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a live look outside. when you step outside today, that humidity will hit you like a mack truck. im gurvir dhindsa. thank you for being here. >> im steve chenevey. before we get to the traffic messes, lets deal with the weather messes when it comes to the hot temperature and the humidity to share. >> our temperatures in the upper 70s and our humidity levels in the mid-70s makes for an uncomfortable start to the day and it will be unpleasant today with the heat, the bad air quality and a...

well talk to two stars from the action thriller "takers. theyre going it be right here at 9:00. >> and while your star struck, im paying attention to the movie. >> i want to see the movie too. >> it looks like an action bank robbery movie in addition to the two of them. and in the meantime tony perkins is here with the hot forecast. the temperature will meet our guest in studio this morning. >> hot and steamy. >> you are right. hotter than yesterday. today might be the hottest day of...

angeles tonight when it was hit with severe turbulence. at least one passenger was the least loaded into an ambulance with severe injuries. the passengers said -- joining us now is mark stewart. mark, what is the latest? >> we are told by one passenger, she said it felt like the aircraft just dropped several hundred feet. afterwards, she noticed that one passenger was bleeding. she saw glasses and other service items on the ground. for the injured at this point. as a result, all of the...

couple responding to an ad for an iphone had a similar experience. same parking lot, raising questions about online shopping safety. craigslist has warnings on the web site. they say insist on a public meeting place when meeting someone for the first time. be careful when buying or selling high valium items. tell a family member where you are going, take your cell phone along. we found a shopper that once bought a car from an online ad. >> i had a couple of people with me. i wouldnt go...

if you live in montgomery or prince georges county, water restrictions are still in place but they may be lifted soon. the crews replaced the damaged section of pipe that led to restrictions. if those tests do come back clear, workers will put the water main back in service and lift restrictions and that could come sometime this morning. despite the lack of watering your plants should be okay. >> the only thing you need to worry about in your landscape is stuff thats newly planted and ...

great waves in alexandria. some showing up as soon as the doors opened this morning. >> we were going to go sailing in the morning but there was no wind so we decided to beat the heat. >> reporter: the heat wave comes on the heel of a sizzling fourth of july where tens of thousands packed the national mall awaiting fireworks. this morning, it was much quieter. the dawn of a much warmer day. and many tourists had a new game plan. >> the plan is to visit the capitol building this morning...

have more of the same this week. it is 76 right now in d.c. 68 up in baltimore. 68 at dulles airport as well. at patuxent naval air station it is 71. its 73 degrees in hagerstown, maryland. here is a look at the satellite radar composite for the mid- atlantic region. you can see we have some high clouds moving through. also quite a bit of storm activity now pushing into extreme western pennsylvania. a lot of lightning with these storms coming through. some of it could be damaging light...

operator killed in the metro redline crash shares his pain during this mornings memorial service. nine people died when two redline trains collided near fort totten one year ago today. our kristin fisher attended the memorial service. she joins us live with more information from northeast washington. kristin? >> reporter: well jc, the ceremony wrapped up just about 20 minutes ago. it features speeches from several public officials, mayor adrian fenty, three members of congress and rich...

and killed while off duty. now the search is on for the gunman. the shooting happened early this morning at the forest village park mall in maryland. sky 9 is over the scene. thats the applebees restaurant. kristin fisher is live with more on the story. >> reporter: such a sad story this morning. especially when you take in to account it seemed to have started over something as simple as a suspect or a patron of this applebees who refused to pay his bill. really a terrible story this m...

in clear springs and walkersville and manassas and washington. 71 in the district. partly sunny skies, temperatures near 90. mcghee, near 90, a few isolated pop up storms this afternoon. lets go to lisa baden. nothing is popping up on a highway right now. we notice that we are starting a pattern in that folks are getting away early on friday afternoons to have a way for the weekend. we will see what develops. we are in great shape. 27 traffic0, nothing complicated. nothing on 270. ne...