today, they were in springfield and leesburg. as peggy fox reports, the reason they are in virginia has everything to do with its status as a swing state. >> why would anybody want to drive around a truck displaying pictures of aborted fetuses? >> this is the truth and the truth isn't pretty. if this is okay, then it should be okay to put pictures of it out there. >> nicole says she regrets the abortion she had. the experience led her to work for cer and antiabortion organization that uses graphic images. but some say the pictures are too disturbing for public display. on our facebook page, amanda ray says she doesn't want her children seeing this. carrie says it's sick and barbra sanders says people die horrendous deaths every day, but we do not display this for children to see. it does not matter if it's truth or not. do not subject children to your protest no matter what the issue. use some common sense. some think it's a good idea. these pro-lifers are showing the truth of what abortion does. it's tough to explain to kids bec

chef geoff tysons is at leesburg pike. this is the finished product. it looks delicious. we will be sampling. chef peter russo, thanks for being with us. >> thank you for having us. >> it's been busy but he loves it when it's busy. jess is busy, too. >>> i've been combing through the day's daily deals, e-mails and retailer websites finding you discounts. here are some of my favorites on this friday. who needs a tv. bestbuy.com has a westinghouse 40-inch, the price $279.99. that's going to save you $70 and there's free shipping. it is buy one get one free time at target.com. it's offering several women's dresses in this deal. what's going to happen is you'll pay $19.99 for one dress and you will get another one for free. and we here at wusa eat there all the time. now you can, too, at 50% off. google offers has a deal with cafe ole in upper northwest. ten bucks and you get $20 worth of mediterranean fare. if you have an offer you've seen or you're a local merchant with a deal for our viewers, i would love to hear from you on facebook. a check of the news before you go is n

today just a spectacular afternoon on our wednesday. 84 in dulles, 86 leesburg. manassas at 84. 82 at camp springs and huntingtown coming in at 84 as well. so what are we seeing as far as the radar is concerned? we do have some showers and a few thunderstorms to the west of i-95. these are mostly back towards the mountains now, but there are a couple of stronger storms including this one right around culpeper. there are a few lightning bolts and some heavier rain. so if you're driving i-81, you may run into some of those. also a few showers that have developed in through prince william county, right over manassas and these are going to slowly drift off to the east. any of these will have the potential for locally heavy downpours, but that's about it. the downpours could last upwards of half an hour to 45 minutes but once again that's about it. tonight if you're thinking about going out to the nationals game as they take on the braves once again hoping for the sweep tonight, 80 degrees. looking good. enjoy the game. of course that's exactly what i said last night

temperatures, 88 downtown. 90 in manassas. 91 in leesburg. very, very humid out. temperatures are deceiving. for tonight, early thunderstorm possible, some heavy. more to the south. low 68 to about 76. we will come back. we will talk about what is left of earnesto and talk about a strong cold front heading here on friday. >> all right, topper. investigators in wisconsin have interviewed more than 100 people as try try to piece together a motive for that mass killing outside of milwaukee. the shooter died at the scene and as susan reports, it now turns out he died by his own hand. >>> the suspect in the temple shooting near milwaukee died from a self-inflicted gun shot wound to the head. the fbi says wade michael page turned his gun on himself after a police officer took him down with a shot in the stomach. >> seen the video, it is an amazing shot and thank goodness. >> investigators say they have no evidence that anyone other than page was involved in the shooting at the sick temple in oak creek on sunday. despite evidence of page's connection to white se supremac

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tonight he chose to come to leesburg. >> it was so cool he was 1 mile from my house. >> they have been trying to tax cutsrickle-down before. >> in his speech he brought up a by the tax policy center that says mitt romney's plans could cut taxes for the rich and raise them on the middle class. asking you to pay more like him can pay less. >> romney's campaign says the was biased and he has no to raise taxes on the middle class. >> enough is enough. temper a real change. >> supporters say it is romney the middle class. feel obamacare coming at us like a freight train. when can it barack obama 1 in 2008 he was the first democrat decades to carry this county. ever since republicans have been well in state and local elections. real tossup as it is in the entire state. >> thank you. president obama spend the evening in northern virginia, romney was in colorado greeted the president performance while in office. have fewer jobs. and there is underemployed. has gone up. that we have the unemployment rate. bad, too. have home prices that have gone down. >> romney promised his economic will creat

. >>> president obama is heading to leesburg tomorrow for a campaign event. he will be at loudoun county high school tomorrow evening. the city is suggesting that everyone avoid the area from about 2:30 on. there will be road closures starting at 2:30 and others will start at 6:30 p.m. including lowe avenue and if you would like's full list, go to www.myfoxdc.com and click on web links. >>> president obama is hitting the first of three state -- states on a two-day campaign swing. mitt romney on soil over a weeklong trip overseas. >> reporter: president obama back on familiar and electitorally necessary ground. >> hello, ohio! >> reporter: his stop in mansfield is the ninth visit to the buckstate this year. 25th since taking office and he pounced on his republican rival's tax plans. >> if we don't need more tax cuts for companies shipping jobs overseas, we need tax cuts for companies creating jobs here in the united states of america. >> reporter: both campaigns and the super pack supporting them are airing millions in negative ads in ohio, a must-win state. >

