delayed 90 minutes this morning. we are dealing with a little bit of shower activity. there we won't need any annoying rubbing noise there. just my -- just my voice. a little shower activity this morning and drizzle. go to live doppler 9000 hd and we have showers, light ones there from forestville through clinton approaching waldorf and la plata. a couple of sprinkles in howard county. just to the northwest of laurel, they are coming down, about to cross route 29. on the weather computer the big area of rain. you can see it moving to the north very, very quickly in to eastern new york. there may be some tornadic weather, too across new england, long island points north on the east side like we had yesterday could have little isolated tornadoes. still showers in southern virginia and those, until that little upper piece of energy passes we have to keep a chance of spotty showers or drizzle the next several hours.

flood warnings continue in stafford, st. mary's and anne arundel counties and points north an east because the flooded waters are high. locally angie will have a couple of road closures here even outside of the flood warning. so be careful and as far as the rain potential. nice to see the bright colors on somebody else instead of us. eastern p.a. through new york state they are going to get the brunt of the rain. we are in the 50s and 60s out there and temperatures will slowly climb. i think i was optimistic for the 66 at 9:00. probably 63, 64. this afternoon, look at the sunshine. breezy and comfortable with the temperature driving home about 72. it is almost 6:02. here's angie. >> thank you, howard. right now i want to tell you about some train alerts we have for those who use the red line with metro. right now we don't have any service south of metro service. the services have been suspended temporarily and vre riders, there's no trains --

there are no trains out of manassas because they are dealing with downed wires and trains on the fredericksburg line are running behind right now. a couple of things to keep in mind. route 29 northbound out this way near university. that's where we are getting word of a downed tree taking away a couple of right lanes. we want to take you to prince georges county, new hampshire avenue and piney branch road. we have flooding taking away lanes for drivers, as well. on the inner loop, no incidents or accidents to report between 95 up to 66. but just south of telegraph road is where we have a big pothole. it is taking away the right lane. stay to the left to safely get by. and finally, we will wrap it up with a fly of the dulles toll road. here we go. making our way past the airport through herndon, reston toward tysons corner, trying to get to the toll plaza to access 66 or the capital beltway. right now smooth staling and green cars are telling us that drivers are moving at speed. that's a quick look at traffic. over to you.

at the top of the hour, here's a look at the stories happening today. the cleanup is just beginning for thousands along the east coast after torrential downpours from the carolinas to maine. a town in north carolina took on a foot of rain in just six hours. that's nearly a quarter of its typical annual rainfall. talking on your cell phone while behind the wheel is now illegal in maryland. starting today drivers must use hands-free devices. if you are caught, you will get stuck with a 4 a dollars fine and that could jump to $100 if you are caught again. one of the worst kept secrets in washington becomes official today. president obama will announce white house chief of staff rahm emanual is stepping down to run for mayor of chicago. the brash illinois native has been one of the president's most trusted and powerful advisers. he. residents living south and east of the district really caught a bad break with this

storm. calvert county was one of the hardest regions hit in maryland. kristin fisher has more from lusby on conditions there. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: good morning. over the past 86 hours or so -- 36 hours or so we have gotten a foot of rain here in calvert county but i want to start with good news. we have had any clouds and thunderstorms the past few days. the worst is over. we shouldn't be getting anymore rain here in calvert county except a small sprinkle or two and in terms of power outages there are significant power outages in the dc area but here in calvert county we have no outages to report. bge says they have restored 200 customers since the storm started. great news there. already, of course, some, some bad news, some cleanup that still needs to be done after this storm and probably one of the most visible places where we need cleanup is here at this home. check this out. you are not going to believe

this. this is a home in lusby and you can see where yesterday, the foundation of this home completely collapsed. i mean this concrete wall cracked when just a huge mudslide almost. it was just aen tore renn of mud and rain that slammed up side the home an see the belongings are soaked inside the base. they have been evacuated. nobody was hurt when this happened but their home has been condemned. really just an amazing sight to show you just how strong the wind and rain and all of this mud can be and was here at this home yesterday. now, i want you to know there are some road closures in the area. some more notable ones bay side road, chesapeake and bay avenue. they are closed in certain points but they should be open at some point later today. andrea? >> all right, kristin. thank you very much. flooding during and after a heavy rain is always a concern

in alexandria. jessica doyle is joining us live from old town along king street where flooding is usually an issue but they will be watching carefully this weekend, right, jessica? >> that's right. we are at the end of king street. you will see behind me we have a barricade and then the potomac and i'm standing in sort of the last remainder of puddles that's here on king street. we are not done yet. i want to give you a shot of what we are looking at yesterday. we took video of that and we will roll that now. this entire area was flooded out. high tide came in around 1:16 yesterday. the potomac rose and jumped the bank and came spilling out, flooding the entire area. there is a barricade telling folks don't park on the street. that is floating in the flooding and we caught up with one boater who has his boat at the old dominion boat club and he had serious concerns. here's what he had to say.

