has been on the books for three years now. >>> topper shutt will be along in a few minutes with your full forecast. plus, gerry connolly answering our tough questions live from the 2012 democratic national convention. i woke up with this horrible rash on my right side. an intense burning sensation like somebody had set it on fire. and the doctor said, cindie, you have shingles. he said, you had chickenpox when you were a little girl... i said, yes, i did. i don't think anybody ever thinks they're going to get shingles. but it happened to me. for more of the inside story, visit shinglesinfo.com >>> the accused gunman behind a deadly shooting spree in montreal is in police custody tonight. the 62-year-old allegedly opened fire at a political rally at midnight. pauline was not hurt. the heavy set suspect in the blue bathrobe could be heard saying the english are being woken up as he was being put into a police car. >>> the cleanup is underway as they rocked that country early this morning. two people are dead. one of them suffering a heart attack in all the madness. some homes collapsed

outside right now. it is gorgeous. just a little hint of fall in the air and topper shutt is out on the weather terrace enjoying it. the rest of our evening going to be nice, but cool? >> if you're going to be out past 9:00 or 10:00, i would bring a sweater or jacket. a touch of fall. a fantastic evening. let's start with temperatures. even downtown, it's 68. 63 in gaithersburg. 64 in manassas and leesburg. 66 up in frederick. and another 68 down toward fredericksburg. so, pretty cool evening already. it's going to just get colder. satellite picture, radar combined. a few clouds earlier today. now we are left with clear skies and that means the clear skies, calm winds, dry air mass. it's going to be chilly. clear skies, chilly. open the window, but not too far. lows 46 to 56. winds easterly at 10. again, a little touch of fall. we'll come back and talk about weather for high school football. also for the redskins and also for the ravens. big stuff this weekend. >>> thank you, top. still to come on 9news. an elaborate plan to get his son a date to the dance backfires on a border patr

trial for that death early next year. >>> another banner september day out there, topper shutt joining us from the weather terrace. i really want on get out there with you. can you dial up another one for tomorrow? >> i think we can. dialing up two more may be a challenge. 81 was the high today about dead on our average. look at temperatures now. it's still comfortable with temps in the 70s, 76 downtown, 73 gaithersburg, 77 in manassas and leesburg. that said, you go out late tonight, bring a wrap as my mother would say because it will drop very quickly after sunset. for tonight clear skies, cool, not quite as chilly as it's been. leave the ac off. you'll need a sweater late, low temperatures 52 to 62, winds light, south, southeast at 10. we'll come back and talk about a cold front that will change the within forecast a bit. we'll explain coming up. >>> meantime a crazy scene in los angeles today as police chased town a couple bank robbery suspects -- down a couple bank robbery suspects. a man in the bank seat of an suv threw handfuls of bills out the windows. so people running

holiday weekend. topper shutt. >> the silver lining here, as you mentioned, the remnants are moving north into the midwest. they need some rain there. let me show you the radar and show you where the remnants are. pushing out of missouri, at least northern missouri, and then up into southern sections of iowa. but notice also some showers well to the east in the ohio valley. so even though the center is pretty far back to the west doesn't mean you can't have some showers well ahead of the center. so let's talk about the beach and boating forecast. isolated shower tomorrow. but i think saturday is going to be the best day to be on the water. 86 to about 90. now, on sunday, an increasing chance of showers and thunderstorms. 82-87. winds turn southeasterly at 10. so boaters need to be very aware on sunday. keep an eye to the sky. if you're going to the beaches, you're in pretty good shape. in fact, great shape tomorrow. temperatures tomorrow about 85. sunshine. no threat of showers. an isolated shower possible on sunday. we'll come back and testimony you which day will be the better o

. >>> and i'm meteorologist topper shutt. high temperature 75 today. here is your wake up weather. not as chilly tomorrow morning. in fact, quite nice. low 50s to low 60s both at 5:00 and 7:00 a.m. where fair to partly cloudy skies. then 9:00 nice. upper 50s and 60s. we'll come back. we'll talk about not one, but two fronts heading our way. i've tweaked the forecast a little bit. stay tuned. >>> a springfield man is headed to prison for posing online as a teenage girl to get young boys to send him dirty pictures. his name is faisal hashime. he was busted after sending some of those photos to an undercover agent. he will be sent ebsed in december. >>> and -- sentenced in december. >>> and the suspect in the colorado movie massacre is back in court. he has a brand new look. remember how he had the bright orange hair and daced and looking around. now he has short brown hair and he was smiling and glancing around the room. they gave up effort to get access to a notebook he sent to a therapist. homes is accused of killing 12 people and wounding dozens of others during a midnight showing of

