heat advisory throughout the area. so once again it's going to be another scorcher for us. heat index, 100 to 105 degrees. hopeful lie you're not going to be in any traffic job today. heat index, 82 degrees. wind south-southwest at 9:00 miles per hour. northwest by late tonight as a cold front moves through. a look at your temperatures right now. anacostia, 77. riverdale, 75 as is olney. manassas, right now at 70 degrees. radar is quiet. storms around here any time after 1:00. 9:00 a.m., 85. topping out at 97. noon time up to 93 degrees. >> veronica was giving me the big stink eye when she said you won't be stuck in traffic. i have nothing to do with it. i just report on it. i-270, quiet morning. good news, no wet pavement. all travel lanes open. a little increasing volume. the beltway, both directions and overnight road work towards 66 should be wrapped up. let's see how things are moving downtown very light volume both directions of the southeast-southwest freeway. police are investigating the suspicious death of a young girl found dead in a town house in gaithersburg last night. tracee wilkins is live with the latest details. good morning, joe. police are still here on the scene. this all unfolded 7:30 yesterday evening. as you can see we still have police officers here. detectives have still been going in and out of the house continuing their investigation. let me show you what happened here literally just a few minutes ago. one of the detectives had a vehicle towed from in front of the home here, taken away. we don't know what that plays in all of this or who the vehicle belongs to but they did tow it away. they are releasing very little information at this point. 7:30 yesterday police were called for the report of an injured child. they discovered the body of a child inside. now, we do know that is a girl. it's been ruled suspicious. they are investigating it it as homicide. we don't know how long that body was inside the home. police are awaiting autopsy results to give them that information. they're also not releasing any suspect information, only saying they're interviewing witnesses, including family members, neighbors and also friends of the family as well. tracee wilkins live in gaithersburg. back to you in the studio. >> thanks very much. a prince george's county elementary school is a crime scene after someone shot and killed a man after school. someone opened fire 8:45 last night on a basketball quart at carrollton elementary school. he was rushed to the hospital, where he later died. no word on his identity or a motive for the shooting. police say driver fatigue was a factor in the deadly crash. it happened six hours after it left greensboro, north carolina. the driver ran off the road, up an embankment and the bus flipped over. the driver is charged with reckless driving. four killed, more than 50 hurt. the federal government has since shut down the operator of that bus, sky express. the national transportation safety board is investigating. this morning we're hearing from the survivors about what it was like to be on the bus at the time. 54 people were taken to area hospitals. most of the injuries were minor but some were serious or even life threatening. survivors told us they were sleeping right before the accident. realizing the bus was crashing meant waking up to a nightmare. >> i came to. he was trying to correct himself. and we were off the road. he started hitting signs and then swerving, and then swerving even more out of control. then we started tipping. >> i have scars, whatever. but i'm grateful for my life, that i'm still here, i'm able to breathe. and i feel sorry for the family that lost their loved ones. >> most victims were released from the hospital and are back home this morning. >> new overnight, a woman in critical condition after suffering burns in an intense fire. this happened in the 5200 block of north carlyn springs road in carrollton. the cause of that fire is still under investigation. time right now is 5:05. who is stepping in today to mediate the dulles rail debate? also, a busy night at the kennedy space center. what drew more spectators than what[ coach ] in albuquerque,n citi pre-approved my mortgage. 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[ male announcer ] from pre-approval to closing, citi is with you every step of the way. what's your story? citi can help you write it. today u.s. transportation secretary ray lahood will play peacemaker and try to settle a dispute how the extension to dulles will be built. he will meet with board members. they can't seem whether to built a tunnel and underground station at dulles. they claim it would be more convenient for air travelers. fairfax and loudon county tax payers and dulles toll road drivers will be paying for most of the project. defense secretary robert gates finds himself in the middle of another transportation controversy in virginia. this focuses on the new mark from. warner and webb joined jim moran and gerry connolly in sending a letter to dr. gates urging the pentagon to delay the opening of the building. they claim i opening it this fall will cause more traffic problems on 395 than they already have. they want it pushed become a year so construction can happen on the roads. after losing to the miami heat long night, lebron james scored. 