winchester ge factory started producing incandescent light bulbs in 1975 closed forever today. fox 5's john henrehan has more on the disappointing decision to shut it down by ge. >> reporter: at a sprawling factory complex just south of winchester millions and millions of light bulbs have been manufactured. these are incandescent light bulbs, the kind invented by thomas edison and they've been made this this virginia factory for 35 years. edwar jackson used to make them. >> send -- edward jackson used to make them. >> send them down the line on the machine, the machine turns them around and puts the fill amounts into the -- filaments into the bulb and the light and welded the base into the bulb. >> reporter: he said it was a decent job with very good pay and benefits but the market for incandescent light bulbs is declining quickly partly because of the consumer preference for more efficient lighting and partly because of international agreements that will phase out most old- fashioned bulbs in coming years. citing overcapacity, rising costs and inefficiencies, ge decided to clo

winchester, culpeper, 91 in hagerstown. angie, over to you. >> all right, rise, shine and let's have a great day, folks. we're going to be begin with a live shot on 395 headed northbound just after duke street where we're watching some volume pick up but overall no real problems making your way towards that 14th street bridge. into d.c. we move. inbound new york avenue moving well from the times building towards the 3rd street tunnel. keeping things going. here's 95 and the bw parkway, finding all of our lanes wide open from route 32 down towards the beltway. all of of the construction on both of these roads have now since cleared. back to you. >> thank you, angie. this morning one woman's personal struggles are on display for all to see. she's been evicted and her stuff is piled up for blocks. 9news reporter kristin fisher is live in northwest washington with more. such a sad story, kristin. >> reporter: it really is. it's a tough story. it's a story that we know happens to so many people across the country, especially dur

a ge factory in winchester that started producing incandescent lightbulbs in 1975, closed forever today and john henrehan talked to workers on the factory and with more on the disappointing decision to shut it down. >> general electric has been in the manufacturing didn't make a cut. >> reporter: they have been here in this factory for 35 years. edward jackson used to make them. >> and the machine turns around and puts them into the bulb and shot the white off into the bulbs and that also welded the base cap. >> reporter: jackson said it was a good job with descent pay and good benefits. the market for incan dessent lightbulbs is declining quickly, partly because of consumer preference for more efficient lighting and from international agreements phasing them out in coming years and citing over capacity, rising costs and inefficiencies, ge decided to close the win chester lightbulb factory forever. thursday was the last day of production and locals don't like the company's decision. >> it's a shame. the community needs the job and people are without jobs. >> seems like everything is goi

winchester 95. 92 cumberland and lower 80s in annapolis. our seven-day forecast it's hot through friday. again, watch out for storms this afternoon. topper will have the latest through the afternoon fall tonight 11:09. saturday cooling down to around 84. should be a good day. sunday a chance for a shower or two in the afternoon. and even monday as well. cool down back to more normal levels in the upper 70s. that's your weather. we'll go to the kitchen with 9 news now returns. (announcer) new icy hot power gel. relief that's icy to dull pain, hot to relax it away. and no mess. new icy hot power gel. don't mess around with pain. >>> fall formally begins tonight. so it's time for us to turn our attention to the fall season. guess what? we have some fabulous local apples in the area. and my chef today is rsvp catering executive chef gregg greenburg. he's going to do an apple dish. actually, an apple truffle vessel. a mouthful with sort of a twist on the classic trifle. >> that's right. >> okay. >> what we have here we're going to start with a h

tomorrow morning -- the belfort furniture weather center, winchester tomorrow morning, in the 50's. the great view from space, but nothing on doppler, nor will there be as we go through the next 12 hours. tomorrow at this time, we may have rain showers. the upcoming forecast coming up. >>> coming up, the discovery hostages are speaking out tonight. hear what they are saying about their daring escape plan. >> first, the battle over your money, the compromise needed to prevent you from getting a smaller paycheck. >>> 7 on your side has the showdown over your money that could leave many people with changes to their paycheck they will not like. at that it comes down to taxes. the president wants to increase taxes for the wealthy, but he is going head-to-head with republicans. on january 1, the bush tax cuts are set to expire. the president wants to extend those cuts to everyone on the first $250,000 that they earn. for this district resident who was laid off last year -- >> february 25, 2009, my last day of work. >> she is studying to be a nurse. >> i think what bush did the tax cuts, h

starting to get warmer than yesterday. 17 winchester. it is in the '60s for the most part. 57 is an exception at frederick. 990 degrees this afternoon. there could be isolated thunderstorms, a 30% chance, after 3:00 p.m. and you did a mogul. high temperatures will be a few degrees warmer, low 90's. >>> we have all kinds of things going on. 66 is good. dulles greenway canceled are quiet. all will travel times on 275 between father hurley and the beltway. if nothing complicated on the beltway. possibly a tractor-trailer overturned. interstate 70 west at 94 woodbine. use 144. 70 west is blocked. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:42, 65 degrees. coming up -- >> the viewers have spoken. who is ll cellule whtell you going home after one night on the dance floor. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] bursting with mouth-watering real fruit and refreshingly blended with creamy, low-fat yogurt. mcdonald's new strawberry banana and wildberry smoothies are 100% pure sipping fun. the simple joy of real fruit smoothies. ♪ four years ago, bob ehrlich got fire

