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of it. >> thunderstorms through hagerstown today. the potential for thunderstorms really starts to enter our forecast as we head into the mid-afternoon hours. a cold front is on the way, finally going to bring us relief from the heat and humidity, but not until we get through today. once again, looking at eye high temperature near night degrees. it will be 88 degrees at 1:00, 89 at 4:00. that is also your high temperature for today. thunderstorms starting to develop as we move into the mid- afternoon. currently 70 degrees in frederick, leesburg and manassas. a warm and muggy start to the day. 68 in martinsburg and 75 in downtown washington. rain making its approach. a few light scattered showers moving through the mountains, no lightning yet but that will change. i'll detail that for you with 9 futurecast coming up in the first alert 7-day. the second family is mourning the loss of beau biden, the 46-year-old son of vice president joe biden died after battling brain cancer. >> he was an iraq war veteran and served as the attorney general of delaware. marley hall reports now, from new york. >> reporter: vice president joe biden announced saturday night his oldest son has died of brain cancer. he said we know joe biden's spirit will live on with all of us. the 46-year-old served a year long tour in iraq while in the national guard and like his father, joe biden was a lawyer. biden was hospitalized at the walter reed national military medical center earlier this month. at the time the vice president's office did not say why. however the younger biden underwent surgery at a texas caps hospital in 2013 to remove a small lesion. he suffered a mild stroke in 2010. despite his health problems, biden announced he would run for governor. president obama said in a statement he and the first lady are grieving over the younger biden's death. beau biden leaves behind a wife, a daughter, a son and his brother. marley hall cbs news, new york. breaking this morning. secretary of state john kerry is in stable condition in a switzerland hospital after being in a bike crash. the spokesman said paramedics and a doctor were with kerry's motorcade when the crash happened sunday morning in france. kerry is stable and did not lose consciousness. the national security agency's authority to collect phone data is set to expire at midnight amid congressional gridlock. the accept that the will meet to reach a i don't -- the senate will meet to reach a compromise that will extend the program. a viewing for the dc family killed in their home will be today. police believe the family and housekeeper were killed by darren went. the funeral will be monday at the saint sophia greek orthodox cathedral in northwest connection c. officers arrived at the 2800 block of beam court to find a man suffering from gunshot wounds. the identity of the map is not being released -- of the man is not being released. a child found wandering alone is back safe and sound this morning. this 3-year-old boy was found by police wandering the streets. after eight hours the boy's dad came to pick his son up. there he is. turns out his mom, who was dealing with a newborn, thought dad had their son and dad thought he was home with mom. nonetheless, some neighbors wonder how they didn't notice that he was missing. >> you kind of wondered how a kid would get out of the house without a parent knowing. but it can happen. they can learn to unlock the door. >> so far no charges have been filed against the parents. the body of a man who went missing while boat not guilty baltimore county has been recovered. 40-year-old john will mer conrad iii was found. conrad was missing while boating from chester town to a marina in middle river. residents in laurel, maryland are breathing easier this morning after a sulfuric acid leak. a leak was discovered in a trailer, making a delivery of the chemical in the 3500 block of whiskey bottom road. residents were told not to open windows or run their ac, but no one was injured and contamination crews cleaned up the spill. a legendary broadcaster in the cbs news family will call it a day in a few hours. bob schieffer will host his final face the nation. what an ileus strauss -- illustrious career that was. >> almost half of that time was spent as the host of face the nation. we are looking at schieffer, starting as a radio reporter in fort worth texas, eventually joining cbs in 1969, covering the assassination of president kennedy before working his way up to the host chair of face the nation. >> today marks my official debut as it were as moderator of face the nation. our aim is going to be very simple here. to find interesting people from all segments of american life who have something to say and give them a chance to say it. >> this is what i always wanted to be when i was a little boy. it wouldn't have dawned on me i would get to talk to the people i got to talk to and cover the stories. i got my money's worth on this ticket, this trip to planet earth, that is for sure. >> coming up, we'll look at some of bob schieffer's highlights and the last half hour we'll actually hear from the man himself. thank you cam. metro says five of its six rail lines will be impacted by weekend work today. trains on the orange, silver and blue lines will operate every six minutes. on the green line the gbereenlt station will be closed. three shut p buses will -- shuttle buses will work as well. justices are scheduled to hear an appeal this thursday of a failed bid to block a small private women's college from closing because of financial challenges. three lawsuits have been filed to block the move. the sweet life festival continues today in columbia. the annual music and lifestyle festival is put on by the restaurant sweet green. today's lineup includes calvin harris and healthy local foods. wild weather continues to battle texas as waters rise, so does its death toll. how putting your body on ice could help healing. andrea roane takes a closer look. and how amazon could soon become your one stop shop for groceries. what the online retailer is considering getting into. a threat for thunderstorms arriving as we head into the afternoon and early evening hours. today's high near 90 degrees again. when do we finally get relief? we have been tracking this approaching cold front that will bring relief for . welcome back everybody. a little more comfortable to be outside today. we will see breezes pick up from time to time but then we are going to see the thunderstorms arrive, especially to the west of the beltway. especially dampening any outdoor plans. we are starting with the michael and son weather cam and the washington monument is clearly visible. but you can see the haze reducing visibility just a little bit. we'll have plenty of filtered sunshine at noon already 86 degrees. this heat is just unreleapting, it seems, we have been tracking an approaching cold front that is supposed to bring us relief from the heat and humidity. it keeps getting held up, though. this bubble of lie pressure to our south and east is kind of building a protective dome for us that prevents the cold front from moving through. but we'd actually like to see relief right now. 6 in germantown at the moment. 