weekending and starting any new month. good morning. i m wisdom martin. i m sarah simmons. let s go for north carolina where the final prep rigs for the democratic national convention are under way. it all kicks off tomorrow. the first lady is among the speakers. fox s nicole collin is live in charlotte with a preview of what is to come. good morning, nicole. reporter: good morning. it is departments it is a turn to make their case to the american it is democrats turn to make their case to the american people. david a el rod called the republican convention a terrible failure and said that, unlike republicans, democrats will present a clear agenda. some 6,000 delegates and tens of thousands of others cop verging on charlotte, north carolina for the democratic national convention. but along with president obama s supporters are his critics as anti-obama demonstrators gather. these democrats are not what they seem and people have to understand that. and that is the m
i tried to put the jacket on but had to take it off. going to be another uncomfortable day. i know it is a holiday an effect wants to play. up fortunately, you will be dodging raindrops. all day? a good portion of the day. good day to stay inside and maybe watch a movie. next couple of hours. what am i going to do? watch a movie. my kids are on punishment. they can t watch a movie. they re on punishment? long story. maybe we need to skip the weather and find out about that. here come the rain showers. notice the front you see. that is thinking up across the area. that will serve as a nice train track for our showers to move in. that is the remnants of isaac starting to move in yesterday and more of the same today. temperatures right now in washington, 75. it won t be terribly high t will be back in the 1r0 but with all the humidity around here, it will feel very uncomfortable. it won t be terribly high t will be back in the 80s. we ll top out in the low
new england. boston, 61 as far as relief. the humidity, it was impressive all weekend. a lot of water out there associated with the movement through. 83 today, a little cooler with the cloud cover. showers and storms likely this afternoon. winds out of the southeast at 5. here s a quick look at weather. let s do traffic with lauren. thanks. showers and storms plus holiday traffic not really the best combination. do head out early today. right now nice light volume. the trip leaving baltimore down toward the capital beltway. here you are near 212, no issues for you. no accidents or incidents to report. in howard county we did have a road closure. that s because of a fire at mel s liquor store. crews have blocked off the road for several hours. let s move along to traffic land. outer loop and new hampshire avenue, nobody out there. no delays. things also looking good on the beltway in prince georges county. we had an earlier wreck westbound between 123 and route 50 but that
man, one giant leap for mankind. america is holding this historic moment closer tonight as we remember the first man to step on to the moon. the legendary neil armstrong. thanks for joining us on this saturday night, i m will thomas. a somber day for people across the nation. astronaut neil armstrong died this morning at the age of 82. there is no word on his exact cause of death. armstrong is remembered as an american pioneer who became a global hero with one step on to the moon. his footprint creating a permanent impression on the universe and astronauts to follow. fox s john scott has a look at his life and his legendary career. the eagle has landed. i think perhaps the final descent was for me the highlight of the flight. it was very challenging and a lot ofup knowns. for a pilot, it was a wonderful experience. reporter: on july 16th, 1969, apollo 11 commander neil armstrong blasted off to the moon. his and going where no man landed before. traveling with him wa
to close today. over in maryland, charles county schools are closed and prince george s county administration building and the county courthouse in upper marlboro, they will all be closed today. up to the minute closing says are running along the top of your screen. log on to wjla.com. there are a lot of traffic issues you need to know about, so we re going to get to lisa baden in just a moment, but let s begin with meteorologist steve rudin and find out what the day has in store. looks like it s going to be a lot better compared to yesterday. look at our abc 7 weather bug network. you can see rain totals from midnight, so we re going on five hours now. two inches falling in quantico. that may be a little off but look at landover, quarter of an inch. .2 of an inch in huntingtown maryland. every drop we get, not good, not making the situation any better. but our live super doppler radar shows just widely scattered showers across the area right now. no heavy downpours, espe