rosssonburg and elsewhere it is a quiet morning. and a warm morning. as we go to the weather computer the 60s an 70s. 72 from the naval academy. and 76 winchester. culpeper 61. 71 southern maryland and cambridge, good morning to you, you are at 72. looking for a mostly cloudy to partly cloudy skies today. highs well above average in the low to mid-80s with a chance of a shower or two but not an all- day rain for sure. it is 6:00 and time for traffic. good morning, patranya bhoolsuwan. >> good morning, everyone. we have an accident to report at this hour. it happens on the outer loop at connecticut avenue in maryland. right now expect delays on the scene all the way to new hampshire. better story, 270 southbound from germantown this morning to i-370, we are seeing it moving well as we track head lights through the area.

good morning to our friends in virginia. hop on 66 eastbound and look at how things are looking. cars there fairfax county parkway from 123 to the beltway. now let's head over to 395 northbound. looking good, moving well between duke street and the 14th street bridge and finally head over 95 northbound. prince william parkway to lorton. a lot of cars and people are heading to work this wednesday morning. back to you. three months after that deadly metro crash, urgent safety recommendations for the rail system. it is an effort to keep you safe on your morning commute. digital correspondent alex trevino is live at the glenmont metro station with the story. good morning, alexer are we're at the glenmont metro station. many morning commuters heading downtown know about the minor delays due to construction and improvement between the tacoma and fort totten stations where the metro accident happened three months ago. ntsb says there is a pressing

need to address safety glitches that could lead to another tragic accident. three months since the deadly accident this complex investigation is far from complete. the national transportation safety board is still working to determine the cause of that fatal crash near the fort totten metro in late june. investigators do have new information about the signal system that was supposed to tell the colliding train to stop. the system failed that day. the findings revealed those signaling circuits told the train the track was clear. the equipment did not signal to stop or slow the approaching train. nine people were killed and 80 injured. now four organizations are looking over urgent recommendations just issued by the ntsb. the company that makes the circuits in that signal system, the federal transit administration, the federal railway administration and clearly metro. >> the ntsb recommends that we examine track circuits. >> reporter: the concerns about

the circuits are nothing new. metro checks them twice a day and takes over safety measures. >> our trains have been operated in manual mode by train operators and will continue in manual mode until further notice. >> reporter: the urgent message is based on recommendations. the ntsb tells 9 news now during all of the investigations it reserves the right to issue these kinds of letters even before they have final findings. metro is spending a half million dollars to upgrade doors on rail cars deemed uncrash worthy. alex trevino, 9 news now and wusa9.com. metro is making sure you see transit police officers on stations and trains. it is a response to the fbi saying transit systems are vulnerable to terrorist attacks. now there are concerns about other potential targets. memos are warning about

stadiums, hotels and entertainment districts. there are no specific threats but the government says terrorists have a long-standing interest in using backpack explosives to hit those kinds of areas. three people are in custody after a wild scene last night. it ended with a car flipped on the roof. police tell 9 news this car tried to run over a police officer was helping another motorist. the officer opened fire. the driver sped off and hit a few cars and then lost control and landed upside down. we spoke to one of the drivers whose car got hit. >> drove up the sidewalk right here. hit the car behind me and a car here and hit the pole and caused another accident up here by the hotel. >> reporter: police took the speeding driver and two passengers in to custody. at four after 6:00, we are following two stories this

morning. the first is from ventura, california. more than 100 firefighters and at least a dozen air tanker thes are trying to gain ground on a wildfire. this video is from overnight. the fire is now 6,000-acres in size. officials say right now the main concern is preventing the fire from spreading to nearby homes. now to georgia and alabama. parts of those states are under several feet of water. a number of communities are shut down and residents evacuated because of the floods. at last check, nine people lost their lives including a toddler who was swept from his father's arms. forecasters say more than a foot and a half of rain fell within a two-day period. president obama delivers a speech today before the u.n. general assembly and in the last few minutes we have learned he will give a sharp globalization message to the world. the white house released excerpts of the president's address. he will say "those who used to chastise america for acting alone in the world cannot now

