you may need an umbrella tonight. looks like a little greater chance of passing showers and upper 70s early evening and low 70s by midnight. a look at the weekend into next week, too. your seven-day outlook at 6:51. danella, how cease traffic from. >> i'm watching an accident. this is on the outer loop of the beltway at the wilson bridge blocking the left lane. please be aware of that as you are traveling this morning. heading out to outer loop of the beltway in montgomery county, just seeing you slowing down. but things not so bad. here's a live look as you make your way on the outer loop. inner loop nice and flowing as well. outer loop speeds, not so bad. 12 minutes to get from i-95 to i-270. continuing on the beltway on the outer loop heading toward the american legion bridge. travel lanes are open in both directions. eun, over to you. c. police officer is under police for secret service for reportedly threatening to shoot michelle obama. the officer made the comment during a daily roll call meeting wednesday morni

i would take an umbrella just in case. we will check the seven-day forecast going all the way into the weekend. >> good morning. a few problems to watch for. harford road, word of an accident. we're up to speak on most of the major roadways. some problems in the city. light street is closed between baltimore and lombard. monument is closed because of the sinkhole repair. we had a problem westbound 50 at the bay bridge, a disabled vehicle, and that has now cleared. 10 minutes to travel south on 95 down towards 32. we take a look near 83 at timonium road. running smoothly in both directions. those speech continue on to the j.f.x. into town -- those speeds continue on the j.f.x. into town. things a moving well at the bay bridge. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> day four of the london olympics could be a record- breaking day for michael phelps. >> he needs one more medal to tied the all-time record. >> he will team up with ryan lochte once again. gymnastics women's team goes for gold. ,he men's team failed to medal c

you might have to bring your umbrella along.ple have trouble with their umbrellas. >> i had a little trouble. i sent you a picture. it blew inside out on the way in today. what's up with that breeze? >> you need to pay more than 50 cents for an umbrella. >> it's heavy duty. i posted it on facebook. >> you should tweet it out to your followers. >> it is tweeted out already. you will see it's heavy duty. >> am i not on your twitter? am i not following you? how could i not notice? >> you'll be the only one if you're not. >> if you're having is umbrella issues this morning, you may want to figure out a new way to get your umbrella fixed. maybe that's the kids' project for this morning. young man, get in the garage, i want that umbrella working perfectly. a rainy start to our saturday morning. this is not what you're doing, but the perfect morning for sleeping in. not even 7:00 but you're up watching the news. your sleep-in factor may be washing away quickly here. moderate rain showers in prince george's county. nice and cool. temper

you will want to bring your umbrellas once again. here's a look at your day plan other this prefriday. by noon temperatures in the upper 80s pushing close to 90. we have a chance for late morning and afternoon storms. temperatures will get into the lower 90s by late this afternoon. here's a look at your satellite and radar picture. we had some big storms go through last night, especially here around d.c. and also places up north into new york city. we're looking at this boundary front that's going to continue to sag south. so until that's south of us, we'll continue to have some unsettled weather through today and into tomorrow. temperatures in the 70s and lower 80s in downtown. 79 for college park. bethesda you're at 76 degrees. in great falls also 76. fairfax, good morning to you. you're at 75. in crofton you're in the mid- 70s as well. still fairly muggy out there. here's a look at your michael & son weather camera. that's the white house back there. no lights are on because they're still sleeping. 80 degrees right now. mostly clo

have an umbrella handy for this friday. storm4 radar, patches of green, some sprinkles in northern virginia and west virginia now. and later today, we might have a lingering sprinkle by 9:00. a greater chance perhaps by later this afternoon of a passing shower. before then, cloudy and up into the mid 80s. still not too humid but humidity increases tonight for your friday evening along with the increasing chance of a passing shower. low 70s by midnight. your seven-day outlook, a look at the weekend and next week. that's in ten minutes. how is traffic now? >> still good in our area. it's friday. and it's early in the morning. if you're traveling along route 50 from annapolis and making your way on 301, no issues. let me give you a live look on that. very light volume as you zoom inbound all of the way to new york avenue. no issues in either direction. nice and clear. if you're taking the rails, looking good. no reported right now. >>> there are no shortage of rain here by the severe drought gripping most of our country could

