showing just a few high clouds reflect that gorgeous sunlight that is shooting up into the stratosphe stratosphere. right now it's a pleasant morning. it's turned a little less humid overnight. these areas in green are in the 60s. that's just north and west of washington. shenandoah valley in the mountains. low to mid 70s around the metro area. southern montgomery and prince george's, southern maryland, eastern shore. day planner for 6:00, right now low to mid 70s. around the region. maybe an isolated shower popping up over next hour to our south. as well as through noontime. otherwise, partly sunny. low to mid 80s. mid to late afternoon, near 90 mid afternoon, late afternoon, back into the 80s. and rather humid today. i'll be back in ten minutes. danella has a looks a your first 4 traffic on this tuesday morning. good morning. >> good morning. thanks, tom. breaking news on i-66 inside the beltway as you head eastbound approaching glebe. crash there was blocking all of your lanes. now it's just blocking your left lane. let's talk about some delays. here's a live look at east falls church. very sluggish in this area. delays continue. really here's a live look at leesburg pike. you can see they're just sitting. looking like about four miles at this time. back in ten minutes with another look and update about this accident and chopper 4 is en route. aaron and yueun, over to you. look at this picture. this is 12-year-old marisa davis. davis was last seen about 9:45 sunday night in the 4900 block of mckinley street in temple hills. if you know anything about where she may be, please contact prince george's county police. university of maryland student accuse of threatening to go on a shooting rampage on campus is expected to plea guilty today in court. alexandra tsong faces right charges. he posted a threat online in march claiming he's going to kill enough people to make it national news. police found no weapons in his dorm room or at his parents' home. they band him from campus after his arrest. mitt romney will be back on the campaign trail today. he took time off yesterday to do a little housecleaning, literally. he ransom errands near his lakefront home in new hampshire. he stopped by the hardware store, supermarket, drugstore. romney joked he was even planning on making dinner. he will begin a four-day, four-state bus tour on saturday in virginia. romney will visit manassas before heading to hampton roads in ashland. virginia governor bob mcdonnell plans to join him on the road. he will campaign on sunday in north carolina before heading to florida on monday and ohio on tuesday. president obama will stay close to home to raise money for his campaign today. he has a fund-raiser tonight at the w. hotel. romney and the republican national committee out-raised obama and the democrats by more than $25 million last month. it was the third straight month the president was out-raised. 6:03. emergency crews in prince george's county under fire for how long it takes them to respond to trouble. a county report found several stations failed to respond to a significant number of calls within one minute. county officials nowing looking at hiring more full-time emergency crews. they're also looking to recruit more volunteer firefighters. despite the numbers, county officials still feel they have one of the best response systems in the area. just six days of competition left at the london olympics. here's a live look this morning which is already packed. team usa will look for medals on the track there today. it was an emotional day for the dominican republic's felix sanchez. he won the gold medal for the men's 400 meter hurdles for the second time. he also won in athens in 2004. sanchez dedicated the race to the memory of his laid grandmother. she died four years ago, the day sanchez was running in the preliminary heat in beijing. yesterday sanchez ran with a photo of the two events in beneath his race bibb. he broke down, dropped to his knees and cried over the picture after he won. the medal ceremony was too much for him to take. he cried on top of the podium as well during the raising of the dominican republic's flag and the playing of the "national anthem." right there you can see him. the crowd gave him a standing ovation. it's hard not to feel the emotion there as he is just feeling the loss and the celebration of that moment. an emotional roller coaster to a win for u.s. women's soccer team has them moving on to defend their gold medal. plus, amid controversy for team usa. >> tracie potts is live in london with more on those storieses. good morning to you. >> aaron and eun, good morning. everyone who saw this game really on both sides said it was a nail biter. we did not know who was going to win until the very last minute. u.s. women's soccer versus canada, 4. 