that is moving toward manassas, could see hail in the area. severe thunderstorm warning, flash flood warning. amelia has more on that >> flash flood warning for fauquier, rappahannock counties, that runs until 9:15, storm team4 radar, crestview, vernon mill, west of route 17, doug showing where you that very heavy rain is following, that moved through this area and now caused flash flooding concerns again until 9:00 this evening, areas in solid green continue to be under a flash flood watch, run through midnight, that includes washington, arlington, montgomery county, fairfax and prince george's county counties. the weather impacts dealing with heavy rain this evening, exercise best indoors out and about need the big umbrella. doug has how that impacts the redskins game in a little bit. >>> guy tried rob a popular restaurant last night. bad idea. >> yeah. because new at 6:00, we are hearing from the bartender who stopped this armed robber at a wine bar while customers were inside. pat collins is outside of barcelona in the 14th street corridor

we could start seeing slowdowns on the manassas line as well. southbound at old georgetown road at democracy, a slowdown because of a crash in the intersection. b.w. parkway, southbound, we're pretty slow as you're headed southbound because of a crash. those delays are building. 270 at old hundred road, a bit of volume. nothing terrible this morning. and we still have the blue line delays to largo this morning. eun? >> thanks, melissa. >>> we are live at school and on the roads as kids head back to the classroom across washington, d.c. the steps the city is taking to make sure kids make it to school safely in a minute. >>> but first, storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here with the child's bus stop forecast. the sun is up. >> just barely up though. but a correct answer is a correct answer, aaron. there's the sunrise in our eastern sky first thing this morning. some cloudiness out there first thing. but these aren't rain clouds yet. there will be a chance for rain coming our way later on today. so have your little pocket umbrella ready to g

. >>> well, new tonight, a judge sentences a manassas man to five years in prison for a hit- and-run accident that killed a young woman crossing route one in college park. 34-year-old jackie luengrage pled guilty to vehicular manslaughter back in may. his blood alcohol level twice the legal limb when he -- limit when he hit the young woman last year. the young woman recently graduated from college, she was having dinner with her sorority friends the night she was run down. her family told us they are pleased with the outcome of the case and say jenelle would be happy too. >> jenelle right now is laughing, oh, she is happy, she is laughing. right now she is all smiles. positive of that, she is all smiling and it's time for us to -- hopefully we can move on, you know, bring closure to us. >> the family says jenelle was a unique individual who touched a lot of hearts and she will be missed. >>> new information tonight on an ex-cop charged with trying to make meth in a federal lab. today christopher bartly pleaded guilty and now faces up to 20 years in prison. bartly was an officer at th

we'll take you north to manassas. then across the river in to clifton, up to george mason seeing some of the thunderstorm move in from the southwest. looks like it's going to be to mount vernon. nationals park, 7:55 and clinton at 8:05. so hopefully that won't be too much of a delay. bailey's crossroads, heavy downpour headed toward arlington. in arlington. headed toward north west dc and bethesda right now. northeast seeing some of that. a few scattered showers. germantown, you're going to get a little bit more rain your way. this guy, pretty heavy here. that's moving more in to northern prince george's and anne arundel. a few more hours of a shower or thunderstorm. then we dry out. where it has rained, it's cooled down in to the 70s. only low 70s in manassas. fredericksburg, 88 degrees. 60s in the mountains. we've got cooler drier air moving in and it's going to feel a lot better. kind of sticky out there now but late clearing will bring drier air after a few evening showers and storms. 70 in town for the low. 60 in

south of manassas, to the east. heads up near woodbridge and quantico, family members driving down 95, say to fredericksburg. this could really slow things down the next hour or so. here is that warning once again for about the next ten minutes, does include manassas and northern portions of stafford county. to the north, where we are, i live right about there. there's some rain coming down there the grill's not on just yet. gaithersburg, 270, lining up the beltway, you know, traffic normally this time of night not the best, does look like this will slow things down, too. look at one of those cameras, i-270, toward the montrose road area, notice the very wet roadways, yeah, you notice a little bit of traffic out there as well, that outbound side, watch that as we move through. behind this, all we have got. this is going to continue to move on out of the region. as it does behind it, we have got much nicer conditions coming in. this is the perfect time for grilling. tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, all beautiful

this piece is called the battle of manassas. this speaks to tom's ability to re-create sounds he heard. of course, the battle of manassas was one of the first battles of the civil war. people who heard this piece performed and had been on the battlefield thought it was almost shocking how accurately tom was able to use the sounds of the piano to mimic sounds that would be heard on a typical battlefield. this document is very typical of the concert programs that you would have received if you attended a blind tom concert. you see here, songs, sketch of the life of blind tom. an image of the adult tom. again, you see him depicted with his eyes closed. inside there are accounts of tom's life. and on the back is a typical concert program. tom wiggins received acclaim across the world. by some accounts he was the highest grossing musical artist of the entire 19th century. unfortunately, because of his race and his disabilities, he never saw a cent of that money. at one point a newspaper article in "the new york times" reported that t

we're live this morning in manassas park. back to you. >> all right, molette, thanks. >>> staying up late is a summertime norm for a lot of families, but that's one of the many bad habits you have to help your children break before school starts. doctors suggest you start inching bedtime up little by little. if you spot the warning signs, doctors say you should seek professional help. >> they're starting to have nightmares and they're expressing a lot of worry or having trouble eating or they're just crying or petrified. >> yeah. if your child is anxious, you can help calm them down by reminding them about seeing their friends or favorite teacher on a daily basis. >>> well, major league baseball has its first openly gay player this morning. milwaukee brewers prospect david denson told the milwaukee sentinel said support from his teammates gave him courage. he also said he had the backing of former major league and current athletics gm billy beane. >>> we expect a good look at a key destination. it will show how many people sp

