dogs in virginia beach probably not too happy with the active weather. we've got sunshine over baltimore tomorrow, mid-80s, not that humid. >> all right. thanks for watching us at 6:00. we'll see you at 11:00. @

that's from virginia beach through hatteras. temperatures near 80 degrees around virginia beach. mid 70's on the eastern shore and new jersey. water temperatures, 5465. low to mid 70's on the outer banks for the water temperature. looks pretty good overall. 72 degrees right now in washington, 65 in martinsburg 68 in hagerstown, 70 degrees in lexington park, 76 in quantico. fog will burn off quickly after sunrise. we will have high as well into the 80's with sunshine today and scattered clouds developing. here is that one little thing 20% chance of showers west of the blue ridge. the shenandoah valley and in the higher terrain there maybe a stray thunderstorm. hot and humid and low 90's on the weekend. >> a live picture of traffic on route 50 coming out of annapolis towards the eastern shore. here we are at sandy point state park. no delays or problems to pay the toll. other side of town looks good on the greenway and the dulles toll road. heading south toward richmond, all clear. north into baltimore looks good on 95. more to come. >> so far so good. the national motorists associ

johnson. >>> we've got maryland's most powerful radar in extended range mode looking south into virginia beach toward nags head and elizabeth city. this is a redeveloping tropical storm off the virginia-maryland coats of lien. you can see the impacts being felt as close as ocean city, even salisbury getting showers plerl today from the rem -- earlier today from the remnants of tropical storm beryl. it retrograded back up the coast. take a look at wilmington, north carolina, capturing wild conditions over the cape fear river to our south. as we look further north, ocean city getting in on the action with rain showers and praps brees zip condition -- perhaps breezy conditions. these are the outer clouds. some sun coming hoyt in the -- out in the city. the front coming through and the cloud cover, that helped keep temperatures down. patuxent river and easton in low 70s. drier air wrapping out of the west. tropical depression beryl. neighborhood by neighborhood we'll clear the skies and be back in the low to mid-80s. it should be a nice day. there it is, big masssive rain but the bulk of the preci

a slow moving system over the virginia beach area. temperatures running warmer than they have in the last hour or two with the sun breaking through. on average we're still in the mid to upper 70s. tomorrow we're back there. humidity about stay high once again tomorrow so a muggy scenario. the active weather south of us and west of us. offshore where we had fairly active weather, not much. alberto, which was once a tropical storm system, you can see it being channeled, so alberto is gone. other than that, we're looking at drier air trying to get. this is sparking rain ahead of it. it's a very slow moving boundary. eventually it will get in toward the end of the week. we're going to continue to see this sort of sticky condition with hit and miss showers. hit and miss showers overnight. as we go not day tomorrow looks like some clearing. as we go into the heating of the day, some showers could begin to flare up as we work through the afternoon and evening. i think we'll see a similar setup on thursday. we can't rule out chances until fri

morgantown, 75 richmond, and a little cooler along the beaches here, 67 towards ocean city and 70 in virginia beach and that's the scenario over the weekend. it is down towards the south and west of us. this weekend windy along the beaches if you're going to ocean city and early next week i think the rain will hold off through sunday and into monday but by monday here comes the rain. we'll talk more about this system and the rest of the weekend coming up. >> thanks. under womening is the world many analysts are using to describe facebook's first day as a publicly traded company. >> the media giant did break records today. it didn't break the high expectations for its wall street debut. today $16 billion ipo was the third largest in history, and it set a record for the most number of shares traded on a stock's first day. all of that volume overwhelmed trading websites after the opening bell. nasdaq had tested these systems all week to prepare, but it could not handle the chaos. >> you imagine there was only one theater showing the avengers over the past week and everybody was trying to get in the na

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and police have not charged anybody, joining us now from virginia beach. dave parker radio talk show host on' wnis. so do i have the story right, mr. parker? >> basically. and there are two aspects of this story you just covered them both, bill. one is the act itself, 100 people walking down a sidewalk about 30 of them broke off, attacked this -- this couple, both of whom, of course, work for the virginia pilot. the woman was pulled by her hair, punched in the face. so there is that aspect of the story and then the other aspect that people are furious about and of of course they are upset about the other aspect as well. the one we heard the most about is why in the world did our community not find out about this for two weeks, and, bill, the way we found out about this was not on the front page. was not above the fold where it should have been because this is a safety issue. this is a security issue in our community. but, instead of that the way we found out about it, was two weeks after the event, in an op. ed piece on a tuesday, we can't find any explana

