one of them drove him around waldorf. and dropped him off miles from the picnic. >> of the polish car is always sitting there. -- the police car is always there. >> they will say hey, and waved. our you doing? >> it woman told us through the door that they had no comment. officer christopher perry lives in waldorf, and we reached a woman at their home tonight. she did think that these accusations were bogus. how we left our number, but the officer did not call us back. >> tom, thank you. on your side tonight with the new report that shows traffic congestion could be costing you serious cash. the task force found traffic problems caused the average family of four more than $500 a year. one way to alleviate congestion is to improve local roads. here we are heading into a holiday week, it will be traveling. >> for folks heading out to the beach, that is the place to be. tomorrow, i think that we have a little bit less than a 50-50 chance. a record from 1934, outside tonight, a nice night. that he is going to get us tomorrow,

just to the north and west of waldorf. as we move this storm up 30 miles to the north and east, you're looking at areas and about 18 minutes and then clinton, maryland, in about half an hour. so, watch out if you're around andrews air force base. this storm making its way up towards your area and then up towards melwood and cetering in about 50 minutes. let's go ahead and show the rotation here, ver oncu. this storm was showing some significant rotation just about five minutes before they put that tornado warning in effect and we'll continue to watch out for that very, very closely here. as we look at that area, there is that warning area and you can see that rotation here. notified or indicated by doppler radar making its way towards the north and east. right along the potomac river and just to the north and west of the waldorf area. watch out if you're in this area and get to the lowest level of your house and continue to watch out for that storm as it makes its way north and east at about 30 miles per hour. veronica. >>

right now in waldorf it's at 66. and partly cloudy there. and here's the hometown forecast for charles county, waldorf, by mid morning, low 70s. by noontime, around 80 and partly sunny. for the rest of the afternoon, mid and upper 80 there's for a brief time. mid to late afternoon. just a slight chance of isolated thunderstorm popping up into the evening hours. back down to the 70s by midnight. and even hotter tomorrow. we'll look at that and the week and weekend in ten minutes. >> tom, right now looking at an accident. this is if you're traveling 95 nn as you approach the 11th street bridge. use caution. have a crash in that area. over to the beltway and prince george's county road work. it's on the right side of the road for you. traveling along i-270 north and southbound at old georgetown road. road work on both ways. it's on the left side. be aware of that. if you're traveling along 395, i have your commute coming up in ten minutes. angie and eun, back over to you. >>> right now it's 4:43. still to come, giving a commu community somethin

we've got one area of unsettled weather, wall door of -- waldorf. most of us sitting quiet, variably cloudy, vest vest into the -- 70s into the 60s and tomorrow in the 80s. we'll talk about how hot this gets. >> my favorite tun necialtion the harbor -- tunnel, the harbor tunnel. remember the guys inside the tunnel, you would toot your horn and they would wave. things are moving along fine. the state department of transportation said drivers can expect rsh our and wreck -- rush hour and weekend delays up to an hour. >>> less than a week after details surfaced of an accused cannibal killer in harford county, we're learning more about the morgan state university's attack on another man. that beating owe considered on campus. the victim's attorneys plan to sue the university for failing to deal with the threat months earlier. >> reporter: if a picture is worth a thousands words, this image of joshua caesar could speak volumes at the hands of the killer, alexander kinyua. >> he is blind in his left eye. doctors are not optimistic he will regain sight. he

we just showed you the pictures from waldorf. lingering showers and storms well north of us. as they're coming down from the north and northwest, they are dissipating and weakening. i'm not expecting any of this to make it in here, but just about a half hour ago we had a little shower coming down 270 and may have made it into northern sections of d.c., just light sprinkles. it's been dissipating the last 20 minutes or so. we're dry now. i don't anticipate anymore, just a few cloud overnight tonight. another comfort an overnight, here in town 59, winds light out of the southwest and outside of town suburbs you're talking lower to mid-50s is where we'll bottom out. tomorrow morning 64 at 8:00, sun and clouds at noon, 75 and we're warmer tomorrow afternoon than where we were today. we'll go for high temperatures again right around 80 degrees or so. there is a chance we could have one or two spotty showers, maybe even a thunderstorm out there late tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. high tomorrow 80, mostly sunny friday, tempera

one of the results of that was in 1949 she organized a conference at the waldorf-astoria hotel. this waldorf conference, officially called the cultural and scientific conference for world peace, was a product of the national council of artists and professionals of which she was a member and which itself had communist members. there were many groups of that period that had communists and non-communist mens -- members, and that was one of them. she was committed to working with anybody who was interested in peace. among the original signatories to that call for that conference were paul robison, a known communist on the one hand, louie -- [inaudible] linus pauling, scientists and others who had no such connections. eventually about 600 people signed the invitation. and that invitation led to the construction of a conference which included eventually 3,000 people meeting at the waldorf-astoria along with a counterconference organized by anti-communists who believed that hellman was the mastermind of the conference. now, hellman, to be sure, had participated in organizing the confer

