i'm andrea roane. kim martucci is in for howard bernstein with weather. traffic chris will give you an update on the roads but first we start off with kim. good morning. >> happy monday. >> the weekend was spectacular. i managed to get my move in only with a couple of drops. not a big deal. let me show you wh g'satoing on outside this monday morning. we have a very mild 72 inside the beltway. we share that current condition with annapolis. here's the satellite and radar loop. we have cloud cover around this morning. no raindrops. we'll be thinning that out into the afternoon and go with a partly sunny day if not a mostly sunny finish. it is going to be warm, up into the upper 80s. now, that's about where we should be this time of year. i'm going to tell you about what's coming our way throughout the rest of the workweek. in the meantime, chris snead it in for angie. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kim. we're going to start with our

realtime graphics here. checking out 95 and the bw parkway out of baltimore, you can see nothing but green cars. it means we're in the clear. moving over to 270 we're live from father hurley. we have no delays to start your morning drive here all the way to the split. we're going to head over to virginia now going 66 eastbound out of centreville to vienna. nothing but open roads for drivers. checking out 395, it's looking the same here at duke street as you're heading up to the 14th street bridge. no problems. and finally let's head into the district. we're going to be checking out inbound new york avenue. you can see headlights here. at blade ensburg. no problems toward the third street tunnel. andrea? >> thank you, chris. this morning the confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor will get underway. thanks to the 60 votes in the senate from the democrats, she will most likely get confirmed. the question is how much of a fight the republicans will put

up. >> she has criticized the idea that a woman and a man would reach the same result. she expects them to reach different results. i think that's philosophically incompatible with the american system >> i totally disagree. here's of course a woman with a tremendous personal story. this is a remarkable judge. in her 17 years on the bench she has a thin record on decisions like abortion and the death penalty. democrats may put former advice president dick cheney in the hot seat with an investigation into the bush administration's anti-terrorism policies. members of congress say new c.i.a. direct for leonpinetta says cheney ordered the details to be congress. a source tells cbs news the program never became fully

operation alan that pinetta cancelled it when he learned it had not been reported to congress. d.c. city council has asked a top washington attorney to conduct an independent investigation of the contract councilman marion barry awarded to a former girlfriend. this comes six days after the woman accused barry of stalking her in and a costia park. gary nurenberg has more. >> reporter: council chairman vincent gray met privately with council members before making the announcement. >> we believe it should be independently investigated. >> reporter: he's referring to the contract given by councilman marion barry to a woman he was dating at the time. >> we want the public to be sat fire department -- satisfied that the situation has been thoroughly investigated. >> reporter: bennett led the investigation who was in charge of a high profile senate ethics probe of a case called the keating 5 scandal years ago.

he represented president clinton during the impeachment scandal. barry says he's innocent of wrongdoing and promised to cooperate. >> i have no doubt in my mind that we followed all the procedures. >> reporter: saying i can't take this anymore, david catania says he objected with two others on barry's promise. >> i'm going to do it as expeditiously as i can. >> gary nurenberg, wusa. bennett may make recommendations on whether the process should be changed. the council may adopt a new code of ethics to prevent future scandals. many act da says the team has fired him. he said this in an interview late last night with espn. the nats entered the allstar break with the worst record in the majors at 26 and 61. acta is quoted as saying i

thank the nationals forgiving me this opportunity and i'm sorry things didn't work out as expected. it's normal for the manager to pay the price when the team is not doing well. in three seasons, acta's record is 158 and 252. bench coach jim riggleman will takeover duties on an interim basis. it's time for our first smart report of the morning. desi can -- jessica doyle is here with a check on wall street. >> reporter: this happens as the anxieties peak because we have earnings season hitting full steam this week. it's a rough combination. the dow and s & p 500 have dropped for four weeks in a row. asian markets kicked off the new trading week with losses. the nikkei dropped for the fourth day in a rose. the nasdaq rose 3 1/2 points.

