we're just out to the west and south of 66 and warrenton. some areas of fog where visibility can be down to maybe even a quarter mile like an orange and otherwise, misty conditions. here's angie with your traffic. >> thank you, anny. right now, all is a go as we travel down the george washington parkway. making the southbound trip from the parkway to the key bridge. no incidents along the way. still ahead, a look at your d.c. roads coming up at 5:47. now, over to andrea and mike. >> thank you, angie. we have a couple of commuter alerts for you about parking. after tomorrow, commuters will no longer be able to park at the first baptist church of woodbridge. the church has been leasing 370 spaces since february. when potomac mills mall eliminated approximately 750 spaces. starting monday, there will be more spaces available at the existing lake ridge commuter lot on miniville road. >> bethesda will be saying gob a parking lot this small. capital crescent, woodmont avenue, gone in november. that's the lot across from the barnes & noble there on

we have light showers and scattered activity just west of dc out towards warrenton and just south ofate 66. let's zoom on in and show you where the showers are taking in. also just around reston we're seeing light shower activity. i'm not expecting anything really severe at all overnight. but we did see some pretty good storms south of us basically in the richmond area but we didn't see no severe warnings issued despite the severe thunderstorm watch in effect. so what are we expecting for the rest of the night? mostly cloudy and mild. scattered showers and rain possible. isolated thunderstorm possible. not severe. lows will be 66-74 degrees. tomorrow lots of us are heading back to work. we need a special grab the umbrella and your sunglasses just in case. by 7:00 it will be mild. 60s and 70s. by 9:00 looking great with more sunshine but a chance for some storms isolated tomorrow. we'll talk about that in a little bit. >> all right. thank you. >>> the holiday almost turned deadly for one man just before 7:00 this evening. the 38-year-old man was playing with a toy boat on the water. t

but look out toward warrenton, just basically south of 66. and around basically west of 95 where we're looking at some more like mist also right here. culpepper also. also some areas could be seeing fog in those conditions. pretty light stuff. we may have some cells of heavier downpour for this morning. here's a look at our current conditions. temperatures around d.c., it is muggy out there. 74 degrees in d.c. 72 in leesburg, martinsburg, 71 degrees. leesburg also reports some fog this morning. dew points in the lower 70s around downtown. so, again, stayed muggy overnight. muggy once again today. so, warm and muggy morning for your thursday. hot again for today. some thunderstorms are possible for that evening commute. a few could be maybe strong to severe. now, friday, even more storms are in the forecast. here's a look at the future cast. so, for the rest of today, we're looking at partly to mostly cloudy conditions. the showers and thunderstorms threat arriving basically to the north of us late this afternoon and early evening around frede

you can see around south of 66 around warrenton or fredericksburg, light mist. lower 90s in downtown. look at andrews air force base, you'll be hot at 94. winchester in the lower 90s. so, i'm concerned about tomorrow's storms being more widespread. showers and storms likely. temperatures in the mid-80s. here's angie with your traffic. >> anny, thank you very much. hello, everybody. we're starting off the 6:00 hour, keeping that yellow light on. still got problems out in the hyattsville area but hey, things are improving. 202 landover road at firehouse road. all northbound lanes remain blocked. we've learned that southbound lanes are open. good news there. better news, i should say. taking a wide view of the area, other parts of the region, they're checking out ok. 66 doing just fine. no major slow goes to report. as we track the road through our cameras. we're dealing with a little bit of the fog this morning. not a bad idea to factor in some extra minutes, especially those of who you travel past route 50 to inside the beltway. still doing ok all the way out fro

around warrenton and generally south of interstate 66. we have the best chance for thunderstorms and severe weather to take place. also through fredericksburg, we are seeing light showers and light activity. i think this could be entering the dc area. the lightning associated with these storms, they are generally south of dc. so your fireworks forecast for tonight, we're going to stay cloudy. mostly cloudy conditions and by 9:00, 83 degrees and at that point, around dc isolated thunderstorms and it will be warm. we'll talk more about your holiday forecast a little later. >> america celebrates its 235th birthday, people from all across the region are heading down to the national mall for a giant celebration, of course, right now it's a matter of trying to angle into that perfect spot for tonight's fireworks spectacular and armando trull is on the mall with a preview. armando. >> well as you said, lesli, location, location, location. it worked for real estate, certainly worked for the fourth of july firework display. you know what? there re

over warrenton, towards the manassas area. very, very light rain. that's it. just some shower activity. tomorrow, i'm not expecting any showers. i am expecting, however, the sun to come back out. that's going to lead us to more heat and more humidity. we'll talk about that in just a minute. >>> the storm damage from last night could keep some roads closed in arlington tomorrow. parts of old dominion drive remain closed because of downed trees and wires. dominion, virginia, power crews are working to restore electricity to nearly 2,000 customers in northern virginia. they expect to have most of those customers back up and running by the morning. >>> a man who jumped into a lake to try to save a remote-control boat is in critical condition tonight. police say two men were controlling the boat on gunners lake in germantown this evening. when the boat got stushgs one man went in to get it. he went under water and didn't come up. his friend jumped in and pulled the man out. that remote-control boat is only about two-feet long. >>> the secret service is now investig

