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one is not too far from monasses and another one between franconia and dale city. the temperatures, though, still in bargain territory. we'll talk about the evening forecast and more as fox 5 news at 5 continues.  matters. pioneers in outsourcing us jobs supports tax breaks overseas. insourcing. industry and favors bring jobs home. it matters. this message. . >>> drivers in new york will be back in the water tomorrow frying to retrieve a yacht that capsized killing three young children on the 4th of july. earlier today, the crew his trouble securing the vessel which, appears to be stuck on the seabed floor. here's the latest. >> reporter: in oyster bay today, roughly one quarter of a mile, two teams of dinevers were in the water trying to retrieve the sunken 34-foot pleasure boat. >> the movements created by the current and the movement created by the divers is creating that visibility hazard. >> what is that visibility? >> and that is very, very limited. >> a couple of feet? >> not even a couple of feet. >> reporter: the drivers soon cut visibility

combined with the humidity is making for a brutal night out there. 82, annapolis; 81, leonardtown; 79, monasses at dulles and these temperatures are not falling off a lot overnight. i want to show you the high temperatures today. we're on the northern edge of the worst of the heat and focusing to the south and west. the daytime high, 105 degrees and in to saint louis. puts the nationals down there this afternoon and that is the hottest temperature ever in atlanta today, 106 degrees, amazing. 103 in wilmington. 97 degrees and cooler, hundreds and we had that yesterday. i think later tomorrow, the high temperatures are back in the upper 90s, no heat advisorys and we'll see if we get more for tomorrow afternoon and that is that big thunderstorm complex. that one just missed us. if you were a viewer on to the west, culpepper and to charlottesville, you got in on that thunder action again and severe with a few tornados that developed east of richmond during the nighttime hours and last night, looking upstream. we're quieter into indiana and ohio and a potential of a shower or two and we'll into the

the lanes are no one -- open, still an easy drive for folks along 66 eastbound from monasses and you will find traffic volume is moving at speed working in to centreville. no problems to report on the beltway. the lanes are open between college park and bethesda, and southbound 270. good to go to hyattstown and in to clarksburg. that is a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> and thank you, julie. >>> our big story this morning, another person facing federal charges in connection with an ongoing investigation into mayor vincent gray's 2010 campaign. >> fox 5s melanie alnwick joins us live with the latest. and good morning to you. >> reporter: the charges are against harris, known as jean clark harris, the local pr executive who did consulting work for mayor gray's 2010 campaign and has close ties with jeffrey thompson, who has been under investigation by federal authorities for several months now and according to court documents, she's accused of being involved with crime having to do with donating money in the name of people. this is when way have heard in the past. harris has bee

monasses, 103; culpeper, 105 and down around culpeper. quantico, pardon me, feels like 109. here's the fireworks forecast. we'll have a risk of thunderstorms out there. keep an eye on to the sky for two reasons. you see all of the beautiful thunder, you see all of the beautiful fireworks and in case there are thunderstorms, still be pretty hot and muggy, too, brian. temperatures in the upper 80s and the lower 90s, feeling like it's in the mid-90s. >> see you in a bit. >>> thousands of people remain without power five days after severe weather swept across the region. the death toll is rising tonight in virginiava. the loudoun county -- in virginiava. a utility worker from florida was killed when her bucket truck crashed into a trailer in bluemont. authorities in richmond said another death was caused by a fallen tree. >>> and look at the power outages. pepco showing more than 39,000 customers without power. dominion virginia with more than 29,000bg&e has 5300 in montgomery and prince georges county out right now. pepco is making better progress. the utility company said as o

culpepper is 91; monasses, 93 and that is where there is more humidity. the temperatures are cooler but heat index values are higher down. there 93 at 7:00. if we have thunderstorms at 7:00, they will be part of the north and west and i am talking to you, washington county and frederick county. nine:00, we'll have that chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms and some lingering showers and thunderstorms. what about july 4th forecast for tomorrow? knew and that is -- for tomorrow, the same forecast. and hot on the muggy side and temperatures in the upper 90s and a possibility of evening thunderstorms and some strong is severe. evening and overnight, the showers and thunderstorms and some temperatures tonight, clouds to start tomorrow morning, 81; sunshine at noon, 91 and that is going to feel like 94 or 95 and little 90s to upper 90s and feeling close to 100 with the heat index and that is going to drive thundershowers and thunderstorms, possibly strong, possibly severe and the temperature goes up and up. i have not got any triple digits here and on t

