the 13th. mrs. winchester loved the no. 13 and you see it all over the mansion >> you call it, tell us about ghost sighting is that people have talked about. >> the story goes that sarah winchester went to a medium after her husband and daughter died and the medium said that the spirits of those killed by the winchester rifle that had cursed her family so to appease the spirits she was to move out west and build a mansion and she was to never stop building. as long as she continued to build she would escape the curse. that has left san jose with a nice historical landmark. 164 rooms, four stories tall. there have been ghost sidings and different things that people have seen and heard. my own story, the first night that i was in my new office inside the house, the door leading into the mansion is just a hallway, there are not any more doors or anything and the door was opening slowly and it went back and forth at different speeds and i just stared at it and i yelled stop it! all of a sudden it's slammed shut on

a friday the 13th edition at one of san jose's best known landmarks >> the winchester mystery house bellg 13 times at one in the afternoon. 13 was the favorite number of sarah winchester, paris to the winchester rifle fortune who lived in the mansion until 1922. flashlight tors of the mansion begin at 830 tonight. it is a scary house anyway but even more so on friday the 13th. >> i grew up here and i've never been there and you just moved here and have been everywhere. >> in the next half-hour a possible threat against michele obama. what a police officer was heard saying about the first lady >> 810 showdown with occupied protesters in southern california >> this morning we will hear more about a plan to spend $2 million on more room at the jail behind me but one,,,,,,,,,,,, laces? really? slip-on's the way to go. more people do that, security would be like -- there's no charge for the bag. thanks. i know a quiet little place where we can get some work done. there's a three-prong plug. i have club passes. [ male announcer ] get the mileage card with special perks on united, like a free c

again we're watching around aldie, chantilly, fairfax and farther out west into the winchester area. so flooding in those locations, very probable. now temperatures on the live weather cam brought to you by michael and son 75 degrees, dew points in the 60s and 70s, muggy and the winds picking up a bit. 72 arlington, lower 70s for rockville and reston 74 degrees. again we've got temperatures on the decline, if the it today, again tomorrow. flash flood -- felt it today, again tomorrow. flash flood watch in effect until 11:00 tonight. it will be cooler and unsettled saturday and the a. returns sunday. at 8 -- warmth returns sunday. some of the storms tonight will be slow moving talking moderate to heavy rainfall of the saturday morning maybe just an isolated shower, otherwise looking at mostly cloudy conditions and temperatures also will be struggling to get to the upper 70s and lower 80s. your next three days our 9 weather alert code is yellow for saturday because the showers, temperatures lower 80s, sunday 87, weather alert green because for the most part should be a pretty nice day, m

she had a lot of friends. >> reporter: her colleagues at the winchester star said they began worryingut her when she didn't show up to work on monday. in a phone conversation, the star's editor said the 48-year-old was bubbly. she described her as someone who would light up the room when she walked in. she said she can't think of any reason why someone would want to harm her. they're trying to figure that out and they may be on the right track to getting those answers. >> we have several persons of interest and we've talked. some we have not. >> reporter: because this is an ongoing investigation, authorities are limiting what information they release. an autopsy has been performed, but the sheriff's office is also keeping those details under wrap. >> i can't comment any further on what was discovered. >> reporter: and tonight the sirkdz surround the circumstances surrounding her death are still a mystery. officials are asking anyone with information surrounding her death to give them a call. we're live in upperville, ken molestina, 9news now. >> hopefully they'll get some answers soon

we mentioned niceover night, temperatures in the had lower 70s, 75 had in washington, 75 at, down in -- 75 at fredericksburg, and winchesterto the day. not much going on on radar. we are quieter, we had the impressive storm system move in last night, dropping two to three inches of rain in a short period of time, and now, the frontal system associated with some of that rain is to the south. that's good news, and we're not expecting this to ride north until friday and saturday, so i think today will be partly sunny with highs expected to be in the upper 80s to about 90, so we'll be warm, and still hot this afternoon, but not a terrible-looking day. 89 this afternoon, partly sunny skies, could be an isolated storm, mainly west. winds from the north and east this morning, and with the winds off the ocean, that is stabilizing things. partly cloudy, calm, 70, the overnight low. and next couple of days, temperatures will hang out in the relatively comfortable department, mid-to upper 80s. as we get into friday and the weekend, that front i showed you in the carolinas will work back to the area. that will increase our chances for

investigating the mysterious death of a local newspaper reporter, sarah libby greenhalgh who worked for the winchesterr was found dead yesterday morning at a fire in ann mcleod is 90 years old and owns the house and rented it to sarah. >> she worked for winchester star and would go to all the point to point races and was very popular. >> reporter: but did they notice anything suspicious? >> you can't even see that cottage from here and you can't even hear. >> reporter: green look did some freelance writing for the glossy chronicle of the horse magazine. >> sarah always seemed like a happy upbeat positive person. she was the last person i'd expect to hear this about. >> reporter: former publisher rob banner now president of the great meadow horse foundation has high praise for her work seen here. he says they had a friendly rivalry. this is a photo he took of her. >> there are far too many questions at this point and far too few answers. we're all looking for answers, but the sum total is [ technical difficulties ] >>> another big story tonight, a woman connected to d.c. mayor vincent gray admits mayor

