panhandle of west virginia and western maryland. ey'll stay well west throughout the morning but during the afternoon, some scattered scattered thundershowers. 80s in prince george's county and fairfax county. to our south much of maryland near 90 degrees. including spotsylvania, culpepper, down to orange and stafford. and then further north upper 80s in prince william as well as in loudoun county. much of southern maryland in the upper 80s. near the bay some scattered afternoon storms there as well and near the pennsylvania border low 80s. and in the shenandoah valley, we'll have a possibility of some storms coming in. a little bit earlier in the day. that's going to be perhaps right around maybe 2:00 or so, and temperatures there will be the low to mid 80s during the afternoon. we have had problems early on on the roads. what's going on what's the latest? >> take a look at this one. they moved the camera to give us a better look of what's going on here. maryland at 95 northbound at scaggsville road, we have that crash off to the ri

parts of west virginia are facing an economic future without coal mining. it's being phased out and he this say tourism may be the answer but the energy industry may have other plans. >> it took place out here on these railroad tracks. >> it's known as the deadliest gunfight in american history. in 1920, gunmen hired by a local coal mining continue exchanged gunfire with miners. it became the pivotal moments in the fight to unize appalachia's miners. they're trying to establish a museum for the history. but also has the future in mind. >> and there was no plan for life in these coal fields beyond coal. >> coal mining is being phased out across west virginia because of its devastating effects on the climate. trillions of dollars of col were mined. and yet the state has historically been among the poorest in the nation. as dangerous as they were, there were at least jobs. some counties fellow that tourism could help to reverse the job and population lost. and others are looking at organic agriculture. >> we looked a long time ago to at least nurture our touri

right now getting a few showers here in west virginia tracking over to the immediate shenandoah valley. then by noontime, just a few sprinkles, west and north of the metro area. it is between 2:00 p.m. from the shenandoah valley to the western and northern suburbs that could get thundershowers and then they can roll through the metro area. some could have damaging winds. we'll look at the hour by hour temperature changes in the next 12 hours. how are the roads? >> chopper 4 over the top of the beltway. those taillights are the outer loop here, approaching new hampshire avenue. nice light volume here this morning. what we like to see from above for sure. 270 into and out of town, no problems. a little slow out of frederick, nothing terrible through urbana. 66 inbound, through manassas, 37 miles per hour. and then 95 there's construction near mine road. construction out of the way. a wider look at the beltway coming up in ten minutes. >>> breaking news. we're closely watching a suicide bomb attack in afghanistan. we have learned the attacker drove an explosive vehicle and targeted the ca

in west virginia coal mine something gradually being phased out. they plan to move into the tourist industry but the fossil tile sector industry might have different ideas. >> in 1920 gunmen hired to exchange gunfire with miners. >> the bullet holes right here. >> it was a pivotal moment in a fight to unionize appalachian miners. >> he's hoping to establish a museum to preserve the region's history, but he also has the future in mind. >> and there was no plan beyond coal. >> coal is being phased out across west virginia because of its devastating effects on the climate. trillions of dollars of coal were mind, yet the state has historically been among the powerist in the nation. as dangerous as they were, though, there were at least jobs. some counties feel that tourism could reverse job and population loss. others are looking at organic agriculture or solar panel manufacturing. >> we hope that maybe some of these folks have the ability to move here. >> tourism d.a. was boosted when boy scouts of america chose fayette county for their permanent camp

but to the west the patches of moving green, some light showers now, panhandle of west virginia. some of the pavement may be wet along 81 between winchester and hagerstown. a few of the light sprinkles will be passing off to the north and the west. this one near western loudoun county may make its way into frederick county, maryland a little sprinkle activity tracking through washington county now. temperatures we're right around 70, right in washington. nearby suburbs. prince george's, montgomery, fairfax counties in the mid 60s. this threat zone, it could protice some damaging winds later this afternoon. look at your drive time forecast next weather and traffic on the 1s at 4:41. now we have some slowdowns this morning. melissa what's happening with that? >> pulled up a map to show you where we're slow here. through laurel on 95 going 40 miles per hour. that's because of this, i have a camera on this, 95 southbound near 198. the left lane is blocked. the left side of the screen we have more volume than normal. about two miles worth of slowdowns. two miles worth of slowdowns. vir

