? i am i going to be on? >> yes. >> it's the mayan calendar. the world is coming to an end. i can explain it. >> tucker? why are you -- >> it will feel good after yesterday. >> well, today will not feel great but it will feel better. we'll get better in stages here. today will be better than yesterday. today, we'll have a lot of clouds around. a better chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and again, some of the strongs could be on the -- storms could be on the strong side later today. 82 in baltimore. before a lot of heat and humidity. just not cooling off overnight. temperatures are not terribly pleasant for 5:00 in the morning. a nice wet blanket as you step outside this morning. high temperatures today, low to mid-90s. a much better chance of storms today than the last couple of days. >> the rain will feel good. >> i would actually stand under the rain right now. >> are you saying i need to put the top up on my car. >> we'll get someone out there. >> hey, julie brown, good morning to you. julie wright, i did it again. downtown julie brown. >> i feel like i should do wubba, wubba or something. i find it funny, will. i really do. >> it is funny. >> i'm dating myself. >> he is going back to his mtv days. >> all right. on the roads, you will find that your lanes are open. i know tucker is talking about the heat and how it will change this affect with the rain. but right now, our dry pavement. it doesn't look too bad leaving college park leaving university boulevard. all of our lanes are open. in great shape coming in out of laurel. if you are heading out of town for a beach weekend or a beach week, then i suggest you leave now while the traffic volume is working in your favor. no problems to report if you are in virginia off of 95. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. fur. an update new on breaking news from overnight. in prince george's county, a police officer shot a man shortly after 1:00 this morning. it happened in the 5700 block of cold street in fairmont heights. investigators are not telling us exactly what led to the shooting. the man's injuries are said to be nonlife-threatening. now to breaking news overseas. taliban fighters attack a hotel in afghanistan. police say 17 people were killed in the 12-hour siege. five taliban insurgents stormed the hotel north of kabul armed with machine guns, rocket- propelled grenades and explosive vests. twelve of the dead are civilians including several hotel guards. all of the attackers were killed. university of virginia president theresa sullivan is calling for civility in the ongoing saga surrounding her forced resignation. sullivan announced she was stepping down about two weeks ago after leaders of the uva board told her they had enough votes to force her out. since then, the campus has been in an uproar. sullivan yesterday asked that people stop abusive behavior toward the interim president, members. the board and building on campus. members of the board will meet next tuesday to consider reinstating sullivan as president. jury deliberation are under way in the sex abuse trial against former penn state football coach jerry sandusky. day two is expected to begin later on this morning. shortly after jurors got the case yesterday, we learned shocking evidence. matthew sandusky, the former coach's adopted son, came forward saying his father sexually abused him years ago. because the evidence surfaced after the jurors got the case yesterday, they will not be able to respond to it. it was the deadliest crash in metro's history. >> three years ago today, nine people were killed when a red line train heading for the fort totten metro station collided with another train. fox 5's lauren demarco is live in northeast with details on how people are marking this anniversary. >> reporter: good morning. this mark the third anniversary of metro's deadliest crash, as you said. today, d.c. mayor vincent gray will come out to unveil a new memorial plaque to honor both the victims and the first responders. it is just over my shoulder here at the new hampshire avenue bridge which overlooks the crash site. following the crash, loved ones create a makeshift shrine but everyone acknowledges that was not a proper memorial. the plaque has already been placed inside the fort totten metro station but you need to pay to get inside to see that up close. mayor vincent gray is also manning a memorial park and garden for the future. you will recall two red line trains crashed on june 22nd, 2009 between fort totten and takoma park. the nine people killed included one train operator, 08 were also injured. the spokesperson for the national transportation safety board has said that since the accident, metro has been more receptive to its recommendations. we all know there are still problems from time to time. nothing like we saw back in 2009. metro has increased safety measures and staff since then. after that memorial park and garden, the plans are in the works. the family members were disagreeing with community members here because they wanted to create a park and guard innocent woods here behind the bridge. community member were concerned about crime and also issues with prostitution in the area and didn't want to encourage that. the city administrator has released a statement. he said: he said: we are hoping to hear whether mayor vincent gray has an update on that when