80s. Is the humidity coming back. It felt like there was a little moisture in the air today. A little more humid. We have a couple of showers. Wait until you see the fiveday forecast t will be fantastic around here, i mean really nice by friday and saturday. Mix of sun and clouds to start your day. A couple of light sprinkles and showers off to the south and southwest. 67degrees at reagan national. 63 in baltimore. 65 in owe someone city and 69 in fredericksburg. Our daytime highs yesterday were only in the 70s and with more sunshine today, we should top out in the 80s. All right. Here is what is going on. Low pressure off to the north and east dragging some rain up towards boston and the upper level low is currently spinning back here in washington. Can you see a couple of showers off to our south and west. I dont really think that most of us will see anything more than passing clouds for the morning and then some sunshine this afternoon. It is possible there will be a few showers out there during the course of the day. Out to the west, out towards chicago, that is a cold front that will get in here later tomorrow and set us up for what will be a great looking weekend. A lot of sunshine with warmer temperatures by saturday and sunday. Mix of sun and clouds. More sunshine this afternoon. Could be a few brief showers, 82 for your afternoon high. Sounds like fall is starting to creep in. It is actually. I can feel it. Lets check in with julie wright and get a look at traffic. Nope, im saying no to fall. Not ready for it. Just say no. Exactly. On the roads right now, we are deeping with repaving. You will find it in northeast washington. For those coming inbound along new york avenue this morning, this is where theyre busy doing the roadwork at bladensburg. They have the two right lanes tied up right now. Here is one of the work trucks that stopped here in the roadway. It is repaving with a delay from south dakota avenue according to callers. Inbound new york avenue right now, only one lane is available as you squeeze by to the left working your way past the exxon and checkers continuing inbound towards the brentwood parkway. An early start to the commute in northeast washington that is already slowmoving. All lanes are open continuing through Silver Spring on the top stretch of the beltway. We do have reports of an accident possibly involving a pedestrian 355 and middleburg road in germantown. Thats a check of your fox 5 ontime traffic. Our top story this morning, a day of yard work takes a tragic turn in virginia as a teenager was shocked by a power line and killed while trimming a neighbors tree. It happened around 7 00 last night on barrett street in fairfax. Investigators say a tree branch fell on a power loon. He went out doing what he loved. You know, he passed away doing something that was his passion. We always recommend people stay at least 10 feet away from power lines when theyre working. When in you out to the, they should consult an expert. Neighbors say the boy was getting ready to start his senior year at fairfax high school. Now to a story that you are only going to see on fox 5. It was a frightening trip home for a 1yearold boy on his first day school. Jeremy glover was told to hop a ride home on a van contracted by the School System because the department of transportation yellow bus that brought limb to school was apparently late, something the School System now denies. That driver reportedly detoured from his original route and dropped glover off at his home two hours late. Police are now awaiting autopsy results to try to figure out the cause of death for a woman in virginia but theyre investigating this as a murder. Early monday more than, crews were called to a burning shed near balls bluff road in leases lesaburg and when they got there, they found the body. The woman was identified as 52 yearold core feel Cornelia Marie arnold. Washington times getting a new own are but the editor says another company affiliated with the old owner is buying the paper. This comes as the times is facing tough financial problems. There are new developments in the race for mayor. Mayor fenty hoping to shake things up by getting thousands more voters involved in the race but his main competitor, Council Chair vince gray says not so fast. Stacy cohan joins us live with more. Reporter good morning. There will be a big decision for the board of elects today. They are holding a special meeting here at 8 30 this morning and the question is whether or not they are willing to make a change in the rules so close to primary election day. Now, the leading candidates in this very tight race health a debate last night at a local synagogue. Mayor adrian fenty believes that all nonaffiliated voters, which means those that have not registered as a republican or a democrat should have a voice in the primary race. Now, Council Chair and, of course, chief opponent, vince gray, says the mayor is running scared. I think it is safe to say there are probably independents who would support us but there are probably independents who would support other candidates as well. I think he is obviously very concerned. If