which is a family-owned company that operates 19 magic mark stores in west virginia, virginia and eastern kentucky. the letters accompanied by a petition signed by 26,000 magic mart customers calling on epa to end the war on coal and catastrophic impact on local economies. they've been active in the region for 95 years and according to this letter the present economic crunch is the most difficult challenge this company has faced. let me quote directly. quote, there was a time when your greatest obstacle was your competitor. but if you worked hard, took care of your customers and offered quality merchandise at a fair price, you could compete successfully. unfortunately, that is not the case now. the largest impediment we have now operating our business successfully is our own government, particularly the epa. the rulings issued by the epa have devastated our regional economy. coal provides 96% of west virginia's electricity last year and west virginia had among the lowest electricity prices in the nation. the average price was 27% below the national average. but that advantage will not sur

they're coming out of west virginia and central west virginia. that dry weather pushes in posting pics like marvin rosedid on my page. temperatures right around 70 now. we'll number the low 70s, mid-70s by 8:00. then by noon time near 80. and lower humidity in place by the afternoon. into the mid-80s by midafternoon. our six-day heat wave is over. it is finished. at least for now. and as we go forward here over the next several hour, we'll have a few clouds coming and going. the hour-by-hour forecast for any rain and storms will be fine until about 2:00. in the panhandle of west virginia central shenandoah valley may get thunder showers rolling through there. and after that, heavier downpours with thunder and lightning come into west virginia. by 7:00 p.m. get goointo the panhandle of west virginia. then in the metro area, 9:00 p.m., we'll get showers east of us for the rest of tonight. tomorrow into the upper 80s. and maybe an afternoon storm, as well as on friday and saturday. remnants of tropical storm bill coming through saturday. and then hi

sent to me by m.r.s incorporated, a family owned company that operated 19 family mart stores in west virginia and virginia and eastern kentucky. customers are calling on epa to end the war on coal and impact on local economies. mars has been active in the region for 95 years and according to the letter the present crunch is the most difficult challenge this company has faced. quote, there was i time when the greatest obstacle was your competitor but if you worked hard and take care of your customers you could compete successfully. unfortunately that is not the case now. the largest impediment is our own government. particularly the epa. the rulings issued by the epa have devastated our regional economy. coal provides 96% of the west virginia electricity and had among the lowest electricity prices in the nation. the average price was 27% below the national average but that will not survive this administration's policies. studies have projects that the electricity prices will rise from 12% to 16%. 450,000 virginans learned of an increase. compliance with epa regulations played a significant par

in the eastern panhandle west virginia. hampshire county at eastern west virginia and berkeley county until 5:45. more of the storms with lightning and torrential rain. kimberly: potentially hail. doug: the size of quarters or larger. kimberly: thank you. you have heard a picture is worth 1000 words. still ahead the story behind this photograph that has been shared over and over again on the web. leon: but first a look at what is coming up tonight on abc -- doug: doug hill back with you. we have a couple more thunderstorm warnings. give you the headlines with these. first up, a severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 5:45 for frederick county morgan county and berkeley county in west virginia. all the storms could have quarter-size hail and wind gusts to 60 miles per hour. we have severe thunderstorm watches until 6:00 p.m. you see the polly gone. one on the right-hand side is eastward to howard county. the newest one coming out of the section of northern virginia to mechanics vil and point of rocks and eastward to barn

now coming into jefferson county in west virginia. and then that line breaks up a bit. and it's right along south mountain and right near catoctin mountain, with brief downpours and flashes of lightning. to the south and west of there, a weaker area of som that's really beginning to diminish. it will come into martinsburg in the next few minutes. metro no storms or rain around. it is still really warm and humid though. we're in the mid and upper 70s. reagan national is at 79. afternoon highs today will be into the low 90s in the metro area. 80s farther north and west. highest temperatures should be south of the metro area. fredericksburg, culpepper and warrenton into the 90s this afternoon. steamy humidity through the day with a chance of afternoon storms. look at your drive time forecast, next weather and traffic on the 1s. 5:41. you have a problem on i-95. >> problem on 95. also a problem with a lot of hair days for folks around this morning. bad hair day this morning. 95 northbound here at lorton road, tom, has some police activity reported in the express lanes. so co