>> getting sandbags. we have flooding in the backyard, 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: that actually was a woman who was actually grabbing sandbags. those are still available today. you can get your sand bag at king and lee street. i want to point you to the potomac behind me. i was just down there and looking at what we are looking at today. we are approaching low tide. so you would expect the water levels to be dropping. i will tell you, i have been watching all morning and have been seen any appreciable drop in water levels for the potomac. we are only a foot off of the potomac and it will crest around 1:20, and that's went we could see more flooding today and possibly again tomorrow. andrea, back to you in the studio. >> thank you. our viewers have been busy snapping photos of the storm and we are happy to share some of them on our wusa photo

album, bumper-to-bumper base page and -- facebook page and twitter. -- old courthouse road had two feet of water and alex priest gives us a view of the gnash cathedral. and we want to see how the rain is affecting you. e-mail us at wusa9.com or post them on our facebook page. the address is facebook.com/wusa9. if you are on twitter, hash tag your tweets with dc floods an we will get them on the air and on wusa9.com for everyone to see. everyone knows that good hygiene is a necessity. coming up in a few minutes, why one chiropractor says you should practice good hygiene when it comes to your back. time for our focus on maryland's weather. we begin with howard. >> a nicer morning across

maryland but a fie spotty showers. show you that on live doppler 9000 hd. and you will see south and east of town from forestville, upper marlboro. brandywine, wall core. and welcome and charles county spotty showers are moving southeast. what we are looking at for today a we put it on the weather computer you will see the chance of showers this morning. chance of showers this morning. temperatures in the 50s west. 60s south and east. as we go to the middle of the day we will see more sunshine move in from west and west to east. could have a light shower leftover on the eastern shore. in the mid to upper 60s and this afternoon, sunshine comes out. temperatures by 4:00, 71 in pax river. 70 camp springs. gaithersburg, frederick a comfortable but breezy 72. angie? >> okay. let's look at the maryland roads. right now we will take you outside and show you the live conditions out on 270 at i-370.

a little shaky shot. the wind is working the camera here. looks like a slow go is building between germantown road and toward montross. we want to give you a shot of our capital beltway where we have no incidents or accidents to report at this time. these are the live conditions at new hampshire avenue. this is the outer loop. and looks like we are dropping in speed around 95 approaching georgia avenue. it is ten minutes after the 6:00 hour. tgif. hope you are off to a great start. 9 news now will be right back.

dentists tell you to practice good oral hygiene but a trick tore says you owe the same to your back. >> a virginia victor chiropractor says there are cruels rules of what he calls spine high union to avoid a split second injury that can plague a person for life. >> it takes one time hurting your back to get disk issues if the rest of your life. >> it is like thick skin water balloons. an injured bulging disk can cause tremendous pain to nearby nerves and difficult to fix. the rule number one when i comes to saving your sign. >> if you are 100-pounds and lift a 60-pound object you are going to lose no matter how

good your form is. >> in other words, don't lift what you shouldn't. rule number two, push objects instead of pulling to avoid back muscle strain and use legs to lift, not your back. >> as you grab, look up and then lift. >> he says rule number three is one motion to always avoid. >> do not ever bend and twist. >> reporter: one of the most common example of the bend and turn the chiropractor is talking abouting loading the dish dishwasher. >> don't bend and twist to pick anything up, including the kids, dishwasher, clothes in the drier. >> he has had patients hurt their back bending to put laundry in a front loader machine. move over and put it in directly. a simple way to save your back. >> as long as you stick though those basic rules you can prevent injury the first place.

