so if you are planning to head out of leesburg this morning, go ahead and use the 15 leesburg bypass. use route 50 or route 7 to get around this. do not get stuck in this because it's going to take a while before they can reopen any of those lanes. we'll of course keep you posted and show you a map real quick so you get an idea where we're talking about. west of the airport, east of leesburg on the dulles greenway in ashburn. let's go over to another map. this time we're looking at metro where they are single tracking on the red line between wheaton and glenmont because of track problems at the glenmont station. single tracking between wheaton and glenmont. there had been a medical emergency as well at gallery place earlier this morning. residual delays because of that as well. i'll be back of course to update you on all of those situations next. before i go, i have a commuter alert. it's a heads up for drivers in bethesda. part of woodmont avenue will be closed the next few days between miller avenue and bah these today avenue. it's going to stay closed for about 20 months. that's be

clark county seeing light rain, and light rain at west of leesburg. that's where the bulk of the rain is in loudoun county and there are light showers south of frederick. light showers this morning. 76 in washington, 72 in winchester and hagerstown, 78 in annapolis. in the upper 80s this afternoon. 88 for the high temperature. morning rain and then afternoon sunshine. lower humidity the next two days. now to angela. >> overnight work zones. there's an accident, a tractor- trailer on northbound 95 between triangle and dumphries. the right lane and right shoulder are blocked. that will create a backup. you may want to try route 1 to avoid that. the hov lanes are now open. workload for overnight maintenance. there were overnight work zones on 395 near edsall road. that may slow you down a little, but it should be out of the way momentarily. traveling on the outer loop between the b-w parkway and 201 we are blocking the right lane with the overnight work zone. as you can see, traffic is flowing pretty nicely through that area, especially on the outer loop

leesburg has steady rain and a moderate showers west of leesburg. winchester towards woodstock and strasbourg, there's rain along interstate 81 moving east towards front royal gary. as of light rain in montgomery county this morning. will become sunny and , highumid this afternoon temperature of 88. clear and comfortable tonight. mostly sunny tomorrow afternoon, less humid, highs in the low to mid '80s. now to angela. those heading out in the next on the orange and work,, there's track on the orangeg eastern lines between market and new carrollton. expect delays. we have another accident. this is on southbound b-w 50, therehe ramp to are restrictions. slowdown.ief still dealing with an accident on northbound 95, a tractor- trailer blocking theight lane dumphries.angle and that's creating delays in that vicinity. route 1 may be a good alternate for you. if you are traveling around intoand, interstate 270 frederick, you not run into any major delays in terms of volume. good all the way to spur. >> it's 73 degrees on this tuesday morning. some new deta

we have heavy activity south of leesburg and percival. it's kind of a line that stretches back through the warrenton area moving eastward holding together fairly well. aldie is getting pretty big rain on the other side of 50, the a plans, back toward warrenton straddle -- the plains, back toward warrenton straddles 66. we've got a big game tonight, nats in town. everything moves off to the east and it holds together fairly well. originally we thought this was going to die down a little bit as it rolled to the east, but some of the showers will roll into gaithersburg shortly and chantilly in the next 30 minutes and i think it's going to roll through town by 8:00. so there could be a brief delay for the game. temperaturewise 80 degrees as we host the braves. if there were to be a delay, it would be between about 7:30 and 8:30. i couldn't think it will cancel, but could be a slight delay. 80 now downtown, but lots of 70s. 77 arlington, 76 bethesda, 78 vienna, 76 toward reston. a brief delay possible at nats game, some storms tonight primaril

currently it is 82 out in leesburg, 84 in gaithersburg, 83 in fredericksburg. rappahannock has cooled down to 79 degrees, so temperatures are falling. silent radar picture has been very quiet because of high pressure dominating the region. that will change as a cold front approaches late tomorrow. we'll be nice a little longer, then stormy, very pleasant tonight, friday morning starting off with pledge is i of sunshine. friday afternoon and evening -- plenty of sunshine. friday afternoon and evening some big storms are possible and much cooler this weekend. tonight we're expecting clear skies, maybe a few clouds. tomorrow morning a brilliant start to the day, but don't let that fool you. by afternoon some clouds will increase ahead of the cold front coming through, especially north and west of town. you can see we'll see showers pop up and also some thunderstorms. some of the storms could be strong to severe. the best chance for severe storms will be south and west of town tomorrow. that is where we are under a slight risk for severe storms according to the sto

downtown lows will be in the low 70s, leesburg 64, frederick in the lower 60s. check out your next three days. our 9 weather alert code is green for thursday, less humid, really nice. for friday it's yellow because of the chance for storms, highs in the lower 90s. our next seven days, friday lots of baseball through wednesday, and you'll notice friday and saturday looking at unsettled weather. saturday we really cool things down into the weekend. look at that, lower 80s for saturday, still a chance of showers and storms, sunday maybe a chance for a shower, but 83 degrees and the next week, mid-80s, maybe getting a little hint of fall as early as this weekend. >> i don't think we'll know how to act. >> we have earned it, okay? >>> coming up controversial new cigarette labels get the green light in australia despite protests from tobacco companies. >> but first another bombing rocked syria right near a hotel housing human workers, the investigation into who did it up next. >>> a new study shows the nuclear power plant disaster in japan last year left low levels of

