a shootout between officers in mount vernon, virginia. the suspects did not survive. >> does of cheerleaders and their parents scrambled for yesterday -- dozens of parents.ers and their >> intense heat. "good morning washington" begins now. >> rise and shine. it is monday, july 9. >> i'm cynne simpson. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. we have a tree down on the northbound george washington parkway. the tree is down near spout run. southbound gw is open. a live picture of the springfield, to reiterate that. more on the traffic side in just while.e of the because storm's over night. 5:01. it is unsell because of a cold -- it is unsaddled because -- it is onfund because of a cold front. some steady but lighter rain into prince william county approaching manassas and shenandoahf into the valley after upper montgomery county and frederick county we have that on going rain, all east. west to anywhere from 85 to 90. most of the rain will be this cannot rule out some thunderstorms this afternoon, especially south of washington.

vernon, joel d.g news. joel d. smith, fox 45 live in mt. vernon, and let us know.the heat. at least deal with beat the heat... or what you do to we want to know colored clothinn.. other hints... light and tired of it all. make anyone feel yourself, it can don't take care of risk on very old and very remember, the tonight. from 9am until 7 are open today centers in the city are open today from 9am until 7 tonight. remember, the very old and very young are most at risk on these hot days, but if you on't take care of yourself, it can make anyone feel sick... or just sick and tired of it all. other hints... light collred what you do to beat the heat... or at least deal with the heat. go to facebook pnd let us know. live in mt. vernon, joel d. smith, fox 45 morning news. 3 3 a megabus meetdown.a driver bringing passengers right here to baltimore... gets heated and reeuses to go any further. further.megan gilliland is here with an inside look of exactly what happened... and the injuries that occured.it's a

he was taken to mount vernon hospital where he died a short time later.say they are still looking for the second suspect. >> if anybody has the situation on the incident itself or the second suspect call either crime solvers of the police non- emergency number. >> police are out here investigating, -- all waiting to collect additional pieces of evidence. so far they have not release the identity of the suspect was killed but they do say officers involved in the shooting were not injured. >> just after the power came back on from last week that a derecho, another storm came in and knocked out power and caused more damage. brianne carter is live from one of the areas hardest hit fredericksburg. >> adjust heat near rte. 1 in fredericksburg -- just near route 1 in fredericksburg. >> we are having trouble with the audio and will get back. he's down 50 is back, good news for commuters. >> it was closed in the bowie area because of heat-related road buckling. the rains were expected to remain closed through rush-hour but the crews were able to get them sooner th

so i called the hotel up and said, could you tell me what room number vernon jordan is.hat's against policy, i can't do that. somehow i convinced her to give me the room number. that's all it took. i was able to set up an ambush outside by the state. that's how that went down. [ gunshot ] >> vernon jordan is in very serious but stable condition at a ft. wayne, indiana hospital this morning while local and federal officials are trying to find out who shot him and why. >> he talks about going after high-profile targets like mr. jordan and larry flynt. and actually stalking them, getting up close to where they were staying and where they were at the time, which really is very stupid. because when you go after people famous, you are going to get law enforcement from all over the country. was there something that triggered it, that happened to you, or did you decide that i need to kill somebody? >> i was actually trying to get a race war started. that was my goal. commit enough racial incidents all over the country to get the blacks all stirred up and they would start killing

vernon and to the west of mt. vernon closer to springfield along the beltway.ontgomery and prince george's county, the wheaton area, and we're seeing a few showers in that region and then back up to the north and east right along route 50 to crownsville seeing a few showers. and these are more than showers, a moderate downpour you are going to get, redeveloping throughout the evening. don't be surprised to see a few as you make your way out and about tonight. it's going to be staying on the warm side but really the best chance of rain will stay to our south and speaking of warm temperatures, temperatures in the upper 80s to around 90 where we should be for this time of year and then i add in the rest of the weekend. 95 on sunday. 96 on monday. temperatures dipping back down to about 90 on tuesday. we'll wait and see how hot we get but it does look like another smaller, much smaller. >>> a guy named karl was cleaning out his late grandfather's attic in ohio. he found a dirty old box. it could be worth millions. that box contained an extremely rare series of base

head to mount vernon nor a daytime smoke fireworks show. that's at 12:45 this afternoon. a little bit earlier in the day. we have not heard of any fireworks displayed canceled because of the storm. so that's good news. maryland, fireworks will go off as planned. annapolis, university of maryland, greenbelt, takoma park and poolesville. there have been some cancellations as you guys mentioned due to power problems there. as the national park service says as they do each year, pack light. sun screen. it's already hot. as you can see, i'm starting to melt under the sun right now, even at this early 9:00 hour, tony and allison. it is going to be a nice one. >> you have a nice glow about you >> reporter: that's where we are going with this, okay, thank you. >>> speaking of the 4th of july, president obama is celebrating the nation's 236th 4th of july at the white house today. the president is due to speak at a citizenship ceremony for active duty military service. the big highlight at the white house is melia's birthday. she is turns 13 today >>> mitt romney is marching in a j

