afternoon. more on the fall-like weather on the way. >> ok, and more traffic starting to hit the road. watch newschopper 7 close to rockville pike where 270 merges. no x is to report. all 66 miles of the beltway -- no accidents to report. i-95, you are the hottest ticket as far as volume. but lanes are open. keep an eye on newschopper 7. we will join them in 10 minutes. >> we begin with the hunt for a killer in prince george's county. one man is dead and now police want to know who opened fire at home in beltsville. the shooting happened early this morning around 4600 block of garrett. the victim died at a hospital. they said there was a fight at the time of the shooting. month after anthony weiner resigned in disgrace, another embarrassment for democrats. >> a republican won his congressional seat last night. this is the first time in decades. democrats are wondering whether or not white house policies may have influenced this. we are joined with the details. good morning scott. >> good morning. this is the first time since 1923 are republican has won this congressional seat in new york city. and that fact has republicans thrilled as they look ahead to 2012. bob turner won an upset victory over a democratic newcomer. this was to replace anthony weiner who stepped down. they made it a referendum on president obama. they are social conservatives who are not happy that wepron voted in favor of same sex marriage. they took advantage of president obama's -- handling of the middle east crisis. republicans are saying it is a rebuke of the president's policies and his plan to create jobs. sccott goldberg, abc 7 news. president obama taste a jobs plan to north carolina today. he will visit -- takes his jobs plan to north carolina today . another new poll. the same bad news for the president and congress. a cnn survey showing approval rating slipping to 43%, down 2% from a previous poll. only 50% of those approved about how congress is handling thoseier eir job. dozens of huntington homes were damaged in last week's floods and some families lost everything. those residents are outraged over the response of local officials and say this situation should not have happened. brianne carter is live in huntington with the story. >> good morning to you. certainly families here are very frustrated that this keeps happening again and again. now some are wondering if more could have or should have been done to stop it before it started. days after a disastrous floods in this community families are frustrated as they tried to pick up the pieces and sort through their soaked belongings. >> we are basically viewed as disposable. >> in the past five years, there have been two major floods. residents more should have been done. >> they are going to put me in the poor house if they keep doing as. >> congressmen jim moran has been pushing for federal funding and a solution is once again putting pressure on the army corps of engineers. >> this is the result of what happens when we choose to disinvest in infrastructure. there was a day when we would have built a levee. >> so officials and residents say it comes down to money that the county cannot afford it and the federal government has not invested. they plan on discussing all of this tonight with homeowners when they get together for a meeting. live in huntington, brianne carter. >> those residents are not the only ones upset. people that lived in a trailer park in woodbridge devastated by the flooding are facing a deadline. 70 trailers are destroyed. many occupants are staying at a red cross shelter that will close this friday. the county has designated social service workers to help the residents search for housing but there is no help coming from the state or feeema. d.c. is on alert as a terror attack threat remains high. officers are in 12 hour shifts over the past few days. officials points to a credible threat that al qaeda may be planning to said off car bombs in d.c. or new york. a tanker truck filled with 3,000 gallons of gasoline has disappeared. local police and the fbi are investigating the vehicle theft but said there is no evidence of terrorism. 20 hours after it began, the taliban's attack on a u.s. embassy in kabul is over. it ended with every in search and dead. seven afghan citizens died in the attack. turning out to the murder mystery in aruba. the high-powered attorney who represented casey anthony will represent the montgomery county man under suspicion for his travel companion's disappeared. the attorney has agreed to help gary giordano who remains in jail. he is not expected to be the lead attorney in the case but will help with gary giordano's defense. >> interesting. >> 6:07, 67 degrees. dam it inside the life of jackie o. the local restaurant at the center of an historical romance. why waiting longer to get a license may not make teenage drivers safe for behind the wheel. big changes in the weather by [ male announcer ] what if we told you that cadillac borrowed technology from ferrari to develop its suspension system? or what if we told you that ferrari borrowed technology from cadillac to develop its suspension system? magnetic ride control -- pioneered by cadillac perfected in the 556-horsepower cts-v. we don't just make luxury cars. we ma cadillacs. i'm brian. after you watch "good morning washington" check out our mac and cheese. good morning washington. >> 6:10. adam caskey and the weather center. we are still on the warm side. then big changes in temperatures by friday into the weekend. tomorrow will be a transitional days. . let's take a look at the graphics and the two cold front in our northwest. the second one in wisconsin, i am, and nebraska, that will pack the biggest plunge for the weekend. right now temperatures are in the 60's. 68 in that district. lessons to impart an annapolis a little bit warmer at 70 degrees. -- in lexington park. muggy, with just a few thunderstorms west of the metro area. tomorrow, more widespread showers and storms into the afternoon as the cold front moves into town. look at that. friday in the 60's for afternoon highs. i will show everybody alive picture thanks to the cameras. the george washington parkway -- it is a beautiful ride north of reagan national airport. through sterling and on routes 7 and in centreville. 