72 in springfield and 71 at andrews. you can see the approaching system. we are slowly watching there front descend into the metro. on 9 futurecast we'll track the approaching showers here. they start to bubble up around lunch time in places like martinsburg, winchester and cumberland and then it will inch toward us through the afternoon hours. 3:00 p.m. starting to make its way into hagerstown. you got plenty of rain yesterday. so the rain continues to push in through the evening hours. here we are, looking at monday when more rain will be moving through. notice again this cold front, slowly advancing through. even monday night, it still is making its way through the area, and cooler weather arrives on tuesday. so at one point we looked like we would get the cooldown on monday. unfortunately looks like it is going to hold off until tuesday. we have yellow alerts for monday and tuesday. today is a green alert because the storms, once again, very, very spotty. tuesday we get down to 78 for our afternoon high. in the first alert 7-day we are going to hold on to 70s on wednesday and back to the 80s on wednesday. sue rae, back to you. your favorite app may be doing more than finding a list of good, great ways to save. lesli foster said it could also be keeping tabs on you. >> reporter: mike credit cards.com found some apps keep track of your phone calls, locations, and even control your phone's camera. it is unsettling, but there are some things you can do to protect yourself. only download apps from google play or apple's i tune store to get basic security. read the company's privacy policy before you download an app and tighten up your security settings. on android open settings, scroll to security and restrict app settings. with apple go to settings, privacy, and turn location tracking on or off to make adjustments to the whole system or to individual apps. lesli foster wusa 9. amazon is expanding into the grocery business by broadening its private label brand elements into food items, according to a report by the wall street journal. amazon trade marked more than two dozen categories including coffee, soup, pasta, water, vitamins, dog food and household items such as razors and cleaning products. how much would you pay for cheese? a wisconsin cheese maker debuted a 20-year-old cheddar that cost $209 a pound. most of the supply has been spoken for. experts are calling the sale a milestone in the cheese industry. wal-mart tops the list of the most visited store in america. a data service that looks at behavior says half of the most visited retailers are food chains, the top five are mcdonalds, wal-mart, subway and walgreens. bad boy chris brown is back in dc, showing his softer side as he heads to prom with some very special kids. now a live look this morning at welcome back. i'm meteorologist erica grow. 70 degrees right now in winchester, frederick. waldorf 70, 73 in fredericksburg and 75 in downtown washington. a cold front continues to approach, and we do have a better chance for thunderstorms there afternoon. you'll see them first in cumberland and winchester. today 90 degrees in winchester, 90 also in culpepper and into the 90s throughout most of the inland locations. today's high 90 degrees in gaithersburg, 9 in downtown washington. 9 thunderstorms arrive by about dinner storm. cxconf[ dinner time. coming up, when we get reit relief and humidity relief in the first alert 7-day forecast. singer chris brown will be alongside the first lady for the tenth anniversary of the cinderella ball. it honors families of children living with disabilities or a life threatening illness. first laidley michelle obama is the honorary chair, along with chris brown. robert griffin iii will also attend. live music on three stages, food vendors, carnival rides and two fireworks displays today. still to come, today marks bob schieffer's last face the nation. i'll speak to him live about his incredible career in journalism. but next, chilling time when it comes to your health. find out ho welcome back on this sunday morning. could freezing your body promote healing? cry oh therapy -- cry yo therapy -- it is subjecting the whole body now to extreme temperatures, sparking rapid regeneration. here's andrea roane with more. >> reporter: kerry doyle has been a hairdresser for over 30 years. but in the last few years she has been complaining about arthritis and tendonitis in her elbow and hands. >> i started getting real bad night sweats. from that i started getting depressed. >> reporter: then she saw a report on tv about exposing the whole body to ultra low temperatures. her online searches led her to cathy sent terrorist and the help for health spa. >> it plays a game with the brain. i use liquid nitrogen to cool this chamber down to subzero temperatures for two and a half minutes. the brain goes into survival mode. it sends the signal to take all of your blood, oxygen nature -- oxygen ate -- fill it with oxygen. >> reporter: what is it like? >> it is only two and a half minutes. by the time it is done, you are like okay. >> reporter: really? i had to feel it to believe it. to be precise, a minus 230 degrees fahrenheit. but just as cathy said, the dryness of the cold made the two and a half minute exposure tolerable. how long it takes for people to feel the benefits of the therapy depends on the individual. >> you are now at the end of your treatment. >> i just finished. >> reporter: how do you feel? >> excellent. excellent. i'm sleeping like a baby. no pain in the elbow. my finger doesn't swell any more. >> that looks refreshing. that's andrea roane