maria gutto, moon county west virginia organizer. as you come forward, i'll lay out the ground rules, like all our witnesses, your written testimony will appear in full in the written records, so i ask that you keep your oral statements to under five minutes. our microphones are not automatic, so you have to press the button to start. i'll also explain how the timing light works. i. >> my name is art kirkendaal, i am a representative of the deep south of west virginia. prior to being nominated to senate, appointed to senate and i'm the democrat nominee this year, successful, i was on the county commission local for 30 years. and so disturbing regarding the laurel permit back in 1998, we had a real tussle over there about the opportunity to mine coal, and as a commissioner, you set the budget for all the public works depends on you. the school kids depend on you the ability to have life in a rural county. so when this permit was dispanted. we lost 400 quality jobs, $29 million back in 1998 in direct payroll, if you do the other jobs t

east, west, appalachian, logan county, west virginia, and farmington, new mexico. americans should be deeply concerned with this trend and the administration's ongoing effort to retroactively pull permits, destroy jobs, and hurt the economy. today we'll hear from folks interested in talking about other topics than the addition regard for the law as dem strait itted by the epa in this instance. there will be distractions about water quality and the general process of mining. none of that is the topic of today's hearing. today is about a reckless administration and an agency that believes it is above the law as they crusade against domestic jobs and domestic energy. i will now recognize the ranking member from new jersey, representative holt, for five minutes for his opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mountain top removal mining can be one of the most destructive practices on earth for the health of local communities, our climate, and our environment. according to the environmental protection agency since 1992, nearly 2,000 miles of streams have been fill

if i had to go through an army of west virginia in. i don't want to say mutants but. ok but i mean that would deter me a little bit i would think twice before you know trying to take on terrorists or two or whatever they really wanted to remind guys she's incredibly annoying and everyone gets sick whenever they see or how ok i want to know is that we it's a big day in washington and we talked earlier about health care about i just i really wanted to get this so crazy if you were on twitter as most of us throughout the day were on twitter you might have seen quite a bit of tweets from people who said after the ruling came down that because they were so angry at it they were going to move to canada let me put a couple of these up on the screen we have a couple tweet i'm moving to canada obviously the united states doesn't know what they're doing anymore this used to be a great country pretty sad i think we have another one. go to hold up free healthcare for everyone screw this commie country i'm moving to canada with me ok. do they not realize that canada has a republic

my name is art kirkencall, i'm a senator from west virginia, which is in the deep south. prior to being am in nated to the senate and appointed to the senate and i'm the democrat nominee, and to be successful, i was on the county commission for 30 years, and so disturbing, regarding the law permit back in 1998 we had a tousle over there with the opportunity to mine coal and as a commissioner, you set the budget for the constitutional office holders in the county and everybody else and the public depends on you. the school kids and everybody depends on the ability to have the ability to have life in a rural county. so when this permit was disbanded. they shut down and we lost jobs and 12 million dollars in direct payroll. if you do the other jobs that support the coal industry and probably $100 million in the coal area and it was about $400,000 a quarter. i had to start cutting the budget and tighten things up because we got down to 72,000 in one quarter. now, when 20% of the budget is driving coal tax in an energy-producing county it's pretty, pretty tough. so during the

state senator art of west virginia state senate. the honorable karen, president and ceo institute for 21st century energy. miss maria gutto. as you come forward, i'll lay out the ground rules. like all our witnesses, your written testimony will appear in full to written record. i ask you to keep your comments to five minutes as outlined and committee 4a. you have to press the button to start. i also explain how the timing light works. you'll see the clock in front of you that starts at five minutes. when it's down to one minute, a yellow light appears and after the five minutes are up, the red light comes on. you may begin. thank you for being here. >> mr. chairman, i want to thank you and the committee for the opportunity. i'm a senator from west virginia representing the 7th central district, which is in the deep south. prior to being nominated to the senate or appointed to the senate, i'm the democratic nominee this year. i was on the county commission for 30 years. so disturbing regarding the permit back in 1998. we had real tus

to west virginia.and they're why i made our state my home. i've been proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with coalminers and we've done a lot of good things together over the years. for more than 36 years, madam president, i've worked to protect the health and safety of coalminers, everything from the historic coal act back in 1982 to mine safety laws, pension, black lung benefits, always with miners' best interests in mind. and despite what critics contend, i am standing with coalminers today by voting against this resolution. i don't support this resolution of disapproval because it does nothing to look to the future of coal. it moves us backward, not forward. unless this industry aggressively leans into the future, coalminers will be the big losers. beyond the frenzy over this one e.p.a. rule, we need to focus squarely on the real task of finding a long-term future for something called clean coal. that is possible. we have demonstrated that. that's been done in various places in the country right no

