grazed far pennsylvania. and i think that area might be primed to get another quick couple showers, but we re not looking for any wash outs or anything like that. temperatures today up into the mid-70s. looks like it will be a very warm week in the first week of october. a grim mile san antonio in the war in afghanistan, 2,000 military men and women have died? 91 year war in afghanistan. the latest deaths happened last night. officials say two people were killed outside a joint u.s. afghan military base. one of the americans was a u.s. soldier, the other a civilian contractor. the total u.s. death toll is much higher after you count those that dried from injuries after they returns to the u.s. and tonight at the brink a hard look at what s at stake. ann curry will bring reports from syria. it s after news 4 at 6:00. one man died from a hit-and-run in prince george s county. police are looking for a white shf impala and they have not released the name of the man who died
on frying pan road. the vigil will begin at 7:30. jackie bensing, news4. a stiff sentence for a man who was convicted of burglarizing nine businesses in montgomery county. today paul holt was sentenced to 75 years in prison. the state s attorney s office said holt stole from a church, a funeral home, among other businesses. during his crime spree that occurred in july. he hid his face from surveillance cameras using an umbrella. prosecutors called it blase ant disregard for the law and praised the judge for that sentence. an elderly man drove into a home in maryland today. the car careened through the garage, and ended up in the dining room. the 70-year-old driver was taken to the hospital. he s expected to be fine. police say he did not live at the home. the husband and wife who did live there were inside at the time but were not injured. building inspectors are examining the home to determine if it can still be inhabited. are they or aren t they conflicting reports ab
weekend s heat is just dangerous. at least 61 deaths have been blamed on the triple digit temperatures across much of the country. ten of the deaths were in virginia. ten others were in maryland. power companies say the heat is to blame for many new power outages in the area as well. overnight temperatures were in the mid 80s. so those without electricity didn t get much relief from saturday s heat wave. pepco has 500 customers without power with most split between c.d. and month good morning between d.c. and montgomery county. bje has more than 300 people without power. and we could see even more power outages today as severe weather moves on in. let s go to meteorologist chuck bell. he s in the storm 4 weather center with details now. good morning to both of you. good sunday morning, everybody. yesterday goes down as one of the five hottest days ever in washington. as long as we have been keeping records and that goes back to 1874. right now, there s a picture of