twinbrook at braddock shut down. montgomery county, darnestown road two different problems closed between west hunter and martinsburg road. and overnight, a crash with a tree last night, darnestown and cattail road closed. >>> no worries for your wednesday. that's good news. sunshine, about 88 degrees today. just about everything. showers come back into the picture tomorrow and the weekend before the fourth of july. >> that's the broadcast this morning. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll see you in 25 minutes. hole you'll join it then. until then, have a great day. >> make it a great wednesday, everybody. >>> good morning. scare on the shore. >> there's a tornado! >> [ bleep ]. >> a possible rare tornado slams the jersey coastline as severe storms hammer tens of millions from the midatlantic to maine. cars flipped over. hundreds of thousands still without power this morning. >>> high-energy injury. the autopsy report on the death of freddie gray is leaked. the finding -- he may ha

ox road at braddock that road partially closed. darnestown road at cattail, the eastbound lanes shut down right now. darnestown road between west hunter and martinsburg, that is shut down. taking a look at the top of the beltway, no major issues. >> thanks melissa. >>> 5:33 is your time now. developing in new york. police think they're close to cornering two convicted killers over two weeks ago. the search is now focused near a hunting camp about 20 miles from the prison. detectives found dna from both richard matt and david sweat on objects in a cabin that had been drone into near the town of owls head including underwear. prosecutors say a prison seamstress helped the two escape by smuggling tools inside the prison inside of ground beef. >>> today the white house is expected to announce a change its in policy on hostages on terrorist groups by isis. the obama administration spent months hearing concerns from families of hostages like kayla mueller, james foley. >> improved the process of communicating with families who have loved

. >> this is the inner loop at braddock road. a two-mile backup that's causing for us. 66 eastbound at nutley street, a big backup as well as you're headed inbound because of the earlier crash. 95 northbound through dale city is slow. nothing happening there, that's pretty typical for that spot and this time of the day. beltway at central avenue, moving along inner and outer loop just fine. b.w. parkway, 29, no problems there. 270, nice light volume this morning. back in a couple of minutes here with a look at this crash once more on the beltway. see you at 6:31. >> thanks, melissa. >>> in "news4 your health" new research says citrus could increase your risk for skin cancer. drinking some orange juice or eating grapefruit may make your skin more sensitive to the sunlight and increase the chance you develop melanoma. however eating oranges and drinking grapefruit juice didn't seem to increase that risk. researchers say there's still a lot of work to do so they're not suggesting you change what you eat at this time. >>> sugary drin

in fairfax, still report of downed wires. 123 at braddock road. we're sending kristen wright out there. in the area of darnestown road and cattail, police on the scene cleaning that one up. that was a fatal crash as aaron mentioned from overnight. gw park away, everything rolling along just fine. prince george's county, no major road work. 95 and rolling just fine. live look at 66 in ten minutes. >>> freddie gray's autopsy report leaked. and now a response from the maryland state attorney. state attorney marilyn moseley saying her office did not release the report that gray suffered quote high energy injury, end quote while riding in the police van. the state medical examiner said gray fits the medical and legal definition of an accident. it's because officers failed to follow procedure that gray's death was ruled homicide. a lot of reaction going on this morning. attorneys for the six police officers say they have not seen the report yet. >>> it's day two of the hearing about metro's underground emergency. the ntsb will ask multiple agency what i

again a fallen tree and power lines ox road and braddock road. that's where we find sky 9 over the scene of that situation there. if you're going to be heading out soon, be careful because we still have a big mess to be cleaned up. >>> cbs is next. they'll answer the question about the moment music was changed forever. >> we've been racking our brains over that one. it can go a lot of different ways. [ multiple voices ] >>> we'll see you again in another 25 minutes for news, weather and traffic. >> erica and i will see you at noon. take care, everybody. >>> good morning. it is wednesday, june 24th 2015. welcome to "cbs this morning." severe storms tear across the east coast. the wild weather rips down trees, crosses cars and straps passengers. >>> leaked intelligence claims leaks on three french presidents. >> a provocative campaign transports a famous coke commercial to teach the world to avoid sugary drinks. >>> but we begin this morning with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >>> a very active stretch