also the city of manassas until seven but this evening -- 7:00 this evening. moving to the said about 60 miles per hour in it is capable of moving up to the said around 15 miles per hour, capable of producing wind gusts up to 60 mouse for our. -- miles per hour. you will also see the heavier rain began to your area. the little flashes of light are lightning strikes. not only are we dealing with heavy rain, but a lot of under in lightning as this storm moves to the east. a newly issued severe thunderstorm warning until 7:00 seating that includes southwestern vince williams county, also the city of manassas. we will have more on this approaching storm as it moves closer to us over the next 15-20 minutes and all evening long on abc seven. meantime, a farmer fights for his own money. the federal government seized $65,000 without charging him with any wrongdoing. this is what it looks like it dulles airport. we are checking back in with steve. coming up in sports, the tarp is off the field in the ayers are on. -- players are on. that's coming up on abc 7 news leon:

she was practicing approaches at the manassas airport when her piper lost power. she missed that house by no more than 20 yards. the homeowner says he was thankful barnes was able to man knew earth plane into the trees. >> she could have try dodd something else but she hit a tree instead of my house. to me, i couldn't be more happy that she missed my house and kept control. >> reporter: barnes' injuries are said to be serious but she is in the hospital and expected to recover. >>> why would somebody shoot a young man outside a busy rec center just filled with families? why? why would somebody do this? that's what police are trying to figure now the suit land, maryland. someone shot jr franklin outside the recreation center yesterday evening. investigators talking to a number of witnesses. one man who didn't want us to use his name told us that he knew both the victim and the shooter. >> came out of the woods over here and then having some words, took a gun out and he shot him. cold blooded, right there. >> maryland national capital park police say 200 people were

in fact, by 9:00 it's 79 downtown, 79 in leesburg, 77 in gaithersburg and bowie, 76 in manassas and by 1:00 we're back up to 90 with a couple of isolated showers or storms, most of which will be west of i- 81. 79 at 9:00, 86 at 11:00, 90 at 1:00 and dry through about 1:00. the next three days we're looking at temperatures, 92, 92, 92 with a better chance of storms on wednesday. next seven days looks pretty good for the holiday weekend, maybe an isolated storm for the burgundy and gold, but should be nice for the maryland game, 80s on sunday, slight chance of a shower, still only 89 on labor day. >> thanks, top. >>> in kirk we trust that, message from washington head coach jay gruden today naming ♪ hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! ♪ introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle. >>> now wusa9 game on sports with kristen berset brought to you by xfinity. >> we heard the rumors all weekend long. reports started surfacing before saturday's game in baltimore that kirk cousins would replace robert griffin, iii as washington's starter for

we're looking for heavy rain this spring and they still appear to be between fairfax and manassas with a lot of lightning strikes, indicating that the storm is intensifying a little bit if you will and also moving off to the south and the east. a flash flood warning in effect including the counties until 9:15 this evening. the good news is your rain should end in the next 30 minutes. this storm is headed towards the storm tracker, probably the heaviest that we've had at 7:40. we'll move up towards fedex, which is going to end up going to the north of you. and just to the north of fedex, we're still looking at the light showers, not out of the >h woods yet. >>> a shooting death near shaw metro station. marcus king is wanted in the death of michael schlanski on his way to meet some friends on saturday when he was caught in the cross fire of seventh street and f street northwest. >>> officers have seized nearly 1,000 illegal guns, arresting hundreds of drug suspects. >> but still the murders go on as they are spiking. our bruce leshan reports that neighbors are left struggling to explain.

>> 50s this morning, tonight comfortably cool, 68 downtown, 62 in leesburg, 60 in manassas. i think most folks stay out of the 50s. we'll come back, talk about the 90s and how long they'll hang around. >> and political candidates, big pigs and the butter cow, it's iowa state fair time. we'll take you there a little later in your only local news at 7:00. >>> what started out as a great day on the water ended in tragedy. >> 17 people have died on maryland waterways so far this year and 14 of them were not wearing life jackets. officials with several maryland fire and rescue groups announced today they are taking steps to keep people safer on the water and it starts with more patrols between now and labor day. >> officers will be checking for life jackets and other required safety equipment looking for reckless boaters and targeting alcohol or drug impaired operators. >> you'll see those extra patrols across the region including on the chesapeake, in ocean city and on deep creek lake. >>> always watching always tracking, wusa9's first alert weather, d.c.'s most accurate. >> it'

no major slowdowns, 66 a little slow inbound through manassas and northbound through dale city. very typical going about 27 mile per hour. back in ten minutes with more on the metro issue. >> thanks. >>> as melissa just mentioned happening right now, metro having some problems as it tries to roll out the newest 7000 rail car at the greenbelt metro station. we want to get to meagan fitzgerald with more on what happened before the rail cars get there. what's the issue? >> reporter: well, a lot of folks are frustrated because there's an issue with the train that stalled on the tracks. it's monday morning, they were excited to ride on a brand-new 7000 series train. but if you take a look here, you'll see that's not happening any time soon. metro officials tell us that some sort of an issue with this train here. not able to function properly so passengers had to get off and they're certainly not happy about it. now, it was around 5:35 when we noticed that the train was stalled. passengers waited inside for a few minutes before metro employees told them they had to get off the train.

