600 but it it includes two round tickets to la, and the vip tickets, at thee hope gala event and one night a the ritz carlton and a seat nexe to miss white at the gala.

today is the last day of school there. we're talking about fairfaxi want to thank the mount vernon class of 2013 for inviting many he to graduation. i gave the commencement address last friday. these students are moving on to virginia tech, northwestern, several military branches as well. there was a special moment for a student whose father surprised him just in time to see him get his diploma. you see the hug and everybody trying to hold back tears. he was completely clueless his father was going to show up. >> what a wonderful surprise and wonderful moment for all the students. >> i want to thank the class. ms. manns and ms. king for inviting me to speak. >> congratulations opini congra. >>> 20 minutes after 6:00. want to get a look at our forecast. a sticky start and maybe rain later. >> tom kierein is tracking your forecast now. good morning to you. >> here in the storm team 4 weather center, the radar picking up a cluster of showers and thundershowers now rolling out of west virginia and getting closer to virginia. and as you see those areas on

. >> 15 before the hour. fairfax county school's discipline policy will not change drastically. they met to discuss amendments to the discipline policy. the issue is ( tall notification. when should parents find out that administrators are questioning their kids. >> what we have said tonight is that even an 8 or 9-year-old student does not have the right to have their parent called when they are suspected of a serious offense of board policy. >> police are searching for the man in this video. this morning we are hearing from one of the victims. this happened outside of pizzoli's miss sa. he flashed the gun and demanded what he had and told them to stay calm. he escaped on a bike and says he is happy nobody is hurt. >> i'm thankful the way that it did. my friend lost cash whu it is not work your life. but it was an eye opening experience. everything you have been vanish like that in an instant. >> police are looking for a manp th that attacked a won woman. the 60-year-old woman said he had a taser and handcuffs. >> the sheriff's office is trying to find the man accused of robbing

tells us police have not been called to that apartment in the past and there's no danger to the community. >> fairfax county man pled guilty to sneaking up on women and cutting them on their back sides with their razor blade. the man targeted nine women at different retail outlets in 2011. he was arrested last year after taking off for peru. his sentencing is set for september. >> new tonight a northeast community is rallying together try to stop crime along a popular trail. hundreds of people came out for a safety walk and bike walk. it comes less than one week when a bicyclist was attacked on the trail. members of the guardian angels as well. >> absolutely unacceptable that anyone would be assaulted along this trail. just having the trail here as a bike trail for people to commute and also for leisure and recreation shin we're inviting people our citizens to ride on the trail. >> the victim is home recovering. so far no arrests have been made. >> nine owners and managers of 7-11 stores in northern virginia and new york --x excuse me in the state of sir -- virginia were arrested and charged with a s

maybe a couple sprinkles trying to reach the ground in northern fairfax county in western montgomery eyes on florida getting pounded with heavy rain now. this is the latest track coming ashore in the florida panhandle late this afternoon into this evening and then after that coming close to us tomorrow. maybe tracking just east of us during the day on friday. giving us some heavy downpours and blustery winds. here's how we look for today. we'll have our afternoon highs reaching upper 70s by noontime mid 70s. a cloudy morning but you'll need your umbrella heading back home. latest on the afternoon and evening. that's in ten minutes. first 4 traffic now with danella. good morning. >> good morning. unfortunately i'm checking metro and seeing a delay on the yellow line because the situation eisenhower avenue where single tracking between braddock road and huntington and you're seeing delays on the yellow line in both directions. good news, marc, vre, no delays at this time. live look from chopper 4. i-95 in woodbridge volume as you continue northbound but you are moving. that's good. driv

