it's been down since yesterday on williamsburg boulevard.o we have little things like this all around arlington. it's really important for folks to be prepared to possibly take alternative routes and not to try to go through these roads that have been closed. i'm tracee wilkins live this morning in arlington. back to you all in the studio. >> tracee, thank you. >>> a person rescued from the potomac river is in critical condition this morning. d.c. fire and ems crews found the person in the water about a half mile south of the memorial bridge just before 11:00 last night. they took the person to thompson's boat house where they performed cpr. officials have not said how the person ended up in the water or actually know whether the person is a man or a woman. d.c. fire and ems says there was heavy boat traffic in the area at the time. >>> and a man in germantown is also in critical condition this morning after jumping into a lake to recover a remote controlled boat. police say two men were operating the boat on gunner's lake last night when it

boy, 9:00, fireworks down from richmond to williamsburg.n parts of the northern neck at southern maryland. damp there and also to the north and west. some sprinkles overnight. those things are pulling away quickly. we're down to the northern neck. this is readville and newland. there may be a leftover sprinkle in st. mary's county. temps running 60s northwest to 70s in town. monika has the latest timesaver traffic. >> good morning, everybody. if you're planning to head out around town, there is only one issue right now. that's been in arlington. we've been telling you about this with downed wires overnight. it is right here on old dominion drive blocked between north glebe road and williamsburg boulevard. just go ahead and use rock spring over to old dominion. you can follow direction in that area as well. the beltway is looking great. let's zoom into the district and take a tour starting off with the northwest corridor. no problems here on constitution avenue at 23rd street. you may see cleanup of course from last night during the day toda

it is blocking off old dominion drive between glebe road and williamsburg road. i believe we'll have a live picture for you shortly. in the meantime, go ahead and take north rock spring and back on to old dominion. it is quiet in that area generally speaking. let's take you live outside. on 95 from dumfries to lorton and springfield, the lanes are open. we'll go over to the beltway in maryland. no problems to report. all lanes are open on the inner and outer loop to the beltway basically between springfield, tysons corner and all the way up to the american legion bridge. up to outer loop, same way, from 95 to 270, you're in good shape this morning. back over to the maps right now if you're heading south on 95 coming in from baltimore all the way to the beltway, everything looks clear. coming up, we'll take a look at the dulles toll road at 4:40. >>> here's a look at some of the things that are making news today. a 23-year-old woman is in custody for allegedly driving under the influence, striking a parked vehicle and crashing her car through a house in aspen hill

for customers with disabilities at 800-974-tty/v. [ female announcer ] welcome to busch gardens williamsburg where d.c. goes to get away. maybe it's because washington d.c. loves the legendary coasters. or that your entire family will have fun, even the little ones. it could be that water country usa has more of the waves, slides and rides everyone wants. so plan your getaway and come play. you never know who you'll run into. get started at buschgardens.com/dc. >> your watch abc 7 news at 11:00 with leon harris -- you are watching abc 7 news at 11:00 with leon harris, alison starling, and tim brant, sports. >>> one of the biggest legal cases of the year is now in the hands of the jury. deliberations begin tomorrow in the case of casey anthony. >> the and lb are -- diana alvear is covering the trial from orlando. >> ladies and gentlemen of the jury, i would like to thank you. >> they heard from the defendant one last time. she rented in a recorded phone call from the jail. -- ranted in a recorded phone call from the jail. >> they just want cayleye back, that's all. >> to guilty people do? the

take a look over here to the left and look at williamsburg boulevard here.still have a power line down here in the middle of the road, and they still have talk here. a little bit of trying to get people from driving into the power line. they have a lot of work that needs to be done to make sure they get the power back up to get the roads back open again. we still have a number of dark intersections and roads littered with tree limbs and large debris here in arlington. this after sunday's storms ripped through the washington area and seemed to cause significant yet isolated damage to this corner of arlington. crews have been working ever since this happened now. they're saying that here we had 60-mile-per-hour winds that came through here, and that's what caused all of the damage. let me show you which roads are still closed here. they do have north glebe road reopened. so that's good for commuters this morning. old dominion drive between glebe road and williamsburg drive is still closed. rock springs road from north glebe to little falls road is also still c