maybe take an umbrella with you. gear ready for the heat later today. >> a bizarre story still unfolding about the abduction of the mother of cal ripken jr. >> police say she was abducted by gunpoint on tuesday. the suspect is still on the run. kim dacey has details. >> police say the suspect is a white man in his late 30's or early 40's with glasses and wearing a light shirt. they say he should be considered armed and dangerous. cal ripken jr.'s mother has safety been reunited with her family. police say a gunman showed up at her aberdeen home between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. tuesday morning and forced her into her own car at gunpoint. >> she goes to mcdonald's every morning about 7:15, and that is when he accosted her in the garage and tied her up and put the mask on her and got her in the back seat of the car and drove off. >> officials say the gunman blindfolded ripken and drove her to unknown locations in the area. sometime tuesday evening, ripken's car was spotted in the essex precinct of baltimore county. that

he may also want to grab the umbrella for later in the day. talking about the need for an umbrella, late tomorrow afternoon and the potential for some much-needed rain for the day on tuesday. we will talk about that and a big warmup by the end of the week. >> we will press for that. coming up next, a health-care worker accused of passing hepatitis c two patients. >> we will tell you why this colorado shooting victim wants to meet the suspect james holmes. >> and why wal-mart stores in three different states were evacuated, coming up on abc 7 news at 11:00 p.m. >> tonight, thousands of patients across the country say they are fearful and angry at dillon they could be victims of a serial in fekter -- serial infector. investigators say he allegedly passed on the virus to at least 30 patients in new hampshire. a nationwide investigation is underway because of the suspect work in eight states and at 4 maryland hospitals before moving to new england. >> in terms of giving these victims back what was taken from them, we can do that. this is a tragic

i'm telling everyone to bring tear umbrellas just in case. i don't think everybody will see showers and storms today. kind of like yesterday but again if you catch yourself in one, we could see some pretty good downpours and some damaging wind gusts also a possibility. so we'll have to keep our eyes to the sky for that. here's a look at your day planner for this thursday. pre-friday. by noon a chance for showers and storms. temperatures will be 89 degrees. by 5:00 in the lower 90s and a better chance for showers and storms once again. satellite and radar picture showing we have a frontal boundary that is slowly heading south. till that's south of us we'll still see unsettled weather. yesterday we saw some pretty good showers and storms come through, especially the district. the severe storm was pretty -- had a lot of rain associated with it. right now temperatures in the lower 80s in downtown. 75 in college park. 74 in vienna and reston, fairfax are at 75. upper marlboro you're at 79. crofton, good morning to you. you're at 76 degrees. here's

while this is what the umbrella looked like on the inside., a trigger, release catch and spring and gas cylinder and barrel and yes a poison pellet. it was rigged as a tiny concealed gun to fire that poison pellet out of the tip of the umbrella. a few days after he was accidentally jabbed with the umbrella, he died, it contained ricin, derived from castor beans, we don't know exactly who killed georgemarkoff, who carried it out. after the soviet union fell, a former intelligence chief was sentenced to a year and a half in jail for destroying documents related to that assassination, a former deputy interior minister was called to testify about the destruction of documents but committed suicide instead. a third guy who ran the assassination plot died in a mysterious and unexplained car accident. years later the guardian newspaper in britain reported when the bulgarian government collapsed, a stack of those special umbrellas was found in the interior ministry. because this kind of thing is the stuff of spy novels, it can be hard to get your head

a lot of people were carrying their umbrellas. you may need umbrellas for the rest of the evening. if you don't have an umbrella sometimes a book works well. you can see dark clouds and rain off into distance. that is exactly where it is in the distance from d.c. and fairfax county. we have seen numerous showers and thunderstorms developing. these develop quickly and die out and develop more storms across the region. a few storms and showers up there. very northern portion of montgomery county. here is the one storm we are watching through fairfax county. severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 5:30. this starting to weaken a little bit. you saw very heavy rain and now just lighter rain along route 50 and right up 123 towards tyson's corner. the heaviest rain right along dulles toll road and down towards the lawyers road area and then towards hunters mill road. you can see a lot of thunderstorms in this area, a lot of heavy rain in this area. watch out if you are out and along the dulles toll road. 90 degrees our high temperature today. 90 once again. just a little bit above av

grab an umbrella before you head out.ikely you'll need it this afternoon when you get passing thundershowers. only a slight risk any of those storms would produce wind damage. before they arrive, highs reaching low 90s. after that we'll cool down this evening. again a chance of scattered afternoon storms, only a slight risk tomorrow. on wednesday, lower humidity, at least for a day. highs reaching the upper 80s and getting hot again by next thursday and into friday, highs around 90 or so. a chance of storms around with humidity back. a bit cooler for the weekend. could get thunderstorms saturday. sunday looks nice, sunshine, highs in the 80s. danella is here with a look at our first 4 traffic. good morning. >> good morning. if you're traveling between the baltimore beltway as well as the capital beltway, things look good on i-95 as well as 295. checking travel speeds southbound, 295 as you approach 32, you're at 63 miles per hour. travel lanes are open. over i-95, things look good. a live look as you make your way past 17