66 and 95, a growing volume. no accidents to report right now from virginia state police. it's a belated birthday for 7 logininion cubs. it had to be postponed last week because of bad weather. zoo keepers will mark the cubs first birthday.the the dubscubs were born last august and september. >> shepherd's pie. hook him up. >> the zoo kepperper should get a frozen treats. cries coming up, hollywood highest paid. tops a list? -- first, a daring rescue caught on tape. remember this? investigators are searching for the gunmen responsible for a deadly shooting in beltsville. man was shot at 1230 this morning at home on garrard avenue. he died at a hospital. investigators believe that he may have been in a fight at the time of the shooting. president obama heads to north carolina to make a pitch for his jobs plan. it comes a day after republicans won a new york house seat in a special election seen as a referendum on president obama is economic policy. we have more on that coming up. 3 americans held overseas may have to wait for freedom. bill richardson is not all leaving cuba without securing the release of a contractor. a judiciary says it is reviewing the bail offer for the american hikers shane baer and josh fattel. this video went viral. it was a group of good samaritans in utah who ran into harm's way to save a person's life. a motorcyclist collided with a car. this is 90 miles north of salt lake city. his motorcycle exploded into flames. he was pinned underneath the bmw. a dozen good samaritans worked together. there were able to lift the car and pulled wright to safety. >> i was not really concerned about it at the time. you do not think about the risk. >> his parents his siblings and everyone else are thankful for these angels that came to his aid yesterday. >> he was extremely lucky. he was not wearing a helmet. he is battered and bruised, but he is expected to make a full recovery. >> lucky is an understatement. new details from a grisly discovery last month. a body found burned in a car was the victim of a murder. the body was found in the 800 block of -- detectives tell us that the victim identified as antwain henderson was killed in .d.c. 7 is on your side with news about the transportation security administration says that children under the age of 12 will not have to take their shoes off at security checkpoints. the number of times that children are patted down will be reduced but not eliminated. officials say that the changes will take effect in the coming weeks and months. tougher driver's license laws are having a deadly side effect for older teenaged drivers. a new study shows a graduate of licensed programs have cut down the number of fatal crashes among 16-year-olds. the flip side is the number of traffic deaths among 18-year- olds jumped. looking at the day ahead two group's plan to release evidence that they say proves the cancer clustered around fort detrick. they say mishaps at fort detrick have caused illnesses that have affected 1000 families. have officials say the group's claims are unfounded. turning down to making news and america's money. wal-mart and women and hollywood's highest paid. >> good morning. topping america's money -- our west were fair. airline flights are full and airlines hope to keep it that way. if your flight is canceled, it will be hard to get another one. you had better book now for a holiday. walmart launches a campaign to help women. it will spend more with u.s. and foreign businesses run by women and offer training. another discount retailer, target was not prepared for how popular its new missoni line would be. and forbes magazine says that tyler perry is the highest-paid man and entertainment, thanks to not only his acting but writing and producing and directing. he made more money than it jerry brown, and steven spielberg -- and jerry bruckheimer. >> in death michael jackson is a breaking it in. his estate earned $310 million dollars. $30 million will go to his mother, his children and cheered. -- and charity. >> that is a lot of money. >> it is interesting how that happened with elvis presley and others after they died. >> the values skyrocket. traffic and weather every 10 minutes. adam caskey. >> it will be a warm day today. we are ahead of the cold front. the fall-like weather is on the way. >> i am excited. >> good apple picking and football weather. let's take a look at the conditions outside. clear skies, and a little bit of patchy fog out west. we have those two cold front stepped up to our west. they are slow-moving. they will move on through tonight and throughout the day tomorrow. tomorrow will be a transitional day. that typically means some active weather and the form of showers or thunderstorms. the second cold front in the midwest will pack the biggest plunge. you'll feel the changes by friday. even tomorrow will be cooler, but especially by friday. later on today, we cannot rule out a few thunderstorms west of the blue ridge. some of those could drift eastward over the metro area. tomorrow, most of us will get in on the rain action throughout the morning or midday and afternoon. we will have those fronts moving through very slowly. an unsettled day with spotty showers and clearing skies by tomorrow evening. once the sky clears, that is when we know that cooler air is settling into place. 68 and the district. 