harpers ferry 65, 57 in cumberland. in my southwesterly winds today. partly cloudy tomorrow with a few late-day and thunderstorms. highs) and 90 degrees tomorrow. -- highs around 90 degrees tomorrow. metro rail has first trains out on normal service. interstate travel is normal. 270 at 109. that this picture. traffic moving nicely out of frederick. now to news. new this morning prince george's county police investigating a homicide in landover. the body of a man was found on the street last night in the 8100 block of manson street. the victim had trauma to the upper body. there's no word on how the man died or any suspect in the case. investigators are searching for the gunman who shot a woman in columbia. or county police say a woman was shot at 10:00 last night in 87 and above -- lane. is hospitalized in critical condition. the woman's car was found in the area but it's not clear why she was there. the 9/11 anniversary and the reported terror plot had the nation on high alert but a local jurisdiction's safety measures are causing controversy. autria godfrey is that the police headquarters in northwest to explain. >> good morning. the battle that is brewing in the district is between d.c. police chief cathy lanier and the d.c. police union. the issue is whether or not all the overtime d.c. police have been working in light of the tariff threat -- terrorist threat was orthicon. they-- was worth it. instead of four hours of daily overtime the department will pay for 12th. the head of the d.c. police union says there's no confirmation that it will be covered by federal funds. chief cathy lanier says not only does she feel the threat should be taken seriously, but that the officers overtime pay will come from federal funds and not taxpayers' pockets. >> i think that's going to be hard to justify, but at the end of the day we'll be able to sit back, look at it, and they can explain what they did. >> i would rather explain why i kept the guard up and nothing happened and explain why i let something happen. >> she says the extended hours will last as long as it takes. autria godfrey, abc 7 news. the former head of the national counter-terrorism center says the threat from al qaeda will not diminish any time soon. he believes al qaeda plans to attack the u.s. by any means necessary. if that means using unconventional weapons like biological agents. o'connor reportedly released an hour-long video to jihadist web sites and on sunday's anniversary of the 2001 attacks. that's windows were released. national security economy and public health were a few items on the agenda at last night's latest republican debate. there were eight candidates and they faced off in tampa florida. brianne carter is in the newsroom this morning with some highlights. >> good morning. "war horse between the eight candidates in last night's debate. literally at the center of it all standing in the middle of this stage was texas governor rick perry. the top issue that took center stage was social security reform. if the issue was a hot spot between him and former governor mitt romney. >> does governor rick perry continue to believe the social security should not be a federal program that it's unconstitutional and should be returned to the states? if what you are trying to say is that back in the 1930's and 1940's that the federal government made all the right decision, i disagree with you. >> this comes on the heels of rick perry calling social security a ponzi scheme. the also faced tough questions on immigration. he says that a fence along the border is not the answer to the immigration challenges. he was also criticized for offering incentives to illegal immigrants. fight between the candidates is far from over. the next gop debate is just nine days away. there's also five other debates scheduled before the end of this year. reporting live in the newsroom, brianne carter, abc 7 news. it's those debates have been lively. president obama is on the road again today. he will push his job creation plan during a high-school store in columbus, ohio. he said the $447 billion american jobs and costs would be paid for with tax hikes targeting the wealthy and closing loopholes for oil and gas companies. in his words, he urged congress to pass this bill "with no games, politics, or delays." 6 the four degrees outside. -- 6 degree4 is. >> we will look at the political implications of today's special election in the big apple. >> and a pilot program under way that could change the way you pay for a ride captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- welcome back. time for a check of traffic and weather every ten minutes. >> adam caskey standing by. it has been so nice lately. will we have this for a while longer? >> yesterday was pleasant and today will be a little better. a few storms popped up yesterday afternoon west of the metro area. today will be dry. we have a chance of storms tomorrow late in the day and carrying over into thursday morning and midday. if temperatures are comfortable right now, 59 in manassas off 67 at reagan national downtown. 