>> this year for mike thomas again. congratulations, mike thomas. >> you're waner. >> thank you. >> enjoy it. >> revel in the moment. [laughter] >> okay, moment's done. no, good for them. happy they won. all right, let's take a look at your forecast for the day 'cause we're getting another hot one around the region. temperatures as you start your day its one of those days where you'll step outside and you can feel it in the air already it's going to be a hot one. d.c. annapolis at 74. 74 baltimore, fell at quantico leonardtown 72. look at the 60's north and west. that's a little bit warm for this time of year so very warm start. satellite and radar very quiet out there. a couple of clouds coming out of the mountains that's about it. if you'll be outside for any extended period of time make sure you throw the sunscreen on. u.v. index is very high. air quality code orange. take frequent breaks outdoors. 95 degrees your daytime high near a record high. sunny hot and humid with heat index values up near a hundred degrees in

mike thomas' best friend. southbound 295 again that on-ramp closed and then for your friday morning commute we're also dealing with a new crash outer loop top of the beltway 355. metro is on time except for safetrack. that's your traffic. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. this makes any friday morning better having some pup in here. back to you. >> oh, man, it's 5:19. time to take a look at the stories you're engaging with the most this morning on social media. >> wisdom is back with our realtime news tracker. hey, whiz. >> good morning. banks have enough cash to withstand severe recession. federal reserve performed a stress test to see how banks would perform during a recession stop any risks that would threaten at the economy. results from the test show that even during a severe recession our large banks would remain well capitalized. >>> the fcc hit network with the largest fine ever. the agency proposed 120 million-dollar fine against adrian abramovich. of those calls about 90 percent were made t

. >> dreams do come true mike thomas. >> we got showers moving through early this morning. later on this afternoon we'll get into some sunshine. storm tracker radar showing showers on our western suburbs. we'll time out kind of that main wave though that's coming through northern virginia. that's your heavy rain -- by the way we have a guest in studio we're going to introduce you in a little bit. 4:58 cumberland, 5:55 gainsville and 6:06 berk. in d.c. main wave comes through about 6:30 in the morning and then it starts pushing off to the east. once it gets far enough east lilt break out into sunshine. 82, a couple left overshowers by 11:00. we break out into sunshine and get warm and humid this afternoon. that's a check of the forecast. erin over you to for that traffic. >> 4:37 and we have problems on the roads this morning. take a look at this crash. we're dealing with huge problems. let's see if we can get in with my producer carlos and see exactly where this is. 95 on the southbound side right there. it's approaching fredericksburg so as you make your way from stafford

ask me how i know that. >> how do you know that. >> mike thomas said it. e thomas said it. . >>> the michael brown wrongful death lawsuit. if you recall, the 18-year-old brown was unarmed when he was shot and killed by a white police officer in ferguson missouri in 2014. brown's parents sued the city. it's former police chief and darn wilson, the former officer who shot him. details were not disclosed. it led to months of unrest and protests around the country. >>> oj simpson go free? officials are scheduled to make a decision at the upcoming parole hearing. he's serving rob two memorabilia dealers. if parole is granted he could be released in october. >>> the man who's been overshadowed by barbie decades is getting a make over. a new line of 15 different ken dollars. they include corn row ken, slim ken, ken with a man bun, there's even a broad body ken. he has a slightly thicker middle. or what some might call a dad bod. comes in seven skin tone, the first major make over for ken since being introduced 56 years ago. >> but who is feeling ken like that? he

erin como, mike thomas here. let's start with the weather, mike thomas, because it's going to be nice today, right. >> yeah, actually looks like an absolutely gorgeous day more like spring than summer time in d.c. with temperatures only expected to make it in the 10 o'clock. not for everyone. we have a lot of viewers out to the west. for those who live west of i-81 you'll still have the chance of showers, maybe even a rumble of thunder today but again here around the immediate d.c. and baltimore metro areas we keep it dry, just a few passing showers from time to time. here's your two dame forecast today, partly cloudy, 76 degrees. tomorrow kind of the same deal a little warmer 83 degrees so that's looking good for zip trip friday. georgetown ready or not, here we come t all right, that's a look at the forecast. let's head over to erin como now for a check of traffic. >> roads are quiet so want to do a quick check for the rails as they gear up for service at 5:00 a.m. no reported additional delays aside from safe

it is friday june 30th. >> all right, mike thomas talking about our weekend forecast. erin has got a look at the roads which thank goodness is quiet right now. what's the headlines. >> definitely going to be a hot one later on this afternoon. let's get you started with today. i want to get right away to this. we have a code orange air quality this afternoon. that means sensitive groups kind of that midafternoon peak heating time period avoid the outdoors. kind of take it this afternoon extra water, don't spend too much time in the sun. 93 your daytime high in d.c. today. many of us headed to the low 90's but with humidity it will feel like mid 90's. here's your forecast for the weekend if you're wondering what's up. saturday best chance of storms all weekend long is going to be saturday afternoon. sunday we'll dry it out 92. that's a check of the forecast. erin back to those nice and quiet roads this morning. >> 4:48 none changes there. 95 northbound fredericksburg to the aquia harbor quiet. look at that southbound commute. if you're getting out of town heading towards

