shower i have been tracking this morning. ther since this came out ofe th wilderness area weof fr of fredericksburg is down anan the stafford oward area d angarrisonville. we will zoom in to doppler and see what is le of it. trying to cross the river ife r is vles itholds together. talk visibbecause letha little inthe inthe d d temperatures cooling overnight upf ans ewdrzeat thandrews thn ole oareas of patchydense fog. watch for that. in the weather watch for this on the roads. thank you. we are kicking off the 6:00 hour. it is wednesday, july 22nd. it will be a great day, folks. 6 eastbound, already seeing that volume build from 50 to 123. no incidents or accidents to report on this are roadway. moving over to 95 northbound. an morton. that's where we see a lot of volume setting in. like that toward the beltway but overall no major incidents to report at this time.

flying westbound on route 50 in maryland. from the bay bridge, all the way to the capital beltway. looks like you are going to find lanes wide open and tc drivers are moving at speed. we will take it to the district, inbound new york avenue. the drive through northeast. speeds are dropping from the washington times building past bladensburg road. okay from many florida avenue to the third street tunnel and to wrap it up here's 270. if you are slow from 109 to 121. a lot of volume here at germantown. over to andrea. >> thank you, angie. this morning metro is refuting the story about safety on the rails. caught in the middle all of you who ride the rails in the morning. this post reports more problems with track circuits like the one suspected in last month's deadly crash. it says problem have been found between medical center, foggy bottom, courthouse, greenbelt, fort totten. armando trull has both sides of the story. >> reporter: this is that report you were eluding to and

as you said it is not just here at the greenbelt station but metro center grove nor, courthouse and chain on the and foggy bottom and all of those tracks may have safety problems. >> an investigative story in the "washington post" suggests that metro's train control system that is suppose to prevent crashes is mall functionening across the court. half a dozen circuits on the four of the five lines have failed to properly detect trains says the post article. they say that internal document and interviews with officials indicates the problem responsible for last month's fatal crash may be widespread. this doesn't surprise the president of the union that represents metro's train operators. >> from our members, we have heard of stories such as this occurring out on the line. >> reporter: metro's -- metro's general manager angrily denied the allegations at a press

conference. >> it is a gross misstatement of the facts. it has frightened residents in the region unnecessarily so. this system is safe. >> there maybe anomalies but whether those anomalies are serious and for sure whether they are serious to the point of the signaling device malfunction at fort totten is clearly not the case. many met tree riders to be know whom to believe. >> it is hard to say because the public dunn get all the information for better or worse. so it's -- you just have to decide if it is off enough for you to take and, you know, get on the train and not think too much about it. >> and andrea, one piece of information that could go a long way to clearing up the uncertainty is the ntsb's preliminary report. there's no time line on when that report will be issued. live in greenbelt, armando trull for 9 news now and

wusa9.com. right now at wusa9.com see the entire press conference from yesterday and see more of union president jackie jeter's reaction to it. it is ofront page of wusa9.com. tonight, president obama will talk to americans in primetime. issue number one will be health care reform. in an exclusive interview, katie couric asks the president if there is any flexibility on his august deadline for a reform bill. >> i want to keep the pressure on because we are making steady progress. people are working hard. i just met with these house democrats and they were in there three hours. i could only join them an hour. i understand the senate finance committee is meeting three times today. that kind of work will produce good results. >> reporter: we'll bring you the president's news conference. watch it live tonight at 8:00 here on wusa9.com or at wusa9.com. thousands of people have gone to wusa9.com to learn more

about a health care forum in maryland. it includes a loud exchange between senator ben darden and constituents. see it for yourself by visiting the maryland news page. we should know soon if a group of high school students from our area will be released from a chinese hospital and get back to their vacation. 22 maryland and dc students are quarantined at their hotel in beijing. at least one member of the group has a confirmed case of h1n1 flu. natalie cheney is part of the group. in an interview with chinese television she says the chinese are treating all of them well. >> we have been treated well. in fact they have received american food. they have a tv. >> the group from our area is in china with the con few, institute. the purpose is for a cross cultural, change. the group will pay for any kind of extended stay for the students. governor o'malley says education is the only area which is safe from another round of budget cuts.

