that means rain showers. >> is that the code for rain showers. >> that is my nice way of spinning that on a monday morning t won't rain all day today. the threat of rain showers by late morning. -- it won't rain all day today. you can see it is a thin ribbon of rain showers stretching just east of pittsburgh down through west virginia. the cold front will be moving in later this morning. we've seen the clouds up crease overnight and a better and better chance we'll get some scattered showers around here. maybe a thunderstorm too if you are south and east of the city later this afternoon as the showers move through. bring an umbrella. not going to be raining every minute. temperature at reagan national, it is in the 60s. very comfortable. 66degrees this morning in washington. 64 in new york. cooler to the north and west and that cooler air will start to work its way back in later tonight. here is your forecast, lots of clouds around. a few scattered showers. highs, we'll go 72 in washington and 75 in leonardtown. that way be the warm spot. you can see 60s north and west of the city later this afternoon. >> okay. thank you. time now to hit the roads with julie wright. good morning to you, julie. >> be careful. they may hit back. may hit bac wisdom were we were ou at butler's orchard over the weekend. saturday is the day we picked. we should have gone yesterday. yesterday was warmer f you haven't had the chance to take the kids there, it's lot of fun. >> okay. >> and get on the hayride too. >> we'll talk about your pumpkin later. >> i haven't carved it out yet. hard to put tucker's face on it. i'm working on it. eastbound 66 coming in out of manassas, the lanes are open. 234 between godman and lamont drive still blocked off due to a structure fire last night. no trouble spots to report on the top stretch approaching and passing 109. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. on-timetraffic. to politics now, a big deadline in our area if you want to cast a ballot in the upcoming november 6 election. today is deadline for people in virginia to register to vote. rotor registration applications must be postmarked no later than 5:00 p.m. in maryland. the district residents have until friday the 19th to register to vote. >> no campaign events yesterday for either president obama or mitt romney as they get ready for tomorrow night's big debate. the president took time off to visit a local campaign office. mitt romney went to church and has a couple of campaign events today. he is attending rallies in wisconsin and in ohio. the pretrial hearings for the five men charged with planning or assisting the 9-11 attacks begins today in guantanamo bay, cuba. relatives the victims who registered in advance can actually watch on closed circuit television at military forties in new jersey, massachusetts, maryland and new york city. the sites for the hearing are closed to the public. o the pub the search continues for two men from our area missing at a national park in montana. rescues are searching for 32- year-old neil peckins of virginia and jason heiser of maryland in glacier national park. no one knows how well prepared they were for the weather or the terrain. firefighters battled a fire overnight that destroyed several units of a self-storage facility. this happened at the store-all in the 7900 block of sudley road. it is believed more than six units burned and officials continue to investigate how the fire started. no one was hurt during this. today, the trial begins for two police officers accused of assaulting a university of maryland student back in 2010. james harrison and reginald baker are accused of salting john mckenna. video taken from the dorm room shows the officers hitting mcden awith batons after he approaches officers on horse back. back. -- mckenna with batons after he approaches officers on horseback. robert griffin iii didn't show any ill effects of last week's concussions against the vikings. the rookie quarterback threw for 182 yards and one touchdown. this gave the skins a 12-point lead in the fourth quarter. it was the longest scoring run by an nfl quarterback in 16 years. the skins went to win that game. they are now 3-3 on the season. lindsay murphy has more. >> reporter: just one week after being knocked out of the game way mild concussion, robert griffin iii was the hero for the redskins. it was a promise he made to his teammates just last week. he threw for 182 yards and one touchdown, rushed for 138 and two touchdowns. >> i'm like this no a second. i just gave up. i'm just meet him in the end zone. >> i was watching from the back. i was looking the at their sideline and i was like take that. >> it was all a blur. the tight end coach said he felt me run by him because of the gust of wind. i guess i was that fast. i don't know. >> here is rg iii. going to run for the first down and still on his feet, rg iii is going to outrace everybody. >> i could see guys telling me i got the first so they were sang stay inweekend bound slide. i was like thinking i can get a little more. it was then like go for the touchdown. >> emotional roller coaster. i was screaming get out of bounds, get out of bounds and he turned it up. i was ecstatic from there. the guy with that type speed in a quarterback position, you don't see that too often, man. he will make history in this league. >> he first went to the side line, everybody told him slide, slide, slide. he seen he had the ang toll outrun everybody. everybody kept saying keep going, keep going. so he is so dynamic. so many things you got to worry about. he is just amazing. >> a couple of guys, rex in particular, said hey, can you stop smiling by wednesday because i was just all smiles. it was a special feeling. i'll definitely watch that. i got to prove to those guys that i still have the track speed they've been talking about. >> reporter: lund say murphy, fox 5 sports. new developments this morning on i a14-year-old activist shot by the taliban in pakistan. up next we'll get details. >> plus, dramatic new have you -- video from syria reportedly shows a plane going down. the latest on the civil war there. stay with us. or stopped looking for work. they're suffering in this country. the president would prefer raising taxes. the problem with raising taxes is that it slows down the rate of growth. i'm not going to raise taxes on anyone, because when the economy's growing slow like this, when we're in recession you shouldn't raise taxes on anyone. my plan is to bring down rates to get more people working. my priority is putting people back to work in america. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. marywe invest in them.umber one backin america becausea. but we can do even more. every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty million dollars at casinos in other states. question 7 keeps that maryland money in maryland through expansion of gaming in maryland. it will mean hundreds of millions of dollars for our schools. as governor, i can promise you, that money will go to education. that's the law and that's what we'll do.ion seven. in sir yitzhak rabin rebels say they shot down in syrian jet. this new video shows a government jet falling from the sky. -- in syria, rebels say they shot down a syrian jet. it is claimed that the government is using cluster bombs on civilian neighborhoods. turkey is moving more tanks to the border and both countries are banning all civilian flights from each other's country. it comes after turkey forceed a plan from russia to land in the turkish capital. the u.s. says no responsible nation should back the syrian regime. a pakistani 14-year-old girl shot by the taliban for wantingen education is on her way to a british medical center for treatment. she was seriously wounded when an assassination team shot her in the head while she was walking to school last tuesday. she has long called for girls to get an education despite the taliban warning her to stop. this morning, doctors say she is improving. a well-known survivor of political fights has lost his battle with cancer. former senator arlen specter died early sunday. he was 82 years old. specter had battled brain cancer and nonhodgkin's limb foam a he spent 30 years as a u.s. senator from pennsylvania as both a democrat and republican before he was voted out of office in 2010. talk about raising the bar on skydiving, coming up next, high above the clouds, more than 20 miles above earth. >> we'll get another look at the record-breaking space dive plus we've got weather and traffic. stay with us. stay wit look at this. 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[ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. welcome back to fox 5 morning news. live look outside at the u.s. capitol dome at 5:15 in the morning as we get things moving. and weather, we'll talk a little bit about our weather situation. chilly yesterday morning. not bad right now. >> gorgeous yesterday afternoon. i mean beautiful. >> mid-70s. >> i was outside the whole time. we were down outside with yard work and we said is there anything else because we feel bad about going inside. >> i have to check out your yard. >> do you know how many acorns we had to pick up. it is crazy. >> at my house, i just look out the window. >> you just leave everything. >> i watch the seasons go by. >> i don't want to know what is in your yard. >> we still have a a lot of leaves to deal with. they haven't fallen yet. >> i know. they're getting ready. >> i just cut the trees down. never mind. >> don't go there. >> 68 in washington. a nice, mild start to the day. it feels pretty good out there. a little humidity as well as we await the arrival of the cold front. we are just not cooling off a whole lot overnight t should be temperaturewise another decent day with temperatures back in the 70s. going to be a left clouds in the forecast. an increasing possibility of some showers. right now, we've got just one light shower. not sure any of that is touching the ground just to the west of sterling out in virginia. that will be pushing off to the east and north. i think much of your morning commute will be dry. eventually, we've got a better and better chance of some scattered showers developing along this cold front. there, you can see it. you can seat ribbon of rain is not particularly wide. so i'm not sure we're going to see a left rain today. there is a goodness that that most of us will get a little something here by late morning, early afternoon. could be a little thunderstorm too, particularly south and east of the city a little later this afternoon. let's take futurecast and put it in motion for you. just a couple of showers out there early. you notice showers moving through late morning. here we are at 2:00 and we're indicating some leftover showers. the possibility of a thunderstorm. we'll get it all out of here later tonight and tomorrow looks sunny and beautiful once again with some cooler temperatures, mid-60s. it will be comfortable, not going to be cold tomorrow. 72 today. that is a few degrees above normal peoplewise, mostly cloudy skies. a scattered shower, perhaps a thunderstorm if you are south of the city with winds here. 53 overnight. early shower, notice your winds shifting north and west, 10 to 15. there is your five-day forecast, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, look close to perfect. upper 60s to about 70. could be some more rain showers by the end of the week. right now, maybe some rain on friday. that is a look at weather. let's do some traffic with julie wright. julie, good morning. >> good morning. i wasn't sure if you were starting to dance. you were like this. >> i just realized what is going on back there. >> i think a lot of people are wondering what is going on back there. >> all right. on the roads, southbound 27 0rbg traffic is starting to slow south of 109 out of hyattstown headed out towards the scales. we are just picking up the usual suspects headed southbound. if you are continuing the trip into rockville, you will find lanes are open. an incident here eastbound on 66 as you make your way past business 234. it has been pulled over to the shoulder. lanes are open once again. 234 out of lamont drive still blocked off due to a structure fire which occurred overnight. 