back operation. good morning. >> good morning. how are you doing? >> i'm doing well. we hope this week starts off a little better than last night. >> i know. actually it is starting off better than last night. the showers are starting to push to the east so that is a good thing. as we go throughout the day we could see temperatures not too bad. with the cloud cover out there we are actually above where we should be this time of the year. coming in to gaithersburg 50 degrees. rockville 50. 53 bran die wine and andrews 52. springfield looking at 51. we are seeing that in to ft. belvoir. switch to radar and see what is happening there. not too bad. we had showers last night but now we are seeing that push off to the east. you can see the heaviest stuff is around leonardtown, off to the south and east of that area. maybe a few embedded thunderstorms in that area. this is pushing to the north and east. we will start to have a little reformation as we go in to time. more showers lingering tomorrow

as well and then we will start to see improving conditions in to wednesday. >> thank you. we are kicking off the 5:00 hour. so glad you could join us on this monday. begin with the main trouble spots out there. we have flooding going on northbound 210 and fort washington road. right now only the right lane of traffic is able to get by. springfield, virginia. we zoom in near the industrial park area. industrial road is closed because of some early morning police activity. the investigation continues. outside, 66 heading eastbound, we have wet roads out here. overall drivers are moving at speed. making their way through centreville to inside the beltway. 270, here's your maryland camera. more slick roads out here and foggy conditions we are dealing with on this interstate as drivers make their way to the split. be careful. we have spots of low visibility. wrapping with a look at route 4, route 5 and 301, we head over and no incidents or

accidents to report at this time. andrea, back to you. if you live near rfk stadium, don't be surprised if you hear a loud noise this morning. metro will be holding an emergency response drill simulating an explosion on board the metro bus. kristin fisher is live at rfk stadium with more. good morning, kristin. >> good morning, andrea. this mock explosion is going to be taking place right here at the parking lot at rfk stadium and will be taking place between 8:00 this morning and 2:00 this afternoon. now, this is the final drill in a series of three emergency response exercises that metro has been conducting over the past month or so. and i want you to look at the video from the first drill back in february. it simulated a shootout at the friendship heights metro station. and then the second drill took place on sunday morning early and it took place inside the tunnel between the rosslyn and foggy bottom metro stations.

the scenario there was an explosion on a metro train inside of a tunnel and the final drill will feature a similar explosion on a metro bus. multiple passengers will be injured and then the first responders will have to figure out how to handle a second round of explosives found in a bus in a nearby garage and they are even expected to get a phone call from a mock bomber stating even more have been placed on other buses. the purpose is to test metro's response to a major incident in the dc transit system. we are not just talking met tremendous' response but the response of the region. so that means this morning the metro transit police department explosives ordinance deconnection testimony will be responding along with police, fire and ems and the fbi and i was at that first drill at the metro heights metro station in february. it was very real, very elaborate and you can expect the drills here this morning

will be similar. >> thank you. it wasn't a drill, though, this morning on the transit system in moscow. russian authorities say two female suicide bombers blew themselves up at two subway stations. at least 35 people are dead. dozens more wounded. one of the explosions happened underneath the building that houses the security agency formerly known as the kgb. suspicion will most likely focus on sprattist groups most likely responsibility for the attacks. a man is accused of making a bomb threat on a cruiseship. they say the 31-year-old made the threat on board a carnival cruiseship. coast guard boats escorted the ship back to florida. there fbi agents an the coast guard searched the ship but did not find a bomb. this morning, president obama returns to washington after a surprise visit to afghanistan. the president visited troops there for the first time as

commander in chief. the surge of 100,000 additional troops will be in place by the summer. so far the number of u.s. casualties doubled what it was during the same time last year. >> your services are absolutely necessary. absolutely essential to america's safety. >> reporter: political experts say with the uproar over the president east health care plan at home, the timing of his trip was no accident. president obama also met with happened karzai, urging him to stop the government corruption and drug trafficking in his country. several demonstrations against the catholic church marked the start of holy week in the district. they spoke out about the sex abuse scandal which is now sweeping europe and there are mounting questions about the pope's handling of child sex abuse cases decades ago. allegations the pope failed to act and aided in cover-up involving priests accused of

