int ou. inreinthe inthe metro megoks montgomeryn ou udlon william and faerul ckiwilliam and faulkier county we are seeing breaks. in to laryma ndhe heavier ie esunty and now ly wt of 301 ry on the any bamoving to oxford a eastin the next hour and even south and west of town heavier showers. angie, all of the rain is making you a busy lady. >> sure is. and we have other incidents to add to the situation out there. especially in arlington. we know this morning police search involving a stolen car continues, but the good news is the latest news is that the intersections that were closed for the last hour are now reopened. washington, columbia pike and columbia pike and south 8th street but police are on the scene. they will be taking away lanes as needed. it might be best to avoid the area or factor in extra minutes. 395 northbound at edsall no problems to report to the 14th

street bridge. we will take it slow as we travel through the district. a shot of inbound new york avenue. the roads are slick and delays stretch from the times building to bladensburg road. over to you. right now, with more on what angie has been telling you in her traffic report, a police chase in arlington. we're told it is in area of arlington cemetery. police say they were following six suspects inside of a stolen car. this has turned in to a foot chase with police dogs. one of the suspects has been taken in to custody. we will update you on the story as more information is available. a "washington post" investigation has revealed more about marion barry's rewarding of outside contracts funded by dc taxpayers. the paper found in the last three fiscal years, the ward 8 councilman's office has spent six times more than any other member. armando trull is live outside of the wilson building with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. marion barry is one of the most

controversial politicians in our area and today's "washington post" article will probably add to that controversy. those who dislike barry will probably say, eh, more of the same. those who love barry will say it's no big deal. the "washington post" says council member marion barry has been six times more generous than his peers when it comes to awarding outside contracts using the taxpayers ' dime. the article claims there is little evidence of what taxpayers got in return. between twerch and 2009, the board eight council member dolls doubt $252,000 for outside contractors for consulting work, media relations and temporary workers. some money may have been for political campaigning and not constituent services according to the post. the second biggest spender was brown, whose office spent $45,000 during the same time period. the council's contracting policies are being investigated

because of a recent scandal involving barry and a former girlfriend who he hired as a contractor. barry has repeat lid said he broke no laws in his contracting activity. nothing in the post article actually claims any of the activities the article are uncovered are illegal. at the wilson building, armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. changes are coming to the dc fire department. according to a spokesman, the department is now staffing two of the city's six special water supply companies so they can respond to all reports -- reports of building fires in part of upper northwest and southeast and northeast. it comes after crews had problems with water pressure fighting the blaze at the home of the former school board president. a 2007 report recommended that all six of the city's special water supply units have around the clock staffing. but chief rubin said last week that the funding one available. you can read more about the

changes in statter blog's blog at wusa9.com. budget con trains in virginia are forcing the governor to take drastic steps. yesterday in richmond, governor kaine said the state's budget would be cut by a minimum of $700 million or up to $1.5 billion. the cuts are expected to be announced later this month when the governor addresses the general assembly's budget writing committees. the government said layoffs are a possible reality. supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor will learn her fate today. the senate is scheduled to vote this afternoon on confirming her as the first hispanic and third woman on the high court. judge sonia sotomayor's is expected to be easily confirmed thanks to a filibuster proof democratic majority. the main thing many political analysts are waiting to see is which republicans will vote for her nomination. two american journalists are waking up in their beds after almost five months in

captivity in north korea. former president clinton helped to win the release of laura ling and euna lee by meeting with kim jong-il. president obama says he expects some interesting observations when he sits down with mcto discuss the meeting. tough times call for tough measures and congress is being tough on everyone else, some don't don't think lawmakers are tough enough on themselves. now, congress is gearing up to fly privately aboard three new jets already approved and being paid for by you the taxpayers. >> this is exactly why taxpayers are mad. is because they have members of congress. they have bureaucrats preaching to them how they should spend their money and what they should do and preaching to businesses how they should