stand by and wait for america to solve the world's problems alone." yesterday, talking about the middle east, the president said action is needed by both palestinians and israelis. >> they need to translate these discussions in to real action on this and other issues. it remains important for the arab states to take concrete steps to promote peace. >> reporter: the president also met with the leader of china on tuesday. he'll meet with the new prime minister of japan today. it is time for a "living $mart" report and jessica doyle is back and you say there's good news in the bernard madoff scandal. >> isn't it good to get good news in this case. it has been the largest ponzi scheme in history and it turns out half of the accounts for people that invested with madoff didn't lose money at all. in fact they took out more money than they put in the first place. federal prosecutors in new york

made the revelation yesterday. madoff is serving 150 year sentence after cheating thousands of investors out of billions of dollars. eight local companies from law firms to hotel giant are among working mother magazine's hundred best companies. the annual rankings recognize commitment to family friendly policy and the winners are arnold and porter, mclean booze allen hamilton, capital one financial, covington and burlington, discovery communications, financial industry regulatory authority, freddie mac and marriott international. want to make a lot of money? design a smart phone app. our partners at "usa today" report it is hard to hit the jackpot but for people who do it is not unheard of to make $200,000 in two weeks alone. the group estimates consumers will spend $4.2 billion on apps by 2013. this business is not going

away. maybe i will take some classes how to design apps. >> yeah. wow. >> the financialista. check her out. thank you, jessica. time for a followup to a story you saw first here on 9 news now, the southeast tennis and learning center will have its lease restored. the dc council approved emergency legislation on tuesday. it blocked mayor fenty from evicting the center. his administration says the center violated the terms of its lease. congratulations. it is 8 after the hour, kristin fisher introduces us to high school heros. do you check the web before grabbing coffee in the morning? you are not alone. how new technologies are feeding our web addictions. right now our focus on maryland's weather and traffic. let's start with howard. >> good morning, everybody. a quiet morning across maryland. don't have the fog or the rain either. so should be no extra morning for that commute. let's talk temperatures. on the muggy and mild side with readings in the 60s and even

low 70s out there. we have 71 on the bay. and in hagerstown. cumberland 63. andrews 70 and in frederick you are sitting at 64. today a warmish day for this time of the year with highs in the low to mid-80s and a slim chance of a shower under partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. patranya bhoolsuwan, how are the morning roads? >> we will start on the outer loop with connecticut avenue off to the right shoulder. delays are backed up at this hour all the way to new hampshire. let's head outside and see connecticut avenue at east-west highway. so far so good. cars are moving as people head to work this morning and germantown and frederick road are all clear. andrea? it is time to look past self pity. best-selling author and motivational speaker willie jolly explains why there is no time to commiserate. >> reporter: today's live better tip for success is don't commiserate. that is so sit around and waller in the sorrows that are

aflicking you and don't do anything but to talk about it. it literally adds fuel to a fire that could have an impact on your psyche and emotional stability. we often find a constant barrage of negative information can lead to a negative view of the world. it can create a psychological concept called a self fulfilling profess any. which is a situation that is not yet true but is able to come true because you create an expectations to make it reality. it is the whoa is medicine dream. i saw a guy on the street one day and asked what are you doing and he said it is tough out here. i'm having a tough time and i said what are you doing with yourself and he said i'm not doing anything. i gave up looking for a job and i asked him why. and he said everybody says there are no jobs. yet, i know people who have gotten caught up in layoffs and lost their jobs and it's been difficult but they didn't quit and they found a job and they are doing well. don't get caught up in the whoa

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a look at what's happening today. a ground-breaking ceremony this morning on in the new tenley friendship neighborhood library. it will open next year on wisconsin avenue in northwest. a new dog park opens today in montgomery county. it is at cabin john regional park in bethesda. i'm surprised.

i'm a ghost and i -- i'm a goat and i talk. >> amazing, yes. it is hilda, the spokes goat for read aloud. she will meet with students today at jefferson houston elementary school in alexandria, virginia. and i'm in the web center with kristin fisher. you have more high school heros for us following hilda the goat. >> right. following that of course. you know, every friday we are taking hero central to a different high school in the washington area for high school heros. and you can learn all about it on the hero central homepage by going to wusa9.com. last friday i was live at deb stewart high school in falls church and this friday at damascus catholic high school in hyattsville and one hero is a coach of 27 years big mcgregor. he's been hero at this school for hundreds of players over the years over his nearly three decades there and i will show you how he's been a hero on

