get in ve ntrngo meep government for help. rs ch out to colose dvtocounsers to advocate on and ad don't accept no. do what you can to save your home. new concerns about fire hydrants in the district after the discovery a fire hydrant was mislabeled. i didn't hear the rain showers last night. i hope it gave us relief. >> few and far between just like the night before. only a couple of neighborhoods got them but promising on the radar this morning. a nice soaking rain coming from the roanoke area. it is wednesday morning, 5:00 straight up. i'm here to help you with the weather. show you with the satellite- ra. r op asu yon see we have rain by roanoke and these are slowly

moving northeast. folks along i-81 will get some of this later u th moisrning ann e thamp he. re we're at 77. but cloud cover on the way means we won't be as hot as where we have been recently. we will trade the 90s in for upper 80s and scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms. kris sneed is in for angie and he has your driving. we will start 95 northbound in virginia out of dumfries past lorton toe the mixes bowl. you are clear right now. we will continue that to 395. no problems here live at duke street to the 14th street bridge. head to the district and a live look at inbound new york avenue. no problems here as well as throughout the district right now. moving in to maryland, checking out the outer loop at university. we are up to speed. a little volume building but no problems. and finally go to our graphics.

we are taking a look out of baltimore from 95 and the bw parkway, nothing but green cars as you make your way to the beltway. andrea. this morning there's new urgency to the task of examining fire hydrants in the district. that is after the discovery that the one firefighters desperately needed last month had been mislabeled. 9 news now armando trull has more. >> reporter: fire hydrant 03553 on chain bridge road is now marked in red. it is a warning to firefighters it cannot supply enough water to help them do their job. however, on the night of the devastating fire that destroyed the mansion wasa had mislabeled the hydrant in blue. >> it has to be a mistake. >> reporter: a mistake that led firefighters to believe the water flow was 1500-gallons a minute when it was 300-gallons a minute. not enough to feed their hoses. >> that's distressing.

>> reporter: so distressing that a week after the blaze the district pledged to work with wasa to begin an aggressive testing of all 4,000 water hydrants in the district. >> they are building a database and will share additional information with us about the gallons a minute flow. >> reporter: until that testing is complete, the fire department promised to send specialized tanker trucks to fires in areas with low water pressure. >> that was armando trull reporting. investigators are trying to find the source of a carbon monday non knox side leak that put three people in the hospital in ocean city, maryland. investigators say they found relatively high levels of the gas on the three highest floors of the certain seven story building. the hotel was evacuated. president obama took a turn trying to convince americans face to face of the need to reform the health care system. he held a town hall meeting new

hampshire. other forums have been interrupted by opponents to the white house plan. >> for all the chatter and the yelling and shouting and the noise, what you need to know is this, if you don't have health insurance you will finally have quality affordable options once we pass reform. i don't think that government bureaucrats should be meddling but i don't think that insurance company bureaucrats should be meddling. that's the health care system i believe in. >> reporter: the crowd was fairly civilized for president obama. angry critics made their voices heard at forums an the country yesterday. the white house is demanding that a nonprofit group remove posters put up around union station the ads feature jasmine messiah, an 8- year-old miami student. it says president obama's daughters get million think lunches, why don't i? the white

house says the group is using the president's daughters and wants the posters taken down. the nonprofit won't budge. it is five after the hour. time for our first "living $mart" report of the morning. we say good morning to jess a doyle. you have a look at the day ahead in wall street. wall street has a little case of the jitters about the federal reserve. the source of anxiety is what central bankers will say about the state of the economy when they deliver their decision on interest rates this afternoon. that seventh stocks lower overnight. the hang seng down 2.1%. wall street surged after -- in the dow fell 96 1/2 the nasdaq down 22 and the s&p down 12. pascally has pled guilty on

charges. there is speculation he could cut a lead and lead prosecutors to new indictments. the word posh and dorm don't usually go together. that could change. look at this student housing facility at the university of louisville. the property features one to four bedroom garden apartments. it has a swimming . pool, sand volleyball, tanning beds and a central clubhouse with a movie theater. will they get their home work done is the question i have. >> how much do they pay? >> yeah, we all know that. >> i think they will get rid of the tanning beds and safe some money. we are saving folks on the money saving time of the day. shipping rates and how you can save big bucks the next time you have a major project to move. a family spokesman says funeral arrangements for eunice kennedy shriver will be planned today.