back to the west, south and west of winchester, along i-81 here. tice the storms to the south and the west of white post, making their way down towards front royal. watching out here. a lot of lightning with this. nothing severe now, but a lot of rain, a lot of lightning, some hail and very strong winds from this. here is the other storm making its way down 15. this will come very close to frederick and also mount airy and then most likely into montgomery county the next hour or two. take a look at this watch when i put the lightning on, a little bit less now. there is that severe thunderstorm warning just issued by the national weather service it does include frederick and everybody along 15 here a brand-new severe thunderstorm warning including the mountains here. going to be most likely until 5:00 tonight. i have the gotten that down yet. most likely 5:00 for frederick and frederick county. watch out from this storm, it continues down to the south. you can see with that train, through montgomery county and maybe around the district by 6:00. this

sir agreenhalgh worked for the winchester star. she was found dead on monday inside her burned-out home that the killer set to conceal the crime. a man greenhalgh dated as among it is people being questioned. she referenced him as crazy in in her facebook posting on sunday but at this point, police say he is not considered a suspect. >>> the former marine who shot at the pentagon says he is mentally ill. yonathan maleku is facing 25 years in police font shooting. he pled guilty to firing shots at the pentagon, the marine corps mousse -- museum and other targets in 2010. >>> calls for d.c. water to clear storms drains now. there is a stinky mess in the area around rhode island and first street northwest known as the bloomingdale neighborhood, all from the flash flooding tuesday night. people are asking the city to clear out the storm drains more frequently. a few people opened manhole covers to get a look at the storm drains and some of them are just filled with garbage and debris. look at that. >> you can see how high this stick is,

the strongest storms. we talked about this a half hour ago. this storm is headed toward winchester and will impact you with heavy rain, small hail in the next hour or so. in fact, here's a look at where it's headed. cross junction at 7:06. hayfield at 7:15. and looking at hill crest at 7:26. be advised, i would put the umbrella down. this is nothing like last week. sunny side at 7:29 and current down at 7:31. we'll keep you posted. the warnings i did put up on the ticker. and we're not under a watch or anything, but this is the kind of situation where we have heat like this, derek, we have the chance for big thunderstorms and that's going to continue tonight and we'll come back and let you know if it will continue tomorrow as well. back to you. >> thank you, top. it must certainly feel like deja vu for hundreds and thousands of people in our area tonight. this is the fourth straight day where downed trees and pow r lines are keeping them in the dark. now we should note the power companies are making some progress. in fact, close to 75% of those who lost their power now have it back

the winchester toreitory at 81 and very nice temperatures. wait for this and some dew points in the 50s to near 60s and that is what we see on the map here and that is typical of a refreshing fall day and dew points around 70 degrees and that is comfortable and that is easy to be outside and and some clouds, no thunderstorms there and by 9:00, 80. and 11:00, 63 degrees. we have a chance of rain and some increasing temperatures in the forecast. we'll talk about that in a few minutes. >> and see you soon. >>> coming up, a d.c. man is arrested after doing the unthinkable to a puppy. we'll have details. >> and they going to teach the next generation to steal. and that boothered me very much. >> and thieves caught on camera stealing an elderly woman's rocker. coming up. the first time i saw fios it was absolutely amazing. for years and years we had to put up with cable. once we got fios it was like somebody like took our computer and shook all the junk out of it. [ male announcer ] don't settle for the same old cable technology. switch to a verizon

she was working on an investigating -- investigation peace for the winchester star. >> i want them to be aggressive. it is the most horrible thing i can a imagined. i cannot even conceive this happening. i cannot conceive i will not see her anymore. >> the body was found monday morning in her cottage in a suspicious fire. her last days but posting said -- abc 7 news learned that led them armed with a search warrant to gainesville. she saw them arguing in the parking lot sunday. what's the word definitely arguing. it was really loud and they were swearing at each other. i really do not like confrontation like that so i decided to go back up and wait until the calm down. >> she has been interviewed by local detectives and the fbi about what she saw. police questioned all neighbors. >> they were backing and tagging just like on scsi. >> after she left the office here she went to make funeral arrangements for her daughter. >> thank you jennifer. coming up, a big change for people who enjoy writing a jet ski. what you will have to do before you hit the water. >> joe paterno's final words a

some of the sprinkles to the winchester and even frederick, maryland area. drops on the windshield is all i'm expecting. east of -- southeast ovists mid 70s still at the pax river naval air station. 72 in gaithersburg and 73 cumberland. very toasty in richmond this morning at 83 while here in washington we have 79 and as we look outside on the michael & son weather camera, oh a little donalden station on the window there. -- condensation. this is a beautiful time to have day to look to the eastern sky and enjoy. 79 mostly cloudy at national with the high clouds. winds are calm and the humidity way up there. 78%. so another very muggy sticky morning. showers and storms actually really hit the new york area hard. lower hudson valley parts of eastern pennsylvania. we go back to ohio and kentucky and we see everything really fall apart but later today, when we activate the heating of the day we do have a severe weather threat two spots. one to the ohio valley, the other one just to the south and east of the d.c. area. in fact some of the southern suburbs into ca

