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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. and then stay in the museums as much as possible. >> reporter: that not everyone took heed on this...

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. it's 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 lightning. we'll continue to watch that as it progresses to the east and again could bring us a scattere...

operator killed in the metro redline crash shares his pain during this morning's 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 richard sarles among others but by far the most heart wrenching part of the program happened when the s...

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. that's 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 morning. right now, a massive manhunt is underway in the parking lot of this applebees. take a look....

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. let's 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. nevaeh nunn 66, 95, 395. quiet on the beltway. traffic in virginia is normal. 95 in his camera, north...