interviewing the people involved. we will get to the bottom of this. >> reporter: lahood said a big part of the investigation will not be just the incident, but why the faa found out about it for the first time from a news reporter. >> that's something they've got to figure out. thank you. secretary lahood went out of his way to compliment the air traffic controller who helped avert near disaster in the sky, but imagine being on the other end piloting the plane responsible for dozens and dozens of lives. kristin fisher spoke with a former pilot to get his perspective and she joins us live from reagan national with that part of the story. >> this was a serious event and it's being termed as a loss of separation which means the aircraft got closer together than what they're normally supposed to do. were they on collision courses? we're not exactly sure at the moment. >> reporter: even if you're not sure, any time you hear the word collision course and aircraft in the same sentence, it's cause for concern especially if you're kevin hyatt, chief operating officer of the white safety foundation. >> i'm concerned but i'm not worried. i would go out to reagan tomorrow with my wife and get on a flight and go anywhere. >> reporter: he's not too worried because he said these kinds of aircrafts are all equipped with bakeup system on board. the traffic collision avoidance system. >> those systems in the aircraft would have been the last fail safe for the airplanes to take some type of maneuver to climb or descend in order to get out of harm's way. >> reporter: but he's still concerned because a near miss is a near miss. something went very wrong or someone made a major mistake. >> technology, human factors, volume of traffic, the nature of the situation was compounded by weather. >> reporter: keep in mind it was just last year that an air traffic control operator in that same tower fell asleep while on the job, but hyatt says. >> these two situations are not connected. >> reporter: a near miss now a wake-up call for the faa, pilots and air traffic controllers. >> one of the things we have to pay attention to in the future is not to become complaint. become-- become complacent. >> reporter: hyatt says if you look at recent accident statisticses there's only been 1.7 accidents per million departure. big picture, our air traffic control system statistically at least is still pretty safe. back to you. joining us now to talk more about this near miss is peter golds, a former manager director of the national transportation safety board and welcome, sir. >> thank you. >> i'm trying to get a sense of how dangerous this was. on one hand we have a picture in our mind of two outbound planes perhaps on a collision course with an inbound plane, but ray lahood seemed to downplay the danger. which is it here? >> well, it was a serious event. was there an imminent collision coming? there was not, but it was a serious event that's got to be taken very seriously by the authorities. >> as they take this seriously, any idea in your head how this could happen? >> what happened was you had planes coming in that were managed by what they call the tracon. that's the terminal radar. they handle planes 30 to 50 miles out from the airport. they hand them off to the tower guys. they handle them when they're about 3 miles in till they're on the ground. they were switching directions. you know, reagan has only one runway north/south. so all of a sudden they had a storm at the south end. they had to switch directions where they were landing from. they switched to the river approach from the north. when this takes place, there is hayneoff. the last plane taking off -- handoff, the last plane taking off, first plane landing. that handoff does not take place and therein lies the problem. >> the washington post said this is a pretty big screw-up for major airport. this is the kind of thing that almost happens all the time. >> it does not happen all the time. this is a big screw-up particularly when you have an airport that only has a single runway, it's important that you get it right. >> this isn't the first time national has had some problems. we heard kristin fisher talk about this, the guy who fell asleep in the tower that's unrelated to this, but there's problems all over the country. how well is the system itself working? >> the system works well. we have the safest air system ever. when you look back at the last few years, we have had no major accidents. the real question is whether the congress is going to have the commitment and the ability to fund the next generation of air traffic control systems which needs to be funded continuously starting now. >> very quick answer, anything need to change because of this? >> they're going to look at the procedures and near going to see how did this -- they're going to see how did this screw- up occur and say all right, whose responsibility was it? and they're going to retrain that person. they're not going to fire them i don't think. they'll retrain that person, look at the procedures and they'll get it right. >> i hope you're right about that last. thank you for coming in. appreciate it. we've got breaking news from arlington county where police say they have a break