are watching some stuff approaching dahlgren right now. this will move across the river in to charles and saint mary's county. you can see the shower moving east of 20 miles an hour. north of annapolis we are seeing a shower pop up there. that's moving north of the bay bridge to the eastern shore. the day at a glance. looking at a good deal of clouds. cooler day today. temperatures in the mid to upper 70s with a better chance of showers returning this afternoon. it is 69 degrees here at 6:00 a.m. time for traffic. good morning kris. >> some issues just popped up on the american legion bridge inner loop, you can see an accident here right lane is getting by. stay to the right in that direction. delay backing up more details on that coming up. now to an overnight accident. this is route 29 at franklin avenue. this will be closed due to this cleanup. a jeep hit the pole and it had a transformer on it so we have

downed wire unless the area and we will have that throughout the morning. back to the beltway, another accident. this one is at 202. you are slow from new hampshire to colesville road. that's five extra minutes for you right there. heading in to virginia 395 northbound seeing a little volume pick up between duke and seminary. no problems to the 14th street bridge and 95 northbound in virginia, we are slow from the prince william parkway to lorton. 15 minutes right now and building. metro movies a half million people each day and now they are preparing for the h1n1 flu. it is a story that is new this morning on 9 news now. armando trull is joining us live. >> metro says the plan that it had to deal with any h1n1 outbreak follows the best practices set up world wide to address any pandemic and they are confident it will work here

in case h1n1 rears. metro is taking pro active steps to make sure the transportation system doesn't become a breeding ground for the h1n1 flu this season. this includes stepping up an aggressive cleaning schedule for environmentally friendly cleaner. >> disinfectant on the stations. >> reporter: metro is educating workers on hygiene and installed hand sanitizers for staff. the p.-a system will make frequent announcements reminding passengers to wash their hands and use hankies or their sleeves when thanes. >> i watch my hands a lot and carry handy wipes with me. >> reporter: it is part of a program that has evolved to address any type of pandemic and coordinated with state and federal authorities as well as the centers for disease control. and metro says it has also set up a toll-free line and internet site for workers to

deal with any type of h1n1 questions. reporting live, armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. and vaccines against the h1n1 flu are on the way. tuesday health and human services secretary told congress four drug makers are approved to produce the vaccine. vaccine. >> the fda oversight using the same licensed manufacturing process used in facilities used for seasonal flu vaccines that are provided every year to protect millions against the flu. >> reporter: those h1n1 vaccines should be available by early next month. three minutes past the hour. something that is happening today. the announcement of a new health care reform plan. it will come from montana senator. the democrat is the top health care negotiator. he's expected to offer a ten- year plan. the price tag is under $900

million. and it would insure nearly all americans are covered. he hopes for support from republicans but he's not too optimistic. >> hope always springs eternal. we will keep talking and discussing and working with senators throughout the duration. >> reporter: he hopes committee deliberation on the plan will begin next week. this afternoon the dc council will look in to the problems firefighters had battling a massive blaze this past summer. who can forget these images. the fire destroying the mansion of peggy cooper in dc. firefighters reported low water pressure and had to run hoses from other neighborhoods. no one was hurt in the fire was the home was destroyed ever the next time you ride a taxi in montgomery county you may be able to pay with a swipe of a credit card. later this morning barwood

taxis will debut them. the new taxis will include tv screens which will air videos about the community. jessica doyle is here with our daily "living $mart" report. and you say virginia is asking uncle sam for money. >> that's right. >> good morning. so many states are having mass i have financial problems because of the recession and virginia is one of them. so much so that the virginia governor is asking the federal government for $252 million loan. that money would be used to fund virginia's unemployment benefit program. the governor is citing high demand for benefits and a drop in employer contributions. virginia is the 20th state to apply for help from the department. they say they need the loan in mid october when the trust fund is slated to run out of money. a proposal for new fuel economy standards has been announced. it requires all passenger cars and trucks sold in the u.s. to get an average of 35 1/2 miles

a gallon by 2016. cars will be expected to average 39 miles a gallon and 30 miles a gallon for trucks. current standards are 27 1/2 miles a gallon for cars and 23 pine 1 miles a gallon for trucks. they predict the changes will save 1.8 billion-barrels of oil by 2016. the people made the call and t-mobile was apparently listening. they were planning to charge customers $1.50 a month to get a paper copy of their bill in the mail. but customers screamed about the change and some threatened legal action. so t-mobile usa decided to drop the fee. sign of the times, huh? >> thank you. an update on a proposed new way do commute in the morning. we told you about a ferry line going from southwest saint mary's county to washington, it could cost as much as $30 million to get boats sailing.