you can see right around leesburg, charlestown, light shower activity. the showers today, maybe a couple could become strong to severe, but the threat for severe weather very minimal. look on the radar. you can see we've got still some showers coming in from the north and west and again some light rain. so if you go out for dinner tonight, bring out the umbrellas just in case. right now lower 90s under cloudy conditions. dew points are in the mid-50s. winds are southwest at 18 miles per hour. looks like temperatures are cooling down, especially north and west of town, 70 in hagerstown, 73 winchester, 91 downtown, 87 degrees in gaithersburg. satellite and radar showing us here's that front. you can see it's coming in and we'll probably see more showers and potentially storms even overnight possibly unsettled into tomorrow morning as well. so unsettled and cooler. showers and storms for tonight, saturday morning showers also possible. afternoon we should start to clear out a little bit, see the sun with a mixture of clouds and then we'll be much cooler and

. >> virginia still a buzz over president obama's leesburg speech. we have your front row seat. >> plus, topper is tracking trouble in the tropics and more dicey weather here. >> i really do cherish him as a father. >> and police say they now arrested a suspect in that jewelry store homicide. >> victim's family share memories of their dad. >> the fight for virginia's presidential electorial vote rolled into leesburg where president obama ended his long campaign. >> gary is live at loudoun county high school where the romney campaign was standing ready to strike back. gary. >> reporter: both campaigns campaigns understand that virginia is one of the swing states that will decide this year's election and either side is giving an itch. >> u.s.a., u.s.a. >> to get to this, the president supporters had to go through this, hours in 90 plus temperatures to get in. why is it worth it? >> president obama is the first black president of the united states and we want to make sure that he gets a chance to serve another term before he leaves. >> because he is bla

temperatures have already cooled down into the mid 60s in leesburg. upper 60s in manassas. 63 in winchester culpeper 68 and fredericksburg 70 degrees right now. where we saw more of the showers and widespread stuff go through earlier today and just some remnants of emergency and moisture for tomorrow and into tuesday as well. so you want your umbrella for the next couple of days. monday morning also could see some areas of patchy fog and remember that tomoow morning. again some showers are possible for the morning. and afternoon. grab the umbrella before you head out the door and tuesday unsettled once again. here's a look at your 9 futurecast, here's your clock -- up here just above my head. we'll put this into motion and so monday morning with chance for some showers. again with the patchy fog. afternoon we'll see more showers as well. maybe even just a couple thunderstorms but the main threat 2010 will really be the light to moderate rain. temperatures still below average. tuesday also in the morning things look okay. maybe a little more sunshine t

he will make several stops in orlando before heading to leesburg tonight. before 8:00 he will speak at a rally at loudoun high school. you need a ticket to attend. those tickets were distributed earlier this week. mitt romney plans to campaign in colorado today. he is finalizing plans for multistate bus tour. is expected to visit virginia, north carolina, and florida. an announcement is expected soon on his running mate. >> choice career fairs is holding a job fair in arlington today until 2:00 p.m. north fortday inn on myer drive. administration, engineering, customeron technology, service, and sales jobs available. walmart soon to be raising its political profile. >> let's say hello to ellen braitman in new york. 2000, then senator obama said that he would not shop at walmart because it pay its retailers enough. the changing relationship is a reflection of the changes from giant.ail walmart has even built a washington connection. u.s. airways is the first u.s. carrier serving premium meal options in coach and a complementary glass of wine. international f

it is 89 for gaithersburg, 84 leesburg, 85 frederick, 84 in winchester, la plata 89 degrees. satellite and radar shows us high pressure dominating our weather pattern giving us lots of sunshine. we have a cold front coming through that will change things especially come tomorrow. nice, then stormy, but tonight pleasant. friday morning starts out sunny. don't forget youren is glasses. friday afternoon and evening some big storms possible and the weekend turning out to be much cooler. keep your eye on the clock up here. tonight hosts basically sunshine, clear skies overnight, not worried about clouds, a few clouds out there. tomorrow morning heading into work or school, plenty of sunshine as well, but don't forget your umbrella because we have a cold front approaching from the north and west. you can see by friday afternoon, frederick, leesburg, this will make its way into the beltway late afternoon, early evening. some of those storms could be strong to severe. we're looking at maybe damaging wind gusts possible along with some areas of hail. saturday also still a chance for s

through frederick, leesburg, through warrenton and down through culpeper as we mentioned. we'll do a couple of stops for you. down in the warrenton area, this has had a history of lightning and thunder. but no severe weather out there. don't expect strong winds. 30 to 40 miles an hour. may take down a couple of branches much we're not talking about tree damage or downed power lines. this is along 66. if you have a loved one coming back through 66, make sure that they have rain coming their way. they need the windshield wipers for sure. in warrenton, along 17 and back towards culpeper, you're seeing that. in gainesville, in the next 16 minutes, about 31 minutes in bull run. manassas in about 40 minutes. then clifton through southwest fairfax county in about 50 minutes. these are only moving at 20, 25 miles per hour. up to the north, it's moved through frederick. still light rain there. middleburg, just to the west of mount airy and damascus, all seeing the showers. in loudoun county, lub -- leesburg, heads up for you folks. this making its way to the southeast. if you live

