storm team 4's veronica johnson in for tom this week. bundle up, right? >> this all came in over the weekend. saturday was the warm day over the weekend. sunday the cool air came in, just in time as fall had arrived. actually arrived on saturday. >> good timing. >> our first cool day was sunday. great timing. mother nature always knows how to do it. >>> 43 to 55, that's what we're talking about this morning. the huge range of temperatures. 43 to our north and west. we do have a few clouds out there. a bit of an october chill with a few clouds. make sure the kids are bundled up this morning. just a bit as they head to the bus stop. 57 degrees is the current reading. reagan national with a light wind out of the north. that wind, a dry wind too. 50 degrees right now in leesburg. 47 in martinsburg. 45 degrees in winchester. 46 degrees in waldorf. and down around la plata and st. mary's, even areas like patch river, upper 40s to 51 is degrees. few clouds out there. those have been making their way just off to the north. for your forecast today, 46 to 55. by th

meteorologist veronica johnson here. we've got some showers that are lifting northeast right through the area. take a look at storm4 radar right now. we've got showers around bethesda, college park and southern laurel. for areas like gaithersburg, you'll be getting some rain and moving away from front royal and marshall there. so, a little wet weather that i think is going to hang on until 8:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m. or so, and then some on-and-off showers, but most of the area, at least for the afternoon, will be on the dry side today. 79 is your temperature. southeast wind at 5 miles per hour. heat index big story, too. here we are for the afternoon and evening hours getting into the low and mid-90s. that heat index is what it would feel like. so, today's high, 92, feeling more like 95, 96 around 3:00 p.m. today and just a 40% chance, a slight chance that there will be a pop-up shower, maybe even an isolated thunderstorm this afternoon. can't stress enough that most of the area will be dry today. so, just an isolated or scatt

storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson with the forecast. hi, veronica. >> hey, there, we don't need our sheepskin this morning. don't need to get cozy and try to stay warm because doing much better temperature-wise this rng month. >>> we're in the 60s this morning. generally 60 to 65 degrees. 66 degrees at reagan national. off to the west, culpeper, luray, a little cooler, temperatures in the 50s. we had some rain move through around hagerstown and frostburg. that's going to come sliding through for the morning rush. just a few isolated showers. by noontime, a few showers north around the maryland/pennsylvania border. and a better chance for rain around 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 or so. your four-day forecast, rain continues through the week and even through saturday. let's get a look at first 4 traffic with danella sealock. >>> veronica, i'm checking on an accident live chopper 4. trying to take the ramp to the inner loop of the beltway. you are able to pass just in the right lane here. left lane is blocked by the accident. you are able to access the

veronica johnson, going to have a lot of clouds anyway. >> that's right. your sun rise in just about an hour. but when it comes up, i'm not expecting a whole lot like yesterday. we're going to have quite a few clouds. probably the more humid part of our day will be the morning hours. the wetter part of our day with more rain will be the afternoon and evening hours. so out there right now, 70s. adams morgan, 75. brandywine, arlington, ashton, 72 degrees. hometown forecast for largo, take you through the next couple of hours, by 9:30. 75. with some showers possible around your area. by noontime, 82. low 80 fos for temperatures in around those neighborhoods. possibility for thunderstorms for the afternoon. i think they will isolated. any storms can lead to heavier rain. top out at 84 to 85 degrees. we'll see the temperatures slide on down gently during the evening hours to low 80s. we're not the only ones who are dealing with this tropical air around us. new york city, philadelphia, too, they've got the heavy rain there this morning. next couple of day, wedne

veronica johnson is keeping an eye on the forecast that will make people happy going into the weekend. >> that's right. this weekend, we're going to watch summer fall. supposed to have a ba-da-bum. >> get it? summer fall? >> yeah. >> i know. well, not like fall this morning because it's still humid out there. and temperatures throughout the area. 73 in montgomery village right now. falls church at 67. lexington park, maryland, just to our south at 65 degrees. satellite and radar no, rain across the area. in fact, very few clouds. a few clouds up to the north around frederick, maryland. your day planner forecast, here it is. 8:00 a.m., 76 degrees. a few clouds by noontime. sunshine throughout the area. 6:00 p.m., too, will get a high today of 81. it will be in the upper 80 frz about noontime. all of the way to the afternoon hours today. something really nice one today. it's, again, sunday, we've t got some weather to talk about. that will be the next weather. danella? >> veronica, in first4 traffic report, unfortunately if you're taking the marc train, several delays for you this morni

