dewpoint in the 40's moseley. 70 on the water. 82 is the high temperature for this afternoon with sunshine. humidity almost nonexistent. tomorrow will be a few degrees cooler than today. breaking traffic, i will help you make decisions. we will go to virginia to show you video of an accident on 395 north bound in the mainline after the beltway, before edsall road. this was a truck that jackknifed and ruptured its fuel tanks. cleanup was extensive and lasted several hours. that is what hov rules are relaxed if this morning on 95, 395. let's take you to a live picture. everything is gone. that's great. 95, 395, hov is lifted. stick with the mainline, because everybody was on the hov lane and did not have a choice for a long time. the main line is a way to go between woodbridge and the pentagon. alison and doug. >> thank you. good to see things moving again. people of south texas are preparing for the arrival of hurricane alex. that is expected to make landfall along the texas-mexico border sometime this evening. a hurricane warning is in effect for that area. texas gov. rick perry has issued a disaster declaration for 19 counties and activated 2500 national guard troops. alex is having an impact on the cleanup efforts. it is churning up the oily waters of the gulf. boats used to skim oil have been ordered back to port and helicopters are dropping sandbags to prevent the oil from reaching the barrier islands of louisiana. the u.s. has accepted help from 12 countries and international organizations. new developments, a d.c. woman and her daughter have been found safe and sound in new york city. they were abducted by a man they knew. he was armed. there were taken at 6:00 last night and it prompted a big surge and a nationwide amber and alerts. brianne carter is live outside police headquarters with the latest details. >> a lot of concern in the southeast neighborhood where this happened and scary moments when this occurred. police are telling us that to the woman and child have been found safe and sound in new york city. if this happened just before 6:00 last night in the 5000 block of fitch street se. 39-year-old karen elizabeth johnson and 9-year-old lamoury bryant were allegedly abducted by 49-year-old lamont johnson, believed to be armed at the time. if johnson forced the woman and two children into a white or cream vehicle. the other child was released and able to call authorities. informations and that child was used to help locate the mother and child. d.c. police tell us the man has been detained. brianne carter reporting. looking at this day ahead, the senate is expected to vote today to confirm general david petraeus as the next u.s. commander of u.s. and international forces in afghanistan. the senate armed services committee approved his nomination yesterday after asking him tough questions regarding the state of the war. supreme court nominee elena kagan will be in the hot seat again today. she faced hours of tough questions yesterday from senators. >> do you agree with the characterization that you are a liberal progressive? >> senator sessions, i don't know what the label means. >> they are suggesting that her politics may influence her decision from the bench. she answered questions about military recruitment. she denied military recruiters at harvard campus when she was the dean there. three defendants in the trial related to the murder of robert wone are free this morning. they were acquitted yesterday of misleading investigators. their statements to police have been released to the public. >> he was one of my own its friends. what could possess me to do such a thing, never mind that i would do it. it was crazy. >> was found stabbed to death at their house in 2006. the judge says that she believes the mental killed him but prosecutors have not proved that. the latest meltdown on a marc train stand of the wrong passenger. trained as a stop and kept on going. one passenger was an influential person using their power to cause a full review. pamela brown is in new carrollton with more on that story. >> once again, amtrak is apologizing to passengers, the third apology over the course of about two weeks. the latest incident that happened on monday, the maryland transportation secretary was on the train that overshot the station by about three car lengths and she was there to listen to passengers. it could not back up because another train was behind it. passengers had to continue on to the airport and had to take a train back to the oden toton station, putting them behind 30 minutes. the engineer apparently slowed the train down too late. hundreds of people were left stranded last week in the sweltering heat at the new carrollton station after the train but down. a couple days later, another marc train lost power, once again stranding passengers. the transportation secretary is demanding answers and she will be at an advisory meeting shortly. you can bet she will address these issues with marc trains. back to you. >> thank you. mixed news on the districts fight against obesity. a new report could be one step forward and one step back. >> before i start the show tonight, i want to share personal notes with you. >> big news from television legend. off the coast is making headlines, himself. >> the heat wave has broken for now. we're coming back with a >> wednesday morning. it's perfect outside. almost feels like a completely different season from the past couple days. very refreshing. turn off the air conditioner, open the windows. if there's a great breeze out of the north that is pushing the less humid air into our area. we are in the low 50's and 60's. 57 in lexington park. king george at 70. 58 in front royal. 