he speaks later this morning at 10:00 a.m. metro has spent millions of dollars and several years working to make the fixes recommended by the ntsb following the crash. where does safety on metro stabbed now? metro's general manager richard sarles will join us live at 8:30 this morning. in sports, king james final hi has his crown. lebron james and the miami heat are nba champions. they had a dominating performance last night. they slammed the oklahoma city thunder 121-106 to take the series in five games. lebron james was named the series mvp. miami's second title in six years but the first for lebron james. the reason he went down there to the miami heat. this is what he was looking for and he got it. >> he got t. as we continue, tragedy on mount rainier after a park ranger falls during a mission to rescue injured climbers. more on that story just ahead. the interrogation tapes in the trayvon martin case are released. what do they reveal about george zimmerman's story to police. we are checking more headlines coming up. a mount rainier national park ranger dies while trying to rescue four injured climbers who fell on a glacier. yesterday afternoon, ranger nick hall was preparing the climbs are to be taken off the cascade range peak when they slid more than 300 feet. hall was unresponsive when rangers tried to contact him. when they reached him several hours later, he had already died. three of the four climbers were lifted off the mountain. one had to wait overnight while waiting out a severe storm. we are hearing george zimmerman's account of what happened on the night he shot trayvon martin. he spoke with police on the day after the shooting and told them his version of events. he says he saw martin walking around the sanford, florida neighborhood in the rain and that martin looked suspicious. after zimmerman called police, he says martin confronted him. >> then, when i got to right about here, he yelled from behind me, the side of me. he said yo, you got a problem. i turned around. i said no, i don't have a problem man. i looked down and he said you got a problem now and he was here and he punched me in the face. >> zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder. he has another bond hearing set no next week. martin's family said they believe zimmerman was the aggressor in the fight that took their son's life. day of a maryland panel says no to a maryland casino, top state and local officials say not so fast. >> the action they are urging to bring high-end gambling to the national harbor. ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, comes together for a single purpose -- to make the world a safer place. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. welcome back. time now is 5:15. we are in the mid-80s. could be a record low for today. we'll check with tucker in just a moment. can you believe i'm saying that. let's roll this. if you didn't catch the end of our show yesterday, you missed a doozy. tucker and sarah cooling offer with a water balloon fight. a little impromptu with squirt guns and a bucket of water. watch tucker. keep your eyes on him. i'm here talking. oh! >> there we go. >> and tony ran away like a little girl. >> oh, no. he is not here to defend himself. he may have been the smart one keeping his eyes on tucker. >> i love the lady walking by. what is going on here? >> she just kept walking. >> you nailed me. that was a good tie too. >> i'm sorry. i'll buy it from you. >> he would like to have the hand me downs. >> i did a check of the tie this morning. i think it survived. >> thank you fox a good sport about it. >> my original target was tony but he caught on early and started running away. >> there is no way you were going to they the bucket of water on tony perkins. >> you pick the new guy. >> let's be truthful. >> it was not planned. it was tucker. >> the whole idea was sarah's in the first place. temperatures should not be in the 80s at 5:15 in the morning. we'll probably set records for overnight lows that aren't low. 85 in quantico. not much better but i guess temperatures in the 70s. at least hay little better off to the north and west. gaithersburg, 75 this morning. warm, humid start to the day. it will be hot this affect with highs in the 90s but not quite as hot as what we had around here yesterday when we had a new record or set a new record at reagan national. 99degrees. a such light showers to start your day and some cloud cover as well. that will be what helps hold the temperatures down a little bit today. the real driver in the forecast later this affect is this cold front out into central ohio and that will continue to kind of fade towards the washington area during the course of the day and kick up showers and storms up head of it and along it later today. so finally, we've got a change in the forecast here in the form of showers and storms. then behind this front, much cooler -- well, somewhat cooler air but much less humid air for your weekend. the weekend forecast right now looking great. want to mention, we are around a slight risk here as that front approaches later today. a slight risk for severe weather. we could have damaging winds potentially. some very heavy rain. perhaps some hail later this afternoon as the storms get going into the very hot, very humid atmosphere. here is your forecast for today. lots of clouds out there. showers and storms likely by afternoon. 