♪ ♪ mmm! ♪ and i would do anything for love ♪ a.1. makes meat loaf sing. this is fox 5 news at 6:00. off the top at 6:00 a wild weather weekend damaging storms overnight. more rain this morning. this comes on the heels of not one but three confirmed tornadoes on friday. the fox 5 storm force is tracking what's next. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm will thomas. >> i'm maureen umeh. a busy week in the weather center. first tornadoes then thunderstorms and lightning and this morning lots of rain. so will we see more of the same? let's get down to fox 5's sue palka in for gwen. she's tracking thing in the weather center a afternoon. >> reporter: i think i'm getting a pass here. things have settled down. it was or en doun douse this morning where we -- horrendous this morning where we picked up up to 2 inches of rain. a flashodlo floch wat w cancelled. it is really drying up. live radar, you see that hatched line, that's tha ttr tge y.da today. cdol a w wk cold front to the west but inindi fngthe ks prince william, into fairfax miun m, ouyay get five tth wores of rain and that is it. we are not seeing lightning with that cluster. there istn wghliing moving ttoinheghhe cambridge area. this will have heavy esving east at 10 miles per ur . t of that activity has pushed into the beaches. watchou tcatt and bethany.thany. dewe thatan cluster coming across the bay will likely affect you in the next hour tolu hou and a half. hd t r m hued true view, the big tusdrteto cnoasw rth os what caused the flash flooding this morning. e sky ist' e b sky is e and very ande yesryve humid and it's quite warm. 83 degrees in d.c., dulles, 85. for the most part for the rest of this evening, only light scattered showers and an isolated storm with temperatures staying in the 70s. we're going to have much more to talk about with those three confirmed tornadoes that will mentioned and also look ahead to this work weekend and see if we can find one or two days where we're not on full storm patrol. of course you know you can stay ahead of the storms 24/7 on myfoxdc.com. check out the live radar and get your five-day forecast on our home page. prince georges county police still trying to piece this together. at least four people shot during an early morning robby in district heights. gunfire heard just before 3:00 a.m. in rochelle and atwood street. the police found the victims with non-life-threatening injuries. so far police have not made any arrests. they're asking anyoneitroh information about this crime to come forward before someone else gets hurt. staying in maryland, montgomery county police are looking for the thugs responsible for robbing a 99-year-old silver spring woman. police say she received a phone call friday asking her to open her front door of her mckinney avenue apartment to complete a survey. when she did, two men pushed past the door, stole her cash and other items. the victim was not hurt but was taken to a hospital as a precaution. cash for clunkers in over drive. local car dealers say they're going to be carefully watching what congress does this week. hoping government will power more money into the cash for clunkers program. fox 5's tissue third base explains why dealers wants -- tissue a thompson explains why dealers want them no hurry up and vote. >> reporter: in automotive death row has sprung new life in washington's dealerships. >> we thought we issed our window but congress extended it, we had read, so we decided to come in today. >> reporter: worried she might miss out if she waited any longer, elizabeth decided to buy a new toyota prius six months earlier than expected. >> we would not be buying a car if it were not for cash for clunkers. >> reporter: people driving the cars are thrifty it and pushes thrifty people back into the marketplace. >> reporter: they have brought in about #00 clunkers all of these are clunkers, when you do the math it's about $1.2 million. the government owes just this dealership. because of these booming sales nationwide the government nearly ran through the first $1 billion within just a few days. the u.s. house of representatives quickly approved another 2 billion on friday. but dealers must wait until later this week for the senate to give the thumbs up. >> i have a lot of confidence it's going to happen. we wouldn't be doing this if we didn't think it would go through. >> reporter: but fitzgerald is hedging her bets. even though she signed on the dotted line she won't drive away with a new car or send her old car to death row until the vote goes through. in gathersburg, tisha thompson, fox 5 news. the senate is expected to vote on the cash for clunkers bill on wednesday. for more details go to myfoxdc.com. more economic news. it appears the recession may be coming to a recession. the home reshales fell 38% and sales of new homes tumbled 76%. by every measure except foreclosures the housing market has stabilized. that means it appears the worst is over. let's keep our fingers crossed for that. the nationwide home resales in june jumped up 9% since january and sales of new homes climbed 17% in the same period. >> fingers crossed. thumbs up on that one for sure. as lawmakers halt had the healthcare debate for summer recess, partisan groups and add