plane flew over kansas. let s go to chief meteorologist topper shutt. there were a line of storms across i70. we ll go to titan 9,000 and we had reports of wind gusts up to 70 miles an hour from these storms from kansas city all the way across to western kansas and in the foot hills to denver. can you see the storms right there along the enter cess and that was the cause interstate and that was the cause of the problems. planes can fly 30-40,000 feet but they can t fly over the storms that may be 55,000 feet. and when they go around them, they have some turbulence. they are quieting down now and all ends well that ends well. anita, back to you. lrts, topper. she was all right, topper. she was 45 years old and spent her life cultivating her expertise and love for beauty. but tonight police are investigating an ugly death. her body found in northwest dc yesterday morning. brittany morehouse just spoke with officers. she joins us live with the latest on what they h
i did not think before i acted. for that reason this woman has gone through a very difficult job. reporter: she was offered a new job helping tens of thousands have farmers alleging discrimination by the usda that it fired sherrod. we seem to be going backward instead of forward. reporter: her supporters rallied at the usda in washington, d.c. and in georgia, where she was the federal chief of rural development. a two-day firestorm sparked by a video. this clip hit the internet. she was called by usda and fired for her comments. it was unbelievable. reporter: she said she was tell white house wanted her out. there was no appreciator from the white house here. this was my decision. reporter: later in the individual yoerk sherrod overcoming prejudice but some in the media did not wait. she must resign immediately. reporter: now she gets her reputation back. if she want it, gets a promotion. the administration officials say what they ve gotten is a lesson to
it will be like the past couple days, and we even have a few hits on the radar screen. if it s moving out of leesburg into poolesville, a light shower. 270, from gaithersburg to about 28 in rockville, there s a brief shower or that will last about five minutes. partly cloudy by midday. a few more thunderstorms anticipated this afternoon and evening. they could be strong with potentially damaging wind. 93 is the high temperature. 38 days in a row of 90-degree temperatures. let s go to breaking traffic with lisa baden. there s a report of a shooting in georgetown at m street on the east side of wisconsin avenue, close in each direction between wisconsin and 31st. key bridge is open. you can travel m street between the key bridge, wisconsin avenue. plenty of people hitting the road on 270 southbound. normal backup. back to you. thank you. terrifying moments in the middle of a cross-country flight from dulles international. 30 people injured when a united airlines jet ran i
think in parts of the area it will be back with a vengeance later today as we have the possibility of more storminess and some of the storms could be on the strong side. there is your morning satellite- radar and kind after mix of sun and clouds as we get out the door this morning. probably a little sunshine and it will give way to clouds this afternoon. and then the possibility that we could see some thunderstorms. no real change in the air mass any time soon. if anything, we are only going to get warmer from here as we ve got this big bubble of heat out to the west that will be moving in towards the end of the week. early sunshine, i mentioned the possibility of clouds and the thunderstorms. one degree warm he than yesterday. we ll get a bit of a break tomorrow. and then the heat arrives for the end of the week. the air conditioner in my car chose the wrong time to poop out on me. it has a tendency to do that. i m sorry. before we get to traffic. we have breaking news
90 degrees. running above normal this summer. temperatures in general last summer, we only had 2290-degree days. 93 of the high temperature again. it will feel like the past several days. upper level energy moving through with a brief morning shower and a better chance this afternoon. 75 in washington and arlington. 72 and monette 72 in manassas and warrenton. chance of a few morning showers and in the south of the beltway. a better chance this afternoon. some could be severe. let s go to lisa baden to look at the commute. outer loop at dadullah ghz it looks good. some 95 to the american legion bridge. nothing between the wilson bridge and the american legion bridge. outer loop at the branch avenue, construction should be gone soon. wisconsin avenue at n street in georgetown, there s a crime scene investigation, so near m street is blocked. looks nice at the american legion bridge. moy in a little while. back to you. thank you. wednesday morning, our top story this ha