sunny skies. code yellow moderate air quality. it is 5:59. just about 6:00 a.m. 66 degrees an time for traffic with angie. >> i want to say it again. i have been saying it all morning, happy friday, everybody. we are a new incident to tell you about. it is in laurel, maryland. 198 we have a little volume building between new hampshire and georgia avenue. going back to the maps this time we take it over to virginia and. 66 eastbound, what's going on? at nutley it looks in the offering here a crash activity. it is off to the right or actually blocking this right lane. as a result of this we are backing up to 50 and wrapping with the inner loop in virginia real time sensors from 95 to 66 are moving at a good pace. that's the traffic. now over to you. do you want to save money on your back to school shopping

trip? then you might want to head to the commonwealth this weekend. it is a sales tax holiday in virginia. 9 news now digital correspondent, armando trull is live at the kingstown wal- mart in alexandria with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. with us is one of the first shoppers who walked in the door. good morning, how are you? >> i'm fine. how are you? >> what are you going to spend money on today. >> school supplies. >> are you happy about the tax break. >> yes, i am. >> how much do you plan to spend. >> as much as i have to. >> here's some things you can get a tax break on, book bags, carpet binders, glue, crayons, remember the protractors and come passes and calculators and then there's clothing and they are pretty open about clothing not just pants and shirts and so forth but accessories, scarfs, ties, belts, even beach wear. all kinds of shoes, hats and here's a surprising one,

lingerie, girdles. wow, what a shocker. now, this, electronics, even though the virginia sales tax holiday does not include things like computer and electronics, some stores like wal-mart are giving you a break on stuff like that. so you can actually buy your guitar hero and, andrea, party on dudette. >> thank you, armando. right now, it is time for the "living $mart" report of the morning. jessica doyle is on vacation. wall street is not. it is hoping the unemployment report will mark a turning point for the economy. the labor department job loss report for the month of july is expected to be lower than in recent months. economists predict the unemployment rate will jump to 9.7%. job security is a top concern for all of us. it is one reason why analysts say you have been staying home from the malls this summer. retailers reported sluggish sales in july, a trend which is worrying wall street since

spending is what powers the economy. the senate pumped another $2 billion in to cash for clunkers, just in the nick of time. the popular rebate program would have run out of gas without new funds. president obama plans to sign the measure today which could allow and another 500,000 of your neighbors to trade in their gas guzzlers were for more fuel efficient funding. with the government funding it should be good through labor day. sonia sotomayor's is expected to be sworn in torn as the first hispanic supreme court justice t. judge sonia sotomayor will be the third women to serve on the bench. she replaces retiring justice david suiter and it's not expected to change the court's ideological split. every minute of judge sonia sotomayor's confirmation hearing was followed by hispanic communities around the country. in her hometown of new york, her confirmation was celebrated

by applause and cheers. new york city council woman hosted a viewing party for the historic vote. >> reporter: and a similar scene played out in los angeles. dozens of people attended a viewing party, cheered and held signs. not only is sonia sotomayor the high court's first hispanic justice, she will also be the first justice to have their oath-taking ceremony made available to television cameras. president obama is back on the campaign trail, at least he was for a few hours yesterday. he stumped for virginia candidate deeds. deeds trails mcdonnell in recent polls an the gop is hoping to make the election a referendum on the obama white house. president obama is still hoping to get a vote on health care reform and several members of congress are hearing what their constituents think of the plan while they are home for the august recess. in oxon hill, maryland, donna

edwards held a town hall meeting last night. it wasn't as dramatic as similar forums across the country but still emotional. one parent of a special needs child spoke out about her family's financial struggle. >> we both work good jobs and we just have to make sure we health care for her because there have been times where i had to stop working so i could be her primary health caretaker. >> reporter: another participant asked representative edwards about reform. she he said if she is sincere about cost reform tort reform should be part of the bill. today hollywood is remembering a director who captured teen angst in the mid ' 80s. john hughs died of a heart attack during a walk in manhattan on thursday. he was the writer behind the vacation movies and home alone. through the ' 80s he captivated the teen market with films like the breakfast club, 16 candles and ferris buellers day off. we have a followup for

