had rain overnight and that's where the cloud cover is thicker. north and west, partly cloudy skies. maybe a little patchy fog out there. as for the forecast today, we will keep it dry most of the day. if anyone sees a storm the odds are best east an south of the district. we will take a trip to the middle 80s. kenny is in for angie goff. he has the traffic report. what's up. >> good top of the hour to you. northbound ramp to 70. the ramp to middlebrook is closed due to downed wire. police is are on the scene. no delays in the area, however, southbound is still clear from frederick to the belty. over to the graphic, i want to e ttargeg geword cident on branch avenue ntat brandy wine road. getting more fon rmatioabout that accident for you right now. in virginia, 395 we are starting to get volume between duke and seminary. but overall a good trip to the 14th street bridge. 95 northbound is slow between the prince william parkway to lorton. once you get there they are

back up to speed continuing to t th beltway. you veha a metro delay at nterm work. they are single tracng between friendship heights and grove grovesnor. expect minor delays. make sure to protect yourself in parking garages. montgomery county police say car break ins are on the rise. digital correspondent, armando trull is live in silver spring with an initiative to help you out. good morning. >> good morning, andrea. in 30 minutes, montgomery county police will be handing out flyers in parking lots in silver spring like this one. it is part of a don't forget initiative. it is a crime busting move that is supposed to remind folks not to leave valuables visible in cars because this could attract thieves an thieves have been busy as of late. last month there were 20 thefts from vehicles parked in public garages in silver spring. bethesda -- thefts took place both during the day and night. the crimes have occurred in nine public garages, most near

the downtown area of silver spring. police say the most popular stolen items are gps units. mp-player and laptops are also high on the thieves shopping list. however, police say even a little change maybe enough to tempt thieves to break in to your car. police are going as far as recommending if you have a gps unit and you use a suction cup to keep it in place on the windshield to wipe the windshield down because you don't want to leave any indication there is something valuable in your car and they listen handing out flyers beginning at 6:30. live, armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. the silver spring district where armando is a hot spot when it comes to crime. this is apheter first quarter numbers for robberies car thefts and burglaries.

however, these numbers are down compared to the same times last year. a charles county judge reportedly admits to letting the air out of a car tire. the car was parked in a restricted zone. the "washington post" says circuit court judge robert nailly said he didn't think it was a big deal. he left several notes on the car informing the driver of the no-parking rule. that didn't work. so the judge let the air out of one tire. the car belonged to jean washington. she works at the courthouse and thought the sign was for visitors only. now she wants answers from the judge. >> usually when someone disrupted someone else's property they are usually given a type. i'd like to know what will happen in this case. >> reporter: the la plata police chief is investigating and he is not sure if there will be any charges. the national transportation safety board is changing the time line of information. it has learned about problems on metro. last week the trntsb said it ju

learned about a safety system failure backup in march. now investigators say they learned about it after the june 22nd crash. in that march incident a driver pulled the emergency brake to avoid train collision. sentencing is set for today for a man convicted in a string of terrifying home invasions in montgomery county. jose garcia killed one of the victims francis halfenstein after hitting her repeatedly on the head. the orvictims, all women, survived. prosecutors are seeking a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. a former fairfax county police officer could face a civil suit over a fatal crash. we told you about this last february. a man da perry was behind the wheel of her cruiser when it collided with another car on route 1. teachers assistant macintosh was killed. she had the green light. her family said that perry did not have her siren on and she was found got guilty in a trial

last year, macintosh's family is pursuing a civil suit. time for a living smart report. jessica, you have a story about a taste of the big apple coming here. >> we are talking about a new concert venue possibly for dc and the company behind it knows a thing or two about entertainment. we are talking about madson square garden. the owner of the new york entertainment arena and other holdings including the rockettes and new york knicks is shopping here to open a venue. they report they want to build a 6,000-foot arena. bigger than the warner theater and the convert hall combined. the bottled water boom maybe over. sales have fallen the first time in five years. people are filling up at the tap. environmentalists have taken aim at the water industry for wasting natural resources and stuffing land fills with plastic bottles. more people -- most people who buy applications for the

