95/marylanders near 198, police are on their way to an accident. the commute looks good near the mormon temple. 6:00. d.c. police are investigating an overnight shooting. investigators say a man was shot several times at seventh street and l street. he is hospitalized in stable condition. police do not have a suspect or a motive in the shooting. the man at the center of the d.c. hiring scandal is scheduled to speak out. former mayoral candidates and one-time employee sulaiman brown is set to testify before a d.c. council committee today. >> he said vincent gray's campaign paid him to verbally attack and then mayor adrian fenty and that he has the text and "true grit" -- and he has paint checks to prove it. >> sulaiman brown released copies this weekend of money orders given to him last year during the mayoral campaign season. he says the checks totaling $600 were given to him by consultants of vincent gray and by the chairman of vincent gray's campaign. they are made out to sulaiman brown for mayor. brown says that vincent gray promised him a job in the administration if he stayed in the race. he was hired as an auditor. he made the allegations public not long after he was let go from that job. he is supposed to testify if before the council committee around 1:00 this afternoon at the wilson building, that is located behind me. it is supposed to wrap up sometime before 7:00. that is something that he worked out with the council committee because he did not want this to go on all day. we will be here for that hearing and will update you as we get more from asia. reporting from the west, jummy olabanji abc 7. looking at the day ahead, a man once at the world's top bank scheduled now to appear in a new york city courtroom today. dominique strauss-kahn is expected to plead not guilty to start disease sexually assaulted a hotel maid. he is under house arrest now. the 62-year-old says he is innocent. a d.c. police officer accused of killing a woman is scheduled to be in court as well today for a bond hearing. richmond phillips is charged with murder 20-year-old whenever right. her body was found in the temple hills park last week. her infanct daughter -- infant daughter jaylin was also found dead. coach ralph thomas was found dead outside mckinley tech high school. he was general manager of a semipro football team, the disease falcons. police arrested oma crawford, who had unsuccessfully tried out for the team. witnesses tell us that the two were fighting over a woman before the killing. and prince george's county there was a deadly crash. >> three people killed early yesterday on indian head highway in oxon hill. courtney robinson is live in palmer park at police headquarters with the latest. >> the crash involved two vehicles. the driver of the vehicle that was a responsible for the crash there was alcohol and speed involved. he was taken into custody. charges are still pending at this time. alcohol and speed, that is what prince george's county officers believed caused the crash that now has three dead. according to detectives, after 3:00 sunday morning, what is left of this a gray mazda was hit from behind by a black yukon. the book force through the mazda of the road. two pin female passengers were thrown from the vehicle when their car then hit a tree. their mother was gwendolyn demby. >> very unfortunate. they are very sweet family. >> the driver of the monster eugene johnson was well-known in manassas as a magician, a constant at many children's birthday parties. >> it is heartbreaking. man, i don't know what to say. i cannot believe it. he was a very nice guy. he was a family oriented guy. i used to see him walking up here sometimes. >> the second female passengers to die has yet to be identified. there was another male passenger who paramedics took to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. live from police headquarters in palmer park, courtney robinson abc 7 news. we have a heads up for drivers in the district today. some northeast streets are closed while pepco crews finish fixing underground cables blamed for last week's power outage. first street is closed between l and m. pearce disclosed from north capitol street 2 first street. uecker lane of north capitol street disclosed at l street. those closers asia and later today. -- booker blainthe curb lane of north capitol street is closed at l. rick santorum will announce his candidacy for president in western pennsylvania. he is expected to make campaign stops in iowa and new hampshire later this weekend. 66 degrees outside. , >> living longer. --still to come living longer. two breakthroughs in the fight against cancer. >> and another heatwave is o i am here at marriott global headquarters with hundreds of our associates. we are on our way of to serve our community today. we would like to say to you -- >> good morning, washington. we have some areas of patchy fog. with the sun that should burn off rather quickly. let's look at numbers right now this monday morning. upper 50's northwest of town. 59 in hagerstown, 57 in frederick, 59 in winchester. 66 in the district. warmer and more humid to the south of town. 63 and monday in fredericksburg and lexington park, 64. highs in the mid 80's this afternoon. not too humid. things will change by the middle of the work week. a lot of sunshine tomorrow. hot and humid with high temperatures near 90. by wednesday and thursday, it is back and 90's for the high temperatures. 