those helping to harvest blue crabs from the chesapeake bay this year. we told you in march that many crab pickers that come from mexico every year are having trouble getting temporary visas. yesterday the maryland senator said the department of homeland security plans to release an additional 25,000 visas for this fiscal year. that will let the state's crab industry hire the part-time seasonal workers they need to operate this crab season. a little publicized perk for city workers is under the scope of gaithersburg new city manager. angel jones wants to know more about the property deal between the city and some workers. one example, a custodian living rent free in a building owned by the city and another is a public works supervisor who rented a 1700 square foot home for $350 a month for nearly 30 years. >> it was done with a hand shake to begin with. this guy's been living up here

for as long as we have almost. >> if we are offering properties at below market value, then that is considered a benefit. and as such we should be treating it this way. >> reporter: jones say she is launching an investigation in to the property. she says she hopes to report her findings to the city council by the first week in september. new school year bring renewed fears of influenza and ethnic violence is blamed for a deadly bombing in iraq. these stories coming up. right now let's go to howard to focus on maryland's weather. >> good morning, maryland. a beautiful start to your day out there. a beautiful start westsan maryland, eastern shore, down south. it is gorgeous all over. talk about the temperatures. some spots in the 50s. a gorgeous wemorning out the -- 57 t at the gaithersburg air park. andrews 59 and on the bay in

annapolis, 65. plenty of sunshine across maryland. maybe a couple of high clouds. temperatures range from 85 in la plata. thurmont 83 and 84 damascus. time to look at maryland traffic traffic. no major traffic out here. next shot shady grove, drivers are stopped at a light. only a few of them. 95 southbound past 32 to the beltway. the lanes are all clear. the time is 6:08. good friday morning. you are watching 9 news now. it maybe time to rejuvenate your daily routine. this morning willy jolly gives new meaning to walking the distance. hi. this is willy jolly. today i want to share simple idea to help you live better and have greater success. it is an idea that is a simple way to get some help, some

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welcome back. we are expecting details about a fire that destroyed the home of a former dc school board president. mayor fenty and city officials will release a report on last week's chain bridge road fire. the mayor and council called for a review of water pressure issues following the huge mansion fire in northwest. it took firefighters a couple of hours to get adequate water flow to douse the flames. right now, let's say good morning to kristin fisher. she has the hero central update. >> that's right. the 9 news now hero central team is always hard at work, putting together stories about local heros in our community or stories about people who need a hero. if you would like to nominate someone for an upcoming hero central segment we'd love to hear about it. e-mail s@he9.wuro m.sa

in mhentime, you have to the h page, all you have to do is go to wusa9.com and e e hero central icon. and this is where you will find all ho tofse stories tjust to y me the last ree rie thorst about the g that saved lives hein t deadly metro crash. a story about a sno dseaina y ds a hero to tse sndheirtoon send their son to schoolnd helping blinck geho back to work and i want to point you to t wetiofme ifs t ofs meif we have a s he, ro somebody who is in edne segmen to get them the help they need. edwill post an update on these ith w pphath wedish this story here. we were able to fin d funds to hopefully get that teenager to college. so i want to give you an what n t hai'm working on now for on monday. yesterday, i interviewed two montgomery county women who are trying to help children whose parents are in prison or jail. their names are sue jeweler and judy goose and both work in the

montgomery county public school system for over 30 years. when they retired, they started to talk about a group of children they always seem to notice were having trouble in school and that group was kids whose parents are incarcerated. it turns out at least one in 50 children has a parent in either jail or prison across the country. and after doing research they found there was virtually no free literature out there to explain to these children what's happened. so what they did is they wrote this children's book. it is called mommies and daddies in jail and prison. they have printed this all using their own money and they are working to distribute it all over montgomery county. it is a remarkable story and we will have their story right here on monday at 6:10 a.m. back to you. >> thank you. in the news now at 6:13. at least five people are dead after a car bombing in northern iraq market. u.s. officials have warned that disputes between minority kurds in the north and aabouts over

