reporter: outside the jail, there was no question. casey anthony now free. the suv ra tracked by news choppers. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, orlando. our other big story this morning, the capture of a suspected killer who escaped from d.c. superior court. after nearly 24 hours on the run, u.s. marbles say james brewer turned himself in yesterday afternoon. authorities say brewer switched i.d. bracelets with another prisoner and walked out of the courthouse. he was first arrested thursday and charged in the june murder of 71-year-old solomon reece. brewer faces escape charges as well. it is 9:01. switch gears and take a look at our forecast this morning. we re looking for one more nice day and then. and then. today is the good one. focus on what you have that s good and it s right in front of you. you know what i mean? yes. today is looking a-okay for anything you would like to get done. here s a picture to prove it to you. a blue sky out there today. enjoy the bluene
blue sky there now. and by 9:00 in the mid 70s. by noontime ought to hit low 80s. mid and upper 80s by mid to late afternoon. it will be a dry heat today. you ll need sunblock and sunglasses. great weather for outdoor recreation and work and we ll show you the night planner. that will be coming up in about ten minutes. now let s check traffic. how s it looking? we have some delays on the green lane. you re going to see delays in both directions. this is unscheduled maintenance but it is going to cause you a bit of a delay on the green line. still seeing congestion on 270 south as you head out of urbana and make your way towards clarksburg. i want to show you what clarksburg looks like right now. this is 270 at clarksburg. can you see once you get to there, your ride is going to be clear. let s check out 395 at seminary road. 395, i am seeing some volume as you head north towards the 14th street bridge. joe and eun, back to you. thanks very much, danella. 6:01 now. now f
still a few out there in central west virginia. now for the u.s. open today for this morning we ll be near 70 for the first tee time, and by noontime near 80 and partly cloudy this morning. during the afternoon, partly cloudy, highs reaching the mid-80s. wind out of the west-southwest at 5 to 15. could get midafternoon thunderstorms. highs reaching the mid-80s and maybe some afternoon or early evening storms. a look at the night planner at 5:11. danella sealock, how s it looking now? it s look great so far. beltway is looking great. virginia, you re looking great as well. i want to show you 495 north at robinson terminal, you are looking great this morning. so far no accidents to report. as we head over to 16th street and east-west highway in maryland, you re clear as well. let s check out d.c. here s new york avenue at bladensburg road. we know that new traffic pattern is going to cause problems later in the day, but so far we re looking great. 5:01 now. thousands are wa
and stonewall school has no class today. dominion power, 4200 without power, mostly in prince william and loudon counties. the storm that moved through our area tkpaeufs a little bit of late show this morning. this is time lapsed video from around 2:00 this morning. take a look at this. pretty dramatic as the capitol dome is bathed in the glow of spotlights with the rain and the lightning, pretty dramatic. very nice. is that going to bring us much cooler today, tom? it has cooled things down. overnight we got relief from the storms that came through. kept a lot of people awake. sky was throwing lightning bolts from last evening until two or three hours ago. now it settled down. no more lightning. we have a few lingering showers on radar. panhandle of west virginia, east of fredericksburg. now moving into delaware. temperatures down into the comfortable low to mid-70s. humidity has dropped as well. visibilities have improved. 60s around the shenandoah valley and blue rid
whartonsville area making its way east at 35 miles an hour and we ll do a track here and on that track the next couple of areas that are going to be impacted by that storm as it makes its way toward the north and east will be to the north of strasbourg and we re talking about whartonsville, zap and mountain falls around 6:30 or 4:00 hour. very large hail associated with this storm and the possibility of a tornado. if you live in that area, make sure you re in an interior room. right now these storms have a history of rotation and we ll continue to watch the storms as they head off to the north and east. doreen, these are not coming near the metro area and they will stay back toward the shenandoah valley and interstate west of 81. we ll see you again in a few minutes. now to the shift of the mission in missouri as the midwest gets a break from the severe weather. the recovery, forts can kick into full gear. 125 people have been killed in joplin. not all of them have been i