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when it lifts off a west springfield high graduate will be on board.cted to blast off early tuesday morning, heading for the international space station. fat rick forester will work as a mission specialist. he graduated from west springfield high back in 1975. >>> caught on camera, a high speed boat chase on ground. not the kind we're used to seeing. cops in connecticut tracked the driver with speeds up to 95 miles per hour until he lost control. the man was a long time customer at an area boat dealership and had his heart set on that boat but someone else bought it first and when he found out, they say he hooked up the boat to his truck and took off. police arrested the heart- broken boater after he crashed. >> and now no one has the boat. >> it's a mess. >>> and let's head over to brian bolter for a look at what is next on the news edge at 6:00. >> that's a funny story, i enjoyed that. not funny for everybody involved, including the boat. >>> we're working on the investigation into the d.c. police department. cops accused of forging signatures to boo

. >> in 1973, not forest second basemana second baseman at west springfield high school. his coach was ron tugwell. 36 years later, the coach is retired, walks back on the field where he first met forester. >> he was pretty popular. >> this is pat and he is an escort to the sweetheart court and the sweetheart dance. >> most people remember forester as smart. he was a memberof the national honor society and when he graduated in 1975, he went on to west point. it would be 30 years before coach tugwell learned what became of his old second baseman. >> he gave me his card and i didn't look at his card initially. then i saw on his card that he was an astronaut. >> he is days away from his third space shuttle flight. >> i'll be ms1. it's great to be down here and we are looking forward to a great mission. >> he logged over 600 hours in space, including four space walks. but this mission forester will stay inside the shuttle. now it's his turn to coach a new crop of space walkers and his coach couldn't be more proud. >> on behalf of all of the spartans to wish the best of luck.

patrick fesrte graduated from west springfield high school. >>> there's more angst about how soon the swine flu vaccine will be available. a government pan sell saying that up to 90,000 americans could die from the h1n1 virus. tracie potts has more on how hospitals are bracing for a possible rush of patients this fall. >> reporter: with school back in session, the flu is already starting to circulate. carnegie melon in pittsburgh put its campus on alert. 18 students have already reported flu-like symptoms. >> seems to me that everyone in my dorm has a cold right now. so i don't know how to tell the difference between who has swine flu and who doesn't. >> reporter: a panel of scientists advising president obama says nearly 2 million americans could end up in the hospital with h1n1. 300,000 in intensive care. the panel predicts some hospitals could be overwhelmed. >> we do have a plan in pla for bed capacity. and diversion of patients. but staffing is going to be the biggs problem. >> reporter: since the vaccine will target among other school children the government wants schools to hos

he's a graduate of west springfield high school and the university of virginia. >>> the fight against aids and- takes to the streets this weekend. the numbers here are staggering in our area. the whitman walker clinic says 5-6% of the district's population lives with aids or hiv. this weekend radio personality big tiger is heading up the third annual ride for life. thousands of bikers from all over our area are expected to be there. it starts sunday at rfk stadium and ends with a grand finale at six flags america at noon and there is more on myvoicedc.com. >>> in an hour from now, a synogogue will be filled with worshipers. >> and you might be surprised who they are. we have more. >> reporter: they may lo like the ultimate odd couple. >> the only thing straight and narrow about us. >> reporter: but for rabbi and this monk, this is a natural extension of the faith. >> we share the community together and we share the same parks and schools, we share the same leaders in our government, we share the same security around us. >> reporter: so when the rabbi learned that the muslim society ha

patrick for of ther will be a mission specialist on board the shuttle discovery. ' grade swat of west springfield high school and the university of virginia. he has flown on two previous shuttle migs to the international space station. >> good luck. pretty cool. >>> getting starbucks might cost you a few more bucks soon. they have announced some changes. >>> a bust at a local mall. what undercover officers make a faux find. >>> live pictures here from sky fox. a fire at a town house on featherwood street. nobody is hurt but you can seat damage below. they believe the fire started on the back deck and then spread to the home. more details coming up. it is now 12 minutes past the hour. dad, could you help me build a sand castle? sure, pal. let's just find a good spot. [ dramatic music plays ] a big day at the beach with the legendary taste of dunkin' donuts coffee on ice. this looks like a good spot. you kin' do it. america runs on dunkin'. treat yourself today with an authentic caramel swirl iced latte. >>> we want to take a look out in the atlantic as hurricane bill moves a little bit closer to t

