the rising waters. live in alexandria with the check on the conditions there. they always seem to get flooding there. courtney. >> yes. they are well used to it. especially out at the waterfront. it's something we all expect to see in alexandria, the do not enter sign right next to the potomac. while we have not seen the potomac crest over the banks yet. it could happen as we see the rain continue to fall. things are lightening up right now. but there's more on the way. we will continue to see rainfall 2-4 inches. there's a flash flood warning in effect for alexandria and the metro region and until 10:45. that could be extended as the day goes on. standing water. this is a tiny example. but all around alexandria on the side roads there is standing water. this is video we shot early this morning where we saw high waters in downtown alexandria. same all over the region. in fact, speaking with some we work with at the station. on their way into work on 395, there was standing water there. you want to be careful with that and the rain is coming and going in heavy spurts. so right now

living in northern virginia. peggy fox is live from alexandria and looks at conditions there. >> well, jc some rubber boots would be helpful about now. we have six inches of flooding here at the end of king street. it has grown since we have been here. look at the river right there. pretty rough out. the city is supplying sandbags right at the street at king and lee streets. they have a flat bed truck there and they are allowing any resident or business in the city of alexandria to come and get the sandbags they need to protect their property. we have seen several businesses in the area. coming up getting their sandbags. i you can thatted -- i talked to one woman in alexandria who has already seen flooding in her home, which is in a low- lying area. they ali five sandbags per person when you come. so do that if you need to protect your property here in alexandria. we have tony with us, direct of communications for alexandria. how bad do you think it will get? >> flooding on north king street is something the city of alexandria is used to dealing with. and high tide is 1:16 today. so w

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is. prince frederick, wheaton, rockville, moderate rain that the time. to alexandria. oxen hill. the rain not quite as intense but fairfax county looking at heavy rain at this time. we are going to look at the potential for 2-5 inches of rain by the time the system moves out of here. locally, five inches-plus, especially across the delmarva peninsula. let's head over to lisa baden with a look at the traffic situation. >> i'm hearing about stalled car on the outer loop. so many things are coming in fast and furious. let's see if we can get a glimpse of a jackknifed between 270 and old georgetown road a jackknifed tractor-trailer. if you're on the inner loop and you come out of tyson's, you go across the american elegion bridge and that you know exit that would take you on the 270 north, this jackknifed accident is after that exit but before the next exit. only onelane is getting through. >> in alexandria is where we find courtney watching the water el elevels. >> pamela, i can tell you we're watching a city sweeper trying to clear away debris from these storm drains. 2-4 inches in the

. flooding during a downpour is a concern in alexandria. we have jessica from old town along king street. >> reporter: good morning. we are at the very end of king street where it terminates at the potomac. i want to show you the scene. you will see boats out there. if you don't mind the rain. it is a pretty morning here. the potomac is still and calm except for the rain. the concern today will be at high tide. that comes at 1:25 today. the concern is the sun will rise and it will jump the bank. angie was talking about the one- hour delay on the roads because of the puddles that have formed. this is the old dominion boat club. lots of boats are out there resting comfortably in the water. we have the down spout to give you a sense of how quickly this water is coming out. there are no sand bags at this particular location at the old dominion boat club. this is the scene in alexandria here on king street. we have not seen any businesses out with sand bags. if you live in this area, you can pick up sand bags at king street and lee street. you have to bring proof of residency to get a

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investigation. >> his alexandria neighbors are devastated. >> it is a loss. it is shocking. >> they describe him as a family man who would bring cookies at christmas and always had a kind word. >> we always would speak at the mailbox. >> he did not come off as the kind of person anyone would have an antagonistic relationship with. >> that is what makes his murder of a mystery. broward county sherriff's found him dead inside his vacation home in ponte pernell beach sunday night. they went to do a welfare check after an out-of-town woman caller to say that she had not heard from him. >> he was clearly a very well- liked person. >> the businessman was president and ceo of a communications and strategy company based in alexandria. he was also a talented performer and spent more than a decade during the world with his band. >> we have seen pictures of human bono, uncommon, the rolling stones. >> the neighbors said he was down to earth, sharing his success with friends and the alexandria community. >> he was a good person and a good businessman will get back to the community. >> cynne simpson reportin

