if you're heading down to pennsylvania avenue in the northwest for the capital pride festival. at least a 30% chance of thunderstorms. first half of the festival probably going to be dry. anything after 3:00, you're starting to live on borrowed time a little bit. just sort of keep that in mind. have your rain plan ready to go just in case. after we get through today with the steaminess and storminess, oh, is it going to be nice the rest of the week. we'll talk about that coming up in a minute. >> today with the heat, the showers may be a bit of welcome relief. >> sometimes a festival feels better after you've been rained on. >> new from overnight, crews have recovered a woman's body from the water on the southwest water there is front. she disappeared late last night after supposedly swimming with friends. this happened near the capital yacht club on water street southwest. news 4's derrick ward is live there for us with the latest. derrick, what do we know? >> reporter: good morning. as you can see, a very calm, even peaceful, picturesque scene here at the channel near the yacht club. that's very different from what was going on here earlier today. in the intense nighttime search was carried out in the washington channel late yesterday t started at about 10:00 p.m. by half past midnight it had turned into a recovery effort. by 2:30 in the morning, they had found the body of a woman. authorities say she was among a group of for people on board a craft anchored in the channel just off the capital yacht club. >> there was a group associated with a sailboat here. apparently, they went in swimming. i believe four went swimming, only three returned. witnesses say they believe that they actually witnessed the adult female go under the water. >> reporter: now, that search involved helicopters, boats, and canines on the shoreline. authorities say the spot where the woman was found was not far from the spot where she was believed to have gone in. the investigation still goes on, and the identity of the victim has not yet been released. we're live on the southwest waterfront. now back to you. >> all right. derrick s d.c. native antionetta mckoy told her family she was moving to north carolina to marry a man of god. >> kimberly, i think we're having a little trouble with your mike. i'll do this. d.c. native antionetta mckoy told her family she was moving to north carolina to marry a man of god, but they never saw her again. now seven members of a polygamous sect are behind bars for her murder. news 4's darcy spencer reports. >> i had no idea, but i will be burying one of my children. >> reporter: yvonne mckoy is the mother of 27-year-old antionetta mckoy, whose remains were found buried behind a home in durham, north carolina, this week. >> it's a tragedy to me that someone would be so brutal and mean and cruel. in my heart, i say they could have sent her home than to do what they did to her. >> reporter: seven people have been charged in connection with mckoy's murder, including peter moses, the alleged ring leader of a religious cult that practiced polygamy. police say they're also responsible for the murder of a 5-year-old boy, whose remains were found nearby. >> she tried to get out. she wanted to get away. these monsters chased her, beat her down, beat her unconscious, and shot her twice in the head. >> reporter: mckoy met moses while they were attending dunbar high school in northwest d.c. her mom said she hadn't seen moses in ten years. then her daughter suddenly announced she was marrying him and moving to north carolina. that was in december. she hadn't seen or heard from her since. >> she felt that, you know, him knowing the bible, that he was a christian, god-fearing type of man. and actually, he was the devil in disguise, a monster. >> reporter: police say mckoy had been living with moses and several other women near where the remains were found. the bodies were discovered by a plumber called to the house because of what was believed to be a sewage backup. >> we see something buried in a plastic bag, and it has a horrible smell. we don't assume -- we don't think it's an animal or nothing. it seems like it could possibly be another human. >> reporter: mckoy's relatives say she was a writer who loved poetry and would have done anything to help people. darcy spencer, news 4. >> mckoy's family is planning a memorial service at greater pentecostal church in northwest d.c. on june 25th. that would have been her 28th birthday. two d.c. police officers recovering this morning blo surprise attack in when this happened about 5:00 last night along sixth street northwest. police say they received complaints about a homeless man blocking the sidewalk. when the two officers arrived, the man started throwing punches and then hit the officers in the head several times with a large pipe. that man was arrested. the officers were taken to the hospital, their names and conditions have not been released. prince george's county police investigating a deadly hit and run early saturday morning. it happened at the intersection of riverdale road and 63rd place in riverdale. police say delivan beam was heading west on motorcycle when a lincoln navigator tried to make a left turn and hit beam, killing