eunice kennedy shriver's family attended a private wake in massachusetts. the 88-year-old suffered a series of strokes in recent years and is survived by her husband, five children and 19 grandchildren. you can hear more from special olympians and view a slide show of her life and legacy at wusa9.com. look under our water cooler headlines. here's a reminder of the risk that rescuers go through to help us. two paramedics had to go by air yesterday to help a hiker who got injured at shenandoah national park. a ground team might not have been able to locate the man and

turns out he was near the edge of a cliff. >> we were able to fly, find him immediately. >> we tried to find a way to put me safely on the ground. pilot hovers above the area and i basically jumped off a few feet. >> reporter: another hiker assisted the team to hoist the man in the helicopter. he had broken his ankle and cut his hand. they pointed out that the hikers were well equiped and knew to hike to a clearing so the chopper could reach them. metal debris from a jet falls down in the middle of new york city. and a fire out west forces a sudden roundup of livestock. you are watching 9 news now. b@

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the rain immediate for a messy commute in seattle. it had been 28 days since they reported any measurable rainfall rainfall. he hills are the greenest green. >> we are going to be trading in some of our dry weather for some wet weather today. we only had a handful of showers yesterday unfortunately. we need the rain. and i'm looking far and wide with doppler 9000 to keep you updated. let's start th that this mog.rn rescanning e skies prettyfar away, etwn doto harrissonburg but eeinrain show

sarg in srswewnhoindo there and movi slng owlydoto ow north and east. widen the view and show you the loop e the thsatellite llan rad together. a big batch of rain toward roanoke. if you can change to the weather computer. there it is. with a little luck we will get rainfall moving in on us this afternoon. a lot more cloud cover than yesterday at this time. so we have a mild start but that will preclude a warmup to the 90s. instead of 90s we will work on 80s today. showers on the move from the south and west. the commute in and around the beltway will be dry and temperatures in the 70s. this afternoon we will have the scattered showers with some thunder mixing in. cooler than yesterday. highs in the middle to upper 80s and northwest winds five to ten. here's a look at the rainfall total in the last 24 hours. nothing at reagan national. up to the north, frederick and hagerstown they have more showers and thunderstorms yesterday afternoon but that is

pretty mue ch about it. not too much on the ground. martinsburg, good morning with your 69. 2 winchester. inside the beltway in the middle 70s and in annapolis 76. saint indigos is near 80 this morning. you will probably stay dry the longest this afternoon, you folks in to southern maryland and northern neck of virginia. high temperatures reaching in the 80s instead of those 90s. focus on the northeast and mid- atlantic states. this is where we have a front that is dying. sounds so sad but this time of the year, cool fronts have a hard time pushing south. so our region becomes a grave yard for them. but as they fall and die out around our area they have a chance to focus convection. that's why just bt every day this week we have a chance of showers and thunderstorms but at least we will get some cloud cover and cooler weather with those 80s today. here's how it looks the next

seven. tomorrow looks to be the driest day with 88 degrees. if we see any showers they should be south of dc. then, as we round out the rest of the week in to the weekend, scattered thunderstorms making a comeback. hot weather on monday afternoon tuesday. kris sneed is in for angie and he has the traffic. >> good morning, kim. we will start by taking a live look at 66 eastbound. we are tracking the head lights here lee highway out in centreville. no problems past route 50 to 495. going to our graphics and head out the gw parkway. northbound and southbound nothing but green cars making the way past 123 to the 14th street bridge. the inner and outer loop in virginia, tracking head lights at van doren, no problems to the wilson bridge on the outer loop and the inner loop past 95 to 66 all clear, as well. to the graphics we will check out route 4, route 5 and 301 in

maryland. no problems, incidents or accidents to report out here and a live look at 270 at frederick past father hurley to the split you are clear. over to you. in the living well headlines, a new study finds aspirin and ibuprofen can prevent colon cancer but beware it says it only cuts the risk when taken a few times a week for more than ten years. therefore they conclude the risk outweighs the benefits. the study comes from the journal of the american medical association. flip flops could be a summertime flop according to one study. it can expose your feet to potentially dangerous germs. microbiologists found a layer of bacteria including staph. it can cause a blood infection if you have a cut on your foot. time to say good morning to