we normally have more flooding in west virginia.ing with when we have disasters, and, in this case, it was very high winds, that hit us, and, on top of the 100 degree-plus temperatures we're having and this is probably, i would guess, probably the largest electric -- counties we've had with 53 out of 55 counties reporting outages and is not a localized problems, one region but it is statewide and, it makes it difficult for those, you only have so many resources, and you... from one end to the other, when you a localized but in this case we are having to deal with a statewide situation. >> harris: how is this shelter situation, are you able to accommodate all of those people, you told me it is still 100° there? >> yes, all of our counties opened, we call them cooling centers, and they are the shelters, where people can go because they don't have air-conditioning and some of them are elderly people and what we have really concentrated on is looking at the nursing homes and hospitals and, to do what we can to make sure they have the po

mckinley of west virginia. mr. mckinley of west virginia moves that the managers on the part of the house at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the senate amendment to the bill h.r. 4348 be instructed to insist on the provisions contained in title 5 of the house bill relating to coal conbuggs residuals. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 7 of rule 22, the gentleman from west virginia, mr. mckinley, and the gentleman from california, mr. waxman, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from west virginia. mr. mckinley: mr. speaker, i yield myself seven minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for seven minutes. mr. mckinley: thank you, mr. speaker. concrete is a fundamental element of roads, bridges and infrastructure projects. an important element of concrete is coal ash. this is now the fourth time the house has affirmed and reaffirmed its support for the beneficial use of recycling coal ash. currently, the conference committee on h.r.

heavier rains coming from west virginia through the shenandoah valley. here's a look at our day planner. the showers are on and off at least through midday. mid-70s by 3:00 with upper 70s to perhaps 80 if we can okay out enough sunshine. i have real heat coming in the 7-day forecast. >>> thanks howard. not many people had heard of 26-year-old webb simpson before this weekend. now his name going in the history book. >> it was the final round in golf yesterday in san francisco. he finished early in the day. here he is with the putt on 18. jim furyk was in contention until the end of the day. he had two bogeys on the last three holes. webb simpson is your u.s. open winner. >>> game three of the nba finals last night miami hosting oklahoma city. lebron james scored 2 points and had 14 rebounds. miami topped oklahoma city. the heat now leads the series two games to one. >>> there is a little good news that came out of the weekend for nationals. fans reliever brad lidge is done with the team. this is good news because he allowed three runs friday and gave up a

we will hear an update on the spruce coal mine in logan county west virginia. this is one of the most disappointing legacies of federal bureaucracy in history. the obama administration agency can attempt to single handedly decide to pull permits which destroys jobs and cripples our economy and try to do this without consequence. at the heart of this issue the the lack of confidence in permitting by the federal government. if without cause an agency can veto issued permits then how can any company, contractor or concessionair have confidence to invest in america when their permit is not worth the paper its written on. fortunately u.s. district judge amy jackson found the e.p.a.'s action were a power grab not justified by the statute. the obama administration is committed to a war on coal and is appealing this clear decision. this appeal will consume tax dollars and time in our courts, and for what? to destroy good important jobs for americans. that's the goal of this administration's appeal. they want to destroy jobs and expand the power of the e.p.a. to have ne

right now, we have some showers and some thunder and lightning now moving into west virginia out of tennessee and kentucky and ohio. that is going to be staying to the west here this morning. closeup view of the radar showing a few light showers now. those little patchy areas of color on the radar, those are some light showers in fauquier county to southern prince william, stafford, spotsylvania. a cluster of moderate showers south of fredericksburg. these are advancing north and east, likely moving into the northern neck and heading to southern maryland the next hour or so. elsewhere, just cloudy. the areas in yellow, severe storm risk here. looks like the primetime will be 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. this evening. and this entire region includes all of west virginia, all of maryland, all of virginia, the district, up into pennsylvania. chance for those severe storms. some could produce damaging winds, hail, very heavy rain that may cause some flooding, and of course frequent lightning. stay tuned, we'll be keeping you posted on that. here's your day planner. maybe a few lingering showers throug

