like the last . upco leco of da to our north an h utsoe utarare in fredericsek ngsprinkles. in frederick west virginia down 340 light showers up to the martinsburg area and too the south across ceprin georges and charles county, southern maryland to the northern neck you see the activity. it is moving west northwest. fairfax and prince williall cro and light sprinkles on 95 here in a while. near 70 this afternoon with rain moving in late. here's angie with the traffic. welcome to a new hour. happy thursday to you. get started with this accident on the gw parkway at 823. we have a situation where a driver has hit a deer. as a result of this, drivers are losing the right lane. expect some minor delays if you plan to hit this road right now. moving over to leesburg an update for the accident on

market street. also known as route 7. it still remains closed at river creek parkway going westbound but eastbound lanes have opened up. moving over to 395. it looks like no problems from duke street to the 14th street bridge. to the maps, route 4, route 5 and crane highway. we will get there. showing you this is an incident and accident free zone. typical volume at this time. on the outer loop, things have slowed down between new hampshire and colesville. over to you. an overnight poll shows two- thirds of americans now support president obama's health care plan. that's up from half right before the speech last night. digital correspondent armando trull is live on the hill with more on what the president said. armando? >> all summer long, president obama allowed just about everyone in america, including his critics to character his his health care reform plan. last night, during the most important speech of his presidency it was finally time for mr. obama to explain to the

country how he will cure a health care system that is on its death bed. >> reporter: since health dare represents one-sixth of our economy i believe it makes more sense to build on what works and fix what doesn't. >> reporter: that's why president obama says any health care reform must contain certain key points. >> it will be against the law for insurance companies to drop your coverage when you get sick or water it down when you need it the most. we will place a limit on how much you can be charged for out of pocket expenses because in the united states of america no one should go broke because they get sick. >> reporter: the president wants insurance companies to cover routine checkups and preventative care. >> it makes sense and saves money and lives. >> reporter: he had a message for those covered by insurance. >> nothing in our plan requires you to change what you have. >> reporter: those without insurance or the self employed will have a low cost option. >> we will do that by creating an insurance exchange, a marketplace where individuals and small businesses will be

able to shop for health insurance at competitive prices. >> reporter: the president reached out to republicans saying some of their ideas including trying to control malpractice lawsuits were worth exploring but he dismissed those who said it would create death panels for seniors and provide insurance to illegal aliens. it is a lie plain and simple. >> reporter: the president assured them it will be funded with existing money. >> i will not sign if it adds one dime to the deficit now or in the future, now, period. >> reporter: the cost is estimated at $900 billion over the next ten years. as the president told the doors are open to those that want to emprove his plan he will not waste any time with those who are trying to kill it. 9 news now and wusa9.com. distracting from the issues this morning, one congressman's outburs. it came 20 minutes in to the

speech. listen. >> the reforms i'm proposing would not apply to those who are illegals. >> you lie! >> not true. >> that was south carolina republican joe wilson yelling " a short while later he issued this apology -- as for the official gop response that came from louisiana congressman and cardiologist charles bustante. >> it is clear the american people want health care reform but they want their elected leaders to get it right. most americans want to hear the

president tell them it is time to start over an a common sense bipartisan plan focused on herring the cost of health care and improving quality. >> reporter: right now at wusa9.com get more on the president's speech and reaction to it. and leave your comments on the issue. right now police in montgomery county are stepping up security patrols at metro and marc stations. uniformed officers are out keeping an eye on things. police want to stress this is not the result of any kind of threat just part of a terrorism training exercise. you'll notice the extra officers today and tomorrow. now, this follows the beefed up security on wednesday on amtrak. the tsa local police and amtrak police were out at 150 stations between here and new england. officers conducted random bag inspections. it was part of an expansion of counterterrorism efforts and again not not the result of any kind of threat.

