have you wednesday. what a great day it's going to be, weatherwise. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] eileen: we will be tracking falling humidity levels with a few sprinkles out there. willng that i think interrupt your wednesday morning. guys, we are halfway through the work week and we do expect humidity levels fall and it is still pretty muggy out there this morning. we are going to get some late day clearing area -- clearing. hagerstown, western maryland, as we talked about yesterday, did get some of that severe weather. you will notice the back edge of the clouds are about to move through ohio, with a few little spotty sprinkles moving through

howard and baltimore county and we had some of those earlier ross the metro, so don't be surprised if the pavement is a little wet. you will notice as i take you hour-by-hour through your lunch hour it still going to be cloudy, slowly climbing to 11 degrees. it is going to feel a lot different than yesterday with that humidity dropping. keeping a very close eye on the tropics, we will talk more about that coming up and some unseasonably cool temperatures. what do people need to know before they go this morning? on 395,lanes are open not tracking major problems there. we are following just one accident of note and it does not involve the capital beltway. folks heading to upper marlboro at crain highway, that is where we have got the accident activity and prince george's county police are on the scene helping you get around the

keep in mind the other very slow 295 onto the district is your approach to benning road. let's get a live look at traffic . if you are traveling capital beltway through bethesda, moving through pretty nicely, starting to see activity on the outer loop lanes as you make the trip from the spur. autria, that's the latest on the roads. autria: teargas deployed on demonstrators outside a trump rally in phoenix. starting asst peaceful in than turning into a tense confrontation. this all proceeded by a nearly 90 many angry and divisive speech by the president. sam sweeney is of a live desk, following it all for us. sam: the president spent a lot of his speech defending himself with false information, turning the audience on the media, berating his fellow republicans. as it

officers with shields and gas pepper spray, tear gas to disperse the crowd. inside the phoenix convention center, a sea of red hats as thousands welcomed the president and during his fiery speech he rehashed his response to the charlottesville violence and, of course, attack to the media. >> they don't want to report that i spoke out forcefully against hatred, bigotry, and violence, strongly condemning the neo-nazis, the white supremacist, and the kkk. openly called for unity, healing and love. they know it, they were all there. the president went on to say that his words were perfect but did not bring up saying that both sides

he smiled and nodded as the audience cheered that cnn sucks. he told the crowd that the fake news media had turned off the cameras, all white -- all while they continued to broadcast live. phoenix confirmed this morning that four people were arrested. also breaking overnight, a naval fleet commander relieved of duty, citing a loss of confidence, the vice admiral was dismissed in his service of the seventh fleet. it comes after four embarrassing accident this year involving the collision this week of the uss john mccain and the fitzgerald back in june. the navy confirms that remains have been found of some of the 10 sailors reported to sing on the mccain. -- reported missing on the -- on the mccain. autria: claims sparking after hours after an apartment fire

the scene. john gonzalez is there live with the latest. john? john: that's right, those firefighters right behind us some seven hours after this fire was put out here this morning. this morning a restoration crew was here boarding up the building, noticing flames, calling 911 with frames -- flames rekindling. at this a massive fire large apartment building in hagerstown. we can show you over here now that we have some daylight, we got some exposure, the roof is gone. a completely collapsed. we are seeing these flames from miles away. no wonder it took 90 minutes for these firefighters to get it under control. at the height it

firefighters, witnesses recall seeing and hearing lightning seconds before the fire ignited. the fire chief on the scene has just arrived and tells us that this was most likely caused by a lightning strike. the redies reporting, cross is assisting the displaced families. 37 units here at this apartment building, all of them this morning are vacant, empty, most serious damage. reporting live in hagerstown, john gonzalez. larry: bladensburg turning into a crime scene at the police station, a man drove himself there after being shot and walked inside. the victim was walked to the hospital in coat -- in critical condition. police believe that he was shot less than a mile away. the countdown is on to the monster power to -- powerball

$700 million at stake and they could all be yours. the sky high amount is drawing in people's who don't usually play and everyone has their own. . >> i have members -- numbers that i have dreamt. let's almost a year. autria: that's not that long. they have two payment options, 29 years of payments or the one-time cash payout of $443 million. the drawing is set for 10:59 i haven'teas larry: bought one in a week. the earthquake rattling the region and damaging buildings, but today a new opportunity, the rare sight six years later. it is a little warm out there this morning but after the break i will let you know just how much cooler it be as yo

