a very nice morning in the northern neck. the dew points, the measure, the real measure of w chmu moisture is in the air in the 40s. so many areas. that's why it feels so good outside as opposed to what it could be like this time of year. we're looking at temperatures in the low 70s by nine. low 80s by noon. topping off around 85 degrees. right now, we're almost 6:00. it's 65 degrees, angie. that's right. we're ready to kick you a new hour, howard. and we're still watching an incident from early on. better news for drivers who use the inner loop at river road. this offramp was closed, but it looks like traffic now is getting by just fine. moving the shot over to the maps, here's 270 between 109 and 121. we still have crash activity to keep an eye out for. overall, traffic flow on this interstate looking nice to the split. moving to virginia, 66, it looks like our delay is starting around route 50. but overall you're okay approaching 123. and finally, actually not finally. let's take you to the inner loop in virginia.

between 95 and 66. drivers still remaining at speed on average. and now finally 95 northbound to the fairfax county parkway, a 10 to 15-minute commute. andrea, over to you. >> thank you. on the rundown at 6:01, a developing story. while you slept, southwest airlines inspected nearly 200 of its planes. those planes are all a version of the boeing 737, and that kind of plane was involved in a midair scare. a flight from nashville to bwi airport made an emergency landing in charleston, west virginia. a one foot-by-one foot hole was in the back of the plane. cabin pressure was lost. no one was hurt and the plane landed safely. a spokesperson said the crew took quick action. >> the captain has to take the airplane to a safe altitude and then we diverted, obviously. we made the option to divert and get the airplane on the ground as quickly as possible. >> vest does not expect these

emergency inspections to affect flights this morning. again, the type of plane involve sudden a boeing 737 300. it seats 137 people. this version makes up about 1/3 of southwest's fleet. last year, the airline started retrofitting these planes with new hardware. also while you slept, a problem at another airport. but one of a much different kind. passengers at los angeles international felt a minor earthquake. it was a 3.2 tremor which is small for californians. it was centered under a runway. no report of any damage. a virginia death row inmate has won a stay of execution from the u.s. supreme court. the high court agreed to consider whether or not paul warner powell is facing double jeopardy. powell's original conviction was overturned because prosecutors couldn't prove rape or robbery. after writing a letter describing how he raped and killed a 16-year-old manassas, virginia, girl, and kidnapped, raped, and tortured her 14-year-

old sister, powell was tried again and sentenced to die. >> i do feel sorry for the victims in this case. those folks came a long way hoeing they'd get some solace and closure. now they're going to have to wait. >> there's no word when a final decision will be reached in this case. y their is is investigating the death of a sailor whose body was discovered inside her barracks at fort myer in arlington, virginia. the navy says it will not release any information about the sailor or the case until they've contacted her family. fort myer is home to more than 14,000 military and civilian personnel, plus 108,000 family members and retirees. metro's new silver line is u getting even more money. $85million in fact. the silver line will go from east falls church through tyson's corner to bus airport and then loudoun county.

the contribution will be more than $440 million. rcht the heat will be on supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor today. she begins taking questions at her confirmation hearing in just a few hours. on the hill monday, judge sotomayor gave her opening statement. >> in the past month, many senators have asked me about my judicial philosophy. simple. fidelity to the law. the task of a judge is not to make law. it is to apply the law. >> coming up at 6:30, we'll hear what some of the senators had to say monday about the nominee. new this morning, a look at how many of us support health care reform. this is from our partners at "usa today" and gallup. they fouof 5 6% americans back congress passing some kind of major health care reform this year. 33% oppose it. while 12% have no opinion. however, 52% of us believe

keeping health care costs down is more important. 42% want to expand coverage no matter the cost. president obama is calling on congress to take action on health care now. >> we are going to get this done. inaction is not an option. and for those naysayers and cynics who think that this is not going to happen, don't bet against us. >> the president made those comments while announcing dr. regina benjamin as his nominee to become secretary general. -- to become surgeon general. at 6:05 time for a "living smart" report. jessica doyle says it's bailout time for another company. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. taxpayers, get out your wallets again. may be in for another bailout. this time officials say cit group is hodeling advanced talks with the government about a bailout. the company is the leading lender to small and mid-sized