in the news now, former president carter is in washington for a private meeting after being released from the hospital. he spent two days recovering from a viral infection at a cleveland hospital. the president, whose birthday is today became ill on a flight to cleveland as part of his book tour. the postal regulatory commission has denied think postal service's request to raise the price of a first- class stamp to 46 cents. right now it costs 44 cents for a staff. they have asked for the increase to deal with mounting financial losses. we are not alone in misery. from the carolinas to maine, rainstorms have flooded thousands of bases. the national weather service reports that 21 inches of rain fell in north carolina since last saturday. we were saying earlier that u.s. airways with flights our

of national and bwi will waive penalties if people want to change their flights baze they were disrupted. >> i think charlotte is a big hub for them. they have had disruptions as well. >> exactly. >> the big storms are not here anymore and we have rain totals to share with you thanks to the folks that logged on to wusa9.com and submitted storm reports. let me share a few with you because they are incredible to look at here the day after. national and dulles the daily -- calvert an saint mary's got pounded. in spotsylvania -- hagerstown

only 3.81 which would be an impressive total any other day. live doppler 9000 hd this morning it's on the quiet side but still light spotty showers. looking south and east of washington, although i could see more showers popping up as we go thoughout the morning. drizzle in one or two spots but in prince georges county, extending no charles county along the river, you folks in coastal areas and upper st. mary's may see light sprinkles. this will not add much to the rain gauge at all. maybe 100th at the most. brandywine, 301 near waldorf to the white plains and la plata and faulkier there. see the shower north an west. that's coming to the southeast and that's all we have got right now to show you here as we go in to a little tighter zoom. no, we are coming back out. go to the weather computer and talk about the flood warnings in affect. stafford no longer. the flood warning expired but

saint mary's county, anne arundel county, everybody north and east, no more flood watches either. the water is generally receding except the rivers with zero a couple of crests to talk about. saturday in brunswick and alexandria will be later on saturday that the floodwaters will make their way down. the seneca creek in dawsonville close to flood stage and minor flooding there and at the goose creek, you are going to get to flood stage here. that will happen later today. and then you will start to recede. it will be coming up quickly. our bus stop forecast this morning, mom million bus stop forecast. spotty shower and drizzle. it's cool. 50s and 60s and breezy, as well. winds over 20 miles an hour and the gusts in the upper 60s by noon with sunshine returning. low 70s for the drive home and on the we start to clear out.

chilly. winds will drop off allowing temperatures in the 40s and 50s by tomorrow morning. northwest wind five to 15, five to ten overnight. and saturday a good start to the weekend, sunny and pleasant. highs near 70. right now we have winds gusting 25 to 30 miles an hour out of the northwest and temperatures in the 50s and 60s. 73 today. 70 tomorrow. sunday, though, 65 with a chance of showers and that unsettled patten, partly to mostly cloudy. spotty showers through much of the week. highs in the 60s. hello, october. >> hello scarf season. it is upon us. hello, everybody. the weekend is also upon us. happy friday to you. i want to take you to college park and that's where we have a report of a new accident. this is from adelphi road where it meets -- road. use caution if you are heading that way. in virginia nearby, actually that's not virginia. but i want to take you outside to 95 northbound.

no accidents to report at this time. a little volume lorton to 95. that is building. the delay is on the way. continuing on to 395, you are going to continue to find lanes wide open making your way from the beltway toward the 14th street bridge. we are watching a little congestion build between duke and seminary. 270 southbound, you are slow from 80 to 121. also from germantown road to montross. getting word route 32 at frederick road is where we have a restaurant of a new accident to tell you about. inbound new york avenue we are okay from the times building to bladensburg road. no incidents or accidents to report as you approach the third street tunnel. now with a reminder about the ban on hand held cell phones while driving that goes in to affect in maryland today. it means you will have to have a hands-free device if you want to make or take a call or you will face a $40 fine. if you are caught more than

once, that becomes $100 fine. and we want to know if you have been affected by a distracted driver talking on a cell phone or while texting. we'd love to share your story on the air. tell us that story by going to the great hang up page at wusa9.com. so we are a few days away from mcnabb's first game against his former team, but for some reason the relationship between portis and the redskins has coaches the big question. we went looking for answers in the locker room. sports is next. no in case of everyday emergencies, it's important to be prepared for dinner. that's why i've prepared my perdue perfect portions fresh chicken breasts. they're individually wrapped, so you can cook what you need and store what you don't. [ male announcer ] perdue perfect portions. ready when you are.