you feel like youve got to bring people in that arent in at this stage, that clearly shows concern and worry to me. Reporter this is no small issue in a very tight race. 73,000 registered voterses in this city are registered as independents. Meaning they cannot currently vote in the september 14th primary. Board of elects holding a special meeting to make a ruling on this particular issue. Board of elects holding a special meeting to make a ruling on this particular issue. There were primary elaxs around the count entertainment senator john mccain is the winner of the primary in arizona. He had the endorsement of sarah palin and he had moved to the right on issues such as immigration to beat his opponent who had the backing of the tea party. In florida, attorney general Bill Mccollum lot of to rick scott in the race for governor. The results from alaska are still inconclusive. Joe miller is winning by a couple thousand votes. If you want all the results, can you go to myfoxdc. Com. Another story we are following this morning, an attempted terror attack overseas at a military barracks. Well check more headlines coming up. Stay with us. When the stage is set. And the cast has been gathered. When the curtain rises. And the spotlight is yours. Having a strong signal at your back. Is like having invisible power everywhere. Because in that moment. Youre not there to take up space. Youre there to fill the room. Rule the air. Verizon. Right now, buy a blackberry smartphone and get a second one free. Like the bold. Only at verizon. A virginia lawyer is in trouble with the law arrested on child pornography charges. Police say joshua guessler met a 15yearold runaway girl, took pictures of a sexual nature and transmitted those pictures electronically. We are getting word of a terror attack in north africa overnight a suicide bomber tried to drive a truck loaded with explosives into an army barracks. He was shot and killed when he refused to stop. The truck blew up outside of the barracks and damaged several buildings but nobody was hurt. This comes after two spanish aid workers were released by al qaeda in that nation. A fastmoving grass fires ignites a string of homes in under oregon. Residents there forced to evacuate as they watched their houses go up in flames. In all, 11 homes were destroyed, two more damaged. Now, good news, no injuries reported. The cause of this fire still under investigation. Coming up, a rare scene involving a fire called i fire tornado. Well explain what this is all about coming up. Cooler temperatures, weve got 60s across the area. Kind of a mix of sun and clouds in the forecast today. Ill have all the details and julie wright will be in with a look at your ontime traffic coming up in just a few short minutes. think everything tastes better in the summer. My grandparents, they had a huge garden, with tomatoes and cucumbers and green beans. Nothing beats the taste of fruits and vegetables in the summer. Theyre juicier. More colorful. Theyre perfect. Thats why at giant, youll find farmstand quality fruits and vegetables, at prices youll love. This week, enjoy summer berries, 2 for 4, and tomatoes on the vine, 1. 77 a pound. My grandfather would be very proud, and that works for me. Celebrate summer, every time you shop with your giant card. It is tough to see what were looking at out there. Still dark this morning but the temperature are nice, in the 60s in most places this morninle. It even felt, dare i say, a little bit cool. Just a little bit. I actually fielded several complaints that was too cool yesterday. You fielded complaints. Yes, people were complaining that it was too cool. People will complain about everything. Not everybody is ready for fall. Take a look at this. This is a fire tornado caught on camera in brazil. Can you see the whirlwind of flames spiraling up into the sky. This was sparked by severe drought, brushfires and strong winds to prevoant more of the socalled fire tornadoes, authorities are for bidding farmers from burning waste from their sugar cane fields. People arm actually complaining. I was hearing it was too cool. Wait until you see the fiveday forecast. We have a couple of opportunities for a taste of fall. Some downright cool weather by friday night and saturday morning. It will be in the 50s aross the area. That will feel cold. Its ain the going to feel cold. It will feel fantastic. Were looking south and southwest mere down towards fredericksburg. I have abeen watching this very light little band of rain. Have you to look very carefully. It is down south and southwest of fredericksburg. Nothing more than a few 100ths of an inch of rain. As we get into the afternoon hours, well start to see ore and more sunshine. Lets talk about the temperature trend. Trend trend will be to warm up the temperatures. Our daytime high yesterday was only 75 degrees. Lets push on to max 2 and take a look at our temperature trend and there we go. 82 our forecast high later today so our highs yesterday were in the 70s. 84 tomorrow. Friday, 81. Well have a cool morning on saturday morning. Then well warm up for the weekend. Can you see the next couple days, temperatures actually going to be right at or slightly below where we should be this time of year. Back to 66 now in washington. That is very comfortable start. Gaithersburg, 64, good morning to you. Quantico, 65. Fredericksburg, you are 69 degrees. 