winchester not there yet. over the next half hour, you'll see the storms move in yet. these storms have a history of severe weather well back to the wt and continues to move to the east at 45 miles an hour. that brings it close to frederick and the next hour or so towards brunswick, and maybe parts of loudoun county in an hour and a half. if they stay together, a strong storm system. we have to wait and see, but i think we have a chance of seeing storms continue to move off toward the west. a lot of rain earlier, most of the light rain out of here and hereomes the line. thatineÑi is going to be the difference tomorrow morning when you wake up. why? we'll see different temperatures and it will feel a l better morrow than it did this afternoon. we reached a team toumperature . 63rd day of heat across the area and just as fast as temperatures rose, they plummeted to 70 degrees, we saw temperature goes from 92 to 72 in 20 minutes once rain moved on in. 69 in quantico. and we saw showers come through and look at this little system right here. that's the system that hashe s

mike taibbi, nbc news, winchester, virginia. >> i'm with roy. that's our broadcast for this thursday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. as always, we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening, everyone. >> first, physical freedom tonight, emotional freedom as sarah shourd opens up about year long ordeal in an iranian prison. >> it had come political and at this point, this is bier

winchester 85. and tonight we will be back in the 50s, low to mid-50s north an west and low 80s here in town -- 60s here in town. showers are possible late thursday in to friday. the cold front will cool us down in to the upper 70s. back in the low to mid-80s over the weekend with good looking weather for the skins second home game. >> and hopefully second win. go burgundy and gold. >>> a traffic alert from stafford, virginia. good morning, everybody. here's the situation. north heritage road watch for crash activity and crews on the scene. move outside and show you 95 northbound. tracking the trip up to the micking bowl. everything is -- mixing bowl. everything is good here. inbound new york avenue, everything is good. route 4, rout 5, 301, no incidents or accidents on the roads out here and we will end with 270 southbound, smooth sailing. going northbound watch for roadwork set up near the falls exit. back to you. >>> a quick heads up for commuters coming in to the city. this is a live look at the

they closed the winchester, virginia plant last night. two hundred workers lost their jobs to switch to more energy saving cfl bulbs is making those old bulbs obsolete. and the dea has a drug turn-in program tomorrow. people can drop off older and unused pills around the country. the dea will dispose of them safely. they are hoping to fight prescription drug abuse. >>> w let's fast forward to that weather. >> 97 degrees out there. plenty of sunshine. a very hot day and a record breaking day as well. we're going to cool off tonight down to aut 70 by the time you wake up tomorrow morning. winchester around 65. your forecast tomorrow, temperature in the mid 80 84 in annapolis. if you're thinking about going out this week, it is looking fantastic. no matter what it is, the 17 street festival, octoberfest and the national harbor, even a taste of fendship heights. you can find it all on nbcwashington.com. the full forecast coming up in a minute. >> ank you, doug. what will happen with d.c. school's chancellor michelle rhee? that's the question

upper 60s for winchester. still showers around throughout the day. maybe thunder. highs in the 70s. >>> showers mean more chances for accidents wretch seeing that out there. 95 northbound. new crash at 123 and delays begin at dale boulevard. it will be a long stretch of delays from dale boulevard up to 123 where two right lanes are blocked at this hour. switch over to the next camera as we pass the mixing bowl on to duke street and 395, delays up to washington boulevard. to accidents, just a lot of volume. >>> and finally switch it back to the key street. actually in dc. arlington in to georgetown right now. traffic is moving well. a lot of wet roads to look out for. more coming up after the break. a sip of my real fruit smoothie from mccafé? it's like a fusion of luscious strawberries and bananas. blended with creamy, yummy yogurt in a refreshing explosion of wild berries that reverberates off my taste buds. then crescendos with a flavor that tastes as good as it sounds. [ male announcer ] new real fruit smoothies from mccafé. mmm... [ male announcer ] the simpl

some 40s on the map tonight. 46 in winchester. 38 out in oakland. so one of the cooler nights so far. tuesday morning sunny and chilly start. 40s and 50s. winds light and they turn, southeasterly at 10. and by afternoon, what can we say, mostly sunny and just spectacular again. high temperatures near 80 and winds southeasterly at about 10. zone forecast for you. we'll start in the mountains. now west of the divide, so western allegany and garret county, you hold in the 60s. but a very nice day. 74 in cumberland with sunshine. upper 70s for winchester, martinsberg and hagerstown. 81 for culpeper. but 70 for leesberg and paris and upperville and manassas around 78. and downtown around 80. 79 toward andrews and la plater. upper 70s for southern maryland and the bay. and the winds will be below small craft advisory criteria tomorrow. 87 on wednesday. near 90 on thursday and friday. that's hot for this time of year. a few storms possible wednesday and thursday. and then maybe a shower friday night with a very weak cold front. temperatures go back down th

