terrorists possibly plotting an attack inside europe. now more countries are issuing advisories. we have what you need to know. we'll begin tonight with the findings of a new study at fort detrick. good evening. i'm brian bolter. >> and i'm shawn yancy. neighbors living near the base were stunned when the state announced today more than 1,000 cases of cancer do not add up to a cluster. fox 5's roby chavez live in frederick now with the details. >> reporter: shawn, let's be very clear. this was an initial study. there's no definitive answer at this point. in fact, officials stress this is a very limited analysis and that it will be a while before they're determined whether or not there is a cancer cluster here. tonight they admit with the findings released tonight that their method does have limits because it did not include all of the data. again this is only the first study. so officials stress we may have to dig deeper before we know for sure whether or not there is a cancer cluster. >> but it's not good enough. it's too little and too hate. >> reporter: it was an angry swift reaction when the first numbers by the maryland department of health to determine whether there was a cancer cluster. officials say this study doesn't show it. >> you can see numbers of them occurring in the same locations, but visually so far there don't appear to be any areas that i've seen so far where there appears to be a huge clump them and nowhere else. >> reporter: the preliminary and limited study of cancer cases from 2000 to 2007 shows there were 1,059 cancer cases near fort detrick. that number, though, is lower than the expected number in frederick county as a whole. despite the findings many continue to believe decades of deaths are linked to chemicals dumped at fort detrick. >> how many do you need for a cluster other than the statistics that you used? three houses in a row, three women died of cancer. >> reporter: many who continue to show up at these meetings have tragic personal stories about their cancer and want a more in depth study. >> it was about as big as a softball and thank god they got it out, but i couldn't have no more children and that hurts. >> reporter: by one private account more than 500 families have cancer within a 2-mile radius of fort detrick. those numbers privately collected were not included in this survey. that's why many say the reach needs to be broader. >> in my heart of hearts i know that there's a problem here and we need to find out what caused it and how we can deal with it. >> why hasn't there been a survey or an ad taken out in usa today saying if you've lived in this area and you have cancer or you know of someone that has cancer, contact the health department? >> reporter: we should mention tonight that all along fort detrick had refused to comment about these claims and they did the same again tonight. they also continue to support the maryland department of health in their study and they also say that they grieve for those people who have lost lives. we should mention a representative from fort detrick was in the audience tonight and was asked by an audience member to respond to the specific study that was released tonight and that representative did not say a thing. there was a second question posed to that representative and asked whether or not fort detrick would open its own investigation. again that representative did not say a thing to that audience member that was asking that question. now we are joined tonight by someone who has been monitoring all of the situation tonight. say your name again for me, kelly. >> rachel kelly prisani. >> reporter: you have doing ind trying to monitor as many cases as you can outside of what the officials are doing themselves. tell me first your initial reaction to this study released tonight which in its initial stages said they could not find any clumping as they put it. >> well, the christian renee foundation fightingforfrederick.org has been doing this the past three or four months now working with the health department. we provided a list of data from surveys that we did with them for over 570 individuals that we've found to date that have cancer or have had cancer within the fort detrick surrounding area. none of those individuals were listed in that data that was presented tonight. so if you add that case number, there it were only 1,057, i believe, that the cancer cluster study is looking at right now from 2000 to 2007. our data was not included in any of that. >> reporter: so talk a little bit just hearing those numbers. did you at least expect help to find something to make them want to dig a little bit further? was this disappointing or was it what you expected? >> i think very disappointing. i think that they're doing the best that they can. they have a valiant effort going on and we're appreciative to the health department for doing that. however, it's very disappointing to see that we don't have the technology within our health department or the expertise to look at an accurate view of the data. we have people that we have met with personally on streets surrounding fort detrick where nine out of the 11 homes on the street have cancer survivors or people