heavy rainfallwith. is thsh an hour. ree inesch alrrtien tidownpour and hagerswnh norttoof th no pennsylvania border, watch the on the weather computer, this last came across in the ten minutes. a h flflash ooootcwain affect af fe for the entire metro. ce you headown fointopr m unwim cocety you are in in it. southern maryland you e not in it. prince georges, fairfax, h r fon a flash flood wa thisr fternoon and this th ev ing. we will have heavy wndopours widoth showers and storms. highs in the low 80s. angie goff, good morning to you. >> hello, everybody. it is a weekend. we are happy you could join us on this friday and we are happy about what we are seeing here on 395 northbound at duke street them accident scene taking up all lanes is cleared. hopefully the delays will break apart. right now the head lights are stacked up to itle. take it to brookeville.

georgia avenue is closed between brookeville road and market street. this is because a driver we are told drove in to a pole we have downed wires there. crews will be out there for a long time. moving over to 270 from germantown to 370. a good amount of volume. no accidents. on 66 eastbound in virginia we are slow in one spot from 50 to 123 and this point nutley to the beltway you are okay. on the inner and outer loop you are all clear. andrea, over to you. at one past the hour it has been a rough first week back to school for thousands of children in prince georges county. a big scheduling problem has kept them out of class. now we're learning officials knew about the problem well in advance. digital correspondent, armando trull , is live in temple hills with the latest. >> andrea, school begins in a couple of hours here in prince georges county and for a couple of thousand students, today, friday, may actually be the first day of class. >> i want to offer my sincere

apologies. >> that's about all the portion county school superintendent could say given one of the worst starts to a school year in the county's history. what's more, the portion county school system apparently knew months before the first school bell rang this monday that it had major problems with the scheduling system. problems which forced 8,000 students to school their heels in school gyms, cafeterias and auditoriums for lack of dallas schedules. >> we write it up, a copy they are the data processor and hand it to the child. >> they scheduled the students the old fashioned way but on thursday there were still 1900 students without full class schedule and with four days of lost classes to make up. >> andrea, during a press conference yesterday the school superintendent said they are going to look at the contract they have with the software provider to see if there are any financial remedies. however, that software provider says it has installed the

system in many other schools throughout the country and they have not had similar problems. reporting live, armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. a prince georges county mother is calling for action against the bus driver who put her son off the bus. 6-year-old decarlos jackson wasn't even supposed to be on the bus but he said a teacher putt him on board. once on the bus the driver made him get off at a stop that was several miles from his home. the child wound up being picked up from a stranger who happened to be a parent who drove him back to school. >> i think she should have been suspended and or fired. >> reporter: michael doddson is the director of transportation. he says the bus driver may soon face disciplinary action. doddson says the driver should not have put him off the bus because the bus driver knew the child was not one of the students she was supposed to take home. in two hours the public viewing of the body of senator ted kennedy resumes in boston. yesterday's viewing took a few

extra hours. it was supposed to end at midnight but 7,000 people were still in line. police let them come through to pay their respects. this is what it looked like just before 1:30 this morning. the viewing didn't end until about 2:00 a.m. earlier in the day kennedy's body was taken from the family compound on cape cod. it traveled to boston passing by sites important to the late senator's life. thousands passed the route to say farewell. >> all i can do is tip my cap and wave a flag and it's my way of saying i respect him and i'm paying homage to him and his family. >> reporter: there will be a private memorial service tonight at the jfk library after the second round of public viewings. senator kennedy's funeral is tomorrow in boston. president obama will deliver one of the eulogies. we will have live coverage beginning tomorrow morning at 10:00. and be sure to visit our special section on ted

kennedy's life when you visit wusa9.com. while you slept 2,000 people were ordered out of their homes because of this wildfire in california. a luxury resort nearby has opened doors for those forced out. here on the east coast, people are bracing for a brush with tropical storm danny. it is kicking up waves along the outer banks the storm could also cause rough surf at the beaches closer to us. and it could brush by new england tomorrow. howard will have an update for us in ten minutes. a special living smart report. jessica, you have a followup on the cash for clunkers, the impact on local charities. >> that's right. the cash for clunkers program was enormously popular with consumers but it did have one unintended consequence. it hurt the charities that