watch continues. john gonzales is live in alexandria, va. this evening. >> it has been a frantic day on the roads for drivers and, of course, thousands of people are still without power in their homes. then there are low-lying areas like old town alexandria, which is always a concern. some of the roads are already under water. >> you have water going that fast and you are going to be off the road. but high waters and down trees proved potentially dangerous. a section of route 450 near davidsen was closed down because of impassable conditions. some drivers dared to cross water that was moving very quickly. >> the current seemed to be moving pretty fast. >> there was no way i was going to go through it. >> the cab of this truck was crushed, the driver seriously -- escaping serious injury. the pavement made driving difficult about whether it was -- the brain on the pavement made driving difficult, whether it was visibility or water on the roads. >> secondary roads were also shut down due to heavy rain and a lack of drainage. in honeybun, -- in huntington, under watched by storm county mana

look at things close to the district. jessica doyle is live from old town alexandria, which is always a place with concerns of flooding. good morning, jess. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. that's right. we are here in old town alexandria. we are on king street, right where it terminates by the waterfront and i want to give you a sense of how it is raining this morning. you can see it is coming down. we have seen it coming down at a fast clip in some instances. i want to take you for a walk over here. we have a storm drain and this will be an indicator for us of how quickly the rain is coming down. you can hear it coming down. we see a lot of ponding in the waterways because of the rain we have gotten. we want to show you video. we have video of storm prep are from yesterday. the crews were out. they were clearing out the storm drains. the risk, is flooding. that is always a risk here in alexandria. they have to be vigilant about cleaning out the drains and of course the other thing people do in old town is they tend to sandbag. of course the potomac is right here. as howard

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. >> reporter: sam was known for his outsed pernality. when a friend in alexandria hadn't heard from him sunday night, she called pompano beach police to check on him. he was a victim of murder. >> he was e of the kindest, most generus people on our street. >> reporter: his former next door neighbor in alexandria couldn't believe the news. she kne the public relations communicator fort least five years. >> i was struck by his involvement in the community. d his carryicaring and sense ho. i'm sorry, it's such a shock for me. >> reporter: with the homicide investigation pending, the alexandria based strategy firm issued statement saying pci communications is shocked and saddened by the sudden loss of our president and ceo sam del bracco. it was just a few months ago, when he moved to a gated home in the alexandria section sf fairfax county, and had been making extensive renovations at the time of his death. >> they had had been working nonstop on the house renovating and things like that. i haven't really heard anything i guess today. so maybe that's the reason. >> a police spokeswoman in

, angie. >>> you know told town alexandria will see flooding in this storm. let's go live to jessica doyle. she's live along king street. how are the conditions now? >> i can tell you the rain has started to taper off a little bit. we have seen it coming down in buckets. of course we are here in old town alexandria, right on king street. where we terminate at the waterfront. let's take a walk and check on this drainpipe we have been checking throughout the morning here. we have seen it gushing at points. right now down to a trickle but don't let that fool you. we have a lot of water on the ground. let me take you over here to the street where you can see some of the standing, ponding water that has happened so far in morning. i'm going to kick it an a little bit. you can see how deep it has gotten here. something to be aware of and let me take you to the river. we have a coastal watch in affect for today. we have seen estimates with expectations of the river being as high as five inches above normal levels to as high as two feet. we will have to watch that throughout the day. high ti

us live now from alexandria. brittany. >> reporter: well, that meeting was held at a military school -- at a middle school right off seminary road. and that defense building it's required by law, passed by congress in 2005, so it has to be built. where it was going to be built, that was under question. they looked at several spots. they looked even at delmar. this spot fit the requirement. when he said that, everyone in the room just laughed. >> to put it in anyway to this situation is an insult to intelligence. >> reporter: and that is just speaker one standing in a group of people. this is a military building at the marxen ter in alexandria. it will -- marks center in alexandria. many people in this room are asking what will it do to our traffic? >> that is a huge, huge problem. because there is really no easy way to get in there. >> reporter: tonight's public hearing held by congressman gen moran allowed people to ask questions. >> have those who participated in passing it been removed from this project? >>> by now the building is one year away from completion. >> i see some folks

community of south alexandria where they have suffered in past times. bruce. >> reporter: nicole, not izzo bell, but when they hear tropical storm tracking west or over d.c. they remember the high winds from isabel that pushed the potomac, which you can see the other side of the trees, it was pushed up over the gw parkway and right into this neighborhood. and let me tell you, the water got so high where i'm standing there was actually six feet of water in the service bay for this shell station over there. and the water just went all up in through this neighborhood, destroyed a number of the homes here. >> there was plenty of warning that the storm was coming. >> reporter: forecasters were out ahead of isabel but not everyone was paying attention. >> but this is what a lot of people did. they didn't evacuate when they should have and they ended up in significant danger. >> reporter: in 2003 police and fire crews started rolling through the bellevue neighborhood before midnight ordering everyone out. but not everyone listened. >> it was incredible at 3:00 a.m. in the morning we still have ho