coming at us in west virginia. the first newspaper i got when i got back there was "dark day for miners." they had just announced that 2,268 coal mine pentagon jobs were lost. 2,268 families now are looking for jobs as a result of this. then soon thereafter we got another power plant closed down. the camera power plant. even though ferc has said -- and they've testified before us that the concern they have is that we're going to have rolling blackouts in the midwest if we don't start replacing these power plants but we're continuing to shut these power plants down. then there was another one that went on to say just in one community, one small community, that they're going to lose $61 million in wages as a result of this. i'm dealing with all of this crisis. when you add the additional losses, these 2,268, now we're up to -- and i believe the chairman mentioned it earlier today, that we have now lost in west virginia 45% of our coal miners are unemployed since 2012. just in three years. three years we've lost 45% o

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they're into the shenandoah valley panhandle of west virginia. it's after that that we seal the scattered thunderstorms getting closer to the metro area, across northern virginia. some of the storms could be severe. mainly south of the metro area and by 9:00 this evening, it will be dissipating. next weather and traffic on the 1s your drive time forecast for this tuesday. and now alexis in with an update on a road closed in montgomery county. >> that's right. westbound sam eig highway it's closed due to the serious accident involving a fatality. montgomery county police tweeted this out. we'll get more information on this for you. northbound 395 before seminary road looking good some volume. no incidents there. 95 at powder mill road, no incidents there. beltway looking good as you travel around in maryland or virginia this time. no reports of incidents or delays on the inner or outer loop. seeing volume around manassas but that's typical for this time of the morning. back to you. >> i'm meagan fitzgerald at the live desk. new developments two ma

coal provides 96% of west virginia's electricity last year and west virginia had among the lowest electricityprices in the nation. the average price was 27% below the national average. but that advantage will not survive this administration's policies. studies have projected that our electricity prices will rise from 12% to 16%. earlier this month, 450,000 west virginians learned of a 16% increase in the cost of electricity. while there are multiple factors that contributed to this compliance with epa regulations played a significant part. if we allow these plans to move forward, last week's rate increase will only be the tip of the iceberg. affordable energy matters. the 430,000 low and middle-income families in west virginia, which is nearly 60% of our state's household, take home an average of less than $1,900 a month and spend 17% of their after tax income on energy. these families are especially vulnerable to the price increases that result from the clean power plant. but this isn't just about the impacts on coal-producing states like west virginia. this is about impacts across the count

what i am going to track is the storms coming out of the west virginia and southwestern pennsylvania. again, nothing imminent and unless something response -- know pos up. and this will track to the friends in west virginia and moving to the east-southeast at 35 miles per hour. and that puts it over toward franklin at 6:27. moorefield after 7 and if it holds together, the shenandoah valley can be there by's 30, upper 80s to near 90 now. live yo -- if you're going out, you probably want to go and find somewhere that has good, cold drinks or air conditioning. the storms and yellow, letters for tomorrow and monday. more on that in a few minutes. >>> thank you. a volunteer team out of new jersey spent the morning looking for the remains of alicia ru did, d. stephanie ramirez was at kennelworth park where they made the discovery this afternoon. >> reporter: this section of kennilworth park by the river is across from the national arboretum and that is where the dive team set up shop. before the dive team member went into the water, they found the suspicious bag in question on the shore. >>

the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. politburo manchin: i have the utmost respect for my colleagues. i think they make compelling arguments. i just really have a hard time with this. i have not had one west virginian, average working west virginian who had a good job at one time and have lost a job that thinks that this type of approach to trade is good, not one. and i'm hearing talking about how much trade we do from our states. i would like to have known what type of trade, manufactured products. i don't see many manufactured products leaving this country. i see an awful lot of resources such as oil that had been refined into diesel fuel or gasoline. probably comes from texas i would say. that that's probably a big part of their trading and those types of things. but how many people actually benefit from that that really have a good manufacturing job? that's all i have asked. we talked about t.a.a. we're all hung up on t.a.a. do you know why we're hung up? because we all understand we're going to lose more jobs. we've a