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at 6:11 andre back you have got to see this picture, she is everyone on a monday. struggle, thatof first day of high school monday, we feel you, girl, we understand . or a, though, she says she's actually excited. we want to see you're back to school pictures as well, you can send them to us at burst.com/wjla. the first picture was monday, the last one was friday. [laughter] eileen: totally agree. some school district's are back to school, it's definitely on the mild and even muggy side this morning. humidity levels dropping by recess and the sky is starting to brighton. high today of

84, but look at the upper 70's, that air mass settling in for the day tomorrow taking us into the weekend. tomorrow, 80 degrees friday into the weekend, but not only will coolerealing with afternoon temperatures but morning will be cool as well. temperatures about 10 to 15 degrees cooler. give the a.c.l. break, open the windows. andrews, leonardtown, fredericksburg, temperatures are only going to get cooler as we the weekend. that's in d.c., suburbs could be in the low to mid 50's, taking you down to the tropics and about 10 minutes, but let's get to angela. angela: on the roadways at this hour we are starting to see more activity as folks try to get towards the beltway on the interstate.

street we are being told by officials that they blocked the northbound lanes. some kind of drain work is going on in the middle of rush hour. northbound lanes are template -- temporarily blocked on 15th street and we have got some slow traffic for the folks making the ride on the capital beltway with a stalled tractor-trailer on the outer loop. you can see those slowing as you pass colesville road. new wordtria? autria: from the state department overnight. larry: plus, condo residents kicked out. suzanne: larry, this is the second time in a year that this has happened to the residence here. we'll tell you what it means, coming up. china,breaking news from a typhoon slamming hong kong.

>> you are watching "good morning washington," on your side. dozens of families in prince george's county are trying to find a new place to live. autria: inspector shutting down their building after finding trash, bugs, even fire hazards, now they have got less than six hours to move out. larry: suzanne kennedy has the latest. good morning. suzanne: good morning to both of

doe, the building is unsafe, not occupy. all of this happening because of the issue of fire code violations. we were here yesterday morning around 9:00 as the inspectors went door to door, floor to floor here at the lynn till condominium complex. it took them about two hours to complete the inspection. they found trash in vacant units and fire doors that didn't work, meaning the building would be closed to the people who live here. management was informed of the violations several times and did not fix them. residents are being told to get their documentation and clothing and leave the area immediately. they do not need to take a furniture with them, they can make arrangements to pick that up later. the county is not

down and asking management to make the necessary repairs and then tenants will be able to move back in eventually. however if they do not move out by noon today the county can issue a court order and get people forcibly removed from the situation. authorities here saying they are urging residents to get their stuff, get off the residence as soon as possible. reporting live, suzanne kennedy. arianna: a cat -- sam: category 10 typhoon slamming hong kong, the city shut down. trading has been suspended, dozens injured, three are dead. closed, waves continue to crash into the streets there. strongest 10 is the type of typhoon and as this storm develops we will keep you updated.

warnings about traveling to mexico, according to bloomberg, because of turf wars became -- between gangs and a surge in violence in certain regions. earthquake shook our area, saturday and louisa county, virginia, causing extensive damage to the washington monument and national cathedral. today some carvings will be on this way in the central area. those were on pinnacles that are still being repaired. six years ago? we will all remember where we were. 19 after right now. eileen: tracking a cold front in the big story will be the following humidity today. it will be more like mid-september.

blue sky in centreville, virginia, 74 degrees. backmonday kiddos will be to school there, really an overall pretty good day with late day clearing. definitely feeling much better than yesterday. sunshine after a comfortably cool start, high of 79 degrees with comfortable humidity taking us to the upcoming weekend. outdoor plans, things are looking ok. saturday and sunday morning temperatures start off in the 50's and 60's. throughbe free of rain early next week. all eyes on the tropics, the gulf of mexico, losing steam and likely to become a tropical storm through a hurricane with rain.s amounts of then the moisture starts lifting to the north, corpus christi could see

that's a big national story we following for you. will just be remnant moisture but the big weather story that everyone needs to know is the mid-september temperatures as we go forward and end the month of august. angela, how are things on the roads? angela: things are ok. heads up, 16th street northbound, drain clearing going , we have picked up a crash on the beltway. inner loop collision at the st. barnabas road, and we are starting to see slow traffic moving into 295 on the inner loop of the capital beltway. goingn mind the incident on at scott circle with northbound lanes at 16th street blocked and traffic land cameras, let's step outside for those. first let's show

395 open and clear today. no problems to report even though we had an earlier rash 28, that6 at junior, activity has been moved to the side of the roadway as well. things are a bit slow for you as you had from fairfax to the capital beltway in marysville.