he's fuld. >>> let's see if we can check out with veronica johnson. we had rufr showers last night. >> yes, we did. guys, that heavier rain coming through about 10:00. 11:00, but that's over for now. for the afternoon, you can expect to see the downpours coming through. your sun rise in a little less than two hours when it comes up, we're going to have some clouds mix with the sun kind of like yesterday. it's going to be plenty sticky out there. look at your temperatures around the area. that mass sass, coming in at 73. chantilly, damascus, 72 degrees. here's a look at your hour by hour forecast at noontime. again, a little bit of sunshine poking through. a better chance of showers and even storms for the afternoon. high today, 83 droos. know that when we get any of those storms we are talking about more of the same. the drenching downpours from the remnants, what's left of isaac. so on this labor day, 83 for a high temperature with bev yot 60% chance of rain for today. up to 70% chance for your tuesday. still, very humid air. temperatures won't chang

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storm team4 meteorologist veronica johnson with our rainy day forecast. hi. >> yeah.od to have a good laugh, right, at somebody else's expense. no, that's not good. we're talking about some more wet weather for us today. outside it is humid again. we've got the big puddles left over from yesterday. damp conditions and, again, high humidity. rain up to the north and moving out of here. temperatures currently, 71 in chantilly. we've got to come apart coming in at 76. prince george's county, hill cyst crest heights. sandy spring coming in at 7 2. kensington right now, 72 degrees. your forecast, hometown forecast, 82 by the noon hour today. showers and storms, 3:00, 84, 85 degrees. you guessed it, more of the same like yesterday. rain and heavy downpours at times this afternoon and evening. >>> right now getting a live look from chopper 4 at the dulles toll road. if you're traveling inbound here. outbound as well. nice and clear in both directions no. not a lot of volume just yet. i-66 heading eastbound past 234. you're heavy on the brakes. delays here continue right arou

storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson. >> it is cool. science is always cool. and the fact we've got fog out. what makes fog form? the clear sky and calm winds. >>> it is pretty calm right now. the rain has moved out. a lot of moisture. that's the area that had the heavy rain. dense fog advisory for fauquier county, spotsylvania county, and off to the west in albemarle county. we're at 63 in fairfax and reston. areas around calvert, 63. franconia, your hometown forecast. 7:00 a.m., still cloud cover around the area. 68 degrees around 7:00. low 70s, some sunshine around noon. after 3:00 today, when you really want to keep an eye on the sky, especially areas south of d.c. around southern maryland over toward rappahannock again, the same areas that had the heavy rain yesterday. 81 with a 40% chance of rain for today. your seven day forecast coming up in a couple of minutes. right now first 4 traffic. >> thanks, veronica. >>> right now tracking breaking news on the roadway. if you're traveling the dulles access road eastbound, still seeing all the eastbound lanes o

storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson in for tom kierein. veronica, what did you feel? >> oh, i've been dry inside, but really watching the radar, keith. some folks had a few drops, some folks had the heavy rain and we have the gray sky right now. take a look at our rainfall totals where the heaviest rain has been right there. those two to three inch rains around spotsylvania and culpeper county. got the flash flood warning that continues until 11:15. you can see for these areas here around spotsylvania around spotford county. st. mary's county, and this flash flood warning goes until 1:45 because of the heavy a rain that's moving through there. and you can see in the yellow and orange, that's where there's still moderate rains coming through. just south of d.c. and, good news, the heavy stuff has already moved east of culpepper and fredericksburg but coming down hard now in charles county and i'll have more on what we can expect for the rest of the day and the rest of the week and even the weekend, which shows some signs of fall, but i think you're going to like it. >>

storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson in for tom kierein with the first forecast. veronica, i guess i can say two words to people this weekend. chill out. >> chill out. yeah, that will certainly be good for early sunday because it's going to be mighty chilly compared to where we've been. we're talking about summer.ake . that's how our temperatures are going to feel this upcoming weekend. hey, don't you like this morning. we've got sunshine throughout the area compared to the storms that went through the area yesterday. blue sky on radar. here's the wait looks. it's clear across our area with a few showers that made their way off to the east. those have died out. a little cluster of clouds around northern spots of west virginia. might see a sprinkle or two there today, but we will be dry today. temperatures throughout the area right now, 79, rockville, 80 in college park, 85 in reston, watch what happens when i put on the heat index values, what it feels like right now. anywhere from 81 to 91 and 92, dulles to reston. so, humidity still out there, and for today as we

storm 4 team veronica johnson joins us with the first forecast. a lot of sunshine today, veronica. >> all morning long, the sunshine has been struggling and finally we're getting some of the thinning of the cloud deck there. temperature right now at 81 degrees. the areas that are in the 80s, those areas will get up into a high of 85, 86 degrees and the areas in the 70s, upper 70s will get up to around 80. look at the cloud cover and look at how it has been thinning around prince william, st. mary's and starting to see the hole in the cloud cover means more showers and even the possibility of some thunderstorms for today. and now mcclain, great falls at 75 and 82 degrees and 81 currently in shaw. your showers just a few right now. those are up to the north and moving away from our area around haguerstown. that heavier pocket there around areas of hartford and cecil county moving away but more for us. the details on that coming up. >> see you soon, thank you, veronica. >>> let's check the midday traffic now and danella sealock joins us with the lates

