brian mooar starts us off tonight. >> reporter: monday's opening bells in the world markets served as a countdown clock for congressional leaders as they scrambled to find a way to raise the nation's credit limits. >> there is going to be a two-stage process. it's not physically possible to do all of this in one step. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner all but dared president obama to follow through on his promise to veto any plan that doesn't raise the debt ceiling through the 2012 elections. >> it must be extended in a way that gives certainty to the economy through '13 and not some short-term gimmick. >> reporter: without it the nation hits its debt ceiling and defaults in nine days. the white house has been holding out for a big deal. one that shows the worlds the united states means business about its finances. >> you don't want politics messing around with america's credit. >> reporter: each side accused the other of playing politics. >> i know the president is worried about the next election, but my god, shouldn't we are worried about the country? >> reporter: the speaker says he and his party are moving ahead. senate democrats say they're working on a plan of their own, setting the stage for a duel between two bills. well, president obama will have to sign off on any plan republican as democrats answers the house and senate will have to fight this one out. on capitol hill, brian mooar, news 4. and the other big story, the stifles heat and humidity. it continued to today, but there is relief in sight. in fact, for the first time in several days there will not be a heat advisory tomorrow. chuck bell is and itting by in the weather center with some good news. >> yes, indeed, craig. as you mentioned, the heated advisory goes until 8:00, but not reiss-issued for tomorrow. plenty of heat and haze out there looking out live over washington from our tower view. temperature rees main on the high side, though. 96 in washington. 93, manassas, 95 fret drixberg and heat index hovering around the 100-degree mark. a couple cooling showers found on doppler here. most out on the eastern shore, but we have a couple showers almost right on top of annapolis and a few out in the panhandle of west virginia. a complete check of the workweek forecast which includes, yes, indeed, slightly cooler temperatures. we'll talk about that coming up. we're learning more about the moat iran twee hind two attacks in norway that killed more than 90 people. police are poring over a manifesto left online by the alleged killer. 32-year-old anders behring breivik. police say at this point it looks like breivik worked alone in this attacks on norway's government headquarters and an island youth camp. a taxi driver gave breivik a ride shortly before that rampage and says everything seemed fine. >> it's -- he seemed very good. not like this when i met him. he was just a calm, nice guy. >> meanwhile, the people there mourn the victims. so are those here, flags at half-staff at norwegian embassy and flowers placed there to remember the victims. back here, police believe a missing baby may now be in montgomery or prince george's county. 7 maryland last seen with his baby-sitter monday night. they're trying to get in touch with 16-year-old jonae boozer. booze hear been known to spend time, flyers are out. the baby's family is concerned about ki'yauch, especially in the hot weather. >> a 7-month-old bright eyed little baby who, you know, right now, he can't do anything. he can't cry for help. he can't say this isn't my mommy. he can't say help me. so that's why it's so important now we try to do as much as we can to get the word out. >> 16-year-old jonae boozer is 5'4" a glond mohawk and multiple peerings on her face. last wearing a purple leopard top. the sixth and largest state to heize same-sex marriage from buffalo to manhattan. hundreds lined up for a day they have been aecnticipating for a long time. michelle franzen tonight with the story from new york city. >> take you, connie. >> take you connie. >> to be my spouse. >> to be my spouse. >> reporter: nearly 1,000 couples made history today at city clerk offices in new york city, saying, "i sdodo" on the first day same-sex marriages became legal in the state i. now pronounce you married. >> reporter: all around the state, couples lined up and waited hours to get approved for a marriage license. >> for better or worse. >> for better or worse -- >> reporter: before making it official. >> oh, it feels great, finally new york's recognizing our relationship. >> absolutely. >> and we can be on the record assess being a family and get all the rights that we deserve. >> reporter: the first weddings in the state started just after midnight. at niagara fall, kitty and sheryl, who have five children and 12 grandchildren, couldn't believe their moment had finally arrived. >> i keep thinking -- i keep thinking there should be something more than, i have to do to get here. i keep thinking that -- it just -- it's not real. >> reporter: back in new york city, only a handful of protesters obligated to the new law. outnumbered by supporters and the couples determined to enjoy their day. michelle franzen, nbc news, new york. were there warning signs? still ahead tonight, amy winehouse's mother talking about changes that she saw in her daughter the day before her death. also, the dsk accuser speaks at the international scandal explaining why she did not come forward with her allegations right away. and the young author drawing quite the crowd. still ahead, the life and death battle that prompted a local boy to start writing. come back. at the sleep number