mike thomas checking in with you for our forecast. what's on tap. >> yeah, little cool temperatures to start the morning here but as we work our way into the afternoon lots of sunshine and we'll kind of quickly warm it up this afternoon as we transition from what was a springlike last couple days to a summer-like weekend ahead h60 degrees your current number in d.c., gaithersburg cool baltimore as well. good morning, leonardtown, 54 for you. fredericksburg 55 degrees at this hour. satellite and radar showing maybe actually one or two light sprinkles west of town but that's about all that's going on and those will not last long. we should have a good amount of sunshine later on today. 84 degrees your daytime high this afternoon, a few passing clouds from time to time. temperatures will be on the rise, though, no the just today but tomorrow up near 90 and then mid 90's coming our way as we start next week. full details on that upcoming forecast in just a couple of minutes. all right, that's the weather. over to caitlin now for traffic.

erin como, mike thomas good morning. >> good morning to you both. let's do a quick check of your weather forecast for the day today. it's going to be a hot one. with a mix of clouds and sunshine out there later on this afternoon so here we go. let's get right to it. hurricane cindy near landfall right now. i'm awaiting confirmation but it's very close to making landfall. did i call it hurricane cindy? i meant to say tropical storm cindy. it's not a hurricane. here's what we have 8:00 a.m. this morning mix of clouds and sunshine out there. that will be the case for much of the day today. we'll get clouds thickening up though as we head towards the evening hour. look at towards tomorrow morning. there's rain moving in associated with the tropical storm but still far out ahead of it that it's not going to have quite the voracity as storms on saturday might. more details. that's weather. over to erin for traffic. >> we have team coverage. annie yu at the scene of this inner loop crash. two right lanes still blocked. because the left lanes are moving the

we want to say good morning to you mike thomas. now, mike thomas i tweeted you yesterday morning when i was at the graduation of my daughter, shout out to my 13-year-old. >> congratulations. >> shout out to you. >> you're going to be at the father of a high schooler. don't -- yeah. whew. >> those wonderful teenaged years. >> corners, yeah, don't remind me, don't remind me. anyway, i was talking about the weather and how it cooperated. >> yes. >> that's what i tweeted you yesterday how it cooperated at 8 o'clock in the morning. the sun hid behind the clouds. >> you got some cloud cover that helped keep things cool. humidity wasn't that bad, either. it won't be terrible today, either but we have a warm front on the way that will bring in more over the weekend. storm tracker radar showing showers off towards our west. around harrison burg there's a couple showers o reagan national 71, 69 at bwi. here's your planner for the day here in d.c. it's a cloudy morning. 78 by 11:00 a.m. by 2 o'clock scattered showers about 82 degrees. by 5 o'

mike thomas. >> yup. >> yes, good morning to you both. i hope we keep it dry down there in ashburn. >> we hope so, too. >> we're crossed. >> mike are you nervously keeping them cross. >> i would say nervously keeping them crossed. >> oh, ma and. >> i'll show you why. other than that it's cooler and cloudier than yesterday. temperatures a couple degrees below the seasonal average. 71 degrees your current number right now. doesn't feel that bad outside. in fact it's a pleasant start to the day. there's the showers just south of leesburg there, towards the gainsville area right along i-66. they're tracking off to the north. even if we get rain in ashburn this morning t-it will be kind of brief. maybe on and off variety but nervous optimism there. 78 degrees, cloudy by 11 o'clock, probably much drier, too. by 2 o'clock a couple more scattered showers. by 5 o'clock this evening we'll have to watch out for scattered thunderstorms around the region. one of those storms later on tonight could be on the strong side. gusty winds are going to be the

mike thomas looking at our weather forecast. it has warmed up. let's hope it's not going to be too hot this weekend. >> at times it will feel like it because of the humidity. today is going to be lower 90's but with humidity it's going to feel like mid to potentially upper 90's later on this afternoon depending on how much sun we have. satellite and radar showing we start the day way with a good amount of sun. all is quiet but temperatures much warmer than they've been to start the past several days. 74 in washington, gaithersburg 72, 71 for manassas and dulles. some lower 70's there for culpeper and then up in the mountains and one cool spot cumberland at this hour. here's your forecast for the day today. going up to 93 degrees. yes, there is the chance of storms. locally around d.c. would not be surprised if we don't see anything. but for notice who live out to the west, kind of i-81 corridor and then over the mountains, you could pop some storms, pretty good chance actually that you'll pop some storms later on today. keep your guard up there.

hey, mike thomas. >> a pretty good summer day coming up. couple clouds to start. later today more sunshine. temperatures warming up. let's get to it. satellite and radar showing some of those clouds coming across the region early this morning. again, we'll have a few of those from time to time today but it's not a bad day. not expecting any rain. 68 degrees your current number in -- at reagan national. dulles is 63 as well as bwi. suburbs still feeling pretty comfortable this morning. humidity starts to creep back in today but it won't be overly bad. by 11 o'clock 80 degrees. by 2 o'clock 86 degrees. by the time we get to those early evening kind of rush hour time period that's when we'll hit our high temperatures in the lower 90's today. erin como is back with traffic. >> hey, mike, good morning. 4:36 right now. keeping an eye on the roads this inner loop construction zone should be cleared now that we hit our 4:30 half hour. it's right near bradly boulevard. one of those overnight construction zones. all lanes getting back to normal right now. 270 spur looking g

