>> it was great coming in. >> all in all, not a bad start to the day. some of our neighbors out towards front royal and fredericksburg, you might be seeing a light shower or sprinkle. this is the leading edge of warmer and more humid air. it won't be quite as nice around here as it was yesterday as we have the risk of showers and thunderstorms in the forecast this morning and then again this afternoon we have a better chance of seeing thunderstorm activity. 67 in the city. 60 at dulles and baltimore. mostly cloudy, scattered showers and thunderstorms return. the best chance will be later this afternoon. more details on the forecast. we'll look at the weekend in just a minute. back to you. >> thank you. now to today's top stories i'm homicide investigation is under way after police found a woman dead inside of her home in springfield, virginia. the body was discovered along sugar creek lane yesterday afternoon after police received several calls from some concerned friends. place say the woman was in her 40s and may have been dead for a couple of days. an assistant principal arrested on child porn charges. 29-year-old joshua myers has been suspended without pay from greenville elementary in nokesville. vectors saw they busted him in an online chat room with an undercover agent. the wildfire burning in arizona is the biggest in state history. firefighters continue to battle that blaze. it has already torched hundreds of thousands of acres. as ainsley earhart reports, one campfire is likely the cause. >> reporter: big flames and billowing smoke. it is all part of the scenery as firefighters battle arizona's largest wildfire ever. >> we are in an area with pretty up tense heat going on right now. >> reporter: thousands of homes have been threatened but few have burned. crews are taxing the flame from the air and ground. they are putting in long hours. >> they're 15-hour days and you are working every bit of it. but stay hydrated and we drink tons of water. >> reporter: a single campfire likely sparked this wildfire. authorities aren't saying whether charges will be filed. >> it looks like a campfire. we have a couple of people of interest that we're talking to on that right now. james wright more than 470,000 acres have been charred in arizona. at least 5,000 acres are already burning in new mexico. >> we had one in new mexico. both very clearly arson fires and unfortunately, that is not uncommon either. >> reporter: after a two-week evacuation, some home owners are being allowed back in. many are crying tears of joy. can i ask you why you're crying. >> just happy to go home. >> what is the first thing you're going to do when you get home? >> kiss the ground. >> reporter: meteorologists call this critical fire weather. above normal fire potential is forecast for the southwest at lost up until september. ainsley earhart, fox news. fire investigators say two persons of interest are being questioned but they are not calling them suspects and will not speculate on whether charges will be filed. chaos in downtown vancouver. look at this. an angry mob began rioting after the canucks lost game seven of the stanley cup final to boston. they looted some department stores as well. in the east, boston police made several arrests following the win. the bruins won 4-0. this is boston's first nhl title since 1972. closer to home, the 111th u.s. open kicks off today at congressional country club in bethesda. 156 of the best golfers in the world are competing for the major championship. tiger woods not playing due to an injury. tee time begins at 7:00 a.m. we will be live from the course all morning long. dave ross is out there for us. we still have plenty ahead. fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts right now. good morning on this thursday. you can see the washington monument there in the distance. a very cool and clear morning. things are going to change in the next several hours. i'm sarah simmons. welcome to fox 5 morning news. let's check in with tucker barnes this morning. it is nice out right now but we know this is a means to an end. >> okay. i don't know what that means. >> you said there will be scattered storms and it will get hot. >> yes, it is. it will get warmer and more humid. sarah is not happy with the weather forecast. it won't be that bad. >> okay. i'll calm down a little bit. >> here is what she's talking about. we have showers not too far away to the south and west. they will be moving in here shortly. they are widely scattered as we have the leading edge of this warmer and more humid air not too far away to the south and west. we have the possibility of more showers and thunderstorms filling in this afternoon. temperatures still not bad. we are in the 60s. 67 at reagan national. humidity, 73%. your winds out of the south at three miles per hour up ahead of the frontal system. the forecast for today, the thunder returns and so do the showers. we'll get a few showers around this morning a break for the middle part of the day. by 4:00, 5:00, we'll see showers and thunderstorms start to bubble up and return. i think much of the day will be dry. >> that is good for all those folks heading out to congressional. thank you. you know, i heard you complaining about the heat and the humidity but it is sade thursday. so though one really cares. >> you're right. >> then it is vacation friday but we'll get into that later. >> we are seeing all lanes open as you travel southbound leaving rockville headed for the lane divide. no problems reported southbound on 270. the beltway looks good between college park and bethesda. the beltway in virginia traveling from the springfield