Wrong. Hopefully im right and we stay on the calm side. Well continue to monitor this. The debate over the Confederate Flag in South Carolina ended. Tonight new questions are being raised in northern virginia. We have Team Coverage and begin with jay gray in columbia South Carolina where the flag will be taken down in a matter of hours. Reporter it happens after debate overnight that was intense at times, emotional, ending at 1 00 in the morning here with an historic vote and sending many say, a strong message about the past and future of this state. This afternoon, governor nikki haley signed into law a measure to take down the confederate battle flag thats flown on the South Carolina Capitol Grounds for decades. The Confederate Flag is coming off the grounds of the carolyn state house. Reporter its history in the wake of heartache. Three weeks after a selfproclaimed white supremacist murdered nine people inside the emanuel amc church. The perpetrator wrapped himself up in the Confede
Welcome change. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom tier tier with weather and traffic on the 1s. Good morning. Good morning. You may have noticed when you stepped out to walk the dog or a morning run its less humid. Live view from the storm team 4 camera here in upper northwest. We are zoomed in several miles down to downtown. Excellent visibility as the humidity has dropped overnight. Temperatures right now are in the generally 70s. Mid and upper 70s through 8 00. Sunshine is breaking out. Partly cloudy noontime low 80s. Then lower humidity during the afternoon. Upper 80s by 4 00 to 5 00 with lots of sunshine around. And as you head out the door now we are in the 70s from the mountains, Shenandoah Valley and around the bay. Some locations there up around 80 degrees. Now melissa, whats going on with construction . Road work should be out of the way in the next 30 minutes or so. In hyattsville, this issue popped up. Westbound 450 there, Veterans Parkway two right lanes are blocked because o
Answers. Tom . Well we wont have any of that, thankfully. Yeah, those storms came through gave us some gusts of wind and caused some tree damage up near the pennsylvania border. Now everything is settled down. We have a few sprinkles in the mountains but those have dissipate. You may be leaping over puddles from the lingering rain, mid 70s, sunshine breaking out. In the afternoon, quite a bit of sunshine. You will notice the humidity will be lower and a cooler afternoon with temperatures into the upper 80s. So if youre going to be out for a morning run you wont need the umbrella or rain boots. You will need the sun block, sunglasses and short sleeves. A look at the hour by hour forecast for this fabulous friday thats coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5 11. Whats going on with the roads, melissa . Right now 95 southbound here, through triangle in virginia. You can see we have a bit of a slowdown here on the screen. That is because of some lateclearing road work. Right now,