. >> we'll revel in this nice day t mike thomas has our weather headline and erin tracking accidents on the roads. mike what's going on. >> tropical storm cindy is making landfall down in louisiana and texas. local no effects yet but maybe some tomorrow. hot one today. >> inner loop still dealing with a crash involving a tractor-trailer. two right lanes blocked by the greenbelt metro. we have all the details you need on that one. >> let's give you more details on thattic breaking traffic news erin mentioned. >> annie yu live with the latest. update us, annie. >> reporter: holly maureen we got road when we were really chose to the accident that they were going to be shutting down the lanes once again to get that tractor-trailer onto a tow truck and then tow it away and they just passed through. basically right now all lanes on the inner loop of the beltway near exit 24 which is the greenbelt metro currently closed but again, the through so they're probably going to reopen it shortly. meanwhile there's a traffic jam right here. they've basically stopped traffic here. looks like marylan

. >> mike thomas, okay, so we've got our zip trip coming up later this morning. actually it's kicking off at 6:00 what kind of weather are we expecting. >> at 6:00 cooler, temperatures in the 50's in some of our suburbs including down by georgetown. once the sun comes up we rapidly warm and get the temperatures into the 80's later on this afternoon. let's take a look at storm tracker radar t maybe one little light shower this morning far out to the west for those living near woodstock, front royal. for most it's a quiet and calm morning and it will be sun filled once the sun gets in the sky. reagan national at 60. dulles 55. bwi 54 degrees. your planner for the day, sunshine and temperatures rising through those 80's. mid 70's by 11:00, mid 80's by 5:00. that's a check of the forecast. over to caitlin now for traffic. >> mike, good morning. beautiful start for our zip trip in georgetown. i'll be down there as well beginning at 9:00 a.m. your commute starting off a little busy in southern maryland. you're coming out of the fort washington area approaching oxon hil

hi, mike thomas. what's going on. >> nothing too much just yet but later this afternoon things could be rocking and rolling around the d.c. area. late on today we are expecting one more kind of hot and humid sticky day. in the 80's in d.c. could end up near 90 this afternoon but as this cold front kind of slices into that heat and humidity we could kick up some thunderstorms. some of which could be severe around the biggest threat is going to be gusty winds as well as some heavy rain. some of these storms if we get some of the areas caught under the heavier ones could drop upwards of 2-inches later on this afternoon. there's a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. so s-your planner for the day today, again dry through the morning hours, 85 degrees by 11 o'clock. by 2 o'clock still mostly dry around the immediate d.c. and baltimore areas, 88 degrees. by 5 o'clock as you head home from work that's when you'll have to keep an eye on the radar. that's going to be our best chance of seeing stronger storms rum

that's what mike thomas said. erin como good morning, we're going to start with mike thomas on the longest day >> longest day of the year, period. it's over with today. >> not going to longer than this >> it will get shorter and shorter. sunshine later on, high temperatures near 90. erin >> tracking metro and trying to get the perfect metro selfie. toss it back to you. more traffic in a few. >> appreciate it. still ahead i to be a somber day in northern virginia as a murdered 17-year-old muslim girl will be laid to rest >> police say nabra hassanen. despite world wide out cry over police not investigating as a hate crime, nabra's family said they have confidence in how the police are handling the case >> he's saying that he wants to have the community to express love always to one another, regardless of religion, ethnicity or race, he doesn't want any other family suffer losing a loved one. he wanted to make sure that we don't have this senseless crime committed against young people. he said that he does not wish

mike thomas, our weather looking a lot better. >> yeah, feeling a lot better as well outside as you get your day started. not nearly as humid, not henearly as heavy as several days. satellite and radar showing we're off to a mix of clouds and sun out there and that will be the case through much of the day today. temperatures have come down a bit. they're not terribly colder than they were yesterday. again, the main difference you'll feel is in the humidity value. 73 in washington, 67 at gaithersburg right now. 70 for both frederick and westminster. 69 degrees this morning in fredericksburg. good morning, leonardtown you're one of the cooler spots at 64. here's you remember forecast for the day today in d.c., 85 degrees later this afternoon. an east wind will keep clouds coming from time to time. showers are possible if you live west kind of i-81 corridor and then off to the west of there and then south of 66 as well today you could see a shower but here d.c. and baltimore i think they keep it dry through the afternoon. all right, that's a first look at your forecast. over to erin como f

mike thomas is in this morning. good morning, mike. >> school is out for the summer professor-wise as well but now some professors have multiple jobs. professor barns is one of them. next week, i would tune in next week, the kids get them to up in the morning, special surprise coming from professor barns early next week. there's a little tease for you but we're focused on the weather today. another hot and humid today. going to feel like summertime later on this afternoon. strong storms are possible, 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. is the times you need to watch out locally here in d.c. earlier than 3 o'clock if you live outn i-81 corridor. main threat is going to be strong winds and heavy rain, potentially flash flooding. we're under a flash flood watch in d.c. starting at 3 o'clock. tropics getting busy for june. we'll talk about this tomorrow when weather locally is a little bit quiet. we have two areas of tropical activity we're keeping an eye on. enhanced rick of severe weather has been issued for the region today. that

