some of the financial strain from the gulf oil spill. the two companies would not comment on that report. >> it is just about 4:31. look who joined us this morning. tom, we had a nice weekend for a change. >> a little somebody for everybody. i heard few complaints with all of the rain all day saturday, not a single complaint about it. we didn't have any severe weather, no flash flooding or craziness, just needed rain showers. >> and it felt so good after it stopped. >> it was a little on the humid side. >> it was, but you know. >> much cooler. >> beautiful weather returns to the washington area for about 3/4 of a monday. then our rain chances go back up wednesday again. current temperatures in the comfy 60s. 64 degrees in manassas and 56 in win chester, 72 degrees in germantown. 70 in hagerstown. you can see, no rain in the immediate future for us, but there are thundershowers through eastern kentucky and ohio. we'll have a chance for showers or thunderstorms rolling in probably not until well after the sun goes down. a little bubble of high pressure heading offshore. building clouds late this afternoon. maybe even a thunderstorm, but not until sundownish or later than that. our best chance for rain comes late tonight, 2:00, 3:00 in the morning tomorrow and tapering back on wednesday. >> check, good morning, the roads are doing fine. wrapping up the overnight road work in many locations, including 395 at the inbound bridge. they are just about pulling up the cones for the morning. let's head over and first check the morning along 270, all is well joe and eun. >> we have a traffic alert. if you take 16th street you may want to add extra time to your commute because of work to fix a retaining wall at meridian hill park. a portion of the northbound lanes will be closed to crescent place beginning this morning. traffic will be shifted to provide two lanes in both directions all the time. you will not be able to park along the southbound side of 16th street. the changes are expected to be in place for about three months. it is spain that rules the soccer world this morning, the country won the world cup for first time in an exhausting 1-zip or nil as they say match that went into extra time. aaron gill crest talks to exciting fans here in washington. >> reporter: it was the moment the spanish waited more than 80 years for. when victory came in a nail biting game it was sweet, a score of 1-nil against the dutch. no matter who won, this was a mystery making match of the world's most popular sport. crowds gathered from india to new york city to right here in the nation's capital. the spanish embassy hosted a viewing party. decked out in team colors and waving national flag burst into song after the victory. at lucky bar, unbridled excitement and pride. >> i can't imagine how my public is doing this in spain in my village in madrid, unbelievable. >> everybody has to know that spain is not second place, always be the first in the entire world. >> reporter: the netherlands gathered the dutch faithful hopeful of a win they would be worthy of. fans faces were a little less excited at game's end, but getting this far is a testament to the dutch football prowess. it brought the 2010 world cup to a close in magnificent fashion, news 4. >> the next world cup will be in 2014 in brazil. >> it has been marched by a huge tragedy in uganda. simultaneous bombs went off in crowds of people watching the game at a popular restaurant and field in kampala. one american was killed. they believe somalia militant group may be responsible. 1.3 millions were displaced and much of the damage still remains in the capital of port-au-prince, only 2% of the rubble has been cleared. >> it is a holding pattern. it's enabling them to survive, but now we have to look for alternatives. and it can't just building back to what was before. you'll see -- you're seeing now efforts to look at urban redesign in some areas to improve quality of housing. >> many of the more than one million people left homeless by the earthquake still live in tent cities. a local organization is calling one frederick neighborhood dangerous because of environmental concerns. the group called fighting for frederick, alleges fort detrich has incidents of cancer popping up because of improper disposal of animals and chemicals. they have not released a statement in response to those allegations. today a new effort to help veterans will be unveiled. the u.s. department of veterans affairs will reveal a new process to help former warriors suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome. they are streamlining an approval process that it denied many veterans treatment. brian moore has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: america's combat nation in iraq is scheduled to end in late august. but the mission to treat its warriors is just beginning. today, the obama administration lays out a stream line process to help treat veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. they have found themself stooimyed that a specific event caused their p std. >> reporter: charls eggle ston is fighting flashbacks, depression and insom ya. >> it makes you mad. >> >> reporter: wounds that won't show up on an x-ray. >> this will help not just veterans of the iraq and afghanistan wars but those who proudly sacrificed in all of our wars. >> reporter: bringing our soldiers back home, body and mind. the rand corporation estimates 20% of returning veterans have symptoms of ptsd or depression. brian moore, nbc news, washington. 