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WTTG Fox Morning News At 6 August 27, 2009



senator kennedy will soon be laid to rest besides his brothers he loved so much. >> before his burial, many other merie als arplanned beginning in his home state of ussa. etch ts we'll tell what you is happening today. >> this morning, w ican eye on tropical storm dann growing stronger as we spe which could put a dent in your weekend plans. good morning. i'm gurvir dhindsa. us on steve chenevey.h this thursday morning. the flags at this u.s. capitol at half-staff in honor of the late senator ted kennedy. they will remain that way through sunset sunday. president obama handed down the order in a proclamation yesterday had n. which he called senator kennedy one of the most accomplished americans ever to serve our democracy. we want to take a check on our forecast. for that, tucker barnes. >> you notice that there is a lot more water in the atmosphere. that means humidity is on the increase. >> that was a beautiful shot of the capitol dome. not very windy out there either. >> very still at this hour. we are looking at the possible of some scattered showers d thundetorms as we get into the afternoon. so a changing forecast today. going to be summery around here and then some big changes as we get wek. let's get ewek. let's get started thwi a look at our satellite-radar. i want to mention very quickly atdanny had maximum winds of 60 miles per hour. i will show you awe satellite pi durofe nyan coming up n iny just a minute. here in washington, we are doing fine. you can see the cloud cover across the northern section of our viewing area up into pennsylvania and light showers there. this is a cold front which is very slowly and i do mean swlloworking wlits way through the washington area. and it is a weak oinne. so with just a chance for some satterred showers or thunderstorms during the akcour of our afternoon. otheisrwtbe wisl il warm with highs in the upper 80s and a lot more humid than it was yesterday as we'll have a lot i associated with that frontal system. 75degrees still at reagan national. 66 at dulles. not a bad place to wake up. it might be a bad place to wake up but at least the temperature will cooperate. bwi marshall, 69 degrees. partly cloudy sky. more sunshine in the morning, more clouds in the afternoon. 89degrees today, a little cooler than yesterday. we'll take a look at tropical storm danny and see what kind of impact it might have our weekend forecast coming up. >> if you are waking up at the airport, might mean major delays. >> never want to wake up at the airport. >> let's talk to julie wright. >> we are talking about 66 for starters. eastbound 28, they are checking for a crash. no accidents to report on the beltway between annandale and merrifield. southbound # 70 still an easy trip out of germantown headed for the lane divide. you are looking good on the top side between college park and bethesda. this is a live shot of northbound 395 at glebe road. there is a tea lay as you travel north of seminary trying to work your way past the scene. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. he was the youngest in a set of storied exhibit lynns. soon, senator ted kennedy will be laid to rest alongside two of his brothers whose legacy he made sure lived on after their untimely deaths. >> a private service is being held on cape cod at noon today. senator kennedy's bod way will then travel to boston passing by sites that were significant to him along the way. he will lie in repose at boston's john f. kennedy presidential library today and tomorrow. tomorrow night, the family will hold a private memorial service there and then saturday, a funeral mass will take place at boston's our lady of perpetual help basilica. president obama is expected to deliver the eulogy. >> that afternoon, senator kennedy will be buried at arlington national cemetery near his brother, john and robert. massachusetts law requires a special elect take place between 145 and 160 days following a vacancy on the senate. california senator diane feinstein sent the family a message saying the next senator will not live up to the legacy. >> i salute your heritage and all you have done for the united states. we have lost a titan. his shoes will be very difficult to fill. >> senator kennedy's nephew joe has been mentioned as a contender to fill that seat. others include the massachusetts attorney general and several congressman. the fdic might need its on bailout. today, they will reveal how much bank failures have depleted the fdic's reserves. we'll talk more about this in detail coming up in our business beat in about 15 minutes. republican bob mcdonnell says if he is elected governor of virginia, he will cut his own pay as part of budget tightening. current goveor tim kaine slashed his own pay 5% with the economy and the state's revenue began to slide. new thisore than, a new complex could bring thousands of jobs to poplar street bridge county. according to the "washington post," the u.s. department of health and human services is considering a new location. if it is built, the complex would relocate about 5,000 federal jobs to the county from rockville. the dps' lease expires next july and it does have the option of staying in rockville. checking another top stories we are watching, nearly 100 d.c. school custodians and maintenance workers will soon be looking for work. that is despite the fact that the city has been working on long overdue updates of crumbling buildings. facilities there that needed repair for l many years. officials say they are making the personnel adjustments because of budget constraint. police have identified the victim in a deadly stabbing yesterday. his name is joshua mack, 21 years old, from clinton, maryland. the stabbing happened in broad daylight. one man survived the attack. so far, no arrests in this case. in fairfax county, the suspect in the stabbing of a baby-sitter and the child she was watching is now facing malicious wounding charges. police say a 40-year-old woman attacked a 6 #-year-old woman and a toddler in falls church yesterday. both victims are in serious but stable conditi this morning. coming up next, a government working to prevent swine flu panic from spreading. the final cash for clunkers count is in. we'll find out how much it helped sales plus what happened to all the trade-ins after they left the lot. 