friday morning but this morning i want to highlight three juniors at bcc high school. they are 16 years old. their names are vanessa, delay and max. all three are heading up a high school chapter of a group called rebuild together montgomery county and so far their club has raid money through baby-sitting and bake sales to build new homes for people in need in the dc area. great work, guys. if you all know of any heros at your high school i'd love to hear about it. e-mail me at heros@wusa9.com. it is 6:14 this wednesday morning. here's what is in the news now. three illegal immigrants were hurt after they tried to run across the border on tuesday. federal agents opened fire on them along the u.s. mexico border in san diego. at least two dozen people were taken in to custody. outgoing minnesota governor tim pawlenty is forming a political action committee. it will allow him to raise money for a run for president

in three years. being on the supreme court has its perks. the associate justice sonia sotomayor will throw out the first pitch on saturday at yankees stadium. she grew up in new york and is a yankees fan. >> is ma that what you need to do to throw out the first pitch. >> sign me up. >> howard is waiting for the mets to come out there. >> the nationals, i'm not picky. any ballpark, tigers, not picky at all. >> little league. >> i will drive to williamsport, only three hours away. nice up there. the fog is south in virginia toward richmond an points south. the rain is not showing up on doppler 9000 locally. so that's good. clouds out there and temperatures for the first day of autumn on the warm side. highs the first full day of awe numb the low to mid-80s. a slim chance of a shower here or there. same story tonight and tomorrow.

and a rumble of thunder with temperatures in the middle 80s for high answer cool down on friday with mostly sunny skies and highs running in the mid- 70s. here's a look at your moms like me.com bus stop forecast. mostly cloudy out there. it is a bit humid this morning. temperatures running 64 to 72 but should be a dry start to the day. can't promise that it will stay dry all day with spotty showers in the forecast. look at those temperatures, 82 to 86. the average high is 77 degrees. winds south at ten miles an hour. sunset 7:03. tonight mostly cloudy with an isolated shower or two. lows, low 60sin the cool spots to 70 in town. here we go. showing you what is happening. moisture coming up the coast here and from coastal new jersey, atlantic city north some showers there and we are watching an area of showers across the i-81 corridor out of southwestern virginia through charlottesville. this is showing up on live doppler hd. i want to show you that

quickly. it is moving to the north, not much activity but along 64 where it comes in at 81. maybe just right here east of 81 as it tracks and gets rain to the shenandoah and it is dry around here. right now temperatures in the low 60s. in fact just got off the phone with steve. 61. 68 newlisten. 70 saint indigos. 71 on the bay in annapolis. 64 frederick. 72 from leesburg airport and manassas is checking in at 64. still dark out there. 71 degrees with a west wind at five miles an hour and the dew point in the upper 60s. there's the humidity. a front to the west and this front will be coming really late on thursday. so until then it will be warm. it will be humid with that spotty chance of a shower and then we cool off a little bit on friday and saturday. the seven-day forecast, today and tomorrow, low to mid-80s for highs with a spotty shower.

maybe a rumble of thunder. friday and saturday look good. cooler on sunday. and again late monday we will see showers and tuesday cool, high of 59. patranya bhoolsuwan is in with the traffic. good morning, howard. i'm in for angie goff this morning. she's taking a day off and hopefully not in traffic. we have an accident at maryland anteconnecticut avenue. it is pushed to the right shoulder. it is creating delays. a lot of cars moving back to new hampshire this morning. another accident to report as we take our maps and take a look on this beltway at central avenue you will be losing the left lane and left shoulder both on the outer and inner loop. take note of that as you pass through the area. another accident to report this wednesday morning. 95 southbound at 198, expect delays there. head to the district, much better news as you he inbound new york avenue. right now seeing a little bit of a slow down from the times building to bladensburg and 395

northbound moving well between duke and seminary. back to you. we go inside of the "usa today" to see what is making news. this morning's headline, realtime web keeps social networkers connected. managing editor lauren ashburn has a fundmental change in communication. i want it and need it now. >> and i will have it now. all the social networking sites we are seeing are changing our behavior and pattern. it was a couple of years ago that we thought sitting in front of the computer was making us a nation of disenfranchised people. now we are more connected than ever and look at the generation now. generations born from ' 77 to ' 97 is the web, net generation and they have 80 million people. they will be driving things as we move forward. >> it is not just connecting with each other. this is serious business applications. >> certainly does. look at the information we are

put together. they just came out with a new study and they are saying that there are now companies that are web squared which means they are driven by data by consumers. 95% surveyed plan to use social networks in the coming year and this is where the money comes in. 53% of marketers say they will increase their social media marketing expense. >> it is amazing but we were worried about being disenfranchised before. are there down sides to being so connected. >> sure. we have sat here and talked about them. a lot of people are getting rid of land line phones and the 911 technology is not yet ready to tell us, to give us accurate information from cell phones so that is one problem. 20%% of teens say they are sexting and that is a new problem we didn't have in the past but the biggest problem people said is disconnecting.