the s & p 500 dropped by 3 points. the obama administration is considering using money from the bailout fund to provide further assistance to the nation's struggling small businesses. under one approach being examined the government would help underwrite loans to small businesses. another cool act to be coming to your iphone. apple is working on technology that would let users point their phone at an object and get information about it. apple would also potentially be working on face recognition to control security features on the phone as well as technology to alter an user's voice to make them sound like a celebrity. maybe you want to sound like mad on madonna. you can use your phone for that purpose. >> i'll think about that. what are you telling us in the next half hour? >> we're saving you money on a new wardrobe. who doesn't want that, right? >> i like that. i'll be listening, jessica. thank you. six lawsuits have been

filed, one seeking as much as $25 million in damages against d.c.'s cash-strapped metrorail system. 9 people were killed and another 80 hurt last month when a six-car metro train rear- ended a stop train near the rail train's fort totten station. damages could stretch into the hundreds of millions of dollars. we have an update on the story we first reported in april. two students accused of plotting to blow up springbrook high school. montgomery county prosecutors have agreed to drop conspiracy charges against 18-year-old yaneta getachu but he will plead guilty to arson and reckless endangerment for setting fires inside two school restrooms. conspiracy charges against anthony torrence were dropped when his case moved to juvenile court. nasa will try again today to launch the space shuttle endeavor. the launch team was within minutes of sending the shuttle into place last night when thunderstorms moved n the

shuttle needs to lift off in fair conditions in case an emergency return to earth is needed. nasa has until wednesday to launch before it would conflict with the launch of a russian supply ship to the international space station. there is new violence in southwest asia this morning but the explosion in pakistan did not happen in one of the usual places. that story coming up. and it is a miracle things didn't end up much worse when tornados tore through the ohio valley this weekend. we'll be back. it's 8 after the hour. you're watching 9news now. s

the new rule for american troops, plus the heat may be here later this week but it won't be anything like what they are enduring out west. kim? we have been pretty fortunate with our weather forecast. good morning, everybody. it is monday. 10 men's past # 5. don't change that dial until you catch my

forecast and we're going to look, as always right into next weekend. it's never too early to do that. you're watching 9news now good morning. /d

the national weather service issued an excessive heat warning for the phoenix

area. bank signs recorded temperatures as high as 116 degrees. firefighters had extra hydration stations to try to cool off and airport workers got popsicles. the high temperatures are expected to continue until text week. >> flipping around, saw the international temperatures and 45 celsius. >> andrea, we made it back from our weekend. you had the convertible top down. >> went to d.q. on friday night. how about that? giffords on saturday night. i was bad. >> very good. it's allowed in the summer. good morning, everybody. it's great to see you. i hope you'll come visit me in my live chat room. i'll hook you up with a travel weather forecast if you pop in. we have a bunch of nice people in there right now. linda, brett cyclist and yoda to name a few. here's a check outside at weather. this is what we did yesterday. you see that 90, andrea? the interesting thing is

yesterday was the first time we've seen 90 since june 25th. yeah. we really haven't had a hot summer, of one and it looks like today we're going to get by with a seasonable day. that means highs in the upper 80s. the satellite looks a little more ominous than it really is out there. these clouds aren't all that thick. we did see the moon on the drive in to work. we're going to see the sunshine this morning with some clouds mixed in occasionally, but basically it's going to be a decent day. right now across maryland it's 72 at andrews air force base, 70 at annapolis. shady side, 82, hagerstown working on 85. let's include the folks in virginia. you're waking up to 72 in fredericksburg. it is a delightful 65 in winchester, 67 in dulles. today in percival, 87. we're going to keep it partly to mostly sunny by 5:00.

