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west virginia. mid 50s. much of the ven nandoeia valley, pan hand of west virginia, washington county, near 60 degrees. blue ridge, up on the skyline drive, 50s. lower elevation, farther east across nornthern virginia, aroud the bay were generally in the mid 60s. that includes montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties, on the warmer waterses of the tidal potomac. warm waters on the bay, mid 80s. bay water temperatures, low 80s. by later today, here's your four-day forecast. we ought to be near 90 by near afternoon. few clouds in and out. low humidity. beautiful summer day. and then tomorrow, humidity is back. and so are the clouds ahead of a cool front. might get a morning shower or small chance. but a greater chance of scattered afternoon storms on tuesday that may linger into part of tuesday night. there's only a slight risk any of those storms would be severe. highs reaching the 80s before any storms. and then on wednesday, lower humidity returns. beautiful summer weather for wednesday and thursday. afternoon highs in the 80s. morning low, 60s to near 70. seven-day outlook, into the we

west virginia. for viewers closer to washington, northern shenandoah valley and the panhandle of west virginia, washington county, it's only the upper 50s to around 60 there. closer to washington, though, we're generally in the 60s in the nearby suburbs. some patchy, dense fog is forming in some of the rural areas, so watch out for that. it's not widespread, but just some patches of some ground fog forming this morning. temperatures around the bay, southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore where they've got a lot of cloudiness, generally in the mid-60s now. hour-by-hour forecast, storm team 4 checking it out for you this morning. by 7:00 a.m., we'll be in the mid-60s, still a bit of that patchy fog in the rural areas and partly sunny. then, a lot of sunshine by your lunch hour, into the low 80s and a warm afternoon. great beach and pool weather, highs reaching mid and upper 80s, not too humid by the afternoon commute, back into the low 80s. i'll be back with a hometown 4-cast. "first 4 traffic" now with danella. >>> good morning. watching the key bridge, if you're taking the key bridge outbound this

west. showers across western maryland, garrett county, allegany county, washington, the panhandle of west virginia. monday monday afternoon heavier showers and embedded thunderstorms. this computer model brinks temperatures and the low 70's for the daytime highs. it will be a little warmer as we move through the afternoon monday. right now, all bets considered, one of the cooler days over the past couple of months. 58-65 overnight, partly cloudy skies. daytime highs tomorrow, upper 70's, low 80's. showers possible late in the day, especially west of d.c. the temperatures about 77 degrees in town monday. cooler off to the west. the temperatures rebound nicely tuesday, wednesday, thursday. back into the middle 80's for the daytime highs. >> wow finally, maybe fall is here? >> it is right around the corner. >> thank you steve. the loss of daylight means football season. tonight, everyone is watching the redskins. >> exactly, another football might and the second chance to watch the man, rg3. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but y

now up to 84 in washington, in petersburg west virginia we have 85 degrees.ou can see partly to mostly cloudy skies. we're looking off to the south here from our roof camera on our michael and son weather shot this noon our. 84 degrees under mostly cloudy skies officially at reagan national with a dewpoint of 68. that gives us a relative humidity of 58%. it's on the muggy side. i've been outside on the weather terrace, it's muggy. we have a lot more showers and storms along the coastal areas. still enough instability that we're going to have to worry about those showers and storms popping for the afternoon. you can see it on the futurecast. we're going to pop some, we'll quiet down again tonight and probably see a few storms, or fewer storms the next couple of days. that will allow things to heat up. speaking of heating up, want to take you to the tropics. an area of low pressure about 1,000 miles east of the winward islands. this could k ernesto in the next couple of days. it takes us to the winward islands. here we are friday late in the day. and through th

washington state, west virginia, connecticut, hawaii, ohio.ll of those are looking pretty solid for the democrats. where they have been looking not quite so solid. so that makes -- that's another reason why karl rove and mitt romney and paul ryan and mitch mcconnell were frantic about this. because it really could come down to missouri in the senate, and the key thing here is if the democrats pick up that one additional seat, then it doesn't matter if mitt romney is elected. paul ryan won't get to cast the deciding vote to organize the senate. >> howard fineman, separating the solid from the not so solid. thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> up next, what if? what would happen if the world's population jumped at the same time, all of them in rhode island? we have a fascinating science experiment/dooms day scenario, and it's coming up. [ female announcer ] the power of green coffee extract is now in our new starbucks refreshers™ -- a breakthrough in natural energy. made with real fruit, starbucks refreshers™ are delicious low calorie drinks y