by noontime, for your lunch hour, probably you won't need an umbrella but have it handy. slight chance of a sure. 80 by noon. late afternoon, greater chance of a passing shower. cloudy. temperatures dropping from the mid 80 by presunset. after sun is it back down to the 70s and 60s by dawn tomorrow. saturday looks to be mostly cloudy. hot and humid up near 90. a likelihood of afternoon thunder showers. don't anticipate any bad storms. monday's hot and humid up around 90. could get scattered mainly afternoon storms as well as toward the end of next week and remaining hot and humid through much of next week. danella, how's traffic? >> construction in our area should be in its final stages. especially on the inner loop of the beltway. in virginia, had a couple of work zones there. i-95 making your trip out of the area, traveling northbound toward the beltway as well as southbound, travel lanes are open so far. look good. i'll give you a live look at the occoquan. 62 nimiles per hour. and continuing on to 395, nice and clear at duke street heading northbound. as well as south

and he folded up like a cheap umbrella in a rainstorm when the nra came around. they put so much pressure on the governor and him j.b. van hollen that they totally dropped it. i guess there is some move to bring it back. >> stephanie: steve i remember -- my dad's running mate barry goldwater back in the '80s, chris talking about how the republican party was too in the pocket of the gun lobbyists and that was then! it really is incredible how -- just the threat of them has gotten so powerful. >> yep. >> stephanie: matt in traverse city michigan. you're on "the stephanie miller show." welcome, matt.

he saw a man picking up an umbrella like this.apologized for bumping in to him and hopped in a cab and took the umbrella with him. while this is what it looked like on the outside, this is what it looked like on the inside. it had a trigger, release catch, gas cylinder, barrel and poison pellet. it was a tiny concealed gun to fire out of the tip of the umbrella. a few days after this man jabbed him with an umbrella, georgy markoff died. the pellet contained a deadly poison called ricin that is derived from caster beans. to this day we don't know who killed georgy markoff, who ordered the killing, who carried it out. after the soviet union fell ark bulgarian general and former intelligence chief was sentenced to a year and a half in jail for destroying documents in connection with the assassination. a third guy who supposedly ran the assassination plot died in a mistear 0 us unexplained car accident. the guardian newspaper in britain reported when the bulgarian government collapsed a stack of those special umbrellas was found in th

you should probably take an umbrella just in case. it will not be as nice as yesterday. >> we have a few problems on the roads. we start on northbound 95 on the reputation to westbound 100. the ramp is closed because of an overnight tractor-trailer accident. it has closed indefinitely as they try to clear it. eastern avenue and 95, a new accident. we have closures in the city at monument street. light street is closed between baltimore and lombard. drive times, 11 minutes on the outer loop north east side. running smoothly on 95 from the 895 split down to the fort mchenry. here's a quick live look at traffic. southbound traffic and no real delays to report. prime is starting to build. no problems at the area bridges. the j.f.x. checks out just fine. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> a bizarre story still unfolding about the reported abduction of the mother of a cal ripken jr.. >> she is now safely back at home with her family. kim dacey joins us live with more details. good morning. >> police say the suspect is a white man in

chuck is back now and what's this about we're going to need an umbrella one day this week and you're going to tell us which day. >> we need every drop we can get, even though we don't like getting the rain on the weekends, we're more than seven inches behind, so we appreciate the sunny days, rain drops are in the forecast and that's not necessarily a bad thing. but the sunshine today was a treat in and of itself. also, just standing there and getting sprayed by nice, cool water on a summer day. perfect weather to get outside and enjoy our only 90-degree heat today as opposed to the 97 yesterday. that fountain is in georgetown, where you can do this. just go to the boat house and rent yourself a little kayak or buy yourself one of those bad boys. that's a little better than a kayak. plenty of sunshine. 89 degrees at national airport. dew points today, the the difference maker between yesterday and today. yesterday, it was up in the 70-degree range. today, down in the low 60s and that makes it more comfortable to be outside. plus, the the fact most places topped out around 90 degrees t