rain can lead to flooding is alexandria. especially in parts of old town along king street heading to the waterfront. that's where we find 9 news now reporter jessica doyle. good morning, jessica. >> good morning, andrea. since the last time we spoke it is really coming down cats and dogs. here. i'm standing in a puddle on king street where the street terminates at the waterfront and there's a lot of standing water accumulating at this point. i want to tell you a little bit what we are expecting for the potomac later today. we have a coastal flood watch in affect all along the potomac, including the 20-block swath that always seems to get flooded in old town alexandria historically when we have major rain pattens moving in. i was at the waterfront a little while ago. it seems the water levels are pretty high. even though we are close to low tide. low tide is 8 a.m. this energy morning. high tide is what we really have to consider today. that is 1:00 p.m. at that point, as howard has been reporting, we have a lot of rain expected today. so there is really a risk of flooding today that

p.m. and jessica doyle is joining us live from alexandria where heavy rain always prompts concerns of flooding. the puddle near your foot is getting deeper, it seems. >> it is indeed and this is what people will see when they are driving an today and walking to work. this is a very good day to have go learn. we have puddles accumulating here in old town alexandria. i'm on king street where it terminates by the potomac river. we have a good view of the situation. i walked down there a short while ago. you can see the water is high. and we are pretty much close to low tide. low tide is 8 a.m. today. high tide at 1:00 p.m. that's a major concern because of the sheer quantity of rain that's coming down and very rossi. it is coming down quickly. so that is a lot of water dumped. the concern is flooding. we have a storm drain we will con to watch this morning. this will give you an indication of how quick the rain is coming down. it is coming down at a clip right now but not coming down in buckets so we will continue to watch that. i will walk over though this building here. old town ale

, south of alexandria, another band east of dale city as well. that's heading to the north. that will be ming into just inside the beltway near tyson's corner and around mclane in the next few hours or so. chance for maybe some damaging winds, some strong storms. that'll all be comingp in just a few minutes but nothing threatening us now. >> all right, tom. thank you. see you in a few minutes. >>> meanwhile, the hunt is on for the gunman who shot an killed a man in prince george's county. officers we called to the 3400 block of dodge park road in landover just before midnight. when they arrived, they found one man had been shot. he was taken to the hospital ere he was pronounced dead. the victim's name has not been leased. >>> a commuter alert this midday if you're traveling by metro to the pentagon. starting today, you can expe walking path detours due to new security measures. new pedestrian traffic patterns will be in place near the pentagon' main visitor entrance. pentagon officials are moving employee check points further away from the pentagon during weekdays. signs will be post

. >> reporter: in old town, alexandria, blocks from the confederate soldiers staff too chew concern about striking the right balance between paying homage to the tate's history and being sensitive and forward moving. >> i thought it was backwards and going opposite of where we are trying to go. >> i think he should have made a wiser decision because you see the world is diversion so for him making the move we don't want to be racial to anyone. we need to stick together. >> reporter: in alexandria, 9 news now. >> the new name takes effect on april 2011. so what do you think? is marking the civil war in virginia an improvement over confederate history month or does a rose by any other name smell just as sweet or as bitter, whatever the case. share your thoughts with mcginty's mail bag. the address is mailbag@wusa9.com. >>> this just in. a case of going bad to worse and fast. in dc, a driver lost control of his car. the car ran off the road and, as you can see there, it ran smack in to a house. then the car caught fire and you guessed it, the flames spread to the house. all of this took plac

few stations for you. down to springfield, alexandria in the 50s. sterling 67. montgomery county, gaithersburg 66. columbia 67. brandywine 65. andrews 69 degrees. officially we are at 70 with a northwest wind at 5. watch this number drop off today and tomorrow. it will shoot back up by midweek. i know summer is just about over. give it a few days. i think fall will lag behind several days. last night watching a few showers across pennsylvania. this cloudiness out to the east, that is igor. we will look at him in a moment. this morning a few clouds coming through. it's a quiet morning with the cold front off to the south, cooler drier air off to the south. neither side has a lot of moisture to work with. you will see there is not much weather to show you through the next couple of days as high pressure will really be in control here with a couple of showers by wednesday morning across western new york, northwest pennsylvania. let's go to the tropics -- excuse me. today's highs then the tropics. mid-70s along the bay. upper 70s to near 80 in town. manassas about 82. this is igor pa