right now it 161 in leesburg -- is 61 in leesburg and winchester. 64 for manassas and la plata and even out toward annapolis 68 degrees. you'll notice a tick in that humidity. it is quite muggy with all of the moisture around. the forecast model does pull in a little bit more moisture but hit or miss into the afternoon and evening hours. in fact, we should see most of this die down as we head overnight tonight starting out tomorrow morning not so bad. mainly clear skies for your wednesday morning which means temperatures dropping back into the 60s and then late day shower or storm is a possibility tomorrow as well. here's what we have to look forward to for today. highs right around 84 to 85 degrees for the region but we'll see cooler temperatures up to the north only into those lower 80s. tonight again it will be fairly mild. back down into the 60s. we'll see some upper 50s north and west. in all, though, we're keeping with code green for tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. although the temperatures fairly comfortable in the 80s, we'll slowly see an increase in this heat as we head throu

leesburg 66. 73 on the bay in annapolis. 64 in hagerstown and 68 in fredricksburg. going to mid- to upper 80s. i'll be back in a few minutes and talk about a cooldown for the weekend. here's monika with timesaver traffic. >>> i've been telling you about this accident on the northbound side of i-95 right before the beltway. for a while now. the good news is it's on the shoulder. the bad news is all that red which is your delay caused by that earlier accident coming up from the occoquan river, lorton, newington springfield. again the lanes are open but the damage is double. we'll take a live "owe is double. -- done. we'll take a live look. flashing lights still there but at least the good news is the lanes are open. let's go back over to our maps and this time to southern maryland, route 4, 5, 301, everything looks great heading up to the beltway, andrews air force buys through oxon hill -- base through oxon hill. no delays heading for the wilson bridge. i'll be back with more traffic at 6:42. back to you. >> thanks, monika. >>> this morning our partners at cbs this m

leesburg, 61. camp springs, 64. 65 in lanham. high of 87 this afternoon. patchy fog will give way to a lot of sunshine for the majority of the day. from lunchtime into the afternoon, just a few clouds developing. warm, but not very humid, today and tomorrow. 90 by tomorrow afternoon. what's the latest, angela? >> the commute is off to an excellent start especially out of howard county. interstate 95 and 295 moving well without delay. from virginia on 395 after you get to the beltway, in pretty good shape past the work zone. things are looking pretty good into crystal city. looking pretty good in virginia, 66. an earlier work zone getting out of your way eastbound and westbound at. open and moving without delay. back to you. >> thank you. 4:43, 67 degrees. let the district taking more actions following widespread power outages in june if. >> our top stories. prince george's county police investigating the murder of a 17-year-old girl. officers responded to a shooting call round-the-clock last night on chartsey street in kettering when they found a teenager

. >> and in leesburg, police have arrested a maryland man in connection with a murder-for- hire case. >>> wendell mansel travelled between annapolis and leesburg to meet with an undercover officer posing as a hitman. investigators from leesberg and ann arundel county worked together to arrest him. >>> a pedestrian was seriously hurt after being hit by a car on i-66 this morning. that car hit the pedestrian about 7:00 a.m. near the fairfax county parkway. the accident, as you can see, turned rush hour into more of a headache than usual. the highway reopened by 10:00 a.m. and tonight, everything is fine. >>> a new report shows more than half of the people killed in recontribute traffic accidents in the district were pedestrians. according to the national highway safety traffic administration, of the 2400 fatalities in d.c. in 2010, 54%s were pedestrians and that is more than four times the national average of grain%. the report said three quarters of pedestrian fatalities happen in urban areas. >>> monetary measures, the transit agency is investigating another escalator accident and tha

about 94 here. 92 in leesburg. and 90 in hagerstown. it is 5:59. almost 6:00 a.m. monika is in now with your timesaver traffic. we started okay but things are going downhill. >> but i'm happy to say the accident we were telling you about on the the beltway at kenilworth avenue was cleared and there are no delays left over right here as you leave college park into the green bement area so that's -- greenbelt area so that's some good news. connecticut avenue north of randolph road, the single lights are out at that intersection as well. so treat that as a four-way stop. police are dealing with it in the wheaton area. we'll take you outside live right now. here's what it looks like on the beltway. as i said that accident was cleared and really no delays to speak of right now. let's go back over to our maps and this time to the south side of town. everything is looking great. route 4, route 5, 301, 210 into oxon hill. the wilson bridge is incident free. a live look outside. you've got some delays now forming northbound 95 here in the newington area heading for springfi

but look at the rain-cooled 77 in leesburg. rain-cooled 70 now in martinsburg and hagerstown. 75 in charlottesville. 89 degrees in st. mary's county. 88, annapolis. live doppler, not a whole lot going on around town. a few sprinkles in southern montgomery county. steadiest and heaviest of the rains, though, by far up toward hagerstown, martinsburg, to the north and west of winchester, virginia. there are a few dying little patches of sprinkles now drifting into western parts of fairfax county. most of this is falling apart as it comes eastbound, but as you're making your plans over the next 60 to 90 minutes in and around town, if you get hit by five minutes of light raindrops, that's what that is right there. doesn't look like a washout of a friday evening. don't be scared by the first few drops. nationals and mets, 7:05, 85 at first pitch time. clouds are back, a quick shower possible. i really think they're going to play the game all the way to completion, that's how light any raindrops will be. lows tonight, 60s to around 70