iphone pay 99 cents but there are some expensive ones that cost more than the phone itself. the most expensive app today is pro. for $900. you can monitor the video surveillance cameras from r ou iphone, that is if u have video survllan cecameras but the most exivivnspee one ever, ns,0$1llapcap ed ,0i am ri ched itdid nothing. apple pued it from the store but not before people bought copies. and this is what i call stupid money. >> if you have to worry about the price then you couldn't afford it, right. >> i suppose so. >> still dumb. i agree with you. a world record for clothing recycling set here in dc. more than 30,000 pairs of blue jeans have been gathered at union station. the magazine national geographic kids led the effort to collect old jeans from children across the country.

>> i think in small ways all of the groups that are out there working on these issues, we are beginning too see a difference and we really seeing a spike in the environmental eco consciousness of the american populous and believe it or not, kids often times are more aware of thesissues itthan kid adults ares >> talk about repurposing the jeans will be recycled and reprocessed in to insulation for homes devastated by natural disasters. in four minutes we will tell you about two hero firefighters being honored in our region. plus, a maryland woman finds her belongings for sale at someone else's yard sale. here from the -- hear from the man accused of taking them. but first a focus on maryland's weather and traffic. this is the place. if you live in maryland we focus on your weather right now. look at the satellite-radar loop. it is cloudy for the eastern shore. western maryland is looking good thly part cloudy to pa

clear skies. right w no68 hagerstown. we have 73 inside the beltway. patuxent river 72. now, toward north beach andd's creek we may have a shower today. bethesda, partly cloudy and 83 this afternoon. not looking at many rain chances up there in the hagerstown area. over to conditionny burns watching the maryland traffic. right now i'm watching 270 northbound. the ramp to westbound middle brook road is closed due to downed wires. police and crews are on the scene trying to clean that up. southbound from frederick to the beltway. no delay. over to actually check local roads right now. 355 and shady grove, no problems or incidents at this time and the trip westbound 50 from annapolis to bowie and over to dc is a clear trip. no problems or incidents to report. back to andrea. >> thank you, kenny. as you head out the door this morning, we want you to think about your goals. best-selling author and

motivational speaker willie jolly explains why dreaming big often affects what you get in return. >> today i want to share a simple idea to help you live better and have greater success. it is the power of your vision for your future and what you expect to happen in the future. i love the story about a gentleman who had a very new business and he really was thinking about his dreams and goals and he went out to his garage and he cleaned it out and the family said why are you cleaning it out. that's where my rolls royce is going. they said how is that going to work you just started a new business but every day he would go to the garage and keep the space clean and year after year he did it and one day he came in there and looked at his new rolls royce, because he had high expectations and worked toward a goal. goals work, if you work your goals. so i'm encouraging you to have high expectations, be dream big dreams and work toward those

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is. today we tip our cap to william a garrett. he will be honored as the firefighter of the year in fairfax county, virginia. it is the department's highest award. when he isn't working a station 11 he is organizing toys for to thes drives and rounding up winter coats and back backpacks

and we join in congratulating captain garrett. kristin fisher is joining us with the story of another hero firefighter. >> i love doing story on all heros but there is really something about the everyday heros the firefighters, the police officers, they are the ones out there putting their lives on the line each and every day. we'd like to honor one this morning. take a look at this picture of prince georges county firefighter rachel ebney. she was awarded the emergency services award for a truly heroic act on february 1st of this year. i don't think we have that picture. i do apologize, but listen to this story. she had been off duty when she responded to calls for help coming from the dock of an edgewater restaurant. when she got there she realized a man had fallen off the dock in the freezing waters of south river in february. according to witnesses, she did not waste a second. didn't think twice. and there she is. you can see a shot of her right now. she jumped in the water, pulled

