andrews air force base seeing that. also davidsonville and bowie. we have all of this drifting to the south. on the weather computer this morning, the big storm moved to the north and east. you can see the heavy rains overnight. they are now gone in to new jersey, eastern pa. we are left with flood warnings but not for the metro but for stafford, anne arundel, baltimore counties north and east where the high water persist and other pockets of high water but not enough i suppose to warrant flash flood warnings. we have some river flood warnings. more on that in a few minutes. 50 in oakland. northwesterly winds dropping temperatures in hagerstown, winchester, gaithersburg in the upper 50s, as well. lower to mid-60s from dc to fredericksburg to tappahannock and the pax air station where rain totals were close to a foot. as far as locally upper 50s to

60s. so today, clouds and potty showers at least through mid- morning, maybe even most of the morning. sunshine by noon and sunny and pleasant and breezy for the drive home. 5:00 temperature 72. angie goff has the traffic info for you. thank you. we are kicking off the 5:00 hour. first we want to say tgif. we are so glad that friday is here and the rain pretty much out of our way, except for light showers here and there. route 1 at south ball street. we have some problems that carried over from yesterday. it remains closed in both directions and that's because of that flooding. we want to take you to the inner loop and move it outside, south of telegraph road. that's where you want to keep an eye out for the pothole that is in the right lane. stay left to get by. in maryland, we have a downed tree to tell you about. this is on route 29 at university. it takes away a couple of right

lanes for drivers. so stay left this way. 270 finding this is a problem- free commute out of frederick toe spur. and we are tracking the beltway in maryland. no incidents or accidents or real construction to report from 95 to 270. a good example of that here live from connecticut. over to andrea. >> thank you, angie. just because the rain is ending, dunn mean the flooding danger passed, especially in alexandria. 9 news now reporter jessica doyle is joining us from the told old town waterfront where they will be on high alert through the weekend. good morning, jess. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. we are of course in old town alexandria at thend of king street, about 50-yards from the potomac river where that jumped the bank yesterday. we did have flooding. we were expecting it and it did happen. we have video we want to show you from the scene yesterday. after high tide, 1:20 in the afternoon the potomac jumped the bay and filled up the entire area, a low-lying area

of old town alexandria. you even see in the video we have a barricade at the top of the block. that was floating. the barricade there to keep drivers out of this area with the expectation there was going to be some light flooding. we caught up with a boater who was down here and had concerns about his boat. here's what he had to say. >> making sure my boat doesn't turn in to a submarine. >> just tying it down. >> just making sure the lines are good. >> when you look at the system coming up the coast it looks pretty ugly. so good to be safe. >> reporter: he, of course was safe. he might be back today to make sure the boat is still tied down safe again today. we are here at the old dominion boat club. the boats out there bobbing nicely. the river's only a foot away from jumping the bank again. we are heading to low tide. that happens at 8:00 this morning and then will come up

again at 1:20 today. we will see a high tide again. we could well see the river crest over the bank and fill up the entire area today. there is also a risk tomorrow, perhaps a greater risk than today with all of that runoff coming from the last 24 hours, working through the tributaries and back to the potomac, possibly raising the river level. so we are telling folks to keep this in mind. if you want sandbags they are available still. king and lee street if you are an alexandria industry resident. bring your proof of residencecy and they will set you up. with that, back to you in the studio. as bad as that is, we found something worse than a lot of floodwater. in parts of annapolis, raw sewage started to bubble in to businesses from their drains and the sandbags in front of storm brother's ice cream factory didn't help. there the floodwaters got in the back of the building. some kept piling think sandbags in the face of the driving rain and others were using brooms to

battle the floodwaters invading their stores. in the district, someone had to clear a mess off their windshield after a tree fell on top of a car. it happened on the 2100 block near dupont circumstance. thankfully no one was hurt when the tree came crashing down but someone had a lot of work to do in the weather to move the tree and cut it out. if this weather has messed up your travel plans a couple of airlines are letting passengers change flights without a penalty. u.s. airways is allowing customers flying in and out of national or bwi to change flights through tomorrow night. continental is also offering waivers at all three local airports. and again we will be with you throughout the rush hour. but when you can't be near a television, log on to wusa9.com. you will find current radar on our home page, plus a slide show of storm photos. montgomery county police say that metro bus accident in silver spring appears weather related.