oil an land threaten to erupt in to a new conflict. the first day of school has already begun in some parts of the country and with it comes concerns of the h1n1 flu. more than a million americans have come down with the virus. today official health officials will put out guidelines on how to prevent and manage an outbreak. a less than average hurricane season. that's the prediction from the national oceanic and atmospheric association. noaa expects a near to below- normal atlantic hurricane season as the calming effects of el nino continue to develop. scientists believe the season's quiet start does not necessarily guarantee a quiet weather period. howard bernstein is here to remind us of ' 92 in august. >> that's right. i was working in new orleans, your hometown. and andrew was the a storm that year. and it was an el nino year and didn't happen to august 22, 26th is when it made land fall and then over to louisiana with

the second land fall. and you can imagine the people in louisiana. they saw the pictures happening in the homestead and there was this storm in the gulf of mexico and of course, hurricane katrina coming up on four years. near perfect weather for today. mid-80s. partly to mostly sunny skies out there. low humidity levels. that will change over the weekend. for saturday we have 90 degrees t it will be a fantastic start to the weekend. but by the time we get to sunday here comes the heat and humidity. temperatures in in the mid if not upper 90s in a few spots by. ttatathoayayt afternoo e hottest ather of t ason and will la for a he couple of days, as well. first bone tied heat wave headedded this way. partly cloudy and nice this morning. upper 50s to mid-70s. right now 50s and 60s and climbing the next couple of hours with light winds. partly to mostly sunny. a pleasant afternoon. mid-80s. 85, 86. beautiful weather, northwest

winds five to ten. clear to partly cloudy tonight. back in the upper 50sin a few spots but many of us in the mid to upper 60s, especially by the bay. the water system is running 80 grgrees. eat time lapses a weare starting to see the first glimpses of the sun light this morning coming up over washington, d.c. a beautiful start to the day. 65. dew point in the 50s. we have a light northwesterly wind at five miles an hour. >> if you are going to the beach going to be great there as ocean. ocean city 84. water temperatures in the upper 70s in the bay water temperatures in the low 80s. in southern maryland winds are high in the lower 80s in solomon. tomorrow mid to upper 80s by the beaches. mix of sun and clouds and by sunday, check this out, low 90s. a lot more people enjoying the 70-degree water temperatures there and 80 again, 80 in the bay t it is on the comfortable side. high pressure building in

today. that northwesterly flow this morning. front off shore and temperatures will respond as the winds turn to the south and southwest. drops to the 50s and 60s but tomorrow we get to 90 and the heat really builds for sunday, mid-90s. i'm going 95, maybe 97 to the computers here. detroit and pittsburgh in the 90s. new york 90. if you want to cool down head to boston they are at 79 through the weekend. the seven-day forecast, 90 tomorrow. that thunderstorm to the north. 96 through monday. lower 90s on tuesday and wednesday and by thursday a little cooler. angie is ready to drive down the road with you here. >> you have got that right. a reminder i'm simulcasting live from my blog at wusa9.com. 66 eastbound at nutley, we still have crash activity here taking out the right lane for

drivers. they are starting to back up to route 50. moving along and take you to 395 northbound. we are tracking slow ride from duke to seminary. on inbound new york avenue in toe district, we are slow from the times building to bladensburg road but a couple of breaks along the way. in laurel, going to the map, at sandy springs we have crash activity. we continue to monitor. and finally call it a wrap with 270. no incidents or accidents here. overall a nice drive from montgomery village avenue to the split. andrea, over to you. >> thank you, angie. the redskins receiver suffers more set backs and it is all offense all the time for the nationals. before we head to break. it is time for our signs of now question. this morning's top story is the sales tax holiday in virginia. we want to know what was the first state to enhack a sales tax holiday? was it alabama, new york, or

new mexico? the answer when we come back. it is almost 6:19.