a bulletfinger hit by in manassas because he was praying. god was always around him, in .im, with him i spend a good deal of time in the book talking about jackson's religion. you cannot possibly understand to the man without it. other things, of course, when he is praying in battle, he is praying for the destruction of his enemies, of course, is one he believes god his side. a lot of people say how could a christian do that? it's not uncommon for people to believe god is on their side in a war. go back to the second world war was god on then , or thethe americans germans, or the japanese? no-brainer. abraham lincoln was convinced that god was on his side. so was jackson. completely. without doubt. this was a matter of believe. so yes, destroying enemy armies was part of his belief in god. host: i find it so interesting that the man that you describe was able to command an army the way he was. how was he able to get people to follow him? your question gets to the idea of command and how command can transform people. the civil war was a great

and manassas and over to andrews. low #s on for gaithersburg and -- low 80s for gaithersburg and martinsville. no rain or showers or thunderstorms in the forecast. the nats play the marlins tonight. things are looking very comfortable. we'll drop into the 70s pretty fast. if you get cold easily, grab the light jacket. tomorrow morning still comfortable and a great morning to get out and dot morning jog but it is -- do the morning jog but it is going to be a couple of degrees warmer. # 8 for tomorrow. -- 88 for tomorrow. 92 for sunday. back to the 90s. guess what the 90s stay. a little heat wave headed our way for next week. it's going to be hot and humid. larry, over to you. >> thanks. your time right now 6:16. a chopper was showing us an issue on i-66. again this is eastbound at nutley street. we had an issue at 123 on the same side. it looks like we are able to see that from that picture. we have police on the scene. looks like we have a tow truck there as well. you will see residual delays if you're traveling eastb

so even oakland will be about 82, isolated thunderstorm possible. 90 in leesburg and manassas. you're dry there. once you get to hagerstown, martinsburg and winchester you do have a chance of a shower or thunderstorm tomorrow afternoon. downtown 91, gaithersburg, rockville 91 and bowie and 86 on the water and actually a pretty nice day to be on the water. so sunshine to start, 76 by 9:00, 88 by 1 p.m. then we're looking at just an isolated shower in the mountains sunday, 93, but by monday we could see an isolated thunderstorm even here in the immediate metro area. so the next seven days look like this, temperatures generally in the 90s, isolated thunderstorms possible, looking at a chance maybe of a thunderstorm or so especially as we get into tuesday and wednesday and then we get into thursday the burgundy and gold in town for the first preseason game and nats come back into town friday. >> well, look at that. >>> the game was good until ouch. >> you know, players forever have been saying they shouldn't have this many preseason games because of this exact reason. most nfl play

including manassas and much of prince william county until 7:00. again, that i went in and saw a little bit of hail with this storm as you can see that tremendous amount of rain and tremendous amount of lightning just to the west. we talked about this earlier, getting more intense, including manassas until 7:00. it means that it will be in progress for you folks to get ready around 28 in manassas heading your way, getting hammered with the big time rain. one-inch hail, they will automatically trigger the warnings. just to the southwest that it could possibly be a problem for you as it would move eastward to help you get bigger. and it will be the next half hour or so we'll widen back out, track this storm for you looking at maybe 7:02 right now around the district. and then about 6:39, which will be a huge problem for the counties, oh guess what, that you had be outside that flash flood watch as they do not know just to produce that rain inside that area, the northwest. please do not cross by foot as we've got them in the forecast for the game. the

by 9:00 it's still 84 downtown, 80 in gaithersburg, 82 leesburg, 80 in manassas. then we get into the 11:00 hour and we're looking at temperatures by then 81 downtown, 76 in gaithersburg and manassas. we'll come back and talk about which day will have the best chance for showers and thunderstorms and talk about the 3-degree guarantee. >>> rushern baker touting job gains in prince george's county. the county executive is congratulating his economic team for the first major increase in county-based job and employment numbers in more than a decade. baker delivered the news at the county's latest development success tapestry largo station. >> this is just an example what's going to happen throughout all of prince george's county, not just at national harbor, the just in largo, but look at suitland, the next hot place. you want to buy? buy suitland now because that place is taking off. you want to buy? go to new carrollton. that place is taking off. bowie is taking off. you go up here. so throughout all of prince george's county we're on the rebel. >> officials say the

seasonably warm as well. 86 degrees in leesburg and manassas. 85 in winchester and 84 in luray. and 88 in downtown washington. overnight tonight, with that dry air moving in. we'll be able to drop the temperatures into the 50s. a good night to open up the windows in the outlying suburbs. we'll drop down 68 in downtown washington but 59 manassas and hagerstown. a very pleasant night. green weather alert staying with us a lot of sunshine again on saturday. just beautiful with that high of 87. and partly sunny skies on sunday with a high of 88. in the first alert seven day forecast, one day in the 90s. that's it. and the chance for an isolated shower or storm on monday. but that is also the only day where we have rain in the forecast. all right that's your first alert seven day forecast, time for timesaver traffic and harry miller. >>> 6:16 is the full-time. metro riders everything is on schedule on the trains and buses, a great start there for your friday commute. no issues on i-270 as you travel down from ridge road down to the capital beltway. a 17 minute commute for you this mo

