don't forget the sunscreen. the sun is getting higher and higher every day. it is easy to get a sunburn. a cool start to the week. cool right now. you will need a light jacket the temperatures in the 40s in some locations. skies are general mostly cloudy skies to partly cloudy skies. you will see temperatures across the east in the 40s and 50s. locally, we have the 40s and 50s that we have been talking about. sunny today, pleasant again, not mid to upper 70s. but only around 70. which is kind of perfect for this time of the year. angie and our traffic? well, it is our top story this morning.

thank you, angie. most of the foreign leaders attending the nuclear security summit arrived over the weekend. president barack obama met with several of them at the white house. today and tomorrow, representatives of 47 countries will try to reach an agreement how to keep nuclear womans weapons out of the hand of tourists. with all of those heads of states and their motorcades traveling to and from the convention center and elsewhere, traffic disruptions have inevitable. now, with more is alex. he is live from along michigan avenue in northwest washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are at new york 7 and florida. a major corridor from people

from the east. traffic is flowing just fine right now, but this could turn into a bottleneck from the convention center. we have nat far away and there is this far from the nuclear security summit. part of the nation's capital is shutdown for the nuclear security summit. that means if you plan to drive-thru the heart of the city it will be gid lock. >> like a bomb did hit the city. >> reporter: the metro station was closed since sunday night. >> it is a big deal. there are thousands of folks who used it to get to work. >> 24 blocks locked down. washington, d.c. police and the secret service has cleared the way for dozens of motorcades from the leaders of 47 nations to get in and out of the convention center. so, if you need to weevil through the city to arrive at

work. leave early as traffic is being diverted away from the convention center. >> thank you. it is time for our first -- another living smart report. jessica is covering the business impact of the summit. we will hear from her in a little bit, but today could be the day when the dow crosses 11,000. it crossed briefly in friday's trading. the university of wisconsin has ended its live licensing agreement with nike. that means that the company can no longer sell badgers apparel. teachers in the washington area are making more money. the examiner reports that

teachers salaries in the area have jump 40% in the past decade. teachers in montgomery county have to largest salaries. salaries in the area's biggest school system have dropped 2% when adjusted for inflation. people around the world with polish routes are morning the death of that con's president in a weekend plane crash. tens of thousands packed a square last night for a candle light vigil. they sang the national anthem and tossed flowers. poland president and dozens of other officials died in russia.

here, people stopped beam the embassy. flowers and cards line the gate outside of the embe saw. people in maybe and brooklyn expressed shock and sadness at the loss. >> the polish people get through the. they stuck together. very much. they support. especially this president. i don't know much about it, but my sister said that he was the best. >> he was a very clever man. he was smart and wise. he knew his way. he stick to his ways. >> the russian government is investigating what caused the plane to go down. police are looking for the suspect in the murder of a woman and her 3-year-old daughter. officers arrived at south reynolds street yesterday. in the home, they found the body of a 27-year-old and her

daughter. autopsies will be done to determine how they died. police are saying that the suspect is this 34-year-old and he may be driving a 1999 silver acura with virginia tags. anyone with information should contact alexandria police. a fire will not keep students at one washington, d.c. high school from going to class today. it took about 75 firefighters to down the flames at eastern high school. construction works working on roof renovations accidently started the fire. washington, d.c. firefighters were busy at another school on mississippi everywhere playground equipment caught fire. the flames damaged windows and an outside wall. investigators are trying to determine how that fire started. today the investigation intensifies into last week's mining disaster in west

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the publicist for dixie carter is saying that the actress died from cancer. carter was best known for playing julia sugarbaker on designing women. two of the space shuttle discovery nasts endured a 7 1/2 space walk yesterday. they 20 two hours trying to put a bolt into place. this took place on the anniversary of the apollo 13 launch. if you are packing on the pounds. you may need to change your sleep patterns. more coming up. we know everyone's looking for ways to save. why not save on car insurance? [ coin drops ]