93 your daytime high. winds north and west at about five to 10. early storms and showers tonight and we'll cheer out overnight, 70. we'll start to feel better by tomorrow morning with less humidity and your five-day forecast. there you go. good-looking weekend. upper 80s, less humidity saturday and sunday. that is a look at weather. let's do some traffic and julie, we missed you for the water balloon fight yesterday. we have to get you out here next time. >> somehow that invite just escaped me. >> you've got a bucket of water for you too. >> were you afraid of the challenge of the super soaker. >> you do sound armed and dangerous. >> that is my m. o.. you know, armed and dangerous. no problems to report as you work your way eastbound headed in towards industry enaand making your way out to the capital beltway. our overnight construct has cleared. southbound 270, no problems to report leaving 109 headed out to the scales. lanes are open headed southbound towards rockville. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. on-timetraffic. the latest on gambling in maryland now. as we told you yesterday, for now, a national harbor casino is off the table. the state work group formed by couldn't reach a consensus to expand gambling but the push is not over by along shot. john help rehand has our story this morning. >> reporter: the proposal of the peterson companies and m tb. m resorts to build a destination gambling center at national harbor in prince george's county still draws mixed reactions from county residents. >> i believe that most of the people lost their money there. they play their money. they lost their money there. i think the people would make money are the owner of the casinos. >> i think at the t. would bring more business to the area. >> reporter: if you would talk to the maryland legislature, what would you tell them? >> i would tell them to go for the casino. >> reporter: some members of the maryland house are also balking at the plan to expand gambling in the free state. the owners of the huge new maryland live casino at arundel mills who have invested hundreds of millions of dollars vigorously object it a plan that would draw some of their customers away. three members of a special study panel are balking at moving forward now with gaming expansion. prince george's county executive rushern baker is urging governor marten o'malley to ignore the dissenters and called a special session of the state legislature to pass a bill allowing voters statewide to decide gaming expansion at the ballot box in november. >> help us find new revenue. there is no way i don't think anybody can explain to the people of prince george's county why can't you decide on your open whether you want to get $69 million a year into your jurisdiction and why can't the citizens of the state decide what happens to revenue in terms of the gaming revenues that would be able to come in. >> reporter: there are a lot of moving parts to this picture. part of the deal to add a sixth casino in maryland is this. attacks get lowered on the other five and maybe all six casinos to compensate them for customer difficult use. some members of the house have said publicly after raising taxes on wealthy americans no way are they going to vote for giving a tax break to casinos. it is complicated. the governor hasn't yet said whether he will call a special session to address the expansion of gaming. john henrehan, fox 5 news. a 12-year-old boy suspended from school and facing criminal charges because of what he did with his chewing gum. >> his mom says the punishment is too harsh. you can decide. we'll share that story next. the credit ratings of 15 big banks are downgraded. we are talking about names like bank of america. if you are a customer, should you be concerned? >> we'll tax a close are look. -- we'll take a closer look. we need to look for a new van. yeah. i just don't know where to start. glad you found us. start by test-driving nearly every make and model, all in one place. carmax. start here. after getting suspended for five days, a middle school student in california is now facing a criminal battery charge. >> the reason for the charge, the student spit out his gun from a bus one owe. the gum went right through the sun roof of the car next door and landed on the driver. fox's john langler has a closer look. >> i was chewing on gum. and. >> he wants to be a basketball player or an actor. >> i think this is blown out of proportion there was no intent here. michael has no aggression. >> reporter: why aren't they talking about any of that? >> is a boy. he has some gum. >> i spit the gum out of the bus because it didn't taste good. >> reporter: it was jap when michael crow was on the bus home from east lake middle school. he admits spitting out some gum which inadvertently hit a driver nba. that driver wasn't thrilled. he found out who did it and told police and now crow could be charged with battery. >> i feel that a pc242 charge is crazy. >> reporter: police don't call it crazy. >> a crime was committed. whether the intent was there or not and that is where it lies. >> reporter: but the lieutenant says this could all be avoided by putting pen to paper. because what crow did was a relatively small offense, he was encouraged for join a diversion program. >> it involves a reflective essay on why they shouldn't do what they