we were following this one for you during yesterday's extended coverage just after 7 a.m. one bus rear ended another on university boulevard near brunette avenue. 26 people, including eight montgomery blare high school students were taken to the hospital. no one was seriously hurt. two children on the charter bus that plunged off the 270 flyover ramp on wednesday say the driver clearly had a medical emergency. riley says the driver is 56- year-old retired police officer collapsed on to the steering wheel just before the crash like he had a seizure or heart attack. one of the parents tried to grab the steering wheel but couldn't move it under the driver's weight. they are waiting if the results of the autopsy on the driver. we will look at the other stories after the break including regulators who just said no to another postage stamp increase. and suspected insurgents

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. from the beltway to 66 traffic is at speed but watch for a pothole in the right lane. more traffic coming up. in fact the news now, a convoy carrying supplies from pakistan to alternate troops in afghanistan was attacked this morning. the suspected militants set fire to 27 fuel tankers. it is believed the convoy drivers were able to flee unharmed. former president carter waved at cameras as he sped away from cleveland hospital and flew here to washington for a previously scheduled private meeting he spent two nights this the ohio hospital after

getting an upset stomach on tuesday. the postal regulatory commission turned down a request for a two cent increase in the cost of a first class stan. they say they have long term structural problems that have nothing to do with the cost of mailing a letter. the post office is about to announce billions of dollars in losses for fiscal year 2010. we will have more on where floodwaters are causing problems on thereon road and coming up a look where canoe is the best form of transportation. it is nine after the hour. here's howard bernstein. >> canoe because we had a foot or more of rainfall. yes, that much in southern maryland and we will pinpoint where that is coming up. this morning good news the heavy rains have left. still some spotty showers. we will need the rain gear for a few more hours. i will have the rest of the friday and weekend forecast when we return.

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authorities blocked off the roads near millers island. the water got so high some canoed through the streetsment. baltimore county opened emergency shelters for people

to stay overnight. >> over six inches at bwi airport and some areas east of that eight or nine inches. >> i was talking to a woman yesterday who said coming to the district was easy but in annapolis, where she lives, they were hammered. >> eight or nine along coastal areas. worse in calvert and sane mary and along the bay a foot of rain. we had almost five inches. check out some of the rain totals, a few of them actually. we'd love to get updates. some from mid afternoon. if you go to wusa9.com and go to the weather tab and you can see where you can submit storm reports. let us know what your final storm totals are and we may have another 100th or so this morning but if you send it in now we will not see much change

. this morning on live doppler 9000 hd, we are looking at an area of light shower activity right across the metro region now. the heavy stuff, steady stuff is to the east, philadelphia atlantic city the ocean shores. that's where we are seeing it. however, in town, look at this, from the district south an east through alexandria, route 1, east of woodbridge, to mason neck in to prince georges county, we see some spotty showers and drizzle toward forestville and up to bowie and also on the west side there. not quite to clinton but all of this has been drifting to the south southeast under northwesterly flow now so brandywine, clinton, upper marlboro, la la plate that will get light shower activity and where it is not showing up a little drizzle likely, as well. let's talk about the flood warnings. go back to the weather computer because the flood warnings are going away as the rain pulls

away. heavy rains are pulling here. a little feature here in south central virginia. this thing is going to continue to follow right up. we will squeeze out a few more showers here through the morning. that passes, though, and the afternoon gets a lot better. with that said the heavy rains being gone. the flood watches are gone. still have flood warnings in anne arundel, saint mary's, stafford counties. these are up for a few more hours and depending how quick the waters recede they will be allowed to expire or extend. a lot of that going on yesterday. for the immediate metro things are calming down. all the rivers are high. they will be cresting in the next day or so as the water works its way downstream. keep that in mind if you live near the areas that normally flood. even in alexandria it will be a crest coming down in another day or two. this morning, we have spotty showers and drizzle. most temperatures in the a 0s and 60s now. we may see a 70 or 71 in