58 in martinsburg. very comfortable, a good, or fishing north wind. high temperature of 82. a lot of sunshine for the rest of the dead. tomorrow we start in the '50s, mostly sunny. near 80 degrees for the afternoon high tomorrow. goodbye heat wave, hello cool start to july >> hello, maryland. traffic out of waldorf, before you get to come accidents has been moved out of the roadway. near quantico on route 1, a bicyclist was struck by a vehicle. nothing in this camera of 270. no delays. hov rules listed on 95, 395. a complicated crash is gone on 395 north of the beltway. alison and doug. >> thank you. larry king is signing off from the cnn show that he has posted 25 years. he announced last night he will step down this fall. >> for now, for here, it is time to hang up the nightly suspenders. >> he's interviewed everything -- everyone from presidents to pop stars. he's had the longest running show on the same network in the same time slot, holding the guinness record. he will continue to do occasional specials for cnn. that is a long run. >> incredibly long. a great job. 6:12, 66 degrees. >> still to come on this wednesday morning, big news for iphone fans, an exclusive deal with at&t could be coming to an end. >> she will always be a part of me. i will never stopped loving her. i will never stop feeling her love. >> loved ones honored the lives of a 19-year-old host: could switching to geico really save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance? host: was abe lincoln honest? mary todd: does this dress make my backside look big? abe: perhaps a... vo: geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >> in our top stories, people in south texas are preparing for the arrival of hurricane alex. it is expected to make landfall near the texas-mexico border sometime this evening. governor of texas rick perry has issued disaster declaration for 19 counties and is activated 2500 national guard troops. a woman and two young girls abducted from southeast d.c. by men they know are safe and sound. if one of the girls was released in maryland. an amber alert was issued for 9- year-old lamoury bryant. she and the woman inducted were found in new york city. the man suspected of abducting them has been detained. house democrats are trying to pass a war funding bill by sweetening it. the $70 billion bill includes $10 billion to help school districts and avoid teacher layoffs and includes money for disaster aid and disability benefits for vietnam veterans. the senate passed a similar bill last month. family and friends honored the life of 19-year-old vanessa pham during a candlelight vigil last night at james madison high school in vienna. she was founded in her car on the weekend. if she was murdered. jay korff shows how her life is being remembered. >> she was the best friend. i miss her so much. >> images of 2009 graduate, a sparkling life that was unexpectedly and violently taken. >> i wish she was here so she could see all of this [unintelligible] >> authorities responded sunday to appear to be a fatal car accident off route 50, but they quickly realized the driver had been murdered. >> [unintelligible] all i remember is her waving goodbye. >> she was an home for a month after finishing her freshman year at prestigious art school savannah college in georgia. her boyfriend started dating her at the end of their first year of college. >> i just know she will always be a part of me. i will never stopped loving her. >> she is looking down on us and smiling right now. >> abc 7 news reporting. two teenage girls who disappeared from tysons corner. on june 18 are now said to be safe. investigators have learned that 16-year-old tiffany ghani and 15-year-old tram hoang called a friend on friday. they were seen at a store in columbia, south carolina the same day. detectives do not believe the girls were taken against their will. time for traffic and weather. >> we are seeing progress after a rough start to this wednesday. >> that is true. it was an overnight accident on 395 that had that closed for a long time between the beltway and edsall road. the hov rules have been lifted. hov rules relaxed today, open for everyone. 95 and 395. this is the scene where the earlier closure was. everything looks great. looks great right now in maryland on 270, the beltway, nothing in and out of baltimore. the beltway construction at pennsylvania avenue is gone. now to adam caskey. cold front came at the perfect time yesterday, dropping the dewpoint. a lot of sunshine especially northwest of the metro area. a lot of sunshine in frederick to start the day. the cloud deck is seen off in the distance over the district and even into maryland. that will push out of here and we will see a lot of sunshine for most of the day, all of us. it is 59 in germantown, chesapeake beach is a little warmer along the water. water temperatures are in the low 80s. 70 degrees at as a piech. dewpoint numbers are in the 40's, very comfortable. cloud cover is slowly moving out of the region. -- 70 degrees at chesapeake beach. it's 92 -- yesterday's high temperature was 92, the 18th such a day in the month of june. today the average is 87, but we will be in the low 80s. a lot of sunshine after morning clouds clear out. or pressing north wind and 5-15. a lot of sunshine tomorrow, starting the day in the '50s. low humidity, high temperatures near 80. a few degrees cooler tomorrow than today. we will warm up again. we have to because it's getting into july. near 90 degrees by the fourth of july. by then the humidity will be kept in check, looking at a pretty good holiday. the iphone could be coming to a verizon store near you. wall street is watching stocks after yesterday's big sell-off. jeremy