his friend vernon administers cpr. >> definitely vernon was a huge part of saving my life.t do what he did, i wouldn't be here today. >> later at the hospital malu is given a clean bill of health. incredibly, his only injury is a stiff neck. but, in another close call with with a bungee cord, this time in thailand, the injuries are far more severe.ç >> just jump? >> a bungee jumper's cord snaps, hurdling him headfirst into a river. this 21-year-old lives in wakefield, england. after securing a degree in economics from cambridge university, he decides to take a well-deserved vacation. >> after graduating, we all thought it would be fun to go to thailand, see the islands, party, have some fun. >> in august 2009, he and his friends head east. after several days of sightseeing, he notices an advertisement for a bungee jumping adventure. >> wow, this looks cool. i'm here, you know, carpe diem and all that. let's go. let's do this. >> along with playing the guitar, speaking italian and salsa dancing, bungee jumping is among his 15 things to accomplish in life. >> i was always lo

vernon, be on the lookout.ay very well produce some small hail and wind gusts of 50 or perhaps 60 miles per hour. so be on the lookout. that strong to severe thunderstorm will be grazing into southern portions of prince george's county in the next 45 minutes to an hour. upstream from there, another band of thunderstorms about two to four hours away from the area. scattered storms around here for the remainder of this evening. temperatures back down to the low 80s by 11:00. the london forecast for tomorrow, clouds and rain showers moving in for the second half of sunday over in london. for us, evening thunderstorms will fade away. we may have to contend with a lit t bit more in the way of rain chances tomorrow. sunday, monday, tuesday looks pretty nice, a little chance for showers on tuesday. but better beach weather than not. tonight, passing clouds, overnight lows 70 to 76. for tomorrow, a little lower chance of rain. it doesn't look like a big deal like today. and then rain chances off and on for monday. best

they had in attendance vernon davis, patrick willis, and another very special individual. so let's congratulate the 49ers. their game with the saints. the best of the year. here's vernon. >> i would like to thank all our 49er fans out there [ cheering and applause ] >> all the coaches, team owner, and last but not least, my quarterback, alex smith. also i would like to salute jimmy, a young man battling cystic fibrosis. [ cheering and applause ] >> nice touch there by the 49ers. the male athlete of the year was in las vegas this evening. lebron james working out with the u.s. olympic team. he beat out aaron roger, joko vich, and verlander. >>> brian wilson also showed up tonight. and yet -- that wasn't just somebody there. that was actually his date. brian not pitching this year. but he wanted some attention so he hired an actor to be chubaka. brian wilson, ladies and gentlemen. not playing this year due to injury, but still on the scene. >>> another what appears to be solid move by the golden state warriors. jared jacks is coming to be a backup point guard from new orlean

. >> this was the scene on the road in mount vernon for several hours this morning. just before 11:30 p.m. last night, fairfax police said two of their officers on patrol saw two men acting suspiciously. they approach the men and one of them ran off forcing police to chase them down. >> at some point, the suspect produced a handgun and began firing toward the officers. >> one of the officers was able to grab his gun and shot back, hitting the suspect. that man was taken to mount vernon hospital and later died. the other suspect got away. one witness said she heard the loud cracking noise and thought it was our works -- thought it was her neighbor shooting of leftover fireworks. >> than we saw the police and we got scared. >> they have not said what relation this car has to the suspects or the investigation, but neighbors looking on say they hope it leads to the arrest of the second suspect, who they fear is armed and dangerous. >> it worries us because we feel unsafe. >> fairfax county police say the two officers were not injured. but both have been placed on adminis

...they're hoping the economic impact for the city will be about 25 million dollars.live in mount vernonjanice park fox45 news at 530. the... summers... record breaking... heat... has... effected... corn crops... nationwide.../ which... may... drive.... prices... upward....// one ... pound... of chicken,... for example,... may... go up... ten cents... per pound.../ kathleen... cairns... has... more... on... how... one farmer... is fairing... in... harford county. nestled in northern harford county..... the quigley farm is well known for its fresh produce. (mom)"right now we have some of our bipolar sweet corn for sale"amy hanna steiner says... everything on display was picked this morning... (voice only)"right here we have tomatoes" this farm (pull book-flip pages?)has been in one family....(flipping pages)"this is my great great grandfather." for five generations. (amy)"its a very long history.."but a closer look at the fields.... this year.... may show a crop they would rather.. forget. (showing bad crops)"the intense heat and mostly the humidity of late.. has set in a fungus.. a rust.

i'm here with tyler vernon. rw beard noting, quote, we are less confident in near-term fundamentals and subdued the outlook. i mean, duh. >> yeah. i actually -- we were on the show on wednesday and we talked about being nervous about the starbucks call so i agree completely. if you saw the gdp report this morning, consumers spending les and less and factored in to the numbers. there's competition. seeing dunkin' donuts. stay away from the stock completely. >> don't jump in? >> i wouldn't. >> morgan stanley upgrading expedia to equal from underweight. saying investors say underweight thesis invalid and said expedia shown two consecutive quarters of solid top-line growth and measurable progress on its new platform. what do you think? >> such a jump today. i think if you own it, you have to sell it. so i don't agree. long term it's fine. the margins expanding on the negative side. the revenue per air ticket is declining. take profits completely here. >> hard to argue with 20% pop on the day. shares up over 100% and