. >>> 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 a statewide award for her coverage of 9

. >> she had a reporting job at the winchester star newspaper. >> there was a devoted concentration ontrip. that is now our job to do for her. >> the truth about what happened in the hours before firefighters were called to her home on monday morning. herbert body was found in her bedroom. police began investigating a homicide. they have several persons of interest. the investigation led police to this apartment complex in gainesville, where witnesses say they saw her arguing with a man on sunday night. >> it was really loud. they were screaming at each other. >> later that night, her last post on facebook said this. police confirmed she had met several people to online dating sites, but would not say if this man was a internet connection. friends doubt that. >> i cannot see her putting a great deal of confidence in it. i never heard her talk about it. >> the sheriff office asks fbi officers for their technical expertise. they then are still waiting for a complete autopsy report. there are searching for other people to question. >> sentencing is set this morning for a woman who pleaded

. >> the death of a reporter from the "winchester star" is being investigated as a homicide.ah greenhalgh was found dead in her burning home. officials refused to say how she died or what led authorities to believe someone killed her. >> i cannot understand. she is such a vibrant person. they found her cellphone and her computer and everything in her car. >> investigators say her last posting on facebook could provide clues. she wrote to she was sleeping with the windows opened and hoped to be left alone. a firefighter was hurt while battering -- battling a house fire. authorities say a firefighter was taken to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. the home was damaged but no reports of other injuries. >> scientists plan to map underground faults that caused the earthquake. it was centered in virginia. the u.s. geological survey plans to map underground faults, wrong video there come a using a plane carrying instruments that will measure magnetic pole over virginia. >> we want to turn to the debate over same-sex marriage. maryland voters will decide whether to upho

. >> sarah was a reporter with the winchester star, lived alone in the cottage here. >> we think that whoever did it knew her and had some sort of personal vendetta against her. >> investigators are looking into something sarah wrote on her facebook page sunday night, just hours before she was found dead. she said she was tired, going to sleep with the windows open and then reference somebody she was apparently dating, calling him a crazy boy. perhaps a boyfriend who was bothering her. >> we were able to identify the person she was referencing and we have spoken to that person and that person is being cooperative with our investigation. >> the lieutenant is not calling him a suspect, just a person of interest. one of the several detectives are speaking to or looking for. >>> a frightening armed robbery in prince georges county. two men in laurel last friday. one of the suspects hit a store worker. anyone that can help identify those suspects are urged to call crime stoppers. >> reporter: 650,000 worth of drama in the local government. three council members already asking mayor vincent

she wrote for the winchester star newspaper. ments show police raided a man's apartment in gainesville tuesday. the sheriff's office did not name the person of interest but did say officers found items possibly connected to the homicide. >>> a sigh of relief for tenants in the prnlg apartment building damaged. they were allowed to move back in after confusing 48 hours. late wednesday night tenants had to evacuate their homes at the riverdale towers. last month's storms did so much damage the county needed to condemn the building. yesterday more than 40 units were deemed safe and livable and the people were allowed back in. >> we went in. dangerous situation. water was leaking through and through the electrical outlets and through the lighting fixtures. and so we felt that it was not a safe place for people to be. >> but they have sense set aside some units are safe. the high school is still open for those displaced by the storm. officials say it could be six, maybe 12 weeks to make repairs to the units deemed livable. >>> one man

. >>> investigators are awaiting autopsy results to confirm how a reporter from the winchester star newspaper died. the fauquier county sheriff's deputy says the death of sarah greenhalgh is being treated as a homicide. her body was found monday inside her burning home in upperville, virginia. she moved into the home about a year ago. >>> a massachusetts man linked to a terror plot here in the washington area plans to plead guilty next week. according to court documents rezwan ferdaus has agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors. they say ferdaus plotted to fly remote controlled model planes packed with explosives into the pentagon and the capitol. agents arrested him last september. investigators say that the public was never in danger. he is expected to receive a 17- year sentence. >>> well, if you were watching our live coverage of d.c. mayor gray's news conference at 10:30 this morning, you noticed that we were off the air for a while. well, we want to let you know that a piece of equipment failed, that it has since been repaired and we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