and frederick county in west virginia as well. this is headed off to the east and a little to the southeast. may get into montgomery county here shortly and perhaps southern and western loudoun county and into western fair fox, southern montgomery over the next half hour or so. some of the pavement may get a little bit wet. here's the timing on that. it really diminishes a lot by later this morning so we'll be fine through the rest of the morning and through noontime. then it's around 2:00, hour by hour storm timing showing thundershower between 2:00 and 4:00. moving across the rest of virginia coming closer to the metro area around 6:00 p.m. and then between 6:00 and 9:00, to the south of the southern maryland area, charles, culvert and st. mary's. then it dissipates by 9:00 this evening and by midnight it's done. right now, mild and muggy on this monday morning. in the low to mid 70s with the high humidity. that high is reaching the low 90s when we bet the thundershower coming on through. tomorrow in the low to mid 90s, then a g

you drove out to the facility in west virginia and asked for the tapes, correct? >> that's correct. >> now, do you consider that to be an extraordinary effort? >> that's due diligence. >> i'd say the bare minimum of due diligence. for the commissioner you go to great lengths above and beyond the call of duty, and you don't look where the backup tapes are found. that doesn't sit right. i think the problem is and i think we've seen this with the commissioner's attitude, that he's had a contempt for this entire investigation. he doesn't think the irs should be bothered by it. he's dismissive of the conduct, and he's not done anything to really meet the standards he's laid out here by getting us everything we've asked for and of course, the proof is in the pudding. this has dragged on and on and on. i think the american people are left with a sense of major frusation.frus frustration frustration. i think they don't like to have a situation where there are all these rules and regulations they have to follow but then somehow, when things are subpoenaed by a government a

and further to our west, much of northern virginia, it's in the low to mid 60s and rural areas as well as the shenandoah valley. mid 60s from hagerstown, martinsville and it's a balmy 70 degrees. and some mild air in the mountains too. right now, oakland is at 64. just some high clouds coming in. obscuring a little bit of that moon. now, the radar is showing some showers here in pennsylvania. that's going to be staying to our north. but this is the zone of disturbed and severe weather that is going to be affecting us by later this afternoon. this is all part of this front that's going to be bringing in some lower humidity. as it gets closer to us late this afternoon and this evening, that's when we will see some storms. driving today, green lights for morning and midday. no travel problems weatherwise with dry pavement. it's when you're headed home, there could be some problems with storms coming through with heavy downpours. so you need the sunglasses this morning. the visor down with sunshine for the morning commute. just some clouds coming and going and temperatures around 70. then

operates 19 magic mark stores in west virginia, virginia and eastern kentucky.the letters accompanied by a petition signed by 26,000 magic mark customers calling on epa to end the war on coal and catastrophic impact on local economies. been active in the region for 95 years. and according to this letter, the present economic crunch is the most difficult challenge this company has faced. let me quote directly. quote, there was a time when your greatest obstacle was your competitor. but if you worked hard, took care of your customers and offered quality merchandise at a fair price you could compete successfully. unfortunately, that is not the case now. the largest impediment we have now operating our business successfully is our own government, particularly the epa. the rulings issued by the epa have devastated our regional economy. coal provides 96% of west virginia's electricity last year and west virginia had among the lowest electricity prices in the nation. the average price was 27% below the national average. but that will not survive this administration's p

west of hagerstown, south of there down to west virginia.may be getting near hagerstown over the next half hour, otherwise, it's really quickly drying out and the sprinkles here in montgomery county from near ashton and all the way down to wheaten and silver spring. that's quickly moving off to the north and east. a few scattered sprinkles near into southwest and another sprinkle there right on the prince george's and charles county line. temperatures are mild this morning. in the 60s to near 70 degrees. reagan national at 72. at the bus stop, hovering near 70. a cloudy sky. then between 8:00 and 9:00, the breezes pick up into the low

west virginia sells it inside the stadium only. other universities in the region prohibit alcohol at athletic events. leon: see what happens there. we've seen them burning couches when there was no-call there. -- there was no alcohol there.

