tonight, high heat and humidity, it s dangerous outside. it could be even hotter. the state trooper shot on the interstate after pulling over a sheriff s deputy. tonight, both men are in the hospital. a woman has been killed. the nation s capital and elsewhere pauses to remember and honor those who lost their lives fighting for our country. good evening. we begin with a fast-moving fire. in the district today a dozen people had to be rescued. including a baby who was dropped from a window into the arms of rescuers. craig spoke with that child s father. craig? reporter: jim, carl mitchell had high praise for dt fire and ems tonight when i talked to him. fire, smoke behind me to save this 4-month-old daughter he dropped her three stories. through the trees you can see the thick black smoke. a neighbor shot this on a cell phone around 6:00 monday evening. carl mitchell s girlfriend smelled the smoke but couldn t tell where it was coming from. she looks in the kitchen. sh
elderly. children, especially infants, aren t able to talk, so they re not able to tell you when they re very hot or when they re sweating. so in the elderly population, especially those with heart problems, any people that are diabetics, people with thyroid problems are on a lot of medications that aller your function with water and salt. doctors also reminds folks to pay attention to the signs of heat stroke, which include confusion, nausea, light-headedness, hot body temperature and hot, dry, flushed skin. the city is also putting out the word to drink plenty of water, avoid alcohol and caffeine, reduce outside activities, wear lightweight and light-colored clothing, and always check on older, sick or frail neighbors. as far as the four centers that opened today, they ll be open for another hour. then tomorrow, with the heat index expected to be over 100 degrees, the city is going to open six additional cooling centers for a total of 10. if you d like to know which o
word for philly. josh willingham s mother s day homer was the difference. today more dramatic. this is what you wear if you absolutely cannot choose between the nats and the o s. bottom of the first, nats trail 1-0. roger bernardino with two outs. adam jones leaps at the wall but can t hold on. three runs score on the bernardino triple. the nats took a 3-1 lead. now top of the 6th. still 3-1. drew storn in for lannon. storn strikes out luke scott. goes 1 and 2/3 scoreless innings. top of the 9th the orioles trail 3-2. julio lugo off matt caps. it falls allowing adam jones to score. tied at 3-3. bottom of the 10th. clay meredith faces josh willingham and hammer wins the battle. a fly to deep left centerfield. willingham s eighth of the year. it was so dramatic the lights went out everywhere. the nationals beat the orioles 4-3. lindsay murphy was at the game and hopefully with the lights on filed this report. reporter: the nationals just got done playing 20 games over a span
as they remembered their classmate who couldn t be with them. reporter: it was an emotional day for the class of 2010. there was a moment of silence for yeardley love. some including the university president at uva want to change lawsuit in her memory. with cheers and hugs it was a bitter sweet moment as 6,000 graduates flocked the lawn at the university of virginia. many wore white ribbons to remember yeardley love killed three weeks before graduation. yeardley reynolds love. reporter: despite the tragedy love was awarded her degree. it was accepted by her cousin. it is a privilege to recognize all the students at uva and the potential she had in life. reporter: her ex-boyfriend, george huguely was not at the graduation either. he is charged with her murder. it will follow truth wherever it may leave. reporter: the uva president is behind an effort to require virginia police department to report off campus arrests of students to schools. huguely was arrested in
through. we ve got a low pressure system sliding its way to the south and a trough that s in place over us. a lot of instability in there so we are dealing with once again the rain showers and a few isolated thunderstorms across the area. a closer look as we go to fox 5 live doppler radar, we will show you some neighborhoods dealing with it. look at fredericksburg to the south. we ve got an area where they re seeing a fair amount of thunder and lightning. there, they are seeing heavier pockets of rainfall from that system. through culpepper to the south as well and a little bit more to the north. this is an area that ended up having a lot more rainfall than some of the other areas over the course of last night. and basically our western burbs got from 2 to 3 inches of rainfall from last night. so into tonight, tomorrow, we ll see lingering wet weather. as far as temperatures are concerned, our highs a little a botch to blow seasonal, the mid - above to we low seasonal. i ll h