the atlantic water beach temperature is 72. the high today ocean city, partly cloudy and 81. compared to north america, we're waking up to 72. this morning in big trout lake it's 48 fahrenheit. dallas 103, chicago 79. our weather looks pretty good. in fact, we're going to keep thunderstorms out of it the next few days and keep temperatures tolerable, in the middle 80s. if you're headed to pittsburgh today, 77. buffalo 72. let me share the seven-day with you. as we head to the next few days with you we'll turn hot again by wednesday, 90. thursday, friday, saturday, that's my little trifecta chance of thunderstorms coming at us this week. angie goff is off this morning before we have chris in. good morning, chris. >> reporter: good morning, kim. it is a monday. problem-free. we are taking a live look here at 95 northbound at dale

boulevard. no delays or incidents to report at this time. we're going to continue up to 395, taking a live look here at duke street. you see those open roads, that's from here all the way up to the 14th street bridge. no problems. let's move on over to our realtime graphics. we're checking out route 4, route 5, 301. no incidents or delays to report out here. moving out to the outer loop in maryland, we're live here. you can see we've got a little bit of volume. those headlights coming your way on the outer loop there. no problems or delays, though. finally we're going to finish it up with a 3d fly from the bay bridge, through buoy, to 495. we have no problems to report. andrea? >> thank you, chris. in living well headlines d.c. department of health officials say three mosquito pools have tested positive for the west nile virus. officials said the pools were collected near fort mcnair. no one in d.c. has been infected by west nile virus

this year. in 2008 six residents tested positive for the virus. the u.s. department of health and human services says virginia is eligible for nearly $9 million to prepare for h1n1 flu and the fall flu season. it's part of $350 million president obama signed into law for fighting the flu across the nation. the virginia department of health says at least 310 cases of the h1n1 virus have been confirmed in the commonwealth with two deaths. a study from finland finds thousands of people with schizophrenia worldwide could have been saved if doctors had prescribed them the anti- psychotic drug closapine. it found those patients had a letter risk of dying compared to patients taking other drugs. in most developed countries clozapine is used only as a last row sort. and the days of cigarette smoking gis may be coming to an end. a study commissionedded by the pentagon recommends a complete ban on tobacco for anyone in

uniform, including combat troops. the defense department is studying the report and has not yet decided whether to follow the recommendations. at 5:19 it's time to say good morning to kristen fisher. that's in the web center. good morning. >> good morning, andrea. good morning, everybody. well, anyone with an iphone knows about the iphone ap store. in case you're not familiar with if, ap is short for application and iphone users can go to that online store to download applications to their phone. the ap store just celebrated its very first birthday. now, it launched with only 500 applications but now there's about 55,000. now, the vast majority of these applications are quite useful but some of them, they are just plain dumb. and in honor of this one-year anniversary, fortune has come out with a list of the top ten dumbest iphone aps. jessica 'sroane told you about the better ones. this morning here are the dumb

ones. this one generates random office sounds like a mouse click, rustling paper and the idea is to give you cover if you want to nap in your cubicle. you can control your productivity level by changing the frequency of each sound. i don't know if you want to pay 99 cents for it but i think it is pretty dumb. now, moving on, this one is at least free. it's called taxi hold 'em designed for tourists who need e lp hailing a cab. this ap whistles for you and it flashes the word taxi. i don't know if that will help you hail a cab or get your iphone stolen but it was on the top 2 list of dumbest aps. i'll have a link on my blog on wusa9.com. andrea? >> all right, chris. the nationals try to end the first half of the season on a winning note and the team will have a new leader in the

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happy birthday if it is your day as well. in sports nationals managers manny act disease a says the nats center was the worst in the majors. he is quoted as i thank the nationals for giving me the opportunity and i'm sorry it didn't work out n. three seasons his record was 158 and 252. bench coach is expected to take over the managing duties on an interim basis. in yesterday's game the nats dropped the final game of their series in a painful way. washington lost 5-0 but the final run came in when nats reliever was told to walk the batter. instead clifford balked which awarded the third base runner home plate. here's what the manager acta

had to say about the game. >> couldn't execute offensively today. we had runners at second and couldn't get them over and twice the bases were loaded and couldn't get it done. that's why this game you have to stay humble. >> reporter: this year is worst than last season. at the all-star break in 2008, the nationals were ten games better than 2009. washington notched 59 wins for all of last year, this year the offense is better but pitching, especially in the late innings remains a sore spot. golf's third major of the season is beginning this thursday across the pond but phil mickelson will not be at the british open. he has decided to stay with his wife amy as she undergoes breast cancer treatment. ninth stage of the tour de france was a trek through the mountains. lance is eight seconds off the leaders pace and that leader is

from italy and he is wearing the yellow jersey for a third day. ever covered your friend's clothes. now there is -- ever coveted a friend's clothes? now there is a way to get her look for less. and we will let you know how much you will be paying if you drive off on vacation this week. our time is 5:26. it is 72 degrees. you are watching 9 news now.