shenandoah valley and pan hand of west virginia. washington county generally near 60. west of east generally in the low to mid 60s around the metro area. that's prince george's, arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties. and as we get around the bay, and right along the tidal potomac like here in alexandria, hometown forecast, it's generally there in the mid 60s. by 7:00 a.m., still mid 60s. sunshine in and out. clouds cover should break up. noontime, up around 80 degrees. and here's the day planner for the region. we'll have temperatures by mid afternoon into the mid 80s. late afternoon, there's a slight chance of an isolated thunder shower. otherwise, partly sunny afternoon. i'm back in ten minutes with another weather update. a look at your traffic on this tuesday morning. mike is in for danella. good morning. >> good morning, tom. much better on the outer loom of route one. that incident has been taken out of the way. problem westbound 66, ramp to the dulles toll road. shut down with an accident. causing a slight delay. here we are on the dulles toll road and sun shet

west virginia. even a few locations in the shenandoah valley and the panhandle of west virginia. closer to washington most of virginia and maryland. it's in the 60s. right on the tidal potomac, bay waters, milder, too. here's your day planner, 7:00, upper 60s. mid afternoon, upper 80s near 90. not a lot of humidity. just a few clouds coming and going. i'll be back in ten minutes. with another update, we'll look at storm 4 radar, too. europe eun? >>> to a developing story in iran. rescue crews stopped search for survivors who may be buried up der the rubble of two powerful earthquakes. 306 people died in the twin quake on saturday with more than 3,000 people hurt. 16,000 people are now homeless. 6.4 magnitude quake hit first and 11 minutes later, a 6.3 magnitude quake struck the same area. more than 30 aftershocks. >>> today maryland's house of delegates will debate a bill to expand gambling in the state. the senate passed the measure on friday. the second day of the special legislative session. the legislation would clear the way for a casino in prince george's county and legalize table games at all

immediate metropolitan area just yet but raindrops from leesburg, blue mont, charlestown, west virginia, and washington virginia, down toward the southern end of the blue ridge. we'll be on the lookout here for showers off and on throughout much of your friday evening. don't stray too far away from your umbrella. backyard barbecuing plans, keep an eye to the school. sky. that being said, it doesn't look like it's going to be a complete washout either, so maybe you can slice the barbecue in. grill the burgers now then eat the coleslaw later, something like that. anything. >> thank you, chuck. >>> the washington nationals are in first place and gearing up for the playoff stretch run which begins tonight against the new york mets. more and more fans with an attitude are flocking to the stadium. tom sherwood is live at nats park now with more on the excitement and what it means for the city. tom? >> reporter: tim, they're waiting on the field and that means more fans in the seats and that means more economic news for the team and the city. ♪ you'll ever find a terror in the fray ♪ >> reporter: members of t

west virginia and central and western shenandoah valley. farther to the knnorth and west in frederick county. closer to washington, though, southern loudoun county and fairfax, arlington, montgomery, and prince george's. generally the low 60s. upper 60 nasdaq washington and by the bay and southern maryland. later today, by noontime we ought to be in the mid 80s and by mid afternoon we will be not too humid. maybe an isolated shower or thunder shower popping up by then. by late afternoon, coming home from work and school back down to the low 80s. a delightful summer day coming up, enjoy. i'm back in ten minutes. another update coming your way. right now, a look at your first 4 traffic. mike is in. good morning. >> good morning, tom. right now taking mass transit on the red line. track issue causing some heavy delays in each direction. on the red line, also a small problem at la plaza, blue orange line, escalator is down at the southwest entrance. looking at the beltway, no serious problems on the inner loop or outer loop. 50 heading into maryland, looking good. westbound side on the left. no serious delays. eight-

virginia. the areas of dark green have dipped into the upper 50s, and that includes parts of frederick county and farther west into washington county, western maryland, much of western virginia, northern shenandoah valley, the 50s. it's near 70 right on the tidal potomac as well as the bay. hour by hour today. well, we will have our temperatures still around the low to mid-60s by 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. then by noontime, with the low humidity in place, it's going to warm up quickly for your lunch hour. we'll be into the low to mid-80s. sunrise, by the way, is later and later, at 6:36. low humidity, lots of sun, upper 80s, near 90 late afternoon and clear. i'll be back in ten minutes with a look at isaac at 5:51. danella has traffic now. >>> good morning, tom. in our "first 4 traffic" report, we'll start in capitol heights. an accident along eastbound central avenue approaching hampton park boulevard. it may be blocking at least one lane. let's check travel speeds on the dulles toll road. no issues as you make your way between hunter mill road and to the beltway. you're at about 61 miles per hour, that drive taking six minutes