all righty. >> ♪ >> mike thomas, 4:55. looking ahead what's the weather going to be like for that zip trip. >> zip trip weather looks fine. looks like it will be a little cloudy on your friday morning. good news is doesn't look like any rain will be around. co62 to 74 this morning. mostly cloudy as the kids get off to school. after school warm and a mix of clouds and sun 82 to 88 but not as humid as the past several days. mid 80's the next two days, weekend we heat it back up. for dad on father's day it's a hot one, 92 degrees. that's a check of the forecast. erin is back with traffic. >> 4:56. roads are quiet. we'll take a look at safe. it's the last day today of safe track surge 150 after today, things should resume as normal on the orange line but just keep in mind this is the last morning no trains between new carrollton and the stadium-armory. shuttle service is available. the same stations closed again express shuttle s final safe track surge kicks in impacting the red line. we'll keep you updated on that one as well

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today is thursday june 8th. >> aall right, erinom the roads, mike thomas watching the skies. what's up, mike. >> not too much to watch in the skies today, that's good news. just a few clouds out there. lots of sun this afternoon. comfortable temperatures. we're headed for the 70's. erin. >> right now roads are quiet but we'll let you know when that changes. happy national best friends day to my morning show fan. >> all right. okay. if you're just waking up with us at 5:31 this morning, here's what's been developing overnight. first from northern virginia where fire has damaged several homes in manassas. >> fox5's annie yu is live there with the details and new video to share. good morning to you, annie. >> reporter: hey, good morning, wisdom and maureen. well, this wasn't only a firefighting mission put a rescue as well. we're told that one of the firefighters actually became disoriented while he was inside fighting this fire and had to be rescued from it from a fellow colleague. both were transported to a hospital. right now their condition is unknown but there's still a lot

mike thomas in for tucker this morning. >> steve, we got little thin gray out there it's not as bad as yesterday we won't have any showers around or the showers we have around will be few and for between. most of us will see sunshine this afternoon. guess what? temperatures headed into the 80s later on today. let's start you off with temperatures. because it's feeling rather comfortable. rather mild start we're at 71 now in d.c. 72 in annapolis. good morning leonardtown 70 for you fredericksburg and culpeper all in the 70s this hour most of us headed for the upper 70s and lower 80s later on today. let's take look at satellite/radar. we had some showers move through our extreme northeastern suburbs mostly northeast of baltimore as well. early this some clouds remain over the eastern shore southern maryland, northern neck of virginia as well here in d.c. starting to see sunshine especialy in our western suburbs. and then as we head into the afternoon we could get one or over the mountains and then the question is, do they have enough energy to move across the d.c. baltimore area. latest

tweet time now as mike thomas gets ready to come over here. come over here mike while they put up the tweets. it's all good. >> who is tweeting today. >> mike getting right to it. >> who's tweeting on tuesday? >> hello. no one tweeted today. >> there we go. >> ♪ >> okay. erin is um canning for your spots holly and tucker as the fox5 d.c. athletic heat who will win? >> big showdown. >> um-hmm. >> we shall see. >>> this is good. you got to love the dmv best kept secret r and b sensation menopause. >> you know it! you know it. >> people forgot holly we had to remind them. we have some skills. >> more love, too. set me up for really good day with the menopause say my name segment. [ laughter ] >> we'll bring the out on good day closet every once in awhile. >> darrin chris did not need to use his family and friends as an encouragement excuse. >> just post it and own it. >> that's right. >> exactly. >> okay. >> michael looking good today, right. >> looking great today. get out enjoy it. it will be fantastic. heat and humidity back thursday, friday

. >> check in with mike thomas. see what's happening outside. waiting on the big one this afternoon. big storms rumbling eight on today. almost a began team other thing is a guarantee better weather on the other side of it. here's your headline for today day today. jet stream dip down across the midwest pushing eastward that's that stream of kind of fast moving air up above our heads. at the surface got a strong cold front pushing over the mountain as we speak. up ahead of it as you can feel the stepped outside this morning hot and sticky, humid. behind it, still warm but some drier air trying to push its way on into that humidity and that's combination is kind of what gives us the severe risk later on this afternoon. let's take look at your temperatures because there's factor in number one how warm it is. 81 degrees this time of the morning. it's ser 78 at gaithersburg. dulles 79 for frederick. 81 degrees this morning in west minster. here's a look at your satellite/radar. still relatively quiet. nothing too much happening yet. some thin clouds

mike thomas here with us. tucker off today. >> good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> lovely day coming dawn. >> we do. >> good news at last. >> tell us all the details. >> how about sunshine. >> i like it. >> that's about it. >> okay, well. >> that work. better than rain. >> it will be mild and not too hot this afternoon slowly getting into the summer season. let's get it to. here's your forecast for the day outside right now. it is 69 degrees wins out of the north and we have at 14 miles an hour. taking a look at satelli satellite/radar. we've got a little bit of cloud cover that came throughlily this morning again it's mostly cloudy mostly high thin cloud kind of out there right now. but good amount of sun come our way as we head into the afternoon i cannot 100% rule out isolated shower especially north and west of town later on today. your afternoon planner for the day today, breeze later on. partly cloudy day. 78 degrees at 2:00 o'clock. by 5:00 o'clock this afternoon 80 degrees. so pretty nice day