interchange off the inner loop here at the robinson terminal. overnight construction in the process of being cleared. now to today's top story. a disturbing discovery in springfield, virginia. police found a woman dead inside her home along sugar creek lane and there are still a lot of questions surrounding this case this morning. bob barnard has more. >> reporter: fairfax county police acting on a call of concern from a friend of the victim came to the 8400 block of sugar creek road in springfield. officers knocked on the door, didn't get a response and when they forced their way inside discovered the woman would lives in the home were dead. >> the details weren't shared with me but the officer saw something that suggested to them that this was not a natural death. that is what caused them to secure the scene and back out. >> reporter: while police waited for a search warrant to send detectives and crime keen technicians inside the home, the victim's neighbor were left to wonder and worry. >> that is terrible. sorry to hear that. >> reporter: they have not positively identified her. >> i can't say anything. sorry. >> reporter: some of the victim's neighbors told us police were in the neighborhood, a part of springfield called newington forest and at the same address just yesterday. something officials who later confirm. >> i have just learned that police were here to do a welfare check on this address. >> what happened? >> the officer got no response from the house. they could find no reason to kick in the door at that time. >> reporter: officer bud walker says fairfax county police got a second call of concern from a different friend and decided to investigation further making the ghoulish discovery that has become a murder mystery. now, according to neighbors, the victim was canadian, had dual citizenship, was in the kate aring business. we don't know whether she was married but apparently had no children. bob born arrested, fox 5 news. >> thank you. -- bob barnard, fox 5 news. >> thank you. soy ate mother and her daughter were stabbed and seriously injured in their home in crofton early yesterday morning. one of daughters managed to call 911 and report that the family's father was responsible for the attack. neighbors say the daughters, ages 13 and 20 appear to have been cut in their necks and they identify the father as julio esquatini. an assistant principal arrested on child porn charges. 9-year-old joshua myers has been suspended without pay from greenville elementary in nokesville. investigators say they busted him on a chat line with an undercover aight. they say shared photo files, told the agent he had traveled to california for sex with a child and he had molested children ages nine to 14. court documents say he admitted to having child porn images on his school-issued laptop. a traffic alert for those of you heading in and around bethesda for the rest of the week. the 111th u.s. open begins today at congressional country club. that means big crowds, more cars and also parking issues. so we sent fox 5's beth parker out to see how the neighborhood is faring. >> reporter: there may be 40 or 50,000 people attending this golf tournament every day but there are a whole lot of folk who don't care about golf but have to travel in and around that area. so we decided to make the journey from here at fox 5. it is a 6. # mile drive to congressional country club to see what it is like to get from these gates to those. it is a little after 11:00 a.m. when we head west. >> this looks like a pretty typical day on river road right here. just after we cross over the beltway. the signs start popping up. >> reporter: 0 minutes later at 11:30, congressional right back there over the trees. not a bad drive. >> not bad but you have to get here early. >> reporter: some of the neighbors are so serious about this, they've printed professional parking signs. they had to get a permit from the county. we had to provide drawings and such of our property lines and where the cars are going to be parked. >> reporter: it is paying off. >> hey, there. it is $20 for the day. >> reporter: 100 people by 1:00 p.m. fans appreciate the $20 a day fee. others are much higher. so the driving and the parking around here will be a little tricky. for those would go inside and actually watch the golf, even more rules. printed on the ticket, a list of prohibited items. no cell phones, no pdsas. no cases, no signs, for poster, no banners. no tfgs, no containers, no food -- no televisions, no ladders, no step stools, no metal spiked golf shoes and no weapons. beth parker, fox 5 news. al-qaeda announces a replacement for osama bin laden. another nato raid in libya overnight as president barack obama defends u.s. involvement there. we are checking more headlines when we return. making headlines this morning, firefighters in arizona are making some progress. the massive wildfire in the eastern part of the state is now 29% contained. but officials are worried about high wind in the forecast. it has been burning, that fire, since memorial day and has already scorched 750 square miles. an ugly scene. the bruins finished off the canucks to win the stanley cup. angry, drunken fans ran wild in the streets of downtown vancouver. some cars, garbage cans set on fire and looters smashed windows and ran incited some department stores. police were called in. no word on any injuries or arrests. some positive news involving arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords. she is now back home with her family in a houston suburb. she was released from the hospital yesterday. she had been undergoing therapy as she recovers fry gunshot