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yes, that does include all of west virginia, most of maryland and into northern virginia, all of northerncluding the district. this is what you can expect tonight. stormy conditions and the biggest concern, again, the severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 1:00 a.m. damaging winds with downed trees, power outages are possible here. that could really bring in some problems tomorrow. gusts could be upwards of 70 miles an hour next couple of days. high temperatures remain in the 90s tomorrow. again, around 100 degrees. >>> next up. bernard james was drafted by the cleveland cavaliers in the nba draft last night. that was at the prudential center in newark, new jersey. he was the 33rd pick overall. but that place erupted when his name was called. >> they were chanting usa because james is an air force veteran. he served in iraq and afghanistan. when he got out of the service he played some ball for florida state. at 27 he's a lot older than the other potential draft picks, that doesn't bother him. he said he values the discipline he learned in the military. earlier this weefk he told repor

. >> but first nearly two years after that deadly mining in, west virginia families are on capitol hill -- mining accident in west virginia families are on capitol hill still demanding change. >>> relatives of minors killed in west virginia's upper big branch disaster are meeting with members of congress today. they're calling on lawmakers to pass new mine safety regulations by july 4th. the national mining association opposes those new rules and the bill has been stalled in congress. 29 minors lost their lives in that west virginia mine explosion back in 2010. >>> a rescue operation on a much smaller scale caught on tape in arizona, a consistent pulled out of a drain outside a restaurant in peoria with a can stuck on its head. rescuers say they aren't sure how long he was down there. it did take a while to get his head out of the soda can. the kitty is expected to be fine but needs a new home. >>> a boston transit worker praised for his heroic act in rescuing a stuffed bunny. the mother of a 3-year-old wrote in a blog the stuffed animal fell from her daughter's stroller as they were ex

many locations in the west virginia. a few spots there be in the upper 30s here in some of the high lans in east central, west virginia. elkins, only 42 degrees now. dark green areas are in the 50s. that covers most of maryland, most of virginia away from the waters including southern maryland, parts of the northern neck. right around the bay, too. right on the water, it's in the 60s. but away from the bay, it's down into the 50s. by 9:00, though, near 70. 70s by noontime. lots of sun today. northwest breeze gusting to around 25 miles an hour. we ought to reach the low 80s by mid afternoon. low humidity in place. absolutely gorgeous day. i'll be back in ten minutes with a hometown forecast. danella, we've got traffic trouble. good morning. >> that's right, tom. big trouble on i-270 southbound in germantown road. the crash there just in the shoulder lane here, but the damage is done as you make your way southbound. the delays are pretty serious. seeing them at clarksburg road over eight three miles on i-270 southbound. ma

also, some afternoon thunderstorms from western pennsylvania to west virginia. still hot in chicago and in detroit, as well. stormy with heavy rain and flooding around fargo, omaha and minneapolis. hail and high winds in northern wisconsin and michigan. some thunderstorms in east texas. >> triple digits in phoenix. what's new out there, right? 70s from seattle to fargo. upper 80s in the south and the middle of the country. and 90s in the northeast. >>> still ahead this morning, minting millionaires. where most of the world's millionaires now reside. here's your first clue. it ain't the u.s. >>> plus, an on-air scare for a sports announcer. take a listen. >> what actually happened was, his henchmen. he's literally -- >> strange phrases like that. were they the sign of a stroke? >> wow. >>> also, the traveler who took revenge on a tsa supervisor, groping the agent, in fact. and getting, well, a one-day ticket, now, to court. >>> welcome back, everyone. new evidence this morning of just how bad things are in the job market. employers posted the fewest job openings

. >>> a west virginia woman is on to a walk to remember. she hiked the entire appalachian trail and that is ho to help others. when she's done, she will have walked through 2,000 miles through 14 states and he's more from her. >> always enjoyed hook, camping, backpacking. >> i sold my truck and left my job. i gave up my apartment and had a little apartment. i put a few things in storage and gave away everything else and i just left. >> very beautiful. and -- georgia. >> i am -- annie wise carver and i'm hiking the appalachian trail. i started in georgia and the trail ends in back to state park -- in maine. it's 2,084-miles this year. i wanted to do something big when i turned 50. i thought while i'm hiking it, i am going to probably -- i should blog it and i thought if i'm blogging, why don't i do some awareness for things i think are important. i have this intention for peace and every day when i get up and start hiking, you know, i set that intension and that will bring more peace into my mind and the minds of other people and into the wo

