smart. more than 18 1/2 years after his disappearance the remains of the first u.s. serviceman to die in the gulf war has been identified. good morning. i'm audrey barnes. andrea has the day off. howard is here with weather and angie will have the traffic. we will begin with howard this morning. >> good morning. a lot quieter weather to start the workweek thea than the last few days. not expecting isolated tornadoes or much in the way of thunderstorm activity. a slim chance with rain chances lessan%. te20sa satellite and radar. some storms off the east coast in to florida and another batch across northern michigan, wisconsin approaching chicago. if you are flying through o'hare or midway later on you may have some delays as that it gehetscloser to . us

temperature-wise lower 70s in town. 59 in oakland. some 60s culpeper to charlottesville. in the upper 80s today with partly sunny to mostly sunny skies and code yellow moderate air quality. good morning, angie goff. >> hello, everybody. welcome back from the weekend. happy monday to you. take a camera tour to get your traffic. 270 at 121. no delays to the split. we will glance at the capital beltway. happy to report the inner and outer loop are free flowing past new hampshire. in virginia, 95 northbound. nice, quiet commute so far. no incidents or accidents. moving on to 395. early morning volume around the duke street area but okay approaching the 14th street bridge. and 66 eastbound. your commute is clear from gainesville, centreville and beyond. audrey, over to you. more than 18 years after his plane went down on the first night of the gulf war, the pentagon has confirmed the

recovery of michael scott speicher's remains. since that night in january of 1919, his family and friends have pushed the military for answers. >> i'm glad for the family they finally found closure, painful though it may be. >> reporter: reaction from tom brooks, retired admiral. as the navy says remains found in iraq have been positively identified as scott speicher it. >> is essential for our men to know they are not going to be left behind. >> reporter: the two decade search for scott speicher has not gone without critics from family, friends and lawmakers. he was shot down on the first night in the gulf war. the navy changed his status from killed to s missing ti on and then missing to

captured. you nay remember the erwere alleged sightings of spiker and his initials carved in to an iraqi prison. >> i wondered is there a cruel prank, a cruel joke. >> i'd like to say hello to my wife joanne and megan. i love you anmi >>. e reporter: the 3 looking back rear admiral brooks says losing one of their own on his watch is the hardest part of his job. >> i strongly empathize with the squadron and air group commander who written letters and have had to told the spiker family of what happened. it is a very, very difficult thing to do. >> reporter: 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> the navy has learned from witnesses that a bed win tribe in the area buried scott speicher's body. new this morning, the

celebration of the new g.i. bill the law takes effect this month and in a few hours, president obama will join bill sponsor jim webb to mark the occasion. 9 news now digital correspondent armando trull is live from george mason university with more. >> reporter: audrey, good morning. all of the men and women who went in to harms way after 2001 will have an opportunity to have their bachelors degree paid for courtesy of uncle sam. the greatest expansion of benefits since ' 44 and as you mentioned later this morning president obama and senator jim webb, the lawmaker who sponsored the legislation will be here to mark the occasion. the post 9/11 g.i. bill is the largest expansion of veteran beth benefits since world war ii. it gives military vets a chance to get a free education as well

as allowances for white housing and text books. >> that will provide the cost of education and i can focus on my family and making sure their needs are met. >> reporter: jim webb sponsored the bill on his first day in office almost two years ago. >> i know the history of the legislation was, i know the level of benefits in the past and before i even decided to run for office, i effete there was an equity issue here. >> it has a yellow ribbon component. service members who wanted to attend a private school are available for additional help at private institutions. audrey, there are thousands of eligible service members and vets in the metro dc area and hopefully they will take advantage of this opportunity to advance their military careers or transition in to civilian life. armando trull for 9 news now

