>> this big tree starts crashing down. i was screaming, yelling. >> coming up, we will find out today if a tornado is to blame for the mess in maryland with live team coverage on all the storm damage. and the on-scene investigation is finally over in the deadly metro crash. don't expect your clays to ease anytime soon. and you can call it a fuel injection for cash for clunkers. congress is racing to keep the program aliv.

"good morning washington saturday" starts right now. captioned by the national captioning institute -- www.ncicap.org -- >> good morning to you, washington. thanks for beingere with us on this saturday, the first day of august. i'm pamela brown. we'll get to the top stories in a moment. first a quick check of the saturday forecast. adam caskey is live in the weather center. how is the weekend shaping up? >> it's looking pretty good. tomorrow anticipated cloud cover but a very nice and calm day today, especially what some of us went through yesterday. possibly a tornado nearea era fainllom sof t the rainfall totals fr yesterday. esederick pied up over on.chd mesan i.es ga rsheburg.uhe.rg d.tlitetlitev 1.25-inchesing,prl noticehe temperatures right now.

esmfortable, mid 60's, hepeally northwest ofci t me otr aear.he sl morning. a weak c fldoro pushed through overnight. here's our forecast today. a lot of sunshine. scattered clouds developing. 88 the highemperature. again, slightly less humid compared to the past couple of days. increasing clouds tonight and we can't rule out an isolated shower during the early morning hours. near 70 tomorrow. mainly cloudy. a few peeks of sunshine, few scattered showers and possibly severe thunderstorms southeast of the metro area. >> ok. thanks so much. the national weather service is headed to frederick county today to find out if a tornado caused all of thatut destruction yesterday. trees snapped like twigs there and all across the region during heavy storms, including across i-66. our kathy park is along the highway in arlington with our wild weather wrap-up. >> well, less than 24 hours ago the region saw some severe

weather. and this weekend residents will most likely be picking up the pieces and cleaning up here in arlington, right along i-66. there were some close calls yesterday as storms toppled trees. but luckily there were no reports of any injuries. the driver of this tahoe is counting his blessings after a road trip took a turn for the worse when storms picked up. >> loud crack. sounded like thunder. i looked at my rearview mirror, the tree with a across the road. >> just like that, as you can see, this enormous tree came crashing down on to oncoming traffic, smashing this white van in front of the small hyundai. >> we'll remember this for the rest of our lives. but i thought they were goners. >> some residents in maryland are also recovering from the wild weather. in montgomery county, a large ee dtroyed this park. and in frederick county, folks in ijamsville lost more than

power when the storm rolled through. >> listening to trees cracking and popping. you can't stop it. >> high winds even leveled an entire barn. >> devastated. it's everything you work for. >> residents here say the damage looks like the work of a possible tornado. >> we've had 60, 70 mile-an-hour winds here. this had to be more than that. >> neighbors will be picking up the pieces for several days and so will residents in faceburg, maryland, who were also caught in mother nature's path. now, ijamsville was one of the hardest hit in our region. we are told it could take a day or two before we know for sure whether a tornado touched down in that area. one neighbor that we spoke with yesterday said the destruction took only 10 minutes. it will take days for them to clean up. this morning live in arlington, kathy park, abc 7 news. >> ok, kathy. thanks for that report. a car crashed sparking an apartment fire in calvert

county. more than three dozen people were forced to leave the complex on shore acres lane in prince frederick last night. investigators say the driver of the car backed into a gas meter which started the fire that destroyed the building. thankfully, though, no one was hurt. testing is complete. the ntsb now says it will review the findings on train control equipment. federal investigators are still reviewing metro's entire signaling system and its control operations. meo says it will get to work replacing track circuits, meaning more red line delays for at least another month. and you can expect delays on all five metro lines all weekend long. track work will mean single tracking between medical center and friendship heights on the red line, between eastern market and stadium armory on the blue and orange lines. blue line trains will not stop at raddick row. and single track from van dorn to huntington.