paul wagner joins us live with that story from waldorf. paul? >> reporter: the allegations are serious and the charles county sheriff's office is conducting a criminal investigation and this is what we know from law enforcement sources. the two offduty officers lived in the same neighborhood and that is where that party was taking place and went after the three types, detaining two and handcuffing them before the third one got away. >> this is where it started. in this house on the quiet court in waldorf where the teens say they were invited for a memorial day picnic. as the afternoon turned to evening, the types told investigators the home owner accused them of taking items from the house and searched one of the teens and then left. the three arrived in this neighborhood. two were on bikes, one was on foot. as the offduty officers approached, one of the teens ran off and a second one was detained by one of the offduty officers and the third teen we're calling jl arrived here in the 3,000 block of miranda place and that is where he said the offi

this one west of alexandria down mount vernon parkway and this one over toward waldorf. you see the red, that's rainfall rates of about an inch an hour with these storms. this is west braddock road, seminary road, 395. it's drifting to south and west. you folks heading west out of the downtown area will have pretty heavy rains in the next half hour. we'll kind of scoot down to the south and this has weakened a bit, still some moderate rains, but it has weakened in the past 15 minutes. the other storm that is now into portions of charles county, this has weakened, too a little, still heavy rain east of waldorf. then we're looking at lighter activity down toward 5. kind of low going because these storms are actually moving south and east. we'll widen back out, put this back into motion. this is over the next hour in terms of time frame. this just kind of weakens and moves south, southeast. this moves pretty much due south. it's going to be wet for a while in between mount vernon and the airport. temperatures? 59 arlington. i don't think that's exactly right. i know it's ra

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in charles county around waldorf. light showers now just west of culpepper, ready to make their way over 29, and then this one here, a little heavier. not seeing lightning with it but moderate rain heading toward calvert beach. you folks will be getting a little rain. 69 in hagerstown. and not a big range in temperature, again it is cool. we're going to average, average right now at 81 degrees. stick around with an isolated shower until 9:00 p.m. then we'll see breaks in the cloud cover again, just like this morning. 58 to about 60 drips. degrees. tomorrow, and then friday fantastic, sunshine across the areas. forecast, 63 to 69. keep an eye out for showers coming through. dry for form morning. 52 to 61. for tomorrow afternoon, 75 to 81 degrees, and out of the workweek, tomorrow is look like the one dha will bring probably a few more showers than any other we've had so far this week. the weekend, again, heating up to 91 on sunday. >> wow. good timing. >> yeah. thanks, veronica. >>> still to come on news 4 at 4:00, a c

the waldorf jaycees planning an preshz dinner for him next month. the proceeds will help pay for his medical expenses. >>> shoppers at the whole food market in rockville got an unwelcome surprise in the store. firefighters say someone set off a can of pepper spray yesterday afternoon. officials evacuated the entire store, sending everyone outside for a short while. no one needed treatment or a trip to the hospital. crews vented the building thoroughly. no word on who set off the pepper spray can. >>> a close call as a cash crashed through a woman's apartment in the middle of the night. it happened around 3:30 sunday morning. the woman of hit in the head by a flying tire. her neighbor, a nurse, stayed with her until emergency crews arrived on the scene. >> she was disoriented, yeah. i had an ice pack on her head. >> it could have been a lot worse. >> yeah. it could have been, yeah. just a blessing. >> the woman is expected to be okay. police are trying to figure out what caused the driver to crash into the building. >>> nearly 1,000 homeowners in nor

it's a pretty heavy storm north of waldorf. there could be some small hail this.l move off south and east. this is a pretty heavy some, too. again this just popped up in the last hour or so, about 40 minutes. may even see hail around wilson boulevard just to the southeast of falls church. this is state highway 244 and this is 50, could be hail there, too. with the red that is going to be very heavy rain, rainfall rates about 1, 1 1/4 inches per hour. essentially both storms are moving south and east. this is more to the southwest. it will track toward vienna out toward 66. that weakens a bit and this also weakens going down 5 south of waldorf. 74 in rockville, 68 arlington because of the shower there and 74 also in great falls. the next three days look like this. tomorrow will be a code yellow because of afternoon thunderstorms, all right? then it will be code green, code green friday and saturday, near 80 tomorrow, low 80s friday and mid-80s on saturday. next seven days heating up over the within, but still nice. almost 90 -- weekend, but still nice, almost 90 su

holly morris is in waldorf this morning finding out all the secrets.the epitome of self-promotion, when you're talking about making your vehicle into a billboard. it's super popular, economical and gets your name out there. the people that do it best that started it all here in the greater washington area is empire graphics where we are live this morning. one of the co-owners, eddie is here. i see it's the ladies that do the real work here. >> that's right. >> reporter: nicole, you do the graphic design and you bring them here in shawna and you impress upon her the things you want to stand out? >> this is kind of like our key to everything we do. job sheet, a list of the customer information, actual visual of what the sign we're making, the type of material, all that good stuff. it's very important, you know, for shawna to match colors so she knows where the file location is, making sure we're printing the correct one. >> reporter: one lovely lady hands it off to the next lovely lady and you do the printing job. she talked about color matching, but wha