neighborhood near alexandria where they have seen more than their fair share of flooding and they are keeping a very weary eye on tropical storm nicole. good idea just to go out of your house and check things out, make sure everything is ship-shape. if you have a drain in your yard, this is a man hole, but if it's a drain you want to clear it off and make sure there is no dirt to clog the water out. good idea to come and look at your gutters and your down spouts as well. it's getting late but you may want to make sure they are not clogged with leaves. and if you have patio furniture or anything like that, we're expecting some wind and so folks around here are making sure that this kind of stuff is secure too. >>> i'm scott broom in annapolis where heavy rain is on the way and standing if the way is an old dam that state inspectors say is unsafe. >> this is one of the worst dams. i believe it's 270 feet from end to end. >> reporter: annapolis city spokesman phil mcgowan gave me a tour of the water works dam, suffering from eroding foundations and gaping cracks. but in the meantime, flo

town alexandria. residents can grab some sandbags. with this rain, they could come in handy. >> 3500-4000 sand bags. >> at the end of the day, it is only 40 pounds of sand in the bag. >> just being cautious. >> they hope that several of these will keep the water at bay. >> the worst time -- to ward it off. >> this is one of many d.c. residents to 2, 5 sandbags and. >> i would love to have eight or 10. >> i've been hearing a big storm coming. that is why i am down here getting my sand bags because last time i did not get them. >> in old town, a place prone to flooding, this manager took advantage of a flatbed stack piled high for residents and merchants. >> we need to be prepared. we have been at the bottom of king street for years. >> they up at several sandbags could stop the possibility of several inches of rain. you would think with all this rain coming down, as you can see on our live truck, that more people would grab some sandbags . just a handful of people. the city of alexandria has more on standby if necessary. >>> coming up, a serial burglar strikes the county 80 times. why

other areas known to flood. courtney robinson continues coverage from old town alexandria. >> rain, rain, and more rain -- it hit early, coming down hard and fast. just off of old courthouse road in vienna, our camera caught two cars in trouble. the water wreaked havoc. >> traffic is backed up on 95. it is really challenging. >> old town alexandria is prepared. the city is giving residence at sand bags. this man said water hits them first. >> i am perfected the technique. it is a big help. anyone who is brave enough to ride a bleak in the rain, i will give you a discount. >> each time it pours, the river rises, and high tides means water's going into the street. >> i do not let it stop me. >> residents say they have seen much worse. >> i do not think it will hit too hard. >> she was wrong. the water has come in. we are standing on king street. we are getting ready to be at high tide. this street was completely clear 30 minutes ago. now, you can see several inches under water. not to fund. >> in just -- not to fund. >> in just 30 minutes. keep us posted. >>> a number of rows are clo

was indeed a tornado-like we saw in alexandria. unfortunately, it's new york's turn. >> it's been a crazy summer. what will fall bring us next week? >> warmer temperatures. it will be almost hot next week. today we get a nice break. the showers have pushed through. today and your weekend, the last weekend of summer. this will be an awesome one. you won the need the bell las today. the showers are gone and clearing skies. some areas in the low 60s north and west but we'll still have mid- and upper 70s in maryland and fredericksberg. you're holding on to the warmth a little longer. today we'll see the temperatures in the upper 60s, 70s by 9:00. upper 70s by noon and lower 80s at 5:00. high today 81 to 86 and a nice, dry, northwesterly wind. clear and cool, great for high school football. the game time temp will be in the upper ooze and low 60s. north winds at five. sun sets 7:13. saturday, blue mount fair starts this weekend. light winds and sunday is  looking good with the highs in the low to mid-80s. these are the showers and thunderstorms that we had last night. more rain north a