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dave owens trying to get though bomb of issues. >> we looked for portis explanation on why he was a nonfactor the second half against the rams here's his answer. >> for these hot topics you are bringing up, the coach is upstairs, you want to walk up to him and bear view him after this and ask him the questions. >> reporter: so we did and here's what he said. >> i think i have talked about that enough and we will talk about it next sunday as well. >> reporter: he says the limbed role was part of a plan to rotate back. monday he talked about his hand injury. portis ' response. >> i hurt my arm the first series of the cowboys game. you saw me play the rest of the cowboys game and against houston and seen me start off the rams game. >> reporter: in other words if he was healthy enough to play in those situations, why not sunday's final 30 minutes. as to whether he has spoke on the the coach, portis said there is nothing to talk about. he is the coach. he made the decision. it's over with.

dave owens, 9 news now. >> s that that's a quick look at sports. have a great friday, everybody. and 9 news now's coverage of the aftermath following a round of storms continues. coming up next, a live report from calvert county, maryland. one of the regions hardest hitment. here's athrane alert for you. metro red line looks like it is back on track. however, vre is still no trains out of manassas due to downed wires. more traffic and the weather with howie b when 9 news now returns. on the weather terrace the umbrellas are closed right now. hopefully they will stay that way. a few showers still out there. a look at live doppler 9000 hd and a the friday forecast when we return.

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an anne arundel may get clipped but it will not exacerbate any flooding. just a nuisance shower pushing through. on the weather computer we are seeing the flooding rains pull away. exiting pennsylvania quickly through the hudson valley and heading to new england. they will be problems the next three to six hours. going to boston today, get in early and you will get ahead of it but they will be dumped on, as well. spotty showers in southern virginia, north carolina. little piece of upper level energy and until that pass we can't rule out showers or drizzle through the morning, but better, much better later this afternoon. 62 in washington. still holding in the 60s also down in southern maryland, tappahannock, fredericksburg 64. upper 50s in cumberland and hagerstown 59. oak land 46 degrees. the cool air is on the way and we will cool off big time on the. today 64 or so by 9:00.

the drive home temperature 72. looks like highs between 70 and 75. winds though will gust close to 30 miles an hour. i will have the weekend forecast coming up at 6:44. right now angie has the traffic. half way through the 6:00 hour and rise and shine, everybody. we take you to prince georges county. we want you to know about new hampshire avenue and piney branch. that's where we have flooding going on. and then something new. an accident here at adelphi road. and a downed tree on route 29 northbound at university. that continues to take away a couple of right lanes. stay left to get by. we are tracking the outer loop and from 95 to georgia avenue no incidents or accidents. but a good amount of volume is building. that delay is clearly on the way. 66 heading eastbound from route 50 to 123, we are also getting heavy out this way. no construction to report at this time. and 395 northbound, looks like that delay is here from duke over to seminary. still okay crossing the 14th

street bridge. andrea. >> thank you, angie. residents living south and east of the district really caught a bad break with the storm. calvert county is one of the hardest regions hit in maryland. kristin fisher has more on the conditions there. howard said no rain to exacerbate the flooding but you have one family that's got more on their plate than that. >> absolutely. but let's take a minute and enjoy the fact it has indeed stopped raining. how nice is this? after 36 hours of solid rain, this county has seen over a foot of rainfall. the cleanup is certainly going to continue here in calvert county, especially for this family. the owners of this home. this is just an unbelievable scene of devastation for this family. check this out. you see the sign here? notice this home has been condemned and i'm going to show you why. let's start by looking just underneath the door. the entrance to the door and you see the crack, the space between the bomb of the door to

the walkway up to it is at least about six inches, maybe a foot. and if you go left, walk with me over here and you will see the big problem. yesterday afternoon the foundation to this home completely collapsed in the middle of all of this rain. the ground that i'm standing on right now, literally kind of just slid in to this home, literally like a small mudslide here and you can see the foundation, the concrete wall foundation literally cracked in half and left this gaping hole underneath this home. this was their basement. you can see some washers and dryers down there, some old laundry, tables. it is completely flooded down there. what's amazing is nobody was injured in this. if somebody had been in that base when that concrete foundation collapsed it could have been a horrible situation. but the good news, no injuries to report. this family has been evacuated by the red cross and they are being set up in a temporary shelter until they can figure out what to do but this goes to show you how dangerous that

kind of rainfall can be especially when you are talking about that much accumulation over such a short period of time. back to you. >> thank you. flooding during and after a heavy rain is always a concern in alexandria. jessica doyle is joining us live from old town where they will be watching things carefully this weekend. >> that's right. i'm here at the my thai restaurant and they have actually erected a bit of a flood wall, a flood barrier here. this many in place also at the starbucks at the corner and let me tell you why. there were concerns overnight about the flood levels rising because of course we get tides in twice a day. high and low tides twice a day and there was a problem, right over there is a river boat called the dandy and not once, not twice but four separate times police had to respond overnight because an alarm was

