front and there's lots of severe thunderstorm watches and warnings right now through parts of western ohio, as you can see. this is what we'll be dealing with for tomorrow. we have to keep our eyes to the skies tomorrow afternoon as this frontal system moves in. back to our

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the center of depression is still out way over western ohio.e a direct hit, but the moisture will start streaming out at a bid and enhance our rain chances, especially on sunday and monday. a nice sunny day tomorrow and not very humid. winds out of the south about a foot. -- and weighs about 1 foot. on the eastern shore, a little bit warmer than that, but the humidity levels are not that bad until we get closer to the weekend. at ocean city, the next couple of days, beautiful, sunny skies, and ice conditions and low humidity with light winds. will that the 90 degree mark around baltimore on friday before the moisture and rides. saturday night, a chance of showers. 40% chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms on sunday and monday. consumerin tonight's alert with an update on how maryland is fairly -- is very when it comes to the $25 billion national mortgage settlement. homeowners across the state have received more than $220 million so far. those figures are part of an initial progress report looking at financial relief between march 1 and

you have to head up to western pennsylvania, ohio and even the western half of west virginia to find any significant sunshine in the east. but, boy, widespread clear weather. it's all west of this stalled out frontal boundary. we still have the cloud cover. the rain stayed generally south of us at least the heavy rains. you know, the dry air knocking on the door, i don't think it makes it. the front will waffle around. the stationary front means they don't move much. has long last it stays in the -- as long as it stays in the air, pop-up showers right around that frontal boundary but mostly south of it. here's a look at the best projection we have. you can see a few showers potentially popping up but the better chance will be as the front shifts further north on thursday. thursday afternoon could feature widespread scattered showers with the best chance for storms coming in on friday. some of the ones friday could be strong to severe. how about a category one hurricane, ernesto, well defined center of circulation just about to make landfall in eastern mexico south of cancun and cozum

and west of us there is another band of shower stretching from upstate new york to western pennsylvania, eastern ohio, and moving toward western maryland as we speak. that is liable to reach us overnight and early tomorrow morning. the total for the month is by 0.79 inches, almost 3 inches above normal. it went from a deficit to surplus just like that. still below normal for the year by about 5 inches. the eastern shore got drenched yester day as well, part of the driest regions of the state. 84 is the average high for today, 87 is what we actually measured. nowhere near by high and 1948 when it hit 102 degrees. chur to the north and west of us behind the front that is moving in from the north and west, picking up the showers. once we get past that, the weather will be beautiful here. high pressure from canada will bring us some superb summer weather. this area of high pressure will block isaac from immediately coming our way. right now it looks like isaac will hit the central gulf coast. we will be protected from high- pressure at least up until about labor day weekend, and then we will have to see

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you see the rain coming down of course the western penylvania, ohio reaching all the way down the tennessee valley tomorrow. so overnight and dry but the chance of the storm coming in tomorrow afternoon as we take a look at that afternoon forecast. you can see, yeah, more rain likely throughout the afternoon so, again, it's a day where we'llee more likely rain chances. up thas straight ahead.k shapes >>> all right. why lawmakers work late into the night to work on a deal that would add a six to maryland. also on the table a measure that would make dog owners liable if their dog attacks someone just once abc news christian live in annapolis tonight. christian. >> yeah. those are the two big issues here at the special session and they both passed through their respective house committees today sth debate on casinos d pit bulls moves to the fl house delegates tomorw. >> casino in maryland i becoming clear after a committee approved a plan that would allow maryland citizens to vote on whether to build one and whether to add table game ins a referendum this november. opponent says t plan is like