the accident activity on thee shoulder, northbound i-95, accident activity reported before 286, the fairfax countycy on 95.on 95 pockets of congested on 95, includes the trip toward dumfries, across the a the occoq and downtown no change, a chge,a portion of pennsylvania avenuenn blocked off outbound betweeneen 10th and 12 street at this this time. that is due to an on going investigation. that is a check of fox 5 on time traffic. >>> julie, thanks. >>> mcdonald is switching up its late night menu. we will go to fox news for details on that. [ slurps ] [ laughs ] ♪ [ female announcer ] hey ladies. you love it. you've got to have it. cinnamon toast crunch, 'cause that cinnamon and sugar is so irresistible. everybody craves those crazy squares.® made gluten-free cereals in a bunch of yummy flavors. like cinnamon chex, honey nut chex, and chocolate chex... we're in cereal heaven. so thanks. from the mcgregors, 'cause we love chex. >>> 6:25, wall street tries tols recover from the drop in a year. good morning lauren.rnin >> reporter: good morning, we >> we had the big drop yesterday, are we goi

county parkway, traffic slowing inside of the beltway headed toward fairfax. you will find the lanes are are open, leaving northeast toto northwest with no issuesth no ss reported headed to the third thd street tunnel.stre that's a check ofet fox 5 on tie traffic. >>> julie, thank you very much.u >>> right now v president baracd obama is in more than ireland for the two day g-sit summit. leaders from around the worlde d will joint president to discussc wide-range of topics. >>> also a key issue is the crisis in syria. syri last week president obama obama announced the u.s. will providev military assistance to the rebels. earlier this morning, mr. obamama spoke in belfast commending thee people of northern ireland for r their continued efforts toward lasting peace. the country is a role model forl the rest of the world. worl >> you're their blueprint to follow. follow you're their proof of what is possible because hope is contagious. they're watching to see what you do next. >> mr. obama will meet separately with french president fran saw olan. and david cameron

the celebrate fairfax starts today running through sunday, and features more than 300 exhibitors, 120oncerts, carnival rides and fireworks. the festival opens at 6:00 tonight. the first concert begins at 7:15. bands, everclear, live filter and sponge. nbc 4 will be there as well. a brand new storm team 4 x 4 there for you to check it out. cool. hope to see you there. >>> things to know before you head out the dort. president obama meets with china's president today in california planning to discuss a white range of issues from the economy to national security. the first time the two meet since the chinese president took office. >>> and the school board voting not to adopt major changes to its student discipline policy. the school board met until well after 1:30 to address that issue. >>> and former council member mike many brown charged with bribery today. he'll plead guilty to that charge in court next week. brown was running for an at-large seat earlier in the year and dropped out in april. >>> and tropical storm andrea in south carolina right now. the storm weakened since it made l

temperatures in the lower 80's. fairfax, high-80 degrees. right now across the area, we see the slow transition east of the winds. 78 in waldorf. it will not be excessively hot. the low 80's the next couple of days. humidity will come up and increase. 82 in fredericksburg. 77 in annapolis. temperatures around the 80 degree mark. their 85 degrees in charleston. cooler across northern new england. all of our attention to the south. you will see there is a big tropical blob down there. high-level moisture tropical disturbance. they will fly through and find out that there is a plume of tropical moisture coming across the eastern gulf into florida. the flood watch is up. we first spotted this a couple of days ago. that is going to final up the east coast. a lot of rain is going to be ollowing -- falling in peer a lot of rain is going to be following. that leaves the potential for rain here into sunday. high-pressure overhead. that is what is turning waste to the south. the moisture tomorrow, the disturbance approaches. more widespread. who gets t

. >>> plus, why a new report says parents might not be doing enough >>> this is just into the newsroom. fairfaxty police investigating a shooting inside an apartment in the 5500 block in the bailey crossroads area. again, fairfax police investigating a shooting inside an apartment there. at the live desk, news 4. >>> what are you having for dinner tonight? chances are you're going to have fish instead of beef. a new report from the u.n. and department of agriculture shows more people are eating fish than beef. the number of fish coming out of fish farms has increased six types over the last 20 years. doctors aren't too shocked about that. they say more and more peep are realizing fish is a very healthy protein. >>> turning to business news, let's check in with cnbc's jackie deangelis. she joins us live. >> hi, barbara, good morning. markets up this morn. the dow is up right now 161 points. this was after seeing some volatility last week. all eyes are going to be on the fed's two-day meeting which wrapped up with a statement and press conference with the fed chairman on wednesday. investors want