him. police are asking anyone with information to call crime solvers. commotion over camp david this weekend after a plane flew into restricted air space tlchlt the small private plane had no radio communication and was intercepted about 11 miles from the presidential retreat by two f-15 fighter jets. they escorted the plane to hagerstown where the secret service had a conversation with the pilot down on the ground. president obama and the first family are at camp david for the weekend. the secret service says it looks like the plane entered the air space by mistake. a new development in the anthony weiner twitter scandal as the congressman announced he will take a leave of absence. the new york democrat told reporters he's seeking treatment to, quote, focus on becoming a better husband and healthier person. right now he has no plans to resign. this comes as many lawmakers, including former house speaker nancy pelosi, and dnc chairman, debbie wasserman schultz, demand that he leave office. weiner has not indicated how long this leave of absence will last. it's 9:07 right now. in just a couple of hours from now, d.c. will be rocking as part of the annual capital pride festival. this celebration of the lgbt community has taken place over the last 40 years, growing with each passing year. the festival gets under way at 11:00 and goes until 6:00. parts of pennsylvania avenue as well as surrounding streets will be closed around the national mall. there will be more than 100 vendors, groups, and organizations setting up shop around the festival, as well as musical acts all day on the main stage. in the meantime, thousands of people lined the streets yesterday for the annual capital pride parade. the celebration in dupont circle has grown to become the third largest gay pride event in the country. more than 70 organizations participated in the parade, including members of the d.c. council, aarp, and the george mason university police department. 9:07 right now. a group that helps feed the less fortunate on the brink of closing its doors. we'll tell you about the heroes that stepped in and kept those that[ coach ] in albuquerque,e citi pre-approved my mortgage. 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>> at some point today. we're going to get a little mess in the middle, but on the edges it will be good. >> that's right. beautiful to start, and it will be really nice by later this evening as well. between now and then, we may m nature. we'll talk about your forecast and whatever those two are talking now#6k a hollywood power couple known for their giving ways is now offering help to an area hit by one of those deadly tornadoes. brad dest angelina jolie donating $500,000 to help the tornado-ravaged town of joplin, missouri. the tornado there killed more than 150 and destroyed more than 8,000 homes. pitt and jolie's money will be used to rebuild some of those homes. brad pitt grew up in springfield, missouri, about 75 miles from joplin. >> so interesting to see how that couple is rooted to the south. they have a place in new orleans. helping to bourbon street. >> they've given a lot of money and spent a lot of and spent a lot of there trying to help out. >> and they're bringing a lot of good attention, and they're helping to responsor the rebuilding of so many neighborhoods devastated down there, and they're helping to build hurricane safe houses. you can't really hurricane proof something, but hurricane safer, building them up above the flood plains and things like that, having people have like drive under garages and get the living floors up. that's how you help hurricane proof a little bit. >> give the wind a place to go. >> more importantly, the water. because so much of the new orleans basin is below sea level. that's always been the problem they face down there. anything you can do to get above that critical level is very, very important. so for us, meanwhile, as we talk about all that's going on in missouri and new orleans, people are wondering, what's going to go on here? i'll tell you what, it's going to be a very nice finish to your sunday morning. it will be a very nice start to your monday morning as well. but between now and then, we do have a round of thunderstorms that is very likely to come through here mid to late afternoon into the very early evening time frame. so just sort of make your plans to get outside and enjoy your sunday. make them with a backup plan for at least a couple of hours because the threat for thunderstorms. did a little checking in the record books. 