. >> cowan: born on a farm in western ohio in 1930, armstrong was flying planes before he could legallychildhood wonderment friends say that he never lost. by age 21 he was a naval aviator flying combat missions over korea, 78 in all. he's a natural test pilot flying an alphabet soup of all kinds experimental aircraft, like the x-15 that he took to the edge of space. he could fly anything with wings and probably those without, most figured. the perfect choice to take on the challenge set out by president john f. kennedy. >> i believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal before this decade is out of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. >> cowan: that seemed close to impossible. but armstrong was the right man with the right stuff. soon he became the envy of every kid in america. confident, courageous, but never cocky. he flew his first space mission aboard gemini 8 in 1966. if space was going to test his mettle, it found armstrong had nerves of steel. when his tiny capsule spun out of control, armstrong righted it using a back-up system

the front coming across eastern ohio and western virginia. will be scattered storms. atmosphere is prime enough any storms that to form torrential rain and small hail as we had 30 evening. no widespread outbreak. is our ford board. the two 10 7 inch of rain, we make it up factions at a time. 88 in culpeper and manassas. 84 in frederick. overnight the storms, showers to when and it. 66-72 by morning. it will be hazy. it will take awhile for the move through. like amountain looks skinny line. reality the funnels funds can be 100 miles wide or so. we could have a midday shower or storm. clear in the will afternoon. give us aure will beautiful day on thursday. as we head into friday, that is andchance of showers storms. warm and humid. showers and thunderstorms. warm and dry on as they and hot humid on friday. temperatures in the low 80's by saturday, sunday, monday, and tuesday. >> tell us what was going on at today. >> these guys were working hard. this is no joke. this was the last day of redskins' training camp. trent williams was back at nowtice with his bruised heal

a line of thunderstorms from the great lakes through the western part of the ohio valley. they're popping up along the front. even for tomorrow, pressure keeps things quiet. this front is rowling at this and you can see the bright white clouds with thunderstorms ahead. we will get into some of that cooler air for the weekend. the transition with the front that could see a few storms popping up. as early as 3 or 4:00 p.m., the western suburbs see a line of storms. by 8:00 p.m., most of the storms will be east of us. we may see a round of showers and storms between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. and from 8:00 p.m. through the rest of the evening, the rate moves off and by saturday, leaving us with partly cloudy skies for the bulk of the weekend. the timing might be rushed through the late afternoon and get better tomorrow night into the weekend. the forecast tonight, clear skies and beautiful. 73 downtown. southwest wind at 5 miles per hour. a hot and humid day around 90, fuelling this afternoon storms and southwest wind at five to 10 miles per hour. watch that sky for late afterno

clear skies west then a little strip of showers over the ohio value leeks tending from western maryland back into the ohio valley. i think we're done with the overnight period. looks like we have some dry weather around here. tomorrow night may be some decent sunshine into the day tomorrow, as well. that will be welcome. take a look at the overall setup here. the most active weather in the east right now coastal system offshore. all that well organized or impressive right now, but it will bring rain to the cape hat ras area and then eventually offshore of ocean city. it's a coastal low but behind it high pressure, and we think that's going to actually take over for us here across central maryland as we go into thursday afternoon, thursday evening. that's going to be try weather in the week. also watch very carefully the tropics now, which are heeth up. multiple waefs off africa. now tropical storm isaac started off today this was tropical depression no. 9 now named storm getting more and more organized here. still winds just 40 right now, but we expect it to intensify as it moves toward

western, west virginia, through ohio, reaching in to t kentucky ask tennessee, spinoff showers from theemnants of isaac, isaac a large mass of rain, a tropical low, and we will continue to bring significan rain, several inches, drought stricken areas in the midwest and this moisture will catch a ride on a frontal boundary, draped over northern michigan right now and up through canada. this is taking a dip. beginning to push the isaac moisture in our direction. stray shower is possible even late tomorrow, late saturday, isolated shower. the chance for showers will come late day sundays, just south of the frontal boundary, some of the moisture from isaac, reaching to the east and more likely we will see spinoff showers, combined with the front in the area, creating some unsettled weather on the labor day monday and lingering in to tuesday and wednesday. a slow moving mass of moisture here that will impact us in a more significant way towards the middle of next week. that will include late sunday in to labor day. tropics active all month long, we are on the last day of august. we have two