trains will share a track between georgia avenue and u-street on the green and yellow lines. riders should add 30 minutes to their trip. arlington county police are looking for witnesses to help them piece together a hit and run crash. officers handed out flyers along columbia pike and walter reed drive last night. a week ago they say christopher bentley fleeing police in a stolen car ran a red light and smashed into a ford explorer. >> the victim explorer flipped several times, landing where i'm standing. ejecting the driver. the driver landed on the entrance of the dooay and bounced off. >> police caught bentley a block after he bailed the car. police are hoping to speak to a young woman spotted on surveillance camera who witnessed the whole thing. they say police are investigating a deadly shooting involving one of their own. officials say a special police haficer opened fire in columbia heights lastht n igter getting into a confrontion with

someone. that person died. the shooting happened on 14th and girard streets across the street from the proposed barack obama park. we now know what brought down a helicopter near hagerstown. federal investigators say the helicopter struck an unmarked steel wire about 70 feet off the ground. an employee also says the weather was "miserable" that night and offered the drive the pilot and three passengers. but the pilot said he would wait for better weather and took off soon after that. and while trying to turn back from some low clouds, he crashed on july 23, killing all four people onboard. and 7's on your side with details to the cash for clunkers tune-up. the houseworked quickly to refuel the popular program. cash for clunkers burned through $1 billion in less than a week after so many drivers raced to trade in their gas guzzlers. the senate is expected to follow

suit. >> when the white house announced the deal wouldn't continue until further notice, many dealers across the country breathed a sigh of relief. >> it will probably be the best weekend that the auto industry has seenn 100 years. >> the cash for clunkers program was so popular $1 billion that was allocated in stimulus money vanished in less than a week as people tried to cash inn o ts deal. it gives car owners up to $4,500 to find a new, fuel-efficient model in exchange for their gas guzzling rides. this is expected to jump-start the ailing auto sector. but some dealers worry they'll be on the hook for the rebate money and car owners may be left without wheels. >> we wouldn't want to bring somebody's car in and trash it or destroy it and then not have the money for them to get their new vehicle. >> cash for clunkers is one step closer to having its lease extended after the house voted to inject $2 billion into this program for another stimulus

initiative. but not everyone's onboard. computer glitches caused a traffic jam of 20,000 transactions. >> $170,000 out there right now. haven't even submitted a claim yet. for the dealer, it's a little panicky right now. >> washington's actions are supposed to ease those fears to keep cars driving off dealer's lots at least for another week. the senate is expected to take up this program next week. abc news, washington. >> 6:08. it's 69 degrees on this first day of august. still ahead on "good morning washington," where to get cheap eats without starving your wallet. but first, could plastic surgery really cure your migraine headaches? plus a check of your weather. that's next on "good morning washington saturday." thanks pore waking upking up in

>> welcome back. 6:11 a.m. isn't that a beautiful shot of the sun popping up over the horizon? you can see a few ouds but generally speaking a very sunny saturday in store today. official sunrise 6:09 a.m. for the district. so i couple of minutes ago. 67 in better win heights. thede woi pnt bce ttihe dew pot it means theers. it means the humidity is a little bit lower todayh tite thn ast couple of days cofurse, it was very odsterday where uras spy llsterday where whodast ay t iwi elfe aas little bit bu.t s ret stilllsiasedasas vetiugla mlygy da y.y.ely muggy comfortable start to the day. here's your weekendorecast. a lot of sunshine today. scattered clouds and warm. highs in the upper 80's. tomorrow, scattered showers and thunderstorms. mainly cloudy skies. highs still in the mid to upper 80's. added humidity tomorrow. >> thanks so much.