abuse. five after the hour. time for the latest "living $mart" report of the morning and jessica doyle has a me view of the day ahead on wall street. slow increments but positive. >> 11,000 is really not that far away. it's very, very close. and analysts are wondering if the recent rallies if we can keep momentum going this week. we will have to wait and see. overnight we saw more green arrows. asian stocks mostly higher today thanks in part to stronger earnings there. here at home, checking the numbers the dow is at 10850 after gaining nine on friday. the nasdaq dropped by two and the s&p 500 was up almost one point. the numbers on the local job market are out and painting a mixed picture of unemployment. the jobless rate in the district dropped to 11.9%. it is among the highest in the nation. virginia's unemployment rate rose to 7.2%. and maryland's rate was 7.7% last month up from 7.5% in

january. the jobless rate for the nation was steady at 9.7%. a deal was struck to add a location in 2007 for a super fresh grocery store but now developers are looking for a replace for the store. the local economy is just turning out to be one of those things right now. so we will have to wait and see how that pans out. in the next half hour you have the money saving tip of the day. >> we like to save money on the food budget. we go out to dinner all the time we will see how much we are spending at restaurants. >> date night maybe at home. >> maybe just date night. >> just date night. all right. >> jessica, thank you. doctors say first lady barbara bush should be released from the hospital this week. the nature of her illness has not been disclosed but she's been given a battery of tests. a spokesperson says george her

better walker bush drove her to the hospital on saturday when she wasn't feeling well. dorothy height is hospitalized in serious but stable condition at howard university hospital. doctors in the intensive care unit are treating the 98-year- old height for an undisclosed illness. she fell ill lance week and missed a birthday celebration in her honor at the national council of negro women. later this morning a memorial service will take place at the dc historical society for paul devrouax. if you don't recognize his name you will recognize his work. he and his partner worked on the national convention center, verizon center and he died of a heart attack last monday. he was 67 years old. an investigation is underway in to the actions of rescuers who mistakingly believed a maryland man was

dead. that story is coming up. plus, researchers maybe a link between the success of invitro fertilization to the mother's exposure to pollution. and why some student protesters at georgetown chained themselves on campus this weekend. it is nine after the hour. you are watching 9 news now.

in the news now, rescuers in china are trying to to save more than 150 workers trapped in a flooded coal mine. the miners have been trapped more than 24 hours. the portions county fire department is investigating the death of a glen arden man. friday morning they thought that the man was dead but when the medical examiner arrived later he found signs of life. she was he was take on the the hospital where he did die on saturday. student protesters a

georgetown say university officials have agreed to meet with them tomorrow. some chained themselves to a statue on campus this weekend. they were protesting what they call a lack of comprehensive sex education. there is new hope for young breast cancer survivors who want to have a child. more on that coming up. plus, the rain and wind is not as strong as it was to the south and we are grateful for that. here's lynnette charles. good morning. >> definitely good news and starting to taper off a little bit but we are seeing showers and heavier rain across the east. as we go in to time, things will look up. i will have the seven-day forecast in a bit. now, that's progressive. call or click today.

welcome back to 9 news now. a number of people were injured and dozens of homes destroyed during a series of violent storms in north carolina. hundreds of lightning strikes along with high winds, hail and heavy rain were reported from greensboro to charlotte. several communities across central and southern regions of the tar heel state remained on alert throughout the night for possible tornadoes. our time is 5:14. lynnette is in for howard bernstein and considering we had the rain last night it wasn't a bad weekend. >> exactly. it wasn't a bad weekend. we were a little below average. my thing is if you get the

sunshine it is good. let me go ahead and show you what is going on. looking at a live doppler radar. we are out of the woods this morning but still have a few sprinkles across the area as well and more showers in to the overnight and in to tomorrow. let's talk about the next three days. we will be dealing with temperatures improving. that's for sure, especially as we go in to wednesday. in the meantime, today around 61 degrees. tuesday around 54. tapering the showers off and by wednesday, ample sunshine with the temperature around 64. this is the bus stop forecast. you know what, not too bad. i will suggest you take the rain gear with you. temperatures 47 to 55. off and on rain showers as we go throughout the day.

