and this is waldorf and looks like a couple of storms here are kind of splitting around waldorf and thatvy rain in here, brief gusty winds, the lightning, too, and earlier, there were a few signatures that maybe it was trying to produce a little bit of hail. okay, and that would not surprise me. it was not anything too large. we're going to shoot down here to september mary's county, and we're watching this one. saint george island getting rain. right there along highway 235. and that is about to go into the bay. 96, reagan national and that is two days in a row. and the storm cooled us down to national and down to 95 degrees. the spotty storms at 7:00, and dry by 9 and 11 and it will be muggy and warm out there with the temperatures upper 80s to the lower 80s by 10 or 11:00 and that is real hot and back out here, we're watching the heat to move in and settle in and re-enforce the heat that we're getting. heat advisories are in place there. no heat advisories for us. and this big bubble of hot and humid air is going to stick around at least through the middle part of the week. okay. and

northbound out of waldorf, everything is getting by. travel times working us on the beltway to and from the american legion bridge./ a good run on 66, 95 395 and 270. metro will not anticipating any problems. authorities have issued a silver alert for a missing oxon hill man. the 73-year-old leander cooper dropped his wife off at washington hospital center, but never return. he suffers from dementia. he was seen driving a 2006 chevy trailblazer with maryland tags. if you see him, call police. >> if you live in montgomery county, ride on buses will run on a modified holiday schedule today and tomorrow. it is in response to a bust and caught fire last week. the same model bus has gone up in flames several times since 2009. the county has ordered similar buses taken off the roads. officials are bringing in replacement buses. do expect the latest today and tomorrow. it's monday morning. >> coming up, an update on the whereabouts of michael jackson's mother. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] letting her home be turned into a training facility? ttvwju

police are at a home on sea great court near pine cone circle in waldorf, maryland. our scott broom is standing by with the latest information. scott? >> reporter: well, jc, this appears to be an explosion of family violence that happened just about dawn this morning, an explosion of violence that as far as neighbors and acquaintances is concerned is just unexplainable. it was a man and a woman, a couple who were shot by a 33- year-old man who lives in the same home. he is the son of one of the victims, a stepson ever the other. -- of the other. take a look at some of the pictures that were taken early this morning as county county -- charles county sheriff's deputies and other responders came to this location. the victim is jennifer procter wills. they say she is a teacher at roosevelt high school in prince george's county. the other victim, her husband, jeff. they are both in critical condition after being shot and tan away from -- taken away from this location by helicopter early this morning. when first responders came, they found a man had barricaded himself ins

down south around waldorf. 87 to 93 in culpeper. in fairfax around annandale. your heat index already up in mt. erie and frederick, maryland. later today could top out over 100 degrees. that's the reason we're under a heat advisory until 9:00 p.m. all these counties shaded around our area. howard county, loudoun county down to the south, culpeper andical vert couand ic calvert counties. it's going to get worse gfr gets better. as we top out in the 90s, this weekend, we could be topping out over 100 degrees. the radar is quiet right now. it's storms later. we'll talk about the timing of those storms later and the percentages coming up in a couple of minutes. >> thank you. >>> right now fallen trees are still tangled in power lines. other trees are on top of cars and across roadways. but neighbors are helping neighbors dealing with the heat and no power. news 4's tracee wilkins has more. >> this is the kind of cleanup utility crews are still dealing with. trees that have toppled over bringing down power lines. in some areas it looks like the storm just hit yester