. >>> why not take a trip to williamsburg this weekend? we'll look at fun things to do there that involves eating, drinking, and fun. (announcer) while there are some home disasters you can't avoid, there is one you can. septic system breakdowns affect 1.2 million homes each year. septic backups can cost about six thousand dollars in expense, and countless hours of repair. rid-x. help save yourself from disaster. >>> the pregnancy watch continues at the zoo. they are trying to figure out if their pan panda is expecting. they are seeing encouraging signs. she's been licking her paws and pregnant pandas often do that. but the behavior is also seen during false pregnancies. she's also been licking other body parts. so she also did that for several days prior to giving birth back in 2005. so the wait continues. >> that's what i say every time. it would be better not to tell us any of this. because then we report it and we get excited. that's what happens more times than not. call us one morning. we have we have a baby panda. we'll se

that looks like williamsburg. i have done some digging. have the answer for this mom and her boy. >> interesting. i don't recognize the building. >> you should no. you are far too young, sir. >> why, thank you, allison. >> another youngster working with us this morning is tucker barnes down in the weather center. he is a scrappy young fellow. >> i love that question, allison. i can't wait find out the answer. i will answer the question weather for you, though. relatively quiet conditions here across the washington area. we have big thunderstorms

goes to get away.o busch gardens williamsburg, maybe it's because washington d.c. loves the legendary coasters.. or that your entire family will have fun, even the little ones. it could be that water country usa has more of the waves, slides and rides everyone wants. so plan your getaw and come play. you never know who you'll run into. get started at buschgardens.com/dc. speede man who attacked a camera onto 95 in maryland, and indicted on charges related data heat dramatic pictures that arizona dust storm, it wjla.com. >>> a blended family is getting attention in austin, texas. these hostages were born at a farm and they were brought to hen as an experienced -- as experiment. family may be broken up. there will be a big size difference. talk about some more for nationals fans. >> it could turn into a baseball town. believe it or not. they are doing well again, but new meaning to the suicide tonight. new meaning to the [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable, and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and g

it might not happen today. [ female announcer ] welcome to busch gardens williamsburg, where d.c. goes to get away. maybe it's because washington d.c. loves the legendary coasters. or that your entire family will have fun, even the little ones. it could be that water country usa has more of the waves, slides and rides everyone wants. so plan your getaway and come play. you never know who you'll run into. get started at buschgardens.com/dc. >>> now 6:30. two accidents closed parts of the bw parkway last nile. it is now open. but police shutdown both directions at kenilworth avenue after a carjacking started in odenton and anne arundel county. police arrested two suspects and also a serious accident closed the parkway at 197. a car carrying four people somehow crashed and ended up in the woods. one person was killed. >>> all right, now we're taking a look right now, the space shuttle atlantis all fueled up and ready go. but the weather may not cooperate for the launch. there's only a 30% chance the skies will be clear for liftoff. it's scheduled for 11:26 a.m. but nasa managers gave

. -- after the break. [ female announcer ] welcome to busch gardens williamsburg, where d.c. goes to get away. maybe it's because washington d.c. loves the legendary coasters. or that your entire family will have fun, even the little ones. it could be that water country usa has more of the waves, slides and rides everyone wants. so plan your getaway and come play. you never know who you'll run into. get started at buschgardens.com/dc. >>> listen up parents, the disney channel is looking for local talent. they're holding an open casting call this weekend in richmond, virginia. invited the attend? kids ages 10 to 18 who can act, dance or sing. this gets underway tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. at the greater richmond convention center. you can find more information on the event on the website at myfoxdc.com. >>> oh, can you imagine the squeals coming from those kids there? >> oh, yeah. >> they will be inundated with dancing singing children. >> i didn't have any of the attributes at age 18. >> you didn't? i can't believe that. >> neither did i. >> you're very good in the weather area tho

>> some storms moving through [ female announcer ] welcome to busch gardens williamsburg where d.c. goes to get away. maybe it's because washington d.c. loves the legendary coasters. or that your entire family will have fun, even the little ones. it could beco that water country usa has more of the waves, slides and rides everyone wants. so plan your getaway and come play. you never know who you'll run into. get started at buschgardens.com/dc. in a busy night of breaking news. two children are hurt in a chain reaction crash. a deadly murder turns into a hostage situation. already seven are dead. >> two families are gone in the clinton and i. >> efforts to catch the gunman. abc 7 is at the kennedy space center. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> are breaking news right now is on the northbound washington baltimore parkway. it is shut down because of the serious accident. newschopper 7 is over the 198 x. it. people are trapped inside of the single car accident. we will of the view on this situation as soon as we get more information. this is from bel

goes to get away.o busch gardens williamsburg, maybe it's because washington d.c.es the legendary coasters. or that your entire family will have fun, even the little ones. it could be that water country usa has more of the waves, slides and rides everyone wants. so plan your getaway and come play. you never know who you'll run into. get started at buschgardens.com/dc. a man can only try... and try...and try. i heard eating whole grain oats can help lower my cholesterol. it's gonna be tough...so tough. my wife and i want to lower our cholesterol, but finding healthy food that tastes good is torturous. your father is suffering. [ male announcer ] honey nut cheerios tastes great and can help lower cholesterol. >> there is no doubt the national mall gets plenty of visitors on the fourth of july, but first, those who live in our area, independence day also means gaining a little independence from all the crowds and the hustles of getting to the fireworks down on the mall. tom fitzgerald is in vienna, virginia tonight where some people feel smaller is better. how's it wo

