right now, getting some heavy rain moving into western west virginia. that's advancing to the east-northeast. that should be moving in to garrett county, allegheny county, western maryland over the next hour or so. expect some heavy downpours there. we've had some around the northern neck of virginia and the virginia tide water region, but that's beginning to dissipate now. but we do have a large area under a flash flood watch. all these counties in green across much of virginia, it includes the district and much of maryland and the eastern shore as well, for thunderstorms likely developing later this afternoon. there's a slight risk they would be severe with damaging winds, but the main threat, i think, is heavy rain that may cause flooding. highs into the mid- and upper 80s. a look at tonight, we'll look at the weekend as well, and into next week in a couple of minutes, eun. >> we'll see you then, tom. thank you. >>> the final countdown is underway for nasa's 30-year-old space shuttle program. here's a live look at shuttle "atlantis" on the launch pad.

farther to our west in the 60s, western maryland, much of west virginia. is very heavy rain coming out of the ohio valley just about to come into the mountains of west virginia. that's heading off to the east. will be coming our way later today. that's the sky over montgomery county. live picture from the weather watcher sky camera. a little sun this morning. quite cloudy. the heavy downpours this afternoon into tonight with thunder and lightning. could cause creeks and streams to come out of their banks and overflow roadways. watch out for that as well as the ponding of water. this flood threat exists all the way through friday night into very early saturday morning into predawn. saturday it will dry out. that system will move east. a little less humid with the sun back and not too humid sunday as well. a great summer day. getting more humid on monday, into the low 90s. could get storms on tuesday. a break from the heat and humidity on wednesday and thursday. you can check the weather any time, weather channel on cable. >>> 6:53 now. breaking news out of

virginia. right now temperatures in the 60s across much of the mountain region and western maryland and west virginiaere go those heavy downpours last night that just missed the mall. and now this morning a few lingering sprinkles lower eastern shore and the sky over capitol hill now partly cloudy. our sunrise in about 20 minutes. by 9:00 we'll be near 80 degrees. lots of sunshine and a sunny afternoon, highs reaching near 90 just with moderate humidity. though it is going to be returning as we get into tonight and tomorrow. a look at your night planner coming up in about ten minutes at 5:41. now let's check the back to work traffic. danella sealock, how's it looking? >> it look like commuters are making their way. so far it's a good commute. 66 at compton road. i am seeing some volume heading 66 east. so far i'm checking your speed. you're still traveling at a good speed. it's just there's a lot of you on the road right now. as we head over, i want to show you the american legion bridge is also picking up steam. again, you're still traveling at a good speed. no incidents to report at this time. a lo

west and north, it's in the 60s this morning. out in the mountains of western maryland, west virginia, low 60s now.rn shore, low and mid-70s. there are all those storms that passed just south of washington overnight. now they're heading out to sea and tending to break up. behind that, we're getting the sky beginning to clear out. there's a live picture from the skywatcher camera on the left of your screens. northern fairfax county in the distance. off to the right, in the four ground, the urban forest of washington and friendship heights. around the region by 9:00, near 80. by noontime, mid-80s. during the afternoon, up around 90, moderate humidity. a lot of code orange for unhealthy air quality by midafternoon. we'll take a look at the night planner by 6:41. danella, how's the traffic looking? >>> we still have some congestion right here. this is 270 south, making your way out of urbana heading towards clarksburg. it's slow for you. as you head further south, this is west montgomery avenue on 270. your lanes are open, and it is a smooth commute. and i want to show you this. look at this. we're jam

and we have temperatures out of the mountains of western maryland and west virginia, many locations therein the low to mid-50s much of western maryland and west virginia. just a few wispy high clouds come in overnight. those are moving off and a clear sky for the most part. there's a live picture from the tower camera, the sky watcher is about 300 feet from northwest washington, off in the distance on the horizon, as prince george's county, a clear start to the day around the region. our sunrise is in about 16 minutes. by 9:00, we'll be in the upper 70s. by noon time low to mid-80s. near 90 midafternoon. low humidity. unhealthy air quality by midafternoon. down into the mid-80s. a look at the friday night planner in ten minutes. >> so far let's take a look at the rails. metro, marc, and vre on time and running close to schedule. as we take a look at our roadways, 66 at compton road. 66 east and west as you're traveling in virginia, your lanes are clear. as the sunrises, it will be a nice ride for you. inner loop and outer loop in maryland, you're clear as well. good as the sun rises, righ