low 90's for leesburg. 947 downtown, 93 annapolis and mid 90's on the bay and in the water. the next three days, we'll remain code yellow. isolated storm tomorrow and on sunday. and a better chance for storms on monday. next seven days, in the wake of the frontal system, 90 on tuesday. we'll keep it dry. got tired of putting thunderstorm icons in there. >> getting into the tropics time. >> you know, i think rg3 heard you were talking bad about him. >> he got it going today. he said, dave owens, you don't know nothing. >> rg3, rg3 is hot during practice. i'm going to give you the details. the nats look for >>> now 9 news sports with dave owens. >>> folks, the nats comfy league is gone. from five to two and a half games, washington is going to have to dig deep. let's see how they did tonight. geo on the hill. strikeouts don't always equal wins, to wit, gonzo gave up nine hits. they didn't hit it hard. they just hit it where there were no humans. miami takes it, 5-2. jewel see gonzo right here. not happy. insert foul language there. i say night cap because we have a double dip

but through the restf the night, let's head to loudoun county and leesburg. temperatures there this evening, 77 degrees around 7:00, 68 by 11:00. waking up to a temperature of 58 degrees back into central loudoun county. kind of a cool start when you wake up on your wednesday. i'll have your complete forecast and let you know about the rain and also about those temperatures coming up in a minute. >> nice, cool start to this morning. and everyone is back to school morning for students in our area. in maryland, schools reopened in calvert county. in virginia, kids went back to school in spotsylvania county. in class with a new superintendent. schools reopen tomorrow in culpeper county and sait. mary' county, as well. >> count on lots of company if you plan an end of summer get-away. aaa is predicting 33 million people will hit the roads over the last weekend of summer that's up nearly 3% from last year. and marks the highest number of travelers for the weekend since the beginning of the recession. 85% will travel by car. 8% are expected to fly. >>> the white ho

yesterday they were seen in springfield and leesburg. the trucks are operated by the center for bioethical reform and antiabortion group. they say the graphic images will help swing virginia voters to the republican ticket. nicole cooley who says she regrets having had an abortion helped organize the event. >> this is the truth. and the truth isn't pretty. and if this is okay, then it should be okay to put pictures of it out there. >> but many viewers told us on facebook they don't agree with the group's display. they felt the images were too disturbing to show publicly. organizers say the trucks will continue to drive around virginia until friday. >>> police in prince george's county are asking for your help. they're trying to find a missing girl. her name is maurishe davis. she's 12 years old. she also answers to the name kisha. she was last seen yesterday at 1:00 p.m. in temple hills. police say she was wearing a black t-shirt, blue jean shorts and black shoes. if you know anything about her or her location, please call police 301-868

leesburg also 68. we dropped to 65 in lovettsville. 71 in bethesda and criminal park this morning -- and college park this morning 69. 70 from prince frederick and 71 earlier at andrews. they dropped to 69. still very dark. sunrise isn't until 6:11 this morning. 76 degrees. national reporting just a couple clouds but we're mostly clear with calm winds and our humidity still way up there, 82%. so muggy out once again. unlike yesterday, just a little less energy. i don't think we'll pop as many thunderstorms. you can see that on the future cast. we'll see a few out toward the higher elevations, the ridgetops out to the west here this afternoon. we'll pop a couple as well but nothing terribly widespread the way it's looking. we'll get into the evening hours. things quiet down. tomorrow in the afternoon daytime heating, we're going to pop more showers and storms in the afternoon. we're going to do about the same on saturday. probably about the same on sunday. so today just an isolated storm or two, 94. ton

right now getting some moderate showers right near leesburg to near gaithersburg. it is advancing to the east. storm team 4 radar showing it breaks up a bit farther south and west of loudoun county. a few scattered showers along the blue ridge and central shenandoah valley. just beginning to arrive in bethesda and now just coming in to great falls and reston and it's going to continue to advance off toward the metro area over the next half hour. so things are going to be getting wet over the next half hour. right in the metro area. at 76 at reagan national. all these areas in yellow are steamy, humidity, and trps in the 70s. the areas in green, some of the lower humidity moving into the mountain now in the upper 60s. here is your hour-by-hour day planner. by 7:00 a.m., steamy humidity and low 70s. and the metro area and moving in west to east. and then noontime, during the afternoon, some showers may linger east and south of washington. otherwise, partly sunny. upper 80s. low humidity. blustery northwest wind for the rest of the afternoon. i'm back in ten minutes.

he was arrested on friday when he traveled to leesburg to deliver a gun and partial payment for the hit. >>> he was one of the most successful broadway and hollywood composers of all time. marvin hamlisch died at the age of 68. he had a wide repertoire with dozens of scores for plays and movies including the broadway smash of "chorus line." he is one of 11 people to win every award in his career emmys, grammys, oscars, and tony. he also won a pulitzer prize and three golden globes. the nso issued this statement today saying his musicianship, his humor, and his friendship will be deeply missed and the memories will long be treasured by all at the nso. >>> it was leaking and it was even sinking at one point. but now major renovations on the reflecting pool in front of the lincoln memorial are almost done. it is set to reopen at the end of the month. the iconic site has been closed for two years while crews completed a $34 million face lift. the pool will be shallower. the bottom will be tinted and the water been piped in from the tiesal basin and recirculate. in the old pool, you will rec

