you know what rain would do to that -- rain this morning inshrain thiso on live doppler 9000 hd es cilyaleast and uptown inlyin maryland, virginia is not going to see t is stormaryland storm locally heavy rainfall. here inth e dist wvehahave of got of that st f isstea, is rts hour or bett er, pelycies al , ere across gegeou'sor ccein nty. george's county. coming down across southern maryland. windy today with highs only near 70 degrees. right now 60 wet degrees in washington, good morning, angie. >> hello, happy friday to everybody, including you howie. i want you for follow me, we got a lot of incidents out there. on the outer loop at clara barton an accident taking away the left lane. drivers are slow from river road to the scene. then notice on the northbound gw parkway on the ramp to

access the inner loop we know that only the shoulder is getting by because of another crash. we will take it outside and show you the outer loop, we are slow, a lot of volume from new hampshire over to that road. factor extra minutes. see that spray on our cameras. back to the bw parkway back to the map headed southbound past route 50 a new crash scene just popped up. on virginia's side of things northbound on 95 at del city more crash activity. we know drivers are below speed already from the del city area up to loren, taking on an extra 10 to 15 minutes that delay setting in early. 66 headed eastbound, very very full from 50 to 123 but no incidents. now over to you. >> thank you, angie. this morning we are remembering the september 11th attacks eight years later. this is a live look this morning at new york city. it is ground zero, the area

where the twin towers once stood. more than 2500 people died there eight years ago. vice-president joe biden will attend a remembrance ceremony in new york later this morning. president obama is in washington to attend a ceremony at the pentagon. digital correspondent armando trull is live with a look ahead to that. >> reporter: it will be the first time that mr. obama marks the 9/11 anniversary as president and commander in chief. at exactly 8:46 this morning the time when the first plane slammed into the world trade center eight years ago, president barack obama and the first lady will mark a moment of silence on the south lawn of the ite house. >> to honor the memories of those that gave their lives. >> reporter: mr. obama will travel across the river to the point gone where he will visit the memory honoring the 184 people who lost their lives there and moat with family members and survivers of a

pentagon attack. >> he will continue to talk about this notion of serving our country and of public and national service. >> reporter: arlington is also marking the tragedy by draping flags throughout many buildings in the county. last night in washington the national's baseball team honored those who died on this day by hosting survivors of the attack as well as members of the dc fire department and the police who partied in the rescue operations in one of the darkest days in american history. later today, even as mr. obama lays a wreath on the spot where 184 innocent people were slaughtered, he will also call on all americans to work together and forge a better stronger nation. reporting live at the pentagon, armando trull, 9news now and wusa 9.com. >> there are local remembrances today at noon a service at national ka thread drail, a

bell will toll eight times to begin the service. the national museum of the marine corps will unveil its new exhibit oop the attacks and the city of alexandria will hold a moment of silence at noon at market square. in pennsylvania the names of the 40 passengers and crew from united flight 93 will be read allowed. they stopped that plane from being crashed here in washington. former secretary of state colin powell will give the keynote speech at today's ceremony. learn more about what is happening today by going to wusa 9.com and be sure to leave your thoughts on what happened eight years ago and how it still effects you today. the police are investigateing a deadly hit-and- run in riverdale, maryland. it happened last night along annapolis road near har kinds road, police say jose perez seem in tole was hit and killed by a chrysler, who drove off. police say a cash reward is offered for anyone who can provide information leading to an arrest and convict in the

case. an investigation has found the calvert county sheriff's deputy was traveling unreasonably fast when he was involved in a deadly collision in july. a cruiser driven by deputy wayne wells crashed into a car driven by 18-year-old rachel campbell. wells was responding to an emergency call and was traveling at 110 miles an hour. investigators say that was too fast for the road and traffic conditions at the time. at 6:05 a story new this morning on 9news now. dc city councilman david ka tan yay has the votes to get a same sex marriage bill approved. he says he has six could sponsors, it would change the law to read any person who otherwise meets the eligibility requirements may marry any other eligible person regardless of gender, of course and change would require approval by congress. time for a living smart

report from jessica doyle and you are here to tell us why president obama has pucked monday to go to wall street. >> yes, we are looking back. a year ago of course, the economy was in the tank people were scared but a real watershed event happened, lehman brothers clapped that touched off the financial crisis and paralyzed the banking sector, he will deliver a speech on monday and look back pat the steps taken and restate his commitment to winding down the government's roll in the financial sector, lee man's bankruptcy was one of the largest bank failures in history. star burkes is giving some of its stores a rebrief. they had plans to shut down 800 shops in the u.s. but 27 have proven to be more profitable than thought and will remain open including in virginia. here is good news for redskins ticket owners. this year the team is not raising prices not that they aren't already superexpense sf. the age of family of 4 will pay $441 to see the skins play just