3. it was after double overtime and only after the u.s. scored in the final minute of the game. this one was really close. the u.s. was behind a number of times and came back to win that game against canada. now they go on to the gold medal match versus japan. if they win, it will be the fourth time in a row the u.s. has won the gold in women's soccer. now, let's talk about the first athlete to be disqualified from these games as a result of a bad drug test. anything, judo contestant who, by the way, he was an athlete competing in judo and he did not win. he ended up seventh. however, his drug test came back showing traces of marijuana. he said before the games, before he came to london he ate a brownie laced with marijuana who cooked by someone who was family. he didn't say who. he did apologize to his fans saying he feels like he's let them down. >> all right. tracie potts live in london for us this morning. traci tracie, thank you. 6:of 6 is the time. the olympics really do unite people. the republican proposal, the president says he agrees with. plus, even a little bit helps. the welcome change you will notice as soon as you step 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[ male announcer ] every day we help students earn their bachelor's or master's degree for tomorrow's careers. this is your moment. let nothing stand in your way. devry university, proud to support the education of our u.s. olympic team. this is causing quite a buzz on long islands this morning. this is home video of fighter jets that intercepted planes that flew too close to president obama. the president fwhus connecticut if a koumpl campaign events when small planes entered restricted airspace. the fighter jets forced one plane to land. they allowed the second to continue to its destination. coming up on 11 minutes after the hour. and it's slightly less humid outside as we get ready to get started on this tuesday morning for a lot of you. that's going to spell relief in some way. >> that's right. >> just a little bit. >> looking forward to it. meteorologist tom kierein here with weather and traffic on the ones. >> good morning. it's a little more comfortable this morning. temperatures around the region, 60s our northern and western suburbs. low to mid 70s around the beltway and end side the beltway, upper 70s as well as near the bay. and later today, look at that gorgeous sun rise over the potomac. live view from hd city camera. day planner by noontime, mid 80s. by -- it does look like a mid of the afternoon, will be around 90 degrees. upper 80s by late afternoon. a look at the rest of the week and the weekend in ten minutes at 6:21. danella, how's traffic now? >> well, tom, i'm still tracking breaking news on the road. there is a little bit of good news here. traveling 66 eastbound at glebe. the crash there now moves to the left shoulder lane. that is really good news. the problem is you're still absolutely jammed. in fact, as you make your commute this morning, your delays start right past the beltway and they continue. here's a live look at east falls church. you are moving but you can see here very slowly. let's head over this time to the american legion bridge, the beltway in this area. nice and color. really on the outer loop as well as the inner loop. no issues to report on the inner loop from the american legion bridge, no issues on the beltway and n. that area. i'm back in ten minutes with another update with your traffic. >> see you then. 74 degrees. close your doors and stay inside. the warning given to people near a fire that created a very dangerous situation. plus, how the musical taste of one man who opened fire inside a sikh temple is shedding light on his beliefs rchl and that's the billboard in town that's the billboard in town that is raising some eyebrows. i'm drinking dunkin'. i'm drinking dunkin' iced mocha. they make it exactly how i like it. medium, iced, with a turbo shot. french vanilla, hazelnut, caramel -- i love 'em all. they make it perfect every time. america runs on dunkin' coffee. welcome back. a billboard in downtown washington is making passerbies do a double take in the wake of the mass shootings in wisconsin and colorado. the billboard advertises a handgun shooting seminar scheduled for later this month sponsored for the trade association for the gun industry. the goal is to teach people how to shoot and do it safely. the hands-on seminars will be held in virginia and maryland, the last week of august. 6:15. this morning we are learning more details about the man who shot and killed six people at a sikh temp until wisconsin. police and fbi agents identified the gunman as wade michael page. the army kicked him out in the 1990s because of his drinking problem. police killed him in a shootout outside that temple in wisconsin. a civil rights group that tracks hate crimes reported the 40-year-old man was a frustrated neo-nazi who believed in the white supremacist movement. investigators say he played in two bands associated with skinheads. >> what they talk about whites as the most endangered species on the planet and, you know, as they get more and more kind of pepped up about this, people go out and start shooting. >> tonight members of the sikh community here will hold a vigil at the guawara center. today the man accused of a shooting rampage in tucson is expected to strike a plea deal. a court appointed psychiatrist will testify today that jarrod lee loughner is competent to enter a plea. he is accused in last year's shooting spree that killed six people and wounded 13 others, including congresswoman gabrielle giffords. at 6:16. we have new information about a dangerous refinery plant fire near oakland, california. that blaze started last night at a chevron plant you see here. at the height of the fire the flames sent thick, black, toxic smoke from two smokestacks into the air at that plant. officials asked people to stay inside their homes. now everybody is free to move around. chevron officials say one employee did suffer a minor injuries. investigators think a diesel leak in one of the units caused that fire. she had been the golden girl in the gym, but last nights the bar might have been a little too high. gabby douglas failed to medal after missing a hand stand which forced her to correct herself. she later said minor exhaustion and the excitement from the past week effected her performance. today gabby douglas could find some redemption. and fastest humans are back on traffic. danella sealock