monasses, you will get a couple of raindrops there and most of the rain is father to the southwest and on father to the southwest and the thunderstorms to the south and with that 64. all of the thunderstorms are south of there and these are the big thunderstorms happening south of richmond there and to the north, there is another line moving through parts of pennsylvania. much like yesterday. the guidance is suggesting tonight that any of this that gets close us to will begin to weaken and fall a part before it gets here and that is looks like most of the evening is dry and that is dry as l. we were 91 degrees at 5:00 anded from wrecks bug, 90 degrees and clouds in place and some thunderstorms around. 98 that is a temperature in town and the spotty storm at 7:00 and with that 89. again, most of us and all of us stay dry this evening. and doubtful during the evening hours and overnight as well and there is some more storms tomorrow afternoon and evening. looks like they could be abundant and they'll be firing up along the frontal system and that is less humid for the week, a little bit

you will find the lanes open traveling between monasses and the beltway. that is a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you, julie. >>> new this morning, in a massive fire broke out in northeast d.c. at a building that used to house the web elementary school. the two-alarm fire started after 11:00 p.m. in the 1300 block of mount olivette road. the web elementary school was shut down in 2008. earlier this year, officials called a meeting to hear public comments on a proposal to make that building a surplus property. >>> police in montgomery county are investigating an alleged sexual assault near a community pool. a woman was walking her dog last night near the pool in gaithersburg when the man grabbed her, pulled her into a secluded area and assaulted her. the investigators are working on a description of the suspect and ask anyone with information to call police. >> federal authorities charged jeannie clark harris with donating money in other people's names and she is due in federal court today. harris is a pr executive who was paid, rather, as a

the temperatures are very, very warm this morning. 73 in monasses and looking at the sentinel radar, we had a shower, a good thunderstorm in the last hour pushing south of washington and into southern maryland. it's dissipated, a leftover shower there crossing the potomac. generally, we're quiet here and we're looking at a quieter day than yesterday. we got some thunderstorm activity to the west. there is nothing driving any thunderstorm activity today. we don't have a frontal system in the neighborhood. but, we have a very warm, very unstable air mass and, of course, any time you have that, there is a possibility of a few pop-up tomorrows -- storms. can't rule out a storm today, but hot out there once again with very uncomfortable temperatures. 99 today, the heat advisory. there you go and mostly sunny, hot and humid, the hot wave continues here, winds out of the north and west at 5 miles per hour. partly cloudy tonight, warm and muggy overnight, 79 the overnight low. all right, this is the friday forecast and i have a little good news. but first some bad news. friday, saturday, the

they checking out the commute eastbound on to 66 and this morning, you will find that and that is into monasses for 28 centreville and past 7100, and past 50 and to 123 before the pace improves and all of the lanes are open, no incidents reported. and if you're traveling southbound along 110, approaching 395, and we received word now of a fatal hit-and-run crash and a male body found and heads up, two lanes are blocked and police are on the scene and will help you through and to 395 and seminary road, traffic on 395 and to the 49th street bridge and traveling southbound and to kenilworth avenue, and that is cleared. the stalled car southbound and continues to block to the left lane and that is stacked up as you leave the d.c. line and that is to 8 miles an hour. >>> and thank you, julie. >>> stand back. >> and there you go. >> wisdom didn't know -- doesn't know. >> that one. >> and two mosque legends teamed up on the concert legend. you have a chance to see them for free and we're talking about rod stewart and stevie nicks. >> yeah. >> the tour comes to verizon center on july 27th and for a cha

and to the west on 66 and that is against the rush hour flow and two right lanes to the crash and to monasses and fair oaks. that is a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> they stole a police cruiser and took off. >> the university of maryland was temporarily placed on lock down and is reopen. is merrily is live with more details. good morning, sherri. >> reporter: good morning, wisdom. the police wrapped up their investigation here and within the last half hour. it crashed into a brig wall over her -- a brick wall at this mcdonald's parking lot and that happened a few blocks away. they ordered the suspect to give up. the officers were responding to reports of the gunman and some shots fired. can you see on the video, the suspect jumpd into a prince georges county police cruiser and takes off but officers were not far behind. a few minutes later, the police rammed the suspect who crashed into the brick wall at mcdonald's and happened before 11:00 last night. the suspect, police say, was shot at least once but did survive and another officer was injured and not by any gun fire. and police t

the temperature has dropped off. 88 for monasses. you add in the humidity, it feels hotter and feels like 95 in town; 92 for gaithersburg. real hot for fredericksburg and annapolis there and the upper 90s. thunderstorms to the south of us. there is a big bunch of them there and southern virginia to the north and another back to the north of us, running through pennsylvania and can you see to the west here, this is coming long, too and some frontal boundaries focusing here. a chance of showers and thunderstorms. again tonight, we're kind of in the center of the activity and that future cast doesn't seem like 9:00. eight:00 tomorrow morning, the sunshine and they pop up tomorrow afternoon and do this again. overnight tonight, a few clouds, 76, a little cooler in the suburbs and some upper 60s and the relative humidity is drying out a bit and this is what that looks like through the hours tomorrow. and this is the forecast. lower 90s for a high and we'll have a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. it's going to be hot tell. a littl

