>> what's going on in the weather department? >> pretty much like yesterday except we'll get a little more sunshine today. we still have that threat of a spotty pop-up shower or thunderstorm. can't seem to get that out of the picture at all. here is a look at how we hit yesterday in terms of our numbers. we hit 86 degrees at national airport. that is where we should be. temperatures at dulles and bwi thurgood marshall at 83. just ate the bit below the seasonal average. currently 71 degrees at national. starting out very mild this morning. we have 66 degrees at dulles and 63 degrees at bwi marshall. a few clouds this morning. also, just a few showers to our west. loudoun and fauquier county seeing a light shower. that will end in the next little while. a little bit also to the south of delmarva. for today, we are talking a high of 85 degrees, most hi sunny skies. once again, that slight chance of a pop-up shower oreven a thunderstorm. we had that yesterday in the early evening hours and the tropic. just got an update on tropical storm isaac. i'll have those details for you coming up. time now to say hello to lauren demarco and see what is happening on the roads. >> good morning. >> st. mary's county, maryland and culpeper county, virginia, as wave been saying, watch out for the kids as they head to the bus stop this morning. overnight construction is wrapping up. we can take a live look from traffic land as you travel 66 inbound approaching the beltway. we did have a disabled vehicle. that is cleared out of the way. it should be getting back up to speed. things looking good, 95, 395, no issues for you as you make the trip northbound leaving the mixing bowl heading up across the 14th street bridge. nothing in your way there. traveling the beltway, again, overnight construction clearing. things looking good on the out are loop between 95 past new hampshire to university should be running at speed. no issues right now on the inner loop towards kenilworth. that construction also clearing out. 270 looks good leaving spread yike for the time being. we do want to mention the train derailment, we are still seeing main street closed. >> the tragic train derailment in ellicott city that took the lives of two college students is our big story this morning. >> 19-year-old girls were hanging out when the train cars toppled ver. clean-up crews have been working nonstop to remost damaged cars. this comes as federal authorities try to figure out what caused the deadly crash. fox 5's melanie alnwick is live in the newsroom. >> reporter: the engine was equipped with a head-on video camera that investigators ought to be able to get a look at today if they haven't already. 19-year-old college students rose m. ayr and liz nass, high school friends from ellicott city, were partying on the bridge when the train came by. they even tweeted photos taken from up on the trestle just moments before that train pass bid and then derailed. at this point, investigators say it is not clear if their presence caused the derailment. the ntsb says the crew of three on the train didn't feel anything unusual before the crash and then suddenly the brake were applied automatically and the 9,000 ton train bent like an accordion and cars went flying off the rails. >> each of these cars have air hoses and air systems on them. when there is a break in the connection or a break in the bake pipe from the doe railment forces or whatever it may be, that will cause the trains to go to an emergency braking. >> reporter: at this point, they haven't said where whr that breaking ingood caused the derailment. the train was traveling at 25 miles per hour. investigators say that is an appropriate speed for that area. area. autopsies will need to be completed on the young women before investigators will give an exact cause of death. in a bizarre twist, a pretrial hearing for the alleged mastermind of 9-11 has been postponed because of that train derailment. khalid sheik mohammed and four other men were supposed to have their hearing tomorrow in guantanamo bay, cuba. when the train crashed, verizon says some fiberoptic lines that provide communication to the remote navy base were knocked out. as a result, lawyers in cuba didn't have internet connection. their service has since been restored and the hearing is expected to take place tomorrow. also new this morning, an amber alert in maryland is now over. one-year-old cesar martinez has been found unharmed in the district heights area. there were reports the boy was taken by his father on monday in the 7000 block of nimitz drive. there has been arrest in the fatal police chase that killed a prince george's county police officer. fox 5 has learned that the suspect is kenneth mitchell. we are told the charge is unauthorized use of a vehicle. prince george's police also worked with the metropolitan police department to find the stolen acura in the district. investigators are still looking for the driver who led police on a high-speed chase ending with the death of 23-year-old adrian morris. the man would threatened to shoot up his workplace is now out of a psychiatric fa sai. prince george's mental health judge released 28-year-old neil prescott into the custody of his parents yesterday. he is charged one count of telephone misuse but there are no charges as of yet for making the threats which came in the wake of the colorado shooting massacre. new this morning, attorneys for the former uva la crosse player convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend are headed back to court today. we've got the details straight ahead. >> the man accused of making threats against president obama takes aim at police officers who came to arrest him. we are checking more headlines coming up next. 