spend money but they are flying on private jets. >> reporter: normally big- ticket item like gulf stream jets require earmarks but since was already on order no additional earmarks were added for expanding the existing program and because there is no new earmark legislation dunn disclose which member of congress requested the two additional jets. it is time for another "living $mart" report. and investors are expected to hold off on placing any big bets today ahead of the july jobs report due out tomorrow. it is expected to show the unemployment rate inch up to 9.7%. anything higher than that could rattle the markets. demand for home loans rose last week as mortgage rates fell. mortgage applications jumped 4.5%. more than half were for refinancings. rates picked up this week. the average rate on a 30-year loan is 5.75%. the national football league has an official drink so

why not official toilet ea? in an effort to get more advertising dollars in the recession, the nfl has inked a million dollar, multimillion- dollar sponsorship deal with proctor & gamble. that means you will see persian gulf products including old spice and head and shoulders shampoo that read official locker room product of the nfl. investigators reveal more information about the suspect in a gym shooting rampage. and an age-old product which helps to ward of mosquitoes maybe harmful to humans, as well. here's howard with the forecast. we are checking out the maryland weather and traffic. but i want to take you to? to ut d.ylsoanarrn ha heavy activity across the r verivefrom fairfax in to charles county, southern prince georges, west of 301 it is really ngmiwncodo . also between saint leonard and the eastern shore. sisfath doteeserurisatmp th inmorning a few spots in the upper 60s in maryland, like

cumbndlamo and hagerstown on the weather computer but ma any e ea ars still ar inthe lower 70s.in naans.in naan rly sherendingeay this afternoon. staying cool for the day. angie, what do you have? >> i have an update for you about the beltway. some good news here. the accident on the outer loop at connecticut, that has been pushed to the right shoulder. the one at cabin john has been pushed off to the left shoulder but the roads are slick. you are okay past the father hurley area. go ahead and fly 50 westbound from the bay bridge as we make our way through annapolis all the way to the beltway. we are looking at green cars. drivers are moving at speed. andrea? if your morning commute doesn't get you excited, maybe a few words of inspiration will. best selling author and motivational speaker willy jolly is helping us beat the blues this morning. >> a simple idea to help you

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tonight, president obama will do politicking in northern virginia with three months left before virginiaens pick their next governor, the president is scheduled to campaign with deeds at the tysons hilton. the republican candidate bob mcdon't knoll will be at the party on the pier. good morning to kristin fisher. >> reporter: thank you, andrea. good morning. it is viral video time and i have two clips for you this morning that are guaranteed to make you cringe. put down your coffee and try not to cringe. i dare you as you watch this

next clip. take a look. you are looking at video of a horse running down a highway in northern israel when bam, look at that. he just nails that car. this is so hard to watch. look right through the front windshield. no one was injured. no one in the car nor was the horse. this footage was shot by a group of tourist in northern israel. the driver suffered minor cuts the horse had minor injury but is expected to be fine. i keep watching it over and over. i'm cringing, i don't know if you are. you have a horse crashing through a car's window. >> neither noticed the other. >> you would think somebody would have moved out of the way but that was a head on collision. >> that was footage of a horse crashing through a car's window and now a building crashing to the ground. this is the final viral video for you this morning.

take a look. this is footage of a planned demolition in turkey goner the my wrong. it was wired with explosives and expected to collapse but instead it toppled on its side and rolled on to its roof. all breathtakingly close to an apartment complex. i don't know if you can see it there but it landed just a few feet away. the building had been a flour factory built in 1928 but has been vacant since the ' 80s. the demolition was intended to make way for a new shopping center. look at that again. you see that building there? it is so close. amazingly. this is the great news and why we are showing it, nobody was injured. good news. i will have live -- links on my blog at wusa9.com. in in the news now, after five days of deliberations, injuries convicted former congressman william jefferson. the louisiana representative was found guilty of 11 out of

