bats invaded the huntington apartments in waldorf. the health department confirmed that one tested positive for rabies, too. one woman says she can't rest after seeing more than one bat inside her home. >> i'm terrified. i'm paranoid. i'm anxious because the moment i wake up until the moment i go to sleep i'm on the lookout, i'm on the prowl for bats. >> the apartment complex hired a wildlife control contractor to remove the t bas. health officials urge anybody who came in contact with the animals to get treated for rabies. new government report lists several factors for a bus crash on i-95 that killed four people. a new computer simulation shows how the tour bus rolled off the interstate in virginia last year. the driver admitted to fall ag sleep by hind the wheel and ntsb blasted the bus company sky express for a lack of training and blamed ineffective government oversight for not intervening when sky express had bad safety reviews. >>> this morning we are hearing the fran ticks 911 call moments after a shark at stack in cape cod. >

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attacked by a group of men on a dark and lonely street in waldorf in the middle of the night. >> i felt that my head was a punching bag then. >> john is telling us about the night he was nearly killed. beaten and robbed on this street in ryan woods, a town home community in waldorf around 2:40 in the morning sunday, august 5. while delivering newspapers for the washington post. >> it was like a football -- they grabbed me around the middle and forced me down and turned my head and smashed my face into the asphalt and started punching me in the back of the head. the side of the face. the back, the ribs. they started kicking me and stomping on me. >> the men attacked him three different times. >> i felt that my head was a punching bag then. i mean, i cannot tell you how many times it was like, bam, bam, bam, like just in the back of my head. several of them. >> after the final beating robbed of everything, including his wedding ring and stripped naked, the 63-year-old said he literally crawled to the end of the street where this sheriff substation just happens to be. >> i guess i was in s

bats that look similar to this one in our file video invaded buildings in waldorf. says one recently flew inside her home and got away. >> i'm paranoid and i'm anxious because the moment i wake up to the moment i go to sleep i'm on the lookout. i'm on the prowl for bats. >> reporter: a card board box covers the bottom door and she keeps the vents and windows closed. bats can enter from cracks as small as your fingernail. health officials said a bat tested positive for rabies last week. the department held a community meeting. >> we will collect the animal and send it in for testing. based on the results of the tests we may recommend that individuals get the treatment for rabies. >> reporter: people talk to nurses and a wildlife control contractor has been hired to remove the bats. >> we put out notes for the residents. >> reporter: a rabies shot does not calm her fears. >> i understand they want to give the rabies shot but that doesn't help me sleep at night. >> you can get a chimney cap and make sure you have secure screens. i'm shomari stone, news4. >>> a united a

in the nontime, 80 for charles county and waldorf. hour by hour for the entire region, mid 80s by mid afternoon. lots of sun with low humidity. i'm back with the latest on isaac, the new update coming up in a few minutes. we'll look at your seven-day as well in about ten minutes. >>> danella, how is our traffic now? >> tom, still watching things along fairfax county parkway. situation is a truck fire. if you're traveling northbound i-95, fairfax county parkway, two right lanes are blocked. will not be able to get on fairfax county parkway from i-95 northbound or exit on to northbound i-95 from fairfax county parkway. crews are still working to clear this scene. also, checking things out at the key bridge again today. traveling outbound, the key bridge, utility work still blocking the lanes but travel lanes are open. just follow direction in that area and use caution. i'm back in ten minutes with an update. >> thanks. >>> it is now 4:42. 67 degrees. still to come, as hurricane isaac comes ashore, right now some d.c. residents are feeli

one of the results is that within 1949, she organized a conferenced 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 professional which she was a member and which itself had communists members. there were many groups at that period that had both communist and noncommunists members and that was one of the them. she was chitted to working -- submitted to working with anybody who was interested in peace. among the original signatory to recall for that conference were paul, a known communist on the one hand, lewis undermeyer, lye us in, scientists and others who had no such connections. eventually about 600 people signed the invitation, and that invitation lead to the construction of a conference which included eventually 3,000 people meeting at the waldorf-astoria along with a counter conference

dominion and the charles few areas of light rain moving through waldorf, la plata, brandywine. the southeastern corner of anne county and over the downpour. little have a cold front off to our west. the front will drop in later evening and tonight to trigger more showers and storms while we sleep, especially highlands and the northwestern sections of our viewing area. behind this cold front we will some less humid, more r moving intoi place briefly for wednesday. that's one of the benefits we will get. here's a look at tropical storm isaac. you can see the rainfall across florida, still stinging rain from that system. still a tropical storm with at 65m sustained winds hour.an expected to become a category one hurricane by later early tomorrow morning and make landfall somewhere between louisiana, mississippi, alabama coast lines week. middle of the in the middletill .ection of the country 88 today, becoming partly cloudy. comfortable by wednesday. angela. >> good morning. you should not run into any major trouble spots on this monday morning. have looked at most of the routes.

