the light sprinkles in eastern and west virginia.0s winchester and leesburg manassas 73. 78 on the bay and 79 down in reedville. 79 here in washington as well going to about 95 with a chance for a couple of strong storms south and southeast especially. inside to monika samtani. 6:30 with your timesaver traffic. >>> howard i just got word of an accident on route 32 west of route 108. you want to watch out for that. other than that we've been looking great. no problems to report inside the beltway here. vb parkway and route 50 through cheverly. no problems on route 50 out of annapolis. a live look outside right now and oxon hill south of the beltway inner loop is looking great. 210 to the wilson bridge and into alexandria all lanes are open right now. back over to the maps and this time we'll head over to the west side of town, on the dulles toll road to the beltway. 66 inside the beltway a little slow here. trying to get through the falls church area and across the roosevelt bridge. and one more last live look at the american legion b

staying in west virginia.he governor, earl tomlin, and his wife, joann, live with us this morning in charleston where food supplies are being distributed while we speak. so welcome and good morning to both of you. i see the sign thank you for your donation. both of you first just talk to me about this food donation drive. i know it was you, governor, and also the national guard, correct? so how successful was it? >> absolutely. we've had so many people coming out, a great outpouring of support. as you mentioned, the food banks were basically depleted. we were here until after 7:00 last night. we filled up several trucks and vans with food. this food will be going out across the state probably later today. but it's just once again west virginians helping west virginians. >> the director of the area huntington food bank said the storm couldn't have hit during a worse time. summer is the time when food banks don't have a lot of food in stock. people think the only time you should donate is during christmas and th

west virginia 600,000, ohio one million, d.c. of 7,000. vania 32,500, indiana 135,000, kentucky and north carolina minimally hit single greatest damage in the state of virginia 2.5 million people were without power earlier today. even at this late hour if you drive across northern virginia the suburbs of d.c., nine out of every traffic light -- out of every 10 traffic light without power. shopping centers are without power. it is no wonder authorities are telling people to be prepared for lasting a week in this intense heat without power. >> harris: that is brutal. doug, before we let you go i mentioned the fact that half of the deaths confirmed happened in that state. you have the story of one family particularly. >> reporter: yeah earlier today we were doing live shots a from here. a main thoroughfare down there, a big tree fell landed on top of a car crushing and killing a 26-year-old man while were doing live shots down there today his family showed up at the scene them are buddhists they brought a monk with them, we saw a woman lean up

appreciate it. >>> to west virginia now. a situation so dire it's almost unimaginable in a country with as many resources as the united states. it's been five days now since those devastating storms hit, yet hundreds of thousands of people still without power. and now the food supply is starting to dwindle. here in the united states of america in the state of west virginia 3,000 people in one housing complex alone reportedly had no food for two days. brian todd is on the ground for us in the middle of all of this. brian, give us the very latest. how bad is that situation in west virginia? >> reporter: the food shortage, wolf, is continuing. and officials here are scrambling to deal with it. we just visited a shelter where they're distributing food to people, some nonperishable food to people who are in there who lost their power. we're going to have more on that later. we can also update you on the power outages. the latest numbers we have this afternoon are that roughly one-quarter of the customers in this state, about 270,

look at developing thunderstorms now, across parts of northern west virginia and central west virginiathe severe thunderstorm watch is a long -- along into the west of the blue ridge mountains for now. until 2:00 in the morning. as storms continue to progress eastbound. the watch box may be expanded and extended later into the evernight houeve overnight hours. some could be in richmond in 2 1/2 hours. northern end of the line of storms could be in d.c. metro in 2 1/2 hours from now. you folks out to the west will get the storms sooner than that. it will not be as severe as friday night. that being said -- 50 to 60-mile-an-hour winds possible. 70 to 90 friday night. small hail, heavy rain, frequent lightning. really problem its, crews trying to get everything turned back on will not be able to work for much of the late night hours tonight because of the threat of electrical storm overhead. tomorrow, sunshine leads to a bubbling up of thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. no real relief in the heat is anywhere in sight. it its fourth of july week, heading to the beaches great week at the bea

brian todd is in charleston, west virginia, where the temperature is expected to be about 95 today. lack of power, this awful heat wave. and now west virginians are struggling with what i think a lot of people in this country would not have realized, brian, they are having trouble with food and water. >> reporter: that's right, ashleigh. talk about the ripple of crises from these storms on friday. the power outages create problems down the line, and now we have a food crisis in west virginia. we talked to the governor's office not too long ago, they have too main food pantries that basically give non-perishable food items to people in times of crisis, but the food pantries are empty and they are starting a food drive here in west virginia. water is also a problem in many area where is the water pumps are not being powered properly. the water pressure is very, very low. sometimes water is out completely. so national guard troops are moving around trying to make sure people have enough water and steering them where they can get it. that's a huge problem this morning. i spoke with john