79 is our current temperature. last year never@national, reagan national drop below 60 degrees between may 22nd and september 11th. all of june, july, and august we never went below 60 degrees. i bring up this factoid because either tuesday morning or wednesday morning this week, national airport may actually have a chance to drop below 60 degrees. that will be a rarity in the summertime. all of you folks out in the western and northern suburbs will be well down into the 50s. there might even be 40s on the map tuesday and wednesday morning up across the potomac highlands and across northern and western maryland. for today, hot and humid, leading to thunderstorms around here. thunderstorms likely to get started shortly after lunchtime, primarily starting across the high spots. that's where the cold front is coming from, coming in from the northwest. here's our futurecast model. by 4:00 this afternoon, thunderstorms forming around the washington area. by 7:00 this evening, the front just about on top of us. as it goes through, it will turn the rain and the thunderstorms off, set us up for a really gorgeous start to the work and for some kids still, school week. those school days are getting down to the single digits. we'll have a slight risk for severe thunderstorms. primary threat is damaging wind and hail threat. i'll be here all afternoon to keep you posted. even on the microcast model, you can see by noontime showers forming to north and west. by 3:00 in the afternoon, just to the northwest side of washington. by 7:00 this evening, hopefully everything will be winding down. partly sunny, hot and humid. thunderstorms likely. some will be strong to severe. highs upper 80s to low 90s. a toasty warm one today. this is the last of it for a few days. tomorrow mostly sunny, cooler, refreshing. low humidity. you're going to love tomorrow. if you're headed down to the beach, if this is your week at the beach, you're sitting in the cat bird seat for sure. thunderstorms down at the beach today, but sunshine aplenty all through the upcoming week. that goes for here as well. 90 today, but only 82 tomorrow. tuesday and wednesday, i put down 61, 60, and 61. if we get below 60 degrees and into the 50s tha, that will be rarity in june, july, or august. >> a welcome change. >> i got stuck on cat bird seat? >> the cat bird seat. you always want to sit in the catbird seat. >> the very best. >> we'll look it up and find out the origin. >> he's an old soul, isn't sne >> i'm convinced you make these things up. >> i can tell you i didn't make it up. >> the nationals look to make it two in a row in san diego. >> dan hellie has highlights of that game plus a very muddy running of the belmont stakes in this morning's sports. good morning, everybody. ruh-roh, ryan ludwick misplays bats wake up, they might áao+n4 iive games last night, whend clearly a foul ball. after ruling it a home run, the umpires say, okay, we looked at it on tape, and it is a foul ball. ludwick comes back to the plate, and lannan says, have a seat, my friend. strikes him out. lannan was fantastic. the nationals win 2-1 for the second night in a row. to college baseball, brian o'connor and his virginia cavaliers opening up super regional play in charlottesville against uc irvine. danny hultzen, local kid on the plate, looking good. he struck out three in 5 1/3 innings of work. he also helped his own cause at the plate. bottom of the third, cavs up 1-0. make that 2-0. hultzen singles to right. chris taylor scores. hultzen, the number two overall pick in the recent major league baseball draft, the pride of st. alban's draft. even a rain delay couldn't slow down uva. bottom of the six, still 2-0, not anymore. jared king says crown me. a two-run bomb. virginia goes on to beat uc irvine. the cavs now need just one more win to advance to the college world series. one more baseball score, o's fall to the rays 7-5 in extras. horse racing now. so much for that showdown between kentucky derby winner animal kingdom and preakness winner shackleford. for the first time in six years, the derby and preakness winner squared off in the belmont stakes. one nearly fell at the start, and the other faded down the stretch. the belmont belonged to a 24-1 long shot, ruler on ice. before this one, all eyes on the favorites. here's shackleford and animal kingdom getting ready to run in the slop at belmont park. coming out of the gates was brutal for the kentucky derby winner. check out animal kingdom in the middle of the track and slips. almost loses jockey john velazquez. animal kingdom 13 lengths behind the leader. here's the call on the final stretch. >> animal kingdom is on the far outside. could he be this good? he's down the middle of the track. ruler on ice, brilliant speed. stay thirsty coming on. animal kingdom won't get there. shackford is back to fourth. ruler on ice. stay thirsty on the inside. these two down to the wire. ruler on ice at 24-1 in the belmont stakes! he's won it! >> ruler on ice, the long shot, getting her done. wearing blinkers for the first time to keep him focused. takes the belmont. stay thirsty finished second. brilliant speed third. shackleford was fifth, and animal kingdom was sixth. d.c. united on a pretty good run lately. they took a five-game unbeaten streak in last night's matchup with san jose. like d.c. united, the earthquakes came into rfk hot, and in the end they shook d.c. united to the core. extra incentive for this young man, andy najar, because it was andy najar bobblehead night. and the luck of the bobblehead in full effect in the 13th minute. josh wolf, great speed too. andy najar, his first goal of the season, gives d.c. united the lead. but in the 60th minute, the match would change entirely. d.c. united trailing 3-2, and san jose on the attack. ball goes up. steven lenhart goes and gets it. heads it in for the goal. lenhart had a hat trick. his three goals outscored d.c. united all by himself. 