the drowning man to the surface and stayed in the water, holding him above the water until additional help could arrive. well, yesterday, you can see she finally received some well- deserved recognition for what he did. during the awards ceremony, prince georges county fire chief, eugene jones told her i'm quoting here despite being off duty and not duty bound to hack you responded without hesitation and your actions had a direct impact on saying a life. she grew up in bowie, maryland and currently lives in annapolis. quite a story. we love hearing those stories. if you would like to nominate a hero for an upcoming hero central segment i'd love to hear about it. send an e-mail to heros@wusa9.com. every time i hear one of those stories i wonder what i would do in those situations. would you have the courage and the -- to go in. >> just jump in the water and go after somebody.

so impressive. >> they always say it is their jobs, but you know it is so much more. >> thank you. it is 14. here's what is in the news now. u.s. marines are trying to bolster security in afghanistan. it is in preparation for next week's presidential election there. at least seven insurgents have been killed as troops try to cut taliban supply lines. former vice president cheney reportedly says that president bush stopped taking his advice. the "washington post" reports that in his tell all book he will reveal the two drifted apart. >> the once monster hurricane is scaled down to a tropical depression before hitting maui but did bring plenty of rain. >> and in the atlantic ocean we still have tropical depression number two out there. i'm keeping an eye on it. it is pretty far out and several days away from becoming anything yet. this tomato i picked from the

weather terrace. >> yes. >> you were asking about the topsy-turvy. >> the upside down planter. >> i asked people to visit my blog and we heard from marcia the bread lady. she actually has one and she is sharing this picture with us of her topsy-turvy tomato planter. it is basically a bag and from it the tomato plant drops below the bag. so the soil is upside down. i was at their website and this thing can produce 30-pounds. she is using it to try out cucumber. she loves it. she said her advice is to water it every day. if you have a green garden and you want to share the details with me or vice, visit my blog at wusa9.com and let me know. i have a link where you can send me pictures. the satellite and dar loop. we have clear skies here. to the east we have cloud cover. we have showers there during

the overnight. it is 73 inside the beltway at reagan national airport. northeast winds are blowing at 8 miles an hour. the humidity is sticky outside. when you pick up that morning paper, it is going to feel like air you can wear. so be advised you want to wear lightweight clothing today. we are not expecting the blazing 90s at all. in fact 60s up there in frederick county, maryland. good morning, frederick with 66. 71 andrews air force base. 74 in andrews. middle 60s toward particular tinsburg and 68 in cull per. the weather the next three days, partly cloudy skies. isolated thunderstorm chances. now, today we are going to specifically target more of the eastern and southern suburbs, not so much our western suburbs. so keep that in mind as you make your plans. redskins are playing a preseason game up there in baltimore against the ravens, partly cloudy skies. game time 7:30 is the kick off. maybe a stray storm. nothing to write about.

temperatures easing to the middle 70s. if you are watching a flight out of town, chicago middle 80s and memphis a high of 89. we will focus on this decaying front. it will be the focus for any shower activity as we head to the weekend. no widespread organize rain forecasted but one of those pop up thunderstorm kind of things as we make those outdoor plans. lows an 70. coming up tomorrow we will keep it warmer upper 80s with east winds three to seven. seven-day forecast, middle to upper 80s. as we head to the weekend we leave the 90s a bermuda high will back in and front by wednesday of next week. scattered thunderstorms. kenny is in for angie with your traffic covered. good morning. >> good morning. northbound 270 ramp to middle brook road is closed due to downed wires. police are on the scene. utility crews are working

