that is why we are teaming up with wtop radio for a summer blood drive today. brian van de graaff is there at tysons corner center. >> it is a big need and we needed during the summer because it drops off as far as a onlltiec of bloodti we will talk about the wthea first and then we will ta about how you can get involved. l'soo lk at the doppler radar. we have showers and oothdersrmto ttho t west in a w loudoun arose pop-up and the ewo rking their way to the east. hewiy llwi work their waycross os the metro area and we will see them spodically. tees are in that 90's. when you factor in the humidity, is downright oppressive. let's talk about hurricane bill. when we look at our store and scan we note urthat h bill is turning. is it is working our way -- is working its way up the eastern seaboard. it should not maken the easterseaboard but it will be close enough that we will seek rough surf up and down the beaches. if you are going to the beach, be wary of that. let's go to the maps and show you the cold front swings through that will bring the thunderstorms toni

schools chancellor michelle rhee told wtop radio that fenty did not break any rules. >>> by monday, all.g. county students should have their class schedules. class's began last monday but a computer glitch left thousands without schedules and spent a week sitting in the cafeteria or jim. as of today, only 1300 students were still without schedules, down from 8000. >>> the professor at montgomery college, -- professors want the college president to step down, expressing no confidence in president brian johnson. it is a he failed to attend critical meetings, issued -- misused his college-issued credit card. he sent an e-mail to faculty and staff today saying that he remains committed to serving the college and will answer specific concerns in the near future. >>> give yourself extra time if you plan on riding the metro. doucette expect a 30-minute delays on the red, orange, and green lines. -- they said to expect 30- minute delays. that will be until midnight on sunday. portland train will single track between east falls church and boston on midnight on sunday. >>> coming up, crossing his

they said the treasury together -- date said the rosary together. >> the wtop political analyst onceas a fund-raiser on at the kennedy campaign. before he became sick, he bumped into him at a georgetown park. >> he seemed to be so gleeful just enjoying himself, like a normal washingtonian, unscathed, nobody coming up to him. he seemed to be having the time of his life. >> funeral mass will be held saturday in boston. the senator will be buried at arlington national cemetery next to his two brothers. susan kennedy, abc 7 news. >>> many of you out there have your own memories of senator ted o topcy, and we'd like t pepco to wjla.com keyword "talk backed." >>> we want to turn to breaking news in northwest washington where a man was shot and then drove himself to a popular target store for help. jay korff is live in northwest with the details. >> the gunfire erupted just behind me at about 3:30 at the intersection of 16th and spring rd. nw. authorities say an adult male was shot multiple times near the sidewalk on the other side of the street, right in front of an apartment building. res

she was also on wtop radio talking about it 9. listen to what they had to say [ no audio ] >> all right. we don't seem to have that video but again the superintendent will be with us live this morning at 6:30 to talk about how the montgomery county public school system will be dealing with the h1n1 flu virus. that is of course a new challenge for the school system this year, like with many school districts across the country. another new thing for montgomery county public schools is two schools will get their green certification this fall. we will chat with the superintendent about those things. for now back to you. >> thank you, kristin. >>> it appears a slew of top leaders in this this hemisphere were exposed to the h1n1 virus at the same time. the story is coming up. >>> plus, a wildfire that started less than a day ago is already destroying homes and forcing evacuations. keep it here. ♪ (announcer) we all want to stay active. we don't want anything... ...to slow us down. but even in your 30s... ...your bones can begin to chang

at 82 degrees upper northwest d.c., 83 degrees wtop radio. oxon hill, the wind moving in, the temperatures cooling, 76 right now, but of dew point still uncomfortable. 89 degrees is the high at reagan national, about where we should be. the record is 99 back in 2002. the temperatures across that area, mid 80's reagan national, 87 gerstown, pittsburgh 82. slightly cooler air to the north. minneapolis 70, the same for chicago. the warmth and humidity arrive tomorrow ahead of the weak cold front, along atmosphere to become unstable for the daytime tomorrow. the formal system of to the west, beginning to break up, along thunderstorms to develop late tomorrow afternoon into the evening. at some of those storms could be severe and there may be a watch tomorrow. we will keep you updated as the formal system moves closer. behind it, cooler air, but it is not happening. it would stay around 90 degrees heading into the work week. the atmosphere a bit unstable tomorrow, showers continue overnight, upper 60's, low seventies, mostly cloudy skies. tomorrow

