and up next and dr"andrea mitch reports." have you played angry birds?e. >>> another day, another round of finger pointing in washington. the showdown to raise the debt ceiling. we'll go behind the scenes with top white house economic advisor and kent conrad. mitt romney hits the ground in ohio, what about yooi yoo and new hampshire? "andrea mitchell reports" up next here on msnbc. >>> i'm bill karins with your business travel forecast. hot weather today many the middle of the country. some thunderstorms up around chicago and minneapolis. temperatures in the east are warm, but humidity levels are down a little bit. should be an enjoyable day. as far as the west goes, we're still warm in phoenix as you'd expect. seattle still cool only with 71. have a great day. cation on a buh expedia. make it work. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hint, antoine. ooh! see what anandra did? booking your flight and hotel at the same time gets you prices hotels and airlines won't let expedia show separately. boo

dr. ben schaffer, thank you for coming in this morning. >> thank you for having me. >>> surae? >>> all right, thank you andrea, making news now at 5:51. a nigerian born man is set to appear in los angeles federal court today on charges-a stowaway on a plane. he's accused of sneaking on to a plane from new york to los angeles last week without a valid boarding pass or government issued id. >>> people in mexico sought shelter from tropical storm arlene. the first named storm of the atlantic hurricane season. arlene dumped lots of rain on the area causing serious flooding and bringing down frees. now authorities are on alert for possible mudslides. >>> the duke and duchess of cambridge are waking up in canada this morning. prince william and his wife catherine arrived in ottawa yesterday. they attended a couple of events there and will visit seven cities in nine days including a stop in los angeles next week. >>> 5:53. time to take a look at the question of the morning -- well, here's a look at a response you posted on the wusa9 facebook fan page, eric johnson wrote -- >> just log on to wusa9 facebook fan page and leave your response. we

dr. rebecca, thank you for being here with us. you can get more information on breast cancer at wusa9.com. click on the buddy check page. mike? >> thank you, andrea. weather time now. we're talking some serious possibilities of a severe weather alert later today. starting in the 4:00 hour. >> the critical time will be 4:00 to 9:00 which means the big evening commute on friday. it could be a mess for some folks out there. here is a look at your day planner. in the morning, no major problems. mostly cloudy conditions. temperatures close to 80 degrees. by noon, around 84. mostly cloudy. a chance for showers and storms. by 4:00, we'll see storms. a lot of locations. by 8:00, it will be more widespread and numerous. satellite radar picture showing us right now, it is dry. but look out to the west. we've got all of this energy coming through, also a front kind of stalled right now and slowly, slowly moving south late tonight. here is a look at live doppler 9000 hd, it is quiet around the immediate d.c. metro area but late today and evening, that will change. currently, temperature around 77 in downtown. leesburg at 72. hagerstown coming in at 68 degree