goes to get away.o busch gardens williamsburg, maybe it's because washington d.c. loves the legendary coasters. or that your entire family will have fun, even the little ones. it could be that water country usa has more of the waves, slides and rides everyone wants. so plan your getaway and come play. you never know who you'll run into. get started at buschgardens.com/dc. >> a mother's age and health might have more to do with a child having autism than first thought. high rates of shared autism disorders were found in identical twins and also fraternal twins who don't share any more similar genetic material than normal siblings would. the evidence suggests there are genetic factors that may be triggered by environmental factors, like a mother's diet, age, medication and stress levels but it still does not nail down a cause. >> what these factors actually are, because there hasn't been enough research into it, but we do know that stress hormone levels may be very significant, and this may have something to do with affecting the expression of genes that build what w

send your e-mails to -- the address is -- ú [ female announcer ] welcome to busch gardens williamsburg where d.c. goes to get away. maybe it's because washington d.c. loves the legendary coasters. or that your entire family will have fun, even the little ones. it could be that water country usa has more of the waves, slides and rides everyone wants. so plan your getaway and come play. you never know who you'll run into. get started at buschgardens.com/dc. in the mailbag tonight, cursive writing. remember when we told you about the state of indiana, they're no longer teaching kids to write in cursive. too old school in the internet age. around here the old school still has a lot of fans, like charles who says mend it, don't end it. people use cursive every day to write notes on paperwork they use, to study, or to make corrections. how long would it take to make notes by using large print writing. they should not put as much emphasis on it, but it does have a purpose other than signing your name. and, deb says it's not just about the writing. it's important to write and think clearly and

. >> i am pleased to be selected to host the 2012 annual meeting in williamsburg, virginia. i appreciate the confidence of placed in us. it has been 57 years. we do have big shoes to fill. just a terrific job. what a great weekend. do you want to make disclosures? >> we are very much looking forward to having you in williamsburg and the old colonial capital. we want to be able to make you feel great about america again. tom told us some of the challenges we face. some of the origins the founders of planted in jamestown and williamsburg four centuries ago

down here at old dominion and williamsburg in this intersection, it is completely dark. no power to that intersection. we're seeing issues all across arlington. lots of problems here. whole trees down on power lines. large limbs in the streets, and lots of scattered debris. the dominion virginia power is quickly changing things around. we are hearing the numbers are going down. this morning we started at 10,000 people without power. we're seeing those numbers steadily decrease now. right now virginia power is reporting they are working on 220 projects throughout their service area and expect restoration to continue throughout tomorrow morning. now, tom kierein is saying that what folks saw here, it's not a tornado, but straight line winds of up to 60 miles per hour yesterday, and that's what's caused all of this damage we're seeing, especially here in arlington. i'm tracee wilkins live this morning. back to you all in the studio. >> tracee, thank you. >>> later today the casey anthony is expected to go to the jury after the prosecution wraps up its final rebuttal and the

that story is coming up. [ female announcer ] welcome to busch gardens williamsburg, where d.c.goes to get away. maybe it's because washington d.c. loves the legendary coasters. or that your entire family will have fun, even the little ones. it could be that water country usa has more of the waves, slides and rides everyone wants. so plan your getaway and come play. you never know who you'll run into. get started at buschgardens.com/dc. >> there's the graphic. severe weather alert day. top, talk about the storms. >> we got severe thunderstorm warnings south and east of town. we aren't done with the severe weather yet. we have severe weather storm warnings from anne arundel county to charles county until 6:00. st. mary's county until about 6:15 down here. we're going to zoom in. the biggest threat is indeed heavy rainfall and flash flooding. so, do not cross a flooded street. you know somebody trying to go home out 50, it will be slow going down 301, it will get worse as heavy rain approaches la plata. could be heavy rain. severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00. a flash flood watch

parts of old dominion drive rock springs road, and williamsburg road are all closed. they are removing power lines and downed trees from roadways. >>> will the region from get a chance to dry out? >> there is a good chance. that said, we do has life chances of storms for parts of our self metro area. eastward through what i went into maryland. that is where we have a chance of storms. it is cooler in parts of the potomac highlands. there is morning fog. hey lot of the sun's energy went to burning off the fog rather than warming of the year. here is the forecast today. -- warming up of the air. here is the forecast today. more is coming up. >> thank you. >>> on the hill, senators are spending their usual july recess at work. they're trying to hammer out a plan to keep the u.s. from defaulting on its debt. lawmakers have four weeks to raise the government's debt ceiling by the august 2 deadline republicans want to include spending cuts with the added borrowing. democrats want to add tax hikes. so far, both sides are at a stalemate. president obama will head to the capit

