only today but all week. it is 78 here in washington. we're waiting for the cooldown. hasn't arrived here in town yet. a little cooler off to the north and west. dulles, 67 and frederick, 66. lots of sunshine in the forecast. as we zoom on in, we've hay weak cold front now pushing down into southern virginia. no rain associated with it. it should be another hot one today. i guess the humidity will be a little less than it has been. i'm looking for a bright spot in the forecast but generally 90s out there. low 90s at that for afternoon highs. highs in the low 90s. winds will be out of the north here at five to 10 miles per hour. more details on the forecast coming up. it will be a hot week so back to you. >> thank you, tucker. time for a look now at our top stories. spotsylvania county sheriff's office is mourning one of its deputies who died in a boating accident over the weekend. deputy sheriff dean ridings was on patrol when the boat was apparently hit but a large wake or a series of them causing it to tip sideways. another deputy suffered only minor injuries. investigators are searching for whoever gunned down three people saturday night in prince george's county killing one of them. it happened in the 11000 block of lotsford terrace if much elavil. 21-year-old aaron leach died. another two victims are expected to recover. an extremely violent weekend in baltimore. ten people shot there and two of those victims died. it all happened between early saturday morning and sunday morning. police have no suspects in any of the shootings and can't say whether any of those are connected. now to an explosion that ripped through a mine in china today killing at least 46 people. 72 workers were initialingly trapped but 26 of them were able to escape. it is believed the deaths were caused by carbon monoxide poisoning. the cause of the blast is still under investigation. just last year, more than 26 had you been miners were killed in china. now to the latest efforts to stop that oil leak in the gulf of mexico which bp now says has cost the company $2 billion. crews are drilling two relief wells trying to hut a target roughly the size of a salad plate about thee miles we low the surface. workers say if they miss or move too slowly, oil will keep pouring into the sea. many streets in d.c. were shut down sunday morning but the city was far from quiet. it was the first washington d.c. triathlon. fox 5's melanie alnwick has a look from the fin under line. >> reporter: cow bells and cheers at the end of a very long morning. >> washington did not disappoint with heat and humidity. >> reporter: 2500 athletes kicked off the first running of the washington, d.c. triathlon. now, the second sanctioned triathlon held in the city. participants included the perennial mayor adrian fenty. >> great to finish with the capitol in the background and white house in front of you. >> reporter: the organizer says it ict sport for fitness. >> you can do all those things on your own. . >> reporter: with a sell outfor its inaugural race, there is a -- with a sellout for its inaugural race, there is a good chance the washington d.c. race will be back if another round. >> mayor fenty placed 16th in the elite division with a time of two hours, 19 minutes and 14 seconds. the triathlon was made up of a 1.5 k swim ache 40 k bike ride and a 10 k run. coming up, all your top stories when fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts now. good morning. it is monday, june 21st. a live look over washington, d.c. right now as it is already warm out there this morning. good morning. i'm sarah simmons. tucker here now with us. we are coming to expect this. it is summer. isn't it officially today? >> yeah, in a couple of hours? still spring for a couple of more hours. it has already been summertime around here for a couple of weeks. we'll continue it today with a nice kickoff for our sunshine and temperature back into the 90s. current will you, 78 at reagan national. our highs yesterday were 95 degrees. we'll be a little cooler than that today. a weak cold front has come through during the overnight hours. you can barely see it. just a few clouds associated with it. with respect building back in, lots of sunshine today. no rain in sight. best chance for a thunderstorm won't be until tomorrow night as this area of respect will cap that atmosphere for us. highs later this afternoon back into the low 90s. we'll go 94 in fredericksburg. 92 here in washington. 92 ingermantown. >> i think i'm actually looking forward to the storm just to have some relief. >> oh, yeah, we feed the rain too. >> "t. a developing story from the gulf of mexico where millions of gallons of oil continue to pour in the gulf each day. bp just announced it has shelled out $2 billion for the disaster. crews have launched a complicated new plan to try to stop the leak. >> crews drilling two relief wells are trying desperate prattly to hit a target roughly the size of a salad plate about three miles below the surface. if they miss their target, that oil will continue to pour into the sea. bp is hoping to capture between 60 and 08,000-barrels a day by mid-july. experts in the "industry are criticizing the lack of ingenuity displayed by bp gentleman it has been just awful. to use booms and mops and dispersants and burning and so forth, skimming with shrimp boats. where is the imagination and the scale? >> reporter: bp says it has spent $2 billion responding to that oil spill and has paid out $105 million in claims. new worst case scenario estimates show as much as 100,000-barrels of oil per day may be gushing into the gulf. an internal memo suggests bp officials knew the amount of oil leaking into the gulf was likely much more than they were publicly estimating because of the damage to the well. sarah? >> thank you. we are following a developing story now. another mining accident in china. an explosion ripped through awe mine in the central province of henan. at least 46 