is pretty pleasant out there with humidity dropping this morning. 67 degrees in the district and woodbridgees. cumberland is cooler and more comfortable at 65 degrees. overall, a pleasant and seasonable start to the dead. there are some areas of patchy fog. that will burn off rather quickly. mid-80's today and a few scattered clouds. here we go again -- on wednesday and thursday, well into the 90's with high heat and humidity back in place for the middle and latter half of the week. >>> the traffic is busy with plenty of volume. 95 south in maryland has a crash at 116 but that was moved to the shoulder. 66 is slowing eastbound nutley street to the beltway. here are a couple of pictures. it is good across the wilson bridge and potomac river. we will take into maryland going toward the river northbound 395 with delays leaving springfield. >>> the time is now 6:41, 66 degrees. >> coming up how democrats could take back the house. we will have a politico minute. >> i did not think i was going to win. >> there was a lot of women going on last night. robert pattinson took up the spotlight and som

also a head's up about lane closures on i-95 in woodbridge, virginia. you can expect delays during the overnight hours between exit 160 and 161 at the river. now two northbound lanes are scheduled to be closed from 9:30 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. tonight through thursday night. this is all part of a widening project on i-95. lesli, back to you. >> monica, thanks. more wild fires rip through arizona tonight and there is not much relief in sight for the firefighters there trying to battle that blaze. >> the first part of this recession, people thought it would be -- it has become a womansession. >> plus, gender and the recession. why some say the recession is sexist. annie. >> and get outside tonight if you can. we have heat and humidity back on the rise. official high today was 88 degrees. the low 66. no rain today. i have the latest on the heat wave coming up. >>> a wild fire burning for a week scorched 200 square miles in arizona and it's still burning. 2500 firefighters are battling these flames. they have to thank -- they have the thanks of the folks forced t

crews will be doing some milling and paving in the northbound lanes in woodbridge and that will be between exits 160 and 161. two lanes will be closed between 9:30 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. that's tonight. the work will continue through thursday night. so head's up there. derek, back to you. >> thank you so much, monica. our good friend would call this chamber of commerce weather. nice, sunny, not too humid, but all good things must end. >> yeah, this is a really great night to get outside, have that barbecue, have dinner outside or maybe even work on the garden and get a run in. things are changing as we do see the humidity and the heat turn things up a notch. here's a look at live doppler 9,000 tonight. it's quiet, no green on here, which means we have clear skies, lots of sunshine. right now in the mid 80s in downtown. manassas 84. frederick 84 degrees also. so for tonight, what can you expect? we're going to expect clear to partly cloudy skies and mild. open the windows if you want. lows will be 60 to 68 degrees. winds will be light. generally temperatures around 67 in downtown. 61 for manass

happened just before midnight last night at the christ our lord ministry on jeff davis highway in woodbridgeay one of the men went into the the church through a back door and threatened four people, counting the collection plate. he had a gun. a good description helped police catch up with the gunman and his accomplice a short time later. both men are facing several charges, including robbery. >>> a church in bladensburg is undergoing big changes. they've voted to convert to cathicism. it allows anglican parishes to come into the catholic church as a community. st. luke's was founded back in the '50s and has about 100 members. so far, it hasn't lost any members due to the decision to convert. >>> still to come, the plan by d.c.'s delegate to bring dancing to the national mall. >>> the world's largest commercial airplane touches down for the first time in washington. >>> and doug's going to have for us >>> the airplane that chesley sullenberger landed in the hudson river a couple of years ago went down i-90 in maryland today. it's being moved to an aviation museum in charlotte, north carolina

sun glare will be a factor. 95 in virginia up to route one woodbridge, drivers are below speed. fairfax county parkway to the mixing bowl, i'll have the top traffic stories of the morning in my next report at 6:58. back to you. >>> runners and bikers may notice a stronger police presence along the metropolitan branch trail. police have stepped up patrols following an arrest of a group of kids after a string of attacks. >> officials say four people have been attacked in the last month. >> the most recent skirmish happened to a cyclist last wednesday. >> so, it is kind of scary that if something happens, there aren't many people around to be witnesses. >> police are suggesting bikers and runners hit the trail with a partner and do not wear your headphones. >> the coast along maryland and delaware is clear. about 100,000 dead fish washed up on beaches in both states sunday and crews cleaned up the mess. officials say the water is fine. they suspect the fish may have spilled from a commercial vessel then washed ashore. >>> it is 6:49. 69 degrees here in northwest washington. >> a ch

this is still an easy ride for folks headed out of woodbridge continuing across the occoquan. no trouble spots to report at this time. light traffic volume on the beltway between anden dale and merrifield. you will find 207 good to go. no problems to report leaving hyattstown headed out towards mva. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> breaking news this morning. a shooting involving u.s. park police that happened early this morning at hains point. officials say a man was sitting in a car by himself when officers approached. vehicle. the man jumped out holding a gun. the officers tried to get him to drop the weapon. they then opened fire. the man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries but we are told they are not life-threatening. >>> former mayoral candidate sulaimon brown finally testifying before tease council and there were no shortage of fireworks. >> he maintains he was paid off by then chairman convincement gray for verbally taxing adrian fenty. audrey barnes is live at the wilson building with more on the showdown for us this morning. >> reporter:

. >> an investigation also launched into a deadly school bus accident in woodbridge, virginia. no kids hurt. sky 9 was over the scene of the crash at menville road. a man driving a toyota camry was killed when his car slammed into the bus. there were no students on board the bus, fortunately. the victim's name is not being released until his relatives can be notified. >>> it's been one week since another deadly bus crash in caroline county. today just 50 miles up the highway from exit 104, federal and state officials launched a commercial vehicle safety campaign. it's called road check 2011. and kristin fisher got an inside look at what a commercial bus inspection is really like. >> once we stop a commercial motor vehicle. >> virginia state police sergeant is conducting what's called a north american level one inspection. >> we are going to check the tires, the wheels, lug nuts, windshield wipers, horns, turn signals. we'll check all of that. >> once the inspectors are done looking at the outside of the bus, then they'll head down here to the inspection pit. is this where they

wing went into the christ is lord ministry in woodbridge and robbed members who were counting collections from the morning services. they have not said how conteh was involved. nobody was hurt during the robbery. >>> the st. luke's episcopal church in bladensburg is undergoing significant changes. the entire congregation has voted to convert to catholicism. as chris gordon reports now it is the first church in the nation to undergo this streamlined conversion plan. >> reporter: censaint luke's ha stood on 553rd street in bladensburg since 1556. currently it has a diverse membership of 100. they have carefully considered their decision by seeking their entry into the catholic church. >> by making this move i'm going into a church that has authority and centralized authority to guide me in my journey, in my spiritual journey. >> to me as a youth member of my parish it means the opportunity to grow and to experience something new. >> reporter: this was made possible by the 2009 invitation issued by pope benedict for anglican parishes to come into the church as a community while maintaining s

and more delays out of woodbridge across the occuquan. no incidents along new york avenue but receiving record at kenilworth blocking the left rain slowing your roll from riverdale. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> we start this morning with breaking news from fairfax county where three people have been stabbed early this morning. the investigation unfolding on braddock springs road in centreville. our crews are live on that scene. we do know one of the three people stabbed died at the apartment in the 13800 block of braddock springs. two other victims were flown helicopter to the hospital. no word on their conditions right now. >>> also new overnight, a 12- year-old boy recovering after being shot in the ankle in the district. it's one of two shootings overnight. the 12-year-old was shot around 11:30 in the 3400 block of minnesota avenue southeast at 11:30 last night. investigators say the boy may have been the victory of a robbery. >>> the other shooting happened around 3:45 at 7th and l. near the convention center. a

woodbridge, va., johnny. caller: thank you for receiving my call. would like to know why the americans, democrats and republicans do not understand what they republican powerful people are trying to do to the country. they do not understand it. any time you get the american -- i mean, the supreme court justices to spend the weekends with his alter conservative groups, and then pass all law that corporations are individuals and can donate all the money they want to, they do not see this -- in the next 10 or 20 years, we will not have a country. you can vote or nothing. if you do not have money, you will not be able to live. you might need to pack up and go down to mexico. maybe we could start over there. host: we told you earlier about speculation that marco rubio could be someone's running mate in 2012. yesterday he gave his maiden speech, the last freshman senator to do so. >> we find ourselves in a new century. there is a growing sense that for america, things will never be the same. maybe this century will belong to someone else. indeed we stand

a new one from woodbridge.ff. >> it's hard to believe. >> this is fun. >> two more wines. >> if you're going hiking. >> now i'm going to go hiking. this is why i didn't before. >> once you get to the top, you can toast the view. this is the climber. the hiker's pouch. put it through a stringer if you're going fishing. >> show the cookie thing. that is unbelievable. you can hook that to your jeans. >> you won't gee far up the mountain. >> do it at the top and toast the view. >> can't wait that long. >> are we going to taste that? >> absolutely. you've got a hiker's cup therr. it's called the climber. >> this is the pouch. this is bandit, a great little -- what did you think? that didn't wook for you. >> hoda doesn't like to hike. >> this is a lot less packaging. it reduces he carbon footprint. a chardonnay. >> thank you. >> see you in aspen next week. we'll go hiking. >> up next -- famed chef tylee forns. >> something for mom and baby coming up. >>> time for today's kitchen. we are getting saucy with a cher who

he said the gathering of information that would of been beneficial woodbridge it was not done. the gao he if and gaig and wanted to shut down in 2010. we raised concerns about that. >> it really looks like there was an attempt to abandon the process in a way in which it could not be restarted. >> absolutely not, as each decision has been made along the way, the technical justification for that must be recorded in writing. >> who made the decision to abandon tons of material including things that could have been sold for scrap or given to other federal agencies? who made that decision? >> it was an evaluation on the prospective value of the property. i believe both of the reports in question now to that of the majority of this equipment in question was transferred to other doe sites. >> i thought i saw it was abandoned. >> it is declared abandoned but under that process, they can transfer to other sites. most of it got transferred internally. it was considered unusual but doe had the authority to do that. our recommendation was that in some cases they did not have a good invento