jessica doyle has our living smart report. you say the job market is good for a certain group of people. >> this is really good news. as you know veterans returning from iraq and afghanistan it can be a challenge trying to reenter the job market since things are crummy for the market right now. earlier this year the labor department had a 11 force 2% unemployment rate for iraq veterans returning from war. here's encouraging news, 41% of employers our partners our parte veterans or member those national guard in the last six o nths. one in are are actively recruiting members of the national guard for open positions today. they are targeting u.s. service members and women for information technology, engineering, management an sales. congress is reopening the inquiry in to the security and exchange commission's failure to detect madoff's massive

ponzi scheme. the senate banking committee will hear testimony from the inspector general. he revealed in a report last week how the agency bungled five investigations in to his business over 16 years. also scheduled to testify a fraud investigator who warned the sec about madoff. he is serving a 15-year sentence for the massive scheme. one crop seems to be thriving during the resession, marijuana. and machete wielding police are hacking through millions of dollars worth of it. in the first eight months of the year law enforcement and military personnel have chopped down plants with a street value of $12 billion. that's in five states. the theory goes people short on cash grow pot. >> they are taking it out. >> find a better use for it and it could be a money maker. >> all right. thank you. how about a free movie tonight?

the front row movie series begins at sec and m street southeast. it is the site of the future canal park. . rsght's showing star wa it begins at . 7:30. you are encouraged to bring a blanket and food. they run every thursday for the next few week and we will hear whether we need an umbrella. in three minutes kristin fisher has a hero central update date and in ten minutes protecting your dog from dognappers. learn why pet theft is on the rise. a check on maryland's weather fi c.r beginning with howard. >> start with doppler hd. i zoomed in to southern maryland where spotty showers to accokeek accokeek. as far as this afternoon in maryland we have a better chance of rain east than west. in hagerstown and cumberland

low 70s. 68 north beach with rain late. angie is watching the maryland highways. >> that am. hello, everybody. we come to you live from quince orchard road. very traffic light. next shot, great seneca highway and middle brook and looks like a few cars are stopped at a light and they are moving. bw parkway parkway, flying it from 32 to proud per mill. lanes are wide open for business. now over to andrea. if you want good results you have to first start by saying good things. best selling author and motivational speaker willie jolly has words to inspire and empower you. >> reporter: today's live better tip for success is speak good in your life and you will be amazed at the results. most people do not have to wait for others. they do it themselves. they use words that limb their scope. as we shared yesterday, study of people who spoke poorly

about themselves performed worst on tests than those who spore spoke well about themselves. here's a.about the power of words. won't is a word of tremendous treat. can't is a word of defeat. ought is a word of duty. pride is the word of hour. can is a word of power. use words that inspire and empower you rather than deflate you. this is willie jolly. visit my website at willie jolly.com and make every minute jolly.com and make every minute count and make this a

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time for a hero central update. i'm here with kristin fisher. what are you working on for us this morning. >> this is national suicide prevention week. in our next segment we will talk to an arlington man who needed a hero many, many years ago. he was about to commit suicide but he credits an organization called crisis link with saving his life and now he is actually a hero for many others as he rk rk woas s as a suicide prevention activist. we will have that wostory tomorrow. buy t todai want to take you too e crisis link it is right here. website. it is right here. they have a lot going ont for national suicide prevention thon arlington and the primary 4/7 suicide eranedre moan th an edmo than million crisis calls and they have responded to 20,000

potential suicides. huge numbers. so this week theysore hosting several events to raise funds e.cathis us and da y,usthe mexican cafe of l alna0% 1of all sales to crisis link and they have an t even on event on saturday. it ispart of the loudoun summer music fest. if you want to learn more about these evens i will have a link on my blog at go fish@wusa9.com. this morning here's what is in the news knew. former white house chief of staff andrew card is thinking of running seriously for the senate. he may go for the seat of ted kennedy. he make a decision in the next few days. this man who hijacked a flight in mexico yesterday said god told him to do it. the 44-year-old took control of a flight. the incident ended peacefully with he hijacker in custody.