chris fin fisher in the web center. >> that's right. good morning, andrea. all eyes are on the sky this morning. the hottest thing on the web right now is a perseid meteor shower. it is being billed as the biggest meteor shower of the year. this morning people are going on-line to find out how to see it. i want to show you how dominant this story is on the now. if you ri now. if you go to alexa.com, whh an internet tracking site and look at their list isheof t hottest sites on the web you will ofsee that half of the top ten sites this morning have to e.'sith that meteor rehe 'son here's one. itre's one. is just that domi u,i lllooky itbswe d bsite every single morning i anseen one story miso ntnadoacross the board. perseid meteor shower is a top sear ongoogle. the hotness factor is listed as volcanic. chateck th out. if you want to ennd k to to see it, i wintlloi p poi

you tospace.com. e gu thetoac idguto the perseid meteor shower and they have also a map of the night sky that shows wherey you need to look at various times throughout the night to see the perseid meteor shower. it started july 17th and active until august 24th. but the beti meto see it riisw, t ghw,no just before dawn. f you lookjuover llu'e yoseth itter, llyou' see that yolepe opare angtough me tise eingtiit because of all of those clouds. so unfortunately right now is the peak. a lot of people in the dc area having a tough time seeing it but the good news is this will go until the 24th. this is only the peak and you can still see it tomorrow night. back to you. >> thank you. the nationals try to keep the majors longest winning streak in tact. and find out how much star power will be on the sidelines in the redskins first preseason game. we'll be right back. ?ñ??

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in sports the nationals ace took the mound as washington tried to extend the winning streak to nine games and ryan zimmerman's first rbi hit quickly put thionates in the lead over the braves. however, the offense went cold after that. in the 3rdinning, martin's hit scores church and listennen was out. there were nine strikeout. the nats fall 8-1 ending their streak. at camden yards a freak play in the 2ndinning. he tries to get it but the ball hits the knob of the bat. ryan scores from the third and that maybe his easiest rbi ever. baltimore won 3-2. redskins coach jim zorn maybe known as a risk taker but perhaps not in

the free season. portis, haynesworth and moss will all sit out for tomorrow's game against the ravens and they are just the stars -- they are just some of the stars that will be on the bench. others who are dinged up will also watch from the sideline. zorn says he is letting some of them rest their nagging injuries and obliging portis who simply hates the free season. >> the thing about him, he will be ready to go. if i put him in he will go in, and he will give you his best effort. i'm not concerned about how much he plays or doesn't play but just like last year i didn't play him in the first game. i will probably do the same this year. >> reporter: a surprise visitor at the camp joel siegel. he is also the agent for campbell, landry and hall. and he was visiting them.

he says there is no chance vick will don the burgundy and gold. good news for grocery shoppers in our next "living $mart" report. and the marines are on the move in afghanistan. we will have details on their new offensive. and there are new reasons for districts residents to be concerned whether is there is enough water in their neighborhood fire hydrant in case of an emergency. we are taking a fly of the dulles toll road on route 28. it is 5:26 and 75 degrees ouide. more news and weather coming up.

the kids get a little extra time to cool off last night. montgomery county's recreation department extended hours from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at its seven outdoor pools. >> they have slides. we didn't have that. our town pool was lame. we had like one diving board. >> they would say that was the

old days, kim. >> i know. >> welcome back to 9 news now. thanks for joining us this morning. chris need snead will be the traffic in a moment but first our veteran meteorologist kim martucci. >> old, married lady now. >> yes. >> good morning, everybody. happy wednesday. good news we will have some cooler weather today. okay. we'll take it. no 90s and we will hopefully have rain showers b@us off too. from southwestern virginia we will focus on the clouds across northern virginia. you will have cooler times ahead. wood stock 83. showers by late morning and that will hold off until later in the afternoon. across maryland, westminster look at 78 for the high. loving that idea. waldorf, mostly cloudy. some showers later in the day for potomac, 87 and hancock, maryland 77 today with scattered showers and thunderstorms later in the

afternoon. giving angie time off today. kris sneed is in to help us with traffic. >> all right. we will start at maryland looking live at colesville. head lights at the outer loop and inner loop. no problems to report all the way around. moving to the district, we are tracking our head lights here inbound new york avenue past bladensburg to the third street tunnel. a little volume building. we will keep an eye on that. moving to 395 delays building duke to seminary. five minutes right now but then no problems all the way to the 14th street bridge. finally a live look at dale city on 95 northbound. no problems past lorton as you make your way though mixing bowl. andrea, over to you. new this morning, an offensive is underway against the taliban in afghanistan. marine and helicopters backed by harrier jets stormed in to the town in the southern part