if the idea is approved it would take three years before you could take the boat to work. our time is 7 after the hour. in ten minutes the renewed fight over the redskins team name. and in four minutes a hero central report. a high school student helping a fellow classmate live out his dream. first focus on maryland's weather and traffic. >> good morning. across maryland we have seen some rain showers last night and this morning. as we look atelier hd the bulk of it moved to the eastern shore. however, along 50 leaving the bay bridge area over to queenstown and kent island we are seeing showers. and dahlgren in to virginia, seeing a couple of showers there. look at the forecast for maryland today. a chance of showers this afternoon. temperatures will be cooler in the mid to upper 70s. 76 hancock. 78 waldorf, a maryland traffic update. with more, here's kris sneed. >> a couple of problems in

maryland. this is past the american legion bridge on the inner loop near river road. jammed back to the bridge. an accident is getting by. only the right lane. losing the left lanes and the right shoulder. route 29 franklin avenue is closed due to an overnight accident there and southbound 270 a report of a disabled vehicle. this is near crawford road. slow from 109 to 121. andrea, over to you. >> think positive this morning as best selling author and motivationle peeker willie jolly explains incredible things are ready to come your way but you have to make a commitment first. >> this is willie jolly and the live better tip for success is the power of making a commitment when you get a goal in mind and go after that goal i guarantee there will be obstacles an challenges but if you are willing to make a commitment you will find you get a determined attitude. you will see incredible things

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. time for the hero central report. kristin fisher is here and it's a great high school story that you are sharing with us. >> that's right. it is a story about a group of high school students in california who have helped a classmate beat the odds and fulfill his dream. you see, 16-year-old dent nealson wanted nothing more than to join the high school marching band. the only problem is he had cerebral palsy and almost entirely paralyzed except for his left fingers. so two of his classmates invented an instrument he can play. it can be controlled by his finger and they made it from small parts they found in their robotics classroom at and a xerox machine. it took a few tries but they finally got it right. >> it is easy to play.

>> all the thing he did. but just seeing the look on his face gives enough thanks. >> reporter: nealson is practicing every day with the drum line and marching band class and after school. his big debut is tomorrow night's football game. you can see him getting ready for the night but he had a bigger performance to look forward to. get this, next summer kneel soon and his band will be playing at carnegie hall in new york city. so, wow. big night tomorrow night for the football team and for nealson and his band but next summer you know he is looking forward to that. >> carnegie hall. thank you very much. >> you are welcome. >> coming up, here's what is in the news now. while you slept, japan picks a new prime minister. the party won in a landslide during last month's election. a florida high school student is dead and another is in custody. police say the victim was stabbed to death in a school

courtyard on tuesday. it is unclear what led to the murder. president obama is going on david letterman. this will be the first presidential visit to the late show. you can see it here on monday night on wusa9.com. you can see howard here and now and he has the forecast. >> i'd take the umbrella and the rain jacket. however, i will tell you we will not see that much in the way of wet weather. but this afternoon we have a little this morning and it will not be a washout but will be cloudier and cooler than the last couple of days. surprise showers yesterday afternoon and evening and those are east of town. look at the forecast on the computer. we have temperatures certainly cooler than the 80s we have had the last couple of days. mid 70s today. some showers returning later this afternoon. tonight and in to tomorrow, can't rule out an isolated shower. cooler tomorrow with low 70s. by friday we are dealing with a

better forecast than yesterday. high pressure will now build in and keep that moisture to our south for much of the weekend. so that's a nice change. forecast is mostly cloudy. a shower east of town and south of town right now. patchy fog as well in one or two spots. mid 60s to low 70s. mostly cloudy and cooler this afternoon. we were 84 yesterday and again on monday. mid to upper 70s but a northeast wind at ten to 15 will keep things on the cooler side. tonight, cloudy and cool. isolated shower is possible. northeast wind five to ten miles an hour. this is what we had yesterday afternoon. what is left of it is pushing over to ocean city. a couple of other showers popped with a cold front. in the area a little wave of low pressure. with the front nearby that's why we see more showers this afternoon. right now live doppler hd showing we are quiet here in washington. the immediate metro no problems. north of baltimore, the eastern shore we have showers. i want to take you to two