4-2 was the final. d.c. united loses to san jose. wnba action. mystics home opener last night against the chicago sky. early fourth quarter, after trailing by double digits most of the game, crystal langhorne down low. the former terp had 14. mystics down by five. 2:30 to go. mystics down by three. chicago too much. courtney vandersloot drops the trey, and the mystics go down to the sky 84-77. over yesterday's le mans 24-hour race, it did not take long for things to get very interesting. in the first hour of the race, scottish driver allan mcnish clips the ferrari in front of him. check this out. get this, up and over the wall. his car literally disintegrates. very scary as the debris flies over where track side marshals and photographers were. check this out. everybody is fine, and the driver, allan mcnish actually got up and walked out of that car. amazing how they build these race cars these days. that's your morning sports. i'm dan hellie. everybody have a great sunday. >> the fourth time we've seen that wreck and can't take our eyes off of it. wow. >> amazing everybody was okay there. >> yes. >> it is 9:27 right now. more on congressman anthony weiner's major announcement. the reaction his colleagues are having to his decision to take a leave of absence from congress. and the very first pictures of congresswoman gabrielle giffords since she was shot have been released. that is not the picture. we're going to show them to you plus bring you some amazing news about her recovery when we retu [ female announcer ] keurig brews more than just hot coffee. now you can brew over ice for delicious iced coffee or tea. hot or cold, keurig is the way to brew everyone's favorite cup in under a minute. choose. brew. enjoy. keurig. i made some serious mistakes here. i have to redeem myself, and i'm going to try to get back to work. these were personal failings. i'm trying not to let them get in the way of my professional work. >> congressman anthony weiner is taking a leave of absence to deal with his personal life. are his colleagues on capitol hill satisfied with his decision? welcome back. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm kimberly suiters. chuck bell joins us in studio with a check of our weather. 77 degrees outside. much nicer than we were dealing with. pretty soon it will be the same temperature as yesterday morning. >> you keep saying that. >> we were 80 degrees at 10:00 a.m. yesterday, and we're going to be real close to 80 degrees at 10:00 a.m. today. just to be sure. a lot of people wondering, what was the catbird seat? an american humorist james. this hurber first coined the phrase in the new yorker magazine in 1914. it's referred to as an advantageous position such as a batter with three ball and no strikes. >> so you didn't make it up. >> i didn't make it up. >> and hasn't been used since until chuck bell brought thank you up. >> it's been lying dormant since 1942, and now we know why. some storms could be severe, damaging wind and hail are primary threats. 75 degrees at national airport. 75 manassas. 75 fairfax right now. temperatures will be close to or slightly above the 90 degree mark waive the day is through. we should be about 90 degrees by 2:00 this afternoon. thunderstorms will be a big part of the afternoon and early evening time frame. make plans accordingly. if you're heading to the pride festival, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., at least a 60% chance you'll get rained on. if you're headed out on chesapeake bay to do a little sailing or boating. enjoy the sunshine but put your block on for sure, at least 30. that's what i always use. boy, are we sitting great for the rest of the week. that cold front that comes through today sparking the thunderstorms means low humidity for the next three days after this. >> wow. >> thank you, chuck. >> you're welcome. congressman anthony weiner has announced he will take a leave of absence and seek treatment. despite calls for his resignation, he says he has no plans to leave office. nbc's brian mooar has the latest on this story. >> reporter: faced with a twitter scandal that won't go away, congressman anthony weiner of new york on saturday announced he was requesting a leave of absence from his job. his office said he was seeking professional treatment to focus on becoming a better husband and a healthier person. that announcement came a short time after he told reporters he wanted to keep on working. >> i've made some serious mistakes here, and i have to redeem myself. and i'm going to try to get back to work. these were personal failings, so i'm trying to not let them get in the way of my professional work. >> reporter: reporters caught up with the embattled congressman as he was picking up his laundry, but his dirty laundry had become so much of a distraction, top democrats were calling on him to step down. more voices joined the chorus of critics. among them, former house speaker nancy pelosi, congressman steve israel, head of the democratic campaign committee, and his successor, congressman chris van holland. >> another top democrat calling for weiner's resignation this morning. the new chairwoman of the dnc. congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz told reportered she's disappointed in weiner's decision not to resign. >> the behavior is indefensible, and weiner's continued service in congress is untenable. this sordid affair has become a distraction for representative weiner, his family, his constituents, and the house. for the good of all, he should step aside and address those things that should be most important, his and his family's well-being. >> former house speaker and democrat nancy pelosi has called for an ethics investigation into weiner's actions. defenders of the new york law maker point out that, while his actions are embarrassing, he has not broken any laws. anyone looking for dirt or bombshells on sarah palin won't find them in the treasure trove of e-mails recently released. more than 24,000 pages of e-mails were handed out to reporters by the state of alaska on friday, and they basically paint a picture of a drirch, image conscious governor, closely involved with the day to day duties of running the state. they also show that palin angled for a vice presidential nomination months before john mccain picked her and that she actually once praised president obama for supporting a natural gas pipeline in alaska. the international monetary fund is scrambling this morning after an apparent cyber attack. a spokesman for the imf says the organization is fully functional and declined to detail the scope or nature of the attack or whether any sensitive information was taken. "the new york times," though, cites an unnamed imf official as saying the attack is serious and sophisticated. the attack comes just weeks after former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn was arrested on accusations of sexually assaulting a maid at a new york hotel. another top al qaeda operative is dead this morning. fazul mohammed was killed in a shootout with forces in somalia. government sources there and senior u.s. officials have confirmed his death. mohammed was on the fbi's most wanted list. he was the brains behind the bombings of the u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania in august of 1998. the explosions there killed 224 people, including 12 americans. the casey anthony trial is set to resume again on monday, presumably with more expert testimony. yesterday a forensic entomologist told the jury he found insects in casey's car trunk that are commonly found in cases of human decomposition. this supports the theory that casey's daughter caylee was in the trunk for days before being dumped in the woods. casey's defense team continues to assert caylee drowned in her grandparents' swimming pool. firefighters are struggling to contain a massive blaze that is decimating parts of eastern arizona. as of this morning, the fire spans 672 square miles and is only 5% contained. there are now concerns about the air quality. health fishes aofficials are wa people as far east as central new mexico about soot particles that can get caught in the respiratory system and cause major problems. so far 10,000 people have been evacuated and at least 30 homes destroyed. this morning we're seeing amazing pictures, the first of congresswoman gabrielle giffords since the attempt on her life in january. take a look of the these were posted on giffords' official facebook page just about two hours ago. they were taken on may 17th at tier nan memorial hospital in houston of the that's the day before she watched her husband mark kelly pilot the space shuttle "endeavour." she could be released as early as the end of the month. >> see that signature smile there. she looks good. do you need to buy a present for a little boy or girl? today's kids post has some gifts that will be a big hit. here's eun yang. >> good morning. this weeks on kids post on tv, a little girl's dream store, a book that will score, and a kids festival they'll enjoy from shore to shore. joining us once again this morning is tracy grant from washington post kids post. always great to see you, tracy. >> great to be here, eun. >> a store opening in our area that is a little girl's dream come true. so much excitement over this one. >> oh, man, the american girl store opens in tyson's next weekend. in today's kids post we have a sneak peek of all the fun things that will be there. here are two of the girls that are made this a phenomenon. the store is two levels high. it has a bistro. it has a hair salon. and in today's kids post, for those american girl experts, we have a quiz with a chance to win one of these two dolls. >> and the american girls dolls, the store, the stories, it's such a phenomenon. the girls really collect them. they read the books about them. >> right. and the important thing to remember is that there is sort of a literary base to it. the books are about historical girls. many of them are written by local author valerie tripp. this is real ly a feel good abot being a girl kind of phenomenon. >> girls from around the country are going to be coming to that store. >> and it all opens next saturday. >> i'm sure it's going to be crowded. next up this book about baseball and other sports. very exciting book. >> with the american girl coverage in today's kids post, we didn't want boys to feel left out. we have the 3d sports blast book. this