Amoroso who now works forks f trump congratulated her boss hes and tweeted this picture of trump thanking him for sending it to her suite in cleveland. I former maryland governorover Martin Omalley tweeted tet muslims are our friends families neighbors and coworkers. An attack on them is an attacktc on all of them. He Hillary Clintons officialfficil handle tweeted the only thing ti standing want to Donald Trumpd u and the white house is us. Us. The protests at the rnc did d not take a break last night nht even for the nominee him him seven. Sen. Trumps speech was briefly interrupted by a woman unfurling an antiwar banner b and scuffling with conventioneers. Tion shes believed to be a membertoe of the a womens grassrootsrasss Group Code Pink who also protested ohios open carrynarry gun law outside quicken loans ls arena earlier this week. K. Theres speculationcu presumptive democraticpt president ial candidate hillaryda clinton will announce her running mate today. Set to be on his short list. Li. Kaine was in arlington thursday. Wound up getting peppered with questions about the veep vp stakes. Hes placed on a short list of three possible candidates including tom vilsack and cory c booker. Secretary clinton campaignedpa with senator kaine last weekai s in northern virginia. Irginia. Shes expected to make her vp announcement sometime this weekend but it could come as early as today. Metro facing a lawsuit overar one of its employees. Loye. Metro worker who was blamed for falsifying records aboutds t the tunnel fan during the t incident at Lenfant Plaza was w given his job back by an arbitration panel. At metros Largest Union isst ui suing metro for not reinstating him. Im. Happening today, a rally a r at Judiciary Square in northwest. Nort the group plans to protest prott what they call the coverup of o an inmate who died in police custody. 70yearold lester erby collapsed. They claim the air conditioning is not workingng iw and they want the correctionsio director to step down and the doj to investigate. Estigate this is a story that just makes your skin crawl. Wl a local Police Officer facing charges for taking pictures up womens skirts. Nskirts. Officers james sims wasrs j suspended last month for theamtt incidents which happenedapd between may of 2015 and juneun of this year. R. During traffic stops investigators fear there couldhe be more victims out there andhea if you know anything or know anyone this might haves might he happened to call police. O c if you plan on being bei outside this weekend, okay,kay, take precautions. Utns water. Were about to deal withit near triple digite di temperatures. When you factor in humidity it will actually feel more like 100 degrees. 100rees fox5s Anjali Hemphill isl i live at Dupont Circle with how First Responders ares are preparing to keep you safeto kou this weekend. Weekend reporter they are and theres definr itely a need. N were expecting those triple trl digit temperatures. Its early in the morning and it already feels very warm out here. The hei air is heavy. Vy. Were already sweating. Wein take a look at the time and temperature. 76 trees right at 4 35 in the morning. Rnin the sun isnt even up yet, guys and we are expectingxpecng today and this coming weekend to be just as hot, if not if n hotter than last weekend. You may remember there was a large festival called togetheroe 2016 that was on the national nl mall where the meet got sot goto overwhelming park police will wl to cancel the event. Over 500 people were treatedrert for heat related illness. Ss 35 people had to be rushed to r the hospital. As of now, there are no huge events planned on the mallheall this weekend but there arehere nats games the next three daysey including a day game on sunday a and we did speak with the fire chief gregory down about how h hes adding more plans and specifications an streets. Medic units or ambulances or allowing us to be able to address if we have additionaldda calls because of the heat. Caus reporter everyone needsee to be vigilant especially the te young and old. Theyre encouraged to stay out u of the heat this weekend. Again, triple digit t temperatures expected all weekend long wit eh that humidity its going to feelee really hot. For a list of ways to stayta cool as well as a map off cooling centers go to to yourtoy web site fox5d. C. Com. Anjali hemphill fox5 local news. News. Stay cool yourself anjali. Al drink water throughout the morning. Good news it is friday and were going to get our zip trip before the blisteringer heat sets in. Heat s thank goodness for that. Tha. Today were heading to d. C. s shaw neighborhood zip codeod 2001. Its going to be tucker kevin and carnegie library. Its at mount vernon squareve just across from the t convention center. Ter. Thats at the very tip, theip,he edge of shaw. F sha come out and see us. Wed love to he see you. You. Well be there from 6 00 to 11 00 this morning. Orn our zip trip in the shaw neighborhood. Carnegie library thats a great venue, great location. Ocat going to be a fun morning. Orng you, too, take your water. At my water, my fan. Fan whats it look like forit lok them this morning, mike . ,ik doesnt look bad to start to but it will get hot reallyy quickly maureen once the sun comes up so make sureur definitely pack your water, wat short sleeves, light colors and, try and stay cool as muchlc as you can especially