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rallying supporters, the speech firing up both sides. autria: massive flames hitting a maryland department, the storms that may be to blame. larry: who wants to be a millionaire? the monster powerball jack up for grabs tonight. -- jackpot up for grabs tonight. it's staggering. autria: i'm autria godfrey. larry: i'm larry smith. we have to get out there and play one of these times area is it worth it, eileen? eileen: why not? but i feel like we have won the weather lottery. upper 70's in the upcoming weekend. sun,e way, here comes the have you noticed how much later the sun starts rising each day? it use

got over the next several months. we have got a front coming to satellite radar right now, a bit of sunshine peeking through, mostly cloudy as you get out the door. upperatures into the 70's, not rising that much. you will start to see or feel that humidity falling after lunchtime today. 82 degrees by 2:00, 6:00, and to 72 byightful, down 9 p.m. with comfortable humidity. it will be will getting out the door tomorrow. looking at the weekend 10 minutes from now. angela? angela: earlier eastbound collision heading into now just heavy drive times as you travel eastbound towards the capital beltway. let's look at the new incident we picked up in the last few minutes. an overturned vehicle through damascus on the main street.

with this one. as you can see over towards the delayshose are volume heading into germantown. on the capital beltway from camp springs into oxon hill, you will see the accident passing saint arnold is road and a quick peek on the traffic land cameras, i love this, 395 moving at a great rate this morning past street and the pentagon. overnight --larry: brady overnight, please using pepper spray during the president's speech in which he took aim at the media and ella republicans. presence, police pepper spray and protesters. were high in phoex

a sea of red hats welcomed president trump in front of a sea of thousands, rehashing the charlottesville violence, attacking the media for its coverage. i said the racism is evil. did they report that i said that? you know why? because they are very dishonest people. the president saying that his words were perfect, omitting that he said both sides were to blame, the comments that drew so it is why the and phoenix mayor asked him to postpone the rally. lewis afterdent charlottesville. it was a failure of moral leadership. >> ignoring that request, trump took aim at mitch mcconnell for failing to repeal and replace obamacare and threatened to shut down the government over his border wall.

that wall. >> and he talked about joe or -- joe arpaio. >> i will make it -- make a prediction, he will be just fine. >> james clapper called the phoenix rally downright scary and disturbing. he questioned the president's motivation and trump's fitness to hold the office. in northwest, janai norman. facing three people charges after a heated protest in north carolina. 800 people gathered demanding the removal of the silent sam confederate statue, protected by barriers and monitored by cameras, prompting many to say that it is better protected than the students. official say that those arrested were not affiliated with the university. larry: deadly storms

threatening millions in the northeast, prompting tornado watches in the midwest and slamming the kansas city area. one man was killed after being caught in those floods. there are 160 other water rescues and take a look at this, seven members of one family trapped on the roof for hours. >> we woke up at 4:30 and it was already too late. we kept calling the police. larry: the family was finally rescued with the help of good samaritans. firefighters, rushing back to the scene after a fire breaks out. we have a libra from hagerstown, straight ahead. first, a giveaway, tickets to cher.

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got some transitions today, clear skies, the temperature today is 84, much cooler than yesterday. hewitt this morning, dew point temperatures in the upper six across the low 70's, but what i want to show you today, already feeling more refreshing. more reaction into the evening hours, dew point dropping into the upper 50's. unseasonably cool, 77 saturday and sunday. coming up in 10 minutes, anyone heading to the beach? i've got that forecast and back to school monday for so many counties. angela:

capital beltway, heading into ox and he'll you will see it on the inner loop as st. barnabas road with other spots to work around weekly as you head into the district with a northbound closure on 16th street. according to metropolitan police, they are clearing some framework. county, youtgomery will see emergency response trying to uprise the truck and trying to overturn. too bad as you travel from dale city to the ochefu on river. of your screen, 16 minutes to the capital beltway from the occoquan river. we will be back in 10 minutes to give you a look at interstate 66. commander out of a job, breaking overnight area plus powerball fever as the jack that soars

moving day in maryland, a lot of people at the lynn hill condominium complex are not happy about it. a live report is coming up. >> suzanne, it is believed that in lightning caused the massive fire in hagerstown last night. seven or