depend on vehicle donations. >> this is where we operate our horticultural therapy program. >> reporter: one piece of melwood's operation serving the developmentally disabled community, funded in part by vehicle donations. those donations dropped dramatically after cash for clunkers. >> we are looking at 100 to $120,000 lost for our program. >> reporter: melwood's vehicle donations dropped 16% in july alone. volunteers of america thought its donations dropped 13% nationwide so far for august and the impact could continue. the cash for clunkers program took 700,000 older high-energy gas guzzlers off the road. the same profile of vehicles that typically get donated. >> we're afraid people who may have done it in the fall months would have rushed to qualify their car for cash for

clunkers, which would make it a lighter fall. >> reporter: goodwill of greater washington is predicting a drop up to 20% in donations in the last three months of the year. car donation charities have their concerns about the future but there is a bill moving through congress that is leading to optimism. >> it would raise the limit from a minimum charitable deduction on a car from $500 to $2,500. >> reporter: allowing consumers to get a bigger tax break. that may be the incentive they need to donate the old car in the driveway if they haven't turned it already during cash for clunkers. the bill would reinstitute some of the tax benefits for vehicle donations which were reduced by congress in 2004. since that irs rule change, donations have been cut in half, even before cash for clunkers. they are really hoping that will pass. >> thank you for the followup. >> you are welcome. you have heard of drive- thru. how about a flow through.

kfc is launching a window for anyone on a boat, jet ski or kayak the flow through window is off of lake michigan off the oak street beach. this is a publicity stunt. part of a volleyball tournament held this weekend. >> it is after the hour. they are letting the good times roll again in new orleans. and in four minutes an amazing hero story. an virginia teen honored for an international charity project. but first focus on maryland weather and traffic. >> good morning. some of you have had heavy rains. some had flooding thacross carroll county and on live hd ketayou take you in to westminster, watching showers and storms, locally heavy rainfall. forecast for this afternoon not as hot as yesterday and the last couple of days. highs upper 70s, low 80s south but all of us will see

thunderstorms at times with potentially heavy rains. look at maryland traffic. >> we come to you live from colesville and the east-west highway. all is a go with the three cars on the road right now. 395 and germantown road things are dandy as we track the head lights and finally georgia avenue, a sore spot in maryland. it is closed brookeville and market street. use new hampshire and take it to 108 to get back to georgia. the time is 6:09. we'll be right back with more traffic, weather and news but first here's andrea. this morning we are telling you how to cope with loss. best-selling author and motivational speaker willie jolly tells us what steps to take even when you feel nothing is wrong. >> today's live better step for success is how to get through the tough times without losing your mind. a few years ago, i lost my mother, brother and my father in law within 30 days. it was challenging and

difficult yet i got through with a technique copes with loss. one seek counseling. far too often people do not seek counseling because they feel it makes them weak or signals something is wrong with them. there is nothing wrong with you other than you are hurting and you need support. if you broke your leg or arm you would go to the doctor but far too many people have broken heart and they try to mend them without help or support. bad choice. get help. it does not make you weak but helps to keep you strong. this is willie jolly. visit my website at willie jolly.com for free motivation and make every minute count.

welcome back. here's our hero central story. at ten years old what were you thinking. >> it never would have occurred to me to do what one boy is doing. he was ten years old when the took a trip to africa. what he saw changed his life. >> i saw a woman and young boy walking down the street and both looked tired an i thought why not give them bikes. everyone has an old bikes. bikes can be used everywhere and that's where it started.