and morgan county, west virginia. so this is essentially the area that has been issued, now a tornado warning. it may be part of the case where our doppler is a little more sensitive than it used to be, a little better, but we've seen this storm kind of grow in intensity, really in the last half an hour. we've seen shear markers on it for 20 minutes so this storm i will take very seriously around pumpkin center. that storm, hopefully you're taking cover. paw-paw, hopefully you're taking cover. lar gent, taking cover. i'm going to scoot the radar off to the east and give you folks a little bit of a chance to take cover. piney grove, hancock, no doubt it's coming through. we're talking gusty winds at the very least, possibly a small tornado. this is 522. this is, of course, the interstate highway 68 out toward western maryland. so not a good time to be on that road as you get up toward garrett county in maryland. i'm going move down a little bit. now, they've also issued this entire line of storms, okay. so from paw-paw

and it's dipped down into the 40s, parts of west virginia, elkins, west virginia, 45 degrees. around our region we will have lots of sunshine through the morning hours by 9:00 we'll have just a few light breezes with sunshine. still very pleasant. low to mid swechbts by mid morning. then by noontime for your lunch hour, it's going to start getting a little hot. up around 80 degrees or so. we low 80 was a northwest breeze around 10 to 20. a few clouds popping up. during the afternoon, mostly sunny. we'll be reaching the mid and upper 80s for 3:00 to 5:00 to 6:00 and then drop back down to the lower 80s. then near 60 by dawn tomorrow. tomorrow, getting hotter and more humid. although still not really bad. up into the low 90s tomorrow afternoon. lots of sun. partly cloudy, hot and humid. torrid heat and sweltering humidity. friday, saturday, and sunday, each day near 100 degrees. the heat wave continues into the first part of next week, too. >>> danella, good morning. how's traffic? >> if you're traveling along route 50 things look good. earlier this morning in both directions on

elsewhere, west, we've got a mostly clear sky across much of virginia, into west virginia. rtly cloudy around maryland. 63 at reagan national. 50s throughout much of virginia and maryland. a cool start. may need to turn the heater on as we get going. only in the low 50s in the panhandle of west virginia. northern shenandoah valley into western maryland. for the rest of the day today, we have just a slight chance of an isolated shower or maybe a little rumble of thunder this afternoon. otherwise, partly cloudy, mid to upper 70s. overnight, another cool evening, down to the 50s tomorrow morning. a cooler day tomorrow. more clouds around, and still a slight chance of a shower or thundershower. highs reaching the low 70s. greater chance on wednesday. mid 70s after a cool start in the 50s. 50s against on thursday morning. a cooler than average week. average shy 81. average low, 63. we'll be in the upper 70s on thursday with a greater chance of showers and thundershowers. friday, saturday, sunday, looking terrific. highs reaching low to mid 80s each day with morning lows around 60

mostly low 60s most of maryland and virginia, and right near the waters on the potomac there at reagan national, 71, as well as annapolis on the bay. but farther westany locations, shenandoah valley, parts of the piedmont of virginia, parts of west virginia and western maryland in the 50s. but tomorrow, that's when we're really going to have the high heat. heat index for friday afternoon, 110 for all the counties in red, from baltimore all the way down to charlottesville, including the d.c. metro area. by noontime, we'll be near 90 degrees, but we'll still have low humidity but lots of sunshine. if you are going to be out and about for a length of time, you'll definitely need sun block and loose-fitting, lightweight clothing because it will reach the mid-90s by mid-afternoon. then the big humidity rolls in. sweltering humidity on friday, saturday and sunday, each day highs near 100. small chance of an afternoon storm tomorrow and saturday. a little greater chance maybe sunday afternoon and evening. and the heat and humidity continue into next week, although probably not quite as hot as the weekend. i'll be back in ten minutes with your "day planner

and into west virginia and the shenandoah valley. mid 60s in washington and later today, we'll be holding in the 60s throughout much of the morning hours with possibility of a passing shower. then by noontime, near 70. might have a shower or two by noontime. have an umbrella handy. afternoon, isolated chance. highs, mid 70s. i'm back with the hometown forecast in ten minutes. >>> 5:32 now. in just an hour at 6: 30 metro's new rush plus service will start. the effort is supposed to add more trains to some of the busiest lines. not everyone understands all of the changes though. >> to be honest, i've seen the signs and symbols. i don't know what it actually is. >> a lot of people i talk to say it's confusing because they're used to getting on the train and now they have to actually pay attention to what train is coming so they won't get on the wrong train. >> many trains are heading to new destinations. you need to pay attention to the destination signs so you don't end up at the wrong station. to help explain the changes, here's danel