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we're back with video you have to see. check it out. this is sunnyside washington. you see the little girl walking outside of a convenient store. suddenly a car comes flying in jumps up and hit the building. amazingly the child was not hurt. the car missed her, thanks to the poles there that are intended to stop cars from hitting the building. thank you for starting your wednesday morning with us. i'm andrea roane. howard is live on the weather terrace telling us mother nature is confused this first full day. it will feel like summer instead of fall. >> a little like late august. average high is 77. we are out here this morning and it is 71 degrees and a little muggy and does not feel like september at all.

you will see readings in the 70s and low 60s to the west. show you doppler quakily because we have one shower north of 64 and 81 moving to the north northeast. otherwise a quiet morning. the next day or today is looking partly to mostly cloudy day with a chance of a shower. warm in the low to mid-80s. good morning, patranya bhoolsuwan. good morning. i'm in for angie goff this morning. to tell you about an accident on the beltway at central avenue blocking the left lane of both loops. be aware of that as we head in that area. 270 southbound much better news there. no accidents to report, but it is jammed all the way from father hurley as you can see. track the head lights to montross. good morning, virginia. check out 66 eastbound. a lot of cars and people are heading to work. slow from fairfax county parkway to 123 and again nutley to the beltway. and finally the inner loop in

virginia this morning, a lot of drivers at speed. a little slow. one yellow car in that area. back to you. >> thank you. this morning the fbi is reminding everyone there are no specific terror threats against our country, but still the bureau is asking everyone to be vigilant around so-called soft targets. new york city is the focus of the terror alert. that means extra eyes on mass transit, sports arenas, hotels and theaters. the alert was sparked by terror raids last week. here in washington, metro police are making themselves more visible but the chief says don't expect mandatory bag checks on your commute. >> we are an open system and we are called here, mass transit, to implement things that would cause long delays might dissuade passengers. hotel and entertainment areas in our region like national harbor are also staying vigilant, 168 security

cameras watch that property but managers call it business as usual. a local man who wanted to carry out his own terror attack will plead guilty today. he is 19 and accused of having an arginyl of weapons and plotting to attack camp david. he will plead guilty to a bomb- related charge. he lived in bethesda and has been in prison the last 14 months. today metro is dealing with an urgent safety recommendations in the wake of june's deadly crash. digital correspondent alex trevino is live with more on the story. >> good morning. >> more people are showing up here to the glenmont metro station. folks who are forced to deal with delays on the way downtown between tacoma and fort totten stations. the place where the metro accident happened three months ago. ntsb says there is a pressing need to address safety glitches that could lead to another tragic accident. we're told the investigation is

far from over. the national transportation safety board is working to figure out why the metro crash near the fort totten metro crash in june. investigators have new information on the signal system that was supposed to tell the colliding train to stop. the system failed that day. the findings revealed those signaling circuits told the train the track was clear. the equipment did not signal to slow or top the approach -- stop the approaching train. nine were killed and 80 injured. now four organizations are looking over urgent recommendations just issued by the ntsb. >> the ntsb recommends that we examine track circuits. >> reporter: the concerns about the circuits are nothing new. metro says it continues to check them twice a day and take other measures. >> the trains have been operated in manual mode by

train operators, and will continue in manual mode until further notice. >> reporter: the urgent message is based on recommendations. the ntsb tells 9 news now during all of the investigations it reserves the right to issue these kinds of letters, even before they have find findings. metro is planning to upgrade the doors on those rail cars deemed uncrash worthy. the price tag, a half million dollars. reporting live from silver spring, maryland, alex trevino, niefn news now and wusa9.com. police in arlington have not released the name of a pedestrian struck and killed by a car. it happened on route 50 at meade streets. they are trying to determine what happened. they did not say this this was a hit and run. maryland could finally issue the first slot machine parlor license today. they will meet this morning in annapolis. it is considering a plan to put in 800 slot machines.