in the case in the jewelry store homicide. they arrested a d.c. man on unrelated charges. surae chinn joins us live outside of arlington county police headquarters with more. >> reporter: well, lesli, this is the news a herndon family had been waiting for. arlington county police have in custody 52-year-old james sylvester caroline of washington d.c. in custody on probation violations. he has not been charged with the homicide, but he is being held without bond. arlington county police say charges are expected to be brought forward. they said that in a statement this afternoon. police have been working around the clock since 52-year-old tommy wong of herndon, virginia, was killed in his arlington jewelry store off columbia pike last week. surveillance pictures showed a man in a neon reflective traffic vest in the store. a similar description was given in another robbery in june where ken stein of benson's jewelers in northwest d.c. was robbed at gunpoint. stein said he is relieved to hear of the arrest. >> i'm thankful for the family, for me that they did get this guy off the street. he needs to be busted and put in jail. we don't want somebody like that -- we want somebody like that that's carrying a gun off the street. >> reporter: i checked with the courts and he has six pending probation violations all regarding credit card theft, forgeries and identity fraud. he was picked up yesterday afternoon. d.c. police have not said if they expect to file charges soon. i talked with the wong family this afternoon. tommy wong held his funeral today, this afternoon, in herndon. the family says they are so relieved tonight and the daughter says that she is extremely relieved that now her father can finally truly rest in peace. back to you, lesli. >> thank you. we also have an update on a deadly hit and run in herndon. police confirmed a body found in a creek near the accident scene is the victim -- husband. the discovery was made yesterday -- victim's husband. the discovery was made yesterday in the 600 block of center street. police believe 32-year-old fitsam gebretatios may have killed his wife and sped off in his black camry and hit several other cars. he failed to show up for work on wednesday. >> my wife talk about them. he always pick up pizza for them, pick up food for them. yeah, he was so nice to his family i think. >> police have yet to positively connect gebretatios to his wife's death. the couple has three children. an autopsy is being performed on a body found in prince george's county. that discovery was made last night in a creek on bremer circle in ft. washington air. officers could not even determine the -- washington. officers could not even determine the body's sex it was so badly decomposed. police release surveillance video today of two armed robbers in action. the video was taken monday july 23rd at a cookie's corner store in the ladroit park neighborhood. two masked men walk in the store. one cleans out the register while one guards the doorway. if you've got information, police call d.c. police. one year ago today robyn gardner vanished, the maryland woman who went missing while vacations in aruba. family and friends held a vigil for her last night at an art gallery in maryland. they stress this is a vigil, not a memorial holding out hope gardner could be alive. her companion gary giordano was held in her disappearance but never formally charge. olympic victories are sweet but not cheap. we'll tell you the price tag that comes with winning an olympic medal. >> we'll track a couple thunderstorms on live doppler and look at what could become tropical storm ernesto. >> up next president obama and challenger mitt romney trade shots as they campaign in key battle ground states. we'll be back. ♪ i've never felt this way before, but it's a scary time to be a woman. mitt romney is just so out of touch. 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[ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. president obama and mitt romney, on the campaign trail today in three key battle ground states including virginia. >> both of them are making their pitch to middle class voters. dick brennan has the latest on the presidential race. >> reporter: mitt romney stepped on a stage in golden, colorado, ready to hammer president obama on the economy. the republican white house hopeful is working to win votes in this key swing state where the unemployment rate is 8.2%. he brought along his own report card on promises the president made four years ago. >> all measures he laid out are measures that have gone in the wrong direction. >> reporter: romney is rolling out a new ad criticizing the president for his handling of the economy. >> he focused on obamacare instead of jobs. barack obama, what a disappointment. >> reporter: the commercial is on the air in florida where president obama hit the campaign trail thursday. >> hello, orlando! >> reporter: he told voters outside orlando his plan for boosting the economy is better than his challenger's. the obama campaign is also out with a new ad blasting romney's tax proposals. >> mitt romney's middle class tax increase, he pays less, you pay more. >> reporter: the commercial uses the tax policy center report to suggest