hubbard has those stories and more. >> we begin with another down day for asian stocks. markets are sliding this morning on renewed concerns about the global economy. as fears sent the dow jones tumbling 268 points yesterday, below 10,000. investors are concerned about signs the chinese economy may be slowing. the european debt crisis as well and farc -- falling consumer confidence in the u.s. >> the real concern is the recovery we are in the middle of right now may not have leggs. we see it could be devastating as it dips, devastating to people in the market, that is why you see a lot of selling. >> friday's jobs report is expected to show the company's/110,000 workers from their payrolls this month. -- companies cut to 110,000 workers. nearly one out of three homes sold in the first three months of this year were in some stage of foreclosure. those houses are selling at nearly 27% below the price of houses not being foreclosed. home buyers to qualify for the government tax credit could get an extra three months to complete their purchase. today is the deadline to take advantage of the credit worth up to $8,000. the house has passed a bill to extend the deadline for closing off until the end of september. that bill now goes on to the senate. sales of the new iphone set a record, but that may be the tip of the icebergs for apple. verizon wireless will start selling it in january, ending the at&t exclusive hold on the device. one analyst estimates verizon will sell 3 million iphones every three months. coming up on "good morning america", our gadgets changing our brains? computers, phones, and other devices are supposed to make our lives easier, but are they just a distraction? i am jeremy hubbard. this was your "money scope report.". 66 degrees on this wednesday morning. >> a group of d.c. residents is slimming down, but another continues to bulk up. >> today on oprah, the finale to the debt diet series, learn the secret formula that will save you money, today at 4:00 on abc 7. >> if you think you might have excess stress in your life, why not listen to music? researchers at the university of maryland found blood vessels off in people listening to their favorite tunes actually opened wider, which is good for your blood pressure. the heart rate is helped there. doctors say not to listen to the same song over and over. it loses the effect of the melody. >> i have determined the same with my aunt cd's. i wear them out and i don't want to hear them again. some adults in the district are doing a better job than some kids at losing weight. >> the number of obese adults in d.c. fell nearly 1% between 2006 and 2009. d.c. is the only place in the nation where adult obesity rates declined. however, wouldn't 20% of children between 10 and 17 are obese. >> that is what we're looking at an epidemic down the road of diabetes and other health problems. 30 years almost since john hinckley shot and nearly killed president ronald reagan. >> the trauma surgeon who head of the trauma team at george washington universal -- university that treated mr. reagan is retiring. >> he looked at me and said, i hope you are all republicans. i said today i can be a republican. we are all republicans. >> nancy reagan sent to the doctor a letter and thank him for giving her 23 more years with her beloved husband in that letter. good luck to him in his retirement. >> 6:26, another half hour of good morning washington ahead. >> coming up on this wednesday, big cuts coming to prince george's county schools this fall, what this means for your child's classes. >> we are tracking a shift in the weather pattern. thank you, cold front for yesterday. thank you, cold front for yesterday. it gets even you wanna learn? stick with your ol' man here. tent's up, fire's going, who's hungry? or your mom. wow! 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[ mr. bluelight ] there's smart, and there's kmart smart. >> live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. >> [unintelligible] >> still ahead this half-hour, a d.c. mother and daughter missing, kidnapped by an armed man. this morning, major developments from the desperate search. welcome back. 6:30 is your time on this wednesday, june 30. i am alison starling. >> i am doug mcelway. more on that in a moment. but we begin with great news. there's the picture that tells the story. if the sun has risen and the heat and humidity are gone. >> we until you step outside. you will be so relieved. i almost woke up the neighborhood. i texted my wife to open the windows and turn off the air conditioner. very comfortable the next couple days. if noticeably cooler and less humid outside. we are reaping the benefits of yesterday's cold front. there's a dewpoint of only 47 in laurel, md., 63 degrees. very comfortable. on the way to 82 degrees this afternoon. 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. low humidity. or freezing north wind. tomorrow a few degrees cooler than today. we warm-up on the weekends i will talk about that in a few minutes. maryland traffic is great on i 70, 270, 95 in and out of baltimore. ththe construction near andrews air force base has been cleared up. newschopper 7 is flying in virginia. a bicyclist was stuck on route 1 before you get to quantico. traffic is getting by relatively unscathed by staying to the left. this is a live shot of 395 north bound at edsall road. there was an overnight wreck. everything is moving nicely. vdot made the decision in your favor. hov rules were relaxed. no hov restrictions this morning on 95, 395. alison and doug. >> thank you. we begin with a developing story that spans parts of the east coast. a mother and 9-year-old girl kidnapped in southeast d.c. have been