we have leading edge of more rain pushing southeast and virginia. that will move up by this afternoon. and temperatures should climb into the low 70s. moderate to heavy rain tonight and into tomorrow morning many likely we'll have flooding this time tomorrow morning. flooding rains likely thursday, ending thursday night. drying out friday into the weekend. >>> tom, off we go. from the north country this morning, smooth sailing. very calm commute. just the way we le it along i-270 as we head from frederick to urbana, 118, germantown on down. no accidents or incidents to work about. travel lanes are open as well. let's head over to the wilson bridge, inner loop. oxen hill t alexander doing fine. moving along very nicely. eun? >> jerry, thank you. this is happening right now on 16th street in e columbia heights neighborhood. tracee wilkins is on the scene with the latest. tracee, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. i'm told by witnesses this was an incredibly graphic scene, violent scene for folks who saw whahappened to the people involved in

we want to look at conditions in alexandria, virginia. jessica joins us live from old town. >> reporter: it is still coming down here in old town alexandria. it will keep coming down. we are being treated to a light rain. the sun has come up. we have daylight or at least overcast daylight. we have seen torrential downpours this morning. let me show you the scene on old town alexandria. we want to let you know that you can pick up sand bags at king and lee streets. bring proof of residence to pick up the sand bags. this around is called my thai. you will notice no sand bags. this is the situation we see all up and down king street. this is the low-lying area of old town alexandria. there is a 20-swath block that tends to get flooded when the potomac jumps its banks. there are lots of puddles. people are walking their dogs and enjoying the life in the morning in rain gear. obviously we have the potomac over here. the concerns are high tide comes to us at 1:25 today. with the amount of rain, the potomac could jump its banks. we had the indic

. >>> theirst time in 100 years virginia has executed a woman. teresa lewis died from lethal injection at 9:13. there were no complications. ms. lewis did make a last statement. she said i just want cathy to know i love her and i'm very sorry. >>> metro is getting high marks. metro is much safer than it was a year ago. >> reporter: good news for a change. it was just a few months ago that the national transportation satisfactory board blasted metro for the anemic safety culture th say existed at the time of that deadly crash. now, the ntsb is recognizing them for strides they have made over the last year to improve safety. the chairman of the ntsb said metro is safer now than it was back in 2009. metro has made significant safety improvements in the year following a collision that left nine dead. that the word from the national transportation safety board. >> they have done a lot of learning in the last year plus, and i think that always every organization is going to go through a difficult time after an accident. the question is how you react to

no problems on the beltway in virginia. giving you the green light, normal travel times between fredericksburg and the the lead, in and of baltimore, nothing on 270, 66 between centreville and the beltway, an undertaking you live to the beltway at university blvd., looks ok. back to you. >> thank you. >>> continuing storm watch coverage, the two-day rain is creating complications borrowed construction projects. the weather has affected beltway traffic since the construction started. vdot has built fences to try to keep the dirt from turning into a mudslide when it starts to rain. much of the problem is and lack of drainage. it is 69 degrees. still ahead, blackberry's answer to the ipad, the tablet that could give apple a run for its money. >>> i am courtney robinson in college park. in a few days it will be time to put this all fall away behind the wheel in maryland. details on the new law coming up. >>> parts of southern california are baking under late fall he auglaize. laytonsvil >>> in our top stories, a two- year-old b

maryland, virginia tech and navy all hit the gridiron. plus the capitals start a fresh seen with a little bit of anger still lingering. but first it is red skins time. tomorrow afternoon the red skins must think of the texans as a dual threat. houston has been known as a passing game for years. but last year they showed they have a running game that can't be ignored. they know the offense sieve thanks to the coordinator kyle's insider information. he has been with them for two seasons. but on the flip-side they know kyle's style really well. is there any advantage? >> it is and it ain't. because, you know, we have been this offense but at the same time their defense has been going against their offense for years, too. so, you know, i guess whoever is going to make that play is going to be the one who wins the game. >> we are mirror images of each other offense. so definitely, you know, they are not going to throw anything at us that we haven't seen and probably not going to throw anything at them that they haven't seen so it will be the t

and just under 45,000 in virginia. nationwide, the median salary is $40,409. >>> as we have been telling you, today is national coffee day and a lot of us need that cup of java in the morning to get moving. jessica doyle is live in rockville, maryland helping people to start their day. >> good morning. i happen to be one of those people who needs a cup of coffee to get going in the morning an we have been bringing you trivia facts about our favorite bean this morning and here's another did you know. did you know how much coffee we drink in america? that's 400 million cups of coffee a day. the equivalent of 146 billion cups a year. that makes the united states the leading consumer of coffee in the world. coffee is second most traded commodity in the world. that's right behind oil. so let's say you take a decaf, you take it iced cappuccino, maybe a latte. so many ways to take coffee. matt brown is joining us right now. he's the vice president here. and we are making the perfect latte this morning. leslie is on the bar an