just about the entire region of maryland and virginia, eastern shore, delaware. and western maryland out in westginia, though, a few locations there dipped into the low 60s to upper 50s. a little patchy fog there, as well. you can see over the fog we've got a clear sky, this view from space and we'll get that hazy sunshine through the morning hours. right now breaks in those clouds over the potomac river. a live picture from the city camera, looking off to the east. and by 9:00 we'll be near 80. by noontime near 90. hazy sunshine, and hot and humid this afternoon. low to mid 90s. then late afternoon into the evening. we could get some scattered thunderstorms. any severe threat from these storms will be in the threat of maybe some flooding from some brief chef heavy downpours. may cause creeks and streams to come out of their banks from tonight until perhaps after midnight as well as during the day on friday into friday night. then saturday will dry out, lower humidity moving in. sun back in the afternoon. highs upper 80s near 90. a bit less humid as well. getting more humid first part of next we

and into western virginia right,flash flood warnings for west virginia and frederick county in towards virginia and also for the rest of us, a flash flood watch in effect for the day tomorrow. some areas tomorrow could pick up one to two inches of rain. maybe more. tomorrow is going to be a very wet day. a storm system moving in from the west is going to impact the entire day on our friday. i'll let you know who i think will get what coming up in my full forecast. >> okay, doug, thank you. >>> we're following some breaking news out of grand rapids, michigan, tonight, that's where police have cornered a man suspected of shooting seven people to death including two children. police began a manhunt today after finding four people dead in one home, and three others dead in a home across town, after a high-speed chase the suspect crashed his car and ran into a stranger's home taking two hostages there. he has since released one of the hostages, but the standoff continues at this hour. we will upstadate you if anythi option this broadcast. >>> in laurel, maryland, a bad accident has shut dow

out to the west part of the shenandoah valley may be looking at storms. 5:00looking at heavier storms in western maryland and west virginia. as they move toward us by 6:00 they will lose a little strength but will fizzle a bit. winchester could be looking at stronger storms toward 6:00 p.m. go toward 7:30 and winchester toward culpepper a better chance than here, but won't take much to get those showers and storms toward us. good news as we head toward 9:00 key firework time, seeing a lot less activity showing up. perhaps down toward culpepper. but right now i think most of us should be okay, at least by 9:00 but your afternoon grilling may be interrupted by a passing shower or storm. i will see you in a few minutes and we will talk about the rest of the week and the seven-day forecast and more storms. >>> today marked america's 235th birthday and with the threat of shower thousands will pack the national mall for a day full of festivities. armando joins us live with the preview. hi. >>> the good news right now for those thousands of folks you spoke about is at its overcast and that means they won't turn into baked potato

west and north, also near 70. to the 60s out in the mountains. a cool 61 at elkins. much of western maryland and west virginiacooler this morning, but humidity is going to be moving in there as well as this day progresses. all of this coming in on a shifting wind now coming in out of the south and southwest, bringing in some clouds and increased humidity. also getting some showers now just to the north of roanoke and lynchburg, and that's beginning to drift up the blue ridge around charlottesville. later this morning, this front is going to be stalled right over us, and right over our region is where we'll have scattered showers and thunderstorms. just to the south of washington is where we have the risk of severe storms later this afternoon and into early this evening. right now no storms around, no rain, don't have any travel problems weatherwise. there's just a hazy sky over the washington monument. sunrise at 5:49. a little hazy sunshine this morning and a mostly cloudy afternoon as we climb to the upper 80s and maybe even low 90s in a few areas. late afternoon into the evening is when we do have the poss

in some of the highlands of west virginia. western maryland now, most locations in the 60s. around the bay, the eastern shore, the low 70s there. and over the last 12 hours we had quite a bit of storminess passing just south of washington yesterday afternoon and evening but that's now gone and replaced by a mostly clear sky throughout the mid-atlantic states. however, it's going to be a front that will eventually stall out over us later today into tonight and tomorrow. when that happens, we do have the possibility of some heavy downpours. tomorrow we could have some flooding problems. right now, though, no travel problems as you head off to work early on this thursday morning. the 7th day of july. there's the washington monument under a partly cloudy to clearing sky right now. the sunrise is at 5:50 this morning. it will be coming up in a mostly clear sky by 9:00 with bright sunshine. already around 80 or so. by noontime we'll be pushing 90 degrees. then we'll have clouds building as we get into the afternoon hours, and peaking in the mid 90s by mid afternoon. low to mid 90s