ohio, west virginia, maryland, and virginia all declared states of emergency. president obama has reached out to the governors. trees twisted in wires across the washington, d.c. suburbs. crews in virginia and maryland trying to untangle a puzzle of power lines, saying the job requires some extra manpower. >> we requested over a thousand crews. >> reporter: linemen working here in west virginia in the 90- degree heat trying to restore power and relief to more than half a million customers. the national weather service calling friday night's storm a line of thunderstorms packaging damaging straight line winds. some cities felt gusts up to 90 miles per hour. elizabeth prann, fox news. >> the news edge at 11:00 starts right now. >>> the edge begins with caution, chaos and confusion, as people across the area continue to pick up the pieces tonight. more than half a million of people still without power. downed trees and debris remain scattered in streets, yards and on top of houses. intersections are in the dark, driving motorists mad. >> here's what you need to kn

we're seeing more showers and thunderstorms ought over west virginia. while they may not be severe, there may be more rumbles of thunder in the overnight hours, that severe thunderstorm watch until 1 a.m. in effect for prince george's county and anne arundel county, baltimore up to harford. we'll see if that stays in effect. there is another possibility of strong to severe storms tomorrow. wedlock about that and the weekend when i join you upstairs -- we'll talk about that and the weekend when i join you upstairs. >>> tonight the family of a 4- year-old boy who accidentally shot himself is speaking out. kyrell mcneill found a loaded gun in a truck outside his virginia home. he accidentally shot and killed himself. his grandmother joins with us their story. >> kyrell mcneill's grandmother doesn't blame anyone for her grandson's death but can't help but think if guns weren't so available, her grandson would still be alive. >> the pain is just too much. >> reporter: a grand mother in grief, lila scales still hasn't quite processed the fact that her 4-year-

and west virginia and moving into the panhandle of west virginia towards the haguerstowna. seeing these storms move to the south and east at about 15 to 25 miles an hour. more storms moving in towards faulkier county around warrenon and more back to the west making their way in towards shenandoah valley county, some of you around the luray region. this is a line of storms making its way our way. i do expect these to kind of sizzle or fizzle out as they make their way into our region. hopefully that will be the case here. but we do need to see some rain and a lot of you would like to see cooler temperatures. still sitting at 94 degrees. we'll see temperatures moving back to around 100 degrees over the next couple days. i'll update you on that plus when the humidity pokes back up in my full forecast. >>> okay. so here's what we want all nats fans to do and all fans everywhere, act them like folks from chicago used to act. we want them to vote early and often, over and over again and get that youngster in the all-star game. >> you have until thursday. everyone's talking abou

i should check this before the show but there was one year when west virginia had the highest obesity rates. really really high mortality rates in virtually all of her went to go do a whole show there. yeah that was. really sad because he goes to like. he goes to church and the pastor is telling him how they have somebody that dies almost every week in his town it's really depressing wasn't that when he was showing them how hot dogs are made and he was like now who wants to eat a hot dog now and everyone raise their hand it's like the most i mean i don't mean that hard but it was actually really incredible to see the amount of pushback. from the schools from the staff especially the women that worked in the cafeteria because they took. to it because they're saying like our cooking isn't good enough to be fair the same thing happened the next season in l.a. county same thing but i think there's a poverty element to it too i mean west virginia is i mean maybe i don't i don't have the numbers in front of me so i can't be specific about it and west virginia does have a certain level of po

right now they are moving through central west virginia but the leading edge of some of that rain is in the northern shenandoah valley up into washington and frederick county, maryland, a little bit of light rain. some of the storms west out of the.tans this morning. by 7:00, mid sbe70s. clouds are around. that should keep it cooler today. still hot and humid. highs reaching upper 90s mid afternoon. then storms likely after that off and on. all the way through this evening. here's your evening planner. any storms should be ending by midnight. by then near 80. seven-day outlook in ten minutes. good morning. >> good morning. affecting your morning commute and howard county is going to be route 44, frederick road. closed because of downed wires. this is between route 97 and carriage mill drive. you're alternate roads are going to be i-70 as well as old frederick road. let's head over to the beltway again. inner loop still shut down as you a 3r0e67 i-66. you see no traffic is blowing in this area right now. that should be temporary because of road work. hopefully clearing very soon. but t