the free state is facing a $700 million deficit and $280 million in cuts will be approved today coming from medicaid and health care programs. o'malley says more furloughs for state workers could be possible. virginia gubernatorial candidate bob mcdonnell is laying our his plan to raise a million billion dollars for road he wants to privatize state-run liquor stores in the commonwealth and is talking able adding toll booths on 85 and 95 and wants sales taxes for road projects here. deeds has not laid out his transportation funding plan yet. jessica doyle tells us which company is saying what recession. >> love it. another record-breaking quarter for apple this time and that is because people just need to have that new iphone. that's meaning big bucks for apple. profits up 15% to $1.2 billion

in the latest quarter beating estimates. apple sold more than 5.2 million iphones in the last three months. already than seven times what it sold last year. sales of macs were on the rise, too. the only weak spot, ipod sales down 7%. starbucks swung from a loss to a profit last year year beating expectations. shares are up 11% in after- hours trading. since howard shultz returned to ceo they have closed stores renegotiated rent, reduced suppliers. weak earnings show that the recession is taking a toll on continental. they announced they are slashing 1700 job and charging more for bags. and united is cutting flights in response to fewer travelers. united will make an additional 7% cut to international flight

capacity after labor day. we will probably see fares stay low for some time to come but fees keep piling on. >> we'll all be putting our bags in the overhead bin at this rage. >> thank you. it may have a place in american history but no one wants to buy the watergate hotel. it was up for auction on tuesday. it has been vacant for two years a victim of the recession. the minimum purchase price yesterday was $25 million. no one came through monument realty lost the hotel and it is hoping to reopen it. the auction should give the bank more time to try to sell the watergate hotel. in ten minutes, marylanders learning the art of cane fu and a man who spend a decade trying to identify soldiers in the civil war. here's howard. >> we are watching a lone shower across the potomac approaching charles county.

if it holds together you may get a sprinkle but this is falling apart. let's talk temperatures amidst edlittle foged an fewreported zo viability the last hour. readingsrtin inthe lower 60s in western maryland. 63 cumberlandto 70ish here in the region down to southern maryland and this afternoon a chance of thunderstorms scattered about. temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. angie. >> thank you, howard. 270 southbound it is all about you. we are seeing traffic heavy from the shady grove area through montross road. we will take it to the beltway and show you the outer loop between 95 and georgia avenue. it is moving and although it is in virginia the inner loop at route 7 we have crash activity. that is only letting the left lane get by. stay to the right. 95 and bw parkway, no incidents or accidents to report as we head to the maps. we'll be right back after the break. the time is 6:09.

(female narrator) from jennifer: a microfiber sofa bed for just $299, only at jennifer. $299. jennifer: the only place to buy a sofa bed. time for today's hero central update. an early congratulations to chrissina her better. she will be recognized as allstate's volunteer of the work. she works clarksburg, maryland and will present a $500,000 check to heartily house, a charity. kristin here has the tail of another local hero. >> this is a national parks service ranger. 145 years ago this month.

40 union soldiers died here in dc during washington's only civil war battle the battle of fort stevens they were buried 0 then battleground which became battleground national cemetery and there a parks ranger made a discovery that would change his life and the lives of the 40 men forever. >> just off of georgia avenue in northwest washington, the ranger walks in to one of the smallest cemeteries in the entire park service, battleground national cemetery. >> literally we are standing on the battlefield. if it wasn't for these men right here dc might have fallen. so this is extremely hallowed ground. >> reporter: their names have been carved in stone for more than a century but ranger ron began to question the names ten years ago. >> when i started to read the head stones i wanted to find out more about these men. i knew they were killed during the battle but that's all we

knew. knife head stones gave me problems the names weren't adding up. >> reporter: the past decade he has been researching records, trying to find out who really died during the battle of fort stevens. >> i would wake up at 3:00 in the morning, what about this guy, i drove my co-workers nuts. >> reporter: but last summer his work paid off. >> i was able to find out who these men were. >> they were corporal edward garvin, thomas mcentire, private kennedy and richard castle. >> finally have them recognized. i got weepily when they played taps. little weepy now. so, yeah. hopefully they will rest in peace. their stories, their lives, their names will never be forgotten again. >> so what's next for ranger ron? well, he says the next mission is to find the descendents of those recently identified soldiers and tell them what