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waldorf, 71-mile-an-hour winds. you can expect the same in chesapeake ranch estates. if you live in southern st. mary's county along the bay or in the northern neck get ready for the 70 to 80-mile-an-hour winds. they are going to continue to move on through here. i'm going to go back and show you the entire line here. i'm going back in my slide show here. you can see the line sweeping through the area. baltimore with a 66-mile-an-hour wind gust. you see the spin here. you see a spin here. and that helped to push that whole thing right on through our region. that's why we saw -- another reason we saw the 70, 80-mile-an-hour winds. here is where derrick ward is. the heaviest rain is past bowie. annapolis is seeing the rain but not the winds. i want to show you that line. watch this thunderstorm and all these lightning bolts here. the most in baltimore but still right along the chesapeake bay going to the delmarva and the eastern shore. >> we want to go to shomari stone. we understand he is in fwhnortht bethesda coming to us through skype. >> reporter: i see a lot of peo

one sprinkle approaching la plata, from waldorf down to la plata if. county we have had light rain on going through the nighttime and early morning if. widely separated light showers. and south of highway 3, in parts of virginia, crossing the northern neck. no more showers in pennsylvania. later on today we could see one or two showers pass through our region as well. 20% to 30% chance later on today. we have this upper level disturbance, this big rotation? in the upper levels of the atmosphere. there is energy wrapping around the globe. every once in awhile it dips down into washington and increases are clouds and gives us isolated light showers from time to time. we expect sunshine today, a mixture of sun and clouds later this morning into the midday. 55 reynaud in manchester and cumberland. a good morning to go for a job. temperatures in the 50's, low humidity. -- go for a jog. 61 degrees along the water in annapolis, 59 in the district. cumberland will reach about 68. 10 degrees below average. seven the one locally. 72 in fredericksburg this aftern

it is 66 degrees in waldorf.s continues at 5:30. >> the latest in the child sex abuse scandal at penn state. opening statements begin today in the trial of former assistant coach jerry sandusky. we will have a preview. >> depose a popular u street corridor is getting a facelift. it could mean headaches for drivers and pedestrians. 00-- d.c.'s >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> straight ahead, expect the new information to emerge today in the child sex abuse scandal at penn state. in just a few hours opening statements begin in the trial of former assistant coach jerry sandusky. good morning, washington. it's monday, june 11. glad your waking up with us. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. we start with traffic and weather every ten minutes. adam caskey, good morning. >> it's a beautiful morning. this camera overlooks the potomac and the tidal basin and the national mall. look at the nice color in the sky early this morning with high, thin clouds. 59 in west virginia in

we have isolated showers popping up yesterday around arlington alexandria, and waldorf. look at the rainfall totals. in ice accumulation. under a half-inch in alexandria. about two thirds of an inch in arlington -- i should say about a third of an inch in arlington and in waldorf. it is 53 degrees in montgomery village avenue yet on our way to 80 degrees this afternoon with low humidity and a few more thundershowers between 2:00 p.m. and 9:00. >> another scandal involving d.c. city council. today, former also shar council chair kwame brown stepped down. >> yes, after being charged with bank fraud. brianne carter has more details. >> good morning. tuesday, brown said that he had no plans to resign. have learned this morning that is exactly what has happened then he stepped down last night. we could hear from him later today. this is the latest shake-up involving the city council. d.c. council chairman kwame brown steps down from his post after being charged by the feds with bank fraud for allegedly lying about his income on loan applications. his resignation letter, he wr

holly has been learning more and is live in waldorf. >> reporter: good morning.ising, that's what it's called. i've been here four hours and i've gotten the jargon right. it's a big deal, big business. we've been going through the process this morning. now we are ready to wrap the auto. i'm not doing it alone. don't worry about that. i'm doing it with the help of the experts. eddie back, and mark is joining us, because he is the installation manager. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> reporter: so we've done everything this morning. we came up with the concept. we printed it out. we laminated it. now-- >> we get to put it on. >> install. >> reporter: the tough part. there's no room for error here. >> the fun part. >> reporter: so says the installation manager. >> first thing is mark will be doing the same thing over there, get your knife out. >> reporter: got my knife out. >> these are reference points. trim that lightly without cutting the graphic underneath. >> reporter: i have to cut through the tape without cutting the stuff below? >> yes. >> re