. >> veronica johnson is in storm center4. >> that's right, aaron. you have to know who your client is and cater to them. i know who you are. all right. we're in the mid and upper 70s across the area right now. here's a look at your hometown forecast. 76 degrees, 8:30, suitland, maryland, with showers developing. by noontime, 81. showers and stops around the area, anywhere from the mid to upper 80. still wet at 5:00 p.m. still a chance for rain tomorrow with a little heat. danella? >> veronica, still looking good in our area. if you're traveling in the drit, check for accidents. all looks good if you're making your way around d.c. take a look right now if you're traveling route 50 in maryland from annapolis bridge as you make your way to the beltway. travel lanes are open. here's a live look for you at 50 and 301 westbound as well as eastbound. no issues to report. back over to you both. >> thank you, danella. >>> it is now 5:12. 77 degrees. new concerns for apple users this morning after a hacker group starts boasting about a major heist. >>> ahead,

veronica johnson is here with the details around that. >> it's around winchester right now. mainly showers. not expecting anything heavy for the morning. but things could get heavier and a little harder during the afternoon hours. and as early as about noontime today. good morning. you're at 79 right now. 79 degrees, laurel. lan ham, 77. bet bethesda, 79 degrees. 75 currently in oakton. temperatures are warming up already. showers and storms off to the west of our area. showers mainly west of us. some thunderstorms further down toward charleston and just west of roanoke. that line is associated with the cold front that's going to be moving in later on. cold front and some of the lingering moisture from isaac all interacting today to provide us with this, from showers to showers and storms as early as noontime today. in the humidity will go to a high temperature of 83 degrees or a temperature of 83 by noontime. high tomorrow of 88. then by 6:00 p.m. today, 87 degrees, i think, with that rain wrapping up and probably ending around 70 this evening. get a quit catch. danel danel

>>> let's bring in veronica johnson with the forecast for us. >> yesterday was crazy, right?it was. >> today is without the hoopla, weatherwi weatherwise. today we like it because we can get into work quiet. it's a hooplaless radar. >> hooplaless. >> it's friday. you know, you're supposed to have fun on friday, right? a few clouds across the area. it's it right now. isolated shower later today. set-up is mainly off to the west and western maryland. west virginia, that location. okay. here's your hometown temperatures. arlington, virginia, 69. one of our cooler spots. quantico, virginia, at 73. purcellville, that's suspect, but also in the low 70s. low 70s with a few scattered clouds. a lot of sunshine today. yesterday we have the clouds, the rain. today, sunshine. break out the sunglasses because i do think they will get a bit of a workout today. even tomorrow morning, some sunshine for us. the next weather front, that's what's going to take us into a week, nek week. it's going to be much different than what this week was. dry air, cooler air coming our way. here's the front.

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storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson. tell us whether we're going to get rain all day. >> not all day. i think it's at least homer simpson who's crying. >>> rain moving out, and it's not until about 3:00 or so that i think we're going to see rain moving back in. it's not going to be everyone this afternoon if it gets wet. right now we have showers that have a few pockets of moderate rain north and west of diehl. north and west of areas of annapolis, maryland, right now. that is moving out. hometown forecast for laurel, maryland. temperatures in the 60s with that rain ending by 10:30. 71 with a mostly cloudy sky. the high today about 78 to 81 degrees. the weekend, danella, not looking too bad at all. back to you. >> all right. >>> heading over to the roadways right now. thanks, veronica. as you make your way on 50 heading eastbound at 197, have a report of an accident in that area. again, the roadway is wet. so, please, give yourself extra time this morning. traveling 50. i'll give you a live look as you make your way past

storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson tells us about this hot and humid day. hi, veronica. >> yeah, hot and humid afternoon, for sure, coming our way. we're starting this morning with some showers on storm team 4 radar right now. you can see all those little blobs. those are really light showers. you can see how they're lifting through to the north and east. we've got light showers around buoy and crofton, actual sprinkles kind of there more than anything. gaithersburg and rockville and bethesda area, you're looking at light showers to poolville and south leesburg. hometown forecast, 83 by noontime culpeper, virginia, going up to a high today of about 87 to 88 degrees there. some areas south could hit a high today of 90, 92 right in d.c., but hot, humid, maybe a shower coming through for the early afternoon. danella? >>> veronica, still keeping an eye on a report of an accident i have. this is northbound pennsylvania avenue as you take the exit to westbound richie marlboro road. a crash there may be blocking at least one lane. just be aware of that. if you're m

