from cumberland and winchester and culpeper is 66. but another warm sticky morning out there. it will be warm to hot today. 85 to 90 but watch for strong thunderstorms this afternoon. we sit at 5:59. just about 6:00. what's happening on the roads? >> i'm up for a camera tour right now. show you outside on the roads you take. beginning with 95 northbound. at woodbridge we have crash activity. we know the drivers are are losing the right lane and we have a slow go that set in from 123 to the scene. as we continue on to 395 northbound past duke street we have volume building but overall no major delays heading to the district. speaking of dc, take you to northeast, inbound new york avenue. no issues or accidents to report here eat intersection of florida and new york. and over to the outer loop we go. live from university looks like a few drivers here zipping by. doesn't look like a slow ride here just yet.

finally let's ride it out with the maps. 95 and the bw parkway, going to find lanes wide open. over to andrea. we continue to follow breaking news involving pope benedict xvi. the pontiff is hospitalized this morning after breaking his wrist. this is video of his meeting last week with president obama in italy. the pope slipped early this morning while on vacation in the italian alps. a spokesman said it doesn't appear to be a serious injury. he will be kept for observation for a few hour and should be able to get back to his vacation. at one past the hour, police in portion county are looking for answers in a shooting that left a 12-year- old girl and two off-duty police officers hurt. it happened at an apartment complex on greenbelt road. armando trull has more on the story. >> reporter: residents tell us that the scene looked like something from the wild wild west and they are counting

their lucky stars the toll was not higher. >> boom boom boom like six times. i thought it was a firecracker. >> reporter: but it wasn't a post 4th of july celebration but a wild shootout in this greenbelt apartment building and left three people hurt including a 12-year-old girl who was grazed by one of the bullets. everything began when two roommates one a military policeman from ft. myer began to fight inside of their apartment. during the scuffle the pair crashed through a window to the parking lot. the suspect then went back in the apartment building. >> the roommate was able to locate the officer's off duty weapon and subsequently ran out in to the parking lot and began to randomly fire the weapon. >> reporter: an off-duty capitol policeman who was driving by in this truck saw the suspect. >> at that point the off-duty united states capitol police officer engaged the suspect in an exchange of gun fire. >> reporter: the suspect was seriously wounded in the

exchange. the u.s. capitol police officer was slightly wounded. andrea, at this point, prince georges county police and the state's attorney's office are trying to determine who will be charged in this case and what chose charges will be. reporting live, triewl trool for 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> the man involved in this week's standoff in mclean, virginia has died. police say 44-year-old john valentinny shot himself. and his exgirlfriend and she is hospitalized in grave condition. a developing story we have been tracking overnight for you. the president of indonesia vows to arrest the terrorists involved in the bombing of two hotels. at least nine people died in the twin attacks and 50 others were hurt including at least one american. a j.w. marriott and ritz carlton hotel were each hit. police confirm the suspect bombers were guests in one of

the hotels. president obama sighs the work of civil rights advocates in the ' 50s helped him to get where he is today. he spoke last night to the naacp which is celebrating the 100th anniversary he said while discrimination is fading it is still being felt. >> african-american women are paid less than people doing the same work than colleagues of a different gender and color. latinos are made to feel unwelcome but muslim americans viewed with suspicion because they kneel down to pray to their god by our gay brothers and sisters still taunted, still attacked and still denied their rights. >> the speech marked the 45th anniversary of the civil rights act. the district maybe ready to cut more jobs. the goal is to make financial ends meet. thursday mayor fenty announced a plan to close a $453 million

budget gap. he plans to use $125 million from the rainy day fund and cut additional 250 city jobs on top of 1600 job cuts already in the works. >> although it is 250 jobs it is probably not going to even register in most agencies at all. certainly will not register in the service delivery that residents expect from the government. >> those city employees will receive pink slips on october 1st. time for the "living $mart" report and jessica doyle is here and has good news for the local job markets. >> things could be a lot worse. today we are getting the washington region's unemployment figures for june and in the meantime a report finds dc is among the top ten cities in the country for finding a job right now.