in 1996 the new york legislature approved the first a sales tax holiday for 1997. since then 13 states and the district of columbia have passed sales tax holiday measures. however this year's in the district an maryland were cancelled due to economic restraints. topping the sports news, more bad news for redskins wide receivers. malcolm kelly and deafen thomas are nursing injuries and now the number one moss pull his hamstring when he slipped during morning practice on thursday he didn't return for the afternoon session and it is not known how long he will be out. coach jim zorn has brought back one of his favorite drills, quarterback dodge ball. both zorn and the assistants hurled giant dodge balls to teach them to elude pressure in

the pocket. >> be sure to tune in to wusa9.com for live team coverage of redskins training camp. 9 news now sports director brett haber will be live from the team's ashburn facility. if you are not near a television, all you have to do to keep up with the team is hog log on to wusa9.com and go to our special redskins training camp page. the nationals are beginning to turn on the offensive power late in the season. hosting the marlins yesterday this nats were down 8-3 in the fifth when zimmerman homers for the seventh time in the last 13 days making it 8-7. >> see you later. >> reporter: in the 8th, game tied at 8 when ronnie belliard knocks one to center. cristian guzman scores to give the nats the lead. they hold on for a 12-8 victory. the orioles were in detroit. the game was scoreless in the second. david hernandez was on the

mound for the o's. detroit's brandon had a two-run homer. tigers went on to finish 7-3. it is 6:24. a local rescue worker is accused of trying to solicit sex from a teenager girl. and mayor fenty signs a bill hea says will make the district much safer. 66 eastbound at nutley. we have an accident blocking the right lane and jammed back to 50. more tieups to slow you down on this friday morning. i will have them. >> loving life this morning outside on the terrace. it is beautiful around here. we will tell you how warm we will get today and about a heat wave heading this way over the weekend when 9 news this this morning returns.

animal control experts had to be called to the scene of a fire in alexandria. that's because fire crews discovered potentially dangerous snakes inside of a home in the 5700 block. only six survived. the snakes are not poisonous and are illegal to own. no humans were hurt in the fire. investigators are trying to determine how it began. >> welcome back to 9 news now. it is 6:28. howard is enjoying a beautiful morning on the weather terrace.

>> brought the laptop out here. we have the chat room open and jeannie is hanging out with us. we have to give a shout out to the legion post baseball team. they are going to regionals and they won the first game. her nephew is pitcher. we are proud of you. and wi pto roouabto give you. showers and storms quickly in this ocean. a couple of high thin ones from the northwest. otherwise a gorgeous morning out there. 57 mfortable degrees in winchester, 57manassas and martinsburg and frederick. easton, 61 on the shore and in town 65. it will be a great day. low 70s by 9:00. upper 70s by noon. mid 80s for the high this afternoon with code yellow air quality. angie goff, good morning to you. >> we have half way through the 6:00 hour and tracking the crash activity on 66 eastbound. this is at nutley. drivers are losing the right lane. we know that delay starts around the fairfax county

parkway and we are estimating that drive time to get past the scene at 22 minutes. moving along, 95 northbound in virginia from the prince william parkway to lorton. drivers are using their brakes. we will take it to the realtime graphics. route 4, route 5 and suitland parkway, everything is nice and green. no incidents or accidents to report. that's a quick look at traffic. now, over to you. >> thank you. shoppers, get ready. today is the first day of sales tax free shopping in virginia. digital correspondent, armando trull is live outside of the kingstown wal-mart in alexandria with more or should i say digital salesman? [ laughter ] well, the story opened a few minutes ago and this tax break holiday will continue until midnight on sunday. here's some of the things you can pick up without having to pay sales tax without paying school supplies. anything for schools, paper, glue, even neat school book

bags, crayola crayons and markers, notebooks, protractors and come passes, calculators and of course a lot of art supply and even musical instruments and not pay taxes if they are used for school courses. you can buy, there is a $20 limit on school supplies and you can also buy clothing. there's a $100 limit on clothing and of course all of the things you would expect thick things like shorts, accessories, belts, ties, scarves, beach wear sportswear, all kinds of shoes, hats, boots, and even things like lingerie and girdles. now, the one thing that is not on the list is electronics, things like computers but stores like wal-mart say they will also give you a tax break if you buy these kinds of items. and as we said the tax break holiday continues until midnight on sunday, but get your wallet out and get on down to the stores. reporting live i'm armando trull trull.