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veronica johnson here in storm center 4.pushes from the low 60s up to 85 degrees. there's a 30% chance of passing showers today through saturday. >>> 8:30 on this wednesday morning. the 26th day of september, 2012. the yom kippur, the oldest day on the jewish calendar and a day off from school for kids across the country and here in new york city. good morning, everyone, i'm savannah guthrie sit i alongside matt lauer and natalie morales. just up, the cost of free checking. >> checking out your statement, a lot of fees are on the rise. paying more and more for the so-called free checking accounts. why are they on the rise and what can you do to actually beat some of those fees? advice on that coming up in a few minutes. >>> also for ladies, an unlikely source for your beauty routine but there's men's products that your husband or spouse or boyfriend might have that you should raid so we'll get into that and find out why they are so good. >> manly, yes, but i like it, too. the old irish spring commercial. >> a lot of products

. >> storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson. good morning. another front that will move through our area. with it better chance of showers and storms later on. morning showers around i-66, the dela plain area and some of the showers could make it towards warrington and marshal in the next couple of minutes. light wind, high humidity. today's high 88 with showers and storms, most of which will be >> and that's your latest weather. matt. >> al, thank you very much. it is a startling number. more than 244,000 u.s. troops have returned from the wars in iraq and afghanistan with traumatic brain injuries, an issue that is front and center for the nfl. a league dealing with the problem of concussions among many of its current and former players. the league is now teaming up with the u.s. army and national institutes of health to research ways to limit these types of injuries. roger goodell is commissioner of nfl. dr. landes director of the nih's institute. general odierno is the chief of staff of the army. good morning to all of you. general, that's

veronica johnson has our forecast. >> i like your positive thinking, eun and aaron. good positive thinking today. >>> you mentioned champagne showers, but we have showers of our own there moving through. take a look at the storm team 4 radar right now. bigger batch of them into areas like montgomery county and howard county. those are moving away. off to the west, some more light showers. that's what's going to be moving through for our morning rush. right now the temperature sits at 68 degrees. adams morgan, 67. ft. belvoir, 62. over in fairfax, alexandria, and bowie, good morning to you. you're at 65 degrees. showers, there's a chance through the day. only a slight chance. most of the day is going to be dry. the high today, 85 degrees. take a look at your four-day forecast. 84 tomorrow. 78 on thursday. 72 on saturday. chance of showers each day, but probably your best on saturday. here's first 4 traffic. >> thanks, veronica. >>> still checking the roadways. still seeing construction slowing you down inner loop at the eisenhower connector. basically the cones are st

veronica johnson, dumt to come? >> i was waiting for you guys to include me and say that. let's get the petition together. let's get this tropical air out of here, right? we had it since the weekend. it's going to be sticking around for a couple more days. all this, the realm nans of isaac. interacting with the weather front again. 76, the temperature. showers in the area currently. they are generally light showers. solve of the heaviest stuff heading up to the north. making their way out of here. baltimore and carroll county right now. light showers stuck around our area. i think after the 5:00 hour. for the afternoon, mostly cloudy. occasional rain which will be heavy at times. could be even getting a thunderstorm or two in here during the late evening. temperatures topping out to about 85 degrees today. in fact, the next two days our temperatures will be in the mid and upper 80s. 60% chance of rain for today. a 70% chance for tomorrow because tomorrow that weather front comes in. a strong weather front. we'll even have showers lingering on thursday where we'll get a lit

storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson is here with our forecast for today. is it going to be a nice one, veronica? >> it's not going to be a bad day today. if i had to give a grade on what kind of day today is going to be, i'd give it a b minus. >> not that bad. >> we're going to have clouds around today, so it's not going to be nice and pretty as a couple of days have been. at least it's going to be milder too, including our start. take a look at the temperatures throughout the area. elk ridge, maryland, 60 degrees right now. great falls, virginia, currently at 63. severna park, maryland, 62. what's going on at the bus stop? kids probably can get by without the sweatshirt and jacket. today 57 to 62 with very light showers coming through the area by then. savage, maryland, right now still a little wet with light showers north around baltimore. off to the west, a few more scattered light showers that will be moving in. frostburg, petersburg, elkins, and morgantown all there seeing some rain. that's going to be making its way eastward. day planner forecast. umb