there is a plaque at the capital honoring the passengers and crew of flight 93. they died after trying to take control of the hijacked plane on 9/11. a larger memorial is in the works in pennsylvania. i'm here with howard in the weather center. we were talking able the free movies by the navy yard, the nationals park area. tonight, bring a blanket. what about the umbrella? >> i'm not optimistic. i'm not. it is a great event. go if you can. >> star wars will be in the skies. >> we will not have lightning and thunder out there but maybe a windy rainy night in store as the moisture will work up the atlantic. we will see if we can hold it off until after that happens but we have been holding it off the last couple of days. and the big golf tournament is next friday they are looking for golfer and sponsors. help them t if you can. it ben gets it --benefits the

southern maryland red cross. >>dorir ppisnoe thleitw ppdor p sps w lenkup r qu t. a few sprinkles up north in fredsok anh asd he uta t south and southeast of wn ofwe see activity this stuff in frederick lining owstand reof fderick through n h spotty showerin and around inmag sbrtea and even west of everncsthe st we're seeing a couple of s.tuou sn inerthmaryland you see the activity laprce georges pr county to the charles county line. den to waldorf and hack cook we see ab t toinsat about outo saint mary's city an the northern neck where we have ght showers. this is all part of a much bigger area of rain that is coming in from the atlantic. we have some activity which is coming in from the north and south. as this low pressure works its way in you will see more showers developing later today. really in to late afternoon and tonight. breezy today and tomorrow. highs around 70. saturday much better with

readings getting in to the upper 70s there with a shower still possible on saturday. at the bus stop this morning, we have spotty showers. it's going to be a briescy cool morning. in the 60s. northeast winds five to 15 increase this afternoon in the 10 to 20 range. with a steady rain this afternoon. western sections may hold off until after dark. especially to the shenandoah. spotty showers for you rainy and windy tonight, more north, less south. lows in the mid-50s. northwest winds ten 10 to 20 and readings in the 60s. leesburg thermometer is on the fritz. they will be warm the few ntfew naaihs. n ioxeernt rivn with showers arou up rup in winchester and culpeper. the seven-day forecast a stiff breeze today, tonight, tomorrow, only 70 with the rain heaviest tonight as we head to saturday. then we have an isolated shower sunday and monday. really nice with highs in the

low 80s. more rain by tuesday in to wednesday. 6:16. 65 degrees and angie goff has the traffic. >> yes, i am. goodgood morning, everybody. happy thursday to you. 16 minutes after the 6:00 hour and this is what we have been watching all morning. the situation here market street also known as route 7 heading westbound looks like some of our listens are closed here. and i'll go ahead and let you know this is at river creek parkway and it appears to the right of the screen that's eastbound traffic. that is getting by. let's move over to 95 northbound. we are jammed from the prince william parkway over to lorton. we are looking at a 15-minute commute for that. or tacking on an extra 15 minutes. 395 northbound a slow ride duke to seminary and in dc inbound new york avenue is incident free. looks like from the times building and things are moving toward florida avenue. to wrap it up, here's 270 southbound. volume is building from germantown road on the way

down. let's go ahead and send it over to andrea. it is 6:17. time to check what is in the "usa today." a headline in the life section reads beware of the dognappers and take steps to protect your pets. with good advice we are joined by lauren ashburn. this is scary. what is going on? >> it is scary. "usa today" has a weekly article. this is written by lisa peterson of the american kennel club and what she is saying is they have spotted a trend starting in 2008 of dognappers. this year alone 100 cases of dog nappings across the country compared to 17 last year. >> what's behind it? >> money? >> in the recession. there is a group of women in california who paid $10,000 to have her dog returned to her. >> reporter: are these kidnappers taking special breeds or take our friend from the pound we have got?