panhandle of west virginia, parts of the shenandoah valley, western maryland, and much of west virginia. south and east, lower part of the eastern shore, southeast virginia, low and mid-70s. overnight, we did have showers and storms passing across northern maryland. those are now dissipating. farther to our west, a line of heavy downpours now along the ohio river valley moving into kentucky. that's heading off to the east. looks like that will be moving our way here by later this morning and into the afternoon. right now we've got generally dry pavement throughout much of the region. there's the jefferson memorial under a partly cloudy sky. sunrise in about an hour. might have a little sun. overall, a little bit of cloudiness. noontime, might have a passing downpour. later in the afternoon, perhaps mid to late afternoon, we could have some downpours with thunder and lightning and heavier downpours may cause localized flooding this afternoon and overnight tonight. high temperatures in the mid-80s before that. yes, all the way through this much of tonight we have this potential for heavy

out in western maryland and much of west virginia, if anybody's camping, they're waking up cold thisorning. glad they brought their sleeping bags. only near 50 degrees many locations there. in southeastern virginia later today, these are the expected high. near 90 in washington points south and east. west and north, highs should be in the low to mid-80s. over the last 12 hours, this gorgeous area of high pressure coming down from canada. still with us in place here from the carolinas all the way to new england. and we'll see the beautiful blue sky that will be over us throughout the rest of the day. that's a live picture now from the high definition skywatcher camera overlooking washington on the left. on the right is arlington. by 9:00, upper 70s. by noon, mid-80s. near 90 midafternoon. code orange unhealthy air quality midafternoon. then overnight tonight it will be clear. a beautiful summer evening coming up will be in the 70s by late evening. then 60s by dawn saturday. tomorrow should be another beautiful day. gradually getting a little more humid by the afternoon with highs reac

western maryland. this is around garrett county. i do expect that area to move through west virginia, especially the panhandle of west virginia, move western portions of virginia including the haguerstown area, maybe frederick and through d.c. around 7:00, 8:00. and then we'll see things dry out from there. so in annapolis, 80 degrees, mostly cloudy, but looking good. i think annapolis will have no problems tonight around the time we're going to see the fireworks. as far as the rest of the area, how about reston, lake fairfax, the herndon area seeing showers, potentially early, but then looking dry around 9:00 for the fireworks. so i think the fireworks activities will be okay. tomorrow, 9s 0 degrees. 90 on wednesday, 90 on thursday. 90 -- okay, 88 on friday. i thought i was going to, you know, continue with the trend. but let's bring it down 2 degrees. want to mix it up a little bit. 30 to who 40% chance of showers each day, as we move into the weekend. temperatures in the upper 80s to around 90 degrees. this typically the next two or three weeks is the time we're seeing the warmest weather on average. so you know it's the month of

farther to our west and much of western maryland and west virginia there, now it's in the 60s on thish of july morning. over the last 12 hours, there are the storms that came on through. as they went out to sea, pretty much dissipating. we still have quite a bit of cloudiness around maryland, west virginia, and eastern shore. there is an upper level disturbance to our west and north. that's going to be diving down over the region this afternoon. unfortunately, that's going to be the trigger perhaps for more storms. here's the scene of the big fireworks 'tdisplay and the concert on the mall. you can make out the washington monument and the jefferson memorial to your right. lincoln memorial on the potomac river. that sky may be streaked with lightning bolts in addition to fireworks by this evening. near 90 for a high by midafternoon. from about 5:00 this afternoon all the way until around midnight when we have the possibility of some passing thunderstorms. if you are going down to the mall, have an umbrella with you. by midnight, though, and after that, we should have the storms dissipa

now in the mountains of western maryland, west virginia, many locations in the 60s.e should have quite a bit of sun this morning. temperatures will soar to near-90 by noontime. and we ought to hit the low to mid 90s by midafternoon. then we'll have clouds building, and likely some storms popping up late this afternoon, and into tonight. in fact, we could have some brief, heavy downpours tonight, all the way until after midnight. some of which could produce some localized flooding. so watch out for that if you're going to be out and about tonight. then on friday, too, some more maybe heavy showers later in the morning on friday. and then during the afternoon into friday night, with some thunder and lightning. that, too, may cause some additional localized flooding. highs mid 80s tomorrow. but the storminess ought to be done by around, oh, dawn saturday. after that we'll dry out saturday. sunshine back, highs reaching upper 80s and a bit less humid, and not too humid on sunday either. up near 90 with lots of sun. here's a look into next week. monday, tuesday and wednes