people were out with their umbrella. >> what is on tap for today? >> today, and the main stage we have black joe louis and the honey bears, then the maryland rockers. then we have a celebration at 8:00. there is a lot to do prior to the show. there are three outdoor stages. it is until 8:00 p.m. tomorrow. >> i was out there yesterday, and i saw for the first time ever, making for the johns look good with yarn. that was neat. >> that is part of the roadside attractions. you can see fun things from billboards to interactive art galleries. that is the fun side of artscape. you can come, and it is for the whole family. >> it is free, you have a lot of food and entertainment. it is a great time. >> activities take place indoors and outdoors. fine arts and crafts. >> we will go get our face painted. >> file of your umbrella. >> thank you si -- i love your umbrella. >> thank you so much. >> have fun out there. >> thank you. >> are you feeling lucky? the maryland lottery is here next. >> he is hoping to make his mother proud. the anne arundel county residen

i don't think you'll need a big umbrella and always a good idea to keep that umbrella handy. over the next couple of hours, watch tomorrow, high pressure settles down to the south and east of us, but i think we have a good chance of seeing storms tomorrow and any storms that develop will have the potential for heavy downpours and don't worry too much about that, and it will be warm and we'll see the chance of storms. on sunday, the high moves to the south and we get on the hot side of that high pressure area with temperatures back into the 90s. sunday, another good chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. some of those could be on the strong side and once again, we're not talking about any severe weather outbreak like we've seen so much over the past couple of weeks and mostly cloudy showers and out to the west and most areas will be dry this evening and tomorrow morning and waking up and walking out the door and a few showers out there and temperatures, 68 to 76 degrees and as you move on through the day tomorrow, high temperatures, 83 to 89. very close to where we wer

still i think for the evening if you're going out it's the big umbrella and golf size umbrella that you're going to need because we could see moderate and more heavy rain come our way this evening. of course we got quite a bit over the last 24 even 48 hours out there today on the cool dreary side of things. your temperatures today just in the 70s, making it one of the coolest days that we've had in more than a month. wow. after a high temperature of 101 on tuesday. here's a look at some of the rainfall totals over the last 24 hours. anywhere you see the dark green, the yellow, mainly d.c., areas to the north and east. anywhere from two to three to four inches of rain. take a look at the totals here. baltimore maryland, 3.25 inches of rain. ocean city over four inches of rain. annapolis maryland over half. gaithersburg, maryland, montgomery county, .78 inch of rain. what we're left after these showers and waves of rain mainly light rain moving through today. we're left with this. montgomery county south of gaithersburg, fairfax towards charles county moving east into prince george's county.

it's only going to be 95 today because of that umbrella effect.e're already 5 warmer than yesterday and taken the heat index from 101 to 103. the beat goes on as we move through the afternoon. behind this frontal boundary, it's going to get nice through the weekend with temperatures in the low 90s. having said that though, we are going to see storms this afternoon. last night, by the way, even though it looked impressive, we didn't get a ton of rain. bel air little over an inch. these were the biggest amounts, 1 plus. you move south and east of the area, hardly any rainfall at all. front moves through, we clear it out tomorrow and get ready for five nice days coming up. we'll watch the thunderstorms for you this afternoon on air and online. tomorrow we're going to say hot, 92 but it's going to be more comfortable than the past two days. we will look at that five day forecast -- by the way, thunderstorms in spots tomorrow. it's a mention. look at the five -- we'll look at the five day shortly. >>> here are some stories we're following on our websit

so don't forget your umbrellas.also looking to be until settled as well with more showers and storms. also more cloud cover. that will limit how warm we get tomorrow. that's good news if you don't like the extreme heat. friday also looking to be unsettled. we do have a slight risk for severe weather today. the main threat being damaging wind gusts and hail. this is areas north of town. so if you're up toward the mason-dixon line, do watch out for the chance for some severe storms. here's a look at your wednesday forecast. oakland 83. cumberland 95. hagerstown and martinsburg around 96 degrees. culpeper 100. manassas upper 90s. warrenton 99 degrees. in downtown almost 100. andrews air force base same deal. annapolis in the upper 90s. so it's going to be hot pretty much everywhere you go. the next three days 9 weather alert code yellow for the heat today and storms. thursday 90 so not as hot but still unsettled for more showers and storms. friday temperatures topping out in the mid-80s. and showers and storms are poss