mike thomas? turns out there's something it. researchers at northwestern say when it's hot and muggy we get tired. that makes us more irritable. researchers found people about others when it's uncomfortably hot outside. >> is the converse true when it's cold. do you care more about people -- >> probably more nurturing when you're cold. >> give me heat any day. >> we're most nurturing when it's sunny and low humidity. that happened this past week. now it's over. >> 5:42. 5:42. coming up. >>> betty white is finally a member of the academy of arts and sciences. >> art turning some heads. >> it is 5:42, 66 degrees. we are back with more fox5 morning news after this. >> ♪ >> this is my song, bad liar selena gomez. love it. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ♪ >> oh. >> let's see it. >> oh, my god. >> hunh ♪ >> there we go. the moves are on. >> i love it. >> you know what. >> i was going say can i do my burger king joke? what did bruce lee order at burger king? remember that one. >> look at mike. he's like hm. >> i don't get it. >> you don't get

caitlin roth is in for mike thomas. can we talk about the amazing weekend we had. >> i know. it was incredible end of june, but it was so warm but so comfortable. we didn't have humidity. we had sunshine. hopefully you got to soak that up this weekend. it was gorgeous. if you didn't maybe mondays and tue tuesdays are more of opportunity. look at these temperatures this morning. 50's showing up widespread in our suburbs already. 54 manassas, 59 winchester, 55 gaithersburg. that is light jacket weather as you head out the door early this morning. 72 in washington, 70 in annapolis. always a little bit warmer in the city and by the water. satellite and radar very quiet out there. we'll have a gorgeous sunrise just like we had a fantastic sunset last night. it's amazing when you scour out on the humidity how much crisper everything. 83 degrees today and a light west-northwest wind mostly sunny skies, low humidity. just a light breeze. it will feel really fantastic. all right, that's a look at your forecast. erin, good morning to you. >> wonderful monday morning forecast. your way

. >>> let's go ahead and talk a little bit of whether with mike thomas >> last day of spring will be absolutely fantastic. humidity break, and more comfortable air moving in. in fact, we're nine degrees cooler than yesterday. still in the 80's this time. 70's this morning, dulles, manassas, culpeper, all ten degrees cooler than yesterday. 71 is current number in dc. quantico and leonardtown, gaithersburg much more comfortable 64 as well as winchester martinsberg, 66 at this hour, there's your satellite and radar, storms cheered the coast line for the most part. clouds are even going to clear the coast line there and will have more sunshine at the beaches, here in dc, a couple of passing cluds from time to time. it will be warm. shy of 90 degrees, but a lot less humidity mean as much more feel. summer starts tomorrow. how long will we keep the more comfortable air around? have the answers coming up in a couple of minutes. >> erin, good morning. >>> we're going to start y with a look at skyfox over the 270 spur and we're seeing a lost southbound congestion right there at the submit to

we are warming up nicely and mike thomas is here to tell us all about it. hey, mike. >> hey, guy we got beautiful day ahead for the first full day of summer. longer day of the year, 14 hours, 53 minutes of glorious sunlight and we'll have a good amount of sunshine today. 80 degrees we have crossed the threshold out of the 70's into the lower 80s. 84 degrees what it feel like if you're about to head out bound for like early afternoon or late morning lunch let's say. maybe brunch. whatever suits your fancy there. winds out of the south 7 miles an hour. bringing in little bit more of that humidity. satellite/radar mostly quite a couple of showers trying to kick up over the mountains up towards cumberland and hagerstown watch out for sprinkle up there especially for those who live north along the maryland pennsylvania border. one or two showers future cast will show that to you. here we are at 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon dry but watch as the showers kick up to the north there. again these should stay away from d.c. if we get isolated sprinkle that won shock m

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mike thomas just said what can i get you for breakfast and i said oh, my thomas you made my thursday. >> he's the best ever. >> did he leave yet. >> no, he didn't. >> thanks. >> sorry, mike. randolph road in colesville dealing with a crash at sherwood forest give yourself extra time. as we forward things along to seven let's see if we can make our maps move seven eastbound dealing with a crash blocking the shoulder. east loudoun street. because all lanes are opened traffic is getting by fine. i'll let you know if that changes. aside from that let's forward things along again its been a really quiet start in terms of drive times. just a few minor slow zones in virginia. 66 from 234 to the beltway, 35 minute ride and 95 from dale city to the beltway 29 minutes. 395 still looking really good and gw parkway southbound also at speed. things in maryland looking good right now. we're all green across-the-board. now keep in mind 270 southbound does have some congestion from 70 through the truck scales. about a 10 minute slowdown but from 109 on down you're in great shape. outer loop at speed

plus wings and wheels wait until you see where we're sending hour mike thomas this morning much it's whole lot of fun and you can get in on the fun, too. >> very cool. >> and more fun coming up tomorrow. zip trip time. we're just one day away now from our next zip trip tomorrow we'll be in georgetown down at the washington harbor. >> yeah. >> that's awesome. come on down. make sure to say hi to everybody from 6:00 until 11:00. tucker up fir at 6:00 a.m. maureen umeh will be there, caitlin roth will be there, kevin mccarthy will be there. they would all love to see you tomorrow. if you know where all the restaurants are, the water, the circle, the fountain, the ice skating rink just off the steps from there everybody will be camped out. it should be good day for it. >> beautiful day tomorrow. great point. we never have six tips. >> right. >> right. >> at fox5 we like it to be five. >> you don't come here for three tips. >> n >> you don't come here for seven or nine or four tips. >> we would never do like a seven day forecast. >> oh. >> steve. >> why you got to outsmart us all the time