moving into eastern and west virginia. rain now but not nearly as intense. some of the sprinkles to the winchester and even frederick, maryland area. maybe one or two drops on the windshield is all i'm expecting. east of -- southeast ovists mid 70s still at the pax river naval air station. 72 in gaithersburg and 73 cumberland. very toasty in richmond this morning at 83 while here in washington we have 79 and as we look outside on the michael & son weather camera, oh a little donalden station on the window there. -- condensation. this is a beautiful time to have day to look to the eastern sky and enjoy. 79 mostly cloudy at national with the high clouds. winds are calm and the humidity way up there. 78%. so another very muggy sticky morning. showers and storms actually really hit the new york area hard. lower hudson valley parts of eastern pennsylvania. we go back to ohio and kentucky and we see everything really fall apart but later today, when we activate the heating of the day we do have a severe weather threat two spots.

getting some moderate showers there with a little thunder and lightning as well as the panhandle of west virginia. and as we go through the rest of the day today, thankfully, cooler temperatures, right now in the 70s across most of virginia and maryland, even 60s in the mountains. later today, though, here's your "day planner." by noontime, maybe a few scattered thunder showers, low to mid-80s. mid to late afternoon, mid-80s to upper 80s by late afternoon with a small chance of an additional storm. right now, melissa mollet is in spotsylvania county surveying the damage. good morning, melissa. >> reporter: well, good morning to you, tom. we spoke as we were driving down here this morning and we know at this point we are waiting for the national weather service. they should be here some time early afternoon to take a look here and determine whether it was strong winds that ripped through this area of fredericksburg last night or perhaps an actual tornado that touched down here at some point. let me step out of the way so you can see what happened along fleming street here. if you look to the right

you see that in the coal fields of southern west virginia. now here, in terms of national resources is one of the richest areas of the united states. and yet these harbor the poorest pockets of community, the poorest communities in the united states. because those resources are extracted. and that money is not funneled back into the communities that are sitting on top of, or next to those resources. not only that, but they're extracted in such a way that the communities themselves are destroyed quite literally because you have not only terrible problems with erosion, as they cause when they do the mountaintop removal, they'll use these gigantic bulldozers to push off all the trees and then burn them. and when we flew over the appalachians, and it's a terrifying experience, because you realize only then do you realize how vast the devastation is. just as when we were both in the war in bosnia, you couldn't grasp the destruction of ethnic cleansing until you actually flew over bosnia, and village after village after village had been razed and d

severe thunderstorm watches have been posted as late as 11:00 tonight for far western parts of west virginia and there's a chance some of those storms would be arriving in part of central virginia about midnight tonight. we'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes, but your sunday evening planner is a sizzler. temperatures, mid to upper 90s, then around the mid-80s by 11:00. another update and talk more about our storm chances coming up. >> we're already hearing about some closings for tomorrow. the federal government is open, but with unscheduled leave and telework as options. martin o'malley has announced liberal leave is fable vaibl for all essential employees and in montgomery county, all camps and activities are canceled for monday and tuesday and that includes all community events scheduled at any montgomery county public school buildings. we've heard from prince gorge's. they are under a code yellow tomorrow. that means all schools and offices are closed and in this sweltering heat, hurricanes of thousands of people in the region still do not have power. pepco reporting tonight m

states of emergency tee declared in maryland, west virginia, virginia, ohio and washington, d.c.york wanted to hear in its blistering heat. con ed locked out union workers today after contract talks broke down. the utility company is calling in thousands of managers to try to run things. talks lasted just over ten days and expired at midnight. the utility says the union refused a two week contract extension. >>> the four 7th grade boys caught on video taunting a bus monitor were suspended from school and can't ride the because for a year and they will be required to perform 50 hours of community service. >>> election day in mexico and voter there's looking ready to turn back to the future so to speak. the political party that ruled for 70 years before being tossed out in 2000 looks like it is about to take the reins again. fox's william la jeunesse is live with a look at the presidential race there. william? >> reporter: well, shannon, as you said this is a very different election than the last one in 2000. they did throw out one party that ruled after 71 years and six years ago,