extreme parts of the eastern shore but generally 50s and 60s. sun is up at 7:04. today slow to climb to the mid- 60s by 9:00. that maybe optimistic. low 60s with few showers and the drive home i think is mostly sunny, around 72. should be a really comfortable day. except for the winds which will gust close to 30. clear and chilly tonight. the winds drop off. 44 to 54. blanket weather. northwest winds five to 15. if you don't like to use the heat, maybe two blankets. 6:51 on the sunset and saturday a good start to the weekend, sunny and pleasant and high temperatures near 70. still have coastal flood advisories in affect but the winds are no longer out of the southeast. the warnings have been dropped and we will see these likely dropped i think shortly. give it a few more showers but the tides were running high. add a couple of feet to that and the rain and the reason we will drop, we had winds gusting

to 40. the water was pushed up the tidal potomac. winds gusting to 30 already an that is going to quickly lower the water level in the bay and tidal potomac. we are 61 in washington. 66 still in cambridge. upper 50s in martinsburg, hagerstown, 62 culpeper and manassas and at national we had a shower earlier, just cloudy skies. 61. the winds, well, they are reporting light rain. northwesterly winds at 13 an the humidity is 88%. there she goes. the last of the tropical moisture. and by later today the sun will be back. over the weekend, though, starting to go downhill. sunshine and 70 on saturday. showers are possible on sunday. and unsettled with spotty showers. more than spotty showers on benz. in the 60s and thursday a morning shower and high of 71. it is 5:18. stimdamp out there. here's angie. >> thank you, howard. we want to begin in crystal city and show you that route 1

is closed in both directions at south ball street due to flooding that obviously carried over from yesterday. move you over to 66. take you outside, heading eastbound we are tracking that trip. so far so good. nice and quiet making your way from route 50 to inside the beltway. as we switch the shot over to 395, your northbound trip looks clear from the beltway to the pentagon continuing to cross that 14th street bridge. hello, maryland. 270 southbound, wind is working the camera here but overall a little bit of volume we are dealing with starting to build an germantown road to montgomery village avenue. finally wrap it up with a look at route 4, route 5 and 301 and this part of the beltway. so far so good. clean and green and no incidents to report. rover to you. in the living well headlines, johnson and johnson officials were called on the congressional carpet. lawmakers demanded to know why america's largest drug company

didn't issue a recall of defective drugs. instead it hired contractors, who posed as customers, buying children's allergy, cold and pain medicines off of shelves last year. >> i have since learned from looking a documents there was a retrieval going on. i did not know that at the time of my testimony, i don't believe guilty. >> mr. chairman, i have to tell you, this testimony is welcoming in credibility. >> reporter: johnson and johnson says it is spending $100 million on quality control issues to ensure medicines will be safe when they return to store shelves. a big safety warning for parents and children. the giant toy maker fisher- price is recalling 10 million products that could pose a choking hazard for youngsters. fisher-price is owned by mattel toys. it's the biggest recall of the year. included in the recall are 7 million try sickles. theatrics have a key near the seat that can cause injury. the has okayed a plan to set a standard when it comes to

handling concussions among student athletes. the measure will require the government to convene a concert of experts to come up with guidelines for schools. one survey of school nurses in our area found that half weren't prepared to deal with concussions. ted leonsis gets rebuke by the nba commissioner. and move over haynesworth, there seems to be tension building between shanahan and portis. details coming up in sports. let's see who's celebrating a birthday this friday -- ♪ you look like an angel

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♪ in sports this morning mcnabb will be playing this philadelphia again in about 59 hours while weary hay wait reaction of eagles fans to their former quarterback our dave owens uncovered issues between shanahan and portis.