look how much of virginia is covered in this dark brown, the severe drought up to northern virginia, culpeper, shenandoah valley. in eastern west virginia, northern frederick county, this is extreme drought. we are talking about desperate need for rain, crops lost. rain chances, unfortunately, aren't that high. we have a couple but we need good soaking rain regularly. temperatures this morning, mid- 60s here in montgomery county. 63 forest stein and centreville this morning 66 andrews. millersville 67. college park at 68. 70, partly cloudy out there. nor winds at 10. dew point at 61. watch that number drop as a front has pushed through this morning. that front south and east of us. cooler drier air moving in. milder air will be pushed to the south. yesterday we were 85. today around 80. mid- to upper-70s along the bay. a few spots, culpeper, manassas, fredricksburg 82. near 80 for cumberland. in the tropics, igor hit bermuda last night and pulling away. julyly is dying and lisa may form behind me in the next couple of days. busy time in the tropics. seven-day forecast, temperatures t

light to moderate showers from virginia, hagerstown southward down to culpeper. where you see the yellow and the red here is the heaviest of rain moving south to north just like it was yesterday. moving into marshall, virginia. otherwise, a few spotty showers. even charlestown. here is the forecast for today. temperatures are near 70 degrees. rising into the low 80's this afternoon. the morning rain will come to an end and we'll have sunshine by lunchtime and into the afternoon. southwesterly at 10-15. another chance of what could be very heavy rain wednesday night through thursday. >> the george washington parkway southbound after 123, a deer just ran out in the roadway so be very careful if you're going to leave in the next 10-15 minutes. lingering road work on the beltway. traffic has to stay to the left. we'll take you to a live picture of traffic on the beltway in greenbelt, maryland. i saw that car on my way in broken down waiting for help to arrive. >> ok, lisa. thank you. 4:32 is your time on this tuesday. more rain moves through d.c. region. the storms t

we're live tonight in lorton, virginia. backstudio. >> all right. >>> a navy seal with ties to our area has been kild in the war in afghanistan. >> there are more revelations about a white house battle over the war's exit strategy. we begin with jane watrel. >> reporter: the silver spring native was o of nine service members killed in ablack hawk crash on tuesday. lieutenant looney was a navy seal and a 2007 graduate of the naval academy. he was in nation special war fafrl he was always 1999 graduat of dematha catholic high school where he played football. he switched to lacrosse a navy and played on that team with his two brothers. and he was a standout. this afternoon, his high school footll coach told news4, he was devastated by the news of his death. he was scheduled to return to dematha to talk to students there. >> he was a great student athlete. three years on the varsity football team. a two-year starter. a senior, his co-captain. the type of young man who would do anything you asked him to do and then some. he was

high school football our game of theweek was in virginia. broad run looking to extend their winning streak to 33 games at park view. park view the last team that beat them. broad run built a 21-0 lead and nevering looked back. the spartans roll. that's your "sports minute." i' dan hellie, everybody have a great weend. >>> all right, thank you. ahead on "news4 today", new concerns over a string of burglaries in fairfax count what police say was stolen that has tm so worried. >>> still no answer in the search for the cause of this week's massive townhouse fire in manassas. why residents fear something like this could happen again. [ malannouncer ] need better way to save for the things you want? meet pnc virtual wallet. it comes with a wish list, that helps you set aside money for the stuff that really matters... just put the things you want on your wish list... and contribute money when you feel like it... then, watch as you get closer to getting what you want. wish list is built to make saving a whole lot more fun. experience all the ways vi

un gran numero de personas, protestaron en predios de la direccion de vehiculos motorizados de virginia decirle al gobernador de virginia que evite esa ley que quiere implementar en contra de los que tenemos un documento federalmente hablando legal el tps, los de la visa u y la visa t, es un documento federal y es valido para sacar nuestras licencias. la marcha fue convocada por organizaciones pro inmigrantes que piden al gobernador bob mcdonell revierta la orden de rechazar los permisos de trabajo para la obtencion de licencias de conducir. que el gobernador reconsidere esta desicion y sobre todo que aqui el comisionado del departamento de vehiculos haga uso de la razon y sobre todo de las cuestiones legales y no acate la desicion del gobernador consideran que la orden del gobernador no tiene base legal y estan buscando la posibilidad de demandar al gobierno estatal y un estado no tiene el poder de decidir, yo si voy a aceptar ciertos docuemntos federales pero otros documentos federales no

virginia's governor and u.s. supreme court have refused to intervene in this case and this is not the woman we're talking about right now. lewis is being executed for the 2002 murder-for-hire killings of her husband and stepson. she will be the first woman executed in virginia in nearly a century. >>> virginia governor indicated in richmond this afternoon that he wants to fast track big highway improvement projects in northern virginia. this after a four-month audit at the virginia department of transportation uncovered hundreds of millions in accounts that have not been spent and folk 5s jim henrehan has more. >> reporter: it's 136 pages long, done by an accounting firm. the governor wanted an outside firm to come in and look at v- dot. it's very partially critical of management and financial management, particularly, of v- dot and one example, every big state agency carries over money to the next year, especially when you are doing construction projects. 2002-2004. v-dot generally carried over 3.5% of the money