you live in the panhandle of west virginia or traveling westbound into west virginia you may have to worry about rain there. perfect weather for father's day and for barbecuing and hammock napping. the only thing we know is that dad does not want a tie. so if dads get any unwanted ties, if they're a good to me, you can send mthem to me. i'm not a dad, so it's the only opportunity to get a tie. >> thank you. >>> the delays of your typical metro commute they be a thing of the past. starting tomorrow, they launch rush plus, one of the most drastic changes in history. we have all the details. >> reporter: good morning. starting tomorrow, metro is launching this program in hopes of reducing congestion and how many times you have to change the trains. first, there will be more trains on both the orange and yellow lines here. that's six more each hour, three in each direction. but the trains could be heading for different destinations so here's what you need to pay attention to. some of those orange line trains will now travel to largo town center on the blue line. and some on the blue line

lee metcalfe and bob mollahan of west virginia and some other i can't recognize from here.span: when we first started talking about all this you hoped that press and students and all would read this -- and why is it -- what does it matter? >> guest: well it matters a great deal. let me explain. the people in the media need to know the history of the united states senate if they are going to accurately report on it and interpret the day's events -- accurately interpret today's events in the light of history. for example, recently following the tower nomination vote i heard a very fine news reporter make the statement on a tv show. she was on a panel she said the senate will never be the same again. well, that reflected to me a lack of institutional memory. the senate's already the same again. i mean, those things come and go. that's why we need to read the history. we could see that in president tyler's time, for example. in 1843, tyler sent in the name of caleb cushing to be secretary of the treasury. and it was on march the 3rd. in those days congress wound up its work on

it has moved from west virginia into the heart of the metropolitan area. not only that, i don't want to get anybody over the alarm but there is another storm that has formed a similar location as this. it is bringing severe weather to chicago. at the current rate the storms are moving, remember, not only have we had exceptional heat, but many areas from kentucky to tennessee to south carolina also. it is the heat and the humidity that is the engine of these ferocious storms. what this will be leaving within the next hour, the next that is out there, around chicago could be arriving at 2:00, 3:00 in the morning. these are the clusters of storms. there is a much energy in the atmosphere. usually we think of thunderstorms, the heat, sunlight the ground war, there is so much energy in the atmosphere that these things have a life of their own that extends through the night time. look at the track of this. this next batch could be coming early in the morning. live doppler already the line of storms, that is the outflow the leading edge. 60, 70 miles per hour win

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these other areas of showers toward western maryland and west virginia. see this one north the cross junction. from hancock west on 68, we've had a lot of showers going on in the last couple of hours. temps, they are way up this morning. 79 in rockville and sterling. it's 73 to our west in haymarket and prince william county. to the east 78 in millersville. columbia 79 with 77 over at andrews. 82 in alexandria. and here in washington this morning kind of a neat sky. mostly cloudy. sunrise just a few minutes ago on our michael & son weather camera with 83 degrees and the heat index of 87. barely a breeze north at 3 miles an hour. jet stream dipping once again in the northern plains. the heat getting suppressed more to the south than east. we've got the showers and storms out here with the cold front. that cold front is going to be coming through later today into the evening hours. out ahead of it, though, the hot and humid air will be in place. we're looking at the scattering of showers and thunderstorms. i want to show you the future cast because this show

and drivers in west virginia are paying about a penny less at $3.64. prices will keep dropping well into the summer. >>> financial help to homeowners in northern virginia. nearly 1,000 people in prince william county and manassas and manassas park are eligible for refinancing as thanks to a $25 billion mortgage settlement. prince william county in particular reported more than 16,000 foreclosures during the housing crisis. more than 10% of all homes in the county. >>> new this morning, the vietnamese government will open three new sites to help search for american soldiers' remain from the war. defense secretary leon panetta says there are nearly 1,300 cases of missing american soldiers, and about 600 of those remain could be recovered. the announcement came as panetta and his vietnamese counterpart exchanged artifacts collected during the war. >>> 6:35 our time. ahead at 6:55, you have to see it. the alarm clock that will wake you up and get your heart racing. >>> an impressive display across the pond. >>> and major changes coming to metro. today, whe

