t lcall the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v . preparing to clean. metro transit takes steps to make sure you are as safe as possible this upcoming influenza season. house discipline. the helicopter reprimands a fellow member for a lack of civility during the president's health care address. and hydrant hearing. dc council members prepare to find out why the first responders are often forced to search for other water sources during a fire. good morning. i'm andrea roane. thank you for joining us. today is wednesday, september 16th. we have a lot of rain showers last night. what about today? here's kim martucci. >> we are keeping an eye on the

skies for you. we will zoom in on doppler 9000. one batch of light rain at the moment but it is not heavy. straddling this chesapeake about to head to the eastern shore. other than that a mostly cloudy sky. temperatures are hovering around the upper 60s at the moment and we will see them stay there for a while. northeast winds at six miles an hour. the humidity has come up since i saw you yesterday. now 73%. as for the numbers we join the crowd with 69 here. 66 andrews air force base and in frederick. off to this west, leesburg warmer and 70. 72 fredericksburg and 65 up there in beautiful hagerstown. we'll take a trip to 75 for the lunch hour. i don't think we will go much higher than that. if we break with a little more sunshine then i'd say we will get closer to 80. the humidity higher and around the drive home we should have rain moving in. kris sneed is in for angie. he can tell you all about the

drive in. >> most delays on the usual roads but some really big things to worry about on 66 eastbound from 29 in centreville to 495 where we have an accident to the right shoulder. that's a 66-minute delay there. going to 395. slow from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. a little stop and go in between. about 25 minutes. heading in to maryland, an accident route 4 still working. going to video earlier this morning. we still have an incident on northbound route 29. an accident cleanup due to a vehicle that ran in to a pole. down wires are involved. people are getting by on the left lane but everything else is open. back to you. the federal government has given the green light for production of a vaccine against the h1n1 flu virus. four drug makers including gaithersburg, maryland metimmune have been contracted to produce the vaccine.

a limited supply will be made early next month, a week ahead of schedule. most of the supply will arrive in the middle of october. >> there will be enough vaccine. what we are concerned about is getting it to priority populations as quickly as possible. >> reporter: priority groups are health care workers and those suffering complications from the flu including pregnant women and children. vaccines will eventually be available at 90,000 sites nationwide. metro transit has announced the steps and plans it is taking to make sure the system isn't a breeding ground for the h1n1 flu virus. armando trull is live near the vienna fairfax metro station with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. metro does not want the h1n1 bug to go joyriding on its trains and buses and they say the policies put in place are meant to ensure just that. metro is taking proactive steps

to make sure the transportation system that moves hundreds of thousands of riders every day doesn't become a greeding ground to the h1n1 flu this season. this includes stepping up an aggressive cleaning schedule with environmentally friendly cleaners. >> disinfectant on the handrails and stations. >> reporter: they have installed hand sanitizers for staff. the station's pa system will make announcements reminding people to wash their hands frequently and use hankies or elbows when they sneeze. >> i'm new to metro and i'm nervous about it. >> reporter: if there is an outbreak would you still ride metro? >> i would probably have to. >> reporter: i don't think that people take efforts to cover their mouths and it grosses me out. >> reporter: metro's response is part of a program that has evolved over the years to address any potential type of

pandemic and is coordinated with state and federal authorities as well as the centers for disease control. andrea, metro says these guidelines will remain in affect until the h1n1 threat is gone. live at theave nen that metro station, rye armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> thank you, armando. the announce of a new health care reform plan is expected later today. montana senator max baucus is expected to offer a ten-year plan which would ensure nearly every american is insured. it comes with a price tag under $900 billion. he hopes the committee lib deliberation on his plan will begin next week. today house members get back to the nation's work. yesterday they voted 240 to 179 to formallied admonish joe wilson. the office of the house historian says it is the first time in 220 years a member has been disciplined for speaking

out during a presidential speech to a joint session of congress. former president carter believes wilson's outburst was based on racism. he went on to say there is an inherent feeling among many in this condition that an african- american should not be president. officials will count absentee ballots in maryland to decide who won the primary. pierre holds a slim lead in the race. the winner faces republican alderman david court -- cordle both appear headed to devicive victories in their primaries. here's a look at something