63 in frederick 68 in annapolis on the water. highs in the mid 80's today. a little above average this afternoon, mostly sunny skies. added clouds tomorrow. as a front approaches and our region from the west we expect to see storms especially west of the metro area with high temperatures close to 90 degrees. some of those storms may carry intima thursday morning and mid day. we cannot not rule out an isolated severe storm late wednesday and especially thursday morning locally. look at temperatures. a taste of fall by the end of the weekend and to the weekend near 70 degrees for the afternoon highs. now to lisa baden it's a beautiful trip around the beltway. interstate travel looks good. south into richmond and north into baltimore. looks good to the airport metro rail on normal service systemwide. a couple of cameras, beginning in maryland, 270 headlights are southbound. a little bit more volume, but the pace is good. that is the scenario for 395 in va. the beltway past edsall road and up to the pentagon, that is traffic get away from us on the right. back to you. >> thank you. 5:11. some stories on wjla.com. a photographic timeline of the events of 9/11, and suspicious flights, and snyder and dropping his lawsuit against the washington city paper. a major milestone for one of the internet' woman: downloading music can be expensive. so to save money, i trained my dog and this cockatoo to play all the hits of thee'80's woman: hit it, mr. butters. ♪ ♪ ♪ take on me... ♪ ♪ ....take on me ♪ ♪ take me on... ♪ o anncr: there's an easier way to save. get online. go to geico.com get a quote. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. investigators are searching for suspects in the murder of a man in landover. the man's body was found in the 8100 block of manson streetlight. he suffered trauma to the upper body but its not clear how he died of what led to his death. former world series mvp manny ramirez is in a florida jail, charged with hitting his wife during a domestic dispute. it happened last night at their home in south florida. he is expected to appear in court today. is special election being held today to fill a disgrace new york congressman anthony weiner's house seat. he resigned in june after he sent a sexually explicit messages to women that he met on line. republicans are favored to win the seat. two workers were found dead and more are missing. they abandoned their transport court on thursday after it was flooded. they will continue looking for the missing oil worker. thursday is the deadline for defense department employees affected by the brac realignment to move to their new location. aaa is morning commuters to brace for traffic mess in several parts of our area. there could be even more gridlock than normal. we will have a live report coming up on that in a moment. first metro's smart trip pilot program is expanding and is expected to launch systemwide later this month. they have been testing the system that allows passengers to add money using credit and debit cards online. metro is looking for company to develop a new electronic payment system that would allow passengers to use credit or bank cards directly at the gates. >> the wave of the future. one of the internet's most popular applications. >> rob nelson as that and more. >> our desktop computers becoming obsolete for the internet? by the year 2015 most americans will use their smartphone or tablets to access the internet. it looks as if there's no stopping those angry wobirds. it's been down loaded 350 million times. t-shirts and plush toys featuring characters are selling like gangbusters. there's a new video game that will hit stores shortly where you control nintendo character games. but don't look for deeper meaning. >> if some games come out with a grand scheme that they're going to teach your kids mandarin or logical pinking, this is only a fun game. >> kirby is available for the class a and nintendo 3ds -- classic nintendo ds gaming system. i appreciate the summertime heat and humidity, it toughens you up a little. >> then when the relief comes it's not much better. >> exactly. this is a great picture from one of our friendly viewers in maryland. send these lovely pictures all the time sue metzger. this was the moon rises over frederick. a great picture as it was just above the horizon. thank you very much. what a beautiful picture. i will post that on my face of a page as well as a few other pictures that she sent me. here's the satellite and radar composite. clear skies this morning. isolated areas of patchy fog. that's not really an issue out there this morning. not much action going on. but when i put the fronts on their, you will notice two cold fronts off to the northwest. the first one will move in and stall out on wednesday dustoff to our west. then we will have reenforcing shot of cold air from the cold front that will really help nudge the first frontcourt out of our area. we are expecting a big cooldown from these fronts. it will feel like autumn by the end of the weekend