petersburg, west virginia, 45 to start your day. 57. 68 along the water at reagan national. high temperatures today will be around 80 degrees. some morning clouds but over all a pretty pleasant day. tomorrow, high temperatures right near 80, give or take a few degrees, with low humidity. it will be comfortable through the weekend. >> new this morning, and twitter abuzz all night with pictures of a ufo spotted on the beltway in maryland. john gonzalez will tell us what was really happening. as someone who was stuck in the traffic last night, if aliens wanted to get as upset they would probably land somewhere on the beltway. >> the aliens would probably be in trouble in that traffic. this was the mysterious object in college park around midnight that had everybody buzzing and social networking sites had witnesses who claim they saw a ufo's and have pictures to prove aliens were invading maryland. and construction nearby on kenilworth avenue escalated matters as the traffic backed up for miles. this morning maryland state police which

in west virginia, drivers are paying about 3.60 this morning which is half cent drop. expect this dropping trend at the pump will continue into the summer. >>> virginia governor bob mcdonnell heads to europe later today for business and not pleasure. the governor will make stops in germany, switzerland, great britain and sweden as part of the nine-day economic mission. >>> before he leaves, the governor will be among those trying to build support for senate hopeful george allen on the eve of the state's republican primary. allen will appear this afternoon in ashburn. he lost the senate seat in 2006 and is up against three other gop candidates hoping to challenge democratic tim allen in the fall. people who want to vote in tomorrow's primary will not need to bring their i.d.s. the state's new voter i.d. law does not take effect until july 1st. >> we could soon learn what happened to amelia earhart 75 years after she vanished. a team of researchers will leave next month for a remote island in the pacific to determine whether earhart survived the apparent crash of her pla

the gentleman from west virginia. mr. rahall: madam speaker, i'm happy to yield to another valued conferee on our side, the gentleman from new york, mr. nadlerks one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for one minute. mr. nadler: thank you, mr. speaker. -- madam speaker, i rise in support of the transportation re-authorization conference report with mixed feelings. the conference report provides $105 billion over the next 27 months for highway and transit programs and will put about two million people to work at a time when we desperately need jobs. these funding levels are a great improvement from the original house bill and will allow transportation agencies to plan and construct projects important to the economy. the conference report also prevents student loan interest rates from doubling which is critical to more than seven million students. the transit funding formulas are focused on areas with the highest need and provide essential resources for the n.t.a. to make -- m.t.a. to

farther west, upper 60 nasdaq virginia and west virginia. though it's cooler, only near 60 there. the rest of maryland, eastern shore, lower part there, it's in the low to mid 70s right now. by 9:00, likely still be in the mid and upper 70s with some clouds building back in. there's a small chance of a shower mid morning but by noontime we've got a greater chance of showers, thunder and lightning. temperatures by then will be climbing around 80 degrees. by late arch we'll begin to clear out. the sky will turn breezy, too. we'll have gusts from 28 miles an hour. back down to around 80 by around sunshine which today is at 8:37. then by midnight, 60s and then this time tomorrow morning, the cool 50s. wonderful break from our high heat and humidity this time of year. tomorrow, breezy and sunny, dry. more of the same on wednesday. a little winds will be set 8ing down. getting hot around thursday. still not very humid. afternoon highs in the 80s. heat and humidity return for friday, saturday, sunday. highs in the 90s each day. a small chance of isolated afternoon storm. i'll ba back in

obama administration administration had done for west virginia.at this time, three high profile elected officials from west virginia saying they do not downtown she up. that is an indictment of the president's record. >>neil: we follow polls and react to polls, some brief them and some ignore them, and some cower through so a lot of the democrats in close contests could, but some of them interest me like this congressman from pennsylvania who thought he might have some conflicts but they turn out to be the objection hill agricultural kickoff, a farmer's jubilee. anyway, there is the county fair, so he is booked pretty much through that. that is just off beat humor there. what do you make of that? it is hard if them to say, look, the truth is, mr. president, you are in the popular, i am in the race of my life, i don't want to be near you. >>guest: that particular pennsylvania representative said he has had a focus of creating jobs. if that is your focus you do not want president obama around. he is talking about immigration and off talking about ga

