plenty of humidity in the forecast and we are starting off in the 70s. pretty impressive for may that we're only cooling off to 76. good-hooking start in ocean city, 74 for you. 60s in the mountains. they've had more cloud cover and some rain that has been right on their doorstep moving through during the overnight hours. there is your cloud cover and the light rain showers out to the west. notice the rain, the green there is moving from south to north and is not pressing east. we do have a better chance of a thunderstorm here in the washington area but it will take until the afternoon. today, a high of 88. scattered showers and thunderstorms developing later today. sit lets-- let's look at our top story. friends and family are making a desperate plea for help finding a missing man. matt hill has been missing since tuesday. he was last seen in chinatown. it appears he stopped by his apartment in foggy bottom. his car is also missing. a big victory on capitol hill in the fight to prevent a traffic nightmare in northern virginia. the house passed a bill to delay the opening of the defense department's massive mark center office building along 395 in alexandria. the bill now moves on to the senate where we're told it will an proved and then it is on the to white house for president obama's final signature. the house and senate both approving extending parts of the patriot act. intelligence agents will be able to search records for another four years. president obama was able to sign off despite the fact that's in france. will shoppers soon see a few wal-mart stores. talk are under way to bring four stores to the city. now comes word that mayor vincent gray wants a fifth store. careen gray houston has more on that. >> reporter: at the barbershop on good hope road in southeast, some d.c. residents liked the idea that a wal-mart could be coming. >> that is exciting. i'm excited to see what the development is going to be. i mean there is a lot changing in the southeast area. >> reporter: and this y'reisalk it, the decrepit skyland shopping center. already on the drawing board, wal-mart sites in four wards of the city, new jersey avenue in northwest. georgia and missouri in northwest. east capital and 58th streets in northeast and new york avenue and bladensburg road. we found the mayor at a meeting to ask him bay report that he is trying to force wal-mart's hand. >> you are not saying skyland or nothing. >> wal-mart will be given the same consideration as everybody else in the district of columbia but we want them to come to skyland. >> wal-mart said he we continue to evaluate opportunities across the community with special focus on communities east of the river. back over in southeast, some mixed feelings. >> to be honest, i don't think it is a good idea. >> reporter: why? >> because this area and the people that it will attract. >> reporter: shoppers? >> shoplifters, drug adducts, so forth. >> wal-mart is a smorgasbord of things that people need for their houses. i think it would be ideal. >> reporter: karen gray houston, fox 5 news. it is 4:30. if you are thinking about leaving for your memorial day weekend, it might be a good time. not too busy out there but, of course, traffic will pick up as the sup comes up. good morning. i'm sarah simmons. welcome to fox 5 morning news. let's check in with tucker barnes for a look at our weather for today and for the weekend. it will be the perfect time to be at the beach. >> steamy, hot and 4:30 always a good time to leave for the beach. >> it feels like you could be at the beach right now. >> you got that right. it feels like july. that steamy feel will be around all weekend long. we are in for a nice summery weekend. let's get start wade look at our hd radar. we are going to look at -- us. >> we're going to look at some thunderstorm activity. we had terrible problems with shower activity to the west. notice the thunderstorm activity dying out. that is good news as they had some severe weather out to the west. that line of showers and thunderstorms will make it into the washington area later today. we have a better chance of seeing some scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. i think we'll wake up kind of hot and steamy and temperatures will quickly climb into the 80s. later this afternoon, the hans of some widespread showers and thunderstorms. let's do some temperatures. here is why everybody is complaining. 76 at reagan national. humidity, 64%. forecast, more of the same. steamy, hot, hazy, afternoon thunder. high temperatures in the upper 80s. 88 for an afternoon high. as we get into the weekend, we'll be in the 90s. details on a heat wave next week in a couple of minutes. >> this is the tim to get the cooler ready to go, julie wright. let's head out now. it feels like beach weather at this time of day. >> it is hot and steamy early this morning but no complaining from me. right now on the roads, you will find an easy drive around town. all lanes are open as you travel from university boulevard headed over towards 270. southbound 95, 295 an easy trip out of laurel. you will find light traffic volume traveling out on 66 in each intersection between fair oaks and the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. this morning, the search is under way for a missing d.c. man. today, his family is meeting with the fbi and pleading for the public to help find 26-year- old matt hill. fox 5's sherrily is on that story this morning and -- sherry ly is on that story