into the upcoming weekend due to the two cold front. dulles airport 61. frederick or rather culpeper and manassas at 39. mid 80's this afternoon, mostly sunny skies with a little humidity, but not so bad. tomorrow, close to of 90 degrees with partly cloudy skies. a few lateday storms. just cannot rule out some storms especially west of the metro area. bentsen thunderstorms on thursday morning into the midday as that front gradually crawls eastward through the metro area. -- and then some of thunderstorms on thursday morning. near 70 on friday for the high temperature. in western maryland, some of the potomac highlands and west virginia mid to upper 60's friday afternoon. now look at the commute. looks pretty decent for everyone around town. we will begin by looking at 66 and 95, green light in both directions. 7100 in great shape greenway and the toll road. not bad on seven and the georgetown pike. a good run on 270. a picture of father hurley boulevard, headlights are southbound. 95, b-w parkway everything is open, but through annapolis in bowie, chevrolet on 50. and route 4 looks good. excepeverything ok except brandywine where there was a problem from the storms last week. 64 degrees on this tuesday. cracks coming up, no time for celebration at redskins park. why running back tim hightower is now looking forward to this coming sunday in particular. crack later today the premiere week of "anderson" continues. he welcomes the stars of the summer including daniel radcliffe from harry potter. 4:00 and abc 7. and the size and nfl record with a 99-yard touchdown. >> how about? ? new england patriots quarterback tom berdi. >> he passed for a monday night record 517 yards in the past weekend in miami. -- so80tomtom brady. it was a record for him and for this team. washington still buzzing about the redskins' big victory. >> tim brant has a look at how the skins celebrated their big victory. >> good morning, washington. everybody still talking about the redskins, intoxicated over the weekend against the giants. they beat dallas last year on opening day. to be honest, this club has a different dna. this is a different mind-set, more effort, and more optimism from everybody. monday is usually a day off for the players and they are always off on tuesday, but they all showed up at work yesterday and are focusing on the arizona game. listen to include tim hightower guaranteeing a victory. >> we are going to win this game. this means a lot to me. >> let's go to baseball. young stephen is the batter. he knocks in the winning run in the seventh inning with his first major-league hit into left field. he scores. the nationals beat the mets, 3- 2. there's a look in your morning sports. have a great day, everybody. >> good to see the national doing so well. if i love what hightower says. i think you have to claim the victory, make it happen. 64 degrees this morning 5:25. >> new developments in the beating of a transgender woman at a maryland mcdonald's. coming up, a decision expected from a the judge today. >> eight candidates took the stage in their first departed debate, a war of words. all the details coming up in a live debate. -- live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> the republican presidential race heats up in florida. the top contenders go head-to- head in yet another high drama debate. good morning, washington. 5:28 on this tuesday, september 13. i am cynne simpson. >> i am pamela brown. great to have you along with us. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. adam caskey has a check on the forecast. >> a beautiful start, seasonable temperatures 60's right now. clear skies overhead. you can see that in the satellite and radar composite. we have no showers or clouds. we are tracking a couple cold front of to our northwest. the closest one is moving through the midwest. that will a protest by tomorrow evening and thursday morning. a reinforcing shot of cold air from the cold front in canada. that one will get things moving in terms of cool air for the end of the weekend into the weekend. it is cool 62 in waldorf. strasbourg, 59. 56 in cumberland. 85 this afternoon with a lot of sunshine. mostly sunny skies throughout the day. a little above average, but not very humid. former tomorrow, near 90 degrees for the afternoon high with a few light day thunderstorms as that from start to move toward us from west. the storm will last into thursday morning and mid day. temperatures near 70 for the high temperature by friday. a taste of fall by the end of the week. a taste of traffic and 95 northbound coming out of woodbrige. linesboro and through springfield. 66 between marshall and vienna starting to heat up as far as the volume. looks good through southeast. looks good on the southeast southwest freeway. no problems on the beltway at the american legion bridge, normal troubled times. 