that have died from cancer. we have individuals that have families that have 11 family members that have died from cancer. >> reporter: a lot of folks who spoke tonight said i just want to make sure that my family member who died is included in that and at this point we don't know if they were or not in these numbers that were released tonight. >> right. most likely they're not because the cancer cluster study ha they're doing is only done in the -- that they're doing is only done in the frederick county cancer registry. so all these individuals that have had cancer that were diagnosed anywhere other than frederick are not noted in that registry. >> reporter: so that means if folks moved away and died, then a lot of those folks won't get counted as well. talk to me a little bit about the ft. tee trick representative who was in the awed -- fort detrick representative who was in the audience. what do you feel when they continue to just stay silent on the matter? >> i don't think that they want to be heard at all. they want community involvement, but the meetings that they have don't have room enough for the community to even be in the room. they don't allow the media into the meetings as well. >> reporter: what would you have liked him to say tonight when those questions were asked of him? >> no. 1, i'd like for him to say some responsibility. they are a national priority list super fund site. they still have not acknowledged any responsibility for the hundreds of cancers that we've found vowing fort detrick. they haven't -- surrounding fort detrick. we'd like to see them take responsible and we'd like to see them make a public responsibility if their spraying of agent orange in our communities caused this. we wanton and we want to understand -- want to know and we want to understand why the community was not notified this was being done. for them to release toxins and hazardous materials into our air and groundwater and still be providing individuals with bottled water and not acknowledge that there's a problem, that's what we have concern. with. >> reporter: very quickly here tell me what is the next step? what did officials promise you guys? >> officials -- the health department has promised they will continue their investigation. other than that the officials have not promised anything. so we would like to see legislation amended. we'd like to see the communities that are affected by these toxins from the government are taken care of and we'd like to see that our voices are heard. >> reporter: thank you very much. so as you can see, there's still a lot of questions here in frederick about this so- called cancer cluster surrounding fort detrick. officials did not outline where they'll go next, what type of studying they'll do, but clearly tonight they acknowledge that this particular study did not have all the data. so perhaps they'll try to find a way to gather more data and include more people in this survey. we're live in frederick, roby chavez, fox 5 news. >> thank you. again important to point out we did ask a fort detrick representative to speak to. this they declined to comment. thank you. we have a travel alert tonight from a potential terror threat in europe. japan, sweden and the uk join the u.s. in warning its citizens about the potential attack. does this mean you should cancel your travel plans? fox 5's laura evans here to break it down for us. >> the state department actually issued this alert sunday and today the white house weighed in on this saying there is no hard evidence of that americans specifically are being targeted. however, anyone traveling there may be at risk. >> thanks so much. >> reporter: mccabe world travel in mcclain is as busy as usual and flights to and from europe remain full, but travel agent damien mccabe tells us one of her clients who planned to join her husband on business has canceled. >> she just decided she didn't need to go at this point, but we've not had a single other client say that they wanted to cancel. >> reporter: the state department says credible information led to a general travel alert for u.s. citizens in europe warning of a potential mumbai style attack in europe by al qaeda groups and americans are urged to be extra vigilant when using public transportation or visiting tourist attractions. >> continue with your travel plans, but just be cautious because we are aware of, you know, active plots against the united states, american citizens and other al lyles around the world. >> this is not -- allies around the world. >> this is not a travel warning telling people not to go. this is simply to raise awareness and alertness of those that are there. >> reporter: the details about the possible targets include the eiffel tower which two times in the past few weeks has been closed because of threats and in berlin possible targets include the brandonberg gate and berlin's central station. >> what is new about this warning is that other european countries are covered and that means that the al qaeda potential threat may be continental. >> reporter: but a former cia officer says that list could just be codewords and not major targets. >> but in terms of impact, it doesn't have to be