84 was the lowest point total in its entire series. game 2 set for tomorrow night in miami. speaking of heat, let's go to veronica in the storm center. >> thanks a lot, joe. yeah. we hit 96 degrees on monday. we hit 98 yesterday. today we're going for 97. today the heat wave is going to end. in fact, it will end today. 77 degrees is where we are right now. we have a heat advisory up until 8:00 p.m. as far as other temperatures go throughout the area, we're into the 70s. the heat index right around 80 degrees. anacostia, 77. riverdale, 75 degrees. and olney, 75 degrees. by 9:00 a.m. today, 85 degrees. for several hours we'll be in the 90s. then after 1:00 a chance to get showers and thunderstorms. best chance between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. today. a look at your forecast 5:00, down to 92. then we start cooling off. we'll drop into the 80s. a few thunderstorms lingering around the area in southeastern maryland. by 11:00 p.m., partly cloudy. we clear out overnight. it is still quite warm and sticky. tomorrow is going to feel much different even at the start of the day. a couple great days as we wrap up this workweek. a look at traffic with jerry edwards. take a look along i-66 for those of you coming from haymarket, manassas, center sreul. eastbound side. westbound between the capital beltway. travel lanes open. no concerns there. a little increase in volume. a little more than we saw yesterday at this hour. south capital and m street making the trip up. southeast corridors doing well. headed out to catch the trains, starting off in fine fashion. metro, vre, mark, no delays. time 5:12. extending the olive branch. who the president is welcoming to the white house today >> piling on the nationals. the team is in last place. now why their stadium is not too far behind. commander mar we're with you when you're saving for your dreams. 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[ male announcer ] wells fargo. together we'll go far. welcome back. an elderly man is dead after crossing the street at 198 and 197 in laurel, maryland. police say a 73-year-old man was crossing 198 when he was hit by a ford focus. the driver of the car stayed on the scene. the man was not in a crosswalk when he was hit. and police are looking for the driver who hit a pedestrian in montgomery county. that person was crossing new hampshire avenue in colesville around 9:30 last night. of course his injuries are not life threatening. police have not released the person's identity, nor whether it was male or female and no word on the type of vehicle that hit them >> today d.c. council members hope to get a problem with breathalyzer tests. district officials say breath likewisers were not calibrated properly. that called into question hundreds of drunk driving convictions leading to some cases being dismissed. police have been using urine testing instead of the machine for months now >> today president obama will be listening. he's meeting with republicans who refused to allow the u.s. to borrow more money until it stops spending so much. tracie potts is live on capitol hill for us this morning with more on this. good morning, tracy. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. good morning, everyone. when the president sits down with the house republican caucus, the white house says he will be listening, looking for new ideas to break through this jam we have seen on capitol hill. first of all, what to do with the debt ceiling we have already hit and what to do about the federal budget deficit. two issues going on at the same time. last night, house republicans, some of those the president meets with today, turned down a vote. it was 97-318, in fact, to extend the debt ceiling another $2.5 trillion so america could continue to pay its bills after august. democrats said this vote was nothing but a sham, that it was never going to pass anyway and it was meant to distract from the republicans's very unpopular plan to turn medicare into a voucher system. medicare is the sticking point here in the negotiations over what to do about the deficit. the big question is how will we restructure medicare so it's not so expensive. republicans say they will not vote to allow america to take on more debt. aaron? all right. we'll see if this meeting changes anything. thank you >> theongest serving senator wants to keep on receivering. colgan is now seeking a 10th term. he is a democrat representing prince william county. his announcement gives virginia democrats hope they can hang on to their two-seat majority in the virginia state senate. >> it's been a