. >>> culpeper police officer daniel harmon-wright pleaded not guilty today to murder and three other related counts. he's can also granted a $1,000 bond and newly -- he's also granted a $1,000 bond and newly released court records show harmon-wright used unnecessary force on another family shortly before he shot and killed an unarmed woman. tonight only on 9 a young man talks about being threatened at gunpoint in his own home by is of harmon-wright. >> reporter: murder suspect and -- by officer harmon- wright. >> reporter: murder suspect and former culpeper police officer daniel harmon-wright turned his face to avoid cameras as he left the courthouse under heavy security. he's charged with murder in the debt of patricia cook who was unarmed sitting in her jeep in a catholic school parking lot february 29th. the first two shots at point blank range hit her but were not fatal says special prosecutor jim fisher. the other five shots were the ones that killed her as she drove away. >> the officer advanced his position into the roadway behind the vehicle firing back to front into the rear

wright? >> from what i heard, i tend to agree. i believe with a lot of what he's laid out. i mean, i think it's sensible. >> mr. howes? >> i would agree that what he's laid out makes a good deal of sense. >> okay. mr. metlay? dr. metlay? >> i would certainly agree, and my board has certainly taken the position that there are no technical impediments to developing a repository. >> another question for you dr. metlay. you mentioned in your testimony that u.s. nuclear waste negotiator, which was established, i think, in a 1987 amendment to the nuclear waste policy act. i don't think you mentioned this in your testimony. but take a minute if you will and talk more about the negotiators' intended role and is this something that we should or could pursue this time around? if you could. and be fairly brief in your response. >> excuse me? >> be brief in your response. >> certainly. the negotiators, as you said, was established as part of the 1987 amendments act. he was given a broad charter to negoti

back then harmon-wright's mom worked for boring. she's now been charged with forgery and lying trying to cover up for her son's record. boring is now a culpeper town council member. >>> another very warm but nice day across our area, but we've got some big changes at way for tomorrow. meteorologist an annyhong is in for topper. >> right now we have a couple pop-up showers and thunderstorms out to the west of us hire on doppler. in the beltway -- here on doppler in. the beltway we're just looking at cloudy conditions. some of the showers are isolated just around west of us north of heartwood and just south of winchester. now what we're looking at is temperatures in the 80s right now, 84 in gaithersburg, 81 manassas, 87 in downtown. to the west of us is a cold front. that's coming through. we can see some really heavy rain by tomorrow afternoon, really impacting tomorrow's commute. tonight, though, cloudy, mild and muggy with an isolated shower or thunderstorm generally west of town, lows in the upper 60s to lower 70s. also concerns a

this inmate has mostly stayed out of trouble, carlton wright. >> carlton wright actually came to prison, and since he has been in, he has received a few conduct reports and nothing severe. i heard he has a mouth on him and disrespectful to the staff and other offenders. >> that's my only option? i can't take another one? >> no. >> so what's the point of seeing it then? this is wabash, man. they do what they want. >> i'm not like other inmates. i obey the rules, but other times they want you to be in compliance like puppets. don't do this. don't do that. do it like this. do it like that. [ bleep ] here. eat here. no, you can't talk to that person. get off of the door. all of these [ bleep ] rules. i'm in the [ bleep ] jail for not following the rules. >> wright says that his attitude is a result of growing up in a tough new jersey neighborhood. >> either you sink or swim. you know what i mean? i grew a hard exterior, because i did want to be a victim and over time it came a character. >> and recently, wright's character was put to the test. >> he came back from the recreation one night a

railroad harmon-wright's mother is also charged -- >> reporter: harmon-wright's mother is also charged with foreigning documents in her son's personnel file. >> after the interview still had the look of rage. >> reporter: jeannette price wonders if her complaint against harmon-wright could have been altered. this is a hospital record showing an injury to her wrist that she said she suffered when harmon-wright pushed her in 2008. >> that was peggy fox reporting. >>> coming up maryland becomes the first state in the country to propose a statewide ban on bumpers. >> but first how to get out and see the national and state parks over the weekend and it won't cost you a dime when we come back. when it comes to gardening, we're, well, inexperienced. is this right? right here, like this? ♪ turn that off! plants can smell our fear then miracle-gro expand'n gro made things a lot easier for us. it expands when you water it. and improves your soil. for big beautiful plants that grow up to three times the flowers and vegetables. guaranteed. we were so bad at this before. particularly you. [ laughs