one of those big things. you go into a mall and shoot somebody up. >> joining us now is mcclain rob bins a writer with gattling a well known travel blog. i first not to ask you what this means. this is a travel alert, not a travel a warning. how seriously do we need to take this? >> it's highly unusual because they didn't issue it for a specific country, area or tourist attraction. we're not quite sure what to make of it yet, but it's definitely important for travelers be cautious. >> they did mention those specific traveler tourist destination like the eiffel tower in berlin, the brandonberg gate. is it important to act a certain way? what are the safety precautions that we can take as travelers when we go over there? >> i think it's important to point out that the alert didn't actually specifically mention americans or any ethnicity in particular, but as with any destination, i think it's important to take cautions. if you hear a loud noise or see something suspicious, report it to the authorities and also if you're already a cautious traveler, perhaps you should just avoid those areas that are under speculation at the moment. >> but you talked about in your blog acting a certain way, watching what you're saying. >> yeah. i think that americans are always a target, especially since the 9/11 attacks and so perhaps don't wear, you know, your overtly american t-shirts, your i heart me from your college logo things and also just as with any travel, don't wear flashy jewelry. don't carry a lot of money around. don't be talking loudly about these suspected attacks. it's never a good idea to point out your nationality if you can avoid it. >> when i heard about this over the weekend i thought shouldn't it always be assumed that terrorists are planning an attack at some point? is this somewhat alarmist to put out an alert about this? >> at the beginning i sort of thought so, but now i think more information is coming out that they do have credible and reliant informants saying that something is going to happen. they just aren't quite sure what yet and especially given the fact that these attacks are supposed to be coming to tourist attractions that perhaps we should pay a little bit extra attention. >> mcclain robbins, thanks for joining us tonight, important information. >> thank you. >> if you'd still like to know more about the travel alert, the state department is having the full alert on their website as well as frequently asked questions. we set up a link on our website. click on the travel alert on www.myfoxdc.com. shawn? crime concerns tonight at the university of maryland, a student mugged on campus early yesterday morning. police say three men robbed the student and took off. some of that crime, though, was caught on camera. fox 5's karen gray houston has the story. >> reporter: mayor hair has 600 surveillance cam -- maryland has 600 surveillance cameras on campus, 300 of them monitored in this security control room. >> part of the robbery was caught on camera, the part where they're running away from the scene itself. >> reporter: university police chief david mitchell is not making that tape available to the media yet. he says it's grainy and is being enhanced. mitchell did show off his security system to governor martin o'malley who did a campaign swing through campus. the monitors honed right in on the area where the student was attacked, just behind anne arundel hall. the surveillance camera that spotted the assailants is strategically located. police also spotted a vehicle later they think was the get- away car. >> it's probably the vehicle. unfortunately the victim could not make the identification. >> reporter: sunday morning's robbery in the middle of the campus comes after a string of robberies this semester that occurred just off campus. >> yeah, it makes me nervous, but i'm not really on campus at like early, early morning. so i don't think i would do anything different. >> things like this have happened for a long time and especially in the '90s and it seems like they tapered off. >> reporter: chief mitchell says reported crimes on campus are down in almost all categories. forcible sex offenses are down by 41% over the previous year, robberies down 18% from 2007. >> a number of things that we have at our disposal that we actually advocate our students to take advantage of, dial a ride is one of them. our escort service and so forth. >> reporter: police say there's no need to be out there by yourself walking alone at night. karen gray houston, fox 5 news. coming up on the news edge at 11:00 we ride along with police as they try to keep students safe. a thief tries to take a bag of cash from an armored car guard but find found out why those drivers carry guns. find out how it all played out in front of frightened customers. they took a terrifying plunge nearly 50 feet off a highway ramp 'tonight we have new insight into what may have caused this deadly crash. plus you know you do it, tv on, kick your feet up, turn on the laptop, but that habit could lead to an unusual medical condition. the warning you need to hear coming up at 10:30. gary. >> thanks, brian. you know we've had cool conditions when we've had some rain. at