watch for that. 67 in leesburg. 76 in washington. temperatures are going back up at least for the game tomorrow. tomorrow we goat get to -- get to 95. any storms tomorrow will have the potential to be strong. on friday, a good chance for severe weather and widespread rain. we really need to see rain here. we'll see it on friday. now the nicest days, sunday and monday. both look fantastic. >> something that doesn't look fantastic. randy travis's mug shot is trending today. he was arrested, charged with driving while intoxicated. he drove through several barricades and ran off the road. it gets worse. police say when they arrived on the scene travis was naked, threatened to kill the highway patrol officers who arrested him. it wasn't pretty. this is his second alcohol related arrest this year. >> teen pop star justin bieber is getting flak in the uk after dissing one of the royals. in a recent interview with roller coaster magazine he said he didn't understand why prince william is letting his hair continue to thin. he mentioned propec

eight blocked between belmont ridge road and the leesburg bypass. the greenway is blocked in that stretch in the ashburn area. i suggest you go ahead and use route 7 or route 50 instead. we'll take a live look a little further in on the dulles toll road in respectton. you'll be fine as you head in toward the beltway beyond ashburn. we'll keep you posted on that situation of course. we'll go a little further south on to 66. no problems coming in from centreville all the way to fairfax on the beltway. one more live look outside if you're planning to head here on 395 and 95 in newington. those both are running incident free. i'll be back with more on the situation in ashburn in a few minutes. back to you, guys. >> thanks, monika. we'll see you then. it's 5:49 now. a local woman says she's not sure if she'll ever ride her bike again after having a violent collision with a van in bethesda. the driver took off. the cyclist suffered some serious injuries as you'll see in a moment. bruce johnson reports the woman is hoping her story can help foster some coo

68 in arlington and downtown, but 60 in gaithersburg, 61 reston and fairfax and maybe even 59 out in leesburg. next three days keep it code green. why not? fantastic tomorrow 88, 94 friday, hot but not humid and then saturday hot or almost hot 91, an isolated storm saturday. next seven days, now we get some of the moisture from isaac, some storms possible sunday, 85, better chance labor day 87 and even into next week tuesday and wednesday we'll be flirting with 90 degrees, just a slight chance of a shower on tuesday. so i'm not concerned that much in terms of severe weather or flooding from isaac here in the metro area, but i am concerned this is kind of our last unofficial weekend for the summer that we may have some rain and showers to contend with, especially late sunday into labor day, but now perfection. >> we'll take it. >> absolutely. >>> coming up next president obama travels to the home of the university of virginia trying to reach out to students from middle income homes and their parents. >> up next why you better pack your patience the next time you drive in downtown bethesda, cro

after a cool spot, baltimore, 68. 68 degrees in leesburg in virginia right now. coming down to the south. college park at 71. we've got d.c. at 7 4 degrees. 70 in hunting town. and 68 degrees currently in melpar. quiet, showers and storms all gone. it's after about 1:00, 2:00 today when we could see more showers and storms firing up. early part of your day her, 8:00 a.m. partly sunny. 66 to 74 degrees. by your noon hour, lunchtime, just fine. but you're going to see more clouds moving in. warm conditions, 79 to 84. we should top out at about 88 to around 90 degrees today. scattered showers. a few storms. we've got a 50% chance for today. as far as the next couple of days, look what you have to look forward to tomorrow. quiet, sunny. nice for summertime. danella? >> thanks, veronica. >>> if you're traveling on the roadway, first 4 traffic report looks great if that road is route 50 in maryland. really between the bay bridge, crossing it, heading towards the beltway in both directions. nice and clear. inside the beltway as you make your way to 201 and even connect

and also impacting the evening commute, especially into leesburg, winchester, frederick. temperatures might be in the upper 70s in some locations. for tonight, cloudy with showers, lows in the 60s. tomorrow is kind of the same set up. temperatures in the lower 80s with showers. tuesday, also more showers. tuesday's high of 83. wednesday, 84 with a chance for a shower. check out your next seven days. we'll be drying out, starting the middle part of the week. and into the later part of the week where the temperatures will be in the mid-80s by thursday and friday. and friday and saturday, they look like we will be dry then and temperatures, they are going to be in the mid to upper 80s. the next few days are still unsettled as we need several inches of rain to get back to normal for the year. temperatures will still be a little on the cool side. low 80s for the next couple of days. enjoy it while it lasts. >> don't forget the rain gear. >> exactly. >> okay, thank you, anny. the rain today really affected the rain? >> yeah, a little delay, but they were able to get it in, than

the light green and lighter showers now we've got the heavy stuff from leesburg south now getting in toward boy fauquier county really seeing it back out to woodstock and luray coming out of culpeper. some lightning just to the southeast and west of -- south and west of warrenton. to the friends well south of town here, this is tracking up looks like 301 and port royal, colonial beach dahlgren watch out for that over the next 30 minutes. temperatures mainly in the 70s this morning. let's go the beverly farmer and find out if the wait werth is affecting -- wet weather is affecting anything out west yet. >>> absolutely, on 66 but we'll start down in dumfries on the dry pavement there was a crash northbound 95 at the way station. moved out of your roadway. only minutes ago. so better news now out of stafford. quantico, heading for dale city and woodbridge with all lanes now open at the scene of o the crash. 66, out to the west where we're seeing all the red and yellow between the plains and marshall. two separate incidents the crash westbound at the plains the 31-mile marker ties up the

