the bottom line. or just enjoy the air- conditioning. stay indoors as much as possible this weekend. record-breaking high temperatures to morrill your 100 degrees. heat advisory today from noon until 9:00 p.m. it will feel like 105. air temperature in the upper 90s today, but near 100 tomorrow with a heat index of 110 in the afternoon. there is an excessive heat watch tomorrow. a few other locations this morning are in the '60s. now to lisa baden for traffic. there was a crash on the baltimore washington parkway at greenbelt, but it is gone. this was at greenbelt road exit. southbound baltimore and washington parkway, everything is quiet and moving nicely. going to hagerstown, 340 north is closed due to a crash. that is that bakerton street. no problems around the beltway. looks fun at the river road. metrorail is on all service systemwide. alison and doug. >> thank you. and heat-related tragedy for a local family, a 12-year-old boy drowned in the swimming pool yesterday it fell as well as is also trying to save him. it happens in upper marlboro. the caloric boy and his siblings were playing in the yard. -- the clark boy and his siblings went into a neighbor's pool over the fence. neighbors are devastated. they say the man was always helpful to them. >> he was walking around with a shovel on his shoulder. >> he was a good friend. >> police are trying to find out more about what happened. but police are investigating a car crash in northeast that left seven injured. three cars collided last night at south dakota ave. two people had to be taken to the hospital with serious injuries. look at this video, the aftermath of the crash involving an suv and the police cruiser in silver spring last night near calvert avenue. details are sketchy. police say there were no life- threatening injuries. we turn to the latest on tropical storm bunny. recurrence of being blamed for several near drownings in south florida. bonnie is making its way through the bahamas and is expected to pass over or near the florida keys today. this storm has forced crews working to contain the oil spill in the gulf to move a child. bonnie is expected to move through the oil spill zone on saturday. dozens of ships have been ordered to leave the area. blooms that have been ordered to protect the coast have been moved inland. -- booms. louisiana governor has declared a state of emergency ahead of a storm. a judge will decide whether 20-year-old jack adjustor will have to stay behind bars until his trial -- zachary chesser. he was trying to travel to somalia to join a terrorist group. a suspect in the mass shooting in southeast d.c. in march as a status hearing today. orlando carter is accused of killing four people with an automatic weapon and accused in the murder of jordan howe eight days earlier. his attorney has asked to withdraw from the case. the judge will address that issue today. the senate has passed a $60 billion bill to pay for th afghanistan. $20 billion in domestic spending has been stripped out. now the measure goes back to the house. president obama's is agriculture secretary thomas vilsack jumped the gun by firing that the employee whose edited comments about race were posted by a conservative blogger. the president called shirley sherrod to apologize and appealed to her to come back to work at the usda. if president obama is wasted no time in signing a bill that restores unemployment benefits to millions of americans? been out of work more than six months. state unemployment agencies say that the unable to start sending a check as soon as next week. still ahead, a decade of safety warnings for northwest airlines almost all been ignored. a grand slam for the problematic escalators. we will tell you the latest timetable. this is: jabil weekend to stay inside in the air conditioning. we will be back with since i've been doing roller derby for the last three years, i'm more brash, more confident and i love this. can i use my hands? is that alright? i take good care of my body and i do it so i can do this. 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[unintelligible] it is sickening. >> a local football coast under arrest, accused of having inappropriate relationships with children. parents are upset. children. parents are upset. in our top stories, the d.c. area is under heat advisory. temperatures are expected to climb above 100 again. forecasters expect new records this weekend. thousands of people across our area lost power during the last chile for three weeks ago. many are nervous that could be sweating it out again. current created by tropical storm bonnie of blamed for several drownings in florida. the storm is on its way to the bahamas and is expected to pass near the florida keys today and expected to hit the area affected by the oil disaster by saturday. a report shows northwest airlines failed to follow federal safety records of more than a decade, but was not accountable. allegations of a cozy relationship between the faa and the airline. a former high-school football coach faces child sex abuse charges. brian gwaltney, age 39, is a government and football coach. >> a former assistant football coach and substitute teacher at charles flowers high school in springdale, maryland has been indicted on a long list of sex offenses. authorities alleged that he had sex with two 15-year-old female students in a classroom