happening today. the dc council will hold a hearing in to problems firefighters had battling a fire in northwest. it destroyed the mansion of peggy cooper. firefighters reported low water pressure from nearby fire hydrants. hey had to run hoses to water mains several hundred feet from the home. today the virginia department of transportation is closing the welcome center on interstate 66 in manassas. the state is closing 19 of the 48 rest areas because of budget cuts. each rest area costs a half million dollars to operate annually. new this morning on 9 news now, if you want to avoid a speed camera ticket, obey the limit or drive faster than a laser beam. chevy chase village in maryland will start to use laser-equiped cameras as soon as this week. they are more accurate and will help police nab speeders along connecticut avenue. right now, because of the existing cameras, only one third of the speeders in the

village get caught. a man is questioned in the murder of a yale university student an a local college student uses a japanese sword to defend himself during a home invasion. you are watching 9 news now. we'll be right back. #

. breaking news to report. the associated press reports that the circuit court has set a date for the execution of

mohammad. he will be put to death on november 10th. you'll recall he and mall zero were convicted for his two murder spree which left 16 people dead. also in the news now, connecticut police are trying to determine if an animal research technician played a role in the death of yale university student annie le. ray monday clark was released as a "person of interest in the case ." police searched his apartment and collected dna samples from him. no word if a johns hopkins student used a samurai sword to defend himself will face charges. he grabbed the sword for protection on tuesday morning. an intruder lunged at the student who swung the sword and cut off his hand. the intruder died at the scene.

the flushing new york apartments where the fbi investigated found nothing. they were searched because a person who visited the apartments had sent e-mails to people in pakistan. it which senior cloudy out there. we have had spotty showers. we will take you to the middle 70s this afternoon. ten degrees cooler than where we have been recently. cloudy and cool tonight with an isolated shower or sprinkle around. 58 to 64 will be the range for the low. and tomorrow, we'll play it again with mostly cloudy skies and a couple of showers. the cool weather continues. highs will be only in the lower 70s. right now at reagan national airport, we are at 69. northeast winds brisk at 14 miles an hour.

doppler 9000 has one stray shower across extreme southern maryland. it is straddling the chesapeake bay and slowly drifting away. we will probably have a few more pop up. head to the maps and see what is happening around here. a frontal system is on top of us. to the north of the front the cooler air. take note of that 57 in williamsport, pennsylvania. to the south in richmond, warmer air and 72. we are in the middle with temperatures in the upper 60s and we will take a trip to the middle 70s today. as it stands at 9:00, 66 baltimore. 68 annapolis. the middle 70s are here and this cooler than average weather will feel good. we have been having unusually warm weather to the middle 80s. that's going away for the next couple of days as we focus on that stalled front and moisture from the gun which will connect with it. that's why today and in to

tomorrow we have a shot of rain, spotty showers. the heart of the system with the dynamic is to the south and west. this is how it lines up right now. the cooler air to the north. as we head to the afternoon look for rain as we head to the evening commute. seven day forecast, though, has some good news. by friday we will brighten the skies and kick off the weekend with comfortable temperatures in the 70s, and we should take that rain out of the forecast for the terps at home on saturday. on sunday, debatable if we get the redskins in dry, but we will try. and on monday back to work and more rain in the forecast and highs in the upper 70s. back over to you. >> thank you, kim. not everyone in gaithersburg, maryland is happy with a plan 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. with me to talk more about this is phil andrews, the council

president. good to have you with us. >> backers predict it would bring in 40,000 jobs. the county executive says this is a project that, a call to action that you can't afford not to heed. the expansiveness of this project, is that incentive enough to go with that? >> no. the life sciences aspect of it is wonderful. we have a life sciences center that has plenty of room to expand. the question is how much development can that area take. it is a suburben area and if you went to the full amount proposed by the planning board which will triple the number of jobs there it would overwhelm the area with traffic. the amount of jobs approved there, if it was accepted, what the planning board proposed would equal downtown bethesda and nih combined but you don't have two metro stations there. the use is good and i'm sure some expansions but can't be as much as proposed or it will

overwhelm the area with traffic. >> they say their homes would be destroyed and they don't want to move to downtown silver springs and that's why they moved there but you have to look at the jobs and the industry it would bring and the tax revenue. >> certainly the life sciences industry is very appealing but 17,000 jobs could be added already in terms of the approved plan in place right now. so it is not an all or nothing kind of thing. i believe the goal to expand the life sciences can be accomplished and still not overwhelming the area. i think it needs to be scaled back, but we can see growth in the life sciences and we do want that. >> reporter: you had to many people in the meeting that you are carrying it over. when will the next session be and whether it be the last session. >> we have 45 last night and we have another 45. the council is listening to toe public and then the committee will make a recommendation to the full body. on the i-270 expansion.

