do you know what it is? hi, tucker, what is going on outside? our weather is not ideal. we have sunshine across the area. it is sticky and tropical and that is the same around here today and the entire week. our five-day forecast is easy. just copy and paste. let s get right to it and temperatures are mild, 63 at reagan national. it s fairly pleasant outside right now. 16 in hagerstown. down at the beach, ocean city, 67 degrees. and 66 in fredericksberg. looking at our morning radar. a few light showers moving through during the early morning hours. and you can see off to the south and west toward fredericksberg and charlottesville, starting to get some organization showers and they re moving back in. so much more showers in the forecast later today. there is your forecast for this afternoon. 74 with showers and thunderstorms returning. tucker, thank you. four, three, two, one, zero and liftoff for the final launch of endevour, expanding our knowledge, expanding our
accident reported in the district. it s in northwest d.c. canal road at m. street so watch for the activity there in both directions. sky fox over the scene where we had reports of a car fire on the baltimore near allentown road. it has been moved out of the way and everything is now running at speed. those delays were brief and they have cleared out. things look good on the other side of the beltway. no problems in montgomery county. 270, 66, some delays in the usual stretches. a live look from trafficland. 270 at 370, no problem there. but you may find yourself on the brakes in germantown toward the split. 66 we do have heavy traffic off and on leaving 50 fair oaks and waffle mills toward nutley street but a smoother trip toward the beltway. that s a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. our top story this morning, faulty findings may have been used to support the transfer of thousands of defense workers to a new facility in alexandria. now local leaders are hoping the
this monday morning for congress and the entire federal government. now that s great news for hundreds of thousands of federal workers. a shutdown was averted but now lawmakers have to hammer out the deal that keeps the government going. fox 5 s stacy cohan is live on capitol hill with more on the budget battle. stacy? reporter: well good morning again. now the shutdown has been shut off. but what happens when the nation runs out of money? yes, once again, the debt limit has been reached, about $14 trillion. and the question is, how will lawmakers feel about raising the debt ceiling yet again? the washington monument open thanks to a last-minute budget deal for this year. but as the president s motorcade passed by yesterday on the way to the golf course, his next big challenge is a budget plan for next year. and obama advisor and former campaign manager offers a preview. well we approach this week in terms of the scale of debt reduction he thinks the country needs to gr
kirsten vogle. i was still awake when it started rumbling and i thought what is that. at first i thought it was the tv flashing, but it s mother nature. let s check in with tony perkins. good morning to both of you and good morning to everybody. this morning we are left with cloud cover and will see our temperatures increase dramatically today. it s going to be a warm day. maybe some rain late tonight but today will be fine. current temperatures in the area, 51 degrees in washington. dulles airport is at 49 degrees. baltimore is at 44. patuxent naval air station is 54 as is ocean city and in virginia it s 47 degrees. there are the clouds across the sky this morning. and so mostly cloudy skies during the early morning hours. that will gave way to sunshine later on today. out to the west, that s where you see more precipitations that quite a ways away. eventually it will makes it way in here tonight and maybe more showers overnight and into tomorrow. and for today, quit
open in the cabin in mid- flight. sarah simmons is live at ntsb head quarters with more on this problem. reporter: good morning, tony and allison. the three planes they found cracks in are part of 79 planes that were grounded after friday s incident. they are still in the process of inspecting 60 planes to see if there are additional cracks or issues with those planes. because of this, southwest had to cancel 600 flights over the weekend, looking at north 100 flights canceled today. of course the story behind this all started on friday when a southwest airlines 737 300 flight left phoenix airport, 18 minutes into the flight the plane tore up, revealing a hole about 5 feet long and a foot wide. the oxygen masks dropped down, a night attendant passed out. after all of this, no injuries were reported but they landed safely in yuma, arizona. the ntsb now investigating. but the chairman of the house transportation committee is also calling for an investigation of not only the