>> it is summery. >> it is the unofficial beginning of summer, right? >> that's right. we'll kick it off with hot and humid conditions around here and the possibility of late-day thunderstorms. should be a beautiful day although it will object the hot side an even more humid than yesterday. there is a whole lot of nothing going on. you can see clear skies across the mid-atlantic. we do have a complex of thunderstorm activity well out to the west into west virginia. that won't impact us in washington. although with the increasing humidity today, there is a possibility that we'll see a few afternoon thunderstorms so you might want to put those in the back of your head as you are heading out to cook the barbecue. 73 right now in washington. 74 at patuxent naval air station. 70 in fredericksburg. wouldn't it be nice to be at ocean city? just 62 degrees at this hour. >> ocean city has suspended its recycling for the summer to save money. >> that is good it know. mostly sunny. hot and humid. 91degrees. more details coming up. we are starting off tragedy on this memorial day. a triple tragedy if hyattsville. bridge county police say three young men died of carbon monoxide mississippi oning after trying to power a home using a gas generator. the teenaged girl who found the bodies was hospitalized. a ride on metro leaves one man dead and another one injured. investigators are still trying to piece together clues. detectives know that all of this started as a fight i think side the congress heights station in southeast sunday morning. police say it appears the people involved didn't even know one another. the white house says british petroleum's next effort to contain the oil in the gulf could result in a temporary 20% increase in the flow of oil. it involves cutting and removing a damaged pipe. meantime, hurricane season officially begins tomorrow and scientists are worried that, if a hurricane does hit any time soon, million of gallons of floating crude could turn into a crashing black surf. it is one of the largest gatherings of bikers in the country. rolling thunder is about a love of country and a gratitude for those who served in vietnam. >> we left at 6:00 a.m. >> riding here wasn't too bad. it's getting awe little warm. >> feels good. i thought i'd never seen so many bike in my life. bmw's, yamaha, royal stars. >> the first time my husband dragged me here and it was my idea to come back this year. >> 100,000. i have no idea. >> a million. >> we came in with about a thousand. >> it is very overwhelming. it gets you right there. >> to me, these people are willing to sacrifice and to give theirself under 100 take teat heat to say i'm here to support a cause. >> it is about three feet by about a foot and a half two feet. rolling thunder brunn the issues about what happened over in vietnam. >> it makes you feel good inside that other people do care. >> i think it's wonderful thing. >> i like doing something to help out people. do something for our soldiers. they need it. >> hearing the first bikes start up and knowing that it is starting. >> the constant roar. the greatest. >> rolling thunder. just what they say, rolling thunder. >> we're in the going to forget. we're going to stay with you and make sure we continue to pass that torch of freedom onto our children and our grandchildren. good morning to you. it is monday morning, may 31st, 2010. a live look at the washington monument. it is memorial day today and it is the unofficial start of summer. certainly going to feel that way. i'm gurvir dhindsa. and it feels a lot like summer t did all weekend long. >> certainly yesterday. we had a high temperature of 89 degrees. today, we'll be warmer than that, the low 90s. maybe a few rumbles of thunder. >> not rolling thunder but rumbles of thunder. >> that too. this is a nice quiet weather pat were and if you hike the summery weather, you will love today. our temperatures will be on the hot side. there is the satellite-radar. one thunderstorm complex well out to the west. you can see it there into eastern kentucky and western portions of west virginia. that will not impact us here in washington. notice that the flow here is to the south, pushing south to north. our wind will be shifting out of the south and west that. means more humidity today. more humidity, with you believe that? you're speechless. 73degrees right now at reagan national. humidity, 81%. here is your forecast. be ready for a hot and huge you had one today. you will need the hat and sunglasses if you are out and about. 93 in fredericksburg, 91 here in town. 92 in la plata. >> steamy. okay. now, to celebrate the unofficial beginning of summer, julie wright has taken the day off. so lauren demarco is in today for her. good morning to you. hopefully not a lot of traffic today since it's holiday. >> not much right now. things looking very nice out there. 270 and 66 are oath running at speed. beltway itself, no accidents to report but on the inner loop just past telegraph road, we do have reports of a large pothole so watch your step there. as you travel 95 in virginia, everything very smooth up from fredericksburg heading up through here, lorton heading up towards the mixing bowl in springfield. you should find all of your lanes are wide open. we do have your hov lanes running northbound and restricts are lifted today. 