We can expect. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joining us. Good morning, chuck. Good morning. Molette and adam. I would describe it as an outdoor recess kind of afternoon as the weather picture looks to be improving as the day wears along. Still a fair amount of cloud cover out there this morning but i think these clouds are more outbound than inbound. With your forecast a live picture of capitol hill this morning. Generally fair sky there. The weather impact on your sunday will be relatively low. Theres still plenty of clouds around but not much if anything in the way of a rain threat. Storm team 4 radar bears that out. No rain in the viewing area first thing this morning. Temperatures generally in the 60s this morning. Mid to upper 60s are. A pleasant enough start. A beautiful picture for sure. Cloudy, still lingering damnepns this morning, highs in the upper 70s and low 80s and no chance for Severe Weather today. See you with the seven day in a few minutes. Police are looking
Youve got your coat on. But it must feel nice out there, huh . Reporter it does. It feels nice definitely for this time of year. Were expecting it to get warm later. Weve done a study about the ideal temperatures for running. 49 51 degrees for Long Distance runs. This is a 5k run with a valentines day theme. A lot of people still want to be out there. They say this is actually ideal for them. Once you get going, its just off you go. You remember what we were doing five years ago today . I think snow ma geddon. Where is the snow . We need the snow. Thats the fun part of winter. Reporter oh indeed it is for some people. Flashback five years, this very day we were digging out of about 11 inches of snow. Two storms hit that day and that was indeed snow ma get done. A total of 32 inches of snow that february five years ago. This year looking at record warm temperatures and ideal time for this race which is already under way. Youre going to encounter street closures in arlington, but only fo
This isnt even the reason were here. This has been going on for a couple of months, but if you look behind us here where those cones are you can see where theres a fresh patch, and that is the source of the problem. The problem that was discovered earlier this week, that was sort of found earlier today, but it had an adverse affect on rock creek. Reporter 1,200 gallons isnt a lot of water compared to all that flows through rock creek, but 1,200 gallons of raw sewage in rock creek is very serious. It was untreated. Compared to the spills that we sometimes have of combined sewage, which would be diluted with storm water. Reporter it start earlier this week. A problem with the sewer line that had been in place since 1885. Theres already major work going on in the area. Then came the blockage. They used pumps like this to bypass that blockage until it could be repaired. They finally got rid of whatever it was in the pipes going down the sidewalks that were some fluid was going through ther
It above the 60degree mark. Everyone else comfortably into the 50s. Thats bonus territory for sure. Rain chances are back starting tonight and into your monday. For now its a dry and seasonally chilly start out there, mid 30s around washington. 30 degrees in manassas. What to wear today . Nothing more than a light jacket. Maybe a swea youl need after about 9 00 or 10 00 this morning. Hour by hour through your sunday off to a seasonally cold start, tempes hoverg in the upper 20s and low and mid 30s early this morning. By lunchtime, nice and pleasant. 53 by lunch. 59 in washington. Fredricksburg, probably closer to 63, maybe 64 degrees. It wont last long. Showers tomorrow and bitter cold late in the week. All that coming up with your sevenday. Well be watching and waiting for that. The power is back on at Pentagon City mall. News 4s Darcy Spencer has our report. Reporter this cell phone video shows the chaos as shoppers tried to get out of the parking garage at Pentagon City mall seeming
Tax hikes bon 250,000. I think thats grossly unfair. Reporter Senate Republican lead egg Mitch Mcconnell made the tax deal with Vice President joe biden. Lets pass the tax relief portion now. Reporter a hang upis automatic defense and other spending cuts that kick in at midnight. Democrats want a twoyear postponementment. The cost covered by the new tax hikes. The president scoffed at republican demands for deeper spending cuts. Shove only spending cuts down, you know well, shove spending shove spending cuts at us. Reporter so much for winning gop allies. Laughs and jokes and ridicules republicans. Why . Reporter another question will Speaker John Boehner permit a house vote to hike taxes . If most of his reps will vote no. Whatever happens before midnight or doesnt happen. This partisan war on taxes and spending is sure to continue into 2013. Im steve handelsman, news4, capitol hill. Many investors are known for their averse to uncertainty. Wall street is closely watching developments