hagerstown, martinsburg, trying to make their way into winchester but doing ok in the metro area, then a few sprinkles to the south and west. most of this rain is going to be light. it won't be sticking around for long. it will be a warm and muggy day with peeks of sunshine on and off. showers will be heavy this afternoon a lot like what we saw yesterday. but what about the weekend? we have a little bit of a question mark. i'll explain in your seven-day forecast. from the belfort furniture weather center, i'll head it back to you. >> thank you, jacqui. state department warnings have expanded and include pakistan this morning. >> there are new concerns that ahead of these security measures terrorists will set their sights on new targets. kristin fisher has the latest. >> americans are being urged to stay out of pakistan. this as most u.s. diplomats were ordered out of lenore to

islamabad. according to a senior state department official the threat is different from the one that forced the closure of 19 other diplomatic posts earlier this week. >> it's prudent to protect lives and it's certainly important to keep the terrorists from being able to carry out a devastating attack. >> 16 air strikes in yemen, u.s. officials believe this plot is still active and reaches up to the highest level of al qaeda and those leaders are likely getting help from the nearly 2,000 prisoners who peanutly escaped from iraq, libya and pakistan. >> it's possible they could be suicide bombers, it's possible they could become combatants, some may have capabilities in terms of bomb-making which is always of concern. >> with so many embassies and consulates are closed experts are worried they'll set their sights on a soft target like a

hotel. president obama will address a preference today, his last day before going on vacation to martha's vineyard. >> two young boys in protective custody after police say their mother abducted them. the two boys went missing from children's hospital in gaithersburg. they were taken there after one of them appeared to have bruises. the two brothers were found safe with their mother several hours later. the mother is in custody. >> d.c. police confirmed a shooting is a homicide now. this happened last night in the 4100 block of wheeler road in southeast. a 31-year-old man was shot and killed. police are looking for an adult wearing a white tee shirt and red cap. taking a look now at business headlines, more cable tv customers are fed up with cable bills and looking elsewhere. >> our military may be getting a new look in the uniform

department. linda bell joins us live from bloomberg headquarters in new york with these stories. good morning, linda. >> good morning to you, jummy and scott. right now there are 10 different designs of camouflage uniforms used by our troops and congress is looking to whittle it down to one because it could save money. the lawmakers, they're looking to find ways to trim costs under the sequestration process. it would also affect future contracts for the 23 clothing manufactures nationwide that are benefiting from the various designs. and fiscal 2011, the pentagon spent about $300 million procuring new camouflage uniforms. are you tired of your sky high cable bill? if so, you're not alone. "u.s.a. today" said many are likely to cut the cord.

the reason, there are so many other options. pay tv providers have lost 22,010,000 subscribers from april to june of this year. you may see more customers at starbucks packing heat as gun owners plan to show their appreciation for the coffee chain. coming up in the next hour. linda bell reporting for abc7 news, back to you. >> you know we're talking food with linda. >> friday, food, that's the way we like it. >> thank you, linda. 75 degrees, 4:35 your time. >> still to come on "good morning, washington," a big-name storm could be impacting you, the next time you go shopping for a new

>> 4:38. once again, you look at the bug, we call it the bug, progressively warmer. >> you step outside, jacqui, and it's humid again. >> it really feels muggy, yes. we've got this pattern tomorrow

morning and that's the good news because i think

>> amanda meadows is off today and is rob, hey, rob. >> good morning, jacqui. things are moving well on the roadways. we'll start on virginia. i-95 woodbridge, newington no tieups in the springfield interchange. good go on 95 in maryland, checking out just fine columbia, past laurel headed for the outer loop of the beltway where things continue to go well. we have a live shot right around colesville road. the travel lane is moving to speed. i'm rob wood fork in the wtop traffic center back to jummy and scott. >> thank you. 4:40 is your time, 75 degrees. >> so what if it's just preseason, the point is football is back and we're going to take you to the dividing line between redskins and ravens country coming up next.