, topper shutt and anita brikman and we'll have some highlights from that bruce springsteen concert. that's for you, top. >> thank you. >> and for you. we'll see you then. have a good evening. i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. mitt romney's position on women's health...it's dangerous. vo:mitt romney and paul ryan would get rid of planned parenthood funding. and allow employers to deny coverage for cancer screenings and birth control. we can't afford to let him take away our choices... to take away basic health care. vo: both backed proposals to outlaw abortions...even in cases of rape and incest. i don't think that women's health issues have faced a crisis like this in decades. >>> now, "entertainment tonight," the worldwide leader in entertainment news. >>> kate middleton. topless. >> the naked photo scandal. the royal outrage. but, was it a set-up? >> obviously somebody knew that they were there. >> is kate being hunted by the paparazzi like diana? the eerie similarities. >>> all in the family sally struthers after her smiling mug shot as "e.t." investigates hollywood'

meteorologist topper shutt in the weather center. >> let me show you where the watch is right now. it no longer covers montgomery county but it does include the district and south. it does include prince george's, anne arundel and into southern maryland where you guys have yet to see the storms. you will over the next few hours. here is a look at the latest radar and lightning. a tremendous amount of lightning. things about how much lightning we had with these storms. they moved between warrenton and just south of dc. a tremendous amount of lightning. heaviest activity right now in leesburg. back down to warrenton. the good news, there are no severe thunderstorm warnings in effect. the bad news, there are some flash flood warnings in effect and they're going to be at the bottom of the screen. we'll zoom in a little farther. these are the heaviest storm. out towards haymarket, warrenton and down towards culpeper as you go down 15. we'll come back and let you know if they're going to linger into the morning commute and show you a picture of the lightning. >>> here is something you don't

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worry about any storms affecting the morning commute tomorrow. chief meteorologist topper shutt on the weather terrace tonight. >> i think we'll be okay in the morning. we're tracking a couple of showers west of town. i want to start with temperatures. it is indeed human and summer like. 79 in gaithersburg. 79 in manassas and leesburg and frederick. now, remember those numbers. what does it feel like if you factor in the humidity? it fields like it's 87 downtown and it feels like it's still in the low 80s in manassas, gaithersburg, frederick and leesburg. so, yes, we have a heat index tonight. we'll keep it dry. some breaks in the clouds by 9:00. we'll talk about the chances for more storms tomorrow and hotter air moving in. >>> well, do you think you ought to have to pay for an inmate's sex change operation? a federal judge thinks you should. a story that has everybody talking is still ahead. >>> and up next, a former police sergeant accused of murdering his wife waits >>> tomorrow jurors will begin deliberating drew peterson's fate. he is the former chicago area police sergeant a

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minute. >>> and i'm meteorologist topper shutt. 81. just about a perfect day if you were to diagram a perfect day. the wake up weather nice too. cool. not quite as chilly. by 7:00, low 50s to low 60s. i don't think we will have any 40s tomorrow morning. cool by 9:00, pure sunshine. 58-68. we will tell you if we can duplicate tomorrow what we had today and look ahead to the weekend. it has changed. >>> in tonight's health alert, calorie accountability in fast foods. the next time you go to mcdonalds and order a big mac and fries, you will find the calorie count staring at you. they will start posting the calories both inside the restaurant and the drive through. no time line was given for when restaurants should post calories. mcdonalds says they want to be a leader. >>> kathy bates is recovering from a double mastectomy. she was diagnosed with breast cancer 2 months ago. she jokes she doesn't miss her breasts as much as harry's law, which was cancelled in may. she says she won't have to undergo chemo or radiation and her doctors tell her she is going to be around for a long time. >>>

