. >>> bad credit could cost the manassas park school system thousands of dollars. recently tried to borrow $250,000 to lease three school buses. board members claim the bank with the best offer pulled the deal from the table. schedule leaders suspect it's because of manassas park city's bad credit rating. >> there is no letter of why, no explanation of what happened. we had two other bids on the table. we took our third bid from alliance bank which incidentally is in manassas park. >> the third bid is higher than the one the school district had originally agree toed to. officials say manassas park's credit score fell in recent years as a result of housing and credit crises. they say things have picked up and property values are on the rise. >>> a major setback for al qaeda's terror network after their second, command is killed in a drone strike in northwestern pennsylvania. he was considered the operational leader and general manager of al qaeda. the white house says his death is a major blow for the group, saying it will be hard for them to find a replacement as s

. >> earlier, topper, you were showing us photos from manassas. gary joins us now live from manassas with some of the damage there. >> reporter: hi, anita. we are in manassas off route 234. storm came roaring through here about 35 minutes ago. winds so strong that as you try to walk across the parking lot, you had to do one of those things where you are leaning forward to lean into it like that. we saw fast food restaurants racing to get away from the restaurant and away from the storm carrying their bags of fast food as winds lifted them up and the patrons were trying to keep their food from blowing away. lightning was severe and remains here in manassas, lighting up the sky where it looks like noon in the middle of a weekday rather than 11:00 at night. some of that lightning remains. signs in the area, for example, part of the sign from the plaza that we are in front of blew off with the aluminum in the parking lot. porter potty flat on its back as the rain whipped through here. one of the good things is, the storm, although it was incredibly in

feels like 97 downtown, 95 in gaithersburg and manassas and also feels like 98 in leesburg. so for tonight then clear to partly cloudy and muggy, low temps in the 70s, winds westerly at 10. we'll come back, talk about the records tomorrow and let you know when the heat breaks. >>> not only is this the hottest day of the year so far, it's also the longest day of the year. kristin fisher is headed outside to see how folks are trying to cope. >> reporter: i'm kristin fisher on the national mall where it's the hottest day of the year and the longest day of the year. earlier there was supposed to be a summer solstice volleyball game, but it was canceled due to high heat. paramedics say that's a good call. the summer heat can make people do crazy things. for prince george's county paramedic arvery butler he's dealt with countless heat- related calls during his 18 years on the job. he knows heat is the no. 1 weather-related killer in the united states. so today he's trying to encourage this landover hills family on a scorching midday walk to stay inside. are you sweating? >> yes. >

feels like it's 99 downtown, 97 manassas, 96 leesburg, a couple areas over 100, frederick and down into fredericksburg, but for the most part, temperatures well below heat advisory criteria. for tonight partly cloudy, muggy, isolated thunderstorm possible mainly west. we've been watching storms all evening along the i-81 corridor, not moving very far east. look at the lows, only 70 to 80 and winds westerly at about 10. we'll come back and talk about the chance for severe weather tomorrow and give you a timetable on that and again friday is a severe weather alert day. we'll let you know if that leads to a nice weekend. >>> let's get historical. a maryland rock quarry that provided stones for the washington monument and the u.s. capitol is also providing a welcome place for folks to cool off. scott broom with more from cockeysville. >> reporter: beaver dam swim club in cockeysville, maryland. >> great place where you can jump off rocks and go off a rope swing. >> reporter: it is a refreshing blast from the past, an old time swimming hole in a retired marble quarry. the water is deep and c

that extends to manassas. that portion of prince william county will cross over to fairfax before long. can we switch over to the east side of town one more time? very intense rain. that is what i say about flooding. certainly what i have seen in the past 30 minutes with the storm, there will be standing low lying water issues because of these storms knowing that more are coming along a little later as we track -- if we can go to storm can -- storms can again. this is a new line that stretches into the raleigh area and to central north carolina. that will push in the same direction up toward the greater washington area. we will have several more hours of these severe thunderstorm warnings and the possibility of isolated tornadoes. western maryland, our viewers and cumberland, we will watch for you, too. there is another line on the cold front coming in from the west. it will be a very active night. that is what we have for you at the moment. no other warnings to pass along. i can assure you there will be more

temperatures right now still 94 downtown, 93 gaithersburg and 93 in manassas. we'll factor in the humidity. they don't jump that much, still 98 downtown, jumps up to 99 in gaithersburg, 96 manassas, some areas over 100, fredericksburg and frederick but still below criteria of a heat advisory. severe weather alert day tomorrow, isolated thunderstorm possible tonight, not as hot tomorrow. that's the good news, the silver lining, if you will. heavy or severe thunderstorms possible tomorrow afternoon. the weekend looks nice. tomorrow morning some clouds and maybe a couple sprinkles. but lunchtime showers are popping especially to the west and south of us. the red is heavier activity. we advance this further into about the 24 hour period from now. we see big thunderstorms, the computer kind of emphatic hitting big thunderstorms around baltimore, but even back west martinsburg and winchester, we could still see big thunderstorms here, so a severe weather alert day. partly cloudy, muggy, isolated thunderstorms possible mainly west along i-81, lows 70 to 80 downtown. t

after the first battle of manassas in july of 1861, in which the union was actually defeated, the men came streaming back into the city, and the city, literally the confederates could have walk in and taken the city. after that, with the fear, more and more fortifications were built and general john g. bernard, who you might call the father of the civil war defenses in washington, and he was in charge of them for almost the whole war, started developing the system of fortifications around the capital and how they would actually defend the city from enemy invaders. after the second manassas, which was also a union defeat, fear again and some more impetus to make sure the fortifications defending washington were doing their job. over the four years, many of the forts were changed. they were made larger and guns within them were changed to get the best function out of each fort and out of each system itself. the defenses were tested in july of 1864. before i say that, there were raids on the forts by the guerrilla forces like moseby where they would come in and steal horses and supplies

after the first battle of manassas in july of 1861, in which the union was actually defeated, the men came streaming back into the city, and the city, literally the confederates could have walked in and taken the city. after that, with the fear, more and more fortifications were built and general john g. bernard, who you might call the father of the civil war defenses in washington, and he was in charge of them for almost the whole war, started developing the system of fortifications around the capital and how they would actually defend the city from enemy invaders. after the second manassas, which was also a union defeat, fear again and some more impetus to make sure the fortifications defending washington were doing their job. over the four years, many of the forts were changed. they were made larger and guns within them were changed to get the best function out of each fort and out of each system itself. the defenses were tested in july of 1864. before i say that, there were raids on the forts by the guerrilla forces like mosby where they would come in and steal horses and supplies

watch for some brief delays building out of manassas. beltway looking good here in montgomery county despite the wet pavement. give yourself plenty of braking distance as you head out. no problems on 59 in maryland between beltways. 270 starting to slow out of frederick. things looking good not beltway in prince george's county. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. >> thank you. >>> it is election day this in virginia. just a few hours, virginia voters head to the polls. >> on this primary day, they are choosing a republican candidate for u.s. senate. other races on the ballot include the u.s. house district 8 democratic primary and that is the seat how old by jim moran. a republican candidate will be chosen in district 11 to face democrat jerry connelly in the fall and voters in alexandria are choosing democratic candidates for city council. polls are open from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. >>> over to d.c. now where voters will elect a new council chairman come november. that is the word from the d.c. board of elections.

manassas also in the lower 90s. in downtown 93 degrees. here's how your sunday breaks down, a cool start and then temperatures will be in the 80s by noon and hot by the afternoon. our weather alert, it's a new thing we're starting. we're code green for the next three days. it's basically a sign of color, green meaning good, no worries, keep your plans. yellow maybe some wet roads, maybe a little bit of impact for your travel plans potentially. and then the red meaning a severe weather alert day. so here's how it plays out for the next three days, sunday is looking green, lots of sunshine, it'll be hot. monday the same deal. tuesday is yellow because of a chance for some showers and storms. here's a look at the next seven days. temperatures will cool down middle week into the lower 80s because of the chance of showers and thunderstorms. locate your umbrellas by then. hot and humid. >> hot summer weather, good for baseball and dave's got a lot of it. >> some good baseball these days. i think they're gonna make the playoffs. i did say that. m

we have agent bit of fog toward manassas and culpeper. satellite and radar, i went through that too fast. everything is moving north to south. all quiet this morning but anything that does pop this afternoon will be drifting southward. manassas, your visibility is down to three-quarters with half mile in warrenton. so a little bit of fog here. worst in petersburg and harrisonburg. we've got visibilities around zero right now. the rest of us are doing all right with temps in the 50s to about 60 on the bay. easton is 59. 58 at the pax river naval air station. 59 reedville. 57 in cross junction and catlett about 53 degrees. we look outside on our michael & son weather camera in tysons corner this morning. just a few clouds as we look toward the northwest. a pretty morning out there with 58 degrees. humidity at 87% and a wind out of the south, southwest at 5 miles an hour. so through midday, we're all right. just some patchy clouds but partly to mostly sunny. the afternoon watch how the showers and storms form and start to drift off to the so

here is a look at current temperatures. 63degrees at manassas. 72 at quantico. we've got 67 at baltimore. 61 at gaithersburg. a little cooler at hagerstown at 58. same for cumberland at 52 degrees and winchester is also 52 degrees. yesterday's highs were pretty close to where they should have been. 82degrees the high for reagan national airport. dulles, 80 degrees. that is the same for baltimore, bwi thurgood marshall you're port. not too far off the mark. we've got a rim of high pressure that is going to build in and that will influence us as we head flu into the weekend. in the meantime for today, there is a system that is just off the coast. really not doing anything. it will con to move its way to the south. we'll be left with some partly sunny skies into the course of the day. as i said, a few high clouds will start to build in a little bit. it won't be too bad. it will be very pleasant and pretty comfortable. a little less humidity than we had at least yesterday. for today then, 79-degree is my day tomorrow high. partly sunny with light wind. winds from th

we'll take a look from traffic land as you head inbound through manassas. you way be off and on the brake there making that trip toward venterville. the taillight, everybody starting to stack up. things look getter once you get into centerville. soo something volume here as you head up toward the mixing bowl. 359 does look good for the play through the 14th street bridge. want to mention in maryland, northbound 197 at powder mill. northbound lanes may be blocked with the accident investigation. westbound, ien 07 at 32, your land are blocked with i quick. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. -- blocked with a wreck. >>> president obama tours ground zero. he ventured on to the hallowed ground getting a grand look at the skyscraper replacing the twin towers destroyed on 9-11. he was joined by new york governor andrew cuomo. he held a fundraiser at the temperature of sarah jessica parker later. >>> mitt romney spoke at a campaign event in ohio. he predicted even more dire consequences of the president's economic approach. >>> slight changes ta

beautiful, 86, winds north, northwest at 14, open the windows and rest the ac, 81 frederick, 82 manassas, still 85 downtown. strong northwest winds are ushering in some cool comfortable air with low humidity, winds generally 20 to 25 miles per hour, one higher gust in manassas of 30 miles per hour. turning breezy and cooler, especially tonight, sunny morning commute, breezy and low humidity tomorrow. it's warming up wednesday but still comfortable. for tonight look for clear skies, breezy, much scholar, rest the ac, 54 -- cooler, rest the ac, 54 to 64. low temps kind of like may, we're talking mid-50s in gaithersburg and rockville, 62 downtown, upper 50s in ellen park and bowie, upper 50 -- college park and bowie, upper 50s in fairfax and manassas. tomorrow partly cloudy, breezy and pleasant, high temps around 80, wind northwest 10 to 20 with higher gusts. the next three days our 9 weather alerts all green, 86 wednesday, but 93 thursday, heat returning by the first round of the at&t nationals. next seven days it will stay hot, under 90s friday and saturday and sunday, just isolated thund

mid 70s, gaithersburg and manassas, upper 70s in frederick and leesburg. when you jump the divide, it's 64 in oakland. good news is, winds subside tonight and the temperatures fall. you can turn off the ac. in fact, here you go. partly cloudy and cool. open the windows. winds north, northeast at 10. winds subside and change direction. we will come back and talk about when the humidity rolls in and look ahead to the weekend which includes of course, father's day, and the nats are back in town friday. >> lots to talk about. okay topper. still ahead on 9news. the port of baltimore remembers the war of 1812. we'll tell you about special ceremonies this weekend that will take you aboard historic sailing vessels. >>> universities and colleges looks to go tobacco-free. no more cigarettes. those stories and more just ahead. >>> the mysterious disappearance 32 years ago has finally been deciphered, but not the way her family had hoped. as peggy fox reports, it was a homicide investigation that police from virginia and maryland are hoping they can solve. >> she like

heat index, 96 in manassas and 98 in d.c. and in frederic and 96 back to our friends back in the westover near winchester. tomorrow, i think you can add another five, maybe even more degrees to this. on thursday, we get even hotter so we're really in for a little bit of a mess. heat index tomorrow, i think 100 to 105 with the heat advisory in effect all day tomorrow and wi we'll see the heat advisory in effect for thursday. thursday heat index could be between 105 and 110. so that would be even warmer out there. so stay tuned for this. take precautions. the biggest precaution, check on the elderly, especially if they live alone. always check on the elderly. they are, by far, the biggest population that sees a threat from this. storm 4 radar, not showing much in the form of rain. some storms near the mountain ridges and that's where they would be over the next couple of days. no chance of rain to the east but over the mountains a scattered shower or a thunderstorm or two because of a huge ridge in theosizr levels sending the m

that said, i think we have a better chance of record highs tomorrow. 97 now downtown, 93 manassas, 91 leesburg. factor in the humidity, not that bad. feels like 101 downtown, doesn't raise temps that much to the west, 98 leesburg and 97 in manassas. we'll come back and talk about the records for tomorrow and look ahead to the weekend. >>> i'll wager those folks at dulles not all that disappointed they didn't get the heat record. meantime some local pools extended their hours. d.c. shifted the hours for its garbage and recycling pickups and metro began letting folks bring water on board, all this to try to help folks stay cool and safe in this weather. >> reporter: i'm kristin fisher on the national mall where it is the month thest day of the year and the longest -- hottest day of the year and the longest day of the yearful earlier there was supposed to be a summer -- year. earlier there was supposed to be a summer solstice valley ballgame but it was canceled due to the heat. the summer heat can make people do crazy things. for prince george's county paramedic arbery butler, he's dealt

so possible highs tomorrow 98 downtown, 99 manassas, 97 in leesburg and 97 in gaithersburg. so maybe some records falling tomorrow. keep your shades closed, exercise in the morning or indoors, wear light colored clothing and check on the elderly and drink lots and lots of water. we'll break it down, 72 to 80 in the morning, hot, 88 to 94 by lunchtime and 95 to 99 isolated storm possible by evening. 9 weather code, yellow, yellow and green, so we're getting there, 98 tomorrow, isolated storm, a much better chance of scattered storms friday, low 90s and maybe an early shower saturday, upper 80s, still a very nice day. next seven days, sunday maybe a passing shower, but we should hold in the upper 80s. monday frontal system approaches, good chance of showers and thunderstorms, in the mid-80s and look at this. we have cool air on the map, 78 tuesday, 80 wednesday, a few showers but not a bad deal. >> we could use a little rain. my grass is starting to look a little parched. don't make me break out the water. >> keep walking past it. >> don't make me break out the water hose. >>

so it is a little better here as you get north and west. 63 in manassas. that is not terrible. 66? gaithersburg. a step cooler out in the mountains. winchester, 64 and 62 in martinsburg. warm, huge you had today, partial sunshine. kind of a mix of sunshine and clouds. as we have not one but a couple of frontal systems on the way. a little back door cold front just north and east of the city up towards philadelphia. that will provide some relief today and just a few clouds. the main event is a series of fronts out to the west. got a little trough out towards cincinnati. see the little shower activity north and west of chicago. both of these fronts will start to move towards the washington area as we get into the next couple of days. i think you will see more in the way of cloudiness as i mentioned with the clouds and temperatures should be a little cooler and then an increasing chance for rain. out to the west today, you have a chance for some showers in west virginia, portions of western maryland. i think overnight during the day tomorrow, we'll have widespread showers and perhaps

cull paper, manassas, charlottsville and it will be extended through the day on thursday. heat index on thursday could be between 105 and 110. we're really talking about big-time heat. make sure you're ready and have plenty of water. if you're outside make sure to take breaks. storm 4 radar, no rain right now but a few showers along the blue ridge. could be a few more the next few days but most of us, 99% of us will stay try and just hot for the next few days. high temperature tomorrow, 98 in frederic and 95 in leesburg and 97 in manassas and 97 toward fredericksburg going for a high of 96 in washington. don't even add in the heat index it gets well over 100. we'll talk more about that and when we'll see relief in the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >> can i wear shorts tomorrow out in the field? would that be allowed in this temperatures? >> you have pants on now, right? >> yes, i do. >> wanted to make sure. >> dan wore shorts last week. >> dan wore shorts last week. remember, doreen? >> i wasn't here. i missed it. >> oh. >> i was wearing shorts somewhere off-camera.

no problems continuing eastbound on 66 heaving manassas. volumes increasing as you work your way eastbound. overnight construction cleared between nutley street and the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. . >>> an apell for your help to find this missing teenager. we're showing you her picture right now. this is 17-year-old fatima erica williams. we know she spoke with her caseworker about 9:00 last night. a caseworker says williams has the mental capacity of a 12- year-old appear is very worried about her. william was last seep wearing a light blue shirt with light blue capri pants and carrying a pink purse. >>> president obama and mitt romney take shots at each other on the economy. sherry ly is in the newsroom with all the developments from the campaign trail. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. what would you expect as we have the run-up to the november election. mitt romney the likely gop presidential nominee brings his campaign to sterling, virginia today. while president barack obama is back in to

culpepper and manassas 54. we think that maybe in a couple of nights, tonight again in the 50s, but tuesday night, we will be seeing some 40s. this afternoon 70, arlington 74. off to the east, behind our 9.com 75 degrees. let's go to monika samtani right now. >> reporter: temperatures are looking good and so are the roadways. timesaver traffic, no problems to report. all around the beltway right now and 270 also looking great out of gaithersburg, between 270 and the american legion bridge all lanes are open. here's what it looks like coming in from route 50. no problems to report all the way to the beltway. back over to the maps, this time to southern maryland, route 5, route 301, everything looking fine from the southern maryland

making the trip out of manassas. some nice light volume as you head in towards centreville and route 50 and continuing towards the beltway. 95, 395, no real issues to report in virginia as you head northbound. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >> thank you. >>> we are monitoring metro this morning. metro holding a ceremony this morning to officially rename the new york avenue gallaudet u metro station. the are red line station will now be called noma gallaudet u. new signs already show the new name. the old name will show as a secondary name for one year to help you during the transition. >>> you remember these images? the occupy d.c. and k street camp grounds downtown. it was once a magnet for the wandering masses in a movement against the rich and powerful. now, they are a thing of the past. we were wondering what is left behind. bob barnard takes a closer look. >> reporter: for the first time in eight months, mcpherson square, just three blocks from the white house, is mostly occupied by pedes

volume building as you head through manassas with delays heading past centerville. >>> our top stories this morning, the search is on for the suspect accused of shooting and killing the owner of a popular neighborhood deli in northeast. june lim was found dead inside grace deli. some of her customers are planning to old a vigil later today topping to uncover and clues that will help catch the kill are. >>> a major development in the case of the so-called potomac river rape its. investigators linked another sex assault to the suspect. police say the new assault happened on july 20th, 1996. >>> a three-day break in the jerry sandusky child sex abuse trial. testimony continues this coming monday. the prosecution is said to be close to wrapping up its case after three more accusers testified yesterday. get ready for this next bit of news. one said he thought sandusky's basement was soundproof because no one heard him scream when he was being assaulted. on the stand, a state investigator who told the court authorities identified some of sandusky's alleged victims through photos and listed s

you've still got plenty of humidity. 63 in manassas and in gaithersburg. a little more comfortable off to the north and west. going to be a little cooler today and a little more cloud cover. an increasing chance for some showers. you can see those developing out to the west as we get into the late afternoon and evening hours. best chance some of showers later today will be our western viewers inform you are watching in west virginia, portions of western virginia, western maryland, you have the best chance of showers. those will start to move in later tonight. a back door cold front just north and east of us. that will swoop down in the area today and provide a little relief. a series of fronts. first one here out to the west. we'll really increase the possibility of showers and storms around here tuesday, wednesday, maybe even a shower on thursday. but with it, cooler temperatures and eventually we'll dry things out with highs -- i'll show you the five-day forecast here. by friday, it looks really good. mix of sun and clouds. possible storms later today. b

manassas, 6 # and martinsburg, 6 #. dew point temperatures are currently running about 70 degrees so there is lots and lots of water in the atmosphere. that will be part of the problem today and will contribute to the heat. heat advisory goes into effect at noon today through 10:00 tomorrow night. heat index, that is when you match together the actual air temperature and the humidity. it will feel like 100 to 10 #. that is why i've got a heat advisory. lots of water. don't spend any more time outside than you need to later today. -- it will feel like 100 to 105. the heat we'll be on the extreme side for a couple of days here. why the heat? we've got high pressure building in from the west. this big dome of high pressure will cap the atmosphere and not allow any cooling thunderstorms, just a lot of heat building through here for the next day or two. hazy, hot and humid conditions. this area of high pressure will gradually slide off the coast. we'll have another hot one tonight and then again tomorrow and during the day o

. >> a former manassas teacher's assistant charged with sex really abusing students is expected to plead guilty to some of those charges today. christian was arrested last november after a man told police he abused him in 1993 when he was a student at baldwin elementary. the penn state sex abuse scandal spurred him to come forward. >> a man accused of ramming his girlfriend's suv into a building is scheduled in court today. charles ball's girlfriend filed a restraining order against him that same day. >> it looks like he drove into the building intentionally. >> i thought, why would he do that? that sounds like a terrorist act. >> after he hit the building, he got out and try to ignite the jeep with a lighter. the faces several charges including arson and assault to kill. he had a troubled past with fraud, theft, drug charges, and third degree sex assault. >> the university of virginia searching for new leader. dr. teresa sullivan will step down on august 15 after two years on the job. she says she is leaving because of philosophical differences with the board of visitors. the board will

he met most of the victims while working in manassas. >> i am happy it is over with. i did not have to testify. all of them wanted to make sure he was not able to do this to anythinganyone else. >> he hopes this starts the healing process for victims. >> he will spend the next 20 to 30 years behind bars but the judge will have the option to render a harsher sentence. several counts carry the potential for harsher sentences. >> he stole from a child there is in a sense, that is worth death. >> christian is that to be sentenced on the 27. some victims had asked to testify at the sentencing. >> a maryland prisoner is on the list tonight. police are looking for conrad tim. he was working with a road crew when he made his escape. he was in for the violations. please ask you to call them if you have information. a woman faces charges of involuntary manslaughter after a weekend crash. she was driving drunk saturday night when her suv crashed into afford focus on dumfries' road in manassas. the passenger and her dog were killed. >> the first witness has testified in the jerry

and crossing into haymarket and manassas. a little rain early this morning and then some sunshine around lunchtime. will destabilize the atmosphere. it is a dynamic atmosphere we have in place. showers and storms expected this afternoon and evening. likely between 4:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. that is a wide timeframe, but that's the way it looks. chance we will todayvere weather later winda straight line gusty primary threat. with the conditions we have, we cannot not rule out a few isolated small tornadoes. possibility later on today. the backup plan ready to go if outdoor plants this afternoon into the early nighttime. degrees for the high temperature. we're in the 60's right now. notice an increase in the humidity at times and a little breezy. tomorrow, cooler, low humidity, comfortable weekend in-store with highs in the mid to upper 70's. now to lisa baden. >> i have to flip my calendar to june. off to a pretty good for 95 virginia 10.thbound at 6 accoun only the right lane is getting by construction. thefic is getting by pro

haymarket and manassas 66. fairfax toward fort belvoir sitting at 69 degrees. as we look outside on our michael & son weather camera, now we've got sunshine off the capitol dome. under mostly sunny skies. winds still southwest. they'll turn to the northwest this afternoon with that front. humidity 76%. so nationally a few showers in colorado but we need a lot more rain than that to help with the fire situation there. this is debby sitting right about there barely moving. kind of ragged now. a little dry air has been dot into -- been brought into it. we can see debby the next few days if conditions come together and this disturbance moving through pennsylvania, new york ahead of the cold front, this is going to give us our threat for some showers and thunderstorms for our middle of the day. that could impact but behind this, that's when the weather will get kind of nice the next few days. looking at the forecast, a yellow alert day because of those thunderstorms. you have midday plans, you'll have to pay attention. 86 degrees. tonight we're dropping into the low

it is 69 degrees in the district's, 54 in manassas. petersburg, west virginia, 45 degrees. elkins at 44. still cool air in place. here's the wider view. we don't have much in terms of cloud cover. not much action across the eastern half of the u.s. it reached over 100 degrees throughout the midsection of the country from dallas to rapid city, south dakota. 109 was the record high temperature yesterday in rapid city. that hot air will start pushing our way. i don't expect anything over 100 degrees yet. we will be close to 100. the hot air will start moving our way tomorrow. one more day of comfortable conditions with low humidity rise around 87, average for this time of year. refreshened northwesterly breeze at 10-20, breezy at times. upper 90s by saturday with humidity. chance of thundershowers friday through the weekend. we will be cooling off a little, low 90's by monday and tuesday. let's look at the roads. >> you said that hot air will start moving in tomorrow. i am thinking, we live in washington. i had to go there. let's go to a map. what's happening on the highway? a

last time we saw them, they were out of manassas. this is traffic in vienna through the haze and he approaching the beltway with the lanes open on 66. next, we go over to the map with a schedule of closure of the chesapeake bay bridge. both directions. we will have details coming up in a little while. now to adam caskey. >> it is only 74 degrees outside right now if you are thinking it is monday, stay inside. you'll be better off. it will be hot and sticky today. we will have intense heat and humidity. here is a look at the he is decent and over georgetown. here is the potomac. you can hardly tell because the sun is flaring up the camera. 17 in gainesville. winchester, 70. logar 70's. the chesapeake beach, 72. keep at us. it -- he did visor in effect for today. 96 this afternoon. it will feel more like 100 to 105. tomorrow, a record challenge. we will be there or break it. closer to 100 on our thursday. we will have the seven-day with some relief coming up. >> you do not have to tell me more than once that i should find some air-cond

nearly 1,000 people in prince william county and manassas and manassas park are eligible for refinancing as thanks to a $25 billion mortgage settlement. prince william county in particular reported more than 16,000 foreclosures during the housing crisis. more than 10% of all homes in the county. >>> new this morning, the vietnamese government will open three new sites to help search for american soldiers' remain from the war. defense secretary leon panetta says there are nearly 1,300 cases of missing american soldiers, and about 600 of those remain could be recovered. the announcement came as panetta and his vietnamese counterpart exchanged artifacts collected during the war. >>> 6:35 our time. ahead at 6:55, you have to see it. the alarm clock that will wake you up and get your heart racing. >>> an impressive display across the pond. >>> and major changes coming to metro. today, where riders can ask the agency's ceo about them in person. >>> and one chance to witness an historic journey. [ female announcer ] letting her home be turned into a training facility? ♪ this olympian's mom ha

off to the north appear west, manassas, dulles, 57 degrees. just a very comfortable start to your day. -- off to the north and west, manassas, dulles, 57 degrees. we are not going to be dealing with too much of either. we'll see some clouds from time to time, get some periods of sunshine as well. there could be a shower. upper level low to the east of boston, kind of see the spin in the cloud cover. the clouds and showers continue to try to work around that. later today, it is possible in the day time heating we could see a few more showers pop up although i think most of your day should be nice and dry for you as we are not expecting more than a few showers. here is your futurecast. we did have a few showers overnight. looks like the best chances today kind of west of the city and by 6:00 p.m., just a few showers here west and it looks like futurecast indicating some cheering skies here across the washington area and that will play a part in our weather guy question that we've got for today. we'll talk about the potential for some clear skies

if you're planning to head in from manassas, you'll hit the brakes in manassas in centreville and route 50 to 123. we'll take a live look the at american legion bridge. all lanes are open. >>> making news now at 5:50, three more of jerry sandusky's accusers testified against him wednesday. each said they were under the age of 13 when the former penn state assistant football coach sexually assaulted them. three more alleged victims are scheduled to testify. prosecutors could wrap up their case tomorrow. >>> the auto body and glass repair shops will be backed up today in dallas, texas, and this is why. golf ball size hail stones he peppered holes in car windshields and dinged up the metal. no serious injuries were reported. >>> d.c. area lottery players ran out to grab power ball tickets before last night's drawing because the jackpot was $240 million. hate to break this you to, folks, but unless you flew out to iowa, you're out of luck for that big money. that's where the only ticket matching all six numbers was sold. >> i'll have to keep playing. >>> with father's day coming up this sun

you've got slow traffic through manassas headed for centreville. in my next report a big situation in southeast you want to know about at 6:17. >>> it is 6:12 on this wednesday morning. let's get a check on some of the stories making news. the wife of jerry sandusky says her husband never had inappropriate contact with young boys. she testified yesterday at her husband's trial. she believes police planted ideas in the heads of alleged victims. the judge in the case says the jury could begin deliberations tomorrow. >>> the suspect in the first ever murder in dewey beach, delaware has been found dead. police suspected pawan kumar in monday's killing. the victim has since been identified at danielle mehlman of pennsylvania. no word on a possible motive. >>> slowly but surely firefighters are containing that massive blaze in colorado. the fire is 55% contained but it's still 93 square miles big and has destroyed nearly 200 homes. >>> every wednesday this month we've been introducing you to some of the nation's wounded warriors. >> it's all part of our

out of manassas, 3.17, average price 3.59 premium just down in manassas by contrast travelling up in reston, excuse me centerville. 3.39 for regular and 3.69 for premium thank you for checking in with us. meanwhile other side of town very much a business see ride top stretch of the belt way, below speed, 95 around college park no big surprise, 95, south, 212 nothing popped up in your way, inner loop, braddock road down to 22 miles an hour, outer loop of the belt way, van dooren to 13 miles an hour that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> call it an extreme make over school edition. >> holly is live at a local middle school with details good morning. >> good morning you are exactly right school is out here at thomas johnson but as you can hear, the halls are busy and work has already begun this school is indeed getting a major make over, and it all has to do with a big conference next week and some wonderful educators volunteering of their time. in fact volunteers are just arriving we will check with them and find out why this is all happening live next fox 5 morning news st

. >>> bad credit is costing manassas park's school system thousands of dollars. school board rientdly try today to borrow $150,000 to lease through buses. but board members claim cal first, the bank with the best offer, pulled the deal from the table. school leaders suspect that it's because of the city of manassas park's bad credit rating. >> there is no letter of why, no explanation of what happened. so we had two other bodies the table. we tax our third bid from alliance bank, incident flee manassas park. >> the third spid the high ear -- higher than the one the school district originally agreed to. city officials say manassas park's credit score fell in recent years as a result of the housing and credit crisis. they say things have picked back up, and property values are once again on the rise. >>> 6:36. coming up, what we're learning about the late night murder outside a metro station. >>> and the new web site which is being called the next big thing to come out of siof silic valley. >>> one of the contestants in the miss usa pageant says the competition is

. >>> manassas police looking for a man who attacked a woman along a trail. it happened tuesday night. 21-year-old woman told police a man struck her from behind, knocking her to the ground. somehow she managed to fight him off. the man managed to get away before police got there. officers got enough of a description to create a composite sketch. if you can help with this case, you're asked to contact manassas police. >>> 5:05. 81 degrees. watching the markets. news that is sending stocks tumbling. >>> ahead, new allegations against jerry sandusky as the jury in the sex abuse trial deliberates his fate. >>> caught on tape. a driver learns the hard way that you can't beat the train. >>> and it's another hot start to the morning but a change is on the horizon. meteorologist tom kierein has more on severe weather heading ♪ our machines help identify early stages of cancer and it's something that we're extremely proud of. you see someone who is saved because of this technology, you know that the things that you do in your life, matter. if i did have an opportun

that's probably it right there around manassas. and it is headed toward burke and springfield and fairfax and it has heavy rain. this is 2 right now. hat heavy rain and it also has the potential for producing a tornado. again, tornado warning, prince william and fairfax until 5:45. we'll go back and see if we can see any rotation with this particular storm. we've got 30 miles per hour wind toward the radar site, so we know we have some winds in there. 12 miles per hour wind away from the radar site, there's a 30 miles per hour wind away from the radar cited so there is some rotation. 41 miles per hour wind toward the radar site and a 30 miles per hour away from it. that's not good. if you're in hoadly, i would take cover immediately go to the basement or 18 tear your room. again, preferably a basement, but hoadly, yeah, i would go ahead and take cover if you're in hoadly. even if you're in woodbridge or lore top, you've got some time. put your umbrella down if you're in burke or in fairfax, because you probably have about 20 minute

it remans jammed there leaving manassas as you head towards centreville. here is the beltway. starting to see delays on the outer loop leaving new hampshire avenue so leaving college park heading into silver spring. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. on-timetraffic. >>> we are following a developing story out of fairfax county where a handful of sers will be missing out on their graduation. >> they have been banned from the ceremony for nearing a senior prank. sherry ly is live at learn ton high school with the details. >> reporter: three of these students will not be part of the graduation ceremony today and instead will be getting their diplomas privately. this is despite an appeal to fairfax county schools to lift that graduation ban. that is the punishment for the senior prank last wednesday at herndon high school. the students spilled baby oil in the hall. chris shoemaker admits it wasn't wise. he got a seven day suspension including that graduation ban. he and his parent appealed to the school system saying the graduation ban was too stiff for one discipline pr

right around 90 down toward culpeper, upper 80s in leesburg, warrenton and manassas, a gorgeous day in the mountains and coast, downtown 89 and 89 into southern maryland around waldorf and hughesville, 88 gaithersburg and rockville 87. mid-80s by the bay and winds well below small craft advisory criteria, a nice weekend to be on the water. here's your day planner, 55 to 65 to start, 82 to 86 by lunchtime and then 87 to 91 by evening all under mostly sunny skies. next three days we've got green, green and yellow monday there. will be a few thunderstorms monday especially in the afternoon, might impact your evening commute. we'll keep you posted, but green tomorrow 89, 90 sunday, 88 on monday. now next seven days tuesday also a chance of a shower or thunderstorm. temps go down a little bit, mid- 80s and then wednesday the best chance for showers and storms as a cold front approaches and that will leave us with a nice thursday and friday, won't really cool us off that much, temperatures thursday and friday still in the low to mid- 80s which is average. >> we're digging the summer thing. >

it's 52 winchester and culpeper. 54 in manassas and 53 up in gaithersburg. today sunny, pleasant, not humid at all. you're going to love this one. if you have today off like mike hydeck, you are in good company with highs in the low to mid- 80s. let's go to monika samtani. weather has delivered. how about traffic? >>> i would say we're -- it's delivered, yes. if you're traveling outside, it's really not too bad. we have just one little hot spot so i think we can deal with that overall. i'm going to start with the west side of town where things look great on the dulles toll road coming from sterling and 66 coming from manassas. we'll take a live look outside and show you what it looks like if you're planning to head north at backlick road in newington you're final. the one hot spot is telegraph road just outside the beltway, south of franconia road. a 12-inch water main break. fairfax water has been on the scene since overnight. it's taking a while to fix it so in the meantime choose your alternate route if you want to travel through that area in alexandria j

and manassas park are eligible for assistance. bank of america and jp morgan chase made the announcement yesterday. prince william county was particularly hard hit by the wave of foreclosures in recent years. >>> a warm of bees created moments of horror at a home in capitol hill. hundreds of bees were buzzing at until home yesterday. one bee expert thinks they set up camp in a gap between the first and second floors. all the buzzing caused the homeowner dan wolf to scramble back inside his home. welcome back. breezy today. 75 with a slight chance of an afternoon shower, we'll have that threat through thursday and then warmer by the weekend. >> reporter: an accident northbound on lois dale road. let's go over to 395 northbound, heavy here, no big deals through landmark. if you are planning to head on 270, looks fine here in german town. >>> looking like future are his headed lower this morning and that means that wall street could be headed lower as well. >> bargains somewhere down the road right? >>> next more on the queen's diamo

feels like it's 98 in manassas, feels like 103 in leesburg and feels like over 100 in fredericksburg and it bears repeating that's why you don't want to exercise this time of night. severe weather alert day friday, isolated thunderstorm possible tonight, primarily west of town. not as hot tomorrow, but with that break in the heat comes a chance for heavy or severe thunderstorms in the afternoon. the weekend looks nice. i just sent a tweet out. right now the time frame of the storms tomorrow between about noon and 7 p.m. tomorrow morning here's our futurecast, just a few clouds, dry commute. by lunchtime some showers and thunderstorms now beginning to pop out 66 west out toward prince william county and fauquier county and by this time tomorrow some big thunderstorms pushing through. we'll have to just see where the heaviest cells set up, but there is a chance for strong storms and even a chance for severe thunderstorms. for tonight partly cloudy, muggy, isolated thunderstorm possible mainly west, 70 to 80 for a low 'tomorrow morning we could see a late storm in the morning after the

highs today we are forecasting 98 for leesburg, 101 for manassas. overall, we are going to keep the heat on for the next three days. that is why we have a yellow weather alert, severe heat moving in, dangerous heat i should say, moving into our region. with the triple-digits. by the time we get to sunday, we are still hot. not quite as hot, but we will not get too much relief as we get further into the extended forecast. i think the heat holds on with the storm chances until monday. then the next system gets close enough to us. the front will bring us the northwest winds and our temperatures return to the lower 90s. 90s now will return in just a minute. >>> all right. today i am one-on-one with bushing moses -- with burt moses. it is a five time, tony award winner, it is back until july 22nd, and the music man is here with me. he is better known as bushing moses but i call him harold hill. >> i have been playing it for a month and a half. >> let's tell everybody what the story is about. >> meredith wilson wrote a love letter to his own town of mason

right now, 72 downtown. 68 in gaithersburg and 72 in manassas. it's 10 degrees cooler than average, but we'll take it. tonight, mostly cloudy and cool. lows in the 50s. we'll come back and talk about the chance for showers increasing as we go through the week and looking out of the weekend. >> the weekend is something good to look forward to, even on a monday. >> okay, should kids younger than 13 be allowed to log on to facebook with the rest of us? coming up, the social media site says they are looking at that idea. the sex abuse trial of jerry sandusky is finally about to get underway. mashed potatoes and gravy. mac 'n cheese... mashed potatoes and gravy! mac 'n cheese. [ male announcer ] now you don't have to pick a side. buy any kfc 10 pc meal or larger and choose two more large sides free. today tastes so good. >>> jury selection begins tomorrow at jerry sandusky's sex abuse trial in pennsylvania. the former of penn state coach is accused of molesting ten boys and as many as eight could take the stand. there will be no cameras and a gag orde

no worries to report by now just volume in manassas centreville, at 50. but look at the beltway to and from 66, that looks great. adam caskey. >> looks great and it will feel better. the humidity is dropping. on the downswing, but you still feel it this morning. for the next several days and through the weekend temperatures will be little below average. june has been unseasonably cool for the most part, despite last weekend when it was 92 degrees. otherwise, fairly below average. let's look at this picture. this is from my facebook friend dixie. can you make out anything in the clouds, any shapes? maybe a barnyard animal? there you go. it's a rooster. >> i see that. >> exactly. >> that's all we do all day. this has special meaning to me. my grandpa tom named the rooster because i had a little temper when i was little. thank you, dixie. in arlington, high, thin clouds. this is the view from washington-lee high school. you got about a third of an inch of rain yesterday from the showers. in fairfax some high, thin clouds. that's the back edge of the clouds m

now what we're looking at is temperatures in the 80s right now, 84 in gaithersburg, 81 manassas, 87 in downtown. to the west of us is a cold front. that's coming through. we can see some really heavy rain by tomorrow afternoon, really impacting tomorrow's commute. tonight, though, cloudy, mild and muggy with an isolated shower or thunderstorm generally west of town, lows in the upper 60s to lower 70s. also concerns about some flash flooding tomorrow. we'll break down that forecast when i come back. >>> sky 9 was over maryland's eastern shore where an unmanned navy aircraft crashed today. there were no reports of injuries. the navy says the 44-foot aircraft crashed during a routine maintenance flight. the accident happened near blood worth around noon about 20 miles west of salisbury there. has been a safety zone isn't around the marshy area. >>> sky 9 over adelphi this morning where a driver was arrested after allegedly slamming a car into a house and then running away. it happened this morning on riggs road near willow lane and that family was home at the time, but the good news is no

right now we're all pretty much in the 70s, 75 culpeper, 73 in winchester, manassas mid-70s, la plata at 73 degrees, annapolis take dad out on the boat, around 74 degrees, really a great day for that. right now temperatures to the south of us atlanta, nashville, we'll get this heat come up in the next few days and the humidity also will rise. our satellite and radar picture showing us a couple clouds and also some storms that could impact us i would say overnight, maybe just a few showers especially west of us, a couple thunderstorms are also possible after midnight into early tomorrow morning. we are gradually heating up, a shower possible overnight. monday a few showers and a couple thunderstorms, tuesday warmer with an isolated thunderstorm possible. then the heat and humidity are on. here's the 9 futurecast. so tomorrow morning as you're getting ready for work, pack your umbrella just in case. we'll get a couple showers especially west of town in through winchers, martinsburg and a -- winchester, martinsburg and a shower late morning, afternoon by the beltway. late evening hours u