really does start to sliferl up as it approaches 67 well to the south and east between richmond, williamsburg, norfolk, over toward parts of the delmarva there could be stronger thunderstorms here later on this afternoon and this evening. we will try to get rid of most of that overnight tonight a few isolated showers south of the morning and then notice afternoon a better chance tomorrow will be south of washington, closer to the boundary. looks like that boundary was a little more to the north on wednesday. yeah, we will be dodging a few showers and storms here but i think most plants will be already a chance for a thunderstorm west and south. high 91 maybe optimistic given the cloud cover. certainly in the upper 80s. tomorrow more sunshine around 90. wednesday a few more clouds with again a threat for the isolated storm in the afternoon or evening. 89 degrees then some heat looks like it will build back here for thursday and friday. i believe highs in the lower 90s with chance for mainly afternoon and evening storms and not much change over the weekend. saturday 91 and sunday 93. don't go a

bolter who will wrap up the edge in just a moment: [ female announcer ] welcome to busch gardens williamsburg, where d.c. goes to get away. maybe it's because washington d.c. loves the legendary coasters. or that your entire family will have fun, even the little ones. it could be that water country usa has more of the waves, slides and rides everyone wants. so plan your getaway and come play. you never know who you'll run into. get started at buschgardens.com/dc.

here at 33rd and williamsburg drive, the road is closed off here, and they're blocking folks from going down here because of downed power lines. this is one of the marked downed power lines. let me tell you, there are plenty of power lines in this area that are not marked and are down. folks, this morning you need to

we are right off of 33rd road here at the intersection of williamsburg boulevard, and you can see this yellow tape here, and what it's actually doing is blocking a downed power line that's right beyond that yellow tape. there are no flashing lights here, and the neighborhood is pitch black because folks are without power. this is the kind of dangerous stuff that you can drive up on this morning. over here, there's a large tree limb right here near the roadway that we kind of moved out of the road here. when we first drove up, these are the kinds of hazards we're finding all around this area. let me show you more of the damage we saw right down the street here. there's an actual tree leaning on a power line right in front of someone's house, but it's one of many power lines that are down in this neighborhood this morning. now, tom kierein is saying that here in this area, in rivercrest, they had straight line winds of about 60 miles per hour last night, and that's what's caused all of this damage. he's saying there's no report of any circulation in this area. so it doesn't look like we

goes to get away.o busch gardens williamsburg, maybe it's because washington d.c.dary coasters. or that your entire family will have fun, even the little ones. it could be that water country usa has more of the waves, slides and rides everyone wants. so plan your getaway and come play. you never know who you'll run into. get started at buschgardens.com/dc. >> announcer: "nightline" continues from orlando, florida, with terry moran. >>> aliens impregnate reality tv star. headlines like that one are just part of the london tabloid tradition. but lurking behind those sensational front pages is a cut-throat competition for readers. and now, there's news of just how far one tabloid went in a quest for scoops. it is shockin ining the entire . here's abc's jeffrey kofman. >> reporter: it has been the bane of british sportsmen, celebrities, even the royals. all of them had their deepest secrets revealed by "the news of the e world." just ask hugh grant, who lashed out on bbc. >> you guys have no morals at all. you didn't care who got hurt, as long as you were able to sell

we'll share some surprising thoughts when we return. [ female announcer ] welcome to busch gardens williamsburg, where d.c. goes to get away. maybe it's because washington d.c. loves the legendary coasters. or that your entire family will have fun, even the little ones. it could be that water country usa has more of the waves, slides and rides everyone wants. so plan your getaway and come play. you never know who you'll run into. get started at buschgardens.com/dc. >>> supporters of the below ground metro station at dulles airport have some new opposition. the federal transit administration. the head of that agency told metro's board that the new is not an airport train and the more expensive underground station would serve only a small percentage of riders. today on wtop, the vice- chairman of the metropolitan washington airport's authority agreed. >> basically, 7% of the riders are going to the airport. that's it. and of those, less than a third are passengers going to the airport. so, basically, it is $400 million for 2% of riders. >> so far, the airport's authority has voted to go undergrou

