to the 7:00 probably. northbound delays show from newington up to the franconia springfield parkway. all right, the outer loop in virginia, we have an accident between route 7 and 66. saying only the left lane getting by there. keep your eye out for that. in maryland, outer loop volume up between new hampshire and colesville road. no real problems yet. we're going to keep our eyes on that as that develops and then 270 southbound, little slow 80 to 109. but jermantown to rockville, no problems yet. on the travel times -- i'm going to keep you updated on the outer loop accident at 6:12. jessica? the stories happening today. this morning, learn about the future of the virginia railway express. v re will hold a meeting at 9:00 to lay out the lang torch plans at the prtc transit building in woodbridge. a burial today for private first class harold kenner. his remains weren't found and identified until recently. there'll be a series of similar burials at arlington over the last week. pile driving begins tonight at reagan national airport in the waterspout as the main runway between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. some people living along the alexandria waterfront may hear this noise. also today we are now just four days away from hitting the debt ceiling and the government possibly defaulting on what it owes. >> just before 11:00 last night a planned vote by the house on a republican backed plan was scrubbed. >> surae chinn is following the latest developments on the debt ceiling debate. so surae, what is next this morning? >> reporter: untile all like to know that -- wouldn't we all like to know that answer. but several things are going to happen. gop leaders will be scrambling to secure more votes because they're a few votes shy of passing the measure then try to vote on the speak erosible. but until then the gop needs to get it together if they want the bill passed in the house. turmoil on house floor mounting anxiety as each our passes where there's no deal. lawmakers i merged last night. there would be no vote knowing they didn't have the votes to secure pass package in order to send it to the senate. house speaker john boehner's bill would cut $970 billion in spending over the next 10 years. conservative republicans want more cuts. >> this is getting serious, mr. speaker, very serious. we can't keep spending money we just don't have. >> we must not be back here in six weeks or six months debating whether allowing our nation to default on its financial obligations. >> reporter: today, senate majority leader harry reid said the senate will reject it anyway and he has his own bill to trim money and raise the debt ceiling through 2013. republicans say it doesn't stand a chance in the house and so much closer to tuesday's deadline. >> this fight seems to have going on forever at this point. now chatter about the 14th amendment to the constitution, what's that mean? >> reporter: a history lesson this morning. the 14th amendment was passed after the civil war to make sure the u.s. would pay off its debts. here's what the first sentence of the section iv says -- >> reporter: so some people think the president would invoke that so we couldn't default on our debts. the white house says no thanks. >> lot of political liability. >> i have talked to my lawyers. they don't -- they do not -- they are not persuaded that that is a winning argument. >> reporter: adding on to that, some critics say only the congress can authorize the 14th amendment. astounding this is all the talks that's going on. >> there's even disagreement -- they're going to fight on just about everything. >> reporter: every little sentence and word on this. the world is watching and waiting to see what happens with our debt ceiling crisis and this morning, this markets in asia are all trading down yet again. the knee cay index in japan is down. managing director of the imf says there's a lot of concern out there. >> so to have the lead economy -- uncertain about its debt ceiling is quite worrisome. and if you were to take it further, clearly there would be consequences in the rest of the world. not just in the united states. >> the dow will try to avoid a sixth straight losing day today. it lost a half a percent yesterday falling 62 points, the nasdaq was up a fraction and the s&p 500 fell by four points. we're going to be keeping on top of the story all weekend long at wusa9.com. be sure to check in regularly for any developments on the debt ceiling debate. six minutes after 6:00 now. we've tried to find out if classes are open at university of northern virginia for students with you it appears the website was actually taken down. >> this could be a reaction to an immigration raid by federal arguments yesterday. >> that's because agents hauled away some boxes and file cabinets from the campus on little river turnpike in virginia and authorities say some of the required immigration documents for foreign students was