>> check our top stories at 4:43 this morning, two brothers are in protective custody after being abducted by their mother. they were taken to cps after one appeared to have bruises. all were safe in rockville. the state department evacuated most personnel from a consulate

in northeastern pakistan to the main embassy in islamabad because of a terror threat. the government wants americans to avoid traveling to pakistan because of safety concerns. police are looking for a person who shot and killed a man in southeast d.c. thursday night. that shooting happened in the 4100 block of weaver road around 8:00. police are looking for a man wearing a white tee shirt and a red ball cap. scott. >> the nfl preseason is here. curt cousins, by the way, passing for 52 yards and one touchdown. redskins kept eight starters on the bench thursday night including rgiii. >> i went through an extensive workout but what a game. be ready to play. >> the ravens-dominated in their

first preseason appearance crushing the bucks 34-15. their season begins next month, denver on september 5th. >> and sure, plenty people like to write it off, it's just the preseason but it doesn't matter, we're excited, football's here. >> that's right but the real question here, does your blood run burgundy or purple. the battle lines were definitely drawn in maryland. >> you've got your ravens. >> baltimore. >> born and raised. >> and your redskins. >> born and bred right down montgomery county. >> laurel's always been more redskins. >> diehard redskins fans said this about ravens fans. >> i would ask them who they liked before 1996. that's what i'd say. >> but ravens fans have quite a retort. >> super bowl champions. >> with the ravens game being featured on one side of loony's pub and the redskins on the other. this allegiance divided couple had a long discussion about

where to sit. mike, the redskins fan, one -- sort of. >> i told her if we're sitting here we'll see the ravens and the redskins, both, best of both worlds. >> i don't think she's buying it. >> no, we might be moving it. >> brittany seconded that. >> we may be moving soon. >> they're so divided that even loony's employees are split. a ravens supporting bartender works under a redskins supporting bar manager. >> redskins at home, ravens fans everywhere. skins on the road wall-to-wall ravens fans. >> everybody agreed on last night, they're glad football is back. football, tom roussey, abc7 news. >> 12 people are charged in connection with a large-scale identity theft ring in our area. authorities tell us it's been operating since at least january of last year. the justice department said organizers recruited women to steal personal information from their employees.

targeted employees worked for a variety of businesses including a dental office, a rental car company. the department has identified 600 victims. >> montgomery county police are asking for the public's helping in finding a bank robber. police believe the same man robbed two capital one branches, one in white oak and the second in germantown. investigators released the security camera photo of the suspect. if you know who that is contact montgomery county police. >> nidal hasan will be allowed to continue representing himself, a judge decided. wednesday stand by attorneys asked to either take over that case or have their duties scaled back. they believe hasan was trying to convince the jury to convict him and hand down a death sentence. the judge denied their request in a heated exchange. the attorneys promised to appeal that ruling. >> 10 months since hurricane sandy but the storm will still

impact your life if you buy the wrong used cars. they call them sandy cars. 200,000 flood cars are on the roads. 2,000 in the d.c. metro area. >> they've done a great deal on the car. when it turns out it's not that great of a deal. maybe the air bag system doesn't work properly, brake lines rust out, the car won't stop. >> experts say it takes just a few hours to make a flooded mess look brand-new so to protect yourself you should thoroughly check your car's history and you should have a certified mechanic inspect your car before you buy it. >> congratulations are in order for dubai the tiger who gave birth to twin tiger cubs at the national zoo non. they won't be on display until the fall and haven't been named. there's a baby boom going on at the zoo. baby leopards and sloth cubs

with also born. the panda is also pregnant. >> arlington county fair, the bureau chief jeff goldberg you see there was the emcee for the opening ceremonies. the arlington county fair runs at the thomas jefferson community center through sunday, august 11th. >> 4:49 now, time to talk about weather. >> yeah. jacqui, you know, it's been an active week, we've had a little bit of everything, how we're going to end this week and what we've got to look forward to. >> we started the week, what, with a high of 74 and ending it in the upper 80s but the common factor is we've had cloudiness and showers. this morning we've got the clouds and the showers and we're seeing them across northern parts of maryland and stretching into west virginia. this is light and i think it should stay north of the metro area.