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farther out to the west towards winchester. see something rain showers. then the area of heavy rain that we were seeing in severna park has pushed off right now. mainly misty conditions there. as you're getting the kids ready for school this morning. here is your bus stop forecast. rain is likely. i showed that to you. temperature primarily in the mid-60s. sunrise this morning, not that you'll see it will be at 7:00 a.m. here is a look at the satellite- radar. this is the big picture. can you see all this rain pushing in from the south. can you see this making its way northward. moves to the west of washington area but push as a lot of precipitation in over the mid- atlantic and into the northeast as well. can you see there is a lot more moisture to work with so this way be a day-long event into tonight, into tomorrow as well. current temperatures around the region. we've gone up now to 66 degrees in washington. 66 in baltimore as well. manassas is at 63. frederick, maryland is at 61. cambridge, it is 7 # at this hour. your forecast for today, cloudy, coo

winchester, 150. that is a little on the warm side for you. obviously, that is an error. 68 in hagerstown. i'll work on the computer, see if we can't get that fixed. there goes the shower and thunderstorm activity slipping off the coa. we are left generally with quiet conditions. it will be quiet today. i think generally sunshine by this afternoon after a little morning cloudiness and hot. -- the shower and thunderstorm activity slipping off the coast. more record heat, hot temperatures tomorrow. a cool downin the form of a second cold front that gets in here early saturday morning. mostly sunny skies. hot and humid this afternoon. first full day of fall. that is unusual, 91 degrees. winds out of the north and west at about five miles per hour. warm tonight. 71degrees your overnight low and looking to the next couple of days, we need the rain. some of us got it yesterday. many of us didn't. not a whole lot the next couple of days. 94 tomorrow. that would tie a record if we hit that. now, let's do some on-time traffic and julie wright. >> not l

out it our west in winchester, it is 66 degrees there as well. satellite-radar composite for the region, a few clouds coming through this morning so, wade frontal boundary that will be passing through this morning as the cold front. it will not make it cold but it will become breezy, bring some clouds. nothing in the way of precipitation for us. and then cooler, drier air in place behind it. the main focus is drier air with calm conditions. it does get breezy behind that fronted. we could see our winds gust up to 20, 25 miles per hour for a short time later on today. then the high pressure builds in and today is fine. wednesday looks great as well. sunny skies, highs around 80 degrees. so your forecast for today, mostly sunny skies. breezy at times. 82degrees for your high. and then for your five-day forecast tomorrow, as i said, quiet conditions. sunny, 81 degrees. not all that humid. thursday is our next chance of rain i think late in the day, really probably thursday night into the first part of friday and then things look good as we head towa

winchester, 70. 66 in march 0. actually, 71 in winchester. frederick.t roya the dew point temperature measures the amount of moisture in the atmosphere. 70 is when it is oppressive. the dew points are higher today than yesterday. they will continue to rise this afternoon and evening. you will feel good humidity and the heat due to the southernly flow. clouds are along the front. the front will stay to our north. the jet stream shows purple. warmer air to the south. we will be on the southern side of the jet stream the next couple days. that's through friday. mostly sunny this morning. patchy clouds this afternoon. isolated thunderstorms as we develop instability. 90 today. low 90's tomorrow and through friday. >>> we are going to jump up to newschopper 7 flying over a tractor-trailer on its side on 70 westbound after 94 devine exit. there you see the truck on its side. people going single file to left on interstate 70 at the woodbine exit. now to virginia. everything is open, but going slowly. northbound 395, noble delays from edsall road to

other signs mark the detour, another let's motorist know if they are going to winchester or oval track. this is the new way to go. >> i'd been up here for 27 years. this one is a bad one. >> she looks forward to the future, when tyson's corner will be better for those riding the rails. >> i hope in the long term, it will benefit all of us. >> for the long term, it is going to be about four months. this is all a bunch of hotels here. all of these hotels have notified their guests that they have to use their back entrance to get to the hotels for now. >>> some delays in tyson's corner. take a look at this. we have an update on a breaking story that we first reported at 5:00. this small plane lands on an atlantic highway. a pilot made an emergency landing on interstate 85. that is northeast of downtown atlanta. no one was hurt their. it was not clear on what forced the pilots down onto the interstate. >>> we're learning more tonight about the man who shot the doctor at johns hopkins. he brought deep -- he bought the gun legally. he bought the gun a few years ago that has since gone out of

winchester at 70 degrees. ben the height to mitscher yesterday was 93 degrees. it is not a record breaker. the record high a who today is 94 degrees. if there is a good chance we will break a record high. they climb into the mid-90's. tomorrow we will cool down. >> we have some fog to deal with. we have roadwork that closes down the connector road. all traffic is forced to leave 66 west. the interlude at 66 coming you have to go west. enter live traffic has to go west. you ride the ramp in order to come back. across the american legion bridge, i can see if i can pull up a picture of 270 traffic from them traffic. it is 71 degrees. >> the fda takes action on medicine for the of the latest warning. >> >> we begin miss some breaking news coming in to us from d.c. where police chase ended in gunfire. shots rang out and the suspects tried to flee on foot. no one was hit. one suspect is in custody. we will bring you the latest on this throughout the morning. virgin has executed a woman for the first time in nearly a century. theresa lewis - teresa lewis was put to dea

