the cold front moved through last night. we are seeing a transition into more comfortable air. lingering clouds moving out of the metro area. winchester 68 and stafford. still humid in the metro area, but that is changing. a fairly comfortable day with lower humidity. you'll notice that over the next couple hours. tomorrow, same story comfortable, low humidity, made 80's. a crash gone on the beltway at central ave. they are doing some paving in clarks gap. expect unusual delays. we zoom in to southern maryland, which is good. rte. 4 and route 5 in and out of baltimore uneventful. more neighbors hitting the road, southbound 270. and 66 and 94,5, plenty of the volume up to the beltway. that is the left side, the headlights on their way to 495. it's 6:02 and our top story. the death toll from a raid on a luxury hotel in afghanistan keeps on rising. >> armed attackers stormed the intercontinental hotel. at least 10 people were dead. >> good moring. ning. attacks in the afghan capital have been rare, but the taliban is claiming responsibility for the attack this morning. [gunfire] an afghan official says that the attackers were heavily armed. they were able to bridge to a security check points before opening fire on the hotel. afghan police arrest to the scene and firefights broke outlasting almost five hours. officials say the attackers are dead this morning. between 60 and 70 guests were staying at the hotel at the time of the attack. this morning, more than a dozen have been killed or wounded. the hotel is popular among westerners and afghan political leaders. during the attack, they were at the hotel and have a conference on the transition of power from the u.s. to afghan army and police. thank you. and we are following developments in new mexico. en masse of wildfire is near the los alamos nuclear laboratory. drums of nuclear wastes are stored at the facility. lab officials say that they can withstand fire. it forced thousands to flee their homes. we will have more and live report at 6:30. the government may be building a criminal case in connection with the scandal at one of the nation's most revered burial grounds. >> after dozens of stories of missing records, the justice department taking action against arlington national cemetery. courtney robinson is live at the cemetery with details. >> the fibbi and the army's criminal investigation command had been investigating armand jean national cemetery for six months. this morning according to "the washington post", we understand that a grand jury has subpoenaed both witnesses and records from arlington national cemetery looking into food to about burial issues and if there was any contract fraud or falsification of records. a year ago the army inspector general did finished an investigation that revealed hundreds of graves of accounted for, that included 100 graves said to be occupied that were then found empty. that same investigation revealed mismanagement by the cemetery higher ups. the cemetery superintendent and deputy superintendent left the cemetery. the cemetery uses paper records. any attempt to go to computer records, there were contracts that were out to the tune of $8 million. that is being investigated as well. we know that congress and -- has asked that cemetery workers look to account for all of the graves that are here at arlington national cemetery. as to whether any criminal charges will be filed, it's not known at this time. looking now at the day ahead. president obama will hold its first formal news conference since march. he is expected to answer questions on the economy the debt ceiling, and afghanistan. it's et for set for 11:30. >> an upper marlboro man heads to court. jason scott is charged with murdering dolores dewitt and her daughter ebony. he'll appear in court in november to face charges. he is suspected of killing three other women. of fairfax county police officer fatally shot an unarmed man that has now been fired. david masters was killed in 2009 on richmond highway. police pulled him over thinking he may have stolen a car. when masters track started rolling away, the officer opened fire. he thought that masters had run over another officer. the commonwealth's attorney ruled that criminal charges were not warranted. the master's family plans to sue. it is better months and 12- year-old jessica was murdered. still, there has been no arrest. she was found stabbed to death in the basement of her townhome in date is correct. police have not issued a warning that the killer may be on the loose. that may indicate that police may believe the killer was not an intruder. sarah palin has been spending some time in iowa, fueling speculation she may seek the republican presidential nomination. they were there for the premier of the "understefeated," a documentary about her life as alaskas governor. extra officers on patrol. what a new operation will mean for metro riders. >> a break from the humidity. >> hi, i'm from ellilcottcott city. i'm in coean city. you can