. >> george allen spent some time meeting with the mount vernon lee chamber of commerce. tim kaine visited some small shops in the mount vernon area. >>> today redskins fans heard what might be the most eight exciting words of the summer, robert griffin, iii has signed his contract agreeing to a four- year $21 million deal earlier today. the media did not talk to my players or management, but rg3 sent out a tweet this morning saying well, people, it's time to go to work, off the unemployment line and oh, yeah, httr. that means hail to the redskins for the uninitiated among you. topper is not one of those people. >> no. some good news. the watch has been trimmed a little bit, so the severe thunderstorm watch covers the southern 1/2 of the metro area until 9:00. there's one warning in rockingham county till 8:00, some good news, but still the chance of thunderstorms tomorrow and again on friday. let's start with live doppler 9000 and we'll show you where all the thunderstorms are. first we'll go down to our friends in southern maryland. pretty good thunderstorms rolled thro

. >> i am linda so live at city cafe in mount vernon. great food at exceptional prices. details coming after the break. >>> thanks for staying with us. things are abuzz but how about tasty scallop but maybe not right now but 12 hours from now it would be a great idea and you can get them at great price. restaurants week begins in baltimore city and linda so is live at cafe city in mount vernon. you have been whipping things up all morning for us. what are you bringing back to us? >> reporter: yes, i am going to taste in. >> have you tasted it. >> reporter: hold on a second. but first, tons of restaurant you ken joy. great -- you can enjoy and tons of food and thanks for joining us. so, a lot of restaurants participating this year. >> we have 96 restaurants participating including city cafe. they -- we have a full website so you can search for restaurant by menu or quiz seen type or neighborhood -- cuisine type or neighborhood. there will be pricing information and you can make reservations and figure out how to park or take public transit. >> reporter: and two main price

that's why we came to mount vernon this morning.you can manage, they have lots of fun things planned. we're going to check out things that are new and different that you have not seen. we'll start with hospitality here at the visitors center. on display only through tomorrow is martha washington's cookbook. and we're going to talk about what the president ate for breakfast. he loves these hoe cakes, swimming in butter and honey. we'll talk about that. he apparently really liked ice cream. we're going to learn how to make ice cream 18th century style this morning. they'll be doing those demonstrations as well for all the visitors who come out. they're going to have free birth did i cakes while supplies last. and they have 100 people that are going to become u.s. citizens and a special naturalization ceremony that's going to be going on today. we will give you all the information that you need to know. come out here and celebrate the 4th of july here in mount vernon. oh, apparently, the general loves bourbon coffee. there was a reason

vernon. police say officers approached two men acting suspiciously.ne of the men opened fire at the office who shot back, killing the man. neither of the officers were hurt in the incident. >>> bad news for drivers. the declining prices at the gas pump has ended. now they're moving in the other direction. nbc's mara sharapova has more news. >> it hurts the pocketbook. >> reporter: gas prices once again ticking back up. >> no road trips in the future. not with the gas prices. >> reporter: just how bad is it? last week the national average jumped to $3.38 to $3.33. >> it's only been about five cents a gallon but it is pretty significant because this is the first time we receive prices rise in about three months. >> reporter: in fact, the trend was going in the opposite direction, with prices dropping 75 of the previous 77 days since their peak of $3.94 a gallon back in april, prompting many to hit the road. an estimated 35.5 million motorists traveled for the fourth of july, a ten-year record. so what's fueling this new increase? oil prices have been fl

they want to talk to vernon hawkins. that's a name you'll hear a lot of in the next couple of days. >> vernon hawkins hasn't returned our phone calls and he wasn't answering at his home today. vernon seen here was a major volunteer operative in the vincent gray campaign. today used the word, mess, to describe the official campaign that was put together and funded. hawkins was the field operations manager for the unofficial effort where shadow campaign charge with helping get out the vote. much if not all of the money came from businessman, jeff thompson. the illegal funds were channeled through harris, who last week pleaded guilty for her role in the shadow campaign activities. >> tell us why you did it. >> you support vincent gray? >> alabama avenue, most, but not all of the people we talked with say mayor gray knew about the shadow campaign. >> how could he not know what was going on in his campaign? >> you think he aught to resign? >> yes. >> i don't believe it. >> you don't believe it? >> not yet. >> i'm waiting to s

meet with the feeds. >> reporter: vernon hawkins may be the next possible person who is connected to this campaign possibly the fourth person to be indicted in the case. coming up at 6:30. what the sources are telling us in regards to gray's decision making about resigning. he's telling reporters he won't resign but what is he telling his closest aides? we'll have that coming up at 6:30. mike back to you. >> all right, delia goncalves live outside the willson building. the man accused of leading the shadow campaign for mayor gray is now leaving one of his day jobs. jeffrey thompson sold his stake in the accounting firm he founded. a spokeswoman for thompson would not comment on the selling price or why thompson decided to sell out of this. >>> now despite everything going on at the wilson building these days the council is focusing on important issues. today the interim chairman will hold a round table discussion on education. he has made et no secret he was opposed to the takeover of the school's system in the mayor's office back in 2007 and is dit pointed with the pace of -- disapp