back to you. new this morning, intelligence officials in pakistan are trying to confirm the death of the country's top taliban chief. u.s. and pakistani officials are saying ma pseudomay have been killed in a cia-targeted missile strike earlier today. the report of his death are based on communication intercepts. his death would be a huge blow to activity in he region. he has been responsible for a campaign of violent suicide attack and assassinationses against pakistan's government. three sailors sentenced to life for the rape and murder of another sailors life are getting conditional pardons from governor kaine. they confessed to killing michelle bosco in ' 97 but they say their confessions were coerced. another man, omar ballard was convicted for the same crime and he said he acted alone.

>> serious great doubts about at least 11. the governor's decision means they won't spend anytime time in jail. bosco's mother say she is furious with the governor's decision. a career firefighter is facing charges for trying to solicit sex from what he thought was a teenager girl. police say 44-year-old wayne mothershead answered an ad posted by a female police officer posing as a 16-year-old girl. mothershead has been suspended from the fire department with pay. he faces up to ten years in jail if convicted effort dc mayor fenty has signed a new crime bill which he says will make life tougher for criminals and make visiting the district safer for you. the bill increased opinionalties for repeated offenses for violent crimes and expands hate crime laws to

include homeless as a protected category and requires the mayor to create a gang and crew intervention group to work on combating files. new this morning on 9 news now, dc leaders unveiled a plan to incondoleeza rice the number of beds available this winter at sheltering across the city. the city will offer 75 more family bed and hundreds of beds for individuals. although the move is applauded some homeless activists say it is not enough. the district has seen a 20% jump in the number of homes families using city services. it is time for the living smart report. jessica doyle is on vacation but will be back next week. 131,000 current and former soldiers are warned to keep an eye on bank accounts. a laptop with the list of their social security numbers was stolen from a military

contractor. the national guard is trying to figure out why the unidentified contractor had the data. the guard is working to notify impacted soldiers directly. twitters tech experts are scrambling to make sure there is no repeat of thursday's breakdown. hackers shut down the message service for hours by commandeering the site. kristin fisher will have more on the investigation in to this attack. >> reporter: victims of bernard madoff are expressing anger over the trustee litigating madoff's investment can. pick card and his law firm are receiving $14.7 million for just four months of work. a bankruptcy judge approved a payment. some victims argue pick card isn't paying his victims fast enough and is wasting money that should go to them. it seems the district has become a favorite destination for many of you during this

economic downturn. our friends at the examiner have a new report which talks about the influx of tourists to dc because of the many free attractions. one example is the smithsonian museums and zoo which have welcomed 3.5 million visitors during the first three months of this year compared to the same time in 2008. despite the extra numbers it is -- revenue is still down. visitors may be choosing to sleep outside of the district or with family and friends. you had better be prepared for delays if you plan to ride metro this weekend. a spokesman says the transit agency needs to replace a switch the tracks at pentagon city over labor day weekend. the repairs will require prep work that will slow down yellow and blue line trains after 10:00 p.m. starting this sunday. the work will continue through each of the next two workweeks. now, all of you red line riders, you are advised to add

30 minutes to travel this weekend. workers will make tunnel repairs forcing trains to share one track until midnight on sunday. if you are on the orange line, then add 30 minutes to your commute, as well. crews will spend the weekend replacing cross ties which support the tracks. the discovery of a half million dollar fish winds up breaking a 20-year mid-atlantic fishing record. and parents in the district have a new option for their children's medical care. let's go to howard. focusing on virginia's weather. >> a beautiful morning across virginia. charlie in cat lynn called in and said a little dew and 59 degrees out there. you will see a lot of readings in the upper 50s an a gorgeous morning 50out there. warrenton g 57 and culpeper 59. wierncsthe 57. dulles 65 and ft. belvoir in the 50s at 58. this afternoon we are looking at plenty of sunshine, a few

high clouds. gainesville 85. dumfries 86. virginia traffic, what's happening with that? >> kelly olson from woodbridge wants to know about this, route one, this accident is taking away all lanes. an investigation is going on and northbound traffic is diverted to opitz boulevard. at 66 and nutley crash activity is blocking the right lane. drivers are backed up to fairfax county parkway. about a 22 to 23--minute drive. and dolly madison to cole shire road the traffic is slow flowing freely. it is friday morning and we are feeling good and coming back with more weather, news and traffic just for you. stay stwith us.

