r.g. iii delivers during his for theeseason game redskins. say aboutans have to victory over the buffalo bills. good morning, washington. it's friday, august 10. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. we are on storm watch, severe blamed for leaving 850 people in the dark right now. let's find out more from adam caskey. >> there's no severe weather to morning.this let's go to live super doppler 7 radar. of rainfallty especially west of 95 if. will creep into the 95 corridor momentarily. the heaviest rain is mainly scattered through the piedmont of the blue east ridge antivenum west of the blue ridge. dry around the beltway for now. that will change later this .orning there will be more thunderstorms afternoon into the evening, some strong to severe. highs in the mid to upper 80s today. 80's tomorrow with morning storms on saturday. then clearing for a beautiful sunday, less humid, 87 degrees. lisa baden. on the outer loop of the b-w moving, they are overnight construction. work and nobody's off the beltway right there. kenilworth avenue,

. >> all eyes on r.g. iii during his first preseason game. what he had to say about the redskins' victory over the buffalo bills. >> we are starting on storm watch. some local customers in the dark because of storms right now. will there be more today? good morning washington at 5:00 a.m. begins now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. it is friday morning, august 10. i am steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. let's get to meteorologist adam caskey. >> it's going to be an active day. we have widespread areas of rain already this morning but no strong the thunderstorms. the rainfall is shown in red and yellow on the screen. now stretching into stafford county. even along 66 from centreville to front royal, heavy rainfall. now it is starting to move over 95 in virginia. scattered rain this morning, then some breaks around lunchtime into the afternoon. if more thunderstorms and some could be strong to severe with gusty wind posting the biggest threat later on today. highs in the mid t

. >> r.g. iii better tackle any game and jitters. pressure is on the rookie as the the bills in an preseason game. washington" at 5:00 a.m. begins now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. good morning, washington. thursday,on this august 9. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. happy to be with you. let's say good morning to adam caskey. not a bad start to the day, around 70 degrees on this thursday morning. 68 in martinsburg, 69th in leesburg, 72 in annapolis and fredericksburg. 92 this afternoon with scattered weather clouds developing, cloudy into the afternoon with a few spotty thundershowers after 3:00 p.m. need the umbrella this , especially later evening.ternoon and we will talk about severe thunderstorm chances tomorrow, coming up. now to lisa baden? . overnight construction put to bed on the beltway at kenilworth avenue. everything is all the way and before the morning rush. six 6 looks decent. travel time working for us on 95 between richmond and baltimore. complicated on 66, 270, and t

. >> on thursday night the district showed how much it appreciates r.g. iii with this spectacular light display at the newseum. it featured a 74-foot elimination of. stay with us for complete coverage of saturday's game kicking off at 4:00 p.m.. that's a warm welcome. >> berdi impressive. the ravens were pretty impressive last night against the jaguars in a preseason game. the ravens had 571 yards offense. the reagans be the jaguars, 48- 17. we are waiting to see if d.c. will play ball with the nationals. >> the baseball team wants the city to pay to keep metro open later if the nationals make it to the playoffs. this tuesday we spoke with fans who were stranded when the nationals game against the braves ended well after midnight. that passed metros closing time. during a recent meeting, the nationals ask the city of d.c. to help with additional police, with street closures, and with concessions stands. d.c. city council member tommy wells says other sports teams like the washington capitals before the extended metro and so should the nationals. >> they p

r.g. iii will get between 12 and 15 snaps. rex grossman will get a few. and then a rookie will get a big chunk of the playing time in buffalo. >> we want to check in with adam caskey for look at the weather. >> in the belfort furniture weather center, we are few minutes away from sunrise with a great deal of cloud cover over the district and over the bay. this is chesapeake beach, currently 74 degrees with clouds overhead. 77 in the district, 774 at dulles. this afternoon, low 90's in the metro area. a little cooler in the potomac highlands and no west of town, low 90's. slight chance of storms locally and south of washington. here's a look at the travel forecast. oklahoma city, 100. 104 in dallas. 82 in boston. >> still to come, a security breach at the hoover dam lead to a standoff and an arrest. >> we will meet a 12-year-old prince george's county girl who runs her own company. organic artichokes, organic lettuce, organic kale... does your cauliflower have a big carbon footprint? not at all. that's great. melons!!! oh yeah!! well that was uncalled for.

that means r.g. iii will more g timeouble his playin game.he bills' >> i just want to see more from him. we ran the ball a little and or the sidelines waiting for him to throw the ball. little.hrow it a we'd just like him to open up a little more. outexcited to see him there. excited.s >> deangelo hall speaking. the next six nationals games are in d.c.. the braves won last night again. washington fans expected to come help makeves to get to the fall classic. >> condoleezza rice is now a professional model. >> taking part in the nfl's new ad campaign. donning a cleveland jersey and pasted it on facebook. ms. sanzo not pleased with her choice. one person said she looked great that shecture, but redskins.port the i understand that feeling. >> 71 degrees. the news continues at 5:30. >> a health scare on the campaign trail. why mi >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> straight ahead, republican vice-presidential candidate paul ryan focusing on virginia voters today. exactl

r.g. iii will be under the microscope tonight against the buffalo bills. he gets to face mario williams. he will only get about two dozen snaps at most. pick off between the redskins and the bills is at 7:00 tonight. it's a battle of the birds in atlanta tonight, the ravens preseason opener against the falcons. watched at on abc 7 starting at 7:00 tonight. >> it is 72 degrees. still ahead, a warning for parents about what a vitamin d deficiency could mean for your kids. >> and bears showing >> this is an 11-month-old can gr -- kangaroo. you can see them at the montgomery county fair. >> maryland governor o'malley is asking the federal government to help farmers affected by the drought. he wants them to declare 13 counties including prince george's, anne arundel charles calvert, and st. mary's to be drought disaster areas. farmers have lost up to 54% of their crops. bears are driven into unusual spots because of the streaking supply of berries and grains -- shrink the supply. >> here is new video of a bear entering the new mexico resort the angel fire resor

r.g. iii is trying to get to all of them. every catch is going it be important especially for third year wide-out anthony armstrong. he's been hampered by a right shoulder injury but is expected to play in chicago tomorrow. and he knows what this competition is all about. >> you know what, man, i think it's -- i think it's pretty even, you know, everybody does special teams in some aspect. everybody can run the routes and get open. going to come down to consistentsy and production. everybody's trying to make it difficult on coach shanahan and bruce allen to make decisions. hopefully at the end of the day i get to stay around for a little bit. >> the competition is great. i love the competition part of it because that makes everybody get better. one person doing something, you feel like you got to make a bigger play than he made. the next man fieels he has to d something. that's always good. the more competition there is, the better you're going to be and better you're going to be as a person, the better the group is going to

, r.g. led the skins on their only touchdown drive of the night, and the skins made it stand. >> carol maloney got to witness the small part of skins history where everybody associated with the team was pretty impressioned. >> reporter: the most anticipated debut of a redskins rookie did not disappoint. rg3 shines under the bright lights in his first nfl test. it was a performance that was neither flawless nor surprising. >> this is what we do for a living. the game hasn't changed, just the size of the people changed and the talent left. it was fun to get out threat. >> he did everything we asked him to do. very calm, cool and collected, excellent for his first game. >> he went out there, controlled everything, and went there and passed the ball around, and pitched it around the backfield. >> i thought he did well. get some action a against another team. >> reporter: and he didn't have to take a punishing hit. >> that's even better, you know, get out of there unscathed. >> how does it feel t