an infected animal was found last week in the huntington apartments off gala replace in waldorf. a meeting was held last night to address residents' concerns. people will believe they have been exposed for are urged to called the charles county health department. >> right around 70 degrees this wednesday morning. >> we are following several disturbing incidents involving commercial flights, including another >> here's what's coming up at 6:00 this morning. the power is back on in india now. an investigation is under way into what caused the massive failure that left 600 million people in the dark. find out if the same thing could potentially ever happen in the united states. >> we will look a the impact mitt romney's mixup overseas could have on voters in november. >> america racks up the metals and there's controversy over some athletes not playing to win. >> testimony resumes today in the trial of a former illinois police officer and accused of killing one of his ex-wife's. drew peterson is charged with killing kathleen savio in 2004. her body was fount and the neighbor is expe

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it was the maitre d' oscar turkey the renowned oscar of the waldorf who is said to have made it worldting thousand island origin stories? >> well, their stories -- >> is what they are saying bunk? >> it is. it is. >> bunk? >> monk bunk? >> they are not right. now for story number 2. >> which takes place in nearby clayton, new york. where a 1973 alan venus bought an old hotel, in the safe he says he found a list of ingredients. >> i took it out to the kitchen and said what does this look like and the cook says it hooks like a recipe for thousand island dressing. >> and where is that recipe now? >> the paper disintegrated but before we did we naturally copied the recipe. >> okay. supposedly, this was the recipe, the wife of a local fishing guide made up around 1900. she gave it to the hotel at the request of one of her husband's fishing clients. may irwin a famous broadway actress, best known for her hourglass figure, and for the first ever screen kiss. >> irwin wanted what she called sophia's sauce on the menu where its remains to this day. >> the secret ingredient is tomato base. for

it's just light showers left around fairfax, waldorf, clinton. and annapolis, moving out. to get a little bit of a break and then see more showers and storms starting after the noontime and developing west and east. it's likely as we max out with the high temperature today around 89 and 90 degrees. danella, let's look at the roads. >> thanks, veronica. tracking breaking news in laurel. if you're traveling southbound route 197, laurel bowie road is closed between 295 and powder mill road due to an accident in that area involving two vo vehicles. let's head down i-95 and talk about delays out of dale city. i'll give you a live look past lorton. you can see some congestion here as you continue northbound. that's where you see the volume. actually no accidents. that's good. travel speed, 37 miles per hour from prince william parkway to the beltway. 21 minutes. over to the rails. two on the vre, both are along the fredericksburg line. aaron, over to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> the gay marriage debate could give chick-fil-a more business than usual today. more than half a mi

look at this, from bowie to clinton to waldorf, around the beach. some rain showers that are making their way out of here. there's no lightning with that right now. just spotty showers just west of gaithersburg heading right over to 70 and around columbia, maryland, heading out. again, during the afternoon, more will bubble up. we've got a mostly cloudy sky. few breaks around areas around culpepper county. later today, a partly sunny sky. that will allow the atmosphere to bubble more. max out at 89. 3:00 to 6:00 p.m., 87 for your temperature with showers and thunderstorms likely. danella, could bring lightning and heavy rain and low visibility on area roads. >>> right now i'm still following breaking news in your first 4 traffic report. the situation northbound i-95 in betsville. still the northbound lanes are blocked at powder mill road. forcing all the drivers to get off of powder mill road. i can tell you they're just absolutely jammed as you make your way northbound. avoid i-95 northbound for now. dulles toll road in virginia inbound. not bad fr

you see the strongest part of the cell not terrible far to the northeast of waldorf moving up to thest. east of brandywine and south side of annapolis, a lot of thunder and lightning. and more rain across lower southern maryland. complete check on your sunday forecast in a few minutes. jim. >>> thanks. our other big story. mitt romney selecting paul ryan as his running mate. the man joining romney on the republican ticket is a seven-term member of the house of representatives, serving his home state of wisconsin. ryan is chairman of the house budget committee and a member of the ways and means committee. he also wrote the gop's budget proposal. clashing with democrats over his plan to balance the budget by cutting taxes on the rich, revamping medicare and slashing entitlement programs. ryan was first elected to congress back in 1998. he's 42 years old, married with three children. romney is introducing ryan with campaign stops in virginia, crucial swing state in this election. their blue state bus tour is on a visit to manassas this evening drawing a crowd at the harris pavilion now,

in maryland, waldorf number 20, gaithersburg 23 followed by drm town. in virginia, ruston was the best place to live according to money magazine. the highest in the region. centreville, ashton 30, arlington 45 followed by dale city. the cities were ranked on strong job opportunities, great schools, low crime, quality health care and plenty to do. well, if you spend a lot of your leisure time outdoors, you might notice we have a lot of mosquitoes out there this summer. while most bites are harmless, some of those critters could be watering west nile. more than what you should do to protect yourself. >> reporter: eighty percent of the people who get west nile have no symptoms whatsoever. eighty percent, they get bit, they get infected, they resolve. their immune system is good enough to resolve it. >> reporter: others have flu-like symptoms that show up in a few days. more likely to get sick, over age 50, this time of year big for bull repellant. >> i think it's important because you don't know which mosquitoes have west nile. >> you spray before you go o