their ancestors did during the civil war and i tell you the man never stops. hopefully it will not take as long to notify the descendents. >> pretty long gap so it could be hard but maybe somebody else will join in his quest. >> slaughtly. >> thank you. here's what is in the news now. norad is wrapping up overnight training exercises in the skies over washington. it is part of the regular training which goes on over our area. last night -- a woman is in critical condition after this crash near damascus, maryland. police say a landscaping truck hit a van. the driver of the van died. check this out. it is the longest solar eclipse of the 21st century. we didn't see it here this morning but millions of people in india and china had a chance to see it. >> five minutes in totality.

usually two or three minute but five minute one is impressive. >> i heard a superstition they thought that lion or dragon was coming and gobbling up the sun. some people believed it. >> we believe differently. >> each his own. >> people have different superstitions. >> we ha enbewatching a shower out of virginia. as it got to e thenriver it sai done. so charles county not going to make it. next three days like this, in the 80s with a chance of thunderstorms. 7 today. isolated storms and more widespread tomorrow and 86 might be cooler than that and on friday we are in the upper 80s with highs 87 expected with a chance of thunderstorms lessening on friday afternoon. this morning, partly cloudy and isolated shower has fallen apart. 60s and 70s with light winds. patches of fog, though. watch for that. sunny with a few clouds. warm, thunderstorm is possible

this afternoon. 84 to 88. and then tonight, still a stray shower not out of the question. 66 to 73 degrees. here the fog situation that i have been talking able. andrews air force base, southern prince georges county zero miles viable. a quarter mile on the eastern shore. three quarters in culpeper. up to one and three quarters in manassas and pockets of patchy dense fog and cumberland three quarter mile visibility but looking good in southern maryland. showers, well we had some last night. locally two inches across carroll county, baltimore county and eastern frederick county but most of us did not see the rain and a lone shower that has fallen apart to our south. there are clouds this morning, not really. it is hazy outside. i was outside on the terrace and could see a star or two but a thick morning with dew points in the upper 60s and relative humidity at 88%. we have the readings with the fog. 64 andrews. 70 at the naval air station in

patuxent river. 73 reedville. good morning, jan, 70 in fredericksburg. she calls in and tells me about the bay. it is nice down there. look at all the rain in the midwest. that area of low pressure will shoot off to the north and the east. it will not be impacted by it tomorrow but as it trails this front closer to us for friday, or thursday, excuse me for thursday and then that will enhance our storm chances but by friday we will reduce the chances as it pulls away. here's the seven-day forecast. 87 this afternoon. an isolated storm or two. a few more storms tomorrow and 86. by friday back to 87 with isolated storm chance. hot on saturday. i think we poke up to the lower 90s and sunday thunderstorms with upper 80s. we sit at 70 degrees at 6:17. here's the traffic. >> thank you very much, howard. hello, everyone. welcome to wednesday morning. thanks for joining us early. we begin with a beltway alert on the inner loop at route 7 an accident there only letting one

lane get by. we have an ambulance on the scene and police crews. expect delays if you are traveling the inner loop in this area. we will keep you updated and let you know when lanes are wide open. to 95 northbound we take it outside and show you a 16- minute commute. drivers are below speed between the prince william parkway and lorton. going back to the maps we will show you 50. zoom in and going westbound from the bay bridge through bow by to the beltway. all lanes are open right now and drivers are moving at speed. back outside to 270 southbound from germantown to monroe road. that's where we are finding drivers below speed here. no incidents or accidents and metro riders, if you use the red line, we are going back to the graphics and show you to glenmont we are delayed because of a previous train malfunction outside of the new york avenue station. that's the latest look at trains and traffic. now over to andrea. >> thank you. having to use a cane can make some elderly people feel n bfea otw orniseons

eastern shore. adeastern shore. the headline in sae "u today" a cane is a weapon, not a crutch in self defense. lauren ashburn has more on the story from salisbury, maryland. we see something like this in movies but this is serious. >> it is serious. there is a man from nevada and he started a program for seniors to teach them to use a cane in self defense and his thought is if you feel empowered you will be empowered and you will be able to fight off attackers if there is ever a case of that. we are looking at video of the class that he teaches across the country. if you are interested in more about this you can go to cane masters.com but some have graduated from walkers to canes and they teach them the best place to hit is the elbow, knee and shin and teach you to do it. what you don't realize is that you can stop an attack by appearing to fight back. this isn't like you are really going to hurt somebody. >> they don't want to deal with any resistance and the problem

