little patchy fog. some upper 60s. it's sprinkling. 6 in get gettysburg -- in gettysburg. mid morning, 80 downtown. 75 at gaithersburg. some showers pop up tomorrow. that's why we had the yellow weather alert in the afternoon. that will keep temps down a little bit. we'll be low 90s, but i think clouds will keep temperatures down to low -- showers down through culpepper and the west of i-81 in the mountains. muggy start thursday. mid 70s and almost mid 80s but 1:00. storm on -- hot on saturday. but dry. we should be okay. if we're looking at a hot sunday. showers south of town, but partly cloudy and still hot next tuesday and wednesday. >>> now, wusa9 game on sports brought you to you by xfinity. >>reporter: professional athletes have nicknames. the most popular in dc is ov. major league baseball is going to i am brace -- frank explains in tonight's inside pitch. >> so do you players weekend coming up, august 25 through the 27th where the nationals and the rest of the league will wear alternate uniforms with nicknames on the back of their jerseys like you got your basics, like zim and

the gettysburg, but people there are pretty uneasy, and we talked to them today. >>reporter: high water markets of confederates. the place where robert e. lee advanced in the bloodiest battle in the civil war. >> i can't imagine these places without these monuments. >> for barb adams, even the idea of removing monuments leaving her weeping. >> i cried this afternoon because i couldn't take it anymore. these men, these soldiers they lived. they believed -- they fought for what they believed in. >> the virginia monument was the first one here for confederate soldier dedicated in 1917 by a niece of robert e. lee. and it is the largest. the park service says it's not going anywhere. >> it's kind of like a hate thing, i hate to say it. >> as a -- vicky feels the pain of enslaved people but says the monument should stay. >> we come out to see this stuff because it might be gone. >> racism idiot, you're free to do that. >> sure trump supporter and they say we need to learn from our past. >> we were separate and we came back together and it took battles like this to do this. >> i wonder w

. and gettysburg and look, they're popping but they're not moving much. like the last couple of days. so that could be a problem for any storms that do develop. temperatures are going to make upper 80s and in town low 90s. most of you are going to see in the upper 80s but i won't be surprised if national gets 91, 92. isolated storms even this evening before things setting down overnight and in the summery pattern through friday with isolated afternoon storms slow moving couple of strong ones. maybe locally severe. cold front though early saturday assuming that timing doesn't change that's going to give us a real nice weekend. if it slows down, we may get a shower or storm on saturday. but in any event think i 80s on saturday and sunday. and sunday, sunday looks terrific. sunday is a day you hopefully will be outside. but hagerstown to therma at 79. 86 popular number on the board with near 80 in the shenandoah valley and mid 80s across the bay in easton and cambridge and officially in town 85. with the dew point at 70 it feels almost 90 out there. highs in the low 90s today and record

8:30, we're going to be clear. gettysburg and 77 in bowie. by morning, everybody falls in the 60s and we may see 50s tonight. damascus, 58. 60 in frederick. 9:00, 60s in most spots. still 69 in fredericksburg. 72 downtown. and by 12:30, a couple of showers popping up near romney and oakland, but in the immediate metro area, a beautiful day with highs in the low 80s tomorrow. now, we'll break it down. clear to start, 69. 72 by 9:00. 76 by 11:00. a few clouds, by 1:00 and temperatures hovering around 80. beautiful long friday. 81. beautiful on saturday. only 79. nasa town friday through next wednesday, nasa on 9:00 sunday. we host the bangles on sunday, 4:30 looks great and great at notice not crazy warm yet. 80s by next wednesday. >>> this coming weekend is players weekend for major league baseball. it wasn't so easy to come up with a nickname to wear on the back of his jersey. frank explains in today's inside pitch. >>reporter: it is player's weekend of course. and that includes players having their nicknames on back of their jerseys. one nats couldn't come up with one and he had

some civil war buffs that -- the park service says the statutes of gettysburg battles field aren't going anywhere, but even the thought of it has one volunteer in tears. >> i can't imagine this place without these monuments. north or south. they lived, they believed -- thy fought for what they believed in. >> the big sxeft oldest confederate monument is the one for virginia troops. it was dedicated in 1917 by one of robert e. lee's nieces. >>> the university of florida is blocking white nationalist richard center from appearing on that campus. an e-mail was sent to students today saying the administration had major safety concerns surrounding spencer's visit anhe says he finds the racist rhetoric of white national repug nant and it encounters everything the university and the nation stands for. the group says they'll be filing a legal challenge. >>> organizers have cancelled rallies at goggle locations around the globe. the move reportedly comes after threat from left wing terrorist. the demonstrations were organized by the same alt right activist behind the pizza gate conspiracy h

remembrance. i can't really put it in words, but at gettysburg, there are memorials for both sides, and it's a place to learn history and how awful the war was. you facebook page. >> you can vote in our megaphone poll, you'll see it at the bottom of the screen, you can go to wusa9.com/vote, or use our wusa9 news app. >>> maryland governor, larry hogan is calling for the removal of a statue in annapolis. >> after recent events in charlottesville, lawmakers believe it's time for a change, and marcella robertson join us now with more on what is going to be changing. >> state senator c anthony mews asked for it to be taken down, and the governor is standing behind him. the monument honors roger b tany, he's the 5th chief justice of the supreme court who believed african americans should not be considered citizens. mews has been pushing for removal for years, but says the events in charlottesville over the weekend made him want to try again. he ys to rewrite history, he just doesn't believe that this kind of history needs to be out in the open. >> i think we have to find a way to nip this in the