businesses. cit is requesting help through an fdic program that would guarantee its debt. now it's having trouble because small businesses are going out of business. but letting it fail could also force even more businesses to go under. a sign of how fragile the economy still is. the head of president obama's auto task force has quit. stephen ratner says he wants to spend more time with his company. the former -- with his family rather. the former investment banker helped steer both chrysler and gm through their bankrupt filings. former steel worker official ron bloom will replace him. here's a tip -- if you want to hold on to your dough and credit cards, put a cute baby picture in your wallet. why is that? a british study finds that stranger are more likely to return lost wallets if they find photos of cute babies. the scientist dropped 240 wallets with pictures of a smiling baby, a puppy, happy family, or contented elderly couple. turns out nobody cared about the dog, the family, or the retired parents, but with that cute little baby, that

triggered a so-called compassionate instinct. >> so they would return the wallets. wow. got to go out and find cute baby pictures. >> reporter: how cynical is that? >> when you buy them, they have cute pictures. that may be why. how about that? >> reporter: keep it in there. >> thank you. along with the cute baby picture in your wallet, the best place to live is lewisville, colorado. that's according to "money" magazine. it ranked town with 50,000 people or fewer. it calls the town family friendly with an historic downtown and good weather. lewisville is on the north side of denver. five small towns in maryland and virginia rank in the top 100. eldersburg, maryland, in carroll coin ranked 47th. nearby mt. airy, maryland, came in 53rd -- our time is seven after the hour. in 10 minutes, why some think we need to overhaul the way children are taught in order to change the they they think. in three minutes, a hero-

central update including the men and women who spend time cleaning up arlington national cemetery. right now, a check on maryland weather and traffic. we start with howard. andrea, quiet morning out there. generally clear skies. and very, very comfortable. as for the temperatures, check these out because 95 seems to be the dividing line. i got to back up for you. 95 seems to be the dividing line between temperatures which which are in the 60s versus temperatures ic h e arin the 50s. places like hagerstown and frederick and also montgomery county, but as warm as 69 at annapolis. and the naval air station at patuxent river. lots of sunshine, low humidity levels, and high temperatures in the low to mid-80s. angie goff, how's traffic? well, maryland, we are keeping an eye on rods. beginning with 270 headed southbound between 109 and 121, we still have some crash activity to wash out for. but overall, the flow of traffic is moving just fine. the next shot is columbia pike and stewart lane. hardly any traffic to worry about.

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it is time to update our hero central project. for that i'm in the web center with kristin fisher. good morning. >> good morning, andrea. this morning, we're not just honoring one hero, we're honoring hundred of heroes. look at this. just yesterday hundreds of landscapers from across the country spent the day volunteering at arlington national cemetery. and they went to town. they were landscaping, mulching. they brought in tree care specialist. all with the goal of making the cemetery more beautiful. so how much would all of these services have cost if the landscapers had indeed charged? $350,000. now of course these heroes did not charge. they were here for the renewal and remembrance project hosted by the national land care network. since this project started in 1996, the group has contributed more than $2 million to

improving arlington national cemetery. if you would like to learn more about these heroes and other heroes in our community, go to the hero central home page at wusa9.com and clicking on thics con. here you see the story i just showed you -- "landscapers descend on arlington national cemetery." you can find that story there and many more. this assaults where you need if you need -- this is also where you need to go if you edne help or need a hero. this is the hero-central home page which i would point you to for all of your hero-central needs. if you would like to send in a story idea for an upcoming hero- central segment, we would love to hear about it. right now i'm working on a story about a national parks service ranger who has spent nearly a decade trying to identify the remains of some unidentified civil war soldiers in an old dc cemetery. it's a great story. he is quite the hero. but i want to hear your ideas. so if you have an idea for an

upcoming segment, send it my way. mail heroes@wusa9.com. thank you. coming up on 6:13 this tuesday morning. here's what's in the news now. four people are in custody and several more are being sought in connection with the murder of a florida couple. byrd and melanie billings were killed in their home last week. the wealthy couple opened its home to children with disabilities. a philadelphia day camp is saying no thank to a swim club's invitation to come back. children left the club last month amid accusations of racism. the club denies any wrongdoing. and the search is on in las vegas for some vandals. someone tagged the famous welcome to fabulous las vegas sign. the good news -- that's red marker, not spraypaint, so it will be easy to fix. good morning, howard. >> you know, i was away for a couple of weeks. i get back, i'm thinking i'm going to mow because it's two weeks. no, maybe i'll take the edge around and do a little weed whacking.

