Woman found dead near Hyattsville shopping center; Maryland halts toll increases for one year

Right now at 6, October heat. Take a look at those temperatures. It was a record day in the DMV, pushing into the upper 80s. That looks like a pumpkin just melted all over us. Okay, pumpkin guts for you to start the 6. Temperature's going to dive tomorrow and bring the risk for some rain as the weekend approaches. Caitlin Roth right here in studio with our first check of our forecast. You know we're talking big changes when we start with you in the weather center here at 6. I know. Well, you guys, 90 degrees today was the official high. We really hit 90. I did. I know. That's your kind of weather. It really is, yeah. But it is causing some sweaty pumpkins and people around here. Nobody wants that. I mean, you do not need to carve a pumpkin right now. No. You need to wait. You do. And you know what? You can do it this weekend, no problem, when it gets so much cooler. Total weather whiplash, Angie and Kenneth, as we were record-breaking hot today. 90. This is the latest we've ever hit 90 in the calendar year. So it was a daily record high and also just another major record for the D.C. area, just shy of 90 at Dulles, 89, BWI, 88, but also both daily records. We should be averaging highs around 70, and so way hot for this time of year. But as we take a live look out at the D.C. metro, evening commute underway has been for a while. AC is on, could be the middle of July. At least it doesn't feel like 90 in July, I will say that. It's 83 degrees at the airport right now South winds at 8 miles an hour There is a front well off to the north and west But you can see how clear it is from our live camera Out in Arlington So nothing imminent for the metro Temperatures are in the mid to upper 80s Here's your front and that is spreading some showers Across far western Maryland The Panhandle and then extending back into the Ohio Valley If you're in Garrett County Maybe seeing a little bit of rain But otherwise we're going to wait until later tonight To see some showers, maybe closer to midnight Scattered showers overnight are actually going to continue into tomorrow. We'll start the day around 65, and we'll just kind of sit there through the morning before we fall to about 60 in the afternoon. So all of this is to say that tomorrow will be dramatically cooler with nearly a 30-degree drop from this afternoon to tomorrow afternoon. We're not done with the heat yet. Look at Friday spiking back into the 80s before the true blast of fall air comes in this weekend. I'll have more on the weekend coming up. Back to you. All right, Caitlin, thank you. An investigation tonight and high as well after a woman was found dead inside a car. Sky Fox over that scene along Riggs Road behind a Family Dollar store. Police say the woman was discovered just before 12.30 this afternoon after someone called for a welfare check. Her name and cause of death have not been released. Well, tonight, a high-stakes legal battle in the district reaching a boiling point. A federal appeals court weighing who really holds the power to deploy the National Guard on district streets. Fox 5's chief legal correspondent, Katie Barlow, has the latest from court. Well, we're here outside Congress Heights Metro Station, where Free D.C. actually held a protest against the National Guard being here right next to Bard High School. You can see the National Guard troops right behind me, right next to the high school. But switching gears to today's oral argument, which centered on their presence in Washington, D.C., the question in that case is whether the president has the power to unilaterally deploy the National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. And the three-judge panel who heard the case, comprising an Obama, Biden, and Clinton appointee, asked pointed questions of both sides during over two hours of oral argument this morning. And the Trump administration argues that if D.C. wins the case here, then the National Guard actually can't be deployed for some of the things that D.C. has relied on them for in the past, including natural disasters, inaugurations, and major demonstrations. The D.C. National Guard deployed during Hurricane Katrina to help with the disaster relief efforts. They've been deployed during pandemics. Mayor Bowser herself requested deployment of the D.C. National Guard during the COVID pandemic, and the Guard was activated to assist with the pandemic relief efforts. At least one judge was skeptical of that argument from DOJ. All three judges challenged D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwab's argument that President Trump doesn't have at least some authority to deploy the National Guard in D.C. Schwalb spoke briefly to the press after her argument without taking any questions. For over a year now, there have been more than thousands of National Guard on the streets of the District of Columbia who are not from the District of Columbia, but from other states. And they have spread fear and apprehension and confusion by patrolling near our schools, by deploying near our election drop boxes, by marching through our neighborhoods. Schwab invoked a recent viral video showing National Guard troops standing right next to D.C. ballot drop boxes that were set up ahead of the midterm elections. Some D.C. residents are concerned that the president will use the National Guard troops to intimidate voters. The D.C. Board of Elections has asked the Guard to stay at least 50 feet away from those ballot boxes between now and Election Day. And as far as the case goes, that three-judge panel is not on a clock. They don't have a deadline. So their decision in this case could come down at any time. Thank you, Katie. Well, tonight, Maryland congressional leaders celebrating a judge's ruling temporarily the Trump administration from shutting down a USDA research center in Beltsville, temporarily halting that Senate and congressional Democrats calling the attempt illegal, adding that the facility does critical research. The White House wanted to move agriculture researchers to facilities across the U.S., potentially eliminating 1,000 jobs in Prince George's County, would be at risk. A new affordability push in Maryland. Governor Moore announcing today no toll increases for the next year. Now, he directed the State Transportation Authority to pause any price hikes. Moore says that this will save Maryland drivers at least $50 million.