farther west, a few sprinkles in the southern shenandoah valley, into the mountains of west virginia and west of there. a weak trough drifting through later today, likely triggering scattered thundershowers. that would be later this afternoon. all these areas in yellow are in the 70s, that includes the washington metro area, much of virginia and around the bay. away from the waters in the 60s. far north and west of washington and into the shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, low to mid '60s? some of the highlands in west virginia. for the day today, by 9:00 we'll be in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees. just a slight chance of a sprinkle this morning. otherwise a little sun breaking out mid morning and partly sunny for your lunch hour. by noontime, just a small chance of a sprinkle. it's going to be in the mid and upper 80s by then. by the time you're coming back home, it looks like by 3:00 or 4:00 and into the late afternoon hours, before then reaching the low 90s. by late afternoon, back down to the 80s can scattered thundershowers around. a slight chance that any storms

west virginia was really hard hit by power outages so that's not good news. washington, d.c., you're in the watch box as well. the severe threats from the storm prediction center extends all the way into the mid south, then stretches off to the coastline, through virginia, then even touching the jersey shore. atlantic city could see strong storm storms, and cape may as well. if you hear a quick rumble of thunder, get indoors, it could be a strong storm. heat is the number one non-severe weather related killer in the u.s. every year so very dangerous. the silent killer really. >> don't leave people, children or pets in the car. that's so ridiculous. people in west virginia and maryland, d.c., they're just starting to recover from that power outage as a result of that storm. hopefully they'll be able to keep power on this time though. bonnie schneider, appreciate that. thank you. >>> a severe weather tragedy in russia. raging floodwaters tore through neighborhoods in the middle of the night in one region. at least 150 people were killed, hundreds of others inju

. >>> misin west virginia have released the -- police in west virginia have released the name of the little boy who died. he was only 4 years old. yesterday he climbed into a pick up truck belonging to his step dad who works as a security guard, finding a loaded gun and it went off. at this point no charges have been filed. >>> a dispute over someone cutting in line. police say that's what lead to a stabbing it had afternoon just outside -- this afternoon just outside the post office in silver spring. postal employees intervened, blasting away with pepper spray. the man who had been stabbed was rushed to the hospital, expected to be okay. the other fellow ran off. police caught up with him and he is now in custody. >>> mitt romney is in london tonight, looking to raise some cash and smooth over comments he made about the city hosting the olympics. >> my experience as the olympic organizer is that there are always a few very small things that didn't end up going not quite right in the first day or so, those that get ironed out. >> yeah, romney had ruffled a few feathers at the start o

a story of a lost and found dog, which brought his family from colorado to west virginia.he lost dog cafe owner that they must protect their trademark. not only for their flagship restaurant on washington boulevard, but their three franchise owners who were long- time employees. >> if we let one thing go and if we let one lost dog brand go, then we'll open ourselves up to losing a battle when someone else, well, why didn't you go after this coffee shop? >>> well, at the david and goalith reference, being a small business owner herself, she would like to work out an agreement, as long as they pledge not to expand or serve food. peggy fox, 9news now. >>> and she says that the lost dog name comes from her own word, helping homeless dogs find homes. >> that is it for us. we know that you'll be all over it, anny? >> yes, stay home if you can, bring in your furniture. >>> all right, the cbs evening news is next and derek is back at 7:00. have a good night.

it is on winchester and westward in west virginia. this is coming to an end as it pushes eastward. it is dissipating. there is not much left. 78 in washington, 72 in leesburg. it will be in the upper 90's today. in other hot day. it will feel like it is 104 to 108. east of '95 we'll see a good amount of sun. it will be hot, not as bad as yesterday but you'll not notice much of a difference. tomorrow, back down to 83 -- 93. again on saturday, a slight chance of start to -- storms. it will dry up afterwards. >> i just set up with metro. they are not anticipating any disruption. we will look at normal service for friday morning. to start off to ride on i-95 between richmond and baltimore we give you the green light. about a 20-minute ride. good between dale city and the beltway. also out of fredericksburg to dale city -- it takes you 28 minutes. on good shape on i to 70. good shape if you are headed across the bay bridge. now, the latest in a news. >> a couple of hours until we find out the cast of season 15 of "dancing with the stars." these contestants will not be strangers to the d

pan hand of west virginia and central west virginia and northern central shenandoah valley in the 60s this morning. it's not going to last much longer as we have a rapid heating. upper 80s by 9:00. by noon, low 90s. yes, hovering near 100 degrees by mid afternoon. it's going to feel like 105 with the humidity. and we'll have hey i have sunshine. a few clouds popping up late afternoon. by 6:00, back down to the mid 90s. sun rise is at 5:57. sunset, 8:31. i'll be back in ten minutes. danella is here now with a look the traffic. >>> looks like road work is affecting you as you look at road work. you should get by each work zone without any problem. outer loop as you approach new hampshire avenue, two right lanes are blocked at this time. just that entire way you're going to see the right lanes blocked. again, stick to the left. you should be okay. heading to virginia, also on the outer loop of the dulles toll road. only the right lane gets by the work zone there. as you continue towards i-66, only the right lane gets you by the work zone there as well. both of those should be any moment