city of manassas, loudon county, tomorrow, you are back to school. some sunshine was out, 90 today. 88, gaithersburg. 86, manassas. 86 degrees, exactly how we look outside. you can see the cloud cover has moved back to washington. that has kept the temperature under the degrees. humidity, you thought -- you probably felt that backed up. mid-to-upper 60's. right into the satellite and radar together, we are tracking this rain that is going to be moving up towards washington. it's that area of low pressure streaming up. the latest information is, we will bring that rain late tonight. for the bus stop forecast tomorrow, i would prepare for light scattered showers to be around. not real cool, so you don't have to keep -- [indiscernible] kellye: thank you. happening now, a hit and run turning deadly, and police are still looking for the driver. 39-year-old sandra luna was hit while crossing annapolis road in new carrollton. she died of her injuries this week. diane cho is live tonight with where the investigation stands. sandra luna and her daughter split

manassas coming in at 86 degrees. warrenton very close to that 90-degree number, even along the bay. temperatures in the mid-80s as a result of a little bit of a westerly wind flow there. we will continue to see those warm numbers right on through the next couple of days and even into the low to middle 90s in some areas. tomorrow's impact, still going to be on the low side, used to the heat and humidity, but the humidity is going to be a bigger fact tort next few days than it has been. you can tell right now, you step outside, you have got that humidity factor to deal. temperatures tomorrow, 77 at 8 a.m., 88 by noon, 91 by 4:00. that's when see the heat and mum mid come in, temperatures 85678 the entire seven-day forecast, including an all-important labor day coming up in just a minute with veronica. >>> i got the perfect antidote for that muggy weather, you're soon going to see blue bell ice cream back on the store shelves. [ cheers and applause ] those are workers cheering for the first delivery truck leaving the bl

it's 88 downtown and 85 in gaithersburg, 86 in manassas and tomorrow night about 9:00 temperatures fall but not quite as fast. we're back generally in the mid- to upper 70s headed for a milder night tomorrow night but still a very nice night. so if you've got plans for cookouts or parties tonight or tomorrow night, keep them. clear, not as cool, perfect for viewing meteor showers. by morning it warms up quickly, grab the sunglasses, 6 to 88 by lunch -- 60 to 88 by lunchtime. by afternoon a little more hot, humid, still reasonable, isolated storms west of i-81, high temperatures low 90s tomorrow. so 82 in oakland, shower or thunderstorm, 88 in cumberland. you get to hagerstown, near 90, near 90 in martinsburg and winchester. 91 downtown, great weekend to be on the water, 86 in annapolis, but do remember the sunscreen. don't see a small craft advisory needed saturday or sunday. day planner, 83 by 11:00, 88 by 1:00 with sunshine. so sunday we're in the same boat, low 90s, isolated thunderstorm and then monday near 95, isolated thunderstorm even in the metro area, same on tuesday 93, 93 wed

we move through the low 70s. 70 in d.c. 66 in manassas. 64 in gaithersburg. if you want to get outside and do exercise, today is the day. tomorrow is equally as good. warm conditions. temperatures mid-80s today. temperatures moving through as we get into the weekend, beginning of the next workweek. we talk about the rain chances coming up in a few minutes on the seven day. >> thank you. we'll check back with you. >>> police say a man is dead after officers found him unresponse with trauma wounds. they made the discovery at a home in rock port lane. they first went to the scene around 10:00 last night. they were there for a welfare check. detectives could not tell us about a motive or if there's a possible suspect. >>> four metro stations are closed as they begin their track work. they will be closed through sunday night. free shuttle buses will take you around the stops. trains will run every 20 minutes on the red line and every 15 minutes on the green line this weekend. >>> this morning, a firsthand account from the american men who tackled a possible terror

that's really starting to get uncomfortable out there. 70 degrees right now in manassas and front royal. 72 in gaithersburg. 73 right now in hagerstown and 74 at around drews. so on 9 futurecast, you can see and i pulled up the wrong 9 futurecast. i wanted to show you one that is a little closer in so you can see where the showers and thunderstorms are going to develop but the point is that moisture from what was tropical storm erika is now making its way through the southern united states -- there we go. here's our closer in view of 9 futurecast. the clouds that are in place right now are going to lead to just a couple of sprinkles and showers today. but as we head from today into tomorrow, the heat and humidity are going to build and that's partly because erika's remnants are going to move out as we head into tuesday. so today is a very warm and humid day with a high of 90 degrees in downtown washington. 90 also in leesburg. 89 in winchester and 87 in tappahannock. here's a look at the first alert seven-day forecast. we'll reach highs in the 90s not only today but all the way through

manassas volunteer firefighters got to the fire quickly. they were able to bring it under control and no one was hurt in this. >>> and firefighters in chestertown maryland spent the night battling a 4-alarm fire at washington college. the flames started in the i. t. building just before 8 last night. no word on the cause or what kind of injuries could have happened in the fire. >>> a man is dead after a prince george's county police officer shot him during a struggle for the officer's gun on friday night. 30 years asson ferrell manly died in the hospital yesterday morning. an officer went to investigate a car crash near brooks drive and marlboro pike. manly was running from the crash scene, and the officer caught up with him. that's when they say manly was shot and tasered during a struggle over the officer's gun. >>> 8:06 now here are some of the developing stories we are following this morning. the death toll is now at 112 after that massive explosion at the chinese port of tianjin. the teams are trying to clear the dangerous chemical con

the rest of the area, 92 in fredericksburg, 85 in annapolis, 88, manassas. notice only 75 in leesburg, 77 in frederick. that is rain-cooled air. bev seen rain come through the areas a broken line, there is nothing too strong out there you can see scattered showers around frederick, toward damascus, mount airy, the gaithersburg area, becomes a little bit more of a line through loudoun county, right around sterling, right around the airport, also seeing some heavy rain through portions of loudoun county and really fauquier county is seeing the most of it, we will dedo a little bit of a zoom and show where you thissome around 66, middlebur middleburgh, toward fairfax county here and back toward fauquier county. fauquier county really seeing, as we move this about 25 miles an hour, what we are seeing here, the next few hours, going to be seeing these move off to the east about 25 miles per hour that would put it in and around manassas, 5:48 timeframe, 20, 30 minute, same deal with herndon, reston, see it the next 20 minutes, through central portions of fairfax c