>> mostly special breeds. idaho a puppy was taken from a 5-year-old this summer. in oklahoma a boxer was taken from a backyard. a last is a was taken from a backyard. and states are cracking down. in texas they tried to regulate this. they tried to regulate it and make it a felony, and same in oklahoma and delaware and california. >> reporter: how do i keep my dog safe besides not letting him stay outside without me watching. >> that's one of the tips and we have a full screen full of tips for you. one thing is don't leave your dog alone. don't leave them alone outside. don't leave them alone in the car and don't tie them up outside of a store. other thing that the american kennel club is recommending putting a microchip identifier in your dog. if you can handle doing something like that. and be cautious about telling people how much money you paid for your dog and where you live because people are making that kind of mistake.

and then what do you do if your dog is taken? the thing that is most important is have a current picture of your dog ready to go. put it on flyers. call us so we can put a web posting out there about your dog and be careful about buying dogs, especially when they say we need money right away. >> exactly. good advice. read more in today's at at in the life section. ahead in sports the nfl gets ready to kick off the new season and an amazing run ends at the u.s. open. first it is the signs of knew. look in your pocket or change cup. chances are you have a few of those state quarters in there. according to the u.s. mint which state has the most of its quarters put in to circulation? it is virginia, texas or oregon? think you know the answer? find out if you are correct when we come back.

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and what does that mean for virginia? it means: bob mcdonnell introduced 35 bills to restrict a woman's right to choose. he wants to outlaw abortion-- even in cases of rape and incest. and mcdonnell opposed birth control for married adults. learn more about bob mcdonnell's crusade to take virginia backwards. i'm creigh deeds, candidate for governor and my campaign sponsored this ad.

we're back with the signs of now. the answer is a, virginia. nearly 1.6 billion of its quarters were minted. coming up, jessica doyle will have a story about a new brand of quarters coming soon. are you ready for some football? the nfl season officially kicks off tonight in pittsburgh. the super bowl champion steelers host the titans. kickoff is 8:30. an american teenager's amazing run at the u.s. open is over. melanie oudin was ousted last

night in the quarterfinals. she lost in straight sets. she vowed to come back next year and do even better. she is the best. on the men's side roger federerer is moving on. he will meet novak in the semi finals tomorrow. nationals and phillies playing along the anacostia. for the second night in a row the phillies bats were hot. back to back home runs in the 8th put the phillies up 6-4. in the ninth a runner on second and a runner on for dunn and a screaming line drive to the second baseman who tosses to second for the game-ending double play. nats lose 6-5. it is 6:25. ahead a new poll showing how close virginia's gubernatorial race is. and a ten minutes a warning for all of you on facebook.

a virus is out there but we will help yo you stay safe ever on market street and route 7, still closed as the accident investigation continues. the lathest on a fatal crash in leesburg. i will have it coming up. still dry out here on the weather terrace. skies are mostly cloudy. sunrise fa 15minutes. rain in the forecast. doppler 0090is coming up. b@

the crew of the space shuttle discovery should be back home tonight. the shuttle is scheduled to touch down at the kennedy space center just after seven this evening. this is video from tuesday when the discovery crusade good-bye to the international space station crew. the next shuttle mission is planned for november. thank you for joining us on this thursday morning. i'm and ya roan. howard bernstein is out on the weather terrace. howard, you are saying rain's on the way. >> it may not be here in ernest until late this afternoon and really tonight i think the rain will pick up yo during the overnight. ke that in . nd onpp r ledodr the ree ary ondrreon inicfreredk county and west virginia a few sprinkles and

southern prince georges through southern ermaryland, saint un totycoma county to the northern neck some spotty showers. that will head to prince william and fairfax, as well. the temperatures won't move much with cloudy skies and a stiff wind picking up. highs around 70 with the best chance of rain 5:00 and on starting east and moving west. we will have the seven day in a few minutes. right now it is traffic time with angie. >> thank you, howard. we begin with a live look at leesburg, virginia. this is a fatal accident investigation. all westbound lanes of route 7 known as market street out there remain closed at this intersection at river creek parkway. we have one eastbound lane that remains closed. that's what you are looking at here. you see cars getting by to the right. that's because we have the left eastbound lane closed as a result of this. we will continue to watch this and scene keep you updated and