to head out of waldorf to get into clinton, if you have to deal with that. let's see if i can go to newschopper 7, looking at 270. the left side looks gorgeous. no major delays out of germantown, gaithersburg rockville. newschopper 7 in less than 10 minutes again, so sit around -- stick around. >> the controversy at the university of virginia continues. >> the school's board of visitors has chosen a replacement for president teresa sullivan. john gonzalez has more. >> the announcement came early this morning after the 12-hour meeting, a meeting that took place behind closed doors while at the same time an estimated to dallas and people -- 200 people held a vigil outside in full support of the recently ousted president. after two years, president teresa sullivan, the first female president at the school, was abruptly fired. the board of visitors at the university has named carl zeithami interim president even though major donors have said they would withdraw pledges if sullivan is not reinstated. the board pushed forward after asking her to resign last week d

wagner has the story. >> reporter: this is where it all started in this house on a quiet court in waldorf where the teens say they were invited for a memorial day picnic. as the afternoon turned to evening the homeowner accused them of taking items from the house and searched one of the teens. the three left. two of the teens were on bikes one on foot as the off duty officers approached one of the teens ran off a second one was detained by one of the off duty officers and the third teen we are calling jl arrived here in a 3,000 block miranda place where he says the officer shouted stop or i will shoot you in the back. jl says he then sunk to his knees and the officer tackled him. a man who says he witnessed the incident agreed to recount what he saw as long as fox 5 didn't identify him. >> approaching the round about i seen a large caucasian male, chasing a younger black male, down by the park. then once i came around the round about, i seen the officerrer or i don't know if he was an officer or just a regular guy, just in regular clothes i seen him pounding on top of the victim. >> repor

> the officers were off duty but in a marked cruiser when they allegedly stopped three teens in a waldorf neighborhood. pauling with near has the story. >> reporter: this is where it all started, in this house on a quiet court in waldorf where the teens say they were invited for a memorial day picnic. as the afternoon turned to evening, the teens told investigators the home owner accused them of taking items from the house and searched one of the teens. the three then left. about 20 minutes after the home opener searched one of the teeppedz, the three arrived in this neighborhood. two were on bikes, one was on foot. as the off-duty officers approached, one of the teens ran off. a second one was detained by one of the off-duty officers and the third teen who we're calling j. l. arrived here in the 3000 block of miranda place where he says the officer shout the stop or i'll shoot you in the back. he says he then sunk to his knees and the officer tackled him. the man who says he witnessed the incident agreed to recount what he saw as long as fox 5 didn't identify him. >> approaching the roun

andrews base heading to new york city where he will attend three fund raisers including one at the waldorf-astoriael with former president bill clinton. >> met romney has tapped the former governor of utah to lead his transition team. he then became the secretary of health and human services under secretary george bush. >> cleaning up in maryland tonight after 11 confirmed tornadoes touched down during the friday storm. the purple storm tossed around trailers, flipped over cars and trucks, and knocked down trees. two people suffered minor injuries and they are expected to be fine. >> there was one in damascus where jennifer donelan was close to. it was just 1 mile west of relocation when we told her to take shelter. they were small and damage was limited. now things are quiet. take a look at this. rain showers across the map pennsylvania, new york, new jersey. this is responsible for the very cool air coming our direction. this is the time lapse out in damascus. in much prettier data and friday afternoon. -- a much prettier day. beautiful temperatures around the area. 75 was the official high at r

the 12-year-old boy in waldorf forgot to call home when he decided to spend the night at a friend's houselothes, his shoes, and roof over his head. his safety and everything that he has, so my thing was, you want to be your own adult, you will go ahead and sit outside and be your own adult. but put that sign out there allows him to see that it's not easy out there to be your own adult. >> burks says kenny ate two meals and took breaks. he said a neighbor even complained to police but the officer didn't think any law was blo broken. he thought the dad was doing the right thing. >> kenny is so embarrassed. head is down. i think he learned his lesson. >> it's tough to be parents, too. >> good thing yesterday and not today. 90s yesterday and thursday and friday. thank you, tom. >>> and that's "news4 today." thank you for starting your day with us. >> we'll be back in 25 minutes with weather, traffic, and any breaking news. hope you will join us tomorrow. see you tomorrow.