young men beaten into essentially a vegetative state five years ago when ryan was a student at west virginia university. >> push through, push through -- >> and endurance a runner from northern virginia heard about ryan and wanted to do something extreme, even by frank roche's standards decided on a 3000 mile cross-country by grace. ex 3, 2, 1, go. he took off from oceanside california, crossed to arizona and made it to utah but understandably the track is taking its toll -- his team says frank has required medical attention perhaps giving up was the best, smartest option. frank's team says he had completed a 12 mile -- 1200 mile stretch to stay in the race -- frank made it by 30 seconds. >> we just hit the halfway point. on he goes, his miss and intact, his team says he was leaving illinois today. hired legs be darned, he is still heading east hoping to finish the race on sunday in annapolis. for more on this inspiring story, all you have to do is go to wjlw.com. also tonight, the weather -- the world police and fire games postponed several outdoor events is ball, soccer, tennis, and outdoo

pan handle of west virginia and then south of there, just south and east of winchester.ight along the blue ridge as it's moving into northern fauquier county it's drying out. the how ises of charleston, moving into southern frederick over the next few minutes. now, that's going to be a few scattered sprinkles. then later today hour by hour timing this new model runs coming in. all the way through noontime. everything will be fine. partly

it ended 2600 miles in oceanside in clarksburg west virginia. hundreds of people lining the street to cheer frank on. but there was one person who mattered most. ken. frank and ken embraced. both men sobbing in each other's arms. frank might not have finished the race but he is a champion in every sense of the word. lou: wow! his original goal was $30000. today he raised $90000, tripling his goal. he now has $100,000 in his sights. once again that is what sports is all about. jonathan: that is what life is all about. lou: and life. absolutely. jonathan: make it fun to celebrate. lou: love that story. jonathan: how is he doing? lou: he is doing good. he has inspired a lot of people. i guess he is feeling good. jonathan: what he should do when he feels good go to west virginia and go to annapolis. get 1000 rider to goes with him and raise more money. lou: we'd cover that, too. jonathan: coming up at 5:00 -- >> my daughter. my gosh. jonathan: how many times do you say there is a bear on my car? it's not yogi or boo-boo. we will tell you what happen

now coming out of shepherds town west virginia in southern sections across southern potomac to washington county. a warning there. another farther southwest. this is moving through the portions of faquier county. you see this line of heavy rain to push into prince william's county before long. that is the local issue. there are more showers developing as we speak. the iest action is in pennsylvania. a number of warnings besides the severe warnings as well. this is the southern stretch of line number one. these could spin up an isolated tornado. nothing yet. a larger line to the south and southwest until about 8:00 or 9:00. the threat until 8:00 for the most severe weather is three and a half hours and then we'll be done with that. this is the map. everybody in yellow under a severe tornado watch.

just in my beautiful state of west virginia we lost 31,000 manufacturing jobs.d be the cure-all of all cure-alls. 22 years later, mexico still has less than a dollar an hour minimum wage. i think they're at 80 cents or so. seven of these 1 is countries we're supposed to be doing this trade deal with have minimal wages of less than $2. united states of america has more separation disparity, inequality if you will in pay than we've ever had before. we have not seen the up tick from the average working people. from the communities around west virginia that should be enjoying more of a robust economy. we don't see that. we have the largest economy in the world, and we're going to make deals -- try to make deals and have to do them in secrecy, because we're afraid they're going to walk away from the deal if somebody knows? >> but senator, all trade deals are negotiated in secrecy, right? that's how it goes and then you get to vote yes or no later. that was part of what would have been decided today if the house had gotten to this -- >> but there's no -- >> gives the

along 66 and then back in towards west virginia. we had a flash flood warning issued and not surprised to see a few more with this area. loudon county. montgomery county and then another storm toward prince william county. this is the storm through d.c. about an hour ago and coming down here and coming across the crownville area to annapolis and then across the bridge and produce up to 40 to 50-mile-per-hour winds. that's a warning for northern anne arundel county until 5:30 and then a couple more to south. this is right around the -- i'll zoom in a second and beach and if we did see another warning, it is charles county and northern st. mary's county and something to watch andms up here towards manassas. let's get them too. nope. i can't do it. alexandria and the one towards manassas right now. some very heavy rain there, too. storm team 4 radar showing a flash flood watch here in the green. the only counties not in it down towards st. mary's cown and king george county. doesn't mean you don't get extreme rain, as well. you could s