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system and you can see there's been some severe warnings and watches in effect through parts of western areas of ohioong and ahead of that frontal system. this definitely is something we need to watch. it created a lot of problems in its past so far. we will have to see how things hold up tomorrow, especially with the heat and humidity. we will be in an unstable air mass. temperatures have been really on the upside today into the mid 90s. it's still warm outside. 87 degrees right now at national airport. it is 85 in annapolis. 79 degrees at manassas. 84 at hagerstown. 89 at quantico. the humidity still kicking in. take a look at the heat in d.c. this is what it feels like right now. it feels like it's 93 degrees right now at national airport. so that's a pretty good indication of where we are headed. temperatures up tomorrow as well. i'll have more details in my full forecast. back to you. >> residents in the blooming dale section of d.c. want answers about why their neighborhood flood so badly and what will be done about it. you might remember this scene from earlier this summer at a community meeti

today, ohio valley, western maryland, a slight risk of severe storms.oss the abc 7 viewing area, we are under a slight risk for severe and thunderstorms. damaging wind posing the biggest threat later on friday. storms lingering into early saturday. sunday looking good, low humidity, mid 80's. lisa baden >> . no accidents to report right now all the way around the beltway. looking and feeling good on 95 virginia northbound, lanes are open. a little volume through springfield. that is traffic heading toward us. headed away from us is quiet traffic. a crash downstream at 121 is out of the way. things are settling down in hyattsville. a delay on metro rail has been resolved. >> it's time to announce today's winner of four tickets to the montgomery county fair as well as ride wristbands and $25 to spend. >> ann mowl, from gaithersburg. we will pick one more dinner tomorrow. to enter, go to wjla.com/our facebook page. >> coming up, a live roundup of today's top stories and things you need to know. >> lets get around up of today's top stories. >> firefighters

then our attention turns to the northwest ahead of that front in ohio and western new york by tomorrow morning. winds southwesterly ahead of it. that's going to pump temps tomorrow 90 to 95. so a hot friday. noon will be okay but look what happens in the afternoon. by 5:00 frederick, watch out. winchester coming through hagerstown. this line of strong, maybe severe storms. this will continue south and east. still with us at midnight and getting south and east of us saturday morning. hopefully continuing south and east but if you're going to be at the beaches, some of the showers could linger. we may see something close to us again over the weekend depending on exactly where the front ends up. a good day today, 90, hot, not too humid. tomorrow 94 degrees. the afternoon storms and the evening storms that were yellow alert day, storms potentially start, we'll keep it yellow for now but look at temp, 84. sunday cooler, 81. still a chance after shower on monday, 82. i think it's still looking nice for the commute this morning. >> not too bad. we still have the two issues i've been telling y

it will help him here in michigan, western pennsylvania all parts of pennsylvania, in ohio those swing states. mainly though, it is the irish catholics, italian catholics, polish catholics, german catholics, they were a shrink and go dying share of the catholic population. but this will help mitt significantly. his polish part of the trip was really the best part. it was a tremendous. >> will he swing over any latino voters? >> i don't know it goes with. >> he is going to lose latino vote somewhere between 60 and 70%. >> what is the role of the catholic voter in this election? >> first of all it is going to do all pat said it is going to do, if it is, mitt ought to make weekly trips back. >> what's wrong with that? >> nothing, maybe it is a good idea. >> are you knocking the catholic vote? >> the president has about a ten point edge over romney with u.s. catholics. and to the extent there is a catholic vote, it is a cafeteria catholic vote. and i think if romney was counting on the controversy over contraception to open up a wedge issue for him to win votes, i think being woman trumps

western north carolina. another batch of rain in ohio and there's actually another front in ohio. lots of energy and instability in front of it and i hope that will limit the severe threat for later this afternoon because the atmosphere just won't have time to en90s. looking at devil -- energize. looking at the sunny brackets and into the this afternoon -- afternoon and lesser action tonight but the weekend looks a little mixed. saturday morning could be some showers and going to the beach, saturday i think it is going to be showering on and off all day. 87 today with the showers and storms and tonight we're back in the 60s and 70s with 87 tomorrow. a good looking sunday. good look monday as we turn hot and a couple of storms by tuesday. 4:48. beverly farmer over to you. >>> howard, we've got an accident cleaning up on northbound 95. travelers out of stafford, quantico, making your way into dumfries the crash clean-up is right at the struck scale at the way station here between dumfries and dale city. still getting by along the right side with relatively friday brief delays. over