16 counts including brianry and facing 20 years in prison when he is sentenced in october. a pennsylvania community now knows the motive behind the deadly shooting rampage at a gym near pittsburgh on tuesday night. the police say 48-year-old george sodini was a loaner and extremely angry at women. he opened fire on an all-female aerobics class, killing three women and injuring nine others before turning the gun on himself. the main ingredient used in insect repellents may affect the central nervous system. deet maybe a potential danger to humans, although they emphasize the need for more studies. they say moderate use of the chemical is probably fine but it has been known to cause damage in insects and mice. not too many mosquitoes bothering people in our area this summer. >> well, we did have some wet weather. we are seeing some.

i think some people might disagree with that statement. >> okay. i kept dumping out water. anytime there is standing water. >> they love standing water and where the larva develop. the dryness in july helped but this morning rain out there. i don't think this will be around for long because we will get in to hot, dry weather as we head to the weekend. so any standing water will quickly dissipate. show you a great picture of lightning send to me by mark washburn one of our regurs inin the chat room at wu 9. com. to my blog for a link to nd also you can see this picture and another one mark sent to meand mefind out my e- mail. we'd love to share photos. thiss e es i photos this is 1:30 this morning. ive doppler e,thr unt oupo leib thunder out on the ly e theastern shore, pulling away from easton in to delaware. that's the heaviest stuff. scattered showers is coming back in to west virginia here. southwestern virginia and through the metro where we have a lull now on the west side of

washington. as we head to leesburg, up much of montgomery county and north of the rockville area. out 66, you can get a scattering here and breaks down 95. we even though we have breaks we have heavy showers in southern maryland, calvert and st. marys light showers now but charles county west of 301 this is heavy stuff. could be a little thunder with this. watch out akkoceek. it will be in your area in a little bit. heavy showers and downpours as well an southwest of town we have been watching activity from madison east of stanley. this is drifting to the northeast at 25 miles an hour. big picture on the weather computer. you will see the activity in virginia, north carolina. still back here. this has to go this way through us and it will take the majority of the morning if not the early afternoon to get through us. we will have a lot of clouds around today. maybe some sun this afternoon,

but a cool day for august with highs in the lower 80s as we will have a dry afternoon commute after the wet morning commute. tomorrow a beautiful day 85 degrees with comfortable levels of humidity and saturday here's the heat with an isolated storm possible in the low 90s. as we look at the forecast for today, scattered showers an thunderstorms. 67 to 77. winds on the light side. sunrise happening a few minutes ago at 6:14. the showers sending early this afternoon in most spots. if any showers linger it will be south and east of washington. clearing sky and kind of cool. mid-50s to mid-60s out there and then next seven looking like this. we have 85 tomorrow. 91 on saturday. sunday, monday and tuesday, here's the heat mid-90s with afternoon stormer cooler. right now 83 at 6:17. here's angie. >> got a lot of chatter on my on-line chat room at wusa9.com. a shoutout to jimmy and cab boy

and thank you for hanging out. police activity in the arlington area but the good news is that the roads are open near washington and sec and also on columbia pike near out 8th street and joyce. officials are still working the scene out there. they are asking people to avoid the area if they can. 66 eastbound delayed from 50 to nutley. dealing with wet roads. as we take a live shot for you -- or maybe not. we will actually look at the outer loop, which is crawling along here. slow ride from university to connecticut. that's where we have earlier crash activity. it is pushed to the right shoulder. so all lanes are getting by. at cabin john we have more activity pushed to the left shoulder. smooth sailing on 95 an the bw parkway. we take you there, going back to realtime graphics out of baltimore past 198 no incidents. a glance at route 4, route 5, 301 remains accident free zone. typical volume that we experience around this time.

speaking of time it is now time to send it over to andrea. injuries con to be a sore spot for the redskins offense and the nationals pour on the offensive powers late in the season. but first, before we head to break. it is time for the signs of now question.