4:38 now, 73 degrees. ahead on news 4 today. how police found two men who they say posed as cops but were actually robbers. new help in the search for a student killed. a check of the monday morning weather and traffic just ahead. a good monday morning, i'm chuck bell. it is 4:41. a clear sky overhead this morning. temperatures are right around the 70-degree mark in town. 72 in leonardtown and 70 in quantico. 66 in culpepper. radar shows there are showers marching in our general direction. they won't be here too quickly. but by late this i can't afternoon, we'll have a risk of showers. a best chance of rain comes up tomorrow and tomorrow afternoon. then trails off through the course of the day on wednesday. it's going to be a warm and humid week but it is washington in july. we will not be -- mark this down. we won't be 100 degrees at all this week. >> hallelujah. a lot of us are happy about that. chuck. let's head out and see how we're doing into town. by way of new york avenue, kenilworth avenue, doing fine. any overnight road work on kenilworth avenue has been wrapped up. south of town to the wilson bridge, no hang-ups there. 66 and the toll road doing fine and dry pavement this morning. >> that is good news, thank you, jerry. 4:421 your time. still to come, john takes the court for first time as a member of wizards. what every iphone user needs to know. bp hopes for best, but emphasizes there are no guarantees for its latest effort to stop the gusher in the gulf. crews are busy putting a new cap on the leak. it's supposed to be tighter and could capture all of the oil leaking from the well. thousands of gallons of oil are spilling uncontrolled. it is spain that is taking home the 2010 world cup this morning. the team beat the netherlands 1-0 in an exhausting match that went into extra time. downtown madrid erupted into cheers and fireworks once the victory became clear. this was spain's first ever world cup win. secretary hillary clinton says the united states will work with the ugandan government to capture those responsible. simultaneous bombings at two locations. they believe so mall i can't's most feared could be responsible. the earthquake that devastated haiti, today many of the survivors still call large tent cities home and 2% of the rubble has been cleared. two men are dead after a d.c. house fire. that fire broke out in the 1600 block of w street southeast on saturday morning. more than 100 firefighters battled the flames at the two-story house. one resident, ruth harris died on saturday night and her 59-year-old daughter dolores died yesterday afternoon. she was the family mate tri arch. >> she was beautiful. >> my grandma was everybody's mother or grandmother. she took you in when you were homeless. bathe you, gave you food. she was a loveable person. >> one firefighter suffered burns on her face and several were treated for heat caution. there was one smoke detector in the home but it was not working. the cause of the fire is under investigation. police were back out this weekend searching for anyone who can help them solve a murder mystery. fairfax county police canvassed the area where vanessa pham was last seen. they passed out flyers in several languages hoping someone saw something. she was found stabbed to death in her crashed car two weeks ago. she was last seen leaving the fairfax shopping center. they believe her killer was in the car when she left the center. two men posing as police officers are off the street. the men had everything from the uniforms to badges to flashing lights. after they tricked their unsuspecting victims they assaulted and robbed them. darcy spencer has more. >> reporter: prince george's county police say these two men, daniel blalock and ventura attacked and robbed two victims in langly park while posing as police officers. they thought they were being robbed by police officers? >> yes, and we later found out they were just police impersonators. >> reporter: the men, who are believed to be security guards, pulled up to the victims of 15th avenue in a black suv with flashing green strobe lights. they jumped out and robbed and assaulted the victims and took their wallet. the suspects had -- >> badges, police written across their clothing. they were dressed in police duty gear. and it just led the victims to believe that they were police officers. >> reporter: police believe this may not be the first