>> i thought he was pretty silly really. and then he sat down and explained to me, very reasonable that there was no infrastructure and i'm not sure where the got the word infrastructure to support cars in africa so he was going to send bikes to africa. >> reporter: and he did. at 10 he started wheels to africa, his own charity. >> a we do is get old and used bikes from people who donate them and then we disassemble them. put them in big storage container and ship them to africa. >> okay. that's it. >> reporter: four years later, the boy with the bikes is a week away from his freshman year of high school and every year his charity has grown with him. >> to put it in perspective when we had the first collection we had 250 bikes. the last collection we had we collected 1,000 bikes. so it has really grown. >> reporter: and people have taken notice. winston is hours away from being honored at a star-studded

event at the kennedy center. >> i was like blown away and kind of nervous, but i hope i do well. >> the reason winston was so nervous is last night he had to deliver a speech along the side likes of mia farrow and henry lewis gates junior. it is part of the award celebration at the kennedy center. despite the honor, winston says that, you know, that honor only makes him want to work so much harder at this year's collection drive in december. he wants to collect 5,000 bikes and ultimately wants to expand the program to maryland and even dc. >> and you telling us about him. he will reach that goal and i bet surpass it. >> impressive. >> congratulations, winston. here's what is in the news now. a girl kidnapped 18 years ago has been found alive in california. jaycee lee dugard is now an

adult. police say her kidnapper kept her in isolation and feared chtweno two children. she has been reunited with her mother. maryland delegate john cardin paid $300 to the city of baltimore. he used police officers as part of an intricate and poorly thought out marriage proposal. the baltimore county democrat has apologized. >>ilnasa hopes tonight is the night that discovery finally gets off the ground. the shute's launch has been delayed several times. the launch for tonight is planned for 11:58. what's the weather like in the area for the launch. >> i haven't looked. i have been looking at our weather and danny and i don't know. i will have to look and tell you later on. i'll admit it, i don't know. >> honesty is a good policy. >> that's what i try to tell my son. interesting. tiny lies try to get you and they get bigger and bigger. >> tough to cover-up. around here we are good with danny in the sense it has weakened. a ragged looking storm.

the impact on us will be minimal and not too concerned. sttoou are going e beaches still go but realize any rain we have is not from danny but a front thisilvi in this direction. you can see the satellite imagery there. looks like a cluster of thunderstorms or something wrapping an the center and e th national hurricane center is downgraded danny's wie s to 40 miles an hour. s d anchanged the map. i want to show you danny will be passing d off to the east. some wave action, rough surf and rip tides at the beach on saturday. but other than that, danny will race off to e thnortheast, perhaps clipping parts of southeast massachusetts. and then going to nova scotia. the winds 45 miles an hour. they have downgradedded the potential for danny and it is possible this might be downgraded to a tropical depression today. and that would be the best news of all. around here the next three days look like this. 82 today with numerous showers and storms the way things are

going. as we head to tomorrow, a few showers and storms are possible. mid-80s and on sunday another shower or storm can't be ruled out and high of 84 degrees. at the bus stop this morning it is muggy. some isolated shower and storms across northern maryland right now. temperatures upper 60s to mid- 70s out there with light winds and this afternoon we are looking a scattered showers and storms. locally heavy rainfall. a flood watch has been issued for this afternoon and tonight. highs in the low 80s. the southeast winds five to ten. tonight more shower and thunder, upper 60s to lower 70s and the redskins game at 8:00 here on channel 9 could be impacted by the shower and storms. you see the action this morning all north and east. a lot of heavy rainfall with these. some rainfall rates two to three inches an hour and live doppler hd now we are still seeing some action. to the north, here's hagerstown, east through smithburg and thurmond over to westminster. it is moving up to pennsylvania. the rest of the area is quiet

for the moment but this will be changing. let's go back to the weather computer and talk about that flood watch. it is for the entire metro. it goes in to affect from 2:00 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. as i said a warm and muggy morning. mid-70s south. upper 60s. winchester 67 degrees and unsettled weekend ahead. today, being the worst of the weekend days the way it looks. 82 today. 86 tomorrow. and 70s next week. good morning, angie goff. >> good morning. hello, everybody. it is friday. we are getting started. things are all right on 95 northbound. no incidents or accidents just a good amount ovule. over to 395 we have not recovered fully from that accident here at duke street heading northbound. drivers are backed up to edsall. a healthy delay. inbound new york avenue. she from the times building to this spot at bladensburg road. drivers are stopped at a light. to the outer loop we go,