another little shower popping up just west of waldorf. the actual showers aren't terribly light but we don't have alet of action with it. you can see most of the area fairly dry as we're waking up with plenty of cloud cover. you saw in the lymph shot the cloud cover as we continue to be under the influence of that maritime layer with our winds over the past 24 hours out of the east. things will ching in a big way here. let's push on. let me show you the next map. our flow here still out of the north and west as we switch maps. thank you. there you go. you can see we start getting some action here off the great lakes. it is possible we've got a few showers breaking out just across foreign maryland and some of those showers may make it into the area. could be a few early showers or a little drizzle this morning. the main deal hears a warm front off to the south and west. that will be the main driver in our weather over the next 24 hours. as that pushes to the north and east, you will notice the air warming up, more humidity and then we'll b

it just crossed over into the waldorf area. there's been severe storms and eastern shore and floating around ocean city. the storm becoming less humid this afternoon with a cold front moving through. 100 in oklahoma city, none95 in omaha. boston experiencing 52-minute delays due to the storm at this time. >> thanks so much. parts of florida getting hit by tropical storm debby this afternoon. we will take a closer look at this storm right now on the radar in a few minutes. >> smoke billowing from wildfire on kent island. it broke out yesterday morning in a wooded area. about 40 acres charred. firefighters had to bring heavy equipment to bring the flames under control. >> we do have bulldozers cutting pathways and we are getting firefighters. it is a long, involved process. >> the fire is contained. 25 homes were evacuated yesterday as a precaution. once the smoke clears more, residents will be allowed to return. that could happen at any time. still to come a push to reinstate the ousted uva president. the campus puts on the shor

on this tuesday number waldorf suitland adelphi, 67. you will feel the humidity throughout the day with occasional showers. 80 degrees for the high temperature, wind at 5-13. lower humidity tomorrow sunshine less humid, but a little breezy on wednesday. to lisa. >> there was a crash on 95 northbound. on your way through columbia, towards baltimore, minor collision near 175 at. that activity has been moved to the shoulders. on the george washington parkway, police reporting that is closed southbound at the cia because of a large tree that came down on the road. that is notable. did you hear what i said? the george washington parkway is closed southbound, a major commuter route. maryland, i love this camera, wet pavement, but not very wild on the beltway. >> 67 degrees. >> still ahead, i will officials doing what they can to ease traffic gridlock near the new maryland live! casino. a busy [ female announcer ] with xfinity you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus m

maryland blue crabs baseball team and regency furniture state and will hold a job fair at the stadium in waldorft 9:00 and goes until 4:00 p.m. 35 local vendors and employers will be there. right now it is 4:48 outside, 56 degrees. >> some of the biggest names in music celebrated queen elizabeth's 60 years on the throne. >> ♪ isn't she lovely ♪ >> bad weather and a hospitalization did not dampen spirits at the diamond jubilee celebration. >> we have a little scattered rain. we will check traffic and weather when we come back. you're going down! it's all over! no! it's not over yet! sofas that can take anything life throws at them. >> welcome back. time for traffic and weather every ten minutes. off to a cool start. >> very chilly out there. let's start with adam caskey. a few raindrops in some areas. >> the rena is traveling north to south. just as his body sprinkles in our viewing area. throughout calvert county especially and keeping down to st. mary's county around the patuxent river. -- the rain is traveling north to south. light to moderate rain and even on the eastern shore. not much in te

the two men are head lining three events tonight, including a party at the what would dove -- waldorf hotel. his supporters are pointing the finger at republicans in congress. >> congress has got to get on the ball, the president has put a lot of common sense proposals out there. they are due in politics, we have to get together in there country. >>> mitt romney says it is time to stop the blame game. >> they want us to believe that we are not living on earth and the president isn't the president. it had nothing to do with barack obama. >>> president obama's campaign released a new tv ad criticizing mitt romney's ad as governor of massachusetts. saying his leadership in that state caused job losses the 60 second ad will hit the airways in nine states. danielle nottingham, cbs news, the white house. >>> right now thousands are at buckingham palace for a picnic, ahead of a star studded concert. sir paul mccarted any, sir elton -- paul mccartney, sir elton john will perform. more than 1000 vessels sailed down the thames yesterday in hon nor of the queen's 60 year reign. >>> coming up, ho

woodard of waldorf died in the accident yesterday afternoon on throughout 201. a chevy a hoo crossed the median, slammed into another suv and sideswiped the car she was in. the driver of the car she was in was airlifted to the hospital with life threatening injuries. the tahoe's driver, 73-year-old of washington was also hurt but is expected to survive. a passenger in the other suv was hurt but there's no word on her condition at this point. >>> pep cocrews work around the clock after friday's storms. this morning about 70 customers are still in the dark. most of them in prince george's county. 50,000 people lost power. >>> also this morning, hundreds of people will be cleaning up storm debris. this same microburst that knocked out power heavily damaged buildings in bla bladensburg. it displaced 700 people. >> are you able to get in your building? >> no, buzz because the roof like that is gone. cannot get inside. >> nearby, the strong wind pushed trees into homes and powe