95, 66 and 270. on route 50, they are still in effect. route 50 look great right now heading out of easton. you can see everybody moving across without a problem. peak travel time will be after 11:00 a.m. today. so you want to hit the road early. back to you. we begin in prince george's county where three young men were found dead in a hem after they were using a gas generator for power. the bodies of the three were found inside their home on 38th avenue in hyattsville yesterday morning about 9:00. police believe they died of carbon monoxide poisoning from a gas generator in the basement. that was being used to power the home. their loved ones are stunned. >> eli was very funny. he was very funny. >> police want to remind that you gas-powered generators can be deadly. they should be kept outside and way from open windows septa police are trying to figure out who stabbed two men on a metro platform. this happened just before closing sunday morning at the congress heights stop in southeast. a fight broke out and a 21-year- old man from southeast d.c. made it to the top of the escalator and collapsed and died. the second stabbing victim survived. >> at this time, we don't have any specific description of anybody we would be looking for. we believe that we have probably already identified some of the people that were involved. >> a third person would witnessed the attack was treated for medical emergency. investigators are looking for witnesses who may have seen what may have happened. anne arundel police want for find what happened with a man shot in a car. the victim says he was riding in the car before 2:00 in the more thanking when a bullet came through and hit him in the leg. we want to take you live right now 5,000 feet under water as the oil spill is still gushing into the gulf of mexico. so far, there is no solution. bp's top kill effort failed. the company is now trying to focus on cleaning up oil slicks that have drifted to the surface. sarah simmons has more. >> reporter: the white house is facing a stark reality. >> this is probably the big of the environmental disaster we've ever faced in this country. the top kill method was the latest failed attempt to plug the well. the manage are director says they will describe trio to slow the oil using a similar process they used before that didn't work. >> we learn a lot from the last one. there is something which iced it up. this time, we'll pump. pump warm seawater down the column of pipe to keel the oil and gas warmer and that should spread vent the same kind of problems we had on the first attempt. >> reporter: bp admits it is not certain it will work but believes the chances are better this time around. >> there could be oil coming up until august when the relief wells are dug. >> reporter: the white house energy czar says the government has ordered bp to drill two relief wells in case the first well doesn't work but critics continue to say bp is running the show and not the administration leaving many to wonder if the right decisions are being made to help stop the leak. >> they manage the robots. they put in place all of the equipment that has to be staged on the ocean floor. but at the end of the day, the government tells bp what what to do and at the end of the day, we will hold bp accountable for all of the costs associated with this. >> reporter: a price tag that continues to grow as the oil continue to leak andling ore the shore. in washington, sarah simmons, fox 5 news. president obama is in the windy city this memorial day. he is taking time out from his chicago vacation to speak from the abraham lincoln national cemetery before returning to the white house tonight. vice president joe biden will take part in a wreath-laying ceremony tomb of the unknowns in arlington cemetery. president obama is not the first commander in chief to miss the ceremony. other presidents have missed at least one. it was a special memorial day on the national mall where veterans and their families were saluted with a moving tribute. kelly o'hara just one of those who gathered to honor those who gave the most for their country. appearances by leaders including general colin powell and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen. coming up, alarming video showing several people shoving a girl into a van. this sparked an amber alert but now police say it wasn't what it looked like after all. we'll explain. some veterans would made the ultimate sacrifice are still having their voices heard on a controversial issue thanks to the messages on their tombstone. you're watching fox 5 morning news. we'll be back after the break. an am baer alert issued saturday night has been called off. there was this alarming video that went along with it. a teenager grabbed by several people in a target parking lot an shoved into a minivan. police have not determined this wasn't an abduction. paimptly the 17-year-old jumped out of the manhuntee van because the family was move to florida and she didn't want to go. while don't don't tell continues to make headlines as lawmakers debate the possible repeal. some veterans are still having their voices heard thanks to messages on their tombstone. jessica stone visited congressional cemetery and has this report. >> reporter: as congress inches towards a full repeal of don't ask don't tell, more than a million gay veterans and service members are watching. it is the military fight for equality that is decades old. in congressional cemetery, where memorials to the past abound lies the grave site of one who looked to the future. leonard matlovich graced the cover of time magazine in 1975. his headstone reads, quote, they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one. >> i have always remembered that. >> reporter: melissa klein took her friend to visit the