is an amazing book. it comes with 3d glasses. and it looks at -- i mean, it has just eye-popping graphics. but it also looks at sports in different ways. it pairs up nontraditional sports and has a really nice explanation of how 3d works. so this is really fun. it's -- there's more to it than the pictures although the pictures are just stunning. >> veried good. my boys would love that. and my girl too. >> yes, we don't want to be sexist here. >> right. and if the weather's nice next weekend, you've got a fabulous festival for kids. >> the world children's festival happens only once every four years. it's really a collaboration. we will have children from other places in the world celebrating art, music. it's on the mall next weekend, friday, saturday, and sunday, from 11:00 to 5:00 between fourth and seventh street. arts and crafts, lego, performances, and a real sharing of cultures. a not to be missed event. >> hope the weather holds out for that event. that is such a great event. tracy grant, always nice to see you. thank you so much. >> thank you, eun. >> for fun family activities visit nbcwashington.com and click on kids post. that is kids post on tv this week. i'm eun yang. >> 9:40 right now. think it was too hot for a bike ride yesterday? 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[ female announcer ] have you ever seen a glacier while sunbathing? why not? have you ever climbed a rock wall in the middle of the ocean? or tried something really wild? why not? it's all possible in the n. royal caribbean's floating nation. where you are free to do anything you want. which may be nothing at all. royal caribbean international. why not cruise from baltimore? visit royalcaribbean.com today. this week's wednesday's child has been in foster care almost her entire life. >> her name is rhonda, and she's interested in cod smetology and wants to be stylist to the stars one day. bar practice harris took her to check out one of the premium cosmetology schools here in washington. >> i want you to meet rhonda. >> nice to meet you. >> she's very interested in learning to do hair. one day she'd like to be your hairstylist. is that right? >> yes. you're in the right place. >> here at the aveda institute, the world of beauty is taught in beautiful surroundings that echo the emphasis on the environment and enhancing what is natural. anna took us to meet one of the trainers at the school. >> rhonda, i'd like to introduce to you alia. >> alia offered to give rhonda a little idea of some of the things she would learn here if she decides she really wants to become a stylist someday. >> so what we want to do is show you how to determine if your customer wants hair color. >> right now at 16 rhonda is enjoying high school, and in spite of some challenges, she says she's really doing well. >> what kind of grades are you making? >> all as. >> really? >> yeah. >> that means you must be working pretty hard, huh sth >> yeah. >> do you do your studies on your own or somebody says, you'd better get to your homework. >> no, i do it by myself. >> rhonda has been in the foster care system since she was only 2 years old. her social worker says rhonda has been moved around quite a bit in her 14 years as a foster child. she's now in a group home. >> i don't want to be there. >> what would you like? >> i want to get adopted. >> she's someone that will have patience with her, will take their time. even though she is 16, she needs a future. she needs hope. >> the folks at aveda had a surprise for rhonda. >> we'd like to present you with some kit items some beauty items so you can start practicing. a blow dryer, some brushes, curling irons, flat irons, combs, clips, everything you'll need. >> all that have? >> all of that. >> wow. rhonda was delighted with the gift. and can't wait till she has a family so she can tryout some of these new things and her talents with hair on them. barbara harrison, news 4 for wednesday's child. >> if you have room in your home and your heart for rhonda, please call our special adoption hotline. that number is 1-888-to-adopt me, or log on to the home page at nbcwashington.com. you can scan the qr code on screen to take you right to that page. >> as promised, it's already in the 80s outside. >> we knew it wouldn't take long. it won't be much longer now. by 2:00, it will be in the 90s. be ready for a very steamy day here in washington. we wouldn't have it any other way in june, would me? we might. i have fallen in love with making bird houses. caw caw! [ director ]what is that? that's a horrible cr. here are some things that i'll make as little portals. honestly, i'd love to do this for the rest of my life so i've got to take care of my heart. for me, cheerios is a good place to start. [ male announcer ] got something you'll love to keep doing? take care of your heart. you can start with cheerios. the natural whole grain oats can help lower cholesterol. brrrbb... makes you feel ageless. [ male announcer ] it's time. love your heart so you can do what you love. cheerios. [ bob ] squak. if you like hot and steamy. this day is for you. >> this whole day has been filled for people. >> send us a note. hot and steamy. do people like that? >> some people do. there are a lot -- and