ohio. he doesn't have to win, i mean you could win, you could be a democratic president who wince, you don't even have to win florida. you could win just that western pass and still lose ohio and florida and still be elected president. that is another turn of the crystal in how hard it is for romney to win. >> rose: they betterbe staying up all weekend writing a speech, hadn't they. october surprise so, look at the world. >> i think that there is one foreign policy sho out there that could be very big. we're coming to a climax in the talks with iran about their nuclear program. so far the russians and the chinese have stood with us. and every detail in these talks, the pressure is tremendously on the iranians, the deal is on the table, and the question is going to come up in september whether they accept it or reject it. if they accept the deal what is mitt romney going to say. if they reject the deal what is barack obama going to do. that is potentially a huge thing for october. >> so what do you make of all the buzz in israel? >> i think that it is, that it's part of the strategy that israel act like a mad dog at this point, to further scare -- >

take a look, more storms into west virginia and western portions of -- eastern portions of ohio. we'll continue to watch those for you and let you know how today, today may not be the only day we talk about the chance for severe weather. >> now to a developing story vofrg the massive wildfires in the northwest. 400 families are fleeing a fire in washington state. it already destroyed 100 buildings including 60 homes. no injuries are reported. one person is missing tonight. the fire has burned about 20,000 acres since yesterday. more than 150 fire fighters from across the state are working to contain the blaze tonight. >>> it is an action packed day in the battleground states. president obama is in iowa with stops in oskaloosa, waterloo and cedar rapids. mitt romney is in ohio. steve handlesman is on capitol hill with the highlights. >> reporter: you know how some preseason redskins games feel a little bit like practice? well this race for the white house now is looking and feeling more like the players. they clashed over energy. barack obama in iowa. mitt romney in ohio with coal

range from 100 to 115 in oklahoma, texas, arkansas and in western tennessee, mississippi and louisiana. the central plains and much of the ohioy will be uncomfortably hot. a few thunderstorms likely in the great lakes. from southern new england to the virginia, most of the west will be dry. >>> in sports, another gold-plated day for u.s. olympic swimmers. nathan adrian won the 100-meter freestyle by .01 of a second. he's the first u.s. swimmer to win the event since 1988. american women set an olympic record in winning the relay. rebecca soni won a race in the 200-meter breaststroke setting a new world record in the process. she'll swim for gold in the event today. away from the pool by the way, american gymnast danell leyva rallied to take the bronze in the men's all-around competition. mariel zagunis was eliminated from women's fencing without a medal. also yesterday, president obama called u.s. women gymnasts from air force one to congratulate them. on their team gold medal and mentioned it at a campaign stop in ohio. >> so i told these young ladies as i was congratulating them, how do you not bust your head every time you

they're in western maryland right now and west virginia. look at areas around ohio and kentucky. we've got showers. we've got storms down to the south. especially around kentucky. that front, those showers and storms will be moving our way later today. so your day planner forecast, sunshine fades away. noontime. mostly sunny. 89. then it's partly cloudy with a high of 93 degrees. showers start, maybe some storms around 5:00. >>> checking out your first 4 traffic report. we've got to start with an accident. if you're traveling northbound i-95 heading towards baltimore just past 395. car fire is blocking all of your northbound lanes. it does look like you are able to get through using the shoulder lanes in that area. they're still open. but please be aware of that. if you're planning to drive up north. let's talk about road work. montgomery county, outer loop toward new hampshire avenue. two of the left lanes will get you by. the road work there is set up along the right. let's head to prince george's county. now, on the outer loop as you make your way toward 201, the right lane is