that train was stopped on braddock road, where it was taken out of service and inspected. investigators found no hazard. they are combing through surveillance video to try to identify the suspect. d.c. police are working to determine the identity of a body pulled from the tidal basin this morning. an adult male was found near the jefferson memorial around 6:30 a.m. this morning. the medical examiner is working to determine a cause of death. tonight marks one week at -- since the charleston church shootings that killed nine people. officials with the metropolitan ame church here in northwest washington and members of the millions for justice movement, say morning to be done. they are holding a press conference. >> when you come together as a coalition, it does not matter that you don't agree on everything, but you find that one common thing, that all of us can agree on. and that one common thing today is justice! jummy: this comes as we approach the 20th anniversary of the million man march. also right now, the body of church pastor and senator clements of pink and eight --

. >>> the intersection of braddock and ox road is still closed. fairfax county police sent out a tweet this morning. the closure remains in place as repair crews are fixing downed power lines after severe weather hit earlier this week. that area of fairfax county around braddock road is still seeing some power outage. we checked the dominion virginia website and there are about 100 people still without power today. >>> so we still have a few more calm hours so folks can do clean-up as they need to, but things are going to get unsettled. >> meteorologist amelia segal is here with more. >> good morning, eun. it's looking like the best time for storms is the evening hours. if you have plans to go to the pool or the park today, i would still go and know that that threat of storms likely holds off until later. a great day to download the nbc4 app. right now temperatures in the 60s and 70s. 73 in washington, the suburbs in the low to mid 60s. future weather at 8:00 a.m., dry. clouds quickly increase by noon. plenty of clouds in place across the area. no

that's not central avenue, but braddock road. i promise no problems there. back in ten minutes. >>> a live look at the washington monument for you this morning. today visitors can go back inside, repairs are done to the elevator now. it's been realigned and the electrical system has been tested. so business as usual today we hope. you can get your tickets this morning at 8:30. the monument set to open at 9:00 a.m. >>> well, she claims discrimination on a flight from d.c. it all stems from a diet coke and now united airlines is taking action. >>> we are learning new details in the scandal rocking fifa. molette green is gathering the latest on the bribery accusations and will join us >>> i'm molette green at the live desk. new developments, we heard from a former fifa leader about the bribery scandal. here's jack warner, he denies any involvement on television last night from trinidad. >> it's not true. >> now, warner claims he now fears for his own life. he says he has evidence linking other top fifa officials to the 2010 election in trinidad and tobago. he i

>> not looking so good outer loop at braddock road is starting to build. all lanes at the 11th street bridge are open, but still backups. if you're headed north on 295 a five mile backup because of the problem and south on 295 another five mile backup. avoid it if you can. dufief mill at travilah, all lanes are blocked. that's from the overnight fatal crash. 66 and 95 looking typical. same thing in prince george's county. top of the beltway rolling al nicely. beltway at -- 270 at montrose road, no problems there. guys? >> melissa thank you. 6:54 and today the 2015 world police and fire games will kick off in the district. the games include 61 sports with nearly 10,000 athletes representing 64 countries. the opening ceremony is tonight at rfk stadium. i'll be helping out with those ceremonies. news4's molette green is live at the stadium with more on what's happening today. molette, good morning. >> reporter: aaron, good morning. it will be really exciting to see the first responders from all over the world come right here. they have been training like worl

the intersection of braddock road remains closed from fairfax county. crews spent more than 24 hours working on downed power lines. two in a half miles to the east of that and a large tree blocks the intersection. a big mess last night. quite a difference today. more rain but nothing else like that. >> later in the day we may have a few stronger thunderstorms. we had all the rain saturday night, so i think that might be more unstable with the trees. >> is that enough? >> we dry out nicely. five degrees cooler than yesterday. sunset at 8:37. daylight hours are going to start to shrink as we move the day forward. 78 degrees at reagan international airport. dew point levels are now at 60 degrees. yesterday we were in the lower 70's. that is why it felt so uncomfortable. look at the temperatures. at lexington park we are at 67 degrees. we will stay that way overnight, but we will begin to increase as we move through the day tomorrow. lower 70's in downtown d.c., wind out of the west at around five miles per hour. if you want to open your windows, tomorrow w