did. >> reporter: that seems simple. >> they did not inform me of that. that is interesting. >> reporter: the crows say that is news to them. they turned down diversion and now crow could be charged with battery. >> i want my son to be treated fairly by the chula vista police department. >> i'm sorry that spit got on his face. but i wasn't intentionally doing it. >> reporter: police say it is out of their hands. >> seems kind of silly. but at the same time, i wasn't spit at. >> next time being maybe just take the gum and put it in a piece of paper. kids do that. a criminal charge? >> a big blow to more than a dozen big name banks. the credit rating downgraded. ahead in about 20 minutes, what will that mean for you. next, all your top stories plus weather and traffic. stay with us now. welcome back. look at what a beautiful shot that is. our tower cam looking over the skies of washington. beautiful out there. hardly a cloud in the sky. but what is in the sky and in the air, hot, sticky, humid weather in the mid-80s and it is only 5:30. what is going o tuck officer. >> extraordinary. i don't know what is going on. >> a heat wave. >> a little mini heat wave. we haded a record high temperature yesterday. when the clouds moved in, we didn't get achance to cool off overi'm not our temperatures are starting off on the toasty side. >> i would say so. >> right now, we're not 80s here in washington. we've got a change in the forecast and generally a good news forecast. today won't be a beautiful day but at least it won't quite be the scorcher we had around here yesterday with highs only expected to be in the low to mid-90s instead of near 100 like yesterday's afternoon highs. there is your radar. it looks like we might have a sprinkle on the southeast side of the beltway perhaps down towards oxon hill and we did a thunderstorm up towards cumberland about 45 minutes ago. you can see we are starting to get the first showers and storms associated with our cold front which will get in here later today. it will bring us more in the waive cloudiness and a better and better chance of afternoon showers and storms. temperatures, this is unpolice somant. 83 right now in washington. humidity, 65%. it is very warm out there. a big change from yesterday. lots in the way of clouds. showers and storms developing and high temperatures in the low 90s. before a good looking weekend forecast. i'll have that in just a minute. >> thank you. let's check in with julie and get the latest on your traffic. >> how are things moving along? >> slowly but surely. there are some delays traveling southbound on 270 south of i- 706789 no problems reported here south of 109. lanes are open on the beltway in each direction now south of the wilson bridge traffic flowing freely there. 66 is still good to go coming in out of manassas headed in towards centerville. prince george's county police investigate the shooting of a man by one of their officers. this happened shortly after 1:00 this morning on cold street in fairmont heights. police say there were originally -- they were originally called to the scene for reports of gunfire. somehow, the officer and the man got into an altercation which led to the shooting. the man is expected to survive. the board of the university of virginia plans to meet tuesday to consider reinstating ousted president theresa sullivan. about two week ago, she was forced to resign creating a huge uproar from the uva faculty. yesterday, she got the support of former governor tim kaine who said it would be justice if sullivan got her job back. and the deans of ten of uv a's eleven schools road to the board urging sullivan to be reinstate. still, helen dragas doesn't appear to be backing down. jury deliberations are now under way in the child sex abuse trial against jerry sandusky. shortly after the jury got the case yesterday, some shocking evidence was released. matthew sandusky, one of jerry sandusky's adopted sons, came forward saying he was also sexually abused by his father. but because the case had already wrapped up, jurors will probably never hear about the new allegations. the georgetown man charged with killing his elderly wife will remain at st. elizabeth's hospital. a union ruled albreath muth is still mentally incompetent for stand trial. police say muth murdered 91- year-old viola draft last august. -- a judge ruled albrecht muth is still mentally incompetent to stand trial. today mark three years sin the deadliest crash in metro history. none of us will ever forget the gruesome images that you are seeing behind us right now. >> that was the day two red line trains collided killing nine people. lauren demarco is live with details on how the city is trying to honor those victims. >> reporter: a painful day for loved ones of the victims and also for the community members here. mayor vincent gray is going to come out to the site today to unveil a plaque in honor of the victims and the first responders as well for their heroic efforts. this is on the new hampshire bridge that overlooks the crash site and that plaque has been placed where, sin the crash, we've seen a makeshift shrine. just about everyone ask noldz that wasn't a proper memorial. they wanted to put something permanent in place. one plaque has already been placed inside the fort totten metro station but you need to pay to get inside to see that one up close. there is also a