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>> welcome back at 6:15. here's a look at some of this morning's top stories. the former philippines president died after a year-long battle with colon cancer. she's credited with restoring power to the philippines. the mayor of hoboken, new jersey is the second mayor to step down after being among 44 people arrested in a corruption ring. he is accused of accepting $25,000 in bribes. the mayor of secaucus also resigned this week. connecticut senator christopher dodd says he will he surgery during the august recess to treat prostate cancer discovered during a recent physical. dodd says he plans to return to his full schedule within weeks and will run for re-election.

the full house will be ready to vote on a health care overhaul when it gets back from summer break. the bill narrowly passed the energy and commerce committee last night. it was cap increases in the cost of insurance presume yums and would let the federal government negotiate directly with drug companies for lower prices under medicare. get ready to pay more for gas and cigarettes in the district. the d.c. council voted to raise taxes to close a projecte projected $666 million budget shortfall. under the plan the city's sales tax would jump to 6%. the current gas tax would go up three and a half cents and cigarette tax will go up 50 cents to $2.50 a pack. mayor fenty is expected to sign it. congresthe house voted to restrw wall street executives get paid after employees were awarded with bonuses topping $1 million each. the move would ban companies

from encouraging employees to take financial risks by offering them incentives. despite consumer outrage and political pressure, u.s. banks have been raising customer fees. bank executives are trying -- this as loans continue to turn sour. overdraft fees turned more than $30 billion in revenue for banks last year alone. they don't come as often these days. the u.s. postal service is expected to deliver 175 billion fewer pieces of mail this year mostly thanks to e-mail. brian todd looks "in-depth" at the crisis. >> for almost three decades delvin johnson has been unloading, sorting, hoofing it house by house, becoming a fixture on his northwest washington beat. >> all right. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> he survived the anthrax scare at his local station and other

perils of the job. so in 30 years, how many dog bites? >> this one. >> only one? >> after 28 years. >> you went 28 years without one. >> without one. >> you got one a couple years ago? >> yup. that's it. comes with the job. >> for mail carriers like delvin, dog bites may be the least of their worries these days. the u.s. postal service is now on the government's risk of aggh- list of high-risk en esci. we're all simply doing more e-mailing and online bill paying. that means a lot less physical mail to and from your doorstep. >> what is the volume like now compared to what it was like before? >> i'd say about a third to half it's dropped off. >> in how long? >> in about a year and a half. >> is that the most drastic it's been? >> the most drastic, yeah. >> in fact, over the past two years the government accountability office says the volume of physical mail has seen

its most leastagn at plummetingecades, 9.5 billion piecesbi in 2008, another 18.5 million by the beginning of this summer. a postal system built to handle so much more is now oversized, antiquated, and considering cutting benefits and work force. as for our mail, the service has gone up a list of nearly 700 post offices for possible closure. and -- >> mail volume levels can no longer sustain six-day a week delivery. >> as for john so he's already been offered early retirement twice. he wants to keep going another three years in. the age of 55 because he says he's got a daughter getting ready to go to college. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> starved for cash? the 2010 edition includes a special section on value restaurants. thanks to reasonable prices, generous servings and fresh ingredients, amsterdam fala --

falafal is considered the best. >> if you order the fries, you get a huge cup. almost a foot high full of fries. >> the d.c. zag i don't think guide edit -- zagot guide he had yoitor says she's seen menus at every level. but she suggests visiting ethnic or developing neighborhoods like adams morgan and columbia heights. a new music conservative opens today. it features the new 75-seat recitingal hall, classrooms, office and reception area. this afternoon's grand opening includes a free concert by a pianist, michael adcock. the conservatory offers lessons for groups and individuals. the legenry paul mccartney will take the stage at fedex field tonight. he's expected to perform some from ever i can't of his expense -- ever i can't of his career -- era of his career.