and police have not charged anybody, joining us now from virginia beach.rker radio talk show host on' wnis. so do i have the story right, mr. parker? >> basically. and there are two aspects of this story you just covered them both, bill. one is the act itself, 100 people walking down a sidewalk about 30 of them broke off, attacked this -- this couple, both of whom, of course, work for the virginia pilot. the woman was pulled by her hair, punched in the face. so there is that aspect of the story and then the other aspect that people are furious about and of of course they are upset about the other aspect as well. the one we heard the most about is why in the world did our community not find out about this for two weeks, and, bill, the way we found out about this was not on the front page. was not above the fold where it should have been because this is a safety issue. this is a security issue in our community. but, instead of that the way we found out about it, was two weeks after the event, in an op. ed piece on a tuesday, we can't find any explanation for

heading to the beaches, a few thunderstorms expected for cape hatteras and virginia beach but ocean city not bad, 77 degrees warming up to 86 for rehoboth and elsewhere for bethany beach and cape may, the sun will be out there, just a few clouds. for your holiday tomorrow expect it to be hot, humid and sticky, temperatures between 89 to 92, very slight chance we could see an afternoon or late day rumble of thunder or passing shower. we'll keep our eyes on that. futurecast is showing things picking up later into the early evening hours. here's a look at your five-day forecast, a few storms tuesday. wednesday and thursday, friday we're dry and we start to cool down. those temperatures drop to the 70s from the 90-degree day we'll have tomorrow. >>> taking the edge off tonight with a skydiving scare for granny. for her 80th birthday lavern everett wanted to go skydiving but didn't expect her knee to go out at the last second. as a result lavern dangled hundreds of feet in the air appearing like she might slip out of her harness any moment. watching the video is terrifying. imagine living it.

the price of -- the threats of rip currents did not deter people in virginia beach. >> there is a lot going on in the washington area for this memorial day. >> sam ford joins us from the national mall. >> the city was busy today with a lot of locals and tourists. it was a great day to be out. the♪ memorial day in d.c. means the annual parade of dance and heroes like this 89-year-olds was the first to fly faster than the speed of sound. for many, it has been a day of quiet reflection. >> i've lost to many of my friends. >> cuba members vietnam. -- he remembers a vietnam. >> i have known people who have died in afghanistan. >> before the parade, an honor guard returned for the first time to remember world war i at the newly renovated memorial. it had fallen into disrepair but the foundation laid out 499 bouquets. >> the names are engraved around the base of the memorial in alphabetical order. >> he came to remember a world war i survivor, his grandfather who lived to be 100. >> i remember him as a warm and generous spirit. he was a great person. >> a day of many memories and a lot of gr

virginia beach, big shout out to our friends in virginia beach. you know who you are. ocean city, mid-70s, another just a beautiful looking weekend here. both ocean city and rehoboth, bethany too. we'll warm up into the 80s. you will get a nice breeze here. water temperature still in the mid-60s. that will hole temperatures down just a little bit as we get into the weekend. bethany, cape may look just fine, isolated storm later today. we are starting off the day on the warm side. 72 in washington. check out quantico. that is not what you call cool overnight. 76degrees. 70 in manassas. leonardtown is currently 68. 70 in stevensville and 70 in cambridge this morning. looking at a drier pattern, still the risk of an isolated storm as i showed you in the beach forecast. most of your day should feature sunshine with just a few clouds moving through from time to time. got some storminess off the southeast coast. but high pressure will try build in here over the next 24 to 48 hours. as it does so, our temperatures are really going to start to surge. today, our highs will be i

storms down to virginia beach for nags head.o wednesday, a cooler into the latter half of the wednesday. tomorrow is probably the hottest day we have had. >> it's hard to believe it will be hotter than today. >> if it takes them a while they can watch some games. the french open would be one of them. a standing elimination today -- it could be a popular american. maybe i gave that away. this crash sparked t are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. >> that in the 500 is a rite of passage for the summer. you don't have to be a racing fan to know the significance of the race. today, the winner is the seventh driver to cross the yard of bricks. >> ladies and gentlemen, start your engines. >> it was a tough day for mike conway. he goes into pit row and runs over two of his crewmen. talk about a tough day at work -- moments later, he's back on track, loses control of