complete darkness along the braddock road corridor. you can see almost nothing here. no gas stations, no traffic lights, no shopping plazas. everything completely in the dark. it made for a huge headache for drivers. >> of course it is scary. getting back here, all the roads are blocked off. we had to cut through mason. it is usually a five minute trip. it took us about 45 minutes. richard: before we go, we wanted to show you, this is a giant food market plaza normally filled with people. completely in the dark right now. we saw this again and again, all up and down this area. it is going to be a difficult night for a lot of folks. live in fairfax, richard reid. leon: thanks, richard. let's stay in virginia. in alexandria, a tree fell on franklin street. there's some damage to the sidewalk. some wires are down as well. no word on how soon that's going to be cleaned up. across the potomac, people were heading home for the day, a lot of folks scrambling out there. tom roussey now with a look at this hour. tom: good evening from georgetown, where we saw an awful big tree

i want to take you out to braddock where the center lane is blocked. sky 9 is over the scene to show us the situation. that's the disabled vehicle there this morning causing delays. once you get past the decision, you will continue on with the rest of your trip heading toward the bridge. be mindful if you are going to be headed out this morning. i want to take you to our virginia camera. if you're coming from areas like seminary road, even parts of king street, you'll have no issues making your way toward the 14th street bridge and into town. we can show you how things are shaping up. traffic is light and throughout much of the beltway, we are problem-free, other than the issue at braddock road. we'll have more information on the traffic around the metro coming up in ten minutes. >>> live this morning in the national mall, where many just a few days, this place will be packed to celebrate the fourth of july and the fantastic fireworks and celebrations here this upcoming weekend. now a new alert has been issued by the fbi and department of homeland secu

due to broken poles and downed power lines, the intersection at braddock road and ox road remains closed and will stay that way through the evening rush hour. crews are working to make repairs. an estimated 25 poles have broken in the area. >>> after all that turmoil, can we look forward to more days like today? first alert meteorologist erica grow is standing by. she has that answer. >> unfortunately, andre yarks the answer is no -- andrea, the answer is no. this is the only day well very that is completely clear. this is a plot of all the local storm reports take we received by the national weather service yesterday. the ones that have little white circles, those are hail reports of an inch in diameter or larger. the ones that look like little trees with branches on them, those are all the storm reports of downed trees or other damage such as power lines. all these ones that have a swooping kind of motion, those are the wind reports. i want to show you one area in particular that got hit pretty hard with those strong wind gusts. there was a reported wind gust of 64 miles an hour in dam

about two miles away at braddock and 123, the intersection remains closon power works to clean up the 25 poles that were toppled. >> we've had power out before, and it's usual al tree or something, or a tree branch. this time you got 25 poles down. >> reporter: one storm, one big mess. >> they're talking about having it up by tomorrow morning. i'm looking at this. no way. >> reporter: old dominion power says these crews will be working throughout the night. they hope to have power restored, the roads reopen persons and the entire mess cleaned up by tomorrow morning's rush hour commute. they admit that is optimistic and it is going to be a challenge. >> thank you mola. adding even more urgency, another round of severe weather is headed our way. >> topper shutt is here with more on our yellow alert day. >> is not much of a break or a res spin. we're looking at a warm front. the cold front provided the activity on tuesday. the warm front comes through tomorrow. by 3:30 we could see some heavy thunderstorms right through the heart of the district, and yes, right back into fairfax county w

