Just a few wispy high clouds are coming. Temperatures are jumping. Low to mid 80s shafle. It will continue to climb. By noontime, low 90s. Upper 90s 3 00 to 6 00 p. M. , well in the 90s and feeling like 100 degrees or higher. By late evening back down to the upper 80s. A look at when this heat wave is finally going to be ending and our Storm Chances the next ten days. Today, we expect all the museums on the National Mall to open back up. A power outage shut down the museums on friday. The buildings were just too hot. Crews were back out yesterday morning and they were able to get the power running again and a. C. Back on. Still not clear what exactly caused the outage. The d. C. Parks and Recs Department is helping you keep cool. They are extending the hours at spray parks. 13 parks will stay open two hours later until 9 00 p. M. During the week. The next few days going to be scorchers, but did you know its actually been a cool 2016 . Believe it or not. You can check out more about tha
Im chris gordon. Its another storm team 4 weather alert day. Its actually pretty pleasant right now if you want to get out and get a run in and get some yardwork done. Do it before 10 00 this morning. After that, its requesting to get going to get dangerously hot. Theres a pink and gold sun rise on live view on the tower cam. Theres a subtlery summery feeling in the air. Right now near the bay its about 80 degrees right now. 10 00 temperatures, upper 80s and hot in the afternoon. Feeling like 100 by 2 00 p. M. When it gets to mid 90s. May get to 98 by 4 00, 6 00. 10 00 p. M. , back down to the this heat wave lasts. Today, we expect all the museums on the National Mall to open back up. Power outage occurred on friday. Crews were back out and were able to get the power back on. Its not clear what exactly caused the outage. The d. C. Parks and reks department is doing their part to help you keep cool. They are extending the hours at some of its spray parks in the district. 13 parks will s
Dangerously hot tomorrow. I want to walk you through the midday temperatures. About 104 in the district, 105 in leesburg and 102 in frederick. This is the kind of temperatures that you want to limit your time outdoors. Make sure you drink plenty of water. As we head into the afternoon hours, feeling about 107 in washington and 108 in leesburg. Well be under a heat advisory tomorrow. Even at 5 00 in the evening, around 104 in washington. Now, right now when you factor in the humidity, feeling about 101 here in washington and outside of our studios in northwest washington, thats where we find lauryn. Whats it like out there . I came to work at 2 00 between 1 00 and 2 00 and it was already feeling bad. Absolutely. Our Makeup Artist nicky was talking about just how hot it was when they were coming work. Its 101 right now and as you showed its going to get worse tomorrow. Its feeling a little warm, obviously, out here right now. Weve got a break but dont let that fool you. The heatrelated i
Were too hot. Crews were able to get the power back on. Still not clear exactly what caused the outage. The d. C. Parks and Rec Department is helping you keep cool. They are extending hours at some spray parks. 13 parks will stay open two hours later until 9 00 p. M. During the week. Next few days, of course, going to be scorchers. Did you know its actually been a cool 2016 . You can check out more about this in our nbc washington app, search heat records. Developing right now, two men are wounded in the shooting that somehow involved an offduty officer. This all unfolded near ingraham street and Georgia Avenue in northwest d. C. It happened around 8 00 p. M. In this cvs parking lot. Were told when police learned about the shooting, they found the two men injured but conscious and breathing. An offduty officer apparently witnessed a shooting and intervened. Police tell us that bullets actually hit anyone. The victims made their way to the hospital. No word yet if there will be any char
Gary is it fine not to put on a blue uniform . [laughter] i dont want everyone to talk at once. In the first rush to the colors, there is no conscription, of course, on either side. The absolute majority of all men on both sides were true volunteers. They went in before there was conscription. The Confederate States have been established. The nation is raising armies to repress the rebellion. Can you be a loyal male citizen and not offer military service . Joan the answer is yes. I am still thinking about the dont whine. That is a low bar for loyalty. I think things that john and matt brought up occurred during the war because the north was so big, had so many citizens. So many citizens especially in ohio and indiana, and other states with people who settled there before the war. Yes. There were divided loyalties complicated loyalties. If we think about what unified the northern section of the United States after fort sumter we have to think of the amazing level of patriotism, the reco