the sheriff was a news reporter for the winchester star. who previously worked at the democrat, where she went to the statewide award for the coverage of 9/11. >> and so i came in and i said, well, does anybody here know sarah? i saw a bunch of facebooks all lit up. oh yeah. you know, my heart sank. and because i didn't have the same. that's all she had. you know, she may have died in the house fire. >> reporter: peggy fox, 9news now. >>> in florida, a new trial date has been set for the man accused of shooting to death the washington redskins during the burglary in miami and that happened back in 2007. the trial is now scheduled for november fifth, the crowd was delayed after firing the attorney. four other suspects are being tried separately. the other man has plead guilty and they might testify against the others. >>> now, following the avalanche in the alps. nine people are dead, 12 are injured, two more injured. all the people killed were the europeans. one american, they are amonged injured. and the dead, injured, they were all missing

come through western portions of maryland and western portions of virginia with trees down in the winchester area of frederick county, virginia. this area had been hit hard the last couple days. but now these storms are finally starting to wind down here. you can see they are down in southwestern portions of fairfax county in prince william county and they will continue to move to the south and east at 25 miles an hour. there are no longer any severe thunderstorm warnings. we had those for the last couple hours. but as they continue to die down we will cool off in the temperatures. but i just updated my numbers for the next couple days and we are going up. i'll have the updated numbers for you and let you know when the next chance for storms are coming up. >>> now to breaking news in northwest washington. four people shot tonight. the bullets aimed at a courtyard full of people watching a small fireworks show. jackie bensen has our report. >> reporter: police say the four victims were part of a group standing together near shopping center on first street northwest when someone opened fire on

sarah greenhalgh worked for the winchester star. she was found dead on monday inside her burned out home that the killer set to conceal the crime. police are questioning a man that she dated. she referenced him as crazy in her facebook posting sunday. he is not considered at this time to be a suspect. >>> later this afternoon, a local hero will be buried at arlington national cemetery. the marine corporal died in afghanistan last month. he studied music at the lavigne school. a funeral is set for 10:00 this morning in georgetown. his family is asking that anyone who wants to send flowers, please send a donation to the lavigne school instead. >>> to the campaign trail now, republican presidential candidate mitt romney got a tough reception yesterday at the annual naacp convention. vice president joe biden will likely fare better when he addresses them this morning. fox's doug luzader is following this one from capitol hill. >> reporter: mitt romney probably didn't expect to win over many voters yesterday, but he did address perhaps th

the victim worked as a free lance report fore years in addition to her job at the winchester star writing riting he was sentenced to 20 to 66 years in police font rape of a washington woman back in 1981. now, officials say a search of the fbi's dna database turned up a match to another man who has previously been convicted of a sex offense. x >>> a congressional house committee is scheduled to vote d on a bill that would ban abortions in the district after 20 week of pregnancyive it is based on claims fa fetuses can feel pain at the 20 week mark. the national right to live ht committee is pushing the bill l which is similar to legislationi passed in nine states. d.c. leaders opposed the bill op calling it an intrusion on the t district's self-rule scientist s virginia judge has tossed out tariq salahi's lawsuit against s the man his wife ran off. he was suing the journey th guitarist. he claims they tried to break up his marriage so they could profit for from it. >>> now to the mid-season classic in kansas city. the national league beat the american league 8-0 in last night's all star gam

she worked at the winchester star newspaper. e journalist was single, never married and had no children. her mother is devastated. >> i'm just so sad to think that her life is gone and i don't know why. i don't know what they did. i don't know what happened. i don't know what made this happen. i just don't understand it. >> greenhalgh says that she attended a big wedding with her daughter over the weekend and police are not releasing any details other than her daughter's death is a homicide. they want to wait until the investigation is complete. >>> 13 before the hour. police in prince george's county looking for a man who shot a cab driver. police tell news4 that driver picked up the man yesterday afternoon at the new carolton metro station. the man told the driver to drop him off at the cooper lane academy in landover. that school is closed for the summer and the parking lot was empty. investigators say the man shot the driver when he refused to drive behind the school. the victim is expected to recover. >>> this morning a d.c.

sarah greenhalgh worked for the winchester star and was found dead on monday inside her burned home that the killer set to conceal a crime. police are questioning a man she dated. she referenced him as crazy in her facebook posting on sunday. he is not considered a suspect at this time. >>> the former maroon march -- marine who shot at the pentagon says he is mentally ill. he pled guilty to firing at targets in 2010. his lawyers filed papers in alexandria's federal court yesterday claiming their client is mentally ill. >>> a frightening armed robbery caught on surveillance cameras in prince george's county. police are looking for two men who held up the exxon on sweitzer lane in laurel last fright. anyone who can identify or help identify the suspect is asked to call crime stoppers. >>> a call to clear storm drains t comes from d.c. residents living in the bloomingdale neighborhood northeast that got flooded by torrential rains tuesday night of the people are trying to dry out towels, rugs and other items that got soaked from the sudden flooding i'm few people opened manhole covers to ge