memorial park and gardens in the works. you will recall two red line trains crashed on june 22nd, 2009 between the fort totten and takoma park metro stations. the nine team killed did include one train operator. equipment meant to stop trains on the track malfunctioned. a spokesperson for the ntsb says since the accident, metro has been more receptive to its recommendations. loved ones who have -- the relatives of some of the victims who were lost that day, they have been pushing for the memorial park and garden to be placed just past new hampshire avenue here in a wooded area. they wanted to see something more serene but community members were concerned about it being a hot spot for crime. so this is still some talk about what will be placed there. hopefully, we'll learn more about that today. metro has spent millions of dollars and several years working to make the fixes recommended by the ntsb following the crash. so where does safety on metro stand now? metro's general manager will join us live at 8:30 to talk more about that. in sports, king james is finally sitting on his throne. lebron james and the miami heat are the nba champions. the heat violenced the critics with a dominating performance last night. they smothered the oklahoma city thunder 121-106 to take the series in five games. lebron james was named the series mvp. didn't yesterday or the day before, we showed thatling boy who was crying, the oklahoma city thunder fan. of his so upset with their performance. can you imagine. we'll have to find out if a new one has been posted. coming up, virginia has a couple hundred mysteries on their hands. we are talking about human remains, some dating back 40 years that have never been identified. what a forensic artist is releasing to the public in hopes of getting new leads. virginia's chief medical examiner is trying to put a name with a face. they have unveiled facial approximations of three unknown people. here they are. all three were found dead in separate northern virginia locations between 2003 and 2011. their deaths are not related. now, in all, virginia has 220 sets of remains that are unidentified. some are dating back to the 1970s. medical examiner hopes releasing these fable models will prompt family members of missing people to come forward. >> well, our hope is that somebody will see these and say, you know, that looks like my uncle johnny or my brother john or whoever and that they will call us, either the medical examiners or the investigators working the case and they will come in and supply the buccal swab and allow us to match the dna. >> if family members do come forward, it will take less time to process the dna test. in the past, dna samples had to be sent to a lab in texas. and now they have the if he can knowledge here. i guess it would help solve a lot of missing persons cases. >> i would imagine. fascinating. this might fascinate you as well. a big blow to more than a dozen big name banks. big banks we all use. the credit ratings downgraded. >> what will that mean for you? that is straight ahead. a popular childhood toy getting soup are sized like your coke. this one is a life-sized hot wheels track and it is not just for show. how they're going to use it. we'll explain, plus weather and traffic. stay with us. it is a scorcher today. >> that looks fun. we gotta sell the car. where would we even start? get the car. hi howard. get in. hi, good to see you. start with an actual written offer when selling your car, no strings attached. carmax. start here. welcome back. we are taking a look at oxon hill. you can see the air is just a little thick out there. traffic moving along okay, i guess. things don't look too busy right now. i bet you are going to wish you were behind the wheels of something else. >> this is a life sized hot wheels track. hot wheel has made a relate life version of its popular double vertical loop track. in los angeles, two professional race car drivers will speed through the loops. the stunt men say they will make it. >> very cool. for all the the kids out there that love to play with the hot wheels? >> we all remember if you don't enough momentum with the car, you wouldn't make it. >> they would fall off. >> and bean your little brother in the eye. done that many times. >> saw in the live shot, very hazy conditions and very warm conditions out there. it is not a pleasant start. >> was it that or just the dirty lens. >> maybe that. we'll have to look into that. we are 83 now in washington. just not cooling off overnight. the clouds moved in overnight and that sort of insulated us here in the lower atmosphere at the surface and is contributing to these very uncomfortable numbers. 83 in washington. 85 in quantico. our dew point temperature is way up too so it feels very uncomfortable. 82 in annapolis. very warm, very sticky start to your day. changes in your forecast today. we have he got showers and even a thunderstorm that has developed in western maryland on the satellite-radar this morning. we'll have a series of troughs and eventual will you a cold front. that's a cold front out in central hue high that will get in here and provide us some relief and really for the weekend. the cooler air and drier air will start to work in for the weekend. our high temperatures will only be in the low to mid-90s so it won't be quite the record high temperatures we had around here yesterday. not going to be a comfortable day though. this is picking up the light shower activity early this morning. later this afternoon about 3:00, you can see we are getting scattered showers and storms developing. some could be on the strong side. at 6:00, still got a couple of showers around and then we'll start to clear things out tonight. tomorrow morning, we'll have a little more in the way of of cloud cover. you will probably way wake up with early clouds but eventually all of us will see some sunshine and a much brighter saturday afternoon. so should be a good-looking weekend. 