least we're going to get rid of the rain, but we'll still have cool conditions. we'll tell you how long that will last coming up in the complete forecast. a sir. a would be armored car thief found out why exactly armored car drivers carry guns. a virginia state trooper and five other people are recovering tonight after this accident on i-95 in prince william county today. trooper e.d. brown was responding to an accident on the side of the highway. another driver saw the investigation, slowed down, but a tractor trailer rear-ended his car. the car then veered into trooper brown killing him. six people were hurt. everyone is expected to recover. the traumatic driver of charged with reckless driving. here -- the truck driver was charged with reckless driver. you hear about suspects opening fire. there was an armored guard picking up a bag of money from the shoe store when the robber walked up, grabbed the bag off the counter. fox 5's paul wagner picks up the story. >> reporter: the thief with the money hadn't made it 50 feet before the armored car guard aimed his pistol and fired hitting the man once in the leg. >> as the suspect runs out, the armored car courier follows him out, orders him to stop. the guy turns around and we're looking into the investigation now if he had a weapon on him. >> reporter: some witnesses who declined to go on camera say they heard just one shot. medics treated the wounded man on the scene, then took him to a hospital under police guard. his condition is unclear. the driver of the armored car never left the truck. is there surveillance video in there? >> yes. we're looking at that now. >> reporter: you've got it so you can see what happened. >> yeah. we'll be able to pick it up. >> reporter: there have been a number of armored car robberies in the city in recent months. in every case the thieves have been armed. >> yeah. we've had actually five, but those are cases that we closed one of them and we're working on the other ones, following leads. >> reporter: as misconducted their investigation most of the businesses remained open to customers. paul wagner, fox 5 news. >> investigators say they don't believe the suspect had a weapon. he's in stable condition. police have not released his name but he's 35 years old from dr.. we have a followup now on that bus -- from d.c. we have a followup on that bus accident last week. the driver of the bus died of a heart attack causing the bus to plunge off a flyover ramp onto 270. passengers say something seemed wrong when the driver slumped over the steering wheel and the bus crashed. several people were hurt and are all expected to recover. a recovery plan in place now for the ronald reagan building. it's infested with bedbugs. fortunately they are only in one office. the u.s. agency for international development. it's not clear how the bugs got there, but the u.s. aide issued a statement today that reads in part on friday efforts were launched to prevent the possible spread of these pests. the offices were inspected and any identified areas will be treated over the weekend and followup treatment will be provided as needed. we're taking you inside the bedroom tonight on fox 5 news at 10:00. find out what men think they're so good at that 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cheered him and the redskins won. 33-year-old donovan mcnabb took the field yesterday for the 168th time for his nfl career but it was his first against his former team. the redskins second possession of the game mcnabb hooks up with chris cooley, 31 yards for a touchdown with 4:47 left in the quarter redskins enjoying a 14-0 lead but the outcome would come down to the final play. it did that the last three times in four games. redskins clinging to a 17-12 lead. kevin kolb throws to the end zone. it was not caught. d'angelo hall caught it. it sealed the victory and donovan mcnabb leaves a winner against his former team. >> the relief that i got is the fact that this was over. the whole hoopla of coming back and you couldn't watch any tv without people talking about coming back to philadelphia and one thing that i didn't want my teammates to see was the fact it became a distraction for me. >> mcnabb said it was one other game, just a regular game. we weren't buying that. were you? >> you know what, i've been back to old stomping grounds and it feels good to get it for him. we wanted him to know it wasn't going to be him against the eagles. it was going to be all us right along with him and we fought for him, we scrapped for him and that's our guy. that's our brother and we'll keep fighting for him. >> mcnabb got the game ball. he'll get at least one more chance to play the eagles november 15th on monday night football. coming up later on an update on michael vick who was injured remember at the enof the 1st quarter. that could have -- end of the 1st quarter. that could have drastically changed that game, but he's got some bad rib r.b.i.s now. millions -- ribs now. >> reporter: millions use one every day but your laptop could be leading to a bizarre medical condition, the health alert you need to hear next. major lenders announcing a foreclosure freeze, but that doesn't mean local