this stuff is trying to march toward manassas. there's lightning showing up and this is really fired up. i'm noticing this now in the last few minutes, west and southwest of midland. manassas, i think this will start to get you around 6:30 too. clifton, 6:36. that's the strong est thing that i'm looking at on doppler right now. 92 in fredericksburg. that's our hot spot but look at these rain cooled 70s off to the west, low 80s. mid 80s across the bay in east. not a bad day. 91 degrees. i'll tell you how we did on our 3-degree guarantee tonight at 11:00. 87 right now. feeling like 9 1 and watch that dew point. going to drop a lot as drier air is moving in later tonight. could still see a shower or storm for a few more hours this evening. 70 downtown by morning but by morning much less humid. going to feel a lot better tomorrow kind of like it did over the weekend. 60s and 70s with sunny skies and looks like a great afternoon. low to mid 80s out there. warm, dry, west northwest winds gusting to 15 or so. wednesday and thursday look

chopper 4 flew over the hay barn on manassas road. crews did keep a close eye on the fire to make sure it didn't spread. no one was hurt. >>> coming up at 6:51 on this wednesday morning, we turn to meteorologist chuck bell who is telling us about -- we like this kind of weather. >> we sure do. august without humidity? sign me up for that. yeah, it's been beautiful the last several days. looks like the great weather will last up until the weekend. unfortunately, we can't keep it this nice for too long in the washington area. but we'll get a couple more days out of it. the weekend will not be terrible. it's going to feel a lot more like summertime than this early autumn preview. lights out of downtown monument. 67 at reagan national. morning wednesday at 8 miles per hour. what to expect today -- this cool morning with a few clouds around will turn into 100% sunshine later thirss afternoon. current temperatures, 59 gaithersburg and frederick. winchester, 58. lu ray, 57. great running weather by august standards this is off the charts. hi

in fact, by 9:00 we're near 80 downtown, leesburg, 76 in manassas, 77 in gaithersburg and rockville. by 1:00 we're 90 in frederick and leesburg, hot back in the mountains, too 87 in cumberland. by and large, the lion's share of showers and storms will be west of i-81 on tuesday. by 6 p.m. on tuesday 91 downtown, near 90 in the burbs and then by 7:30 we're back in the mid- to upper 80s. for tonight clear to partly cloudy, muggy, temperatures 68 to 75. by morning partly cloudy, warm. 88 by lunchtime and near 80 by 9:00 and by afternoon we'll say partly cloudy, hot and an isolated shower or thunderstorm possible, that's it, primarily west of town, high temperatures in the low 90s, winds southwest at 10. on the day planner look at this, 79 by 9:00, 86 by 11:00, 90 by 1:00 and dry through the early afternoon hours. next three days, rinse and repeat, if you will, 92 wednesday, a little better chance of thunderstorms, 92 again on thursday with just isolated storms. next seven days, the storms on thursday could affects games. friday more storms, so wednesday and friday the best days for stor

to be some 50s, first cup of coffee it's 57 in frederick, even down into culpeper it's 60 and 60 in manassas. really a refreshing start. we're kind of in this pattern. we sort of had the same pattern last weekend actually. by 1:00 low 80s, a great, great day to see a ballgame. d.c. united is playing tomorrow night, nats in town all weekend, like on the billy goat trail, just fantastic. by 9:30 tomorrow comfortable and cooling off quickly, 69 in gaithersburg and headed for the upper 50s tomorrow night. so clear and cooper, open the windows -- cooler, open the windows, 58 to 68. 58 to start, 79 by 11:00, 83 by 1:00, so still very nice sunday, 88 and monday is okay, hot again, even isolated storm possible, highs in the low 90s of after that we're in the 80s. 84 thursday, 87 next friday, sweet! >> very nice. >>> it was not pretty or nice at the stadium last night. >> no. i was there. i saw it up close and personal. we won. >> yeah, but at the expense of rg3. >> it's fake football, doesn't matter unless you're the coaches for the skins quarterback. they were hoping for answers. man, all they got

there'll be a few of the perseid meteors from time to time. 59 in manassas. 61 in waldorf. and 63 in frederick. we'll talk more about the approaching rain coming up in the first alert 7-day forecast. mike back over to you. >>> they say it started with a struggle over an officer's gun. police are starting to release the details of an officer involved shooting. the suspect is in the hospital. surae chinn joins us live with what we know so far. >> reporter: the bizarre chain of events started as a car crash. we have video from overnight. it started at 11:20 last night when an officer heard a car crash a block away from where we are standing. he comes to the scene and sees a man running from the car. he follows the man to this location at walker mill road and marlboro pike in capital heights. he catches up and there's a struggle. a gun goes off and that man is hit. and two other officers are now at the scene, trying to subdue this man. one of the officers had to taser him and then the third officer actually handcuffed the guy. so he was taken to the hospital in critical conditi