93 today. becoming mostly cloudy with showers and storms back in the forecast. there are your winds north and west at about five to 10 miles per hour. early storms tonight. 70 the overnight low. here is your weekend forecast. still going to be on the warm side with highs in the upper 80s. a lot less in the way of humidity. our high temperatures by tuesday, only 80 degrees. that is a look at your weather. let's do some traffic. >> everybody going to the pool, i guess. >> that would be a double whammy. this is north of the occoquan but before route one. left side of the roadway is blocked. this is northbound i-95 just north of the occoquan where the late help is closed. already delays are starting to form as you travel north from dale city and potomac mills. accident number two along the left side of the roadway here as well as you work your way before route one. two separate accidents here basically in the same area tying up your commute out of dale city headed northbound up towards newington. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. a consume arrest letter for you this morning. we are already seeing stocks in europe take a hit. yesterday, stocks in the u.s. were down and they could continue to plunge when the market opens today. >> that is because moody's has downgraded 156 the world's largest banks. yesterday, the agency lowered credit rating by one to three notches. mary ann rafferty explains the ropes behind moody's decision. >> reporter: moody's has lower the credit ratings of morning a dozen of the world's largest banks. >> these banks have been downgraded by another agencies. it has been expected. >> reporter: the move means it will now become more costly for banks to raise money by selling debt. >> goldman sachs, j. p. morgan chase, citigroup all got a two- notch downgrade. batch of america got a one- notch downgrade. >> some of the largest european banks were also downgraded. if i have teen batchs in all are seeing their ratings slashed. one financial analyst says the downgrades are not as bad as some people may think. >> some of these were not as deep as had been feared. we find that certain bank stock price were now moving higher in after-hours trading as a result. >> jonas ferris from macfunds.com agrees. >> you condition complain as a borrower right now. all of this panic and fear is driving rates down inform you borrow money, it is best time ever to borrow. >> reporter: the downgrades come as the credit rating company suggest the prospects are shrinking. earlier this month, moody's downgraded spain by three notches and that came after downgrading 16 spanish lenders back in may t cut the rating on seven german and three austrian lenders. in new york, mary ann rafferty, fox news. >> up next, we are headed to the movies. stay with us for that. sit what would you do if you knew the world was going to end in a few weeks? that is the premise of the new movie seeking a friend for the end of the world. >> movie reviewer kevin mccarthy sat down with keira knightly about tackling this half serious, half comedic role. >> incidentest aring looking back to your previous characters. if you had 24 hours to live like the moviened you could spend time with one of your characters to get to know them better. >> i was in love with her when i think the tv show came out. >> are you actually talking to someone on the phone? how do you emotionally do the scene by talking to nobody? >> imagination. >> when you actually sit down and watch a movie after been in, are you able to connect to a character or are you being self-critical. >> totally cfl critical. >> this character as never taken risks in his life. and he is like i'm going it find my high school sweetheart. whats with the big risk that you took that led you into the realm right now. >> some have been quite risky and some have been happy. >> her career is just on fire. >> she is doing really well. plenty ahead this morning. first, it is time to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day. we say hello to jenny balanos. she says she has been a fox 5 fan for more than 20 years and her kids love watching with her every morning. >> she says her 8-year-old wants to be i meteorologist like tony and tucker. >> or a comedian. >> we'll be right back. right b@ ahead at 6:00, another year, another emotional anniversary. three years after metro's deadly red line crash, those killed in the tragic accident will be honored today. a live report is straight ahead. a major bombshell in the jerry sandusky trial and as day two of dlib rigs is set to get under way, the jury has questions about two key witnesses. -- as day two of deliberations is set to get under way, the jury has questions about two key witnesses. it is friday, june 22nd. a live look outside as our tower cam pans across the skie