today confirmation hearings for sonia sotomayor get underway. welcome back to 9 news. i'm andrea roane. thanks for joining us this morning. traffic producer kris will have the rush hour report in just a moment but we begin with kim's forecast are you all moved and everything. >> for the most part all of my

belongings were proved without too many rain drops. if you follow me on twitter you know we are working on a high of 88 today. just one of e thinside rk s. look outside. here's a check on the numbers r etty comfortable here. i like the idea of 61 in gaithersburg and martinsburg and culpeper 64. so pretty decent sleeping weather. scattered clouds this morning. no rain drops with them. building in sunshine in to the afternoon. a seasonal 88. cooler tomorrow and hot on wednesday, 90. angie is off and traffic kris has her back. >> good morning, kim. we have our first incident of the morning. it is in laurel, maryland at laurel bowie road and montpelier drive. report of an accident. we will give you details as they come in. to our cameras and check out 270 southbound. no problems here at germantown road as you make your way to the split. going over to virginia.

checking out 66 eastbound. watching the taillights here at route 29 in centreville, past 50 to the beltway. no problems. and finally we will head back to our realtime graphics. as you can see by our realtime sensors drivers are averaging 65 miles an hour. better there. but no problems to report this morning. >> thank you, kris. supreme court confirmation hearings begin today for sonia sotomayor. she is expected to be confirmed for the first hispanic and third women to serve on the nation's highest court but senate republicans are promising tough questions before any votes are casts. susan roberts has the latest. judge sonia sotomayor gets her chance today to convince senator and a national tv audience she's ready to serve on the u.s. supreme court. >> for someone like sonia sotomayor, the only thing standing between her and confirmation is herself. >> reporter: with democrats holding a majority in the senate, the 55-year-old new yorker is virtually assured the

nomination, barring any bombshell nomination, but that doesn't mean she won't face tough questions from the gop, especially about her ability to be fair and neutral. republicans want sonia sotomayor to explain her comment that a wise latino woman would reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life and question why she sought no reverse discrimination between white firefighters in new haven. that sonia sotomayor ruling was overturned recently by the supreme court. >> every judge must be committed every day to not let their personal politics, their ethnic backgrounds and bias sympathies to influence the nature of their decision-making process. >> reporter: democrats see a different justice. they see a woman who rode from a humble inner city childhood to become a tough prosecutor and an effective federal judge. >> as a judge she has shown over an over again, ultimately and completely the law

controls. >> reporter: if confirmed she will be the first hispanic to serve on the nation's highest court. today vice president biden will accompany his wife to the thomas jefferson hospital in philadelphia. she will undergo outpatient shoulder surgery to relieve shoulder pain. the couple will spend the rest of their day in their home. the vice president returns to washington tomorrow night. today the dc woman accused of killing her four daughters and living with their decomposing bodies for months is 0 going on trial. jacks is being arrested after the bodies were found in hero house last year. they believe they had been dead since the summer before. it changed the way that city agencies deal with child social services. an fbi profiler concluded two unusual double slayings in the largo, maryland area are not connected at all.

in january, karen lofton and her 16-year-old daughter were found shot to death inside of their locked home. then in march, the bodies of delors and her daughter ebony were found in a burning car. both killings happened on mondays and within a half mile of each other but detective nelson says the similarities are just "weird coincidences. " police have no suspects in either case. the man held hostage for seven hours in leesburg, virginia is speaking with 9 news now. he says a man came to his open garage door on friday asking to borrow jumper cables and walked in with a gun saying i want your money. when the man forced bomb bob and his wife in to the bathroom, his wife grabbed her cell phone and called 911. they eventually talked spencer in to surrendering. the man said he stayed unemotional until going to church on sunday.