one game, according to an index by team marketing research and ranked 9th in the nfl. the index includes four tickets two beers four sodas four hot dogs parking and two programs. here is some of the costs, $79 for a ticket, $7 for a bore, $4 for a soft drink, $5 for a hot dog, of course $35 for parking. >> are the seats way high up. >> yeah, absolutely. >> okay. all right. thanks, jessica. >> sure. >> all right. we are spending a lot of money there so how about a little free opera this weekend. they will cy mull cast their show saturday and watch it for the outfield grass at national's park. show time is at 7:00. bring a blanket and small bag of food but can't bring alcohol. the concession stands will be open. at seven after the hour ahead a drop in drug abuse. we will look at the numbers and the reason why. plus the local crisis hot line for people in dire situations

meet the people who once needed help, now helping others. that is in today's hero central report. but first our focus on maryland's weather and traffic, here is howard. >> a wet wet start to the day in n westn maryland. on live doppler 9 thousand hd plenty of ititcoming down in acck s etross prince un tyco ous ar county around bowie, g alonal from annapolis also in charles county heading right to howard county as well seeing moderate rain. looking on the forecast for this afternoon we will see showers around across maryland this afternoon after this morning's rains, upper 60s to 71. angie goff wet roads in maryland. >> that's right we are focusing on the state and what is going on and the times to avoid including this one dc 295 some crash activity, be careful headed this way. checking on georgia avenue, check it out the roads are slick out here.

please take it slow. 355 and shady grove still nice and quiet out this way as we take a live look at the intersection. >> if you are not happy with the results you are getting then think differently, willie jolly explains why sometimes it just takes a little creativity. >> reporter: hello, this is willie jolly, today's live better tip for success is think different if you want to get different results. to succeed in life you must look at the problems of life and think past the limits and think about the possibilities. you need not settle for the present circumstances but look at the possibilities. there is a story about a fisherman who caught fsh with such ease it was amazing but as he caught fish he kept the little ones and threw the big ones back, someone asked why he did this and he answered because i only have a little pan. ladies and gentlemen your reach should always exceed your grasp. if he had only taken time to think and look at the situation

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fisher is here with an emotional and important story to tell us. >> good morning. you know every year 30,000 americans comoit suicide, so in honor of national suicide prevention week, which is taking place right now, we sat down with two people who have had very personal experiences with suicide. at one point both of them needed a hero, now they are heroes. take a look. jeers ago jill was a 20- year-old student studying broadcast journalism at the university of oklahoma home. >> she was a person i would describe as full of life and it was her outgoing nature and her energy that really fooled us in the end. >> reporter: on march 17th2007 jennifer got a call from her sister jill. >> she kept saying to me, you love me, and i said of course i love you. >> reporter: one day later jill was dead. she had swallowed 100 pills after a bought with depression and a fight with her boyfriend. >> i was shocked. i never imagined that that was

something that was running through her mind. >> reporter: but long before jill took her own life jim keithtons a having similar thoughts. >> junior high school is when it started. i realized i was gay and it wasn't going to change. to get rid of the feeling of loneliness and otherwise lotion i could kill myself and that became my out and my focus. >> reporter: the difference was jim called crisis link. >> crisis link. >> i called them all the time and they were always there. someone asked me do i consider them my heroes and i said i don't consider them my me roughs, i consider them my angels because just giving me that somebody to turn to or place to go to that was safe made all the difference to me. >> reporter: s two similar stories with different endings. they hope their stories will save someone else. >> reach out. there is somebody to help you. >> reporter: if you are someone who is contemplating suicide or

if you know someone who is possibly contemplating suicide please take jim and jennifer's advice and reach out by calling the hot line at 1-800-suicide. you know the one thing i took from chatting with jim and jennifer was that you never know what small thing might make the difference. it might be that one phone call, that one smile from a stranger, but taking the time to just make that phone call could be the difference between life or death. >> exactly, kristen thank you. it is 6:14 this friday morning, here is what is in the news now. the congressman who shouted you low at president obama must apologize to the house by tuesday, otherwise south carolina republican joe wilson will face a resolution of public disapproval. wilson has apologized to the president for a, lack of sift. a landing for discovery is scheduled at 5:48 tonight. rain and wind prevented touchdown last night. it is still up in the air