there. no delays still. also, keep in mind middle brook road is closed between 355 because of downed wires. southbound 270 clear frederick to the beltway. outer loop between portion and montgomery counties, volume is picking up between university boulevard and 90. a brief slow down in the area. through the district, northeast, inbound new york avenue everybody routine slow down between the times building and bladensburg road. 66 eastbound is slow. accident on columbia pike at rose lane involving a police cruiser. you might want to take caution through the area. and now to eastbound 66. slow between 50 and 123. it is 6:18. now, over to andrea. >> thank you, kenny. it imagine going away on vacation, coming home to find your house burglarized. then seeing your possessions on sale at a yard sale just down the street. police say that happened to a woman in receive earn,

maryland. she found a rug, dresser and clothes for sale at a neighbor's house. that neighbor is 46-year-old david -- he thought the house was being foreclosured upon so he went to scavenge. >> i thought they were going to foreclose and go to the dump or whatever. i thought it was going to go to waste. i wasn't thinking right but i'm going to think i am going to get these things before they go to the trash people or whatever. >> right. >> he says he was on drugs at the time and not thinking clearly. he now out on bail. the alleged victim did not respond to calls for an interview. a drug that -- a dog that spent 36 hours swimming in a canal a back home with his family this morning the 5-year- old chihuahua thdid ppreeafrom an ocean pines, maryland home on august5treh. a family out crabbing a coup of days later spotted him bobbing in the canal. they say the dog injured his paws and toenails trying to climb his way on to a dock. it is coming up on 6:20.

the redskins gear up for the preseason opener and tiger goes for his first major of the year. but first this is the signs of now. it is the tourist versus the locals in one small village in italy. residents aren't happy after the town did away with one thing all because of a tourist complaining about it. what did the town do away with? it is pigeons, church bells or pizza? think you know the answer? find out if you are correct when we come back. fab@fafab@

we're back with the signs of now. the -- a town in italy got rid of something because of a tourist's complaint. the answer is church bells the tourist was mad at 7 a.m. clanging. this locals got their revenge by waking up early and banging pots and pans in the streets. tonight football fans in our area have been waiting for this and in 13 hours the redskins kick off their preseason with a game against

the ravens. antwan randall-el wants to prove he should a starter. he is out to prove he has it. >> the time i need to show out. i don't particularly care for the preseason game to be honest with you. but the time that we put out there, off chance to make the catch and block, an opportunity comes and you have to make a play. >> our sports team has the the preseason game covered. live reports from m&t bank stadium in baltimore begin at 5:00 and we will have highlight and reaction at 11:00. in 90 minutes the 91st pga championship begins in minnesota. and all eyes will be, as always, on tiger woods. he's won five tournaments this year but no majors. after an eight-game winning streak the nationals are on a two-game losing streak. adam laroche had a pair of home runs last night including a go-ahead solo shot in the 7th. nats lose 6-2 and begin a four-

game series in cincinnati tonight. our time is 6:24. ahead a check on the virginia gubernatorial race one candidate talks tax and the other talks crime. and a special living smart report. a local woman takes on head lice ans mad kea big career out of it. kenny burns is watching our traffic. >> good morning. i'm watching the sousa bridge in the district. as you can see it is all clear. kim, how about the weather. >> i'm watering the plants for a good reason today. you want to do the same thing. we will talk about the forecast and look in to the week, as well. you are watching 9 news now. there's the beautiful capitol dome cethis thursday morning. we'll be right back. hmmm... well... naaa... yeah!

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howard is off today. meteorologist kim martucci is here and she's enjoying hereafter favorite day of the week on our weather terrace. >> i am and we have a beautiful garden out here and i'm watering the plants because even though we have had scattered thunderstorms not too many have hit here in dc. via wa ynga nice ofcech o.to any chance of s to be south and east. a few places in the 60s is north and west of wnto over to cumberland, up to and town and along 81. a couple of scattered storms in the offering, mainly east of the district, delmarva, maybe to fredericksburg. the high today comfortable but a little sticky, 86. kenny burns is in for angie. he has the traffic. good morning. we have good news, ramp from northbound 270 middle brook road reopened. the crews cleaned up the downed wires, also reopened middle brook and 355. southbound delays on 270,