homeowners are getting a reprieve. and the first ever census of everything living 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with that all the time. >> you feel it getting warm, but we're so interested in whatever we're doing we keep that laptop on there. it can lead to discoloration. >> reporter: he said the heat from laptops is basically baking your skin. >> 99% of the time it's nothing to worry about other than the red discoloration or a brown or darkening color, on the thighs, but this can lead to squamos cell cancer. >> reporter: from your thinning skin getting exposed to uv rays or sunlight. new technology is improving matters. >> i used to have an old hp laptop and it started breaking down. so i got a new lightweight computer and i felt a significant difference. it was more efficient with computing, so i never felt the heat as much anymore. i was more comfortable using it on my lap all the time. >> reporter: but if yours still generates too much heat, there are ways to avoid harming your skin. >> you can google laptop accessories and go on mac or dell, there's laptop desks you can have. it's something as simple as putting a barrier between the laptop and your skin. whenever i'm sitting in my bed i put a pillow or two and rest my laptop on that. >> reporter: dr. brooks said toasted skin syndrome was first seen in people sitting too close to fireplaces that actually damaged the skin on their shins. i've got with me here one of our weather department's temperature readers and shawn, i've heard you say these things get hot. >> typically the desk gets hot. >> reporter: we'll give it a shot and that is reading here 81 degrees. now the experts say, though, it's not actually the temperature that matters. it's the prolonged exposure to the heat that can do the damage to your skin. >> interesting. still it feels a lot cooler than normal. imagine what it usually is, like 100 degrees. >> it's got a little venting underneath but if you lay it on your legs, i think a lot of people have had that experience. >> reporter: simple. just stick a pillow under there. former president jimmy carter working hard in the district to benefit habitat for humanity. last week the 86-year-old spent a couple nights in the hospital with stomach trouble you may remember. today he and former first lady rosalynn carter worked in the rain to help build a house. one day single mother keana mark and her two children will make this their home. >> he gave me a hug and i told him thank you so much for helping out with my house. >> god has blessed me in many ways and one of those has been good health so far. >> this is the 27th year mr. and mrs. carter have helped build or rehab homes for family. a reprieve for some struggling homeowners. foreclosures from some of the country's largest home lenders are now suspended in 23 states but only in states where foreclosure is a court procedure. that does not apply to d.c. or virginia. in maryland the court does have some approval over foreclosures. fox 5's melanie alnwick looked at the effort to get the state included in the foreclosure freeze. >> reporter: bank of america just the latest lender to admit some of its executives signed off on foreclosure affidavits without verifying their accuracy. jpmorgan chase and allied financial have also been caught in court revelations of robo signing, all three voluntarily agreeing to halt foreclosures in 23 states. that doesn't include maryland. >> if there is any state that cries out to be a part of a moratorium, it is maryland. as a matter of fact, we should be no. 1. we don't have something called right of redemption. that means once that property is taken it's gone. >> reporter: representative elijah cummings has now asked the take the to put a two month moratorium on all -- the state to put a two month moratorium on all foreclosures. >> nobody is saying banks, you can't foreclosed. we're just saying you've already admitted to not following the law. so what are we supposed to do, just close our eyes and act like it didn't happen? >> reporter: while that may help distressed homeowners it could prolong the process. according to realty track august was a record month for home seizures. >> you want to move the housing back onto the market so others can purchase. for some it's a good opportunity and interest rates are low to purchase homes, but you want to do all the work correctly. >> reporter: moratoriums on foreclosures or sales will mean more distress inventory and that could depress or flatten housing prices. mr. cummings says that should be a secondary concern. >> this is the united states of america. we have a system of justice and justice must prevail, period. >> reporter: melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. >> the maryland governor's office is expected to formally ask jpmorgan, allied and bank of america which does a lot of business in the state to include maryland on its voluntary list. we haven't heard from the attorney general's office as to whether he'll agree to a mandated statewide moratorium. what's really going on in bedrooms across the country? we're taking the covers off, a new sex survey coming up next. if you were mad about the bp oil