63 as we start the morning in culpeper. Very comfortable start to the day. Mostly cloudy yesterday. I think today will start with clouds and finish the day with more sunshine and just a couple of light sprinkles in the forecast. Maybe a shower here to the south during the morning hours. There is the cloud cover. Area of low pressure pushing off to the north and east. Out across the washington area, this is the upper level low. Still got to wait for this to get through here. It will later today. Well see more and more sunshine build in with the northwest winds later today. Any shower activity as mentioned shouldnt amount to much. Out to the west, see the gray area in michigan. That is the cold front that will get in here tomorrow. That will give is a really nice start to the weekend. Friday, saturday and sunday should be bright and sunny with very comfortable temperatures here to start the weekend. 82 this afternoon. Mix of sun and a little bit of cloudiness to start the day with a couple of light showers or sprinkles possible. Tomorrow night, 84. That frontal system gets through here thursday afternoon and sets us up for a goodbeing look start to the weekend. Friday, 81. Saturday, 84. Overnight lows saturday morning, upper 50s even here in town. That is a look at the forecast. Lets get to ontime traffic and julie wright has got the latest for you. See, there is other people complaining about the weather and im in the even one of the ones who called you yesterday. Youre right on about that. I was expecting many calls from you. Yeah, but you never answer. On the roads, you will find lanes are open in each direction down south at the wilson bridge. No problems to report along that stretch. Coming inbound new york avenue, theyve been busy doing some repaving here at bladensburg road. Delays are beginning at south dakota avenue and traffic is just trickling by here single file to the left. So an early start to a slowdown inbound new york avenue trying to get from northeast to northwest. Rhode island avenue open for business. This is a good alternate route for you. Kenilworth avenue looks great traveling south of 50. No incidents to report in college park. This is the beltway at route one. Traffic flowing freely as you travel between greenbelt and landover. Thats a check of your fox 5 ontime traffic. Thank you. The head of Montgomery County schools is on his way out. Dr. Jerry weast says he will retire at the end of this school year. John henrehan find found out why he is giving up his position. Reporter as volunteer as seam belled School Supply backpacks in anticipation of classes starting on monday in Montgomery County, the systems superintendent came by to cheer on the efforts. Hi how are you . Reporter jerry weast has headed Montgomery County schools for the past 11 years and he has now told the board of. Indication, he is wearying of 16hour days gentleman i have grown weary of long meetings and many meetings. It just comes with 35 years. Reporter by most measures, weasts tenure has been a spectacular success. He poured resources into the Elementary Schools and n. The lower part of the country where a heavy immigrant population resides and test scores there over the years have risen sharply. At the high school level, just last week, the School District learned its graduating class of 2010 Beat National and state averages on the act College Entrance exams. Education week says Montgomery County maryland has the highest Graduation Rate in the country among big School Districts. Weast has sometimes annoyed elected leaders with his relentless lobbying for education expenditures. So a budget is about getting through this valley without hammering those kids. Im not sure were going to be able to do it this time. Reporter but the teachers june liked jerry weast what would you give him as a grade over the 11 years to date. I would say b plus, a minus. I think he has been a very good strength superintendent. Reporter jerry weast says after fin you being this school year, he may take a sabbatical and look for other educational work. I want to leave while im still hungry for education and our School System is thrivingened growing. Reporter the school board will probably begin the search for jerry weasts replacement early next year. Montgomery county has the largest School System in maryland with about 142,000 students. It is the 16th largest in the united states. We still have plenty ahead on fox 5 morning news. Here is a look at what we are woking on for later today. More bad news for the Housing Market. Still not a good time to sell your house. Any hope of recovery . That is in our business beat. Well recap the wins and lose ares in yesterdays primary and well set the stage for our upcoming primaries. At 00, the worst fast food kids meals actually nutrition expert joins us live and well anterior from at least one of of the fast food chains on that list. At 8 00. Security