97 or 98 by the middle of the work week. we are going to run up to newschopper 7. they're looking not at a crash on 95/maryland southbound after routes 32, but before 216. two left lanes blocked with the equipment on the scene. we are hearing about a three- mile backup from colombia to laurel between 198 and the beltway is an easy trip. 6:11. the world's largest passenger plane will make its first flight to washington. it is an air france airbus 838 a-380 making its inaugural landing at dulles airport today -- airbus a-380. it will make flights comparison dulles. it will be two flights combined into one with 538 seats on two passenger decks. >> that is a monster airplane. look at the stairs. >> if it blows me away that you could have that many people on one jaet. >> amazing. 6:12, 66 degrees. >> coming up the first was number one, but the new x-men movie could not measure up. we looked at the weekend box office. >> defense secretary robert gates offers his ideas about how we should withdraw from host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? did the little piggy cry wee wee wee all the way home? piggy: weeeeeee, weeeeeee weeeeeee, weeeee weeeeeeee. mom: max. ...maxwell! piggy: yeah? mom: you're home. piggy: oh,cool, thanks mrs. a. anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. checking our top stories on this monday morning, the man at the center of a d.c. hiring scandalous speech today before the d.c. council. a judge ordered sulaiman brown to testify if after he refused to comment -- after he refused to comply with subpoenas. brown said vincent gray's campaign promised him a job and gave him cash to attack former mayor adrian fenty. a driver is in police custody after a crash still- three people in prince george county appear this happened yesterday morning on indian head highway in oxon hill. police say that an suv branded a mosque killing three in the mazda. the mosque and then struck a tree. charges have yet to be filed. a volcanic eruption in chile has created this slide show. lightning was caught in the cloud of smoke and ash arising from the volcano. hundreds of people living near the volcano were forced to leave their homes, but no reports of injury. 6:14. defense secretary gates is making his final visit to a can stand before his scheduled to retire later this month. he met with troops at a remote base and spoke with abc's diane sawyer about troop withdrawal schedule to begin in july. john hendren has details. >> with the afghan war in its 10th year, defense secretary robert gates says it is combat troops who should come home last. >> of the door up to me, i would leave the shooters for last. -- if it wre up to me -- were up to me. >> how do you and handle this at night and home? >> that is when i do the condolence letters. >> i wi would try to maximize my combat capability as long as this goes on. >> if the top commander general petraeus will offer a range of options on woodall that begins in july and goes on over 18-24 months. >> i have confidence we will strike the right balance. >> the obama administration is expected to announce the withdrawal plan in july. if president obama meets with his national security team later today. general petraeus will be the next cia director to replace leon panetta who will replace secretary gates as defense secretary. 6:15. more residents in eastern arizona ordered to evacuate their homes because of a huge wildfire. if this is the third largest in state history. there's still no containment. the fire expanded by several thousand acres as today. it has reached 287 square miles. another big fire, the fifth largest ever in arizona, covered 156 square miles. fire destroyed a house owned by country music star trees at inspirited broke out yesterday afternoon near nashville -- country music star chace atkins. he and his wife made it out safely. it started in the garage. crews are using a helicopter like this one and dropping sandbags are broken levee in missouri, hoping to prevent flooding in the nearby town of hamburg in southwestern iowa. if 600 people there are being ordered to evacuate. levees along the missouri river have been weakened by the recent high water levels. making news in america's money, the first class has room to grow. and a superstore -- peggy bunker as those stories and more. -- has those stories. >> produce is being recalled in europe as it may have been linked to an outbreak of e. coli in been sprouts. two talk executive's of j.p. morgan chase will soon step down. the company is known for stability. the current leadership kept the bank relatively strong during the financial crisis. the first wal-mart express opens in arkansas this week. it's 1/10 the size of the usual walmart, making it the size of a drugstore. the idea is to compete with other such stores. and $56 million was turned by the new x-men movie. hang over was in second place. feels good out there right now. will it stay pleasant throughout the day? >> i am not going to sugarcoats it. for today, yes, but not for the week. today will be good. by the middle of the week, a little flash back to the heat from last week. we could have eaten advisories by the middle and end of the work week. let's look at the number -- -- we could have heat advisory is by the middle and end of the week. it is 64 degrees in warrenton this morning. there is added humidity locally and south of the metro area. in huntingtown is 61 degrees. we have a little fog over the metro area to start the day. the sun is up. foggy particularly where the relative humidity is 100%. that includes all stirred laurel, lexington park, arlington, but not limited to those areas. there's a chance of fog outside this morning. let's look at disabilities. down to about 0.8 miles in hagerstown 1.3 in gaithersburg. 8 miles in the district. 