welcome back. later today judge sonia sotomayor is expected to become a supreme court justice at the age of 55. this morning, we want to know who's the oldest justice currently on the bench. it is anthony kennedy, john paul stevens or ruth bader ginsberg, the answer is b. at 89 years old, john paul stevens is the oldest and longest serving member on the court. he was nominated by president ford. his first day on the supreme court was september 19th, 1975. we begin this morning's

head leans with a look at redskins training camp. if there is one thing the redskins have been known for it is the strength of the team's offensive line. the hogs as they were affectionately known were feared around the league but lately the offensive line has been a source of problems for the team. the current offensive line has turned in to a m.a.s.h. unit, one full of injuries to stephon heyer. and thomas is out with pain in his knee, the same one he had surgery on. that is three-fifths of campbell's bodyguards out of service. >> i'm not that concerned. not as bad as i thought it would be. take a few days off and see how i am in a couple of days. >> we have plenty of beef over there. coach them hard. as long as a guy is tough, i will coach him. >> other notes from camp, the veterans signed hackett. he played four seasons in

seattle with coach zorn and knows the system inside out and thomas sat out practice with a hamstring injury. be sure to tune in to wusa9.com at 5:00 p.m. for the latest live coverage of redskins training camp. we are live every evening from the team's ashburn facility. if you can't be near a tv screen, log on to our website at wusa9.com. once there you can head to our special redskins training camp page. turn took the baseball diamond, where the nationals are gaining some late-season steam. hosting the mar lens again, zimmerman is up and slams his 22 under homer of the year. his six knot the last 12 days. one pitch later, adam dunn hits his 29th of the year making it 2-0 nats. there would be no stopping the nats ' bats. they go on to win this one 5-4. montgomery county unveils a

plan to try to keep pedestrians out of harm's way. and a new group of metro transit officers will focus on entirely antiterrorism. here's angie. we are live from washington boulevard near the pentagon. traffic is not an issue here. roads are wet, though. please be careful. we will have more shots that matter to you early when we return. >> not just the roads but the weather terrace is wet. light rain falling here in northwt. at li r loppleve9000 and pp th ll letyou know when i thin l the rain will be out of here remorain to go isthni morre. mback with 9 news now in just moment.

welcome back to 9 news now. it is 6:29. zoos are expected to have fences that keep animals in but a south carolina zoo is putting up a fence to keep people out. it seems party animals from a beach near the river bank zoo in columbia wander in to the zoo's parking lot and cause all kinds of problems. in one instance a beach goers dog got in to the zoo and caused all kinds of problems. welcome back, i'm andrea roane. thanks for joining us this thursday morning. let's go out to howard. he has the umbrella up on the weather terrace. >> we have a light gentle rain

here. some spots overnight lightning, thunder, heavy downpours and his morning live dor lepp hdchs le , untycicharles county, especially eastern shore got hit hard but that stuff has move arin in to deret uctoe mh inuch of loudoun p w county, western fairfax, northern fairfax things mhave quied down. breaks across faulkier. many charles county getting hit hard withe thwiy avshowers and dee a little lightning and unthr with that. that a platunplata west we west. e will be in and out in muchof the morning and inmu to early afternoon. that will keep the temperatures cool. angie goff, this rain is wreaking havoc on the roads. >> sure is. we have some slow goes out there. we begin with a live shot of 95 northbound in virginia. it is one slow ride from dale city to lorton. we are looking at 15-plus minutes and that's growing thanks to the weather.

you can thank howie. from edsall to seminary. the usual delay has arrived. you can see we have that rain dripping off the camera. we are also tracking that police activity in the arlington area. just take note, not a bad idea to avoid the area when it comes to washington boulevard and columbia pike near the pentagon. let's move over to 495 and show you the jamup from new hampshire to connecticut. that's where we have crash activity to the right shoulder. now over to andrea. >> thank you. a new controversy is swirling around ward 8 councilman marion barry. a review of spending has found that barry spend more money on outside contracts than any other member. six times more. 9 news now digital correspondent, armando trull is live outside of the wilson building in downtown dc with more. good morning. >> good morning, andrea. well, look at the headline, it reads, barry tops peers in contract spending. some work seems to have little to do with city business. for those who dislike barry