spots. one to dahlgren and other to the eastern shore. some showers here. if you are coming up the bridge in to maryland on 301 you will run in to that and well south off the river we have a shower there and anne arundel county we have seen a couple of showers pop in the last few minutes. this is drifting across the bay over to kent island, north of the bay bridge. i think for the most part the western areas should be all right. 72 fredericksburg. mid 60s hagertown and culpeper. cooler air is trying to ease in. it is not coming blasting in but it will ooze in over the course of the day. 69 with a nestle wind at 7 miles an hour and the humidity is 84%. the other change for the weekend forecast is i think a lot of moisture from the forecast. will be pulled north. this is barely moving. high pressure building in and

it will block this and not allow it to come in. i thought that will be the case yesterday but i think the weekend is in better shape than what we told you on tuesday. here's the seven day. 76 this afternoon. scattered showers. isolated shower tonight and tomorrow, 72. friday and saturday look good. mid 70s, possibly warmer with enough sunshine. should be good for toe terps game. skins okay on sunday with a late shower. highs in the upper 70s. 69 degrees. time for traffic. here's kris sneed. we are seeing problems on the roads this morning especially here at the inner loop approaching the american legion bridge. though they have moved to the left shoulder now. it was almost blocking all lanes there. delays too the toll road right now but you are getting by. outer loop seeing a slow down due to rubbernecking delays there. we have a video. this is from earlier this morning. we had an accident at route 29

and franklin avenue. hit a poll which caused downed wires. they are in the process of clearing it up. all northbound lanes are closed right now. going to the graphics an accident at 202. slow from new hampshire over to georgia. route h, route 5. 301, finally 66 eastbound in virginia we are starting to see a pickup and throw down to nutley and again approaching the beltway. over to you. it is # 17. the fight over the redskins team name is heating up again. a group of native americans is asking the supreme court to get involved. peggy fox has the story. >> reporter: can a team with a name that goes back to 1932 be forced to throw it away. a group of native americans who say the name redskins is ' fencive want it tossed out. >> it is derogatory racial at this. >> he is asking them to

overthrow the decision that says the redskins were protected. an act bars trademarks bars disparaging any persons living or dead. it began in ' 92 with a petition. >> reporter: even visitor that's american indian museum see nothing wrong with the name redskins. >> i don't think there is anything offensive in the name redskins at all. it is something we have grown up with and kind of benign. >> we are being way too overly sensitive here. >> i have indian brad in me and i don't see anything derogatory about it. >> reporter: but some say it is. >> you have redskins and picture of native american on the helmet on it. it is like saying black skins and putting an african-american on it. >> if you look in the dictionary it would say redskin

is a derogatory term for native american. >> if this supreme court picks up the case and boot the name this man says it may be for the best. >> another name may bring them some luck. >> the supreme court want even decide whether to take up the case for another six months. 9 news now asked the redskins to give us their side of the story but so far no response from the team. but we are getting response from you on wusa9.com. we're asking if you think the name is offensive. 73% of you say no. it is not. 19% believe it is and should be changed. and 6% of you aren't sure. cast your vote today when you visit wusa9.com. ahead, we go from football to baseball. and a look ahead to 2010 for the nationals. plus, a b ball battle with the yankees and blue jays. wait until you see how this

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. plenty of drama in new york last night the yankees and blue jays got in to a quenches clearing brawl. there were some close pitch and new york catcher jorge poe sad doe bumped carlton. as for the game, the jays won it 10-4. even nationals fans admit the season is a lost cause so already they are looking to next year. the nats release their 2 a 10 schedule. they open at home next year with a game against the phillies on monday, april 5th. may 21st through the 23rd the orioles come to town and the nats visit baltimore in june. as for interleague play, the white sox and royals will be also coming to town.

let's get back to last night's game. nats visit the phillies. philadelphia scored all the runs early. a bases loaded double and three runs score and nats trail 4-0 and couldn't get anything going against lee. the went the distance, striking out nine and giving up six hits. washington loses 5-0. check out this scene from the stands last night. a guy catches a foul ball and he hands it to his daughter and shes toes it back on the field. baseball obviously is not her thing. >> in baltimore, the orioles hosted the tampa bay rays. max had a great game for the o's he had a three run home run in the 8th. hey ed -- ahead speeders beware, which part of the ere

is highing high-tech laser cameras to catch you in the act. an jay is off today but kris sneed is watching the roads. what do you see? an accident on the inner loop. it is causing heavy delays. we movie more on this and other roads to avoid coming up. we had showers overnight. most of us are dry right now. a couple of showers out there on live doppler hd. i will let you know if it will last the rest of the day when 9 news now this morning returns. ♪