retired army colonel patrick forester and graduated from west springfield hi. >>> coming up in our broadcast, government planning to use webcast to distribute important information about the swine flu. >> on the golf course, tiger woods is back. he is doing okay. the redskins competitive on the field and off the field especially when it comes to who is the best dressed. plus, the players love chris cooley's fat-head. see what we are talking about. >>> you don't care about any other preseason game all year long. it is a fair bet that pretty much everybody is going to be watching tonight. won't they? >> there will be a lot of eyeballs. that's for sure. easily the most anticipated game in the preseason. michael vick back on the field for the first time in more than would years. last night vick had a conversation with the mentor tony dungy. former colts coach told vick not to overreact to how people react to you. that remains one of the biggest questions going into vick's eagles debut tonight. how will the fans react? history says if struck plays well, then the fans will quickly forget about eve

>> reporter: in 1973, pat forester was a sec baseman on the junior varsity baseball team at west springfieldschool. his coach was ron tugwell. 36 years later, the coach retired and walks back on the field where he first met forester. >> he was on the small side. i remember him being likable, coachable, athletic. >> reporter: he was also popular. >> this is pat and he's an escort through the sweet heart court and the sweet heart dance. >> reporter: most people remember him as smart. he was a member of the national honor society and when he graduated in ' 75, he went on to west point. it would be 30 years before coach tugwell ever learned what became of his old second baseman in he gave me his card and i didn't look at the card initially and saw he was living in houston and then i saw on his card he was an astronaut. >> great to be down here and we are looking forward to a great mission. >> reporter: forester logged 600 hours in space, including four space walks, but this mission forester will stay inside the shuttle. now his turn to coach a new crop of space walkers and his coach couldn't be

the virginia native learned to love science in the classrooms of west springfield high school.e graduated in 1975, and now friends and neighbors in that community are talking about their local hero. >> yeah, it's pretty amazing. people have dreamed, they fulfill them, and it's pretty cool he's an astronaut, you know? >> forerester says he is very excited to work with his team. the astronaut will travel to the international space station aboard space shuttle discovery, and the lanche date is august 24. >> good for him. it is 6:17 on a friday morning. time for traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> let's start with jim russ and find out the latest on the roadways on a friday. >> most recent action we've got on 95 is going to be northbound, northbound, north of route 3 in fredericksburg. vehicle ran off the road, and you'll find a brief delay getting past that. about 40 miles north of that, this is springfield, and we're looking pretty good here heading past the beltway on 395. now we'll go to a map and show you a new crash down by the washington navy yard. this is on ninth stre

off the pad utnautl be carrying anrost a from our area, patrick forester who graduated from west springfield high. >>> the fact that a coroner in california found that michael jackson's death was a homicide could mean criminal charges against his doctor. dr. conrad murray has told police he administered a mix of powerful drugs to treat jackson's insomnia just hours before jackson died. a law enforcement source tells nbc news that jackson's death was caused by the anesthetic propofol. combined with at least two sedatives. investigators are also looking into the doctor's actions following jackson's death. dr. murray's cell phone records showed he made three separate calls lasting 47 minutes after jack jackson stopped breathing but before anybody called 911. lawyers for dr. murray say that at least four other doctors were also prescribing drugs for jackson. and that those lawyers are looking forward to reacting to the coroner's report once that report is officially released. >>> still ahead in this broadcast, we are going to tell you about a new police chief in virginia who is making history. >