this morning and she joins us live from chinatown. >> reporter: good morning. matt hill disappeared from here at ninth and eighth streets near chinatown. est -- he was last seen on tuesday morning. tease police are calling this a critical missing person case. the 26-year-old hill directs outreach for his church at george washington university. tuesday, around 10:30 a.m., he dropped off a student he was meant ouring at 9th and 8th streets. of his supposed to go to his church, capitol hill baptist church next but instead and to stop at his apartment. someone used his gas card at a station before noon on tuesday. his black four-tour honda civic is now missing. hill disappeared without a trace leaving few clues. >> come lootly out of matt's character to ever just take off and just leave without saying anything to anybody. we do believe he is in danger or some type of foul play occurred. >> reporter: friends say hill's cell phone has been off since he disappeared. no one has heard from him since then. his father and brother arrived very late last night from north carolina. they will be meet with the fbi today in hopes of stepping up police efforts to try to find him. there may be a break in the death of an american university professor. sue ann marcum was found dead last october. this morning, police have a warrant charging jorge londeros with murder. detectives think he is in mexico. a big victory on capitol hill in the fight to prevent a traffic nightmare in northern virginia. the house passed a bill to delay the opening of the defense department's massive mark center office building along 395 in standsery. they are doing this until some new roads and ramps can be built. virginia lawmakers are now looking to lock down more funds. nearly$100million have been put forth by the department of defense and the state to make the improvements which would take about two years to finish. >> the problem is this is just such a bad idea to move more than 6,000 people to a place that didn't have any public transit access. it was going to affect too many people adversely. >> the bill now moves on to the senate where we're told it will be approved and then it is onto the white house for president obama's final signature. the funeral for a state trooper killed in the line of duty will be held today. trooper shaft hunter's viewing was held yesterday in baltimore county. he died when his cruiser crashed early saturday morning on southbound interstate 95 in howard county. the cruiser slammed into a tractor-trailer. hunter may have been pursuing a speeding motorcyclist at the time. his funeral service begins at 11:00 a.m. at the new antioch baptist church in northwest baltimore. so voter work to investigate suspected terrorists will go on for at least another four years. congress passed extensions of some key provisions of the patriot act before they were to expire at midnight. those were powers created after 9-11 it make it easier to search records and conduct wiretaps. president obama was able to sign the bill using an auto been machine. it is something that holds a pen and actually signs the president's signature. in france, president obama has been in meetings today with other leads of g-8 nations. this afternoon, mr. obama leaves france for poland and a meeting of central europe other than leaders. now, to the midwest where the search for survivors goes on following that massive tornado in joplin, missouri. but few are being found. as crews continue digging through debris for the missing and state and federal officials working together to try to account for everyone. an estimated 8,000 buildings were destroyed in joplin. at least 15 people were killed. meanwhile, more wicked weather cuts through the region. clean-up is under way after storms cut across a dozen states. illinois and southern indiana took a hit as a tornado flattened homes there. will she or won't she? coming up next, what sarah palin will be doing this weekend that could shed light on whether or not she plans to run for the white house. soy the cia is about to get an up-close, high-tech look at bin laden's hideout. we are check more headlines as well when we come back. top american leaders are in pakistan trying to repair relations after the killing of osama bin laden. secretary of state hillary clinton joins chairman of the joint chiefs of staff admiral mike mullen to deliver the message. they are telling the pakistanis that billions of dollars in u.s. aid is at risk if pakistan is not committed to fight against terrorism. meanwhile, the c incident a will be allowed to search the complex where bin laden was killed. pakistan gave the u.s. permission to give high-tech equipment to search for materials that could be hidden inside walls or buried in the ground. the post says a cia team could arrive at the compound within days. the supreme court has upheld an arizona law that pun bes businesses for hiring illegal immigrants. the high court agreed that business owners should be accountable for workers who are in the country illegally. the state can also suspend or vie stroke the licenses of businesses that knowingly employ undocumented workers. europe's most wanted fugitive was arrested today after 16 years in hiding. rock owe mladic is suspected of leading the massacre of # thousand men and boys during the bosnian-serb war. former illinois governor rod employing took the stand at his federal corruption trial. he introduced himself to the jury saying i used to be your governor