3 miles in quantico. visibilities will improve greatly by the minutes as we go through the early morning. clear skies overhead right now. the jets dream is well to the north in the midsection of the country. in the middle part of the countries where the heat and humidity is. we will be well into the 90's -- they will be well into the 90's today. that will reach us by mid-week. mid 80's today for us. close to 90 tomorrow. mr. a robber 90's by wednesday and thursday. -- mid to upper 90's. 95 marilyn southbound, accident between 216 and 198 with delays beginning near rte. 132. after getting by to the right. southbound 95, crashed between 216 and 198, moved on to the shoulder. virginia, everything is open on 95 66, the greenway, the toll road, and quiet at glebe road. now to news. 65 degrees outside 6:20. >> scary moments at a soccer tournament as some inflatable rides go airborne. >> today on "oprah," behind a curtain with a real-life "black swan," 4:00 and abc 7. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- 6:23 on this monday morning. today marks 67 years since one of the most decisive battles in history. thousands of soldiers landed on the beaches of france for the d- day invasion. the soldiers breached determinegerman defenses. more than 40 world war ii veterans will gather in normandy to rededicate a monument to that invasion. >> i have been to normandy and it is magnificent. it is so amazing what those men did. >> absolutely, the sacrifice. 13 children are recovering from injuries they suffered while playing in a bounce house. >> it happened saturday during a soccer tournament in oceanside new york. several of them had been set up on the soccer field. the kids were playing in them when a gust of wind sent the inflatable rides into the air. many of the children were tossed about. >> i happened to turn around and i solid glowing in the wind. i cannot believe it. it was like something from a movie. >> parents did whatever they could to try to prevent the houses from becoming airborne again. one of the parents/one of them with a knife to deflates it. >> the parents were screaming. it was a special night for a connected high-school students today. james tate almost missed the prom. he was banned from going to the dance after posting a message on the schools all wall asking a girl to the dance. the principal changed her mind after an outpouring of support. and he was named prom king. good for him. >> good for them. 6:25 right now. still another half-hour of "good morning washington." robert pattinson gets an mtv music awards and this is one of his co-stars. >> the man at the center of the d.c. hiring scandal is expected to testify today. sulaiman brown's day in front of the d.c. council. >> when the heat and humidity will increase again this week. 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heat and humidity increases especially by wednesday. we're talking high as well into the 90's. clear skies right now with a little patchy fog. in the midsection of the country is where we have the heat and humidity and that will push their way the next couple of days. it is a comfortable start to our monday 57 degrees in cumberland 6. the six in the district. we are on our way to the mid- 80's with sunshine today and tomorrow. we turn up the heat into the mid and upper 90's by wednesday. maryland southbound 95 has a crush on the shoulder close to 216 and 198. moving well as to 70 at father hurley boulevard. we will ticket to virginia and show you the pace north of the beltway, number 395. leaving edsall road, a typical the lead. the time is 6:31 and we begin the breaking news coming in from centreville. police are investigating a triple stabbing. it happened in the 13,800 block of braddock springs road and two of the victims are in grave condition. a third victim has serious injuries. there is no word on what led to this stabbing. we'll continue to follow this story and we will bring you the latest as it comes in. a former d.c. mayoral candidate and a onetime city employee says he was paid to attack former mayor adrian fenty during last year's campaign. he is set to speak out today. >> suleiman brown is set to testify before a d.c. council committee. jummy olabanji is live in northwest with a look. >> good morning. suleiman brown says he has the proof. he gave "the washington post" copies of checks and money orders that were given to him by member of vincent gray's campaign last year. vincent gray denies this. some residents say allegations of dirty politics continue to plague the nation's capital. >> i like to think of this as bacteria. you try to get rid of it but it just keeps coming back. >> suleiman brown says he will present his crew to the city council during a hearing today. he says he received money from the vincent gray campaign to attack adrian fenty during last year's mayoral campaign. this weekend he presented "the washington post" with several money orders that he says are claims. vince gingrey denies this. >> i think we're back where we were with marion barry. i think it has put a damper on this administration. i think it shaded this whole administration. >> other residents say this support may or gray while some don't know who to believe. >> as a citizen i don't know who is telling the truth. >> that hearing starts at 1:00 this afternoon behind the wilson building. we will be in there and we will update this story throughout the day. the time is 6:33. the d.c. attorney general is said to make an announcement today regarding a nonprofit organization run by councilman harry thomas jr.. it offers sports to kids but it is accused of being a slush fund. the attorney general's office have -- has been investigating who gave money to the organization and where that money went. >> the time is 6:33. the former head of the international monetary fund is scheduled to appear in new york city's courtroom. dominique