they will probably say it is more of his shenanigans and those that love the former mayor say it is no big deal. >> the post article says he spent $252,000 of taxpayer money on contractors in the past two years. that's almost six times as much as any of the other council members. the article claims there's little record of what the taxpayers got in return for that money. barry's contracting activities are verdicted was because of a scandal between the ward 8 council member and a former girlfriend he hired as a consultant. barry denied any wrong doing in this matter. the post looked at i am of the contracts award by the council members since 2005 and found in many cases, not just barries, some of the contracting work blurred the line between political campaigning and constituent services. but andrea, the post article does not say that any of the things it uncovered were, in fact, illegal. reporting live at the wilson

building, 9 news now and wusa9.com. new this morning on 9 news now a former aide to vice president biden is expected to be nominated as the u.s. attorney in alexandria, virginia. the associated press says neil mcbride, a deputy attorney general in the justice department is expected to be nominated to the post as early as this week. the u.s. attorney for the eastern district in alexandria is one of the more high-profile positions in the federal legal system. new safety improvements are now complete along a two-mile stretch of fairland road in silver spring. th's where ike leggett discovered the body of a 29- year-old woman who had been struck and killed when she was walking near the intersection of fairland and serpentine way. >> far too often it takes an

incident and in this case a seth to remind us that actions, resources an timeliness and our ability to concentrate and focus on a particular problem can and should have made a difference. >> as a result of these improvements, the average speed on fair land road has been reduced from 550 -- 50 to 40 miles an hour the obama administration is in the process of trying to redefine the country's war on terror. a "washington post" article quotes the president's senior counterterrorism adviser as saying the government must replace the war on terror campaign with a new one which combines the military approach of the bush administration along with economic, diplomate ring and cultural programs which will increase support for america abroad. metro plans to hire 20 transit police officers who will focus primarily on preventing terror attacks. the money comes from a $9.5

million federal grant. metro has received $2 million to install more chemical detection devices and upgrade radio communications inside of subway tunnels. later today, the senate is expected to vote on a bill which will provide more money for the cash for clunkers program. the plan will add an additional $2 billion for the popular rebate program. so far the government says more than $6,775,000,000 of the initial $1 billion fund has been spent. automakers are quaying they will increase production and bring back laid off workers when additional money is approved. it is time for the "living $mart" report. 25 states will share nearly $2.5 billion in grants from the white house to develop electric cars. the grants are designed to give a lift to the big three automakers. the largest share will go to indiana and michigan creating jobs there. none of the six major mid-

size sedans sold in america received a top safety rating in bumper crash tests. only the has is a six received a rating of acceptable. other vehicles including he accord and son fatah received a marginal rating the fusion and the limabu received ratings of poor. despite the recession, dc- area workers can expect to bring home fatter paychecks. a study finds that area employers are planning if the biggest raises this year with workers receiving an average raise of 2.2%. baltimore workers will get 1.9% pay raids. detroit and san jose died for -- tied for the lowest at 1.6%. a university inks a deal to get most of the electricity from solar power and a team goes on national television to reenact a high school moment which led to her suspension

from school. time to say good morning to howard. he has an update. >> focusing on virginma were right now a lot ofrglight to moraintera showers frback to r then up 81 to winchester and parts weir va.stnigi west virginia. we will be a little wet wethis morning. temperatures just spoke to charlie and he has 80 an light rain falling. overs eangdiin the lower 70s an we will see a day today where we will have some showers and thunderstorms this morning, mostly cloudy. high temperatures upper 70s to even 81 in stafford. angie goff, wet roads across virginia. >> good reason to take it slow this morning hello, everybody. 50 and patrick henry drive we come to you live. no incidents or accidents on the roadway. now, near the mall in tysons corner, 123 past 495 we are all color very light traffic and finally come fly with me. we are flying the dulles toll

road to the greenway to the tollway. the lanes are moving an free of tieups. good morning. you are watching 9 news now. we'll be right back. ng thursday, finally!