surf her every day. >> the first named storm of the 2011 season. tropical storm arlene, moving to the west-northwest at 7 miles per hour. it will continue to do so, and within the next 36 hours make landfall along the eastern coast of mexico as a tropical storm. we are not expecting it to strike into a hurricane. that is the first named storm of though season. clouds are moving out. behind the cold front, the humidity is dropping. i know it is muggy but that will quickly change throughout the morning and into midday. mid 80's for high temperatures, becoming less humid with a lot of sunshine, a beautiful day. to get the garden hose up because you'll have to water over the next few days. the next chance of showers is sunday. the volume of traffic is cranking up. metro, marc, virginia rail -- nromalnormal at this hour. if you travel into virginia, we will take you to a live camera. a crash at glebe moved way on the shoulder. way. another lucky winner can claim four tickets to round topknot and ventures. -- mountain top adventures. you have another chance to win later on today. go to our web site or our facebook page. >> congratulations. of pharmaceutical safety. tylenol issues another recall. >> ended efforts to make the rails safer, what police will do later today. our top stories. 10 people are dead after militants stormed a luxury hotel in kabul overnight. the standoff ended when the attackers were killed by police and nato helicopters. the taliban says it is behind the attack. the justice department is investigating the mishandling of remains at arlington national cemetery. the fbi is looking for evidence of fraud or falsification of records. an emergency hearing will be held to determine if prison officials must stop tforcing jared loughner to take anti psychotic medication. he is accused of killing six people and wounding sixothers including gabrielle giffords. prince george's county police and master police are teaming up to keep the metro safe. operation blue tide. briann carter is live with the details. this new efforts comes on the heels of a number of serious crimes at metro stations in prince george's county. now, according to the washington examiner, later on this afternoon, passengers on matchup and expect to see police handed out safety fliers, a stepped-up police presence and security sweeps. six of the top 10 metro stations within the highest number of serious crimes since 2010 were in this county. in may a 21-year-old woman was shot and her father attacked during a carjacking at the largo town center parking garage. that came on the heels of another carjacking at the new carrollton station. this is not the first time these police departments will team up. they did another just like this in april, hoping to let passengers know how to be safe when writing -- riding the rails. 6:16, and a former police officer is the latest to plead guilty in connection with a corruption probe in prince george's county. he admits to selling cocaine to an undercover asian and helping to conceal the transport of untaxed cigarettes. new this morning the d.c. council scheduled to hold a hearing on online gambling, two months after it became law. the d.c. lottery is working on plans to offer online poker and blackjack. it is the first city to offer on-line gambling within its borders. it is the newsweek cover that is making people do it ever takes. a computer generated princess diana walking alongside her daughter-in-law kate middleton. the magazine is celebrating the late princess's 50th birthday. some complain that the image is creepy. but the publisher says it is a way to keep her memory alive. >> this is what she li would have looked she l00-- looked like at 50. in the 1980's, they were not doing a lot of fascinator,s, the h at. at. they speculate that she might be living in new york and married two more times. and best friends with -- [unintelligible] lots of speculation in to what life would happen like. why wall street has another reason to celebrate? >> more painkiller's on the recall list. >> topping america's money there is new optimism in the housing market. a survey found that housing prices are up .7% in april. prices were up an 13-20 metropolitan areas. it sent the dow 1215 points higher. bank of america is close to reaching a settlement. it dwarfs other deals that b of a has reached with other investments. tylenol is recalling extra strength caplets. they have an unpleasant odor and could cause stomach cramps. zynga is expected to go for an ipo. >> we check traffic and weather every 10 minutes. it might be a little bit more pleasant. more pleasant conditions today and tomorrow. on the weekend, we will crank up the heat and humidity. we have cameras everywhere. take a look at the wildfire's the the. . this fire outside los alamos. this is yesterday's time laps. the reason it looks so hazy is because of the smoke. we are not hearing much about the fires along the gulf coast. this is orange beach alabama. unfortunate situations