also around leesburg. look right around the district and over around the airport, over towards mount vernon, seeing heavy rain here. we'll talk about what it means for the nats game and what it means for your evening ahead. >>> the earthquake that rattled the washington monument last august did not cause the monument to sink. apparently that was a surprise. that report came from a team of experts who surveyed the structure. tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary that a 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit our ea. the lead surveyor called the news surprising about the monument not sinking, but he atri attributed the findings to the monument's original engineers and the good job they did. the monument is closed for repairs and is not expected to open until the year 2014. >>> mayor vincent gray showed off some new taxi meters that are now being installed in all 6,000 of the licensed cabs in the city. they will keep better track of taxi fares an they will allow all cabs to accept credit cards. tom sherwood has our re

leesburg, your hometown forecast, 81. at noontime today, again, afternoon, there, the showers and storms, could be frequent lightning with these. low visibility. and some downpours coming again. we had a handful yesterday. likely seymour again today. 68 and dry for tomorrow morning. today's forecast getting up to 85 to 90 degrees for your evening. showers and storms becoming more isolated late as we drop to 85 to 80 degrees. four-day forecast, dry for thursday and friday. danella? >> good morning. still checking the situation on i-95 northbound in beltsville. chopper 4 flew over the incident on powder mill road. it's gone. now chopper 4 has headed to an accident. university boulevard. live look right now. you can see the accident, multivehicle. tractor trailer there as well as a box truck. you're seeing big delays on the outer loop of the beltway already. i hate to show you this next camera. as you go past new hampshire after knew, all lanes are filled. university boulevard, it's going to be that center lane blocked by th

here's leesburg. you can see a couple of showers dotting the landscape around you and even up toward clarksburg and damascus watch out for that. we're going to the upper 80s to even near 90 this afternoon. let's toss it over to monika samtani, 5:00 a.m. she's got an update on timesaver traffic. do we know what's going on? >> you mean fullson river road? they're doing a paving operation in potomac. falls and river road. it's going to take you a couple of extra minutes to get through that. also on the northbound side of i-95 we have a problem early on this morning. it's an accident northbound 95 just north of triangle. it's sitting in the right lane before you get to dumfries. you already got this slow traffic trying to get past that. let's go a little further north into springfield on the northbound side of i-95. here your lanes are open. you'll be fine leaving 644 right up the line to 395. back over to the maps and this time to southern maryland. no issues at all on your major thoroughfares. a live lo

we had light rain from leesburg the bluemont and down to marshall. loudoun county into northern fauquier county and along 66 pushing east is the rain. eastern montgomery county approaching the 95 corridor. even around the beltway in montgomery county. in the '70s righ88 this afternoon. becoming sunny and less humid later on today. big improvement on the way angela. wet snow improvements on the roads. a couple of early accidents. in waldorf there's an accident on northbound route 5, madeline beantown road prior to 301 at pinefield several cars involved and some lanes blocked. the accident inside the beltway on the b-w parkway southbound we have removed the crash prograat the 50 ramp. on 395 there was an accident northbound just past duke street. there is some slowing in that area as well. back to you. >> thank you. let's take a look at the day ahead. funeral services under way this money for the prince george's county police officer killed in a line of duty. adrian morris died when the car he was riding in flipped over during the chase on interstate 9

another storm around leesburg is going to go down 50, just north of chantilly. we'll track those for you and track isaac as well. : but first, that express lane project means roads closing along interstate 395. the work that starts tonight. we'll talk about it next. >>> get ready for closures along interstate 395 tonight. the virginia department of transportation will be closing two of the southbound lanes between the turkey hov entrance. as part of the new work for the new express lanes project. that work will be done tonight and tomorrow through 10:30 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. and then overnight friday between 11:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. >> you might remember that video that went viral on the web. middle school students in upstate new york, taunting a bus monitor. they donated $700,000 to that woman so she could get away from it for a while. now comes word kline is using some of that money to start an antibullying foundation. you'll find it on a website called give back. >>> d.c. mayor, vincent gray says today is chuck brown day. he issued the proclamation on what would

sky 9 flew over the riders in leesburg a short time ago. this is to support emergency responders and to honor all the victims. tonight the motorcyclists will gather near pentagon. >>> overseas the controversial female punk rock band from russia has been sentenced to two years in prison for their song. the women captured international attention when they performed inside a cathedral in moscow. drew levinson has the story. >> reporter: this provocative performance inside moscow's main cathedral in february got the band pussy riot the attention they were after. the three women wore ski masks as they called on the virgin mary to throw russian president vladimir putin out of office. friday a judge found them guilty of hooliganism and inciting religious hatred. band members were sentenced to two years in prison as they stood in the glass cage guarded by security officers and dogs. their lawyer says he suspects putin wrote the ruling himself. putin, a former kgb officer, has close ties to the orthodox church. opposition leaders say he's cracking d

they traveled through springfield and leesburg. >> why would anybody want to drive around a truck displaying pictures of aborted pee fetuses. >> the experience led her to work for reform 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 is sick, but some abortion opponents think the rolling billboard is a good idea. claire gardner say they are showing the truth. it is tough to explain to kids because it is the gruesome murder of an unborn baby. the bus tour is part of a voter education campaign in the swing state. >> we are focusing in four key states, virginia, florida, iowa, and colorado to educate voters about what abortion is. and to raise visibility about this important issue and the election. >> supporters of abortion rights agree that access to abortion needs to be asked of political candidates. but, the head of the women's clinic here in falls church questions the tactics. >> surprises me that you can go