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[ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. welcome back to fox 5 morning news on wednesday, hump day, 5:14 in the morning as we take a live look outside as we get thems rolling here this morning and ready to get your day started. we want to say thanks to all those who have sent in the first day of school pictures. we want to say hello to matthew who just started the first grade at phyllis williams elementary school in upper marlboro. >> he is adorable junior high school ready to roll, ready to learn. >> i never get tired of the pictures. they look so cute in their uniforms or regular clothes and their backpacks, all ready to go. if you would like to make your child's photo part of our gallery, can you mail your pictures to the address on your screen. you can also upload them on the facebook fan page. keep 'em coming. they are adorable. what are they going to see weather-wise heading out to the bus stop. >> pretty much like yesterday, a bit more sunshine by the afternoon. still can't rule out that slight little chance of a spotty pop-up shower or a thunderstorm into the early evening hours which is pretty much what we had last night as well. no change in terms of that. yesterday's highs though, we hit 86 degrees at reagan national airport. exactly where we should be. 86 at dulles. a couple of degree below the seasonal average. we are starting off mild this morning. look at the numbers. 68 at d.c. 73 at quantico. 64degrees at baltimore this hour. 61 at frederick and 62 degrees at martinsburg. sky conditions not bad. we've got a very weak ridge of high pressure that is building in. but it is also holding us for some pretty clear skies. just a light shower across areas of the west and right here near southern delmarva. that will be out of the way before long. nothing that will stick around much. we'll be doing fairly well for the majority of date at least. we do have that upper trough with a low pressure system to the north and that will set us up once again for the spotty storms. warm conditions today. temperatures will be into the 80s and this ridge will hold us right through into the end of the week which is at least some good news. we are talking about the tropics. take a look. tropical storm isaac heating up as it continues the move towards the east. s the east. 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dax shepherd directed and stars in the new movie, hit and run. he plays a criminal in a witness protection program who goes on the lamb to help his girlfriend played by kristin bell. >> movie reviewer, kevin mccarthy, talked to the stars about the theme of risking it all for the one you love. >> i like the content of you risking your life to get to l.a. >> when i got into witness protection, i knew i wasn't going to be that guy anymore. >> you were a bank robber? >> i did the getaway driving part. >> what was that big career risk that got you to where you are today. >> mine was probably moving to l.a. i was working consistent any l.i.e. in new york in theater and i loved it and would have been totally happy to do so for the rest of my career and took a chance with girlfriend and moved to l.a. without a job. >> i love the whole idea of your past coming back to you and the fact that bradley cooper comes out because you are in their sight now. hypothetically, if you could catch up way apast character you played in your career and see where they are now, who would it be now and why? >> easy for me. that is a dude you want to go out drinking with. >> very interesting looking movie. at least the trailers look really funny. probably will be a funny movie. here is a story for you. we talked about this yesterday. she was a high school valedictorian but the principal refused to give her a diploma all because of something she said during her graduation speech. that is ahead in about 20 minutes. >> next, we are checking all of our top stories plus weather and traffic. stay with us. time now is 5:27. welcome back. it is wednesday, august 22nd. taking a live look over washington, tease this morning. i got to tell you. it feels pretty nice. i know the temperatures are still like around 71 or something. has it gone down? >> into the upper 60s. >> it seems so cool. >> it is nice. >> not 80 anymore at 5:00 in the morning. >> it makes us feel like we're way in the south where the temperature are that warm in the morning. a little bit of patchy fog across some areas. across the mountains, a very light shower. other than that, not bad at all. we are currently at 68 degrees at reagan national airport. humidity is at 81%. light northerly wind at five miles per hour. yesterday's highs weren't too far off the mark. at national, we were actually exactly where we should have been at 86 degrees. 