>> you are watching "good morning washington," on your side. fire, sparkedve by lightning, gutting an apartment building in hagerstown. autria: we hear that there are a lot of people looking for a new place to stay this morning. evil looking for a new place to stay with firefighters back at the scene, rekindled flames, hotspots flaring up, they are back out here trying to put them up. it was a restoration crew before sunlight

boarding up the building when they noticed flames and the firefighters came back out. entire roofthat the is gone. all the residents had to be evacuated from the wood ridge apartments here in hagerstown. as you can see in the video, you can see the size of the flames from miles away it's no wonder it took firefighters about 90 minutes to get this fire under control and during the height of heard lightning seconds before the fire ignited. the fire chief was back out here at the scene, it was most likely caused right a lightning strike. the good news is no injuries this morning, the red cross is assisting the displaced families. 37 units inside this building. most of those units now have seou

john gonzalez. a naval fleet commander in the relieved of duty, seventh fleet and the move comes after four embarrassing incident accidents this year, including this week's collision of the jonathan mccain and another involving the fitzgerald back in june. in theailors were killed navy confirms that remains have been found of some of the 10 sailors were ordered mrs.. time is ticking for residents of the lynn hill condominium. suzanne kennedy, live in temple hills area and

-- hills. suzanne: we have seen people leaving with garbage bags full of their things. we were with them early yesterday morning when they started their inspections, going door to door, floor to floor. it took them about two hours to go to these units. they found things like trash remaining and fire doors that didn't work. says the management was notified a while ago the of these violations in didn't fix them. residents are being asked to give important documents, getting out by noontime today. they are being told that they can leave their furniture behind , pick it up later, or they may .eturn to their homes

county says they only want the management to make the necessary repairs to make these buildings safe for people to live in. there is that noon deadline and if people are not out of these buildings the county says they can issue a court order to have them removed. reporting live, suzanne kennedy. if you would like to help, there are groups taking donations. .ou can find links on wjla.com larry: max greenberg plans to eclipse glasses to astronomers without borders. the 29 -- 2019 eclipse will be seen in asia. want the students not as lucky as us to have the chance to see the phenomenon.

for now friends and neighbors are dropping them off at the team's home. autria: get ready, tomorrow is back to school in loudoun county . new teachers and staff have been added. many of them will be heading here to the brand-new brambleton middle school tomorrow. we will be out live in loudoun county tomorrow. as your kids had back to class starting at 4:24. eileen: we got a picture here of king looking sharp on his first day of pre-k. keep sending us your picks at burst.com/wjla. larry:

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autria: i will be your financial advisor. larry: well, advising us on the weather, it's going to be out tanning. eileen: really nice, looking glorious for the rest of the weekend. the dew point is artie dropping, 68 degrees downtown, we will be seeing those humidity levels fall through the day with temperatures around 84, 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. guys, we will be in the upper 70's over the weekend. be unseasonably cool there. 76 on sunday, water temperature up to 76. no rain, but it will be cooler. especially for those kids in

prince william county, 60 degrees monday morning, up to 78 by dismissal. next week temperatures remain unseasonably cool and we are pretty much rain free. we could have extra clouds next with extra showers. is standing by. angela: only one right lane blocked now at scott circle. the accident on the capital beltway at st. barnabas road, that's your inner loop accident, we are going to see some delays on 295. picking up a new crash on the dulles toll road, two lanes are responseand emergency with an overturned truck on the damascus.

to see lane closures and emergency response. keep in mind we're looking at volume delays. this is on the outer loop from interstate 95 towards new hampshire avenue, gridlock continuing to -- towards new hampshire avenue. we will be back in about 10 minutes to update your ride in virginia towards the capital beltway. angela? -- autria? donna ma big thanks to arlington for sharing this photo of tucker. it's a little too hot to run out there. be sure to send us your picks, yours could be the pet of the day. i'm not running until this humidity dropped. [laughter] right, guys, it's getting exciting, we have obtained exclusive

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good morning, america. breaking overnight, president trump on the attack. lashing out at the media at a raucous rally. >> i really don't think they like our country. >> whipping up the crowd and doubling down on those controversial comments on charlottesville. [ chanting "donald trump has got to go" ] >> police in riot gear fire off tear gas? tear gas in the air. >> reporter: our team inside the chaos. severe storms taking aim. torrential downpours slamming half the country stranding cars, forcing water rescues overnight as wildfires force hundreds to flee their homes out west and the new threat brewing in the gulf. fighting