lay off anybody but you have to survive and what is going on coming out of washington is killing our way of life in west virginiand we have so much potential. and that word can is in my vocabulary. i was involved in the chiliian mine rescue. it is time to rescue like we did in chile. there is a brighter future for our state and nation. from the top of the ticket down in west virginia we have great folks running. not just me. it will be a great year and we can turn our nation and state around with great leadership. >> mike: thank you for joining us and best of luck in this election. >> thank you for having me, governor. >> mike: we will talk to coal miners in west virginia and ile ask them what has to be done to happen in order to save their jobs. we will ta them, when we come back. i've been coloring liz's hair for years. but lately she's been coming in with less gray than usual. what's she up to? [ female announcer ] root touch-up by nice'n easy has the most shade choices, designed to match even salon coloin just 10 minutes. with root touch-up, all they see is you. so, same time next week? well, of course. and

the shenandoah valley and into the mountains of west virginia, closer to washington, we're in the upper 50s, near 60 in montgomery county. much of fairfax county in the low 60s. arlington, the district, generally in the mid and upper 60s. prince george's county in the low to mid 60s there. as well as much of southern maryland right near the bay waters. farther south and west from stafford and spotsylvania, prince william, back to school as well. in the 60s up to the blue ridge. here is your day planner. by 6:00 a.m., patchy fog around. especially in the rural areas. in the mid 60s. by noontime, quite a bit of sunshine in the upper 70s and mild. not too humid. as we do get into the middle part of the afternoon, low to mid 80s. might have an isolated shower popping up. thunder by late afternoon. slight chance of that. i'll be back in ten minutes with another update. now checking on our traffic this morning filling in for danella is mike. good morning, mike. >> good morning. things are looking good on the beltway. outer loop no, serious problems, as you're making the trip from 95 to colleg

in the shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, into much of western maryland and west virginia. it's in the mid-60s most locations, but closer to washington, montgomery county, arlington, fairfax, prince george's, right around 70. much of southern maryland, eastern shore, too, right around 70. on the bay waters, mid-to-upper 70s. here's the view from space. we've got venus and jupiter brilliant in the eastern sky right now and that half moon in the southern sky. we've got a mostly clear start to the day. by 5:00 a.m., we'll still be in the low to mid-70s and it will be a mild morning. but then by noontime, we'll be into the 80s, upper 80s by noontime, hot and humid. and a hot and humid afternoon. in fact, we'll be peaking perhaps in the mid-90s mid-afternoon. then late afternoon, a chance of an isolated thunderstorm and back around 90. then this evening, could get more storms, a greater chance tonight of some passing thunderstorms and down near 80 by midnight. and by dawn friday, some showers and thunder showers around, in the 70s. near 90 tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow afternoon, some of the storms may come through and could be severe tomo

washington. sunrise is my favorite time of day. a beautiful city with a beautiful sunrise. clouds especially to the west of washington. parts of piedmont, virginia, shenandoah valley. a little extra sunshine in southern maryland and the northern neck of virginia. a few reports of patchy fog. stationary boundary to the south of d.c. it's not very defined, but enough trigger more isolated thundershowers again later on today, especially south of d.c. 20% or 30% chance of seeing that. culpeper fredericksburg, stafford, mary's county charles county calvert county, eastern shore, you could have a few thundershowers later today. is 69 degrees in hagerstown, 77 in the district. 92 degrees today and tomorrow. better chance of rain the next couple days, possible strong to severe on thursday and friday. friday late in the day, most of us will see the storms late friday into early saturday. more comfortable on sunday with low humidity and 85. what is the latest on the beltway? >> accident on the outer loop between connecticut avenue and rockville pike. two separate accidents in that location. tow trucks are starting to arrive. traffic is getting by on the l