advocacy organizations are making their fight and taking it to the airwaves with a barrage of attack ads. carolina has more on the healthcare bament battle. >> reporter: you thought the debate in d.c. was rough. keep your tv on and wait. over the august recess groups on all sides are weighing in with new ads. >> the health and insurance companies that have given senator nelson over $2 million know if they can stall reform they can kill it. >> new rules could hike your health insurance premiums 95%. >> reporter: some conservative groups are attacking democrats and liberals are attacking republicans. supporters want to make sure that it doesn't get swift voted in august. they want to convince constituents that what they pass will get them millions out there with no insurance covered and slow the growth of costs. republicans mantra is a job killer that crushes small business and puts the government between you and your doctor. here's part of the debate on fox news sunday. >> they cut medicare and raised taxes on small businesses, and they penalize any american with a two and a half % tax if they don't have government approved healthcare. i mean this is not the america we know. . >> 96% of smallbusinesses would not be hurt by this tax. it's less than 1% of the well thinkest people in the united states that would be taxed, and that's a 1% tax. on "meet the press" the president's economic advisor larry summers c't rule out a middle class tax hike to take on reform. in washington, caroline shively, fox news. fox 5 following a developing story overseas. an 18-year-old mystery dating back to the first gulf war finally solved. the remains of a navy pilot identified after being shot down during desert storm. what the military says may have happened. tragedy at a country music festival. a stage collapses, killing one person and injuring performers. some people are forced to part with fairly heirlooms. why they're trading in on family heirlooms for cold hard cash. after this. h developing news that finally gives a military family peace of mind. he was the first casualty of operation desert storm but the military couldn't find his body. 18 years after he was first reported missing the pentagon says his remains have been recovered and positively identified. captain michael swieker was shot down flying a combat mission. for the first time in nearly two decades, his family has closure. laura evans has a closer look. >> reporter: he was shot down over west central iraq in 1991. his aircraft was hitw by iraqi surface to aramis i will and crashed during the first coalition offensive war, operation desert storm. immediately after the plane down the secretary of defense went on television and announced the u.s. had suffered its first casualty. his status changed over the years from killed to missing in action to missing captured. there were text message false leads sending his family and the military through a roller coaster ride of hope and frustration. one tipped included the discovery of what some believed were his initials scratched into a wallin side an iraqi prison. in other cases there were reported sightings. his family though never gave up. from their florida home they pushed the military to do more and resolve the case. just yesterday his relatives were told that spiker's remains had been found. the 2003 invasion a loud investigators to search inside iraq. they got new information from an iraqi citizen who told them that he knew of two iraqi who recalled an american jett crashing and the remains of the pilot being buried in the desert. marines were dispatched to visit the location in the desert believed to be the crash site. admiral gary rough head made the call to the spiker family last night once the positive match was made. he issued a statement that reads in part that the navy owes a tremendous debt of gratitude to captain spiker and his family for the sacrifice they have made for our nation. in new york, laura evans, fox news. ey're still trying to find out what became of three americans arrested in iran. they detained three american tourists after they allegedly crossed the border from northern iraq. the authorities have asked for access tthe american amerts icanwe americans were hrir tpiur tny.e has been motived -- americans has been identified as joshua fatal of he will kins park, pennsylvania. a masked gunman walked into a gay club for teens and opened fire in all directions. then ran away. two people were killed and 11 others hurt. hundreds of police officers are going door-to-door looking for the gunman. investigators do not believe terrorists are lynned this attack. violent winds turn a canadian music festival into a tragedy. a storm blew down a stage in alberta killing one person and injuring 75 others. the stage collapsed as musicians billy kuring tonight and his band were performing. actor kevin costner was on stage waiting to perform for his band. he and his manager were briefly trapped beneath debris but were not hurt. two workers were killed constructing madonna's stage in france not too longing a. diamonds, precious gems and family heirlooms all up for auction? coming up, tough times forcing people to trade their treasures for cash. you may want to keep those umbrellas handy on this soggy sunday. at