and wusa9.com. time for the first "living $mart" report of the morning. jessica doyle is off this week but there are plenty of business and consumer headlines this morning. the markets in asia started off the month with mixed results. stocks in tokyo and sing spore fell and the hang seng made a gain. in the european markets are expected to drop or stay flat. the dow gained 17 on friday to close at 9171 an the nasdaq dropped five and the s&p climbed a fraction. white house officials are not ruling out the possibility of raising taxes to reduce the trillion dollar deficit and fund health care reform plan. timothy geithner says the deficit must be reduced for the economy to prosper long term and economic council director larry summers says funding maybe found to pay for overhauling the health care system. the president's economic team

says the administration will work with congress to extend unemployment benefits. the white house says it will suspend the cash for clunkers program if the senate doesn't approve another $2 billion for the plan this week. the house approved additional funding on friday. the percent pool could already be gone. just two weeks in to the program. we will have more "living $mart" news in our next half hour. today we may learn whether it was about tornado that tore through part of maryland yesterday. some people in cecil county are convinced a twister hit their neighborhood. the storm downed a bunch of trees at a mobile home community in elkton. >> i was in my living room and looked out the front door and saw tree limbs spinning in a circle. looked like a tornado to me and it sounded like the house got tore up. >> reporter: if the damage was from a tornado it would be the third confirmed this weekend. the national weather service hadetermined that tornadoes

hit late friday in frederick and carroll county. prince georges county police are looking for suspects in the shoongof four people. the shooting happened yesterday morning in district heights near the 6700 block of atwood street. police say none of inthe victim appear to have life-threatening injuries. they are trying to determine a motive. a delta plane never made it off the runway at reagan national airport. the jet's engine failed as pilots were trying to take off on sunday. rescuers rushed firefighting equip out as a precaution but the crew and passengers got off the plane safely and were put on another jet bound for jfk airport. a scramble is underway to find three americans believed to be detained in iran. the story is coming up. plus, a man survives a shark attack. thanks to the coast guard and the equipment on board his fishing boat. plus, your kids phys-ed class appears to be painful and

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in the news now, alternate lost nine troops this weekend in afghanistan including three americans. the u.s. soldiers died yesterday in a road side bomb attack, and this morning a remit-controlled bomb targeting a police convoy killed 12 people in western afghanistan. the embassy in teheran is trying to learn more about three detained hikers in iran. they reportedly contacted a friend in turkey to say they wandered over the border and had been surrounded by troops. switzerland represented them since 30 years ago. 56-year-old man was fishing off the louisiana coast when a shark bit him on the foot. he faces expensive surgery but

will probably not lose his foot. they say marine boat helped to alert rescuers. what's on the web this morning an odd collection of news from space. that's coming up. plus, wicked weather hit neighbors this weekend. hope things are better today. >> a weak front is pushing through this morning. i will let you know what that means for today and the rest of the week when 9 news now returns. with the roll, pain's under control.

cleanup will be the first thing on the agenda for many folks in haverford, pennsylvania. severe storms knocked out power to thousands in pennsylvania and central new jersey. the heavy rain and wind caused flash flooding which created sinkholes. residents who lived there for decades say the water has never been that high even when they got hit by a tropical system. >> we are lucky the system came through earl by before the heat oaf the day. the front will dry us our and rain chances will be slim. i will put it in there as a just in case but tonight, tomorrow, i think we will be generally rain-free. but on wednesday things will pick up. the next three days, heating

up, as well. upper 80s to near 90. tomorrow 92 and that's reagan national temperature. we have 95 perhaps in our warmest spots to the south. on wednesday, as a front gets closer to us in the afternoon a chance of thunderstorms with high temperatures still above e . rk0-dmare this morning call it partly cloudy and muggy. 60s out there to 70s. winds, many areas are calm to the west at five. a light wind morning. partly to mostly sunny and quiet warm this afternoon. 85 to 90 with a northwesterly wind five to ten and sunset 17. isolated evening thunderstorm and i mean really isolated evening thunderstorm. otherwise partly cloudy and 66 to 74. south winds at 5:00. some warm stuff in southern maryland. mid-70s now. pa tux sen river, cambridge, 72. 66 manassas. culpeper 63. not out of the question we have one or two patches of fog and