la plata as well, crossing 301 south of waldorf, pushing east. . hall as well -- in charlotte hall as well. that was an airplane near dulles airport and western fairfax county. there you see the cloud cover over southern maryland. it's really clearing off to the north west of washington, such as ijamsville in frederick county. clouds are clearing up in washington. temperatures will rise more quickly through the next couple hours. i think we will make it to nearly nine degrees -- 90. the cold front will drop the humidity and just a little tonight and into tomorrow. i really don't think you will notice much of a change. the biggest change is a high- pressure system selling in briefly later on today, which will give us sunshine and clearing conditions that we are experiencing right now. it's 85 right now and washington, 81 in winchester 88 in frederick, 84 degrees in dulles and lexington park. 89 degrees for the high temperature at 4:00 p.m.. a few showers possible especially south of washington with a light northwesterly breeze. shot was possible in

waldorf, 20. gaithersburg 21. in virginia, reston was the seventh best place to live according to "money" magazine, the highest ranking in our region. centerville was 17. ashburn ranked 30. arlington 45th and dale city was 46th. congrats. >>> more to come tonight. up next, why some doctors are advising parents against giving babies aeblts. >>> and the four-letter word behind a high schools decision behind a high schools decision to deny a i'm barack obama and i approve this message now mitt romney's attacking the to depresident on medicare? the nonpartisan a-a-r-p says obamacare "cracks down on medicare fraud, waste, and abuse and strengthens guaranteed benefits." and the ryan plan? a-a-r-p says it would undermine medicare and could lead to higher costs for seniors... and experts say ryan's voucher plan could raise future retirees costs more than six thousand dollars. get the facts. >>> antibiotics could cause babies to grow into chubby children. there is a new study in the international journal of obesity that fi

here's a look at some of the light rain in waldorf, la plata, also up through dunkirk. not all of this is hitting the ground. live weather cam brought to you by michael and son, gray skies out there, the clouds helping us stay on the cooler side, temperatures now 82 degrees, mostly cloudy conditions, winds north, northwest around 9 miles per hour. currently 79 in manassas, 78 fredericksburg and 73 already in winchester where it has rained. here's a look at our weather headlines. just some isolated storms, some strong or severe, but thursday is less humid. it will feel really nice, hot friday and the weekend much cooler. check out your 9 futurecast. things clear out overnight. thursday lot of sunshine, thursday night really great. it's going to be a really nice day thursday. friday starts out nice, plenty of sunshine, but the clouds increase throughout the day and another front comes through from the northwest and we've got more showers and storms possible for friday afternoon and into friday evening. tonight, though, a few storms, some strong or severe south and east of

howard county in eighth place, waldorf in charles county for you. each area made the list based on housing, family incomes and quality of life. >> a d.c. woman is a million dollars richer tonight. catherine jackson is the newest winner. after a handful of lottery tickets, the golden ticket was sold at the petrone convenience store in southeast and jackson said august 8th was the day that changeed her life. >> i text my husband and let him know i went to cash the ticket and on one of the machines that you have and that i have winner. i am looking away and i'm like oh, come on and what is -- and whatever. you're a big winner. >> the winning numbers are a combination of the siblings' birthdate and hers and no word what she will do with the cash. >>> dozens of firefighters battling wile fires throughout the west. the west. . >> the pittsburgh steelers jumping in on the carly rae bandwagon. check it out. k it out. organic artichokes, organic lettuce, organic kale... k it out. does your cauliflower have a big carbon footprint? not at all. that's great. me

waldorf, over an inch of rain this happening.er to brandywine, about 4 tons of an inch of rain. there temperature has cooled dramatically. now it is 70 degrees. hardly anything to speak of in terms of rain fall here. temperature of 81. temperature and lot cooler off to the west. this is with a cold front is finally clear. look at oakland, maryland. now at 63 degrees. cumberland, 79. that of cooler air, upper 60's in detroit. try to make it our way to our area tomorrow. temperatures not going to be that cool but you will notice lower humidity levels. not quite as uncomfortable outside. the cold front is taking its time. slowly moves off towards the east by later tonight around midnight or so. is to be just across the delmarva peninsula. here is our abc 7 live super doppler radar to read brandywine upper marlboro, now we are seeing heavier thunderstorm cells. this one will move across the bay over the next 40 minutes or so. talk about that small thunderstorm cell developing just a round the mixing bowl of springfield, here it is ri