across other parts of the country. here we are lucky. look at this beautiful sunrise over frederick, 71 degrees. dewpoing of 52. it's dropping. less humid air is pushing in. a transitional morning. yeah, a little muggy here, but that is quickly changing. temperatures low 70's. 74 at reagan national. dewpoints in the 50's northwest of town. all this drier air will stream into the metro area. big improvements throughout the morning. > mostly sunny today less humid, comfortable afternoon. mid to upper 80's. tomorrow, low humidity, a fantastic thursday. you will want to break out the hose and water the garden, because we do not have a chance of showers until sunday or monday when we may have some isolated thunderstorms. go to wjla.com/weather for all of your weather information. paving on clarks gap may cost your time. 270, then accident reported southbound in here 80 ubana. uneventful across the american legion bridge. if you had on to the dulles greenway and toll road, a good option. quiet on 28 between chantilly and centreville. 71 degrees. >> a good start for the u.s. women at the world cup. we will have a look back at the u.s.'s fisrtrst match. >> the last ever harpo hookup, jonny hepp an -- depp >> winning. >> winning. i9ff charlie sheen did any money from his former bosses, it will go to his ex-wife. there is a request to garnish $55,000 per month for child support from any payments that warner brothers television makes to the former star. sheen has not made any comment on the decision. $55,000 to raise a couple kids. >> lucky. >> the united states got off to a good start at the world cup in germany yesterday. >> against north korea. abby formerly of the washington freedom, set up the first goal to lauren cheney, a 2-0 win. >> this is a team environment. not one player raúl wynn's for us. in order for us to continue on the tournament and get deep into the tournament, it will take every single player. the coaching staff the players on the bench helped us get to this point. >> the next game is against colombia on saturday. good luck. 6:26. another half-hour of "good morning washington". coming up the life-saving benefit of regular breast exams. a revolutionary port that every woman needs to see. >> an out-of-control wildfire threatens plutonium contaminated waste and nuclear lab. i have more on that coming up. >> a cold front moved through last night. big changes. 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in the air. that will change in the next couple of hours. look at this great time lapse from our weatherbug site in laurel. this is at laurel high school and notice the clouds that is the edge of the cloud deck moving out of our area. it is retreating off to the east as the sun comes up. 74 degrees and the district and down to 66 in gaithersburg. less humid and that will filter into our area and we will have a comfortable afternoon with highs in the mid-80's. tomorrow mostly sunny less humidity and in the mid 80's. we will crank up the humidity for the holiday weekend. it is nice at the beltway as far as traffic across the american legion bridge and the wilson bridge and coming out of southern maryland. the move an accident from 270 south after 80 but before 109. noticeable light volume of traffic. everybody that has been stuck behind a car wreck is now starting to trickle through. we will see a little bit more action. our top story this morning one of the nation's most hallowed barrel grounds is now ground zero for an fbi investigation. >> we're talking about arlington national cemetery. there's a scandal over bodies buried in the wrong graves. federal authorities are looking into allegations of fraud. courtney robinson is live at the cemetery this morning with details. >> this is another black mark for arlington national cemetery. the fbi and the army's criminal investigation command have been investigating. we now understand that witnesses have been subpoenaed looking into who knew about the real issues or falsification of records. you may recall that one year ago, the inspector general released a final report of the investigation showing there were more than 100 graves that were occupied or emptied. there were a number of other issues involved in that including gravestones being used in a creek. according to sources officials believe some $8 million was wasted as the cemetery tried to transition from paper records into a computer system. there are a number of things this investigation is looking into. no word on any criminal charges yet. cemetery workers are looking into accounting for the 330,000 graves at arlington national cemetery. the time is 6:34 and we are following developments in afghanistan or the taliban says they are behind the deadly attack in the country's capital. officials say six heavily armed insurgents attacked the intercontinental hotel in kabul. at least 10 people died. nato helicopters killed the attackers after a four-hour standoff. it happened of the eve of a major security conference at that