topper shutt. high temperatures today 81. it's the third day in a row we've been in the 80s. here is your wakeup weather. cooler air moves in overnight. upper 50s to mid 60s at 8:00. and 60 to near 70 by 10:00. we'll come back. we tweaked the forecast a little bit. some will like it, some won't. we'll explain. >>> we also want to tell you about face the facts usa. a new project based at the george washington university and 9news is partnering with them. totally independent and non-partisan. face the facts usa promises facts about american is debunking myths. make smart choices at citizens. tonight's subject congressional spending. if you want more information, head to our website wusa9.com and click on the link for face the facts usa. we'll be right back. >>> a disturbing crime from philadelphia. a group of teenage girls beating a mentally challenged woman and posting that video on facebook. tonight all six of them are behind bars. in the video you can hear the girls laughing and celebrating as they took turns punching, kicking and throwing a chair at the 48-year-old woman who was ju

. derek mcginty and topper shutt accepted the challenge of tasting the new beer shake. >> so you say you love beer but sometimes you just are in the mood foe a milk shake and you -- for a milk shake and you think you have to make a choice. no longer. the folks at red robin have come up with something called a beer shake. not the kind of shake you get when you don't have enough beer. this is eeon and jessica from red robin and they'll show us the beer shake. sounds like a contradiction in terms but it's not. >> it's not. we're going to add a little bit of soft serve first. >> that's ice cream. >> soft serve ice cream. we have sad adams oktoberfest here. that's the seasonal beer that comes out every october. >> why would anybody even think of this? >> well, it's kind after twist on the classic adult dinner -- of a twist on the classic adult dinner drinks. nobody thought to put beer in it. sounds like it wouldn't be good and at first france maybe it doesn't seem like it but it's absolutely delicious. >> we're about to find out. you have carmel in there. >> yes. >> what flavor shake is this

there. not hot or cold. can you imagine them staying that way through the weekend? topper shutt might be able to imagine that. top? >> well maybe. you know, we'll talk about tonight first though, derek. tonight will be very nice. not as chilly as it was last night. in fact, we'll start first with temperatures. down to 70 at national. but in the 60s already in gaithersburg and manassas and the lower 70s in fredericksburg. now the temperatures, they really fell quickly last night. they will not fall as quickly as tonight. we have a few clouds around. just a couple of high mid-level clouds. we'll call it clear to partly cloudy. still cool, but not as chilly. the winds are southeast at 10. now we'll come back and talk about how we will finish in the week. the summer and fall will arrive on saturday morning. we'll let you be the judge. but coming up next, is your iphone legit? we've got a story that will make you think twice. >>> well, if you are desperately in need of the brand new iphone, beware of the deal on the streets. prince george's county police have arrested two people selling fa

while topper shutt will be along with that full forecast, let you know how long the clear skies will be with us. >> and right after the break from death row to freedom, a hearing tomorrow could get a local young man out of prison. heavy load in america. but mitt romney plan, a middle class to $2,000 more a year in taxes. multi-millionaires like himself hits the middle class harder... bigger break. forward for america? this message. >>> on tap for tomorrow gop vice presidential nominee paul ryan will be back here in d.c. and there he'll be talking to supporters at the values voters summit at the omni shore hotel on calvert street in northwest at 10:30 a.m. shaquille o'neal will be speaking to members of congress about efforts to curb binge drinking at historically black colleges and universities and bruce springsteen and the e street band will perform at nats park show time 11:30. >>> a man who spent the last 11 years on death row in a murder for hire case could soon be released. it was thrown out by a federal judge who found prosecutors withheld key information and allowed false

pieces from a powerful storm that blew through our area. we can count on topper shutt to give us the latest on the weather. >> we are in much better shape. we are about to give the all clear. not quite. let me show you what it looked like earlier. it rained. in fact, it was flooding in parts of our building. rain fall with this particular line of storms, very common. 1 to 2 inches for the whole event. that's enough to cause some flash flooding. there's still some river flood warnings in effect for some of our counties out to the west. we'll get to that in a minute. now we'll show you the tornado watch. it is still in effect until 7:00. calvert county, st. mary's county, and the northern neck. quite frankly, the danger of tornadoes is over here. you may have big storms and flooding, but the danger of tornadoes is pretty much over. live doppler 9,000. you can see the heavy activity extending back to leanardtown. all the reds, that's the severe line. that produced a 61-mile per hour wind gusts south of the airport. pretty impressive stuff. reports of trees down across the entire metro a