looks like not a lot of activity there just a few pop up showers and thunderstorms south west of the springfield, illinois notice. then over to detroit south of flint with rain there relatively quiet night. warm side of things. 86 in baltimore. 85 in dc. 87 counsel there in fredericksburg and temperatures getting into the lower 90's as we get into tomorrow. so tonight looking at partly cloudy skies with temperatures at 78 degrees with northwest wednesday at 5. south flow tomorrow with winds out of the south heating it up out there. how long the heat will stick around coming up in the 7 day forecast. >> state of the art ballpark coming to baltimore city thanks to the ripken family. they will bring 5 ballpark to baltimore neighborhood. one will be built at the site of the old memorial stadium. foundation which is run by cal junior of course will spend about 6 million dollars open these projects. >>> laguardia coming back for more "american idol". up next. huge amount the show fourth judge was asking to get paid for season no. 9. >>> and from singer to actress [ female announcer ] new swiffer wet j

. >> and we have a delay a mile west of the springfield inner change and you're doing the bumper to bumperl road, there's a an exit on route 7 and 66 is slowed and again, 50 and 123 to the beltway. here we are, live, out of rockville, heavy and steady south of 28 towards the split. topside, outer lupe, slowing 95 to georgia avenue and w parkway, trouble with an accident and backed up to powder mill road. here we are live, 395, coming around the curve to seminary road and all of the lanes are open and the pace improved there. there's a crash in the center of the roadway there. that's a check of the on-time traffic. >>> the 77-year-old, ted kennedy died last night. he was the last surviving son of the country's most glamorous family and we're joined now with a washington post staff writer. thank you, the core of the book looks into why the kennedy's dove into the public service the way they did. what did joe kennedy teach his children, they were wealthy, why did they go into the government. >> he gave them a trust fund of a million dollars and said, don't worry about living, i just want you

ill weckoubat of the picture now w anshow you not just springfield under the gun but firi uptoup the west here down from manassas and again moving an0 he steastnoasrt 3t he ins hour s lk onlortfolks in lorton you llwi be seeing this. what are we talking for the afternoon, show you the radar loop. this is just e a loofexpect a l moving in here. this is nothing to do with danny but the air mass that is fueling danny is alinfusog el es h s fehi tct affrom dersthunderf rnteunafn ooti aftern2:00unm. 00a. a.m. tonight. i'll break down the details of the weekend weather. if you are heading to the beach or staying right here i have important stuff you need to know and i will have that in a few minutes. >> thank you very much. >>> we may never know if the problems with the water main that burst along river road last year are putting other pipes at risk. of course you may remember this scene of water gushing down the montgomery county street last december. well, today, officials with the washington suburban sanitary commission say the inspection records for that water main may have been thrown away

the busy ride is on the west side from the springfield interchange. 95 northbound toward 66. the problem is two separate accidents. the first at braddock road on the right, thenoy crash on gallows road on the left side. it is a slow go from springfield toward 66. slow exit on 66 traveling through manassas. 50-123, nutley street to the beltway slow. southbound 273, no accidents from rockville toward the split. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> ready for some football? it is time. tonight is the night the redskins kick off the preseason schedule in baltimore. kick offset for 7:30 tonight. among the redskins you won't see tonight, haynesworth, portis and moss. but you will see marcus mason. he was the leading rusher in last year's preseason, gaining 317 yards but he was cut by the redskins. he was on the practice squad for the ravens and the jets but the redskins like him enough, they brought him ck again for his third shot to make the team. the coach says he has a good chance. so much for being the friendly confines of wrigley field. in

things will be slow heading west from college park towards colesville wrote. springfield's 95 looks good. 66, two incidents are making traffic quite slow. >> we are showing you some of the energy down to our south and west which is working its way toward the metro area. these are pretty light. we will look for some of the showers to work their way across the area. there may be a little thunder and light rain mixed in. most of us are in the mid-70's. we will be into the mid to upper >>> washington, d.c. police are investigating several shootings in southeast. two men were shot on 24th street ound 12:30 this morning. one man was killed and the other was hit in the leg and it expectedo survive. four other people were shot in separate shootings. >>> a group will rally outside the white house today to give metro $130 billion to refurbish their system. there was another embarrassment for metro. a worker is off the job after testing positive for drugs. matt brock has the story. >> another morning, another day of concern commuters on metro. a 10-car train, one operator assembled th