wound to the head. givers will still continued daily therapy at the hospital as an outpatient. new this morning, al-qaeda announces a replacement for osama bin laden. the terror network says his right hand man is taking over. he comes from a family of doctors and scholars. he succeeds bin laden who was killed by u.s. commandos last movement. a pre-dawn raid in libya by nato airplanes target the the area near moammar ghadafi's compound. not clear what was hit. nato warplanes have repeatedly taring he haddetted the area in and around the compound which sits in the heart of tripoli. the house says president barack obama has the authority to continue the action in libya without congressional authorization. the administering says the president is within his constitutional rights to direct a mission on his own. some lawmaker have filed a lawsuit over this. they want a judge to issue an order suspending military operations in libya. your cable tv or satellite system, that could be costing you more than you think. up next, we'll tell you what you might want to request from your proceed describe -- provider that will save you some cash. the debate that will not go away. does your cell phone cause cancer? details of what some researchers are saying now. lysol believes no toilet is complete until it's completely clean. lysol kills 99.9% of germs and removes stains better than clorox toilet bowl cleaner with bleach. so if you want to do the whole job, lysol's got you covered. 4:45 on this thursday, which would all be friday eve. nice weather out there. let's check in with tucker barnes once again with the weather. nice! >> it is comfortable. >> comfortable. >> we have rain on the way. >> i know. but you said to be more positive. >> i am positive. any time wear not talking about 102, we are generally in -- any time we're not talking about 102, we are generally in good shape, right? >> yes. >> we do have the possibility of showers and thunderstorms around here. not going to rain all day. most of the day should be dry for the start of the golf tournament. that is good news. we do have a few showers out there at the moment. we'll start with a look at our hd radar and i will show the very light shower activity. that is not it. let's get to hd radar. i will show you. the light showers, here we go, that continue to progress to the north and east, south and west of manassas, front royal. there you go. getting light shower activity pushing out approaching hagerstown. this is the leading edge of warmer air that will be making its way in here and more humid air that will get in here a little later this afternoon. a possibility in the next hour or two that some of us will see some light showers moving on through. no thunder associated with it. it is very light and been falling apart during the past several hours. now, we can switch maps. there is the satellite-radar showing you the warm front. most of the activity off to our north and west. this is a weak cold front that will try to get in here later today. early shower and we'll get a break during the middle part of the day and later this afternoon, we'll see if a few more showers and thunderstorms don't fire up along that frontal system, presenting the possibility of some pretty good thunderstorms around here later this afternoon. temperatures, here is the good news. we are nice and cool out there, very comfortable. 67 in the city. 61 in gaithersburg. 66 in annapolis. we've got 50s in frederick. 57degrees. not a bad start to your morning. more clouds than yesterday. plenty of clouds around. a mostly cloudy afternoon. showers and thunderstorms likely later today but again kind of hit and miss. not all of us will see them. not going to be raining the entire day. much of the day will be dry. a high temperature of 79 degrees. an early shower or thunderstorm overnight and mostly cloudy overnight. showers could be with us until 11:00 tonight. tomorrow, it will be all right. 85 with some showers and thunderstorms still hanging around. saturday right now, we are still calling for dry weather with highs in the upper 80s. with a frontal system hanging out not too far away, we had to bring back a thunderstorm possibility for sunday and monday but much. both days will be dry with highs in the upper 80s. let's do some on-time traffic and the concert report by ms. julie wright. >> jealous, just a little? >> just a little. >> i'll tell sade you said hi. lain are open with no incidents reported. you are talking about the weather for the golf tournament and we're talking about the traffic. you can anticipate a lot of traffic out there. we know that up in montgomery county at the fairgrounds, they have allotted a lot of parking spaces there. there is no parking at congressional country club. that is why they are shuttling everybody over there. keep that in mind if you are planning to head out there to congressional. southbound 270, lanes are open out of hyattstown. no incidents reported headed out towards clarkburg. easy trip continuing down into rockville and out towards the lane divide. coming in from the west, they are even shuttling folks in from dulles trying to get them up across the american legion bridge and head up to tee time. right now, we are talking 66. that is nice and clear coming in from fair oaks. northbound i-95 leaving triangle this morning, lanes are open as you continue to do the double nickel up towards dumfries and out towards potomac mills. a new law in virginia aimed at improving school bus safety. as of july 1st, it is illegal for sex offenders to be on school buses. now, this new law does allow video cameras to be installed on buses and it also