. >> we are following breaking news from waldorf, maryland. the charles county sheriff's office says a son shot his mother and father and then turned the gun on himself. brad bell joins us from the scene on seagrape court with what we know so far. >> this ended when police thought they had a barricade situation with the sun shooting his mother and stepfather. the man and woman were found in the street and were taken to the hospital. they are still alive in critical condition, life-threatening injuries. when police made entry, they found the 33-year-old man dead of what they believe is a self- inflicted gunshot wound. it's a pretty nice neighborhood. police have not been called here for problems before. neighbors were not aware of any problems. about 5:00 a.m. this morning, the 33-year-old man walked into the bedroom where his mother and stepfather were asleep. the young man appeared to be drunk or under the influence of something. then there was an argument. according to the female victim, the man's mother, who has been able to comment to poli

in waldorf, 9news now. >> an update tonight on a missing 76-year-old in prince georges county and this is a happy ending. oscar washington was last seen sunday morning behind his daughter's house in bowie. a group of police cadets found him in a wooded area. washington's family say they are grateful for their work. >>> the whole team was good. they were all good. they made the whole family happy. >> police remind you if you have a loved one who goes missing, you should contact them right away. the family waited 24 hours because they thought that was proper police procedure. >> glad to see him hope. top, this is the 110th anniversary of the creation of the air conditioner. >> you are correct. >> how would we live without it today? >> engineering students in cornell. they did it to control humidity because paper would change size as humidity truck chew fluxuated. we needed it today. 100 today. the sixth time we hit 100 degrees and the fiction time this year. no records today. let's start with a live look outside. it's actually nice. at least by that picture until i put up the numbers on

upper montgomery county, prince charles, waldorf and la plata.re going southeastbound, so you folks, here's andrew's air force base so this heading down into portions of calvert county and sunderland. some of you will be grazed by these as well. it's not severe. this thundershower is going to come down the potomac river and cool us off just a touch in downtown later on this afternoon into the eeked. generally speaking low 90s for now. overnight lows tonight, generally speaking in the 70s. a few spots below 70 out west of the blue ridge montana but that's about it. very few places. high pressure is going to be in charge. heat pump is on. a humid night tonight. it looks like this hot humid stretch will go through tomorrow. tomorrow's the hottest day of the week and with the cooling storms coming in, wednesday's still going to be miserable, but it will be a little bit better by late in the day. heat savety rules, lightniweigh. tomorrow afternoon. sunny and hot. highs tomorrow upper 90s. maybe one or two spots reaching a hundred degrees tomorrow. her

. >> i'm scott broom in waldorf where a former high school librarian and her husband were shot and wounded by her own 33- year-old son. from sky 9 this morning just after dawn, charles county authorities in an armored vehicle prepare to assault the home where the shooting happened. once inside, they found the body of 33-year-old shay proctor, who had apparently shot himself with a handgun after unexplain belie wounding his mother, janice proctor wills and his stepfather. from the suspect's myspace page, this photo confirmed by friends as the family all together in happier times. >> really nice guy. >> neighbors said jeff wills is regarded as an outgoing truck mechanic who has a side business landscaping neighborhood properties. >> great person. great personality, wonderful family. never any trouble around here. >> the dead suspect, 33-year- old shay proctor called himself always real. but rarely showed himself outside of the home and didn't appear to have a steady jobs. so tonight rings the gunman is dead and his mother and stepfather are both hospitalized with serious wounds. in waldorf,

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. >> there was a private platform that was built underneath the waldorf-astoria hotel, which is one ofe nicest hotels in new york and is built directly above the train tracks. and the platform was used for presidents. franklin roosevelt himself, who was not able to walk, got off of his private train car in his wheelchair and go directly to a private elevator that would take him up and into his suite at the waldorf-astoria. >> roosevelt was president during world war ii. at the time, there was concern that grand central could be the target of sabotage. >> there's one area of the terminal which is very, very deep below the ground, where power was converted, electrical power was converted, for use by the trains, and it was such a sensitive area that it's very heavily protected. there was fear, at one point, that spies would be able to get in there, and one handful of sand thrown into any of that machinery would shut the entire railroad system down and cripple the city. so it was very, very carefully protected, and even to this day, the public is not allowed to go down there. >> don't worr