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it is 5:13 and wind gusts of more than 40 miles per hour led to problems this weekend in bakersfield, california. the winds knocked over a number of trees causing damage and sent dust, dirt and rocks through the air in parts of the county. the winds forced the suspension

of a local minor league baseball game. pretty touch winds. yeah. they have -- mountains out there, too. i spent time back in '92. a long story, but the winds are funneled. we have a big story on the west coast, part of it sends a ridge in the atmosphere, the jet stream, where it dips is going to bring a disturbance from tomorrow to wednesday and bring us a chance for wet weather. we need it. it is kind of dry. we meld to clear the pollen out. now, the forecast this monday morning. a sweet day. sunny, pleasant, around 70 to 71. no complaints. much cooler weather tomorrow and yesterday and tomorrow night and tomorrow night we will have rain and showers around the northern sections as the cooler air mass comes in. we have two things coming in, the winds off of the atlantic

the temperatures in the 40s and 50s. and then the disturbance from the northwest. all right. the bus stop forecast. a light jacket is needed. temperatures from the upper 40s to the lower 60s. the sunshine up at 6:36. pleasant. winds northly at 5 to 10 miles per hour. a 41 as slipped through. and then tomorrow being mostly cloudy and chilly. your sunset is 7:42 p.m. here are the clouds. we had a couple of sprinkles here in pennsylvania. fairly quiet. it is a quiet morning and a cold morning. into it 50s, although some 40s to the west. locally, we have other temperatures generally in the 50s.

nation is at 59. the dew point at 42 with the wind north at 11 miles per hour. so, weep have a little bit of a chill out there. we are watching areas up here, if you watch it in h.d.ler, you can see it here in northeast iowa. this is going to come towards us. tomorrow afternoon, we will get the disturbance. tonight and tomorrow morning the disturbance from the northwest, towards us and we have threat for showers in the forecast. here is our seven-day forecast. the temperatures today in the low 70s. 60 or so the next couple of days and showers around. through the afternoon and wednesday morning. thursday, the pick of the week,

mid-70s and then another disturbance on friday and saturday with another chance of rain and cooler this weekend. it is 57 at reagan nation. good morning, angie. good morning.

>> thank you, angie. this morning a new report from the university of washington, fines more primary care physicians are running into conflicts with hospitals. one out of ten are saying that they have experienced a conflict regarding religious policies and patient's care. the study asked physicians about this problem. new research says baby boomers may end up out living their children. rising obesity rates among young children may set them up for poorer health.

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baseball and while the season is still in its infancy, you will not hear whining from fan whose team is off to a respectable start. the bases loaded for willingham. three would come home to score and then that is ruled a home run. it is a grand slam. golf and the mastersit will go to the second biggest name of the name. phil mickelson and wife, amy, who has been battling breast cancer was there to congratulations him. gilbert arena entered the prerelease center in rockville.

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service members had glorious weather on sunday for the third annual exhibition. the drill teams from several branches of the military showed off their rifle and marching skills. the exhibition started after the end of the cherry blossom festival parade. welcome back to 9 news now. i'm andrea roane. thank you for joining us this monday morning. angie will have traffic, but first we start off the week with howard's forecast. i used to be on the rifle team. i competed asian in high school. >> you have so many talents. we have just scratching the service. >> we took third place. a lot of skill goes into that. >> all right. we're going to have moments of

brilliance. let's get you a start of the morning. partly cloudy the temperatures in the 50s. we are generally talking about low to mid-50s in most areas. you can see the 47 out there. so, a fairly quiet monday. we will take it. the high temperatures pushing the 77 degrees mark, but not so nice tomorrow. that is coming up at 5:45. it is 5:30. here is angie.