is seniors are vulnerable to attacks because people think they are weak. >> actually one of the people that took the course said, you know what, i don't use my cane regularly. but now i am going to take it with me just in case so that i can use it as that sort of potential block to something like this. >> any of the people in the course, have they had to use it an come back with positive results. >> no but they all say the people we talk to say they feel empowered and that they feel it is just a sense of self defense that they now have. and what i really thought was interesting is that people are grotting from walkers to canes. >> i lake that. >> and so the other way. gives them that feeling. >> you can read more about it in "usa today." thank you, lauren. our time is 6:20. ahead see what happened at nationals park last night that's never been done there before. but first it is the signs of now. president obama has granted former vice president dick cheney an extension on his

secret service detail. mr. cheney requested it. according to the roles, how long does mandatory secret service protection last for former vice presidents? it is one month, three months or six months? if you think you know the answer find out if you are correct when we come back. fab@

back with the signs of now. >> former vice president dick cheney will get an extension on his secret service detail. he asked president obama for it and got it. according to the rules how long does mandatory secret service protection last for former vice presidents is it one month, three months or six months? the answer is six months. former presidents get a maximum of ten years after leaving office. in sports the nationals finally get a win for interim manager jim riggleman and an impressive one against the mets. it got scary the third. david wright hit a ball to center but check out this catch to get the out and end the inning. starter jonathonen turned out a brilliant performance and earned his first career shutout and the first ever at nationals park. the nats blank the mets 4-0.

baltimore was in new york last night visiting the yankees. the this third a-rod hits a bases loaded sing off of rich hill. two runs scoor. 0s lose 6-4. the mystics are in the middle of the eastern conference this year. they went this to last night's game against indiana with a 7-6 record. catching celebrated her 30th birthday with 28 points and ten boards. the mystics 82-70. dc hosts chicago tomorrow. dc united taking on the rhinos last night at the soccer lex. in the 82nd minute, he gets the rebound and the goal. dc wins 2-1 and moves on to the u.s. open cup finals. in ten minutes, details on a big job fair today. find out how to join in. and a new fallout this morning and it is not good news for the president. we will breait down. live from brinbound new yor

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rise and shine time for the shuttle crew. a six and a half hour pace walk is planned. we hope we are getting you up with a good wakeup call this morning. thank you for starting your wednesday with us. i'm andrea roane. howard is live on the weather terrace with the forecast. >> watching the low cloud and fog. and the chat atsawum. co co toatmesawu m.co come to my tae arare talking ash the weat we had showers are are falling apart. fog got better last time we checked. andrews air force base is a quarter mile. three quarters of a mile in culpeper. -- culpeper and patchy dense fog. watch . th atmp rnr mornening a llpu

aw we. 't dedllon away. weto talk tok al about with readings in the low 60s. we sit at 70 in washington went a temperatures expected to get to the mid to upper 80s with an isolated thunderstorm chance. angie is inside here at 6:30. what's the traffic. >> thank you so much, howard if you follow me on twitter oh my goff is my name you'll get my traffic updates including the inner loop situation at route 7. i want to let you know the accident has been pushed to the right shoulder. low from 50 to 66 and still approaching that scene. what what we are looking at right now is 66 eastbound. nothing but volume from 50 over to the capital beltway. this just in. at u.s. 1 heading northbound before the fairfax county parkway is a restaurant of new crash activity. in maryland the outer loop fine from 95 to georgia. we are filling out a bit. here's a shot.

