>> ineven mating. word of the day. talk about a couple of sprinkles out on live doppler 9000 hd. a couple of light sprinkles. you can see them in faulkier, along 66. past haymarket and gainesville, coming from that direction you will see them. there's the planes and air from the west. and then as you go to the north and east. looks like a few light sprinkles in wheaton, colesville, up clarksville, 29 and 95 by route 100, as well. and one more stop for you down south in southern maryland, charles county. a few sprinkles there. look at temperatures. on 301, we're in the 60s. and going up to mid-70s today. still a shower so keep the umbrella handy. let's get a traffic update. right and shine. we are ready to get this workweek started. let's begin with an early morning accident and some good news as we zoom in. 95 southbound at 216 an

accident has cleared. however, we are slow around 32. we still have lingering construction in the area. taking it inside the beltway, bw parkway, more construction activity cleared this way. and maryland, lanes are wide open between route 1 college park to 270. virginia 66 also looks great out of manassas continuing through centreville. finally 95 income in virginia drivers here they are at speed between dumfries and the mixing bowl. andrea, back to you. you can blame our rain over the weekend for the situation this morning on the chain bridge. vdot crews were not able to finish the scheduled work over the weekend. kristin fisher has more on this commuter alert. >> the bridge was supposed to open for the first time in almost a year this weekend.

crews removed the concrete barriers that have been in place since 2009 and resealed the deck. the only thing left is to paint new lane markers but then it started to rain. a record amount on sunday. we know wet paint and rain don't mix. vdot was unable to restripe because of the bad weather but hope to have the new lane markers complete by sometime midweek. >> that was kristin fisher reporting. in the meantime, what they have done is placed temporary barrels on the bridge. drivers will be limited to one lane in each direction. the dc city council may try to charge commuters who drive in to the city for work. a commuter tax will raise upwards of $500 million a year and it would take an amendment to the home rule charter. right now a half million people who work in the district live outside of the city. congress would have the final say on the plan which suburban lawmakers have consistency blocked in the past. rescuers took a motorist

and bus operator to the hospital on sunday. a bus collided with a car. emergency crews had to cut the doors off the car in order to get the driver out. an investigation in to what caused the crash is underway. anne arundel county police are conducting interview and awaiting autopsy results in the death of a 6 week old boy. officers were called to an apartment on edgerock way on saturday morning. they found the body of the boy and an adult woman in the resident. they haven't said whether the woman is related to the baby or whether she faces charges. they say the home was in disarray. what should have been a joyous occasion in charlottesville was a sad one yesterday. university of virginia graduate an their families gave a standing ovation to senior yeardley love. a cousin accepted her diploma on behalf of the lacrosse player killed three weeks ago. the school honored three other students who died during the

year [ no audio ] >> difficult not ending with everyone you started with. >> reporter: yeardley love's exboyfriend, george huguely, a senior and men's lacrosse player is charged with her murder. graduating seniors wore white ribbons in a show of solidarity against violence to women. now more on the local graduation ceremony ♪ [ music ] ♪ more than 500 students graduated yesterday from american university law school. attorney general eric holder delivered the commencement address. holder told the graduates they are entering the job market in a time of economic uncertainty and unprecedented threats to national security. he says they should seize the opportunity to help to solve these problems. it is five after the hour. time for another "living $mart" report. jessica doyle has a look at the

day ahead on wall street. good morning. >> good morning. got a lot of work to do, you know? at least last week ended on a high note and investors are hoping for more of the same today. asian markets were higher today. the dow stands at 10193 after adding 125 points on friday. the nasdaq rose 25 and the s&p 500 was up 16 despite those gains for the week the key averages were down 4 to 5%. traders on wall street say new numbers on the housing market will likely determine what the markets will do this week. three report on hole sales and home prices come out over the next three days. analysts are expecting improving numbers across the board as they try to take advantage of an expiring tax credit. they believe it will take several months before we know if the housing market son the road to he coverry. sometimes next year you may be able to buy shares of the newly restructured chrysler.