: i'm in the west end of alexandria. 6400 jobs are coming here to the marc center. two big d.o.d. buildings, one 17 stories and one 15 stories and there is no metro here. and they are here and almost done. they are opening in a year. this morning you decided to test the shuttle run to this location. how long did it take? >> it took 50 minutes. >> 5-0? >> yes. it's now 9:00 and if we left an hour earlier, we would probably be an hour. so add to that the commuters getting to the metro station itself. if they live nearby it's only half an hour. most likely another hour. so i think that's just too much time to commute. hopefully it would be less time in the evening but not necessarily. so that's a substantial part of everybody's day that's going into commuting and it's not just the people working here. when we add another 4,000 vehicles to 395, it's going to effect tens of thousands of people that reply upon 395 to get into work inside the beltway. this is just inside the belt would everyone working in washington, arlington, alexandria, they are going to be affected by this and that'

alexandria. back to you all in the studio. >>> a problem starting to plague this cntry, bedbugs. now they have invaded a local library. an item returned to the book drop in frederick county, maryland contained signs of bedbugs. it shut down the book drop and late fines were forgiven. employees moved some material in carts from the building circulation room to a truck parked outside. they plan to let the sun heat up the truck's internal temperature to kill off all the bedbugs. meanwhile, the pests are invading several college,hotel, movie theaters, apartments and homes around the country. a two-day summit about bedbugs will begin today in chicago. more than a dozen entomlogists and other experts will be there. >> with millions of baby boomers at risk, adi says the u.s. needs a national plan like france, austria,ngland. it costs more than $600 billion year to care for people with alzheimer's around the world. researchers expect that number to nearly double in the next 20 years. >>> today themilitary's don't ask, don't tell policy will take center stage up on capitol hill. senate democr

homes without power. >>> threatening homes and businesses in alexandria. people who own low lying shops and businesses piled up sandbags to keep the water out. peggy fox continues our live team coverage. she is in old town with the latest on the flooding there. wow, peggy. >> yeah, anita. this is the last area that remains flooded. it is the last street until you reach the river. and it's still a few inches here. i'm standing in. but earlier today, this entire area right here was covered. >> heavy rain throughout the night and morning sent the patomac river splashing over its banks in old town alexandria. >> comes in sheets and waves. >> where king street meets the river, a barricade floated in the flooded block. a woman who had left her car here walked barefoot through the 6 inches to get to it and move it. >> where are you going to put it? >> my basement. >> the city made sandbags available for the taking while most of them just sat untouched on a flat bed truck. a few takers came to get their share. >> i'm getting sandbags. we have flooding in the backyard. already raised up 4 inches

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. >>> a lot of people bracing for the rain by prepping their homes and businesses. live in alexandria where people and the effects of this flooding. >> i am standing in an area where the flood waters usually appear first, king street. when a storm comes from the south what it does is cause the river water levels to rise, and when high tide hits, that is what causes the flooding. this storm is coming from the south, and that is why they're so concerned here. >> we put the tar out all the way along here. we put all of sandbags here. -- we put up a wall of sandbags here. >> we expected to come into our schock. -- shop. >> forecasters are predicting as many as 4 inches of rain before the storm ends tomorrow afternoon. it started already as a trickle and work crews have spent the day scurrying from storm drain to storm drain clearing them out so all the water that's expected has a place to go. >> [inaudible] >> he owns or ra rug store along the front. he took on 2 feet of water in past hurricanes. he is worried about what is to come in the next 24 hours. the same storm has pounded north ca

now new worries. the new defense building going up along i-395 in alexandria. john henrehan has the latest for the ropes for concern. >> reporter: if you ask a motorist to describe current rush hour traffic on 359 in virginia, here what you get. >> maybe 15, 20 miles per hour. ted situation if you don't have anything in the car to spend your time. how long you can listen to music or the radio. >> reporter: traffic on 395 is probably going to get appreciably worse onier from now when the defense department opens adjoining office towers along the highway in the west end of alexandria. 6400 dod workers will be shifted here primarily from the office buildings in crit kris essential city which in a post- eleven world are deeming insufficiently hardened. unlike chris kal -- crystal city, the mark center will rely on a large degree on shuttle buses. jim madalyn murray o'hair decided to zest shuttle bus service from the franconia springfield metro station. because there is no hov exit at seminary road, the test shuttle bus had to use the regular slow lanes of traffic on i-395, a trip of 7 o

available. >> even the staunchest reformers admit that. long way to go. if you live in alexandria you may have had trouble getting in touch with government offices today. there was a problem with the network that services the city of alexandria. it disrupted its computer and telephone systems. as a result, staff couldn't answer phone calls or place phone calls or check voice mail from their desks. e-mails to and from city council was delayed and some public websites were not working properly but the glitch did not affect emergency service or alexandria city public schools. for more stories from where you live go to wusa9.com and find your community in the where you live section and keep up with what is happening in your neighborhood. got a story or news tip? we want to hear from you. contact us at wusa9.com. >>> maryland's second busiest airport is getting an air traffic control tower. the faa has given its action to the project at frederick municipal airport. the tower is something corporate pilots have been pressing for sometime now. officials say they expect 165,000 take offs and landi