this house sort of became like the winchester mystery house. it kept growing and growing, and having more additions and more cars annexed on to it. so at one point it has up to 10 cars. you can see they're using old dash signs or destination signs for fencing, actually, here in the front. so everything gets recycled in carville. later mrs. patriarch's bed and breakfast becomes an episcopal church called st. andres

the weather but network -- this is a nice sight -- temperatures in the mid-70s in winchester. they picked up about half an inch of rain. the upper northwest d.c., 81 degrees and a high of 96. temperatures are cooler off to the west where they have had heavy rain. 75 degrees in winchester. the cooler and drier air to the north but the heat and humidity pressed down into the south. 103 degrees in raleigh. a frontal system now south of the sea with a pop-up showers and thunderstorms all afternoon. you still have the severe thunderstorm watch a botched -- watched spots in pink. this is where they have a severe thunderstorm morning until 7:15. these storms are moving toward the south and east and have the potential for strong wind, upward of 60 and 70 miles an hour. behind us, things are beginning to settle down and we will look for quieter conditions overnight and into tomorrow. this is the future cast. we have not seen temperatures like this in quite some time. it's still going to feel a bit humid but not as hot outside. showers and thunderstorms becoming more scattered after abou

look at all the 60s on the map this morning. 6 # in fredericksburg. 63 in winchester. 64 out at dullesures falling back into the 60s. baltimore, that is nice too. 65 up in baltimore. 74 in annapolis. 70 in leonardtown. i keep meaning to check. i suspect this is the coolest temperature we've had so far this month at reagan national. you get the idea what a warm month it has been so far. let's do the radar. we are doing fine. we've got a little moisture off to the south and east and some cloud cover too across the lower eastern shore. for the i aperfect start down there. although i think the trend will be more sunshine for you later this afternoon. for the rest of the us, plenty of sunshine today. we're not expecting even the possibility of some showers and storms until the second half of tomorrow as this fronted, the same front we've been talking about for days and days is hanging out for enough south. as we get into the friday and the weekend, the front is headed back towards us and scattered showers and thunderstorms. humidity back in the forecast starting tomorrow afternoon, saturday

temperatures are slowly cooling into the 80's. winchester, 81. fredericksburg, 84. e bigger story, what it feels like outside. it feels like 103 in frederick. look at the cool air will to the north of us. the heat has broken in detroit. are in the upper 70's. a few thunderstorms that popped across southern pennsylvania during evening hours. fortunately, that is cancelled but another round of stronger storms expected by afternoon into the evening. take a look at our doppler radar. it is quiet. air quality is not so great. levels are in the lower 70's. makes the atmosphere really unstable. time stamp moving through the day. is around 4:00 in the afternoon. some larger, more significant, expected across southern at 2:00 tomorrow night. a lot can change between now and then. we will keep you updated on abc 7. humid tonight. moving to the day tomorrow, hot and humid. strong storms late afternoon, could see gusty winds, hail, at downpour, and a lot of lightning. if youwant cooler air, to call this cooler air, at upper 80's as we move the upcoming week. tomorrow afternoon,

even in the winchester area toward cross junction and northern frederick county, virginia, this is going to be tracking toward charlestown perhaps and brunswick and loudoun county in the next little while. berryville, this will be on top of you. to the south heavier showers coming through fauquier and prince william. that's now moving into charles county with a little bit of lightning and thunder east of indian head. tracking toward waldorf and maybe white plains as well into charles county. temps are sticky but a lot cooler. low to mid-70s now. we'll that that with even a 69 in lleytons -- laytonsville. 72 in columbia this morning. outside on our camera, you're looking north. this is friendships heights and this is bethesda in the distance. cloudy skies. 75 degrees with a humidity of 82%. it's kind of sticky out there this morning with a northeast wind at 9 miles an hour. showers and storms will be drifting to the south. we'll get into the afternoon with an isolated shower or storm but the best chance will be down across central and southern virginia. that will be the case tonight as we

this house sort of became like the winchester mystery house. it kept growing and growing, and having more additions and more cars annexed on to it. so at one point it has up to 10 cars. you can see they're using old dash signs or destination signs for fencing, actually, here in the front. so everything gets recycled in carville. later mrs. patriarch's bed and breakfast becomes an episcopal church called st. andrew's by the sea. so here it is in that incarnation. in the back there's a shed there. that's the sunday school, it says. you can see the fence. it was necessary to sort of fight the sand and keep it at bay. it's another pretty famous house on the great highway. it looks sort of like a mechanist myian temple or something. it kept being boxy and then growing. it's in the center here. it was made up of about four or five cars, actually. you could see people had different takes on it. some people liked to keep their cars very exposed and open. kind of have that old sutro land quality to it. so people could see it was a car. and others really