going inside the numbers. 30,300 jobs have been lost in the past year and dc added 19,900 other jobs greatly due to the new administration coming to town and dc boasts the highest number of business and professional services jobs add ated at 11,000 so far this year. small and medium business leader cit is closer to bankruptcy. it is running out of cash and the government is refusing to bail out the company. it received $2 billion in federal aid in december. the "wall street journal" reports that a group of debt holders are considering their own rescue package for cit. well, a lot of people love to hang out at apple stores playing with the gadgets and drinking in the tech ambience and soon shoppers can stroll through a microsoft store. the computer giant plans to open retail stores beginning this fall. they recently launched microsoft's retail outlets to

showcase the latest technology and the opening coincides with major product launches like the windows 7 operating zoom and zune media players due out soon. this will take the microsoft apple rifery to a new level. >> interesting to watch. when you hold what is billed as the federal biggest job fair ever you will get a crowd and this was the scene at the national building museum. but the partnership for public service says getting a job from uncle sam isn't always easy. >> unfortunately the federal hiring process is an obstacle course. it takes too long. it is difficult to understand what you need to do and it is not transparent meaning you don't know where you are in the process. >> reporter: here's a warning, some websites offer to submit your resume to dozens of federal agencies each year for a fee but that could be a scam. you can find free listings for federal jobs at wusa9.com. our time after the hour.

in three minutes meet volunteers reminding some nursing home residents they are not forgotten. plus, a video of the moon landing in ' 6 t. we will check it out but first a focus on maryland weather and traffic. here's howard. >> a few sprinkles in hagerstown area. this afternoon i'm more concerned about. the humidity is high and a muggy start to the day with readings in the 70s in most spots although in western maryland we have readings which have been in the 60s. as far as the forecast for today, for maryland looks like chance of thunderstorms, some could be strong highs in the mid to upper 80s. angie, lou the roads. >> keeping an eye on them and we come to you from fall and river roads where looks like little traffic a crystal clear commute. next to montgomery village avenue where we have a few more drivers out here. overall no problems. finally come fly with me. 50 westbound from the bay

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welcome back to 9 news now. america is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing and nasa is releasing restored video of the 1969 moon walk. look at the video. nasa is showing how it touched up the video so we are getting a clearer look at the moment. 15 scenes have been touch it's up from 3 1/2 hours of video. astronaut buzz aldrin took part

in the moon walk and he was asked about the future of space travel. >> the logical next major destination and that's the surface of mars. >> reporter: the news seem in downtown washington is showing off the video as well as the news coverage of the event. it is holing an apollo family weekend starting tomorrow with every adult ticket you can buy you can get childrens tickets for free. when we showed the moon landing video we got a call from a temple hills, maryland woman. she thought she may have also have a copy. we sent gary to find out if this was the real deal. >> reporter: you really haven't opened this up in 40 years. >> i haven't. >> let's open it up. >> reporter: teresa kept it after a nasa speaker left it at elliott and kept waiting for him to come back and get it. >> i said i can't get rid of

this it is historical. >> the film was must dusty and the paper dirty. >> this is the original and we looked at her face as she remembered the classroom days. >> what does this say elliott junior high school and said something unexpected friendship seven the john glenn solo flight around the world. we transferred the film. here it is. not the moon landing after all but what kids saw in the classroom all of those years ago and boy did they learn. >> i have some students who are doctors and lawyers. i'm so proud of them i don't know what to do. i'm proud of them. >> and they have to be proud of her. she was wrong. it wasn't the moon landing, but did you see her face when we opened that film canister the curious mind anxious for answers. you just know she instilled that in her kids. down to effort philosophy of teaching, even when talking about things out of this world. 9 news now and wusa9.com.

right now at wusa9.com, learn much more about the moon landing video and share your memories. click on the moon landing memories icon on our front page. right now it is 6:13 on this friday morning. here's what is in the news now. a vote should come by the end of the month often supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor. her confirmation hearing wrapped up yesterday. both parties admit she will likely be approved. two suspects are dead after a gun battle in new jersey. investigators in jerseycy city say it is the end result of a police stakeout. two officers are in critical but stable condition. and the wakeup call for space shuttle "endeavor" is 45 minutes away. today the crew will rendezvous with the international space station. the two will be hooked up by 4:00 this afternoon. and we say good morning to howard bernstein. he's feeling good. he's rested. went to bed at 5:00 yesterday.