county, fredericksburg, king george county, the city of alexandria, fairfax, falls church, arlington county, loudoun county, fauquier county. i'm reading this to you because this just broke and we don't have the map ready yet. prince william county, fairfax county, even fauquier county. this is a flash flood warning. this is in effect until 10:45 a.m. this moons that flooding is imminent or has been observed already. you want to know that. flash flood warning in effect for essentially all of the area. and a tornado watch now in effect -- let's see. i'll let you know how long that is in effect just shortly. that includes washington, d.c., anne arundel county, prince george's county. that is in effect until 1:00. let's get to max 2. we can show you that map there. the areas covered by the tornado watch in effect until 1:00 this afternoon. what that means is that conditions are good for the possibility of the formation of tornadoes. this is a watch. if we get any indication that there is rotation in the atmosphere or anything like that. we'll get a tornado warning but right now, it is a

alexandria, virginia. virginia senator jim moran took a test ride to see the traffic situation for himself today. fox 5's john henrehan with the reason for the concern. >> reporter: if you ask a motorist to describe current rush hour traffic on interstate 395 in virginia, here's what you get. >> maybe 15, 20 miles per hour. >> bad situation. if you don't have anything in the car to spend your time, i mean how long you can listen to music or how long you can listen to radio? >> reporter: well, traffic on 395 is probably going to get appreciably worse one year from now when the defense department opens adjoining office towers along the highway in the west end of alexandria. 6,400d.o.d. workers will be shifted here primarily from the office buildings in crystal city which in a post 9/11 world are deemed insufficiently hardened in the event an attempted terrorist attack. the new buildings are being constructed to modern security standards, bunt like crystal city which has a -- but unlike crystal city which has a metro stop, west alexandria will rely on shuttle buses to a large degree.

is 4:32. our storm watch coverage continues. we are live in old town alexandria where the water could rise rapidly as high tide rolls in. what is the situation? >> what now we are not seeing too much damage. the area is certainly is to flooding and water coming in very high. you can look at this marker over here. this monitor is how much water comes in. he usually can see it sitting about tear. at this time, it is still in the river where it is supposed to be. we do have people with sandbags out this morning. we do have a flash flood warning in effect. we are expecting to inches to 4 inches. it is all coming down extremely quickly. you can imagine standing water on the road late. i have driven around alexandra as well. we do have standing roadways on summit a side street bahia -- on some of the side streets. this is something that you want to be on the of about four. it is one to slow things down as far as his ability goes. the roadways of the and a great position. you'll want to take your time see do not hit the puddles on the way in. >> thank you very much for that. for weather upda

change with highs in the 70's. autumn will try to make it. high tide for alexandria. >> good to have you here. >>> the ride to work is getting a little bumpier. 24% of the nation's major roads have pavement and poor conditions. those cost the average driver $402 per year. and the study puts baltimore on the top 10 list. 46% of the pavement in poor condition. time to leave the car at home for drivers in d.c. and around the country. many are celebrating car-free day. driving alone drop from 71% down to 64% in 2001. and transit use climbed from 3% of to 6%. coming up, advancing with a star shocker. the first celebrity booted. no one expected this. an egg farmer gets ready to tell congress he is sorry. is the supply safe now? later on oprah, held captive in the jungle for six yea)s. and as an oprah exclusi ♪ storyteller: hey diddle diddle the cat and the fiddle the cow jumped over the moon. then quickly fell back to earth, landing on the roof of a dutch colonial. luckily, geico recently helped the residents with homeowners insurance. they were able to get the roof repaired like new. they l

loop as you come down from route 1 in alexandria, few folks out and about. all in all looking good. hey, we're doing fine out there this morning. metro, mark, reporting no early delays. >> jerry, thank yo >>> 5:22. comingup, more legal troubles for randy quaid. why he is accused of sqtting. >>> when the world's tallest man and shortest woman >>> actor rndy quaid and his wife are in troubl again, this time for squatting in their former home. thecouple claimed they owned the property but the current owner has the proper papers proving otherwise. the quaids were arrested and charged with burglary. earlier this year they served time in jail for not paying a $10,000 hotel bill. >>> today pop singer lady gaga will rally to repeal the military ban on gays an lesbians. they want olympia snowee and collins to vote for a repeal of the don't ask, don't tell policy. she says gay military men and women want to serve their country and should not be discharged for whom they love. she said they were born that way. >>> it was without aoubt one of the strangest photo opportunities ever. >> yes, inde