it is 60 indire burke. 67 in winchester. still in the '60s in some outlying areas. not much happening in terms of cloud cover right now. high, thin clouds moving off to the northwest. there will be dry patches. 82 is the high temperature today, becoming breezy. northwesterly wind at 10-20 with higher gusts. a lot of sunshine tomorrow, near 80 degrees, average for this time of year. on thursday, mid 80's. thursday night into early friday there could be a few isolated areas of light rain. now to lisa baden. >>> the accident in waldorf is gone now. headed to andrews air force base on route 5, looks good. 295 and 295 looks good in baltimore. let's look at maryland. let's go to the beltway at the american legion bridge. to and from tysons looks good, looks good in bethesda, looks nice on 270. >>> 65 degrees. >> coming up, colorado contains two massive wildfires. we will learn what sparked the fires. the exit is a loss. >> family and friends are >>> good morning. tuesday morning. today's primary day in maryland and in the district. in d.c., the consensus mayors race betwe

all this is the area al toward winchester up until around 11:45. this is the weather front that is coming through tomorrow. this is what is going on in the tropics. almost half of inched of rain out around martinsburg. meanwhile, they are lined up. there is julia. there is igor, which is now a really increasing threat to bermuda. meanwhile, karl is well off the coast of the united states. it could become a strong threat came as a news ashore. right now, 100 miles east of veracruz. none of that is a threat to the united states. as the cut the overnight hours, we will continue to see temperatures drop. earlier today, we're up to 92 degrees. look at his burk, only 68 degrees. there is that line coming through. there is that one little left over a line of showers and thundershowers out into west virginia. by tomorrow morning, it will be out of fear. temperatures will be into the 60's per it's a lot of sunshine tomorrow. temperatures once again, a bit above average. the average height is 78, 79 degrees. we will continue to seek temperatures a little bit

. -- winchester, 63 at this hour. we get some loud pushing that the region. that is a cold front that will come through here tonight. that is the front that will trigger some shower activity we believe but in advance of the cold front, we get the temperatures warming up a little bit. a little bit of a southerly breeze, some cloud cover and then the cold front comes through, trigs some showers, maybe a couple of thunderstorms. that brings cooler, drier air in for the rest of the week or the end of the week into the weekend. this is how it all comes together for today. your forecast, clouds on the increase. warm temperatures though in advance of the cold front and breezy. 87degrees for your high today as opposed to yesterday's 86 degrees. those winds are suggested early tonight. late tonight, they will shift to out of the northwest with the passage of the front. cloudy skies tonight, chance for showers, maybe a thunderstorm we think late tonight. best chance probably after midnight. then your five-day forecast looks like this. tomorrow, after maybe a couple of

when church -- winchester is at 74. stafford is 82. they are waiting on the cold front. mostly sunny, made a the's for most of us. a little cooler northwest of town. we'll talk more about this and the tropics coming up. >>> a man is in critical condition after being hit by a police cruiser. the crash happened early this morning near central avenue in capitol heights. the 62-year-old was crossing the road outside of the crosswalk when he was struck. police have not identified the officer or the victim. >>> another pedestrian was hurt in montgomery county, along metropolitan avenue in kensington. there is no word on the extent of the woman's injuries. the accident forced the closure of nearby train tracks. >>> metro is on the hunt for answers to what led to a meltdown on the red line. passengers were stranded at the station that was supposed to be shut down because of power problems. courtney robinson has the latest. >> red line writers were dropped off at the closed wheaton metro station. it's in serious, but metro says it did not seem serious. >> we got on the escalator

a little over two tenths of an inch of rain in winchester. 15 hundredths in albany. this was after we were in the 80's and 90's. reagan national, 92 degrees today. the 63rd time this year we have hit 90 or better. 67 was the morning low. only a trace of rain so far at the airport. 66 in gaithersburg and frederick. befriend has not passed through frederiksberg yet. it is going to get -- the front has not pass through frederiksberg yet. we will see a cool down overnight. then he continues down south. the rain will just be a temporary visitor. -- of the heat continues down south. the rain will just be a temporary visitor. a tornado warning for a while in queens and staten island and york city this afternoon. violent weather there. there is a second line developing and i'm beginning this will pivot of to beam northeast. -- of to the northeast. high-pressure returns from the west and that will be the mechanism for a lot of sunshine and pleasant weather for the next several days. partly sunny in the morning, 68 in the metro area. 73 midday. 80 in the afternoon. clouds and

folks along i-81 with the exception of winchester in the 70s. not sure where winchester's temperature is right now. maybe it will pop in here in a second. not going to. let's move along. the forecast for this evening as laurel was hinting at very, very nice to dine outdoors this even or just about any plans you have nor later on. should be real, real good. the winds have been gusting this afternoon. gusting up to 20 to 25 miles an hour. they will be calming down over the next couple of hours, so basically winds about 5 to 10 miles an hour. just some fair skies through the evening. temperatures in the middle 70s at 7:00, in the upper 60s hart on. overnight tonight, we are -- upper 60s later on. showers last night and the showers moving harmlessly off to the east and north, cleaning up there in and around queens and brooklyn and trenton, new jersey, where they found out there was a tornado up there. straight line winds, awful mess up there tonight. here we are, back side, winds coming out of the north, and northwest a little gusty but fair weather

