So that is the plus. Right now temperatures are still way up there, we are talking about readings, which in many cases are lower to middle 90s. But it is not the heat, but the humidity. It feels that much worse. Now some of these dew points at the airport in leesburg seem to measure high. Im not sure it is 110, but you get the gist here. Upper 90s here. 108 in a bad spot either way where it is a tough day, a tough evening to be outside. Doppler is pretty quiet. Were tracking this line of showers and storms in ohio moving to west virginia. That looks like it will fall apart before they get here. So weve got really very little on doppler now. Our fortunes are going to change though. Cold front is coming late tuesday, tuesday night, so that by wednesday we will get some relief. Going out this evening, oh, you need the ac. 91, well be down to 86 by 10 00 and looks like the low would be around 80 in washington for monday morning. 70s in the suburbs. Ill be back in a few minutes and talk mor
Hottest night of the year. Pepco confirmed pour outages and the heat and humidity could be factors. Our Garrett Haake has been on the story all evening talked with affected residents and businesses. Hes live in northeast. Garrett . Reporter debra, thankfully the power is finally back on here in northeast for all but a few dozen people who might still be without it. For a while tonight, though, there were more than 4,000 people across the district without electricity. Pepco says the first outage tonight in northwest was not caused by the heat, but regardless of what caused it all these people had to deal with the high temperatures. At andre jones home in upper northwest the power went off just like that. The next thing we know, bam. You know, so i ran downstairs. I thought maybe it was a breaker. Reporter jones was one of more than 2,000 pepco customers in northwest to lose power around 7 p. M. He and his kids couldnt stay indoors after that. Very, very, very hot, extremely hot. Reporte
Drivers were being stopped tonight. Reporter police are checking for drunk drivers and warning people about the dangers of others. This is all in memory of autumn jenkins, who was killed in a headon crash with a drunk driver in april. You have saved a life if you get one impaired driver off of the roadways. On them is gone. She is now a statistic. The young womans father is also a volunteer firefighter and says her story needs to be told to save lives. We have to educate the public on driving intoxicated. And hopefully they will be able to educate more people as we go along. Tonight is just the beginning. More than 10,000 people were killed across the United States in 2013 and accidents involving alcohol, a statistic that might be shocking to some people being stopped here. The man accused of hitting autumn jenkins has yet to come to trial. Police say the investigation is not yet over. The family watched the checkpoint. Her father says she did a lot with her shortlived. She enjoyed eve
When parks wife ko tried to help her husband investigators say he stabbed her four times critically injuring her. It was a very bloody, brutal crime scene. The wounds included stab wounds, a number of slashing cut wounds, a lot of blood. Again, some of the deputies that witnessed the crime scene were pretty disturbed about what they saw. Reporter the Prosecutor Says both the victims were cooks at the Korean Church retreat and had only just arrived in the last few weeks for missionary work. The suspect had been staying in a homeless shelter in Baileys Crossroads but his mother drove him to the retreat five days ago. On saturday the sheriff says kim called to complain about the center. Actually the defendant made a call himself to 911. He indicated to deputies that responded that he was really unsatisfied with the food at the facility. Reporter after the stabbing sunday night investigators say kim called 911 again to report that he had attacked the victims. He was covered in what looked
Were just about to drop that. Things have really settled down. That doesnt mean a few of you wont see a shower or storm. Im tracking this one shower near croften and buoy. Thats weakened considerably in the last 30 minutes. You can see this one here on the river between prince georges and anne arundel county. Not moving much. Maybe a slow drip to the south and southeast. Even some of the heavier storms in West Virginia near romney, these things have fizzled. Theyre moving to the south at 15. Once again the Shenandoah Valley had flood warnings last night and today. More heavy rain trying to move in to the new market area. Ill come back in a few minutes and well talk about the heat and humidity expected for the rest of the week. A rarely empaneled special grand jury is hearing testimony in the case of john gear, shot and killed right in his home by a fair fax county Police Officer. That happened nearly two years ago. This is what the gear family expected to happen in 2013. John gear says