the beltway is rolling along at braddock. 66 is looking good and same thing in prince george's county overall. a little bit of construction, should be out of the way in the next 20 minutes or so. wherever it is around town. again, megan will head to that scene and have more details from the scene and more pictures in a couple of minutes. >> thank you. >>> english may no longer be the official language of one maryland county. why one city council is thinking of something else. >>> and what the >>> you're watching "news4 today." >>> burglary along one of the busiest streets in washington is on the rise. it's calmed 16 -- called 16th street northwest. thieves ransacked a house on 16th street. neighbors told news4 the thieves are well prepared. >> they come in through the unlocked door, unlocked garage, unlocked window. they made an effort. they brought tools. >> police department statistics say that there was about a 30% decrease in burglaries in that area in the last month. neighbors on 16th street are looking to the city officials for help. >>> today maryland leaders will clarify their

braddock road and 123, shut down in the eastbound direction, one lane gets act in both directions on the drive southbound on interstate 270. back over to you. jummy: top stories now, some people in the region, especially northern montgomery county, will be cleaning up today. hail wind, and rain pounding the area. and one woman told us it was like driving through a jungle. challenging the constitutionality of the best congressional districts in maryland, they want to end gerrymandering, when district boundaries are manipulated to establish an advantage for a particular party. right now you can get more weather, traffic, and news updates on news channel eight. we will see you back here in about 20 minutes. >>> good morning, america. right now the northeast cleaning up from those violent storms that knocked out power for 500,000 stranding an amtrak train for hours as the hard-hit midwest braces for more severe storms. >>> also right now, the boston marathon bomber will be in federal court just a few hours from now. formerly densed to death. dzhokhar tsarnaev will have a chance to addres

outer loop at braddock road, we have the left lane blocked until 5:30 there. other road work here, 95 northbound virginia right through the quantico area, we have alternating lane closures for the next ten minutes or so. taking a look at prince george's county overall everything is moving just fine there. 270 at old hundred road, no issues northbound or southbound. everything rolling along well. i'm back in ten minutes so see you at 5:01. >> thanks. >>> prince william leaders met behind closed doors but some say what they talked about behind those doors is illegal. >>> the vice president is moving from d.c. to l.a. at least the one on tv. why "veep" will no longer film in our area. >>> and what we're waiting on with harper who i >>> you're watching "news4 today." >> the prince william county board of supervisors discussed salary increases for themselves in a closed door meeting that is a possible violation of the virginia freedom of information act. according to the board's agenda the supervisors were expected to vote tuesday on a plan to give themselves pay r

that crashed before 123 involving a tractor-trailer moved over to the side and the crash we had on braddock has been moved to the side. no collisions to report, just jammed to 123 with a live look at four sites, 295, the right lane is closed. back to you, jummy. jummy: speed camera violators are being ticketed starting today. michelle obama will be harvesting the white house kitchen garden. students from across the country will help her, they are taking part in her let's move program. many of them were there to help her plant a garden back in april. you can get more traffic and news updates right now. the ♪ ♪ >>> take a look at florence and machine, their huge hit, dog days of summer. they'll be performs friday. >> i'm really excited for that. and who that we spy with our little eye. jason statham, hollywood tough guy showing off his funny side now, he's starring alongside the hilarious melissa mccarthy. he's telling all, just ahead. >>> we're going inside right now to miss robin. >> two themesumbs up right here. superstar tim howard who became a household name as we know during the wor

louis was just the second african-american to become heavyweight champ, beating james braddock to take the title in 1937. he became a symbol of what blackmericans could become the civil rights movement began to make inroads. schmeling was the complicated champion of nazi germany. a man who once raised the nazi salute after beating an american in hamburg. a guy who had teaith hitler. his fights in the states. for louis, that meant not only trying top a man who knocked him out in the 12th round of their previous bout in 1936 very sure i had it in hand" at a time when fears of a second world war were building by the day. contract was signed, louise houe president franklin d. roosevelt was quoted in the new york times as saying: "joe, we need muscles like yours to beat germany" the challenge. night of june the 22." "ding - ding - ding" pounded schmeling for two minutes and four seconds. it wasn't even a contest. louis forced the german down three times before finally befo it's estimated that 100 million heard the fight on radio around the world. louis defended his title and served as a pie