tha lotf fans are looking forward to that. >> takes good day for it, too. luckily. >> good to hear. >> luckily you're not going to ed your poncho and rain gear, gore tex for it. >> should they bring an umbrella just in case? >> probably not. better off leaving it at home. we're look pretty good today. tomorrow is our better chance of rain. it was an acti day yesterday. in frederick we had a wind gust of 74 miles per hour. >> wow. >> that's a hurricane strength. so it was pretty bad in some spots yesterday. nfalltorybody got the raint ai r taai not everybody got the high accumulations. right now we're 71 degrees at reagan national. here's a look at the sky. right now this morning ouds eaf in the distance as we okin st. that's where eyethavn h bs.ck i eyth have been pushing from the only 66 rhtignl o no right now

at io rnga natl. that's significant because the aetltbio lower than thea pstup leco o p days. yesterda very very y,mu toggatywe sy and s yoda toluy eellwe y.umtle droplli dtt il ity.l um it will bekla rte onitbeac latec friced pkretud ederick pictured almo almost 1.6-inches. 1.6-inches. gaithersburg, 1.53 from the storms. clear spring, maryland, 1.27. so some lower accumulations elsewhere. chantilly not as much in parts of virginia. chantilly, .4. vienna, .2. right now temperatures in the mid 60's pretty up everywhere. berwyn heights, maryland, 67. dulles airport, 58. notice the dew point numbers in the mid 60's. so, yes, lower humidity than yesterday but a little bit. but still a pretty muggy day out there. let's go to our almanac data. 90 degrees was the high

yesterday. average high today is 88. we should be right there this afternoon and pretty close to it again later on tomorrow. so all the active weather from last night obviously pushed offshore and dissipated. now we're dealing with a few remnant clouds out there, especially off to the east. overall a very sunny start to the day. and just a few scattered clouds expected later this afternoon. so we had a cold front move through overnight. you can see the long line of clouds along that front. notice off to our northwest we have another cold front that's move together midsections of the country. we have a brief break in the action for today. perfect timing for our saturday. we'll have sort of a lull in the storm. so a fair amount of sunshine. and then there's that second cold front that will push towards us which is currently mong through the midwest. it's a fairly week cool front. but it will likely increase our clouds tonight and give us scattered showers and storms tomorrow. today sunshine, scattered afternoon clouds. 88 the high temperatures this afternoon.

winds out of the north this morning. a refreshing breeze. but they will shift to the south later today. increase in clouds tonight. can't rule out a passion shower. fairly gray skies again tomorrow. get this a late week cold front could drop our temperatures by thursday and friday back down to maybe the low 80's in some spots. but i think mid 80's for the most part in lower -- and lower humidity by the end of next week. until then, same old, same old. >> exactly. thanks. and still ahead on "good morning washington saturday," we'll look at the redskins' number one draft pick in action. noan od ne and no one wants their summer vacation to stutter before it even starts. so which airports will get you to your destination on time? we'll let you know. "good morning washington saturday" continues right after this.

>> welcome back. the nationals tried to turn things around with a major trade, and the redskins put their number one draft pick through the paces.

our horace holmes has the details. >> good morning, everybody. cross it off your to do list, the redskins signed their number one draft pick. there he is, brian orakpo of texas arrived in time to sign and suit up for the morning practice yesterday. the new skins linebacker signed a five-year, $20 million contract with $12 million guaranteed. orakpo says he's happy to be here and is excited about his new team. >> how does it feel? >> it feels great, man. i'm relieved. that's the most important thing, got contract done. a few of my teammates have been working so i only missed a day. so that's very significant. >> have they been giving you a hard time? >> no. they have been give meg a hard time about -- giving me a hard time about the big money when are you going to buy me a maserati and all that other stuff. >> say goodbye to first baseman nick johnson, traded to florida for minor league pitcher aaron

thompson. after that they went to work in pittsburgh. brian zimmerman gets a hold of all of that pitch, way back in deep center. that's gone. his 20th home run of the year. 4-2 pirates. former nats, milledge, landed in pittsburgh. singles off the glove. the winning run comes around. the pirates beat the nats last night 5-4. >> new port news, virginia, is planning a hometown festival for michael vick. the former nfl quarterback is expected to speak at the michael vick community celebration. the local southern christian leadership conference is hosting the august 8 event and says it will promote a doctrine of nonviolence. vick is still looking for a new team now that he's completed his federal sentence on dogfighting charges. and still ahead, we're cleaning up from severe storms that toppled trees and knocked out power to thousands.