>> yeah. okay. okay. enough of that. once in a while. once in a while. >> raring to go. >> let's get to weather. it will be a good weekend. we have to get through today. today problems in the form of shower and storms and some of which by later this morning might be here but this afternoon we could be rocking and rolling with strong to severe thunderstorms in spots. upper 80s and near 90 in a few spots if we get enough sunshine. tomorrow and wednesday look good. lower 80s for the most part. a little more breeze on saturday than sunday but again after today the weekend is in good shape. this morning, partly cloudy. it is a little humid out there. cool spots in the mid-60s. we will climb to the 80s shortly. give it by 9:00 or 10:00, i think we will have some 80s on the board. partly sunny and sunny, scattered thunderstorms. some strong ones this afternoon. watch out, damaging winds or hail. 85 to 90. variable winds at five to ten although gusty of course.

the showers and storms will taper off should be this evening but as we get to tonight, by midnight most of the activity will be out of the region. lows in the 60s. winds northwest at five to ten. here we go. not much going on east but to the west all sorts of showers in ohio, west virginia. southwestern virginia a big clump of storms is moving east, hagerstown on live doppler hd. i can show you a couple of light sprinkles here that japan have generating that. most of it in to pennsylvania. can't rule out a sprinkle but fairly quiet here this morning and another steamy morning out there. i will show you the time lapse. we have had cloudiness overnight. this morning we are left with a couple of high clouds out there. 75 degrees. southeast winds are three miles an hour and the dew point is 68. a tropical feeling air mass out there with readings in the 70s. up to 77 in annapolis.

down in reedville, jan called in with 77. cool spots winchester and culpeper at 66. for us upper level energy here. that will move east and fire the storms this afternoon and then a whole lot better for the weekend. here's the seven-day forecast. 88 today. 83. a little breezy on saturday. sunday looks beautiful and 82. isolated storms on monday afternoon tuesday. could be more widespread on wednesday and thursday. temperatures in the 80s. good morning to angie. thank you, howard our traffic coverage doesn't stop on air. we're always on-line. follow me on twitter at oh my goff. this just went on-line. oak hill farm road we know police are on the scene. moving outside and looking at 66. slow 50 to 123. no incidents or accidents on this interstate. to the beltway we go, also in virginia, your inner loop is looking okay but the outer loop, we are watching police

activity. it is off to the shoulder. all lanes getting by. 270, that northbound trip is fine. the southbound trip volume from germantown road to 370. and finally we will end with a map. taking a look at route 4, route 5, the suitland parkway and 301. looks like this general area is dealing with typical volume at this time. that's a quick look at traffic. a great way for you to be a hero this week. the washington nationals and the marine corps are teaming up for christmas in july. it is a toy drive benefiting the toys for tots program. all you need to do is bring a new unwrapped toy to nationals park as the nats host the cubs this weekend. last year nats fans donated 2,000 toys and $19,000. all of it stayed right here in our area. and kristin fisher is here with another great hero central

story for us. good morning, kristin. >> good morning. if remember a few weeks ago i did a story on the miss senior dc pageant. i love that story. guys the ladies are back. but this time these women are helping even some more senior citizens by starting the girlfriends club. & jesus loves me ♪ ♪ >> reporter: she is almost blind and jamie is bedridden. >> i'm so glad i met her because she and i can encourage each other. >> reporter: but once a week she visits jamie at the nursing home in washington. >> there maybe some residents here who do not have friends or family to visit, and that's where we come in at. >> reporter: this is the girlfriend's club. it is a group of volunteers who mentors to seniors in nursing homes. >> you would be surprised at the number of seniors who just

have nobody. you think cancer is a killer, heart disease is a killer. loneliness is a killer. >> reporter: former miss senior dc founded the program on valentine's day 2008. >> our signature color is red and you know us by one strand of pearls we each wear one strand of pearls and give our girlfriends one strand of pearls. >> the program is a hit but a problem. >> demand has been more than acan accommodate and it is so hard to say no. >> reporter: demand is so grit that she is girlfriends to three including keller smith. >> lonesome and no friends but i see i from have a lot of friends. t. & jesus loves me most ♪ ♪ >> good-bye, miss janey. >> if you would like to be a member of the girlfriends club, club,r.c. would love your help e-mail

heros@wusa9.com and they have about 30 now but they just say if you heard r.c. the demand is off the chart and are looking for people to come in and donate a week or two of their time. >> great story. ahead a check on the leader board at the british open and the nationals begin the riggleman era. but first the signs of now. sunday is national ice cream day. have a scoop to celebrate. according to yahoo vanilla is the most searched flavor but what the most searched topping, hot fudge, peanut butter or strawberry? think you know the answer? find out if you are correct when we come back. b@