out ahead of that tomorrow, 53 in elkins, west virginia, and closer to washington we're at the low 70s. around the bay, 60s. eastern shore. ocean city, 65. many of our suburbs, the rural areas of virginia are just in the low to mid 60s right now. dlektful morning. chilly out in west virginia and western maryland where many places are down into the low 50s on this august morning. and by 5:00 we'll be in the 60s still throughout much of the region. cool and calm. then by noontime, the low to mid 80s. low humidity, low humidity through the afternoon, pleasant, beautiful summer day with just a few clouds beginning to build by late afternoon. we ought to reach upper 80s, near 90 by mid afternoon. it will feel comfortable with that low humidity. more humidity tonight and tomorrow. i'll be back in ten minutes with another update. danella has a look at your monday morning commute. >> first traffic report looks good. not too many problems. still have overnight road work taking effect this morning. if you're traveling on the outer loop of the beltway making your way past 29d 5 in maryland, that

most of maryland, most of virginia, and west virginia, although right in washington, reagan national, it's at a steamy 80 we degrees right there on the tidal potomac. and on the bay, 80 degrees under a cloudy sky. and overnight, we had showers moving on. thunder and lightning. right now just a few scattered showers. farther west getting a few sprinkles around manassas and prince william and fairfax county. a couple of showers around the blue ridge and the shenandoah valley. your monday day planner, have an umbrella with you this morning. as we get into the afternoon, it should be up to 90 and mostly cloudy. sunshine in and out. wheat take a look at your forecast again. another update in ten minutes. a look at your monday morning commute with danella. >> your first4 traffic report. things look pretty good in our area. eastbound at prince william parkway, difference abled vehicle. it's just in the right shoulder lane. your travel lanes are open. traveling along 66, a live look at fairfax county parkway eastbound and westbound between here and the beltway. no issues, no accidents, no inc

start and a few locations in western maryland and into west virginia, have dipped down into the 50s. mid and upper 50s there. close to washington. low to mid 50s, prince george's county. much of southern maryland, the eastern shore, charles county, farther west into prince william, mid 60s. we'll hold steady here, mid 60 orz so to near 70, a lot of clouds around. sunshine in and out. clouding up again as that low starts creeping north as we get toward late afternoon. a look at your friday evening planner and hometown forecast, that's coming up in tenpin under the circumstances. a look now at your first4 traffic. here's danella. >> checking out the roadways. not seeing any accidents to warn you about yet. but let's talk about some overnight road work. still taking place on the beltway. first, let's start with the outer loop of the brb at braddock, work zone set up there. arlington boulevard, on the inner loop, ramp there still has road work happening. it may still be shut down but should end around 5:00 a.m. i-270 here, travel lanes are open. i'll give you a live look past clarksburg road traveling southbound and northbound. no

much of virginia, west virginia and western maryland, close to washington low to mid-70s, nearby suburbs, upper 70s on the tidal potomac and by the bay. "day planner," by 7:00 a.m., mid-to-upper 70s, mostly clear, just a few clouds floating in. by noontime, partly cloudy, hot and humid, up near 90 degrees. ought to hit the low to mid-90s by mid-afternoon. after that, 30% chance of an isolated thunderstorm, maybe around 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and down near 90 by then. then, overnight, likely showers and thunderstorms, a greater chance by mid to late evening and down near 80 by midnight. some could produce heavy downpours tonight and maybe even tomorrow morning for the morning commute. during the day on friday is when we could get some strong storms as that lower humidity pushes in. we could get storms producing damaging winds late tomorrow afternoon and evening and maybe a lingering shower saturday morning. then, the lower humidity moves in for the weekend. saturday and sunday, highs in the 80s. still not too humid monday. could get storms tuesday next week. highs near 90 monday, tuesday and we

it is also the first morning in washington got down below 70 degrees. granted the mountains of west virginia and out toward oakland, 55 degrees. right now on doppler nothing going on. by this time tomorrow we will see some nasty storms. here is the leading edge of some nasty thunderstorms through ohio and indiana. some severe thunderstorm watch is until midnight. that is where there was a tornado warning. look at the wind gust. 74 miles per hour. some of the leftovers will be here by this time tomorrow. and onshore breeze at ocean city. the temperature 77. if you have heard about gordon -- tropical storm gordon, there is where gordon is. no threat at all to the united states. look at the line out to the west of the leading edge of the cooler air comes our way. by this time tomorrow, there will be an outbreak of some nasty thunderstorms. as we get on into saturday, dry air sweeps right in. much of the weekend will be pretty nice. for your day ahead tomorrow it will be cool to start off with and then by late tomorrow afternoon 5:00, the risk of some thunderstorms. some possibly strong. the coo