reporting. it is a technology that is based on the ice baths that athletes have used for years to shorten recovery time after a tough workout. in our second half hour, a billing nightmare as a local woman fights hundreds of dollars in utility costs. plus the death toll rises in texas as flooding continues. but could some relief be in sight? here in the metro, we are looking for the threat of thunderstorms. you got them to the west of the metro, today they will make their way in here, i'll schieffer's sign off as the face of the nation's political coverage misses a beat. rivers rise in texas and the death toll rises in texas. when will the water recede? i'm meteorologist erica gross. when we get relief from the heat and humidity. sue rae, it looks like we are dealing with this for one more day. are you ready for relief? >> i am ready. yesterday didn't seem so bad. >> that breeze helped. shade helps. today very similar. you want the shade, you wanted to seek out the shade, especially in the afternoon. but if you live west of the metro, you have a better potential of seeing thunderstorms before we get to the mid-afternoon hours. we are still dry in the beltway. 88 degrees at 1:00 today. 4:00 that is when we first had that threat in the immediate metro area of seeing a thunderstorm pop up. 89 degrees. as the cold front olympics its way toward us, we will see more thunderstorms develop and we are going to see them actually progress. whereas in past days they have popped up and not move very much. 7:00 a good chance that a shower or storm will be rolling through and it will be 86 degrees at that point. 10:00 we still could have lingering showers and storms. currently 72 degrees in gaithersburg, it is a very warm start to the day once again. 71 in hagueers up to, 75 in do you want washington and 72 degrees at pax river. you can see the approaching cold front here on satellite and radar. it is mott moving west to east very quickly, it is mostly moving from southwest to northeast. this front will slowly find its way in. by the time we get into the work week we will have a little bit of relief from that heat and humidity. i'll track that for you, coming up in the first alert 7-day. a legendary broadcaster in the cbs news family will call it quits in a few hours. bob schieffer will host his final face the nation. cameron thompson joins us for a look back at his career. >> reporter: it is a career going on for over 50 years, most of it here at cbs. starting in radio at the age of 20, switching to newspaper, television, and during that time he has covered just about every big story, including the assassination of president john f. kennedy, one that led him to a very famous scoop, getting lee harvey oswald's mother to answer the telephone. it doesn't seem like there is anything he would have changed. >> it's been a great adventure. you know i'm one of the luckiest people in the world, because as a little boy, as a young reporter, i always wanted to be a journalist. and i got to do that. not many people get to do that. and i could be have asked for a better life or something that was more fun and more fulfilling. >> with a career that lasted as long as bob schieffer's, it is tough to pick out highlights. who better to do that than the man himself? for the next half hour schieffer will join us with a look ahead to his final face the nation. the death toll in texas has risen to 27 people following the severe storms and flooding that started over the memorial day weekend. 11 people are still missing, as well. but there is good news, the rain is moving out of the southern plains. chris martinez has more now, from lewisville, texas. >> reporter: residents near houston dealt with another downpour saturday. in the dallas area more residents evacuated after new storms. for many areas of the north, south and central portions of texas the water keeps on rising. more bad news in this water logged state. in dallas this major expressway could be closed for up to a week while crews pump water out. officials say it could take up to a month for the water to recede in some areas. >> there is so much water. you know, there is flog we can do. >> reporter: president obama has signed a disaster declaration. federal aid will start flowing into affected areas soon. chris martinez, cbs news, lewisville, texas. the flooding in the state is the worst natural disaster in the u.s. so far this year. the dallas area set a new record for rainfall in plea, before saturday's rain even started falling. they have had enough rain to cover the entire state with 8 inches of water in the month of may. severe storms moved through northeast ohio knocking down trees and power across the area. lots of power lines down because of the heavy rains. sue rae? it was nearly a year ago that a slope collapse in fort washington, forcing residents to move out on a moment's notice. now prince george's county has filed suit against three displaced homeowners. the county has filed paperwork to take over and demolish three homes in order to begin repairs and secure the slope along scat away drive. but one homeowner is angry her home could be taken from her and she could be left pennyless. >> i'm so disgusted somebody voted for these guys? seriously. mr. baker, do you understand what your people are doing to us here? you are putting us in financial ruin. >> attorneys for both the homeowners and county are expected to discuss the lawsuit tomorrow. former maryland governor martin o'malley announces his run for the white house. o'malley's announcement drew an enthusiastic crowd at federal hill in baltimore. the presidential campaign is being called a long shot challenge to hillary clinton for the 2016 nomination. after the announcement he headed to early voted not guilty iowa. vermont senator bernie sanders is running for president as a democrat. how confusion over a billing address led to power problems for one local woman. >> it all started as a simple, easily fixed misunderstanding that when all was said and done, it wasn't that simple and certainly wasn't easily fixed. >> . bern debt -- last june a knock on her door sent her into a nine-month billing quagmire. >> he said you have service? and i said yes, i have service. i think you might want the house across the street. >> reporter: bernie lives in this corner house. 