winchester at 60. martinsberg 54 degrees and 63 here in washington, d.c. 63 in annapolis. and yesterday we were right on the mark for national. this hit right where we should be temperature wise at 79 degrees. 79 at dulles and 76 for baltimore. skies fairly clear for us. but take a look at igor. what a mon store of a storm. there is dry air moving into the circulation so it's playing a little bit of havoc with the eye as far as that is concerned. it's starting to weaken out. it's now a category one and it was a two yesterday. and julia is a storm. no watches or warning. but igor is headed for burm you'd -- bermuda. and the remnants of julia you can see. and it's 235 miles south of bermuda, expected to pass over bermuda into the course of the evening or tonight. 6-9 inches of rainfall and dangerous storm surge and it is dangerous. and then both storms heading up to the atlantic to the north. so we don't have anything to worry about in terms of the coastal region, but you could see some rip currents along the shorelines as it does move through. so we'll keep an eye on that.

it i will tell you as we move through the evening, temperatures continue to drop. 57 frederick, 63 winchester. we will probably get into the 50's and possibly the 40's in the western suburbs. that is through the evening. severe frontal system will swing through to march. we start off clear and cool, scattered clouds, nothing in tents. cloud cover in the afternoon as we head towards the evening hours. the clouds later in the day, partly cloudy, should be still nice. with the southerly push of air and the wind, the temperature probably warmer, upper 80's as we had through the afternoon. patchy clouds, noticeably warmer later in the day, upper 80's. behind that system, no rain, but temperatures start to drop back a little bit, low 80's monday. the upper 70's tuesday. fox kicks off wednesday night. it will be near mid 80. >>> up next, women helping women. assisting women reach their goals. ♪ [bus engine. ♪ounds of coughing and sniffling] >>> some maryland women tonight know more about each other and their local business community. they posted their first ever women's expo today. maureen bunya

southbound 280 at winchester. headlights moving northbound. this is the 17 overcrossing. no problems the northbound direction but southbound 280 at winchester, the south lane blocked after smashing into the center divide and facing the wrong way. emergency crews on the scene there. san jose, a live look at 101 at the 880 overcrossing. problem-free here heading all the way up the peninsula. the golden gate bridge, we're still following a water main break, southbound 101 right at highway 1. the right lane blocked off due to water in the roadway. also a crash northbound 101 approaching highway 1, two lanes blocked there as well. a check of drive times for your friday morning commute, northbound 101 from 280 to 237. that's 11 minutes. no delays westbound 80 from the carquinez bridge to the maze and 85 to north 1st street a nine minute drive time. for the latest traffic updates, go to abc7news.com and click on the traffic link under abc 7 extras. eric? >> megan, thank you very much. it's 6:20 now. travelers getting ready to hit the road this labor day weekend as the summer tra

cooler spots around frederick d winchester. it's not just rainshowers but could have thunder. tomorrow, the high of 80 with all of this moving out. as we clear out, the wind will pick up. windy conditions with gusts 30 to 35 miles per hour. there is the new rain wednesday into thursday. friday now is looking dry. for the weekend, we're back to sunshine for right now. >> 60s, wow. >> we are keeping our eye on the tropics. >> quite cool. >> you cod be getting busy around florida. >> be careful what you ask for. >> we are getting it. >> in a big way. >> thank >> still ahead, the owner of the segue corporation died while riding his segue. >> and they are calling them reluctant vacationers. why so many americans opt to skip the summer getaways and let vacation days go to waste. >>> coming up, it's been a power struggle with petco and now one company is fighting to keep the lights on. education nation week on nbc. tonight a look at chancellor michelle reed's resumÉ, successes and setbacks and another reason for people to worry, using the internet to diagnose aches and pains could b

back towards winchester just under 2 inches but off to the east is the area that's seen tremendous amots of rain. over 7 1/2 inches in annapolis. leonard town coming in at 9 inches. we've seen flooding and localized flash flooding as well. we've been talking about this throughout the da and really throughout the day yesterday, too. do not drive through moving waters. there have been numerous water rescues as aesult of people driving into water that you just don know how deep it is. if your vehicle stalls, leave it and seek higher ground immediately. twfeet of water will carry away most vecles. we've seen that during the day today with numerous water res kus. this next round will be the poential for flash flooding. we don't want to see a repeat with what we've had with round one with round two as the remnants of tropical storm nicole move back intoour area. >> when is the heavy rain going to move back into the area? probably by around 8:00 or 9:00 p.m. there's that low pressure system. i'll have more coming up in a few minutes. >> we'll stay in touch. >> the heavy rain made this morning's

winchester, you are down to 66. 64 in manassas. 69 as you start your morning in fredericksburg. this is very unusual as this weather pattern persists for another couple of days. we are going to cool it down by the weekend but we have to get there first. satellite-radar, hay couple of pretty good thunderstorms pop up during the evening hours last night. not all of us saw the rain but some did get some pretty good showers. we got a little localized fog out there. it should be a bright and sunny afternoon. our next frontal system doesn't get in here until late friday, early saturday. i think it will come through here try but it will start to cool things down as we get into saturday and sunday. so this particular heat wave won't last too much longer. here is another look at t the heat olds on with high temperatures. i think they will be right in the neighborhood they were yesterday, low to mid-90s. really, up and done the eastern seaboard here. we are talking about unseasonable heat with 80s and 90s in the forecast for the next couple of days. 91degrees your high temperature so stay