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we're back with the signs of now. don't forget to celebrate national ice cream day on sunday. according to yahoo what is the most searched ice cream topping? is it hot fudge, peanut butter or strawberry? the answer is b peanut butter. the same study finds fried ice cream gets more searches than sugar free or low fat. in nationals the sports are -- in sport the nationals are

being led by riggleman. the nats hosted the cubs last night and rich harden in control. he went six innings giving up three hit and struck out seven. one bright spot in the ninth. ryan zimmerman blasted his 15th home run of the season but it one enough. the nats lose 6-2. the two teams play again tonight. day two of the british open is underway right now in scotland and we just checked the leader board. tom watson is back in the lead at five under. after round one yesterday watson was a surprise in second place. he had a great day finishing one shot off the pace. in the overall lead on thursday, this man, jimenez finished the day at six under. as we said has since fallen back to 8 shooting three over par. ahead a report that one of dc's top cops had his badge and

gun taken away. and while you slept new developments this the fight over health care reform. that story is six minutes away. now chain bridge road they are all clear. more looks at the roads you take. we you saw a haze in the capitol. it is a steamy morning. thunderstorms on the way. tell you what to expect for the weekend when 9 news now this morning returns. kelly saunder's nature valley,

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we don't recommend trying this today or any day in fact. high heel races in israel. a 50-yard dash in stilettos. one womb was hurt and taken away by ambulance. the reason for the mad dash, the grand prize was a flight to paris and $1,000 shopping spree. it is finally friday. thank you for starting your day with us. i'm andrea roane. howard is live on the weather terrace where he is starting to feel the sticky muggy conditions. 6:29 out here. i had to lose the jacket. it is too muggy. some thunderstorms are on the way. prepare for that. some of which could be strong to severe this afternoon. though some could be here later this morning. look at the satellite and radar

composite. focus on kentucky and southwestern virginia. you can see the storms firing now, southwest of roanoke but that activity is moving east northeast and i anticipate later on, in fact maybe by later this morning in to this afternoon some scattered showers and storms. some of which wi be strong to severe. temperatures running in the mid- 70s in town. a few 60s in culpeper and winchester at 66. but a sticky morning. we are looking at a hot day. 85 to 90 with thunderstorms this afternoon. right now 75. angie goff has been busy this morning. >> thank you, howard. howdy folks. how are you doing? it is friday. thanks for joining us. route 15 and oak hill farm road an accident here and police are on the scene. use caution if you are going to use this road. 395 northbound a slow ride is what we are tracking from 495 to seminary. that's just volume. inbound new york avenue we go. we have a delay from the washington times building to

bladensburg road. past that point at florida avenue at new york you are doing all right to the third street tunnel. to round it out here's the outer loop where we have a minor slow go from new hampshire avenue to georgia and that overall drive time is taking about 15 minutes. over to you. breaking news we first brought you earlier this morning on wusa9.com. pope benedict xvi is in the hospital right now. the 82-year-old pontiff broke his wrist this morning. this is video of him from monday. a vatican spokesman says the pope slipped and fell while on vacation in the italian alps. the fracture in his right wrist is a small one. doctors are keeping him longer for observation. explosions at two luxury hotels in indonesia have left at least eight people dead and dozens injured. the blast occurred nearly simultaneously in central jakarta. one at the ritz carlton and the other at the j.w.

marriott. windows were blown out on the second floor of the ritz. it is believed the bomber stayed in the marriott. a u.s. embassy spokesman says no u.s. casualties are confirmed so far. acuate home new debates over health care reform. a house committee signed off on a plan to pay for the plan. that plan would be a $544 billion tax increase on the wealthiest taxpayers. three democrats voted against that. republicans like eric cant tore says it is too much money. democrats like max baccus believes progress is being made. >> all of us are going to be paying an astronomical cost at a time that we just cannot afford this ambitious grab. >> we are clearly going to find ways to bend the con crypt in the right direction, that is good provisions that will actually lower the rate and increase in health care costs.