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storms but on the whole not a lot of action and where the big weather has been actually south of virginia beach down toward nags head, north carolina, flooding rains but none of that for us. temperatures in the mid-70s with clearing skies happening. humidity levels are high. it's going to be a muggy night. temperatures will not drop particularly low. the humidity in the air prevents the air temperature from moving quickly in either direction. so what we have is essentially a ring of fire, if you will, around maryland. the reaction to the west and southwest, not much in the central part of the free state but as we go out to a wider perspective it went last all that much longer. there's a lot of disturbed weather. that's set to move in at some point has we go toward tomorrow. we could see showers for the morning commute. could see a round of thunderstorms in the afternoon. that warm humid air flow will continue. that dry air to the west is enough to spark more showers and storms. you can see it, pop-up round tomorrow afternoon. we're likely to see something similar on wednesday. i think our best

if the side gets to 1 million page uses, the state will offer a trip to virginia beach. >> spring fire the old dominion. more than 350 wildfires burned in the state during april scorching 43,000 acres. two of the biggest fires were in page and patrick counties and it is believed those fires were intentionally set. >> are we still in drought conditions? >> we are still a few inches lower. we will have showers and thunderstorms will whittle away at that. that is the big story. in -- temperatures in the 80's. over the city of washington, kind of a steady parade of clouds with sunshine in between. that will be the way will be during the next several days. warm temperatures and now and then showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening hours. we have this action south of the front end heavy thunderstorms lining up across ohio and kentucky. these will move eastward and weekend that there is a chance that tomorrow morning, some of the showers could make it over parts of our area. tomorrow, a thunderstorm possibility. moderate was the reading for tree pollen and that will stay similar

to the area south of us we have rain toward virginia beach but nothing around central maryland other than an isolated shower. you can see where the storms are blowing toward the west virginia line. with the sun coming out it's warmed up. we're 81 in annapolis. bel air at 80. so a warm evening in the upper 70s. we'll talk about how much hot are it will be by memorial day. >>> it is the third leading cause of death in the united states and the most avoidable. a study from johns hopkins it looks at accidental deaths. roosevelt leftwich joins us with more. >> reporter: this latest study took 10 years of data in 10 different areas to prevent it. these are laws that some folks hate or find invice-presidential but the laws -- inconvenient but the laws are saving lives. there are many ways to die. bikers without helmets or a drunk who got behind the wheel. he can die in the park falling off the bike with no helmet. if you live in maryland, new jersey or california, you're likely not to die if you just obey the law. >> there were 10 indicators. the majority of states had half or fewer and only

later cyclists are scheduled to reach virginia beach on july 28th. >>> there are several memorial dayonies and one of the largest will be in san francisco. the national parade in san francisco begins at 10:30 this morning and the formal program starts at 11:00 a.m. >>> they will start a special memorial day service aboard the ship in alameda and at 7:00 there will be a vigil at the crosses where they will honor the men and women who lost their lives while serving in iraq. and for a complete list of the day's events go to our website www.ktvu.com and click on the hot topics. >>> the price for a regular gallon of gas is $3.66 but it is a dollar higher here in the bay area. it is usually 40-cents higher this time of year. san strand has it $4.37 with as much as a dime cheaper in other cities and it. >> you know you are not supposed to be north of canal street... >> relax punk. >> that is will smith and tommy lee jones they were able to do what no others could. they are in the top spot for the hollywood kick it sales at $55 million at least so far. the avenge jersey dropped -- avengers dr

as long as it's that close to virginia beach and may provide us with some shower chances about wednesdays for now. clear skies for now. a few high clouds coming in by morning. 40s in the cool spots to near 60 bayside. on the whole, i think it's going to be a pretty day. clouds will be increasing. chances for light sprinkles late in the day. there's the all important seven-day forecast. 81 tomorrow. 73 with the rainshowers off and on through much of the day. then we go back to scattered showers by wednesday and thursday. look at that, next saturday, that's the beginning of memorial day weekend, 8 degrees. that's going to feel like summer. >> and you'll reveal the rest of the weekend starting tomorrow? >> exactly right. >> very good. >>> still ahead, the battle of the beltway gets a ninth inning nats rally. >>> i apologyize for not getting the gray memo. let's talk baseball shall we. the o's continue to sit atop the a.l. east, they enter tonight winners of eight straight on the road. the o's hope to stop that streak bs they did not. davey johnson squaring off against his former squad. now

