supporters in arlington. >> we're going to celebrate another victory in the commonwealth city. >> reporter: congressman rallies in reston. >> we need to balance out southern virginia. >> it is good to be back in virginia! >> reporter: some political analysts say mr. obama has to win convincingly in northern virginia. >> he doesn't need to win northern virginia, he needs to crush romney in northern virginia. >> reporter: george mason university associate professor jeremy mayer adds there are few paths to victory for romney that doesn't involve taking virginia. and someone who could throw the race off kilter for romney is vir jill goud who spent 12 years in the house. the conservative is gathering signatures to get on the ballot as a third party candidate, he's widely known in the southern part of the state and many argue a vote for him takes away from romney. >> governor mitt romney's got the right approach to turn this state and this country around. >> reporter: supporters are concentrating on what they can control and that's to get out their message and enjoy the commonwealth's being in the spotlight. >> we're the epicenter in some ways of this presidential campaign. and i think it has argue that northern virginia is the epicenter of the epicenter. >> it's such a privilege to be a virginian right now. >> reporter: he'll be back campaigning in virginia next week. barack obama celebrating his birthday today will return to the campaign trail next week. i'm surae chinn, for 9news now. >> double shooting in southeast washington leaves one man dead and another man wounded. police were called to the 800 block of barn bee street in southeast just after 2:00 this morning for the report of a shooting. they found 24-year-old antoine poseman dead at the scene. a second victim was taken to the hospital and both men had been shot search times. they have offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in this case. in loudoun county today, parents and law enforcement officials took part in the first annual child victim awareness day. that event at the junction plaza shopping center in ashburn featured information on how parents can help their kids keep from becoming crime victims. representatives were on hand to provide parents with cell phone identification and id cards. today's event also remembered erica heather smith. you might call the 14-year-old disappeared back in 2002. her body was eventually found 11 days later in a grave near a creek. her killer still at large tonight. >> it is so important that we try to get this chill murderer off the seat -- child murderer after the street and get some legal justice for our daughter. heather smith and again she does deserve justice. she was just a child. she didn't deserve to be murdered. >> the loudoun county sheriff's office is asking anybody with information about erica smith's death to give them a call. attention virginia shoppers. you have but one day to take advantage of the state's tax- free shopping days. those tax-free savings apply to school supplies under $10 and clothing and shoes under $100. the savings also apply to baby clothing and diapers, men's and women's formal wear, golf cleating, lingerie and -- clothing, lingerie and wedding apparel. every little bit helps shoppers say in this economy. we've got some good news tonight for drivers who use the outer loop of the capital beltway. monday five lanes we're talking five lanes will now be open to traffic. the wilson bridge project will have three lanes open in one direction but starting next week the new permanent five lane configuration will be in effect. we're back in a moment. stay with us. over the next four months, you have a choice to make. not just between two political parties, or even two people. it's a choice between two very different plans for our country. governor romney's plan would cut taxes for the folks at the very top. roll back regulations on big banks. and he says that if we do, our economy will grow and everyone will benefit. but you know what? we tried that top down approach. it's what caused the mess in the first place. i believe the only way to create an economy built to last is to strengthen the middle class. asking the wealthy to pay a little more so we can pay down our debt in a balanced way. so that we can afford to invest in education, manufacturing, and home-grown american energy for good middle class jobs. sometimes politics can seem very small. but the choice you face, it couldn't be bigger. ♪ i'm barack obama and i approve this message. the redskins' park where a staggering 24,600 spectators turned out for fan appreciation day. most of that crowd was there to see you know who, the new rookie quarterback rg3. dave owens is here with this story. >> what's up bruce? that's right year after year skins fans prove they're some of the most intense and loyal followers in the game. i see that personally on game days and also every year at training camp fan fest. last year, 29,000 showed up to cheer on burgundy and gold. this was a record. like you say today, 24,000 or just a little bit over 24,000 descended upon the park to cheer on their favorite team. the traditional redskins band was there playing the fight song of course. mike shanahan addressed the crowd and it was a spectacle as always. this year rg3 was the main attraction of course and as always, fans feel like this is the year. >> honestly i think we're looking at a 10 win season. i think we're going to hit the playoffs and i think we'll go deep into them. >> it's a lot of people. it's really hot but it's fun. >> who's your favorite player? >> chris cooley. >> him for me. >> okay. >> all right, mike shanahan told the crowd afterwards quote -- i really think you're going to love this football team. we have more depth and more competition than we've had in a long time. all right bruce coming up in sports more sights and sounds from fan appreciation day. we'll also update you on the historic performance at the olympics and the u.s. men's basketball team getting a rare scare. that's coming up in sports. >> more than 24,000, already love this team. now some wins, thank you dave. virginia governor was among the fans at redskins park today and says the team has now chosen four possible sights in richmond, virginia to hold training camp next year. in june, governor mcdonnell announced a financial package that would move the team's training camp facility each summer from ashburn to richmond in exchange for public funding to renovate their year-round