we have tyler vernon and steven gilfoyle. steven, why do you think the market came back and is there any reason to believe that the comeback could be enduring? >> well, i'm really kind of impressed with the way the equity market and the price of gold absorbed the news this morning. one thing i did notice is the volume is low today and slow on friday. friday was a single x. two down days with light volume and the volume was not there. with no conviction on the selloff side. we didn't see much volume on the upside either. i think we are up here against 1346, a point of resistance. past this, we could have a good afternoon. >> one, tyler, do agree? two, we have headwind, not just in terms of economic data but also in terms of earnings. many of which have seen lowered expectations on those earnings. >> well, i think short term, this is probably a buying opportunity. again, as he said, it's really light volume. great that the market has come back from the lows. there's i think the end of the day people still think that bernanke fl

>> diana, thank you very much. >>> let's analyze this with tyler vernon.iltmore capital. apple, let's pick among one. raymond james downgrading the stock saying, quote, we believe apple's days of on scene growth are likely behind it. and of course, the stock is off its lows and down as much as 5% today. what do you say? >> i agree with that. i think short term you can probably get a better entry point. there's negativity around the stock and speculation. at the end of the day, steve jobs left with interesting ideas. they're going to be rolling new product down the road and a lot of growth to come. >> do you think it's an outperform? if you were rating it, would you put that endorsement behind it? >> long term, i would. short term, no. >> fair call. all right. in a note published this morning, upgrading domino's pizza and adding the stock to the conviction buy list noting the pizza franchise quote is in the fountain of youth stage of its life cycle with emerging market expansion driving a renewed leg of growth. over one month, the stock up nearly 15%. you l

vernon. when police approached them, they ran and a fight ensued.ne of the men fired at the officers but missed. the officers returned fire, hitting and killing one of the men. we do have a crew on the scene and we'll bring you more information about this breaking news story throughout the morning. >>> see, this is what you do when you hear a noise like that. you don't look around to see where it came from. you run for cover. that powerful boom actually stopped the rangers/twins game last week in texas -- last night, rather. this was top of the fourth. that loud crack sent players running off the field. the umps, too. everybody ran. the cameras even went black for a little bit. rangers officials said the lightning struck north of the stadium, did not hit that facility. texas won the game after a 46-minute delay. the players had to get their wits back about them before they got back on to the field. >> we had our own lightning show here yesterday, but a much different story this morning. we are waking up and welcoming that long-awaited break. >> tom?

vernon. when police approached the two men, they say they ran and a fight ensued and one of the men fired at the officers but missed. the officers returned fire, hitting and killing one of the men. we do have a crew on the scene and we'll bring you more information about this breaking news story throughout the morning. >>> at 5:03, we're also following a developing story in virginia this morning. did a tornado hit parts of the fredericksburg area last night? several businesses were flattened and four people were sent to the hospital, including two children, after some storms there. news4's melissa mollet is live now with more on the damage. melissa, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. whatever it was, it was very, very fast and furious. take a look here behind me. we're on fleming road here in fredericksburg. let me explain what happened. i know it is a little bit dark, but i do want to show you, back there, there is a white structure, a concrete structure, two stories tall, called

john gonzalez is live at the mount vernon square station with more. good morning. >> good morning.to the convention center has just opened. so far, so good. this was a computer glitch on the weekend at the main metro control center, which means controllers were not able to see the moving trains. the shutdowns occurred twice this weekend, once on saturday afternoon and again sunday morning. extra staff is on hand this morning just in case the agency computers crashed again. computer problem caused all trains to stop for about a half- hour each time. no evidence of packing -- computer hacking. it was an apparent software issue. safety systems remained operating and crews were working to minimize the chance of any additional problems as they are trying to figure out why this computer glitch happened. at one point all the trains operating, dispatched by radios. all of the trains were able to get to their next stop according to a metro spokesperson. metro hopes this does not happen again today. john gonzalez reporting. >> many commuters hoping the same. a former high-school football coa

here we areein mount vernon, this cooling center like all the ress in the city open at 9:00am but franklyit could open right now aad help ome peoole out. 23 people have died in the state from heat related causes. with this latest count...the since he last heattwave. s - even in hot places like dry cleaners... even with the digits. 11 cooling centers in the city are open todayy 3 a disturbing incident out of virginia... where a man was hit by a car and ignored by people nearbb. the entiie thing was caught on camera... and we want to warn you it could be disturbing to somm vie. viewers.this is dash cam video from a bus that stoppedjust feet from a man... who lay dding on the sidewalk in his body next to the trash can. but not a single persoo stopped to check on him.police say the pedestrian was hii by a car... that didn'' stop at a traffic signal. the man later diedd a urglary suspect in ohio tries getting away from police by stealing on of their cruisers... and its all caught on camera.take a look. and a 21-year-old man is - kklled. that's when the suspect hops into a cruiser... and taaks