plus new velopmts in the case against chandra levy's accused killer. and concern about a fire station losing itsareer firefighters. the second half-hour of "good morning washington saturday" starts right now. captioned by the national captioning institute -- www.ncicap.org -- >> and good morning, washington. it is 6:30 on this saturday morning. i'm pamela brown. let's take a quick look at the forecast. meteorologist adam caskey joins us now with what to expect. adam, it seems like things are finally calming down out there. >> yeah. yesterday, of course, was a very active afternoon and evening with the pressure drop moving through and then the cold front pushing through. we did have some widespread severe thunderstorms yesterday. damage near frederick. some locally. that has quieted down. now we're off to a great saturday. a break in the showers and thunderstorms for today. then it looks like a pretty good shot of scattered storms tomorrow. but not as widespread in terms of severe threats.

right now we're mainly in the 60's to near 70. wein6s.own. ath 60's. everywhere in everywhere inrt o virginia. even in udin inclg sh royal. malarl,sh frederick, 68. here's your forecast today. a lot of sunshine. some scatterrered afternoon clouds. slightly less humid than the past couple of days. that said, it's still going to be a muggy day. it is august 1, after all. high temperatures in the upper 80's. then tomorrow mainly gray skies, a few peeks of sun, scattered showers and storms. the best chance for severe storms would be east and south and east of the metro area. so mainly east of the 95 corridor. >> ok. thanks. our brief break from severe weather today will be welcomed relief to those of us who have to clean up from the severe storms yesterday. our kathy clark is live along i-66 in arlington, the site of a close call for some drivers. kathy? >> good morning. it certainly was a close call

for drivers. those who were on the stretch of i-66 during rush hour yesterday, strong storms toppled trees on to cars. but arlington wasn't the only area that was hit hard. in fact, the whole region saw severe weather. and even one city in maryland may have even seen a tornado. the driver of this tahoe is counting his blessings after a road trip took a turn for the worse when storms picked up on route 66 in arlington. >> a loud crack. it sounded like thunder. i looked in my rearview mirror and a tree was crossing the road here. i thought my parents were dead. >> just like that. as you can see, this enormous tree came crashing down onto oncoming traffic, smashing this white van in front of the small hyundai. >> believe me, we'll remember this for the rest of our lives but i thought they were goners. >> some residents in maryland are also recovering from yesterday's wild weather. in upper montgomery county a

large tree destroyed this car. in frederick county folksn ijamsville lost more than just power when the storms plowed through. >> you could feel everything shaking, listening to the trees cracking and popping. you can't stop it. >> high winds even leveled an entire barn. >> devastated. it's everything you work for. >> residents here say the damage looks like the work of a possible tornado. >> we've had 60, 70 mile-an-hour winds here. this had to be a lot more than that. >> neighbors will be picking up the pieces for several days and so will residents in maryland who were caught in mother nature's path. >> now, ijamsville was one of the hardest hit areas. we're told it could take a day or two before we know for sure if a tornado did touchdown in that area. we talked to one neighbor in that area. he said that the destruction took only 10 minutes. but now it could take several days for them to clean up the debris. reporting live in arlington, kathy park, abc 7 news.

>> all right, kathy. thanks for that. metro begins repairs next week at the site of last month's deadly crash. that will mean more delays on the red line. the ntsb yesterday said it completed its on-site inspection. the official cause remains under investigation, though the ntsb is focusing on glitches in the train detection system. metro says the red line repairs should take about a month. a metro bus driver is on unpaid leave after being charged with driving with a suspended license. police arrested carletta douglas on thursday. they said they made the discovery after a car slammed into her bus. douglas is accused with driving with a license that was suspended for more than two mont. >> if somebody's not doin their duty. no way a metro operator should be riding around with a dead -- with a suspended license. i believe someone is not doing their job.