what we got now showers moving through generally light showers, fredericksburg, waldorf through d.c., annapolis, baltimore, maryland right now some more moderate rain. on the western side of the county. we got a big break and then after 8:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m., strong line that's going to come in to our area. does have some lightning with it. so we might have some high winds. i don't think we'll have anything over 40 definitely some lightning and more downpours. we're at 81 degrees. gone from hot to very stormy to really wet and on the cool side. our temperatures will dip down to mid-70s by 11:00 p.m. it's rain, rain, overnight. tomorrow morning showers starting out at 66 and 71 degrees. depends on what side of the front you'll be on and indeed ate front that's right through d.c. with an area of low pressure that's moving east along that front and that's what's going to allow us to see more showers and storms across parts of the area tomorrow. if you're on the north side of this front, mainly areas north of d.c., you'll have kind of a cool showery type of conditions tomorrow. on the sout

right now we're in the 70s through much of the region, that includes waldorf. mid-morning, lots of sunshine, should be into the low 80s by then. by noontime, a few clouds building, into the low 90s. peaking in the upper 90s in the metro areas, but away from the metro area, like in charles county, it will peak in the mid-90s. but by mid to late afternoon, that's when we could see some thunderstorms popping up, and we could have some of those storms producing wind damage all the way between generally around 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the mid-80s by then. then by late evening, we'll be down to the 70s. and by dawn tomorrow, this time tomorrow morning, much nicer with lower humidity, down to the 60s to near 70. a look at the rest of the week and weekend, your seven-day outlook in ten minutes. first 4 traffic with danella right now. good morning. >> good morning, tom. checking the roads, if you're traveling i-270, looking good making your way southbound past shady grove road. northbound nice as well. between shady grove road and the lane divide, travel lanes are open

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. # 2349 waldorf. a hot spot, fredericksburg, 91 degrees. >> these pop-ups, i don't know about them. they just pop up. like over the weekend, it was sunny and we were walking to the neighbor's house and it started to rain. i said what? one of those pop-ups. you never know what will happen. >> let's talk about pop-ups. julie wright is popping up right now. trying to make the transition a little smoother. >> i thought you were going to talk about pop tarts. >> we like pop tarts. >> yeah, they're good. those of you that can eat pop tarts, all that sugar. but hey, now he. on the roads, nothing popping up on our beltway, at least not right now. kind of quiet out here. southbound 270 for starters looks good headed out to the lane divide. on the top side of the beltway, your lanes are open between college park and bethesda. lyhill road ad glen allen, an accident and follow police direction to get by there. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >>> new this morning, montgomery county fire of

afternoon. 77 degrees already at reagan national airport. 69 degrees in alexandria. 68 degrees in waldorf0 degrees with wind not very much at this time. temperatures in the 60's out to the west. we do have a stationary front to the south of us. and then an area of low pressure across west virginia. these are some of the showers that are beginning to pop up around harrisonburg. it will not amount to much as we move through the morning hours. most of the showers stay confined to the shenandoah valley and the blue ridge. there may be a stray shower across our area this afternoon. let's get an update for this morning's rush hour. >> going from the futurecast to present look at traffic across the american legion bridge rolling smoothly between germantown in the beltway. a good run in virginia on the 66. quiet at the wilson bridge pregnant teen complicated out of deals say all the way up to the 14th street bridge. this is the geico center picture. we're in good shape now heading to the toll booth. >> we have some good news to pass along. the dc woman who is running to be kelly ripa's co-host. >

waldorf, there's lightning around you. this is still north of fredericksburg. it is basically going to pull on and continue to move down to the south and southeast. it's all moving at about 20 to 25 miles per hour. it will move on down to the southeast. it will get on out of here and have more light rain and before the next hour or so, i think most of us will be dry. this is the way it looks as we pull out. now i want to take you further to the north because the last few hours we have been watching this complex of showers and thunderstorms coming out of north western sections of pennsylvania. and it has been severe. it has weakened just a little bit. the good news here, if there is any good news, the storms prediction center in norman, they have all the fancy tools and a lot of eyeballs on this, have decided not to issue a severe thunderstorm watch. so that is good. i still think that comes all the way down and some of the viewing area will get some rain, maybe some dying thunderstorms out of it. we'll talk more about it in the full forecast coming up. >> now t