in west virginia, you're paying about a tenth of a cent less at $3.39.nalysts believe we've ended that steady drop in gas prices for the summer and we will likely not see another big dip until after labor day. >>> a new study shows cases of hpv in young women have gone down since the vaccine hit the market, including in those who never got the shots. researchers at cincinnati children's hospital studied sexually active teen girls before and after the hpv vaccine was approved. they found cases went down nearly 60% after the teens started getting vaccinated. the decrease was the most significant amongst those who got the shots. experts say larger studies are needed. >>> fido might be helping your kids stay healthy. a new study from finland shows children who are exposed to dogs starting at infancy usually had fewer respiratory and ear infections. they say this because they believe the dirt and the allergens that the dogs usually carry helps develop the child's immune system, but they're quick to point out there might be other causes for the lower infection

right now looking at the view from space, we did have a few showers popping up in the highlands of west virginiar the last hour, but they've now dissipated. temperatures are pleasant, low to mid-70s around much of maryland and virginia, the district. some of the highlands, though, along skyline drive and out into west virginia, western maryland, are in the 80s. we've got hot air aloft beginning to move in. sunrise will be at 6:03 and we'll have lots of sun this morning. a warm and humid morning. by midmorning, mid-80s, low 90s by noontime. highs reaching mid-to-upper 90s by mid-afternoon and late afternoon into the evening, we could get some thunderstorms, some producing damaging winds. i'll show you a wonderful photograph sent in by one of our viewers, coming up in ten minutes along with your seven-day outlook. danella with our "first 4 traffic." good morning. >> good morning to you. seeing delays on the marc, brunswick east train 670 looking at a six-minute delay. 9-minute delay penn south 401. and on looking at a ten-minute delay on the vre. >>> to fairfax county parkway, slowing down just a

new images of the aftermath in charleston, west virginia. that's just one of the areas in the mid atlantic that were hit so hard by violent thunderstorms this weekend the governor already declaring a state of emergency after they had hurricane-force winds that knocked out power to nearly a million. and those folks are suffering not only with no power, they have sweltering heat to deal with. coming up, we'll have a live report on the latest efforts to restore the power and assess the damage left behind. >> and also on this sunday morning, there was strong reaction from top lawmakers and the white house at the historic supreme court decision this past week to uphold the health care law. thousands of protesters were outside the high court erupting in resounding boos moments after the decision was announced on thursday. many others rejoiced, though, in what was seen as a surprising vote of support for the president's plan. the decision has set up another heated battle for democrats hailing the decision as a victory and republicans who vowed to r

did a little bit of damage in parts of virginia and west virginia. now we're getting thunder showers in central wet virginia and light rain extending out ahead of that. pan hand of west virginia and into washington and frederick counties where it's in the low 70s. mid and upper 70s around the metro area near the bay. yes, we've got this heat advisory in effect south and east for the afternoon hours. that's when we're going to be reaching the mid 90s. by 7:00, though, still not bad. 70s. storms off to the west of the mountains. some of the storms could be severe south and east late afternoon. stay tuned. your friday evening planner is in ten minutes. danella is here now with your first 4 traffic. >> checking out the roads traveling on i-95 in virginia making your way out of dale city. in both directions. here's a live look at the rest area. very clear at this time as you make your way southbound and northbound. northbound from quantico, 64 miles per hour. no issues connecting on 395 and the rails look good. over to you. >> looking at breaking news. rig

not only did we see severe weather but look at this in west virginia, impressive shot on facebook, 77 in town, look at the 90s. it's still 90 in st. louis. that heat is on the way and more on the 7-day forecast in just a minute. >>> an update on breaking news, search crews are in the water in the dish river near about we are dean, the weather is -- abeldeen, and authorities say they still don't know if the person is a man or a woman. we'll keep you updated on that. >>> it may be a pain that no parent ever wants to imagine, the children victims of murder. >> more on the event that brings those bonded by tragedy closer to heeling. >> reporter: it is a club that increases in size every year and the women who are part of mother's of murdered sons and daughters are spreading the message hoping no one else has to join them. you'll find their faces on a t- shirt and hear their stories from the mothers who lost them too soon. >> ex-boyfriend went to the house and he shot the new boyfriend. >> reporter: and on that december day in 2005, the day her daughter a baltimore city police officer was