>> all right. angie, thank you. as angie just mentioned the start of the nuclear security summit is going to cause lots of traffic headaches. this morning president barack obama will open the two day

summit. she welcoming leaders 14 counties. >> single biggest threat to the u.s. security, or short-term, medium term and long-term would be the possibility of the terrorist organization obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> president barack obama is hoping that the summit will result in an agreement to conceal luke nukes. there are no cases of terrorists obtaining nuclear weapons there is cases of nuclear material being stolen or missing since the '90. preform to cope with traffic problems related to the summit. alex is live with traffic in northeast washington, d.c. good morning. >> good morning. traffic is starting to build up here on michigan avenue, but we are not quite sure if it is the pressure from the road closures

downtown yet. but keep in mind if you are headt out the door, getting to washington, d.c. is just half of the battle. that nuclear summit is at the convention center. so, maneuvering through the city could be a problem. road closures and parking problems are expected to impact folks outside of the perimeter of the convention center. that is why you prepare ahead of time for the unexpected in the city. >> we will be moving motorcades around the city. it is important for the security of the event. so, we are asking people to be aware of their surroundings. >> police and secret service have locked down 24 blocks in the center of town. so, leaders from 47 nations can make themselves in and out of the convention center. >> is like a bomb did strike the city. >> expect disruptions at the

metro station, too. as commuters begin a avoid the closed off-roads it is expected it send traffic to other streets and neighborhoods. so, congestion will be felt miles away from the convention center. >> thank you. many commuters will feel the impacts this morning. it is also infringing on business owners and people who live around the convention center. jessica is live. >> reporter: good morning. we are at 7th and i street. a block away we have a street closure. a little bit further down we have the convention center and like you said, local businesses are aural feeling the punch from this. we caught up with the brew house and this is what they had to say. >> it affected us on friday night. once the barrier went up, i believe, friday night and we, i

mean, it literally, business dropped more than half. 50%. more than that. >> reporter: now the hope is that the pent up demand is going to help out when folks come out of the convention center and try to get something to eat. that is going to help the business owner. now, the federal government -- things are operating as normal this morning. people are being urged to tele work, or take leave and some of your optionprise leave, are to request annual leave, or leave without pay, or burn the time off. we have parking restrictions in the area to help with traffic flow. one-up side, some street sweeping operations are being suspended today to help things out. back to you. >> thank you.

it is 5:35 and more on our living well report. a number of people attending the event we're looking for a second career or a chance to gain financial security. >> people have been, you know, down sided, out sourced and laid off. at a certain point, people will say it is time to take more control over myself. >> many of the 1200 franchise establishments are looking to expand in the area. that could add up to billions of dollars. toyota will be making its case in los angeles. a panel with will hear dozens of cases filed against the lawmaker.

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demonstrators today to protest police overseas. it also scared investigators. a french exlorer has become the first person to fly solo across the north pole in a hot air balloon. he was the first person to cross the arctic on foot. bad weather moved the landing site from alaska to russia. the coalition to about chain dogs has started operating in the washington area. the group says that tethered dogs are more likely to injury themselves and bite others. there is a new calorie- laden offering at a fat food chain. larry, we just had the carpets cleaned.

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have you seen the house made of beer cans commercial, well, a man in germany made a house of beer coasters. he had to prove that they were not pulled together. so, yesterday, he pulled a couple of strings to collapse u wow. we warned you this was about to happen last week. starting today you can buy the double down at kfc. it is two boneless chicken fillets. they acts a the bun. the original recipe version has

540-calories. the grilled version, though, reduced, 460-calories. >> and that four fingers on that one. >> remember, it is grilled. >> and no bread. >> no bread. so, at 545. here is howard bernstein with the forecast. all right. no carbs. right? >> that's right. >> all right. let's talk about it. a great start to the week. the middle gets messy and then nice again and then okay again. so, we're going up and down all over the place. the forecast first, today, the best of the next three, i have chicken on my mind. tomorrow a nice day. tomorrow and wednesday, cool and plenty of clouds around. then tomorrow evening, showers could be around that could be with us through wednesday as well. your bus stop forecast.

