not enough. 91 and i yesterday at reagan national. the average high is 79. -- 91 was a high temperature at reagan national. 96 was the record for today. morning clouds will clear out. temperatures in the 60's this morning. approaching 70 and a couple hours. 80 degrees by lunchtime and sunny. high temperatures in the low to mid 80's. mid 80's this weekend with a lot of sunshine. cloud cover on sunday. it will be dry this weekend and early next week. >>> northbound side of 99 in virginia, not bad. a little heavy in woodbridge. 270 southbound, have been getting past about 109 in hyattstown. beltway at college park, if an accident on the inner loop near 95, the ramp is open, still activity on the far right. traveling on the inner loop at route 1 college park there's an accident on the far-right. it has just been cleared out. no delays getting past the scene. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:21. 67 degrees. >> thanks for waking up with us on this friday morning. stay with us. " america needs clean energy, and america needs jobs. wind power

a little warmer in some spots. -- 62 at reagan national. good news is it will be sunny and bright around here. bad news is not so much rain shower activity the next couple of days. as this front come through during the morning hours, a little bit of cloud cover. you see the cloud and then i think the sun will start to move in here during the course of the afternoon as high pressure starts to move in. it will be a nice-looking afternoon. mostly sunny skies expected as the front come through. rain showers out to the west towards st. louis unfortunately will stay to the south. our rain does not get in here until thursday night or friday and we have a chance of a little bit of shower and/or thunderstorm activity. mostly sunny skies for us. breezy at times. high temperature, 82 degrees. notice the wind out of the north and west 10 to 15 gusting to 25. later tonight, very comfortable. 62 in town. 50s off to the north and west. a great-look five-day forecast. tomorrow's high, 81 with sunshine. we will see some clouds for the day on thursday. could

at reagan national, 64 degrees. that will drop a few more degrees. the sun does not rise until 6:49. it gets later and later every day. it takes longer to heat up. it is 53 in berryville. 82 this afternoon. low 80's. megan upper 70's in outlying suburbs. mostly sunny today. cloths increasing tomorrow. showers possible tomorrow night. not a great chance of rain. >>> 66 eastbound in manassas, there's traffic. between 5123 as well. -- between 50 and 123. 95 looks good in baltimore and richmond. >>> a major upset in the race to be the district's next mayor. this morning it appears vincent gray will unseat adrian fenty. 90% increase since reporting, vincent gray has 53% of the vote. adrian fenty and conceded the race a few hours ago. >> we have live team coverage from both candidates headquarters. courtney robinson is following what is next for the fenty campaign, but we begin with pamela brown, following the man who will take the reins of the nation's capital. >> he spoke to a crowd early this morning at the washington corridor tel. he says is focus movi

an emergency test out at reagan national airport. we're going to take you there. >>> a church outing turns deadly when a van carrying parishioners crashes on a highway. the details when we come back. >>> a picture perfect average day here in washington. 79 was our high, right on the average high for this time of the year. our wakeup weather will call for another cool start to the day. we're going to go for about 358 downtown. outer -- 58 downtown. talk about warm temperatures and our next shot of why is travel these days about what you give up and not what you get? like electricity for gadget power at your seat. room to stretch your legs, and your wingspan, food when you're hungry, and taking off your shoes, only if you feel like it. these aren't luxuries, they're basics. get them back on acela. >>> tragedy on a new york highway this weekend. six people are dead after an accident involving a church van. authorities believe a tire blew out in the vehicle, and it flipped over. two people were hospitalized in critical condition tonight.

the official high today, 79 at reagan national airport, a morning low of 58. the average is 79 and 61. close to where we should be this time of year. it i will tell you as we move through the evening, temperatures continue to drop. 57 frederick, 63 winchester. we will probably get into the 50's and possibly the 40's in the western suburbs. that is through the evening. severe frontal system will swing through to march. we start off clear and cool, scattered clouds, nothing in tents. cloud cover in the afternoon as we head towards the evening hours. the clouds later in the day, partly cloudy, should be still nice. with the southerly push of air and the wind, the temperature probably warmer, upper 80's as we had through the afternoon. patchy clouds, noticeably warmer later in the day, upper 80's. behind that system, no rain, but temperatures start to drop back a little bit, low 80's monday. the upper 70's tuesday. fox kicks off wednesday night. it will be near mid 80. >>> up next, women helping women. assisting women reach their goals. ♪ [bus engine. ♪ounds o

reagan national hit 95 yesterday. it will be a little cooler along the waterways with the water temperatures in the low 70's so that cools the locations immediately along the coast. over the weekend we will be cooler. mid 90's tomorrow, maybe a few records will fall. not today but tomorrow that is likely. in the weekend a cool-round. a cold front will drop it to mid 80's by 70's -- by saturday. >> in virginia we are slowing kind of to the normal pattern. manassas 6695 at garrisonville and potomac mills. everything is open to the beltway. gist outside the beltway we go live to news chopper 7. the storms that rolled through knocked out these signals. this is a huge intersection in beltsville powder mill and beltsville drive. be careful near the mcdonald's or movie theatre. right now it is going through on its own. good luck leaving beltsville drive to get to 212. i don't think they will let do you it. we will check on this and more but now to pamela and alison. >> there are some new additions to the national zoo's lion