we will not get rid of them totally but you will see they will stay to the east, especially morning and we have the high at 55, 61. the winds will be out of the south at five to ten miles an hour and the sunrise 6:58. as we jump to the afternoon, rain showers and the winds will pick up, as well. highs around 55 to 61. the winds are from the north at 10 to 15 miles an hour. and then it will be breezier from there. showers and winds. you can see that and the winds 10 to 20 miles an hour. lows 43 to 48 degrees and then tomorrow, mostly cloudy with showers. we are slowly improving but the winds are on us from the northwest at 15 to 20 miles an hour. the satellite and radar combination. the heaviest to the south. that's where they have tornadoes and thunderstorms last night. that's going to stay away from us. maybe a rumble of thunder as we go in to time. future cast shows what is going on here. more rain lingering overnight and also tomorrow. you will have the rain gear for today. you will need it tonight.

the counterclockwise spin, the area of low pressure trying to get out of here but will redevelop. temperatures 61 in to arlington and dc. and brandy wine and they will continue to be on the up and up. you can see this as we go in to wednesday around 64. 73 on thursday and then better from there. close to 80 by saturday and sunday. >> all right. thank you so much, lynnette. hello, everybody. 5:17. right now we begin with a beltway alert for you. kicking things off here we are on 495 in maryland. we have a report of an accident on the inner loop at the georgia avenue exit. so far so good. we have talking about the outer loop north of the district. this is the live shot at colesville. moving to inbound new york avenue, no real problems to report out here. slick conditions. you can see we have nice glistening street here because the roads are wet. 395 incident free between the beltway and the 14th street bridge. also in virginia we want to show you between the wilson

bridge and 95 to 6 everything is nice and green. both loops are okay on this part of 495. the northbound trip on 95, we are tracking that as well and everyone seems to be moving at speed from the prince william parkway to the mixing bowl. that's the traffic. andrea, back to you. in the living well headlines air pollution may affect a woman's chances of getting pregnant through invitro fertilization. a study found women exposed to a greater amount of pollution have a somewhat lower chance of success with ivf. previous studies linked poor air quality to an increased risk of pre-term delivery and low birth weight. but researchers say more study is needed to determine if air pollution itself is responsible. beta blockers may slow the spread of breast cancer. a study finds that the patients treated with the blood pressure lowering drugs are 71% less likely to die from the disease. they are also nearly 60% less likely to get another form of

cancer. experts are calling it interesting but preliminary. there's very encouraging news for young women who survived breast cancer. experts used to them they should avoid having children because the chances of the disease returning were so great. but research is causing doctors to look at breast dancer and pregnancy in 0 new light. >> reporter: 15 months ago erin gave birth to her daughter madeleine. >> best moment of my life. >> reporter: but the best moment of her life came after one of the worst. erin was diagnosed with breast cancer. >> scary. >> reporter: she had chemotherapy and today she and her baby are doing fine. erin wants more children but in the past was told it shouldn't. >> it is no longer thought that getting pregnant spurs a breast cancer to occur. >> reporter: doctors had believed that hormonal surges during pregnancy could cause the cancer to come back but

researchs followed 30,000 breast cancer survivors and found those who became pregnant had a 3042% lower chance of dying. i believe more study is need but believe pregnancy is safe. >> there's no reason why young women who want to get pregnant shouldn't get pregnant. >> reporter: that's great news for moms like erin. >> just being told you might not be able to have more, i want three or four. >> reporter: madeleine may one day be a big sis. anita brickman, 9 news now. >> doctors are now looking at the timing of a future pregnancy as well as the woman's age of diagnosis and whether her cancer spread to the lymph nodes to see how those factors impact breast cancer survivors. you can read up on the fight to end breast cancer anytime and what support there is out there at wusa9.com. check out my a-buddy blog. an acclaimed nats starter