tonight, the president holds an event at loudoun county high school in leesburg. now, hears a reminder. some of the roads will be closed starting at 2:30 this afternoon. others will be closed at about 6:30 including lee avenue between dominion academy and dry mill road. now, for a full list of closures and information on the presidential event, head to myfoxdc.com and click on web links. >>> also, president obama secretly authorize the cia to help the rebels in syria fighting president assad. it is known as something called an an intelligence finding and allows u.s. agencies to give help to the rebels but only nonlethal support. >>> mitt romney will be at county fairgrounds in golden, colorado and then he will be at a high school. school. >>> we are learning more about a near miss near reagan national yesterday and it seems it involved more than two planes. we get more on the near miss now from fox 5's sherry ly live at the airport this morning with the latest. what happened? >> reporter: well, wisdom, these three commuter jets nearly collided midair here at reaga

now that the absence shine, they are climbing quickly. 83 in arlington, 87 in silver spring/ 84 in leesburg, chesapeake beach and 80 degrees. it will be in the upper 80s this afternoon. here's the travel forecast. 87 in indianapolis. 96 in omaha, 101 degrees in dallas. there could be thunderstorms throughout the southeast and the deep south. not expecting anything severe. bright's sunshine in the upper midwest. >> new the snow, a driver and upper marlborough was killed after crashing the car around 9:00 in the 9400 block of fair haven avenue near the golf course. police are not providing details. it appears the driver was the only person in that vehicle at the time. fairfax county police called out after a car ran into a house in oakton earlier this morning. 16-year-old was behind the wheel. he may have had a medical issue. nobody was injured. there was no structural damage to the house. >> rush-hour should be better in northern virginia after long- awaited upgrade to the beltway. new lanes near the woodrow wilson bridge have opened. ben eisler shows us how drivers are reacting to the chang

temperatures today 85 in annapolis. 84 in luray. 87 in leesburg. topping out about 88 here in the nation's capital. i'll be back in a few minutes looking ahead toward the weekend with the seven-day forecast. right now inside to monika with timesaver traffic. >> such a cool shot from our sky 9, it's worth using again. you can see the fog is bearing down at the american legion bridge coming down a little lower now. it will affect your visibility, emily along the west side of town and traveling across the river at the west side of 495 american legion bridge. let's take a look at 270 and see how that's fairing. a little bit of fog here as well but not as much as the region bridge. the southbound side you've got your delays. route 109 to 121. then here it's just that heavy, thick volume as you head down to the point where the lanes divide. that's where you want to be most careful if you're heading to the west side across the bridge span there. let's take a look at our maps. overall the beltway is looking good, especially to the north and east side of to

get ready in charlestown for a big storm, leesburg, frederick, middletown. the storm will slowly work its way south and east. it will hold together at least through charlestown as it crosses 340, weaken somewhat heading towards frederick and western montgomery county. live look outside, our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. downtown it's great, generally clear skies. 88 right now, dew point 69. not that comfortable, winds east, southeast at 11 and the pressure steady, 29.82 inches of mercury. temperatures 85 arlington, 84 bethesda and gaithersburg, pretty nice for the first start of august, 88 springfield, 86 college park, 88 in bowie. heating up with more storms, isolated thunderstorms tonight, hot again thursday. the morning commute will be dry, but then afternoon storms tomorrow afternoon and evening and again much like today. those that develop may be heavy, a few severe. tonight isolated storms, partly cloudy and mild, 56 to 74 for lows, winds southwest 5 to 10. tomorrow morning dry, very warm by lunchtime, 70s and 80s, air quality int

morning lows, down to about 6 a e 5 in leesburg. next couple of days, highs only around 2 on saturday. a high of 84 on sunday. 90 on monday, 90 on tuesday, but not bad at all next week. here comes the umbrellas. >> hurricane starts at 75, right? >> yep. >> until then u it's a tropical storm? >> skpaktly. >> we've got sports coming up. a former turk shining for the . >> i think so. it's always kind of sad when these guys try to string along their career. he wanted the stats snishlly and then said you know what, i'm good. cp is history. clinton portis returned eed to redskins park today to offici officially call it a career. like riggo, he was also an entertainer off the field. today, though, about closure. not clowning around. the red skin staff members pour sbood the main auditorium to bid portis adieu. coming back to redskins park was something he needed and wanted to do. >> life as a redskin was more meaningful than doing anything else. it was more meaningful than playing with another team and getting sent away just to say i told

leesburg, loudoun county, looking very good. 77 by 7:00. 68 by 11:00. waking up to a temperature of 58 degrees. a little bit on the cool side for you. when you step out the door tomorrow morning. we'll talk more about that, plus the newest tropical storm that is out there in the atlantic. this one could affect the u.s. >> oh, dear. >>> still ahead to be able to, a 3-year-old caught in the cross fire and now recovering after being shot in the leg. >> what officials are offering as a solution to a long-term problem with flooding in a historic d.c. neighborhood. >>> and a juriy could hold the fate of your smartphone in their hands. the latest on the battle between tech giants apple and samsung. >>> i'm liz crenshaw. want to know what vehicles car thieves target? the latest list of top-stolen cars is coming up. [ male announcer ] since 1996 welfare recipients were required to work. this bipartisan reform successfully reduced welfare rolls. on july 12th president obama quietly ended the work requirement... gutting welfare reform. one of the most respected ne