waldorf now 95. leesburg looking at 93. our final stop takes us to wtop radio, one of the higher elevations, 91 after a high of 93. temperatures are slow to cool this evening. a lot of sunshine for the next couple of hours. 93 in culpeper. in quantico, the heat index fields above 100 . 100 in lexington park. if you're looking for hot and humid air, head to atlanta. they are at 104. yesterday, they hit 106. satellite and radar is quiet and dry across our area right now but our focus is across ohio where another cluster of thunderstorms is beginning to develop. it is a self easterly track and will head a little bit closer. here is columbus. moving south and east. the storm is expected to fall apart as they move closer towards washington. they shared skirt-- should skirt the southern part of our area. fredericksburg might see a pop up thunderstorm to. out to the west, they have severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 11:00 p.m. tonight. we will keep you updated. futurecast calls for a pop-up storms during the day tomorrow

. >> this happened early this morning on sea grape court in waldorf. scott broom joins us with the latest on the situation still unfolding. scott. >> reporter: well, still unfolding because the husband and wife in this tragedy are both hospitalized tonight and neighbors are actively praying for them. that librarian is 51-year-old janice proctor wills. according to her neighbors and family here in the neighborhood. she was shot by her own 33-year- old son in this unexplained spasm of family violence. from sky 9 this morning just after dawn, charles county authorities in an armored vehicle prepare to assault the home where the shooting happened. once inside, they found the body of 33-year-old shay proctor who had apparently shot himself with a handgun after unexplainably wounding his mother. the suspect's myspace page, this photo confirmed by friends as the family all together in happier times. >> they found a man and a woman. >> the spokesperson says the couple was shot inside the home and fled outside where they collapsed. and left a bloody trail acros

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hometown four for waldorf in charles county. by mid morning, the upper 70s and by noon time in the mid 80s, in the afternoon, a slight chance of an isolated storm. highs reaching mid 80s and down to the 70s again. a look at the rest of the weekend. seven-day outlook in ten minutes. how is traffic? >>> still checking on the water main break that has goldsboro road shut down between macarthur boulevard and tulips hill terrace. and construction blocks the right lane of? this area. continuing eastbound, another work zone at 197. two right lanes blocked in this area. stick to the left to get by the work zone. beltway in prince georges county, nice and clear. a live look as you are traveling the beltway and route 1 college part area. between the wilson bridge and college park. inner loop and outer loop, completely clear. back in ten with another lock at traffic. >>> 4:42. still to come, the latest airline fee that could help you get off your flight faster. >>> >>> welcome back. at 4:45, a tragic and unfortunate accident. detroit's pol

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heavy rain on the north side of waldorf earlier today. be facing the chance for more summer thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. i think they'll be a little less in coverage than they were today. for now, though, your saturday night it's cloudy outside, there are raindrops not too far away from washington. thought they may make it inside the belt way, they are taking their time making the drive inbound. cloudy skies for now, it's a fairly muggy night out there. 78 degrees at 11:00 at night. dewpoints back up into the low 70s. that's what makes it feel so humid. that's the mid summer misery from a humidity standpoint. winds out of the southwest averaging 8 miles an hour. southwesterly winds will persist for tomorrow. 76 parks burg, 77 degrees as you get up toward the baltimore area. here's your sunday planner. most of the raindrops, i'll show you on the radar, most of those will be gone leading to a quiet and cloudy start. another very warm day coming. we made 88 today. higher heat on your sunday. and once again with all the heat and humidity