they are considering a stock offering in 2011. chrysler would have been sold in pieces in 2008 or early 2009 if the u.s. government had not stepped in with billions of dollars. a company losing money but not as much as in the past. money saving tip of the day. this is a free perk for military families for summer and i will explain that coming up. today more officials in the obama administration will get a first-hand look at the disaster in the gulf. they'll fly over louisiana's shoreline. about 65 miles of the state's coast now has oil washing on to the beaches. bp says a mile-long tube is not sucking up as much oil as when first installed and they have postponed plans to block the pipe on the ocean floor until wednesday. >> we will have a series of activities of attempts to kill the well for good. >> it is clear the resources needed to protect our coast are still not here. >> the louisiana governor and

other local officials are not waiting on best bp and the federal government anymore. they have begun to build sand barriers to protect the coast and the fragile ecosystem. bill clinton hit a bump on the road to deliver a commencement address at yale. a car rear ended the van carrying president clinton. it happened in traffic. the former president was not hurt and he did make the commencement address. an you break of violence in a place known for its beaches and resorts. that story is coming up. plus, researchers find a checklist could solve a lot of problems when it comes to surgery. one family gets just enough warning to flee their home before a tree crashed through. we'll be right back. cc

hitting the road about now. dulles toll road drivers will find a quiet commute it's angie with the traffic in realtime coming up. in she news now, the u.s. issued a travel alert after the government of jamaica issued a state of emergency. gun fire erupted between state forces. the supporters torched a police station and fired on officers. they are escorting civilians out of affected area. an american-born muslim cleric calls for the killing of american soldier and civilians in a video from al-qaeda. in the video he praised hassan and called president obama the leader of the war on islam. a colorado family got out just in time before a 60-foot

spine tree crashed on to their garage. the 6-year-old son noticed a crack in the tree. the fire department responded and warned everyone to evacuate just in time. it turns out weight watchers does more than just help participants drop pounds. that story is coming up. storm chasers are in the right place at the right time for the tornado outbreak. we may not have the rains like over the weekend but i will let you know you still need an umbrella today and we are talking about warmer weather heading our way, as well. it is coming up when 9 news now returns.

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several tornadoes ripped aparts parts of south dakota last night. storm chasers captured the video. >> it is a wedge. >> a wedge tornado. they are so big they look like a wedge on them ground. >> the twister took out power lines heavily damaged homes and buildings and fortunately no serious injuries were reported. wow, a wedge. you usually think of small but a wedge. >> when you say a wedge, the vortex encompasses is more like this opposed to that if that makes sense. >> oh, wow. >> let's talk about our

weather. we had the rain and the moisture over the weekend. got activated with daytime heating and it came down. some areas had three inches of rain on saturday. talk about what we are seeing this morning. fairly light. in fact it seems to december appear a little bit. motion to the west southwest. there's low pressure to the south. i want to switch to live doppler 9000 hd. this have just seeing it a little better. not that there's a lot. the stuff in charles county is tough to pick up now. echos to the west, north and east. faulkier first. this has been slowly drifting to the west southwest moving in that direction. it is going to head to hume, crossing route 17 now. if it holds together, amissville and huntley could see this in the next half hour or so. a couple of sprinkles west of chantilly and north of haymarket which which is going in that direction. light sprinkles to the north and east we will head up 29 an

95. a look at bethesda, wheaten, colesville. howard county between clarksville. near 29. 3-z 2 here. that is south of 32. north and west of there and up to columbia light sprinkles. in southern maryland we have been watching sprinkles dotting the landscape from waldorf to east of la plata there drifting to the west southwest. that's it this morning but a reminder you will need an umbrella just in case. the forecast has the threat of a passing shower. humid in the 70s. better tomorrow. can't rule out we will see one popup shower but less than 20% with 81 and then a warmer day on wednesday -- with highs in the upper 80s. showers around are isolated. it will be mild and muggy. this afternoon a few showers, mostly cloudy. mid-70s. highs around 79 or so on average.

mostly cloudy and mild with an isolated shower. lows tonight 60 to 65. 8:21 on the sunset. we are all in the 60s with a lot of humidity out there. reagan national is 67. dew point 62 with an east- northeast wind at three and mostly cloudy skies. you can see this off the carolina coast. a lot of showers here. some of the moisture off the atlantic. and just off of this picture is a nontropical area of low pressure that we will watch for possible development. the odds on that are fairly low. the seven-day forecast, a chance of a shower or two today, 75. 81 tomorrow as shower chances decrease and wednesday and thursday quite warm. upper 80s but a cool weekend ahead with an isolated shower and a big holiday next week. that's not good news. >> i know. but we are here to make the best of it, right? what we do every morning. looking at the big picture here. we have construction going on and guess where it is. open the door. let us reveal the chain bridge. here's the situation as you can