. >> in just a couple of hours president obama will speak to supporters in leesburg. they're getting ready where the president will focus on restoring economic security to the middle class. let's go live to leesburg's or more. >> the president is expected to stop -- to start speaking. there is a lot of activity here. they have security in place. those buses are here for security reasons. there are a lot of roads blocked off in the area as well and a lot of secret service and local law enforcement. a lot of people taking in the scene. here is some video we took earlier in the day. the president is expected to speak outside the front of the high school. he is expected to talk about taxes and accused mitt romney of wanting to shift the tax burden to the middle-class from the wealthy. republicans differ with that point of view. there has -- romney has been an up fla. -- obama is due in florida so he has some traveling to do. we talk to some folks up high school and they say it is unbelievable the school they are going to is where the president will be today. [no audio] >>

near shreevs mill road south of leesburg. all westbound lanes at exit 4 belmont ridge road are now closed. they will remain closed until at least 2:00 p.m. today. a medevac helicopter took the driver to a nearby hospital with serious but not life- threatening injuries. the driver of another tractor- trailer was killed yesterday in an accident that happened near newington. >>> in about an hour, george hiewgley will -- huguely will learn how much longer he will be hindz bars for murdering -- behind bars for murdering his former girlfriend yeardley law. the chevy chase resident should spend 26 years behind bars according to a jury. but huguely's lawyers will be asking for significantly less time. they want only 14 years. judges typically heed the jury's recommendation. love and huguely had a volatile relationship. it ended when he beat her to death in her charlottesville apartment after a day of drinking. huguely is scheduled to be sentenced at 1:00 this afternoon and we'll have the latest developments from the courtroom on our

. >>> several roads in leesburg will be closed tomorrow for the president's visit to loudoun county high school. that event starts around 7:30, but closings begin at 2:30. shuttle buses will be provided to and from the high school from how dow county fairgrounds. >>> player -- loudoun county fairgrounds. >>> maryland senator mike miller says the senate will convene next thursday at 11:30 a.m. and a bill to expand gambling will go before the committee. next friday the full senate should get the bill before sending it on to the house. >>> still ahead 11 new speed cameras hit the streets of d.c. we'll talk about it. over the next four months, you have a choice to make. not just between two political parties, or even two people. it's a choice between two very different plans for our country. governor romney's plan would cut taxes for the folks at the very top. roll back regulations on big banks. and he says that if we do, our economy will grow and everyone will benefit. but you know what? we tried that top down approach. it's what caused the mess in the first place. i believe the only way to

leesburg, upper 80s. farther south in culpepper, up to 91 degrees. in downtown, up to close to 90, call it 89. keep in mind, i advertised 87, so we'll be a couple degrees above that. annapolis, 87. our next three days, 9 weather alert code, code green for sunday, monday and tuesday. might change tuesday to yellow, but we'll wait for the models to update. sunday, high of 89, great day monday, repeat, highs in the upper 80s. tuesday, hotter, in the lower 90s with a chance for isolated storms. check out your next seven days. once those storms go through on tuesday, wednesday and thursday, temperatures will be in the upper 80s. friday, also a chance for isolated storms. again, for those days, we expect storms, not widespread. hit and miss for most people. saturday is the coolest day of the seven-day. looking like we'll maybe only make it up to the mid-80s and maybe a bit unsettled, maybe showers are possible along with some thunderstorms also on saturday. tomorrow and monday, got to get out and fire up the barbecue, get the kids outside. it's going to be

he is hoping an event tonight at loudoun county event in leesburg. the city is suggesting you avoid that area if possible. >>> the president is secretly authorizing the cia to help rebels in syria. >>> across the country wednesday, chick-fil-a supporters lined up outside the food chain as part of chick-fil- a appreciation day. >> this was in answer to chick- fil-a's financial support of group opposing gay marriage. tom fitzgerald has the story. >> reporter: steady lines stayed in place most of the day. some customers made special trips to support the company. >> i made a very deliberate trip down here. live about 15 minutes away. >> reporter: others were less interested in chick-fil-a's politics than they were in its poultry. >> i haven't let it affect me as much. >> reporter: the chick-fil-a appreciation day was sparked on facebook by fox news host mike huckabee and his reaction to recent protest against the restaurant. the turnout was much bigger in maces like georgia where cars wrapped around the building and large groups are seen walking in. >> w

he'll also make a stop at leesburg high school in virginia. governor romney is scheduled to campaign in colorado. a new cobbs poll -- new cbs poll shows the president is in the lead in ohio and pennsylvania. romney has a slight lead when asked the question who is better equipped to handle the economy. >>> several roads in leesburg will be closed today for the president's visit to loudoun county high school. the event begins around 7:30 tonight. the road closures are set to begin at 2:30. shuttle buses will be provided to the high school from loudoun county fairgrounds. mitt romney is expected to be in virginia as part of a bus tour next week. >>> house republicans have pushed through a bill to extend all of the bush era tax cuts. the president has promised to veto the bill if it reaches his desk. the cuts are scheduled to expire at the end of the year. >>> congress is going after iran. both chambers overwhelmingly approved a bill which puts tight sanctions on iran's energy, shipping and financial industries. the legislation penalizes any compa