temperaturewise is the big story now, 89 downtown, 88 in manassas, still 91 in leesburg. factor in humidity, feels like 97 in leesburg, 93 in manassas and 92 downtown which is why we say don't exercise this evening when it's this hot. 9:00 tonight it's still in the low to mid-80s across the board. we'll come back, talk about the prospect of showers tomorrow, talk more about those yellow alert days wednesday and thursday. >> thank you, topper. >>> prince william county bliss are looking for a man -- police are looking for a man accused of strangling a woman while she was holding a baby. a woodbridge woman said she and mays got into a struggle and he covered up her those and mouth, but she got away. if you've seen mays, police would love to hear from you. >>> former virginia governor bob mcdonnell is asking once again if he can be free while he appeals his corruption convictions. in court papers filed today mcdonnell's lawyer argued there is a chance the supreme court will take his case. that is something the federal prosecutors have said is unlikely. a jury convicted mcdon

may be below that. 56 in martinsburg. 60 in manassas. many will be in the mid 50s early tomorrow morning. when you get up to walk the dog around 6:00, 7:00,a as is sun i coming up, you may need the jacket. a great day, sunny and warm. temperatures will warm quickly. high temperature 82 to 87. super saturday. wash the car. as i mentioned, dry for days. you can do that, get out and do that. get little timmy, the guy hanging around, 12-year-old boy of yours, get him out there. hurricane danny, it is definitely a hurricane. was a category-3 hurricane earlier. a very small storm. this is really quite amazing how tiny this storm is. it was a category-3, with 115-mile-per-hour winds. the latest advisory comes in with 110-mile-per-hour winds. so it's dropped itown to a category-2 storm. winds out of the west-northwest, moving to the west-northwest at 10. the late ast computer models ke it stronger as it approaches puerto rico. hitting the virgin islands first with winds close to 65 miles per hour. that's the forecast, and then hitting puerto ric

up toward frederick even down toward manassas and culpeper. the temperatures still in the upper 70s and low 80s. we will come back, we will talk about why we had to issue the yellow weather alert for tomorrow. talk about the 3-degree guarantee. >> thank you, top. >>> the district inching closer to triple-digit homicides for the year. the shooting death of 29-year- old johnson jonas this morning on stanton road in southeast is the city's 98th homicide of the year. as of today d.c.'s mayor and police chief announce they are increasing the reward for tips leading to illegal gun seizures and shooting arrests. garrett joins us in southeast where the community is coming together to address the violence. >> reporter: deborah, people are still filing in here for a meeting set to begin any minute now and where what should be a very interesting conversation tonight about what has been driving this spike in violent crime and homicide and what can be done to stop or at least slow it down and really there's no better place to be having this conversation to

manassas, 72. with plenty of sunshine, anticipate middle 80's with couple temperatures all day long . northwest winds at four to eight miles per hour. tonight, open the windows in the northwestern suburbs, 56 to 66 degrees. partly cloudy skies. it looks like another dry day tomorrow. details in a few minutes. >> underreport shows d.c. commuters suffer the most out of the roadways. they lose an average of 82 hours a year sitting in rush-hour traffic. d.c. drivers use the most gas, 35 gallons of increased fuel consumption due to the congested conditions. the congestion also cost the more than 1800 dollars extra. los angeles, san francisco, new york city followed. the big question, what does it look like right now? jamie sullivan has a check on traffic. >> it is not terrible, especially midday. if you construction projects, but nothing on our interstates. you get a good idea we are mostly in the green and up to speed. i want to start off in maryland on the capital beltway, working away on the inner lo

three weeks early today for you kids in manassas park. the city started its school year three weeks early as a part of an effort to raise achievement. it is being called a balanced calendar. with the early start, the schools will have two week-long intercessions that will allow the students to catch up or take a special course. parents say it's a good thing and even some of the kids agree. >> some kids usually forget most of the stuff during summer break, so, maybe if we have, like, a kind of shorter summer break then we could probably remember more of the stuff that we learned. >> this year's early start does not mean an early finish. manassas park says its school is still gonna end in mid-june. >>> over in the district, there's a big change that could save students and families a a lot of money this year. mayor muriel bowser announced changes to the kids ride free program. it offers free bus rides during school commuting hours and this year, for the first time, rides on metro rail will also be free. registration for the program is now o

highs tomorrow around 90. 91 in washington and leesburg. 90 in manassas. have the chance of dealing with the late day thunderstorm tomorrow. national's forecast tonight looking good. tomorrow, if your seats are in the sun, prepare for the heat. 1:30 is first pitch. seven inning stretch around 90. by the last out, 91. the nationals game, in the heat, the plastic seats are not comfortable. exercise with the heat and humidity. a perfect, cool weekend. warm night. balmy summer evenings in store this weekend. a chance of shower or thunderstorm on monday. a high of 90. hazy, hot and humid tuesday. muggy on wednesday. a chance of showers and thunderstorms on thursday. we break the heat wave on thursday with a high forecast at 88 degrees. we are going to send things to >>> good saturday morning, everyone. game day morning. we'll call it the redskins quarterback scramble. so much for a smooth dress rehearsal. robert griffin iii will not play tonight. thursday, the redskins asked if he was cleared to play. last night, it was revealed doctors took a closer look and d

manassas as well scar lit skies. a high temperature in washington of 94. once again, mostly sunny skies. for 95% of us, it's a dry day. remember, you can get the latest forecast and ask me weather questions by finding me on instagram and twitter. >> tuesday a high of 94. more cloud cover wednesday with a chance of thunderstorms. >> thanks, amelia. 6:50 is the time right now. four things to know, prince george's county says an officer shot his gun at a suspect. the suspect was hit and rushed to the hospital in critical condition. >>> the man who stabbed another to beth along eighth street should be in court this afternoon. hector feelics got into an argument before the attack. new evacuations overnight. there are concerns about radiation coming from a warehouse in china exploded. at least 85 people are dead and 700 others hurt. >>> children are dead after a camping trip to yosemite national park. a tree limb fell on the camp. >>> the creature they are bring sboog cafes no >>> well, this guy is popping around town ahead of the visit from the real pope. this