>> i prayed the first hail mary, i folded up. being so thankful for what god did for us. just realizing how much heed in our life. >> reporter: he is bruised but otherwise okay the suspect is jailed without bond. the fairfax county board of supervisors will hold a hearing on a proposal for the islamic saudi economy to expand the campus from fairfax. the school faced criticism from its religious curriculum fosters intolerance. the county recommended an approval of the expansion. >> hundreds of landscapers across the nation will spend the day honoring fallen heros but sprucing up arlington national cemetery. the effort is part of the 3th annual renewal and remembrance project hosted by plan it. the landscape specialist will share their expertise caring

for trees and soil on the historic grounds. the donation is valued at $200,000. time for another living smart report. digital correspondent jessica doyle is back with signs of life for the local housing market. >> this is what we want to hear, right? >> yes. >> and what we are hearing are things are looking up in northern virginia. prices are starting to climb again. the northern virginia association of realtors noted the average second quarter sales price has climbed from over $405,000 in april to over $433,000 in may. and then to $451,000 in june. the group's report shows area homes selling faster than last year. they suggest that $8,000 first time home buyers tax credit maybe helping sales. we're also getting good news at the gas pumps, as well. the latest survey finds the national average price of gas will be 10 cents a gallon in

the past two weeks. the national average is 2.56 dallas dollars a gallon. the first price drop since september. fur hankering for a couple of new pieces of clothing but have a window shopping budget, here's an idea. host a clothes swapping party. these are growing in popularity. a couple of friends invite a couple of friends. everyone brings, clothes, belts, shoes, jewelry they don't feel like wearing anymore. there is only one rule, don't take more than you bring. what is left over goes to charity and at the end of the vew neto you clothes for free. for more money saving tips check out my blog on the financialist that.com. a few years ago it was botox parties and now we swap clothes. a sign of the time. president obama is bracing

for a meeting today as the sonia sotomayor confirmation hearing begins this morning. lucas from dover, delaware is paying the president a visit. she was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2007. thanks to the kids wish network her dream has come true. she will meet with the president. >> everybody kept jumping and clapping and yelling obama. >> reporter: she will be picked up by limousine and driven to the white house she says she plans to give the president a scrapbook. the doctors say her cancer is in remission for now. reports that north korea's leader maybe battling one of the deadly forms of cancer. that story is coming up. and mother nature seems to be conspiring against nasa's shuttlele launch. and we are from the beltway past 123. nothing but green cars on the road. more traffic and weather after

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in the news now at 5:40 this morning an intense calm is holding in china's xinjiang region after the worst violence in decades. they are pro--- protesting the death of a factory worker.

180 people have died and ten times that many have been injured. south korea television is reporting that kim jong-il has pancreatic cancer. his health is one of the most closely regarded secrets. the report comes as they discuss how to get north korea to resume negotiations under ending the nuclear weapons program. nasa will try today to launch the space shuttle "endeavor." the launch team was within minutes of sending the shuttle in to space last night when thunderstorms moved in. nasa has until wednesday to launch before it conflicts with a supply ship to the international space station. we have another reason why you need to pay attention while you text coming up in what's on the web. one local gardener pretends his spot at a crime scene. and a gorgeous monday

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we have another reason why you need to pay attention to -- while you are texting. we will talk about that later. now that we are in to july it is time for gardeners to harvest more veggies than ever.