romney pays a lower proportion of his income in taxes than many people who earn a lot less. >> they have tried to sell us this trickle down tax cut fairy dust before. >> reporter: both campaigns will be looking to important economic news friday when the u.s. government announces the july unemployment numbers. dick brennan for cbs news, new york. president obama will appear at a loudon county high school tonight in leesburg. he is due there around 7:40. the president won virginia in 2008 by more than 6%. he was the first democrat to win there since 1964. nearly 100 d.c. schoolteachers have been fired. the washington post reports the move came this week after the teachers posted low scores on a key evaluation tool. the 98 teachers account for less than 3% of the school suspect's workforce. the d.c. public school system has dismissed nearly 400 teachers since 2009 due to poor performance. workers at the pentagon's missile defense agency apparently have been told to stop surfing porn on their government issued computers. bloomberg news is reporting the agency's pen active director sent out a memo -- executive director sent out a memo last month about websites transporting messages with sexually explicit images. he said not only does it take away from productful work time but opens up the network to computer viruses. there has been another crash on a low cost mega state bus line. this time a bus crashed into a bridge near litchfield, illinois. investigators believe a double decker bus slammed into a concrete pillar supporting an overpass. we don't know if there were any serious injuries, but emergency crews are on the scene. we've got a commuter alert now if you are one of those late night drivers on the beltway. beginning tonight there will be ramp and road closures near the telegraph road interchange. this is the result of more work on the woodrow wilson bridge project. those closures will be in effect the next few days and will last from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. expect significant delays, folks. crews were called in to clean up a really big mess in northwest d.c. this morning. a large tree fell over and broke apart by the middle of reno road in northwest at the intersection with yuma street. the tree brought down some pepco wires. rush hour traffic was blocked both directions while the crews worked to clear the road. tonight the scene is clear. i the other good news would be if there were -- the other good news would be if there were no thunderstorms to knock down more trees. >> odds are with us tonight to be all right. actually have a little treat for you. the full moon occurred yesterday. this is pretty cool video taken from sky 9. look at. that it's called the full sturgeon moon. did you know that? >> i did not. >> get out there and cast your lines. that's pretty cool, though, isn't it? >> it looks like it made a trip to the moon. >> sky 9 is pretty good. let's talk about live doppler 9000 because we do have a couple thunderstorms. we've seen heavy activity off to the east of town. in fact, this activity was actually pretty hefty early around annapolis up toward baltimore and severna park, but other than that this particular storm has now gone across the bay into the delmarva, but we do have a couple heavy thunderstorms down south toward the northern neck. you folks actually need the rain down there. we'll zoom in. we had a couple storms earlier in southern charles county going down 301 toward welcome and riverside, moderate rain there but nothing severe just yet. storms will be few and far between the next few days, but that said the ones that develop could be rather hefty. the atmosphere is a bit on the unstable side. let's talk about the forecast models, our little spaghetti slide if you will. most of the models dock ernesto south of san juan and puerto rico and headed toward cancun. a few models try to take it north to the bahamas, but i think the national hurricane center is banking on the southern track. here is ernesto, a tropical storm. it will remain tropical storm strength through the weekend. next monday it could become a category 1 hurricane as it approaches cancun. we'll keep you posted if the track changes any, but right now the favorable track is south of jamaica, south of the d.r. and south of cuba. live look outside, our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. it's 90 downtown, dew point 67, almost tolerable, winds east, north east at 8, pressure 29. petition 7 inches of mercury. current -- 29.8 inches of mercury. currently bowie 77, 84 college park, 90 alexandria, 91 great falls, 89 in fairfax. here's the deal. closing out the week hot, isolated thunderstorms tonight, even hotter tomorrow. it will be a dry commute again and a few more storms possible tomorrow evening. for tonight an early isolated storm, a few heavy, partly cloudy, muggy. i think everybody holds in the 70s tonight. tomorrow will be hot by lunch tape, temperature 74 to 92 -- lunchtime, temperature 74 to 92. by afternoon highs around 95, a few storms possible, some could be heavy. next three days code yellows through the weekend, 95 tomorrow, 93 saturday, 95 on sunday, all three days hot and with potential for some storms. next seven days, well, it