otherwise winchester and hagerstown this morning 71. we sit at 72. north winds at seven. it is 75 in newland. had a quiet weekend there. 67 and dew point -- bill calls in every day for us, and washington in northern neck. a front off the east coast. we are watching another thing and this will affect travelers today. look at the showers and storms approaching milwaukee, madison and des moines, as well. i expect chicago to be impacted by this. and for us, look one front here and another front there. we have high pressure in control. we will be in god shape. we will watch these thunderstorms as they get a little closer to us. it's not out of the question that tomorrow afternoon we bubble up an isolated storm but for the most part the next couple of days are going to be pretty quiet around here. here's the seven-day forecast. upper 80s to near 90 today.

low to mid-90s in a few spots tomorrow. by wednesday, thunderstorm thunderstorms in the afternoon and as we head to the second half of the workweek mid to upper 80s with a chance of a storm. here's your traffic. a reminder i'm simulcast casting live at wusa9.com from my blog. hop on in. let's chat. in virginia. 95 northbound to the beltway mutualing without incident. take it up to 395 northbound. seeing a good amount of volume on this monday as drivers make their way from duke to the 14th street bridge. on 66 eastbound it is a clear drive outside and inside the beltway and speaking of 495. here it is in maryland. giving this drive a hums up and 50 westbound from the bay bridge to the beltway, finding drivers nothing but at speed. audrey, over to you energy the

living well headlines, researchers discovered a new strain of the virus that causes aids. doctors town it in a woman from a nation of cameroon in africa. it appears closely related to a form of hiv found wild gorillas. the previously flown strains were linked to chimpanzees. george injuries in pe classes have jumped 150%. the most lakely students who get injure ready in middle school. some include volleyball, basketball, soccer, gymnastics and running. it is 5:18. for a look at what's hot on the web let's check in with kristin fisher. >> there are quite a few stories about space making waves on this web this morning and two are a little bit odd. one has to do with body . odor and the other bad breath. fa st to spoil your bak t.t you have to is ou thwh isout.

whas t la" ledt it week it leaked that a nepaja se astronaut on d arbothe ar dntethational space station ha'tding cs e hil diha cune s hn entire month. nodo th isdo this hes ha he has bad hygiene, thank goodness but in the name of scienc tes g wainstwas testing erdend aredsign r offonderwear designed for a d o t trip to mars. they are flame erki bacteria killing g and water neabtovenever told any crew members. after landing the astronaut said, i wore it for a moh ntand my station crew members never complained so i think the f nte. nt juinst just fine. tras thght right there. and this sty or tuis lyalthe ly to sitracte site ala.ace t is isrepaapntly obsessed with eliminated nateing bad pasmells pa space. they say bad breath is enough to fail to to enteinese spch

inese space program. they say any bad body odor will netive lyaffect the guea in shuttle evand shuttle and even if an astronaut candidate smells good and performed perfecy t isno like the eseat no like the ea idof hee r husband going in to space he will not be allowed to become an astronaut, how crazy is that an astronaut's wife will have the final say. >> i think body odor is big enough reason to keep them out of space in my book. >> i wouldn't want to be on the space station if they had body odor. >> good thing the experiment with the underwear worked because that would have been a bad thing. the nationals find their way back a w and the redskins training camp. we will have details coming up