time the suspects have struck. they want to hear from anyone else who may have been robbed. >> if they believe that they were approached by individuals fitting thee descriptions, please give us a call. anyone that impersonates a police officer to prey on innocent, it's a cowardly act. a 10-year-old boy is seriously hurt after being struck by a car in georgetown near the intersection of wisconsin avenue and reservoir roads. fire officials say his injuries are life threatening. police are trying to figure out who was at fault. michelle obama will address the naacp's 101st national convention in kansas city, missouri. she'll discuss her efforts to fight child hood obesity campaign. afterwards she'll head to the gulf coast to talk about the oil spill cleanup and meet with residents there as well. wizards fans have their reason to be excited. they had a first look at john wall and he made quite an impression. scored 24 points and 8 assists against the golden state warriors in vegas. they won 8 -79. wall had eight turnovers but he was pleased with his performance. >> i think i did good. i was trying to throw lobs to my teammates, but i think i did good getting to the basket and helping my time come out. i was too hyped and going too fat. tomorrow it will be a better performance. >> wall and the wizards take on the los angeles clippers tonight. >> could there possibly be some hope? we can hope there's hope. >> of after the huge announcement last week with james and all of that, i thought they would proannounce miami the champion for the next several years. >> the lakers and celtics will have something to say about that. >> what we need is a little bit more in the way of rainfall across the area and a little more is what we'll get here. not search on your monday. if you have something to do outside today, the chances of it staying dry are fairly high. the chances of rain are fairly low. right now, a beautiful start to your monday morning. >> there's thomas jefferson's memorial, in the middle of downtown, a beautiful morning and skies are clear, a few fair weather clouds drifting by. temperatures are in the low to mid 70s. 74 downtown right now. dew point temperatures inching their way back up into the 60s. yesterday afternoon they dropped into the upper 40s and low 50s. southwest winds at 7 miles per hour. temperatures in the 60s in the western sub bubs, low 70s alongside the chesapeake bay. 68 in chicago. dew point temperatures not changing temperatures a whole lot. it won't be the oppressive levels of humidity we've had. our little bubble of high pressure moves offshore. there are rain showers across ohio and indiana and kentucky. that's part of the next weather system which will bring rain chances to our area by late this afternoon and early this evening. in the immediate metropolitan area, our rain chances start to go up probably not until after midnight into the early morning hours of tuesday morning. then off and on rain chances and maybe thunderstorms coming through the day on tuesday. tuesday night and lingering into the first part of wednesday before the next ripple of high pressure comes in. severe weather risk back out west. tomorrow we may have a stronger thunderstorm or too. morning sunshine and clouds coming in this afternoon. highs today 87 to 92. if you're headed to the beach, today will be a fine day. get out there early. we'll talk to jerry about the chesapeake bay bridge already to see if there's traffic on that. showery weather returns for tuesday and wednesday. if you're sticking around washington, 93 on wednesday after the rain showers pull out. thursday will be the most oppressive day this week with a high near 95. temperatures are trending back downwards towards friday and saturday and sunday. jerry, any back jups on the bay bridge? >> not right now. closer to home, the american legion bridge, right side outer loop and inner loop no hangups. there had been a little overnight road work that's been wrapped up. let's look downtown into our out of downtown, pennsylvania avenue making the trip inbound to the bridge, out bound side towards kennel worth looking good. if you use vre you'll see new faces, amtrak no longer runs the train service. key oel is will operate the rails for first time. they'll have officials on every train to help ensure a safe t n transiti transition. amtrak lost the contract to operate vre last fall after 18 years of operations. 