eastbound leesburg pike near george c. marshall drive. traveling eastbound 66 approaching 28. the left lane will get you by. the road work that's there. from then on from the fairfax county parkway to the beltway, nice and smooth. inside the beltway both directions on 66, no accidents to report. i'm back in ten minutes with another look at your traffic. now back over to you both. >>> 4:42. 72 degrees. new details about a shark attack in cape cod. why officials say the local wildlife might be partially to blame. >>> and check out the damage a bird did to this plane. how pilots reacted >>> 15 before the hour. unwanted guests inside a charles county apartment building have family on edge this morning. bats invaded the huntington apartments in waldorf. the health department confirmed that one tested positive for rabies, too. one woman says she can't rest after seeing more than one bat inside her home. >> i'm terrified. i'm paranoid. i'm anxious because the moment i wake up until the moment i go to sleep i'm on the lookout, i'm on the prowl for bats. >> the apartment complex hired

leesburg -- is 77 this hour. leesburg 67. expect a sunny day. we don't really have any clouds to talk about. with all the sun and winds turning more to the west, southwest is shooting temperatures up there. 93 at the pax river naval air station. 94 in martinsburg. maybe as warm as 97 in these areas that run a little hotter. i'm expecting a high here in d.c. of 95. it's 4:26. monika samtani, tgif. >>> hey, howard, at least the pools are still open, right? for a few more days. we'll need that with these temperatures. if you're headed out right now, it might be cooler right now and lighter as well than it will be later in the day for the long weekend holiday getaway. so keep that in mind for your travel plans. if you are headed to work, you're going to have to deal with a little bit of construction on the outer loop from 66 to route 50 and on the inner loop route 123 to the dulles toll road. that should be clearing up shortly. let's take a live look outside and show what you it looks like if you're planning to head here on 270 southbound. no issues

this morning we're 64 in haymarket and leesburg. gaithersburg 63. fort belvoir 62 along with crofton. bowie 63 with 65 in alexandria and 63 in laurel. outside all is quiet this morning. you're looking at wisconsin avenue here in fort west washington. 68 degrees. partly cloudy at reagan national with a light north wind at 5 miles an hour and our humidity 81%. so this is a good feeling morning. in fact, much of the country in the central part of the country, the great lakes all quiet and feeling good there but the humidity, the moisture, the storms across the southern u.s. florida seeing plenty of showers and storms and even along the carolina coast. for us the frontal boundary which came through a couple days ago still not that far away. we end up with these isolated showers and storms kind of like what we had overnight although they've rained themselves out. perhaps a little more sunshine north and west through the morning hours. this afternoon we're going to pop up some showers and storms just with the daytime heating in a few areas. clear to partl

. >> reporter: while mitt romney was in colorado, his campaign bus rolled into leesburg as top figures in his virginia campaign blasted the president's economic record as abysmal. they say romney's business background will bring results. >> as somebody who has grown businesses, understands how the private sector works and is going to turn this country around just the way you turned around the olympics, he turned around his state. >> but those heading to the rally contend his leadership saved the economy from a worse fate. >> this was on the down slide before he even got into office. so i think it's unfair for people to just lay it squarely on his shoulders. >> the president inherited a mess. there were too many profiteers in the economic system, and the middle class was hurt as a result. and i think the president is the best one to lead us back to prosperity. >> the campaigns do agree on this. loudon county is a battleground within the battleground of virginia, a key to victory in the commonwealth. barack obama captured loudon in 2008, but republicans think the political tide has turne

travel lanes are open past leesburg pike. no issues to report inside the beltway, definitely no accidents. eun, over to you. >> danella, thank you. 4:32 now. >>> our region will be the focus of "decision 2012" today. president obama is scheduled to campaign in northern virginia tonight, speaking at loudoun county high school in leesburg. the visit comes after the president spoke in ohio. he pushed his tax plan, which calls for rate increases of families who earn more than $250,000 a year. loudoun county is a key battleground area within virginia. president obama won that area by just eight points in 2008. he's also scheduled to campaign in florida today. >>> to counter the president's appearance in northern virginia, mitt romney will campaign today with virginia governor bob mcdonnell. the two will be in colorado together, along with several other republican governors mentioned as possible running mates. they include louisiana's bobby jindal and chris christie of new jersey. >>> new developments in the colorado movie massacre

let's look at the numbers. 62 leesburg, 61 in strasburg, . sixnia the 4 in huntingtown and la plata. mid 60's around the beltway. by lunchtime, partly cloudy, 84 degrees. high temperature of 89 this afternoon. in huntingtown and la currently. a few showers possible especially saturday. now to angela. >> we have just gotten report of on the beltway in maryland on the outer loop near .ew hampshire avenue we will let you know if that causes a closure. coming from virginia, 395, nothing disruptive. light.ery hopefully, a lot of folks still getting vacation days. 66 is trouble-free. route 7 to leesburg pike, g disruptive as you continue to the beltway. back to you. >> thank you. it is 5:30. in the day ahead, the man charged with shooting a security at the family research council in chinatown is expected in court. corkins ii will have hearing and a detention hearing. walked into the conservative group's building last and shot the guard in the arm. before he fired, he said he did not like the group's politics. >> a stunning emissions from n dwyerd d