looking okay. cool, a few clouds, light jackets. some areas dropped into the upper 40s. sunrise coming up here at 6:36. this afternoon, partly cloudy skies to mostly cloudy skies, i'm calling it pleasant. highs around 77. so, cooler then yesterday. north winds this afternoon at 5 to 10 miles per hour. tonight, becoming mostly cloudy and chills in the 30s and 40s. a front slipping through and we're not going to be as much over the next couple of days. the clouds streaming off to the south and east. stuff to the north and west may have put down a couple of drops. otherwise a quiet morning and a chilly morning in spots.

a quiet morning, but a -- a little bit of a breeze. there is a big storm on the west coast. this will impact our weather. it is spinning here and make a ridge in the middle of the country and coming towards us a disturbance. that will bring us our shower chances into tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. so, tomorrow, 71. 60 tomorrow. the showers possible by afternoon and evening. cool again on wednesday. a beautiful thursday and then cool again and showers starting friday night into the weekend. angie? all right. thank you, howard.

the redskins are four days away from the mike shanahan era. there are new faces at the park, the one that will not be soon could be to biggest story. for weeks the redskins have been training together at the park. >> the work outs have hard. >> i love it so far. >> reporter: but what players will enjoy more is coming together for the first mini camp on friday. >> we will get into mini camp and see how things start to mesh. >> reporter: along with the addition of new and famous faces is something that the redskins have been missing. swagger. >> our situation with coach shanahan and bruce and everything i feel like they are going to do the right thing. they know what we need. >> our quarterback, mcnabb. >> reporter: and a few

quarterback will not be the biggest change for players. new schemes on both sides of the ball. no matter the position the idea is the same. >> the way that we lineup it makes it hard for defenses to cover the wide receivers. >> reporter: multiple reports is saying that albert hainsworth will not attend mini company -- camp because of the defense. >> we have a lot of expectations. if there is a problem, we will address it from the first day that you step to redskin park. there was a tone and a message sent. everyone has to bring their a- game. >> reporter: sara walsh, 9 news now. >> and coach shanahan is upset with hainsworth. he has agreed that cambell can

workout away from the park. to expected trade of cambell after mcnabb hasn't happened. the scene of big redskins trims and disappointment is no more. the stadium was inploded yesterday. the cowboys plays there 34 years. it will be using as a saming area for a highway construction project.

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happening where you live. >> thank you. angie. round up the paperwork. take a deep brother. you can do this. 25% of us wait until the final stretch to file our tax returns. that can lead to costly errors. if you are part of the group, , we have tips to get you to the finish line and boost your refund. >> reporter: less until tax day at the irs office. it will be a busy weekend. >> i got delayed. i have been looking for work. i have the time to do it. >> reporter: this is a familiar right of procrastination for brown. she files before the deadline. >> it is when you want to get

your money back. >> reporter: pushing off the dreaded task can lead to more mistakes. >> which could delay the processing of your return. you might have missed a tax break. >> reporter: here are some that you don't want to leave on the table. the eitc for three who have three or more children and made less than $39,000 a year. >> the maximum credit is $5,600. >> reporter: if you were unemployed the first $2,400 of your benefits should not be taxed. >> you don't want to miss that. again, if you are rushing you could. >> reporter: the summer day camp fees have deductible, too. before you head to the post office, give the run one more review. double check and choose direct deposit. >> even this late, you're going to see the refund in 10 days. >> reporter: if you file electronically, the irs will

send you a confirmation, but they will not start contact with you first. if you get that, it is a scam. >> if you do get one of the e- mails sent it to irs.gov. we have more information on our website, www.wusatv9.com and more tax tips at 6:35 this morning. very good, congratulations, and thank you, congratulations for choosing 9 news now at 6:00 a.m. howard bernstein is here. finished with his taxes ready to give you a forecast problem free. >> at these for today, problem free. good morning, and thanks for watching. il