, today is ladies day, slight risk of strong storms and back here from new york city south to virginia beach and d.c., watch out this afternoon. that is the national forecast now here is the weather outside your window. thunderstorms for the most part if you live in the northern half of the country, just an active weather pattern, getting warmer, see more afternoon showers and thunderstorms that will continue through the overnight hours, if you're in the south, watch out for the heat today. active weather continues, lynn, in the weekend, we'll have the derby forecast coming up. >>> bill, thank so much. >>> coming up, as well, wall street waits on jobs, facebook values shares, pepsi brings back the king of pop. the business headlines straight ahead. >>> marvel superheros unite to kick off the summer blockbuster movie season. >>> coming up the career of mariano rivera may have come to an abrupt end. the knicks play off woes appear to be far from over. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. >>> here are top headlines this morning. >>> at l

if you're heading to the beaches, low-80's for virginia beach. a downward trend with temperatures, it will be cooling off for a while. >> and more, the rock will parade. >> 10:30 a.m., be there. >> with water. >> something to cool you down. >> another home run tonight. it did not have the flare of the one we will show you another little bit. how do you hit a home run? this will looked like it hurt. right this country was built by working people. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm proud of that. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ ♪ >> the national corn not only in first place -- one heavy heard that around memorial day weekend, by the way -- they are looking to sweep atlanta tonight. gonzales on the mound, you s

we have winds gusting to 40s and virginia beach. that is sending some rain in worcester county and southeastern maryland. otherwise, we have clearing from west to east. we'll slowly fall through the 70s. we'll talk about how temperatures will be very pleasant for another day or so and our next storm approaches by friday. it's all coming up. >>> we have new video coming from mile mile after that shocking attack yesterday. police said a naked man attacked another naked man and ate his face, possibly because he was high on bath salts. experts said the dangerous drug is getting even more scary. >> reporter: bath salts started as a form of synthetic cocaine but experts say it could be morphing to something different on the streets. it shows police stepping in as the suspect, 30-year-old rudy eugene, chews on the face of a homeless man. police officers said they had to shoot eugene to get him to stop because he may have been high on bath salts and was like a zombie. they believe chemists are tweaking the bath salts and they may be tainted

virginia beach, they pay about $3.51 per gallon. ocean city, rehoboth, or the delmarva beaches also $3 ticket one cents per gallon. if you are going to the jersey shore, it costs 361 per gallon -- $3.61 per gallon. >> in woodbridge family is overjoyed because it's teacup yorkie is back home after it was dog-napped. >> to you think it was taken by a good samaritan? >> i mean, nah but i mean, everyone has their own opinion. >> a surveillance camera shows the woman in this blue truck dragging a the yorkie. animal control officers found the dog wandering in a neighborhood miles away from where it was taken. sassy is ok, and the police are trying to figure out who took her and why. >> that is the question, why. >> and the weather? >> a can be threatening when you hear about flash flooding. -- it can be thrilling when you hear flash flooding. when you see any moving water don't cross. people say i have never seen anything like that. fortunately, we will be dr ying out. for the cat at leon's house it should be very nice. -- for the cookout

the six signs will be posted at strategic points in newport news, virginia beach, and chesapeake. >>>avy tradition could be extra slippery today. hundreds of freshmen or plebes at the naval academy will attempt to climb the herndon monument this afternoon. the 21-foot obelisque is greased, and they have to form a human pyramid to retrieve a dixie cup hat from the top and replace it with an upper-classman's had the. today's rainy -- hat. today's rainy weather could make the tradition one to remember. it's open to the public and will takes place at 1:30 this afternoon. good luck. >> something so not right about it. >> a spectacle. >> looks fun. good for them. >>> caleb lloyd may want to buy a lottery ticket today or head to vegas maybe. this is one lucky guy. >> the 20-year-old college student caught two homers during the reds/braves game. just pitches apart. he was sitting in left field when reds pitcher mike leak hit his first career homer in the fourth inning. the pal went directly to lloyd who had -- the ball went directly to lloyd who had never caught a symbol before. a few minutes

toward the south, there are thunderstorms crossing over from virginia going toward virginia beach. thunderstorms are heading for the appalachians. there may be a chance for isolated storms later today. the temperature is right now are pretty humid. 73 degrees feels more muggy in baltimore. 68 at the airport and 70 degrees in annapolis and only 66 in ocean city. it is warming up in virginia. they have had some sunshine and currently 80 degrees in charlottesville. you conceive a son down there but it is more cloudy as you go to the north. -- you can see the sun down there but it is more cloudy as you go to the north. this is coming in with a cold front moving across the mountains and heading into the east but it is a slow mover so it will not pass through any time soon. it will meander into the east and will stall out for the next couple of days per we stay in this humid weather pattern and stick with those french chances. it is not until high pressure moves and by the end of the week that we finally see things dry out and that should lead us into nice weather for the first half of t