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turning to sports the nationals broke a four-game losing streak, defeating the pirates yesterday in pittsburgh. josh willingham put the nats up early with a two-run homer. the nationals win 5-3. tiger is the 2009 buick open champion. he claimed the title yesterday in michigan. that's his fourth tournament title this year. greg finished second. michael phelps won his fifth gold medal at the gold aquatic championships in rome. he helped the u.s. win a 400- meter medley in record time. phelps was named outstanding male swimmer. today the redskins begin the first full week of training camp. right now the biggest concern is the offensive line. so far the front line defenders have beening is -- having their

way with the players that hope to protect campbell. they add all pro haynesworth to the fourth best defense. >> there is reason for the scrutiny and criticism where we ended up last year but we take it to heart and made us work that much harder during the off and preseason. everybody is focused on the improvements we have to make. >> we can't wear out. our starters have to play 16 -- 16 games and playoffs. phillip daniels tearing an acl on the first day of the camp. he feared he may never play again but his weight lifting regimen helped him to return to playing form. >> for me two years i had to test my knee out and make sure it was ready. i had to go out and push on

somebody and felt great. as the day goes by, level of confident dense is there an i can play. >> you can see and hear more from skins training camp at wusa9.com. our page features uncut interviews and blogs. today, president obama is marking the expansion of the veterans benefits in northern virginia. that story cois coming up. plus, higher taxes are on the way for people who live, work and shop in the district. and more taxpayer money maybe funneled in the cash for clunkers program to keep it from stalling out. wake up, it is monday, everybody. we will have a great workweek. we are traveling eastbound on the dulles toll road to tysons corner. you are doing fine. the traffic in realtime coming up when we return.

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local university. welcome back, everyone. i'm audrey barnes. thanks for joining us this morning. angie will have the traffic for you in just a moment but first we have to get you out the door. howard has the forecast. >> no real problems today. it's looking good as far as weather is concerned. a little humidity this morning. in fact, this afternoon should be warm but not too humid and tomorrow we will get in to heat, as well. show you what is happening. we had storms yesterday morning and isolated ones in the afternoon down south. but a quiet with thareadgs in tcth e inadgs in the an70s and 70s d nd atin land ryat d an 7275. 72the bay bain annapolis. jan in reedville said it is nice and 76 there and 66 from manassas and 69 winchester. partly sunny to mostly sunny today. quite warm, slim chance of a thunderstorm. highs in the upper 80s. 72 degrees. here's your traffic. good morning. thank you very much.

hello, everybody. we are half way through the 5:00 hour and we have a wonderful live shot 270 southbound live from 121. no issues to report to the split. mapping things out on 95 then the parkway it is smooth sailing. in virginia things are quilling out early here on 395 northbound. tracking head lights making the way to seminary. and wrap with a drive through northeast dc. a good amount of volume from the washington times building to bladensburg road. okay florida avenue to the third street tunnel. over to you. the biggest expansion of the g.i. bill since world war ii takes effect this month and president obama is marking the morning in northern virginia. armando trull is live at george mason university with more. armando? for all the men and women who went in to warm days it is

great news because now their degree will be picked up courtesy of uncle sam. every man and woman who currently wears a military uniform or served in the armed services in the past will have a chance at free tuition for a bachelors tree at a public university. this is great news for vets who have had to strug until the past. >> some nights i don't sleep because i wonder how i will pay my electric and phone bills or the next set of tuition. >> better late than never is the way i look at it. >> it provides housing and text book allowances also. it is the largest expansion of veteran benefits since world war ii says the bill's sponsor. >> we're not done yet but this is a huge step. >> reporter: the measure provides additional financial assistance for those who want to attend a private university. >> reporter: and there are thousands of eligible servicemen and women in the dc area and they will hopefully

take advantage of this great program that will allow them to further their military careers or advance in civilian life. armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. the cause of death has not been determined for a congressman's wife who died in northern virginia. lou young was married to dawn young. the 67-year-old was found dead at their great falls home. so far it appears she died of natural causes. in addition to the ram, young is survived by two daughters and 14 grandchildren. we expect some answers this week concerning the devastating fire at the home of former dc school board president. firefighters were helpless to do anything but watch as her house 0 on chain bridge road burned down. the reason low water pressure meant less water from nearby fire hydrants. they are trying to figure out why the pressure was so low and

