roadaways this morning. doppler shows a few lingering showers over the eastern shore and bay bridge. but basically southern anne arundel county a teeny sprinkle. and 75 in austin hill. 72 in montgomery village. on our way to the mid 80's with some partial clearing into the afternoon hours. we'll see a lit of sunshine and maybe a rogue sprinkle or two. lisa? >> hey. more traffic starting to hit the road. in virginia starting to build in volume, but everything is open on areas of wet pavement. inside and outside of baltimore and we are good on i-70 and 270 southbound. pamela and scott? >> thank you lisa. new this morning, a prince george's county police officer shot and wounded in the line of duty. it happened late last night in capital heights. details are still coming in. >> good morning, scott. so far we don't know very much. but according to police, that officer is expected to be ok. all the result of police patrolling the area of the capital oaks area. this all unfolded at about 10:20 p.m. last night around marble wood avenue and reed street when they saw men engaged in a group of suspicious activity. once they started to question the men one pulled out a gun and shot the man in the arm. several officers came to his rescue and that's when it's believed one of the suspects was injured from gunfire. >> one of the men in this group did fire at the ewan formed officer. he was struck in the arm and another officer returned fire and we do not know if that's when he was injured. four men are in custody. >> police go on to say the suspect was in fact injured and that it doesn't appear to be life threatening. we do not know the name of the officer but we know he was part of a special assignment team specifically assigned to these high-crime areas. >> this morning a montgomery county community is in shock after a mother killed her 13-year-old son before turning the gun on herself. the two were found dead on tuesday at their home in kensington. police believe 54-year-old margaret shot her son benjamin, and then shot herself. she was a well known psychiatrist and worked at kiezer perm 911 tae. >> this morning haiti is bracing for strong winds already shaking palm trees at this early hour and a storm could dump several inches of rain on haiti. the 'em improve rished nation is still trying to rebuild from last year's earthquake. >> and officials say more than 100 people have died to far from the heat and emergency rooms are swamped with people with heat-related injuries. >> in the day ahead president obama will celebrate his 50th birthday right here in washington. there will be several events at the white house today including a gathering at the rose garden. the president attended a fundraiser last night including performances by hershey hancock and jennifer hudson. >> there were calls for congress to return to work and tend federal shutdown. the f.a.a.'s funding expired on july 23. as a result 70,000 contracts and many employees are now furloughed although air traffic controlers remain on duty. the republicans proposed something and the democrats objected. lawmakers are not scheduled to iran until next month. >> news of a major recall. recalling 36 million pounds of ground beef. the company stays recalled products were made at an arkansas plant in early august. one person has died and many other were sickened. we have 73 degrees at this early hour. >> still ahead on good morning, washington one of the most notorious murder mysteries has few answers. now the wife of robert swone speaking out. >> and an illegal gambling investigation. >> but first a break from the [ male announcer ] looking for a complete picture of your moy? 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>> pretty good and metro rail is open for business. no disruption or change from the marc rail or virginia express. you heard what adam caskey had to say but if you watch your p's and q's as you hit the road, you'll find things running in your favor. from the beltway past the pentagon looks good. running in your favor between college park past new hampshire avenue all the way over to 270. scott and pamela? >> all right lisa, so far, so good. it is 5:11 this thursday morning. >> coming up, we're talking about smartphone security and why more mobile phones are now infected with mall aware. >> i do believe that the three men were involved. in robert's murder. >> but more questions than answers, the woman: day care can be expensive. so to save some money, i found one that uses robots instead of real people. 'cuz robots work for free. robot 1:good morning... robot 1:.....female child. sfx: modem dial-up noise woman: flaws? yeah, um, maybe. anncr: there's an easier way to save. anncr: get online. go to geico.com. get a quote. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >> schecking our top stories at 5:414 the prince george's county police officer was shot and wounded at capital heights. he and other officers stopped question men involved in suspicious activity. the one of the men shot the police officer. and police say 54-year-old margaret shot her 13-year-old son, benjamin, then shot herself. investigators are trying to figure out what led to their deaths. at least 40 people were injured when a tour bus flipped other on an interstate highway in new york. six people were seriously injured when the bus landed on its roof in a ditch. the cause of the crash is now under investigation. scott? >> first on seven a widow has settled a lawsuit against three men acquited in misleading -- the civil suit over robert wone's death. he was found fatally stabbed in 2006 at the duh pont circle