overall not so bad between new hampshire and georgia avenue. we are tracking the head lights. this is something new i put on my twitter account. oh my goff is my i.d. name. this is on greenbelt road at capital drive. be careful. andrea, over to you. a story that is new this morning, how americans are dealing with the h1n1 flu. a new poll out from our partners at "usa today" finds more of us are taking it seriously. 17% of americans say they are worried they will get the flu. compare that to 8% in june. 55s or of us plan to get vaccinated against h1n1. that's up from 46% in june. the good times are once again rolling in the big easy. four years after hurricane katrina, new orleans is finally regaining its ground as a tourist destination. our friends at "usa today" report that last year they welcomed 7.1 million tourists. they didn't all show up on

mardi gras. in the year before katrina, new orleans welcomed more than 10 million visitors. coming up, ahead in sports the redskins get ready for tonight's game. michael vick makes his comeback and the nats lose a fan favorite. but first it is the signs of now. the way we shop is changing. not just what we buy but how we pay for it. according to the nelson report, what is now more popular than using a credit card? is it debit card, gift cards or paying by checksome? think you know the answer. find out if you are correct when we come back. e

-6r7b89s this is the signs of now. the change is blamed on the recession. in sports the redskins are ready for battle they host the patriots tonight at fedex field. you can see it tonight on wusa 9. our live coverage begins at 7:30. coach jim zorn says the

starters should play at least three quarters on the in the main tuneup for the regular season. all eyes are on philadelphia last night. michael vick was at quarterback for the eagles in the first half. he had a warm welcome from the philly crowd. he completed all four passes for 19-yards but didn't have a touchdown. they won 33-32. after the game the virginia tech grad said he didn't feel too rusty. >> the speed was still the same as it was two years ago, and, you know, it felt the same. almost like riding a bike. you know, you never forget how to do it. >> reporter: there were vick supporters and opens outside of the stadium - night. but police didn't report any major problems. the nationals won two out of three from the cubs but lost morgan. the outfielder broke his hand in the 1stinning sliding in to third base. harris will take a spot when the nats visit the cardinals. >> our time is 6:24.

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we're back at 6:29 with a story making people say, what recession? a four star restaurant inside of a mercedes dealership. apparently people were getting hungry looking for cars so this dealership in rock land, california is serving up hand- roasted salmon and chardonnay. lunch is $18 and if you can afford a mercedes, chances are you can afford that. thank you for starting your friday with us. i'm andrea roane. howard is live on the weather terrace. what about the storms moving through overnight. what's going on? >> quiet in the metro. a couple of light sprinkles going on. just enough to frizz the hair

out. not going to notice them. up to the north and the st, storms and this g mornin lirn doppler is tracking that action. now we are wangtchi the action that went through with half an inch of rain in 14 minutes a the naval academy. some of th sh e oreasterster shore over to the outlet, queenstown and over to st th an st d then in northern maryland al on sp. ng kiea with jeannie in ki thurmont from our chat room and they had a lot of lightning and thunder. the weather computer and show you the activity that is moving north and east. toward roanoke. , more action. more action to georgia. a wet afternoon and evening the way it is looking. let's get a traffic update. with more here's angie. >> that's what i have for you but proud parents don't forget to send back to school pictures to us. visit my blog for the details. a driver ran in to a pole at

georgia avenue. the alternate will be more down wired at greenbelt road and capital drive. crews are working hard on that scene. 270, one slow go from germantown to 370 on theiner loop dealing with a slow ride around the little river area. drivers making that ware to 66. that's just volume. okay approaching the american legion bridge. over to you. >> thank you, angie. people in boston will get another seven hours today to say good-bye to the late senator ted kennedy. so far the outpouring of support has been amazing. a live picture from inside the jfk library in boston. there you can see his casket as the sun rises in the background. the military and family are keeping an around the clock vigil. this is what it looked like

just after one this morning. it was supposed to end at midnight but police let the thousands in line continue to go through. the streets were lined with people including a five time campaign volunteer. >> you seem like such a warm, approachable, gracious person. not perfect, but good. >> reporter: the tour traveled past landmarks important to his life. there will be a private viewing on the and president obama will deliver a eulogy at the funeral tomorrow. on saturday kennedy will be buried at arlington national cemetery. it will be a private service. workers are preparing the gravesite. it is a few feet from the graves of the senators late brothers, john and robert. >> it is nice for people who want to remember them that the brothers are all together.

