with the government cash for clunkers programet to ends tomorrow many dealerships are seeing a surge in business this weekend. good evening everyone. the cash for clunkers program offers a credit up to $4,500 for customers that trade in their old cars and by morefficient ve. ficient vehicles. tomorrow that program comes to an ends. darcy spencer starts us off from gaithersburg. >> reporter: this family is getting into their 2010 toyota camry thanks for the cash for clunkers program. they got a $3,500 rebate in exchange for their dodge caravan which was over 10 years old with 176,000 miles. >> it's an incentive for us. we were holding on. it's a good program. let's go ahead and buy a car. we needed a car. >> reporter: at fitzgerald lake forest auto mall the lot is full of shoppers. time is running out to take advantage of the federal program. >> it's incredible. nothing but good news. more business this month than a year ago. we may have a record month in all of our company's history. >> reporter: the clunker program has been so successful the lots are running short on cars to buy. some are complaining they are not getting reimbursed by the government. >> it's not because of what a dealership has done wrong or right, it's because it's so onerus. >> reporter: the program has been great for business. nationally more than 450,000 new cars have been sold. linda brown hopes to be one of the last buyers. she's getting rid of her 11 year old nissan. the cash for clunkers program technically ends at 8:00 tomorrow night but people should not think they can wait until the last minute to come out and get the car they want. time is running out and supplies are running short. in gaithersburg, darcy spencer, news 4. >> we're following a developing story in prince william county tonight, a barricade at an apartment complex i wood bring is in its seventh hour. a man with a gun has been holed up since 10:30 this morning. police say that man is alone. some residents in nearby apartments have been evacuated. negotiations between the man and police are ongoing tonight. police say a drunk driving suspect in bladensburg committed suicide in his jail cell overnight. officers say they found him stumbling around his suv which crashed into a telephone pole. they took the man into the bladensburg police station. a few hours later he was found dead hanging by his t-shirt. >> that's unfortunate for the family and for us as well. we value the lives and people within our town. so, it's one of the most unfortunate incidents and accidents we could happen. >> bladensburg authority said he showed no signs he might be suicidal. prince william county police will handle the investigation into the suspectess death. police made ancies atrr in a hiwoanman on herd- man on her o it nshe hneapdn i lghni in glen oa oswansh the sidew to atth ook off. tk off.van j minivan j. cepoli found the driver. prince george's police are looking for a man suspected in a esri bsef ogan ta ake take a here ty okloheare. here they are. he goes into bksan posing as a s customer then hands the teller a handwritenot n demanding accusk ofcari ancra bhs in clinton ra d a bb and t bank in forestville. he didn't appear to be armed. hurricane bill made landfall on canada's east coast striking nova scotia and newfoundland. bill rolled big waves on to shore there. boats in halifax harbor had to be secured. no major reports of damage. for more on hurricane bill let's head up to the storm center and check in with chuck bell. >> here's the latest satellite picture over the last 12 hours. there you can see the very distinctive storm churning its way across the eastern extent of nova scotia, heading up to newfoundland. the radar shows the heaviest of rains have left most of the halifax area and some unrelated showers across new york and new england. 300 miles eastern of the eastern most tip of the great state of maine moving to the northeast at 30 miles per hour, winds down to 75 miles per hour now. this storm will lose it's tropical characteristics as it goes over the very cold atlantic. by wednesday it will rain in ireland as a result. we'll check in with you in a few minutes. president obama and his family arrived in martha's vineyard kicking off a week long vacation and the president is paying for it out of his own pocket, reportedly more than $30,000. meanwhile with key budget numbers being released many lawmakers asks how the president plans to pay for his ambitious health care plan. brian mooar from capitol hill. >> reporter: as the first family arrived for a martha vineyard's vacation, but back in washington the president's job of selling health care will be tougher. >> we have to think about putting a lot of that off until the economy is out of recession. >> reporter: moderates are squeamish about the high cost of overhauling health care. on tuesday the white house is expected to increase their projects to $9 trillion. when it comes to health care reform some lawmakers believe the bottom line is the beem line. the senate finance wildfires in greece have forced hundreds near athens out of their homes today. some people used garden hoses to douse water on the regulat ragi. more trouble could be on the way for