lacking. now, the school needs to prove it is in compliance with immigration laws. some students may be forced to go back to their home countries before they graduate. >> i need to go back to my country with my degree since i have to maintain my f 1 visa and if we have more than three absences we're going to lose it. >> now we tried to contact the president of umva, but not able to reach him for comments, students may want to call ahead to see if their class is in session today. now police are hoping you can help them solve al homicide in prince george's county. they found a woman dead on her apartment balcony in temple hills. authorities say there were signs of trauma to the body. officers were called to dallas place last night after neighbors found the woman. her name has not been released. metro put surveillance cameras in its buses to keep tabs on drivers and keep you safe. the plan appears to be working. the "washington examiner" reports 20 drivers have been fired since the camera were installed. more than 220 suspensions have been hands out for over 1100 infractions. the biggest problems? using the cell phone while driving and running red lights. are you ready for some football? the redskins get their first full day of training camp today. and what a flurry of action thursday. the redskins signed a five year deal with defensive end steven bowen and also got center chris chester. of course everybody is talking about this part of the story, albert haynesworth. 24 hours ago when this news broke he will be traded to the new england patriots. the skins get a fifth round draft pick in 2013. after all the drama here in washington, his new teammates in new england say he is on notice. >> from the outside looking in, you can see that you know, albert wasn't really you know, happy in his situation. i don't think it's going to be a problem with the structure of this locker room. >> i don't know you know, albert personally. one thing we try not to do so you know, see what's going on around the league. right now we'rewatching film and trying to get back. >> six years here in d. c., casey rawback missed just one start. and training camp opens to the public starting tomorrow. the gates open at 7:30 and practice starts at 8:30. you have to go online and print out a free invitation to training camp before you go. go to redskins.com to do that. it is 6:09. the first victim of is so- called serial slasher in fairfax county is speaking out. >> blood all over my hands. it was like ridiculous. i started freaking out. >> in four minutes, learn why this woman is coming forward. but first it is going to be a hot friday already 80-degrees here in northwest washington. you see the haze just hanging in the air. howard's got the weather first when 9news now returns. 6:12, are steamy morning out there. fog in a few spots, but a great deal of sunshine and heat today, 94 by 1:00, wind will be southwest to westerly by 5 to 10 and boost temperatures into low 100s with a 5:00 p.m. temperature still over 100. kris sneed? the accident over the outer loop in beltway in virginia. it is blocking the right lane and drivers be aware of that. more on this and 95 accidents coming up at 6:19. jess coo? an awol soldier in texas condemned the shootings by a fellow muslim. this new plot is one of the stories making news at 6:13 this morning. police say private naser abdo has a backpack bomb and weapons stashed in a hotel room when he was arrested. the 21-year-old was trying to get conscientious objector status but that was delayed after investigators found child pornography on his computer. day two of talks today in new york between u.s. and north korea. north korea will take major steps in exchange the country will get energy assistance from its neighbors. tropical storm don could mean a weekend washout on the texas coastline and they'd be happy about it. much-needed rain there because of drought conditions. the storm could make landfall this evening. the first young woman to be astacked by a serial slasher is speaking out. >> peggy fox reports. >> i don't want him to do this to any more girls. traumatic really. >> reporter: this 20-year-old new mother, we'll call her jennifer says she was visibly pregnant on valentine's day. she was carrying four shopping bags as she walked alone done the hallway. >> i'm pushing the door open and all of a sudden he's like right there behind me. and i felt like -- like a pinch on my bottom. >> reporter: at first she didn't realize she was hurt and yelled at him. >> hey, like you just cut my leggings and he was like no, no, no. it was my bag. he was carrying a little yellow bag. he hurried away. >> reporter: then she felt the flood and the pain. >> there was blood all over my hand. it was like ridiculous. i started freaking out. >> reporter: police believe jennifer's attack was the first of five possibly inflicted by the same man who uses a box cutter or razor blade. >> it was about this long and i mean it