live in adams morgan, melanie alnwick, fox5 hole news. >> mel, thank you very much. >>> mike thomas here now to talk about the weather. fabulous, right? >> fabulous. sunny, bright and beautiful today. bad nouse for the weeknd if you don't like the heat and humidity. look at the blue skies out there. >> gorgeous. >> how is this for friday in d.c.? perfect, great day for the zip trip down in georgetown. absolutely beautiful day today. humidity is low and it should stay pretty low through most of the weekend but sunny night you might notice humidity ticking up a bit into next week. tucker mentioned it. heat wave is on the way here in d.c. doesn't really start today. 84 degrees. but if we hit 90 tomorrow it will be the start of the heat wave. up to 94 on sunday. humidity really builds on monday and tuesday. and into wednesday as well. so much so that the heat index on those days will be up and over 100 degrees f we hit 96 on both monday and tuesday, those are are going to be new record highs for this time of year. we should just be in the low to mid 80s. mid 90s by the time we get to sunday

mike thomas will join us. >> he's got my kind of ride. looking sharp in that a mustang what is that? chevy? >> it's cadillac. mike, pardon me. >> after the break we're sharing some of your best friend shot outs. there you go. >> ♪ >> so cute. keep them coming #gooddaydc. show us who your best friend is on this national best friends day. day. you know how your hair tangles the minute you wash it? new pantene. the first shampoo with active pro-v nutrient blends fueling hair 100% stronger that's instantly smoother and tangle free. >> ♪ good news for you. a mug up for grabs. >> what. >> anybody want that good day mug today we have a new good day d.c. dunkin' donuts mug to give away. go do our website foxd foxdc.com/contests. one winner se selected with dom drawing. get the entry in by 11:00 o'clock this morning. when you win take a selfie with the mug and he can prove it our facebook or twitter pages. while you're on facebook paper or out website just stay on there at work and want to watch the comey hearing at 10:00 o'clock we'll have th

. >> mike thomas has claimed this spot with his little dance moves but you're like the og. >> here's the deal with me maureen. >> what's that. >> i spent all weekend dancing. >> oh, snap. >> i need a little time to recover. >> come on you got to show the young bucks how it's done. this is like your og moment. >> well, i mean -- >> then again, we don't want you pulling a muscle and then being injured for the rest of the day. >> exactly. i'm all you got in the world of forecast today. >> brace yourself. >> i need to go without injury. >> i was dancing all morning on our zip trip on friday. >> okay. >> but i will walk smoothly over to the wall. >> all right, everybody. >>> get ready. here we go. >> uh-huh. >> oh, yeah. [laughter] >> oh, with the look back. >> let's get to it. hey summer time. cue my music. summer, yes, begins in 15 days. feels like summer this morning with all the humidity we have. quick look at the bus stop forecast. i know school winding down shortly. couple more days. hang in there you got this. you got teachers, too. you got this. before school temperatures in the u

. >> mike thomas good to see you. >> we're checking the forecast today. couple showers out there right now. most no big deal. it's later on tonight and then the evening where things become more of a big deal. how about a round of applause for all the students getting out of school today. mine included in montgomery county. >> yeah. last day. it's the last day we'll see the bus stop forecast. by by the way wisdom congratulations. >> we want to see pictures. >> i got some on one of those social medias. >> there's a lot of and social medias. >> 72 degrees couple showers for the bus stop. after school we'll have to watch out for some thunderstorms. here's your planner. mostly clouds around the lunch time hour, 78. increasing chances of showers and storms as we head towards those evening hours. >> big outdoor plans, mike. might have to change that. >> we'll talk. >> okay. >> let's get over to erin como and talk about what's happening on the roads. >> ias baseball game on sunday but i think i'm going to switch my plans. spotty showers, right. >> on sunday, too.

wait until you see what we are sending our mike thomas this morning. it's a when he will lot of fun that you can get in on, too. >> i see propellers and engines so that should be pretty cool. cars and planes. i like. >> how not to be a jerk at work. >> kevin mccarthy. >> john candy and. >> steve martin one of the best movies ever made. >> great movie. >> good morning to you guys. how are you? real fast we have a lot to get through here. >> first of all congratulations on your commencement address. >> thank you so much. we'll get to that and i have a lot to say to allison so just give me one second. two weeks after the bombing of manchester ariana grande has resumed her tour in paris. this is her first official show back on the dangerous woman tour. on at the incredible one love manchester show which we all saw which featured justin bieber coldplay and many more. millions of dollars were raised and then yesterday she took the stage again on her tour and she posted this photo to instagram basically saying first show back tonight. thinking of our angels e

