the low clouds, and the humidity, and the fog, we re in the 70s. and over the last 12 hours, the last of that beneficial rain exiting and heading off to the east. and still some low clouds lingering. but as the day progresses we ought to get some sunshine. first light of day showing up, and it better because sunrise is just about 11 minutes away. but the cloud cover is so thick it s rather gray and gloomy start to this thursday. by mid morning, still a gray sky. but by late morning and by noontime, ought to have sun breaking out. and by then we ought to be climbing into the low to mid 80s. and hitting the upper 80s, near 90 by midafternoon. rather steamy day but seasonably warm. our average high this time of year is 88. so, we will be right up near the average. we ll take average, after what we ve been through the last couple of weeks. a look at your night planner. that will be in ten minutes. danella, good morning. how s traffic? good morning, let s take a look at our rail
roadaways this morning. doppler shows a few lingering showers over the eastern shore and bay bridge. but basically southern anne arundel county a teeny sprinkle. and 75 in austin hill. 72 in montgomery village. on our way to the mid 80 s with some partial clearing into the afternoon hours. we ll see a lit of sunshine and maybe a rogue sprinkle or two. lisa? hey. more traffic starting to hit the road. in virginia starting to build in volume, but everything is open on areas of wet pavement. inside and outside of baltimore and we are good on i-70 and 270 southbound. pamela and scott? thank you lisa. new this morning, a prince george s county police officer shot and wounded in the line of duty. it happened late last night in capital heights. details are still coming in. good morning, scott. so far we don t know very much. but according to police, that officer is expected to be ok. all the result of police patrolling the area of the capital oaks area. this all unfolded at ab
morning. it is august 4th. i m steve chenevey. i m sarah simmons. let s say hello to tony perkins this morning. you want some fog and mist, you got it. it will be a problem during the early-morning hours. it is a humid start to the day so there is a lot of moisture in the air following the rain showers we had yesterday and last night. let s take a look at the satellite-radar. now, satellite-radar images do not capture fog or mist. you don t really see it there. it does show you where there is still some lingering precipitation and that is primarily in eastern maryland and across the chesapeake bay pushing into delaware now. we re pretty much done with the rain here. might another brief shower pop up? it cpart, we are done with the rain. we do have the mist out there and that has got to work itself out during the next few hours. temperatures across the region, about where you would expect them to be, primarily in the 70s, some 60s. 76degrees in the district. 76 at dulles a
court records indicate battles over child custody, child support and medical support. neighbors here say none of those battles were apparent in the neighborhood just a single mother and her son living together quietly. now their death is being investigated as a possible murder suicide. the crime scene technicians back to the house for a second round trying to dot all the i s and cross all the t s about what happened here. thank you, scott. new tonight, the man who jumped the white house fence last night tells his side of the story. anny hong just spoke one-on-one with the man . what did he say to you. reporter: he said it is a cry for help. he is very desperate that he can t find a job in this economy. he is upset being charged with not only a second felony today here in court of contempt of court. he was taken into custody last night by the secret service when he jumped the white house fence last night. that prompted a lockdown of the white house. and even closure of p
within driving distance of a larger airport. democrats are against that, and a labor provision that would make it harder for airline workers to unionize. so on the hill, it s the barbs that are flying. all we re trying to do is end these wasteful subsidies, some as high as $3,700 a ticket. we need to act on this issue now, 75,000 americans demand it. reporter: leaving some furloughed workers feeling a little like political pawns. it s put a lot of stress on me, my family. this is the first time that we ve ever gone through something like this before. and it s really disheartening, to say the least. reporter: for now, out of work, their futures up in the air. now, secretary lahood insists that flying is safe, and air traffic controllers here and around the country do remain on the job, but some safety inspectors have been asked to work without pay using their own credit cards for expenses until the faa is able to reimburse them, jim. kristen dahlgren. thank you, kr