blind riding tandem others have traumatic brain injuries they are cycling from san francisco to virginia beach, 4,000 mile, 68 day trip. not to raise money, rather to raise spirits. >> people serving our country are like everyone else, whether they are able-bodied, disabled they haven't lost their hearts, miminds, soul to the great americans. >> reporter: ride is called "sea to shining sea." they are shining examples of strength and inspiration. >> there are so many people who made so many sacrifices with their lives, limbs, a lot of people on the ride have lost limbs and parts of their lives. it is great for people to keep that in mind. in everyday life you don't encounter those people that make those sacrifices, some will on this ride. >> reporter: seth told me the thing is he looking most forward to is meeting lots of new people. back at the ceremony at the presidio cemetery the ceremony will focus on the w-2 anniversary commemoration the -- on the world war ii anniversary commemoration as well as the end of the 10 year iraq war a full report later on at 4, 5 and 6:00. katie marzullo, abc7

the rain gets heavy on the eastern shore and toward virginia beach. that is where the remnants of b eryl are moving through. we will keep an eye on some of the sprinkles that have popped up. a reenforcing shot of cool air coming our way and it still trying to kick up a sprinkle in some areas. i enlarge, the moisture is tied up with the tropical system moving off the coast and not much in the way of rain expected here. it is now technically a post tropical cyclone. it still was the circulation and rain but the path takes it right out to sea and away from the mid-atlantic coast. behind that comes a nice air mass with a slightly cooler conditions for tomorrow. 82 at the airport. 98 is a record high set just last year. 38 the record low going back to 1996. there goes the tropical system. a dot of clouds with a new front coming in. behind that, it is cool with temperatures in the '40's and '50's. frost and freeze warnings in effect for michigan. a taste of that filtering in tonight and tomorrow. here comes the secondary front sliding through tonight. it wo

alberto should stay well enough on shore, but virginia beach should get some gusty winds and a little bit of beach erosion from the high surf. overnight tonight, clouds thickening, showers likely by morning. upper 50s and low 60s. rain likely off and on through much of the day tomorrow, and as a result noticeably cooler. only mid-70s tomorrow. shower chances linger monday, tuesday, and on into wednesday and thursday as well. but each day the rain chances get a little lower. by next weekend, memorial day weekend, 88 saturday and sunday. so pushing 90 degrees for the unofficial start of summer. >> good way to start it, yeah. thanks, chuck. >>> coming up in sports, steven straussburg creates his own run support. was it enough to avoid a sweep ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> how did they do? >> they did great. they did better than the last couple of games. thanks to steven strauss beburg and it wasn't just on the mound. he's hitting better than he's pitching these days. straussburg let down by his defense in his last start and there was a repeat of that today. top of the 2nd, brice harper for some reason c

looks like another round of heavy weather in louisville and farther to our south, more folks in virginia beachin and around the region as a front tries to come into the mid-atlantic and it is encountering summer-like temperatures. 85 to greece today. 80 at the inner harbor. the normal is 71 today. so far the storms have scooted around. these rain gauges could have gotten more but they were fairly soldered showers. moderate amounts of pollen. the mold count is in the low range. hopefully the pollen count will be kept low tomorrow. 72 in westminster. 66 in pennsylvania. a m on saturday, the showers are weekend and moved south and we should get it cloudy start, maybe a shower left over in the morning. with winds shifting to the north, look at those temperatures. these are current readings. 50 degrees in boston. 40's into maine. 60 in syracuse. those temperatures up there will be transported south on a north breeze tomorrow. you can kind of see the front by connecting the dots. with any law, it gets far enough south to bring in some less humid air and hopefully that high-pressure will dominate our

insta-weather + futurecast shows this leaving virginia beach while the second will bring another burstowers tomorrow evening and then lots of showers -- lots of sunshine with cooler temperatures, less humid. one lashtomorrow with server or a thunderstorm. south wind on the bay and waves averaging about 1 foot. the bay temperature near 80 degrees. a cool 65 in western maryland on thursday. eastern shore, this secondary front bringing in risk of a storm tomorrow, but nice and sunny on thursday. one more day of showers and storms before the sunshine will come back in ocean city thursday. mid 80's tomorrow, but 79 and more comfortable. mid 70's friday than showers back friday night into saturday morning. >> from the susquehanna bank sports center, this is 11 sports. >> college kids love having glasses and before the end of may, but in this one case, the loyola lacrosse team probably wishes it still had a campus full of students helping them celebrate title. early this morning, the first national title for the men's lacrosse team in school history. they put together an 18-1 of the season af