wtop radio, wisconsin avenue, 75 degrees currently. live doppler radar, the moisture mainly to the south and east, moving off toward the north and east. it we have another storm crossing frederick county into carroll county to the east. if your plans take you to the football game, look for ra showers on and off, maybe even thunder. on the scoreboard, the official high at reagan national, 79 degrees, a morning low 71. the average guy is 84, or close to the record of 99. -- average height is 84, nowhere close to the record. the warm, moist air to the south ahead of the cold front that will eventually move across sunday. once it moves through, drier conditions and more sunshine. looks like monday and tuesday will be absolutely gorgeous outside. but of moisture from the south tomorrow, definitely not the best of days for the beach. tropical storm and he continues to churn across the western atlantic, maximum sustained wind out of 45 m.p.h., not expected to cause many problems. tonight, flash flood watch until 2:00 a.m. through the district

. >> wtop radio is hosting an end of summer blood drive today. >> that's right.t's taking place at tysons corner mall at 1961 exchange road in maclean. just go into the fairfax county community center inside the mall. that's on the send floor just across from the gap store. the blood drive is open to the public from 10:00 this morning until 4:00 this afternoon. brian is going to be there, i'm going to be there, and we encourage you all to come out and give blood, because this is the time of year where people aren't generally thinking about that kind of thing. >> one of the wtop employees, he was diagnosed -- he went and gave blood in 2006, and he was diagnosed with colon cancer as a result. they picked it up early, he's doing just fine. but it really was a life saver. >> saved his life as a result. >> right now, 6:43 and 77 eagrees.lt hcare, h.p.v., and a major campaign announcement. we've got it all coming up in this morning's top stories. you're watching "good morning washington." it's what doct most for headaches.d for arthritis pain... in your hands... knees.

wtop radio, 76. look at the dew point levels. vienna, 73, now down to 72 after a daytime high of 90 degrees. our final stop takes us to oxon hill, 74 after a high of 86. the dewpoint levels still in the mid to upper 60's. the official high temperature at reagan national airport, statistically exactly where we should be for this time of year. the record was set back in 1943, 100, and cool 55 in 1941. ocean city 79. the 78 in hagerstown. cooler, drier airus joft f to the north and well to the west, only 68 in a rapid city, s.d., but we're going to look for winds out of the south, southwest tomorrow, eventually taking a southeasterly turn, but temperatures will warm up quite a bit. how about temperatures near 90 degrees? it will slowly move offshore, clear skies through the great lakes region, and there was the disturbance that brought quite a bit of rain across portions of virginia beach today, chesapeake, virginia. flash flood warnings earlier today, but, fortunately for us, things will move out, and we will look for high pressure

the weatherbug network, temperatures at wtop radio, upper northwest, 76 degrees. 74 vienna. frederick county, mt. airy, 72, daytime high of 81. dew point level is still high, the upper 60's, which is why it feels 60. it 90 degrees was the high at reagan national after a morning low of 73. mold in the moderate category tomorrow, grass and weeds in the low categoric, no problem there. at around 81 degrees reagan national, 77 hagerstown. it cooler off to the north, warmer off to the south. sunday, it will be uncomfortably hot as the cold front moves through. the high-pressure just off to the north and west will slide across. then we will really crank up the heat, 95 degrees sunday and monday. showers and thunderstorms tonight, not expecting anything severe. the temperature near 70 degrees. tomorrow morning, f hohers, otherwise mostly cloudy, in the 70's, the daytime high only in the low 80's. isolated thunderstorms. the extended outlook, the temperatures will warm up. it will be hot out there. mid-90s on sunday into monday, lower 90's tuesday and wednesday. enjoy tomorrow and f

in fact, wtop radio reports she was trying to tell officials about an issue with airbus. the trait agency is trying to determine if the driver should be punished -- thomas. metro recently implemented a zero tolerance policy and said only in cases of emergency should an operator ever be on the telephone. >>> the ntsb is now backing off of a statement about when it learned about a past problem with the metro train detection system. the ntsb first said it learned about a march failure on the orange line just last week but now acknowledges metro official did tell them about the glitch the day after the june 22 crash. the new chairman of the ntsb tells us the probe could take longer than first thought. debbie hersman was the face of that investigation. like many members of the ntsb who live here and often ride metro, she says this one hits home. >> i have had the opportunity to meet with some of the families. just knowing the devastating impact that has gone on in the lives of parents and children, people who were loved very much. >> within minutes, debbie hersman was driving