store, we have customers come in, "this hurts, that hurts." my back hurts, my neck hurts. my hip hurts. one of the brilliant things is that this bed can change with your body. if i'm in pain one day or i feel differently from day to day, i can change it with the snap of a finger. it's really shaping to my body. every day i see people relieve their back pain on this bed. now the revolutionary sleep number bed is redefining sleep again. find your sleep number setting and join over 7 million people who love their bed. only at the sleep number store. amy whitehouse's mother says shirr daughter seemed "unwell" the day before her death. janice winehouse told the british newspaper she saw her daughter friday and describe her as out of it saying, "it was only a matter of time." the 27-year-old grammy award winning singer struggled with drug and alcohol addiction. today fans placed flowers and candles outside of her home where she was found dead yesterday an autopsy will be performed to determine just how she died. getting a first look at dominique strauss-kahn's accuser being assaulted at a motel. saying he met her there naked and assaulted her. in interview, she was reluctant to call police because she was afraid of losing her job. prosecutors have not decided whether to move forward with charges against strauss-kahn. moments ago strauss-kahn's attorney issued a statement saying in part that she's lying and that she is trying to em flame public opinion. the only thing that seems to be rising faster than the temperature, gas prices. according to the latest lundberg survey, the cost of a gallon of regular is up nine cents in the past two we're weeks. the national average is $3.70 gallon. understandberg says a recent rice in crude oil is the reason this time. analysts say gas price shos stay understa under $4 at least for a while, unforeseen any economic crisis. a little boy with a big need and a big idea. his campaign to raise money for a dog he so desperately needs. tell you his story coming up, and at 11:00, when collecting turns into hoarding. meet a woman whose problem is meet a woman whose problem is taking over her life. somewhere in america, a city comes to life. it moves effortlessly, breathes easily. it flows with clean water. it makes its skyline greener and its population healthier. all to become the kind of city people want to live and work in. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the nation's toughest questions. and the over sixty thousand people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers. a young boy with a serious health problem raises money. dangerous epileptic seizures but it costs thousands to train the dogs. >> reporter: customers rave over the pastries at a coffee shop in al sun alexandria. >> it's about me and what my seizure dog will do for me. >> reporter: 7-year-old evan moss lived with a form of epilepsy for most of his young life. >> he was having 300 to 400 seizures a month. >> reporter: just were he turned 4 he underwent brain surgery to remove tumors and was seizure-free almost a year and a half but they returned. fewer, but longer and more violent. it became necessary for evan to get a service dog that can detect a seizure and be at his side to help with things like balance and the severe tiff the seizures. a trained animal for evan can cost $22,000. a group came up with most but they still have to come up with $13,000. >> i had no idea about the book. >> reporter: hence today's book signing. >> we do a lot of book signings but this was a special cause. >> reporter: most authors would till for a line out the door, but it didn't take everybody than long. >> it only took me about three days or so. >> reporter: evan's family hasn't actually met the dog yet, but evan writes about what he envisions. >> the seizure dog will eat pizza with me. >> reporter: so the dog's diet is still a work in progress, but not the book. it's already got a niche audience who can't seem to put it down. odds are, it won't be this young man's last work. he's probably got at few more books in him. >> an old soul. >> reporter: derrick ward, news 4. >> love the illustrations. follow evan's progress and learn thousand get a copy of the book. go to his blog, dogforevan.com. dogforevan.com. that's the number 4, going towards the purchase of that dog. with all the hot weather in our area, some snow just might be a sight for sore eyes. check is out, chuck bell. provided snow in mitchellville. the theme park held its first annual santa splash. kids got to hang out with soowi claus and frosty made an appearance, too. >> the elves. good times. i like santa in shorts. yesterday in full santa regalia. >> wish we had santa weather. >> no kidding. so nice to tell you looking at record-low temperatures in the near future. that's not going to happen, unfortunately. n not quite at hot as in the last few days. welcome news. another warm one outside for your sunday. asian festival, george mason university, out in fairfax county. everybody out there sweating it out, but having a good time today. taking a check of all of the things that the brat continent of asia has to offer. good food. good clothes. good times. looks like a good day to be outside, and it wa not quite at crazy hot as the last few days but plenty warm. ooh, that looked good. hope everybody had a good time. szechuan chicken or something. 