reporters went looking for portis explanation why he was a nonfactor against the rams and this was his answer. >> for if the hot tropics you are bringing up. coach shanahan is upstairs and you ask him these questions. and we did and this is what he said. >> we will talk about this after the next game, as well. >> reporter: on sunday, shanahan stated that portis ' limited role is part of a plan to rotate back. on monday he pointed to his hand injury. portis ' response. >> i hurt my arm the first series of the dallas cowboys game. so you seen me play the rest of the dallas cowboys game and against houston. and you see me start off think rams game. >> reporter: in other words if he was healthy enough to play in those situations why not sunday's 30 minutes. portis said there is nothing to talk about. he's the coach. he made the decision. it's over with. dave owens, 9 news now.

better news for from redskins camp. the team will not need a new punter this weekend. he was checked out by a specialist and cleared to play. ted leonsis became an nba own three months ago when he took over the wizards and has his first fine from the commissioners office. stern owes $100,000 for comments he made about the future of the nba collective bargaining agreement. he told business leaders the nba will have a hard salary cap like the nhl. stern said that topic is not up for public discussion. many people are hoping for an early appearance by the sun today because some spots to our south and east got more rain than we did. a live update coming up. and the flooding lookout won't end in some places just because the rain moved out of the dc area. where the problems are on 0 the roadways. here's angie. i want to show you this. allile volume building on 270

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hd, and you will see spotty showers an the region through dc now and to the south and east. drizzle lingers bowie, lanham, over to fedex field and forestville through alexandria route 1 and the potomac moving in to extreme northwestern charles county. a couple of sprinkles approaching waldorf as well as clinton. that's it for the moment. on the weather computer, though, we will watch the moisture from last night really race off quickly. heavy rains overnight have pulled north and east. spotty showers will be around through this morning. the afternoon gets better and the flood warnings for stafford, saint mary's and anne arundel counties will be going on for a while longer. watch out. some roads are closed there and we still have some road closures due to high water and some streams and creeks are running very high and very fast this morning. winchester, gaithersburg, upper 50s. culpeper 61. 64 down south.

slowly climb to 70 by noon and this afternoon, 5:00 drive at home, breezy, sunny and 72. we want to talk about the roads and rails and we have a metro alert for you. we want 0 you to know there is no service i'm hearing on the red line southbound at metro center and then also for vre riders looks like all trains have been cancelled out of manassas and that's because they are dealing with a situation with wires down on the tracks. so we will keep you posted and let you know when service is restored. we want to take you to new hampshire avenue. this is the outer loop past new hampshire. everything is fine north of the district so far. but on new hampshire avenue just after powder mill, a tree on the ground taking away the left lane. you want to stay right. move in to virginia and show you 395 northbound, everybody is at speed once they make their way from 95 past

shirlington to the 14th street bridge and wrap it up with a live look at 86 eastbound. no problems to report out of manassas to route 50 making your way to inside the beltway. andrea, over to you. now the heavy rain has pulled out, people along alexandria's waterfront have their attention focused on the upcoming high tides. jessica doyle is live from old town with more. jessica, you are cold and wet this morning. >> that's right. we are hanging in there. the washington area is hanging in there. i'm at the corner of king street and union street and the do not enter barricade is in place. the concern is that the area will flood again this afternoon. that's why some people are picking up sandbags we spoke to a lady where the sandbags are available and this is what she had to say. >> we have flooding in the backyard. it already raised up four inches and that was just this morning. and now we have a couple of

inches to go and it's going to come in the house. >> reporter: we want to give you a sense of what that flooding looks like. we have pictures from yesterday afternoon when the potomac jumped the bank at high tide around 1:20 yesterday. you are going to see the area flooded out. you'll see shots of the barricade netting in the water. right 50-yards from where i am is where the waterfront is you will see a bench that is almost completely submerged in the water that came this way. i want to bring you back here live to where we are at the end of king street. think expectation is, again today, high tide comes in around 1:20. we could see this area submerged again. more concerns about tomorrow because we have the runoff starting to hit the potomac, 50- yards that way and that's the reason why over here we have my thai restaurant and what they have done here, we have a sandbag situation over here. big heavy sandbags in place. it's going to be hard to see