they should issue a report later this week. today, dc mayor fenty and police chief kathy lanier will kick off national night out. it is part of an effort to combat crime. the mayor will give some details about a $12 million grant to expand community policing. the dc council has voted to increase the district's sales, gasoline and cigarette taxes. they come after cuts were made to every agency. one of the biggest opponents of tax increases on the council voted for it. >> i'm generally opposed to the sales tax as an instrument because of its regressive nature. i would have preferred a tax on the highest level of incomes, the millionaires tax. >> reporter: dc sales tax now stands at 6%. that's the same as maryland. virginia's sales tax is still 5%. well, just in time for back to school, virginia shoppers

can save with tax-free shopping days. starting on friday, shoppers at virginia stores will be exempt from the 5% sales tax on supplies up to $20 and clothing and shoes priced up to $100. the annual tax holiday ends august 9th. dc and maryland cancelled their tax free days because of budget short falls. at 5:35, it is time for another living smart report. the popular program offering new car buyers big rebates for old gas guzzlers maybe screeching to a halt. the program is out of money and needs more from congress. the obama administration believes the program is one more way to help the economy on the road to recovery. susan roberts reports. >> reporter: the cash for clunkers program could be heading to the exit ramp. the obama administration says the program is out of money and will be suspended unless congress approves $2 billion

this week. the program has already gone through a billion dollars leading to the sale of $250,000 vehicles. owners of gas -- guzzlers can receive rebates to the purchase of a new fuel efficient car. they say it the program helped to boost sales the first time in two years. the house has approved the new money and now it is up to the senate but some republicans may try to block it. >> we estimated it would cost 1 billion and now they are saying $2 billion more. >> the role of the federal government is not to run the auto business. >> the administration's top money men think the economy maybe headed to a turn around. >> if you look at economic impact over the next six months it is likely to start to increase. >> reporter: former federal reserve chairman alan greenspan thinks the worst is behind us. >> i'm pretty sure we have already seen the bottom. >> reporter: he says job losses

will continue but believes it could change in 2010. >> unemployment will start to come down the beginning of the second half of next year. cash for clunkers and other stimulus programs are aimed to ease unemployment unemployment susan roberts, cbs news, walk. jessica doyle is off this week but she has left us a money saving tip of the day. this is good for your wallet and heal if u yohave health insurance h check to see if your policy will subsidize gym membership fees. many u insurers will pay $20 a month if you go a anymore nt number of times that works out to 40 a a year. for more money-saving tips go to wusa9.com and click on living smart. the effort to balance california's budget generates one idea that is sure to go up

in smoke. plus, the feds say a company that makes skin products didn't go far enough with a safety recall. beltway blues. a couple of reports of an accident. the first at route 4, pennsylvania. the sec at the inner loop at 95 and maryland. i will have things that can low you down when 9 news now returns.

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the pentagon confirms it has found the remains of navy pilot scott speicher. he was listed as missing for 18 years after his plane was shut down on the first night of 1991's gulf war. the pentagon says it appears he died in the plane crash. u.s. marshals have raided a plan in utah which makes anti- nairobiial products. all the products have been seized. they found harmful bacteria. a partial recall in june didn't go far enough. the bug crisis in california has led to an unusual idea to raise revenue. the marijuana policy project is running an ad that claims that legalizing the drug and taxing the sales could raise $1.4 billion a year. medical marijuana is legal in california. well, many people are sick of twitter.