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(announcer) get ft our best back to school prices... ...at the jcpenney lowest prices of the season sale. all arizona tops and bottoms arbuy e, get one for 88¢ plus, save on denim at america's biggest athletic shoes are $38.99 all bath towels are buy one, get one for 88¢ plus, night and day doorbusters go to jcp.com and see everything on sale. style, quality and price matter. jcpenney need a lift? hey buddy, i appreciate the ride, you know. no problem. ♪ mind if i take a shortcut? yeah, sure. ♪ i knew the subaru legacy was the smart choice... what i didn't expect... was the fun. the all-new subaru legacy. feel the love. welcome back. we are following breaking news this morning out at benning road involving a police shoot yoog this is in the 4th street area and benning road had northeast d.c. word in about 3:00 this morning there was a shooting. a police officer apparently discharge his weapon. we'll let you know as soon as we hear more. tucker is in with a check of our forecast. youngsters have on get up mighty early to catch that school bus. >> they do this time of year. >> 6:00 is pretty early. >> getting up at 6:00 to go to school. i used to walk 12 miles. >> oh, yeah, yeah. >> i'm feeling a lot of pressure about the weekend forecast. people are like what's going on. i got a barbecue. word is out. i'll going to play golf. >> we only have a couple of weeks left. >> i'll do the best i can with it. but it looks like we'll have showers and perhaps even steady rain around here at times during the weekend. i'll show you why coming up. you mention the the bus stop. i don't think the kids are at the bus stop yet. >> not yet, but they are aup. >> they are eating cereal and watching our fun and friendly banter, right, steve? >> sure. > partly sunny and more humid today as we get into the afternoon. wing we'll have a chance of showers and thunderstorms. as the kids head out to the bus stop this hour and next hour, you will notice the humidity. temperatures will be in the middle 70s. nice will be at 6:33 this morning. let's see what we can find in the waive temperatures. you will notice they are milder than they were at this hour. 75 out at reagan national. 69 in baltimore. 66 in frederick. winchester too. 71 in fredericksburg. off to the south and east, ocean city, maryland is checking in with 81 degrees. i'm going to check that. not sure that is giving us an accurate temperature. let's see what is going on here with our satellite-radar. this is a cold front. it's weak one. it doesn't pack much punch with it. temperature a little cooler behind it and just a couple of scattered showers across central pennsylvania. it will continue to sag into the washington area a little later this afternoon. that is why we'll have more in the way of humidity and the possibility of an isolated perhaps a few scattered showers and thunderstorms in our forecast a little later today. the good news i guess is the cloud cover will keep temperatures down just a little bit. our highs will be in the upper 80s instead of low 90s like they were yesterday. here is your latest look at tropical storm danny. yep, tropical storm danny, maximum winds, 60 miles per hour. look like in the last few frames there, it is looking a little more impressive. i mentioned last hour that the fix keeps changing. it looks like the track will take it northwest and eventually north and then northeast and it should parallel the eastern seaboard here as we get into the weekend. pretty much guarantee we'll have large surf from the carolinas right up into cape cod this weekend. we'll have to see exactly how close it tracks to the eastern seaboard. could bring some rain showers to the beaches. could even bring rain to the washington area as we get into the weekend. that is why the weekend forecast not yet completely set. our forecast looks okay. partly cloudy skies. scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms back in the forecast today. it will be more humid than yesterday with a high temperature about 89 degrees. win will be out of the east at five miles per hour. here is your five-day forecast. a few showers and thunderstorms in the forecast. a pretty good hans tomorrow and before a cold front on sunday. that much we know and we have to worry about danny for the day on saturday. it is possible we will be able to eke out some significantly dry periods this weekend but we have to keep the showers and thunderstorms in the forecast just in case. let's get to on-time traffic and julie wright. what is going on out there? >> a lot right now unfortunately. especially in virginia, eastbound 66, 28 centerville for the crash, 395 at glebe road for the wreck in the right lane. we have slow unions on the top side of the beltway outer loop leave is 95 to georgia avenue southbound 270. that is jammed up approaching 85. there is a police investigation ongoing right now at 4th and bening in northeast. that is tying up that intersection. this is a live shopt of the 28th headed st of centreville. accident activity reported in this area along the second lane from the right so be careful oust manassas headed in towards centreville and over towards fair oaks. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. the cash for clunkers program proved to be a big jolt for the u.s. auto industry as nearly 700,000 vehicles were sold. dealers submitted $2.88 bill wrong in sales bringing the program to just a hair under the $3 billion budget. the toyota corolla was the most popular new vehicle purchased. it was followed by the honda civic, toyota camry and ford focus. all four are built in the united states. with all the new cars on the roads, what happens to the clunkers? >> fox's sky arnold shows us what happens to the cars that were turned in for the rebate. >> reporter: they call him dr. death. it is juniory underwood's job to pour liquid glass into every clunker's engine. the result may be hard for former owners to watch. this eng inextermination is happening inside every cash for clunkers car. under program rules, the engines have to be scrapped so dealers are waiting until they are absolutely sure they will be reimbursed before calling dr. death. >> we've gone forward enough and i have enough confidence in our manage manhattan that if they didn't think we would get paid, we would have probably cut our losses a long time ago. >> reporter: after killing the engine, the car comes here. they are already seen 200 clunker and it expects to crush another 400 in the coming weeks. now, before they're crunched, each car has to be processed. that means crews come through and remove all the batteries and drain the engine oil, even look for parts that might be salvageable. >> the volume has been tremendous. my guys have been working anywhere from 0, 25 extra hours a week just to handle the volume of cars. >> reporter: once crushed, they are all sent to facilities where everything from the car to the engine is recycled. so take another look at whats with once sitting in someone's garage. gas guzzlers now on the road to recycling. >> under program rules, auto salvage businesses are allowed to sell some parts from hsumpingers for the next six mot > >>hs our business beat ois coming up next. another big name may wind up need a bailout. if you are looking for a nejob, fox 5 is here to help. go to myfoxdc.com and click on the job shop at the top of othe page. we have oenings listed for all experience levels in all fields. coming up at 8:00, we will feature our job of the day. business beat is next. shh. shh! 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