elkins, west virginia, only in the middle 60's. here are your weather hide lines from the weather center, quiet and dry for this evening and comfortable morning for wakeup and then showers and thunderstorms west of d.c. for tomorrow. a full look at forecast and extended outlook coming up in a few minutes. >> steve, thank you. it was a nice morning for the annual susan g. komen breast cancer walk and run. i was happy to be one of the tens of thousands that laced up for the event. ben was there and has more from a family who has been affected more than once by the disease. >> i wish countries could be like this always time. >> katherine briggs, kitty to friends, met her husband in germany and he worked for the department of defense and she was a schoolteacher and from that moment 50 years ago, they've come a long way. >> it is hard on the caregivers. they are called cosurvivors. they don't know what to do. >> briggs, her mother and daughter all got breast cancer and survived. it has take an toll emotionally, physically and spiritually

certainly and west virginia panhandle.moving up toward haguerstown. the strongest activity locally is north of washington and also just moving out of harford county. northwest of conawingo and rising sun. that storm now moving away from our regions so they will be cancelled that warning any time now. we still have plenty of flash flood warnings in effect because of the heavy downpours. we've had 2-inches of rain here in tv hill in just about a two hour period. some areas have picked up one to three inches of rain. this afternoon alone and that's what's causing the flash flooding in several counties throughout the region. dc area and northern virginia as we. the strongest storm trapped between eastern and cambridge and lighter showers over on the eastern shore. so we'll be dealing with more activity tonight. once again, stay tuned, wjz.com all night long, we'll have updates for you. >> our weather coverage continues right after this. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? st

they are not close to town, but they are making a b line toward town and headed for west virginia. now western virginia. look at all the lightning and they have a lot of potential here for heavy rain and strong winds and perhaps small hail as it rolls through here. we have several hours, probably 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, even midnight before they hit the immediate metro area. they will go from west to east. they will go through winchester first and loudoun county and fairfax and then the district. so again, it's going to be several hours. i would lower your umbrellas and bring in small chairs and secure loose objects because some of these have strong winds and a history of producing heavy rains and frequent lightning as well. anita mentioned the records. we crushed the records today. temperatures are still pretty toasty. 101 was the old record. now it's 104. 102 is the new record at dulles. we fell short up in baltimore. they topped out at 103. the record high was 105. temperatures are still in the upper 90s in triple digits across the metro area. the heat index is over 110. we are look

is that the case in west virginia? >> in terms of paperwork processing, i would say so. that doesn't mean their educationally worse. it means we find more errors in those kinds of schools than we do in the private schools. at least, that's my experience. >> i share that. with respect to the visits we have done in the past and now the compliance surveys, i think that lines up exactly with what he said. my experience is exactly that. >> we're not getting good data then? we don't have access to good data? i'm just kind of at a loss here. let's try to get our mind wrapped around how big the problem is. secondly, how we approach and tackle the approach. that's going to be hard to do if you're telling me we're not getting good paper work in. >> i think it's a mixed bag. the issue is if we're not involved on the front side, think of it like a physician or a mortician. we're in the mortician's role. when we were the physician, we helped things. we fixed problems before they became big issues. with this change, we are definitely the mortician. we're not the engineer. we're the me

we'll hear from a west virginia environmental group and the new york chamber of commerce. and a session on the use of biofuels and alternative energy. the house oversight committee will decide whether to hold attorney general eric holder in contempt over chairman darrell issa's request for additional documents on the fast and furious program. the committee has been investigating the atf's so-called gun locking program which started under the bush administration and allowed weapons to be smuggled into mexico. coverage gets underway at 10:00 p.m. here on cspan 3. >> the epa says the project which requires mountain top removal would jeopardize the health of appalachian communities -- return of that epa decision. this hearing from earlier this month is chaired by colorado congressman doug lamborn. >> the committee will come to order. the chairman notes the presence of a quorum of committee member 3-e is two members. the subcommittee on energy resources is meeting today to hear testimony on obama administration's actions against the spruce coal mine, cancelled permits, lawsuits

it's dipped down into the 50s in a few location in highlands of west virginia. and for your monday, you might need an umbrella coming back home from work and school late today between now and then we'll have increasing clouds but a sunny morning. some high clouds thickening up a bit by noontime. by then we'll be into the low 80s. and then getting quite cloudy by mid afternoon. first showers may move toward the metro area maybe around 6:00 or 7:00 p.m. and maybe a little thunder and lightning. i don't think we'll have any severe storms with this system coming in. the main thing it's going to be rain. before any rain arrives, we'll hit mid 80s by mid afternoon. a look at your forecast again. i'm back in ten minutes. a look at traffic now. >> good morning. happy monday to you. if you are about to get out on the roadway, a couple things to look out for. traveling from the inner loop of the beltway, forced off and you'll have to get on 395 here. working on sign repair in that area and shutting down all of your lanes. let's head over to the beltway at i-66 from outer