. >> while mitt romney was in colorado, his campaign bus rolled into leesburg, top figures blasted the president's economic record. >> mitt romney is a turn around artist. this country desperately needs a turn around right now. and i think across the board tax cuts are going to be a way to fuel that forward. >> but those headed to the president's rally contend his leadership saved the economy from a worse fate. here's what leesburg mayor had to say. >> the president, i think, will never get the credit he deserves. i think his policies averted a major second great depression. and we ended up with a recess n recession, which hasn't been a great thing to live through. but a depression would have been far worse. >> reporter: coming up on news 4 at 6:00, a closer look at why loudon county is so important to both of these presidential candidates. and i'll tell you when mitt romney might be visiting the commonwealth. >> right now romney's campaigning in another battleground state, colorado. he's promising if elected, he'll create 12 million jobs during his first term. this is romney's first d

leesburg, high of 87 degrees today. la plata, 86. fredericksburg, i think getting up to 88 for a high temperature today. and we're talking about scattered storms around the area. the best chance right here, this corridor. baltimore to d.c., la plata, pax river, around st. mary's, areas off to the east. that's the best chance for seeing the storms later today. again, they'll be scattered pretty much everywhere. look at the satellite and radar review and how thick some of the cloud cover is getting. back to the west, around front royal and charlottesville and petersburg. in fact, some showers already showing up around leesburg. the area south of leesburg making their way quickly to the east. sprinkles, maybe light showers south of gaithersburg, around 270 out of bethesda the next couple of minutes. pack the umbrella today. you'll need it, i think, for the afternoon. we've got one big cluster heading away from new york city. we've got the next one that's going to be moving in quickly through our area. but a chance of rain for the aftern

degrees and frostburg. 54 in cumberland. 57 in meyersville and leesburg with low humidity. dew points in the 50's. thelly, we are mainly in 60's. 67 degrees in washington. in gaithersburg, 59. 69 in quantico. we still have fog especially northwest of town and in parts of central virginia. under and a half mile in winchester and martinsburg and hagerstown. out for patchy fog particularly west of 95 and early on of washington this tuesday morning. we had some clouds spreading over as locally. it will be a beautiful sunrise. have the clearing of to the west, that helps fog to form. that's why we are seeing that mainly west of washington this morning. pressure system is influencing our weather. highe stuck between this down tofrontal system the southeast. that will be the main corridor to showers and storms down the southeast of us. we cannot rule out one or two thisf thundershowers later afternoon and evening. 84 degrees for the high temperature. degreesures near 60 tonight. be warming into the 80s by the weekend with a sunshine. angela, what do you have? >> there is the train

leesburg is 63. we've got 69 over at andrews this morning. fredricksburg is 67 degrees. so pretty comfortable start. it's been a patch of very light sprinkles coming out of southeastern virginia over toward the northern neck. we're looking at that really newland, maybe getting into st. mary's county. you may get a couple light sprinkles this morning. then this afternoon annapolis 85. easton 86. 86 for hagerstown and 89, our warm spot n manassas. let's go to monika samtani at 5:00. she has timesaver traffic. >>> good morning, everybody. things are looking great outside. it's light. no problems to report as you head in from southern maryland. looking good on route 4, route 5, route 301, 210 from accokeek up to oxon hill. we'll take a live look at the beltway i believe near branch avenue. there we go. no problems to report as you pass andrews air force base down into oxon hill and across the wilson bridge. let's go back over to the maps and this time to the west side of town. i just checked out all the cameras on the dulles toll road. no problems in from sterling all the wa

he will make several stops in orlando, florida, this afternoon before heading to leesburg, virginia, tonight. he will speak at a campaign rally at loudoun county high school at 8:00 tonight. the tickets were distributed earlier in the week. the president's presumed challenger plans to campaign today in colorado. romney is finalizing plans for multistate bus tour. he is expected to visit virginia, north carolina, and florida. an announcement expected soon on who is going to be his running mate. 5:05, 72 degrees. >> former penn state coach jerry sandusky responding to penalties issued to the school's football program. >> cleanup begins today in connecticut after 5 inches of rain caused flash floods. a parking lot in a cosmetology center buckled under the pressure of yesterday's rain. most of the parking lot to washed away. dozens of people had to be evacuated from two apartment buildings. the governor says crews will go out to look at the structural integrity of dams and bridges throughout the state. >> let's get a check of the forecast with adam caskey. full moon is beautiful. i was j

this is right along 7 and staying this side of leesburg. that's it right now in terms of the rain. there will be more overnight. let me show you highs today real quickly. 78 for reagan national. it was not bad across the nation. this is important, too because we've lost some of the real extreme heat that we've had the last several weeks. so with this in mind and there's not real hot stuff out there right now, so this will keep us through the week from getting real hot. it looks like the next several days we'll stay in the 80s. tomorrow probably only in the upper 70s because we're not going to have much, if any, sunshine out there tomorrow. i think we'll be right in there where we were today. warmer tuesday, wednesday and thursday, but still temperatures for the most part will stay below normal all week. showers back out to the west of us getting organized again. i think those will start to move through overnight tonight. again, not everybody gets wet, but showers, even a potential thunderstorm in the forecast overnight tonight. 71 now for reagan national, humidity up to 81%, winds