>> reporter: the american medical association is now backing the president's reform plan. vice president joe biden is touting what he calls the success of the white house economic plans. in richmond yesterday he spoke about the move. >> as distasteful as it was, people will say why are you bailing out the banks, to save the economy from completely tanking. on the housing front, the homeowner affordability and stability plan was in fact put in place and it is working. >> reporter: the vice president added the $787 billion stimulus plan has saved thousands of jobs. new details an a man in a deadly confrontation with u.s. police. the "washington post" reports that kellan white had a lengthy criminal record and was carrying an assault weapon. police shot and killed him a block from the capitol. they opened fire after white

ran a traffic stop and shot at several officers. police in prince georges county are looking for a suspect after this shooting. it left three people hurt including a young girl. the shooting happened last night in the apartment complex in greenbelt. digital correspondent armando trull is joining us from there with his live report. >> the residents of the greenbelt apartment building are counting their blessings because they know the outcome of the shootout could have been far worse. >> i heard shots so i came outside. >> reporter: four people were hurt on thursday during a wild shootout in this greenbelt apartment building. it began after a fight between two roommates one of them an mp from fort meyer. >> the off-duty officer left the arm apartment in an attempt to call for assistance. at that point, the roommate was able to locate the officer's off-duty weapon. >> reporter: prince georges county police say the roommate ran outside and began to shoot

the weapon at ran doom. an off-duty capitol policeman who was driving by in this truck saw the suspect and returned fire. >> during that exchange of gun fire the off-duty u.s. capitol officer, the suspect along with the off-duty ft. myers army base officer were all struck by gun fire. additionally, in an apartment close by to where the encounter took place a 12-year-old girl was also it appears was grazed by an errant round. >> reporter: now at this point portions county police and the state's attorneys office are trying to determine exactly who will be charged in this case and what those charges will be. reporting live in greenbelt, armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. the head of the dc police union has been ordered to turn in his badge. the washington examiner reports the move comes in the middle of a labor management mispout. the police department claims

that he failed to complete his annual mandatory training. a couple of days ago a federal judge denied the motion to stop an internal police investigation. time for a "living $mart" report. that's going to make your stomach grumble. we say good morning to jessica. what are you talking about. >> our favorite foods and a new place is saying move over five guys and raise hell burger with have another gourmet burger joint making its mark in the region. it is big on customization. >> you pick your protein. you pick what toppings you want, what cheeses you want, what sauces you want. there's over a million possible combinations of picking your own burger. >> a lot of burgers. the couldn'ter has a huge following in southern california and on monday i will have the story on why the couldn'ter wants to make a big splash in the washington region. you want deals on desserts we have sweet deals, discounted

cheesecake and free ice cream. to celebrate national cheesecake day, the cheese take factory is offering 50% discount on any slice of cheesecake. -- cheesecake. this is just in time for national ice cream day on sunday. you have until then to get free starbucks ice cream through a facebook app. click on the banner share a pint of new starbucks ice cream. speaking of starbucks it is experimenting with a new concept, serving wine and beer. our partners at "usa today" says it is about to test the concept apt at one of its stores. a bottle of wine or glass -- a bottle of beer or glass of wine will sell 4 to $7 and if it works we could see it in other cities maybe even washington. >> thank you very much. very tasty report. here's some video you want

to see. it is a surveillance camera shooting the truck explosion on 75 near detroit on wednesday. you can see the black smoke and flames engulfing the overpass. the camera zooms in and you can see cars still driving on that overpass but minutes later it melted and collapsed because of the heat. no one was seriously hurt in this but the highway will be shut down indefinitely. the u.s. and the world are remembering the apollo moon landing from a year ago and tributes are honoring this amazing feith. here's howard. it is quiet right now but some thunderstorms are on the way later this morning in to the afternoon. some of which will be strong. talk about temperatures because it is a steamy morning out there. spoke to charlie, 68 right now only a trace of rain for the month. he is hoping we get rain later on. 72 fredericksburg.