it is a nice memory for the country to have them all together. >> he is scheduled for burial in arlington because of his service in the army and his 46 year necessary senate. we will have live coverage tomorrow of ted kennedy funeral. you can visit the special section at wusa9.com. see all of our reports and you can leave your comments on the senator's life there. in other news, you remember this mess? the huge water main break on river road last year? well, now this morning we are learning the investigation in to what went wrong may be slowed. the inspection records may have been thrown away. wssc has searched for three months to find the records but can't. the 66-inch main was installed incorrectly in ' 65. wssc wants the records to see if other mains are at risk. a followup to a story we told you about yesterday. a police-involved shooting on benning road in northeast. the suspect died and now the

officer who fired the fatal shot is on paid leave. that is standard procedure. investigators say the officer fired after the suspect did not follow an order to drop his weapon. in prince georges county, a rough first week of school for thousands of high schoolers because of a computer glitch. armando trull is live in temple hills with new information on this schedule snafu. armando? >> well, andrea, apparently school officials were aware they were having problems with the computer that basically schedules the class for 120,000 students but they were unable to solve those glitches and that meant during the first week of school, 8,000 kids had to sit around and do nothing. >> have more than 8,000 students without a schedule on the first day of school inexcusable. >> reporter: the computerized scheduling program ran in to major problems months before the first day of class, yet

officials were unable to fix the glitches and had no backup plan in place. when the bell rang on this monday, thousands had to wait in school gyms, cafeterias and auditoriums until the grownups could figure out a plan b. in a last ditch effort the school system was forced to use every available staffer to fill out schedules by hand. by thursday, there was still 1900 students in the wrong place at the wrong time. the school system is hoping by the end of the day all the problems that remain will be solved. as far as what the cause, the school system says it will look at the contract it had with the software provider to see if there is any financial remedy they can put in to affect but that software provider said it has installed the program at other school systems with no problem whatsoever. 9 news now and wusa9.com. it is 6:35. jessica doyle is back with another living smart report.

you have some economic signs of the times. >> indeed. when you talk able frustration with the health care industry, many doctors lead the pack. good morning to you. good morning, everybody. a small but growing number of physicians who are taking a pass on insurance all together. for example a doctor in kansas operates his med medical service as a cash only operation. he decided to cancel all the contracts with insurance companies and charge patients up front six year ago and it is working for him he says going with the cash only option helped to lower cost and said it should serve as a law -- model for lawmakers crafting health care reform. talk about lean times for real estate. so much so the skinniest house in new york city is up for sale. it is eight feet wide. actors cary grant is among the famous former resident. one bathroom for three floor,

and no closets. >> whoa. >> you need a fat wallet to buy the skinny house. the price tag $2.75 million. we have a deal to tell you about this morning, starting today microsoft x-box 360 elite will be getting a price cut of $100 an the pro from 29 to $249 today. and that is after sony cut the price of the play station iii. little price war going on. a packed house last night in woodbridge, virginia. nearly 600 people attended a free workshop matching lenders with homeowners. the group has a hotline for anyone in need of assistance. the number is 888-99-5 -- 995- hope. what did you do on your summer vacation, one teen sailed around think world. more on this big adventure and

the may mazing video that the sailor gave us all to see. >> but first a check of traffic. >> touch of fog to the shenandoah valley regional airport. take you to live doppler hd. it is in sohwrnesutrg te. invi iais ti thon, ach uticwhis approaching roanoke and south of charlottesville is moving north and east. looks like more rain in icthe southwestern sections approaching the metro. as far as the forecast for virginia we are looking at a chance of thunderstorms for everybody. some of us will see locally heavy downpours, 83 orange. 8 -- luray 81. we have wet weather moving in this afternoon. how about the roads? the roads are looking dry here in arlington. 50 and glebe road, smooth sailing. drivers moving without incident or accident. let's move it to tysons and show you 123 and old gallows road. not much traffic here either. the same as drivers make their way eastbound on 267.