it is a few miles from ocean city. if the deal goes through the owners hope to have a slot parlor open by memorial day. >> jessica is here with good news for the millions of people out of work. this would be good news. >> indeed. there are so many of them. this likely to be welcome relief for the 1.3 million americans that are running out of employment benefits by the end of the year. the house voted to extend the benefits 13 weeks in the hardest-hit states. the senate will take up a similar bill. unemployment benefits reach up to a record 79 weeks in some states and the district. virginia offers 72 weeks of checks and maryland offers 59 weeks. the great recession encouraged people to save more for a rainy day. the savings rate has ridden to 4%. the number of people getting financial counseling is 3.2 million and that is double the amount two years ago. and this story is for the men out there. if you have a little mad money

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them 30% of their income. >> mayor fenty set our rates lower than anywhere else in the country knowing this was going to be a major problem for us. >> some say the new rules are forcing independent drivers out of work. in five minutes, kristin fisher shows us an on-line political contest. and in ten minutes there's no pavement yet but today there could be a plan on charging tolls for the intercounty connector. first, our check on virginia's weather and traffic. it is free. we begin with howard. >> we ripped down the toll booth. talk doppler hd across virginia. it is quiet why in most of virginia but east of stanton and west of charlottesville is one area of showers which is moving to the north and the east along the mountains there. that's about the only problem we are watching. look at the virginia forecast for today, partly to mostly

cloudy. slight chance of a shower but will be warm. the forecast high in amissville of 85. 86 in king george and olney pushing 84 this afternoon. patranya bhoolsuwan is watching the traffic. >> we will start in fairfax where as you can see people are heading to work already. 50 to 29 so far just volume. no problems to report there. switch over to alexandria and check out 18th street and bell. so far accident free and finally fly over the gw parkway and see how things are looking from the beltway to the key bridge. all clear. 9 news now will be right back.

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we have a chance of a shower at least. we will show you what is happening, sydney australia, look at this, that city that is a dust storm across sydney australia. we showed you scottsdale last year but this is sydney where it came in a big way. it is spring in sydney, danders the red dirt and dust flying around causing problems for them. you can't even see the beautiful opera house down there. get the forecast first. temperatures which will be on the warm side, especially today and tomorrow in the 80s with a chance of a shower here and there. maybe a rumble of thunder. by friday we cool off. a look at the week and a temperature of 85. here's the moms like me.com bus stop forecast. a bit humid. mainly dry with mostly cloudy skies. a few breaks, 64 to 72 and this afternoon we will call it partly sunny and warm. highs in the lower to middle

80s. average high is 77. well above for time of the year and isolated showers are possible. lows in the low 60s to around 80. not yet 40s and 50s that autumn will bring but that could be coming within the seven-day forecast. check it out showers up the new jersey coast an across virginia. now getting closer to us. here's live doppler hd. i zoomed in to stanton and wiers cave. this is charlottesville. it is drifting to the northeast. so it upon is possible you could see some activity in the next 30 minutes here but otherwise a quiet start to the day and a warm start to the day. with low 60s and low 70s. touch of ground fog and 71 here in town and muggy 71. dew point in the upper 50s. light wind and humidity is 87% and it does appear a front will

come through by thursday night for a couple of days that will be good on friday and saturday. here's the seven-day forecast. again, a chance of rain low but will be a couple of showers today and tomorrow. warm, mid 80s. cooler on friday and saturday and saturday night in to sunday morning showers and maybe the coolest weather of the season by tuesday with high in the upper 60s. right now 6:46. good morning. i'm in for angie goff this morning to tell you just in time the accident at central avenue on the outer loop is still causing problems blocking the left shoulder on the outer loop and left lane and left shoulder on the inner loop. be aware of that. tracking delay on the outer loop. look outside and 95 to georgia seeing some sun going on in the morning. give yourself 15 extra minutes to go through that area. 295 northbound. accident at suitland parkway