and i'm here to tell you the truth. his attorneys are asking for a mistrial. sarah palin is on tour on the east coast. she is embarking this weekend on a campaign-style bus tour which begins in d.c. it is the strongest signal yet that she is considering a presidential bid. approval ratings for the former alaska governor are falling but many conservatives think she could shake up the gop contest. a commuter alert this memorial day weekend. coming up next, some major changes if you ride metro. plus being could some amtrak trains be on the way out in our area. we'll have details of a push to replace amtrak. and criminals stooping low to get their hands on some valuable material and it is leaving some in the dark. we'll explain. welcome back. taking a live look at the bay bridge. look like the perfect time to go if you are trying to get away for memorial day weekend. let's talk about some memorial day weekend activities. the national memorial day concert will be held on the west lawn of the u.s. capitol this sunday. gates will open to the public at 5:00 p.m. if you can't make the concert on sundays, there will be a des rehearsal on saturday. you are encouraged to bring your own supply of water. while food items is permitted, alcohol is not. be sure to bring a lot of water if you are going. >> absolutely. going to be hot every day this weekend and huge you had as well. i think rolling thunder is this weekend. >> rolling thunder. they roll in on sunday. i've seen a few of them out there on the parkway. it is always need to watch that. >> all right. very summery weekend. let's get to the official memorial day forecast. >> memorial day! >> that is how you know it's official because it says memorial day on it. >> your seal of approval. >> there you go. high temperatures will be well into the 90s. how about 94, 95 by monday. if you are out and about down at the mall on monday, lots and lots of water here. could be an isolated storm to bring a little relief. most of the day, it will be hot and steamy. the heat wave will continue into tuesday and wednesday as well. it is not cool right now. step outside and you know what i'm talking about. 76 now in the city at reagan national. 63 in martinsburg and winchester. very warm start to the day. let me get out of the way here. showers and thunderstorms, lots of them developing late yesterday afternoon. look at that right along a frontal system all associated with an area of low pressure out to the west. but the good news is, without the sunshine, the storms have been dying out overnight. with all the rain they got last night and with the potential for more rain out to the west, we do have a flash flood watch issued for western portions of maryland and west virginia. here in washington, it looks like we have a better chance of showers and thunderstorms later today. this whole system will push a little closer to the washington area. we could kick up a few showers and thunderstorms today and tomorrow. as we get into the end of the weekend into sunday and monday being high pressure will take over and that will leave us hot and steamy with high temperatures in the upper 80s and 90s. i think the chance for thunderstorms at the end of the weekend are slim to none. 88 here, scattered showers and thunderstorms. 0, 40% chance you'll see a -- 30, 40% chance you'll see a thunderstorm this evening. here is your weekend forecast. it will be a nice weekend for summertime here t will feel like summertime here. upper 80s, saturday and sunday. mid-90s monday and tuesday. i think we'll be ready for a cooldown by the middle of next week. julie wright has your latest on traffic. >> i thought about you yesterday. i decided to run late in the evening at 60 and it was still 87 degrees outside. >> steamy too. >> you was running through sprinklers in everybody's yard. lanes are open coming in out of germantown headed out to mva. we just popped in from the commercial break 50 out at the bay bridge where traffic is flowing freely. now is the time to leave. sarah simmons mentioned that a few moments ago. she is absolutely right. the busiest travel times will be between noon and 6:00 today. 95 is in great shape in each intersection traveling between richmond and 495. a remind are, if you ride metro this memorial day weekend, on the blue and orange lines, capital south, eastern market, potomac avenue and stadium armory will all an closed for track maintenance. a key republican lawmaker wants to sell amtrak's northeast corridor train service. the chairman. house transportation committee says putting the service up to bids could bring faster trains to the northeast. the northeast corridor runs from washington, d.c. to boston. congressman john mica of florida is introducing the legislation in the house but it is likely to get rejected by the senate. the next spending plan for montgomery and prince george's counties are set. budgets have been approved by both county councils. prince george's lawmaker passed a $2.7 billion budget for the fiscal year beginning july 1st and more than half of that is for schools fundings. other high heights include money for one-time $750 bonuses for county employees. in montgomery count you, the budget come in at $4.4 billion. that is a slight increase over last year's spending plan. county workers will not see a raise next year. they will have to pay more for the benefits. some cals in d.c. are trying to cash in with stolen copper. they are going underground to get it and leaving some