cold front for us and cold front sits back outside of the area northwestern ohio down through central kentucky, westernennessee. and down south is where the bulk of the rain is right now. scattered showers, columbus to eastern tennessee. and then becoming more heavier with thunderstorms down through northern areas of mississippi and alabama. the area that you see shaded throughout our area in yellow. south of winchester, south of leesburg, around warrenton, charlottesville, la ray. this is the zone where there could be severe storms in the afternoon hours until 7:00 or 8:00 p.m. for us, i think the rain is going to start about 5:00 p.m. areas west about 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. mid 70s by 7:00 p.m. noontime, close to 90. warmth around the area for sure today. several degrees by "american idol" bof average. probably warmer than it was yesterday. so showers develop out west at 3:00 and move this way. from a little sunshine to rain for late today. if you take a look at your four-day forecast. 50% chance of rain early tomorrow. lingering clouds and cool for the rest of the weekend. danella? >> thanks, veronica. >

western part of the mid atlantic region. couple of showers each down there in south central, ohio.e are watching the system, yearks of low pressure -- area of low pressure, remnants of isaac, several inches in strick iowa, corn country there burnt to a crisp from drought this summer. they will get some rain. it won't break the drought but knock a dent in it. our trend, what we are watching all weekend, the progress of moisture with isaac, a frontal boundary out of canada, could trigger a shower tomorrow, but the better chances for showers from the set up is going to occur sunday late day sunday. the best chance for rain will come in to the day on monday as the low pressure area moves further in our direction. look at the overall set up out to sea. it's a active tropics. in the last day of august welcomes multiple named storms through the month, one of the most active hurricane months in the basin. mercifully, kent and louise, or kirk and louise staying out to sea. tonight, 69, few clouds, mild night, tomorrow, we will say 90 as we kick off the indy car races downtown. fairly hot. d

stormy weather continues in the upper ohio valley and kentucky before cooler, drier weather moves in. severe storms from western caroline to the lower mississippi valley. most of the west, hot and dry. >>> in sports, a sad night at a ballpark in toronto. the game between the blue jays and the white sox was delayed after a fan went into cardiac arrest. players watched as the map was carted off the field. he later died at the hospital. as for the game, the white sox hit five home runs including back-to-back homers. chicago wins that one, 7-2. >>> in anaheim, the rays smash off a pitch over the wall. he circled the bases but angels manager mike sosa argues the call. the umps say the ball hit a fan and a railing. they ruled it a home run. tampa bay gets a home run from up ton in the fourth and another from evan longoria in the fifth. his league leading 16th victory. the rays win it 7-0. >>> two nfl pre-season games on the schedule last night. bengals quarterback andy dalton reaches back and throws one deep to green. will he catch it? yes a 50-yard score. cincinnati wins it 24-19. are you getting pumped up? football

western p. a.. we do have some more showers back to the west there moving into ohio. this is all ahead of a cold front that will be approaching us as we go through time. and it will move through the area tomorrow bringing thus chance for some severe weather. right now though temperatures coming in at 69 degrees in reisterstown. 70 hanover. more of the same, 70s across the board in middletown at 73 and 70 edgewood. norrisville good morning to you you're at 79 degrees. the moisture is high once again. that scenario is not changing anytime soon right? 69 degrees is what we have for baltimore. 73 in d.c.. and we have more 60s back in york, frederick, hagerstown, winchester and also cull p.m.erment we're still tracking tropical storm ernesto. the winds sustained about 70 miles an hour and it did make landfall in the yucatan peninsula yesterday as a category 1 hurricane. now it's pushing over the bay of campeche and with that it will start to make a second landfall heading towards southern mexico. so that's the scenario with tropical storm ernesto staying away from us. we l