this morning. that is in the district. so expect delays as you can see some red cars in that area. and let's go outside now. 395 northbound. a lot of cars as i see traffic moving in that direction, jammed from the beltway to seminary and finally 95 northbound this morning. a lot of cars, as well. slow from dale boulevard to lorton. send it over to kristin fisher. good morning. >> good morning, everybody. between the tax day tea parties and the health care town halls, 2009 has been a big year for political protests. so, the huffington post.com is holding a contest to find the funniest protests signs of 2009. the search is on for the winner, but i want to show you some of the top contenders as of this morning. let's look at the computer. here's one from a health care rally in new hampshire. and i want you to look at the sign in the upper right hand corner of the screen. the man is holding up a sign and there's a bunch of arrows pointing at the other protesters and their signs and

the sign reads we have no idea what we are talking about and he has a big smile on his face. certainly making fun of other people he is there with and it is pretty funny because i don't think that anyone else has any idea he is holding that sign. here's another 0 top contender for the winner of this contest. you can see the sign right this. it reads thanks obama, i'm going to let you finish but canada had the best health care of all time. clearly that one is making fun of the kanye west oh my gosh i'm blanking on her name, taylor swift incident. and this is my favorite, this guy is holding up a sign that says get a brain mor ans. a that is not too funny but the spells morons incorrectly.

so he could possibly be the exact same thing he is saying in that sign. i know. you don't say. you want to see the other signs there are great ones. some aren't tv appropriate. i will have a link on my blog at go fish@wusa9.com. all of those military workers coming to the ft. belvoir area may not be moving so fast. up to 20,000 people are supposed to relocate there by september of 2011. it is part of the we'll be right back plan but on tuesday the defense department said workers in our region can stay put until 2014. that will give fairfax county more time to make sure the roads can landle all the new cars. this morning a better idea of how much you will pay to drive on the intercounty connector. the highway is under construction and will eventually connect interstates 270, 95 and route 1 in more. the price will change with time and traffic and no toll booths.

just cameras on the license plate or e-zpass transponders. voters are waiting to see if bob ehrlich wants a rematch in the election. he may not fair so well against o'malley. the gonzalez research poll shows that democrat o'malley would beater lick by 49 to 38%. 13 for of voters are undecided. o'malley won the 2006 election with a 7% -- margin. it is 71 degrees here in northwest washington. vice president joe biden travels to maryland today. in three minutes where he is going and what he is doing there. tonight at 11:00, parents and their children in the same room talking about sexting. teens sending pornographic pictures of themselves via cell phones to other teens. a parents guide to prevent it coming up tonight at 11:00. m

virginians are asking lots of questions about bob mcdonnell's "thesis." how old was he when he wrote it? mcdonnell was 34, married and attending pat robertson's law school. and what did the thesis say about women? a lot... abortion should be outlawed and birth control should be restricted-- even for married adults. then as a legislator he introduced 35 bills to restrict a woman's right to choose. learn more. i'm creigh deeds, candidate for governor, and my campaign sponsored this ad.

the national transportation safety board wants metro to check out the signaling system. it could affect the safety of the control system. that system failed in the june 22nd crash in which nine people were killed. the ntsb issued six urgent recommendations on tuesday. vice president biden brings the health care push to silver spring today. this is video of his trip to iraq last week. maryland senators will be at today's event, as well. excavation work is underway after that water main break in dundalk, maryland. 64million-gallons of water rushed out. repair work could take a month. howard? >> we may see a shower but nothing like that. we are talking about spotty showers today. warm for this time of the year. highs in the low to mid 80s.

patranya bhoolsuwan will have the traffic and i will have the seven-day forecast went we return.

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smithsonian. a life size portion was unveiled of him yesterday. it heads to chinatown. >> a likable guy. >> interesting. are you saying that with tongue and cheek. >> not at all. >> all right. a rocky start this morning. 295 northbound an accident at suitland parkway. traffic is jammed as you can see there from the beltway to the scene. let's head off to 66 eastbound. better news there. some delays from 50 to the beltway. give yourself 20 extra minutes and 270 southbound round it from father hurley to the split. a little half hour delay getting over there. >> we have a dry start. no fog. maybe a shower or two but you know it will be warm today and tomorrow. temperatures in the low to mid- 80s. by friday we cool off to 75 and saturday night, sunday morning could be a few showers and temperatures in the 70s. as for wall street, no real expectations for any major trading ahead of the fed decision this afternoon. the "early show" will have more