humid and a lot of sun around the metro area and to our west, a few showers panhandle of west virginia to washingtoner this afternoon and tomorrow morning a passing shower and maybe a little thunder and then during the afternoon, some storms could produce damaging winds on friday into friday night. a lingering shower saturday morning otherwise weekend looking less humid and cooler. aaron? [ male announcer ] olympic tennis players bob and mike bryan are always on the move. so they can't get to the bank to deposit a check. instead, they use citibank mobile check deposit. it's easy. they just snap a pic... ♪ hit send... and their checks are deposited right to their account. well almost all of their checks. stand back. seriously? [ male announcer ] citibank mobile check deposit. easier banking. every step of the way. >>> good morning. traveling 66 eastbound at nutley. still have a crash involving a school bus and we're seeing about a six-mile backup if you're heading eastbound on i-66. let me show you what fairfax county parkway looks like. sluggish, jammed all the way as you head to the beltway. travel

[applause] >> washington, 38, romney. >> west virginia, 31 votes. >> republic in the gubernatorial candidates from the great state of west virginia where our motto, mountaineers are always free, has never run more true. where we need a man like mitt romney to stop the war on coal, the ft barack obama, -- defeat barack obama, and bring jobs back to our state and nation. west virginia is proud to cast all 31 of its votes for the next president of the united states, mitt romney. >> west virginia, 31, romney. wisconsin, 42 votes. >> i am governor scott walker. [applause] [cheers] thanks. thanks. thank you, fellow delegates. wisconsin -- wisconsin -- [applause] wisconsin, wisconsin, at the home of the national football league's mvp, major league baseball's mvp, miss america, and our national chairman, but most importantly, someone i know as the bravest person i know in politics, the most courageous and decent, the next vice president, paul ryan is from wisconsin. [applause] wisconsin proudly casts 41 votes for the next president, mitt romney and one vote for ron paul. >> wisconsin, 41, romney. >>

washington with light rain beginning to move in northwest right now. farther north and west of washington. right along 95 from the beltway between there and baltimore. it's all wet. getting some passing showers there. then into virginia, a few sprinkles in fairfax county and faur there to the west right along 66 from near burke virginia to chantilly out to near front royal. it is wet there as well. the showers heading offer to the east through steam heat. it is in the low to mid 70s. most of the region. low humidity is coming to rescue us. it's on the way. it will be arriving later this afternoon. highs reaching mid and upper 80s with a clearing sky. then beautiful summer weather wednesday, thursday, and friday. highs tomorrow, low to mid 80s. mid and upper 80s on thursday. near 90 friday morning lows in the 60s each morning and not too humid. over the weekend, getting more humid. perhaps some remnants of isaac here in the form of some tropical showers. i'll be back in ten minutes. another update coming. and now a look at your first4 traffic. here's danella. good morning. >> checking at your area of volume is increasing. you're starting to be sluggish already. let's talk about disabled vehicle out of the beltway in c

west of us. the rain southeast of us is pretty much gone. but we have activity now over washington county. and there's neighboring counties in west virginia. they picked up hail, one-inch hail over portions of berkeley springs, west virginia. not that long ago. right now near martinsburg, and a weaker storm, west of hagerstown. that has weakened considerably in the last few minutes. watch it as it comes down from the p.a., it has weakened. most areas tonight are still very, very dry. we may get one or two here in the baltimore region later on. 85 degrees now. d.c. has dropped to 88. in the 70s, ocean city had rain pretty much all afternoon. they're only at 75. dew point at 69. not that humid. but looks like we're going to warm up over the next few days. now, bernadette has a look at tomorrow and a quick look at the tropics. bernadette? >> that's right. the heat that is still over the middle of the country. we're going to tap into more of that. as we get rid of the clouds and a couple of thunderstorms -- storms have been on top of us. we jump back into the 90s tomorrow and stay there for a few days. as bob was just saying, this came in abou

until right now until 5:15 for allegheny county up here in maryland, for washington county, berkeley, morgan county and west virginia until 5:15. severe thunderstorm warning as this cell makes its way to the north and east. i step to the side. you can see the areas that will be affected, again, heading to the northeast up into areas of western maryland around hancock in the next 38 minutes and then on toward this area in the next 56 minutes. then we have another area down south. again, for the evening, it's clusters and lines of storms, strong possibly severe. they'll be coming in. this area we're going to watch areas like page and coming through rockingham county. harrissonburg warned on for that severe storm again. gusty, drenching storms. the main threat with this evening storms will be that of high winds, maybe damaging winds, too in, a few spots. for 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 p.m., i it this storm chances will end around 10:00 to 11:00 p.m. temperatures will be dropping in a hurry with any of the cooling storms that come through. probably seat temperatures rise a bit. tomorrow morning, a warm start for us. 72 to 74 de