. >> and j.c., got my umbrella with me. a light sprinkle here in town. some are seeing a few heavier showers. we'll look at that and let you know what you can expect for the rest of the week. we have a look at the allergy update, it is on the high side. the grass pollen may be the culprit today. mold also mod moderate. full 7-day forecast when 9news now returns. ♪ i've never felt this way before, but it's a scary time to be a woman. mitt romney is just so out of touch. [ female announcer ] mitt romney opposes requiring insurance coverage for contraception. and romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a bill that outlaws all abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. there's so much we need to do. we need to attack our problems -- not a woman's choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. >>> a dozen riders were stranded on top of a stalled roller coaster in california this weekend. they were stuck for nearly two hours at the six flags discovery kingdom in california. the superman ultimate flight roller coaster actual

bring an umbrella just in case. could see some showers and storms come through. bring also lots of water and ice. next three days 9 weather alert code yellow because ever the heat and storm potential for today. high of 100. thursday lower 90s with more unsettled weather. friday, though, we are in the mid-80s. the relief is coming very soon. check out your next seven days. cooler through the weekend. the weekend looks pretty good. saturday 83 with a chance for a shower. sunday temperatures in the lower 90s. we're back with jc cooking in the kitchen and it smells good. >>> today i'm one on one with chef rich. he's been on before but guess what? he's starting his own restaurant. it's going to open up in the fall. >> it's in falls church, virginia. >> today he's cooking sausages but the reason why he's on today is because he's part of a special tournament. >> yes. >> the 2012 city open tennis tournament. >> one of my favorites. >> what does cook having to do with tennis? >> nothing like eating sausages and going to play tennis. no, don't do that. >> let me let everyb

the umbrella jousting may actuly be appropriate for the uk olympics. >> when it's raining all the time. >>> it's time for now for an early look at some of the stories we'll follow throughout the day on nbc. funeral services will be held for three children who died in a tragic fourth of july yacht accident in new york's oyster bay. a 12-year-old boy and two girls, ages 11 and 7, died when the ship sank following a fireworks display. investigators searching for clues will raise the sunken vessel today. >>> across the pond england's queen elizabeth will welcome olympic torch bearers as they carry the game's symbolic flame through the grounds of windsor castle. >>> and happy birthday to singer, fashion designer, and new mom jessica simpson. she turns 32 today. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and more as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. details in the case of a teenager who faces 50 years in

now later this afternoon you may want to keep an umbrella handy. at to get its have your car headed out to work you may need to put on your wish to wipers once or twice because it is pretty misty out there. the clock coverage is keeping us a little bit warmer than what we are used to. san francisco's come in at 56 degrees, we have 57 for those in oakland and it looks like we have almost the 60 degree mark for those living in livermore. all the club coverage just hugging the entire california coast line. we are also tracking a low pressure system to our north. this of low pressure system is thinning and a counterclockwise direction and this could impact us as we head into the afternoon. i did not see any rain on any of our models for the future passed for. it is possible we could see some droplets into the afternoon. by 5:00 p.m. we are full of cloud coverage and fog if you push bit closer to 12:00 p.m., it looks like we have conditions affecting the south bay in the livermore valley. by 5:00 p.m. we could see partial clearing and a little bit of su

two staffers would be working with these commercial corridors and that funding and umbrella offers the opportunity to work together to identify those corridors that have this kind of comprehensive been put by the city family and for district 10, the continuity up and down the corridor is extremely important. you do not want to feel like there are starts and stops of city focus because by not having that continuity, you lose a lot of really important work being done. supervisor kim: i know i brought this up earlier but i was hoping you could clarify a little bit. it seems like to departments are asking for positions in very similar lines of work. there was of a request from the city administrator for a community development specialist to support that market and bradstreet projects and here we are seeing request for funding for the central market and third street -- may be through the invest in neighborhoods, it would be funded, but if you could tell me how you distinguish these positions because we don't want to pay for services when we're trying to find savings for our schools or the c

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you'll need your sunglasses and your umbrellas tomorrow. >> we have been warned. thank you. >>> we're talking about really just some unprecedented sanctions today. >> i think broad sweeping, all those things cool to mind when you think about the ncaa. we wanted to get a local spin on what has become a national story, of course, penn state sanctions. did the ncaa go too far or not far enough? got some sports reporters weighing in on that and we'll get to it after this break. [ male announcer ] where did all the obama stimulus money go? friends, donors, campaign supporters, special interest groups where did the obama stimulus money go? solyndra: 500 million taxpayer dollars. bankrupt. so where did the obama stimulus money go? windmills from china. electric cars from finland 79% of the 2.1 billion in stimulus grants awarded through it went to overseas companies. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> and now 9 sports with dave owens, the best sports in town. >> shortly after the freeh report was released 10 days ago which state the most powerful m