charles county, just very light showers south of poe mumpgy and waldorf, not a whole lot going on there but a few more in through portions of southern maryland. there is that shower, wow. how about that? you can really see the rain coming down there. 86 drizz 86 degrees the high temperature today. the low of 66, the coolest morning temperature we have seen in almost two months, and there could be more of that over the next couple days. although i don't think we'll quite get that low. there is that shower again. 82 degrees the current temperature with winds out of the northeast at 12 miles per hour. those winds most likely coming from that shower towards the airport. area of low pressure to the south helping to provide a little bit the way of some shower activity. we'll see the same thing once again tomorrow as that area of low pressure is a little bit closer to our area. so maybe a few more showers. most of us will stay dry, but going with a 20 to 30% chance of showers on your wednesday. so you may need the umbrella as you step out. on thursday, another area of low pressure begins to ma

south another little area of pretty good showers and thunderstorms through welcome headed up toward waldorf toward 301. we'll widen the radar and put this into motion. they'll be out of here quickly. behind this is pretty cool air. you can probably open your windows. watch everything push off to the east and weaken. it will go through lanham and bowie, heavy rain there and also go down into southern maryland and st. mary's county and calvert county in the next hour. it may take until 9:00 to get out of southern maryland cleatly. live look outside. you can see the raindrops on the camera lens brought to you by michael and son. 78 now, pressure rising 29.88 inches of mercury. look at the temps, 64 gaithersburg, 69 vienna. check this out, 65 in lovitzville and 68 in leesburg. ahead of the trough, once that goes through everybody will be in the 60s tonight. we're looking at a brief delay possible at the nats game. some storms tonight between 6:00 and 8:00. storms end by 10:00 across the entire metro area and it will be cool and comfortable overnight. our futurecast by 7:15, right about now, it

still 84 at national airport. 80 in waldorf, 81 in stafford, virginia, 82 in asburn, virginia.sburg and damascus, um ur 70s. nothing to worry about on radar. making your plans to get out and enjoy your saturday evening, the baseball game. a sellout. nats and mets, perfect weather for baseball. if you can get at ticket, you should go to this game. >> i'll try to get a ticket. wait. i have to work. >>> the one love festival kicking off in alexandria one year after the festival's founder was murdered. carrying on the legacy today. >>> from the bills to the bears. rg3 and the redskins ready for rg3 and the redskins ready for preseason game two in chicago. whee wheeeeeeeeeeeee! wheeeeeeeeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he- he-heeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! pure adrenaline. sfx: snorting sound. whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! everything you love about geico, now mobile. download the geico app today. but what choices will women be left with? just like mitt romney, paul ryan would get rid of planned parenthood funding. in congress, ryan voted to ban all federal funding for planned parenth

we go a little further to the south and around waldorf this is around st. mary's calvert county and all this is sliding across the bay as of nowch the heaviest amount of rain right there, lots of lightning strikes with that. this is starting to slide off towards the east so ocean city could be in the thick of things once again going through the morning hours. temperature right now in myersville, 64. 73 in notingham. and we have more chances for rain in here. i will talk about that coming up but right now the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: we are dealing with a sink hole in east baltimore that shuts counsel monument between -- down monuments street. stick with or liens street as an alternate. repairs to the water main break in downtown baltimore continues. light street shut down at baltimore street a live look at 95 into the city, no delays here at 395. but it will be a nice easy ride and fort mchenry tunnel everything up to speed. the west side at wilkins avenue, actually baltimore national pike you are looking at an 11-minute ride on

that includes washington, leaseburg, waldorf. and much of eastern portions of anne arundel county had under flash flood warnings. here's the shower we're looking at right now, right along the beltway here. we'll continue to see these moving up toward the north. another heavy shower into southern calvert county and big-time storm down towards southern st. mary's, moving towards the eastern shore, bringing extremely heavy rain, torrential downpours. once again, this one moving in towards portions of jefferson county into west vir i have. let's go the to south and talk about a tropical storm. this is tropical storm isaac. it is making its way away from key west. looks like it's trying to get its act together to become a little bit better organized here. a ton of rain in miami and ft. myers. 2 to 4 inches of rain so far. take a look at the storm over the next couple of days. track changes again. just a little bit to the west. the latest advisory has winds of 60 miles an hour, moving to the west/northwest at 16 miles an hour. that put