increases penalties for drivers who pass stopped buses. a major change is coming to catholic university. starting in the fall, incoming freshmen will be living in single sex dorms. he says he hopes the change will reduce binge drinking and casual hook-ups. only freshman will initially be affected but eventually all of the dorms will become single sex. the new superintendent of montgomery count way public schools has introduced himself to the parents, students and teachers. joshua starr how old a meet and greet. he succeeds jerry weast who is retiring after 12 years on the job. >> we have to find this balance, right, between building on the strengths that exist, and there are so many strengths and also taking a hard look at some things that maybe haven't been working so well, maybe some things we haven't gotten to. >> starr has been superintendent of schools in stamford, connecticut. he says the school systems in stamford and montgomery county are similar but montgomery county is a lot bigger. he starts on july 1st. your dvr and your cable or satellite box may be costing you a bundle on your electric bush-cheney new report says the two combined waste hours of energy even when hear not in use. you should ask for an emergency- efficient box. -- your dvr and your cable or satellite box may be costing you a bund -- a bundle on your electric bill. pandora the online music streaming service is now listed on the new york stock exchange. the company is looking for make an immediate impact. pandora president and ceo joe kennedy thinks it will be a success. >> we've demonstrated a track record of growing revenue, improving margins and cash flow over time. today, we have 3% of all radio listening in this country. we think we have an enormous opportunity to grow that. >> reporter: based on a $16 ipo, pan door as valued at $2.6 billion. the company may be worth even more. shares opened higher than the target trading at $20 per share and the stock didn't stop there. how does it work. songs can be analyzed using special programming rendering similar songs based on the user's taste but there is hesitation surrounding pandora's stock. company lost $6.8 million in the first fiscal quarter this year and according to david menlo, pandora's life on wall street may be short-lived. the company needs to distinguish its service. >> i don't think that there is anything really unique about the pandora at this particular point and i fear for the fact that somebody at one of the big major money centers which is not talking about banks but the apples or the googles has the ability to press a button and he can terminate this stock almost overnight. >> reporter: but despite the concerns, the buzz surrounding pandora's ipo remains upbeat and traders are anxious to see how the company will perform. we are watching your money on the fox business network giving you the power to prosper. i'm tracy burns in new york. more back and forth now in the debate over whether or not cell phones can cause cancer. finnish researchers looked at the location of brain tumors among cell phone users. they found that the tumors were not clustered within the range of the radiation but researchers say the results are not conclusive. only 5% of participants had been using mobile phones for at least 10 years. the first round of the u.s. open begins thank you at congressional country will you be in bethesda. if you plan on going, remember to follow one simple rule. >> always got to be quiet. you don't want to talk to the plays unless they talk to you first. >> are you good at being quiet? >> not really. >> let's practice. let's pretend we're on the course. let's be quiet. pretty good. out nats hosting the cards looking for their fifth win in a row. hernandez goes on to much a complete game shut-out. nats win 8-0 in this one. it is their first five-game winning streak since 2009. the 111th u.s. open at congressional country club officially kicks off in about two hours. 156 of the best golfers in the world are vie for the major tournament. this year, there is no frontrunner. tee time for round one begins at 7:00 this morning. we will be on top of this live from the course all morning long. our own dave ross is out there. the first round ever the u.s. open begins just a few hours from now and many people from our area will be headed to congressional over the next four days. fox 5's sports director dave feldman takes a look at what it is like to be watching the greatest golfers in the world from a fan's perspective. >> reporter: over 250,000 golf fans are expected to converge on congressional country club this week. with the masses could come mayhem. they're definitely is golfer hunter mayhan. >> we need to respect the fanned and pull them in as much as we can and make sure they are having a good time. >> reporter: but getting an autograph isn't always easy. >> of a been here for three days. so between the three, i've probably got probably 75% at least. >> most of them nice about it? >> yeah. yeah. a few are -- they're always busy. >> reporter: you were going to say jerks? >> no, i was not going to say jerks. >> give me the name of the jerk. >> my husband. >> a seat would be nice. what is the deal with this chair? >> well, you see, it is a three legged chair. you have to sit on it this way f you sit on it the other way, you are going to fall back. >> reporter: what is the comfort level on it? >> it is excellent compared to standing. >> reporter: there are the volunteers like the people chose ton carry the score cards and walk with the players. >> you don't want to talk to the players unless they talk to you first. >> are you good at being quiet? >>