we're on williamsburg boulevard and you can see just beyond those two trees is a huge crane nonon virginia power brought in. it got here at 3:00 and the whole point is to move utility poles, lift them up and over two homes. behind those homes are two utility poles that crashed to the ground in the storms. so if you can see that man working up there on that utility pole. that's a brand-new utility pole that brought in. he is attaching whatever apparatus needs to go on there. all the equipment that goes on that particular utility pole. he is going to attach right now and he will also put a cable on the top of the utility pole and then the crane, he'll get down at a safe distance and the crane will pick that utility up, that utility pole up and very carefully lift it up over the home. it has been quite a scene here all throughout north arlington as crews struggle to return this power after hundreds of people lost power in sunday night's storms. >> i'm not bothering to call anymore, because what they are putting on the recording doesn't seem to be accurate. >> it would have been better for the

feldman is coming back with the info on sports . [ female announcer ] welcome to busch gardens williamsburg, where d.c. goes to get away. maybe it's because washington d.c. loves the legendary coasters. or that your entire family will have fun, even the little ones. it could be that water country usa has more of the waves, slides and rides everyone wants. so plan your getaway and come play. you never know who you'll run into. get started at buschgardens.com/dc. >> good evening. i'm dave feldman. ross detwiler made his debut in the triple a today. he struck out one, but it wasn't enough to corral the cubs. the first lady michelle obama was at the game to honor military families, and the cubs gave the nats some help early. this is a tailor-made double play ball, until baker throws it into left field. ouch. all-star hopeful michael moore sitting this one out but john landon offering up support for the voters. they can vote until thursday at 4:00. save number 21 as danny espinosa handles it. the nats win. now, as far as the future of the nats, a fellow by the name of bries harper, today was his

nothing but the moonlight and lights from repair crews shining on the blacked out streets along williamsburgen an inconvenience. we're trying to be patient. >> reporter: earlier in the day, crews were removing massive toppled trees but despite their efforts, they didn't make the deadline of getting power back on by 6:00 p.m. they promised -- a promise to these neighbors that was broken. >> it would help if we kind of had a no later than kind of day because that would help us plan refrigeration and how many times should you go to the gym to get your shower. >> we do our best to provide the best guesstimate based on the damage assessments we do. >> not knowing when the power will come back on has kept the arlington residents improvising on ways to cook, stay clean and most importantly, keep cool. >> someplace with air conditioning, if you go out for a meal or go shopping for a little bit. >> even though the last few days have been troublesome, the sight of crews working is helping them keep their fingers cr

we are at the intersection of williamsburg boulevard and old dominion drive in the northern section of arlington. we still have a number of folks who are dealing with dark intersections here and roads littered with tree limbs and large debris. this after sunday's storm ripped through the washington area and seemed to cause significant yet isolated damage to this corner of arlington. we saw lots of healthy, heavy, and large tree limbs torn from trees and landing on homes, cars, streets, and also power lines. it's reported that this area got up to 60-mile-per-hour winds during sunday's storm, and it has caused definitely significant damage. crews just reopened north glebe road. that's the good news. old dominion road through globe road and north king boulevard still closed. fall springs from north glebe still closed. but the crews are working to try to get the tree limbs out of the roadway, and then the next part of all of this is going to try to get these intersections up and working again. so be careful this morning. take your time. and be prepared to take an alternate route just in ca

williamsburg, va., as you know was the cornerstone of democracy. after three fires, in 17 of for the capital was moved to williamsburg where it remained until the 1780's where it moved to the current capitol in richmond. great things have happened there over the years including the swearing in of thomas jefferson. i have a great job following in those tremendous footsteps. there are buildings that are alive and well and maintained in colonial williamsburg. we're going have some tremendous things that we will show you. it has been called the cradle of democracy over all the things i just mentioned but most recently it has been called the is of a condominium. thank you-- the silicon dominion. thank you, cnbc. you will get to see some great things. we will have a dinner at the colonial capital that is now some 300 years old. we will have fireworks over the old palace and you will see the capital were the oldest continuously legislating body, the virginia reassembly, began meeting in the 1700's that date back to 1619. i hope you get a great sense of th

this is a look at 35th street near north williamsburg boulevard. -- it is shut down. as you head northbound 395, we had an earlier disabled vehicle. that has cleared out. look at this nice height volume. hov restrictions lifted everywhere except for route 50, the john hanson highway. nice, easy trip out of manassas and here passing nutley street in toward the beltway. traveling in the tricycle, florida avenue westbound at rhode island avenue is blocked due to some earlier accident activity that's a check of your -- earlier accident activity. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> the jackpot was $100 million the win being tick -- the winning ticket sold right here in the area >>> there is less than a month left for lawmakers to reach an agreement on raising the debt ceiling and cutting the deficit. >> talk are moving slowly to say the very least. fox's steve centanni has more on harsh words for the obama administration from republicans. >>> a verbal slap today at the obama administration from a key republican who says the president has no constitutional adv