workers were killed, likely by carbon monoxide poisoning. twenty-six miners were able to escape. the spotsylvania county sheriff's office is mourning the loss of one of their own. deputy sheriff dean ridings died in a bird czar accident while on marine patrol on lake anna saturday. we have a report. >> reporter: father's day taking on sad overtones on lake anna as officials investigate how deputy dean ridings died on routine boat patrol. preliminary findings are in from the virginia department of game and inland fisheries. >> the accident appears to have been caused when the boat was struck by a large wake or series of wakes which caused the boat to go sideways and caused deputy ridings to strike his head. >> reporter: deputy william schroeder who was ejected from the boat walk wade with minor injuries. deputy ridings' patrol car is draped in black in front of the sheriff's office and covered with flowers. >> >> reporter: back at lake anna state park, dive teams look for the various clues. police boats steered recreational traffic away from the area. it happened somewhere out here. we are told it was within sight of the shore. you can see how even small wakes are affecting boats that are tied up right here at the dock. some folk out on the water had theories about what might have happened. >> it must have been in the middle of two boats because you get the waves that come like this and they kind of crest up and that can create kind of a little bit of a swell. >> reporter: recreational boaters say they noticed fewer vehicles on the water and nobody being reckless. >> i hope the community helps out their families and prays for them. >> you don't make sense of it. you just try to do everything can you to make it right and do the job just like he would have done it and he would have done it for us. >> reporter: careen gray houston, fox 5 news. investigators are hoping the public knows something about a deadly shooting in prince george's county over the weekend. three people were hit saturday night in what may have been a drive-by shooting in mitchellville. 21-year-old aaron leach died. the other two victims are expected to recover though. if you know anything, please call the number there on the bottom of your screen. a business owner gunned down in broad daylight has been laid to rest. he was killed during a robbery attempt last thursday at his check cashing store. his father was also attacked but is recovering. it is not clear if the familiar raes inside the store were working. he was 0 years old, a new husband and a father. it was a sad father's day for virginia's governor and first lady. mrs.maureen mcdonnell's father passed away saturday night. frank gardner had been suffering a long illness. the governor canceled a bill- signing ceremony so he could join the family yesterday. gardner was 87 years old. coming up on fox 5 morning news. >> some lady decides to drink too much and take my baby away from me. >> a tragedy for the governor's office in georgia. a deadly traffic accident. we'll have the details on that coming up. and another vicious tornado captured on video. take a look. wait until you see what this one did to a sporting venue coming up. a blunt assessment about the war in afghanistan. hear what defense secretary robert gates is now saying about when our troops will begin leaving. you are watching fox 5 morning news. stay with us. making headlines now, three wildfires ravaged the land near flagstaff, arizona. this is the second one that is still raging out there. hundreds of people have been evacuated. flames crept within 500 feet of some homes. strong winds there expected to continued throughout the day. so far, no reports of any injuries but a third fire was put out yesterday and police arrested a california man on suspicion of causing the first fire by leaving behind hot coals from a campfire. now, to some wicked weather out west. residents in montana have some cleaning up to do after a tornado touched down there. at least one twister tore through the town of billings. witnesses say it ripped off the roof of a sports arena, damaged a bar and casino and destroyed an auto glass shop. no word on whether anyone was hurt or not. we are learning more about the suspect in a deadly tax at a california restaurant. police say jimmy slagger rode his bike to the restaurant, walked over to the table where his stepdaughter and her family were eating and opened fire. he then turned the gun on himself. his stepdaughter's house and 6- year-old son were killed. a tragedy for the governor of georgia and his staff. one their own killed by a drunk driver. a 24-year-old intern for governor sonny perdue was the designated driver for a group of friends when they were involved in the crash. police say the other driver ran a red light and hit the car. the driver's blood alcohol limit was nearly three times the legal limit. >> some lady decides to drink too much and take my baby away from me. i don't know how to deal with that. i don't know. >> family members say the intern was planning to marry his long-time girlfriend. defense secretary robert gates on the offensive about the troop surge in afghanistan. secretary gates told fox news sunday that people are too quick to call the war a failure and that it is going to take more time and patience to see results. he did admit it is going slower than expected but believes more progress will be evident by december. >> people are losing context. this policy, this strategy, has been in place and working for only about four or five months. we have yet to put yet a third of the surge forces into afghanistan. >> u.s. troops are supposed to begin withdrawing from afghanistan in july 2011. secretary gates says the pace of that withdrawal has not been decided yet. funeral services will be held in richmond, virginia today for singer and businessman jimmy dean. it is open to the public followed by a private burial. a public viewing was held yesterday. people streamed in to pay