but i will tell you there is a little mini wall set up here with sandbags gist in case we still have that -- just in case we have that problem with flooding coming in. light rain at this point. a little wind. not so bad. we are hanging in there. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. like alexandria, baltimore's water front is a big attraction, but in charm city there's too much water in places it dunn belong. police have blocked a road leading to the waterfront and this morning some waterfront residents could be looking for their cars since they were ordered to move them off the streets or get them towed. ten businesses in the mount washington community were evacuated because of the threat of flooding. now to the check on who doesn't have power this morning. bge is reporting most of the outages this morning. nearly 1400 customers in anne arundel county don't have power. 600 in carroll county, 500 in prince georges county and

another 150 customers are in the dark in howard county. now to pepco, which is reporting 565 customers in the dark in prince georges county, and more than 350 without electricity in montgomery county. in northern virginia, dominion virginia reports over 1200 customers do not have power at this hour. in some places to our south and east, they got a lot more rain in the district and close in suburbs. 9 news now reporter kristin fisher is live from calvert county with more. good morning, kristin. >> hey, good morning, andrea. this is really the bull's eye for the storm. calvert county. they have gotten over a foot of rain since the storm started. road have been closed. some homes, some businesses have flooded. there's been mild spotty flooding, but i think perhaps the best example of the kind of damage the storm caused can be shown right here. come walk with me and check out this home.

it is pretty incredible. yesterday afternoon the foundation on this home literally collapsed and you can see just over here, this concrete wall here literally split in two and if you look down you can see it was almost like a mudslide. half of this front yard literally collapsed right in to the basement of this home. now incredibly nobody was inside at the time of the foundation collapse. otherwise officials say somebody could have easily been crushed behind this concrete wall. you can see this poor family's belongings are covered in rain, completely soaked, and you know, the 12 inches of rain they have been getting the past 86 hours or so, but it is dangerous. and if you look here you can get a sense that this home is literally hanging here. photographer an i were joking we feel if we blew on this or threw pebbles it would almost collapse right there.

really a dangerousuation. we're not going to get too close by any means. but i want to show you this family has indeed been evacuated. the red cross has helped them out. they put them up in temporary shelter but you can see the notice sign right here. this home has since been condemned. nobody's allowed inside or anywhere near that basement. simply because, like i said this home could collapse at any second. it goes to show you exactly the kinds of conditions that we are dealing with here yesterday. like i said, over a foot of rain here, but the good news is pretty incredibly there's no power outages in calvert county. bge is reporting zero power outages. that's good news here. but certainly a tough morning for this family as they try to deal with what to do next after their home literally collapsed in on itself. back to you. >> thank you. amazing no power outages there. thank you. we asked and a lot of viewers respond by sharing

their storm photos with us. here's a shot from cole on the's.in saint mary's county, maryland looking southeast to clemens island. you can view our weather photo gallery and upload shots anytime at wusa9.com. today one of the best known members of the obama white house is expected to resign. that story is coming up. plus, soldiers engage in a fire fight with police to rescue the president of ecuador. angie goff has a traffic update. we want to show you route 4, route 5, 301 and crane highway. all the roads are checking out clear. we have the top stories for this friday morning coming up when 9 news now returns. stay with us.