at a school on a number of occasions. in december of 2009 through february of 2010. >> i have four jordan of my own in prince george county schools. i have concerns about our children being saved in the schools, i understand the public's reaction. >> after its initial arrest in june, he was removed from the classroom and eventually terminated. no one answered the door at his tunnels in laurel. hawala and has been issued for his arrest. >-- a warrant has been issued. >> you should not violate children's trust. >> she says not supposed to take advantage of children. >> the girls trusted him and for in to take advantage is sickening. time for traffic and weather. >> wheatland lisa baden. what is the latest? >> 340 north is closed before getting to harper's ferry. the crash at becher takerton street. 270 looks great. let's go to a couple of maps. getting to virginia, giving you the green light on route 4, route 5, a great trip right now to annapolis an end to they bridge and he been to the district. 95 in and all of baltimore, and earlier crash is ghana add green ... lead. recorded an earlier crashed on greenbelt' at the beltway is gone. 95 traffic out of newington getting to the beltway on the camera now. normal travel times as far as 95 between richmond and baltimore. what to expect as far as the weather? we go to adam caskey. expect hot weather and humidity. there is a heat advisories starting at noon today. allegany, minimal, most of the viewing area. it will feel like 105 for the few hours this afternoon. there is a heat advisories until 9:00 p.m.. there is an excessive heat watch in effect for tomorrow in these red areas. a heat warning is worse than a heat advisory. current temperature, 68 in frederick. 80 degrees already at reagan national. it is only 5:17. the record is 101 today. 96 is the record tomorrow. we will shatter that. sunday the record high is 100 at reagan national. we will be three degrees shy of that record probably on saturday. 98 this afternoon. we should it that at 4:00 p.m. or so. it will feel like 105. slight chance of an isolated thundershowers later today. same store tomorrow. 100 degrees tomorrow. feels like 110 by tomorrow afternoon. a little cooler on sunday. a better chance of scattered thunderstorms sunday afternoon and may be lingering into monday. at the beaches it will be perfect with a lot of sunshine and a slight chance of a few showers and storms. the good news is the cold front sunday that could trigger storms will drop our temperatures to where they should be this time of year. and the humidity will be dropping on monday. >> thank you. and i found joke turned big business. and using you tube to find new music. vinita nair has those stories and more. >> you tube makes it easier to discover new music. the site is launching a video discovery page. it has all but music videos on the side and forces them into categories. from there you can watch the most popular videos, or a play list. and its launch a new live concert series that kicks off august 5 with performances by john legend and the roots. dell has a new tablet device that is half the size of an ipad and doubles as a telephone. >> it will appeal to people thinking about this as a good portable tablets for maps and watching videos, that sort of thing. you will not think about it as a smart phone. i don't think this is the way to go if you are thinking telephone first. >> read that full review on "usa today.com. you have probably heard more than enough about the apple antenna problems. it announced it would give out free bumpers to fix the reception problem. two new york designers came up with a more stylish solution. it fits perfectly round the edge of the telephone. it started as a joke but it is working. >> we thought we would sell a couple hundred. at this point it has been a couple thousand. we wanted people to be able to put it on their phone. for some people it may help with reception issues. some people think it is really cute. a lot of people want them. >> it costs $5 plus shipping. for information on all these stories, log on to the technology data abcnews.com. i am vinita nair. 74 degrees on this early friday morning, 21 is the time. stephen strasburg and hernandez, we will see how they did in cincinnati. that's coming up in sports. >> today on "the oprah show" recording artist pink and dwayne johnson. livan hernandez pitched a complete game against the reds in cincinnati. the nationals have won two games in the will. hernandez threw 103 pitches, gave up on the 70th. he gets his seventh win of the year and was strong throughout. igawa of there.bruce throws to first, to double up cabrilla. the nationals go on to win. two the twins and the orioles, this is the played a set off a crazy night. they hit targets. these called safe. biggins dara. he went nuts. he got thrown out. the twins went. an entertaining ballgame the ballpark under renewed full moon. there is a look at your morning sports. have a great day. thought the club 25, 74 degrees. the news continues at 5:30. >> still ahead, even more cuts could be coming to d.c. schools. we'll tell you who is at risk. >> tropical storm bunny will store the oil spill site while ships and workers moved out -- tropical storm bonnie. >> it should branc >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> i have been here since 1978 and i've never seen anything