. -- winchester, 71. there are awe few clouds out there off to the north and off to the south. we are cloud-free this morning and for the bulk of the day we will be. you think late today, we get some clouds coming through. here is your forecast for today. mostly sunny and hot. maybe a -- not maybe -- definitely a little more humid than it has been. look if a high today of about 90 degrees and that, let me do the calculations in high head, carry the four. no, it is 1 degrees above normal. >> i thought we were still adding up to the days above 90 no the year. >> no, no, but we have to look at that. sorry. >> you think your time is done. >> we're done with you. >> okay. all right. coming up, ask the weather guy. >> how is ask the weather guy today? >> i can't say. we're out of time. >> quit pushing him. you'll get him in trouble. >>> somebody appear perm items big and small stretching across blocks of an unt are section. >> i woman is being kicked out of her home and is desperate to save her items. >> reporter: eloisa diaz, it has been a long night for scherr. she was evicted yest

this afternoon, our northern friends have a chance of showers, 83 winchester. culpeper more sunshine. high clouds and 88 and even potentially 9 to the the south. -- 90 to the south. here's angie. >>> we are focusing on virginia. live from the fairfax county parkway where it meets fair lakes. drivers are topped at a light. no incidents or accidents or along the way. switch over to nutley and lee highway. if you are making a drive through the vienna area. right now so far so good. looks like lanes are open. oh, man looks like we don't have that camera. fly the gw parkway heading southbound. right now you are doing fine making your way from the beltway past 123 all the way to the bridge. the time is 6:38. hope you are off to a great thursday, everybody. 9 news now will be right ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] bursting with mouth-watering real fruit and refreshingly blended with creamy, low-fat yogurt. mcdonald's new strawberry banana and wildberry smoothies are 100% pure sipping fun. the simple joy of real fruit smoothies. ♪ go-gurt is specially made to freeze and

no problems northbound through the downtown area but you will find this crash at winchester. the car facing the wrong way in the center divide. also, emergency crews on the scene there. elsewhere in san jose, a live look at 101 at the 880 overcrossing. right now a nice ride all the way up the peninsula. a live look at the golden gate bridge. making your way into san francisco from sausalito. we have a water main break southbound 101 past highway 1 pouring water into the right lane there. >> megan, thank you very much. 5:53 now. stronger than expected data on the job front encouraging investors. the "moneyscope" report. >> the report a pretty good one. jobs at the center of the economic recovery and wall street keeps a close eye on the latest numbers. the jobs report is out and right now the nation's unemployment rate, 9.6%. that's in line with what economists expected. payroll better than expected plus private payrolls rose by 67,000. the imf put a number on the amount of people that lost their jobs starting because of the global financial crisis. 30 million worldwide for tot

winchester 67. up the road, martinsburg 58. manassas is 59. frederick and gaithersburg 57 and andrews is 62. we have 66 a couple of clouds mixing up there. 59 on the dew point and the humidity is 78% and a light southwesterly wind at six. it was calm last hour. so the front is up in this part of the world, but there's no real weather with it. you see showers across new york state and to the west, as well. storm system gathering in the middle of the country. that's going to be moving toward us. first we get the front. perhaps a few clouds with it this afternoon and this evening. tonight mainly clear. winds will start to relax as that storm pulling away -- pulls away. as we head to thursday look at this through the midwest. that could bring us shower activity on thursday night in to friday morning. this is igor, another perspective and if this doesn't turn it is right on-line for the northern leeward islands but the good news with the storm, even though it is a strong one, the forecast track has it making turn away from this leeward islands and

the temperatures drop off a little bit and winchester, 70 degrees and cumberland right now on the extreme western side of the warm front is 64 and some showers and some thunderstorms right on through the evening and temperatures pretty much stuck in the mid- 70s and cooling off a little bit by 11:00 and not much. again, not everybody is getting wet this evening. certainly, a majority of us will be at least under a chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight. the flash flood watch is issued and this is for overnight and into early, early tomorrow morning. we do believe that by late tomorrow morning, we're getting drier and we'll see sunshine, it looks like, too, and all the rain is coming on up because of an area of low pressure to the south of us and in the northern section of georgia and that is working along the front. overnight tonight, it looks like we stand, at least our best chance of getting widespread showers and thunderstorms with the potential of some of those showers and storms producing heavy rain and again, all the moisture is coming up from way down south and into the gulf o