was like a gush. it was pretty deep. >> reporter: two of the attacks happened at the h&m store at tyson's corner on june 18th. another at the green briar shopping center on june 20th and two others occurred at fair oaks mall, the most recent was the past monday. that's when fairfax county police finally connected the attacks. >> i'm just glad that it's bigger now so that he will get caught. >> reporter: jennifer thinks fairfax county police should have alerted the public after her attack back in february. but police say thought that was just an isolated incident. peggy fox, 9news now. >> if you have any information, please call fairfax county crime stoppers, the number -- you can also send an anonymous text to 274637. include tip 187 in your message and if you didn't get all the numbers, they're on the website for you. if you like heat, if you like humidity, this is the day for you people. >> that's right. >> banner day. and a record setter as well i think before the day is out. the records are in the upper 90s at national and bwi at 99. 97 at dulles. 101, 102 in most areas this afternoon. the day planner for today. sunshine will be out there. we will be looking a little patchy fog over the next hour in spots. and then by noon, low 90s by 5:00 p.m. 99. with a southwest wind at 10. actual high today again around 102 and a heat advisory for heat index values 105 to 110. go to the mountains if you want to cool down or up into pennsylvania. oh, they'll still be hot there, just not as hot. as far as the i visibility, a quarter mile in hagerstown and over to yorks vim. ville. down in southern maryland, a report of a mile and even manassas has had some haze or fog at times this morning. temperatures they're way up there. upper 70s even 80-degrees although upper 60s in western maryland. locally 79 for college park. and 78 in alexandria. haymarket is 71 and leesburg this morning along with gaithersburg at 73. reagan national officially 80 with mostly cloudy skies and calm winds and it feels like 85 already with the dew points jumping into the 70s. high pressure, big area of high pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere bringing the heat and humidity on either side of that, we've got storms to talk about. don in the gulf of mexico. winds at 50 miles per hour. center is actually up here. i know this looks pretty impressive but the center is actually up here tracking to just north of brownsville the way it's looking and then on the northern edge of this ridge we've got storms in kansas and missouri. over toward illinois and then this severe thunderstorm watch box from detroit over to buffalo and erie. the storms will stay north and east of us for the most part today although late this afternoon, one or two of them could slip in here. 102 today, that would be a record. tonight the 7 #s to about 80. tomorrow not as hot or humid. 93 on sunday and look rain chances so low i actually removed them from the forecast. then next week, it's still hot and still talking about temperatures well up in the 90s. come on computer be my friend here. but wellup in the 90s. here we go. well up in the 90s on monday. tuesday 93. wednesday and thursday, mid- to upper 90s and by then a better chances for some thunderstorms, kris sneed? still seeing problems, the yellow light is going to start with. 95 southbound in virginia. we've been track this can accident since about -- tracking this accident since about 3:00 this morning. it involves three tractor- trailers in woodbridge near route 1. two left lanes are now getting by, delays up to lorton and northbound slow from newington up to the mixing bowl. on the utter loop, this camera over there between route 7 and 66. we have an accident there to watch out for. it's blocking the right lane. no real delays as you approach the area. inner loop, no problems there. 395 northbound though, that's slowing down now. edsall up to seminary. but then 66 in virginia, no real problems but we are slowing down route 50 towards 123. nutley to the beltway. everything is looking good there. travel times -- i'm going to deep you -- keep you updated on the 95 vent in. >> come -- accident in virginia coming up. next in sports, a big name bows out of legg mason tennis tournament and a new pitcher for the nationals. first though, this is time for the question of the morning, this is funny if you want to chuckle -- some of the comments from you ladies on our facebook page have been brutal. >> we love it. our facebook friend writes -- >> join the conversation on facebook.com/wusa9.com. we will have the answer to the survey 6:53. labored breathing ] [ coughing continues ] [ gasping ] [ elevator bell dings, coughing continues ] [ female announcer ] congress can't ignore the facts: more air pollution means more childhood asthma attacks. [ coughing continues ] log on to lungusa.org and tell washington: don't weaken the clean air act. 6:24, very muggy out there this morning. humidity is way