4:54 is your time. coming up, a traffic alert, a new construction project gets under way in time for this morning's rush. two major changes being talked by by the post office. good news for the morning commute. the price of gas continues to fall in the d.c. metro area. the average is $2.68, down 2 cents in the last week. the national average is now at 2:71 a gallon. a drop of four cents in one week and marks the eighth week that prices have stayed below 2.90. do you enjoy getting mail on saturdays? a meeting today could go a long way in determining whether that continues. the postal commission will discuss cutting delivery after consider raising prices for some classes of mail. it could save about billion a mail by ending saturday delivery. congress must approve any changes. the justice department may launch a new legal assault on arizona's immigration law. the obama administration is already suing arizona for stepping on the federal government's constitutional right to control immigration. eric holder says a law may promote racial profiling. >> we may not look at the impact the law has had and see whether or not there has been that racial profiling impact. if that was the case, we would have the tools and we would bring suit on that basis. the justice department has asked a federal judge to put the law on hold as the case makes its way through the court. it could take effect he end of the month. a lawsuit against apple and at&t can move forward as a class action. the lawsuit argues that apple secretly made at&t its exclusive iphone carrier for five years. so even though consumers agreed to a two-year contract with at&t when they purchased their phones, they were really locked into a five-year relationship with at&t. the lawsuit also wants to stop apple from selling so-called locked iphones which would then allow iphone owners to use carriers other than at&t stay with us, news 4 today continues right now at 5:00 a.m. busy bots, a live look at the ocean right now. robotic arms working feverishly as a new fix is being put into place. i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang on this monday, july 12th, 2010. there it is. 5:00 a.m. on the dot. 73 degrees out there. another warm day in th nation's capital. after a nice weekend we're going back to hot weather. typical summer stuff. most people don't complain with the 90, 91, even me who hates the heat. i don't complain because it's july in washington. the hundreds now, if it starts getting close to 100 degrees, then you can complain pretty readily. >> that's right. not complain to me, it's eun yang -- 75 in washington and 70 degrees in maryland.ffd, virgin manassas. you can see on the radar, rain showers marching into central ohio and eastern kentucky, part of a weather disturbance sliding our direction. there will be a chance for showers late this afternoon. west of the blue ridge and west virginia here in town, our rain chances don't sneak up until about the time the sun goes down. sn sunshine this morning and tomorrow will be the best chance for rain, two different chances, once first thing in the morning and another with the daytime heating later in the day. rain chances will taper on on wednesday. thursday will be the day we all get to complain about with a temperature up near 95 degrees. one day at 95 isn't the same as two days over 100 like last week. >> that is for sure. let's see how we're doing. those of you coming in from the west, interstate 66, no early worries, if you're heading eastbound that looks good all the way out. let's see how we're doing against new york avenue and north capitol street. travel lanes are open. wilson bridge and fine is major roadways in the southeast. joe and eun? >> thanks, jerry, very much. we have a traffic alert. if you take 16th street, two and from work, that could take longer than usual for the next several months as works work to repair a retaining wall. news 4 kimberly suit ers is live with this. >> reporter: good morning, construction hasn't started just yet but we are going to lose at least one lane on 16th street. why? because of that wall you mentioned here, bordering meridian hill park. at points it's 35 feet high and 96 years old, historic wall. it needs to be stabilized. it will take three months. you can see some cars parked along 16th. they are going to have to move because a northbound lane will be closed. cars cannot be parked in the southbound lane. let's show you the exact area, 16th street down to crescent drive, about 600 feet of wall along 16th street. the national park service says it will begin its work about 6:00 in the morning. we should expect crews here at any moment and go until 5:00 at night. work on stabilizing this historic wall will take three months. reporting live in northwest, i'm kimberly suiters, news 4. bp says it has made progress. they are trying a tricky procedure to replace a cap that could collect all of oil. right now oil is free flowing. one mile beneath the surface, robotic arms moved parts. the man u.euvers could take anor five days. wells says the plan is on track so far. >> how it's going, i think we've received lots of criticism over this, either being to optimistic or pessimistic, but i think in this particular case, we did an extensive amount of preparation work. >> extra skimmers are now worki working around the clock at the leak site to collect the oil. one local organization is raising concerns that a maryland military base is causing residents to develop cancer. the group called fightin