gray. topper shutt joins us now from the weather terrace. some showers coming our way tonight perhaps? >> i'm afraid so. right now we just have clouds. it's dry in the northwest. if you're headed to a high school football game tonight or going to dinner, bring an umbrella. the farther north, the betterness that of staying dry. let's start with radar. we see shamble everything is generally light. we -- see some showers. everything is generally light. you can see the light activity almost at the 66 now almost to warrenton, heavier activity in southern maryland by far and away. if you have a football game in southern maryland, it's going to be wet tonight. we'll zoom in a little bit and notice the activity is a little heavier a little closer to fairfax and manassas. so this will move through pretty much at the height of the high school football games. tonight cloudy, cooler, rain showers and thunderstorms south, lows 54 to 62. we will come back and talk about the weekend. we've cleaned it up a little bit. you might like it. >> that sounds good. >>> for the first time in 20 months d.c. po

? only one guy to ask. topper shutt. >> i think they're more concerned about lightning and very strong winds and some severe thunderstorms. they could roll the die and get away with it but they want to take the safer road. let's look at the satellite picture. we'll zoom into the thunderstorms. there is a big line of heavy duty thunderstorms from kentucky back into tennessee. this could roll in there tomorrow, probably before the speech. but, again, their main thunderstorm with lightning and heavy rain. these are hefty storms pulling out of kentucky at this time. right now it's quiet in charlotte. we'll zoom up to us. we're kind of quiet too. we're looking at perhaps some fog overnight, especially in southern fauquier county where you saw the showers roll through earlier tonight. the good news is for your wake up weather, it's going to be dry tomorrow. 68-76 by 5:00. in the 70s. just humid by 7:00. and 76-83 with partly cloudy skies by 9:00. we'll come back, we'll talk about the potential for more storms here and look ahead to the weekend. >> thank you, topper. >>> new tonight at 11:00,

the radar right now. topper shutt joins us from the weather center. top, what are you seeing? >> right now it's quiet. all the showers and storms are to north of us, but the front is still way to the north of us. this is the same front we'll have to get used to. it's going to hang around. let's start with a look at the radar. notice all the showers and a few thunderstorms essentially north of the mason dixon line. so through our friends up in pennsylvania and then points north, i mean we're looking at very few showers, a couple dipping into cumberland. that's how it will be a while. so the evening commute will stay dry. a little touch of summer today. 83 downtown, 82 in manassas, 82 at andrews and even 81 up in frederick. so not bad. so for tonight a shower or thunderstorm possible until about midnight, more to the north, breezy and mild, lows 58 to 64. we'll come back, though, talk about how long this front is going to affect our weather and take it from me. it's going to be a little longer than you might think. >>> let's head out on the campaign trail where the race for the white hou

, dry studio. >> thank you, kristen. still ahead on 9news now, topper shutt tracking the latest developments in our storm report. we'll have live team coverage. >> and the story of enduring love. we're going to tell you the amazing amount of support they are both receiving. >>> plus, obesity in america and we are pointing a dismal picture of health in america. we'll talk about it when we come back. >>> a shocking preduction in my health alert. if the current trends continue, more than half, 50% of adults in 39 states could be considered obese by the year 2030. it's an astounding increase from obesity rates today. two groups that tracked health trends in the country. the trust for america's health and the robert wood foundation company rely on state by state surveys to come up with this prediction. the burden won't just be felt by those getting heavier. >> between 48 and $66 billion per year in healthcare spending in the united states. 43 states will see a 10% rise in healthcare costs. nine of these states will see a rise of 20%. these are huge increases. >> the analysis offers a

meteorologist topper shutt in the weather center. are severe storms on the way? >> now the entire metro area is under a severe thunderstorm watch until 11:00. the warnings are getting pretty close. let me show you doppler radar. this is a wide picture. see all the lightning associated with the storms. that's as dangerous as anything else. if you hear thunder, get the kids indoors. earlier today they were out along the i-81 corridor in the shenandoah valley, but they're marching eastward. these are pretty heavy storms approaching leesburg, approaching 17. the individual storms are moving