found safe in new york city. if they were taken from the 5000 block of fitch street. we have learned the accused abductor is in police custody. brianne carter is outside police headquarters with the latest details. >> good morning. as you can imagine, a frantic search and an alarming situation in the southeast neighborhood when this happens. the good news this morning, police are telling us the mother and the young child to have been found in new york city. this happened before 6:00 last night in the 5000 block of fitch street se. 39-year-old karen elizabeth johnson and 9-year-old lamoury bryant were abducted by 49-year- old lamont johnson, believed armed at the time. if johnson forced the woman and two children into a white or cream vehicle. the other child was released and able to contact authorities. information was used to put out an amber and alerts for the other child. a woman and young child have been found in nyc safe and sound. the d.c. police tell us this morning that johnson has been detained. brianne carter reporting lives. the first hurricane of the season is barreling toward texas this morning. residents are worried about the potential for big rainfall amounts and flooding. farther east along the gulf coast, the worries are on the oil spill and what hurricane alex means for the cleanup efforts there. we have been keeping an eye on it overnight. >> the first hurricane of the 2010 season is expected to make landfall later today. president obama has paved the way for aid by declaring parts of texas a disaster area. >> vacancy 8-10 inches in the southern part of the state. >> two years ago hurricane dolly left a billion dollars in damage. alex is larger and could be stronger, prompting a surge in plywood sales. national guard troops arrived on south padre island where the surf is up. no one is happy. >> most of the islands are evaluated. at least for about a week. >> this man boarded up his cafe with a sense of. >-- of dayjet avoca. -- of deja vu. >> dolly flooded us out and we rebuild. >> the storm is sending waves surging in the gulf from florida to louisiana. the first hurricane of the season if sent several boats that are normally skimming and letting boom back to port. -- laying boom. bp gas station owners say their business has dropped 60%. that is despite the fact they are not associated with bp. they are independent operators. bp is telling station on is that they will help to offset the boycott. that includes cash, reductions in credit card fees, and more national advertising. the senate is expected to vote today to confirm general david petraeus as the next commander of u.s. and international forces in afghanistan. the armed services committee approved his nomination yesterday after asking him some difficult questions about the war. supreme court nominee elena kagan will spend another day in the hot seat. she answered the questions yesterday from senators. >> do you agree with the characterization that you are a liberal progressive? >> senator sessions, i honestly don't know with that label means. >> republicans suggested that her politics may influence their decisions from the bench. she faced questions about gun rights, free speech, and military recruitment when she was dean of harvard law school. president obama is hitting the road to talk about the economy again, going to racine, wisconsin today it for town hall event. he will try to convince americans the economy is headed in the right direction. the prince george's county school board has approved a new budget which includes some big cutbacks. spending levels have been cut 5%. there will be hundreds of layoffs. pay is frozen. employees will be furloughed up to nine days. lentz prices will increase 50 cents. bigger class sizes. school bus drivers, many will be cut. three men accused of conspiring to cover up the murder of a d.c. lawyer have been acquitted. yesterday the judge said that she believes one or all of the defendants no who killed him but that the prosecution did not prove it beyond the shadow of a doubt. still ahead on good morning washington, another meltdown on a marc train has one passenger demanding a full review. there's a record stephen strasburg will not set. first, a check on traffic and weather every 10 minutes. we think you'll like the changes, low >> donald edenfield daycare and spa in maryland. this summer comes and your dog to vacation with us. >> good morning, washington. -- dogg>> good morning. we are down in the 60's with dewpoint in the 40's. it feels fantastic. we went from the perfect cool weather with high heat and humidity down to golfing weather. it is much more comfortable in side. temperatures right now are mainly in the low to mid 50's. germantown is 59. waldorf is 65. 55 in cumberland, maryland. 64 in stafford. today's forecast, a lot of sunshine, high temperatures in the low 80s. tomorrow mostly sunny and a few degrees cooler, near 80. by the weekend, near 90. the good news is it will not be very humid. vdot says there's nothing working in the district. good to southeast. quiet on the freeway, maryland has nice traffic on the beltway between the bulls and a bridge and '95. new hampshire avenue to georgia avenue on the outer loop looks normal. 