thispecial coming weekend as the heatkend e really starts to build. B satellite and radar a few high g thin clouds out there this o the morning. That will be the cases throughout the day today. Hout we have a tfrontal boundary off to the north. To t its slow moving and its quickly weakening t it willng tw throw the chance for an isolated thunderstorm our wayory as we head into the laterhe ater evening hours. Ing well watch for that. Atch for t most of the day dry. 77 at 8 00 a. M. 96 degrees at 4 00 p. M. P. M once again, its going to be a a hot one. All right, thats the weather. S. Erin como has got the traffic. C hey, erin. Ri thats right 4 37 right nowow friday morning just had my m first sip of coffee. Coffee. Things are going well rightl r now and i hope youre enjoyingoy your friday morning as youou wake up. As you hit the road right nowign you can see plenty of green onen our map. Rap. Reports of a crash on the inner loop just after the the springfield interchange. Well take a look at that camera actually hearing fromng o my producer its outer loop soro outer loop by the springfield interchange please use caution as we get that situation siton figured out. Figu 210 northbound near farmingtonmo road overnight fatal crash cra investigation still going on gon right now. Ght n. So please use caution as youti a head out there north of 228. 2. Metro gearing up for serviceup f at 5 00 all rails on time te except safe track surge fivek su affecting the orange andra a silver line continuous singlegl traffic East Falls Church tohurc ballston. Any questions at erin fox5 fox d. C. On twitter. Twitt more traffic in a few. Few. Coming up on fox news morning george washingtonhing its mens basketball coachketbah after a number of playersye requested transfers from the school. Sc the wnba fines teams and tead players for wearing blackri shirts after the shootings of alton sterling and philando castile. As we throwed break a liveed look across the d. C. Region. Rio whew. Life is a highway sometimes,ime, right . Luckily, those highways are clear right about now. Now. Not too crowded as the rushheus gets under way. Way it is very warm, 76 degrees, 4 30 is the time. Time. We are back with more fox newses morning right after this. Its a great day for an adventure. Surprises are hiding around each corner. Come chase thrills that lead in every direction. Yet somehow bring us all back together. Vacation packages start at 50 per person. A whole other world awaits. The basketball world makingtl headlines from all corners this morning with coaches and team ws under firemen injury game moved over a longstanding lgbt controversy. C lets take a look at whatke a you guys are talking about are a already on social media thisso morning beginning with the begiw investigation of georgeion geo Washington University mens basketball coach who is facing allegations ofatio verbal and emotional abuseal ase from several anonymous membersem of his team. Ea 13 players say they left theeftt program in the last five yearsfa in the wake of the abuse. Se. But lonergan says theay allegations are unfounded. Ound in womens professionalssna basketball several players arela facing fines for socialoc activism. Indiana fever new york lib yk lb phoenix america he reand theiri players were fined by the wnbahw for wearing black warmupck warmp shirts in the wake of recentecet shootings by and againsty Police Officers. Ffic the wnba says theyre proud of the womens activism but theut t shirts violate policy. Icy. The nba moving the 2017 allstar game out of charlotte l and thats because of its i objections to a north carolinaon law that limits lim antidiscrimination protections for lesbian gay and transgender people. The league says it hopessg to t announce a new location forio next februarys events shortl shortly. Coming up on fox5 news morning the nation is reacting t to Donald Trumps speech including senator bernienato sanders. And a womanable caused ofse using ice cream and treats tos lure children to her home is heh due to go to jail ratherate due to go before a judge. J as we head to break nowreak lets go ahead and take a live look across the d. C. Region onn a friday. A fda it is 4 42 right now. Ow hot already outside,utde 76 degrees. D its going to get a whole lot l hotter. Well talk about the forecast and traffic coming up whutenn fox5 news morning comes right rg back. This is fox5 news morning. Mi straight ahead on fox newsews morning, one day after donald trump accepts the gops the gs nomination to be president of the united states, the focusta t now turns to philadelphia. Delphi the democrats and hillary and hy clintons running mate. And prepare yourselves, youre people, that unbearable heate we have been telling you about t its here. Its upper 90s possibly even triple digit temperatures. Pe what you talking about a willis . Air conditioning,ir co, thats what im talking about. Mt good morning. Thank you for joining us ims maureen umeh. Een uh. Im holly morris. Ri today is friday july 22nd. Uly nd mike is here with the weatherhew ervin following with trafficingh if first well start withrt w Anjali Hemphill and the story sy we will be talking about for a r the next few days, the extreme heat. Anjali, how does it feel right now . We name not too long agolo it wasnt bad. Asn i know things are slowly are swy inching up there. Up reporter they are. Rorte its getting