facility. maryland's house of delegates will convene next friday for a special session on gambling. that's the day after members of the senate are scheduled to come back to annapolis. maryland currently allows slot machine gambling at five locations and lawmakers will be considering an expansion to incloud table games and a new casino site in prince george's county at national harbor. lawmakers may also consider the possibility of internet gambling in the state. raging wildfires in oklahoma have now destroyed dozens of homes and temperatures in southwest are climbing over 100 degrees again today. drew levinson reports this evening the weather is making it very difficult for firefighters to keep ahead of the flames. >> reporter: firefighters in luther, oklahoma saturday finally got the upper hand on the massive wildfire. they believe it may have been the work of an arsonist. >> right now man this fire is burning hot and it's burning fast. >> reporter: the fire charred four square miles, destroyed dozens of houses and buildings and forced people to get out. why firefighters continued their battle the oklahoma county sheriff is investigating reports that someone in a black pickup truck friday tossed out newspapers that had been set on fire. so far police have made no arrests and have no suspects. in creek county, fires also forced residents from hair homes. -- their homes. >> i'm 82 years old and never seen nothing like this before. >> reporter: the region is bone dry from the drought. temperatures topped out at 113 degrees. conditions for the firefighters are treacherous. >> when the wind comes up and a big flame comes across and then cedar trees look like dynamite going off. >> reporter: it will take days. drew levinson, cbs news. just ahead, countdown to mars. we'll have anup date on the expected landing just a day away now. >> can we expect a hot saturday night? the full forecast coming up. i got the chance to start my own business. i know what it's like to hire people and to make ends meet. from those experiences, i had the chance of running the olympics. the games were in real trouble. there'd been way too much spending. and in massachusetts i found a budget that was badly out of balance. our legislature was 85% democrat. and every one of the four years i was governor, we balanced the budget. i want to use those experiences to help americans have a better future. we believe in our future. we believe in ourselves. we believe the greatest days of america are ahead. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. nasa's curiosity rover is now zooming toward mars with about a day to go until the landing attempt. the space agency says the nuclear powered rover appears to be on course. curiosity is expected to drop through the martian atmosphere and attempt to set the six wheels down on the surface sometime tomorrow night. >> we've designed the spacecraft to basically handle all the conditions that we've seen in past years whether they're clear or dusty. but we continue to monitor it in realtime getting data from the orbiters at mars every day this week to make sure we understand what conditions the spacecraft will encounter as it's flying through the atmosphere and just how accurately we can expect to land. >> the rover is designed to primarily search for evidence that mars may have once had conditions favorable to some form of life. it's a $2.5 billion mission. we were just talking -- olga i think that's a lot 06 money. you put that $2.5 billion into the economy and give it to the country's people? and -- i don't know. something happens. >> but so many years in the planning they don't really know for sure whether or not this hinge is going to really -- thing is really going to touch down. >> that's $2.5 billion? hot out there today. >> it's hot. almost desert hot for most of us in the d.c. area. the temperatures today got into the middle 90s and in fact reagan national made it up to 96 today. we're still looking on radar for those pops of showers. everything so far today has missed the metro region. in fact it's looking great from our michael & son weather camera at the white house right now. mainly clear skies. we're calling it mostly sunny to partly sunny. into the later evening hours. but for right now, temperatures have been holding steady. mainly around the middle range 90s for most of us. and again, with that humidity creeping in it's feeling more like the upper 90s close to 100 degrees in some locations. we're going to continue to pump in some south and southwesterly wind flow as we head in toward the later evening hours. and i think a few of us especially north and west of town could see a little pop of a shower later on today and we'll keep on monitoring that for you. right now temperatures are sliding back in arlington down to 91. 90-degrees in springfield. but still sitting in those middle range 90s as you head up that i-95 corridor in toward beltsville and baltimore. it does look like we're going to be in for a possibility for a few showers and storms tonight. you can see most of that action skirting the mountains and moving primarily up into central pennsylvania. some of that has spilled across the maryland line and i do expect a little bit of development down to the south and that puts us at risk for some stormy weather later on tonight. i do think that for most of us, it will be a fairly nice evening. but folks who are headed out to the first pitch of the marlins versus the nationals, temperatures should hold in the lower 90s by the time the game starts at 7:05. but the last pitch though temperatures should back down into the this middle range 80s and we'll keep the winds out of the south at about 15 miles per hour on average. so some showers and thunderstorms possible this afternoon and evening. most of us will stay in the clear though and get hit though we'll have some heavy rainfall in pockets for sunday another hot and humid day. that's how we're finishing off the weekend but things change tomorrow afternoon and evening. a front is moving closer to the area and that could stir up some late day shower and storm opportunities. some of those could turn severe by tomorrow evening or tomorrow night. so here's how we look with our futurecast forecast model. mainly partly cloudy skies into the afternoon tomorrow. i would say the early morning hours look pretty good as far as keeping the metro area dry. but by late day, those widespread showers and thunderstorms will start to develop some of those could be a little