blind riding tandem others have traumatic brain injuries they are cycling from san francisco to virginia beach, 4,000 mile, 68 day trip. not to raise money, rather to raise spirits. >> people serving our country are like everyone else, whether they are able-bodied, disabled they haven't lost their hearts, minds, soul to the great americans. >> reporter: ride is called "sea to shining sea." they are shining examples of strength and inspiration. >> there are so many people who made so many sacrifices with their lives, limbs, a lot of people on the ride have lost limbs and parts of their lives. it is great for people to keep that in mind. in everyday life you don't encounter those people that make those sacrifices, some will on this ride. >> reporter: seth told me the thing is he looking most forward to is meeting lots of new people. back at the ceremony at the presidio cemetery the ceremony will focus on the w-2 anniversary commemoration the -- on the world war ii anniversary commemoration as well as the end of the 10 year iraq war a full report later on at 4, 5 and 6:00. katie marzullo, abc7 ne

. >>> today some people living in a virginia beach apartment complex can move home for the first time in over a month. they were forced out when a navy jet crashed into the apartments. crews restored utilities to the undamaged apartments earlier this week. the navy had to demolish 27 units that were beyond repair. no one was injured in the crash. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. >>> this morning, prince george's county firefighters trying to figure out why alarms went off at the nasa goddard spaceflight center. a smoke alarm in a lab caused radiation alarms to sound just after 9:00 last night, nasa says there was no radiation leak. the goddard spaceflight center manages the hubble space telescope and develops satellite systems for the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. >>> this afternoon state police will unveil a memorial highway sign in honor of trooper first class shaft hunter in the area where he died. he was killed in a crash on interstate 95 near the laurel rest area last may. police believe hunter was chasing a speeding motorcycle when his crui

the six signs will be posted at strategic points in newport news, virginia beach, and down in chesapeakeellie joins us. >> yeah. >> hey, you know, you got to just take your -- >> wendy says your tie is looking a bit like the beach. >> you look so beachy today. i'm tweeting a picture of your beachy tie. >> you'll get it tomorrow. >> did you tell people how she tweeted it out? what is your handle? at dan hellie so she literally spelled a-t -- >> hey. i'm distracted. i've had a rough day. it's raining. not good on rainy days tiger, all eyes on him. >> he is back in up to. thank goodness. we need some golf to talk about lately. after two years at the golf club outside philly the tiger woods hosted at&t national back at congressional country club in bethesda in late june. it's moved up a week. today tiger in town promoting the event he wants to play tougher than last year's u.s. open. it ain't going to be easy. i asked him how much time he spends recruiting golfers for his tournament. >> i don't do any recruiting. because i know what that feels like. as a player when they, you get asked to do

the navy finished the repairs and in virginia beach. the accident destroyed 27 units, damaged 37 others on april 6th and the two pilots escaped without serious injury. five people on the ground were hurt. >>> and monitoring metro. the buses catching fire and a train derailment and a defibrillator that failed when a man had a heart attack and that revealed a troubling problem and that park tried to use the device and this is more on what is being done. >> reporter: metro didn't have the defibrillators in every station and the ones that have them were not routinely checked. metro said all 86 of the stations in maryland, virginia, and the district now have at arrest one defibrillator. the agency replaced all of the old devices with newer models within 24 hours of the incident. and that case, metro said the defibrillator's battery didn't have enough charge. the station managers are now required as part of their daily check list to make sure the defibrillators are working. >> and the new ones, we're going to have all of the new ones have gre

a big ride from washington to virginia beach, a six-day trek memorial day challenge.is not just a one-time event but part of an ongoing effort that helps keep veterans and engaged with hearing -- healing and rehabilitation. the district gears up to remember chuck brown at the howard theater in northwest washington, starts at 11:00 a.m. in the morning and goes until 10:00 at night and then and memorial service at the washington convention center thursday from noon until 3:00 p.m. chuck brown died may 16 at the age of 75. a near tragedy in the skies for an 80-year-old woman on her first skydive. something went terribly wrong from the minute the woman jumped from the airplane. fortunately she is alive and talking about the ordeal. you can see her out of her harness. it was all caught on video. dan harris has the story. >> it starts out as a charming little tale about an 80-year old celebrating her birthday with her inaugural skydive. >> i just turned 80. >> happy birthday. >> but when they were up at 13,000 feet the nerves set in and when it came time to jump, she is gra