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hour fire fight and says the incident was not just a police -- but an attempt to overthrow him. later today president obama is expected to announce his chief of staff resignation, former illinois congressman rahm emanual is stepping down to run for mayor of chicago. senior white house adviser peter roust is likely a replacement. the democratic national committee organized a hip hop concert and rally in hopes of reenergizing young voters who helped to elect the president two years ago. the even was expected to raise $750,000. this morning, there's another place you are not allowed to use a hand-held cell phone. that story is coming up. also we assess the damage of the remnants of nicole and how they are taking aim at the northeast. it is 5:42. howard? >> on the weather terrace,

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as things slowly improve around here weather wise, new jersey is now one of the places under the gun. the pa sayic river is five feet above the normal level and nearby residents fear repeated flooding from earlier this summer where entire neighborhoods were urn water. some have already stashed away sandbags or gathered belongings just this case they have to evacuate. and crews in new york city prepare for the onslaught of rain by clearing out drains in hopes of preventing serious flooding. they ordered construction crews to secure materials and building sights and encourage residents to tie down outside furniture. many are worried about wind damage after tornadoes hit there earlier this month. we want to let you know

that saint mary's county schools are closed this morning. >> due to the flooding from yesterday. they are closed. >> and queen anne county schools are running 90 minutes late this morning saint mary's county schools are closed and queen anne mary county schools are. >> plenty of water down there. way too much. calvert we haven't heard from them and we know southern calvert had a foot as well an queen annes had plenty on the eastern shore. six to ten inch totals. locally 18 to 12 an amazing rain even yesterday. this morning we have spotty showers an. i want to show you live doppler 9000 hd. heavy rains are gone. few and far between. howard county a few sprinkles there. a couple northeast of baltimore and one or two this hagerstown. as we look to washington, d.c. you will see we have a line of light showers push to the south

and east. some drizzle, as well. much of it in prince georges county in to northwestern areas of charles county. you can see it on the beltway there. really just outside of the district from han ham and forestville over to andrews and route 5, clinton clinton to the west. now coming in as i said in to northwestern charles county. waldorf, la plata, white plains. in the northern part of the county as the area is drifting to the south southeast. let's go to the weather computer and show you the bigger picture on the rain. thankfully pulling away. one thing that will keep the clouds and spotty showers an this morning. see this guy in south central virginia. this will come 0 and follow. until this clears us showers here and there. the flood watch is gone but we have still have flood warnings for some road closures in stafford, st. mary's a lot of high water as well as anne arundel county and points north and east. river flooding is somewhat of a problem because the crests take longer. tom sater is joining me this

morning. he has put the information together on that. take it away? thank you, howard. anytime you get four to six inches of rainfall it takes a while for the runoff to get to the area streams and creeks and following tributaries and the rivers. so we are keeping an eye on hydrologists. a number of warnings are continuing some river and creek warnings have been cancelled. here the list. a flood warning continues for the potomac river at.of rocks. keep in mind even though minor flooding will occur, flood stage is 16 feet. expected at 15 feet later on today and in to tomorrow. that's around brunswick, maryland. even though there's been flooding in martinsburg area, the you can won as we look at the flood -- hack kwan. -- also cancelled is the monday knockcy river.

this is in frederick. we had a flood. it was 9.2. flood stage is 15 feet. even though below flood stage it is expected to get close to this at 14 feet. 0 water will inundate the sewage treatment plant there. back water flooding will occur along carroll creek and inundates. as far as food warnings they con for seneca creek. this is near dawsonville. we are looking to get very close to that 9.5 stage later on this afternoon and in to tomorrow it will start to recede. one more the warning continues for goose creek in leesburg and loudoun county. we will be looking at a 1.7. most like lieging close to 3 1/2. we will update on that. flood stage is 82 and it will get close to that as we approach tomorrow.

>> thank you very much. around here the bus stop forecast this morning, spotty showers and drizzle. mainly in the 50s and 60s. thinking the 70s are gone. the day at a glance, some sunshine this afternoon. mostly sunny by 5:00. looking for temperatures in the lower 70s wins are a factor today and will gust close to 30 miles an hour. winds die down tonight. 40s in the suburbs. a nice saturday around 70 and look at unsettled weather moving 0 on sunday, monday and tuesday. spotty showers in the 60s. it is 5:50. angie. >> good morning. happy friday. just ten minutes away from the 6:00 hour. willard avenue is closed between river road and north park avenue. we have an incident yesterday and looks like it continues to be with us today.