. >> west of the blue ridge, pretty dense fog even through the mountains of western maryland and west virginiata will be around through the 8:00 hour. it will burn off quickly because the sun angle is high this time of year. fog unlike when we get into october, can't survive nearly as long. i'm expecting a good deal of sunshine here in town. 75 by 8:00. by noon, 86. we'll warm up pretty quickly. be in the 90 degree rake by 4:00. you can see the symbol at 4:00. spotty showers and an isolated thunderstorm today. 20%, 30% coverage. most of us will be dry. the vast majority of us will be dry. this morning, the showers were down in southern maryland toward the eastern shore. a zone well up south and east of washington. with the rains last night, the lighter wind. we've got visibilities in many areas like culpepper and cumberland. quarter mile up and down the shenandoah valley to stanton. on the eastern shore, easton at 3/4 of a mile. a little haze in hagerstown. spotty, especially west. with temperatures down in the low to mid-60s. we're sitting at 75 here in washington. dew points are in the mid-6

much of west virginia now in the 60s, as is much of western maryland. right around the lower part of the eastern shore, southeastern virginia now in the mid-70s. over the last 12 hours, seeing this flow shifting into the south, bringing in the humidity. and there are some showers here just to the west of richmond. those are going to be tracking perhaps up toward the central blue ridge in another couple of hours. there is the sky over washington now. sort of a bit of a pink haze in the air now.e day as we hover near 90 midafternoon. might get early evening storms. slight risk it would be severe just south of washington and partly cloudy after that. tomorrow and friday more of the same. a greater chance of storms around tomorrow. now it looks like for friday as well as into friday night. the rest of the weekend looks dry from saturday into sunday, monday, tuesday. still hot and humid up around 90 each day. only the slight risk of a storm. now, danella, how's traffic? >>> good news for you. that inner loop of the beltway now clear. this is up around 270. y

western maryland, much of west virginia in the low and mid-60s on this fourth of july morning. the big storms came through, did their damage in mostly virginia, and now they're way out to sea and dissipating. still have the cloudiness around. there are the showers in the southwest, drifting to the east/southeast. we'll get breaks in the clouds and ought to get sunshine breaking out here as we start off the day. right now it's partly cloudy over the mall. there's a live picture from the city camera. sunrise around 5:45. and we'll have temperatures by 9:00 in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees. some sunshine in and out all the way to much of the afternoon. however, it's late afternoon. especially areas off to our west, could have some storms in the shenandoah valley and the mountains late afternoon. right around washington, we will probably not have any storms arriving perhaps until around 7:00 or 8:00. that's right at the time people will be gathering on the mall. that's the time, unfortunately, of the big concert on the mall, the capitol, as well as the big fireworks display. t

you see this in-by-owe 95 and there is some more activity out of western maryland and west virginia and right now, we're seeing the firing up to the southwest of hagerstown and on to 70. we'll zoom this down and show you what is going on here and this is frederick. this popped up in frederick county the last 30 minutes or so and that is headed to hagers county. looks like if we show you the forecast at 7:00, all of the storms will be to the north of the metro and some temperatures steamy, 91 degrees and feel like 94 and 95. by 9, 11:00, i'm not expecting a lot of thunderstorms and showers, but i think there is going to be some out there and this boundary is drifting to the south the next few hours. as the boundary gets closer us to, within the next three to four hours, there is still that chance that we can have a shower or a thunderstorm riding long the boundary and some heavy rain, too with some flash flood warnings to the northwest. the temperature, 94 degrees. frederick is cooler with the clouds there and that is shower out of there, 84 and martinsburg, clouds around there and that