it happened in the 3500 block of seagrape court in waldorf. the shooter died at the scene and the mother is in critical condition, but she is expected to survive. the stepfather is suffering from life-threatening injuries. >>> right now work is complete on a key section of metro's new silver line. this morning, crews installed the final piece of the aerial guideway in tyson's corner. the 380 ton span will eventually take metro over the beltway and into tyson's. the first phase will extend all the way to restin. the slated opening is late next year. >>> and right now, the faa is looking for clues that help explain why a small plane crashed in montgomery county. one person died and another was critically injured when a plane went down late evening. tracee wilkins is there with the latest for us now. >> we're standing just a few yards away from where that plane came down just through that brush. you can still see it there. now, let me show you what's happening on the other side of the rope where we're standing. here we have an entire community, f

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earlier, about two hours ago from clinton to waldorf right on the prince george's county line, a lotin two to three inches of rain with flash flooding problems earlier. subsiding for now. another thunderstorm blowing up on top of fredericksburg. where these storms are going and the rest of the weekend forecast coming up. >> see you in a bit. >>> coming up, joe paterno's final contract at penn state. new report raising questions about the timing of the negotiations. >>> and we're continuing to monitor breaking news of the computer glitch that led to a stigs-wide shutdown [ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. [ female announcer ] every woman who believes decisions about our bodies and our health care should be our own is troubled mitt romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a law that outlaws all abortion -- even in cases of rape and incest. and that's not all. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. [ female announcer ] for women, planned parenthood means life-saving cancer screenings and family-planning services. but, for mitt romney... planne

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still 100 in winchester, 100 in frederick, maryland, 102 in waldorf. and 105 officially at reagan national today. smashed the old record of 102 set just two years ago. baltimore, bwi airport, 103. dulles, 101. all records for the day. and this makes it one of the five hottest days ever. in washington. our hottest day since august of 1997. and only one degree shy of the 106 that we've only made twice before. the heat will be breaking soon. i'll give thaw in the seven-day forecast. jim. >> can't come soon enough, chuck. thank you. >>> that record-breaking heat could be felt everywhere. including in al sunexandria. quiet there today. some opted to stay inside, inside with air conditioning. in downtown silver spring, the fountain was back in business. it had been out of service during part of the heat wave, but today, there you see it cooling visitors off once again. bet that felt good. the heat did not stop the smithsonian folklife festival on the national mall. visitors were able to duck in and out of the tents for a little shade or to grab a drink. some

i'm going to take that waldorf astoria icing may grandmother gave me and maybe think about a cookbookdea. thank you for watching 9 news now at noon. we're back at 5:00. you can check us out 24 hours a day at wusa9.com. have a wonderful afternoon, everybody.

we've seen a couple of showers trying to pop in waldorf. even around ashburn, saw a little cell.o we're going to see this stuff pulse up, pulse down over the next few hours. temperatures now, they are in the mid-80s in many areas. we're 84 in washington with partly cloudy skies but the big heat, in the middle of the country, look at these forecast highs. pushing 108, 110, oklahoma, north texas, little rock. yesterday they were 111. a lot of heat here. i'm telling new because some of that is going to break off and head toward us as we head toward the weekend. not going to be hundreds but well back in the 90s with this ridge here. all the heat, showers and storms, very powerful storms across parts of alabama, west florida, even coming out of michigan. so we've got the spotty showers on the future cast for the afternoon. lack at the storms in the mountains march toward the east this evening. 6:00 p.m. not everybody is going see the rain, and i know many folks need it. we're still seven and a half inches below normal since january 1st here in d.c. tonight things settle down, then tom

that will be heading towards charles county at around waldorf. that extends right up to the north by baltimore. by tomorrow morning, it is looking quiet. our temperature has dropped 20 degrees from our high temperature of 95 today. 750 here. still in the 80s south. that rain not yet to you folks. at least not the heavy, cooling rain. here's our day planner forecast. 78-83, some sunshine early. we're back to storms for tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. high temperature about 87-88 degrees. around 2:00, 3:00. those storms, unlike today, could bring some hail and high winds. slowly making its way through our area and down to the south. at least saturday, look, a lot better, too. after the morning showers, maybe a storm or two around the northern neck or southern maryland. a risk area back over us tomorrow. for the same sort of thing but with hail included and probably some high winds as that system kicks through here. sunrise tomorrow, 5:59. some breaks in the cloud cover, showers ended. it may linger tomorrow afternoon, thunderstorms could b