3725. but look. that is 3725 across the street. they are right across from each other but not on the same street. >> no big deal and he left. but then i get a bill and it says it is my final bill. >> reporter: getting the two homes she stopped her service. to make matters worse they wanted a $205 look up fee for the new service. she called the companies. >> they were as dumb founded as i was. >> reporter: she explained the problem and was told it would be taken care of. but the bills, service changes and penalties kept coming. >> even though they gave me credit they kept sending me a bill with an outstanding balance. >> reporter: she kept calling and kept explaining. >> i know i talked to 14 different people. >> reporter: she even drove all the way to baltimore. but nothing got solved. but then she ran across a wusa 9 call for action producer. she explained again. and this time. >> automatically, as soon as wusa made a phone call to bg&e, someone called me right away. >> reporter: and now her billing has finally, nine months later, been straightened out. >> i'm grateful. >> reporter: the confuse ago dress problems don't stop there. just last week she called a lawn service company to treat her lawn. when she got home that day, you guessed it, her neighbor's yard had been treated instead. that problem is also being solved. >> oh boy, bg&e tells us they are happy there was a successful resolution. and they will keep working until the customer is satisfied. if you have a problem and you want our call for action team to investigate go to wusa 9 and click on the call for action button. happening today, the vintage virginia wine festival. it is one of the largest and longest running wine events on the east coast. it is being held in centerville, virginia between 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. still to come, i tryout for the netflix hit show house of cards. plus just another saturday afternoon planking around? find out why this guy is gritting his teeth and working his ashes. we have a very similar day on -- his ashes all right. plenty of sunshine on this sunday morning. what else is in store? i guess we can promise some heat? >> yes, we are going to see heat again. it is going to be humid. yesterday we had nice breeze that his helped it feel a little better in the afternoon. but today we are going to see the showers and thunderstorms, and maybe that will be a little bit of nature's air conditioning. you'll get relief from the heat in the form of rain. let's look outside right now with the michael and son weather cam. definitely hazy out there early this morning. we are going to see temperatures quickly rising through the 70s to around 80 degrees. 9:00 a.m. 79 degrees. noon we are already at 86. our average high around 80. by noon we'll be warmer than our average high. it was a very hot month, here we are the last day of may and we are going to wrap-up this month it looks like with the hottest may on record in the metro area. 88 degrees at 5:00 with more thunderstorms approaching. so if you got the thunderstorms yesterday, you can almost guarantee you are going to see them again today. places hike hagerstown. today we are going to see it moving closer to the metro, right now 70 in reston and germantown. 72 in leesburg. 72 in septemberterville as well. 68 in columbia. on satellite and radar a wide view for you here. you can see this very slow moving cold front, the rotating energy moving through indiana and through ohio is going to actually provide the kick that we need to clear out this heat and humidity that we have been dealing with. on 9 futurecast, it is not in the short-term though, the heat and humidity remain in place today, and even a little bit tomorrow as well. 1:00 p.m. we are still dry in the immediate metro. as we head into the evening hours, some more spotty showers and thunderstorms will approach the beltway and 95 corridor, waking up though to dry but muggy conditions early monday morning. monday is a yellow alert day, the rain and storms will increase in the afternoon and early evening. and of course that evening commute will be affected by these storms. here they come late on monday night it is still going to be raining as well. a high of 90 degrees again in frederick, 8 in downpour washington. 88 degrees at andrew, 8 at hagerstown and martinsburg. overnight tonight we are going to dip down to another muggy 66 in winchester and martinsburg. 71 in fredericksburg, 72 in do you want dc. so monday is yellow alert day as i mentioned before because of the threat for the showers and thunderstorms for the evening commute. tuesday is another yellow alert day but look at this, finally a high of 78 degrees tuesday the first alert 7-day forecast we'll hold on to the chance for showers wednesday maybe thursday. more showers arriving at the end of the work week. in today's health alert, andrea roane has details on a day dedicated to kicking the habit. plus details on migraine and headache awareness month. >> reporter: good morning. today is world no tobacco day 2015, led by the world health organization. the annual campaign highlights health risks associated with tobacco use while advocate fog policies to reduce tobacco consumption worldwide. this year's call to action aims to put a stop to the illicit trade of tobacco products. june is also migraine awareness month. over 36 million americans suffer from migraines, and three quarters of those are women. the disease touches one in every four u.s. households. in monday morning's health alert a local doctor explains how lightning strikes can actually trigger migraines. i'm andrea reason, enjoy the rest of your weekend. researchers from around the world estimate there were nearly 15 million new cases of cancer and more than 8 million deaths in 2013. they found one in three men and one in five women around the world developed cancer. globally, while cancer is the second leading cause of death and more people are getting it, thrte moality rate is falling with better detection and treatment. the average price of popular generic drugs dropped about 4% in 2013. that is the findings of an aarp study that looked at 280 generic drugs. findings also showed prices jumped on some by as much as 1000%. if you are not making enough money maybe it has something to do with your attitude. a new study shows cynical beliefs about others may be associated with a lower income. researchers in germany suggest cynical people may pass on chances to cooperate, which could further their careers. have you ever tried to do a