meanwhile the newseum is now offering half off its usual $20 admission if you mention wtop when you buyour ticket. today would have been a nice time to be inside walking arn id a museum. >>> it's so hot. tomorrow it'll be even worse. tomorrow with the humidity it'll feel like 105 degrees. we have basically hot weather sitting on top of us. this is the hottest air so far this season. but before we talk about that, we have to talk about some severe weather that could affect the area. so with that said, let's take you outside and show you what's going on. basically it's been very hazy out there today. we have a lot of heat in place. the humidity is sitting on top of us. and with the combination of the heat and the humidity, we d have basically a hazy afternoon. tomorrow, more of the same. here's what's happening right now. again, we do have some severe weather potentially that could affect the area. we have a severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 11:00 from basically most of the maryland and out towards the eastern shore up towards pennsylvania. that's where we have some active weather

host: on wtop radio, a mark plotkin host a program at 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 a.m.. tony fratto currently runs a program here in town for crisis management. on the republican line, matt. caller: the far left only represents 20% of the voting population, but somehow they control the lead positions in government. therefore, they write all these bills that 80% of the voters do not agree with. the moderate wing of the democratic party is letting these people running amok. they are blaming republicans for they are blaming republicans for killing the bills it is very frustrating to watch this as a member of the other 80% who does not want to see policies written into bills. how are they it so vocal, 20% of the population? why did they controlled the democratic party -- why do they control the democratic party? guest: well, henry waxman, of the three chairman you might describe, those three committee chairmen are there because of seniority. they got elected and reelected in became chairman. rangel, waxman, and miller. in the middle, senator kennedy would have been chairman

listen to wtop this morning? did anybody happen to hear our ad this morning that came on at 7:48 a.m. this morning on wtop? ok. not one hand. that's not good. that's not good. it comes back on at 5:15 p.m. today this afternoon. but the point is, we initiated some ads that tell people three really simple things. one, school starts august 24, please make sure your kids get their basic required immunizations. secondly, prepare for h1n1, and the best way to do that is cover your cough, wash your hands, if you're sick, stay ahome. if you have questions, call 311 and we'll put you in touch with our public health officials and what we're trying to do here is get the message out. one, keep it simple. not simple in the literal sense, but simple so that it can be quickly understood very quickly by large masses of people. secondly, give them information that we hope is useable information. what we found through studies is it it's great to give people in the, but if it's not something that they can use or perceive that they

we teamed up with wtop radio for a summer blood drive. for the daylong event, it just dropped off a few minutes ago. they need it least 200 donations a day to maintain adequate supplies. >>> denied it 6:00, vandals target date -- an apartment complex in montgomery county. the cash for clunkers program is running out of gas. will people find the deals they expect? and the president's vacation is the topic of a new tv ad and that the health care plan. -- aimed at the health care plan. >>> [inaudible] thiss irfo winchesterfo and infferson county until en inen otherwise, closer to home, nothing to worry about. these storms have the ability 60sustaining winds about s an hour as they rolled nerough harper'smi ferry over te or 45 minutes. here is the latest on hurricane bill. we'll get this in order here. we actually have a rabo it will continue to move off toward the north at abt 20 miles an hour. winds are about a hundred and 4 miles an hour -- are at about 104 miles an hour. it will intensify as it moves toward the north. it could, however, c

also, mark plotkin, a political analyst for wtop radio.irst, our reporter update on health-care legislation, where they have been and are going from this reporter. >> finally after about two weeks of wrangling some of it in public and a lot of it behind closed doors, the energy and commerce committee was able to vote out its version of the health care legislation. they struck a number of compromises with some conservative democrats on the panel, those known as the blue dogs. after those compromises they approve their version of the bill. >> there's one more senate committee that has not yet reported a bailout, when can we expect that? >> that is an excellent question. we know will stretch into september. so far we hear deadlines of september 15. we're talking about the senate finance committee. it is believed to be the best prospect for some sort of a bipartisan consensus. the problem is that they have been trying now for a few months and been unable to reach it. they say they need more time. the latest is they have been given a deadline o

merely asking the question is a violation of his family's privacy, chancellor michelle rhee was on wtop radio today where she insisted all protocol was followed. she said about half of the students in the d.c. system are out of boundaries. she did not say whether the mayor had to wait on a waiting list. reporting live from northwest, sam ford, abc 7 news. >>> it is official, the los angeles coroner says michael jackson's death was a homicide. the report says he died of acute -- overdose of purple fall. his doctor said he give it to him to help him sleep. >>> several wildfires are burning in southern california, forcing people to flee their homes. it 15 other people have been ordered to evacuate just north of downtown los angeles -- 1500 people have been ordered to evacuate just north of downtown los angeles. the fire is 60% contained. >>> nasa hopes the third time is the charm, attempting to launch space shuttle discovery just before midnight tonight. it had to scrub the attempt wednesday after a faulty fuel sensor. the thunderstorms forced tuesday's cancellation. if they cannot launche