inner loop between the springfield interchange and braddock road, blocking the left lane. once you get past this accident we have inner loop delays past mary's field into tysons corner. towards the beltway in college park on southbound interstate 95 in maryland your collision is on the ramp to the outer loop, inner loop delays coming up from the greenbelt metro and we are also dealing with a crash on cherry hill road. a motorcycle into cars are involved. act to you, jummy. jummy: alexandria police are investigating a kidnapping. a woman is reported of acted at 1:00 this morning at the white stone. a landmark, -- apartment complex. police said she was able to free her scout that's yourself and escape and they are searching the arlington area for the suspect. heads up, auditions for the summer performance series and they will perform at metro rail stations throughout august. auditions at metro headquarters throughout 606th street in northwest. the news continues right now on "good morning washington." have a good morning. >> it's "live! with kelly & michael." today, from "ma

continue to happen here, we will see a few light showers, one around fairfax, another down around burke, braddock road there, more back to the west. this is the area of some heavier rain. this is going to come together and move across our region overnight tonight, most likely after 10:00. this evening, no problems. take the small umbrella. see occasional shower this evening, nothing big. out at 1 or 2 a.m., jim vance, you might have to use the bigger umbrella. that's bottom time that big umbrella will be used tonight. mainly cloudy, humid, a few showers, 82 to 90 the day tomorrow, i think we will see the chance for thunderstorm activity, most of the day tomorrow looks dry best chance of rain tomorrow in through northern virginia and maryland. 89 in d.c., 90 on friday, 87 on saturday, 90 on sunday. we have got a couple of warm days, speaking of tomorrow, a nice warm day for our backyard weather. tomorrow, heading toward vienna, going to be a fun one. then we get into the heat wave again, another heat wave temperatures into the low to middle 90s. saturday and sunday, by the way, what's left of trop

angela: lingering delays from the earlier crash that we had close to braddock road. no issues to report on 66 traveling in manassas on the prince william parkway southbound lanes at university boulevard are closed due to an overturned accident. we remain heavy and slow from an earlier crash on the way near stirling avenue with lane closures and heavy delays traveling inbound. it is jammed. back to you, jummy. jummy: a man charged with stealing $300,000 from atm's in florida -- in virginia was caught in florida. police say that he was arrested at the airport while trying to board a flight to columbia. he is now waiting for extradition. several senators signing on for of proposition to bring statehood to the district. the rest of the city would become a state known as new columbia. right now you can get more news traffic, and whether up rates and we will see you back here in about 25 minutes. have a great friday. ♪ ♪ hold on ♪ >> a wonderful crowd here in central park. we are going country this morning. everyone is so excited to see multiplatinum country supersta

beltway at braddock road is looking good. back with travel times in ten minutes. >>> happening today, "the washington post" reporter detained in iran was back in court. jason rezaian is on trial for espionage. he returned for a second hearing and we're waiting to learn more about what happened in court today. rezaian's family, president obama and rights groups have called for the journalist's release, saying the charges are absurd. aaron? >> kristin wright at the live desk, thank you. >>> president obama is in germany right now, working with leaders of the g-7 to put more pressure on russia. the president met with the french president and we are hours away from president obama taking questions from the press. nbc's edward lawrence live for us with a look at what progress is being made. >> reporter: good morning. the meetings it's a two-day summit and they're talking about increasing trade among the g-7 countries. also climate change and terrorism. but the russia issue will dominate these talks. now, the president in his openi

i wanted to mention it between national airport and braddock road. 66 okay, getting a tad slow through dale city. northbound north beauregard, one lane getting by. >>> 5:54 is our time. when and how is the best time to teach your kids about gender identity and sexual orientation? that was the debate in fairfax county last night. the school board voted in favor of adding gender identity and sexual orientation to the family life education curriculum for seventh through tenth graders. some parents don't think the classroom is the place for those lessons. they now have the option to opt out of those class lessons. >> we actually think the right decision was made. the parents deserved to have their kids opt out and we made sure the kids that need and want to be educated are in the right position. >> some are pleased that the parents have a chance to opt out. >>> scores from the misprinted s.a.t.s your students took are now up on line. it threw out sections of the test when it came to scoring but it will let your student retake the s.a.t.s for free. earlier this month, students discovered ma