eagerly awaiting the arrival of their experiment. [ female announcer ] welcome to busch gardens williamsburg to get away. maybe it's because washington d.c. loves the legendary coasters. or that your entire family will have fun, even the little ones. it could be that water country usa has more of the waves, slides and rides everyone wants. so plan your getaway and come play. you never know who you'll run into. get started at buschgardens.com/dc. >>> have the rain moves through the area. >> john gonzales is live in the past. -- in bethesda. >> the rain has stopped. the heavy rain has slowed down. it has created a lot of problems in bethesda. standing water and a lot dovecote -- and a lot of -- >>, the weather is having an effect on the report. but he is ok. >> you could see that huge tree in the middle of the road. >>> let's go back to our top story. nasa and the final flight of the space shuttle. it has been a bittersweet day for nasa workers at the space shuttle atlantis blasted off on the last mission of the shuttle program. this morning, hundreds of people gathered at the flight center to

rabbi david neederman is president of the united jewish organization of williamsburg. tell me how this death has affected this community. >> it has affected all communities all over the city, worldwide as well. we all felt such a horrible act that could not be comprehended. >> it was the first time a young boy got to walk alone. a scene not uncommon in this part of new york city where orthodox jews dominate and feel safe and protected among their own. >> when you learned that this was a fellow just who is responsible or is a main suspect in the murder of this child, what was the response? what was the feeling, the gut feeling? >> it is a terrible letdown. >> this haunting surveillance video is likely the last image of leiby clusky alive. >> at 5:05 p.m. leiby clusky left his camp on 44th street and 12th avenue. he was supposed to turn right, one block later to meet his parents. instead, he was picked up on this surveillance camera walking to 15th avenue. three blocks out of his way. he was lost. >> leiby continued along the long city street block after block. confused

at the brick theatener williamsburg. >> does it have a name?there you go. >> pong. >> videogames? >> i'm doing jill's blog. john's going to do my health. i'm booking himg on the show. >> through andy. >> i'm done with all of you. >> thank you, jill. >> thank you, jill dobson for wasting my time. tom shillue, john devore, entrenching observations that i no longer

. >> it's a hot summer's day in williamsburg, brooklyn. outside, temperatures are soaring. hindy. he's hitting the streets on an important sales call. >> hey, steve. >> how are you doing? >> nice to see you. >> steve is visiting a popular hangout in the area called diner. his goal here today is simple, to persuade owner, andrew tarlow to carry more of his beer. steve sees himself as more than just the president of brooklyn brewery. in his eyes he's the consummate salesman, an aggressive negotiator for his brand. >> so much of beer selling is salesman. i think if i retreat to my office and never get out and talk to people, i think that's a big loss to my company. >> diner already stocks many of brooklyn brewery's beers, but in an ever-growing market, steve doesn't want to lose out to the competition. >> i could have more of your beer on tap. >> you think you'd be interested in the brew master's reserve? >> for steve, these sales calls are crucial. they allow him to keep in touch with his customers. >> when i go into a place like this and our beer isn't here, i get very upset

. >> reporter: i'm at the williamsburg boulevard neighborhood in north arlington and few are complaining, though because of the number of trees. if we turn the camera, the houses on that side of the street, the you utility poles are in the backyard and they can't get to them easily to repress the broken poles and they brought in this enormous crane which extens over the highway patrol and that is why this restoration operation is taking longer than usual. >> it's a storm that blew through at 6:00 p.m. on sunday was ferocious -- ferocious and brief. >> i remember looking out and things were swirling. the wind was swirling and it was just loud as heck for 30 secs to a minute. >> the storm lasted longer and the bust, what jeff it was, was about a minute. and i thought the heavy hail or something and i was going to look outside. when i looked outside, i saw it, trees everywhere. >> reporter: big trees. trees that tore down power, telephone and cable lines. so many trees that 44 hours after the storm, some streets were so completely blocked and that slowed down power crews from dominion, virg

downed wires in arlington blocking off old dominion drive between north glebe row and williamsburg boulevardfollow direction to get around that. here's what it looks like on the inbound side of 66. here's northbound 25 up into springfield, that's about it. once you're on 395, a couple of slowdowns in landmarks. up north on the outer loop of the beltway, got a bit of sun glare slowing things down from 95 into silver spring. no big deals as you head over to 270. here is the sun glare at colesville road. 270, where you've got the slowdowns basically from montgomery village avenue to 370. all of the lanes are open. now, let's take a look at the travel times. 66, just the slow traffic. >> in ply next report, tale take a look at the big issues. >> this morning, the top movie in america, it is trand formers earning $116 million. worldwide it hauled in more than $400 million. >> whoa! >> cars 2 was number two. bad teacher fell to number three. >> in just a few hours, the official countdown to the final shuttle mission begins at the kennedy space center in florida. >> where three days and about five