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some fire houses are sitting empty. the county used to have paid career firefighters. dave statter has the story. the bells were ringing in the capitol heights fire station. >> right now there are no firefighters in the fire house. >> thank you that's ridiculous. >> two firefighters and an ambulance truck sit in the station but the equipment didn't leave the fire house for a half dozen emergencies. this is the first day the paid firefighters were removed as a part of a staffing plan in prince georges county. >> inofficial. >> reporter: county fire chief said for weeks can considering budget constraints he thinks it is more efficient. he believes there are too many fire stations too close

together. >> in chillum this one has no ambulance but a staffed station a mile to the east in sea pleasant. >> no, we need this one open. >> reporter: go another direction from capitol heights and a larger gap. a mile to the use there used to be a fire house but the volunteer department went bankrupt and was shut down a decade ago. here to the south and west of the capitol height station is a volunteer fire department. paid career staffing was removed on nights and weekends and today it failed to respond on fire and ambulance calls. >> there's no reason why in this community we should have 100 people lined up to volunteer. >> reporter: last thursday the mayor called for citizens to join the ranks of the 16 current volunteers. on sunday, they were unable to respond to emergency calls, they sent dispatchers and firefighters and ambulances

that were not very close. >> he needs to get on his job. >> the capitol heights stations had volunteers to run calls for seven hours and last night they had staffing for an engine but not the ambulance. dave statter's blog focuses on firefighting and ems stories from here and around the country. check out statter 911 at wusa9.com. i know you are probably packing up the lunch trying to figure out what to take as you head out the door. good weather we hope. >> pretty good weather, find a shade tree because will be on the warm side. i posted the full report. you can read the details at my blog at wusa9.com. yesterday while we have the rain i was at the legg mason tennis tournament. it is pretty impressive audrey knows in in spite of of the rain, how quickly they can get it going and they had tennis

and the big tournament starts tomorrow. so go and check it out. the next few days upper 80s but not too bad. i think any thunderstorm chances will be 10%, i mean even tomorrow will be a hotter day. 90 to 95. we will go 92 at reagan national and a slim chance of an afternoon thunderstorm. but a website to get back to afternoon thunderstorms and high temperatures in the lower 90s. this morning it is partly cl r oudy and muggy out there. 60s and 70s. northwesterly wind at five and it will bring in slightly drier air this afternoon. we will call it quite warm under partly to mostly sunny conditions. an isolated evening thunderstorm in there but 99% of us, maybe 100% of us will stay dry the way it is looking now. looking at the temperatures along the coast, especially east of 95 lower 70s. go west to the mountains, even

50s now. williamsport 61. cumberland 66. our cold spots are culpeper at 63 and manassas at 66. we have upper 60s to around 70 from the upper shenandoah valley i-81 corridor. on the eastern shore we have 70 from easton this morning. officially 72 at reagan national. a north wind at seven. we will drop this dew point number down and it will feel better as that gets lower during the afternoon. across the country, fairly quiet in the west. although we see some thunderstorms across central oklahoma and then this line of storms through the midwest. this will cause problems for flights around chicago, milwaukee and in to michigan and look at this, central missouri, central missouri. watch for that later this afternoon. between the front off shore and this front, high pressure is in control. we are in for a good couple of days as temperatures heat up. upper 80s this afternoon. low to maybe a few spots in the

mid-90s on tuesday. by thursday and friday, temperatures falling in the mid 80s with isolated afternoon storms. good morning to angie goff with a lot to tell you about. >> thank you very much. hello, everybody. we are just about 11 minutes or so from the 6:00 hour. this is what we are dealing with on the beltway. this is the outer loop at pennsylvania route 4. crash activity is taking away two left lanes for drivers. as you can see with are stacking up approaching the scene. a little rubbernecking on the inner loop. to the maps and skip over that to let you know on the inleer loop at 95 in maryland more crash activity is reported. 270 southbound to 121 we are slow. 95 in virginia getting congested from the prince william parkway to lorton. no incidents and 395 dealing with that one slow go that stretches from duke to seminary but that is just volume. a 9 news now click to share

with you. say hello to jamie and barbara. she is with clothing for change and it provides skills for women in the area. thank you for watching. the social networking site twitter is creating quite a few headlines on the web this morning. i know some of you are sick of hearing about the social networking site could save r co look at this. this morning our toy" has datoy" has a story out about how jetblue and united inrlaies are offering twitter followers first dibs rldiscounted fares. now, eshere's jetblue's site. the jetblue cheaps instead of ee tstw . gtherotey nthlyy if em about sales thht eig them eight hours or as long as there are available seats to tr. look at ekwe look at one of those. this is from july 27th