hotel. there are new fears this morning as a monster brushfire closes in i nuclear laboratory in new mexico. >> thousands of tons of plutonium waste are stored at the los alamos laboratory. officials said those materials can withstand flame. john hendron joins us live. good morning. it is a dangerous situation and one that sounds like it came from science fiction. and out of control wildfire on the doorsteps of the home of the atomic bomb now threatens to o burn barrels contaminated with plutonium. authorities at the los alamos national laboratory said they are taking every precaution to put the blaze to rest. it has caused the evacuation of the town of los alamos, about 11,000 people. the danger is not over. now the fear is plutonium- tainted dust. a tiny airborne particle of plutonium could lodge in the logs and cause cancer. -- intel lungs and cause cancer. the drums are designed to withstand wildfires. if the fire gets and closer, we may see a real-world test of whether they will hold up. reporting live, back to you. >> the time is 6:36. president obama will try to jump-start discussions over raising the debt ceiling. he invites prep -- he and vice president joe biden will talk with democratic leaders to cut spending and raise the debt limit. the president' held separate meetings on monday. a bond hearing is scheduled today for a man charged in the sunday drawn driving crash that killed a family of four. his truck rear ended a car that was stopped at a red light in winchester and that car burst into flames. his blood alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit. d.c. police and looking for three men who have been impersonating police officers and committing crimes. in one instance, men in a crown victoria with emergency lights and siren pulled the men over in northeast. they took $350, his credit card and driver's license for it men in the same car robin mcdonald and ne one hour later. for the time is 6:37. we have new evidence that mammograms are saving lives. the swedish study found that regular mammograms could reduce breast cancer deaths by 50%. that translates to 15,000 or 20,000 lives that can be saved every year. in 2009, a government advisory board suggested cutting back on routine mammograms. >> this means that we have yet another piece of data that shows mammography saves lives. >> that study does not recommend when women should start getting mammograms or how often. that has been the biggest source of confusion and controversy. >> there's a lot of conflicting information on that whole issue about 6:38 and >> how police are teaming up to keep metro riders say, coming up. >> first we will have another check on traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> welcome back at 6:41. time for traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> i heard a rumor we will have less timidity? absolutely. the dry air is working in the now. along the i-95 quarter, it still feels muggy but the wind will pick up and it will be cooler and sunny air and less humid. let's look at the beach and this is what it looks like to the east. in the west it is all blue skies but to the east there are some clouds. if you can see the cold front and the attendant shall hours. late last night we had some bright lightning flashes. i think that is when the front was passing through and now a bill -- will be nice for the next couple of days. temperatures are in the low 70's in the metro corridor and in the '60s and manassas. the dew point temperatures is the true measure of moisture in the air and that will be in the 50's to around 60 and as comfortable as it gets in the summertime. mostly sunny today and becoming less humid with a nice breeze, highs in the mid 80's. few minutes, we will highlight what the weather conditions are likely to be if you head out for the fourth of july weekend. >> thank you so much. southbound on i-270 coming out of frederick into urbana, an accident was south of rte. 80 and everything was moved onto the shoulder. this is the pace of traffic leaving 15 and i-70 onto 270 southbound, it will be a long ride to get into high its town. hyattstown. all lanes are blocked on the baltimore-washington parkway after powder mill road. >> thank you so much. we will check back and a little bit. the time is 6:43 and 71 degrees outside. >> state-owned, [ mr. cl per ] i don't talk to them as much as cindy does... good morning chickens! 