lay off anybody but you have to survive and what is going on coming out of washington is killing our way of life in west virginia we have so much potential. and that word can is in my vocabulary. i was involved in the chiliian mine rescue. it is time to rescue like we did in chile. there is a brighter future for our state and nation. from the top of the ticket down in west virginia we have great folks running. not just me. it will be a great year and we can turn our nation and state around with great leadership. >> mike: thank you for joining us and best of luck in this election. >> thank you for having me, governor. >> mike: we will talk to coal miners in west virginia and ile ask them what has to be done to happen in order to save their jobs. we will talk about it with them, when we come back. [ male announcer ] if you had a dollar for every dollar car insurance companies say they'll save yoby switching, you'd have like, a ton of dollars. but how are they saving you those dollars? a lot of companies might answer "um" or, "no comment." then there's esurance. born online, raised by technology, and majors in effi

we have a chance of rain may lease out of washington, in southern maryland and central virginia. that's where we have a short crossing 301 moving west to east, south of la plata, just north of the knights bridge. that's all in terms of rain to start the day. 77 now in washington. 92 this afternoon. best chance of showers is out of d.c. lisa baden. >> traffic is moving in our favor on the greenway, but told road, no problems on 66. travel times normal on 270 between father hurley and the beltway, 17 minutes. 95 is closed in each direction between fredericksburg and richmond near the carmel church exit because of an accident with wires down. this has been going on several hours and there will be several hours ahead. now back to news. >> we take a look in the day ahead. the man accused of shooting former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords is expected to plead guilty today. jared loughner is scheduled to be in court on competency and the change of plea hearing. if found mentally competent by a judge, he would be allowed to plead guilty. he is charged with killing six people and wounding 13 others in the january 2011 shooting in tu

west virginia. closer to washington in prince george's county. it's in the upper 60s. low to mid 60s in montgomery and fairfax. arlington county, near 60s and 70. day planner for this monday. have an umbrella handy. might need it to morning. just a small chance of sprinkle. 6:00 a.m., temperatures, near 60s. noontime, sunshine will break out in the 70s. low 80s by mid afternoon. a few mountain showers by then. might get a few scattered shower or thunder showers back home from work and school later this afternoon. i'll be back in ten minutes with another look at storm 4 radar. back to you, european. >> tom, thanks so much. >>> 5:33. new this morning, a man is in the hospital after police say they were forced to shoot i'm. police were called to the 5100 block of woodland boulevard around 10:00 last night for a report of a suspicious man. once officers arrived they found him injured and covered in blood. the man fought with him when they tried to help helped him. the officer tasered the man but that doint work. the man got upset and threatened the officers life. he was ta

showers from hylands of west virginia, shenandoah valley and closer to the bay, too, and eastern shore they're getting some moving showers west to east and right around washington right now. we have just a few sprinkles and temperatures are in the 70s in montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties, near 80 in washington. right near the chesapeake bay. right near southern maryland in the 70s. as well as west virginia and maryland, most location, 70s. west virginia are in the 60s this morning. but overall, very steamy. all around the region. dressrd coingly. sun rise at 6:14. by 7:00 this morning, we'll still have a possibility of a passing shower in the 70s. and then a smaller chance later this afternoon. and if one does get going, may have a thunder and lightning going. otherwise, partly sunny today. still steamy. afternoon highs in the low 90s. by mid afternoon to late afternoon. and then the lower humidity moves in tonight and into tomorrow. i'll be back in ten minutes, your first4 traffic on this monday morning with danella now, good morning. >> good morning. thanks, tom. if you're traveling in our area, things look really, really good as we che

washington county. in toward the panhandle of west virginia. another storm that's just developed to the west of winchester, and more down to the south. right now not a whole lot going on. you don't see a lot of lightning, but we're still watching storms back to the west. this is a severe thunderstorm warning, and these storms are trying to move our direction. we're not out of the woods yet, but for the evening hours, the next couple hours, i think we'll be okay. if you do hear thunder or see lightning, make sure you get inside right away. the best chance of stores will be south and east of washington, down towards southern maryland. 67 in leesburg, 69 in cull beper, not a bad night, but a few showers and few storms tomorrow, highs in the upper 80s, more sunshine to the west, chance of storms out to the east. >> thanks, doug. >>> so we've got the first rg3 game, the first preseason game out of the way. >> absolutely so. he's got that first one under his belt. as a matter of fact, preseason football generally really is borg, isn't it? a 7-6 win u