into the eastern panhandle, west virginia, and western maryland we've had some thunderstorms tonighthat's where they are right now. we started at 68. right now the dew point is at 60. it's starting to get stickier out there and it's 81 degrees. here's a look with it. will it rain this holiday weekend? we've been talking about the chances for rain mostly tomorrow and the forecast is pretty much staying on track for that. there's a 50% chance of thunderstorms tomorrow. the fireworks displace 9:00 on monday evening should be dry. southern maryland, northern neck of virginia, there might be an isolated thunderstorm or two in that area but widespread, no. not looking at that. how about the radar? where is it raining tonight? a handful of storms are right here toward hancock, maryland, good evening. and out into west virginia. but other than that it's quiet around the viewing area and the beltway so you're in pretty good shape tonight and tomorrow morning as well. tomorrow the temperatures will ease back down into the lower 70s in d.c., 70 in st. mary's city and a handful of 60s. tomorrow

we do have a mostly cloudy sky, western maryland, much of west virginia. it's cool there. western shore right near 70 away from the beaches. over the last 12 hours, there are the storms that came through last evening. now they've dissipated. we have another upper level disturbance in the midwest that will begin to drift our way later today. unfurl, give us a chance for storms over capitol hill and right there at the mall. that's a live picture as we're just past dawn. by 9:00 we'll be partly sunny. should be near 80 degrees. partly sunny into the afternoon. we'll be peaking near 90 by the afternoon. then it's late afternoon and into the evening. if you are heading to the mall, you'd need an umbrella. be prepared to take cover. there could be a passing thunderstorm for the concert and for the big fireworks display on the mall for this evening. and then after midnight, any storms around should dissipate. by dawn tomorrow, partly cloudy. not too humid, highs near 90. on wednesday near 90 again. getting more humid. could get afternoon storms. hot and humid again on thursday, fr

it's cool out of the mountains too, down near 50 degrees most locations western maryland and much of west virginia. eastern shore, another cool start there too. away from the waters there, right around 60 degrees. and the view from space showing this enormous area of high pressure still over the northeast and will be with us here throughout the day, bringing us plenty of sunshine. there's the washington monument now under this clear sky. live picture from the city camera. by 9:00, our temperatures upper 70s. sunrise, 5:47. by noontime, mid-80s. upper 80s, near 90. plenty of sun. you'll need sun block again today. we'll have it remaining mostly clear tonight. a look at your night planner coming up at 4:41. danella, how's traffic? >>> so far we are looking fantastic. it's a wonderful friday, and our roadways are looking clear. here's silver spring georgia avenue at 16th street. local roads looking good in our area. as we head over to d.c., this is new york avenue and bladensburg road. i see no delays or accidents to report to you. in virginia, this is the beltway at braddock road. i can tell you the

but getting these breaks in the clouds to our west, and lots of sunshine now out of the mountains of western maryland and in west virginia. as this day progresses, we'll have this increasing sunshine, but that will serve to destabilize things. that combined with a little weak front that sort of stalled out over the region, giving us the likelihood of scattered storms later this afternoon and this evening. and the futurecast showing these areas of color, these potential storms popping up late afternoon, early evening. and then tomorrow, through much of the day, we'll stay dry through the morning, except out of the mountains, they may get a shower. then during the afternoon, quite likely, scattered showers and storms popping up. then things will settle down thursday night. but then on friday, we'll likely get more showers and more thunderstorms on friday and remaining humid. so for the rest of this wednesday, a little sunshine breaking out, and we also have the possibility of some storms by late afternoon, perhaps around 5:00, 6:00 in the afternoon, and then into the early evening hours. before then, we'll probably climb u

had joined the confederacy, when virginia finally did join the confederacy, he had been sent out to deal with the problem in the western part of virginia, which became west virginia, where mcclellen actually had overseen successful union occupation in many of that area. lee was sent out to western virginia to try to recover that area in august of 1861. and every effort he made turned out to be a failure. he came into -- came under all kinds of criticism from the richmond newspapers. it was called granny lee as you suggest. then in november of 1861, jefferson davis sent him to the south atlantic coast to charleston. just in time for lee to witness the capture of fort royal by the union navy and the occupation of the south carolina and the georgia sea island by union forces. and other major reverse for the confederacy. lee had to try to deal with what was going to be the consequence of that. and he gave orders to pull back out of range of the union navy, all along the coastline. which was seen as another major retreat from the confederacy. so it's not that lee was sometime a sleeping giant who's talents were not recognized, he actually had not really succe