harmon wright claimed he shot in self-defense after cook tried to drive off with his arm caught in the car's window. he was indicted on a murder charge last month. he is out on bond, due back in court next month. >>> he stopped the wrong guy. a maryland man charged tonight with impersonating a police officer after he pulled over. a police officer. police say anthony maestro giovanini flagged down a car in upper marl brie. a capital heights police officer was inside the vehicle. the officers say the man claimed he was a military police officer from louisiana. the officer told him he had no jurisdiction. he was later arrested. >>> yesterday's heat was oppressive? today we broke a record. temperatures hit nearly 100 degrees. good news is, the end is in sight. comes with a few storms though. an up sedate from sue outside in the heat, still. >> brian, it's going tonight with a bang tomorrow.

, well, i am not going to oppose you on it see signed a letter named wright to chaplin, and started to come back, mike spoke, my deputy chief of staff came back to me and said, i was just -- catholic i you was asked last sunday, the -- the priest came down to me after or some -- dedication church it was something he said it seems to me, we just had a -- a meeting with bipartisansh bishops bishop of peoria played forcible in high scho football in high school the armey anticatholic. >> i said what are you talking about he said that is what is happening for calls bishops meeting this anticatholic thing started billed up you had you a couple people dmokt minority unhappy with choice decided should be would make good political fodder drive a wedge into coming election here we are all of a sudden a religious thing never, i tried to be open about it, and it was really, a pretty nasty period, in experience, i had to go through you first year i was speaker, and finally, got to the point that looked like wright couldn't step in really serve people, as a chaplin, i decided i just had to go, i was

that is damon harmon-wright's mother. she is accused of forging documents to get negative information out of her son's file. she faces six felony counts and is in jail on unsecured bond. >> breaking news in a bit of a scare for people on a delta connection flight to detroit that was pushing back from the gate at reagan when an officer noticed for passengers acting suspiciously. the pilot stayed at the gate. t as a restrained everything. they are now heading to detroit. >> let's talk about the weather. a big warmup on the way. summer is getting closer. >> we are expecting temperatures to get close to or over 90 degrees. doug hill joins us with an early look at the forecast. >> we did not hear him either. we will take a look at the microphone and get back to him. president obama pushing congress to get americans back to work. he highlighted 27 continuous months of job growth. he says the global e fact cannot be ignored. president urged congress to adopt a jobs plan to counter economic effects of the european debt crisis. th

court documents say harmon- wright drew his gun and be demanded he be inside. the boy's mother was scared and said no. >> he had no right to be in there. >> a former police officer. officer harmon-wright's only punishment concerning the incident was this letter of reprimand. he would have had to receive additional training. >> i think they would have considered that a major violation. if nothing else from the point of liability for the police department. >> peggy fox, 9news now. >>> u.s. attorney general, eric holder, faced some angry questions ands for his resignation. today's hearing focused on top secret information leaked to the press and how the justice department is handling the investigation. >> the attorney general on the hot seat before the senate judiciary committee defended his decision to use u.s. attorneys to investigate leaks of highly classified information. >> a great faith in the abilities and integrity of these two gentleman. >> republican senator insisted attorney general, eric holder, should have appointed an outside council. >> but senator,

julie wright is standing by. we are so glad your parents are okay out there. >> your lanes are open as you work your way southbound. really nothing out of the ordinary. just some volume delaws to accompany your commute as you head gown down toward the scales south of 1 -- head down toward the scales south of 109. we'll take it back inside and again, we will say good morning to our waze family. just after we say hello to duke street. this is 395 at duke. no problems to report as you work your way in the express lanes and main line. this happens to be rusty. he came out of virginia across the american legion bridge. still above 40 miles per hour as he makes mute up towards northbound 270 with all of the lanes open. waze is a free app on your android as well as your blackberry and iphone and we would love for you to part of our waze team. once you join with the free app, join the fox 5 waze team. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >>> we are mop touring metro this morning with more on a big chang