270 moving well between father hurley and the beltway. and this picture shows that of whites in clarksburg southbound. back to you. >> thank you. republican presidential hopefuls in tampa, florida, last night in the first debate sponsored by the tea party express. >> the two front-runners were the focus. rick perry and mitt romney fended off attacks on several fronts. brianne carter joins us from the news room with a look at some of the key moments. these candidates don't seem to mind a battle. >> not at all. it was another war boards when it came -- when it came to the hot topics. -- a war of words. rick perry seemed to be taking the lead. >> former massachusetts governor mitt romney. >> the boxing match between candidates, former massachusetts governor mitt romney and texas governor rick perry is barred on a number of issues in last night's debate. among the hot topics, social security. rick perry said he would guarantee the program for older americans. he adds the program needs to be adjusted for younger workers. romney says it is essential. >> does rick perry continue to believe that social security should not be a federal program that it's unconstitutional, and that it should be returned to the states? or will he retreat from that view? >> are you trying to say that in the 1930's and 1940's that the federal government made all the right decisions, i disagree. >> rick perry made a decision to get all young girls in texas to get a vaccination against a sexually transmitted disease. >> for young girls to dance and injections by an executive order is wrong. >> rick perry said that he was trying to stop a form of cancer. >> at the end of the day i will always err on the side of life. >> the candidates did not just take aim at each other. they took time to criticize the president. rick perry renewed his criticism of obama's jobs plan. beck's gop debate is just nine days from now. brianne carter, abc 7 news. president obama is on the road again today. the president will push his job creation plan during a high- school court in columbus, ohio. the president says the $447 billion american jobs act proposal of would be paid for with tax hikes targeting the wealthy and closing loopholes for oil and gas companies. in his words, mr. obama urged congress to pass a bill with "no games, politics, or delays." a new 9/11 memorial will be dedicated tonight. a piece of the world trade center is the moral center piece. the ceremony will be held a 7:00 p.m., a city park. the event will include a procession of more than 40 emergency vehicles, a wreath laying ceremony, and an honor for local marine killed in afghanistan. local law-enforcement agencies remain in high alert today. officers in the district were told to remain on extended 64 as the department investigated the canucks into terror plot. >> now the stepped-up safety measures are causing controversy. autria godfrey joins us from police headquarters where details in d.c. this morning. >> good morning. a battle brewing in the district is between d.c. police chief cathy lanier and the head of the d.c. police union. the issue is whether the extended hours for police car will be worth all the overtime that has been approved. -- over time that has accrued. >> the question becomes, is there a real threat, and how long are we going to have to stay in this position? >> the district has residents on high alert and d.c. police out in full force. metropolitan police have stepped up patrols over the weekend and well into this week, meaning officers have 12-hour shifts and 12-hours of daily overtime instead of the usual four, money that would come from taxpayer pockets. >> i think that's going to be hard to justify, but at the end of the day we'll be able to sit back, look at it, and they can explain what they did. crack as officials still question whether the threat has merit he says we will see whether the threat is warranted. but cavalcathy lanier is defending her decision. >> the officers are securing the city. i'm shocked at the statement by him. it's a no-brainer. >> 47 your time will come from federal funds and not district dollars. there's no question that the city was in need of extra security. it's i would rather go back and explain why i kept the guard up and nothing happened, and go back and explain why i let my guard down and something did happen. >> 37 extended ships will stay in place for long as it takes. kristopher baumann says that he understands that will be a least through tomorrow. autria godfrey, abc 7 news. >> thanks for the update. the bill developing stores. former d.c. mayoral candidate sulaiman brown is talking about his arrest. brown was arrested after refusing to obey officer's orders during a traffic stop in northwest yesterday morning. brown says it was because of the accusations that he made against mayor vincent gray. >> people under arrest wickin connection with the murder of 75-year-old kwang sup hur. were set to collect a $1 million insurance payoff. he was a relative of theirs. teonna brown pleaded guilty last month first-degree assault in a hate crime in connection with an april attack against a transgender woman. the juvenile pleaded guilty in tninejuly and will go to a detention center. lieutenant governor eddie brown will discuss a gang prevention plan at a middle school in temple hills today. united way will launch a one- year pilot program at two prince george is middle schools this fall. two $50,000 grant will fund the program. to report degrees 5:36. >> a disturbing find made in the chesapeake bay after a tropical storm lee. and an update on rebuilding efforts in japan after the devastating earthquake and tsunami. >> first [ cherie ] i wanted to make a difference in my community. 