and so, you know, west virginia is the best example. in western virginia slavery had never taken help if they didn't like the war. they were against the war so they've succeeded from virginia. there were pockets in north and south carolina. north carolina among mountain folks where there were no slaves, a lot of resistance to the war. in fact, one of the characters i wrote about, i don't know exactly this position was, went out and rooted out traders. so there were people who are opposed to the war. there are a lot of us to enjoy southerners really have a hard in the war. at least not enough southerners to win. but my opinion is the great majority of southerners did support the war, at least in the beginning what look like it would be over quickly. hope that answers your question. yes, sir. >> do you have any thoughts about lincoln igniting the war by sending down food and soldiers to reinforce fort sumter? >> thank you for that question. i do. they are, what's a great thing about history is if you decide to go out and get five, six different book

then joined the confederacy when virginia finally did join the confederacy he had been sent out to deal with the problem in the western part of virginia which became west virginia where mcclellan actually had overseen successful union occupation of much of that area. then mcclellan was called to washington in july. lee was sent off to west virginia to try to recover that area. august of 1861. every effort he made turned out to be of failure. he came into the -- came under all kinds of criticism from the richmonds newspapers. was call the granny lee, as you suggest. then in november of 1861 jefferson davis sent him to the coast of charleston just-in-time for lee to witness the capture of port well by the union navy and the occupation of the south carolina and georgia sea islands by union forces, another reversal of the confederacy. lee had to check to deal with what was going to be the consequence of that. he gave orders to pull back range of the navy which was seen as another major retreat by the confederacy. it is not that lee was some kind of a sleeping giant his talents were not recognized. he actually had not really succeeded in doing anything. he

but now it's beginning to move into the panhandle of west virginia and western maryland. you'll see that storm coming across. and as i mentioned, light shower activity in frederick county, maryland. that's going to be about it. the bulk of the rain has been just up to our north, right along the maryland/pennsylvania border. that's where some strong storms have been, a couple of severe storms, too. but they're not making their ware toward our region. tomorrow i think they will as the frontal boundaries converge, a good chance for rain, that's why a flash flood watch is in effect for the day tomorrow. some locations could pick up, and some of the stronger storms, 1 to 2-inch rainfall rates an hour. so it could come down pretty fast. if you get one or two storms, that could be a lot of rain. low pressure area right now moving off towards the east, another area of low pressure moving along this frontal boundary. that's what's going to come over tomorrow and give us that better chance for rain. then by sunday, or rather by saturday, we're in the clear. i think saturday and sun

and out in west virginia, much of western maryland, low and mid-60s there.t's a steamy morning around the bay, low and eastern shore. over the bay, we had heavy downpours passing north of washington, causing a swift water flood rescue north of baltimore. now we have quite a bit of cloudiness around. a few breaks in the clouds. there are those showers just east of richmond. they're going to be heading toward the northern neck in another half hour or so. expect flooding rains there. for us, there is the sunrise. sun came up just a couple of minutes ago. still obscured by the eastern clouds. by 9:00 near 80 degrees. little sunshine in and out. those heavy downpours from time to time, especially south and east of us this morning. then around much of the region this afternoon and into this evening with thunder and lightning. again, there is a flood threat from these torrential downpours we may have later this afternoon and overnight tonight too this flood threat exists all the way into tonight. so watch out for high water if you plan on getting out and about on t

west. converging overhead will bring potential for heavy showers and thunderstorms. this one brushing western virginia and parts of the panhandle of maryland. that energy will be moving inward. if you're traveling south-to-north all this will energy will converge overhead and bring with it the potential for hefty showers throughout the evening. not constantly, but off and on and those that do come down could be heavy. that's why there is a flash flood watch in effect for the area. you can see the area shaded in green. possibly strong to severe as temperatures are held back into the middle 80's. this could be held until possibly early tomorrow morning. but we should get clearing tomorrow through mid-morning and the weekend should be ok with temperatures saturday and sunday back into the 90's. a mix of sunshine and on the warmer side as well. that is our hope. if you are headed to the beaches, a little bit different story. out at the shore we will see the showers lingering. temperatures in the upper 60's to the lower 70's. at the weekend outlook we will see the slight look of showers moving out. a littl