of the country, a town owned by the taliban marines were met with small arms mortar and rocket-propelled ground fire. the fighting is underway. more to the task of examining a fire hydrants in the district after the discovery that blew up one -- that led to the discovery one fire hydrant firefighters needed desperately last monday is disabled. >> they hope the next time they respond to the blaze the hydrants will have proper markings. that wasn't think case with this hydrant. on the night of the devastating fire, it had a blue tag. and this led firefighters to think the water flow was adequate but it wasn't. there was less than a fifth of the water needed to fight the blaze. the hydrant has been retagged in red to show it is not

functional. it was too late to save the mansion. >> we hope they will get it squared away. >> reporter: the district hopes so as well and it has begun a joint inspection effort with wasa. >> we have a high level of confident dense for wasa to do this flow testing. this is the first instance we have come across. >> reporter: tanker trucks will be sent to areas with low pressure or volume volume. new information that may solve the murder of an annandale acupuncturist. this video captures a vehicle at chung's business on july 24th. now, the vehiclpullhis up to driveway on the 41 east block of hummer road and the person gets out on e th passenger's side. the person is thought to be a male wearing light tan pants an

green shirt. the vehicle is believed to be an infiniti 2003 to 2008 model dark color, possibly black anyone with information should contact fairfax county police. investigate everss in loudoun county, virginia are on the lookout for a rapist. a woman went to check on a lady's cat. it is an area where the homes are spread far apart. and two men attacked her. >> she was approached by two unknown subjects who assaulted herment one man allegedly held her down and another man sexually assaulted her. >> rorter: police say the attackers took her cell phone she she had to drive herself to the hospital. they hope the victim will be able to recall more details and they are hoping anyone who saw something suspicious will come forward. police have now confirmed two pit bulls are responsible for the death of a 2 a -- 20- year-old leesburg man.

carter delany was mauled by the dogs in he basement of >>his home. a preliminary autopsy shows he died from bite wounds to his neck that cut off oxygen to his brain. they say it is possible was trying to keep the dogs from attacking a smaller dog in the home. that dog died, too. some environmental activists have new reason to be encouraged about the future of the chesapeake bay. administration officials met with bay advocates last night in annapolis they heard presentation of what cleanup actions seemed to be have a positive affect on the watershed and how much more needs to be done. president obama has ordered a new bay cleanup plan be completed by september 9th. time for another "living $mart" report. jessica has more on the budget crunch hitting state workers in maryland again. >> we have seen seven out of eight state workers in maryland taking a furlough and they

could be in the offering again. an administration official says six meetings have been held to discuss plans. last time employees took at least two furlough days and anyone making $40,000 a year or more o an additional two or three days without pay. next time you head to safeway you may notice that prices dropped 25%. fe25%. safeway will an noceunthcethe l suppli essupplies and paper coffee. giant made a similar move 2006, ev 0620en, even whole foo prices on key items and coupon usage is up 4%. it is time for the money saving tip of the day. thinking of cutting the cost to get your kids back to college or e maybyou have a large item to ship maacro the u.s. the way to determine the cheape icpre is use pra rate comparison service such as shipping e th l

you needtoship on usetp.s trans providers bid to win the job which keeps the pr esicesdo and consumer revis and shopping around can save you $100 or more on the next major shipping job. for more money-saving tips check out the financialista.com. >> thank you. teams of veterinarians spring in to action after a raid at a suspected puppy mill turns up hundreds of animals. that story is coming up. a curfew is in affect after political riots in central america. here's chris. >> we are flying southbound on the bw parkway past 132, 198 to the beltway. no problems. it is 5:37. 9 news nowill return after these messages.

welcome back. a live look at east capital street and 5 # 58th and northeast. no problems as you head to the district. more traffic and weather coming up after the break. in the news now at 5:39 an overnight curfew is in affect for another 20 minutes in the capital of honduras. this after supporters of ousted president marched in to in the city on tuesday. some threw rocks and set fires. the marchers included the president's wife. secretary of state hillary

clinton announced the u.s. is sending $17 million in aid to the congo. she visited with victims of gang rapes in a refugee camp. the money will go for prevention programs and training doctors to better treat victims. the u.s. humane society is running a temporary shelter for more than 500 dogs and cats seized from a suspected puppy mill in texas. deputies discovered the operation after someone asked the humane society for food donations. they are being treated by veterinarians. so far no charges have been filed against the owners. this week is the 40th anniversary of woodstock. we will look at on-line tributes coming up in what's on the web. as general motors pro--- introduces the electric car we will look at whether our power grid could handle a surge of plug in vehicles. and looking up for the perseid meteor showers. kind of hazy.