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x we're back at 6:29. a hot of happy children in northwest washington. mayor fenty cut the ribbon on a new playground and field at birch elementary. it is eco friendly and the padding is made from 100% recycled tires. thank you for starting your wednesday with us. i'm andrea roan. meteorologist howard bernstein is live on the weather terrace with our wednesday forecast. can't sit down. i bet the cushions are a little damp. >> i don't want to get the wet seat from sitting down. we had rain yesterday afternoon and showers overnight but most

of us are dry this morning. but on they are hd you will see a couple of exceptions. the big every one is south and the eastern shore. across the river from dahlgren in to southern charles county and parts of saint mary's that's it. a hefty shower there. go to the weather computer and talk about the temperatures in the upper 60s and even around 70 in spots with mid 60s for the i-# 1 corridor. 75 or so by noon. mid to upper 70s with a better chance of showers this afternoon. code green air quality. time for graphic. good morning, kris sneed. >> we are seeing an accident on the inner loop past the american legion bridge. losing the left lane, left shoulder and we are delayed back past the bridge almost to the toll road between there and the gw parkway. you are also seeing outer loop delays approaching the bridge due to rubbernecking. an accident overnight accident. this is at u.s. 29 and franklin

avenue. a car ran in to a pole which caused downed wires and we are trying to get that cleared. and right now all northbound lanes are blocked. an outer loop accident at 202. we are seeing you are losing the left shoulder there. and then you are delayed from new hampshire to georgia. finally 395 northbound in virginia. you are seeing a slow down between duke and seminary and again approaching the 14th street bridge. andrea, over to you. the arguing and fighting over congressman wilson isn't over yet. the house gets back to work hours after the south carolina republican was admonished by his colleagues. >> the nays 889. the resolution is adopted. >> reporter: the vote to admonish wilson came mostly along party lines. it involves him yelling you lie at president obama during the address to congress. wilson apologized to the president and stands by the

issue involved. >> i certainly raised the issue at the wrong time and wrong place, but this is an indication that we could and should be working together on health care reform. >> last week's outburst has helped fund-raising for both congressman wilson and his expected opponent in the next election. >> carter believes the outburst was racism. he called the comment dastardly. his son refused the allegation of racism saying his father is not a racist. we have more information on developing story out of new haven, connecticut. connecticut police are trying to determine if an animal research technician had anything to do with the death of annie le. raymond clark was taken in to custody yesterday as "a person of interest "in the case. police stress clark was not arrested. >> he's in the custody only for

toe purpose of gathering evidence. this is a typical process where we will take samples of his hair and saliva sample for from him, scrape his fingernails, a variety of things we do to get evidence. >> reporter: after questioned clark was released. no word this a johns hopkins tune will face charges for killing an intruder in self defense. the student heard noises and grabbed a samurai intord for 0 protection. once in the garage the burglar lunged at the student. the student swung the sword cutting off the man's left hand. the man died at the scene. the intruder had a long history of burglaries and break ins. if you need to take a rest on 66 in manassas, virginia keep driving. the welcome center along the highway will close. it is one of 19 areas across the commonwealth being closed to save money. it cost $500,000 a year to

operate. 23 orrest areas in virginia will remain open. if you want to avoid a speed camera ticket, drive faster than a laser beam. chevy chase village in p.a. more will use laser-equiped cameras this week. they will are more accurate and will help police to nab speeders along connecticut avenue. right now because of the existing cameras only one third of the speeders in the village get caught. metro is taking steps to make sure you don't get sick on a train or bus and needs your help to prevent the spread of h1n1. armando trull has the story live. metro moved hundreds of thousands of riders every day on its system and it wants to make sure it does not become a factor in the h1n1 virus. so they have instituted gains beginning today that reflect best practices on dealing with any type of pandemic including reminding passengers as well as staff to clean their hands and

if they sneeze to use a hanky or sneeze in their sleeve and they are doing an aggressive cleanup of all surfaces to make sure any potential flu lurking there is eliminated. they hope it will help them to deal with any potential outbreak. armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. jessica doyle is here with a living smart report. you have some light at the end of the tunnel. >> well, the light may already be here according to the head of the federal reserve. in a speech yesterday ben bernanke said the recession is probably already over. it's the most positive comment he's made yet about the recovery. yet he said it will feel very weak for some time to come and cautioned the job market will take some time to bounce back but the times are very tough for blockbuster. the video rental chain could close 960 stores by the end of