delay-free and incident-free at this time, construction projects but those are lifted for the time being. 66, centerville, fairfax into the beltway. thrive usual hot spots, up from 95, heading into the beltway no big problems. live shot into the city a little bit further down on thrive on the 11th street bridge, heading into d.c., very, very light there along the 14th street, right now back to greta and brad. >> follow twitter on up-to-the-minute updates her handle is @gridlockgoddess. >> police are looking for those behind a double shooting in the southeast >> john gonzalez is following this case and he'll have a live report coming up at 5:00 a.m. >> also new this morning, plan a protest outside the white house today. reverend jesse jackson is expecting to lead a rally calling on the president to do more about issues that affect distressed black people in the united states. >> a safety walk will take place on the metropolitan branch trail. police, guardian angels gathered on the trail in response to a recent incident. on tuesday a group of young people knocked a man off his bike and beat him. he suffered nonlife

back to you in the studio. >> fairfax county public schools are taking a new look at changing the start time for high schools. this is a big issue. the school system turned to sleep specialists at children's national medical center for help. about moving start times to 8:00 a.m. or later. almost all the counties high school starts at 7:20 a.m. >>> the court marshal after bradley manning is in its third week. the former army intelligence analyst is charged with aiding the enemy. sending reames of government secrets to the website. but he insists he didn't think it would hurt national security. manning could get life in prison if he is convicted. >> jeep owners around the country join forces with a one woman crusader today. we first told you about janelle earlier this year. she survived a deadly car crash involving a late model jeep grand cherokee. one millions they want chrysler to recall. janelle had her mother's jeep grand cherokee towed to a dealer in fairfax virginia. and she wants chrysler agree to recall vehicles after the government linked the gas tank in the 1993 to 2004 jeep gra

the bypass, delays continue to centreville. you'll get a tiny break. once you get around fairfaxnty parkway, heavy on the brakes to 123 and then a bit easier from nutley to the beltway. >>> want to go to richard jordan with breaking news at the live desk. >> it's been a while since we've heard the name rebecca brooks but former "news of the world" editor is entering guilty charges to a phone-hacking scandal back in 2011. that led to a massive investigation into the paper's parent company. that's rupert murdoch's news corp. she is charged with paying public officials for stories and also accused of destroying notebooks and computers that had evidence against her. this morning she pleads not guilty. at the live desk, i'm richard jordan. >>> new this morning, d.c. makes the top ten list of best city parks. according to the trust for public lands park source index, the district ranks sixth among the 50 largest cities. park source rates city park systems on a scale of zero to five park benches. we earned a score of four park benches for being accessible. d.c. didn't get the fifth benc

limited engagement. >> now we want people to remember, save the date, it is going to be at the patriots center in fairfax, virginia, and the dates are july 17th through the 21st. but you can start ordering your tickets right now. again, wonderful performers. jessica, introduce us to this performer. >> yes. we have this morning with us william lin. he is from taiwan. he is one of the newest performers to join the show quidam. sometimes in transitioning, quidam has a new act. it's completely different than the devil actor we used to have and our performer is one of the top devil performers. let's see him perform. >> thank you. . june 17th through the 21st. you thought you mastered walking the the dog with the yo- yo. you can't compare to this. jessica and performer, thanks very much for being here with us. >> thanks for having us. >> erica. >>> thank you very much. that is just an amazing display. i can't wait to see it live in person. let's take a look right now with the michael and son weather camera. you can see behind me the sun has risen, but there are plenty of clouds in place, and we actually have a