. >> reporter: in waldorf, i'm in the line for the drive through.y around with the camera. you can see the folks are wrapped around the building. >> my son loves the french fries. >> reporter: the chick-fil-a ceo appeared on a radio show. >> we are inviting judgment on our nation when we say we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage. >> reporter: mayors say they don't want chick-fil-a to expand to their cities. >> there is no place for them in the city. >> people could be wrong on a number of issues. >> reporter: back out here live, chick-fil-a will leave the political debate to the government and political arena. but this might be the best record sales day for the company in its history. live in silver springs, i'm shomari stone, news4. >>> looking at the weather, august starting similar to july. doug is tracking all of this. going to be hot again? >> why not just continue to break records all across the area. not quite that hot but we will be warm. 79 is the current temperature. winds out of the south, calm at the airport. we saw s

hometown forecast for waldorf, by 6:00 a.m., passing shower. cloudiness. might have a shower there in charles county by noontime. and for the entire region, hour by hour today, much of the metro area and points west and north should be dry most of the day. upper eig80s by mid afternoon. a look at the latest on isaac's track coming up in the seven-day outlook in ten minutes. >>> tom, in maryland i'm still keeping an eye on the accident along route 50 at richie highway. what's going to happen is as you make your way westbound you're going to be forced to the right lane. i know it's difficult to see on camera, right now just the right lane is going to get you by. your volume is still pretty light but you are slowing down just a bit as you make your way towards 202. outer loop of the beltway in montgomery county, as you make your way towards new hampshire avenue, work zone is set up there. just the left lane is going to get you by as you get close to university boulevard. please use caution. that should be in the final stages and picked up soon. jim and erika,

temperature thousands, 60s, 71 degrees. 71 downtown. 61 in waldorf.wers on storm 4 radar here. there are rain drops in beautiful prince george's county where most kids should be ibed by now. from upper marlboro up toward bowie, maryland, down towards clinton. beautiful day to go back to school. where is "bus stop weather" welcome back, kids. tomorrow morning a c. soggy start. 61 degrees. maybe have the umbrella ready to go. buckle down, kids. don't want to be in bad shape after day one. >> dust off the alarm clocks. back to school in the morning. for 125,000 students in prince gege's county. beginning of a year with major changes coming to the maryland district. >> it's bigger. >> this 8th grarder can't help but notice greenbelt middle school. the building will become home to 1,000 sixth through eighth graders tomorrow morning. >> i think it will help the kids learn more, they're in a better school, much brighter and everything. >> reporter: just one of the big changes awaiting one of the country's largest school districts this year including transiti

waldorf and germantown all the top 25. low crime, a great schools, and overall, something to do. we have another hour of news. at 6:00. right now >> live and in hd. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> straight ahead at 6:00, we are following breaking news out of maryland. to do your people are dead a a car derails. >> investigators are still the suspectack down that killedchase the officer. >> and all-star confusion pulls and extra inning win. >> right to adam caskey. >> i could not step for that. i wish i could. 6:01 on the nose here. anywhere from sterling. patchy fog this morning. just a couple of degrees warmer than yesterday. a slight chance of a few popup thunderstorms. what you want on the commute? >> the closure is with that. frederick road is closed and will remain closed. the closure is between west chester. part, especially the drive on i-95 this morning. are seeing a lot of slow spots now. for the most part, no accidents to report. for those of you heading to the dallas collector road. he may have a delay their as well. southbound i-270, and also 95 to

once again to the south so south of dc around waldorf and st. mary's county and to the e . dorchester county getting in on this as well. sliding off towards ocean city and we can see a bow in the line. that's dealing with winds and convective wind and gusts up to 60 miles an hour with the storm. heading through today, there is a chance we could get scattered showers and storms closer to the baltimore area. right now, though, we are looking at temperatures in aberdeen at the middle school and coming in at 71. look at humidity. we don't like that. that means we are saturated out there. that dew point 71, the temperature 71. lots of humidity and we are going to be talking about another kind of miserable day on tap. very oppressive. i will talk about how hot it is going to get. that's coming but right now let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook rushes good morning. -- >> reporter: good morning. repairs continue monument street is shut down that's going to be between wolf street and patterson park avenue. if you are traveling in the area, stick with or liens stre

bethesda, aspen hill, chantilly all coming in at 63 degrees. 65 down around waldorf and pla pla la plata. so, sunshine throughout the day today, your temperature at 7:00 a.m. 71 degrees. by noontime, nice conditions, 85. we'll be going up to a high temperature today of 91 degrees. it's going to be kind of that toasty-warm day. we'll take the 91 with low humidity. 5:00 p.m., your temperature 89 degrees. so, sunshine throughout the area today with highs, again, in the upper 80s to low 90s! smile, everybody! let's get a look at traffic right now with danella sealock. >>> good morning. your "first 4 traffic" report looks like a lot of construction, that's what it looks like. luckily, light volume, no accidents to report right now. let's first start on i-270 as you make your way northbound. this is at west montgomery avenue. still have the cones up in the through lanes, blocking the right lane, so either take the local lanes or sck to the left. again, volume very light in this area, so it's not slowing you down too badly right now. let's head over to 395 in virginia, southbound this time as y