that is unless the deer get there first. digital correspondent scott broom found a gardener enjoying surprise success with an unlikely deer-proofing idea. >> reporter: chris irvin loves garden vegetable and hates the deer that steal them. >> tell me about the deer around here. >> about 50 of them. >> irvin has tried everything, a plastic owl, supposed to scare pests. >> pretty decoration. it may work for some people's garden but didn't do anything for ours. >> reporter: and the fest proof fencing he had up. >> didn't help. >> if deer could have laughed he could have heard them from inside the house he says. but this year look at the garden, corn, mellow, collard beans and greens. unmolested because chris discovered a secret. >> caution tape. i wish i had patented it. you see how pretty the garden

is, they don't touch it. they won't touch it at all. >> how did you come across the tape idea. >> i don't know. cutting grass one day. probably had a couple of beers and i said try something different. maybe the yellow because they can see it at night time because it maybe the color of it but it is always moving. the wind blows. it has been up two years and every morning about 12:00 in the day and by 8:00 in the evening. i'm proud of it. >> reporter: caution tape. well, how about that? now, this report does not come with a guaranty it will keep the deer away but at 8 bucks for 1,000 feet of this stuff, you can wrap it around a lot of gardens to find out. scott broom, 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> great idea. how does your garden grow? with caution tape it grows well. >> i love it. i didn't know you could buy it. >> yeah, i have seen that, but wow. >> it is not crime scene tape. >> it is caution. >> like when you have some

cement work and put it across. >> got it. >> off and running. a tip or two for you. it is 5:46. about to be 5:47. hope you are having a great morning. grab b@your coffee. i'm here to help you with the weather forecast. 72. we have 59 up the road in gaithersburg, boy, is it nice. if you follow me on facebook that's another place i put out a forecast every morning. we have michael scott, linda gayle mueller, we know who she is ant lindo at my chat room. how about the weather today? a partly sunny afternoon. -- and a dry day. upper 80s. this is the average high, 88. air quality is moderate. patchy clouds right now and 72 degrees. stationary front across southern virginia. that's allowing some clouds to hang here us. generally speaking the

northwest flow will be kicking in and that will help to drive down the humidity levels again and keep these temperatures and the humidity feeling good. all right. if you need the rain and want to look for it, i'll tell you what there is a complex of storms diving south of atlanta up to huntsville and back to memphis. then you can follow this frontal boundary here in to northeastern oklahoma. cold stuff. if you are flying there that is where thunderstorms will be likely slowing you down. for us it is about bringing in more sunshine. this front across new york state will stay out of reach. instead we have sandwiched between the stationary front to the south and cold front to the north. in the upper 80s and partly sunny skies. want to know what the next seven look like? i can show you. 85 and sunny tomorrow. 90 on wednesday. that's the hot one this week along with thursday. the difference being more thunderstorms possible on thursday. isolated on friday and saturday also looks to have scattered

thunderstorms. so we will have only three days in a row of unsettled weather starting on thursday, friday in to saturday. partly sunny and 85. kris sneed has the traffic. >> we are seeing volume pick up but a good commute. no problems to report but we will start off 95 and the bw parkway. from here route 32 past 198 no problems as realtime graphics are showing you. nothing but green cars. moving over to the cameras and checking out the outer loop. plenty of volume but no real delays. as you can see here at university it is getting by fine. to the district and check out inbound new york avenue. this is from the times building to bladensburg and then fine through the third street tunnel. no problem. checking out 395 in virginia. no problems here at duke street to the 149 street bridge and finally 95 northbound in virginia, we are seeing a

little slow down from prince william parkway to route 1 but no major delaysette and that's about it right now. kristin? >> thank you so much. good morning, everybody. well, two stories from the website gawker.com that is generating quite a bit of buzz on the web this morning. the first is about texting. in both dc and virginia it is already illegal to text while driving. maryland will join that group in october. but should states start to consider banning texting while walking? here's why i asked the question. a staten island teenager was sending text message walking down the street when she fell in to a manhattan manhole. 15-year-old girl suffered deep cuts and bruises, not to mention what she calls nightmares about falling in to raw sewage. i wonder why. she is blaming new york city's department of environmental protection. she says the manhole was left open and unattended with no warning signs or orange cones,