we are still in a drought in virginia, west virginia, western maryland. an extreme drought going on in the west virginia and parts of western maryland. there is only one category worse than that. locally, we're just dry and could use some showers. they really need it for the west. no rain in the forecast until maybe wednesday. a 30% chance of a few isolated showers or thundershowers. high pressure overhead. northerly wind today dropping the humidity levels making it comfortable. however the high will slide eastward and out to sea. as it does that, temperatures will warm up as we get the southerly winds on the back side of the high. 80 degrees the high temperature locally. a few degrees cooler out west, especially in the shen doe -- shenandoah valley. wednesday and thursday summer-like. high temperatures near 90 degrees. a slight chance of a storm wednesday and thursday. traffic rvings lisa. >> and traffic is moving nicely now. route 4, route 5, no problems to report on 28. route 10. we'll take you over to a picture of traffic on the beltway. we move the g

many locations in west virginia as well in the upp 50s. around the bay, tidewater, eastern shore, it's in the 60s this morning. and the view from space showing a clear sky. we do have a few clouds drifting toeastern kentucky producing a few showers. that's a disturbance that may produce a passing thundershowe otherwise, a few clouds coming in. feeling like summer today, tomorrow and friday. cooler into the weekend. jerry, how is the traffic? >> tom, authorities pulling up on the scene of app accident. live pictures. it's in virginia. it's 95 southbound. southbound as you proven route 1 woodbridge. only the far right lane getting by. we'll keep you updated on that at the moment because police and fire crews arrived very little in the way of delays. there's the outer loop near the interchange at river road. 270 down to tysons moving along nicely. out to the rails we go. metro and vre doing fine. brunswick 10 minutes behind schedule. >>> a new book suggests members of prident poe bam ma's national security team have doubts aboutis military st

also in dc, cardoza in virginia at george mason. nats face philadelphia tonight. they will be without morgan, the center fielder begins his eight game suspension for his part in the brawl with the marlins. also fined $15,000. he'll return to the lineup on september 25. all right, finally, if you are a caps fan, you can log on to nhl.com right now and possibly snag you a couple tickets to the winter classic game against the penguins. the winner winter classic is the outdoor game. so hockey season, we are here already, get some tickets to the hottest game. >> all right, we have a quick forecast. >> very quickly, we will look ago the seven-day. it will be in blacksburg. a great night for football. 83 on sunday. good for the redskins. could see a sprinkle. cooler on monday and we are back to well, summertime temperatures. back in the 80s tuesday, wednesday, and thursday, and in fact, wednesday and friday, we are in the upper 80s. >> we'll see if your tie is the winning charm again. we'll see. hold on to it. that's it for us on 9news now at 6:00. the cbs evening news w

davis was actually paul warren pardus, age 50 of arlington, virginia. they say he pulled a semiautomatic pistol from his pants and shot the physician in the stomach. >> the doctor collapsed just outside the doorway of the room and mr. davis was last seen running into the room brandishing the handgun in the direction of his mother who's confined to the bed. >> reporter: fox news and the baltimore sun are identifying the wounded physician as david cohen, an orthopedic surgeon. >> he was talking, everything like that and i mean he appears to be fine to me. >> reporter: meantime nobody knew for certain what was happening inside room 873. >> my boss came running in and he told me exactly what happened, that there was a guy running around with agun and to stay put. >> reporter: around 1:30 police discovered davis and his mother jean dead of gunshot wounds. investigators calling it a murder suicide. william woodson's wife recovering from surgery one floor above. >> she was in her room and there was ruckus on the floor -- and there was no ruckus on the floor or

if no troubles in virginia. there's activity on the baltimore washington parkway, two separate tracks, for one of the northbound and the other one southbound near 202. >>>4:42. an emergency landing caught on tape. we will listen to the frantic moments, minutes before the flight hit the runway with olive its landing gear. >>> president obama hits the campaign trail this week, hoping to hit the right note [ music throughout ] [ male announcer ] looking for a complete picture of your money? meet pnc virtual wallet. it comes with a calendar that shows you all your finances at once. it lets you know when your money's going out. and when it's coming in. it even tells you when you're running low. we call that danger days. it's built to help you see your money in a whole new light. experience everything virtual wallet has to offer at pncvirtualwallet.com. pnc. for the achiever in us all. ♪ >>> welcome back. breaking news, investigators are searching for suspects in a deadly shooting in landover. if it happened around