the council has been hearing from a lot of entities environmentalists, public transit proponents the county executive, county planning board. did you make a decision on i- 270 expansion yesterday? >> we are waiting to hear back from the state. the council proposedded a number of questions on the use of different options so we are waiting to hear back. but the state saw numbers saying if you added two reversible lanes rather than four lanes having two each way you accomplish the goals of providing sufficient capacity. most of the traffic is going south in the morning and north in the eveningings. so you don't need two lanes each way. reversible lanes would make money available for projects. so we have to do something to improve congestion on 270. it is very bad. >> light rail or rapid bus? >> transit is a very important part of it and the state's plan calls for the transit way.

that needs to be done. but there needs to be more transit than that. we should expand marc service and more bus service on 355. so needs to be more transit and i don't think there needs to be four lanes. think two lanes, zero re versable, would do the trick. >> we will be following this as will be going on for a while. >> it is a big issue. >> yes, it is. #

. welcome back to 9 news now. in this morning's entertainment headlines, catherine listen who plays karen mcclause scion the abc show desperate house wives is battling a recurrence of lung cancer. a spot on her left lung was detected during a physical. she started to smoke when she was 16 but quit after her first lung cancer diagnosis in one. universal resort in old will soon have a new attraction. it will open next spring. the wizardry world of harry potter will open in universal's island of adventure. it will include the three broom stick and hogs head pub alexanders shop and a ride called harry potter and the forbidden journey. how about heading outside to the grill this weekend? i think it is a good idea.

with me is mark from the inn at perry cabin in saint michaels. thank you for making the trip across the bay. looks like you have a bountiful harvest from the farmers market. are you using them to your benefit? >> absolutely. we are also doing a lovely pork tender loin and will serve it with vine ripe tomatoes and red onion and fresh leaks. >> if you were going to london and say tomato would everybody look at you like you are nuts. >> i think they would. so we will make a spice rub here and the pork is an affordable piece of meat. >> what did you mix together. >> curry powder and qume. and we will put a little oil and lime juice. >> the colors look so good together. >> this is an asian dish really. and we will put salt and pepper in there. >> got it.

>> and this is very versatile. you can do pork tentedder loin, pork chop or you can do pork loin. this is one of the rubs we are using. it is a wet rub. >> what's the difference between a wet rub and a marinade. >> not much. the dry and wet rub, one is dry and you sprinkle it on and this you marinate two hours in a bag. we will take it and put it on the grill and this you go. get rid of my love -- gloves here. >> could have one that is finished over there? >> we do. let me put that over there. >> great. >> and then over here we have this wonderful tomato salad here. >> allow me. >> they look fantastic. >> right from the weather terrace. not so ripe. >> a few more days it will be great. make it with a lovely dressing over here and it has jalapenos,

lime and salt asle with and little olive oil and put that in there and mix it together just like that and it is that simple. really is. and it is really delicious. >> so basically in there is a couple of tomatoes and onions and jalapeno in there. >> and mint. >> all we do is take that plate there. >> is this going to be the bed on which we present the pork loin or is that a separate dish. >> that will serve at the top of the plate. >> love it. 30 seconds. take me through it. >> today we will be at the walter reed malone house and we are cooking for the veterans. >> oh, that's so nice of you. we're excited about that. we're going to get this plated up and tell everybody at home to check our website at wusa9.com. if you would like a link to the recipe here it is mark from the inn at perry cabin in saint michaels. a test taste test on the other side of the break.

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. welcome back to 9 news now. a live look at the washington monument. i have to believe you because i'm near sighted and can barely see the monday numb. this is what is on tap for the rest of the week at 9:00 a.m. we will talk to prince georges county chairman tomorrow and we will preview an event that provides training scholarship. >> hopefully no ice in the forecast. >> no. too early. not a washout today. the clouds will be holding us back and in the 70s.

later in the weekend the sunshine returns. chef, this is delicious. the recipe is at the other white meat.com. >> delicious. thank youment. >> good luck at walter reed today. thank you for doing that. we appreciate it. >> thank you for watching. kim back at noon with j.c. hayward and the next news 4:55 a.m. have a good one, everybody.