whether it will land in florida or in california. howard saying california. here is something to make you go ah, cubs on display at the los angeles zoo. the pair made their debut yesterday and definitely handled it up. a lot of things going on this weekend. the multicultural book fair and open house at the kennedy center, this weekend all of that going on indoors but you say i won't matter. >> there may be a couple of showers saturday. the university of dc having a green expo from 10:00 to 2:00. >> open house at the kennedy noon to 7:00. >> let's get them out of the way. >> let's get them out. >> the shuttles down there yesterday. same trouble as yesterday. the weather in edwards far superior. for us we would be lucky to get anything maryland isthry landma this morning. this ea of low pressure to

the h-nort northwnot esthrowing moisture on the west side of the potomac but much is tt and we will not see that much on the west side either. as zoom m llwi yowill see th tb e moderate showers into fairfax county but you get much further than that outside the beltway, out 66 toward hey market and stuff things start to shut down, you go 95 past del city you are not seeing much there but in maryland it is coming down big time. 270 a wet ride, the beltway is wet, niervetion 2 five, out 50 coming down here. you can see it across parts of prince george's county from bowie toward woodmoore, out route 50 toward sai verna park and toward fairview and looking at a lot of heavy rainfall there. no real lightning or thunder, that is by the coast. southern maryland light to moderate showers, occasionally heavy, east of north beach. everything is rotating around a big area of low pressure. we will show you on our weather

computer spinning offshore, so even there is a sharp gradient where it is dry and where it is wet it looks like the line is going to go this way, so in virginia, culpepper, i don't think you are going to see much rain, out in the shenandoah valley you will not see much of any rain, mid-70s with a passing shower saturday and sunda high of 82. a soggy start at the bus stop, especially in maryland, again south and west not much, breezy and cool, 50s and 60s, windy with scattered showers, this afternoon, highs around 70, tonight still a couple of showers possible with highs or lows i should say, 55 to 62 degrees. we had a cool star, temperatures mainly in the 50s and low 60s now, 70 this afternoon. on the seven day better weather

by sunday, monday and tuesday and would be a shower by next wednesday but it is nice as temperatures by the end of the weekend back in the 80s, angie goff 6:17, rainy outside. >> you are right and that is effecting our traffic patterns, good morning, happy friday to you. on the ramp to access the outer loop only the shoulder of traffic is getting by because of this crash scene, on the outer loop or actually we could stay on that graphic and let you know at the collarra barton parkway crash activity has been pushed off to the left shoulder so drivers are getting by. moving outside hires your shaky shot you notice rain drops on our camera here on 270. very heavy from jeerman town road already down to montrose, no accidents here just wet roads being a factor. on dc to 95 near eastern avenue at the off-ramp and actually that was the right graphic we

were looking at. we have another wresk we continue to monitor and at del city that accident off to the shoulder and colooking at plus minutes. >> it is 6:18, see what is making news insa y.dato this morning's headline reads abuse of prescription drugs dipped to talk more about that we are talking to the editor. good news and what is behind it. >> good morning, it is good news, we are finding it is declining, reversing an upward trend. the substance abuse mental health services administration says that people are heeding the advice and that dangerous health reports that are coming out that say prescription drug use is dangerous. >> you know what is interesting, i have not read the reports but i have seen adam pains on television where the drug abuser is saying i as the adult putting think out of business because it is right there in the medicine cabinet. >> that's right they white

house national office of drug control policy says these campaigns have been effective at dahere were campaigns th fell flat but this one is working. let's take a look at some of the numbers because they are dramatic. if you look at 2006, which is where the national survey on drug use and health has gone back to, 7 million people aged 12 atand older abused prescription drugs in the past month. 2007 it was 6.9 million and 2008 was 6.2 million, a a look at a specific drug, let's look at meth. number of people age 12and older who abused in the past month, 7 31,000 in 2006 then we drop to 529,000, look at 2008, 314,000 people. >> that is significant. >> illegal drug use, however, of marijuana, we are seeing an increase and one of the reasons that experts say that we have that trend attributes to drug

use of baby boomers getting older. the illegal drug use of people among 50 to 59 increased 2.7%. >> this has nothing to do with medical marijuana or any of those strictly recreation al. >> well, you know it doesn't exactly say what it is being used for in breaking it down but that could be part of it. >> loren thank you very much. read more about this in usa today. our time right now 6:21. ahead the nfl's regular season opener goes intoover. see how it ended. plus albert haynesworth getting readiy for his redskins debut. hear from the coaches about the big game against the new york giants. we will be right back at 6:21. growing up we didn't have much, but education was always a priority. my mom sent me off to college with just four 20-dollar bills.