elevations above 2,000 feet along skyline drive out of west virginia. only in the mid and maybe even low 40s and a few isolated spots there. 50, shenandoah valley. northern virginia. most of maryland, right near the bay waters and the potomac, low to mid 60s. later today, here's your four-day forecast. that wind is picking up. gusting to around 20 to 25 miles per hour on the northern west. that will be later this morning and during the afternoon. lots of sun today. low humidity. absolutely perfect june day. highs reaching the low 80s. another cool night tonight. 50s by dawn on wednesday. and another spectacular day tomorrow. definitely need sun block with this dry air. quick burn. highs reaching the mid 80s tomorrow. more humid on thursday and a little hotter, a little haze in the air. highs reaching the low 90s on thursday afternoon. then the big heat builds, does look like for friday, saturday, and sunday, each day into the mid, maybe even a few isolated places. high humidity each day, too. there's about a 30% chance of afternoon or evening thunderstor

western morgan county, that is in the panhandle of west virginia, a little further west into allegheny county. a separate run in a possible over eastern shenandoah county, seven frederick county, and northeastern page county. we have two for the price of one in the western fringes of the blue ridge to the potomac highlands on the eastern slopes of the allegheny. the town that up is paw paw. these are areas just to the north where we see the greatest risk for two possible tornadoes. there is some displacement. you see the bright red colors ahead. the indicators lagged behind. do not pay attention to the exact location of the circles right now. that segment that is brightly orange. >> we see a lot of rotation on the screen where the red and orange -- i mean the red and green. that indicates a good amount of rotation right toward old town. that is a really important spot. this is where the rotation is moving towards. ecb circulation. ecb read on top of the grain. i do not believe we have a funnel cloud being reported yet but we will stay on top of the reports. if that is the case that wil

and now moving into west virginia. all of that's going to stay to the west today. at least through the daylight hours. but right now, we have just a few sprinkles of light rain along interstate 95 from springfield all the way to fredericksburg and points west of there. a little bit east, sprinkles in st. mary's and charles counties. in the district, a cloudy sky now. just cloudy over most of maryland. but this zone in yellow, this is the severe risk zone. it does look like the primetime for any really strong storms is not until late afternoon, maybe around 5:00 or 6:00. that may continue through this friday evening. all the way until midnight. we could get strong storms with damaging winds, perhaps hail and maybe enough really heavy rain to cause localized flooding. it includes all of west virginia, virginia, maryland, and the district, pennsylvania, delaware. this is a large risk zone for late this afternoon and into this evening. day planner, just maybe a few sprinkles through mid morning. noontime, cloudy. then by 3:00 or so, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, maybe a passing th

and just about all of jefferson county, west virginia, and up into washington county, maryland, frederick county, virginia. lo loudon county getting some downpours and along the northern part of the blue ridge there in virginia also getting moderate downpours. metro area getting light rain to moderate rain as well as fairfax county and northern prince william. right fwhou temperatures are in the low to mid-70s and we'll warm up much more, maybe up around 80 degrees around the afternoon with passing showers and maybe a few flashes of lightning, as well. might reach low 80s to areas south of washington, but otherwise most areas in the 70s through the afternoon. could pick up an inch of rain, barbara. we'll look at when this is going to be ending and look at the rest of the week and the weekend, too. >> thank you, tom. >>> new this morning, d.c. police are investigating a series of stabbings and shootings in southeast washington. first around 7:00, a person was stabbed to death along 13th place. police say the man was stabbed in a parking lot. he was taken to the hospital where he later died

but this is an area of heavier rain now coming into west virginia. that is advancing north and east. it's going to pass well west this morning. right now, it's around the region, all these areas in the green in the 60s. near 70 washington by the bay. mostly 60s in virginia, maryland, and in west virginia and the eastern shore this morning. and then later today, here's your day planner. we will have maybe a few of these light showers through mid morning, cloudy after that. then mid-afternoon, we could get thundershowers. and then after that is a likelihood of strong thunderstorms from around 5:00 to 6:00 this afternoon into this evening. that's the time frame when some of the storms could be producing damaging winds and hail. and maybe even enough heavy rain to cause isolated flooding into your friday evening. the friday evening planner is coming up in ten minutes. back to you, eun. >> thank you very much. 6:02. >>> five children are in critical condition this morning after being run over in a driveway. the children range in age between 18 months and 1