landfall just hundreds of miles south, the storm that disrupted the holiday weekend as far north as virginia beach. life guards had to rescue dozens of people from the rough surf. they triggered red flag warnings with the dangerous currents on both saturday and sunday, limiting swimming to just wade deep water. >>> back in the d.c. of the metro area, we're dealing with the heat alert. how does it feel out here? >> it feels pretty steamy out here. i know a lot of folks are out this enjoying their barbecues. it looks good. most of us will not be dealing with the threat of the thunderstorms around here. and we'll talk about that in just a moment, but first, the heat advisory in effect tonight until 9:00 for the d.c. metro area. now, they got an excessive heat warning going on. all right, here is the heat index for you. once you factor in the humidity, it will feel like it is 93 downtown. 96 in manassas and fredericksburg and even up north. it feels like 91. cumberland, it feels like 94 for you. you have dealt with the flash flooding earlier tonight and with the storm going on through. now for the res

heading to virginia beach, you're going to feel that effect tomorrow afternoon and on to thursday anding of thursday, gorgeous and tomorrow is not bad either and temperatures are going settle down and some are to dodge on saturday and friday and that is a big improvement over the humid 90s, aren't they? >> for sure. >>> and back with sports. graduate, now that your journey begins, you're going to need a powerful connection ! felicidaaaadeeeees ! with this droid 4 by motorola on verizon 4g lte, you can stay in touch on skype with your loved ones. staying connected with your family... ... in more places, on america's largest 4g lte network. that's real value ! get $100 off any motorola 4g lte smartphone, like the droid 4 now just $99.99. verizon. felicidades ! . >>> last season, mike morris hit 31 home runs and that is&cleanup for the nationals and with that, adam laroche settled into the cleanup spot and he may not want to get too copfy and yesterday, finished up extended spring training in florida and tonight, began the rehab assignment in woodbridge, video virginia and could be there

to des moines, chicago, detroit, pittsburgh to d.c., all portions of northern virginia down to virginia beach and norfolk, a chance of strong storms today. that's kind of the big story. we're pretty quiet from texas all the way through florida, much of the west coast seeing quiet weather. little wet weather in seattle. but the thunderstorms will get all the attention later today. not too many tornadoes today, lynn, but we'll get a lot of damaging wind and hail. >> bill, thank you so much. >>> and it is the weather channel's 30th anniversary so they're going to be launching a new web site. >> yeah. >> we should give them a plug. >> i just went on the web site for the first time. a little more sleek and slick, the local forecast and stuff is pretty cool. they also have a social media tool which is new, where you can actually go if there's a weather event going on around you, find out what people are saying about it, if there's tornadoes in your area or large hail, you can go on and see all the tweets about what's happening around your area. that was a new added feature. >> pretty good idea. alw

a few showers this morning up around virginia beach and norfolk into elizabeth city area. n the border of north carolina and virginia. and that's about the worst of it. forecastwise today, strong thunderstorms, minneapolis. will move towards central wisconsin during the late evening. iowa through central and northern missouri. those are the areas of concern. otherwise, it's a pretty quiet day. we will once again see afternoon showers and storms around d.c. and baltimore. yesterday, pretty good storms. new york city, a chance of some showers, too. one just went through over the last half hour. forecastwise for today, very warm in dallas at 95 degrees. and taking a look at the upcoming holiday weekend, i don't see a lot of issues out there. the northern portion of the country will get some wet weather. the heat is really going to expand from the texas area all the way through the ohio valley. many of us will see a really nice holiday weekend. not too many issues. stretching it out? >> i'm stretching it out, bill. >> podsednik. >> that's the tough one. >> you are giving it awa

another check on gas prices for holiday travelers, this time for people heading south toward the virginia beaches and the mountains. in richmond the average price for a gallon of regular is $3.47. in norfolk it's 3.409. out west in roanoke -- 3.49. out west in roanoke you'll pay right around 3.41. not bad. we'll be right back. >>> we're back with one last check on gas prices for travelers. this time it's for people heading west of d.c. up in hagerstown, the average price for a gallon of regular is $3.56, further west it's 3.61 in cumberland and in front royal and the shenandoah mountains you pay 3.36. if we didn't cover your trip, no worries. you can find it on www.wusa9.com. just click on features and then pump patrol. >>> preparations are now underway for next week's public farewell to the godfather of go go, chuck brown. it starts with a public viewing for the d.c. music legend on tuesday. it's all day long from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. at the howard theater on t street northwest. then the community can attend a public memorial thursday from noon to 3:00 at the washington convention center. bruce