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west virginia jumped on top quickly. second quarter, smith finds bailey, leaps, comes down with the ball, touchdown. the terps are down by three touchdowns. and the mountaineers add another seven. then maryland wakes up. robinson looking long, fine smith. he runs all the way to the end zone. it touched down, maryland. third quarter, robinson looking for more. he finds, guess who, smith, wide open, down the field, a perfect pass. 80 yards, touchdown. it deep into the fourth quarter, one last shot for maryland. there goes the ball game. robinson is sex. western virginia turns beside the terps. bridget robinson is sacked. >>> big scare early for virginia tech against carolina. east carolina, second quarter, va tech on top. east carolina came back. it fit. here come the hokies. look at this. play of the game. dominic davis back to pass, interception. clear sailing. it breaks and other tackle. somehow he stays in bounds. a touchdown, 68 yard intercut -- interception touchdown. i>>> navy and action tonight, under the lights in

we see showers in the carolinas and a southeastern virginia. the moisture will try to work toward us even before the end of the day. 60s at reagan national and in southern maryland. 50s up across montgomery and fairfax county. 65 at 9:00. a few breaks. cloudy by nine. highs 67 to 78. megarains tomorrow. more on that coming up. right now 5:30. >>> overall no complaints and one tieup that we continue to keep an eye on. take it outside live and show you the fire activity response on the scene. we have 16th street still closed between tuckerman street and somerset place. you want to avoid that area for a little more -- for actually the next 30 minutes. we will keep you updated throughout the morning show. take you to 395 northbound. things are filling out. tracking head lights here duke to seminary and on the outer loop, no incidents or accidents to report. just some volume already starting to build between 2 t colesville right here and georgia avenue. andrea, over to you. >>> we are following breaking news for you this morning. three people have g

he was from northern virginia. >> good morning. lcome back to news 4 today. >> it is friday, september 17th, 2010. a live look outside at 5:00 a.m. it is 67 degrees. another cool, freshing morning after much needed rain came down overnight. tom says we still need more. >> yeah, we sure do. mos of the region we just tamp down the dust. farther to our north about 30 miles, a good amount of rain. half an ih in many locations there. this morning now the sky is drying out again. partly cloudy. good morning. starting off friday morning with mildemperatures i the wake of the overnight rain. in the 60s shenandoah valley, through much of virginia and maryland. # 1 at washington. mountains of western maryland, west virginia, upper 50s to near 60. the moving color is rain that came throug in a couple waves yesterday overnight and last night. exited north and east. getting heavy downpours in southern new england. highs reaching low 80s. mid-50s. great day for outdoor creation and fun. sunday, partly cloudy, mid-80s. dry into the first part of

elsewhere, some passing light to moderate showers moving across virginia, west virginia, district of columbia on this monday morning. right now temperatures are cool. wet pavement all the way around. low 60s now. and lighter view showing this continuing to surge from the south. this is going to be with us from time to time throughout the rest of the day today. could get storms this afternoon. some could produce damaging winds. we'll keep you posted about the potential this afternoon and tonight. and this shower and storm activity should dissipate by noon time tuesday and sunshine pack tomorrow afternoon into wednesday. ighs in the low 70s today. mid-70s on wednesday with sunshine back. could get a few other passing showers mnly east of washington. on thursday, highs in the 70s. now let's check traffic for this monday morning. jerry edwards is joining u >> hey, tom, good morning to you. good morning, everyone. could be another tough commute because of the weather. a live look in springfield, capital beltway near the 95/395 interchange. incident free. but you can see lots of road spray

this one in lorton, virginia. relatives say power to the home had been recently shut off and think a lit candle may have started the fire. the mother made her 6-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter jump to safety and she dropped her 2-month-old daughter down to a friend but she couldn't save two of her sons, ages 5 and 3 or herself. >>> the state of virginia putter reese is a lewis to death last nigh. the 41-year-old died by lethal injection last night. she wes the first woman executed in virginia since 1912. she arranged the murders of her husband an stepson in hopes of welcoming their insurance policy. >>> the man coined the preppy burglar is behind bars this morning after seeing home surveillance robber on tv, someone called with a tip which led to his arrest. he was pick pd up yesterday at his home. he faces several charges including burglary. >>> the meeting between the man expected to be dc's next mayor and the school's chancellor is over. michelle rhee didn't offer to resign yesterday and vincent gray didn'

. >>> the news edge in virginia and a stunning crime out of manassas today. a photographer was robbed and stabbed this morning while taking pictures at the canterbury village shopping center. police say two people approached him demanding his camera and cash. he refused. they stabbed him. residents were surprised to learn of the crime. >> a little bit of mixed reaction. i'm a little bit not surprised because it's not the best neighborhood, but at the same time it's really shocking because that kind of thing just shouldn't happen. >> caught, one of the suspects a 15-year-old boy. they're still looking for the other person. as for the photographer, he's being treated for several stab wounds and is expected to recover. >>> another big story tonight, the fight to repeal don't ask don't tell. it looks like the military's policy on gay troops will remain in effect for the foreseeable future. an effort to repeal the policy fell short in the senate today. fox 5's bob barnard joins us live in the newsroom with more. >> it's a complicated issue. for instance, the four-

to a bird, virginia. he's being held in jail without bond. >>> police are investigating the death of a man killed after a confrontation with police. officers were responding to a domestic dispute on south market street on sunday when a man with rifles shot at them and then they fired back. if the 28-year-old oliver was killed. police are investigating whether the died from a self- inflicted gunshot wound or from the officers' guns. >>> major changes at one of the busiest intersections in tysons corner. natasha barrett is there with what to expect. >> it is a little crazy trying to get around. >> some people thought the situation could not be any more complicated. >> it will be difficult to drive. it is adding to the difficult commute. >> it's going to be a nightmare. >> another detour in the tysons corner area. route 123 and the ramp leading to route 7. it's closed leading to wolf trap. the changes causing confusion. >> i noticed the traffic coming out a different way. it seemed like nobody else knew what