state of west virginia with have secure add victory in their campaign against coal mining by mountain removal using explosives to blast off the summer of the mountain. they have long argues the practice is harming the environment. now several big banks say they are pulling their money out of the project. >> this is the ground we are standing on. >> another mountain in west virginia that will soon be blown up. just a few hundred meters from the state forest and the appalachian mountains the depressions creating by mining companies searching for coal. >> what we are seeing here will be taking down to near that level. >> but in recent months several banks have announced they will no longer lend money for the detonation of mountain tops. these documents the devastation of an extraction that appealed to mining companies for it's cost effectiveness. why some thousands of workers underground when explosives can can do the job with a dozen. >> i never get over seeing this. every time i look at it as just as devastating to my soul as it is to the landscape. >> mountain top removal is a particu

a warm front cutting through west virginia. that's the leading edge of the rain. isolated showers possible west of the metro area this afternoon. a better chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the night as this area of moisture moves from west to east. they are comfortable comparatively. 79 in winchester. 82 in the nation's capital and fredericksburg. the dew point is down. temperatures in the 80's. a very comfortable combination. a bit of sunshine this afternoon. fairly cloudy at times. isolated showers. we will talk about the rest of the week in a few minutes. jummy: tropical storm bill has weakened to a tropical depression. it is still packing a big punch. the storm is moving further to the gold coast this noon. it could dump 12 inches in isolated spots in texas. live in dallas with the threat increasing. ryan: that's right. you mentioned it's only a tropical depression here. having been out here all morning long, this one is very powerful. major wind gusts from time to time. like right now, for instance. heavy rain throughout the morning. that's a big con

west virginia, moving to the best way. traveling on the outer loop just before you get to wilson bridge. you will be in butcher to butcher traffic. we are in the teens. this is for quite a few miles with an excellent. tie it with take a live look in the area near the willson bridge just to show you how jammed up we are. we have a disabled over here. but at a slow pace. get ready for that. that is the bottom side. on the top side we are closer to river road and continuing to bethesda. this is a typical stretch of the slowing. outbound on 66 typical. a couple of things to keep in mind. slow 395 getting to the freeway. on the outer loop approaching the wilson bridge. that is look at traffic. back to you. jonathan: thank you. kimberly: not bad. a place where it is looking dicey galveston texas, no stranger to severe weather. jonathan: tropical storm. that is a mess, the surf is high and they are expecting rain. they are expecting a foot of rain in texas. the last place on the continue innocent that needs this rain. they have h

frederick, washington, panhandle of west virginia, western maryland, low 90s to near 90s. then during the afternoon we'll have it reaching the mid 90s with increased humidity too. shenandoah valley, in the mountains near 90s. might get an isolated thundershower there by later in the afternoon. next weather and traffic on the 1s in ten minutes at 5:41. a look at your drive time forecast for this thursday. you need that a.c. blasting in your car during the afternoon with the heat and the increased humidity and you have an update on a pretty serious crash. >> we have an update on the serious crash. so again, taking a live look here. we have a picture from the scene. this is in clinton right now. tow truck on the scene here. this has been here for a couple of hours now. they're hoping to get it out of the way here soon. old alexandria ferry road right now still closed. your alternate is woodyard road. a report of a crash at north street, checking that out for you right now. beltway at central avenue inner and outer loop everything is flowing fine. top of the beltway at connect

now crossing ohio into west virginia. that is the line we watch and maybe an additional line that our own map this afternoon. looks can be deceiving. it's beautiful now, but later this afternoon, strong storms, some severe, are a possibility. we will show you what may come after this system. later in the week we could hit 90 degrees ourselves. larry: now to a developing story on a u.s. government hack. federal investors are working to determine whether a massive hack last week impacted more people than initially thought. it is estimated that or million current and former government employees were impacted. now some private citizens who never worked for the government may have also been impacted cap some -- been impacted. some believe the chinese may be responsible for the breach. the g-7 summit in germany rest up, and president obama held a news conference saying there needs to be improvement in iraqi training forces to stand up to the terror group. president obama: when a finalized plan is presented to me by the pentagon

