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again, around 60 degrees through the morning. grab the umbrella before you leave. the colder air gets here tomorrow, though. we ll take a look at that straight ahead. let s take a look at the friday commute. it s wet, melissa. it is wet out there. after 95 maryland, it s blocking the lane. beltway overall looking good. here s a big problem in gaithersburg for a lot of folks on 28. 28 at schiffley square, we re 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 trump s explosive comments made about not directly disputing the expletive-filled language yoous in t ....
lead index pushing 105. air temps range in the mid-90s. 19 officially at reagan national. 09 andrews and 90 andrews. here s our heat advisory covering washington, baltimore, southern maryland, fredricksburg. the heat index values around 105. even if you re not in the advisory, still plenty of heat and humidity. then the storms are going to feed right into this. we re watching them to the north pounding away in west central pa. this area north of maryland right down to the mason-dixon line. that s a severe thunderstorm watch till 7:00 p.m. the storms are moving east but the line is going to sink toward us and we ll see you in development as we get into the middle of the afternoon. futurecast we ll be okay till 2:00, 3:00 in d.c. but frederick, martinsburg north, watch out. storms moving in. they re going to start to move south of us. by 4:00 leesburg to germantown, gaithersburg getting closer to us i think as we toward 5:00, 5:30, 6:00. this would be the heart of the r ....
pool, but in this case his head hit the side of the van. the death fit the definition of an accident but it was ruled a homicide because police officers did not follow safety procedures. as for those officers, baltimore city state s attorney said all six pled not guilty. trial is set for october 13th. right now the debate over the confederate flag and symbols is taking center stage here in our part of the world. virginia governor terry mcauliffe pushing to get rid of a state sponsored license plate that features the confederate flag. he called that symbol divisive and peggy fox talked to the sons of the confederate veterans. they re the only people who have been allowed to purchase those controversial license plates. when i look at the flag, i think of them, all the confederate soldiers who lost their lives, never saw their families again. reporter: this is one of the 30,000 members of the sons of confederate veterans. you have to prove your heritage to prove your ....
traffic. first up our weather team erica grow and allyson rae. no longer the bearers of bad news. absolutely not. today is going to be great. it s been so warm and humid lately. we were getting tweets and facebook messages saying okay, i m ready for winter now. we have the rest of summer to go through. today will be great and a lot more comfortable. i don t think you ll be wishing winter after today. a beautiful start. lots of sunshine out there. and it s going to be pretty comfortable today. upper 80s, lower humidity. you really can t ask for a better day, especially in late june. it could be hot and humid like it was yesterday but it s not going to be. 70 degrees. the dew point continues to fall. the humidity is going to continue to fall even throughout the day with the help of those northwesterly winds. so pretty comfortable out there and even more so tomorrow morning. 63 right now for white oak and d.c. you re at 70. waldorf and brandywine you re into the mid-60s. ....
the protesters have already spoken up. thank you for being here for the people. those dressed at the k.k.k. members were first to disrupt the crowd. the outbursts continued throughout the hearing. many protesters removed from the room. sessions grilled with questions and complimented by the peers who had the final say on whether he will be the next u.s. attorney general. did you chant lock her up ? q: sessions told the committee he would recuse himself from prosecution of hillary clinton. i like a lot of people made comments about the issues in that campaign. with regard to secretary clinton and some of the comments i made i do believe that could place my objectivity in question. he also tackled immigration. amnesty for the law you undermind respect for law. q: but the protesters weren t done. cameras were rolling when they were taken away in a van by the police. several students arrested outside capitol hill. from the live desk, q mccray, abc7 news. jonathan ....