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john mccain has 1.1 million. so, audrey, president obama may have won the election but on twitter john mccain is still going a bit stronger than the president. back to you. >> thank you very much for that. actor kevin costner was among those trappedded in a deadly collapse this weekend. and plus, the changes you can make to your bedtime routine to get more and better sleep. stay with us.

this morning dc taxpayers are paying more to educate students but seeing little gain. fairfax county authorities push for a sweat monitoring device to combat alcohol- related crimes. and sur price surplus. prince william county found it finishes the last fiscal year in the black. read these story and more in the examiner. the national institute of health finds 40 million americans suffer from chronic sleep problems while another 20 million have occasional problems and of course these tough economic times reason making sleeping any easier. sandra endo has more on how and

what you can do for bed -- more on what to do for what might be keeping you awake. >> reporter: it is that dreaded sound. many americans say they are waking up more tired. for some, worries are keeping them from getting to sleep at night. >> i think of work and go through the events of the day and that stresses me out. so i have a hard time falling asleep. >> reporter: the catch 22, experts say the lack of sleep actually increases stress. >> you are not able to focus. it makes you less capable of dealing with difficult situations. >> reporter: experts say not getting enough sleep affecting your hormones and metabolism and could lead to prediabetic conditions. so if it is difficult to get shut eye, doctors say stick to a routine before going to bed. >> avoid bright lights or hard physical exercise in the time just before sleep or large meals. >> reporter: the national heart lung and blood institute recommends staying away from

distractions like watching tv or a computer before going to bed. alcohol y mamake you drowsy but doctors say it prevents you from getting deep sleep. keep your bedroom cool and dark and if you are staring at the ceiling more than 20 minutes, get up and do something relaxing to help yourself get drowsy. >> alike to read and clear my mind. >> doctors say catching up on sleep one night doesn't make up for not getting enough every day and the quality of sleep is just as important as quantity. in washington, sandra endo. >> i personally don't understand people who can't sleep. i can sleep like the drop of a hat. >> i can't. i try so many different things, reading the bible and it does not help me. >> find a more boring book. >> it is not boring. >> i said find a more boring book. i didn't say it wasn't interesting. >> let's talk about the box office. >> did you talk about -- did

you see a movie this weekend. >> no. >> funny people, the adam sandler movie led the box office this weekend with 23.4 million. movie attendance is down 4.4% compared to summer of 2008. harry potter 17 million. g-force followed by the ugly truth and aliens in the attic. our producer saw "the ugly truth ." >> you maybe curious about this story. bad weather in alberta canada. it causedded a huge stage collapse. kevin costner's band was getting ready to perform when he stage came down. it was pretty bad. one man died and 75 people were hurt when the stage came down. this is the big valley jamboree out there. >> huge crowds and the wind swepted up and took the stage down. >> recently when they were --

erecting madonna's stage, the same thing happened. a crane fell or something and it killed a stage man or stage crew. >> atuetr y . altrue. real quick, mark wallberg is off the market officially even though he had three children with his new wife. they got married in beverly hill and they did it i believe on saturday in front of adonis friends and family and as floor director chris would say with his bad jokes there was a funky bunch there. it is about time. let's get to weather. good for them. let's get to weather we have quiet weather to start the week. rougr weheat erove thweekend. and in fact going back to last week when we had the isolated tornadoes even reported and confirmed across parts of northern maryland and frederick and carrolesco . ti th at qu mthiengoris oraa t ieo misorning. a patch or two of