between father hurley ntvirygoe agouanryvill we found an accident on northbound route 5 at brandy rne wid.oa it is off to the should and police are on the scene. northbound 395 through alexandria, look for heavy delays edsall to seminary. and we will go further down d.o 95 northbound. heavy leaving prince william parkway to lorton. back to you. the white house is putting on a multimedia push to promote its health care reform plan. the president is using his website and his allies to couldn'ter what he calls misinformation. president obama will hold another town hall meeting tomorrow in montana. yesterday, in washington county, maryland, plenty of heated rhetoric at a meeting hosted by senator ben cardin. >> i am not going to vote for any bill that adds to the national deficit. >> you already have. >> with usurping authority is not granted by you as a united states senator. >> reporter: 400 people

attended the meeting in hagerstown and 500 were kept waiting outside. things aren't much easier for republicans. iowa senator charles grassley held a town hall on health care yesterday, four of them in fact he has been accused by some on the right for selling out to democrats as well as accusations from the left that he is blocking reform movement. these days daily health care town hall meetings are turning in to shouting matches for people on bod sides of the aisle. we look at the actions being done the meetings. when it comes to booing members of congress, 44% of people call it democracy in action and 47% say it is an abuse of democracy. as far as shouting down people with opposing viewpoints, 33% called it democracy in action but 59% say it is an abuse. we want to know what you think, are people getted too heated

and inappropriate about it or is this just democracy in action. cast your vote when you visit wusa9.com. thousands of you park in those garages in downtown silver spring every day. now, police want to make sure your stuff doesn't get stolen while you are at work. digital correspondent armando trl is live with a new initiative. good morning, armando? >> well, andrea, right now montgomery county police are fanning out to parking areas throughout the silver spring, like this garage. it is part of a crime busting initiative called don't forget. officers want you know if you are going to leave your car at a garage, don't leave your valuables visible where thieves can get them. >> it has been a busy summer for thieves targeting parked cars in silver spring. last month 20 thefts from vehicles in public parking garages. in june, items were taken from 35 vehicles. most of the crimes center around nine public parking garages near the downtown

silver spring area. police say thieves will be tempted by anything that is visible inside e car. anything from small change to electronics. gps units seem to be the most popular stolen item. >> reporter: police are going as far as telling you if you have a gps unit with a suction cup holder make sure you clean that off on the windshield because that could be a sign to thieves that you have a valuable gps unit inside of your car. reporting live, armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. now, to a check on campaign 2009 and the governor's race in virginia. democrat deeds said he would not object to boosting taxes to pay for transportation. he say he would only sign it if it passed through the general assembly but would give any orspecifics. he said he would not take money from schools to go to roads. on the republican side, mcdonnell is laying out his proposals for fighting crime in

virginia. he proposes opening more drug courts in the united states and he wants lifetime gps monitoring for sexual predator and domestic violence board. the made the comment at the chief of police conference. a special "living $mart" report. jessica doyle has a story of a woman making money doing a dirty job. >> that's right. they are creepy and crawley but the removal of head lice can be profitable. so much so a local woman has turned it in to a full-time career by doing a job others just don't want to do. >> might look like a small freckle on the scalp but if you realize the freckle has legs you know it is something else. >> head lice, summer camp, schools, every parents nightmare. >> she was in the tub and i saw a bug on her head and i pulled it off. >> reporter: her first encouldn'ter with lice on her 5- year-old daughter a decade ago.