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dream and the caps can must have done the same thing. it went horrifically wrong. down 2-0. the caps down 3-0 and it was not theodore's day. time for a change. the massacre would continue. under a minute to play in what is a painful first period. nicholas they are back handed goal there. a stunning 4-0 calgary lead. the caps fall 5-3. >> we knew they were going to come hard and strong and they scored a couple of extra goals. we still have to play like we are a desperate hockey team if we are going far in the playoffs. until we can understand that we will be in these situations. >> reporter: in other hockey news, the penguins and caps likely play in the next outdoor winter classic. the penguins are not denying

speculation. the games would be at the steelers heinz field and played on new year's day. only maryland's justin maxwell is member of the organization but won't start closer to home. he was demoted after hitting 102 this spring. riggleman is expected to announce he starting rotation today. zimmerman smacked his sixth home run here in the 1stinning against the braves. thionates win 9-5. and, desmond won the starting shot. he is hitting 295 # 8 this spring and has been spectacular in the field. it is $8 million utility player. that's a quick look at the morning sports. have a great monday, everybody.

if you haven't added up how much you spend eating out, stay tuned for the next "living $mart" report at 5:35. plus, some people are scrambling to find shelter after county officials declare a local high-rise uninhabitable. metro will conduct a daytime emergency drill exercise starting in a few hours. here's angie. we are traveling 50 westbound. you want to watch for patchy fog across the bay bridge to the district. we will have more road conditions and the weather with lynnette charles when 9 news now returns.

president obama is on his way home after a surprise visit to troops in afghanistan. welcome back to 9 news now. i'm andrea roane. itself. thanks for joining us. no surprise, angie goff is here. she will have the traffic in a moment. a little surprise, we say good morning to lynnette charles, but no surprise she has the forecast, howard, don't worry. we are going to take care of business right now. good morning.

>> good morning, everyone. we had some showers overnight some rains, rumbles of thunder and gusty winds as well, but you know what? today, this morning not too bad. things a tapering off. show you doppler radar where we see the heavier rains across the eastern shore. this is south of easton and we are looking if you are traveling along i-95 south you will run in to moderate rain but on the light side around ashland in to richmond, as well. show you what is going on in terms of temperatures this morning. temperatures with the cloud cover definitely looking on the mild side, around washington 54. gaithersburg 50 and more of the same in to dover and also in to georgetown. more on the forecast coming up. right now let's get to traffic with angie. good morning. hello, everybody. glad you could join us. half way through the 5:00 hour. we want to begin with 66 eastbound. it appears everything is moving well manassas to 495. you want to watch for patchy

spots of fog, though. heading to springfield, we want to let you know, industrial park we have police activity in the area. as a result, industrial drive is closed between edsall and back lick. it has been like in the last hour. not sure how long you will be out there but count on us to keep you posted. live from pennsylvania and branch avenue. nice and quiet out here. a good example of the accident free drive we are finding on route 4, route 5 and 301. a little volume here at germantown road. back to you. american troops in afghanistan will get back to work today after getting a surprise pep talk from president obama. the commander in chief made his first trip to the region as president this weekend. tara mergener has the latest. president obama will return to washington this morning after making a surprise six-hour visit to afghanistan. >> how's it going bagram? >> reporter: he delivered a

rousing speech on sunday, thanking u.s. troops for all they have done and reminding him of what they are fighting for. >> the taliban -- if the taliban remakes this country, and al-qaeda can operate with impunity than more american lives will be at stake. >> reporter: it was the commander in chief's first trip to afghanistan as president. when he took office there were 34,000 u.s. troops in the country and there are now 80,000 and later this year, when the troop surge he ordered is complete there will be nearly 100,000. the president acknowledged that while difficult days lie ahead in the eight-year war the u.s. will prevail. >> i'm confident all of you will get the job done right here in afghanistan. i'm confident of that. >> reporter: but the president wasn't just trying to boost morale abroad, the trip was also aimed at shoring up support here at home where recent polls show americans remain divide on the war. >> we have seen already progress with respect to

military campaigns against extremism. >> reporter: president obama praised the country's progress, but he told afghan president happened karzai more needs to be done to improve living conditions and rein in corruption. >> i hope this will help toward a peaceful strong, stable afghanistan. >> reporter: president obama will have another chance to get a progress report in may when karzai visits the white house. tara mergener , cbs news, washington. today metro is holding an emergency drill at rfk stadium. later this morning you may hear a loud boom followed by sirens if you live or work near the stadium. metro will be simulating an explosion on one of its buses. 9 news now reporter kristin fisher watched responders practice at a recent late-night drill and is live with more. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: that's right. good morning. this is the final drill in a series of three emergency response exercises conduct by melt treu over the past month.