stays on the hot side. we're looking at temperatures mid-90s sunday, cold front approaching on monday. so a little better chance of showers and storms, temps around 90. even in the wake of the cold front that's not cooling us off. temps linger around 90 with an isolated thunderstorm. it's thursday, best shot time. this is a great shot from hedgesville. diana sits and watches the changes in the weather from our porch. you get some pretty good stuff out there in hedgesville, west virginia, just a great picture. that was a storm from the 15th of july. you want to send us a picture? go to our website www.wusa9.com, click on the weather tab, drop down menu, include your name, location and description. right now sunshine in northwest, a few storms to the south and we've got ernesto. back to you guys. coming up days of wet weather caused a sinkhole to swallow a man who was just walking down the street. >> but up next we now know what sparked a brushfire that destroyed a multimillion dollar home. if you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own. if you've got a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. my father's hands didn't build this company. my hands didn't build this company. through hard work and a little bit of luck, we built this business. why are you demonizing us for it? it's time we had somebody who believes in us. someone who believes that achievement should be rewarded not punished. we need somebody who believes in america. 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[ dennis' voice ] poodles are one of the world's smartest breeds. ♪ bundle and save with an allstate agent. are you in good hands? investigators now believe a brushfire that destroyed at least one house in california was started by a county worker mowing some weeds. the fire known as the volcano fire burned about 400 acres of land and it threatened several homes in riverside county. turns out that worker's mower got tangled in barbed wire and investigators say sparks then ignited the brush. the fire that was burning for hours at a tulsa oil refinery is now under control, but that fire caused a loud explosion in the middle of the night. the flames shot up in the air. the refinery is owned by holly frontier corporation. a spokesman says all the workers are accounted for and nobody shutter. investigators are trying to fig -- and nobody is hurt. investigators are trying to figure out what caused that blast in the first place. look at these flames shooting out of an old factory near utica, new york. the unions once housed union fork and hoe. firefighters from 30 stations responded, no reports of injuries, the carnes investigation. closed circuit camera -- the cause is under invests. closed circuit cameras in tie -- investigation. closed circuit cameras in taiwan caught a man literally falling into sinkhole. rescuers tried to get him out, but it was too late. at least 23 people including the man that fell died as a result of the typhoon's rain. a guy in philadelphia got on a subway is under arrest tonight accused of boarding the train with an ak47 assault rifle, handgun and hunting knife. the man was taken into custody last night thanks to a tip from a passenger. the 28-year-old was carrying pain pills and marijuana. nobody was hurt. the suspect is being held on $100,000 bail on both weapons and drug charges. a michigan couple gets the surprise of their lives. they're asleep in their bedroom when a drunk neighbor wandered into their house and, yeah, got into bed with them. it happened in the middle of the night sunday in put ma'am township. the couple got -- in putnam township. the couple got up, called 911. the intruder remarked this isn't my house when he woke up. city of now charged with illegal entry. coming -- he is now charged with illegal enentry. coming up a close call for a clerk after a driver turns his store into a drive-thru. >> reporter: superstars michael phelps and ryan lochte race against each other for the last time, all the details coming up. team usa bringing home more gold at the olympic games. >> here's the report from london. >> reporter: american rivals mic phelps and ryan lochte are -- michael phelps and ryan lochte are set for a final showdown in the 200-meter original medley. lochte defeated phelps in the semifinals. a victory would make phelps the first male swimmer to win an individual event in three consecutive olympics. ann romney is hoping her horse will win a medal at the game. the mare scored 72 out of 100 in the early competition. mrs. romney judged the performance as consistent and elegant and said the horse thrilled her to death. american athletes who win here at the olympics get a cash prize, but the irs takes a cut, not only on the money but the value of the medal. gold medal winners receive a $25,000 cash prize, civil 15,000 bronze $10,000. a gold medal is 200about $675. for the medal -- is worth about $675. for the medal alone a u.s. athlete will pay about $275 in tax. a u.s. senator introduced a bill to eliminate the tax arguing olympic athletes shouldn't be punished for their excellence. up. >> like other countries, the u.s. taxes -- unlike other countries, the u.s. taxes prize money. now to our daily spoiler alert, if you