cemetery as the nation remembers its veterans. days ago, the house passed a repeal of the controversial don't ask don't tell policy. since 1994, more than 13,000 gay service members have been fired under don't ask don't told. eight hundred of them have been mission critical troops. there is no record of veteran tom swan's death on his stone, just one of his message. >> i have no idea what the big deal is. it makes no sense to me whatsoever. i don't want people to feel afraid of being able to say who they are. >> reporter: even one of the architects of the law, general colin powell said this weekend he supports the repeal. >> i think it is perfectly acceptable to get rid of the law and the policy. >> reporter: but admiral mike mummen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff had hoped congress would wait until the pentagon finished surveying the troops. >> i would like the legislation to wait until we've completed the review so we can look at how to implement it. >> reporter: under the bill, pentagon leadership gets the final say over when and how the repeal is conducted. the legislation repealing don't ask don't tell still has to pass the senate. >> the pentagon's review of the possible reveal is expected to be done by the end of the year. coming up next, beware if you have a portable gps unit in your car. police say it could lead people right to your home. if you are headed to the pool, expect some hot and humid conditions. i will have the details on your forecast and lauren demarco is in with a look at your on-time traffic this morning. she will let you know if you are headed back from the beaches. that coming up right after the break. we've warping for you before you head to the pool this memorial day though. have some type of fence or bare junior for your backyard pool at least four feet high. make sure that pool covers are completely removed and that there is no water on the cover. don't leave children unattended in or around the pool and watch that alcohol consumption because that can be dangerous too. all good tips. >> helpful hints. >> no helmets, not in the pool. >> i said helpful hints. >> it will be a good day for a pool today. >> absolutely. today, low 90s. >> steamy. >> and more teamy too. more humidity than yesterday. we'll start with temperatures at this hour and across parts of the area we have not cooled off overnight. 73 in washington. still on the mild side. fred rikdzburg, good morning to you. 07 in leonardtown. stevensville, 726789 a little cooler off to the north and west. frederick, more comfortable, 64 and 66 to start the day out at dulles. yesterday, upper 80s. today, low 90s and what you will really notice, the humidity will be on the increase around here as our area of low pressure that has been giving us the nice weather will move offshore here and give us the return flow. there are your showers and thunderstorms bubbling up to our south in the daytime heat yesterday. and with that air mass moving in today, i think we well see a few thunderstorms an showers bubble up late this afternoon. as we get into the 6:00 hour, look out for the possibility of a couple of thunderstorms. best chance to the north and west. a cold front will approach. much better chance for our tuesday that we'll see showers and thunderstorms back in the forecast. there is your futurecast. by 6:00 tonight, the computer has got our temperature in the upper 80s. highs later this afternoon across the mid-atlantic will be in the low 90s an tend we'll start as a cooling trend starting tomorrow with more cloud cover. highs no our tuesday will only be in the low to mid-80s but we'll have showers and thunderstorms around. notice well out to the west out into the midwest here and out towards texas, wave got 90s, upper 90s. that will be back in here towards the end of the week. we'll be in for a hot week this week with highs much of the week into the upper 80s and low 90s mostly sunny skies. wind out of the south and west at about five miles per hour. could be a couple of early thunderstorms. we'll watch things quiet down overnight. tomorrow, mostly cloudy. showers and thunderstorms back in the forecast. notice by thursday, our temperatures are back up into the low 90s so it will be a warm unaround here this week. let's get to on-time traffic and lauren demarco. i guess people aren't headed back to the beach quite yet. >> maybe not. but if they are up this early, it is not a bad idea to get headed out. around 11:00 a.m. is inter things will probably start to take a turn for the worse. a lot of folks out there with you. very smooth trip around town. you can see the outer loop looks great. no problems on the beltway in prince george's county. in virginia on the inner loop, just past telegraph road, before reports of a big pothole in the way. hov restriction are lifted. 95, 66 are in effect on route 50. if you are traveling downtown today, there is a memorial day parade beginning at 5:00 a.m. seventh street will be closed northwest between constitution and independence. the parade will travel across constitution avenue towards virginia avenue beginning at about #:00 p.m. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. you may use it every day to get from point a to point b but some people who go nowhere without their portable gps unit may be in trouble. they are not just popular with drivers. police say criminals love them too. >> approaching right turn. >> reporter: how did we get anywhere before gps? no more clumsy maps to mold. just follow the friendly voice. >> when possible being make a legal u-turn. >> reporter: but as gps sales rise, so do the number of gps device stolen. >> i've been broken into three times in the last six months. >> three times when he was parked just yards i can't from his home. thieves took only the gfs. >> it seems thack that is pretty much what they go for. they are in and out pretty quick. they just go for the gps, get it and they take off. >> reporter: police say there is a spike in gmplet -- in gps thefts. >> it is real easy to roll up, break the window and take the unit. >> reporter: but people make it too easy for the crooks. in matter of minutes, we found several cars with portable gps units in plain. >> you there it is right there. easy target. you see it hanging on the windshield. >> what this is saying to a bad guy? >> it is saying i'm an easy target. >> and he says having your gps stolen can put your home and family in danger. the gps knows where your home is. >> they know you're at at the mall and all they got to do is hit home and goat get to your place. >> they suggest putting your address somewhere else other than at home. >> you should use it password protected so they can't get that information. >> reporter: he says the safest thing to do. >> you take that thee to four second just to come up, pop it and put it away. >> reporter: something that jim says he usually does. >> there are those times where you have your hands full. you are going inside to do stuff and you happen to forth get. >> reporter: leaving a tempting target. >> you know, technology is a great thing but this is just another piece of the technical equipment that gets in the wrong happened. too much information can get out there. >> enhandgun us get around, but also opening a whole new road for criminals. >> you have arrived -- helping us get around but also opening a whole new road for criminals. >> you have arrived. still ahead, honoring those who fought for our country. >> i landed on omaha beach on d- day. was wounded three times. i got 13 combat medals. >> a hero's welcome for dozens of world war ii veterans. we'll tell you about their very special visit to our nation's capital. up next, if you are looking for great seafood, we'll show you where you can find a great spot to eat along an historic waterfront. we'll be right back. so as you get set to make your summer travel plans, a lot of you might be considering colonial williamsburg and the surrounding area. i recently visited and got the idea of great food into the area. it is a restaurant. we're in yorktown. it is part of the human services terek triangle which includes bratter williamsburg and jamestown as well. right along the river, there are great shops and restaurants including the river walk restaurant. of course, seafood, crabs, is what river walk restaurant is known for. on tom austin is the owner. richard karr is the executive she have. thank you for having us this morning. >> we're pleased to have you. >> you are right along the water so you can't come to this restaurant without great seafood. >> it comes right from here. you will see the crab pots appearing out here in a few weeks. >> tell me about the restaurant. >> it is here in river walk landing on the historic yorktown waterfront. we opened memorial day of 2005 and river walk landing was developed by york county as a destination for locals and for tourists to come. we have, of course, the historic battle fields. we have the victory center here for the historic part as well as historic main street. shopping, nine stores of varying products and the river walk restaurant. so we look at ourselves as a destination for touring, for shopping and for dining. >> and of course, great seafood as you mentioned. all you got to do is drop a line right behind us here. >> and wave been known to do that. >> richard karr, the lump crab meat that i see here. does that come right out of the chesapeake in. >> this is lump crab meat. and this is local crab meat. so it is real crabs. we use three different kind of crab meat for the crab cakes. there is the special crabmeat meat, over piece of the crab other than the claw and that is used in one style of crab cake which we make which we combine the claw and the special. at dinner tomb, we use the lump and a little bit of special dwroo. this is one of your specialties. so without further ado, let's show us house you whip this up. >> we start with the sauce for the crab cakes and it is one egg and about a half cup of mayonnaise. the seasoning is some white pepper, mustard and parsley with a little tabasco. >> got to love that. it gives it a kick. >> we want the crab to be the dominant flavor. we make the cause just to bind the crab together. we use the majority of the crab cake is made with lump but we have to add a little bit of special crab meat to it to keep it together. there is no fill ir-- >> what makes it stick? >> the sauce and the special crab meat that we put together. >> okay. so there is no vegetable or bread crumb filling. it is just crab meat and sauce. and we'll take this and we serve a lot of crab cakes. >> i bet you do. any other sphecialties here? >> oh, all of the seafood is -- the scallops are all local scallops and everything we try to do as simply and regionally as possible. >> i'm looking at the breading here which looks a little bit different than what i'm familiar with. >> this is the panko bread crumbs, awe japanese style bread crumb. >> is that better? >> it is very light. it does not absorb no the meat. >> so you will taste the crab meat instead of just the breading. >> the only thing you want to do is the crust of th