it was scary. >> harmon wright was searching for his younger brother. court documents say harmon wright drew his gun and demanded he be allowed inside. he was scared and said no, but finally let him in. >> he had no right to be in there. he has no right or shouldn't be drawing his gun and pushing his way into the home. >> attorney ted is a former prosecutor and former fairfax county police officer. he says before police enter a home, they need either a warrant, consent, or an emergency situation. otherwise it's a violation of one's constitutional right. >> i can't see that there be any justification for him demanding entry into the house and searching that house. >> after reading through the court documents, he sees similarities. >> it's all a question of use of force and the justification for using force. they are both of the same ill. >> only punishment concerning the incident was this letter of riply reprimand. >> i think that they would have considered that a major violation. if nothing else from the standpoint of liability for the police department

julie wright is standing by. good morning. >> good morning. once imep be trouble in virginia along northbound i-95. the crew in sky fox made their way to one of the accident we've been talking about. this happens to be northbound along i-95 as you approach route one in woodbridge. the two left lanes are tied up at the scene of this accident. if you are coming northbound be expect to be in a back upheaded north from at least potomac mills. this is the two left lanes that are blocked in the main line. fire and rescue units on the scene with state police over to the left shoulder. some traffic is able to squeeze by at the scene but if you are traveling northbound, expect to have a slow go out of dale city probably back to the potomac mills sign. we have another fire truck that just rolled up on the scene. that looks like it is pushing folks, at least that one tractor-trailer off to the shoulder to get by. coming northbound on i-95, stay to the right as you travel north of dale see in towards woodbridge. eastbound 66 leaving fair oak headed in tow

let's do some traffic now and julie wright has got your latest. >> good morning.y pool is starting to get crowded with all you folk coming over and your big feet. it is only a two by two pool. >> we might have to move up to the next size. >> i might have to take you out to the community pool in the village. trying to keep our cool is not going to be easy. traffic flow is working in your favor. we do have lingering construction outbound on 50 at 704. this is southbound 270 coming in out of germantown. easery drive headed past mva the overnight construction that was in place at 28 has cleared from the two right lanes. there was roadwork that was set up along eastbound 66 coming in towards the capital beltway. some traffic was able to get by. no problems to report south at the wilson bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. >> thank you. >>> if you are planning to hit the beach today, plan accordingly. traffic officials are closing the route 50 bay bridge for 40 minutes tbipping at 1:15. this closing the brim as a precaution as four new carg

a judge denied daniel harmon -- excuse me, decided daniel harmon-wright can remain free while waiting for trial. he's accused of shooting a woman to death. fox 5's bob barnard reports. >> reporter: daniel harmon- wright pleaded not guilty today to all four charges against him. the 32-year-old marine, an iraq war veteran who grew up in vienna, virginia, is charged with murdering a woman in her car while he was on the job as a town of culpeper police officer. >> this community will be safer when he's out. he is not only not a danger, he is one of the most socially responsible people i've ever met. >> reporter: what we learned in court today were startling new facts about what allegedly happened here on northeast street in culpeper back on the morning of february 9th. prosecutors say after being sent to investigate a suspicious woman in a car in the parking lot of this catholic school, officer wright fired seven shots at patricia cook as she tried to drive away. >> an initial two shots fired at the driver's door window. those were nonfatal wounds. >> reporter: jim fisher is the special p

wright, all done? >> yes, sir. >> did you refer to -- did you quote a nuclear regulatory -- or public service commissioner in florida talking -- >> i did. i believe it was terry deeson. >> i think -- correct me if i'm wrong. i think you said or he said, may have said the government has our money. we still have their waste. i think that was the quote. >> correct. >> and i just -- i thought about that. and i thought maybe another way of thinking of it is the government has the rate payers' money. the rate payers' money. and utilities still have custody of the waste created by their nuclear reactors. i'd look at it just a little different. having said that, the status quo is not acceptable. and we have to be smarter than this. and we're going to be. thank you. >> i appreciate that, too, senator. and i will tell you that i -- i don't refer to it as nuclear waste myself. i refer to it as a nuclear resource. >> there you go. that's good. >> good morning, chairman carper, ranking member barrasso, senator alex

i'll have the details on the weather and julie wright is back. she is here and she will have a look at your traffic right after the break. ♪ ♪ we were skipping stones ♪ and letting go ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we bring together natural ingredients, like dark chocolate with toasted oats, or sweet golden honey. perfect combinations of nature's delicious ingredients, from nature valley. ♪ ♪ i was thinking that i hope this never ends ♪ [ female announcer ] nature valley granola bars, nature at its most delicious. . >>> tropical storm debby is dumbing heavy rains in parts of florida. the storm is nearly stationary right now but flooding is a major concern. residents in counties along the gulf coast are being urged to leave low-highing areas. debby is reported to have maximum sustained winds of 06 miles per hour but the rain is the real problem. over the weekend, a tornado touched down in naples. luckily, no one there was hurt. >> friday, we had