lay off anybody but you have to survive and what is going on coming out of washington is killing our way of life in west virginia we have so much potential. and that word can is in my vocabulary. i was involved in the chiliian mine rescue. it is time to rescue like we did in chile. there is a brighter future for our state and nation. from the top of the ticket down in west virginia we have great folks running. not just me. it will be a great year and we can turn our nation and state around with great leadership. >> mike: thank you for joining us and best of luck in this election. >> thank you for having me, governor. >> mike: we will talk to coal miners in west virginia and ile ask them what has to be done to happen in order to save their jobs. we will talk about it with them, when we come back. ♪ ♪ i'd do anything for you, dear ♪ ♪ anything 'use you mean everything to me ♪ ♪ i'd know that i'd go anywhere ♪ ♪ for your smile ♪ anywhere ♪ yes, i'd do anything ♪ anything for you ♪ >>> in america, we celebrate people who are smart and try and make themselves smarter and people who work hard and use their hard bork w

washington, baltimore, into most of northern virginia. even the panhandle of west virginia. best chance for severe weather. once again, just a slight risk here. a 30% chance of severe weather in this region. so you want to watch out for that during the day tomorrow. here's why. we've got that area of low pressure off to the west that will make its way in here. we'll see scattered thunderstorms during the day tomorrow and maybe even on wednesday. although the front should be far enough to the south and east where most of the storms should be. we'll watch out for wednesday, too. could be some showers during the afternoon on wednesday. tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy with isolated showers possible. maybe even a rumble of thunder. take the umbrella. 66 to 76 degrees. as you make your way through tomorrow afternoon. 85 to 90 degrees. mostly cloudy. thunderstorms likely and some of them, once again, will be on the strong side. next couple of days, i think we're going be seeing things down at the beaches. looked pretty good tomorrow. chance of rain on wednesday. pretty good chance

of august, but west of us there have been storms popping up through late afternoon, especially in parts of washington county. strong this sell right now appears to be out in west virginia. the system, according to radar, is moving off to the east at 22 miles per hour work. it may push its way over towards frederick of the next couple of hours. in the immediate baltimore area, no severe weather threat, but we will watch the storms drifting in from the mountains to see if the impact our area. as far as precipitation goes, in hours, showers ar12 little more concentrated and heavy down to ocean city. spotty showers are now popping up west of us, and that is where we're picking up on light precipitation and accumulation so far. there is the potential for that drifting into the baltimore area overnight. even cooler underneath some dicker cloud coverage to the shore. when the sun breaks through, it gets hot. 90 in frederick. the higher elevations, clouds and showers keeping them cooler as well. around town, lows ranging from 64-72. early on, the potential for scattered storms. in the overnight hours, showers should clear. sunset's this evening with light wind. heat in the mid

washington area. off to our west there are storms ohio, getting begin in west virginia and kentucky. that's a cold front. with all the sunshine we have region, that is atmosphere.g our it looks nice with sunshine, but not such a good thing. the more sunshine, your chance of strong to severe storms. it adds to the instability of the atmosphere. we have a slight risk of severe storms today. in terms of risk factors, a line, dusty, damaging wind locally. that seems to be the biggest threat. that's followed by flash floods. more heavy rainfall today. hail is the next biggest risk afternoon. locally, around sunset. earlier, to the west. locally, don't anticipate much until around and sunset. this will last into parts of the nighttime and when you wake up have aw morning we will showers, especially along and east of 95. and by saturday afternoon. clear skies by sunday. >> i like that. >> with lower humidity on sunday. >> organizers are hoping the weather does hold out for the fair openings, prince and montgomery county. stand in arlington as well. that's one continues through the thomas je

