right across most of fairfax county from herp darn don and fairfax city and getting very heavy rain. this is advancing to the east. now light rain in washington and the areas in green. light rain in prince georges county and northern prince georges cowny and charles county as well. they will be arriving over the next half hour or so. here's the timing on the leading edge of this rain. it should be into clifton and fairfax city in a couple more minutesson's corner should be into annandale and right into washington. expect heavy rain to come through. in addition we have temperatures that are balmy in washington. 79 on the eastern shore. behind this front it's down to the upper 50s to 60 this could trigger severe storms with details on that, let's go to chuck bell. >> good morning. we had the threat for severe weather because of wind shear and we had a south wind now. that comes around to the west and the northwest. you can get a little bit of a rotation. as a result we have a low risk of tornados. we had warning this morning out to winchester. still a bit of a damaging wind threat. str

. >> there is a call for action after two puppies died days apart from a petland in fairfax city. >> i think when it comes to pets, you don't mess with people's pets. >> the mayor is tired of hearing the torer stories. >> we've had a number of incidents in the city about petland. >> they recently left the fairfax store with new families and dies days later. one company pay 2400 price tag and is now tuesday suing for the bill. >> for 13 days. it was sad. really sad. i want the public to know, it is buyer beware. i learned a lot from that. >> the mayor is behind a newly-formed task force to explore how they can tight inn pet store standards. >> i would like to see if we have authority to help regulate, whether it is the side of cages, care and feeding of the animals, those types of things. >> the opener declined an -- owner declined an interview but said the health and welfare of our pets are the highest priority. we have a full-time kennel staff whose full time responsible 20 maintain the health of the babies. >> they tend to do a good job of keeping the cages clean, well fed, always

. >>> this morning fairfax city police are looking for children who may have come in contact with a rabbid bat. the animal was euthanized. it did test positive for rabies. anybody who came in contact with the bat should call animal control. >>> 4:501 o is our time. 50 degrees outside of the studio. >> little bit of a warmup. >> autumn is a battle between summer and winter. now summer is kind of winning out again. >> i prefer that. >> it's going to be warming up nicely. the view from space is showing a few clouds drifting in from the west. meanwhile, out in the atlantic we have a new tropical system developing. the latest on that and how strangely tranquil it's been we go to chuck bell. good morning. >> good morning, tom. we have been talking about the feel of summertime around here feels like it's going to essentially extend hurricane season. it goes until the end of november. typically as we get into october things begin to wind down. high pressure has been protecting the eastern seaboard, not just for this season but for quite some time as well. there's jerry way out in the middle of the

just a bit of volume here and there headed out toward fairfax city. not so bad out of tysons corner. only a couple of stretches of slow traffic this afternoon. 395 northbound over the 14th street bridge and the southwest freeway. out of action for the next few days. let's take a look at what it looks like on the beltway. the outer loop is running well handy into tysons this afternoon. heading into tysons this afternoon. up, a local haunted house that draws hundreds of visitors is being shut down by the county. >> the nfl commissioner here in washington >> the nfl commissioner is now weighing in on the redskins name debate. what theith commissioner had to say about the name controversy. >> the nfl commissioner is here with nfl owners meeting. the meeting wrapped up just a little while ago. nfl commissioner roger goodell did speak with us and confirmed he will meet with members of the oneida indian nation next month over concerns of the nickname of washington's football team. oneida has led the charge to get the name changed from redskins because of the

fairfax city police are looking for anyone who may have come in contact with a rabid bat. they picked up the bat after a neighbor on farr oak circle after reporting that children were playing nearby. the animal was euthanized. >>> want to turn our eye to tom kierein now to get the forecast. >> this time of year we talk about hurricanes threatening the east coast. we've not had any. it's been a long time since that happened. we have great color. this is in allegheny west, virginia. this is nbcwashington.com. checking on that is chuck bell. >> good morning, john. feels like summer. we know that hurricane season officially goes to the end of november. what has been a real break, we've not had a major hurricane, category 3, 4, 5. we've not had a major hurricane hit in almost eight full years. the last time we had one was october of 2005. that was hurricane wilma. that was the same year as katrina and rita. it's twice as long as the second longest hurricane drought. high pressure is protecting us this season. there's another named storm out here. this is tropical storm jerry. o

city. organizers know while tickets are required, they do not guarantee admission. >>> one of the republican candidates seeking statewide office in virginia will visit our studios later today. e. wrchlts jackson is run -- e.w. jackson is running for lieutenant governor with ken cuccinelli. jackson will be here this afternoon for an interview on wusa9 news at 5:00. we expect him to have -- we expect to have him on in the first 30 minutes of the broadcast so be sure to tune n. his on point democrat ralph northam was on the program last week. >>> good morning. it's 5:35. if you're just waking up, time for another your money report. >> jessica is back with more on a big decision due out later. good morning, jess. >>> good morning you to, andrea, mike. federal reserve has a big decision to make this afternoon. will it or won't it start to taper its bond buying program. the fed will wrap up its two- day meeting today when the central bankers last met in mid- september, almost everybody thought th

