90 degrees was the high at reagan national. 90 at dulles. and our current temperatures much more comfortable. in the 70s. 65 in the district. 62 at baltimore. dulles airport is at 61. frederick, maryland, is at a cool 61. fredericksberg is at 64. forecast for today, i think you'll like it. mostly sunny skies and a cooler day. with seasonable temperatures. our high below normal. our normal high would be 84 and we're looking for a high of 82 in town. some of you will top out in the upper 70s and breezy with winds out of the north, northwest at 5-10 miles per hour. that's an update on your weather. we have more coming up in a little bit. but right now let's go to julie wright. well there's a change in the traffic pattern between the main toll plaza and the beltway. it's cob fusing -- confusing but you can access the inner loop and outer loop. the crew in sky fox is over the beltway near 66. their shot eastbound slowing at business 234 but we also have delays leaving fair oaks toward 123 and through vienna toward the capital beltway. a lot of sunshine delay folks eastbound toward 495. back inside, updating the ride along 270, laborers are open out of hyattstown, the pace slow toward the truck scales, slow down again at mva. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. two college students in virginia shot during a home invasion. >> one died. he is the nephew of maryland congressman elijah cummings who is vowing to find the killer. stacy cohan has been following the story from our news room. >> reporter: our victim's name is elijah cummings. the house where he lived is 50 yards after campus and recently the victim of an attempted break-in. james cummings believes the same intruder returned friday morning looking for revenge. christopher cummings is the youngest of five children and a criminal justice major. someone broke into his apartment on west 42nd street early friday morning. the first floor roommate named jake kerry was shot first. >> he crawled across the street to a neighbor's house, knocked on the door, she put pressure on the bleeding from the neck and called 911. at the same time christopher was inside the house, battling the intruder and he died inside the house. >> reporter: he died because the intruder shot and killed him. police and officials admit there has been a spike in crime both on and off campus. christopher cummings is the nephew of cummings and aspired to be a politician just like his uncle. back to you. two d.c. police officers attacked on the job. this happened around 5:00 on saturday evening near the gallery place china town metro. the washington post reports the officers were responding to a complaint about a homeless man drinking in public. when the man attacked him with a pipe, they say, unprovoked. both officers had to be taken to the hospital and at last word one is still in the hospital. the hunt is still on for the person who killed a tow truck driver. antwan ago you ugers was killed. his family can't understand why anyone would want to kill him. >> he was a god-fearing man. he was just a family man. he was peaceful. >> there is no reason for anyone to take someone's life. it's just not fair. >> that will hopefully be resolved. they'll find the perpetrator of this horrible deed. >> at this point police have not released a possible motive nor suspects. also in prince george's county, police are looking for a driver involved in a hit-and- run accident. investigators say an suv hit a motorcyclist early on saturday morning at riverdale road and 63rd place. the motorcyclist was killed. the suv left the scene. police are looking for a lincoln navigator with damage on the left rear side. after a search, police have found the body of a woman in the washington channel. she was a group of boaters on water street in southwest. this all happened at 10:00 on saturday night. for some reason the woman jumped into the water and did not resurface. police did not release the woman's name. now to virginia where signal bay water park in manassas is closed. this happened after an apparent chemical leak sickened a dozen children on saturday. investigators are investigating what went wrong and a technician will look at the water system this week. the park is set to reopen next weekend. this morning, scandal involving d.c. council members have been grabbing headlines. today a bill is being introduced to overhaul the way the council keeps tabs on itself. the legislation backed by kwame brown and mary cheh would create an office of government accountability and expand the council's power to investigate ethical issues, including football disclosures. anthony wiener is thinking about resigning. that's what one new york newspaper claims. >> so far the congressman isn't saying, even after more lewd photos were released over the weekend. >> reporter: the pressure on wiener to resign is growing. with some of his own constituents saying he has to go. [ chanting ] >> reporter: for anthony wiener, these must be tough images to see. protestors outside of his district office demanding his resignation. but this is a tough image for many of his constituents to see, several new self portraits that seem to be taken in the house gym and uncovered by tmz. others show him with far fewer clothes. >> let's get a full shot of the genitals of my congressman. this is disgusting. >> reporter: and wiener doesn't have many friends left in congress either. he's going to request a leave of absence to seek treatment. but he is said to giving thought to stepping down. it's no secret nancy pelosi wants him out and the head of the democratic national committee said the time has come. >> we have made clear that he needs to resign. >> reporter: but wiener's political mentor, chuck schumer, is still a holdout. >> i'm not going to say anything else other than this is just heartbreaking for me and the many friends of anthony. >> reporter: and while wiener does still have supporters sh the ranks are thinning. and and even the republican speaker of house couldn't stop himself. >> my name looks like boner, beaner, but thank god it's not wiener. >> reporter: and it's not clear what kind of treatment he is seeking. doug luzader, fox news. a look at this morning's other top stories. the presidential archives will release the