plank? that is an exercise you can do for your core. even a few seconds excruciatingly painful? in california they are looking to set a world record for the longest held abdominal plank. angie lee reports. >> reporter: passion is something more than just a physical plank. ultra athlete george hood has plenty of. at 57 and in the best shape of his life, george is trying to set a new world record for the longest-held abdominal plank. >> distractions come in the form of music, visits, little gifts. but whatever you do, don't tell george the time. he is trying to beat 4 hours and 23 minutes. >> i can't believe he has been in that position for so long. >> reporter: george is not a newbie when it comes to setting world records. the former marine officer and now retired dea agent holds 7 world titles. as people gather to catch a glimpse of history. >> he must have the strength of like i don't know, steelman. >> reporter: george treats this as his war zone. >> when you are under extreme duress the body looks to any excuse to want to shut you down. >> reporter: fighting the good fight for those who fought for our country. >> i can still walk. marines have come back from the fight with no feet, no toes. [audio difficulty] >> this is the least i can do. the discomfort pales in comparison to that, that they have suffered on the battlefield. >> wow. no pressure. he accept a total of get this, 5 hours and 15 minutes and 15 seconds in the abdominal plank position yesterday, crushing the guinness world record previously set at 4 hours and 26 minutes by a man in china. taking a look at our pet pics 9, take a look. >> reporter: teresa sent us a picture of andy on his blanket. patrick hardy thank you so much for sending the morning cup of coffee. >> we love to see dogs and cats and others as well. finally this picture from last weekend, rich stole get being his puppy daisy all patriotic for there are a lot of channels on your tv but only so many you want to watch what if you could pay for the types of channels you want and not the ones you don't now, fios brings you a totally new way to customize your tv. starting at $74.99 per month with no annual contract. get custom tv, including internet and phone. price guaranteed for two years. or from now until june 8th get a $400 visa prepaid card when you sign a two-year agreement. go to getfios.com. cable just gives you channels. fios gives you choice. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v welcome back to a beautiful sunday morning. we have been scanning the satellites for the best caught on camera video. >> interesting story here. this is surveillance video of a pup by being stolen from a tucson, arizona humane society saturday afternoon. after the video was shared the puppy was quickly returned. she is doing just fine and is on the way to the family that originally signed up to adopt her before this all happened. >> not cool. open casting call continues for the popular netflix series house of cards, although the casting company hasn't said the show's name, it can't, it wasn't hard to figure out. >> auditions, yesterday i was put on the spot, they wanted me to give it a try. >> reporter: walk me through this process. >> sure it is racket simple. obviously you could see everybody is well dressed. we know if they are dressed in their best we can dress them down. we'll take photos exactly the way they are. the first thing is jenna will fill out a template for you, then we are going to walk over to the actual photography stations. wove four or five stations set up so the line will move fast. >> reporter: andrea, obviously we have all different types, kind of exciting to see the difference and diversity come in? >> absolutely they all look wonderful. we have a very good turnout. people are very enthusiastic. as you can see they all look wonderful. >> reporter: i take it i will be auditioning as a role if a reporter? >> perfect t suits you. >> reporter: what should i do? >> come over to the table and we are going to go to the photography station and take three or four photos of you. >> reporter: sue rae chin at the white house for wusa9. >> simple. no pressure. so auditions if you didn't make it yesterday there are another set of auditions today at white marsh maryland. >> today's casting call is open to everyone. go ahead and show up in your best. >> give it a try. still to come, bob schieffer looks back on 46 years at cbs news. he is going to join us from face the nation. plus, looking at the remarkable life of beau biden as the vice president's son loses his life to brain cancer. heat and humidity continues today. but we finally do have relief ahead in the first alert 7-day. but before that, here's your forecast today, a high near 90 again and the threat for thunderstorms arriving in the afternoon instead of the evening, like we had yesterday. hey good morning everybody. big sports day come your way, we'll update you on the washington nationals, hopefully bryce harper will get back in the lineup. he had that sore back after friday night. maryland baseball and the the second family's sorrow as the vice president's son beau biden loses his battle with brain cancer. plus bob schieffer joins us live on his last day at face the nation. it has now been a week of heat and humidity, temperatures in the 80s and 90s. today we continue that trend, but we do, finally, have relief ahead in the first alert 7-day. >> good morning everybody, i'm sue rae chin in for mike haiduk as we round out may. >> the hottest may on record likely to be put in the record books today. if we reach our forecasted high temperature, we already know the low was right where it needs to be in order to get that hottest may on record in dc. so the heat will finally actually give way as we head into june. let's get it started for you with the michael and son weather cam. you can tell it is hazy out there can't you? you can see the moisture out there in the jefferson memorial. 81 degrees at 10:00. can you believe it? 88. today is different from yesterday in respect that the thunderstorms will develop closer to the beltway. 86 degrees at 7:00. and the chance for thunderstorms continues into the evening hours. currently 71 in hagerstown. 70 in martinsburg. the rain and thunder yesterday in the panhandle area. 72 in winchester and leesburg. 