an emergency test out at reagan national airport. we're going to take you there. >>> a church outing turns deadly when a van carrying parishioners crashes on a highway. the details when we come back. >>> a picture perfect average day here in washington. 79 was our high, right on the average high for this time of the year. our wakeup weather will call for another cool start to the day. we're going to go for about 358 downtown. outer -- 58 downtown. talk about warm temperatures and our next shot of rain coming our way. our complete forecast when the news returns. [ male announcer ] antiques can be nice. but you wouldn't want an antique computer. or an antique tv. ♪ or an antique remote control. so why are you still using an antique cable network created in 1948 for your 2010 tv? it's time to hook your tv up to a 100% fiber optic network. it's time for fios. visit verizon.com/getfios. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. >>> tragedy on a new york highway this weekend. six people are dead after

cumberland, 7075 at reagan national. -- and 75 reagan national. >> thank you. >>> it was a nail biter for redskins fans at fedex field last night. donovan mcnabb led the team strong against the houston texans, taking a 27-10 lead. and the bottom fell out. if the houston texans died in the game at the end of the fourth quarter of a field goal in overtime have been winning. it left the redskins fans crushed. >> i thought we were good, i thought we had it made. >> we got this again. i thought. >> the burgundy and gold will face endless next week. >>> longest recession in decades is over. a panel of economists say the recession ended for good in june of 2009. it began in december of 2007, making it the longest recession since the second world war. president obama is taking questions about jobs at a cnbc town hall meeting at the newseum. >>> vice-president joe biden is speaking out about u.s. relations with japan. >> emwe have to get the relationship right between the u.s. and china. i don't know how that relationship can be made right other than going through tokyo. >> he emphasized the i

is in the 70s. 73degrees at reagan national. relative humidity, 68%. those wind are out of the west at 15 miles per hour so it is breezy. barometric pressure has been falling. right now, we are just left with some clouds. they will be pushing out as the morning progresses and we'll see i think a good amount of sunshine in the latter part of the day. the forecast for today look like this, becoming mostly sunny gradually. cooler this afternoon. cooler than it was yesterday is what we mean. look for a high of about 84 degrees. that is actually above normal but still cooler than yesterday. more details coming up in just a little bit. >> as we said, a little bit wet on the roadways. if you are heading out early this morning, people might be a little careful out there. >> yeah, just a little. some slick roads. we haven't had to deal with rain in quite some time. a little bit of road spray kicking up in your face. the big story, the outer loop of the beltway at connecticut avenue. the crash occurred around 10:00 last night and it has t

. >>> plus if you're flying out of reagan national this weekend, good reason you might want to ask for a window seat. we'll explain that in tonight's top five. as we head to break, looking for some action in the men's room. a magazine used factors like condom sales and birth rates to rate cities. d.c. rates 13th.  introducing the samsung fascinate powered by verizon. super amoled screen. six-axis 3d gaming and access to thousands of free apps. all in one ultra-thin package. you want it, we got it. the samsung fascinate. only at verizon. >>> who can forget the images that lit an entire california neighborhood up in flames. tonight the edge giving you an up close look of the destruction. all that's left looks like a war zone in san bruno, stairs that lead nowhere now, cars charred. some neighbors say the sound of the gas fueled blaze still haunts them. >> i could see why people thought it was an airplane because it had that kind of revving sound almost like my kids were saying is that the fire coming? >> then we saw an orange glow out of a front door. then she opened up th

let's go to the graphics right now at reagan national airport. the wind winds are out of the southeast at eight miles per hour. i think that will be a feature of the day with the low close by. winds coming out of the south generally southerly direction. 7 # degrees is your current temperature. humidity, 87%. here is your day planner for today. first part of the day, lots of clouds, rain, temperatures in the 70s. we to think the sun will break out through the clouds. there will still be some clouds hanging around. it will be breezy and should get a high of about 81 degrees. not bad this afternoon. we get set to do it all again starting tomorrow afternoon. i'll tell you about that in just a little bit. >> okay. thank you. >>> let's check in with julie and look at traffic. >> all right, kind getting busy especially in virginia. we have a lot going on there. first, we'll show you the commute along southbound 270 with all that road spray. that is just a mess waiting to happen. no accidents to report but again, this is what we're waking up to in some a

37 new cities and loses -- including washington's way the national airport. -- reagan national airport. >> there are a lot of fun to fly within the keep you entertained. >> this expert says that the merger would benefit bargain seekers at reagan national. >southwest is buying the company for $1.7 billion. >> we have continental and united emerging as well. >> southwest carries more passengers than any other airline. this family is looking forward to a completed merger. >> they keep the prices low and then you have to pay for bags on error trend. -- on airtran. airtran stockholders still have to sign off on the deal. bargain seekers may not fare as well. southwest is currently the no. 1 airline, there. the other airline is no. 2. we are live at reagan national airport. >> new at 5:00 p.m., the verdict is in for the man charged for murder in the 2009 murder of a loss angeles angels pitcher. his blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit when he crashed in california. he faces from 50 years to life in prison. >> new details tonight about the embattled wisconsin prosecutor

at reagan national, an even 70 degrees. 80 later this afternoon. yesterday we hit 65. we were in the mid 80's. today we'll be 80 degrees. we're running just a few degrees above average. we'll talk about the forecast in a few minutes. now let's go to lisa. >> if you are leaving spreef, nba -- if you are leaving springfield, northbound, all lanes are good. they are working in the service road, but that should be gone by the time you get there. very, very quiet on the highway this morning. dry, passable, and good in the geico cameras. back to the news desk. >> ok, lisa, thank you very much. >>> as we mensed a few minutes ago, redskins fans are mourning the heart-breaking loss. the skins lost in overtime follow their game with houston. >> it was a rollercoaster ride for the redskins fans. >> we were, like, let's go home. >> donovan mcnabb was doing well. >> i was like, ok, here we go. >> then skins fans began to get nervous. >> 27-10. >> then it look like the skins would seal the deal in the third quarter. a chip shot was blocked. >> it was shaking, and we were pounding on

reagan national is at 73 degrees. there are some callers on the radar screen. this is not rain falling along. let's go to the map. there is some isolated activity yesterday. they had the highest rainfall accumulation. here is a good example of how it differentiate. this a bit out to our north. another day in the 90's. another 93 degrees at reagan national. along the waterway, and the debate to live. water temperatures are still in the lower-70's. northwest of town, higher elevation begin a -- elevation. a chance of showers early next week. >> the travel times are in our favor for now. we are moving at speed here. >> thank you. more than a year after his wacky appearance on the late show with david letterman, joaquin phoenix returned and apologize. >> you have interviewed many people. i seem to know the difference between a character and a real person. i apologize. i hope i did not been too. >> i was not offended. it was so much fun. it too is batting practice. >> it was a wild year for phoenix. he announced he was retiring from acting and starting a documentary

temperature right now, 74 degrees at reagan national. baltimore is 716789 ocean city, 73 degrees n fredericksburg, we're # 9. in winchester, we're 70. starting the day on the mild side. i did mention the fog. out to the east, route 50, prince george's county, parts of howard county, we are getting some pretty good fog. might want to take a few extra minutes on your way to work. other than that, generally clear conditions. just hot today. our high temperatures will soar into the mid-90s. so remember our record for the day, 94. this is not typical of this time of year. lots of sunshine, hot and humid your afternoon high. changes tonight, cooler temperatures for the weekend. i'll have details on that coming up for you in just a minute. >> perfect. time now for a look at our top stories. firefighters are back on the scene of a devastating fire in manassas. three homes were reduced to rubble along tillot loop. the massive inferno leaving behind nothing but charred pile of debris. everyone made it out alive but some of their precious memories

national airport. we talked to passengers about the possibility. >> it used to be that those looking to save would have to make the drive to baltimore or dulles. >> i rarely go southwest because -- this is 20 minutes from my house. b.w.i. is an hour. >> i look for price. usually southwest is the cheapest out of all the airlines. >> now with them acquiring air tran, they are expected to move into reagan national along with 36 other destinations. it has many travelers excited since southwest doesn't charge for checked bags or snacks. >> it is an advantage over other airlines. >> they give pretzels, at least one free bag. >> but many business travelers say southwest's first come first serve seating policy leaves last-minute travelers squeezing into middle seats. >> i want my seat assigned. >> i'm hoping with the merger they get rid of this thing where they don't have reserved seating. >> what travelers like is they will have more options in major cities like boston, new york, atlanta. they hope the transa

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reagan national all was only 3/1 hundred of an inch. that makes of the 63rd 90-degree day of the year yesterday. it does not look like we have any more and 90's in the immediate forecast but we may get close at the end of next week as we warm-up. there is a new storm brewing in the midwest area that will push our way this weekend. saturday will be a great day with high pressure over head and a lot of sunshine. as the front moves through on sunday, it looks like a dry frontal passage in the 50's tomorrow morning with a lot of sunshine through out the dead. it will be comfortably warm. los humidity but we will be in the mid-80's this weekend. >>> distracted drivers can be as dangerous as drunk drivers on the road. a rally was held this morning in d.c. to encourage drivers to turn off their cell phones before they get into their cars. seventeen magazine and aaa sponsored the event called national two-second turn of dead. >> we hope that people remember to take the tube -- two seconds to turn up their funds before they get in their vehicle

it is 72 right now at reagan national. low 80's this afternoon with sunshine and becoming less humid. we will start tomorrow with sunshine and end the day in clients. challahs wednesday night into thursday with a great weekend. >>> 66 eastbound is busy. and 20 minutes to your commute with the back up before you get to the exit for the planes. the crash is before haymarket. the left lane is closed and the truck is there. there's a wreck in the hov lane north.and no traffic is moving slowly alice springfield on the left side to the pentagon. metrorail is on normal service. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a two-year-old boy is fighting for his life after accidentally shooting himself in the chest. two teenagers face charges. it happened early monday morning along little elliott drive in hagerstown. brianne carter joins us from children's national medical center in d.c. where the little boy is recovering. >> this happened early monday morning after a two-year-old boy found the gun under the bed and began playing with it before

it means expanding service in boston and new york and moving in to reagan national airport. experts say it could be a win for consumers. >> that means, for the first time, you have a strong national low-cost carrier flying out of national, which may help reduce to the rate. >> reporter: southwest would take over airtran's slots at reagan national and offer 11 night flights in and out of deal. >>> wusa is getting you a free cup of coffee tomorrow. in honor of national coffee day i will be live at this coffee shop at 801 pleasant drive in rookville, maryland. come in until noon at that location and get a free cup of coffee. swing by. say hi and get a free cup of coffee. >> she will go anywhere for that coffee. >>> for more living smart headlines, log on to wusa9.com. and click on the living mart tab on the front page. >>> coming up the story of a woman dealing with a rare and mysterious disease. >>> plus, thousands stand in line to be the first marylanders to play slots inside the free state. the forecast is good and from howard. >>> a flood watch in affect until 00. and why t

we'll start with reagan national airport where it is currently 71 degrees. 71 at reagan national. humidity, 70%. the breeze is out of the northwest at eight miles per hour. here is a look at the satellite- radar. you will see the run showers and there they go. that is all pushed offshore. so we're precipitation-free an we should be for the remainder of the day. in fact, for the next several days the way things are looking right now. we do have some clouds out there but we all have clearing skies out to the west. there is more cloud cover west of of the mountains. we'll have v. to -- have to see if that makes it into our area. cooler this afternoon than it was yesterday. look for a high of 84 degrees. that is actually five degrees above normal. reagan made it up to 91 degrees yesterday. >> pretty warm. >>> it will help i guess burn off the road spray that is still out there as we check in with julie wright. how is it looking? >> busy. before a lot going on. you guys are talking about a possible police shooting downtown and that will tie up a portion of c street between washington a

currently, 61 degrees at reagan national. not a bad start. you can see the low 50s off to the north and west. gaithersburg, 52 for you. 52 in frederick. 52 at dulles and manassas. leonardtown, we are 59. comfortable start, highs later today, low to mid-70s. want to give you the set-up here. we are talking tropics. so far, the eastern atlantic has been where the main events have been taking place. things have shifted and now the ask shifts to the caribbean. tropical depression number 16 at this hour has been crossing through cuba during the overnight hours now into the florida straits headed autopsy cross eastern portions of florida and guess what? headed today north towards washington and we'll tap into a lot of this moisture. the bottom line is we'll be in for a soaking rain around here starting later tonight into the daytime hours tomorrow. it will get out of here by tomorrow night. when all is said and done being we could see several inches of rain across the washington area over the next 24 to 36 hours. clouds increasing. area of low pres

it will offer 11 daily flights from reagan national. the sale will increase southwest's presence at dulles and the deal will put southwest into atlanta, the busiest hub in the nation. bwi is the closest hub to us that southwest serves. though they are known for affordable rates industry experts say you may not get the deals y expect in the future. air-tran out of the discount carrier mix does mean there is less competition. soit's a good news/bad news thing. >> so we can plan on playing more to fly southwest? >> jetblue is another disunt carrier. it flies from dulles and reagan, but by combininging the two airlines there could be a question of whetr the fares go up. >> wh about baggage fees, liz? we know air-tran charges. southwest gives us a break. >> southwest says it will eliminate air-tran baggage fees. southwest doesn't chargeor the firsttwo. that's a help. >> what color will the planes be? orange? >> after the merger, all the planes are to fly under the southwest logo. keep in mind they will continue operate as independent compani

reagan national reporting fog. so visibility at reagan national, last report 4-5 miles. here is your region rain across the area. the green is light to moderate rain and then the areas in yellow and orange, that is heavy rainfall, including the same parts of southern maryland, the chesapeake bay, eastern maryland and the eastern shore have been getting hit for several hours and west of front royal, out towards culpeper, places like that, some more heavy rain is falling. let's take a look at the tornado watch that is in effect. here you go. tornado watch in effect, all of the counties you see in green until 1:00 this afternoon. it does include washington. it does include montgomery and prince george's and anne arundel county, carroll county and baltimore, including fairfax, prince william, tornado watch in effect until 1:00 p.m. a couple of minutes ago there were no tornado warnings in effect. so that is good. tucker is at the weather desk with more on this, including the amounts of rain. it's been hard to try to gather that information it's been -- that information it's

showers will stick around for the day tomorrow. 75 degrees at reagan national airport. here is our forecast. 72, to 78. periods of rain once again tonight. for the day tomorrow, 72, to 76. here is a quick look at extended outlook -- high temperatures saturday and sunday in the 60's with lots of sunshine. >> looking forward to the weekend. that will be a nic host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? did the little piggy cry wee wee wee all the way home? piggy: weeeeeee, weeeeeee, weeeeeee, weeeee weeeeeeee. mom: max. ...maxwell! piggy: yeah? mom: you're home. piggy: oh,cool, thanks mrs. a. anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. >>> former president jimmy carter is expected to be released from the ohio hospital any minute. he was hospitalized in cleveland after complaining of an upset stomach. doctors say it was likely a viral infection. >>> president obama wrap up pick four-state speaking tour, where he said republican lawmakers had no serious ideas. he also said the plan to expand the tax cuts for the wealthy would expand

that's at reagan national. at dulles we made it to 85. still, a warm day yesterday. only .03 inch of rain in the bucket at reagan national. we really needed the showers. where we needed it the most up in parts of west virginia and western maryland, that's where we got it. as much as a half-inch. dry weather forecast today all the way through the middle part of next week. we'll start the day with some clouds. becoming sunshine. gradual clearing as well. high temperature in the mid-to-low 80's. this weekend, in the 80's. it will be a warm weekend but sunny and pleasant. dry until the middle of next week. now breaking news on the traffic. >> we have good news now. we're looking at the beltway in montgomery county. the outer loop traffic has just been reopened. those are the headlights you see going from upper right to bottom left of the screen. the truck accident that occurred last night at about 10:00 has been cleaned up. the beltway is back open. you can make your plans now for the morning rush hour to get from college park to 270. most of the construction being picke

currently 71 degrees at reagan national. mild conditions as you start your morning. 67 in baltimore. 67 in winchester. ocean city, maryland, 70 degrees. showers and thunderstorms that rolled through last night have pushed off the coast and in its wake here, as i mentioned, a little morning fog and clouds off to the north and west. i don't think that will amount to much. maybe a couple of sprinkles near the pennsylvania border. unseasonably warm, our high temperature is well above average. back in the low to mid-90s. so a couple of hot days here before we get a weekend cooldown. here is your forecast. and a lot of sunshine by the afternoon and high temperatures back into the low 90s, so a lot of water if you are working outdoors. high temperature about 91 degrees. more details on the forecast and weekend featuring good temperatures and maybe rain on the five-day. that's coming up. allison, back to you. >> thank you so much, tucker. >>> julie wright is standing by with a look at this early morning traffic. julie, good morning.

temperature at reagan national, drum role, see what the latest update -- no update, 73 at reagan national. humidity 90%. and today holt hot and humid. mostly sunny after the fog, hot and humid. 95 will be a record. >> we have to go big. >> might as well. >> julie, you know what, not only that you have the heat, but a friday to deal with today. all things good in the world of julie wright today. >> all i need is a nutty buddy and this day is complete. you guys think i'm about the money, just the nutty buddy. >> and tony, that's a cheap lunch for you. >> i know, you're right. >> i'll get you one if i can find it. >> outer loop of the beltway is there, i promise you. we're waiting for the sunshine to burn away the clouds and fog so we can what's going on. the beltway at kenilworth, we've been talking about the fog on the east side of town. from andrews, traveling through greenbelt and land over, we have you coming and going with heavy fog. that is causing unusual delays on the beltway and inbound four. 50 the john hanson highway and 214. in virginia not so bad. it is busy 66 slow in manassas

it is 94 just down the river at near it -- at reagan national airport. we have had a few thunderstorms pop. a weakening area of showers moving through the city. a severe thunderstorm watch for baltimore county. a few showers coming across the oelrich -- across the blue ridge. there is another line of storms across western pennsylvania. we will keep an eye on that. most of that should stay just north of the metro area. we will talk more about these temperatures that will stick around in a few minutes. >>> tonight, we have learned a local sailor was killed in afghanistan. he was a former navy lacrosse player. natasha barrett is live in riverdale with this story. >> brandon played and practiced on this football field. today i met with his old football coach and he remembers him well. his football picture is proudly on display in the gym at dematha high school. >> it makes you feel so sad. >> yesterday's his mother got a call about her son that he was killed in a helicopter crash. his mother also works at the high school. >> it is like a punch in the stomach

temperatures set a record. 98 at reagan national. it will cool off overnight but remains warmer than average. there are changes coming this weekend and i will specify when and where we will see relief from the heat and drought. >> this late in september, it was fall football weather. >> just moments ago, someone was suffering from heat related illness. workers are trying to put together some of the infrastructure to set up for the festival this weekend here on the national mall. it is a record-breaking day of heat. it is not even summer anymore. >> the heat is repeating back up from the ground. >> this is another weather- related record. late in the day, the temperature hit 98 degrees, well past the old cop temperature of 19 -- of 94 back in 1919. we are only one more 90 degrees away from having the most 90 degree days in the year. folks are doing everything they can to stay clear of the sun. >> you move from one channel to another to find relief in the shade. >> my wife is tougher than i am. >> the heat, coupled with the lack of rai

reagan national currently sitting at 58. the average high today is 968. -- 68. 47 in martinsburg. 45 now in frederick. culpeper 45. mostly sunny again today because of high pressure. the general sinking motion in the atmosphere. mostly sunny, 82 locally. a little bit cooler in the higher ellveagses. upper 70's further -- elevations, 70's further north. we'll have the seven-day forecast soon. >> we had a wreck. it has been a struggle on i-70 east to go south on 270 with an accident on the exit ramp. further south, a delay to get past 109. virginia track on 66, here is 95 traffic. headlights northbound out of springfield to the belt way. before sh -- it affects both sides, the right and the left. interloop, on the way to route 7, a wreck. >> 57 degrees outside on this tuesday morning. your time is 5:42. >> coming up in our morning chat, dancing is back. we'll have some of the highlights from last night's first round. >> and coming up, oprah winfrey shines a spotlight on d.c. and schools and the chancellor whose future lays in

will be a little cooler for reagan national, dulles right around 80 degrees and bwi marshall 78, 79, something like that. here is the trend, though. 81 for tomorrow, sunday warming up a bit more up to about 84 degrees. cold front comes through sunday night. that keeps the temperature on monday a little cooler there and then on tuesday it starts going up again. average temperature for this time where we should be, right around so. so we're pretty much right in there for tomorrow, a little warmer than that on sunday and it looks like on sunday at least sunday afternoon we'll have a few more clouds out this beginning to settle on in. if you're headed out to fedex, it should be real nice sunday afternoon to watch the game against the texans. just some clouds. it will be warm, warper than tomorrow again, temperature at kickoff 83 -- warmer than tomorrow again, temperature at kickoff 83 to 85 degrees. by the end of the game temperatures should fall to the 70s. so should be very pleasant to be out there watching the football game. lots of sunshine tomorrow. we'll start off in the lower 60s

and la guardia hey may have to charge a little more. >> reporter: at reagan national there could be two discount airlines. jetblue takes off november 1st and southwest could join them in 2012. now at reagan national, southwest would take over airtran slots and offer 11 flights coming in an our of the area. this is considered a huge deal for southwest if it is approved. the airline has been trying to get in to bigger airports like ours here in washington for years. >>> here's a deal you may find hard to pass up. buy an energy star appliance in virginia and you don't have to pay the sales tax. governor mcdonnell declared an emergency star sales tax holiday. the products must cost $2,500 or less and be bought for personal use. >>> a belove independent captiol hill hardware store is celebrating 90 years in business. they plan a week long festivity gala including daily raffles and give aways special bargain prizes, live -- bargain prices and free gas. it started when a cabinet maker was laid off by the navy yard and went in to business for himself. >> hardware stores to me smell so good

a few scattered clouds. 65 degrees at reagan national. we are hovering around 60 degrees for the most part. mostly sunny skies expected. high temperatures in the low 80's. cold front moving through. gusty wind out of the northwest up to 25 miles an hour appeared pleasant today and tomorrow. sunny and not as windy tomorrow, near 80 degrees. by thursday, 85. cooling friday into saturday. if really uneventful forecast. >>> pretty pleasant ride in virginia. 66, 95, 395, a typical volume. looks good on the dulles greenway and dulles toll road. no worries on the george washington parkway. in virginia, northbound 395, delays after edsall road passed to duke street, normal this time of morning. 270 at the beltway, things look pretty uneventful leaving montrose road. i-495 east or the mormon temple and i-495 south toward the american legion bridge, looks good. >>> 63 degrees. >> coming up, how your hands affect your health. the pros and cons of the way we washup. >> and oprah winfrey's premier league continues. wardsinger wynonna judd. america nee

reagan national made it up to 93. the record was 95. normally, the temperature around 76. this was the 67th day of 90- degree days or better. definitely a record that will probably be broken next month. the old record, 1980, 67 days of 90 degrees. this does not happen very often. the cooler, drier air off to the north and west, mid-50s and pittsburgh, state college, elkins, west virginia. 76 degrees in richmond. the frontal system has stalled just to the south and west. cooler air to the north, 48 minneapolis, upper peninsula of michigan, are you ready, they are under a freeze warning tonight. definitely colder air coming in. this system out to the west and across the tennessee valley, this will affect our weather late tonight into monday and tuesday. temperatures in the upper 70's by tuesday and wednesday. the amount of rain, quite a bit on the way. the satellite radar, of los and dry, clouds coming in from the west. low pressure from the north and east. showers developed late in the day tomorrow. heavier rain by monday and tuesday. just how much? possibly one, 2 inches a

reagan national actually got a couple of degrees warm he than i thought it would, 84 degrees at reagan national. 81 at dulles international. bwi marshall made it up to 80 degrees yesterday. we'll see similar temperatures for today. reagan is at 63 right now. satellite-radar picture for the region, quiet conditions for this morning. just a couple of clouds out there during the early-morning hours. mostly sunny for today. nothing to cause any weather to move our way in term of precipitation or anything like that. it is not even going to be particularly breezy. as a matter of fact, it won't be that humid today either. there is more weather out to the west in the form some of rain moving across the plains. that is a line where the frontal system that will make its way through here i think thursday into friday, that could bring some showers to us thursday into friday. maybe even a couple of thunderstorms here or there. let's look at the tropics. this is tropical storm karl, the newest tropical storm. we have three tropical systems in play right now. tropical storm karl has maximum sustained

two senators are calling for hearings into the agency, it's finances and how it runs reagan national which we're looking at live even as we speak. you see their a bit upset about the plans to increase the number of long haul flights and those plans have been held up. the airport authority argues it would hurt traffic at dulles which would impact funding for the metro extension and reagan national could not handle the  extra security, the parking and baggage handling for the longer flights. >>> i, for one, love to head out on my bike when the weather is nice. but that two-wheeled transportation can be pricey. and that is one of the reasons d.c. and arlington have launched the country's largest bike sharing system and they did it today. capital bike share is putting 1100 bikes and rental stations in d.c., crystal city and pentagon city. folks already getting in on the act. bloggers are predicting big things for the program and you can see a lit of the locations at wusa9.com. >>> well you can't answer -- have more of a perfect day than today. topper will have your forecast for the res

. >> you will be able to fly southwest out of lincoln national airport. -- out of reagan national airport. >> there has been a lot of mixed reaction. you have to remember here at national airport there are a lot of business travelers. they are excited about having additional flight options. many say cheaper is not always better. >> it used to be that those looking to save would have to make the drive to baltimore or dulles. >> i love southwest because it flies out of bwi. >> the first thing and look at is price. for most of the time, i can fly southwest really cheap. >> with southwest acquiring air tran, the low-cost carrier is expected to move into reagan national. many travelers are excited because southwest does not charge for checked bags or snacks. >> there are a lot of advantages for choosing them over any other airline. >> many business travelers say , first-t's first-come serve unseating leaves travelers who schedule late wheezing in middle seats. >> i hope they get reserved seating. >> what business travelers like is they will easily be able to get to major cities like new york,

the airline will be flying out of reagan national and matt ackland is live at the airport. i know a lot of people are excited this one. >> reporter: i know i am excited, sean and -- shawn. we all like to fly southwest. you can't beat the customer service, no bag fees or change of flight fees and a lot of folks don't want to travel and go of yet a year, year and a half and those planes will be landing and taking off here at reagan national. and it already carries more passengers. with a $1.4 billion tentitive deal, southwest airlines will take over another low-cost airline, increasing the presence in the northeast and atlanta. >> we were surprised and this caught us off. >> reporter: this airline expert said that southwest went after airtran because of its presence in airs that are nearly impossible to acquire new gates and reagan national, new york's laguardia and boston's logan airport to name a few and now southwest can go head-to-head with delta and atlanta where airtran has the hub. >> and this is huge for them. you have them and the caribbean and southwest is getting 1

it is 70 degrees at reagan national. humidity, 73%. wind are out of the north at 10 miles per hour so it is a little bit breezy because of a passage of a cold front coming through. satellite-radar composite looks like this. nothing in the way of precipitation. we do via few clouds coming through. you need to take a closer look at that. -- we do have a few clouds coming through. it will be most hi clear today with lots of sunshine. becoming mostly sunny, a nice afternoon. high about 80 degrees. take your lunch outdoors. we'll have more on the forecast including the five-day forecast coming up. >> nothing too bad in the way on the roadways. julie wright? >> we are off to a quiet start with all lanes open. you will find yourself at speed as you work your way to and from the wilson bridge. south on 270, we have the volume uncreasing as you work your way south of 109. no problems reported just volume delays out to the struck scales. no problems south of i-706789 out to the west along route 9, that is where we had the accident that has the r

. >>> southwest airlines could soon be flying out of reagan national airport. the discount carrier agreed to buy airtran airlines in a $1.4 billion deal. if this is approved, southwest will take over airtran flights, including 9 gates at reagan national. the deal is expected to take a year to 18 months before southwest starts flying in and out of reagan. >>> still ahead tonight on the news edge, controversial claims. >> are alien visitors paying visits to our nuclear missile sites? you may want to withhold judgement until you hear from a group of retired air force personnel. >>> and a jury reaches a verdict in the trial of a man accused of killing a major league baseball pitcher from maryland. >>> and a murder mystery, police search for clues after a man is gunned down in prince georges county. we'll be right back.   words alone aren't enough. my job is to listen to the needs and frustrations of the shrimpers and fishermen, hotel or restaurant workers who lost their jobs to the spill. i'm iris cross. bp has taken full responsibility for th

at reagan national 69. got mostly cloudy skies. these are higher clouds. i don't expect a thick overcast. dew point crept up a bit. west coast pretty quiet except for the northwest. the middle of the country we are all the shower and storms. several clusters of these. and the energy is rolling east. the bulk to the north but we will have enough energy that we will see the threat thankfully for much-needed showers coming in tonight. the cold front to our south but the warm front is starting to return. it is rather humid on the other side of the front and temperatures in the ohio valley in the mid-70s. our 9 future cast in motion through this morning, maybe going to pittsburgh, some showers by midday. here we go through the afternoon and evening. notice the scattered showers, some rumbles of thunder. 3:00 tomorrow morning looking at a chance of a few showers early but then that will clear out and left with showers in the mountains by 10:00 or so. and we are looking pretty good with the sunshine breaking out down to the carolinas, a few showers linger in the

temperature at reagan national, 70 degrees. relative humidity, 68%. they are out of the west at five miles per hour. barometric pressure is on the rise. boston, 67 degrees right now. temperature, 80 degrees in new orleans. warm in portions of the south. out to the west in the plain, 59 in denver. not bad there. l.a. is at 57 degrees. you see the storm that came through new york city and elsewhere in the northeast yesterday. all of that has pushed off to the east. we are left with a fair amount of cloud cover across the northeast but we'll see improving conditions there as the day progresses. also, down to the south in the south central plains, quite a few clouds and a couple of showers here and there. not a bad day today. we'll see more sunshine today as the day progresses. high, 84. the weekend spectacular. >> thank you. >>> let's turn things over to allison now. >> there is a new tv show hitting airwaves in october that focuses on tackling issues facing education in america. it is called education superhighway. it is a series hosted by none other th

our current temperatures around the region at reagan national airport, it is 73 degrees. 73 at reagan national. relative humidity, 90%. our winds are calm. hence the fog. barometric pressure, 30.11. here is a look at the satellite- radar. our satellite-radar never does a good job of capturing fog. it is mostly clear except for the fog. once that burns off, you will see mostly clear skies. mostly sunny today, as a matter of fact. hot and humid. high about 95 degrees. it will be like summertime, folks. enjoy it. if we get to 95, it will be a record high for the day. >>> let's check in with julie wright and feigned out what is going on in her world. >> not really anything happening north of town. it is pretty quiet. the beltway runs smoothly between college park and the exit for 270. again, overnight construct at 124 cleared. no-- overnight construction at 124 cleared. we are doling with a little bit of fog on the east side of town. >>> investigators are back on the scene of a devastating fire in manassas. three homes reduced to rubble. fortunately, everybody made it out alive but some o

current conditions, 64 degrees at reagan national airport. relative humidity, 93%. wind are out of the northeast at seven miles per hour. here is your forecast for today. expect more rain. cool, cloudy, rain will be heavy at times. could see some thunderstorms later on today as well. we are looking for a high of around 74 degrees. we'll have more details on all of that coming up in just a little bit. >> thank you, tony. >> let's check in with julie wright and get a look at traffic early on this monday morning. >> good morning, you guys. wet pavement already means trouble out on the highway. inner loop of the beltway after the exit for 270 but before old georgetown road, there is an accident there. the lane are open as you continue past old georgetown road. we had the crash on the outer loop of beltway after georgia avenue but before you reach connecticut avenue wedge -- with only the right side getting by. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> new this morning, a man shot in a car in maryland. this was just before midnight. sarah similar monday is there

didn't really cool us down a whole lot. 74-degree at reagan national. 67 in baltimore. 67 out at dulles. you get the idea here, these temperatures much warmer than they've been the last couple of mornings. 67 in winchester. the shower and thunderstorm activity was kind of spotty in nature, kind of isolated. some of us got some pretty big storms. that has slipped off the coast. the morning fog will burn off and we'll be left with a hot and humid one this afternoon with once again temperatures jumping into the 90s. remember, it is the first full day of fall. our average high temperature is in the upper 70s and we are talking about 90s. mother nature is not willing to give up on summer quite eighty. highs later this afternoon with lots of sunshine in the low 90s. 91 here in town and just hot. not expecting a shower and/or thunderstorm activity later today. so it will be a quiet one. >> let's see if it is quiet out on the roadways as well. julie wright has your look of traffic. >> we already have some problems to discuss. traveling northbound on 395 north of seminary road before king street

looking at temperatures, we are on the cool side. 64 at reagan national. patuxent naval air station is 69 degrees. our forecast, cool and cloud you. rain, perhaps thunderstorms, heavy at times. we're expecting several inches of rain before all is said and done. more details on the forecast coming up in just a minute. >>> montgomery county police are looking for the driver in a hit and run saturday night. they say somebody in a small, dark-colored sedan struck and dragged 4-year-old danielle alleh. she is said to be hospitalized in serious condition this morning. >>> the general manager of the first casino in maryland says he will be ready to open earlier than expected. if the state lottery commission gives the okay t could open before thursday. >>> several former top air force officials are set to unveil some alleged ufo sightings on american military bases. roby chavez got a preview of the firsthand accounts and top secret documents about to be released. >> they were seeing strange lights in the sky. >> robert salas worries aliens have hair eyes on our nu

reagan national at 79. some 60s showing up in the central parts of pennsylvania showing that cooler air trying to sink in. all about the cloud cover building into our forecast tomorrow. the futurecast will show us the rain that is coming in. that is a much cooler day tomorrow afternoon than it has been the last two. so let's get to the rain forecast. as soon as we get to the morning hours here on monday, this is already 6 a.m. in the morning. i don't think we will really see the showers until we get passed the midnight hour tomorrow night into monday morning. the monday morning commute i think we will have rain. that's what i'm forecasting here is just rain. you see this warm front down just hanging out in the atlantic? well, that will rise through as we get to monday night. as that warm front lifts through it will change from showers to a chance of thunderstorms. and we will have thunderstorms back in the forecast. so that could mark the heavier rainfall amounts starting to come down. that will be monday n

if the merger goes through, southwest would have a presence at reagan national. now we fast forward to the weather. doug? >> can i say i would love to see that southwest airlines coming here? >> you are. we have already said it. >> i would love it. something else we would love is ain. we are getting the rain out there, even heavy rain at times, especially early this afternoon and early this morning. the heavy rain confined to the western portions of the viewing area toward hagerstown. we're going to continue to see heavy ra throughout the next couple of hours there. e rest of the area overnight tonight. we do have a flash flood watch in effect for the entire night intoomorrow morning. 77 degrees currently at the airpo. we'll see temperatures dip down into the mid to upper 60s to around 70. expect rain tonight and early tomorrow morning. then i think we'll be clearing out in the afternoon with a high temperature tomorrow around 80 degrees. you will most likely need the umbrella through the night tonight and into tomorrow morning. again later in th week. the four-d

have 68 degrees at reagan national. relative humidity, do we have the -- yes, relative humidity is at 81%. can you feel it out there. it is definitely more muggy than it has been during the last couple of mornings. wind are calm. barometric pressure is at 30.07. your satellite-radar composite, we have more clouds than what we've been used to recently and we're going to generally speak having more clouds hanging around today. i do think we'll get some sunshine coming through but some clouds in the morning and then more clouds building in during the course of the afternoon and evening. your forecast, clouds on the increase. warm temperatures though. highs in the upper 80s for today. more details on all of that. we'll let you know when we expect to see some rain in just a little bit. stay with us for that. >>> let's check in with julie wright. she has latest on your on-time traffic. >> good morning to you all. right now, the lane are open if you are traveling in each direction down south at the wilson bridge. the marlboro