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general motors is shining the spotlight on its first electric car that will get 230 miles a gallon. it will take you fa40-mile on a single charge and 400 miles on

the hybrid gasoline engine. >> go hybrids. >> the volt is slated to hit in limited production. won't be cheap, 40,000 there's but it will have a $7,500 tax credit for some who have been waiting a long time to own one. andrew stack has more. >> every evening, for 27 years, david goldstien has pulled an electrical cable across his front yard. >> like plugging in your cell phone at night. when you come out it is fully charged. >> reporter: he has been waiting if the chevy volt. >> i'm ready to buy one right now. bring it on. >> reporter: ever since his converted ford escort became part of a department of energy program so we could test them and build the next generation of cars. >> there still is some of that fossil fuels being used either way. >> malcolm advising energy

policy for governor o'malley and says the existing power grid can't handle charging large numbers of electric vehicles on one condition. >> if people recharge at night we have a lot of excess capacity. if they recharge during the day it would be a problem. >> reporter: for in the volt promises 230 miles a gallon with the assistance of a gas engine. otherwise it operates as an electric car with a 40-mile range. next june, san francisco and washington will be the first two cities to receive volts from the assembly line. >> this is great. never thought that washington would be on the forefront but we are the nation's capital. >> cars like the volt could offer the u.s. a way out of foreign oil dependence and a way to improve national security by denying oil dollars. >> kim, a proud hybrid owner. >> right, ma'am.

so, look at this. ron williams, running our robotic cameras lives in washington, d.c. and look at what came out of his garden. so dc has some pretty nice produce. >> good soil. >> exactly. so we could use some rain. i want to know how your garden grows. visit my blog. you can send me a picture. i want gardening tips. >> and whether that upside down thing works the one where you plant your tomatoes and it is upside down. >> no. i want to hear more. >> we will find out the scoop from andrea. >> we don't have one. i want to hear from you. >> try it before you buy it. some rain drops in the future today. the next three days in the forecast, a couple of thunderstorms this afternoon. the stuff is coming from the roan 'nique area right now and 87, much cooler than the high temperatures we have had the last couple of days. yesterday hit 93. here's how it looks on the

satellite and radar loop. a band of rain reaching up 18. keep your fingers crossed it sneaks in to our area with a couple of storms. we will take what we can get. the rainfall total for 2009, just about 25 inches and this is a surplus. almost an inch of rain in the bank for the year but lately we haven't had too much. we could also use a little more. thbe a rehind schedule at martinsburg down two inch and a three-inch surplus at dulles. the temperatures in the middle 70s right now. that's the case in southern maryland. saint indigos close to 80. off to the north and west, 69 between martinsburg and winchester. the temperatures will climb to the middle 80s. clodding up in to the afternoon with occasional showers possible as we head to the 5:00 hour. this front moving toward us is slowing down and will be pretty much dying along the mid- atlantic coast the next few days. with nothing to push it in to

the ocean we will have a weak boundary to focus scattered showers almost every day. tomorrow will be probably the driest day of the next couple with any showers we get to the south. temperatures with the cloud cover around, at least 80s still good. here's how it looks for the next seven. tomorrow, probably the best day of the workweek with 88 and again any rain showers, mostly targeting the far southern locations. in to saturday and sunday we will watch a little weakness move through our mid-level winds along the old boundary, keeping us dicey for thunderstorms in toe this weekend and next week we will watch the bermuda high and pump the 90s back in. kris sneed is in for angie. he has the traffic. >> good morning. so far maryland is looking good as we look live at new hampshire avenue on the beltway. no problems. we will head over to 270 and if you are heading southbound a

slow down. germantown road to the split, this is not the case in virginia as you can tell. a live look at 6 seeing th taillights backing down from 50 to 123 and then again up to speed from nutley to the beltway. the inner loop, no problems here. nothing but green cars and our realtime sensors showing cars 62 miles an hour, averaging and we will take a live look at 95 northbound. slow from the prince william parkway to lorton that's ten extra minutes for commuters as you make your way to the mixing bowl. kristin is in the web center. over to you. this week marks the 40th anniversary of wood stock. to celebrate there's a new website that lets you look back and relive the days of peac' 'n here it is. it is called the wood stock it lets d u itlets you look at newly digitized newspapers, photographs, do d ocments and k. omfrwoo om odstock.