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[ kimberly ] and university of phoenix made it possible. learn more at phoenix.edu. i am jody with gallery 555. board your local art community. good morning, washington. -- support your local arts community. a very pleasant start to the day, a typical september weather out there this morning, low 60's's for the most part. 59 in gaithersburg and cumberland. 67 in the district at reagan national. 68 along the water in annapolis. 59 in culpeper. watch for few isolated areas of patchy fog this morning. otherwise a lot of sunshine. 85, a high temperature. no rain until tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. we cannot rule out a few late- day and this comes at that time. even lingering into thursday morning and mid day we will have a few showers and thunderstorms. warmer tomorrow, upper 80's or near 90 degrees. and temperatures will plummet towards the end of the weekend into the upcoming weekend. a taste of autumn by friday, near 70. let's look at the roads. there's a crash that just happened on the beltway in maryland. southbound to 70270 at democracy boulevard to 495 south, the crashes on the beltway between 270 and river road. we will take you to river road next. this is the guy go traffic center camera, not cooperating. the pace will improve by the time to get to river road. 395 is good from edsall road to get to the pentagon. back to you. >> thank you. 64 degrees. >> still ahead on this tuesday morning, caught on camera. good samaritans rusk the aid of a fellow driver. look at this. he would always come in before he went to the office. he would come into my room. >> inside the life of the first family recordings that have never been heard before, until now. former first lady jacqueline kennedy's. >> new information of the brac realignment and the impact on area r [ male announcer ] this city was once nicknamed "the paris of the midwest." and now this city's most promising new car comes with a beautiful interior leather seats, and french stitching. perhaps that nickname will come back. ♪ ♪ now get 0% apr financing for 72 months on most 2011 chrysler 200 sedan models. tracking our top stories. investigators are searching for suspects and clues in the death of a man in landover. the victim's body was found last night in the 8100 block of manson street. the man suffered trauma to the upper body but it's not clear how he died. a 10-year-old boy is hospitalized this morning in critical condition after a fire at is rockville home. firefighters pulled paul his home. he was there alone. there's no word on what sparked a fire. debris washed away by tropical storm lee exploding in the chesapeake bay. floodwaters in the susquehanna river and other rivers and creeks flow into the bay and those of waters are also moving other pollutants into the chesapeake. we want to get more on what could be another big traffic mess said. a massive work-force shipped more than five years in the making culminates this week in northern virginia. the results could mean for a brutal commute. the jummy olabanji is near the mark center to explain what we could expect. >> on thursday september 15 it's the final deadline to have all the employees, thousands of employees who are part of the bright realignment moved to their new location here the mark center as well as fort belvoir. aaa says commuters should expect the worst. this could be brutal in the coming days. based on the brac realignment more than 35,000 military and civilian employees as well as defense contractors will be relocated to their new site by september 15. the road that will be implanted include 395 95, route 1 fairfax county parkway, as well as the b-w parkway, to name a few. there are new roads and improvements have been made. some say more needs to be done to really slow down the impact of all of this. that is not the worst of it. an additional 20,000 drivers are supposed to be moving to this area by 2015. aaa says people really need to watch out and more needs to be done and they are urging elected leaders to figure out a new plan. reporting live in alexandria, jummy olabanji abc 7 1/6. >> thank you. a dramatic rescue caught on tape in northern utah. look at the video we have. unbelievable. a motorcycle slammed into be dona bmw yesterday. people rushed to their aid. the man is listed in critical condition after was rushed to the hospital. six months since the disaster in japan and the nation is still haunted by emotional scars and radiation fears. much of the debris left behind by the march tsunami and quaker has been