don't want to know the results from the biggest event in london, turn away. we start with the women's all around gymnastics final and american gabby douglas is on top of the world tonight. she captured the gold medal. douglas is the third consecutive american to win gold in this event and the first african american in history. ally raceman finished fourth. next to a very busy day at the aquatic center where ryan lochte and michael phelps had their final duel. it was phelps who took the gold. lochte settled for the several. about a half hour earlier american tyler clarion upset lochte for the gold in the 200- meter backstroke. lochte got the bronze. rebecca stoney won gold in the 200-meter breaststroke. tomorrow's bethesda's katie ladecky will be swimming for gold. the 15-year-old qualified for the 800 free finals. the usa leads china in overall medals. japan is next, then germany and russia. meantime a virginia man is alive thanks to his daughter's strength and courage. he was working on his car over the weekend at his glen allen home when it literally fell on top of him. what his daughter did next saved his life. >> reporter: they were moments in time still a blur to this family, a frightful reminder of what could have been. >> as i go to open the garage door, i hear her, a primal scream like dial 911. >> reporter: that scream was 22-year-old lauren discovering her father crushed under a car. >> there was no tire and he was -- his body was angled this way. >> reporter: seconds later she did what most would consider unthinkable. she moved a car weighing a ton and a half off her father's body. >> lift it up right here and just kind of -- the car just kind of threw. it i shove mid body into it as hard as i could and -- shoved my body into it as had as i could and came back and drug him out and started cpr. it was like i'm going to lose my dad. his eyes were open. he wasn't responding to me. >> reporter: lauren is a former basketball player and is trained as a lifeguard and in that moment with those skills and strength she was the only person keeping her daddy alive. >> kind of like telling him don't, you can't leave me. you keep breathing. >> reporter: two days later this is alec still in the icu but walking and finally getting the chance to thank his the girl. >> i told him what happened and the tears just come to his eyes and he said thank you for saving my life and she just smiled her blue eyed smile and that was it. >> seeing him move and like breathing, i literally sat there and was just watching his chest rise. that's when i lost it. i started crying. i couldn't handle it. >> alec cornacki has several broken ribs and fractures but nothing permanent in damage. he has three daughters and all of them know cpr. he shared this statement. "i'm just so lucky and proud that i have daughters that can perform cpr and have the none to save lives. i think it's an -- knowledge to save lives. i think it's an important skill for everyone to know and if it weren't for lauren, i wouldn't be alive today." the mother of michael jackson is going to get custody of the singer's children at least temporarily. at a hearing an investigator found catherine jackson had been doing a terrific job as guardian. what's more, the investigator found that the children love her. the cousin is t.j. jackson. the judge said both michael jackson's mother and t.j. have been working closely together ever since the singer's death. montgomery county broke ground on a brand-new fire station in rockville. it will be located at darnestown and shadyville roads. it's a lead building that incorporates environmentally sensitive design elements. county executive ike leggett and other county leaders were there for the event. that building will be located in one of the fastest growing areas of the county. we got a sneak peek at an environmentally friendly school. the building officers specialized classrooms for science, art technology and consumer sciences for about 990 students. there's a gym, media center, cafeteria and athletic fields. gal debt gallide -- gallidet has a bike share station now and you can find it right inside the eighth street and florida avenue northeast entrance. coming up on 9news a customer armed with a cell phone camera takes action when he said a store clerk got combative. >> we have a severe thunderstorm warning for north umberland county in the northern neck until 6:00, just south of st. mary's city. we'll come back and track that and track tropical storm ernesto. >> up next a gang of armed robbers gets more than they bargain for when they try to hold up a jewelry store. >> don't forget we are always online for you at www.wusa9.com. stay with us. we'll be right back. and to make ends meet. from those experiences, i had the chance of running the olympics. the games were in real trouble. there'd been way too much spending. and in massachusetts i found a budget that was badly out of balance. our legislature was 85% democrat. and every one of the four years i was governor, we balanced the budget. i want to use those experiences to help americans have a better future. we believe in our future. we believe in ourselves. we believe the greatest days of america are ahead. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. caught on tape, a jewelry store owner turns the tables on a team of armed robbers. this is surveillance video from last thursday in garden grove, california. one by one masked men dash into the store. they order everybody to get down, demand their money and valuables, but the 65-year-old owner says he's going to take matters -- she's going to take matters into her own hands. turns out grandma has a gun. she takes it out, fires two shots. look at these guys run. one of them falls down trying to get out of the store. the owner chases them with her gun out. check her out. they hop into a white suv and get the heck out of dodge. that's where they are still now, out of dodge somewhere. also caught on tape a car crashes into a texas convenience store nearly killing the clerk inside. surveillance video from last week shows that, the clerk got up out of his chair to stretch and just seconds later the car comes barreling into the store throwing the worker some 15 feet. now he manages to get up, walk outside, but then collapses. he was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. what about the driver? well, not hurt. she told police she mistook the accelerator for the brake pedestrianal, but officers determined she'd been -- pedal, but officers determined she'd been drinking. she was arrested. now to a case of a store clerk gone wild. >> a man walks into an orlando 7-eleven with his 3-year-old son. he says the worker asked the boy if he wanted to ride the broom she was using. when dad said no, she went on a tirade and gave him the finger. >> i asked her to stop. i said if you don't stop, i'm going to record you and put it on youtube and she kept going. >> get out of my face. >> she just gave me the finger and cursed me. she just gave me the finger. i have it on video. >> it wasn't over. after the dad and his son left the store in their car, the clerk followed them once again with said finger raised. fortunately there was no further confrontation. the father did say he was going to put it on youtube and did he and that clerk is looking for a new job. >> ride the broom, what that is? >> maybe some anger management would be in order -- what is that? >> maybe some anger management would be in order. at walgreen's an employee is fired after being caught on camera stealing 1,700 bucks. check out the video. 27-year-old matthew cumberland is pacing around before he allegedly stole the cash. police say he was mad because he wasn't getting enough hours, but check out this note. i quit this place. it's a joke anymore. wtf, iou, a little bizarre. we've seen our share of players and managers ejected from baseball games over the years. >> reporter: because of the drought barges on the mississippi are carrying less and moving slower and are fighting to keep the river open. coming up we'll explain. over the next four months, you have a choice to make. not just between two political parties, or even two people. it's a choice between two very different plans for our country. governor romney's plan would cut taxes for the folks at the very top. roll back regulations on big banks. and he says that if we do, our economy will grow and everyone will benefit. but you know what? we tried that top down approach. it's what caused the mess in the first place. i believe the only way to create an economy built to last is to strengthen the middle class. asking the wealthy to pay a little more so we can pay down our debt in a balanced way. so that we can afford to invest in education, manufacturing, and home-grown american energy for good middle class jobs. sometimes politics can seem very small. but the choice you face, it couldn't be bigger. ♪ i'm barack obama and i approve this message. more than half the country has been declared drought disaster areas tonight and that is taking a serious toll on the nation's most important waterway. karen brown took a ride on the mighty mississippi where water levels are becoming a serious threat to the economy. >> reporter: clad clark and his crew are checking the nuts and bolts as their barge squeezes through the narrow spot on the mississippi water. here in memphis the drought followed a dry winter and the mighty mississippi is more than 10 feet below normal. for captain roy daniels dodging exposed sandbars can be like threading a needle. >> i want to make sure to be right so we don't have an incident or get aground. >> reporter: the river is a super highway for the nation's commodities, barges transport 60% of our corn and 20% of our coal for export. one barge can move as much as 70 trucks. >> everything depends on the river being open. >> reporter: derek smith of the army corps of engineers helped keep traffic moving. >> in high stages towboats are like on a freeway all by themselves. you can maneuver anywhere you want. in low rivers or stages like today towboats are basically on a one-way street. >> reporter: the army corps dredges the trouble spots and stays on constant watch, but barges are moving slower and carrying less cargo. if you were heavier, you would sort of scrape the bottom? >> that's correct. >> reporter: some are running aground and forecasters expect it to get worse. as it keeps dropping, what are we looking