the dulles toll road. we are flying it. no problems past the airport to the toll plaza. the time is 6:38. tgif. 9 news now will be right back.

we're back with the living green tip of the day. turn the tide of pollution by planting a rain garden. polluted runoff is threatening waterways across the country. if you plan a small garden outside of your home and business the plants will help to collect the rain water that runs off buildings and the landscape. you can find more tips like this at wusa9.com. just click on living green. let's go to andrea and kristin. >> thank you very much. i'm in the web center with kristin fisher. she will tell us about this teen who had an excellent adventure sailing around the world. >> it is so crazy and the reason we're in the web center

for the story is because the teenager kept an incredible account of his journey on his website. e e iitwethbs i seem to have lost my microphone. can you hear me okay? here we go. sorry about that. this is his website and it is h--tsin idl eae e here and it reads breaking news, he is the ou ndar ouar the world. and rehehe is. victorious. this is a shot of seoscrd e mit ye of co. rnll wa 30,000-mile journey. mike perham sailed around africa, australia and the panama canal fobe remakes his way to cornwall yesterday. he spent nine months on the anf elmsand pt a detailed codeuncount, video blog on his website.

look at how he celebrated his birthday. >> hi, everyone. it is the 16th of march. my birthday today. and i had a nice shower earlier to celebrate. a nice shower, but a good wash and change of clothes i feel much fresher. >> i bet he does. >> yeah. >> and you can imagine the difficulties that he encounters throughout the nine month journey. here he is trying to repair his sail. his sail actually split in two when he was in the middle of the ocean. had nobody to figure it out. not to mention, he was eating canned food most of the time. no escorts or planes flying over monitoring what he was doing. >> he had a team that monitored the weather and route making sure he was on track, but he was by himself except for the final leg when a ship, a large vessel actually escorted him to

the harbor. get this. his record is already being challenged by a 13-year-old girl. i love that. >> girl power. we wish them the best. thank you. let's find out what howard is talking about in the weather center. danny is almost a nonfactor for us. >> if you are going to the beaches you will be dealing with danny this sense of rain and rip tides and the rain a we will see is not from danny but an upper level storm system and a front combining to bring moisture toward us. it will be wet at times, especially this afternoon and in to tonight. if you are going to the redskins you may need the rain gear. >> muddy field. >>b@let's start with danny. danny looking ragged, unimpressive and disorganized and that is good for us. it weakened some. top sustained winds at 4 a miles an hour and they are saying that the hurricane hunters say the strongest is north and east of the center.

from an organizational perspective. this is a mess. that will keep it weak. it will move to the north and northeast. that's the forecast from the hurricane center, staying off shore. another good thing and we are on the week side, also another good thing. wave action and beach erosion. weaker than bill was last week. eventually this could, whatever is left of it approach know score shah as we head to sunday. it will be a fairly quick mover and a weaker storm, as well. that doesn't mean we won't have problems. showers locally heavy at times, 82. 86 tomorrow with a few more shower and storms and fewer on saturday and sunday with a high in the middle 80s a the bus stop it is muggy. isolated shower and storms. much of the action is north near the pennsylvania border and then eastern shore. 60s and 70s now. light winds. in the next few hours more rain will return. scattered showers and storms this afternoon in the low 80s.

tonight more showers and thunderstorms. lows upper 60s to lower 70s. we start at 7:30 with the pregame show. here's the action this morning a lot of it up north. some spots in baltimore and carroll county, over three inches of rain with flooding overnight. on live doppler hd we are watching the action. not so much in the metro but may see a stray sprinkle locally. watching a shower or thunderstorm across the eastern shore. this is pushing east of queenstown. to our northern viewers in thurmont we know it is pouring with lightning and thunder up 15. north of carroll county and smithburg. this is pulling in to pennsylvania. the weather computer. before we go show you the flood watch which goes in to affect at 2:00 for the metro. but southern maryland, prince william county and 95 you are not in it. but still some heavy showers and thunderstorms as well as the day progresses. here's the seven day, 82 today.