. >> reporter: on wtop radio friday, three area school leaders were sympathetic observers. >> great deal of sympathy. last thing you want do is start school without kids and with schedules and in the classroom. glad we don't have that issue. >> i have every bit confidence that bill hite, superintendent, will work it out. it is his first year. got to give him a shot at this. and my first year, ten years ago, hi the same issue when i came in. >> when i came in and had my first school opening we had hundreds of kids at the high school level sitting in auditoriums and with nowhere to go because their schedules weren't ready. i also have a tremendous amount of confidence in bill hite and his ability to figure this out. >> reporter: again, prince george's school officials say the scheduling snafu should be cleared up early next week. trouble for the parents and the kids. i thrill they will work it out. >> yeah. it is early. okay. thanks, tom. >>> there is new evidence tonight that the h1n1 virus could have a devastating impact on the minority groups when the flu strikes this fall. researchers

. >> wtop radio is hosting an end of summer blood drive today. >> taking part in that. it's taking place at tysons corner mall. the address, 1961 cambridge road in mclean. you can just go to the pharmaceuticals county community center in the mall. it's on the second floor across from the gap store. the blood drive is open to the public from 10:00 this morning until 4:00 this afternoon. and you're going? >> i'm going. brian's going. lisa baden, yeah, i know lisa's going to be out there as well. >> we're going to be doing reports live for newschannel 8 this morning, and we'll do the noon nusmse >> you're going to do that without a pint of blood you have in your body right now. >> lisa is holding his hand. >> i don't know. i'm flying this afternoon. someone said you're not supposed to give blood before you fly. but yeah, it will be a good time. and there's free pizza from california pizza kitchen, and you can win prizes. >> and you can save people's lives. >> all right, let's jump right in. >> minor detail. >> but you got to recharge after you give blood. hey, bill is a ca

now, superintendent jerry weast was on wtop radio on friday talking about how the montgomery county public school system will handle the h1n1 flu virus. let's hear what he had to say. >> we will treat it as the regular flu and encourage people to get regular flu shots. we have been commute kateing with the parents. then we will treat it -- >> the superintendent will be speaking with us live right here at 6 listen 30 a.m. this morning in just about a half hour. no teachers or students yet but we have the superintendent. we will speak with him shortly. for all of you at home, getting ready to start your work day, the thing to keep in mind is remember if you are driving through montgomery county you can expect to see a bit more traffic on the roads as you head to the school hour. watch out for more students on the road, crossing the streets. new drivers, a bit more traffic on the road this morning in montgomery county to keep watching for and that's another thing that the superintendent will be speaking about this morning is traffic. again, that's coming up. for now back to you. >> thank you

he mentioned on wtop's ask the governor show that local governments will see about $250 million in cutslice are hoping the public will help them solve a murder mystery in the district. the body of a small business own was found on the floor of this pizza shop at fourth and rhode island avenue. police say the victim's brother and coowner showed up yesterday morning and called police because the doors were locked and he couldn't get inside. once officers got inside, they found the body of 44-year-old shahabuddin rana of silver spring. the news is shocking to the people who knew the victim. >> i never had no problems out there. i i go in there and buy my little icee drinks. he was always nice to me. >> they are very hardworking people. that is terrible. that kind of thing really shouldn't happen to nice people like that. >> homicide detectives are trying to figure out how the victim died, who is responsible and why allof the doors were locked. soy a teacher in prince william county has turned himself in to police. shannon patterson is accused of inprospectively touching two 15- year-olds.

and mark plotkin, political analyst for wtop radio in washington. we also look at the governors' races in new jersey and virginia, and allan sloan discusses how legislators can preserve social security. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> up next, minnesota governor tim pawlenty on president obama's health care proposal and his own vision for the republican party. later, arizona representative jeff like on his opposition to the earmarked process and his point of view of how money is appropriated in congress. after that, the future exploration of mars. >> join the conversation on civil rights and race relations with npr and fox news analyst juan williams on c-span2. >> remarks now from minnesota governor tim of pawlenty -- tim pawlenty. he spoke about president obama's health care proposal and his own vision for the republican party. this event begins with an introduction from rnc chair michael steele. it is about half an hour. >> again, welcome, and we're very excited