it happened early tuesday morning on seagrave court in waldorf. janice procter willis and jeff willis suffered serious gunshot wounds. investigators are trying to figure out why proctor shot them. >>> we know the name of the flight instructor killed in a plane crash yesterday. it happened just a few hundred yards from montgomery county's davis airport. investigators say he was killed almost instantly and had been an instructor at davis airport for almost 40 years. >>> it is coming up on 4:35. here's a look at some of the other stories making news. the united nations has scheduled a security council vote for later today on a new resolution for syria. countries are still at odds over imposing sanctions against syria. russia has repeatedly said it does not support sanctions against the country. they have till friday to decide whether to extend a mandate of a delegate of observers there. >>> a killer tried to steal an airplane. 40-year-old brian hedgland was accused of killing his girlfriend yesterday. he climbed a fence at a municipal fence in utah,

that includes waldorf. hometown forecast there. by 7:00, low 70s. partly cloudy to mostly sunny. by noontime, mid 80s. peeking in the mid and upper 80s by mid to late afternoon by 5:00 back down to the mid 80s. just a slight chance of isolated thunder shower popping up. then by 11:00 tonight back down to the 70s, a look at the week ahead and the weekend in ten minutes. danella, good morning. how is traffic? >> following breaking news on the roadway. if you're traveling in silver spring, maryland, right at georgia avenue, all lanes blocked by a downed tree in that area. best bet from 16th street is to jump on colesville road. if it's not clear, you know it's going to be a problem. i'm going to keep watching it for you all morning long to make sure that tree is out of the roadway. in maryland as well as i-95, nice and clear. no issues to report. >> it is 4:42. still to come this morning, talk about the number one fan, the events first lady michelle obama took in at the london olympics. >> amazing performances so far. we have a look a >>> welcome back at 4:44. we now know the name o

waldorf. mid 70s. hagerstown. northern maryland in the mid 70s. here is your monday planner.ratures, low to mid 70s. first thing in the morning. plenty of sunshine and heat. coming back tomorrow. temperatures back into the 90s tomorrow. the leading edge of a warm week. chance for thunderstorms coming up tomorrow afternoon and tuesday as well. a busy front half of the week for storm chances. not much showing up on radar for now. nice and quiet through the overnight hours. cloudy skies we endured. will back build the clouds in, late tonight. cloudy, mild start tomorrow morning. sunshine will come out very, very quickly. then tomorrow, trough of low pressure coming our way. promises to not only heat the atmosphere up. but also kick off showers and thunderstorms. tomorrow afternoon. they fade away tomorrow night. but then approach of a cold front tuesday means another chance for strong, perhaps, even some severe thunderstorms, on tuesday. afternoon. not looking for widespread severe weather. we haven't had to worry about severe weather. be ready. your beach forecast. tomorrow, li

it started with an argument at the family's home in waldorf, charles county. the two victims were shot in the house before collapsing in the street. the suspect's body was found later. both victims are in critical condition. >>> powerful testimony from jada pinkett smith. she's talking to capitol hill to fight human trafficking. she's hoping to help thousands of vulnerable women and children. >> from the big screen to capitol hill, baltimore school for the arts grad spoke in front of several members of congress, including maryland senator, been carden, raising awareness about human trafficking and proposition 35, a law that will protect sexual exploitation of victims in california. >> this is something actually occurring in our own country, and being that california, we have three of the major hot spots in regards to trafficking. >> reporter: a wjz investigation found there are at least 20,000 human trafficking cases a year in the u.s. human trafficking is illegal in maryland, but prosecutors say loopholes can sometimes make it hard to prosecute. lydia and her