heavy from shady grove to montross. that's a look at traffic. now over to you. president obama will take his case for health care reform straight to us on the. he will hold a primetime news conference at 8:00. speaking with katie couric, the president laid out his three key points for a reform bill. number one, let's make sure this package provides more choices to the american people, give them more security if they have a preexisting condition or they lose their job or they are changing jobs. it has to be deficit neutral. it can't add to our deficits and it has to bring long-term costs down. >> reporter: again, the press conference is tonight at 8:00. you can watch it here on wusa9.com or on wusa 9. the president is facing a challenge from moderate democrats on captiol hill including virginia freshman congressman gerald connelly. he is opposed to taxes on the

rich to pay for the reform saying there has to be other options. >> the insurance industry for example has put a dime of identified savings on the table yet. the hospitals and pharmacies have but not the insurance companies a all. >> reporter: the district in northern virginia is among the richest in the nation. president obama promises of d an change maybe getting mired down. i think the country is headin in the wrong direction ad according to an associated press gfk poll out today. 54% of us think we are going the wrong way up up 46% around e al mori day and 44% in april and the same as mothe last days of the previous administration. virginia's governor tim kaine is expected to call for a special legislative session today. the associated press reports the issue is a u.s. supreme court ruling that is causing problems for virginia

prosecutors. the ruling requires forensic examiners to be available in court for cross-examination and drug cases. previously only sworn affidavits were required. meanwhile, new documents show governor kaine's travel is on the rise. the "washington post" reports he spent half of the days in june traveling outside of the area on business. a disturbing report in today's "washington post" for people who ride tro. accusations of more problems like the one which led to last month's deadly crash. but metro is firing back. digital correspondent, armando trull is live at the greenbelt station with the story. >> good morning. >> the washington post story says there are problems on the track circuit at the greenbelt line and not just greenbelt, they also say metro center, grovesnor and foggy bomb and

claire on the stations have similar problems the "washington post" article says the same problem that caused the fatal crash is widespread and many portions of track on four of the system's five lines are failing to detect trains. a gross exaggeration of the facts says metro's top man. >> the reports you have are not true. >> reporter: the president of the union that represents the train operators agrees with that the system is safe, but disagrees on the big picture. >> he's not looking at the whole picture. i think something else is going on out there and because of information that we have received we know that this is not an isolated incident. and i'd like for them to look in to it and let us know what is going on completely. >> reporter: many of the people who use metro have the same concerns. >> anyone who ride the trains knows there is some problem still going on just by the volume of people on each train and how many times it gets off

loaded. so i think it needs to be taken care of and done so quickly. >> one piece of information that could clear up doubt about how safe the metro system is the ntsb preliminary report on last month's fatal crash but there is no time line on when that report will be issued. live if greenbelt, armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. there could be a new investigation involving councilman marion barry if one of his colleagues gets her way. right now the investigation involves barry's use of taxpayer money to employ a girlfriend. woulder is also questioning his role in securing $300,000 in earmarks for nonprofits. the head of the nonprofit is accused of misusing the funds. barry denies any wrongdoing. time for another living smart report. jessica doyle is back with an up a date on the president's

auto task work force. >> the bailouts are getting panned by member of the republican and democratic party. we saw the blow back at a subcommittee on captiol hill. the head of the white house auto task force was there. lamar smith had one of the toughest statements calling the government led bankruptcy reorganizations par of a war on calism. bloom note the bailout saved the companies as well as hundreds of thousands of jobs. two leaders in blow by blow coverage of washington politics are getting together. the roll call group acquired the washington quarterly for an undisclosed price. this job fair is for you if you speak glish and spanish. 12 employers are expected to meet with 2,000 b job seekers a b rsiteny joal di

fair. they ceer, vi s viiran irs and wachovia and it is aimed at people who are fluent in two or more languages. it is held at 1900 north ft. myer drive in arlington. it might sound good for you to ease your commute but some groups are protesting plans to make 270 wider. they say it will only encourage sprawl and encourage more traffic. they want more to be done to build mass transit between shady grove and metro. a story we told you about is making nationwide attention. in five minutes the sharp reaction to a health care forum by cardin. >> just got a call with a little fog and that's the case out there. some areas patchy dense fog and others the haze and low clouds. temperature-wise generally in the 60s.