spill before, you have to hear this one, what a contractor said the company did that may have kept the spill going for weeks. but first campbell's changing up its famous tomato soup. fox's neil cavuto has that in tonight's business report. >> toyota saying it has not repaired 5 million recalled cars including issues with sticky gas pedals and format problems, the government filing a civil anti trust suit against american express claiming amex tries to prevent merchants from using competing cards. they are fighting the suit. visa and mastercard are close to settling similar cases. to wall street the dow losing 78 points, still up more than 3% on the years. some home shoppers starting to do business ago rising more than 4% in august. -- again rising more than 4% in august. campbell's is now offering limited edition yellow and orange versions for autumn of its tomato soup. that's business. i'm neil cavuto. first, he protected 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fire was and it was a waste of time. 85% of men believe their last female sex partner had an orgasm while only 64% of women reported having one and while only 7 or 8% of women identified as gay or bisexual the number of individuals that have had those interactions in their lives is higher. you can look at the whole study on www.myfoxdc.com. click on web links. turns out heart break can break your heart actually. researchers measured the heart rate of people who submitted pictures of themself to see what others thought of them. if they were rejected heart rates fell even more. a student tackled and robbed on campus. tonight on 11 at the news edge police going on patrol with police on the university of maryland. as we're tracking the shifting landscape in the nation's capital new numbers reveal a dramatic population shift in several areas. and daredevils descending into a live volcano, the story behind this incredible viral video at 11:00. no rain on the radar now, but that may change because rain is in the forecast. history is about weaving stories together. that's exactly what one group of women in maryland is doing. as fox 5's beth parker shows us, their tapestry has also created connections between them. >> reporter: it's chilly outside, but there's a lot of warmth inside marianne brown's living room. >> i enjoy having an empty room put to good use. >> reporter: every monday and thursday a core group of about eight women gathers here. >> i don't dare miss a stitch. >> reporter: they are connected now by a three panel tapestry that will eventually stretch 18 feet depicting 300 years of annapolis history. >> it may be another 300 years before we get them all done. >> reporter: blizzards and blotches for two full years they've gathered -- blossoms for two full years they've gathered to start. >> when we first started it looked like an insurmountable job for all of us but as we worked we've learned to be patient. >> reporter: from tall ships to tall trees and the oldest state capitol in continuous use. >> the accomplishment of getting your little piece done, completed, i worked forever and ever on lord baltimore. >> reporter: they talk a little history and a few other topics, too. >> oh, everything. >> reporter: travel. >> you told us about alaska. >> reporter: and gardening and, of course, grandchildren. >> they went through waiting for the call that my daughter was going into labor. >> reporter: sally sellman is fairly new to the annapolis area. these hands that stitch have also reached out in friendship. >> they're like their families. they listen to me. >> reporter: so far these ladies have stitched together 3,000 hours worth of work and that's just on this, the first of three large panels. >> we wanted to make it perfect. >> reporter: but there's no pressure. >> it's very relaxing. you kind of leave everything at the door. >> reporter: their favorite part of the day? >> lunch. >> reporter: they will soon finish the first panel. it depicts annapolis from 1707 to 1807. >> i am proud of it. >> reporter: they don't look too far ahead, though, just one square inch at a time. in anne arundel beth parker, fox 5 news. gary mcgrady, my 5-year-old asked me this morning if it was winter. >> grabbing for the sweaters, didn't we, and long pants. >> i didn't spend a lot of time outside, but going out briefly for a dinner break, it was chilly out there and i think that's the trend, especially right now. you might be shocked when you walk out to get in your car because temperatures are dropping to the 40s already out into the suburbs, still a little warmer here in town. we have mostly cloudy skies and i think tonight if the skies were to clear -- they won't -- but if they were to clear, we would have widespread 30s out there. we're under an unusually cool air mass as shawn's son pointed out. it's almost like winter out there or at least feels like it relative to the warmth we've had lately. in temperatures out there tonight you can see here have already fallen down into the 40s. manassas 48, culpeper 46, the same for gaithersburg there. here in town we're still in the lower 50s. we didn't warm up much today, so we're not cooling off much off the highs right now. 57 the high in