86 tomorrow with a few storms leftover. next week, angie, i thought we were going to clear out nicely but the front may not clear us. may have to reintroduce weather storms. >> so typical of the weatherman, changing his mind. >> hating it on a friday. >> i'm not going to hate this morning, everybody. hope you are off to a great start. it is the week and we are ready to help you get started. 95 northbound, i like what i see. delays are starting to break apart nicely between the prince william parkway and lorton. to 395, different situation here and that is partly due to an accident here at duke street. we are pretty much jammed to edsall. looking at a 15-minute commute to get past this point. over to 66 we go. eastbound clear from 50 to 495. no incidents or accidents along the way. on the utter loop we are okay at colesville. drivers are zipping by with to problems and finally the one tieup we are watching, georgia avenue and brookeville.

it is closed brookeville road and market street. use new hampshire or take it to 108 to get back on to georgia. now, over to you. this is starting to sound like a broken record, get ready for delays on metro rail this weekend. riders on four lines should add 30 minutes to their travel lines. let's start with the green and yellow lines. starting tonight, trains will single track between georgia avenue and fort totten. yellow lines will terminate at mount vernon square. on the orange lines trains will single track between boston and east falls church. that begins on the at 10:00. on the red line, it is single tracking between grovesnor and friendship heights. every other train will end at friendship heights. work begins tonight at 10:00. expect delays next week on 95 in virginia. there will be overnight road crews and work as crews begin a project to add another lane to the highway between woodbridge

and springfield. most of that work will happen between the rush hours and overnight. no details are coming out on a lawsuit settlement over a proposed muslim retreat in frederick county, maryland. the developers wanted to sell 4-22res in walkersville to a muslim group. the deal was worth $6 million. the developer withs claim the town conspired to prevent the retreat from being approved last year. the developers and the town have now reached a settlement that happened yesterday. sports we're about 13 hours away from kickoff at fedex field. the redskins host the patriots and this will be the first test for the first stringers before the season begins. you will see it live here on wusa 9. our sports team kicks off coverage at 7:30, including a one-on-one interview with coach zorn. the game begins at 8:00. it is 6:50. 73 degrees here at the information center.

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we're back at 6:54. here's what is in the news now, more than 1500 people are out of their homes this morning because of these wildfires. they are burning through southern california right now. some people may be allowed to return home in a few hours. andrea, almost 1900 prince georges county school students will learn this morning if officials have finally solved a scheduling problem that has delayed the start of their school year by almost a week. >> will not be judged by the color of their skin but the content of their character. >> today marks the 46th anniversary of dr. king's famous "i have a dream speech. " there was a remembrance there earlier the week.

a flood watch going in to affect at 2:00. we will see showers and storms. some locally heavy with today in to tonight. highs in the lower 80s. angie's traffic and the seven- day forecast are coming up when 9 news now this morning returns.

we're back, a new york city hotel has gained a reputation as the place to be for exhibitionists. several guests have enjoyed showing off in front of their room windows. now the hotel is a tourist attraction with people standing outside and shrimply looking up. >> more of the shock factor is why i wanted to come down here. >> definitely not something you see, especially in texas. >> reporter: they don't have

those in texas? the hotel management says it doesn't encourage the nudity. the bsite has a live web cam aimed directly at guest room windows. when asked lawyer say no one has violated the law because it is technically happening in a private room. >> oh. >> how do i segue from trafc in to thatoh, gosh. isry is ve not s tasteful either. in brookeville, georgia avenue n brookeville and market treat. you want to beuse new hampshire to 108 to get you back to georgia. a report of an accident on 50 eastbound at route 65. i will send it over to hoe we. >> low right now but watch for showers and storms. flood watch in affect at 2:00. may impact the redskins game. tomorrow and sunday a few more showers and storms. less than today and next week cool but unsettled. mind over money at 9:00 a.m. jen is on the panel