. >> turns out, el rancho got its eggs from wright county egg, an iowa producer, forced to recall 550 million eggs linked to one of the largest salmonella outbreaks in u.s. history. the man's son is suing the egg producer and restaurant for his father's death. >> they need to clean up their act. maybe it will wake them up enough to think they're actually killing people by not cleaning up their facility. >> his attorney says wright county eggs own internal testing had shown they had salmonella infected chickens months before the recall. he says the death could have been prevented. >> i think what happened was criminal. you had a company whose chickens were dying due to salmonella infection and testing positive and they sent eggs out the door. >> he can't get over what happened to his dad. the two were best friend. spending more than three decades working side by side at their oakland metal fabrication shop. >> yeah, he should never have died. not from that. he should still be with us. he has an older brother that is 95. >> now, we fried tried to get ih with wright county egg and qualit

julie wright has got your latest this morning. great big good morning. >> good morning to you.on the roads, your lanes are open if you are traveling 359 northbound coming across the 14th street bridge. no trouble spots to report as you work your way across the potomac headed for the southeast-southwest freeway. overnight construction that had tied up the beltway. springfield interchange has cleared. traveling south along 270, lanes are open as you work your way south of germantown headed out to the lane divide. we do have reports of accident activity tying up one of the ramps on 118 so we'll keep you posted on what we find there in our next report. no problems to report between college park and bethesda. southbound 59, 295 coming out of laurel and no problems reported on the beltway as you travel across the american legion bridge headed towards tyson's. inbound new york avenue, we had a portion of that shut down between florida avenue and fourth street. you should find traffic flowing freely once again. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. . >>> the direct

julie wright has a look at the traffic too.ht after the break.  >>> temperature, 79 degrees out there already, folks. we are take live look at washington, d.c. right now. it will warm up quickly. this is the big hot day, isn't it, tucker? this is like the hot -- >> this is the core of the heat. >> the core of the heat. we are in the core. >> the core of the heat. not sure if it's good thing but yeah. high temperatures today, only a degree or two warmer than yesterday. >> you guys are talking about escaping the heat in canada. what is the weather like? >> we looked at toronto, 90. >> cancun, mexico, 84. >> it is cooler in mexico than in canada? what's going on. >> one thing for sure, it is always hot in the summer in washington. we'll have another hot one today. hue temperatures yesterday, no records. a high temperature at reagan national, 98 degrees. our record for today is 98 degrees set back in 1988. a lot of 8s in this forecast. better chance we'll do some of the temperature records later today than

his name is daniel harmon-wright and he is accused of killing patricia cook last february. prosecutors say harmon-wright shot cook seven times. the officer was acting in self-defense. today the judge granted harmon-wright bond with bail set at $100,000. >>> today the rating agency that downgraded the country's long-term credit last year said it's going to stabbed by the decision. -- stand by the decision. last august they gave it an aa+ rating down from a triple a. the agency says political leaders aren't addressing the federal debt burden. they went on to say the u.s. has an adaptable and resilient economy. >>> an election year cannot be an excuse for congress not to pass measures that could put americans back to work. that is the message from president obama at a white house briefing about the economy today. mr. obama also said the economy in a private sector is doing just fine. a statement he later clarified. >> so let me be as clear as i can be. the economy needs to be strengthened. that's why i had a press conference. i believe that a lot of americans who are hurting r

daniel harmon-wright has been granted bond and could be out of jail soon. court records show he's been reprimanded for excessive force before and high ranking officers recommended that he not be hired because of alcohol abuse. >> reporter: i'm peggy fox in culpeper where new information came out today about that police officer charged with murder and about the shots he fired that killed patricia cook. murder suspect and former culpeper police officer daniel harmon-wright turned his face to avoid cameras as he left the culpeper county courthouse under heavy security. he's charged with murder in the death of patricia cook who was unarmed sitting in her jeep. >> seven shots fired, an initial two shots fired at the driver's door window, nonfatal wounds. the officer then advanced his position firing from back to front an additional five times. >> reporter: defense attorney daniel hahn says his client saw cook as a threat. >> evidence of such recklessness in driving down the street towards the place where there's the greatest concentration of pedestrians in culpe