. >>> storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson tell us about a cool start, but it's going to be a nice day, right, veronica? >> that's one thing i want to stress is how nice today is going to be because we're talking about rain for the rest of the work week. out there right now, it is chilly, of course. mt. rehny, 47 degrees. springfield at 43. laytonsville at 45 degrees. in maryland, around frederick, 41 degrees. that is our cool spot. 6:00 a.m., take it forward under a clear sky. we'll move to 53 by 9:00 a.m. with sunshine. this is pretty close to what the rest of the area will be. clouds come into the area after lunchtime today. by 1:00 p.m., partly sunny. 68 the temperature by then. yesterday we got up to 70. today 76 degrees for a high temperature. it is going to be nice. we'll pick up the extra clouds later and get the rain on wednesday, thursday, friday. first 4 traffic, let's head over to danella. >> thanks, veronica. >>> checking the roadway, as you make your way on bw parkway in maryland as well as i-95 between the baltimore beltway and the capitol beltway, checking for a

storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson with a cool start. hoping it warms up soon, veronica. >> it will warm up. by the time we get to 9:00 a.m., we're going to be getting in the 60s. we've got 30s, 40s, and 50s on the temperature map. 30s out west. cumberland, maryland. petersbu petersburg, west virginia. 37 degrees. 54 in d.c. 40s damascus, and gaithersburg at 45. herndon coming in currently at 43 degrees. that is your hometown forecast. push it close to 60. by 9:00 and 10:00 a.m., sunsh e sunshine. we'll pick up a few clouds this afternoon. herndon, virginia, at 1:00 this afternoon. a high today of 76 degrees. take a look at your seven day forecast at 6:21. right now first 4 traffic with danella sealock. >> chopper 4 is over 50 in maryland. here's the situation. you're jammed from landover road as you make your way closer to 295. >> chopper 4 heading in so check this out. slow on the brakes as you make your way from landover road to the 295. rails seeing some delays because of the earlier csx train malfunction in that area. i'm back in ten

plus veronica johnson is with us this morning as well. want to make you look like a hero. what have you got? >>> the storms came right when we anticipated, around 5:00. they stayed with us just past midnight. these were slow moving storms. had lots of lightning. and because they were so slow moving, they produced a lot of rain in certain areas. down around culpeper. look at that. taking the loop back all the way to 5:00 yesterday. for manassas, for culpeper, areas around warrenton, virginia. between one and two inches of rain because these storms were moving so slow. what's left is was on radar right now. you can see around gaithersburg, fairfax, d.c., all of this moving toward the east. that will be moving into areas like bowie and waldorf. right now this is our strongest cell. that will be staying towards calvert beach area. showers around this morning to go with the temperatures in the 60s, mid to upper 60s currently for your morning commute. patchy fog. 62 to 69 degrees. by lunchtime today, mixture of clouds and sun. getting up to 66 degrees. yes, there is a chance for

. >>> we want to bring in veronica johnson, who's in for tom. another warm start today. >> right, another warm start. in fact, we're up a couple of degrees higher than we were yesterday. about five degrees across the area. we're seeing some rain too in parts of our area, up to the north where those temperatures are in the low 60s this morning. for areas like berry farms, you're at 69 degrees. currently 67 degrees in waldorf, maryland. again, it's a pretty mild start for us this morning again. but it's rain that we're talking about and some clouds, too. we've been for the most part partly cloudy for bigger part of overnight period, but now some clouds rolling in. you can see the heavier rain just up to the north, around frederick, maryland. around hagerstown, maryland. all this sliding to the east. so most locations not even going to get wet here for the morning hours, except for shots like maybe northern loudoun county. maybe howard county seeing some showers early on. showers possible mainly north of d.c. by lunchtime today, we're partly sunny,

veronica johnson live on the storm team with some answers this morning. >> hey, guys. from the morning showers, we'll dry out pretty soon, probably around 7:00 a.m. i'm on the weather deck. there's all these holes in the ground. we've had a raccoon just digging away out here this morning. we are expecting the possibility of some downpours later today. i think after about 5:00 or 6:00. but let me take you back to about 2:30 this morning where the showers, they made their way on through frederick, maryland, through baltimore county. the heavier stuff now in northern delaware. we're just left with a few showers that's going to make its way through areas of frederick and mount erie once again. skirting through areas of loudoun county the next two or three hours. we're in the 60s right now. gaithersburg at 63. great falls and reston at 63. tacoma park coming in at 68 degrees. for the morning, i think most of our rain is north of d.c. we'll climb out of the 60s and into the 70s by lunchtime. most of our day is going to be dry. partly sunny, ample sunshine like yesterday. we'