see through the wet camera. one lane is getting by in each direction. probably like this all week. you have to expect delays because they weren't able to get to that construction over the weekend due to the weather. 495 live from braddock road. early morning construction to 66. all of that is clear. lanes are wide open. 270 southbound. no problems to report out here. making your way past father hurley to the split. finally call it a wrap with 95 and the bw parkway. nice clean and green. drivers are moving at speed from 132 to 98 past powder mill. back to you. it is time for the living well headlines. a new study suggests that weight watcher meetings can help to reduce the risk of developing type ii diabetes. a study published this month, journal of lifestyle medicine, researchers found avenue a six month program participants lost weight and reduced gassing

glucose and insulin levels. weight watcher meetings include education on a he calorie diet, exercise and weekly group support sessions. researchers say it reinforces the importance of group support in lifestyle change. a checklist could help to save lives during surgery. a survey of eight hospitals around the world both before and after they implemented procedures. a new approach to an old test may help doctors detect ovarian cancer. researchers say combining a blood test that measures levels of a certain protein along with measuring the risk of a disease helps to spot early stage cancers in women. ovarian cancer is known as the silent killer because it is often diagnosed too late to be

treated. a study of more than 400 cancer survivors found those who took part in yoga were able to cut back on sleeping pills and slept better. yoga also cut fatigue by close to half. one uva lacrosse team advanced to the final four this weekend. and the nationals do something against the o's they haven't done all season. highlights coming up in sports. let's see who's celebrating a birthday today --

good morning, everybody. both baltimore and washington went looking for more than just a win in sunday's battle of the beltways rubber match. a victory would earn baltimore the second series win of the year. a nats win would put them above 500 once again. let's get out the nats park. game three. 1stinning.

that is roger. he is trying to leave the yard. almost clears the bases but it is a bases loaded triple. second three bagger of the year for bernie. bring on the cap gun. matt normally lights out but he wants to leave the light on. first blown save of the year for cap. josh williams, there's the hammer. puts it out. washington gets the first extra inning web of the year. >> he is a professional hitter. he's the ultimate pro. you don't see josh make many mistakes on the field. he's solid as a rock and good at bat every time out and a challenge for whose ever out there. >> reporter: the difference between losing in baseball they say is often small and here's an example. look at how close the weekend

was. decent attendance numbers, too, 28,000 plus. nats lead the series 14-13. uva women's lacrosse team has garnered a lot of attention for their efforts in the aftermath of the loss of yeardley love. ncaa quarterfinals cavaliers playing stony brook yesterday. four minutes to go. watch brigs from the back of the neck. and then finds nylon. uva wins it. on to the semi finals on saturday in baltimore against duke. that's a look at the morning sports. have a great monday, everybody. also in sports, another playoff series has ended. this one in chicago. the blackhawks were down on their home ice until the second period when dave pollen ties things up. and they win -2 an head to the

first stanley cup finals since 1992. this morning, now face more than a warning if you speed through one local school zone. plus, weather prevents workers from completing work on the chain bridge. we will have a live report on the way. why one u.s. senator is on a campaign to keep families from buying drop side cribs. an accident alert inside the beltway. bw parkway at 410, an accident there takes away no lanes but is causing drivers to slow down approaching the scene. more tieups to avoid early and the forecast on the way next. ♪

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he rain stayed away long enough for dc 101 to hold the chili cookoff. 100 chefs stewed and simmered their recipes. the event benefits the national kidney foundation. welcome back. i'm andrea roane.

thanks for joining us. angie goff is here. she will have the traffic in a moment. howard has the forecast. >> we will have more on the chili, too because anita and i were there testing it. >> and if you are a facebook friend of mine you probably saw the picture i posted on saturday where i was grilling in the rain with the umbrella. >> that's a little desperate. >> yeah. we had neighbors and had to grill. go to live doppler 9000 hd. we had a couple of sprinkles to share with you. not a lot of rain but in faulkier county we are watching sprinkles there and to the north and east fairly light. to charles county those things are falling apart. not that we had a lot to begin with. north of haymarket out to hume and flint hill the stuff is moving west southwest this morning and just to the north and east we have been watching a few light sprinkles through bethesda and northwest there up to wheaton and just on the border with montgomery at howard county south of clarksville. other temperatures in the 60s this morning.