concerns involving d. C. Schools and government buildings. Why the entire d. C. Council is calling for a change. Were coming back after the break. This droid has evolved to do even more. Now it integrates your work email, so you can be hooked up to everything you need to do. Now it does 1 ghz speed on a more intuitive keyboard. Turning you into an instrument of efficiency. Introducing the new droid 2 by motorola. Part of the next generation of does. Is. There are some security conditions in the district after the city council is opposing the mayors plan to renew a contract with security guards at d. C. Schools. As paul wagner reports, it is not just security that the council is concerned about. Reporter u. S. Security associates bills itself as the most trusted Security Company in the business. But the 1 elected members of the the d. C. City council say she have lost confidence in the georgiabased firm and want a change n a letter to the districts chief procurement officers, the Council Members complain u. S. Security associate as a history of questionable conduct and discrimination complaints including two lawsuits by the equal Employment Opportunity commission. A recent 2. 5 million jury verdict for Sexual Harassment and retaliation as well as sizable wage and hour litigation. We want to make sure that the types of security that is being provided in our buildings is the best of the best. We want to make sure that the agencies, just like with other contracts, have in place qualified companies to protect our citizens and visitors. I think it does make sense to have a review of this on the basis of what ive heard. You know, i mean this company has not worked very well for the people of the district of columbia. Reporter attorney general peter nick om says he is aware of the councils concerns and is now conducting a review of the company and the contract. My understanding is that, since the security lapses and then the training, there have been no additional security lapses. So i want to test that to see whether, in fact, that has been the case. Reporter nichols says back in may, they used ways to get objects into buildings. Paul wag enter, fox 5 news. Two Council Members tell us that they dont know about the issue to comment on camera. The letter from the council was first brought to our ascension sngs by the union that represents security guards. Attorney general nichols says he will decide in a few weeks if the councils concerns have merit and terminate the contract. We have much more still ahead this morning. Reporter there are last minute legal maneuvers in the tight race for the d. C. Mayor. I will have a live report coming up on fox morning news. T were back at 5 30 on this wednesday morning. There is more traffic now. There wasnt a whole lot at 40 but an hour later, there you go. 14th street bridge, traffic starting to pick up as people try to make their way into work. Temperature pretty good outside too. Not too bad this morning. As with yesterday morning, temperatures comfortable in the 60s in much of the area. Well have a warmer day today though and Madeleine Albright a sprinkle here or there. Not too bad. Lets start with the current temperatures being reported around the region. Here in the district, it is 66 degrees. Relative humidity, 84 . Winds are out of the northwest at 7 Miles Per Hour so a cool, comfortable start to the day. Here is a look at the satellite radar. We have a couple of clouds here and there across the region this morning but were going to see a definitely more sunshine today than we saw yesterday and not too bad. There are some showers down to the south as you might expect. We will see i wont seen say we will see. There is the possibility of a sprinkle or shower here or there today but again, i think most folks will be dry. No one is going to be washed out or anything like that. So you just want to be aware that that is a possibility. Dont be surprised if it happens. Here is your forecast for today. Well see partly sunny skies, warmer than it was yesterday. Highs into the low 80s. 80 in germantown. Waldorf, 81 for your high. Fredericksburg, 86789 here in the district, 8 as well. That is a quick look at the weather. Lets take a look at traffic now with julie. It has been lingering construction tying p our commute through northeast washington this morning coming inbound along new york avenue as you approach the traffic until there at bladensburg road. Only the left lane is able to get through. We just spoke to dd. O. T. And they will check to see how much longer this crew is out there in your way. Callers are already reporting slow traffic from south dakota avenue and that is a typical delay back in the 7 00 hour. Very unusual and very slow inbound new york avenue and there is part of the construct equipment there with traffic skis part of the Construction Equipment there with traffic squeezing by single file to the left. Thats a check of your fox 5 ontime traffic. Thank you. Taking a look at our top stories now. Fairfax high school will be mourning the loss of a student today. The 17yearold was electrocuted last night as he was trying to chop down a neighbors