and better news as we move through the evening hours. look at annapolis, maryland. this is what it looks like on our weather bug camera. just about 15 minutes ago, you could barely see the building in the background. that's because they had a hefty hefty round of severe thunderstorms. this is what we have going on right now. the good news, the severe thunderstorm warning for charles county has now canceled out. now we're just left with a severe thunderstorm watch. and a good chunk of it has been canceled, especially out to the west of the d.c. metro. areas shaded in pink, prince george's county charles, calvert st. mary's you have the severe thunderstorm watch until 8:00 this evening. i believe this will probably get canceled before then. of course, we will take a look at the forecast in more detail. this is all part of a cold front that's going to bring us relief from the heat and humidity we had for the past several days. caroline? >> thanks, steve. keep us posted. now to our other top story, today new pictures of gabriel giffords were released showing the congresswoman smiling and looking healthy. the new mihmages comes as it was announced giffords will soon be released from the hospital. >> hi, caroline of the the family decided to release the photos because of what they say was intense interest from the public in her appearance. in fact there have even ben rumors of a bounty for the first photos of gifford so the spokesman today released them to help protect her privacy. a glowing gabrielle giffords smiled from the front of her face book page in one of two photos released of the arizona congresswoman sunday morning. with cropped hair and signature smile the indentation on her left temple the only reminder she was clinging to life five months ago from a gunshot wound to the head. though physically making rapid process, those closest to the congresswoman say the road ahead is a long one. >> i got to talk to her wednesday on the phone for the first time. we had a wonderful conversation. very spoke to me in full sentences initiated those sentences, instead of just responding. she's marking remarkable progress. so proud of her. she's working so hard. she has a long way to government you can see how beautiful she is. >> the photos were taken several weeks ago outsigh memorial herman hospital in houston where she continues intense rehabilitation. they're the first glimpse the public has gotten since she was shot at close range during a meet and green with constituents in tucson january 8 where six others died. and the reaction from the public has been overwhelming. within minutes of the posting her facebook page exploded with i love yous and you're beautiful. taking a look for the first time today, people here echoed those thoughts. >> words fail to describe the power of that actually. you know, it was -- it's really something, that she was able to come out of the crisis like that the way she has. >> she looks good considering, like i said, she was shot in the head. >> i think she looks absolutely marvelous considering all she's been through and her life and all of that and all the best to her. >> there seems to be more good news from the arizona democrat. a report out this morning has her aide saying it's likely she will leave the toust rehab facility by the end of the month. still unclear whether or not she will ever be able to return to her position on capitol hill. live in the satellite center, abc 7 news. >> thanks for the latest on giffords' recovery and for a photo gallery, log on to wjl atcht.com. new controversy surrounds congressman anthony weiner tonight as the website tmz.com released new photos showing the new york democrat shirtless. more of congressman weiner escolleagues are saying it's time for him to step down. summer is following it live for us. >> the photos were posted on the website this morning, adding fuel to the scandal. more exposed and more shocking, tmz posted 11 new scandalous photos smrks too revealing to show. self-portraits of congressman weiner taken in the mirror of the house of representatives gym. it's unclear when the photos were taken but tmz reports they were sent to at least one woman. with the additional photos, additional and stronger calls for the congressman to go. >> this is getting beyond ridiculous. i feel so sorry for her family most of all but we have to get thipped us. it's a distraction. yes, he should resign. >> if i were here, i would resign from the congress try to rebuild my life and move on. >> i don't see how he can proceed and effectively represent his constituents. >> in new york today, those constituents were protesting outside his district office. angry voices from the ones who put the congressman in office. so far the congressman has remained defiant, announcing yesterday he will not resign but will get treatment instead. congressman weiner won't be back at work this week. he will take a leave of absence while he gets that treatment. it's unclear tonight whether that will be enough to allow him to return to office. >> thanks. and tomorrow the house of representatives will be back in session for the first time since the scandal broke. mr. weiner is still undergoing treatment