falls, wisconsin avenue and the alexandria waterfront we're seeing river leve coming. you. i grabbed this off the national weather service site where they are right at rock creek park current stage is at 7 1/2 feet. forecast is to g over 12 feet some time mid-morning tomorrow. so we could see some problems the. potomac river rrentlood ste is around 4 feet. the forecast is for 9 feet going into saturday morning. so just about a foot below flood stage ther then alexandria waterfront likely to see the water rising as well as we go into friday. across the area right now, it's been pretty sticky outside, if you haven't been out in a while. a lot of moisture in the area. against that's tropical moisture. tempetures pretty high at about degrees. d.c., too, at 79. you folks up north in olney right now, 79 as well. fairly uniform temperatures. 76 tre in ocean city. cool back around hagerstown, martinsville and winchester where it is 66. where do we go from here? hang out. we'll see more of the next wave of moderately heavy rainoming to the area about 8:00 or 00 p.m. i don't think that we'll h

executive officer of pci in alexandria and often traveled to florida for business. investigators in florida have not revealed any details aut his murder. pci has released a atement saying, quote, it is shocked and saddened by the sudden loss of our president and ceo. but it refused to comment further because of the police investigation. >>> our time is 6:08. more problems at the dmv in virginia. the new computer gitch giving drivers headaches. >>> you haveeen all the damage. now there is no video that shows the gas line explosion in california. >>> 66 degrees at 6:08. a little brightness in the sky out there this morning. we'll have weather and traffic together on the ones, next. think about the internet. growing, evolving, literally transforming our lives. now imagine the possibilities of what tomorrow could bring. at at&t, we support a core set of standards that will guide the internet into the future... to protect users, and reward innovators, for yes to come. we support a fair and open internet - affordable and accessible to everyone. transparent networks, managed in ways that are clear

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, sterling 62. we have 62 in rockville. 65 here in alexandria. brandywine and crofton and columbia at 64. national is 65. with the light rain out there and the dew.at 63. i want to show you, this low pressure, this is coming up. that's why rain will be off and on through at least tomorrow morning and should be better in the afternoon. 80 tomorrow. afternoon looks better. wednesday 79 and more rain possible on thursday with highs in the 70s. patranya bhoolsuwan, i give you wet streets and that means? >> it's going to be wet and rainy. >> way to take it and run. >> way to take it. thank you, howard. >> it will be wet to start off the week. use extra caution wherever you go. a live picture on 95 northbound from lorton to the beltway. right now we are seeing volume pick up as we speak but no incidents or accidents to report. that's good news. move over to a realtime maps. we are checking out traffic between springfield and tysons corner in the green. everything is move at speed. watch for wet roads out. there a live picture of the beltway in montgomery county. the traffic is picking up. peop

too bad so r thimorning. traffic on the far side, inner loop from oxen hill to alexandria to i-95 interchange, no worries. that's the case on the outer loop as well with travel lanes open. head over and update you and let you know how things are moving here. springfield, virginiaounding the bend, beginning to load up a little bit. h.o.v. lanes, oops. we have a guy stopped there sqezing the right lane. we'll have to keep a watch on that. southbound moving along nicely under a light volume. >> thank you, jerry. >> our time right now 5:43. well, the results are in. baker will likely become the next prince george's county executive. wll hear what he had to say just moments after the results came in. >>> plus, working women are getting paid more than ever before. why isn't it all good news? >>> district of columbia. >> well, it appears as if washington will soon have a new mayor. gray defeated mayor adrian fenty in yesterday's democratic primary. a spokesman for theurrent mayor says he will call gray to conce concede. fenty said he would not be a write-in candidate but told news 4 tis

promise alliance put alexandria virginia on the list for its programs that engage children and teens, including the alexandria youth council and the city's mentoring partnership. prince william county is cited for its youth leadership programs and investments in creating safe places for kids to go when they need help. calvert county, maryland made strides to improve its institution. >>> the next couple of days tomorrow, then just beyond is going to feel a lot like july around the area. but this morning no july here, take a look at one of the coolest spots in the area this morning. mt. airy, maryland, the low temperature, 41 degrees. now at 78 degrees with a southwesterly wind. it's that southwest wind that will take hold tomorrow and really allow a lot of cities across the east to warm. the record high for tomorrow is 98 degrees, i do not think it's going to be that hot around here, b it's going to be a lot higher tn the average high of 78 degrees. right now in some of the locations, 79 degrees. capitol hill and shaw. you folks around oxon hill and greenbelt, 78 degrees. gaithe

