in clear springs and walkersville and manassas and washington. 71 in the district. partly sunny skies, temperatures near 90. mcghee, near 90, a few isolated pop up storms this afternoon. let s go to lisa baden. nothing is popping up on a highway right now. we notice that we are starting a pattern in that folks are getting away early on friday afternoons to have a way for the weekend. we will see what develops. we are in great shape. 27 traffic0, nothing complicated. nothing on 270. nevaeh nunn 66, 95, 395. quiet on the beltway. traffic in virginia is normal. 95 in his camera, northbound is left side. looks good on the green in the toll road. metro is on alnormal service. oil has been spilling 46 straight days. there have been major developments in the last 24 hours. bp is in the process of putting a cap on a leaking pipe. as the cleanup continues, president obama is heading south for another firsthand look. mike conneen is in the newsroom with the latest. good morning.
people up. joran van der sloot is in police custody. we start off with today s wild weather. thanks for joining us. i m shawn yancy. i m will thomas in for brian. storms moved in fast late this afternoon. check out some of the damage left behind. lightning is likely to blame for this fire at this woodbridge house. firefighters called to the scene shortly after the storms moved through. the worst damage appears to be the roof of the house. staying in woodbridge, the storms managed to knock out power to a large chunk of the area right in the middle of the evening rush. police had to be called out as you see to direct traffic at intersections where the signals went dark. the big question tonight, could we see a repeat of this tomorrow? fox 5 s sue palka is live in the weather center to start us off at 10:00. good evening. good evening to you. i think it s a two-part answer to your question. yes, we could see more storms tomorrow afternoon. no, they probably won t be as d
greenway or dulles toll road. more to come in a little while. back to you. thank you. oil has been spilling into the gulf for 46 days straight, but there have been major developments. bp is in the process of putting a cap on the leaking pipe, the latest effort to siphon it out of the water. as the cleanup continues, president obama is headed south for another firsthand look. mike conneen has the latest. good morning. in his second trip to the golf in eight days, the white house says the president wants to check on the company s latest attempt. he will meet with postal governors and local business leaders. underwater robots have placed a cap on top of the blown-out oilwell. if it could be a day or so before we know it s working, according to bp officials. it is unclear if it is attached although it appears to be in place. they took a risky move yesterday that could temporarily increase the of flow by 20%. there s always a risk. the risk is reduced, but there s a risk a
they are relieved that their loved ones are in one piece tonight. it could happen even worse. the rain has moved out. we want to know what to expect in the morning. bob ryan with our first look at the forecast. the storm center you can see that area of storms that moved through manassas. it is going out into the ocean. that was coming through at 25-35 miles an hour. you can see there are other batches to our west. take a look at the oxidation. there have been winds gusting to 40-40 miles per hour. in alexandria, the rainfall was about 1/2 inch when the storms came through. winds gusted to 40-45 miles per hour. headed to the beaches this weekend? i will tell you about voting a little bit later. right now, we are still having a wonderful, warm, summer evening. except for you folks and say mary s county, how about sunshine for the weekend? in st. mary s county. late-breaking details in the disaster. crews are close to replacing placing a cap over that pipe. is desi
something that looked like a machine gun but said it did not work. they say it was designed not to work. that it was some sort of training gun. the station here closed for about a half an hour. trains went through. passengers were not allowed on or off until the investigation was complete. now not long after the incident police picked up a juvenile at metro center. he was carrying a bibi gun. he is being questioned in connection with this assault. and robbery. barbara, back to you. thank you, pat. once again we are keeping a close eye on the weather tonight. we are under a severe weather watch right now. just like we were at this time yesterday. it seems like the storms appear to be fizzling out now. veronica, what s the late snes. lot of them are fizzling out. let me show you where the watch is up. it is for the entire viewing area and until 10:00 p.m., but where we have seen probably the worst weather is that little pocket where you see the orange boxes. severe thunde