. >> the death of a reporter who writes for the winchester star has been ruled a homicide. she was found dead after a fire. police are calling the fire suspicious. an off-duty firefighter notice did around 8:30 yesterday morning. >> an attack happened in the woods yesterday evening ride around 5:00. a 21-year-old woman said she had been raped at knifepoint near the pond. that man is on the list. >> the increase in heat has many people talking about global warming. i talk to diane sawyer about that and more coming up tonight. >> the last couple of weeks of record-breaking temperatures have was looking forward to a nice report on the climate study. >> there is a big new report out tonight that suggests there is evidence global warming could be accelerating. we will show everybody the evidence tonight and tell you what it could mean for all of us coming up. >> living small is the new living large. >> yes, it is possible we will all live in basically two parking spaces size apartments. we will show you the people who are doing it, and the ingenious ways they are doing it. we wil

sentence. >>> investigators are now waiting for autopsy results to confirm how a reporter from the winchester star newspaper died. the fauquier county sheriff's deputies say the death of sarah greenhalgh is being treated as a homicide. her body was found monday inside her home in upperville, virginia. the home was on fire at the time. she started renting the home about a year ago. it sits by itself in the middle of the farm. >>> the d.c. council is considering two proposals aimed at moving utility lines underground. council member mary cheh introduced a plan to designate underground utility districts in the city. the other proposal from council member jack evans would require pepco to come up with a feasibility plan on funding and implementing the project. the council says buried power lines would protect utility lines from future storms. pepco says burying lines would cost at least $5 billion. >>> this may be a perfect definition to adding -- of adding insult to injury. if you live in maryland, you will get charged extra to offset the losses your power company suffered in the epic storm. the

look out to the west. 75 in winchester. maryland, 71. arlington, checking in at 83. the upper 80's for a high today. kansas city, 102. chicago, 109. that hot air is moving our way, know what let you us, coming up. >> this afternoon the district school board of ethics and meeting.ility is unlike previous watchdog groups, the board has the power to punish the elected officials for violations. marion barry is speaking out about the current mayor, vince gray. he appeared this morning to say that he hopes he finishes out term. he also had this to say about the council members who said should step down. >> if people put you there, people take you out. there is a recall provision, all of those kinds of things. you come into a judgment when some information. marion barry was a vocal gray.ter of more information this morning on what may have caused a graduate to open fire on a crowded theater in colorado. bittersweet surprise for survivorseen of the movie theater massacre they saw the actor who batman land like a hero in their hospital room. christian bale spent time with duri

airport with winds out of the society, around the rest of the area, starting to drop, back towards the winchester at temperatures. up towards martins burg, 84 in the pactuxent river. no rain out there, but we will see that chance of rain increase. about a 30% chance tomorrow. and a few showers back into portions of west virginia -- eastern portions of kentucky, and extreme western virginia. we'll be watching those showers try to make their way up here during tomorrow, but i think most will remain off to the west and down to the south. if you're traveling those direction, you might want to watch out for a few showers, but saturday, however, we are going to see a pretty good chance for rain move in, so watch out for the rain. do not cancel any plans on saturday, but once again, we will see a chance of rain, tomorrow morning just a chance of a few showers. we will see more clouds tomorrow, a lot of cloud cover, cooler, temperature to about 87 degrees. that would be about the coolest we've been in almost three weeks, so good news there. showing a high temperature of 90 on saturday, then the heat and

greenhalgh worked at a freelance reporter for years, in addition to her job at the winchester star, writing about horse racing and county government issues. police, however, do not believe her work was connected to her death. >>> in maryland, prince george county police are looking for a man who shot a cab driver in landover hills. this happened in 3800 block of cooper lane yesterday afternoon. the cab driver picked up the gunman at the new carrollton metro station. the man asked for a ride to the cooper lane elementary school. when they got there, the man pulled out a gun and tried to rob the driver. police say the driver's injuries are not serious, are serious, but not life threatening. >>> underground power lines may be coming to the district. council member jack evans introduced legislation to form a group to find out how to fund it. the project is expected to cost about $5 million. >>> pepco customers in montgomery and prince george county may have to wait a bit longer to learn if their bills will increase. following last week's devastating storm, the power company is requesting a dela

whose body was found monday after a fire at her home. 48-year-old sarah greenhalgh worked for the winchester star. the county sheriff's office is now zeroing in on some new leads. karen gray houston has details from the scene in upperville, virginia. >> reporter: investigators have been holding information about this mysterious death close to the vest, but today they were back at the scene digging for more clues. if the investigators were looking for a weapon that killed sarah greenhalgh, they're not saying. they are saying they are actively looking for people who may know something about the case. >> we have several persons of interest i'll say, some of whom we've spoken to and some we are seeking to location. >> reporter: greenhalgh's mother who had recent ankle surgery is trying to come to grip with her daughter's death. she, her sister and her best friend stopped by the sheriff's office in warrenton for an update. >> sarah was very, very -- she just enjoyed life. she loved her job. she loved -- she was always saying, mom, i'm on deadline. i can't talk. that's her favorite line. >> report