their last respects. jimmy dean was 81 years old. a crackdown on teen curfews in the district. that is coming up next on fox 5 morning news. plus, pay attention while riding your bike especially if you encounter a presidential motorcade. we'll show what you happened to some cyclists next. are you in the market for a new car by chance? this little ride might be a smart choice but it is more expensive than you might think. >> good morning. first day of summer arrives this morning about 7:30. it has felt like summertime all weekend. i will have the details on a hot forecast. and julie wright will be in to give you a first look at on- time traffic. if you forgot to get your dad a father's day gift, it may not be too late. madam tussaud is offering free admission for dad again today only if the dads have a child with them. children, if you are out late, d.c. police are cracking down on curfew. keep this in mind. starting july 1st, it is midnight every night and you have to stay in until 6:00 a.m. the curfew runs through august by the way. it is all this heat and the kids wanted to be out on the streets. much more fun. >> i would take the opportunity to stay in until 6:00 a.m., by the way. >> i think a lot of us would. especially today, it's little warm. >> it is very warm out there. yesterday's daytime high, 95 degrees. our warmest day yet this year, sarah. >> and it is going to keep getting warmer. it is early. >> and not even the first day of summer. today is the first day of summer officially. 91 yesterday at dulles. let's take a look at our current conditions and 78 in downtown washington. 77 in annapolis. 72 in leonardtown and let's see what else. frederick has a temperature of 66. weak cold front moving through during the overnight hours. you can't see it but it moved through. our winds have shifted to the north today. the dew point temperatures will be held down just a little bit so with dew point temperatures in the low 60s, even though it is on the hot side, it won't be particularly humid. but no rain in sight here. our next chance for any shower activity won't arrive until tomorrow night. that will just be some scattered thunderstorms. we'll be here and on the hot side for the next couple of days. let me mention the code orange air quality, moderate, so sensitive groups including the young and the elderly, take it easy out there with these hot conditions. sunny skies, temperature in the low 90s. winds out of the north at five miles per hour. later tonight, mostly clear and warm overnight. 70degrees. winds out of the north and west at five to 10. there is your five-day forecast and look at that. we only get warmer from here. 9 # tomorrow with a late thunderstorm. 9 # on wednesday. the computer suggests some of us could touch 100 degrees. -- 9 # 96 tomorrow with a late thunderstorm. >> julie wright is here with a check on the traffic. >> i thought about you when you was at the pool thinking it is hot an humid, sarah would be hating this. >> i was inside in the air conditioning. >> light traffic volume on the inner loop headed around towards college park. outer loop at speed as you continue around towards georgia a. no problems reported northbound on i-95. easy trip out of newington and springfield headed up onto 395. you will find lanes are open traveling from duke street out to the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. now, to the story, a metrobus and four cars were involved in an accident in southeast sunday afternoon t happened on suitland parkway at stanton road just after 2:00 a metro spokesperson says the brake went out on a car which hit the bus and the other vehicles. no word from police on who was at call the. no one was seriously hurt. metro is planning a memorial ceremony to remember those who died in last year's red line crash. this is video of the scene almost aier ago. nine people died. 80 were hurt in the system's deadliest crash. a letter was september to victims' families inviting them to the event at fort totten park at 10:00 a.m. a plaque with the names of the victims will be unveiled then. a couple of bicyclists in the district learned the hard way don't get too close for a presidential motorcade. this is video of a motorcade head back from a golf outing. apparently the riders didn't hear the tordz stop. agents got out of the car and physically made them keep their distance. the bicyclists complied and didn't move until the motorcade was gone. excitement is building over the car of the future. it is a small battery powered vehicle that launches in about a few months. we have a report. >> reporter: if you live in one of america's urban centers, you have probably gotten used to the sight of this car. this one is even more unique. the smart for 2 electric drive is a battery-powered version with a range of about 82 miles that on average will cost just $2 to drive 100 miles. >> how fit an electric power train in there? >> all the components we needed for the car do fit in the space that we cleared up from the conventional drivetrain. when you look at the battery, all we did was drop the fuel tank and fit the battery in there. same thing in the engine compartment. >> reporter: but the important question is how does it drive? the answer is not too bad. no jackrabbit start but it is pretty quick around town. 41 top speed is limited to 65 miles per hour. the ride quality is actually a little bit smooth he than regular cars thanks in part to the extra 300-pounds the electric drivetrain adds which is mounted low in the chassis and helps smooth out the ride. there is only one gear so you don't have to deal with the jerkiness that the standard is infamous for. it won't be cheap but it is the car of the future. unfortunately, running it doesn't come with somewhere to plug it in. at least we know it won't shock new the rain. lady gaga stirring i'mling trouble for the team on baseball. hear why she might be banned from 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