take a minute to look through your refrigerator. according to the u.s.

department of agriculture we are throwing away 30% of the money we spent on food because we forgot what we bought. next time you go to the store have a list of what you need. try to avoid impulse buys, make a food budget and stick with it and try to eat those leftovers. forgetting about the food in the fridge wastes energy to keep it cold and the food if it goes bad. for more tips go to wusa9.com and click on living green. now to kristin fisher in the web center. >> thank you very much, howard. for all of you twitter d an ce bofadit okous there i know soso of you were upset yesterday. teitter s down most of the y daand facebook cey d falong delays after hackers attacked the two popular social networking sites. i want you all to take a deep breath this morning because both sites are now up and runnin and to move e ovprovit that's why i'm showing you twitter's home page and right s ok ibocebo h'se page if

you are one ofth h e millions that use eitherseofhe t sites you can get back on this morning. so, what happened? well, since twitter was the one that was hardest hit, let's go to their status blog to find out. re it is. they say 18 hours o ageyth wrote, we are defending against a denial of service attack and we'll update status again shortly. then, anrlthnty pe agon -- early this morning they posted this update hepe. the site is back up but weare continuing to defend an against and recover from this attack. what is ala de niof ckat? tait enaticrven ? it happens when hackers flood a website with external requests which overwhelms the se yifwe ou rey twitter yesterday this is what u would hatwornek reads network the server at twitter.com is taking too longtorespond. during that blackout, addicts were, ofcourse, a little bit no. t by the

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they are talking about. >> i don't know. but talking about the weather had a lovely lunch inside of a restaurant at silver spring. the outside tables a little sticky, i bet they will be fighting for them today. >> a great day to go anything outside. you want to exercise outside, it will be not too hot or humid but as goldie locks said just right. she won't be happy on sunday when temperatures in the 90s. a heat wave is coming this way. looking to the weekend 85 degrees today. tomorrow 90. could be an isolated storm up north on saturday night. on sunday mid-90s at at least, could be in the upper 90s. i maybe revising this by noon today but we will watch and see when the new data comes in. partly cloudy, really nice this morning. upper 0s many spots. 60s right now. in the next few hours in the middle 80 -- 70s. by afternoon mid 80s for a high. partly to mostly sunny and

pleasant day. tonight clear to partly cloudy, comfortable. another night you can leave the ac off. 58 to 68. a beautiful morning as shown by our time stlapse. looking back at dc a couple of high thin ones but otherwise gorgeous to start the day. 65 at reagan national. light northwesterly wind and the dew points in the 50s. a couple of days ago around 70 when it felt sticky outside. doesn't feel like that at all right now. a new air mass has moved in. 65 in on the bay. 68 at patuxent river. cambridge, a lot of people driving that way going to ocean city. manassas as a frederick and winchester, fredericksburg and friends to the south you sit at 63. highs today, this is the beginning of the heat you can see it moving in to kansas city and memphis. this will be moving in this direction, thanks to low pressure spinning across the northwest. you can see the showers and

thunderstorms from montana l through orand washington when the jet stream takes a dip in the west it rises in the east anita storm will push the warm air up to us and a ridge will build and our temperatures will be going up in a big way. front off shore now. high pressure builds in. a northernly flow highs around 855 here. 80s in nashville. tonight, comfortable. 68 for us but still upper 50s in our northern and western suburbs. here's the heat. a little bit tomorrow. get up to 90 or so. charleston 88. pittsburgh 82. by sunday look at how the east gets invaded by the heat. new york 90. pittsburgh 92. mid to upper 90s locally to 100 at raleigh, north carolina. here's the seven-day forecast, 85 beautiful degrees today. 90 tomorrow. not bad but by sunday and monday mid to upper 90s an