. >>> a development in the effort to pushback the start time in fairfax county. the school board hired a team of sleep experts to move sleep time to 8:00 a.m. right now classes begin at 7:20. specialists will hold meeting to discuss how to implement the time change. last april the school board agreed to move high school start times back to 8:00 but so far no changes have been made. >>> tomorrow prince george's county executive will announce the final three seats on the board of education. a new bill went into effect allowing four additional members to be part of the board. under the new law, baker will appoint three of those members and the county council appoints one member to the board. >>> teachers and staff are expected to get a pay raise starting next month. the county school board is scheduled to vote wednesday on salary increases and cost of living adjustments for thousands of school district employees. the cost of living adjustments would range from 1% to 2% of employee salaries and they would take effect in july. the step increases would go into effect ea

in the distance tysons county. fairfax county. this is the scene just about everywhere in the region. high clouds coming through, sunshine breaking up. now temperatures that are right now in the mid 70s should be making it up to 80 degrees. this is as of around 4:30 this afternoon. northern virginia, district, nearby suburbs, should be near 80 degrees. right near the bay, breeze off the water. should be cooler there. and in the mid 70s for highs there. a beautiful day, too. later this afternoon, shenandoah valley, out of the mountains, many locations there should have highs in the upper 70s. right now there it is in the low 70s. then by this evening, this is as of about 11:00 tonight. we will be back down into the low to mid 60s. so it is going to get cool again. and by dawn tomorrow, this is as of around 5:00 tomorrow morning, sunrise is at 5:43. we will be down into the upper 50s to near 60 degrees. most of the region from the mountains all the way to the bay and atlantic beaches. starting off tomorrow morning. then during the da

the fire started around 10:00 last night at a home on penny lane in fairfax. the first crews to arrive found flames shooting from the condo unit. a second alarm went out bringing in crews from six surrounding fire departments. they brought it under control within 20 minutes and five people were hurt. >> there were two residents and then three were others that were trying to assist them. there were two patients transported to the hospital as well as three minor injuries that retreated at the scene and released -- that were treated at the scene and released. >> two victims suffered burn injuries. the others were treated for smoke inhale -- inhalation. the damage, $250,000 and there's smoke damage to a neighboring unit. >>> a deadline is looming for b.a.r.t. to settle on a contract with the union that represents the transit agency's train on the raters -- operators, engineers and station agents. if an agreement is not reached by june 30th, workers could decide to authorize a strike. employees are pushing for a pay raise, saying their last salary increase came in 2

but the lanes have been open this morning traveling through the area toward fairfax. an accident involving a car versus a deer blocked georgetown pike at route 7 just temporarily while they moved everything out of the roadway. that should be open shortly for you. a live look outside. planning to head here on the inbound side or i-66 in the fair oaks area at route 50. so off and on delays as you travel toward vienna. back to the maps no problems to report as you travel in from southern maryland and we'll end with a live look from our sky 9. on the northbound side of i- 95 here in woodbridge. back to you guys. >>> thanks monika. time now to check in with the partners at "cbs this morning." >> norah o'donnell is in new york and we good morning to her -- say good morning teamer now. good morning. >> good morning to you. ahead new questions this morning about the government's secretly tracking your phone calls. major garrett is at the white house he's going to report deny the claim -- on the claims that the nsa is gathering records for all of verizon's customers, plus jon m

the apartment. coming up at 5:00, i'll tell you why police believe this was a murder suicide. in fairfax, mark seagraves, news 4. >>> a double shooting in south d.c. landed two people in the hospital. a 20-year-old man was shot in the face. a 17-year-old girl was shot in both legs and her chest. the shooting happened just before 2:00 on the block of g street. we're staying in contact with police on word of a possible motive and suspects. ♪ >>> a high school teacher known for his rap teaching youtube videos is on administrative leave today on drug charges. brandon was arrested last month. police tell us he had a large amount of marijuana in his vehicle. officers say he was stopped for driving driving erratically. he's also charged with resisting arrest. he told "the gazette" he disputes the charges and the facts will not be substantiated when they come out in court. >>> it will be a tough commute home for those who live in alexandria. no word on how long it's going to take to fikts x it. both roads are closed between seminary roads and duke street. avoid the area if possible. >>> did you