muggy day out there and the humidity brings with it the chance of storms tonight. topper shutt in the weather center with the forecast. >> we have a couple thunderstorms on radar. they are few and far between, but they are hefty. looking at a very tropical air mass with a ton of moisture. we'll start with the radar and lightning and notice down toward warrenton, some good storms. the yellow and red means heavier rain fall and more intense storm. we can see it sliding off to the east. even lightning showing up now just southwest of warrenton. everybody else is right now, zoom in and going to go through warrenton and eventually it will work its way towards manassas and it could clip the nats stadium. it could clip the nats stadium. we're going to keep the chance of a shower in tonight. nats number now to 21. 80 last pitch. a slight chance of a shower. we'll come back and talk about hotter weather rolling in and a chance for more storms by the week's end and look ahead to changes in the weekend forecast. >> all right, topper, september is national preparedness month and the campaign enco

endeavor went towards alcatraz. for another round for the bridge. camera lens shutte offrs. >> it is unbelievable what this is on top of another giant plane with that air craft. >> to see it over the golden gate was incredible. >> it was worth the three hour wait a long time. them take off but the san memories here for a long kron 4. justine walden kron 4 the west portion of the bay bridge of the sunshine blocked a little bit but it did not matter. you see. >> it was fast to became a time. emotion. >> it is a great day for culmination for >> it was amazing! and i saw that it was amazing. >> i wish it was closer, i will be honest. but i got a picture of it. >> i thought it was pretty good. when it was over there. it was like a little bit foggy so i could not see it but when it turned the other way and it looped. it was really clear. >> it was pretty big. when they're rich came over it was pretty much a clear sight. >> amazing i got calls from all over the bay iraq that it just flew over me. so they had a great time for the bay-area. >> there will save these pictures to save with other

newscast. >> we have thunderstorms up to our west and meterologist topper shutt is tracking them as we speak. >> looks like a dry commute home, but a different story later and that could impact the ravens game in baltimore. let me start with doppler 9,000. it's quiet around the metro area, but to the west essentially along the i-81 corridor, pretty good thunderstorms there, a severe thunderstorm warning in effect for page and shenandoah county until 5:45. there's a couple big storms out to the woodstock area and front royal and just to the north of winchester. so another storm is just headed for the northeast. they won't make much eastward movement. they'll generally follow the track up i-81 and later tonight they begin to move eastward toward the immediate metro area. we'll come back and track them for you and tell you what that means for the ravens game and if they hang around for tomorrow morning's commute. >>> right now three men are in court for the vicious and brutal beating of a young father walking home in capitol hill after a nats game, but could detectives have broken the cas

shutt, clouds now, showers on the way. another day in the 80s, our third day, 81 and 67 going in the book officially at national. records 91 and 42. we'll come back, show you where the showers are, where they're headed and take you through the weekend forecast. >> plus newly released documents raise questions why the accused gunman in the colorado theater massacre was not stopped sooner, those stories and more just ahead. too many americans are struggling to find work in today's economy. too many of those who are working are living paycheck to paycheck trying to make falling incomes meet rising prices for food and gas. more americans are living in poverty than when president obama took office and fifteen million more are on food stamps. president obama and i both care about poor and middle-class families. the difference is my policies will make things better for them. we shouldn't measure compassion by how many people are on welfare. we should measure compassion by how many people are able to get off welfare and get a good paying job. my plan will create twelve million new jobs over

. is it really a concern? only one guy to ask. topper shutt. >> i think they're more concerned about lightning and very strong winds and some severe thunderstorms. they could roll the die and get away with it but they want to take the safer road. let's look at the satellite picture. we'll zoom into the thunderstorms. there is a big line of heavy duty thunderstorms from kentucky back into tennessee. this could roll in there tomorrow, probably before the speech. but, again, their main thunderstorm with lightning and heavy rain. these are hefty storms pulling out of kentucky at this time. right now it's quiet in charlotte. we'll zoom up to us. we're kind of quiet too. we're looking at perhaps some fog overnight, especially in southern fauquier county where you saw the showers roll through earlier tonight. the good news is for your wake up weather, it's going to be dry tomorrow. 68-76 by 5:00. in the 70s. just humid by 7:00. and 76-83 with partly cloudy skies by 9:00. we'll come back, we'll talk about the potential for more storms here and look ahead to the weekend. >> thank you, topper.