least part of the sunday. sue is tracking wet weather in the forecast. she's back with that and your five-day coming up next on fox 5 news at 6:00. tough times are driving some people to find income wherever they can. that means selling off the contents in their jewelry box. >> family heirlooms are up for sale. but it means big business for jewelers and auction houses. bob buckley hatz story. >> reporter: this piece has approximately 27 carats of diamonds and another carats of is a fires. maybe 25, 30% more. >> reporter: the tough times has people reaching deeper into their jewelry boxes, willing to part with heirlooms they might not ever consider selling. >> this bracelet a customer came in and were debating whether to sell. the piece was handed down from the past generation. >> reporter: like beauty, value is sometimes in the eye of the beholder. >> this piece, this is an art deco ring probably from the 20s or 30s. >> reporter: just because grandma once owned the ring doesn't mean much to the next owner. >> i cannot pay for sentimental ty. and itry to convey that to the customers. >> reporter: he doesn't have to when he has so many buying opportunities walking through the door. and he's not alone. auction houses find few things are better for business than a recession. >> every time the stock market drops art and anesthetics have always gone up. >> reporter: there is -- antiques have always gone up. >> reporter: there is a similar problem here. an appraiser's value is different than an owners. paintings that go from 5 bucks to sue which the lock's adding machine, just not at the $10 value that the auction house gave her. but for sue like many people the hope someone will find value in her old stuff springs eternal. >> the economy now certainly if somebody wants to buy something i have that i don't really value, why not? >> reporter: back in greensboro. >> i did not buy this locally. >> reporter: even though his store has a reputation for paying the most for jewelry people bring in joel knows to stay in business he has to avoid the trap of paying for someone else's sentimentality. >> when you tell people up front combaktly what you see even though -- exactly what you see, even though it's a shock they kind of understand it more. >> reporter: in hard times it's a little easier to let go of sentimentality. bob buckley, fox news. what a difference a couple hours makes. waking up to soggy and then sunny all of a sudden. >> i want to thank gwen for working this morning so i didn't have to deal with the heavy thunderstorms. >> looks like a lot has pushed out before the tornadoes were devastating. >> in fact we had three tornadoes on friday and more bad weather i frederick today. they had to have been scared because around thur mont and wolfsville, dozens and dozens of trees down from this morning's storm. that was the big story in frederick. hundreds of trees and very bad damage in particular around the whiskey creek golf course in frederick county. the capital, fairly dry. that's not to say we may not get a spotty shower later on tonight. with the bulk of the rain this day is done. let's start with max hd radar. we have spotty showers that might pulse up and give you 5 or 10 minutes worth of rain. we're not seeing much lightning. they're spotty into fairfax. you might have something here or there for the next several hours because we have a front nats going to come through. a couple o spotty showers in anne a run dal and prince georges county. a bigger activity is crossing the bay toward cambridge. watch out at the beaches. you may get one more round later today. you can see it later on max hd true view. we chase this bigger cluster over to the eastern shore, moving east at about 10 miles per hour. that will have heavy downpours and lightning. our frontal system way back here. notice just north of cumberland there is still just a little bit of activity. the front will come through around midnight and after that happens that will shut off the moisture chances. we may be dealing with fog tonight. let's check out our max hd headlines. that's been a crazy day. but the front krozing around -- crossing around midnight will end it. only isolated storms expected monday and tuesday but as long as it stays this hot and this humid, we can't eliminate them from the forecast. but it won't be nearly as busy on monday and tuesday. our better chances for storms this week will be wednesday and thursday. the atmosphere will still be juiced up but we'll have a trigger which will be a frontal system which will be approaching. speaking of those tornadoes i wanted to show you the reports confirmed in frederick, both of them ef 1 tornadoes near ijamsville. the second was a little stronger, all ball road to the whiskey creek golf course, it did intensify. both had a two and a half mile wide path, about 350 yards in diameter so tab letter road -- tabler road into whiskey creek, a lot of trees down. 82 degrees now. here's your forecast for tonight. isolated storms, areas of fog late, temperature 70 degrees overnight. we start our first full week of august on a partly sunny and warm ne. our temperature around 88 degrees with isolated chances for afternoon storms. got to be good news for the legg mason ten i cans classic. main