bring the umbrella. we could see some showers.torms we're talking about could bring some damaging wind gusts, especially south of town. that is where we have a severe thunderstorm watch in effect for this evening until 10:00. this includes fredericksburg and into parts of culpeper. actually, trimmed that severe thunderstorm watch now. it is south of fredericksburg. so even better news for folks who are closer into our immediate viewing area. here's a lock at the live doppler 9,000hd. we see some showers out to the west and south of us. this is really light stuff. no severe warnings right now. radar lightning, you can see the big stuff is really well south. you can see some showers could be approaching the district and here into the beltway. not all this hitting the ground. you can see out to leesburg and fredericksburg, we are seeing showers come through. i think showers are going to be fairly light in nature. further south, those storms that do bubble up could be strong to severe. now we are under a slight risk for severe storms.

all the ways to beat the heat i have never seen the storm umbrellas,. >> that's a great use. >> it is deborah smith one of our loya, will viewers. 103 tomorrow. it'll be a real hot sunny day. into sunday a chance for storms in the afternoon, after that it the heat starts to break. that will be great. we will be back with more after this. . >>> make sure you beat the heat tomorrow. it'll be a hot one. we will see you. >> stay cool out there.

we mentioned you need the umbrella. you will need it today. late day shower and thunderstorm possible. we will talk about traffic and weather coming up in less than 10 minutes. charley. >>> as a parent when your child is sick and needs medical attention, you want them to get the best care available. but when you are losing that care things can appear bleak and linda so is live this morning with a story of a baltimore family's fight to get their daughter the best care available. linda. >> reporter: she is a 3-year- old girl who spent a lot of time here at mount washington pediatric hospital. today, her parents will head to dc to urge lawmakers to save pediatric health care programs on the chopping block. meet little samoan this 3-year- old from hampden has been treat for a number of illnesses since birth and needs constant medical care. her mom shannon had to quit herfull-time job but it hasn't been enough. they rely on medicaid which provides the nurse to visit daley and simone has doctor visits and therapy and that's why her parents are going

will you need the umbrella as you head out to see the fire works? we'll let you know when 9news now at noon continues. >>> loudoun county's board oversup visors diseased -- of supervisors decides to extend the silver line past the dulles airport. phase two will go from reston to the airport and on to ashburn. county leaders voted to fund at least $270 million of the project. without that funding the entire second phase of the project was in jeopardy. >>> a review of insurance claims finds that many newer technologies in our cars are helping us avoid crashes. the highway data loss institute compiled the figures and the insurance institute for high safety released the study this morning. researchers found crash avoidance systems that automatically apply the brakes are particularly helpful. another big plus comes from adaptive headlights which shift direction as the drier steers. however -- driver steers. however the study also found cars with lane departure warning systems designed to help a driver avoid drifting into other lanes are involved in more

in april, the vatican accused the umbrella group that represents the majority of u.s. nuns of "doctrinal confusion." yet many of these sisters say they are just following the spirit of vatican ii. kim lawton has our special report. >> reporter: in washington, d.c., sister maureen fiedler hosts the public radio program "interfaith voices." she tries to broaden interreligious understanding in order to further justice and peace. values she says come straight from her roman catholic faith. >> this isn't something peripheral. this is central to the preaching of the gospel. >> reporter: fiedler entered religious life 50 years ago, just before vatican ii got under way. she says the spirit of the vatican meetings had a profound impact on how she viewed her calling. >> the second vatican council had a marvelous document called the church in the modern world which basically underlined the message of justice and peace in the gospel. >> reporter: fiedler became involved in a series of social justice causes, including a 37-day fast in support of the equal rights amendment, and rall

you may want to have an umbrella in the car or maybe take the purse umbrella if you have one.eratures on friday, 95 degrees. now we have to say yesterday. yesterday, 95 degrees the high temperature. average high, 88. so yet on sunday, beautiful weather. sunday's looking great with plenty of sunshine. i think sunday's going to be a very nice day. still warm with a high near tom clouds. actually this morning. warm and muggy with a nice start. temperatures about 70 to 76 degrees. your forecast for -- i shouldn't even say to today, sun and clouds, hot and humid, scattered storms in the afternoon. temperatures 89 to about 94 degrees. if you're thinking about heading down towards the beaches, not bad at all out there. temperatures into the 80s, nice and warm sunday and monday. slight chance of showers tomorrow and here's the next couple of days with my monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday. a little bit higher than they should be, but temperature-wise, going to be a-okay, temperatures average for this time of year, just unsettled with chances for rain again. >> all right, thank yo