up. it's going to be a record setter before we're done. look for temperatures by noon already to be in the low 90s. mid-afternoon temperatures upper 90s to around 100. same story still 5:00, 6:00. still looking at near triple digit heat. the record high 102 this afternoon. mike? love records. thank you howard. in sports the nationals begin a three game series with the mets tonight. >> pitcher chien-ming wang makes his first appearance in nearly two years. he'll start for washington. >> the nats are trying to stop a five game slid -- slide. they lost to the marlins yesterday 5-2. d. c. has only beaten florida once at home this season. while you slept an american swimmer set a world record in shanghai. ryan lock key won a 200-meter medley in 1:54. it's the first world record in 19 months. american michael phelps got the silver. this week of tennis fun begins in rock creek tomorrow. one of the headliners won't there. andy roddick won't play. he hurt an abdominal muscle. tiger woods will be back on the golf course next week. he will take part in the bridgestone invitational. it's in akron, ohio and woods has won there seven times. he has not played since may 12th suffering from injuries. it is 6:25. did you know it is national cheesecake day? in 20 minutes we'll head to the kitchen just to get a sample or two from the cheesecake factory, they here this morning -- they're here this morning. the fees the bank charges you to use the atm. you can negotiate with the banks the get those down -- to get those down. >> before we to head to break the. >> the outer loop between route 7 and 66 blocking two right lanes, i'm going to keep you updated on this and the 95 southbound accident coming up after the break at 6:30. 9news now will return after the break. at progressive, you can bundle your home and auto policies and save. don't worry, tiny people. flo is a gentle giant. bundle home and auto at progressive.com. 6:29, this is the place where you can always get your weather first and we're glad you're joining us this morning, good morning to rockville, live look at downtown right now. wow check out the haze. the humidity makes it feel a lot worse. >> thanks for starting your friday morning with us, i'm jessica doyle. >> and i'm mike hydeck, the lovely howard bernstein out on the weather tore race. >> it is thick with the haze here as well. the moisture has come back and so yeah you're going to work out. this is some tough stuff. if you have an indoor treadmill, try that. the day planner today calling for temperatures well up into the 90s into the 100s this afternoon with the winds out of the southwest west. code orange air quality unhealthy for sensitive groups, 99 at 5:00 and record highs this afternoon. the record to beat is 99 in town and i think we're going to get to about 102. before the day out s out. some -- is out. some storms hit us last night and during the overnight which this morning we're left dry and muggy. with an 80-degree reading at reagan national. 70 in the valley. 75 tappahannock but with the moisture around, some of these visibilities have really dropped off. up north cumberland, three quarters of a mile. i'll be back with the seven day. right now kris sneed has the look at the friday morning traffic and it has been rough in spots. a rough, rough start for virginia drivers the friday morning. no friday light for them. yellow light means we have a couple of problems out there. let's start out with sky 9 taking a look at the outer loop between route 7 and 66. you can see two right lanes are being blocked as crews are trying to clean up the accident scene. delayed back to route 7 into the tyson area. moving over to 95 southbound we've been tracking this accident since about 3:00 this morning. it involves three tractor- trailers right now two left lanes are getting by. it's that route 1 in woodbridge. delays are stretching back to lorton. they don't expect this to open until sometime around 7:00. hopefully all lanes cleared then. northbound slow from lorton to the mixing bowl. all right, the district as we move the cameras here. northwest d. c., 16th and u street everything is looking good in this part of town from the maryland side. and if you're taking 66 across the roosevelt bridge on to constitution here an 23rd, little bit of traffic but no major problems or delays there. going to our graphics we're going check out the trains, metro, vre and m. a. r. c. all on time there. mike, i'm going to have an update at 6:46. just four days away from the government hitting the debt ceiling and still no deal if place. >> here's a live look at the capitol, barely can see it with all the haze. republicans leaders there in the house will try to get enough votes to pass the bill today. >> surae chinn is live in the satellite center with a look at what's expected to happened the. >> reporter: a little bit of panic, frustration and prayer doesn't help says some lawmakers. this is a major setback for speaker of