>> put the sprinkler out for sure. turn it on. >> barely rained, and it's not going to rain today or tomorrow. by thursday, maybe late wednesday night, perhaps we get a couple of showers and storms to return. want to show you a picture. just emailed to me from mark washburn, one of our regulars here in the mornings in the chat room. also wusa9.com. mark was in colonial beach. this is one of the advantages of getting up early and having a good camera. a beautiful shot. just before sunrise. so thanks for that, mark. and appreciate that. you can email me -- this is what we're looking at for the next three days. beautiful today. sunny, pleasant. 85, 88 tomorrow. 90 on thursday with a chance for a few thunderstorms. things are looking a lot better by then. all right. this morning, clear to partly cloudy. we've got readings which will be rising into the 60s and 70s. we've got a few 50s in spots. northwest winds at five to 10 miles per hour. mostly sunny, warm, not humid. highs in the mid-80s.

northwesterly winds at 10. tonight, clear, comfortable. another guide to pop the window and turn off the ac. 55 to 65. winds will be on the light side. we've got 60a to even 70ish at naval air station at patuxent river. not sure about things -- we are sure that we've got 50s. in fact 50 even from martinsburg, 54 winchester. 55 culpeper and manassas. you head east to 95, 60s again, near 70 on the bay in annapolis. 71 from reedville. today we're going to be in the mid-80s by this afternoon with code yellow, moderate air quality. right now, reagan national, 65. winds north-northwesterly at 12. so the dew points in the 40s. the dry air has come in really nicely. we're going to have a spectacular july day around here. high pressure building in from the great lakes. you notice all the storm out to the west. yeah, these storm, they're not going to get anywhere near us the next couple of days. computer actually very quiet. high pressure building in, switch it over to the computer

modeling. you'll notice as we go through today, all quiet. mostly sunny out there. comfortable humidity levels. as we head into wednesday, watching the showers and storms, and part of western michigan there. wednesday morning. and that front will try to get closer to activate some wednesday afternoon across ohio and kentucky. and perhaps we get a couple of thunderstorms here with showers overnight wednesday into thursday morning. but the boundary is over us on thursday. that's why we've got that decent chance at least by then for thunderstorms. today we're in the mid-80s. look at the coolness. buffalo, 71. pittsburgh, 79. tonight, lots of 50s to our north and west. we're in the 60s in town. tomorrow, a little warmer, upper 80s. by thursday, we're 90. again, 70s to low 80s behind that front. another cooldown tries to move in. 85 today. 88 tomorrow. by thursday, 90 with thunderstorms. isolated storm friday. more storms saturday. then look at the coolness sunday and monday. right now, looks like highs will be in the low 80s.

it is 6:16. 65degrees. good morning, angie goff. >> reporter: good morning, howie b., good morning, folks. thank you for joining us. 16 minutes after the 6:00 hour, and tracking our biggest delay by far on 95 northbound. it stretches from dale boulevard to the fairfax county parkway, i'm estimating this trip between 15 to 20 minute total. 395 headed northbound, here the next shot for you, a slow ride from edsall to seminary. going to the graphics, i'll show you route 4, route 5, branch avenue ukraine highway. this area remains problem free. over to the outer loop we head. it is a little bit of a slow ride, starting to build between new hampshire and georgia avenue. finally we are live from interstate 270. we have that shot for you. we have an accident still between 121 and 109. overall, no problems past germantown road down to the split. andrea, that's a quick look at traffic. now over to you. >> thank you. our time is 6:17. the world needs innovative

thinkers. but is that something which needs to be taught to children? the headline in "usa today" reads "no right brain left behind: must kids prep for risk taking?" with a closer look, we're joined by managing editor lauren ashburn. good morning. >> good morning. this is such an interesting story. let's start with the definition of right brain versus left brain for people who don't know what it is. a solid example. actually someone named gordon shinn here from washington, dc, his law firm sort of had an economic meltdown. he decided to that he was going to into interior design. law, left brain, interior design, creative, right brain. we have some other statistics or other characteristics. let's take a look at what that is. left brain, logical, right brain, intuitive, left brain, verbal, right brain is gestures -- i think you and i are a lot alike, right brain.