let you know when lanes open up. move over to eastbound, southeast southwest freeway where this is something new as we take you to the realtime graphics and show you at the south capitol on ramp is where we have crash activity. be careful. expect minor delays out that way. moving to 66 eastbound. here's the situation. finding drivers, those taillights a little below speed from 50 to 123 and drivers are okay approaching the capital beltway. that's a look at traffic. now over to you. president obama wants democrats and republicans to reach a deal on health care reform. after last night's address to congress, we'll see if they can do it. digital correspondent, armando trull is live on the hill with the story. >> reporter: well, andrea, last night, before the speech, mr. obama's approval rating was at under 50%. after the speech, that approval rating jumped to over 75%. that is encouraging news for the president whose speech last

night was meant to retake the initiative on one of his most important pieces of domestic legislation. president obama says america cannot afford to wait any longer for health care reform. >> the time for bickering is over. the time for games has passed. >> reporter: he told congress health care reform must provide security for those who have health insurance, low cost options for those who don't and put the brakes on run away health care costs. >> under my plan individuals will be required to carry basic health insurance as most states require you to carry auto insurance. >> the president did not shy away from a public insurance option but said he is open. >> if americans can't find affordable coverage we will provide you with a choice. >> reporter: he says it will be paid through the savings and it

generates. >> the reform will cost $900 billion over the next ten years. the president told republicans the doors of the oval office are open to anyone who wants to come in with ideas to improve the plan but he will not waste time with those who are trying to kill it. 9 news now and wusa9.com. we caught up with some lawmakers from our area. democratic congressman highwayer and connelly support the president. >> i think he reminded america why they leched him as president and reminded them of the phak that he is passionately for helping the american people. >> i thought he hit it out of the park. he touched all the right bails and provided the right reassurances. he challenged congress and reassured the american people and spoke directly to senior citizens. this morning the blogs are buzzing about the south carolina republican who heckled

the president. we will talk more about that at 6:42. a nationwide tax protest movement is coming here to washington. it is called the nine/12 march here on washington. it there will be a meeting at the dc armory. and tomorrow they will meet with lawmaker on captiol hill and hold a 9/11 remembrance ceremony. the rally is at free plaza an heads down pennsylvania avenue to captiol hill. right now a followup to a story we brought you yesterday morning. we now know the identity of a 37-year-old womb shot to death in silver spring. montgomery county police say that someone murdered simone white as she walked from her car to her front door. some neighbors heard the shots but saw nothing. >> i didn't see anything unusual. i usually come home around that time. so to think that somebody was

probably just in the bushes or the parking lot waiting is very scary. >> reporter: investigators say white's belongings including a laptop computer were still with her. police have no suspects and they are asking any witnesses to come forward. new this morning a look aft the horse race to become virginia's next governor. polls show that bob mcdonnell has a sizable lead despite the media scrutiny of his ' 890 graduate thesis. the virginia republican leads deeds 51 thto 42% in a recent poll. not much difference either with the latest survey "usa today" poll. some say that president obama's waning popularity in the commonwealth appears to be helping mcdonnell. jessica doyle is back with another living smart report and some news in the housing market. >> that's right. we know president obama set aside $75 billion to rework

mortgages for people at risk of losing their home, but it turns out despite all of that money the loan modification process is moving at a glacial pace. our partner at "usa today" report 12% ibelleig owveeligible borrowers have ibbegun trial modification. some lenders are moving faer than others to make better loans for rustngligg americans. j.p. morgan hachlie ass started it o 25% of mortgages. city mortgage on 23. wachovia only at e 7% a icd 7% fargo at 11%. the u.s. nthahaannounced the designs three nainal gnsit the district that will be stamped on s quarters in the ngmirsea.