hold on to the umbrella. just in case. temperature wise, not too bad.e heat things up next friday back into the mid 90s. but hey, no triple digits and not expecting widespread severe weather. >> we will take it. >> the redskins still got a will the of questions to answer. >> absolutely. one guy, big fella. he needs to step up. i call him big for one simple reason. you're going to hear from a redskins player who needs to produce really, really bad. they call him big hank for a big reason. is he ready to go full throttle after his injury? could it be the nats are the first teams to 60 wins >>> we got this new opener. >> the biggest hands at the nfl combine last season. almost 11 inches from pinky to thumb, which means his hands look like this huge foam finger. now this is good for a wide receiver because you can catch things. those large mitts struggled with dogs hand with. he has been cleared to practice, but not fully healthy yet. last year, he struggled learning the play book. this year, a lot expected of him and he is expecting a will lot of himself.

grab the umbrella today just in case. we do see some evening showers and thunderstorms coming through. another hot one. temperatures into the upper 90s later today. close to 100 once again. we do have a heat advisory in effect because it will be more humid today so it will feel like 105 later this afternoon when temperatures are going to get really hot. actually by 3:00. so drink plenty of fluids and again, don't forget your umbrellas. here's a look at your time saver traffic with monika samtani. >>> here's a look at the beltway just north of springfield at the robinson terminal over on the outer loop. you want to watch out for lane closures between 66 and route 50 till about 5:00 this morning. i'll have more on the situation as well going on in great falls coming up at 4:47. jessica and mike? >> thank you, monika. >>> the time 4:41 and i am watching your money. angel berroa fan key headed -- ben bernanke headed back to capitol hill. this is the second day in a row he'll be testifying before a congressional committee and

the best option may be going the traditional route with an umbrella. brian, that's tonight's fox 5 top five. >> i may have to dodge a few showers tomorrow. >> keep the umbrella handy. tomorrow afternoon we might see some storms cooking up around here. looks like there will be some scattered around. as for usual when we get up around 90 degrees, some of them may be strong. it's the headline tonight. it's settled now. north and east of baltimore might be a quick the shower, but for the most part this area dodged the thunderstorm activity because the clouds kind of stablized the atmosphere today. temperature-wise we got up to 90 degrees today and i think we'll be a bit above it tomorrow. it will be a steam bath out there, lots of humidity in the atmosphere which is why any storms we see tomorrow afternoon could potentially drop off a lot of rain, maybe 2 inches per hour if they move slowly enough. wednesday's temperature a little better at 89 degrees. it will also be a lot less humid. it looks like the best day of the next several if you ask me. thursday

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good morning anny hong. >> good morning device you might need the umbrella. only a slight chance for a shower especially if you're west of town. otherwise we're looking at mostly cloudy skies for today. we're not expecting any crazy rain or storms this afternoon but slight chance for some showers especially west of town here's a look at live doppler 9000 hd to show you where the showers are right now. generally in the potomac and highlands and central virginia. we'll zoom on in closer to show you where we're seeing the showers. again if you're west of interstate 81 better chances of seeing maybe some showers and thunderstorms for this afternoon. so here's a look at the showers coming in from the west basically. and also southwest. and so for the rest of today here'sat

tonight's nats game, bring an umbrella and lots of water. here's monika with your time saver traffic. >>> good advice. good morning, everybody. if you're planning to head over into the great falls area, i want to remind you that from last night work continues on a serious situation blocking georgetown pike between walker road and springvale road. wasn't to use route 7 as your alternate out. i'll show what you it looks like from our live shot. this is georgetown pike just west of walker road in great falls where a tree came down on top of a car right in the middle of rush hour at 6:30 last night. it did result in one fatality. so work continues on that. again, go ahead and use route 7 as your alternate route. we'll keep you posted on that situation. back over to our maps, though, and heading into the district using 395 across the 14th street bridge. you're going to be fine. we'll take a live look from our vdot camera right now. looking good across the bridge span. you might hit the brakes a time or for as you leave landmark toward seminary ro