it is muggy. mid 80s with a chance of a shower during the day. keep the umbrellas handy. >> overall not so bad. as we look at southbound on the bw parkway. this is at 410. we now know the drivers are losing the right lane because of this accident inside the beltway. and overall we are looking at minor slow goes approaching the scene. keep you moving and take you outside in virginia. heading northbound we are dropping in speed between the prince william parkway and 123. no incidents. continuing on to i-395 northbound. you are all clear moving at speed here from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. same situation we will find for drivers in maryland on the outer loop between 95 and interstate 270. that exit there. andrea, over to you. we have another commuter alert for many drivers this morning. if you are looking forward to a faster trip across the newly renovated chain bridge you will have to wait a little longer.

thanks to the heavy rain, kristin fisher is live with more and she explains. good morning. >> that's right, good morning, andrea. this is supposed to be the first morning in almost a year that drivers were able to use all three lanes on the chain bridge as they drive in to work. but you see this sign right back there? that sign. it was supposed to be gone this morning but thanks to the weekend bad weather it will be a few more days before traffic on the bridge is back to normal. chain bridge has been closed to drivers and pedestrians since 9:00 p.m. on friday. over the weekend, d dot crews removed the barriers in place since june of 2009 and resealed the deck. the only thing left was to paint lane markers on the bridge but then it started to rain. in fact, a record amount of rainfall on sunday. we all know wet paint and rain don't mix. so ddot said they were unable to restripe because of the bad weather. in the meantime they have placed temporary barrels on the

bridge so drivers will be limited no one lane in each direction. that's pretty much the same traffic configuration you have been getting used to over the past year as crews worked to renovate the bridge. when will it be done? at this point in time it seems like it is up to the weather gods. ddot will have to wait and see when the roads will dry and when the rain will stop because then they will be able to get out there and repaint lane markers. that's all that is left but again this morning we will only sea two lanes open, not the full three lanes and that's two lanes in each direction. back to you. >> thank you. the grace period for getting caught on a speed camera in bowie, maryland is now over. the cameras were installed near north view elementary school. and until now drivers were issued warnings but drivers caught speeding now will get a $40 ticket. drivers can expect more speed cameras in school zones soon. police are searching for

answers in a deadly crash which claimed the life of an 18-year- old high school senior and 31- year-old father. 18 order man was riding his bike when he was struck and killed by an suv driven by thorn. thorn crossed six lanes of traffic before striking him and a tree. the families of both men spoke about their loss. >> a big loss. a big hit. god, it always comes from him. he gives and takes. >> we don't know anything other than what the police told us. >> reporter: chadli was buried on sunday. we hope to have more details after an autopsy is done on thorn's body. the trial of a girl gets underway. thomas leggs junior is accused of killing sara fox well.

leggs a convicted sex offender used to date sara's aunt. prosecutors in the robert wone death trial expect to spend all week presenting the rest of their case. the three men who live in the swan street townhome home where wone died are charged with obstruction of evidence and evidence tampering. they plan to dispute the time line. they say an intruder killed wone. today a trial is scheduled to start in a dispute over the proposed anne arundel mills mall casino they claim the elections board overlooked fraud in the petition drive to put it before voters in a referendum. the casino will put the laurel park racetrack out of business they say. coming up on 5:35. time for another "living $mart" report. jessica doyle is back with a consumer alert for parents. >> that's right. we talked in the past about how

many drop side cribs have proven to be dangerous and the latest is a -- a new york senator plans to introduce legislation to ban the cribs they would have to be removed from day care centers and hotels. 7million have been recalled in the past five years. when the hardware mall funks the drop side rail can be partly detached and create a gap where a baby can get caught and suffocate. three servers have been charged in a skimming at the cheesecake packry. it is located on wisconsin avenue in northwest dc. the skimming took place between 2008 and 2009. it is time for the money- saving tip of the day. you are a member of the military family here's a thank you. 600 museums are giving free admission to military families this summer.

it is called blue star museums and in our area they include the corcoran gallery of art and the baltimore museum of art. for more check out my blog at the financialista.com. nice thank you. >> nice thank you. well deserved, too. >> thank you. >> you are welcome. today a naval academy tradition may come to an end. the able superintendent says the herndon climb today is likely to be the last one. midshipmen celebrate the completion of the degree by climbing the 21-foot high on lisk. 24 received injuries that sent them to the hospital. they say it serves no useful training purpose. another trade issue in economic talks between the u.s. and china. we will have more on that. plus, shuttle "atlantis" has a major inspection coming up in the next half hour. with more on the local traffic here's angie. we are looking at branch avenue and pennsylvania. we are accident enincident

free. more news with andrea is next. stay with us.