isolated storm is possible. 80s by thursday. angie goff, a long list of things to talk about. >> don't forget the long list of things i'm about to deliver i also post on-line. follow me on twitter, oh my goff is my name. route rout one and feather stone in wood bridge, virginia all lanes are blocked because of an investigation going on. northbound traffic is diverted over to opitz boulevard. so there is a way around it. 395 northbound from the beltway to seminary. it is a slow ride. tracking the taillights here. no accidents along the way headed to the district. on 66, headed eastbound past nutley. we have a crash activity taking away the right lane for drivers and they are backed up to route 50. 270 southbound. here's the deal. things are looking nice out here. we have a good amount of volume stretching from germantown road to i-370 but no incidents and finally let's wrap it up with the capital beltway. man, you are going to want to

bring those shades. on the outer loop we are zipping by from new hampshire to georgia. i'm estimating the drive about ten minutes. andrea, over to you. if you live in southeast dc and have children you will soon have a new option for emergency care. ground was broken on thursday for a new pediatric emergency unit at united medical center. the district is paying 11 million of the total $14 million costs as part of a government push to bring better medical care to under served neighborhoods. critically ill children have to be brought across town to children's medical center. but soon children's doctors will staff this er. >> no one wants to go to the emergency room to begin with but the idea you have to come off the river, off of public transportation and other when you are adalrey aldeing with the general stress of dealing with a child that is sick.

>> reporter: the completion date is march of next year. mayor fenty cuts the ribbon on an aquatics center in northwest washington. the new 55,000 ware foot facility features three pools, a whirlpool spectator seating and locker room. the swim team will use it to practice and host their swimming competitions. it is open to all of you dc residents at no cost. a charlotte, north carolina man has a big fish story to tell. robert forest broke a 20-year- old record on wednesday at the white marlin open in ocean city. he snagged a blue marlin weighing in at 1,062-pounds. that exceeds the previous record by more than 100 pounds. forest says it took him more than three hours to reel the fish in. that big blue marin lynn is now worth about $550,000. a group of police accused in a high profile case is

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in the news now at 6:53. six of the seven north carolina

men accused in the federal terrorism case have been transferred to a jail in virginia. the six are held at a jail. in a hearing on thursday, the judge ordered all six to be held until trial but he also questioned the strength of the prosecutor's case. four philadelphia police officers fired for beating caught on tape in may have been cleared of abuse charges by a grand jury. the district attorney says the suspects were resisting arrest. although they are seen on the ground at the time of the incident. the fraternal order of police plans to fight to get the officers reinstated. a wildfire near salt lake city, utah forced the closure of 80. windy and dry conditions fueled the blaze. drivers were forced to find alternate routes because of the extreme fire damage. no word on how long the interstate will be closed. we are in for a beautiful friday across the region. 65 now. 72 by 9:00. 79 by noon. we are topping off at 85

comfortable degrees. i will have the seven-day forecast coming up along with angie's traffic when 9 news now returns. carol!

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the world's longest yard sale opens for business near cincinnati, ohio and continues in to alabama. lines of cars can be seen from west unity, ohio to alabama for the 685-mile sale event which seems to get bigger every year. it is a four-day event known as the 127 corridor sale. it attracts bargain hunters all over the nation. it is in the 22nd year and turns homeowners along the route in to vendors and runs through five states a national and state park and a museum. >> can you imagine how much

money we would make if we had a 9 news now yard sale. i have so much crap. >> i have nice things. so come to my table and forget hers. >> i just found a whole collection of archie comments. remember archie. >> yes. >> it is vintage. talk about the traffic. let me see if i can sell you this, but you probably don't want it an accident is blocking all lanes. northbound traffic is being diverted on to opitz boulevard. we are getting around it. 66 eastbound is closed nutley to 50 and that is because of crash activity to the right shoulder. a great day for you. 85 today. won't buy sunday or monday with temperatures mid to upper 90s. and next week in the heat. thursday back in the 80s get ready for the heat wave. mind over money friday at 9:00