alough culpeper is 59 so has winchester and a lot of 60s out there. comfortable and 70 fredericksburg. look at highs in the mid to upper 80s with an isolated thunderstorm or two. and yes the muggies are back. how about virginia roads? here's angie. >> we have been monitoring them throughout the morning and begin with 395 to show you the volume we are dealing with here. northbound duke to seminary we are slow crossing the 14th street bridge and tracking delays if you switch over to 66 eastbound from 550 to the beltway we are full. and some good news on the inner loop going to the realtime graphics at rut 7, that accident has cleared but the delays have not. below speed from 50 up to 66 on that part of the beltway. 6:39. happy wednesday, everyone. our show will be right back after these messages. fab@fab@

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sunny like this, an isolated thunderstorm and 87. scattered thunderstorms tomorrow. i think the activity will be more so tomorrow than yesterday, today or friday. and friday back to the upper 80s and a chance of an thoorsune rmis afternoon thunderstorm. this morning partly ou . the isolated shower as fallen apart. 60s and 70s out there. a couple of spots have gotten up to 59. generally light winds this morning. they will be southeast at ten miles an hour this afternoon with thunderstorm possible. 84 to 88. average high is 89. still doing all right. partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. isolated shower and 66 to 73 degrees. our visibilities this morning keeps bumping up and down. andrews back down to zero miles visibility. thick fog there. quarter mile in culpeper. that's dropped from the last time we checked. seven miles in town. four in dulles, two in fredericksburg and two and a half in cumberland. watch out in spots but the next couple of hours the fog situation will improve. some showers last night.

did you see them in northern maryland, eastern, frederick, carroll to baltimore county. locally two inches from that. but the rest of the map is a quiet one. as we look at the time lapse you will see looks like high clouds at times but this morning the haze and low clouds a little fog out there. not the prettiest morning. temperatures in the even 70 degrees with calm winds at reagan national and the relative humidity is high at 88%. warm spots are southern maryland and low 70s at saint indigos. winchester and culpeper down to 59. 63. fredericksburg 66. low pressure pulling through new england. we have this moisture keeping things unsettled there. the next system to the west to western tennessee with moisture in to indiana. this will afc us more tomorrow. in between the two systems no real kicker. that's why today an isolated thunderstorm but as that gets

closer a better chance of thunderstorms especially in the afternoon and evening. let's look at the seven-day forecast. taking you through the weekend. 87 this afternoon. thursday, tomorrow, will be in the mid-80s an maybe even cooler than that if we get enough cloud cover earlier in the day. by friday we dry out. saturday hot, mainly dry and 92. sunday and a chance of thunderstorms still warm with a chance of an isolate thunderstorm possible. 13 before the hour. good morning, angie. >> that's right. 7:00, so close. we will help you get there. let's start with a fly of 95 northbound where we have a bit of congestion. looking at 16 minutes from the prince william parkway to lorton. moving along and taking you outside. we will show you 395 northbound. where from duke to seminary we are crawling along. that's just volume. on the outer loop, our next shot for you from 95 to new hampshire avenue, looks like that delay is starting to grow. the inner loop is doing fine. 270 southbound, tracking that

slow ride stretching from shady grove to montross road. you are okay. no incidents approaching the split. and finally end with a metro alert for you. red line delayed to glenmont because of a train malfunction situation. that has been resolved but we are dealing with the remnants of that activity. now over to andrea. loudoun county is one step closer to having its own m. fessional baseball t county leaders gave approval to a new lldenevelopment it will g routes 28 and 7 near the dulles town center. right now the area is open space but the mix-used complex is slated to include a 5500 seat stadium. an independent atlantic team would go there. they say the ballpark will host more than that. >> some tournaments, baseball tournaments coming to the county, the opportunity for loudoun county high schools to hold their graduation ceremonies in the county opposed to going to fairfax.

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an below speed and you are backing up. don't worry we have music to get you there across the 14th street bridge. take you outside, a shot of the capitol in the haze. some f out there as well but the clouds are low. it will burn off in the next couple of hours but a pretty shot. no music for you but let's get you going with the seven-day forecast, mid to upper 80s with a chance of a thunderstorm. better chance tomorrow an then we dry out as we head to the weekend. hot on saturday and a couple more on sunday. >> futures trading currently looking better for wall street but more earnings reports are due out and bare naked ladies has a children's album out now. >> them i know. >> that and cup cakes t. >> the "early show" is next. they will have more on the president's health care push and glen a lawsuit against sam roethlisberger. >> the anatomy of evil author. and kim martucci's q