going off. an alarm on the boat that says the river has gotten too high. they had to respond as a result of that and i will tell you why people are so concerned about flooding. let's look at the video we shot from this area yesterday. this area was completely engulfed in water. high tide came in yesterday afternoon around 1:16 it jumped this bank and spilled out over the area. there is barricade down the street that was actually floating in the water. come back live to me now. i want to tell you the situation here. we will have high tide at 1:18 and 1:20 today and saturday there are concerns with the rainoff we have gotten the last 24 hour the tributary is getting swollen but the potomac will rise and that continues to be a situation here. sandbags are available for residents here. go to lee and king streets. they will be on a flat bed

truck. show proof ovaries dense aand walk away with sandbags. we want to see how the rainstorm affected you. e-mail your pictures to wusa9.com or post them on the facebook page. the address is facebook.com/wusa9. if you are on twitter, hash tag your tweets with dc flood and we will get them on the air with and on wusa9.com. more proof that sometime it is better to be lucky than good. coming up next, find out what happened when a woman spent $5 on her first megamillions lottery ticket. right now he's good. here's howard. >> where our weather is will be good by this afternoon. still have a little bit of rain out there. some spotty showers and drizzle. the cloud cover is damp but the winds are picking up so the drier air is on the way. virginia this is what it is looking like this friday morning. big tgif out there with temperatures upper 50s to low 60s with mostly cloudy skies.

breezy conditions can't rule out a shower, manassas, fairfax, tappahannock, going think the 9:00 hour. we will have temperatures in the lower 60s. lunchtime, look at the sun breaking out. culpeper 68. winchester 66. clouds toward fredericksburg at 67 and then this afternoon we turns mostly sunny, really nice, breezy, though. highs in the low to mid-70s. real nice after the last couple of days. angie? >> feels good to me. we are focusing on virginia right now. we want to start with an incident on the 14th street bridge and independence avenue. word of an accident taking away a left lane for drivers. drivers on 95 are slow duke to seminary. fair oak and 495, also hearing about traffic lights malfunctioning. so be careful out this way. 495 in virginia okay 95 to 66 but south of telegraph road is where you need to keep an eye out for a large pothole in the

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welcome back to 9 news now. it is 6:42. 62 degrees. no rain falling over the potomac, but this is a shot from old town in alexandria. right up that king street where there is some surface flooding but they are concerned about the week high tide later on today. and what will happen the rest of the weekend. water still has to come downstream. that's going to happen. the flood warnings we have been having a lot of those are gone. a couple of exceptions there. the flood watch is also gone. we are in bert shape than this time yesterday morning. live doppler 9000 hd has some

spotty showers still. one up in the hagerstown area. that is moving to the southeast. very light there. sharpsburg approaching middletown and meyersville as it moves down 40 and route 70 toward frederick and jefferson. and maybe brunswick and.of rocks. it will clip jefferson county west virginia. the other area we have been watching is off to the south and east of washington. you can see it from almost bwi to charles county. heavier showers well to the east. we will zoom in on that and show you seven that park light showers moving through you. 97 to davidsonville and 301. this continues as we head to southern prince georges county, brandywine and northern areas in charles county. waldorf, down route 5. you are seeing light showers and spotty drizzle. that's about it. and that's good news. with the rains leaving we have seen an improvement in our warnings and watches in the flood category. we will go to the computer and see off to the west it is all

kentucky. stafford your flood warning expired a while ago. watch for high water and low- lying water could be running high. charlie in catlett picked up an inch and a half. we know we have had double that in areas to our east. but they are all gone now. as far as river flooding is concerned this is what we are talking about. potomac will not crest until saturday at point of rock and that's a foot or so near flood stage and seneca creek will be around flood stage here later today. it is coming up with one more for you. goose creek out in loudoun county, real near flood stage again lair today. so we will watch the creeks and water and potomac.