>> we still have severe thunderstorm warnings for washington county which includes berkley county in west virginia. live doppler 9000, you have time to take precautions. lower the umbrellas and bring in loose objects because we run the risk of severe weather later tonight. we'll talk about the weekend forecast. >> up next, there has been another deadly attack on u.s. troops in afghanistan. we'll tell you about it and more coming up. >>> in the war in afghanistan, yet another attack on coalition forces by the afghanis trying to help. in the latest violence today, an afghan police officer opens fire on his u.s. trainers. three u.s. marines are killed. the taliban is claiming responsibility for an earlier suicide bombing that took the lives of four americans. >> i cannot give you the specific details for this investigation since it's still ongoing. we take them very seriously. they're very tragic but they do not reflect the overall situation here in afghanistan. >> according to the associated press, 30 coalition troops have been killed by afghan soldiers or taliban militants in disguise. after openin

west virginia and maryland where temperatures are in the 60s. our northern suburbs. and into our western suburb as well. farther west, only in the 60s. 70s right around washington. uthern maryland, much of virginia. lower eastern shore. low to mid 70s. and day planner, we'll have our temperatures by 6:00 this morning. it's still hovering in the low to mid 70s. may be an isolated shower to the south of us. otherwise, a dry morning. might have a shower south of d.c. around noontime. low and mid 80s by then. partly sun my. partly sunny the rest of the afternoon. temperatures by mid afternoon, near 90 by 5:00, down to the upper 80s to near 90. and then into the 70s by dawn tomorrow. four-day forecast, humidity returns wednesday, thursday, and friday. and the greater chance of mainly afternoon storms each day. and then maybe saturday morning, a lingering shower. but otherwise, weekend looking better. lower humidity. highs in the 80s. i'll be back in ten minutes. a look at your first 4 traffic now. good morning. >>> good morning. tracking breaking news on i-66 as you head eastbound. approaching george mason drive. crash there. at last check, blocking all of your lanes.

west and north of washington, a clear sky. and under that clear sky is where we have some patchy fog forming some of the rural areas of northern maryland, western maryland, panhandle of west virginia, parts of the shenandoah valley where many of these locations are down into the 50s this morning. closer to washington in prince george's, arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties in the low 60s, right near 70 in washington, eastern shore, northern neck where they're getting those sprinkles it's in the 60s. four-day forecast, storm team 4 forecast here for the next several days, delightful summer weather! not too hot, not too humid, great beach and pool weather, highs 80s each day, morning lows 60s, slight chance of an afternoon shower or thunder shower saturday and sunday, but a greater chance tuesday, wednesday next week. i'm back in ten minutes. "first 4 traffic" now with danella. good morning! >>> good morning. right now i'm watching i-95 northbound at prince william parkway. had a multivehicle crash here blocking your left lane, but now it has moved over to the right shoulder lane. you can see police are on the scene and the cars are lined up. you are hitting the brakes as you mak

west of washington. in the pleasant 60s. that's where some of the lower humidity is now beginning to move in. shenandoah valley. panhandle of west virginia. just to our south, a few sprinkles from near fredericksburg and maryland, it's a dry morning and we will have somewhat lower humidity in place here throughout much of the day. here's your day planner. by 5:00 a.m., we still have a few showers south of the metro area. otherwise, partly to mostly cloudy and near 70. by nontime, we'll still have a few scattered showers in southern maryland around fredericksburg. elsewhere, partly sunny, mid 80s. mid 90 during the middle part of the afternoon. rather humid. not oppressively so. just a few clouds in and out during the rest of the afternoon. back down to the upper 80s by early evening. i'll be back in ten minutes. a look at storm4 radar. right now, here's a look at your morning traffic with danella. >> good morning to you. your first4 traffic report, we're going to head over to virginia and check out the beltway. we have work zones in place. they're all on the outer loop. first one is at the dulles toll road. only the right lane gets you b

west virginia. virginia ranks 15th on the list of most obese states. maryland is 22nd. washington, d.c. is near the bottom. they're at number 47. >>> coming up next, howard with the forecast. >> jc, still considering the threat of severe weather for the afternoon. i'm going to let you know when that may happen and when you should be paying attention the most. let's talk about the allergy update as we go to break. that really hasn't changed from yesterday. the numbers are down ever so slightly. tree pollen, grass, weeds, mold are all moderate. i'm looking ahead to some nice changes over the weekend when 9news now returns. [ male announcer ] the choice on debt... mitt romney's plan: huge tax cuts for millionaires, tax breaks for oil companies and corporations that ship jobs overseas, adding trillions to the deficit. president obama's plan: a balanced approach that asks the wealthy to pay a little more, eliminates tax breaks for outsourcing and oil subsidies, cuts government spending, and reduces the deficit by four trillion. two plans. your choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve