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you can see the haze in the air and maurine, in the 1:00 hour today, believe it or not, the heat index was 109 in warrenton. 102 at quantico and at 11:00 this morning, 105 in fredericksburg. that's what it felt like outside. so still pretty uncomfortable. we have a muggy overnight that we'll have to deal with. late night into the morning, could see some patchy fog. and a cold front, which we have been talking about will bring us storms. also watching the tropics. tropical storm, ernesto is one we'll talk about. look at the numbers today. some 6 to 8 degrees above the seasonal average as we clocked in at 96 degrees at reagan national airport. at bwi, 93 degrees. i just gave you some of those numbers what it felt like outside. we had triple digits, actually when you factored in the temperature and the humidity. and current temperatures, actually highs right now across the country were really up there. look at dallas, 102 degrees, wichita, 100 degrees. 106 in little rock. i know we don't want to hear about those triple digits anymore. we had our fair share a month or so ago, but a lot coo

. >> and thank you for staying with us, i'm maurine. iran now claims that it has successfully test fire department an upgraded version of a missile. it can hit targets on land and at sea. that would make the missile the most accurate and puts american naval forces in range for attack. peter has details. >> the 110 missile iran says they successfully tested have the ability to hit targets at land and at sea at a range of about 180 miles with great accuracy. this once again puts shipping routes in the strait in iran's cross hairs if they decide to make a move. >> they will use it mostly against land based targets within those ranges and also sea based targets that are stationary. and most vulnerable would be tankers that are parked in place. waiting the traffic through the straits. >> general keen said iran is slightly to deter any potential strike by israel. with the fourth generation of the 110, the armed forces of our country are able to target and destroy land and sea targets, enemy headquarters, missile, ammunition sites, radars, and

tonight, the district's cfo is responding to claims, fox 5's maurine has the story. >> d.c.'s office of tax and revenue's chief financial officer wants to set the record straight. >> we have aggressive tax collectors. nevertheless, aggressive. >> challenging published reports this show an eye popping increase in assessment related settlements in 2012. report shows the number jumped from 11 in 2010 to 532. there are several reasons beginning with the initial assessment of those commercial properties. >> the commercial property assessment is not science. it's judgment. you give identical data, they would come up with two different assessments. >> the assessment is the first layer. if the property owner doesn't agree with the value, they can take it to the property of real property assessments and repeal or to d.c. superior court. by law, if the district loses or settles in court, they must give property owners and pay 6% interest. many agree it is better to settle and that's exactly what the district has done in these cases. according to the published reports, district official

maurine. >>> audrey barnes tonight. d.c. police investigating a double shooting that left one man dead. it happened overnight southeast. police found two victims suffering from gun shot wounds. they were both rushed to the hospital where one man died. he is identified as 24-year-old antwan of southeast. a reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the case. >>> more arrests in a crackdown on prostitution in prince georges county. a total of 70 people have been caught in an undercover sting at college park hotels. the female officers posed as prostitutes soliciting sex and online ads. they were quickly taken into custody on prostitution charges. police say prostitution is a gateway they can lead to other crimes. >>> we are monitoring metro tonight and an update on delays on the red line. metro says those delays are now resolved. they happened when someone jumped in front of a train in rockville. that person died. trains had to run on a single track between shady grove fo