of the united states because i think we are in the early stage of the obama depression. gingrich in trouble ramped up speculation that texas governor rick perry might run and help tim pawlenty who grabbed a top gingrich staffer. mitt romney today opted out of republican straw polls. it s an admission that romney fears he could lose the widely watched august straw poll in iowa where social conservatives might reject romney s focus on dollars and cents. the economy overall has been terribly managed by the president. i don t think there s any way he can defend his economic record. the major focus is on the republican whose decision whether to run might depend on what s revealed in the e-mails from her last job. palin critics again openly admit what they hope is found is evidence of embarrassing improprieties and unprofessionalism. i m steve handelsman, news 4, live at the hill. doreen, back to you. thank you. you re welcome. if you d like to look through the palin e-
i m sarah simmons. welcome to fox 5 morning news. talker has the latest on the weather for us. let s get started with a quick look at the numbers. most of the area very comfortable in the low 60s. 61 in baltimore. 62 in ocean city. not a lot it show you on the satellite-radar. we do have a little cloud cover in the forecast. a big thunderstorm complex up towards toronto and some of that cloud cover spilling into the area. partly to mostly sunny day. on the warm side, highs in the low 90s. partly cloudy. the heat returns with temperatures in the 90s. it gets worse from here. i ll have details on that in just a couple of minutes. the bombshell confession by anthony weiner. he admitted he was the one who september a lewd picture of himself to a college student. he said he lied about the incident for days and he is not resigning and he and his wife are not splitting up. he admits there are more inappropriate photos out there. kwame brown is scheduled to meet to discuss how
see if we don t see a thunderstorm perk up here in the summer heat and humidity. going to be much warmer. 74 at reagan national. 68 in winchester, dulles is 76. today partly cloudy and heat returns and an official high of 91 degrees. could be an isolated thunderstorm later today. and we are due for another heat wave. that starts tomorrow and temperatures back in the upper 90s. i ll have details on that in just a minute. allison, back up stairs to you. i ve engaged in several inappropriate conversations conducted over twitter, facebook and occasionally on the phone with women i met fine. i m deeply asamed of my terrible judgment and actions and i am not resigning. i have made it clear that i accept responsibility for this and people will draw conclusions about me and they are free to do so. and now nancy pelosi is asking that the ethics committee investigate to see if representative wiener broke any congressional rules. joining us now to talk more about this scandal out of
forward. i m deeply sorry for the pain this has caused my wife and our family. a wong man s aa. polling, finally sphessing up that some embarrassing photos fessing up that some embarrassing photos actually were from him. fox 5 morning news continues right now. good morning on this glorious tuesday, june 7, 2011. you can see the sun out this this morning. a little bit hazy. thank you for waking one fox 5 morning news. i m sarah simmons. i m steve chenevey. glad to have you along with us. tony posterior cons with a look at our forecast. this may be a weather guy question. is it possible to remember what you were born. no. okay. we don t need to ask the weather guy. pretty good memory if it is possible. later in the week, people will say remember how nice it was on monday or tuesday. it will get really hot this week. today, we start the transition. let s take a look at the temperatures across the region. not a bad start to the day to be honest. we have temperatur
later on today. also some of the clouds with that system are already beginning to move across portions of the viewing area. meanwhile, the main weather headline for today, well it s all about heat and the heat builds this week. yesterday upper 80s, today low 90s. headed to the mid and upper 90s for wednesday and thursday. right now, temperatures look like this: 68 degrees at reagan national. 61 at dulles. 61 at bwi marshall. the forecast for today, a mix of sun and clouds. more sun early, more clouds later probably. high into the low 90s. about 91 degrees. and again, can t rule out a spray stray thunderstorm this evening. now let s get an early morning check on traffic with julie wright. we had some problems early this morning. westbound 198 is closed off on the ramp to southbound 95. nair investigating a fatal car fire that occurred this morning. now sky fox is checking out the drive inbound along route as you travel in from 410 out of riverdale into cheverly, you are no