as you were saying, andrea, i was at the first drill in february and let me tell you it was very intense. very elaborate. we are talking smoke machines. there were dozens of volunteer victims. it was as close to the real deal as you can get. you are looking at the video from the first drill right now. this past sunday, early sunday morning metro held the second emergency exercise in the tunnel between the rosslyn and foggy bottom metro stations. the their owe was an explosion on a metro train inside the tunnel and the final drill will feature a similar explosion on a metro bus and it will take place between 8:00 this morning and 2:00 p.m. it is to test metro's response to a major incident in the transit system. we are not just talking about metro's response but the region's response. that means this morning you can expect to see the metro transit police department on the scene

along with police, firearms and the fbi. all three of the emergency response exercises over the last month have been funded through $1.2 million u.s. department of homeland security urban area security initiative grab. a lot of people are wondering how metro is getting the money to fund this. that is how they are doing it and they are putting it to good use especially when you take in to account what happened in russia earlier today with bombings on their transit system, as well. so definitely eerie this morning we are conducting these drills here given the tragedy that took place over there. back to you. >> thank you. tonight, metro is holding the third in a series of public hearings about the budget crisis. this is in lanham, maryland at the mount call vir baptist church. it starts at 6:30 followed by a hearing at 7:00. for a list of the hearings, log on to wusa9.com and click on 9

news extras. time for another "living $mart" report. jessica doyle is back with what's next for your mailbox. >> for your mailbox. it may go be getting a little lonely on them weekend. >> give it a little hug. >> the reason is the u.s. postal service is moving forward with plans to move to a five day delivery service. this is what is happening today. the postmaster general and the vice president will give details on the recent filing with regulators to cut saturday service. plans will be officially submitted tomorrow. congressional approval is needed to drop a delivery day. if okayed five-day delivery will begin fiscal 2011. apple'sipad tablet will hit the shelves soon. the company started to take preorders on march 15th on the promise ipads will be delivered by the store launch date. customers who preordered by march 27th will receive the device by saturday. new preorders won't be shaped

until april 12th. it is time for the money- saving tip of the day. if you are looking to save cash on your food budget make a commitment to cut back on dining out. get in the average american house spends 42% of the food budget on restaurants. if you are serious about saving money, eat out less and that include lunch at work. for more advice, check out my blog at financialista.com, follow me on twitter and i'd love to be your friend at facebook. amazing how the restaurants tabs really add up as you look at the entire month. >> we save money but then it costs the restaurants and already a tough business. terrible. very good. thank you, jessica. beware of parking on dc streets this week. the city will ticket cars that aren't moved for street cleaning. they resumed cleaning streets after getting the snow cleared. roads with the posted street cleaning signs maybe vacated during the scheduled time.

violaters face a $30 ticket and possible towing. action is taken against a crane operator whose rig slammed in to a sky scraper. that story is coming up. why you could save a lot if these cars show up at a dealer near you. how about that on the roadways? >> sounds good to me. we are traveling on the toll road and traffic appears to be moving well toward the capital beltway or 66. what is in the news now is next on 9 news.

authorities in moscow say two female suicide bombers struck this morning at two subway stations. at least 35 people died in the last blast and 30 were hurt. it happened in two subway stations including one under the building that houses the successor agency to the old

kgb. investigators suspended the license of a new york city crane operator. that crane struck a sky scraper on saturday night. falling debris disrupted traffic and forced temporary evacuations. authorities believe the crane was not properly secured. a ca maid grab and american team of students have won the eco marathon fuel efficiency challenge. students created a prototype car which got 2133 miles a gallon. how about that? and students at california high school create created a car which reached 437 miles a galn in the urban concept category. a woman who won a sexual harassment lawsuit against a local hair dresser speaks out. that is coming up. unlike the early part of the week, today is not the optimal sometime to view the cherry blossoms. here's lynnette charles. >> not raining right now but you need to grab the rain gear