you see this line, ohio back down into west virginia extending down into western sections of north carolinathat's a front boundary. it will take a while to get that -- frontal boundary. it will take a while to get that frontal boundary through, but late saturday into sunday it will bring cooler drier air. so things will be more pleasant, but it looks like at least on saturday we'll continue to carry a chance for some showers and thunderstorms. still muggy and mild overnight, any spotty storms will be to the south. again tomorrow afternoon much like today a few spotty storms. temperatures get up to the lower 90s. heat index tomorrow should feel like 94 to 95 in the heat of the day. we're talking again just isolated thunderstorms late tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening, a better chance of storms thursday and friday. we talked about this earlier now, had to put showers back in saturday morning at least, but if the front will get through, saturday afternoon and sunday look pretty nice. >> that cooldown. >> that will be really nice, won't it? 85 will feel like it's almost fall compared to t

western maryland. that cool weather will stick with us for the next seven days. this area of low pressure stretches down through the ohioalley and the wind flow drives out of central canada bringing in the cool air and the moisture along the eastern seaboard. tomorrow is likely to be like today. cooler than normal but a threat of a shower. high-pressure gets here in the middle part of the week going toward the weekend. things dry and warm up a little bit. 58 suburbs, 60 downtown. showers winding down. tomorrow, partly cloudy skies. cooler than normal periods 78 to 83. the waves of about 1 foot. western maryland will feel like fall. 40's and 50's at night and sunday during the day for the next couple. eastern shore will get into the 80's but that risk of a thunderstorm will be there tomorrow before more sunshine comes in wednesday. ocean city, two more days with thunderstorm chances tuesday and wednesday. gordon is living but watch out for this. this could become a tropical storm isaac sitting out there 800 miles east of the caribbean. the seven-day. tomorrow, 81. more sun. wednesday through friday, into the low 80's. cl

western coal production is up. it too is down. let me say one thing, ma'am. the pj and interconnection is a group of 13 ohioutilities east of the mississippi. they just had their quarterly auction, power prices are up 8% bid that incremental power up eight times 800% because they in their press relief said there's going to be brown-outs and blackouts as barack obama eliminates the four cent kill lo watt electricity per hour made from coal and tries to substitute the 22% that gets $24 a kilowatt a dollar from the taxpayer. it shouldn't exist. ma'am, this is a national crisis -- goes well beyond the coal industry. >> you're clearly infuriated by it. i want to ask about the politics. when people look into who you support politically this year alone, i believe you've given $150,000 to the gop. so i think there are people who could say, your position is more about politics than anything else. >> that is absolutely incorrect again. you're insufficientinuation was incorrect, i told you this was a human issue. these are my employees and i came from them deeply. barack obama and followers are destroying the entire -

sunday, sunday, heavy rain throughout the mid-atlantic into the ohio river valley and western half ofthat's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> we are going to have a rapid warm up today. right now, beginning to climb into the 70s throughout much of the region under a clear sky and still lingering, patchy fog, some of the rural areas. later today, it will soar into the low and mid-90s by mid-afternoon as we begin to see lower humidity developing and rather humid now. lots of sun and then very humid over the weekend as the remnants of isaac approach us from the west and increasing clouds near 90 and could get tropical showers on sunday, monday, >> there's still a lot to do with isaac's remnants. check out weather channel, day or not. weather.com online. nothing says labor day weekend like big willie scott. >> we all love a party. birthday parties are best, especially when you celebrate all the years of birthdays. >> kay hollinger, sykesville merrill maryland, 107 years old. loves to read and known for being one tough cookie. you don

western pennsylvania. and moments from now, as we speak, the president live in his home away from home, battleground ohio. good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. as the president warms up that crowd, five hours from now, missouri senate candidate todd akin either caves in to republican pressure and pulls out of the race, hangs around and pays penalties if he gets out later. our new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows just how bad it is for congress even before this controversy. just how unpopular congress really is. take a look at this. 82% of those polled now disapprove of congress, that's tied for the all-time high in our polling. only 12% approve. joining me now from new york, chuck todd, nbc's chief white house correspondent and political director, host of "the daily rundown" and here on the set, national journal's white house correspondent major garrett. chuck, let's go through the poll numbers. this is a terrible number for congress. what does it say about the wisdom of putting a house member, house republican, on the ticket? >> well, first, look, we're always looking to figure out