he's in springfield, virginia, and the international space station will make another pass from west-southwest at 5:36 to the northeastern sky early tomorrow morning. there's the heat, pat. 90 degrees out here. it is hot. we'll be picking up more humidity over the next couple of days. 90s continue through wednesday at least of this week. on the radar, not much showing up. there might be isolated showers and storms coming our way tomorrow. and then more for wednesday. 71 to 73 is how we start the day tomorrow. look for a high of 93 degrees. the heat continues. wednesday, 92. thursday, storms at 90. then cooling off at the end of the week on friday. see you back here tomorrow. >>> if you're a penny-pinching parent avoiding restaurants these days, there is good news now. one national chain is trying to boost business with a bold new kids eat free deal. ihop is offering free kids meals foa month. they're trying to lure more families out of the house during these tough times. other restaurants areerff ogff kids eat free deals, o.to tomorrow night is a good night ry it. on tuesday nights at the a be

kansas city, springfield you'll see storms. flyby, east to west this morning. are thunderstorms that will pop up into the southeast as well and will contain heavy rain. dallas, the heat is on at 100 degrees and slightly cooler even though it's 95 degrees in Ñi >> another hot and humid day n the way. and looks like it will stick around. look at the express forecast. temperatures i the low 80's, near 90Ñi degrees for the drive time home. it will increase our humidity levels. how about 92 degrees? better chance for thunderstorms late wednesday into >> so the great thing about this, robin, it's a lesson in complete sustainable living. how gray water works, how to collect solar power. how to collect your own rainwater right here on one project. >> wonderful. i was driving back from connecticut along west side highway and saw that pod. i'm like what in the world is that thing? now we know. >> yeah, you can see it from the road, yep, yep. >> keep working, sam. we'll get back to you. >> burning those calorie. >> yes, you are. >>> but now to celebrity snooping. we're le

kansas city, springfield you'll see storms. flyby, east to west this morning.nderstorms that will pop up into the southeast as well and will contain heavy rain. dallas, the heat is on at 100 degrees and slightly cooler even though it's 95 degrees in spokane. the southwest is slightly >> so the great thing about this, robin, it's a lesson in complete sustainable living. how gray water works, how to collect solar power. how to collect your own rainwater right here on one project. >> wonderful. i was driving back from connecticut along west side highway and saw that pod. i'm like what in the world is that thing? now we know. >> yeah, you can see it from the road, yep, yep. >> keep working, sam. we'll get back to you. >> burning those calorie. >> yes, you are. >>> but now to celebrity snooping. we're learning new details about that bizarre break-in at the home of the surrogate mother for actress sarah jessica parker. believe it or not, two ohio police chiefs have been charged and could face more than a decade in prison. abc's andrea canning has more. >> reporter: s

springfield. the activity now gone. inbound new york avenue, nice and clear right now as you continue west of bladensburg road headed into. but getting there, that will be a tough ride for you. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> learning has never been limbited to the classroom. is morning, fox 5's beth parker shows us how one man inspired by something in his own childhood is showing children something a whole new way on-line. >> reporter: from his home in great falls, virginia, eric gar finkle is sending kids around the world. >> if we can inspire young people to find their interest and path and to think about how they can make a difference in the world, then we can make the world better place. >> has been a lawyer, businessman and an stand secretary of commerce but in some ways, he is still a kid. oo that is the ebgidfru the '64 fair which is a seminal event in my life. >> he grew up in queens just one subway stop down from the 1964 world's fair. that experience inspired him to create this internet fair called wonder rotunda. kids can travel from africa's serengeti right into the human digestive system.