. >>> let's check in with veronica johnson, she's laughing, too. >> i'm trying to think of how i can that line, just ran out of daylight. what what are you going to do today? sheryl just tweeted me, absolutely nothing today. i like that. this is the flooding. we showed this picture yesterday. h is from whag in hagerstown, maryland. this is in berkeley springs, virginia. the water is up at least to the tires. a lot of heavy rain coming down in parts of the area. if you've got any weather pictures, any nature pictures you want to send in, vjohnson  nbc4. that's my handle. temperature right now is at 75 degrees. we've got a mostly cloudy sky. when the sun comes up, it's going to look like yesterday. hazy. plenty sticky, too. high humidity around the area. we do have some morning showers right now. early morning showers, what quantico, right along i-95. some more showers out around allen fresh. leonard town and st. mary's. you can see the bigger rain west, coming into west virginia with that spin, too. counter clock wise, area of low pressure. that is, in fact, what's left of isaac. ye

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storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson here.ow in the early part of the day. temperatures taking off. upper 60s now, reagan national. a wind out of the southwest. a nice breeze there, too. a high today of 84 with more warmth today and more sunshine early on. a greater chance of us seeing thunderstorms this afternoon. ♪ ♪ but you make me feel >> that's alexa ray, wife of christy brinkley and billy joel, the singer/songwriter is a woman featured in a book featuring women are everyday stories to tell. i'm savannah guthrie along with savannah guthrie and willie geist. >> renovating your hem or building it from scratch, all right, get along, boys, they have high and low-priced options for you. >> they are fighting already. >> and then a southern apple crisp from a southern gal who has got some singing skills. little big town's kimberly slatman, the country music star showing off her cooking skills in the kitchen and trying to solve the nation's unemployment problem trying to create a million jobs for college grads with help from holl

meteorologist veronica johnson has a look at the weather. >> you saw that shot there earlier with a lotf clouds. our live shot with the sun rise there. this morning it's 6:39. it's not going to be a pick chachur perfect day at all. radar, storm team radar showing showers out there. south and east of manassas. these are headed up into the areas around clinton maryland to 301. temperaturewise right now we've got 76 degrees in foggy bottom in d.c. 74. bethesda, 73. reston, 73 degrees. reston hometown forecast, 76 by 10:00 a.m. close to 80 by 2:00. top out at 83 there with this wet weather continuing around the area. any problems on area roads? the guy with the answer, mike? >> thank you, veronica. it's pretty good out there right now. hov restrictions have been lift we'd the exception of 50 in maryland for the holiday. accident on westbound 56 shutting down the right lane. looking as you can see, not causing a serious backup. slight eastbound rubbernecking delay. southbound 270 looking fantastic as you're heading towards the d.c. area. here we are in germantown. no serious backups there. r

storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson has more on hurricane michael and what's happening in ourorecast. hi, veronica. >> hey, there. yeah, guys, it just became a category 3 hurricane, so winds well over 100 miles per hour. not so much michael to worry about, but leslie for bermuda saturday night. hurricane leslie, probably a strong cegory 2 storm as it approaches saturday night to areas around bermuda. they're expecting right now 120-mile-per-hour wind gusts and 30-foot seas with heavy rainfall in and around there. so, bermuda, for us, we're going to get the rough surf and rip currents coming our way for the weekend and early part of next week. on radar, we've got that rain right now, frederick and buckeystown and leesburg, headed towards clarksburg and the poolesville area. light showers, mt. airy, gaithersburg, headed towards eldersburg, those light showers. we're in the 70s this morning, 73 to 79 degrees. a warm start again, not quite as muggy this morning, but the humidity will be returning this afternoon. high 84 by noontime. the hometown forecast for columbia, maryland. 87

veronica johnson is on the weather deck. >> this is really weather made to order. it seems like everybody's been asking for the same thing, right? i had to make my way back outside. the weather too good not to. we're talking about a little bit of a bright breeze. it's so comfortable. you can see behind me there are the shadows laid down from the trees. yeah, that is the sun getting lower in the sky. take a look at the temperatures i'm talking about around the area right now. we are in the upper 70s to low 80s throughout the area, from hillcrest lights to landover. you're now at 77 degrees. in fairfax, around mclean and great falls and chantilly, 78 your temperature. 79 degrees in fort bellford. 57 degrees expected in d.c. tonight. close to 62 some areas as well. upper 40s generally to the north and west of our area. with a high temperature tomorrow going up to 82 degrees. we expect to see sunshine here, a few clouds moving in from the west. a few more clouds coming our way for friday. so tomorrow morning, 47 to 60 degrees. with a light wind. a cool start. so it's j

