overheated leaving people in this 29-story building to struggle with no ac or water and only one running elevator. we re like 10% probably elderly. probably 45% of people have little pets. it s getting like an oven. reporter: in burlington, vermont, where the heat wave brought a 93-degree day, farmers scrambled to save the crops they could even though the customers stayed away. it was so hot, people aren t going out to the market, or they re not thinking about getting vegetables. reporter: but what people are thinking about is the price of food down the road as corn withers on the stalk. adding to the worry, many rivers are at their lowest level in years. the mighty mississippi was 23 feet higher in baton rouge this time last year, and the lack of water is posing a threat to crucial shipping routes. when you start reducing the capacity of the tow by 50%, you have an extreme effect on the economics of being able to move those barges efficiently. reporter: with the
the intense heat. we made 96 in washington and we re down to 92 and rain-cooled 70s out to the west and here s where we could see the showers and thunderstorms moving into parts of lowdown county, and they ll be on the lookout there and that storm is not severe and capable of heavy rain and also capable of heavy showers and plenty of lightning, on the calvert county and an arundel county line. i ll be back in a few more minutes with another update on the forecast. those storms have caused a number of power outages. to other news tonight, the search is on for a maryland man accused of shooting the mother of his children right in the middle of a nail salon. that man s name is tuan pham. a judge ordered him to stay away from her. instead he arrived at her workplace and opened fire. we have more from ellicott city. reporter: he s accused of shooting his estranged girlfriend at her workplace, the hair and nail care spa as well as her friend, a 40-year-old man from florida wh
american leechp bridge, toll road, 66 and into annandale and springfield, we re doing just great. in fact, let s look on the west side of town and here s what it looks like near the american legion bridge. both loops of the beltway here. this time we ll head to the other side. b.w. parkway is incident free. no problems coming from annapolis and into the northeast corridor. a live look at college park, north of town, the about eliminate way look goods east side of town throughout prince george s county. coming up, we ll look at 95 in virginia. this morning, federal workers are dealing with the epic storm after-math and will have the option of unscheduled leave. many are waiting for power to come back. 30,000 of them are waiting. dominion is reporting 27,000 outages statewide with almost 10,000 in northern virginia. pepco has 22,000 outages, more than 20,000 of those in montgomery county. less than 500 in prince georges county and 1300 in the district. 9news now is out trac
it s the fourth of july. the most famous fireworks in the whole country right here at the washington monument. if you are all i seen that before, you are a long way from the people who longed to be here. longed to be here, like the family of pakistan native who became a citizen in 1992. we came all the way from los angeles. so we came to see the fireworks. we are love so much so we decided we need to go there to washington and see the fireworks. it was hot in the 90s and if you think those fans made a difference. not really. i mean i barely used it. i have been sweating a lot. eric parker brought his daughters here from southeast of family tradition. i have been here when i was a kid. i wanted them to experience what i experienced being a kid and seeing the fireworks. if you are visiting d.c. you want to remember this moment. it s a great day. july fourth. very excited to be here. it s just a lot of fun. especially a finale like this. to quote the crowd, wow.
left more than a million people without power. here s where we stand now. the numbers are going down. pepco reports it still has 39,400 people in the dark. bge is still looking to restore power to more than 79,000 customers and dominion virginia power reports it still has more than 21,000 customers in dark in northern virginia. a planned independence day parade in the cabin john neighborhood of bethesda turned into a pepco protest today instead. scott broom is standing by live with more. scott? reporter: that s because here in cabin john they re among the 39,000 in maryland that pepco hasn t provided power to. here s a typical scene, big old branch still hanging from the power lines and the neighbors complained. there s a huge communication breakdown with pepco. pepco just told me yes, in fact, their robocall script is misleading and here s some of the reactions of the people i talked to today at that protest parade. in cabin john residents marched with patriotically them