pretty disappointing season for the nationals on the field. now the team is getting flack for its actual field. it ranked 26 on a blogger's list of baseball's top stadiums. they were based on yelp.com. fans were upset over the cost of drink and food. pnc was rated the best ballpark in the majors. rogers centre in toronto voted the worst. one of the nats biggest stars will take a major step toward his road to recovery. zimmerman will play in an extended spring training game. he had surgery early last month to repair a torn abdominal muss stkpwhraoel zimmerman may be on the mend but tiger woods may not be happy enough to play in this month's open. woods is still recovering from injuries to his knee and to his achilles tendon. those forced him to withdraw from the tournament after just nine holes last month. it starts two weeks from tomorrow at congressional country club in about thes tkafplt they take a long time to heal. >> it's been an odd chunk of time. >> it all fell apart after that thanksgiving incident. >> a check on your forecast. it was so hot and ugly outside yesterday. well, today is today. >> it's going to get better, though, right, veronica? >> it is going to get better. we just have to get through one more day, a day of old, humid weather. heading to the golf course. pack your water. with some of the traffic jams that we had around the area yesterday, good. when you've got at least some water to drink in the car. 77 degrees the temperature right now here early this morning already. factor in the humidity that's out there and it feels like 82 degrees. a southwest light wind at 9 miles per hour. shifting to the northwest as a cold front moves through. some of the other readings, 75 degrees. sterling, over in fairfax there or over in loudon county now 75 degrees. fairfax mcclain at 76. quantico, 77 degrees here early this morning. down south, 72 in richmond. watch what happens later today. the southwest flow, more heat pumped northward. 99 the temperature maxing out today in richmond, virginia. close to 100 degrees, too, in raleigh, north carolina. so still a lot of warm air all through the east. watch as it approaches the area. scattered showers and storms mainly off to the west around 1:00 today. by noon time, into the 90s. after 1:00, cooling showers and storms. the front on tomorrow of us by 3:00 or 4:00. a few cells could deliver hail and high winds to the area. it starts rolling to the southeast. tonight lower humidity. from 94 to 97. heat index, 100 to 105 degrees. much better for the evening. thursday and friday. 87 on thursday. 84 on friday. with low humidity to boot. jerry. >> make sure you water your pets. bring lots of water if you're taking them outside. inbound along interstate 66, to the roosevelt bridge, very light volume of traffic. looking good. westbound out of boston has been picked up. both directions lanes are open. south of town. looking good between alexandria and oxen hill. headed out to catch a tree, marc penn 401. metro and vre looking good. >> jerry, thanks very much. >> houston, "endeavour" will stop. >> 122 million miles flown in 25 challenging space flights. >> "endeavour" landed safely right in the middle of the night. they landed just after 2:30 this morning, about three hours ago. mark kelly said it's sad to see her land for the last time. a historic day at kennedy space center. jay gray is live with more details. good morning, jay. >> reporter: good morning, joe. from the start 16 days until this morning's finish, that "endeavour" was nearly picture perfect. they say it was just a flawless mission. they're excited to have the shuttle back on the ground and the six astronauts along with it. what an amazing legacy. 25 missions. 123 miles in space. 299 days in orbit. really a work horse for the first time it went in. going into service in 1992. it was the first shuttle as they began to build the international space station and the last shuttle to deliver parts and fix the international space station. it has quite a history now. they will decommission the spacecraft and it will be moved to los angeles to the science center there where millions will get i chance for a firsthand look at a marvel of science. just a quick question about something we've all been talking about. on the tight shot from the shuttle from the back and you see the light vision lens it looks like there appears to be a flame coming out of the top of the shuttle. do you know what that is? >> it's a burn-off that traditionally happens every time the shuttle lands. the issue here is there have only been 25 dark landings, either early morning or late at tphaoeufplt you don't traditionally see that during the day. it's just a normal part of the process, we are told, and nothing to worry about. yeah. interesting to see it at night and really neat to see the shuttle land at night. >> jay gray reporting live. thanks very much. a few 00 people stayed top watch the shuttle land overnight. but a larger crowd