warmer fast. Weve got a little bit of a breeze but the aitlr feels heavy with that humidity and itss warm. The sun isnt even up yet andeta the temperature here ispeture showing already in the upperer 70s and were of course goinge to be climbing into those 90s at a antoday and expecting tripp digits later this weekend. Kend. Last weekend it was really it hot. Its supposed to be just ase jut hot this weekend if not n hotter. There was a festival on the mall called together 2016 that2t had to be canceled. Over 500 people were treatede rt for heat related illness, 35llns had to be rushed to thed the hospital. As of now no huge eventsnt planned on the mall thisl thi weekend yet but there will be wl nats games this weekends w including a day game on sundayna and we spoke to the fire chiefef gregory dean about how hess preparing for this by adding add five more ambulances and medic units on the streets. Stree Weather Service has s indicated it will be a very hot weekend so,it you know,no trying to anticipate that we have resources available, very similar to when festivals or anything else. G e what you want to make sure you do is that we can continue tocau provide the same level ofevel service to everybody in then the community. Reporter we do have a we complete list of tips to keep k cool as well as maps ofof cooling centers which are a supposed to stay openedne extended hours all through throu next week. Xt w you can find all that on ourn web site fox5d. C. Com. 5d. Com live in Dupont Circle thisclthis morning Anjali Hemphill, fox5 local news. Local news. We are kidding about, you abo know, we kid about how hot it is going to be but its but definitely something to takeoake very seriously. Veryeriously. Keep in mind your pets ands a everything, right, mike. M take precautions. Absolutely. The heat index will be over 95 more at least the next fiveve days. That does mean d. C. s heat hea emergency will be in effect. Ec if you that means extra cooling centers are opened. Ope head to fox5d. C. Com. 5d. C. Com we have all the informationnforn you need to know on our web site. Site cetty clear skies. Ty mostly clear, 76 degrees. Ees. Relative humidity at 79 percent and as anjali just mentioned its starting tortin creep up. Creep u thats because of thatp. s b southerly breeze. Sout its bringing in mheore humidity up from the south. Up do want to mention that whilet we do have a little breeze, bre air is kind of not moving tooto much. And because of that we have a code orange air quality today thats just unhealthy foror sensitive groups out there. Ps o the very old, the very young. Yng do keep an eye on them andm and limit your outdoor activities. Today 97 degrees, mostly sunny skies. Big heat this weekend 98 degrees all three dayshe alle saturday, sunday monday but itut feels like 105. E 1 thats a look at the forecast. Es erin comos got the roads. Rds hey, erin. Ri Silver Lining at least it i doesnt feel like its 110, right, mike. Right now work zone three t right lanes closed two, 50sed t, eastbound past collins road. Rd. Green on our map because bause theres not enough volume toe cause any slowdowns throughhrou those construction zones. Tr ill let you know if and whennd that changes. Hanges road work on rock creek parkway. Rkwa two way traffic both share theht southbound side rock creek c both directions is an ongoing borings. Ngs. Secondaries around the kennedyod center looking nice. Ooking ne. Not seeing any issues in georgetown. Ge maryland commute all drive dri times in the green. Green. That is what we like to see. Ee same story in virginia this morning. We got you covered. Overed. Any questions at erin fox5ox d. C. On twitter. N twi well take a look at metroo next. Xt back to you holly and maureen. E ladies and gentlemen, wes an officialing have our o republican nominee donald trump accepting the nominationin during last night at the rnc with an em passioned andn em pa lengthy speech. Y trump used his hour longs hon speech to declare america isrici in crisis and criticizedze Political Correctness and the corruption he believes has infiltrated washington. We cannot afford to be so politically correct anymore. Rrey so, if you want to hear the corporate spin, the carefully cr crafted lies and the democrats are holdingolding their Convention Next week. Go there. T after the speech trump was ws met with thundering ovation o from the crowd and a balloondnda drop to celebrate the finalhein moments of the rnc. Nc. Plus trumps speech was the hottest topic on twitterpic on r overnight especially so with former democratic president ialra contender Bernie Sanders whosere supporters trump said wouldd w flock to him. Bernie wasnt too happye was with that tweeting those whoho voted for me will not support s donald trump who has made mad bigotry and divisiveness theenee cornerstone of his campaign. N. That wasnt albany had to sayo as he live tweeted the speech. C he called trump out for not addressing healthcare coverage which was one of the sellinge points of his president ial campaign. Bernie said still waiting for wf a single word about covering the 28 million americansmericans without health insurance. H insu. I guess they dont matter much c to trump. To t the woman accused of aused sexual assaulting children byren luring them with ice cream tohe her homewi is expected to be in cour hearing. The victims ages seem to range r from 12 to 15 and police saye s if anyone has had inappropriate contact withonct w her, theyre asked to call police. Police. Coming up on fox5 news morning, a number of peoplepl coming together today to helpel families victimized by b flooding in West Virginia. St vii as we head to break wereak going to take a live lookeoo across the d. C. Region. Reg time right now is 4 51 on this friday morning. Its already very warm att 76 degrees. 