in bethesda, i want you to know about beach drive. it shut down at franklin between that point and where it meets the dc line because of the high standing water i mentioned earlier. let's take it over to 270 and move it outside. notice we are going very slow approaching 109. it is pretty much like this as you make your way to montgomery village avenue but a couple of breaks along the way. in virginia, 95 northbound, your delay is stretching from 495. the live conditions near the fairfax county parkway 7100 and wrap it up with a live shot of the key bridge. notice out of rosslyn in to georgetown on m street here very nice and light. andrea, over to you. you are going to see this a lot this month. today the first of october, starts off the observance of october is breast cancer awareness day. pink is the already but i want to save this day, lee national denim day is the 8th.

this year the ambassador is desperate house wives felicity huffman. she wants you to put on your jeans in support of the women's cancer programs of the women's entertainment industry foundation. a portion of the proceeds will help a bethesda based organization. >> reporter: in desperate house wives felicity huffman's character is a cancer survivor. in real life the emmy award winner is the denim day ambassador. >> because it is an easy effective way to make a difference. all of us in some way or another have been affected by breast cancer, family member, friend, colleague, god forbid yourself were for one day she wants us to ditch the starched shirts and blouses in favor of jeans next friday to help fight breast cancer. >> donate in the name of the thing you love. what is that thing you love and i would say i heart my six

sisters and my two little girls. >> reporter: when everyone donates $5 each, lee national denim day is able to raise millions of dollars in a single day for breast cancer research and support programs. >> we go like this -- [ laughter ] >> reporter: support activity ities like this laughing rx session. >> people are living a lot longer with cancer. they have a lot of needs sobbed with survivorship. thisaway we do. >> reporter: paula, president and ceo says some of the proceeds the wellness community will receive as an affiliate of the csc will help to fund a weekly support group aimed at black women with a rare triple negative breast cancer strain. >> everything we do is free of charge. no one has to come to us making a decision, can i afford to do this. but it is exciting for us that lee jeans has grasp the fact it

that is very important that some resources have to go to people living with cancer. not just to research. >> since it began in 1996, lee national denim day has raised $75 million. for a free participation kit to coordinate a denim day among family, friends or co-workers, register today at the lee jeans website and we have that link on our website at wusa9.com. click on the buddy check tab on the home page. our extended weather coverage will con throughout the morning here on 9 news now. but coming up a local woman buys her first lottery ticket ever and it turns out to be worth a million dollars. we'll be right back. ggggwgwgwñagca

welcome back. if you drive and talk on a hand held cell phone this is your warning that it is now illegal in the state of maryland. if you are caught you will face a $40 fine and a second violation will cost $800 -- $100. a baltimore television station announced a debate in the maryland governor's race. they say that martin o'malley

and bob ehrlich will tape an hour-long debate on october 11th and will be broadcast that night at 7:00. now a lighter story for our friday. a northern virginia woman had just $5 in her pocket and she decided to spend it all on a lotto ticket and it paid off. lindsey mastis has the story of this woman in arlington who just became a millionaire. >> that day something whispered to me that hey, go ahead. >> reporter: cora valdez says she wasn't sure what megamillions was but decided to go ahead an buy her first virginia lotto ticket. >> she said do you want to get megaplyer and i said what is that and she explainedly double my money and i said sure why not and let the machine pick my number. >> this is the first time i cried. i lost five pounds.

i haven't slept or ate. >> she bought the ticket in articling toking on the. than ' store is getting ten thousand and will likely donate the money. she and her husband will use their money to go to school. >> go back to college. >> we will stretch it until we retire. >> reporter: she says both will keep their jobs in bad bridge, virginia, lindsey mastis 9 news now. talk about beginners luck really disease said at first she thought she won $20 not a million dollars. a nice wind fall. >> thank you for watching us at 6:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. before we go to howard and the rest of the forecast, we just learned that saint mary's county public schools are closed today because of yesterday's storms. it is also a code two for public school employees an