the blog is on fire with warnings about a possible virus hitting facebook. they are warning people against using fan check. they say it can shut down your facebook page there's no official word whether the application launches a virus or not but this is making things this even worse. pc world reports that hackers are setting up websites that falsely climb to remove it an instead down load mal ware. don't get to fan check. >> okay. i won't do it. the first lady's office will not comment on her ties to a proposed farmers market. it will go along vermont avenue and mcpherson square. the first lady said she thinks a mark is a good idea but the permit had the name of fresh farm markets if everything is approved it would open a week from today. from the white house to the mall in an effort to make

things look better. a renewed push for a mall makeover and who's taking actions today. howard begins our focus on virginia's weather and traffic. >> good morning, everybody. in virginia we start with nine o areas to our south out of ck, neck, nd the northern ne colonial beach, dahlgren, as we look at the forecast for virginia. clouds west with spotty shower but rain moving in this afternoon. kwan coe or burke 69. stafford 71. ashburn and recommendington around 70. angie has the virginia traffic ever we follow that fatal accident investigation going on in leesburg, westbound route 7. all lanes are closed at river creek parkway. one eastbound lane, that right lane is getting by. moving along. take you to 95 northbound from

fredericksburg to the mixing bowl. no incidents or accidents and finally northbound gw parkway at 123. i want you to know the accident has cleared. the time is 6:39. you are watching 9 news now. we'll be right back.

kristin fisher is in the web center right now checking it all out for us. >> the big story on the web this morning, so much so it is er . chove g thg president's prec check it out. thnn c onom.c nn c omis south carolina representative joe wilson shouts "you lie "at obama and then apologizes. that'sliadhe ne onheadline on conservative website, the ne conservative website, the drudte report. just those two words t ghrigh there." you lie." same thing on the more liberal

website, the daily beat "you lie." we played the clip this morning but if case you missed it here it is one more time and watch the reactions of vice president biden and nancy pelosi that are sitting behind the president. take a look. >> the reforms i'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegal. >> you lie! imagot true ghmiint e imagine the exchge prompted a ton of posts on teex hoo,t ag s he tittwter. eight hours ago, the national convention said no national convention said to to con reonssmalswi the minimum age for the house of ls vetaess tiis25. act ic ablpu an. it speaking out ican party is out aiagt nsagainst it. representative jason was the first to tweet t about it. he said joe lsid wihe t apinizfor his remaanqulyalicquk k chcheck this o i want to see

there was anything on his website ouabt the abinntci s tesi is down. unconfirmed speculation it is either receiving too much traffic or shut down to prevent a flood of angry e-mails. we will monitor it an keep you posted. howard bernstein is here and he is talking about maybe some really heavy downpours later on tonight. >> yeah. i was looking at the computer models and one of them, i hope it doesn't happen. all for 2 1/2 inches of rain from 8 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. during the day just spotty showers and when you conditio be with us go to 9.sawucom. i want sato go tothe web computer and show you interactive radar. zoom around in the country, not e ster hd thtrack ere weather as it acis happening. i will track it for you as is we start with the weather computer. the big picture. an area of low pressure is

throwing moisture back our way. this will be moving back to the west. the west northwest. we will see an increase in shower activity later on. on live wedoppler hd, this is where we are picking up stuff, fairly light to the north. a li ttlemore activity earlier. an hour and a half ago camett i to howard thugand yo n u caand you can see inchoa prapr inverig rivechin striweericfrweederk county, there's not much to talk about up there anymore west of middletown about to move in to west virginia and near the pennsylvania border. but in southern maryland over to the northern neck of virginia we have scattered light showers from lusby, just to the north of leonardtown coming to colonial beach and dahlgren here. all moving west northwest a and a few spotty showers in charles county that will cross the river in to stafford, prince william, faulkier counties and even fairfax may see sprinkles in the next few hours.