firefighters because strong winds are expected through tomorrow. there are allegations tonight of voter fraud in afghanistan. president karzai's top challenger is accusing him of using the afghan state to rig the election. abdullah alleges they stuffed ballot boxes in two districts. instead karzai accuses abdullah's people of fraud. both claim to be in the lead. north and south koreans came together today to remember south korean's former president. ten of thousands of mourners filled the lawn of south korea's parliament in seoul for kim's funeral. kim was a devout catholic but his funal today include christian and buddhist rites as a reflection of south korea's different faiths. kim died tuesday. coming up tonight americans receiving social security checks will not be getting a cost of living increase. we'll tell you why. plus, some lawmakers are calling for an airline passengers bill of rights. wee going to tell you a little bit more a americans expecting to see more money in their social security checks are going to be disappointed. the millions of americans receiving their checks will not be getting that annual cost of living increase next year. this has not happened since the automatic adjustments went into effect back in 1975. they are linked to inflation. inflation is negative so no adjustment. trustees who oversee social security say the adjustment won't happen next year either. new york senator chuck schumer said he's fed up with airline passengers being treated like cattle. he's created a bill of right for them. more than 100 passengers were stranded on the tar pack at kennedy as airport. the bill would allow passengers off plane once it's been delayed for three hours. airlines have to provide food, water and adequate bathrooms for passengers who are stranded on the ground. >> passengers ought to have some rights. they shouldn't just be treated as cattle going on that railroad car and whatever happens to you, tough luck. >> schumer says he expects the full senate to take up the bill this fall. >> bikers suited up, revved up and hit the road today. all in the name of drawing attention to hiv and aids. tv and radio personality led the ride for life. a convoy of 2,000 bikers rode from rfk stadium to six flags in upper marlboro. >> until they find a cure for aids everybody should do as much as they can to help get rid of this disease. >> organizers say this year yes, sir event is the most aggressive since the ride started back in 2007. good thing they rode today and not yesterday, huh? >> yesterday they would have needed the full protection suit yesterday. no doubt. >> nice day. what a contrast. >> got away with one today. i really thought this morning we might have scattered showers out and about and a few on the eastern shore. a couple of showers in the shenandoah valley. most of us, high and dry. loving every minute of that sunshine out there right now. the sun continues to shine over washington and we appreciate it. you see that one cloud billowing out there off to the north and to the east. not generating anything in the way of rain around our far city. temperatures have made it up into up the 80s today. 89 our high dream after a 69 degree start. august very warm month indeed. august is 2 1/2 degrees warmer than average and almost four degrees warmer than july. that is important because typically in an average year july is two degrees warmer than august. our warmest month. here we are at 87 degrees at 6:00 p.m. 82 out in salisbury, maryland, 81 in norfolk, 85 in richmond, virginia. and the dew point, the real measure of humanity in the atmosphere, yesterday in the low 70s, today the dew points are dropping into the upper 50s and 60s. take the humidity away and it feels like a much more pleasant day to be outside. one or two lonely showers in our area out in the shenandoah valley moving into shenandoah county. one or two sprinkles and a sprinkle or two up by the proving grounds in aberdeen, maryland. high and dry across the area. no doubt about that. again, here we go. take a check of the satellite loop over the last couple of hours. one little ripple of low pressure heading to new york city and new england. another ripple bringing showers in north carolina and tide water regions of virginia. we could see an isolated sprinkle tonight into pre-dawn hours tomorrow morning. high pressure will be in charge of our weather. other than an outside chance of a sprinkle first thing tomorrow, gradually high pressure will be moving in. high and dry for most of the week. not much in the way of rain chance starting with lunch time tomorrow and not another shot of rain until way late in the week maybe into next weekend. for this evening partly cloudy and warm temperature mid-80s back to up 70s by 11:00. clouds on the increase overnight tonight, most of the school bus stops will be dry for the kids going back to school tomorrow morning for the first day but you can't rule out one or two lonely sprinkle. then morning clouds give way to plenty of afternoon sunshine and a beauty of day coming up tomorrow afternoon. uv index is high. high temperatures in t 80s. 87 degree day on tuesday. back near 90 towards dnesday. thursday a few clouds rolling back