tree. It happened about 7 00 on barrett street in fairfax. Investigators say a tree branch fell against some power lines and that in turn shocked the teenager. He died a short time later at the hospital. Neighbors describe him as the area handy man. They say he cut lawns, trimmed trees and they say he had a fascination with all things electric. He went out doing what he loved. You know, he passed away doing something that was his passion. He would do anything for anybody. That is the real sad part about it. He was a great kid. Officials recommend people stay at least 10 feet away from power lines when theyre working and when in doubt, always consult an expert. Now ache story you will only see on fox 5. A harrowing ordeal for a boy in the district whose ride home on the first day of school was anything but smooth. The department of transportation yellow bus that brought 12yearold Jeremy Glover to school on monday morning was reportedly late to pick him up so School Transportation officials put him on a van contracted by the School System but that driver detoured from his original route and ended up dropping jeremy off at his home two hours late. The bus driver has since been taken off dcps routes. The School System insists that the yellow bus because on time. Ed a Murder Investigation under way in virginia. Early monday morning, crews were called it a burning she had near balls bluff road in leesburg and when they got there, they found a womans body. The woman has been identified as 52yearold cornelia arnold. Police say they are not ruling anyone out as a suspect. They are interviewing friends, relatives and neighbors. New this morning, a deal to sell the washington times. Executive editor of the times says the newspapers owner has a preliminary agreement to sell the paper but the deal wont be finalized for another 30 days. Another big story we are following, d. C. s primary election is right around the corner. The race for mayor is starting to heat up. An ann usual move by mayor fenty to try on get thousands mother voters involve in the race is not sitting well with his close competitor, Council Chair vincent gray. Stacy cohan has all the details. Reporter those thousands are many thousands, 73,000 to be exact. That is how many votes could come into play depending on what happens at a special board of elections meeting that will be held in just a couple of hours. Mayor adrian fenty wants to see the unaffiliated voters allowed to cast a vote in the primary election. The issue came up last night at this debate. I can tell you that this unaffiliated voter issue as a big one considering the number of people in play. That is a considerably large voting block. Unaffiliated simply means the voter has not chosen to register as a democrat or as a republican. And those votes could certainly play a significant role in what has unfolded to be a very tight race. Our attorneys want to get a clarification on whether or not the law that the council passed, whether that allows people who are eat either independent or havent declared any party at all to register as democrats before the election. Well, i think it is a very inappropriate thing to do. I cant imagine that the board of elections and ethics at this point would begin changing rules. Reporter for you the board of elects and ethics did recently change rules to comply with new election laws and they allowed voter to go ahead and register with either party up to august 14th, 0 days before the primary election f you didnt make that deadline, as law stands currently, you were not permitted to cast a ballot. We will see what their decision is when all parties meet here around 8 30 this morning. Back to you. Thank you. It was primary day across the country. John mccain the winner of the primary in arizona. In alaska, joe miller backed by sarah palin is practically even with the incompany bpt senator. In florida, rick scott beat the establishment candidate Bill Mccollum to win the republican nod in the governors race. In the florida race for senate, kendrick beak beat jeff green to become the democratic candidate while, as we mentioned ineries, john mccain held off a challenge by Tea Party Favorite j. D. Hayworth. I promise you republicans an independents who voted for me and those who did not, i will do my best to prove worthy of the honor. I have never and will never take your support for granted or feel i am entitled to your trust without earning it. Also nominating contests in verdict rear and oklahoma. If you would like to check the results, you can do so online at myfoxdc. Com. In vermont and oklahoma. A surprise for a doctor. Could he have been shot in the head years ago and in the known about it. A woman doing something unthinkable to a cat. We are checking more headlines coming up. What is if rd reports from capetown say four children were injured when a train hit a van taking the kid to school this morning. The van driver drove around a closed crossing gate just before it was struck by that train. Lindsay lohan is out of rehab according to radar online. The actress was sent home in a show offered limousine after spending 22 days in rehab. She was originally