he went into the fitting room of the target at davin road in column peia on saturdacolumbia . if you recognize him, fairfax county police want to hear from you. >>> a man cut the women in o o their backsides with a razor ra blade. he was known as the serial slasher during the manhunt. he faces up to seven years inar prison for the cutting attacks. nine women were targeted at at different retail outlets in 2011. he was arrested last year after taking off -- his sentencing isi set for september 6th. >>> up next, he disappeared nearly four decades ago, but today authorities will continuec a new search for jimmy hoffa, where they are searching now an who the tips came from straight ahead. >>> a massive fire that burnedau two people and burned 500 homess is nearly contained. ntai they are zeroing in on the th calls. an update on the efforts on the other side of the break.  >>> prosecutors and the defense in the search fors the george zimmerman trial.man day two of the jury selection is underway. they are looking for a pool of 40 jurors before moving to a a second round of questioning.tio. zimmerman is c

just a short distance away, just literally around the corner of inova fairfax hospital, you can see the creek is beginning to overflow. that was an hour ago. i can probably be sure this is starting to flood. as we look at some video taken from florida, we can see that it made landfall ploard and left a good -- florida and left a good amount of damage, some significant damage in the area. we're hearing there were several tornadoes in its path with winds up to 65 miles an hour. of course leaving several downed trees in the area and power outages as well. we spoke to some folks in florida about what they heard and how they were coping with that severe storm. let's take a listen. >> it sounded like there were explosions. the whole house started shaking. >> the shed used to be on that slab and it's in the neighbor's yard now. we have stuff missing, chairs are missing. who knows where they are. they're probably a couple of blocks away by now. >> it was thunder that did not stop. i was like oh, my gosh, this has got to be a tornado. i got everybody in the bathroom and we all just got in the tu

the crowd. this is fairfax, a place wheretf it is weird. >> they can put whatever label they want on us, but we don't care, we're happy jieshths they need -- >> they need a chance to express themselves. >> where else can you be honored in a parade for having moved here a few months ago? >> you've only been here a few months, and you have your own parade float? >> how about that. >> they can make being different seem normal. in fairfax, john, kpix 5 news. >> you need to come up with your own entrance next year. >> i'm sure they'll fit you right in. >> we need to go together. >>> the weather. good evening everybody, we had a record breaking day across the area today. this is the scene, some parts of san francisco is clear, and other places, totally socked in, and the temperature, boy, it depends on the wind flow. livermore is still a 71, san francisco, 57 degrees, with a wind out of the west at 20 miles per hour. today's highs, anywhere from 50 to 107 in livermore, that is a huge temperature span. 106 in fairfield, some of the temperatures is as hot as it gets here in the bay area. tonight, a few

the helicopter dropped off a patien patients. new this morning fairfax county schools discipline policy will not change drastackily. the sish is notification. what we have said tonight is that even an 8 or 9-year-old student does not have the right to have their parent called when they are suspected of the more serious of bode policies and that is yopbeyond disappoints. >> a student took his own life after being dispelled and forced to transfer. >> police ask tyour help to fin this man. the victims say the man walked up to them asking if they had money. after getting $200 and an iphone he escaped on a bike. >> i'm just than kful that it turned out the way it did. my friend lost catch but it is not worth your life. but it was an. experience that everything you have can vanish like that. >> it is a crime they have never seen before. >> man arrested for two cases of assault in apartment building. the man tried to pull her clothes off. detectives say he tried to do the same theing last july. king is facing several charges including attempted first degree rap

during my time in the fairfax county board of supervisors, i was a founding member of the metropolitan washington council of preparedness council. the attack on the pentagon on 9/11 revealed gaping holes in even basic communication between the federal government and regional partners. for example, following attack, the federal government allowed early release of all of its work force with zero coordination with local governments. thus creating some of the worst gridlock in the history of washington, d.c. thankfully a proposal to also close metro that day was rejected or the situation would have been even worse. this is not just any region of the country, this is the nation's capital. and the number of federal assets throughout the region demands that the federal government play an active role in coordinating preparedness and response efforts with our local and state partners. in fact, section 882 of the national security act of 2002 specifies the department help assess, advocate for and assist those state and local partners. i'd ask if the chairman of the committee, if it's his intent,