. >> what's going on mike thomas. >> good morning to you both. >> seen in tucker's live shot a beautiful start to the day here. >> sure is. >> a little cool to start. 61 degrees right now downtown d.c. but many suburbs waking up to temperatures in the 50's. 84 later on here in washington and many of our suburbs headed up to the 80's once again so a warmer day on tap but much like yesterday we'll have lots of sunshine. how's that weekend looking? sunny and 90 for your saturday. get out to the pool, get out to the beach, enjoy it. sunday here comes the heat. 94 degrees. those mid 90's sticking around until next week, too. tucker will have the seven day in a minute. >> 60 now by the time it's sunday afternoon it's going to be 94 its funny. >> crazy. >> thanks, mike. >> all right. let's say good morning to caitlin roth and get an update on what's happening on the roads. >> good morning. i got to say though it's been very comfo this incoming heat wave so no complaints here. we've had some really nice weather. i haven't needed to use the air conditioning this much. don't put the ac on this mor

mike it's on you. >> good morning to you both. are you ready for a hot one today. do you have a pool toll get to and ac on. you will need a lot of those things. maybe a thunderstorm later today and you may be hoping for one given the afternoon temperatures that cool you off. there you are 7:30 a lot of sun today and head into the afternoon. few more clouds start to form over the mountains later today. one or two of those could move across the immediate d.c. a area. so we head towards early evening hours. keeping an eye on that not everybody seize them better chance ever widespread thunderstorms on your wednesday afternoon. 95 today and 90 tomorrow mott and humid a couple days in d.c.. checking the forecast traffic is back with erin. >> 4:48 few construction zones you should be aware of. fry be pan road 28 we have construction opt shoulders. traffic is guest by just fine to and from chantilly this morning. a live look 2895 northbound side. light volume norm of that point malcolm x avenue. we have reports of ongoing construction taking out a lane again. we'll let you

thomas outside to report on the conditions out there. >> good move, yeah. >> mike, are you out there. >> hi, mike. >> oh, yes, i'm out here. hey, good morning, guys. tucker sent me out here to try and experience some of these conditioning but lucky me it's not hot enough yet but it will be this afternoon and we are in summertime and we got to start watching out for these things, heat heat is the biggest killer weather-wise across the nation. annually over 600 people unfortunately lose their lives due to excessive heat. we have a graphic for you. let's pull it up. here are the two big things you have to worry about. heat exhaustion. if you have heat exhaustion you'll start to feel a little faint, dizzy. you'll start experting -- sweating excessively. skin will feel cool and clammy. you might feel a little sick to your stomach. you might experience muscle cramps. it's not deadly. it can become deadly if it moves on to heat stroke but if you start to feel signs of heat exha exhaustion take it eay get into the shade air conditioning dip into the pool. take a break from being in the sun a

. >> because mike thomas just walk out here. i don't know what it is. these dogs are like -- >> they got really >> you're giving them treats someone might say is that really good to keep giving them tricks because they do something they're supposed to do. >> we try to make sure we're portioning them i'm give them little itty bits of treats. it encourages them to kind of want to keep going and to keep working and figuring out what do they do to earn stuff. >> good a his head. >> we usery enforcers just like we pay people for, you know, a job well done give them little bonus. you can also use really good food to help train them as well and offer some rewards but praise and toys are also really good reinforce soars. >> when people stop by the truck what are they going to be learning or getting. >> we'll be at shaw dog park today from 4:00 to 7:00. ken 7,311th street northwest. lynn will be giving you some tips and tricks to help train your doing. also giving out different treats, giving out some water, portable water bowls similar to what we have out here

. >> let's go to the mike thomas right now. >>> all right, wisdom tracking showers through the dc region early this morning. mostly starting to scatter out of through prince george's county through calvert and charles county as well dealing with just a little bit of light shower activity left over from what was heavier band o morning now scooting over to the eastern shore so so far in annapolis, i think we'll be okay here for most of the rest of this morning. here's look at your fox5 accu weather seven day forecast. humid 88 today. 90 tomorrow and great weather takes over next week. all right. that's weather. erin is back with traffic this morning. 7:57 right now. and new york avenue has reopened both directions in and outbound between kenilworth and bladensburg road. we're still seeing really heavy inbound delays from maryland back to the beltway. 35 minute delay and 295 southbound still very backed up from riverdale park on down and then once you cross 50 jammed to pennsylvania avenue. keep it to fox5 news morning. we'll help steer you clear of those delays and take look at metro as we

let's check in with mike thomas for a check of our forecast this friday. >> i love the dedication to the job. can you imagine judging it on smell just going in and >> no. >> this one's a one . >> [laughter] >> all right, let's get to the weather forecast here. here's a look at your futurecast. today if there's any storms, they're mostly going to be out to the west over the mountains later on this afternoon. some clouds move in tonight, mix of clouds and sun tomorrow if we get enough sun we'll have to watch out for thunderstorms in the afternoon. weekend forecast. best chance of thunderstorms is again saturday afternoon. still hot, though. 91 degrees. sunday we dry it out get some sunshine back, hot once again, 92. head to the beach this weekend? i know a lot are. only chance of storms is really saturday evening. then weather turns very nice sunny all the way through the holiday. temperatures in the mid 80's. water still chilly though at 67. all right. that's a look at the forecast. it's time for the jam cam. >> i wasn't convinced we would get a jam cam for this hit because, you know,