veronica johnson is tracking the rain starting to move in. >> the sunshine pretty much left us about noontime today. and again, the clouds. we're going to see the showers start to step into the area more and more over the next couple of hours. you can see the cloud cover there, on city cam. now, let me show you on radar where those showers are. let me back it up one and i'll show you around charlottesville, elkins, petersburg, that's the leading edge of the rain. it's going to continue to make its way north and northeastward. we're not going to get the downpours late tonight or tomorrow morning. but we'll see the downpours tomorrow with thunderstorms. we're talking about big storms, big rains and big wind coming our way for tomorrow. throughout this whole area shaded in yellow, there's a slight risk of severe thunderstorms. this is an event that's not going to affect just this area, but areas down to the south, throughout north carolina, around raleigh, around areas up north into philadelphia and even new york city. so this storm system will be, i think, delaying travel tomorrow. as

storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson here with big changes in the forecast. what happened, veronica? >> crisp and refreshing now this morning, eun. i know some folks, as will always be the case, some folks are going to want the other season back. >>> today definitely on the cool side. take a look at the temperatures right now where we've got landover at 52. cleveland park at 56 degrees right now. good morning to you folks in wheaton, maryland. you're at 49. that's your hometown forecast, where temperatures at 7:00 a.m. will be 51 degrees. a few clouds around. we'll get into some sunshine, 56 degrees. and 65 by noontime today. 65 by noon, going for a high temperaturtoday of 70 degrees. here's your "day planner" forecast. chilly, in fact, even at noontime. sunshine at least for the afternoon hours, and then we will be cooling down quickly this evening. next chance of rain, wednesday late. now first 4 traffic with danella sealock. >>> overnight road work on i-95 paving. that's what was happening. i-95 at 17. we did see delays. that was clear. also had paving at 3

veronica johnson. >> it's the bottom of september. temperature. other areas north and wemst of town in the 50s. the high today, 70 degrees. we'll get a little warmer tomorrow at 76. 82 on wednesday with rain coming in late wednesday nig >>> northwest, earlier crash, iowa avenue, was blocking your lanes. travel lanes are now open. you're dealing with a slow commute, inner loop from the belt way. slow to the dulles toll road. >> anoth

veronica johnson with your forecast. good morning. >> chilly indeed.to have sunshine for the later part of the day. the temperature right now, stands at 56 degrees. we'll be going up to a high temperature of 76. look at that. leesburg at 43 degrees. 56 in d.c. warmer tomorrow. >> thank >>> good morning, traveling on the blue and orange line expect slowdowns. on the roadway, d.c. 295 slow from the beltway. you are jammed. report of an accident in the northbound lanes at laboratory road and making your way on 395, slow to the bridge. >>> 8:00 now on this tuesday morning. it's the 25th of september, 2012. hello and good morning to everyone who is gathered on our plaza on a beautiful fall morning. it is hard to believe. it says that christmas is just three months away. oh, and look. a little baby. al roker is here. >> this is sam mason, paul mason, one of our producers, came over to me and wouldn't go back to his dad. >> oh. >> hey, buddy. >> cute. >> he is so gorgeous. >> this leads very well into our next segment. jimmy fallon is here. he is the executiv

veronica johnson with our forecast. >> like yesterday, it's going to be a little toasty, back into the low 80s. wanted to show you radar. look at areas around 270. that's going to be sliding in around 640 or so back into frederick, maryland. bluemont, light shower. our temperature at 67 degrees. going up to a high today of 83 degrees. so again, a warm one with rain and thunder back after 5:00. >> still watching the situation along university boulevard. welcome back university boulevard, your right lane is blocked by the downed pole. let's head over to 295 as well as i-95 in maryland. both clear from the baltimore beltway to the capital beltway. making the trip on 50, you're clear as well. as you make your way past 410 heading toward new york avenue, no accidents in either direction. back over to you. >>> it's now 5:41. we've been bombarded with ads for both for and against a new casino in maryland. now we're getting our first look at what voters think. >>> and talk about an amazing milestone. milestone. we'll introduce you to ae. the middle class, who move our country forward. work har

let's check in now with storm team 4 veronica johnson. veronica, good morning. >> good morning.. eastern orange, northern spotsylvania and fredericksburg, too. in the next 34 to 51 minutes up to the north prince william, we have heavier rain that will be heading into char ales county and prince george's county. throughout your area today, 92 your high temperature, big cool down comes this weekend and fall-like this weekend. >> we'll take a quick >>> good morning. right now i'm watching a crash blocking all of your lanes in frederick, maryland. old annapolis road and crash there, again, blocking all your lanes. traveling southbound on 270 a at middlebrook road. and your delays are continuing all the way to the spur. eun, back over >>> we're back now with more of "today" on the 6th day of august 201. >> september. >> that's what i said, september 2012. today will be in the 80s, summer hanging out. that's what i like. and wanda sykes hanging out. you're going to help out in this hour since savannah is down in north carolina. i'm curious why you didn't jump in and help us with the v

