launching an investigation on the hill. good morning. i m joe krebs. i m eun yang. welcome to news 4 for this tuesday, june 7th. and the heat is back on today. you ll be feeling it later in the afternoon. right now 69 degrees. still pleasant out there. yeah. hold on to your hats. see that peachy glow in the sky. looks like a pleasant day under way. for now it is anyway. later on you ve got to respect the heat. this is early in the season for us to have really super high heat. it s going to get way above average this afternoon. predawn glow around the region. we have temperatures in the upper 50s, near 60 degrees around the immediate metro area, closer to the waters and in washington it s in the upper 60s. elsewhere, near 60 under a mostly clear sky. poor air quality developing this afternoon. the air will be rather stagnant. if you have a heart or respiratory ailment stay inside this afternoon. predawn glow. by 9:00, upper 70s. by noon time, mid-80s. and it ought to p
baltimore. 95 and b-w parkway. traffic getting by unscathed. the beltway and rte. 1 in college park in this camera. back to news. we begin with breaking news unfold in a few hours ago in the d.c. part. an officer opened fire on a suspect at haines point. courtney robinson is live near the scene. she joins us with breaking developments. good morning. that is exactly right. park police involved in the shooting around 1:25 in the morning. they say they came into contact with a man who was armed and they consider dangerous. you can see out here this morning park police still guarding the entrance. it closed at 1:00 this morning. officers were doing a routine patrol when they came into contact with a man inside a vehicle around two third of the way down. officers approached the man. they say that he was holding a gun inside the car. he was the only person in the car. when officers asked him to drop the gun, did not. he got out of the car. they continue to ask him to drop the
these are the latest visibilities in miles. a few isolated locations down under a half a mile. and temperatures out of the mountains are cooler. in the 50s. maryland, eastern shore, low 6 0s. mid to upper six in southeastern virginia. the moving color showers and storms passing north and northwest of washington in the last couple hours. the waters are still very chilly. warm air giving us some fog. and we will have that dissipating in the next few hours with sunshine breaking out. sunrise is just about 15 minutes away. and we ll have temperatures in the upper 60s, near 70 by 9:00. near noon time, near 80. for festivities at the zoo and other things going on today, just a slight chance of a thunderstorm mid to late afternoon. most areas should stay dry. a look at night planner, a mild night coming up. a look at those temperatures in 10 minutes. jerry, how is it looking now? now back to you, kimberly and joe. i m sorry. that s okay. just before we get to jerry we want to talk
of it and keep you updated. thank you. and we re following a developing story right now. investigators are looking for answers after an accident in the chesapeake bay. a fishing boat capsized after noon today. the crews from calvert county found the boaters, all take ton hospital and three are in critical condition. officials still have not located their vessel. today s rain is bad news for those already flooded out businesses at the washington harbor harbor. it comes as things were starting to dry out and the restoring a was getting underway. roz plater is here with the latest developments. reporter: it could be weeks before things are back to normal and we re learning how many more folks could be out of work in the meantime. building inspectors making the round at the washington harbor complex. the spokesperson tells fox 5 much of the power is back on but so far, commercial and residential tenants are not yet being let back in. no offense. nobody there. report
a lot to talk about. the power outage is not weather related. we don t have any storms or anything around this morning thankfully. we are dealing with the tidal potomac flooding. right now the potomac is receding but still a foot above the flood stage. between 9:00 and 11:00, between two and four feet above flood stage. that is a time of high tide. that will be from the washington waterfront to alexandria down to the mouth of the potomac of the chesapeake bay. temperatures mild. near 60 degrees in washington and the nearby suburbs. it s a bit cooler farther west. we have relief for pollen sufferers. showers in the midwest e coming our way. likely have those later this afternoon. the pollen count for trees is up around 500. we should get some improvement. there s a live picture of capitol hill under a mostly cloudy sky now. by late afternoon, early evening hours a passing shower or a thundershower. no severe storms but we could get some of those tomorrow. a look at night pla