>> douglas told abc 7 she would love to explain her situation but would get in trouble if she did. she's worked for metro for eight years. she has five days to produce a valid driver's license or she'll be fired. z.c. police are looking for the suspect who killed a man inside his northwest home overnight. officers found the victim who was in his 50's in the basement of a house in the 4200 block of illinois avenue. he had been shot several times. the prosecution in chandra levy's murder is presented a new witness while the defense is pointing fingers at 10 other possible suspects. they used that to ask for a delay of trial yesterday. the judge refused. ththe washington intern's remais were found in rock creek park a year later. [inaudible]

>> court documents say he killed the two men who allegedly helped him murder leafy. prosecutors also say' tacked numerous people rock creek park the same day. a trial date is set for january. a mechanicsville man is under arrest accused of throwing a chunk of concrete at a car. 27-year-old travis butler is arged with two counts of second degree assault. the concrete crashed through the car's windshield and struck a 15-year-old girl in the back seat. her skull was fractured. detectives say butler was on work release from a coun detention center when the assault occurred. starting tomorrow the riverdale and capital heights fire stations will lose all of their career firefighters. they're being relocated to other under staffed stations across prince george's county. roy taylor was among those protesting last night ex-says it leaves -- last night. he says it leaves the safety of all residents, including his

mother-in-law, in jeopardy. >> the fire department is closed, then how are they going to help her? she has bad legs. she walks with a cane. she has to have somebody with her at all times. >> the capital heights station will be staffed with 16 volunteers to handle the 6,500 emergency calls local fire officials say they get each year. firefighters hope more volunteers will sign up. it's cutting-edge technology that can one day allow blind people to drive. virginia tech engineering students retrofitted a do you know buggy with a laser that senses the road ahead. then a special vibrating device communicate indicates when to speed and when to break and when to turn. they're tested it at the university of maryland yesterday. >> three! two! one! blastoff! >> more than 40 young aspiring space explorers launched hand-made rockets at the

champions of science adventure camp yesterday. the children spent the week learning about the principles of space and rocketry. their fuel-propelled rockets could potentially reach speeds 50 miles per hour and climb up to 200 feet. one local airport gets high marks for taking off on time. reagan national ties as the third best in travel and leisure magazine's best and worst airports for flight delays. dulles shares numr eight on the worst list with philadelphia and add lan at a -- atlanta. obama administration by him didn't make -- b.w.i. marshalll didn't make either list. and it is 6:38 and 69 degrees still ahead on "good morning washington saturday," the nats start a new losing streak while the pirates snap theirs. cash for clunkers gets a new lease on life. and could we be in for another round of severe storms? adam's back with another look at the forecast.ecast. p

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>> welcome back to "od morning washington saturday." 6:40 a.m. right now on this august 1. first day of august. bright sunshine throughout across the nation's capital. a lot of sunshine to start our day today. and generally speaking, a very sunny day. just a few scattered afternoon clouds expected. right now reagan national, 71 degrees with mostly sunny skies. a dew point temperature of 66. th iattamp'secntorseau b t aumidity t it ays. said, i dt's said, it'y.sgu tel,aftal i s y.gg after all, it d.'t we d ionn the ksea in the mijuhu, stty eson.ity, justmashll stor, look athaiet alnf rlt ta tls frm un tothy'dadevesersres.rm gaunderstorms.hes in frederick k rsit gaebu itheburg. that was bue sthllrs eyein of coontgomerynd a frederick tiun esaycote yesayrdrd.. oy 66,bu , bethesda. here's your weekender i forecas.

still warm but not as humid as yesterday. 88 the high today. mid to upper 80's tomorrow. mostly cloudy. a few scattered showers and storms expected especially later in the day tomorrow. there is a slight chance of a few severe thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. but that's mainly south and east of the i-95 corridor. we'll talk about the seven-day forecast coming up shortly. there could be some big changes. >> ok. thank you, adam. turning now to sports, the orioles win, the nats lose. horace holmes has the highlights and low lights in our morning sports. >> good morning, everybody. the nationals made a big deal just before the m.l.b. trade deadline. say goodbye to nick johnson, traded to florida for minor league pitcher aaron thompson. after that, the nats went to work in pittsburgh. let's go there. top of the seventh. ryan zimmerman takes it way back, deep in center field that will clear the fences. gone. his 20th home run of the year. 4-2, pittsburgh.