. >>> a boy in waldorf maryland had to deal with a public punishment an forgetting to call home. his dad made to walk around with a homeless sign. kevin burks says his son didn't call when he wanted to spend the night at a friend's house. and dad made him walk up and down the street with a sign that read "homeless. won't listen to parents". >> i pay for his clothes and shoes and roof over his head and safety. so if you want to be your own adult you will sit outside and be an adult putting the sign out there makes him see it's not easy to be your own adult. >> kenny had two meals and breaks. neighbors did complain to police but after explaining the situation the officer applauded his efforts. >>> the skunk that bit a diner in a restaurant in maryland tested positive for rabies. it happened thursday when the animal somehow got inside the cheese burger and paradise restaurant in california, maryland. the skunk is the sixth animal in the count to be found to have rabies. health officials say prevention includes vaccinating pets and staying away from animals displaying unusual behavio

>> yes, indeed, record temperatures still near 100 degrees. 93 right now near waldorf and la plat a, still 90 in frederick, maryland. back-to-back 90-degree days so a summer siz ler of a weekend for sure. it's the first time we've been 90 or better on a saturday or a sunday since last summer. last august, the 6th and 7th of last year, that's the first time we had back-to-back 90s on a saturday and sunday. your evening planner is a warm one. back to the 70s by 11:00. another hot place? on the pavement of pennsylvania avenue and that's where we find abby spencer. >> the scorching heat is the beat for parents. we found a little spot of shade here on pennsylvania avenue. you can see the main shade right behind us, debra coughlin getting ready to perform at any minute. ets been a scorcher out here and it's great to be here when the ladder trucks come by to cool them down. at the capitol pride festival on pennsylvania avenue, singers and dancers performing in the heat before a crowd of thousands. scorching temps couldn't drive people away. >> it's hot, but i'm here, you know what i mean? l

here's the one from waldorf, maryland, from tabitha, tree completely uprooted.., i had to use my gps because that was the scene all over the place. limbs down. i drove into police tape. it was up against my windshield before i realized i was about to drive into a car zone. and finally in kingstown, the southern section of alexandria, my husband works right around this, betty sent me this. this is a chimney down from a kingstowne condo. i have so many more to share with you. we're sharing extended coverage. we're happy that you're part of our team and picking up the slack by sending in are your pictures. weather@nbcwashington.com and we'll do our best to get them on the air for you. be safe when you're doing that. don't go climbing arounded the debris. we'll need you in good health. >> the problem this morning there were so many powter outages, you would come up on a tree and not realize it. hopefully people can get a good look at what's going on out there. >> be safe out there. we're continuing our coverage through 10:30. a live look at bethesda or is this d.c.?

. >> reporter: meanwhile, the waldorf jaycees are putting together an appreciation dinner for jay in july. the proceeds will go to fund his recovery. >> he's coming along. he has a long road ahead of him. >>> a woman had a rude awakening when a car came crashing through her bedroom window. it happened early this morning at the chestnut ridge apartments in riverdale. a car jumped the curb and crashed into a ground-level apartment. after it happened, a neighbor went to help the woman who lives in that unit. >> she was disoriented. >> is her bed by the window, by any chance? >> yeah, her head was right by the window. >> both the woman who lives in the apartment and a second person went to the hospital. they're expected to be okay. >>> well, tonight police say they've arrested a man in connection with a deadly shooting in south d.c. it happened overnight in the 1100 block of chicago street southeast. police identified the victim as 32-year-old henry miller. a short time after the shooting, officers arrest aid succeed a s northeast washington. they've identified him as 48-year-old david a

we're seeing la plata and waldorf with moderate to light rainfall.ck out some of the storm reports we got. we had thunderstorm wind gusts at the national arboratum in dc. another one in the city of springfield. 58-mile an hour wind gusts. also hail at chevy chase and bethesda in montgomery county. dime sized hail along fairmont avenue. so one is micro bursts is when cold air rushes to the ground. we're not talking about tornadoes. there is no rotation in these. winds anywhere from 60-80 miles an hour and we had mainly wet microbursts. we saw big downpours. mostly cloudy and showers over the evening. we still have thunderstorms but they're not expected to be severe. a big cool down coming this way. we'll talk more when we come back. back to you, anita. >> as we mentioned, there was some severe damage in our area. we'll go to ken molestina. >> reporter: this is amazing when you take a look at all of the mess left behind by the storm, you get a good idea how strong this was. this is just a mere branch that came off of these massive trees. and this is wh