at? >> possible river closures and traffic stopping. >> reporter: if that happens, cargo would have to move to the roadways, an expensive option that would boost prices everywhere from the gas pump to the grocery store. >> the latest report from the u.s. drought monitor finds that 1/5 of the country is in extreme drought conditions. all of the lower 48 states are experiencing some phenomenon of drought. >> something, topper, you've -- some form of drought. >> something, topper, you've been talking to us for some time. any hope of change here soon? >> nothing except isolated storms. we really need the remnants of a tropical system to really change it. it's the only thing that will put a dent in our 7-inch rainfall deficit. let's start with live doppler 9000. we do have severe weather south and east of the i-10. yesterday most of the storms were west of i-95. today they are east of 95. we'll zoom into this storm into north cumberland county just clipping st. mary's county. there's a warning on this until 6 p.m. this is a pretty heavy storm. it had some lay in it, just entering now the water. we'll zoom in a bit more. it's going to stay north reedville, but it may clip southern st. mary's county around route 5. this has a tremendous amount of hail to the south and the east of sandy point, movement off to the northeast at 15 miles per hour. so again severe thunderstorm warning for north cumberland. they need rain, too. trouble is you got to fight the severe weather weather to get the rainfall. let's talk about ernesto. it's about 300 miles still east of the winward islands. it remains a tropical storm until perhaps monday when it becomes what could become a category 1 storm if it heads toward cancun. some models are taking it farther north toward bahamas, but this is the national hurricane center track. it keeps it sort of puerto rico, the d.r., haiti and cuba and over towards the yucatan. it's our live look outside with our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son, city 90 downtown, dew point 67 -- still 90 downtown, dew point 67. temperatures off to the east are cooler. you all had showers earlier, 82 crofton, 81 bowie, but back to the west still 90 in great falls, vienna and fairfax. so again most of the showers are east and south of us. we'll close out the week hot. isolated storms tonight, hotter tomorrow, dry morning commute. you still need your shades for days like this. we'll still have a lot of sun before the storms develop and then more storms friday afternoon and friday evening. for tonight early isolated storms, a few heavy, low temperatures in the 70s, winds south, southwest 5 to 10. tomorrow morning again dry through the morning hours, partly cloudy, hot by lunchtime, search 4 to 92, wind out of the -- 74 to 92, wind out of the southwest at 10. by afternoon hot, thunderstorms, some heavy or severe, not a loot of activity, high temps around 95 and -- lot of activity, high temperatures around 95 and winds out of the south at 10. the next three days 9 weather alert codes, we'll keep it yellow. that doesn't mean it's not widespread activity. it means isolated storms are possible. it could interfere with your swim meet or soccer games and the ones that develop could be hefty. 95 tomorrow, 93 saturday and 95 again sunday. the next seven days it stays hot really through the week, but the good news is we have a cold front monday that will give us a better chance of more widespread activity accident knock the temps down to 90 -- activity, knock temps down to 90. isolated storms both tuesday and wednesday and even thursday with temperatures back up around 90. so again hot weekend, isolated storms. some of those could be hefty. we'll keep an eye on ernesto. it's a good time to go to our website www.wusa9.com and download our 9 hurricane tracking. it's free. >> sounds good. thank you. in the musical damn yankees there's singing about the umpire being blind and even out of his mind after a call. >> while all fans have disagreed with a call on one occasion or the next, the umpire decided he didn't want to hear it anymore. >> down in daytona beach, florida, where the minor cubs are playing the ft. myers miracle. it's the 8th inning. the cubs manager goes up to the intern manning the stadium's public address system that starts playing the song three blind mice. the umpire didn't think much of that, so he throws out the dee- jay. didn't know you could even do that. apparently you can. we are nearing the end of the first full week of redskins training camp. >> this is a really important season for some of the team's second year players. >> kristen berset is live at redskins park with more on that. >> reporter: yeah. if you can believe it, we are one week away from the first preseason game against buffalo. it's really one of the first times we'll see these guys in action getting that game experience. one of the big competitions shaping up in ashburn, of course, is the wide receiver. we have pierre garcon and josh morgan who join santana moss and second year player leonard hankerson. for hankerson his rookie season came to a screeching halt last year. he was having a breakout performance in week four, but in that same game he tore his labrum in his right hip, such