we've got 93 in washington. 95 in waldorf and 96 in baltimore. a rather hot, steamy afternoon. >> just the way julie wright likes it. >> is julie back? >> good morning, julie. >> did you miss me? >> we did. >> happy belated birthday, julie. i didn't forget. >> thank you, wisdom. i was home visiting my mama. that is all she talked about was wisdom martin. i was like but ma -- she was like but wisdom. >> tell her the check is in the mail. >> i missed you all terribly. didn't miss the traffic though. we are looking good here at bladensburg road. no problems to report as you work your way between northeast and northwest. don't forget the change in the traffic pattern outbound across the sousa bridge as you leave southeast and you want to make the left turn to go left on kenilworth avenue. used to be a double left turn and now it is only one lane able to get by. lanes are open on the top stretch of the beltway. the outer loop looks good. they are picking up the roadwork off the baltimore- washington parkway as we speak. that's a check of your fox 5 on

waldorf, leonard town. you can see it is moving away but with some heavy ran and with some high winds that are, again, leading to more scattered powerag powerages. this area heading east to spots like riggins corner. all headed to the east. this whole area in leonard town with some very heavy rain. 80 degrees right now out there at reagan national airport. humidity is at 54% currently. and again, expected to rise high today along with soaring temperatures. of course, friday we hit a high of 104 degrees. we're in the upper 90s on saturday. we hit 99 degrees on sunday. 73 leesburg. 72 culpepper. a little cooler will with those storms again that came through the area. the high temperature for today, 95 degrees. we've got a storm chance back in the forecast after about lunchtime today. up until about 11:00 p.m. i do not think we're going to have any severe weather coming our way today. eun? >> all right. veronica, thank you. >>> 4:33 now. traffic signals are still out across the dc metro area. it could lead to

around town, now we see la plata, you've got some storms coming through as well, out toward waldorf andth beach but none of these storms are severe right now, and i don't expect them to become severe. here's a look at the radar and lightning. boy did we see some pretty good storms come through, but a lot of it is staying to the north of us because the cold front has stalled north. if you see, we're looking at some areas of showers and storms, again just south of the district. la plata, you're looking at still some pretty good downpours as well. there is the potential for flash flooding for where you are. a here's a look at the storm reports. most of them are way up northwest of us, western virginia, also into western maryland, but around here we're talking just pretty good rains and some thunderstorms. we do have some around mineral county, thunderstorm wind damage, with trees that were downed around the area. but again, most of it was not in our immediate area. so that's the good news. so dry for your friday morning commute. more afternoon and evening thunderstorms are likely as that c

south of waldorf, very heavy rain. leonard town and headed to the north and east. you folks around calvert beach are geting the lea i have rain but just south of leonard town, maryland, right now. saint marries is getting hate hard. this area of heavy rain, possible hail and high winds headed towards saint mary's city and hoopersville within the next couple of minutes to about an hour. so that all headed to the east and headed out of our area. we're uk aing about some calmer conditions for the next couple of areas. threat of rain back after lunchtime today, after about noon. 80 degrees. dew point temperature, you know it. it's over 60%. it's already muggy out there. today's forecast, we're talking about partly sunny day with a 50% chance of showers and storms. again, the showers and storms come back after about noontime today. we'll see high temperatures getting up to 90 to 96 degrees. factor in that humidity and it will feel more like temperatures are up around 98, 99 degrees again today. that's why i said the heat is easing a bit but still a dangerous situation o