town, 55 for dulles and 54 for bwi marshall. just about everybody had close to a 1/2-inch for rainfall. that was earlier today. now the rain is gone for now but it's going to come back. first let's talk temperatures. rochester 51, the high today and 57 here in town and 68 for raleigh. notice how cool for the eastern part of the country. the real warmth has been from texas right up through the central and northern plains. bismarck, north dakota, 75 today, 84 for denver, billings, montana, 85 degrees. you can see where the heat has been. there is a very impressive ridge of high pressure right through the nation's midsection and we have cooled town to the northwest with the trough of low pressure -- down to the northwest with the trough of low pressure and another trough of low pressure that settled into the eastern part of the country and is it this kind of remind you here, this jet stream orientation looks like the greek letter omega and that's exactly what this is called, an omega block here, and it takes a while to get this pattern to change. so we're stuck under this trough of low pressure over here on the east coast and with that the cool air has been spilling down into canada. so with that in mind we'll stay cool at least through thursday. it will probably be friday and into the weekend before temperatures get back up where them should be, lower to mid- 70s. we -- they should be, lower to mid-70s. we also have a pretty strong cut-off area of low pressure and that's kept the coastal area of low pressure fairly close to us and that's been pitching in the moisture. now this morning -- pumping in the moisture. now this morning we still had showers moving through the district and most of maryland, but all this has moved through the north through the evening hours. this area of low pressure just to the east of us, again riding up the coast, it's not finding a lot of moisture. so the rain here has not been terrificically heavy, but it's going to be a -- terrifically heavy, but it's going to be a slow moving low. we'll be dealing with this not only tomorrow but into wednesday as well. mostly cloudy tonight, chilly, temperatures lower 40s in the suburbs. eventually we'll settle down into the middle 40s here in town. some sunshine tomorrow. it will stay chilly, though, as temperatures only get up with limited amounts of sunshine up lower to mid-60s, some of you may approach 65, 66 degrees and the winds will be out of the north at about 10 miles per hour. so look how chilly we start tomorrow morning, 48, some sun for lunchtime, temperature of about 61 degrees and there's a chance, a slight chance, but if you don't want to get caught in any rain tomorrow afternoon, keep the umbrella handy because we have a chance of a spotty shower late in the afternoon. here's tomorrow at 7:00 on futurecast. again a couple of showers primarily north and northwest of the district. i think the better chance of some more widespread showers will be coming in on wednesday. a little cooler there, 63. still in the 60s on thursday, but more sunshine and friday, saturday and even sunday right now looking pretty nice. so all things considered i think your 5-year-old was pretty close to right. >> i will let him know. thanks, gary. an environmental group wants congress to start fishing for clues into a bizarre phenomenon. the potomac conservancy wants lawmakers to fund research of intersex fish into the potomac river. the group sent a petition to congressman jim moran last week. a study found 77% of male small mouth branch in the southern branch of the potomac started producing eggs. it looks like there are many more animals under the sea than previously thought. researchers estimate there are about 1 million 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ultra marathoner, so he chose to run the entire 1,840-mile distance. his wife sheryl has a definition for what her husband is doing. >> it's definitely mental. i call it insanity, but it's definitely mental. >> reporter: he just took his first day of rest after stopping at his sandy, utah home where he told what it was like running the equivalent of two marathons per day. >> kind of surreal. everyday you get up and kind of do it all day and i'm in a pretty good zone. running has been good, a little aches and pains. the pony express route is kind of two different ways you can go. for me being 2010 there's private land used and things. i have to go around some of that, can't really take the technical route that the boys rode so, i'm making my own route, kind of the same thing. >> reporter: that causes concern for the red bull human express. the support team is tracking his progress. >> there are times where you're out of sight with karl. you're hoping he's whng to be, there and it's desolation. there's no street signs or anything. you can come to an intersection of like five fire roads and if karl has been running for 10 hours, sometimes you're not thinking straight and he might take a wrong turn or something like that, the threat of losing something out there, pretty stressful. >> reporter: so what makes karl run the equivalent of two marathons each day for over a month? >> i want to set the bar, you know. i on