homicide but the medical examiner has not ruled on what caused her death and greenlaw worked for the winchester star newspaper. >>> investigating a deadly hit- and-run. police responded to that call on route 110 at 5:30 a.m. the victim was a 62-year-old veteran who was on the missing and dangerous list in massachusetts. >> we don't know why he was -- where he was coming from, coming from a job. there are construction crews in the vicinity reporting he was a veteran and that national cemetery. and there are many leads. >> police are still looking for the vehicle that hit the veteran and kept going. anyone with information can isca asked to call police. >> a fatal crash caused traffic to come to a halt. the prince georges police responded to a vehicle crash before the i95-495 exits. as a result, all northbound lanes of 295 were closed for hours. >>> well, imagine driving a metro bus can not be an easy job. imagine being behind the wheel for 12, 16, or 20 hours a day. >> that is what's new report found and that is raising concerns about safety as drive iraq up the miles on overtime and fox 5s sher

sarah greenhalgh worked for the winchester star and was found dead monday inside her burned out home. investigators believe the killer set the fire to conceal the crime. police are questioning a man that she dated. she referenced him as crazy in a facebook posting sunday. he is not considered a suspect. >>> the ongoing investigation into d.c. mayor gray's 2010 campaign is our big story. >> three d.c. city council members are now calling on the mayor to resign. this move came on the same day mayor gray publicly addressed the allegations for the first time. our own melanie alnwick is live at the wilson building with the latest on this growing campaign corruption scandal that is plaguing the mayor's office and the d.c. government. >> reporter: it does continue to grow, tony. mayor gray says he didn't know about the illegal fund raising activities that were coordinated by his former p.r. consultantant, and allegedly paid for by a well known businessman and city contractor. but the u.s. attorney investigating the case says the secret campaign was coordinated with gray's official campaign a

in the shenandoah valley, look at winchester, 66 degrees and cumberland is 63 degrees. temperature, low humidity today and tomorrow back up to 100 degrees. >> newschopper7 will give us a bird's eye view of traffic leaving the belt way to get to the pentagon on 395 north stop and go pace into the sunshine. that is leaving edsall road up to do street and the pentagon -- and up to the pentagon is open. 66 is typical as well as 270. >> 6:41 is your time and coming up we have new details about the prospecolorado shooter. >> early warning signs, we will talk about >> we continue our coverage of the color of a movie theater showing with new details about the comments of bizarre behavior in jail. >> hours that the shooting, the suspect james holmes was staring at the walls in police four quarters with his eyebrows twitching. investigators put bags over his hands and then he started using the back as hand puppets that this could be behavior that is indicative of a psychotic episode. >> police are still trying to figure out why and how. a promising scientist said his mother was w

she worked at the winchester star newspaper. e journalist was single, never married and had no children. her mother says she's devastated. >> it's just so sad to think that her life is gone and i don't know why. i don't know what they did. i don't know what happened. i don't know what nade this happen. i just don't understand it. >> police are not releasing any other details other than greenhall's death is a nomed is until the investigation is complete. >>> police are on the lookout for a man who shot a taxi driver in prince george's county. police tells news 4 that a cab driver picked up the man yesterday afternoon and the man told the driver to drop him off at the cooper lane academy in landover. the school is closed for the summer and the parking lot was empty. investigators say the man shot the driver when he refused to drive behind the school. the victim is expected to recover. >>> a d.c. man who spent 20 years behind bars for a rape he did not commit will have his conviction overturned, thanks to a court-ordered dna test. f

this will travel to adjust to the west of winchester, virginia but it will stay away from baltimore. 88 at the airport. west winds at 10 miles per hour. a mixture of sunshine and clouds and maybe some thunderstorms this afternoon. high-temperature around 95. you will talk more about the severe weather threat in a few minutes. >> the orioles could not finish off a four-game sweep of the indians last night, but despite the loss, fans could not be happier with the season so far. how about more good news for baltimore fans? the wait is over for football fans in town. ravens training camp begins today. joe flacco and rookies will start sessions at the under armour performance center in owings mills this afternoon. veterans coming back from injuries will join them as well. the ravens play their first preseason game two weeks from friday. feels like this season just ended the voice of the ravens, gerry sandusky, will be live from owings mills tonight. three days left until the london olympics begin. for those who cannot afford a trip across the pond, several places around baltimore are getti

the sunrise is at 6:05. 79 degrees in the district and quantico, 75 in winchester, 72 .culpeper an it like about 108 this afternoon in the orange-shaded counties. everybody along 95. east of i- that is where we have the heat advisory from this afternoon into this evening. a great day to get into the swimming pools. between 3:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. have a tube thunderstorms later on today. keep an eye to the sky as we have lightning and thunder. 96 for the high temperature. here's a slight risk zone for the severe and thunderstorms today. mainly southeast of washington, southern maryland and into the tidewater region. showers off to our west are apart quickly. winchester still has a few sprinkles. upper 80s by sunday. >> we are supposed to go today, so that risk area may change my plans. to change your plans hitting the road as far as. marilyn as , 70, 95 in and out of baltimore and waiting period looking at 7 virginia traffic. 66 traffic. headlights are eastbound emerging at 50 fair oaks. that is typical. of manassas, centreville, slowingnd after 50, there, open to the vienna metro sta