like this. >> another day above 90 degrees and another shot to an unbroken record. we sound like a broken record. >> we do. >> good morning, washington. welcome back on this friday morning, july 23, i am alison starling. >> i am doug mcelway. adam caskey has a check on the forecast. it's going to be hot today. >> are you excited? >> a little bit. this summer i have gotten used to the heat. yesterday i took my kids out jogging and,. i don't know why. >> for people with respiratory problems, there are concerns. >> the equality is not a great this time of year. code aaland equality for the most part is expected. -- code orange. record-breaking heat tomorrow. it's going to be downright uncomfortable outside. it may be dangerous for some folks. let's look at current conditions. tetris mainly near 70 degrees. 79 in arlington. berryville, 69. 72 in bowie. 80 degrees at reagan national already. a few magical yesterday. a late day thundershower. a heat advisory starting at noon and lasting until 9:00 p.m.. 100 degrees tomales. it will feel like 110. there is an excessive heat watch in effect. that is more severe than the heat advisory. 96 on sunday, and humid, scattered late-day storms. it is 5:30. heavy volume on the interstate. a lot of people and traveling in the overnight hours. 95 between richmond and baltimore is uneventful. let's show you the headlights, the left side is of springfield. not only to get on to the beltway but on 395, which is good luck to the pentagon and beyond. the beltway is good all the way around. this is an example at colesville road. alison and doug. >> thank you. the latest heatwave is our top story. we have had many days in a row above 90 degrees. we could cross the center remark by tomorrow. that is causing a familiar figure among people struggling to beat the heat. brianne carter has more. >> good morning. so many people say that this is just unbearable. and it is unavoidable. we have had weeks of record heat. as you can see, already 78 degrees in northwest washington. it is very early in the morning, meaning temperatures are continuing to go up. the last time we had record heat three weeks ago, thousands lost power, putting some into dangerous situations. humidity and heat on tap for this weekend, many worry they could be sweating again. people lost power a number of times in the past week. an emergency bill that would have prevented pepco from shutting off service if the index reaches 95 is not in place. the council has passed it, but the mayor has not signed it. >> this heat is excruciating. it is unbelievable. i have never seen anything like it in 24 years i've lived in washington. >> it is awful. people cannot survive on this. they need help. >> that is the concern for many about the young and the old, the extreme heat and how they will cope with it if the power goes out again. when the heat goes up, you are advised to be very careful and to drink water and stay indoors as much as possible. brianne carter reporting. police are investigating the drowning of a 12-year-old boy and his 59-year-old allco. it's a place at a house on fair haven avenue in upper marlboro. the boy was in his uncle's yard when he climbed over a fence and went into a neighbor's swimming pool. his siblings alerted the local david massey that the boy was drowning. try to save him but he drowned as well. one person is dead after a single car crash in prince george's county that happened and 11:30 last night in upper marlboro. one person was ejected from the vehicle. the victim's name has not been released. the cause of the crash is under investigation. >> efforts to stop the gulf oil spill have come to a halt this morning under the threat of tropical storm bonnie, expected to cross over south florida today with winds above 60 miles an hour with heavy rain. then it could take aim at the gulf. evacuations are underway. bp will continue to monitor the oil well as long as the weather permits. demolition it has the latest. >> after weeks of progress containing the oil spill, the cap is holding, but the weather is not. tropical storm bonnie is headed straight towards the oil spill spot. >> you cannot do anything about it but take safety measures. >> relief well drilling has stopped, setting back efforts to kill the well. >> if a storm comes, it could put things off a few days or up to a few weeks. >> the cap will remain in place. >> we expect to leave the oil well unattended during this particular event. >> the wind is going to come out of the southeast and drive some of the oil into the shoreline of louisiana. >> louisiana governor bobby jindal declared a state of emergency. he worries that 70 billion gallons of submerged coral will be turned up by the wind. it is ready to have a tropical storm moves over southern florida and into the gulf at this time of july. this is the fifth one in more than a century of record- keeping. looking at this day ahead, a virginia man accused of supporting a terrorist group linked with al qaeda will be back in court today. a judge will decide whether zachary chesser still should stay behind bars until the trial. fbi agents arrested him as he was trying to travel to somalia. we are learning more about the suspect in the murder of two local mothers and their daughters. atf agents raided an abandonment janelle upper marlboro that the man allegedly used as a hideout. they found the