let's see, dulles, 74 degrees and 70 in monasses. the temperatures like the last few mornings, giving it sunshine and bumping quickly. we'll be into the 80s here an hour or two and then we'll see eventually highs topping out in the upper 90s to 100 later this afternoon. the heat advisory goes into effect at 12 noon and there is not a lot of purpose, we saw shower and thunderstorm activity pop up yet -- with the frontal system yesterday and that is dissipating overnight and could see an isolated tomorrow today and there is no focal point, no frontal systems or trough moving through and that is -- and most few days, dry and hot. 99, mostly sunny, hot and humid. an isolated storm is a possibility and with some wins north and west, five to 10. warm and muggy overnight, 79 the overnight low. unfortunately, the heat wave continues and that is looks like the worst of it to come here the next few days. friday, 100; saturday, 102 and that heat index is getting close to 110 and look out. saturday's going to be dangerous heat. and then cooler b

it's not going to be a perfect day. 73, monasses and 74 at dulles this morning and some good showers moving through the area. the heaviest rain is to the north and that is in frederick to 70 there and into portions of howard county and some good rains overnight and some thunderstorm activity and this is hard enough overnight and that flash flood warning and this morning and some thunder and lightning and heavy rain and this is associateed with the cold front which is lined up across the area and into the mid-atlantic and it should take most of the shower and thunderstorm activity with it and i don't think there is a cloud and mostly cloudy today. most of the showers and storms we understand down here late morning, early afternoon and you have a better chance of afternoon showers and storms in the forecast and, in fact, much of the week is featuring unsettled weather here and that is a possibility of the future cast and that is to the south. a couple of showers at 3:00 and some sunshine into the washington area and to that north. the best chance of sunshine and tomorrow won't be a bad

. >>> and monasses fire, city fire marshals arrested a man pretending to be one of their own. and they say this 23-year-old man is accused of impersonating a fire marshal at a 7-11 store on two separate occasions. each time he displayed a badge and threatened the clerk. the police have not released the man's name. he's charged with two counts of impersonating a fire marshal. >>> switching gears now, we have seen some wet weather and nothing compares to what we saw two weeks ago. tucker barn is in for gwen with the latest. >> reporter: good evening. some heavy rain is out and to the south-southwest of the city and that is until 12 midnight. the things are winding down after a fairly rain free day and to southern maryland and d.c. west and still getting shower temperature and they're rolling west of fredericksburg. the trend is to continue to watch things wind down overnight and we'll remain cloudy, but we'll see some fog develop to day break. and there is that flash flood watch and to central virginia and northeast west virginia under a flash flood watch until midnight and this

martinsburg, 90; monasses, 91; fredericksburg, 91 and that is a bit of a break from the humidity and we look at the dew points. instead of them being in the upper 70a -- 60s and around 70 degrees, that is coming into the upper 50s to around 60 and that does make's huge difference here and this is a quick look at the heat index and that is up in the upper 90s. i want to show you this briefly here because there is some more heat building. st. louis, 97; chicago, 97; fargo, north dakota, 97 and there is a lot of hot stuff out there and that is looking like over the next few days, our heat will go up and the humidity will go up, too and that is a bit of a one-two punch and we'll talk about that in the first forecast coming up. laura? >> and thank you very much. >>> our coverage continues on our website, www.myfoxdc.com and we have a lot of information there. links to all of the information you need to help you weather the storm and go there to send us your pictures. everything is on the home page and we'll give you a tour later. >>> and that is a problem popping up. the drivers are searc

monasses, everyone in; frederick, 99 and the highs today, not that and come on go. there we are. hot and muggy at 7:00. the temperature of 95 degrees and running higher than that and when we consider the heat index and with some clouds. we're not worried about storms tonight and that is looks like storms are in the forecast tomorrow afternoon and evening and on thursday, friday, to, okay, and there is not so much for the weekend and this is that dew point, the important number and what we want to keep nice and low. it's still up in a few places and, again, any time it reaches 73 and above, it's depressing on you. seventy degrees, the dew point for frederick and when that is higher, the heat index value is higher. the temperature right now with the heat index is the same. frederick is up over the actual temperature, 106 and in to quantico, 107 and everyone else is staying close to the actual air temperature and there is no clouds or storms for us, a big ridge of high pressure to the west and this is hot, too. let me show you the blue line and this is to the north of us and this is