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currently. 83% relative humidity. it doesnt feel like it did last week because the temperatures were so high. 45 in college park right now. weve got other locations like palmer park coming in at 45 too. ft. belvoir at 47. good morning to you folks in montgomery county. gaithersburg at 43 degrees. one of our chillier spots. heres a look at the blobs on the radar. those are light showers. they are spinning around. thats because the area of low pressure right now is around charlottesville...

maryland. gaithersburg at 41. 46 now in ft. belvoir. and 44 degrees over in fairfax, reston, and vienna right now. you can see the showers there. thats whats rotating around. and right there where there arent any showers, north and east of charlottesville, virginia, thats where weve got another stubborn low pressure system thats kind of rotating through ever so slowly so all day today showers are in the forecast. by noontime, well get up to 55 degrees. then around 56 and holding for 4:...

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about a u.s. drone strike into yem yemen. >> i think the president ought to have the authority to order that kind of strike, even when it involves an american citizen, theres clear evidence that hes part of al qaeda, planning, cooperating, and supporting attacks against the united states. >> reporter: okay by the former head of the cia. >> we are a nation at war. and have a right to kill or capture enemy combatants trumps the fact that one or another of those combatants might have u.s....

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the 40s around washington. 50 in fredericksburg. 50 on the eastern shore in cam bring, maryland. 41 in hagerstown, maryland right now with a little bit of light rain and drizzle, southern pennsylvania, maryland. widen out the view. you notice this pinwheel of moisture is going a lot more west than south. so a lot of those showers now in western pennsylvania will head down into western west virginia. thats the reason im a little bit more optimistic that its not going to be as much rain ...

one more day of this and the big changes start tomorrow. lets get started with a look at our radar system. much quieter after very heavy rain for parts of the area during the mid-evening and during the overnight. we have a lull in the activity here. it will be quiet for much of the day. well have partly sunny conditions expected and the possible well see a few more showers and thunderstorms develop. today, the chances are about 20 to 30% so less than yesterday. lets do temperatures at ...

what exactly happened. fox 5s bob barnard live in dale city with this one. >> reporter: well, what happened here yesterday at the end of the school day has been assigned to a prince william county police detective to investigate. a little 2nd grade girl got sick. tonight her father is outraged. >> my daughter drank hand sanitizer in class. >> reporter: glenn frank cant believe hes saying that, says he has trouble understanding what happened to his 7-year-old daughter christy yesterday....

lets take a look outside early on this thursday morning. it is 6:00 right now. good morning. thank you for waking up with fox 5 morning news. im steve chenevey. >> im sarah simmons. before we get to weather in a second. we want to let you know that rappellers will continue doing that inspection work today at the washington monument, weather permitting, of course. engineers and argue tects are looking for exterior damage from last months earthquake so they are going stone by stone as yo...