. >>> roof under construction a the a leesburg church collapsed, dropping workers at least three stores to the ground. one man was trapped underneath. that worker and another man were hurt. they're both expected to recover. a third worker wasn't injured. police and safety officials are investigating the cause of that collapse. >>> there's new information on a shake-up at two fire stations in prince george's county. a union representative says a harassment complaint contributed to the changes. starting today four career firefighters from the riverdale station are reassigned to riverdale heights. fire officials blame conflicts between career and volunteer firefighters. >> what really led to the initial investigation, is that one of the female career firefighters did make allegations. >>> a woman was out a a morning run when someone tried to abduct her. >> she told police she couldn't understand what he was saying, so she walked up to the vehicle. that's when the men grabbed her, partially pulling her inside. she managed to break free and run away. the victim describes the vehicle as an ol

does clipping the southern end of leesburg. parts of prince william county also seen the rain and now crossing the potomac into charles county and king george county, you have light showers. it is warm and very humid. you notice the humidity. 79 in the district and 70 in winchester. on the way to 89 and becoming partly cloudy. even this afternoon cannot rule out an isolated thundershowers. more on the extended forecast coming right up. now back to lisa. then i like the way things are shaping up for us this morning along the maryland side of town. 270 start of a little rocky but it is moot now. nothing on the beltway in prince george's county and andrews air force base. a little volume the outer loop new hampshire ave. live, we go to the geico traffic center picture of we will show you what looks like in virginia and it is moving at speeds. the camera to heading toward is -- northbound edsall road to the pentagon, lighter than average. cynne and steve? >> coming up, we will pick another winner of the free montgomery county their

more storms around leesburg and hughesville. this has a lot of lightning associated with it. not severe, but we are watching for downpours. another shower, starting to weaken just a bit, just to the society and east of manassas, so if you're around the area, expect some showers in your region. satellite and radar we'll see a few more, and then we start talking about heat. 94 tomorrow, 96 on friday with a heat index close to 100. we stay into the 90s. and we stay at least 90 degrees or better right on through the seven-day period. quell above 40 for this year. >> really? >> yeah. we're just getting started. >>> still ahead, a woman is hit and killed in a northern virginia parking lot. tonight police are looking for her husband. >>> a freak accident with a bow and arrow lands a local woman in the hospital. >>> and we'll go live to redskins training camp, catching up with one of last year's breaking stars. >>> stick around. dramatic flooding and rescues. >>> another day live at redskins park. >> karen maloney is out there. any more injuries? >> holding up as well as can be expec

up to the north, gaithersburg and leesburg, a little rain but no lightning. up to clear spring along 68, that's where we have rain off to the east just northwest of annapolis, and what you can expect today on and off showers and thunder. we will have highs in the lower 80s. i amtr tracking isaac and will e you in a few minutes. >>> the tropical storm is already affecting florida, and the governor there cancelled schools tomorrow. >> and republicans are pushing back the start of their convention until tuesday. this morning, tropical storm isaac is gaining strength. nbc's jay gray shows us the preps from ft. meyers. >> reporter: at least four people were killed in the caribbean as high winds and heavy rains ripped apart shelters in haiti, a clear and powerful warning in the gulf coast. >> everybody needs to be watching this carefully taking initial preparations. >> reporter: in ft. meyers, that includes sandbags. >> it's the storm surge and the size we are concerned with. >> reporter: preparations continue in tampa, but events scheduled for monday, the first da

there is closure between belmont ridge road and leesburg bypass. we were trying to get eastbound through, but they had to close both directions. we are shutdown on the dulles greenway. as a greenway back to you. >> thank you. -- we are shut down on the dulles greenway as a result. back to you. >> thank you. john gonzalez has team coverage on the impact of isaac in bethesda and all across the country. >> gas prices seem to be going up by the hour. this morning the national average is $3.80 a gallon. in the d.c. area, a little higher. federal investigators are to be a close eye on guys like these two mississippi gas station owners accused of cracking up fuel prices on drivers fully in the storm path. >> it it went up 20 cents in the last two weeks. it's crazy. >> these numbers are expected to climb as we head into the labor day weekend. the perfect storm at>> close to $5. that's a lot. >> there's been a shutdown of several refineries along the gulf coast due to isaac and others are operating at reduced prices. and there's a fire still burning at the

leesburg, 59 in sterling. 63 la plata. low humidity on this tuesday. look at the visibilities. martinsburg, 0.3 miles. 1.8 in frederick. watch for the patchy fog especially northwest of washington. degrees for the high temperature, partly cloudy. isolated thundershowers in afternoon and evening. they will be few and far between. 25% chance. eighth used by the thunder showers tomorrow with similar temperatures in the mid '80s. back to angela with traffic. >> good morning. our big story in the traffic center is the train derailment. told if you plan to city, theellicott street will be closed throughout of the day. is frederick road doylestown ellicott city. near columbia pike. that may be a viable alternate route. traveling around maryland right at it.t's look run intolers, you may slowdown. construction.le sao bound near shady grove road, that area. southbound. virginia on interstate 66, no problems eastbound 0 westbound from a market all the way to the capital beltway. at the american off the capital beltway. loops with on both or incidents to report. back to you. >> thank you.