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a high-rise complex in falls church, virginia is virtually empty this morning. an electrical fire early friday morning left the renaissance 2230 building without power. after an inspection on saturday, residents learned the electricity to all 332 units will stay off for a month. many had packed up and left but some were hoping to wait out the repairs. >> we were plugged in to the hallway, which was nine because we had the necessities. we had our refrigerator, a couple of lights here and there and it was fine. from what we hear now we have to unplug from the hallway which means we have absolutely no power. >> reporter: fairfax county declared the building uninhabitable but not unsafe. meaning residents can still go inside to retrieve belongings. many hope the county

declaration will help them get reimbursed by insurance companies. now to the power of mother nature. thousands flocked to the tidal basin for the national cherry blossom festival. it begins on saturday and runs 16 days. more than a third of the blossoms are now out and they predict the peak will be from april 1st through the 4th. we say good morning to lynnette charles. she's in for howard bernstein. how's the week looking? >> the week is going to improve. that's good news. once we get our of the rain today and tomorrow you are going to love it. let me show you what is going on. we had some rain overnight and thunderstorms to the south. this is a live look at doppler and you can see the heaviest rain is to the south now. as that starts to shift to the north and east throughout the day, well, we will start to get back in the wet weather. don't think that just because you are not getting the rain this morning, you are going to see more as you go through the rest of the day.

grab the rain gear as you head out and about. show you what it looks like as we go through the next three days. 61 for a high today. we still have rain showers in the forecast. it will linger as we go in to tuesday and taper off as we go to the afternoon and evening. that's definitely good. and then wednesday, this is what i'm talking about, plenty of tension in the forecast. tell the kids to make sure they have the rain gear. put it in their backpack and we are dealing with fog, as well. temperatures 47 to 55 degrees. as we go through the remainder of this morning, the fog will persist but the rain will be to the east and fill back in. highs around 55 to 61. the winds from the south at five to ten miles an hour. but those winds will pick up as we go through the afternoon and north at 10 to 15 miles an hour. still a little bit of rain out there and still the breezes will persist as we go in to tonight. picking up a little more. north at 10 to 20 miles an hour.

and the lows 43 to 48. mostly cloudy as we go to tomorrow. a few peeks of sunshine. we like that but windier out there. the winds from the northwest at 15 to 20 miles an hour. the satellite and radar picking up. showers moving in. most of it south of washington but if you are around easton, the eastern shore you are getting in on that rain and some of it will be heavy at times throughout the day, as well. be on the lookout for that. this is the seven-day forecast. and i'm talking about some really nice weather as we go in to time. in the meantime, the rain today, tomorrow, and then by wednesday, thursday, friday, it will take it all in because we are looking down right excellent. angie? yeah. ready to soak that up. thank you so much, lynnette. hello, everybody. the time right now 12 minutes away from the 6:00 hour. we are going to begin with a live shot of 95 northbound in virginia. things are starting to fill out a bit between 123 and route 1 woodbridge. also you are slowing down between the fairfax county

parkway and the backlick road exit. on to 395, a little bit of volume here building between duke and seminary. overall you are okay approaching that 14th street bridge. next stop, the beltway in virginia. no problems to report right now as drivers make their way from the wilson bridge to the american legion, the dulles toll road, nice clean and green to the capital beltway, asas well or 66, wherever you are going. slowing down on the outer loop between colesville road over to georgia avenue. and finally in to the district we go. we give you the suitland parkway and south capital capitol street. happy to report no incidents or accidents at this time. back to you. a prominent local hair stylist who counted laura bush among his high profile clients has lost a sexual harassment suit. days after the jury's verdict and just before a second woman's sexual harassment case was scheduled to go to trial,

andre shrecki filed for bankruptcy. we spoke to the woman who won the suit against her former boss. >> he grabbed my breast and i said, don't ever touch me like this again. >> reporter: ronnie was a colorist at a salon on 16th and k streets until the lewd comments of her boss, andre chreky escalated to violence. >> he grabbed me by the shoulder and he pulled me down and he was opening his pants. >> reporter: barrett says the prominent hair dresser asked her to come to his office for an employment review and potentially a raise. >> he said, well, why don't you give me a [ bleep ] and i said i said i'm serious, andre, i came here for what is due to me. and he said no i want a [ bleep ] >> despite wanting to build a career and client base at the