came out to see the shuttle "atlantis" on the launch pad. "atlantis" will launch from the 8th of july. that will be the space agency's final shuttle flight. break your your dictionaries for the next couple days. the 84th annual scripps spelling bee is under way. national harbor in maryland, 275 spellers gathered yesterday for a preliminary round and will take the stage again today to narrow the field. so far the words have been pretty easy, fourteen, wasteland. but they will get harder, i promise you, as the competition goes on. the finals are tomorrow night at 8:30. it will air on espn. in particular, good luck to donovanor don who won the washington former we did here a couple weeks ago. >> good luck to him. >> and all the spellers. >> they pressure in that situation. it's difficult to deal with. >> tough competition. >> 5:26 is the time. what led to a mid flight flight that forced a plane to make an emergency landing. the cause of the power outage that has very hot people outraged. and busy crime scene through the night. what investiga this is like an iceberg volcano. it's like lightning in a snowball. 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'. it is 5:29. police are looking into the death of a little girl. the potential clue they took from the scene overnight. the government taking action in response to that deadly bus crash on a virginia interstate highway. good morning. welcome back to news 4 today. i'm joe krebs. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist in for eun yang. it is hot and sticky. a heat wave is a bad time to be in the dark but this morning thousands of people are really feeling the heat. right now 4,000 pepco customers are without power. almost all of them in the district. kimberly suiters is live in northeast with more on the outage in that area. a bad time, kimberly. hey, aaron. it was a rough night and morning to not have power. awfully wrpl warm. slightly cooler this morning than it was yesterday morning. i want to bring in pepco. just under 4,000 without power since yesterday. what is the cause of this outage? >> what we found out yesterday particularly in the area where we are now, we had an underground situation, a blown joint. with any other ground situation we had to go through over three dozen manholes. close to 40. we had to search mile by mile to determine where the fault was, which is where the time problem started. we have a fault just to the north and east on h street. those numbers going down now as we continue to restore peer. >> you can see the staging area we have going on. this has been going on since yesterday. is the system overtaxed because it was suddenly so hot? >> i wouldn't say the system was overtaxed. whenever you have a situation under grouped, whether it's a small or large area, it takes time to find the fault. areas in kennel worth there was a situation there that heat related. we continue to investigate that. >> if we look at the video, clay, this is a neighborhood off north capital street. having a tough night. no air-conditioning. no power. restoration is today but you don't know for certain. >> well, it will be today. we have to test the system. yesterday overnight we control underground. >> thank you, clay. we'll be all set. as you know, and pepco has said before, it takes time to find the problem, diagnose the problem and fix the problem. that's one of the reasons this outage has lasted so long. news 4's kimberly suiters. back to you in the studio. emergency crews are worried about responding to calls because fewer ambulances the d.c. firefighters association says a half dozen of basic life support transport units in the shop for repairs, creating a dangerous problem. that's 21% of the total fleet of 25. but the chief of the d.c. fire says they're being made quickly. >> there's not as many ambulances as usual. >> at one point we were down 10. right now we're down 2. in the next 60 minutes we will have those units back in service. >> firefighters association says some ambulances have air-conditioning problems. they say the units heat up, making it hotter inside the ambulance than outside, putting patients at risk. >> and this 90-degree weather is affecting trash pickup in the district. recycling crews will start their shifts early this morning in beat the extreme heat to protect the health of its workers. and that's a good thing. good move. >> we turn to veronica now. i guess the question, how hot will it be or how hot will it feel? >> yesterday the heat index well over 100 degrees. it felt every bit of it. all right. today just as high. all the numbers from the temperatures to the heat index. so get ready to wipe your brow, your neck and anywhere else that's sweating. right. it is already pretty hazy. that heat index for today. 