so don't forget your umbrella today. >>> thank you, anny. if you're planning to head inbound on i-66, delays begin in centreville trying to get past route 50 where the accident has been moved to the left showedder. lanes are open but the damage is done at 6:12 in the morning. i'll be back with more traffic coming up at 6:18. back to you. >> thank you, monika. >>> itself man charged with killing unarmed florida teenager trayvon martin is speaking out for the first time since his posting bond for the second time. >> george zimmerman and his attorney talked about the night of the killing and they reached out to the teen's parents. randall pinkston reports. >> i do wish that there was something, anything i could have done that wouldn't have put me in the position where i had to take his life. >> reporter: george zimmerman says his confrontation with trayvon martin didn't last long before martin started throwing punches. in an interview with fox news channel, zimmerman recounted how martin approached him shortly after he called police about a sus

i would take an umbrella with you.e high, thin cloud cover on the satellite. 70 in jarrettsville and kind of muggy. the dew points or around 70 degrees. a mixture of sun and clouds. high temperatures between 84 and 89. watch for lightning if you take the boat out today. tonight we will see a slight chance for a thunderstorm in the forecast. the seven-day forecast looks like this. not much difference into the middle portion of the week. a 30% chance for a shower or a thunderstorm. 86 tomorrow. it gets a little warmer going into the weekend. low 90's by the time we get to saturday. >> if you're looking to score at at, you may on a se want to fly american airlines. the preferred seats are available for as low as $3 per flight. a locked car can become deadly very quickly for a child. we have the details. >> the tragedies take place every summer, children left behind in parked cars. heat stroke killed 33 children in cars last year. new research found new devices intended to help parents avoid such tragedies are well intenti

my facebook page check that out. >> and megan brought up the aspect of an umbrella. >> we need one? >> possibly. look at maryland's most powerful radar. we are dry but you can see showers looking back-- lushing back -- lurking back to the south and west. some of those could move in as we go through the rest of the morning and afternoon. we have lots of moisture to work with. so i am not going to rule that out. just have one nearby and put one in the briefcase as you head out this morning. we look at showers around harrisonburg and the heaviest stuff is off to the west and this will continue possibly going through time. temperatures coming in at 70 in frederick and germantown. 72. glen elk at 66 degrees. these temperatures are on the warm side and that's courtesy of the cloud cover that i've been talking about and that we are seeing from that rainfall that we are getting. but we look at the hour by hour forecast and today will be be a little bit cooler than what it was yesterday and the fact is the clouds are going to be around for today. we have a chance for a shower but this is exa

so don't forget your umbrellas just in case.ere's mike and jessica. >>> today's hero central honors some champions of our legal system. all americans are entitled to due process. >> but not everyone can afford it. as jc hayward tells us, the washington legal clinic for the homeless is trying to help. >> i was given a letter of termination by the director because i had overstayed my time. >> reporter: in 2002, miss brooks and her three children were living in an emergency homeless shelter. after one year the working mother faced being homeless again because her time at the shelter had run out. but she could not afford to move. >> i didn't know at the time what my rights were as a client ever the shelter. i didn't know what steps were supposed to be taken. >> reporter: the working mother needed legal advice and she needed it for free. she learned about the washington legal clinic for the homeless. >> i was really impressed by the organization. i didn't know there were attorneys out there specifically working with clients that were

you'll want to take the umbrella because we'll need it later on.ky and steamy but at least our temperatures are sitting in the 70s for most of us. we'll see the day planner feature an increase of cloud cover into the afternoon. we'll start to develop some showers and storms across some of our western counties and that's going to move on in toward the beltway. before that, though, i think we have a very good shot at getting these temperatures into the middle 80s by the lunch break. later on this afternoon we should peak around 87 for reagan national. that's usually about 3:00 to 4:00. and then when the showers and storms start to really move on through, temperatures are

and 77 by 11 and 73 by tomorrow morning and yes, we could see a few showers and you will need the umbrellas tomorrow and most likely at least some part of your saturday and where i think your rain could be the heaviest and just how hot our next heat wave is going to get. >> thank you, doug. >>> still ahead on news 4 at 6:00, more than a dozen people rescued as a fire rips through a industrial complex. >> how a 9-year-old girl saved a 4-year-old from the bottom of a swimming pool. >>> how a light show can impact electronics matters. pioneers in outsourcing us jobs supports tax breaks overseas. insourcing. industry and favors bring jobs home. it matters. this message. >>> more than 200 delta air lines passengers are finally in madrid, spain. they arrived several hours later than expected because a suspicious device forced their original flight from new york to return to the airport. someone on the plane found the device with wires in the lavatory once the plane had taken off last night. it landed two hours later at jfk. a bomb squad determined the device was not dangerous and the flight took