maryland and virginia. mountains of west maryland, west virginia, in the 50s. eastern shore,ear 70. right on the oceanthere, upper 60s. and a look at the last 12 hours, a couple waves of heavy rain passing to our north. did damage around new york ciy. t heavy rain is exiting southern new england. behind a few clouds coming through. meanwhile, the trocs are very active. very powerful hurricane igor. >> now the winds have initialed down to 125. still less than 14. close enough to our atlantic beaches for some heavy surf to be developing over the weekend d rip tieds for the students at bus stops this morning, partly cloudy. 60s to near 70. by noon, upper 70s to near 80. low 80s by midafternoon. then overnight tonight will be mostly clear. we'll have temperatures in the 50s by dawn on saturday. looks like a great weekd coming up. great for all the games tomorrow and outdoor recreation, near 80. mid-80s in the afternoon. good weather for the skins and texans. monday, mostly sunny, near 80. tuesday, mid week, just a few clouds. ashley, how is our traffic? >> good morning. well, we are sta

virginia. there have been a couple of accidents, including one up near the beltway. police are working to get those out of the rdway. in from the north, so far so good far as accidents go. i-270 corridor and beltway north of town doing okay. again the combination of the rain and the win beginning to pick up is going to make it extremely difficult if you're going to be out, certainly tra travel time this morning. may want to avoid the far right and far le travel lanes because that's where the water has a tendency to pond and we'll keep you updated. could be a long day. >> all right, jerry, thanks for that update. >> the wet weather is not affectinonly the roads. the airports warned of delays and remind you to schek your flight status before you head out to the airport. right now also pepco reports more than 1,000 people without electricity in montgomery county, prince georgs county and the distct. ege reports 300 customers without power and virginia dominion reports 73 people without power in no

. >> not much happening on the highways in virginia. that's good. good on the dulles freeway and toll road. maryland drivers heading to baltimore, northbound 95 a wreck after the exit. two lanes are getting by in case you're just passing through. baltimore, you may want to take 295 just to save yourself a little grief. quickly we'll jump over to a camera just to show you the quiet stuff on the beltway. >> lisa, thank you very much. we begin now with a developing story from southwest washington where police are investigating a body found on railroad tracks. the body was found late last night near second and d streets. police have released few details about what happened here. we will bring you the latest as soon as it becomes available. >> and our other top story this morning. an alert for parents of middle and high school students across virginia. a man interacted with students at area schools for years but it was what was found inside his home that put him behind bars. >> could it have been sheer chance that mark barget showed up on the police depa

and two children die in a tragic house fire in virginia. the mother gave her life saving her other children too. she handed the kids out of a window to their uncle below. her 8-year-old daughter, six engineered son and baby girl all made it out alive. she went back for her youngest boys, five-year-old solomon and three-year-old alfonso. neighbors tried desperately to help them. >> i heard her screaming out. >> we went to the front door. we couldn't go in because the flame was so high and the thick black smoke. and we went to the glass door and it was the same thing. >> now, the neighbors gave us the names of family members but the fairfax county fire officials are waiting for the medical examiner to filially identify the victims. >>> our big story the nation's new health care law sorns six months old awed tornado with that milestone brings big benefits for americans as well as skepticism from some lawmakers. matt ackland live on capitol hill to break it down if us. >> reporter: get yesterdayy to hear a lot about health care reform over the

in virginia let's go to the geico camera. not bad. the laser are out of springfield getting to the pentagon. not very wild or wet. in maryland on the hon. prophetic field there's a big wreck -- in maryland on the outer loop near fedex field. delays back to andrews air force base. >> t do you watch the > the wire?' >> i have not. not. -- i've not seen the show. for thecreator is up macarthur genius award. he was one of 23 people selected to receive a $500,000 grant. the grant winners include a theater director, a jazz pianist and composer, and an anthropologist. we have 70 degrees on this tuesday morning. mike allen has the details of the busy social scene, five weeks before election day. >> i am courtney robinson live in college park. a new law aimed at cracking down in college park. a new law aimed at cracking down on distracted driving takes four years ago, bob ehrlich got fired as governor of maryland. for good reason. first, he protected tax loopholes for giant cable cable companies. then, he let utilities jack up our rates 72%. a

western maryland, west virginia, eastern shore, low 50s. we have a clear sky, bright, full moon competing with very bright jupiter. this was tak by one of our viewers last night. david took this of jupiter and its moons. we're closer to jupit that we will be until the year 2022. later today, bright sun. afternoon highs near 80 degrees. 90 on wednesday, thursday, friday. chance of showers on thursday. jerry, how is the traffic? >> a little sampling on the capital beltway headed toward the american legion bridge. outer loop, inner loop, both directions moving along nicely. suth of town, wilson bridge, outer loop in alexandria doing fine, as is the inner on loop. looksike we're doing okay. eun? >> jerry, thank you. this morning the search is on for what happened to a man found dead blocks from the u.s. capitol. csx workers found a man's body on the tracks near second street and east street late last night. police say the body may have been on the tracks for a few days. it is described as that of a black man in his 40s or 50s. at this point pol