then on the other side, fairfax, reston, manassas, right now 80 to 79 degrees. not a bad day what it feels like outside right now. let me step over to the side and we'll talk temperatures throughout the area today, and of course the humidity. it's starting to climb. cloud cover again will continue moving into our area. let's go ahead and see what the glitch is here on the weather system, as i step on over. as far as the evening those goes, folks, we'll see your evening start to drop off. we drop to 69 by 11:00 p.m. again, those clouds will be coming into the area. meanwhile, it's downto t to the south where we're watching the gulf of mexico. there's an area of low pressure here that could develop, it could strengthen. this will be the primary system that brings us rain at the end of the week. the secondary system, the rain that you see in areas around st. louis, so here's what i'm expecting right now throughout the day tomorrow. again, cloud cover will be moving in. some late-day showers for us. about 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. we're going to see rain continue during the

the immediate metro area. they've been hanging out west all day. not so much anymore. now we have a lot of showers and storms in fairfax county, the district. heavy activity. in fact, the latest radar, look at the green -- excuse me, look at the orange and yellow. that's around river road up to 70 and out 66 as well. temperaturewise, we are at 73 in old town. 73 in college park. and 60s back to the west where it has already rained. we have a yellow alert for tomorrow. we're looking at flash flooding. certainly one to four inches are possible. check your gutters and sump pumps. yellow alert all day friday. after that, the weekend is okay. afternoon storms on saturday and sunday, but not washout days. in the next seven days, it looks like this, temperatures near 90 on monday. maybe a thunderstorm on tuesday. nice on wednesday and thursday. back into the low 80s. we'll be >> now, game on, live from the wusa-9 cadillac sports desk. >> diane roberts here. when you hear your favorite player is going to see dr. james andrews, orthopedist to the stars, not a good thing. that is what we heard about bryce harper. he is on the disabled list with bursi

i'll show you where this goes and what is coming next for the next couple of days coming up. >>> residents of a fairfax high rise are coming home learning that two of their neighbors have died in a murder-suicide. this happened near the bailey's crossroads area. mark is joining us with the latest on this story. mark? >> reporter: neighbors tell me that they heard arguing and then what sounded like a woman screaming and then gunfire. as many as five shots rang out. >> it's tragic and it's awful and i just can't believe it. >> reporter: the calls to 911 started coming in as people were headed out to work and to school. >> we got a call from apparently someone inside the apartment itself. don't know who that is. don't know the relationship between the descedents. >> when police arrived on the 24th floor of the skyline towers, they found two people, a man a and a woman both dead. >> it is believed to be domestic in nature. we believe that it is in fact a homicide-suicide. >> reporter: while some neighbors were shocked to hear what happened -- >> it's shocking because this is a family friendly environment.

. >> the dramatic developments during a live show. >>> fairfax county students eagerly looking forward to the start of summer break, but officials here at the county already thinking about next year. tonight they are going to decide on a very controversial policy that determines how students are disciplined. i'm david colbert i >>> and taking a look at what's going on with tropical storm andrea. once again this is not rain from andrea, but it is start to go rain along the d.c. metro area including right along the beltway. right now down south, andrea making landfall just south of jacksonville, florida along the gulf states. it will rain through the night tonight and into the day tomorrow. flash flood effect all day long. some locations picking up 2 to 3 inches of rain. if you're thinking about heading to the beach this weekend, don't cancel those plans just yet. >>> a fast-forward through the headlines. there is an outpouring of support impacted by those at frager's hardware store. people are collecting funds, businesses are offering temporary jobs to the employees, and police say it's

. >> if you know someone who fit the clothing descriptions in the restin area on thursday afternoon, fairfax county police want to hear from you. >> and those attacks in restin come not long after a bicyclist was beaten along the branch trail in northeast d.c. police say the 37-year-old victim was attacked by a group of young people. he's now recovering from broken bones and bruises. in arrests have been made in this case. the guardian angels are patrolling the trail and passing out flyers for those who pass by. the eight-mile trail connects silver spring and union station. >> and north korea's government body has proposed high level nuclear and security talks with the u.s., just days after the a planned meeting with south korean officials that fell through. they're hopeful talks will ease tensions and achieve more peace in that country. the north has vowed revenge for u.n. sanctions after a rocket launch in december and a nuclear test in february. >> police in turkey continue to push protesters out of a square inni inni inni innist >> police trying to break up a peaceful protest against the