former nat milledge is now in pittsburgh. the winning run comes around. the pirates beat the nationals. red sox nation last night invading camden yards. here's your ball game. top of the seventh. orioles on top 5-4. kevin youkilis with the drive to deep left center field. bye-bye, baseball. there was a man on for the ride. boston goes on to win game one of their series with baltimore, 6-5. our shot of the day comes from the women's british open. the 12 hole. pulls out the 8-iron on this par 3 and guess what. it falls and i will roll right in. she's at five under and tied for the lead. that's it. have a good weekend, everybody. >> the richmond international raceway loses out because of the cession. next year will be the first time in a decade the indy race car series will not race there.

the track president cites increased costs. the anticipated loss of major sponsors and declining attendance at the race events, including nascar. it is 6:43. 69 degrees on this first day of august. still ahead, a safety alert for honda owners. details next. stay with us. "good morning washington saturday" will be right back.

>> and welcome back. at 6:45, let's take a look at some of this morning's top stories. abc 7 is on your side with details from honda. the carmaker is sending out letters for an expanded recall on some 2001 and 2002 honda accords, 2001 civics, and 2002 and 2003 ar yura p.l.'s -- acurap.l.'s. the new g.i. bill begins today. new many of the veterans who

served after the september 11 attacks are eligible for a full four-year tuition at a state university. members of the guard and reserve who spent at least three months activated for war service are also covered. the second round of the street soccer tournament gets underway two hours from now. the opening ceremonies took place yesterday. the three-day competition is unique in that all the athletes are homeless. the tournament is designed to improve players' abilities to interact, set goals, and improve their overall situation. well, it is fl speed ahead for cash for clunkers. after burning through its entire $1 billion budget in just one week the house raced to add $2 billion to the program. the senate is expected to dot same next week -- do the same next week. that has car drivers breathing a sigh of relief. >> they didn't come out because it sounded too good to be true.

>> it's kind of incredible. i never heard a trade-in being $3,500 to $4,500 especially for an old car. >> a clunker. >> yeah, pretty much. >> that's $3, 500 to $4,500 for the clunker. >> it makes sense. it's decent f those who qualify. >> it's not every day you hear the word perfect and government program in the same sentence. but so many premeditate trading in their clunkers for -- people are trading in their clunkers for cash the government almost ran out of money. >> free money. it's a great deal. >> it's also a win for those doing the dealing at a time when the auto industry has nearly grinded to a halt, dealers lobbied congress to inject more money into the program and it worked. >> it's really great. it's been a long time since there's been that kind of commotion and excitement in the showroom. >> laura wasn't in the market for a car. they weren't either. >> i just couldn't afford it.

>> that is until now. the house voted to pump an additional $2 billion into the program. the senate is expected to take it up next week. report from alexandria, abc 7 news. >> it is a once a year event. the park day is this morning. it's happening in gateway park to celebrate an internationally recognized work of public art. it will create a shadow alignment. that should be quite a sight. >> it's the schad low alignment that creates once a year at that exact time today. it's exciting. especially if you live in the area. it's more than a shadow alignment. it's fun for kids. a lot of information to learn from folks at nasa as well. pretty interesting. more than just shadow aligned on these pieces of artwork in rosslyn. >> it will be a nice day, too many. >> it will be good. take a walk on down the neighborhood.