. >> veronica johnson here. good morning to you. we have fog out there this morning. the arias that had the heavy rain are rising now to the 67 college park. 66 degrees in reston and falls church. as far as today, your forecast going up to a high temperature of 81 degrees. there is a chance for some afternoon and evening storms. best chance th >>> that's your latest weather from the "today" show reading room here in los angeles. back to savannah. >> have a fun weekend with all those books. time now tore today's take 3 where we give our take on stories catching our attention and soleil moon frye is here to join our gang. >> hi, how are you? >> how are you? >> i love when you come to town. >> just love coming to visit you guys. it's always fun. >> good. we love having you. a lot to talk about this morning. >> we do. >> our take one today, double take, kelly osborne at the emmy awards, working the red carpet was wearing a $250,000 black diamond manicure, not jewelry, manicure, and i guess she's taking a lot of heat for it. alot of people have been tweeting her, and she h

meteorologist veronica johnson will have the forecast in just a moment. >>> and on every issue, the choice face won't just be between two candidates or two parties, it will be a choice between two different paths for america. >> president obama calling on american voters to stay the course as he asks for another four years in office. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" on this friday, september 7th, 2012. >>> we begin with a story involving a prominent football program. this morning five players dematha football players are off the team because of prostitutes. their trip for their first game in north carolina. according to a parent of a player who has now withdrawn from the school the players used a website to hire and sneak three prostitutes into their room last saturday after bed checks were done. some players reportedly had sexual relations with the prostitut prostitutes. two players have since withdrawn from school, two are recommended for expulsion. one has a disciplinary hearing this morning. >>> this morning the naacp demanding answers after

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veronica johnson tracking the conditions. how does it look. >> a potential for showers during the holiday weekend. right here is where most of the rain is through missouri, through illinois, the heaviest rain is here today. still some rains down south and seeing some showers out from that to the east. we'll have that tomorrow scattered mainly light showers in the area tomorrow as a weather front comes into the area. saturday and sunday a better chance of showers and widespread rains on monday on labor day weekend. best location will be at the beach with still dry conditions saturday and sunday and showers on monday. we'll talk about here when you can expect the rain to come in and maybe thunderstorms in a couple minutes. >>> a lost key, stolen car and botched burglary. a story that started outside the maryland live casino and ended with a suspect in handcuffs. shomari stone has the report. >> reporter: that woman drove to maryland live casino to have joy. while she was inside a man went on a joyride in her car. >> it's unsett

. >> veronica johnson here.ility of storms here tomorrow, down to richmond and up in philadelphia. but for today it's going to be quiet and dry where it's 72 degrees right now. we've got a lot of sunshine across the area. today's high 91 degrees. feeling a little bit of heat today. 88 for saturday. talking about late afternoon and evening storms through the evening. there's a 70% chance probably starting at about >> of course the first time we get to say this. it's sunday night football night in america. this is a good one. ben roethlisberger and the pittsburgh steelers coming to mile high stadium. peyton manning first regular season game as a bronco. the sports authority feels mile high, clear, mild, 75 to 79. they will be talking about this one on monday so you better watch sunday on sunday night football night in america. matt. >> the first of a long season. >>> coming up next, what happens when a young adult leaves the simple amish lights for the bright lights of new york city. we'll talk to two women who di

i'm veronica johnson. we will show you the interesting stories making local news this week.mong them timing could be everything if you want a good deal. we will tell you when you can find the best prices on everything from tvs to gym memberships, a car and more. steve harvey helps out the news 4 team. he dishes out advice for our anchors in a way that only the king of comedy can, of course. plus, also wounded warriors are finding hope in healing on the potomac river. first though relief for howard county rez dents who are embarrassed by where they live. a small cul-de-sac in columbia that had a name that was racist. and neighbors are successful in a change for their address. >> you buy in to a house when you realize you are on coon hunt court. >> i'm embarrassed to live on that street. i feel it was a mistake because it was supposed to be a name of a bird coit. and it was a mistake, an honest mistake or mistake. >> we asked some residents of columbia driving through the neighborhood what they think of the street name. >> when i first moved to the neighborhood i noticed the n