the most recent was yesterday near the braddock road metro station. this after into, investigators tell us some arrests have been made and some weapons seized but they are trying to identify others who may be involved. >>> do you recognize this face? reston police say this suspect robbed a woman in an underground parking garage last thursday. it happened at the harris teeter supermarket on high land crossing drive. the victim says the map forced her into a passenger seat -- the passenger seat of her vehicle and threatened her with a knife. teak her money and her phone. a reward is offered for information. >>> the pot tomyic river looking extra brown these days. why water officials are blaming the winter. >>> the $10 bill is getting a why are we watching this again? i pay for all these channels, so i make myself watch them all. joey, i'll watch anything except this. except this. go back, go back, go back, go back, go back, go back. fios custom tv lets you pay for the types of channels you want, not the ones you don't. 100% fiber optics is here. get out

thousands really here in northern virginia and left what you see behind me here on twin brook road off braddock road and that is streets shut off. now, i just got a fresh update from dominion virginia power. they are making progress. just in the past few hours, they have had several hundred customers come back online with electricity, so they are just shy of 2,000 outages here in northern virginia. most of those are centered right here in fairfax as well as in the burke area. i asked them when they anticipate to get everyone back online, their deadline, they are hoping for late tonight but it's not going to be easy. drive through fairfax tonight and you can't miss them, dozens of dominion virginia power crews focused on getting the area back online. chances are you may hit a roadblock. we certainly did. twin brook road shut down ali lane blocked off. the soaking rain and strong wind pulled down the trees, dangling them into the power lynns. one tree alone had more than two dozen of these power poles on the ground. >> main thing is make sure nobody gets around any of this stuff here, if they get

on this line it will come right toward the frederick area, braddock, 6:20, frederick at 6:25, down toward mount airy, 6:50. if you live in these areas, heads up, we have already seen some damage as far as trees down and power outages in parts of the region we will continue to watch that. another track here shows damascus 6:56 eldersburg area 7:06. here is the line, see the wider view, severe thunderstorm warnings toward pennsylvania. now that line coming together around our region. this is going to be the case as we move on through the rest of the night tonight. what about the risks from these storms? yes, we have a tornado watch but the tornado risk is on the low side. the biggest risk is high winds downed trees as we have seen and might lose power. hail new york the a big threat here, heavy rain could be a threat, could see flash flooding with these storms as they continue to move on. please, be careful watch out as the storms move on through the area, neck couple of temperatures, 88 on tuesday, 87 on wednesday look at the heat coming in here 97 on thursday 96 on friday and looks like w

among the ones they point out major one the intersection of ox road and braddock road, crews still working there at this hour. they are hoping to have it fixed, wendy by tomorrow morning's rush hour. >> david culver in fairfax, thanks david. >>> in maryland a lateightning strike blamed for this an apartment fire in greenbelt. family also to flee when the roof caught fire yesterday. no injuries but a lot of damage. people in 22 units now have to find somewhere else to stay. >>> holy crap. >> hit the monument. >> i got it on video. >> this viewer sent us this video. a bolt of lightning appeared to strike the washington monument during last night's tempest. there are no reports of any major damage. >>> that storm also caused some accidents. one of them was deadly. a man in maryland was killed when his truck crashed into a tree in poolesville last night. that victim had just celebrated his 79th birthday. and tonight, his family is talking about why he was on the road at that time. our meagan fitzgerald has more on this story. meagan? >> reporter: and jim in fact, that crash happened not far fr

beltway at braddock road, looking good. and 95 northbound, route 1 fredericksburg is still blocked. and 95 29, b.w. parkway looking good as well. back at 5:11. >>> breaking news at the live desk. an all out manhunt for a gunman who opened fire inside an historic black church. police are calling it a hate crime. the fbi is helping in the search for the gunman who shot and killed eight people inside the church during a bible study. another person died at the hospital. listen as the police chief describes what he saw at the church. >> this was a very chaotic scene when we arrived. we had a lot of moving parts. we were tracking this individual with k-9s. we were making sure that he was not in the area to commit other crimes and as this was going on, we received information there might be a secondary explosive device at the scene. >> luckily, they got the all clear on that bomb threat. take a look at this picture. we now know this is the church's pastor, a long-time state senator clementa pinckney. he is confirmed as among those dead in this mass shooting. police describe the man they ar

