Islamabad. According to a Senior State Department official the threat is different from the one that forced the closure of 19 other diplomatic posts earlier this week. Its prudent to protect lives and its certainly important to keep the terrorists from being able to carry out a devastating attack. 16 air strikes in yemen, u. S. Officials believe this plot is still active and reaches up to the highest level of al qaeda and those leaders are likely getting help from the nearly 2,000 prisoners who peanutly escaped from iraq, libya and pakistan. Its possible they could be suicide bombers, its possible they could become combatants, some may have capabilities in terms of bombmaking which is always of concern. With so many embassies and consulates are closed experts are worried theyll set their sights on a soft target like a hotel. President obama will address a preference today, his last day before going on vacation to marthas vineyard. Two young boys in protective custody after police say their mother abducted them. The two boys went missing from Childrens Hospital in gaithersburg. They were taken there after one of them appeared to have bruises. The two brothers were found safe with their mother several hours later. The mother is in custody. D. C. Police confirmed a shooting is a homicide now. This happened last night in the 4100 block of wheeler road in southeast. A 31yearold man was shot and killed. Police are looking for an adult wearing a white tee shirt and red cap. Taking a look now at business headlines, more cable tv customers are fed up with cable bills and looking elsewhere. Our military may be getting a new look in the uniform department. Linda bell joins us live from bloomberg headquarters in new york with these stories. Good morning, linda. Good morning to you, jummy and scott. Right now there are 10 different designs of camouflage uniforms used by our troops and congress is looking to whittle it down to one because it could save money. The lawmakers, theyre looking to find ways to trim costs under the sequestration process. It would also affect future contracts for the 23 clothing manufactures nationwide that are benefiting from the various designs. And fiscal 2011, the pentagon spent about 300 million procuring new camouflage uniforms. Are you tired of your sky high cable bill . If so, youre not alone. U. S. A. Today said many are likely to cut the cord. The reason, there are so many other options. Pay tv providers have lost 22,010,000 subscribers from april to june of this year. You may see more customers at starbucks packing heat as gun owners plan to show their appreciation for the coffee chain. Coming up in the next hour. Linda bell reporting for abc7 news, back to you. You know were talking food with linda. Friday, food, thats the way we like it. Thank you, linda. 75 degrees, 4 35 your time. Still to come on good morning, washington, a bigname storm could be impacting you, the next time you go shopping for a new 4 38. Once again, you look at the bug, we call it the bug, progressively warmer. You step outside, jacqui, and its humid again. It really feels muggy, yes. Weve got this pattern tomorrow morning and thats the good news because i think amanda meadows is off today and is rob, hey, rob. Good morning, jacqui. Things are moving well on the roadways. Well start on virginia. I95 woodbridge, newington no tieups in the springfield interchange. Good go on 95 in maryland, checking out just fine columbia, past laurel headed for the outer loop of the beltway where things continue to go well. We have a live shot right around colesville road. The travel lane is moving to speed. Im rob wood fork in the wtop Traffic Center back to jummy and scott. Thank you. 4 40 is your time, 75 degrees. So what if its just preseason, the point is football is back and were going to take you to the dividing line between redskins and Ravens Country coming up next. Check our top stories at 4 43 this morning, two brothers are in protective custody after being abducted by their mother. They were taken to cps after one appeared to have bruises. All were safe in rockville. The state department evacuated most personnel from a consulate in northeastern pakistan to the main embassy in islamabad because of a terror threat. The government wants americans to avoid traveling to pakistan because of safety concerns. Police are looking for a person who shot and killed a man in southeast d. C. Thursday night. That shooting happened in the 4100 block of weaver road around 8 00. Police are looking for a man wearing a white tee shirt and a red ball cap. Scott. The nfl preseason is here. Curt cousins, by the way, passing for 52 yards and one touchdown. Redskins kept eight starters on the bench thursday night including rgiii. I went through an extensive workout but what a game. Be ready to play. The ravensdominated in their first preseason appearance crushing the bucks 3415. Their season begins next month, denver on september 5th. And sure, plenty people like to write it off, its just the preseason but it doesnt matter, were excited, footballs here. Thats right but the real question here, does your blood run burgundy or purple. The battle lines were definitely drawn in maryland. Youve got your ravens. Baltimore. Born and raised. And your redskins. Born and bred right down Montgomery County. Laurels always been more redskins. Diehard redskins fans said this about ravens fans. I would ask them who they liked before 1996. Thats what id say. But ravens fans have quite a retort. Super bowl champions. With the ravens game being featured on one side of loonys pub and the redskins on the other. This allegiance divided couple had a long discussion about where to sit. Mike, the redskins fan, one sort of. I told her if were sitting here well see the ravens and the redskins, both, best of both worlds. I dont think shes buying it. No, we might be moving it. Brittany seconded that. We may be moving soon. Theyre so divided that even loonys employees are split. A ravens supporting bartender works under a redskins supporting bar manager. Redskins at home, ravens fans everywhere. Skins on the road walltowall ravens fans. Everybody agreed on last night, theyre glad football is back. Football, tom roussey, abc7 news. 12 people are charged in connection with a largescale Identity Theft ring in our area. Authorities tell us its been operating since at least january of last year. The Justice Department said organizers recruited women to steal personal information from their employees. Targeted employees worked for a variety of businesses including a dental office, a rental car company. The department has identified 600 victims. Montgomery county police are asking for the publics helping in finding a bank robber. Police believe the same man robbed two capital one branches, one in white oak and the second in germantown. Investigators released the Security Camera photo of the suspect. If you know who that is contact Montgomery County police. Nidal hasan will be allowed to continue representing himself, a judge decided. Wednesday stand by attorneys asked to either take over that case or have their duties scaled back. They believe hasan was trying to convince the jury to convict him and hand down a death sentence. The judge denied their request in a heated exchange. The attorneys promised to appeal that ruling. 