reporting live in mount vernon, paul esslee, fox45 news at 5:30. and police are searching for th outside a west baltimore grocerr store. store.homicide detectives wwre morning attthe corner of mccclloh and laurens treet. pollce say the victim was grocery store, when a unman tonight after police raid a me home in south baltimore. charles wilson was arrested on norland road tuesday. - inside, they found more ttan 11-thousandddollars in cash, 8 guns, prescription drugs and cocaine. they allo uncovered a pooiie scanner and jacket.. wilson faces tment - mmltiple drug and weapons charges. a 12-year-old pg county boyyis accused of illing a 2-year-old fosterrchild living with his familyyin forr washington.pooice say the victim, aniyah batchelor,,was found unresponsive tuesday night. her foster father called 911, but she was pronounced dead at the hospital. an autopsy showed she was beaten to death. the as a juvenile with ing charged 3 secood-degree mmrderr.. he's being held tonight the cheetenham youth facility. a fire is under investigation in west baltii

vernon area.ns has more. >> reporter: wendy, police say a suspect pulled a gun and fired at a fairfax officer. for the suspect, that had deadly consequences. investigators working through the dark hours of the morning, and well into the afternoon, gathering evidence in this police-involved sheathing in the mt. vernon area of fairfax county. jennifer gomez was coming home from work when it happened. she heard the shots. >> we got scared, because it's right near our house, and we have subtle ones, and now we'll be more cautious about coming outside. >> reporter: please say it happened last night on frey road. two officers on patrol approached two men who were acting in a suspicious manner. as they did, one of the men they say ran down there. the two officers ran after him. they caught up with him. they tried to detain him. as they did. they say that suspect pulled a gun and fired a number of shots. one of the officers returned fire. that suspect fell to the ground. he was taken to the hospital. he w

have learned the name of the killed withas po >> police have identified the in mount vernon.e was approached at the intersection of fry road. police and shot and killed nicholas after officers say he fired at them. a second suspect remains on the loose this morning. >> four people charged in the of a man on saint patrick's day weekend have guilty. the suspects between 19 and 21 old are accused in the incident was captured on video. it went to buy role on the internet. >> one of the suspect was -- sentenced to one year in jail. >> d.c. is set to make a decision on immigration. emergency legislation was passed month to start the -- stop the secure communities deportation program. >> city council will cast the final vote to make that permanent. it will limit the circumstances local enforcement money. consider testing --pensive drunk driving suspected drunk drivers. attacked with a knife time since april. officers say this attack weekend.over the animals at the park have been attacked three times. teenager behind the first two in taxes in jail. know if it is related. >> a simulat

than 42-million - - cittzenship will be given n - several ceremonies at the white house, at mount vernon in virginia and elsswhere.nats last nooe f song, crowd applaading.the concert and &pfireworks at the national mal are expected o draw hundreds of thousands f people.but tuesday's dress rehearsal wws interrupted by approaching storms.naas you are instructed shelter indoors.residents of nervous about weaaher, after an intense series of thunderstorms knocked out power and other serviies forr millions there.in milwaukee, fireworks filled the sky last several cities in maryland i were canceled as officials the weekknd's damaging storms. as of ttesday night, more than more thanna miilion homes and businesses in neerly a dozeen states were sttll without power.one saint lluis cityy alderman, however, is adding a fireworks show in his community tt cut down on backyard displays ---a angerr during such dry times.don't worry, though, there'ssplenty of water there... just in case. as for all those ppwer outages... they're alss causing headaches out on the streets.traffic lights remain dark in many

&ppgooo morning joel d. 3 here we are in mmunt vernon, this cooling center like ll the rest in the city open at 9:00am but frankll, it could open right ow and help some people ut. 23 people have dded in the statt from heat related causes. drink plenty of water or wipe skin with ool watee as ne- neededreduce outside activvties wear light-weight and light-colored clothingstay inside during he hottest time of day (between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.) people still need to work, even in hot ppaces like dry cleaners... even with the temperature hits triplee digits. 11 cooling cenners in the city are open todaa from 9am until 7 tonight. "114 degrees...underneathhsome " air!"other "cooling" places in baltimore county officials 3 suggest... community cennerss churches malls neighbor's home with air conditioning restaurants & other hints... 3 3 a megabus meltdown.. driver bringing passengers right here to baltimore... gets heated ann refuses to go any further. further.megan gilliland is here with an inside look of exactly what happened... and the injuries thaa occured.it's a story you're seeing first on f

vernon and house. >> the motive for the homicide is either a mistaken identity on the victim's side or possible robbery. >> reporter: police say the suspect who is described a 16-25-year-old african american male, 6 feet tall, carrying a semiautomatic weapon. >> behind that was another dark suv tailing the vehicle. it was be another suspect. >> reporter: for the family, the mourning continues. >> i have a deep sorrow. and i go to the place where he was injured, killed, so it's still a very painful process. >> reporter: his mother says her son came to this country from ethiopia at the age of 10, got his citizenship, was attending city college, and was just a day away from attending a soccer tournament in washington dc. >> i want the killer to be found and i want justice. >> reporter: police are hopeful, and the family is confident somebody saw something at this intersection. the family knows it won't bring him back, but they say an arrest will give the family some needed closure. >>> temperatures remained cool out there tonight. we're only in the low 50s close to the coastline. away fro