home of three men. after the three men were acquitted of obstruction of justice, his widow filed a civil lawsuit. >> i definitely have not given up on justice. i have time on my side. hopefully murder charges. >> under the settlement the three men must make payment into a trust that supported charities robert wone supported. >> and yesterday 35-year-old justin coleman admitted videotaping himself in a sexually explicit manner and then taped two young girls and altered the videos and photos to make it appear they were involved in sex acts. he worked at john adams elementary school. meanwhile the man accuse of climbing over thal wall at the white house is still being held. he is behind bars. secret service agents tackled him shortly after his jump. he had a backpack with him but it did not contain any weapons or explosives. >> and an oklahoma woman named marla cooper says her you think was a highjacker known as d.b. cooper. he parachuted out of a plane in 1971 with $200,000. the f.b.i. is following up on a credible new lead on a suspect that died more than 10 years ago but is not saying whether marla cooper is connected to that lead. >> new this morning an exhibit about the rescue of the chilean miners opens. the miners spent more than two months trapped under ground, and tomorrow will be the one-year anniversary of their rescue. four of the miners were on hand. it's called against all odds, rescue at the chilean mine. coming up, tab lets for toddler ps and malware for smartphones. >> "tech bytes" android devicings -- devices are under attack. an estimated 1 million users have been affected and three out of 10 users could be threatened. at&t and sprint announced they will be selling several new models later this year. most note worthy are a phone that will ditch the blackberry pad and replace it with a full touch pad. and tablets for kids will retail for about $400. those are your "tech bytes." i'm rob nelson. >> well, the new season of dancing with the stars is just around the corner. some celebrities are trying to get on to the dance floor. it's reported row zan barrel wants to be on the show but she can't because her hips are so bad, but the cast list has not yet been announced. a lot of people are waiting in anticipation for that. >> i would like to nominate adam caskey. >> i've seen your dance skills. >> i can do the mar -- mar can a reyna. >> let's talk about what we can expect today. >> foggy this morning. don't expect sun this afternoon but some areas of sun. it will make us psychologically feel a little better. take a look at some of these rainfall totes. hague agriculture at north hagerstown high. myersville had over 3/4 of an inch. and those locations in the lower 70's. and my buddy bill in virginia, the northern neck area said he got just under an inch. so some beneficial rain showers. most of us did not get but those who did consider yourself lucky. good, beneficial rain. mainly along the eastern shore approaching dun kirk and north beach, we got a little sprinkle early this morning. visibility is down because of the fog. if it were a clear morning you would see up to 10 miles but right now visibility at 1.8 in fredericksburg and mostly cloudy skies overhead right now. most of the leftover rain is off over the ocean. we won't have much shower activity until saturday afternoon. we have a mixture of sun and clouds today. but today is weighted more toward the cloud cover. maybe even a rogue sprinkle later on today. that means about 20% of our whole viewing area may see a quick splash or sprinking. 75 for the high today and 7 tomorrow. we broke our -- afternoon storms saturday and sunday. maybe even some downpours saturday. lisa? >> well, a little splash and dash happening around the highway. no accidents to report. south in richard to baltimore. we'll give you normal travel times along 66. the dulles toll road 270. and we're finding a good run in and out of the district. trains are all on normal service. system wide. glad you're here. >> it's 5:21. we have 70 degrees. >> and looking for an heroic comeback. climbing out of a six-foot hole, did they climb free or did the weather halt that. >> some sad news to pass along to you now. legendaryy nfl pass rusher bubba smith passed away at his home. he played with the baltimore colts winning the super bowl in 1971. after his career in the nfl he moved on the acting starring in the police academy movies. he was 66 years old. >> now here's tim brandt with the rest of the morning sports. >> good morning, washington. the free agents will be able to practice today for the first time and the red skins quarterback battle will officially begin. beck turned his jersey in for the number 12. 12 was malcolm kelly's old number. but he was glad to get rid of it. he said he had a lot of injuries in it. i sat down with john beck. >> i knew this was going to be tough. things are going to be tough. when you make change you have to prepare for hard times and adversity, but i feel i've been through it but i feel prepared. >> yesterday they avoided a sweep this dan uggla 3-run shot the braves beat the nationals. the final was 6-4. there's a look at your morning sports. have a great day, everybody. >> it's 5:25. 74 degrees on this thursday. the news continues with good morning, washington at 5:30. >> coming up, more scandal on the district council. we're going to tell you who is in that spotlight now. >> and we're tracking our changing weather pattern. this morning fog and a lit ♪ ♪ ♪ oh, won't you be good to yourself? ♪ ♪ and don't you feel like coming home? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ it'll b be like coming home ♪ [ male announcer ] some rooms feel like a fish bowl. but in our roomy suites, you can spread out and live a little. with breakfast, dinner and drinks included, you'll feel right at home. ♪ la la-la-la-la la la la ♪ ♪ ♪ live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> straight ahead on this thursday a shootout on the streets of prince george's county and an officer caught in a lot of fire. good morning, washington. it's thursday, august 4. i am pamela brown. >> i am scott thuman. glad to have you with us. traffic and weather every ten minutes first. adam caskey has the forecast. a little rainfall. >> isolated sprinkles, mainly on the eastern shore. if one of them is moving into northern calvert county. you might get a fraction of an inch of rain. this is all coming to an end. cloudy and foggy this morning. a little sunshine possibly in midday and a separate -- a stray sprinkle this afternoon. seasonable temperatures for this time of year, mid to upper 80's today and tomorrow. looks like we will break the 90 degree barrier. afternoon and evening storms on sunday. traffic volume increasing. this camera reveals a slowdown on 270 between 8109. more our neighbors in the road in virginia. -- slowdown on 270 and between 80 and 109. a police officer shot in prince george's county. he was working on a special assignment team in capitol heights if when he came under fire. we are still getting details about the investigation. we are at prince george's county police headquarters with the latest developments. >> good morning. still getting a lot of details but police say the officer is expected to be updated as his injuries are not life threatening. this is the result of police patrolling an area already known for high crime. this unfolded at about 10:20 last night. they were patrolling the area around marblewood avenue and reed street when they thought there was a man engaging in suspicious activity. one of the man pulled out a handgun and shot a uniformed police officer, hitting the officer in the arm. a scuffle ensued and another officer came to his rescue and that's when one of the suspects was injured. they believe it's from gunfire from another police officer. four men are in custody. at least one suspect was transported to the hospital with injuries. police believe it was to the arm of the suspect and does not appear to be life-threatening. we don't know the name of the police officer. he was a part of a special assignment team specifically task with controlling the high crime areas. abc 7 news reporting. 5:31. a tragic discovery in montgomery county neighborhood. a mother shot and killed her teenage son and then turned the gun on herself. \ >> the bodies were found inside their home on simms court in kensington. brianne carter has more from asian about the family. >> in kensington, a gruesome discovery. authorities say a mother and teenage son were found dead inside their home, an apparent murder-suicide. >> she was on leave from work this past friday, had not been heard from on the weekend and did not come to work on monday. on tuesday they got concerned and called police. >> that is when police found margaret jensvold and her 13- year-old son benjamin barnhard shot to death. the mother shot the son before turning the gun on herself. >> the pain that would drive somebody to do something like that has to be awful. >> james barnhard, a father and excise been released this statement saying, "i love my son and ex-wife and was proud of both of them. i will hold them in my heart and they will be sorely missed by all who loved them. please keep us in your proposed." that emotion continues in the neighborhood. there are candles and signs posted outside the house. we understand the mother was a psychiatrist and the sun -- son had just lost over 150 pounds. anyone with information is asked to contact police. brianne carter, abc 7 news. a d.c. council member is being fined and over campaign finance issues. a ward 7 democrats named alexander was fined for improperly paying for robocall. failed to report $4,700 in expenses. alexander says she will appeal. president obama will celebrate his 50th birthday at the white house. the president's senior staff will be in the blue room this afternoon and tonight there will be a big celebration with family and friends including some who flew in from chicago. the presidential birthday celebrations got under way last night, actually. >> ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ >> jennifer hudson sang happy birthday to president obama khan during a birthday-schemed fund- raiser in chicago. more than 2400 people attended an event, which was also shown at a series of parties from coast to coast. haiti is bracing for tropical storm family. the storm is trying to make its presence felt and with strong wind shaking palm trees already this morning. emily could dump several inches of rain in haiti and that could lead to massive flooding as haiti struggles to rebuild from the devastating earthquakes last year. the heatwave is begging parts of the country and still taking a deadly toll. more than 100 people have died. the emergency rooms are clogged with people suffering from the related illnesses. some parts of the midwest has temperatures in the triple digits for several weeks now. 7 is on your side with morning with a major recall. cargill is announcing the recall of 36 million pounds of ground turkey that has been linked to a deadly salmonella outbreak. the company said the recalled products were made in an arkansas plant between february and early august. one person has died from salmonella poisoning. 