pentagon papers, all 7,000 pages of it. today marks the 40th anniversary of the original publication in the new york times. the leaked classified documents shed light on the involvement in vietnam and triggered a constitutional crisis over freedom of the press. president obama is on the road today. he will travel to raleigh, north carolina, where he will talk about job creation initiatives. tonight mr. obama will be in miami attending a re-election fundraiser. he is also going to cut government waste and establish a board that will work with federal agencies today. and we are getting the first photos of gabrielle giffords since she was shot in the head. the pictures were released yesterday. one shows her relaxed and smiling, others show her sitting with her mom. they were posted on her facebook page and were makeen may 17th, the day after she attended the shuttle launch of her husband commander mark kelly. she could be out of the hospital in a few weeks and then is expected to go home but it's still unclear if she will come back to work. >> we don't know whether gabrielle giffords will ever be able to return to congress. but she's made remarkable progress recently in the ability to form sentences, ask questions, respond to questions in a way that we call executive function. if that continues, it raises the possibility she might be able to return to work. >> thousands visited her facebook page just hours after the pictures were posted yesterday. >> she looks good. >> remarkable. >> huge strides. it is now 7:10 on this monday. thousands of arizona residents from two towns are now returning to their homes. but the fire is still a huge threat for folk in the eastern part of the state. we'll hear from them when we return. and the clean-up in alabama continues more than a month after tornadoes and now some victims don't qualify for grants from fema. the story is straight ahead. and as we head to break, we take a live look outside. trying to get the latest weather and traffic from tony and julie coming up next. 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hagerstown. >> do you think you brag about that? do you think you tell your friends? >> after you change your clothes, probably. >> but it's true. >> you have fighter jets pulling up beside you. >> they come up all stealthy. >> what did i do? i'm trying to land in my backyard. all right. listen, we have fine conditions. i mentioned i stepped outside a short time ago. it's very nice. >> so we should all leave. >> just during the next commercial break, move the desk outside and do the show from there. >> that would be fun. >> i think the viewers would like it. we'll work on it. >> we're never going to do it, are we? >> no. we don't have enough people to move anything. 65 degrees is the current temperature here in washington. 61 at dulles, airport. baltimore is at 63. patuxent naval air station dropped off to 69 degrees. there are 50s on this map this morning. winchester 59 degrees. and 56 in hagerstown. the winds, that's part of our story today. they are blowing around at 17 miles per hour. right now coming to us out of the north, northwest, 15 mile- per-hour at dulles, 17 in baltimore. and a breezy start to the day. and gusting up to 26 miles per hour in d.c. during the last hour. so 22 mile-per-hour wind gusts down in quantico. this is one of our features today and that will add to our pleasantness. today it will be breezy. not bad at all. highs today in the low 80s. although some of you will top out in the upper 70s. low 80s by the middle of the afternoon today. a very pleasant day with a lot of sunshine and lower humidity than what we've been used to. get outside and enjoy it. >> kind of like, what? >> is that really happening? >> good-looking. let's check in with julie wright. what do you think about the idea of doing the newscast outside today? >> no complaints from here. none at all. you set me up next to a nutty buddy stand and i'll report traffic all day and even in the afternoon rush hour. >> a nutty buddy stand? >> management just woke up. i don't have to pay her, i just have to feed her? it's cheaper to pay me. from wolf trap to the capital beltway, there is change in the traffic pattern. eastbound you lose the left lane continuing inbound toward the capital beltway. it's part of the long-term construction project. you still have access to the inner loop and the outer loop but it is confusing for motorist traveling eastbound. i've had a couple of people hit me up on twitter and say it's confusing working inbound around this closure point and the change in the traffic pattern. but you still have access to the inner loop and the outer loop toward the capital beltway leaving wolf trap. so a great shot there from the crew in sky fox. back inside, and on the outer loop, still into the sunshine below speed from van dorn to telegraph road. all lanes are open here. into problems are -- no problems to report. slowing at the beltway and the 11th street bridge. 210 on the brakes from ft. washington toward palmer. outer loop below speed 95 past colesville road around georgia avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. it was a long and hot train ride for 450 amtrak passengers. amtrak said an engine failed on a northbound train heading to boston from richmond yesterday. passengers were stranded and without air-conditioning for about two hours in the sweltering temperatures before being transferred to another train. so far no word on what caused that engine to fail. amtrak has since moved the faulty train off the tracks. to the latest on the wildfire in arizona. firefighters say they are making headway as thousands are allowed back to their homes. >> but the fire threat is still very real in the eastern part of the state and in parts of new mexico. marianne rafferty has the story now. >> reporter: thousands of arizona residents in two towns evacuated by the wildfire threat are back home. >> well, we're home. >> reporter: dropping his boots, ted slade of eagar, arizona, wasn't sure what he would see when he got there. >> we thought it was going to burn. the fire was right there. we could see the flames and it was shooting up. and we figured we wasn't going to come back to this. >> reporter: people in springerville are getting the all-clear, a