officer of pci communications in alexandria. he often travelled between his home in alexandria and his home in pompano beach. police are not releasing the cause of his dearth at this time. >>> a sports reporter sexually harassed in the new york jets locker room. now, redskins running back clinton portis has something to say about that. >>> one of the three american hikers detained in iran for re than a year is now free. >>> a manknown as the civil rights photographer now being accused of spying on the civil rights movement for the fbi. >>> new drug resistant super bugs are popping up across the country. >>> another great day out there for today. and theweather continues to be nice. some any rain in our forecast? i'll break it down for you. three tropical systems in the atlantic basin. >>> coming up in spts, the saints running back reggie bush making a difficult decision about his heisman trophy. the chiefs shock the chargers if a monday night monsoon. you could switch for great gas mileage or seats that flip and fold with one hand. you could switch for up to 600 or the hundred-thou

dropped very much. 97 degrees. foggy ttom, you folks around takoma park, suit ladd maryland. alexandria at 97 degrees right now. tyson's corner at 96. you folks in montgomery county also at 96 degrees. so today is now our 66th day. 90 degrees or higher. we had 67 days in 1990. are we going to get any more 90s around here? that's my tease for u. we have a south westerly wind. you can see the front that came through and produced the flooding. it is to the west of our area. i'll tell you what we will have. temperatures on the good night forecast, 85 degrees by 7:00 p.m. skies will be clear. 67 by 11:00 p.m. for us, a dry day, a dry easy eveng. cooler conditions? perhaps much cooler contions on the way for the weekend. then we'll talk about how wet it will be. we'll have all that coming up. >> we'll see you then. >>> when news4 at 4:00 continues, a trial full of drama. now an answer from the movie, 40-year-old virgin learns his fate after chars of attempted murder. >>> an emotional mission to free her friends in a truly engaging story. one woman who was just reased fr iran. >>> and nine dec

-hour long commute through the alexandria area. complements of the military base reassignment plan. today one of the proposals is putting put to the test. you hear a one hour commute in this area and it brings a headache to you, let alone a two, three, four or five hour commute. >> five hours may be a bit much but it's an election season and so some exaggeration is expected. >> reporter: let me give you the basics, right over my shoulder this is a 17 story d.o.d. office building. and to my left there is another 15-story building here at this huge site in alexandria. over here we have yet another d.o.d. secure building and a parking garage in front of it, more than one garage. and to the left of that will be a transit center for buses and shuttles to the various metro stops in the area. we are basically in the west end of alexandria. we'll show you on a map. this is the marc center, a mixed use park. and the reason the feds are building here is because they had to get out of crystal city because the facilities werein secure. so they werein -- were insecure. and they're going to move

alexandria, virginia, i want to address legislative things but public engage meant. i think the most important things we can do in terms of communication with the hengs, is water is one voice. it's very important. when i say water, i mean water and waist water. it's very important that the message dare that i completely agree it has to be clear and distinct but right now we have echos and when we speak to washington there's an echo effect and we need to be one voice and i think that needs to be clear. >> thank you. yes? >> hi, i'm with the california public utilities commission. i watched the news last night and another senator was really claiming on the debate on global warming, gee, i think you're saying it's profitable for the green industries now and i'm thinking, of course it needs to be profitable and really the fossil fuel and oil industries that are making hundreds more times more profit and that's what drives this. if we could internalize externalities and middest oil and regardless of your political leaning if you or we could internalize that that's what it takes to drive t

would cost $68,000. in our home the most expensive city to buy a home is alexandria where the average is 7305. and the least is $165,000 in lynchburg. in maryland the most expensive is bethesda. the at least expensive hagerstown. and the average home in the district costs about $539,000. >>> and people in arlington may have to shell out extra cash to build or renovate their highway patrols. the county is looking at recommendations to improve energy efficiency. lindsey mastis opening the books on a new home where people have paid a lot of green to stay green. >> this 5,000 square foot house is the home of the future at least in arlington. it is 45% more energy efficient but comes with a price. >> we spent $40,000 on windows and doors. >> reporter: andrew moore says standard windows would have cost 15 grand. he spent another $6,000 on the solar water heater and $8,000 on water fixtures. $6,000 more. >> there will be less than four cups of water that need to come from the hot water heater to the fixture. >> reporter: in arlington a community energy plan recommends new homes and r