here's burke center park wake braddock road, heavy rain, a lot of lightning here in this area. farther down to the south, manassas was getting hammered the last half hour or so starting to move out of manassas off toward the east, right along the river, so going to continue watch this moving off toward the east about that 20 to 25-mile trend. you can see where it is going here i mentioned, toward prince george's county and mount vernon in toward prince george's county. that is the only one in the game. we have a couple other showers out there, but nothing really to worry about the other thing we have been looking at is the heat and the humidity. look at the heat index, high of 97. saw heat index earlier of 101, the warmest we have been. manassas, way down though as a result of the shower activity only down to 75. it will continue to be hot and very humid as we go on through the night tonight and really, as we go on through the next seven days temperatures tomorrow, 92 degrees, 40% chance of storms mostly in northern virginia, not too worried about the rest of the area northern

seems like this one behind me scenes all too common in fairfax county up twin brook road, not far from braddock road it is shut down because of, well, the obvious trees falling onto these power lines, the power lines you can see how close they are coming to the road in some parts. power crews tell me this probably has electricity out to a few hundred residents. they are working quickly, you may be able to hear the sound of some of the chainsaws, preremoval crews out here dominion power crews out here. the damage not just done to the power lines. we checked out some of the homes in fairfax county. folks had to take the day off because their homes are simply unlivable at this point. going to check in with them, show what you they are dealing with when we see you ahead at 5:00 n fairfax, i'm david culver, news4. >>> people who live in this maryland neighborhood are dealing with no water. wssc had to shut off the valves to 68 customers after the water main burst in upper marlboro. it was built in 1969. water was gushing down bishop mill drive. wssc says the water should be back on by dinnertime. >>

outer loop at the braddock road, this left lane is blocked for another 20 or 30 minutes. no major issues right now on the beltway, except for construction here and there. other than that, everything looking quite good overall. prince george's county is moving along nicely. branch avenue, pennsylvania avenue, indian head highway, everything is moving well. looking at northbound and southbound, 95 looking food as well. the construction northbound near quantity coe is cleared -- quantico is cleared out of the way right now. dale city will start to get a tad slow here in the coming minutes. 66 west at business route 234, that crash is completely out of the way. no problems there. 270 at shady grove road, a little bit of a sheen on the road, and everything looks good northbound and southbound and back at 5:21. >>> new this morning we're learning about a disturbance at a church. they arrested the man also accused of yelling racial slurs. >> that comes days after a church massacre in south carolina. we'll go live to charleston in two minutes. it's 5:11. welcome to fort green she

fairfax on your doorstep about 6:00, tyson 6:10 moving 25 miles per hour headed towards braddock about 6:27. i think they'll be all the way to d.c. by 6:31. i think they'll weaken. let's talk about heat index temperatures, people like 98 downtown, 99 in fredericksburg, but the good news is there's no triple digits. it's best to exercise early morning. some record highs in jeopardy tomorrow, scattered storms tomorrow. i think we'll see more storms tomorrow, more numerous. try to be done outdoors about 2:00. 2:00 to 6:00 is the storm window. slight dip in the temps on sunday, might hold at 90. we'll be back in the mid-90s next week. some of the record highs tomorrow, dulles 94, national's 96 is safe and baltimore 97 also is safe. futurecast, i think the showers will be further back to west. you see temperatures in the 80s at 7:00 and by 10:00 we're still 80 downtown and 70s in the northern and western suburbs. day planner downtown temps, 70 to start, low 80s by 9:00, upper 80s by 11:00. 90 by 1:00 again. scattered storms tomorrow, isolated storms sunday, only 90, 92 tomorrow. tuesday mid