77 the temperature. feels already like 82 degrees because humidity is at 88%. in fact, there were a few spots south and west of us in manassas and calvert with a little early morning fog. that's improving there. temperatures throughout from clinton, maryland, 74 degrees. arlington is at 75. going up to a high today of 97 by the noon hour already 93. from several hours from noon to 5:00 p.m., temperatures in the 90s. after 1:00, chance for showers and storms to roll through here. some of the storms, as cool air moves in, some of the storms could produce large hail and perhaps high winds through the area. take a look at your night planner forecast in a few. over to jerry edwards. 395 inside the capital beltway, edsell road, land mark, shirlington, en route to downtown. pretty much wide open for the moment. good news, main line, h.o.v. southbound side. no concerns anything as far as overnight road work has been wrapped up for some time. good news there. we're seeing a little more volume than we saw yesterday morning at this time. but still very manageable from frederick on down. no incidents there. new york avenue to bladensburg road, minimal traffic light delays. no delays, metro or vre. marc penn 403 slightly delayed. a developing story in montgomery county this morning. police are investigating a suspicious death of a kwroeupbg girl. she was found dead inside a townhouse on raven avenue last night. news #'s tracee wilkins is live with the latest details. what have we learned? >> reporter: well, aaron we have learned a little bit from neighbors, talking to them this morning. first of all, a neighbor told me inside this home there was a husband and a wife and a grandmother, a couple of kids. she said this was a very tight-knit family here. so now we know whether it more about what was going on inside of this house. before we didn't know who lived in this home or who lived in this home. we have more information on that now. they are guarding this house. it is still considered a crime scene. let me show you what happened here just a little while after we arrived. montgomery county police took this vehicle away as evidence. they did not say what part it was playing in the investigation. they did tow the vehicle. they are releasing very little information on this case. what we want 7:30 last night someone called reporting an injured child. when police arrived they found the body of a child and ruled it suspicious investigating as a homicide. we know it was the body of a little girl but we don't know how long the body had been inside the house. police aren't releasing that specific information at this point. they say they are awaiting autopsy reports. they also have not releasing suspect information at this point. they say they will be investigating friends, family, and also neighbors to see if they can get closer to what happened inside that home. tracee wilkins live in gaithersburg. aaron, back to you in the studio. >> tracee, thank you. police are looking for the gunman who shot and killed a man behind a school. someone opened fire on a basketball court behind carrollton elementary school. he was rushed to the hospital, where he later died. no word on his identity or whether police have a motive. three people, including a 16-year-old boy dead after a car they were in crashed into a tree. police believe speed was a factor on schoolhouse road. the driver lost control of her car, careened off the road, and hit a tree. she and two other passengers were killed. two additional passengers were seriously hurt. no one in the car wearing a seat belt. we're learning more about that bizarre mid flight fight after midnight sunday. the cause of the fight, the reclining seat. fighter jets from andrews air force were scrambled and escorted the plane back. the. >> you always want to pop that guy behind you but you don't do it. just deal with it. >> take a deep breath and relax. quick response from the government after a bus crash along the highway. 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[ male announcer ] mach tower. heart racing. jaw dropping. coming soon to busch gardens williamsburg. welcome back to weather and traffic o ones. 5:41. get ready for another day of very high temperatures throughout the area. get ready for thunderstorms also. we have the possibility of seeing thunderstorms roll through here this afternoon. best chance between 4:00 and 6:00. any time after 1:00 p.m., could be wet weather throughout the area. temperature 77 degrees. heat advisory until 8:00 p.m. >> american legion bridge looking good. outer loop from river road across the bridge span, inner loop from tysons corner, no concerns. south capital street doing all right. no concerns 395 wide open to the 14th street bridge for the moment. metro, vre, no delays. marc penn 403 slight lie delayed. [ cherie ] i wanted to make a difference in my community. [ kimberly ] the university gave me the knowledge to make a difference in peoples' lives. 