waldorf, gaithersburg, and germantown. airline prices are going up again.southwest airlines is leading the charge. southwest raised fares in several other airlines were quick to match the increase. other airlines usually follow. americans getting out of town on the last major holiday of the summer. 33 million american travelers will go 30 miles or more. they will have the roadways for their trip. the average price of gas is up 14 cents compared to 2011. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. will you be traveling more this labor day weekend then you did last year? you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> the u.s. postal service made a major investment in "the simpsons" that basically backfired. jane king has the bloomberg business report. good morning, jane. >>a group of travel sites accused of fixing hotel room prices. that is according to a complaint on behalf of hotel room purchases. the large online travel sites curried the illusion that customers can research ra

city is making the list include a waldorf and gaithersburg. >> some good news for foodies looking for a deal. restaurant week will be extended by a weak by some restaurants. some are offering the deals through the end of the month. you can visit the baltimore county restaurant website for that information. no ambassadors and no heads of state. a younger crowd at the white house. 54 students for the first ever kids state dinner. they are all winners of the healthy challenge. they to design a recipe using the nutritional guidelines. >> me and my mom -- we sampled some health food and i asked my mother if we could get some and she said yes. >> yes, you can eat healthy. congratulations to the recipe of sizzling tofu with green onions and sugar snap peas. >> sounds yummy. >> now insta-weather plus and traffic pulse 11 together. >> word of an accident southbound on >> follow breaking news and weather any time at wbaltv.com, blocking the left lane. in ellicott city, we have some closures on frederick road where it turns into main street. take 40 west as your detour and avoid that area. repor

if harper seven is in some locations. 77 in hagerstown. 80 in waldorf and staffer for the high temperatureighs in the upper 70's some locations. a few showers later on today. patchy fog developing tonight. in the 50's in outlying areas town to start tomorrow morning. below average high temperature today of 80 degrees. rising back into the mid '80s where we should be the next couple days. sunny skies by the weekend. what is the latest on the beltway? >> let's go to newschopper 7. in virginia, the city torom dale collision ifith a moved into a safety zone at the decision point for the inner loop and outer loop of 395. northbound delays out of dale city on 95. route 1 is taking some of the traffic. a lot of folks taking a chance in the hov lanes. that is unusually heavy. nothing on 66. normal delays out of frederick 270. looks good on 95 in and out of baltimore. metro rail is on normal service. it is 66 degrees outside. >> a woman from texas making what she used to off a home invasion suspects. >> self-defense. >> the story behind hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as par

. -- waldorf. >> sounds good stephen strasburg pitched in may showdown with tim linthicum. it was his fourth win. a home run was hit in the third. an rbi single was added in the 6-4 with. the washington nationals have won 14 out of their last 17 games. >> the seattle mariners -- >> 34 years. >> felix hernandez got a one- round win. that is the first perfect game in mariners' history and the 23rd perfect game in major league history. it is already third perfect game of this season alone. that is really something. is now 6:42 and 67 degrees. the first lady helps the president with his iowa state fair food choice. >> coming up, >> extreme weather across the western u.s. is continuing to fuel dozens of wild fires. it is and then drink amenities and threatening to drive people from their homes. the number of fires in 13 western states has risen from 63 to at least 70. conditions could worsen the next couple of days and a resident in washington state lost her home and narrowly escaped. >> oral arguments on pretrial motions are set for this morning involving two defendants in the

in waldorf there's an accident on northbound route 5, madeline beantown road prior to 301 at pinefield several cars involved and some lanes blocked. the accident inside the beltway on the b-w parkway southbound we have removed the crash prograat the 50 ramp. on 395 there was an accident northbound just past duke street. there is some slowing in that area as well. back to you. >> thank you. let's take a look at the day ahead. funeral services under way this money for the prince george's county police officer killed in a line of duty. adrian morris died when the car he was riding in flipped over during the chase on interstate 95. john gonzalez is live in mitchelville with details on how they plan to honor the fallen officer. >> good morning. in a few hours, thousands of people are expected to gather at woodstream chruch in mitchelville, maryland. hundreds of police officers from several different jurisdictions and family and friends will say their final goodbyes to 23-year- old officer adrian morris. it will be an enormous crowd. he was a native of jamaica and became a u.s. citizen and a

and waldorf, a pretty serious accidents. it is impacting traffic.closer to the city, the baltimore washington parkway, a five car pileup. in the south bound lanes from the accident is before 450. at least five of vehicles involved. currently only blocking one left lane. but the back up as well back past the beltway. just before powder mill road. it is where you start to see the bright lights. we are breaking down, traveling very slow as you approach the accident scene. the crash is the fourth 450, 5 vehicles involved. be aware of delays. this will be there for some time a. plan accordingly for your commute. back to news. >> 6:50 right now. 70 degrees. >> alive run of of the top stories and what you need to know before you leave the [ harry umlaut ] that's one creamy muller. [ sally umlaut ] it's greek-style yogurt. thick, scrumptious and more protein than those regular yogurts. are those almonds i see in the corner thingy? caramelized almonds i think you'll find. well, who wants ordinaryin run-of-the-mill almonds when you could have the caramelized