at an undisclosed location. d.c. police say they have found the body of a missing swimmer. crews recovered the body this morning after an all-tight search. the woman disappeared around 10:00 last night near the capital yacht club in southwest washington. police have not yet released her name. we have an update tonight on the two officers that were attacked in the heart of chinatown. one of the two officers has been released from the hospital. this attack happened yesterday in the 600 block of eighth street. witness says a homeless man attacked the officers with a pipe. the other officer, who was still in the hospital, is suffering from nonlife threatening injuries. the suspect was arrested. no word yet on charges. still to come here on abc 7 news, a virginia college student is killed. tonight the death investigation is under way. major security breach at the i.m.f. who was suspected in this cyber attack? >> and you have seen roadside solicitors with big, plastic buckets. they operate just feet from the side of the road. it is a big debate >> still no arrest in 21-year-old christopher cummings who was killed friday morning in an apparent home invasion in another rupp. he graduated from forest park high school in 2009. investigators say it appears he was the victim of a random attack. campus police are helping norfolk police with their investigation. and days after his top staff abandonned him, former house speaker newt gingrich is trying to get his presidential campaign back on track. he will deliver a major foreign policy address in los angeles tonight. he will be speaking to the republican jewish coalition. it will be gingrich's first speech since 16 of his top staffers quit last week. gingrich admits he's starting over. the hackers who broke into and international monetary funds apparently worked for a foreign government. the hackers got access to a large amount of data. the attack occurred before former i.m.f. chief khan was arrested for sexual assault in new york. the f.b.i. is now helping in this investigation. still to come on abc7 news -- it's that time of year. people asking for donations in area streets. but is it legal? we'll take a look at the issue next. steve son storm watch. 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debate here in montgomery county. >> no-kill animal rescue. >> john baker is collecting donations for a roisters town animal shelter. >> we are out in traffic and we're in a dangerous area. >> his collection point is this 2 1/2-foot wide median at river and falls road, not a popular choice among some drivers. >> i think it's very dangerous. >> maybe you can get it up like on the sidewalk. i don't know. >> baker and his collection partner, matt dinar, insist they are careful, especially when stepping off the curb. >> when the light turns red, take the time and chance it. if the cars are moving, go, receive the donation and thank them. >> it turns out, the county said soliciters are not supposed to step off at all when making collections. medians, law says are fine. just no road collections. >> because the light can change and all of a sudden someone is going behind you or assumes you're going or whatever. i think will could be dangerous. >> the car versus collections issue is more than just a street debate. lawmakers have tried and failed to pass an outright ban here. to require collection permits, even the idea of finding drivers to give donations. >> if it were my child, i'm not sure i would want them out in the middle of the street like that. >> most agree this can be a risky strategy and both drivers and collectors agree they need to obey the law and watch out for each other. >> if you're not aware will you get hit by awe car because you're not looking where you're going. you're not paying attention. >> baker and his partner say they didn't know about this off-the-curb rule. they say they will obey it from now on. the montgomery county council is set to discuss this issue further tomorrow. live in potomac, richard reeve, abc7 news. >> drive kers see some storms. >> storms good news for the most part from the south and east to the immediate d.c. area. look what's going on, annapolis about a half hour ago. you could hardly ski across -- see across the bay. and now you're looking at the remnants of the severe thunderstorm that moved across the area and conditions are starting to improvement look at our live doppler radar. can you see where the storms moved from annapolis now drifting off towards the south and to the east. another cluster of storms across king george county into extreme southern charles county. that's why charles county has the severe thunderstorm warning until 7:15. most of you won't see anything at all. everything well to the south. this is what we have in terms of the high temperatures today. once again up to 90. 71 for the morning low. record 95 set become back in 2002. 77 cooled down quite a bit at the airport. due point level in the lower 7 ozz. 69 at woodbridge. over .6 of an inch of rain. pretty much the same in buoy with the temperature of 70. 20-degree drop from a high of 90 and it's 78 in the district where just a touch of rain. not a whole lot downtown. 