an earlier accident cleared southbound 280 at winchester boulevard. we see a slowdown in the northbound direction, that's the commute direction as folks are passing by. the earlier activity and a few flashing lights there. the rest of the south bay moving smoothly. volume picking up on 101 and 87 into downtown. the bay bridge, volume increasing a bit over here. doesn't look like anything major coming down the east shore freeway. 19 minutes off the carquinez bridge heading to the toll mraz savmts. plaza. >> the fog sticking around. >> in san jose, 61 degrees. oakland, 59. there is the fog, san francisco, the bay bridge at times going in and out of voodoo to low clouds which look like this from sang bruno mountain looking down on top of the fog spilling into the bay. that's why, with the ocean air conditioning and the fog bank filling up, the coast cooling down. inland, a spare the air day for the east bay valleys, vant vall clara valley as well. the trend is the fog coming back and the sea breeze turning stronger, that means a cooler weekend. 60s along

and oot there in winchester,,3 northerr virginia, 60. dc at 67 nd we saw warmer temmerattres in the mid to upper 80s to thh south of us. continue to see tte warmer air pushing up as we see high pressure move just off to the east. looking at the temperatures. new england stttes. only 51 degrees in albany. ú%obaaly drop down to the upper3 40s potentially tonight. so the cooler air is slowly working the way down. look at the difference in temperatures. from cleveland at 59 to indianapolis at 78. 30 minutes ago, 80 degrees there. and some f that warm air builds in with the help of high pressure. here is what is goiig oo. mechanism of the atmosphere. here is what is happening. high pressuue is cllckwise, rotating air.3 so we have clockwise rotating air and also sinking air, from a lost to the surface. so what is happening is that we are not seeing much clouddcover associated with any moisturee3 here. dry. the air is coming frrm the north. ú% cooler conditionss but the high shifts east. anddthat will drag in the warmer temperatures. ú% in o

winchester, berriville seeing heavy rain through western portions of louden county. as we widen out, more rain to the south around richmond. that rain will be making its way up to e d.c. area. also areas toward the east overnight tonight. that's where we could see some of the heaviest rain as we move through the night. a flash flood watch through the night tonight into tomorrow morning for all of the area just about. you see it highlighted. we'll see the chance for one to three inches of rain tonight into tomorrow morning. most of that will be localized. don't be surprised to see heavy rain in your area. 9:00 tonight, 11:00 tonight and more rain tomorrow morning around 5:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. it could be a rather wet rush hour. just make sure you take a large umbrella, the big golf umbrella as you make your way out the door tonight or tomorrow. more rain in the forecast. eel show you in the full forecast later on. >> see you then. thank you, doug. >>> it's not raining now but the severe weather affected drivers earlier today. some streetsloodedquickly. john schriffen

frederick, about the same in martinsberg, culpepper, winchester. and around the metro area, we have only had 0.3. higher amounts, southern a maryland as well. temperatures in the 60s to near 70 degrees. elsewhere, in the mountains of west virginia, cooler morning there. many locations near 60. eastern shore around 60. we do have another shot of rain beginning to form along this cool front that stretches just to the south of fredericksburg, richmo, eastern north carolina. that is going to be sweeping through our region here by later on this morning. we could have flooding rains now until noon time. then during the afternoon, we'll begin to see sunshine. highs near 80. there's a risk of some severe storms to our east laterhis afternoon. but clearing from west to east and partly cloudy tonight. upper 50s tomorrow morning. increasing clouds on wednesday. a tropical system system may affect u with rain late afternoon wednesday into wednesday evening. tropical downpour likely after drying out on friday and the weekend. feeling like autumn saturday, sunda

since february of 2002 he's lived here at the winchester rescue mission. jerry does the laundry and answers the phone. he's saved up money from his social security checks. now he's donating $1,000 to the mission, $1,000 to the nonprofit community coalition action project and $500 to a free clinic. >> he had the opportunity, could he have done whatever he wanted with -- he could have done whatever he wanted with that, but his heart told him to give it where it's most needed. >> reporter: some of the money jerry donated will go to this program. the idea is for men who come to the mission and need help to be able to come here to this warehouse and learn a trade. >> just giving back what people have given me. >> reporter: vicki mcclellan runs the free clinic of the northern sheen toe 0 valley. the donation -- shenandoah valley. the donation? >> it just stopped me in my tracks. it just touched my heart and to know that he had the appreciation and understanding of the value of the services we provided. >> reporter: in return jerry asks for one thing from all of

nick sherman, mark shelley, richard ellis, michael hughes, elizabeth colbert, simon winchester. i have been calling a lot of people and asking a lot of questions. thank you to my studio assistance. in sound and media, we have carolyn chadwick, raymond chavez, alex chadwick. my media coordinator, luc d ubious. they've given us a much of their time and brilliance to work with us to help in the final character of the media and also pentagram and management. i have to think what wall of foundries -- i have to thank walal walla foundries. what is missing? it begins with an accounting of what we are losing as we watch. in terms of species and habitat loss and i hope it provokes more a sense of wonder at what this planet is capable of and still could return to. this is a beginning. let's imagine this as a portal. we have begun to think of this as listening to the earth. me will be able to connect to the president. we see all the things that are being accomplished. we can also see into the future and by 2000 12th, we will start with the clean paint for the future. -- and by 2012, we wil