just four months before culpeper police officer daniel harmon-wright shot and killed unarmed housewife patricia cook, he used excessive force against the wilson family. >> it was terrifying. it was a little scary. >> reporter: their mother says officer harmon-wright pounded on her door waking her up on the morning of october 10th. with his gun drawn he demanded to search her home for her son. were you afraid? >> i was scared. i had just woken up, not even wiped my eyes, came out of my room and i had his gun in my face. >> reporter: the civil lawsuit patricia cook's husband filed against harmon-wright maybe expanded to include the police department. his attorney greg webb says, "the more i learn about what occurred over the last six years and his history with the police department, it's mind boggling to me that his career was allowed to culminate in this horrific shooting." peggy fox, 9 news now. >>> here in d.c. police are hoping you can find a convict who just walked way from a work crew this morning. conrad thames was serving 10 years for manslaughter and handgun violations. police s

tonight is the premier of shelly wright's film, wish me away.n is it, john? >> 7:00, a special discount for students and educators. i was on the ed show to promote it. he called me fugelsang four times. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: bless him. all right. the conference of mayors is going on. pardon me? >> we're pronouncing this correctly, not right. >> stephanie: thank you. >> less applesauce. >> stephanie: ok. we're going to talk to mayor ralph becker of i'm sorry, salt lake city. >> from steely dan. >> stephanie: no. good morning mr. mayor. >> god to be with you. >> stephanie: you're going to be talking about at this conference a republican obstructionism stopping anything getting done. >> well certainly at the national level and varies at the state level from state to state. i know you've got challenges in california. at the local level the thing we feel good about is we are getting things done and we just wish the federal government would either get out of the way or be a partner. >> stephanie: exactly. this is what we were saying. when did we

bob barnard has new details about this case. >> reporter: daniel harmon- wright pleaded not guilty to all charges against him. the iraq war veteran that grew up in vienna, virginia, is charged with murdering a woman in her car while he was on the job as a town of culpeper, police officer. >> your community will be safer when he's out. he's not only not a danger, he's one of the most socially responsible people i've ever met. >> what we learned in court today were startling new facts about what allegedly happened here on northeast back in the morning of february 9. after being sent to investigate a suspicious woman in a car, in the parking lot of this catholic school, officer wright fired seven shots at patricia cook as she tried to drive away. >> an initial two shots fired at the driver's door window. those were nonfatal wounds. >> the special prosecutor on the case. >> the officer advanced his position into the roadway behind the vehicle firing from back to front into the rear of the vehicle an additional five times. among those five times were the two fatal wounds. >> the now suspen

julie wright is standing by. good monday morning to you. >> so far, so good out on the roads this morning. no accidents to report as you travel between annandale and merrifield. traveling southbound along 270, we had overnight roadwork at old georgetown road. live at 118 in germantown. lanes are open and traffic flowing freely as you head into rockville. no problems headed to the 14th street bridge. the pace in virginia looks good to and from the wilson bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> our big story, the supreme court is expected to rule on two major cases this week. one of them is health care. the other is arizona's immigration law. fox 5's sherry ly is live with the details on when those decisions may come down. >> reporter: good morning. the supreme court hasn't given any hints of how it would rule in these two cases. the health care overhaul gets most of the headlines but the ruling on the legality of arizona's immigration law could have far-reaching effects too. it allo

>> reporter: ahmad islam and sherman wright started the company with $300,000. now, with clients like miller, coors and nike, revenues should top about $20 million this year. but common ground's growth has brought challenges. >> we know what we know and we know it very well, and the things that we don't know we need to align ourselves better with people who know it better than we ever could. >> reporter: enter steve smith. >> this is alice pollard. alice pollard is the v.p. of finance. >> nice to meet you, steve smith. >> reporter: smith is a wealth manager at u.b.s. the bank is partnering with the chicagoland chamber of commerce to mentor ten small minority- owned businesses so they can grow and hopefully add jobs. >> i might be able to provide some feedback in terms of business structure, in terms of where they're trying to go. >> reporter: u.b.s. launched its small business advisory program last year in new york as a pilot. it was a way for the bank to give back to the communities it serves, sort of a philanthropic project for commerce. >> this will be a mode