evidence that the bodies of the flouris and ebony had been stored and burned there. that is how investigators were able to link him to the murder in the case goes to the grand jury next week. these are trying to identify de kabbalah de tontitown del the car. if the red convertible was at an impound lot in southwest. workers melt in that order yesterday and found the body. the car was impounded on july 12 for a parking violation. president obama is speaking out about controversy surrounding the firing of an agriculture department employee. he tells us that the agriculture secretary thomas vilsack jump to the gun after a conservative blogger posted video of shirley sherrod on race. the president appealed for her to return to the usda and the new jobs being offered > a house investigative committee has charged congressman charlie rangel with misusing official stationery, using rent- subsidized apartments, and failing to disclose financial information as required. still ahead on this friday, more d.c. teachers could be on- the-job for the new school year. we will tell you what. analyst weekend travelers, which rose to a vote this weekend. you might want to avoid being outside this weekend. you might want to avoid being outside this weekend. we will have a this doesn't have to be our future. not if the senate acts now on legislation to promote energy efficiency, biofuels, and renewable energy sources. let's make america more energy independent, protect our environment, and create millions of new jobs right here at home - instead of losing those jobs to other countries. if you want to change america's energy future, call your senators and tell them to support clean energy legislation now. >> a am with the rosslyn bid. and to gateway park at the foot of key bridge. every saturday at 9:00 a.m. we have 3 hulu exercise classes. come join us. good morning, washington. it is alloted to that. >> definitely. adam caskey is outside with the latest on traffic and weather. this is going to be a difficult weekend for everybody to be a side. >> prepare for the heat not just today but especially in the weekend. high temperatures in the high 90s today. hitting 100 ramallah. we are at frieden park overlooking the district, a beautiful morning. you can see the red and orange colors. -- freedom park. the sun does not rise until 6:00. temperatures right now you're 70 and outlying areas. 80 at reagan national. 68 in manassas. camp springs, 73. partly cloudy this afternoon. high temperatures in the upper 90s. heat advisories from noon until 9:00 p.m. it will feel like it is about 105 this afternoon. near 100 tomorrow for the high temperature. there is a heat index around 110 on saturday. a detailed look at the seven-day forecast after this. 95, 395, 66, on 270 or interstate 70. going into a monastery, 340 remains closed in both directions of bakerton street because of the crash. a second of medivaced helicopters on the scene. beltway traffic and new hampshire avenue on the screen. alison and doug. >> thank you. mothers are urged to avoid -- motorists are urged to avoid. that highway will be narrowed to a single lane just north of telegraph road from 9:00 tonight through 10:00 tomorrow morning. telegraph road ramps to and from the inner loop will be closed. 74 degrees outside on this friday morning. >> a match made in reality television have been. sarah palin and kate gosselin, will they be teaming up? >> major flooding in the will they be teaming up? >> major flooding in the midwest, we ok. what if i just had a small slice? i was good today, i deserve it! or, i could have a medium slice and some celery sticks and they would cancel each other out, right? or...ok. i could have one large slice and jog in place as i eat it or...ok. how about one large slice while jogging in place followed by eight 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[ female announcer ] yoplait light. with 30 delicious flavors all around 100 calories each. yoplait. it is so good. the d.c. region is under heat advisory as temperatures are expected to climb above 100 again. new records will be set this weekend. many people lost power during the last heat wave are nervous they will have to sweat to this out again. pepco says it has prepared. recurrence being blamed on tropical storm bonnie -- ripon commen currents from tropical sm bonnie are blamed for a few deaths off the florida coast. more than 7 inches of rain fell in two or is in southern wisconsin, even closing down the airport. two people were struck by lightning. the ax could fall at d.c. public schools. the d.c. examiner is reporting that another round of teacher layoffs could be a week away. the deputy chancellor said that there firin firings will resultr performance determined by evaluation tools. henderson would not provide specific numbers of employees to be fired, setting the final calculations are not complete. d.c. council chairman vincent gray has won a major endorsement in his race to unseat adrian fenty. the d.c. fraternal order of police are backing him. they represent one -- 11,000 officers. the organization's president says he does not trust the crime statistics that adrian fenty's administration has put out. was not a virus has been detected in miskito coast in the state. they worked collected in the linthicum area. at area was sprayed on tuesday and another spreading is next week. maryland and virginia police are calling wednesday's crackdown on hov violators of success. they got more than 700 violators. nine was cited for reckless driving and another 68 received speeding tickets. 