salon and having a family to support, barrett filed a sexual harassment suit and the jury found in her favor. she won $2.3 million. >> it was as if pounds and pounds of weight had been lifted off of me. >> reporter: but chreky whose liquid assets totals $6 million during the trial filed for bankruptcy. 14 others alleged that he groped and sexually assaulted them. >> andre would target young vulnerable imgrant women and those were the women he made unwelcomed sexual advances too. >> reporter: despite the bankruptcy filing 9 news learned that he owns the k street building that houses his salon, a home in great falls and another vacation home. andrea mccarren, 9 news now. >> a spokesman for andre chreky said he couldn't do an

interview because of another case pending against him and the court vacated the second case so for now the trial has been put on hold. two 3-d movies compete for box office supremacy. more on that coming up. and a dog named for his nose stiffed out a local woman who had been lost for days in the woods. it is 5:52. in the examiner, an arlington woman faces serious charges after federal authorities say she pretended to be an fbi agent. reports find hundreds of crashes involving area police officers could have been avoided if drivers obeyed the law and basic traffic etiquette. fairfax county supervisors vow to slash their office budgets as part of government-wide cuts. read these story and more in today's examiner. we'll be right back. my dentist says brushing alone isn't enough

to avoid dental problems. [ male announcer ] act total care mouthwash rebuilds enamel and kills bad breath germs. to help avoid dental problems, act daily. oh my goff. at the box office this weekend how to train a dragon blew away the competition with $43.3 million. the 3-d animation featured such stars as america ferreira. also competing in the 3-d war is alice in wonderland. it came in second with $17.3 million. time machine was in third

with 14 million. bounty hunter took the number four spot and diary of a wimpy kid rounded out the top five with $10 million. and ps, the 3-d films they dominated nine of the first 13 weeks of the year at the box office. well, in local buzz, it might be march madness but looks like purple created a craze of their own at an event to educate people about breast cancer. campbell and lorenzo alexander spoke about the importance of giving back to the community at the tiger lily kickoff for breast cancer. the party held in northwest raised more than $7,000 for young women who battle breast cancer in the area. tiger lily was founded by a survivor who was originally told she was too young to have breast cancer. next, from lauren evans of metromix she tells us that

twitter enthusiasts united for the 2010 dc twestival. they came out to support antipoverty groups. mandy, katie and chris chatted over the 140 character limit. they report that phones never strayed far from the hands of the owners. to see the slide show, check out dc.metro ms. actionmix.com. what's going on in your town? we want to know so we can share it on the air and on-line. visit my interactive blog at oh my goff.tv and that's where you can find out how to submit your events, pictures and video and watch previous omg reports, as well. >> jason campbell was busy this weekend helping to support the leukemia gala, as well. they raised $3 million on saturday. a lorton's woman has man's best friend to thank for saving her life.

she went missing in a state park but after two days in the woods a bloodhound and its handler tracked her down. >> reporter: he's were than a playful bloodhound. schnauze is a member of the search and rescue unit for the fairfaxed if pd. they found an abandoned car in the park and spent 48 hours looker for the woman who owned the vehicle but kept running in to dead ends. timorous oning out and so was hope. that's when police called in the dog to find the woman here at the mason neck state park in the dead of night. >> a quarter mile, worked through the trees. >> reporter: a few rips of cloth that belonged to the missing woman and off he went this to the forest. after an hour he picked up the two-day scent and found her. >> she was out there. she was extremely disoriented when we found her.

she was incoherent, clearly. >> reporter: an overwhelming sense of relief for the search crews to find the woman alive. >> a fantastic feeling. nothing like it. >> reporter: the woman is said to be recovering nicely even though she suffered hypothermia. alex trevino, 9 news now. >> the bloodhound recently tracked down a suspect wanted in an armed carjacking in the springfield also, as well. thank you for watching 9 news now at 6:00 a.m. howard bernstein is still recuperating but meteorologist lynnette charles is joining us this morning and she gets our week started off with a good, bad, in between forecast. >> exactly. it is not that bad because the rain wrapped up last night but it is still to the east and will try to move back in here. but the seven-day forecast looks perfect. you are going to love it. show you what is going on. 53 degrees and we are try. what we are dealing with is a li f