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you are looking at a live shot from arlington, virginia, washington in the background on this wet friday morning, howard bernstein with you outside on the weather terre, aclight rain bhereut heavier heto our south it is moving across the potomac and maybe a little in prince william but the th of it of it across mareland, the yellow areas rainfall rates of half an inch or more. it is a cool morning out here to me, temperatures 50s, to 60,

a few spots low 60s but with the winds wind chills in the low to mid 50s, a pretty good chance for rain and lesser chances throughout the today, temperatures in the 60s to near 70. let's get a traffic update on this wet friday morning from angie goff. >> -- tgif, now with want to remind you pack in some extra minutes for your morning commute, you are going to need them. the trends this morning are accidents, accidents, accidents. we begin northbound on the gw parkway as the ramp to access the inner loop, drivers only getting by on the shoulder on the outer loop at clara barton parkway more crash activity pushed off to the shoulder. moving over to 66, hello, virginia, we are heavy past route 50 to 123 and then using those brakes again approaching the capitol beltway, 395 another slow ride that set in early. a live shot of that, you can

see these taillights crawling along on slick pavement. an accident on dc 295 at the eastern avenue off-ramp and a new accident to tell you about on the inner loop at river road and right now we are finding that drivers are slowing down approaching that scene as well. remember, you can follow me on twitter, oh, my goff is my name. back to you. >> at 6:32 our region and the entire nation are remembering september 11th 2001 and the attacks which changed our country, this is what it looks like on the lawn of the state house in columbus, ohio. more than 2000 flaggings lined up to honor those who died in the attacks. dozens of people volunteered to put up this display this is the third year in a row for it. in three hours there will be a ceremony to honor those who died at the pentagon, armando trull has a preview. >> reporter: this will be the

first time that mr. obama participates in 9/11 remembrances as commander and president. last notice the nationals baseball team honored those who died 8 years ago by hosting survivors as well as members of the rescue teams that saved so many lives on that terrible day at the pentagon. arlington is marking the tragedy with ceremonies and huge flags draped on many buildings throughout the county. and later this morning president barack obama and the first lady will observe a moment of silence at the exact time the first plane slam spued the world trade center building and mr. obama will visit the spot where 184 people were murdered during the greatest peace time attack on american soil since pearl harbor. even as the president lays a wreath on that very spot he will also call on all americans to work together and forge a better stronger nation. reporting live at the pentagon,

armando trull, 9news now and wusa 9.com. >> former secretary of state colin powell will be in shaingsville, pennsylvania today and will give the keynote address at the crash site of united flight 93. that plane crashed before it could reach its target here in washington. a permanent memorial at the site is now in the works. in new york city the beams of life symbolizing the fallen twin towers were turned on at midnight. today those who worked there will read their names and the vice-president will be there. we are getting a look at the future 9/11 museum memorial in new york. the museum's website will collect images videos and stories of those who died. president obama has called for today to be a national day of service in honor of those who died. there are plenty of events going on around town.

volunteers will be cleaning up school soccer fields today at the arts and technology academy in northeast washington, people will be capturing storys from world war ii veterans. and at rfk stadium more than 200 people sow quilts for the children whose military parents are stationed overseas. learn more by going to wusa 9.com and read about what will be going on later today to remember 9/11. metro is considering a fair hike to east a budget gap. we spoke with the general manager john cato but the issue it. is included in your presentation that we are recommending the fair hike the board has approved a year and a half ago. >> the new 6% fair hikes are expected to take effect july 10th at the earliest. a metro worker is hospitalized this morning after being struck by a train

yesterday, the 44-year-old communications technician was hit by a six car train. his injuries are described as serious. he has been a metro employee for 13 years. the accident is under investigation. jessica doyle is back with another living smart report and you have a new look at the federal stimulus package. good morning. >> good morning. now, this is coming out of the white house and it says the economic stimulus package has had a major economic impact. the president's chief economic advisor says the recession turned the corner after the pas$ ofpassage of $787 im mulst onusn imst mfeoneyusin fethryckthe pa created more than 1 million jobs, now , not everyone agrees with that. a top republican, congress david camm p calls the million job figure a concoction, economists have differed over the impact of the package. the census bureau is out with its annual snapshot of