sentenced to 90 days if jail followed by 90 days in rehab. Nuts reports claim news reports claim that she will continue outpatient treatment for two days a week. Caught on camera, a woman petting a cat and throwing that cat into i trash can. That british woman is now under arrest for animal cruelty and the video has gone viral. The cats owner unstalled a surveillance am rae. The cat was trapped for 15 hours. Good news is here that it was rescued. A man in germany realizes he has a bullet in his head five years later. From the xray, can you clearly see the bullet in the pack of his head. The 5yearold man was having pain. He thought maybe it was a cyst. The doctors told him it was a bullet. He said he kind of remembered getting hid in the head at a knew years party in 2004 but he said he was so drunk he forgot about it. Coming up more tough times for the economy. Well take a look at the Housing Market and wall street. Bad well check some with tony for the forecast. Temperatures in the middle 60s in most places. Well be right back. Whats all this . Big news we have another way to help you save. Oh, really . How . By bundling. If you get your homeowners and Auto Insurance together, we give you even more savings. Ooh big bundle. [ chuckling ] home and auto together. Its like Peanut Butter and jelly. Oh, or like burgers and fries. Or pickles and ice cream. Unicorns and glitter no . Bundling to save you more. Now, thats progressive call or click today. Seniors. 66 degrees on this wednesday morning. There is our nations capital. Much better situation here than what they are facing in chicago where another algottor has been captured in the chicago river. A reptile expert caught the three foot long gator in the north branch of the river. The frigid chicago waters too cold for the gators to maintain their 85degree body temperature. This is in the same area where experts fished out another gator just two week ago. They think that people are keeping them as pets and then discarding them a couple of them showing up in the chicago area. Okay. Dont want to see that. No, certainly dont. What we do want to see are nice temperatures an we are seeing them out there this morning. Yeah, later on today, well see temperatures closer to normal. Yesterday, we topped out at 75 degrees. That is 10 degrees below normal. Today, we will certainly be warmer but it is not going to be a brutally hot day or anything like that. Want to start this weather cast by showing you hd radar. We keep mentioning a couple of showers here and tre. We have look, the radar is mostly clear. You got to look closely down 95 south of fredericksburg seeing a little bit of shower activity just along 95 and to the west of 95. That is it. Nothing in the washington area. That is all that is showing up on the radar right now. That perfectly shows you what we are talking about. A couple of stray showers here and there during the course of the morning and perhaps during the course of the day today as well. Here is a look at the satellite radar composite for the region as we go to the graphics. We want it see the cloud cover that we have over the area. Reagan national right now reporting mostly cloudy skies. Well continue to deal with this through the morning. Well mix it up and get some sunshine working in here as well. The nearest precipitation well down to the south. Current temperatures around the region, quite comfortable, primarily in the 60s. 66degrees here in the district. Annapolis is at 67. Gaithersburg, 64. Manassas, 63. Fredericksburg, 68 degrees, not bad at all for the start of your day. Here is your surface map. Here what is is going on. A couple of morning showers are possible here and there. Were really between two systems right now. Next system will be this cold front. We showed it to you yesterday, still scheduled to come through here on thursday. The main thing that it is going to do is bring a few clouds. That is about it in terms of changing our sky conditions. We dont expect there to be any rain with it. It is going to bring in cooler and drier air and set us up for a nice start to the weekend. I think friday and saturday will be railroad nice. Mix of sun and clouds today. A few hours possible here and there. Nothing major. 82degrees for your high. Fiveday forecast, tomorrow is thursday. And as we said, sunshine but a couple of clouds coming through as the front comes through, 846789 temperature drops a little bit friday, 81. Sunny, low humidity. Look at your overnight lows friday into saturday. Upper 50s for your low. Saturday, sunny and 84. By sunday, we get back up into the upper 80s with more humidity. That is the way things are looking with our weather. Now, lets find out what is happening with traffic. We go to julie wright for that. Busy commute now in northeast washington. We spoke with dd. O. T. They are sending a crew out there to find out how long this construction crew plans on being in our way this morning. They are busy doing some repaving out there near bladensburg road. The cones are still in place here. This is where theyve been doing all the work along the right half of the highway. Caller tell us new york avenue