this all -- mount vernon area n. all happened just before midnight at frye road and route 1. two officers talking with two men they thought were acting suspiciously. one of them ran off. police chased after him. they say he pulled out a gun and fired at the officers. one of them fired back striking the man. he died at a hospital a short time later. police have not released the victim's name nor the names of the officers voffed. >>> whether it -- involved. >>> when it comes to power outage numbers, a big improvement this morning compared to how bad it was last week. >> the storms that moved through yesterday and this morning didn't do too much in the way of outages, at least compared to last week. >> here's a check of the latest numbers. dominion has about 4,000 customers without power this morning. pepco has about 2,000 in the dark. potomac edison 1600. bge707. last night we were told it wasn't the fallen trees that were the problem. >> most of the equipment was struck by lightning. that's where we've seen most of the damage but we also have trees, tree limbs that have come d

vernon is going to be the rest of the show.rnight tonight the skies will clear out after midnight. low temperatures, a few spots. the lucky few out west. back into the upper 60s by tomorrow morning. intown temperatures in the mid-70s. tomorrow, ugly hot again. 99 in washington, 97 in annapolis, 96 in culpeper. very, very hot weather coming for tomorrow. a perfect way to get yourself over the bay bridge and down to the sand. that's where doug is this week. a week well chosen, doug. a chance of thundershowers showing up later on in the week. we'll see you again at 6:00. >> thanks, chuck. >>> for the first time since 2004, the u.s. olympic team will have a rhythmic gymnast as she's local. >> dominated by russian athletes. she's a second generation rhythmic gymnast. her mother was a junior champion in hungary. she said it's a difficult sport to master and requires a lot of cross-training including ballet. she stopped by "news 4 midday" talking about representing team usa. >> the nerves aren't kicking in yet but i'm getting more and

both weee treated for injuries on the scene. 3&daaid "busy bee" parker mount vernon: 50.12 "look at thisi know people is gonna be upset, out of theirrbrains when they see their cars like this." "these two cars were parked, or otherwise, this would look likk death." deaah."the crash was so hyyraat off its base and set it flying 100 ffet downnthe sidewalk.mount royal was closed briefly before being reopened this afttrnoon. bail has been set for a million dollars for tte man who shot and killed trayvon mar. martin.a florida judge setting george zimmerman.last monnh,, after prosecutors said he ed - phidá more than 100- thousand dollars he raised for his legal defense fund.zimmerman is the neighboohood watch voluuteer who says he killed the unarmed teen in self-defense. ttat brings us to ouu question of the day.do you agree with ail to eorge zimmerman? go to fox-baltimore dot com and tell us what you think. facebook. send us a tweet.. h at oxbaltimore. and you can text your answer to 45203. enter fox45a for yes.. or fox45b for no. today marks theeone year annnversary of the day casey anthony

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our last video takes us to mount vernon. the burst of strong storms impacted the area. we have reports of damage there. things like tents being blown over and some scaffolding that fell out of place. in view of pictures from the storm, we would like to see them. >> there is a flash flood warning in effect for baltimore city tonight. you can always stay ahead of the severe weather. check out weather alerts on wbaltv.com and our app. more on a man who led police in pursuit where it ended with a crash and bailout. >> police initially tried to stop once and for a seat belt violation in the 1800 block of druid hill. he took off and sideswiped several cars and drove onto a sidewalk. officers called off the pursuit when watson left baltimore city. he went to route 100. the car accident on to telegraph road and went across the set -- the center line and slammed into the intersection of morgan station drive. the driver took off and ran into some woods. officers found him in a vacant home half a mile away. residents were returning home from work as the whole thing played out. >>

. >>> immunity deal could be in the works for vernon hawkin. investigators believe he served as field operations manager for that alleged shadow campaign. sources tell our bruce johnson that he played a key role in funding gray's 2010 mayoral bid. prosecutors also tell bruce that they're prepared to offer hawkins immunity for his cooperation in the investigation. we've tried to meet with him since then but he hasn't returned our calls. >>> sometime right now is 6:04. i am watching your money on this monday -- rather tuesday. wow, hey, get this girl a cup of coffee. if your money is in a savings account, it's not doing too hot. interest rates reached a new all time low on monday which is good news for people looking to borrow money but not so great for people trying to save it. freddie mac says mortgage rates dropped to 3.56% but bank rate.com says the highest one- year bank cd rate it found is just 1.1%. and the average money market is at 0.46%. if you're not saving money, maybe you're stockpiling credit card rewards points instead. chances are

you can head to mount vernon for a daytime smoke fire work show over the potomac river at 12:45 thison. we have not heard of any displays in virginia that have been canceled. the unfortunate of maryland, national harbor, bowie, district heights, greenbelt, takoma park and poolesville. in maryland, as we learned yesterday, several 4th of july celebrations have been canceled due to the ongoing problems after friday's storm. kensington, germantown, rockville can and gaithersburg. they have call scratched their fireworks displays for tonight. the celebration is scheduled here. going to be a lot of road closures. already, in fact, a lot of road closures in place right now that will be taking place you can find those on myfoxdc.com. just click on web links. the best bet is just to take metro if you can. it will be a little bit easier trying to get down here to the national mall. back to you. >> good advice. >> thanks, sarah. >>> this will be a working holiday for president obama and his presumptive republican rival. mr. obama will return from camp david to celebrate the nation's 236th birt