west commuters. you're forced to make an exit onto route 40. braddock heights is now closed. 70 east is open heading towards frederick. northbound 395, and delays begin at springfield. notice i-395 kind of creeping and crawling. this is where we had an earlier accident. ft past duke street up to king street, it gets better. leaving urbana to the truck weigh station. >> thank you. >>> 6:13 on a very humid day. >> they are a great way to keep in touch, but they can get expensive. we will see some new ways to save on your cell phone bill when your kids head off to skill. >> t >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington," with doug mckelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, weather, and lisa baden, traffic. this is "good morning washington," on your side. bac>>> welcome back. public viewing continues today in boston where senator kennedy 's body lies in riposte. a private memorial will be held there tonight. the burial will be at arlington national cemetery. >> the redskins are getting ready to welcome the new england patriots to fedex field. kickoff is set for 8:00 p.m. tonight. >> the election voting continues in afghanistan. hamid karzai

west. capital beltway still moving nily. on the iter loop moving springfield through the outer loop.op to springfield, no hang-ups. elsewhere, s far, so good along i-270 out at the wilson bridge, no hang-ups. into town northeast and southeast corridors movingalong under a light but increasing volume of traffic. barbara, back to you. >> all right, thanks, jerry. >>> we begin at 6:00 a.m. with a story you're seeing first on 4. there are new details in the investigation of that massive fire that destroyed the home of well-known washingtonian peggy cooper cafritz. news 4 has learned that the washington area sewer authority has found no problems with water pressure and fire hide rabts near that area. you'll remember tt firefighters complained of pressure problems while fighting the fire. kimberly suiters joins us now with more on this story. good morning. >> good morning. reconciling different points of view here, what neighbors saw, what firefighters experienced and what wasa says actually happened. now, last week flames devoured the former school board chair's home and her vast art coll

. >> on new york avenue between ensburg and west virginia /montana, the building fire affected traffic and onlane is op. delays in springfield town. 270 looks better, heading south through the hyattsville interchange. >> the sky conditions across the yocityn s tycau see that we havy afternoon. the temperature will be in the mid-'80s with not much muddy mess. -- mugginess. there might be a few storms and the ones that pop-up may put down some heavy downpours. partly cloudy tonight and in the next couple of days, we see temperatures warming up to near 90. it is typical washington weather. >>> government leaders will meet today to discuss cleaning up the chesapeake bay. the epa will hold a hearing in frederick. it is one of several meetings aimed at working toward a date respiration strategy. -- bay restoration strategy. thank you for watching. we will be back aetna and. -- we will back at noon noo

legion bridge down to springfield, both directions of the beltway, travel lanes are open and moving relatively well. good news there. new york avenue, excellent news, the broken down at west virginia, montana avenue is gone. >> thank you very much. what the federal government is now asking businesses to do to get ready for a possible swine flu outbreak this fall. >>> the big announcement expected from the scottish government. why the man responsible for a terrorist bombing may well be releasedrom prprison today. >>> updating the top stories in the news for today, all lanes of i-95 are back open in prince george's county. there are overnight lane clures so crews can work on the intercounty connector. >>> new credit card rules take effect today designed to protect consumers against sudden rate hikes and big fees. cardholders now will get 45 days notice before their rates are increased. they will also get their statements at least 21 days before a payment is due. >>> and the polls are open in afghanistan for that country's presidential election. one of the first men to cast his ballot was afghan president hamid karzai. he is expected to win re-election. thousands of polls ar

springfield. that has been taken care of. in maryland, there is a tractor- trailer that turned over on the exit ramp from 95 north to go on to 32. the exit ramp 432 west is block. if you go to baltimore, the interstate is open. the tractor-trailer was carrying a heavy load and it will be a lengthy cleanup. stick with michigan ave. up- rhode island avenue. let's go to the weather center. >> upper 60's and low 70's. it is a humid day today but not much in the wake of sunshine. let's take a look at the maps. there is not much in the way of sunshine for the next couple of days. temperatures will be an adult opera 60's and low 70's tonight. it will clear to night and 80 tomorrow. you will feel the heat and humidity by the end of the week having the right tools is crucial to being able to manage your diabetes properly. it's very important for me to uh check my blood sugar before i go on stage. being on when i'm feeling low can be like a rollercoaster. it does at times feel like my body is telling me to do one thing... and, my mind, my heart is telling me to do something else. managing my highs and lows is super important. with my contour meter i can rsonali