we will be wet late today in to tonight and friday. it will be breezy and temperatures struggle to get close to 70 and saturday is looking better with sunshine some clouds, isolated shower and high of 78. at the bus stop this morning, some spotty showers. most areas are dry. breezy and cool with temperatures in the 60s and northeast wind five to 15. the winds pick up and steady rain arrives late. rainy and windy on the with more rain north. less south. we have readings now low to mid- 60s in most spots. quantico 67. 64 cambridge. 63 winchester and frederick and manassas at 64. even charlie at cat lick said it is dry and 64. he's looking forward to rain because it has been dry for him. the seven-day forecast, a little wet tonight in to tomorrow but better as we head to the weekend. not bad on saturday, an

isolated shower but nice on sunday and monday as temperatures in the low 80s and more rain by next wednesday. angie, it is 6:47. and you are one busy traffic lady. >> sure am. closer to the 7 hour and more problem on our hands. this is in virginia. you can see the accident here. we have crews on the ground. until a minute or so ago it was blocking all lanes. the left lane started to open up. as you can imagine, drivers past dumfries area, slowly creeping by. slow approaching the scene and before that our main delay is stretching from dale city to lorton. i expect that to get even bigger. moving over to leesburg, another situation that we have been following also. we are using sky nine here. a live shot for you. route 7 known as mark street. we know all westbound lanes are closed. looks like two lanes on the eastbound side are getting by. this is route 7 at the river

creek parkway. also, eastbound, southeast southwest freeway, the ramp to access south capitol street is where we have another crash that is confirmed. take it outside and show you interstate 270 where there are though incidents or jam -- accidents but jammed to the split. wrap it up with our metro delays on the flu and yellow line between braddock and the pentagon. we are seeing the right is taking longer due to track maintenance from the week. before we go, we have a back to school click to share with you. sigh hello to erika and brandon glover. their mom then in. good luck with school. thank you for sending this in. a heads up to late-night drivers in virginia. weather permitting the outer loop will be closed at 66 in virginia. crews wi leaift stl beams in to place. this will eventually carry 66 over the beltway and the t new

hot las.ne add ten minutes to travel time tonight. overnight work should last two weeks. tomorrow night in montgomery county traffic along rockville pike will be moved to a new bridge. it is part of a new interchange ndraph and montross adndro. the switch will take two weeks. the entire project should be done by next fall. the grass on the national mall will get greener. a local pet care company is helping out. it is something that is happening today on america's front yard. the group that built the vietnam veterans memorial will spruce up lawn care on 13 achiers. helping out is a local company called duty calls. they will be out cleaning up after four-legged visitors to the mall. in sports, dc united opened a five-game home stand and got it started the right way. no score in the 39th minute.

he nets a goal for washington. united wins 1-nil. dc hosts seattle on sunday. the nationals soccer team is a win away from the world cup the u.s. can clinch the berth with a win at rfk stadium next month. 65 degrees here at the information center. up next, vandals put up monuments to cal ripken. and who police say is to blame. and then tonight at eleven. >> when i saw the way he looked at my sister after they had shared their vows. >> reporter: ted kennedy's brother in law reflect on the love story between his sister and the lion of the senate. that's tonight only on 9 news now at 11:00.

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6:54 on this thursday morning. here's what is in news now. president obama says health care reform does not have to include a public option but he hopes it does. in an address to the congress last night he said his plan would cost $900 billion over a decade. the south carolina congressman who heckled the president during the speech could face punishment. gop leadership will decide what, if anything, should done to republican joe wilson. wilson apologized for his actions. four teenagers are in trouble accused of stealing a big number eight. it is a monument at camden yards honoring cal ripken. police found the teenagers using surveillance video. spotty showers through mid afternoon and late today a steadier rain expected with a stiff northeast wind. temperatures will struggle to highs in the 70s. another update and seven-day forecast are coming up when 9

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fatal accident investigation continues. it looks like we have a couple of lanes on the eastbound side getting by. 95 southbound past dumb fries a tractor-trailer fire. only the left lane is getting by here. northbound delayed from dale city to lorton and 270 is very heavy, 3 to to 45 minutes from father hurley to the split. spotty showers will turn to a steadier heavier rain tonight. temperatures around 70 with fewer showers by late friday. saturday looks okay. really nice on sunday and monday. >> wall street is looking lower. doesn't look like we will have that five days in a row of rallies. the "early show" is next.