in. temperatures this week generally da eaking running a couple of degrees warmer than average. friday looks like a mostly cloudy day wh tratusreem back in the low to mid-80s. not much of a rain threat on friday. wedge of high pressure building in. our next real chance of some legitimate rain probably not until a week from today. >> the warm temperatures are gone for good now >> no. any time you send kids back to school you risk 90 degree temperatures. >> of course. when we come back in sports the nats offense. finally coming alive. plus nascar drivers are undering i s the redskins looked a lot better. >> the starters will play a lot more this friday against the patriots. still the first team offense wants to put points. jason campbell completed one of seven passes for ten yards b do not read too much into it. there were things that jim zorn saw last night that gave him confident that jason is ready to go. zorn backed him up saying only one of those attempts was poorly thrown. one of the most impressive performances came from a quarterback you wouldn't expect. the rookie from missouri was fun to watch. he scrambled for 22 yards through two touchdowns. we're at fedex field and jason campbell said he wanted the first team to get points on the board. first play on the game, jason campbell in control, drops back, takes the shot downfield. once he sees his target he went deep but the pass was broken up. campbell went one for seven ten yards. zorn said he had good zegs making. third quarter, rookie quarterback, chase daniel made the most of his first game. connecting with fellow rookie the 6'4" receiver hauled it in. tight end fred davis by the way out of the dog house on special team, punner to punter sends it downfield. look at this. the steelers get it and the ball stripped away by fred davis who had fumbled twice in the first game. he said that feeling was worse than he had ever known. the very next play, here he is again, the rookie chase daniel rewarding davis on this one with the 18 yard strike over the middle for the touchdown. daniel was six of eight for 58 yards the redskins beat the steelers. daniels said he had to shake off the jitters. >> once you make the first completion, you block out the crowd noise and everything else and you play the game like you're back in high school. the numbers look good. but i still have a long way to go, getting every down the way i want it to be. >> chase had a wonderful night. he was six of eight. i thinke had 60 some yards. he was poised. we're working on some temple things with him. he was excited. he hung in there. got a nice scramble for a first down. marco mitchell for a touchdown. i was excited for a guy not getting a lot of reps but able to perform with some poise and just like every other second group coming out there they want to do well and he certainly did. >> so jim zorn and the redskins, a little bit of quarterback competition between chase daniel and cole brennan. nationals just three games shy of clinching their first winning month since september of 2007. today the nationals halted a five game losing streak. they did it in style. solid pitching. and there were a trio of home runs that rendered the brewers helpless. the nationals dominate this one. we're at nationals park. bottom of the third inning, manny pitching to adam dunn the nationals were up 5-1. dunn does it again. i love how casual dunn is, he comes around. he blows a bubble. ran out the ses. doing my job. a solo homer. 33rd the year. now with 89 rbis. fourth inning, ryan zimmerman up with a runner on. when his teammate succeed ryan wants to do the same thing. zimmerman drives it deep to center-field. there you go again. zimmerman's 26th of the season. the nationals were jumping ahead. craig stamin pitched six straight innings. ryan had a grounder. he gets the out. the nationals give fans something to cheer about, an 8-3 win to snap a five game losing streak. in the american league the orioles beat the chicago white sox 5-4. only three raises left before the playoff begins. the guy that was leading this time last year kyle busch was desperate. his attitude was miserable. he broke a 13 race withinless streak getting the win at bristol. it was 50-year-old mark martin that led the field on the short track known as bristol but jimmie johnson that had taken the lead almost had his wheels fall off. johnson had to come back and he fell back to 22nd. if there's a will there's a way. kyle busch on lap 43 beats ryan neumann to take over the lead and busch said at that point he could smell victory. less than ten to go, michael waltrip nails the wall hard. clint bowyer is hit by logano. busch praised mark martin for racing him clean. busch wins his fourth of the season. mark martin finishes seconds. marcos ambrose came in third. kyle busch is in the 13th spot. things will start to tighten off snoop that playoff system has changed for nascar snoop it has. the cool thing is the richmond race becomes the most exciting one because that's the one before the chase. a lot of guys are on the bubble. he's the only gibbs driver that they feel should be in there. he and denny hamlin. >> we'll be back liberia tonight at 11:00 sharp. until then that's the ne.