and the humidity starts to drop tuesday night into wednday. our bes chance of rain is looking to be on tuesday. so, here's a look at the rain chances right there. we can see, we're dry through much of the morning. we will have showers possible. right around 90 degrees. a 60% chance for thunderstorms.e esday, thursday, friday, tnshine and low humidity. >> look at roads right now, guys. in the district. roosevelt bridge blockedy the crash was still in the outbound lanes. but imbound is being impacted here. alexandria here, holmes run wa parky, between north van dorn and north paxton. they are pushing around this. that connection is closed. this is just cleared. all lanes block blocked.d and that sho be out of the way in the next couple of te minu >>> orioles fans, take a good look at this. it might be one of the last times manny catmachado. when he didn't come back on the field, it was humored that he was traded in the big game. there' h a good chance will be leaving baltimore before the all-star break. he's been in particular sincebe ing crafte

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again, through wednday. take a look, here's your ten-day igrecast. low 80s for today, tomorrow and wednesday. thursday, the sunshine finally returns with a mix of clouds and sun. we'll kp it dry. maybe a shower or thunderstorm friday i'm not super impressed with that chance. sunday as the day wears on, wee could rain moving back in. and then next week, we have more showers to deal with inhe forecast. >> the dry spell will be short-lived. >> yes. >> thank you, amelia. >>> we've got the lowest moment in my life whe i just wished they had a button they could press immediately to art minute friends and and my family members tosay, hey, i'm not okay. >> that idea spaed others to help oers aroundth >>> our kids may not want to hear this,ut in a couple weeks they are heading back to school. as parents we have to start to plan now. thtax-free holidays in virginia and maryland are just around the corner. virginia three-da sales tax holiday starts on friday, august 3rd maryland's five-day tax-free holiday begins on sunday, august 12. the district did away with

tuesday, wednday, thursday, friday and saturday. now, wednesday i think we'll actually see a mix of clouds and sun and that could help to fire upor stronger thunder later in the day on wednesday. rain and storms at times on thursday and the chance for some thundershowers and thunderstorms later on friday. sunday, erika, finally looking nice with dry weather and high temperatures near 90. >> that a stark contrast on the back se of the ten-day forecast. >> great point. >> the tsa is bringing a hue-tech security scanner and state of the art will be installed at b wye at dulles airport. it's called checkpoint ct. th system applies to e phisticated algorithms to find explosives and cred images that are easier to read than the current security scanner the designers of the checkpoint ct believe it will speed up ndsecurity lines require people to check fewer bags. >>> a delay at union station, and we're not talking about the trains. an internal review plans to make it upgrade the station risk delays and huge cost increases. the amtrak offic

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her close family in thelu hospital ing her former boyfriend who was seen heading in to visit her on wedndayck siven spiral. >> natalie morales for us in l.a. thanks. >> we are rooting for her. >>> we're going to turnover to dylan dreyer. >> good morning again. we do have this area of high pressure that is going to keep the heat goingn the southwest and even the northwest too. it's kind of stuck in place. scattered record high temperatures are once again tikely today. taking a look some of the highs. 118 in palm springeg san even 90 degrees, an area under a heatis ay. same in las vegas. if you go to the north west, we're still hot. portland 91. redding california 110. this heat will continue at least through monday all across the west coast including up into portland and up into seattle where temperatures will be staying in the 90s. temperatures will stay hotter in the southwest all the way through perhaps the middle of next week. l.a. staying up around 90 degrees through monday. las vegas around 105 to 110. these temperatures almost 5 to 15bove average. >>> good thursday morning. 73 degrees