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>> suppose so [ female announcer ] welcome to busch gardens williamsburg, where d.c.s to get away. maybe it's because washington d.c. loves the legendary coasters. or that your entire family will have fun, even the little ones. it could be that water country usa has more of the waves, slides and rides everyone wants. so plan your getaway and come play. you never know who you'll run into. get started at buschgardens.com/dc. >> after being on the loose for three days in new jersey a baboon was caught over the weekend. the animal was wandering neighbourhoods near the six flags amusement park until it was caught saturday. >> wildlife officials tranquilized that animal and took it back to the park we are told the park added two extra strips of electric wiring to the enclosure that he is kept in to try to keep those guys corralled there are about 150 of the animals at the drive through safari at six flags. >>> you guys were not here saturday night but i was i can tell you the baboon was on the loose. >> live coverage. >> yeah, everybody was going crazy. >> that is a lot 150

dominion virginia power crews found two downed utility poles behind two homes on williamsburg road. they realize they couldn't just drop the trees to the ground because under the leaves was a buick and a jaguar. >> the work that is involved here is tremendous. we're going to remove all of the trees that are here, being careful not to damage the two vehicles that are underneath all of these trees that have fallen. >> to replace the two poles would take special care as well. a massive crane had to be brought in. because trucks could not drive into the backyards with the new poles. the poles would have to be lifted up and over the houses. a very rare procedure. hundreds of arlington residents were without power for much of the day from sunday's storm and downed trees closed major thorough fairs like old dominion, tangling the morning rush. >> it is disconcerning when do you see all the lines down. hopefully they'll get to it within a few days. >> fourth of july holiday may have caused some of the delays. >> they have been working on these lines and evidently the fourth of july people a

big-time storms are headed our way. [ female announcer ] welcome to busch gardens williamsburg, where d.c. goes to get away. maybe it's because washington d.c. loves the legendary coasters. or that your entire family will have fun, even the little ones. it could be that water country usa has more of the waves, slides and rides everyone wants. so plan your getaway and come play. you never know who you'll run into. get started at buschgardens.com/dc. >>> it is friday. we usually say no matter what happens, it is friday. it will be good but when it comes to weather today, it may not be so good. >> i'm concerned for potential for some dangerous weather later this afternoon and early evening. definitely listen up and listen closely. i think it will impact a lot of folks potentially. we did not declare a severe weather alert day just yet. we'll look at the latest models, right now, still look not good. day planner for today, morning hours, your morning commute will be fine. mostly cloudy conditions and showers up to the north. now, by this afternoon, i'm saying around 3:00, 4:00, we'll see

we'll explain coming up. [ female announcer ] welcome to busch gardens williamsburg, where d.c. goes to get away. maybe it's because washington d.c. loves the legendary coasters. or that your entire family will have fun, even the little ones. it could be that water country usa has more of the waves, slides and rides everyone wants. so plan your getaway and come play. you never know who you'll run into. get started at buschgardens.com/dc. >>> four minutes before 6:00 on this thursday morning. here's a look at your day planner for today. by 9:00, temperatures in the lower 80s. partly cloudy conditions. noon, close to 90 degrees. by 5:00, lower 90s and a chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms. better chances will be to the north of d.c. toward the mason- dixon line. a couple of the storms could be strong to severe. here is a look at live doppler 9000 hd. around the beltway, it is dry. we have mostly cloudy conditions out there. but you look out toward warrenton and south of 66, fredericksburg, most of this is actually fog and some light mist at this hour. also, up toward no

minds at one point where we are seeing he is meeting five, six people on the same day going from williamsburg going to brooklyn, back and forth, back and forth. >> he started one day i think early afternoon with meetings, and within a couple of hours it seems like sometimes the park we had gotten compressed in his day. he wound up in jersey city having a meeting what is getting another bad guy. i'm not going to talk about how fast i tried to do. are there any cops in the room? all right then, i didn't say that. >> when he's getting with those types he is solomon dwek, when he is dealing with political types he a dobson is, david esenbach. >> correct. >> he has got 15 or 20 political people to accept fedex envelopes stuffed with $10,000 in cash before you write. somebody googles david esenbach, and there is no david esenbach. the other 15 or 20 didn't google him? >> the guy that googled and came to book signings lastly. this guy is really happy. >> he googled him and when nothing turned up be figured out -- >> this is close to the end. yeah, it was extraordinary to us. the book has a little bi