vernon, alexandria, even braddock the next couple of minutes. within the hour moderate rains to the north and east and maybe even passing late by around 5:30, 6:00 right over 66. but look at the spin. easy to see where the storm system is. that storm system will eventually start moving to the north and northeast, out to sea. so tomorrow will have fewer showers across the area. just isolated. here is a snapshot. your future weather starting at 5:00 a.m., look at all the light colors throughout the area and very scattered. we'll have clouds, yes, some scattered light showers across the area. then becoming more isolated as we get into the afternoon hours. not very much at all. and then late afternoon/evening, look at this, some sunshine starts to appear. the clouds start to thin. little bit of late-day sunshine coming your way tomorrow. 65 degrees right now with a northeast wind at 10 miles per hour, that easterly wind is what has us so cool. 61 by 11:00, umbrellas you'll need because it will still be wet. early tomorrow morning, 58 to 65, overcast

the shoulder being blocked because of the result of an accident on the inner loop of the beltway at braddock road. -- from our camera, we can see delays in -- almost every lane. so if you're going to be heading out in that direction, that's mainly coming from the springfield interchange. you would want to add anywhere from about just maybe five to ten minutes to your commute time just to account for the delays. don't think they're significant but just be mindful nonetheless. but for the most part everything is pretty much free and clear. which is certainly some good news for your friday morning. >>> what's happening on the weekend? >> all right, well we're going to of course track this rainfall. the flash flood watch is already been posted which means that i'm going to be keeping a very close eye on this all weekend long. mike of course will have your latest news headlines and i check in with the news as well. tune in starting at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning for everything you need to know to get your weekend started. >> watching fairfax county very closely. >> that's right. >> world games? >>

21st street northwest with an accident there on the capital beltway on the inner loop as you travel to braddock road everything that has been moved over to the left side, a major backup in maryland as you approach maryland 100. melanie? melanie: top stories right now a three-day hearing aimed at keeping sitwell college open, it was scheduled to close in august but the attorney general announced the mediated settlement. the man accused of flying a gyro copter on to the west lawn of the capital has a status hearing today in d.c., the grand jury indicted douglas hughes on six charges and he could spend up to 10 years in prison. more news, traffic, and whether on "news channel 8." why are we watching this again? i pay for all these channels, so i make myself watch them all. joey, i'll watch anything except this. except this. go back, go back, go back, go back, go back, go back. fios custom tv lets you pay for the types of channels you want, not the ones you don't. 100% fiber optics is here. get out of the past. get fios. now for $79.99 a month at getfios.com. call the verizon center for customers w

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losing a lane on the inner loop past braddock road for a disabled. angela: the battle over the redskins, focus on a pretrial hearing today in federal court in alexandria. the judge will weigh arguments that canceling the trademark will infringe on their free speech rights. in the meantime the d.c. council will hold a public airing today on proposed scholarship programs in d.c. under the program students will receive free tuition. that hearing begins this morning. more weather, traffic, and news right now on news channel 8. >>> good morning, america. and right now, this is hard hit coal city, illinois. picking up the pieces across the midwest this morning after more than a dozen reported tornadoes tore through that area. so many homes leveled as you can see by twisters as the storms move on to the northeast. more than 70 million people in its path. >>> right now the manhunt for those two killers is heating up and you are about to see this exclusive new video this morning offering a unique look at one of the men who masterminded the great escape. >> ch

this is passing braddock road heading up to tysons corner, you are on a delay. a live look at 395 the earlier crash at seminary road is gone but we are moving slowly. a live look here at the george washington parkway, 14th street bridge we are getting reports of a southbound crash. that is the latest. jummy: sometimes stories. and arlington man whose wife was injured in a hit-and-run crash is urging the driver to come forward. the cyclist was on a 126 mile training ride. the suv hit her and kept going. she had to have her like and be tainted, and then was diagnosed with cancer. you can expect delays on metro because of track work this weekend. this will happen on every line except the red line. to get more weather and traffic updates, go to news channel 8. have a great day. ♪ >>> and welcome back to "gma" here in times square right now and everyone is excited for ow giant party in the park tomorrow with adam lambert. >> his new album already getting rave reviews. can't wait to see him perform live. we want you to join us in central park tomorrow? that's right.