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magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks. the washington monument is closed this morning. the national park service says the stone at the top of the monument cracked during yesterdays earthquake. so be careful and be safe. closed today. thank you for waking up with fox 5 morning news. im steve chenevey. >> im sarah simmons. >> there have been a lot of reports of aftershocks this morning, some early this morning following the quake. >> this morning? buildings are still being inspe...

businesses across the area. fox 5s wisdom martin in culpeper, virginia with more. >> reporter: were talking about a lot of damage. we are 37 miles from mineral, virginia, which is the epicenter of this earthquake and this is an example of some of the damage. this is a barbershop and salon. when the earthquake hit, bricks started falling off this old historic building lining the sidewalk. there were people in both the barbershop and salon. then went out the back when they realized the g...

toward the rebel held city of misrata. rebel commanders now claiming control of about 90% of tripoli and theyre using the check points to try to keep it that way. with gadhafis son free and determined to crush the opposition, the battle for power goes on. joel brown, cbs news. the cost to the united states for the libyan operation will soon reach a billion dollars. the defense department spent $896 million through july 31st which surpasses an earlier estimate sent to congress that th...

and as we start fox 5 news at 5 off of the top tonight, the 5.8 magnitude earthquake rocking the d.c. region this afternoon. the significant shaking you can see here, visible on this camera facing the white house. damage reports starting to come in and traffic is a nightmare as commuters try to get away from the district and get home. thanks for joining us at 5. im laura evans. >> im shawn yancy. the 5.9 magnitude quake is lowered to 5.8. we understand the trillionors could be felt up ...

centreville. from 50 over to 123. back over to the maps, this time, well take a closer look at 95 making the northbound commute. it looks like things are slowing down around dale city over to newington. still doing ok approaching the springfield interchange. as for your travel times, the outer loop in maryland is moving nicely from 95 to 270, were watching volume build as well as on the outer loop near route 5 branch avenue. the inner loop, no problems to report from 95 to 50. d.c. 295...

an inch which puts a nice big dent in our rainfall deficit. the good news is, most of these storms tonight havent been severe. but they are putting down wind gusts to 25, maybe 30 miles an hour, and they are bringing lightning with them, which, of course, is always dangerous. lets head right to the maps and see whats going on. cloudy skies over the capitol. the bone-dry humidity the last few days? it is long gone. look what we have in return. the latest round of strong thunderstorms is...

assassinated in holland and it led to her being put under protective custody for some several weeks. the basic premise of the book is that, number one, the countries that she observed in africa and the middle east are being held back by the religion of islam. particularly because of its harsh treatment of women and not allowing 50% of the population to reach their full potential. andal that western countries such as holland by accepting an extreme version of multiculturalism are actual...

house as the speaker goes for a short term agreement. the victims of the attack in norway are being remembered here and abroad and a possible motive emerges. enough is enough already. when can we expect some relief from the extreme heat? well begin tonight with the debt debate on the hill. good evening and thanks for joining us. im will thomas. democrats and republicans remain deadlocked as a critical deadline looms. now lawmakers on both side are trying to come up with emergency...

did last thursday. >> were not going to be pushing triple digits. >> only in the low 90s. >> we can handle that. >> that will feel a lot better. well show you the shower activity and the thunderstorms. not here in washington but some of us off to our south and east down towards came bridge and salisbury, ocean city, you might be seeing a few light showers. some heavy rain in southern maryland where we had some flash flood warnings down into calvert county and that portion of the region...

approve the site near the main terminal despite the fact it would cost more than an above- ground location. building the station above ground would save hundreds of millions of dollars. hello, im j.c. hayward. thanks for being with us. crews are working to repair water main break in wheaton, maryland. southbound between shorefield road and arcola avenue is closed. lindsey mastis joins us from the scene with more information. >> reporter: good afternoon, j.c. it was a 16-inch pipe tha...