abc 7 was at mount vernon for one of the ceremonies. 98 people were sworn in as citizens. these new americans represent 45 different countries. meanwhile, more than two dozen u.s. service members celebrated as new citizens. president obama sali -- hosted a naturalization ceremony at the white house with 25 active duty military members from seven countries. the president spoke about the nation's diversity and the need for comprehensive immigration reform. >> drippings' me great joy and inspiration. -- it brings me great joy and inspiration. we are a country bound together not simply by ethnicity or bloodlines but by fidelity to a set of ideas. >> similar ceremonies took place all across america today. republican presidential hopeful mitt romney took a break from vacationing in new hampshire to march in an independence day parade. romney and his family joined senator kelly ayotte. this was his only public appearance today. still to come, a devastating fire leaves it well-known woman dead in a d.c. community. we will tell you what her friends and neighbors are saying. also, a

. >>> an immunity deal could be in the works for vernon hawkins. investigators believe that he served as the field operations manager for the alleged shadow campaign for vincent gray. sources tell our bruce johnson that hawkins played a key role in funding gray's 2010 mayoral bid. prosecutors also tell bruce that they are prepared to offer hawkins immunity for his cooperation. we've tried to meet with hawkins but he's not returned any of our phone calls. >>> a huge milestone in the silver line dulles metrorail project was reached today. crews installed the final segment of the aerial guideway in tysons corner. in about a year, commuters can take the train from tysons to downtown washington. phase two of the project is slated to take about another five years and it will extend the rail from reston west to dulles airport ending at route 772 in loudoun county. >>> coming up next when 9news now continues, a child's fall from a third-story window. it was all caught on tape. the child is safe. >> a new study finds the connection between the right amount

road and pentagon city yellow line passengers have to switch to the green line to go north of mount vernon square, stations at regan national and crystal city are closed and limited trains on the red line. >>> an attempted robbery, turned into a deadly accident in fairmont heights maryland. armed gun men approached people in and around a car, in the 1200 block of oats street and told the people outside the car to get down the cars driver got scared and hit the gas, accidentally running over one of the people on the ground. he was pronounced dead at the scene the gun men took off running. >>> virginia, falls church city police believe a double shooting last night was a murder suicide it happened in the 6700 block of wilson boulevard at a shopping strip called eden center. two men were found dead one victim shot himself after shooting the first man. police have not released the relationship between the two men. >>> now to a developing story martin o'malley will meet with local officials to talk about potential for holding a special session to expand gambling in maryland lawmakers have been a

. >> and in he was sworn in this afternoon during a naturalization ceremony in mount vernon and worked as an interpreter and liason to the american media. following the fall of saddam hussein's regime, he escaped jordan and made it to the united states. >>> another threat of storms exists tonight. seems like every 4th of july there is always some thoughts about the skies but so far, so good. >> it's right. i don't see any real organized system coming our way. i can say oh, yeah, being here at 8 or 9:00 and there is some spotty showers. this is really, really sticky out there. very, very hazy out there. the humidity stayed away for a couple of days and it's come back with a vengeance. can you see the tower in the distance there? the river in the distance? that is national airport on our tower camera. if it was not real humid and hazy, we could see that crystal clear. reagan national, 99 degrees the high temperature today. the heat index was well over 100 degrees and dulles, 96; bwi marshal was in there and it was a temperature of everyone in degrees. heat advisory with was issued and th

. >>> police shot and killed a man overnight in the mount vernon area. it happened just before midnight on frye road. fairfax county police tell us that two officers were talking with two men that they thought were acting suspicious. one of the men ran. police chased him and investigators say the suspect got into a scuffle with officers and pulled out a gun. >> the suspect produced a handgun and fired toward the officers. one of our officers was able to return fire striking the suspect. >> the suspect died at a nearby hospital. police have not released the victim's name nor the names of the officers involved. >>> fairfax county police are investigating another attack on a horse. this attack happened at a horse facility on centreville road which is near frying pan park. the horse was moved from frying pan park because it was attacked last april. police have arrested and charged a 17-year-old from herndon, virginia in the first attack. experts say that the horse's injuries are not life- threatening and police are looking for a suspect. >>> russian official

. >> he caters to divert clientele at his mount vernon liquor store. his father started the business 45 years ago when he emigrated from korea. the city estimates that 90% of neighborhood liquor stores are owned by korean americans. the new zoning proposal would make that business model obsolete. >> it is their retirement. you cannot just take that away with no compensation. >> poor public health outcomes and more violent crimes are associated with these neighborhoods that have concentrations of liquor outlets. >> he says stores like his villain need in the neighborhood, often operating despite criminal activity. >> people that are brought up in that environment are not going to change because there is no liquor store. >> hundreds of customers are angry with the idea of losing the only store they can all too. >> the whole idea is convenience. i think it's horrible what the city is doing to our communities. >> joseph says the 105 stores affected would have the option to change their licenses if they change the format or move. >> we are trying to put tog