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[ kimberly ] and university of phoenix made it possible. learn more at phoenix.edu. the latest on the tour bus crash that killed four people. investigators are focusing attention on the tour driver. meanwhile, they have shut down the operator of that bus, sky express. jackie benson has more on the investigation. >> reporter: the first reaction upon seeing the damage that claimed the lives of four men and seriously injured several other people is how could this have happened? 5:00 a.m., sky express bus en route from north carolina to chinatown suddenly veered off i-95 near fredericksburg, virginia and rolled. the revelations that the bus driver, 37-year-old chung, may have fallen sa sleep and the company has numerous safety violations raises another question. does anyone regulate the so-called safety at chinatown buses. the answer, according to industry experts, is disturbing. >> there is limited information provided by the government on their website. but you have to understand the government only has the resources to look at 15% of the 700,000 motor carriers out there. >> reporter: the department of transportation wants new laws to make such buses safer, making it harder for a company that's been shut down to reorganize nice under another name. the agency is more rest stop inspections. it wants a driver's commercial driver's license known as a cdl in his or her personal car. and to increase the fine for operators without dot authority from $2500 to $25,000. doe worry about your safety because it's a cheaper ticket? >> a little bit, sometimes, yeah. because i'm a college student. i go to temp. i just need something a little bit cheaper. >> the promise of a lower price continues to be a draw for chinatown buses. 15 or 20 bucks compared to nearly three times that for greyhound. jackie benson, news 4 today. and we are hearing from the survivors about what it was like to be on that bus. a total of 54 people were taken to area hospitals. first responders say most injuries were minor but some were serious or life threatening. some survivors told us they were sleeping right before that accident. so realizing the bus was crashing meant waking up to a nightmare. >> i came to. he was trying to correct himself. we were off the roadment he started hitting signs, and swerving, swerving even more out of control. and i realized we started tipping. >> i have scars or whatever, but i'm grateful for my life and that i'm still here and able to breathe. and i feel sorry for the family that lost their loved ones. >> police arrested and charged a raleigh man with interviewing with the rescue. virginia state police say o'connor was standing in the travel lane and taking photographs of the crash. he wasn't just endangering himself but law enforcement and ems on the scene. he repeatedly refused and struggled with the troopers as they tried to escort him to the side of the interstate. he was charged with obstruction of justice and resisting arrest. sarah palin still hasn't said if she's going to throw her hat into the ring. palin say they chatted about over pizza. >> the longest serving senator wants to keep on serving. colgan is now seeking a 10th term. he is a democrat representing prince william county. his announcement gives virginia democrats hope they can hang on to their two-seat majority in the virginia state senate. a bill questions if government proposal to curb marketing of unhealthy foods to children and urges the fda to limit rules requiring calorie counts be posted on menus. the federal investigation into former presidential candidate john edwards. a grand jury has been looking into whether he used campaign contributions to cover up an extramarital affair. so far he has refused to admit to felony charges. he is arguing over whether dips from his long-time friends paid off the woman. the justice department gave the green light to indict edwards but that has not happened yet. no indictment has been returned. hurricane season begins. national hurricane center in miami predicts this hurricane season will be busier than normal. we could see as many as 18 named tropical storms. three to six major hurricanes. hurricane season runs until the end of november. >> a little area of low pressure heading towards cuba, hispaniola. it's the area during the month of june we watch, southeast florida and the southern gulf where typically you have storms start to form during the month of june. so it will be busy. it's busy around here with the hot weather. today, here we go again. today things will be heating up. the record high temperature for today, 97 degrees. that was setback in 1895. folks, we could tie that record today. right now we've got 77 degrees out there. but look at the humidity. it's at 88%. looks a lot like it did yesterday. feels a lot like it did yesterday. 82 degrees the current index reading. 72 currently in warrenton. quantico and alexandria, 77 degrees. same thing for annapolis and the beltway. 