southern maryland, northern neck of virginia. all this rain coming from low pressure rotating over west virginia into eastern ohiothis morning. that's continue to go advance to the north. but there's more rain librarily from tidewater into eastern shore later this mornin and this afternoon where they could have strong storms. but farther to the west, we'll see a clearing and sunshine breaking out thrgh much of the region this afternoon. more rain into thursday. jerry, how is the traffic. >>> we'll start i-270 thugh germanup to. just a couple months ago the wind was kicking this camer around. accident on falls road, left side of the roadway. we'll get on that and get right back to you. 66 loaded upig time. some very long stretches from manassas, the beltway at fair oaks. a lot of woefg going on. a lot of folks slamming this their brakes. out to the rails we go. no delays. metr vre and mark so far. eun? >> jerry, thank you. a new video showing a possible tornado that touched down in virginia. it destroyed this house last night. off

parts of virginia and marylands well. haegerstown area, martinsburg, i-81 is really getting hit right now. live digital doppler radar, right around martinsburg, haegerstown. right under the gun. and wind gusts upper 60 miles per hour. winchester not there yet. over the next half hour, you'll see the storms move in yet. these storms have a history of severe weather well back to the wt and continues to move to the east at 45 miles an hour. that brings it close to frederick and the next hour or so towards brunswick, and maybe parts of loudoun county in an hour and a half. if they stay together, a strong storm system. we have to wait and see, but i think we have a chance of seeing storms continue to move off toward the west. a lot of rain earlier, most of the light rain out of here and hereomes the line. thatineÑi is going to be the difference tomorrow morning when you wake up. why? we'll see different temperatures and it will feel a l better morrow than it did this afternoon. we reached a team toumperature . 63rd day of hea

., maryland and virginia coming up. fox 5 morning news at 7:00 starts right now. >>> and good morning. thank you for staying with us. i'm gurvir dhindsa, filling in for steve today. >> i'm allison seymour. the loss of a hollywood legend, actor tony curtis has died at the age of 85. we'll look back at his career in just a moment. >>> first let's take a look outside. it is the story we're dealing with right now. straight up 7:00 and tony perkins is on the desk with you and a very busy man today, both he and tucker. what is going on, tony? >> we continue to see moderate to heavy rainfall move through the area. we have a variety of warnings and watches in effect at this time. i'll let you know first of all that the tornado warning that was in effect for portions of maryland has been taken down now. it's been allowed to expire. that tornado warning that was in effect for portions of maryland. now let's look at hd radar and we'll show you where the heavy precipitation is as we speak. and as we've been seeing all morning long,

davis was actually paul warren pardus, age 50 of arlington, virginia. they say he pulled a semiautomatic pistol from his pants and shot the physician in the stomach. >> the doctor collapsed just outside the doorway of the room and mr. davis was last seen running into the room, brandishing the handgun in the direction of his mother who was confined to the bed. >> reporter: fox news and the baltimore sun are identifying the wounded physician as david cohen, an orthopedic surgeon. >> he was talking and everything like that and i mean he looked -- he appears to be fine to me. >> reporter: meantime nobody knew for certain what was happening inside room 873. >> my boss came running in and he told me exactly what happened, that there was a guy running around with a gun and to stay put. >> reporter: the crisis was over around 1:30. >> we were able to see that mr. davis was down on the floor suffering from an apparent gunshot wound and that his mother was also unresponsive in her bed. >> reporter: police calling it a murder suicide. now the alleged gunman's moth

virginia and west virginia, there are some folks that are hurting with the lack of rainfall over the last six to eight weeks. go to the maps because we had showers across pennsylvania an those showers are few and far between. an other than a couple of clouds out there, high thin ones we are quiet with temperatures 50s to 60s. 68 winchester. we sit at 66. 70 n

tomorrow notice showers along coastal areas of virginia, southern virginia early afternoon. tomorrow night we start to see the moisture creep up through the carolinas. here we are at midnight, southern part, shenandoah valley, roanoke, charlottesville and look at thursday midday. boom. the moisture explodes up in to new york state all the way back to north carolina. heavy, heavy rainfall here with this area of low pressure and there could be a lot of rain thanks to the tropical connection w. we have a new depression. this is nicole. sitting back here with heavy thunderstorm toll the east. hurricane center believes it will track or td 16 becoming nicole. i'm already giving it a name and it is not a storm yet. thursday morning near the south carolina georgia coast. after that, they are not forecasting anything because they believe it's going to turn in to an extra tropical or nontropical but the moisture is coming. look at our future forecast here how much rain will fall. three to four category and the blues and purples two to three. if this shifts a little east that's a lot o