i mean a lot of snow haters that watch this station. i say that with great love and respect. >> there are people who are like, oh, gosh, it's so hot, and i can't breathe, and it's sweating, and i'm miserable. i love it. >> there are people who have moved here from the great state of florida who would just as soon have florida weather all year round. and people who move from upstate new york and say i shoveled snow my entire life, and now 90 degrees is good for me. for me, i like a little mix. i like snow in the winter and my hot weather in the summertime, for about three days. that's as much as i like the heat. we've had our heat for three days in a row. more than that. 102 was the record on thursday that broke the old record from 1874. we don't need to be that hot, that's for sure. today we will not be 102. we'll be well up into the upper 80s and low 90s. 79 the current temperature. dewpoint at 69 degrees. that's the real problem that we're facing is a lot of moisture in the atmosphere, and a cold front coming our way, a legitimate cold front, which is going to take the heat and humidity out of here for tomorrow, monday and tuesday. but between now and then, we will have a line of thunderstorms to deal with. temperatures in the upper 70s, pushing 80 degrees already. that little ribbon is the cold front now moving into south western pennsylvania, far northwestern maryland. as it comes on through here as early as noon in the high spots here west of hagerstown, could see a couple of thunderstorms. around 3:00, 4:00, thunderstorms are going to be quite likely. by 6:00, 7:00 this evening, thunderstorms rolling on through. starting to leave the area. you folks out towards hagerstown should be done with any rain chances by about 7:00 this evening. high pressure building on in. it's going to be a gorgeous start to the work and short school week. slight chance of severe weather. don't turn your back on mother nature. the timing of these thunderstorms here, any time after lunchtime and before 7:00 or 8:00 is your best chance for seeing the storminess. hot and humid today. thunderstorms likely. one or two at least will be severe. so, again, keep a weather eye to the sky as you get outside to enjoy all of the sunshine and the summer activities that everyone loves to do. then for tomorrow, sunshine, cooler, refreshing. lower humidity. all the words you love to hear in the month of june. if this is your week at the beach, yes, indeed, great weather. little storminess down at the coast lip today as the front clears the coast as well. it's going to be gorgeous around here all week long. last year we didn't get below 60 even one time during the summer months. ♪ [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp. we'd earned lots of points with our new citi thankyou card... and i put them to good use. he told me about his bunkmates, and how he signs up for every activity. ♪ he even hangs out with the camp director. just like that. [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. good morning, washington. coming up at 10:00 on "the chris matthews show," the talk of anthony weiner had them all atwitter when the talk about our economy was the real political punch. there are few signs the economy can be reversed. that has democrats very worried, and it has republicans thinking they might be able to beat the president even with a weak alternative. should barack obama talk straight about america's limits, or should he push a big second term agenda? plus "the washington post" david ignatius, author of "bodies of lies" has a brand new thriller out. we'll talk about his vision of how we can get out of afghanistan by dealing with the taliban. join me and david ignatius, andrea mitchell for a great round table. now for a look at what's coming up on "meet the press," here's david gregory. coming up, an exclusive debate between the leaders of the two major political parties. joining me democratic national committee chair, debbie wasserman schultz and the republican national committee chair. we'll discuss the weiner scandal, the politics of the economy, and the future of medicare. and then former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. and our political round table all here on a busy morning on "meet the press." it's been a little too hot recently for most of us to get out and run, except for chuck. or take a bike ride. >> this weekend, some activists [ male announcer ] want a better way to track what you spend? pnc virtual wallet now comes with spending zone. it organizes all your spending, including your pnc debit card, credit card, and your bills. so you can view them by category... or by month. you can set a budget... and it'll even alert you when you're getting close to the amount you've set -- and when you've gone over. spending zone is built to help you keep better track of your spending. experience everything virtual wallet has to offer at pncvirtualwallet.com. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. it's like frozen hot chocolate. ah! ah! you got it! yeah, i was just reading what was on the cup. try our new dunkin' donuts frozen hot chocolate. it's like frozen hot chocolate. america runs on dunkin'.
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