living standards and the picture is not pretty, median households fell 3.6% to just over 50,000 dollars, the biggest drop in 4 decades the poverty rate hit 13.2% and about 700,000 more people didn't have health insurance in 2008. here is a look at gm's newd a and it offers a new deal. the a maker says buyers can return their vehicle for a full refund if they are not fully satisfied. the commercial starts airing on sunday and that is quite a deal for a car. >> uh-huh, yes, because you could say anything -- >> yeah- >> -- take it back. >> -- cigarette lighter, take it back. >> we can tell you what the worst car is of the last 10 years, if you ask the folks at cars.com it is the smart car. >> ah. >> senator for two cars, it is a little car is not na good on gas mileage surprising and is known to roll over. the second worst the chrysler

sebring, cars.com calls it uncomfortable and haphazard. the third worst the jeep compass, it is called soft. the political debate rages on, was it a lack of sift or calling out the president on an issue? congressman joe wilson is taking his message to the web this morning. in five minutes what he is saying. right now a focus on virginia's weather and traffic, let's start with howard. >> good morning, virginia. you know we are seeing rain in virginia near washington but for the rest of r ouvirginia suburbs not in. g goon t oulemeingo. ong let me show you live ppdoler is t weitis wet in maryland and wet across fairfax county inside the beltway where we are 395 hit hard. in towards faulk near county and points west and south it is quiet there lowden county and down near woodbridge. culpepper 72 not much rain, maybe even sun later on but up north winchester over toward the district you are going to see a better chance for showers with temperatures upper 60s to around 70.

angie goff we have some wet streets in virginia how is that effecting the commute? >> well, we are just seeing major slow goes everywhere and setting in early howard thank you very much. taking a look at 66 eastbound slow in two major pots 50 at 123 and from nuttily to the capitol beltway. then you are looking at at least a 20 commute in knife to the parkway. here is 395 park bound, drivers here stuck in the muck, stick in this delay from 495 to seminary and using those brakes a whole lot trying to cross that bridge. the time is sis:39 good friday morning. you are watching 9news now. we will be right back.

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we are back at 6:42 with your living groan tip of the day. you might not think that leaving the water running while you brush your teeth is a big deal but it does add up. the average person wastes 90

glasses of water every day by leaving the tap running. that means here in the u.s. we are letting as much as 27 billion glasses of clean drinkable water go down the drain every day. so turn off that facet and save water. you can find more tips at w usa 9.com, just click on living green. >> at 6:43 the political world is still buzzing about the congressman who yelled at the president wednesday night. kristen fisher is in the webster with the latest on this story. >> that's right, it has been less than 48 hours since joe wilson shouted you lie at the president during his speech on healthcare reform before congress. well, almost instantly he received a huge backlash on line but now representative wilson is using the web to fight back. check this out. lastheig ht posted d ana end a .ccofor n congress.com. the south carolina reprentative says he is onunder e onr hedeattack. he wresi oush ld. not i oushld

idest isrespected the during his speech but i am not sorry for fighting back. take a listen. >> on these issues i will not be muzzled. i will speak up and speak loudly against this risky plan. the supporters of the government take over of healthcare and the liberals who want to give healthcare to illegals are using my opposition as an excuse to distract from the critical questions raised about this poorly conceived plan. >> reporteru ifyo yoscroll down on his sc siu yotewill see th whal point of this message, s representative wilson ngkivoters to make donations to his gncaaimp for congress. i than has raised more $350,000 since wilson's outburst wednesday nigh check this out. is rob miller's website, rob miller for congre is down due to heavy fiaftrc and southeast representative wilson's official house website, sohat shows you how popular this story is on line

and how popular these two politicians have become, especially on the web. links t all these sights on my blog at w usa 9.com. >> here is howard bernstein, is it going to be a wash out this weekend? >> no, not a washout. >> up in new york. >> not a washout. actually this storm system is going to come up and get pushed back down and go bring us more showers tomorrow but by sunday and monday you will like it. >> i like it. we just got to get through this morning. it is a rough one out there. thank goodness e crreth osd ity lfgo tournament is next . d arthey e still looking for ponsors soheeylp thlp out you can.u we have got atwe r, r,pe pelyesciomescifr the district east, northeast, southeast, much of virginia not seeing it although in lowden and frfairfa counties crossed irseoscrd the river and gotten into toyou with in spots moderate amounts. in fact down 395 yo n u casebeyh