winchester is 70. and go south, we have 80 from fredericksburg and 82. we sit at 81. just up the road in montgomery county and leesburg, low to mid 70s. so a lot cooler up north than down south. right now, 81. partly to mostly cloudy. dew point is in the upper 50s. and a wind out of the west, northwest. did you see that humidity? only 47% as this storms have left, the front is coming through. you can see the clearing. have to go back to the midwest for the clearing because the elevation helps lift a little bit and produce those clouds. high pressure in michigan, northwest low behind the front. we are drying out and we are going to stay that way throughout much of the weekend. tonight we clear out. tomorrow we are looking good. we go through the day with mostly sunny skies. by sunday, a front coming through, may touch off a shower mostly in the mountains. as we go through the weekend, this afternoon, your high temperatures, again about 84 here in town. we could be pushing mid 80s. but holding in the 70s, and only around 60 in garrett county and lows ton, lots of 50s on

this week, ge is shuttering this plant in winchester, virginia, its last u.s. factory producing plain incandescent lightbulbs. forcing millions to switch to compact fluorescents. most of which are made overseas. >> this is edison's private experimental room at the laboratory. he was working on ways improving the electrical lamp. >> reporter: the great inventor would be torn about the change. >> on the one hand, he would have been disappointed. on the other hand, edison was somebody who was looking forward. one thing that he was very interested in, was there more efficient ways to generate electricity? he would have seen that as the future. >> reporter: the incandescent, nor tors you for getting by on few hours sleep, he wanted to transformed the world into a 24-hour culture by lighting up the night. >> the light bulb going off over your head, that's representing edison and his accomplishment. >> reporter: but it's e inefficient. they use 75% less energy. even those could be soon obsolete. but these don't need a standard fixture. imagine your entire wall as a li

culpeper and fredericksburg, 95; frederick, you're at 90 and winchester at 89. again, the humidity is not out of control and that cooler air close by. new york city, 74; bing hampton, 73 and that did not make it through last night. another one is coming through the west. we had a couple of showers fire up in the mountains and nothing of significance and no hailers. i thank is it for tonight. there is more shower and thunderstorm activity on the radar and looking to the midwest. an area of low pressure with the frontal system attached and trying to come through the area of high pressure and won't make it for tonight and relief is coming. an evening spotty shower and an isolated thunderstorm and radar is a clean sweep right now and another mild overnight expected at 71 degrees and on friday, get ready for record height heat and tieing that and that is our 66th day for this year and that is a hot and sunny one. you will notice that humidity. a bit of a scorcher to the end of the week with hot and sunny conditions well above average, which is 77 degrees and we'll be

winchester 98, challenge lotsville, -- charlottesville even hotter. patchy fog in spots and as we head through the morning hours, you'll notice some clouds left in the mountains, another round of clouds develop this afternoon and while a call for 88 degrees, a 2-degree guarantee puts 90 at the upper limit. we'll talk more about that heat, coming up right now. right now here's kim brown with a look at the traffic. >> reporter: justin, we have an accident on the southbound lanes of the gw i didn't, as you approach 195. and -- of the gw parkway. >>> we have some debris blocking the left lane on the eastbound span of the bay bridge. no problems really, no delays on the outer loop from 795 to 70. however at liberty road you will see the two right lanes taken away because of road work. that will be reopened hopefully within the next hour. no problems on the harbor tunnel freeway right now. as we look right here at our cameras, you'll see what i'm talking about. you will see cones up. the two left lanes do get by. megan and jamie, back to you. >>> the presid

winchester had over an inch and we run this through the 10:00 hour and there is that heavy ban moving from the west side of the bay to the del marva and you're going to get it, too. by 7 met morning, still showers try ing to linger, especially east of the bay, east of 95 and should begin to clear on out. we get to the noon hour, the sunshine is breaking out west of d.c. and the clouds are thinning everywhere else and a badly-needed drying process begins and saturday at 7:00, we have a descent day on saturday and could there be a few showers around on sunday? pop-up because cold air is coming in and that could happen. how much rain are we talking about when this is all done? let's give you the rain totals here. to the west, two to four inches and from washington to the east and 95 to the east, talking five to 9 inches and may be put a plus symbol. they go until 12:15 in the morning, including prince charles county and the district that is not included. i know it's too much, information overload and there is a tornado watch until 7:00 for some of the eastern counties. some of the next b

so some spots will actually be in the 40s like german town, winchester 45 and chantilly, 49 degrees. you'll be freezing in the morning if you have the windows open in the evening. there's going to be a widespread frost in the interior northeast tonight. first night for that. clear skies up there and we are generally clear as well and i want to show you there's been tremendous rain, also tropical rains in texas. this is from hurricane karl that made landfall in texas but corpus christi got 7 inches out of the deal. we can see the outer bands of the departing igor maybe not on this view but igor passed bermuda last night. no major damage, thank heavens. it went past as a category 1 but a lot of power and disruptions and trees down. for us clear and chilly with 40s in the suburbs, 55 degrees downtown, tomorrow sunny and beautiful after our chilly start, we get up to 79 degrees, but i want you to see the summerlike trend that's going to be coming back because tomorrow it's supercomfortable but we are up to 87 degrees and pushing 90 on thursday, a hot and end to the week. there will be th