do the world news polka, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ [ female announcer ] welcome to busch gardens williamsburgoves the legendary coasters. or that your entire family will have fun, even the little ones. it could be that water country usa has more of the waves, slides and rides everyone wants. so plan your getaway and come play. you never know who you'll run into. get started at buschgardens.com/dc. >>> this morning on "world news now," "atlantis" anticipation. the final space shuttle launch is scheduled for later this morning. >> but all eyes or the skies and also the forecast as spectators show up for the historic blastoff. it is friday, july 8th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning. i'm done yell sea berg this for rob nelson. >> i'm peggy bunker. >>> astronauts and crowds of spectators have been keyed up for the big launch today. but yesterday mother nature may have given everybody a preview of a not so welcome coming attraction at cape canaveral. which could mean that they'll have to wait a little bit longer. we hope not. it would be nice to is see everything go acco

since jefferson in williamsburg. came to the governor's mansion the day after, and we walked in and around midnight, and everybody who works in the house this said to me welcome home, and is said to my wife, welcome back home. it was a cool experience for her and for my kids. they heard the stories about what like -- life was like for their mom. the kids had a cool experience. host:-owns just -- joins us. caller: there is no compromise [unintelligible] guest: right now, the debt ceiling limitation has to be voted on by congress, but there was a proposal floated last night by senator mitch mcconnell saying we are not point to be able to agree, so we may give the president's unilateral ability to raise the debt ceiling and due expense cuts. i think that is a poor substitute for congress actually making a decision and showing they have the backbone to make decisions. but, as the president is given that authority, he will use it. as governor of virginia, most governors have similar authority. i have the authority to make

an aerialist scaled the williamsburg bridge last night then wowed the crowd.robatic act some 300 feet above traffic and the earth. when she came down she was promptly arrested along with an accomplice. she said that she did it to face her fears. my fear of height something matched by my fear of prison so i don't know that i would be -- >> there's a push there. >> a future cirque du soleil. >> all right, josh. >>> are you feeling the heat, are you feeling the heat? must be lara's pop heat index over there at the big board. >> that's right, guys, to it. time to let you know what's happening in pop news, what's hot, very hot and maybe not so hot. let's start right up here. and this is the flying car. how fabulous would that be here in new york city or next weekend in l.a. when the 405 is closed. george and judy jetson, eat your heart out. this was created by a massachusetts company, the transition is a small one until it lands then the wings fold up. you can drive right off the runway. it's a long way from being accessible to the masses. it only holds two adult p

and not the results coming up here stay with us [ female announcer ] welcome to busch gardens williamsburg, where d.c. goes to get away. maybe it's because washington d.c. loves the legendary coasters. or that your entire family will have fun, even the little ones. it could be that water country usa has more of the waves, slides and rides everyone wants. so plan your getaway and come play. you never know who you'll run into. get started at buschgardens.com/dc. >> welcome back, 74 degrees some stories making headlines authorities struggling to find out how much oil spilled into the yellowstone river in montana. >> excon mobile pipeline began to leak saturday it is unclear how much leeked and where it has gone. staff spotted oil some 40 miles down stream from the leak reports of oil as far away as 100 miles. >>> finally some relief for people forced from their homes because of the wild fires in new mexico. evacuation order for areas effected by the fire has been lifted. people living ins will alamos can return home after being forced to evacuate last month it has burned 120,000-acres. >> fro

since jefferson in williamsburg. we came to the governor's mansion the day after, and we walked in and around midnight, and everybody who works in the house this said to me welcome home, and is said to my wife, welcome back home. it was a cool experience for her and for my kids. they heard the stories about what like -- le was like for their mom. the kids had a cool experience. host:-owns just -- joins us. caller: there is no compromise [unintelligible] guest: right now, the debt ceiling limitation has to be voted on by congress, but there waa proposal floated last night by senator mitch mcconnell saying we are not point to be able to agree, so we may give the president's unilateral ability to raise the debt ceiling and due expense cuts. i think that is a poor the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered today by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. god of the universe we give you thanks forgiving us another day. -- for giving us another day. we ask and will never stop ask

stay with us it is 7:10 a.m. [ female announcer ] welcome to busch gardens williamsburg, where d.c. goes to get away. maybe it's because washington d.c. loves the legendary coasters. or that your entire family will have fun, even the little ones. it could be that water country usa has more of the waves, slides and rides everyone wants. so plan your getaway and come play. you never know who you'll run into. get started at buschgardens.com/dc. >>> 7:14 a.m. fairfax county police investigating a deadly stabbing in weston the victim is a 62- year-old man no other information released. >>> not all was smooth at the july 4th celebrations in baltimore a 4-year-old boy was shot in the leg as he left the inner harbour with his parents around 10:00 p.m. last night it is not clear if the shooter aimed at that little boy he is hospitalized in stable condition a man was stabbed outside mccormick and schmitt outside pier 6 he later died. >>> an 11 month old is dead after she was left alone in a bathtub german town on sunday. police say the child's family left her alone for a brief period of time