i think i sat down in this chair 30 seconds ago. right. the idea then becomes do we have to teach this to our children? is it something intrinsic? the left brain/right brain sort of is in flux until your 25 years old. what we're finding with the financial meltdown and economy, left brain jobs are really going away. and the more creative you are and the more that you can meld your left brain tend sees with this creative -- tendencies with this creative side the more well rounded you'll be. take for example the students at episcopal in alexandria, virginia. there's a great picture of one of them, dominique rohans with patrick bassett, the president of the independent -- the national association of independent schools. he is going all across the country teaching that right brain thinking is what's going to get people ahead. and, you know, as i said before, as the traditional left brain jobs are shrinking it's

this right brain creativity that is going to help people get jobs. >> wow. >> here are my gestures. >> i know. i like the idea of nurturing the right brain. those were always the programs that got axed first. on for the right brain. thank you. you can read more in today's "usa today." our time now is 6:20. ahead, the big slugger in this year's home run derby and the nats react to the firing of manny acta. first -- the all-star derby began as an annual event in 1985. since then who has won the most derbies? >>

he's won three times and has the most total home run derbies in derby history with 70. in sports, baseball's all- star game is tonight in st. louis. the first pitch will be a little after 8:00 tonight. the nat' ryan zimmerman is a relative for the national league squad. last night busch stadium hosted the annual home run derby, and the cardinals' albert pujols didn't make it past the second round. he hit 11 home run falling in the semifinals. st. louis native ryan howard also didn't get past the second round. the phillies' slugger had 15 home runs, but that wasn't enough. in the final round it was milwaukee's prince fielder against nelson cruz of texas. fielder won 6-5 with the winning blast hit deep center. baseball fan here at home were r still talking about manny acta.

the team fired him monday. ryan zimmerman spoke about that. >> i think the manager is a lot of times the scapegoat. you know, he can't go out and play for us. a lot of the stuff this year has been the players. not playing up to their capabilities i think. and he's kind of taken the fall for it. you know, unfortunately this is what it takes to open some people's eyes. >> bench coach jim riggleman takes over the team. he went to richard montgomery high school in rockville and attended frostburg state. he inherits a team with a 26 -61 record. it is 6:25. ahead, what the feds want metro to do now to protect you on your ride. plus, looking to marry into money? in 10 minutes, why arlington is the place to go. here's angie. yeah, looking live at canal and king bridge roads where we have no incidents or accidents to report. we'll be right back.

howard? what a beautiful morning it is out here on the weather terrace, enjoying the nice temperatures and the comfortable humidity levels. i'm going to let you know what to expect and how much longer the nice weather will last. we've got a break with a great shot for you. coming from the air force memorial in arlington. b@

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"harry potter" is here. people lined up to catch the sneak preview of "harry potter and the half blood prince." it officially hits theaters tonight at midnight. we just checked, and a lot of local theaters have showings at one past the bewitching hour. thank you for start yowrg tuesday with us. i'm andrea roane. howard bernstein is enjoying a beautiful morning on the terrace. will the good weather hold up for the rest of the day? for the rest of the day, yes. for tomorrow, we get a little warmer. by thursday, finally i think that's when we'll see much- needed showers and storms. at least a few around here. got it bone dry in a lot of places. let's talk temperature because that's the story. i'll show you the cloudsatth aren't there. clear skies almost everywhere. bliefl morning with readings in the 60s, even 50s, down to 50

in martinsburg. it was 57 in this area. 55. 60 here. 70 along the bay. a good day, a lot of sunshine. no humidity or low humidity. there will be a tiny bit with temperatures around 85. angiegov, how's the roads -- angie goff, how's the roads? showing you that sun glare is going to be a factor if you drive this interstate. the main stretch of road, 50 to 123. traffic moving without incident or accident. taking you to the inner loop, we have another live shot for you. this comes to us from little river turnpike. no problems here, as well. drivers actually moving at a nice pace on this part of the beltway. on the outer loop in maryland, from new hampshire over to georgia avenue, we're doing okay. we do have an accident at the bw parkway. it looks like 270 southbound shaping up nicely, as well, past germantown road down to the split. finally, to round it out, i give you 95 and the bw parkway out of baltimore. down to the beltway, all green,

so far so good. telling us drivers are moving at speed. andrea? in just a few hour, judge sonia sotomayor heads back to capitol hill. it's a day of questions and answers for the supreme court nominee. samantha hayes reports it comes after a day with plenty of grandstanding from both parties. >> reporter: judge sonia sotomayor sat stoically for the first day of her supreme court confirmation hearing as one by one 19 senators on the judicial committee delivered their thoughts and opinions on her nomination. a preview of sorts for the questions to come. >> i'll be asking you about your able to wear that judicial blindfold. i'll be asking about your able to decide cases in an impartial manner and in accordance with the law and the constitution. >> reporter: when it was her turn, sotomayor said simply she has and will be fair. >> many senators have asked me about my judicial philosophy. simple-- fidelity to the law. the task of a judge is not to