warrenton as a downpour at this time.me.ing around it is pushing off to the north east and temperatures are in way to thes on our 90's. we are expecting some clearing by lunchtime. it will become partly cloudy with highs around 90 more storms expected this afternoon and be severecould south of the metro. leslie johnson now says she the end of this month. fellow council members and the county executive are pressuring immediately.own to destroyingilty evidence in a corruption investigation. another update at 8:56. for continuous news coverage, tune in to news channel 8. ♪ bow wow >> nice crowd outside in times square, looking lively and cheerful. it's a hot and steamy day in new york city so they're out here while the weather is still nice. george is on his way back from orlando, florida, after covering the casey anthony verdict and robin is off this morningment i'm elizabeth vargas. happy y be here with the two of you this morning. coming up, are you tired of the same old food? >> yes. >> yes, i am. >> well, lara. funny i

where the front is parked and we could spark a storm during the day as close as fredricksburg and warrenton, maybe even upper marlboro, but i'm going with a dry forecast for fireworks. mostly clear skies to partly cloudy skies here, and as for the fireworks at 9:00, 84 degrees, and it's going to be warm and humid. let's put it in writing. 68 to 72 by tomorrow morning. storms diminishing. the afternoon partly cloudy. temperatures back into those 90s again. and planning ahead with may, we'll get a break on tuesday. that is my weather pick of the week. more storms wednesday, thursday. and it looks like lasting into next weekend. sunday is looking a little better than saturday for staying dry. everybody, please be safe out there. >> yes. thank you. appreciate that, kim. >>> still ahead here on news 4 at 11:00, testing america's independence day iq. what your fellow countrymen don't know will probably shock you. >>> and the nats, they needed some rally caps a few size bigger than that against the pirates. ♪ [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp. we'd earned lots of points wit

cloudy skies, but look out to the west, around 66 warrenton.nt royal, fredericksburg, you're going to see more showers and thunderstorms come through. also dc could be getting showers as well in the next hour. doppler radar showing most of the activity is to the south of us. you could see some showers coming through as well. probably this evening. i think that could impact some fireworks plans for tonight and those barbecues. so keep your eyes to the sky just in case. now right now temperatures around 84 in arlington. near 90 in dc. college park at 88 degrees. beltville at 86 degrees. now the future cast showing us this is what one model thinks could be happening the next 24 hours. tonight some showers around 7:00. around dc and just south of us, around near fredericksburg, also some storms going through those areas. by 9:00, that's when we are getting ready for the big fireworks show tonight. right now this model is saying showers out to the west. leesburg, manassas, maybe some thunderstorms as well in the mountains and then through manassas a

metro area, 70 in warrenton. winchester at 69 degrees, leray at 66. mostly clear night tonight.omorrow, the clouds build back, in and a good chance of scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms, not everyone is going to see them, if you see a thunderstorm, they could produce fairly heavy rain, i'm not expecting much in the way of severe weather tomorrow. that's good news. temperatures right around 91 degrees in the d.c. region down toward st. mary's. current temperature tomorrow looking at about 88 degrees. we'll see more of the same over the next couple days, i will have that four-day forecast for you one more time coming up. >> thank you, doug. >> some encouraging new numbers about colon cancer from the centers for disease control. the cdc says there were 60,000 fewer cases of colon cancer reported in 2007 compared to 2003. there were also 30,000 fewer colon cancer deaths in that same time frame. because more people are being screened for the disease. millions more still need to be screened. tests or colonoscopies are recommended for everyone over the age of 50. >>> a man i

overnight tonight, 72 in washington, 70 in warrenton with some scattered thunderstorm activity, but note lot. tomorrow, that's when i think everybody has a pretty good chance of seeing rain because of the clouds and rain. temperatures will be held down into the mid 80s during the day tomorrow. still humid, and, again, we need the rain. so hopefully we can get it tomorrow. >> yes, we do. >> all right, thanks, doug. >>> sports, tennis, hakem? >> yes. >> great tie. >> thank you. >> loving this, baby. >> a lot more matching. we're matching today. we are. >> yes, we are. >> we're going to talk about xena garrison. >> ah! >>reat professional, doing great things rea now. on this day in 1990, professional tennis player xena garrison % there was xena garrison, a perennial top ten player. the highlight came in 1990. that's when the houston native became the first african-american woman to reach a grand slam final since all thea gibson. >> then it all hit me and when althia gibson walked in the locker and4=s it:"ug me where(s done this since aalthea and it took me a moment to get over my nerves. >