hop on the metro. let's look at the conditions ri mnoning good morning for it. umd luckily theidum hity is a little bit lower than yesterday. that's one reason why i say it's a good morning for it. also, you need sunshine for the owad? avwe mow hitorshing wai a little wus knowing iwab a this knowing i eeve fntorpl a cth ou eveent for a couple ofe weeks now, i was hopin we would have sth we do. so a lot of sinshleun ce,ar d sk 71 gh rit now at reagant national. dt farrheom wre we' eomthe eve. 66esrethegs idee w point. slightly lower humidity level in frederick, that's where we saw the bull's eye of the rainfall from yesterday's storms, over 1.5-inches. about 1.6 in frederick. adamstown, .85. elsewhere, some parts of virginia, didn't pick up much. we'll take it. we still need a few showers. and alexandria, about a tenth of an inch. that was all we squeezed out south of the district. temperatures in the mid 60's for

the most part. hagerstown, 65. notice the dew point numbers in the mid 60's. i know that's still humid, right? a little uncomfortable. but it's an improvment upon what we had yesterday. that's due to the cold front that pushed through overnight. ushering in some slightly dryer air. this time of year our reprevious from the humidity is always -- reprieve from the humidity is always short but very sweet. that's the situation today. 72 in the district. yesterday we topped out at 90 degrees. we'll be close to that later today, probably upper 80's. average high, 88 degrees. of course, near average today, near average tomorrow and into next week as well. clouds have cleared out with that cold front. that's why we have the vast sunshine to start our day. a few areas of patchy fog due to the residual moisture from some of the heavy downpours. but overall that fog will burn off quickly. we have the cold front number one whh moved through last

night. cold front number two is what should affect us tomorrow. it's not going to be a very strong cold front. more of a wind shift line than anything. can you see the line of clouds along that front right now in the midwest. even with a few showers, that's going to continue to push east. but we're stuck in between right now. here's the district. we're in between today. we have sort of a break in the showers and thunderstorms. a lull in the action today before a cold front number two moves on through tomorrow. again it should be a fairly weak cold front. not going to notice much of a change behind it it could act as a trigger for showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. 88 the high temperature today. scattered afternoon clouds. tonight, increasing clouds ahead of the cold front. southerly wds bumping up the humidity again as well. isolated showers can't be ruled out while we're sleeping tonight. even early morning tomorrow, chance of an isolated shower. tomorrow afternoon, scattered showers and storms. possibly severe storms. mainly east of i-95 tomorrow afternoon. now, next week, much dryer, less

humid air thursday and friday. if everything pans out the way it should, by thursday, friday next week, we could see some highs in the lower 80's for a change. of course, less humid conditions as well. there could be a strong cold front on wednesday. >> sounds good. thanks. and it is 6:52. straight ahead on "good morning washington," thinking about hitting the cineplex this weekend? art lets us know what to watch. >> can adam sandler make a drama with jes or is it a comedy with drama? >> and we'll have one last look at your weekend weather. that's next.

>> happy saturday morning. adam sand letters stars in "funny people," the drama with jokes or a comedy that turns serious. >> i'm dying. >> don't expect the usual adam

sandler stuff in "funny people," the story of a successful comic taking stock of his life. did anybody ever tell you you have a very scary accent. >> you are a very funny man. i enjoy your movies. >> and i enjoy your movies. >> which movies? >> the ones where you try to kill bruce willis. >> sandler responds to serious illness. in making amends with the love of his life. >> no! nothing's going on around here. >> i don't appreciate it. >> "funny people" runs long and pushes boundaries but it's worth three and a half stars and an r-rating. a better-than-expected summer surprise. well, now here's the "weekend movie guide." four stars for "had a harry potter -- "harry potter," almost four stars or "funny people." three stars for "the proposal."

"g force" gets almost three. two stars for "the ugly truth" and "observe fan" rates a -- "orphan" rates a zero. have a nice weekend. >> always so rough when he says zero no stars. >> i saw that yesterday and thought is that an error? nope. it wasn't. one last look at the weather. >> a great day. slightly less humid. tomorrow added clouds, scattered showers and storms. maybe severe east of the 95 corridor. most of us should dodge the severe storms tomorrow. then monday, tuesday, wednesday, typical of what we've been seeing the past several days. muggy, afternoon storms. thursday and friday, possibly much cooler. low to mid 80's with lower humidity. everything pans out. >> it does.p

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