she pulled over to the side of the road not far from their waldorf home, and just before her husbandled up started giving her son cpr. >> i tried to blow in his mouth and see if he start to breathe again. >> reporter: it turns out james had a seizure brought on by a high fever. >> probably the most terrified i've been as a parent or as a physician. >> reporter: a situation made worst by the scorching temperatures outside. according to james' father, the chairman of emergency services at southern maryland hospital center, knows a thing or two about medical emergencies. >> i've been an e.r. doc since 2007. >> reporter: once he was cooled off and after a brief stay at the hospital little james was sent home. >> he did go home that night. >> reporter: the parents are still breathing a huge sigh of relief, keeping their son extremely close. >> that's something i don't want to relive again any time soon. >> reporter: matt jablow, 9 news now. >> dr. mcdonald says he intends to watch his son very closely for the next several years, because seizures can last until they're 6 years old. >>> whe

among three people who won a contest to attend tonight's campaign gala at waldorf astoria. former president bill clinton was there as well. clinton said that a mitt romney presidency would be in his words calamitous. and gave obama a credit for leading through the economic crisis. >> president obama's chances of winning a second term. in light of the dismal jobs report, strategists are urging the obama camp to focus away from a tax on mitt romney and toward the economy. white house advisers are reportedly considering a stimulus bill. gop leaders say it would never make it through congress. >>> going back now, and doing the same thing, that didn't work the first time, and spending even more money that we don't have, i just think it is in sanity. >> new obama campaign ad out today attacks romney's economic record as the governor of massachusetts. it will air in several key swing states including virginia. >>> a juror accused of flirting with john edwards during his campaign finance corruption trial is laughing off the reports. denise spite one of four alternates in the case.

travels taking you around wall done of -- waldorf and this is the scenario all morning. it's starting to weaken a bit. but as we go later into the morning a couple showers possible with the stormy weather making its way in here going into the afternoon. we can see what's going on in terms of temperatures. 65 degrees in chestertown. arnold at 68 and glen oak at 66 degrees. and how does it look in glen oak? not looking too shabby. a few clouds out there, a few breaks in the clouds. and that will be the scenario through the remainder of today. but all in all we have have stormy weather work into the afternoon. with that some of the thunderstorms could be severe. keep you update on that information. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic. we have severe weather in the afternoon but how are the roads right now. >> reporter: the roads are not as clear at moment. we are dealing with a new disabled car on the southbound lanes of 95 at route 295. and more trouble a truck lost its cargo on lombard street at 895. speeds at 28 miles per hour right now. if you are using 83, no concer

frederick and areas to the west, for the west, leesburg, 57 to start. 61 to start in la plata and around waldorf maryland thanks to high pressure to the north of us that will be making its way eastward. high clouds tomorrow. it's going to be a beautiful day. sure is going feel very nice. sunday low humidity around the area. but with an east and southeasterly wind you can see areas in white. that's where there could be clouds. another weather front making its way east and southeastward but drying up as it does so. so i don't think we're going to see any rain from it. the first part of next week, we'll just get a few clouds. tomorrow morning, clear, terrific start 52 to 62 degrees. tomorrow afternoon another delicious day with that low humidity. comfort zone 77 to 83 degrees. there's a look at sunday's forecast. there's not going to be anything being done by dad except relaxing outside. very nice conditions. high temperature on father's day 81 degrees. let's take a look at the four-day forecast. it's on tuesday with high heat hits us. 90 degrees to 94 wednesday. 90 on friday. >> all right. did you

low 80s into southern maryland through charles county, down toward waldorf. around 80 through rockville and gaithersburg. not quite as warm on the bay, but still mid 70s, and not a small craft advisory. 58 to 68 to start. 76 to 80 by noon and 80 to 83, very pleasant by evening. next three days, our 9 weather alert codes, green, green, and green. 80 on sunday. a few more clouds for dad. 79 on monday. there's a big change i made. showers and thunderstorms prevalent on monday. next seven days, back up to 90 on tuesday. the warm front pushes through and mid 90s wednesday and thursday. just isolated storms. cold front next friday and yes, a little better chance of showers and thunderstorms on friday, but still hot with temperatures in the 90s. at&t national comes here in two weeks. we have two tickets. thank you. we have two tickets. i'm dizzy from the high wire. and here's the deal. go to our website at wusa9.com or facebook. it's a sweep stakes, not a contest. you have a week from tomorrow to enter. >> it was amazing how you did that with the beach ball. you too