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tell us about it. >> my father's day wish came in the form of morgan wright. he was born on father's day 22 years ago. my oldest son is not able to be here. much love to our oldest son michael. our song is called my wish, a song about encouragement. ♪[music] ♪[music] ♪[music] ♪ but more than anything, more than anything my wish for now is that this life becomes all that you want it to ♪ ♪ your dreams stay big, your worries stay small you never need to carry more than you can hold ♪ ♪ and while you're out there getting where you're getting to i hope you know somebody loves you and wants the same things, too ♪ ♪ yeah, this is my wish for you ♪ ♪ yeah, your dreams stay big, your worries stay small you never need to carry more than you can hold ♪ ♪ and while you're out there getting where you're getting to i hope you know somebody loves you ♪ ♪ and wants the same things, too ♪ ♪ yes, this is my wish >> thank you very much, kelly wright. we arwright. until next time from new york, this is mike huckabee, good captioned by closed captioning services, inc. ♪ my wish f

julie wright. you can't miss that. she'll be up right after the break. 3q finally carpet cleaning got easier. try resolve easy clean to deep clean your carpets. its upright brush with activating trigger removes 3 times more dirt than vacuuming alone. it's just 3 easy steps for beautifully clean carpets. resolve easy clean. don't just vacuum clean. resolve clean. and try resolve triple oxi. to remove stains the first time. >>> who could forget that? >> fox 5's tucker barnes here. he was covered in sea foam as hurricane irene rolled in. saturday night, tucker, his producer and photographers won an emmy to their work there. >> yes. >> congratulation. >> you deserve that for all the foam you sucked up there. we want to congratulate and thank all of our coworkers here at fox 5 for making it such a including one ht. for the best morning news program. the best continuing coverage after story and the overall station excellence award. i was anchoring that day when you were out there. it was just incredible. >> i remember. >> i

i guess julie wright, no doubt about it, when it is weather like this, it is a good day for you. >> it is a good day. no problems reported around the capital beltway. so far, theener loop holding steady. no problems reported around to the work zone at university. outer loop making four way past, lanes are open. southbound along 270, volume increasing leaving hyattstown headed out to the scales. your lanes are open as you continue through germantown and rockville. 66 picking up the volume and the usual suspects traveling in from manassas towards centreville. ntrevi ll that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. . >> thank you. >>> we begin this morning with a race for the white house. mitt romney will be in sterling, vicious today for a campaign stop. >> commonwealth is considered a key battleground state in the fall elections. mitt romney was in salem, virginia yesterday where he went after president obama other his economic policies as well as his immigration policy. mitt romney says the supreme court created confusion when it upheld just part of arizona's immigration law. >> you see

speaking of hot, let's get to julie wright. did you get the ac working? >> we got it working and we have a stash of nutty buddies in here just in case. >> you have your own refrigerator. of course, don't you? you got to get tony's agents to get one of those. >> he doesn't share any shelf space with me. >> eastbound along 66, coming in out of manassas, your lanes are open. you will fine lanes are open on the beltway itself between annandale and merrifield. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. . >> thank you. >>> two local families are mourning the loss of their loved ones who were sebbing in afghanistan. >> the death of these marines is a harsh reminder that the war in afghanistan is still taking a toll on our military. lance corporals nile cody sears and eugene mills grew up in different towns in the washington region and were assigned to different marine rent meant but their lives ended just hours apart in the same desert region while battle al-qaeda. cody sears was killed days after his birthday. his mother says her sons with a talen

let's do some traffic and see if julie wright can brighten your day. good morning. >> you should just be the t in the word hot. >> i have to do something about this. i feel bad reporting it. >> it is summer. what do you expect? >> 100 for five days straight? >> it's time to pull out the slip and slide. let's get to it. >> okay. let's get down to business. >> eastbound 66, overnight roadwork. they were picking up the copes and that is what was causing your slowdown coming in from vienna. -- they were picking up the cones. that should be cleared. southbound 270, they were doing roadwork at old georgetown road. no problems to report right now as you approach and pass 109. >>> now to a grimy crime caught on camera. restaurant cook oil, a hot commodity for thieves. they steal, it clean it and sell it for a ahuge profit. the miller family have owned the red rooster restaurant in montgomery county for 32 years. they have been targeted. audrey barnes has a closer look. >> reporter: they fry up a lot of chicken at the red coster, 40 cases or about 8,000 pieces

