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to close today. over in maryland, charles county schools are closed and prince georges county administration building and the county courthouse in upper marlboro, they will all be closed today. up to the minute closing says are running along the top of your screen. log on to wjla.com. >> there are a lot of traffic issues you need to know about, so were going to get to lisa baden in just a moment, but lets begin with meteorologist steve rudin and find out what the day has in store. >> l...

day. in the city, police all over the place, checking this, watching that. making sure nothing goes unnoticed. law enforcement officers in virtually every jurisdiction in a constant state of readiness following news of a tenth anniversary 9/11 terrorist threat. they say its credible. unconfirmed. from one person. that it talks about a plot to detonate a car or truck bomb in new york or in the city of washington. on 9/11 sunday, at fedex field, the new york giants play the washington re...

in the floodwaters. one died in great falls. >> the floodwaters rose so high, quickly, it forced highway s to close down portions beltway and interstate 66 for parts of the evening. there.ut we have team coverage of this weather nightmare. to reporters in the field. he is in the middle of the flood in fairfax county. >> the water is slowly receding. there is widespread and devastating damage. homeowners were nice enough to us into their basement to us just how deep the water in their b...

we began with the breaking news causing big problems all day and all evening. first, heavy flooding, now a night filled with tornado warnings. maryland counties east of the district have been hit the hardest in the past several hours. fallout from the flooding is just beginning. this is from old town alcott city, main street looking like raging rapids -- old town at bell caught city, main street looking like raging rapids. the storms have led to a number of tornado warnings this evenin...

grocery store in upper marlboro. they are live, how are things looking, bruce? >> reporter: well, anita, we are hearing a little bit of thunder right now, but theres beauty that admits the storm. check this heron sitting out here fishing, taking advantage of that. where that heron is standing, that was probably in five feet of water this morning. i want you to take a look at the county administration building. that was under several feet of water on the first floor, up to about here. s...

the area. this one fell on a house in arlington tonight. the homeowner was not home. im jim vance. >> im doreen gentzler. lets go to doug kammerer for the latest on the weather right now. >> amazing amount of rain right now. its the same areas that saw heavy rain earlier in the day. look at this train of moisture moving over the same areas over and over again from pennsylvania to the north carolina boarder very heavy rain around the washington, d.c. area especially in anne arundel coun...

stranded drivers and shut down streets today. this is video from landover, maryland, similar scenes played out in virginia and the district today. our live team coverage continues from prince georges county with jane watrel in forest heights. hi, jane. >> reporter: hi, dorene. as doug was talking about, the rain moving in, its gotten very dark here, this section of prince georges county. im in the forest heights area along richie road. and officials throughout maryland and particularly...

>> wondering if you had seen anything out of the ordinary last night? >> reporter: prince william county police canvassing folks in and around the river run senior apartment complex in woodbridge looking for clues to help them find a killer. thursday night a 75-year-old man was found murdered here in his apartment. police arent saying how. investigators say his wife came home from work and found him on their living room floor and the neighborhood is shocked. >> its very quiet, very qui...

gaithersburg, 72 in frederick, maryland, 73 in annapolis and culpepper. and there you can see the thunderstorms rolling southbound now out of harrisburg, pennsylvania. down into northern carroll and northern baltimore counties. theyve briefly gone severe, so dont be surprised to hear a couple rumbles of thunder. temperatures in the mid and upper 80s today with a rumble possible again 10:00 and then 2:00 this afternoon. things will improve after that. it if you dont get rained on, tempe...

today looks like a fine day to be outside. may have a chan for a shower out in the mountains and to the west of washington, but most of us will have a dry day today. thats well i dont news. and for those of you that are construction handy, you may want to start getting out the through prints for the ark because it could get very wet around here. but we dont need to worry about that on your saturday. right now a very pleasant way to get your weekend started. 71 in town, 66 in manassas, ...