president bill clinton in new york city, first at a dinner in a private home and then at a gala at waldorf hisser to yeah hotel and then at the grit white way barack for president fund-raiser. mitt romney said his supporters say the may unemployment report showing the economy gained only 69,000 new jobs demonstrate the president does not have the right experience to lead the country. >> i'm not voting for anybody for president who's never been executive, in business and in government. you have to be an executive. it is up to the president to lead. he's not led effectively. >> reporter: romney's senior campaign adviser says the experience the massachusetts governor gained in office, while in the private sector, makes him a better congress. >> he ran and organized the olympic games in 2002. he's ran a state that successfully. that's a big difference between these two. >> reporter: obama campaign officials say even if progress is slow, the economy is growing. they say congress is to blame for rejecting the president's jobs proposal. >> there are a million jobs sitting on that table right now

they speak at a high dollar fund-raiser at a private home, then headline at the waldorf astoria hotel. you can see live coverage of that event at 8:25 eastern on c-span and the two at barack on broadway at the new amsterdam theater. wisconsin voters go to the polls tomorrow to decide whether to remove governor scott walker. he is facing a recall election two years into his term and is challenged by the democratic mayor of milwaukee, tom barrett. they debated last week and you can watch that tomorrow morning at 6:00 eastern on c-span. >> the ftc is primarily an enforcement agency and brought many good cases in the consumer privacy area, and has reached settlements with a lot of companies, google, facebook, about some of the privacy promises they made to consumers. >> i think self regulation is a tool that can be much more responsive to changes in the marketplace. in a quicker way than regulation or certainly than passing laws can be. >> tonight, a look at the federal trade commission's enforcement role in dealing with privacy on the internet with republican commissioner maureen olhause

they'll speak at a private fund-raiser, then at the waldorf ast astoria hotel. the two will end the night at an event dubs barack on broadway and wisconsin voters go to the polls tomorrow to decide on whether to remove republican governor scott walker from office. he's facing a recall election and is being challenged by the democratic mayor of milwaukee. they debated last week and you can watch that tomorrow morning at 6:00 eastern. each week, "washington journal" spotlights a cent notable magazine article. on wednesday, michael joseph gross talks about his article on d the internet. how it was created and is being regulated now in various countries. you can talk to mr. gross wednesday morning at 9:15 eastern on cspan. >>> the ftc is primarily an enforcement agency and has brought many, many good cases in the consumer p privacy area and has reached settlements with a lot of companies about some of the privacy promises they maid to consumers. >> i think self-regulation is a tool that can be much more responsive to changes in the marketplace in a quicker way than

but also now showers working towards laplatea mount air waldorf and we will continue to monitor this because it will head further to the north and east going through remainder of today. we will have a line of showers and thunderstorms that will work their way across the east from the west. but let's look at what we have in ocean city, the live weather bug shot. and yes, there's a beach behind there with sand and some water. you are not seeing that right now. but we are going to get rid of the fog going through the rest of the morning. we have the storms coming in and i don't want you to forget to monitor the weather today on abc2 news.con. click on the weather tab and then tornado alley to watch live radar and live storm chasers. now let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren. >> reporter: good morning. if you are heading through the fort mchenry tunnel no corns. 895 is -- concerns. 895 is nice and clear. no delays to talk about whatsoever. not tom cars out there either. that good news will continue on the jfx. no concerns. you are looking at an 11-minute ride from the boltwa

this is heading for wall heading waldorf. it's right along i-95, the potential for flash flooding. if this holds together and continues to intensify, which by all indications it will, it's going to move over the southern section of town and right around brooklyn park and have to address the storm capable of producing a possible tornado. elk ridge, that's the southern part of the city. let's get on harbor, it's going to shoot up 95 heading for the southern city limits. we were showing you the radar. the storms of what's called pulsing up. showing a very ominous sky toward the south and these storms are rapidly intensifying. you notice huge thunder heads to the left hand. you can see the storms that are at times having a height of, look at that, that's an impressive outflow from the storm. these are 45,000 to 50,000 feet. when we see powering thunderstorms like that, we can surely anticipate the potential of not only large hail, but coming from a loft to the surface and that will shoot out causing straight line wind damage. let's be prepared for the potential of wind and 60 miles per

putting down in good rain there and lightning from time to time and this spire thunderstorm down around waldorfnd nowhere sections of charles county. that is all we're seeing and in terms of that temperature, 73; monasses, 72; quantico right now, 75 degrees and that spotty shower or thunderstorm at 7:00. the temperature in the lower 70s and clouds at 9. and a few clouds on 65 by 11:00. tonight's numbers into the 50s and that broad area of low pressure to the most of us and keeping most of the rain to the north of us. this evening, we have had some showers and thunderstorms and this is what we were looking at on radar and that is probably all we're going to see. i don't see anything else popping up around. the weekend, the jet stream to the north and we get out of the ever-present trough of low pressure and that brought us the cool temperatures this week and the afternoon clouds and occasional showers. we build the jetstream to the north and that means the warm temperatures and we will have a chance of isolated thunderstorms sunday and monday. temperatures tonight, comfortable 59 here in town. g