76 dulles. 66 culpeper. watch out for storms this afternoon, recommendington 87. ashburn 90 and burke 88. angie, what's happening on virginia's roads. >> a couple of shots for you. thank you very much. route 7 if you are traveling eastbound or westbound near the tysons corner area looking at a smooth ride. over to arlington we go. where all is a go at columbia pike and glebe. no the case as you head over to woodbridge and show you we have an accident. it is northbound on route 1. it is past long view drive. crews are on the scene. you want to use caution and looks like 95 northbound is congested from prince william parkway to lorton. s the the latest look at traffic. our show returns after these messages. hmmm... well... naaa... yeah!

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mercury and lead that can contaminate ground water the 3 billion batteries sold every year in the u.s. can really add up to a lot of polluted water. next time they are out of power think before you throw them in the trash. most can be recycled and maybe in the future consider buying rechargeable ones. for a list of places to recycle the batteries log on to wusa9.com and click on the liven green link. 40 years ago this week the world watched apollo 11 liftoff. and then walk on the moon and a breathtaking moment. you can relive them on-line. kristin fisher has a look. this has been a very big story on the web. it will likely stay that way until monday which is the anniversary of the actual lunar landing. over the weekend, if you have some time, i want to show you guys several sites on the web that will let you, as andrea said, kind of relive what it was like 40 years ago when nasa first put men on the moon.

my favorite site is this one. it is called we choose the moon and it is an interactive day by day reindication creation of the apollo mission and it is sponsored by the kennedy presidential library. the reason i like it so much is it gives you a great idea of how long the journey to the moon took. i also like it because of all the features on this site. you can change the few. right here you can see how far the vehicle is from the moon and you can even come down here and see where it is in its journey here at stage six. it will go all the way until monday. there is video, multimedia galleries, pictures, a lot of stuff here and again, my favorite part is the fact that you can go in and check in on it and appreciate how long it took. now, the other place to check out is sa 'snasite, nasa.gov. they have a website devoted to

all things apolo 11. get realtime replay of audio and the release of the spacecraft audio. an interactive one al l st ep website and my personal favorite would be all of those restored videos of the lunar landing that everyone has been talking about. you have to check this out. the footage looks incredible. and finally check this out. this is really cool. you have heard of google earth. look at this. we have google moon. just launched this in honor of the apollo 11 anniversary. it is really fun. i will have links to all of these sites on go fish@wusa9.com. >> really incredible. >> with the lunar orbitar going in to map the moon i bet those google moon images over the next few years will get really sharp. >> how are you? >> i'm fine. >> it is friday and muggy. >> yes. >> we finally have rain in the forecast. >> that's good. >> a dry month. only 1300 at national and things are bone dry out there.

watch out, though. we could get heavy showers and storms law enforcement officer. the forecast first in the upper 80s with scattered showers and storms. the good news is i expect much of that activity to be out of here probably by midnight. so that the weekend is much better shape. lower 80s and 84 or 85 in a couple of spots. breezy. then on sunday looking at partly to mostly sunny skies and 82 for the afternoon high. sunday over the goddard space flight center they have the model rocket launch going on. i think it starts at noon in honor of the apollo anniversary. partly cloudy a little humid. that could be an understatement in spots. 65 in the cool spot. low 80s the next few hours. winds are variable at five. partly sunny and scattered strong to severe thunderstorms this afternoon. 85 to 90. variable winds five to ten. storms could be containing gusty winds and small hail and then tonight shower and storms taper off. lows in the 60s. winds five to ten miles an

hour. this morning it is quiet. we have some cloudiness. the big showers are out to the west across parts of ohio. watch this in west virginia and southwestern virginia. this cluster is moving in this direction. maybe another six hours or so, if not less it could be on top of the metro. we will watch this by the time we head to the lunch hour and the afternoon. overnight it has been cloudy at times to partly cloudy. a quiet morning right now with a little bit of haze in the air. and thin overcast. temperatures in the middle 70s at reagan national. light southeast winds. the dew points are 70. that's why it feels so sticky outside and we have had a great summer for the most part today. not one of those days. over to the beach this afternoon, 80s to 90. water temperatures in the low 90s. southern maryland you will see some thunderstorms this afternoon. then tomorrow, everybody looks good. low to mid-80s for highs. mix of sun and clouds. sunday, another nice day out