70degrees at annapolis. we've got 65 degrees. is that 65 in a cannot see my map today for some reason. at dulles? >> yeah. >> i got it. fredericksburg, i can see that. so we do see just a few clouds here and there but mostly sunny skies. it will be a nice day. waive weak ridge of high pressure that is building in and that will hold us for some sunshine today. i can't rule out, like yesterday, a stray pop-up shower or a stray pop-up thunderstorm a little bit later on. just be aware of that. there is a possibility. by midday, expect to be 83 degrees and by the 5:00 hour, 85 degrees. not a bad day overall today. i think we'll be doing fairly well. >> okay. good. let's see how we're doing on the roadways now. >> good morning. we are not doing too badly right now other than the fact that we still have an accident reported on 95 northbound near the mixing bowl. if we can take a look at waze. i saw wazers are reporting this wreck northbound 95 right near the ramp to the outer loop. it looks like that will impact you. you can see the little icons as you head up 95 with the slow traffic. as we move onto traffic land, i was taking a look at the cameras to see how badly the slow traffic is running. looks like it is not too bad. everybody here is moving. this is as you head past backlick road up towards springfield. watch everybody to the on brakes as you head towards the accident scene. 66 leaving manassas heading into centreville, volume is moving here. after that, a smooth trip in towards route 50 fair oaks. beltway looks good in virginia and maryland. no problems here at new hampshire avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. our big story this morning, family and friends are mourning the loss two of college students kill whether a train derailed in ellicott city. >> the 19-year-old girls were on a bridge in the historic part of downtown early yesterday morning when the train cars toppled. federal authorities are now trying to figure out what exactly caused that crash. melanie alnwick has the latest. >> reporter: we are getting more information about what happened moments before the crash but it will be a long investigation before we know the exact cause and a very long clean-up is taking place in historic ellicott city. massive railcars are still being lifted up and towed away. this is video from last night. investigators say she want to inspect each of the train's 08 railcars. 19-year-old college students, rose mayr and liz nass were partying on the bridge when the train came by. they even tweeted photos taken shortly before the derailment. at this point, investigators say it is not clear if their presence caused that derailment. the ntsb says the crew of three on the train did not feel anything unusual before the crash. people would live in the area heard the banging and wondered what it was. >> i hear the trains all the time so i thought it was a train but i did not expect at all that it was derailed. >> it sounded like gunshots going off and the house was shaking. i did not know what it was. >> reporter: investigators say the train's brakes were automatically applied and they are looking at a broken airline that pressurizes the braking system. but they say they won't be able to determine the exact cause of the crash until their very thorough investigation is completed. in a strange twist, the train derailment forced the postponement of the tremendous trial hearing for khalid sheik mohammed, the alleged 9-11 mastermind. he and four other men were supposed to have their hearing today at the u.s. navy base in guantanamo bay, cuba. when the train crashed, verizon says some of the fiberoptic lines to the remote navy base were knocked out. as a result, lawyers in cuba didn't have a computer connection. their service has since been restored and the hearing is expected to take place tomorrow. other stories making head heinz, a man convicted of killing a former fox 5 sports intern will spend the rest of his life in prison a charles county judge sentenced matthew correll to life in police phone the murder of christopher mader. he was shot and killed while driving home from his bartending job in waldorf, maryland. new developments in the crash that took the life of a prince george's county police officer. police found the stoleen car and charged kenneth mitchell with unauthorized use of a vehicle. he was a passenger in the stolen acura and investigators are still searching for the driver would led police on a high-speed chase on i-95 monday. officer adrian morris died after he was thrown from the cruiser. his partner was hurt but he is out of the hospital. a sigh of relief for pizza drivery man in montgomery county. police suspected a driver suspected of robbing eight drivers from domino's and papa john's since june. officers say the 17-year-old ordered pizzas to his address and then ambushed the unsuspecting drivers with what turned out to be a pell the gun. marcus addison is being charged as an adult. a controversial dip at the holy site of the sea of galilee. coming up next, one lawmaker says people are twisting what really happened here. >> plus dozens of building