welcome back. we are looking at the gw parkway heading southbound. nothing to report between 495 past 123 to the key bridge. it's angie with the look at traffic coming up. in the news now, this week prosecutors in utah are expected to file murder charges in the death of a virginia boy. investigators are waiting for the medical examiner's report that say his step father beat him and hid his body. the boy was on a visit with his mother who was buried last week near his father's home in southwest virginia. secretary of state hillary clinton is leaving a delegation of nearly 200 diplomates on a visit to beijing. the group is talking with the chinese counterparts about the country's sometimes tense economic relationships. secretary clinton says she will

push china to push punishing north korea for a deadly attack on a south korean navy ship. the crew of "atlantis" has been up for five hours now. they awoke to the theme music for wallace and gromit. in 30 minutes they will inspect the thermal protection system. "atlantis" is scheduled to touch down on wednesday. some business owners find new fees from local governments are threatening their livelihoods. the story is coming up. plus, officials in louisiana say they have stopped waiting for british petroleum and the feds to help stop the oil from spreading. quite damp out here. a heavy mist and light rain at times across the region. i will tell you whether it will last through today and warmer weather on the doorstep. 9 news now will return after this.  ñwçwçyyob

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welcome back to 9 news now. the house labor committee is holding a special hearing in beckly, west virginia. it is on the upper big branch mine explosion. those scheduled to testify are joe mansion and relatives of the four of the 29 miners killed last month. it was the nation's worst coal mining disaster in 40 years. state and local leaders say they have had enough of the british petroleum's slow response in the gulf of mexico and have announced plans to take matters in to their own hands. they have commandeered response vessels hired by bp which were sitting idle. oil is covering 65 miles of the louisiana coastline. on happy news we want to talk about just mentioned one of the former colleagues mike, who won best documentary at the cannes independent film festival. breaking news, breaking down. >> very proud of mike and his

efforts there. this is one of those things he just started to work on. >> another former colleague was the photographer on that. >> i think he edited it, as well. good for them. it is damp out there. maybe not as damp as saturday evening when it was pouring or even yesterday for that matter. we have light sprinkles to talk about on live doppler 9000 hd. some areas that it is not picked up is drizzling. i heard from james over in centreville this morning. he says it has a little drizzle going on. heard from lou anne in annapolis she said spitting rain is the way she describes it this morning. show you where things are falling this morning. we will go to faulkier and prince williams counties in to western fairfax. you see the showers from huntley and flint hill back here. this is drifting this way. the plains and gainesville, haymarket, you have light showers there, as well. almost back to chantilly, south of route 50. follow the line back to the east and northeast toward dc

and arlington and fairfax and mclean now. we are seeing the showers, falls church, vienna, coming up this way, north of fairfax. if it is spitting drizzle by you, it wouldn't surprise me. up and down the spur on 270 to around the merge here and then a little shower leftover there east of olney and in southern maryland we have had a few sprinkles but those are tough to find now across charles county. drizzle wouldn't surprise me at all. talk about the forecast for this week. we start cloudy and damp today with a couple of showers. humid and 75. nice tomorrow, 81 and then warm on wednesday. we will be in the this upper 80s. the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, watch for the shower or two and the drizzle. muggy and mild. we start the 60s. sun comes up at 5:49. mostly cloudy a few showers this afternoon in the mid-70s. northeast winds five to ten. and then tonight, an evening shower. lows between 0 and 65 degrees.

looking at the satellite and radar. see the on shore push of moisture with the clouds and a couple of sprinkles here and there. heavy to the carolina coast. our readings in the low to mid- 60s. 63 gaithersburg. 636 leesburg and here in washington and fredericksburg 68. national 66. dew point 61 and an east northeast wind ative six. i want to show you quickly there's the heaviest stuff off the north carolina coast. but i expect a few more showers to pop during the day today. the seven-day forecast, 75 today. 81 tomorrow. still might be an isolated shower tomorrow 67 much warmer on wednesday and thursday, upper 80s. cooler over the weekend with a couple of showers leading up to the holiday. in just a few weeks, i want you to join us, please, for celebrate fairfax june 11-13. i will be there june 12th, saturday. for more information and tickets log on to wusa9.com.