10 months since Hurricane Sandy but the storm will still impact your life if you buy the wrong used cars. They call them sandy cars. 200,000 flood cars are on the roads. 2,000 in the d. C. Metro area. Theyve done a great deal on the car. When it turns out its not that great of a deal. Maybe the air bag system doesnt work properly, brake lines rust out, the car wont stop. Experts say it takes just a few hours to make a flooded mess look brandnew so to protect yourself you should thoroughly check your cars history and you should have a certified mechanic inspect your car before you buy it. Congratulations are in order for dubai the tiger who gave birth to twin tiger cubs at the national zoo non. They wont be on display until the fall and havent been named. Theres a baby boom going on at the zoo. Baby leopards and sloth cubs with also born. The panda is also pregnant. Arlington county fair, the bureau chief Jeff Goldberg you see there was the emcee for the opening ceremonies. The Arlington County fair runs at the Thomas JeffersonCommunity Center through sunday, august 11th. 4 49 now, time to talk about weather. Yeah. Jacqui, you know, its been an active week, weve had a little bit of everything, how were going to end this week and what weve got to look forward to. We started the week, what, with a high of 74 and ending it in the upper 80s but the common factor is weve had cloudiness and showers. This morning weve got the clouds and the showers and were seeing them across northern parts of maryland and stretching into west virginia. This is light and i think it should stay north of the metro area. Well be dealing with the clouds and thats what we have right now in d. C. 78 degrees, an extremely mild start. Were warmer all day than they were all day on monday, how about that. Winds out of the south at 12 Miles Per Hour and that will continue to pump in the same kind of air mass throughout the day today. At 77 at dulles, 72 in winchester, 78 at quantico and 77 degrees in lexington park. We do have scattered showers all across the midatlantic and see how they kind of stretch back to the ohio valley. Thats where that frontal boundary is for today but theres a second front back off to the west and i think this is going to make some full progression as we head into the latter hours for today. What time can you expect the rain showers . I think for the most part theyll stay north this morning but this afternoon well see them become more widespread, continue into the evening hours with heavy downpours and a little bit of flash flooding possible. Notice how it clears out tonight. There could be some stray showers late tonight and early tomorrow morning mainly south of the metro area but now all of our models are starting to kind of click together showing that we think this fronts finally going to pass on saturday morning and well have a drier weekend to look forward to. I cant rule out a stray shower on saturday to the south and i cant rule out a 20 chance, thats all were going to give you, for our sunday afternoon of an isolated storm. Things are looking up and up for the weekend. Today partly sunny, scattered showers, 8590 degrees, tonight mostly cloudy, thunderstorms, 6875 and the sevenday forecast youre going to like, yeah, the weekend overall will be dry, more than anything else, with some breaks in the clouds and more sunshine on sunday, especially well get a little wet to start next week but, hey, we dont care, its the weekend and it looks good. Lets find out how things are on the roads. Rob is in the wtop Traffic Center. No incidents or accidents at this point. 270, live shot of 270 and montrose road. As you can see very light volume. No problems making your way southbound down towards the beltway and looking at the maps, operating in the green on 270, rolling well through germantown and gaithersburg on down towards rockville. Were a good go on the dulles toll road if you have an early flight out of dulles, shouldnt have anything to slow you down on the roads. Looking good on 66 both in the east and westbound directions heading in and out of town and were looking good on 395, rolling well through alexandria towards the 14th street bridge. No issues on 66 headed through falls church. Im rob woodfork at the wtop Traffic Center, jummy and scott. Thank you, 4 52, 74 degrees. People are getting ready to remember a football legend. Looking at the Memorial Ceremony set for in the day ahead, today last day on abcs the view. Special guests and highlights of her most memorable moments. They are as one of the shows original cohosts. The view has been on the air since 2007. She wants to do different things. Explored different areas. Met with cnn about possibilities there. Also in the day ahead, former baltimore colt and nfl halloffamer art donovan will be laid to rest. Donovan died sunday of a respiratory ailment at the age of 89. Known as the bulldog, donovan played for three teams but best known for helping baltimore win two championships in the late 1950s. His funeral is later this morning at cathedral of mary our queen in baltimore. The former Senate Majority leader trent lott is in a mississippi hospital this morning recovering from surgery. The republican was admitted to the hospital after suffering a ruptured appendix. Hes in fair condition. Expected to recover. 71. Hes a lawyer, lobbyist and has a home and office in the jackson area. Some news from the social scene this morning, there is word that former d. C. Mayor is dating the widow of steve jobs. The Washington Post report that they met at a Education Conference in 2011 and bonded and shared their passion for education reform. Sources tell the postthe relationship blue cross solid into a, quote, budding romance in january the same time that he and his wife announced their separation. Theyre honoring prince george. They have silver and gold plating and denominations of 25 cents, 5 and 20. The design featured variety of babythemed engraves. Collector kits. Prices range from 25 to 250 in canada. 4 57, 75 degrees out there. Still ahead, that man hunt that started in california has now taken a dangerous turn. What police are now saying about the man at the center of it all and the type of weapon he could be carrying. Jobs. Coming up, the latest after two children disappeared from a hospital allegedly taken by their own mother. Plus strange relations this morning between the u. S. And russia. The latest ahead of a press conference from the president. And a new terror alert has prompted u. S. Ordering even more evacuations overseas. Good morning, washington at 5 00 a. M. Begins right now. Good morning, washington, im scott thuman. Im jummy olabanji. Thanks for waking up with us on this friday morning. Were going to start with weather and head over to