hi, mike thomas. 270 southbound he had his glasses on which i know he doesn't need. tucker needs them so he's doing his best impersonation. >> how did he get back here? to clarksburg on 270 southbound coming out of frederick. overall montgomery county 270 southbound has been fine pretty free and clear as you get to the spur. there again another look at the maryland commute. 95 delays are easing from the icc to the spur to get on to the beltway and finally 295 southbound route 50 to pennsylvania of a looking very heavy with delays right there. kind of looks just like tucker's little before the maybe? >> he did. >> did he. [ laughter ] >> mike, come on in. clark kent. >> with the glasses. >> yes. >> he looks like -- yeah. i'm not going to say anything because i love tucker. okay. >> thank you. >> they're both cute. >> 8:09 is the time. in the news this morning more fallout from yesterday's congressional testimony by fired fbi director james comey. >> he's accusing the whi of lying about why he was fired but now the administration is firing back. fox5's annie yu joins u

. >> also developing now, mike thomas he's going to continue to watch this tropical storm and the effect it could have on our weekend plans. >> okay. wis let's put up the good day d.c. guest list. this morning at 9a we have a very brave journalist she is joining us. and eye opening look at the life with inter rift groups. muslim journalist spent years getting inside access to isis, al-qaida and the taliban she's here to share her story. >> latest transformers movie hits theater today's. kevin sits down with actor josh duhamel to talk about it. plus his family live with fergie and their son. >> plus former playboy playmate turned reality star kendra wilkinson basket joins us 35 dish on the brand new season of her show, kendra on top. >> also ahead tucker and erin are hitting road for the f watch out virginia here they come. >> ut-oh. keep those selfies coming into the fox5 newsroom this national self selfie day and first day of summer. #fox5summerselfie. >> looking forward to it, gang. thank you. >> kevin mccarthy has entertainment news for us much he's work hard. >> tucker barnes favorit

. >> thomas drayton on, mike is off this week lounging. >> and i'm alex. it is wednesday, june 28, 2017. let's get to this breaking news with bob. >> 6:30, overturned tractor-trailer. happened about 1:30 this morning on the northbound lane of i-95. approaching the 495-295 interchange in new castle, delaware. so this is going to impact anyone heading north in to wilmington this morning, headed north, trying to get to the delaware memorial bridge, the driver of the truck, taken to local hospital. the truck was the only vehicle involved. and you see here, they'll try to upright it. but look, you typically have five lanes, or four lanes here, during the morning rush hour. but we are down to only one, and we have a major back up again on 95 north, as we go to the maps, coming up in toward the wilmington interchange. so, again, it is northbound 95, right before the split. plenty of extra time, this will be with us for the rest. morning, route 13 would be good alternate. not the best, a lot of traffic light there, but at least that will get you up into wilmington

. >> i think your lips knocked the mike off. >> hey. >> thomas? >> we talk about this yesterday, karen had sunburn lips and they puckerd up. >> is there nothing wrong with a full lip. >> your lips look amazing. >> edge's loving to have it, it is fun. so mcenroe has made sexist comments in the pennsylvania and this is what happened again, according to serena and critics on this one. he talked about how she is as a tennis player. here's what he had to say in an interview. he was asked if williams was best tender player ever, male or female. she would probably be like 700 in the world if she had to play mens circuit. mcenroe said he hasn't seen women's player best in any sport including tennis. serena was not letting this one lie. she tweeted out dear john, a dor, respect you but please, please keep me out of your statements that are not factually based. i have never played anyone ranked there, nor do i have time, so respect me and my privacy as i'm trying to have a baby. good day, sir. other incident mcenroe got in trouble for some of his views abou

they include mike kelly, doug lamborn, mike mccaul, dave mckinley, mike rogers, lamar smith, j.t. thomas, joe wilson -- g.t. thomas, joe wilson. i'm also including members of support from two groups that have been working with me to protect the interests of the american worker and legal immigrants. additionally, this legislation is supported by citizens against government waste and americans for tax reform. finally, i am adding to the record that the president has issued a statement of administrative policy, noting that he would sign this bill into law. i strongly urge passage of my bill and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentlelady from california is recognized. domingo santana thank you, mr. speaker. i would like -- ms. sanchez: thank you, mr. speaker. i would like to remind the majority that the i.r.s. could do their job if they didn't spend the last eight years demonizing the i.r.s. and cutting their budget year over year. with that i am pleased to yield to my colleague on the ways and means committee, mr. levin of michigan. the s

. >> that it s michael thomas is talking about hot weather. about traffic. mike a little warmer. if will feel oh, boy. >> humidity is big story and gets heat index up over 1 0 0. day four of the heat wave. i'll let you know when it cools down. >> crash 2935 northbound malcolm x avenue a big delay pop up. we'll get you around that one. >> thank you both of you 5:0 1st time. let's talk politics. president trump trying to get agenda back on track and growing mountain of political distractions threat tones does he rail it. >> and taking ceter stage yet again. jeff sessions will testify before the senate intelligence committee. "fox5" anjali hemphill is live this morning with the latest on that. anjali. >> good morning, guys, yes, it is attorney general turn in the hot seat here on capitol hill today as he will face fresh questions about his rishian contacts during the election and role in the firing of former fbi director james as you said, all coming at the aim same time president trump is push ago agenda on infrastructure. he'll number wisconsin promoting jobs and that visits will