96 in washington. still a toasty warm day. dew points, heat index, very uncomfortable 101. the official high today, 97 after, yes, another 84-degree start this morning tying the warmest overnight low temperature word receive had here in washington and, in fact, reagan national has not been below 80 degrees since early thursday morning. quite a long stretch indeed. probably the longest in history. trying to verify that. now, temperatures in the low 90s. heat indexes hovering near 90 degrees. on radar a few cooling showers. as you make your plans to go outside, a couple rumbles of thunder until 9:00 or 10:00 this evening. a look on doppler, showers, frederick county, western most, southern carroll county drifting along i-70 towards columbia. also thunderstorms almost right on top of annapolis and arnold. also headed out over the bay bridge and lonesome showers in this area. keeping an eye on this. quiet weather overnight tonight. good news, the muggies are just about ready to move out of town for a few days. it will be mug toy get the day started tomorrow, amend tomorrow still on the humid side, but that weather front comes through here late monday night bringing us our best chance of rain monday afternoon into early tuesday, but by tuesday and wednesday less humid and not as hot. this evening, hot and hazy. scattered thunderstorms. mid to high 80 ps. tomorrow, warm and humid. most morn plans dry. tomorrow afternoon, another story. 60% chance of thunderstorms tomorrow. some of them likely to be severe. we'll keep a weather eye to the sky for that. headed down to the beach, good beach weather. a little scattered thunderstorm possible tomorrow. tuesday on after that looks very nice. here's our extended forecast. 93 tomorrow with a 60% chance of rain. any showers on tuesday will be front half of the day. tuesday afternoon and wednesday look nice. high heat and humidity return just as we head towards next weekend. the forecast on twitter at chuckbell4. up next in sports. things got a little wild for the nationals against the dodgers out west. when i saw the nats game, all over the dodgers. >> yeah. >> i stopped watching. >> they were and then the dodgers were all over the nats. sorry. the third time in the week, lost on a walk-off hit. if you were a surfer are, the response, bummer, dude. that might have been said in los angeles where they lose to the dodgers in the bottom of the ninth. out on the west coast. surfers guys out there. come on. bottom 7, 6-5. henry rodriguez, flare to left. hairston, great diving catch, looks like super man. saves a base hit. still in the seventh inning, tying run at third. rodriguez pitching, a business outside. comes in, scores. game tied at 6. that's not good. no. had you throw that wide and that high. davy johnson thinking, come on. come on, man. ryan matthews, go-ahead and getting ahold of one. lance trying to make a catch in left. out of his reach, and trent, hustling around the bases. nats lose 7-6 after having a 4-run lead to the dodgers. and giving them an early lead. roger scores. taking a 1-0 lead. the 55th rbi of the season. so no more runs. a 1-0 lead. bottom one. two on, two out. base knock to center. that plates andre ethier. here's comes matt kemp, the all-star. here's the throw. florez is in there. dodgers take a 2-1 lead. chad billingsley cruising along here pap strong fella, facing the 3-2 count. billingsley, 10 ks and dodgers lead it 3-1 now in the seventh inning. in baltimore. i'm 5 years old and love the orioles. they should get a win. against the angels. not through. 3-0 angels. man on, folk, no doubter. sounded great off the bat. home run, 18th of the year. os cut the tleed 3-2. top eight, same score. crazy delivery, facing mike trout. oh. runners on and trout, youngest player in the majors, crushes one to left. check out the fan in the blue shirt. sweet. major legal home run part of a five-run inning. angels tweet the os 9-3. cooperstown, new york, the mecca of baseball. players work their entire careers to get there. for some the road is easy. for others, it takes years of waiting and hoping. today former twins' pitcher and a former orioles second baseman inducted into the baseball hall of fame and alomar inducted in second allegedly. won ten gold gloves for plays like this. alomar first to to enter wearing a blue jays cap. helped toronto win two world series. bert had to wait. 14th year of eligibility. fifth in strikeouts ninth on the all-time list of shutouts. two world series title, one withes twins in 1987. also inducteded today, and bly l -- it was special. >> give thanks to so many people who made it possible for me to be standing here. first and foremost, the good lord. thank you, lord, for giving me the drive and determination to succeed. my parents. joe and jenny blyleven. after battling parkinsons for many years my pops passed away in 2004. i wish when he here, mom i know he's up there looking down right now. mommy -- i love you. >> pretty cool. his 85-year-old mother jenny. finally a pastor in tennessee delivered a prayer to nascar that sound more like an audition for the movie "tall gag da nights." >> heavenly father we thank you for all the blessings you said in all things give thanks. we want to thank you for these mighty machines brought before us, thank you for the dodges and the toyotas, for the fords and most of all we thank you for the partner to give us the power we see before us tonight. thank you for gm performance technology and the engines. thank you for sunoco racing fuel and goodyear tires that bring performance and power to it track. lord, i want to thank you for my smokin' hot wife lied sa and my two thinner, ely and emma or as we like to call them -- the little es. bless the drivers and use them tonight, may they put on a performance worthy of this great track. in jesus' name, boog itty, boogity, boogity. boogity, 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