is already slow from south dakota avenue headed up to the traffic light here at bladensburg. This is a tea lay we normally find in the 7 00 hour. So to find it at this time, highly unusual and unfortunately frustrating for those trying to get from northeast to northwest. Benning road to h street getting through northeast and rhode island avenue but keep in mind being rhode island avenue, were still deal with the water main break between 16th street and franklin. That is tying up the right side of highway. All of your lanes are open. No problems to report south on 270 although the pace is slowing and approaching 109. Thats a check of your fox 5 ontime traffic. Thank you. South the 787 billion stimulus package passed last year now costs 814. That is 27 bill wrong more than originally expected. Ten week before midterm elections, republicans using the latest next numbers to criticize democrats. Those numbers are stoking fears of a double dip recession. Yesterdays depressing housing reported and the bad Unemployment Rate weighed on investors on wall street. The economy is becoming more of a political issue. Not a good time to sell your house. Things just keep getting worse. Sales of previously owned homes in july plunged across the country 27 . That is largest monthly drop since 1968. Monthly sales are at their lowest level in 15 years and that sent the stock market into a slide on tuesday. The Economic News also added more fuel to a fiery war of words between the republican leader and the house of representatives and the white house. Today, im going to propropose five actions that president obama should take immediately to break this economic uncertainty. Reporter during a speech in leaf land, representative john boehner urged president obama to work with congress to renew tax cuts that will expire at advisors. The year and to fire president obama should ask for and accept the rei go nations of the remaining numbers of his Economic Team starting with secretary geithner and larry summers, the head of the National Exec council. Reporter the white house fired back. Boehner would fire the very people who helped to make the tough decisions, who helped to do the hard work to get our economy moving in the right direction again. Weve seen this move before, mr. Boehner. Weve seen it before and we know how it ends. The American People deserve something did you have rent and something better. Raising taxes on families and Small Businesses during a recession is a recipe for disaster for both our economy and for our deficit, period, end of story. Reporter laura evans, fox 5 news. Congresses is expected to take up the tax cut issue when lawmaker return next movement. Before you hit the fast food drivethrough with your kids be a report that could change your mind about what you purchase. Still ahead the worst fast food kids meals when it comes to hoaght. More swrury concerns for the redskins, this time with quarterback donovan mcnabb. Is he going to miss fridays game . Well hear from coach shanahan. More injury concerns for the redskins. I do the cooking, the, shuttling the kids around. I pay the bills, and i want to know im getting the best bang for my buck. Use your giant card and earn one gas rewards point for every dollar you spend. Every 100 points means another 10 cents off per gallon at shell. And this week, buy any three of these Household Essentials and earn an extra 200 points on top of what youre already earning. I rely on the card, both for groceries and for the gas rewards program. It saves me a lot of money, and that works for me. Check this weeks circular and earn gas rewards, only with your giant card. Donovan mcnabb will sit out fridays preown game against the jets due to a sprain sprained left ankle. Monday, he wore a walking boot in the morning, an air cast in the afternoon. Yesterday, the ankle was wrapped. He is scheduled to talk with the media later today so well find out a little bit more. Here was coach shanahan had to say. You know, there is nothing you can do about it. Somebody sprains an ankle, he sprained an ankle. It is quite sore. I dont think he could go for his regular season game so he is going to rehab it and hopefully get it better. Baseball now. The nationals have fillly placed Stephen Strasburg on the 15day disabled list with a right forearm flexor strain. That move is retroactive to august nd. He was pulled in the fifth inning on saturday after throwing that pitch. The move is red i retroactive to august 22nd. Washington mystics getting ready for their home playoff opener tonight against the atlanta dream. The mystics the number one seed in the east thanks to a six game winning streak. Coach julie plarch and her team all ready for action. Extremely excited to be if the playoff as the number one seed. A tremendous accomplishment for our o, our fans, our team and we have to be ready to go. Atlanta is an Excellent Team but we are excited to have home court advantage. And advantage on the scoreboard as well. Both teams looking for their first trip to the wnba finals. Straight ahead, a look at all your top stories plus your commute and weather. Well be right back in two minutes