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on all of our stories. now over to kristin fisher. >> thank you so much. the health care debate is heating up on the web and heading away from the hill as congress heads in to august recess. what we have seeing is conservative groups crashing town hall meetings held by democrats on health care reform and they are posting the videos on-line, especially on sites like youtube. w, nothese osvideno are getting an incredibly high numberf vi hits ar we ecia ees bls, especially d ogbp the drudge reports are posting links to cl s. edowyou on edaymondon . monday. rehe ook here lo under the title see them scream, they posted two more clips. e first owckd crs molawmerthplan arkansas. below tor xebor xesays well- dressed protesters at town halls are out to our presenid president. now the democrats are fighting back. has released this video

on youtube called enough of the mob. here's an excerpt. >> this mob activities is straight from the play book of high-level republican political operatives. they have no plan for moving our country forward so they have called out the mob. >> i want to know why people are ignoring -- >> call the republican party, tell them you have had enough of the mob. >> in addition to those rontiaverscol town ve, nscotivae prtses, nscoe ervatives are orgazinang wi aonti dearprotest edr llca isedll e ththe recess we the people say no to socialized medicine. on august htsa thmehtigndthe ht iertpas last april ar thtoer set geto to eroppose the president's plan for health care reform. the reason i'm showing you this image and not the recess rally website is because their website is actually down this morning, but it is still the

fastest rising search term on google this morning. an without a doubt what's hot on the web. back to you. >> thank you very much. say good morning to howard. i liked your green tip of the day but we have had some controversy. certain neighborhood associations don't allow you to hang your laundry. >> i'm on the board of directors for mine and i know. >> you know well. >> if you can. make that insertion right there. >> don't want to hang your clothes out this morning because they are not going to get dry. it is raining toin nymaasre aan quite damp. we startwith doppler hd to show you activity across the region. to our south and west we are seeing activity tai an tntd o get it here linhemo toop de ood anshow you what d ishappen we are dealing with rainfall veeapest , ciea u giyothst e town. give you the big ur. ctpie firs breaks up 270 out ryon-- ertg mt -- mrytgomery and

loudoun county. and even north in 66 we have -- quiet weather. south and east, yeah, the ly erto thisranges, north of lao atng vimo upt.or at is moving up to saint charles and waldorf, taking e e ip up 301 but th qupp 301 but vimot ngvimo y. quickly. could have water on the icroads as well. heavy rain, wouldn't be surprised if lightning or thunder was coming from that. to the west we have been watching a lot of activity across parts of northern virginia from madison up to culpeper now. this is light to moderate rain showers. ruckersville, as well this is tongs the north and east. i want to give you the big picture here because this isn't just near us. we have rain across central, southwestern virginia that has to work its way north and east to get through us. this is going to take the bulk of the morning if not in to early afternoon. even south and east of town you may linger with showers this afternoon but a better afternoon as far as driving

conditions than what we are seeing this morning. 81 for a high. the average is 88. some spots in the 70s with cloud cover an the showers through midday. on friday a beautiful day. 85, sunshine. not too bad on the humidity. saturday the heat builds 91 with an isolated thunderstorm possible. hotter than that as we head to sunday, monday and tuesday. upper 60s to 70s. a mild start to the day but light winds. showers will end i think early this afternoon for most of us. south and east may linger a little bit. 70 to 83. north winds five to ten and 83 in spots that may see more sunshine but the clouds will rule the day. clearing skies tonight, cooler, some areas in the mid-50s, northwest and west of town. and a delightful night for august. 72 right now with a northeast wind at seven. dew point 67 degrees a lot of humidity in the air with relative humidity at 83%. the moisture is riding up from

the south and the west of us. you notice once this passes it is not much back here. i think we will be okay early in the afternoon including a much better commute for the drive home than what we have this morning. next seven days 81 today. 85 tomorrow. the heat builds over the weekend with an isolated storm on saturday sunday the hottest day. staying hot through tuesday. and then wednesday cooler with maybe early showers and storms highs in the mid-80s. it is 6:47. good morning. wake up, washington. come out with me live behind the scenes of our morning show at wusa9.com. click on my blog, oh my goff and we will take you there. 95 to virginia looking at a 16- plus minute commute. that is thanks to an accident and wet pavement there. we have rain on the commute this morning. hey in virginia, 66 eastbound from the fairfax county parkway