make law. it is to apply the law. and it is clear, i believe, that my record in two courts reflects my rigorous commitment to interpreting the constitution according to its terms. >> reporter: at issue for republicans is concern that president barack obama's first nomination to the supreme court will lean to the left, changing the current balance. but aside from asking pointed questions, there is not much they can do. democrats easily have the votes to confirm sotomayor and are eager to get started. >> we know her record, we know how she's decided cases. but i think her interaction with senators will be extremely important part of the process. >> reporter: expect to hear questions from republicans today regarding property rights, gun control, and specifically sotomayor's ruling against white new haven firefighters in a race discrimination case. reporting out the supreme court in washington, samantha hey, 9news now and -- samantha hayes, 9news now and wusa9.com.

president obama has a busy day ahead. this morning he welcome the prime minister of the netherlands to the white house. tonight he'll throw out the first pitch at the all-star game in st. louis and chat with the broadcasters. in between, he's going to michigan. it's his first visit to the state since becoming president. michigan has been one of the state's hardest hit by the -- one of the states hardest hit by the recession. he will visit a community college in warren, michigan. today metro general manager john catoe heads to capitol hill. he'll testify before a house subcommittee about last month's deadly metro crash. the hearing will focus on the rail system's signaling system, which failed the day of the crash. it was found to have it periodically failed in the days leading up -- to have periodically failed in the days leading up to the crash. an issue is the ongoing funding. metro transit has been advised to change the way it monitors its computerized train control system. in a letter to cato, the ntsb said the system's daily reviews

were not sufficient to address the safety issues. the ntsb is calling on metro to develop a system which would continuously evaluate the control system and immediately alert the operations control center of problems. trains would then be stop or slowed to prevent collisions. southwest airlines is wrapping up inspections this morning on nearly 150 of its planes. that's after a frightening incident on board a jet heading to bwi-marshall. a square-foot-sized hole ripped open in the back of the boeing 737 monday. the flight left nashville, tennessee. when it happened the plane lost cabin pressure and the pilot got to a lower altitude quickly. the flight made an emergency landing in charleston, west virginia. airport shoaxman michael plante -- spokesman, michael plante, talked about those on board. >> no one was injured. the ems personnel were there when the passengers got off the airplane. passengers also had the opportunity to go to a medical

facility. all of them declined. >> southwest brought in another plane and got everyone to bwi. the airline says those inspections should not affect today's schedule. a possible procedural error could mean a key piece of evidence could be thrown out in the trial of a woman accused of killing her four daughters. u.s. marshals found the bodies of banita jacks' four daughter in the home in january, 2008, while serving an eviction notice. jacks was taken into custody and questioned by police, but no lawyer was present when she was questioned. now a judge must decide whether or not to admit the interrogations as evidence. jessica doyle is back with another "living smart" report. and you say more people are taking on second jobs to make ends meet. >> reporter: we need to pay the bills, right? more people are supplementing their income with second jobs. a new survey from our partner at careerbuilder.com find that one in 10 workers have taken on a second job in the last year

in order to make ends meet. now they've also discovered some unconventional ways people are bringing in extra bucks, including making "star wars" costumes for people. also donating blood plasma and researching stories for a gossip columnist. one person took notes in class for college students. another person took items from the lost and found and then sold them on line. so how much do you think facebook is worth as a company? a russian investment firm apparently thinks it's $6.5 billion to $10 billion. investment group digital sky is buying up to 100 million shares worth of facebook shares from employees. now at that price, facebook's common shares are valued at about $6.5 billion. back in may, a similar deal valued the company at roughly $10 billion. when you think of arlington, what do you think of? the military, families, good schools? did you know that it's the second-best place in the country to land a sugar daddy or a sugar mommy? apparently the folks ov that "money" magazine think

arlington is pretty hot. first in the country, though, for finding rich singles, hermosa beach, california. arlington was ranked second -- we've got some sexy places in the washington area. >> sexy or am i thinking only about the wallet? huh. >> reporter: combo. >> love and money. thank you, jessica. >> reporter: you're welcome. one airline is going to the dogs and the cats. today it's the first flight of pet airways. it will fly your pet cross country. animals get to fly in the main cabin, not in the cargo hold. and owners will be able to keep an eye on their special passengers through computer technology. the airline has service out of bwi-marshall airport. it goes to chicago, new york, denver, and los angeles. one-way fares begin at $149. president obama has gained