moved away. the reactors at the fukushima nuclear power plant have been stabilized. experts to be contaminated nearby towns have just started. some families may never return home. 5:48 is the time, to look at traffic and weather as we do every tennis. we really enjoy the summer, but now cooler temperatures are moving in. it is starting to feel more like fall. >> starting to feel like fall. especially by the canucks gun. starting with a great picture from su,e one of our great viewers in frederick county. she sends these great weather pictures. this is the full moon as it rose over the horizon over frederick' yesterday morning. thanks for that picture, along with the other ones that you sent. tropical storm area is not an issue out there. it will remain out tuesday and will steer clear of the u.s. -- will remain out to sea. we are watching a series of cold fronts of to our northwest. these cold front will slowly move through our area over the next several days and impact our temperatures especially by friday. at that point we are talking canadian air moving into town that will give us i temperatures right around 70 degrees. that means mid to upper 60's in the potomac highlands and points north west of the metro. 67 degrees downtown, killed 59 in gaithersburg, 66 in lexington park. 85 the high temperature southwesterly winds at 3-10. we will be near 90 degrees by tomorrow with a few light day of thunderstorms especially west of the metro area. a few of those storms will linger until court thursday morning and midday. we cannot rule out a few isolated strong to severe storms wednesday into thursday as well. friday the rain chances are mainly for the curious out of the metro area. if temperatures near 70 by friday. how is the commute? ok. metro rail, marc rail, drv looking pretty decent. stalled car on the b-w parkway southbound at powder mill road. we found slow traffic on 270. there's an accident on the beltway right as you merger off 270 headed toward the american legion bridge. we will take you to a camera in virginia 95, crashed on the way through dale city moved to the shoulder. normal delays out of woodbridge to get up to the pentagon. back to you. >> thank you. here's a question, could the answer to baldness be --? >> and are your kids ready for astronauts food in school? bell has more from bloomberg headquarters in new york. >> nasa's space shuttle program is over, but it could live on a schools and universities. it's offering dehydrated astronauts food and heat shield tiles as educational tools to inspire the next generation of scientists. tiles offered at $23 for shipping and handling. $28 for shipping and handling for space food. although more americans are looking at government web sites, the number is still significantly lower than the 24% growth in the total u.s. internet population compared with five years ago. july of 2011 national institutes for held ranks ed tops. the company behind botox is testing its high last londoner as a therapy for baldness -- its eyelash lengthener as a therapy for baldness. it's going to begin clinical trials. >> thank you so much. 64 degrees. arizona representative giffords bill giffords will sit down with abc's diane sawyer for press television interview this fall. she was shot and an engineer during the deadly tucson shooting rampage. she and her husband astronaut mark kelly will be interviewed and will air november 14, of which is the day the couple's book will hit store shelves. we are about to hear much different sides of former first lady jacqueline kennedy. she sat down wickes a historian four months after president john kennedy was assassinated. she did not say much about his debts, extramarital affairs, or health problems. she spoke very warm of him and how close she felt to him during the cuban missile crisis. >> i said, please don't send a way to camp david me and the children. if anything happens, we will all stay right here with you. >> she spoke about her husband's discussed accept clinton johnson and other politicians -- her husband's discussed at lyndon johnson. just ahead at 6:00, a global icon is chosen to be the newest miss universe. >> d.c. police working 12-hour shifts in light of the latest terror scare. does the city need that much security or is it a waste of taxpayer dollars? that question has people talking. and lisa baden is helping us navigate the tuesday morning straight ahead at 6:00, a bull's-eye on the back of rick perry. why the gop white house hopefuls took aim at the texas governor. >> and a page from the history books. former first lady jacqueline kennedy uncensored. >> and flooding left behind by lee, and still nowhere to go. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. approaching 6:00 on this tuesday, september 13. i am cynne simpson. >> good morning, i am pamela brown. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. we will check in with lisa baden on the traffic side, but we start with meteorologist adam caskey. cooler weather to look forward to. >> by the end of the week. i am always nervous when