76 d back after this. S. State Utility Companies inti maryland bound to be moreli diverse and who they dohe business with regarding rar the company set a goal ofet directing one out of every e four dollars spent on businesses contracts to businesses owned b by minorities women andnd Service Disabled veterans. Vetan many of the companies have tc already met and skied previouses goals to be more diverse. Diver. One of the winners ofof t wn americas got talent is lend ise his voice for a good cause. And will daw murphy will w perform at a benefit for west ws virginia flood victims. The fundraiser kicks off ats f t 6 oclock. 6 o hes from West Virginia and has a new single out called cal come home West Virginia. Virgi maryland virginia tax freeax week for both states is right i around the corner. Orne here are some of there s of details. In virginia tax free week runs s from august 5th to the t seventh. Se just means its almost back toat school time. Sc i know. It will include schoolch supplies clothing footwear,ooea also energy preparednessdnes supplies like flashlights. Shligs marylands tax free week isee ws from august 14th to the 20th. It includes clothing and a lot of parents are likepa yes. I always think of that one tn comer shall its the mostt wonderful time of the year y with the parents skipping around but its definitelys going to feel like the deade t middle of summer. R. Absolutely right. Rig and you know, this is the time t of year where it typically typ does. We always seem to get one heat a wave of summer. Wave s this might be our worst of these summer. Well keep our fingers crossedr that it is. We dont want to get muchet worse than were going to beoing for the coming weekend. Weeke for the day today it should be d mostly try here. He. We do have a front well off toeo the north. North. Theres going to be some to Severe Weather today acrosser tr pennsylvania and new york. As n that front sinks south it s will weaken but it could throw t an isolated storm our way late l this evening. Well keep our eye on that. Hat. Mid to upper 90s though todayod with a lot of sunshine for thefr first half of the day. He d 97. 97 we took away the 99s, we wenten 98 for the weekend. Hekend however, dont let that kind thi of put you at ease. Eas it will still be very hot, very lots of humidity. Humid it will still feel well over ove 100 degrees on saturday,aturday, sunday, monday. Su take the heat seriously. Seriouy stay h thats the forecast. Ec erin como has the roads. R we have a camera of thea of t crash. Outer loop near ther N Springfield interchange lefterce lane Left Shoulder blocked but you can see traffic reallyeall light so its moving alongg al just fine. F keep it to the right past that a scene. Sc well let you know as soon asass things clear there. There lets look at our maps rightok a now. Still some overnight road workor we need to get cleared as fars as the roads are concerned. Rned. Rock creek parkway bothar both directions near the Kennedy Center two way traffic sharing g the southbound side. E this is an ongoing project. Prot notice how 66 coming inboundound from virginia across the bridge looking good. Problem free on the memorial mer roosevelt and key bridge. Key looking good on the 11thhe 11t street and 14th street bridge. Maryland commute in the clear. C same story in virginia. Irgia. No congestion in stafford andffn if you are taking metro this t morning keep in mind aside asi from safe track surge five continuous single trackingin between East Falls Church andrcd ballston on the. The a and silver all linesd si should be on time and work sewns also affected 50 by lottsford vista road as wells as collington road. As cngton r no slowdowns there past thet t again volume really light. Lig. Waking up around the dmv i t dmv would say if youre gettingettig out and about might not be ae a bad idea to hit the road earlydr and avoid all that questionstio later. Late if you have an early flight fli traffic on the way to bwi looking good on baltimorewashington parkway,shn 95 northbound problem free on the way to Reagan National andga things on your way to dullesulls also cruising along so maybeay youre starting your weekendree who days, ohio, its not a a holiday but feels like afe like holiday for me because imausm going on vacation tomorrow. Ro so ive decide dad i decided toa holiday. The head of a lawheead Enforcement Agency in maryland r says Police Departments needeep to start relaxing their drug policy when it can comes too newly hired officers. Icers. And one state does awayte d with a tax on products everyctse woman needs to live with. Wit before we head to break though lets take a quick look at todays stock futures. Dow nasdaq and s p all up allp little bit. Fox5 news morning back afterft this. This is fox5 news morning. Ng. Straight ahead on fox5 news5s morning, one day after donald dl trump accepts the gopsops nomination to be president ofsie the united states, the focushe c now tur