people literally in the dark. fox 5's wis to him mart unhas more -- wisdom martin has more on the story. >> reporter: if you noticed in recent weeks that the sidewalk lights along kenilworth avenue were dark or the 295 overhead sign was not work, the d-d.o.t. spokesperson says something was missing. >> this isn't uncommon that thieves take copper. >> reporter: police say at least four times in the last few weeks, chopper-snatching criminals have taken electrical copper wire from underground. >> they are targeting our infrastructure and actually taking copper wire out of our electrical conduits. >> reporter: in one case, they stole wire that powers the sidewalk lights along kenilworth avenue. le copper wire that powers the d.c. 295 overhead sign was stolen between polk and eastern avenue. >> a couple of public safety issues there. obviously, for the traveling public, the streetlights go out, if the signs aren't illuminated. but also for the people who are doing it. if you don't do it right, if you trip up, you could be electrocuted. >> reporter: it turns out these criminals actually got in the grass median and went underneath the manhole covers. >> it is quite possible they did set up as if this were a contractor or a road crew that was doing work and used that as their guise to carry out the thefts. >> reporter: they struck a thunder time last week on south capital and potomac streets and north capital and irving. d-d.o.t. is currently in the process of restoring power at all locations where the copper was stolen. wisdom martin. what with be dour your span as an owner the high of the high and the biggest disappointment? >> i think that you'll always be a fan so it is going to come natural to me. obviously not making the playoffs who be the lows in some of the years where we were last year 6-10. my busy family, the family with thousands of odors. like boomer, our boxer. our leftovers... from last night. and then there's phil. oh phil. but for every odor, our new air wick odor detect uses the latest smart odor sensor technology. the first air freshener that detects thousands of odors then automatically releases a burst of freshness... that can keep up with this family, and yours. we are talking sports now. the nba playoffs are set and it will be a rematch of the 2006 finals, mavs versus the heat. >> lebron james and miami punched their tickets last night. the bulls were winning big with three minutes left and they just fell apart. lebron knocks down the three. that was sweet and we're tied at 79. with 0 seconds left, there he is, lebron does it again. he drains the jumper to put the heat up by two. the heat go on to win 83-80. the heat win four game to one. they take on the dallas mavs in the finals and they beat the mavs in 2006 in six games but that was without lebron so they'll probably win in four games this time around. the nationals had the day off yesterday. they open up a series at home today against the padres. the baltimore orioles finning up their series with the royals down 4-2 in the third. then there was this home run and the three-run shot puts bald up 5-4 and they went on to win in 12 innings, 6-5. >> look at that celebrating. >> they were happy. >> i think they're still in last place. the washington redskin will win another super bowl some day. that is not my word, that is the word from team owner daniel snyder he sad down on for a one- on-one chat with our very own dave feldman. >> they touched on a number of issues including winning and snyder's relationship with the media. >> i think some of the criticism is rightfully so. we haven't won a super bowl. i respect that completely. i think we will win and we'll win a bunch. it is just a matter of time and with winning, i think people recognize over the years as i got a little bit older, you come in as a young brash guy and 4, one of the young of the owners ever in the nfl and that stirs it up. i was a fan coming in with -- i think the team was 3-13 and i was just like every fan, you got to make changes. i made a bunch of wrong moves and a bunch. right moves. it is a scenario that i understand it and hopefully over time the fans will get to know me more and listen less to people that have never met me. >> because sometimes the criticism seems personal and i don't know if you take it personally? >> i think you do. what is so odd is usually the personal criticism is from people you've never met. and they don't know you and they pretend -- they write and they pretend to have i ealingsship or know the people within the building and many times, the people that are writing have never been to the building. >> the criticism, i remember that was one of the reason you say people selling untruths that you sued the city paper. i don't know if you are allowed to talk about that. were you are worried about how that who be perceived or did you just feel that you have to do it. >> i think what is right is right and what is wrong is wrong. i've said enough about it. i'm not worried at all about it. i think we'll come out on turnpike and be vindicated. the encouragement is what we ask is people do your homework. you are here all the time. there are so many reporters and sports journalists that are actually here. they don't take the potshots. they don't do it from afar and never visited this building or our stadium. you guys are there and you live here and there and you understand it. and that is really the relationship that we have with most of media. but then you have sort o