fire in virginia claims the lives of a mother and her two young young children. mom managed to help save her other children before the fire took her life t happened yesterday morning on hagel circumstance until lorton. as will thomas reports, neighbors woke up to sounds of screams. >> when i came out my door, i just saw yellow and started running. >> reporter: friends living just steps away tried desperately to help the mother and children inside who were more like family than neighbors. 24-year-old alli anderson holding her 2-month-old daughter was seen handing her children out of of a second story window one by one to their uncle below. three children made it out alive. >> they were scrai crying. they were scared. neighbors say they saw ally go back for the other two. >> i heard her screaming out. we went to the fronted door and we cooperate go in because the flame was so high and the thick black smoke. we went to the glass door, it was the same thing. >> reporter: ally along with her youngest boys were not seen again. >> i mean how can you respond to that? hon

upper 40s in many locations in virginia, maryland, as well as west virginia and into pennsylvania. and as we lookt the other temperatures where you see the dark green, it's 40s in western maryland, northern wesvirginia and all across pennsylvania. only in the 30s in new england right now. it's in the mid-50s throug southern virginia. we have a clea sky than to high pressure pushing down to the carolina border. we have tropical storm lisa just formed in the last few hours. here's bermuda. here's washington. that's going to stay in the atlantic. for us for the students waiting for buses this morning it's going to be chilly. in the 40s throughout much of the region. by non, mid-70s. by midafrnoon, 80 with bright sunshine. by midnight, it wil fall back to the low 60s. by dawn, near 60. look for bright jupiter in the sky. going to stay summer like thursday and friday. a passing shower thursday. small chance sunday and monday. how is the traffic? >> tom, unfortunately tre is more trouble in northern viinia. chper 4 scooted a little bit over towards i-66 with a new accident on i-66 as you

marching across virginia, west virginia, d.c. fom the south. areas of blue and green are generally lighter showers moving south to north. we have wet pavement around the region. that's fender-bender weather. leave early. 50s in the mountains. east of the blue ridge to the bay, 60s. bay east, low 70s. more rain on top from the southland all the way from the southeastern atlantic and the gulf of mexico. this moisture will come on through today and tomorrow. things settling down tomorrow afternoon. >> we are loading up rapidly along i-95. now we're getting the initial reports of an accident near 123 in wood ridge. look out for that. let's head over to maryland, beltway north of town loading up quickly. outer loop, connecticut. right there. as you approach route 29 on the outer loop. police are headed over there. out to the rails we o, looking good. metro, vre, m.a.r.k., all doing fine. >> the hunt is on for the gunman who shot and killed a man in prince george's county overnight. one man had been shot. he was taken to the hospital where he was pro

you see the light blue most of north virginia, panhandle of west virginia. but this is that one very heavy shower right now that moved just north of montgomery county into frederick county. there's also another moderate shower in gaithersburg, and that'going to track the same way. behind that, more coming through. some of the creeks and drains along this train of heavy rain could begun to get a lot of water, and we may see some flooding beginning along some of these creeks here from northern montgomery county down to eastern fairfax and right down near the title potomac just south of alexandria. so watch out, some of those small creeks and streams could get some water enough to flow out of their banks and perhaps cause some flooding on some area streets and low-lying areas. right now we don't have any flooding problems and we'll look at t rainfall we have so far, frerick has about a ha an inch, about a quarter inch in washington and the nearby suburbs generally a tenth to a quter of an inch. higher amounts in southern rylandtwo-thirds of an inch there, salis

terrapins are in morgantown, west virginia. 73. navy midshipman taking on louisiana tech. 7:00 kickoff. 95 degrees at 7:00 at night. kent state going into happy valy to take on the nittany lions who are trying recover from that yuck from alabama last week. kickoff is another noon. 66 degrees. the phoenix coming up to richmond to take on the spiders. kickoff is at noon. 81 degrees there. great matchup, nebraska out in seattle takinon the huskies of the university ofwashington, 3:30 kick here in the east. kickoff temperature 64 degrees with a chance of some rain showers, plenty more football foecasts comgp in just a little bit while. we didn't know they had scottish accents in nebraska. >> yes, indeed. >> the rolli hills. >>> it was an ugly start for the weekend for the nats. >> dan hellie has the highlights in this morning's "sports minute". >> reporter: good morning, washington. our "sports minute" begin with the nationals and all the good karma thnats brought with them from atlanta to philadelphia. that was gone by the end of the

breaking news on the execution of a virginia woman. mini melt down. you just saw the scenes and anatomy."om "gray's captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> a neighborhood in shambles after flames fly, damaging eight homes. tonight crew remained at the scene in manassas. we captured these pictures as it was unfolding. we are live on the scene right now. >> this fire was unbelievably destructive. take a look behind me. firefighters are still on the scene, working to extinguish some hot spots. a couple of homes were completely burned down to the ground. this fire started in a couple of minutes and ignited and spread as quickly. you get a bird's eye view of the inferno in this manassas subdivision. neighbors say they saw smoke at this address at 3:00 p.m. and called 911. moments later house was engulfed. >> in about 15 minutes, it was completely gone. >> eight homes were damaged, three of them destroyed. high winds calls the burning embers to jump from one house to the next. >> the man who called this in, his house is now a b