at us in west virginia. the first newspaper i got when i got back was dark day for miners. they just announced that 2268 coal mining jobs were lost. 2268 families now are looking for jobs as a result of this. soon thereafter, another power plant closed down, cameron power plant, even though ferk testified that the concern we have is they're going to have rolling blackouts in the midwest if we don't start replacing the power plants but we're continuing to shut the power plants down. another one went on to say just in one community, one small community that they're going to lose $61 million in wages as a result of this. so i'm dealing with all of this crisis. when you add the additional losses, 2268, now we are up to -- i believe the chairman mentioned it earlier today that we have now lost in west virginia 45% of our coal miners are unemployed since 2012. just in three years. three years, 45% of our coal miners are looking for work. now, i went friday and met with the coal association and i could see there th

coming at us in west virginia. the first newspaper i got when i got back there was dark days for minors. they just announced 2268 jobs were lost. 2268 families are now looking for jobs as a result of this. then soon thereafter we got another power plant closed down even no ferc has testified before the concern i have is we will have ruling blackout in the midwest if we don't start replacing power plants but we continue to shut the power plants down. another one went on to say it one small community they are going to lose $61 million in wages as a result of this. so i am stealing with all of this crisis. when you add the additional losses the 2268 the chairman mentioned earlier today that we have now lost to west virginia 45% of coal miners are unemployed since 2012. just three years we have 45% of coal miners looking for work. last friday i met with the coal association. they said there will be further contraction as a result of what policies that are happening nationally. they are concerned about what is going on

and $2.82 the average out in west virginia. and $2.93 here in d.c. experts saying that gas demand is growing but a large supply is keeping those prices down. they expect prices to keep to fall in the weeks ahead. >>> 5:48 now. a developing story in ohio this morning. investigators there racing to connect the dots in a series of missing persons cases. six women have gone missing over the last year. four have turned up dead. this is unfolding in a small town between cincinnati and columbus. growing concerns are that a serial killer is to blame here, but investigators don't know enough about the women just yet. >> who did they hang out with? who's on their cell phones, who did they spend time with? who did they have as associates? or peripheral friends? the answer may be there. >> now, detectives say that some of the women were prostitutes or battling drug addiction. >>> some of you are cleaning up after this weekend or you may be worried about protecting your family after a mother and daughter died. we learned that crystal puderbaugh and her daughter w

another area in west virginia to ohio. this is ahead of the cold front. plenty to go around.area widespread severe thunderstorm watch through 11:00. orange boxes are the individual severe thunderstorm warnings and there will be more of those. still looking likely it will be after 6:00 p.m. before the line of storms approach washington; metropolitan area. this is plenty hot out there. 96 degrees. that is the temperature at reagan national. 95 in quantico. temperatures will continue to hold at the levels for the next couple of hours. once the rain gets in the temperatures will start to drop. there is

watching showers across western maryland, west virginia. e heavy-duty storms are still across virginia. the rain will move eastward and i think we'll see areas of rain tonight. it could become heavier tonight as a warm front to the south that is causing the thunderstorms moves northward. you are seeing on stormscan it is moving west to east get we could see showers and storms closer to the metro area and then those will move from west to east combined with the other rate and give us the potential of heavy downpours. humid air to the

the panhandle of west virginia. most of northern virginia wet right now. as is montgomery county, parts of prince george's county getting sprinkle activity. right now in the 50s so a cool morning. caution lights for morning, midday and afternoon driving. we'll have wet pavement for the morning and the afternoon. temperatures near 60 for the morning commute. mid 60s afternoon commute. look at storm chances. next weather and traffic on the 1s, 4:51. what's happening on the roads now, melissa? >> seeing a lot of the wet pavement, a live picture at braddock. be careful in that area. we are going to see a bit of rain and some slick pavement here this morning. remember downed tree, new hampshire avenue closed at rocky glen drive in both directions. so kind of going to be frustrating there this morning with police trying to work people around that. 95 north route 1 in woodbridge, do have that crash off to the right side of the road. the beltway is looking good. beltway at central avenue, moving along nicely. that's not central avenue, but braddock road. i promise