that is also under a flood warning and we have those flood warnings in fairfax county and in the city of fairfax. a six hour loop of radar shows the heavy rainfall continuing and we do have more rain on the way. i'll tell you when it does finally all wrap up in that first alert seven-day forecast. >>> there's been some movement on the government shutdown front this evening and republican lawmakers are planning a meeting tomorrow to strategize the next step. scott broom keeping tabs on the situation on tonight's big story. >> reporter: a day of legislators ducking rain at the white house. >> we had a very useful meeting. >> reporter: a stock market rallying on optimism of a shutdown break-through. hecklers shouting down senator ted cruz at a conservative event. >> thank you for your passion. >> reporter: a president rejecting one offer, but only after the markets closed and a senator from maine coming up with an idea seized on tonight as a possible way out. >> the president listened carefully. he said that some of the elements were issues we could work on, but he certainly did not endo

the in through the city of fairfax. right on down to springfield. and as we look on towards the south, you folks will most likely get the most rain out of this. and it will continue. a also seeing the heavier rains. and this is just a sign of things to come. here's the storm right down to the south. but that storm is interacting with a storm to the north. and that's driving in all of the moisture off the atlantic ocean. what i mean is it's an area of high pressure. when you combine the two, that's when you get the easterly flow or northeasterly flow. that's continuous for 24, 36, 48 hours. that's why we call it a noer easter. as the storm moves up the coast, it will continue to bring up the flow right off the ocean, and that means rain. here we are friday at 5:00. still rain. still rather windy with the winds gusting over 20 to 30 miles per hour. so this is not a bad storm. 59 degrees right now with winds out of the east and northeast. but watch what happens through the next few hour ls. winds gusting to 30 # miles an hour. around 41 towards the riv

northbound i-95 up in dale city and the fairfax county parkway, no issues to report. we know they're opening up the hov dweats as we -- gate as we speak as well a little early this morning. a close-up look at the roadway. you can see everything is moving smoothly. this is right up close to the beltway. let's go back to the maps this time up north to 270. coming in from gaithersburg, rockville, bethesda, great shape. no problems on 355, bethesda. the beltway looks good north of town. let's take a live look at georgia avenue. very lightville between 95 and 270 -- light volume between 95 and 270. more than 19 million people have visited healthcare.gov since three weeks ago. >> but the rollout has been plagued with problems. republicans are demanding answers while the president is vowing to make changes. >> reporter: house republicans get back to work today and they want to know what went wrong with the government's website consumers use to shop for health insurance plans. >> they us over and ov again that they were going to be ready. >> reporter: congressman fred upton,

a lot of 40s, name, san rafael, fairfax. mill valley, fairfield, concord. redwood city now 49. there's 40s on the coast. we start off clear, sunny. you can see that system getting closer. it's not so much the front or the clouds. it's the low which is dropping in. that will be -- it looks like it's going -- well, sacramento valley sierra nevada for tomorrow. we'll be on the western edge of it. the impact will be a colder pattern starting tomorrow. but starting today. i think you will notice a cooldown. san francisco, 68. yesterday the low was 58. it's already 52. i saw 47 in coal valley. upper 70s for many. 60s and 70s coast and bay. here's sal. >>> steve, good morning. right now we're looking at traffic all over the bay area that's slow. one of the slowest commutes is in the south bay. here at the bay bridge, we're getting a slowdown, weekend. it's about a 15, 20-minute delay which is better than normal. but still backed up, especially in the right lanes. if you are a fast track user, you are getting by better than most. the morning commute is getting more crowded. it's not st

the legislation may come up for a vote later this year. >> there's controversy brewing on the fairfax county-loudoun county line. it all has to do with one troublesome intersection. the virginia department of transportation wants to replace the four-way stop intersection at braddock road and pleasant valley road in centreville with a roundabout. some say if traffic flow increases, then more traffic from loudoun county could start flooding into fairfax county. vdot will be holding a public hearing on that issue tomorrow night in centreville the city of alexandria is making a power play to end the long and bitter fight over some valuable waterfront property. the land is owned by the old dominion boat club in old town, alexandria. the city has been negotiating to get it for the past 15 years. as northern virginia bureau reporter david culver tells us their patience has run out. >> reporter: a place to walk, bike and just sit to admire the view. this is what the city of alexandria wants for all of old town's waterfront. but they say that this, boat club parking lot, at the end of q street

well new charges violent attack on new york city driver. plus, we are hearing from good samaritan who helped saver the driver's life. that's up next. two penal kill crash fairfax down virginia and prince george county mare 11 people were phaourd multi car it happened route 301. witness say car kro median slammed head on into pick up truck. six cars in all were involved in that crash. >> investigators will look into everything they look mark may have been left by vehicle on road pay and then median as well as any -- interview any witness may have any information. >> witness some say believer drag racing may have caused that crash. investigators would like hear from any one who saw what happened. >> all right go down into room and neck with will thomas. >> off the top tonight at leave we got developing details about the moon set himself on fire on the national mal we lead news man doing some thingtory that none you the would ever try. you are pbg 3600 miles. all of the help military vets but toe hit roadblock whether someone attacked him just