central and south arlington as well towards reagan national heavy downpours. 301 in charles county from waldorflata, there's light rain at this time. there's a closer look at montgomery county. heavy rainfall just south of clarksburg. yesterday they received over an inch already. we will add to that shortly. even mclean issing downpours. the first round of rainfall is this morning, which will come to an end around lunchtime. then a little sunshine. the second round is the energy. that's energy the more sunlight, the higher your storm potential for this afternoon and evening because some might destabilize the atmosphere. if it is 79 in the district, 68 in winchester, highs in the mid to upper 80s with midday clearing and sunny breaks around lunchtime. afternoon and evening storms, some could be strong to severe with gusty damaging winds posing the biggest threat later this evening and into the nighttime. a few showers lingering into saturday morning. by sunday, 87, low humidity, looking better. now to lisa baden. >> adam caskey, look at this picture. that shows the hard rain and how much is comi

culpeper stafford, fredericksburg spotsylvania, la plata, waldorf, st.ty, you could see some isolated thundershowers later today. the clouds will be coming and going. throughout the day. temperatures are in the 70's and 60's northwest of town, on our way to 92 degrees. the rest of the week, we have daily storm chances but the best chance should come late friday and into saturday. >> the plan was to pave the interstate 95 between ladysmith and king's dominion. overnight southbound, there was a dump truck driving through that area with thebed up and brought the wires down across the interstate. they have the accident vehicles out of the way and the wires out of the -- off the interstate, they can start paving because they have a huge truck full of expensive asphalt and they will lay it down. southbound i-95 coming out of fredericksburg toward richmond, when you get to ladysmith carmel church, they are laying down the asphalt and one lane is getting by to the right. 66 eastbound has complications with the crash at nutley street in the left hov lane. as far

light rain in the plate and waldorf and southern prince george's county. 79 right now on the district, 70 a dulles airport 68 in manchester. wide-ranging temperatures on this friday morning. highs will be in the mid to upper 80s. showers and storms in two rounds. the first being this morning. a break in the action by lunchtime with some sunshine. the more sunshine you get today, your likelihood of strong storms in the afternoon. the son sunday stabilizes our atmosphere. strong storms for the drive home and into the night some could be severe with gusty wind. morning rain on saturday. less humid and comfortable with sunny skies on sunday. >> in montgomery county, dealing with wet pavement and road spray. this is near 355 and pooks hill road just inside the beltway. in virginia, and headlights are northbound on 95 words and rainy. out of newington to the pentagon, lanes are open. in the district, there's wet pavement, so be careful coming across the potomac river, the anacostia, heading to capitol hill. metro rail is on normal service. back to you. >> thank you. new homeowner protection

possible of ponding out there on some of the roadways, particularly waldorf and la plata.of chestertown, down south and west of chesapeake beach, another line of showers and thunderstorms dropping good rain rates. rain and showers with us this morning, and another chance for it this afternoon. let's go to future cast, let me show you what futurecast has in store. i'll put it into motion. first of all, i think around midday a break. might be still gray and gloomy out, but we probably will see a period here between 11:00 and 4:00 or 5:00 where not much rain. later rain and showers likely redevelop and could see a line of thunderstorms move through late afternoon and early evening. some of those could be on the strong side. overnight, early tomorrow, our actual cold front will come through. that will hang up a little bit, so you'll wake up with cloud cover tomorrow, with a few showers and storms around. by tomorrow afternoon, sunshine, less humidity, and at last some cooler temperatures. highs tomorrow mid-80s. sunday looks beautiful. that's the pick of the weekend. monday an

if you're down to the charles county, maybe down around waldorf, this is what you can expect through your morning, down around areas of northern portions, include that piscataway, and 82 by 7:00, waking up tomorrow morning with a chance of showers. we'll talk more about the storms, coming up. >>> a man is dead and fairfax county police officers is in the hospital after a fiery crash. news4's jaxxie benson is live took at the scene with more on what happened just before the collision. jackie? >> reporter: well, just a short time ago, fairfax county police released a statement that says, among other things detectives are going to determine whether alcohol or speed played a role in this crash. mangled vehicles show the force of the collision. it happened around 3:00 a.m. the 5500 belong of franconia road near gum street was deserted, little to no traffic when police say a fairfax county police officers heading east was struck head-on by a web car that swerved directly into his path. the impact caused that vehicle, a 2006 infiniti to burst into flames and left the 30-year-old officer tra