a couple spots in the panhandle of west virginia as well. d of what could be a very heavy rainmaker for us. this was tropical storm bill centered west of cincinnati. heavy rain and lots of moisture means the slight risk for severe weather in any yellow shaded areas. primary threat, gusty winds and overnight tonight, the opportunity for heavy rain to push into the area. one to two inches of rain is a possibility possibility. i have the weather ap. rain coming to an end early. hot and humid tomorrow. couldn't rule out a spot thunderstorm tomorrow afternoon. they will be isolated. tomorrow's high temperatures back to the low to mid-90s. get ready for industrial strength heat and humidity to be coming back. the rain threat moves in late this afternoon. it moves out early tomorrow morning. nothing more than an afternoon passing thunderstorm. after today we may be back in the 90s each and every day for the second half of the week. so, after the number one warmest may, we may have a very warm june as well. >> we'll be ready. >>> if you are vulnerabl

i'm keeping an eye on showers and thunderstorms firing back in west virginia. these are going to continue to advance eastward. trying to hold together as they make it over the mountains and past the i-91 corridor and eventually they'll have success in setting off some scattered showers and thunderstorms later on today. here's the latest futurecast. as we get into the afternoon, especially the later afternoon, showers and thunderstorms start to fire. the best chance of storms though, david is looking like during the early evening hours when heavy rain is possible. i'll have more on this and more storms potentially tomorrow coming up in my full forecast. >> we'll stand by for that. >>> 10:03. two people are dead after a stabbing in fredericksburg. this happened in a fight between jay's lounge and cookout. a third man was stabbed but we're told he survived. police say they're already in large lot. they were there as that fight broke out. police have not arrested anyone in the murders. we're of course going to stay on it. >>> we have new details in a deadly shooter

. >> my name is kevin and i am from charlton, west virginia. >> what brings you here today? >> the 150th anniversary of the grand review of the army. it is a once in a lifetime opportunity to march down pennsylvania avenue. >> have you been doing a lot of events and how can you summarize? >> i have done just about all the marches. pennsylvania, westchester, appomattox. they have been kind of special. knowing that it was 150 years ago that it happened. this is my hobby and i love history and it is one way of showing a little bit of respect to our ancestors that went before. it's not even close to doing what they did but at least trying to give a little impression of them. >> march! >> can you tell me your name? >> my name is michael and i'm from new york city. i have been traveling since 2011 photographing the world's battlefields throughout the country and photographing syscon tenniel reenactments -- sesquicentennial reenactments. trying to bring more to the subject. >> why pinhole? >> there is no lens on this camera, so it creates these blurry, soft focus images and lens so

. >> we know that west virginia comes in for the highest rate of drug overdoses. report says the death rate is more than double the national average. why is west virginia ground zero it seems for this snsh. >> i don't have a good answer. i don't know. i'd have to look at the statistics. maybe very statistics that show the percentage of people who are being treated for chronic pain in the state. but i'm not sure. i guess time will tell when we're able to gather some of the statistics to figure out by west virginia is having such a bigger problem compared to the rest of the country. thank you for coming in. we'll talk a little bit more for ideas on how to reverse this later in the broadcast. >> why you could save up to eighty percent at stores right now. >>> welcome back to news 4 midday. bright sun shine out there. we are not going to make 90 degrees today. first time in five days. so far we've had 1 days 19 days 90 or higher. last year we'd only done that six times by now. good news, no more 90s, at least for a little while. close today and tomorrow. upper eights

the chair recognizes the gentleman from west virginia, mr. mooney, for five minutes. mr. mooney: thank you mr. speaker. it's now been more than five years since president obama signed his landmark achievement which he called the affordable care act into law. at that time the president and the democrats in congress promised that their massive federal takeover of our health care system would lower costs on american families. affordability was its central selling point. but five years later they must face the facts. their law, which they forced on the american people, is a failure. according to yesterday's much-anticipated congressional budget office reports, an independent agency, insurance premiums are expected to increase even more significantly next year than they did this year. one insurer in new mexico, blue cross and blue -- blue cross and blue shields, called for a 50% increase. tennessee is seeking an increase of 30%. the average west virginia family the state i'm blessed to represent, pays about the same as the residents in the state of new york, which is $17,105 a