leesburg is asking anyone not going to the event to avoid the area around the school. several roads will be closed starting at 2:30. others will close at 6:30 including lee avenue between dominion academy and dry mill road. more information about this on myfoxdc. com. meanwhile, mitt romney will be campaigning in colorado today. >> today, he will hold a round table in as pep with three high profile governors. talk is still swirling about who romney will pick for his running mate. his campaign says the announcement will be made first on an app called mitt's vp. >> all right. let's go back out to training camp at redskin park. >> rex grossman, he is talking about his role right now. dave ross live in ashburn this morning. he is a very humble kind of rolling in the one. s, i guess, dave. >> yes, it is true. it is wisdom martin's favorite guy we're talking about. we'll get to rex in a second. there is some surrey news we have to get to first. jamal brown, he had had the miles an hour on his right hip. he does not need surgery. that is good news, i think. the bad news is he

and went down to hagerstown where they stopped for lunch and continued into virginia and rode through leesburg. they will head out tomorrow morning to ground zero on sunday. >> still to come, millions of federal dollars heading to the states. there is a catch. see what it takes to get the money. >> gasoline prices keep going up. >> some big assistance for a local wounded warrior. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] you work hard. stretch every penny. but chances are you pay a higher tax rate than him... mitt romney made twenty million dollars in two thousand ten but paid only fourteen percent in taxes... probably less than you now he has a plan that would give millionaires another tax break... and raises taxes on middle class families by up to two thousand dollars a year. mitt romney's middle class tax increase. he pays less. you pay more. >> breaking news from upper marlboro. news chopper 7 over a crash in the area of route 4. a car has gone off the road and into the woods. no word yet on any injuries. to continue, a local wounded warrior a new home owner

no one able to get by between belmont ridge and leesburg bypass. we do not see any traffic on the eastbound side of the highway. this is an overturned tanker truck on the top right side of the screen there. that is still overturned on its side. we know at least one injury at this time. look it the left. there is a lot of activity here but i do not see any cars passing by the scene. be careful here. 267, the dulles greenway, i'm going to say it is shut down in each direction at this time with no one getting by at the scene. if you are traveling south along 270, lanes are open. volume increasing leaving eaded clarksburg. no problems reported, just volume delays as you work out towards germantown. >>> the republican national convention wraps up in tampa tonight. >> it will close with mitt romney formally accepting the job presidential nomination. last night, many of the party's biggest names hit the stage including former secretary of state condoleezza rice and senator john mccain. for the most part, secretary rice focused on international relations w

fauquier county, crossing 66, leesburg, culpeper, moving south to north. that rain will spread over the corridor and the beltway soon this morning. degrees right now in the district. winchester, 70 in frederick. on our way to the mid to upper today with showers and thunderstorms, some possibly severe. a little sunshine around midday over. weekend we will have into early saturday. dry on sunday and less humid. >> a tree came down this morning area of 16th street and colesville road in silver spring. road.eopened that a tree has come down on 66. is westbound at the exit delaplane. there's an accident on 66 eastbound before martial. you can get around both incidents. to report on route 7. looks good on the greenway, the toll road. travel times in our favor on 270. a pretty good ride in .larksburg headlights in this picture southbound. back to you. >> thank you. it will take longer to get around using metro this weekend. red line trains not running grosvenor and friendship heights from 10:00 tonight until .losing on sunday shuttle buses available. orange line

into the interchange in virginia on the beltway outer loop at leesburg to 66, you need to stay in the far right lane for another 30 minutes. in maryland, not looking at any problems. also moving well on 66 making the drive in front janesville into the capital beltway. now to steve. >> a man in washington state has been arrested, accused of making e-mail threats against the president. the 31-year-old sent an e-mail to a general mailinboxfbi in box threatening to killpresident. he had a shotgun aimed at them when they arrived. they did not find any explosives. he's doing court this afternoon. in the next half-hour, what his mother says about his arrest. >> around prince george's county, charges pending against a father accused of kidnapping his 1-year-old son. >> an amber alert was issued for little cesar martinez, last seen with his father. shortly after father that alert was canceled after martinez was located on harmed with his father in district heights. the man is in police custody this morning. >> in the day ahead the former uva lacrosse player convicted of killing his ex-girlfrie

fox 5's maureen umeh joins us live from leesburg with the latest. >> reporter: loudoun county is a battle ground between the battle ground state of virginia and president obama acknowledged as much telling the crowd if he could win at loudoun county, he can win the white house making a case for why he deserves four more years. to thunderous applause president obama greeted supporters at loudoun county high school thursday night. >> it is good to be back in virginia. >> reporter: his latest campaign stop in the battle ground state of virginia, president obama telling the crowd the choice voters face this november couldn't be bigger. >> this is a choice between two fundamentally different paths for our country, two fundamentally different visions of where we need to go. >> reporter: the president spoke of his vision for rebuilding the economy from the middle out reduce the country's deficit and cutting taxes for the middle class. >> if you look at the facts, every time we've grown it hasn't been by the top down. it's been from the middle out. >> reporter: hundreds lined up outside loudoun c