72 also in gaithersburg. a warm and muggy start, you can see the slow approaching front. behind that front, we will see temperatures return to the 70s, we'll talk about that of course in the first alert 7-day. just a month after being hospitalized the vice president's family is coming to terms with the loss of beau biden. >> the former attorney general of delaware and iraqi war veteran died of brain cancer. >> reporter: vice president joe biden announced saturday night his oldest son, beau biden, has died of brain cancer, saying in a statement the entire family is saddened beyond words. the former delaware attorney general, a member of the delaware national guard, was 46 years old. he served a year long tour in iraq while in the national guard, and like his father, beau biden was a lawyer. biden was hospitalized at the walter reed national military center earlier this month. at the time the vice president's office would not say why he was undergoing treatment. however the younger biden underwent surgery at a texas cancer hospital in 2013 to remove a small lesion. he suffered a mild stroke in 2010. despite his health problems, biden announced last year he would not seek reelection after his second term as delaware's attorney general, and planned, instead, to run for governor. president obama said in a statement he and the first lady are grieving over the death. beau biden leaves behind his wife, a daughter, a son and his brother. marley hall, cbs news, new york. breaking this morning, secretary of state john kerry is in stable condition in a swiss hospital after breaking his leg in a bike crash. the secretary's spokesman said paramedics and a doctor were with kerry's motorcade when the crash happened sunday morning. kerry is in stable condition and did not lose consciousness. the national security agency's authority to collect telephone data is set to expire at midnight. the senate will make an effort to reach a compromise that would extend the program in some way. however senate leadership aides say the program will likely sunset briefly while congress attempts to find a solution. more than two weeks after the savvas savopoulos family were killed, a viewing will be held between 6:00 and 8:00 pat the at the joseph funeral home. the funeral for the savvas savopoulosly will be held monday at the cathedral where the couple was married. police believe the family and their housekeeper were killed by daron wint before their home was torched. the search continues this morning for the person responsible for a fatal shooting in prince george's county. officers arrived at the 2800 block of horn beam court in glenn arden to find the man was suffering from several gunshot wounds. he was pronounced dead at the scene. the identity of the male is not being released as police reach out to his next of kin. if you saw anything you are asked to give them a call. scott thomas chef, will be in court. he is accused of killing his rockville neighbors. he was arrested in alaska while on a vacation cruise with his family. residents in a maryland city are having a much more relaxed start to their day. yesterday more than 500 people this laurel were told to shelter in place saturday. they had to keep their windows slight and ac off after a sulfuric acid leak was discovered in the 3500 block of when i was and i bottom road. no one was injured, and contamination crews cleaned up the mess. a heads up now. if you are using the metro today, work continues all day on five of the six rail lines. orange, silver and blue lines will operate every 26 minutes. on the red line metro says trains between shady grove and glenmont will run every 20 minutes. and on the green line the greenbelt station will be closed. free shuttle buses will take travelers between the greenbelt and college park stations and work wraps up tonight. this morning bob schieffer will sign off at face the nation after 46 years at cbs, and 24 years at the sunday morning political show, he will retire. bob schieffer joins us live now from the face the nation studio. good morning bob. >> good morning sue rae. >> what is going through your mind right now? >> i'm not sure i can really believe this. i have been a report fore58 years, been at cbs all these many, many years. so it is going to be difficult, i think. you know, i'm kind of used to being in the middle of things and i think i'm going to miss that a lot. but you know, it was just time to do this. i see so many of these people in washington that just hang on and language on until somebody comes along and says come on old fellow, let us help you off the stage here. and i didn't want that to be me. i wanted to leave when i felt like, and i felt like people thought that i could still do this job. so that's why we made the decision to do it. you know, face the nation was here long before i came to cbs, and i feel like we are going to leave it in very good hands. i think it will go on for a long, long time after i leave this desk. we are going to keep the focus right on the news this morning. i have an interview, flew down to nashville yesterday, where i caught up with jeb bush. we'll ask him about is he or isn't he going to run for president? every sign indicates he is. and we are also going to talk to cia director john brennan about this law that is about to expire that gives the national security agency authority to do some of the things that intelligence agencies say are absolutely vital to our national security. and what happens if that law expires. that will certainly be our first question to john brennan. >> you know bob, we want to step back in time for a moment. we love the story that you tell about the jfk assassination day, when you were a beat reporter. and you talked about the interview that got away. talk about that. >> well, that was the day i worked at the fort worth star telegram those days. it was total bed lamb when john kennedy was shot. and the phone rang at the city desk and a woman said is there anybody there who can give me a ride to dallas and i said lady we don't run a taxi here and besides the president had been shot and she said yes i heard it on the radio, i think my son is the one they have arrested. so i wrote down her address. and just because i happened to answer the phone, went out to the west side of fort worth to the address she gave me and took her over to dallas, did an interview with her. another reporter named bill foster was with me. when i got to the dallas police station, i didn't tell anybody i was a reporter. i just said i'm the one who brought mrs. oswald