west there are storms in western maryland, cumberland towards frostburg and friendsville area. this is the area where we are seeing storms right now. optimistic that whatever storms continue to move west will dive south into virginia and miss most of our fireworks. the rest of this evening will go 80s. scattered storms to the west. warm and muggy. we'll talk about your back to work forecast coming up. >>> let's talk money right now. in your money tonight working at the white house comes with some pretty good perks. you get to know the president. you might get a chance to ride on air force one and you have great health care. how about a six figure salary? >> reporter: white house staffers brings in $37 million a year in salaries. it takes 454 staffers to run the office and that doesn't count for butlers and chefs. the median salary is $70,000 a year. one out of every three people working at the white house make at least $100,000 a year. the maximum salary allowed is 172200. who makes that much? only the most recognizable staffers. john brennan, chief of staff and advisor and 17 others. six figures sounds like a pretty good salary. most of them gave up much higher paying jobs to work for the president. $172,000 is c

western maryland. i have also circled baltimore. this area out in the west virginia is moving to the east and southeast. that track would take it kind of south of baltimore. it has to cross the mountains, though. it has to make it across the mountains without diminishing. it will take a couple of hours. we will watch that area of rain, but i am optimistic. the heaviest rains will be south of us. the pink shaded areas, that is a severe thunderstorm watch that remains in effect until 10:00. the yellow counties have some warnings for some strong thunderstorms. the will talk more about the forecast for tonight and the week ahead, not. >> prince william practiced emergency water landings during his visit to canada. this is the fifth day of their canadian tour. >> prince william put his experience as a military helicopter pilot to the test today. he and is new bride continue their canadian tour on prince edward island. he practiced emergency water landing procedures. the technique was invented in canada and is used in water rescues by the coast guard. william had requested

farther to our west and north, temperatures there in the mountains of western maryland in the 60s. there go the showers just to our south, passing across virginia and heading out over the atlantic ocean. behind that, somewhat drier air, moderate humidity coming in. not the sweltering humidity like on sunday. here's how things are looking for today. we'll have temperatures climbing to near 80 by 9:00. lots of sunshine, a beautiful summer day as we get back to work. sunrise is at 5:49. that's getting a little bit later. by noontime mid-80s, near 90 by midafternoon. moderate humidity around, lots of sun. as we get into the evening hours, we'll be low 80s by 7:00 and partly cloudy by midnight and the upper 70s. by this time tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy and steamy. humidity returns. we'll be in the mid-70s tomorrow morning to low 70s in the rural areas. and later in the day up near 90 on wednesday. and a possibility, a small chance of a morning shower, but a greater chance of some afternoon storms tomorrow as well as on thursday and friday with a high near 90 each day. and steamy humidity. and then over the weekend, only a slight chance of a thun

as to your question about western pennsylvania i don't know whether an inordinate amount of pilot cadets came from that area. i can tell you that west virginia state college is another historically black college that had a civilian pilot training facility before everyone else did and several people from that general area went to west virginia state to learn to fly before the air corps had opened this up to others. there is that central focus that is bringing people in from that area. the pittsburgh courier is considered the first among equals among the black newspapers that are calling for greater opportunities for african-americans in the armed forces. they were the first to use the term double victory. african-americans in world war ii were fighting for a victory abroad and over jim crow at home. they pushed so much legislation that the package to allow african-americans into the armed forces and to desegregate hiring and defense industries that package was known as the courier bill. so the courier was at the forefront of this. the chicago defender might say this was doing better work. i would let them argue that among themselves. but the

happily, the western district just like the district of maryland makes all opinions available through the web site without any login. you can get them easily. the northern district of west virginia provides for access to all opinions from the homepage of the web site without a l ogin. west virginia gives free access to published opinions only. my first suggestion today is that when the judges and other employees of these courts get back to their offices next week, you take a look at your web site and you see members of the public get easy access to our opinions the way they are supposed to be able to do under the act of 2002 without having to share their credit card information with the federal judiciary. i am sure that many members do not wake up sang i would like to send my information to gain free access to their opinions. let me turn next and find to my own inside baseball topic. which is with regard to the fourth circuit. the issue of learning who is on the oral argument panel. i will turn to the third circuit. i have become accustomed to a system where two weeks before an oral argument date, the third circuit will send me a letter or today send me an e-mail with a link to