as we look at the hometown 4-cast for waldorf in charles county, by midmorning, it will be in the upper 70s, a few clouds in and out there. by noontime, mid-80s. hitting the upper 80s, maybe briefly near 90 mid to late afternoon, just a few clouds in and out, and again, not a lot of humidity around, thankfully. by late evening, we'll be down to the low 70s. this time tomorrow morning, upper 60s to around 70 and a lot of clouds beginning to develop tomorrow. we'll look at that, the weekend and next week. seven-day outlook in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >> good morning. still following breaking news on the roadway. if you're tracking in accokeek, maryland, there is a crash on route 210 at pine drive shutting all your lanes in both directions. serious crash there involves a medevac operation, so please be aware of that while you're making your commute so far this early morning. heading to columbia, maryland, a crash columbia road at ten mens road. use caution approaching that area. and 395, an earlier crash in the northbound lanes at duke street. it's gone and your travel lanes ar

they were knocking down the waldorf to break ground for this right around the time the stokt market crashes. they continue through, the moaned interests that wanted the building, this huge building that goes up just as the depression happens, just as the rents are -- everybody is leaving their leases nobody wants to rent anything it's dubbed the empty tate building and smith who is making $50,000 a year. >> a large amount. >> but he is running a million in deficit. and he goes to fdr and said, can you put some of your government agencies in here. and he attacked the president. but then he goes and says, glad to see you, can you rent some space. that is his job and he holds it until he dies. the economy changes and he does recover. it was a difficult sdwrob have to rent space when nobody is buying off a space in new york city. >> you have to feel for him, we talked about his failures and one of his failures is really bad timing. he ended up in the democratic candidate in 1928, if it was 1932, he would have been a shoe in. and he takes over a building that ends up as the president. he had a t

you can see we had one in waldorf and la plata just a moment ago. we had a warm front lifting north and that means that i'm not sure temperatures will be warmer today but it will be noticeably more humid this afternoon with a few scattered storms around and highs back into the mid-90s. we are in for another hot one later this afternoon. 7 # degrees. humidity, 6 #%. winds are out of the south at six miles per hour. here is your forecast for today. -- 78 degrees. humidity, 68%. high temperatures about 95 degrees today. more details on the forecast. you probably don't want to see it but i'll show it to you anyway. >> we don't have a choice. thank you, tucker. >>> as we reported just earlier, more than 128,000 pepco customers are still without power at this point and that is down from 443,000. >> pepco's president says he is aware that his customers are frustrated and angry but promises the company is working around the clock. tom fitzgerald has a report. >> reporter: when the trees come down and the power goes out, thomas graham becomes the man on the

they're knocking down the waldorf astoria in 1929 and they're going to break ground for this right around the time that the stock market crashes. but they continue through. the dupont family and rascob and all the money interests that wanted this building, this huge building that goes up just as the depression happens, just as the rents are everybody's leaving, nobody wants to rent anything. it's cubed -- dubbed the empty state building. and smith -- >> a large amount? >> a large amount, but he's running deficits. he even goes to fdr and says, can you put manufacture your federal agencies in there? hat in hand. by the way, it's good to see you. could you guys rent some space in the empire state building? but smith, that's his job. and he holds that job until 1944 when he dies. in fact, the economy changes, and he does recover. but at first, it was a very difficult job to have, trying to rent space when nobody's buying office space in new york city. >> you kind of have to feel for al smith. i mean, we were going to talk about his failures. one of his greatest failures is really bad timing.

. >> an investigation in charles county after a triple shooting in waldorf. police responded to report of an assault after 5:00 this morning and they found a man and woman collapsed in the street. police found another man dead inside a near home. they believe the man inside the house shot himself. detectives out not yet confirmed the connection between the three. >> we know the identity of the baltimore county police officer who shot and killed a man last week. they formally charged tempt and he is a 17-year veteran of the force. is part of a tactical team investigating the attempted murder in howard county. baltimore city police are releasing the name of an officer shot and killed an armed man outside of a 7-eleven. ellie blog was the baltimore early sunday morning. after a brief chase, the officer fired a shot. he is a six-year veteran of the four is currently on administrative leave. 11 news has learned one of the sheriff's deputies has been suspended without pay. he is now the subject of an internal investigation. suspected abuse of police powers. >> in h