activity out to our east. and this frontal system which will swing through around midnight will eventually get to the east and stall out. it will become a stationary front. on the eastern shore and at the beaches your chance of having a thunderstorm is a little bit better than the rest of us tomorrow. otherwise most of us just isolated storms under those partly sunny skies. here is your five-day forecast. going for 88 degrees for tomorrow under partly sunny skies. we bump it up to 92 on tuesday. still humid, still dog day like. we'll be howling at that forecast. then we increase to better chances of thunderstorms on wednesday, thursday and friday. by better i mean not everybody sees them. 30, 40% chance in the afternoon but i bet wednesday night into thursday may be habit more active because of the front coming on through. here's one way to bring in customers. a drive-through coffee shop in cal camp serving up a special lend -- in california serving up a special blend. the bikini clad baristas show an increase in sales. most of customers are men. but the shop has problems with customers who like the baristas just a little too much. >> those guys you got to shake off, you got to laugh and say, i'm just here working at a job. i'm not a stripper. >> reporter: despite its popularity not everyone is a fan. some say the bikinis are inappropriate. i am say if it's working for it. >> it's like coffee with milk and a tease. coming up in sports, feldy is live at redskins training camp on the other side of the break. how are you doing. we're going to check in with compton chaos. chris cool i, the two-time pro bowler talks about jason campbell and how good he thinks the skins will be as the "news edge" at 6:00 continues. weere just tracking a y.bang cluster of storms i want to let you know a tornado warnin en ue ibed sson eassued on th bestrne shore for outhern dorchester coun and n weermistcoouwico cyco unl 7:00. there isa sever e thunderstorm there. there mayer be at ab m21ouiles t ou mes s esa t ulh eastwould be 13 miles of cove point m m pil25 eresurlo . m25 pes hour. watch out around vienna. this tornado warning goes until 7:00. the safest place if you feel likee picking up or 'rgou yin up or you're in the path of the storm get to the lowest level of your home or if you don't havea basement, ge clotsm inwsdon o the interior of ou r home. again that's upperr dorchester and wicomico tadoor a tthdoese storms havend these storms have had a history of rove tating. feldy i'm glad that you are safely out of redskins park. no warnings for you tonight other than heat warnings. >> reporter: thafrnlgsz suv. it is hot and humid but the -- thanks, suv. it is hot and humid. haines worth is going to get an injection in the knee but it's nothing serious. carlos rogers and ed i williams missed the prtice. captain chaos as two time pro bowler. it's hard to believe that he's already coming up on his sixth nfl season. >> it's gone super fast. i've loved t everything has been great here. if it was my first year i would give you a politically correct interview today. i would be a nice quiet kid out of utah but. >> that's not y any more. >> i'm excited to be here. comfortable. hang out with you. >> reporter: did you know you led all tight ends inyac, yards after the catch? >> to be honest the previous couple years, al saunders was a big record guy so he would remind me all about my yac statistics. obviously, i know i'm pretty good in yacs. i'd like to make more catches down the field and help the offense in any way i can. >> reporter: how was jason doing? much was made about all he went through. >> i think jason is so far past the off season. he's moved into winning games and what it will take for him as a quarterback to lead this offense and do everything that he can as a leader to win football gachltz he's doing a great job. he's taking charge out in the huddle. we've been able to talk about where we want to go with the offense. and a lot of that is because of jason. >> reporter: can you get a sense of how good you guys could be? >> you know what dave i sat down that team meeting room and we started talking as a a team and i looked at todd yoder and i said, hey, does this feel like something special to you? and he's been a part of a super bowl team and the atmosphere of being back here he said you know what? it feels like something really special is happening here. so i think there is a ton of enthusiasm. i think there is so much excitement around this place. we really ra great team. guys know what it's going to take and we'll look forward to the season. pirates, top of the 7th, nats trail 2-1. willingham hitless changes that. a 2-run home run. and the nats republic 3-2. three later, gonzales with a shot down the baseline. a fan gets a souvenir. a ground rule double. belliard scores nats defeat the pirates 5-3. orioles were out slugged by red sox 18-10. tacoma former maryland golf coach stole the show. his approach lands on the green and stops within 7 feet. blows a kiss to the groud. he would make the birdie to shoot a 65. fred funk wins and tiger woods does too. back to you guys in the studio, i'm dave feldman. >> five seconds left. tornado warning. >> tornado warning. wicomico dorcheerer :0 l see you tonight at 10:00. l meom