66 in winchester. 63 in gaithersburg. it will be warm, upper 80's. a few late day storms. a better chance of srain tomorrow. look what happens to the temperatures. upper 60's for the high on friday. the call their sticks around to the weekend. near 70 over the weekend. we have to break out the long sleeves by friday. will do. break out your patience. newschopper 7 is flying over 66 where it hits the beltway. you can see plenty of action as far as volume. eastbound on 66, the headlights flowing in manassas and centreville before and after 50. merging with the beltway. the inner loop is heavy leaving 60 off and on to tysons corner and good across the american legion bridge. thank you lisa. 5:21 and 67 degrees. >> coming up, jacqueline kennedy in her own words. a local restaurant and its historic story. >> are revealing conversation with actress sarah jessica parker at 4:00. all of these letters about my skirt is too short. he said, but they are not too short. he said, i guess you are right. >> those newly released audio tapes of jacqueline kennedy are generating reactions. she discussed everything about how her husband felt about fashion to world events. >> she said after the cuban missile crisis and her husband told that that anyone was going to shoot him, that would be the day. >> i guess that was prophetic. >> i was a junior in high school when he got shot. i wonder what the world would be if he had not been shot. >> the people we talked with watched last night's special on the tapes at martin's tavern in george town. that is where jfk propose to jacqueline kennedy in 1953. i used to live down the block. there is still another half hour of "good morning washington". why the classic toy is ditching a key ingredient. new information on the case of a missing maryland woman in aruba. who gary giordano has hired for his defense team . from shorts to long sleeves. live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> we have been asked by the people of this district to send a message to washington. i hope they hear it loud and clear. >> a special election upset. straight ahead " the loss of a democratic stronghold means for the president goes the cross- country campaign. good morning, washington. it's wednesday, september 14. >> i am cynne simpson. >> i am pamela brown. i like this forecast. you will need long sleeves by friday. still short sleeve weather today with warm conditions today. i just did a video blog on wjla.com. this code on the upper right side of your screen would also take you straight to the video. 68 degrees in the district this morning, 64 dulles airport 63 in martinsburg, 63 and baker64 in hagerstown. most of us will receive rainfall and at some time tomorrow from the morning into the afternoon. breezy conditions and in the 70's. by friday, in the 60's 4 afternoon highs. slow traffic, south capitol street and 295 to access the air force base. have your id ready. in maryland there's a broken- down bus on 270 southbound at father hurley. that a bus stop on the left side of the road. that will cause delays from clarksburg to germantown. the next camera is newschopper 7, a broken-down dump truck on the ramp from 66 eastbound heading on to the beltway. a tractor-trailer if it is having a tough time getting through. a broken-down truck. looks like nobody is getting by right now. that is 66 eastbound to access the beltway. more from newschopper 7 when we come back. >> that does not look good. the search for a suspect in an overnight shooting in beltsville. a man was shot and a home in the 46 under a block of garrett orr avenue at 12:30 this morning. the victim died at a hospital. investigators have not settled the victim is or what led to the shooting. president obama headed to north carolina today is to push his jobs plan. >> but his economic policies maybe costing democrats seats in congress. republican bob turner had a victory in the seat that once belonged to anthony weiner. the race was seen as a referendum on the president's economic policies. the same bad news for the president and congress. a survey shows the president's approval rating slipping to 43%, which is down 2% from a previous poll. only 15% of those surveyed approved of how countless -- congress is handling its job. 84% disapprove. dozens of families are still on the streets after their homes were damaged in last week's floods. now those residents of the huntington neighborhood who were forced from their homes by the high water are outraged. they feel the situation should never have happened. brianne carter is live in huntington with more. >> good morning. imagine the water rushing up the street. we have appliances on the front yard and a dumpster in the street. even at this hour we are seeing people bring bags of things out of their houses and caused them away into the dumpster. families are very frustrated. the water started pouring in. all they could think was not again. there have been two major devastating floods in the past five years. the latest was last week, leaving residents to pick up the pieces and try to dry out. in the past, engineers recommended better be a levee and pumping station for this community, but the county says there's not enough money. the travel government did not invest. families are frustrated now as they get their belongings and wonder whether more could've been done. we're hearing from officials and residents that the issue comes down to money. cable discuss all this to night residents and all water is expected to hold the meeting. meanwhile, they will continue cleaning up. reporting from huntington, brianne carter, abc 7 news. two homes in stafford, virginia, are teetering on the s. backyards have been collapsing since last weekend and it looks like the houses could soon collapse into a landslide. other residents are packing up their