areas starting to show up. that is moderate to occasionally heavy rainfall out there. some of the rainfall rates earlier as this thing came from across the bay a couple of hours ago in the half-inch to an inch a hour category, but from prince george's county back over towards springfield down the river headed toward mt. vernon heavy rainfall breaks up across montgomery county but to our east it is coming down from howard county just coming into columbia now, almost to clasville. you head through prince george's county to bouy, anne arundel, annapolis seeing moderate to heavy rain. even down towards southern maryland into prince george's and northern calvert counties heavy rain. this is all produced by an area of low pressure offshore all week. it is 14y moving. it is moving toward the north- northwest. now the back edge of this watch this how it is kind of going

that way, a little bit will rotate into virginia but the bulk of it in maryland. that right fronted quadrant, watch out for that until noon, the rain this morning, showers this afternoon, windy and cool, only around 70. a shower or two possible still tomorrow, mid-70s then by sunday looking at highs in the low 80s, a much better day. at the bus stop in the district and in maryland showers and locally heavy rain, virginia away from town west and southwest kind of quiet but breezy and cool, mid-50s to low 60s, north winds 5 to 15, even gusting over 20. wendy with scattered showers this afternoon around 70. north winds at 10 to 20 miles an hour, so kind of a raw day out there, then tonight can't rule out an isolated shower and cool, 50s and 60s. want to show you temperatures before we go. you will see they are down mid- 50s in a few spots culpepper ma nan sass at 67, 61 for them as

well with wind chills in the 50s. here is our seven-day forecast. wet this morning, showers this afternoon, 70. much better by sunday, monday and tuesday, next chance of a shower is wednesday. good morning, angie goff. hire at 6:47. >> good morning to you. yeah, we are creeping closer to the seven tour and still watching those tie-ups that could slow you down. an accident on 50 at 301 currently blocking the right lane. right now though no immediate delays to report. move to new hampshire avenue and show you this situation headed northbound an accident approaching the capitol beltway has taken away the right lane for drivers and right now we are slow approaching the steam. the outer loop from 95 to georgia we are delayed. wanted to let you know on the inner loop at river road crash activity out there and drivers starting to jam up around the american legion bridge. northbound on the gw parkway the ramp to access 495 that accident only letting the

showedder of traffic get by and 66 that is your first major slow go then from 50 to the beltway using those brakes. we have been taking your back to school pictures, this is actually morgan, not amy, amy is the mom. this is little morgan getting ready for her first day of school. thank you so much for watching and sharing your back to school spirit with us. good luck this year, back to you. >> it is 6:49, beginning tuesday a big change when cit comes to security at dulles airport. the new security mess a 19 will open that includes new screening areas that will hopefully get you threw faster and eventually connect with new underground shuttles to the terminal. a popular mr. smith's bar in georgetown is the target of a lawsuit. 24-year-old georgetown university student taylor price is suing them for discrimination. he uses a wheelchair. he says when he visit the bar

in january a manager at m smith's told him the bar too crowded he was a fire hazard and had to sit in the front corner out of the way. >> my ultimate goal is for mr. smith to do the right thing. i don't want anyone else to ever be put in this situation. >> mr. smith denies the allegation. a manager told 9news flatle the business does not discriminate against anyone. in sports the u.s. open final rounds will be here on w usa 9 this weekend. today the men's quarterfinal will wrap up. nadal was leading when the rains came. they will pick up today in the second set tie-break. the steelers kicked a game winning field goal in overtime and pittsburgh beat tennessee 13-10 in the season opener. our time right now is 6:50. 59 degrees here at the information center. our region remembers the tragedy and heroes of september 11th. in three minutes a look at what

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plans rides in other places. >> he puts a lot on his twitter page. okay let's talk about the traffic though. 50 westbound at 301 an accident blocking the left lane. on the beltway one big mess. another accident on the inner loop at river taking away the left lane. the american legion jammed on both sides of the belt wi. 395 three right lanes blocked. you are backed up to the 14 street bridge, northbound slow to seminary. >> heavy rain out there, especially from the district east, northeast and southeast. however we will see a better afternoon with only showers, better tomorrow. a shower and sunday, mon, tuesday looking really nice as temperatures get back into the 80s. >> five days in a row of gains on wall street. this morning we don't know which direction it is headed so we will have to keep it tuned for the 9 a.m. show. >> the early show is next