270, i would stick with it. in virginia there was a big crash, but that is gone near edsall road. vdot has listed hov restrictions for the morning. you're looking at northbound traffic in the geico camera. beverly swaim-stalison and doug. >> thank you. some baseball card collectors, bidding for stephen strasburg's rookie guard was at a million dollars earlier this week. when they cannot confirm the validity of the office, the auction was canceled. the seller will now attempt to put his card through an auction house in silver spring. >> we talk ed about that when it came up. >> it doesn't sound like they can validate that. 6:42 on this wednesday morning, 65 degrees. >> still ahead, bill clinton, a split between two allies. amtrak is apologizing to passengers once again after marc trai ungh! aah! hey! volley for serve! friendly competition runs on dunkin'. america runs on dunkin', with our refreshing coolatta flavors. enjoy an icy boost with our new blue raspberry flavor today. america runs on dunkin'. try a refreshing watermelon or new blue raspberry coolatta today. smart..welcomerewardsg at this resofrom hotels.com.? 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[ male announcer ] accumulate 10 nights. and get a night free. welcomerewards from hotels.com. smart. so smart. >> welcome back. 6:45 on this wednesday. people in south texas are preparing for the arrival of hurricane alex. that storm is expected to make landfall near the texas-mexico border this evening. texas gov. rick perry has issued a disaster declaration for 19 counties and has activated 2500 national guard troops. >> a woman and two young girls abducted are safe and sound as morning. there were taken from southeast d.c. last night. one of the girls was released and a member alert was issued for 9-year-old lamoury bryant. she and the woman will found in new york city. the man suspected of abducting them has been detained. president obama will spend part of this week focusing on immigration. thursday he will talk about the need to fix the u.s. immigration and a sepolicy. he will meet with labor leaders, advocacy groups, and members of the congressional hispanic caucus. hundreds of passengers were stranded last week in the heat wave. on monday a train blew past a stop and kept going. if the latest problems have a maryland state leader demanding answers. pamela brown is live in new carrollton with that story. >> the state leader you referred to is maryland state transportation secretary beverly swaim-staley. she was on the train monday when it blew past the station. he's calling this unacceptable and is demanding a top to bottom review of of amtrak-operated marc trains. she was on the train talking with passengers about their experience with the train overshot by three callants. it could not back up because there was another train. passengers had to continue on to b.w.i. marshall and catch a train back to the station, which put them behind 30 minutes. this incident is under review. it appears that the engineer began to slow the train down too late. the latest setback for marc trains. hundreds were stranded last week in the heat near the new carrollton station for an hours after the train broke down. a couple days later another marc train lost power. once again amtrak is apologizing to passengers. beverly swaim-staley will be in a meeting later this afternoon and you can bet she address this. an investigation is concluding that leaders of the u.s. naval academy operated a sham bank account as a slush fund and used the money to cover extravagant social events. the inspector general least its report yesterday. the report was a factor it into premature exit of the academy superintendent vice admiral jafri fowler. he is leaving in september. bil-- jeffrey fowler. nelson knows on bill clinton. tell us about the players and what is going on. >> in colorado there's a senate race. then it is backed by the white house. his opponent rahman off recently accused the white house of trying to get him out of the waste by offering him a gorbachov. bil -- offering him a job to get him out of the race. now bill clinton is endorsing andrew romanoff. bill clinton is his own man and his own political force. once again bill clinton is doing what he wants to do. >> andrew romanoff is a hot potato for the white house. this is the man that congressman issa wants to investigate. >> there was a similar allegation in pennsylvania. he is definitely jumping in at a bad time, bill clinton. especially because the man he is endorsing is getting beaten badly in the polls. clinton is not going to a campaign or necessarily raise money for him, say his people, but the damage is done. >> thank you. time for traffic and weather every ten minutes. >> it feels great and outside. we've been waiting for this. >> the cold front moved through yesterday. very refreshing outside right now. turn the air conditioner off and keep it off for the next several days. open the windows. the cloud deck is continuing to exit the region. this is a nice shot over the district with partly cloudy skies. becoming mostly sunny everywhere throughout the day. it is 16 frederick with sunshine. it is 39 degrees for the dewpoint number. low humidity. pretty much nonexistent. you will not feel the humidity outside today. it is 64 and culpeper, in frederick, 61. herndon, 62. 66 in landover. the cloud cover down to the south will continue to retreat out of the region. southern maryland, solving it, you still have cloud cover. it will all be moving out. yesterday was 92 degrees. 10 degrees cooler today at 82. the average is 87. we have limited the end of fishing north wind. turn off the air, open the windows. if in the 50s tonight. cooler than last night. tomorrow we will be cooler than today, near 80 degrees with a lot of sunshine. we will talk about the holiday weekend, coming up. not to lisa baden. newschopper 7 is flying over 95, virginia, northbound. between the prince william parkway and 123. heavy in the main lines and hov lane spirit hov rules are lifted this morning because of the crash at edsall road. maryland traffic is next. no issues to report on the beltway 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