the experience prompted her to become an expert on eliminating the creepy crawleys. then a part-time teach cher volunteered to do lice screening at the school. >> six to eight kids had lice. >> word got around who had lice. more people were contacting me they had a problem, what did they do, than money make hobby exploded. >> it turned in to a vibrant business and she opened an office in kensington, maryland in more. >> people will say i can feel the bugs crawling on my head and i'm like you can't feel that, you know. >> people say to confirm you have a problem they look under a microscope. >> killing lice and getting the eggs out is a pain staking process and if the family is infested it isn't cheap. >> can be a couple hundred dollars. >> she checks her own kid

regularly, including her daughter, that's her number one tip to avoid an infestation, a head check once a week. >> clean bill of health. >> really clean. >> the francos aren't the only professional nitpickiers out there, others include the head lice treatment center. metropolitan lice treatment services and no more lice.com and some other cities have gone upscale on lice removal with hair salons going by such name as hair fairs and love bugs. maybe that's the future. >> could be the future and she's going back next week to keep up her check up. thousands are expected today at the wake for eunice kennedy shriver. the founder of the special olympics and sister of president john f. kennedy died on tuesday. the wake will be held at a catholic church at cape cod. shriver founded the special olympics while living in our area. it is an entertainment, economic and technological

power house and the newest edition is? ours we are talking able madden 2010. in five minutes kristin fisher has early reviews and signs of just how big this release is. but first a focus on virginia weather and traffic. here's kim. >> we do it every morning. time to focus on your weather together with the traffic. here's a check on what is going on outside. satellite-radar loop shows we are all clear and it is dry out there. the teeserurroatac fi ss the le midd the middle in winchester to around 673 in fredericksburg. it is 70 in manassas and dulles is 72. the weather in warrenton, 84 and partly sunny. we will take you up to 85 in fairfax and any thunderstorm activity limited to spotsylvania to forburg to the northern neck. kenny is in for angie and he has the traffic. >> in the district, inbound new york avenue is closed

bladensbur sbtowest virginia avenue due to fire activity. you can see in the upper right part of the camera delay building from the times building to bladensburg road. expect that to, tend. follow the detours. route 7, we will look at the camera at spring hill road. no problems from reston area and continuing inside the beltway. final thing to show you inbound toll road no delays from the airport to the junction at 866. 73 degrees outside. you are watching 9 news now and it will continue in a moment. 3f?f?f?f

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catfish, alaskan salmon and tilapia. grouper, red snapper and sea bass are ones to avoid. for more go to wusa9.com and click on living green. millions of men and plenty of women are giddy today because the madden 1010 video game comes out at midnight. chris fin fisher has a preview. this is really one of the most, if not the most anticipated release of the year for both football fans and video game addicts alike. according to reviews the latest version of madden nfl will not disappoint fans an we have a special sneak peek of what the game looks like. the footage you are looking at right now is released just under three hours ago and the thing all the blogs are talking about this morning is how real it feels to play this game. there is one feature in particular that stands out. according to "usa today".com's

blog game hunters it is awe called pro tack animation technology and gives players more control over how to tackle opponents as well as breaking away from takedowns. when players get tripped up they will stumble to regain balance. the players move more naturally than previous editions of this game. this has fans dying 0 get their hand on the game. unless you want to wait in line at wal-mart in the wee hours of the morning the best bet is to preorder on-line. now, if you go to the blog gamingbits they have a list of iaspl ecpre-order deals. se it have a link to is so you can read e em all on my i want to adarshshfie @wusa9.co i want to share my favori sh you this morning. isom fr-m walart and they have an on-line a w. al a $10 e-gift card. the thing i like about it is

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>> yeah. ham radios. >> oh, interesting. >> all right. so we need to let people know that we have an exclusive deem with pepco right here at channel 9. it is really cool. it is pepco power cast. visit pepco.com and when you are there they have an interactive weather map and a neat resource we invite you to check out. imthis allergy update shows the trees and grass are low but mold in the moderate category. a special thank you to lou anne in annapolis. she gave me a ring in the weather center and said she is cloudy and 74. they got quite a bit of rain yesterday which is down for now and our skies across the area are partly cloudy. it is dry for your drive in. our number is 73. the northeast winds are pushing around at 8 miles an hour. the humidity is 81%. here's how the rest of the numbers are coming in to the channel channel 9 weather team.