you can share yoururown meries by uploading your own ag es to this site. there is so much information on this site that you can arn leu about the project. learn about it right here. i want to show you a few of my favorites and give you kind of a taste of what you can expect to find, if you go to this site. let's start here. one of the ne isis you can actually look at newspapers from papers acro the country about wood stock. this is headlined rock festival, one person dead and 5,000 treated. you can read the article and scroll through and see what is making news during woodstock. one, i'm sorry, well, this is not something on wood stock but this is later on if you were to keep flipping through that newspaper. from this day this is u wh you

e. ld here you can find the actual wood stock poster with a lineup of the bands playing. here you will find -- this is l,unulusua a wood stock cola ca some of the odd souvenirs and tidbits you could pick up while attending the concert. an actual wood e stock ticket that somebody scanned and uploaded to isth site. also, you t loth oflot of images onthis site. and this is what a lot of peopokinlo. g at lookg . at a shot of ofana d ofd course a sh of janis plinjo and the musical acts performing at wood stock. a ton of stuff to sift through the site. if you are interested and you want to dig in deeper i have a blog on my website, wusa9.com. welcome family news for a singer who's who lost several relatives less than a year ago. and talk to a woman who helped to safe an injured dog left to die in a dumpster.

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fairfax county is accuse 0 of shortchanging 150 police officers who helped with crowd control during president obama's inauguration one of the next noisy health care reforms -- forums could happen in our area. new information about a bruised and battered pit bull tossed in to a dumpster to die. apparently the loser in an illegal dog fight. the dc woman who found the dog while taking out her trash is talking for the first time to 9 news now. bruce johnson has the follow up story. >> reporter: she only wants her first name to be used and she says she still shaken by what she found outside of her apartment last week when she tossed her trash in the dumpster. >> i noticed something was moving but was not coming out and all i saw was a lot of flies and i looked and there was dog, helpless, looking at me like please help me. >> a young pit bull had been

tossed in the dumpster. her face swollen with most of her body stuffed in to a tightly wound plastic bag. humane society law enforcement officer called to the apartment building to pull her out of the dumpster where she had been apparently left to die. >> she had chewed a hole in the bag to get her head free. >> a lot of swelling under here. >> reporter: she was given the name trooper to reflect her attitude. >> whether or not it was a dog's fight or she was attacked by dogs she definitely has puncture wounds all over her head and neck. >> reporter: residents of this private building tell me they are not allowed to have dogs. they are convinced whatever happened to the pit bull that ended up in the dumpster it happened somewhere else. >> reporter: trooper beyond underwent surgery today. the facility says her bills are runs in to the thousands of dollars and they are accepting donations and reward for information leading to an arrest of those responsible for the crime is $1,500 it. >> is hurting to know that

somebody would hurt a dog like that. animals deserve to be treated way better than that. i don't think that anyone should have brought the dog to your trash can from the get go. bruce johnson, 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> if you would like to help with troopers care and rehabilitation work we have a link to the donation page at wusa9.com. click on our story on trooper in headlines. we're buzzing this morning, happy news. >> love jennifer hudson. well, the 27-year-old actress and oscar winner and grammy winner gave birth on monday to david daniel and, you know what she didn't even confirm she was expecting before announcing the news of her birth and we are rooting for her, especially in light of what happened to her family last fall. she did recall she won an academy award for best supporting actress for her

portrayal of every fi in dream girl 2007 and got a grammy for her self titled debut cd. gogean for. >> a lot of stuff going on. we are buzzing about arguably one of america's most beautiful couples. angelina jolie and brad pitt walking the red carpet in los angeles. the couple there for the premier of the new movie. this is a quentin tarantino film getting a lot of buzz. previews looking good. people are also buzzing about that dress angelina is wearing. black leather strapless, stiletto heels and people are saying she is looking really skinny again. >> dominatrix. >> we might want to hear rumors she needs to eat. >> they are doing just fine. getting ready to say farewell to one of the oldest soaps on radio and television,

the guiding light. they had the final shoot in new jersey yesterday. kim zimmer who has been playing riva for 30 years, her character has been married five times, traveled in time and cloned once. i hope she and josh get back together in the end but who knows. >> she was married nine times. >> okay. oh, well. >> she married the same people over again and in the same family, father, son, whatever. ethel from i love lucyge ts y. own stamdato todaweda dnrneswednesday mornin he re's alook at the st'sted w conditions. we have middle 70s pe70r s e,id r 70s in maryland but refreshing 60s for winchester and martinsburg. satellite-radar .