the year. it wants to fend off rapidly growing rivals netflix and red box. the closing would reduce the number of stores by 20%. your tv screen may look more cluttered in the future. we are talking about banner ads on your tv set. camevision is the first to try it out. bored from the -- they will see banner ads at the bottom of commercials. by clicking the remote they can order samples and brochures and purchase products. one of the first advertisers to participate is benjamin moore giving out free paint samples. they plan to announce it today. a little cluster phobic in here. little squished. >> it is the old adage, say it and say it again and show it. >> reporter: not everyone is happy with the plans for a life sciences center. they want to turn farmland at

route 28 and muddy branch road in to a megacampus for johns hopkins university. they predict it will bring 40,000 new jobs to the city and call for the facility to include research and retail space along with housing. >> it is essentially suburben area and traffic is already substantial. so i believe that it needs to be scaled back to a more reasonable increase in defensety and development so it doesn't overwhelm the area. >> reporter: the project has received the approval of the montgomery county planning board. no word when the council will vote on the plan. if it receives council support the project would be built in phases over the next 30 years. what may otherwise be written off as a high school fight is making national headline. that's because the fight on the bus you caught on camera. in four minutes, what people are saying and why it is such a big story. right now, though, our focus on virginia's weather and traffic. here's howard. >> thank you. good morning. in virginia we start with live

doppler hd. while the majority of virginia is dry this morning watching one area of showers pulling away from dahlgren in to maryland. otherwise we are quiet and mild. temperatures this afternoon which will make it in to the 70s even upper 70s with a chance of a shower or two later on. 78 should do it for the high in king george. 76 arlington and amissville about 77 for your high. right now time for virginia traffic report. here's kris sneed. >> thank you, howard. we will start with the beltway in virginia. seeing a heavy stack up from toe toll road to the american legion due to an accident on the other side of the bridge. we will head over to fairfax, virginia. route 29, 123 and normal amount of volume. no incidents to report. take a fly on the toll road from past the airport, route 88 all the way up, once you hit route 7 you can see a heavy slow down as you make your way to the beltway and 66 there. more on this coming up as well

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when sites like the drudge report started to post links to video of the incident which was captured on the bus ' video camera. about to show it to you but i want to warn you it is disturbing and graphic. if you don't want to see it or you don't want your kids to see it, this is your warning, okay. let's look at it. here's the video. you can see a student from bellville west high school turns around in his seat and starts to punch another student repeatedly in the face and another assailant joins in and other students stand and watch. some say they actually cheered. police are trying to figure out if this was a dispute over a seat or if it was racially motivated. the two religioned attackers are both black teenagers both ages 14 and 15. the victim is a white 17 year. the story is a headline on the drudge report. you can see it here, white student beaten on school bus. crowd cheers and one of the top

headlines on rush limbaugh's website right there. at our sister station ksdk in st. louis, hundreds of people are commented. one wrote -- # i asked you this morning what you thought about the bellville bus attack and i think it is summed up best by this comment from lewis gilbert dash on hi facebook page he said people are always looking for an outlet to impress their peers an release their frustrations. what is not known is what led them to commit this violence, what events in their lives shaped them to act this way. that's the question we should be making this morning instead of making it so black and white. i couldn't have aid it better myself. here's howard bernstein. went out for the anniversary dinner last night, walked and then had to run and dodge the

heavy rain drops last night. >> had some surprise showers poop up to celebrate your 31st. >> congratulations. >> i have a little ways to go to catch up. we will get there some day. >> i will still be ahead of you. >> you will always be ahead of me which is good. the way it should be. >> yeah. >> the next couple of days a little showery and cooler than what we have had. show you the beautiful picture. a few minutes before the sunrise here looking back to the washington monument. notice the clouds out there. sun is coming up 6:51 and the winds are light. the forecast, temperatures today mid to upper 70s but some showers this afternoon. isolated showers on the and again on thursday. highs tomorrow even cooler, low 70s. and by friday taking the rain out of the forecast. high pressure is a little stronger and suppress toe moisture to the south. looking good in to the weekend. at the bus stop. you have a spotty shower out

there east and south. we will look atelier in a moment. a patch or two of fog and temperatures in the mid 60s to low 80s but most viabilities are decent. mostly cloudy and cool. spotty showers. highs in the mid 70s today and tonight, cloudy and cool with isolated shower or sprinkle. lows 58 to 64. here we go. this is the shower that got andrea with her anniversary dinner yesterday evening and a lot of folks also. this morning we are watching activity north and east of baltimore approaching salisbury leaving cambridge. live doppler hd we have one hefty shower coming out of virginia. here's dahlgren, colonial beach in to southern charles and saint mary's county. over toward south of lusby across calvert county. you have a few sprinkles. the rest of us are in good shape. the rest of us in the 60s and near 70 in annapolis at 69.