395 northbound at duke street, lanes are open, the pace good to go leaving the beltway out to the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. monitoring metro this morning, a new sexual harassment web site created by metro is seeing a lot of success. >> it allows riders to report offenders to police officers who are targeting passengers on metro. fox 5's john henrehan has the details this morning. >> reporter: at last week's wmata board immediating, michael taborn said the agency's web site inviting riders to complain about unwanted sexual conduct is getting results. according to taborn, since going into operation earlier this year, the web site has garnered about a quarter of the complaint regarding sleazy behavior on metro and police have concluded that more than half the time the inappropriate behavior has risen to the level of criminal conduct. now, in every single metro car, there is a call button through which passengers can talk to the train operator. chief taborn says he understands that some passengers would rather use the web site later rather than make a complaint while an incident is still in progress. >> notification is notification. we can follow up. i don't want to jeopardize an innocent bystander. >> he had exposed himself on the train to the individual. >> reporter: and did she report it afterward or who filed the report on that occasion? >> she did. it was the first incident. and she reported to the metro transit police department. she went to the station manager and reported it to him. >> reporter: it happened again the next morning. that incident was reported industry at anti-harrassment web site and transit police started focusing on a suspect description. then, passenger as board a train headed into national airport station reported yet another incident of exposure. officer karen valencia was on duty at that station. >> i was able to stop the train and i was able to stop a suspect that matched the description given to me by dispatch. >> reporter: 48-year-old robert lee scott, jr. of capitol heights, maryland was subsequently convicted and is serving a four-month sentence in the county jail. he is also facing charges in connection with one were the other incidents which happened in d.c. authorities say the web site helped close the case. the detective and the officer who made the arrest got a round of applause from metro board members. john henrehan, fox 5 news. we're going to get a firsthand look today at plans for a section of the anacostia river walk trail. d.c. leaders will unveil the design of the kenilworth aquatic gardens section of the trail and that portion will connect nearly 06 miles of bike and pedestrian trails between d.c. and maryland. congresswoman eleanor holmes norton says the river walk trail is mostly paid for with federal transportation funding. everyone is still talking about this historic sky dive. austrian extreme athlete felix baumgartner was carried up in a giant helium balloon and jumped 24 miles above the earth. he landed safely in new mexico. it took about two and a half hour. no big deal. >> his descent lasted just over nine minutes. about half of it was in free fall at a top speed of 834 miles per hour. >> that's all? >> baumgartner broke several records, not bones, that included highest free fall, fastest free fall and highest manned balloon flight. the jump was supposed to be from 120,000 feet but the balloon went higher than expected. it actually hit 128,000 feet. >> you are traveling 800- something miles per hour to get back to earth. >> and he's fine. pretty impress i have. >> the final journey for the space shuttle endeavour. imagine navigation that -- navigating that massive spacecraft through the city streets of last. >> it look longer than expected. inanot surprise giant food tucker says it is just typical l.a. traffic. no big deal. space shuttle in the road. no big deal. the space shuttle endeavour is finally at its home at the california science museum but the city of los angeles had to remove some industries and telephone poles for the journey which took a lot longer than expected. >> i imagine you got to do that. >> do a little bit of moving around. >> traveled more than 123 million-mile during its lifetime. as fox's mary ann rafferty shows us, it is now at its permanent home. >> reporter: mission accomplished. losangeles city leaders finally welcoming the shuttle endeavour to the california science center early sunday afternoon after a 12-mile journey. >> nothing like this has ever been attempted before. and nothing like this will ever be attempted again. this is a once in a lifetime event. >> reporter: thousands after dorring onlookers gathering along its route through the city. people waiting for hours for the chance to see the shuttle up close and personal. >> when you get to see this thing right next to you and it is so huge and it has been through a war or a disaster or something, it is really, really neat. >> i have chills. we're so excited. it is like once in a lifetime. >> reporter: this mission wasn't without hitsic cups. the final expedition turning into a three-day affair. -- this mission wasn't without hiccups. >> after 25 missions in space, and close to 300 days in orbit, endeavour now backs a part of history. those witnessing the event say it is an experience they won't soon forget. >> today, everyone in the city of los angeles is an astronaut and every young man and woman out there is one step closer to the stars. >> reporter: and all the festivities not exactly cheap. the trek costing an estimate $10 million. that will be paid by the science center and private donations. in new york, mary ann rafferty, fox news. good news no many kids in our area. it involves their playground. that is coming ahead in about 14 minutes. >> next being all our top stories plus your weather and traffic. stay with us. time now is 5:28. take awaway his toys and he'll play with a stick. take away their bikes and they'll still find a way to get where they're going. but if take you away early childhood education... slash k-12 funding... and cut college aid for middle class families ... they won't go far. yet that's exactly what mitt romney wants to do... ...to pay for a $250,000 tax break for multi-millionaires. if mitt romney 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