we're live in manassas park outside cougar elementary school. back to you. >>> our hash tag today, hot and humid. lauren, will today be the hottest day of the week? >>> i believe so. temperatures today are going to be into the mid 90s. and i know those kids back at school today probably upset their summer is over. a little bit on the warm side. no rain out there right now on the radar. afternoon highs, a little warm but not only are we dealing with the heat. we're dealing with the humidity. it's going to make it feel warmer. 94 in manassas and we go to around the eastern store, 88 in annapolis. and it is going to be warm. as i said, temperatures will drop as we get into tuesday and wednesday. that's when we'll have rain chances leading into midweek and then it looks like we clear out just in time for the end of the workweek and early into the weekend. >> thank you, lauren. right now crews are fixing two sink holes left behind from a water main break in annandale. chopper 4 here. the fairfax county water department was not working on the pipes ye

this time of night, just before midday, nearly into the 50's luray, 63 manassas. reagan national, 74 in august, you are doing something. you have to bring in very low humidity to drop these temperatures like this. outside, national harbor, the capital wheel, wilson bridge in the distance, clear skies. that allows the temperatures to drop tonight. the heat is escaping into the air. 86 degrees the high saturday. warmer thano, hampton roads today. a worldly 83. ,he next front coming our way sparking severe weather in the northern parts of the plains. temperatures on the rise. the humidity coming along with it? will warm up tomorrow, but the humidity will be comfortable. we are back in two the summertime august weather, the heat and humidity noticeably higher. not enough moisture for widespread showers and storms. let's back up, go closer with the same forecast, just a little closer view. low temperatures tomorrow morning, 53 gaithersburg, 66 downtown. if you want to run in the morning, it will be cool and crisp. comfortable humidity levels. 87 to 89. one of the more

that happens in the weekend. 90 in frederick. 88 in win chester and 86 in manassas. 87 at the reagan national airport. the dew point is important to calculate how comfortable the air is. this is as comfortable as you can get in the month of august. through the late afternoon and evening, any outdoor activities is fine. the numbers drop to the 70's this evening. overnight you have a range of 60 to 69 degrees by morning. 53 in baltimore. inside the beltway it's upper 60's. coming up, me details around the weekend. we look at the weather and the beaches as well. kimberly: this is something we haven't seen in half a century. this morning the u.s. flag waved over embassy in havana cuba. we have more on the next step to restore through cuba. a moment in history, more than 50 years in the making. today, the u.s. flag raised above the american embassy for the first time since 1961. they broke diplomatic relations in the midst of the cold war. secretary of state john kerry in havana for the u.s. embassy. >> this is a memorable occasion. >> u.s. and cuba restored full diplomatic relations. but

to check on the faa, the pilote was practicing approaches at manassas regional airport on sunday morning when suddenly the single engine plane went down just after 9:00 in bristow. >> you appear to be low. do you need assistance? reporter: in this audio you can the the pilot talking to air-traffic controller confirming she needs assistance .oments before the crash >> climb to 500 feet. climb to 1000 feet at 500 feet per minute. reporter: the air-traffic controller continues to tell the pilot to climb, but she doesn't respond. >> definitely very lucky to be alive. kellye: the pilot has been identified as 50-year-old karyta barnes. be ok.expected to luckily no one on the ground was injured throughout all of this. a number of homes were injured or it --injured. diane cho, abc 7 news. kellye: even warmer temperatures are ahead and meteorologist devon lucie is here. reporter: tomorrow is looking to be even hotter. widelyan behind me, isolated showers mainly north and west of d.c.. the community just southwest of dulles in loudoun county. 94 and washington. cumberland and 95. real-time tempera

it's 55 in frederick and manassas, a great night to open up the windows. i hope you took that advice, 59 degrees in winchester and leesburg, 65 in downtown washington and 63 in fredericksburg. nothing on satellite and radar right now another a few high clouds but you can see showers drifting our way from the southwest. i'll time out their arrival with 9 futurecast coming up in the first alert seven day. >>> you may have heard yesterday if you followed the news of the national zoo that there was at least one baby panda born but late last night mei xiang gave birth to a second. >> the twins arrive almost two years to the day after mei xiang gave birth to her dow bao bao -- her daughter bao bao. our surae chinn is at the zoo this morning with the latest on the pandemonium. >> reporter: we are expected to learn more in about an hour to find out how mama bear and her cubs are doing, in about 8:30 there is going to be a presser and the first panda cub was born at 5:30 yesterday, five hours later a second panda. folks were gathered here at the zoo to watch the pa

this is at the manassas battlefield yesterday after the storms went by. post your pics on facebook, twitter and share on instagram as well. tomorrow, another gorgeous summer day. afternoon highs in the upper 80s. lots of sunshine with low humidity. we'll keep that going on sunday. a little bit hotter up around 90. may get the low 90s on monday. then another shot of dry weather moves in tuesday, wednesday and thursday with highs in the 80s. terrific dry pattern here for the next seven days. erika? >> thanks. >>> today, the tidal reservoir inlet bridge will be closing. you may not know where the bridge is and what that road actually looks like. but news4's darcy spencer is there to show us what that area is looking like this morning and what the closures and delays could look like this weekend. >> reporter: well, good morning, erika. that's right. i didn't realize that there was an inlet bridge here, so it took us a little bit of time to find it in the dark this morning. but this is it. chances are, if you have come down to see the beautiful cherry trees in

