Director James Clapper and washington, d. C. Mayor, Muriel Bowser. Oh, say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilousthree oer the ramparts wewatched, were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say does that starspangled banner yet wave over the land of the free and the home of the brave [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our mistress of ceremonies for tonights Ribbon Cutting, cohost of fox 5 new yorks good day new york and a member of the International Spy museums board of directors miss lori stokes. [applause] thank you so much. And thank you for coming out on such a miserable day. I was just speaking with nelson a few minutes ago. He said to me, lori, im so sorry about the rain. And i said, they said rape rain is good luck, so were going to take it like that. And
we have new polling on what that message might do with a key bloc of voters. plus, what a raging wildfire in california is warning us about this summer s fire season. and two days after the supreme court rules to make it easier to rapidly fire a gun, a man shoots nearly 30 rounds at families using a community splash pad for kids. nine injured, including children. some seriously. an 8-year-old boy who has a gunshot wound to the head. he s in critical condition. those stories in a moment. first, let s begin with politics. the new more aggressive strategy from team biden to go after donald trump as a convicted felon. the new $50 million ad campaign is going up in battleground states, framing the election as a choice between a convicted criminal, that s in a quote, and a president who is, quote, fighting for your family. it was juiced over the weekend as george clooney, julia roberts, jimmy kimmel and former president obama laid out the stakes for november. the next pre
There. Feels like 8 degrees frederick. Gaithersburg. 3 in clinton. 13 in manassas. 7 00, 8 00, wind chills this morning anywhere between 4 and 10 degrees. 9 00 a. M. Between 5 and 13 degrees. As we go through the day today, temperatures will climb. Wont be warm. Will be around freezing for the afternoon. The wind chill is going to stay below freezing all day today. Its going to be very cold. Bundle up before you step out especially for the kids at the bus stop. You will want the heat on in your car. Hopefully you have some heated seats for the drive, melissa. Youre going to need those heated seats today. I am thankful to you and chuck we dont have any wet roads this morning. That would be adding to the problem. Inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, overall looking good. Northbound 23 at lowensville. From 70 to the spur going to hearing about a brandnew problem in hyattsville. 50 westbound after 410, center of the roadblocked. Talk more about that coming up. Aaron . Melissa, thank y
Again, around 60 degrees through the morning. Grab the umbrella before you leave. The colder air gets here tomorrow, though. Well take a look at that straight ahead. Lets take a look at the friday commute. Its wet, melissa. It is wet out there. After 95 maryland, its blocking the lane. Beltway overall looking good. Heres a big problem in gaithersburg for a lot of folks on 28. 28 at schiffley square, were shut down both directions because of a pole and wires down. Pepco on the scene trying to get this wrapped up quickly. Your all the mat, great seneca highway instead. 95 north of Prince William parkway, wet and foggy in some spots. As far as travel times, in maryland, just fine. 66 and 95 in virginia good as well. Listen to wtop zye103. 5 fm wheu hop in your car. Thanks, melissa. We begin with a developing story where reaction has been swift following President Trumps explosive comments made about not directly disputing the expletivefilled language yoous in the oval office yesterday. Du
Quickly it is going to change. It looks like christmas ornaments hanging. It is water droplets. It looks like frosting on the glass. Larry warmer weather and the water is here. Eileen warm and wet getting out the door. It changes coming as we head into the weekend. Can you spot the cold front . It is 58 at reagan national. 23 in chicago. The cold air mass will arrive tomorrow. 64 in beltsville. 63 in sterling middle school. Washington potomac, 61. You will need windshield wipers as you head into work. Watch out for patchy fog. Showers stream in from the south. Virginia. The kids have the umbrella getting to the bus stop. They can leave the heavy coat at home. One of our directors is wearing shorts today. Heavy rain roles in tonight. Temperatures plummet while you are sleeping. Wet pavement this morning and fog. Leave extra time for the roads. This we have had to do all week, between starting off with ice and snow, and now the rain. Extra time will be in your favor. , lanes are open con