41 people caught driving without buckling their seat belts. 5:47 on this friday, time for traffic and weather. if it's going to be as hot as a firecracker and a there today. >> all weekend. >> stay in the air conditioning will find a swimming pool. water temperatures on the bay are in the low to mid '80s. that is an estimation from a computer program. it is like the gulf of mexico. so hot outside. there's a need revisory today. there's an excessive heat watch tomorrow, which is a category where spent a heat advisory. heat today. the sun rises at 6:00. 80 degrees right now at reagan national. it is already hot. 69 is the dew point. dew points remain in the '60s elsewhere or low 70's. they will be rising. college park right now is 69 to -- 79 degrees. the temperature is will quickly rise as we go to the late morning and afternoon. let's look at the heat advisory. including the metro area and baltimore, the heat advisory. that heat advisory kicks in at noon today. at reagan national there is a record high of 101. tomorrow it is on96, easy for us to break. the record high as 100 on sunday. i think we will be a few degrees shy of that because a cold front will begin to drop our temperatures to where they should be. 98 is the high temperature today. we cannot allow an isolated thundershowers this afternoon, a 25% chance. most of us will remain dry. such westerly wind at 5-10. tomorrow it gets hotter. 100 degrees. at dulles airport tomorrow the record high is 100. that will likely fall. it will feel like 100 and tomorrow with the humidity. that is what we have an excessive heat watch. temperatures drop to the mid 90's with a cold front. water temperature in the mid 70's. that will feel very refreshing at ocean city and near cape may . we will see temperatures fall back to where they should be early next week. the average height is 89. we will be right back that on tuesday. noticeably less humid into monday. we expect light traffic on this friday morning. is what we have. 95, 66, 395, for light traffic on 270. southbound 109, a little bit of traffic starting to build. nothing in germantown. back to you. >> thank you. how does this sound? kate plus 8 plus sarah? >> i am tired of the entire concept of its. the children do not know what it's like to not have a camera in their face. >> let me tell the story. there are rumors that kate gosselin and sarah palin will have been meeting in alaska for a reality show. the washington post is reporting the network tlc had no comment, but kate gosselin was spotted in alaska and the all reports if she and her children are headed there for a made for television camping trip. sarah palin is working on her own television show called "sarah palin: alaska." i heard that they gave the children a history lesson and a geography lesson and took them around alaska. >> vice-president kate gosselin? those shows have done a lot of good for that family but may have led to some other issues within the family. it is debatable. they have been to a lot of places and learned a lot of things and seen a lot. >> sarah palin is intent on keeping in the family eide. >> kate, you mewan. -- mean. >> act ii orlando bloom and victoria's secret model met during a fashion show and began dating a year later. they confront their engagement last month. there's no word on where the wedding took place or where the couple will spend their honeymoon. >> that looks hilarious. looks uncomfortable. [laughter] so much for the heroic final scenes from the return of the jedi. darth vader rosston new york bank yesterday. he had a gun and made off with a bunch of money. >> if i was a security guard and a solid guy walked into the bank like that, if i could reach for my gun. or run for the door. >> that had to be really scary. >> i don't need to make light of it. >> people should use policy for good and not evil -- used their powers for good. 5:53 on signal. airborne. beautiful. and strong. there to ensure the most powerful transmitter is you. rule the air. the heat makes it hard to do but -- hard to think about christmas. >> target, kmart, sears, toys "r" us of among stores offering christmas in july discounts. if the second year in a row that retailers have started the holiday shopping season five months early, in an effort to put consumers in a spending mood even before they finish their back-to-school shopping. >> it is never too soon to start shopping for christmas. i'd think it's a good idea. >> isleton the sales price, but not the christmas party. >> last year the christmas sales were lower than average but better than expected, given the sour economy. >> if the sales are good, don't put up any decorations. >> there's a lot more still to come in our second hour. >> a star-studded pushed for bone marrow donors, broadway's special cause. >> some fear they could be sweating it out once again moments away on "good morning washington" -- bracing for the worst of summer. we are on the way toward another record-breaking weekend. tropical storm fay bonnie has set its sights on the gulf coast oil spill. -- tropical storm bonnie. and a savings event at the convention center. and a savings event at the convention center.