a reputation for relying heavily on his teleprompter which made an accident monday that much worse. in five minutes, see video of the mishap that's going viral. first, our focus on virginia weather and traffic. here's howard. andrea, yesterday afternoon, evening, we had a few storms in virginia. they are all gone, in fact most of the weather now very quiet and tranquil across the region. let's talk temperatures this morning which are running into the 50s and 60s out there. 50s west, 60s east and southeast. the humidity levels are really comfortable. that will be the case with highs in the mid to upper 80s toward fredericksburg. the humidity levels under the sunny skies stay down. angie goff's got a look at the virginia traffic. >> reporter: right. and 95 northbound in virginia, from dale boulevard up to the fairfax county parkway, we're track being a 25-minute commute. so definitely a little below speed there. you moving to arlington, virginia, at the intersection of columbia pike and george mason drive. all is a go. little volume in this area.

and finally, the dulles toll road, no incidents, no accidents to report from the greenway to 495. it's 6:39.

we're back at 6:43. your living green tip. using a lot of heat with a shower loses energy. a lot of heat is lost from the shower head. you can insulate piping to prevent the heat from escaping and saving energy. the water heater won't have to work that hard. and less energy means less money for you. for more, go to wusa9.com and click on "living green." >> thank you. at 6:43 a video involving president obama has quickly spread on the web. kristin fisher has the clip people are talking about. good morning. >> reporter: hello. good morning. well, you know, any time

anything goes even slightly wrong in a presidential press conference, it is a story. but it's especially a story if that something is the teleprompter for president obama. sorry you're looking at the screen right now. that's for a story coming up in just a second. but the story we're talking about right now is the president's beloved teleprompter malfunctioned again. this time while he was delivering remarks yesterday on the economy in the white house. take a listen. >> in the first month of my administration, to pull our economy -- [crash ñ] >> goodness. sorry, guys. >> reporter: what you couldn't see was one of the teleprompters right in front of the president scam crashing to the ground. but the president didn't miss a beat. there you can see the smashed teleprompter on the floor. granted the president did have a second teleprompter to fall become on and a printed out speech just in case. so it's not the most newsworthy clip, but i guarantee you

you'll be able to find this clip on almost every political blog and web site this morning. moving to slightly more serious fuse from the white house. the administration is promoting a new web site on their blog. the b@briefing room. it's called the i-t dashboard. it lets you track the progress of federal it project from the department of defense way down to the department of energy. you can see which projects are on schedule, which ones aren't. and andrea, you can even contact the chf information officer at these federal agencies. so real at the's just another effort by the obama administration to improve government transparency. andrea? >> does it move things along any faster? that's all we want to know. all right. thank you. 6:45, here howard. >> what a beautiful stretch of weather we've been having. this morning, absolutely gorgeous out there. humidity levels are down, so are temperatures. and just want to share with you one more time this great photo sent from mark washburn in colonial beach, virginia. emailed this to me about 45 minutes ago before the sunrise

there. beautiful sky. we thank you for that. and you can send stuff to me -- hbernstein at wusa9.com. so this morning clear to partly cloudy, but it is clear much more so than partly cloudy. temperature will be into the 60s and 70s here. 50s out there now. northwest wind five to 10. sunny and warm, but not humid. it's july, but it's not going to be humid. highs only in the mid-80s. average highs 88. northwest winds at 10. clear, comfortable tonight. again, back in the 50s and 60s out there with light winds. this morning, we watched the showers and storms from yesterday afternoon, evening. they're gone. there's nothing out there except for a couple of clouds here and there. temperatures down to 50 in martinsburg. 55 winchester, manassas, charlie in catlett was 57. low 71 in reedville. 69 for annapolis. 64 at andrews.