temperatures in manassas 86, leesburg down to 83 already, 87 gaithersburg and 88 degrees for la plata. so satellite and radar picture has been quiet the last several hours. high pressure is in control, but we have a cold front coming through tomorrow that could really change things especially by afternoon. so we'll still stay nice, but then we become stormy, but tonight very pleasant. friday morning a sunny start. you'll want your umbrella and your sunglasses for friday because we have some big storms possible in the afternoon and evening and then the weekend is turning to be much cooler. check out your 9 futurecast, quiet tonight, tomorrow lots of sunshine to start the day, but from the north and west of town the front comes through. we'll see cloud increasing throughout the afternoon, showers and -- clouds increasing throughout the afternoon, showers and storms, some strong to severe. we'll have to watch for those storms tomorrow afternoon and evening. they pull out of here but that front stalls south of us into southern virginia which could give us some unsettled weather through th

the riders will travel through leesburg and dela sat around 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. you can look at a map on wjla.com. awarded warrior getting to come home. -- a wounded warrior getting to come home. the timing could not be better. brianne carter joins us from fort washington with this story. >> that is because this family has a number of milestones including their son's starting kindergarten on monday and there welcoming their third child in a matter of weeks. it is a homecoming like no other for this veteran. >> it is a dream come true. >> with his wife and kids, a retired army corporal walked through the door of his new home in fort washington. he is now a private homeowner things to operation home front. thanks to a partnership with chase bank the family will live your mortgage-free. >> they suspended freedoms of this country with their lives and now we are able to give back to them by welcoming them home. >> people are wanting to give back. >> a wounded warrior injured in afghanistan during his fourth to work -- this is a bit overwhelming. >> stephanie says it i

. >>> right now roads are closing in leesburg ahead of president obama's experience later this evening. he's expected to speak at lieu down county high school in half -- at loudoun county high school in half an hour. >>> the president comes as we get new numbers about unemployment. the number of americans filing for benefits rose slightly last week, but the four-week average was down. >>> the candidates fighting to be the next senator from virginia will hold three more debates. republican george allen and democrat tim kaine will meet september 20th in mclean, head to richmond october 8th and their last debate will come october 18th on virginia tech campus. >>> next week's special session in player to discuss expending gambling won't be duaneed to your conventional casinos -- confined to your conventional casinos. they will also discuss the possibility of developing internet gambling in the state as well. now maryland allows clot machines at five locations. -- slot machines at five locations. >>> bge has a warning, get ready for higher bills. this summer's higher temperatures in june an

just an isolated shower or storm tonight as we have seen it out in leesburg area in loudoun county as you can still walk the dog to open up the windows tonight. it will be very comfortable. a strong finish to the week for tomorrow. and kind of setting you up here. the weekend went downhill just a little bit since we last saw you this time yesterday. and for tonight, early isolated shower or storm. but then comfortable, lows in the 60s. now by morning, great shape. partly cloudy pleasant, temperatures are until the 60s and 7 -- temperatures are in the 60s and the 70s. but a strong finish to the week, partly cloudy, comfortably warm and high temperatures in the upper 80s. the next thee days, we'll keep it green, green, green with the showers increasing on saturday and sunday and nothing severe. 80 on saturday. and 83 on sunday. all right, we'll be warming back up on monday and tuesday, maybe a shower and we're in pretty good shape. temperatures a in the 80s. we've got a fun e-mail here from the weather watcher. well, aren't you talking about the rain and a possibility of the storms up h

temperatures today thanks to the cloud cover keeping things not hot at all, 82 la plata, 77 in leesburg, winchester down to 73, thanks to the rain cooling you down. some isolated storms are possible the rest of this evening, some strong or severe. thursday less humid, will feel really nice, hot friday, then much cooler for the weekend. check out your 9 futurecast. to put this into motion, storms possible tonight, but they'll be kind of few and far between. overnight we clear out. thursday lots of sunshine and thursday night will be a nice night to have dinner on the patio if you want. friday morning, start out sunny, but clouds increase throughout the day. we have another cold front coming through starting in from the northwest. by friday evening it could be a wet commute. we could see more storms come through. tonight a few storms strong to severe, generally south and east of town, lows lower 70s in downtown. the next three days, our 9 weather alert code, green thursday, nice day, highs around 90, friday, yellow because of the chance for storms and showers, highs in the lower 90s. we t

looks like yesterday and today they have been getting a decent amount aof rain. 67 in leesburg this morning. 61 in oakland and garrett county and 70 in manassas. highs today mid to upper 80s with the scattered showers and thunderstorms. a yellow alert kind of day. over to monika with timesaver traffic. >> reporter: good morning everybody. this morning on the west side of town we have quite a lot of construction. you see all this yellow and orange, it is causing delays through the area especially if you are planning to head on the beltway near the georgetown pike. where there is only one lane getting by. you have construction on inbound side to the beltway as well. 95, 395 as you head northbound toward springfield, there are no delays to speak of. southbound 270 out of frederick looking good, no delays in clarksburg and german town. a live look outside in the college park. things are looking great, i'll be back with more traffic coming up at 4:47. andrea and mike? >>> president obama will be back on the campaign trail today. >> while mitt romney is going to add a high-tech twist when it come