. >> coming off a 13-3 campaign, expectations are sky high, vernon davis says he will be disappointed if they don't reach the superbowl. >> i have high hopes for this team. high expectations. that is something we all to live up to as a team. we have a lot of talent. we have a lot of guys that are very capable. i do not doubt this team. >> they just signed leonard davis to a one-year contract, 6'6" and 370 pounds. he is looking to blocking. >> we can see what he can do and gore and all the guys, i've seen them and watched them. they are a good core group of backs. >> don't make him angry. we don't lose, this is what brandon inge, they lost a game in toronto. they won last night but josh reddick, with his 22nd home run of the year they build the lead. blue jays get back with one big swing, his 27th of the year and it's 3-3. and floodgates are open a bunt and tommy malone hits him in the back and two runs score. ball gets away. kelly johnson adds insurance in the seventh. tommy malone has allowed 17 at homes but just one at home. the a's are in baltimore tomorrow. dodgers are in san fran

. >> coming off a 13-3 campaign, expectations are sky high, vernon davis says he will be disappointedch the superbowl. >> i have high hopes for this team. high expectations. that is something we all to live up to as a team. we have a lot of talent. we have a lot of guys that are very capable. i do not doubt this team. >> they just signed leonard davis to a one-year contract, 6'6" and 370 pounds. he is looking to blocking. >> we can see what he can do and gore and all the guys, i've seen them and watched them. they are a good core group of backs. >> don't make him angry. we don't lose, this is what brandon inge, they lost a game in toronto. they won last night but josh reddick, with his 22nd home run of the year they build the lead. blue jays get back with one big swing, his 27th of the year and it's 3-3. and floodgates are open a bunt and tommy malone hits him in the back and two runs score. ball gets away. kelly johnson adds insurance in the seventh. tommy malone has allowed 17 at homes but just one at home. the a's are in baltimore tomorrow. dodgers are in san francisco for a three-

and vernon allen from the allen group. a round of applause for the vips, think you for being here. >> everyone is very excited with this work now proceeding. this has moved along at a very quick place. it is a unique partnership between the faa and the airport. for the first time, an airport will be leaving the building of the tower and will be following the direction of the faa and their detailed guidelines for our construction. we are using a design build approach to get six-eight months of the normal cycle and we will be using a formal part during model that we found very helpful and very successful. we are excited that the control tower project will be fully integrated into the terminal complex in both the design and the construction. the tower will fit seamlessly into our recently renovated terminal to, and are soon to be renovated terminal one. the construction job will bring hundreds of jobs for construction workers, engineers, architects as well. we are excited about the job creation aspect as well. we are excited

. >> coming off a 13-3 campaign, expectations are sky high, vernon davis says he will be disappointed't reach the superbowl. >> i have high hopes for this team. high expectations. that is something we all to live up to as a team. we have a lot of talent. we have a lot of guys that are very capable. i do not doubt this team. >> they just signed leonard davis to a one-year contract, 6'6" and 370 pounds. he is looking to blocking. >> we can see what he can do and gore and all the guys, i've seen them and watched them. they are a good core group of backs. >> don't make him angry. we don't lose, this is what brandon inge, they lost a game in toronto. they won last night but josh reddick, with his 22nd home run of the year they build the lead. blue jays get back with one big swing, his 27th of the year and it's 3-3. and floodgates are open a bunt and tommy malone hits him in the back and two runs score. ball gets away. kelly johnson adds insurance in the seventh. tommy malone has allowed 17 at homes but just one at home. the a's are in baltimore tomorrow. dodgers are in san francisco for a

we are live at city cafe in mount vernon. linda so, abc2 news>> the list of the restaurants available to you is at abc2news.com. >>> if you are looking for something else to do head to m and t bank stadium. the ravens don't start for a couple more weeks. but a soccer match now taking place in the afternoon. so far, 40,000 people expected in attendance. the spurs playing a friendly against the liver pool the game kicks off at one tomorrow. and tickets still available if you want to see the action in person once again soccer coming to m and t bank stadium. >>> there's a lot going on otherwise in the inner harbor. you will notice a lot of colorful costumes in the harbor and no you. you didn't miss halloween. it's the annual otakon festival a comic con like atmosphere for asian pop culture. the festival celebrates all facets of the pop culture with some people getting in and they really get into this. the three-day event kicks off today and runs through sunday. >>> let's hope today is pay by a tore a lot of you because harboreast

the man opened fire on two police officers after they approached him in mount vernon last night. court records show this wasn't his first run in with the law. in january of last year, he was charged with possession of child pornography. meanwhile the officers involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave. >>> a maryland community is in mourning after the deaths of three young boys in what police call a tragic swimming accident in federals burg on the eastern shore. two 12-years-old and an 8-year-old were playing basketball at this church and went to a creek to cool down. the boys didn't know how to swim and all of them drowned. the boys' relatives say they don't think it was an accident. they say the children were afraid of the water and would not have gone swimming. >>> four guilty pleas in connection with the videotaped attack on a tourist from virginia. the video shows the tourist being beaten robbed and stripped in front of a city courthouse in baltimore. the video was posted online and went viral. three of the attackers were sentence to prison time. the f