belongings and preparing to leave. officials are working on a plan to try to stabilize the hillside but it appears the ground is moving. officials have told both families they need to get out. >> of situation. >-- that's a tough situation. >>police officers in d.c. will remain on 12-hour shifts for the foreseeable future since there was a tip that al qaeda was plotting to set off car bombs in either d.c. or new york city. a scary situation on the eastern shore. authorities in lorton, maryland, said the tanker truck filled with gasoline has disappeared. local police and the fbi are investigating the vehicle theft but they say there's no evidence linking this to terrorism. the taliban's rocket attack on the u.s. embassy in afghanistan is over now. the afghan government says being a 20-hour assault in the capital ended with every and certain debt. several afghan citizens died in that attack. following a major new developments in the case of a missing maryland woman in aruba. frederick mann held in connection with robyn gardner's disappearance has hired some high-profile legal help. day jummy olabanji is live in the newsroom and joins us with new details. >> good morning. many will remember the name casey anthony. her trial ended a short time ago. we just learn? -- we just learned that her lawyer jose baez is no member of gary giordano's defense team. gary giordano's father frank is the 10 hired jose baez. he rose to frame as the lead attorney for casey anthony who acquitted of murder charges. gary giordano has been in jail himself for nearly a month because authorities suspect is directly involved in the disappearance and presumed death of 35-year-old robyn gardner. he has denied committing any crime and says that she was swept away out to sea while the two were snorkeling. her body has not been found. michael lopez his attorney in aruba, says jose baez cancer is an advisory role to the defense and provide other assistance but cannot argue in the courtroom. a trial date for gary giordano has not been set. abc 7 news, and jummy olabanji. 68 degrees. >> still ahead target's shopping frenzy. customers blitzed the brick and mortar stores and crashed the website. >> first, another check on traffic. this of a look at the house coming up on 6:40 on this wednesday morning. clear skies out there. just before sunrise here. actually two minutes after sunrise, but you cannot see the sun over the rise and yet in damascus, 67 degrees at damascus elementary school. gaithersburg 63. 63 in frederick 64 dulles airport along with leesburg. 68 at reagan national. a mild start today. it's going to be a warm afternoon. upper 80's later on today for the high temperature. noticeable humidity as well. a few lateday storms especially west of the metro area. not much in terms of rain later today. by tomorrow most of us if not all of us call will get some amount of rain throughout the day from the morning into the afternoon as a cold front moves through. we will be in the 70's tomorrow. dropping down into the 60's by friday. look at that. a taste of autumn on the way. up here 60's locally on friday afternoon. highs around 70 on friday afternoon. the cool air will hang around. now look at traffic. looks ok as far as 95 and 395. on 66 is not so good. newschopper 7 flying over an accident. we thought it was a broken down vehicle at first. the ramp from the inner loop to 66 eastbound is where we have the accident on the exit ramp. the headlights heading toward us, that is the eastbound impact on 66 and the in the loop will find a delay leaving braddock road to 66. 270 traffic, but turned out to be an accident with a bus and a car. southbound the father hurley boulevard, everybody moved on to the left shoulder. back to you. >> thank you. 66 degrees 6:41. >> the fallout from the special election for the obama administration. we have all the details. >> and a cooking classic for new generation. a big change coming t today a rebuke for the president's policies and a good sign or republicans. >> alex burns is with us with a look back at yesterday's's special election. there was new york and nevada. what happened? >> discouraging results for democrats. one in new york really has a party breaking glass in case of emergency. republican bob turner he won by eight points over democrat david weprin, seen as a referendum on barack obama's leadership particularly regarding israel. in nevada, a disappointment for democrats 21 points behind the republican in a special house race. but it was a conservative- leaning district so little less alarm. >> we hear that these races were referendums, but everyone stopped short of saying they were bellwether races. >> the one in nevada was one that republicans ought to win in a normal year, not an indicator of the general country. the same goes for the one in new york except in the other direction. it's a very democratic seats. it is shocking that a republican was able to win there. >> thank you. republican presidential candidate rick perry is feeling the heat over his decision to acquire texas girls to be vaccinated against the human papilloma virus or hpv. he said stop cancer and that his action was a mistake. but it does not sit well with conservatives who don't want the government dictating such requirements. the world's largest retailer is undertaking an initiative that it says will help women all-around world. wal-mart plans to spend $20 billion over the next five years of on goods and services from women-owned businesses. it also plans to offer job training programs to help women here in the united states and all around the world. there's a new warning about a cantaloupe contamination. the cdc says that mellon's grown on a colorado farm are tainted by listeria bacteria. the opera is blamed for least of all your ducks out west. two dozen cases