we'll be dealing with the clouds and that's what we have right now in d.c. 78 degrees, an extremely mild start. we're warmer all day than they were all day on monday, how about that. winds out of the south at 12 miles per hour and that will continue to pump in the same kind of air mass throughout the day today. at 77 at dulles, 72 in winchester, 78 at quantico and 77 degrees in lexington park. we do have scattered showers all across the mid-atlantic and see how they kind of stretch back to the ohio valley. that's where that frontal boundary is for today but there's a second front back off to the west and i think this is going to make some full progression as we head into the latter hours for today. what time can you expect the rain showers? i think for the most part they'll stay north this morning but this afternoon we'll see them become more widespread, continue into the evening hours with heavy downpours and a little bit of flash flooding possible. notice how it clears out tonight. there could be some stray showers late tonight and early tomorrow morning mainly south of the metro area but now all of

our models are starting to kind of click together showing that we think this front's finally going to pass on saturday morning and we'll have a drier weekend to look forward to. i can't rule out a stray shower on saturday to the south and i can't rule out a 20% chance, that's all we're going to give you, for our sunday afternoon of an isolated storm. things are looking up and up for the weekend. today partly sunny, scattered showers, 85-90 degrees, tonight mostly cloudy, thunderstorms, 68-75 and the seven-day forecast you're going to like, yeah, the weekend overall will be dry, more than anything else, with some breaks in the clouds and more sunshine on sunday, especially we'll get a little wet to start next week but, hey, we don't care, it's the weekend and it looks good. let's find out how things are on the roads. rob is in the wtop traffic center. >> no incidents or accidents at this point. 270, live shot of 270 and montrose road. as you can see very light volume. no problems making your way southbound down towards the

beltway and looking at the maps, operating in the green on 270, rolling well through germantown and gaithersburg on down towards rockville. we're a good go on the dulles toll road if you have an early flight out of dulles, shouldn't have anything to slow you down on the roads. looking good on 66 both in the east and westbound directions heading in and out of town and we're looking good on 395, rolling well through alexandria towards the 14th street bridge. no issues on 66 headed through falls church. i'm rob woodfork at the wtop traffic center, jummy and scott. >> thank you, 4:52, 74 degrees. >> people are getting ready to remember a football legend. looking at the memorial ceremony set for

>> in the day ahead, today last day on abc's "the view." special guests and highlights of her most memorable moments. they are as one of the show's original cohosts. "the view" has been on the air since 2007. she wants to do different things. explored different areas. met with cnn about possibilities there. >> also in the day ahead, former baltimore colt and nfl hall-of-famer art donovan will be laid to rest.

donovan died sunday of a respiratory ailment at the age of 89. known as the bulldog, donovan played for three teams but best known for helping baltimore win two championships in the late 1950s. his funeral is later this morning at cathedral of mary our queen in baltimore. >> the former senate majority leader trent lott is in a mississippi hospital this morning recovering from surgery. the republican was admitted to the hospital after suffering a ruptured appendix. he's in fair condition. expected to recover. 71. he's a lawyer, lobbyist and has a home and office in the jackson area. >> some news from the social scene this morning, there is word that former d.c. mayor is dating the widow of steve jobs. the "washington post" report that they met at a education conference in 2011 and bonded and shared their passion for education reform. sources tell the post-the relationship blue cross solid

into a, quote, budding romance in january the same time that he and his wife announced their separation. they're honoring prince george. >> they have silver and gold plating and denominations of 25 cents, $5 and $20. the design featured variety of baby-themed engraves. collector kits. prices range from 25 to $250 in canada. >> 4:57, 75 degrees out there. >> still ahead, that man hunt that started in california has now taken a dangerous turn. what police are now saying about the man at the center of it all and the type of weapon he could be carrying.

jobs. >> coming up, the latest after two children disappeared from a hospital allegedly taken by their own mother. >> plus strange relations this morning between the u.s. and russia. the latest ahead of a press conference from the president. >> and a new terror alert has prompted u.s. ordering even more evacuations overseas. good morning, washington at 5:00 a.m. begins right now. >> "good morning, washington," i'm scott thuman. >> i'm jummy olabanji. thanks for waking up with us on this friday morning. we're going to start with weather and head over to