downtown talking about low 70s, but very comfortable north and west, 64 gaithersburg, 65 reston, 64 leesburg, 68 in college park. friday morning, mostly sunny, warming up, 70s and 80s, winds out of the southwest at 10. by afternoon mostly sunny and hot but not humid, high temperatures near 95 and winds west, southwest at 10. next three days we'll keep it green tomorrow, hot but not humid, 94. we'll keep it green saturday, isolated storm, 91. you don't have to change your plans. sunday code yellow, scattered thunderstorms especially in the afternoon, high temperatures in the upper 80s. now the next seven days, labor day even a better chance for thunderstorms, temperatures still in the upper 80s. tuesday a leftover thunderstorm still possible, highs acme still be plea an -- highs in the 80s, still meandering around a bit left with isaac. >>> topper said it, going to be pitch perfect for the nats game tonight. >> reporter: it feels great out here right now. fans are piling in because the nats are opening up their last big homestand of the season. it is against the world champs, but how is the c

it's muggy. 86 downtown. 88 in frederick. 86 in leesburg and 84 in manassas. so, for tonight, we're looking at an early thunderstorm possible. some heavy, lows 68 to 76. winds light southwest 5 to 10. we'll come back. people talk about things heat up tomorrow and we'll talk about a very strong cold front that approaches the metro area on friday. we'll tell you what that means as well. >> thank you, top. still to come, president obama and mitt romney in a dead heat in the race for the white house. one strategist says he knows the key to victory in virginia. coming up, the group the candidates need to be targeting. but first, one maryland lawmaker wants to put a stop to utilities charging customers when the power goes out. how he plans to pull that off coming up next. >>> lawmakers in maryland now taking a welcome at the proposal that would expand gambling in the free state. governor martin o'malley released the details in the plan last night and it calls for adding table games at all casinos. o'malley hopes to include enough concessions to get the state to pass

president obama will appear at loudoun county high school in leesburg tonight. he's expected to arrive around 7:30. the president won virginia if 2008 by more than -- in 2008 by more than 6% and he was the first democrat to win that state since 1964. meanwhile, mitt romney will be in the swing state of colorado today. it is his first campaign trip since coming back from poland. the presumptive republican nominee is defending his tax plan, a study from the nonpartisan tax policy center says the romney plan would increase taxes on the middle class. this campaign dismisses the study as a liberal attack. >>> don't tax my medals. those are words from olympic champions in london. winners get a little known cash prize from the usoc. $25,000 for gold, $15,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze. but, the irs taxes the value of the medal as well as that cash prize. the rate can be as high as 35%. the move is not sitting well with athletes past and present. >> i don't think that there should be any taxes on any olympic gold medals, to me it tarnishes it. >> politicians here

check this out, 65 in lovitzville and 68 in leesburg. ahead of the trough, once that goes through everybody will be in the 60s tonight. we're looking at a brief delay possible at the nats game. some storms tonight between 6:00 and 8:00. storms end by 10:00 across the entire metro area and it will be cool and comfortable overnight. our futurecast by 7:15, right about now, it kind of splits. one area of thunderstorms goes up towards i-95 in baltimore. another kind of hangs into southern maryland but dissipates a little bit. by 9:30 still in southern maryland and by 10:30 pretty much out into the bay. the next three days we'll keep it code green. yes, we have a chance of some showers and storms, nothing heavy, low 80s tomorrow and mid- 80s wednesday and thursday. next seven days temps stay in check. they go up a little bit next week but stay in check for the most part, shower possible friday, pretty nice day, mid- 80s, mid-80s saturday, maybe a sprinkle, upper 80s sunday and monday but really nice. >> i can't even complain about the shower

where it's been cloudy and some showers, temperatures only in the 70s in leesburg. low 80s in frederick. on the flip side, it's # 9 at -- it's # 9 at an -- 89 at andrews. already 91 at reagan national. a hot afternoon once again. i think this is the 43rd, 44th time we've been over 90. 91 on our michael & son weather camera. look at all the sunshine. feeling like 94 thanks to the humidity at 43%. at the moment national reporting a calm wind so that's not helping us out. lots of showers and storms, a lot of unsettled water, a lot are energy across the great lakes, the tennessee valley and the south n. energy will are moving toward us especially friday night. the moisture is in place with the isolated storms today. the futurecast shows by tomorrow morning showers just southwest of us likely spreading across in the morning and then other batches or rounds of showers and storms throughout the day on friday. here we are at 5:00. a cold front coming this way. still some showers saturday night and even during the day on saturday. going to the beach this weekend? going to be

today, they hit the streets in springfield and leesburg. as peggy fox tells us, the reason they are here has everything to do with virginia being a critical swing state this election. >> why would anybody want to driver around a truck displaying pictures of aborted fetuses. >> this is the truth. and the truth isn't pretty. and if this is okay, then it should be okay to put pictures of it out there. >> nicole regrets the abortion she had after being raped while she was serving in the military. the experience led her to work for cvr, the center for bioethical row form and antiabortion organization that uses graphic images. but some say the pictures are too disturbing for public display. on our wusa facebook page, amanda ray says she doesn't want her children seeing this. carrie underwood says it's sick, and barbra sanders says people die horrendous deaths every day, but we do not display this for children to see, does not matter if it's truth or not, do not subject children to your protest no matter what the issue. use some common sense. some