at 7:59, sunrise at 6:29. 77 downtown, still muggy. 70's martinsburg 72, 73 manassas, dulles 75, annapolis 78. most of us in the 70's, muggy. the real action has been in the upper midwest, chicago, western indianapolis, down to st. louis, there is a cold front moving eastward. that will help bring us a better shot of showers and storms tomorrow, especially midday and afternoon, and again thursday. the moisture pumping in, storms developing. the next two days, do not leave home without the umbrella because you will need a. think friday it's perfect. the question is happily this will move out. rain lingering early morning friday come up behind at a big-time improvement. hot and humid with scattered showers the next couple days. friday, saturday, sunday, all looking dry, 70's and 80's. a nice stretch. that.we will take the redskins getting ready for some competition and settling controversy at the same time. robert: a lot of cleanup involved. , after practice today, why he says he is not apologizing. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. robert: sunda

hagerstown and cumberland, they were the hottest, 91. 88 joint base andrews, manassas with the same real-time temperature. the humidity is back up. it is the water vapor. the higher the numbers, the more water in the air. back into the 60's, it probably felt more humid. not stifling yet. 7 isomery county fair, abc a proud sponsor with our bright personalities. 10:00, theat carnival opens at noon, and we will be there all day. sunday, 93, feels like 96. isolated storms possible sunday. the next likeliest round of rain , i will let you know when that is in the complete forecast. areye: annapolis police trying to track down whoever made phone threats to three separate businesses. the caller or callers targeted banks, as well as the giant on bay ridge road, demanded money. the police closed and evacuated the stores. they were reopened after clearing the scene, nobody hurt. arlington police are looking into whether the same man is responsible for recent sexual assaults. there have been five attacks in the past three weeks, the most recent thursday night near columbia pike in south frederick street

temperatures now 76 in washington. 72 in manassas. 73 in leesburg. 73 in frederick. cool start, especially in the shenandoah valley. if you're headed out for running, temperatures will eventually move through the 80s. plenty of clouds and sunshine but not humid. we'll continue the conversation, continue it with me on twitter or instagram or even facebook. continue with me in a couple of minutes because i have that seven day forecast you have been waiting for. >> thanks so much. >>> developing now, two men are dead after a crash on laurel bowie road. officers reopened route 91 30 minutes ago. the motorcyclist may have collided head on around 4:30 this morning. we'll let you know on our nbc washington app when we learn more about what led up to this crash. >>> 101 people have been killed so far this year in the district. the last time they hit triple digit homicides this early in the year was in 2008. in the last two years d.c. did not reach 100 murders until december. police did identify the 101st victim as 24-year-old antonio dean. he lived in southwest. police say a

near 90 in downtown washington. 87 in manassas. 82 in hagerstown. and overnight dipping to 62 in frederick and 62 in winchester. not ready to open up the windows because the humidity is an issue until friday night. and then you can give the ac a rest. friday a high of 87 degrees with a good amount of sunshine. and 87 with the low humidity persisting and the breezes will settle down. sunday looks gorgeous. we're lucking out because the chance for the thunderstorms and >>> welcome back to the news at noon. more breaking news now. two firefighters were hurt battling a fire in laurel, maryland. the fire crews are still on the scene putting out hot spots. the firefighters suffered minor burns. it's not clear how the fire started at this point. >>> it's a big day at wusa 9 and we are hoping to fund projects at local schools in d.c., virginia, and maryland with the teachers are super heroes program. so many teachers pay for supplies out of their own pockets. we have the vp of teacher outreach and she joins us now. when teachers hear about this. they might

frederick, 74 andrews, 75 manassas. low 70's downtown through the evening, 60's in the suburbs. tomorrow, and isolated storm, with the best chance wednesday and thursday. leon: a real heartbreaker, people across the area mourning the death of leonard robinson. known to many of us as the route 29 batman, he died in a car crash near hagerstown. he would often visit sick children dressed up as batman. very sight of batman that brought smiles to face is young and old. >> he would walk into the room and you would see the little , no hair withces chemotherapy, all of a sudden their faces would be like, "oh, my god, batman is here." robinson gained his nickname when officers from over in 2012. he was dressed up as the caped crusader and was driving the same pet mobile involved in last night's crash. >> his heart was so full of love. of what our purpose is as human beings, to make the world a better place, he did that. robinson is survived by three sons. heartbroken,ily is they are comforted by the joy that robinson brought to so many. 7 on your side with a consumer alert. it is worse t

temperatures right now, 85 in washington, 84 in manassas, and in leesburg. we had a few sprinkles out there as well but they were short-lived and most likely dissipa dissipating. no rain at mnt bank tonight. ro looki ing good for that game. temperatures in the low 70s. pretty mild tonight and temperatures in the 60s to right around 70 in d.c. a little on the muggy side overnight as well. if you feel slightly uncomfortable, you may think of turning that air-conditioning on if you haven't already and sunday and monday it will be sticky and oppressive as we get to tuesday, wednesday and thursday. you will really feel that humidity. not much rain out there. at least the chances. we're dry tonight and overnight. i want to point out super moon out there tonight. the sun will go down and huge moon come up where it is closest to the point in the earth and its orbit. take a gander at that. hard to miss. a little bit more cloud cover and chance of isolated showers here and there and monday, we will keep those clouds around and will be a little on the humid side as wel