90 degrees -- excuse me 79 in gaithersburg. 90 is off in frederick. we are looking at the cooler drier air off to the north and west of us. this arrives for date tomorrow whfment you get up for work or school, you're going to notice a huge, huge difference. it's going to be cool, less humid and very comfortable. and then breezy by the afternoon hours. look at the dew point levels in the 40's across chicago and detroit. sioux saint marie michigan. 40 for a dew point level. almost unheard of for this time of year. still holding in the 60's and 70's, but that's going to change. satellite and radar, wider view shows all of the nasty weather now drifting towards the south and east of us. this is the watch box earlier in the afternoon. now most of is canceled out east of interstate 95 and i have a feeling this will cancel out by 8:00 tonight thafments good news as cooler, drier air returns. something we have not seen for quite a while. futurecast looks like this. next 48 hours, our skies filled with sun tomorrow. mainly clear tomorrow night then a few clouds as we move into tuesday. and by wednesday looking pretty good and thursday could be looking at yet another round of severe weather. thunderstorms and showers will come to an end over the next hour or two. gradual clearing upper 50's to lower to mid-60's. the day tomorrow absolutely beautiful. 75 to 80 degrees. here's the extended outlook -- look at that. around 80 tuesday and wednesday. chance for storms by thursday and friday. warmer for the upcoming weekend but no record breaking records tying heat on the way. world series, online wjla.com, online home for abc7 weather. >> in the meantime a lot of people keeping their eyes on baseball. >> glued to the nationals to see if they can score a run. offense is woeful. i said it. >> you said the word woeful on tv! >> i know, but here's to hoping it gets better. >> all right. on to something else, someone got inducted to into a hall of fame today. i give you a hint, he likes pigeons. orioles dropped one last night. with bloopers 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[ male announcer ] mach tower. heart racing. jaw dropping. coming soon to busch gardens williamsburg. >> at this point in the season, you can't help but really feel for the nats' starting pitchers. livan hernandez has lost eight this season despite a respectable 4.15 e.r.a. and today jordan zimmerman had absolutely no help. top of the first, bases loaded and a chance. wilson ramos wounds back, padres turn the 1-2-3 double play to end the inning. tough break there. how about jordan zimmerman? get this, he pitched 10 k's through 7 innings with no run support. and we're in the ninth and that score on a sac fly. they now lead 2-0. they got it going. orioles finishing their series with the rays. bottom first, vladimir guerrero goes opposite to right. it is gone. solo shot and puts them up 3-2 rays. take a look at the crazy play in the third. adam jones drives to right center. and he has some momentum. he will hit the bases going. stops before third. sean rodriguez throws the ball as you're about to see, right into the stands. two-base error so jones comes home and puts the rays up 5-3. top of the eighth, evan longoria buries that hatchet to center. oopsthere, you go, gets off the glove. zobrist scores and they wave longoria around third. inside-the-park homer and rays win 9-6. and the university of virginia is just one win away from their second college world series berth in sthree years. jared king hit a three-run homer that helped the cavs extend their winning streak to eighth and today they had to sit through a rain delay against u.c.-irvine. but in the top of the third, u.v.a. is up 1-0 and john hicks drills a pitch to third. brian hernandez with the diving stop. the throw ask off. and then we'll go into the top of the fifth. hicks again grounding easily to third. hernandez can't handle it. thrown is off again. it's an error. u.v.a. leads 3-0 and the game is again currently in a rain delay. can there really be any more drama in this nba finals? miami gave up aa 15-point lead in game two. dirk got sick in game four. speaking of four lebron james can't show up late in the fourth. if dallas wins tonight, they win the title. so it's down to the wire now for lebron and the miami heat. >> there's a sense of urgency. we're on an elimination game. coming into game six but it's something if i sit here and say we haven't seen everything to help us out to get to this position this year, i would be lying to myself and lying tour team. >> i don't allow my stolve sit back and all of a sudden be satisfied. we got one more big win. hopefully to get and then i can be satisfied. >> and mike tyson was inducted into the boxing hall of fame today. iron mike broke into tears during his short speech and who else got inducted? actor sylvester stallone. if you do that many "rocky" films, you have to get into something. >> which one is the pigeon guy? >> mike tyson. he adm [ banker ] mike and brenda found a house that they really wanted. it was in my sister's neighborhood. i told you it was perfect for you guys. literly across the street froher sister. 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