julie wright will be back after the break too.  >>> welcome back.ook at reagan national airport right now. things are pretty calm out there at this time. hopefully, they'll stay that way today. we shouldn't have any trouble if you are flying anywhere today. >> we have some low clouds. nothing major going on this morning. >> i guess the major thing the heat-up. >> in a couple of days. >> today is that day where we start to work into the 80s and before long, we'll be in the 109 and maybe 100 by thursday. >> i think last year or a couple years ago, it seems like we started sumner may. >> we did. >> i'm okay. >> this heat wave will only last about three days. we've had years past where it has lasted for two weeks. >> weren't you saying yesterday how surprised you were that they were able to play the yankees series with the nationals without just sweltering. >> yeah. yesterday's daytime high at reagan national was 71 degrees. we set a record at dulles. that 6 #, that was the lowest maximum temperature ever for the date at dulles international, 68 degrees

it's the first time wright's husband is seeing his son walk. >> another mobile child. it will be fun, exciting. >> reporter: the mission? to deliver cargo and other supplies for the army. >> we are to bring in the airlift. otherwise, they would be driving more dangerous -- dealing with vehicle ieds, side of the road ieds, ambushes. >> reporter: matt wright says he is happy to be home and happy to be home for the birth of another. >> it's the best part of the trip. >> reporter: and the wright's baby is due in august. kai? >> rochelle, thank you, and the aircraft used in the deployment is more cost effective. >>> and bob is here, and we're having beautiful weather. >> pleasant and cool weather. turn off the ac and let some of the cool air in. take a look at temps now. it's dropping a bit, but tonight will be really comfortable. at the airport, it's 85, but the do you want is way down and the humidity, 31%. there is an increased fire danger with the drier air and the breeze. a look at ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a beautiful day outside, just gorgeous. >> what people have to

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diane. >> david wright in arizona. as you know, david, all day long, we've been following the furious debate on the internet, especially from the latino community. one perspective tonight from univision, our new partners and friends and the number one hispanic network in america. i talked to jorge ram hose. what does this mean for our shared audience tonight? >> i think is this a very sad day for the hispanic community. and the supreme court allows a state like arizona to use racial profiling as a rule. we know we really need immigration reform right now. the hispanic community did not like the "show me your papers" provision and this will only create more. in arizona and many other states, it's difficult to believe that the immigration law in arizona could be an example for other states in the country and it's even more difficult to believe that sheriff joe arpaio could become a role model for other law enforcement agencies. it's completely unreal. >> tell me some of the personal stories you're experiencing from peopl

. >> let's check if with julie wright. >> just for the record, folk at home, i want you to know, it is not a canteen that sarah is carrying around. after working with those two to the left and right, it is a flask. >> i'm trying to keep my angelic image. >> too late. >> all right. on the roads this morning, we've had our share of problems. v-d.o.t. has been moving the camera around to give us an idea of how slow it is coming across the 14th street bridge. the accident activity here right before that exit to go northbound on the george washington parkway. that is where the crash occurred. some traffic is able to get by to the right under police direction ti. particular moment, it looks like all traffic is stopped. northbound 395 starting to build in volume early as you make your way north of boundary channel drive headed for the potomac. accident activity at the left hand exit to go northbound on the george washington parkway. no one is getting by on the bridge. no one is coming across headed towards the southeast-southwest freeway. you will find if you are traveling on the george washi

julie wright's best friend. let's see what she has in the way of traffic. >> you are saying the three hs. >> i'm saying those guys love you. >> they do but not my hair. that is pony tail wearing weather for sure. the lanes are open southbound on 270. lanes are open out of germantown headed out towards the split. top stretch of the beltway, no problems reported leaving college park headed around towards 270. eastbound 66, volume up creasing here as well as you work your way east of fair oaks headed in towards 123. overnight construction as cleared from nutley street and off the beltway as you guys travel between annandale and merrifield. still an easy ride in both the express lanes and the main line working your way out to the occoquan. >>> if you've driven the beltway in northern virginia lately, you know what i mess it can be especially at night when the multiple lanes are closed and ramps are closed. >> as bob barnard shows us, drivers are pretty frustrated over this. >> reporter: this is what the beltway cons