still warm outside now. 79 at d.c. 80 quantico. 68 to the west at winchester. 76 at hagerstown and 80 at annapolis with 76 in baltimore. skies fairly clear. ridge of high pressure in control. that's helping to get the clouds out of the way. we're looking at mostly clear skies in the overnight hours. earlier we had a bit of a popup shower here and there. not looking at any precipitation overnight tonight. things will change as we head into tomorrow. this ridge of high pressure will start to push its way out. plenty of sunshine in the morning hours. as it does, we have this upper level disturbance that will head in. cooler air aloft. that will set us up for afternoon thunderstorms. this disturbance will be sticking around during the course of the week. throughout the week, a chance of storms almost each day. in the meantime for tomorrow, sunny skies at 9:00 a.m., 80 degrees. midday, clouds push in. by 5:00, chance of thunderstorms and 88. the five-day forecast showing you that the upper 80s and the low 90s stick around all week long. the humidity will be making a comeback by mid-week. w

metro area, luckily, for everybody on the national mall for the fireworks. 80 right now the district, 70 in winchester and cumberland. 68 in martinsburg. 70 degrees in quantico. -- 78 degrees. there's a heat advisory today all the way to saturday. maybe even at an excessive heat watch on saturday. the temperature will exceed 100 degrees for the first part of the weekend. 99 this afternoon 30% chance of thundershowers later on today. carbon copy tomorrow, but it will be sunny. i'm not expecting to thunderstorms. we could have a few thunderstorms on the weekends mainly in the evening here and there. the heat is the main thing. we could tie or break a record of 102 on saturday. the weather pattern will be breaking down by monday and tuesday. by that i mean cooling down into the upper 80s, which will be welcome relief. now to traffic with steve hershorn. >> looking at the beltway at new hampshire avenue, lots of space between the vehicles, looking good. hopefully, there will be lighter than usual rush-hour. looks like it is starting off that way, no accidents or incidents. looks pretty good all the way ar

killed in a fire that investigators are calling suspicious. 48 que 48-year-old sarah reported for the winchester star newspaper in virginia an off-duty firefighter found her body inside her house when it went up in flames on monday morning. she lived alone. a homicide detectives won't comment on the autopsy results and aren't saying why this is a criminal investigation. they are reviewing some of her news articles as part of their investigation. >>> dozens of d.c. cab drivers protested at freedom plaza outside the wilson building today asking councilmembers to stop the taxicab service improvement act of 2012 because it's too expensive for them, they say. the effort failed late this afternoon. the council voted to approve the measure to require cabs to install smart meters that accept credit cards and other upgrades. that's just one eitem on a very long list of bills to wrap up the d.c. council recesses today. won't be back in session until september. today the members approved a bill that allows d.c. police to use breath liesers again. that program ended two years ago because of problems with re

that was her last facebook posting, according to her former newspaper, the winchester star. >> greta: a family wedding over the weekend. people look to the family members, like an ex-husband or a boyfriend. are there any ex-boyfriends, if you start eliminating anybody? any of them in the picture? >> i will not want to go out on that limb myself. it would put a lot of them under a cloud, i think -- >> greta: has she been married before? when her father died in 1994 -- i was very close to her father. but when he died in 1994, i sort of drifted away from the family. >> there has been some chatter and buzz online about, you know, men that she was in relationships with. but it's impossible to know what to make of that at this point. the police have not indicated that there is -- you know, they haven't ruled anybody in or out at this point. but there has been no official word from police, yet as to whether there is any kind of a boyfriend or ex-husband or anything like that involved. >> greta: do they think she die from the fire? have they released that? or did she die before the fire? >> a

we'll have a good amount of sunshine when the sun comes up. 64 in manassas. winchester, 61. land, 59 degrees. a few clouds over the bay. not being detected by our satellite. we have a few clouds to the east. the nearest clouds are down in the carolinas and west of the blue ridge. locally, a slight chance of a storm around the metro area. we're not expecting anything strong or severe. the frontal boundary will stay to our south. by the end of the week, i think in the low to mid 90's. 89 is the high temperature and is pretty much average. 30% chance of some thunderstorms later today. take the sensitive items indoors because we could have a spotty thunderstorms. for highs in a better of seeing rain on tuesday wednesday in the afternoon hours. >> kind of the normal stuff for us. is inough the plains good shape. some of volume in woodbridge to get up to springfield. travel times working for us on between father hurley 395.vard and moving at a good pace at new hampshire avenue on the beltway. >> thank you. 5:55. 71 degrees outside. >> one woman's dream turned into 71 degrees outsid