but alexa admitted she was indeed texting lkilwa e g. theryou go. it raises the question, if you are not paying attention while you are walking and you are texting whose fault is it if you fall in to a manhole. something that -- i know. there e artalks of lawsuits following. it is becoming an issue and it is what is hot on the web this morning. the other story on gawker.com that is creating quite a bit of headlines right now is arthis one, right here. about michael jackson. i know a lot of you guys are probably tired of the michael jackson stories, but this one is definitely a little bit of a new take. the blog nextmaker which is a site that is asking the question how will michael jackson appear in heaven and the reason why is they have found a group forensic scientists to piece together how michael jackson would look if he had never had his surgery and these are the two images

they havecome up with. and just look -- pretty striking change. we all know that michael jackson underwent quite a bit of plastic surgery but that image is shocking and it is what is hot on the web this morning. >> people sure have a lot of time on their hands. >> i know. i know. the updated version of gm's muscle car is winning a new generation of fans. and could the fashion critic bruno dress down his box office competition in the story coming up in the buzz. when i get my period

it's not just one thing it's everything. tylenol and advil don't do as much as pamprin. it's the everything in one pill. pamprin multi-symptom the stage appears set for second real estate crisis and plus home sales decline in prince william county bucking the trend. some montgomery county parents are worried the blueprint for college preparedness will hurt top learner and the students struggling the most. general motors is promising a greater commitment to fuel efficiency as it emerges from bankruptcy. but gm's hottest car right now looks like one of those honkin' gas guzzlers from the ' 70s but as bruce leshan reports the

muscle car has been transformed if they are new millennium. >> reporter: from a starring role in "transformers," to a star in the transformation of gm the chevy camaro is smokin'. >> i bought a new one because i couldn't afford them when they were old. >> reporter: it is tough to find a camaro. buyers put down deposits on 14,000 of them before one was bill and some dealers are selling them for $5,000 over msrp. >> reminds me of the ' 69 that i had. >> when people get a call their cars is in it is not days but hours before they are there ready to go home. >> reporter: they are sold out in criswells. in the day of mull let hair dos and hot shots, gm was selling 300,000 of these cars every year. no one is expecting the new

camaro to pull those numbers but they hope it will bring more people to the show room. what strange alchemy has gm thinking a model built in ' 66 and discontinued in 2002 can resurrect the company from bankruptcy in 2009? this is not your father's camaro. the v-6 gets 19 mpg on the highway. although fans say the v 8 is the real muscle car. >> you can't legislate what everybody has to drive or we will get those great russian cars that everybody got 30 years ago. >> reporter: let the russians drive lattas, america loves camaros. wusa9.com. the auto critics like the camaro as well but complain about blind spots and cramped backseat. >> oh, the camaro. i think of cruisin' the mall with your big hair in jersey. >> maybe cruising the mall this

weekend to see a movie and maybe bruno was the choice you went to see. it was number one at the box office. i did not see it but i plan to. it is uncertain whether or not this will continue to be the number one movie because it had a big friday and a soft saturday. it came in with 3 a .4 million. second place dawn of the dinosaurs, very close and transformers in third place. public enemies number four and the proposal number five. >> probably won't stay there for long. in the middle of the week we have a big movie premier. harry potter opens this week. some theaters at 12:01 on tuesday including uptown theater on connecticut avenue and apc and the uptown showing is already sold out. if you are a harry potter fan, remember in this episode here professor slughorn makes his appearance at hogworth. and teenager hormones cause students to lose their focus.

>> it happens in real life as well. don't have to leave home to see a movie. hbo has a special tonight on ted kennedy called ted kennedy in his own words. it is a 90-minute documentary kicks off the hbo series of documentaries and they are telling you it is a great documentary but it is not balanced. it is a celebration of a man who they say came so close to the flame of the 20th century that the burns haven't been healed but the burns could have consumed someone else and your reaction to the film will be basically your politics. it is tonight at 10:00 p.m. it will have multiple plays through august 13th. >> thank you for the heads up. 5:59. it is monday. but it is okay because the weather will be nice. a check everybody. a couple of pahy clouds. i was on the weather terrace and comfortable out there. in he t0s in hethe rist.