over to 123. we are looking at a 10 to 15- minute drive. that's just volume. little river area we go on the inner loop in virginia. drivers are we low speed from braddock to 66. continuing on to i-395. the northbound trip is delayed from the beltway to kings street and finally 95 northbound from dale city to lorton. we are tracking the trip as we track the head lights at 15 minutes. that's a look at traffic around the region. andrea, over to you. the eastern shore is going green. the university has been approved to build a solar farm which will wind up being the largest renewable energy project in maryland. it will provide the school with long-term predictablably priced solar energy. some people say their neighbor is doing a lousy job keeping their horses where they belong. they run loose destroying her

and her neighbors property and leave behind not so pleasant calling cards. animal control officials have cited janice o'connor eight times for violating a county ordinance requiring pet owners to secure their animals. >> they are large horses so they run in packs when they are loose and it is really care scary. >> reporter: the case will continue to be discussed with the county attorney's office and animal control. things can turn from civil to criminal. >> reporter: animal control director says owners get a warning the first time their animals run free and then fines up to $100 for each offense. the millers have sued to try to recoop money spent on repairs. so far janice o'connor hasn't paid them anything. a fairfax county high school student is the subject of a spoof on comedy central ocolbert report. she reenacted how she was caught taking a birth control

pill at oakton high school last march. she was suspended and recommended for expulsion. the state policy does not division distinguish between prescription and illegal drugs. >> if she had been strung out on heroin, five days would have been what was required. now, if she was dealing marijuana, had heroin on her, then the same punishment. >> that has to be the first priority to make sure kids are safe. any drug whether over the couldn'ter or prescription usually has the ability to be aback to you in the studiod an thisaway we are trying to prevent. >> she is worried about getting accepted to college since the suspension will be on her permanent record. a new study says veterans suffering could wind up suffering from a host of health issues. and a county in the nation's midwest has taken the emergency 911 system in to the

21st century. i'm russ mitchell. coming up on the "early show," a heart warming story about two unlikely pen pals who have become partners for life. and ller and tatum join us to talk about their movie it is called g.i. joe it has a lot of folks talking. coitans iming up on the "early show." s b@fafafa

in in the news now, japan has celebrated the 64th

anniversary of the u.s. bombing of her shore ma during world war ii. they used the ceremony to urge global leaders to back president obama's call to abolish nuclear weapons. young war vets with post traumatic stress disorder may face other problems as a result. a study found they also had an increased risk of developing and dying from heart disease. one researcher suspects it maybe because mental health issues can lead to unhealthy habits. in case of emergency, dial 911. that's the way it has been for years. now in one eastern iowa county you can text 911 for help. it will be a service 0 people with speech and hearing impairments and allow people who are unable to place a call to get help. wet weather with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. that will be the case through midday but a better afternoon cooled off for august.

mostly cloudy to finish off the day with a high of 81. back with traffic when 9 news now this morning returns. a @

this 6month -old is recovering from surgery. meet tyson the boxer puppy got itself in to trouble by eating -- eating a comb. the vet says it could have killed him. >> poked through the stomach wall an through the diaphragm in his chest through the ribs and it was sticking out that way. >> the vet says he's never seen anything like it in his 30 year career. he says tyson is returning to his playful puppy self.

>> my dog ate some plastic flowers, part of an arrangement and never had a problem. going strong. let's talk about police activity. that investigation continues in arlington. you want to, if you can, avoid the area of washington boulevard and columbia pike near the pentagon. the lanes are open but you can expect some delays. inbound new york avenue from the times building to bladensburg. we are slow. okay approaching the third street tunnel and on the out i gop, 2 a plus minutes from 95 eo . to is a factor this morning. >> light to g.derate in spots. although s chlearcounle between lacoatpla and waldorf coming down hard. on the seven-day forecast, the showers and thunder through the middle of the day. then this afternoon, beautiful tomorrow and the heat builds in by sunday. the "early show" is next. they will have more on the story of the two freed journalists. we will have a great day at 9:00 a.m., as well.