has a preview. gabby douglas has a chance to put a poor performance behind her today and add to an impressive gold medal hall. both she and women's team captain aly raisman will compete in the balanced beam today. raisman and jordyn wieber will also have a chance for an individual medal in the floor exercise. on the track, the game's most electrifying athlete will try to secure his chance for a second gold. usain bolt will run in the first round of heats for the 200 meter dash. bolt lost both that race and the 100 meter to countryman blake at the jamaican trials, but he says those losses helped motivate him in london. one of america's most popular and polarizing track stars will also be running today. lolo jones finished a disappointing seventh in beijing, and she had to overcome injury. but after winning her first round heat in the 100 meter hurdles, she will look to move past the semifinals today and into the finals later tonight. and finally, the u.s. is looking for a sweep at the beach. defending gold medalist misty may-treanor and her partner kerri walsh-jennings looks to move on to the gold medal match today, as will the second american team ross and kessy. if both teams win it it will set up the the first ever all-american gold medal final for the women. >> we should note that the u.s. only picked up one gold medal yesterday. women's pole vault was the event there. jen suhr vaulted 15 feet 7 inches to defeat cuba silvia. this is suhr's first gold medal. china back on top of the medal count, 64. the u.s. trails by one medal, 63 total including 29 gold. meanwhile, russia quickly climbing in the medal count. now that country has 42 medals. good news for american athletes who win medals in the london olympics. president obama says he supports legislation to wave federal taxes on their awards. olympians receive monetary awards from their accomplish ms from the u.s. olympic committee. a gold medal winner gets $25,000. silver gets $15,000. bronze will get you $10,000. u.s. athletes are also taxed on the value of the medals they win. the actual medal. if passed the legislation would apply to all prizes and awards won this year. today students will head back to school five months after tornado nearly destroyed it. you may remember a twistes hit henryville junior and senior high school in march. crews spent 400,000 hours on the $54 million project. once the bell rings teachers will take students on a tour of the renovated buildings. right now tropical storm ernesto forcing evacuations in anythi nicaragua. officials are considering evacuating people from low-lying areas as that storm moves closer to the central american coast. the storm is packing 65-mile-per-hour winds. it is expected to dump three to five inches of rain. hurricane warnings are in effect for parts of the yucatan peninsula's east coast and entire coast of belize. >> are we seeing any of that action at 6:21, weather and traffic on the ones. tom is here, good morning. >> we would like to coax some tropical rain here. eight inches below average around washington and most of the region here around the year. we've had a few passing showers here predawn. now they have dissipated. one little shower popped up in southern maryland and st. mary's city. high clouds giving us this beautiful sun rise. 70s, all of these areas in yellow. green, 60s. 78 now in reagan national. and for the rest of the day, we'll be up around 90 this afternoon. may be a few of those showers to our south. a little less humid yesterday. humidity returns wednesday, thursday, friday. a chance of storms each day. friday into friday night and saturday, may be some lingering showers. and then saturday afternoon and evening into sunday and monday. lower humidity and highs in the 80s. a pleasant pattern for much of the weekend and the first part of next week. i'm going to step outside and listen to what the cecadas have to say in ten minutes. danella is here now to tell us about the traffic. good morning. >> good morning. i'm still tracking i-66 inside the beltway. live look from chopper 4. eastbound at glebe is out on the shoulder. look at these delays. i'm going to give you travel speed because you are absolutely jammed right now even though that accident is out of the roadway for you. 12 miles per hour from the beltway to glebe. that drive taking 31 minutes. these cars are bumper to bumper. let's head over to i-95. seeing a delay, not much, as you make your way northbound at fairfax county parkway. much better story to tell here. travel speed on i-95 in virginia, from the occoquan to beltway, 43 miles per hour. it's slow but not by much. 14 minutes. and also in maryland, checking roads there. i-270, no issues to report. nice and clear right now as you make your way southbound from germantown to the beltway. aaron and eun, back over to you. >> thanks, danella. 6:23. later this morning, the olympic spirit at the national zoo. plus, the fbi says it was big business. how they say three local parking attendants stole hundreds of thousands of dollars rchts and why the he'd of the fed wants why the he'd of the fed wants you[ male announcer ] in 1996, president clinton and a bi-partisan congress helped end welfare as we know it, by requiring work for welfare. but on july 12th, president obama quietly announced a plan to gut welfare reform by dropping work requirements. under obama's plan, you wouldn't have to work, and wouldn't have to train for a job -- they just send you your welfare check. and welfare to work goes back to being plain, old welfare. mitt romney will restore the work requirement, because it works. 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