here. and she asked, late in the day, would anybody let her see her son, so i asked the police and they said yes. we were actually ushered into a holding room off the jail. i thought i was going to interview lee harvey oswald and finally a guy in the corner said who are you? and i said what? and he said are you a reporter? >> and i said yeah. and he said well you get out of here. so i did. so i didn't get that interview but it was quite an adventure. >> bob we can't believe you can actually stay away. we have so much going on, the 2016 campaign. you say you are going into retirement three months of just doing nothing? what's all that about? >> well i'm going to try to decide how i want to spend the rest of my life. i mean, i've never had a problem filling my day, and i'm sure i won't in this next adventure, as it were. but right now, i'm just not going to think too far ahead into the future about what i want to do next. but i'll let you know, as soon as i figure it out. >> thank you bob. we love you and best of luck to you and have fun out there. >> okay. thanks sue rae. >> bob schieffer the legendary. face the nation airs right here on wusa 9 at 10:30 a.m. as bob said likely republican presidential candidate jeb bush will be his guest. and now here is a look at what's coming up on capital download this morning. >> reporter: good morning you in just a bit we'll talk to aflcio president richardson ca about the battle spurred by the transpacific trade deal. >> and a campaign expert about whether big money in politics is the new normal. >> all on capital download right here on wusa9. a legendary broadcaster as we just talked to, bob schieffer, is hosting his final face the nation. and cameron thompson joins us in for a look back at his career. it was a joy to talk to him. you know, he even said he can't believe this day is actually here. he has been talking about it for awhile, but today is the day he is calling it quits. >> reporter: and finally after 50 years in the making. when you look back, it was really building up a career and a legacy of a straight shooter. and when i first started the personal story here, a few years ago people asked me what's my slant? what's my political leanings? showing the public is wary of bias in their news reporters. but as you'll hear from john mccain, there were no doubts about schieffer and some final words from the man himself on why it is so important to be a journalist. >> i can't tell you whether bob schieffer is a republican or democrat or libertarian or vegetarian. >> there will always be a need for accurate information. >> reporter: and then, as you can see on the screen right there, schieffer is with one of his most recent tweets, staying focused and humble to the very end, righted up to his last show. again, you can watch that here on wusa 9 starting at 10:30. sue rae, back to you. thank you cameron. a lucky guy indeed. the ford theater gala is today featuring boys to men, martina mcbride and josh stone. the benefit gets underway at 7:00 p.m. and if you want to check out some of the stars, the red carpet starts at 5:00 p.m. still to come after eight long years, lindsey lohan is finally off the look. plus saving a piece of coastal lift. why this 100--year-old lighthouse is on the move. another hot and humid day on tap. we are going to see the potential for thunderstorms though, arriving in the metro area today. unlike yesterday, where they stayed to the west of the immediate beltway. highs near 90 again today and for pollen sufferers, man the grass pollen has been allowed to skyrocket because of the lack of rain. rain will help bring down good sunday morning, we have to watch out for possible thunderstorms today right? >> that's right. the cold front i have been talking about for days on end is finally making its way toward the metro area. here's the thing, the area of high pressure, the bermuda high is kind of unreliening. kind of having a strangle hold on the dc metro area and preventing that cold front from moving through. so now, instead of moving through today, it looks like it is going to move through on monday. let's start off with a look at the michael and son weather cam, and our day planner. we are going to see hazy sunshine through about noon, and look at that noon time temperature. 86 degrees, going to be on the uncomfortable side. if you wanted to have lunch outside, or maybe do barbecuing, you can do it. but it is going to be a little uncomfortable to be out there. 88 degrees at 5:00, dropping down from a high of 89, which will reach between 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. thunderstorms entering the y the thunderstorms stayed far to the north and west, today they actually will move into the beltway. 74 right now in chevy chase, 73 in waldorf and 75 at andrews. on satellite and radar you can see the slow moving storm system finally making its approach and it will kick through monday night, not tonight as we originally forecast. 9 futurecast showing the pop up showers and thunderstorms starting to develop in the mountains around lunch time. then everything starts to descend toward us as we head into the evening hours. if you want to have that barbecue, you can probably sneak it in until we get toward the mid-afternoon hours. but we will see the rain potential sticking with us, not only tonight but also tomorrow. so we'll wake up to just clouds most likely on monday morning, but then monday afternoon and into the evening, more rain arriving. you can see the oranges and yellows here, indicating the potential for heavier rain. the heavy rain also of course an indication that we could have thunderstorms. cooler air descends in on tuesday. high temperatures briefly returning to the 70s as we head through the day tuesday. not today. a high of 89 degrees in downtown washington. nine in winchester, cull beg your pardon per and orange. we are going to see lots of 90s out there, once again, and forecast lows will be warm and muggy. 69 in hagerstown at bwi, 70 in pax river, 72 degrees in downtown washington. tomorrow is the yellow alert day. the front will bring in the potential for showers and storms. tomorrow and tuesday are both yellow alert day because of the cooler weather and scattered showers. 