have been reported in colorado, mexico, texas, indiana nebraska, and oklahoma. driver's license laws having a deadly side effects for older teenage drivers. if a new study shows graduated license programs have cut down the number of fatal crashes among 16-year-olds. the number of traffic deaths among 18-year-olds and jumped. >> some teenagers put off getting the license because of licensing laws expiring once they turn 18. u.s. news and world report is out with its annual ranking of top colleges and universities. the university of maryland baltimore county tops the list conduct an up-and-coming schools for the third straight year now. and george mason university is second on the list. several schools in our area also made the list of top national universities. the johns hopkins ranks 13th. darnestown ranks 22nd. university of virginia, 26. if there's a glaring omission, which is howard university. -- georgetown ranks 22nd. we will hear from two groups that claim there's a cancer cluster around fort detrick. the kristen renee foundation and fighting for frederick will hold a news conference. they say mishaps at fort detrick have caused the illnesses that have affected more than 1000 families. they have new evidence to prove it. maryland health officials say the claims are unfounded. let's look at traffic and weather every ten minutes. adam caskey joins us with what a great forecast. >> cooler weather. >> very fall-like by friday into the weekend. i just did a blog on wjla.com detailing how cold it's going to get it for the next couple mornings. we are going from shorts to date through long sleeves -- shorts today to sleeves on friday. the second cold front is farther to the northwest in which will pack a bigger punch on friday when the cold air is in place. we are expecting some showers and storms a little later on today mainly west of the metro area especially along and west of the blue ridge. one or two showers could filter eastward and make it to the metro area today, but not a big chance of showers today. tomorrow as the fronts are soslowly pushing through, from the morning of through the afternoon most of all must -- most, if not all of us, will get some rain showers. clearing tomorrow evening around dinner time and that's when cold air will push into the region. 68 in the district, 61 in manassas right now 66 in hagerstown. the afternoon high temperature of 87 with afternoon storms possible west of the metro. otherwise a fair amount of sunshine. scattered storms tomorrow into the afternoon. becoming breezy and after those fronts with winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour. nothing like friday. upper 60's both locally. -- up here 60's locally on friday. low 70's on the weekend. six 6 eastbound had a crash at 29 gainesville on the shoulder now. inner loop virginia ramp to six e-6 east, they moved an accident. -- to 66 east. is95270 has a crash southbound at father hurley boulevard. guards moved to the shoulder. equipment arriving. southbound allays coming out of clarksburg to germantown expected. back with more moment. you said you'd get me on the field. i did get you on the field. you are brian orakpo all-pro linebacker surely you can do better than this. come on sunshine. it's game time. squad's waiting. this is embarrassing brian. they've got me on the bottom of the pyramid. you know what else is embarrassing? paying too much for car insurance. geico. fifteen minutes could save you 15% onor more on car insurance. 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[ male announcer ] find your program at phoenix.edu. good wednesday morning. coming up a special election soccer in new york, the seed that if new york congressman anthony weiner lost with the sexting scandal has gone to a republican. what does this mean for president obama. we will have answers. and a dramatic rescue caught on tape. the heroes joining forces to lift a car off entrapped motorcyclist with flames raging nearby. they will join us live to discuss that effort. its next on good morning america. 6:54, to check the top stories. investigators searching for a gunman who shot and killed a man in beltsville. if this happened at around 12:30 this morning at a house on garrett orr avenue. the victim died of a hospital. police believe the man may have been involved in a fight at the time of the shooting. -- dericksgarrett ave. president obama will be pushing his economic policies and adopt policies today. huntington residents are cleaning up from the second major flood in five years. congressman jim moran says the money for flood prevention efforts is not there. you have heard of black friday. now they're starting tuesday. >> yesterday the retailer offered items by the italian designer missoni at much cheaper prices. the items were so popular that they were soon gone. there were offered online. the crush of online shoppers was so heavy that the website crest several times throughout the day. i am so disappointed. a generation of women grew up with an easy-bake oven. there's a new federal law that is phasing out incandescent light bulbs, so be of an now has a heating element much like a traditional of and in addition to a new design and graphics. you can still by expanding its chocolate cake mix. >> we have trouble spots on the roads. anything cleared up yet? >> yes they're working feverishly. the ramp from 66 eastbound the crash is completely gone. 95 northbound, slow traffic in virginia. no problems in and out of baltimore on 95. 270 south found at father hurley boulevard, a crash moved on to the left shoulder, but the damage is done. not looking forward to on and, in the cold front will do little damage. otherwise, many of us are looking for to the cool weather friday into the weekend. if near 70 degrees for the high temperature. >> looking forward to tha