there. temperatures in the lower 80s at the beaches and near 80 near solomons. light winds less than five on the bay. in good shape. a cluster of thunderstorms again kentucky southwestern virginia coming this way and that will give us much-needed rainfall this afternoon. here's the seven-day forecast. 88 today. 83 tomorrow. a little breezy at times. sundays looks beautiful. isolated storms and more widespread on. monday and thursday. >> time to say tgif. doesn't it feel good? >> talk about the tieups out there that could slow you down. woodbridge, route 1 past long view drive is where we have crash activity and police are on the scene. yellow and red on the maps. 15-plus minutes on 95 northbound to make it from dale boulevard to lorton. moving to the beltway and take it outside and show you the outer loop from 95 to telegraph road in virginia below speed.

back to the maps we continue to the outer loop but this time we make our way to maryland. right here at branch avenue we know that crews are out here responding to a car fire. so use caution heading out this way. sticking with realtime graphics and take it to 50 eastbound at kenilworth avenue at the off ramp is where we have crash activity that just popped up. to wrap it up, end with the outer loop and it is a crawl at that. it basically stretches from university around this area over to georgia. happy to report no incidents or accidents right here on the north side of our beltway. now, back to you. >> thank you. the dc mother charged with killing her four daughters break down in tears at her trial. the first time it has happened in a dozen court appearances for jacks she started to cry on thursday after her mother took this stand and identified pictures of jacks ' daughters the bodies of the girls ages 5 to 17 were found in jacks ' southeast home in january of

2008. jacks pleaded guilty no first- degree murder charges. virginia's transportation secretary is trying to save highway rest areas with gas stations and rest -- restaurants. they want more development at the rest areas otherwise 19 will close next week. other state rest areas are developed because they are on toll roads or were grandfathered in. a reminder on metro for the weekend, the tacoma station on the red line will be closed tomorrow from 7:00 in the morning until 7 at night. shuttle bus service will go from silver spring to fort totten. in sports the nationals listennen pitched a good game last night. the trouble is it wasn't good enough. he was chased in the 7th after an rbi single to johnson. nats lose to the cubs 6-2 and will play again tonight. tennis, mcenroe brought his team to washington and the fourth time edged out the

kastles. the final 20-19. 75 degrees here in northwest washington. ahead an update on the breaking news. pope benedict xvi hospitalized after a fall. the latest is three minutes away. i'm maggie rodriguez, coming up on the "early show," kids swinging and jumping and getting seriously injured in their own yard. how to make sure your play ground is safe for your children. and tweeting from the womb. a new invention that allows mothers to monitor their babies using twitter. the story is coming up on the "early show."

on this friday morning here's what is in the news now. pope benedict xvi is in the hospital after breaking his wrist. this is video from monday. the fall happened while the pope was on vacation in the alps. the 82-year-old pontiff is expected to be okay. a brawl between two roommates in a greenbelt apartment complex ends in a wild shootout. four people are hurt including a 12-year-old girl. the portion county police department is investigating. the district promised to make a $100 million payment to the charter schools by today. it missed a pavement earlier the week and could mean the teachers won be paid on time. a sticky morning out there. quiet right now but i expect strong thunderstorms at times starting maybe by the noon

hour. this afternoon in the upper 80s. right now 75. you are watching 9 news now.

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31st even but you can pay $10 bail to get out early. >> i can think of a weatherman i'd like to see boxed up in there. >> okay. just kidding, howard. love ya. northbound route 1. talking about traffic at long view drive. crash activity out there. crews are on the scene. jammed to lorton. 15 minutes there. and a water main break has franconia road closed between wilson and telegraph. detours in place. and 270 southbound nothing but volume i'm happy to report from among village avenue 0 the split. watch for strong storms this afternoon. nice over the weekend. low to mid-80s on saturday and isolated storms return for monday and tuesday. >> general electric just turned in better-than-expected earnings and still looking flat for the open on wall street. >> the "early show" is next. at 9:00 a.m. mind over money friday. have a great day. see you at 9:00. have a wonderful