charles county north of waldorf, and around swann point. these are popping moving northeast at 30 miles per hour. let's check in with monika samtani. >>> thank you howard, good morning, everybody. things look good outside right now. you are not really used to volume building the summer traffic pattern has been completely different. this morning you are going to see volume early on, on the beltway and the bw parkway and route 50. your lanes are open. by the way northbound georgia avenue at kennedy and northwest, you want to watch out for police activity. we'll take you outside right now and show you in new carrollton volumes are still late. really this is what it looks like on prince george's county on the beltway. in virginia inbound dulles toll road, a bit of volume right there in centerville. northbound 95 in spring field, a few brake lights forming route 64. back with traffic back to you guys. >>> it is back to school time. nearly 150,000 students in montgomery county alone are starting this morning. >> the 2012-2013 school year marks th

wisdom martin joins us from waldorf to explain. is that your car?er: tony and allison, this is your car. this one is allison's, and the black one is tonies. >> i love it. >> reporter: that's what i'm dealing with out here, the lifestyle of you guys. joining me to explain what is going on, ryan. tell me about this project. he's with imagelifestyle.com. >> we started this project about a year ago. we own a company, me and my partner, imagine lifestyles and we normally rent out vehicles. normally costs 1500, 1600 a day. we decided to make it for the common folk. make it for everyone. for 99 bucks to $199, anyone can come out and ride three laps. >> reporter: how do you get the word out on something like this? >> we're all over the country. after this, we go to boston, then seattle, and san francisco. we always go to major metropolitan areas. we use our facebook, and daily deal sites. it's a mixture of everything. we have anywhere from a thousand to 3,000 people turn out. >> reporter: you picked this area because you have plenty of space. >> we like it

let's look at the numbers. 62 in olney and silver spring, 63 in fairfax and waldorf. 63 in lanham. mostly sunny today, 88 degrees for the high temperature, a few degrees above average. even warmer tomorrow. we will talk about a chance of rain on the weekend. here's angela foster. >> there is a trouble spot in ashburn this morning. there's an overturned tanker truck fire. we are told by loudoun county officials only this vehicle is involved in the westbound lane. we are shut down on the dulles greenway. there is closure between belmont ridge road and leesburg bypass. we were trying to get eastbound through, but they had to close both directions. we are shutdown on the dulles greenway. as a greenway back to you. >> thank you. -- we are shut down on the dulles greenway as a result. back to you. >> thank you. john gonzalez has team coverage on the impact of isaac in bethesda and all across the country. >> gas prices seem to be going up by the hour. this morning the national average is $3.80 a gallon. in the d.c. area, a little higher. federal investigators are to be a close eye on guys

here come the heat again. 93 in waldorf. great ask the weather guy question related to some of the number i had with the heat for july. we'll talk about that. >> i do have to say i'm just glad the triple digits are not -- it doesn't appear to be in your fast. >> not in the next five days. >> mid-90s are just fine. >> hi, julie wright. >> hi, wisdom. >> how you doing? what's going on on the roads? utah temperatures, i'm telling you, it is august. wear not ready for summer to come to an end yet. i took a poll. i asked a bunch of people. let's see what the crew in sky fox is seeing. if you are traveling along connecticut avenue, look at. this we do have the lane open cop cop avenue north of randolph road at weller road. earlier this morning, a car took out the signal box that controls the lights there, connecticut at weller. i talked to police and they tell me they are out there directing traffic to help with the commute this morning but they will be setting up stop signs and the crews are difficult giantly working on that util

we are starting out in a graceful and stylish way as we a live at the ballet arts academy in waldorfmaryland where they are gearing up for their summer dance intensive performance coming up this weekend. the real reason we are here is because of this guy, right there, that is oscar hawkins. a local boy, born and raised, brandywine maryland went to duke ellington but was discovered as a ballet dancer his tall will notes have taken him -- talents have taken him around the world literally his specific skill is russian classical ballet. he is teaching young dancers ands this art of russian ballet. dancers ands that wouldn't necessarily get this type of training you will not just find this any where but you will find it at the ballet arts academy. we will find out exactly what he offers, why he is doing it and maybe i will try to get a pointer or two myself this morning. just being here already i feel i need to stand up straighter. >> any time i see a ballerina i think the same thing. it immediately improves my posture. >> i think pain >> i need to pull my hair back and put my shoulders b

he was shot and killed while driving home from his bartending job in waldorf, maryland. >>> new developments in the crash that took the life of a prince george's county police officer. police found the stoleen car and charged kenneth mitchell with unauthorized use of a vehicle. he was a passenger in the stolen acura and investigators are still searching for the driver would led police on a high-speed chase on i-95 monday. officer adrian morris died after he was thrown from the cruiser. his partner was hurt but he is out of the hospital. >>> a sigh of relief for pizza drivery man in montgomery county. police suspected a driver suspected of robbing eight drivers from domino's and papa john's since june. officers say the 17-year-old ordered pizzas to his address and then ambushed the unsuspecting drivers with what turned out to be a pell the gun. marcus addison is being charged as an adult. >>> a controversial dip at the holy site of the sea of galilee. coming up next, one lawmaker says people are twisting what really happened here. >> plus dozens of buildings destroyed in wildfires out west. t