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raise his bail. >> today was a small part in a legal process. it was a part that would have been one-sided, which would have been basically the commonmost opportunity to represent all the allegations made without us having a chance to defend against them effectively. >> reporter: knowing there were dozens of reporters in town to cover the hearing, he admitted his strategy included the opportunity to hold a news conference and to fend his client against his many accusers. >> do you real...

luxury out of dc rides. city workers may not get tricked out cars and suvs anymore if one law maker has his way. take a look. they are graphic and in your face. the feds unveil their disturbing new cigarette warning labels. we hit the streets to see how effective they really are. we start with the hunt for a possible serial rapist. im shawn yancy. >> and im brian bolter. investigators think one man may be behind a string of sexual assaults in heightsville. bob barnard is following ...

bills are amazing. >> the chicago contractors, they came all the way from illinois to capitol heights, they paid $30 real money for a $100 bundle of counterfeit. the cagey cashier. the ring had some inside help, a woman who worked as a cashier at the walmart. she was in on the scheme and in fact you might call her a pivot point person. >> it was not only a good way for them to get the bills into circulation, but it was also a good way to wash the money and get it away from the people i...

president obviously has to take those matters into consideration. >> reporter: the decision will likely be to withdraw some 5,000 forces beginning in july. and a second wave of several thousand more by years end. >> the president knows he cant run for re-election without having definitively drawing down the efforts. >> reporter: a group of 27 democrat and republican senators sent the president a letter last week urging a shift in afghanistan, others worry about pulling out too quickly,...

good evening, im jim handly. >> im pat lawson muse in for wendy rieger tonight. >> that story in just a moment, but first, much of our area right now is under a severe thunderstorm warning. >> news4s kim martucci is tracking the storms in the weather center. hey, kim. >> pat, good evening. we have two separate severe thunderstorm warnings in effect right now. the first one i want to talk about is up in frederick county, maryland, and also includes northern montgomery county. this storm...

his name, yonathan melaku, 22 years old, a marine reservist truck driver since 2007. police say his suspicious actions today let to a four-hour closure of ramps and roads around the pentagon. and a traffic back-up that left hundreds of commuters in a highway standstill for hours. >> its been over two hours at this point. >> reporter: what is it normally? >> oh, its normally just about 40 minutes. >> reporter: they say this all began around 1:30 this morning, when melaku was seen trespa...

its hazy out there. doesnt feel that bad right now, tom. hang on. its going to get bad. >> this afternoon, dangerous heat. this is something you have to respect because our bodies have not adapted yet. its early in the season. we have a risk of heat stroke, heat exhaustion. right now we are pleasant. six in the suburbs and rural areas. low 70s at reagan national. low to mid-70s at the bay and atlantic beaches. we have a mostly clear sky now. and we will have that sunshine, though, heat...

today on this wednesday morning, june 8th. it will be highest temperatures weve had in a couple of weeks now. good morning. thank you for being with us early on this wednesday morning. im steve chenevey. >> lets get a look at our weather with mr. tony perkins. he has the latest. lets imagine it is the weekend. i guess that is the best we can do. >> yeah, this is similar to last weeks scenario when we had our temperatures well into the 90s and then it set the statement for cooler air ov...

two hours. well stay on top it and bring you more information in a live update coming up in a few minutes. im sarah simmons. welcome to fox 5 morning news. well get to all of our top stories coming up in just a minute. first, lets get a quick look at the weather with gwen tolbert. we have a scorcher. >> oh, boy, do we. it will be a very, very hot one. 74 at national. 64 at gaithersburg. frederick at 66 and 69 at baltimore. preddy good example of where were headed when it is warm alread...

tracee, that you can. tell us about how to get around this mess. >> you have a couple options. it is going to cause delays. take the inner loop north on the 270 spur. after that, turn around and go south. that will make the trip a little bit easier for you. stay with theern loop georgetown road inner loop to wisconsin avenue are viable options. with the ramp closed it could be a problem. the ramp from the outer loop to go in on river road that does remain open. out in warrenton, virgin...