76 others have become sick. 74 degrees outside, of 35 on this thursday morning. >> airport outrage. thousands of faa employees are still followed. --on furlough. >> new york alex rodriguez is at the center of an illegal gambling ring. >> first, another check on traffic and weather. we will be right back. 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[ coughing continues ] log on to lungusa.org and tell washington: don't weaken the clean air act. >> i am tammy from the inverted exhibit at the smithsonian national zoo with this cuttlefish. good morning, washington. 5:38, to see how the day shaping up. a little rain out there. >> a little rain as i was driving in this morning. how much more? >> it's coming to an end right now. isolated sprinkles on the western shore of the bay, north of annapolis and southwards down towards north beach and a little on the eastern shore near cambridge. that's about all. we do have some areas of fog across most of the region with reduced visibility on the road. a mild starts today, amid 70's. 76 in the district, 77 in winchester, 72 in hagerstown. muggy outside. mostly cloudy this morning. partial clearing into the afternoon. not anticipating a lot of sunshine. i think we will see a little. we could even see an isolated sprinkle. that's especially north and northwest of the metro area later on today. northeast winds and 5-10 pyrrhotite temperature of 85. yesterday we broke 90 degrees. it was 87 yesterday. mr. upper 80's tomorrow with a mixture of sun and clouds. -- mid to upper 80's. no accidents to report. a little foggy. we have wet pavement and some intermittent wiping at a little road spray. we will show you some pictures. light volume still. everyone is behaving as far as interstate travel. in maryland and virginia. in the district's, things look good for them as well in northwest and in southeast d.c. along 295, and in northeast. across the potomac river and the anacostia river, very quiet. back in less than 10 minutes. 5:40 is the time, 74 degrees. cracks coming up on this thursday jerry lewis is stepping down as the emcee of the muscular dystrophy telethon. >> the faa or rather the white house scouting job creation this morning, but thousands of faa workers and construction workers are out of work. the look stored [ man ] i got this new citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes i did. 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[ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what'sour story? citi can help you write it. welcome back. checking our top stories. a police officer hospitalized after being shot in capitol heights. he and several other officers stopped a group of men behaving suspiciously. one of those men then opened fire hitting the officer in the arm. a suspect was also injured. it's not clear how he was injured. investigators are trying to figure out what led to an apparent murder-suicide in kensington. 54-year-old margaret jensvold shot her 13-year-old son benjamin and then shot herself. neighbors are shocked by this. oregon congressman david wu is out of a job. the democrats toresigned at midnight amid allegations he had an inappropriate sexual encounter with an 18-year-old woman. he said serving in congress has been the biggest honor of his life. the thousands of local workers are not getting paid due to the faa shutdown. they're waiting for congress to get back to work. philip stewart is live at reagan national airport with details. >> the president is at the white house this morning after he spent last night in chicago and talking about job creation. but there's a major jobs issue at the nation's airports. 4000 faa employees and 70,000 construction workers are out of work this morning because congress failed to extend funding before leaving on summer recess. a few hundred construction projects are stalled as well. >> everybody wants to play hardball, and harbaugh hurts us -- hardball hurts us. >> someone has to say no to wasteful spending and no to subsidies. >> this is one of the most outrageous things i can comprehend. >> thousands of workers are blaming lawmakers for their lack of a paycheck. >> i am disappointed that they would think this is appropriate. that they can go on vacation for month and have a good time while being paid while i am wondering if i will ever get paid. >> at reagan national, if you're looking at flashing lights on the runway. that is good news for local construction workers. a project at this airport is still up and running. there are 200 and other construction projects which have been called off for now. if there's no action taken on this until congress returns from the summer recess the government could stand to lose more than $1 trillion in funding. live at reagan national, abc 7 news. >> airlines collect $200 million per week. thanks for that. mayor vincent gray of the sd.c. subject to a council plan to use $13.4 million from d.c.'s reserve fund to delay implementation on a tax of out of state and municipal bonds. the result is the tax will now take effect retroactively. the residents will have to pay tax on interest from january. casey anthony will not have to return to orlando to start serving probation for check fraud. a hearing on that issue is set for tomorrow but she is not required to be there. she has been out of public view since being released from jail after she was acquitted in the death of her daughter. federal investigators have dismantled a worldwide child pornography ring. authorities arrested 72 people on five continents. officials say they traded tens of thousands