70s back here tuesday and wednesday, we return to the 80s for the end of the work week sue rae? >> we like the work week. erica, thank you. they are learning skills that could translate into a job at nasa one day. students at quince orchard high school are building a mini mars rover. they are bringing science and math and engineering all together in one project. mike haiduk shows us. >> reporter: x ray 11 this is mission control. do you read? he wants to make it as real as it gets. the sun is out, a beautiful martian skyline. teacher marty nelson is all in on stem education. his vehicle to teach it? this mini mars rover. students maneuver it using small cameras and a controller just like nasa. >> they cut out their templates, and then they cut out their wheels. >> reporter: wheels, gear boxes, even the electromagnet. they build it all. >> i really enjoy it. i love it a lot. >> reporter: are these kids going to be engineers? >> some of them are. i tell them look, this problem solving process, this can be used for a career, picking a school. >> reporter: nelson says of the nine core stem strategies required in maryland, this project picks off eight of them. all josh hernandez knows is mr. nelson's class seems to fly by. >> ten minutes goes by and the bell rings and oh i have to get my stuff. it happens so far -- so fast. >> this is engineering and technology and science and a little bit of math involved. so all of a sudden they see why we learn these things. >> reporter: that is why stem is cool in school. mike haiduk wusa9. mr. nelson designed the whole rover kit himself and contributed $1000 of his own money to make it happen. if you have a stem story you would like mike haiduk to cover, follow him on facebook or twitter @mike haiduk and let him know. more than 500 people filled the bell grove mission church in louisiana for the final viewing. b.b. king's died in las vegas on may 14th. he has had an extensive career, which influenced countless musicians. after eight long years, lindsey lohan is finally off probation. she completed more than the required 125 hours of court- ordered community service at several new york nonprofits, which include the forney center and the children's center. lohan posted on twitter this marks a clean slate and a fresh start. we are not done yet. still to come on this sunday morning, moving a piece of history out of danger's way. find out how you i love the taste. always smooth, never bitter. my cup of coffee is always awesome when i go to dunkin'. man: i see the steam rising off the cup 'cause you know it's a fresh pot. man: one cup a day for sure. two if need be. and it's usually "need be." dunkin' -- your place for coffee. there are a lot of channels on your tv but only so many you want to watch what if you could pay for the types of channels you want and not the ones you don't now, fios brings you a totally new way to customize your tv. starting at $74.99 per month with no annual contract. get custom tv, including internet and phone. price guaranteed for two years. or from now until june 8th get a $400 visa prepaid card when you sign a two-year agreement. go to getfios.com. cable just gives you channels. fios gives you choice. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v people of the coffee drinking world, dunkin' has a dark roast coffee that's deliciously roasted just right for a bold start and smooth finish that's never bitter. put down the dark roast you've been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. up the coast and a moving story from martha's vineyard, where they are making history by moving it. the lighthouse on martha's vineyard has a new home this morning. jim axle rod reports. >> reporter: this is the question of the day facing a team of movers on martha's vineyard. how do you move an iconic, 160- year-old, national treasure? very carefully. and very slowly. just about a foot each minute. the man in charge of relocating the lighthouse, lynn butler, the man on the right, says the speed or the distinct lack of it is for a reason. >> it could come tumbling down. >> reporter: the lighthouse sits six feet off the ground and is being pushed down by two hydraulics. richard skidmore has been the light house keeper for 25 years. >> it is aggrated identifying moment to have the reality of the care for this building manifested. >> reporter: we first -- a, gratifying moment to have the reality of the care for this building manifested. >> we had put a date of 2015 that this lighthouse could be moved by that year. >> reporter: or what? >> or it would tumble into the sea. >> reporter: so here they are in 2015, having raised almost $3.5 million to pay for the move and restoration. there has been a lighthouse at this location since 1799. this one was built in 1856, at a time when the channel below was the busiest shipping lane in the country and the boats were guided by the beacon on the hill. the new location, about 130 feet inland, should be far enough back to protect it from future erosion for at least another century, or hopefully long beyond that. >> it is amazingly gratifying to see the love for this monument. which i see as being a love for the history of this place. this is the emblem of our shared past. >> saving a national treasure. love it. >> yeah and it is because of erosion, of course, that they need to make that move. we are going to look at another day with heat and humidity sue rae. a final look at the first alert 7-day. we did just miss out on a heat wave, what we are not missing out on is the hottest may on record in dc. more rain and thunderstorms, a cold front finally moves through and high temperatures returning to the 70s briefly but at least it will be some nice relief for that ac bill right? >> oh yeah, and i love that work week temperature. enjoy the 70s. have a great day, everybody. enjoy the rest of labor union strife over president obama's trade deal, we'll talk with afl-cio president richard trumka about that and a lot more. >> and money, money, money, running for president is all about the benjamins, the growing argument over the politics of cold hard cash. i'm susan page. >> and i'm derek mcginty. this is capital download. well, good morning to you and welcome to capital download. okay, susan, peoples like we've been talking about this trade deal business for weeks now. finally the senate passed the trade promotion authority and the house is about to pick it up, but the real battle is within the democratic party. >> that's right, derek. democrats are divided and long time allies like organized labor are making

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