the potomac highlands the panhandle of west virginia. ght now 83 at reagan national and beginning to hit the low 80s across northern virginia and parts of maryland and under the cloud cover in the shenandoah valley and still getting some of those showers, only in the 70s. cumberland is only at 70 degrees right now. for the rest of the afternoon, a little sunshine breaking up and a slight chance of a shower, will be reaching the mid-80s by midafternoon. a very light, variable wind and back down to near 80 by early this evening. going to the beach this weekend? i'll have your beach forecast. we'll look at your seven-day outlook, as well. >> thank you, tom. >>> d.c. mayor vincent gray is slated for many public events today as he faces calls for his resignation. three council members say the mayor should step down in light of the investigation into his mayoral campaign. pleaded guilty to running $650,000 shadow campaign. last night the mayor acknowledged the probe while accepting a leadership award. he told the crowd he would get through this

the district, much of maryland, virginia, eastern west virginia. some of the heavy downpours could quickly cause isolated flooding. temperatures reaching low to mid 80s and tapering off after midnight tonight. tomorrow, cloudy. highs near 80. a small chance of a passing shower. then sunday, partly sunny. small chance of afternoon thunderstorm. a greater chance with hotter weather moving in on monday and tuesday. and then later humidity and a bit cooler as we get into mid week next week. danella, good morning. >> good morning. check things out in upper marlboro. along 301 and northbound and southbound looks clear president know seeing major delays as we head into branch avenue. as you pass 301 in this area. northbound branch avenue not seeing any major delays. in fact, looks good as you connect to the belt way at this time. i'm back in ten minutes with another look at your traffic. erika and aaron, back over to you. >> thank you. >>> and we have just confirmed at least six of the victims in the aurora, colorado, shooting at the "dark knight rises" m

most of the focus is on this cluster in west virginia. the weather service inside that thing sees the possibility of a tornado. it will stay in the mountains, it will not come close to baltimore, but it will probably travel west of winchester, virginia and d.c. later on this afternoon. there is a severe thunderstorm warning in effect for allegany county, western maryland. there is the tornado warning i was talking about. there might be some people watching on the cable. take note of that. thunderstorms, and northern and western cluster around southern ohio. this is producing wind gusts over 80 miles per hour. this is a fancy word for a bit cluster of thunderstorms. all this is inching its way to the east and we will see the storms ahead of that in maryland. on the outflow of those storms, we may see the other stuff developed to date. a cold front will, through and give us some relief from the heat. you can see the difference in temperatures, and that is what fuels the thunderstorm activity ahead of it. right now it is still kind of hot. 87

is concentrated across maryland, the panhandle of west virginia. take a look at the super doppler radar. storms are beginning to develop around frederick, hagerstown, points .oward the west are looking at storms just the south of view. there will stick around for couple of hours. will talk about the impact on immediate metro area and expect for the upcoming fourth of july display. >> stay with us for complete of the storm's aftermath. for anyone still without power, wjla.com byon to phone and watched our life newscast. -- watch our live >> president obama will get on the bus for the next leg of his campaign. on a two-day road to pennsylvania and ohio. it will be his first -- the is working to focus on direct engagement with voters of high-priced fund- raisers. of vinceey has several week, including a fund- cheney inh dick miami. >> wednesday is the fourth of july. it will be a big day here in d.c., but what kind of expect around town? that is what we will find out tomorrow morning. the national park service will year's lineup of activities. it will

coming out of pennsylvania dipping in toward western maryland, northern maryland and parts of west virginia. we see it still hanging back toward pittsburgh, this area of showers is dipped into western maryland and parts of west virginia. in hancock, over toward hagerstown, we've seen lightning and thunder. just north of westminister and carol county headed toward baltimore county. hagerstown with a thunderstorm, 68. 70s around 80. in southern maryland a heat advisory from noon until 9:00. just about everybody east of route 152. monika samtani, happy wednesday. >>> happy fourth of july. you know what? fireworks are still on in the district. i'm happy to say, if you are planning to head there tonight, although there are no hov restrictions all day today, they will keep those express lanes headed northbound for you to get into the district. easily and southbound to get out easily as well. in the meantime, we are dealing with a serious situation in greenbelt on the northbound side of the bw parkway. it is a pedestrian struck. i know that there are crews on the scene. so be aware of that. you ca