54 at montgomery county air park. as you look at the dew points, the real true measure of the amount of humidity, moisture in the air, 40s. mid to upper 40s most areas. you head to southern maryland, down to fredericksburg, we've got dew points there in the 50s. but still, really very comfortable. north-northwesterly winds at 12 now with a relative humidity of 65 at 50%. nationally we've got hot high pressure down here. cool high pressure up across the great lakes. and in between with the frontal boundaries, that's where you've got the showers and storms in the plains. for us, we've got the front to the south and east. our winds, northwesterly, that's bringing in that drier, cooler air. with high pressure off to our west, you know, our weather's not going to change much over the next couple of days. eventually, things will warm up. today we're in the mid-80s. tonight, 60s. again 50s north and west. down to 50 in pittsburgh. then tomorrow, winds become southerly in the afternoon. we're in the upper 80s and again on thursday, around 90. for your seven day -- 85 today.

88 tomorrow. thursday, a couple of thunderstorms. thankfully, we need the rain. 90 by the weekend. look at that. we did have storms on saturday. then cooler weather sunday and monday not highs only in the low 80s. 6:47. 65degrees. time for angie goff. thank you. hello, everyone. want to remind you that you can always follow me on twitter. type this up there. a water main break in northwest dc. this is at the intersection of 23rd and i street. you're going to want to watch for crews. moving to the beltway in maryland, on the outer loop, slow from new hampshire over to georgia avenue. and before this at the bw parkway, we have crash activity off to the shoulder. taking it over to virginia, this is 395. we're definitely below speed from the capital beltway to seminary. and again from the pentagon to the 14th street bridge. finally to wrap it up, we give you 95 northbound in virginia where from dale boulevard over to the fairfax county parkway we're looking at a 25-minute commute. andrea, over to you. >> thank you. our time is 6:48.

in the district you can no longer renew your car registration in person. the dmv now only takes renewals on line or through the mail. they're their are also drop boxes in dmv offices. there will soon be one less dmv branch. the brentwood service center in northeast will close friday, august 14. offices in georgetown, southwest, and southeast will remain open. fairfax county is delaying a decision on whether to allow a school to expand. what's taught at the school has made it controversial. it's the international saudi academy along route 1. last year its curriculum was condemned by a federal committee. it has since revised what it teaches. but a meeting on the expansion last night drew heighted debate. drew heated debate. >> we believe this is being taught in the school. it is not a typical school like a -- either a public school, parochial school -- >> that's absolutely possible. it should be like any of the

kid who -- [ indiscernible ] you will never have this feeling from the behavior from the conversation. >> county leaders say they'll make a decision on whether to allow expansion based simply on zoning rules. not on the school's curriculum. in sports, the all-star game is tonight in st. louis. last night, the brewers' prince fielder put on a show in the home run derby. [crowd noise ñ] [ applause ] >> there it is! to center field. the deepest part of the park -- gone! >> that blast won the competition. fielder beat the rangers' nelson cruz in the final round 6-5. the capitals' development camp is underway in arlington. 24 policepects are looking -- 24 prospects are looking for a job. the season doesn't begin for another 10 weeks. time is 6:50. 65degrees here at the information center. we now know where scam artist bernard madoff is this morning.

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6:53. in the news, convicted scam artist bernard madoff is in a federal prison in atlanta this morning. that's according to a web site posting in the last two hours. madoff's expected to eventually end up at a prison in north carolina. supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor heads back to the hill today. she'll face direct questioning from the senate judiciary committee. the 19 senators get 30 minutes of questions each. and here's some video just in to our information center. the last day of the running of the bulls today. four people were hurt, none seriously as the festival draws to a close. one person has been killed. here's howard. >> andrea, beautiful again today. humidity stays low. we'll number the low 70s by 9:00. 80ish or so around noon. topping off around 85 with plenty of sunshine. it's 6:54. in the 1930s, farmers planted nutrient-rich soybeans...

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employees' children than with the adults i'm sure of that. neat. >> yeah. how fun. i love that over there. let's talk about the traffic now. on the outer loop, at the bw parkway, we still have an accident to the right shoulder. and we're slow from 95 over to georgia. moving over to 270 headed southbound, we're slow from 118- germantown road to i-370 and finally here's virginia's 95 headed north from dale boulevard to the fairfax county parkway. we are looking at about a 25- minute commute. howard? no problems today weatherwise. temperature in the mid-80s. we could see a thunderstorm by thursday as we hit 90. cooler weather by sunday and monday. as for wall street things are looking quiet. we're waiting for earning and economic report. the "early show" will have more in the battle over health care reform and sonia sotomayor's confirmation hearings. and coming up at 9:00 a preview of the great jazz festival just up the road in baltimore. and talking to local astronaut bernard harris. and watch news around the clock at wusa9.com.