commute home and afternoon plans may be in jeopardy because of the rain expected. 63-degrees in reston right now. bowie 58 with 62 in fairfax and 63 in arlington and bethesda. and another look at this very awesome sky here. on our michael & son weather camera. 65 at national. with cloudy skies and the dew point 53. so that's going to creep up as well. andrea is going to bring the rains here tomorrow. today a little bit of andrea but more of a system from the west bringing moisture in the form of afternoon showers and storms. 78 and that may be optimistic. 68 to 70 tonight with showers and storms. rain tomorrow and could be heavy at times and 78. we'll get to 85 with just the afternoon storms saturday and again on sunday. and that afternoon storm threat with us monday and tuesday but by wednesday, looking drier and highs will be climbing into the middle 80s. over to monika now with timesaver traffic this thursday morning. >>> thank you so much. the volume is building right now but luckily all the interstates incident-free. northbound i-95 heading up from triangle to woodbridge into spring feed. you will be okay on to 395 or

the nearby suburbs. prince george's, arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties. farther north and west, much of the region from the mountains, right near the bay, though, much of southern maryland low and mid-70s. leading edge of this rain is pushing into the shenandoah valley now maybe near laray, winchester in another half hour or hour. for much of the morning, we'll have a lot of cloudiness. you'll notice the steam heat. by midmorning, mid-70s. by noon, we'll likely have showers and thundershowers to our west and a chance right around the metro of a shower or thundershower by noontime. but i don't anticipate any severe storms. we'll look at how much longer those storms may last into the afternoon along with a hometown forecast. that's coming up in ten minutes. now your first 4 traffic on this tuesday morning. dawnella's back. good morning. >> good morning, tom. i'm back with a look at the rails. if you're taking metro, open, no reported delays so far. over to the roadways. traveling pennsylvania avenue, this is eastbound, outbound at woodward road, left lane bl

the wane beginning to diminish especially south of town. they put down pretty heavy rain. right now light rain around manassas over toward fairfax and old town. it is on the way out, but yellow alerts tuesday and wednesday, thunderstorms possible after 10 a.m. tomorrow, looks like a wet commute for most going home, should be a dry commute going to work and some of the storms will be heavy, a couple could be severe. we'll talk about that and another front coming through here wednesday. >>> two weeks ago the national highway traffic safety administration asked chrysler to recall 2.7 million jeep vehicles over safety concerns. the agency linked the gas tanks in late model jeep grand cherokees and certain liberty models to car crashes where people burned to death. chrysler said no and believes these vehicles are safe, but we've been telling you about this for more than a year. the problem centers around the plastic gas tanks and their position. in the 1993 to 2004 jeep grand cherokees and the 2002 to 2007 jeep liberties. those gas tanks are behind the rear axle in the crush zone in a rear end crash. tomorrow is the deadline for chry

. >> in the north bay a san francisco woman is recovering from major injuries after crashing her bicycle in fairfax. the woman crashed her bicycle yesterday on sir francis drake boulevard. the highway patrol says the 39-year-old went out of control as she descended the hill and is at the marin general hospital. >> police in santa rosa are trying to identify the woman found in a creek by two 12-year-old girls, finding the body yesterday afternoon in a shallow portion of the creek near hidden valley park. the woman did not have any identification. investigators say there were no signs of trauma but they do not suspect foul play. detectives are looking at missing persons. >> the powerhouse fire in southern california is threatening more homes and moving to the populated antelope valley. 3,000 people if lake hughes and lake elizabeth have been evacuated 50 miles north of los angeles. new video shows the flames and size of the fire and six homes have been destroyed and 15 are damaged. since it began on thursday the fire burned 35 square miles of brush and some have not burned since 1929. there is high w