it is 5:47. 66 degrees in washington. >> overall across the area things are checking out fine but look we will zoom in to a problem and take you outside and show it to you live. this is the chain bridge. that's where we will have one lane getting by in both directions. we are estimating through midweek and that's because of ongoing construction that was supposed to wrap up over the weekend. couldn't because of the weather so expect delays crossing the chain bridge in both directions. the inner and outer loop here, everything is moving well between 95 and 66. a shot of the chain bridge. hard to see because our camera is wet out there. 66, switch the cam a over if we can. things are moving well twa between the fairfax county parkway making your way to inside the beltway. and 270 in maryland. we are incident free. i'm happy to report from germantown road and our lovely skies to the split. happy monday, everyone. over to you. many of you face higher fees and or taxes as local

governments look for ways to balance the budgets. montgomery county just increased taxes on power consumption and boosted cell phone fees by 75%. gary has more on the tension between governments and business in a troubled economy. >> reporter: harvey curtis has already lost his job at j.d. towing once. >> it is tough on me not having work and trying to survive and pay my bills and raise my family. >> reporter: laying off workers was tough on his boss, too. >> the people i have had i have had for a while and they are good people. it is very hard. >> reporter: he says growing government fees is making it increasingly hard to keep his 18-year-old business afloat. >> we have had unemployment go from 0.9% to 13% which was a 1450% increase. >> reporter: governments say they are cutting spending to relieve taxpayer burden and maintaining essential services. >> we have been working over three years making cuts to our

budget. that includes just hiring freezes. we have had our sec year of furloughs. >> reporter: to avoid taxes, many raise fees. montgomery county increasing power consumption and cell phone fees this week. >> typical montgomery county taxpayer will face a higher rate on their phone bill than their 1040 income tax return. something is out of whack. >> reporter: they give montgomery county credit for reducing school spending but claims still -- >> pg and montgomery county are continually vying with each other for the top spot as the worst tax jurisdiction in the whole dc area. they beat out fairfax, arlington, the district, alexandria in virtually every category of tax. >> reporter: and businesses like j.d. towing struggle. >> hard to have decent guys and i would like to keep them on but it is increasingly more difficult to do so. >> reporter: he says real

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click on angie's army and send in your pictures, videos and events today. the first lion cub born at the national zoo in 20 years died unexpectedly. keepers suspect what killed the cub is the very thing they thought was helping to keep it safe an warm. but bruce leshan reports they are optimistic about future success. >> reporter: the mother seemed to take comfort in the presence of her sister but she batted her away when she sniffed at the area where hours earlier her first cub nestled. an autopsy it died from pneumonia, brought on from inhaling the straw in its nest. >> oh, pneumonia killed a lion cub. >> reporter: they raised scores of cubs on straw from cheetahs to the indian bear cubs they just named earlier this month. they say straw is the most common nesting material used in zoos around the world and naba

tried to keep her cub safe and hidden from prying eyes underneath it. but the straw made its way in the cub's lungs and irritated the internal membranes enough to bring on a fast-moving infection. naba, sheerer and luke all came to the zoo from captivity in south africa four years ago in hopes of adding genetic diversity though gene pool of lions in american zoos. luke is looking awfully lazy right now, but keepers say he's spent the last six days mating with sheerer. and they are optimistic another litter of cubs will result. they say as soon as naba's milk dries up, she should go back in to estres and that could bring a whole den full of cubs. at the national zoo, bruce leshan, 9 news now. >> they say even though it was her first cub she was an excellent mother.

the cub's tummy was full of milk and that gives them hope she will be more successful next time. i'm andrea roane. angie will have the traffic in just a moment. we say good morning to huard. he is starting us off with the forecast and it is dreary outside. >> we have low clouds and a little sprinkle out there. if you are missing the sunshine give it another day. some peeks in the afternoon but a lot of clouds right now. start off on the weather computer. talk about the showers we have been watching moving in from the atlantic, moving from east to west. not the usual direction for us but that's what we have with heavy showers in the carolinas and the coast right now. on live doppler 9000 hd, i want to show you the sprinkles here in washington. they are light few and far between. some areas where we are not detecting rain we have drizzle falling to the west and in to northern virginia. you can see them north of warrenton, out to the west, north of amisville and in to areas closer to