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[ jim ] my dad did my grandfather did and it's what we do today. welcome back at 6:45 on this wednesday morning. this is what is trending on wjla.com. the holiday driving season is heating up the falling gas prices do not necessarily me busy roads. >> running short on a maryland summer staple -- maryland crabs -- what will we do this for the july weekend? >> they are still expensive. >> they are more expensive now. if you ride metro, you might notice increase police patrols today. >> they are calling this operation blue tide. we have more on their efforts to reach out to riders. the stepped up patrols are expected to happen at a number of stations across prince george's county and it is designed to increase the police presence and deter crime and metro stations. later this afternoon, prince george's county police and metro transit police will be working together to hand out the safety fliers doing security suite spending immersing themselves in a number of stations across this county. officers have risen to saturate the stations. six of the top 10 stations with the highest number of serious crimes in 2010 or in this county. in may, a 21-year-old woman was shot and her 54-year-old father was beaten during a carjacking at the largo town center parking garage. that was on the heels of another carjacking at new carrollton. this is not the first time that these two departments have worked together for this initiative. they did a similar thing back in april with a security sweep hoping to let writers know that they can and are trying to let these rails be safer. >> thank you. the time the six got 47. the marine corps sergeant who was charged in the shooting was released. the separation process began weeks ago after he was charged in an unrelated case. >> * isakson of 47 and europe is getting ready for another worrell wedding. read another royal wedding. the prince of monaco is getting married. this could be the biggest event in monaco cents grace kelly married the prince's father in 1956. kansas city royals are paying a visit to san diego and sandy e.d.: invited an acrobat from cirque de soleil to throw out the first pitch monday. take a look at this. there you go two midday as air rotations. followed by a strike at the placeplate. >> i think they need circus players on the team. look at the muscles on that god. ok time for traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> let's check in with doug hill. good morning. we are going to get cooler temperatures. let's start with a time lapse in laurel. we had a beautiful sunrise this morning. you will see the high clouds at the trailing edge of the cold front disappear to the east and the sun comes up in the next couple of days will be delightful. temperatures are in the 70's today right now. 70 degrees in waldorf. the clouds and rain are moving east with the front and a low pressure moving across new englan but nothing but clear skies. it is hurricane season. tropical storm arlene formed last night but it is not terribly strong. but as 40 miles per hour winds. we will watch that over the next 24 hours. sunshine and temperatures in the mid-80's with a nice breeze out of the northwest. through the rest of the day and evening, we will back off and have temperatures and a lower 60's and comfortable again tomorrow and into the weekend it will be hot and you can check it out at wjla.com. >> thank you. lisa baden was talking about problems on the b w parkway? the baltimore-washington parkway had a car fire and all lanes are closed. in manassas, there is a car burning eastbound on 66 between the rest area and 29/centreville and fairfax police are on their way. this is live on the beltway. look at the stop and go traffic. that is near the mormon temple and as a normal backup. we will be back with more in a >> wednesday morning, all eyes are turning to the tropical storm -- first tropical storm of the year and bring with it the threat of rain and mud slides. sam champion is tracking the very latest. no laughing matter here, the jerry seinfeld reality show is accused of recommends marriage. it could end nearly 15 years of union. >> the time is 6:54 on this wednesday morning. it is time to check the top stories. % people were killed when heavily armed militants stormed a hotel in the afghan capital in kabul. nato helicopters killed the attacker is and the taliban said they carried out the attack which occurred on the eve of a major security conference. there is a criminal investigation into the mess handling of remains of the arlington national cemetery. the fbi is looking for evidence of any fraud or falsification of records. massive wildfire is getting dangerously close to the los alamos nuclear weapons laboratory in new mexico. officials said have a plan in place of the flames get too close. a dog in great britain is proving that bigger is not necessarily better. >> take a look at this to what inaction. --chihuahua in action. it is a 2.5 dog -- 2.5 ft dog and it rounds of sheba. it is the little dog that thinks it's a rottweiler. that is so funny. >> one final check of the traffic. a car fire on the baltimore washington parkway near powder mill road and a vehicle fire in manassas is not helping on 66. this is live on 395 which is a good. what a beautiful day. the humidity is plummeting right now. it will be comfortable mostly sunny, low humidity, today tomorrow, and friday but the heat will come in for the weekend. we will be back in the mid it- 90's. i posted the time lapse of the wildfire down south on my facebook page. >>