he'll campaign at loudoun county high school in leesburg. loudoun county is a key bat eel grnd area in virginia. president obama won that area by just eight points in 2008. >>> mitt romney will campaign today with virginia governor bob mcdonnell. the two will be in colorado along with several other republican governors mentioned as possible running mates. they include louisiana's bobby jindal and chris christie of new jersey. >>> day six of competition in london is here, and the u.s. is still near the top of the leaderboard this morning. we have 29 medals, 12 of them gold. that puts us one medal behind china. and taking a live look at the olympic cauldron in london this morning, team usa could pick up some more medals today. and the pool will be the focus of much of the action. already, two local swimmers, bethesda native katie ledecky and kate ziegler will be competing. a big soiler alert now. dan is going to talk about the results. hi, dan. >> reporter: hey, guys. spoiler, spoiler, spoiler. if you don't want to hear what happened to katie

and another little cell trying to be -- to contain thunder and lightning falling apart southwest of leesburg. very warm, humid atmosphere in place. with a cold front we'll see more showers and thunderstorms. so bring an umbrella just in case. temperatures relatively mild here considering we have a lot of cloud cover. 74 in washington. 70 this morning in frederick. 64 degrees in winchester and 69 in ocean city. here's your forecast for the day. you will see a little sunshine here and there. high temperatures upper 80s to about 90. and again, a lot of humidity in the forecast for your wednesday. more details on the weather. we'll have a look at the weekend in a while. back to you. >>> new this morning, police are searching for the driver in a deadly hit-and-run. it happened early this morning on center street in herndon, virginia. that's where police discovered a woman dead in a parking lot. fox 5's sherri ly is live on the scene with the latest. >> reporter: tony and allison, police found that woman's body in this condo parking lot right over here. you can see they have the markings on the pa

your "hometown 4-cast," then, for leesburg, virginia, 65 degrees at 6:00 a.m. look at that, sunshine all throughout the day. 76 by 10:00 a.m., and by noon, 84 degrees. we're going to be topping out, folks, at a high temperature of 91 degrees, so find your city, check it out. not too bad for today. let's check out the roads now with danella. >> thanks, veronica. >>> let's start with the rails in your "first 4 traffic" report. metra, marc or vre, no delays right now. here's the view on i-66 at fairfax county parkway. earlier had road work set up. checking cameras, it looks like the cones are up, and we'll check travel speeds from fairfax county parkway to the beltway, 62 miles per hour, taking just 11 minutes, not bad. let's head back to 395, though, southbound exit 3b, still shut down due to the road work there, but again, it should be in its final stages and clearing soon. eun, over to you. >> danella, thank you. >>> 5:02 now. this morning there are more qutions than answers after police say a 28-year-old man walked into an office building and shot a security g

town around the beltway you're right around 70, 72 in arlington, 65 reston and sterling and toward leesburg and middleburg and manassas. friday morning mostly sunny, warming up a little, temperatures in the 70s and 80s, winds out of the southwest at 10. by afternoon mostly sunny and hot but not that humid. that is the key. high temperatures near 95, winds west, southwest at 10. next three days, code green tomorrow. it's going to be hot but not humid, 94, isolated storm saturday, 91. we'll keep that code green. don't change your plans. sunday a little better chance of showers and storms. right now code yellow, temperatures in the upper 80s, might reduce that to green if isaac slows down. next seven days, labor day tter chance for showers and thunderstorms and maybe even a leftover thunderstorm tuesday. we should dry out wednesday and thursday, but actually i was looking at new information. we could have more showers and thunderstorms wednesday and thursday and less on sunday and monday which wouldn't be bad. >> that would be better. >> yeah. stay tuned. >> thank you, sir. >>> we'll butch up

president obama will bring his re-election campaign to loudoun county high school in leesburg tonight. he will also campaign in orlando, florida, today. the stops come after the president spoke in ohio. he pushed his tax plan, which calls for rate increases on families that earn more than $250,000 a year. republican presidential candidate mitt romney will do some campaigning of his own with virginia governor bob mcdonnell in colorado. the two will attend a fund-raiser in aspen along with several other republican governors mentioned as possible running mates. they include louisiana's bobby jindal and chris christie of new jersey. >>> if a presidential election were today, a new poll shows president obama would win over swing states. his greatest lead is in pennsylvania. he received 53% compared to romney's 42% in the survey by quinnipiac university, cbs news and "the new york times." in ohio, it shows president obama ahead 52% to 41%. and in florida, 45% said they would vote for romney. >>> 5:05. it's a huge day for team usa today in london. a live look now at the host city this mornin

it's right in our own backyard, leesburg, virginia, and in the next half hour he will address supporters at loudoun county high. this evening's events will wrap up a two-day push through three states considered critical for his reelection, virginia, ohio and florida. the president spent the afternoon in florida speaking to voters outside orlando. he kept his message straight on the economy and how his plan to boost it is better than mitt romney's. >> mr. romney claims that he's going to get this tax cut and bring down the deficit. so then the question is who do you think gets the bill for these $250,000 tax cuts? you do. >> well, mitt romney had some counters to that attack. he spoke to voters in colorado where the unemployment rate sits now at 8.2% and the republican presidential hopeful told them the president's past four years has done nothing to lower that. >> you look at the results and it's been a disappointment. his policies have not worked. they have not got america back to work again. >> both campaigns will look for that important economic news coming out today. that is when the