down around virginia beach. a lot of rain wecht s. we saw that yesterday. cold front.ures. cold front to the south. see plenty of sunshine tomorrow. a fantastic thursday. very nice weather. i think even better on friday. beautiful weather. with more sunshine. saturday will be more of the say. and then on sunday. watching the coastal system here that could bring us clouds. maybe rain. towards early next week. tomorrow morning. partly cloudy. great start. 50, 59 degrees. you are going to notice how nice it is when you stop out tomorrow morning. for lunch tomorrow. a lot of people out and about to day. tomorrow another day to gout there. wind out of the north. 10, 20 miles an hour. great day, friday. saturday. sunny. 77 sunday. we introduce aid chance for rain there. right now the best chance looks like it could be monday and tuesday. so we have a nice three to four day stretch in, in again, i don't think i have enough adjectives to describe how nice it is going to be. >> we'll find a way to enjoy every bit of it. >> stupendous. >> thank you, doug a head, the stars shine

later today a large area of the country has a chance of strong thunderstorms, including norfolk, virginia beachpittsburgh, detroit, chicago. then a moderate risk of severe storms omaha to des moines with the possibility of very large hail and a lot of damaging winds. the forecast today kind of cloudy and cool from new york city to boston, showers and storms and much warmer around d.c., going to be 30 degrees warmer in d.c. than it is in boston today. you notice where the storms are, the northern portions of the country, no problems whatsoever through much of the southern half of the country or the west coast. also todaying willie, the 30th anniversary of the start of the weather channel. >> big news. >> they're launching their new web site today. pretty cool. >> excellent. congratulations. 30 years for the weather channel. >>> to sports now, the top-seeded bulls playing their first game since the crushing loss of raening mvp derrick rose. game two against the sixers in chicago, rose getting a standing ovation as he walks out with that cast on. could the bulls rally for a win without their best

. >>> people living in a virginia beach apartment complex hit by a navy jet will be able to return home today. crews restored utilities to the undamaged apartments this week. the navy had to demolish 27 units that were beyond repair. last month a jet malfunctioned and crashed into the complex. no one was injured. the cause is under investigation. >>> 4:33. this morning, prince george's county firefighters are trying to figure out why alarms went off at the nasa goddard spaceflight center. a smoke alarm in a lab caused radiation alarms to sound last night. nasa says there was no leak. the goddard spaceflight center manages the hubble space telescope and develops satellite systems for the nooshl oceanic and atmospheric administration. >>> a toddler nearly drowned at a house along 10th street. family members called 911 and performed cpr on the girl after she was found under water. officials did not release the child's age or the circumstances surrounding the incident. >>> this morning, police are trying to figure out what led to a shooting outside a rec center in prince george's county. it

heavier storms in the north end of beryl, maybe up toward virginia beach. that will pull out to sea and we end up with a beautiful air mass moving in for thursday. as we look at the forecast, today about 84. showers leave this morning. isolated this afternoon. gorgeous thursday, around 80. more showers and storms returning friday afternoon and evening. the nats are back in town friday. that may be a problem for that but saturday looks good at 78. could be an isolated shower sunday afternoon 80. a couple of showers here and there early next week. 4:40 now. let's go to monika with time saver traffic. >> a smile on the face. that's because things are looking good all around town. good morning, everybody. beltway is clear. no problems to report coming in from the north on 95 or the bw parkway out of baltimore. we're looking good on the beltway itself leaving the 95 interchange and heading over toward silver spring and bethesda. let's take a live look outside. here's what it looks like route 50 at rou boulevard. no issues to report as you head inbound on 50 to t

. >>> the wedding anniversary and ceremony in virginia beach takes a tragic turn when a guest pulls ae and groom were renewing their vows when a 35- year-old man opened fire striking two people. guests scrambled for cover when the bullets started to fly. >> i heard a couple shots and they told us to hit the floor and that's what i done. that was it. i just stayed down and then we saw that somebody was like -- they done called the police and everything and i stayed down. >> the two victims were the adult children of the bridal couple. the adult son was shot in the chest. he's hospitalized in critical condition. the couple's adult daughter was shot in leg, treated and released at a local hospital. >>> terrifying moment for a 13- year-old boy who fell down a 30- foot well while playing in his neighborhood in china. firefighters threw a rope into that well hoping the teen would tie it around his waist so they could pull him out, but he was just too scared. despite the narrow opening one firefighter was hoisted upside down into the well and then he was able to help that boy get out. >>> ba