70 southern maryland. spoke to charlie in catlick, they need the rain to the west where it is dry. leesburg 70 this morning. their thermometers have been telling you will be running high for the next couple of months until they get their construction done the area of low pressure which flooded dallas a couple of mornings ago barely moved. it is spinning across arkansas with heavy rain. thinking this would move in our direction and we'd see more rain in to thursday and friday. thinking today, no. that is not going to happen as high pressure will build down from canada. push the front south and the moisture will be held in place and things reason going to move much we may not see that until next monday. so put the front in there and that will activate a few showers but it will continue to be in decent shape to the weekend. here's the seven day, 76 today with showers this afternoon.

isolated showers on the and tomorrow. friday and saturday look nice with mid 70s and we have the terrapins home opener on saturday and the skins home opener on sunday should be good. a better chance of rain on monday. 6:47. good morning to kris sneed with the traffic. >> thank you, howard. we will start with the inner loop. good news for drivers. an accident there has been moved to the left shoulder past the american legion. bad news you are jammed back across the bridge to the toll road. going to a video we have from earlier this morning. northbound colesville road at franklin avenue is closed due to an overnight accident involving a jeep going in to a pole. downed wires in the area. southbound you are getting by. a slow down approaching the scene due to the work going on there. going to our graphics an accident on the outer loop at 202 and river road. losing the left shoulder here. left lane. they are clearing the san. past this you are slow from 95 to georgia. 395 in virginia.

seeing a slow down edsall to seminary road and again at the 14th street bridge. finally 95 northbound in virginia, right now about dale boulevard to lorton here about 15 minutes and building. and i can't recollect over to you. they will be counting absentee ballots in annapolis, maryland to decide who won the mayoral primary. the capital of annapolis newspaper reports in the democratic race pierre holds a slim lead. pierre had a 115 vote lead over cohen. mcfall was in third place. in fed rick, maryland, the race for mayor is set. jason judd will run for the democrats and randy will represent republicans. the two won their respective primaries on tuesday. 17% of frederick voters cast a ballot in the primary. education secretary arne duncan is congratulating highland elementary in silver

spring, maryland. it is one of this year's blue ribbon winners. >> the eye those condition are on you. as i travel the nation i can tell the story of highatlanta and what is possible with hard work, dedication and most importantly with students with commitment to their own education. >> reporter: he visited the school on tuesday. it is one of the 300 nationwide to win blue ribbon honors. 14 schools in our region are blue ribbon winners including -- #. in sports the phillies found a good mid season pickup in cliff lee. the starter dominated the nationals last night. the threw a six-pitch shutout. nats lose 5-0. just days after he came off the disabled list, flores is back on it. the nationals catcher will have surgery today on a torn

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. here's what is in the news now. the metro bus driver who hit a 30-year-old jogger this month reportedly has a history of crashes. the "washington post" reports that the driver has been involved in two on the job accidents. this woman she hit remains

hoppized. metro wants to kill any h1n1 bug that tries to ride its train or buses. a judge has blocked the eviction of the southeast tennis and learning center for now. it is run by former dc first lady cora masters barry. the center is in a fight with the city after it let its charter expire. looking good for most of us. a stray shower in southern maryland. mostly cloudy and cooler conditions with high in the mid to upper 70s and a chance of showers this afternoon. traffic is coming up when we return. #

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learn more about bob mcdonnell's crusade . welcome back. a look at the traffic and then howard with the weather. 270 southbound we have on a

half hour delay from father hurley to the split. going to toe beltway in maryland, inner loop we still have an accident past the american legion it is off to the left shoulder. slow back to the toll road in virginia. we are seeing a slow down from 50 to nutley. we had showers this morning. still one across saint mary's and daal vert county. mid to upper 70s with showers this afternoon. isolated stuff tonight and tomorrow. descend -- recent on friday, saturday and sunday. temperatures warm to the upper 70s. looking at a higher open on wall street ahead of economic data. we are already at high for 2009. the "early show" is next. they will be movie on the h1n1 vaccine and plus, the winner of senior senior 11. and go to wusa9.com to get the latest news, weather and sports. back