the rest, while may not be flood stage for most will be coming down to alexandria giving another day, day and a half. spotty showers and drizzle this morning. sunrise is 7:04. the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, today at a glance, 80 to 75. northwest winds 10 to 20 but gusting upper 60s by noon. the sun is back out. 72 at 5:00 p.m. highs 70 to 75. we will drop off quickly to the 40s and 50s. by morning northwest five to ten. sunset 6:51. for saturday, sunny and pleasant highs near 70. saturday is a good day of the week. look at the winds. these are the gusts out of the northwest and the north. 32 miles an hour on the wind gusts at pax river where they had a foot plus of rain. some areas 15 inches in saint mary's county. upper 50s to low 60s. storm system is pulling a way -- away but the upper level winds will take a dip across the region and stay that way. starting on sunday we will get

in to unsettled autumnal weather here. 83 today. the sun is coming back and then mid-60s on sunday, monday, tuesday and wednesday with spotty showers here and there. hello, october. 14 minutes away from the 7:00 hour. hope you are off to a great friday right now. 295 looking fine but we are dealing with an issue out on kenilworth avenue going northbound. it is at the 11th street bridge and we are hearing drivers are losing a right lane due to an accident out that way. route 4 as we move to the maps, pennsylvania avenue going northbound where it meets 301 is where we have trees in the roadway. they are taking away a couple of lanes. use caution that way. on the outer loop we are track stacked from 95 to colesville road. watching the taillights stack up. an accident is reported at colesville road, 29. crawling on 395 northbound from duke to seminary. no incidents a i loening the way. on the 14th street bridge at independence avenue we are

losing a lane due to crash activity. wrap it up with the trains. the vre alert for you. we still have no train service out of manassas, fredericksburg line you are running behind. metro is honoring all tickets. over to andrea. we love this story. a northern virginia woman had just $5 in her pock and she decided to spend it on a lottery ticket an it paid off. lindsey mastis has the story of arlington's newest millionaire. >> that day something whispered to me, that hey go ahead. >> she said she wasn't sure what megamillions was, but decided to go ahead and buy her first virginia lotto ticket. >> she asked do you want to get megaplayer an i said what's that and she explained to me that i double my money and i said sure why not. i let the machine pick the number. >> reporter: now she's a millionaire. >> this morning is the first time i cried. i cried in real life that it is

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in the news now, a vicious attack at a long island railroad station is caught on tape. an alert cab driver filmed the beating with one hand and

called 911 with the other. police arrived within minutes and the two men were arrested. a search is underway for two american balloonists who disappeared off the coast of italy. the balloonists drifted over france and italy and in to a heavy thunderstorm over the sea. their gps signal was lost on wednesday. european rescue teams are scouring the scene to look for the pair. and investigators are looking for the source of this fire that destroyed a recording studio in sacramento. there were no injuries. fire crews helped to salvage guitars, rock memorabilia and computer disk drives that obtained recordings. we are looking at spotty showers this morning. noontime some sunshine returns, upper 60s. we will top off low to mid-70s today and breezy conditions and 72. angie's traffic and the weekend forecast is coming up when we return.

safe the date. lee national denim day is friday the 8th. this year's ambassador is desperate house wives felicity huffman. for a small donation she wants you to put on your jeans in support of the women's cancer programs of this entertainment industry foundation. a portion of the proceeds will help a bethesda-based organization. >> in tv's primetime soap "desperate house wives "felicity's character is a cancer survivor. in real life the emmy award winner is the lee national day ambassador. >> it is an easy effective waive 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. >> reporter: for one day she wants us to ditch the starch shirts and blouses, butt down suits and ties in favor of jeans next friday to help fight breast cancer. >> donate in the thing that you love. what is that thing that 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 are going to go like this [ laughter ] >> reporter: cancer support activities like this laughing rx session offered at the wellness community center. >> people are living longer with cancer. they have a lot of needs associated with survivorship. that's what we do. >> reporter: paula rothenberg, president and ceo says some of the proceed the wellness community will receive as an affiliate of the cfc will support a group aimed at black

women with a 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 grasped the fact that it is very important that some resources have to go to people living with cancer, not just to research. >> reporter: since it began in ' 98, lee national denim day has raised $75 million. for a free participation kit to coordinate your own denim day register today at the lee jeans website. the link is on our website at wusa9.com. just click on the buddy check tab on the home page. now time for a final look at traffic. here's angie. >> i want to see howard bernstein wear a jean jacket. >> i'm in. >> on the outer loop at university. that's where we have crash activity. we were stacked back to 95 but

looks like the congestion is clearing and more lanes are open. in bethesda beach drive is closed between franklin and the dc line because of flooding. 95 in virginia, you are heavy, no incidents from lorton to the springfield interchange. potty showers and a little drizzle the sun is coming back. in highs in the low 70s and sunday more clouds and potty showers return 65. the "early show" is next. they will have more on the rain and the chief of staff rahm emmanuel going back to chicago. >> he's out of here. >> until then the news at noon. >> see you then. >> have a great weekend. deadly storm. at least five people have been killed as remnants of tropical storm