strauss, is expected to plead not guilty to charges he sexually assaulted a made last month. he is under house arrest. he says he is innocent. local dive teams will resume their search today for a missing swimmer who is now presumed dead. she went swimming with two friends on friday in the reservoir in brookfield, maryland. he was pulled under the water. they were searching for his body yesterday but there were unsuccessful. we are hearing from family members of a football recruiter who was murdered friday night. ralph thomas of temple hills was shot and killed outside mckinley tech high school in north west d.c.. he was the manager of a d.c. football team. the suspect is a 25-year old and he tried out for the team but was not chosen. he was arrested at the scene of the shooting and is being held without bond. the time is 6:34 and we are learning that alcohol may be to blame for a weekend crash that left three people dead >> the victims were in a car struck by a suspected drunk driver in oxon hill. that driver could be facing charges. courtney robinson has the latest. >> alcohol and speed is what prince george's county officers believe caused the crash that now has three dead. just after 3:00 sunday morning what is left of this gray car was hit from behind. investigators say the force through the car off the road and into a tray. two female passengers were ejected and died and one of an was 52-year-old. she was a mother of a teenage son. >> that is very unfortunate. they were a very sweet family. i cannot say about good about the. >> the driver of the car was a 53-year-old. he also died and he was well known in manassas as a magician at many children's birthdays. >> it is heartbreaking. oh, man. i don't know what to say. i can't believe it. he was a very nice guy. he walks out there sometimes. >> the second female victim has yet to be identified. another mel passenger was taken to hospital with non life- threatening injuries. the driver was taken into police custody and charges are pending. they have not release the identity of the driver of the offending vehicle. our effort now as a government should be to get the private sector to help them stand up and lead the recovery. the government is not the central driver of recovery. >> fewer jobs are being created. manufacturing is slowing down and home sales and prices are falling. the republicans and democrats have put four different ideas for fixing the struggling economy. >> the time is 6:37. 66 degrees outside. >> still ahead, groundbreaking work in the fight against cancer -- the new drugs offering patients and new hope. >> first we have another check on traffic and weather every 10 [ male announcer ] the inspiration for its shape was an archer drawing his bow. ♪ ♪ could that have also inspired its 556 horsepower supercharged engine? ♪ ♪ the all-new cadillac cts-v coupe. we don't just make luxury cars we make cadillacs. it is a pleasant monday with a good start to the work week. it is pretty pleasant out there with humidity dropping this morning. 67 degrees in the district and woodbridge is 61 degrees. cumberland is cooler and more comfortable at 65 degrees. overall, a pleasant and seasonable start to the dead. there are some areas of patchy fog. that will burn off rather quickly. mid-80's today and a few scattered clouds. here we go again -- on wednesday and thursday, well into the 90's with high heat and humidity back in place for the middle and latter half of the week. the traffic is busy with plenty of volume. 95 south in maryland has a crash at 116 but that was moved to the shoulder. 66 is slowing eastbound nutley street to the beltway. here are a couple of pictures. it is good across the wilson bridge and potomac river. we will take into maryland going toward the river northbound 395 with delays leaving springfield. the time is now 6:41, 66 degrees. >> coming up how democrats could take back the house. we will have a politico minute. >> i did not think i was going to win. >> there was a lot of women going on last night. robert pattinson took up the spotlight and some tro ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] spare toothbrush, just in case: $4. ♪ ♪ home cooked meal: $28. ♪ ♪ first date finest: $33. ♪ ♪ having time on your side: priceless. mastercard paypass.ss bringing you the most convenient ways to pay. learn more at mastercard.com/paypass. 6:44 and we have new hope against the fight against two deadly forms of cancer. the first preferred could help melanoma patients live longer. >> the second could cut the risk of breast cancer in half for women most at risk. >> scientists revealed a new drug which targets genetic salutation which affects half of those with melanoma. it was so effective in keeping patients alive that those on chemotherapy were offered the drug instead that we have tears of joy. >> when we had a patient that is realistic for melanoma, we put them in these clinical trials and in 72 hours, they are better. this is unbelievable. >> on the weekend, they raised for a cure in the women's cast -- capital and research is said to have a new drug that helps prevent breast cancer. the drug is called aromacin. it cuts the risk of developing breast cancer by more than half with less side effects. >> all that together is exciting research that will take us further over the next five and the tenures in producing very meaningful results for patients. >> also announced yesterday, the already approved drug that stimulates the immune system to fight cancer. this drug increased survival for melanoma patients by 1/3. officials think that contaminated been scratched from a german firm are to blame for an e coli outbreak in europe. at least 22 people have died and 