flashing sign read, we miss you. welcome home. airplanes are dropping fire retardant. and crews are gaining ground and confidence. >> we don't like to say this kind of stuff, but we turn a corner. >> reporter: but with that comes skepticism from residents. >> hoping they haven't jumped the gun and there is still wind and hot spots up there. the fire was so unstoppable, it's hard to believe they have it stopped in this direction. >> reporter: severe air quality issues exist. air is 20 times worse than the federal health standard. because of that a handful of homeowners are waiting it out. >> i'm going to stay one por -- one more night here and then see what the air is like. >> you've been cooped up for five days going stir crazy, but i'm glad to see them all come back and businesses get back together and i'm running out of copenhagen and i have to get to the score. >> reporter: two homes have burned since the fire started last month. it is burning in remote areas in eastern arizona and new mexico. marianne rafferty, fox news. recovery continues in alabama following april's devastating tornadoes. some victims' whose homes were destroyed are finding out they do not qualify from grants from fema to rebuild. the birmingham news talked to one family whose home was scattered with brick and debris and was told an inspection was told they were unsafe to live in. fema said anyone who feels their applications were unfairly rejected but they only have 60 days from the date of the letter to do that. a man in ohio is arrested for shooting kids in his neighborhood. 55-year-old charles deboss was angry that children were placing in his front yard. kids say he yelled at them, then opened fire when one of the kids walked across his lawn and another bumped his car. an 11-year-old girl was shot and one bell et narrowly missed her liver. she should be released from the hospital soon. a volcanic ash cloud forces hundreds of flights overseas to be canceled. an update next. and a crash in france and what the driver said saved his life, straight ahead. plus music, craft and some of maryland's most distinct folk traditions. paul raphel is in baltimore this morning with a preview of a maryland tradition folk life festival which kicks off this weekend. we like to do things in advance. you have to plan it out. we'll catch up with him when we come back. 7:22. making headlines this morning, a series of earthquakes hit new zealand last night. it's in the same place that hit the city of christ's church back if february. last night's tremors are described as after shocks. the strongest measured 5.2 followed by a series of smaller ones. two buildings collapsed last night but police say they rescued those inside. some flights in australia have resumed after an ash cloud from a chile volcano has caused problems. thousands of passengers have been affected by this. it started erupting last week. it's hard to believe anyone could survive this, but a race car driver walked away unhurt. this happened at the lemans 24- hour race in france. the driver clipped a ferrari driving his audi at 120 miles per hour. the car flipped and smacked into the barriers. driver said he survived because of the protective measures built into the car's design. >> it's amazing when you see them walk away from something like that. >> but they do. they design it for that. so they are able to do it. >> and it works. hopefully it will work all of the time. 7:27 now on a monday morning. from the latest political sex scandal to how the 2012 race is shaping up, we're going to catch up with the washington examiner's congressional correspondent for political round up next. and a live look outside for you as we head to break. it does make you smile. >> it makes you feel good to get up. >> we have the latest weather, traffic from tony and julie. i promise you it will be nice. welcome back. it is 7:30 on this monday. you're taking a look at washington monument and i have to tell you, it's nice because we can see it for once instead of trying to peer at it. >> no matter how wide the shot gets, we can still see clear. >> how about that. >> it's great, tony. >> that's a pretty picture. >> we love to talk about the weather this week. >> no haze and you see the camera jostling around because we have a little bit of wind out there. just a pleasant start to the day. good air quality. that is nice. we could use that. and things look good for the entire week. let's start by showing you its weather headlines for today and really for much of the week. not bad. really the main thing you want to know is that cooler air has arrived into our region and those breezes out of the northwest are helping to bring more cool air in here as we speak. so the week gets off to a pleasant start. temperatures drop this week. last week we hit 102 degrees at one point, and then in the 90s. this week our highs in the 80s. not bad at all. and then some unsettled moving in for the latter part of the week and that's when we could see rain showers and storms here and there. and current temperatures around the region. we are at 65 in the district. 63 in baltimore. dulles airport is at 61. in winchester, a cool and pleasant 59 degrees. patuxent naval air station is sat 69 degrees at this hour. satellite radar composite, the skies are pretty clear. there are a couple of clouds here and there but for the most part you have blue skies, sunshine and that's the way it will be today. out to our west we have a lot of clear skies. some thicker clouds well up to the north and west but though won't impact us during the course of the day. here is a look at the surface map. cold front came through and did trigger storm storms but high pressure is settling in. that's going to mean, calm, quiet conditions and with the cooler air pass, comfortable temperatures around the region for much of the week. forecast then for washington for today, a lot of sunshine, much cooler, pleasant and a high of 82 degrees. believe it or not, we'll be 2 degrees below normal after being well above normal, 2 degrees below normal today and still breezy with winds out of the north, northwest, 10-15 miles per hour. then for tonight, 63 for the overnight low in town. cooler in the suburbs under partly cloudy skies. five-day forecast, tomorrow another