moving to 95 in virginia. it will be slow as well from dale boulevard all the way up to route 123, below speed all the way. check the travel times for you. on 495, 95 to 270, 24 minutes. below speed there. it is 6:30 on the dot. back to you. >>> in just 90 minutes, maryland's first slots parlor opens for business. it is opening three days ahead of schedule. the perryville hollywood casino is just off of 95, about 60 miles north of the beltway. it's home to 1500 both slot machines. owners expect to create 350 jobs and generate $100 million a year in taxes. maryland voters aproved slots four years ago. the casino will have an official grand opening on thursday. the new slots parlor has fresh competition from just a bit up the road. the sugar house casino is open in philadelphia. it took four years between getting a license and opening its doors after protest from neighbors. philadelphia is the largest city with a full casino. >>> uncle sam has a message for our local governments, clean up the anacostia river, an

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eat falls, virginia. we can zoom in and show you where they are getting the heaest rain right now as well asear the dulles tollway where it meets reston by dulles airport. that's where they're getting heavy rain right now. the streams are flowing out of their banks. we have an update. that's passing to north. ts is the latest radar. this is live, showing you what's going on. very heavy rains right now in far northern fairfax county crossing the potomac and heading into montgomery county and heading up toward darnestown and toward poolsville in the next few minutes. it will pass to the west near gaithersburg and barnesville and clarksburg and sugar loaf mountain. this area may get more flooding from creeks and streams there. now, the wider view, showing pocketing of heavier rain. just now coming into charles county out of the northern neck of virginia. that area of heavy rain is now moving right near just to the southwest of waldorf. that is as we look here at the radar showing one really heavy downpour ju

in to northern frederick county, virginia. this is where we are desperate for rain. looks like we will have not much in the way of rain chances until late thursday, friday. we need good soaking rain to catch up. temperatures in the 50s this morning. winchester is 65. it is 66 here in washington. it is mid-60s in southern maryland. fredericksburg 63. locally a couple of spots in the 50s right now. crofton and columbia at a 9. reston is 57 manassas 61. the nice thing opposed to yesterday, today no fog to talk about. it is 86. the winds are light from the south southwest and the humidity is up 78% but not enough for fog to form. rain in the mid 'ole the country. big time showers and storms. we will watch as low pressure heads our way as we head to thursday night and friday. for us it will pass to the north. what that means is the bulk of the rain will pass to the north. in the short term, cold front up in pennsylvania. that's going to come through. we will watch that during the day. maybe a few clouds with it and a brisk wind out

. >> fire tears through a neighborhood in 7 level ising three huge homes and damaging several -- a virginia neighborhood leveling three homes and damaging several others. the flames broke out this afternoon on tillett loop and manassas leaving charred piles of debris behind. fox 5's bob barnard live at the scene with the latest. >> reporter: eight hours after the first flames were spotted fire crews are still here and working, the remains of three houses here still smoldering and they just put some water on some of these smoking spots a short time ago. in the middle there where it's believed this thing started, that house burned to the ground. this view from sky fox shows you the devastating nature of this fire, three homes side by side up in flames, scores of firefighters virtually powerless to stop it before the damage was done. investigators believe the fire started in the middle house, then quickly spread in both directions. >> it's beyond the expressions and words. >> reporter: two people suffered minor injuries, but no firefighters were hurt. one woman was hospitalized from the shock

the name of the shooter is paul warren pardus from arlington, virginia. now this campus is back open with probably some small areas up on the eighth floor. generally things are open but you should call ahead of time if you have any business here tonight just to make sure. reporting live at hopkins, mike schuh, wjz "eyewitness news." back to you, mary, on tv hill. >> complete coverage continues live over the scene at sky eye chopper 2. the hospital and area surrounding is impacted. captain mike perry continues to monter from above. captain mike? >> reporter: as both the law enforcement says this is an enormous campus. when this first occurred, city police called a shooting of hopkins hospital, they had to shut down the entire area surrounding the hospital which is more than 40 square city blocks. so it is a very large area. they did so rather quickly. shortly after learning that the suspect was in a building on the east side of the campus, they quickly altered the plans and as we arrived on the scene, we quickly told everyone initially everything was close

frederick county, maryland down to parts of northern virginia. on live doppler 9000 hd, i have zoomed in to loudoun, northern prince william counties. you can see it there. west of fairfax county. i need doppler, please, control room. you can see on route 50, 6:59, out of 234, if you keep going north, west of dulles and heavy rain. these are torrential downpours and they are out to upperville. northern faulkier in to loudoun right now, maybe eastern frederick, virginia seeing the heaviest of the rain. we will continue to watch that. the temperatures this morning in this tropical air mass are in the upper 60s to low 70s and with a good jumping point i think it will be a warm afternoon. especially since we will get sunshine out here. mid-70s by 9:00. showers an but as we head to the middle of the day and this afternoon, more sunshine, breezy and warm, upper 70s to maybe even 85 for a high. we'll talk about more rain coming by thursday. it is 5:01 and that means it is time for traffic. >> thank you, howard. good morning, everybody. overall not a bad