77 degrees. digital doppler scanning the area. not a drop to be found. watch what happens later today. it's points west of us that will pick up showers and thunderstorms i think after about 1:00 today. between noon and 1:00 p.m. the front comes in. we'll see showers and storms start to develop. we have a humid air mass. so any storms we do get, expect heavy downpours and high winds too. even the chance for air as cooler ayers comes a loft. there's a look at that line right around d.c. by 3:00 and 4:00 today. then it should stay south and east around 6:00 or 7:00 p.m. counties through southern maryland, northern neck, will end. showers and storms pulling out. less humid air will start moving on in. for your afternoon today, oh, you're going to need to pack whatever you need to keep cool. umbrella for sure for the storms coming up later on. 94 to 97. some of these are thunderstorms that could be strong. as far as the evening goes, skies will be clearing and it's going to turn less humid around the area. temperatures will drop off from 89 to 79 degrees. after 5:00 today we'll move into the 80s. once we do it's going to be a much cooler overnight coming your way. the next couple days will be in the 80s. look at thursday. high temperature of 87 degrees. and i think gorgeous weather coming up for friday with a high of 8 # degrees. 84 degrees. temperature 88 for your high temperature for sunday. close to 90 degrees on sunday. right now it doesn't look as though it's a weekend with any rain. things could change. but at least right now it's not looking like we're going to have any upcoming heat wave. over to jerry edwards and get a look and see weights going on on area roadways. clear, dry road surfaces. any construction activity that's going to out of the roadway behind the jersey barriers eisenhower avenue both directions moving along well. we may have a little bit of hazy sunshine. once that develops we'll see a little bit of a slow down but not yet. that's very good news. let's head over and update you what's happening into town. new york avenue all the way in through northeast into northwest looking pretty good. authorities at arlington tell us we still have a stretch of north carlyn springs road, west of george mason drive because of the building fire we've been reporting. out on the rails we go. metr vre, no delays. penn 403 and brunswick 870 both delayed at this hour. today u.s. transportation secretary ray lahood will play peacemaker and try to settle a dispute how the extension to dulles will be built. he will meet with board members. they can't seem whether to built a tunnel and underground station at dulles. they claim it would be more convenient for air travelers. fairfax and loudon county tax payers and dulles toll road drivers will be paying for most of the project. defense secretary robert gates finds himself in the middle of another transportation controversy in virginia. this focuses on the new mark from. warner and webb joined jim moran and gerry connolly in sending a letter to robert gates urging the pentagon to delay the opening of the building. they claim i opening it this fall will cause more traffic problems on 395 than they already have. they want it pushed back a year drama in the courtroom at the casey anthony trial. she is accused of killing her daughter caylee in 2008. cindy anthony cried as she listened to her own voice in a 911 call. she described an overwhelming smell when she found out her granddaughter had not been seen in 31 days. >> i just went in the room and -- what do you mean she's been gone? >> anthony's attorney claimed caylee anthony drowned in the family pool and said anthony and her father george conspired to cover up the death. he's denied that allegation. the so-called 68 vandals spray painted that number on another vehicle in loudon county in the lansdowne area. dozens of cars in sterling and ashburn have been spray painted with the number 68 over the last month. police have no idea who is doing this or what the number 68 signifies. >> limit how much time you use your cell phone up against your ear. a panel of sports from the world health organization says evidence could link cell phones to certain types of cancer and have labeled mobile devices as carcinogenic. radiation could increase risk for malignant brain tumors. they say more research needs to be done to draw a definitive link. but in the meantime you should not keep your phone in your pocket. use hands-free devices and perhaps text more. what may slow down your commute. and the new announcement from apple so big that steve from apple so big that steve jobs is ok. what if i just had a small slice? i was good today, i deserve it! or, i could have a medium slice and some celery sticks and they would cancel each other out, right? or...ok. i could have one large slice and jog in place as i eat it or...ok. how about one large slice while jogging in place followed by eight celery... mmm raspberry cheesecake... i have been thinking about this all day. wow, and you've lost weight! oh yeah, you're welcome. thank you! 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