73 here. 70 andrews air force base and to the north, frederick is 66. off to the west middle 60s for culpeper. it is 73 in fredericksburg where you could see a thunderstorm today. basically south of town and east of town, toward the delmarva. those are the highest odds for getting wet. otherwise a mostly sunny 78 at 9:00 to an 86 partly cloudy finish later this afternoon. all right. preseason football. i love football season. it can't start early enough. the redskins are playing the ravens in baltimore tonight. 7:30 kickoff. a stray storm nearby but otherwise partly cloudy. temperatures at kickoff 78 degrees. here's the check on the numbers around the country, if you have a flight to catch. in denver 90 today. 89 atlanta. 91 miami. we are watching a dying frontal system stall along the east coast. that's why we the daytime heating a chance of a few thunderstorms today and in

though weekend. today's risk is farther to the east. as for your numbers, tonight we will ease back to 70 for the low. any storms that fire will calm down overnight. tomorrow not a bad day. little warmer, upper 80 and partly cloudy. a stray thunderstorm. there's the seven day, heading to the week turning up the heat and ending with 90s. they will stay here until next week with that bermuda high and by wednesday organized thunderstorms. a better chance in the afternoon with a high of 91. angie has the day off but kenny burns has the traffic. >> we have a back up on new york avenue because it is closed between bladensburg road and west virginia avenue. as you can see v d.o.t. is scanning for delays as we speak. they say avoid the area and follow detours. may want to work toward rhode island avenue if you commute many to northeast washington. commonwealth, more information on this accident as we get it but if you are driving through the area take caution, 66 ramp

to nutley street is blocked with an accident. emergency crews are on the scene. and you are jammed from fair oaks to the accident. southbound 270 in montgomery county slow father hurley to 370. no incidents or delays. outer loop in maryland between prince georges and montgomery county standard-issued delay between new hampshire an georgia avenues. ten minutes before 7:00. here's andrea. an update on a story about a carbon monoxide leak that put two people in the hospital in ocean city, maryland. the leak occurred at the americana hotel. it wasn't detexted -- detected early on booze the hotel didn't have the detectors this despite a town law requiring them. john catoe has been sharply criticized especially following the deadly crash in june. one blogger has an on-line petition to get him fired. david stroup is the blogger and

daily rider of the red line. he admits some signatures are fake but says the message is real. >> i wanted to raise awareness. i want people to say someone at metro should be accountable. i want people to think, i want them to think should john catoe be running the system at a point in time when a lot of work needs to be done. >> reporter: say they stroup's position isn't work a comment. the nationals and braves wrapped up their series last night. ment is' adam laroche had a pair of home runs and a the nats lose 6-and visit the reds tonight effort team usa's winless streak in mexico is up to 24 games. the goal in the 82ened minute broke a one-all tie yesterday.

mexico topped the u.s. 2-1 in the world cup qualifier. our time coming up on 5 6:51. 73-degrees here in northwest washington. another military find in the spring valley neighborhood of the district. in three minutes, what the army corps has found now. >> hi, i'm russ mitchell. coming up in the "early show," identity theft is hitting the social networking scene. what you know about twitter jacking. it is coming up on the "early show." a e

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leading the charge. >> kenny, what's traffic doing now. >> i hope they do off the wall personally. outbound new york avenue is the only part of new york avenue that's closed. inbound reopened and delays a the times building. however it is heavy and jammed. eastbound 66 the accident that was on the ramp y.to nutley street is now clear. however, off delay building from 5 -- 50 fair oaks to past nutley street. we are going to end in maryland. the route coming from baltimore on 95 and the bw parkway are all clear. how about the seven day. >> thank you. not a bad one today. we will write it off as highs in the middle 80s. in to the weekend a check at the 90s. redskins and ravens 7:30 ena partly cloudy. that's it for us. the "early show" is next. signs the economy is turning an and fighting fat in our children at 9:00 a.m. we will see you then have a great day.