frustration. this week is doesn't seem to be an issue anymore. hank is running full speed and is happy to be back on the practice field. >> i can't wait to start back up. i'm happy that i'm out here now. i'm helping the team with the guys excited to be back out here because a couple weeksing a wasn't and it was very stress -- weeks ago i wasn't and it was very stressful and now that i'm out here it's a lot of fun. >> reporter: i'm joined with linebacker ryan kerrigan, one week from your first preseason game. first off how is it feeling out there? there's been a lot of talk about this defense. >> it's excite fog see us coming together. we've got a -- exciting to see us coming together. we've got a lot returning this season. we're ready to live up to. it. >> reporter: this is your first full training camp because of the lockout last year. is it all that you expected or a little more work? >> it's been nice because i know the defense this year. last year was spent trying to learn the defense which was a really tough task. this year i know my assignments and that's allowed me to play a little faster and more consistent. >> reporter: last year you had 63 tackles, 7 1/2 sacks, but you probably set the bar higher this year for yourself. >> i looked at the missed plays and think what could have been. that's what i'm going to focus on this season is not having any missed plays. >> reporter: last year because you were kind of learning on- the-fly brian orakpo was there for you. he's been kind of a mentor again this season? >> absolutely. you can always learn from the great ones. he's been to two pro bowls and london fletcher, you can always learn from guys like. that it's such a privilege to be among these linebackers. >> reporter: we've seen you and orakpo switching sides. what's up with that? >> we want to be more versatile and not be as predictable. we figure we can take advantage of some match-ups throughout the year if we can have the flexibility to move, rotate sides. >> reporter: we saw the linebacker, running back drills and you guys are handling the running backs well. >> that's not an aspect of the game most people think about is the one on one match-up with the running backs, but it happens more in games than you'd think, so it's good to practice. that. >> reporter: ryan kerrigan, we appreciate you taking time to talk to us. good luck this season. i'm kristen berset. back to you in the studio. still to come tonight on 9news a push to make the nation's computers safer hits a snag on capitol hill. >> reporter: i'm scott broom in suburban maryland where there's been yet another theater threat copy category incident reported today. coming up what's behind copy category and can it be prevented? >> but first do of you -- do you think your office is a zoo? this week the cool school summer edition has something to remember for next year to get our teens off the couch and learn is going new for the summer. i'm all -- learning something new for the summer. i'm all ears. did you know the smithsonian has paid internship programs? >> i did not, but we're going to national zoo. >> reporter: what do a giant panda, an orangutan and a 500- pound tortoise have in common? they are some of the coolest teaching aids any teenager could have. >> hey, how's it going? you guys got a good arm to throw today? awesome. >> reporter: these two are making apple popsicles for the star attraction at the national zoo. >> you can call mishung after i call her and that will work, too. go for it. all right. good throw. they learn that everything from preparing their diets for the giant pandas to preparing their stalls for enrichment. >> reporter: moises and kaya are in the smithsonian's youth engagement through science internship program. six weeks through the summer they get behind the scenes persons at one of four smithsonian locations -- experiences as one of four smithsonian locations and they get paid to do. it how much do you know about red pandas? >> they found him first. at first they called him the panda and they found the giant panda after. when they found the giant panda, they called that one the giant panda and they called him the lesser faneca. >> reporter: now there are 25 students in the program which is three years old. >> they're working with fossils and at the insect zoo and at the national zoo they're at reptile house. >> reporter: they get to do almost everything the professionals do including train rulan, the 100-year-old tortoise to walk where they want him to. >> me and him have become good pals since the first day. >> reporter: this is an experience most students can only dream of having before now and reptile keeper rick quintero understands that. you see, he was an intern years ago long before the y.e.s. program. >> i hope that at least we influence one of our interns at the zoo too go on and do something great in the field of science or biodiversity. >> i wasn't really interested in science before i came, but now that i'm here and i see like everything, i kind of am now. >> reporter: mike hydek, 9 news now. >> 100-year-old turtle. if you've got an idea for a cool school story, send mike an e maersk mhydeck@wusa9 -- an e- mail at mhydeck@wusa9 ticket in. this is 9 news now. . >> t