2200 have gotten sick. officials expect definitive test results to come back today. the organic form that -- farm that grew that produce has been shut down. >> news from around the region. there is word that cathy lanier is the highest paid top cop in the d.c. metro area. she makes $253,000 per year. the montgomery county police chief is second on the list $216,000 per year. there's a new wegmans supermarket in frederick maryland. thousands of people attended yesterday's grand opening. the store is located off route 16 and liberty road and has 500 employees. wegmans it now has three stores in maryland and six in northern virginia. in today's politico minute -- taking back the house. democrats could be within arm's reach. >> we have executive editor of politico with us. six months ago, this did not seem like a possibility. what changed? >> the big one was medicare. they put this restructuring plan on the table and is hurting them politically. they lost the seat in upstate new york and democrats are using this blueprint everywhere else for there is evidence that it is working. independent voters are very wary of this plan. if you look at the landscape democrats need to pick up 25 seats and you take medicare plus all the money democrats are raising and give them the potential to win back the house. i don't think anything thought would happen then isn't there also re-districting issues? >> illinois is the place to really watch. that one state alone republicans are getting rolled in the re-districting process. it looks like up to five republicans could lose their seats because they will redraw the district. when you have that happen in targeted places and it is happening in iowa, it gives democrats more hope. it is a possibility. >> we are 17 months out until november 2012. a lot could change. >> it is never too early to speculate on anything. in politics, you always look for trendlines. you always watch what is happening with independent voters. obama won the presidency because he won independent voters. republicans are one the house because they won independent voters for the independence are starting to move back to the point where they are evenly divided. if republicans can win the independents, they will win the house. it is that simple. the big one is the economy. i don't think anyone thinks the economy will be robust. it could be worse than it is today which would have a terrible effect for an incumbent. republicans are in control of the house of that could be a determining factor. >> thank you so much. >> let's get a look at the weather. by wednesday you'll notice the intense heat and humidity. today is not a bad way to start the work week. it is nice to start the week of slow and jumped into the more hectic whether by the middle of the week. there will be higher heat and humidity. it will be good cool weather. it is kind of like what we had last week. we are in the 60 pause right now for the most part. -- we are in the 60's right now for the most part. 67 degrees in the district and woodbridge is 62. now is a bit of a haze over the federal city. that is fogger as lifting and burning off. that is an indicator that the air is saturated. falls church is 64 along with laurel. this is the visibility's. frederick, only 8/10 of a mile. 8 miles in the district. it is quite a bit foggier north and west of the district. the jet stream shown in blue goes way up and over the midwest. it goes into southern canada and that is where the core of the heat and humidity is. they are already starting their day in the 70's in the midwest. that heat and humidity will migrate our way. we will notice it especially for the middle part of the week. today will be mid 80's with patchy clouds and a little warmer than yesterday but humidity not that bad. tomorrow a little hotter, near 90 mid and upper 90's by wednesday and very humid. no widespread rain any time soon. it is busy on the highway this morning. look at the commute in southern maryland. route ffour and five and 95 and the baltimore-washington parkway are slowing in laurel. on route 1 in laurel, there's a crash north of contee road. this is what traffic looks we've got some breaking news from fairfax county. police are investigating a double stabbing and centreville for this happened at a home on braddock springs road. one person is dead and the two others were flown to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. there is no word on what led to the stabbing but we will continue to follow this story and bring the latest as it comes into the newsroom. the d.c. council is set to hear from a man of the center of the hiring scandal surrounding mayor vincent gray. suleiman brown says his campaign promise him a job that gave him money to attack former mayor adrian fenty during the campaign last year. it was another close finish at the nba finals. the miami heat scored with seconds left in the game and beat the dallas mavericks' 88- 86. miami now leads the series two games to one. they will make for game four tomorrow night. robert pattinson sunk his teeth into the mtv movie awards last night. >> start of the twilight sagas unexpectedly slobbered co-star taylor lautner. in all, the latest twilights of a film won five awards less >> chicken with lisa baden. will go quickly into the geico traffic center with the pace slowing on the belt way from duke street up to king street and good at the pentagon and open across the 14th street bridge. great way to start the work week. sunny and comfortable and not too humid with high temperatures in the 80's. hot and 60 -- hot and sticky and uncomfortable by wednesday with high as well into the 90's. no real widespread rate anticipated but we could use it. >> that is it f