bit heavy at times. then into the afternoon and evening you can see the front overnight into monday morning. gets a little bit closer and that will leave some steady rain across our southern counties and most of that will exit the area by late in the day on monday. so the forecast will improve through the week. lows tonight down into the 70s for most of us and we're talking about mainly cloudy conditions as we go to sunrise but tomorrow afternoon, partly sunny. and not so bad as the temperatures should make it out of those upper 80s to lower and mid 90s across the board. it looks like the temperatures will be fairly hot and muggy to move on through. this extended forecast for the nextly days or so basically looking at up the date planner hot and humid. keeping it in the yellow for the next three days. so -- close to 95 degrees for tomorrow. some of those southern zones will hit those middle range 90s by monday with mostly cloudy skies. we're going to back it down into the upper 80s. it will get a little bit stormy though early in the morning on monday. late day should look just fine but that color yellow will stick around until tuesday. now behind that front the temperatures are going to adjust a little bit and we'll get the northwest wind flow a little bit and even some westerly wind flow. that takes us down to upper 80s and lower 90s for next week and actually the forecast for next weekend is not looking too bad at least not extreme with the upper 90s but it will begin to build back some of the humidity into next weekend. >> you tell me -- >> if we get enough rain tomorrow and the next day could be a possibility. fans leave satisfied tonight? >> yeah, i mean you saw everything out there. you were a big redskins fan. i tell you your brethren were out there, this afternoon. lot of love for the burgundy and gold. 24,650 going through the gates at ashburn. the sights and sounds of redskins fan fest. you had the band and you had everything. we're going to bring that do you and a great day for the olympians and a local olympian as well. katie ledecky doing her thing. you're going to hear from the bethesda native coming up next in sports. if you have copd like i do, you know how hard it can be to breathe and what that feels like. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open a full 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. and it's steroid-free. spiriva does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines you take, even eye drops. stop taking spiriva and seek immediate medical help if your breathing suddenly worsens, your throat or tongue swells, you get hives, vision changes or eye pain, or problems passing urine. other side effects include dry mouth and constipation. nothing can reverse copd. spiriva helps me breathe better. does breathing with copd weigh you down? ask your doctor if spiriva can help. we should rebel he's a rookie. -- remember he's a rookie. defensive coordinators are going to be waiting for him and all kind of schemes for the kids. he's going to throw interceptions. >> peyton manning threw 28 in the rookie season. they struggle in the first year. matthew stafford from the lions throw 20 from the rookie season. >> how do you remember that? >> i study. although some would disagree. redskins fan appreciation day gang is exactly what it sounds like. fans flock to the team's training facility to show their love for the burgundy and gold. conversely the team goes all out to produce show for them. it's a mutual admiration society. in fact slightly more than 24,000 showed up today about 5,000 shorter than last season's record. even the reverend redskin was there the guy who starts spouting off about the redskins. you heard a lot of rg3 channels that was for sure but he wasn't the only one. a lot of love for the team today. >> go redskins! >> number one. >> number one! >> i think we need to strengthen our line up a little better but that's why we got rg3 so he can run out on all sides and get away if the pocket. >> bigger program right now. i like it when rg3 came here, he made a difference i think. >> they are excited about the upcoming season. the team has an off day tomorrow. thursday night first preseason game at buffalo. can you believe it? wow. training camp officially ends august 14th. saturday august 25th is rg3 versus andrew luck. redskins and colts preseason game number three. season opener september 9th at new orleans. you can almost understand if katie ledecky started talking with the teenage high pitched squeal during the interview after her performance at the olympics. she's a teenager. well, she didn't. she was poised and collected like a wily vet and more evidence she is mature beyond her years. i tell you what, her performance yesterday was well beyond anyone's expectations. ledecky a bethesda native blew out the competition in the 800- meter freestyle. she broke janet evans' 23-year- old record and almost broke a world record. this is from a girl only 15 years old gang. youngest u.s. olympian at these games. i say wow. here's what she had to say. >> i didn't feel any pressure at all going into it. i was a lot more nervous for my prelims race than i was for this race. walking out on the deck before the race, the crowd was amazing. and i just -- used all the energy that they were bringing and put into my race and my lane and just focused on my own race. >> wow. no pressure. that's pretty school cool. all right meanwhile, tennis, receive rya williams obliterated russia's maria sharapova. it took her 45 minutes to win a game. receive rya's earns her the folden slam. the men's basketball team meanwhile nearly upset by lithuania. they trailed late. the lithuanians leading and then lebron and company taking over and they win 99-94. wild. that's incredible stuff. and so -- is this. oscar pistorius is his name. he has been battling to belong on the lick stage for a very long time. he is not like other runners in london. do what you normally do when i come up on your screen. turn away. i'm just joking bruce. i'm really just joking. here's what happened today. he's the first double amputee to ever run in the track and field and he has made it to the semifinals. that is awesome. meanwhile, michael phelps finishing up his olympic run, gold medal today four by 100 relay. 22nd medal overall. here's the little league world series update. the team from great falls started yesterday with a win. tonight they'll play a team from south carolina. we'll update you on that and also, there's a te