. >> the reaction of the crimes speaks to fairfax police about this. say this if there suicide an immediate public threat this would warrant greater public outreach. there was no uninjured in any of the cases a at malls. the federal affidavit considers these crimes robberies. that are listed in the public record. this is an ongoing federal and local investigation and authorities are still looking for suspects. >> now let's check on the traffic this evening. bob is standing by to tell us how we're doing. >> a lot of volume for this rush how but at least on dry pavet. there is northbound 270 slow from montgomery village. no incidents to report. on the virginia side traffic slow in my areas, including 395 south and northbound heading into the city. we do have a problem on 66 this afternoon. that's on the eastbound side after route 50. a broken down moving van is not moving and that is causing delays. a crash near bowie but the lanes are open now. that's the way it looks. back to you. >> an emotional reunion between a boston bombing survivor and a woman wh

the rate is 31. that means for every 100,000 people, 31 of them will die of breast cancer. compare that to montgomery county's rate of 20 and fairfax which is the same as the u.s. average, 23. >> the women in our community don't tend to get mammograms as often, and if they do find something abnormal on their own self-exam, they tend to wait longer. >> reporter: dr. hampton says the fear is so pervasive in some african-american communities because of misinformation and lack of knowledge about how treatable early-stage breast cancer can be. she also says too few women in leadership positions have talked publicly about their battle with breast cancer. >> we need more of those women to step forward, we need more sandras to step forward so women have examples to see, yes, i can be diagnosed with breast cancer and i can survive. >> reporter: and that's exactly why sandra yates is telling her story. >> a lot of times sometimes in communities of color, perhaps we put a little too much emphasis on the difficulties that are associated with breast cancer and not on the fact that it's actually a very treatable disease. >> it's been nearly thre

fairfax mostly in the low 50s and as is the rest of rural virginia, too. the rest of maryland down into the 50s. by noontime we should be in mid-70s, a light south easterly breeze. fredericksburg, by noontime should be in the mid-70s and sunny. a look at the rest of the week is coming in about ten knit. >> for the first 4 traffic office, this is what we're working on -- traveling northbound on i-270 an earlier crash past shady grove, closer to i-370. the car crashed, left lane crashed into the guardrail. still waiting to clean up the guardrail close to the roadway. as of now, the left lane is blocked. it's very early so stick to the right and you'll be able to get by. shooting over to i-95 at prince william parkway, accident off to the right lane. i'll be back in ten minutes. >>> rich art george at the live desk. >> parts of the russian subway system are at a stand-still. there was a major evacuation. a fire forced nearly 5,000 people to get off the trains and scurry to get out of the way. moscow streets are crowded with people. many of them trying to get

it's the first shooting in fairfax county, virginia, and takes place 50 miles from the previous shootingn spotsylvania county. a witness claims to have seen the shooter flee the scene in a white van. >> it's been determined through further investigation that the information is not credible. >> but the damage is done. the sniper hotline already inundated is, again, flooded with sightings of white vans. >> i believe we got over 115,000 tips. 16,000 of those were viable leads that needed to be followed up on. >> almost lost among all the phone calls are several from the snipers to the police. >> don't say anything. just listen. >> they were calling the task force. they were calling rockville city police, and they also called montgomery county police. >> in one the caller says we've called three times trying to set up negotiations. we've gotten no response. people have died. the lady didn't have to die. >> i think they wanted to get a message across. >> the 12th victim and third to survive is a 37-year-old musician from florida. he is shot outside a steakhouse in ashland, virginia. once agai

it is the first shooting in fairfax county, virginia. d takes place 50 miles from the previous shooting in spotsylvania county. a witness claims to have seen the shooter flee the scene in a white van. >> it has been determined through further investigation that the information is not credible. >> but the damage is done. the sniper hot lined, already inundated, is again flooded with sightings of white vans. >> i believe we got over 115,000 tips. 16,000 of those were viable leads that needed to be followed up on. >> almost lost among all the phone calls are several from the snipers to the police. >> don't say anything, just listen. >> they were calling the task force. they were calling rockville city police. and they also called montgomery county police. >> in one, the caller says we've called three times trying to set up negotiations. we've gotten no response. people have died. the lady didn't have to die. >> i think they wanted to get a message across to us. the 12 victim and third to survive is a 37-year-old musician from florida. he is