of graphic images on unscripted bulletin board. the website has been shut down. the investigation that led to the arrests targeted more than 600 people. don't look for jerry lewis to appear on tv this labor day weekend. the muscular dystrophy association says the 85-year-old comedian is no longer its national chairman and will not take part in this year's telethon. he had said that this year's broadcast would be his last. mda did not give a reason for the changes. alex rodriguez faces serious allegations. major-league baseball says that it plans to interview him about reports he participated in illegal poker games. it's not the first time he has faced questions about his gambling habits. the slugger has not commented on the allegations. time for us to see how this thursday shaping up so far. we know there is some rain fallout there. >> we needed that. we did not get much yesterday. >> some folks did not have to water the garden yesterday. beneficial rain showers. not everybody got high accumulations. look at some of the rainfall accumulations from yesterday. hagerstown 0.9 inches. meyersville, just over 0.75 inches. half an inch in brandywine. in virginia beach did not have as high accumulations. in bowling green, just under an inch. and another virginia town had 1.3 inches from yesterday. berkeley springs at 0.4. about a third of an inch in strasbourg, virginia. temperatures are in the 70's, ms. 70's is for the most part this morning. 75 in oxon hill, 73 and brandywine. we are in the 70's, but you notice the humidity out there today. you will throughout the next several days. yesterday, a high temperature was 87. we will remain in the 80's for the next couple days. visibility is reduced because of fallout -- fog. visibility is down to 1.8 miles in martinsburg. two miles in hagerstown. four miles in the district. it's not all that dense. keep that in mind, though. morning sprinkles coming to an end. scattered in eastern anne arundel county and on the eastern shore. that's about all for the left over rainshowers. we will be dealing with cloud cover through the morning and we will have a few sticks of sunshine by the afternoon. not a lot of sunshine, but partial clearing. i cannot rule out a stray sprinkle, 20% chance of a quick sprinkle, less than a 10th of an inch here and there. that's 20% of the viewing area. 85 a high temperature today. in the 80's still tomorrow. storms and afternoon on saturday and sunday. the george washington parkway, cutting down some type of tree near 123, but authorities say they are confined to the media. that's good. the foreground is the george washington parkway north of reagan national airport. we are taking you to the dulles greenway, the dulles toll road, pretty good shape. 66 and 95, heading to the beltway, normal volume of traffic. and beltway travel at university boulevard, everything is moving nicely. we are in good shape on metro rail. back to you. >> thank you. from clorox to 31 flavors of ice cream, it is all going to cost more. >> not good news. and gold prices are still high. linda bell joins us from bloomberg headquarters in new york with details. nice to see you again. >> good to see you. stock-index futures indicating a lower open today. gold prices right now trading near $1,600 per ounce. they are trading slightly lower but still near an all-time high. it could reach $1,800 per ounce by the end of the year. packers in china have been ransacking computer networks of the united nations. multinational corporations as well and the olympic committees of several countries. it's not the first time china has been linked to hacking attack. china is also linked to the backing of the international monetary fund in the month of may as well as attacks on google, morgan stanley dupont and adobe systems. consumers will see higher prices of certain clorox products. expect to pay more for its cleaners glad wrap, and more. baskin-robbins will cost more as well. the parent company is hiking prices as it faces higher dairy -- dairy costs. not good news. >> certainly not. unless you have a lot of gold. that's a good thing. this is the time to sell gold. thanks so much. 5:53, 74 degrees. >> you are watching "good morning washington." the murder-suicide. the mother and son in kensington maryland, is the top story trending on wjla.com. and the court appearance of the white house jumper. and the zoo needs donations to keep rocket to the giraffe. the knights of columbus plans to purchase the financially troubled pope john paul ii cultural center in northeast d.c. for nearly $23 million. >> the center opened 10 years ago and was billed as an interactive catlett museum and interfaith think tank. it is not attracted a crowd that it expected and struggle to recoup billions of dollars in investment over the years. >> the projections were too high. 9/11 hit. it open wound a new organization. >> the knights of columbus already has a museum in connecticut and it says it knows how to make this museum work. the archdiocese of detroit has pumped $54 million into the center and will get 20 million back from the sale. catholic university will get the rest of the money. still much more ahead in the next hour. >> coming up on this thursday, the clothing makes the man and these guys are the best of the best. >> approves or discounted police officer was shot overnight. live in palmer a police officer shot in the line of duty. we have new details on what may have led to that shooting. >> family tragedy. what drove a devoted mother to kill a son before killing herself? >> thousands of federal workers are not getting a paycheck. new calls f